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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1129, 24 August 1882, Page 2

It appears that the “luncheon episode ” was not the only unpleasantness which occurred with the Australians at Nottingham. “ A Member of the Team,” writing to tho Melbourne Argus, says : —“ I have to narrate another unpleasant incident . It appeal’s that a leading citizen of Nottingham saw a person, whom he took to be our manager, write on a frosted window, in the Flying Horse Hotel, certain lines reflecting on Captain Holden’s character. Forthwith, this leading citizen copied the lines, and wrote to tho Notts’ committee that our manager had written them. Beal and Murdoch without hesitation went before the committee, and denied having any knowledge whatever of tho lines. It was no use, for the leading citizen was there, and positively declared that Beal was the writer ; and, as a matter of course, the leading citizen’s word was much more to bo relied on than Beal’s. Fortunately, however, tho writer of tho linos was in the Pavilion, and hearing that Beal was charged with having written them, he, in a straightforward, manly way, walked into tho committee room and admitted that he had written them, and, pulling out an envelope from his breastpocket, added, ‘ Here is the original.’ The committee liumbly apologised to Beal for having for a moment supposed that he had penned the lines in question. Beal, however, was not satisfied with an oral apology, and so the chairman of the committee sent him a written one. I am afraid it would have gone hard with Beal if tho writer of the linos had not so genoronsly stepped forward ; and from this it is easy to infer how sometimes tho innocent suffer for the guilty.” A Rash Wager.---A case was brought before the Leicester magistrate in which a shoe rivetter was charged under the following circumstances :—lt seems that he made a bet with his companions that he would shake hands with the Princess’of Wales, and, being intoxicated, seempd evidently determined to win his wager, Accordingly, on the Royal carriage passing along the principal thoroughfare on its way to the opening of the Abbey Park, the man darted forward, and before he could be stopped attempted to seize the hand of Iler Royal High, ness, who pushed his hand away with her parasol. Thereupon a trooper of the Yeomanry Escort rode up and struck the man with the flat of his sword. lie either fell or was knocked down under tho horses’ feet, but happily escaped uninjured. He was now charged with being drunk and disorderly, and committed for seven days with hard labor.