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Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1866, 26 December 1874, Page 2

j, - - i m*»' — The Juilices sitting ab the B.M. Court this xnorniDg munificently paid tbo fine inflicted upon an inebriate. Tho fino amounted to 2s 6d. There were two Juitices. In holiday times tome all«wance is always made by the~ police and Magistrates for the little weaknesses of their fellQw creatures. Tester* day (ChrUttr.a» Day) a court was }i»ld in order to dispose of two criminals that they might not to inctfCOakWcL toiler than was n«pes«

HiaHoNOQ the Superintendent, patron of the Thames Races, arrived by the Manila today and posted out to the, course rationed.

A Cbyex o*elock lemc^'was he]d at St. (3-corge'fl Church yesterday ■'^reningfj, arid many' persons—those who; didiiotattend in the morning particularly—availed themselves of the opportunity to attend Church. Quite a . pleasant; surprise was occasioned dmirig the service, .when a* circumstance quite out of tho common took plate. MrW. F. Baker, of the v ß&ki)r Yocnl Troupe performed a solo, the first four verses of the 49th Chap, of It«»h£;in;:reaUjr:nißgniflc»nt;•♦vie.* tGI-reat. surprise wns. evinced ; the congregation not being aware of tbe fact that Mr Baker was going to favor...thejj^^h^hiB a p^rfo_rßs«i.sei_. a great many of them 1 arbie with the intention of taking part, but on perceiving the fact at once subsided, and listened, much pleased witH the rendering of the verses to the grand accompaniment* of the organ. Mr Baker has a fine, clear, tenor voice, and the effect was very excellent. Th 4: duty of getting up the ' Hoapital dinner this year —in the absence of Mrs IMEbridge; who has worthily perform*! Che* commendable work for tome years —was undertaken by Wrs.Kilgour. We have not had time io vi«it the institution to obtain details, but we believe.contributions- were,as liberal, and the dinner supplied to patients as good in every way, as on previous Christmas anniversaries. . . .

Ax the annual meeting of Court Pride of >Parnell, 4409, A.0.F., held on Thursday evening last, at the' Maionic* Hall, Queen street, the following officers were elected for the ensuing term :—Chief: Ranger, Bro T. L. Murray j Bub-Chief Rangeri Bro J. Robineon ; Treasurer, Bro Thomas Veale; Secretary, *Bro Charles Ahier; Assistant Secretary, 'Bro Henry McKay ; Senior Woodward, ■ Bro John Emerson; Junior Woodward, Bro N. Milnfi.; Senior Beadle, Bro Wm. .Fleming; I Junior 1 Beadle, Bro Henry Newman; Auditors, Bros J. Smith and George Wilson; Medical Officers; Drs Peretoni LethbTidge, and Payne,

We take the following from the Spectator :—The Bight Rev Charles Stunner, lately Bishop of Winchester, died on August 15tb, at Winchester. He was, let us trust, the last of his kind—an Evangelical who really believed, but who wanted, above all things, to get on and get rich. He obliged the Oonyngbom family by marrying a lady to whom the heir of tho house was attached, and thenceforward was pushed on by the Marchioness, George IV.'c latest friend. He was rapidly made Canon of Worcester, Canon of Canterbury, Bishop of Llandaff, and Bishop of the linreformed See of Winchester, with ;Farnham,,Palace and an, unknown income. He enjoyed this for forty years, and yet when he resigned conditioned fop Jarnliatn and a pension of £2,000 a-year. His moderation was extolled, for he^might hare .had more; 'but he drew in his life probably th'reequarters of a, million from the Church, and did for it in : return little beyond the'ordinary duty of a Bishop. He wrote nothing, .urged, nothing, founded nothing He was not a nepotist, had no moral defects, and he led a serene and stately life, /which, with his fine manner, imprefied people; but if there is never another Bishop like him, so much the better for the Church. ,

The Art Journal is responsible for the following story:—A somewhat curious circumstance occurred lately, which is strangely illustrative of modern manners. A nobleman, passing through a West End street, saw a fine hut Tery dilapidated picture in » broker's shop. He purchased . it, and inquired the painter's riatnei but was unable to discover in ore than, the initials. Confident that the picture—a seaside view-with-a rocky shpre-f was modern, -lie was anxious to disepver the painter. r'ln ■■'■ vain?-he tried all tha 'pictuVa deal ere. They knew t|be styleand the initial?, but .they were, unacquainted with the mar• ,They were confident that the painter was alive, but they knew aothing of his homo or his haunts. The aoWeman, piqued at being co baulked, determined to find the painter, and at last, in despair, applied to Pollaky, the foreign, detective., roUaky knew nothing about art or artists, but he undertook to find the man. And find him he did, after some trouble, iv the midst of the direst poverty, in a little court in Sohp. The discovery of the artist was the turning point in his fortunes. The nobleman employed him, and at this moment there is a picture of his ii the Academy marked " sold."

A WEli-KNOWS gentleman yesterday took' advantage of the holiday ,to do what perhaps he never attempted to do before, namely, to ride on the back of a Horso. The gentleman j came to grief; or perhaps it would be more s'riotiy correct to say that he came to the ground. His hat fell off in the course of some extraordinary manoeuvres which he and the horse were indulging in, and he followed the hat. The rider, after having em bra cod his mother earth with every member of his body, arose, and bestrode the horse again. After riding for eomo distance he became apparently possessed of an ardent longing to embrace the earth again; for true it is that he did not wait to get down by the orthodox mode; but, eb to speak, jerked himself off, and sprawled. He mounted again. The last seen of this rider, he. was doing a canter and looking very limp, and sliding all over the horse's back in a ,mann. r which suggested that he was eudeavoring.to discover a comfortable seat any where But on the saddle. - - - ~ Miss Chbistian, the beautiful. coWiltOi singer who arrived in Aucklaad, by^lhej Wongi Wonga, assisted the Choral Society in the production of the '* Messiah." Of Miss Christian the Sydney Mait "(the weekly edition of tho Sydney Morning Herald) says :—"Miss Christian >i% the best singer of contralto ballads that we have heard in Sydney since Sarah Flower's death ; in many rospeotß she has the same perfection of delivery, and in expression is quite equal to thit. gifted songstress." Thr Tuapeka.limes apologised to many of its subscribers'for the r.on-delitery of their paper on a recent Saturday, and stated that the regular runners were laid: up with tho measles. * ":.<> if.^ ■ Gents' clothes cleaned, dyed" and pvessod. Gants' light suits cleaned, ,5«. N.B.r-In future all goods and* orders will only be received at the Thames Dyeing Establishment, Bolle»ton street, Shortland.'