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Western Star, Issue 465, 27 July 1881, Page 2

It having definitely transpired that-, tho report received on the Bth (that ' tho sentence of death ’passed upon Midhat Pasha tqr complicity ( in the murder of the Sultan Abdul Aziz had been commuted to banishment to Arabia) was incorrect,..and that tie death sentence is -to be carried out, the British Government has sent a communication to Earl Dufferin, ambassador at Constantinople, instruct- ; ing him to intercede with the Porte ou behalf of Midbat,, and to .urge the commutation of the sentence of death. The Union Bank of Australia has declared a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent, for the past half-year.

A new American game.of billiards, called “ Red, White, and Blue,” is thus described:—The game consists of of three pinpool pins painted 3 ted, white, and blue, two of which are placed on. the spots at each end of the billiard-table, and the third one directly in the centre. . Three billiard balls ure used in the game, which are also red, white, and blue. , The red and AI tie balls are placed against the lower end cushiony directly at the point where the “ nails ” nearest the corners are, and the players .shoot- with the white ball from inside the string. The privilege of the first shot is determined by throwing out small balls with numbers on them, the smallest number shooting first, and so pn in rotation, always shooting with the white balls. The game consists in knocking down the blue pin with the blue ball the red with the reti ball, and Ahe white pin with tho white ball ; but it makes no difference which is knocked down first. If a player knocks down a pin with a ball of a different color than the pin he is “ bursted,” and has to begin anew no matter if ho bad tho other two properly downed. Rive cents is charged for each man entered, and also for each “ burst.” The game is quite exciting, and is rapidly growing info favor.

Holloway’s Ointment., and Pills.—Soros* Wounds, and Ulcers.—Every variety of sore® ulcer, eruption, boil, and carbuncle is safely stopped in its destructive course by tho timely application of this healing Ointment. It arrests unhealthy, and substitutes healthy action thus curing the inflamed, irritable, and spreading diseases affecting the skin. Holloway’s Ointment has gained an imperishable fame for its facility in healing old inflammatory sores about tho shins and ancles, and for bad legs and old wounds it cannot be equalled nor is it ’less efficacious in gathered breasts and abscesses. When tho complaint has been of lung continuance, Holloway’s Pills will expedite recovery if taken in those doses which act as alteratives on the stomach, and. tonics on tho.constitution.