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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 191, 12 August 1880, Page 4

The remark made by Mr Levin in the House lhat Sir Wm. Fox, though though now a strong opponent of horseracing, has in his time not only kept rp.ee horses but douoed the silk, Lbs raised a question as to its absolute correctness. Mr Levio, however, spoke et.rictlyj by tbe cord, as will be, seen , from the following particulars furnished ub (N.Z. Times) by a correspondent:— The last time that Sir William Fox performed as a jockey, on Burnbara Water Rflcecouroe, was on the 14th February, 1850, when a by-day's racing was got up by the Wellington Jockey Club in compliment lo Captain Stokes, of H.M.S. Acheron, who was then visiting with two raceborseß on board. Mr Fox rode a horse called the Saddler, belonging, we believe, to the late Mr Armstrong. Mr Bromley, now of H M. Customs, rode c mere called Lady Eleanor, belonging to Captain Stokes, in the Bame race, which wae over hurdlep. The race. v?as won by. Mr St Hill's Harribogene, ridden by Lieut. GordoD, of the 65iu Regiment, then quartered in Wellington. Regarding tho ' proposed Selwyn College at Cambridge, tha London correspondent of the Star writes : — A freßh appeal, bearing tbe signature of the Dean of Lichfield, chairman of tbe " Selwyn Memorial " Committee has jußt be6n issued, from which it Dppeius that a sum of upwards of

£21,000 has already been raised for a; memorial to the late Bishop of Lichfield, of which about £18,000 is avails able for tbe proposed college, at the' coat of about £6000; ond the Hod. aod Rev. Arthur J. Lyttelton has consented •io underteke the headship of the college, provided tbat it can be opened within a reasonable time. The bommittee, however, think that if, would not bo prudent to begin to build Until they have secured a further -Amount of £10,C00. which they bope to r-nise partly by means of a "loan fund," to be raised upon the condiiiona eet forth in the appeal, aud which will be further explained on replication either to ; the Right Rev. Bishop Abraham, the Close, Lichfield, or the Rev, F. Thatcher; the Palace, Lichfield. They confident- [ iy hope to be able fo open the college et Michaelmas, 1881. It is helic-ved that such an institution will prove beneficial to the clergy and others of moderate nifans who may desire to secure for their sons the : adr vantages of a sound Church of England training upon economical principles, together wilh all tho collateral advantages of a residence in the University. During the performance of " ( The JNew Babylon " at the Royal, Melbourne, on July 1 2, in the act where Ramirez claims Bell Lorimer- as' his wife, and despite her protestations proceeds to take forcible possession of her, the feelings of an excited spectator were so worked up by the sight of viiliany triumphant that he rushed from his place in the stalls, and, climbing on the stage, ordered the representative of Ramirez to " unhand the lady.'* The i audience were raised to a fever of excitement, two ladies fainted, . and there waß general confusion until the humor of the situation was caught. The susceptible intruder was with some difficulty persuaded to retire to his seat, bufc witb his suspicions only half lulled. When Ramirez again made a dart for the lady, her protector a second time | rushed on to the stage and interfered. j The joke was now becoming somewhat painful, and the action of the piece I being seriously interrupted. He was | removed witb less ceremony, and wben a third time he started forward, asserting that he would not stand by and see I a woman ill-treated, he was taken posx session of by the boxrkeeper, who, with the persuasions of a constable, induced him to retire from the theatre. The man was quite sober, and, cooling down, explained that he had never before been to a theatre, and had taken the representation of virtue in distress quite seriously. That the Maoris are capable of performing noble ects ia proved by the following paragraph from the Waikato Times: — A fow nights ago— a bitter cold night it wae— <Amopui, a Native, wae returning to Cambridge, and whoa Eome distance from the township saw the prostrate form of a man — a European — on the road. It appear ers thnt the poor fellow, wjth one leg only, hed travelled overland ali the way from Napier, had crossed creeks, surmounted hills, and threaded his way through tbe bush. But nature gave way at last, "and be fell where Amqpui fouad hib, \ utterly worn out, helpless and exhausted. But for this timely SBBist* t»nce, Charles Parmeuters (for thia wos the Europeans nsmfi) would iv all probability never have seou the'- light of auother day. The Maori lifted hurt up, and carried him bodily into Cambridge'—end those who know the heavy, sandy load on the other eido of the bridge cau judge what the labor must have beeu, Acaopui took him to" his. ient, mil attended Jto hina- ."the night through; but' the noble feljbw's good • dejids. did' not end here. «Tnthe morning he got a subscription list . and by dint of preservftnce collected nearly £9, which he handed over to the police authorities to be expended intending, the poor 'cripple ."oh" jto 'Auckland. 1 Amoptii is' welll known * in 'tj^mbVidge as being'aVßfrai&htforwaVd -'ahd' hottest i Native,; and, will no w 'naore thatKeVer be universally * rcßpecfed.\ If* there be no other recog'aiticn in this .sphere J of ibid good } qctibn, ,! tho : fltory sh'tald/flaa; a cdrher in '^very paper and magazine in the world. A good story has, been .related to us {South Canterbury ■ Time's) ; by an old railway employe.: . Sooo after4be;opeu- \ ing of ithe; ;Oxford T Rangiora. Hoe,-, a clerical gentleman . well known in the cfisiTict^r'rived Jone* diy at a, small roVdeide sta^i.bri,' anu > breathlessly 'inquired of the official in charge wben the next train would be leaving for Kaiapoi. He ..tyas told that, there w.opl|d be: no train; goiDg until the. evening.- It was ;theu ' mid day^and^he clerical gentleman was between the horns 6f a dilcmm&r Business of a very urgent nnture required his attendance at Kaiapoi early in the • afternoon, but bow' to reach tbe importans centre jn time was the question. A luggage train waa then dve — and tho ■' '■

perplexed cleric begged to be allowed to proceed by that, "It io not to be thought of," eaid the stationronster. " I dore not stop the luggage train for pseeengere." Suddenly a happy idea struck tbe would be passenger. "A luggage train wad due,'* he repeated, " then why not book tne as a wagg-bn?" The notion waa decidedly novel, bot the stationtnasler consented to act upon it. No sooner eaid than done. The money wes paid, a way-bill wes reade out in due form, tho stalionmaster Bigniilled tbe luggage train to "stop to ttke up a waegoDj" and probably for the first titne on record t> parson wes bocked and (ravelled as a goods van. The incident was not without its effect on tho authorities,- for on and after a day or so subsequent a carriage was added to the " raid-day luggage,'' and the arrangement holds good to the pre* sent time. The following incident (says the Sydney "Mail ) took place during' tbe voyage of H.M.S. Raleigh out to Sydney : — An extraordinary freak on jthe part of a Russian man-of-war was jthe means of causing an eveoing of'intense excitement on board H M.S. Raleigh. The ship was in latitude 37.80 S. and longitude 31.50 W., on the 13th May, proceeding under canvas, when about 10 p.m. a flash light, was observed; this was followed by the burning of a blue light. The Raleigh burned lights in answer to ' thn' signals', and as the lights in tho distance kept repeating, the only conclusion tobe arrived at was tbat a ship wes in dietreso, and in urgent wunt of assistance. The Raleigh's course was accordingly altered, and sho headed for the signals, which were again repeated. Steam was got np, sail tsken in, and tho boats were feot ready Jor lowering, should tbe occasion requiio it. The lights bedume gradually closer, but so Blowly that it was apparent they were on a vessel that wao runniDg sway. The Raleigh, however, continued after her, ahd ao exciting cbase took place, ending at one o'clock in the morning, when the stranger was hailed. " What thip's lhat ? " A prompt reply came, "A Russian man -of- war." "Do you want any assistance ? " was the next interrogative. " We want coae," was the reply*; Bnd the Raleigh kept on hur course, havicg been decoyed a long way oot of it by the mysterious proceedings of the Russian vessel. Apparently, the showing of, distress signals was only a piece of navnl foolery. Anyhow, if such freaks were couimou upon the' ocean many a vessel's distress signals would be passed by unnoticed. The vessel was supposed to be the Nayesdink, which had a short lima previously visited the Oape. The N. Z. Times of Monday says :-— John Backstraw, a fireman on board the Wakatu; was ; charged' -in. the Resident Magistrate's Court, before Mr Shaw, E. M., on Saturday, with having, on the preceding evening, attempted to smuggle 32lbs. tobacco from tho steamer Albion. Mr H. H. Trayers appeared for the defence. James Brown, night-watch-man on the wharf, stated that he saw the accused coming down the wharf carrying a bundle.. Thinking the bundle looked suspicious; . he: asked him what it contained. In reply prisoner threw the parcel towards him aud ran away. Witness subsequently found him in a berth in tbe forecastle of the steamer Wakatu, where he also found a second parcel of tobacco. A witness was called fbr the defence, but his evidence was immaterial. Mr <Shaw inflicted a' -fine of -£50, with the alternative of six months' imprisonment. The young Duke of Portland purchased the winner of the Grand Prize of Paris (Robert the Devil) before that race for £22,000 and contingencies. . 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