THE TRAMP.

BY BRBT HA.RTE.

I H \.v been sauntering over* the 61orer downs of a certain Ne^y England se&port. It was a Sabbath mormrig, so; singularly reposeful and gracious—so replete with the sioniflcance of the seventh day of rest, that even the Sabbath bells ringing a mile away over the salt marshes had little that was i monitory, mandatory, or even supplicatory. ! in their voieos. . Rather, they seemed to ; call from thoir cloudy towers, like some i renegade muezzin : ' Sleep is better than 1 prayer • sleep on, O, sons of the Puritans ! 1 Slumber still, O deacons and vestrymen. i Let O let those feet that ara swift towiciced- I ness curl up boneafc the*; those palms 'that are itching for the shekels of the J ungodly, lie clasped benwith thy pillow. i Sleep is better than prayer.' And indeed, though it was high morning, ' sleep was still in the air. Wrought upon at last by the combined influences ot sea i and sky and atmosphere, I succumbed, ami ! lay down on one of the boulders of a little I stony slope to gaze upon the sea. Ihe great Atlantic lay before me, not yet quite Swake, but slowly heaving with the rhytli i mical expiration of slumber. There was no ! sail visible in the misty horizon, lhere I was nothing to do but to lie and staro at I the unwinking ether. Suddenly rbacaine aware of the strong fames of tobacco. Turning my head I saw : a pale blue smoke curling up from behind ! au adjacent bouldor. Rising and climbing ! over the intervening granite I came upon a ! little hollow, in which, comfortably ex ' tended on the mosses and lichens, lay a J powerfully-built man. Ho was very ragged; ! be was very dirty. There was a strong suggestion about him of his having too much 1 hair*, t< o much nail, too much perspiration, too much of thu.se superfluous excrescences and exudations that society and civilization strive to keep under. But it was notice ■ able that, he had not much of anything else. j It was The Tramp. i With that swift severity with winch we : .always visit rebuke upon the pers >ti who j happens to present any one of oar vices ! offensively before us, in his own person, I | was deeply indignant at his laziness. I er haps I showed it m my manner, tor he i rose to a half-sitting attitude, returned my i store apologetically, and made a movement | toward knocking the fire from his pipe ! against the granite. i ' Sliwre, sur, and if I'd balaved that I was trispassiu' on yer honor's grounds its i meself that would hey laid down on the . sayshore and takin' the*! salt waves forme blankits But it's sivinteea .miles Ive I walked this blessed night, with uothm' to ' sustain me, and hevin a mortal wakeuess to fight wid in me bowels, by reason ot starvation, and only a bit o' baccy that the Widdv Maloney give me at the cross roads to ka'pe me up entoirly. Hut it was the dark day I left me home in Milwaukee to ! walk to Boston, and if yell oblige a lone ! man who lias left a wife and six child«r in Milwaukee wid gthe loan of twiaiy-fiye .chits, furninst the time he gets wurruk, God'li be good to ye.' . It instantly flashed through my mind that the man before me had the previous night partaken of the kitchen hospitality of jay little cottage, two mile.-' away ; _ that he presented himself in the guise of a distressed fisherman, mulcted of his wages by an inhuman captain ; that he had a wife lvin" sick of consumption in the next village, and two children, one of them a cripple wandering in the streets of Boston. I remember that this tremendous indict ment against Fortune touched the family, and that the distressed fisherman was provided, with clothes, food, and some small change. The food and small change had disappeared, but the garments for the con sumptive wife, whore were they '! He had been using them for a pillow. I instantly pointed out this fact, and charged him with the deception. To my surprise, he took it quietly, and even a little complacently. Bed&d, ycrroight : ye see (conudentialln), ye see, sir, until I get wur-ruk, and its wur ruk I'mlukin' for, 1 have todesave now and thin to shute the locality. Ah, God save us, but on the say coast thay'r that har-rud upon thira that don't belong to the say.' I ventured to suggest that a strong healthy man like him might have found work somewhere between Milwaukee and Boston. 'Ah, but you see I got free passage on a freight train and didn't shthop. H was in the Aist that I expicted to £et worruk.' ' Have you any trade ?' ' Trade, is it ? I'm a brickinaker, God knows, aud niany's the lift I've had at inakin' bricks at Milwaukee. Sure I've as aisy a hand at it as any man. Maybe yer honor might know of a kiln hereabout?' Now, to my certain knowledge, there was not a brick lain within fifty miles of that spot, and of .all unlikely places to find one would have been this sandy peninsula, given.up to the summer residences of a few wealthy people. Yet I could not help ad miring'the assumption of the scamp, who kuew ' this fact as well as myself. But I said, ' I can give you work for a day or two,'and, bidding-'him gather up his sick wife's apparel, led the way across the downs to my cottage. At .first I .think the offer took him by surprise, and gave ■him some consternation, but he presently recovered his spirits, and almost instantly his speech. "' Ah,' wur-ruk, is it ? God be, praised jit's meself that's ready and willin.' Though maybe me hand is spoilt with briek-mak-

mo"'.' I assured tim that the work I "would give him would require no delicate manipu lation, and so we fared .on over the sleepy downs. But I could not. help noticing that, although an invalid I was a much better pedestrian than, my companior,, frequently leaving him behind, and that, even as a 'tramp,' he was etymologieally an im postor. He had a way of lingering behind the fences we had to climb "over, as if to continue more confidentially "the history of. hismisfortunes and,troubles, : whichfhe was delivering to me during- am homeward walk, and I noticed that he could ~seldom resist -the invitation-of a, mossy boulder or ■a tussock of salt grass,. ". .[.Ye see, air,' he would say, suddenly sitting- dtfwnj^ ' it's along uv" me .misfortunes beginning in Milwaukee that—'and it was not until I was out of hearing that he would languidly gather his traps again, -and saunter after me. When I reached my own gate he leaned for a moment over it, with both of Ins powerful arms extended dovKmvard, and said : ' Mi; but It's a blessin' that Sunday comes to giVe rest, to'the1, wake and the weary, and thuja as walks sivinteen miles to get it,' Of course I took the hint. There was evidently no work to be had from my friend the tramp that day. Yet his countenance brightened as he saw the limited extent of my domain, and observed that the garden, so-called,-was only a flower-bed ! about twenty-five by ten. As he had doubt less before this been utilised to the extent of life capacity in digging, he had probably expected that" kind of work, and I daresay I discomforted him by pointing him to an almost leveled ' stone' wall, about twenty feet long, Avith the remark that his work would be the. rebuilding of that stone wall with stone brought from the-neighbouring slopes. In a few moments he was comfort ably provided for in the kitchen, where the cook, a woman of his own nativity appar ently, ' chaffed' him with a raillery that was to me" quite unintelligible. Yet I noticed that when at sunset he accompanied Bridget to the spring for water,/ ostenta ! tiously flourishing the empty bucket in his hand, when they returned in the gloaming Bridget was carrying the water, and my friend the tramp was some paces behind her, cheerfully ' colloguing' and picking blackberries. . ■ _ At 7 the next morning lie started cheerfully to work. At 9A. M. he had placed three large stones on the first course in position:, an hour having been spent in -looking for a pick and hammer, and, in the intervale, ' chaffing' with Bridget. At 10 o'clock I went to overlook his work ; it was

and easy conTwtetion. V Arevye foad uv i)lackborries, Captain?' I toldhw the fhildron were in the habit of getting -from tha meadow beyon«, hoping to stop the suggestion ■! knew was coming. All. but Captain, it's meeelf that, witli wander in* and havin' nothia' to pass me lips but the berries I'd pick from hedges, it's ineself knows where to # hnd them. Slmr.e it's yer ohilder, and foine bors they are, Captain, that's a besaching me to go wid'emto the place,,knownst only to me s*lf ' It w uunecesHary to say that he triumphed. Afier the manner of vagabonds of all degrees, he had enlisted the women and child-en on1 his side- and my friend the Tramp had his iwu way. He departed at 11 and returned at 4 P. M. with a.tin diuner-im.il half filled. On interrogating the boys it appeared that they had a bully time ' but on cross-examination it came out +.li,.t'tliflv had picked the berries. From

4 to G three more stones were laid, and the arduous labours of the day were over. As 1 stood looking at the first course of six stone* my friend, the Tramp, stretched his stron ' arms out to their fullest extent and said :° ' Ay, but its wur-ruk that's good tur me ;*giv we wur-ruk, and it's all I'll be , "ventured to suggest that he had not yet accomplished much. ■ ' Wait till to-inorror. An' but ye 11 see thin It's me hand that's yet onaisy wid brick-making and sthrange to the sthones. Vv yell wait till to-inorror ?' Unfortunately I did not wait. An en gagement took me away at an early hour, fmd when I rode up to my cottage at noon my eyes were greeted with the astonishing spectacle of my two boys hard at work lay ii«r the courses of the stone wall assisted by° Bridget and Norah, who were dragging stones from the hillsides, whils comfortably atretched on the top of the wall lay my friend tho Tramp, quietly overseeing the operationa >vith la*y and humorous con tent. For an instant I was; foolishly in dignant, but he soon brought me to my I thought it expedient to forbid henceforth any interruption oi sor- ■ vauts or children with my friend's ' wur ruk ' Perhaps it was the result of this embargo that the next morning early the Tsamp wanted to gee mo. < And it's sorry lam to say it to ye, sun, he began, < but it's the handlm oftus stun thi+'s desthrovin me touch at tho buck , inakin' Id S better I -^^7^l Hud wur-ruk at me own thrade. *<>*** wur-ruk I'm uad*i'. It faat meself, Cap tin to ate the bread of oidlenes* here. And I.good-byto ye, and « it's fifty o nte ye can be givin' me until I hud a kiln-.xts ftod that'll repay ye.' _ , , , I

He got the money. But he go* aiso cun dxtioaSlly a note from me to my next neign- W» wealthy retired P^HIS of h large domain—a man eminently practi cal and business-like in his .managanentof it. H« employed many labourers on the sterile waste he called his 'farm,' audit; occurred to me that if there really was any | work In my friend, the Tramp, which^ my own indolence and preoccupation had failed to bring out, he was the man to do it. I met him a week after. .It was with some embarrassment that I inqtiired after my friend, the Tramp. 'Oh, yes 'he said renectirely, ' let's see-he and left me Thursday. He was, I think, a stout strong man, a well-meaning, good humoured fellow, but afflicted with a.most singular variety of diseases The first daj I put him at work in the .stables he devel oped chills and fever caught in the swamps or Louisiana —' . ~ , < Excuse me,' I said hurriedly, you mean in Milwaukee !' , 'I know what I'm talking about, re turned the Doctor, testily; < he told me hi. whole wretched story, Ins escape from the Confederate service; .the attack W^™ by armed negroes ; his concealment in the bayous and swamps—' , w _ 'Go on, Doctor,' I said feebly, you w ere speaking of his work 2' f *< Yes-well, his system was full of malaria ; the first day I had him wrapped up in blankets and dosed with quinine The next day he was taken with dU the symptoms of cholera morbus, and 1 had to keep him upon brandy and.capsicum Rheumatism set in on the following day and iucapaoiated him for work, aud I concluded I had better give him a note for the Director of the City Hospital than keep him here. As a pathological study he was good, but as I was looking for a. man to help about the stabls, I couldn't ailord to koep him in both capacities.' As I never could really tell when the-Doc torwasin joke or earnest, I dropped the subject: And so my friend, the Tramp, gradually faded from my memory, not, how ever, without leaving behind him in the barn, where he had slept, a lingering flavour of whisky, onions, and iluflmess. But. in two weeks this had gone, and the 'Shebang (as my friends irreverently termed my habi tation) know him no more Yet it-was pleasant to think of him as having at last found ft iob at brick-making, or having re turned to his family at Milwaukee, ormak in«- his Louisiana, home once more happy with his presence, or again attempting the ftsh-produeing main—this time with a noble and equitable captain. ■- : ,' 'V It waa a lovely August morning when i rode across the sandy peninsula, to visit a certain noted family, whereof all the sons were'valiant, and the daughters beautiful. Tke front of the house was deserted, but on. the rear verandah I heard a rustle ot gowis, and above it arose what seemed to be the voice of Ulysses, reciting his wanderings. There was no mistaking that voice—it. was, mv friend'the Tnmip ! ' _ ■_.. ■ From what I ccmld hastily gather from Jus speech, he had walked from St. -John Is, L, to reiqin- a distressed wife in New *ork;. who wash however, living with opulent; but bbifectiqnabie relatives. ' An' shure,; Mito, I,wouldn't be asking yo for the loanrol .& cintif I could get wurruk at me trade ot carpet wavin' ; and maybe ye.know of .soiue. manufactory where they rwave carpets be yanthero. Ah, Miss, and if ye uontgiveine acini, its enough for the lorkes of rneto know that me troubles has brought tears in, the, most beautiful eyes in the wumilu, and God bletesyefor.it,. Miss'!' '■■''" ' Now, I knew that the most beautiful eyes in the world, belonged to one of the most sympathetic and tender hearts in the world, and I felt that common justice deraandjklniy interference between it and one of the biggest scamps iii the world: So without waiting to be announced by the servant, I opened the door and joined the group on the verandah. ■ If i expected to touch the conscience ot my friend the Tramp by a dramatic eii^ trance, I failed utterly. For no sooner did he see me than he instantly gave vent to a howl of delight, and, falling on his xnees before me, grasped my hand aud turned oratorlonlly to the ladies. ~ .. ' Oh, but it's Himself—Himself that has c«me as a witness to me charackther ! O, but it's Himself that lifted me four wakes ago, when I was lyin' with a mortal wake ness on the say coast and tuk me to his ■ house. O, but it's Himself that shupported me over the faides, and whin the chills and faver came on me and I shivered wid the could; it was Himself, God bless him, as shtrinped the coat, off his back, and give it me, aayin', ' Tak it, Dinnis, it's shtarved with the cowld say air yell be entoifly.\ Ah, but look at him—will ye, Miss ! Look at his swate modist face—a-blushm' like your own, Miss. Ah ! look at him; will ye. If ell be denyin' of it in a minit—may the blessin' uv God folly him. Look at him, Miss ! Ah ! but it's a swate pair ye'd make (the rascal knew I was a married man). Ah ! Miss, if you could see him wroightin.' day and night, with such an illigant hand of his own (lie had evidently believed from the gossip of my servants that I was a pro fessor of chriography) —if ye could see him, Miss, as I have, ye'd be proud of him.' He stopped out of breath. I was so com pletely astounded I could say nothing ; the tremendous indictment I had framed to titter as I opened the door vanished com pletely. Arid as the Most Beantiftil Eyes in the Wnrruld turned gratefully to mine—

, still retained enough principle to ask the ladies to withdraw, while. I' vrouldtake upon myself the duty of examining into the S?e of my friend, the Tramp, and.giving SK such relief as was required. (I di 3 no* know until afterwards, however, that the Shad already despoiled their scant I™ of S3 50.) Wh»n the door was Closed upon them I turned upon him. ' You rascal !' , . , «Ah Captain, and would ye be reuism me a carralcther, and me givm've such a onei Oidid? God save us! but it ye d hay' seen the Ink that the party one give H Well before the chills and faver bruk me spirits entirely, when I was a young man and makin' me tin dollars a week brick makiti', its meself that wud huv I broko in, < that a dollar is a fair price for your story, and a* I shall Lye to take it all hack and expose you before the next twenty-tour hours pass I think you had better hasten to Milwaukee, NTha^hun^ht^;. /Mind,l,don't want to see your face again. ■ 'Ye wun'fc, Captain. And I did not. , , ~ But it so chanced that, later in the season when the migratory inhabitants had flown to their hot-air registers in Bos ton and Providence; I breakfasted, with one who had lingered. It was a certain Boston I'vyer-replete With principle honesty, self-discipline, statistics, esthetics and a lev feet consciousness of possessing all these virtues and a full recognition of then S value. I think he tole«tod me as a sort of foreigner, gentljTbut firmly waiving all ar«ume«t on any topic, fre quently distrusting my facts, generally my deductions, and always my ideas In con versation he always appeared to descend only half-way down * long mora 1 and intellectual staircase, and always delive.cd hi* conclusions over the baluster.-'. _ I had 1»CH1 S p fft kiV,g ot my t-xo.ul, tUo Tramp. ' There is but one way of ti ea. Hig that c'a*s of impostors; it is simply to recognise the fact that the law calls him a < vacant,' and makes his trade a misde meanour. Any aenbutxpnt on the othei si£e renders you particeps crinuuh Ido at know but an action would lie against.you for encDti.aging tramps, x ov, I.haw an efficacious way of dealing with these rrentvv ' He rose and took a double barrelled fowling-piece from the cnuniiey. ' When a tramp appears on my property I warn him ok If he persists I fire on him ._as I would on any criminal tres passer.' , . , • Fire on him ?' I echoed, in alarm ' Ye^- —but with powder only. Of course he does'nt know that. But he doesn't come ! "it" struck me for the first time thai ! possibly many other of my friend s argn i ments might be only blank cartridges and I used to frighten off trespassing intellects < Of course, if the Tramp still persisted would be justified in using shot. l^asi : evening I had a visit from one He wa£ j coming over the wall. My shotgun vat efficacious. You should have seen liim run '.' It was useless to argue with so positive a mind, and I dropped the subject. Attei breakfast I strolled over the downs, my friend ] romising to join me as soon as he had arranged some household business. It was a lovely, peaceful morning, not unlike the day when I first met my friend the Tramp. The hush of a great benedic tion lay on land and sea, A few white sails twinkled afar, but sleepily ; one or twe large ships were creeping in lazily—like mj Mend the Tramp. A voice behind me startled ne, . My host had rejoined me. His face, now ever, looked a little troubled. ' I just now learned something of import ance,' he began ; ' it appears that with aU my precaution that Tramp has visited my kitchen aud the servants have entertained him. Yesterday morning, it appears, while I. Avas absent, lie kad the audacity to borrow my gun to go duck-shooting. At the end of two or three hours he returned with two ducks and—the gun.' ' This was, at least, honest.' ' Yea—but ! That fool of a girl says that, as he handed baex the gun, he told her it wa« all right, and that he had loaded it up again to save the master trouble.' I think I shewed my concern in my face, for he added hastily, 'It was only duck shot—a few wouldn't hurt him.' Nevertheless, we both walked on in silence for a moment. ' I thought the gun kicked a little,' he said at last, musingly; but the idea of— Hallo ! what's t-his !' He had stopped before the hollow where I had first seen my TJra-mp. It was de serted, but on the mosses there were spots of blood and fragments cf an old gown, blood-stained as if used for bandages. I looked at it closely; it was the gown in tended ior the consumptive wife of my friend, the Tramp. ;, But my host was already nervously track ing the lilood stains that on rock, moss, and boulder were steadily leading toward the sea. When I overtook him at last on the shore, he was standus g before a flat rock, on which. lay a bundle I recognised, tied up in a handkerchief, and a crooked grape vine stick. .' He may have conic here to wash his wounds—salt is a styptic,' said my,_ host, who had recovered his correct precision of statement. I said nothing, but looked toward the sea. Whatever secret lay hid in its breast, it kept it fast. Whatever its calm eyes had seen that .summer night, it gave-no reflec tion now: It lay there passive, imperturb able and reticent. But my friend, the Tramp, was gone ! —{New York Sun. •.

The writer of "Notes from North "--in the " Pictorial World " says :—■'

" On Saturday I was-privileged to assist at what I might almost call a " seance " of bees! The interestingmanifestation took place in the beautiful grounds of Monereiiie Hor.se, Perthshire, and it may be described as tlie art of reducing two hives of bees1 to •the supreme will of .the bystanders. There was small company on the ground, includ ing Sir Thooias Moncreme, himself 'a passionate naturalist. The operator per formed bis part to our extreme satisfaction. Two swarms of bees were rendered quite "sale." The two swarms were trans colonized-—that is, twenty thousand bees were placed in one hive. Your correspon dent had the privilege of looking but for the queen.of one of the swarms. k To accom plish her majesty's capture, it was neces sary to stoop down over the pc 1 hive, and occasionally to turn up the bees with the naked finger.

The Coachman akd his Character.— The following anecdote of the late Lord Mansfield was told by Ms lordship himself. Having turned off his coachman for certain acts of peculation, the fellow begged his lordship to give him a character to° enable him to obtain another situation. ' What kind of character can I give you !' said his lordship. Oh, my lord, any "character your lordship pleases to give me I shall most thankfully receive. ' Lord Mansfield accordingly sat down and wrote as follows : — • The bearer has served me three years in the capacity of coachman. He is an able driver and a very sober man. I discharged him bccaiise he cheated me.' The man thanked him, and went ofl". A few morn ings after, when his lordship was going out ofhis door to step into his coach for ■West minster Hall, a man in a handsome livery made him a low bow, and to his surprise he recognised his late coachman. ' Why, John,' said his lordship, 'you seem to have got an excellent place. 'How could you manage to get it with the character I gave you ?'—' Oh, my lord,' said John, 'it was an exceedingly gpod character, and I have come to return you thanks for it. My new master, on reading it, said he observed your' lordship recommended me as an able driver and a sober man. 'These,' said he, 'are ust the qualities I want in a coachman. I obseive his lordship added that he dis charged" you because you cheated him. Hark you, sirrah, I am a Yorkwhireman

POISONOUS ADULTERATION OF SPIRITS.

The madness, the disease, the crime o f' ■which our public men complain as arising from the drink trafficj, are due less to drink! ing than to drinking poison, A moderate quantity of good liquor, we make bold to say broadly, hurts nobody; but the vile stuff vended by the majority of publicans hurts everybody who drinks it, and indirec tly injures many who never touch it. \V e * will not be too sweeping ; and we admit " r that there are many public-liouses in the country in which pure and sound beer and - wholesome spirits can be obtained. A few days since we went over the cellars of one such establishment, doing a roaringtrade in :' s a poor and crowded neighbourhood—a "house in which fortunes have been made, and , will again be made, which has its gin from the distillers in three hundred gallons at a time, and that about once a month, and the greatest stickler for purity that ever lived could find no fault there, the only form of adulteration employed being the addition of syrup to unsweetened gin to suit the taste of the customers, and the. addition of water to lower the strength. . We do not excuse the latter, but it is, at least, harm-less. This house is, however, exceptional, Most gin-palaces in London sell pure poison. It is a fable that victuallers use vitriol or turpentine, but they corrode the throats and stomachs of their customers quite as surely by using raw new spirits which, like Cape brandy, eats the mucous membrane as nitric acid eats a copperplate. In the first placs, they buy German spirit made fro-n all sorts of things —wood included—which can be purchased here at Is. SM. per proof gallon, and this, with 10s. od. duty, gives them material at 12s. per gallon delivered. Then they ' doctor,' ' flavour,' ' improve,' the poison with prune wine, lioney of,pine, &c, and sell it as whisky. Or they save themselves the trouble b y gc£tln~-00-onJicri IrinU^hirsky at 2a 6d. per gallon from the Belfast* trade and this stands them, duty-paid, at 12s. 6&. They receive either of these 10 per cent overproof, and they vend them 17 to 25 per cent under. Thus, to 100 gallons of these vile spirits 10 overproof they add 32% gallons of water, called 'liquor, which costs nothing, and 6 gallons of ' improver/ costing £3. The result is about 136 gallons of retail whisky, standing them less than i 9s. Sd. per gallon. Gin, costing far less, is i treated in the same way, and, although 'rectified,' is originally as vile a spirit. Now, any such spirit, h'owevc-r disguised, [ is, when new, rank poison: It contains i fatal essential oils which have nrit time to b come eliminated or chemically converted. i The usual public-hor.:,e|biandy cos's 13s per

gallon, 'pale or brawn.;' It is simply i.w spirit, 17 or so underproof,- and its? fieri tress :: rlisguispcl by some 'improver.' Is this sort. of thing to be allowdod to go- on? We declare that it must not. If the 'Lancet-will not attack and expose the system other means will be found to do it. Meanwhile the Legislature can at one stroke do more than any Permissive Bill to put down the crime that results from poi sonous drink. It has already made beer rjurer—bad though much of it still is—by prohibiting the mixture of certain ingredi ents with it. Let it declare, in the first place, that no spirit shall pass out of bond which is less than a year old—that will ■ largely eliminate the poisonous oils which do the mischief. Let it also prohibit all " improvers," by which inferior spirit is dis guised without being ameliorated, and it will achieve greater reform than if it at tempts to make our "people sober by Act of Parliament." Meanwhile, let the night houses of London, and especially those "which poison printers by virture of exclusive licen ses, look to it. We shall sample their drinks when they least think it, and we shall publish the facts without fear or favour.

A NEW RELIGIOUS COMMUNION.

The ' Whitehall Review' is responsible for. the following extraordinary statement :—... 'We make public the astounding fact that a section of members of the Church of England have taJcen measures for founding what, will be nothing else than a new,. Anglican Communion. This resolution has been come to, as need hardly be said, in consequence of the action taken by the . Anglican prelates, xmder the Public Wor ship Regulation Act —a measure which not only ' Ritualists' so called, but High- Churchmen, such, as . Wayland Joyce, Prebendary Irons, and Mr West, of Wrawby,. regard with the most extreme disfavour. The intelligence, which we now, for the/first time, make known to the community at . large, will, we venture to predict, produce a feeling of surprise, if not of consternation, in the minds of Churchmen of all shades of opinion, in comparison with which the alleged ' Intrigue with Rome'—the circum stances of which were published, with more or less accuracy,, in January _, 1876 —sinks into insignificance. ..'.'_ We have the names of the sees in our possession, but we; with hold their publication for the present. The difficulties attendant upon the consecration . of the archbishop and his suffragans (as far as regards any interference with existing jurisdictions, whether Popish or others) will ba surmounted by the ingenious plan of consecrating them upon the high seas. The new prelates, as it is asserted, have either been already consecrated or they will be consecrated very shortly. The new communion is reported -to be founded on the faith of the undivided-Church before the schism of. East" and West, with . all reasonable and obvious dogmatic deduc tions therefrom.. In.other words, the.fpr^ mularies of this new : ecclesiastical body,.= based upon the dogmas accl rites of the Latin and the Greek Churches,, will be acceptable-' to both. A brief ' Sacrainentary' lias been officially drawn up, containing the order of the.adminiptration of the Seven Sacraments, .'We have been allowed to inspect-this; ■Sacraniefttary; or, Manual of Essential Rites, ;whicli contains exact and express directions for the administration of the; Seven Sitc.jNneiH-f?. The manual contains: instructions for. the" iiso of the chrism or prayer-oil, as in .the Greek and Eoman Churches. ■ • The ceremonial,, judging ■by the contents of the Saeramentary/(which. however, is called by another name, derived - from the Greek-), will, we think, be exceed ingly expressive and elaborate, and by after additions—not essential—even Imposing. The "three creeJss o:f the .undivided Church, and of the .Church of England—viz., the Apostles', the Afchariasian, and the Nicene \ —will continue to be tised in the new Com munion. Finally, and this may be a sort of cold comfort to some of the Anglican ■ bishops, the new communion will be non aggressive and conservative—not deslrriifr tive ; while its chief pastors will only claim jurisdiction over those who are ready to render them obedience.

Porsox'sLove of Drink —When Hopp ner, the painter, was residing in a cottage a few milos frem London, Porson, the cele brated Greek scholar, one afternoon uuex-: pectedly arrived there. Hoppner said lie could not oiler him dinner, as Mrs Horn)--; ." ncr had gone to town, and had carried with 3ier the key of. the closet which con tained the wine. Porson, however, declared « that he would be contented' with a mutton chop, and beer from the next ale-house; and accordingly stayed to dine. During the evening Porson said, "I am quite certain that Mrs Hoppner keeps some nice : bottle, for her private drinking, in her own bedroom ; so pray, try if you 'can lay your hands! on it." His 'host assured him that Mrs Hoppner. had no such secret store ; but Porson insisting that a, search should be made, a bottle was at last discovered in the lady's apartment, to the surprise of Hopp ner, and the joy of Porson, who soon finished its contents, pronouncing it to be the best gin he had tasted for a long time. Next day Hoppner, somewhat out of tem per, informed his wife that Porson had drunk every drop of her concealed dram. ' Drank every drop of. it !" cried she. " Good heavens, it was ■spirits of wiPS-iSi^i

THE EVENIi^ STAR. SATURDAY, --MAY 36, 3-8/7.

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- CROWN HOTEL, j GREY-STREET, i Auckland. I E. HADRILL, Proprietor Good Liquors. oj T A R ******** HOTEL, * ■ Albert-street, Auckland. R. J. DAVIDSON, PROPRIETOR. EHREINFREDS' BITTER BEER On Draught. ■At p-p-RT^^Ss*^^^^^s" "HOTEL, QUEEN-STREET. The Expensive Additions and Alterations to the a-bove Hotel arc now completed, and is without exception the. LARGEST and MOST COMPLETE HOTEL in the Colony. A HANDSOME NEW BAR has been opened on the Ground Floor, and superintended by an Experienced Barmaid. STEWART'S ALBERT HOTEL, Q UEKN-STREET, Opposite the Savings Bank. nriHE THISTLE HOTEL, JL _(Near the Theatre Royal). FIRST-CLASS LIQUORS! FINEST BILLIARD ROOM UP-STAIRS BAR UNEQUALLED IN THE j OOLONIRS. AIWEKAfHOr SPEIJJIGS) ! HOTEL. The Manager of this establishment begs to announce that on and after Ist May proximo, : the Charges win be Reduced to— j Ist Claf s, £! 10s. per week, or Bs. per day. nd Class, Si 10s. „ 6s. i, Waiwera. 21st April. 1577. _____ PO INT KUSSELL HOTEL,! . MERCER. This Hotel is fitted up -with every comfort and convenience. It is a favourite resort for 1 rayel lers to the Waikato, being a few yards from the Wharf.' , A Boat kept to enable Visitors to enioy a pul on the river. Hancock's Ale on draught, and a superior stock of Wines, Spirits, &c. J. HIGGINS Proprietor. rinHE OLD HOUSE AT HOME HOTEL, 1 CORNER OF HOBSOX AND VICTORIA STREETS, AUCKLAND. The undersigned preferring public announce ment to any other course in connection with his business, hereby announces that although attempts hava been extensively used to lessen his trade, he finds it steadily improving:, with every prospect of a continuance in the future. As the motto of his business is Superior Brands, Good Meals at punctual hours. Capital Sleep ing Accommodation, and everything: which may tend to the convenience and comfort of his patrons, he cares but little for the under hand, lying, and scandalous attacks which have been circularly distributed by an individual who lately '^urg^m th.R^Court.^ > Proprietor. Auckland, May, 1577. AR X WOK T H TEMPERAN CE HOTEL. The above is situated within a few yards of the LANDING-PLACE, and offers to Visitors to the District a Comfortable Hon|g. Charges Moderate. CHAS. THOMSON, Proprietor. _____ TTNITED SERVICE HOTEL \J CORNKR OF QUEEN & WELLESLEY-STREETS. JOHN HANCOCK, Projprietox. IMPORTER OF FOREIGN WINES AND SPIRITS. AUCK I. AX D, N. Z. .-■•■■ I -pDEN ~JTI N E "CJ O T EL, eden terrace. ,: /. List of Peic es' :— ' .'. Martell and Hennessey's Brandy, i/6 $ bottle Greenless and Colville's Campbelton Whisky* 4/ and 4/6 (proof) $ bottle'".■■"•' - - a I Dnnville's Whisky, 4/ per.bottle . ■ - .. -j Rum, 3/; Old Jamaica (proof), i!; smaU, 2/ %> Cousen's e Sherry (best), if; 5ma11,.2/^bottle Sandimari's fbest) Port, if; small, 2/JP bottlej • ! Amontillado Sherry, 6/; small, 2/6 # bottle Old I'awriy Port, 5/; small, 2/6 $ bottle English Ginger Wine, 3/ 't> bottle. . ■In Casb (Genxtine Brands) : Hennessey's and Marteli's Brandy, 5/6 V bottle Bisquit Dubouche's Brandy, o/t-J bottle _ , Schiedam Schnapps, 4/6; small, 2/6 f bottle Geneva, JBKZ, large, -1/; smaU, 2/9 # bottle Old Tom, 4/ ~3 bottle ■.-j.'.- Dunville's W-hisky, 4/ bottle ■ Townsend's Sarsapariila, 57 per bottle English Ale and Porter (best brands), 1/3 % bottle. . . ~,;" . All Spirits sold by the Gallon (over-proof) same as from Bonded Store. Assorted cases of the above made up for Families ' - and Picnic Parties. Terms s-tricttv Cash (no exceptions). SAMUEL EVINSON, Peopiiletok. g" Auckland- 14th March. 1877. ' MASONIC HOTEL. ' PRINCES-STREET. THOMAS HOOD, I Formerly of the Wellington Hotel, has muc pleasure in informing his friends; that he ha" secured the ProprietorsMp of the above cen trally situated and well-known Hotel. Under the new management, it is confidently expected that so well appointed and convenient a resort for citizens will command a large share of patronage and support. T.H." is sparing no expense to make this Hotel up to the mark of modern views of Hotel-keeping. BILLIARDS (ALLCOCK'S TABLE). Billiard Markei constantly in attendance. Wines and Spikits of the Best Brands' Only. BEEVES' NEW BUTCHER'S SHOP, CORNER OF VICTORIA & CHAPEL-STREET. THE PREMISES ARE NOW COMPLETE. I mean to run a Close Competition with Every I Butcher in the City S . The People Must be Studied!! Prices that must Startle Buyers!! ! THE POOR MAN'S FRIEND! Nothing but First-class Quality Sold! MUTTON (Primest Quality), from 2<L f lb. BEEF, ditto, from '•■■•xy 81' ' PEIMfeST CORNED BEEF 2as. i- 1 IOQfcS. ■ = B. REEVES, Butcher. I



J> M. Me L A"C H L A""N, • . 218, QUEEN-STREET, Would draw the attention of Ladies to THREE CASES of WINTER HOSIERY, which he has Just Imported, per 'Emily Ghaphn, from the celebrated house of J. & R- Morley, Weod street, London. ; These Cases, in addition the ordinary assort- ! ment. contain the following novelties :— Ladies' Black Cashmere Hose Black Silk Hose „ State and Navy Blue Cashmere do. | „ Tartan Cashmere Hose I , Vertical Stripe do. ' Fancy Stripe Merino do. , Men s Silk Socks and Shirts ■ ', ~ • Fine Mohair, Lambswool, and Merino ditto ! Ladies' " Challenger" Di'essing Gowns j Felt Cloth „ ». I Men's „ „ „ .-. . I Ladies' Quilted Imitation Down Skirts i Real „ „ &c. j At Half Price :— ' 1 case Half Mourning Dress Stuffs j 1 case Black Dress Stuff. ; ■ | JOHN QJ M I T H ' is RETIRING FROM BUSINESS, AXD SELLING OFF THE STOCK AT j RIDICULOUSLY LOW PRICES ! I THE GOODS ARE BEING GIVEN AWAY I A SINGLE TRIAL WILL PROVE IT. THE PREMISES TO BE LET. JOHN SMITH, NEXT THE UNITED SERVICE HOTEL, Queen-street. : . ■ • i XTOTIC'E! ¥OTICE!M i CARGO & McKAIG | Have much pleasure in intimating to the public that they have OPENED Those premises next to E. Waters, Confectioner, j Queen-street, with the NEWEST AND BEST-ASSORTED STOCK I OF ! MEN'S. BOYS' AND YOUTHS' CLOTHING Is Auckland, And are determined to sell at such prices that i sannot fail to give satisfaction. I ' m" All we Ask is a Fair Trial. "®a i SPECIAL !! MOSGIEL TWEED TROUSERS TO MEASURE, ONE GUINEA. i ; rjIHE "PANTHEON" RE-OPENED. WANTED THE PUBLIC TO KNOW, THAT I AM OPEN FOR P>USINESS AT "THE BgL NTH E O N," 166, QtJEEIi-STRBET. m- J. FORD, Tailor. "£» A FIRS'E-CLASS STOCK OP TWEEDS AWD CLOTHS. Best Wobemaksbip and Moderate Priors T H 0 W .D E N, J.H. begs to inform customers who have been waiting for the Importation of the Celebrated AMERICAN WALTHAM WATCHES, that the Shipment has arrived, and the same are now offering,from £6. Their well-deserved renown is sufficient guarantee. •■ .■> .' Also. Just Opened— A LARGE STOCK of RUSSELL'S GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES (Lever), from £710s. Russell's Machine-made, Strong, Durable, Reli able Hunting Lever Watches, for £5. SILVER LEVER IVAT,CHES manufactured by ' Rotherham. Ehrhardt, Cross, &c. Bernard's Celebrated Genevas. All the Newest Designs in BROOCHES, EAR RINGS, CHAINS, LOCKETS, &c. On Sale:— Watchmakers' and Jewellers' • Tools and Materials. ■ Agent for Sale of, or Exchange of, PIANOS., HARMONIUMS, Sec. Two Harmoniums, and three Splendid Pianos, -for Sale. .-.__-■ > « . J. 'HOWDEN,, . ' SITORTLAND-STREET. ..\ , fc UCKLAND.SIEAM CONFECTION _Z±L FACTORY. ALBERT-aiREET. ' E. WATERS, . , ■ . CONFBC TI O N E R, . Beg' 3to inform the public that the following ; goods, manufactured at his factory, are g-iiai-an ■ teed of superior qxiality:"to any confectionery ; imported into Auckland. They contain no in-, gredient or olouring matter deleterious to nealth:— ! Dey Goods. Dry Goobs—Continued j Conversation Lozenges Plain Pips I Conversations Rings Imperial Drops ' Thick Peppermints Good Words Thin Peppermints Cinnamon Comfits Fruit Lozenges Chocolate Creams Fancy Lozenges London Mixtures Scotch Mixtures Iceing Sugar Sugar Almond 3 Persian Sherbert SSS&monds Boiled Goods. Birds' Eggs Mixed Lollies Carraway Comfits .Sticks (assoi*ted) ' Carraway do.,.(small) Barley Sugar , ; Ginger Lozenges Barley Sugar Balls Extra Strong Pepper- Cushions mints ■ Acid Drops Super. Extra Strong Best Acid Drops Peppermints Rose Acid Drops Rose Lozenges Black Balls Aniseed Balis Indian Corn Cayenne Lozenge 3 Black Almond Toffy Musk Lozenges Sweet Kisses Paregoric Cough Lo- Red Cocoanut Ice zenges Red and White Cocoa- Bathpipe nut Ice Coalsfoot Rock Honey Toffy Gelatine Lozenges Matrimonial Toffy Jujubes Everton Toffy Liquorice Star and Love Rock Pink and White Sugar Imitation Strawberries . Candy Imitation Almonds Brown Candy , Imitation Raspberries Horehound Candy Cough Drops Nonpariel Comfits Tom Thumbs Regent Pipe Medicated Lozenges of every description always on hand. Waters' Chocolate, 20s. per dozen. One shilling will be allowed for every tin re turned'in good order. WEDDING CAKE ORNAMENTS,BONBONS, Somebody's Luggage, &c, &c, &c. Testimonial. Provincial Laboratory. Auckland, Octobei»26, 1875.—MR. E. WATERS: Sib,—l hswemfiaieh pleasure in informing you, thuK afte^lia^ujg made a yery careful analyst o©^aciqu^am.ples of sweetmeats manTifactur©gs^gOH^mstq Jthat they are free from all adulrer^™in^r amt that the colouring matters are QuiteTS&BC'uous. With regard to the Chocolate, I flna that it is quite equal to the best English or French prepara tions; and, being entirely free from husk, it will form an excellent article of diet for invalids, especially those suffering" from an impaired digestion.—l have the honour to be, sir.yqur obedient servant, J£sieb M. Tunny, Provmcia Analyst. ■ ~^^^^m



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