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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 153, 2 July 1869, Page 2

Sporting. — We quote the following from the Australasian : — 5 to I on the field is offered about ■ the Metropolitan, Glencoe being the selected oue, and from 100 to 5 to 100 to 7-can be had about outsiders. The New Zealand horse Manuka baa come into ttib market this week, and on Mouday "was backed to win £1800 at 100 to 1 for the double, Metropolitan and Melbourne Cups. Glencoe is first favorite for the Cup at 100 to 8, at which price most of the books are full. Tim Whiffler and Gasworks are backed at 100 to 6. Manuka has met with some support at 100 to 4, and on Tuesday 200 to 5 was laid about The Barb. The Pawnbrokers and the Habitual Criminals Bill. — The pawnbrokers of the metropolis, at a recent meeting of the trade, came to a resolution to oppose the clause relating to them in the Habitual Criminals Bill, if it should reach the House of Commons. They subscribed £1000 for that purpose in a few minutes. Many of the . leadiugmenin the trade declared they would abandon the business as soon as the Bill became law. The rejection of the clause in the BilL by the House of Lords lias,, however, altered their intentions. One pawnbroker at the Bast-end, who is the proprietor of three extensive establishments, had large bills printed, to the following effect:— "March 16, 1869. — The House of Lords having thought proper to class the pawnbrokers with habitual criminals, no more pledges will be received here; but the establishment will remain open until every article in, pawn is redeemed by the owners." ;, The result of the" debate in the Lords was, however, no. sooner made . known than these and similar announcements were withdrawn. ........ Curious Calculations. — It' has recently been asked, , what would be the intensity of :a man's voice,, in proportion to bis bulk, if compared to that of the grasshopper? Now this insect may be heard at the distance of one-sixteenth of a mile, orllO yards; and. as a man -vreigha, as much as 26,000 of its feJlows, Jif:;the same proportion were bbserved ia : ! the ; intensity of the human: voice, the^ latter Jcoujd be heard a distanqe :of;l62simtte^-~"; which means; !/or^'iaßfiaric&i'' ; Hh"aoSir;i^;" ;Napier might, from on conversation \vjth-;£iif r^ .■;cote./in;-'D.o,wning-^ ' ■;;.a^o_iae,;:.'th«: iouse^ou^

Drawing fkom Life. — Opening a vein. Mottoes for Miners. — I'll take my Davy. Natubal Politeness. — The boughs of trees. . - Band Robbeet. — Stealing a marriage certificate. The Style of Carriage for Sea Captains. — Land ho ! Appropriate for a Milkman's Horse. — Cream -colour. Wed-lock is a bad fastening when it keeps a man out of his own doors o'night. Which is the most profitable business ? Shoemaking ; because every pair of shoes is soled before it is finished. Landlord : " John, I am going to raise your rent." "Really, sir, you are very kind, for I cannot raise it myself." Stephen Joseph Meaney, convicted of treason-felony, but pardoned, is under arrest a^ain in Dublin. Sir John Lawrence. — The Times believes that Sir John Lawrence will be immediately raised to the peerage. Large numbers of converts to the Catholic church are reported among the negroes of the South. A yelocipede with rimmed wheels has been proposed which can be run on a single rail of railroad. The Boston Post says the latest way of violating the liquor ..law down East is to procure samples of liquors "to test their purity." The Death is announced of Sir William Clay, Bart., who held for many years a seat in Parliament as one of the metropolitan members. At the Sale at the Delessert collection in Paris a Raphael was knocked down at £6,000 and a Cuyp at £3,200. 9 The daughter of Madame Jenny. Li nd Groldschmidt, a girl of twelve years, is said to possess much of the great talent of jier mother, and to have an excellent voice. Mr. Pitman, phonograpbist, of Manchester, has paid a fine of 20s. rather than allow one of his children to be vaccinated. He said he had seen in his family the effects of vaccination. Printer's Error. — A Border paper, in reporting the speech of the Mayor, says — "In his present position as chief magistrate he would endeavour to promote virtue and piety amongst the peopleof the town, and put down vice and immortality^ For the first time in its history the Washington House of Representatives, on Feb. 27, listened to a speech from a negro. This negro, John W. Menard, claimed a set from Louisiana, and spoke over an hour in advocacy of the claim. The House refused to admit him to membership, but voted him 1,500 dollars to pay his expenses at the capital, where he has been all the winter. A Doctor summoned to see a sick child in a mining village in Staffordshire told him to " show his tongue." The boy stared. "My good boy, let me see your tongue," repeated the doctor. The boy never moved his lips. "Talk English," said the mother to the doctor ; and then turning to her son, said, "Hopen thy gobbler and push out thy lorriker," aud the boy immediately put out his tongue.