ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 238, 26 January 1877, Page 2

ALL ROUND THE WORLD.

Not very far from Yokohama {say® " ./Egles") is the magnificent bronze image of the great god "Dibutz." Thefigure, which is some 70ft. fmrri the

ground, is hollow, ancl the interior is at temple. It has been explored by maaarjr visitors, and the interior of the image is closely covered with inscriptions. About them there is nothing mystic or religious. They are the names and addresses of übiquitous Anglo-Saxon, who thus record, the right of sacrilege. A late visitor tells; me that the Japanese priest is now so> thoroughly up in British manners and' customs that, when a visitor of that nation' presents himself, a brush and small paintpot is handed him, with which to perform: the solemn rite of his nation.

The Reverend Herbert Ainslie, who* died lately in England, was supposed tobe the keeper of the bones of Tom Paine.. He is said to have affirmed that he possessed the skeleton of Paine, which Corbett brought back with him from America,, but when addressed distinctly on two occasions in regard to the matter, he refused' to answer. With him, it is feared, died! the last hope of discovering what has become of the remains of Paine.

A successful cremation was (says the> San Francisco Newsletter) lately effected! in this city which has not yet been mentioned by the Press. It was not the will 1 of the deceased to have his remains SO' disposed of, but his friends, after cutting the head off, stitching up the neck, andi removing all the organs of the stomachy placed the body in an oven specially prepared for the purpose. The le-s of the deceased were drawn up against his sides, and broken at the knees, and the interior of the breast was filled with a peculiar preparation of aromatic peppers. The body lay on a large iron vessel, in which was placed a little water, and the heat of the furnace was kept in the compartment by closing it securely and adding fuel from time to time. On opening the apparatus at the end of two hours the body was; found well roasted, but not consumed,, and we grieve to say that the assembled company cut portions from the flesh and ate them in an adjoining room. This isnot the first time that a turkey has been, thus treated in this Christian land.

Sir Rowland Hill's claim (remarks the Otago Daily Tim&s), to beregarded as the author of the penny postage system of Great Britain, is contested very strongly by a gentleman at present residing U3 Dunedin, and who formerly lived in 5* sex, England. In a memorial to Sir Staf-

ford Horthcote, the present Chancellor of

> m '■L- J - th» Exrfxefitter, )lr. Francis Worrell Stavena seta forth, that, about; the year i 2834, or during the time Lord AUhorp j was Chancellor of the Exchequer, In- sub- | mittecl to that nofcbman a proposition for the •atafelWimeitt of a universal penny ■tamp ft® purcela. At that tiiu", !>ir Rowland Hiß, wfu> was Private S„ v -tary to ionl Althorp, in the name of his Lordahip, forwarded a tetter of thanks to Mr. Stevens. As everyone knows, the penny postage system was afterwards sueeer.sfally established, and Mr. Stevens awrta that the only difference between the penny s tamp in use and the one propos-;d by liim ia the substitution of Her Majesty s head; for the Royal Arms. Mr. Stevens ' saya that, aa he has recently teamed that Sir Rowland Hill, aa the supposed original possessor of the system, received a reward of £40,000 from the British House of Commons, he thinks he ia fairly entitled to claim some recognition of his efforts as the real auggestor of a system -which has proved so beneficial in every suspect. The Bu.rupat,it, Mail says: —"The polt at Frome was taken on Nov. 23, and was •cirriud out with great spirit on both sides. Tue Liberals worked with great enthusiasm. On the other hand, although the Conservatives relaxed none of their efforts, they appeared dispirited, as though they knew they were fighting a losing battle. During the whole of the previous nig;it, the town was- in a very excited state. In one instance, btowa were freely t-xchangeu, and one man had his teg broken in a fall in the vicinity of the polling-places, fn the Market-place sundry small tights occurred. The poll was declared from lie Magistrate's Court-hall, shortly after live .o'clock. The numbers were : —Samudson, 661 ; .Ferguaaon, 668. Tims t!ie exO'ovcmoe of New Zealand was defeated by a majority of IW. Wo have every reason to believe (says ■the AW;/) that Russia, if war should [ break out, wilt find matters conducted in ! a very different manner to that of IB >4. At that tin; di«. in H'Vr.l ludiau officer suggested, u » r , <-r.. •!, necessity of a rife rVom In 'i.>, r.'* '.he Asiatic pos- •• ft- was not even listened to. T.:i . v-H.-ut advice, however, Pppeara be tul> 7 appreciated now. [ for we hear om good authority that Mr. Oathorne .Hardy is fully impressed with the wisdom of such a proceeding,, and in consequence any number of eagtl", practical volunteers, speaking tue language and knowing the country, are ready at tue short notice tu make such a diver-—>.i the Russian very * steaded tines ot' communication as wilt really uiake the " Bear " dance audi a dauoj as has never sutured into hit) imagination. About three months ago (says the Maiihvnmijh JExpees.*} we chronicled an elopement from the iiut District, the parties being a married mart, who left his wife and a targe family, and a young tady in a risspecfcable position. Tue runaways left here in the Zealandia, but unty weut aw far aa Jiaudavau, we believe, and froiu there Mtey found their way to some other of the Fiji Islands. The naughty little romance tias had a fatal ending, as t.ie young Lily's relatives here, we believe, received intelligence of her death. Sue She was in very delicate health when she left here. A correspondent, residing at the Surry Hills, Sydney, writes " A few evenings . ago E observed a rather targe spider running along the floor of my kitchen, and as the appearance of its body struck tue as being peculiar, I captured it, and placed it in a magnifying tube, ("pon examination through this glass, I waft astonished to find that the spider's unusual condition . arose from its body being literally covered pfjW-tth diminutive spiders, which, upon shaking otf, I found numbered more than 21KK II have captured some thousands ot' spiders of different kinds, but never ■before met with one which carried its young in this manner. After being detached Emm the parent, the little ones soon regained their original position by climbing up its legs." ** Hard timea' have come upon Germany as well as upon England. According to a i aris correspondent, great hardship and , suffering are reported from the Rhine. With the close of summer the chances of employment, it is said, have rapidly diminished, and great numbers of laborers are reduced to extreme necessity. The situation threatens to be even than that of last winter. One House <>S Correction at Beauwetl'er has 800 inmates, including uOO men. The majority were £2?i«9ted forJrping thefts, often of the % »sed repeat the offence. i^kiiliui. u nrioa, it b rapurted, come fr% m ports of Germany.

Bulgarian tales of horror are tbrill- -*• t:tg the world, and sy is tha feeling «f British at ttis brutil oeeorrences, that s»me S2sxtt to forgst that ffigtb and Co., th<? * V i>rap3rsf, arc selling off. and are compile-1 : '* k ' ' '• ' presents »>f their goods to »3y»»ae tn;g.it o.dl t'..r them, as th-y .-.re tkte"iu:r;d on a speedy c.L'aranee »>t" stuetc.