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ANSWEES AND NOTICES TO
CORRESPONDENTS.
?.* Questions submitted for answers mnst have some
distinctly* signature. 'Constant Subscriber^' etc., are
go amneioas that they only produco confusion. *-Ve
cannot answer questions on the following Saturday
unless the^are sent before Thursday night. ? , ....
Challenges. — A' challenges,' must bo sent in to our,
OtEco boforo Thursday evening, anil weennnot insert any
(anleM tho party challenginjf is known to US') Without a
depart of at least .£0, as a guarantee of Rood faith. ;
Faithful.— If neither pat ly viahe up thirty-one, then he
tcho plays die card that mates up Ihe nearest number to
it, without ercatlina it, iwks out.
Wager.— A pout) is £ib ; a monkey, £500.
jMatrimoin ? We never answer legal questions.
Theatrical Enquirer — She was not his wife. Never in
California. Von can see a file of '?Sell's Life in Vic
toria' at our office. -
Skater — Our mile hits letn stated in 1 mill. SO mcc, by
William Claria at Madison,- Wisconsin; - '
Plenty Rood.— A l'\roiuih, .according to the lutest dtfini
lion, that of the llefyrjii Bill) is a district prfvilegtdto
return one or tao burgctics \o Parliament, irrespective of
whether ii lias a corporation or not.-- ? Formerly it tras a
place havinq large potters. of self- government. London
is the capita! of Middlesex. When there is a tie at
counting for game at Wind all fuurs, the. dealer scores
tliepTiht;thi reverse is dictate at seeing all fourth i f
C H.F;— M,r'claion. ., ? ,-... ?,;; ..-. V.i -'/.'!.:.. '.
Munlham.— No 1 you aro thinking of Madame; VttelliV !
Q. B. — Acemling to the census of l6Hl, the population of
Scotland, ens 2.888,742) of Glasgow, 080,000 ; of Man
Chester, 310,213.'. ''.?„,',,?'? i'-'', »'-i- ?????'?-:»''. i -??
C. N.— ? Charles Kean teat tirver fiuightcd, nor did we ever
hear of, hit being elocution mailer .to -the Prince of
Walls. ..?-:.,, 1: ?;.?:???! .?.?.-.;.:.'?:»?/..) ? ''?- /'.? '??-;-
K. A.P.— He it his son. _ :'' ''.?'?'. '.L.'^'
Negro — We never heard, a, comparison, inttituted; you
can hear of Dave Carton at the Union Concert Halli ?'
Subscriber.— We qnve a lengthened memoir sif VUcount
Palmcrstnn in our issue of 4th May.
Moody ? There are about 160,000 .volunteers in Great
Britain.' ? ? .?: '
Jack Rngfj.— We cannot ' lay . whether Maxfield ever
ran eleven miles within the hour ; he never ran 21' miles
t within two hours. James Pttdney ran eleven , miles in
57 miit. 20 tec. ; and Maxwell run 20 milet in 1 hour
68 tnin.18 sec. ? . : . .;
C. T.— Mr. G. V. Brooke made his first appearance in
f Australia at the old Queen's Theatre.
J..T.— Chandler it taid to have cleared 39 fed oter
water. . , .
Council Club. — We have no record of tueh feats.
C. H.— No; Cossack it a year older titan Surplice. Ted
dington won tlie Derby in 1851. ? ? '
W. L. B. — Our correspondent wishes to know the address
of Mr. W. E: Huclterby, who tnok'the prize for jmultry
at the annual show of the Port Phillip Farmers' Society
lattyear. ' . . , ; . : ,!;;...
Stumps.— The Melbourne Cricket Club. ?? ? ? ?'?
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