ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 169, 4 November 1876, Page 3

ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

& woman was reuontly tristt at Oxfortl forthu luuiktet ot her ehihlL The legal tsportjr oi fch» easo> saying that she waatasetibait'oythe neighbors a» "*fon«l wife ami duVotetl motae!-," atMe»:t th<«l "hur pt pso- at appearanoo in t e rfo-jfc born out this testimony to> her character." This- wonderful power of expression rivals Sydney Smith'.* remark to the portrait printer; to who™ Moore was* sitting, "Couldn't yort throw a ttttt > expressivehostility to the Chnrch establishment into Sis-feat tar js'*'''

The Aosiralha Colonies am promised •tilt another circus. Signor (.fitilio Agrati, *lb was* manager for Chiarini, has, states ata Ifyiirunj Jxttrraiiuj Ifurahl, mad© arWigonieat* to> bring ottt front Philadelphia what is satt.l to be the brg-.st combination circus* that has ever left America, jt is caltail Baity, Cooper, ami Co/s, anil itU»» buexx ** rannin ; " during the Exhibition. It consists of thirty performers, to«Bty-iive horses, six pontes, ten ca"es of wild animals, six camels, six elephants, : «uj tw<* ajbraa.. It » being wrought down I ft» tVcifte stop© in forty-five- cars, and is i weeded to arrive in Sydney pjr the City ;bt Sydney about the beginning of DaTho death hat b Gt announced oJ a natatt t Jout-pr* Pitma:*, stated to b* th» last sarvm>e of thosj- who kept 'lNuri ovar Napoteo;* 1., at St. Helena. I Jta-Jfe*.. r. T. Bigg, w»l»«rf Tytehtmt, writes tha*t—"'M:iy I bv per>sijfid#»aJ|jfee' tiuit in t'tis pa bt the<,-e is /»Wa named Hainbtyn, ttp.vartb of eighty Wwa-of ag v wiu> was. one of ths gaartl ?*Br Kapote&t whit* a prisoner in that "fed, and is now enjoying tti« additional Psnsiora offered by tfte present Oovemiß«ut to- tftose otd sotdbra wao serve*! prei 0, 0u% to the year \UV r j fikasjot a«arthe Tirana Craek Crosiing |(*y* tne Aimyjwmnjh L%roitiek) Uttere is wbdsaun a curiosity, sttiil* a one a» we L*Wtt n*v»r heard of t>eiug found before although it is not, we be**°r * Jjeeat rarity in some parts of *»« ci«;»., It i» a pendant beehive, wholly ffjttjHtt to aad oancutected fxuia

rain, wind, and tho attacks of living enemies. It is of considerable size, being folly two feet long and »»n«* foot in diameter, and has been constructed on a short p'wee- of vine or twig. It hangs a good from the ground.;:?*? ft">;r. what we could see of it, it would .->-;■:> -*r to be composed of d liciotts virgin comb. T.ie Jottrtutt of Horticulture for Aligns* contains* the following description of the Brobdignagian Boy of Swanley. His name is Ktchard Becnharn. He will be twelve years of »*e on the 31st of the present month. His height is sft., his girth rutimt the waiat ia CJin., and weight is upwards of SUst, of 14 lbs. to the stone. He is heaJt'ny, and in possession of his faculties. Uts father is a basket-maker, and the " hoy" appears to be learning the business.

An interesting account of the effects of charutxil on unhealthy plants appears in the tit me Htmrtkoh. A fine rose bush, full of buds, having given small insignificant flowers, the top of the pot around the bush was tithd to a depth of half an inc'« with finely pulverised charcoal. In a few days the roses assumed a beautiful red color, and were mast brilliant and lively. A pot of petunias was similarly treated, and alt of tie pale indefinit .-colored onts became of a bright red or lilac ; the white petunias were variegated with beautiful red stripes ; and the lilac petunias became a fine dark blue. Iron tilings have a somewhat sttuLar effect.

A Frenc'i physician makes the remarkable statement that ont-balf at least of the so-called drowned persons are buried alive, and that they may be brought to life by proper treatment ifter having been "sev.ial hours under water." His rcmetly is to get out the water, pour in aud inject alcoholic stimulants, and use a whip energetically, or hot irons in tad cases. Hts statement has been partially continued by tUe resuscitation of a man after he had been under water in one of the Seine batits for mora than twenty uiinuks.

The London correspondent of t'ie Auckland &(ar writes relative to tic Bravo case as fallows :—" Mr. Charles Bravo seeins to have been a nasty-tempered, unprincipled, and imtuoral man, w.»o married a handsome and rich widow for the sake of her nwmy (knowing t tat said woman had been somewhat " gny "), and who, in a tit of stupidity or folly, or something, took a of laudanum. Bullies are always cowards, and accordingly he had no sooner swallowed the poison than he regretted his act, and took a doss of tartar enu-ttc to produce vumi i i.j. The etfect of the two poisons on a prematurely scattered constitution was a p.tiuful death, and alt lougti th.se facts were as plain as the nose on your face (which used to be prominent enoitg ), the intelligent British jury, at the inquest, returned a verdict of ** Wdcul murder against some person unknown." But we have nil bein a good deal startled by the inquest, and the mode of conducting it, sine* it skeins that a witness is liable to have the whole story of nis or her life laid bare, irrespective of its bearing on the ease in hand, and is to be impaled, for thu amusement of a handful of impudent and unscrupulous lawyers, and a prurient public. I never felt so sorry for anyone in my life as I did for poor Mrs. Bravi>, who was tormented and ttaajfl for days about her relations wit i Or. Gufiy, until she fairly refused to answer any more questions, and appealed to the Court aud to those present, as British gentlemen, to refrain from their rude and uncivil course.