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Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 356, 1 March 1871, Page 2

The following matrimonial advertisement appeared in ' a journal of Rhenish Prussia : " The true friend of a Catholic lady who, from family circumstances, has remained unmarried up to her thirty-sixth year, calls attention to the lady in question. She combines with a handsome and youthful personal appearance, strong and blooming health and an admirably cultivated mind andheart. She belongs to a very good family, and possesses, besides, a capitul of 15,000 thalevs. For the 'moment she is without opportunities of forming for herself a suitable acquaintance. Gentlemen of answerable- age and character, possessed of secured means of existence, great solidity and high considerations, are therefore invited to ofl'er their hands in alliance on the prospect of a happy union. Belonging to tho Catholic confession is much wished for, but is not made a condition. Photographs indispensable."

In the .Brewers' Journal of May 15, appeared a list of the chemicals for the use of brewers : —Bisulphited isinglass, soluble isinglass, sulphate of lime, bisulphite of lime, Tupulin, soluble dry precipitated iiinglass, Dublin extra condition (forgiving a head to porter) ; Burton ' extra1' condition (for giving'-a head to ale), double hufciulin aroma, brewing Bae<:lmruni s neutralising salt, (tasteleis to restore sour ale), tasteless beer finings, and' ale finings. Are all these- Sanctioned by the Board of Inland Revenue?^ The imprecations of Dr. Slop on Obadiah would be the meed of tho 80/ird, if they arc' Hot bolfed :' " Meledicti sint bibendo, esurieudoy sifiehdoj jejunando, ambukndo standd, ■;'.■ sadendo, jaceabo* operando, mingendo, caocando, et flobotomendo." Well what next ? - Permanganate of potash, by all that is wonderful! but upon a more careful inspection it appears that tho last compound is intended to'sweeten the inside*, not of men, but' of fusty casks. Let us be thankful for siriall mercies ! — lktterfrofn E S. Gayley. On October 18 there was interred in Pontefract Cemetery a pensioner named James M'Donald, who, had obtained the patriarchal age" of 100 years on October 1. Deceased had been blind for nearly four years, and was in receipt -of a pension of 2s per day. He wa3 with Lord Nelson at the battle of Trafalgar, and was also through the whole of the Peninsular war. He wore three medals, one of which had eleven bars. Several old pensioners followed the deceased to the grave. On the coffin was the following inscription :—" James M'Donald, died 16th October, 1870. Aged 100 years."

A letter ,from Borne reports :—There is a strong tEovenieht *' in the Sac red to secure on the death of Piu? IX. the election of "a-' foreigner to "the Pontifical • chair, as it ia .thought that an Italian Pope would be completely under the control df Ifuly. The project is got up by the ultramontane party, in 'connection with' the Jesuits, who, in the absence of a prominent character among the existing foreign cardinals, are urging, the Pope to fill up the vacancies in the Sacred College. The three candidates1 pat forward for nomination are Dr. Manning, Archbishop of Westminister ; Monsigrior Dechams, Archbishop ojf Malms; Monsiguor Lo Douchowski, Archbishop of-Posen ; all of whom will be included in the next creation of cardinals. The Italian cardinals, as might be expected, are, as a body, opposed to the movement, and it is doubtful whether Cardinal Antonelli will pormit the distribution of the hats if he himself has any views on the tiara.— JS Tew York Herald.

The St. Pelersburgh correspondent of the Jrt<Zepsndanee: Beige, ,a< ..■well-ipformed but credulous 'paper, ■' says President Grant has offered^ the alliance of America,in the effort to cancel the Treaty of 1856, and hns'proini&ed to send the American Wavy to assist the Russian fleeti Jin /forcing the Darcjiinelles. The story is clearly apocryphal, as America does not interfere -in-European quarrels, and does hot want war ; with England, Mr. Pish having, in a public speech, repudiated General ButlecVwell-meant, attempt- to get up 'one. Any attempt to seize Canada, he said, would mean immediate; war; and as for the formation of the Dominion, England had always behaved with the greatest justjce. American affairs ai'e so oddly .managed that it is quite possible the Secretary of State does not want Butler in !the ; Cabinet, while the President does ; but in any case, General Grant is not going, without preparation, to send the small, squadron he has afloat to fight the British fleet. h The Continental Press seems to have an idea that because America' and England hare a lawsuit, for damages on liand all American officials are malicious maniacs. < '