MISCELLANEOUS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 190, 28 September 1871, Page 6

MISCELLANEOUS.

An effort ia being mad© to establish in Edinburgh a hospital for women, where none but women will be admitted, and none but lady " doctors " allowed to practice. Miss Jex Blake is the principle mover in this design. As a good deal of curiosity exists as to the authorship of the " Battle of Dorking," we (" Pall Mall Gazette ") believe we may state with confidence that it was written by Colonel George Chesney, the author of "Indian Polity."

Tbe Emigration Commissioners nave presented their 31st General Report. It states, among other things, that a, large proportion of the emigration from Ireland continues to be defrayed by remittances from friends abroad. In 1870, £727,409 was sent from North America, and £12,804 from Australia and New Zealand.

A matrimonial office in France publishes a long advertisement in the country, journals, the beginning of which is as follows: — " Young girls vnvvt see that after the frightful depopulation resulting from our recent wars, it is their first duty to their country to become mothers as soon as possible." Mr. Mechi, in a letter to the " Times " on the agricultural prospects of England this harvest, says : — " I am confirmed in the opiuiou I recently expressed in your columns, that, including meat, butter, cheese, milk, and vegetables, there is much more food for the people than there was last year."

At the meeting of the Wesleyan Conference at Manchester it was stated that chapels are to be built in Rome and Naples. The total income for the last year was : For the home mi&sions, £110,069; and for the foreign, £39,698; with which 102 a missionaries are maintained, together with about 7000 preaching places, including chapels.

A prospectus has been issued of the Edinburgh Tramways Company, with a capital of £30,000 in shares of £10. The company has been incorporated by special Act of Parliament to carry out a system of street tramways in Edinburgh and its suburbs, espeVially Leith and Portobello. The length, comprised will be about eighteen miles of double line.

In addition to the Swedish polar expedition, which started about a year ago, and Captain Hall's, which is now on its way, to the Arctic regions, an expedition is projected by Octave Parry, who has arranged to start from San Francisco. Eight persons will accompany Parry, who will in the first instance make for Petropaulovski, and seelcto reach the North Pole by Behring Strait.

The " Gaulois " says that Victor Emanuel was exceedingly unwilling to sleep in the Palace of the Quirinal at Rome. He is said to have been troubled by an old prophecy, which declared that he would die in his bed ut the Quirinal. He tried hard to get off without sleeping there, and when he could not manage it, he resolved to sleep in an arm-chair all night, without taking his clothes off. He left Rome hastily "next morning. The great Mordaunt scandal" is, rumour states, likely soon to be revived. The lady, it is asserted, has been discharged by the medical men under whom she was placed, and reported to be perfectly sane. The Perthshire papers state that she is at present sojourning at MoncreifT rlousi', in that county, the residence of her father. The " Echo " says the statement that Sir Charles Mordaunt intends to renew divorce proceedings is, at least, premature. The New York papers publish intelligence from Jamaica, according to which the Government is advised that the negro squatters intend to attack the judges at Morant Bay if the decision in pending cases is decided aginst them. According to the same papers the Government was making preparations to meet the emergency. The constabulary bad received arms and ammunition, the troops had been ordered to be in readiness, and the Governor was determined- to teach the negroes a terrible lesson if they rose.

Sollouiays Pills. — Indigestion, Stomach, and Liver Complaints. — • Persons suffering from any disorders of the liver, stomach, or the organs of digestion should have recourse to Holloway's Pills, as there is no medicine known ■fcnat acts on these particular complaints with such certain suecesß. Its peculiar properties strengthen the stomach, increase the appetite, and rouse a Bluggisfa liver. For bowel complaints it is invaluable, as it removes every primary derangements, thereby restoring the patient to the soundest health and strength. These preparations may be used at all times, and in all climates, by persons affected with biliousness, nausea, or disordered livers. For flatulency and heartburn they are specifics. Indeed no ailment of the digestive organs can long resist their purifying and corrective powers.

There is a man in Decorah, lowa, "| so penurious that, when shelling corn a kernal flew into the wood pile, he - removed several cords. of wood to find it. A neighbour, standing near dropped a kernal near, where the searcher was looking, but when he found it he said, "You c*n't fool me with that small kernel ; the one I lost was a • large one*"