ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1224, 6 November 1882, Page 2

ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

Oil June 23 more than 60 novices. l - topk) the veil at the convent of the Sisters of Mercy at.Dernbaclf, iii Nassau." This is the first'ceremony of the sort that has takon place since the beginning tof the "tOulturliampi." The convent' 1 ia veryrich.- „ . 1

The bonnet shops, soys a London paper, present full, of the greatest moostrositiea in the my of hats and bonnets, Some made of vino-trellis work,, others in coarße open straw, eaoli trimmed laccordWrf.to the plant it.is supposed to be made of—grapes on. the vine, bonnet,, .and oornflowers on; the .straw, one.,,j THeyjatfc, i,# Tttrr'^V 8 ' 1 1 ■wind rain/ nor dust/ 1 ■ v i ''

One of the difficulties with'which the British troops in Egypt had to contend is the:great heat., The.Daily -Netra corp rospondeht says One's handsgnd face become literally roasted, It,i« like keeping them before a roaring kitchen.fire for : ten hours a-day." He adds thu the heat ■fcade' his'stirrups literally burn bis boots, No wonder,'then, that many officers and men are suffering ;from sunstroke and and; dysentery, and that 860' men dropped out of the ranks during the march to Mahsemh. It is, indeed, rather surprising that even young soldiers' should hold oat so well as they do. , The physique of our troops must be better than some critics imaging, • r-?—-

A thousand roubles (J!120) perheadforn a dinner seems rather a high prlc6 fori.' I even a Russian to pay, yet such is tha i) sum which 26 cavalry officers each paid i for their" banquet at an hotel it iWMj|s H a month or so ago. They had to organisfl a dinner, that, as possible should imitate. those the Roman Emperors who paid enormously for their luxuries, and preferred them out - ' of season; and to & certain extent, succeeded, For' oight hours they fUe plate after plateandamongatthecourjesappparetj a ragout of African turilpj arid another of slewed nightingales. And, to make the ■ thing appear more real, these martial savages sat at the table each with a fillet of rosea round his head. V

; The frozen bodies of De Long and bis ■ten companion of the,Jeantietto, arato.be. brou'iiht home in caet iron coffins ej»l peoittlly made for,, them, in New York. The coins are lined with ground cork,,&p„ by .wliioh the,bodiesw)H,e» •kept from' tha outward air!, 1 ' B&nk• i, tyeyjare expected io* chinee' ' pose or waxy tisane, the features always preserving their natural expression. The caskets will be shipped to St Petersburg. The English Parliamentary session of 1881 (says the Daily News) has produced 852 Acta —B2 public, 266 local, and 4 private. In the previous session of 1881 ■the number was 207 ~72 publio, 318 looal aud 6 private, 1