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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 931, 22 October 1879, Page 2

" iEgles," in.the lAtutrdUuiai^ 'say's*— One of the astronomers pf the Observatory was disturbed m the ; midst Of some abatrtrte calbulationa by an iritimatitfn that a lady insisted on seeing him. An 1 interview was oono^edjjyhen si la^ ; of niatol» tfears. and w*th a fMkena^ accent^ prodttoed a * gelatinous something m a broken flower-pot, which she said sEe had found on the St. Kilda beach, and she required to be informed as to what it Was; Mr W, inspected the something; i and ■ gaid, "Madam, this is not nr our way* ' Ibis is m the department of natural history. If you desire information;. about this, you should have gone tor - Professor 'M'CoV "Natnral history, 'iß tit? Shure, then! they told me it was a star-fish,, and that I should bring it here." . .% .:, , ; "> "'•'. H v M.3.;Kcchante J.hershfc^tov^^ the> sons of the Prince of Wales are appointed, is an iron dorvejite cased 'with wood, mounting 16 guns,' 'with fengines of 5,250-horse power. She' is 2,^9 ion», being 676^ tons larger than S.M.B. I Wolverine, the flagship of this station. She must have been brought forward very rapidly, as by the Navy List of July (the last issue), which includes;; all officers appointed up to 20th June,:- she Jhad; at that date. only, a few of her officers . appointedj,and these wereborne upon" the book of H.M.S. Asia, the guardshipat Portsmouth, as, is the practice with ships when commencing to fit out. The Hon. Lord Ramsay, her commander, . was commander of the Britannia triuiiing j ship at Dartmouth, where their Royal-Hlghn&ses underwent their preparatory trainfog ,for the service, and where at one v: T of the examinations recently they passed -with great credit. • • / . ' Navy-blue pardsols with white spots are getting to be all the l rage. ; The rage is confined principally to the husbands who have to pay for them. An old hat belonging to Napoleon. I. was recently advertised for sale >m Paris. We shouldn't think it would bring much, as both the Nap. and crown are gone. : , :t ■ : .