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Colonist, Volume III, Issue 225, 16 December 1859, Page 2

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We are happy to state, that in a future riiaU will be made up for the Australian Colonies, per the I. 0. R. M. Company's inter-proyincial steamer, leaving "Wellington on ,or /about: the • 13th of every month, via, Nelson, Taranalij, and Manukau. This will give a bimonthly communication with Sydney v Letters and;parcels should be headed " via- Manukau."— -New Zealand Advertiser, December 14th. The Condemned Prisoner.—The petition for. the mitigation of the sentence passed upon Charles Straker, is being extensively aod most influentially signed, most of the magistrates arid grand "jurors of the districts having attached their names to .it.r—lhid. . y The " SHAREsa?ttoQK."-~On Thursday la*^ George Bell...cQok'of" the barque Snares.broo^, was .charged at the Resident Magistrate's Coiirti with a breach of the. Merchant Seaman's Apt^ in having refused duty, and with having wjlful^y damaged and made away with'part of th'p cooking ujt6os}fß belonging to the said sb,ip. , Tbp case was tried before B,;A£ Ferrard Esq-» ft-Af, The case was clearly substantiated, by the testimony of several wit«esse3,. and the prisoner was sentenced to .one month's imprisonment with-hardJabor>-^lt/hviH-be remembered,' t}i&t in the late case bfßegfna y. Straker, Georgp Bell, on being recalled, distinctly swore, '• that he did not throw portions. of the galley nor utensils overboard," his-conviction therefore lays him open to the charge of- perjury.— Wettingtcin Independent December, 13th. j ' ■

Shaming u:DoNKEY.-=rA person walking down a hilly part of the road in CumberwortlVwas niftr prised to see a man drawing a small cart-load 6f coals, at the back of which walked a' donkey. Ak he got up to the man, another person came up; and cried, " Why, Ned. what art doing; why art taa drawing the coil?" "Why," replied Ned^- " the donkey turned restive, so Ive gotten i, the shaft o' purpose to shame him." t v What are you Looking fob? —A man was angVy With his wife, either because phe talked too much, or for some reason oV other;, ans reso>ps not to speak to her for a long,'long 4iine- r ''ffe kept his resolution for a few days very 'Strictly; One evening he is lying in bed and wishes >to sleep;- he draws his nightcap over his ears; -and his wife may say what she will, he hears nothing of it. The wife then takes a candle, and carries it to every nook and corner of the room; she removes stools, chairs, and tables; and looks careful^ behind them. The husband sits up in bed, and gai?es inquiringly at her movements;, )ie thuik»£that tm tfio'inus't have an pn# &.)&k But he is-mistaken. His 1 wife'keeps oft wPKwf and searching. The husband loses patience,' ana cries, "What are you -looking for ?"—','Eor,;your tongue," she answers ? " and now that 1 have found it, tell me why you are angry V -Hereupon they became good friends again.* > • ' ■ n. >• ' ' 'M tsi.k a.fiood deal,ibut 1 tlalk welisaid.an im--pu^ent %UQ% •^