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Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1794, 2 October 1874, Page 2

We understand that summcases have bom issued against three persons suspected of having teen connected with the wilful destruction of the lamp recently erected by Mr. Betters, and will in all probability bo brought before Captain Eraser to-morrow morning.

On Wednesday last the actual enquiry for which the Hospital Committee met only laste i about three quarters of an hour, when ifc adjourned till-to-night at 7 o'clo k It. IB to bo hoped that the time of to-night'a motting will not be taken up by purposeless and perfnnal discussion.

We notice that Mr. Bellers, proprietor of the Nil Desperandum Hotel, effova a reward of five pounds for information which shall lead to a conviction of the person wl)O broke his lamp. We trust the miscreant will be discovered, for it is impossible to com eive a more wanton piece of mischief than thedamaging of thi3 lamp. Is had only just been completed—was lit for the first time, we believe, the night on which the mischief was done. ■

A BBMAB'KABI.TS instance of a man immediately before dasth having a presentiment of his fate without any apparent reason occurred at the Benevolent Asylum, Melbourne. An inmate named John Melrose, when speaking to the doctor, eaid, ■' I think I will g > up ■tairs and lie down on my bed and die." He went to his room, sat on the bed, and in a lew moments fell back aud died. Ho wm 74 years old, and the cause of death was reported to be old age and dysentery.

The Dublin fishwoman who collapsed when O'Odnnell called her " a hypothenuse" and the housemaid who came home fr«m the ball indignantly because her swain asked her after supper if her programme was full, have their parallel in Sandhurst. One of those agreeable young persons whose duty it is to dispense Bherry and be flirted with had replaced for an hour the regular practitioner at a particular bar. The temporary occupant, seeing the relief coming was about retiring, when a gentleman who had been in conversation with her suggested her remaining for a little. " Oh," oaid the friend,." She can't. She's only a locum teriens." At which the lady looked daggers, and suggested if he couldn't say anything agreeable he might just as well keep silent.—Australasian.

One Sunday erening lately there was, says jEgles, a meeting at one of the gold-fields centres of s body of Christians who, in public, aim at peculiar sanctity. A little light was accidentally shed upon the real character of the two pious enthusiasts who had conducted the preaching and the psalmody. It was necessary for a gentleman connected with the building in which the congregation had been assembled to attend personally to some pressing business. After the benediction had bsen pronounced, and the room cleared (as he thought), he was surprised to hear some one softly whistling, "Up in a Balloon, Boys." Thinking it must be an intruder he ensconced himself where he could observe without being himself seen. He then discovered that he who whistled was one of the graoe-walking brethren who had conducted the service. Ho weß counting tho collection. When he had finished his arithmetic he faid, " Only 155., Jim; and 7s. 6d. to pay for tho room out of that! This gatno won't pay."

Damb Dubdek, who writes " feminine gossip " in the Australasian, gives the following, which may possibly be useful t» persons at Iheir wits' end what to do for the coming bazaar: —Among the pretty fashions of trifling away time-which ladies call fancy work—one of the prettiest is th* art of arranging and gilding pine ornaments. The simplest form of doing this is to get a couple of well-formed 1 piae cones,' not too ripe— any gardener will give them —and then wash them over with Besieiner's gold solution. The process occupies about fire minutes, is Tery cleanly, and a pretty ornament is produced. A more elaborate mode is to obtain some Tery ripe cones, break them into the separate divisions into which they open as they ripen and dry. Have a plain equare or Oxford picture-frame prepared. Fasten on these leaflets one over the other as thickly as possible with headless pins or tacks. Having the frame covered wash all over with the solution of gold as directed; the result is a very handsome frame.

The Pleasant Creek News is responsible for the following good story: —"A'most unfortunate exchange of property is reported to have occurred here recently, as.a consequence of the joviality of two residents of thp district. They had been spending the day at Stawell, in tbo transaction of business, and when evening came passed a few hours in social intercourse. The night was far advanced when they left the hotel they had chosen as a rendezvous and when they mounted their horses at the door the animals were more intelligent than their masters, who, as they, separated, allowed their steeds to choose the road. The nags were used to this work, one cantered off towards Great Western, while the other trotted soberly on towards another outlying centre of settlement. Unfortunately, in the dark each had mounted the other's horse, and when the spouse of Mr. B. rose on hfaring the wellknown sound of old Surefoot's hoof, and went to admit her husband, she found a stranger. Her trouble was ia no way lessened when she found that A. was unable to explain, and in fact fell fast asleep in a chair as soon as he entered the house. Mcanwhilo B. fared even worse. He jogged along on his friend's pony until ho reached the latter's residence, and picked up in due course before the door. Mrs. A, however, as a lady of spirit, felt it incumbent upon her to punish drunkenness in her spouse, ami before her supposed husband, had time to notice that he was in a strange country she belaboured him soundly with a stout switch. He roared lustily, and became almost sober by the time that his assailant discovered her miEtabe, and mingled her apologies with inquiries for her missing lord Messrs A. atid B. have since arranged that they will never ride horses of the same color when coming to Stawell to spend the evening."