ROUND THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1569, 28 December 1883, Page 2

ROUND THE WORLD.

Matthew Arnold, who arrived ,in New York on the Ist October, is reported as saying that he hoped ho would like the country, but after all he thought there was noplace to live in like smoky old London. James & Go,, merchants, of Manchester, failed on the 24th.' Their liabilities amounted to £IIO,OOO. • The ringing of the curfew bell was resumed at Standford-on«Avon on the night of Sept. 11. One of the interestine features of this revival of an ancient custom in the fact that the curfew is rung upon the bell which tolled at Shakespeare's funeral. .' ■ 1 The Dean of West mister asked for £3OOO to buy .up the license of a public house.. He received no ; less than £IOOO in less than two weekSi This is really an ominous , sign of the strong direction in which the tide is running against the liquor trade. 1 The saving bank system of the English post-office continues to work successfully. During the last year, 150,000 additional depositors opened accounts n the bank, making the total 'number nearly 3,000,000, with aggregate deposits of £30,000,000, The Emperor of China, aged 13, is very bright and is making rapid .and satisfactory progress with his studies. He proceeds to the schoolroom every day about 8 or 9 o'clock, and continues with his teachers, of whom, thete are s sveral, to lor 2 p.m. His progress is said to bo twice, as rapid as that ot Chinese youths, and the plan adopted seems to be more rational. It not with him a mere question of committing a certain number ' of characters to memory, but his teachers read over the passages several times and explain t<> him the meaning of the characters, .: