THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.

Lecture Delivered by Mr Milligan Hogg, Barrister, in St. Sepulchre's School-room.

(CONTINUED FKOM LAST WlCf;ii.)

However, in spite of all thcso obstacles, tlio Constitutionalists of tho Assembly might havo set up Louis XVI. as a Constitutional King but for thvee tiling?. First, they had no armed force with -which to enforce their decrees, or with which to protect them selves. The I'Ctf'jliiv troops were commanded by nobles ar.d royalists, and remained inten tionally inert rather than nssist to rivet tho mow condition of things upon society. Second, the Assembly put itself into tho lnidst of the Parisian mob, instead of getting as far away from it as possible Hence arose j among tho rabble the habit of trying to frighten and coerce tho Assembly or some of its members into voting as they desired on important questions. It was not until the legislators of the Revolution had a regular force of their own that they were suro of their lives at certain debates, and in the last days of trouble a member was actually stabbed in tho Parliament House-, and his head stork upon a pike and thrust into tho faco of the President. Attempted Flight of tho King. But the third thing winch utterly upset tho plans of the Constituent Assembly, and made tho Revolution and Republic inevit able, was n'foolinh stop on thu part of tho King. Incited by the Queen, ho resolved to run away from hin people across (ho frontier to Germany, whore the discontented nobility and two foreign powers were pre paring fro mako an invasion of France and put down the reforming party. With (ho Queen and his children lie stole away from .Vans under cover of night, having lirst penned a document, in which ho revoked what he called " all his revolutionary acts," The party travelled in a heavy coacli nuclei' assumed name.-!, and as there was no tele graphy in thoso days by which to inter ■cept fugitives, and as photography had not then made tho features of public personages so wall-known as it has now-, they nearly succeeded in reaching their royalist friends. If blood llowod afterwards it was to a great extent tho result of the want o> confidence which the royal pair created in tho minds of those who were at tirsfc willing to preserve them. They were driven back in ignomini ous procession. All Paris turned out to -°co them, some half a million of people watching the carriage pass by. Tlie Assembly notified that anyone who insulted tho King should be killed, and anyone who applauded him should bo beaten ; so there was almost a complete silence. The King and tho Queen wero escorted to the Tuileries, whence they wore destined to pass but to prison and to tho scaffold. . '

This defection of the King was tho thief cause of tho troubles and atrocities which followed. Had Louis and Mario Antoinette been wiso, they would havo taken tho Con stitutionalists and milder Republicans into their confidence, and entirely ignored the nobility and clergy, who woroplottingabiond to undo what had been done. Then, too* neither Austria nor Prussia would have threatened France with invasion) liad they been convinced that Louis and Mario Antoinette were satisfied ■with tho status quo. Perhaps it is almost too much to expect of human n.-.turo that they should have been content. At all 'events, the mass of the people camo to distrust their King and Queen, and to suspect that even the Constitutionalists wore being tampered with by the Court. Distracted within itr-elf, menaced by foreign foes and a rancorous nobility without, not knowing in whom to confide, tho nation began to seethe in a vast hurly-burly, amid which individual rights wore hold of little account. Anyone who h»s been in those dense crowds which pour along the streets of JLondon on nights of public illumination— crowds so douse that it is possible to walk for a milo upon their heads without finding a holo large enough to fall through—will know bow helpless tho act of any one person is to influence the action of tUeUinss. It is so in a revolution of a. nation, where everybody hus gone wild 'And no one can Judge from what was ctano yesterday what it will bo advisable Vo do to-day. j?or six months aftor Louis and Mario Antoinette had been brought back and placed ii\ honourable captivity, tho Con stitutional Assembly went on deliberating. Then it dissolved, leaving tho people a con stitution which might have served them until now if there had been a loyal and constituent army to back it and put down malcontents of each kind—on tho one hand the furious royalists, and on the other the furious revolutionists. Soon a second Legislature assembled. This second House of Commons was called_ tho Legislative Assembly, and it was moderately Republi can. Among the minority, however, were those rabid men whoso names have acquired an unenviable notoriety all over the world, and who, two years later, were at tho head of tho X'arisian rabble dealing death on Republican, Constitutionalist, and Royalist alike. Such were Pvobespicrro, Danton, Marat, and Conthon,

Growth of Republicanism.

The majority of the Legislative Assembly woro called "Girondists," because most of their leading members eavne from the dis trict of the Gironde. The Reds or Extreme Revolutionists were called " Mountaineers," because they began as a small party to gather high up on the tiers of benches on which the members sat. In French Parlia ments there is a President instead of a Speaker, and tho members who have per mission from tho President to address the House proceed to a rostrum below the •President called tho tribune The most Conservative members sit to the right, and tho most Revolutionary members to the loft, while those of intermediate shades of opinion sit in the right centre or the left centre. It was then, 90 years ago, the custom as it is now. The Parliament Ilou.ia of those days was a spacious but gloomy building, and as gas did not exist for lighting purposes, it was very imperfectly illuminated with candles. Many a stormy and momentous deliberation was this building the scene of, when party was striving against party in a debate as to which should vote the other to death by the guillotine, or when tho sweepings of the Parisian slums, with red bonnets stuck upon their dirty heads and weapons shaking in their hands, cursed and threatened an un popular member for his speech. The Girondists came into power in Oct., 1791, and for some 20 months they struggled with the Mountaineers in tho effort to keep something like order, safety, and freedom. But the Mountaineers had their red-repub lican adherents in thousands about Paris. These fellows met at a miniature parliament called tho Jacobin Club. Indeed, the extreme members of the Legislature, such as Robespierre, Danton, Marat, and Conthon, were often present there, and signified in their spoechos what they intended doing against the Girondists in the Assembly. la this Jacobin Club were hatched by the rascals and ruffians of Paris those enormitios which have given the French Revolution a falso preeminence for ruthleasness and cruelty. For two years the dregs of one European city diFgraced our common humanity by their excesses. Bui it was after all a trifle compared with tho massacres of Huguenots, Protostants, Albigonsos, peasants, and serfs which the eveme i(c la crane of European feudalism wreaked in ages when there were no news papers to bring them before the bar of public opinion. As tho lower olements agitated outside the Assembly.and sought to influence legis lation by intimidating tho more moderate politicians, of course, even those who had at first been eager for change grow alarmed and wished to draw up; but they had scarcely any forces to keep the riffraff down, and what few they had wero soon called away to defend the country against a foreign foe. While tho Girondists or moderate Republicans were hesitating and struggling against the rising tide of ruffianism, tno Emperor of Austria and the King of Prussia declared war against the Revo lution. This ill-advised .action put an end to all hope of compromiso between tho King and the people, and gave an immense advantage to the extreme Reds. Republicans of every shade hurried to offer resistance to this encroachment of outsiders upon a family quarrel. But the Red Republicans went further. Not content with preaching a crusade against foreign interference, they took all suspected royalists and clergy who had been arrested out of the prisons and hewed them to pieces. This was in September, 1792. The Assembly was horrified, but it had no troops to send against the miscreants, and the better class of tho Parisians were either too apathetic or too frightened to interpose. Tho curious feature about these massacres was that tho perpetrators did not torture,did not plunder, did not discriminate between the ages or sex of their victims. They slew grey-haired men and tender women women with perfect impartiality; and if a prisoner was found innocent of offence to what they considered tho cause of freedom, they would let fall their gory weapons, and with blood stained arms embrace and shed tears over the creature whom they had a moment before been upon the point of destroying.

The Duchessotlo Lamballe—bosom friend of tho Queen— r was thus slaih, and her body distributed pioceitteal through Paris. Ono young girl saved her father's life by drink ing from a bowlful of fresh blood which was held to her lip*! "If you are not an aris tocrat," said they, '' then you will drink aristocrats'blood." And she did so. What shall we think of a society which can tram ple human nature into such frightful atid distorted forms as those 1 "No one," cays tho proverb, " ever became thoroughly bad all at once." These monsters were the des cendants of thoso whom tho aristocracy had hanged becauso, when starving, they rioted for bread. They wero tho residuum or lowest layer, on whom tho. other social layers had been heedlessly jumping for generations, and .they were not beautiful. From tho time of thoso massacres until two years later, tho anarehial refuao of Paris raged iu-the fever o? Hed Republican ism. They succeeded in overcoming and destroying all opponents of their policy, and ultimately took to destroying one i another. But the real governmcnVof tho nation went on notwithstanding tho iutorno cine strife. Annies Were poured forth to de fend the frontieif, abio generals and otficers of plebeian origin took' the place of those who had gono over to the Royalists, and tho energies of tho people concentrated them selves upon tiro strugglo for national pre servation. It was in this troubled time that Napoleon Bonaparto was shuflled up to tho surface. From being tlio BaViour of Republicanism, h v .> became its enemy, and, pv U while, checked its attvaaw. The consideration of his despotism and his wanton wars lies, how ever, beyond the scope of this paper. Let us rather turn and look at the condition of Paris during thoso two eventful years of 1702—1791. Death hi tho King. Within threo weeks of the massacres at tlie prisons the monarchy was abolished, and in another three months tho King -was arraigned before tho now and third Legisla ture, called the National Convention. I\lost interesting details exist regarding the aspect of tlio National Convention while the King was being tried fov treason against nis people, l'oor Louis e»t in front of tho President on an isolated platform, where ho was interrogated. All around on tlie as cending tiers of bonehes sat tho members, a fow of whom were his friends, but the 'major ity lukewarm or hoStilo. In the galleries wero prominent politicians of tho time, with a gaily-dressed crowd of relatives and acquaintances, who had beton privileged to gain neetfss to this new and startling scene. Many of thorn wore droned in the height of fashion, and flirted, and chattered, anil partook of light refreshment, while they loo'cetr down at thoir monarch being tried tor his life. Conspicuous among all was the King's brother, the Duke of Oi loans. Ho was nicknamed by the snob " Equality" Philip, because ho had turned against his brother and his class. Whether ho advo qatxsd democracy for the purpose of pulling down his brother and getting into his placo is not known. Fow, however, have believed in his sincerity and disinterestedness! If he was all he professed himself to bo, ho mot with a l^oor return from tho cxtremo Republicans, whom ho tried to piopitiato by throwing his brother's head. Within eighteen months of voting for the execution of Louis XVI. ho was carried along tho samo fatal road on which his brother had preceded him.

The trial of tho King lasted four weeks. Tho Girondists, or moderato Republicans, could, if they had beon linn, have saved his life for awhile ; but as the Rods were grow ing very aggressive both within anil with out tho Convention, il is not probable that their protection of him would have sufficed long. \\ ithout an effective armed force they must have yielded to tho turbulent populace, and could only have slightly post poned tho destruction which finally over took both themselves and others of moderate views. Tho majority of tho Convention— including the King's brother—voted for his dentil ; and Louis was executed on Jan. '11, 1703—a little less than threo years from the time of catling his first Parliament, 'P.cigu of Torror,

(VUhin four months more tho Girond ists und tho Mountaineers wore at daggers drawn, nnd tho Parisian rabblo were besotting tho National Convention with cannon, until they intimidated tho majority into voting the leading Girondists attaint. Twenty-two members were thus unconstitutionally seized and imprisoned, to bo dealt with in the future. The Reds now got completely tho upper hand, They dominated the Convention, and managed to procure tire appointment of two bodies — one to carry on the executive part of tho Government, tho other to try all cUspoeted persons. The former was called tho Committee of Public Safety, the latter tho Revolutionary Tribunal. Tho spirit which animated tho Revolutionary Tribunal was essentially a bloodthirsty one. Tho business was to try nil per sons imprisoned as suspects. Very little raised suspicion in those days — often nothing but a charge of disliko to the exi^tinfj state of bloodshed, or a false and malicious 'accusation of trea son. Personal jealousy or hatred, and tho desire of levying black mail, lay at the root of many of these charges. The city swarmed with the basest informers, who would swear away the life of man or woman for a trifle. Once in prison—no matter how you got there—your chances of escape were small; lot, although the Revolution ary Tribunal professed to investigate cases by judges, the rabble around in reality passed judgment by acclamation, which the judges did not dare to disregard. It was the rule of a revengeful blood-besotted mob. All decently-clad persons went in terror of their lives, often affecting mean attiro and styling one another " citizen " and " citizen ess " to divert suspicion, as the more semb lance of wealth and ease was alone sufficient to provoke a denunciation.

For ten months did tho Reds rule Paris and keep the bulk of the citizens in a paralysis of fear. The prisons were crowded with persons of every quality, from the highest to the lowest. On almost every afternoon at about five o'clock the death waggons would roll along on their way to tho guillotine at the Placo de la Revolution. When the victims wore celebrities like Marie Antoinette, the King's brother or si3ter, Charlotte Corday, or Madame Roland, they wero usually conducted to execution alone, or nearly alono, cursed and jeered at by the mob. But as the fever mounted the batches grew larger and larger, until it was not un common to see three or four cartloads of unfortunates moving to their awful des tination. In such a batch did the Gi rondist members, who had been outlawed by the Convention, pass to the guillotine, singing the Marseillaise as they went. But the prospect of death at last began to pall both in spectators and sufferers, on account of its frequency. While those who "were abroad grew indifferent and unexcited about executions, those in prison became familiar ised with the thought of dying almost to stolidness. They know that at three o'clock every afternoon some of their number would bo called away into an ad jacent room to bo attired for the knife; but this did not provont them engaging in nil sorts of games and pastimes compatible with their situation. It sometimes hap pened that the caslo of a charade would be seriously interfered with by the demands of •the executioner; but no sooner were the names of the probable absentees known than they would proceed to make up the parta out of those who were left behind, as if nothing extraordinary had occurred. It is a noteworthy fact that during the period when tho Red Republicans ran riot the places of out-door amusement wore even more thronged than in peaceful times. So great was tho fear of being alone, and tho dread of accusation, that the people herded together for very safety. 1 have perused the daily papers of those years, the pages of which are now discoloured by au'e, and there, side by side, are the column enumerating tho ecores of victims publicly beheaded yesterday, and the column describing the current perform ances at theatre and circus. Climax of the Revolution. Rarely has a great nation been so sorely tried and its social fabric so perceptibly shaken as was the case with France during the years of 1793 and 1794. Tho property of her nobility was confiscated and its owners outlawed. Part of her provinces wero in revolt, foreign enemies were menac ing her frontiers ; her Parliament was split into two factions, who struggled to office through one another's blood, and then used their power in governing the country and cutting off their opponents' heads. Even in the Executive Council—called the Com mittee of Public Safety—the chiefs of departments would occasionally quarrel and threaten one another with decapitation. But the social instinct in human beings is too strong for such a state of things to en dure long. Those who had held aloof from hatred of tho bad old system, and had acquiesced in the hanging of the kings, tax-gatherers, and the destruction of tho arrogant classes, could not see what good could come of beheading people of all classes out of mere spite. Accordingly, or. the 28th of July, 1794, after a desperate struggle in the Legislature, followed by a battle in the streets, Robespierre and the other leaders of the Red Republicans, to the number of about eighty, were outlawed and executed, ;

This marked the flood tide of the Revolu tion. From that moment it began to sub side until it reached a moderate level, which is still preserved in France. All tho wars and civil broils experienced by France since tlmfc time havo added nothing, exoopt pGi'haps stability, to what was secured dur ing the five years of which I have been talking. Tho Revolution effectually broke tile classes of peers and prelates to pieces, and if it gave opportunities for two military despotisms afterwards, the Usurpers took good care not to attempt a restoration of tlio cruel old aristocratic system which provoked tho people to rebel. Hence com paring tlio state of tho French peoplo now with their condition a century ago, wo may say that tlio result of thoir great Kcvolii tion has been eminently benelicial to thein eelves, and a grand example by which man kind has profited in an infinite variety of ways. It was a protest—bloody indood— against tyranny of every kind, and from it havo indirectly flowed such movements as the emancipation of serfs in liussia, of slaves in America, tho liberation of Italy and of Germany) and thS donation of solf government to tl>o English colonies. It stands as a warning to king, peer, and prelate of what a people may do when they arc roused, and it has not failed to teach lessons of discretion and timely concession to classes incapable of being touched by such merely sentimental notions as simplo charity and justice Tho leaven of it is now working in Russia, and ft is thero that we may look for the next explosion, which will let freo the most advanced ideas of equality of person and of sex, and clear tho way for social barriers against individual gelfishnessi

And ilow, ovon at tho risk of wearyingyou, I will read you a portion of tho last chapter of Dickens's "Tale of Two Cities." It deals with the French devolution in tho concrete, and brings Lumo to tho imagination what I aiu unable to do by treating the subject in the abstract. 1 can not understand'why it should have had the smallest circulation of all his works, soeing it contains Very thrilling situations, anil some of tho most sublime poetical prose iv the English language. After read iijg tlae extract, the lecturer concluded :— On closing such books wo think over what wo havo read there, with pity and indigna tion. But in passing judgment upon tho authors of so much misery, wo should con sider whether they., had not provocation. Human beings arc tho creatures of circum stances. They unconsciously wreak and sufl'or tho retribution which comes after tl»i apathy and selfishness of many generations. When society struggles to throw oft' tho heritago of wickedness which has descended upon it, it staggers and is rent, it vomits blood) and llsoloments clash and oo.tiihiltito one another. As tho hangman is necessary to deal with the murderer, as the revolving apparatus of tho surgeon is essential to tho cutting out of diseased portions of tho human frame, so whon a body politic has boen distempered for ages thore comoa a tilnO when the disoasod part must bo oxcised, and in that day tho oxecutionary class will appear. What has happened onco will again happen if society reads not the history of tho past aright. Tho elements of growtor tribula tion than tho Fronch Revolution are boing generated in all European communities, and unless mon realise that the touching of Jesus—His love for tho poor, the young, and the siring—should form the basis of thoir statute book and tho animating spirit of their administration, the prosperous and the callous Mill onco.tnoro bo called upon in ruin and in blood to givo an account of their stewardship.

A Prisoner Who Starved Himself to Death.

Tiu.RK aro few more extraordinary narra tives on record than that of Luc' Antonio Viterbi, .1 native of Corsica, who volun tarily suffered the dreadful pangs ot starva tion wliilo lying in prison, condemned on the chargo of assassinating Donato Frcditini. Viterbi waa born in tho year I7ti!>, and it appears that from an early period uf his life tlioro had boon v feud between hi-i family and that of Frediiini. Tho two houses carried on the quarrel obstinately and remorselessly, and and on oiio occasion tho houoo belonging to the Viterbis rtas burnt down, and thoir pro perty laid waste. Two membors of tho Frodiani family subsequently foil, stabbed or shot, and one of theso Luc' Antonio was accused of assassinating.

Political prejudices operated strongly against Viterbi on his trial, and with very little previous formality ho was condemned to suitor death on tho guillotine Vitorbi appealed against tho decision of his judges —only, as it subsequently appoarod, to gain time, in order that ho might bring about hts own ench Ho kept a journal during his imprisonment, and from this interesting document wo glean his story. At first ho tried to destroy himself by opium, but this failed, and having no weapon at hand, he ondeaTOurod to kill himself by a surfeit of food, but in this, too, ho was disappointed. Starvation was his last resourse, and tho determination with which he persevered through all the stages of this slow suicido is little short of marvellous.

On the 3rd of Decembor, 1821, ho began to fnst. The first two days he felt litt'o or no pain, and on the third day ho writes : "I feel no uneasiness of any kind. The stomach and bowels are in a state of perfect quiet; the head clear, and the imagination active and quiet; tho sight is extremely clear; no anxiety for food or drink; indeed, I have no appetite for either." On tho 6th of December — tho fourth day of his fasting —he scorns to have sufTored much from thirst and hunger, and ho records that his head began to be con fused. On the 7th he endured " burning thirst, with bitterness in the mouth," and on the Bth his sensations appear to have boen much tho same, with tho addition of " failure of strength, frightful swimming of tho head, and general weakness." On tho 10th he writes: "At twolve o'clock, head firm—stomach and bowels quiet - sight clear — hearing acuto — the regularity of the yulso continues — the thirst resumes its power. I still continue to take snuff witn pleasure; I fool no desire to cat." In the afternoon, how evor, he • had "a strong desiro for food," and on the following day (tho 11th) he again suffered greatly from hunger and thirst. At ten at night on the 12th, he records: "Thirst intense; pulse very weak and irregular; cessation of the movement of the systole and diastole of the heart for sevoral hours ; constant watchful ness ; universal languor; extremo fatigue and inability to bear the light." On the 13th we have a long entry, ot which tho following is part: "At midnight the pnlse became extremely feeble and inter mitting ; intense thirst; general prostra tion of strength. At this crisis my under standing abandoned me, and without tho concurrence of my judgment, stimulated by an intolerable thirst, I took the jug of water and drank a largo draught; this increased the cold ness of tho parts; an instant after wards my hands, feet, nose, and ears becoming icy cold ; the pulse then entirely ceased to beat—all the symptoms were mortal." Viterbi hoped that his hour was now come, and stretching himself out on his pallet, exclaimed to the soldiers standing around : " Look how well I have laid myself out."

A physician was sent for, and a little wine given to the sufferer, after which he again drank copiously of water. Seven soldiers were placed with him in his cell, and these men added greatly to the un happy prisoner's discomfort! It does not ap pear that any attempt was made to force him to take food, although Viterbi says: "They want to prevent my dying." On the 16th December—the 13th day of his ab stinence—he again suffered from intense thirst, and swooned away for nearly lialf an-hour.

On the 16th his strength became much reduced; on the 17fch he suffered but slightly; and on the 18th—tho last day an entry was made in the diary—the following is tbe record :—" At 11 o'clock—l am about to end my days with the serene death of tho just. Hunger no longer torments me—thirst has entirely subsided; the stomach and bowels are perfectly tranquil; my head is unclouded, and my sight clear; in short, a universal calm reigns not only in my heart and conscience, but over my whole body. The few moments whifih I have to live glide placidly away,as the water of a small brook flows through a beautiful and delicious plain. The lamp will soon be extinguished from the want of food for the flame.—(Signed) Antonio Vitjsrbi." The unfortunate man lived two days after this—ha died on the 20th—and in his last moments he preserved the equanimity re vealed in the above entry. Just before expiring, he said: "I am prepared to leave this world," and in a few moments his self imposed sufferings were over.

THE AMOURS OF GAMBETTA.

Tho Shot Which Cloned on Eventful Caroor. A ooßßiisi'oxiiENT writes to tlio " San Fran cisco Chronicle,"unilor date Paris, April 23, ISS4 :— " No, I cannot lot you boo any of them," said Mmo. Lconio Leon in answer to my re quest to bo pormitted to look at somo of tho letters from the lato Leon (lambotta which she in known to lmvo in her possosaion. " Pray, why not?" I asked. " liecauso at n spiritualistic wnnco tho other night tho spirit of my dear frlond in formed me that it I allowed any moro of hia letters to bo made jmblic it would cause him preat pain." "Now, I am going to tell on Loon Gam betta's liaison with this lady and of that with a certain other person just for that. While ho was still n student over in tho Latin quarter ho rando tho acquaintance of this Leonie Loon, then a very handsome person, as sho Is yot for that matter. Sho becamo his mistress and shared tho Bolio mian, dissipated life ho led. She loafed with him in tho cafes and billiard-rooms, and she accompanied him and his frionds when they went out on a hurrah time to the environs of Paris. "This glass," said Gambotta ono day to a small group of us who wore in his rooms at tho Palais Bourbon—" this glass belonged to the woman I lovod when I was over in tho Quartior Latin. In our crowd all of us had one liko this, and at tho hourfordrink ing absintho each "would fill his glass, empty it at the word of command, and as wo eot them down again we would shout "Hurrah !" That fiort of thing amusod us in those days. AN' AFFAIR WITH A COUNTESS. A timo came whon ho concluded to break off this liai(ion,and for a whilo ho had no one to take tho placo of Mmo. Leon. Ono day, in ISO 9, when ho was beginning to grow famous as an orator and as an opponent of tho empire, ho received a lettor from a cer tain Jeanne Mario, who called herself a countess. Sho had monoy, and was at an ago whon a sonsible vklle garde begins to think of " secueipg a position." Captiva ted by tho growing fame of tho young re publican, she wrote asking for an intorviow. Oambotta took no notice of this request, but it was repeated again and again, until his curiosity was aroused, and ho answered, appointing a rondozvous at his apartment in the Rue Bonaparte. It was not a very nice place to receivo a lady, for, as one of his frionds has said, speaking of it, " You had to put on groen spectacles in order not to see tne dirt which was on everything." Ho received his visitor wrapped up in an old flannel dressing-gown and with a silk cap drawn over his ompty eye-socket. He had ft slate in hia hand, and when his risltor ox plained that e'.ie wanted to eecure his sor vices in a law-suit to which sho was a party, he wrote on it : I have a soro throat, and will leave to-night for Amelie les Bains. " May I write to you there ?" inquired the lady. " Anybody may write to me," was the curt reply Gambetta' again wrote on his slate, and then ho arose and bowed his visi tor out. Tho next day when the Countess returned from a shopping expedition, her maid informed that a gontleman had called in her absence and left word that he would be back soon. At that moment tho bell rang, and without waiting to be announced, Gambetta entered the parlour. "Here I am," said he. The liaison which began that same day lasted until the end of 1876. The Countess was fifteen years older than her lover, but she acquired a great influence over him. He used to spohd all his even ings with her at her apartments playing besique— :he used to cheat outrageously—or stretched out on a sofa Bmoking a large meerschaum pipe and caressing a white cat which he had picked up in the street and to which he was groatly attachod, Three times a woek ho dined with the Countess, paying her 10 franca for his dinner, and in the morning when he went away, sho used to put a daisy in his button hole. Sho was fond of that flower, and always had quanti ties of them growing in her windows. THE ESCArE FKOM PARIS. When things began to look serious in Paris after the 4th of September, Gambotta sont his mistreES to Tournay, and when ho escaped from the besieged city by balloon she joined him at Tours, accompanied him to Bordeaux, and after the war was with him during his trip through Spain and at St. Sebastian. Whilo there he had his photograph taken, and he presented her with a largo copy, under which he wrote, over his signature : " What I lotfe the most is Franco and my wife, the Countess Jean Marie." Although she made no pretensions to understand anything about politics, Bho was always an attentive listener, which suited Gambetta, for he was fond of hearing himself talk; and when he asked her advice she would answer " Yes"or "No" at random—answers which Gambotta, who was inclined to be superstitious, regarded as oracles. His frionds objected to the Countess on the ground that she took up too much of his time, and his aunt, Mile. Marsabie, thought that he dined too often with "that person." On the morning of the 30th of December, 1878, Gambetta, on leaving his mistress, told her that he would return that evening for dinner; but at 9 o'clock he sent word that he was going to Holland on a political mission, and the Countess never saw him again. One of his friends and his aunt had arranged to throw Mmo. Leonio Leon in his way, and as that old mistress of his Quartier Latin days had left a deep impression on his mind, it was in her company that he left for the Haguo. The old liaison was resumed, and as Leonie allowed her lover a great deal of liberty,and I closed her eyes to all his carryings on with a real countess, with a pretty danseuse of the opera, and to "one or two other passing infidelities as well, it lasted until the day of bis death. <

THE FATAL SHOT, But when Uambottn began to think about getting married his mistress was more shnrpsighted, and when she hoard that a match botween a certain wealthy marchion ess nnd tho republican leader was being arranged, sho took the first train out to Ville d'Avray, and tho following is tho scone which followod exactly ns it occurrod : "You are going to got married?" said the lady. "Enough of that; 1 am my own master," was Gatnbotta'a reply. Mino. Leon picked up a little revolver which was lying on the mantel-pieco, and with whicli G.unbotta used to shoot the sparrows that infested tho garden of his country residence. " MalhoiireußO I" ho exclaimed, grasping her by tho arm. Tho pistol was discharged, and, although it was not intended for him, tho bull struck him in tho hand,nnd a long illnesH and itfi fatal result followed. One day beforo this sccno Mme. Loon heard that a match was being arranged between Gam l)ottn and Mme. Edmond Adam. She called en tho editress of tho "Kouvollo Revue," who ro-assurod hor with the declaration : " I adoro Oambotta, but I do notlovo him." In tho course of the conversation which fol lowed, Mme. Leon promised to lot Mmo. Adam have all tho lottors that alto had re ceived from her lover. This promise was only partially kort, and I suppose for tho samo reason which she gave to mo.

Valuable Experiments with Lang shan Crosses.

Is (i recent number of tlio Poultry World Mr. H. A. Grant writes :—1 promised lust spring that I would givo you the result of my experiments in crossing tlio Langshan fowl with other varieties. My object was to obtain a breed, the cockorols of which would mature quickly and fatten easily for broilers, and the pullets of which would begin to lay vory early and also provo them selves good winter layers. This latter quality the Langshan possesses to an emi nent degree. None of my fowls of othor breedscan compare with them in this respect. I do not believe any hen in her second, third, or fourth year can equal them. Mine have been laying well all winter, while from pure Brown ana White Leghorn and Ham burg yearlings, and from Plymouth Rock und common croHfes two years old, I havo only a few eggs. Some of tho Langshans are throe and Tour years old, and yet in spite of this, my twelvo hone haTo averaged me more eggs than tho best twenty in the place. Tho Langshan, though an earlier maturing bird than any other Asiatic variety, is not as early as tho Loghorn or Plymouth Rock, and my idea was to combine the early laying qualities of the one with tho extra winter laying of the other, To produco this I mated the following yards :— Pen No. I, Langshan cockerel with Brown Leghorn pullets; Pen 2, White Leghoni cockerel with Langshan hens ; Ten 3, Silver Hamburg cockereFwith Langshan pullets ; Pen 4, Langshan cockerel with hens half Plymouth Rock and half common j Pen 5, Crevecoeur cockerel with Langshan hen and pullete. Pen No. I.— Langshan cockerel with Brown Leghorn pttfes.—This cross gives a short logged, compact bird larger than the Leg horn but not as large aa Langshan. Tho cockerels, with but few exceptions, were coloured like Brown Leghorns, but with pinkish white, slightly feathered legs. The exceptions in colour were birds of a rich metallic green black, with red hackles, or hackles splashed with red, and were con siderably larger than the others. Their legs were Langshan in colour. The cockerels of this cross matured quite as early as pure Leghorns and were a third larger, and in some cases, twico as large. They carried a groat deal of breast meat and made excel lent broilers. The pullets were brown in colour, some like coloured Dorkings and some like Brown Leghorns, and both with and withouttherobin breast; legsalwayspinkish white, moderately feathered, comb single and erect. The pullets, like the cockerels, are a third larger than the Leghorns, and are more compact, fuller and rounder. As egg producers they are unsurpassed, and hare out-laid the pure Leghorns of each variety. They had been hard at work from four to six weeks before the pure Leghorns bogan operations, and have kept it up more steadily. Only one has shown any signs of wishing to sit, and she was easily broken up, ana is hard at work laying again. I should say here, that all the advantages of coop location as regards sun and warmth are with the pure Brown Leghorns, and they are much less crowded than the crosses. Pen No. 2.— While Leghorn cockerel with Langshan hem.—The colouring of plumage produced by this cross was singular. There was not a single blue, mottled or domtpique chick. Every one was either pure white or black. The black birds, without exception, were Langshan in shape, and in the pullets' case had large overhanging Leghorn combs. Legs wore Langshan only more scantily feathered. Every white pullet was Leghorn in shape, only more compact and " stocky," but with an erect Langshan comb, and pinkish white, scantily feathered legs. You will see the black birds were Langshan in shape, size and legs, but Leghorn in comb, ■while the white birds were Leghorn in all but comb, which was Langshan. The birds of this cross, especially the black ones, were somewhat larger than the Brown Leghorn cross. Indeed, some of the black pullets were so large as only, to be distinguished from pure Langshans by their overhanging combs and punched webs. As egg producers they were not ac early as the Brown Leg horn cross, but earlier than either of the puro Leghorns. I think they are not guile as constant layors as Pen No. 1, and their egg production is more easily affected by cold weather, but the difference is slight. lAs table birds there is no choice except size. Pen No. 3.— S. Spangled Hamburg cock with Langshan pullets.— Nearly all the birds from this cross were black with single combs and were about the size of pure Black Le-g ' horns; a few pullets, however,.were of a

iilveiygray colour, like Dorkings. These vere usually HOinewhat largor than the Macks. This crpss is so small that nothing i.s gained for broiling purposes by it, and m most of the chicks were hatched later than tho other crosses, they have not had a fair trial of their egg producing qualities, .•joino are laying quite well and promise to sustain the reputation of both parents. Ab a farmer's bird, however, their size is against them, and as their egg productive ness does not surpass, if it equals, tho Leg horn Cx-o.ss, the preference must be given tho latter.

I'i:n No. 4.— A Lani/xhan cockerel with hem half Plymouth Rock and half common. —These hens were, most of them, very liirgo, quite equal to puro bloods in size. 1 failed to raise a single pullet from this cross, so I can only epenk of its table qualities. Of theso I cannot epoak too highly. Tlic chicks mature very early, feather rapidly, fill out quickly in breast and legv, anil arc altogether unsurpassed as broilers. When older, they make a fino, largo bird nearly as largo as Langshans, and with all the compactness and solidity of Plymouth Rocks. As roasters they are only equalled by tho cross of which I ar.i next to report. This combination would, I think, bo invaluable to the caponizer. The plumage was nearly always Plymouth Rock, with yellow or white bills and legs, tho latter pinkish tinged and slightly feathered. As birds for market purposes only, I rogard these as first.

Pun No. 5. — A Creeecmiir cockerel with Lant/ahan hens and pullets —This cross makes also an excellent table bird. The shape is magnificent for a market fowl, especially at six month?, or over. The bodies are very long nnd deep, producing that parallelogram shape so admired in the Dorking. The chickß also mature early, and make fino broilers, though perhaps not equal to No. 4 in this respect. Both cockerels and pullets are black with small crests, medium muifs, black legs, clean or almost featherless, and small coral combs. They grow to a large size, especially the females, which seem to be better proportioned than the males. For eggs this cross has not been a success. From six pullets, thus far, I have not re ceived an egg, though their combs indicate they will foon begin. I have been disap pointed in this, as I hnd great expectations of them. One of tho same cross that I gave n friend, a year ago, distinguished herself iimong pure Leghorns, Hamburgs, Polish and crosses of evory kind, aa his best laying pullet. My experiments, however, place this cross last ns egg producers. Tho result then of my winter's trials to this date has been that for early and con tinuous winter layers tho Langshan Brown Leghorn cross stands first and tho White Leghorn Langshan second, while the latter is somewhat ahead of the former in size; but that for markot birds the Langshan Plymouth Kock cross stands firsts nnd the Crevccrtmr Langshan second, with little to choose between them. If a bird is desired to combine both egg producing and table qualities, which in tho one the farmer is searching for, I should advise one of the Langshnn Leghorn crosses. My own prefer ence is for tho Langshan Brown Leghorn, though some may prefer tho larger White Leghorn Langshan cross. As early laying pullots they certainly have surpassed both of their pure-blooded parents, and have ex colled the. Leghorn side of tho cross as continual layers. I have doubts, if when they attain their second and third year, they are able to hold their own with the Langshan, and endure tho moult and suc ceeding cold weather as well, but time alone can determine this.

An Engaged Young Man's Difficulty.

On Saturday, April 12, a young man of re spectable appoaranco came before Mr Chance, at Lamboth Police Court, and said " Your Worship, I want you to help me about my young woman." Mr Chance—l will if I can, but it is rather a strange request. Let me know more about it. Applicant—Well, 1 am engaged to bo married to a young woman living at Peck ham. On Thursday night I went to her house to see her, but sho was not at home. Aftor hunting about from one place to another, I found my young woman in company with another man, drinking together. What am I to do ? I have pro mised to marry her; but, if she is keeping company with another man, I don't feol in "lined. . Mr Chanco—But how can I assist you ? If jour young woman acts in such a way you will have little difficulty in breaking off the match. Applicant—Yes, sir ; but then don t let me marry her. [Loud laughter.l Mr Chance—l havo no power in the mat ter. It is in your hands as to whether you perform your promise or not. Applicant — I thought you could have given me an order so as to prevent my being married, as she went out with another Kan. (Renewed laughter.) Mr Chance—You appear to be rather simple in such a matter. I fancy you are afraid of a broach of promise case against you ; but if you can prove what you have stated to me you/need not fear. Applicant—Vo.y well, then, I need not marry her. [Continued laughter.] Mr Chance—Certainly not. Applicant-That's all right. He then left the court, evidently very greatly satisfied.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1884.

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Ihih.icalions. m E 8 T 1 :.i i> N I A L i TO " TJRETT3 /^OIiON'IPTS1 /> t'TDI IJRETrS L-OhONISTS' UuiD] AND /"XYCLOPjEDIA OP TtSEFUIi VYCLOP^DIA OF USEFUL TTNOWLEDGE '» JVNOWLEDGE, BEINQ A COMPENDIUM OF INFORMATION B^ PRAOffICAL COLONISTS UPON FARMING, HORTICULTURE, AND ALL SUBJECTS OF INTEREST TO NEW ZEALAND SETTLERS. Edited by TnoiwsoN W. Lets. The publisher has much pleasure in acknow ledging receipt of tho following testimonials from well-known agriculturalists and other practical colonists on the value of the above work!-- The following lettei" is from Mr James WAL LACE, Hillside, Papatoitoi. At ono of Hie most practical and successful settlers in the Auckland district, his opinion is of great value. "Sir,—l have looked forward with a con siderable degroo of intercut to the publication of Bhktt's Colonists' Guide, ami can now say tlVnt it ha^ far exceeded my oxpcctatioxK Hardly a day passes without niy fiiirtiiiiy hohio tiling in its pages both interpstinff and instrnn livo. It is a book that should be in ovflrj settlor's house in the colony. The porliim devoted to farming is full of rcliiiblo inf'unm lion, and I have no hesitation in saying tlmti it is the most comprehensive and useful guide for a New Zealand colonist ever published." From Sir Geoeok Grey, K.C.n.—" My dew Sir, -I have kept in constant use for upwards of two months tho copy of Brett's Colonists' Guide and Cyclopedia of Useful Know lkdgb, which you were good enough to sund mo. I havo tcstod it in many ways upon a great variety of useful subjec's. iind am satisfied that it is by far the best work of the kind I have ever seen. I feel that its merits and usefulness in re lation to all practical subjects, on which a settler's comfort and euccess dopend. render It a nocps3aiT appendage to svery home in New Zea land.— Faithfully yours, G. Gbey. — Kawau. January fth, 1881." Mr George ltoutstttp. 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Vn John Walla*k. of Roiliwnll Park, Wniutu (formerly of Hat l!u h), who In one uf mir carliimt sottlarg, and has been for many yunrs closely connected wltb erf ry effort to pro «iuo the aßricultural interests of the All"li)*nn iidivieU writes as follows:— " Dear Sir,—l have much plpasureiiiadilin mi mito in warm commendation of lintrr's Coi.onistb' Guide. It is a book that should be. nni only i& avory farmer's librr.ry, butshoulu al«n be on every colonist's book-shelf, no matter in what lln« of oolonial industry be or cbo may b* engaged. Thoro is inforinatlon fur al. Jn looting liackoreraporodof 11 yenr»'of h»nl i.olo ui«l work how much valuublo time and mono) michtliavc been saved if attho boKinninK nub H fn\ d of information bad beuii available to guide «»• ns i« now within the reach of all in the shape sf Droll's Guide. 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The arrangement of the subjocl rimtiop is simply otlmirable. I am cspeoiallj Plru ed with the article on yin: ry. flox, fruit, onil hop culture. Tlin ahittvcl of the local Oovcrnmont and lam! law* of t.hi.< ..olony 19 the most succinct and Intelligib <• rtiiil has come under my observation, whilst. U>c printing binding, and illustrations of tho work a"r« superb?l . SUMMARY OF CONTENTS: The "COLONISTS' GUIDE" AND CTCM) I'/EDIA OF USEFUL KNOAVI.EDOK" con. tains 8M pages, and is profusely Illustrated with eneraTiiutß. comprises sections on :— THK FARM, BY TnOMAS Allbn: lMro>Jonß . for Buih sad Fern Land; Growth of vari ous Cereal and Root Crops; Management of Cattle, Sheep, and Horses, with Cnr» of thoir Diseases, etc., etc. This section, which contains 217 closftly priiilcd I'm;**, with many diagram! and illustrations, inolnrtinp specimen! of tho best pure-brrdhor«ys,»heop. and cattle, together with Bclwtie™ from the Stud and Pedigree Stock ComimuyV thoroughbred stock, comprise! th,c carofullj collated experience of somo of the most successful Auckland and Canterbun Farmer*. HORTICULTURE, BT W. Goldie: In thia section, which covers 106 pages with numer ous illustrations, special attention is paid to the management of Fruit Treea, with such simple directions and diagrams for Pruning. 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INSECTB AND AGRICULTURAL ENE MIES, by Capt» Broun: In this section, Captain Broun, the well-known Now Zea land entomologist, supplies the results of years of observation upon native and im ported inseots, useful and injarious. with illustrations at the Bame, and directions for destroying garden and orchard peste. BCIENTIFIC BEE CULTURE, by J. Hop kins This interesting department haa been fully and skiKully troatcd by Mr Hop* kins, of Matomata, whose works-on the subject aro well known throughout Netf; Zealand. j ilitf orovc reo.->iiitnl;iiion only enumerates tho, liiur.i1 H.wds indicating the scope of the work.; i is Hk ltirp'"si Hook ever publlshod in Austral sin, is Handsomely Bound in Cloth, and uli!is!!P(l a', an exceedingly Low Price, for a :rf.i<i|i;«!i.i of this description — namely, .\VE>:fY SHILLINGS (20b). JJiskhy j^rett, vv yni)iia m- s t re ct, PUBLISHES. Drapery. '■• THE PUBLIC SATISFIED AND - $§T MONEY SAVED! "^f , The Proprietor of the "Little Monster Clothing Hall" begs to return his sincere thanks to the Public for their very largo patronage during the first two days of tho ' Greatest Bona Fide Sale EVER HELD IN NEW ZEALAND, ( And to apologise to those who were unable to be so promptly attended to as he could have wished, owing to the smallness of the present premises. He would respectfully ask them to come as EARLY as possible during the day to secure the BARGAINS ! ' S3- DURING THIS WEEK "E» " Great SLAUGHTERING will be made! IN ORDER TO EFFECT A SPEEDY CLEARANCE, Fbior to Removal to our New Pbemises. Country Orders promptly attended to. ' - J_ LBYT MONSTER CLOTHING HALL 214 QUEEN ST. 214 (Opposite McArthur's). Land and Estate A cents. W. L. M x TcHB LLi HOUSE, LAND, ESTATE, AND COMMISSION AGENT, PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT AND AUDITOR.' No. 8. MERCANTILE CHAMBERS, QUEEN STBJSET (Next Bank of New Zealand). BENTS AND INTERESTS" COLLECTED; Sbccrities Foond for Investors With . , our Charge, i THE CASE AND MANAGEMENT OF ESTATES UNDERTAKEN. MORTGAGES AND LOANS NEGOTIATED. Bank Stocks ' \ SSS?SSS ta B OUGHT & S OLD Timher Co. Stocks & I > T ■ All kinds of Stocks. ) " FOR SALE: - LINCOLN-STREET, PONSONBY-5-roometl House and Grocer's Shop attached, witn fixtures; also. 2-atallcd StaWe and Shed. The whole lot a bargain at £550. with terms. VERMONT-STREET, PONSOKBY-New 7 roomed ViUa with verandah front and back.. City water laid, Tho house well built and standing on corner soqfion. *tSO- ,_ . ST. MARY'S ROAD-£storied Villa oncom manding marine Bite. Shop and wash-house detached. Allotment 50 xltfl. Price, <M>oo. UNION-STREET. CITY-iroomed Cottage and Scullery. Wator and pas laid. Good ceUar beneath. This is a handy Property, always commanding a ready rental. 10 do gold for £350. Part caßh, the balance on easy CLARENCE - STREET. PONSONBY -■«•■■ rootred House, fitted with every convenience, - H3NGSLAND—A pretty Suburban Residence of 7 rooms, with 2 register grates, situateron the main road to Mount Albert. Pnco.foM. CLARENCE - STREET. FONSONBY - A Good Allotment, 40 foot by 90 next to Mr Dalton's, Surveyor, for £130. Terms to suit. MOUNT EDEN (near Railway Station)—A nrst o'ass Villa Residence of 6 rooms- Allotment, 60 by 120 feet, with 2-Btalled stable, workshop, and fowl-house. Tho ground is almost free of stones. The rooms are large and lofty, fitted with register grates, and the property is now offered a decided bargain at £550. upon favour- B^JBAn'SaHAPE ROAD-6-roomed Dwelling house, situate on corner soction, frontage of 40 feet to main road. Property in this im portant thoroughfare is now command ip& great attention, and for a business site its certain value in the immediate future cannot, be over-estimated. Price, £1,150 ._* RUSSELL-STREKT, off Great North Road-i ---roomed Cottag ■■■ and sGullory. Price, £Za. « CIARENCE-S"fREET--Cottsge o£ 6 rooms, BTOKES'S POINT-Dwrtllng-htrageof rooms, within S minutes' walk of the wharf. £330. MOUNT ALBERT-A Brand new House 019 rooms, with one acre of nch volcamo land, on toe main road, Bandy to both omnibus and rail-vraystaSonl Price CCSO. To an approved mrchaaeT«so oaßh will be accepted, and the Ec^ajremain for 6 yean at 8 percent. H?s^fe«&;gn«> pasJ«nd £°n iTAJST^jg vtadal district Title, land transfer. The soil is a rich deep loam, well watered, and in addition to railway advantages there is a Rood road to the Farm. .About ISO acres down in grass and crops, divided inl«7 paddocks, fenced with K ood pouts and barbed wire. The land takes Burfaco sowing exceed, ingly well, and in a fow yoars will give good crass land, with a leasehold m addition of 100 acres, containing good timber 'or-tendiw. The owner docs not dosiro to sell, but wQI give a long lease on advantageous terms, with a purchasing clause if necessary. There Is also a Dwelling-house of ten rooms, with cow- TUAKAU-AtaWate little Homestead of 110 and new 8-roomed DweUiiig-house.to be hada bargain for £808, part cash, the balance to re- WHANGIRfe-Dwenin K ..house and «W* valuation. About £150 can remain on BuiM ALIIANDRA-Large Store and Djrafliu- S on 1 acre of freehold lanu\ ThisjMo perty can either be bought or leased on Terr jkffi&&Bg%ll SAM ah«K Birkenhead. Northcoto Mount Albert, Kings- Gka^«"N&R aSEc4 esrMo^tEden,on easy terms. PROPERTIES BOUOHT OB SOLD TO ORDEBr MONEY LENT ON MORTGAGE ON GOOD JEBB HOLD security- TV. L. MITCHELL, 8, Mercantile Chambers, Queen-street.; PONSONBY ARCADE. } (Near tho Three Lamps.) ANDERSON aot WALKER, CABINET-MAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, BEDDING MA^UFACTUEBRS. .c A. and W. respectfully draw the attention ol Ponoonby residents to their varied atoek ol 1" •■•-.:■■ and to the faot that ali, kinds of work in the various Departments will be done in fibst class stile, and at moderate charges. Experienced Workmen sent to any part ol the District. ANDERSON and WALKEE, PONSONBY AROADB -;/ (Next N. Wood. BtttoherJ*^-, ' ;