THE QUEEN'S JOURNAL.

Somo Interesting Excerpts ThereCroni.

(By Our London Correspondent.)

London, February 15.

The Queen's anxiously-awaited journal of the last twenty yoars of her life was issued to the public on Tuesday afternoon, but thanks to the courtesy of Messrs Smith, Elder, and Co., I obtained a copy of the much-coveted volume early on Monday, and had fairly mastered its contents before tho first of tho reviews appoared in tho «• Times "of the following morning. The prevailing feeling of the average reader who goes carefully through this diary of Royal holiday-making will, I am afraid, be disappointment. It is simply a record of days spent in the Highlands, of excursions here and there, of gillies, weddings, christenings, and funerals. The entries are taroughout fragmentary. The most inter e.ting part of the journal has evidently been deliberately erased. With the exception of the Prince Imperial, Dr. Norman Macleod, and a few others, scarcely a notable name appears in the work. As a writer in one of ti-day'spapersvery truly remarks, "Anyone who formed his idea of the Queen solely from these 300 or 400 pages would have no conception of her higher than that of a good motherly woman dovotedly attached torelativesand retainers, butthewholerange of whoso ideas was limited to tho ordinary bourgeois domesticity." From first to last no light is cast on the many important events of the last 20 years. The Queen's feelings about tho American Civil War, the Franco-Prussian campaign, and the dis memberment of Denmark are still a mystery ti us, though'now we know the Royal palate rolishes " Scotch whiskey," and does not disdain an occasional haggis. Of course, Her Majesty has been no uninterested observer of the great events passing around her. We all know, indeed, that she pays the closest attention to the affairs of the day, and the business of the nation. Unfortunately, a sense of the responsibilities of her high position has compelled her to eliminate all reference to such subjects with so relentless a hand that so far as questions of public interest are concerned, tho journal might just as well be the commonplace jottings of a country squire's " good lady." The Queen has thuß done herself injustice with the unthinking, many of whom will undoubtedly take the part for the whole, and measure her mental activity by these scrubby jottings of odd journeys and visits. Those who expect to solve the mystery of Her Majesty's enthusiastic friendship for the late lamented John Brown by reading " More Leaves from My Journal in the Highlands " had better at once relinquish tho idea. Brown's name (always in con nection with praise or presents) crops up on every page, but beyond the fact that he was a capable servant who ventured to take considerable liberties with his royal mistress, we learn nothing Specially good about him. The Queen's re gard for the man, however, was evidently limitless. At the close of the journal she pays him a tribute such as has seldom been paid to tho greatest statesmon in history, and, judging by this book alone, the casual reader might be excused for imagining that no scholar, divine, artist, or man of letters held such a high place in Her Majesty's es timation as this Highland gillie. I will now proceed to give you some idea of the manner and matter of the journal. It is written in a minor key, the tone more es pecially at tho commencement being in tensely sad and sombre. In the preface the writer "thinks that the present volume will evoke sympathy equally with her former journal; as, while describing a very altered life, it shows how her sad and suffering heart was soothed and cheered by the ex cursions and incidents it recounts, as well as by the simple '.mountaineers, from whom she learned-many a lesson of faith and re signation in tho pure air and quiet of the beautiful Highlands." A CARRIAGE ACCIDENT. The incidents described in the Journal are not very numerous. One of the most in teresting describes how on one dark night in October, 1863, the Queen nearly fell a victim to a carriage accident. "It was quite dark when We left [Altnagiuthasach], but all the lamps were lit as usual; from the first, however, Smith (who was driving) seemed to be quite confused." [Smith is dead. De morluis, &c] "Suddenly, about t-vo miles from Altnagiuthasach, and about twenty minutes after wo had started, tho earriago began to turn [up on one side. • We called out, ' What's the matter ?' There was an awful pause, during which Alice said, 'We are upsetting."' The Queen writes :—

" In another moment—during which I had time to reflect whether we should be killed or not, and thought there were still things I had not settled and wanted to do —the carriage turned over on its side, and we were all precipitated to the ground! I camo down very hard, with my face upon the ground, near tbe carriage, the horses both on tho ground, and Brown calling out hi despair, " Tho Lord Almighty have mercy on us I Who did over see the like of this before ? I thought you were all killed." The Queen's face was a good deal bruised and swollen, and "my right thumb was excessively painful and much swollen." Smith was sent back for assistance, Brown in the meanwhile [being *' indefatigable in his attention and care." Almost directly after the accident happened '' I said to Alice it was terrible not to be able to tell it to my dearest Albert," to which the Princess answered, "But he knows it all, and I am sure he watched over us." It is unpleasant, even at this remoto date, to picture the Queen sitting in the road, bruised and sore, but "it was not cold, and I remembered from tho first what my beloved one had always said to me, namely, to make the best of what could not be altered." How ever, except for Smith, the accident had no serious consequences. "Peoplo were fool ishly alarmed when we got upstairs, and made a great fuss. Took only a littlo soup and fish in my room, and had my head bandaged." The journal contains a sketch made by the Queen of the Glen Gelder Shiel. The Em press EugtSnie was then staying at Aber geldio, and the visit was made in her com "The .vening was perfectly beautiful, warm, and clear, and bright. The Empress was pleased with the little Shiel, which con tains only two small rooms and a little kitchen. It stands in a very wild, solitary spot looking up to Loohnagar, which towers up immediately abovo the house, though to reach Loohnagar itself would take a very long time. Wo walked on along the footpath above the Geldor for a-mile and a, half, the dogs, which had come up, following ns, and the Empress talked a great deal, and most pleasantly, about former times. "When we came back to the little Shiel after walking for an hour, we had tea. Brown had caught some excellent trout, and cooked them with oatmeal, which the dear Empress liked extremely, and said would be her dinner. It was a glorious evening— the hills pink, and the sky so clear." TUB QUEEN, "FAIR MELROSE," AND SIR WALTER SCOTT. In August, 1867, the Queen visited Floors and the Scotch Border country. Kelso is described as being picturesque. Here she was tho guest of the Duke of Bucoleuch, whose house is admired greatly :— "The view from the windows beautiful. The distant Cheviot range with a great deal of wood, Kelso embosomed in rich woods, with the bridge, and the Tweed flowing beneßt___-5-_ral grass terraces which •go down,___t. Very fine. It reminded me ali__T_lf tbe view from the Phcsnix Park %__7_.ublin. ,_, , ~ .... "Even here, although the children were close at hand, tbe feeling of loneliness when I saw no room for my darling, and felt I was indeed alone and a widow, over came me very sadly ! It was the first time I had cone in this way on a visit (like as in former times), and I thought so much of all dearest Albert would have done and said, and how he would have wandered about everywhere, admired everything, looked at everything-and now ! Oh! must it over, ever be so?" ..____.' -, During this visit the Queen made an ex rjjdition to Melrose; "most picturesque and surrounded by woods and hills. We drove straight up to the abbey . . . and walked about the ruins, which are, indeed, very fine, and some of the architecture and carving in beautiful preservation." Even a Queen cannot resist the inevitable quota tion, and we read:—"Most truly does Walter Scott say :—

If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight, "it looks very ghostlike, and reminds me a little of Holyrood Chapel Another twenty minutes or half-hour brought us to Abbotsford, tho well-known residenco of Sir Walter Scott, It lies low and looks rather gloomy They showed us the part of the houso in which Sir Walter lived, and all his rooms—his drawing-room •with the same furniture and carpet, the library where we saw his MSS. of "Ivanhoo," and several others of his novels aud poems in a beautiful handwriting with hardly any erasures, and other relics which _Bu*\Waltor bad-himself collected, Thea &&A. - -. - '-,;

his study, a small dark room, with a little turret in which is a bust in bronze.done from a cast taken after death, of Sir Walter. In the study we saw his journal, in which Mr Hope Scott asked me to write my name (which I felt it to be a presumption in me to do), as also the others. We went through somo passages into two or three rooms where were collected fino specimens of old armour, __c, and where, in a glass case, are Sir Walter's last clothes. We ended by going into the dining-room, in which Sir Walter Scott died, where we took tea." TIIE rRINUESS LOUISE ANI) TIIE MARQUIS OF LORNE. Tho following passage relates to the betrothal of the Princess and tho Marquis of Lome, being dated Balmoral, October S, 1870: ---"This was an eventful day! Our dear Louise was engaged to Lord Lome. The event took place during a walk from tho Glassalt Shiel to the Dhu Loch. She had gone thero with Janio Ely, the Lord Chancellor (Lord Hathorley), and Lome. . . . . Louise told mo that Lome had spoken of his dovotion to her, and proposed to her, and that she had accepted him, knowing that I would approve. Though I was not unprepared for this result, I felt painfully tlie thought of losing her. But I naturally gave my consent, and could only pray that she might be happy." THE QUEEN'.S ROOMS AT DUN'ROBIN. Edinburgh was visited in 1872, and in that year also tho Queen was entertained by tho Duko of Sutherland at Dunrobin Castle. At Dunrobin " the bedroom is tho largest and very handsome, with a beautiful bed with white and gold flowers and doves at each corner (just liko one at Clieveden), with light blue furniture, and gold and white round the cornice of the ceiling; pale bluo afld white panels; blue satin spangled with yellow leaves (which look just like gold) on the walls; and furniture and carpet to match. The dress ing-room the same, but pale blue and pink silk fluted on the walls. The sit ting-room pale sea-green satin, with the cyphers of the lato Duke and Duchess and their daughters on the ceil ing. The furniture of light wood, and the sofas, chairs, tables, kc, remind me greatly of Clieveden and Stafford Houso. The little boudoir had asmall domed ceiling, spangled with golden stars, and the same furniture," __c.

On tho 12th of September, 1877, tho Queen left Balmoral for an expedition to Loch Mareo, which proved most delightful. Here aro one or two passages which will show how the time was spent:—

"Reading; writing. Beatrice's room is a very pretty one, but very hot, being over the kitchen. Brown's just opposite, also very nice and not hot, but smaller. After dinner the Duchess of Roxburghe read a little out of the newspaper."

And again— " The midges aro dreadful, and you can ■ notstand for a moment without being stung. In at twenty minutes to one. I remained sketching the lovely views from the windows in the dining-room, and then sketched the beautiful mountain also." THE PROUDEST AND FINEST COUNTRY IN TUE WORLD. In September, 1869, the Queen visited the Invertrossachs, and we find her entry in the Journal for tho Ist as follows :—" We got up at half-past seven, breakfasted at eight, and at half-past eight left Balmoral with Louise, Beatrice, and Jane Churchill (Brown as always, unless Imention to the contrary, on the box) for Ballater." We have, un fortunately, only space to quote the follow ing passage, one of the many in which the Queen describes the beautiful scenery of the district:—

"Hardly a creature did wo meet, and we passed merely a very few pretty gentlemen's places, or very poor cottages with simple women and barefooted long-haired lassies and children, quiet and unassuming old men and labourers. This solitude, the romance and wild loveliness of everything here, the absence of hotels and beggars, the in dependent simple people, who all speak Gaelic here, all make beloved Scotland the proudest, finest country in the world. Then there is that beautiful heather, which you do not see elsewhere. I prefer it greatly to Switzerland, magnificent andglorious as the sconery of that country is," On Wednesday, September 8, we read: —

"A very bad night from a violent attack of neuralgia in my leg. I only got up after nine, and could hardly walk or stand, but was otherwise not ill. I took a little, but very little, breakfast, alone. I remained at home reading, writing, and resting on a sofa in arm-chair."

COMMUNION SUNDAY AT A SCOTCH KIRK. The Queen was greatly impressed by the Communion Service as it is celebrated in the Scotch Kirk, and in an entry in the Journal for November 13, 1871, says:—

"It was all so truly earnest, and no de scription can do justice to the perfect devo tion of the whole assemblage. It was most touching, and I longed much to join in it. (Since 1873, says the Queen in a footnote, I have regularly partaken of the Communion at Crathie every autumn, it being always given at that time.) To see all these simple, good peoplo in their nice plain dresses (in cluding an old woman in her mutch), so many of whom I knew, and somo of whom had walked far, old as they were, in the deep snow, was very striking. Almost all our own people were there. We came home at twenty minutes before two o'clock." A VISIT TO INVERLOCHY. In September, 1873, tho Queen visited Inverlochy, and the descriptions of the scenery during her journey thither ' are freely recorded. Of the people in the dis trict the Queen says :—

" Here and there were some very poor little huts, most miserable, of stone, wretch edly thatched with moss and grass, and weeds growing on the roofs, very dirty and neglected-looking, tho little fields full of weeds chokingthe corn, and neglected bite of garden, bußhes and brambles growing into the very window; and yet generally the people who looked most poor had a cow."

"STUART BLOOD IS IN MY VEINS."

We quote her Majesty's words. During her visit to Inverlochy she was received by Cameron of Lochiel: —

"It was, as General Ponsonby observed afterwards, a striking scene. ' There was Lochiel,' aB he,said, ' whose great-grand uncle had been the real moving cause of the rising of 1745—f0r without him Prince Charles would not have made tho attempt— showing your Majesty (whoso great-great grandfather he had striven to dethrone) the scenes made historical by Prince Charlie's wanderings. It was a scene one could not look on unmoved.' Yes ; and J feel a sort of reverence is going over these scenes in this most beautiful country, which I am proud to call my own, where there was such devoted loyalty to thefamily of my ancestors —for Stuart blood is in my veins, and lam now their representative, and the people are as devoted and loyal to me as they were to that unhappy race." DR. NORMAN MACLEOD. " I am anxious," says the Queen in 1873, " to put on record all my recollections of my dearandvaluedfriendDr.NormanMacleod." Numerous extracts are given from the Journal testifying to his services to her Majesty, which are among the most interest ing in the book. We quote a number of these: —

" He expressed great admiration (this is dated August 21,1862)0f my dearest Albert's statue (the cast of which was standing in the vestibule below). Hiseyes were full of tears, and he said his loss was felt more and more.

I showed him a drawing of the mausoleum, and he said, " Oh, he is not there," which is so true."

Hereis another, dated Balmoral, Saturday, October 14, 1565 :— "After dinner Dr. Macleod gave us a long account of that dreadful Dr. Pritchard, and his interviews with him. Never in his life had he seen anything so dreadful as this man's character and his wonderful untruth fulness."

Then follows the account of Dr. Macleod's death,' which is thus told by the Queen :— "Balmoral, Sunday, June 16, 1872.—We had come home at five minutes past eight: I had wished Brown goodnight, and was just going to my dressing-room, when he asked to come in again and say a few words to me. He came in, and said, very kindly, that he had seen Colonel Ponsonby, and that there was rather bad news of Dr. Maeleod, who was very ill—in fact, that they were afraid he was dead !Oh ! what a blow! How dreadful to lose that dear, kind, loving, large-hearted friend !My tears flowed fast, but I checked them as much as I could, and thanked good Brown for the very kind way he broke the painful and unexpected news to me. I sent for and told Leopold, who was quite stunned by it, and all my maids. Every one was most deeply grieved. I cried very bitterly, for this is a terrible loss to me." TUE QUEEN AND FRANCE. Here is another and lengthier passage, which seems to us to bo worth quoting. It Is dated Sunday, October 2, IS7O: — " Dr. Maeleod gave us such a splendid ser mon on the war, and without mentioning France said enough to make everyone under stand what was meant (when he pointed out how God would punish wickedness, and vanity, and sensuality; and tho chapters lie 'read from Isaiah xxviii., and from

Ezekiel, Amos< and one of the Psalms, were really quite wonderful for the way in which they seemed to describe France).

To Bave trouble, we quote one or two of the verses from Isaiah xxviii:—

"(1.) Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine.

"(2.) Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand. " (3.) The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet. "(15.) Because ye have said, Wo have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall through, it shall not not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood havo we hid ourselves. "(IG.) Therefore, thus saith tho Lord God. " (17). Judgment (also) will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place." TUE DEATH OF TnE I'RINCE IMPERIAL. "At twenty minutes to eleven Brown knocked and came in" (the Court was then at Balmoral), "and said there was bad news : and when I, in alarm, asked what, he replied, 'The young Fronch Princo is killed.' " Tho news was a terrible shock to the Queen. In travelling to London tho Court train stopped at Carlisle, when papers wore pro cured giving ample details. " To die in such an awful, horrible way I Poor, poor dear Empress I hor only, only child—her all gone ! And such a real misfortune ! I was quite beside myself, and both of us have hardly had another thought since. . . . Brown so distressed; every one quite stunned. Got to bed very late; it was dawning I and littlo sleep did I get. " Monstrous ! Te think of that dear young man, the apple of his mother's eye, born and nurtured in tho people.dying thus, is too fearful, too awful; and inoxplicablo and dreadful that the others should not havo turned round and fought for him. It is too horrible !" The Queen visited Inverary, the seat of the Argylls, in September, 1875, where the days seem to have been passed pleasantly, sketching and writing, driving and walking. TEL-EL-KEMR. While tho Duke of Connought was at tho front during the Egyptian campaign there was the greatest anxiety as to his safety. On September 11, 1882, a private telegram announced that our troops wero to attack on the following Wednesday. " I prayed earnestly for my darling child, and longed for the morrow to arrive. Read Kcirner's beautiful " Gebet vor der Schlacht," " Vater, ich rufe Dich" ("Prayer before tho Battle, " " Father, I call on Thee"). My beloved husband used to sing it often. My thoughts were ontirely fixed on Egypt and the coming battlo. My nerves were strained to such a pitch by the intensity of my anxiety and susponso that they seemed to feel as though they were all alive."

Tel-el-Kebir was won ; and we read pres ontly that " Louischen had received a very long and most interesting letter from Arthur about that dreadful march on the 25th (dated 26, but finished later)."

" Tho loss, thank God I is not so heavy as we feared at first. A bonfire was to bo lit by my desire on the top of Craig Cowan at nine, just where there had been ono in 1850 after the fall of Sevastopol,' whon dearest Albert went up to it at night with Bertie and Aflie. Tnat was on September 10, very nearly the same time twenty-six years ago !" JOHN BROWN, Throughout this volume there is scarcely ono of the four hundred pages, from that of the dedication to the final tribute, in which the name of Brown does not appear. At Holyrood the Queen sits under a tnorn bush reading tho Ettrick Shepherd, a copy of which had been given her by Brown some years before. On another occasion she writes: —

"I gave my faithful Brown an oxidised silver biscuit-box and some onyx studs. He was greatly pleased with the former, ond the tears came to his eyes J and he said, "It is too much." God knows it is not for one so devoted and faithful.

On the 21st of October, 1875, tho Quoen attended the funeral of Brown's father at Micras, opposite Abergeldie :— "When the coffin was being taken away she (Mrs Brown) sobbed bitterly. Wo took somo whisky and water and cheese, accord ing to the universal Highland custom, and then left, begging tho dear old lady to bear up. I told her the parting was but for a time. Saw my good Brown at a little before two. He said all had gone oft' well, but he seemed vory sad."

His portrait figures with his autograph among the Royal and titled personages of the book.

The conclusion is dated Balmoral, November, 1883, and runs as follows :—

" A few words I must add in conclusion to this volume. The faithfu 1 attendant who is so often mentioned throughout these leaves is no longer with her whomheservedso truly, devotedly, untiringly. In the fulness of health and strength he was snatched away from his career of usefulness, after an illness of only three days, on the 27th of March of this year, respected and beloved by all who recognised his rare worth and kindness of heart, and truly regretted by all who knew him. His loss to me (ill and helpless as I was at the timo from on acci dent) is irreparable, for he deservedly possessed my entire confidence ; and to say that he is daily, nay, hourly, missed by me, whoso lifelong gratitude he won by his constant care, attention, and devotion, is but a feeble expression of the truth."

A truer, nobler, trnsticr heart, More loyal, and more loving, never beat Within a human breast.

A Murder Prevented by a Dream.

A gentleman a friend of Mr Calcott's (a worthy clergyman of Bristol), observed t< him the other morning that he had been much alarmed the night before by a dream —so strong, so lively, and distinct that no length of time could efface it from his re collection ; that a woman, whom he circum stantially described to Mr Calcott, had ap peared before him and made an atteraptupon his life,and that his visionary murderess was so str#ngly impressed upon his memory that he still shuddered when he thought of her. Mr C. smiled, and the subject was changed. About a dozen years after, as the gentleman .who had the dream was travelling in Ger many, what were his horror and amazement on reaching the inn where he to was sleep when he beheld tho very woman (precisely the samo in dross, person, and features), whom he had seen in a dream in England twelve years before. He consulted with his Bervant, and they retired, after supper to a two-bedded chamber, where they lay with cocked pistols and beating hearts attending the event. Accordingly after all the family had retired to rest, the door of the appart ment was pushed open, and tho woman made her appeal ance with a weapon in her hand. The English travellers, however, soonsecured her, and thus by an interposition, which even an atheist must allow to be providen tial, where the lives of two innocent persons rescued from the attack of an assassin.— From "The New Novelist."

Stripping a Woman in London Streets.

At tho Hammersmith Police Court, Frederick Brown, Henry Wright, and Thomas Matthew Dyett were charged with robbing Mary Ann Bartlett, tho wife of a man employed at the Clarendon Hotel, Notting Hill. Tho prosecutrix, who had a youthful appearance, said she had been married 20 years. Mr Paget (with sur prise)— How old aro you ? The prosecutrix said she was 35, and her daughter was in court. On Wednesday week she went out with Mrs Arnold for a walk, and on return ing they went into the Portland, where they had a glass of wine. After leaving the public-house they went along the Pottery Lane, where Mrs Arnold left her to go on for some sugar. The port wine overcame her, as she was weak. She was dragged by the prisoners through a gate and stripped. Dyett took off her ulster, and the other prisoner had her purse and rings. Sho could not tell which took them, as she was stupid. They even stripped her to her underclothes, taking off her boots, so that she had to walk home in the mud without any. The prisoners had taken off her petticoats, and she had nothing on except her drawers and stays. She was treated violently, and thrown on the ground. The first person she saw when she recovered was a policeman, who had been fetched, and who took her home. The prisoner Brown said he was innocent of the charge. Wright said he heard that a woman was lying naked in a shed, and he held a light. Police-constable 352 T said he found the p-o .cutrix in a tile shed, lying on her back, nearly naked. Ho lifted her up, but she appeared stupefied. He asked a woman to dress her, as she was unable to do so. There were not any rings on the finger, which had a liftle mark of blood. Mr Paget heard some confirmatory evidence, and re manded the prisoner. i

BRADLAUGH ASSERTS HIS RIGHTS.

Soeno in tho Houso,

[From Our London Correspondent.]

The news that Mr Bradlaugh intended to onco more assert his rights to a seat in the House of Commons on Monday evening last was quite enough to draw a large and curious crowd to Westminster early on tho afternoon of that day. Tho weather, however, was unpropitious for a publio demonstration, and so wero the police. Not only did rain descend in torrents, but it was a case of "no admis sion except on business" into Palace Yard. Members drove rapidly up in close carriages,and when about 4 p.m. the martyr Bradlaugh made his appearance in a lamen tably seedy four-wheeled cab, very few bystanders even recognised him. Inside the House, however, all was bustlo and suppressed excitement. The aspect of " the Commons " When Mr Speaker took tho chair indicated a matter of engrossing interest. " Every seat " (says Mr If. W Lucy, from whoso graphic account of the scene I now propose to quote) had been engaged on tho Opposition side, and there were very few not disposed of on the other. The galleries were soon crowded, including those for Peors and distinguished strangers, while from the general though suppressed excitement it might have been supposed that the fate of an Empire—or, at least, of a Ministry—was at stako, rather than the Parliamentary privileges of tho burly person sitting yonder under tho gallery quietly surveying tho sceno. Hcnourablo members did not at onco reach tho jam of the tart they had come to enjoy, but bit round it, so to speak, all question timo, which was unusually prolonged and full of incident—arising, perhaps, from tho highly charged state of the atmosphere. The forty-four questions on the paper being nearly exhausted, Mr Bradlaugh came down from his seat under tho gallery and stood just below tho bar, flankod by Mr Labouchere and Mr Burt. Ho loomed large thero upon the House, and looked the embodiment of massive determination. But this modern Peri was kept long waiting for a chance of breaking into Paradise. After Mr Dixoii-Hartland had "tackled" Mr Chamberlain on a quostion of patronago, and como off decidedly second-best, Mr Forstor, by moans of a quostion to tho Prime Minister, started tho topic of the be leaguered garrisons in the Soudan. Tho right lion, moinber for Bradford dosired to draw out his former chief, of course in a friendly and sympathetic way, and in tho interest not only of humanity, but, perhaps, of party also. Mr Gladstone was not to be drawn. Till the morrow ovoning his lips were closed by force of circumstancos. Thon he would spook and fully, but not oven partially beforo. This was quite enough for an alert and somewhat excited Opposition, who forthwith plunged into the detectable sport of Premier-baiting. Hon. members rose in twos and throes, eager to contribute to tho bundlo of mani fold sins and wickednesses laid at tho door of the Government by way of provocation. There woro humanitarian members, humiliated members, indignant mem bers, scornful members, pitying mom bers; but Mr Gladstone, though ho often put his head out of tho Ministerial cave and mado reply, either had nothing to tell, or would tell nothing. Liko Pio Notio, he passively resisted threats, and cried, "Non possumus" to all suggestions. Vainly, therefore, tho Opposition waves beat against the rock of his resolve, and in course of time they began to lull. Then was Mr Bradlaugh's opportunity. Tho Peri stepped over tho " crystal bar " into the place so much desirod, without in vitation. Mr Speaker saw no hon. membor woitingto bo sworn. Olficinlly ho was blind to Mr Bradlaugh'b presence as a candidato for the oath ; but no soonor had tho mem ber for Northampton crossed tho magic boundary than Sir Henry Brand roso aud looked him full in tho faco. What might have followed so dignified nnd imposing an action with an ordinary man as its object need not now bo discussed. Mr Bradlaugh is not an ordinary man, and nothing fol lowed. Ho no doubt felt that, in tho language of Pleacoman X, "thoro was a hi upon 'im," but ho shrank not from its re monstrant and reproving fire. Rathor did he tako long strides to tho encounter, Mr Labouchore endeavouring to keep pace with him on one hand, whilo Mr Burt hurried along on tho other. At this moment, as tho Speaker looked unuttorablo things, the Opposition angrily murmured, tho Liberals kept silence, and the skirt of Mr Brat-laugh's l>l__k frock coat expanded with tho wind of his own motion, tho spectacle was thrilling. Every man in the placo looked all eyes and oars, as became a legislative body about to vindicate its zeal for morality and religion, which, as we all know, aro higher things than those ordinarily dealt with by Acts of Parliament. Mr Bradlaugh was soon at the table and under tho vory eyo of tho still upstanding Speaker, tho glare of which he had now to endure alone, his sup porters having returned to thoir seats. _Not a whit dismayed, the olect of North ampton spread ono paper on a pile of books before him, and began to read from another, at the samo time holding a small volume in his left hand. His voice was inaudible, but an offended Opposition knew very well what he was about, and up from among them .went tho groan that profanation of sacred things instinctively draws from tho breast of genuine piety. That cry may havo been set down to the credit of tho Conserva tives elsowhero, but it was wasted on Mr Bradlaugh, who calmly put the small volume to his lips, scribblod something on tho first paper, deposited tho second and tho little book with it, and then walked backwards to the bar, bowing as he wont. A moment moro and tho self-sworn mombor was seated in his place. So was Mr Spoaker, his faith shaken, perhaps, in tho power of that eye which, according to Mr J, L. Toole, had such adreadful effoct upon "poor Jones." Act the First of the moving drama ondod here.

Mr Speaker rose to open the Second Act. Ho seemed greatly agitated, and paused more than once as though to rocover him self when calling upon Mr Bradlaugh to retire that the House might consider his conduct. Mr Bradlaugh aid retire—to his seat under the gallery, whence ho wit nessed the rising of his old antagonist, Sir Stafford Northcote. The Opposition leader was quite calm and businesslike when moving his now familiar disqualifying reso lution, which he did in a very few words. For him there was no need of argument. The executioner does not reason about tho case of the man ho is about to decapitate. Mr Gladstone, who noxt rose, manifested the same quiet and reasonable spirit, re marking, in almost conversational style, that the Government retained their former position in the case, and that he looked upon the action of the majority as unconstitu tional, and even contrary to law. One thing, however, they were prepared to do —prosecute Mr Bradlaugh on behalf of the Crown should he sit and vote, in order to bring all the circumstances under judicial purview. Mr O'Donnell having inter posed at this moment on a point of order, and been disposed of, Mr Labouchere proceeded to let loose tho waters of strife. The senior representative of Northampton first instructecf hon. mem bers opposite in the law of the case, at which they were irreverent enough to laugh, and from law he went to principle, proclaiming his agreement with Mr Brad laugh as to the "unmeaning" formula, "So help me God." So far from attacting any grave significance to that expression, he looked upon it as "superstitious rub bish," on a par with the " mumbo jumbo " rites of Central Africa. Much other did Mr Labouchere say of the same bold kind, till his speech, frequently interrupted by exclamations, had stirred the serried phalanx in his front to unmistakable resentment. Here was another Bradlaugh sitting in the very midst of the assembly, so carefully guarded against contamina tion ; and the eight stirred the righteeus soul of Mr Frank Hugh O'Donnell, who at once stepped forward to champion out raged religion. Both in sorrow and in anger the hon. member for Dun garvon wanted to know whether such insults to the faith were permissible. Mr Speaker answered that the responsibility as well as the speech was Mr Labouchere's, and the chair bad not to judge in such matters. But Mr Labouchere had not finished. "You are only trying to waste time," said he to the Opposition, and the' charge came back in prolonged clamour meant to put the accuser down. In this it failed, as did an individual effort on tke part of Lord Randolph Churchill. Triumphant over all "alarums and ex cursions," Mr Labouchere got in one more shot, taunting the Conservatives with "sanctimonious Sophistry," and then subsided. Lord Randolph thereupon took occasion to remark that the senior member for Northampton's tirade was "unworthy of notice by any rational being,"- and Mr Forater, .peaking less directly, observed that he should vote against Sir S. Norohcote's motion, in spite of the speech just heard. By this time the group of representatives from th. Isle of Saints had taken the full

measure of tho iniquity represented by tho olect of Northampton, and were ready to rush with more than crusading zeal into tho fray. Mr Healy, looking through his glasses at Mr Bradlaugh wanted to know why the offending member was not pnt outside, and his colleague?, remembering their own complete expulsion, cheered the. question. Poor Mr Speaker, who had a lively time of it, explained why, and then Sir S. Northcote, as things wero getting mixed, brought tho Houso back to his motion. Only for a moment, however. Led by Mr O'Donnell, tho Parncll-tes gave tongue once more in favour of putting Mr Bradlaugh out, and another long wrangle followed, punctuated by an amendment from Mr Sexton, at which oven Mr Speaker's gravity gave way, and by Lord R. Churchill's demand for a "luminous" decision from the chair. At last tho question was put, and Mr Bradlaugh wont out with the "Noes" to record his vote. Further entanglement followed. Mr Healy, still unsatisfied, moved to dis allow Sir Bradlaugh. vote beforo de claring tho number., and had the supreme satisfaction, after lotting loose moro strong feeling and hard words, of lead ing the whole Conservative party into the lobby with him and his compatriots. Mr Bradlaugh's vote was disallowed by 258 to 101, and on the figures of the previous division, as thus amended, being announced, they proved to be 250—167. Even then the matter was not ovor. Mr Bradlaugh having voted a second timo, and, as the House could not go on moving in a vicious circle, Sir S. Northcote proposed that the Sci'gcaut-at-Arms bo instructed to keep Mr Bradlaugh outside the precincts of the House until ho had ongaged not to disturb its proceedings. On tlie part of his colleague, Mr Labouchoro gave this as surance, and both Mr Bright and Mr Gladstone deprecated pressing the motion. But tho Conservatives wero not in gonovous mood. Thoy had a majority, and pushed its power to tho "bitter end," Mr Brad laugh, on a third division, boing oxcluded by 228 votes to 120. Tho hon. members, proud, no doubt, of having successfully vindicated tho sanctity of an oath, tho purity of their Chambers, and their own repute for consistency, wont to dinner.

HUMOROUS CLIPPINGS.

A wsTiNdulsiiEo actor was playfully re proached tho other ovoning by a lady friend at a reception for going so littlo into socioty. "Wo all want to sco you," she declared "You really ought to lot us lionise you a littlo." "I never hoard of but one man," tho coiuodian returned, "that was not spoiled by boing lionised.' " Who was that ." tho lady asked. " Tho Prophet Daniel," was tho roady response

Tho American " Punch " is publishing a numbor of fables. Tho two following aro amusing :—

" The Hark and the Toi.toise.—Tho haro onco challenged tho tertoiso to a trial of spcod. Tho haro frisked about merrily, paying littlo attention to his rival, or jeor ing him for his slowness. The tortoiso, however, plodded along steadily, and had well-nigh reached tho ond whon the hare observed his progress. Away darted tho haro liko lightning, and won tho raco.— Moral: The raco is not always to tho slow."

"Tim Mbiichant ov Venice.—A Vono tian merchant, who was lolling in tho lap of luxury, was accosted upon tho Rialto by a friend who had not soon him for many months. ' How is this ?' cried tho latter. ' When I last saw you your gaberdine was out at elbows, and now you sail in your own gondola!' 'Truo,' replied tho mer chant, ' but since then I have met with serious losses, and boon obliged to com pound with my creditors for ten conts on tho dollar.'—Moral: Composition is tho lifo of trado."

A statue of Bt_ranger is about to bo orcctcd in tho Place dv Tomplo, Paris. A somewhat amusing circuinstanco is that tlio sculptor has depicted tlio great chanson llier holding in his left hand a volume of iloraco's works. Now, Mi-anger, in a letter which wont the round of tho press, declared that ho did not know a word of Latin 1—" Truth." A fearful crimo was prevented a fow days ago between Handford and Trontbam by tho activity and watchfulness of a local policeman. Looking over a hedge, ho had observed a labourer, armed with a largo knife, pursuing his terrified victim across an opon hold. Still ho watched, until, after a breathless chaso, tho ruffian overtook hor, throw her down, and just as sho was struggling frantically to escat.o tho fatal stab tho policeman appearod upon the sceno and saved her life. Sho was a sheop. —"Globe." How littlo we hoar of Mrs Langtry just now, says a socioty paper. She seems to havo dropped entirely out of the memory of everybody, and she goes and comes and acts as sho pleases, and nobody pays tho slight est heed. Every dog has his day, and so apparently have women liko Mrs Langtry. It sooniß, however, sho is as fascinating as she has ever been, and that there are other young mon in the world who make as big idiots of themsolvos about hor as did Freddie Gobhardt. Whilo Bhe was in Washington^ a young man well known in Socioty thoro gave her a diamond ring valued at £1,000. 1 Mrs Langtry has now finer jewels ond in [ greater variety than any woman in America. They aro valued at a largo amount.

In order to obtain some idea of tho profits of street begging, Mr H. S. Maclauchlan, a journalist on the staff of tho " Echo," dis guised himself as a mendicant, and begged all day in some of the fashionablo squares in tho West End of London. His " make up " was so clover that a constable, regard ing him as a suspicious character, arrested him, and Mr Maclauchlan had considerable difficulty in proving he was only an amateur vagrant. Indeed, ho was only roleascd when a Magistrate was satisfied from evi denco that Mr Maclauchlan really was on a journalistic expedition.

Mrs Do Jenkins: "Dear me, Matilda Jane, it's no use trying to be aristocratic any longer. I've done everything mortal woman could, since your pa did so well in lumbor, but the obstacles aro gotting too groat. Igiveitup." Matilda Jane: "Why, ma, I think wo go quite splendid. I'm sure. We don't cat with our knives any moro, and we'vo got so we dare speak to tho butler at dinner. The way you say ' JameS; you may go,' sounds liko a queen talking. What is the trouble now ?" Mrs De Jonkins : " Woll, I was reading only a little while ago that tho gout and a family feud wero necessary adjuncts to the aristocracy, and I don't sco any prospect of securing either."

When a lady wears a bustle in front, laughter should be pardoned. At a recont " swell" ball a lady appeared in a new Berlin toilet, and immediately upon her entrance faces were hid behind fans and merriment reigned supreme. The gentle men were rude enough to curiously eye the costume, and she, in a rage, called on the dressmaker next day to see what the matter was with her attire. That worthy also was seized with a fit of laughter. That only in creased the ire of her patron, but tho ex planation was soon made. " You have put on your dress the wrong way, with the 'pouf' in front."

It would have been surprising (says the " Manchester Weekly Times ) if the American papers had not found a husband for Miss Mary Anderson in England. They evidently felt it their bounden duty not to let hor return without a title, and accord ingly it has been duly announced that the lady was in duo time to become the Duchess of Portland (tho Duke, by the way, is also to be engaged, according to other veracious authorities, to the eldest daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales). Singularly enough, Mis_ Anderson had heard nothing of th 3 good fortune in store for her, and she has not only denied that she has contracted any matrimonial engagement, but further says that she is wedded to her profession alone, and intends to remain Mary Ander son. The correspondents who sent the news were on the wrong tack this time, but lot them try again. So charming a lady cannot surely intend to remain single all her lifo, and the New York papers may yet bo able to find her an acceptable spouse.

Now that the Celtic has arrived safely, a good many people, the " Pall Mall Gazette " remarks, will quite wish that they had shared the pleasant excitementof so unusual a voyage, while gentlemen with a turn for speculation will. really regret the loss of such a capital opening. No sooner, it ap pears, was the ballot for the four passengers who were to be taken by the Argosy decided than some brisk business began, and two of the successful drawers parted with their right to rescue for £5 each. Any one with a real turn for tho thing would have bought up as many of the chances as he could beforehand, for all the time there was an American sculptor on board who had a pressing and lucrative engagement in Rome in connection with tlio execution of a statue of President Garfield, and who offered £40 as soon as he heard that tho chance of being transferred to the " Argosy " was negotiable. But the sellers did nut hold their luck long enough, and the buyers refused to sell ..gain,

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1884.

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Drapery. &_• NEW Zealand house> RATTRAY, 178, 180, and IS2, QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND. WILLIAM RATTRAY bops to announce that his first shipments for tho Autumn and Wlntor Season ot New Goods lor all Departments me now opon for public inspection, in soliciting a continuance of tho patronage bestowed on Nl_W ZIiALAND JlOcblt, for the list thirty years, ho takes tho opportunity of observing that on no previous occasion has ho been enabled to show such rich variety, and really splendid vahio. and the bulk of the V 001'? having arrived by tho Direct Steamers, the display will comprise nearly all the yen latest London and 1 _ris Fashions. Ill* London Mayor has been successful in securing the class ol goods most suitable to the Auckland climnto, anil by judicious pureliasing has been, enabled to acquire them at such prices as permits of their being marked here at in somo instances lower pricos than those usually asked for by the local wholcaalo warehouses, RATTRAY, & <^OS^ £ s_jpljfbz— =^ 1 <g_->_3-g__] HOUSE [Tj^y.jTiS.i:,] I.g-tsr«ys--l | HOUSE I ________ |l v^j^^, , n ._ T_r-■-.■_■ .^i ~~_~~_.l____ """^r. t^i^^M^iAfM^m ll WILLIAM RATTRAV. .. !] NEW ZEALAND II OUS E, 178, ISO, and IS2, Queen-street. MANTLE DEPARTMENT. WILLIAM RATTRAY is showing in this department -Ladles' Diagonal, Cashmere, and Hroehß' 1-aletota and Dolmans, elegantly trimmed with new Kat Tail Fringes, Rich Broche, l-ong Paris Dolmans aud Paletots, quilted silk lined, and trimmed im- and (.lionille; ladies Ileal Soalskbi Paletots. Ladies' Dolman Four-in-hand, and Newmarket Ulsters in Cheviots, Mroken Checks, Crimson, and all fashionablo colours In cloths. The unanimous verdict respect ing theso goods by tho Ladies who honoured Now Zealand House with then- presence at tlie lato show was, "How Very Cheap I" And so indeed they are. Then for Childrens wear thoro is a nico variety of Cloth Jackots and Four-in-hand Ulsters m Checks and Plain and Crimson Mantlo Cloths, equally good value. COSTUME DEPARTMENT. WILLIAM RATTRAY conlldontly recommends an early inspection of this Department. In Walking Costumes there aro Novelties in Stripes, Cheeks, and Plain Cloths, in tho vory latest London stylos; whilo in Evening Dresses, Black materials and Silks, there are some really choico models, and all at very reasonablo prices. Tho purchase of these Costumes in London was made under very advantageous circumstances, so that a stylish dress can now be bought just for tho prico of the material In tho Children's Branch of this Department, there aro some pretty little Costumes at very reoßonablo prices, whilo ihe display of Tunics and Polisses, otc, is rich in colour and variety, and a speedy clcaranco may bo looked for. MILLINERY. WILLIAM RATTRAY'S French Models in this Department should bo seen without delay. 'Ihey are. indeed triumphs of art. In Straws and Felts thero is an endless variety of shapes in all the new colours. There are Princess Bonnets in Braid, Chips, Straw, and Chenille- New Designs in Felt, Velvet, and Plush Hats and Bonnets. Infants' Millinery, Cashmere, Silk,and Salin Hoods. Flowers, Fca'hors, Aigrettes, Millinery Ornaments. These havo all been well bought, and are marked much under the usual value of these goods to securo a rapid clearance, as fresh shipments of Novelties are to arrive. UNDERCLOTHING. WILLIAM RATTRAY is assured ho holds .he largost sto-k of Ladies'and Children's Underclothing in the Colony. The celebrated Hand-made llibcrnla Underclothing is nearly as choap as thr Machinc-miido, but far moro durable. In Ladies' Dressing Gowns thero arc somo very pretty Designs suitable for the season. FURS. WILLIAM RATTRAY has a choico selection of Fnr Goods in Capes, Fur-lined Cloaks, and Fur Trimmings in all widths. For Halny Weather, Ladles now bcciii to prefer the Cash mere Waterproof aid Macintosh Cloaks ns very light nnd easy lo carry. WILLIAM RATTRAY has a splendid variety of those in Black, Navy Brown, and Myrtle Cashmere, and Steel Reversible Macintosh, all lengths and reasonable prices. SILKS AND VELVETS. WILLIAM RATTRAY Is showing a largo Stock of Fashionable Makes in all leading shades, and desires to draw special attention to his Plain Velvets and Broehe Silks and Satins, which will bo found marvels for value. DRESS DEPARTMENT. WILLIAM RATTRAY'S Costume. Cloths are exceptionally well done this season. There is a splendid line in Hark Checks, beautifully soft, and durable, whilo tlie French Armni-es, Satin Cashmere, Biarritz, and Ottoman Cloths will be found in nn endless variety of shades, and at sucli prices as must necessarily tempt a clearance. The Velveteens in Black and fashionable colours, in v rich clothy mako are a specialty, and are At value. For those requiring low price goods, wo can furn.Bh a rich variety of colouring in wide, durable materials with trim mings to match. FANCY DEPARTMENTS. WILLIAM RATTRAY has in these Departments an endless variety of Laces and Lace Goods, Rullllngs, plain, brochc, Tartnn and Velvets, Sash ltibbons with narrow to match. Umbrellas, Cashmere and Merino Hosiery, Dross Materials, Dress Buttons, Fans. Bags. Gloves, So. In Gloves, all tlio best makes will be found, and a special purchase of a lino of Four-button Black Kid Gloves in the London Market will be otlcred at Is lid tlio pair, though they aro really worth doublo the money. WILLIAM RATTRAY, 178, 180, and IS2, QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND. I xj_V "PI IIR" e\sf^ _/^_Bl_si_/t^ ILISLSI SL' the"CHEYLESMORE» THE SPECIAL "CLUB" w K"■ n ° ITKy v" Patent Double Driver.



nn Insurance. ANOTHER FIRE WHAT TO DO~IN CASE OF FIRE. The most fruitful sources of fires aro^-thc oaroless uso of matches, candlo llamo coming in Icontact with window curtains or bedhang tags, tho mismanagement of kerosono lamps, and tho leaving of ordinary household lamps untonded. Matches should always bo kepi on a high shelf out of tho reach of children, Whon employed in stores, warehouses and factories, they should bo protected from mice by moans of proper metal-boxes. Care should bo takon not to DROP unlightod matches, noi to throw down unextinguished matches care lessly on tho floor. Never leave a lighted candle unwatchod noar hanging drapery, especially il thoro bo an open window in tho room. Reading In bod bycandlo light is a practice very much tc bo condemned, and a burning candlo should novcr bo suffered to remain after tho inmate, of tho houso aro asleep. Gas should he turnod off at tho main when not in uso. In case an osoapo should bo strongly smelt, turn off at once from the main and sot open tho doors and windows, but on no account toko a lighted candlo into tho room till tho smell has passed off. Never pile up partially burnt wood against tho chimnoj;; scores of houses have been burned in this way in New Zealand. Never pul firewood Inside the fender or on tlie stovo tc dry. Paper, clothing, or similar combustible material should never bo left near the grata Ashes should never bo thrown away against a wooden building, or kopt in a wooden box or barrel. Tho abovo hints relate to tho preven tion of fire. Whon unfortunately a fire doo_ ocour, remember that wet blankets and rugs oconomiso the supply of water, and aro more effectual In preventing tho spread of lire than water simply thrown on, and at tho same time causo less damago to furniture. In the hurry and confusion of a lire doors and windows are too apt to bo thrown open ; they should bo kept shut as much as possible Fire can only spread rapidly whon It Is plentifully supplied with air. Havo your chimneys regularly swept, at fixed intervals; at least onco in three months. WHAT TO DO AFTER A FIRE. Tho assured mußt uso his best endeavours to save and protect his property during the flro and afterwards, and until an officer of tho Insurance Company arrives, ho should act precisely as ho would if ho had no in surance whatever, i.e., do all in his power TO PREVENT FURTIIER LOSS OR DAMAGE. This ia especially necessary where tho loss is on merchandise or chattels, it being a mistake to suppose that goods damaged by cvr in con sequenco of a lire must bo allowed to remain in tho chaotic condition into which a flro generally throws them, to await inspection by the adjuster. On tho contrary, they should first of all bo removed (if necessary) to a aafo, dry placo, and everything done that ts requisite to prevent furthor shrinkago of values. After ■ this they should bo straightened and assorted, the damaged separated from tho sound, and tho whole cor rectly invoiced. The polici _ make this a part of the duty devolving upon tho assured, and prompt, intelligent compliance with this condi tion is calculated to facilitate theadjustment of losses. As tho goods saved from a fire belong to the assured they cannot bo abandoned to the Underwriters, but tho Companies are liable for all damage thereto so far as the policies will reach, WHAT TO DO BEFORE A FIRE. Effeot a policy of Insurance with the NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COMPANY, where every description of Insurances ate taken at Lowest Ratesof Premium. GEORGE P. PIERCE, General Manager A UCKLAND DEUTSCHER VEREIN. Gesollige Zusatntnenkttnfte jedon Mittwoch Abend, 8 Uhr, im V ereins Zimmer, Park Hotel, Wollesley-stroet. Deutsche Zeitungen und Jouruale. Deutsoheßibliothek, MAX KOBER. SchriftfUhrer. Yb_JNGTFam_y. Grocer, . hprtiftnd street, Auckland



Public Notices. J-pUBLIC NOTICE. Notico is horoby Riven that the Waitakorel West Highway Hoaa Board intend to stop part , of tho ltoad leading from Mound Springs by . Spring Hill to Wairiri. Tho ltoad proposed to '. be stopped adjoins Allotment No. 1, Waitakoroi West, and is immediately opposite tho houso | and premises ot John Smyth. Tho plans of ■ tho proposed alterations arc on view at tho ' Olllce of tho Board, Mr W. Buchanan's resl i donee, Waitakoroi Railway Station. JNO. SMYTH, i Chairman Waitakoroi Woat Highway Board STOP THAT COUGH! DON'T DELAY. How oan you stop It. Whore is the Remedy! i BONNNIGTON'S TeCTORAL OXYKIEL [ OF > QARRAQEEN OR IRISH MOSS I (REGISTERED). ' Can produce moro ovldence of real merit than any other article for tho purpose. „__ „ , G. BONNINGTON, [ Sold everywhere.] m Chrifltchurch. L — DR. J. COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLORODYNE, 1 THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY GENUINE. Advice to Invalids.—lf you wish to obtain _ quiet, refreshing sloop, free from headache, , relief from pain and anguish, to calm and , assuage tho weary achings of protracted disease, j invigorate tho nervous media, and regulate the i circulating systems of the body, you will provide . yourself with that marvollous remedy discovered , by Dr. J. Collis Browne (Lato Army Medical , Staff), to which he gavo tlio name of CHLORODYNE, and which is admitted by the profession to bo the most wonderful and valuable remedy over discovered. CHLORODYNE is the best roinedy known for Coughs, Consumption, Bronchitis, Asthma. CHLORODYNE acts like a charm in Diarrhoea, and is the only specific in Cholera'and ! Dysentery. , CHLORODYNE effectually cuts short all ' attacks of Epilepsy, Hysteria, Palpitation, and Spasms. CHLORODYNE is tho only pallative in Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Gout, Cancer, Tooth | ache, Meningitis, fee. From Synics & Co., Pharmaceutical Chemists, i Medical Hall Simla, January 5,1550. To J. T. Davenport, Esq., 33, Groat Russell-street, Bloomabury, London. Dear Sir,—Wo ombraco tliis opportunity o£ congratulating you upon tlio wide-spread reputation this justly esteemed medicine, Dr J. Collis Browne's Chlorodyne, has earned for itself, not only in Hindostan, but. all ; over the East. As a remedy, of general utility, we much question whether a better is imported into the country, and we shall be glad to hear of its finding a placo in ovory Anglo-Indian homo. The other brands, wo aro happy to say, aro now relegated to tho native bazaars, and judging from their salo, wo fancy their sojurn thero will be but evanescent. Wo could multiply instances ad infinitum of tho extraordinary eflicaey of Dr. Collis Browne's Chlorodyne in Diarrhoea and Dysentry, Spasms, Cramps, Neuralgia, tho Vomiting of Pregnancy, and as a general seda tive, that have occurred undor bur personal observation during many years. In Choleraic Diarrhcea and even more terrible forms of Cholera itself, we have witnessed its surprising controlling power. "VVe 'nave never used any other form of this medicine than Collis Browne s from a firm conviction that it is decidedly thebest, and also from a sense of duty we owe to the profession and the public, as we are of opinion that the substitution of any other than Collis Browne's is A deliberate breach of faith ON TIIE PART OF TIIE CIIF.MIST TO PRESCRIHER and patient AMKE. Wc are, Sir, faithfully yours, Symes & Co.. Members of the Phar. Society of Great Britain, His Excellency tho Viceroy's Chemists. Sold in bottles at Is ljd, 2s 9d, -is Gd, and 11b each. None is genuine without the words "Dr J. Collis Browne's ClUorodyne " on the Govern ment stamp. Overwhelming medical testimony accompanies each bottle. Caution.—Beware of Piracy and Imitations. Solo Manufacturer-J. T. DAVENPORT, 33, Ctefjit Sa».sJJ^U-e«t» 8100-osliury,J^adon.



Railways. I -vr E W ZEAL AND RAILWAYS. -^ TIME TABLE. — On and af_?____ APRIL Ist, 1884. AUCKLAND AND ONEHUNGA LINE." ■■■■ ' ; I Wed. ~~~— OUT WEES Days. and Sundays. --, anTa.m.lno'n p.m. p.m. p. nl. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. a.tii.lp.m". n A,,.■_-,ml don. 7.15 8.1012.0 2 0 .. 1.15 5.20 6.0 8.30 11.15 90 2.30 _ _nwm _kri lunction'' 725 8 5012.10 2.10 .. 1.25 5.30 6.10 8,1(1 11.2.5 9.10 2.40> I Ramuero ■ - .. 1M 9MOJ6 SM .. 1.30 5.35 S.R> 8.15 11.30 9.15 2.-15 ---4 aGroen Lane fiai'on Cro_c e .Tunction A. V. 7.15 9.10 l_t'.Bo -.30 4.12 c. 4.42 5.50 6.32 9.0 _____ 9.26 2.57 BaOncl.un|a a. A. '.'. &n. 7,55 9.2012.40 2.10 4.21 4.50 6.0 0.i00.'10 ll.fi. 9.3^ 3.7 ONEHUNGA LINE. lN _ Week Days. Sundays:. — a.m.|a.m.-a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m.jp.m.ja.m. p.nA 0 Onehunga .. .. dep. 7.5 8.20 9.20 10.10 1,0 355 4.30 5.10 6.20 b._- 9.30 10.0 a.30 a'pcnroKncUon !! " 7.15 8.80c9.30 610.20 VlOM* bUO 5.20e00 dfj O.'jO.lo'.io 5.10 1 aEllersiic .. 6 ((Green Lano •• •• .. ■• •• •• r s •• 7 " 20 o'.So 10_2I 5.53 ti Remuera .... -• 7.30 8,11 .. 10.A. 1.-o i.iv .. .. 10 . 010#2 fl 5 . 58 I|SSnd Ct' n,nCtlonarr: .$ if " -SJ- iliS| " 5.5«j " 7.35J10.10|10.30 0.7 b Change for Mercer and Intermediate Stations. c Change forTe Awamutu and Intermediate Stations. il Change for Auckland and Intermediate Stations. c Change for Otahuhu. MAIN LINE. AUCKLAND - MERCER - TE AWAMUTU. South—Week Days,'. ___—__. — ■ '■ I—b —15 ■— am. a.m. a.m. a.m, p.m. pm. o''Auckland .. .. dep. 6.0 620 9.0 SUS 1.15 6.0 .1 Newmarket Junction .. .. 6.10 6.30 9.11 9.57 J. 20 fi.JQ 3 Kemuora _.15 .. 0.10 10.3 IJO Mi ni Green Lano ■• -• c •• G•• % Penrose Junction .'.' " " 6.32 6.-7 \x 10 20 bUS W.30 9 Otahuhu - 6,12 7,0 9.10 .. i.a, [ 6.42 11 Papatoitoi 9-50 10.47 5.6 15 Munurowa •■ '■• ■■ °-S. 19 Papakura .- -■ 8.0 10.18 .. 5.35 a2l Hunua •• _■■ ~--. .;■„ 22 Drury . B,la 10.37 | --'5 a23 Kunoimnn •• .-• - •■ 'IS p_______ :: :: '.'. '.'■ '■'■ as _£_ is-is o:_s :: a33 Buckland .. _••■ ■■ ■ -•;. 35! Tuakau 9.20 11.22 .. 6.11 027 Wangarata .. c .. .. ■■ iO. *; okon° i«_: :: __6 ii:.. l_q .. "v :: 4o MERCEB -| d o p, 10>20 12 _ 10 auO Whnngamarlno •• .. ■• •• " abi Wairangi floO Rangirlrl atiO Ohincwai •• :■•„, 6. Huntly 12.0 }-21 CO laupiri ■• .. \-\_\_\ 71 Ngaruawahla 12.55 LO ci?-! Pukcto •• •• ■■ •• -- •• ■• — aSI TcKapa • • „-i. 85 Hamilton Junction 1.3a '•*> 85 Hamilton 1-40 90 Rukuhia ■• •• •• UI Ohaupo •• ix aOO Lake Road •• • • •• •• •' 99 Ngaroto : .. •- •■ £•« 100 Te Awamutu .. .. arr. .. I ■■ --3U ■• I -■ I North—Week Days. —i — 1 D : — s a.m. a.m. a.m, a.m. p.m. p.m. oj Tk Awamutu .. .. dep. .. .. .. 9.40 2 Ngaroto.. .. : •• ■■ •• •• •'■ '•*' «l Lako Rond •• •• ■•. 71 Ohaupo .. .. •• •• WA alii ltukuhia ■• •• -• •• Nil Hamilton •• •• •■ 2.0 Hi! Hamilton Junction I •• 10.10 2._> h2i)| Te Kapa I? Nga?Sawah_a'.: " " " A. A. A. 11.20 2.19 'A. 31 Ta.tpiri "f 3.10 36 Huntly .. -- 12.0 --30 all Ohincwai a-15 liangiriri .. .. '• al7 Wairangi aSI Whnngamarlno .. •• •• •• ~ j arr. .. .. ..' I.Zo 5.5 57 Merger j dep> 6-15 _ 11.20 1.45 5.20 60 Pokeno 6.26 .. .. 1.57 a63 Wangarata •• .. •• f ■■ 65 Tuakau 6.16 .. .. 2.18 alls! Buckland •• .. •• J -■„. „••_„ 70jPukekoho 7.6 .. 12.40 2.30 6.23 a73| Paerata .. .. •• .. •• f■• a"Si Runciman .. •• .. •• / ••__ _ Drury 7.13 .. 1.20 3.10 7.5 a_o:Hunua •• .. •• / •• 81 i Papakura 7.--1 .. .. _.___: .. 8.1 Manurcwa 8.10 .. .. / .. 7-31 S»i Papatoitoi 8.28 .. 2.20 3.5_- 7.50 92 Otahuhu 5.38 7.5 .. 4.3 .. 6.50 95 l'enrose Junction -8.51 _7.15 2.53 64.15 8.20 7.5 a%\ Ellerslic: •■ •• £•• a97j Green Lane •• ■• « •• -• ... •• 97 Remuera 9-1 ■■ •• 1-30 8.3a W0 98! Newmarket Junction .. .. 9.11 .. 3.20 c 1.40 8,41 7.25 I 00; Auckland arr. 9.20 .. 3.30 4.49 5.50 7.35 b Change for Onohunga. B—Goodß Trains—a Passenger Carriage is attached to these Trains which atop for Passengers by Signal only, and runs froni Huntly to Hamilton and back on Tuesdays. Thursdays, and Saturdays only. _. Change for Auckland and intermediate Stations, c Change for Helensville and intermediate Stations. D— Goods Trains- a Pasßongcr Carriage is attached to these Trains which stop for Passengers by Signal inly, c Only stops to pick up Passengers for Waikato. /Only stops to set down Passengers front Waikato. a Flag Stations.—Trains do not stop unless required. Notico rhould bo given to tho Guard at the previous stopping Stations by any Passongers desiring to alight at Blag Stations, g Only stops to pics up Passengers, n Only stops to set down Passengers. KAIPARA BRAN.H. AUCKLAND - HENDERSON - HELENSVILLE. OUT.-Week Days, \ IN.—Week Days. —; re ~j r~c c.m.'a m p.m. ! a.m. p.m. p.m. oiAuckland (departure) .. .. 7.15U0.50 4.30 0 Helensville (departuro) .. 6.25 .. 4.30 2 Newmarket Junction _ .. 7.261L10 4.41 a3'Jhlrangi liMountEdcn 7 3111.17 4.46 a4iPaeroa a..Kingslaiid __6 Woodhill ao Morningsidc _ a7|Reweti a 7 Mount Albert alO|Walmauku 8 Avondale 7.4711.37 5.3 ll|Kumeu Junction .. .. 7.25 .. 6.35 a9 New Lynn al7jTaupakl all Waikomiti 19Waftakere 7.45 .. 5.65 11 Henderson 3.1012.4 6.30 a2lSwanson „17 .wnnson 25 Henderson 8.10 2.0 6.19 _\\ _.ha 9kero A. " " " 8.35 " US «27 We .lkomitl „mt™_.h a29 New Lynn °sSjunction:: :: :: us :: m. 3h™^ h --_.. 8- 37 2- 216 M a! 9 Waimauku 2«t_J2™w_,vi« oA iio«nti a33Mornlngside __\\__Shm -tflKlngßland 35 Mount Eden 8.55 2.48 7.0 .t'iS,,-: 36 Newmarket Junction .. ..69.10 3.5 7.10 ssiHSviiie:: :: :: :: _l_b :: 7:20 saiAuckiand (amve) .. ..\ 9.2,1315 7.20 O -Goods Train—a Passenger Carriage is attached to this Train which stops for Passengers by Signal only, a Change for Waikato. GENERAL CONDITIONS. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF TRAINS.-The Department does not pledge Itself as to tho despatch or arrival of trains at the exact time shown In tho Time Tables; should circumstances render it impossible or inexpedient for a train to proceed, the fares paid will be returned. Tho Department docs not undertake to forward passengers in such cases CHILDREN.—Children under three years of age are carried free ; abovo three, and under twelve vera of age, at half fare. PASSENGERS can bo booked at Stations conditionally only that there is room in the train. PASSENGERS entering the train at a Booking Station without a tioket, or having got in at a Flag Station and not taking a ticket at the proper Booking Station, will ho charged one shilling in addition to the ordinary faro. LUGGAGE.—Each passenger is allowed to take 1121bs. of Personal Luggage free (not Including merchandise of any kind), and for every 561b_'., or fraction of 561b5., above this weight, for every 50 miles, tho charge will be ono shilling. No luggage will be allowed to be taken into the carriages unless of such a size that It can be placed under the seat without inconvenience. The Department will not be responsible for luggage which is not carried in the van, or which passengers may have neglected to see labolled. Passengers having lugguage to go by train must present it at tho Station at least ten minutes bofore tho advertised departure of the train, or tho Department will not be responsible for its despatch. Passengers who have lost luggage aro requested to givo notice to tho Station Mastern at once. The Department will not Be responsible for any luggago or parcels improperly loft about the Station premises. GOODS AND PARCELS to Flag Stations, platform, and private siding . where no officer of the Department Is In chargo, must be prepaid, and will be put out at Buch Stations at the risk of consignee PARCELS must bo at the Station at least thirty minutes before the advertised time of departure of the train by which thoy are to be forwarded. HORSES. CARRIAGES, AND DOGS.—The Department does not undertake to forward Horses. Carriagos, or Dogs by any particular train, but when sent the must be at the forwarding Stations half-an-hour beforo the departure of the train. The owners of horses must provide moans of securing them in the horse box, and tho Railway Department will not be accountable for any injuries sustained through their breaking loose or otherwise, nor will it undertake to carry unbroken or vicious horses. At country Stations requisitions for horse boxes or carriage trucks must bo mado tho day beforo they are wanted. DOGS must bo provided with chains or other sufficient means of securing thorn. They will not bo allowed in carriages, and the sender must obtain a ticket, to be given up beforo the end of tho journey, before the dog is delivered. SMOKING ft strictly prohibited in any part of the Railway premises or in the oarrlagee, except those specially sot apart and marked for the purpose. _E_r All Timo Tables issued prior to this dato aro now cancelled. J. P. MAXWELL, General Manager.



Coaches. rt .ELEGRAPH LINE OP COACHES. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO TOURISTS AND OTHERS. W. K. Carter begs to announco that on and after TUESDAY, 29th January, ISSI, he will Run a Coach through to the Hot Lakes, Ohine muru (conveying Passengers nnd Parcels), leav ing Cambridge on TUESDAYS and THURS DAYS, at 7 a.m., returning from the Lakes on WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYS, at 7 a.m. Single Fares, £1 Ids ; or Return Tickets, avail able for one week after date of Issue, £3. All Passengers to bo Booked at the Office before leaving Buggies and Saddle Horses, with experienced drivers, to order on the shortest notice. Orders by Telegram or Letter promptly attended to. Cambridge. January 23. 1881. miME - TABLE OP DEVONPORT .!_ AND LAKE COACHES. Leave Victoria Wharf, Dovonport, at 10.20 a.m., 2 p.m., and 4.20 p.m. r_oavoTaka-OTJa SonooLhouse at 11.15 a.m., 3 p.m. and 5.15 p.m. Sundays.—Leave Devonport at 10.45 a.m. and 3 p.m. Leave Lake School-house 11.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. PARE EACH WAY, ONE SHILLING. F. J. QUICK, Proprietor. O OVAL MAIL LINE OF COACHES ALTERATION OF TIME-TABLE, Iho Royal Mall Coach (carrying passengers) will, on and after 6th October. 1883, and until further notico, run to the following Time table :— . i Leave Cambridge for Hamilton Junction Rail way Station daily at 8.15 a.m.; returning from Station to Cambridge on arrival of Train from Auckland. • Leave Hamilton for Te Aroha on Mondays Wednesdays, and' Fridays on arrival of Train i from Auckland; returning from Te Aroha on j Tuesdays, Thursdaj-s, and Saturdays, at 7 a.m. ' catching tho 2 o'clock Train at Hamilton Juno tion for Auckland. I Booking Offices : Gwynno's Hotel, Hamilton West; Colemajjs Hotel, T<s Aroha; and at my Promises, Kirkwood and Lake-street., Cambridge. j W. K. CARTER, Proprietor I Cjianjridge, October .___



Business Notices, STEEDMAN'S SOOTHING POWDERS . FOR CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH. CAUTION TO PURCHASERS. The value of this well-known Family Medloloe has been large .y-testod in all parts of the world, and by all grades of Booiety, for upwards of fifty tears. Its well-earned extensive sale has induced spurious imitations, some of whiob in outward appearance bo closely resemble the original aa to have deceived many purchasers. The proprietor, therefore, feelß it due to the public to give a special caution against the use of such imitations. Purchasers are therefore requested carefully to observe the four following distinctive char acteristics, without which none are genuine :— Ist—ln every case tho words John Steed man, Chemist, Walworth, Surrey, aro en graved on the Government Stamp affixed to each paoket. 2nd—Each Single Powder has directions for the dose, and the words John Steedman, Chemist, Walworth, Surrey, printed thereon. 3rd—The name Steedman Is alwayß Bpelt with two EE's. 4th—The manufacture is carried on solely in Walworth, Surrey. Sold in Packets.by all Chemists and Medicine Vendors, at Is ljd to 2s 9d each. Agents: Kempthorne, Prosser and Co., Auckland, Wellington. Christchurch, and Dunedin. r.OODWIN'B ELEPHANT BRAND V_JT BASING POWDER. ONE TRIAL WILL PROVE ITS SUPERIORITY. ' fJOODWIN'S RAKING POWDER. "oodwin's -Daring -T owder. GOVERNMENT ANALYST'S REPORT. Colonial Laboratory, August 8, __$_. Mr. GOODWIN: Dear Sir,—Having made a vory careful analysis of your Baking Powder, I find it to be a very Buperlor article, containing nothing in any way deleterious to health. I nave, there fore, much pleasure In giving it my certificate.— J. M. TUNNY, Colonial Analyst; Of all Storekeepers, in Tins Is 6d _____>__. fid, Manufactured by ' . [ GOODWIN & CO., OHWUHSjAu U