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Otago Daily Times, Issue 255, 14 October 1862, Page 6

■ Death from Scalding.—A melancholy accident occurred ut St. Albans, on Friday," to the culd of Mr and Mrs Dixon. The fatter had been boiling a quantity of linseed iv a camp oven, and had just lilted it from the fire and placed it on the flo jr. Tlie child was playiii" round a chair, which capsized, and-the-poor creature fell into the boiling liquor. From the first the ease was hopeless, and next morning^ after fe.iriul sulftriug, death ensued.— Lutteilon limes, Bth Oct. -

[ The Yeoman says that during the Champion meeting Mr Jas. Henderson made Mr Do Ylest-e an offer of Ll.oUUfor Uainleu. The offer was refused and in reply to the question whetuer L 2,000 vould buy the horse, the answer was. the kor-;e i.s not for sale during the present racing season.— Aivjus ._ The following account of the lamentable rerminntioii o. the career of a me:!ieal man is from ihe lalbol Leader ;-" As Detectives Lloyd and Siatt.-ry were riding along on Wednesday las' along an old aud deserted track in the neighb uirhood of Cuddy's Flat they came upon what app--are.l to he the dead body ot a man lying iv one of the deep rats by the side of the track. Dismounting from tlK'.ir hors:s they drew the body from its posi.ion, and laid it upon th; grass, when a closi-i-exaniii.alion satisfied them tint life had not altogether d parted. T.ie poor fe low was destitute •»f everything bat a p.iii- of trjus-rs, which were ao»vu about hiikuees.au I a shirt. Tue police obtained a dray and brought him into Tdllnt, where a Mr* Dann immediately su-iscribed L 2 r.o tiie Amherst Hospital, to obtain a card that would entitle him to admission into the institution. The name of the uuforiuna«.e man is Joseph «>avid-;o:j, a medical man former!/, and for a long tinu>, we understand, practising his profession at lim -raid Hill, from whence he c ime to Talbot lately to continue his profession. He was missed from his home in Camp-street ou Monday last, and if. is presumed from (he tattered aspect and. disorder of his clothes that, he had been wandering about the bush between here and Cuddy's Flat up to the time he was found by the detectives. On Wednesday marning he was seen by somj miners running wildly aoross t'n-i J .-ad near Cuddy's-Fiat almost dessitute of clothing, iv fact in tiie wretched plight in whi.-h he was subsequently found by the police. lie is now iv the Amherst Hospital suffering from an attack of delirium produced by excess of grief at the recent loss of his wife, to whom he was much at-tich-d Very scant hope is entertained by the hospital autlmitk-s of his recovery, notwitstandiu" that, he is but lo years of age, and apparently of a powerful co-istimtioa. It is so far fortunate that tic detectives took the track cm their journey ia preference to the in iin line of roid, as it is se'dom or never use! by persons journey n* b -f.vc.-n Talbot and Maryborough. Had the poor fellow remained in the same exposed condition for a few hours longer, -d atii whr-re he lay must have baen tho result. [We ascertained at a late hour yesterday afternoon 'hat t-ie uufortunate man has since expired.] Herald. Tha B.tU.amt Tribune says:-r-"We understand that Air Mount has received one month's leave of absence from the bank in wliich he is engaged, for the purp >se of going into training for the match that is to take place between himself and Mr Harrison early next month. Mr Mount, \ve:are informed, will tram in the Uallarat district." .

Tho Fitzroymunicipal election has tarrained in the return ofr the H"n. Gr. HfarUer, the Hon. Charles Vaugluu, aud Mr John Falconer. The. two former ge itle.'heu hive bv>th had seats at the council on previous occasions, ani the latter is one of the members vv.iose peri dof otlice has just expired, and the only one who offered himself for re-election. The polling took place yesterday. -4-Ibid.

The National <)ebt of the United States will amount to :6 .10,000,000 this year, even if the war shoull be ended. The pr\z<iof £300, founded by the late Sir Astley Cooper, Bart"., has a^ain been' awarded by the physicims and surgeons of Guy's Hospital, in whom the avvar'd rests, to Dr. Ed.varJs Crisp, of KingS-parade, Chelsea; a inem'ier of the Royal College of Sunrcons of England, for his e-my on the anatomy, Physiology, and Patho'oary of the Human' Pancreas.

The Builder bays :—A. few years ago it was hy'no means an unco.n uo>i belief that tfnug'i the ancients kn*w how to manufacture glass, yet it was exceedingly scarce, an 1 little used. Tie discovery of *heet* of aucieot pl.ite-^lass ,in several of the windbws in the little town of Pomp/ii has, hoWe\er, dispelled this delusion as to its rarity. A correspondent of an American piper states tbat he has tiled the-' experiment of heating witer and pourinsr it over hay, covering up the vessel on which ifc' was pl'«c«»d. dxi-1 alluwing'it to .*.oak for twelve hours. Of this, mixture he gave the cows, the cattle gained fle-h, and the milch cow pave an increased quantity ofmi-k. -The amount of hay consumed was a littlo less thin twp per cent, of their Jive weight.—ift'eJd Mr' Joshua Bug?publican of Epsom, is tared of impertinent remarks'oh his name, and a'ccorlingly - has advertised in 'tho'Times "that"he will use it no more,/ Ot course, with the world before hitd, and* ■' choosesthc lijst turne be ow find, and a iother -name ' 13 added to tlie-illustrious vclan of Howards- Mr. Joshua Buz is Mr' Norfolk Howard., The Queen's '' "- liceace'cbstsltfO.the newspapers less than five. " J- 1 "A- -. .;;.£'i, «* r- ~ '..«'.i)-u l. i • '". '- .;'< ;*