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I to hear what the constable at Mosgiel had to say. — This course was agreed to, and on re- ' suming Constable Christie stated that he had ; nut beeu to % lintel at Mosgiel and asked that , the woman should not be served. He had nob : seen her lately, but had seen her drunk one* or twice about 12 months ago. — In reply to complainant : Witness said lie had seen slightly under the influence of drink in tho , j township at Mosgiel. — Replying to Mr Graj ham. Witness said ho had viritcd tho house, and found it in a very clean state. — Mr Graham said the husband told one story and the woman another. He could not taka it upon himself to upset the order without more corroborative evidence. Tho woman could not be left absolutely destitute, so that ho would 1 have to make an order for the payment of the arrears. If tho defendant wished to have . tho order upset ho must make application. — , Defendant : Yeß, I will make an application , next Thursday. — His Worship then inflicted a sentence of seven days' imprisonment, tha warrant not to be issued until defendant had been given an opportunity of paying tho arrears, which amounted to £1 Is. MR BURTON'S READINGS. Mr Burton gave the third of his " Evenings with Great Authors," at the Choral Hall -on thu sth inst. The subject of the discourse wa>> the great literary creations of Shakespeare. In his preliminary remarks, Mr Burton adverted to the frequency with which competitions were instituted in tho columns of the press, and 3uggested that there was one competition which had not been- inauguj rated, so far aa he knew, and that was a cojn1 petition to decide which were, say, tho 10 I greatest humorous characters in literature. I Ho named oix out of the 10, and invited the ' audience to express their approval or otherl wise of placing at the head of the list the j character of Faistaff. The Fuggeation that he should be singled out for the premier position met with cordial endorsement, and the audience also signified their approval .of five others i named by Mr Burton — viz., Sairey Gamp, Don Quixote, Becky Sharp, Dogberry, and Sam Weller. He quoted a considerable list from whom the remaining four might be chosen, but as manifestly the audience's opinion was that Faistaff was at tho head of all comic creations, Mr Burton notified his intention to make that character prominent in his reading that evening. He stated that the I main subject of the evening would bo humour and patriotism, the exponent of tho one being Faistaff, and of the other Henry V. He then read, with connective remarks, some of the gema from " Richard 11, the first and second parts of "Honry TV " and "Henry V." The reading of " Once More unto tha Breach " and "St. Crispin's Day" were especially characteristic' of Mr Burton's style, and quite carried the audience away, although perhaps some in the hall preferred the impersonation of Faistaff. At the conclusion of the evening two short selections were given, one from " Hamlet " and the other from " Henry VIII," and Ur Burton's youngest daughter. Miss Hilda Burton, read with combined sweetness and power the two parts of Ophelia and Queen Catherine. There w»s a strike of workmen in the beet* fields of the Maffra Cultivation Company, • Victoria, the other day. About 40 men, ,in j receipt of 15s per week and keep, struck for 1 1 per week, and tore and mutilated the teiila ; of those who were willing to continue aft the lower rates. The ringleaders were arrdated* and iieah men put oak. J