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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume III, Issue 139, 11 September 1863, Page 3

Hints to Riflemen.—ln a letter in reference to the forthcoming international match between England and Scotland, Horato Ross, the Captain for Scotland, throws out some useful hints to riflemen. He says: “ A man who makes judicious notes of his practice will derive more advantage from firing a hundred rounds than another who expends a thousand rounds without carefully recording the effect of wind, light and the atmosphere on the flight of his bullets. Make a note of these before commencing practice, and when you have made three successive bull’s eyes at any range, be satisfied. More practice at that range is not required for that day. Note carefully the degrees and minutes of your backsight, and also of your windguage. To be able to regulate your sighting is the first step to become a scientific rifleman.” Mr. Ross counsels great care in regard to regulating the charge of ammunition. Mr. Long kVrey, of Nelson, has made an offer to the Government of that Province to raise £250,000 in one year for railway purposes, in consideration of a bonus of £2OOO. If be does not raise the sum in the specified time, he offers to forfeit all claim to the bonus. The Late Mas. Harper —We understand a gentleman in this city received per last English mail, a remittance of £SO from the relatives of Mrs. Harper, wherewith to defray the cost of her passage and family to London, to join her friends there. This makes the second remittance of a like sum which has been forwarded to the unfortunate wife to separate from her husband. On receipt of the first sum she proceeded to Sydney, with the view of taking a passage from there in a ship homeward bound, but before an opportunity offered the money was all expended, and she returned again to Auckland. —Daily Southern Cross , September 3. Taranaki. —There had been a brush with the natives at Taranaki, a party of men under Captain Eussell having been fired on somewhere near the Omata stockade. Some sheep hud strayed, and 50 men of the 57th who went out to recover them were fired on. The fire was returned with spirit, and the natives were driven back into the bush, but the sheep had to be abandoned. There were two casualties on our side, neither of them serious. —Daily Southern Cross, Aug, 31. Holloway’s Pills.—Confidential Advice.— To all persons who suffer from bilious headaches, disordered stomach, biliousness, or flatulency, these Pills are most strongly recommended as the safest, best, and quickest mode of obtaining ease, without weakening or irritating the rervous system. Holloway’s Pills are especially useful in clearing away any excess of bile, which usually produces fever, unless remedial measures be adopted without delay. In asthma, bronchitis, and congestion of the lungs they may be relied upon for removing all danger. And, by purifying and regulating the circulation, they effectually prevent relapses. By rousing the liver to a fair secretion of bile, and quickly carrying it from the system, these Pills ward off low spirits, Hstlessness, and those distressing feelings often called “ nervous.”—(Advt.J The Bavarian Diet has been summoned by the King for the 15th hist. General Turr is said to have gone into the Danubian Principalities. A petition has been presented to the Spanish Cortes praying for the suppresion of bull-fights. It is expected the French Court will remain at Fontainebleau a month. A “Newsboy’s Home” has been established in Washington. A new malady has appeared in Washington j it is called “ spotted fever.” A newspaper in the English language is now published in Rio de Janeiro.