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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3318, 9 August 1879, Page 1

Mttt fgfttfog. "'r A GLIMPSE OF THE WAR! Around us the night closes dense as a wood, „ The stars down the darkness like eerie eyes bffbfr; While out through the nightfall my fearless thoughts flee . ' ; ''" To him who is fighting far ov«r the sea. * '' "** ' ' > -' or» Across the mirk moorland the birds of night erf-^ A wind stirs my flesh as of ghosts gliding by; Oh, clasp thy hands, pretty one, kneel down with me, And pray for thy father far over the sea. I "O, brave is my Donald, and gallant and gay -' 1 He'll flash through the fight in the wild, bloody day; He'll'crest the high waves upon valour's red sea; God shield him ! God send him back safely 1 to' me!" He's lying, poor wife ! with the valiant and tried, Who to-night poured their life on a ruddy biltaidc : But still she sings tenderly " Over the sea, Blow, breezes, and bring back my darling to me." Her soul it sat smilinsr as meek as a dove, In her pure perfect face that was lighted with love ; Her child, to her full heart endearing, she dwtr, And bowed like a flower 'neath its blessing of dew. Some luminous beauty glides over the place, A white mist of glory! a'white spirit face! A star-ihape comes slow and sweet from the gloom: God help tho, poor widow, thy husband is home! She knows not the presence that hovsreth nigli, '■" Nor whence falls the slumber that heals her heart's -cry; v •.- v.frj But she weeps in her vision, and prayerfully Still murmurs, " God send him back wtsbitf ne!"% A Fresh Candida* ftr ttl

The success of the Kelly Rang \k eVau 1-' ing capture appears to hare encouraged others to .take to bushranging. " Captain Moonlight, a notorious criminal, ii^telieved to be at the head of the gang of four armed men who have taken to the bvLfk in the Benalla district. "Captain Moonlight," whose real name if fltqtV is probably one of the most dttjjet^te ruffians in.jiie Colonies. He is a man under 35 yWrs of age, and was at one time connected with the navy. H,ejaw some active service in the Native 'War hero, and then made his way to Victoria. In 1869 he was acting as Ctiurcfc of England lay-reader at Egerton, a.pining township about 17 miles from Ballarat, 1 and about a year afterwards perpetrated one of the , most daring robberies on record., The branch . of the London Chartered there)-was in charge of a lad named Louis Brunn, who was on intimate terms with Scott. '{One Saturday night at about 10 o'clock/just " as Brunn had put the key into thtt^bank door to let himself in, he felt the c<pd barrel of t revolver touching his ear,' 'and found himself "stuck up" by a.masked mao, who compelled him to lead.;th«) t ivy into the bank and produce the keys"of the,safe. , Scott having, posiessipdjhjjxiiplf of a large quantity of gold—about £2,000 worth, if we remember rightly—blind* folded Brunn, and led* him through the township' to; a schoolhouse, situated* a , short' distance in the bush. -Arrived there he compelled his victim to wriffe^letter stating the circumstaWs uhdei: w&rch the gold had been «tolen, and JtCt|is letter he appended the signature t', Captain Moonlight.!' He then, tied,^|iiu^pho had not recognised him—to one ipC die school desks and left. .The .lad ivanaged to release .himself, and.gave infoniMtbn to the police ;4>ut the statement he* Jaade i appeared so improbable that on the foiWwing. day he was himself arrested in company with an unfortunate Softool* matter named Simpson.l They wereJboth tried for the robbery and acquitted, Scott being one of the principal witnesses against them. Simpson was a. broken man after his discharge, and never held his head up again, while Brunn, who tras not reinstated by the bank obtained other employment. Scott soon afterwards disappeared from Victoria, and more than a year had passed when he was arrested at Sydney with attempting to steal« yacht. It was then discovered that he bad sold in that city a,cake of, retorted gold which exactly corresponded in weight and sftape with one stolen from the Kgerton Bank. He, was arrested, brought back to Victoria, and •.committed for r trial, but beforerthe Ballarat Criminal Sessions, commenced he managed, in a most dating manner, to make his escape from" the gaol, also liberating three other convicts. They were soou rearrcsted, tad Bcott was sent to l'entridge for seven years. There he proved a most troublesome prisoner; but having served his time he wati released less than a year ago. ' Since that time he - has been lecturing at Ballarat and elsew hero on prison management.' Heist cool, determined, and reckless man, and if his knowledge of the country Was any* thing like that possessed by the Kelly/s, he would be likely to give the police a great deal of trouble.

THE SUCCESS OF H.M.B. « PINAFORE." The average playright hat a fixed opinion that certain definite appeals m'tUt ,be made (o the groundlings, in order to produce a successful play. There mtUt be coarseness or profanity, or the halfdistinguished obscenity that can be put forth in a double entendre, or else the.gEsat multitude will not be satisfied. As a consequence of this, many ladies do not dare to go to the theatre, or tOjtake their children there. There ia do question that these objectionable elements in plays hare kept many more f«o----ple out of the theatre than, they have ever attracted thither/ People'—even vulgar people—are ;:not pleased with vulgarity, and it is quite worth while to call attention to the things that the people are pleased with, both in the fictioasof the book'and of the stage. We have had a lyrical comedy running in all the fh'eatret 'of the country during the iaat •eaton—• | '• Her Majesty's Ship Piri»lofe,'r pi^oh will illustrate a part of what we mean. Continued in Fourth Page,