MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1440, 5 September 1884, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

The verdict in the Brad laugh Appeal has been finally announced, the jury finding for the Crown on all the counts. It is' possible that fiuther technical questions may be raised, and the nonlegal public rather hope than expect that Mr Bmdlaugh bus done with litigation. However that may be, the issure involved iv th« luto-sfc triil was perfectly simple. It is abundantly clear that no House of Commons could accept the junior member for Nortlihamption's oath in the face of his repeated declarations that it had no binding effect on his conscience. The jury had to decide legally that those notorious declarations had been made, and that Mr Bladlaugh was thereby incapacitated from subscribing th-* oath according to the meaning and practice of Parliament. Mrßrnclldiijrh'a ostentatious profession of disbelief in the oath, and in all that gives the oath its sanction and validity, lias recoiled upon his own head. If the House of Commons liad allowed his interpret*tion of the oath it would manifestly have nullified its own interpretation, and Mr Bradlaugh's aggressivnass thr^w down the gauntlet. Whether the-. Crown will press for penalties or part penalties in the case is not yet decided, but the disput« entered on four years ago is settled. During the stay of the Channel Squadron in Bantry B;vy, a number of experiments have been made with torpedoes and submarine mines. Among them were two experiniHi.ts with fully charged Whiteheud torpedoes. The steam pinnace of the Minetaur dis charged a Whitehoad torpedo at a large rock at the head of the bay. The machine ran at the rate of thirteen knots .an hour, being loaded with a charge of 1171 bof gun cotton. It was adjusted to run 400 yards, and was discharged when the pinnace was about 300 yards from the rock. The torpedo, a 16in. one, weighed 600^-. It struck the face of the rock seven feet from the surface, and threw up about 80 tous of water to a height of 300 feet, also several pieces of rock. The result of the experiment wa3 considered most satisfactory, the more so as the rock Tvas very unfavorable for the purpose, containing a number of crevices, and presenting no even surface such as a ship would. The base of the rook was nearly destroyed, large pieces were disconnected. The second experiment conducted by the Neptune. Owing to an extraordinary ii-fl-ix of advertisements, the Times of Jaoe 1 + -was of unusual size, comprising -.tx columns. An analysis of the control** show that 84f of the 144 columns we.- -c ■advertisements, the number of whidi "was no less than 2529; the remaiuiog 59J columns contained articles, ) reviews, letters, reports, and paragraphs on over 200 distinct topics, all tins being gathered in from the fonrquarters of the globe, edited and set up in a few hours ! The total length of the columns was 29-1 feet, and if placed end to end and stood upright they would have reached to an height exceeding that of the Monument by sixty-two feet. The superficial aiea of the printed matter was ju3t sixty-one square feet. If the matter, instead of being broken up into columns, had been set in one continuous line, it would have reached one mile 950 yards, or the distance from CharingCross to Cheapside. Tue number oi separate types used iv printing this issue is calculated at over two millions .and the quantity of printed matter is reckoned to be equivalent to that contained in two ordinary octavo volumes of 480 pages each. The ouly previous impression of the paper which has attained these proportions was that of June 21, 1861. The. Times of that day was described as the largest production that has c-ver issued from tli« <laily press, and this description .applies to the recent issue, which was truly the best threepenny-worth of current literature we have ever .seen. "Rough on corns." — Ask for Wells' "Rough on Corns." Quick /relief, complete, permanent cure. Corns, warts, bunions. Kempthorne, Prosser & Co., Agent, Christchurch.