a flinging out of the hind legs, and a disappearance into the lake. T h e narrator was positive it was the bunyip, but only that such monsters of the deep do not exhibit from the tops of rocks, I should be disposed to think "it was very like a whale." Edwards was given at times to the amusement vulgarly termed, " drawing the long bow," and this was, doubtless, a specimen of that sort of archery. Another infantile triplet made its appearance in Melbourne on the ioth November, 1849, an auspicious event which caused quite aflutterof excitement amongst the matronhood of the place. T h e prolific mother was the wife of F. B. Jones, the proprietor of a small cooperage in Elizabeth Street, northward of the Post Office. Dr. F. T. Ford was the accoucheur, and the n e w arrivals were all bouncing boys. T h e parents were not over well to do in the world, and a subscription was started. T h e youngsters were n a m e d Matthew, Mark, and Luke. T o obviate any mistake in their identity or a possibility of their getting mixed, it was determined to assign to them a distinguishing badge or colour, by tying a strip of ribbon around the neck of each. Matthew to sport red, M a r k blue, and Luke green. AVhen decorated in this style the little Joneses formed an interesting exhibition, a real baby show which used to be frequently visited and enjoyed by the ladies. T h e future of this trinity was not unremarkable. Matthew died early in his infancy, and some years ago (as I a m informed) Mark was a "cabby." and Luke a "bobby," pursuing their respective avocations on the streets of Melbourne. The first chemical works were opened in 1849, on the Yarra at Richmond, by R. Charles and Co., where some tolerably good starch was produced. On 23rd November, 1849, Mrs. Cummings, the wife of a private of a detachment of the 12th Regiment, noticed what appeared to be the point of a needle protruding from the arm of a child three months old, and on consulting Dr. Black, the needle was drawn, and was of a colour quite blue. It transpired that at an early stage of her pregnancy, Mrs. C u m m i n g s , in the course of her work had accidentally swallowed a needle of the kind then k n o w n as " a Whitechapel blunt," which was identical with the one taken from the child. A terrible wholesale drowning occurred in Geelong harbour on Sunday, 2nd December. Captain Kircus, of the "Victor," a nephew of Captain Davidson, of the " P o s t h u m o u s " (two vessels riding off Point Henry) ; and two ship's apprentices, proceeded by boat to Geelong, and as they were returning in the afternoon, the boat capsized in a squall, and all hands perished.
ALLEGED CONJUGAL INFIDELITY.
A case of unprecedented cruelty on the part of a husband was investigated at the Melbourne Police Court, 8th March, 1850. Charles Collins, aged sixty, was married to a girl of twenty, and they, with one child, resided in a cottage at Brighton. They had been married six years, and lived on the most affectionate terms till the husband questioned thefidelityof his wife. For this there was no tangible rhyme or reason; but Collins took measures to restrain her supposed illicit amorous propensities. H e caused to be forged a pair of iron rings, with a strong connecting chain, like bullock hobbles, each ring opening with a hinge, and fastened on the opposite side with a padlock, for the purpose of clasping above the knee. T o the main chain was attached a second one, to be fixed with a staple to a log of wood embedded in the earthern floor of the kitchen of his hut. Taking the wife he fettered her with this apparatus, and looped a piece of rope about her neck, so as to choke her unresistingly at a moment's notice. Here the poor creature was ironed for three weeks, though she was the mother of a child only a few months old, which she was compelled to attend to in her captivity. T h e shocking outrage at length coming to the knowledge of the police, Constable Draper unexpectedly visited the place, the w o m a n was at once liberated, and the husband arrested on a charge of cruelty. W h e n the parties were confronted in the Police Court, the w o m a n , w h o showed the faded remains of no inconsiderable personal attractions, was little more than a girl in appearance, though seemingly of impaired intellect, whilst the husband was ferocious in aspect, of slovenly habits,
