A LADY'S LETTER FROM LONDON.

Gossip about Society,Drcss,Music, Theatres, and New Books.

(SPECIALLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE "STAB.")

By "ELISE."

London, March 9.

Commencement of tiie London Season—The Queen's Drawing. Room—Preparation— Drkssino b.y Daylight—A Light Lunch— A Loxci and Tedious Drive—The Footman a^tiie Street BoY9—"TrrTrRF. You Are. Kmma,"—Armivit, at thk Pat.ace—Tn the Ante ■ Room—The Countess of Dudley— > Law Botsovßß—Mns Oounwatxis Presentation—A Tlurrikd Glance at the Qheen ant> the Princessof Wales—Wait ing! FOJiTHE'CARRt'itOE—TIOME AND A CUPOF Tea;—DEsbhrPTTON of Trrc Dresses'— Ns>v Books— YottWg Sotttebn in His Father's Pakts-Alice'litNoAßiV's Matinek — Her FIfTRCOMEDi' AW'I*a~'F'L6RIAN I PASCAt.TIIE YOUNO' COMPOSER-'Sfl'W i?ONG3 FOIt LADIES.

Tear Mr Fditor :—The London season of '83 hap now begun. We had a drawing room at Buckingham Palace ypsterday anil thpre is to he aunther next Tne=d»'y. ■ My Cousin, FditU will be 'presented then and shmi'd makp a nenantion for she is an ex ceed inelvprettv srivl "Yon shall haveades crip'ion of he' dr»-si« presently. Although evprv one and who'is nnv"ne whp eo"S to conrtit isamoit'diWgreeable ceremony and as often as not•' clones with a fit of hysterics on the way hnme. "Yon see nil debutantes sor-r^ly' h"r-e the Qneen will take »peMal nbMr-e of them and when tho moment, of dcsilliisionment' corn^'it seems vpry lionible. First is the Ions; and hideous pmc»ss of drains in th» paxlv morni"pr''"in"hine. What seemed alt'iffht by fri»"dlv candl» Hght' lonks hnHhlv meretricious "n a "loinus Spring afternoon and the low drpsses whir-h the Qneen insist on her lieees wp^rirf: nt Court are pimply npp*llin<>ly ' tiyin" to elderly folk" lite mama. ■Hnwpvpr the longest nf toilpttes must come tn an end sometime and tow'ard thp Innch hour we me u«nally not only dressed for the snerfica but intensely hnnerv. TTnfo«t«nafely to attempt to eat acntl't or lap uo,a_ bain of s«np wh-n Cf<tnm°d for n rirawinfj-'onfn would be to C"urt disiHer *o a plassot sherry an' two or three bi-gni's have to do as well, and then we dri^e off. "n ordinary day» it tik-'s perhaps twenty mii'tftes to get from So"th Kpnsi"g*ou to the Pal'CP but last Tnesdiy we wpre hours and hours. By some fatality Tom had. fixed the Sfafji'ns, time tno late instead1?""! VVP Karl intended) ton parly, and the resuH'wus mir cariingt; bad milps of others in front pf it The o'dual one ba« to po through whilst waiting in line is terrible.'*' ','".' . •, The pavements arc crowded with sight seers from thVlfast Knd_and tlipy.ppe'- i^to the carriHces ahd criMcisp the. occupants aud their toileHps in the most cau'lid m^nnpr. 'MamVs jtoptnian is a person of noblepresipricpandsurp«ssin« dignify, whns? supprn calve>'aF. th« adni'rtt'on of visitors and the pnvvof h'*a brother menials. On Tuesday tbpap :'calvs (pleL'-'ntly disolavefi from tlie kriifebnard behind pur oani,ig«) became' I Tegret. to s iy, objects of suspicion to snme newsboys amongst the crowd "Whit d'ye stnff Vra with, Bluebnttle," yelled on^ofthe imps derisively, "Oh.! ' 'sny let's Jab a pin into him to see if they're genewine" cri^d another, and theonlookprg roared with lanqhlpr, and mama, in a moment of irritationpnlled down the blind Alns I for us she cmiMn't have done a more indiscreet'thing. In an instant the boys bpgiin to yell at the top of tjicir : voices the chorus ■~"',"' ,'" 'i.

Th^re yon are Emma, I sco you've got om on. You needn't pull tha Wind down, dear, yon havn't had 'emloncf; They're jolly: line clothes, Emma, but tell us, it Oh UeVii^'ijarling Emma, have you paid the Tally man.' To understand the degrading nature of this coarse inviendo it should be explained that the <!t3ll<'maii"is.fln eaternrising trades man who Unfa out " fiaery " of all sorts on hire to the ladies of Seven Thais and th« T*ew Cut What'would have been the finale to the' episode if wa had stayed longer where we Were I shouldn't like to suy, but the camaae luckily moving on just ttwu took us several lengths up the rank and ihe crowd was far too dense to permit of at.y ono following.' other incident enlivened the tedious waiting. Mama had sensibly broDfhtabook and read peaceably, but, I could only look but ot' the .window ~aud_ listen to rfntfrKSl' (often ihe reverse, of flattering) about my personal appearance, at length the grand entrance was reached and dear'pipa (looking as absurd as mo-t stou1-. elderly men do iv Windsor uniform) discovered watchiua for us. Af'cralightiDg hurriedly and crushing uncomfortably tbrou uh a well-dressed mob we t«ok nur places'in the throng railing the first room and looked about. '" he Palace i* not by any manner of nirans specially splendid. Ihe^e nre many groat houses in Londin lar more impressively -ji'and. The people present interested niu most. Vor some moments we stood quite'closs to'the'Counttas of Du<Uiy and I had an excellent chance of examining her She must be mord than forty now but is still a wonderfully beautiful woman, people'who hive only seen her photograph can form no idea of Larty Dudley's greatest charms. They ate an alabaster sk.n and a charming smile. , She wore the family dianv nds and adress which shall be de scribed by-and-by, ana formed a marked contrast to Lady Bilsover, the young Puke of Pertland'a mother who ulthougti a pertect. blaze of brilliants C'hrj dncal jewels) wa* obviou-ly an elderly' overblown female, got up to look yoiino-i? "Isn't she.terrible^: whimpered an elderly lady rtterring to Lady B's. amply displayed':, crest; " I'm suVe the Queen won't Vow to her," Another passee beauty who s'tUt'looks very well, at ni^ht appeared quite old' under the brigbi afternoon sun. I refer to. Mrs Cornwall** West. She powders inches -deep and rou»es too,,pA)pably. The prettidst ( present wrf^'Lord'Peversham's daughter Lidy Herm'one Dupcpmhe a bright fresh beauty witfj a blu-h-rose complexion. We had to waifja Joxig.'time', before our Dairies• were called and then it .was all over in. a minute. I had just lime 10 see that the Queen looked tire.d> and bored and the' Prineesß of Wales fresh and charming, and then we wer©backing out'auain and amidst a retreating crowd of fashionables. . , The bus-mess' of a firawiug Boom la by no means ovep/directly after leaving.the presence. People have to taice their'tura to set away and culling up tbe cuniases occuoiea a fearfal time. I tho.« g ht we shonld tiever;get pff,,,but at length•;the welcome call "Mrs Blaokls .Canh,ge ftop* the way " summoned us and in. half tux hour I was enjoying * sustaining cup of some dresses,-The Queen woP a dress and .train-of black moird antique andtatin trimmed; with ontnch featbe s and jets, and a white tulle veil sur mounted by a coronet of diamonds. Her Majesty also wore a necklace, Brooches and earring of diamond., tne riband and star of the Order of the Garter, the Orders of Victoria and Albert, the Crown of Indu,

Louise of Prussia, St. Catherine of Russia, the Spanish and Portugese Orders, and the Siixe Oolnug;aiid'G'>tba FnuiJy Order. .Tho'.Princess of Wales wore a dress of dark irreeu velvet over a jupe of pal* green brocade embossed with gold and volants of labe, fastened with bunches of shaded carnations, '-'pomge and train to cor respond. . -Head dress, a tiara of diamonds, feathers ond,veil.. urnaments, diamonds find the Liverpool diamond cross. Orders, Victoria and Albert, the Crown of India, St. CathefiMe of Russia, and the Danish faii'ilv order

Princss Beatrice wore a bodice and nain of pompadour satin trimmed with shaded roses. The petticoat o! d 1 * igentine lace over salmon satin. Headdress, ,f"atheT37yeil and. diamond, stars. Her1 K'iyal. Highness also wore a necklace, brooch, and eaninca of diamonds, and the ordes of Victoria end Albert, the Crown of India, the Pctugpse and the Saxe I'oburg and Gotlia Fairily Order The Princes Christian of Schleswig Holstpin wore a train nnd corsage of brown broche velvet, the trijn trimmed with silver, fox fur over a petticoat of vicux or Batin, handsomely draped with Honiton lace. '1 have just been reading and enjoyinsj William,Blwfe "Chandon Bells" It is quite one of the host stories he has ever written and contains several capital portrait* of iwellknown people Mr GifFo'd the editor of the Liberal lievieio is m»nnt for MrE. H, Hution of the " Spectator" and the hpro's career is said to in many respects describe the novelist's own. Apart from these f.ics howo"er, the hook is one to read so if you c<n't borrow it from a library in the 3 volume form look np the back number of Harpor's Mngjziue and K» tluoiigh it soMany. Tom tell* me on no account to bflgiu Mr Robert Buchanan's story " The New Abelard" now rnnning in the " Gentleman's magazine." He says it is a detestable tale and he cannot under stand how theautbo' of that clever romance ''God and the Man' could write mch stuff. If \ou want ah amusing novel to read monthly take "Belgrnvia" and enjoy Mr

u-tin McCarthy's "Maid of Athens." Really when I hear of Mr McCarthy storm in}; in the House, of Commons and talking palpable nonsense about Home Rule 1 finl * it, djflicult tfrpnlis" that he i 9 identical wi h the ferial bis'orian of "Our own Times" a"d :tho cultured anprpciated novelist. Why is it. I wonder, the cleverest men beivnie so mad when they t ike to politics.

T daresay, vnu remember seeing young Sothern in his father's parts when he marie a toiir of the Colonies some years ago Well the is now going to try playing them in-1 tiiprica and the English provinces. 1( seeing a dangerous". expuriment but as he ranlly is a very fair imitator of the Genuine article, his attemnts may pns< master—of course I made Tom take me to Alice IjinswH's debut in I onrlon. The Th"atre wasfoirlv f ix-l for ainntineeauA I noticed the Bancrofts, Kendall. Augustus Harris and» endless well-known -actors and actresses watching' I' th° pprfor rnance critically from _ the stalls. Mi-s L'ngnrd looked her very b»st as Camilla eßppcially in the spennd act fri which fhe wort?, a lovely tea-wwn of shimmering cream satin Vimmed with soft white feather tur. Her head, you may re member, 'ia one of her chief beauties and sho had thfi sense to leave- its p» feet form unmarred by nny erecU"n« of fri'zpttes'or fulsa h»ir. ■ Everyone tnlked a creat deal nbont the new actress's attractiveness and evident, experience, bnt the pathetic note she endeavoured to strike did not ring quite tme. The critics I noticp, are almost unanimous in praWn? her comedy power, but do not encourage a repetition of sach piecßs a-> "CaimUe." Some astonishment has been expressed that though a fortnight has elapsed since Miss Lingard's "chut there is no apparent prospects of her ob'ain ing an engagement. As a matter of fac'l am not much surprised The lady would not he oontented to play"second fiddle" at a'West End theatre and no manager cares to " star " her. Mr Bnchanan's dramatic version of bis story "God andthe- Man " will be broucht out at the Adelphi next week. The Lord Chamberlin would not pass the origiual rit'eso itis to be called "storm-beaten." Tho ','C>meHy of Errors" season at the Strand also1 finishes shortly, and a enmic ouera Hy W.irry Paulton and Florian Pascal entitled "Cymbia" replaces it. Tom says Plorian1 Pascal is the norn-de-theatre of a young eompo-er named Williams, son of the music publisher in Bernors-stree'. Driving do«n Oxford-street the other afternoon we saw a tremendous crowd waiting outside the Princo-s' Theatre. Neither Kdith nor I could make out what waa the tcatter but v»e learnt later Mr Wilson Barrett had in vited tht dramatic profession to witness n morning! performance of tho "Silver King," and tbe pnblic always curious about aews and1 actresses were waiting -to see- them Come out' I ; • J Totntook me to a Ballad Concert at St. Jamß»'s Hall la«t Thursday and we heard quite, a number of new sonfcs, Tbe one I liked best was nut however, a novelty. It is called* "-Fori Ever and For Ever" and thaway'dear Mr Santley sanuit waa too deliowusi He also gave us " Kismet "ny Molloy- land; '' sprung a leak" a rather commonplace nauiicul ditty by tho author of " Lee." I The Udics ballads wer« most of thenx old.friends. I liked Ciir6line Lowihiaria "ThoGates of the'Vv est" and Mr Monciitflfs "Creole l.ove bona" but Mar zial's "Just as well"'seemed merely a rather da il rendering of a very familiftr theme. Tom tells me thore are several new coiliio son^fe with excellent tutiea but-then the words are usually so revolting. Fancy wiirbllng in a drawing-room:—

He's the nicest ot the nice, ho's the sweetest of frhfi swetit '■' ' < ■' ■ He'a just tho'so'ift o£ ; gentloman alady Hkes to He's tho briivest of the brave, he's the lambent of the lamb, ' ■■ ".'■*. •And wln-n ho comes a courting, why, ho s je-am, I Tn^reiiv'al of " Ltttle Doctpr Faust" at, |he Gaiety has temporarily re-populari.«ed ■Ihe famnus "Off we go to the Continong" Wuetti, and Miss Farren sings rather a good sung about the adventure* of "Litile Johu Bottleiohn." The great,Macrtcnnott has in addition toapmeiie'w "jingo"ditties >| evolveri a chaste caflriclfc entitled" MatilHa a up to Snuff" which i.- extremely likely to vex diir tars or all the barrel organs for months to come. Tom who met P.W. (as the li«ir ap. parent.isribalilly styled sometimes) at the Savage Club "Singsong" last'week'cau'tget over oue of! th'tT" Savages" pdasessing the "Cheek" to warble tho original "Says. Moses to Aaron" befor/e H.K.H. He thinks the Prince (Who objects StrOugty to anything nroud) was ' half inclined td punish the delinqnent bj> not applauding hut that an opportune drrtughf of hock aud ; seltzer Hof tened the cockles of the roy.il heart and induoedhim to look over the lache. . ,

HflffßOlS A I,YTTUIC,GIRL, This is onlj'ft little fiid; , i, i. ..■ ! .Hut tluwdooSr-bB grow? : . ' ibo("B:ahv'n6BniW? ' . With her ijnir of gold ana her teeth of pearll Krotn a (v>b>. so \yea . i S^he »iil grow to'De A maiflta »b t atr ad * bioomlng'rose; 1 ' But no cne can say, As day foao*»Oiy, Haw A blade o£ Brass or a little gld «rowo.

I Lady M.EL .asked;somebody for a pretty pattern for a nightcap., "Well," said the person, "what signifies the pattern of a nightcap?" "Ob, child," said she, "but yon know in case of fire. I" ~

Music in Church.

The Bad Boy's Experiment.

You see, pa chews tobicco, and it is pretty hard on him to sit all through the sermon without taking a chew, and he gets nervous. Be always reaches around in his pistol pocket when they stand up to Bing the last time and feels in his tobacco box and gets out a chew, and pats it in his mouth whnn the minister pronounces the benediction, and when they get out doors he is already to spit. Ho always does that.. Well, my chum had a present on Christmas of a music box, just about aa big as pa's tobacco box, and all you have to do is to touch a eptlng and it p'layn ''She's a Daisy, She's a_Dump line." I'borrowed it and put it in pu's pistol pocket, where ho keeps his tobacco box, and when the choir got moH throuuh singing pa reach' d his hand in his pocket and Dt-gari to fumble around tor a chew. He touched toe spring, and Justus every body bowed their head to receive the benediction, and it was so still you could hear » gum drop fall, the musicbox began to fil'yv nnd In the stillness it iouuded, like a church ' rgan. Well, I thouaht ma would oink. The minister heard it ar.d he looked towards pa. and everybody looked toward> pa, tno, and pa turned red, and tho music-box kept up, " She's a Daisy," and the minister looked mad and raid " Amen." and the people be gsn to put on their coats, and the minister told the! deacon to hunt up the source of that worldly music, and they took pa into thn room back of the pnlpit and searched him. ,n"d ma says pa will h»ve to be chnrcbod. i boy kept the music-box, and I have got to. carry ia coal to get money enough te buy my chum a now music-box.

How Long Men and Animals Live.

CAN man re'eh and pass the ago of one hundred years t is a question concerning which physiologists have different opinions Button was the first one in France to raise the que«ti n of the extreme limit of human life. In his opinion, man becoming adult at sixteen, ought to live £>ix times that age, or to ninety-six years. Having been called upon to account for the phenomenal ages attributed by tbe.BibJe to the patriarchs, he risked the following as on explanation :— " Before the flood the earth was loss solid, less compact than it is now. The law of gravitation had acted for only a little time ; the productions of the glol c had less con sistency, aud the body of_ man, being more supple, was mire susceptible of extension— beimr able to grow for a longer timo than now." '• he German Hen>ler, has suggested on the same point that the ancients did not divide time as we do. Previpus to the age of Abraham, the year among some people of tho Bast was only three months, or a ► oa«oo ; so that they hud a, year of Sprint?, one of Hummer, one of Autninn, and one ot winter. The year was extended so as to consist of eight nion'hs atter Abraham, and of twelve months after Joseph, Voltaire re jected the longevity assigned to the panriarchi of tho BiMe, but accepted with out question the stores of the ngesattained by some men in India, where, he fays, ''it is not rare to see old raen of one hundred and twenty \ears." Tbo eminent French physiologist. Fiouren.i, fixing the complete development of man at twenty years, teaches that b.« should live five times as lodk as it takes him to become an adult. ■> wording to this author, the moment of a comule'ed development may bo recoani«e<' by the fact ot tho junction of the bones with their apopyses. The junction takes place in horses at five years, and the horse does not live beyond twenty-five years ; with the ox nt four years, and it does hot live over twenty yea's ; with the cat at eighteen months, and that animal rarely lives over tea years. When it is effected at twenty years, he only exceptionally lives hpyond one hundred year*. The a»me physiologi-t admirs, however, that human live may be exceptionally proloneedjnuder certain con ditions of comfort, sobriety, freedom from euro, regularity of habits, and obsoivance of the rules of hyaiene : and he t»rmina'es his interesting study of the list point with the aphorism, " Man kills himself rather than dies."

Hum and Royalty.

A FRIEND of mine tells me that when in the Kotomahana country lately he had an interview with, His Sacred Majesty King Tawhiao, i Sacred Majoßty was engaged at the time in knocking down a cheque at a bush, public-house. My friend,, with a follow traveller, found him lying on a- Colonial sofa industriously sleeping off that portion of the cheque already knocked down, and recruiting his energies for the portion remaining. The visitor" proceeded to rouse him up. They could talk alittle Maori, and wanted a yarn with royalty. By dint cf much shaking, they so far carried their point that Tawhiao sat up and looked about. As soon, however, as he comprehended that ho was being inter viewed, nnd, what was more, interviewed against his will, he flung himself back on the sofa with a grunt of dissatisfaction, and covered his face wi'h a red cotton handker chief. Not a word roiild be got om of him,' nor a sign. His Majesty - small blame to him!—had taken refuge in a royal, fit of the sulki. ■ The enterprising visitors, however, were not to be done. • >ne of them patted his head and stroked his limbs, whilst the other murmured con ciliatory Maori vocables in his ear. Under this mesmeric treatment Tawhiao seemed to come round. Ho got up and expressed his eeose of the hnnonr done Him by wringing the hand of one of his visitors, and dinning tearfully round the neck of the other. At the same time he sidled towards the door, and without any spokon farewell rushed through it, banging it af er him.1 When the pakohas followed,' they.found that his Sacred Majesty ! was holding the door against them. : They pulled, he; pulled ; victory was with the battalions,! and the king came back into the roini rathor crestfallen ■ Mora endear, .mentfj m/>re endeavours' to draw out the' .royal 'mind on matters political;- when again Tawhiao made a'bolt* and banged the: door.. This time the interviewers were outwitted. The wily savage had possessed himself of the key< and locked them in. When., half-an-hour later tho landlord arrived to let taemout, his Majesty had dis appeared ipver the edge of • tho horizon, nnd i they saw him no more. Clearly .there1 is more in. thi» Tawbiao thnn Southern incredulity .gives him oredit for. If he wouid only • lecome a Wood Templar his royaKy'niighteven yet become ro->poctab!e. lhe last item I hear about him is in a country, telegram : " Tawhaio has been detained at Ornanui, 18 milos from Taupo, but whether tnrough the late bad weather, or the rum-kegs conveyed tuither on his Majesty's pack-horses, is an open question." Before judging him one s-hould remember that there have been English kings whose sense of personal dignity has scaicely been higher _ than Tawhiao s, and who have shown quite as much affection for rum-kegs—or their equivalants,—"Civis," in Otago "Witness,"

INSOMNIA.

(From the London "Globe")

The disorder which we have learnt to call insomnia has/apart from the temporary pro minence it has guinedby attacking the most conspicuons figure in contemporary English history, a very real and abiding interest for each member o£ the community. We a,ro told, with every appearance of probability and of truth.that insomnia, or habitual sl-ep-losaness, is st-adily upon the increase. There is probably not ono of the conditions of health on which are more absolutely de. pendant than we are on sleep. There Is not one which is moru difficult to control, and there is certainly not one which takes snch deadly vengeauce for a rash or unskilful attempt to coerce it. If a man be afflicted with lo»s of appetite, he may very probably one flesh and tone., but he must b* the most fi eble-mini'ed of human creatures if he can not compel h>mself to eat 'enoagh tp keep, body and.B"<il together until remedies have' iniluceda better condition, of'health. If he be indolent and lethargic and unwilling to' take exercise, a vigorous effort of the will is again all that is necessary. In the case of. loss of sleep, to excercise the will is not only useless, but we might almost say in jurious to the attainment of the desired object. To lie awake, watching for and vainly trying to conjure a sleep we know to he unwilling to obey us, is thfi condition of all others most fatal to repose' and most certain to defeat its own object. _v»hen we recognise, therfore our own practical help lessness on the one hand, and on the other observe the tremendous effects which follow a withdrawal, or even a diminntion, of this little heeded daily biesdnp, we may well ask ourselves what are tho ciuses which are tending to wonken itu benificent influence, and how far each man may snoceedincreas. ing or diminishing the risk ir>. bis own particular ca»e. • ' •■ ■ ' ■ ■ It is, of course, a truism to repeat that per fec&health cattonly consist in a due balance of mental and bodily powers',"and although it i« no doubt trne that ooe may seem to flourich fora time with Bnpeiior vigour if cultivated at the expence of the other, experience thaches ns that nature revenges herself aoonerorlater for an experiment on such fals^ premises, andespeciallv|if it be the mind which is cultivated at the expense of the body. Now It is difficult to say whether sl^ep is more absolutely a bodily or o mental re.fre-hmeqt; but thisatlenst is certain, that, while the .condition most favourable to it in the one ca-o i< action, in the other it is re pose. An over indolent body can no more command refreshing deep thannn over aotive mind. The converse of this propo sition, however, is not equally trua. It matters not how indolent the mind ia if the body be active andvieorons. We have most of us lizard of the Scotch ploughbpywho com plained that he never enjoyed a nis>hts rest because as soon as he put his head on his pillow it was time to get up again. We may safely conjeoture thufc with him physical fatigue was accompanied by the most absolute mental repo-o, and that like his brother ef poetical fame, he spent nil hi» <ays " walking, and thinking of nothing at all." The circumstances of modem civilisation render this happy blank impos sible evn to those who may dosir« it, but fortuuately no anctt coadition is iurlispen sable totheenjovmentsof sleep, which may be quite as refreshing if a shade less deep after days of very active mental toil as it was in the case of tho ploughboy. It is only when those terrible modern torments, tho nerves, bsuin to mix themselves up in the matter that wa learn we are on a wrong tack somehow, and that a week of worry imy destroy what years of hard work have been unable to injure. It is reported of Lord Brougham that, when he returned homo after his brilliant and exn^usting defence of Queen Caroline, he went at once to bed with orders not to be disturbed, however long he. might sleep—orders which his household obeyed, though wir,h.a-*toDUbment deepening into something like terror, aa tbeyoung I«wy3r's nap piolongcd itself for nearly ei^ht and f'irty hours. His pbysioiuu afterwards declared that this sleep had saved him from brain fever, and thouah probably only the marvellously recup-rative powers of youth enaWeri him to take Nature's temedy in on such utighty dose, hisextraordinarycapacity of work up to. extreme old age may not tm proWibly have been,due to a constitution endowed with suchimeana for repairiu<*'a» night the waste of the day. On the other hand, no one can say how much the irrit ability- aqd acecbitv which,so-marred the eeniua.of Oirjyle may have.becn~dueto'his h«bitual sieepii'SSfies*. and the nervous onn-' rtitinn induced thereby ; while, in tho casn of hi* wif! it la piteous to read the mental and bodily suffering Which she for years en daied, th'ughmore patiently from the same caufo. It is, excitement of the brain, fos tered by tha npis'-, (lad hurryandreaile-tsness of our modern life, which makeionomniaso much more dangerous now than it was in' earUerandquiet-rtimc. When put into Henry IV.'s mouth the well-known soliloquy on sleep there is no. haunting diend of future; anger, no dim ghost ot insinitv lurking ia the shadows round -him, to heighten weary restlessness:into agony. [n a later and more artificial ago we have the idea suggested. Coleridge 8 ''.Ancient Mariner" is trembling on t>io verce?of mad« neas when ha is blessed by "thegentle sleep from Heaven, that slid into ray soul.": The extensive and pernicious,, use of opiates at the present day would.seem to,be owing to »n increasing inability to bear the effects of loss nf sleep. The brain is stimulated to its utmost power of enrTiiranco during the day, and the body ton frequently ihdnlired by every, modern appliance for the avoidance of healthy phycical exertion, co that both are, easily , prostrated by what' to their . forefathers would have been but Hilling and temporary discomfort Hap pily for tin the beginnings of the danger are small and generator to vbe averted. The case of Mr Gladstone proves what splendid powors of endurance, there may be in body and brain provided both are exercised, even, we may say, when .both are overtaxed. The quesiion for.each mm to ask himself when sleep is growing,nightly mora broken and fitful is first.,'.which is in fault? ■ D^esuhe .brain work too bard, or. the body not hard' .enough?,. If thfl JaUerjtheremedy is easy ; if the, former,, it mustibs balanced, should injineiiißte.repQso ,b(} unattainable by in croiised piiyi-ical exertion. > Should barrage ing anxipty bbat thorootof the evil) bodily fatigue, j? agaia the .beßtl-eriiedv, thongh by no moans a sovereign one; it should at loast-ulways be granted a patient trial be fore opiates are (0.-otted to. Many and many a half involuntary snicifie baa testi fied to thtj Hisarftrons results of such play ing with edged tools in the frantic search ■ alteri'itjred iVature'ssweet restorer—b .1 myi slejep,'! ! A ; ■-.■; ,-., if.. '■! ■'. '■ ■'' -"'-;, "• ■

THE ORIGINAL LAND LAW.

(1.) NOTK BY a'LINP.LRAOUEB, When Adam byblß Maker formed,

Was into Eden sent, , ; Ho gave him freehold of tho land And did not oharge him rent.

(2.) Reply by the Bishop ov, Ossony. True! but ojeotment soon was served Jfor broach o£ contract laid; . : And compensation was oqt gtyou ■ ■ ffor i tflo''di6turtance''niade < i..

Theives' Slang.

To talk in a tongue "understated of the people" is ah accomplishment some teachers would seem to neglect, and others even to despise. Yet what would be the pleasure or instruction derived from precise and elegant periods of oratory by the oc cupants ot our nurseries, or even the at tendants at our services for children 2 The object of language, said a cynical statesman, is to con-eal our thoughts. We can see how,untrue this is-how, in deed, insulting toth« Word, Whosiid I am the Tru'h. Is, then, the object of speech to express-our thoughts? Yes; but we should add, "so that we way be under atoo'i, and therefore h lpful." And to this end we must understand, frequently, not only our own language or dialect, but that also of those to whom we speak. To evince a knowledge of their ordinary, if peculiar, ,forma of speech is frequently a compliment, a; bond of sympathy, an 'evidence,of,qur not, wishing to a«6uine a higher level iojt ourselves than that our friertds think they can at present reach. And a supercilious contempt for whatsis inaccurate or vulgur, iv speech will often cut off from us not only opportunities for being brotherly and useful, but also the know ledge of error which we can lovingly correct, and even otsin which we can do something to reprove, or check, or preveut, Any one who has the privilege of working amoDgst the lower or criminal class of our great towns will speedily become aware of tueex istence of a strange tongue, au iguorance of which will militate, against, his perfect knowledge of the state and needs of those whom he wishes to befiitsud And iv Rain ing this accomplishment, if snch it may bo ciilled.he will fiud many points of interest in that strange; collection of words which goes by the name of cant, argot, or thieves' slanjr. It.has its antiquity, as well as its vitality and power ofgiowth and develope ment1 by constant accretion ? iv it are pre. served many, words interesting. to the student of language,, and from it have passed not a few words imo the ordinary stock of the Queen's English. Let me in a few remarks indicate lines of inquiry, and note what :may bo instructive, . , This dialect, artificial, and gathcredfrom very many sources as it is, yet is mainly de rived fiom Romany or Gipsy tulk, aud thereby contains a large Kastern element in whicn: old Sanscrit roots may readily he traced. Many of those words: would still be unintelligible to ordinary,folk, but some have ipas-ed more or less into common speech. For1 instance, the words Bam boozle, Daddy, Pal (companion or friend), Vlull (to make a mull or mess of a thing), Bosh (from the r Persian), are pure Gipsy Words, but have found same lodging, if not home, in our vernacular. . : " .Next we may notice the interesting class of survivals (not always of the fitte-tt) from the tongue of our Saxon ancestors, and, in deed, Dr Latham, the philologist. s»ys " the thieves of London ate the conservators of Anglo-Saxouisms." Thus " stir" the com mon word f»r prison, is the Saxon, styr or stiraban. To axe, cousid?red but a vukarism, for to ask, is good Saxon. The " beak''or Magistrate may bo as unswaae as the culprit before him that he derives his name from the "bean" or gold cbaiu of office, still to be observed at the Guildhall or Mansion Hou«e Police courts. The "poke," which a pickpocket glories in hav in bavins' appropriated, is the Saxon bag or purse. ! He, aßd others of purer colloquial speech,' has a larky bnt knows not that Aihelstan wonlrl speak'of his ''Lie" or sport. He "prigs" or s'eali, and his deed {» named from the Saxon " priec-an," to steal.

Next there are'thn Cosmopolitan absorp tions tiom-many a tongao. Thus from (lie Freach " bouilli" wo probably get the pri<un slat'ig term bull for a ration of meat. Chut, thieves' slung tor ho'ise, ia obviously clu teau. Steel, the familiar, name for. C,>ld buth-nt'lda Prison is an appropriation and abbreviation of the french Bastille ; and he who does a tray (-erye? three months' imprisonment therein) borrows his word fmni onr Uallicari neighbours. So from the Italian we get the thieves' slana; terms c:isa for house, filly fordnughter(figlia) <iouny for woman (donna), and o.uee for man (numo.). !'heSpnni«ligive-<u<dou which the Univer sities have not despised as ft useful term. From the German we get durrynacker for a female hawker; from dort a village and aachgehen, to- run after. .From Scotland we boriowduris for ciothes, and from the Hebrew [' s^hoful" for base cdin.1 Purely of native maonfafitrtre, howeverI,'and e'utiely iirtifißial, are the two classes' 6f fhyhiing slang, wbsreby any- word that'rhymes with tbe one yoamean touaeis put in its phep, and gradu»llybeo"mes accepted. Thi« has the merit 01 intelligibility when it is desired not to let cnance passers-by know of what we ate speakinjj, which nutuially Hccurs not seldom in the days of dett-ciiyes or plain-clptlies constables, to say nothing of ordinary people. Suppose I have touched (been successful in some robbery), aud feel inclined for some, relaxation in company with my sweetheart (or one of them), I might address her thus : " Come, cows and kisses Put the battle of; the Nile_ on your Harriet Mir and a roi>uo and villain in your skyrocket;; cull a flounder and dab a dity Charingicross. and we'll go for a Bushy P,irk aloii« the frog and tgad into the live eels." This is apparently but a pendant to the celebrated bit of noasensa potisod by Foote, beainuing, "Sohe went into the garden.to cut a cabbage to make tin apple pie,'' but as a matter of fact, to a master or mistreas of rhyraing vlinc;,'it would at once ba understood as " Ooime, missus, put a tile (hat) on your hair and a Vhilling in your pocket; call a cab with a tidy horse, and we'll go for a lark along the road into the fields." ■ •■ • '■■■'

And the second class of manufactured slang is that largely patronised by coster mongers, which is called back slangi'Hnd simply consists in spelling (more :of "le's accurately) words backwards. l'hus.f'Hi yob ! knol that enif, elcig with the nael ekom? Sap her a too V reeb and a tib of occabot," is only, "Hi, boy! look at that fine girl with the lean moke idonkey). Pa^slier k pot .of beer and a bit of tobacco." The art or merit of this form of slang coa aists. in the;rapid ty, ofteumoitremarkable, with Which words can be reveised. Thus a gentleman, wishingto test the akill of, a, pr.oftpsbr'of the aft with a word not in conitnod iisie lii the market asked his coster friend what twa,a ttiq, back-slang .for hibpopotamus. ,4t once he answered, ' SiuraatopO'ppy, tho y, b^iug euphoniously; put forih.' ', '. -' '~. .• . , .:. . . ■ Cbrißidering that ib the manufacture!of the domestic and social slang; ol nicknames or pet names not a little humour or wit is commonly foupd, it might boimagiue^ that thioves' slaug would be a tjreat, treasure house of humourous expressiou. That this is hot the case ad^es from the fact thsit there is veryJlittle glitter, e'vea in what they take, for gold, and that their life is. mainly one of miserable anxiety, suspicion, and fear j forced and gin inspired is their merrimeLt, nnd'lisdiil, for the most part, are their faces when not assuming an air of bravado, which decivi s not ev«n their companions. Some tracrs of humour are to b« found in certain euphemisms, such as tbecl licate expiession fingersmith, as descriptive of the trade winch a blunt world might call that of a j pickpocket, Or again, to get three months I hard labour is more pleasantly described.as

getting thirteen clean shirts, one being served out in prison each week. The tread mill, again, is more p 'liteiy called the ever lasting staircase, or the wheel of life, or the vertical care-grinder. Penal servitude is dignified with the appellation of serving Her Majesty for nothing, and even an attempt is made to lighten the horror of the climax of a criminal career by speaking of dy'Tie in a horse's nightcap, i.e., a halter. J.W.U. Ke-piinted from the London "JKcho,"

FOR THE LADIES.

EXTRACTS FROM ALL SORTS OF PAPERS.

A. writer advises tliat girls who wish to have small -mouths should repeat at frequent intervals during the <iay '' Fanny Fi^ch fned live floundering frogs for Francis Fowler's father.)'

A oynical old bachelor says that ".lovers are like armies j lhey get along well enough till the engagement begins." ' . ;>

A: fashionable lady witness fainted dead awa.v wbila giving her testimony, and the doctor who was summoned s >id it r.-smited from her corset being tco tight. The inci dent was very properly entered upon the minu.es of the case as "a stay in the pro ceedings."

A fair lecturer says : -" There is no work a man can do, but ihut will t>e better done by having a woman by his sioe." " tlow about currying a kicking horse!" inter rupted a cabman.

We lately heard of a housemaid who was about to leave a family rather unexpectedly, and urged to give a reason, for if, simply said, " I cant stay, the young ladies speak such bad grammar."

THE FEMALE EDITOR.

She was employed on a daily newspaper. She conceived the idea of makii'g a litile pleasure trip, aud proceeded to ascertain the sentiment regarding it fiom the collec tive editorial wisdom. She consulted tbe meteorological • editor, the astronomical editor, the (.hipping editor, the miniDg editor, the asimlouical editor, the culture editor, the. political prophecy editor, the critical ediior. the gn-ai-you-please editor, and the cut-up-all-themorniiiu-oxchaut'ei before-any-body-else-sees-'em editor. The unanimous verdict was one of unqualified approval and undisguised satisfaction, 'l he atmophtre grew strangely cheerful. She felt this.enthusiastic acquiescence with hter project was the reverse of complimentary, and with true fetnininß logic she resolved to stay'athoma.---":BoBton traveller."

A GIRL'S WORK AT HOME.

Give :our girls a chance. They need money and the disipline of ependiug it as much as the b >ys'. 'There are fewer employ ments open to them ; they have less chance for their lives. Help them to help them selves- If they have a natural taste or talent for any particular work, educate them for it and lee them do it, even if it necessitate the hiring of a girl to tiku their place in the kiichtn. In this way the practical value of girls is apt to be realised : there is, nothing so convincing a«'an appeal to the pocKet-book. If the daughter snows no. special. inclination towards any par ticular branch of industry, but to nerve and Bay« at home, pay them for their work. It

amounts to ; the same in the end ; you "buy their clothes for them, and you pay' For them, and they make their own purchases j in reality their gain is in independence, in self-reliance, iv judgment in purchasing, in decision of character. Tfiey are personally interested in their earnings wisely aud economically' and in nuking fevery shilling do its duty. It is not calculated to foster one's self-n-spcct to bi> obliged t» ask of a father or mother money for every postage-stamp, bootlace or box nf hairpins.

SINGLE WOMEN.

A clever old-maid once said that it wss far better to be lnughed at bee »nse you were nftt married, than douo be able to laugh be ciuse you were, . There is sound logic in that. It is well for wormm-to marry if she meets a good, true tnun, who loves her, and whom she loves ; hut if *he be not suited, better that she remain sinale. Many old maids are helpful, loveable, and sweet tempered, and fill their allotted niche as acceptably, aaido ,*hotr married sisters. Are tb>y hnb infire to be.honoured thxn' they ■Would have been had they 'mail ied -mertly for a home aud a positionT Oiif yifunj Ladies have erroneous id. as upon thin gub ject, . ,'l'hey ieel almost di-g aoed if they havearrivedaia mature age and are not able to wiite "Mrs." t before their name*. Their whole am hi (ion is to get a husband, by hook or Cjrook, but; pet him eomehow they must. Con'equeotly they take .the first man wlio offers himself, whether he really suits them or not. Mow, girls, do uot marry in haste. Get the best education possible, help about domestic affairs, and do something for which, you havu a taste,; and master it. Skilled labour is always well-paid. Don't your tim<) repining because you cannot see the coming man. II you never see ;,h\ni you can live useful, happy lives. „: . : •■■ ■

DR. RICHARDSON ON WOMEN'S DRESS.

Dr KiCHARDSON presided on the" sth ■February at a. meeting-of the Rational Dress Society, held>at the Steinway Hall, Lower Seymour-Street,' London, 'which was largely attended by ladies. A paper; on rational dress .by Mrs Lynch, was read by Miss Barnet; Lady Harberton- and Mrs r\B, vt'cLarenalso addressed the meeting. Mrs M'LS,(eu said the Society-had arrived at three conclusions —Ist, the tight bodice most be abolished ; 2nd, freedom of move ment and necessary warmth without weight could not be attained without the adoption of-some Jiirtd of divided skirt; and 3rd, ' fluctuating fashion must be crystallised into some- unchanging sh*pe of dre«s. Dr; Hiohaidson, in movini; a vote of thanks to the larliea for their addresses; said' that in:this dressi -reform they should con sider what was right iirat, then • what V7f>s artistic would follow. It was essential that the body shodMibe-thb first thing coil sideredi and that the dices should have a secondary pl»ce. < ..It was the body that was i beautiful, i Dress was merely to be adapted to that body, and he agreed with the lady speaker?, that perfect looseness of the dress throughout should be the 'first' thing the Society shouldinsiatupOn. Then' he wv glad that the necessity for the per mitting of equality of temperature all over the bony was insisted on so s'nmgly. Men would be suffering every day from cold" aiid bronchial affections if they went as women went, with the upper.part of their body nri clothed ;,aiid it was his experience tliat in the large majority of ease* of people born with consumptive tendencies that had been brouaht under his notice, the cause of the mischief being brought out was exposure of the chest. Arti ts must bo left to speak of the colour of the out.s-ide riresa, but the colour most serviceable in thi? temperate Z'ine, and the colour which most accorded with all that related to health, was the grey colour. For cleanliness, effect of light upon the body, aqd warmth, grey was the best, blacktheworst , ■ ■ >!1

STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT, APRIL 28, 1883.



Do F. E" 7""1^ ESTATB, HOUSB. AND LAND AQKNJ FOR SALE OR LEASB, a New , nJ Commodious Resident* and Oronnd.^ 4 Ute Oapt. Syoionrtß,. situate T QoS?^? O"ehtii3««.. The r,ous« contain IS rooms Ife high, and commands a magniflient 11" Manukau Harbour. Mantra, and rannSS.ol districts Tbes-ounds are tastefal ?M?! a tHMiB lawn, flo» er uarden. orottard si J? taohed to the ahove ateaU the »«£££ it bnll inuß. a mo*t dfeirahla t»l£XZ?£!*"-'>% Kentleomn1* family.-Harris tj vie* atW* • ; Jtonjaw from ■>. If. Kvans. Brtaw , A,,,, QuJJJI PROSPECT TERRACE. -Handsome Vilk^« Rooms and r>orcli; fitted with CnnK 5 Dresser, Registered Grate, Oven ISivK^ weU and tank, nice garden, we'S5Q«; allotment 40x99. £300. COMMERCIAL ROAT),.off Gl'eat Northfi. ■ i -New Verandah Cottage ofs S 9 » teredGrate, Cupboards?^ 6 W&& , AWHITU, Manukan Heada.^iy aoMB%' ' class Land: 8 acres in 'Brass, 30 a4S3* sown, 120 acres level ploughWi tadffi of 1 rooms &c:runof4QoO.bctw^SS*"" dm-lo water supply. J m j.r e from BteaS;;"' tending and Telegraph Station.1 P^«. ,) PITT-STREET, corner of CtoßMttteU& !l some Villa of 5 rooms, ve^Sffio^'' v PnYe In?y°£37 n 0d' *" ™& Wit ",' SPRIN&STREET.-A Bargain.-! Rntoi™ Allotments. No.'s: 12, & aid lftg ' ! per foot. , . ■■*• •■*"" r'ltl MOUNT ALBERT-New Hoiias of 5 r0d,,,, stable, piggery, &a, together Wab*s?& i acre good volcanic land; situated olZ> t! Mount Albert Hall. Price, onlym?B6 to GEORGE AND WILLIAM STREETS Wt^a SONBY-Brick House of fonF MomS scullery, outhouse, &o.; aUotmenSxia, > ' BROWN-STREET, PONSONBY-Veranikl, ' Cottage of 5 rooms, register gxate.oofcnM" k oven, dresser, &o; two tanks: aikmnMt 40x109. Price, £310. Easy termsT^r""* GRACE STREET, PONSONBY-New and4.ll; J finished Villa of 5 rooms, pantry 3 house. &c; register grates, colomalomii' 600 gallon tank. To bi had a bT<rain. o™< RAZORBACK-18 Acres Good Land,as m L ;,i ' in grass; cottage of three rooms/oow-ShSr : ' piggery, &o. : never-failing supply of TraS ■• : Price, only £200. • > ■unihiin . ; ■ i TE MATA, RAGLAN-280 Acres Splendid Land, level and well watered: situated between Whaingaroa and'AoteaHuW ■ ;j' For absolute sale. ■ ' ai1- ■■;,,; *r> -~... HACKBTT-STREET, PONSONBY.-AnW . ."/ Gable-end Verandah Villa of 5 roonw bow ' ' window; well finished. NoreaSonableol»- ' refused; must be sold. ■ ■; ■"• ;■ ;, r™ .., t' CLARENCK-STREKT. PONSO.BV.-7om. i |i roomed Verandah Cottage (almost newT ' gond well; allotment 80 x 87. £310. (7221 ' '* ' NOKTHCOTE.-Handsome New Villa' of Ira •■'•> rooms; bow window, &c; allotment SlxMi' ' ' i . with water frontage. 3 minutes walk, from Stokes's Point Wharf. Price, only 4325. . ''""' . MONTAGUE-STRKET, NEWTON.-flewlli. • •" ■ ■ roomed Verandah Cottage,; fitted wfth ' ivH register grates, colonial «yen, eupboardt -*M &c: Price, 280. V (718?. "': ■'• MONTAGUE-STREET, NEWTON".-iroofik >!! ' Verandah Cottage; allotment 33 1 90. Prloa. :: i only £180. . wjji ■■■ mP ■', i P'EBCIVAL PARADE. PONSONBY.-Btk .''.'. ! Honse of 6 rooms; allotment 4i x 100. Price ' £3op. '••■ • ■;■ *«■■■' rf'jnu IRELAND-STREET, ALMA PLACE.-Veraii. ! dah Cottage of 4 rooms andecullßry.kitoließ range, sink, gas and water laidin from main,. j« woodshed.and wash-Houee; good viewra harbour. £300. •' - ;'" |P ■' •'■■ (780) :' ''>" WARKWORTH.-Hou?e of 6 rooms and lsretf ** '1 allotment. No reasonable oiler refused. , i MAHURANGI.-43 Aores 'flret-claas LanaTai' "';' acres in bash ( obnsisting'of kauri,*totara," ' "." puriri. &c.; all ploughable. To be had a MB bargain. ' ; ,••• ! •■ ; ! ■ US) .fiji PAPAHOA. — Lots 101 and 102," JM'iorea, ' , situated about 1J miles from'PaparOa yfl. ~~'\' I lage. Price, only 30s per aore. ■■■ WSt '.'■■ ~■' i Mti'tKu (ii—fart bot 42-(0 aor^«' an«h,:]u; ■ principally kauri; bnu ,ded Dn one Ait byj ■■ deep creek; Bimatsd 1} miles 'torn iiwo-'. ',' . shto, of Matakohe. : Piioa,- fil- '164* let" "■ r.ore. •■■ ! ■' .:\ s-' <:i IBHI.■"■■■:•:!;. O'MK'lj-STRRKT,, Poiioabi—Verwdab Cot IsoSii taee, 4 rooms, saalixry," and cellar; .flap „ , board, rfsii- ter«rt ovan, etc Only £M jUSSIi- " '' KING-->.ThE*T. off Great North Head-iholM'' « Hu ld'n« Allotiuentß NOS. 73,76,77, and fU\ , hi 7S, IW)x 152 feetfrontako toKlnß-«r8»t«»4, (! ,, f i , HoWe-troet; oultUateiJ, Price for rtm lot, £160.. . ■ ■■'• •••■ ■■■:■'■ •'■' ■■«'>■ :- BSU ■■■'£ KAKa.NGA^APR . ROiD. near S*moißiiii#>c ►tivet. yon drglritble House,6 rooms;.Wi4giTW well. tank, one-house, &o. .Ifreßttold allot-. ~ m»iit, wbiue 30 x-132. The boose is well ■ built, and In (list-olas* order. • (698 '*■" -r** KIN«-artcKwT, eosmsHY. — N«w,;«a4;ife v»«)l-tinl»h6d fJable-ended Villa, 6 ipnini,,, |. ; »r.d soniliery, flttet with colonial ore^.iiS registe?l grates, oupbnarda,«o; good wellj "T |; trrouno njooly ; l»id qu(« oilok Dwhaj &o,;>: '^ (ooi'Vle.w"; a re»Uy,vire«y .jPtaee... PltoVii. ■ £400. ' " " 'Ml i „ ; CA.KLf.T<)^ GORK ROAD —Handsome'VliSjl'- oontucalna 7 rooms, bathroom, larg»o»iw; jrj':: waaDhoi.Be, So,, &&, a,tted,.wUh «op|i«,} . v on v oonrde, ftnri many other comfurts, eUnate I o->rner of t'arleton Wore Road imdHeaflald J • View itoadi'gnaßd'allotmoiitr sp>BndM little g*rden^ in a)l:a v«ry dejlr4hl«»n4'i •>• p<eitj plaoe. ' . ■ ' : t U « (fi2M jii.: ;;J HOSS^L-bXttßHll' (off Grtat Korthßo»oii| | Ailotmeatis oaoli 3S x luff. PrlzeiWO for Ha' ■" .a CO)>KINGTb>?' S,fftK«.T ,(off fi»!b»-,,;W«ttisU™ Roadl-'Z Allotments, eaoh 5M MH **ii \M froi.ti<eiiio3»rreetP. Price,'fXfffoi; the lot ' , 1 NOR^OliiO-dTrtKHir —VoMDdiift''Goitart' *'" ". I -room* oupboard, oven,gtftteß,&a Jl*?1, 11. onIy ; JB2JO. . j. . .' . J<y ] i ™,f»'il FRaVK.Iim ROAI) tne&r CpH^gaßpao)-Ne» » an.i woll-flhlshed' dhop!»«id OwolllogofT ~, roomsi: water Jald Id. Go6diH?Sltt*BlWS|ij J * Uonk Terms eisy. Price. fißofl. 4CSOI .»• » OTAUUaU —Verandah CoiUnß,, *■ tO«M .;: alHittnenii3sxMl.nearPabiioaehaoi: Prloj, . l 9 £190. Germs: JBSU ca-h; balands on Bdlld- . toK-*onlety Drinojples . i '.<■ . <«8.;; f KLLICRSLIii-Solendld Villa Site, plantwttrtffl .8 orufttuenral t>eea,'aad'liartiy"fenced., ... "|s :<a PONS'•NBY—HooBe. 7 rooms. phnttyilttWj I j .room, fee, «»>., together with S aores Wd ' ; ont in orchard, garden, paddock, Ssl H Sclendid 8»a view. ' •Wds}.')1 LIN HOliN-sTRKWiT-Vary OdmJortaWe BoW, Jl) 7 run as. bath-room, pautry, stable,■toW"; ;, honae. &c. &O.; about bait an anre Uidoal; I Influwergirdea,oroh4rd,&o.,witheatnnoe ■ ; to btraod atrent; oould be subdivided to la, • - vantage' 65M. ■ ' ' ■ • OBtt. : .« WOOIJ-3'trtKKT—Comfortable Haeidsnoooll , rooms.' atted with gas and almost evaj ; , oonverilehde; splendid allotment, »toal ! HO x 150." ull titotef ally laid oat with flown .. , d frait-tiees, to.; Krand view of harbour, '■ SO, ■ i ■ ,!,: !..■;.; :''■■ >• "~ (88. •• ■':'■ \ &VONDAI.K (Whau)-Nloelittle Ixrtof $uM ■ neir the Station, good land. Pride, only t% ,1 PBraore.^' -■ •' •-•'' :••'■■■■'■■■•' • (tH;,i;,j BDKN Pi^O.ifrOff-Kyhar Pass— Donble Hmk' , of 6roomsando-liar, goodwill. Prlcsiffll *' SHKK;HA^-STKI^;K;T. POvSONBY-N10f10*..,',:" t«KO ; & rooms, verandah in front, and rerj , ■>( comfortable; neir the Hall. *330."' (SMI" i ji BA.ILuY'B PaUDOOK (Newton)—NeW■<»■'" 1 tage ut three rooms; Rood wnll; .freahoß , "1 allotment 83*100; only £130; emy »tm^ } i PONSOHBY. TBHBAOK New iHOOrtrl k; I " rram's (not quite flni»hed); good w|l,t«n«( | | woodshed, w16.; (food.allotmani, SO X ljfti*"-''» a ' fenced andiifented. -JB4SO. .'" ''?, affl.,' 1 Jom-SWiiiiiT, Ponsooby — <SBe»P WW . 4rooms tuipi.houllery, ,(real»ld.Hioti)MMr • \ 40 x 80. price nnly £130. L ~;,,. ~■> .LMBIj '. ; HACKEi'-st'KEfiir, near steps toje«on.«ofl« ; . . of *i. Mary's Koad-Handßnwe Villa, «*">»,,.,■;! ends,ibdw-windows. and fltwd with mil- :u ter grate,.ovon, oaoboardß, etqjj.alKnmetil" ■» A 33 x 99; :prlo« ooW fi2Bo. , l^ CXiAKKiWUit->'l'KK:Br— ATfeff lino weir , i 1 flnlahed Veraridah Oatttgf*. i" roomt «l; •..; | scullery;; fltxei with rejirißter graWi oMn, ■ oupbuaras, tanka, etc; pries fh'.^Sr- ' -'-■ 'tbrms ; ■'■ - ■■" -'•*' . ,;,t •■.HLri.';»''" prospect TKRRAOK-Hand«om«»»™v. desiraDle ■ Hpuae, 6 iroonu, waileirr* « re ufator grate, oven, oupboard, noelyw. «J» • and wateriatdio,ato.'; allotment 83 X.l M *;'; -"I . splendid; little garden, ohoioe treefteift^; ,r ■P,APAKURi—Now Hoase and'Oo'l"*^^* '"!,'■ 1 and 37 aores real (rood land iB oMaaMj«m»'» In valuable noKltion i ast at'raltwaT BtaWJ.. t s TURftMCiA UKKKK (near HbwidtHAJJff •!■ ohoßßUitle Farmot 105 aocoa; partroaj , 1 rated, olenty of timber Mi'.wi."}.,.' i • Hou3». «c (about 17 niilea (rom Auwy e§ f»nli «220. •'' ;" ', ~ M SL.-■ ' RAZOR HA-CK-? DlenCldlittle*»rm,BJ*«™. ~<! largo HiaiMi,t«>wl t and every oonvsiiflj"' a&ont 3 ml:e8 fcom Hokeno StatoßJ-AW^ . OHAI.MK . aoHDsj :p*rt in oultivatloa; "P'en2. 1" orchard i aood pieo« of bn*b: l«*'JH;;',,, * Hunao and outbuildings almoßtneWi •«»•" TUaKAi r—dpißnaw little Lot of SO sores, »i» plaoe Jiuan, p>nay of waur; near Btttjoa. AND NUMKROUS OtHKR PBOPSRTJ^ Bnah Laud?, Improved Farnifc SsTm ; 1 Sltoii, Hußiness Premises, to, lot saw.» ; appliOdtion to ' .. '. V. F. ~K*V ANS, - , house; Land, And Kstatk tasfci ;', Queen-street (next "Herald,")., i-^'v"!-..