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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume III, Issue 142, 2 October 1863, Page 6 (Supplement)

Bishop Colenso. —Bishop Colenso has now given a direct challenge to the whole bench of Bishops, as ho has just published the third part of his celebrated work ; and has challenged his lordship the Bishop of Oxford, to declare whether or not he boliexes in the literal historical account of the Creation, the Noachian deluge, or the numbers of the Exodus. This challenge must now be met fairly, and bring this matter to its right issue of popular trial.— London Correspondent of Nelson Examiner. The Great Sea Serpent.— I The great Sea Serpent lias again turned up. It has been seen by several persons on board the African mail steamer Athenian, off Cape Palmas, and is described as 100 feet in length.— lbid. Burglary Extraordinary. —On Thursday evening last about 4 o’clock as one of the constables was proceeding to duty he heard a great shouting opposite Mrs. O’Hara’s Boarding House in High-street, Christchurch. He quickly proceeded to the spot and found two brothers (we suppress names) outside a house on the Ferry Boad in a state of nudity and armed with sticks. They informed the constable that there was a burglar in one of the rooms in their house, and requested him to proceed to arrest him. The constable entered the house, taking all precautions for securing the villain who had thus disturbed the sweet slumbers of the unfortunate brothers. He approached the door of the room noiselessly and fearlessly, and removed the barricade which had been erected by the alarmed inmates; he then opened the door and entered, and we will leave our readers to imagine the feeling he experienced when he was placed face to face with a hairy antagonist in the shape of a large tom cat. Th’o ffoender was speedily secured, the neighbourhood became quiet once more, and the constable proceeded to the Station to lodge his tale of a burglarious catastrophe.— Press, August 28. Seventeen private soldiers of the French army, m Bonaparte’s time, by their bravery and talents, raised themselves to the following distinguished stations : —Two became kings ; two, princes ; ninedukes ; two, field-marshals; and two, generals. A “Moderate” Drinker. —A brewer’s drayman lately died at the age of thirty-one, who had for ten years drunk ten or twelve quarts of Bass’s in a day. And tint’s what ale-d him. Holloway’s Ointment and Pills.—Unsolicited Testimony.— Mr. Rippon, Hairdresser of Exeter, in a letter dated July Ist, 1862. Writes: “My wife had been a great sufferer for several years from bad legs. After trying many different applications for months together to no purpose, a lad} - strongly recommended your medicament, and I do assure you \ve feel most thankful to her and yourself for the perfect cure they have effected. My wife is now able to take a walk of four or five miles with comfort. You may publish this letter, and I only hope it may be the means of inducing other sufferers to use your admiral remedies, which have proved a blessing indeed to us.” Such testimonials are indisputable.— (Advt). On the occasion of giving away the midsummer prizes at Harrow, Bishop Colenso, who was present, was hailed with tremendous applause.—Preston Guardian.

The Court Journal says it is known in the best informed political circles that Spain intends to re* cognize the Southern States in a few davs, and that, as she cannot obtain the cooperation of England and Franco, she will take the responsibility upon herself.