VICTORIA.

Southland Times, Issue 1246, 3 May 1870, Page 3

VICTORIA.

Another successful balloon ascent was made by. Mr Gale, the aeronaut, at the Ballarat Easter Fair on the 19th. - - T-he Qipps Land Times is glad to be able to announce that the Lakes are now open to navigation. The pilot reports a breadth at the entrance of 200 ft., with an average depth of 6ft. Many of the miners are now leaving the lately opened-up rush at the Acheron, and proceeding to Growler's Gully, where the prospects have lately attracted attention. . The Ballarat Star reports that a nugget weighing 60oz. was ploughed up on Tuesday on Mr Allan's farm, Mount Prospect, Bullarook. The lump was only a few inches below the surface,, and has what looks like ferruginous conglomerate attached to it, but is nearly all gold and well waterworn; The Easter Encampment "of this year, of which so much was expected, came to an abrupt termination in consequence of the unfavorable weather. , At the police-court, Castlemaine, Superintendent Winch applied for & warrant to arrest George Dyer, at present in England, on a , charge of murdering George Wilson, at Newstead, in 1858. Mr Winch Btated the murderer's confession in London was fully borne out by evidence that could be adduced on the trial. The warrant was granted, and will be forwarded by the outgoing mail. The official nomination of candidates for the representation of the electoral districts of Mornington, Richmond, Colling wood, Sandhurst Boroughs, Ararat, Dundas, and Belfast in the Legislative Assembly, and for the Central Province in the Legislative Council, in the room of the members of the Cabinet whose seats had been declared vacant by their acceptance of office, took place on the 20th. There was no opposition in any of the districts, and the Ministers were therefore re-elected. At the Criminal Sessions on the 23rd, Thomas Taylor, late Baptist minister at Sandhurst, was charged with fraud as a trustee; Two objections were raised by thecounselfor the defence — -one, that the sanction of a Crown Law Officer had not been obtained for' the proceedings; and the other, that the prisoner, not having au expressed trust by the will, could not be arraigned for misdemeanor under the act. His Honor Mr Justice Barry ruled against the objections, but agreed to reserve them for argument if it was required. Only one witness — Ann Jones, the person defrauded — was examined, when the Court adjourned until the 25th. The female heart (says the Melbourne Telegraph) is acknowledged to be peculiarly susceptible to romantic sentiment, it is a failing which many young girls have discovered to their sorrow, only when too late. A hard, matter-of-fact woman is not particularly attractive to the opposite sex, and one who is too prone to romantic sentiment is in danger. That there is a proper medium in all things is a lesson that was learnt by some fifteen or twenty young women who were the victims of a practical joke on Sunday evening last — a lesson that should be consigned to the memory of every female who desires to be modest and true to

woman's nature. The circumstances of the case we allude to are these : — A number of . youug girls, some of them of very respectable parentage, received, during the course of last week, each a note, purporting to come from an amorous swam who was desperately in love with the recipient, asking for an interview at a certain fountain in the Fitzroy Gardens, at a particular hour. Some fifteen or twenty foolish girls responded to the invitation. The first to arrive at the trysting place was chagrined when another of the sex cam^ to the same sequestered spot, and both were equally astonished when a third made her appearance. Many and various were the stratagems employed to throw each other j off the scent, but none were successful. A fourth joined the first comers, and a fifth, and a sixth, and the arrivals continued until the number we have mentioned were collected. Some of them left at once, but a few lingered yet a little longer for the appearance of their supposed passionate lover, until, by the lapse of time, they were convinced of the deception practised upon tbem. These particulars are furnished to us by a gentleman whose wife discovered the note of invitation in the pocket of one of her daughter^ dresses on the day following the occurrence, and elicited the information, which we give as a warning to young girls to reflect ere they commit themselves.