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Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 245, 21 October 1870, Page 2

The Rev. F. J. Carden will lecture at the Syinonds-street Music Hall on Wednesday .next. Subject : " Poetry, and the British and Irish Poets."

Bismarck was in the habit of visiting some of Iho fashionable beer saloons in the e;ipit >1 to smoke a cigar, drink a glass of Berlin beer, and discuss politics, as occasion served. One day he hud a rather extraordinary adventure, which may serve to illustrate the impetuous diameter of the man. 'ihe historian says : — " He had just taken a seat, when a particularly offensive expression concerning a member of the Royal family was used at the next table. Bismarck immediately rose to his full height, turned to the speaker, and thundered forth —' Out of the house, sir! If you are not off when I driuk this glass of beer, I will break this glass on your head.' Afc this there ensued a fierce commotion, and threatening outcries resounded in all directions. Without the slightest notice Bismarck finished his draught, and then brought down the measure upun the offender's pate with such effect that the glass flow into fragments, and the man fell down howling with anguish. There was a deep silence, during which Bismarck's voice was heard to say, in the quietest tone, as if nothing had taken place—' Waiter, what is to pay for this glass ?'"

Mr. G-ougli, the celebrated temperance lecturei', tells the following racey incident which came under his notice whilst upon a coasting voyage : —" We had a man on board so notoriously wicked that we gave him the name of the Algerine. His profanity was frightful. Utterly ignorant, all he knew of prayer or Scripture was the first verse of the. first chapter of Genesis, aid the first clause of the Lord's prayer. During fair weather he \va9 a great braggart and bully ; when the gale so increased that we were really in danger, lie bo^au to show signs of fear, and soon we heard him muttering, 'In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth oh! oh! —our Father shart in heaven —oh! —we're going down —d the luck — oh! oh! oh!—-In the beginning —oh! —murder !—d the lock —our Father shart in heaven.' When the jib blew away, he was ordered by the captain to go out with another man on the bowsprit. 'Nj ! I won't —our Father shart in heaven — no! I won't— d dif I do!' and there lay poor Jack prone upon the deck. ' G-et up, you lubber,' 3aid the captain.' 'Our Father shart in heaven,' said Jack. ' You need to be started with a rope's end,' said the captain. 'In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.' ' You fool! get up ! you'll be washed overboard,' said the captain 'Oh ! oh!—our Father shart in heaven,' said Jack, as he crawled to one of the rings of the hatchway and clung to it with both hands.

While Lopez was struggling for his last moments in this world, a most extraordinary scene was going on at a short distance. Hound a cart, in which was Mrs. Lynch with four of her children, some Paraguayan officers were still making a desperate defence. Lieut.Colonel Martins, in guarding himself against the blind strokes of Colonel Puuchito Lopez (the ex-Dictator's eldest son), called out to him to surrender, and from her cart Mrs. Lynch also cried out, " Surrender, Panchito— do surrender." The youth, however, would not hear her entreaties, and again fell upon Martins, who--patience being finally exhausted and overpowered With emotion at the boy's bravery—cub Panchito down with a tremulous hand. The other children were crying, and Mrs. Lynch declared herself and children to be ; English subjects, and as such under Brazilian protection. Colonel Martin i ordered a squadron of his Lancers to guai'd the cart and'its contents against the unbounded fury of the Paraguayan women. Panchito was buried at the side of his father. Mrs, Lynch

and her children, Lopez's mother and sisters, were conveyed to Ascuncion, and there, at their own request, Mrs. Lynch and her children were taken on board of the Princeza de Joinville, which was to cqnvey them to Brazil.