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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume II, Issue 46, 15 May 1862, Page 6 (Supplement)

It will bo in the recollection of our readers that after the great fire in Tooley-street the old-estab-tablished fire insurance companies increased their rates for the insurance of the various kinds of produce to such an extent as to cause great dissatisfaction amongst (he commercial community, which took a practical form in the establishment of opposing companies, whose rates of charges where to bo of a more equitable character. One of these (he Mercantile, immediately assumed a good position, arising, no doubt, from the high standing of all the members of its Directorate, and the great experience of its Manager, George Henry Whiting, Esq. Encouraged by the success they have met with at home, the Directors have determined to extend their business to the Colonies. Tor this purpose they have appointed Mesers. A. I’. Stuart and Co., of Wellington, their agents to New Zealand- The advantages to the Colonists of this arrangement cannot be overestimated, ami the benefits which will accrue to the Company will be of such a substantial character as to prove the wisdom of the step they have taken. An elderly maiden, who has suffered some disappointments, thus defines the human race : Man: A conglomerate mass of hair, tobaccosmoke, confusion, conceit, and boots. —Woman : The waiter, perforce, on the aforesaid animal— Husband : An instrument constructed to growl over shirt buttons that “ arn’t there."—Wife : A machine for darning stockings, sewing on shirt buttons, and making puddings and other things. —Child : A compound of delightful and distressing elements.—Baby : An invention for keeping people awake at night, and for tlie aggrandisement of the washerwomen. The Highwayman's Ri:\v \nn, —ln 17G9 a gentleman who was passing late at night over the Pont Neuf, Paris, with a lantern. A man came up to him and said, “ Road tins paper !” He held up his lantern, and read as follows : Speak not a word when this you’ve read, Or in an instant you’ll be dead ! Give us your money, watch, and rings, With other valuable things— Then quick, in silence, you depart, Or I, with knife, will cleave your heart! Not being a man of much pluck, the affrighted gentleman, gave up his watch and money and ran off. He soon gave the alarm, and (he highwayman was arrested. “What have you to say for yourself?” inquired the magistrate before whom the robber was ushered. “That lam not guilty of robbery, though I took the watch and money.’ ’ “ Why not guilty ?” asked the magistrate. “ Sim - ply because I can neither read nor write. I picked up that paper just at the moment I met this gentlemen with the lantern. Thinking it might be something valuable, I politely asked him to read it for me. He complied with my request, and presently handed me his watch and purse, and ran off I supposed the paper to be of great value to him, and that ho thus liberally rewarded me for finding it. He gave mo no time to return thanks, which out of politeness I was ready to perform.” The gentleman accepted the plea of the robber, and withdrew his complaint. Marriages are often called “matches,” yet of all those who arc married how few are matched ? Tempers, tastes, and dispositions should bo well studied before marriage. Holloway’s Pills.—Stomach, liver, and cutaneous disorders. —The piercing winds, with warm sunny days, are trying to health, and subject comfort and appearance to a severe tost. The warmth drawing the blood to the surface only to be repelled by the eastern blasts, disturbs the balance of the circulation, and leaves the digestion, or the skin in a deranged, if not in a diseased, condition, Holloway’s Pills prevent or correct either result. In impared digestion, and in all ailments of the liver, they invnribly cure without stringent regulations for amusement or diet. By resorting early to these purifying Pills, the dyspeptic and sallow are speedily resorted to their natural and healthy state. They raise the drooping spirts, and confer renewed animal energy.— (Advl.)