ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1118, 6 July 1882, Page 3

ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

King of Holland is;ia./6ne;of • the ' utoit' ardent autogrkph''coliec'tbrfl'6'f the .p)eMDtOTWnry7 ":'■:•" ", .■ ■.. '-,,• e&t #l'chei!;' t v S., a five iHcbeaiii. dinrnoter and eleven and n half feet long', ■' . ! The .recently-published report of the [liquidator of Overend, Qarney, and Co. is another, strong pronf that a radical reform in the English bankruptcy laws is urgently required. It appears that the debts were all paid by June, 1870. Nevertheless the two liquidators have still been employed, although there was absolutely nothing to be done, except to garner in some stray assets. In the course of 12 years these two officials have received £20,270, and during the first three and a half years after the collapse of the company they received £86,000; and in addition to those enormous sums they appear to have charged £13,370 for the services of their clerks. " Wheresoever the body .is, thither will the eagles be gathered Innelhor," and,-remarks Truth, of course tho lawyers were not behind, and'their costs amounted to £46,600. so that.tho expenditure for this yet unfinished liquidation has exoeeded £121,000. . ': A telegram from Stuttgart to the Paris Clarion annoui.ivs tho conversion to -Roman Catholicism of King Charles 1. of Wurtemberg, adding that His Majesty was to be baptised by the Popo himself. Thwconversinti from Lutheraniam to tho Church of Bomo has for some time past "been regarded as probable . It ia rumored that the Kinu of Swollen has expressed a desire that the best athletes and gymnasts among the officers and non commissioned officers of the English Army should visit Sweden this summer, so as to afford tho members oi the Royal Swedish Gymnastic Club an opportunity of .returning the hospitality accorded them during their visit to England in.lßßo. Notice has been served upon the I Corporation of London by the several! •companies .supplying electric light to the public lamps of a very considerable increase in the price. The Siemens system is to be increased by over 50 per cent., so that a district which costs £7OO to light with gas will involve an expenditure of £3,000' to light with the electric lightthat is, if the new contract is accepted. The New York Sun publishes an analysis showing the professions of the members of Both Houses of Congress in the .United States. The result is that it is seen that the legal, profession has an overwhelming predominance. In the Senate, out of 80 members, no Übs than 57 are lawyers; While in the House of Representatives there ore no less than 1951 lawyers out of a total number of 281. The surgeons who attended President Garfield have charged rather exhorbitantly. For Instanco Dr Bliss h allowed £5000; Drs Reybum, Agnew, Boyntor,, and Hamilton, £3OOO each; Surgeons Barnes and Woodward are to be promoted to Major General and Lieut-Col. respectfully. Tho nurse is also to receive £IOOO, so that for medical attendance alono the bills amount to £IB,OOO. A lunatic at an.asylum in Utcia, New York, is a United States pensioner, and the largest one in the United States. Since 1896 he has boon paid £1656, while his .arrearages amount to almost as much more By the various acts of Congress he is entitled to receivo the same pay as if he had lost both oyes, both arms, or both legs insanity leaving him as helpless as if he were entirely crippled.