OUR LONDON FLANEUR.

THE THAMES MYSTERY.

A Sailor Amongst Savages.

Social, Literary, Musical, and

theatrical Gossip.

|(FBOM OUR LONDON CORKKSPOSDBNT.)

Kettjrh op the Natives-The Gaiety Burlesque-Intellectual Vbrsb —Tee Modern " Master " — Bis wondrous Attire— Labby's Opinion of him -Mrs Langtry at the Im perial—Her Powers of Fascina tion— Albbry's next Comedy- Gilbert and Sullivan's next Opsra—Novel idea of a French Dramatist — Return of H. M. STANLEY TO LONDON—NEW BOOKS ANNOUNCBD—NKW JNOVELS.

LONDON, October 7.

London—social, theatrical, artistic, and literary London-is itself again, The holidays are over for another twelvemonth, the best part of the " best people " have returned to town, nearly all the principal houses of entertainment seem to be an nouncing novelties, aud everything gives promise of a lively and exhilarating autumn season. The first theatre to produce a new piece was the Gaiety. I believe 1 told you last mail that a burlesque by Kcece, en titled "Little Robin Hood," had been brought out there. It is not a very in spiriting production, the puns, in point of fact, being mostly of this description : Robin— What have we got to feed my merry men ? Friar Tuch—'i here's beef and ham. Robin —We shan't beef-ham-ished then. On tho first nigbt the swells in the front row of the stalls hissed. These worthies are known as " Gaiety Masters," and their conduct was peculiarly ungrateful inas much as the dulness without doubt resulted from the author's endeavour to write diwn to the level of th=ir vapid understandings. Mr Labouchere, remarking on tbe occur rence in a recent number of " Truth," Bays he imagines the youths might have ex pressed audible dtsapptoval of previous productions of the same class but for fear of rumpling themselves. Ihe Gaiety stall holder would rather die than jeopardise his shirt collar or break the buckram of his immaculate shirt front. "Who," con tinues the same writer, " are these Gaiety Masters? The vainest woman who ever lived was never so ridiculously over dressed. Their socks are all over spots, and their pumps are all over bows. Their shirts are made of some ribbed material as coat se as a huckaback towel—but it hates starch. Their waistcoat* are so stiff that they stick out in pouches so cavernous that it is necessary to fill the void with a silk pocket-handkerchief. Their collars are firm as iron, and as irritating to the beefy neck |of the over-fed youth that they re mind me of the tortures of the Inn-lisition. Their white ties are tied down to discipline by a pearl-headed pin on either side of their cravat, and the flowers they wear in their coats are as big as soup-plates." The disapproval of the " Masters " will in all probability be the death of " Little Robin Hood," and it is said Mr Byron, of "Oar Boys" celebrity, has been instructed to vamp np something else post haste. At the Imperial Mrs Langtry has been playing a farewell engagement (prior to her departure for the States), and earning golden opinions even from those who envy her wonderful luck most. 'I he lady is un doubtedly an actrfiss of more than ordinary ability, and should she, as I hear is not impossible, go on irom America to New Zealand and Australia, you will be amazed at her surpassing beauty and wondrous powers of fascination. lam not given to raphsodising over female beauty, and, judging from her pho'.o, I used to imagine Mrs L. a very otdinary young woman. A night at the Impeiial, however, entirely converted me. The meie features of the "Jersey Lily" are her smallest attraction. It is the smile and the complexion do the mischief, and one can easily imagine that the stories about persons of much distinc tion but indifferent morality going half mad for love of her were not so far-fetched after all. Mr Jame3 Albery, who has never done anything worth mentioning since " Two Roses," still keeps on writing second-iate plays, and has a comedy entitled "April Showers " in preparation. It is to be pro duced at a new house which will be known as the Novelty Theatre, and ought to be a hit if rumour doesn't lie. Gilbert .and Sullivan will not D:ing out the-r new opera just yet. "Patience" (neariog its 600 th night) sill attracts good audiences to tho Savoy, and when' it ceases to draw "The Sorcerer" may be temporarily re vived.

A French dramatist withjan unpronounec able name, has tried the daring experiment of making Vice-not Virtue—triumphant. Jn anew play of his the innocent heroine —a girl of 18—is made to marry tae villain, an inveterate old rascal who ruin-d her father and played the deuce with the family generally.* Parisians like nothing co well as a really novel denouement or the new departure is consequently _ pro nounced chic' Talking of chic (only in this instance it happens to ba spelt "cheek" reminds me that the American actress, Fanny Davenpirr, possesses a rather UDueual amount, fanny, who is fair, fat and forty, made her first appearance in London a weeks back, and (as I think I told you at khe time) proved a dead failure. She now declaims against the gross igno rance of London, and declares that we are incapable of appreciating Yankee genius, It i 3 wonderful how foreign artistes change their opinions of the metropolitan uews paper \iorld. I never can help laughing when I recall how oar dear old friend Lus combe Searelle liked and admired London prior to the production of the " Wreck of the Pinafore," and how (elated, however, with something more than the imagined success of that immortal work) he informed the amazed first night's audience that he " was a born Englishman, and proud—yes, proud -of the fact." It was an exfraordi nary scene, but not more ludicrous than Luscbmbe's snbsequnnt affidavit to the effect that the enfire press of the country had entered into a cabal against him, and his impassioned reference to the cultured audiences of Auckland and Dunedin, which (so ne informed the American theatrical papers) " had with their enlightened intel ligences set the seal of success on his work." A new departure which has very properly been quietly reprobated by nearly all the London papers was tried the other day at the Globe Theatre .by Mussrs Sydney Grundy and Mackay. These gentlemen wrote a play (based on an obscene French vaudeville) which the Lord Chamberlain refused to license for public performance. Instead of submitting to the official's fiat, and making sundry alterations, the foojish young men gave a private morning per foimance (no money taken at the doors) of the piece, and at the Globe Theatre invited their friends and the critics of the metro politan presa to witness the exhibition. The friends, as in duty bound, applauded, but the critics, for once, were unanimous, and blamed MessH Grundy and Mackny in no measured terms for their conceited temerity. "The Novel Reader" (such was the name of the play), in fact, proved a wishy-washy piece of naughtiness. To-night (Wednesday) Irving produces "Much Ado About Nothing" at the Lyceum, and there wi'l (one may safely prophesy) be the usual scenes inseparable from a primary representation at this house. The box office for the occasion was advertised to be opened at ten a.m. on Saturday fortnight, and, wishing- to be present, I made a special point of getting to the theatre within fifteen minutes of the hour. Judge, therefore, my disgust when on applying for a stall I was told they were allfull ''But," said I, "the box office can only have been open ten minutes ago, and 300 persons do not appear to be knock fng aboat." "No," replied the function ary in charge, "there are not; but ob serve ! '-and he pointed to a pile of letters fbout two feet high, all of which he solemnly assured me were from persons demanding seats for the first night of "Much Ado About Nothing. "I hope, I muttered sarcastically as I left, tne name of the play may not be significant ot the occasion." iV_ju. When Mr Irving favours the world wita a literary effort, it is usually published in a religious journal, and there is consequently nothing very wonderful in an article of his upon "Shakespeare in the closet and on thn dtipp " being announced to appear m % ofwords.» Maeh odder Is the state ment that Lieut. M. Stanley, of exploration fame, means to re-appear in a public capa city \a Loadon. Stanley did not make himself popular when last here. Hii be haviour, indeed, was more like that of a bearwith a sore head than a herp, *nd it is to be hoped-for Ms own-sake-hp has growp jam civilise* few's the P aßt two year*, i ;■; '■.:'■ ;,,v ; ..:v"': ■'..! ■..- •,

" Diink" still draws good houses to the Adelphi, but there is a new melodrama by Charlci Keade, entitled "Hiush Money," in preparation, People say it is derived from his novel, "Sinßlehurst, or Double face." When the oaymarket re-opens next week, a_ monologue, entitled " Nearly Seven," is to be the leva- de rideau, the actor being Charles brookfield, and the young comedian who recently made a great hit in "Odette." This experiment v a hazardous one, and will be watched with interest. Kate Sautly, a rather, passee opera bouffe actress, has taken the re modelled Koyalty Theatre for a season, and promise to produce something extremely lively in her own line there shortly, Herve's '•Lili"is named as the opening bill of fare, but if that moral work pasaes the critical eyes of the Lord Chamberlain in its pristine form, good-bye to propriety and the " morality of the English stage." I cannot myself understand the furore for such plays. Quite the sensational book of the autumn (next to Anstey's "Vice Versa," which everyone should read) is Grenville Muiray's " Side-lights on English Society." The work was first published about a year ago in two expensive volumes, but created such o panic in the families of certain " noble lords" most unmistakably referred to, that it was suppressed, i.e., Mudie's and other leading libraries were induced (I) not to put it circulation. Grenvillo Murray is now dead, and the publishers have re printed the sketched in one comparatively cheap volume. The result is, it has come upon most folks quite like a new book, and it _is being perused everywhere with avidity. Mr Murray tells many cruel and hitherto hushed stories about well-known personages, and his character sketches are as true as his fancy cognomens are unmis takable. Thus, Lord Chousinghon is Lord Carrington ; Lord Wreckworth, Lord Salis bury; Lord Churchbury, Lord fchaftes bury; Lord Dewtb.'ry, Lord Shrewsberry ; Duksof Gambleton, Duke ot Hamilton; Lord Doubleday, Lord Dudley; lord Tilton, Lord Wilson; Lord Shortland, Lord Westmoreland; Duke of Hoatherland, Duke of Sutherland; Duke of Nodland, Duke of Bedford; carl Manville, Earl Granville; and Lord Bipphaven, Li>rd Derby. Xhe attack on the last named is really dreadful, in fact, it rakes up all the kleptomania stories associated with His Lordship when he was Lord Stanley. Ttie Tuke ot Hamilton also comes ia for what vulgar people call a good "slating," and several feminise leaders of society are laughably, but aot 111-naturedly described. Mr Mullock's new work, "Social Equality, the Study of a Mis.-ing Science," is very generally condemned as dull and comparatively 'there can be no doubt that the "Romance of the Nineteenth Century" killed this young gentleman's literary reputation. It was not so much the apparent improprieties of the story that shocked readers, but those veiled by enigmatic sentences, which his enemies Interpret in a most appalling and unnatural manner

A number of most interesting new works by well-known authors ars announced to come out between now and Christmas. Amongst others I may meution " Court Life Below Stairs, or London Under the First Georges," by Fitzgerald Molloy ; " In the Land of Misfortune," by that raciest of ■writers, Lady Florence Dixie; " The Ke trospect of a Long Life," by Mr S. C. Hall; a memoir of Lord Efatherley; a cheap fdi tion in one volume of Sergeant Ballaatine's> reminiscences; and the sixth volume of Prince Metternich's biography, New novels by first-class romancists are "Tho Bran drifts," by the Kight Honour ible Beresford nope; "Aiasnatn's Lady," by Leslie Keith; "Fortune's Fool," by Julian Hawthorne; "A. Little Pilgrim," by Mrs Oliphaot; "Shandon Bells," by William Black; " The Admiral's Ward, 1 by Mrs Alexander; "Robin,"1 by Mrs Parr; and "Unspotted from the World," by Mrs Godfrey. Many of these have been running through the variom magazines, and are already familiar, but to those who want a really fresh and pleasant s'ory I would recommend Mr Louis Stevenson's "New Arabian Nights." The work is very clever, and ha? been most favouribly reviewed. Already some of the booksellers are talk ing about Christmas annuals, and I hear that Miss Braddon's "Mistletoe Bough" will consist solely of a novelette by that prolific lady; whilst the stories in the " Gentleman's" are Francillon and Beatrice May Butt. Mr Dowling, not Mr Farjeon (who seems to have written himself oat), will do the winter number for Tinsley's, and the title is said to be " .Last Christmas Eve." Mrs Leith Adams is undoubtedly gaining considerable popularity with novel readers, and will supply the next s rial to " All the Year Round," as well ai writing a tale called " Cssmo Gordon," which is to appear simultaneously in England, America, and Australia. The lady is best known as the author/ of "Auot Hepsy's Darling,"

Children's books seem to become mare and more beautiful every season. The most artistic I have looked over as yet are a new edit.on of Grimm's fairy tales, with 170 illustrations by Walter Crane, a de lightful picture book entitled " Wee Babies," and the new ila»trated nursery rhymes of Kandolph Caldcott, " Hey diddle diddle,'' especially. In the way of boys' books I can recommend nothing whole somer or more adventurous than Clarke Russell's " Ocean Free Lance " (re-pub lished at six shilling.-). It has the ad van tngc of being true to nature, and written iv good nervous English. The " Union Jack," the best of magazines for lads, makes its appearance in an improved form this month (October), and should do well if kept np to the mark. On Nov. Ist the initial number of " Longman's Magazine," makes Its bow. " Frazer " diei simultane ously, so we may take it for giaited that the new Is merely tha old in a sixpenny form. The array of promised contributors to "Longman's " is most formidable, and if carried out will make it one of the best magazines (without illustrations) published. James Payn, most readable and prolifis of authors, contributes thn serial, which, as usual, bears a singularly happy and sug gestive title, " Thicker than Water." Walter Besant's clever akit, " The Revolt of Man," seems to be having a leviathan sale in its cheap form. Most of your readers will have already read it, but to those who have not I say get ft, and " Vice Versa " too, and then sit down to enjoy a hearty laugh. In the preface to " All Sorts and Conditions of Men," Besant claims to be sole author of that work and of " Lo they were Marred," as well as of the best part of the "Chaplain of the Fleet.' It is therefore clear that Rice never did anything very much save sug goat and perhaps edit. Bjsant was and is the genius.

By a Detectiverlnspectop.

SOME ten years ago, sir, you may remem ber a very curious case of which we have not yet heard the la^t. A couple of boys, groping about injthe mud under Blackfriars Bridge, discovered an arm which had been sawn off below the elbow. They were very frightened, and t^ey picked it up at once and took it to one of the city police, and he took them to the station just at the back of Old Bridewell. Nothing came of the mat ter for the time, but day a'ter day other parts of the body were found—a leg here, and a portion of the trunk there, and in another place a foot, and iv another, again, a thigh joint. We ti-pk notice, of couise, where all these were fcuhd, and we marked the places on a chart. The highest dis covery, was just below Old Battersea Bridge; the lowest was about two miles above Krith. As the pieces were collected, the surgeon at Scotland-yard put them together, and it was pretty scon easy to see that they all belonged to the same woman, The strangest thing was the skin of the face. They, or he—whoever it was—had drawn a knife round the woman's neck, and pulled off the face and the scalp and the hair, just as you might pull off a stocking. The sku'l win missing, and so were some of the heavier parts.* Of course, we were very much puzzled, and the newspapers we/c very severe on us. We made inquiries right and left, but we conld not hear of any woman missing. Then we came to the conslu«ion that the murder must have been committed on board some barge, and we pursued that path as bpat. we could. Bnt nothing came of it After that, a sergeant, who had once been in the Thames police, said he was sure that it must have been a murder in the Pool on board some L)atchman or Belgian. And so things went on uniil the whole matter was forgotten, I knew at hat time a gentleman who used to go totle Old Bailey Sessions, and who lived iv Pump-court. He hadn't much practice, but lie knew a good deal more than he was credited with, and I used to see him and hear of him in all sorts of odd places. One day he says to me, " I should like," he saya, "inspector, to see thoao remains at Scotland-yard," because, you see, we were keeping them there iv a

disinfecting bath. The surgeon had stitched them together as well as he could, and they had been photographed, i-ut they were a very ugly sight, though not ugly enough to upset the gentleman I'm telling you about. Ho had a good look at them, and a long talk with the surgeon ; and then he came away whistling, as if something pleased him. He was an odd gentleman, and I believe if he was sau tenced to death he'd have begun to whistle. " Well, sir?" says I to him—feeliog my way as it were.

" Wellj inspector," says he, " it's a rum case," And then he whistles. "It's a precious rum case." And then he whistles again, and goes off.

Some few days later lie asks mo to supper at his chambers. Ihe inqueit was over by this time, and the coroner had given his order for bu<ial, and people were forgetting about tbe matter. I weut, and we talked of one thing and anotber until we got to the murder.

"Did you notice anything odd about Ihe pieces of that body ?" says he. "No, sir," I answered; "it had been chopped up like Greon&cre chopped up Haunah B.ovvne. Bat I didn't notice any thing else."

" That's it 1" says he. " You didn't notice that the mau who toou the body to pieces"—

" It was a gang of them, sir," says I. "—that the man who took the body to pieces cut the 11-sh with a kuife as sharp as a razjr, and sawed the boo.es with a saw as fine as they make them. There wasn't a tear in the cuts or a splinter where the bone 3 wore sawedi"

Now, as a mutter of fact, I had not no ticed this; and so I waited.

"And there's another thing," he went on. "Didn't you hear the surgeon Fay there wasn't a drop of b'ood ia the body?" The surgeon had said bo, and I nodded accordingly.

"Which showf," he went on, " that the woman had her throat cat like a pig, aud was bled to death into a bucket ot some thing I expect she was knocked on the hea 1 first, and that then he went to work with the knife, like Williams did with the Mum, in St. George's, High-street, in 1811."

I couldn't mike out what he was driving at, and so I held my tougue, and tried to look as if I was followiog him. " You see," he coutinued, " there must have been a special saw forjthis job -some .thing like a fine fret-saw, that will work handle up or handle down—and also a special kind of knife ; which shows, you see, that the thing win planned. What becomes of your nan» of roughs on board a barge, or a vessel beloiv b.idge ? This was a regularly planned thing." 1 nodded again, as much as to say I understood ; and bosides, by this time, he was getting almost as excited as I ever saw him. In fact, he'd let his pipe go out.

"If," says ho, " this had been a gang of roughs who'd killed this woman, they'd hive knocked her on (he luivd and quietly dropped her overboard, clothes and all, and said no more about it. Plenty of such ile.ui cattle are picked up between Bdttersea and Graveseud with open verdicts. Be-ides, suppose there were five or six of them in it, they must all have had a hand in the chopping up. They must all have read the papers. Why hasat one of them split, when thrre are three or four or more of ttieaa ? The King's evidence can always save his neck; ajd sailor< and river-ide men don't hang much together over jolis of this kind. They'll stand anything shoit of murder; but downright murder they don't liKe. Tuey recollect it on watch, and a1 odd times, and it makes them feel queer." "I see what you mean, sir," said I— which I didn't.

Here he put down his legs off the sofa, and sit up, and stared straight bafora him, as if ho wai looking at nothing in par ticular.

•' The man who did this job had a motive for doing it. The woman >vaa not an ordi nary woman. She was not a commoo river-side character. I looked at her hands, and at ber fioeer-nails, and I looked at her feet. If the head had been found, there would have been Homo of the teeth properly stopped with gold. The man had some motive for gett;nj» rid of the woman. He decoyed her on biard a vessel which was somewhere in the tideway. Not a fraj ment of the body bus been found above Battersea bridge, but a portion has been found above Blackfrian. You will tell me that the tide carries things up and dawn. So it does. But each time it carries them lowpr. The tide comes up by itself. It carries back with it the extra flusa of sweet water from the river. The ebb is always stronger than the flood. These pioces were thrown into the river below Battersea Bridge and above Grave?end "

" That is what we think," I said ; " and that is why we believe the job wjs done on a barge or a sea-going v<s»el." He helped himself, and passed me the bottle, aod whistled a bit,

11 Why, you've missed the whole point ! Why was the blood drainer! out of the body before it was cut up ? Because there were people coming abnard next morning who would have noticed anything like a slaughter-house. Who took that particular saw, and that particular knifo, on board that vessel? Who minaged the whole thing neatly, so that there were no traces left in the cabin? Who took off the clothes before he cut the body in pieces ? Is this the work of a gang of roughs, or of an educated man—a gentleman, let u say ?"

I had never seen the thing this way, and it knocked me silly.

" Why were the clothes kept ? Because they were good clo'hes, aud would have enabled you to identify the woman. Why were the face and scalp skinned off the head? For the same reason. Why was the head, after this, dropped into the river ? Because it would sink and bore down into the mud, and you would miss the clue of the teeth. Can't you see that this is a woman in a good position, or, at any rate respectable, who has been murdered by some man who wanted to get rid of her ?"

" That's whit we always thought, sir," I answered, quite forgetting what I'd said before.

He was walking up and down the room as if he were angry.

" Here is a woman whose clothes are taken off because they are above the com mon kind. The man has got everything ready for killing her. He drains away the blood because he dared net throw the body into the ri'-er whole. He is bound to drop it in piece by piece; and he must have the cabin clean and roady. by next morning early."

I really began to understand him. " This was not done on a barge. It was not done on any tea-going vessel. It was done by a man who wanted to get rid of a woman, and who had thought the whole thine out."

"So we always said, sir." " Now, what sort ot a vessel was it? It wa«i nut a yacht, for n yncht with a cabin la'ge enough for such a job could not get above London Bridge," " That's why we fancied it was a bargn,

" A barge 1" he whispered, sitting down on the table and gripping hold of my arm. "din nothine go up and down between London and Battersea Bridge but a baige ?'' " Of course, sir."

"A launch," lie said, speaking under his breath "The thing was dona on a hunch. You know the date of the busi ness to a day or two, because the remains were fresh. Now, my friend, have you ever inquired what launches were riding at anchor between London Bridge and Bat ersea at about the time this matter ha p tenad ?"

Of course I said we bad.

"That's your track 1" he went on. " Follow that up. Here is a woman who was no common trollop—not the kind of woman to get on a barge, or on board ship, with a lot of snilors. Here is a murder planned out beforehand. Here is a man who has taken the measure of the police, and who has cut away every clue that they could follow up. He did the business in the night. Next morning his cabinwas as neat acd tidy as ever. Aoout the blood he took care, as for the pieces of the brjily, he dropped them quietly into the water one by one. Next morning when, his crew came on board, ev.rything is tidy and shipshape." \ ■

' "Uf course," says I, "that is what I always said. ' ■ He didn't seem to attach any importance to my opinion; acd this annoyed me a bit, because 1 have been a good many years in the force.

He filled a pipe and mixed a glass, and pushed me the materials. "You see he mast have sent his crew ashore and stopped on board alone, Then he pulls ashore and takes the woman aboard, having appointed to meet her. Once she is aboard, tho thipg does not take him long. Where her clothes are I oan't say—probably sunk or burnt in the stoke hole, or hidden away in a locker. The knife and saw would sink, It must have been a biggish launch. You havo got the date, You know the distances between

which she was lying. You ought to be able to find out some of the crew."

JVo man likrs to bo taught his business, especially when be has been.at it for years. "And what was his motive, sir," I asked,

It really shocked me because he burst out laughing. " What is the motive," says he, "with a man who can keep a launch, for getting rid of a woman who has been blackmailing him, or who is threatening to do so, and with whom ho has made an appointment to fqnare matters up? Did you look at the fingers of the right hand i" I said " Yes," because I never make admissions,

" Then you must have seen that the woman wore rings up to her middle joint on all three fingers. Women of that kind don't go on board barges or associate with sailors."

After thii I could get nothing more out of him. We smoked a little more. But I could not get him to talk; and at last the Temple clock struck an early hour in the morning, and he hinted rather broadly that he was going to turn in.

Acting on tbese suggestions—which, I am bound to Bay, mainly arose out of what I had let drop myself—l Began to follow up what was an obvious clue. The force are at this moment on the traak of that steam launch, and I havo every reason to believe that we shall cno day discover her where abouts. As for the idea that tbe woman, being a lady, as she must hare been, was kuocked on the head in a barge, or decoyed aboard a ship in the Pool, why, of course, it was ridiculous from the first. The fact is, that there are too many young hands in the force, who take up ideas of their own, and can't be argued out of them, I never was more astonished than to see how soon a gentleman with matters properly put before him can pick out an idea and follow it up, But that ia what comes of practice and ex perience. If my friend—because so I call him—had been brought up to our business, he might very possibly have distinguished himself, I like a man who understands things when you put them to him. And, so far as I have observed, the great lot of barristers are not equal to this. They junsp at their conclusions, and no power on earth will argue them away from what they have ouce set their minds on, That's what conies of taking to your business early in life, instead of being regularly brought up and truiaed for it.

Extraordinary Adventures and Experiences.

A Wondrous Story.

Information has been received at Irvine by Mr Hall, la c master of the Glasgow barque bosimtuth, which foundered in the Stiaits of Magellan in May last, that the first officer of the ship, in charge of the second boat, who wai supposed to have perished, had been picked up by a Pacific steamer, and was on his voyage home. This ollicor, whose name is Samson, has since arrived in London. It should be .stated that the captain and Mrs Hall, with sewn [of jtho crew, were picked up by a passing vessel, after being seven days at sea in an open boat; and, as nothing wa* heard of the other boat or its five occupants for months, thoy were naturally giveu upjft^ lost, a presumption which, ia the main, (low tarns out to have been to well founded. One of the pirty, however, the first ©fficer, Mr Sam»> n, had the good fortune to escape from a terrible position, and ha iat length found his way back te his naive lan i, afto ■ undergoing most painful and perilous experiences, Ilia statement is as follows:—"My natm ii Charles Samson, and lam thirty-four years of ape I belong to Portsmouth, and have been saa feiring since 1861. I joined the Kosaneath on April 10th, 18S0, in Lond m, as chief mate. •he belongs to Mrss.a Hatfield, Cameron, and Co., of Glasgow, owner* oi the 'Bay' line. The barque, which wa of 622 tons register, was built in Quebec in 1873. On my joining the vessel we wenl to Granton for a ca go, and took it to Buenos Ayres; from there we went to Java, and thence to Boston with a cargo of sugar, c tiling ia at Port Natal in distress. From Boston we went to Georgia, New Brunswick, for a load of timber, which we conveyed from that place to Buenos Ayres Fromtbatport wo proceeded to Moxillonos, whence we took our departure on April 11th, 1882, with a cargo of grain for Liver pool. We experienced line weather up to May Cth, when heavy ga'c sot in from rt.N.W,, continuing until the 10th of the same month, when the ship had io be hove to. In doing that she sprang a leak, and started her sternpost. On May 12th — two days later —the barque was making so much water that we had to abandon her—she was, in fact, sinking. We took to the bantu, of which thero were two. The capta'n, Mr John Macm'llan Ball, went into the long boat with his wife and his child—a little girl about two years and a half old—the boatswain (John Poole), the steward, and four able seamen. There was none too much time for getting into the boats, as ui«ht was coming on and the ship making water rapidly. There were two bags of bread and several tins of pre served meat put into the captain's boat. 1 did not notice whether any water was put in, but plenty could be caught, as the-e was rain and snow. I have heard since that the captain and those with him were picked up seven days later, only one of his party having died from the ex posure. I took to the pinnace. I bad with me the carpenter, twoable seamen, and one ordinary seaman. I took two bags oi bread, several tins of preserved me»t, and one bucket of water on board. When we pushed oft from the foundering ship we must have been about 64| South and 74} West; at all event?, that was the pnsidou when I last took observations—at noon. It was nearly four o'clook when we found ourselves obliged to shove off from the ship on account of the boat being stove in. There was about tea feet of water in tbe barque when we abandoned her, but all her masts and spars were standing, and she was hove to. My boat drifted away to the southward, and in the haze we io t sight of the barque before she foundered, and also of the long boat, in charge of Captain Hall. We made for the lend, which we reached the following day, May 13th, but although anxious to find a place to haul the boat up, so that I might patch her up, as she had been badly stove in, I was unable then to do co. Next day, however (May 14th), I did suc ceed in doing this, but we thought it ad visable to launch her agaiu, and pull southward, intending to make for Uape Horn. All this time we were suffering dreadfully from cold and exp iauro,.but our stock of provisions remained nearly intact. We went on this w.iy for three days, until, on May 17th, we fejl in with three canoes manned'by Indians. They gave ns chase, and there being no wind we could not gei along. I noticed that the canoes were eacb built of three pieces of wood—a bottom and two side* fastened together. Thero were about five men and two women in each. Two of the canoes had European-made oars. We were pulling with two blades of oars -that was all we bad. We rowed as fast as wo could, but tbe In'liais soon came up to us, shouting and gesticulating for us to etop. They had fires in their canoes, made of amossysubstance.f or it was very cold, it being then in the dead of winter, and there were thin sheets of ice upon the small inlets. The Indians soon caught up to us, and came swarming into the pinnace, The sea was smooth at that time, I gave them some biscuits aud to bacco, and I judged from their m inner that they were friendly. After remaining an hour on tbe boat, they turned forwards their canoes, and waved their hands, as if to wish us good-bye. They were apparently just about to step into their canoes when some of the women pushed into their hands axes, which had beon previously concealed, and in a moment, before I could realise wbat was happening, they turned upon my four companions and killed them, tne of the Indians had been armed with, instead of an axe, appear about eight inches in length attached to a stick. With this he struck one of my crew, a Frenchman. Jho spear entered h:s eye, and tlie point of it came out at the back of his skull. Another of my mates had bis face chopped clean off. I cannot tell the particular nature of the wounds of the other two, but all four were killed instantaneously as it were, partly, perhaps through being in guch an ex hausted state when attacked. I was not struck, They apparently designed not to touch me, and afterwards I thought this might be because I had made them pre sents. The bottom of our boat was full of blood and water, The Indians knelt on the dead bodies to strip off their cloihing, which was not easy, tbe flesh being much swollen. Th's done, they threw the corpses into the sea, and rowod the boat to shore with me in it, their women taking charge of the canoe?. Having hauled the boat on the beach,, they made me disembark, and tlioo followed my ex

ample. Afterwards they stripped me of most of my clothes, motioning me to stand still, and whilst I did so they turned the boats upside down and lit a fire. The In dians were perfectly naked, except that the men had a covering round their loins, and the women sealskins over their backs. They were all copper-coloured, and ranged from 4ft. Gin. to sft. in height, being very stont in 'proportion to their stature. They slept near the Bhore that night, compelling me by sigus to remain with them, althongh, of course, I could not understand their lan guage. This was on one of the Terra del Fuego islands, which abounds with rats about the size of English cats. Fariy in the morning the Indians took to their canoes again, and rowed about, apparently in search of adventures, and to gather limpets from the rocks, these beiDg, as far as I could see, their chief food, ex cept when they managed to catch a seal. I lived principally on inuai-eLj; I had seal flesh only once or twice. At night we went on shore again, and my captors made a wigwam, in which we all slept together - men, women, children, and dogs. This kind of life continued from day to day. They were always on the move during daylight, and every night settled down in a fresh place. Before goiDg to sl-.ep the Indians always smoked. Generally they made pipes ot a peculiar kind of seaweed found in the Straits of Magellan, with the quills of penguins for mouthpieces. They iirtt put the tobacco in a big mussel shell and bake it iuto a fine powder, iv which condition they smoke it. After taking four or five draughts their eyeballs project and turn upwards into their heads, their lower jaw falls as if they were paralysed, and they vomit horribly. Men, women, and children all seemed to indulge in this practice. There were only about half as many women as men. These people first took me northward and then re turned Eouthward through some narrow strait. After a time they gave ma a jacket iv place of the one they had taken from me. Whan I had been living with them for about twenty five days, a party of them went off one night with my boat. .Next morning they retorned with a whaleboat in tow and a Portuguese on board. This man afterwards told me that the Indians had captured him in the same way as tney did me, and that they had murdered all the rest of his crew, In fact, we saw the Btripped corpses the next day when we were taken to an opposite island to fetch some provisions; and I ascertained that they had enticed the crew on shore there, and then assassinated them. Two days later a party of the tribe brought an Indian sailor in a canoe, and I learnt tram him by Bigns, for 1 could not underhtand his language, that he, too, be longed to a shipwrecked party, all of whom, except himself, had been treacherously murdered, so It would seem as if these savages always spare one of their victims. I can't account for this, unless it is because they wish to get some reward irom the ocean steamers, which I know do some times give them tobacco and provuions for taking care of shipwrecked mariners. Soon after the ariical o! his poor Indian sailor we were all taken up thiough rooks and shoals towards the northward, to a point, as near as 1 cau guess,aboutt wenty five miles Irom Sandy Point, in the Straits of Magellan. Almost as soon as we arrived there I sighted a steamer, and asked tbe Indians to take me on board of her, but they refused. A day or two after 1 saw another homeward bound,and begged thotuto row me out. but they rafused.und got b'hiud an it-hiiil to avoid our being seen, We had been in the Straits of Magellan about four days when another gang of Indian; of a different tribe altogether came and built their wigwams alongside of us, and there was a great deal of smoking and chat'ering among them a'l night. Next morniug I was down on the beach when this fro-h gang came down to launch their canoes. Up to tnis time I had been in daily dread of bciog murdered like my comrades, aud, having lived for weeks on mussels and an occasional taste of teal fish, I had become so weak that I could hardly stand. This second gang of Indians, how over, had been making signs of friendship to me, and a; I found that my original captors were not disposed to let me get on any passing steamer, I thought I would try my luck with the new party. Therefore, wuen they were about to go off in their canoes, I motioned them to take my own boat, which they did. aod I got inti it with them. They put off in such a hurry t'lat tbey left one of their gang behind, but he jumped into the water, and swam out 200 yards, and rejoinuil them in the boat. He hid no sooner done this than the other tribe caught sight of us, and they set up such a yelling as was terrible to listen to-nun, women, children, and dogs all joining in. They at once launched their canoes and put out after us ; but they were too late, for I housed the mast and went out ioto the middle of the stream, and made for the strait. There were nineteen in the boat besides myself. The Indian sailor was with us, but we had been obliged to leave the Portuguese behind us, as he was too exhausted to move near to the boat. Having left our purtuers behind, we made through the narrows, and were knocking about for ten days in search of a steamship. During that time I suffered terribly from the cold. At dusk every night we went on shore, and at daylight launched the boii again and went out to look about and to gather shellfish from the rocks. At last we sighted the Pacific liner Aconcagua, which stopped aud took me on board, and con veyed me to Valparaiso, from whence i was sent home to England in the steamship Galatian by tbe British Consul. I was treatet very kindly by the pa-sengers on board the Aconcagua. Of course, I have lost everything, and when I applied to the Board of Trndo for my certi ficate to be giv.n up to me, I found i had been reported as dead. I shall, bow ever, get the certificate back again after certain formalities have been gone through, and don't suppose I shall have any difficulty in getting employment, The gang of In dians to whom I one my release belong to the Patagoniao side, I belikve the steamers of the North Pacific are in the habit of stopping to conciliate the tribes by gifts of food and tobacco, with the view of induc ing them to save the lives of any jSoor fellows who may be wrecked. I expect it was on this account they brought me to the Aconcagua to be taken on; and it shows what a little good treatment will do, for, from all that I know, ( believe the occa sional treachery of these natives towaids the white men has been brought about by the ill-treatment they have had to put up with from the whites."

STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT, NOVEMBER 18, 1882.



EpOi<THCOMIHG LAND SALES BY T. W. HICKBON & CO. THE BONA FIDE NATURE Of all Sales undertaken by T. W. Hlckson and Co. Is guaranted by the faot that they depend entirely upon all the land tbey offer being sold to recoup them their expenditure In Burveys, lithographing, advertising, and otber expenses of salo. Vendors only pay a cotnm'Bßlon on actual sale, whioh commission Is to cover all oharges. If the land Is not Bold, they IV. W. H. and Co) are at the loss of the whole outlay in surveys, etc. They are therefore bound to have Buoh moderate upset prices fixed as will ensure a sale; oons/quenlty the pubilo may depend on getting value for tho,r money, as in no case does this firm undoitake sales where exorbitant values are looked for by the vendors. ab arum, our vendors are owners of many years standing (cot speculators, who merely buy to sell at exomitant prices), yielding to the pressure ot an alvanolnz and rapidly increasing popu pulation that is desirous of seeing large estates broken up and acquiring an interest In the soil —tho Land for the People. TOWARDS THE END OF NOVEMBER. COHNHILL.—Ton small Farms, containing from 1 co 10 aores. situated 12 miles ontof town, by a good motal road, In the centre of Paku ranga, one of the most thickly populated small farm districts In the North Island. The land 1b alt of good qaality, ranging in value from £7 to £25 an aero, and only needs to be seen by tho p aotloal farmer to be appreciated. IThere 1b an excellent Govt rnmont S jhoolalongside the pro perty—* Smithy. Post oflloe. Publio Hall, etc. Daily Mull Ooaoh to and from town—one ot the beet in Auokland. The whole district Is noted for iho all-roond productiveness rf IU soil, ivnd suitability for farming In all Its branches. It 1b close to the far-famtd Stud Farms of the Messrs Maclean, and no dlstrlot In the oolony can beat this one for average yield ot corn or quality of 6took of all kinds produced in it. Ths Property has not had fair play, or It would have a much better appear ance than it now wears. Still, the surrounding farms all give evldenoe of what may be done with the land II fairly treated. It Is a very rare occurrence for a farm In the district to onansje hands, and a notable faoc that while It Is diffi cult to lnduoa adjoining owners to sell, there IB always keen oonipeiltlon amongst them for an; portions ot land that do happen to come into the market, and the driest established residents have been steadily adding to their estates bb opportunities offered. Means of conveyance will be afforded to persons desiring to viow the estate, and the fullest information slven by the agents. Lithographs now in the Press. WHSTBURY.-Thls side of Morntngalde. Is situated within ea&y roach of town, either by road or rail, balng a short distanoe beyond the Waterworks, on the one hand, and not far from the Mount Albert Railway station on tho other. The Land is of that medium quality, between day and volonnio, that la bo eminently BUitud for the growth o; fruit and garden produce ot every desorlotlon Being w«ll sheltered from tho prevailing south-westerly winds, well watered, and sloping gently towards the sun, no bottor situation could bo selected for establish ing a homo with all the surroundings that could bo desired by the most enthusiastic ad mirer of tho beautiful in Nature. Tho place is wtyhin easy walking and driving distanco of tho town. The sections will vary in sizo to suit all requirements—from a quarter acre to five acres. Tho terms will be such as to bring it within the reach of any ono of moderate means, and every facility will bo given for tho oreetlon!of build ings and other improvements. Plans in the Press. Fullest particulars obtainable of the agents. Title, Land Transfer. EARLY IN DECEMBER. GLEN GROVE.-This charming Estate sur rounds tho Otahuhu Railway Station, and is the first point on tha Auckland and Waikato line which is at once in tho country by, the seaside, and convenient to town. Hero you havo ovory advantage that country life can afford—opon fields, abundance of fresh air—milk, vegetables, and farm and garden produce in abundance, and at half the prto < that is pAld In tne neigh bourhood of town; butter and eggs fresh from the farms—every luxury that a oountry life affords, with the advantage of an easy, oheap. and rapid means o: transit from your door to your business office. Here, wbile at your work In tho olty. you can feel that your family are happy In the enjoyment of that healtn and ex hilarating exuberance ot epulis tntt only a lire in the freeh open fields ot the oountry will enßnro them. To anyone fond of gardening no better soli or situation oould be desired; it is tha very perfection of soli for garden or orchard purposes—a rich, dry, volcanloloam, Upon the smallest of the seotions ample pp«ce may be found for a house, garden, and orchard, and Its owner will find ample fcooo for the exerolse of any In ton t talent or taste for gardening pursuits, and full omployment for bis leisure moments before and at cor bualnoas hours. Nowhere In Auckland is the Mr during the Bummer, so fresh and braolng as It Is In this neighbourhood, tem pered as it is by thn coot waters ot the Manukau harbour. To those whose avo cations oompel them to toll In the enervating atmosphere of the oity during the day, nothing oould tend more to invigorate their syßtems than the trip one by rail to (Hon Grove. A fea ture at onoe novel and possessing sterling advantages wilt be notloed In thn laying out of the Eeo'lons and road p. Each of the small eeot tlons has a frontage, or ingress to, a permanent pasture rosorve In theoauire of oaob book; no two ot these small tootions are back to back, out all are baoked b agreenfiaid. By the con ditions of sale, these win be i oserved for open pasture' for all tiav. So that, nowever thiokty populated tho plaie may become, It will always have these opon breathing sptoos in the midst of the various blocks of buildings. In the matter of soenery, Gleu Grove will yield the palm to no other plaoe about Auckland. It must be seen to be appreciated, as it Is not possible to do Justloo to it in a short paragraph sooh as this. It being impossible to fully desorlbo the many attraction offered to those seeking rural hom*s, atmederate prices, not too far from the olty, we can only urge those deeir, tag mob, to pay a visit otlnepmotion before In venting elswehere. Terms —One fourth or n_ balance at saven per oen». LithographsV rx< shortly be out. title, Lands Transfer, '■ 271 1 wi STIRLINGWORTH, HIKUTATA, THAiVt 00 VALLEY.— 2000 acres of Mr Henry Allej — really magnificent estate will be offered to tl g. public early in December, in sections of variotil sizes, and will afford a rare opportunity to ac'-~ qulro a good farm in a good position. On a main trunk road.proposed trunk line of railway, and fine navigable river. Land of the richest quality. There has been nothing equal in any respect to this proporty submitted to the publio for many years past. The wholo of tho interior traffic of tho Patotero, Matamata. Waitoa, Aroha, and Thames Valley country, whother by Rail or Water, will have to pass over or by it. It is in the centre of tho best market for produce in Now Zealand, namely, the Goldflelds of tho Thames Peninsula, besides Timber Mills and other industrial establishments employing a largo number of hands. Steamors aro constantly plying up and down tho river, affording easy and rapid means of conveyance to the markets. A largo portion of tho land is in the richest pasture, carrying and fattening a large number of stook. whioh find a ready Bale at top prices in the Thames markets. There is nothing that a semi-tropical climate can produce that cannot be grown to perfection on the warm, sheltered, alluvial flats of Stirlingworth. Absolutely with out reserve. Full particulars will be printed on lithographs, whioh will be sent to any address on receipt of Post Card, or may be had at the Offlco of the Agonts. Title—Land Transfer. VAUXHALL, NORTH SHORE.-The owner of this charming little estate, in compliance with tho desire of several persons desirous of acquir ing sections for building, has arranged with us to subdivide it and place It in the market early In December. This property was one of the earliest selections, and tho person selecting it might well claim to havo picked the eyes out of the North Shore, whon he had secured this, it must bo seeutobjaiprdated Bat we may briefly mention that It Is Bi.uatedat the western end of the Cnaltennam Beach, of which, as well as the North Head, Mount yic tiria. and a number of tho Islands studding the Hauraki Gulf, it commands a full view. Many hundreds or! pounds have been spsnt In adorn ing and beautifying t'e grounds', bo that no matter where a section may b> se'ected, Its owner will become tho possessor c,f read; laid out grounds.'with hosts of fruit and ornamental trees, whioh havo taken year-t to reach the state of perfedtion and beauty they now present. Croquet lawns, bowers shrubberies, plantations - naturcl, ornamental and usef al^oranges, and other fruit trees in l\\\l bearing. The sea and Cheltenham tieaoh Is within a hundred paces, and only ten to fifteen minutes' walk by a good footpath and metal road from Devonpoit Wharf. Nothlngelsollkelt anywhere about Auokland or the North Shore, The Burvey and Flagging will be done with the least possible delay, and date of Sale duly notified.—Title, Land Transfer. Wb have also a small but select Hat of OITY, SUBURBAN, and COUNTRY Properties tor Private Sale, to which we bag to draw the attention of Investors. GENTLEMEN'S RESIDENCES, with and Without grounds. !.-.'•' CITY BUILDING SECTIONS, suitable for warehouses. CITY BUSINHS3 PREMISES, yioldlng good steady rentals and lnoreattag in value. SUBURBAN BUILDING SITES, suitablo for Gentlemen's Residences, A few Very Superior FARMS, such as are seldom offered to the public. None but First-class Properties entered on onr Lists. T. W. HICKSON & CO., BSTATB AOENTS AHD AT/CTIOJIBERS, CIVIL ENGINEERS AND ARCHITHCTB, SUR VEYORS AND LAND BROKERS (Licensed under the Land Transfer Act), ---i Authorised Native Land Surveyors* ' .' Queen-street, Auckland " (Over Goodspn's Arcade),



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T> II . O T 0 G R A P H XT REDUCTION IN PRICES. TVTESSRS. PARTINGTON & J£INSEY Bog to inform tho Public of Auckland that they have taken CENTRAL PREMISES, IN GREY-STREET, Whore, having mado Extensive Alterations and Improvements, they are prepared to produce every Branch of PHOTOGRAPHY AT SEDUCED PRICES, Viz., QABINETS, _JS. 1 DOZ., gQS. DOZ. QARDS, yS. @D. 1 DOZ., J2 S- DOZ BOUROIRS, PANELS, PROMENADES, Etc. N.8.-ALL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN INSTANTANEOUSLY. Please Note the Address— PARTINGTON & JJINSEY, a Foot op Grev-strept. '



J. M. LE N N° * Estate agent and valuator, QUBICN-BTBKET, AUCKLAND. MONEY LENT OUT FOR CAPITALISTS ON FIRST-CLASS SECURITIES. OR IN VESTED IN BANK, INSURANCE, OR OTHER BHARKS. FARM AND aOMKSTK4.D.—There are 42 acres, one mile from a railway station, all fenced and snb-dlvlded into four paddooka—3s aores in grass and crop. There Is a email houeo, oow-nhedc, etc, Prloe £3i)o.—J. M. Lennox. OPPKRQUURN-jTuShT.— Aflrßt-rote mo' peotlve Investment. Two houm-s, quite new and well-finished, with water laid on, and freehold. allotment. Prloe £800— £300 cash, balance oan remain on the property.— J. M. Lennox, Katatu Agent, Auckland. _. LLOTMKNT in the City, with a grand viow ri. of the harbour, suitable lor a lorraoe.—J, M. Lennox. UfiflO-Aflrst-olasa Investment, freehold, in o&uvw good position and rising district.-,!, M. Lennox. X)99K-8-ROOMED HOUSE, with oolonial gjaao cyei^ register strato. etc, about half an hour's walk from tho city; freehold allot ment. 33 x 10P.-J. M. Lennox, Estate Agent, kuoktand. MAUN A FLAT, WH4.NGAREI.-Form of 382 acres voldnio land.—l here are 381 aores. with house, etc. This beautiful property Is offered a bargain.—J. M. Lennox. jpuQA—a-UOOMKD COTTAGE In Sussex cw*lo" street, with register grates, 400 gallon tank, large cellar. Prloe £130 cash, balance oas remain on the property, MM » V> EWMAREKT—Some of the best Basinets 1' Premises for sale.-J. M. Lennox. 43M MOUNT EDEN KOAU—Two nno Shops, with freehold allotment 133 x 100), in this popular dlstrlot. The Bhops front ths main road. Prloe £775,—J, M. Lennox. 61M UPPER QUBKN and YORK-STREK.TS- Two Horn es, with laruo corner allotment (freehold). Price £1000.— 3. ii. Lennox, Estate Agent. ..'lUOSlcu-.d. S3M piTY FRKKHOLO-For Sale, a large City v> tereehola, oor eisting of 6 Dwelling Howes and a (.'hop, all substantially built of brie*, and Btted wl'h every oonvenienoo. The premlßßß are all let to (toad tanant-s, and produce a rental of £326 per year. t'riou £3300. Terms can be arranged.—J. M. Lennox. 52 VI HOU9K, with very large freehold allotment (185 x 360 links). In the rising dlstrlot o! Mount Eden. Prloe £750.- J. M. Lennox. SIM j^iORMAN'a HILL. ONMHUNGA — House 1 * end largo freehold allotment. Price £150. —J. M. Lennox. 47M £A,K(i—lfOtt HALE, a Farm of £5 aoreo a & jjuu papnknxft Vtlley, with new 6-roomoa douse and alt necessary outbuildings. There are 10 sores In gross. The lend is well watered, Prloe. £450.—J, M. Lennox, Anokland. 17M PONSUNBx— A 9evon-roomed Kesldence. commands a most magnificent view, In the beat part of Ponaonby i freehold allotment (99 x 182), all laid out In ornamental trees and shrubs, Prloe. 700.— J. M. Lonnox. Estate Agont. SEAFIKLD'VIEW-Four-roomed Verandah Cottage, with freehold allotment. Prloe, £260,— J. M. Lennox. Estate Agent, -Cl Qfl-FOUR-ROOMED COTTAGE In Duke *l°u Btri-et, with freehold allotment, Prloe, £180.-J. M. Lennox, Estate Agent 180 L RKMUNIi a I YlUa ilesldnnoe and 3 aoree Ot garden, shrubbery, and pasture, Pries £1.000.— J. M. lliennoz. IiOL ITtOR IMMEDIATE SALE - A Beautiful J? Farm of 200 aores, only 3 miles from a railway station. The farm is all In good English grasses, and subdivided Into 7 paddooks by quick-thorn edges. The reotdenoe commands a beautiful view of a lake, whioh bounds the farm on one side. The house oontalns 5 apart ments. There Is a stable, stookyard, and shed upon the farm. I oan confidently recommend this farm to any Intending settler, —J. M, Lennox, Estate Agent, Anokland. 40M FOR QIMMSJDIaTE SALE—a Commodious Residence In Grafton Road. The resldenoe oontalns IB rooms, and la built npon a freehold aeotion (100 x 392 links).—J. M. Lennox, n'atate Agent, Auokland. 83M. FARM of 2511 aores of first-class aoll. bounded on one slide by a river, all f enoed and laid down In good English grasses.—J. M. Lennox, , Estate Agent, Anokland. 35M ¥JK)R SALE (a Mrgatar-Form Of 200 acres, ad- X joining the farm of Messrs Buokland and Shepherd. West Pnkekohe. This fino property la mixed bush and fern, and la well watered throughout The farm must be sold, and la offered at £250 the lot.-J. M. Lennox. Estate Agent, Auokland. USD TO FARMKRS-A Choice Farm of TS aores, I of a mile from a railway station. The land la nrst-class-is divided Into 7 paddooka, and all In grass, and well watered on every paddock. There la a New G-roomed House npon the farm, also dairy and all neoessary out-build- Inge.—J. M. Lonnox, Estate Agent, Anokland, 27M 3 SS. LENNOX, BSTATH AGENT. AUOKLAND fH HA S, «T ILL I AMBON, <C' arMtreeC r"A tfoklfoo'lNANOlAL AGBNI redltors to meet him at t- ArjcsOAjrn lotol, Queen-Btreet. Aunt--—. 'th insr. at 10 o'oiqcfonai Bank of New Zealand, 'ill endeavour " ____2_______ INTEREST Collected. I.« j oNET Invested for Capitalists on flrst-olam H \6nritiea, wireor/T Charoe. Srx per cent -allowed on deposits until tavested. MORTGAGES and LOANS Negotiates. SHARES Bought or Sold to ordoc. ESTATES Managed far Absentees, ALLOTMENTS Bought, and Houses Built on the Weekly Payment System, BUILDING ALLOTMENTS FOR BALK AS V__ STOOD t— Scotland-street, SO/ Weat-etreet, 30/ Inkerman-street, 4f/ Hepbnrn-atreat, 80/ Bond-street, 15/ Llgar Place, 65/ Argyle-street, 16s Norfolk-street. 40/ Hecosford-atreet, 90/ Cook-street. £10 I'orolvnl Parade, 467 Wharf Road, 20' Reclamation, ets Monnt Eden Road, £1 Howe-etreet, SD/ Kyber Pass, £6 Haokett-atreet, 45' Normanby Road, 41 Nelson-street, 83/ Brighton Road, 40/ A iso. In various other atresia at low rates. _O_(\(\r\lo LEND, In Sums of £11 and up wttvvv wards, on good eeonrltiea. NELSON-STREBT-New and very oomforb able House of 7 rooms for Sale, with gas and olty water laid on. Pleasant view of the upper portion of harbour. Prloe £800. MOONT EOBN-Bouße and Several Allot ments on the Epsom side for Sale. Allot ments at £1 per foot frontage; great depth. Rlob voloa io eoi'. SttVEN ROOMED HOUBS and Two Allot ments for sale, wi-htn quarter ot an hour' walk of Queen-street, Easy terms oan be a< ranged. A.EW SHOP and 7-roomed Honse for sale on Xi the Mount Kden Road. Splendid position forbnstaesai Terms as agreed. " WHANGAREI-Sniail Homestead for Sale, with splendid orchard, over 200 fruit bearing trees, alluvial soil; frontage to Whan garei River; two miles from township, BrCRKSFORU-tiTßrsEi'— New r*nd very con venient Cottage for Sale, near Congrega tional Churoti, On easy terms, £SQO-SiX-KOaMKD HQTJSE (Mw( wlth . i Jwrtw« for 3alei ™» convenient; water laid on; easy terms. £300~OXF',HOOMBn HOUSE for sale In „7 William street, with waßh-house. Easy terms of payment. HAMILTON (Walkato)-House and aore of ground for sale, two mtantes walk from gank„ of New Zealand, tor £100. Lot 321, Hamilton West. HUNUA-Elghty Aores of Land for Sale for „„f165. Also. Eighty Aores nt Walklekle, for £66. A splendid chance for working man. £2Rrt—New »»d WoU-flnlßhed House for WUV. Balß| __ Rook y jr,,,,^ New NorUj Road i allotment 40 x 120, Very easy terms. NORTHCOTE - Bevenroomed Houae, out buUdtagiJ, Sec, and SO acres of Land for Sale. Very cheap. Grand view of the harbonr, i?QI A-FOUR-ROOMED HOUSE for Sale, *r» iw off Cook-atreet, with large allotment. _ OKATOKA TOWNSHIP, — Two JLorge a. Corner Allotments for Sale for £20, having three frontages. PON SON By — New Six-roomed House lor Sale nasi the Three Lamps, Prloe, £320, Easy terms of payment DEVONPORT, Lake Rona-Several very oholoe Villa Sites for Sale, having road and eea frontage?, and possessing the finest landscape views to be found around Auokland. Very easy terms of payment i»9KA-A NIOB NEW COTTAGE In New wou ton for Sale, with large shed, allot most 40 x 100; very oheap. WAITEMATA RIVER FRQSTAGE.-Lana for Sale at £2 per acre, in large or small blocks. Easy terms. PARNELL— House and 1} aores orchard for Bale, In Hull bearing j cowshed, workshop, fowlhonse, fto.; fine aea view. £3flK-HOUBE for Sab In Wllllam-stroet, <B*OJ neai: St. James* Church. EPSOM-Gontleman'a VUla Residence, sevon rooms, ooaoh-honae, stabling, Sao. £900. REMUER A-16 aores, (or Sate j excellent aoU and splendid view BRIGHTON ROAD. Parasll - Slx-roomed House for sale, ullotment 40x100; water laid on. PHejs, t&li. pONSONBi r-Kaw Bls-roomefl Honsa and A Workshtrp for sale; two allotments; two frontages; easy terms. PARNELL, — Newly -fb&toa Blx-roomed House for sale; pleasant view; £380, WARMS a! 3) For Sola at Waikomitl, Pare -*- mor«mo, Btokes'a'Potat, WolsakereL Mohn ranfd. North Shore, Fapakuro, Seo. Also, see Hat In New Zealand Herald end Weekly Neat. DBAS, WIUIAMSOS ' B.^TB AGENT, VctOAa Laßl



* KTHUR O TyATHAN, GENERAL IMPORTER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, S3, LOWVB QOEBN - BTBKKT, AUOKIiAKD toupoatti) lta.il*»ay UeolnmaUoii), AHD At' 11, N«W RKOA.B.BTUBKT, LoWOOB M»a Rcpreseusativt* In America, Cod tlaentaJ and 'Colonial font. G«WERAL MKKOH A NDIS» Oil.taUN'b Bi-iittS ■ I'iAij, OOIfFUIEa PBFPBii AND BPIOSH DaiEU raorit* oaknkd irnurr and vimjuiaslhi' rjUtSBtRVgrO MHATfI tt./OABH Kko£, tapioca, *»n nma JUWIAI.TIHtV flOanriwriONKUV lAUfi ahd jqixiw PbiBSKBVaI) HUH OANDLE6 COLONIAL PBQDCCB tfODAOOOB aituus and meAEiiTM (TAX HATCHES SHAMING FAPBBg IfAFBB HAGS vwtawa OILB AND PAWXG HOPS BSMEWT AMD FtASIKE OBOOKHSV PIANOS AND HARHOKItTSW WIt.'BS J.ND SPIRITS AGBNOT AND SAMPLE ROOMS Fob Bbitisb Ann B'obzisb MA&rorAcxtrsßai INDENTS FOB _ALL CLASSES OP MERCHANDISE. iSXHCDTKU ON A OVAN'i'AGKOUB TSRMB. - LinmtAL Advaxobs on Saul Grub, WOO and other Colonial and Island Produce for shta ment to London, at which port same wfl vwdvft pfomirt attention from Mr L. A. Nathan ARTHUR il NATHAN, rf4K7?WARH arousi. »P • *". «l I J i o HAn '?, HAVE FOR «ALK— ROW AT' 8 ANUPAPTNIO IdAHFS, AXBO, MX Br/BNKBfI, FONTS, GLOBES, AND WICKB, And a Great Varletr of Ohimnler, BODOIE'B LOCK WOOD'S, AND WIGVAIit TABLE AND POCKETEKY. JOHNSON'S CELEBRATED 80188 ORS OLARK'H BOILER 3 BA.UOEFANB.fcC. Qeifs-ith'e Patent Tba and Corns POTS, STAMPED TINNED MEAT AND Pa Dishes, Basins and Milk Pars (all alios), Buckets, Tubs, Pails, and " OVENS, BROOMS. SOETJBBEBS, WHISKS, fiO, SAIB, OLOTH, AND NAIL BBDSHBb. •ABK'S, BTjAOKB, AND LYNDON'* 3padeb and digging forks, ' garden hoks, rakes, and trowelb, dlston.^obby & Bpkab, ato jaoksou's band, rip, and tennoh Baws. axis, adzes, tomahawks and gbibslb Augtjbs, Planes, Hammebs, Braces, Twist and Patent Bits (all atiet), Locks Hinges, Nails, and Bbabswabe, Soott's Genuine White Lead, Raw and Boiled Liniikd t)u FIVE PER CENT. DIBDOUK* Allowed So Cash Pnrohaaen on all'Bala* amnanttna to JOt. and onward JAM aX *B U T 0 H B tf s OARSBR, CONTRACTOR, ItO ttooda Carina and DeUvorod from ship's side 0» Shorteat Notice. Ballast anppflod. StHWOASTLB AITU HAT U» ISLANDS COAI . Alm B Ire wood tout an nnontl reaaonable.. H B' ' H « s a.B'KEI IH, QUBEN-STREBT, AUOKLANL i ON SALE, abuved pbs COROMANDEL tm ROMAN BMPIBB,- Whlte Clover, Red Clover, Aisyke Clover, Cow grass, Meadow Fescue, Meadow Foxtail, Created DogßtolL Rape, TrefoUam Inoarnatum (Scarlet Oloverl, THOM AMERICA DIRECT- Timothy. Kentucky Bluegraaa (Poa Proteaalsf. Poverty Bay Ryegraea, oanSsrSary Ryegrass. Oopksfoot, PraSriGzrass, Rattan. EARLY BEBD POTATOES, AS FOLZOWS I- Aahleaf Kidney, Taylor's Kidney, Canter bury Flukes, Patterson's Victoria, LATER VARIKXIKS-Hobart, Button's Mag nnm Bonnm. Sntton'a vumei Ball, etc, ALSO, Oats, Barley, Games and Flower Seed, Oo&ras, Fins and Rook Salt, Bran, Sharps, New Zea land Was. Tow, rfocon and Hams. SONKDUBT a»d BONKFLOUS Of all grades, ISLAND ART) PBKUVIAB GUANO,«W., SSC, HESKEXH & AITKES, mo THE ittSSIUEryT» OF SyMOML'S- X BTBKBT AND NEIGHBOURHOOa ■ ?,. aov g y Hoi Moeotiy Ooeaao * FtflVJtw EfUTOHBR? as wa OJENBB OF V-KB KYRBB f A*S ROiB, PRiMK CORNED BEEF olwaya on honft Vamtliai waited on fox orders,



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Queen-btreet i'.sohluse itngors Ml, Qaeon-streßt Machines 3ingeis • «Sl. Queen-street Machines Stager'a Machines dinger's Auokland Maohlnea dingers Auckland Machines Dinger« Auckland ■ Maohlnea StagerV Auckland 'Asohlnea ringers Anokland Machlnea Singer's AuoklaoS Machlnea Singers Auckland Maohlnea Slnger'a - tfaohtaes Stager's Maahines Singer's Maohtaea Slnger'a Machlnea Slnger'a .> Moohtaaa Stager'a Machlnea SINGER'S SEWING MACHINES. W. G. |> ■ " ** *. ' THE GREAT - ,- ,' SBWIHG MAOaiNE.mPORTSFv hab jnei sasoarvßD A Larue Shipment of ttee OhaUesgo MaehisQ the World-* Thb Whitk Oo.'s Sawisa MAcassis. The Most Silent Tha Cheapest The Most Rapid She Highest Arm Tho Moat Simple i'hs Largest Tanls Tho Most Easy to WorE Th<i 3ast GOTO The Most Dnrablo The Simplest Shafts* The Moat Eleaoat . The Neatest mn\\ fBKADLI MACEIHKE feom £5 !ot, TBI BUT BSWENQ HAOHIHSB KVIB KATE Prloe ol Habq KiCßiiiras, fiS 10a, AIDS. AtWAVfI OS BARB. Qannlno Slnget I Krister and tio smt> "iVerthaim • j Standard Howo Compansr's I Wheoiet ttna wu«m Brover and Bak«:,«: j Jones'a AJ3O TJarnßatla j .^(.doi^orennflmsicei ma* •. 2(i. D. (BB WEKK I 2s. «D. PSE- WSKKI ttR WAOKSSVtti UfASANf «ißt». ' : ¥heße ISaohiSiEa osa tii bat ot v>w JigccM i— H. MaLeauand Co., IHoaeet StoreT"hangaxe 1 Thomas Wells, Cambridge; William Stevens am Onehunga; It. Wayte, Hamilton; Parnell and Boylan, Oiaborne; Braucar. aod no., Twiiisurb » *ud at othe* pkiKj. mHH m\ X yi A X "TVK POT, onRKWj»-finisKT J>JBW /^RKIVAL OP /^OODS. fSO>SMP^, Mrs. "Dowisr, W\~ tl ' l 8 «'AY ANO CORSET %MpSsr •- MASKR, fWr-t^o ■ UPPER Unn3lK-STBKS!r, jjM\ Wjjk Kstabllßhed 1881. MB 1 Iwlbv Every DsaorlDtion of Bt»y I: \ B Hi oorseta. &C. I™ 1 111 W Snrglcal Bel's upon tho •M, 1 B* latest improvemotits. Shoulder strapa Made to 0 der. . Oountry Orders Punctually Attended to. LIOILAtBSi HUT La KEF! OL HOT LAEH.ii IMPORTANT NOTtOK. TOURISTS Intondtag to,visit theseH&fcnral Wondora of Mew Zealand vi.v obtain thcough RETURN TICKETS (Including Guides, Boat and Ooaoh Hire, Hatol'Aooommodstlon, &O.K together with every Information, from tho undersigned, who have been appointed Solb Asentb in Anokland fur Mr William Ebllv, Proprietor of ths PaLAOR HOTEL. Ohlne mutu. t . _ • Flrst-olosa Accommodation tor Visitors dsrina both ".vinr.av and Summer Months. BIVATB BITTI.NQ, aMOKXITO, AND RetSlNa v.oova billTTrijs, Coaorien, Bnggloo, and aadrtlo Bfutasat for KtaJi Oonvayanees meet evur Steamer. MATOAoije ff, fJILL, iS, X.a. lrjrarat.ee Bniidtags, Jane «rd. 188 Agentu fij»ALAO£; HOi'lSL, HOI' LA&Kti %A, nmNK-vin'u. rotorua. : jrjrgt-cless scouiyiuodaacc tor foarlij^, "tix*% lera. and VtaJtow dnrtaK both wlnwir ana rommer months, Private Sitting Rooms. •AmnStsft aai Ksyllng Raorat. . JB lltuailS, Coaeiiss. Bcifiir.-.'i, and Eaddle i'o? Hlt» Oonve^enwfl wai niosj «res 7 ijtaanaw. JatFOBXAK^ Woi'sos.—TortrisSa sac main MM ran&ementa with Car;*, M, T. Clayton (Insuracot auildtaßß, Anoklandi, Mi j, BLvUg (Tauranga), or Mt WW, ttcil.? (Oafesmutu), for throngb trips to the Lakes,., teiudtafj bor.t and ooao-ii hire, hotel acotun modAttaa, twd aU »i oaaterac, St SnSSZi R4T w. '"". v Ttiv from Aooitlaiss; is tn& Hut L&ksi uA Uio^, as tihe above STtaaipta far "?»«< **uihbab osfty. _ WILLIAM KKLLY. Pno»BigKta. Ceo d l r-N's coa c c ' • ~ ' LEAVES- Onehunga— Anokland— 8,3a am. 12 noon 3.80 P.m ' 1.!59p.m.' Satnrflar Nlghto t (Usp.ni llwa