(From the Star.) London.

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 122, 15 February 1873, Page 2

(From the Star.) London.

London. MrShipworth, barrister, hna been sentenced to line and imprisonmnif for contempt of Court, in speaking at a meeting held in support of the Tichborne claimant, in trnnt. condemnatory of the course pursued by the Crown law <iera in the criminal prosecution, and particularly us to the heavy amount of (he rrcopni«nnccb required from the accused Tlic trial of (he Tiehborno rlnimnnt is fixed for April 20, deforo the full bench of Jtutye*, in order to render unnecessar> an appeal to a higher Court. It is rumoured that the movement on the part of the Conscrvativoa ogoinst Mr Gladstone and hn eollenguej will bo mot bv them with an early di«.solul urn of Fnrlta.iiunt and an appeal to Ihe cmntry. The ship Whirlwind, from Jlonnkong to Sydney, with tt-n, Ac. has put into Jiutima in u leuk\ condition, and kho will probably be condemned. Her ear»o is eonnd

MuoT 7)o Ir.— A boy \iasobser\ed intently watching for a " woodchuck "to coino out of Ins hole. "Do yon suppose you can cateli him y " a*-ked a pnsMcr-liv. " Cutch him ? " ronteniptuouj.lv answered (hcboi, " I\c pot to catch him ifcran-jur. "Wo arc out of meat. — American paper.