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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4575, 3 September 1883, Page 2

Mr Justice Moule sentjaited a rnral prisoner in England i n the following words: —" Prfconw at the bar, your icofihsei thinks you innoeeat, the counsel* for the prosecution thinks you innocent, I think you innocent; but a jury of your owe eouatyyiaen, in the exercise of such common sense as they ppssess, which does not seem to be much, have found you « guilty,* and ii; remains that I should pass on you the sentence of tho law. That is, that you be kept im.piso.aed one day, and as that day was yesterday, you may go about youc business. <

Says the Melbourne Bulletin—•• There's a lot of iron in New Zealand, more than enough to build railways' and ironclads, but there are no brains: 6c enterprise to use it. r * w»

The Bon Marche, the largest drape™ and fancy goods stow. m Paris, had a field day recently. Ita 3,000 employes were kept basj from 8 o'clock ia the moraine until nearly 11 o'clock in the evening, and The gtmblin K -hell at Saa Carlo has put one of the first Schleswig-Holstein families into mourning. The second son, a promising young nobleman, visited Momwv during his journey through Italy. He had a large sum with him, which he lost at roulette, and he had to telegraph to hi£ tamily for more. Having received a supply he again took part in the play, bufc ill-luck pursued him- When the lasi tranc was gone and his watch, studs and ring, ho tried to borrow 50 francs to pay the bill at his hotel; but not being khowu, he got only a trifle. Exasperated and ashamed to ask his family a second timehe shot himslef.