ROUND THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2203, 26 January 1886, Page 2

ROUND THE WORLD.

One of the most amusing yet unexpected sensation scenes ov'fer witnessed in a theatre occured once at' the Theatre Royal, Manchester, The purfcain drow up for Mr Toole to address the Oo.urt In n BardmJl v Bkhmck, when the whole of the jury mysteriously disappeared, their- " box" suddenly giving way and engulfing " the good men and true,"" At first the vast audience who crowded every [?arfc of the theatre were silent, fearing some dreadful accident had occured; out as the unlucky jurymen rapidly reaj.pea.red unhurt, though looking very foolish, th»y broke out into a perfect hurricane of laughter, which lasted several minutes, Tho curtain had to be dropped to allow the jury to be " boxed" again, and when Mr Toole began his address he provoked another burst of risibility by alluding to the jury as "that worthy body of steadfast and immovable men."

While a German infantry officer wat walking, in civilian attire, over a portion of the Metz fortifications recently, he received the challenge of a sentinel on duty: and as he took no notice of tho warning, the sentry fired, and the officer fell dead on the spot.

Apropos, of typographical errors, I may mention an incident of last session : A discussion was going on in the House as to taxing'tho necessaries of life, a course against which a number pf the " people's members" had entered a vigorous protest. A member with scarcely such a strong bias on the question as some of those who had preceded him, remarked, that he had no objection to a freo breakfast tablo, but he could scarcely see where the line of demarcation between necessaries and

luxuries could be fixed. Whereas bread and water, or even roots and water, might bo regarded as the necessaries of life in the one case, he quite stand port wine being i) qecessjry the other.' O.n the proof b,eing handed to tho member fqr correction in the natural course of events, tq his l]orrqr ho found the intelligent compositor had made him say "He could quite understand park pies being a necessary," $o„ &c.—Oivia in tho Qtago Witness. Among the effects of Herr the Austrian impresario, who has just been buried, were found 5,000 love letters from different lady admirers, many moving in the highest society, besides an immenso collection of tender pledges in the shape of ladies' gloves, roses, and locks of hair. Most of these compromising trifles have been returned to their original owners. The rest have passed into the hands of Hcrr Zelt's friends.

Recently published figures with regard to London show that in that city, there are 101 hospitals,''ft which one and a quarter rnillio'ns of people are relieved, and which dispenses outdoor relief to four millions annually. Cabs have increased during the last 10 years from 110,000 to over 19,000, 14,478 children were lost in London last year, Greater London contains an area of 448,364 acres, The population for this year is given as 6,109,166, of whom 60,252 are foreigners, 49,554 Scotch, 80,778 liish, .3,214, blind, and 1,972 deaf and In 1884 there wire 11,705. licensed public and beer houses, and 14,519 jnales '9,618 females were charged with drunkeness. In the same year there were 265 persons killed and 3,592 maimed by street accidents, and 354 suicides, .Therewere 20,667arfciclea lost .in public convey wqes, of whioh 11,248 were restored. There are 407 newspapers published in London.

There are lots of stories told of queer .witnesses and how they take an oath. The other day a bright, young boy appeared upon a Denver witness-stand, and one of the lawyers thought him; rather

young toundetstand the nature of an oath bo he began to question him. Said he: u°on° U m l l n^e , ratanc ' nature of an oath? The boy replied jfchat'Jie diiL Do you know what will be the conaßJ 1 quenceß if, after taking the oatli, you toU a , s ' r ;" " What will.liappen ut?m U i. er diking 'an' oath?" ™ eto Pjy thec o3t3,'l l auppo3e," said the boy.-Denver Tribune. The Paris correspondent ; of the 'Daily Telegraph says" The following 'story is at present going the rouri'd of th# Papers The corpse ol an English or American lion tamor named Stewart was it is said, lately found in the room 1 of a house at Romainville, outside Paris.' By the side of the remains was the" cotftso of an old lion, Stewart had fallen on evil days, and went to Romainville with hij lion, It is supposed that he succumbed to an apoplectio stroke, and that tha lion lay calmly down and died of grief-and hunger by the side of its master." k 'l suppose I'll have tQ go; but, indeed, it wasn't my fault," said a pretty girl when the mistress of the house surprised her hugging the lass. " Oh, no, don't _ thinlc of going," replied ' the practical mistress; " since you have been with us we are saving money. My husband romains in of evenings, watching for ohances to hug you, and I stay home to watch him. • His remaining at home is from alx to eight shillings in his pocket every night, and I'll want some of tho money shortly for a new dress, aridAj there'll be trouble if I don't get it. MostP married women will not have a , pretty servant girl about the house'; but when » pretty servant girl will onable me to get pretty clothes I'm willing to tolerate her." Apropos of the massacre which certainly did not come off, there-is a tale told of a Spiritualistic circle which- was formed at Cooktowii, and had a seance a night or two before the safety of the New • Guinea expedition was announced. The ' shade of Captain Everitt honored the meeting with its presence, and gave a moat careful accou nt of the whole massacre, described the particular locality, told where his skull was to be found, and in fact proved himself to be possessed, of an imagination that would make the fortune of any fiction writer of the present day. A full account of the seance was drawn up, and was about to be forwarded to tlforeliof expedition for its guidance, when the news of the explorers' safety arrived and taught the members ot that little circle that-it is not always advisable to put their trust in spirits—except those • which are contained in square bottles. The site of the ancient Jericho has become quite a famous winter resort, Cottages have been built in the and invalids find a pleasant retreat there® The scenery is grand and the climate' healthful,

The Shakspeare Society of New York gave its first anniversary dinner on November 28th, the day of Shakspeare's marriage, for the reason, as stated, that "the date of his birth is hot exactly known." The depreciation in land has resulted diminishing the revenue of Guy's Hoapital, the wealthiest endowment in England, by £IO,OOO a year, and a small payment is now exacted from those occupants of beds who are in a position to give it Berlin had last year 2935 privileged dogs that paid notaxes, among them fifty-six connected with tho embassies of foreign States. The owners of the other 27,000 dogs registered in the German capital paid 350,000 marks into the City Treaty as license fees,

One, morning tpnty-nine years ago' ■ the body o,f John Saddler, a celebrated financier- and speculator, was found lying stark and cold near Jackstraw Castle, on Hampstead Heath, and neav it a littljtf vial containing prussic acid with whicllfv in the depths of despair, he had rid himself of life. An inquest was held, and the medical witness on tho occasion was Dr Edward Staunton, About two, months ago another body was found Htorband cold, on nearly the same'' Ajint. anij the fingers still gripped a email which had contained primie nv.id. The body was taken up and nv. m that of the same Dr Edward 41.whom the weary passage nf kw./i-.'.v-nine years had brought to the-.'U;!-