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Professor Koch has published another « essay on cholera regarded from the Blandpoint of its bacteriological diagnosis. Another affair of the learned Professor, however (*ay« th* Ball* dent) is much more faked of vi Berlin J society, namely, luai divorce. Dr. Koch, who was believed to be entirely absorbed in his bacteriological investigations, still found t ita* CO fall in love with a young aetr**s r i with whom he is said to have made an ex- ] cursioh last year to Italy. The Professor, who is a grandfather, ia obliged to pay a fourth part of his income to the wife from , whom he is divorced. Some members oi the Young Men's Citt—• t_an Association at Bloomington. New Jersey, are expecting a reprimand from the local branch of their Society for having played a match with the " CiocuiPAti_R*d Stockings," otherwise the Champion lAdy Baseball Players of the World. Ihese young women are apparently disapproved of id the States. They tried to arrange a match at Havana, but the local feehng was against it. At Bloomington tho visiting team was openly denounced, but nine young men defied popular opinion and played the girls. The latter wore red skirts with black stockings and black bodi&es. Several of them had high-heeled shoes. The spectators were chivalrously in favour of young women, and yelled their approval of every play, whether good or bad. In the seventh i innings, when the game was nearly even, a rabbit rushed across the ground and the crowd broke over the barriers in all directions in pursuit. The rabbit was picked up dead and play resumed. At the close the score was 14 to 8 in favour of the young men, but the Red Stockings were given 80 per cent, of the gate money. The proposal to get rid of the refuse of Manchester by conveying it to Chatmoss was recently under official investigation at the Town Hall in that city, where some remarkable evidence has been taken on the subject. Dr. Augustus Voeleker, the wellknown authority in agricultural chemistry, considers' the soil of the famous Lancashire bog, which is calculated to have an area of some hundred and forty square miles, admirably' adapted for this purpose. The surfaco, in his opinion, is capable of taking a practically unlimited quantity of solid manures, and. he states that he sees no reasoa why the entire moss should not in time be converted into soil. According to thi3 authority, supported by Mr —srcourt, the City Analyst, the stacking of manure would not be likely to be injurious to the inhabitants of the diatnct; but Ecbles and other towns have taken alarm, and are" asking to be ««safeguarded" from possible annoyance. The Japanese coal mines bid fair to monopolise the valuable Californian trade which the New South Wales collieries have so long enjoyed. Last year the output from the Japanese mines exceeded a million tons, and ottthe basis of 3dol, coal can be laid down in San Franciaco at 7.50d0l per ton, which is considerably less than the coat of i Australian coaL It is said that a contract.! has been' concluded for the delivery of j 2,500,000 tons of Hokkaido coal in San Francisco during the next ten years, beginning at 100,000 tons and increasing to tons per annum. The General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland has been in Session this week (writes the Argus London correspondent in his letter of, May 26th), and gave a cordial welcome to' the Australian delegates who attended the meeting. The Rev. James Megaw, of Victoria, briefly addressed the Assembly when the subject of colonial missions was under discussion. The Presbyterian Church of Victoria, he said, was 1 not likely in future to be so dependent as in the past for Free Church ministers, but it stood in heed of sympathy, help, interest, and prayers, as critical times had come, and because. the pioneer generation, which had built up the colony and her institutions, and who were staunch and liberal supporters of the .Church, were fast passing away, and there was coming up in their ste&d.a young generation not yet noted either for liberality or piety. The Rev. Wm. Rosa, of Glasgow, informed the Assembly that the Presbyterian Church in New Zealand desired that a deputation from the l?ree Chtirch should be sent out to the colony, or that the Bey, , John M'Neiil should pay a prolonged visit. Mr Ross defended the New Zealanders from the charge of intemperance, bub admitted their love of pleasure and excite* . ment, instancing the fact that there were i "366 horse racing days," and that the , amount of money changing hands in connecr tion with these meetings amounted to £1,250,000.

PaulDuflot, the French-Canadian healer, charged at the VYarnambool Police Court with manslaughter in connection With the death of Mrs Gardiner, on tne 29th April last, has been committed for trial. The evidence taken was similar! to that given at the inquest on the deceased I woman. Mrs Gardiner had suffered from ! chronic dyspepsia for some years, and early in April she was induced to consult who said he knew her ..disease, and guaranteed to cure her for, £3. -• According ta his own statement she was then suffering, from acid dyspepsia and ulceration .arid inflam-matiott-of the intestines.' He gave her What he termed precious powder, and subsequently cathartic pills. On the 17th April Dr. McKnight,was called in, and found her in a state of collapse, suffering from gastro-enteritis. He saw her a second time, on each occasion prescribing a soothing medicine. She died on the 29fch April, and a post-mortem examination was made by Drs. O'Brien and McKnight, when It was found that all the organs, especially the intestines, were very much congested and inflamed. They formed the opinion that death was caused by gastro-enteritia conse-, quentnphn some uritaht poison having been taken by the deceased. Evidence was given asltd the ingredients in Duflofs powder. There were ten ingredients, and Dr. O'Brien said that several of these, especially aloes, were irritant drugs which should never have been used in this case, neither should purgative cathartic pills, as these would eer* tainly prove injurious to a person like the deceased. of the deceased's family c;ave evidence that she was fairly Well and able to get about until commencing Duflot's. treatthent, when she became very, ill.