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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 91, 19 April 1877, Page 2

HoLtOWAT'3 OINTME.M ASD PILLS. — - Old Wou'id*. Sores, and Ulcers. — Daily experience confirms the fiict which has triumphed over all opposition for thirty.years— viz., that no means are knowu tqual to HoHowat'*) remed c?, for curing ba'li- ie?s, sores, wounds, di^usesof the skin, er}S : pe!as,, absoes?eß, buni3, stialds, and, in truth, all< cases where the skin is broken To cure these infirmities quickly is of prim \ry import -nee, a3 compulsory con.finemeiu imioor^ wt'Hkena the 'giiieral health The ready, rnp'ins of cure are fouDd in Holloway's < intrnent and Pill*, which he.il •the' Sore's and expel their cause. In the very worst oases the Oiirmetit has succeeded i>! effecting a perfect cure after e?ery other mean 3 has f.iile 1 in giviog any relief. Desperate cases but disphy its virtues.

" The Bteel flotilla which is now being built for the British navy, and which is to consist of two ships of extraordinary swiftness and . six powerful corvettes, is," tbe Daily News states, " being rapidly pushed forward by the Admiralty. Although of steel, none of the vessels will be classed as armored' men-of-war, for the metal with which? they are composed is not so much as an inch in thickness, and therefore would! be unable to resist shot from very heavy; guns. Steel, however, is found to be a much greater protection from injury than iron of fhe same thickness, whether the shock comes from a cannon ball or torpedo. Hence the Admiralty have done wisely in employing the former matal for the most recant additions to our navy. The two steel ships; the Mercury and Iris, are being built in a Government yard at Pembroke, and will be completed in a few months' time ; while the corvettes, to he named respectively the Champion, Cleopatra; Curogoa, Craysfort, Comus and Cou-i quest, are under construction by a private firm, Messrs John Elder and Co , of Glasgow. All of them will be cased in wood except at the prow; which .will consist of a single gun: metal casting. They will be of th 9 same tonnage and horsepower; their measurement being 2377 tons, and their engines 2300 indicated horsepower. Though principally designed for foreign service, these steel corvettes will be quite capable of taking an active part in any naval battle, each of them being armed with a couple of heavy 7-incb guns and a dozen 64---pounders. Their powerful engines will moreover permit them to use discretion in any engagement, so that they may either fight or run away, whichever they choose; while (he complement of men carried will render them of unusual value io coast warfare, where an action has sometimes to followed up by a landing-party. Their swiftness will be of great service, too, upon some of our foreign stations, where a naval command covers several thousands of miles, and where rapidity of movement from one part to another is of importance. Io this respect the two larger ships, the Iris and the Mercury, will surpass even the finely-built corvettes. They are to be fleet despatch vessels, with a speed^of not less than twenty miles an hour ; their size is ample enough for the transport of troops on an emergency; and although but lightly armed, their swiftness would always secure them immunity. Though measuring nearly 4000 tons, they will carry nothing heavier than 64-pounders, of which there will be ten on board. Their engines, on the other hand, will be of extraordinary power, no less indeed than 7000 horsepower indicated, which is much greater than any vessel of the same size has yet been fitted with. Altogether the new steel fleet will present many striking points of novelty."

The Sydney Echo says : — Australia is likely to have the honor of a visit from General Grant, the ex-Preßtdeot of the United States. Our authority for this statement is Mr Angus Mackay," the Queensland Commissioner of the Centennial Exhibition. At the conversazione recently given in his honor at Brisbane, by nia appreciative fellowcolonißts, Mr Mackay said the then President of the States had taken a warm and intelligent interest in ali the Australian Courts, and he believed that gentleman would be in the Australian colonies before many months. We may presume that the Queensland Commissioner would hardly make such a statement unless ha considered it really likely that his prediction would be fulfilled. We may also suppose that General Grant has expressed both a wish and intention to visit the Australian Colonies. If he should come to this continent, his advent wilt be the moat distinguished proof of the greatimpression which the colonial commissioners unite in alleging has been made by the Australian exhibits upon the American mimi. Such a visit would be worth a hundred times more than the assertions of colonial representative!) at Philadelphia. Whether General Graut come this way or not, it is impossible not to perceive that one of the things of the futuae will be a growing intercourse between the two countries. The two countries being so near, and the two peoples having so much in common, a reciprocal commerce and a wholesome fellowship are inevitable. And because of the possibiliiiea of the future, we think it woull be a pity if the mail service which now gives an open road between Australia and Americfi should be abandoned. If General Grint shouhi carry out his expressed wish, we have no doubt he will receive a welcome in this country which will be worthy of Australians, and which will be worthy of the acceptance of one of the most distinguished men of the time. The Austmliau representatives have exh-suated their vocabularies in speaking of the warmth of their reception throughout America, and wo trust that tha colonists will not be excelled in old English courtesy by their tram-Pacific cousins."

Referring to the British Volunteers, a London paper of recent elate: — "That the strength of the vuluuteeis is etaadily iucreaaiog is notorious; but it is not equally well known that their quality ia also improving. The returns lor the year show that of 185,501>— the largest number yet recorded— 93.B9 per cent., or 174,184 are efficient memberfl. We do not lay too great » sttess on the existing criterion of efficiency, which is aot very stringent. But the result which we have stated is far in excess of all reasonable expectations formed

in 1859. It is impossible io see why the progress should end here; and in fact, there is no reason why in a few years the mass of volunteers should not, be, as those of Berkshire and Sterling " already, practically; are,,:: all /.efficients.: Of course when "this "comes to pass," the problem of national defence enters into' a different region. If it is once admitted by, competent military men, that our volunteer regiments 'are, for ordinary warfare, ..little, if at . all inferior , ; to militia regiments, jlnd superior in some, respects, England will justify her clajin to possess a military force which, regard bein* had to her population, is not bo much below the :proportion I between the civilian and military populations on the Continent :a$ assumed. We may talk " of these unwarlike times, but it would be easy to name several Scotch counties id which the muster-roll of the local volunteer; corpß is .ten times as large as the list of fighting meu when the Fiery Cross passed through ,thejr. valleys. Inverness, and one or two adjoining counties have;niore voluntsersytbsn the Pretender's army at Culloden; and the wh,ole kingdom .musters seven times as many men as we had at Waterloo. If it be recollected that we have hitherto paid for this large force considerably less, than half-a-million, it will be felt' that the figures which we have quoted from. the annual returns are in many ways satisfactory." The cremation of the* body of a .Bavarian baron, at Washington, a small town'in Pennsylvania i (writesthe New York correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph) has once more brought up the question of urn burial. Baron de Palov 'formerly the Chamberlain to hja Majesty ,the : King of Bavaria, came to this country in 1858 at the mature age of 50. He settled in, Chicago, , and, embarked in real estate and other' apeculafabnq, which proyed unfortunate. ,He became what in the West is known as "land poor.' His means were not absolutely lost, but they were locked up id unproductive real property, tbe taxes upon which formed a burden greater t ßan" he could carry. It 1875 he 7 camp Co tbis city, ' poor, ill, and unkn'owp, bringing a letter, however, to one Colonel Qlcoit,*who had acquired some notoriety'by "his exposure of the Eddy spiritual manifestationsinNew England, and had stfbs'e'quently founded the New York Theo : ophical Society — a queer compound of deism aud paganism. Olcott took to his house the eick baroii aud nursed him carefully. The baroq told him he should leave him all he had, and *o he did. It was not supposed to be much until the will was opened, when it was his discovered that the baron — who, by the bye, is described in the will as Seignior of the Castles of. Old and New Wartensee, on Lake Constance— was, the* -owner of large tracts" of land in' Wisconsin, un|- . improved; land, pear Chtcasro- ■. anil valuable mining claims in the Weetsr^j territories. By" his will lie directe|d that no clergyman should officiate fit 'his'furiera!, that the rites shoiill be conducted by, Olcott,. according io anv'.iebt pagan forms, and that his body, ahould ba bura.etl, not buried. The' funeral services were held in the -Masonic Temple, where clouds of iucense rose from an altar that had beejn specially r constructej. There was -a ; gopd deal ,9 if. mummery, which, weis-sup-posed to be a reprpductiou,; of .whjit once/prevailed in Egpt. Orphic hymns were sung; 'ancient manuscripts were cited; a liturgy' embodying heathen ideas of immortality was /read, and symbols of immortality, were heaped upon the coffic. With them were the parchment patent of the Order of the Sepulchre, nnd the insignia of other orders 1 to which -the baron belonged. The body was to be burned, but for that process no facilities ,a? (ha .time exiaied. It was therefore" eWbalmed.: