ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 154, 18 October 1876, Page 3

ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

Mfcgpy »c*n« tta» taken plate in the according to the JEmgurr,, m consequence of & '* Bhu:k Book '" been found in the secret Ministctl archives, which contains a detailed

Lit generally libellous account of t'u; j>ritjtaliv«s of members, especially of those LftftfrOppwttfr'tm. This clandestine spyL: upon the representatives of the people \0 done under the previous ** Consorte- !\" Cabinets for a great many years, do new Literal Minister, Nieotera, t ving himself been the object of these pryUr practices of Cabinet detectives, endeaL r (jdtoavoida discussion which might have U to the contents of the " Btack Book " Ling divulges*. The ex-Minister Lanza Light to excuse himself, but did m very Ltsly, and ended with the unblushing Uwal that the procedures in question Lro correct, as being m the interest of Lvar anient. Finally, the House dropped hu unpleasant subject by almost univeriJ consent. A collection of illuminated manuscripts jrmed by Mr. W. Bragge was recently ,)(i at the rooms of Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson, and Hodge, and realised a )tal of £12,273. One of the highest rieus obtained was for an *' EvangelistoiutiiH,." M.S., of the ninth or tenth cenary, 30$ leaves, ItHn. by T§in., probably ttuuted for a royal personage, and a fine jtample of ornamental writing. Ti.is jantiscript, which is in perfect preservaion, sold for £7BO. It was formerly sold ii Mr. Perkins' collection, for £&&>.

Xn extraordinary case of drink poisonng rocently occurred at Blackburn. It ia ho practice with some publicans, after Jraining the spirit barrels of all but what U known as ** bottoms," to poor into the krel* a. quantity of water. This alter a hv days,, becomes an exceedingly strong kit,, and; th« publican* allow old topers mo giv« them their patronage to bave Lis giß of this wash, free of cost, On L day in question, Brown, a tallow [liiuidler, from Liverpool, and some others, U'B al'owed to drain the dregs of a thisky cask until the publicans thought Ly had had enough, if not too much. Brown proceeded to his lodgings, but on letwhiny tl.e doorway he fed, became invisible, and died a few hours afterwards.

A good example of Wild Yankee spueuition i.as lately b*en tue- subject of talk iitlio London clubs. It i»noI«s» than a fian to make Mount Vesuvius practically ireful to those gentleman and Suites who j»y wish to be burnt—to be cremated—nsttuwl of being buried. The company—a nilway company—which at present txistmly m imbibw r will undertake to run nortuary trains from different parts of inrope to Vesuvius, and up its sides to tenmiimit, on reaching which they will lit their contents into the abyss, leaving lattice in its grandest form to do the work i ciumlling the remains- of humanity, and turn taking the surviving mowroersa short (wursion to Naples and its environs, in iwler to cancel in like manner the last remiins of grief t The '.Pari* correspon lent of the Metonrce Aryua telis &ne following story ■boat this Prussian Chancellor :~~" Prince lisnuu'ck, as his custom, in all grtat k'opean difficulties, has hied him to (amrt^.where he sees nobody, and gutp» lown'excellent brandy. You are aware lint brandy is his favorite lienor. He Iways garvie» a clitat about with him. u* he waa ona day preparing for his dearture, his youngest boy, witn a sad took,. sked him whether he should be long abMlt. " Oh, no," replied tfc& Chancellor, '1 shall be back in a f«rm%ht at the

itest."""Orb r papiV reptt««t the boy; 1 that most be a rib-; yww'lt fee away a liiofe month,. I am snre„ far ytm fotd Htz t«*p«rt trp tfcirty bottles of brandy." The which the Imperial tJo(emment of Germany despatched to the [avant, was regarded! with some interest ► the first display «>f the new-born naval Wee of the .Empire. Nina vessels, four P them first-rate ironclads, sailed from

frlftetmshafett trader the command of Mmiral Batscru The armament of this

let consists, of eighty-eight guns in all, ore than half of thuni of very heavy

klibre. The nine vessels carry crews mimbering i» the aggregate 2,2&'J men, »i mora some are marines* and about half f this force will be availably it is ealcttttad for operations on shore, if such berate Mcessary,. and fur tine handling of pi artillery. The Cfdrmaa navy will, «f four*.*, be aaxiona to make & favotxr.it]*.>

jpearance in Turkish waters, conscious tat tht> French fleet is close at hand and

atiouafy watcltktg them. Mounting a camel ia not difficult, bttt it *» »omv ftweet surprises lor the novice. Hie camel hj«» npon the ground with all iift |tg» shut tap under him like a jackaiiie You a«at yourself in the broad feUUS?,. and crosa your leg? in front of the ommel Before you are ready, somebing like- a private earthquake starts Rides you. ike camel raises her hind inaxtw* suddenly, and throws you upon lit neck, and before you recover from hat,, he straightens op his knees,, and ivea yott a jerk over his tail; and while t)ii am net at all certain what has hapWled, he begins to move off with that di*txjirtud walk which seta yott into a see- »* motion, heaving backwards and fwrfivtd* in the capacious saddle. Not kviag a hm\ed back fit for this movetent,. ;ot« lasn the heaat with yoac keor*wh to make him change his gait. He is lot loth to do it, and at once starts into a lively toot, whictitends yott a frot in the W at every step* Vbba yott from side to iid« r drives your backbone into your brain, aacE make* castinets of your teeth. Capital w»ruiae f When yott have enough of it, joit ptall up, and humbly enquire what is f» heathen method of ridmg a drome«*rjv