THE STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT.

AUCKLAND, N.Z., OCTOBER 28, 1882

A HEROIC RESCUE.

Thk fleet lay off "North Fleet Hope," awaiting the flag of Kear-fldniiral Coffin, who had bo-n appointed to succeed the gallant Collingwood, and, a heavy gale prevailing at the time, the ships wore riding to the •wind, regardless of tide, when aljilit closed around na.

Sime thirty sail of merchantmen, under convoy of one of our fastest frigates, were anchored in the entrance of tbo Downs, and between us and them lay two convict ships, while a fleet of transports, with troops for the East Indies, were anchored just astern of us, the lir^est—the Welles!ey-being authored on our starboard quarter, and scarce three cables' length distant.

Doing senior passed midshipman of the O'd Sovcre'gn at the time, I was honoured ■vvi'h fiip'cme cooimand '61 a whole anchor watch, nn:l. having the first watch that night, enjoyed the happiness (?) of strutting the quarter deck exposed to the wind and ruin, while my mo c humble and conse queutly more fortunate wa'ch-mates sought Shelter in the les of the bulwarks, or stojv?(l sctt^ly away beneath the guns,: vhilert avay the dreary watch with yarns 6f dange s <md battles passed. It hid jnst struck three bells, and, eavo th; measured tread of the sentinels on dnty, the p.utering of the driving rain, and the d ep breathings oE full 600 sleepers, scarce a sound broke the silence reigning through out the. vast hull of the old Sovereign. I'ven I hid halted, half-deeming our dreary watch at an end ; and half supported by the caMn skylight, was indulging in visions of calm repose. While standing tIiHS, with faco averted from the driving tturm, a deep red gleam illuminated the darkness on our starboard quarter, increasing so rapidly that ere a minute elapsed the upper works, lower mist and yards of the Wellesley were plainly deGnid in the red glare. la an in. stant the truth flashed upon mc, she was on fire, and bounding to the skylight I shouted : " Forward gnu of the starboard forward division on the spar-deck! Fire 1"

It was our signal gun, and. kept con tinually loaded, so that my order was obeyed in an instant, while I fallowed up t^e report with the order. "Bosuns mate, pipe all hands t-j quarters." The first lif uteanant was at my side ere the found of the mate's shrill whistle had ceased reverberating on onr main, gun, and berth decks, when be instantly divined the ciuse of the alarm, and assuming com mand, shouted "Fire ! Fire 1 Pipe down a'l boats 1 Waist and afterguard, pass the entities up from below 1 Topmen, hook yard and stay tackles. Forecastle men and sail-trimmers, pass the nlesenger and take to."

In vii instant all was bustle and pre paration, and ere a lapse of two minutes the report of "messengers passed" was followed by that that of " boats all ready $'■ M'hea Capta:n Wilmer, who had gained the deck shouted : " Officers in charge of boats to your stations ! Bosun, pipe all boats away 1" I 'pring from tbe rail, grasping the yard Jackie, and in an instant landed in tbe launch, of which I had command. We then fell off, and in an ioatant were fcadding towards the burning ship. It is almost needless to add that our example was followed by the various commanders in the fleet, and on dropping alongside the Wellesley we mastered a Hect of some 60 boats, capable of accommodating at least 900 hands—a larger number, fortunately, than were placed in peril. The moment the first boat reached the transport the work of debarkation com menced, but, owing to the tremendous gale and heavy sea, progressed bat slowly, •while the rapid advance ot the fire drove numbers fro n the deck to seek safety in the sea, from which they rvere rescued as promptly ai possible. It was truly a thrilling scene. The hull of the transport was evidently converted i to a psifeut volcan), while from each of her hatches leaped a tongue of flame, which feizing on her fresh-tarred riggiag, trans formed tbe whole mass iato a delicate tracery of lire, and speedily consuming it, left her taut spars to tumble one after another over the stern, killing and wound iDg numbers in their descent. 'J he cata trophe, although resulting iv death to many, p.-oved a means of safety to many others who might otherwise have perished, as it established a direct means of comrDunica'ioa with many of tbe boats wbich could not gain a position alongside. And thu3the work went on,boat after boat d'pwting wi:h its load of scorched,' half naked, aud shivering troops, with a slight sprinkling of women and children, until nearly all-were saved, when the task com menced of lowering the insensible forms of those who had been hurt by the falling spars in the rush which had taken pluce on the discovery of the fire, cr bad fainted from excessive fright. Our boat being sca'ely one-third fall, we hauled alongside to receive our quota of the unfortunate creature?, whom/ws hauled as tenderly as possinle, laying them in a tier in the stern-sheets to the number of ten,when, having as many ai we could accommodate, we dropped astern, and shipping oar oars, -we made a futile attempt to regain the Royal Sovereign, -Finding that we could rot gain, an incb, I seized upon the first lull in"the gale to put the tiller hard up, when the launch swung off, and, catching tbe next sea broaa on her bow, careened so heavily that she ha'f filled, when the second caught fairly astern, and fortunately riah'ed ber, bearing off some eight or ten fathoms on its boiling, bubbling crest, and leaving us in a proper posi'ion to scud with safety.' The briny bath exercised a reanimating effect upon several of our insensible cargo, one of whom—a female—betrayed the fact of her restoration by loudly demanding her child. , ; 1,

'•My child \ my child! Whore i 9 my little Edward ?" she demanded, in tones of thrilling anguish. " Tell tne, foe the love of heaven, if any of you have seen my child!"

"Merciful heaven ! what do I hear?—the voice of my benefactress?" exclaimed a young man who sat on the front part, sup porting the from of a young woman, who had evidently received fearful injuries prior to her rescue from the burning deck. "Is fus Mrs Clifford?"he asked, gently relin quishing his insensible burden. "It is," responded the lady, instantly adding, " Whoever you are, you evidently know me, and must know something of my da'ling. Ob, have you seen him? Is he safe ? Tel me, I conjure you.'1! " Would to heaven I could !" exclaimed the man, passionately, "Bill Hunter would only be foo happy to prove his gratitude to the benefactress of his wife."

" Oh, Hunter, my child, my Edward, and my husband " " Nay, madam, Captain Clifford must be sife," rejoined the mm, hastily. " I saw him myself actively employed in Removing the insensible form below, and he may have saved the child," "May have,' she repeated; "but you are not certain; Hunter 1 Oh, you are not certain, aDd this suspense Is worse than death !" And the poor bereaved mother froaned in her anguiah, and clasping her anas over her eyes, sat rocking her body to and fro, and uttering that deep, convul sive sob, which betrays so fully a breaking

heart. " And she interceded so eloquently in our behalf that my Susan might accompany me!" murmured the soldier, in an audible tone, as he resumed bis seat and his former burden, on the pallid brow of which he pressed a fond kiss, adding, "My poor wife ! Would to heivan you had remained with my parents, you would have escaped this sailering, and, perhaps, death 1 " And the gal'ant fellow bowed his head, conceal ing his face in his hands, probably to hide the tears which were an honour to his man hood, since called forth by the suffering and probable fate of one who had forsaken friends and home to follow his uncertain fortunes.

A minute later we rounded to nnder the counter- of, and received a line from the Pelmar transport, alongside of and jnto which one boat waa already discharging her freight of rescued. " Ship ahoy 1 Can you accommodate twenty more?" I demanded, -as my bowman made fast the line. ■

"Ay,-my lad, a hundred I" waa the trumpet-toncci reply. " Haul up, haul up at once, ami clear the track for others !" '■

We obeyed, gaining, with difficulty, a position beneath the gangway, when the debarkation of our freight commenced, tbe insensible wife of the yoilng soldier being the first attached to the vriiip by which the helpless were taken on board. Mrs Clifford was the second, the soldier haviDg deVoted himself to her as soon as he beheld his wife in [safety 5 while I, seizing [upon the first opportunity, bonnded (into the Delmar's main chains, and gained her deck at the moment that the bereaved mother was re lieved from tbe whip, when, recognising me she rushed to my aide, nttd, grasping my arm, she exclaimed: "What shall! do ? How shall I ,'discov.cr the fate of my husband and child ?"

"Youriiust be quiet, madam?" responded T, gently. "It is impossible to learn any thing regarding them just now, or indeed before this gale subsides, when t have no doubt you will find them safe and round. I'hey may have reached pome other vessel ore thb, Indeed, 'tis more than probable that they have been done so, since to my certain knowledge but few of the Welles ley's company are lost."

" Wess you! said<she> " May heaven bless you for your consoling words ? Yet I apprehend the worst. Do you think that they have reached this vessel?"

" Probably, madam, but I willarcertain," I repUedj and, advancing a few paces with the trembling woman siill cliDging to my arm, I was about to a?k if any of the rescued answered to the name of Captain Clifford, when tbe young soldier elbowed bis way through tlio crowd, exclaiming, "Mrs Clifford 1 Mrs Clifford! I have found him 1"

"Found Whom?'1 she demanded, wildly, '■Whom have you found?'1

"Captain Clifford, your husband.ma'am." " And my child—my Edward ? Speak ! What of him ? But lead mo to my hus band ; he will tell me all,"

The young soldier guided hor through the crowd in silence 5 while deeply in terested in the meeting about to take place, I followed to where a ceatlemau in the undress of an infantry officer lay partially supported by a half»naked soldier, his countenance expressing at once the keenest physical anguish and a supreme degree of mental happiness. 'I Thank heaven, you are safe, my beloved Lucy; but where is "

"Edward I Oh, Father of Mercieg! I came to you, my husband, for tidings of our b.oy, Can it be that you are as ignorant as myself? "

"I never saw him but once after the alarm, Lucy, and then ho was in the nurse's arms. She was seeking you; and I, deem ing him. safe with ber Oh Imy child, my child 1 and I disabled, and cannot search for him I"

"In the! nurse's arms?" repeated the young soldier. " Why, that was Susan. Did you mean," said he, " you saw Master Edward with my wife, Captain J" "Ay Hunter," was the reply. " Where is your wife? The child must bo with her."

" Alas, no, sir. My wife is here. See, she is insensible," Said the young soldier; and as he spoke he bent over the form I had failed to observe, adding, "I found her beneath a prostrate spar, hy which she had been struck down, and, wrenching it aside, grasped the precious burden and escaped wiih it, as you see."

" Then, Lucy, darling, our child is lost >" murmured the stricken officer, gently draw ing tbe crouching form of his wife to his breast, where she fainted, while the young foldier, bounding to his feet, exclaimed : " Not yet I no, no—not yet; not yet I I know the spot where Susan Jay. The fire has not reached it yet, and Master t dward must be there, if not among the rescued. Who'll go with me to the burning wreck ?" "I will, my maul" I shouted, seized with a wild ambition to aid him in restoring the child to its parents; and, grasping his arm, I fairly dragged him to the rail, on which I leaped, shouting : " Volunteers for the wreck ! Sovereigns, a child is left in yonder burning ship 1 Who will follow me to the rescue ?"

The demand was instantly responded to by the unanimous shout of the launch's crew. " Sovereigns to the rescue !" when I turned inboard, shouting, " A lighter boat!" '

" I ower away the gig !" shouted some one on deck, when, pausing no longer, I leaped from the rail into tne launch, fol lowed by the intrepid soldier. Scarce a minute elapsed ere the Delmar's gig was down, and five of my mon, the soldier and myself safely seatul on her thwarts, when an unrestrained usq of our knees severed the davit-tackles, and we were tree, '

"Bear Her off with your oars and ship all, my lads I°' I exclaimed, vainly en deavouring to find the rudder, .when, abandoning the search, I grasped the loom of the oar, which tbe soldier had secured, and lent my strength toward tbe impulsion of the bouyant cralt through or over tbe maddened billows, t while from the Delmar's deck came a cheering shout: ' "Give way, my lads, my noble hearts, and may heaven speed you !" Wo did give way, each stroke of the oars making the little boat fairly leap from the brine, while the lifeboat model on which she was constructed rendered us secure from all dange of being swamped. And it was fortunate for us that ber thwarts, stern-sheets,, and dais were air tight locked. Had they been otherwise, nothing could have prevented us from going down, inas much aa we were half-fall of water ere we bad accomplished half the distance to the wreck.

We had made the passage to tho Deltnar in the short space of four minutes, but our passage from her to the wreck consumed four times that period, and tenfold the exertion, while in a few words the young soldier informed me of tho cause of his daring. He had married without the content of hia.Colond, and the regiment being soon after ordered on foreign service, he in vain besought permission for hia wife to accom pany him. Colonel Boss was inexorable, until his daughter—the young wife of Captain Clifford—espoused the cause of the anguish-stricken Susan, and ventured to intercede in her behalf. He could deny his daugh'er nothing, so he consented, pro mising that she should take Susan into her service, by;which means he would be spared the charge of suspending an established rule In her case. In this manner had the youthful eoUiier and his young wife been spared the pain of separation, and in re turn for that kind Intercession he was now proving bis gratitude. At length we reached tbe burning wreck, when a new difficulty presented itself. How were we to bojrd it ? To attempt such a feat to leeward was worse lhan folly, for the wreck, relieved ot its top-ham ber rode partly to the ebb, which was now sitting down strong, heaving' the dismantled hull into the trough ftf the sea, which made frequent breaches over her, retarding the progress of tho flames and preserving al most entire her starboard side.

An attempt to board to windward would have been equal madness, and we were de bating upon the feasibility of an attempt to board by the wreck of the mizzen top mast, which hung drooping to the su;face trom the stern, when Hunter demanded. " How near can you go with safety, sir ?" " Within two boats' leDgth," I replied. "Then sheerin," said he, "and 1 will swim the rest." "Nqnsence! You couldn't 1" responded I, startled by the proposition. "I have accomplished feats as dangerous for a less momentous object," said he. ''I'll try it. I can but fail, " Give way gently, men!" said I, avoid ing a reply for a moment in order to con sider the proposal in all its bearings, when the boat, lonng headway and being to the windward, began to close with the wreck. We were three boats' lengths when he dropped his oars and was about to sprfog, but I restrained him saying ; " Hold on 1 You will have a better chance by that spar over the stern, but how can you reach the boat if you are fortunate enough to find the child ? " Lot me but find it," he exclaimed," and I caa afford to trust for safety in Him who rnks the wind and waves." j We were stern.to, and within a boats length of the wreck at the moment, when signing to the crew to give way, I ex claimed : " Go then, in His name, and here a to go with you." And the next instant we were straggling in the hissing brine.

A minute later and v/e were clambering up the toiomaat, from which we passed on deck, where we were obliged to pause, our passage being cut oil' hy the destruction of the main deck from the main hatch aft, a portion of the weather-side forward remain ing UHE&lthed.

"If the child lives, uprcscucd, it is thcro, sir," said' Hunter, indicating a portion of the foremast, with a henp of smoking canvas whicli lay along the weather-side, just forward the crosatrce. "Follow me, then," said I, briefly; and clambering ovef tho quarter rail, I crawled along outside the bulwark, clinging to the cnaincd hammock rail until I reached tbe forward channel, when I bounded inboard, followed by mygntlaut compauioij,, "It waa here I fbund lily wife; and, thanlt heaven, tho child is bere alive !" he exclaimed, as tho faint wail of an infunt saluted our ears.

It was but the work oS a minute to clear away the mass which concealed the intint, Whom we found lying beside the wreck of the apnr, while the chaned weather rigging had fallen ill such a mahoor as afforded i\ protection agaiust injury from the feet of tbose wtosaust hive passed and repassod the spot in the hurry and excitement of aban: donnient. HuntOr 61a?pe.i the cM'd in his arms, and, spu'rniug all my proffers of aid, pre ceded me to the tafFrail by the same danger ouspath we had previously trodden, when the boat bainj near at hand he fearlessly committed himsolf r.ud charge to the mercy of the waves. My gallant crew, being pre pared for the event', were roady, and, fortu nately, able to render prompt and efficient aid, scarce a minute elapsing ere they had him safe ou board. My rescue followed, of course, and wan elioeted with greater dial' culty, a mountain billow breaking while I was immersed) and heaving the boat and me asunder, when tteafly two minutes passed ere she came Within my reach, At length t was in her stem sheets again, and a few minutes later wo dropped alongside of the Delmar, ■where our success was already known, and whew bur prttscace was hailed with A gnceral manifestation of joy. Need I tell you how the sight of tbat reunion of parents and child, rewarded me tenfold for my shaic in the restue of the latter? But £ must add that I was de lighted when Colonel Ross approached the youus soldier as he stood supporting his now conscious wile and receiving the con gratulations of his friends, and extending his hand, whicli tho young man humbly elapsed, said t

" Hunter, brave men carry their own re ward with them, but, both as year com manding Officer Ohdyotlr friend, yotir action of this night tilaints at my haods a grate ful and Dublic acknowledgement. I will see to your futuro and to that df your wife." Although I didn't sleep couodly for iho remainder of that night in the hammock swung for me In the wardroom of the Delrnar, yet I never rbiired to rest so per fectly contented with myself and all man kind as on ihat night, rendered memorable by the burning of the Wellesley transport.

Jimmy Brown's Ice-cream.

IT was really Sue's fault. Nothing would do but ehe must give a party, and of course aho must have ice-cream. Now, the ice-cream that our cake-shop man makes was not good enough for her, so she got father to buy her an ice-cream freezer, and said she would make the ice-cream herself, I was to help her, and she sent me to the store to order some salt. I asked her what she wanted of ealt, she said she couldn't freeze ice-cream without plenty of salt, and that it was almost as necessary as ice.

I went to the store and ordered the salt, and then had a game or two with the boys>, and did not get home till ia'.e ia the after noon. There was Sue freezing the ice cream and suffering dreadful—so she said. She had to go aud dresi right away, and told me to keep turning the ice-cream freezer till it froze, and " don't run off and leave me again, yon good-for-nothing boy; I won der how you could do It." I turned that freezer for ever so long, but nothing would freeze—so I made up my mind that it wanted more salt. I didn't wanr to disturb anybody, so I quietly wont into the kitchen and got the salt cellar, and emptied it iato tko ice-cream. Ie began to freeze right away; bnt I tasted it, and it was awfully salt, so I got the jug of golden syrup and poured about a pint into the ice cream, and when it was done itjwas a beau tiful straw colour,

But there Was an awful scene when the party tried to eat their ice-cream. Sbe handed it round and said to everybody, "Thisis < my ice-cream, and you must be sure to like it." Tho first one she gave it to was Dr. Porter. He U dreadfully fond of ice-cream, and he smiled such a big srnilo, and said he was sure it was delight ful, and took a whole spoonful. Then be leaped up as if something had bit.him, and went out of the door in two jumps—and we didn't see him again. Then three more of them tasted their ice-cream, and jumped up and ran after tbo doctor; and two girls said " Oh, my 1" and held their handker chiefs over their faces, and turned just as pale. And then everybody else put their ice-cream down on tho table, and said " ThaDk you ;" they gues-od they wouldn't take any. The party was regularly spoiled, end when I tasted the ice-cream I didn't wonder, Ie was worse than the beet kind of strong medicine. Sue was in a dreadful state of mind, and when the party had gone home-all but one man, who lay ortside all nighr, and groaned like he was dying, only we thought it was cats—she made me toll hor all about the salt and tho golden syrup, She would'nt believe that I had tried to do my best, and didn't mean any harm. Father took her part, and said I ought to eat some of the ice cream since I made it; but I said I would rather go upstftirs with him. Ho 1 went.

Some of these days people will begin to understand that they are -just wasting and throwing away a hoy who always tries to do his best, and perhaps they will bo sorry when it is too late.

Unconsidered Trifles.

Most books of tbo "thiifty" k'nd intended for the perusal of the young contain in some former'another the story of the German snuff manufacturer and millionnaire who laid the foundation of his gigantic fortune by picking up the stump 3of cigors which had been flung awt<y in the streets. Anec dotes of this kind are usually only varia tions of the old proverbial locution, " A pin a day 'a a groat a year," and "Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves;" both excellent max iau», which might with rauch greater fre quency be acted upon ihan is actually the case by the Bnglish people, who, next to ,he Americans, are the most wasteful and mprovidcDt nation in tho world. It ie, at the same time, difficult to see what sort of moral of the thrift-encouraging kind can be extracted from the recent tiaosfer from the coffer* of the Bank of England to those of Her Majesty's Treasury, under peculiar circumstances, of the large sum of one hundred and forty-three thousand two hundred and seventy-two pounds eleven shillings and twopence sterling. An .Act of Parliament which has lately received the Koyal assent empowers the Bank to hand over this vast "peculium" to the Govern ment ; the sum being an accumulation of fractions of pennies payable on the divi dend on the National Debt. It bas never been customary, so it >s stated, to pay fractions of a penny on Government Stocks, and the halfpennies and farthings and their fractional subdivisions have gouo on accu mulating until now; the result being a handsome <; windfall" for the Exchequer. What will the Exchequer do with ite " windfall ?" Abstractedly it belongs to persona who have Jent money to the State, and who have not been paid the exact amount of interest which the State made formal promise to pay. Most of these non recipents of periodical fractions of a penny have doubtless long since joined the ma jority ; but if the Exchequer does no:; see its way towards utilising its "windfall" by errecting an asylum for weak-minded people ruined by injudicious speculations in stocks, it should at least, in aiict equity, apply the money to the reduction of the National Debt.

Rambles Round the World in 1882.

[WRITTEN SPECIALLY FOB THE " STAB."]

I HAVE already written of Chicago, and its great commercial activity, but before I take leivo of the city, and pass oa to "fresh fields," I should like to add a few statistics relating to the extent of bu3iuc3B transacted at tllo Union Stock Yards. During the year 188 L there were received at tlio yards from various parts of the States 1,498,550 bend of catile, 48,948 calves, 0,474,844 fat ho',g3, of tlia average weifjht of 242H>3, 494(J24shepp,and 12,'JOS) hph-ep : estimated at the value of .$183,007,710. These figures show more plaiuly than verbal descriptions, the enormous extent of the business of the city, in this ouo deputtnoat of tr.ide. THE TOWN OF DEIROIT. My next stage was Detroit. The coun try lying botwuen tlu two citicu is mostly level and Very fertile. With the exception of occasional townslvps, tbo prdmincot features of the landscape Were grbwjug crops, fields ri,irertdy reaped, ana sHiliog UomestfOcls. Detioit is tho most cleanly, looking, compact city I have hitherto seen. It stands on the bank* of the Detroit River, a noble stream, or rather (strait, varying in width from half a mile to a mile and a quarter. It conucots tho Lakes Erie and St. Clair, nud is tho best harbour to be found in the chain of great lake*. The city cxtonds along the Dank of tho river nearly seven miles, and rani back from the water to an average extent of two and a half miles. The river frontage is lined with mills, dry docks, grain elevators, ship yard?, foundries, and varknu manufac tories, indicating tho busy character of the place. Unlike' iiioit other Auicricnil bities it is not laid out on the uniform pltiu of square blocks, with streets at right angles. I suppose the projector was like Vclton Matthews, who, iv laying out Auckland, designed crescents and quadrants, and all sorts of carves. Detroit is built on a complex p'aa; a Circle with avenueo radia ting frOm,the grand circils aa a centre—and oiitside this, streets intersecting at right angles. A temporary inconvenience is the result ot this arrangement to a stranger, who has some difficulty at first in finding his way about. .But this is more than com pensated by the numerous triangular little pailw aud green enclosures which have been secured, and lhat greatly adorn tllo city. Tho Btrccts aro wide, and shaded with trees, aud in many thoroughfares, the pavement in the centre of the side walks is bordered on each side by grass, which givbj a clean end neut appearance to the place. In the centre of (.'ri,mpiUß Mnrtius, an open spice so called, COO feet long and 250 feet wide, there is a handsome monu ment erected at public expense, to the memory of tho citizen soldiers who toll in battle during the civil war. There are some five bui'dinqs in tho city, c pecially the City Hall, the Custom Houss and Post Ollioe, and the Michigan Ceutral Freight Depot. This lust mentioned stiucture U 1230 fcot long ami 102 feet wide, and forms but one huge apirtment without partitions or pillars, covered by a self-supporting iion roof. I ascended the tower of tho City Hal), 180 fcot in height, atd from that elevation obtained a good view tf tbu city and its surroundings. A new industry has recently sprung up in Detroit. A Joiut Siock Company has started a manufactory for tbe production of whito bronze sepul chral monuments, at prices much lower than similar producions in marble or stone. I vi-ited the works, and saw the wholo process. The monuments are elegant in appearance, ana of an endless variety of designs. The company ar.-. rapidly gaiuiug public patronage. One of the directors told me that it was as much as they could do to meet tho increasing demand ; that ere long they would, have branch establishments in every State, aud as their productions were quite a< durable as marble, fur less expen sive, and equally beaatiful in appearauco, he hud no' doubt they would gradually superfcde the costly marble en c.ions.

KNTEHING CANADA.

Leaving Detroit by the Great SVcstorn Railway, we ran in a few minutes to tbc nend of the rivor.wbere a huge firry b iatwas in waiting to convey the train - minus onlj the engine-to the (."anadian slurc, It is the Detroit Kiver that here divides the United States from the Dominion of Canada. We were soon ferried over to the city of Wind sor, lyinp exactly opposite Detroit. 1 could not but notice the contrast between the American and the Canadian city : Detroit, all bustle, business, and push; Windsor, quiet,, sleepy, and inert. Only tho liver divides the two cities, but tbc differing charactcri.-tics ot the people place them far ap.vt. This much, however, should be said in extenuation of the apparent stagna tion of Windsor: It stands on aa istbinu*, and has not the extent of back country that its American rival enjoys. And alter all, it is the country tbat makes the town.

Leaving Windsor, we attained along through an agricultural country, devoid of special interest, excepting, perhaps, tbo names of the settlements through which we passed—London, Chatham. St. Catherine, and othor cognomens localling memories of the Old country. Approaching Hamilton, tbe aspect ot the country as to scenery greatly improve?. Tho situ of tha city is very picture? que. It is built on an elevated plateau tbat winds round a hilly range extending from Niagara Falis, and which is called "Tho Mountain." Tbo pjpuk tiou is about 27,000. Tne city coutuim some fino buildings and a creat mauy churches, beside* a VVcalcyan Female Col- It-He. His the headquarters of tho Great Western Kailwny cf Canuda. The chief office?, engine manufactories', and soncral workshops ot tho company are here located This adds much to the business of the place. THIS NIAGARA SUSI'KNSIOX BKIUGE.

About C p.m., Artgu&t lOtb, I reached the suspension bridge that spans the Niagara Eiyer. It is a noteworthy exnmp'e of engineering skill. It was erected under the auspices and nec^rd'm; to tbo design of Mr Itochliug, of New Jersey. Two loity towers support tho structure, which is of one span 800 feet long. The towers arc built on and into the solid rock, and ore secured by anchors also embedded in tbe rocks. The bridge is supported by four cables, each composed of 8 000 wires, and measuring 9i inches in di.uneter. The entiro weight of tbo bridgo is 32,400 tona. Its capacity is cstimatort at £35 tons. A carriage ar.d foot wny is suspended 28 feet below the railway tracks.

Leaving the train at iho bridge, I made my way to the Clifton House Hotel on the Canadian side, opposite the Am rican Fall. The windows ot my room looked rifsht upon the catarac*, so that I had a good opportunity of viewing this great natural wonder at my leisu c,

THE CUAMI'IO V FALLS uF THE

WOBLO,

So much has been written and said about the Falls of Niagara, tha*. it seems almost a work of supererogation for me to add the results of my experience •and otnervdtion. And yet It will not do to pass over my visit to this celebrated Fppt in silence. It ba« been eaid by some that the first view of the Falls excited in their minds a feeling of awe and amazement. They cxp:riercfd an emotion akin to that a necromancer may besuppos'd to feel when, standing iD the magic circle, he first confronts the spectre of his incantations, But I must plead innocence of any such high-wrought, ecstasies. Tne feeling engendered in my mind by the first view of the Falls was something like a disappointment. Ths drop appeared lower than I had anticipated. But the vision grows upon you as you gaze. In this case, familiarity, instead of breeding contempt, only constiains you to appreciate more fully t'e sublimity and grandeur of the ecodc. The shades of evoi.iog were lengthening when I arrived at the hotel. But science and enterprise have combined to prolong the visitor's enjoyment. Night does not now, as formerly, Bhut out the glurious vision. As the daikness tloepened I was surprised to see the waters kiudling with various coloured lights. I soon ascertained the cause. Eighteen electric lamps placed at different angles, and supplied with shades of different hues, pour their brilliant rajs upon the scene, tinting the clouds of spray that.riseinccesantly from the depths below, and illuminating the seethiDg waters most brilliantly. At one

moment the mighty cascade is dyed a deep crimfion, £tnfl lyokn like,a volume of blood; the next it shows a pfilS ghbQ lirfit, and bas a phastly appearance, Anon the Biiriacfe of the billow? in the rapids above catch the reflection and look like fiery demons strugg ling in a race i Tfle effect is indescribably beautiful. I eat gazlog thttil, tho hour arrived for extinguishing the lumps, and night threw her table mantle over all, con cealing tho natural wonder from the eye, though leaving the rush and roar still audible. The din is incessant; if all the lions roaming over the continent of Africa were to unite in one grand roar, I question if their chorus could equal thedeep diapason of this grand oifian tlf natufei ill tno riibrnitig i^&lliedidfta, 10 taltc a more extended view, arid I will endeavour to take your readers with1 nib. But they must remember that no written description oau adequatc!y represent the scene. Words want the motion and the sound of many waters. It is not possible to pourtray with pen und ink, the columns ot mist that rise up from the tnam crowned with prismatic gioiiei, Neither,.pen nor pencil can adequately d«linrate what passes \mder the vie 4of the visitor to.tliis place f whei'e God hits forever ''set His bo* drijtlio cloud." Cold mv t bo the hisai-fc and tdrpid the imagination of the man, who does not call to mind tho ancient Noachic covenant as he gazes. Hut come, let us mount the bridge which connects the mainland with Goat Island, that divides the American from the Horee shoo Jf all. '1 ha sublimity of the scene in creases at every step, and we gaze upon the Cascade in silent admiration. Table Hock now do longer allures tbe tourist to a spot ot danger. Formerly it was the favourite resort of tho bold and bravo j hut sonic timo ago, the action of the water detached the ponderous over« hanging fragment; and it ft 11 into the abyss with a treniendous rirasil. lJut it 11 hour or two before the occurrence, the engiueer who subsequently designed and superin tended the erection of the suspension bridge was standing on the treacherous granite in company with some of bio colleagues. Had he bees ou the apot a little later, he and his domjianiohs would have r>e.i.->licd; and the bridge and tho Grand Trunk Railway, instead of being existing realities, might still have been among the dreams of the future.

We now proceed along the Canadian »hore, above the Horse-shoe Fall, to view the nppcr rapids tlut descend fifty-one feet in tlio tpjco of three-quarters of a mile. It is a scene of wi'd watery commotion. To watch tho white-crested waves struggl ing with each other, a? if anxious to be the first to arrive at the terrible catastrophe, Is almost as iuiefcsttn" as to watch tho cataract itself. A little further on we come to the burning spriop. t great natural cv iosity. A sbafc has been tdnk in the earth over tlrs run of water, which is so impregnated with ga«ei tbat the moment a light lowered down the. shaft touches the surface, the gases ignite, and make the water look like liquid fire. The man in charge inserts an iron tube and places a cambric bandkcrchiif over tho upper rrificc of tho tube, 'ihe g.vos rise, aud th'< moment a light is held abovo the handker chief, they burn fiercely, but the handker cbiff is uninjured. I', is restored to its owner nut having ths smell of tiro or sign of scorch.

Uciracirjg our steps, we pass tho Fa'ls agnin and proceed to tho lower rapids, and descend to the water's edge by a double lmlraulic gravitating elevator. Hera we find ourtclvca in the middle of a scone of wild grandeur. Toe clifl'i rise in a perpen dicular lino to tho he'ght of 250 feet. Through a narrow pass all the waters ot the great upper lakes hold their tumultuous course. Dishing, whirling, roaring alODg, the billons beat against tho rocks that have frum timo immemorial withstood the shock. Driven onward by the never-ending llo.v.the torrent reaches tho most contracted part of the channel, and it requirs-n hut little ell* rt of the itungiuittion to conceive the mad waves crying out in agony for moro room. Ie was down this terrible chanael that tho " Maid of the Mi'bl," was successfully att'ircd. Tfao talc is still told to wondering visitors. She was a small steamer, formeily used to kike t-jnrUta to tho foot of the falls. But her ownei became pecuniarily involved j his boat was heavily mortgaged. Thurc was but one way by which the could be saved from tho sheriff's giaep; that was to take her out of tbe boundary of one country into another, It was a fearful ritk; but, for a largo pay incut, the pilot, Kobinson, accompanied by the engineer and fireman, achieved the dangerous exploit. She is the only craft that has ever made this fearful trip, By tbis tuse the unscrupulous owner saved his vessel, tint elicited his creditors, \ little further on we roach the whiil pool, who'c the waters, as if exhausted by their headlong rac-, twirl round and round ia smooth deceitful eddies. A talc is also told in connection with this whirlpool, tho substance of which I must repeat. Some twenty-fivo jear* ngo a young man was so impressed with tho beauty of Niagara, that be took up his abode in a rude hut on Iris Island*»ana was known as tho " Hermit of the Falls." Bis absorbing delight was communion with Magaru. ll{(shunned human society, but was constantly to bo seen hovering about the citaract. At the gray dawn ho went to vi it it in the veil of mist; at noon ho banquetted in the full splendour cf its glory ; beneath the soft tinting ot tho lunar bow he lingered, looking for the angel whose pencil Dad painted it. He made it a practice to bailie everyday atMoes Ifilnul above the Falls. The fenuol is thus told ! "Ouo bright and chilly day in the beginning of the month, of Juno, a man employed about the ferry saw him go into the water, and for a long time after wards observed his clothes to be still lying on tho bank. The poor hermit bad taken his Li.st bath 1 It was supposed that cramps might have beuu. induced by the Chill of the atmosphere or the water, still, tho body was not found; the depth and force of the current below being exceedingly great. In the course of search they passed on to the Whirlpool. There, amidst those boiling eddies was tbo body, making fearful and rapid gyrations upon tbe face of tbe black water?. At some poiDt of suction it sud denly plunged and disappeared. Again emerging, it was fearful to roe it leap naif its length above the flood, then float mo tionless as if exhausted, and anon spring upward and seem to struggle like a maniac battling with a mortal foe. For days and nights tbis tenible scone was prolonged, It was not until the 2Ut ot Juno that, af'er many efloits", the body was recovered and borno to the dosolate cottage," ■ • •

" The motives that lod ibis singular and accomplished being, learned io tbo lan guages, ia the aits and sciences, improved by extensive travel, and gifted with per sonal beauty and a feeling heart, to seclude himself in the flower of youth from human society.arc still enveloped iv mystery. All that is known is that his name was Francis Abbctt, that ho was a native of England, where his father was a clergyman, and that he received from thence ample remittances for his comfo t. These tacts had hcen pre viously ascertained, hut no written papers were found in bis cell to throw additional light upon the obscurity ia which he had so effectua'ly wrapped tho history of his pilgrimage." I have not meutiined tho " Cave of the Winds," because I did not visit it, and therefore could not take your readers to the spot. I may merely say that it is a place whore tourists, it they choose, may "0 behind the watery curtain, if I may so express it. Oilskin dresses are provided, aud a guide to conduct visitors down the slippery causeway. But i was satisfied with the front view. I did not choose to run the risk of a descent to the cave. It is scarcely surprising that the Ked Indians of A nierica should regard Niagara with superstitious veneration. A cultured Englishman, attcr hip visit, felt constrained 10 express his emotions in the following plowing terms :-" I have seen it fleecy as the snow-flake ; deepening into the bright est emerald; dark and leaden as the angriest November sky ; but in all its moods there is instruction, solemnity, delight. Stable in its perpetual instability ; changeless in its everlasting change j a thing to be ' pon dered in the heart,' like the revelation to 'tho meek Virgin of old; with uo pride in the brilliant hues that are woven in ita eternal loom ; with no haste in the majestic toll ot its waters; .with no weariness in its endless psalm -it remains through the

eventful ytafa an embodiment of uncon scious power, a liviDg Jospirntion of thought and poetry, and worehip—a magnificent ai?poalypße of God." "If such ■freto the emotions produced in the mind of a man ot diUtore and refine ment, what wonder if the untutored sav age made periodical visits to Niagara as the home of the Great Spirit,and sought to propitiate mm fey by tho sacrifice of an In dian maiden set afloat on tllQ tipper rapida in a canoe laden with flowers, and left to meet inevitable deatli in the crushing em brace of the watery god. The Fambler,

Sept. let, 1882.

WHOLESALE POISON ING CASE.

Hoiv to Get Bid of a HilsOamt

The "Vienna correspondent of the Standard gives some further particular respecting the extraordinary trial in Hungary. He states that Thekla Popov, the peasant wo man who Is being tried on a charge of aid ifig aud abetting upwards of a hundred women in poisoiiing their husband's, is a very romarkablc character—ilesfciubd to occupy a position at once unique and1 pic tuicsquo in the annals of crime, She is a gipsy, and is now some seventy years of age. She lived in a little village named Ueicneze, and it may almost be said that murder was her trade. People say she bad her agents and emissaries, whose business it was to keep up her " connection,'' and it must have been a horrid and gruesome spectacle to see the grizzly hag Btated in hor armchair every day teceiving her cus tomers dufing business hours, and giving them the diabolical advice and aid they sought, They vtere iioarly all married women from the rieigbbou'ritiej coufltr^ side, eager, for some reason or auothfcf, to get rid of husbands who obstinately refused td die in the ordinary course of nature, but who by Theula's friendly offices might be made amenable to the resources of art. These wretches paid the old t^ipsy a fee of from fifty to a hundred florins for each bottle of poison they bought, and were duly instruc ted bj her in the safest Methods of its "ex hibition." Thelka Popov's clients were, however, not always marrid women. Some times she had dealings with young girls who quarrelled with their sweethearts, and who, from jealousy or rage, had determined to kill them. This woman's terrible trade prospered amazingly for two years, fche excited no suspicion, becauso the drugs she administered acted slowly, though surely, and in their effects simulated the symptoms of disease. Even now that the bodies of ftirrie of her victims have been exhumed they show no sig's of p'oitonino', though the stomaChs are edten away; Tlitj first case that set people on tlio alert wits that of one Jocza Kukin, a rish peasant, who died at Melencze two months ago. Ugly, ru mours about his death wero spread, and the gossips whispered mysterious bints of foul play, 'ibere was in conseqnence an inqueer, but the mos careful post mortem examination, failed to reveal any trace of poisoning in his case, The whole story was slipping out of tho memo ries of the villagers when suddenly a grear revelation was made. A gipsy girl, the daughter of old Thekla, Popoy, came before the Court at gross Bedskorek, and horrified it by tho tale she had to tell. She confessd that she gave the wife of Jocza Kukin a bottle of some red liquid poison prepared by her mother. She did thw by her mother's instructions. Having had a quarrel with her respected parent over some pro perty, she determined to betray her. Thekla Popov's daughter fuither declared that she ac'.ually saw Kukin's wife pour this poison into his coffee, and that abc told her mother what she knew and had secu. To tbia tlio old £»P'y replied, "Oae day I will poison you also, unless you hold your torigue." Of course this statement caused Tnekla Popov and tho widow ol Kukin to be nrrested. They, however, denied tho charge brought ajainst them. Oddly enough, the judge, b> a clever ruse not quite in keeping with Kna lish notions of fair play t;> accused pri eoners, managed to overhear the two wo men taloiog the affair over in gaol. Amongst other things he overheard was Kukin's widow saying to her accomplice, "Well, I am young pretty. He was old and ugly; why should ho not die ?''. The judge after that had little doubt lhat the prisoners' were guilty. They were therefore put. on their trial, and tho clue thus unexpectedly placed in the hands of tho. authorities was actively followed up. Strange discoveries were soou made, showing that from the woman Thekla Popov as a centre, a vast and complex ramification of crime extended far and wide throughout tho coinmuniiy. The triol has been deferred lor several weeks, so that the bodies of men supposed to have been murdered by their wivis may be exhumed and subjected to post mortem examination.

Proverbial Philosophy.

"To make a vittac of necesity, comes from Chaucer, the father of tngliah poetry, and a man of infinite wit; ana to him can bo tracwd the saying, "In at one oar, out at the other," though in the quaint laogu ot the day he said, " One car it heard, at the other out it went," The proverb, "Man proposes, but uod disposes," comes fiom Fiers Plowman's Vision, a black-letter poem ; and " Of two evils, the less ia always to be chosen," and " When be is out of sight, quickly abo is he out of miud,"—the original of " Out of eight, on* of mind," and " Of two evils, choose the least,"—are from Thomas <\ Kcmpis. Thomas 'JL'ussor gives us " The stone that is rolling can gather no moss," ". Better late than never," " It is an ill will that turns nono to good," " Christmas conies but once a year," "Safe bind, safe find,'1 "Look ere thou leap, see ore thou go," and "cuch matter, such man." Chaucer died in 1400, ' homas a Kempia in 1471, and Tusserin 1580; so that these are venerable remains. Cervantes says " Everyone is tho son of his own -works," and tells of " A faco like a benediction." It was Sir Kdward Coke, tho creat lawyer, who said " A. man's houec <b Sis cast]"," and Christopher Marlowo, the founder of tho great English drama, that wrote of " lufituto lichea in a little room," and of a man who was '• More kuave than fool." It is alto to him that we are in debted for "Love me Jliitle, lovo mo long." It is John Milton who tells of "Dark wilh excessive light," "A Heaveu on earth," " All hell broke loose," " Heaven's laßt, best gift," "A wilderness of sweets," " Moping melancholy and moonstruck mad ness, and " Evil news rides post, while good news waits," It was from John Dryden that we re ceived '" None but the brave deserve the fair," "Pity melts the mind to lovo," " Honour's but au empty bubble," " All delays flro dangerous in war," and "A knockdown a-p;uinent; 'tis but a word and a blow."

The Evils of a Nobbler.

A BECENT number of the "Lancet" contain? a solemn warning against the vicious ■ colonial habit ot nobblerising at odd times. Our contemporary points out that medical authorities are a'most unanimous in the opinion that "nips" of spirit and g'asfes of wiae taken at odd times without food are an unmixed evil which should ba discouraged by every sensible person. " There may bs differences of opinion as to the amount of diluted alcohol at mca's which is con sistent with health and longevity; but alcohol on the empty stomach of a city man, with but little fresh air and exercise to turn it eff, is fbeei harm—injuring as it dcc 3 the fino textures of the Btomach and the neighbouring liver, and demoralising every function of the body from that ot the brain to that of the kidney." "No mixture of 'bitters,'"" it is solemnly added, " will make this truth seem sweeter nor tbe habit less immoral." Finally, it is Suggested tbat the tee totallers miaht do an immense_ amount of good if tbey woukl form a society " tho members ot which should drink no alcohol but at meals."

THE EGYPTIAN WAR

Scenes at Ismailia.

Stories of the Cavalry Charge.

IF Suez was contused and psrtutbed by many c'aTes,- What are we to say|of Ismaila 1 Half-way down the Carfal/ on the brink of a little lake, it stands—a tiny oaslid oi green in the midst of a sandy waste. A tranquil,

retired spot, under whose shady avenues of acac;a3 'twere pleasant to fit and dream; in whose flowery hotel courtyards it would be delightf*?! to imbibe cold sherbet or well iced lemonade ; on" Xfhoie silent waters it would be soothing to float afld meditate. All t\iia in peace time. 15ut we are now at war; and, more {ban1 that, have developed into a " base." Faithfully to depict what that.smaU monosyllable implies would re quire a c'ofiJjHste number of the thickest monthly magazine. A " feise" is appar ently an equine .Bedlam, where horses are always breaking loose from their ropes, and careering wildly away ; where mules arc for over running a-muck, npsetting tents dud mafein» havoc of camp- Settles;(, where .roach are Uttered with excessively dirty men in' a condition of vtuutterable exhaustion! where piles upon piles of stores, ammunition', private bag gage, trusses of hay, and soldiers' kits, are being gradually built into a semblance of tho ruins of Carthage ; where one-half of a teeming population are constantly shout ing order* of which tho other half tako no notice whatever. A " bass " is an omnium gatherum of military gear, presenting an appearance as]it Woolwich, Chatham, Al dershot, Messrs Huntley and Palmer, and Peak and Freaa had poured forth with liberal hand their, separate cornucopia;, in order that vast horde? of the unwashed might dotyly manufacture' therewith an en ormontf dirt pie. The peaceful lake is crowded to safffrcatipn with transports, gunboats, vessels of war of every kind—at early dawn, indeed, which was th'ei hoar of my arrival, it presented the aspect of a miniature Liverpool, with its forest of masts rising out of a dun-grey vapour. Ofer the condition of the landing stage it were bdst to draw a Veil, for tho oaths and execrations, jJfrfwn by harsh circumstances from despaising Marines and Bltfejackets, aro as distressing to a cultured ear as the sharp corners of the multitude of boxes and packing-cases aretosensitiveshins. Hard by tho landing-stage is the Hotel dos Bain?, which has been taken forcible possession of by the authorities, and established as a concentrated, doubly-distilled "base; "a central speck out of whoso midst springs order, as the lordly oak grows from the tiny acorn, Officers, orderlies, correspondents, coolie?, washerwomen, rush in and out like ants—entering gloomily, but coining out with hopeful visages, for there seems to be nothing that ca'rinot be arranged within these sacred po'rta'ts, whether it be the des patching of telegram's, the sending of trans ports to the front, or shirts and collars to the laundress. Turn to the left, ascend a flight of stairs, and you find yourself on a balcony overlooking a garden, in one cor ner of which balcony a table is spread ; for every ollicer who comes up here to take or deliver messages U surd to be asked by the cheery chief to quench his tliirst and try a bit of luncheon. Sir Owen Lanyon ia here the presiding genius, and it is his mission to evolve order from chaos. And how glad are the new arrivals, poor fellows, to accept his hospitality while he cons bis letters ! You hear them declaring between ravenously s wallowed mouthfuls that they have lived on biscuit ana dirty water "up at tne front" for three days at least. And what orders he has to give ? One man reports iliat a burro's caroaao"lß"lying"ln- thc-t«nra~> what is to be done with the dangerous and infecting agent? Another brings news that after the last conflict; Arabi tossed his dead into the Sweet Water Canal, in order to poison our entire army. A third is bearer of a message to the effect that our troops on the extreme right have had no rations served for forty-eight hours, while the supply of ammunition has run out long ago.

" We can exist without food up to a cer tain point," runs the sarcastic missive, rtbut without cirtiidges our occupation's cone." " It's all right," declares the tteus ex machinA, " we've organised steam pin naces, aod broken down the dams; before you get back, food for both man and rifle will ba there in plenty." It is difficult enough to hear what is said on either side, for tbe disembarkation of troops is goinz on steadily hard by, and the horses are kicking at each other, and neighing with glee at being a jam on terra firm*, while their mas' ors halloa and shout, and fill tbe aic with din. Presently there is a lull in business, and tbe ruling spirit orders u< to luncheon. G-enerdil Karle, on the summons, emerges from a contiguous nook, while his Serene Highness, the Duke of feck comes forth from another; aides-de camp trot briskly to and fro, and presently we have before us steaming coffee, an omelette, some claret and water, and, wonder of wonders, a cherished morsel of ice. Some one remarks that it is fortunate for us that the harbour is land-locked. Owing to early mismanagement, troops aro late iv arriving; if we were subject to, storms, the operation of getting so many animals on land would last till doomsday, but as things are wa seem to be recovering from the initial blunders, and are now working away merrily eiough. 'J he Duke ef Teck announces hi-i intention of visiting

the hospital to tee the wounded personally; and I crave perm'usion to accompany him, Hoavens! what an uproar as we debouch from our rooms and plunge into the bustle of the avenue. It is no easy matter to pick a way among the horses' legs. At a corner, under a shadier tree than tho rest, a gentle man in a white coat and large topd-hat is calmly whiffing, a cigarette as be writes letters,using one box for a soat,and another for a table. " What is he doing there, aad why not choose a more retired place ?' asks the Duke. " I'm a paymaster," he quietly replies ; '" and in these boxes are £40.000. I sit hero to watch it till somebody comes to help." " That may be a long while," I hint. < Probably," ha answers. " Mean while, I sit on a golden throne, like the Quoeu of Sheba." Not that there is any fomalo rctioue about—the only approach to feminino attire is the drees of our brave Indian Contingent. On the way we came upon the 16th Cavalry Kegiment encamped among tbe trees—the horees in splendid condition, the officers looking weary and jaded from unaccustomed heat. The Colonel, however, is putting the best face on matters. He is munching a biscuit and ipping limejuice and water—his only meal liis day—and points out to us that his bed ast night was under a baggage-wagon,with two hordes kicking and rolling within a yard of him. I cannot help inwardly mark ing the difference in rtspect of general baudiness between the European and the Indian troops. Tho latter have their arrangements made, down to smallest details, such as skins for watering the horses tied under the animal's girth, cun ning cooking pots and mysteriously elabo rate bed furniture. If the European soldiers aro so helpless and have to put up with such severe roughing, even at the base itself, how Will they fare fifty or sixty miles up country ? Of courso we must take into account that the Indians had the ex perience of the Cabul campaign, and have in (act, been at work of some kind or other ever since, while tho Europeans arc fresh from home comforts and the delights of society. Scenes in the Hospital. - Exploits of the Guardsmen. The Khedive's Palace—a big square building, standing by itself in a fine garden—has been devoted to hospital pur posts on shore; while the larce ship Carthage floats in. the ba-iu to serve a like end on the water. A better place than the Palace could not have beeu selected. Its vestibules and chambers ate lofty, fitted wi'h jalousie*; and great ia the feeling ot ralief on coming within its marble corridors out of tho torrid sunlight. Admiral Sir Beaucbamp Seymour stands on the stairs superintending the distribution of stores - it is wonderful how useful the sailors are ard in how many unexpected ways—and he conducts up to the first floor, to view iha arrangements. In obb room—de

liciously still and cool — are ranged along the Wall on stretchers the victims of the recent skirmishes. Four Guards men, side by side, were atrue'e down by the bursting of the same shell, and have wounds auoat the legs of a grave character. I They have kept the pieces of iron to which they owe the'r misery, and amuse them aelves and us by fitting the jagged edges together. Oa the other side is a poor fellow-a Life Guardsman who'i« personally known to the Duke, whoso face brightens at seeing him, and who smiles with grati iude upon being amsured that a berth shall be found for h'm in the future. He will ! need one, for his leg is off be'.cw tha knee, !and his days of activity are past. He was one of thff best cricketers in his regiment. Op to us strides rifiother Life Guardsman - a garni*, unshorn, A ncieflt Mariner-looking person—wita his right arm fe a sling aad his left arm bandaged. This is Trooper Browning, who has achieved the fame erst won by the doughty Shaw. After the famous charge the other day, hs found uimseli hemmed in, and m working' his way out of the 'Melee, got a bad sabre cut on the right arnl. "But with my left hand," he remarks grimly, "I cut the brute in half -my officer saw me do it - and chopped off the heads of two more before 1 became unconscious." Just thlok of it! We have' all $een tco1 relentless sweep of the sgbrqs at the assault of armp, when sheep fa'l bisctftSd and srtk handker chiefs divide in tatters—but A live Bedouin 9liccd in half, and two more minus their heads! What a left arm! "Tranche la tCte de Matfamc de Framboisy," singa the immortal French billsdist, aa if there was nothing more unusual abo"Ht the operation than slicing a wafer of ham. Well, Trooper Brtfwning is the, man for .sftch a job-or as keepers of pXQ b'ue. ch-amber 3ay, he would distioguißH himself mightily. Not that he is truculent-looKing by any m'eaßß-rmerely a rather remarkable speci men of Britich bone and muscle, with _a merry twinkle and Iffud laugh. Verily, if the Life Guards are golflg *o show us many more such men, they mSy inscribe "Fgypt" on their flags with pride", and silence for ever the brummagem economists who duo them carpet knights. I asked the trooper what his thoughts were while performing his deects of daring, but be could not remember. "I saw a lot of ugly Faces and d uheaf of gleaming swords, atfd then I slashed aita.fi I suppose they were men, but they might hav£ been thrashing machines." He could tell me, tton^h, some jurious details of the fight. They charged ao less than two thonsand yards—a faot without precedent, I believe; and when ihey arrived near the enemy the latter thre iv lown tliefr amis; TfWettpon the Guards neri rilackened their pace; afld the Arabs taking courage again, picked upther rifles. I'heu the troopers urged on their steeds once nore, but to no purpose". The' horses were itterly blown—had not a kick in them, as ny friend declared. Deprived of tilefr im jetits, they could scarce totter a step.ambled iecbly forward, and were soon in the midst >f the foe. A little resolute aabrfing, how >,ver. sufficed to rout them all—for unless yell concealed behind earthworks or en ;renchmcnts the Arab shows little fight. I'he return by moonlight from.the scene of ihis chßfge mtlst hare been heartrending ;o such as loved thetf beasts. Let alone 'kicks " they had n;ot by this time a crawl n them j but lay down along the sandy road, front whiefi no thfeats or caresses xmld urge them. Wandering composedly along, the Guards men came on a' stout respectable old gentle man enjoying a stroll with an umbrella, or rater paraltrne, and a little black boy. Who was he, and wbsit was he about ? He was a private gentleman of irreproachable aharacter, who, bhelled out of his oiice liappy home, was forted fo wander thus abroad. The officer commanding was sorry but duty compelled him to take the star gazer into custody. The latter objected strongly, indeed with vehemence, but was led back to camp, black boy, paralune, and aliraHnodeecL wifti the other prisoners. Tbis was more even than his Oriental stoicism could stand—so, ruefully, and in hangdog fashion, he confessed his identity—being no less a. personage than [braha'm Bey himself, who had been promi nent in leading the Arab forces that morniDg. [brahim was next placed among a batch of prisoners who were seeking refuge from the violent heat under an errant railway truck. Here some mystic conversation jnsued, wbich resulted in the spirit of the aid gentleman being moved to speak. He waddled forward, waved a pocket handker jhief with a tremulous motion, as though [t were in some way a panacea for all ills— svil eye and bullets included—and made a clean breast of the perilous stuff which apparently interfered with his breathing, " I am Mahmoad Fehmi Pasha, Directeur SesFortifications deTEgypte." Tableau! This was the amiable person who gave directions for the massacre of Alexandria, and who is said to be the only man on Arabi's tide who really knows anything of scientific entrenchment. He it ot Arab type, with a cruel, wicked face -just (he man who in more poetic times would have developed into an ogre—the veritable Fee fo-ium of romance. Iv another room, contiguous to the one occupied by thete heroes, lay the officers who were unfortunate enough to be struck. Viscount Melgund louoged in a chair, perusing "John Inglesant," his bandaged hand resting .on a pillow. He chafed bitterly at being kept back from the front for so little, and having dabbled a little in gunshot surgery, I found mytelf compelled to hint that though a bullet through the hand is not dangerous, yet it may take long to cure, especially in so trying a climate as this, wherein the blood is nor mally in on excited and iriitable state. The temperature is about 90 in the shade: in that well-aired chamber it might have been 75 or so. Near him, supported by many pillows, reclined Major Bibby, whom gossip had reported dead. Though gravely wounded, he is not by any means dead, or likely to die atpresent. ilia bullet entered at the back, under the shoulder blade, made the circuit of the ribs, shattering two, and came out of t&e left breast. At first it was supposed that the ba'l had penetrated the lungs, but that, it seems, is not so. He lies there fanning away the flies, unable to Bpeak, but not discouraged j and it is to be hoped that we shall see him again in St. James'fl-street as well as ever. Close by is the bed—or ra'ber stretcher—of Captwn Hallani Parr, who is getting on as well as possible. All of them, by the way, find the hours pass wearily in consi qu' nee of the total absence of literature. Tbeieaiero books, and the pip.ra are thumbed to pieces. Would not fotne kindly cieainc send out a b'.x or two of cheap light literature, aMies ed to the Cartbage and the land Eo«p:tal of kmailia ? I direct this request to booksello s and pu\ lishers, not authors. It ii well known that successful authors nevi r have copie^ to.bestow, while the woiksof the other and larger category bad far bet'er continue their uninterrupted journey to the butter man, Exasperatingly ttupid novels, out rageous penny dreadfuls, are hard enough for the patient soul to endure when the pulse is even and the health perfect. What might be their result upon the fretted constitution of wounded men, is too terrible to contemplate. . .

Brigham Young's First Wife.

Beigham Youhg's first wile, a personage of considerable notoriety in the Mormon Community, died at Salt Lako City the. other day, in her seventy-ninth year. 1 hi* venerable lady joined the, Now Faith "as long ago as 1831. 'Ihree years later she was " Bealed " to the Prophet at a meeting of Judgment Day Saints, whereupon she quitted her home in Missouri to follow the fortunes of "the Chosen," and maintained herself by the Jabour of her hands during Brigham's long absent on proselytising missions. When the Mormon Colony pitched its tents in Nauvoo,where its mem bers endured terrible privations,and,inde_ed all but pei-hhed of hunger, Mrs Young No. 1 succeeded.with great trouble and P&mvn zultivatina her garden to such purpose that she was able to f«ed many starving Mor mons with green mi at. She dispensed her vegetables gratuitously, although over and over a"am she could have sold them for their weight in gold. For this and many other proofs of her humane and charitable dif position, she became the object of almost fanatical veneration in the Mormon capital, nnd remained bo until the day of her death



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