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sey¢ from his mouth, nose, and was spe of skin and flesh were han a ain from all parts of his body. He 8 that ha might be permitted to blow é. out, butt the fiends who surrounded 4 i” tion gf anything half so merciful nd nano : ‘ 2 % cee prolonging his tortures 2 af Nwud, to the hope plank and sob him afloat they tied him floated slowly a dhecunal. As he Ieated my fown tie on as on 19 bank pelted him with stones, bounte at a wooden projection Vincenzi at aid of a beam, and endeavoured org ab Lp, thus some boys ran out and took hig hands and ran kwivés ne until he let go. A small which Was passing, made an Aoecgh oeo eer Bitsatake Ried q to murder the captain if he in terfered, and the coward sheered off. Then the crew seized oats and boat-hooka and beat their victim about the head until the gent carried him out of their retcu, and he was drowned. His murder occupied three wars, and 29,000 persons are said to have articipated in it So much for this gallant ation. Can one feel one spark of pity for any arace, 8 not one rather disposed to look upon the evils which so often overtake hema and just Nemeses. I think 80. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH , MARRIAGE, I have amid very l little about the Russian marriage festivities because those jad of things are of the whole rather wakening, but I will just mention one feature which appears to have been about the most novel and magnificent of the entire pro gramme. This was the ice fete given by the English Skating Club on the Neva. Several aeres of ice were enclosed, and within these limits was constructed a perfect fairy land of ice. All round the enclosure were hung a haing of lamps, red, blue and green festooned in every imaginable pattern. At one side was the royal pavilion with a small supper yom behind. Opposite to this were two atforma for military bands, and at either and were cloak and refreshment rooms for the company generally. In the centre of the rounds rose a cautle of ice, a trophy of ice masonry, with its windows in a blaze of light by mesas of fires and lanterns. Other castles were erected at the corners of the enclosure lighted along their embrasures and battle y went with Bengal lights, whilst at intervals over the entire space burned electric ant magnesium lamps, showing everything as clear as daylight. Present at this gorgeous scene were the newly-married air, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and al their relations and friends from Russia, Denmark, and England, AU the party skated, and the Princess of Wales and the zarevna are said to have displayed great grace and skill in the art. Mr Jackson Haines, the great American skater, was a great source of wonder, and there was always a crowd around him to see him execute his most marvellous feats. It was one o’clock in the morning before the merry party broke up . GREENSTONE,
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Auckland Star
Auckland, Auckland, NZ
Thu, May 07, 1874
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