MISCELLANEOUS.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 129, 24 August 1844, Page 99

MISCELLANEOUS.

All the proprietors of newspapers who had been members of the Irish Repeal Association have withdrawn from that body. The resignations of Dr. Gray and Dr. Atkinson, proprietors of the Freemanrs Journal} Mr. Barrett, proprietor of the Pilot; Mr, Staunton, proprietor of the Weekly Register; and Mr. Duffy, proprietor of the Nation, have been received. This step was rendered imperatively necessary by the extraordinary doctrine established, or rather asserted by the verdict on the state trial, that every member of the Repeal Association was responsible for all the publications of the newspapers whose proprietors were members of that association. No newspaper proprietor can in future beadmittted as a member of that association. Indeed, it is no longer safe in Ireland to permit any newspaper proprietor to continue a member of a club or association of any kind. Mr. Duffy, in his letter to the association, says — " I would prefer any risk to myself to abandoning the privilege of acting with you at such a time as the present, but, as I have no right to endanger others, I of course do what is deemed necessary for their protection." The Reforme Paris paper publishes the following statistics of misery existing in France : — " Of nearly 33,000,000 persons, there are 27,000,000 who do not drink wine — there are 31,000,000 who never taste svgar — there are 20,000,000 who never wear shoes — there are 31,000,000 who never eat any meat — there are 18,000,000 who never eat wheaten bread — and, finally, there are 4,000,000 clothed in rags." M. Lanzaruole, a mezzotinto engraver attached to the Jesuits' College at Rome, has, according to a letter from that city, discovered a means of impressing at once upon the litho-graphic-stone the objects produced by the Daguerreotype, so that a succession may be immediately produced. M. Lanzaruole has presented to the Pope proof-prints of several of the ancient buildings at Rome, which are said to be quite perfect. The value of all engravings has been seriously affected by the discoveries. Forgery, it is said, is now extinct in some of the States of North America, it being found that there is " no difference in the value of the notes," whether genuine or counterfeit. The accouchement of her Majesty Queen Victoria, it is announced in the London papers, will take place the latter end of June or the early part of July ; and that all necessary preparations and arrangements have been made accordingly. The Income Tax.— The bets at a Club House in London, in March, were seven to two that the Income-tax would be renewed, and three to two that it would be increased : there were more offerers than takers even at these long odds.

Immigrants to Valparaiso. — It was recently stated in the Guardian, that the artisans and mechanics who emigrated from Sydney to Valparaiso some time back, got great encouragement in Chili; and that the Chilian Government was taking measures for introducing from Europe a further supply of mechanics and labourers. We are sorry to be obliged to dissipate these agreeable illusions, and to state that information has been received by H.M.S. Hazard, that these poor men were so distressed as to be obliged to apply to the Chilian Government for food, which kindly gave it ; but had determined to ship them off for Sydney by the first conveyance that offered. These poor people were forewarned of this, but go they would. We regret their condition deeply ; but it was a rash step, which nothing could justify (labour being so cheap in Chili) but the partial burning of the town of Valparaiso. — Sydney Morning Chronicle. A new Millerite paper has appeared. It is called The Vial of Wrath, and the Junk Bottle of Destruction, and contains the following " important calculation :" — The beast had 7 heads, and 10 horns on each head, which makes 70 horns, answering to the 70 weeks of Daniel. Now, the tail of the beast was 666 feet long, which is the number of the bea3t. Multiply this by 7, and it makes 4,662, which was the age of the world when the first anti-Christian Pope began to reign. Now, tie up the beast's tail in 3 knots, and it will shorten it to 614, feet 4 inches; which, being multiplied by 3 (the number of knots), gives 1,843 exactly— the year hi which the world will be burnt up. But there is another remarkable coincidence. Martin Luther wore boots, with nails in the soles, just 263 nails in both boots; which, being multiplied by the 7 heads, gives 1,841. Throw in the 2 boots, which correspond to Miller and Himes, and it gives 1,843, — Connecticut Observer. — In a late article, the American prophet Miller says — "Get ready; and if Christ comes, you will Se glad and rejoice ; and if he does not come, then we must wait till he does." This is what may be called backing-out.