ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1406, 16 June 1883, Page 4

ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

Tho Duke 6f;Cambria'|e jfi present; 'utoly at a banquot wHicli the Lord Mayor at tbo Mansion House,, mid in responding for the army said j —" I have now been for 1 a'longtime at! the head of the aimy, and ,1, must, r,ay that tho changes which have taken! place in it during that ■ period;have qiiito overwhelmed me with astonishment, and sometimes with surprise.! However, I confess foi't I-. have, still -that, is, that the spirit of, tho nation,seemsito remain vory much what it was in former dayß, Ibeliovofurther,'that so longns tho spirit of the nation is represented in the army and iiv the navy it does' hot'' | signify what sort ,of servico you have whether it be long or short or anything else. It is, in fact, the natiou which sustains its high and noble imputation on occasions such as tho recent service upon which the army has boon engaged. We hear now and then—too of ton, I am sorry to say—that sentiment and old-fashioned notions are to be discarded in our .time. The fact is nowadays say, that there, is thing as sentiment in the. armband, that if there is it ought 1 to" bo put; on one side, Now, I entirely disagree" with that. I consider that sentiment in the army, as sentiment in ; 'manj' other things, is very important. In all these matters if you put ment on ono side the important services on which I .have'commented' would be different from ' what they are now. What, is discipline, wb'af is ' esprit de corps,' bnt sentiment? We' are told that there is no sentiment about color in the dress of the army, and I see that the British Army is no longer to be dressed in red. Now I should be sorry to see the day when the English Army is no longer in red. I am not one of those.who, think it at all desirable to hide ourselves .too much. 1 must say I think the soldier had better be taught not to hide himself, but to go gallantly to the front, for depend upon it that in action the man who does that has a much better chance of succeeding than the man who hides himself. I, for one, say that the red line which we have heard of before (and I think it is not at : all a bud line to look at when the .enemy is in front of us) will carry a great deal i mora weight perhaps than a .line..in grey which no. one could see, and no one probably would care'about." ■;' As an instance of the difference of i time taken in sending cargo to New f Zealand ports by sailing.vessels and , steamers, the Lyttelton Times mentions - that some cargo having beeii : shipped , on board the Now Zealand Shipping , Company's Waipa, the shippers preferred that it should goby a steamer.' The Waipa, therefore, hauled alongside' the British King, the steamer then on the berth in London for New Zealand for the purpose of re-shipping the cargo into that steamer, Now, accordin;,' to the latest news, the British

King has arrived on the return trip from Lyltelton; the British. Queen, which left London about one, month after the British King, has discharged all her inward cargo.: but the goods on board the Waipa are only now being discharged. In the current number of Temple

Bar Lady Pollock states that as a boy. Sims Reeves was extremely fond of. "Paradise Lost," which was taken ia by his father in weekly portions; At' the outset of his career the Italians were very jealous of him, and now, remarks the writer;-" Where aro to be found great Italian names among the vocalists of to-day l lVe.havo Christine Nilsson, a Swede; Albani. a Canadian; Adelina Patti, an American; Maria Roze, a Frenchwoman; Trebelli, a Parisian; Madame Maruncia, a Parisian; Madame Patey, an Englishwoman ; Simsrißeeves, English; Santley, English; Faure, French'; the only Italian name which can claim distinction being that of Campanini." It seems that Mr Sims Reeves' irritative throat has caused him to forfeit £70,000 in the last 30 years. / The" Hobart Mercury" of 22hd May says that while some'workmen were excavating under.' the bridge iiri Macquarie street they discovered a largo case, which, oh - being opened, was found to contain about four dozen bottles of wine. . About twenty of these bottles were secured-in; an m>; broken condition, the remainder being smashed in getting thorn outJ of the case, which was firmly embedded in' the mud about 12ft, below the surface.

of the creek The.wine proved to be in very good condition., It smelt like port, but tasted more, like .sherry; Near where the case was discovered, portions of a sofa arid of various other, articles of household furniture have been found j also several tons of timber of .different kinds.' 'it is probable that the caso of wine and tho other things have been; buried in the mud under tho bridge ever since one of the floods that proved 'so ; deßtructivo to houses and other property about thirty

years ago, . ) They were discussing an elopemont, and one lady! ''turning to her friend, laid: "Don't you believoit would kill you if your husband was to run away with another'womanf : "It might," was the cool reply. "Great joy sometimes kills.".:-' -'. h j ;

. ;Inspeaking;o£ the Jersey Lily's stay in New York, the'following story is told:—lt seems that two very pretty girls were strolling up Fifth Avenue a few days sinoe;- jtvheiiithey noticed Mrs Langtry, walking in front of them with Mrs Laboiichere, V,They hurried up bo as to. get a good look' at her, and a? ; they passed her : Mrs Jjangtify said tor Mrs Labouchere,' f | DoVypu call theßO girls pretty I";". No,"'said Mrs Laiboucherc, ; in her loudest voice,yj<ld6 mot; 'aiid.'f have nor'iiseen ajirettygirl since I camo to' America.'' : '"lsn't it odd!" says Mrs Langtry, "there doesn't-, seem to be any pretty girlp; here at all." This was said in very loud tones, evidently intended for passers-by to hear. American wit was it niateh though'•''''isn'ttiiat Mrs iLangtryf said-one of tothe other;' lookinground,/ atj;.hei/} i'Ph ;de ; aiv no |' tbfris"n#Mw Langtry,'' 'was the reply,"■gijfeff ) 'm' , a ! dear y vdicej. "Mrs .Langtry is pretty, and thii woman is not; and Mrs .Langtry .»' [well-bred, and this woman'u ( Mrtau»!y,