RACING NOTES.

[By Zamiix.l .some write, a nrlßhi^ur-s n^;; •» >•;'';■' ~ ftc*»e write to p]<.'ii*M»_t; "l';^.'.■/,;',:,'. " ' ~,r rv..,. KQ Him I B.;vfr t£<^ I rm in what a penny ft liner might de scribe as a felicitous condition <f unctuous joy the reason whereof I will proceed to explain. On opwinß my letters tho other day, in.toad of tho «s«l family bills, and urgent requests for "an early settlement" -a kind of settlement, by the way, which does not seem to have been provided for in Mr Ballanco's Land Bill—l drew forth tho following opistlc : " Dear Zamiel.-I think you Jerervo a vote of thanks from your numerous readers. It is customary to accede votes of thanks to chairmen and sp.-'akerj at meeting.-. Now, you have been writine a lon- timo in Saturdays supple ment of the Stak, and although perhaps you get paid for tho job, yet I think you tfeeervo some thanks also, and therefore, in th» name of all. I beg to be allowed to thank you; and if there ia a dissenting voice among your readers, 1 hope ho may liavo a chanco to give his" reason*. I think that you particularly deserve thanks for your ro marks on the Revised Old Testament in the Star of July 25. Nothing could be more opportune, or better put."

"Now «o little of thanks and so much of fovilement falls to the lot of tho newspaper scribe that it may seem ungrateful to analyse tho moUvo which prompts this well-meant note. But that stern sonso of duty which compelled Altiora Poto to ask her judgniont how much a certain young gentloman'rt well thipod calves had to do with tho strange ihiticrings at borheau, constrains mo to put the question whether my correspondent " Diamond " would hava th-i"e!it me worthy of thanks if I hud said something which did not happen to chip in with his own pre-coneoivsd opinions. This delicate llatterv. 1 daro bet, is, if we probed it to the bottom, a compliment paid to my correspondent's onn judgment and self esteem rather than to mo.

If we wore thoroughly hones!:, wo should probably all plead guilty to the weakness of regarding our own particular doxy asortho diity and the pink of common sensa, and everybody else's'as heterodoxy. lam ro uiincied of this by a complaint that paaohes sne from a correspondent who, relying upo;i ii blatant boast of freedom of thought and discussion, sent a communication to a local publication, and was favoured, not merely with the refusal of a hearing, but with an offeneively abusive paragraph. • There are no such intolerable bigots as thoaa who — paffed with aa ignorance which makes their jniudd opaque to even tho faintest compia kension of ft metaphysical problem flippantly dispose of all things in the J>e:iven abovo and the earth beneath, aa (Jjou>'li they had themselves taken a firat faand° in the creation. There are Dog barrys religious as well a» legal, who docmatiee with an assumption of superior knowledge that would barely bo justified if tlusy could upon notice manufacture from a hundredweight'of " protoplasm" a present «ble sort of a man. When these good gentlemen turn out a passable fly I shall be"in to believe in them. Nowadays it wants just a smattering of the education c ,mpassed within tho three X's, a decent Juitof clothes and unlimited brass—tho last quite ißdiepensablo—tobeco;no a Reformer of the world's creeds in tho region of metaphysical thought, or a Great Financier and Statesman in politics. Time was when the mstaphysician uut a sorry figure unless hia pretensions to acbolarship were urichallengablo. But glib-tonguod effrontery goee further than studious research in these days. The greater the ass the louder his bray, and the more noise he makes in the world. The scholar is shouted down- by the stump orator, virulent abuse and coarse ribaldry masquerade as argument and satire, and fools fill the seats once occupied by wisdom.

Talking about religioui and political fads and 'doxies, calls to mind a statement I dropped across in the newa received by the taau Franeieco mail, in -which it is noted tlmt a curious despatch by the Ameoi of Afghanistan haa besa published, raak in<t reference to tho " Lost Tribes of Israel " It may interest the littlo circle who find in the Anglo Saxon race the fulfilment of all the law and tho prophets,' to know that the Afghans claim that they aro direct descendants of the Jews, their ancestors beins: a Hebrew army of conquest that invaded the tast under the leadership of Afghan, a grandson eti King Sflul, who punued a victorious •career towards the Bast and occupied tho country now known as Afghanistan. Their conversion to Mohammedanism took place subsequently. The features of the Afghans land colour t-j this tradition, which is iirmly Mievecl. but their languago-a much safer iiuklo goes in tho opposite direction and almost disproves it. Hebrew scholars, at ffiftit, give very little credence to tho story, (vithough it is supported by very, ancient traditions. One can see, however, what a beautiful coafifmation of Scripture the Anglo Israelites may find in tho advance of the true children oi Abraham to protect a wandering and wayward branch of the family from the oppressor.

A man has only to set out with very strongly-preconceived notions, and he will find abundance of confirmation for them. Yiaazi Smith, a scientific man of the highest eminence, and ono of the greatest of living w-fvptologists, who is also a pillar of Anglo iKraelism, found that his researches eon tinned his belief in Scriptural inspiration and the truth of Christianity. Gerald Ma»sey •who lays claim to a technical knowledge of the science in which Piazzi Smith ia an acknowledged master, declares that hisrtudy in the same departments of research have convinced him that the Jews were poor retailers of Egyptian briefs, and •the rtesaa of iGhristianity a mere embodi ment of ideas drawn from the same ancient aoucce If we are to belisve the Orientalists versed in Buddhist literature, hovrevor, Christianity U derived from a very different source, ibeing no more than an epitome ot the life and works of Guatama. It is no purpose of these random notes to enter into covMotrs disquisitions — the subject is one which has not been exhausted in a literature that would fill vast libraries One cannot refrain from observ *: ~ eK, passant, however, that the mythical theory of Christ has now no standing ground anywhere in tho scholarship of to day, tho erudite researches of Rcnan having demol ished it even from tho side of unorthodox criticism. No Greek scholar nf eminence now questions tho authenticity of certain Received epistles of St. Paul whieb havo stood every test of exegetical criticism, nor dispute* the antiquity that is attu b.ite4 »o them. The adaptation of cartain ■Pagan festivals popular with the people, to Christian celebrations, is more'easily de monstrated, but is also not difficult of de fence on grounds consistent with the per petuation of a puro Primitive Christianity.

'We can afford, however, in this age, to be broadly tolerant of all beliefs, especially when assuciated with genius. It is in tolerance and abusiveness, as much in so icalled Freethinker* as in Churchmen, that I protect against. Gerald Mossey possesses those faculties of mind which constitute genius'. The late Samuel Edger was not singular in the opinion that men of genius are eccentric, especially when in the sore and yellow leaf, lluskin and Carlylo, bo held, wore two of tho deepest thinkers of t\\-> a"c, and both writers were eccentric, and extremely unsociable in their habits of life. Thackeray said : " The giants must live alone," and possibly tho word "eccen tricity " waß uppermost in his mind when fee penned the words. Kuekin's writings aparkle with poetic beauty, but you can snot fail to notice the eccentricities of genius, aikofUuntingpoppiesamongthecorn; such, ifor example, is the picture which be drew to show tho contrast between Protestantism and Catholicism ; selecting a little porker a» a type of honest, but not liberal-minded Protest-ink "Tho little pig walks along,, you see " says the essayist, " knowing every inch of its grjund, having in its snout a ravittl instrument for grubbing up things. Yo«l may be shocked at my selection of this animal for the typo of a reglious sect, but if you could but realise all the beautiful ihinas wlioh the insolence of Protea tftntf«B has destroyed, you would think surely the Gadarene swine too good for Protestants." Mr Ruskm admired Gerald MassPV Ha looked at Massey's startling Joetry-the poetry of his youth; the roligiouß world stands aghast at his negative jphiloHopby. But Gerald Maasey'B instability

or changeableness of beliefs may mjrhap. bo tefc down »s one of tho eccentricities of .rgniua I know that once, in a far back enrinf timo, the primrose was a ]oy, am. then Gerald believed tho truth ot his ex piession • Tho world Is full of be nit/ A3 other worlds abovo. And if w did our duly, It might be Cull of tovo. But Gerald ha« poetized, and flung hi" spasmodic tiro among tho " isms" of the nge", until ho h bold enough to daunt upon our walls great green-eolourcd poitor. avowing his determination to beard tin; i'rinco of Darkness himself and annihilate him from tho universe. You have a bi t  job on hi>nd, Gerald. xx x It is just as cheap to u»o a big word as a little one, and vastly more effective. J suppose it U on thin principle that we hear that word "Syndicate" so often now-a days. " Syndicate" ii a comparative novelty, and sounds bolter than "company1 and at present has not gathered rouncUtsolJ such unsavoury asioeiations an " ring" ana "corner" have. Wait a little while, though, and " syndicate" will no doubi. feel tho effjotsof ktoping bad company, ami be looked askance at. Weshall want another woul then whoso character has not suffered oy bundling, and of course our ingenious word-coiner:- will have one ready at hand. Meanwhile " syndioato " serves our turn, and though not one in ton knows what it means, or whether it is Latin, Hebrew, Choctaw, Chinese or Spanish, what does ii matter? Arc wo not for ever ( using words of whoso radical signification wo have not the dimmest concep tion ? Why need we bo critical when tho novvspapers have stumped the word with their august approval? In tho present stata of public opinion they are the final arbiters, from whiff!) th.ero is no appeal.

Wero I given to coining new words —ft foat winch I "eed not ?ay is quite beyond my powers —1 would suggest as can didates for public notieo the verb t i " Voj;cliic," and tho noun " Vogelism.' That they would ooine in handy is as plain as daylight, and unlike " syndicate," they wjuk! bear their meaning on their faces. It is a pooi4 word that ha? not aoverul mean ings, and if you look in niiy dictionary you will find that cvijry vocable uosse*iie« »num ber of equivalents. Tliosambrn'ohuklsjjoo'l with thoproposed " Vcgelifo." Itmight:ij ono timo donoto, "to barrow up to tl.o full extent, of your credit—and beyond," ul. another, " take o:tre of No. 1 ; the dovil take No. 2"; at a third, " distribute ths shells but u-u!r> thooystoryourself." Other mean ings will naturally suggost themselves to my sagacious re&duis, tp whom I need not enlarco on the sucking of t»gt'£. I will morelj' add that wore I called upon to give a handy equivalent to " Vogeliain," I should say, "the West Coast Railway Bwinale,''

When I come down Upper jQugsu-street and look over into the gully which separates it from Urey-streat, my thoughts dwell on each ropellant subjocts as cholera, ?rnall pox, typhoid-fever, and other of the many ills to which flesh is heir. If the connect ion of ideas is not apparent to tho reader, I simply ask him to go and tfaze for himself. He will see that the slop i ing ground is being covered everywhere with small tenement?, whose backyards are about the si^o of a full?ized bedstead, whose alleyways can bo almost steppsJ across, anil whose sentry-boxes may bs imagined to hold tho sentinels of the army of Azrael. Tho tiny houses have their best look on them now, for the paint is fresh and their iron roofs are all unbegrimei! But presently ; that's tho trouble. When they have beectno rookeries (mid that is their fate as certainly a« that the sun will rise to-morrow) what a hot*l>ed of filthy disease that gully will b« ! Whon the present philanthropic proprietors have pussjd away in the odour of sanctity to a state of eternal happiness, and their many virtues, after having been duly extolled in tho newspapers, are permanently recorded on handsome Carara marble or Poterho'id granite monuments, we shall be in a po.»i tion to compare favourably with' Seven Dials «nd Collyer's Konts. Wo like things on a large scale, and glory ii bigness ; and then we shall have another monstrosity to point to—our bill of mortality, in which those diseases euphemistically termed" "•provontiblo " will form tho prin cipal item. We are carefully building rookeries, while the municipal authorities hi Sydney, in London, in Glasgow, are cudgelling their brains to devise schemes to to pull theirs down. But we hare to hin/ experience, and there never has been from the timo of Noah's ark downwards a cheap market for that commodity. The City Council are too busy making thair bank overdraft bigger or forming crossings over the mud, to attend to the Grey-street gully. And as for tho propriofcore j why hovr can yon expect them to do otherwiso than as they are doing?

"An Innocent Abroad "who affectionately addresses me as "Dear Father Zamiel," inquires :—" If a small five-roomed cottage, lying in a gully, built of rotten timber, can be insured for £250, what is tho highest sum for which I may effect an insurance on my five roomed cottage, in a good situation and built of new, firatelnss timber?" It seems to me that this query ought to hare gone to ono of tho?e insurance offices which, in their eagerness for business, havo been placing temptations in tho way of weak men to commit criminal acts. Although insuranoa companies must, as an ordinary thing, transact their busi ness in roliance on tbo good faith of their customers, there ia sometimes exhibited on their part such a lack of the ordinary pre cautions of prudence that the prevalence of incendiary fires is not to bo wondered at. xx x

One oftho mo3t popular, if not tho most popular man in Scotland to day is Lord Rosebery. This young lord is des tined to fill a high place as a politician at ne distant date. He has had the benefit of tie special traininj of Mr Gladstone, his knowledge of the colonies is practical, his speeches indicate thought and ftudy, and he has the great qualification of being a shrewd headed Scotchman. Lord Rose bery is ovidently determined to leave no atone unturned to increase his knowledge and opportunity for public work; for a recent telegram informs us he has given up his much-loved sport, retired from the turf, and sold his horso3. This meant self denial on his part.1* Ono cannot help con trasting this cool-headed and rising states man with another noblo lord, even the " member of Woodstock." who can also tell the " points of a hon-o " The way this joung firebrand has treated hn old and tried leader, Sir Stafford Northcote, is shown by the London press to bo simply astounding, and as audacious as can bo imagined. But there, what can one expect from a man who draws his inspiration from a gaze at his patent leather shoes.

The lion. Member for Slocum was present at the Parliamentary Union the other oven ing and ho informs me that alas ! he found not the intellectual feast he had been led to expect on entering ths precincts of the House of Representatives. Being noted for his punctuality, the Hon. (?) Member arrived at the time appointed for the Speaker to take the chair, but for fnlly balf-an-hour " Mr Speaker " was quietly enjoying himself in his parlour waiting for members to turn up. A few, very few, did turn up, and then, oh 1 child's play, a man, not a young man, but a middle-aged man, advanced with stately tread bearing tho " mace" proceeding " Mr Speaker "adorned in all the robes of office —minus wjg. Is not this carrying the thing too far—copy ing these details for what object I cannot imagine, unless it is to waste time, or so be come masters of "mimic." The Hon. Meinbor for Slocum is, moreover, a young man and he informs me he felt quite lonely, for young men wore conspicuous by their absence Such being the case, I havo been asking myself the question—ls the Parlia mentary Union doing any good in our midst ? I have been present at meetings of Parliamentary Unions at home, where tho debates have been lively, interesting, and sustained by young men. Unless our local Union lays aside it? pomp, raises moro interesting debates, and acts as a training school for young speakers, the sooner it dies a natural death the better.

That interesting young man who fled from the scenes of his former gaiety and festivity by the Tarawera on Monday last, has a name, by the way, singularly sugges tive of a particular kind of biscuits, which some people like and others disdain because they contain carroway seeds. He was well liked, had a great many friends, especially amongst tho young ladies, kept a dog for coursing, and entered his animal regularly for matches here nnd elsewhere ;he wag always agreeable to sing at amateur con corts, and vocalised with a fair measure of success. He was obliging, and the result was that his friends obliged him in return,

with what misfortune they aud many others hftve l»en made painfully avvaro. Tho cause of tltis young man's wandering from the path* of veetitude, ii attributed to Ims fascination for one of the fairer e«x. who, by tho way, acknowledged _hu be haviour towards her by a recent visit to his employer's olfico, where a small s.'cne occurred,which gavcri.se to some unpleasant rumours respecting their relations to each other. Monetary difficulties arose from many cause?, and thus it ou.ia about that another misguided young man went over the water hoping to escape from his irate creditors

A itranjjo story has been going the rounds during tho past week. It is to tho effect that a certain witness at an onqairy hold as to the circumstances surrounding a somewhat mysterious tire which occurred in Auckland was actuated by something more than a mere wiab to assist justice It ii said, and openly, that th> lady, in yeara gone by, was—well, a littlw&inter estod" iv the man ngniust whom \mt ovi denee at the inquest was most ducted, but that he proved cold, and ultimately sought a partner of his joys and sorrows elsewhere. There is no hate Jiks that of a woman scorned, and this has proved to be tho cvtie iv the present instance. The cold ness between tho once warm friends soon ripened into war, then the lady suddenly lost, a favouiito dog. This she said was poisoned, and blamed, with what justice wo know nni, tha coldhoarted malt) creature whom the ouco bad lovod. Then camo the tiro, and voluntarily the gave most damning evidence against the unfortunate man who had once proved insensate to her charms. If this tale be truo, then sho has kept her word more faithfully than maidens are wont to do.

Parents of growing lads who belom* to football clubs would do -.veil to exorcise a vigilant supervision over tho doings of tho hopeful young professors of pedal dexterity when they happen t; go some distance a- Gold to play a mstel;. On these ocoasions post ludum conviviality i» apt tt) dovelop horse-play, and to eventuate in upraarions inebriety. Such at least mm credibly in formed was tho upshot o f a match played last Saturday just beyond tho outskirts of tho city. Tho visitors wcro a suburban team composed of youths whoso ages ranged fri-m 10 to 21, and the close of tli'o m'itch was signalised ly a stand-up right I,'ctwcon ono of their number and cue of the local Uiejijsts. Then ensued an ul freico symposium in which long-skivers nnd whiskies straight held a conspicuous placo. After this the rollicking crow of young bloods cither boarded or were boistod on to their drag aud driven to their suburban remlt'zvous, wheneo, in twos and three?, they staggered as best they could to their eoveral homes. Tho residents, of course, wet's shocked at this display of precocious depravity, jn:} tho misdoings of tho roystorors have been tho subjects of eossip ever since. Such incident,* as this will very soon bring tho game of football into general disrepute.

THE UPPER AIR.

The greatest difficulty which mt*et» eye^y thoughtiul weather student v his inability ko obtain any satisfactory account of tiie conditi«n and uiotions of tho upper portion ot tho atmosphere. As ha 3 been s.iid, '• we live at the bottom of the atmospheric ocean, of which the upper layers aro practically inaccessible to vi." Tho air is arranged symmetrically about the globe, and it is much denser close to tho earth than abovo it. The actual height to which tho air ex tends iii not known exactly, but at th« level of about forty miiot it is no longer dense enough to be aapablo ot refracting tho sun's rays. At the hoight of about seren mile?, or 37,000 feet, believed to kayo been reached by Me^rs Glaicher and Cox well in v faiuouß balloon aeee»siou from WoWerhampton, September 5, ISIJ'2, tho ;iir was found to bo co rarefied that great diiti culty was «xperiencod in breathing. Suc'i a height as seven milo- is quite insufficient when compared with the di»m»tcr of tho earth. In fact, if the earth wore reprt'.-o*toJ by a 21-inch globo, th« hoight of the atmosphere, even supposing it to bo ten miloi", would be represented liy a shell for.r hundredths oi en inch thick—about tho thickness of a shilling.—" Longman's Magazine."

Latest News from Jupiter

Whrn the great red spot suddenly nppoaro.i on tho surface of the gi.infc planet Jupiter soven years ayo the astronomers wsro non plussed. The prince of planets had never worn quite so gorgeous a decoration before. With its peculiar colour, variously deicribod as purple, pink, blood-rod and deep orange —and its curioui aureole of creamy huo — the spot, covering an area about equal to the whole surface of the earth, wan plainly visible wifh small tele-copes, while with large glasses it presented a succession of interesting and beautiful phenomena. Tho spot was in the aoutharn hemisphere of tho planet, and tbo astronomers were not long in discovering that it took a few minutes longer to complete a roTolation around the planet than did a white s-pot which had in the meantime mad» its apptarnnoa near Jupiter's equator. So evidence ,\r»s obtained that tho visible surface of this liu^e globo dooa not consist of a solid fhell likp tho earth's, but that it is either vapjroui or liquid, and that it moves with a gieator angular velocity at tho equator than in tho middle latitudes. It is just as if upon th« earth Mexico rotated faster than th« United States. Of coures, no such motion wauld bo possible) in a solid globa unless it .wera sliced through in such a way that tho different parts of d'sc» could slide past one auothor, an inadcni?siblo supposition in the cnsoofaplane*. But while tho great «pot wa« thus giving a clue to tho constitution of Jupiter, sur prising changoa wero noticed in its appear ance. Tw». or three yours ago it quite suddenly grow dim. Still it retained il» regular rata of rotation and its oral form. The obscuration increased until only a few observers, armed with exceptionally power ful telescopes, wore ablo to ceo it. Many drawings of tho planot made during tho past year or two show only a blank space where the fiery spot formerly existed. But it is thero yet. and lately a still more remarkable chango has taken placo. Tho apot is now covered by a huge white cloud many millions of square miles in ext nt, which, lying centrally over tho rod wonder, hides all of it from sight except a narrow rim encircling the edge of the cloud, The concealing veil is shaped exactly like fie spot underneath, but looks as if had been cut too small. If the red spot U a half molten mats thrust up from the fiery bowela of tho planet, the possible nucleus and framework of a futuro continent, (is has been suggested, then the smoke of its burning may' havo gradually gathored over it until thick enough to conceal it. If on the other hand, it is,'as eomi think, morely a cloud in iho planot's atmosphere, possessing for eomo unknown mason a different colour from the surrounding vapours, then another cloud, no less remarkable, hm boen bus. pended over it-an astonishing display of meteorological forces visible to us in the atmosphere of this distant planet. If, again and this seems in some vesp::cts the most probable hypothesis of all—the red spot is merely a part of the erupt of the p!anet_ re vealed to our eyes by the formation of .in opening in its enveloping cloud-shell, then the forces that parted the curtain and gave us aglimisiof the unfinished world beneath have ceased to operate, and the drifting vapours aro shutting the wonderful spectacle once more from sight.

In any view of these gigantic phonomena visible in a foreign planet across 400,000,000 miles of open space, must possess absorbing interest for all who lovo to carry their thoughts occasionally boyond tho narrow boundaries of this little earth. Tho exist ence of other worlds is no longer a mere speculative question, as it once wa?. Wo know that they aro as real, as substantial as our own globe. There is as little oxcuse for ignorance of the facts that astronomers have discovered about Juoiter, Mars or Venus, as tlioro is for net knowing what modern travellers havo learned of the in terior of Africa or the ico bound approaches to the Polo. These other planota, however different they may be from ours in respect to habitability or geological development, are worlds all the same, and mu-t hence forth bo udmitted into the circle of human interest. The light reflected fr«m their surfaces, which aro illuminated by the same sunshine that floods our landscapes, carries to the astronomer, wi'hmorethan telegraphic speed,, inlplligoi.co of their' condition nnd their changes. In the case of such pheno mena as those that Jupiter now presents there can hardly be a doi;b6 that we are witnesses of what no human eye could ever have behold upon our own planet-the development of a world out of chaos. With our telescopes we can ses, as it were, the future globe of Jupiter gloaine under the fhaping hammer of the Almighty Worlrttmith, and detect tho imprint of tho tlows tfiat aro slowly fashioning tho grandest planet of our s-ystem out of the cooling mass' of an extinguished sui.— "New York Sun."

SPORTING.

PATES OF' PRINCIPAL AU?TRALIAIrf ASD iSKVY ZEALAND HACKS. I[awi;kuiiuhy Ouisbas.—HopteiabsrlO. Jl.vwiiKHiiuitr Hanijioai".—"eptombtr 12. A.J C. lJUnuv.-Suiit.einbi.Tia. (jukjt Mktki>poi.itan Stakks.—Sept. 22. Caii.PIKI.O Ul'l.N'EAK.—October 10. C.UT.wrcU) Cm-.-Oetober 17. V.X.C. I)KHBV.-Oo>obur3l. Mkldoukne (;i'i' —November 3. N.MMEH Sl'ltlNU HiNDH'AI'.- Uflob'.rß.

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To Correspondents.

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iUnlopiu). £1,050; IS7B iKi^ber). £0,675; 1577 ( Jilvio), £0,050; H7i (iet'wn) i>1,&15: 187» (HJr Jt-.-vj--), *7,it's; 1-80 lUend Or). Hi,Xi; 18SL (liO' qu-jis.). & ,'.t'.i; lSS2(Shptovor),£J,77s; 18<3(3t. liaise), JB3 15'); 1881, i clush-u nf Ihn 300 fqva. to bo awnnied tho fecond l.orio, Xl SOU, w|i eh t\iMi wm iquullytlivl-led biitAeunst. GutiM. mil Jiirvo tor. wliq'finished a doud-bcat' I'iir iu-it place ; 13-d (Aliiltou), Ml 62*

NOTES BY HIPPONA.

Thu llawhe's Buy Joakoy Club have issued the programmes for tho whole of their meet ing* duriiiff tho forthcoming season, and i have to acknowledge tho receipt of a copy of tho samo, got up in handy book form. Tho Spring Meeting haa boon flxod for Tuetday and Thursday, Oth and Bth October, thora being six events on oaoh day, the principal being tho Hawke'a Bay Guiueua of lioOaovs. and Spring Handicap (li mile), thestako of which has been increased to 300sovs. The Summer Meeting takes placo aa usual on Boxing Day, when seven cvtetUs aro on tha prograimno for dooiuion, while tho Autumn Meeting is net down for tho 17th and lfjtb, Marph.. Thp " plumß-" of the bill of f:u'o on thoao two latter ijuys arP tho Napier Handicap of C'OOsova., Kail way HtuUoii of 150H0V8., Nursery Plate of ISOsovs , Grand Stand Handicap of IuOiOVB,, Uawko'a Bay St. Legor of hUOaov*., and Tradesman's Handicap of UOOsovs., whilo thoro is a Huullo liaco of UiOsoys. on tho th'st day, and ono of 'iOQsovs. on tho socond day, so that owners of jumping horses have no chuso of complaint. Tho Steeplechase Meeting is fixed for tho 24th June, and as iutimuted by nio lust week, the big Steeple chase haa Lotu juppased to fjOOagys., the second and third horses receiving yssova. out of thestako. Thopro«raumie altogether is a liberal and well-drawn up one, and I have not the slightest doubt that tho Club will bo amply compensated by owners re sponding freely. The followiug little tablo chows tho amounts to be given in added tuquey ut tho four meetings, and 1 may re mark that it just amounts to XS'JO less than given by tho AuekUmi Hieing Club during the season ju»t concluded : — SPKKs'Q MkEHNG . First day £«j ciay »'« H 210 Boxixo Day Mkjstinci ~ ~ ■/'"'■cWO Autumn Meutino— First cay *■ 250 S.coiuiuur •■_1' 1!^ £'IXQ Srsari.BrirASK Mehyino .. .. ii'lo Total £5 000 The quostion of Mr F. F. Dakin beinf; appointed handicapper for Ken- Zjalnnd has rec(ived,itu quietus by thu committee of the Dunedin Joukey Club, at a moeting last week, seleo'.iug ti»B local gentleman, Mr Georgo Dowse, to eololy till tho poiitioa on their behalf. lam not in possession of particulars .ij to whether Mr DAin'a application was dUcu^ed by the Dunedin Committee, but to mo it seems a great pity that they did not give an opinion on tho matter, and let tho subject remain over for a week or two, «hon bjr that lime tho otlur leading Clubs would also have expressed an opinion. Among snmo New Zoaland Clubs, however, it would seem that there is no such thing m Co operation in any shape or form, ilr Dakin's application will Ogi.in cojpo hpforo tho Auckland Kacing CUb Committeo in a fow dfrj'B, but under the circuaijtiincea narrated übovs, thßio is

not the slightest doubt tlio wnoie aiuiir win bo droppad, at.d Mr Evet>. probably ap pointed to do tlio liwulic ippin^ duties here. I hear though, that the claims of ono local gentleman a' lo.iH will bo put in when the matter cornea up for con sidefation before the AUG. - I would direct the special iittonlion of Auckland horse-owners to tlio adverlisemout of tlio Canterbury Jockey Club, which appears on our tirft p«i:o today. It will bo scon tli.it aecaptnnoM for ,tl;o N.Z. Cup, nominations for tho Canterbury Cup, and piymcnta for tlio Dtrby and Welcome Stake* are duo tonight (Saturday) at 0 o'clock. .ill Tlie annual mfctmg ot tho Auckland Racing Club takes placo on Monday aftornoon next. . . , I havo to acknowledge the receipt of a copy of Mr J. .1. Miller's "Sporting Pnruphlcr," which has just been i;snod. This is tho seventh yfar of publication of this handy littlo volume, and as usual it is replete with information. Besides contain ing tho porformnnoej of 11)0 various horaos enlaced in tho big Mi.«trallnn "sees for life pnst ecwon, it also (jivos tables of previous winner?, remarkable performances and time? in all branches of eport etc. Mr H. N Abbott, of tho United Sorvico Hotel, h.i- copies of tho book for talc, tho prico being ono (■lii'lin','. Tho first forfeit for the Molbourno Cup ra duo on Monday neit, when wo may expect to see n good number of tho " rough 'uns " weeded out. At tlio Wellington Stcoplochnscs somo spirifed opoculation took place on the Now Zealand Cup. Commicsionn woro executed in favour of Strenuous and Soudan (full brother to Krupp), each of whom woro backed ts win £3 COO at 100 to 3, and Fusillade by Musket-Wa i ti, was also befriendoi ton good tunoat tho same price. Captain Webster, however, still holds tho position of favourite at 100 to 12, July coming next at 100 to 10, followed by Jke. Locliiel, IlanUn, and Wapiti at 100 to 7. In double bottinfc Moana for the Derby and Alpine Rose for tho N. Z, Cup camo in for attention. From a privato lottor rjceived in town from Sydney, I learn that the two-year-old colt by Antoros—Sylvin, which was re cently put into \V. Durban's hand?, ia profrre*4nK most satisfactorily. Ho has be«n both backed and mounted, and is phowing signs of improvement daily. In tho laft " Sydney Mail" to hand, I notioo it U stated that tho colt was disposed of, but there is no truth in tho statement.

In tho course of a letter I received from a well-informed Melbourne friend this week, he says that MrPilbrow must think himself lucfcy that ho has disposed of Clarenco, for in his opinion he has .seen the best of hi-i days. My informant further states that, .•0 far Commotion nnd Coronet are tho heaviest backed horses for the Cup

FiomNapior I learn that Percy' Martin has in work thoro Fororunnor, Poarl, Soudan, Oordon, and a filly by Musket- Mersey. Forerunner has filled and thick enfcd out a good deal since his spoil, while Pearl has grown a good bit since tho Autumn Meeting, and has improved in looks. Gordon, the Cap-a-pie— My Idea {folding, is still growing very fast, and if his hocks stand work it is expected ho will give a good account of himself this coming season Soudani the three-year-old brother to Krupp has thickened out, but not grown much. Tho Mersey filly 13 described a? a big etrona one, well able 'to carry weight, and it is said should bo well worth watching. Now Year and Whalebone aro being wintered at Mr Morton's establishment at Waverley, near Wanganui. July has been supported to win tho Melbourne Cup for a large" amountduring trie last fortnight. In local circles, fully £2,000 has been writtenagainst him at long odds, while at Dunedin ho has also been in demand, fully £1,500 being taken hy his admirers thoro. The "Melbourno Sports men " of tho 22nd states that a commission was thrown on tho marketthere to back him, theoommiesioncraoceptingnll tho thousands to thirty offered until ho had backed the New Zoalandor to win about t'20,000. His price now is 100 to 3. " Augur " would appear to be very sweet on the much-talked of brother to Sir Modred, for in discussing the rhances of the Melbourno Cup candi dates, he thus refers to him :—Of all the NewZealandpowerfulcontingentheistheono I liko best. He belongs to the grand old Tr.-iducer family, and when \ first glanced over tho handicap. I plapsd my finger upon him as the best thing in it. He has been nibbled at lately, and it he should be broupht here and treated to a thorough preparation, I shall stand him in preference to anything elee. The well-know Southerners, Messrs R. H. Vallance and J. Harris, wero to leave Christchurch this week for a couple of months' sojourn in Melbourne and Sydney.

The " Sportsman" of the 22nd gives the foll»wing as tho statement of tho betting market: —Perhaps the most important feature of the week's transactions is tho consistent support accorded the Derby favourite, Newstoad, who lias been backed by a leading Sydney metallician to win some thousands down to hundreds to fifteen, at which odds the colt is very firm. It has not transpired for whom the wagers were taken. Duulnp is inquired for regularly, v thousand to eighty being wanted, the boet response being ton to ono, which odds have been booked to a small amount about Monte ChrUto. For the Melbourne Cup, Corouot has been consistently backed, thousands to I forty beiug wanted. Commotion's best price ia now hundreds to four, the old hone having been heavily backed by tUe public, though not by the stable. Prometheus carries a good doal of stablo money at thou sands to twenty, at which odda Piausiblo and Impulao (flann'g) kayo also been nibbled ut, while fctornawuy, Moziri, and Norden foldt h&ve boen kicked quietly for a heap of money. The followiuj; aro tho latest quotation! : — Oaulkibi.d Cup. I,ooo'ylo Velocipede (off; l,0i:0 to ?.Q Ol«Dtr»p (oJJ-i 1 CM to Si) Wtlcauie 4 wt (oift 1,000 to SO Qra'-oDir.ini,'(off) I.COOw 30 Lucky Hit (oil') 1,000 to SO Bliuk H-jiiny (ofl') 1 000 to :iO Lord Wilt >v totX) ' I oro to a) J'liucible (oin 1,00>tot!0 Viulou (off) 1,000 to so at. juiii (on1) V.X.C. DBRBY. 1,000 to 150 Newsteml (off) 1,000 to 10:) Monto Cliristo (off) 1.000 to 100 Uralla (off) 1.000 to WO Dontop (off) 1.000 to SO Isonorny (off) Melbourne Cup 1.000 to 50 Coronet (off) 1,010 to JO Commotion (off) 1,000 to SO July (tk nnii off) 1.000 to 30 8t John (tk and oQ'i 1,000 to SO Fisst Demon (ik and nff) 1,000 to 25 others. The Hawko'B Bay Jockey Club ar.o ono of the leading turf institutions of New Zealand who havo hack races on their programmes, and much as it is to bo do plored, I urn glad to see that in drawing up thejr programme for the forthcoming season, the Club h/ivo distinctly defined who shall bo eligible to stnrb ij) those cvonts, Their definition of n " hack " means a hoisc that has novor started in a wci^ht-for-ago or handioap raco of any sort, so that a certain amount of " hanky-panky " tricks that aro I indulged i 1) in this class of races will bo done away with, The action of the llawkc's Bay Club in this matter is to be commended, and I hope that ivhon tho various country Clubs in nnd°around Auckland aro drawing up thoir bills of fares for noxfc season they will not altogether overlook (;ho matter. Whilo out at KJccarton raeeoourgo a few days back, "Senox"camo aorosa Fusilier, who ho stutoe is looking very blooming, and apparently iv bottor heart than over ho was laat yeur. Tho two-yeur ol j colt Artillwry, by Mutkot-Ouida, that jMr P. Butler purchased hero in January last.ho doecribes as a very promising aud shapely gentleman, with a good sot of logs under him. Tren ton waa interviewed in his box, and tho writer states that ho has wondorfully improved. Ho looks lengthier than ho did, and hus quarto? aro more massive, indeed in this lwpact quite rivalling those of l>it< sire. He has ulm> grown in front, and take him t^ll through, id as grand a looking aniinil ao I over cask my eyes'Wev. There hna been some talk lately of Nordoa roldt beinyr unsound, but judging by the way he is b:ing heavily and quietly backed iv Australia, thure would op[wav to be little wrong with him. "Augur "is of opinion that Matchlock will turn out the btst of tho Hon. J. White's string. At the annual mcc ing of tho Duncdin Jockey Club, one of the members, Mr A. So'omon, rviua: kvd that tho bulunce thect

-'■owed tint tho Club was, in plain English, insolvent to theustontof neaily i'li.OOU, tl.o wsi nutted lin'jilifigH lieui'^ £'25,-iOO, and the ay.-cU i'-."),1i0a Tlild doox jv>t seem vr.i\ OHiUt'aclory, iv the f«oo uf tlio fool that thu Club .tcoivod during the your CIi.OOU from tlio totalizator, and have not reduced their i;idebteiinusa one sliillinjf. It the affuire of the Club had buon well managed, ionic of tho pr -tits would have boon directed into that channel. Ho thought tho Club Ritve. far more 100110/ iv ptukes thun w»s judicious, and *aw no neeeseity, ior instance, why it< fhould nivo to largo a sum us i'l.UO) to tho Uuned nCup -no moroontries were received than wlun it wan only 1500. It was advisable thut in future the interests of tho Cilub jliouli' bo studied more than they had boon, and that a tfu*»ter elj'un should bo made to reduce tho Club'? indebtednessl,

After tho conclusion of tho Wellington Sterpluchsse Mc-etit.^, there was a jtood deal of talc alioi\t a match between Romeo and Faugh-a-BtlUgii, but when tho owniw of both biffin to think calmly Q:or it, they decided that it was not north tho candle to go for ono nnothur, and th« noyotiations cume 60 11 night. Dr. Connolly, of Wnniranui, lost a vary nrouitfliii; live year.old jimping hor%e called Too, by Gladiator (i-ire of Macaroni) out of Nita, last wouk. Ho was do in g a strong ffallop, proparatory to running in tho M»ideu ?teeplechaso at tha Maiton Kangitikel Hunt Races, when ho suddenly stopped fliorfc, and hiH rider alighrinj; found his off hip lower than natural. Tho horse wa? led round to tho saddling paddock, whoro lie diud. MrS. Powell ui«loa;wl mortem, and found a fracture of the right haunch bonr,with rupturenf tho iliac artery, tho hemorrhage from tho latter causing death.

" Augur " lias finished hia lengthened analysjs of thp Melbourne Cup horses, and thinks "tho actual winner njuy bo foijnd. among tho following sixtcon : ■ Commotion, Mozart, Coriolanu*, Cornet, Tho Broker, Warwick, Anchoiite, Liverpool, St John, July, l)o."pot, UntchUcsk, Arsenal, Romus, Nepicallina, and JUwthorn. Referring to Thunderbolt's chance, tho camo Autlijiity says 1—" Ho comen from New Zealand with an unbeaten record. He is small, but very symmetrical—something after tho Suwar.-ovr typo, ] believe—»nd if as good aa tho Rioy, who is now tho handsomest horaa^ in Austral!*, ho ought to bo very nearwinniiiK, for it must be romemberod that whon Su warrow wa? ju»t beaten for tho Cup it wa< by two really good horses, Darriwell and Swectmoat, who carried 7st 41b and 7sfc lib respectively. • The New Zealand colt, I hear, is a beautiful movor, galloping being no trouble to him."

During tho past season, W. Cliffqrd has ridden in 78 races, of which he haa won 94, been second 16 time.', and third 12 timo^. Among the victoiios ho was credited with was the Auckland Racing Club Handicap, on Welcome Jack,

MrDonnett.theownerofFaugh-a-Biillagh, who won the double at the Wellington Steeplechase Meeting, bought iio horse some months ago from a Mr Izod in Hawko's Bay for £40. A Wellington scribe says Macaroni's running in tho big Steeplechase there wan too good to bo truo. The party connected with him did not back him for much, but the public rushed him to a very short price. To-day, Ist of August, is tho oquino birth day throughout Australia and New Zealand. .All thoroughbreds have a year ticked on to thoir ago. Mr W. A, Long's filly Damo Agnes wai among the ten staitors for tho Oaks, won by Lord Cndogan's Lonely, but the ran unplaced. Our London coriwpmdant tints refers to tho Auntralian-ownfd (illy : — "Groat things were .expected of Mr Long's Damo Agnes in the Oaks. For a timo .vho svas absolutely second favourito, but. her appoaranco in tho paddock disappointed peoplo, and before the start a longer price was laid. In the raco itself, tho filly figured bettor than the cognoscenti expected. Coming down the straight she was well up with the loaders till opposito the stand, when want of condition told, and her jockey,seeing victory impossible,eased her. The barren honours of a place might have been secured, but Webb had instructions not to punish his mount unnecefsarily. Damo Agnes consequently finished fouith. Sho will, very likely, sco a hotter day at Donca»ter in tho ' mares' month.1"

Nominations for the two leading event* of the HawUe's Bay Jockey Club Spring Meeting-Flying and Spring Handicaps — close on Tuesday, the 18(h cf August.

The settlement over the recent Water'oo meeting in connection with the Victorian Coumng Club wns the heaviest on record, fron £!OO.COOto £150 000 having changed hands The winner Rhodantho took about £12,000 out of the pockets of the books. Hor victory caused great sur prise, for although her running throughout was faultless, it was thought that, being in her fourth season, she would have "slowed ' down. Rhodanthe's career is almost one unbroken record of victories, sho having won 42 out of the 4S courses tin has run.

The erstwhile Now Zealand horseman, Rcddy Mclvor, is the most unfortunate of mortals. While riding Progress in the V.B.C. Grand National Steeplechase, he again cntno down and put out his collar bone. This makes four times Roddy has dislocated that portion of his anatomy. Sanda'/he winner of lost year's Caiilfjojd Guineas, is in form juft now. At the Port Augusta (Adelaide) Meeting, Fho won the t vo principal events on the first day, and on the second day the leading item of the programme also fell to tier.

Tho finauci.il statement of the \ ictorm RKcingClubfortheyotvrendingJunoSOshowa a net profit of over £10,001) on tbo racing account. Tho Spring Meeting tlunvu a profit of £12,022, but nil the others resulted in losses. The Club received tho handsoino Bum of £4,001) 10s for book makers' fees for tbo tvvolvo months, K3 being licensed to but in the paddock ana SH on the hill. At the settling on tho Wellington Stcoplo chase Meeting tho following oetamounts were paid to thti owners of winning and pecond horses j—N.Y.B^netr, £19115 a; D Fulton, £85 10*; .T.Pro.-sor, £40; Colonel Fraeer, £3S; A.McOolt, £U Ca ; T.H.Hill, £14 5a ; J.Uriseoll, £010$; H. Piper, £9 10a; I.G. Farkes, £9 10s. Total, £415 aa. _ _ St. Lawrence, whose chnnce of winning either tho Coulfleld or Molbourne Cup it a good deal thought of, has bnon scratched for tho Groat Metropolitan Stakes. An Australian rasing man who witnessed this year's Epsom Derby gives anything but a flattering account of tho race. In the first ph>co he says thu course is not an all r»und course, but only a horsoshoe course, about a mile and holf in extent In tho second place the ground is not level, but up a great hill »nd down again. In the third place a good view id impostible except by a favoured few of the vititora, and these liavo private boxes or stalls reserved for them all tbo year round, with thoir names printed upon each box. In tho next place the rail way arrangements are diegracoful. Al though, the ooiiko is eighteen miles from London tho train far* (any o!as*<) is Ss, and tho course is more than one. mile distant from the train, which the visitors h.vve to walk or pay 2s each way for a cabfara. Once on the ground, tho en trance to the grand stand is 10s, to tho saddling paddock 10s, and to the reverse lawn 10s, or a total of £2, to see and bo crushed by a surging mass of roughs. Tho viow cannot bo compared with a Mel bourne Cup day, for the people "on the hill" in Molbourne have a far better position.than those on tho grand stand at tho Derby in England. As for tho attondauco, there ar« uo Indies with the exception of tho few kaving private boxes, but undoubtedly tbe whole scum of London put ia au appearance. They generally' leave London tho night beforo and camp out all night. They are the in tho world.

The V.R.C. Steeplechase Meetin g.

The following aro tho full details of the running for tho two principal, events of the V.H.C. Giand National Steeploeliaso Sleet ing : —

GiiAND National Huudik I!acs, a handicap swo-y.tukea of lObuvb. »aoli, UK, Wilb JOO added. The second ho^f. to liio.ivo iv uvb. hikl tUc thiid siisovs, 0111 of ths slake. About

three milea. C. 11. T. U'H'i oh h The Agoct, by Slandorur, tiyrj., lUtli.lb (lA'.rguaon) 1 J. l». 1) lAuriu'a br v OuaHlluh, Cy!B., 10d Sib ..- (Uoaucuump) 3 VV. 3. Coxa bhCcoliboat, syr9.,'J.Ht (Cox) .. 8

Al-o ran :-l'. JleOowati'»bsHup!snun, 6yr».' list 3il> (-Mms); M. L..ugh)in'b Or li Shuet Anch' r Cjrrt, 10,t 1211) (CorriKan): J- Whiklieail'B b k Stur. Hiicd. 10a 111b (t)oo(U); i\ J. Cox'b k k Studnt, aioJ, iOjt Mb (Ciee); It. l'nilipa'seh 111 'I'u.ttler, Gyro., 9st lllb(IIunt); A. MolJouuld'u bKOuni(lhauD,sjrj.,««lßlb(H i utj); J. McGrido'a b li 'Jantal ver, liyra., list ill) (Urokai).

Betting : 5 to -I ajraintt Siicet Anchor, 4 to 1 Tho Agont, 0 to 1 JJunt-man, 8 to 1 Guiidtish, 10 to 1 each Star, Student, and Omadhaun.

Mr Wittson yot them away beautifully at tha second atteiupt.and they streamed over tho iiret hurdle uimoat in lino. Guardush then went to the front, and led thorn alonj; at a merry pace, iuoicasinc bis lead tie lint time .'ouud to nearly 20 leugths. At t!«o liurdlo toforo euttsiiif,' tlio straixlit Oamdhaun full, i'.ud iutciftirc-d with Sheet Anchor to fuch an uxteut ihkt hu lost (juite v'O Iciijilhu. (iuardtisf) pnvecd tbu stand the second timo with a long load, but ho began to como Lack, at thu nbuttuirs, hin puroucrx being Thu Agout, Tattler, and Cockboat. At tho k>»t luutlli Tko Aj<i>nt got on terms with ihfl leudor, «nd fronj tUero to tho end had it ill hia own way, winning easily by a eouplo of lengths, the outsider, Cockboat, running a eood horso, .md being a capitul itiird. B.ruucliump, thu rider uf U-uaniii.li. «us T»ry generally blamed for tho mannoi in which ho rodo tho i&i:o, m hs completely run Win horse to uetandslill. Star iv jump ing a hurdle near th» river cannoned *(,"iin.^t Tanttilieer, and Crokcr, tho ridor of the latter, su-tai'ittl a fevero concussion of the biain, Timo Cniin. o|huc.

Grvnii N'it.osa'. S'i'icki'l.K u\i%. a lunlioir' ki-TiijukH of ljsovs. each, ,'ift. w.tli Ml' fldiU'd. Ill" i"-coml hof«c to l-cciro 50sov». iv d the third M-ovs. 1 lit of U.« sfake. Ovur mich (.snt-fl utu .lu'i'i'3 49 i>i£ stonrardi shall ilir. ci About litvi'o railos.

M 1 lut'l'lin's b k Wymlot, bj Kin« Tom- HiPrHH'l. Jrm.. 10«t<ll) .. (Corrlttßn) 1

G. tttus.iro oil B »«llor. aged. !t t !o'h .. (MoLeod) 2 J Cohcn'« b s Denmark, aced. Us. Illli (Kildmm S

A 1 opmi-C fI.T. lUr»'«b-HO'--T« no-.fyrn llh' 510 (VT1.11.-on1: M. l.oimlilt«'« br« M.,rvcu nu.ti\ Hst i \i ('ooliicl : 1). fivylor's b g To'O-tat (itr» Us. |K«»ii-itri: .t- «<•((.-nl-> hr g JLi» n . :.,,l,; « u «.l, LOS- 011, ('Mill; J ll.infslirliUr.il- Tillp. (in-s.. 10-t Slti (irnnll ; M. !1 Smiih'a 1) v Crocresa. flyr.., IOm?!1" (Mclv.iri: K. «»rlln'> 'i v Nn iVi'. »«i'ii. !'nt 7 li inir.-);!.(.;. Wri«h '» hr m Vi;mrr».. flyrs . W-t. j b iH.lt<): S. Mlll-.r'a h a Mi<nvl«'. Ivs . 10a' 51b (Ur U. Wi-ionl; X M Hn.iiVi tri; l.eo. Irra.a 110!b (Mvlone); l> ,1. Cox's bffTriotttt. «jr»., 95t.7.b (Ouv-ton).

I!:.ttinpr: sto 1 »L'.iin*t Moreen, 6 to 1 each Governor »nd Wymlet, 19 to 1 each I)"!iit*«rk, Forester, I'rpßreji, Sailor and Leo. 12 to 1 each (iranville and Mernder.

The rßce w«s a ch»jiter of accidents. Nutivo jumped oft" with tkelcsd, a»d, thougk they all pot over tho first mid socond cbstaeles siincesofuPy, GratiTiUe camo down nt the third Dpnm.irk, NntWe, Wymlot and Minorva comprised the loading diri;ion us they passed tho stand tjia second time, but tlio stono wf(ll brought ilswn Mcrnder, Moonlight and Morvfin, sii'l Forester camo H cropper -it the nexb Those tnistaUoa left Denmark and Nativo still »t tho he»d of nt!'»irs, and the field wmi further reduced by th« refusal of Triekott. At the etone wall at tho book Ls.i fell, »nd his injuries were such that he subsequently had to be shot. Progress fell at, tho f«nco opposite tho abattoirs, and Minerra did ditto at the nex\ At this point only Denmark, SttHor and Wy inlet were left in, and though Ssilnr, led into thestraight, Wjmlet rapidly overhauled him, and goipg on won oasily by six lengths, Denmark being about the s«ms distance away third. Although thore vrcro so many fiillr, none of tko j.iekojs wore seriously hurt, though ono or two, notably Scobioantl Mr II Watson, wore severely shaken. Time, 7<»in. lOJsoo.

FIELD SPORTS AND AQUATICS.

(BY ACTVKON.)

Parnoll Crlokot Club.

DuiUN'O the sca»on just closed, this Club played 2-i matches, of which 18 wore won, 2 loft, and 4 drawn. W. Gardiner receives tho bat for tho best batting average, and T. Brown another bat for tho best batting. We are indebted to Mr W. C. Speight, Secretary, for tho following statistics of the Club: - BATTING AVERAGES. No of Tii cs Most in Nam\ 'ivitj.i. iut.uut. 'inns. Tl Average. W.Gurdinor 2' 2 051 285 15 T 1! own .. i'-J — 51 311 14.27 A. I'aiia ..18 2 2«t 170 Kiß.fo V. Oiilso) .. 2J % 7it 1!H 10 21 T. Hyun .. i!) I 33 117 fIS A. 11l I .. 18 8 I7t bS 88 ■ A.n-i*tnn id i '12 in B.jg V& -p-itflit (i I VH 97 8 OK3 D. 'coiro .. 2S 2 31t lf>7 7.55 J. Ucky ..17 1 113 118 7H75 A. Coism.. IS — 33 99 S,i hl. Drum ..II 2 25 Gi 5116 J. HcH-mih '.) 3 13 21 3.5 t Fi^niflcanotout. I! >vv 1N TG ANALYSIS. N'amo Overs Ilun3 Wk b. Averazos T. Brown .. 3U 5 3 112 1,191 VV. Gardiner.. (IC.t Ji9 «o 5i6 F. dhlst.n .. ID.I 2:5 31 OCI7 T. Iljan .. 202 303 M RM W.Wpelght .. WU it 7 7.711 A.ro.Bun .. 1 11 1 11

Four-footed Fishers. —The good Bishop Heber, in- his Indian Journals, relates the following interesting incident: — '' Wo passed, to my surprise, a row of no less than nine or ton large and very beautiful otters, tethered with straw collars and long (•■•(.rings to bamboo stakes on tho banks of tho ilatta Colly. Some wero swimming about the full extent of their strings, or lying half in and half out of the water; others wero rolling themselves in tho sun on the sandy bank, uttering a shrill whist ling noise, as if in play. I was told that most of the fishermen in this neighbourhood kept one or more of these animals, who were almost as tamo as dogs, and of great use in fishing, for which purpose it is ad mirably adapted by nature; sometime.-* driving the shoals into the nets, sometimes bringing out the larger fish with their teeth. I was much pleased and interested with the tight. It has always been a fancy of mine that tho peior creatures whom wo waste and persecute to death, for no cause but the gratification of our cruelty, might by reasonable treatment be made the source of abundant amuseirent and advantage to us, The simplo Hindoo shows hero a better taste and judgpient than half the otter hunting and badger-baiting gentry of England."

THE GARDEN.

[By lloutus.J

CalomlnJ' of Operations, Anguet 1,

[Hohtus i:s willing to answer any queriea. Cor roßpomli'iitfl lmwt givo their full names and addressen, thouk'h not for publicution.l

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Phuxino Picacii. AI'WCOTd, &c. (Amateur) — 1 could HOI tiivo you any mure information HlKJ.lt pnmin.K tho.-o tro«» than 1 lmva ulreiuly published within the last tyw w« o^s without 80-'lim i'out trues, mul that 13 impossible. All I could mldi» that tlie Bivat sucritof proper uruuiiiK onusista in kno<viiiK tlu niturc cf tho irooß to bo operated upon, tho future u;e of iauti slioot ami branch, Klid how tho different treoa p oiluco their fruitu, whether on tho bruuuli oi' Ikhl ycar'a growth, or on a spur. 'J ho peach, upricot, iiud neotsriDO produce tlioir fruit mostly upon Ohc-ycivr-old wood, mid it is thoretoru mjoesuary la prune tliein in uuoh v. munuur that a g.jueral supply of Kood bearing ahoota will bo anuunlly pro "uo-'d. iiut you would bo bettor to obtain Borne lessons from a practicji niua. Lawns (I'etiuts).—Yea. You can still (111 up any inequulitits on tho lawn. The best way is to nut some Him pieces 01 turf, put them in the hollow vmr'.B, covering them up with aomo ilno soil. Tread it well down tj the level *t Uiu suitou .diiia lawu. Afturwurds yive tnu wnolo luw.n 11 t'°oil dressing of riuh aoii, thea bow with eoujo fresh ryu-gmsa sued, ralco und roll lunvily. I he above wwtilcl liavo been botttr uppiiud in May last. Walnuts (Planter).—Tho Spanish walnut tuc emd* here remarkably well. X have often wondered thai they arc not planted moro ex tensively. Senio few treca near Auckland give nmgniUccnt cropj. The best way to ob tain thoao tr»O) is to net v fow Aucklnnd yrown nuta and plant two or tliroo wh«rj tho iree la to grow, oud if more than one sprmK up, thin,out the weakest, only leaving one strong plant. The b«at toils are deep, noli, dry eoite. I'ho liftiug and iraneplantintf ot the yuung plants gives suuh a check that It takes a Ijhk il;no to recover. In lacD, all nut bearing trees thould be sown where they arc to grow. Pruning Vines (A.8., Auckland).—Your vlnoa should now be ripe «n mentor piuning. After pruning, give th-.j house v thorough ovevhaul, tlomiuK o-jt every pare of it c.uvfully- Alto surupo andptuloir every piece of looa.a barlt from tho yin v. When doini? thisdonotmtpr fcro with the live innor bark After cleaning offth loose outir uuvkT dieß) each tmno at unco \vli),i v tlU''k miituro of clay, sulphur, a little Ojshur.st'B compound, soot, ir.au cow dung, and tobacco wate.-, HirnnK them un Will together and uMnjj übout tho eonaiateiicy *f thi-k paint, bms'iing ii in tlioroushlj, so as to work it into every oisvivo, moro oupe ciinlly about tho base ot the spurj.

Lichens on Trees.

Oun fruit trees in this portion of New /,oa land got covered with a great number of varieties of lichens or tJifJVront varieties of moss. Thisiaoiuued by the moist atmos phoro, Evon in tho midst of our hot suinmors the atmosphere is charged with a good deal of moisture from tho evaporation continually going on over the surface of the tea. This moist atmosphere is carried over tho land by the sea breezes, and in a great measure accounte for the number and variety of the ditforent lichona that abound and llourisli on our trees. Now, these lichenu must do a good deal of injury to our fruit trees every season. For many joars litchonologiats havj rlaimed that lichens \yevo true epaphytes, drawing their nourishment wholly from tho air, nnd not from the trees ou which they are grow ing, as if thoy wore true parasites ; and it it -claimed by many of them that they I can do no harm to tho living tissues of the trees on which thoy grow, us tho roots do nob penetrate into the living tissues of tho t'reo liko the true parasites - the European mistletoo for example. Somo of tho earlier liohenologists oven cluimod that these lichens are useful to iho tree ( inasmuch as th^y uttrnot mid retain moisture, thereby iiucistiiig in the expan sion of tho bark as now hi/era of living wood ■are deposited beneath. Thi-i view of the oll'ect of lichen growihs, ho.vovor plaufiblo it may appear as a theory, is ulinost uni verbally rejected by arboriculturists and fruit growers, who oron nuke it a point to keoptho b«ik of treos us smooth and clean «a possible ; nhile nurserymen consider trees withlicbeti-covered bark unsaleable -at leas I, they would not solect tsuch trees for their own orchards. Dr. Lander Lindsay, an English lichenologisfc, rofoning to the differ ence of opinion between the scientific and practical cultivators of trtoa, h\ju th.r,t it is inconpoi''ablo th.it tljoro s):oul;l bo »uch unanimity o? opinion among aiboricul tariats, totally deroid of bian or theory, and expressing only tho results of repeated observation in very rfllleretit quarters of tho world, without nonie good ground for their insertions," noilso»!iiuktthat lichona must be regarded, in some measure at least, as parasitio, since (hey draw a portion of their nourishment from the object Oii which thoy grow. That lichsns do not obtain all tho c mslituents which go to miko up tin-ir bulk from the sir is shown from the fact that chotnistfl h'ivo dotui ted in them such inorganic based a? kilica and alumina, limn, magnesia, iron, &c., which could not have boon obtained from the atmosphere, but might have been drawn from the dead and d cayed bark of tho tree on v\ hi oh they grow, Bit thero is orio thing tlmt I liaro re p3it«dly noticod, and havo no doubt that mo*t parties interested in tho cultivation of fruit havo also noticed, and thai is, (hat tho trotn on which lichens llonrish moet arc trees that are unhosl'.hy, or are almost in * dormnt astnto of growth. Thoy appoar only to be able to produce flowoie, fi'-.if:, and leaves, but vory iittio wood. Who'her tho abovo is enised from the fff.ct of tho lichen growth or not I leave scijiitists to determine, Imt when the liohon is killed off tho tree usually begins to grow a little afterwards, which would induce mo to think that lichen growth is vory injurious to all trees. Thoro i; another question, that where troes are infested by lichens they give a great deal of encourajroment tfl all manner of insect posts. These can with perfoct security lay their eggs, and it is much harder to keep tho trees e'ear of those posts whoro tho mosses aro allowed to grow unchecked. And for this cause alono, if for no other, persons who grow fruit trees should do erory thing in thoir power to keep tho lichens on their treo in check. Thero aro a number of different methods of keeping these undor. Sometimes pruning, thinning out the trees when crowded, and admitting light and air, will aid in chocking their growth, and in largo forests or in wood lands of modorato extent this is probably the most simple method of restoring health to sickly lichon-infestcd trees. With fruit and ornamental troes a raoro rapid and certain method of destroying lichen is practicable, and after tho coarser or dead layer of Lark is removed with a. scraper, the stems and larger branches should bo workodwith somoalkalinosolution. Potash, dissolved in water, will destory lichen growths ; and if tho application is repeated a few times, it will decompofe tho dead bark, and leave the surfaco of the young and healthy bark free from injurious growths of all kinds. Limo is frequently used with good tffoct,.both in a dry and liquid state. Tho bo-^t time to use any of tho above mix tures is immedii toy after tho winter or when rest-pruning has been finished. The trees aro then free from foliage and superfluous wood, and you can pet m'oro readily at all parts of the tree. Begin by cleaning all thorough parts of the lichons off tho troe and limbs w th a pioco of honp iron, alto taking a portion of the rough bark at the sumo time, so as to leavo fewer oreviees for the insects to deposit their oa;ga. Soapy com pounds are usually preferred to pure pot'i?h for the abovo purpose, aa thoy remain longer, and aro more obnoxious to insects that deposit their eggs in tho baik, atoms, or branches. There are a few species which appear to havo no p cfercncc in this matter, but drop their eggs in any crack or depres sion in the bmk which is likely to conceal them from view. Lime should be usod in a liquid state -mixed with water liko thick paint, and applied with a brush, rubbing it well all over tho branches and stem. See that it is well wrought into every crevice, sn that any larva of in-octs.that iniy have boen deprsitecljirc destroyed. S3tne':nvs when Iho trees are net vory bud, it does good to throw dry limo all over the limb?, especially after a slight s-hower of rain, as it will then adhere bettor to the treo. I pr> for to see a good do.il of limo usod here for the above or other purposes, as our soils, a-i a rule, do not, possess sufficient limo in than and.using i,s above supp'iw tho soil as well, Ihc rains in time washing it down and int > the soil. Tho Government recently autnoneed Mr Kirk, F.L.S., to come up to Auckland and inspect orchards, both in regard to lichen growth and insect pests and when tho report of tho researches made by that gentleman is publishorl, thoro will no doubt bo somo prac'icil information given to our orchardists that will be of immense value.

A LADY'S LETTER FROM LONDON.

Feminine Facts, Fancies, and Frirolitlcs.

(BY ELISE.)

The Season -Smalt. Parties Fasuionaule- TUB KKAiO.""- WllY-MEKTING KOYALTY- Devth ok Sik JCuus Benedict — liis WOUKS—BNAMBLMSO THE SKIN—A NEW pHOCKSS-DfiSCKIPTJON TIIEKHOP — AFTEE- NOON" TEA— IiATB UiNNF.B-PARIS IN BRAND Puix WbhK- Fashions—What the Gum- JIICU-X WEAR — JttA-.OOJ.INE XOVKI-TIKH -I)kes3— Et'HU CambbjO Bmdroideuy—lts Uses Nick Duessks-Lakmh—Mdllk. Van ZANDT'sLiiiiiUTix London—aGrbatSucckss J-Tiib Mußlo-Bevival at the St. James's Tiieatrk—Books about Kubbia-In the Beak's GRIP—STEPHAK—DAVITT'B Diary. New Edition—STßAuas's Band—a Failuhk —Gui> Uav at Ascot, &c , &o.

London, June 16. Dbab Mr Editok, —We have been h»ri«g a very gay time since 1 last wrote to you- London ia pleasanter this season than I remomber it for some years. There aro lots of small dances and "at homes," but very few of thfc wearisome big crushes that weroforso long "the thing." The truth is, the Prince and Princess of Wales have resolved to discountenance mammoth en tertainments. Apart from the discomfort they entail generally, such squashes afford opportunities for the introduction of all sorts of nobodies into " society ;" in facti last year a number of very strange people attended some of the big balls. The story, goes a rumour, reached the Princes'a ears that tickets for a certain "at home" whicli Koyalty was to grace by his presence wera procurable " for a consideration " from impecunious aristocrats. Whether true ar false, the tale caused H.K.H. to set hia face against crushes, and in consequence it ia now "chic" to ask not more than about 100 to 150 guests at a time. Poor old Sir Julius Benedict died the othor day after a tedioua illness. He was the cousin of my favourite German poet, Hoiuo, and was born at Stuttgart, the son of a banker, more than 80 years ago, His first opera, "The Gipsy's Warning," was produced as long ago as 1838. To pos terity he will probably be best known aa the author of "The Lily of Killarney," a ohaiming work, which should always bo popular, if only for the lovely ballads it con tains. Lady Benedict, who U quite a young woman, will not, they say, he very well provided for,. At Doug^s'i;, the great ladies' hair dressers, ia Bond-etreet, the other day, I was struck with an elaborate ivory box con taining largo tiiiß ot salve and bottles of colourless por.'ume. " What ia that for?" I askod the attendant. " Tho now system of enamelling tho skin, ma'am," he replied, and proceeded to tell me about it, The process, it appears, was invented in America, and has so fj\v b.eeu found per fectly hann.le.ss \t com.piisoa three ttugea: \u tl»p £rst tho shoulders, and arms, ayct o'i^or parts to be beautified are wall lubboi with rose water, which ia next 1 wiped off, and the accord application made with cold cream, a thick layor of this being allowed to remain on the skin 15 miuuten. Aftor thu has been rubbed oil', the surface is next covered with violet powder, and a process of polishing gone through, at the end of which tho parts so treated present the appearance of polished marble, a beautifully delicate texturo being given, to the skin. On sunburnt lmnd.B or chssks the effect of this process, i? declared to bo magical.

AftwnQO)! tea h rapidly bocoming qutto a, fovmidablo meal. A fow years ago thin slieei vi bread and butter were considered sufflcient to serve with, the boverage. Now, innumerable hot cakei, L'urisiau conluctiouery.sandwichesof variou* kinds, and strawberries and oroam make their ippourancp at five o'clock. As a oon fiequonco few peoplo, nownduj a oan cat any dinner, and what used to be the social ineul of the day ie rapidly losing ita importance. Every year the fashionable dinner hour grows later, Onoa upon a time it w«a seven, then ci^ht, and now nsne o'clock The meal itself, howovoy, occupies a, much shorter time tha?. yjs&i ta dp. Fov tUosa wno wish to lears what the yery latest fashions aro, there is, of course, no pierce like I'avis in tho Grand Prix week. Fov ages psst 1 have begged Tom to take we over just for a fow days about then, but ho always says it would cost too much. In that, porhaps, the wretch is right, for when a woman gets into one of the tempting French miujusin-i her purse soon emptie.", Huwevcr.what I was going to say is: a cousin of minehippons to be in l'arig jus b now, and there aro t» 0 or throe things in her letters to me that would, I think, amuse you. "It iw," eho says, " a singular fact that tho majority of Fronchmon are as unxious to dress like Londoners aa the majority of English iromon aro to dres» like true Paris ians. Amongst the han't yomme clothei of English manufacture have long been in vogue, and now even tho leaser dandle? »coff at liDme made habiliments. • VVhosoeTnr ha« tho smallest, prehensions to fashion in Paris must purchase his ties, uloves, shirtj, and underwear at one of the many English hosiers' now to bo found iii all parts of the city. ' The r/ommciix have, howerer, a foiv peculiarities all their oivn which attract as much attoution as tho ' crutch and tooth pick' of tho more uitnly Britannic masher." It js tku,s with, the coloured t^hirfc fronts \yitb, wh,ite collars and cuffs attached, vfhich aro not only tie mist in the daytime, but worn in tho evening with the dres» coat and white tio by a fow exquisites hora and there ; and also with tho pale blue and ilower J3ftn waistoonsts which greet us now At every turn of the Alice dcs Acacias, and add blots of bright cjlours to the neutrals in tho paddock at Loagchamps or - 11 nteuil. The hidooua striped ribbons, sc&rUfc and greon, blue and rod, o-ango and lilac, worn on straw hats—which aro much in vogue this sutnmor—only deseive passing mention. Tho craze is not, at any rato, ono that will penotrato to your side of ths Channel.

Amongst our own sex small waists are in high favour-never more so. Bodices ars worn opon or frilled in front, that breadth may be given to tho shoulder?, and f»r the same roasou slight women sometime! havo a roll of horsehair placed beneath their skirt on either hip. This same roll has elicited an indignant protest from somo who are sternly opposed to the tncroachments of the crinolino, and who fear a retara to the ob noxious sub-strata of former times.

Ecru cambric ombroidery is a good do/il used with silk just now. Either the work ia choson deep enough to miko a ."kirt, or of a narrower description, when tho. old trio ot flounces i.« tolerated. Those, whether skirt or ll'junco?, aro mounted.on colour —for in stanco, pale aurora pink silk— and may bo either sewn on ono or upon the other, or upon the ekirfc in the old way. The ovor diess may either be a polonaise or tunic with separate bodice of creim white foularj, figured with a running pattern of rose*. Mosa green ribbons should decorate the tunic, unless contrasts aro objected to, when pink will do as well, almoat as woll I should say, for the great thing to got aa varied i\ combination as ppssiblp Stilt, harm,oni;s aro more than tolerated.. Sqme natty little country costumes are being made of whito spattou crimson pwcale, and there aro white straw hats to matoh, draped with the sanio material a? the dress. A bit of black velvet —in tho shape of belt, boaes, or panel -is a plo*ißant rolief to so much red

Tom took us tho other evening to see the American prima donna, Van Zwdt, in Leo Dolibati'e " Lakmo." Both opera and canta trico were revelations to tho audience, which had ovidontly no expectation of the treat in store for it. Miss Van Zandt was received with stony silence, not' a, hand greeting her entranco, This, I fancy, must have been bpeauso nobody knew her. I akmo's opening solo did not p!ea*o par ticularly, but nt tho conclusion of a charming duet, which followed, the houso, cxprißiod warm approval, and later when tho exquisite "Dome upais" had be')n three timus en cored the young prima donu i's triumph was completo. Tome, the evening throughout 'was mest enjoyable. My Philistine idea of a good opora is a maximum of lmlody and a minimum o' recitative To this (Inscription ' L'ikmo"answers. Get a pianoforte score. You will enjoy running over it, I fisl sure. Tho music i.s both piquant and oxpre-sivc, in fact, Fienoh opera of tho brightest aid bfist. sort.

Tho Kendals have revived one of Pinero's best comedies-'-The Moneyspinnor"—lit tha St. James's Tho it re. Mrs Kendal. though approaching her 4Otb y ar, is eti.l par excellence the finott emotion:il actress speaking tho English language, and in thj* play she has a part that suits her perfectly. Tom tells mo, by the way, that the Kendals are thinking of taking a tour round tho world next year, if so, you have a groat treat in utiro for you.

The Russian war ?caro has naturally at iracted attention to books about that un h-jppy country. I have read qviito a num ber lately I'erh.ips the most interesting whs Stepmak's "Russia Ui.der ihoUza:s," whteh, in addition to jihotog a jhi::^ the homrs of Siberia, throws gome "new"liu-ht on Nihilism Mr Augustus Hare's " Studieß in Russia " ought not to be passed

over by anyone rcaJW Stern^iT^-'' It .how* soiiso *f tho brU-hteS *M?-.' covitoHkandsodoe^SfcfilW ;'Ku«ians of To-day,", work ofJ'W kind to tho notorious "Sm. fiHis' English Society." I can JTJSh * mend to your readers "Georcolv y «"»«■■ or In the Bear's Grip," a °a Di w "¥% tailing the adventurism anS,^"' Englishman, who is arrested at ffilola^ the place of a famous Nihilist^* Siberia, lie escapee, of course, afX' 0 ' volumes of plot and counter-plot h!» l *o' before ho l.na made acquainted 1 0(* almost every phase of harroS iQI amongst the convicts. * ™«6ty': Any of your readers who care t« */ ! a reliable amount of long confinement^ English prison can now proour. \l , " Davitt's interesting ■• Leaves C,^ Diary in a cheap form. I aAV a™ * rf«ii edition the other day marked sir »wiv "" The famous Vienna Ord£&sfe has arrived in London, and dlm. ? • "■« day at the Inventions Exhibition R?"* » to say, it is not a succeaa. On the fi™- 5* when the Guards Band and thß Orchestra played altsrnately, the form unanimously pionounoed the finest it? U I fancy, is mainly became Strauss'l,3 o' playing the dance music in lu%# Hand excels, trios elaborate operate i* tions and severely classical pieces ' ■'• To morrow is Cup Day at Ascot Tom has promised to take me down \ "!? toil you all about the dresses in mv Meanwhile, an revoir. ■ rf. ffl*tj i\S.-If you see a little Bhilfe, called ;• Bootles'a Baby on iCSto? next time you go to the local libtar? l it. The story is neither particularly n "? nor particularly sensational, but I tfa i it very nicely told. 00Pt

A Story of Shipwreck.

The story of the poor woman who, three children, was imprisoned for 171, under a capsized boat has recallsd tooaid our crrospondonts a similar case of m?' ing, which he thus describes : ~- ThebrigNerina.ofDunkerquo sailed f»' that place on Saturday, thesWcfS? IS4O, under the command of Captain R, ' Everact, with a cargo of oil and canv.,l Marseilles. Her burthen was about 114 to,? The crew consisted of seven peraonUoX ids the captain and his nephew-a bm 11 years old. '" At 3 o'clock in the afternoon of MoW ,the 10th of November, they wereforoX heave-to in a gulo of wind, at about 101. 12 leagues S. VV. of the Scilly lues, i. o'clock of tho same evening, a heavy BtrvWk ,the vessel, and ehe suddenly capsized ton ing bottom upward. The only man oa & ! deck at the time was thrown into tin Z and drowned. In the forecastle vrehtlZ eenißQn—Vincent, Vamtauw, widS Marie. The two former succeeded In ml ting up close to the keelson, and so iZ their heads above water. Jean Marie*™ not co fortunate; he inu»t have b«a fo some measure entangled, for after court i sively grasping the heal of Vantwro in j ! few seconds ho lot go his bold,and i drowned. Tho other two, finding that rha khock of the upßet had started the fcui I head between the forecastle and tie lo and that the cargo itseU had fallen :jJn on the deck, contrived to <Jiaw taemseha alongeido the keelson towards the stern c • the ship, whence they thought they, heard some voices. &i the time of the accident the captain, the mate, Jsan Gallo, and the boy, Nicholas Nissen, were in'tbeciUn. Tho captain caught the boy in hjainii under the impression their laet mojtKnlili arrived. Tho male succeededin wrenching open tho trap hatch in the cabin-deck, mj in clearing out some casks thatwerejanuiji in the lazaretto, a sort of small triangtto , apace between the cabin floor and the keel son, where stores are generally stotid away. Having done this, he ecranjjjl^tt jn into the vacant space and took tti: M from tho hands of the captain. In aity an hour they woro joined by YiDcent jjj Vantaure f 1 eye, tb,e iore.<ystle, There i» then five persons closely coopad togeikt Aa they eat they were obliged to beniltltit bodice,' for want of height alxwfha, whilst the water reached as high isthii waists, from which irksome position mt\ a time obtained some relief by Btretchbj at full length on the barrels in ttehoH, squeezing himtelf closo up to the keeta. They were able to distinguish .b'etcenij and night by the light striking frauubim into tho sea and being reflected up tbrotgh the cabin skylight, and then into'i lazaretto through the trap hatch bill cabin floor. The day and night of Tuesday, lidjfl of November, and tho day following, pii without food, without relief, aUnoitnifr out hope; but still each encouraged A others, endeavouriug to assuage tla fUji of hunger by chewing tho- bark: »tripp«i from the hoops of the casks. Wantoffai air threatening them with death bj-i» cation, the mate worked almost incetnitlj for two days and one night in endeayqurbj with his knifo to cut v hole through I hull. Happily, the knife broke MoB h«d succeeded in accomplishing his obM the result of which muMj have prowl TO a» the confined ait alone preserved m Vessel in a sufficiently buoyant (tale. ! In the dead, of the night of ffcdicriij, the ISth, the'vessel suddenly (truck haviji en the third blow the stow dropped», much that all hands woro forced tow the hest of their way forward towudiw bows, in attempting whioh poor VW was 'dyjwned. After the lapse of in** or two,1 finding the'water was ebbing, W gotdown into the cabin, and whilatKekii^ for tho hatchet whi hwasu u»lljI»F"S was forced to rush up agu'in forshrilftjj i.avoid being drowned, the sc a rising W rapidly. Another hour or two plipfW succeeded, and then they were repy sco by the dawniug of tho day of IW the 19th, that the vessel was fastt»« rocks, ono of which protrudid up:.««*, the skylight. Thecaptain'thoS W** 1 into tha cabin, and found that thoWW of the ship wa^ stoVe in, MO, I* .through the openintr, ho calls! w» 1 hla 'cQtiipanions, " 1 hsuk tjod,■ ■*• J, BaYed j I see ~a mail <Sn the .jta»r Immediately aftor this W^", proaehed and put in his hana, w the captain *eized, almost i«B» to the terror of the poor ip»n M? nil light of the captain, The P«>P«fflJ neighbourhood wero soon aßißm°p;i side of the ship was cut open, aPWKj fellows were liberated, after an ennffS of three days and three nights. - »«; where the vessel etruck is calP W»» in tho i-land of St. Mary's Salty: Sbtfl have been driven on the rocks eoon«W night, at about tho period;oSblffl'»S and was discovered'at aboul 1 Offyjl Thursday morning by a >«an a™ rf passing along the cliffs. In aiiottr j hour the r-otuming lido woli n k »"t - their fate. The body'df Vincent««^. ontliorocks a short distance fromtßW.g 'and was interred in the bnrtal-pw"? Mary'B' , ~ 1 Not the least remarkable E rt,° - S is, that on the afternoon of "^"Sdi lSth, thowrc^c, floating bottoft T« was kllo.i in with About a league »'-. distant from the island by two pw -, which took hor in tow for aM»»' % but-, their tpwropes breaking w^"h approaching, with a heavy sta'u»" '^ every appcarancf) of bad .fl* .I.;i abandoned her, having 1.0 *ty£tM course, that there were" 1>"!S?" '.Life' ■in the hold of tho yeVel, which «•-« 'with' little more than herkcol,o«j| Had tho vessel not been co few» S the sot of the current would her clear of the isles into tM v«« A.'" j, — Engljeh paper

A. Severe Reproof.

Here is a good story *U h, lll™js*B desirability, of elderly V^f^jM observing tho truth in their <*>T^|i with tho third and fourth WJJJgiM grandfather, well known f_ VI -jJ/M Lords, was the other day amic»WJj« with his granddaughter, «;!« »a 8. !; j|, his knee. ~, wHi « What makes yont hair *™TpM papa?" the little maiden aske?' wM >|JH '• lam very old. my. d»? r; / rec U<« ark," said his lordship, with » <.• H K^^^hernttlelad y fe^| herdistinguishedrelativewitbW™ • |||. " are you Noah ?" . ' „ " No, I am not Noah. . )( Ifti; " Aro you Shorn, thenj. , ra-" "No, I am not Shem. ■. ; ■ |j|| " Aro you Ham?" _ „ , ''\JMk "No, I am, n.'t own " Then you must bo Jf'fjJ \iMII little maiden, at end ojn ißlf #|l t.ther, 4 ml plowing •9°f°*^U«'W With tho diffloulty **fch ma - m broil relative's identification. j°ko- , » said i"WsH| "Then, grandpapa, J^L^fU maiden,' firmlj and d.<cinici)i

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1885,

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Queen Victoria's bills for private telo grams during her fortnight's stay at Aixle- Bains amounted to enough to support two or three small families for a year. But what does Queen Victoria know about small famiheetj "ROUGH ON CORNS."_A.k tor Woii.-."n.m» on Kcmptliomt, l'touer Ji Co., Agents, AuokJawl.