THE HOUSE OF White Shadows.

By B. L. PAEJEON.

AUTHOR OF " Blades •o" - Grass," '" Joshua Marvel," " Bread and Cheese and Kisses," "Grif," " London's Heart," ifcc, &c, Ac.

CHAPTER 111.

Continued.

"The white shadows, they exist thea ! Edward, do you hear ?" The Advocate, upon whom not a word of the conversation had been lost, fixed his eyes upon Fritz,

'• It pleases you to be called a fool. "Why not?" " Why—rather ?" " I might answer," said Fritz, "because people are not generally called by their right names." "That is too ■wise an answer for a fool. For what reason do you close your eyes 1" "I; is a habit of mine; I can seem the dark what I ehooae to see."

The Advocate gazed for a moment or two at the face with its closed eyas, raised to his, and then said to his wife,

" Come, Adelaide, we will look at tie house," , They nassed into the grounds, accompa nied by Mother Denise, Martin, and Dio netta. Fritz remained outside the gate?, with his eyes still closed and a smile upon his lips. "Fritz,'1 said the host of tho inn of The Seven Liars, " do you know anything of the great man T Fritz tubbed his brow softly, and opened bis eyes. ' " I know everything." "What about him, then ?" " Listen, Peter Schelt," said Fritz as the neighbours gathered around him, " when my eyes were shut I had a dream of a stranger who was found murdered in your house. People said you murdered him for his money, and it really seemed so, for it was found in your possession, Things •were going so dark with you that you begged the great man whs has come among us to plead for you at your trial. You were safe enough, then. He proved to everybody's satisfaction that it was im possible you could have committed the murder, Don't be alarmed, Peter Schelt, it was only, a dream." 11 But did I do it ?" enquired Peter Schelt, in no way disturbed by the bad light in wh'ch he was placed by Fritz's fan cies. •

" It does not matter whether you did or not. The great man got you off, and that is all you cared for. Look here, neighbours; if any of you have black goats that you wiß_h changed into white, go to him; he can do it for yon. He is a great man-avery great man."

11 Ah," said a neighbour, "and what do you know of his wife 2" " What all of you should know, but can not see, although it stares you in the face." "Let us have it, Fritz." 11 She is too fair. Christine," to a stout young woman close to him, " give thanks to the Virgin to-night that you were sent into the world with a squint in your eye, and that your legs crow thicker and crookeder every, day. You will never drive a man out of his senses with your Deauty." Fritz was compelled to beat a swift re treat, for Christine's arms were as thick as her legs, and they were raised to smite. Down the lane flew the fool, and Christine after him, amid the laughter of the villa gers.

CHAPrHI IV. DKBAMS OP LOVE. " '~ ' IN-the meantime the Advocate and his ■wife strolled through, the grounds, which they found in fe.r better order than they ex pected. It was evident that much of this was due to recent labour, " There have been twenty men at work for the last three weeks," explained Mother Denise; "some of.the paths were quite choked up with weeds. It ia certainly a great improvement." But her manner denoted that she was not gratefnl for it. The orchards were stocked with fruit trees and the gardens bright with flowers. Li a convenient spot a chalet had been built, to serve as a summer-house, and Mother Denise informed the Advocate's wife that it was quite new, and was only finished a week ago. gj" There was ence a snmmer house even piettier tli'an this built on, this very spot, I remember well the day Mi Balcombe's father burnt it down with his own hands."

"How odd 1" exclaimed the Advocate's wife. "For what reason?" But the old housekeeper bit he; lips, and didnpt reply to the.question further than saying, " For family reasons, my lady. Tbe villa too has been repaired, and a good deal of new furniture brought in. Papers and books, and pictures as well, every day. It ia wonderful what has been done." Already the Advocate felt the beneficial 4 effects of a healthful change ; his eyes were clearer, his back straighter, he moved with a brisker step. In his tour through the grounds-Mother IJenise walked in front, pointing ont this and that, Marlin hobbled' behind, and Dionetta, enconraged by the Advocate's wife, walked by her new mis tress's side.

"Dionetta," said the Advocate's wife. "do you know that you have the prettiest name in all the world ?'

'• Have I, my lady ? I have never thought of it, but it is if you say so." "I wish I had such a name, but they gave me an nglier one —Adelaide." "Nay," said Dionetta, raising her ejes in mute appeal for forgiveness for the con tradiction. "It is very sweet, May I spfakit?" <TYeB, let me hear you." "Adelaide! Adelaide I" murmured Diortetta very softly. The permission was as precious as the gift of a silver chain would have been. " My lady, it is pretty." " Shall we change ?" asked the Advocate's wifegaily. " Can we V inqniied Dionetta, in v tone of solemnity. "1 will ask the priest."

" So, do not trouble. Bat would you like to change ?"

•• Ido not know. If we cannot, it is no use thinking of it." " There is no harm in thinking of things. Do you like yonr life here ?" " Yes, my lady." " Would you not prefer tolive in a city ?" "I should be frightened, I think, my lady." "Not with me ?"

"0, no, my laoy, that would be happl ness."'

" Are yon not happy here 1" ""Yes; veTy happy." " But you wish for something ?" "No, my lady'; I have everything I want."

"Everything ! positively everything t" "Yes my lady." "There is one thing you must want if yo have it not already." " May I know what it is ?" v "Yes, child-Love." Dionetta blushed crimson from forehead to neck, and the Advocate's wife laughed, and tapped her cheek. "Yon are very pretty, Dionetta. Do you mean to tell me you have not a lover ?"

"I have been asked, my lady,"-said the girl, in.a tone^so low that it could just be hemd. " And you consented ?" "So, my lady." "And really and truly you have not a lover 1 Where can the men's eyes be f

"What can I gay, my lady," murmured Dionetta, her head bent down. " There are some who say they love me." ,I'But you don't love them." "No, my lady." " You would like to have one you, could love 1" "One day, my lady, if I am bo for tunate." 'fl promise you," said the Advocate's ■wife, with a blithe laugh, " tbat one day you will be so fortunate. Women were made for love. It is tbe only thing in life worth living for. Blushing again 1 I would give my jewel case, Dionetta, to be able to blush like joa." ' "I cannot help it, my lady. My face ottea grows quite red when I am alone." " And thinking of love." added the Ad vocate's wife. " For what else should make it red ? I can. see, Dionetta, that you and I am anintr to Vifi threat friends."

" You are very Rood, my lady, but I am or/ly a poor peasant. 1 will servo you faith fully." •'And keep my secrets, Mind that,Dio netta. You must keep my secrets." "Can you havo auy?" murmured Dio netta, " and shall you tell them to me ?"

"Every woman in tho world has secrets, and every woman in the world must have some ono to whom she can whisper them. You will find that out for yourself in time. 0, yes,child,l have secrets—and one.a very precious one. If ever you guess it without my telling you, keep it buried in your heart, and do not speak of it to a living —" "1 would not daro, my lady."

"I intend to bo vory, very happy here, and you must help to make me so, Dionet ta."

" I will do my best, my lady." They walked a little apart from the others during this conversation, at the con clusion of which they found themselves at the step of Tho House of White Shadows.

" Edward," said the Advocate's wife to him as they eutered the house. "I have found a treasure. My new maid is charm ing." " I am glad to hear it; she has an in genuous face; but you will be able to judge her better when you know her better."

"You do not trust many persons, Edward."

"Not many, Adelaide." " Me ?"' she asked, archly. "Implicitly." "And another, 1 think." "Certainly ono other.'1 "I should not be far out it I were to name Mr Balcombe."

"Yes, Arthur Balcombo. Had you mixed with all kinda and conditions of people as I have done, Adelaide, had you had my experience?, you would haveleaint to place one quality above all others." ■■' What is that, Edward?" " The quality of the dojr—Faithfulness." " Before love, my dear ?" "Ye?, before love. Love too frequently changes, as the seasons do. Faithfulness is a fixed quality. It is immutable." The arrangements within the house were complete and admirable. For the Advocate a study, with a libraty which brought an expression of satisfaction to his face; a spacious and commodious apartment,neither overloaded with furniture, nor oppressive with bare spaces; with an outlook from one window to tho sntfw regions of Mount Blanc, from another to the city of Geneva, which, at the present moment, lay bathed in a soft mellow light. For the Advocate's Wife a boudoir aud reception rooms, into which new fashions had been introduced with judgment so good as not to jar with the old furnishings which had adorned them for many generations. "Mr Balcbmbe," said the Advocate's wife, "has been at great trouble to render his villa agreeable to us." "Ho has a fine tfelicacy," said the Advo cate. "There is no man for whom I hare so high a regard." On his study table tho Advocate found the principal newspapers of the day. He sat down and unfolded thsm, and his wife, seeing that his attention had become deeply engaged, presently left him to himself. He did not leave the study until he was sum moned to dinner, and tho moal over, he re turned to the room, and remained there until two hours after midnight, studying in the newspapers the particulars of the mur der of the unfortunate ilowcr girl, whose body had been found in tho wild-rushing Rhona. And while he pondered anS mused, and paced the room with, thoughtful face, his wife lay sleeping in her holiday home, with smiles on her lips and joy in her heart, for sho was dreaming of one far away. And her dream was of love. And Dionetta.the pretty raaid,also slept, with her hands clasped at the back ol her headj and her lady was saying to her, " Then really and truly, Dionetta,you have not a lover ? Women were made for love ; it is the only thing in life worth living for." And a blush, even in her sleep, stole o\er Lionetta's fair face and bosom. For her dream was one of love.

And Fritz the fool tossed in his bed, and muttered, "Too fair 1 too fair! If I were rich and handsome I would lay down my life for her. It is a good thing for you, Fritz, that you are a fool." And GautraD, in hte prison cell, writhed v4>on his hard bed in the midst of the darkness; for by bis side lay the phantom body of a murdered girl, and bis despair was deep and awful. And in the Swiss mountains, two hundred miles distant from the House of White Shadows, roamed a young man ia the moonlight, struggling with all his mental might with a terror which oppressed him. The spot he bad flown to was ten thousand feet above the level of the tea,and his sleep ing robin was in the hut of a peasant.moun tain born and mountain bred, who lived a life of dull contentment with his goats and wife and children. Far up in the heights, immense forests of fir trees lay in dark, solemn masse?, not a branch stirred, a profound repose reigned within their depths while the' sleepless waters in the lowor heights, leaping and creeping and dashing over chasm and precipice, proclaimed the eternal wakefulness of nature. The solitary man gazed upon these majestic signs in awe and despair. " There is no such thing as oblivion," he muttered ; "there is no such thing as for getfulness. The solitudes are full of voices. My God Ito die and be blotted out for ever and ever were better than this agony 1 I will conquer it—l will!—I will!—I will 1" But as he spoke there gleamed upon him from a laughing cascade the vision of a face so beautiful as to force a groan from hii lips. He turned from it, hut it shone upon him, with a tender wooing, in every water fall that met hia eight. Trembling with the force of a passion he found it almost impossible to resist,he walked to his moun tain home, and threw himself upon his couch. Be was exhausted with sleepless nights, and in a few minutes he fell into a deep slumber, and a calm stale over his troubled soul,-for bis dreams vrocc of love.

CHAPTER V. THE INTERVIEW IN THE PHESON. " Bise, Gautran.' At this command, Gautran rose slowly from the floor of the prison cell, upon whiehhe had been lying at fnll length,iace downward, and stood Before the gaoler. " What do you want with me ?" The gaoler scrutinised him, and laughed at him in mockery. "You look more like beast than man," " That's how I've been treated," growled Gautran. "As you deserve. So you have influen tial friends', it seems." ".Have 1 ?' with a savage scowl at tha taunt, " One will be here to tee you directly." " Let him keep from me. I care to see no one." "That may be, but you have no choice; this gentleman is not to te denied." " A gentleman, eh ?" exclaimed Gautran with some slight show of interest. "Yes, a gentleman " '•Who is ho, then, and what does he want with me ?" "Who is he? a great lawyer who has sent murderers to their doom." ."Ah!" and Gautran drew a leng vindictive breath through his closed teeth." "And has set some fiee, I'm told." " Which is he eoiog to do for me ?" asked Gautrao, in a dull, hopeless tone, "Ask that of himself. Here he is. Silence."

„ The door was opened, and the Advocate entered tbe cell.

"This is Gaulran ?" he asked of the gaoJer. "This is he," replied the gaoler. "Leave me alone with him."

" It is against my orders sir." " Here is your authority." He handed to the gaoler a paper which gave him permission to hold free and un interrupted converse with liautran, accused of the murder of Madeline, the flower girl, the interview not to last longer than an hour. Tho gaoler prepared to depart, but before he left the ceil, he eaid in an under tone — "Be careful of the man, he is a savage, and not to bo tiusted." "There is nothing to fear," said the Advocate. The gaoler lingered a moment and then retired. The cell w,! shut dimly lighted, and the ddvocatp,:coming into itfrom the fall sun light of a bright day, could not see clearly for a little while. Un the other hand, Gautran, whose eyes 'were_ accustomed to the gloom, had a distinct view of the Ad« vocate, and in a furtive, hangdog fashion closely inspected the features or. his visitor. "You are a woodmnn, said the Advo cate. .11 "Ay, master, a woodman, it is well knowD."

" Have you got any money ?" *■ "Not a sou. 55' ." What about this munder," asked the Advocate abruptly. .

" What about it then ?" demanded Giui tran, with an attempt at defiance,

" I nu he.ro to assist you, if I see my way. You hare no lawyer to defend you. "Howshould 1 get one? What lawyer works without money, and where should an unfortunate devil like me got it from to pay him I" There was a secret cunning in his man ner which did not escape tne Advocate's notice.

" Listen, Gautran; Ido not ask you if you are guilty or innocent of the crime, for that is a formula, and, guilty or not guilty, you would return but one answer. Have you anything to tell me ?" " Nothing." " You havo led iin evil life." " Not my fault. I was born in it, and that is to stand agpinst mo now. I know well enough there Is no chance for me." "Are there any witnessos who would speak in your favour 2" " > 7one that I know of."

"Is it true that you wero walking with the girl on tho night she was murdered?" "No man haa hoard mo deny it," re plied Gautran, shuddering. " Why do you shudder ? "Master, Ilovod the girl. Wo wero to havo been maniod."

" That is disputed." " Everything is disputed that would toll in my favour. Tho truth is of no uso to a Door devil lika Gautran. Have you heard any good of me, master?" " uf(rt anything; all that I have hoard la against you." , "That is tne way of it. Well, then, judge for yourself." "Can you point oat anyouo—can you indicate anyone—who would be likely to murder tho girl ? You 6hudder again." "I cannot help it. Master, put yourself here in this cell, as I am, without light, without hope, without a friend. You would need a strong nerve to stand it. You want to know if I can point out any one who could have done tho dcod but mo? Well, if I wero free, aod came close to him, I mi"ht. Kot that I could say anything and swear to it, for I did not see It done. Wo, master, I -will not lie to you. Where would be tile use ? You would find me out for certaio. But I had reason to suspect that the girl had othec lovers besides me, some who pressed her hardly, I daro say; some who were rich, while I was poor; some who were almost mad for her. When you go away from me aak if she was not followed by a dozen and more ? Sho told me bo herself, but she nover mentioned a "name to me. She was close—that mado it all the worse. You know something of women, master; they liko the men to follow them—the best of them do, ladies as well a8 peasants. They were sent into the world to drive us to perdition. I was jealous of her; yes, .1 was jealous. Was that natural, and am I guilty because of that? How could I help being jealous when I loved her? *ism a man's blood. Wall, then—what more can I say ?" Jn his intent observance of Gautran's speech and demeanour, tho Advocato seemed to woigh every word that foil from tho man's lips. " At what time did you leave the girl on iho last night yon aaw her alivo 1" " At ton o'olook." " She wa9 alone at that lrour V " Yes." " Did you toe her again after that?" " No." "D'd you have reason to suppose that she was to meet any other man ?" "If I had thought it, I should have stopped with her." " For what purpose ?" "Tosee the man she had appointed to

meet." " And having seen him? " He would have bnd to answor to me. I am hot-blooded, master, and can stand up for my rights.1' " Would you have harmed the girl ?' "Have I not told you—l loved her?" " Answer my question—would you have harmed the girl f "no, unless she drove me out of my senseil." " Were you in that state on tho night of her death ?" " fo, 1 knew what I was about. "You wera heard to quarrel with her?" " I don't deny it." "You were heard to say you would kill her!" "True enough. I told her if I ever found out she was false to me I would kill her," . " And she bound herself to marry you? " She had sworn to marry me." "The handkerchief round her neck, when bor body was found in tho river, is proved to have been yours," "It was mine; I gave it to her. I had not much to give." '•"When you were arrested you were searched?' "I ■was." " Was anything taken from you ? 11 Sfes, my knife." " Had you and the {<rl'a secret lover met on that night, you might' havo uaod your "That Ib speaking beforehand. I can't say what might have happened." " Strip yourself to the waist." uautran stared at tbo Advocate. " What trick are you poinc; to play me, mastor?" he asked with a frown. " Strip yourself to the waist," repeated the Advocate, sternly. Gautran stood staring at the Advocate for full a rninnte in silence. Then, with an impatient movement, as though it could aot matter one way or another, he did as he was ordered to do. His breast was covered with thick black hair; his back aleo. As the gaoler had said, he looked more like beast th*n man. "Stand perfectly sHU," said the Advo cate. • ,

Gautrao obeyed, and the Advocate, taking a powerful glass from hia pocket, examined Gautran's nock and shoulders and face with the utmost care and minute ness,' (iautran wrapt in wonder at the strange proceeding. The examination oc cupied quite ten minutes, at the end of which the Advocate ordered the man to dreis himself.

" Since your arrest," said the Advocate, "have you been examined as I have examined yon ?" " No, master, it baa not been done." "Has any examination whatever beeD made of yon by doctors, or gaolew, or lawyers ?" " None at all." " Do you value ygur lijlgrty! " Yes, master," repliodlJautran, wMh an eager flash in his eyes. " Let no person know what has passed between us, and do not repeat ono word I have said to you." " I .understand, master; you may depend upon me. But, master," after a pause, "will you not tell me something more? Am I to bo set free or not?" "You are to be tried. If you ara Inno cent, you will be a free man after your trial." '■Then I shall nfiver drop wood again, for there is no other man but myself ffho can testify for mo, and who credits a word I say. No one; the gaolers say there is not a man or a woman in SwiUeiland who would believe mo on my oalh. Everything is against me, and everybody but you." " I am neither for you nor against you," said the Advocate, in a voice of steel " What I have to deal with is the crime and the evidence. I have nothing more to say to you. What is brought against you at jour trial will establish either your innocence or your guilt." The Advocate knocked at the door of the prison cell, and tbe gaoler opened it for him and let him out.

"Well, Gautran," said the gaoler. But Gautran, absorbed in contemplation of the door through which the Advocate bad taken his departure, paid no attention to him.

"Do you hear me?" cried the gaoler, shaking his prisoner with no gentle hand. " What do you want to know 5" a'ked Gautran.

"Is tie great lawyer going to defend you?" "You want to know too much, said Gautran,with a cunning look. "He and I understand each other." Andhe refused to say another word on the subject. Later in the day he asked whether he could not have more light in his cell. " You have light enough," said the gaoler roughly. , , "Light! Light! Light I" _ moaned the wretch, hiding his eyes in his bands j but he could not shut out the spectre of the murdered giil, which from that moment never left him.

CHAPTER VI. THE ADVOCATE UKOERTAKES THE DEFENCE OF OAUTBAN. It -was on the evening of this day, tbe third since tne arrival of the Advocate in Geneva, that he said to hi* wife, over the dinner table, " I shall probably be up the whole of to night in my study. Do not let me be dis turbed." "You came to the country for rest," said his wfte, petulantly, " and you appear to be

as hard nt work m ever, I see very little of you, Edward." "I cannot live without work; aimless days would send me to my grave, but if you are lonely, Adelaide—" 11 Ob, mo, lam not," she cried, vivaciously; hers was nn April nature. " There is so much in the neighbourhood that is interesting. Dionetta and Igo out a great deal while you pre away, and Tool Fritz joins us sometimes; he is very amusiogj with biß efforts to be wise." " do not be too familiar wilh the people, Adelaide."

"I know how to treat them, Edward. But they are really very respectful, and the children stare at me as if I were a picture." The Advocate looked up at this, and re garded his wife with full admiration. In his private life two influences were domi nant—love for his wife, and fiiondship for Arthur Balcombe, He had love for no other woman, and friendship for no other man, and hi 3 truat in both was a perfect trusU "I do not wonder that the children stare at you." " I believe fijey toko mo for a saint," she mid, laughing gaily ; " and I am very far from being one, I assuro you." " You are, as wo all are, human ; and very beautiful, Adolaide." " It is not often you pay mo compliments, Edward."

11 Do you need them ? I love you ; is not that enough ?" "But I am fond of compliments.'' " I mnat commence a new study, then," ho said, gravely; it was difficult for him to indulge in light themes for many minutes together. "So you are making yourself acquainted with the neighbours. lam afraid you will soon tiro of them." " When I do, I will turn to something else. You have also found something that especially interests you." " Yos; a criminal case in which thero appears to he a great mystery, Ido not trouble you with these law matters ; long ago you expressed weariness of such themes."

"But a mystery 1" «bo exclaimed, with child-like pleasure; "in a place where news is so scarce 1 It must he doilghtful. What is it about 1 Tliero ia a woman in it, of course." " Yos ; a young womau whose body was found in the Khone." " Murdered 1" " Murdered, as it at present seems." " The wretch ! Have they caught him ? —for of omusc it was a man who committed the dreaatul deed " "One is in piison, charged with the crime. I visited htm to-day. " Aro you going to defend him ?'' "Probably. I shall decide to-night." " But why, Edward, why ? If the man is guilty, he must be punished." " And if he ia not guilty he must not be made to suffer, He is poor and friendloes; It will be a relief to me to take up his cose, should I sco my way clear." " Is ho young—handsome ?—and was it done through jealousy ?" "I have told you, the case is shrouded in mystery. As for the man charged with the crime, he is common and repulsive-look log." " And you intend to defend such a creatutre ?" "Most likely." She sur'qgged her shoulders ; the had no understanding of his motives, no sympathy with bis labours, no pride in his victories. When hi! retired tohis study hedid not im mediately proceed to the inycstigiifion of the charge against Uautrau,as it was reported in the pile of newspapers that lay upon bis (able. Ho had given instructions for the collection of every newspaper in the country containing particulars and information re lating to the principal persons concerned in the terrfclo event, and it was his purpose tn employ tlio hours of the night in a careful study of these detail?, and also of the various opinions expressed by editors and correspondents. But he held his purpose back for awhile, and for nearly half an hour paced his study slowly in deCp thought, Suddenly he went out and sought bis wife:s private room. " It did not occur to me before," ho said, " to tell you that a friend of Mr Bslcombe —Mr Hartrich the bankfr—cxpre?sod to me his belief that Balcombo was suffering." " 111 1" she cried in an agitated tone.

"Inmind, aot in body. Mr Hartrich did not succeed in infecting me with bis fears, for 1 so thoroughly understand Balcombe's sensitive spirit that I know it is impossible for him to live and not to suffer. You have received letters from him, 1 believe."

"Oh, ye», three or four; the hat a fort night ago." " Have you his address!"

" Yes—he is in Switzerland, you know." "So Mr Hartrich informed me—in the mountain.*, ondeavouring to find peaco of mind in silence t>nd solitude. That Is well enough for a few days, and intellectual men are always grateful for such a change ; but if it is prolonged thero is a danger of its bringing disease of the mind of a serious and enduring nature upon a man brooding on his own fancies. I value Balcombe too highly to lose sight of him. Why should he not come and remalu with us during our stay la his villa ? 1 had an idea that he himself would have proposed doing so ?" "He refrained, perhaps, from a feeling of delicacy," said Adelaide; "as if it might bo considered he had a right to be here."

"Nc, said tho Advocate, "it is not likely that Balcombe can be swayed by any bnt genorous considerations; ho knows that I could not misunderstand him. If you have no objection, write to him to night, and ask him to leave his solltado and make his homo with us."

"It rests with you, Edward; I bavo no objection." "He will be company for you, and your bright and cheerful ways Will do him goad. You will need comparer presently, Adelaide, when the novelty of your new surroundings wears off. I am afraid, child," ho said with a regretful pathos in bis voice, "that my society affords you but poor enjoyment. Yet when you accepted my proposal, I never thought otherwise than that you loved me."

"Ihope yon do not think otherwise now," she said, in a low tone. " Why, no," he said with a bright look. '• What reason have I to do so ? We had time to study each other, and I did not pre sent myself to you in a false light. But wo are forgetting Balcombe. Think a moment, Adelaide. Can you divine any speajal reason for unnsuol melancholy in him ?"

She seemed to consider, and answered, no, she could not imagino why he should be melancholy.

(To be Continued.)

SELECT POETRY.

ALONE. Alono, unloved, in the cheerless stroot, Shivering go cold in tho blinding sleet, Out in the dark from lifo and light. Alone in my misery, out in tho night.U 9 Ragged and hungry, would lifo wcro o'or; So weary my baro fact livid and Bore, Ne'or a kind voice, but tho winds' mournful tone, Homoless, no father, no mother, alouc. With my &ot just frozo on tho cold hard stones, And tho cold wind freezing my aching bones, Crouched in the doorways, watching tho light. Through tho shutter chinks, from tho flroaido bright. No home, no fire, no lovo, no bod, Misery, heartache, and cold Instead. No mother's hand to tend and warm, No kindred heart to guido from harm. 0, pitiless world! has your lifo all fled ? All but mo from the street havo fled. I curl myself on a step cloao by, And dream of a land ooyond tho sky, Where I know there's a homo so warm and bright, And no darkness shuts out the golden light. And there-good-bye to my homo tho stroot, And my pitiless enemies—wind and sleet. W.R. Auckland, Decembor, 1882.

DOWN THE STREAM.

Down the stream In a tiny boat, With a snow-white flowing sail, Wrappod in a dream, as tho wavolots sloam In the vesper hour so pale. Silent I float in my life-like boat, 'Neath the sunset's banks of gold, And my heart, like the day, is wafted away In the twilight's dreamful fold. Born on the breeze, as it sighs through tho trees That border the beautiful stream, Is it heaven? Ah well! I scaroo could tell, But speed onward down tho stream.l And tho depths serene ofjjis beautiful stream Are wrappod in an emerald haze, And showers of spray in the sunlight s play Seem filled with a thousand rays. Now night's unfurled each glittering woria, And the saint-like starß shine bright; In a tender glow their bright beams flow O'er the trembling lilies white. And the mystio light of a soft summer's night Dispels all my visions o£ care, And theVgolden light which follows the night Tints with gold my life picture bo 'air. Auckland, December, 188 C

Serjeant Ballantyne's Early Life.

I cannot say that I burnt much midnight oil. No attorney, late from the country, ever routed me out and thrust a heavy brief into my hands—a circumstance which we have heard has bo often been the origin of success to eminent lawyers. My establishment was limited. I shared with some half ■ dozen other aspirants to the bench what in Temple parlance is called a laundress, probably from the fact of her never washing anything. I fancy that her principal employment was walking from my chambers to the pawnbroker's, and thence to the gin-shop. At the end of a short period, my property, never very ex tensive, was reduced to little more than a pair of sheets, a teapot, and a coal-scuttle, over which last it pleased providence that she should tumble down-stairs, and the in juries then, sustained relieved me from her future attendance. A miachevious little urchin cleaned my boots and was called clerk. My means were extremely limited, and it may interest my readers to know what my professional earnings wore during the iirst Miree years of my career. I was called to the bar In Juno, having attained the mature ago of 21 tho preceding March. Between that period and the following Christmas I made 4J guineas, the second year I made SO guineas, and the third 26, I am afraid that 1 must admit that I did not measuve my expenditure by my income. My, father had undertaken to furnish my chambers, ami one of tho principal articles he Bent me was a horsctiair arm-chair with only three legs, upon which I got so accus tomed to balance myself that I scarcely folt safe on one furnished with the proper com plement, Ho also had promised certain assistance by way of income, upon which 1 lived ; but it was eometbiogliko tho income allowed to the Hon. Algernon Percy Deu ccaso by hi,s father, the Right Hon. tbo Karl of Crabs, recorded in the veri table history of Mr Yollow Plush. 1 pos sessed one confiding tradesman. His name was Uill; he lived close by in Essex Court, aud, fortunately for me, dealt in ajnioat every article. Gill was my resource for everything, lrom pats of butter to blacking. /Vt last, after long suffering, he struck, shaking his head when I told him of tho clients I expected. On the afternoon after this event I was balancing myself upon my three-legged chair in melancholy mood, and wondering whence my dinner would come, when a knock sounded at my door, and a clerk from Messrs Gilby & Allen, blessed bo their names 1 brought me, and paid for, three half-guinea motions. \Yith this mine of [wealth in my pocket I determined to enjoy myself luxuriously, and accordingly went to Hancock's, an establishment I have already dessribed. The glorious repast still remains embedded in my memory—twice of saddle of mutton; I am afraid to say how many helps of jam tart. After a hand some honorarium of threepence to Mary, who had never looked coldly upon me iv my worst hours of irapecuniosity, I bad still 255. left. "Wretch that I was, I forgot tho patient Gill, and found my way into one of those sinks of iniquity, a gambling house in Leicester Square, and came out possessed of £35. I was a millionaire. Gill onco more smiled upon me, and tho penny roll and pat of butter upon my breakfast table next morning testified to his restored confidence.

Tea Drinking: Its Effects.

The sense of caso in respiration and in crease of general comfort after taking tpa is well known, as is also the fact that tea tends to induce perspiration &nd thereby to cool the body. Hence, in reference to nutrition, we may say that tea increases waste, .since it promotes the transformation of food witliout supplying nutriment, ">d increases the loss of heat without supplj.-g fuel, and it is, therefore, especially adapted to the wants of those who usually cat too much, and after a full meal, when the pro cess of assimilation should be quickened, but is less adapted to the poor and ill-fed, during fasting. To take tea before a meal is as absurd ns not to take it aftor a meal, unless the system be nt alt times replete with Hiutrtlvo material; and tho fashion of tho d<iy of taking tea at about live o'clock can only be defended when thero has been a hearty lunch at oue or two o'clock, and an anticipated dinner or supper at soven or eight o'clock. •■ For ihese to take^tcnbofoie dinner who cat lit'le or no luncb, must be so far injurious, and tend to promote irritability of the stomach. As a matter of comfort, however, it is to bo observed that a cup of tea in health is always refreshing, and to those accustomed to its use, always welcome, It may also bo added that whilst tea promote? assimilation, thoro is no ground for believing that it promotes the digestion of food in healthy persons, and, therefore, it U not usual to take it with, but after, a principal meal. Indeed, but few persons could tolerate a tea-dinner as a daily habit, however agreeablo it m»y be as a change of diet; and, by tho universal consent of mankind, tea is less fitted to accompany meat than starch and fat. 1 have, not referred to tne effect of tea on the mind, bceausc it is not capable of proof by weight and measure; but |it is an action which is universally admitted, and is quite in keeping with tbo action of toa upon the ro?piratory tract as a respiratory excitant. There can be no doubt that, under certain circumstances, it quickens the intellect, both in thought and imagination, and takes away tho tendency to sjieep. so that in experiments which we have mado hourly through three days and night?, tea taken twice during tho night prevented any desire for deep, J his is not always the samo on any person, nor doo-i it actually correspond with the quantity of tea taken. MotcoTer, it appears to bo measured by the mode of preparing tho tea, so that a strong infusion which has been ponred off the leaves, and kept hot for a considerable period, his greater effect.

Sir William Jervois on Successful Colonisation.

A eechnt lecture, deliyered by Sir W, Jervois, Governor of South Australia, con tains tho following in refctonco to success ful oolonisation :—" And now the ques tion arise?, why is it that the colonies ai other nations have ended in failure, whilst there seems no limit to the prosperity of those of England? How cocnos it that our settlements in America, Africa, and 'Aus tralia (not to mention other parts of the world) have thriven in a way that has no parallel in the history of France, Spain, or Holland? Doubtless many causes have worked together: our national character, tho maritime supremacy of the Mother Country, and the judicious choice of sites for colonies; but there are threo reasons that seem to outweigh all the others of im portance. Tho first is tho absence in Eng lish farming of the petite culture of tho Continent. Frenchmen who come abroad think only of taking an acre or two of ground and cultivating it like a garden, without over stepping beyond the limits of tbo communo—aßystemwhioh maybe very suitable to an old and thickly-populated country, but which will never teach men to push their way into the wilds of Manitoba., or to penetrate an Australian busb. This is it which has made Englishmen the pio neers of the world. Still, we mast recol lect that the work of tho pioneer is different from that of tho eettler. When once the country has been generally occupied, tho next step—not always an easy one, as they found in Virginia— should bo to study the most suitable way of turning to account the soil that God has given ua. The next reason of the success of British colonies ap pears to be tbo strange power possessed by Englishmen of assimilating, not themselves to foreigners, but foreigners to themselves. The German settlements, whether in Kussia, or Sweden, or Brazil, always remain distinct communities—speaking their own language, retaining their nationality, and living among themselves; whereas, in this, as in other English colonies, we welcome them as fellow-citizens—they learn the JSng lish language, enter Parliament, accept positions under the Crown, and become an integral part of the community. But the greatest reason of all is, that Kngland has learned the true meaning of the word liberty—the cause which united Norman and Saxon into one nation on the field of Kunnymede'; which led the people of Eliza belli to arm as .one man to fight for Eng land against the invading hosts of Spain; for which our ancestors ventured even to change the line of succession rather than see their privileges trampled under foot by the last of the Stuart kioga ; the cause Which, when better understood, prompted our fathers to tax themselves to the amount of £20,800,000, in order to free [the negroes in the vyesfc Indian plantations : that liberty has found a home no les.s in the colonies 61 England than'in tho mother* land beyond the Bea.",

TIT-BITS.

Thk Minob Planets.—The number of known membors in this group is now 226, the last one having been discovered by M. Paul Henry, at the Paris Observatory, August 12th, 1882.

BOOT Manufactures.—There are no less than 52,000 wholesale boot manufac turers and retail boot-makers in the United Kingdom, without counting the operatives employed by largo iirms, many of whom have as many as 2,000 hands working cither in the factories or in their own homes.

SOOT-WATER FOR KOSES.—It is stated that a rapid growth of hoalthy rose-shoots may be promoted by the use of soot-water. Tho application has, at any rate, the advantago of costing nothing. Some soot is to be collected from a chimney or stovo, put into an old pitcher, and then hot water is to be poured upon flic contents. When cold, tho mixture ia to be used for watering the plants every few days.

Uprising of the Finnish Coast.-Tho surroyor of the Finnish Government, Heir Rodas, states that on June 25th this year, he carefully measured tho Height of v holo, bored according to authentic record two inches above the level of the sea on the coast of Oaterbotton, on June 25th, 1755, and discovered that that part of tho coast had risen, in 127 years, six feet four inches, or more than half an inch per year.

Income and Expenditure, — Profossor Leone Levi estimates the income of the working classes at £436,000,000 a year, and that of the middle and higher classes at £504,000,000, the expenditure being £-123,000,000 and £454,000,000 respectively. Tho ' working classes aro credited with sponaiug 80 per cent., on necessaries and 20 per cent on luxuries, the middle and higher closhos;B6 and 14 per cent., respectively. These luxuries include fruit, beer, spirits, wino, siltc, silver plate and jewellery, tobacco, theatres, and amusements.

A Standing Horror.—There is one standing horror that anyone crosses tho Great bt. Bernard Mountain may see. In one of the rooms at the famous Hospiea are stored the bodies of tho persons whom the monks and their dogs have found buried in tho snow, and who have not been claimed by their friouds. What makes the scone more weiiJ is, that by an ingenious contri vance the bodies are all standing upright, and are clad in the vory clothes they wore when found. You may walklaround1 them, mingling with tho group as if they too, had been stroliiug around and had with one accord stood still. So dry and rarifiod is tho air up there that decomposition is appa rently indefinitely postponed ; both figures and feces aro strikingly life-like. A visitor to this chamber of horrors says : It is some tirao sioce I was there, but I can recall quite distinctly the features of one of tho men, and he Jhod been dead 30 years when I saw him."

New Theory of Dew.— 1* is usually held that dew is formed.by moisture in th« air coming in contact with the colder sur face of tho earth, and thereupon condensing into films and globules of water; but Pro fessor Levi Stockbridge, an American, has mado a Beries of experiments which woull imply tbat.dew, insummerat least, is formed also by tho converse process-namely, by vapour rißing from the; warm oarth, and condensing upon meeting the cooler air above. The professor's experiments prove that in summer tho surface of tbo ground is warmer than tbo air lying over it, and tbat tho warmer soil parts with some of it< moisture in tho night. Hence it is, perhaps, that plants nearest the soil have most dew, and that dew is oftened formed under hay cock*, board', and other objects on tho ground, which ought, according to the old theory, to screen tho place beneath them ftom what is called " dow-fall."

The BoyjsAVho Don't Care.—"My son, you are wasting your time playing with that kitteu. You will get a blacK mark if you do not study." " I don't care," replied the boy. " Don't care will ruin tbat child," said Mrs Ma«on to herself. -'Iwilltoacb him a lesson he will not forget." When noon arrived, her idle boy rushed into the house, shouting, " Mother, 1 want my dinner!' "I don't, care," ropliod t^ie mother. Jnmes was puzzled, liia mother had never treated him so before. Ho wng silent for awhile, then he spoke again : "Mother, I want something to cat." I don't care," was tho cool reply. "But. recess will soon be over, mother, and I shall starve if I don't get somo dinner," mged James. "I don't caro." This was too much for tho poor boy to ondure. Ho burst into tears. His mother said, "My son, I want you to feel the folly and sin of the habit of saying ' 1 don't care.' Suppose I really did not care for you, what would you do for clothing, for an education? 1 hope, therefore, ;yon will stop sayiug, ♦ I don't caro.1 " James had never looked on this evil habit in this light before. He pro mised to do better, and aftor receiving a .piece of pio, ho went off to school a wiser if not a Ijetter boy.

Fon in Africa.—A gentleman who had written an account of Ids travels in Africa says :—"I had capital fun-for even in African travelling wo nave our hours of case -in my attempts to take some photo graphs of tno people. I found this a niatttr of the utmost difficulty. At moat places my attempts had proved abortive, owing to the suspicious and superstitious notions of tbo people, who would just soon have stood at the cannon's mouth as face the camera. While tho instrument was being erected they usually gathered round in crowds, open-mouthed with wonder and curiosity. But no sooner did I slip the black cloth over my head for focussing pur poses than, they il.d incontinently, and neither bribery nor cajolery could avail to make them stand again. They were always thoroughly imbued with the idea that I was working witchcraft, and -that my supposed charming would take some vital essence out of them. Hence not a fe.w villages remained absolutely deserted as long as the camem continued on its legs.

How curious ia Time's whirlisig, and the ohangea it brings ! In 1382 Wolsoley is on the high road fo a peerage, and possibly to a field-marshal's baton. About 1851 ho was eating out his heart in a surveyor's office in Dublin, a youth of good lineage condemned to an uninteresting career, and waiting almost hopelessly for the commis sion which arrived at length, and gave him the opening he has since turned to so good an account. But it was the knowledge ho gained a9 a youngster in Dublin which got him his first step up the ladder, and quali fied him to act as assistant engineer.

Lady Shootisis.—lt is now the fashion in Franco for a great many young women to go ont shooting with their husbands. For the benefit of cur lady readers, we give the following description of the costumes worn by some of them : —The Duchesse de Chautreß and Oountess de Paris wear blue serge sailor dresses, with glazed sailor's hats. The Countess Potocka wears a cloth jacket of some light colour, trimmed with fur and gold braid, and short skirt of a darker hue. The Duchess do Talleyrand, nee Castellano, wears a very simple short dress, a water proof over it, and a billycock hat, Queen moss-coloured clotb, white waistcoat, and hoots reaching to the knees.

Whistling Women.

LAST Thursday I was led to look th*ou^h an article on " Whistling " in the " Glohe " to see if mention was made of woman as a whistlor. Oddly enough, although the writer says that in many Roman Catholic countries there is a saying that it is at all times unlucky for a woman to whistle, he does not'mention our ancient proverb, " A whistling woman and a crowing hen are good for neither God nor men." But he gives a French saying somewhat similar, but having no reference to the crowing herj, "TJne fillo gui siffla porte malheur dans uno mniaon." I have heard that two sisters who adorned our stage—dramatic and operatic—for a brief period some years ago—Mies Laura Addison and Miss Miran ■ werp famed in their native town for the beautiful wtoistling of duets. Why should whistling be a dormant branch of the musical art except amongst street lads? As one listens attentively to these young fellows—some with notes rich and sad as an oboe, and others possessed of ihe shrill clearness of the piccolo—it becomes evident that this gift needs only some enterprise and directing skill to make it a great charm. Wo have had a whistling oystor, and now we have a ladies' orchestra. Will somebody organise a band of whistling women?

STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT, DECEMBER 16, 1882



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" glsta. . .-*£s& PiiOVRIBTOB I THOMAa KEATING, ' o LONDON. TT|B. J. COLL IS BROWNE'S > Chlokodyne. THB ORIGINAL AND ONLY GENUINE. '.',', Advice to Invalids.—lf you wish to obtain qniet, refreshing Bleep, free from headache relief from p*tn and anguish, to calm and assu»ge the weary echings Of protrabted 9 disease, Invigorate tho norvona media, Bni ■ regulate tha olronl«tlngr systems of the body, yon will pfßvlde yourself with tnat marvellous '' remedy discovered by Or. J. Gollls Browie (late xrmy Medical Staffi. to worth he gave the ; name of OHU)KOD?NB, and which is ad. raided by tbe orofecßlon to bo the most wonder (al and valuable remedy ever discovered. OHIORODYNE la the beat remedy known for Conghs, Consumption, Bronobltie, Asthma, I CBLORODYNE acts lite !a charm In | Diarr£oe3, and U the only specific InCho'eraarici * Dysentery. - CBLORODYNE effeotu&lly outa Ehort all attaoka ofEpl.'epsy, Hysteria, Palpitation,»nd Spasms. CHLORODYNE is the only palliative to Nearaiurta. Rheumatism, Gout, Cancer, Tooth acbe. Meningitis, &c. From Symes & Co,, Pharmacoutlo.il Chemists,' Medical Hall Mrnla, Jannary S. 1880. To J^T. : Devanport, K-q., S3, Graat Rnseoll-stroSr, f Bloomsbury. i.on don. Dear Sir,—We embrace this opnortuuity of congratulating you upojpie ' , wlia-Kre&'i reputation this justly esteemed mediolne. Dr. J. Ooilis Browne's Ohlorodyne. boa earned foritaeU, not only fn HindostaD, bat all over tbe Kaat As a remedy, of seoeral utility we much question whether a better U Imported into the coubtry, and we shall be glad to hear ot its finding a plaoa In every Anglo-Indian home. The other brands, we are happy to Bay, are now relegated to the native bsziars, snd judging from their sale, we fancy their sojourn there wife bs but evanescent. We could multiply instance! ad - irtfmtum- of vhe extraordinary effloaoy of lnv Colils Browne'a Chlerodyne In Dlarrhosa and : Dysentery, spaims, Cramps, Neuralgia, the VomUlng of Pregnanoy, and aa a general seda tire, that have occurred nnder onr cersonal Ots rvatlon during many years. In Choleraic Dlarrhosi. and even in more terrible forms ot Cholera iiaelf, we have witnessed its Burrrlelng ooDtrollinK power. We have never used any other form ot this medicine than O jllis Brownea from a firm oonvlctlan that It ia deoldedl? the best and also from a sense ot dnty iva owe to tha profession and the public, aa we are of opinion that the substltmion ol any other than Collia Browned la a dklibbbatk brk>o3 ov fajth ■'■ OH THK PART OF THE CttffiMISTTO PREBORIBBB and F4TIENT alikb. We are. Sir, faithfully yonrs, fejm-a & Co., Members ot the Phar. Sooiety of Great Britain, Bis Kxoellenoy tha Vloeroj'ii Ohemista, -.:. OiUriON. —Vloa-Ohanolllor Plr W. Page Wood stated that Dr. J. Collia Browne was, undoubtedly, the Inventor of Ohlorodyne; tbat the etory ot the defendant Freeman was deliberately untrue, which, be regretted to say, bad been Bworn to.—See " Tho Times," July 13, 1861. Sold in bottles at la I}fl, 2s 9d, Is Cd, and lla eaob. None is genuine without tha wprda "Dr. J. Collia Browne's Ohlorodyne" on the Govern ment stamp. Overwhelming medical testimony accompanies eaoh bottle. Caution.—Baware ot Piracy and Imitation?. Sole Manufacturer-J. T. DAVJfiVPOaT, 33 # Great huaeell-street. Blooms bury, London. CjTEEDMAN'S SOOTHING POWDER O FOE CHILDREN COTTINO TEETH, ; OATJTIOK TO POKOHASKKS. The valne of thla well-known Family Medicina has been largely tested in all parts ot the world, and by all grades of society, tor upwards ot riBTY YE.uts. Its well-earned extensive sale has induced spurious imitations, some ot WhlOh in OUTWADD AFFBABAKOE BO ClWCly resemble the original as to have deceived many pnrchasers. The proprietor, therefore, feels It due to the pabllo to give a special' caution against the use ot Buoh Imitations. Purchasers are therefore requested oarefally to observe the four following distinctive cbarao terlsdos, without which none are gsnnine :— Ist—ln every case the words John Steed. hah, Ohbmist, w ii,worth, suHUKY, are en graved on tbe Government Stamp affixed to each packet, 2nd—Saoh Single Powder has directions for the dose, and the words John Steedman, I Chemist. Walworth, Knrrey. printed theieon, Srd—The same Bteednmn is always spelt with two RK's. 4th—The manufacture la carried on solely at Walworth. Surrey, , ' < gold in Packets by ell Chemleta and Medicine Vendors, at la ljd to 2a 9d eaoh. Agents i Kempthornb, PROBann & Co.. Auoklnnd. Wellington; Chrlatohuroh, and Dunedln, Mrs. Thomas Gtuscott, ' (Wi'iow ot the late Professor Quscott), REKB4LIST AND CHIROPOPIST, Sega to return her most grateful thanks to hla many friends and out tamers for their past patronage during her. hihbanii'e life, and at tha same time solloits a oontlnuanoe ot their patronage to herEelfi tike alao takes this ■ opportunity of advertislns; that she will oatry.: on the buelnesa aa bafora ot . . HERBALIST AMD CBIROPOUIST, ETO. (OtfEBH OP CORNS AND WAETS), And will treat patients tor the following com- Dlainta!—All Dleeases Of the L< ver and Kidneys : Skin Eruptions. Bheamatitm, Solatloa. Nervous. Oomplalnts,Headßohe. Toothache, Collo.Cramp, . Neuralßia, Spinal Affeotlons, Soie and Weak Eyes, Coughs, Colds, Fever and Ague, Piles i Oatarrh in the Bead, Pains In the Breast ana Bide," Swollen Joints, Contracted Cords and Mnsoles.Weakßaok; also. Asthma, Dyapepßia, - Indigestion and General Debility. Intact, Bha wIU continue to b-, bb heretofore, the femsila adviser, and will treat oaaas ol both women Snd children. She alao begi to draw attention to a tew fpeolalltles, viz., the Herb Tonloand Blood Purifier; also. Herb Tobacco for Asthma A and Herb Worm Powders tor Children. , All partieß oommunlOßtlng ellher by letter OT"' personally may rely on prompt attention ana strlot oonfidenoe. All orders sent tc any part of the Colonies ol." receipt o( Money Order, either Telegraph or. Post Otfloe Order, or Postage Stamps; a'oi - Stamps for reply. Please Address— .; NEXT MEBBR9. WINKB & HAUri ' Shortl»nd-street, Auckland. ■■ - \m ED I C A L, NORTH SHORE PHARMACY, . DEVONPOKT. ' ; , GARDNER, M.P.S., EN&LAND, Pharmaceutical Chemist. : , Prescriptions are dispensed, and Medicines, 1 Tdflet Articles, Nursery Requisites, to, en) ~ piled at the same price as in Queen-street. , : ,: The Oriental Tea * U^m STANDARD PACKET TKAS. ;r Awarded Brizb Mepais: Sydney Exhibition, 1878. •• Paris International Exhibition, 1879. •. Sydney International Exhibition, 1881. Adelaide Exhibition. 1881. Please Note the Braitds ■ (which are all registered): "ROYAL,""CHALLENGE," "STAKDARD/ AND " UNIVERSAL MIXTURES." . . | These Teas are a proper Combination Of Chinese and Indian Teas—have been tested aj ; the Government Laboratories—are guaranteea:. I up to this standard quality -and have been pro nounced by professional Tea Tasters and Con- | sumers to be the best Teas offered in tna Colonies, at their respective prices. Pure Indian Teas— "VICEROY" AND "RAJAH," All Packed in 1 and lib Packets, and 10ft. Boxes> Sold by all Storekeepers. BROWN, BARRETT & CO., Wholesale Agents. ■ ..';j'.[ VfK, JOHN HARTWELL, ItJl Obqanist of St. Mary's Church, ■ Pabnell. PROFESSOR OF THE PIANOFORT-B, Lessons given by the Quarter, or by arrangement. - ; ' ORGAN. PIANOFORTE. HARMONY.' Amateurs' Compositions revised and prepared : for Publication. ■ , ' Address: Ponsonby Road, opposite Franklin Road. Letters may bo left wKh Messrs Hoff man and Son's Music Waiehcmso, Queen-streeti