OTAGO.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 7, Issue 341, 30 April 1863, Page 3

OTAGO.

The. Hon. John Hyde Harris has been ' elected Superintendent, having polled , oGO votes against Majorllichardson’s 4,'3d. ; Maj or Richardson's admirers have p presented him vvxLii A:2do, with which he , purposes founding a scholarship in enn- . neetion with-the High School, Dunedin. I 'I he Escort of the week ending IStJi inst. brought in from > Wakatipu 10,347 d , Dunstan 2,8:31 Id r Tviapoka 2,4 b) 0 . Waitahuna ! ! 0 ; Woolshcd 35U 0 1 T<Mal 10,380 0

TARANAKI, We take tlie following froin the Herald of 18th inst. On Tuesday last tlie Loan Bill af the Provincial Government for ,£50,000 received his Excellency’s assent after a fortnight’s deliberation, and we presume sums in cash or debentures will shortly be paid to the claimants for compensation The difficulties of our case-seem to be no nearer settlement The natives, we believe, still keep aloof, and we have heard of no communication with them an the part of his Excellency. At Tataraimaka the 57th have coinjileted the redoubt pn Bayly’s farm, (named St George’s redoubt), and have constructed another on the site of an old Mao.ri pah, which is called Mount Tataraimaka, —a strong natural position on a small promontory which commands the first named redoubt. The utmost vigilance is maintained at these redoubts, now under the command pf Major Logan, Colonel Warre C. B. now commanding in town. '1 he whole of the 57th are now on outpost duty ; tlie Goth and a part of the 70th doing duty in barracks and at the blockhouses. On Monday, H.M.s s. Eclipse, Commander Mayne, arrived from Auckland, an.d returned to Mpnukau on Tuesday. This vessel relieves the Harrier which has gone to Sydney for repairs. The General returned from Tataraimaka on Monday, and has since remained in town, occasion-* ally visiting- the outposts. The natives concerned in the pillage of the steamer Lord Worsley now make use of the personal property of some of the. passengers boldly in our streets. One native stated that there were periodic sales at the “ King’s warehouse ’ ’ at Warea of portions of the things seized when being brought up to town ffoun tlie wreck by Matakatea’s people. The Herald does not say anything of the departure °f Geneval Cameron. It was saidan Auckland at the beginning of the month tli,at his application to be relieved had been granted and that he would leave on tlio arrival of his successor Private letters received here from Tarana-. ki confirm this rumour, but the name pf his successor $s not known tlieye.. CANTERBURY, The Provincial Geologists of Canterbury and Otago have both been engaged at the same time in exploring the glaciers and passes of the Southern Alps, and the former has found |a comparatively- easy pass to the "West coast, near the southern boundaries of this province. The Government of Nelson and Canterbury have both sent surveying parties to. cut tracks and lay out roads to different points on the coast, and our Government are at present despatching a vessel with food and other necessaries to facilitate the exploration of the districts of Grey and Teramakau ; and to prevent any unnecessary loss of life among gold diggers who may be attracted to that part of the. country, —Lyttelton Times, April 15, The. Subscriptions: for the Lancashire Distress amount to. ,£1370.

RIFLE PRIZE BHO.OTING. The following are the highest scores made in the district of Waimea- west, in competing for*tlie General Government rifle prizes. W AI ME A-W EST:.

The above score having been objected to, because the firing had not been conducted in strict accordance with the published regulations, Mr. Moi*se, who has superintended the competition, being an officer of Militia only, and the regulations requiring- that an officer of'Volunteers should be present, the objection was held as valid. Tlie Waimea-wesc company, again fired on Thursday, A]nil 9, when Mr. Morse, scored 41, as will be seen below. He. therefore, in all probability, is the winner of the Champion Belt and first prize, as the highest number scored in Auckland was 38 points. During the shooting on Tlnn-sday the wind was very squally, and., as might have been expected, made some difference in the scores obtained. It is, however, pleasing to know tlxat on this second occasion Mr. Morse has shot so well :

In one of the Washington churches, recently, a pretty occurrence took place. After sei’vice a young man who carries the collecting plate, as usual put his hand in his vest pocket to place upon it a piece of money before starting to collect. He dropped, as he [supposed, a quarter-dol-lar on the plate, and, without looking at it, passed round among the congregation. Instead of silvei*, however, he had inadvertently placed a conversation lozenge in the centi’e of the plate, and all were surprised at seeing the lozenge with the woi-ds staring them in tlie face, “ Will you marry me 1”

A mercantile man of Foote's acquaintance had written a poem, and exacted a promise that f Foote .would listen to it ; but he “dropped off” at the end of the first pompous line—“ Hear me, O Phoebus, and ye Muses nine !” “ Pray be attentive, Mr. Foote.” “ I am,” said Foote ; “ nine and one are ten —go on !”

SECRET COMPACT BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CHINA.

In its fortnightly summary of news from Hongkong the Overland Trade /te~ part of 31st December makes the following statement, as to the attitude recently assumed by the Russians in China It has transpired through mandarins of high rank, that a -compact lias been' entered into between tlie Chinese and Russian Governments, to the following tenor and effect. The Russians agreed to supply ten vessels of*.war and seven or eight thousand troops.- These were to take Nanking in the first place, and then, pursuing the line of the Grand Canal, inarch on the great cities of Soochow and Hanchow, which they were also to oapture. Whether they wei*e to garrison, or to assist to garrison these cities, does not appear. The recompense for these services was to be tlie Chusan group. That some such arrangement has been entered into does not admit of a doubt; that it was concluded without the know-, ledge or consent of the British Minister must be inferred, and that, the attitude assumed by the Bi*itish Government on the eve of its development has fhr the present retarded its progress, seems to be the only reasonable conclusion which can be arrived at under tlie circumstances about to be narrated. It is impossible to suppose for one moment that the British Minister at Peking would be privy to an arrangement which would plaoe tlie key of tlie entire China trade into the hands of a power whose presence can mean noising but territorial aggrandisement. In the peculiarly advantageous military position of tlie Chusan islands does not consist all their value. The harbours amongst them are so numerous, and tlie entrances of some are so, narrow, that land fortifications would protect them agaipst any but an extraordinarily large hostile fleet.

It should be particularly observed that this contemplated convention between the Chinese and Russian Governments does not rest upon mere rumour. The presence of a large Russian fleet in this vi cinity is of course notorious, and Russian officers as well as mandarins have stated openly the avowed intention of their Go vernment to. assist in the suppression of the Taiping rebellion. The Taoutai of Ningpo issued placards stating that 2000 Russian troops would be quartered there, and the probability |is that such an armngement would have been carried out but for the interference of the French.

How so large a Russian force as there now appears in these waters could have been so quickly collected, is of itself a circumstance sufficient to excite suspicion. In the first place it began to rendezvous at Nagasaki, were a plot of ground was forcibly taken possession of as a site for an arsenal, despite the refusal of the Japanese authorities and the remonstrance of the owner of the ground. There the arrival of the Admiral was waited for. When that event occurred, a portion of the fleet, including the flag ship, was moved to tlie Yangtze. Admiral Hope had left, and something approaching to bona jids neutrality had been established by his successor Admiral Kuper. The altered state of affairs in the conduct of tlie British was generally attributed to the change of men, but there are indications which would induce the belief that instructions from Downing-street of a very grave nature have caused the late meddling, perfidious,, sanguinary, and dangerous policy pursued to |be abjured and, that Kuper’s removal to Hongkong was the result of instructions from home . prompted by tlie intelligence of tlie above named compact between the Chinese and Russian governments, which most certainly Admiral Hope was ignorant of until he heard of it in this colony, a few days before his departure for Calcutta. Upon the Russian Admiral’s arrival in the Yangtze, Admiral Kuper had left for Hongkong, and something must have intervened to stop the progress of the Russian arrangement—possibly orders to Admiral Kuper to take the Chusan group whilst jtlic Russians were performing their part of the compact on the grand canal. At all events the Russian Admiral followed Admiral Kuper to Hongkong, and has been here with a portion of his fleet ever since. The extent of the Russian force is not known. It consists of detatchments at Hongkong, Shan'gliai, Ngaasaki, and Manila. In these four ports there are at least twenty war vessels —how many more there are in other ports in the Japan archipelago is not known ; or where the transport in which the troops are, does not yet appear.

The proof that the change in British policy at Shanghai, is not caused, by the different constructions which .the two A dmirals placed upon their instructions lies in the following facts. General Stavely unexpectedly issued an order to the effect that officers belonging to. the British army who had joined the Imperial service could not take the field, but only act as drill instructors—the Taoutai it is said refused their services on such terms, and it is said that such officers returned to their posts. Again the consul lately jmo tested against a British steamer being engaged in the China transport ser vice. It is furthermore known that it is the rigid intention of the British naval and military authorities at Shanghai, to confine their -.operations exclusively to the limits of the thirty-mile radius. It is a sad pity that such wise counsels should wear the appearance of vacillation and give rise to discontent on the part of the Imperial Government as hearing the appearanc e of lukewarmness towards them. Sadder still to think that the British Government should stand splf-rcondemned in the mad course pursued by Admiral Hope, after exhibiting a most pepnjcious example and precedent to Fiance and Russia.

NEWS FROM DR. LIVINGSTONE,

At the meeting of the Royal Geogra-

phical Society in London on 12th Janu ary, the President (Sir Robert Murchison) said lie had received within the lust twenty-four hours an interesting letter from that distinguished African traveller and his excellent friend, Dr. With the concurrence of the Council 6f" the society fie would now read it. Xt was as follows : River Rovuma, Oct. 10, 1862. “ My dear Sir Roderick, —We have just returned from a month’s boat exploration of the Rovuma River. We turned at long. 38 deg. 39 inin. east, and lat, 11 deg 13 min. south ; so assuming the longitude of the anohorage to be 40 deg. 30 min. east, and lat, 10 deg. 28 min. south, -we went about 114 miles, as the crow flies, from the coast. Adding our longitude and latitude together, we went 156 miles up the river. It was unusually and 9xcessively low, and entailed frequent dragging of the boats at the crossings. When the water split up into, three channels the work was grievous ; but having chosen the dry season," when we cannot do much in the Zambesi, w<3 put ‘a stout heart ip a sj*y brae,’ never stopped except" on Sundays,* and after fifteen days up and ten down find ourselves rather- tired and brown. “ The bed of the river is about threequarters of a mile wide. It is flanked by a well wooded table-land, which looks like ranges of hills, 500 feet high. Sometimes the spurs of the high land come close to the water, but generally there is a mile of level alluvial soil between them and the bank. So few people appeared at first it looked- like a “ land to let,” but, having walked up to the edge of the plateau, considerable cultivation was met with, though to make a garden, a great mass of brushwood must be cleared away. The women and children fled, but calliilg. to a man not to be afraid, he asked ifT had any ' objection “to liquor" with him,” and bi*ought a cup of native beer. There are many new trees on the slopes 1 , plenty of ebony in some places, arid thickets of brushwood. The whole see nery had a light gray appearance, dotted over with masses of green trees, which precede the others in putting on new foliage, for this may be called our winter. Other trees showed their young leaves brownish red, but soon all will be gloriously green. Further up We came to numerous villages, perched on sandbanks in the river. They had villages on shore too. and plenty of grain stowed away-in the woods- They did not fear for their victuals, but were afraid of being stolen themselves We passed through them all right, civilly declining an invitation to landjjat a village where two human heads had been cut off. A lot of these river pilots then followed us till there was only a narrow passage under a high bank, and there let drive their arrows at us. We stopped and 'expostulated with them for a long time 5 - then got them to oiie of the boats and explained to them liow easily we could drive them off with our rifles and revolvers, but we wished to be friends, arid gave about thirty yax-ds of calico in presents, in proof of friendship. All this time we were within forty yards of a lot of them, armed with muskets and hows, on the high bank. On parting, as we thought on friendly terms, and moving on, we received a volley of musket balls and arrows, four bullet boles being made in my sail, and finding that we, instead of running away, returned the fire, they took to their heels, and left the convictiou that these are the Bordei* ruffians who at various points present obstacles to African exploration—menstealers, in fact, who care no more foi* human life than that respectable party in London who stuffed the Pioneer’s life-buoys with old straw instead of'cork. It was sore against the grain to ..pay away that calico ; it was submitting' to be robbed. for the sake of peace. It cannot be called: ‘ black mail,’ for that implies the rendering of important sei*vices by Arabs j nor is it ‘ custom dxies.’ It is robbery perpetrated by any one who has a traveller or trader in his power, and, when tamely submitted to, increases in amount till wood, water, grass, and every conceivable subject of offeucie is made an occasion for a line. On our return we passed quietly through them all, and, probably, the next English boat will be respected- Beyond these Makonde all were fi'iendly and civil, laying down their arms before they came near us. Much trade is carried on by means of canoes, and we had the company of seven of these small crafts for three days. They bi-ing down rice and grain to purchase salt. V/lien about sixty miles up the table-land mentioned above retires, and we have an immense plain, with detached granite rocks and hills dotted over. Some rocks then appear in the river*, and at last, at our turning point, the bed is all rocky musses, four or five feet high, with with the water rushing through hv numerous channels. The canoes go through with ease, and we might have taken the boats up also, but we were told that further up the channels were much narrower and there was a high degree of jrrobability that we should get them smashed in coming down. “ We wei-e on part of the slave r-oute from the Lake Nyassa to Qniloa (Kilwa), about thirty miles below the station of Ndonde, where that route crosses Rovuma, and a little further from the confluence of the Liende, which, J arising from the hills on the east of the Lake Nyassa, flows into Rovuma. It is said to be verylarge, with reeds and aqixatic plants growing in it, but at this time only ankle deep. It contains no rooks till near its sources in the mountains, and between it and the lake the distance is reported to require between two and thi-ee days. At the cataracts where we turned there is no

rock on the shore, as on the Zambesi, at Kebrabasa, and Murchisons’s Cataracts. The land is perfectly smooth, and, as far as we could see, the country presented the flat appearance, with only a few detached hills. The Isetse is met with all along the Rovuma, and the people have no cattle in consequence. They produce large qiiantities of oil-yielding seeds, as the susame, or gerzelin, and have hives placed on the trees every few miles. We never saw ebony of equal size to what we met on this river ; and as to its navigability, as the mark at which water stands for many months is three feet above what it is now, and it is now said to be a cubit lower than usual, I have no doubt that a vessel drawing when loaded about eighteen inches would run with ease during many months of the year. Should English trade bo established on the Lake Nyassa, Englishmen will make this their outlet rather than pay dues to the Portuguese. “We return to put our ship on Nyassa, by the Shire, because there we have the friendship of all the people, except that of the slave-hunters. Formerly, we found the Shire people far more hostile than are the Makonde of Rovuma, but now they have confidence ixi us,"and we in them. To leave them now would be to open the country for the slave-hunters to pursue their calling therein, and we should be obliged to go through the whole process of gaining a people’s confidence again. “ It may seem to some persons weak to feel a cord vibrating to the dust of her who rests on the hanks of the Zambesi, and thinking that the path thereby is consecrated by her remains. We go hack to Johanna and Zambesi in a few days. Kind regards to Lady M , and believe me ever affectionately yours,

“ David Livingstone.”

Regium Donum. —There are above 500 Presbyterian ministers in Ireland receiving 69/. each from the annual fpavlimentary grant. The congregational income of the majority of them is under that sum. . A return, giving particulars of the , application of the grant, shows that only about one in five receives as much as 100/. a-year from his congregation. The first two ministers in the list receive, the one 64/ a-year from a congregation which comprisef 333 families, and the second 40/. a-year from a congregation of 224 families. One minister returns his congregational income at 90/ a-year, and the number of families belonging to his congregation is 950. A congregation 0f2265 persons (454 families) raise 80/ a year for their minister, 1500 persons raise 66/a-year, 1000 persons 35/, and 500 persons 11/ 10s.— Times. Federal Sentries. —An officer who was challenged by a sentry the other evening, asked him, “Do you know tlie countersign yourself ? ” “No. Sir, it’s not nine o’clock and they have not given it out yet.” Another sentry who stopped a man because he did not know the countersign. The fellow said, “ I dare say you don’t know it yourself.” “ That’s a lie,” lie exclaimed, “it’s Plattsburgh.” “ Plattsburgh it is, said the other, and walked on without further parley. —My Diary , North and, South. By fVm. Hoivard Russell. British Naval and Military Services in China. —Tuesday night’s (12tli January) London Gazette contains an order by her Majesty in Council, extending the permission given in a previous order for British subjects to enter into tlie military service of the Emperor of China until tlie Ist of September 1864.

The Ruins of Babylon. —A letter from Bagdad, in the Moniteur , says : “The excavations carried on among the ruins of Babylon, under the direction of the French consul at Bagdad, have resulted in some interesting discoveries. In the Nimroud Mourid, which was visited by Mr. I.ayard in 1840, were found four bas-reliefs of colossal dimensions, each sculptured on a large slab of stone, and representing allegorical figures. The greater part of these bas-reliefs bear'long inscriptions in cuneiform characters, and' are remarkable for their state of preservation. A certain number of other sculptures of smaller dimensions, representing scenes of Assyrian life or warlike episodes, have also been discovered. Those artistic treasures are on their way to France.” Forbidden Dainties. —In the hospital the Christmas pudding casts its dainty shadow before, and for several days the population of each ward is actively engaged tri the preparations for the great event. Spices have to be out up and weighed, sugar and flour have to be measured, and, raisins have to be stoned. Stoning raisins is a tedious opei'ation, and takes up much time. But there are very few to Avhora such a task can safely be delegated. Raisins ai'e very tempting, especially to those who have been living on the needfully plain fare of the hospital. We know how the palate is apt to crave after forbidden dainties ; how, for example, the inmates of an hydropathic establishment are always trying to introduce pastry and confectionery in general ; and how a celebrated literary baronet, when a patient at one of these institutions, was accustomed to slip out of the grounds, make surreptitious purchases of penny jam tarts from a pieman, bring them into the house under his cloak, and eat them in fear and trembling.- The Churchman’s Familg Mag. “ I know I’m a perfect bear in my manners,” said a young farmer to ( liis sweetheart. “ No, indeed, you are not, John; yon have never huggect me yet. ;You are more sheep than bear.” “ Doctor,” s,n\d a wit, “ come, throw away your lances a,nd pill-boxes, and let us go somewhere for a week or two.” “ Yes,” replied Boh,\s, “but what will my patients do in the. meantime 1” “ Get well, to be sure, and you will lose yoipf practice, I had not thought of that.” 1

The Irish sympathisers in Victoria have sent home for the relief of the distrass in Ireland about 4*7000.

Volunteers. —-A contemporary American correspondent, writing from Boston, says “ Every battle that we have helps to show that our Volunteer system is a miserable and costly sham—costly alike in blood and iu gold. The volunteers are brave, hut they have never been disciplined, and I see no reason why we should suppose they ever will be disciplined ; and without discipline how are we ever to expect to have soldiers—an army,'that is? One hundred thousand soldiers would have done more than a million of volunteers would have done for us, or are ever likely to do for ns ; and they would, inan for mail, have cost half what it costs to keep a volunteer, who wastes sufficient to, pay and equip and feed a regular soldier. You in England ought to profit from the lesson for which we are paying so dearly. Volunteers would answer well to help to garrison important places, if they should be well officered and well commanded ; but for field operations they would be found in England as useless as they have been found in America. Perhaps yoms would be the best of the two, lor the Englishman is a more orderly creature than the American, and defers more to position and rank of every kiud than it is possible for men to do who have been born and educated in this country, and there is a solidity and a stubbornness in his composition that enable him to combat even the most adverse circumstances with success. But, as a rule, volunteers are not to be relied upon, no matter to wliat country they may belong or how excellent may be tlieir individual qualities.” American Relief for the Lancashire Operatives. —The New York Times of Dec. 30 gives a description of the vessel which is loading, at Pier No. 9, East River, New York with breadstuffs at the rate of more than 1000 barrels a day. She is 200 feet long, 38 feet breadth of beam, and 24 feet depth of hold with two decks. Her tonnage by carpenters measurement is 1280 tons, but being constructed for great buoyancy, she will carry pi’obably 1500 tons. She has a long fiat floor with sharp ends, and will doubtless be a fast sailer. Having already received about 7000 barrels of flour, she has gone down only from 11 to 14 feet of draught. Taken for all in all, the George Griswold is one of the stanchest and best ships which has ever made her appearance in our waters. The noble mission to which her first voyage is consecrated entitles her to bear tlie name of one of tlie most honoured, though now departed|shipowners of New York. The committee of the Chamber of Commerce, through the agents, have purchased 8250 barrels of flour, at an average cost of about 6 dols. 25c. per barrel most of which is already on board. Besides this, they have put in 200 boxes of bacon, 50 barrels of pork (donated), 500 bushels of corn, and 50 'barrels of beef, contributed by the committee of the Corn Exchange. Eight casks and two barrels of rice, donated by an unknown good Samaritan, and 500 bushels of corn, giver, by the “ Buffalo Corn Man,” whoever that Philanthropic dealer in maize may be. It is further stated that the ship will take from 3000 to 4000 barrels more, which will he put on board as rapidly as possible. She will be ready to sail probably within a week. The French in Cochin-China. —Admiral Boiiard, the Commander-in-chief at Saigon, has addressed the following circular to the rebels of Go-Cong :—“ Instead of pacifically executing the treaty, the people of Go-Cong appear desirous} of exhausting my patience. Whilst I abstain from committing any acts of hostility against them and their partizans, hoping that they will return to reason, they ou the'contrary, excite to disobedience the Emperor of Hue and to revolt against the Emperor of the French. So soon as the pacific overtures attempted by the viceroy Phan-tan Giang, aud those of my envoy Ba-thnom shall have been without visible result, recourse will be had to arms, and the coercive blockade will commence with energy against the whole of Go-Cong which has not submitted. All communication will be interdicted. All the boats which shall fall into pur power will be destroyed All the men taken in arms and in open rebellion will be summarily pnuished and the rice craps seized. In a word, the vessels charged with the coercive blockade will da all the injury possible to the irrqdacable enemy, without entering on any expeditions into the interior. So soon as I shall be informed that the aggressive conduct of that people is not at an end, in spite of all the concessions made out of commiseration for the peaceable part of the people, the different coinmandei’s of the partial blockade will be ordered to resort to coercion on all the space blockaded, without going beyond the province of Mytho. If those means do not suffice to restore order befor the end of tlie year, the prefecture of Go-Cong will be a desert. Make known my will to the insurgents.— JSqnard,”

Some one blamed Dr. Marsh for changing his mind. “Well,” said he, “|chat is the difference between a man and a jackass ; the jackass can’t change his mind, and the man can—it’s a human privilege. A Reason. —Over the doer of a tavern,' in the neighbourhood of Aberdeen, is the following intimation :

“James Rettie—licensed to sell the year that’s begun— P-P-Porter and ale—F-F. Fusky and 'Rum.” Op a person inquiring the meaning of the above detached letters, he was answered that both the publican and the painter had an impediment in their speech, “ and, perhaps,” continued his informant, “ the painter had a stuttering brush also.”

NEW METHOD OF MAKING BUTTER. [Prom the Agricultural Gazette.]

This invention is the production of a lady of tlie name of Whitehead, of Whitehead’s Grove, Chelsea, who haa fot some time past turned her attention to the making of butter by the aid of filtration. The process is effected Tn the following ingenious and scientific manner :—A piece of common calico cloth, two feet square, is spread upon an apparatus formed of a series of upright fibres of bass or broom, cut to an even surface. Tlie cream is placed upon the calico, and the centre ef the apparatus, which lias a hinge joint in it, is then raised so as to form two inclined planes, which can be so regulated that the cream can rest upon them, without running down to their lawei edges. In this position the watery particles of the cream become separated from tlie fatty ones, in the course of from two to four horn’s, and the residuum left upon the cloth will consist of a concentrated mass resembling cream . cheese, •which is quite ready for the churning operation.

One advantage of the arrangements above described is, that the "thinnest creams can he used, as the inclined planes can he made to suit the angle of repose of the cream according to its thickness. The amount of filtering surface is about one superficial foot of calico to a quart of cream.

The churn consists of a rectilinear box, oscillating upon trunnions, and worked by a crank, which gives an alternate motion to a wooden connecting-rod, attached to a presser or piston, which goes quite home to the end of the box .at each stroke of the crank, and by the action of winch the buttermilk is completely pressed out of the cream, and butter is made in less than three minutes. The piston works horizontally, and by the means of a series of inclined corrugated lines at each end of the churn, air cells are formed in the butter, which thrust it from the end of the churn, and force it over the piston in readiness to be carried hack to the churn. In this way 5 lbs of butter can be produced in a churn less than 10 inches square ; and from an ounce and a half to two ounces more of butter can be obtained from a quart of cream than can be obtained by the ordinary mode of chuming-

One recommendation of the process is, that the butter can be thoroughly washed and pressed in the machine, so . that it need never be touched by the hand. The specific gravity of the butter is also greatly increased by it, and consequently the butter will keep as long without any salt in it as many of our fresh butters d© which come to market with a portion o-f salt in them.

It need hardly be remarked that the increased weight obtained from every quart of cream b}* this pi’ocess will makein the aggregate an increase of many tons in our London market alone ; and that the cream obtained from ten cows will yield as much butter to the farmer as he now gets irom the cream of eleven cows, independently of the superior quality of the butter, and of its being produced with certainty in so much shorter a space of time than that occupied by the common mode, and with one-tenth of the labour.

Phonography.— -A phriend, plieeling phunnily phigurative, phnrnislies the phollowing :—“ 4ty ftunate festers 4tmtously ftifying 4 41orn 4tresses 4cibly 4bade 4ty 4midable .freiguers 4ming 4a"ing 4ces.” O o

Holloway's Pills. —Weakness and falling away. —How many persons suffer from debility without -knowing the cause ? In most cases the stomach is the aggressor. Holloway’s Pills have long been justly famed for regulating a rebellious stomach, and restoring its healthy digestive tone. In multitudes of eases of wasting, without assignable reason, where the patient, was daily growing weaker and worse, a course of these excellent Pills has checked the disorder, renewed tlie apjietite, confirmed the digestion, stimulated the liver and kidneys, and saved the sufferer. The Pills are mild yet effective in action. It is truly marvellous to watch how the sallowuess disappears, the eyes brighten, the spirits revive, and the strength returns before the correcting and purifying powers of Holloway’s balsamic Pills.

CO ax ’S CO” r 3 >. < o O O H o C5 o Ctot -cH - Eh Morse* N. G. . , . 13 12 IT 42 Kent, W. . . 15 13 11 39 Thomas E. . .. 16 11 11 3:8 Thomas, J.. , . 11 13 10 34

WaIMEA-WeST;. Morse, N. G. . 15 13 13 41 Tomlinson, Jos. , 10 14 11 35 Tomlinson, H. ... ii la 832 Kent, W, , . . 12 12 4 28 —Nelson Examine), April 14.