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Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1772, 7 September 1874, Page 2

ks examination of the pupils attending the! Eureka School was held to-day before Mr. A.; Porter, when several prize* were given to the? echolars for efficiency and attendance. A; tew ot the parent* were present, and the state of the school under the chargo of Mrs. McManus is reported to be satisfactory. . ;

In an addrois which he delivered some time back afc Liverpool College, Lord Derby, told the students that there were throe great maxims of study—first, that mental labor never hurts anybody unless taien in g-eat excess; second, that these who c«um»t spare time for physical exercise will soon have to^ spare it for illness; third,that morning work: is generally better than night work.

Apeopos to bome.o'f tho members being; burned in effigy 5n Auckland, the following conversation was overheard in the lob% yesterday, says the Tribune of August 29. A wag was ! chaffing a certain member from Auckland, about his effigy being stuffed with kauri gum. The hon. member, laughing, said "Kahore, I don't care a E.LCh for them." The wag gave the retort by saying "No, but you're Lttckx that you were not in Auckland at the time." ; , ;

BjSMAEOK was recently called upon by a; Russian lady, who asked him for his auto., graph. After the Chancellor had complied with her request, she said to him: •" Prince, may I ask your autograph for a noble pur-, pose? My brother has been exiled to Siberia; let me write an application for hisj pardon over your name, and, the Czar will grant it." Bismarck consented, and Alexander 11. informed him, when at Berlin recently, \ that the pardon had been granted.

The Thames Magnet Troupe gave the: second and last of their performances at the Theatre Boyal on Saturday evening. The attendance was very good, and the entertainment passed off very satisfactorily to the audience, to judge by the frequent applause which greeted tbe accomplishment of each particular feat on the part of the acrobats, or tbe completion of each song by. the vocalists. Mr. McLiver presented in himself a host of amusement, and encores were demanded. The programme concluded with a farce entitled" The Hunky Dories." ■..,-,

The Singleton correspondent of the Mnitland Mercury reports the marriage of five sisters in a family in that district to fire brothers of another family. He says:—" On the 29fch July a youDg man named Bailey married a Miss Fomance, at Singleton. Taken by itself this announcement would probably interest the readers of the Mercury as much as a statement tkat something had occurred in come outlandish country about which nobody would care a atraw. But when we state that four brothers ef the bridegroom • were; preTiouily married to four sisters of the bride; the matter assumes a very different aspect,; Five brothers married to five eisters! We; believe v |that such- a thing stands unexampled: in the history of. the Australian colonies— perhaps the whole civilised world.

A most amusing incident came under our; notice to-day. The scene toot place in » police court, which is not a hundred miles from Wellington. The magistrate wan sitting; on the Bench,—his mind all absorbed in hearing * case —when a young -woman walked into Court and went straightway for the place of honour, which she ascended and seated herself behind the worthy magistrate, unper-, ceived by him. The persons in Court looked strangely on—eomo thinking that no other person than a relative would dare intrude upon the dignity of his Worship in such a. manner—others suggested that the person was " a shingle short." Howeyer, presently his Worship turns around, and much to his (surprise discovers his Btranjje associate, who accosts him in the following manner, •• If yer plage, sir I belavo yer want a earvant ?" Whether the magistrate was too confused or whether he admired the unconscious impertinence of the person, we>cannofc say ; but she remained on the Bench till the business of the Court was concluded, and then, we believe, heir business was satisfactorily settled. This it & specimen of the Colonial" servunt! and we roust congratulate His Worship on obtaining the services of such an indomitable being.— Tribune, August, 29.