OUR LONDON FLANEUR.

SOCIAL, THEATRICAL, and LITERARY.

PRECIS

A Glorious Summep.-Al Fresco Fetes- Novel Gaieties—The Cask of Loud St. Leonards—Called up for Sentence—ln nocen-t or Guilty?—A Ruined Likk- Mban Revenge - Women's Rights and Wnosaa—Miss Henrietta Muller's Cask- Kjcfusino to Pay the Queen's Taxes- What Happened—A Female Hamtobn— fULA'S COMMEXTS-A BAD TIME. KOR TIIK

Theatres— Forthcoming Arrangements— Finney v. Garmovi-k-"Twelfth Night" AT THE LYCEUM-A HOSTILE DEMONSTRA TION-IRVING'S Folly - Miss Terry as Viola-Failure ok "Our Boys" at the Strand Theatric-" My Hucats and My Daughter "~A Strange Stouy-" Littlk Lady Linton"—New Editions-Cheap Be issues, &c, &c.

London, July 17. f' After nearly v decade of cold wet Junca, E und uncertain Julys, tho splendid summer P: we are at present enjoying is indeed a treat. v Day after day the sun blazes out of a cloud §3 luss'sky; and now Henley Regatta week has passed without the customary deluge— H| a meteorological phenomenon which—as a =fJ: Sunday paper portentiously observes— I-, "iindsno parallel in the memory of the .'* oldest inhabitant." Londoners, from the =" highest to the lowest, are revelling in the J long " spell" of fine weather. To the rich H it offers opportunities for all sorts of novel c itertainments, such as open-air balls, pic nics by night, and al fresco concerts. To ' . the poor it means cheap fruit, bathing ) • in the Serpentine, and pleasant evenings listening to the people's bund in the purks. In another fortnight tho annual i. • 'society" exodus will commence, but till ; then the season promises to be at its ;. gayest. The Prince and Princess of H i , W'ules have re-commenced going out, and the greatest balls of the year are fixed to ■ take place between now and "glorious ■i . Goodwood." '£' Do you remember my mentioning the £? ■, easy of Lord St. Leonards, who was con victed at the Central Criminal Court sev ;? eral weeks ago for indecently assaulting a ij' servant girl? Sentence was deferred in order to allow his lordship's solicitor to ',:. prepare certain affidavits in mitigation of punishment, the unfortunate peer mean /'* ' while remaining in gaol. Well, last Sat ?.. urday Lord St. Leonards was brought up before the Recorder and sen tenced to six weeks' imprisonment V: from the date of his conviction. This, of ': course, meant releasing him there and then, us he had already been that length of time : ;. in tho House of Detension. Compared with the case of Valentine i-:'.-' Baker, who got 12 months for much the same offence, this sounds like a miscarriage ;: of justice, but it was not. Lord St. fy,:. Leonards is now as bankrupt in reputation as he is in pocket. Moreover, he has been i punished for an offence which he never com mitted. I believe this because I know men B of hi 3 calibre seldom, if ever, lie about such ?" mutters to their intimate friends, and Lord bt. Leonards swore to an old chum that ho Wiis innocent. " You may believe it or not, fe'v Cmrlie," he-said, "but the whole thing wiiS. a trap, into which, being 'squiffy,' 1 E foolishly fell. The girl only wanted to &f,'- extort a little money, but her master Bk*: 'owed me a grudge for flirting with his '":'■' soi disaiit wife, and egged on the gir WU to make assertions which, when a police V' information was laid, she daren't withdraw || for fear of being charged with perjury. It ,'?' should be a warning to you fellows never to I stay in a room or a railway carriage with a ■-:'.' strange woman." V During tho past fortnight London has been enjoying c. subdued giggle at the ex pense of Miss Henrietta Miiller, one of the -~' van-leaders of the " women's rights " move- I ment. 1 know, or rather I knew, Miss ' Miiller slightly about six years ago. She p■''■"■ was then an ascetic maiden, neither very ■ young nor very beautiful, but extremely ■ energetic and blessed with an amazingly fluent tongue. Miss Miiller was at that I time running for a seat at the London ■ School Board, which she eventually : , obtained, and had she confined her energies solely to matters educational, '(-, all would have been well. Un fortunately, the advocates of women's "■■'■■ - franchise aroused her dormant ambitions, '■; and persuaded her to do all sorts of absurd things for the " cause." ■: ■ The other day, when the FenialeFrancluse Ssir Bill again fell through, Miss Muller (who •'■'■' is an Independent householder in her own ri-ht) publicly announced her intention of I henceforth refusing to pay the Queen's B t ixes. " If," she said, " I have no share in I making tho laws, or have no voice in the '■ government of the country, I refuse to E obsy the one or support the other." '■■ Various legal processes supervened, the ~ minions of the law eventually entering Miss Muller's drawing-room and carrying 'V Off certain articles of furniture under her / very nose. Tliis raid into the privacy of a 1 mature maiden's boudoir was watched by the lady herself and a bevy of Meads, who : celebrated the occasion by making severe ..V Kpoeche3 about "tyrant men" and "the Unfortunately, Miss Muller was not al *£ lou-ed to bo a martyr after all. Next day, : this female Hampden, who with dauntless b.,;«gt defied the Queen's taxes, found that uithouf, her knowledge her furniture had b«en brought back, aad again fitted up fe; uml decorated her boudoir. "Surely," > s«ys G. A. Sala, gossiping about the matter ; in his own characteristic style, "this is a ! lame and impotent conclusion to a heroic :;':;' scene, so stirring in its incidents and :< powerful in its attractions that half the I- dramatists of London mighthave hurried to the spot, as some did, to catch ■f*'• idoan from the situation. Miss Muller -h'~- stood upon her desolated hearth, her house '-. hold "oods shattered'around her. The vile hand? ot the minions of male despotism ": to Liid upon the pretty accessories of a lady's boudoir. Then arose nofonly from ;<!-■'' Mi** Miiller but from a faithful band of feminine auxiliaries—summoned! in haste to > rp.sidt tbo foe—a shrill storm of objurgation. iii' The broker himself, though pale, was ccl .-' lected; but the broker's man, less hardened, visibly winced under the shower of satire, ■; alid it is said that when well out of sight, t'llb broke down and wept. No such scenes /-:'; linyo1 occurred in English history since jifkmpdeo died in the field and Sidney on ■• ' t'bc scaffold. Yet now we are robbed of the i}::, romance. Imagination peeped in and pic f: - tured the heroic lady sitting on the bare ,' lloor, deprived by masculine brutality of '■■ ' nil the comforts and ornaments of a £'•:, horae; but ' friends'have intervened, and, ■;'! without her knowledge, have bought back her 'things.' Friends? An enemy must I have done it. Some monsters in human fi Worm calfog themselves men, jealous of Miss [', ■■'■'•' Mailer's present fame and coming glory, v, havo interposod to take frpm her the crown I *tt martyrdom. They have boiled the pease ttß 'in .her-shoes; and now her rooms are as II \ itn-ffjfrfc, and she herself is aa coey, as .before. ll ' *VjH men never cease to interfere with I Woman's rights ? Why was not Miss Miiller |X wllowed to become the^ virgin. proto-tnartyr fjj- t-A taxed womanhood?" A Divorce Court scandal, in which three I i 1 oblo families (with names " familiar to our i'll;'1 I ira as houseJfijH-.wordu?l)'-are said to be X;*' fiituftentedjtjjioffiises to be the sensation of Jp■"'■'■. Iho crnnint autumn. Great efforts have n 1 ecu ffiajJe to keep the affair out of the lra.'<)i;ipui'iyi&o far with success; but all must ISV-'.come/uterelong. '. I $;.' Th/s hot weather is " ruination (as Mrs |[ J'-roi-n would say) to the theatres. Most ill (■( iho West End houses are already closed, §| -\ h/d very few will re-open again before ■•'.<■■ i .'ptember. At the Empire the magnificent 1 /fpectacte of "Chilperic" (for which B '} awhiao and his suite have shown such pre- Jfe •iilection) is coming to the end of its run, il B »"d Mr Farnie is busy touching up the iffl -; Cloches do Corneville "to take its place. [JJ Humours, relative to the vast scale and fI; *• splendour of this revival are already ram ■('r-i. j.infc, and will probably turn out to be true. §[ fT . J he Empire management hope to beat Mr inj-' "Holland and tho Alhambra directorate at B *-:'eir own Kamo- ne "Mascotte" was H>Bjlls ithdrawn from the Comedy last week, and !j Rfiliiis theatre is now closed. It will re-open 1 in September with a revival of "Rip Van Ij |||fWinkle," after which a new opera by I ; Hnt. Audran, founded on " The Miller of the I i iMliee," will be produced. M. Audran has '■|j i.ndertaken to wiile four comic operas, ,j ' Libretti by Farnie " for the London stage {jj \ -..'" vithinthe next two years. Let us hopo lm' Vve.re'll be another "Olivette" amongst 3H t'lem. '■M On one of the hottest afternoons of the ,! [""■ your old friend Ada Ward appeared tj1;.... !•■» Pauline,in the "Lady of Lyons at a ||l „ i iatinee at the Princes Theatre. . A few I 1 ] rofeisionals and old acquaintances looked jSV nat the performance for ten minutes, but * . i> >body stayed long. Most of the critics * i Hjjß'-em tohavobeeuimpressedby Miss Ward's ;i|: H-eva* rather than hor acting. '; '* The cuso of Fiuney v. Garmoyle has been ~r -■.■,■*-'. tied out of Court. That much is now v ! c ctain, but whaf amount of damages Lord MHt : ( drug agreed to pay no one can ' aver H.■• 1< .sitivoly. The "Kefereo" Rays £14,000 ■Miljrt'the " 8ra",£17,000, and a law paper ■ i 13,000.

" Twelfth Night" was produced at tho Lyceum on the Bth inst, in the presence of a not altogether friendly audience. The piece is lavishly mounted and capitally played, but somehow or other it didn t "go " with the spirit to which admirers of Henry Irving and Ellon Terry have grown accustomed. lor one thing, tho night was overpoweringly hot and the performance long. Considering the play had been illus trated with sixteen elaborate set scones, half-past 11 was not very late for it to be over. The majority showed them selves satisfied with the entertainmont, and applauded lustily, but amidst tho cheers and ckpping could bo distinctly heard some clear, well - do nned hisses. Most actors would have put down tho display to a few ill-tempered gallery boys, and ignored it. With doubt ful sagacity Irving roso to the bait, and when called on to tho stage for his cus tomary spocch,demanded to know the mean ing of tho disturbance, candidly owning that he had been away some time from England, and was not quite accustomed to the evidently altered attitude of first-night audiences. Ho owned to Seeling tho exis tence of a strange element in the house which he did not understand. He was per plexed and puzzled at the possibility of any opposition in the face of what had been done and what had been seen. Hi 3 com pany, ho know, was as good a one as could be got together, tho scenes woro of excep tional beauty, and tho performance all round was above tho average. What, then, did the hissing moan ? From somo actors such a protest would have beon bitterly resented, but Irving can do no wrong at present, and was warmly encouraged. G. W. Anson, for venturing on a similar step when one of Wilkie Collins's plays was damned, got himsolf howled off tho stage, and has not to this day obtained full forgiveness from the Adelphi Theatre audience. Fortunately, London theatre-goers are capricious, or even Irving might have regretted his temerity. The success par excellence of " Twelfth Night "is Miss Ellen Terry's Viola. Since her sister Kate scored such a triumph in tho part it has never been played aa it is now. On this point all the authorities are agreed. Adelaide Neilson- was a fair and Miss Wallis a passable Viola, but neither of them ap proached the Terry sisters. living's Mai volio seems to be^estimated variously. Mr Clement Scott goalies ecstatically over its "quaint subtlety," but old theatre-goers shake their heads and mutter, " not to be mentioned with poor Compton's reading of the charactor." t The revival of " Our Boys " at the Strand is a complete failure. It seems strange that a comedy which ran for more than 1,000 nights in London a few years ago can't fill a small theatre now for a month, but such is tho fact. David James hns already put " She Stoops to Conquer " into rehearsal as a stop-gap, and James Albery is busy translating the piece at present running at the Palais Royal, in Paris, to follow. "Feather-brain," the farcical comedy that very nearly came to grief whon it was first played atthe Criterion, has been worked up into a positive success, and now seems likely to run till Christmas. " Princess Ida," on the other hand, languishes, so that a revival of " Pinafore " may be fallen back

'upon. Do you like weird, mystic ghost stories ? If so, go right away to the nearest book seller's and order Sheridan Le Farm's " In a Glass Darkly," which has just been reissued by Mr Bentley at six shillings. It was this book, you may remember, which struck the late Duke of Albany so strongly. He read it whilst atNice, and spoke of it to his doctor the night before he died. All Le Farm's novels are of a more or less blood-curdling description. As a boy I remember shudder ing over " Uncle Sila3 ;" indeed, it is not a book I should care to read even now last thing at night. About two years ago one of the burning sensations of the seison was Mr Robert Louis Stevenson's "New Arabian Nights." This work can now be obtained for two shillings, and is well worth the money. The only other cheap editions that have come out sinco I last wrote are "Lady Sefton's Pride," by Dora Russell, and "A Heart's Problem," by Chas. Gibbon. Neither deserve favourable mention.

Charles Reade's valedictory novel, " A Perilous Secret," was published yesterday. It i 3 simply an amplified edition of " Love or Money," the play of. his that proved a semi-failure at the Adelphi last year. Rumour says Mr Bentley paid £5,000 for the copyiight. If so, I fear he has got a bad bargain. The story is a common place one, and not to be compared with any of the author's earlier works. Failing powers and a weakened intellect are everywhere evident.

"My Ducats and My Daughter" is the title of a novel everybody is asking for at Mudie's just now. I read it str.ight through without stopping, and I cor. ' jss I was much interested. The hero t >mes into a fortune and loses his sweetheart simultaneously, the latter deliberately sacrificing herself in order to prevent her degenerate father plundering the iran she loves. Camilla's reward for this high flown conduct is to lose her Arthur altogether. His anger at her supposed faithlessness kills his love, and when she reveals the truth, instead of being thanked for her self-immolation, she is informed that his heart is no longer hers. The situation is admirably led up to and effec tively described. "Little Lady Linton," Frank Barrett's last and best novel, has a capital plot. A disagreeable mother has a disagree able daughter, whom she has married well. The daughter misbehaves her self not a little, but disappears mys teriously and in a way opportunely. The mother makes up her mind that she has been murdered, and applies to a private inquiry office to trace the crime home. It is no injustice either to Mr Barrett or to the probable reader to make the obvious statement that the daughter is not dead at all. She turns up again in a fashion dis creditable, but not at all impossible, and the unlucky (but more unamiable than unlucky) mother discovers the facts, with results equally unpleasant to herself and the first Lady Linton. The baronet hero and his second wife, " Little Lady Linton," are both well drawn and most interesting personages ; in fact, the work, as a whole, is a great advance on "Folly Morrison," and other of the same author's earlier works.

Mind-Reading in Sydney.

Professor and Mrs Baldwin (who intend visiting Auckland shortly) are creating a sensation in Sydney in the above line. The "Sydney Morning Herald," in a recent notice, says —

"The illustrations of mind-reading were successful in nearly every attempt, though the effort is so difficult that onl) a certain percentage of successes is generally attained. For instance, Captain Trouton thought of a star on an American ensign on the platform. His thought was divined, and he was led up to the star in quick time. Another surprising effort was the finding of a pin hidden amongst the audience, and yet another, the expressing of the locality of an imaginary pain in a per- Bon's body. These last two efforts created intense astonishment in England recently, and this is tho first time they have been made here. In the second part of the entertainment Mrs Baldwin is the princi pal operator, and she reveals in it a gift as nearly allied to that of prophecy as is conceivable. The audience are invited to write questions on any topics they please. But themselves no one sees them, neither Mr Baldwin nor his male assistant. Mrs Baldwin is then mesmerised, and so far as time will permit she answers them accurately. In no instance last night did she fail, though the topics were extremely varied. One gpntlemen wrote, ' How long will the present Ministry live ?' The answer came, ' Two years and eight months, but one of them will die.' Another gentleman had written, ' Was Cordini inno cent or guilty ?' The answer to this was, ' I see a man who speaks a foreign tongue He dies innocently. The spiritssay the black tracker was right. There was a man and woman there' Mr Baldwin asked, 'How did the man die V and the roply came with quite a shriek of horror, ' With a rope around his neck.' , Mrs Baldwin alto stated in her divinations that the federation of the colonies would not take place for 15 years. : She also told an inquisitive lady who had stolen her fire wood, and she informed the audience who had committed the Horsham Bank rob bery. And in every instance Mr Baldwin offered to back his wife's statement with" any amount of money. It is difficult to conceive that there was-confederacy in this extraor dinary performance. Indeed, it was denied by Dr. Cox and several gentlemen whose questions had bean answered accurately, and it can only be supposed that Mrsßald win saw mentally the scenes she described."

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Miss Spear's Bad Shot.

No doubt ingenuity is the first rudiment that combines with tact and energy to make a good detective. But once in a Btretch, "good luck" is sure to gain a supremacy over these three virtues. At all events, there is an episode on record wherein luck not only gained the supremacy, but atoned for the absence of the other three. To bo sure, the oaso was not a complicated one. There wns no mystery that called for the keen instinct of an adept at unravelling to ferret out. Instead, it was a most simple chain of circumstances. One Philip Bras hear had been suspected of appropriating the funds of his employers, and while the firm were busy summing up the total of their losses, lie had decamped, carrying with him money and bonds to the value of half a hundred thousand dollars. A futilo search of the city and environs followed ; but to all appearances the culprit had vanished, leaving no traces that might be followed up to the epoch of his apprehen sion . At least, that was the popular verdict, expressed by every one having a special interest in the affair, with the exception of Mr Americus Biggerton, Chief of the United American Detective Servico, whose men had traced Brashcar not only to the place he had adopted in his flight, but to the house where oven now ho lay waiting for a favourable opportunity to safely quit the country. Mr Americus Biggerton was himself a diplomat, who, though loving honesty and square dealing much, loved the fabulous possession of Midas more. Honco, when a beggarly pittance of "two hundred dollars, dead or alive," was offered for the apprehen sion of Brashear, Mr Biggerton dilated his widespread nostrils, and whispered he would await a higher fluctuation in tho market of awards. So it happened that one afternoon, as ho sat count ing over tho entries made by his head clerk. Siggins, in his " Docket of Crimin alities," the dusty door of his dustier otHco revolved on its dusty hinges, and, looking up, Mr Biggerton spied the well-known form of his nephew, John Liel, standing abashed in the shadowy aperture. " Well, it's you, is it ?" quoth Mr Biggerton, un graciously enough. " Yes, sir." And John Liel walked unsteadily towards him. "I hope you are glad to see mo, uncle?" " I can't say that I am," grunted the chief. " I suppose you are out of work again. Idleness has become a chronic malady with you, .lohn." John Liel stood twitching the frayed end of a not immaculate hand kerchief through and through his rigid digits. " I hope not, utacle ; leastwiso I " " Happily, we don't see our own faults, John. But lot me toll you that one of your faulta is laziness ; so don't stand on tho defensive." " I havo not endeavoured to defend myself, nor could I con scientiously do so," with a short, faint laugh. Mr Biggerton replaced his gold bowed glasses, and sat silently looking for a moment or two at his nephew. He was a short, corpulent old fellow, this undo of John's ; close-shaven, keen-eyed, alert, and dressed with scrupulous care in a suit of shiny black broadcloth. "Well, whataroyou going to do with yourself?" he finally inter rogated. '' I had entertained a fond hope-" "And what did you hope?" "That there might be something in the servico you could oiler me." Mr Americus Biggerton let fall his docket of criminalities with something very like a smothered gasp. "You !" " Certainly : why not?" " Why not? For tho very sufficient reason that you are not qualified to till any position beyond the counterofacountryshoeshop. It takes adeal more than a good-natured dolt to fulfil the duties required of a detective." "Forallthat you might put mo to the test." Just then a sudden thought revealed itself to Mr Biggerton. " And so I might," he conceded. " 1 suppose it's agaiust tho code of human nature to let one's own flesh and blood starve outright, and. I have a kind of half notion to try you anyhow. There, theio 1" lie rejoined cautiously, " don't rush into a vortex of avowals before you are certain of my intentions, which are these: You've heard of Brashear, the clerk who decamped a week or so ago, leaving Killop and Carr a considerable sum the worse for his flight. Well, very confidentially, and strictly between ourselves, the Service has tracked this fellow to a little manu facturing centre in Massachusetts, where the aforementioned Service intends to hold him until the reward offered is colossal enough to reward them for their pains. Now, John, hero's your chance. Go up to Beamis Point and keep a clear eye on this fellow; then when the time arrives to expose him I'll come up and arrest him, and pay you well for your trouble." " But how will I recognise the culprit ? " queried Liol. " Easily enough ; he is your height to a hair's breadth, very dark, and effeminate to the last degree." " And you are certain lie is at Beamis Point ? " " Certain as lam of my own existence. There is but one tavern in the place, and at it he is domiciled. It is highly probablo that he will be dis guised and under an assumed name. But you must ferret out his identity ; here is enough money to cover your expenses. In event of failure I warn you never to come in my way again. Now go." Now, Beamis Point was an aimless pro vince of unfertile soil, somewhere along tho Massachusetts coast; of which one predicted at first a scantiness of population, and a general poverty in the way of- human com fort. There were precisely seven rambling farm-houses, an equally rambling church, and, more pretontious than the rest, a heap of brick and mortar which was stigmatised, for brevity's sake, "The Tavern." John Liel got to this place on the second morning after his departure from Biggerton's office Oncethere,heset about his duties wrtfc. all the system and regularity befitting them. Going direct to the tavern, he ordered a room, and while subscribing himself upon the battered register, took occasion to scan the nameß enrolled thereon. Two names we're one jot peculiar; they were Miss Spear, New Haven, and Oliver Pierce Brooklyn. He closed the book suddenly when he saw the date subjoining them, Tuesday, April 12. That was the day on which Philip Brashear had come to Beamis Point. John repaired to the dining-room, and the first person to be introduced to him was Mr Oliver Pierce, of Brooklyn. The fellow was manifestly in the last epoch of respectable intoxication ; and as he lolled about the room eating, gesticulating, and talking all in a breath, John had no meagre opportunity to study his rum-blossoming physiognomy. His intuition told him the fellow was the one he sought. His face was covered by a straggling beard of several weeks' growth ; he was quite dark, and John's height " to a hair's breadth." That afternoon John tele graphed Biggerton substantially as follows:

Uncle Americus,—Everything is in excellent order, and awaiting your pleasure. John.

It was twilight when he again entered his room, and scarcely had he done so when he heard some one fumbling with-the door knob. Asecond later,thedoorswungquickly open, and leaning against the panels was a woman. Quite a tall woman she was—cer tainly several inches above the accepted height of her sex. Her face, outlined by the dense shadow of the hall, was strangely prepossessing; she had full, regular features, a damask rose sort of complexion, and pale grey eyes under dark curling lashes. John was the first to regain his composure. "Is there anything I can do for you ?" At the first sound of his voice she shrank back still farther in the shadows. She had not seen him until he spoke. " Yes," she articu lated , faintly, in a velvety contralto voioe, "though I should never have in truded had I known you were here. Tho door of my'room has become locked during my absence, and your key and mine are counterparts of each other." Her room lay directly opposite his own, and it was tho work of scarcely a moment to insert the key and turn the lock into its right position. Then, with a faint murmur of thanks, the lady passed within, closing the door behind her, and making of him an impromptu pori on the outer edge of a modern paradise. John felt more interested in his mys terious visitor next morning than he did in either Brashear or his breakfast. He watched for her until his eyes tired of their vain expectancy'; and, despairing at last of seoing her, ho questioned mine host about her, and had his trouble for his pain?. Mino host knew absolutely nothing beyond tho meagre fact that her name was Spear; that she came from New Haven ; that she paid her bills with uncommon regularity, and kept exclusively to herself. And so things coursed along very pleasantly, until one day over the wires sped tho following message:—

John Liel,—Will be with you to-morrow.

Uncle Amebicus. The missive sot John to thinking, and then to planning. First of all he decided that Miss Spear must not be compromised by so much as a sight of the affair. He slipped out of his room and along the hall until he faced the door of the culprit's room. Peeping in hesawthefellow lying_ proneupon his bed sleeping offthe effects ofhisspirituous potations. Quick as thought he snatched up the key lying at his feet, and quicker still locked his prey securely within. That done, he went to Miss Spear, and told her everything; of Brashear's crime, of his flight to Beamis Point, and lastly, of his being now an inmate of the house. He meant to tell her, too, just which inmate he was; but she did not ask him, and he thought it needless. Atransientcloudflitted over Miss Spear's face; then she paled to the

roots of her dark hair. "And you—you hare been watching his movements all along ?" " All along." She put her lips together rigidly, as if to stifle an utterance that had risen to them. " And you are coming here to-night to arrest him ?" " Precisely." Miss Spoar reached forward, pushed down the window, then crossed tho room in a blind, dazed manner, and paused before a tablo under whose cover an oblong parcel lay hidden. A second later sho turned about, retracing her footsteps, her hands at her back. " You shall never live to see Philip Brashear taken 1" She sprang suddenly forward, a world of hate in her steely eyes. With one hand she tore tho dark strands of hair from hor head ; with the other she levelled a woapon at lu3 heart. " You shall never live to arrest mo, I swear !"

There was a long momont of silence-then a sharp mulllod report, and a cloud of vapor ous smoke eddied upwards towards tho ceil ing. Another space of silence ; meantime tho smoke of the shot was clearing, and, looking forward, John Liel saw the form of Miss Spear, otherwise Philip Brashear, at his feat, and that of Uncle Americus at his side. " Was it you who fired ?" John Liel inquired, faintly. "Not at all; I merely turned Brashear's weapon against himself -J ho is in an eminently agreeable condition now to bo taken back to the city. As for you, John—well, I ain't much on talking, but you're a hero, and we'll settle the rest between ourselves/ Without an utter ance, John sped along the hall to where the supposed Brashoar slept, unconscious of his incarceration. Afterward he learned that ho was a confirmed drunkard, who had migrated to Bcamis Point simply to finish his existenco in a trance of ecstatic collapse. As for the rosemblanco between himself and Brashear, it was purely an accidental ono. Of course, John prevaricated outrageously in tho matter of his encounter with Brashear. It is riot on record what his version of the alFair was. No doubt it was absurdly incongruous with tho real facts, but it answered tho purpose, and the do faulter was sent to Sing Sing, and tho ro ward given to Uncle Americus, who shared it generously with his nephew, and died sounding that young man s praise.—Prize 11 Tit Bit."

Startling probabilities.

It is estimated that the United States will contain 150,000,000 people 55 years honco. Tho natural increase of population as judged by tho tablos of the past, in conjunction with tho swelling tide of immigration from Europe, will accomplish this marvel of national growth. When future historians record tho fact that the American colonies, with 3,000,000 people, developed into a re public of ir>o,ooo,ooo in a century and n half it will read like a tale of tho Arabian Knights. Rome at its zenith had no such a population, nor ono ao homogeneous in language, spirit, intelligence and aspiration. This will bo the mightiest republic of all history. Figures alone fail to convoy an adequate idea of its probable vastnoss and power. Its population will be equal to that of the German Empire, France, Spain, Bel gium, Switzerland, Italy and Austria com bined. It will be a match in war for the wholo of Europe, or for any other quarter of the globe. In the achievements of peace it promises to exceed any nation extant, or that ever rose to wealth and splendour. There is a point, however, beyond which growth of population cannot pass without proving a curse. China would be v stronger nation to-day with half her present popula tion, and with a more general diffusion of wealth and intelligence. When human beings become so thick that they must l.jr, in collars like animals, or dwell on rafts oi. the water, like rats or beaver*, and when law-mnkera can no longer treat infanticide ns a crime, then tho limit of healthy growtl has been passed. Density of population i now no longer a source of strength, but v weakness and alarm. Lord Bacon con) mends the plan of Homy VII., " tornaintall such a proportion of land that it may bruec a subject to.live in convenient plenty, am in no servile condition ; and to keep th plow in the hands of the- owners, and in in tho hands of hirelings." This is th true theory, and should not be forgotte when the imagination is tired by the jvmo rama of national grandeur soon to be pre sented on this continent, for if our nation is destined to exceed any nation of Europ■■ in population, its cities will also attain un examplcd size. Is there any danger that we shall soon begin to have too many people t A glance at statistics indicates that tin time for such forebodings is yet remote In no country of Europe is there more feneral content and prosperity than in ranee, and yet, if the area of the United States was as densely settled as that of Frante, there would bo room here for 680,000,000 people. Extensive regions of the Pacific Coast are at present not adapted for agricultural pursuits, but they can be rendered rich and fruitful by irrigation, and they abound in mineral deposits of every description, iron included, which would afford employment and support to large populations. When Alaska has been peopled, and tho main portion of the Union becomes somewhat crowded, Canada, Mexi co and South America offer suitable outlets. By that time ICinopean immigration will have probably ceased, or have become in significant. When the jraorer classes of Europe are offered quite as attractive in ducements to remain at home as to immi grate to this country, thoy will prefer to remain at homo. ■ Rcmarkablo political changes will be inevitable in Europe if this country continues to advance to its great destinies without civil war or a failure of representative government.— Chicaco Inter- Ocean.

The Survival of Superstitions.

A curious case of the survival of medieval superstition in a civilised country was re cently revealed in a magistrate')) court in rural Ireland. Two young peasant women, named Ellen Cushion and Anastasia Rourke, of comely appearance and not ex ceptional ignorance, were brought up charged with gross cruelty towards a little girl three years old. They had availed themselves of the absence of the parents to take the child away from its home, and, ap parently without the slightest qualm of pity, to place it on a hot shovel, and keep it there until it was dangerously if not fatally burned. It appears that the child had become what is called in Ireland a " fairy changeling ;" and their honest but benighted purpose had been to exorciset the evil spirit which had entered its infantile peison. The girl was deformed and crippled, and this seems to have been the circumstance which convinced the women of its supernatural origin. In inflicting the cruelty they did, they only followed what is a rooted superstition in some parts of Ireland. It is thoroughly believed by many of the ignorant and imaginative peasantry that fairies?, both good and bad, actually "revisit the glimpses of the moon," and play all sorts of good or ill-natured pranks upon mortals. These fairies, or elves, are thought to be exceedingly small and light, and to have the power of voluntary invisi bility. They are said to dwell in pictur esque caves underground, or beneath the limpid waters of Erin's lakes; and some times the peasants imagine that thoy hear the elves discoursing sweetest music in the subterranean dopths. One of the favourite tricks of the evilly-disposed elves is to enter a houso through chimney or key-hole, take away the children, and replace them with elf-children, to whom the people give the name of " fairy changelings." Ireland is not the only civilised region where the teeming s-uperstitions which had their rise in tho Middle Ages still lurk and linger. In England, and especially in Scot land, the historic hobgoblin still holds his .own in many a nook and coiner of the land. 'The Scotch "brownie," corresponding to the " banshee " of the Irish, still alarms the denizen of the remoter Highland fastnesses. Ghost lore is eagerly credited in tho rural regions of Southern England. Many an Italian peasant still devoutly shrinks from the " mal' occhio," but the " evil eye" also on occasion disturbs tho slumbers of tho Devon hind. The Germans are, perhaps, the least superstitious of European peoples ; yet there is scarcely a locality in the Father land where phantom tales do not cluster around hoary schlosses or solitary houses, devoutly believed in by the grape-growers and farmers. Superstition, it need not be said, is also rife in the Pagan Orient, and there, sad to say, it oftenest takes cruel and vengeful forms. There is, perhaps, not a country in Europe or Asia where the be lief in witchcraft is wholly extinct. Less than twenty years ago, an old Frenchman, accused of witchery, was lynched by an English mob in a country town. Such things have happened in rural France at a much more recent period. A few years ago at Nagpore, two Hindoos were condemned to penal servitude for life, because they savagely put to death no less than eight persons whom they declared to be witches, who had cast their spells over the faithful of the neighbourhood. On this side of the sea, it is scarcely to add, the physician and the philosopher encounter both gross and subtle forms of superstition. The contribution, for example, made by the Southern coloured people to a summary of purely American types of superstition is both largo and striking.—"Boston Adver tiser,"

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Railways. -VTEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. TIME TABLE. — On and after APRIL Ist, 18S4, AUCKLAND AND ONEHUNGA LINE. Out. Week Days. and Sundays. Sat. " a.m. a.m.lno'n p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. 0 Auckland dep. 7.15 8.i0|12.0 2.0 .. 1.15 5.20 6.0 5.30 11.15 9.0 2.30 2 Nowmarkct Junction .. 7.2S 8.50112.10 2.10 ~ 1.25 5.30 6.10 B.M 11.25 9.10 2.<10 3 ltjimiota 7.110 8.5512.15 2.15 .. 4.30 5.35 6.15 8.15 11.30 9.15 2.45 4 aGreen Lane tjVemoaoJunctio'n '.'. '.': 7.15 9.1012.30 2.30 1.12 dU2 5.50 6.32 9.0 11.41 9.26 2.57 S^Onohlinga.. ." '.. ari\ 7,55 U.2012.J0 2.10 4.21 4.50 6.0 G.io 9,10 11.50 9.35 3.7 ONKHUNGA LINE. In. Week Days. Sundays. " a.m.a^m7a.m.|a.m. p.m.p.m. p.ni.lp.iii. p.m. p.ni.p.m.a.m. p.m. 0 Onehunga .. .. dop. 7.5 8.20 9.20 10.10 1.0 355 4.30 5.10 G. 20 6.55' 9.30 10.0 5.30 ' 3 ttPonroso aSunction '.'. '.'. 7.15 8.8009.30610.20 l.iorfi.s bl'.JO 6,20e6.30df.'5U.'10 10.10 5.10 4aKllerslie TT TT ■■ ~T •• 5 aGreon Lano . •• .. 6 Romuera 7.30 8,11 10.3.5 1,2;5 4.30 5.35 7.20 9.5510.21 5.53 7 Newmarket Junction .. 7.35 8.50 " 10.11 1.30 1.10 " 5.40 " 7.25; 10.010.28 5.58 8 Auckland ... .. arr. 7.15 9.0 " 10.50 1.40 4.19 " w 5.50 " 7.85,10.1010.35 6.7 b Change for Mercer and Intcrmediato Stations. c Cluvngo for To Awamutu and Intermediate Stations. d Chango for Auckland and Intermediate Stations. c Chango for Otahuhu. MAIN LINE. AUCKLAND - MERCER -TK AWAMUTU. South—Week Days. ' U I D a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. pin. 0 AUCKLAND dop. 6.0 fi.2o ».O 9.15 4.1S 0.0 2 Nowmarkot Junction .. .. 6.10 8.30 9.11 9.57 4.25 6.10 3 Rcmuora 0.15 .. 9.15 10.3 4.30 6.15 at Green Luno .. .. c .. p.. aS Kllerslio .. c .. a ■■ 6 Pcnrose Junction 6.32 H. 17 9.30 10 20 hi. 15 66.30 9 Otahuhu - 6.12 7,5 9.10 .. 1.57 6.42 11 Papatoitoi .. 9.50 10.47 6.6 15 Manurowa ■• .. c .. .. 6.20 19 Papakura 8.0 10.18 .. 5.35 °22 Drury" '.'. '■'■ '■■ '■ ■■ '■'■ B.io 10.37 IUO 5155 '.'. 023 Kunciman .. .. c .. a2S Paorata .. c .. SO Pukekoho 8.57 11.5 12.18 G. 25 aXi lluckland .. .. c .. 35 Tuukau 9.20 11.22 .. 6.11 ail Wangarata .. .. c .. 40 Pokono .. 11.38 .. 7.4 4t MKiiricit \ ? rr> •■ 10° llifio 1.20 7.15 43 MBBCBB \ dop . a2O 121() aSO Whiingamarino a&i Wairangi aoti ltangiriri aBO Ohinowai .. .. .. .. ~ 65 Huntly 12.0 1.21 C'J 'laviiiiri .. 1.39 71 Ngaruawahia .. 12.55 1.55 a7B Puketo aBl ToKapa 85 Hamilton Junction 1.35 2.35 85 Hamilton 1.40 90 Rukuhia 91 Ohaupo .. .. 3.8 n'M Lake Road 99 Ngaroto : .. .. .. 3.25 100 TK Awamutu .. .. arr. .. .. 3.30 .. | .. [ NoiiTit—Wkek Days. a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. 0 Tk Awamutu dcp. .. .. .. a. 10 2!Ngaroto.. .. : .. .. 9.17 alj Lake Road 71 Ohaupo .. .- .. 10.1 «ll Rukuhia llil Hiimliton .. .. .. 2.0 16 Hamilton Junction : .. 10.40 2.5 «20 To Rupa «23 Puketo .. 27 Ngaruawahia .. .. 11.20 2.19 31 Taupiri .. .. 11.40 3.10 3ti Huntly .. •• 12.5 3.30 all Oliinuwal «I 5 Hangirlri .. : ' «l" Wairangi ' «51 Whangamarlno !57 mehceu J ~",!£ B ;i s ;; nV 2 o us Ho '.'. ■ 60 Pokeno 6.21 i.. .. 1.57 ; a«3 Wangarata •• .. .. / •■ < Co Tuukau CIG .. .. 2.18 %) l^Jkekohc .'.' .'.' .'.' .'.' 7.6 '.'. 12.40 2.3,5 f1.23 '.'. : aZi PaeraUi •• .. •• /•• a7B Kunciman -• .. ■• / .. 78 Drury 7.13 .. 1.20 3.10 7.5 a>,o Hunuu •• .. •• / ■• 81 Papakura <-->l .. •• -i-22 85 Manurcwa 8.10 .. .. / .. 7.31 89 Papatoitoi 8.28 .. 2.25 3.55 7.50 92 Otahuhu 833 7.5 . - 4.3 .. 6.50 U5 Penrosc Junction US.SI d 7.15 2.53 64.15 B^o 7.5 a96 Ellerslie •■ J ■• n 97 .Greon Lane .. •■ n ■■ •• ... .. 97 Romucra 9.1 •■ ■• 1-30 8.30 7,"0 98 Nowmarkot Junction .. .. 9.11 .. 3.20 cl.lo 8.11 7.25 lOqI Auckland arr. 9.20 „ 3.30 4.19 850 7.35 6 Chango for Onehunga. B—Goods Trains—a Passongor Carrlago is attached to these Trains which stop for Passengers by Signal only, and runs from Huntly to Hamilton and I back on Tuesdays. Thursdays, and Saturdays only, rf Chango for Auckland and intermediate Stations. 0 Ohango for Helensvillo and intermediate Stations. D— Goods Trains-a Pasaoncor Carriage i-t attached to these Trains which stop for | Passoniscrs by Signal only, c Only stops to pick up Passengers for Waikato. / Only | Btops to set down Passengers from Waikato. a Flag Stations.—Trains do not stop unless required. Notico Should bo given to tho Guard at tho previous stopping Stations by any Passengers desiring to alight at Flag Stations, y Only stopß to pick up Passrmgers. h Only stops to set down Passongors. ———————^—- K&IPARA BRANCH. AUCKLAND - HENDERSON - HELKNSVILLE. OUT.—Wekk Days, IN.-Wkkk Days. Stations. Mix. Mix. Mix. ■ Stations. Mix. Mix. Mix. Auckland .. (C.W.) dop. "iM IVS) P4.30 Helensvillo .. (C.W.) dep. 6,25 11.46 4.30 Newmarket Junction arr. 7.21 10.50 4.39 Holonsville South , Ditto .. _ dep. 7.26 11.10 4.41 Ohirungi .. .. Mount Eden .. (W.) „ 7,31 11.17 4.46 Paeroa .. .. Kingsland .. WoonhiU.. .. Morningsidc _ Rcweti .. .. Mount Albert .. • ... Woipapa.. .. (W.) Avondalo .. „ 7,47 11.37 a.3 Walmauku .. , .. Itunt's Hiding .. Ivunieu Junction arr. .. 12.50 5.34 Now Lynn .. „ Ditto .. .. dep. 7.25 1.10 5.35 Waikomiti •- ,■ Tanpuki .. .. Henderson .. „ S.lO 12.4 5.30 Waitakore .. (W.) arr 5.54 Swanßon .. .. „ . •• •• Ditto .. .. dop. 7.45 1.33 5.55 Wailakere .. (W.I arr 5.54 Swanson .. .. Ditto . .. dep. 8.35 12.31 5.55 H-nderson .. „ 8.10 2.0 619 Taupaki .. .. Waikomiti .. Kumeu Junction arr. .. }'2.55 0.16 Now Lynn .. Ditto .. .. dep. 8.55 1.5 6.17 Hunt's Siding .. : Walmauku .. Avondale.. .. „ 8.37 2.27 6.11 Waipapa.. .. (W.) Mount Albert .. Rowetf .. .. Morningsido .. „ WoodhiU.. .. , Kingsland .. , Paeroa .. .. .. Mount Eden .. (W.) „ 8.55 2.48 7.0 Ohirangi .... „ Newmarket Junction arr. 9.0 2.53 7.5 Helcnsvillo South Ditto .. .. dep, 9.20 3.5 7.10 Helensvillo .. (C.W.) arr. 9.55 2.10 7.20 I Auckland .. (C.W.) arr. 9.30 3.15 7.20 GENERAL CONDITIONS. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF TRAINS.—The Department does not pledge itself as to the despaceh or arrival of trains at the exact time shown in tho Timo Tablos; shourd circumstances ronder it impossible or inexpedient for a train to proceed, tho fares paid will be returned. Tho Department does not undertake to forward passengers in such cases CHILDREN.—Children under threo years of ago are carried tree ; abovo three, and under twelve yers of age, at half fare. PASSENGERS can be booked at Stations conditionally only that there is room in the train. PASSENGERS entering tho train at a Booking Station without a tickot, or having got in at a Flag Station and not taking a ticket at tho proper Booking Station, will bo charged one shilling in addition to the ordinary fare. v LUGGAGE.—Each paßßenger is allowed to take 1121bs. of Personal Luggage free (not including merchandise of any kind), and for every 561b5., or fraction of 561b5., above this weight, for every 50 miles, the charge will be one shilling. No luggage will be allowed to bo talren into the carriages unlosa of such a size that it can bo placed under tho seat without inconvenience. The Department will not be responsible for luggago which is not carried in the van, or which passengers may have neglected to see labelled. Passengers having lugguage to «o by train mußt preßcnt it at the Station at least ten minutes before the advertised departure of the train, or the Department will not bo responsible for its despatch. Passengers who havo lost luggage are requested to give notico to the Station Mastors at onoo. Tho Department will not bo responsible for any luggage or parcels improperly left about tho Station premises. GOODS AND PARCELS to Flag Stations, platform, and private siding*, where no officer of the Department is in charge, must be prepaid, and will bo put out at such Stations at the risk of consignee. . PARCELS must be at the Station at least thirty minutos bofore tho advertised time of departure of tho train by which thoy are to bo forwarded. HOUSES. CARRIAGES, AND DOGS.-The Department does not undertake to forward Horses, Carriages, or Dogs by any particular train, but when sent tho must be at tho forwarding Stations half-an-hour beforo tho departure of tho train. The owners of horsos must provide means of securing them in tho horse box, and tho Railway Department will not bo accountable for any injuries suscained through their breaking looso or otherwise, nor will it undertake to carry unbroken or vicious horses. At country Stations requisitions for horse boxes or carnago trucks roust be mado the day before ihey aro wantod. DOGS must bo provided with chains or other sufficient moans of Becunng thorn. Ihey ■will not. bo allowed in carriages, and tho sender must obtain a tickot, to be given up bofore the end of tho journoy, beforo tho dog is delivered. SMOKING is strictly prohibited in any part of tho Railway promises or in the carriages, except those specially set apart and marked for tho purpose. KST All Timo Tables issued prior to this dato aro now cancelled. J. P. MAXWELL, Gonoral Manager New Zealand Railways. >^M^ "LUb MMmmt^ X^/lllW^ 1 LITTLE COLLINS ST., tv (I . U _ V| pTi^Rp.. Nat Colonial Ba«k, THE OH EYLESIvIUK t THE SPECIAL "CLUB" MKHIOCByR Patent Double Driver. A UCKLAND HOSPITAL. Corsctmaker. „_.______ A/TBS DOWN ha.- COMMITTEE I*l just received » Elected: Appointed. ®»«EsssiilJß9 Select Assortment of His Worship W. K. Wad- Hon. Col. Haultain every variety and coiotir' del, Esq. (Chairman) Arthur Bull, Esq. TwSlaSßr STAYS, CORSETS, J. JI. Clark, Esq. Captain Daldy M'llffl BELTS, &c. Sac. K. A. Mackeehnie, Ksq. Sydney Dando, Esq. Jge I nj§|. Upon the latest improve T. Peacock, Esq., M.H.R. Jmß wfirta. ment. •~~—~ MmW nSSISfci Country orders punctn Applications for admission by persons suffer- All W& iffl ally attended to, Ing from diseases and requiring medical treat- H gffl WB mA " Parcels sent post free, mcntwillbe received at tho Hospital on any 1 ffitt Igjsjr day between the hours of 9a.m. and 10 a.m. " Mr~^ MRS DOWN, In cases of accident or emergency, patients y r Stay and Corset-maker' will be received into the Hospital without delay, j^ Upper Hobann-atreet beds being kept ready for urgent cases. —. „,„ . -~.,__ _ _, T _ PaUents able to do so will be required ,to pay fIH IJ A, GLASS. DELR for their support at the Hospital according to V ' % PER CRUSADER, their position and circumstances. SELLING AT A SACRIFICE TO Subscriptions will be thankfully received by MAKE ROOM FOR FRESH CONSIGN any member of the Committee and by the under MENTS DIRECT FROM STAFFORDSHIRE, signed* T L E E H. N, GARLAND, Secretary, Having OPENED Temporary Premises, is Now Wl7~"""--Street, Offering CHINA, DELF, AND GLASS : j ; WARE at Prices hitherto unknown ~ " ~ '" in Auckland, and Respectfully STOP TEPAT COUGH! DON/T DELAY. Solicits Intending Purehusors to How can you stop it? Where is the Reme^yi InßP** HIS^ T9£ X be£ore IONBBIGTOH'S PECTORAL OXYMEL white and Gold chua cu P s and 8- d> °* Sauoers, large Bize .. ..9 6 per dor. QARRAGEEN OR IRISH MOSS White and Golff China Cups and 1 (registered). Saucers. Binall size . ..6 6 ~v Can produce more ovidence of real merit than S olf P'atua, 8 and 10in., 2s and .. 2 6 „ any other article for the purpose. Kerosene Lamps, from .. ..2 0 G BONNINGTON AND ALL OTHER LINES MARKKIJ EQF.UXY LOW. ttfmmmvhere.] «" ""** Chrigichw " Noto the Address: ,



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"Sin,—l have looked forward with a con siderable degree of interest to the publication ol Hkktt'B CoLONisTS' Guidk, and can now saj that it has far exceeded my expectations Hardly a day passes without my finding some thing in its pages both interesting and instrue live. It iB a book that should be in everj settlor's house in tho colony. Tho portior devoted to farming is full of reliablo informa tion, and I have no hesitation in saying that il if the moat comprehensive and useful guide foi a New Zealand colonist over published." From Sir George Grey, K.C.B.—" My deal Sir,—l have kept in constant übo for upwardß ol two months the copy of Bhett's Colonists Guidk and Cyclopaedia of Useful Know lkdge, which you were good enough to senc mn. I have tested it In many ways upon a ereal variety of useful subjects, and am satisfied thai It is by far tho best work of the kind I have evei seen. I foci that its merits and usefulness fa ro liiljon to all practical subjects, on which c settler's comfort and success depend, render it c necessary appendago to svery home in Now Zea land.—Faithfully yours, G. Gbby. — Kawau January 7th, 188 i." "Dear Sir,—Having subscribed for Brett's Colonists' Guidk, I beg to say that I am verj pleased with it. The amount or practical infor million contained in it is Invaluable, and I con Birtcr it the beat 20a worth yet offered to the New Zealand Public. No settler or businraf man should be without it. I think public opinion will say that you have conferred a boor on the colony by yourspirited oflbrt. Thanking you personally, and wishing the publicatior every success, I am, Sir, yours truly, Noah Wood." Consul Gbiitin writes as follows with re fcrunr.o to this work. As a gentleman of exten sive literary acquirements, and acquainted with the valuable library of practical works foi which we are indebted to the United Slaleß, hii opinion Is noteworthy • "The book is tile most vuluablo work of the kind published in the Colonies. I have read every chapter in it with attention and pleasure. The extent, variety, anil accuracy of its infor minion are extraordinary. It is what it claims to be, a Cyclopii'dia of Universal Knowledge. Tho insight that it gives into the most approved methods of agriculture, the management of live stock, tho dairy—in fact everything pertaining to farming oucrut ions—commend it to everyone interested in thu prosperity of the colony. The editor has displayed most excellent taste and Judnmcnt. All his ideas are eminently broad and practical. The arrangement of the subject matter is simply adniirablo. I am (.'Specially plea-ed with tho articles on vinery, flax, fruit. and hop culture. The abstract of tho local Government and land laws of this colony m the most succinct and intelligible that bus come under my observation, whilst the printing binding, and illustrations of the work are superb." Mil John Wallace, of Hothwull Park Wuiukii (iiinmrly of >'!at Bu'-h), who is one ol our earlirst settlnra. and has been for manj years closely connected wit*, every effort to pro mote the agricultural mteivets of the Auckland district, writes as follows:— "Dear Sir,—l have much plensureinnddinc my mite in warm commendation of BRETT'S Colonists' Guide. It is a book that should be not only in every farmer's library, but should also be on every colonist's book-shelf, no mattei in what line of colonial industry he or she maj be engaged. There is information for all. Ir looking backover a p»rod of 11 years'of hard colo dial work how much valuable lime and monej mighthave been saved if attlie beginning such o fund of Information bad been available to guide us as is now within the reach of all in tho shape of Bruit's liniile. Colonists, who desiro to be worthy of the name, should not, from its ele Itunt appearance or tho quality of the material, make it a drawing - room book, to be looked at and admired as ono would a picture or a curio: they should have it on tho mantle-shelf, the sofa, or the corner of the table ; in fact, anywhere so that the eye of Father, Mother, Johnny, and Jonny, and even tho helps, may have a chance of look ing at it during spare minutes in tho heat of summer or the inclemency of winter. Mi Brett has shown pluck in bringing out such a book, has been exceedingly fortunate in the BolectHon of his contributors, and I sincerely hope it will prove a linunciul success." Mr George HoLDsmp, Managing Director ot tho Auckland Timber Company, and a practical colonist of long experience, writes :— "fir,—l have looked over your Settlers' Guide, and consider it one of tho most useful i nd valuable books for tho New Zealand settler ever published. Tho information is so varied, and the advice so practical. A single paragraph will often bo found worth more thar I no cost of the book. SUMMARY OF CONTENTS: Thi) "COLONISTS' GUIDE AND CYCLO I'.KDIA OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE" con tains 830 patres, and is profusely illustrated witl engravings, comprises sections on :— THE FARM, BY Thomas Allen : Directions for Bush and Fern Land; Growth of vari ous Cereal and Root Crops; Management of Cattlo, Sheep, and Horses, with Cure ol their Diseases, etc., etc. This section, which contains 217 closely printed pages, with many diagrams and illustrations, including specimens of tlie best pure-bred horses,sheep, and cattlo, together with selections from tho Stud and Pedigree Stock Company's thoroughbred stock, comprises tho carefully collated experience of eomo of tho most successful Auckland and Canterbury Farmers. HORTICULTURE, by W. Goldie: In this section, which covers 106 pages, with numer ous illustrations, special attention is paid to the management of Fruit Trees, with such simple directions and diagrams for Pruning, Grafting, Budding, etc., that any BetUer, without 'previous knowledge or skill, can manage his orchard profitably. POULTRY, by Thomas Allen : This section, comprising 11 pages, gives specimens of tho best varieties of Poultry, with directions for their Management, Designs of Fowl-houses, Treatment of Diseases, etc. USEFUL MECHANICAL CONTRIVANCES. 31 Pages: Under this heading havo been classed a variety of contrivances, which will bo found useful to the settler; hints and helpa for the bush; cheeso presses, carts, fences, gates, measuring and splitting tim ber, measuring garments, erecting walls and banks, windmills, &c, &c. PRESERVING AND STORING, 30 Pages: Includes the best methods of storing, drying, bottling, canning, and preserving fruit; the most approved modes of ouring bacon and hams, with design for smoke-house; instruc tions for pickling, Bauces, vinegar-making &c., &o. INSECTS AND AGRICULTURAL ENE MIES, by Capt. Broun : In this section, Captain Broun, the well-known New Zea land entomologist, supplies tho results of years of observation upon native and 1m ported insects, useful and injurious, with illustrations oi tho same, and directions for destroying garden and orchard pests. SCIENTIFIC BEE CULTURE, by J. Hop kins This interesting department has been lully and Bkilf ully troatcd by Mr Hop kins, of Matamata, whose works on the subject are well known throughout New Zealand. The above recapitulation only enumerates the General Heads indicating the scope of the work. It is the largest Book ever published in Austral asia, is Handsomely Bound in Cloth, and published at an exceedingly (Low Price, for a Cyclopaedia of this description — namely, TWENTY SHILLINGS (20s). JJenry JJrett. wyndham - street,



voacues. OLLIS AND CO.'S LINE OF COACBCKS. . ALTERATION OF TUIB TABLE. r^ave ONKiiuNni ~ Lkavk Auckland iftittnukau Hotel). (Greyhound Hotel) s.oa.nu Si2a-51- --?.30 a.m. . 9.45 a.m, 9.0 a.m. » 10.30 a.m. 9.30 a.m. . 11.0 a.m. 10.0 a.m. g 12-15 noon Win. S§ 1.0 p.m. 11.15 neon .o 1.30 p.m. 12.15 p.m. j2a 2.0 p.m. 1.0 p.m. *„•« 2.45 p.m. UUp.m. ~-gg 3.15 p.m. 2.3 ■■■ p.m. *5 T. "L" p-m ---■m-'.m. 4.30 p.m. U iiiiil" S^£ 530 p.m. 4.0 p.m. gIBS e-0 p.m. S.JU p.ui. g?3 6.3') p.m. Monday, ti.O p.m. g£o Mondays, 11.0 p.m. Saturdayn. X.Op.m. ggH Saturdays, 10 p.m. 6.30 p.m. mWH 11p.m. Sundays. Sundays: 8.30 a.m. 10.0 o.m, 12 noon 2.0 p.ttl< 4.30 p.m. 6.0 p.m HOLLI3 fc CO., Proprietors. J> OVAL MAIL LINE OF COACHE& ALTERATION OF TUtE-TABIJi Ihe Royal Mail Coach (carrying passengers! will, on and after Oth October, 18S3, and until furtner notice, run to the following Time table :— Leave Cambridgo for Hamilton Junction Rail way Station daily at 8.15 a.m.; returning from Station to Cambridge on arrival of Train from Auckland. Loavo Hamilton for Te Aroha on Mondavi! Wednesdays, and Fridays on arrival of TraiD *om Auckland; roturning from Te Aroha.on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 7 a.m. catching the 2 o'clock Train at Hamilton Junc tion for Auckland. Booking Officks ! 'Jvrynno's Hotel, Hamilton West; Coleinant HoteL '!"•» Aroha; and at my Frcßiises, Kirkwood md Lane-streets, Cambridge. W. K. CARTER, Proprietor Cambrldß.i. October 1883. Passengers Booked at 11. 11. Hayr and Co. c High-street, Aucklan ' 1 1ELJiGKAi Jfl LINE OF COACHES. "IMPORTANT NOTICK TO TOURISTS AND OTHERS. W. K. Carter begn to announce that on and ifter TUESDAY, Z:)th January, 1881, he will Run a Couch through to the Hot Lakes, Ohine miitn (conveying Passengers and Parcels), leav ing Cambridge on TUESDAYS and THURS DAYS, at 7 a.m., returning from the Lakes on VV:-;i>NK-SI)AYS and FRIDAYS, at 7a.m. .Single Kares, £1 15s; or Return Tickets, avail ible for ono week after date of iesue, £3. All Passengers to bo Booked at the Offlca ii'.foro leaving Buggies and Saddle Horses, with experienced li ivfirs, to order on tho shortest notice. Order» jy Telegram or Letter promptly attended to. Cambridge. J^uar.v 23.1884. A UCKLAND AND ONEHUNGA LINE J\. OF COACHKS. BEALLACK & JENKINS'S COACHES Leave Onbhunoa— Daily at 7.30 a.m. and at 11.45 a.m.; Saturday Nights at 6.45. Leave Auckland— Daily at 9.15 a.m. and 3.30 p.m.; Saturday Nights at 10.30. Singlb Fare, Bd; Return do., Is2d. Saturday Night Farei— Single. Is: RrMidi. UM rVTORTHERN OMNIBUS COMPANS ±X (LIMITED). SEW NORTH ROM! TIME-TABLE, on and after WEDNKSDAY, March 19th, ISBJ :— Auckland to Mt. Albert Avondale toMt. Albert andAvondale. and Auckland. Leave Union Bank: Leave Avondalo: 10 a.m. 7.55 a.m. 1215p,m. 11.15 „ J. 15 „ 3 p.m. 5.30 „ SATURDAYS. •1(1 a.m. 7.55 a. 18. 1.10 p.m. til 2.30 „ 2.30 p.m. 11 „ 5.30 „ •For Mt. Alburt only. tFrom Mt. Albert only. Auckland to New Now Lynn to Auck- Lynn. land. 12.15 p.m. 7.46 a.m. 915 '„ ! 2.45 p.m. SATURDAYS. 1.30 p.m. 7.15 a.m. 11 „ 5.15 p.m. GREAT NORTH ROAD. Auckland and Arch Hill. Lei 70 National Bank. Leavs /irch Hill. 7.30 a.m. 8.15 a.m. 9 ~ il-30 „ 10.15 9.45 „ 11.45 ~ 11 1 p.m, 12.25 p.m. 1.15 „ 1.35 „ 2.15 „ 3 „ 3.45 „ -3.50 „ 5.5 „ 4.20 „ •5.30 „ 5.45 „ 6.30 ~ 7 „ Saturday Nighta Only. Saturday Nights Only, 8.90 p.m. 9.15 p.m. 10 „ 10.30 „ An Omnibus will run from Provincial Lunaiir Asylum to Auckland at S).2J> a.m., and "3.30 p.m.. and from Auckland (National Bank) 10 Asylum 1.13 and 5.30 p.m. Also, an Omnibus will run from Avondale to Auckland at 9 a.m., and from Auckland iNational Bank) to Avondale 5.30 p.m. Saturday N i ghts only ; Avondalo to Auckland 6 p.m.. Auckland to Avondale 10.30 p.m. * Will not run Ob Saturda — mHE FEDERAL CONSULTATION JL COMPANY Herewith Submit their NEW PROGRAMME ON THE MELBOURNE CUP OF 1884, Run first week in November. CAPITAL. £25,000 in 25,000 Shares of £1 Each. Promoters—Jas. McLeod, Esq., Melbourne; Hy. Ford, Esq., Sydney; P. Ingram, Esq.. Perth; W. J. Erskine, Esq., Adelaide; J. F. Mcßain, Esq., Brisbane; all genuine names and men of good standing. Promoters guarantee to take up first 1,000 shares, and have already sub scribed £1,000. 1000 PRIZES GUARANTEED. Plan of distribution. FirstHorso ..£2.500 100 Prizes of £50..£5.000 Second Horso .. 1,000 20u Prizes of 25.. 5,000 Third Horse .. 500 300 Prizes of 12.. 3,600 Sturtors divide.. 500 200 Prizes of 5.. 1,000 Non-starters „ 500 100 Prizes of 4.. 400 10 Prizes of £500.. 5,000 ■ Total ..£25,000 The Public are respectfully requested to join the Promoters in the above enterprise, the bona fide of which is unquestionable. Money promptly returned should any subscriber wish to withdraw before the drawing. Drawing held 30th October next. Conducted publicly in presence of Shareholders; representatives of Press admitted. Result posted, and advertised in " Town and Country Journal." Send P. 0.0., Notes, Cheques, and 3d extra for Reply and Result (Registered if convenient). Write for Prospectus giving fuller particulars. Enclose eelf-addrcssed envelope. Address all Letters and make all Orders payable to the Secretary, as under, ROBERT RAMSAY, Commission Agent. 405. George-street. Sydney. IY/TR J. H. WITHEFORD nus Purchased the Exclusive Right to the ADVERTISING SPACE of the DEVONPORT FERRY COMPANY at NORTH SHORE and AUCKLAND WHARVES. BENJ. TANNER. Sec. Dovonport Steam Ferry Co. Advertisers desiring to secure Spaces can Bee plans and obtain full particulars at my offloe. J. H. WITHEFORD. Shcftlandstroot. STEBDMAN'S SOOTHING, POWDERS TOR CHILDREN CUTTING TKKTH. OAUTION TO PT/BOHASEBS. The value of thi» well-known Family Medicine has been largely tested in all parta of the world, and by all grades of society, for upwards of riFTT tears. Its well-earned extensive sale has induced spurious imitations, some of which in otrrwAßD appearance bo closely resemble the original aa to have deceived many purchasers. The proprietor, therefore, feels it due to the public to give a special caution against the use of such imitations. Purchasers ara therefore requested carefully to observe the four following distinctive char acteristics, without which none are genuine :— Ist—ln every case the words John Steed man, Chemist, Walworth, Surrey, are en graved on the Government Stamp affixed to each packet. 2nd—Each Single Powder has directions for the dose, and the words John Steedman, Chemist, Walworth, Surrey, printed thereon. 3rd—The name Steedman is always spelt with two EE's. 4th—The manufacture is carried on solely In Walworth. Surrey. Sold In Packets by all Chemists ana Medicine Vendors, at Is Ijd to 2s 9d each. Agents: Kemptiiorne, Prosseb and Co., Auckland, Wellington. Ct»ujtab.urch, and Uunedin. A. and G. Price, ENGINEERS, BOILERMAKERS IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS AND GENERAL MACHINISTS, THAMES, Havo for sale the following Machinery : -1 Portable Engine, by Hornsby & Co., 8 h.p. 1 Horizontal Engine, double cylinder, lOin diameter, 24in. stroko 1 Horizontal Engine, lOin. by ISin. stroke } aii?> hv}:' Dgln Bl4iin- br sia- stroke 1 Multitubular Boiler, 17ft. long by of t. diameter 1 Cornish Boiler, 20ft. long by 6ft diameter 1 Cornish Boiler, 18ft. long by sft. diameter 1 Cornish Boiler, 17ft. long by Ift 6in. diameter 1 Cornish Boiler, loft, long by sft. diameter I Cornish Boiler, 15ft. long by 4ft. 6in. diameter 1 Vertical Boiler. Field tubes, 7ft. x3f t. din.; now ■A- quantity of second-hand Quartz-orushing Estimates supplied for all classes of Engineering Work.—Makers of Sawmill and Quartz crushing Machinery, Turbine Wheels, Hydraulic Machinery, Timber Jacks, and Patent ijafety Catches for Warehouse and other Lift £frge&



juana ana csiai - - -■■- - JJ« JD • Jli \ ,-_ ESTATE. HOUSE. AND }_ lJ1!-U |^,ati$filii^| AUCTIONEER, &c. mO CAPITALISTS AND OTHEKb FIRST-CLASS INVESTMENT IN T!liS CITY FOR SALE. All that ValtWble anA Centrally Situated Pro"1 perty, consisting ol FREEHOLD ALLOTMENT together with Comultflious Double Shop, Store oom, and 5 ltoonis upstairs, built of brick on tone foundation, in itrst-iMss position, and well adapted for Solicitor's Chambers, being situated in Shortland-atreet, near those handsome and extensive new premises in course of construc tion for the Evening Star; and aX"" near the Post-office, bunks, and those magnificent new block ot buildings (tho Arcade) now atoll/ to bo erected for tho New Zealand Insurance Com pany* This is a real first-class investment, and weJ worthy the attention of capitalists, i is, with; out doubt, tho most valuable and safest invest ment now in tho Market, with undeniable proa pectivo value, second to none in Auckland. _ AUCKLAND—"VaIuabIe Business Site for sale, situate 111 Shortland-strcet, corner of Mills- Lane, and immediately between the pre mises of Messrs A. Clark and Sons andl BycroftandCo. Terms easy. AVuJNDALE-22 acres »olendi<i land, mostly in gress; a large portion "» orchard, and shelter trees; Rood creek. lo*l' BOMBAY-59i acres improved tfwm Land very cheap. Only £30 cash, and £?>? can remain for 5 years. (3=B' CHURCH-STRBET-Villa Residence of J rooms, fitted with cupboards, dresser register fe'rp.te, oven, &c.; good well and tank, well-Rtocxed garden. Price, £380. (729J COLLEGE ROAD—Good Building Allotment in a Splendid Position for Business, being on the main western outlet from the city. (1136) DAIRY *LAT—2SS acres good Land, part vol canic bush, nice homestead of i roomß. Price 22* fid per nero; a bargain. (971') DRAKE-STREET— Shop and Dwelling-houeo, freehold allotment; a bargain. Only £250. f (1156) EAST TAMAKT-Nice Little Farm of 51 acres; eood grass; plenty of water; valuable bush; loodSlluvialBOil;«350. <U«) ELLERSLIK-11} acres Volcanic Soil; good road frontage, near Racecourse. (954) ELLKRH^IE ion Panmure Road) - freehold Building Allotjnont, ornamental trees, beautiful situation for building1, main road Land 198 x 198 feet. £400. (1070) KPSOII— t ilia Residence and Uround* Also, splendid Building Allotments, near resi dence of E Heaketh. Ksa. ( 76) EPSOM—Desirable Property, House 6 rooms, &c, &c, and 5 acrea First-class Volcanic Land ; very choice. Price, only £1,500. Terms easy. U165) EPSOM—fcntlemans Residence and Grounds. This is t'l6 property of a Gentleman who has spared n either time nor money, not only in beautifying 'io Grounds, but in furnish £g toe & every possible com? fort and convenience. Stables and necessary out-buildings, &c, &.& Cards toi view from the undersigned. IJIiS FERNLEIGH-STREET-3 Verandah Cottages of 3, i, and 5 rooms respective!/, x* gooa order. City water laid in. Pnco, for the three, £SGO. A good investment. (110.'). FRANKLIN ROAD—Two Good Villa Hes>. dencen, almost new—one of 6 rooms and the, other of 5 ; gas and water. Allotments 33 i ieo each; magnificent viow of harbour. GKoSgVanT^LLTAM STREETS,'™! SONBY—Brick House of four rooms and scullery, outhouse, &c; allotment 33 s 132; GLENBURN, PONSONBY—Three magnificent Sites for Marine Villa Residences. Price for the three, £650. Superb view of Queen, street Wharf, North Shore and Harbour. (1085) GREAT NORTH ROAD-Abont 5 miles frum Auckland —A new and well-nrisned Housei of 6 rooms, stable, &c, and 3 acraa splendid land, in cult'Vation: bounded by A grand stream of water; more laDd if required. (319) ' HOB3ON-STREET—First-class Building Sites. HO WICK—Good Cottage of 8 rooms and 2 acres land well fenced. Good well. Price. £200. (1110) JOHN-STREET — First-class Building Allot ment, quite level, and good view. Prico, 30s per foot. , (1067) KEPPKL-STREET—Large Allotment, double frontage: cheap; only £75. (1171) LINCOLN-STREET-Splendid Building Allot' ment. (Usl) - MONTAGUE-STREET, NEWTON-New Six roomed Verandah Cottage, ntted with register grates, colonial oven, cupboards, &o. Price. £280. '719' MOUNT EDEN (Main Road)— Desirable 7illa Residence, (i rooms, &c.; good positiifla; £365. (1168) ■ MOUNT ROSKILL ROAD.—Villa Residence (6 rooms), bath, range and shed. £ 500, (1124) NAPIER-STRKET—Good House of 5 rooms; allotment 30 x 100. Price, only £300. (1146) NEL3ON-S ■ REtOT, Clt'Y.—a eery nice and commodious House of 8 rooms, having a srrand view of harbour Price, £650 (979) NEWMARKET.—New-street: New Verandah House of 5 rooms; good well, tank. &o. n'c« garden; allotment i8 x 120. Pries ■'i nly £350. (8161 i NORFOLK-STREET-A first-class Cottage of '4 a rooms, quite new; plenty of room for i other rooms; allotment, 33 x 100. Price, £400 terms, one-third cash. 1183 i NORFOLK-STREET - Several good Building ■ A'lotments at from £210s per foot. (1150) ONKHCJNGA.—Cottago and Allotment (free hold). £85. (1127) ONEHUNG A—Grand Villa Sites, ranging from 3to 8 acres; magnificent views; close to Pah Estate. , iIU3) PARK ROAD—Good House of 7 rooms, pleas, antly situated; splendid view ; large allot, ment. Price £650. (1121) , PARNELL.—SeveraI cheap properties. PARNELL (Brighton Road)— New House of' 6 rooms and workshop, stove, register grate; verandah Bide and front; allotment, 50 x 310. Price, £500, Can be sold on terms h I 098 PENROSE—Volcanic Land for sale in lots of t four acres or more. Situate next to the sta, tion; main road frontage. ±30 per acre. This is desirable land, and very cheap. (1173) POKHiNO- 189 acres Volcanic La..(l, nearly all level; 26 acres cWm red ami in good grasa and fenced1 Price ' 2 per acre: a bargain. (91) POiENO-Nice Little Furm of 21 acres in ■ crops, grass, &<\; goo" five-roomed Cottage and outliouecs, which, with i cowb, dairy uten?il». &c, So., is now offered for £300 i eituatejuat Ht Pofceno fetation. (8(13) PO MPALIER TERRACE -First-class Building ' Allotments. 45 x 100. Price, £310s per foot PONSONBY-Splcndid Villa Site in Curran-st Well situated, grand view. (1131) PONSONBY ROAD. - Good Villa Residence, closo to the Franklin Road; quite new; ga» and water; allotment S(i x 100. Price, £I,UOO RAZORBACK.—4B Acres Good Lund, Hi ocies ~ in grass; Cottage of three rooma, cow-shed, piggery, &c; never-failing supply of water. Price, only £250. (87-1) RICHMOND ROAD — Two nicely-finished Houses of 6 rooms each, fitted with every convenience. Let well. Price, for the two, £700; or would be sold separately. (1103) RICHMOND ROAD-2 good Building Allot ments; quite level; 40x99 each; good view. . Must be sold. (1016 RING TERRACE, Glenburn, near tho Beach, Ponsonby—First-class Villa Site, grand view ; of Auckland Harbour, 116 x 100. (1085) .. RYLE-STREET-Pretty. Verandah Villa of 5 ' rooms, &c.; allotment 66 x 120; a very desirable residence. (1039 SALE-STREET - Nice Little Cottage of 4 rooms; comer allotment; very cheap; only £250. (1135) STUART-STREET (off Grace-street). - Good Building Allotment for £fO. (1161) SUMMER-STREET.-Good New House of 5 rooms; gas, gas stovo; allotment 33 x 99. Price, only £350- 1182 SUMMER-STREET, Ponsonby—Nice Villa of i rooms and good freehold allotment, £300. , . TAMAKI EAST—Snug little Farm of BOaores. Good House of 5 rooms, and usual out buildings ; all new; stock, &c. Price, only £480. (1090) TE PAPA—4B acres good arable Land. Price' only 15s per acre. (1107) VIEW AVENUE, MOUNT EDEN - New ■; Villa Residence of 5 rooms, and outbuild- . i ingß; scoria soil, and good position. Only £320. (1097) VUWRO/-OANDTHE TERRACE. MOUNT I.DBN-A First class Residence of 7 rooms, complete with overv convenience, well laid . out grounds about I acre : fruit and flower garden. Magnificent viftw (915) WAJPU— Grand Farm of 260 [acres-the very . nest in tho district; good house and out- | buildings; to be sold very cheap. (1146) WALLACE-STREET (next Tramway Termi nus).—First-class Villa Site ; grand position; Bplendid view; 80 x? 170. (1172) WAKKWORTH-Old Established Boaidtng howe Biißinesß for sale. First-class oppor- ';; tunity tosecme a really good paying con- I eern. Price only £500. WHANGAREI - 12ii acres Improved Land; " small piece kauri bush; Lot 51, Tauraroa. ■% :' (9511 WH-»GMIKI-Improved Farm of 143 acres at Mangiipal: 4" acre» in grass, and Bin orcharoV; dwelling houto. Cheap, £6j(> (l»i) WHANG-Itxl HiCAD'-Puruaßny -60acres.... '■'.', part in grass and kauri; homestead farm; good road. Pi ice £22 (!)« • WHATAWHATA — Waipa River - Beautiful' Homestead of 200 Acres; house, stables, ■■ sheds, and outhouses ; splendid cherry, . grove; steamer stops at landing four times a week; plenty of wood and water; good run for cattle. (1055) . - D. F. EVANS, HOUSE, LAND, AND ESTATE AGENT, AUCTIONEER, &c. Land Makt—Queen-stkeet, next Bank of austhalasia. Hotels. SETTLERS HOTEL, WALTON STREET, WHANGAREL MRS S. H. FULLER, Proprietress. This Old-(istablished Hostelry occupies the Most Central Position of any House in Whan farei, being within 2 minutes' walk from either tailway Station, Wharf, or Post-oflice,;possesß -ing KXCKLLKNT ACCOMMODATION for VisitOM :.! and Tourists. NONE BUT FIRST-CLASS BRANDS OF WINES AND SPIRITS KEPT. MACNAB AND HANCOCK'S SPARKLING ALES ON DRAUGHT. BRILLIANTLY-LIGHTED BILLIARD-ROOM AND GOOD STABLING. EVERY CIVILITY AND ATTENTION PAID TO VISITORS. ORDINARY DAILY AT ONE O'CLOCK, he Cuisine is under the Personal Superin- - teudenub of lw llu.-tess Herself. MS~MODKRATE, , (