The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1874.

Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1815, 27 October 1874, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1874.

A MEETING lias been called for this evening, at the Governor Bowen Hotel—time, halfpast seven o'clock —to take steps for getting up a race meeting at tho Thames during the forthcoming Christmas holidays. His Worthe Mayor ■will preside. X. Two errors were inadvertently allowed to pass in our mining items yesterday. In the Queen of Beauty return 854 was printed 834, and in the Bird in Hand 554 for 254. The mistakes were in the returns of retorted gold —the quantities in melted being given correctly. Mb. Jehkgbson's Art Union drawing took place last night. The first prize fell to Mr. Robertson, and other handsomely framed oil and water color pictures were taken by Mrs. Devin, Captain Kicharda, Mr. E. H. Power, Mr. P. Morbury, and Mr. H. D. Dmer. The remainder of the subscribers received each a photograph, or'an illuminated sheet. Mrs. Airey and Mrs. W. Macdonald performed the drawing. Wb understand that the* man Cass —the tool ueed by the Police to securo a conviction against Manning for breach of the Quartz, Crushing Machines Eegulations and Inspection Act — who was non est for some time, has turned up, and that a prosecution will be instituted against him for a breach of the Act under which Manning was convicted, namely, for refusing to give his name to tho machine owner when offering auriferous quartz for treatment. The Choir of St. G-eorge's Church will give an entertainment at tho Academy of Music this evening, commencing at eight o'clock, to consist of an exhibition of scenes from the late German war, with descriptive lecture by Mr. E. T. Wildman, and song?, &c, by tbe Choir. The second part of the programme will be carried out as formerly, which means, we believe, that there will be a dance. The price of admission is extremely moderate.

The Ancient Order of Forestors in Victoria, which has hitherto been the only friendly society without a supremo controlling body, has established a high court. Until now each district has been governed by its own laws, now a general code for the government of the whole Order has been adopted and registered. This chango will materially enhance the position of the society, and tend to increase its members. The first high court meeting will be held in May nest, at Geelong, -when delegates will attend from all parts of the colony. ; An extraordinary marriage is reported to have taken place at Jevington, Sussex, the ceremony being performed by (he Very Key. Archdeacon Phillpotts, in the presence of a large congregation. The nuptial pair both belonged to the pariih of Jevington, but the singular part is the fact that the bride has no arms, and the ring had to be placed on the third toe of her left foot. At the conclusion of the marriage ceremony she signed the j register, holding the pen with ker toes and writing in a very fair " hand." Tfae bride has accustomed herself to u«e her needle and do many other useful things with her toes. An amusing occurrence took plaeo on Wednesday week last (says the Herald) on the Hobson's Bay Railway line. When the eleven minutes past eight train for Windsor was to start, the guard blew his whistle to announce that all was right, and the engine started off. The engine, however, waß not coupled to the train, and the carriages and passengara were left behind. The enginedriver did not discover the mistake till he stopped at Kichrnond, and the station-master came out to take the tickets, but found no carriages or passengers. The engine then returned to the Melbourne station, found the passengers patiently waiting in the carriages for the train to start, and took them on their journey. Two of the railway employees, who were to blame in the matter, were suspended. A Baecabat Chinese doctor writing in the Argus cays: —"Dipfitheria ia not confiaed to the land; it is frequently taken at sea. It reigns in the highest, the lowest, and the loneliest spots. Cleanliness is no preventive ; filthiness is no encouragement. There is no country in the world exempt from it;. Neither is there any ocean, river, lake or ssa exempt. The causation I have long known, and respactfully state that it is not set forth in either of the articles that have appeared ia your paper. I beg also to state that I possess the cure as well, and am prepared at any moment to explain the causation, and practically prove it to be correct ia the presence of all the medical men in the colony. It cannot be stamped out, but can very easily be cured when it is known to exist. But it must be taken at the first stage."

The Lord and Lady Byron mystory has been solved again, and this lime also by America. Mrs. Stowe did it in an unpleasant, suggestive way, which left all sorts of unsatisfied questions behind. The Countess Guiccioli denied it all fervently, and drew Byron's posthumous portrait in angelic colors. Leslie's Illustrated Paper now denies the Stowc insinuations, and says the cause of Lady Byron leaving her husband was the revelation of a previous marriage to a Spanish Jewess, by whom there was issue a eon, named after his father, George Gordon Byron. Dr. Lushington aud Lady Byroa's father were made aware of the Spanish marriage, and the whole affair was kept secret lest the illegitimacy of Ada Byron should transpire and the succession to the peerage be imperilled. J Leslie's lays, moreover, that young Byron w»s known to be in New York some years since, and that he had the true Byron :c face. Further, he was engaged in preparing a history of family affairs, but something Btopped the business. Altogether it looks at present, to be a splendid American story, more sensational even in its way than that of Mrs. Stowe.

We are requested to stato that the Golden Or«wn will not make her usual trip to the Thames to-morrow. A meeting- of Borough Councillors and members of the Highway Boards was lurid to-day re extension and management of the Shortland Cemetery. A report of the proceedings is unavoidably excluded from our present issue. We are also compelled to omitfa report of the public total abstinence meeting held last nighb in St. George's Hall, Mr. Speight in the Chair., The members of the Tradesmen's Cricket Club held a meeting last night at tho Pacific Hotel. There was a good attandance : some routine busineso was transacted, and it was decided to go into practice at once, with tho view of meeting the first eleven of the Thames Club, tho Tradesmen having won two matches with the second eleven of the came Club last season. Dr. Kilgour has kindly given, the Club the use of a cricket ground. There was also Borne talk of getting up an amateur performance, and giving tho proceeds to the Accent Eelicf Fund or the Hospital, but the matter was postponed until next meeting. Two scandals are exciting Mclbourna society (says the correspondent of the Ballavat Miner.) Tho first is that a wellknown bookmaker is likely to have a cit'l notion for seduction, if not a criminal one for rape, brought ngainst him at the instance of a youthful barmaid at one of our leading hotels. The second is that a young man woll-known in Melbourne, who has for a long time been tho spouse of a squatter's daughter, of considerable independent income, has taken flight to Europe under an assumed name. He was seen in town on Saturday last, but since that has been missirg from the telle'sdesk of one of tho most recently erected of our banking institutions. The young gentleman in question has an uiaenviab'e reputation for his connection with the gaming transactions which caused Wardill's suicide, and certain revelations of his connection with blackbirding have recently astonished society.

The Melbourne correspondent of tho Hamilton Spectator is accountable for this: — " By the last naail "I learn that even royalty is not exempt from trials within the eacred precincts of the royal circle. My informant states that H.E.H. tke Prince of Wales' two sons are smart little fellows, but regular pickles. Theso young men were recently dining Tfith her Majesty, and Prince George, the second boy, forgot etiquette, and commenced to comport himself in a riotous manner. His illustrious relative, tho Queen, told him to go under the (able and remain there until he was good, which, the royal young rebel did. Several times he was f. sked by her Majesty if he was good, if so ho might come out —but he declined. At last ho announced that he would be good, and desired to come out. He was told his penitence was satisfactory, and that he might reappear, when io the astonishment and amusement of all, the young pickle emerged as nak^d as when he was born."