MISCELLANEOUS.

Southland Times, Issue 1211, 18 February 1870, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

At the first meeting of the Geographical Society this season, letters were read from Dr Livingstone, of whose safety we had been reduced to great uncertainty. The longest, which takes the form of a despatch to Lord Clarendon, was written on a piece of paper borrowed from an Arab, and " the defects unavoidable under the circumstances," we very easily excuse. It ib dated " July, 1868," and comes from near Lake Bangweolo, in South Central Africa. The Doctor has found — a few degrees south the equator — not deserts, but a vaßt congeries of Lakes and rivers and uplands, rich and beautiful. Other wonders he has discovered. Here is a specimen : — " A large tribe lives in underground houses in Bua. Some excavatipns are said to be thirty miles long, and have running rills in them ,- a whole district can stand a siege in them. The ' writings ' therein, I have been told by some of the people, are drawings of animals, and not letters, otherwise I should have gone to see them. People very dark, well made, and outer angle of eyes slanting inwards. Dr Livingstone was then making Ujiji ; and from that point, as we learn by telegraph from Bombay, another letter has been received dated as late as the 13th of May of this year, and so showing that he had been able to adhere to his plan. The Koman Catholics and the Education League. — Pour thousand Roman Catholics met in the Town Hall at Birmingham, on 15th November, under the presidency of Bishop Ullathorne, to express their opinions upon the education question. The Bishop denounced the scheme of the Education League as godless. The Bishop was enthusiastically cheered in denouncing every portion of the programme of the League. He maintained that the proposed schools would be the most sectarian of all schools, representing merely the irreligious minority, such as deists and secularists. Lord Edward Howard moved : — " That education properly so called is inseparable from religion." He agreed on all points with the Bishop. The resolution was seconded by Canon O'Sullivan, and carried. Lord Denbigh expressed his concurrence with the previous speakers. He declared that nobody but a fool could think, of educating mankind without definite, dogmatic, religious instruction. The secular system would produce clever devils. He would rather see children brought up in a false religion than taught to be indifferent. ■A Scotch gentleman puts the postagestamp the wrong way upon his letters, and calls it with a tender feeling — turning & penny. Velocipede candy is now sold in Manchester. The manufacturer finds it is necessary to give notice that it is not worked by the feet. HoiaiOWAY's Odjtmbnt.— - Turn which way you trill, go where you please, persons will be found who have a ready word of praise for this Ointment. For chaps, chafes, Bcalds, bruises, and sprains, it is an invaluable remedy ; for bad legs, caused by accident or cold, it may be confidently relied upon for effecting a sound and permanent cure. Incases of swelled ancle*, erysipelas, gout, and rheumatism, Holloway's Ointment gives the greatest comfort by reducing the inflanation. cooling the blood, soothing the nerves, adjusting the circulation, and expelling the impurities. This Ointment should have a place in every nursery. It will cure the long list of skin affections which originate in childhood and gain strength with the child's growth. Goldsmiths' Woek. — Theprogreßß of fine art manufacture in this- branch of trade is strikingly exemplified in a little wort published by J. W. Benson, of 25, Old Bond Street, and of the City Steam Factory, 58 and 60, Ludgate Hill. It is enriched and embellished with designs (by Italian, French, and English artistes) of brooches, bracelets, ear-rings, and other articles, suitable for personal wear, or wedding, birthday, or other presents, with their prices. Mr Benson (who holds the appointment to H.R.H. the Prince of . Wales) has also published a very interesting pamphleton the rise and progress of watch and dock-making. These pamphlets are sent post free for two stamps each, and they cannot be too •trongly recommended to those contemplating a purchase, especially to residents in the country or abroad, who are thus enabled to select any article they may require, and have it forwarded with perfect safety.