THE CZARS BASTILE.

HORRORS CF A GKEAT RUSSIAN -HB PRISON.

Dying Slowly in Solitudo,

ririnhio Picture of tho Mlser.-vMo3 in tho Fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul.

London, January 7, 1555,

Recently there appeared in tho " Journal do Geneve "a communication from its St.

Petersburg correspondent, in «'Meh ' lt Mils mentioned that ono of tho clandestine papers which are still occasionally circu lated in R«s^' lllul l">blii!ie(l ;l stiirllin X OT d most fearful letter pii-porting to be «rittcn by "An inhabitant of tho Case *rZ" describing tho horrors which Jmsonow awnitinK Irni.sporlatum to Siberia undergo in tho fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul It will be remembered tl>a< I'rineo Krapotkio wMCouliiiMl in ono of those eoso matos. But he had been neither tried nor Seed, and by. favour of tlio C.- ? »-, and . in order (hut ho micht continue his literary labours, ho enp.jvd indulgences which weio granted to no other prwrmcr. Vet he suffered terribly, and will nov.r, lot iim live M lone as he may. recover from the effects of his king lmwcoratioii in &at frightful dungeon. But if a noble mm high in rank and favoured by tho sovereign suffered .so much, what must be tin fate of the Mendlewatid ol«««! Let tho " Inhabitant of tho Casemates tell. But first of all something about this ittStilfl of the Czar, this inferno of des potism, a building of temblo memories, defiled by more horrors oven than its in famous prototype, which tlio populace of Parii, nearly a century ago, levelled with tbe ground. It is huge, hideous and slab sided, and surmounted by a thin and tapering spiro that looks liko tho end of a Brobdingnsgian syringe. The fortress is io the centra of tho city, and faces tho Im perial Palace. During tlio day it is in part a public thoroughfare, and people pass through a narrow defile of gloomy and tortuous vaults, where heavily armed sentinels march to and fro, and stono saints 'in niche* hold aloft burning tapers. But at nightfall all is closed, and when darkness oorers tho capital and tho quays of tho Kera are nil aglow with gas-lights, the prison here dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul remains shrouded in gloom, like some huge maw, ever ready to swallow up all that is best and noblest of tho unhappy, Bid which it curses with its presence. Round thrfortress reigns a deep silence ; but four tlßos in every hour tho big clock fa tho syringe-shaped spire chimes a psalm inns in praiso of God and tho Czar ! No tender that raon who were taught in their childhood that to disobey the potentate was iadiihonour tho Creator should have learnt (odstesttheone and repudiate the other.

A Great Army of Misorablos. If those hoary walls of the Russian bastilo «rald speak, what tales they might toll ! Sinou it* foundation the fortress has beon th« chief political prison of the empire. In past times tho inmates wero mostly court oifenders on their way to Siberia or tho scaffold. One of these was tho wretched Alexis, son of Peter the Groat, and heir presumptive to tho throne. Visitors are itlll shown the cell where, after being put to th« torturo, he was put to death by order of bis father. But for well nigh 100 yoar.s there have been neither prUaco plots nor coup d'etat, and from the beginning of the century to 1825 tho fortress prison was clued, Then it opened to receive cho Decemberiats, tho flower of the Russian nobility, who had tried by opposing tho ac eeMionof Nicholas to the throne to over throw autocracy and establish in ita stead a constitutional regime. In his reign there wasalittle open discontent; he kept itdown, embed it out of sicht, buteven the strength of despots must yield to death, and tho whirlwind b..; sowed was reaped by his son. The fortress is now filled with unfortunates. During the last twenty years thousands hare entered its gloomy portals, and as fast aa they perish or depart the great army of miserables is reinforced by fresh victims. Most of them only remain for a time, either pending their trial or until they are re moved to a central prison or deported to Siberia. Bat there are somo whoso fate is still more terrible. There aro prisoners who We never been tried and never will be-men and women, who aro kept in prison generally for years, often for life, simply by order of the Czar. One is an ex oßceroltbelmporrd Guard by tho name ofCteritcb. It is ?aid that the latoEm pewr, vho was of an amorous disposition, made tie sister of Ohevitoh his mistress, and that the young officer stepped out of the rank) at a review and cried to the tyrant, like Victor Hugo's Saint Vallier, " Sire, you hare dona ill." For this offence he was doomed to life-long imprisonment in the Alttiß rave'i", and is now a raving lunatic Wayfarers who pas 3by at midnight some tlmei hear his frightful cries and maniacal laughter, and then they shudder and hasten away, for the ground on which they tread haocursed. In another casemate, dying of eowamption, is a woman, whose identity is at great a mystery as that of the " man in the iron mask." Neither the gaolew nor her fellow-prisoners know either her name or the nature of her crime. She is a number, md nothing more. What a terrible trag edy mast lie hidden in that woman's heart if tk still beats.

Dens without Light. The casemates are eel.li five pacea long and three wide, equal to (ifcout seven and a half feet by four and a h'ftlf feet —dens into which a little light struggles through a strongly-barred slit. The walls stream with moisture. For furnituro the inhabitant has a straw mattress and a thin quilt, a jug, tho imago of a saint, and a pail which serves for all purposos, and remains there day ar.d night. The air of such a placo, surely one of tho dark places of the earth, besides being cold and damp, must bo unspeakably foal. But even worse than dampness, and foulness, and gloom is the solitude to which tho prisonsrs are condemned, for the for twsi is organised on the strictest cellular «y«tem. Every possible precaution is taken to prevent them from communicating with «aeh other, They never meet, never speak to each other, are not even allowed to ex change a word with thoir gaolors. A warder i« forbidden under severe penalties to an swer a question, however meaningless or innocent. To prevent him from obtaining fovoars or information, either by cajolory or collusion, the turnkeys are made to visit the cells in couples, and to prevent prisoners from communicating with each other by iflocltß on the walls, every alternate cell is either altogether untonanted, or occupied by & gendarme. Once a day tho door is opened and tho warders signify to tho in habitant by a gcßturo that it is the hour for exercise. Silently ho ri.^es from his little bedand follows his custodians into a narrow yard, so hemmed in by high walls as to Mem like the bottom of a woll. Hero ho paces to und fro for the allotted time, like a wild beast in a cage, and is then led back to his den as silently as he-was brought out. Thepriaon is full of people, yet for every inhabitant of its casoments, its bastions, its ravelins and its curtain 3 thore i 3 tho isola tion of death. No books are allowed in this aiimal solitude, not even tho Bible. If a Prisoner wants religious consolation he may [Wk at his saint and raiso hia thoughts heavenward, if he can. It is no wonder that men immured in theao dark places Mmotimes go mad.

Buried AHvo. But in spite of ovory precaution prisoners uo occasionally contrive to communicate with their friends. A little money in Russia goes a long way, and even turnkeys have sometimes bowels. So it comes to pass, a3 »the case of the letter from the " Inhabifc- Wti" and some other letters, which I shall owcribe later on, that news from tho case- Mates does occasionally roach tho outer *orid. It might almost be cailed a voice ■worn the tomb, for these men, like the an jlior ol the book of that name (Fedor Dos wyef&ky), are " Buried Alive." For cloth "■S the prisoners havo the grey dress of com »l >n malefactors. Instead of shoe 3 and stockings, their feet are wrapped in rags, weu in the depth of winter the cells are wdom warmed, never sufficiently ; at least l«« Joel assigned for the purpose is insuffi . «ent and embezzled at that. Hence the MUs are always damp. AVater streams down the walls and freezes in pools on we floor. The cold is indescribably wtenso. The prisoners spend most of ™e»time in bed—what elso can they do, P°? r wretches?—and even there they aro weu^igh frozen to death, for, besides being "sufficiently clad, they aro pooriy fed. For "eaklaat, as for supper, they have a jug of bun WBter and a lumP o£ black broad ancl u 'ter; for dinner they aro given a basin of «DDago soup, a cake of buckwheat bread °n« a pot of hcass, a sort of beer, made of tod r5?' X- Od with black bread and formen- Bt i iwioe a weel' they lave Pea SOUP '"' ■J, aof wbbage soup jon Sundays tho soup " accompanied by a morsel of meat. Nor kin I- • 80anty tho"Sh it be, good of its m ■ tno butter is generally rancid, the w«t putrid, and the bread-except the r^'-eo badly baked that when thrown "SMMt the wall it eticka like mortar!

Sufforlng Prom Scurvy. In summer tho prisonors aro little hotter off than in winter. It is during tho warm months that St. Petersburg, built upon miasmatic marshes, develops all its un healthy qualities, md the hygienic con dition of the fortress, tho gloom and damp ness of the cell-, the bad and insufficient dietary, tho depression arising from solitary confinement, intensify ovory unfavourable influence, and render tho life of prisonors, not p;-oteriiaturally robust, ono long agony. They aro nearly all affected with enurvy. The commonest symptoms aro swelling of tho face, intlainmurion of tho eyes, soften ing of the gums, trembling of tho limbs, all of which show that, owing to tho in ability of tho organs to perform their functions, tno body is in a stato of incipient dissolution. Many, in effect, die, and thoy are the" moH fortunate. The inerlieal service, says tho "Inhabitant of a Casemato,"iaontrusted to an octngennrian practitioner, who is so infirm that ho can hardly get ono foot before tho other, and a young doctor, whom tho inevitable gendarme render* .so timid that do can hardly feel v pul.-o or nsk a ques tion. Py»e;itery is another common com plaint, and often ends fatally. Not a few of the prisoners oithor forget their Bufferings, in infinity or terminate them by self murder. " Issujoo, ono of tho men who fabricated tho bombs for the murder of tho Czar," writes tho "Inhabitant," "died in this very casemate." Proycd Upon By Vermin.

But horrible us is tho condition of tho prisoners, that of tho women is still more deplorable. Albeit tho wardens aro not supposed to enter the colls alone, tho women are often tho victims of brutal violence. Their beds, like thoso of tho male prisoners, aro searched every day by tho turnkeys, to whom, moreover, their colls are always open. Neither the men nor the women have the right to possess a comb or brush, much loss a pair cf scissors or a piece of soap. The beards of the one and the hair of the other swarm with vermin, and in other respects want of cloanliloss produces the usual results. They are almost oaten alive. In Harrison Ainsworth's " Guy Fawkes " there is a terrible description of tho torture intlicted on tho arch gnnpowdor plotter in tho Tower of Londou to make him confess. It is thirty years since I read that book, but I have neither forgotton tho hideous story nor tho impression it made on my mind. Ona of the ordeals they undcrwont was being put into a pit which communicated with the river and tit How of tide swarmed with loathsome and ferocious sower rats. With theso creatures ho had to right as best ho could, and was only pulled up when ho was in imminent danger of being dovoured.

I do not think thoy do anything quite so bad us that in the fortress of St. Petor and St. Paul, but thoy do things almost as bad.

In tho Troubetzkoi bastion there aro cell* bolow the level of tho river ; horrible places into which tho sunlight never penotrates. Tho wall? aro mouldering, dirty water is con-

tiuually dropping from them, and in tho brick floors large holes have been left open to give admission to the rats. In these earthly holls aro immurod tho prisoners most huted of tho Government, and tho doomed to death spend in them tho last hours of their life. The rats enter by scores, run over the bods and bite the pri soners as they sleep. Not very long ago early this year in fact—a woman of tho name of Takimova, who had a babe at the breast, inhabited ono of these rat-haunted cells. Sho had to watch her infant night and day to keep it from being oaten alivo. Such aro tho horrors of the Troubctzkoi bastion. They may seem too horrible to bo truo. All tho same, lam strongly of tho opinion that they aro little exaggerated, if ac all, and tho evidence on wnich they rost is both trustworthy and abundant. Prince Krapotkine and Stepniak affirm their truth, and having had personal experience they ought to know. When, moreover, it is re membered what was the condition of nearly all tho European prisons hardly a hundred years ago, as described by John Howard, and that Russia is a despotism with a corrupt bureaucracy and a fettered press, in civilisation more than a contury behind

the rest of Christendom, the terrible story I have told no longer appears incredible. Even in England, even in America, cruelty is not unknown, and but for the ever-vigi lant watch-dogs of the press, abuses of every sort would soon become rampant. What must it then be in Russia, where there is no public opinion, and ollicialism is master of the land ? Let me mention in conclusion that my description of the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul is derived partly from

tho letter of "An Inhabitant of tho Case mates," partly from other sources. In another letter I proposo to doscribo the arrival at Moscow of a convoy of prisoners from tho fortress on their way to Siberia, andaso-called central prison, from materials placed at my disposal by my friend Stopniak. " William Wkstall.

A LETTER FROM GLADSTONE.

Destiny of tho English-Speaking People.

("Now York Tribune.")

London, January 17. —The lotter which this accompanies is sent for publication, I nead hardly say, by Mr Gladstone* permis sion. A brief uoto on the circumstances which gave rise to it may perhaps prove in toresting, and for that, too, I have his leave, as well as the consent of the friend under

whoso roof tho incident occurred. Tho date was last September, tho placo a coun try house in Scotland, The reasons, or so'mo of tho reasons, why I have hold back tho letter till now are, I suppose, obvious enough. One may hopo that by this time the effervescence of the Presidential cam paign has pretty woll subsided. A conversation had been started by one of tho company on tho subject of reverence for great men. The question wa3 asked: "Do wo in these days feel and show as much reverence for noble character as was felt and shown formerly ?" Some one said,* "No, and tho reason is that such characters are fewer than they used to bo ; the standard i» not co high ; men have as much reverenco in thoir nature, but there is 1e33 (o call it forth." Mr Gladstone dis sented at once. "If," said he, "you look buck over a period within the memory of tho oldest of uh, you will find it rich in men who deserve and who have rocoived the deepest respect and reverence of their contemporaries. To tako but one oxample, there is Cobden. Ido not know that there is in any period a man whose public career and life were nobler or more admirabie than Cobden's." Then, interrupting himself, and looking across tho table at mo, Mr Gladstone paid: "Of course, I excopt Washington. Wash ington to my mind is tho purost figure

in history." Mr Gladstone added a sentenco or two which I noed not repeat, as the full expres sion of his opinion about Washington will be found in hi 3 own lotter. All thoso present excopting mysolf were Englishmen, and all of them, it is a pleasure to say, agreed with Mr Gladstone. °The morning after this, thore was a report in tho papors of a meeting in favour of im perial federation, and a3 we walked along the gailery to the broakfast-room, Mr Gladstone asked what was thought in America on that subject. I answered as well as I could and finally said thero was a matter in which we, I thought, wero more directly and deeply intorosted, and that was the promotion of a good understanding among all English-spsakingpeoplo tho world "Ah, thero," exclaimed Mr Gladstone "I rm'heartily with you. The futuro of the world belongs to us, to us who aro of tho samo blood and language, if we are true to ouwolvoa and to our opportunities, not of conquest or aggression, but commercial development and beneficent influence. For a fuller account of his opinions I refer tho reader again to Mr Gladstone's letter, to which this is, perhaps, a needless preface. I have only to add that, thinking what ho said on thoso two subjects would interest Americans profoundly, I subso quently wrote to ask if I might repeat it. "Yes," was his answer, "in such words and as publicly as you please ;" and at the same time came the letter in which he restates his views on both subjects.

10, DOWNINO-HTREET, ) Whitehall, Oct. 4, ISS4. \ Dear Mr Smedley: I was unwilling to answer your letter hastily, and I therefore Postponed writing for two or three days, but I find this does not in any way relieve mo from tnv dilemma. ..-, t TheWpomt raised by you is, indeed, one that can be briefly dted of. When I first read in detail the " Life of Washing ton " I was profoundly impressed with the moral elevations and greatness, of his character, and I found myself at a loss to nan'c among the statesmen of any age or

1 near even to him. But I will shut out the last half century from tho comparison. I will then say that it, among all the podestals supplied by history for public characters of extraordinary nobility and purity, I saw one higher than all tho rest, and it I wore required at v moment's notice to name the fittest occupant for it, I think my choice, at any time during tho last forty-fiva yoara, would have lighted, and it would now light, upon Washington. Tho other subject is ono on which I hardly liko to touch in a few lines, for the prospect ie opens to mo is as vast as it ia diversified, and it is so interesting as to be almost overwhelming. Mr Burhaiu Zinck, no incompetent calcu lator, reckons that the English-speaking pooplo of tho world a hundred years hence will probably count a thousand millions. So-ne French author, whose namo I unfortu nately forgot, in a recent estimate, places them somewhat lower, at what precise figure I do not recollect, but it is liko 000 or'SOO millions. A century back I .suppose thoy were not much, ii' at all, beyond lifteen millions j 1 also suppose wo may now tuke them at a hundred. Theso calculations aro not no visionary as they may seem to some ; thoy rest upon a rather wide induction, while the best they can pretend to is rough approximation. But an I recollect, it was oither Imlay or ono of those with whom tho name of that statistician i.s associated that computed, a century back, the probable population of the American Union at this date ; and placed it very nearly at tho point where it now stands.

What a prospect is that of very many hundreds of million of peoplo, certainly among the most manful nnd energetic in the world, occupying one groat continent, I may almost say two, and other islands and territories not easy to ba counted, with theso islands at their head, tho most historic in tho world ! In contact, by a vast com merce, with all mankind, and porhaps still united in kindly political associations with some more hundreds of millions fitted for no mean destiny. Unitedalmost absolutely in blood nnd language, and very largely in religion, laws, and institutions,

If anticipations such as theso are to bo realised in any considerable degree, tho prospect is at once majestic, inspiring and consolatory. Tho subject is full of meaning, and of power ; of so much moaning that the pupil of tho oyo require* time to lot in such a Hood of light. I shall not attempt, after thus sketching it, to expound it. It would bo as absuid as if a boxkoepor at a theatre,

when letting in a party, should attempt to expound the pioco.

1 hopo that some person more competent and less engaged than myself will give this Hubjoct the study it. deserves ; taking his stand on the facts of the last centary, and the promise, vnlrul quantum, of tho coming one. I cannot but. think as well as hopo that a good undarstnnding, in tho future near and fur, among English-speaking peoples, though it may not bo matter of certainty, yet is beyond tho nooessity of go ing a-begging, so to speak, for recommenda tions from any individual, oarnestly and with my whole hoart as I, for ono, Bhould recommend it.

Clearly if the English-speaking peoples shall thon bo anything like what wo havo now been supposing, and if thero shall not bo a good understanding among them, tlioro will lnivo been a base desertion of an oarly duty, a f/nin rcfiuto, such as might stir another Uutitn to denounce it, a renuncia-

tion of tho noblest, the most bonolicial, tho most poaceful primacy over presontod to tho heart and understanding of man. On tho other hand, great as it would bo, it would demand no propagandas, no super lative ingenuity or effort; it ought to bo an orderly and natural growth, requiring only

that you should bo reasonably truo and royal to your traditions, and wo to ours. To gain it will noedno protorhuman strength or wisdom ; to mies it will require some potentous dogoneracy. Even wore- it a daydream, it would bo an improving ono, loftier and bettor than that« hioh prompted the verse,

super et Gurfinmntos efc Tndos Proferei impcrium ijneat extra sidora tollus, Kxtaaanui aolu-quo vias,

Becauso it in plies no strifo or bloodshed, and is full only of tho moral elements of strength. Bolievo mo, doar Mr Smalley, vory faithfully yours, VV. E. Gladstone.

THE SENOUSSI.

Influential Mohammedan Secret Socloty.

HATERS OF CHRISTIANITY.

Forbiddon to Spoalt, Salute, Trado Witli or Serve Jews or Christians - A Fan atical I'.ud Powerful Order.

A coiuiksi'on'DENT writos to tho London

"Telegraph" that thore exists in Egypt and Mohammedan countries a secret socioty called the " Sonoussi," which is groitor in its influence and numbora than ovor was the Society of Jesus in its palmiest days. It had a hand, he says, ia Arnbi's re bellion, counts the Mahdi of tho Soudan as ono of its officers, and was at tho bottom of tho two movements, having instigated both of thorn. Tho Grand Master of tho Sonoussi bouses that ho has more or less at hia command about 30,000,000 of Mohammedano—that is, ovor a third nf tho total number of the faith ful. The greater numbor of thoae being more or less subject to Christian powors, droam of nothing but of tho universal om pire promised by the Koran. Tho feeling of intenso hatred against tho Christian ia deeply ongraftod in thoir hearts, and whether latent or eruptivo, tho work which goes on is permanent. They are at any moment prepared to ssizo tho opportunity of a struggle with civilised nations ; thoir solo aim is a holy war, with neither truce nor mercy, against tha unbeliovora and against all those who covenant with the infidel.

Thoir headquarters are at Sorhboub, on tho Egypto-Tripolitan border. It resembles a fortitied convent. "Even ten years ago it had sixteen big guns purchasod at Alexandria, and several largo factories where gunpowder was produced, and small arms, obtained in Egypt, romountod and re paired. In February last tho number of big guns had increased to ovor a hundrod, and thore were besidos twenty mitrailleuses of German manufacture According to trust worthy information, two Italian and three Austrian vessels anchored during tho months of Juno and July last in the port of Tabrouk —which belongs to tho Order—laden with arms, shot and sholl, which were im modiatcly forwardod over 200 kilometers soporating tho pore from Serhboub. Thore are aleo at the latter placo a splendid library, transported thither from Mecca, the formor hoadquartors of tho fraternity, stables containing over 4,000 horaos, magnificent reservoirs and plantations, etc. According to tho distinguished French author Duveyrier, tho bodyguard of the master who resides thero consists of ovor 3,000 Algerians." Tho Organisation. Scattored over tho countries of Turkey, Tripoli, Tunis, India, and wherever Moham medanisra prevails, are " contres of action," some 500 or 600 in all. It has representatives at Constantinople and in France. "To give ono solitary instanco of the activity of these agents, I may stato that during the Commune one of the Senoussi stationed at Pfria managed to purloin from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in tho Quai d'Orsay, a document of a compromising nature, stamped with tho seal of the chiefs of the Touareg of K'dames tribo, who rank among tho most fervent adherents of the Order. . . ." Just ns in the case of tho Jesuita, co it is with the Senoussi —Ie but justific Us moyens, and they have recourse even to tho most outrageous means to attain tho objoct they keep in view. The Grand Master, who styles himself, among other things, tho " Khalifa," or Lieutenant of God, corresponds with his subordinates by means of relays of special messengers who, in very confidential cases, convey verbal messages only. To such a perfection are the means of communication cairied amongst the Arabs that the Bedouins of the Pyramids of Giseh announced the massacre of Col. Stewart's parry at Merawi twenty four hours before the official news reached Cairo. In the same way the bombardment of Berber, the surrender of Tokar, and the massacre at Sinkat were known here in the bazaars long before the official news of it was received.

Some of their rules of life are also inter esting : "Unquestioningobedienceis strictly enjoined, and even the Sultan and all other chiefs of Mohammedan States munt conform to the precepts of Islainism, as in terpreted by the Order, at the risk of hostility against them being declared as justified. All embroideries, gold or silver ornaments, or jewellery are strictly forbidden in the caee of men, but are permitted to women. To bacco and coffeo are likewise soverely pro hibited. Tea is allowed, but; it must be sweetened with brown eugar, and not with white, for the latter is defiled by the bonea of animals killed b"y unbelievers, which are used to refine it, Members oi

the Order aro forbidden to speak, salute, trade with, or serve either Jews or Christians, and according to the precept o mtaimd in a sermon preachod in March, 18G1, by Iladj Ahmed Ben Bel-Koson, Mokkadem of the town ot Rhat, any Jew or Cliristiun who is no longer a rayah—that is to say, who is no longer subject to a Mohammedan Government—becomes an adversary whom it is lawful, nay whom it is necessary, to rob and kill at all times and in all places. Tho members of tho Order who pastas a capital of ovor £5 pay annually 2$ per cent, thereon into tho treasury, which receives, in addition, vast donations of I cattle, lands, slaves, and monoy Both the Turkish, Egyptian, and Tunisian Govern ments have beon most liberal in granting it subsidies, lands, and fiscal immunities. i Tito Roal Mahdi. "Sidi Mohamed Bon AH E.s-Senoussi, who, during tho last yours of his lifo, used alu-nys to hidu Ins faco with a veil, lest tho brilliancy of his aspect should dazzle his disciples, died a few years ago in tho odour of sanctity. Beforo his donth ho solemnly proclaimed his son not only his successor as chief of tho Ordor, but also as the Messiah, or Mahdi. According to Korahic tradition, iho trtio Mahdi was to make \m nppoaraneo in tho 1300 th year of the Hogirah—*', a,A. D. ISS.'S—at which dato ho wan to havo attained his majority. His father's numo wad to bo Mohained, his mother's Fatima. Tho prcsont Grand iMa.ster of tho Senouf.si fulhls all those re quirements, and is known throughout the Mussulman world by tho namo of Sidi Mohamed el Mahdi.

"It may bo urged that since Senoussi claims to be tho true Mahdi. there can bo no co operation on his part with tho Saudanesso Mahdi, Mohamet Ahmot. This is a mistake. Tho Koran distinctly states that sovoral Mahdis will ariso simul taneously with tho chief ono, but that they will all in tho ond submit to tho latter. It is probably with a view of verifying this prophecy that the Sononssi haa called forth false Mahdis in the Yomen and Iledjuz, in Syria, as woll as iv tho Soudan.

"If nativouccounts—theonly ones wo have at our disposal—aro to bo roliod upon, it would appear that Mohamet Ahmot no longor clams to bo tho Mudhi, but rathor the principal fororunnor, tho St. John tho Baptist of tho latter."

A Yorkshire Story.

In ono of tho glens running up from tho sea between Whitby and ltobin Hood's Bay, there lived a farmer named Mossburn, his wife, and their two daughters. Thoao two sisters, both pretty and virtuous maidons, were boloved by two brothers engaged in tho Oreonland iishory ; they had fancied ono another boforo the last voyago, but the young men had not then vontured to spoak, for tho farmer was a well-to-do man, and not likely to give his daughtois in marriago without being sure of thoir future, .Now both brothers had roturnutl from a buccoss ful voyago ; thoy had shown groat bravery, and hud each been appointed to tho com mand of a vessol by tho ship ownor in whose ships they had served. On tho lirst evening after their arrival thoy wont off joyfully to the farm in the gully (as these grass clefts loading to tho soa aro called). On thoir way, a short distanco from tho town, they mot a girl named Polly, and stopped to speak a fow words to her. " Vo'll turn wi' mo, Bill," sho said to tho youngost: " 'tin a woary while sin' ah'vo seed you." Bill coloured up, his hoart wa« full of his errand of lovo; in tho old days when ho laughed and joked with Polly he had never boon sorioimly in earnest, and he had not then soon Hester M^ssburn.

"Nay, I'olly," ho Haid kindly, for tho lad's hoart was so brimming ovor with love that it just pourod out of him. "Ah can not san wi1 you, ah'vo othor fish to fry." Polly was a tall, s-trongly-built lass, rough-haired and frecklo-skinned, liko most Whitby girls. She fixed hor pale blue oyos keenly on tho young sailor. " lsta think ing on Hester Slossburn '!" sho said scorn fully. " Sho's noouo for you, Bill."

""Whoosht, lafs," said tho brother, whoso namo was I'otor. " Bill's all right an' knows his way ; ho atad llostor agree like bells, thoy want nawt but hanging, an' mobbo we'll ti>: thatter t neet."

Ho gave a sly wink, but Polly wrenched lier arm away from the grasp he had laid on it.

" Curso hor I" she said passionately ; "eurso tho pair on 'em I" and shu lied away liko tho wind.

" Curses como homo to roost, tnah lass," said l'otor ; but both the lads felt that this meeting had dashed their joy. When they reached the gully and began to climb up wards to the farm—for they had como along bosido the strand—the dogs sot up such ;i notioo of arrival that both Hoster and hor sister Dorothy came to the door to sco who the visitors might bo; and in tho joy of mooting after rnich long absence restraint VM forgotten, words woro said and vows exchanged—and kissos too—and tho two couples walked into tho houso hand-in-hand, and made thoir confosaion to Damo Moss burn. Soon cumo in the farmer, and when he hoard how matters stood ho gavo his content heartily. Thou Bill and Potor both began to pross that a spoedy day might bo named for tho doublo marriago. It was true that they should not go on another voyngo till next season, but why should they not bo mado happy m soon as might ba ? Tho father look their sido ; tho girls intide faint objection, and before thoy partod the tender whispers of thoir lovors as thoy all eat in tho firolight round tho hearth prevailed, and a day not far oil was tixed for tho wedding. It was growing late, and tho farmer, after sundry yawns, told tho lovors that thoy would have a lonosoino walk to Whitby. Then iirst Peter and Dorothy stole out to take a fond farowoll outaido theliouso. Dorothy lingored long, and hor mother, after porno bridling and shaking of hor head, roso up to fetch her in, when suddonly tho door was flung opon, and Dorothy, pale as ashos, rushed into tho kitchon shrieking with torror.

"T'prcs3gang !" Bhescreamed, "they've gotten Potor fast; nobbut yo'ro a man Bill, yoU savo t' lad fra' thorn." Hor passionate cry, and thoir own in dignation, robbed the farmor and Bill of thtir judgmont. Both ruehod out to rescue the sailor, but tho farmer was sowed and overpowered, whilo Bill was dragged off to take his placo besido his brother in a boot lying in tho creek. In the ailonce that followod tho two young womon crept out to 600 what had happened, but thoy only found their father lying speechless with a broken head, and when ho came to his senses ho was utterly ignorant of tho fato.of thoir lovers. Months wont by ; tho country was rifo with rumours of glorious victories, but to Hester and Dorothy thoso only moant a clmnco of death for thoir absent lads ; for might they not have boon in the vory thick of one or other of those groat sea-lights. So they grew sadder and paler, and at last both put on mourning clothes for their loved ones.

Polly heard of this, and she mocked openly. One day, at a fish auction on the Staithos, she boastod that if a lad broke faith with her she know how to punish him. "Yo ask Hester Mossburn," she said, She was startled by the sudden silonce that fell on tho noisy group, just now full of laughter and coarso jokes.

Then the oldest fisherman, near whom she stood, gripped hor arm. " Ista false, tolly ?" ho said. "Ah wud not hey thowt sic a steoany-heart lived amongst us ;" and he flung her from him with violence

The man against whom the push sent her stricken. At this Polly gathered herself up with an angry scowl, but as she met the stony glances of tbo eyes all fixed on her— glances that, to her guilty soul, seemed to promise a speedy vengeance for her treason —she fled away, and from that day sho never showed hea face on the Staithes.

But the fitory spread liko wildfiro over the town and down into the gullies. Polly's landlady turned her out of doors, and not a soul would give shelter or employment to the girl who had betrayed VVhitby sailors to their natural enemies.

At last shame and privation and ex posure took away hor reason, and crazy Polly, as she was called, wandered ovor the moor, telling wayfarers that she was wait ing for her lad. Boster and Dorothy waited on, rejecting all offers of marriage, though four years had gone by, and not one word had reached them of thoir lovers. But at last constancy was rewarded. Ono day Bill and Peter stood before them safe and sound, though both had been severely wounded during thoir service on board a man-of-war; and it is presumed they married and livei happily ever after, as all true lovers should do.—" About Yorkshire, &c."

THE AFGHAN BOUNDARY COMMISSION.

Tho Inhabitants Flock in to the English Doctor.

Cami' Kuiisan, lStli November

To mokkow wo expect General Lumsdcn, and Colonel Ridge way will resign tholoador ship into his hands. Mnny rumours are rifo regarding Russian activity mi the frontier. It is said that Pul-i-Khatun is occupied and Panideh is tlireatoned by Russian troops, although both places are indisputably Af<»aii"territory, and mii3t remain so unless thoCommiwionia prepared tOßacrilioe every; thing to Kussia. Whether tho rumours as to the aggressive action of Russia are or are not trueT we owe to them the marked change in the demeanour of the Afghan officials to wards h.h. The Ainoer is toriously alarmed, andhiafeelings, as usuftl,roaot onhisolliciuls. Tliey see their country seriously menaced ; they know that England only can sovo them, and" in our prcsouco hero they recognise the fact—is it a fact or a mirage? -that Eng land moans to snvo thorn. This fooling is not confined to tho Amoor or his ollieiuls ; it is shared by his subjects, oven by those most unfriendly to us, For instance, the country from Kin to l'uhri, inhabited chiefly by Nuraai, used formerly to bo ravaged by Turcoman raiders, and as a pro toctwn towers and wallod enolosuroa stand in ovory fiuld. Since tlie occupation of Askabad and Mcrv those raids have entirely ceased for there is no market for slaves, and Othello's occupation ia therefore gone. (I have been told here that a young male captive in good health would fetch at Bok hara from. £16 to £30 ; but, alas '_ for tho gallantry of Turcomans tho prieo of a fomalo is much less,) Indeed, tho Russians are Haid to have released tit Morv '100 cap tives of both sexes belonging to these dis tricts, and this naturally made a great im pression. One of the political advantages gained by our march is that the pooplo of Afghanistan recogniso it as evidence that wo are willing as well as ablo to protect their independence. They havo seen a largo expedition march through their coun try without a single contretemps or misun derstanding; and so excellent havo been tho conduct and discipline that thoro has not been a complaint" against any one of tho forco, soldier or follower, by any ollioial or inhabitant of the country, and thus it has boon proved that tlioro need bo no danger in allowing a forco of English allies to march through Afghanistan if, say, Uorat or Candahar were threatened by foreign invasion.

The excellent work dono by Dr. Owen's hospital mu.-t havo conduced much to cement and strengthen tho good fooling. Tho value of medical work among these pooplo can hardly bo exaggerated. Men who woro too untriondly to approach us for any othor purposo readily availed them polvos of Dr. Owen's skill. Time after time has ho boon pressed to remain in thoir coun try, and I have littlo doubt but that he might hnvo safely accepted the invitation. Tho ingratitude uf an Afghan is proverbial, but tho pathetic outbursts of feeling that woro often witnessed in our camp wero certainly real, if not lasting. More than 1,600 people, many of them women, have sought modical reliof during tho course of our march ; indeed, hero at Kuh san Dr. Owon has had patients from Meshed —blind ir.ou who havo groped thuir way along a desert road into inhospitable Af ghanistan on tho chance of regaining their precious gift of sight by the touch of tho famous " Foringhi Hakin " (English phy sician), the renown of whoso miraculous powers had reached oven thoir distant Persian homos. I could toll many a touch ing story regarding this, perhaps tho plwipanteet .'ido of our march, could you all'ord mo tho space, but I coatont myself with ono instance which occurred »'; the Af ghan village of Zindijun. lloro somo ot the villagors waited on Dr. Owon and begged him "to accompany them and see their women, whom "they had brought to some ruins near tho camp. To roach tho placo whoro thoy had concealed their women a deep stream hud to be crow d. Without a word tho Afghans liftcdDr. Owenupin thoir arms and carried him across. Further on, behind a ruined wall, were huddloJ up sovoral sick women, listening oagorly for the doctor's step. Some of thoAo unfortunates woro suffering from cataruct, and Dr. Owen urged tho Afghans to bring thorn into camp In ordor that ho might be in a position to operato, but this they declined to do. Finally, thoy njfreed to the doctor visiting the village, and after thoy had mudo their preparation they returned and conducted him I hroaiih tho tor tuous lanes uf tho town tv tho foot of v dark narrow staircase. When ho had felt his way it)) ho found himself in a largo square room, almost dovoido f light, whioh.after a tituo, ho managod to see was crowded with women and children. Two holes about a foot squaro wero tho only means of lighting the room, and tablo or bed there was notio on which to operato. What was to bo dono ? Happy thought.! Someone suggested tho Miiutalh should bo utilised. A smuleUis 18 ;> stool under which glowing coals are placed, and round which Afghans sit, after envelop ing it and thomMjlves with a lingo coverlet, ivhon tho cold is groat. Several of theso woro colloctod and formed into a table, on which the doctor, with thu help of chloro form, lancot and knife, guvo relief to many. Tho signilicanco of this Hcj in the fact that tho faco of un Afghan woman of any social standing is never seen save by hor husband and nearest male relations. But even Afghan jealousy yields to the cry of suffer ing humanity. i havo now finichod my story of tho march of tho Indian mia.-ion, and my next letter will deal with tho commission which is to decide tho frontier and probably the fact of Afghanistan. Tho march as a march has boon very romarknbie, and from a political point of viow it is distinctly a triumph tor Lord llipon's policy. Tho change that haß come to pass is evi dently not appreciated or understood in England, Few, if any, knowthat Abdurrah man Khun is tho most powerful ruler Afghanistan has known for many years. His authority is resoluto and unquestioned, and so long as his vigourofmindund body lasts,no foar neod bo ontortained ns to his ability to presorvo the poaco and tranquillity of any frontier which is likely to be given to him. I havo already explained how the prejudices of the Afghan people against us are molting atvay as tho spectre —no, tho reality—of Russian annoxationadvancosclosor toHorut, and now thoy begin to look to us as their guurdian3 and protectors. In those facts thore is, I think, a justification of tlio late Viceroy's Afghan policy.—"Times'" Cor rospondont, 10th January.

SELECTED POETRY.

MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE BEAUTIFUL SEA.

O, for a homo where the hi'lß slope down.

Down to the Beones whero ] love to roum And watoh tho wavoa bs they try to crown

Tho beotling cliffs with their silvery foam, Though hill and forust aro clear to me. My heart goes out to tho beautiful sua.

Beautiful still, with tho noontido sheen, Beautiful Btlll, with the sunset gold, Laving and kissing each fairy scene, Each fuiry scene and each headland bold. Bo rich i's treasures, its songs no freo, My heart goes out to the beautiful sea.

Give me tho Bongs of tho murmuring waves, Tho murmuring waves us they rise and fall; And let mo watch, as the tempest raves, The whito waves dash on each giant wall. Though rare the beauties of wood and lea, My heart yoos out tj tho beautiful sea.

O, for a home by tho glistening shore. By rock and wave, with my love to dwell, Thut when I list to their strains no more

The waves may murmur a long farewell. The waves' soft murmurs my dirge may be, When I shall real by thu beautiful sea.

B. y. Husband.

Auckland, February, ISBS.

IN ARCADIA.

Bocauso I choosoto keep my scat. Nor join tho Kiddy dancers' whirl, I pray you do not laugh, my ijiri. Nor ask mo why I find it sweet In ray old aeo to walch your gleo— I, too, had been in Arcady. And though full well I know I soem Quito out of place in sconoa Mice Uiiß, You can't iraaeino how much bliss It gives me just to fit and dream, As your fair form goea Hilling by, How I, too, dwelt in Arcady. For, sweetheart, in your merry eyeci A vanished summer buds nnd blows \ud with the sniiiu bright cheeks of rose la :e your mother s image riso, A id o'er a lonf; a:id weary track M/ buried boyhood wanders back A 'd as with tear-dimmed eyes I east On your sweet form my swimming glanco t think your mother used to dance Juit as you do in that dead past, to !2 years af.'o-yes, flfvy-three— W.ien I, 100, dwelt in Arcady. And in the music's laughing notes I Foem to hear old voice? ring, That have been hushed, ah! ru.iny a spring, And round about me faintly floats The echo of melody I used to hear in Arcady. And yonder youth—nay, do notblu?h, The boy s his father o'er n^ain : And hark ye. Mis , I was not plain. When at Mb age—what! intift I hush? He's comine this way ? Yes, I see— You two yet dwoll in Arcudy. — "TheCoatury."

THE PRIORY BLEEDING STONE.

SIR WALTER SCOTT. For the blessed rood of Sir Gorvnso tho stood The nuns of Kilhurn pray, But for Hie wretch who aiiud his blooil No tongue n prayer shall say. The bells shall ring and tho nuns shall Bina Sir Uervoso to the bkst. But Holiest, rites shall never bring Ilia murderer's soul to rent. Now toll me. I pray, lliou palmer croy, Why thou kncclesUU this bliriuc< Ant win do?-'t thou cry so eagerly Upon the help divine! Oh, toll me who the man may be, And «•!>■■ I his deadly sin, TJI.IL the church's prayer for his eoul despair T.Uo mercy o£ Christ may win. I cry at this shrine or the help divine Tobuvu Ili<' poul of omi Who in rlt'.uh shall >»' ere morniniJ light Upon this ancient atone. Sir Gurvase rode forth far in the North To VVhrby'.j holy see; In her hii-.vrr ii.li.iiu hid lady made moan, A fairer could not be. His false brotlier came to tho weeping dame; Oil, [ love 5 (.u d«:irer than life— Hence, would you win lo Hliaiue and Bin Thy broUiur'a wodiiud wife ( Ife is far nway, Ihou sweet ladio. And noni! may hear or Bee, So. hidie bright, lliis very night, Oil. open your door to mo. Sir (iervase rides forth far in the North, 'Tin long ere he cornea back, . And thine eyes shine out like stars by night, From thy hair of raven black. The llro shall burn at the door stono lire I open tho door to tliee, And thy suit of hell to Sir Ueryaae Tll toll, And a traitor's dentil thou wilt mo. Then faro theo well, Dame Isabel, Thou lady of mickle pride, Thou shalt rue the day tliou uaidat mo nay When buck to theo I ride. The day declined, tho rising wind Hang shrill on Whitby's Bands; With ear down laid nnd ready blade, Behind a rock lie btuuds. Sir Gervase rode on in thought alono, LoavinK his me.n buhind ; The blow was sure, Hie Uight secure, Jlut a voice was in the wind. False brother, spur thy flying steed, Thou can'it not lly no fust, But on ill is Btono where now I bleed, Thyself slm!l bleed thy laat. That stone was tt.cn on Whitby'a Bhore, And r.ow behold it her.)! And over that blood is in mine eye. And ever that voice iv iniue ear! Now thou palmer groy. now turn thoo, I pray, And lei me look in thine eye; Alns ! it burns bright with v. fearful light Like guilt about to die. That stone is old, and o'er It has rollod Thn temper: of many years ; But llereor rage than of tempest or atco In thy furrowed faco appears. Oh, speak not thus, thou holy man. Hut, bend and pray for me. And s'ivn me your aid in this hour of need, Till I my penance dree. With brinks and beads, with avo and crood, i >h. lulu nib while you may ; When the imii tol;s o;o. uh. lcavo mo alone, >'or with me you may not stay. do prayed the friar by the grey palmor, As both knelt o'er the stone. And redder t-'ivw the blood-red hue, As they board a fearful groan. Frinr, leave) me now, on my trembling brow Tho drops of sweat run down. And alone with his xpirit I must deal this night My deadly guilt to atone. By the morning light the good friar camo lly the sinner* side to pray ; Hut his spirit had llown, and stretched on tho stono A corae tho palmer lay. And still from tho stono at tho hour of ono— (Jo visit itwhodaro— The blood runs red and a i-hriek of dread Pierces tho midnight air. •This hitherto unpublished ballad by Sir Walter hYor.t appeared recently in tho I/ondon " Athemoum," accompanied by tho following note: •' 4, Quai do la Donaue, Boulogno-Bur-Mcr. "I have Romo unpublished lines of Sir Walter Scott which >ou may like to give to tho publio. Their origin is interesting c.()ual in an artistic, literary, and psychological point of Tiow, showing out uf what few and simple elements a genius liko fc-oolt could, with hardly an effort, connoct a pleasing story. My late father, an architect, was a friend of Scott, and helped him a* a friend in the docoi-Mtion and flnisliingsof AlilmUfonl. i-'cott would often dino with my father in London, and wn» greatly interested in ihegnr-len. In one corner there was some roekwork. in which were inserted soiuo fntgrnents of Mom; ornaments from the rulna of Kilburn prii.ry ; au.i crowning nil was a large. ifiC-uinrlj si.apod stone, having a deep reil stain, no doubt of fenuginous origin. Thin stone was pout to my fnlhur by Ijord Alulgrave in one of his nomer.t vchbcls, my father having been struck ith its appearance on the shore at Whittiy; :iiid from these timplc. really uncon neeteil facts .-'eoti made out the following story, in vi rsej. which might be regarded as a kind of friem'.lv ofiVring in return for servicos ren dered. I had supposed the ballad lost, bnt my sister, ill turning over homo old papers, found a copy. " As a littlo boy I detormincd to go and sit on the stone in tho night, and at last conquered my fear and i<at there triumphantly, and have noTor feared any thin)? aince. "H. G. Atkinson,"

THE INNERMOST ROOM.

The singer sanK tho world a eong. And Hoon Inovopy tondor hourt Its melody, sweet and Btroiifr, liccame 11 dour and lastly part. Bui. n,s one know mid nu ono cared". Thai from Hiinn-nmst fivii-.t and wrong UiR breaking hoart lind learned tho notes Tlittt trembled into glorious soui;. A woman who from every cup Hud drunk life's Kind uml liiiter strenmß, .S;u ilonn mid wrote a wondrous Uilo. As awciot and bright us fairy dreams. lint no ono knew and no ono eared. From wlint tumultuous sea o£ thought The soul in lonely voyaftai Its parable o£ life had brought. Th» toachor with a burning heart, With tongue as swift and hot as llamo, Lerl witlt v wihu and cendor heart The world into its hißhcst aim. But no ono asked and no ono know Tluoukli what florco conlliot, day by day, He won thn victory which cleared For wcnlcor hearta tho higher way. For each aoul has ono inner room Whom alono it Bccke tho Rraco To strUKKlo with its sharpest woe, Its hardest destiny to face. To lift the duty that it foara, To love, to trust, through ovcry doom, And not, tho nearest, doarost heart. Goon with it to that inner room. 'Tin there that souls learn how to sing. "l'is ihoro tho truest knights aro mado; There, with the sharp edge of nor sword, Great sorrow Rives the accolado, From whonco they como with subtle Btrength Tho wenry mid tho sad to lift; Hut who remembers that sad room, Its Htrifo and doubt. it-< uricf and Rloom, ifrom which they bring tho precious gift?

THE FORTUNATE ISLES.

you sail and you seek for the Fortunate Islog, The old Greek Islob of Iho ycllo-\v birds' Thou tstoer straight on through tho watery miles, Straight on, straight on, and you cant go wrong. Xay not to tr.u luft, nay nol to tho right, ' But on, straight, "n, and tho laloa are in sight, The .Fortunate Islea whero tho yellow birds eint? And life lie 3 girt with a golden ring. Thcao Fortunate Isles they are not 80 far, They lio within reach of tho lowliest door; You can sco them gleam by the twilightatar ; You can hear them aint; by tho nuon'B white shore. Nay, never look back! Those levelled grave stonea They were landing steps; they were steps unto thrjiiea Of Klory for souls that ha va sailed boforo, And have s.et whito feet on tho fortunate shore. And what are tho names of the Fortunate Isles 1 Why, Duty and Love and a large Contonl. Lo! thus* are the Isles of (lie watery miles That God letdown from the firmamont. Lo, Duty, and Love, and a true man's trust; Your forehead toUod and your feet in the dust; Lo, Duty, and Love, and a sweot babfa's smile, And these, O friend, arc tho Fortunato Isles. . o

DEAR LITTLE HANDS.

Dear Httlo hands, I loved them so! And now they aro lying under the snow- Undor the hnow, so cold and white. I cannot see them, or touch them to nighi. They are quiet aud still at last, ah me! How busy and restless they used to ho! But now they can never reach up through the snow, Dear litt'o hands, I loved them so! Doar little hands, I miss them so! All through the day, wherever I go— All throuch tho night, how lonely it seems, For no little hands wake me out of my dreams. I mis.i thorn nil through the wrarv hours, ] miss thorn as others miss sunshine and flowers; Day time, or nmht time, wherever 1 go, Dear little hands, I miss them so! Dear little hands, they have gone from me now, Never again will they rest on my brow— Never again smooth my sorrowful face. Never clasp me in a childish embrace. And now my forehead grows wrinkled Witt: Thinking of little hands, once resting there, But I know in a huppier, heavenher clune, Dear Httlo hands, 1 will clasp you sometime, Dcm- little hands, when the Master shall call. Til welcome the summons tllfct comes to UB all \Vh»n my feet touch tho waters 80 dark and « cold And X catch my first glimpse of tho City of If I keep" my eye? fixed on tho heavenly gate, Over the tine where the white-robed ones wait bhail I know you, I wonder, among the bright Will you beckon me over, oh I doar little hands Mamma.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MARCH 21 t 188 C.

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First Horso .. £000 First Horso .. £100 Second Horse .. i'so Second Horse .. 200 Ihird Horso .. 120 Third Horse .. 100 starters, divided 15n Starters, divided 20C Non-starters, do. 330 Non-Btortors, do. 250 £1450 filloC 41 CASH BONDS lat SO .. .. £501 10 at 10 .. .. *WC 2at 2.5 .. .. 50122 at 5 .. .. 110 Sat 15 .. "90 — Will close on April 4.18K5. The abovo Company, in presenting their first Programme, would call special attention to the address of the parties entrusted with the oorre spondenco. Having been entrusted by the Canterbury Jockey and other Clubs with the solo management and control of their totaltsa tors, which have given universal satisfaction to tho public., will be a sufllciont guarantee as to tho gonnineness and successful working Of the Consultation. ££r Spociil advantagesare offered to Investors in "Tho Globo Consultation Company" by reason of tho tickets being printed in such a manner as to enable tho purchaser of a whole ticket to dis pose of a half sharo, and as each half of the ticket is numbered, tho ironey will ba paid to holders of same on presentation. Full particulars on application, Letters to enclose two 2d stamps for reply and result. Monov orders accepted. Cheques marked cor rect with U exchange added outside of Canter bury. Ten per cent, deducted from all prize moneys.' Programmes, with nominations and ull particulars, sent post freo on application. Address: CLOBE CONSULTATION CO., P.O. Box 287. Caro HOBBS and GOODWIN, Christchqrch ' The Tallest Success Will Close, April 2. of the Day. . —— T „ Registered Letters 3Races,andßClasseß and Telegrams 1 Cash Bonds. Received. KOBIN HOOD i CHRISTCHURCH AUTUMN \J MEETING, TO BE HELD EASTER MONDAY AND TUESDAY, AriiiL 6-rn and 7th, 1885. 10,000 Members at 10s, £5,000. 251 Prizes. ! Eaoh Ticket has 9 Chances, and can Obtain a Prize in Each Drawing. OT. AUTUMN HANDICAP EASTKK HANDICAP (27 Nominations). (30 Nominations). First .. .. £1200 First .. .. £250 > Second .. .. 500 Second .. .. I£s Third .. .. 250 Third .. .. 75 Other Starters Other Starters about £35 oach 250 about £21 each 150 Non-starters Non-starters, abt 1 about £18 oach 300 £10 each.. - JOO £2500 £800 nURDLH HANDICAP ISO (17 Nominations). CAsn BONDS. ' First . .. £l"0 lat 100 .. .. £100 ' Second .. .. 50 2at65 .. .. 110 £400 £ISM Plcasn send two 2d stamps for roply and re sult. P.O. ordera preferred. 19 exchange on Country Cheques and Stamps. Coin or Notes must bo registered. If number oxeeeds 10,000, prizes increased pro rala. ! ROBIN HOOD, Care THOS. STAPLETON, Box 238, P. 0., Christchurch. Or, JUBAL FLEMING. City Baths, Colombo street. Cbrlstchurch. „„„„_ FIRST PRIZH;. £1200. 2ai PRIZES. £500 first prize £500 don quixote's grand con- SULTATION o.v the AUCKLAND EASTER HANDICAP (to be run on April i, 1885). Capital £1.500, Divided into 3,000 1 Shakes at 103 Kacii. First Horse.. .. £iOO | Ten Prizes of £10 £100 Second Horso _ 250 I Ten Prizes of £5 .. 50 , Ttird Horse _ 125 Thirty Prizos Of 1 Starters (divide).. 150 £2 10s .. .. 7o Norn-starters —~ (divide) .. .. 250 TOTAL .. £1,500 Will close on or before April 2. Each Ticket has two peparate chances, being drawn once for tho Handicap and once for tho Money Prizes. Post-oliico ordera, drafts, and bank notca re " caived. Cheques will bo received if marked 3 " Correct "by bank. If notes are sent please , use two envelopes, one scaled and placed inside 1 the other. Persons buying twenty-five Tickets receive one Ticket as commission. The Con puliiuion will bs drawn in tlio presence of the '; Pr.'W>andaConm.it.teoof Subscribers. Rc3jili 1 elip3 postad immediatdiy after drawing, and also , advertised in all tbe^priucipal 'papers.—DON ? UUIXOTK, Caro of I. Bloom, 2fi6, Queen Btreet, Auckland.



AUCKLAND AUTUMN STEEPLE CHASE. NOW OPEN, A. WELLESLEY'S CONSULTATION On tho Auckland Autumn Steeplechase, run KASTER MONDAY, April 6,18&>, 800 Sharoa at 6s each, to be divided as follows: Firsthorso.. .. £70 Non-stortcrs(dlv.) £50 Second horse .. £3u —~ Third horso .. £'20 Total- .. £200 Starters (divide).. £30 Applications for tickets by.lettor only, onolos- Ing two stamps for reply and result, to A. WKLLESLEY, Care of Cha3. F. Andrews, Tobacconist, Wollesloy Billiurd Rooms, Wellusley-Btreet. Auckland. G FLANEUR'S CONSULTATION • ON THE AUCKLAND EASTER HANDICAP and STEEPLE,, To bo run on Al'KlL 1 and 6,1885. 2000 Members at 10s Each. 47 Prizes. Kastcr Handicap. Steeplechase. First Horse ..£250 First Horao ..£175 3econd Horso .. 100 Pocond Horao .. 76 Third Horse .. 60 Third Howe .. 50 Starters, div. .. 75 Starters, div. .. 75 Non-starters, dlv. 75 Non-starters, dIT. 75 £550 &150 Total amount £1000. Two separato drawings. Ono ticket can win £125. Application by letter only. The drawing, under tho supervision of a Committee of Town and Country Investors, will talto place aa soon as filled. Result slips forwarded to subscribers immediately after drawing. Enclose stamps [or reply and result. All agents and representa iivos of 25 tickets, and of Press, invited to drawing. Early application invited. G. FLANEUR. Care of D. Twohill, P.O. Box 90, Or Park Hotel, Auokland. TV/" OMAN'S TCTRIEND. WOMAN'S FRIEND. ■X\r OMAN'S TfIRIEND. MRS DR. STUART'S FAMOUS FAMOUS FEMALE T)EMEDIES. EMALE XiEMEDIEB, CURE HEADACHE, NERVOUSNESS, HYSTERIA, PAINS IN THE BACK, FLUSHES, WEAKNESS, IRREGULARITY. LANG UOR. AND THE DEPRESSIONS PECU LIAR TO FEMALE EXPERIENCE. MRS DR STUART Has for years devoted espcoial attention to the disorders common to her sex, and in her Reme dies ladies have the greatest boon ever intro duced to publlo notice. 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For loss of appetite, colour and spirits, pulpitation of tho heart, unfltness tor exorcise or work, tlii9 ToDic is tho surest, mildest, and most agreeable strength-giver ever brought before suilerlng women. MRS DRTsTUART'3 LADIES' CALENDAR PILLS, 2a 6d and Is Gd Per Box. Tho valuo of theßo Pills for periotHeo.l use cannot well be over estimated. They are protnpt and certain in their action. They pre vent sufl'erinK, discomfort, and anxiety, and are truly tho Females' Friend. MRS DR~STUART.'S LADIES' APERIENT PILLS, Is 6d Per Box. These Pilla are highly recommended for In digestion, Headache, Biliousness, Liver Com piiiints (tho lattor are frequently the cause of irregularity), Giddiness, Constipation, and oupecially in conjunction with tho Calendar Pills, with which it is suggested (for reasons fully explained in circulars accompanying Medicines) they should bo obtained. All who have used these Romedleß testify to tho kindliness and regularity of tho monthly sickness. In nmuy cases of paleness, debility. Hid loss of apputite of months duration, causing [he gravest feara of consumption, the judicious use of the Pills and Tonio has restored the iloom of health, strength, and enjoyment of loco!. T.'lia attention of lady principals, matrons pi pu'olio and private institutions, mothers, mil ipcra. dreaomakors, shop-girls, domestic ser vt n',3, factory girls, and all engaged in seden- ICO1 occupations or closely confined situations, ji called to the unequalled Tonic and corrective »irtues of these famous Remedies. Circulars, with full directions and valuable tlnta from Mrs Dr. Stuart, accompany each little and box of the Remedies. Ladies, boo advertisement in the " Horald," Prepared for tho proprietor— \V. G. THORNTON, Esq., At the Laboratory, New Pahk Road, London-, England. sol 3 wholesale and retald agents fob auckland, n.z.— MR S. GILBERT, Chemist, (Nest to Lennox's, Stationor), QUEEN-STREET; MR T. A. CRAWFORD, Chemist, NEWTON. 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And GENERAL JOINERY The Company continues to supply in lots to suit purchasers material aa above. 3tocks In all departments are large, well-assorted, and thoroughly seasoned, and Favourable quotations will be given to those about to build. Price Llsta and all Information on application to HEAD OFFICE, MECHANICS' Bay. JO B L~O TS. Spoclal inducements to buyers of Timber Bolt] able for Out-buildlngs. BIRKENHEAD AND NORTHCOTE. Tho Company's Branch Yard in this district, In connection with the business of Ateßsrs Flawellyn Bros., Birkenhead Wharf, contains Largo Stocks of timber (rough and dressed), Mouldings, Doors, and Bashes for immediate delivory at TOWN PRICES JUNCTION HOTEL, NEWMARKET. Tho Proprietor, JAMES SMITH, begs to in timate that he will be happy to meet all his old friends, and new onea too, at his well known hostelry, Junction Hotel, where nono but first-class brands of liquors are Bupplied. The best appointed Quoit and SKittlo Ground in Auckland. OR IMMEDIATE SALE, 100 aores good Totara I3u3h, lot 58, Waitakarei East Selected muny years ago on account of its superior quality. A very low price will be taken. —Apply to John Moppet, House and Land Agont No. S, Queonstreot.



Chas. Williamson, housk. land. & financial agent. HIGH-ST., NEAR SHOUTLAND-ST. Bankers i National Bank of Now ZcManfl. VKLKPIU.' \ >'■ MIMP.EK—IBJ. RKNTSMd INTENT Collected, MONK* Invested for Capitalists on EWt cl.-.■ .'i iLcnritlai wmiotre cnAiiau. Six por cent! allowed on deposits until Inre3tol. MORTGAGES and WANS Naeotlfttsd. BUILDING SOCIETY SHARK = Bourfnt, JCSTATES Manama tor Absentees. _, HOUSj-3 TO f,VV RdPH9!I»-™™ BALK placed linn my f r,7nt on AIJAVTMKNTS Jsmgrt and Hou^b BaOton too Wi-eklr Payment BnWB, Pmnsjano. specificationa proparwi at lowest ratou. BUILDING ALLOTMENTS FOH BAIJS AT PKB FOOT!— Kllcrsllo, £2 Kpuom Ko»ft ; <M Nu wnmrket. 803 Hepburn-street. gW Randolph-street Li«ir Place. M» West-street, «a Kinmeit-street. t.»Bfl Baroßford-Btroot. 70s Conoueot Place. *» Howe-stroet. 100* Brown-street, < Os Shelly Beacn Knad. £5 Ciißtomkouse-Biroo. Norlhooto. 10s ana £5 Fort-street (lease). t»Os o'Cw_oll-Btreot. HOa Fitzroy-street, bOs And In variou* othor etroots lit low rates. iS4ot.li TO L»«L\ in aums of £10 and upwards ""fSool-New House, in Devon-street, Newton, for f<'i.ie'a bargain ut tho price. LTCHimD-STBKET—Sbc-roomoa Houso for SaSI douched wash house and largo Shed; gns and water; weU drained. Price, £110. °S to Btammai Houbo. nenr Ponsonby Hall. for SaTeV Harden fllled with fruit trees; largo a"rHKKK ACRKS of raollent Land for Salo on «" J ako Kofd. Fenced, cultivated and planted with shelter trees; sen nnd road front- THoicrillKf ' KOP,™ for Sale; 1,0 acres: now 4-roqmcil Houbo,, 5-wiro fences, ex C^VMV^KOOM^HOUSKfor 3a leln Ox fordSiSeoti £250; Now Honae. BwwMWDOt. «SOO««D HOUSE For Salo in King street, *220; Koppull-street, WUU. wonum S^?5 M FIVKKKObMBU HOUSK for Salo at ««S« Sale HSf f|Vt^S°l%t 1n ydrcre lr eß)tf^ Bhopa and Dweiungs, to to Leased for 100 T l f fi r^ffiite f«|d 98Hou Sa °hrEOPGE lrel«:T 8- SElßht.roomed Houbo (New? For Salo, with larp" allotment; «60 i For Salo, with all[conveniences; 4.220; K a3 "Jgr N^w SS HOUSH For Sale In oentte'owTyaeSld). flSOdeposit; batooo HOUSK For Mo in (rf rVoom»; battTroom, coal-ahed, gaa and city Bali-near Western Springs; fonr miles from PRETTYTffI RESIDENCE for Sale in ana -ssrfflssaa^SW £«__ «■ HoVaTd Bedford street* tor 'Whreo Years. Money lentto build with if °es"j2,- od VWaßosldenoes For Sale, with largo allotment and line viow. Chanoe for BDOonlator. NORTH SHORE.-NOW 4-roomed House wit- Urge shed. £300 i blbo. several other Houses. PONSONBX-New SH"™ 0™6*1"™? twn Workshop For Sale; two allotments; two fro ß l6fli 6HOUSra lndl"AUotment For Sola in William-street, near St. James's Chnron. NORTHCOTB — Seven-roomed Hope, out billdSgi; &0., and 80 Aoree of Land. For Salo: Very Cheap. Grand viaw of die harbour. DEVONPORT, Lake Bead - Several very oholce Villa Sites For Sale, having road and Boa rontages, and poßßessing the finest landscape views to bo found around Auridand. FARMS also For Sale at Waikomiti, Paremo- ESTATE AGKNT HISH-BTKKBT.' BAMUK& VAILK,] [JOHN DOUGLAS. Vaile & Douglas (Latb Samukl Vailb), RKAL KSTATB VALUATORS. BROKERS UNDKR THB LAND TBANBFKK ACT, SHORTLAND STREET (Next the Post Ojtfioe). BANKERS! Bank or New South Walks. Bee also oar advertisement In "N.Z. Herald1) and "WeoklyNews.") MORTGAGES BOUGHT jomfortable COTTAGE of 4 rooms and large room underneath; water laid on; clobo to Three Lamps; allotment 33 x 100. Price, fISOO, and very easy terms of payment could ba arranged.—Vaile & Douglas, House and Kstato Agents, Shortland-stroet. 1399 'JOTTAGE of 6 rooms in a good situation near to town: allotment 33 x 100; planted with fruit trees, all in full bearing Price, £230.— Vaile & liouglas, Housa and Land ARents, Shortland-Btreot. 1400 SPLENDID BUSINESS ALLOTMENT on the Ponsonby Road, in commanding: posi tion, and of good size. Price low. Terms eaßy.—Vaile and Douglas, Land and Estate Agente, Shortlantl-street. BUILDING ALLOTMENTS, NEWTON, 6 lota each, 2 of them having frontiures of 60 feet by a depth of 110 feet, and tho others front ages of 10 feet by same depth. Price low, and terms easy, as may bo arranged.—Vaile and Douglas, Land and Estate Agents, next tho Post-office. Shortland-street. 1372 SMALL FARM of 14 acres, very suitable tor a working man; all In cultivation; rich land; House of 3 rooms and kitchen, stable, &o. Price,fi2oo. 1360 CHEAP LITTLE HOMESTEAD, 14 acres, East Tamaki: all In grass and crop. Cottage of S rooms and small one of 2 rooms. £260. 1883 PARTLY IMPROVED FARM of 132 acres, all fenced; 45 acres in grass. Splendid position for fruit farm; deep water frontage close to town. £5 per acre. 1363 £300 — GOOD LITTLE WATERSIDE FARM of 112 aores, with large run adjoining j 25 to 30 aores In cultivation; splendid place for fruit Browing. Terms easy. — Vaile and Douglas, Land and Estate Agots, Shortland- Btreet: immediate noesosslon. 12S8 £220—COTTAGE of 4 rooms, with allot ment 33 x 98ft., neat garden, and closo to tho tram-lines.—Vaile and Douglas, House and Land Azents. Shortland-streot. 1352 £300—Very Convenient COTTAGE of 4 rooms and scullery, allotment 32 x 8011, within quarter of an hour's walk from Queen-Btreot. —Vailo and Douglas, Houae. Land and Estate Ajfenta. next P. 0.. Shortland-street. 13U2 £ggO—HOUSE of 5 rooms and Kitchon, gas and water laid on. &o.; workshop 24 x 14, Allotment, with frontage of 33 feet to Upper Union-street, and frontage to Nelson-street of SI feet—Vaile and Douglas, Land and Estate Agents, Shortland-street. LARGE FREEHOLD ALLOTMENT, 66 x 117 feet, together with dwelling-house, Btables, &c, conveniently situated, within 7 minutes' walk of Post-offloe, and suitable either for private residence sites, or for busi ness purposes; price moderate. Terms easy. —Vaile and Douglas, Land and House Agon to, Shortland-street. 321 £630—NEW HOUSE of 6 rooms, with out house, tanks, &c, and allotment 60 x 198, voloanlo soil; convenient eituation. —Vailo and Douglas. House and Land Agent Short lana-Btreet. 1271 £500—Capital Waterside FARM, of 90 aores, about half rich alluvial flat, 30 acres in grass. House of i rnomo, dairy, uhods. &c— Vaile and Dougles, Land Agents, Shortland qtroot. 1227 £380.—NEW" HOUSE of 6 rooms, verandah back and front, wash-houBO; nil drained; gas and water; allotment, 30ft x 132 ft; good situa tion, olose to tram-lines.—Vailo and Douglas, Houbo, Land, and EBtate Agents, next to the General Posfc-ofllne. Shortlnnri nfcreot. 1412 SELWYN-STREET—Lcaeebold Allotment 61 x 150, and comfortablo 7-roomed Cottago good viow and aspect; ground rent, £8 por annum ; 31 years to run ; gas and water luid on ; gas stovo ; waeh-houso, fowl-house. &c, all in good repair. Price, £360.-Vailo & Douglas, Houpe and Estate Agentß, Shortland- Btroet. HENDERSON'S MILL-Now Cottage of 4 rooms, nicely finished; allotment GO x 103 feet, all fenced ; closo to Railway Staiion. Price, £120.—Vaile & Douglas, Land Agents, Short land-street. MANGARE rOINT-4i Acres Volcanic, with good largo Run adjoining, and with new Cottage of 6 rooms, well ilnishcd. and irood outbuildings,—For prico and terms, apply to Vaile & Douglas, Land end Keiato Agonts, Shortland-streot. SMALL FARM, 11 acres, at Lucas- Creek, very suitable for an orchard; well situated for shipping away produce, &o.; 5 acrea of tho land has becu ploughed twice; orchard, &c. House of 6 rooms, well finished. Price, £2TO.— Vailo & Douglas, Land and Estate Agents, Shortland-stroet. TTNION Offi, SOAP, AND CANDLH U COMPANY (LIMITED).' MANUFACTURERS OF STEARISB CANDLES, COMMON AND TOILET SOAPS, LUBPICATING AND OTHER OILS. WORKS-ST. ANN'S BHinOE. PZNROBK. WAREHOUSE AND OFFICKB-LOWKB ALHKRT-ST., AUCKLAND. GMb Pureh£iar» of Tallow.