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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1276, 15 February 1883, Page 2

BWgSgg A correspondent writing to the Post, uys that although clause 6 of the regulation* state* “ A volunteer shall be entitled to hl* discharge at any time after a Year's carries," this is overridden by the 11 VoitintMr Act, Act, 1881,” clause 3 of which provides that any volunteer may, except when on actual military service, quit hi* corp* on giving to his commanding officer three months’ notice of his intention to do se, or if he is leaving the district he is entitled to his discharge on giving a fortnight's notice. An artist who saw Arabi in Alexandria last winter draws this sketch of his personal appearance ;—“ A tall, heavy-faced man, sullen, swarthy, with only a pretty clear eye to soften tre general n*r*hn*M of ek< pression, and a black moustache to hide A not particularly finely curved mouth. His legs are m unattractive M his face. The underpinning looks to frail for the rest of his body. He is a bulky man; not pussy or Falstaffian In girth, but a broad, thick* chested follow, built on the lobster pattern. Take him from his heavy head to hit spindle legs, Arabi Pasha reminds one more of a negro than of the agreeable and pleasant faced gentlemen one meets among the Arabs and Egyptians.” According to the Turkish Minister at WMhington, the “ name of Arabi is not to ba pronounced m Arabi nor as Arab**, but os Arabi, with the aooent on the middle syllable.” When the lately deceased Anthony Trollope wm some year* ago on a vieit to hi* eon, at Mortray station, near Forbee, an inqubitive traveller of the gushing style, abruptly saluted him with, “ And are you really th* famous Mr Trollope f" •' I believe so, wm the not over cordial reply. “ Oh, I’ve read ever eo many of your works," gushed the interlocutor. “Itis a pity you had not something better to do,” wm the froety reply, and the enthusiMt collapeed and decamped. The receipt* for Mr* Langtry's engagement at Haverley’s Brooklyn Theatre for the week ending 31*t December, were-16,064 dollars (over £3300.) The remains of John Howard Payne (author of “ Home, sweet home ") were ehipped from Tun'* te the United State* on the Sth of January.