A TUNISIAN SCANDALS.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 4043, 13 December 1881, Page 2

A TUNISIAN SCANDALS.

Tunis has recently been enlivened by a scandal which for a .wonder, ianot Franch in its origin. A Maltese judge there seems to atone for his ignorance of Mohammedan law' by a profound and practical acquaintance with the language of flowers. An Italian baron is said to have been indiscrete enough to present the judge's lady with a boquet contain* ing an undue preponderance of pansies, which, according, to the mysterious tenets. of jurisprudence as interpreted by the, , Maltese Judge," appears to convey some hidden and insidious meaning. The Judge accordingly felt compelled to grossly . insult the baron, and, having done 10 ordered him out of a railway carriage. The baron immediately sent two Italian naval.officers to demand satisfaction.; A very undignified scene ensued. The .. Judge threw away their aards, and they threw their hats at the Judge. Although the Judge declined to give any explana* tion to the unfortunate presenter of pansies or to meet him in single combat, .: he complained officially of the two officers who brought the cartel, and they were formally punished for delivering a challenge. The affair is •till sufyudiee, but meanwhile publio opinion at Tunii has pronounced its verdiot very strongly and very unanimously as to the merits of the case,