ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 255, 15 February 1877, Page 3

ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

~-,. „.. ,-;.,r, which c©n3pic«»n»ly brings .!»■', . normou* strength of America as • .in- i- power «» tiiat of tools, and stillmo™ i«« a rry the vast ««»y tf ma * c&in» fcoob tor metttl ' wblch UB the parents of all other machines. More than 100 exhibitors have each a grotip that commands the admiration of all who take trouble to examine them in detail. These are tools for all purposes—small arms, .owing machines, clocks, watches, and all branches of machine-making and cnginccr■m„ and almost all are finished in a style superior to that of any former Exhibition. Probably, the moat exquisite set of tools eVe r made » that exhibited by the American Watch Company of Massaehusets. ffo mere word* can convey an idea of thetr hich standard of excellence ; they moat be felt and handled. What the Whitworth gauges are to true circles, these lathes and tools are to all forms required iu the manufacture of watches. Add to this, great convenience in arrangement an/fitness to produce- the parts of a watch so exact as to be almost interchangeable. After all that has been said about the ignorance of Australian geography shown by people in Great Britain, it was hoped, remarked the Siflrwy: tlwniiy iW., v that the new and revised edition of Brokes General Gutter and Geographical Dictionary <>f the World, lately announced by Te"" 1 and &., London (and the title page of which boars date IB7ti> r would help to spread more accurate information. On examining a copy of this work, however, m find, on turning to the word "Australia," that .Sydney is the capital on the east const, and oiv the north, at Coburg Peninsula,, is the town of " Victoria." In the description of Sydney, which occupies about half-a-doaon tines, wu are told that it lias now (tST'S) " a hospital for convicts and a naval yard." The following description of Wjlbouruo will bj best appreciated by t u o Victorians :—" Mjlbourne. a, city of South Australia,, the capital of the district of Victoria, in New- South Wales. It is quite of modern origin, as it» situ twelve years ago (that is, in tcUl-t} was a wilderness, only tenanted by the tribes and savages, ami the kangaroo-, emit and wild dog; now it has a population of more than oue million two-hundred thousand. On the wtstern side- of the city there is an extensive swamp, or rather lake, it. being usually covered in its whole extent with water, on the surface of which numerous [locks of waterfowl sport. The I -npplied with tolerably pure water u'tiV the Varra Varva, which has a dam bclo.v the wharf to keep the freshwater/ A curious decision was given by the Master of the- Rolls recently. A now deceased Major had iu 187")- borrowed money from a usurer at sixty to ninety per cent, intcrwst, and- his executors asked that an order be given for discharging the uebt at a lower rate of interest than had been stipulated. The Master of the Rolts refused consent, and said a usurer carried on a disreputable trade which no respectable in;;u would carry on. lie had to take great risks, and " he must get compensation for loss of character." Robert Drowning, the Cambridge murderer, made confession to Mr. 11. Gibson, governor of the jail, on December I-, ■which was put into writing, and afterwards si;;ued by the culprit. He now abandons altogether the story that be told jftpon and since his arrest, that he cut the throat 1.1 Kiniua Rolfo became she robbed him of a shilling, tie says now he went tint with, the full intention of cutting the ihroafc of a girl named Bell, lie failed fc<> lud her, and meeting with Rolfe and .nether girl of the same unfortunate class, ook the former on to Midsummer Common, and without reason or provocation lut her throat. A dispensing chemist in Melbourne tamed Robert Henry Cowl has been lonmiitted for trial, on a charge of manpbughtcr. It appears that a married woman living in C'ootscray, was being attended by Mr. Cobb for rheumatic fever, land Uo prescribed salieine. The prescripBiou was dispensed by Cowl, who made up our powders, and handed them to the leet-ased's husband., lie administered one n water as directed, and in a ipnarter of n hour tho deceased underwent a sttr•visnig change. The perspiration which ad prevail,-,' suddenly ceased, the head tid neck became red, the pupils dilated, *d the patient suffered intense pains, '•■hriniu succeeded, and in twelve hours to died. The powders which had not si'U taken were, by Mr. Cobb's instruc- "', l '""•k to the chemist, and he retf" ; ittle. After an cxiv - the content* of tne " Vtr. Johnson, the iVf" ' .' chemist, discovered

evidences of atropine, a deadly poison, and traces of the same poison were found in a powder subsequently obtained from Cowl by a constable, as coming from the same bottle from which Thompson's powders were taken. The Melhourne correspondent of the ffmmiltmt is responsible for the following story :—" Among the passengers by the Suez mail steamer were an old resident of Queensland, returned from a visit to England, and a tall, lanky, raw-looking youth, from one of the inland counties. As the young fellow gave out that he was visiting the colonies for the purpose of buying a station, tho old squatter became communicative, and spoke of his possessions in Queensland, his lands, his herds, his tlocks, ha* horses;, and his copper mining interests. Some hitch occurred in the young fellows aifatrs tinancial. lie was disappointed at the nonreceipt of money, but was able to show letters which appeared to be from respectable citizens iu London. His first move was to borrow £L;"00 from his colonial friend. Within a fjw days be had succeeded in obtaining £."">,009 from the old gentleman, who became suspicions, obtained proof that the letters were not genuine, and put the matter in the hands of the detective of police. A hunt for the young Englishman is going on by the smartest officers- in the fore??, but though it is known that he is somewhere about town, he has contrived so far to keep out of the way of arrest." If the perpetrator of the following atrocity had been (says "Atlas," in the HVM) an Englishman, my dear ladies, tortures would not have imuteed me to publish it. Being, however, a Frenchman, and a determined bachelor, his misdeeds may be overlooked tVr this once. He has one redeeming point, lie is very fond of children, and was asked by a friend why he did not commit matrimony. t: 1 can't, my dear fellow ; I tnttst have perfection." "What do yott call perfection*" quoth the irietid. " Why, I could enjoy all the happinrm of married life in one week." " But that is too much to expect ; is it not I" "Oh, no! Quite simple, in this way :—Yott marry a very rich girl on Monday; you have a s >n and heir oti Tuesday ; he is baptized on Wednesday ; on Thursday you take out letters to administer the property of your mother-in-law, who dies ort Friday, and whom you bury on .Saturday : and on .Sunday you touch your inheritance." The V.'tn-hf. says that a.-f more than oner preposterous paragraph, processing t<» describe the portion, A'c, of Cidouel Valentine Baker at Constantinople, has gone the rounds of the Ptvs.s, it b advisable to give some authentic information on the matter. Colonel Baker has not. up to the present time, accvpted service iu the Turkish army ; and consequently has not been able to forward the views of the numerous applicants—one. hundred and tifty to serve under him. His whole time has been taken up in elaborating a plan for the rUfence of Constantinople, which he laid before our military authorities in July, and which is now receiving their most serious attention. This plan he has also urged upon the Turkish Government, and it is very favorably ivgankd by the Sultan; but want of money at present prevents any decided action. Should lltissia take up a position h 03 til? to the English Government and attack the integrity of the Ottoman Empire, Colonel Valentine Baker wi;E probably accept the position of a lieutenant-general on the stali' of ih-i Turkish army in the le. Id. The ma-d-iinery for the manufacture of wood paperhangtngs has been so perfected that an inch of wuttu maple or other finegrained wood can be so slit as to furnish two hundred thin leaves, having the surface and grain of the wool. These leaves are laid on a paper backing, and thus constituted, may be fastened to the wall the same as common wall-paper. A room thus furnished presents the appearance of a panelled apartment, since all the surface visible is that of the actual wood. With smoothed and polished wood of a coarser or more open grain, the number of leave.' or veneers in* the inch is one hundred am twenty-live. The machine which produce these leaves is a marvel of mechanical in genuity and skill. Mr. Barry Sullivan has accomplished the almost Horrtlean task of playing " Richard the Third" for nearly sixty consecutive nights at Drury Lane. The following strong arguments were used by an American lawyer in favor of his client :—"May it please the Court and the Jury—From the snow-clad summits of Ararat, where, for thousands of years, the ark of .Noah has reposed in lonely grandeur, to ths soft, cerulean isles : of the Grecian Archipelago, has the name

and fame of my client extended ; his forfatliers fit at the battle of the Kile, and danced Jnba on the brow of Bunker Hill; yet these witnesses have the infernal audacity to say he stole them eggs. Why, my client has soared aloft into the regions of immortal and transcendent fancy, where angel 3 might blush to dwell; and he might have soared on the wings of his own stupendous and glorious intellect still higher, had not this ere tribe of perjured men tried to maks him fall, like a hickory saw-log, into a mill pond. But the Court knows, I know, all nature knows, that a man of his gorgeous magnificence could not be guilty of stealing eggs ; and even if lie did steal 'era, they were rotten as Denmark, and had smell enough to stock a dozen polecats with perfumery for a year. Gentlemen, the evidence isn't worth reviewing; consequently, I shall close my appeal by informing you, if you don't acquit my client, you'll every mother's son of you, get your necks twisted into double-jo : nted cork-screws, as sure as Bulsliazzar's dead." By order of a former Queen of England, the ladies of the Court could not appear before Her Majesty twice in the same dress, and the Grand Duchess of Florence, sister of Napoleon 1., required the same rule to be followed by her maids of honor. These ladies were in great distress to know bow to make the proper change, and frequently resorted to the deception of wearing a fine quality of colored calico, trimmed with their richest laces, to represent silk. During the last two years the number of flower-makers has doubled in Paris, while the number of florists has increased a hundredfold. Such is the demand for dowers now that all the horticulturists have set up flower shops in town, and are making their fortunes. Another proof of the development of the love of flowers is that there has never been sold so many bouquets of wild flowers as this summer At this there are poor women who earn i'.mr dollars a day by selling nosegays gathered in the fields along tiie Seine.