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Taranaki Herald, Volume I, Issue 13, 27 October 1852, Page 3

I In England a ijcntlcmnn, bring a member of tl\n Soutli Di-ton Uiflc Corp?, wns nt turt practicing in order to tcit n ro.r rifle nent to him for tli »t purpoHfc by a tradvsirmn of Kxetu. lie fin <1 ono uliut at n murk 8,301) jards distant ; the mark ivm mtunlecl linlf-Hiiy up a fliron Ml! (I'olslliti) mi the Devon Kutilc ; the lull beinp IGO fret ■ high. Tho bullet Mack a piccd of rock, (,'lnnc-d O7cr thn hill find nt a dutnnco of 31 feet perpendicular descent cm the oppoiito tide slrncH a tfomnu totally onl of tight of tli« mnikiman, at the. lull nclunlly intcrrenod between ilicnJ. It inflicted n flesh wound in tho ibi^li, slid the gentleman learning the extraordinary fact, directed erery Atlenuon to br pwd to tho sufferer, who 1m» ex* prciicd Ifcrsclf thoroughly laiisfied with the hund6oiuo tccatraoat olio hci» received. The distances Una keen measured under the supcrinfcndnncc cf Mr. ftreir, of Powderhaiu, And it Wai found thai from the ipot the ibut wa? fired, to tho place the woman mood was 1,336 yard*, actually marc tbuo three qunrtcr* of a milo. This Jafct lia3 created great interest, and bliowi that all which hivvo been predicted of the Minie Hide ai an oflcaiira wciipon will be icnlncil, and the ground of practico uuould hire a clear dittanc'e of a niilo. The Dake of Wellington once left bii umbrella by accident, ou the stall ofalndy of tank, at a ftucy fair. On returning to lunk for it, he nrat told th»t it had juit been gold for twoutj fuogaui. tns by th« lady, tvtio could nat reuse the terupUtioavof dii(Mniug of (0/ valuable a relic for cbariig. bto f urjigijjSj