RANDOM SHOTS.

—(■■-:) [By Zamii:i..]

Some wvito, a neighbours name 10 lash, Somo writc-vain thought—for nurilliil uosli Some write to please tin: country cliinli, And raise ;i din. For mo an aim I never lush- - 1 write for tun.

TllE visit of tho Queen of Karotonga, tho Kingof Atiu and suite to Auckla:-'' lias, I imagino, oponed tho eyes of thu cjlonial Dublic to some slight extent with regard to tho degree of culture and social udvoncomont nttninod by the inhabitants of those onco "Cannibal lalandß." Thuso fuvourod individuuls who havo boon " prosonted" to thoir dusky Majesties havo ospocial cause to modify thoir prcconceivod notions that a sort of " Hokoy-Pokey-Wankey-Fum " monarchy was tho rulo in tho Pacific Islands, fc'omc, no doubt, wont to coo debased and ferocious looking man-eaters, with hidoouely tattoood facos, bones thrust through their nostrils, and clothed after tho fashion of tho old world

—"heathen Kodsand Koddessea Who went withouttheirpantalooiisandbodices.

On tho contrary, they found an august and dignilied lady, elegantly attired, if not surrounded by the tinsel and pomp of_ a civilised Court; and gentlemen equally in telligent, polite, and well-dressed—one of their number speaking vory good English, and giving ovidonco of possessing a cultured mind and correct powers of observation and ratiocination. If visitors could sco bolow tho meiely superficial, thoy would also find theao royal Karotongans to bo religious, moral, sobor, and cleanly —in many respects models of propriety which soruo Europoan monarchy might well imitate Tho English public who went into raptures over such specimens of the noble (?) savago as King Tawhiao and Sydnoy Taiwhanga would also open their eyes if thoy saw theso rulors and counsellors from tho Cook Islands, who, as contrasted with tho average New Zealand Maori, aro as "Hyporion to a Satyr." In point of fact, tho typical " King of the Can nibal Islands," if he ovor was anything o'.ao than tho outcome of a morbid imagination, no longer exists, and the rulers of the Pacific kingdoms aro in ovory way worthy of treaty recognition by those nations which arrogate to themseh es tho name of " civil ised."

And, talking of treaty recognition, it U most ludicrous to obsorve the cumploto col lapse which has apparently takon placo in tho vigorously aggressivo South Sea policy which tho present Colonial Government at one time advocated. YVhero are tho " bowld" filibusters who tulkod about making a descent on the Islands and annex ing them to this colony? Whero is the Hincv.i,-) i, ■' ith her provision and armament for the "doadlynnd imminent" mission? Echo answers "Where?" Hero we havo a i Queen and King representing tho chief au thority over a group of Islands admittedly of the greatest importance to New Zealand ; they havo come with tho avowod object of cultivating closor relations with this colony ; yet thoy aro allowod to romain nearly a week in Auckland without receiving any direct messnge from our Government or the slightest symptom of a desire to reciprocate their friendly desires. This is not decorous or proper, and though it is in part duo to the visitors' arrival being unexpected, it cannot fail to have a prejudicial effect on their minds. Politeness, like mercy, is "mightiest in the mightiest," and neglect like that shown to Queen Makea and her consort detracts from instead of adding to the dignity and power of our colonial rulors. Theso people are the invited guests of tho colony, and, quite apart from tho duty of hospitality, they deserve a warm reception for their kind treatment of tho commorciM delegates who recently visited them, as well jis from tho moro sordid motive of self interest ; for it is decidedly to tho advan tage of New Zealand to maintain closo com mercial relations with tho Cook Islands.

Tho burning question of Sabbath desecra tion is onco inoio to the front, and, as usual, ifc is all brought about by tho so-called nationalists. A party of theso gentle en thusiasts, not contented with firing off metaphorical pop-guns at Christianity in tho Opera House on Sunday ovoninga, organised & shooting excursion to Tiritiri last Sabbath, and fired material shot into tho inoffensive "bunnies" of that island. Thereupon Mosara Enoch Wood and John Buchanan, in the name of outraged decorum, raise an outcry in tlio presn, and Jlr Archibald Campbell undnrtakes, aingle-handcd, to dis pose of both champions. In effect ho says : "Your Sabbath rest ia preaching and paalm-singing ; ours ia sailing, shooting, and rabbit-pio ;we don't intorforo with you, and don't you intorforo with us." lie admits that the rabbits might havo a little causo for complaint, but otherwise holds that nobody has a right to intorforo with their noble and rational modo of spending tho Sabbath. Vet Mr Campbell knows better than boliove that Sunday excursions aro law ful. Ho must know that if tho law wore got in motion, a stop might bo put to the plying of steamers or other convoyancoa for hire on Sabbaths. At tho same time, I willingly admit that thoro ia considerable confusion and lack of consistency in the application of tho Sunday law, A cab or omnibuß may bo toloratod ; oven a railway train or a ferry-boat may bo run on tho day of rest; but ft tram-car would bo "rank blasphemy." Tho reader of courso knows that Sunday omnibuses, trains, and steam ers are run, and woll patronised ; but tho Auckland Tramway Company are specially prohibited from running their cars on Sun dayfli Can anyone show a reason for this thusness 1 1 trow not; and it is vain to urge that tho gandor should not have tho earno sauce as the gooso-that tho go-to meeting individual may ride, or drive, or sail to church, while tho rational Secularist in shut up to playing pitchuud-toss in liiH buck-yard, or ouchro in hit! back-par lour, on a Sunday. Lot all have tho {ullost liberty, so long an tiioy do not inako thomselvoe a nuiuanco to others. Because I am no epicure, must there bo no rabbit pies on Sunday ovenings ? Bocauao I don't shoot, is it wrong for other pcoplo to uiuko a " good bug "if thoy aro so inclinod ? 1 «m quite preparod to huvo tho Sabbath Inw strictly enforced, but so long as I can K efc to the North Shoro 6n a Sunday after noon, I don't want to hinder others from going to Tiritiri!

Not many yearn ago tho titles of novola wore provokingly vague and inconse quential. Take "Comin' Thro' the Ilyo," ".Sho Cometh Up an a Flow or," "Kod as a Uoso is Sho," and "Aa Ho Cumo IJp tho Stair" as examples. Thoso aro all titles of fairly well-known works of fiction, but what notion of tho stylo and cuntontadothoy convoy? Nottho dimmest. Ono might as well guess how much money thoro wan in a givon safo by tho knobs out- Bido as divine tho subjoct matter of tho novels in question by their titlo pages. Not so with tho stories which aro finding favour at tho present hour. I saw in a bookseller's window throo of them lying, and notod that they wore respectively lnbollod "Tho Miming Man," "Murder or Manslaughter," and "Struck- Down." Now, tho first in a Ihroy-volumo novol in three words -"Tho Mining Man.1' Icon jurod up in a Hash the man, his buing myotcriouely lor-t, tho noarch, tho wrong lrn''k tho HUfpooUid innocont, the hitter's imminent peril, the jinding in tho nick of time either of tho living body of the missing man or else his corpse rocogniwiblo by a ring, or a broast-pin, oradoenycd fragment of his tweed trousers, Tho latter courna would bo calculated to r'1""" 0 tl)0 '«a"or jnont, mid wind up the book in tho pleawntost manner, especially if tho inipui illed innocent ia exculpated by a scrap of bluckcdgod notn paper carefully pinned on to deceased's tiitteresl overcoat, taid scrap stating that tho missing man came to his oud oithor through suicide or starvation. Tlmt'n Iho first Story, manufactured oil-hand from Iho title. If you don't think my version bear any resemblance to tho original, buy tho book and poo. At least, the real articlo will bo as exciting and bloodcurdling as my counter feit, Jot1 will it not revel in all the "disfiih ting details"'

Fictitious literature hae reached a pro found depth Iv this year of the Christian era 1886, no* a profundity of wisdom, bat of nm.Honne and kuW-ilHy. :t h to be hoped that bottom ha* b«-u foudiod, and that thoto will now be n itipid rebound iniwurde. Smoly tUii.g^ could ml bo womo: tlmy roust of nooossity be better. The stfiirt'itkiijai s'yle, a. moct' vi^u^iy viva! hay ciowik-il <mf Ci.c f ! .K-,ju«M.<f, v-H there i,- uo vitality in t-lio victor of the moment. That must go down shortly, and purhups uiako w>>\ k-r *w>\-Uiy .jty.c ju.d. ; a;i feoblo and i-paeiutii-al. Uiokiki. ,:,-; tint— .vj^.-jrlu-.-vjiif-i-.y i,:t = :,iuo\ U;; ,-M '.HMu*v ol tWiWUyji cl'tiic iuoun.-at, a token tlwt wo a» in » tiwti'iu'i fctu-'. tha,! a mw uti

awaits the coming novel with impatience. Tired to death with the rampant nonsenso now i-suing from the press, it will hail with joy the next genuine romance which nan ho mentioned in'thoaamo breath with "V'm.ily Fair," " Davfs Coppcrliold," and "Adam Bode." Tho opportunity serves: where ia tho man ?

" Life i 3 real—Hfo is earnest," according to tlio pout; and yet he in tho sumo breath altirms that "tilings are not what they' Hoem," To preserve the logical unities, it must, theroforo be concluded that Lifoisnut a " thing ;" but it seems to mo that somo men— perhaps a great many men ■ might be classed under the category of " things " whoso being does not agrcowith their seem ing. And in the front rank uf those deceptive entities 1 should placo tho nieu who advertise "certain cures" for any or ovory form of disease or ailment, to which flesh is heir. 1 will not at present consider such world-famous porsonages as Professor llolloway, Mother Siej/01, or tho inventor of St. Jacob's oil, but -will confine myself to local oxamples. A gentleman in this part of tho world is possessor of an "infallible" euro for deafness, tho special virtues of which appear, according to vora cious testimonials, to bo most elUeacious in long-standing and almost hopeless cases ; yofc tho possessor of this inestimable remedy is himself as doaf as a door-nail. Then there is in our midst a concoctor of a miraculous hair restorer warranted to produce a hirsute growth on a pateasbaroasa billiard ball; yet (would you boliovo it?) this gentleman has a conspicuously bald hoad, in which, how ever, thoro is so much senso left that ho always keeps his hat on when ho is canvass ing his panacea for baldness. Nay, more, wo liavoa manufacturer of " blood restoror," who, whilo dispensing gallons of tlio vital fluid to others, lost somo precious blood tho other week through boin'j assaulted by a ruffian ! Let mo hope tho assailant was not a patient who had taken too many bottles of tho "restorer," until he had reached tho "boiling blood " stage of tho worthy John Abbott ovor Luskonian tires. Tho tato of Frankonstein pursued to the death by union sterof his own creation would be but a faint portraituro of ingratitude by the side of the genial dispenser of " blood restorer" mado tho victim of tho vital onorgy ho had im parted—" hoist with his own potard !"

Had tlio shade of Marc Antony, the ruler of Inporial Komc and conqueror of many nations, been summoned from tho vasty deep to bo present at a recent fancy dress ball here, ho would havo boon greatly scandalised at tho iiguro cut by a young soft goods man who essayed a repre sentation ot thogreat Triumvir's counterfeit presentment. A portion of the dress was certainly dc riyctti; but ita completion with a Cromwollian helmet and a wig of tho reign of Charles 11. was an unpardonable anachronism. Julius Ca-sar might just as fairly havo boon attired in high-heeled boots and a cut-away coat.

Apropos of tho agitation against " cram' and "overpressure" in tho schools, I lnivo received from a lady correspondent the following very sensible letter,which parents and guardians of the young would do woll to lay to heart : —

Dear " Zam i in,,"—Thanks very much far your ponsible little bit on "Cram" in Saturday's Star. If such articles w,re "read, marked, learned, mid inwardly c ideated " by parents, t>'c evil would soon disappear. Here, as in tho old country, tho cry against it is great, and etnuuro to say hf>ro, ns there, tho blame in laid on tho shoulders of the touchers. Why it should bo so. I never could understand, Boeing that not only their bread, but their reputation as teachers, their portion in the school, even their reception at the parent^' homes, and their influence with tho children, in fuet everything, depends on tho number of piifs s they c:m show. Tenrhers are very good, T have no doubt, but they can ec»rccly ntr.mlto entirely Ignore tho threo P's—praipe. pny.and.iuomotion —that it ia considered lawful, if not praise worthy, in every one olfe to strive after. I have been a teacher for—bnt I mu»t not say how loner, or I am afraid 1 ahnll be put down as quito too old-fahioned for modern require ments—however, long enough to have noticed, in too many instances tlint when you tell parents their littlo hoy or crirl is punctual, obediont, ordorly," industrious, truthful, thcro i% well, perhaps not exactly a dissatisfaction—still n waiting for something "more to follow;" but tell them that ■'Little Noll" has passed, or that Johnnie has the highest marks in hia c'orp, and the smilo of satisfaction that passrs over thoface i* enough to repay tho littl" one—-who ia nnxioualy -wailing Cor tho eft'ectof the report.—forhalf a dozen brain fevers. What ma.koa it eosurpi-'Blng is, thut there can not bj c. buatneaa man in Auckland, who does not know perfectly well that, the success in life and tho welfare of the child depmirt a «i"iir. deal more on the formal ion of the above hubitH, than on tho more "•passing"-unless it Intends beingapupil teacher: in that cute, it is tho "one thing ncedlul." Until parents understand education to nifau a training und not a "cram ming"-a drawing out, rather than a putting in—tho nvatom of "cram" must und will ron timic. Apologising for tho length of my letter, and trusting that tho littlo "Z's" birthday-gift of a rooking horso, Ecrapbook, or new doll. doe 3 not depend on whether they pass or not,— I am, voura truly. An' OldlTeaciier, hut a New CnoM.

Whilo congratulating my fair correspon dent on bolng ablo to tako such a sound view of the question, I am free to admit that many teachers may hold similar views, whilo they are all tho time compelled by the regulations and tho breath by mistaken popular sentiment to act fn direct con trudiction to thoir conviotios. Incducation, as in other matters, tho world in still " sumo considerable out o'joint," but it is a hope ful symptom when tho saddle ia boing put upon tho right horso in tho matter of apportioning tho blamo.

(!. A. Sula has told tho pooplo of Auckland in his lecturo on Russia a littlo about tho vory «tri»;t, censorship of tho prosa which is oxercisod by tho Kussinn authorities. But as "things soon aro mightier than things hoard," 1 did not think so much of the matter until I had ocular demonstration placed boforo me of tho vigor ous and dospotic way in which tho Govom mont of tho Czar curbs tho political aspira tions of tho Russian pooplo. Thoro now lies boforo mo a copy of tho Auckland Eveninc Star of tilth ,fuly,lßS4, which has porformod tho journey to Kussia and back, and which boars tho indolililo marks of having incurrod tho disp1 ensure of tho Pross (jonsor. An item of the oablo nows has boon moil carefully obliterated, (irst by marking with a red pencil, and then by being daubed over with black ink. Led by curiosity to inquire what matter could havo boon supposed to bo inimical to tho inter ests of " holy Kusaia," 1 turned up tho Staii lilo and found thati tho itom had roforeneo to tho discovery of a dynamite plot against tho Czar. A London jour nalist lately described Kussia aa "Tho Kingdom of Holl,"and certainly the tactics of hor rulers aro thoso of pooplo who love the darkness rnthor than tho light. That they should put thomsolvos to tho troublo of examining tho contents of overy nowspapor and printed packet posted within thoir vast territory, would scorn in credible, wore it not so woll attested. Tho fact shows on what an iricocuro foundation tho Russian power is built, and it is not difficult; to foretell its eomploto collapeo. A bold and onorgotio poople, rulod by a Co vrrnmont cruel, tyrannical, and depraved, will nwuroflly assort their power, dospito tho utmost ondoavonr to keon thoin in ignor anco.

Tho Hontonco inifiosoil on tho burglar Dunn apponrn at lirsf si^'lit to bo cxcoodinßly eovoro, but will ncvortholo^H bo rnitlsfnctory to norvons people Jt if) not by any means pleasant under tho boat, of cirenm etnncos to know that n man annod with .i loaded revolver is prowling about your promisee, moro especially when that man boasts of it countenance that (mould secure hia admission to any gaol in tho colony. Tho romnrknblo dofonco raisod in tho Snpromo Court shows Iho danger to which men lilto Constable Herbort nro exposed in doalinj; with oriminnlM of this cluns. Had rebutting rOHtlmony not boon forthcoming, or had llorbort f^ot tho worst of tho encountor at tho hotel, tho result would havo undoubtedly been unpleasant for him. Now Mint the oiiho is over, it in to bo hoped that Kupotlntondent Thomson will iutorpst liiiimolf on bohalf of his (.'lever younguctiii^ iloloctivo llorbori., who ban diuplayod cnurii[;o and capacity of a hiirli char ncror, and Hinco bin arrival in Auckland jian roudored valuablo Horvieo in sovoral important cumih, notably Shoohan's, in which tho prisoner wan arrostod onachargo of murder. Although roceivine tho salary of un ordinary connl;ablo, ho has porformod dutioH that would, under ordinnry circum stunoes, devolve on a chiof dotoclivo, and has performed thorn well. Tho department may woll bo proud of Acting-Dotoctivo Horbert, and 1 feel mitiifiod that Superin tendent Thomson will soo that ho is not for gotten at head-quartern.

Within tho last few years the culturo of roses ior tbo l'aris and London markets lias developed with extraordinary rapidity. £1 uudredp of boxes are forwarded by mail hminsi lovwy day. The buds are picked jimt they are breaking, and carefully piiokud iv omali boiw holdiug 100 aud up. iViiHJ. CA'JfARKK Of THE LJ.AJ)J>E3.-,v::.-■:« i-rfu

SPORTING.

HACINU KJXTUH'SS. (Mvl'ii-ii H.C Spring October 21. Pii:;iir>ii'.-(! Hunt Clnl) Annuiil tlnoVr HI. Auok'a 'd H.C. S|ii ing N'ovorabcr 10. C'Liilu-oury .l.i;. Kiiui::;.... November hi, 12, |,'(. TaUaimi] i J.c Spni'.i' Nnvi-mb' r 28 Dunodin .)(:. Spring N-ivenibr-r -'S, -29. 3".

DATES OF PRINCIPAL AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND RACES.

i:\ri.fiki.d Cur.—October 17. V.li.C. UiiKDV. -Uo'oburSl. Mki,ihivi(N'kC(|'. --NDviimlifli'li. !'M;i'i:vSfi.\ Hr\T('ri' Urtobi-r I)!, )'himi;k "I- Walk; .-.taici;-. (.\.H.C). -Nov It). N.Z Cl-p. —Nuvi-mbi!!l lv. Cani'Kuhuhv Dmtnv.—Novouilier 12, ArcKi.AXD Cur.—Uectinb-. r'JO.

DATES OF NOMINATIONS AND ACCEPT ANCES.

Accept slices {uiil Ki'nor/il cnlrlcs Auckland fpriiiii Moi-tinj;.- ■UotoburllO. C ner.Ll cnlrii'H U.J.C. Mecliu:.-. furtlior pay mints Now Zealand Cap, U.irby. Welcome Sink-, s, and Canterbury Cup. Ootoliorol. Acceptances Auckland Cup and Steeple chaoo.—December I.

To Correspondents.

Q:-.\i ivx,- vor<lenfi<klt is being trained at

li'lonunKton. Wm. Lii'i-iNs it.incoln-Htrret) -Welcome Jaok won tli". lv.at Auckland Plate, Ujjly Buck bolog second, and Minor v third.

.H.—Acolyto'a weight, in no Molbourno Cup (in.iluili.i^ 71H penally) is fet lib. whiUi No- denfeHt'a Impost, is now Tut 51b, tho sumo as curried by Mar.iui-llonry.

Nkw IlATlllnbaon stroot) -VTnrtluiHenry'upor. formancea wort) no follow i:—First in tho V.K.O. Unrby, ISti! ; first Iv 'ho Melbourne Cun 1881; llret in tho V.X.C. Muros'Produoo Shakes. ISM; first in tho V.X.C. St. J,oi?or 1SSI: iiowliorn In Clmmpion M-ukes, 18-1: sccopml in A.J.C. St. L"Ki;r, lhSI: nowhere SyJui'V Cup, IRSI; second in A.J.C. (.'iiinlirr liniil Smkos. IHM: nowhere in A.J.C. Plate, 18SI; nowhor In CttuHiold Cup, 1881.

NOTES BY HIPPONA.

In past yoara it has been tho custom for (he racing season in this part of tho Colony tv bu inaugurated by Iho over-popular mooting of the l'akuranga iliuiL Club, but this year it will dovolvo on tho Onehunga Racing Club to open tho fray with their Spring Mooting, lixod to tako placo on Saturday next. Tho woights for tho prin cipal events, which were framed by Mr .). 0. Bvett, of Napier, made their appearance in tlio early part of tho wook, and they have boon subjected to some vory rough criticism. Those who are ovon slightly conversant with tho form of tho dillbrsnt horses engaged will agree that tho advorso commont on the handicap has been richly deserved, and tho bungle Mr Evott has made of the adjustment plainly shows that iv future tho handicapping for our country Clubs will have to bo put in tho hands of a local man, that is,if they wish to securo tho patronage of horso ownors and mako thoir gatherings a success. On paper, the Spring Handicap roads like a moral for Mystery, and I shall not bo at all surprised to too her appropriate tho double

From what has transpired and come to my oars of late, it would seem that tho hopes of tho lion. AY. Robinson's stable will rest on Liverpool for the Melbourne Cup. Tho colt, is roportod to have put in some real good work at Flomington of lato, and co far as weight in concerned ho has nothing to complain of. Looking over his past performances, howovor,hohas littlotorccom raond him, for out of tho six times ho started during his two and throe-year-old career only once was ho successful in catching tho judgo's eyo. This was in the Wolcomo Stakes for two-year-oldsat tho C.J.C. Spring Meeting, in which ho defeated Lady Evelyn, \VatorKing, and half-a-dozenothors who.su form einco then has boon of tho most moderate description. Tho colt must cor tainly havo shown the clover party behind him something bettor than this since his removal to Australia, for 1 urn reliably in formed that up to the proßont time no horse in tho Melbourne Cup baa been backed to win more money than tho son of King of Clubs and Idalia,

Tho forthcoming raco-meoting of tho Pnkuranga Hunt Club, which takes placo on tho 31st inst., is exciting a deal of interest in huntirigcireles, and thoro feoms every pros pect of tho Club providing tho best afternoon's amusement thoy havo yofc given to tho public. Tho contest for tho Hunt C-ip should certainly bo one of tho best that has yet been neon on the Ellorslio course, and thoro will bo the additional attraction of its boing fought out on its merits The following aro tho names of the horses en gaged in tho race, with thoir imposts and probable riders : —

Horse. IWglit. Killer. i : SI. 111. Reform .. ..! i:t iMr 11. N. Smith Kir:; Don .. ..! IS I! Mr T. ll.ildtaid 1 onn Huiul .. ..] I'J 7 Mr \V. Ui\ou Kauat .. 12 5 Mr J. \V. Hullcr Quill' 1-' I \li-K l,axoa Hriullnuiih . . .i 12 ■-' Mr T. Sttvunn Jon ■ Vi I) — To Whotil .. ..11 12 Reckless .. .. 11 10 Mr Wainrißht Hebe] Chief .. .'US Mr K. Yom:o Hilly Suraili-y . ' 11 8 — Piirnull 117 — (Jonmn.-ho .. ..ill 7 ~Ur J. (Jhudwiclc Chli'l'liLln .. .. 11 7 — HVrl iUlan .. ..II ."> OrifKelji«lilnli)B.. 11 « Mr W. IJtiokland Action | 11 1 HlkoiatiKi .. ..! 11 '1 Tho o.\ ported scratching of Commotion for tho Moibourno Cup came to hand during the weolc, and it is almost needless to say that tho announcement has since caused no small amount of lamontation among his army of admirers, and joy in tho tnotallic camp. It may safely bo said that no horso on gaged in tho raco carried so much public money as the Hon. W. Pearson's gallant son of Panic, for over sinco tho woights appeared he has been staunchly supportod in ovory conceivable way. Tho causo of his withdrawal was owing to his having stoppod into a hslo whilo galloping on the Flotnington track, thereby spraining a tendon.

Mr M, Gallaghor, whoso choery fuco is su well-known in sporting oirclos, loaves by tho h.h. Tarawora on Tuesday next for the purpose of witnessing tho V.H.G. Oorby and jMolbourno (Jup.

"Misfortunes never couio singly," is indeed a truo provorb, and Major George has had it oxompliliod of lato, jt was only a couplo of weeks back that 1 had to record tho loesof his yearling colt Koodoo, by Hip pocampus, from strangles, and now 1 rej.'rot to say ho has I oat his two-year-old colt Caribou, by Anturcw—Tenambra, from tho samo disoaso. Tho death of tho youngstor is much to bo regretted, for ho had every appoarunco of turning out somothing abovo tho average.

Tho fact of Turquoise being safely lauded at Christcluirch has beon tho moans of many inquiries for him in the local market this week, and ho haa boon supportod for small amounts at 5 to 1.

Harry Harrison, tho mell-known local tr.iinor, having eovorod his connection with Major (Joorgo, has startod on his own ao count, and with that oncl in viow, haa eocurctl a loaso of J. VVattie'a commodious stables at Epsom. Thoro ia no morostoiidy or painstaking man tlmt I know of con nected with horsos horo, and ownors could do woi'ho than givo him a turn. Harrison, T may mention,trainod Maid of Honour and Tim Whilllor for tho lato Mr John Smith, and 1 shall bo glad to hour of his having unothor pair oqually aH good nndor liin chargo. Tho Chrifltclmroh Middle Park fllud ('i)itip,'iny'fl ni.'iro I (folia (dam of Sir Mori rod, Hotrayor, and Liverpool) ha.s thin season dropped a filly foul to Apremont, whilo Mr D. O'Brion'a tnnro Kubina, who wan put to Ingomar, has produced a colt to that siro, and visits Johnny Faulknor.

(loorgo Wright has rocoived anothor addition to his string in tho shapo of Mr M. Danuhor's Contractor, by liandwick- Docoption. Tho colt, has boon turnod out for tho lniit two yoars,

Lust wook'a " Molbo'Tiio Sportsman" hasi tho following with roforonco to tho Maori luntl continuant:—"Tho New Zonlaniloi'H under Dorrilt'n cure, und umlur tho super vision oF tho Hun. VV. Robinson, havo dono aomo {,'ood work —that's so far as Winchos ter, Thundorbolt, and Liverpool tiro con cerned, Oudeia and Vanguard appearing, from tho modicum of work allottod thorn, to bo in lavender till tho swcot by-and-byo. Thero car. bo no two opinions about Liver pool. Ho comes horo with tho least cre dentials from Maoriland, but if looks find stylo go for anything, ho is a voritablo clinkor, Tho clovor pooplo are all backing Winchostor, and if ho is a bettor colt than Thunderbolt, then Mr Kobinson must havo a terribly hoavy mortjjajjo on tho V.11.0. Derby. I doubt it, alboit Damo Humour hath it that Thunderbolt moved rather dottily aftor hia gallop yesterday morninir. Dan O'Brien's follow-comitrynvin of theirs, 'Trenton, has also betrun to movo alonw briskly; but although his size and sub stance commanded admiration, the t'Offiwx i%&Ui won't havo Iris action at any price Don't misunderstand lr.e. I mean by his fiction the fitylo in which ho gets, through hi= v/ork. It seema Ktilty, not unfettfirod — jxsrbapa becuueo tha horaa ia net quite hit" -If."

Fi om tho Sou th I learn 1 hat af tor Fusilado's victory in tho doraldine Racing Club Handi cap, lie una rushed into tho position of fust favourite fur tho Now Zealand Cup and supported to win several hundreds at 100 to 15, but aftei his running in iho Cup, ho to ceded to 100 to 8 without takers. Tho run ning of tho colt on tho second clay is dos_ cribed aa oxtraordinary,and has caused con t-idor.iblo comment in Clu'istchurch. lio started with tho odda of 2 to 1 on him, but after cutting out Iho running for live fur longs, ho suddenly collapsed, and returned to Lhu paddock looking as if ho had just run a ;t-imlu raco.so completely was he done. In eommonting on Fusilado's performance, "Sonox" has the following :--" Of all the in-and out running 1 have witnessed on tho turf commend mj to Fusilado f perform ances in the G.R.C. Handicap and Geraldino Cup as iho most remarkable. Thero is no suspicion expressed of anything crooked in regard to tho stable, and 1 can say of my own knowlodge that no one was moro surpiisod than his owner at such a thorough roversal of form. As a two yoar-old, Fusilado was known to bo delicate, and this may account for something disagreeing with him to a very groat extont that would only all'oct anothor horse slightly, but tho collapse was so com ploto that no one who saw it could doubt that, whether administered by friend or foo, or tho result of an accident, tho colt got something nasty inside him which brought him to that sudden standstill. In estimat ing Fusilade'd chances in tho N. Z. Cup and Derby, wo may, thoroforo, ignoro his Goralc'ino Cup running and considor only tho value of his win in tho (!. R. C. Handicap."

1 have to thank tho publisher of " Oxen hum's Turf Register" for a copy of tho October edition. Tlio proprietor is evidently sparing no pains or oxpeiiso to mako tho littlo work roliablo anil attractive and tho number to hand contains tho per formances of tho horses outraged in all of tho big Australian races up to dato (including tho two-year-olds.) At tho last mooting of tho Rosohill Racing Club (Sydney), I notico that the Papakuta • bred Kosobud, who was taken over to Sydney by Mr J. Bennett, started in tho ll'iihvny Handicap, but failed to gain a situation. Old Sunray, with list in tho saddle, was aNo umong tho starters for tho ilurdlo Kaoe, and shared tho sanio fate as Rosobud, being unplaced.

Mr G. Bato, tho erstwhile ownor of Tho ! I'oot and Minorva, has loft Christchurch for Australia, whoro ho intonds to rosido. Before his departure, the Committee of Tattoi'snll's Club paasod a resolution ox nropsing thoir regrot at the unfortunato circumstances which lod to Mr Bato's ro tiremont from tho turf, and dosiring to placo on record thoir appreciation of his conduct whilo an ownor of racohorscs. A (>npy of tho resolution was engrossod on vellum and probontod to him on tho day of his departure. " Martini " is informed on good authority that tho causa of tho rocont dissolution bo twoon tho Flon. Mr Robinson and his trainer Mason was somothing in this way. Mr Robinson brought a few friends to look at his stud, and roquostod Mason to oxorciso the horses for tho bonoiit of tho gontlomon who woro with him. Mason ropliod that tho horses had had enough work tor tho day. Thoroupon Mr Robinson asked whether tho horses bolongod to him or to Maeon. Tho lattor ropliod that thoy bo longed to Mr Robinson, who was at porfoct liberty to undertake tho training of them if ho chose to do so. Mr Robinson insisted on having tho horses exercised, and Mason then and thero sovorod his connection with tho stable.

Cerise and Bluo, who appropriated tho Froo Handicap at tho A.J.C. Mooting, followed up her victory by easily winning tho two principal events at tho Kosohill Mooting. She has since boon purclmsod by the Sydney mstallician, Mr 11. Oxonham, for tTvOO. and her now owner is so enamoured of her Melbourno Cup ch.ineo that ho has backed her to win a big stake at 1,00/s to'2o Coriso and Blue is a four-yoarold daughter of Wilberforoo und Myrtle.

CONDENSED ITEMS.

" Vigilant " solocta First Chestor to win the V W.V. Derby.

Tho unlucky Sweot William ha* beon put into work again.

Htrenuous Ims boon scratched foi all en gajromonts at the C -I.C. Spiing Meeting.

Mr \\. y.mirrville's man) Pungawereworo dropped a colt foal (.0 Lcolinus oa Monday last.

Tho Hon. .1. White's fraud, Tremando, has beon disposed of for stud purpose" in Western Australia.

Stornawny, tho much fanciod Melbourno Cup candidate, is said to bo the bo-t con ditioned horjo n( Floniington.

Mr Gcorire Watson, tho votoran Victorian starter, Ins s i far recovered from his illne-.s that ho w.>-; to stint al Caulliold.

Suvanuksi, by Kingston from Sappho, who won tho Sydney Gold Cup in IST!', took (ho first prize at the Adelaide show.

It was roporlod in lato Australian papers tint Mrf. (I. Cook's V.X C. Derby candi date Komus had broken down.

It i.-< tho lion. James White's intention (o havo "added to tho li-<t" tho two-year-old colt I'toleniy, by the Drummor from Ultima

Mr D. Cooper's Chcsham, a son of Grand Flanuur and Lady (/heater, won tho Two yonr-old Handicap at tho Rivohill Mooting.

Hawthorn, owned by Mr T. Hioby, of Tasmania and weightod at (i.*t, is thought to bo tho best outsider in tlio Molbourno Cup. Mr A. A. Cameron, who has been con nected with (ho swoop business in Dunedin for somo years past, died sovoral days buck. It is stated that Tho lirokor will not bo ablo to raeo again, 110 is still at Randwick, and his injured shoulder givos ovory apponranco of being broken. Tho ownor of Coronet etntos that ho Fcrutchod his horse for tho Caulliold Cup because ho was forestalled by certain members of tlio rintr and tho public. The attention of backors is directed to Mr W. Lyotis'ri advortisomont, in which ho wislios those who have wagers with him on tho Melbourne Derby and Cup to compare Tho two-year old colt Silver I'rinco, by Antoros—Sylvia, not' being in a suflioiontly forward condition, it has boon decided not to Etart him at tho V.R.O. Spring Moot

ing. R. Kay has purchased Locn and Loodo gran. Tho first-named is ongagod in tho Now Zealand Cup with Bat, and has boeu receiving a good iloal of support for that ovent latoly.

Sinco his display at the Goraldino Moot ing, Iko has receded in the Now Zealand Onp quotations to 100 to (i. Tho colt has only boon restricted to walking exorciso latoly, anil it is stated ho has injured the shonth of tho tondon.

Thirty fivo havo paid up for tho Mures' I'roduco Stake, to bo run at the V.R.O. Spring Mooting. Nordonfoldt and Por eussion aro tho only representatives of Musket that aro now loft in.

Ilingmastor, who won tho Caulh'eld Guineas on Saturday last, got homo first in tho Flat llaco at tho Molbourno Hunt Club Mooting, boating twenty othors. Ho got ovor tho miloin Imin. -fOisoo.

Thoannual report of tho Victoria Amateur Turf Club shows that tho bank overdraft has boon roducod to a littlo ovor £2,000 ; two years ago it: stood at .L'-i,300. Tho CauKiold Cup Mooting last yoar showed a profit of C 2,201. ]ji«ly Emma is said to bo looking froshor in appoaranco than sho has for a long timo pual, and is hardoning in price for tho roiv Zoaland Cup. In Dtiuodin last wook an »iIV.. r to take 500 to DO mot with no

rosponso. Mr Morris Jacobs reports having rocontly laid tho following wagor* on tho Melbourno Cup:-0,000 to 200 Stnrnaway, 5,000 to 250 I'rinco Imperial, .'J.OOO to '210 Nordon foldt, 4,000 to 120 Tom Brown, 5,000 to 200 Despot, 5,000 to 100 Shoot Anchor, 5,000 to 200 Lord Kxotor.

Tho patent starting apparatus of Mr 11. Puyton was given a trial at tho A.,] 0. Spring Mooting, but it did not work to tho satisfaction of either tho public or tho olli cials, and it "ill probably bo a vory long time yot ero tho timo-honourod Hag will be Buporsodod. At the settling ovor llio Hawko'a Bay Spring Meeting, tho following amounts wore paid ovor :—^\'. Irons, L'4'2'2 lfiy ; Win. Douglas, .C 275 10s : I". F. Tancred, £V 23 10n ; \V. Clillbrd, £05 ; Stock and Conroy, eBO 15s !X. Martin, £80 lna; G. V. Don nolly, £47 1"« : H. O. .Ichiipon, £23 15s; B. Blower, .Cl-1 5s ; total, i"1,1G3 15s.

THE MELBOURNE CUP.

Tho following aro tho nnmusof tho horeos Mho st.ill remain in tho Micr, limn ink (!iu\ n hninliran qweupsfikeß of 20 110VH i'iw'li with I,C0(l lulflcri. Tho second liormi to ronnlvo Ml) bovh.. 11111) the third MO b'jvh. out ofllio atnko. Two miles. Ht 11) r,. Wnlwon'iililiSimlinH. ,'iyra .. ..!)'-' \V, Kobinsnn's In-li VmiKiuml, (ivrs. .. Nil ,1. Wil on, iuii.'s li li CM" Colwir, syra. .. X In It <; ■|'iir.-.()l'Hi;li in Illink Itdiiii/, iiKCil .. i< .". \\ X )lpir-L.jii'al)li Hiiilr.lii. jyr.-i H .1 VV. Ku-ldV) li !i Mo^ni-l. •}•!■« Si! J. lffvifo-irn'ifrliiii ?«tii''c:)) Syni .. ..3 0 ';<: W KUii'ii «li hJ.oni Wilton, a.vr». ..SO 1.; .!. Br.uki'iirctr'H b h Tom Brown, syrs. S 0 li. u'Brieu'H b h 'I'reuton.lyiu 7 13 It, Philipa'u bli Kit-Kubbleo, «yta .. ..7 12

J. P. Robertson's br h CoriolanUß, agod .. 7 12 M.LoughHn'shrh Sheet Anchor, ug>.d ■■ 7 11 J. A. LanK'sbrh Vorgy, syrs. .. •■ I}i 1). At. Robertson's b h Coronet, C yra. ■• ' w ,1. Orozior. jun.'u. b h Tho Israelite, aged.. " • M. Ilryant's brh Jlosworth. ugi-d .. ■ " • A. F. Smart's bh Warwick, jjrs. • ■• 7 A. Halinbourg's b h at. Lawrence i yra... I jj J. Chumbora's brh Honoydow, 1 yrs. •• '•' W. Pearson's b g Plausible, Gyrs " ° J. White's b f Uralla. 3 yrs ' N.'l'. Pay ton's bg Sloth, aged .. ■■ ' ° W. Kobii eon's eh h Liverpool, I yrs. ..7 8 A. llalinbouru's br li Acolyte, 1 yrs. .. 7 S J. White's ye Monte Christo. 3 yra. ■■ 1 1 W. Kelso's h g Wi'leroo, aged .. • • i '. 1). Camoron iin.ohin Ojpra, .">yra ~> () ,1, Whiltiimham'.-i br li riomejieus, (i ytfi. ' b 1". lUin.'abiii linyulsc, I yiu . ■■ l h. A. [■', Kiauri's lirh I'rivutcer, j yrs ' '.' A. It. Itohitrtsun's bor brc lhinlop, liji'tf. 7 v w. Robinson's borbr c Thunderbolt,3yrs. 7 o .1.(1. Hokl's oh m Grace Darling, (i yrß. .. ; » T. Honty's li h Stjrnawuy, i yrs ' J U H. T. Hart's g h Country boy, a yrs. ••74 17. J. Smart's br h Velocipede, 5 yi6. •• J » U Jnuob-j'sbk li Hill top. ti yrs, . •• "i 1 W. ami A. Crozior's lir k Lantern, U yrd. .. 7 A It. U. TiUbo i .'abrhlli l ipoKrifr, 1 yrs. .. J 0.1 IT. Hurt's brh St. John, 5 yrs I f W. ami A. Crozior's br in Huby,u({ed •■ ' - J. Whlto'aghDospot, Uyrs L. Watbon's b f Juanua.:( yra 7 1 W. It. HaU'achhLorrtKxoter, iyrß. ..7 0 J. H. MiiiJden's eh m Tarpoiu, 1 yrfl 7 0 W. Pearson's b h Kingship, 1 yrfl 1 W. T. Jones's b g Tlio Andes, uged.. ■■ 7 0 A. F. Smart's eh in Bi own und itoao.l yre. 7 0 It. Kouso, jun.'s chh Wing, 5 yra 7 0 0..5. Harris's l>lc or brh.-<ignor,li yrs. .. iJJ 11. Phillips's bli Prime Minister, 4 yis. .. M.J'inob'sbu Sunny Days, 3 yrs •> 1'» J. White's brcNurdonfi-.lt. 3 yrs 6 12 \V. K. Dakln'a b c Tho Pencil. 3 yw. ■ • II 12 Kir W. J Olurko'x br c Fish o' Silver. 3 yrs. I) v J. White's b c Lennox-, 3 yoars .. ■ • «}« W. andJ. Lee's be Courtier. 3 yra l> }* O. F, W. l'almor's b h Oxford, 1 yre. • • U J. Muyo's eh li I'rineo Imperial. I yro, • • 6 1- C. 11. T. Hart's b h Jocular, 1 yre. .. .. 6 v M. l.ouKhlin'H hsr Britisher, aged .. .. bll W. Kelau's br c First Choster,:) yrs C 1J S. M. Wilson's oh h Monatteh, 5 yrs. .. 010 W. Pearson's b c Arsenal,.'! yra .. .. 0 J S. G. Cook's eh c Keuiiis. 3 yrs " " \Vr. Robinson'a b c Winchester (lato Man cheater), 3 yrs " •> \V. J. Siuiphy'a b h Mylos na Copuleen, (i rs 8 8 W. Moron's br h Littlo John, 5 yra. .. I) 8 H. J. Hiwler'a bin Minerva, 5 yrs. .. •> 8 Cape, ilaimoa's bk in Ltinioru, 1 yrs. .. t; » .1. Harper's b k Unons, 1 yrs. ■• •• " 2 ,). G. Koid's g m Lucky Hit, 5 yra •> " .1. White's b f l'eiciis-ion, :i yra l> ' .1. Uurpersbf M. Odillo. 3 yre fi 1 \V. (/Oopor'a b k o Cuiro, 3 yra l> •• M. J iicob's b h JMeUil. I yrs « (> M. Hryunt's br h Uea1 Jam, lyrs B li J. 11. Mrfdden'a chin Hecuba, 1 yrs. .. 11 fi K. Kvuns's b h Vanguard, agod .. .. li ti M. V. Wliiity'sbr g Forlorn Uopo, B yrs. ti (i J. Monughan ns b k H)a«lo Grangu, 3 J'r3- (; 5 M. O'dhauassy's brc Kirst l Jrince, 3 yrs. <i 5 .1. Monaghiin ns. cli k Kipciglo 1 yrs. ■ ■ US HGray'ubroUrara, 3 yrs « 1 F. Henty's be Cyclops. 3 yrs. .. ..03 F, Vooman ns. br h l-'alarunda, a yra. . ■ 6 2 T. yampson's br c lago. 3yra .. .. ti - A. Sit.man's br m Too Too, oyra. ■■ '; 2 1. Alltn'a br icHnip, aKO.I (> 0 J. S. W. Hurper's br h Liborty, aged (i 0 A. K.l)rads?haw'dchh YellowHaininor.Syrs.t) 0 A. F. itrartßhuw'a bk h Wliony, 1 yrs. .. li 0 It.. I'hilipß'sbiiiTUsuo. I yrs U 0 I. Foulsham's eh t Bonnie Doou, 3 yra. I) 0 ,). Albert's be l'urchanco, 3 yrs. .. li 0 11. TibbalU'dbh Viilotiu. (iyrs. .. I; 0 M. Thomi^onns. b inCerisoandßluo, lyre. 0 0 S. Davis's brm Lesbia, li yra CO T. Ituibeya eh h Hawthorn, 5 yrs. .. « 0 h. L. Smith's ho Luuts, .'t yrs. .. CO J. Look 'a b g I'lymton, 3 yra. .. li 0

THE GARDEN

[By IfoßTaa.]

Calendar of Operations, October 17.

[Hoirrus is willing to anewor any quorlcß. Cor respondents must givo thoir full namoa and addresses, though not for publication.)

TO CORRESPONDENTS. Lioirio Manuiii: (Muggins. Otnhuhu).—Tho htronKth ueponds upon what elaes of trues; ou want to use tho liquid for, If for fruit oroilior laigo truvH. you hud bctier mulch with tlio manure, undallo-v tho rain to carry the Mrurgth 'o the roots. For plants that rcqulro liquid manure. 1 usually put about (lvo to tix foikiot stable inunuro (only tho dropping) to (our Kill lons of wator; tho liquid obtained in about tho proportion ono part to ono part eltiiui wall r for strong growing pltnts. To Kocd lings or weak plums I further reduro its strengtu according to tho state of their grow Mi. You need not üb" any othor artillclnl niumiro whiloupphinu tho nbore. It is very seldom th-it liquid manure is used for fruit or othor treoi.untees ; lioy are of very weakly growth. Vixks (Grape Auckland].—You should oily liuvnullnirod ono fhoot to spring from ouch spur. Tako tho wr.tltost away yet (mo bun«h tnciichxlioit willbua vory heavy crop, ami I don't Mimic thin your vinot* will boahlu miimturi' the frirt properly unlesu thoy iro v.i'. KiMng unil w.MI fr.l. It does nor do lo 1... v- >t |~o heavy crops oil' vim sin ono your. I'lint i i only robbing ilium of nirongthfor Iho 'uturo but the quauiily to carry it would by imp S'ilili! for niu to stntu, not ki.owing 1 ho Miii-.t nf the vino*. Pinch each shoot two binl» away from each bunch o( fruit. You cm tyring-' night nii'l muraing till the fiuit ti'cKtno louoloiir.

Kitchen Garden.

OiM'iNi'ii planting and sowing main crap of vegetables. Mnko considerable sowings of tlio running variety of boans ; attoud to tlio fortnightly sowing of mustard, cre-c, anci radishes for salad. Onions : Thin out, and keep free from weeds. Cmtimio tlio succo-»9ional sowings of pea.-«. Earth up am) stako thoso that arc growing. Transplant lettuce a» they becomo lurgo onough ; tio up ii fow moro for blanching, Potatoes : Eurth up tho early crops us fhoy becomo largo onough, and plant out tlie lato crop as boon as possible, especially, on light, dry (toils. O:i hoiu'y, moist, low-lying land any time toward* tlio ond of tho month will still bo in t.iino. Of cabbages and cauliflower plant a few more. Earth up those that nro growiug. Clear nway old past crop. Sluuuro and dig tho ground for a later crop of fomo other vegetable Sow a small patch of Koed for latu spring planting. Now is tho time, to plant out the main crop of tomatoes, pumpkins, pie-melons, marrows, etc. Dig pits about from tliroo foot to four foot in diameter, and about Ift. (Sin. doop. I'laco in oach pit about ono barrow - load of manure ; make a hill, mid plant your plants in tho contra. To protect them from tho huh and (Milting winds for a week cut a fow twigs ; nviko a bow ovor tho plants with tho twig", piano an old nous paper on top and round tho edges of tho paper ; put aomo soil lo hold it in position ; this will protoct for eoino time, and if well limed when putting down, tho plugs will not. bo m liable to get fit thorn. Thin out all advancing crops of vegetables which have been sown. Il'refluently stir tho coil between tlio rows so us to kill woods, nnd turn over now fitrface to (ho notion of the Htmusplioro. fceodn coming thiough tho ground nhuuld bo frequently dueled willi linio to keep tho sluga away. Flower Garden Tho planting poison for bedding plants is now on, and every endeavour should bo inaJo to get thorn all out as soon as po«siblo, so as to have thorn well established bofore tho dry weather sots in. Owing to our dry hot summer.-1, luto planting never succeeds supply of water is obtainable. It is as well, whoii planting, to put a few handfuls of good soil in with oach plant if it can be obtained oasily, espocially in poor soils. If tho weather and soil are dry, give a little water to oach after planting. Tho best timo to plant is aftor a slight warm showor of rain. All summer flowering bulbs should also be put out now if possible. I'ut about a shovelful of well rotted manure, mixed with wood ashoe, in tho hole inado for each bulb. Tho abovo will ropay troublo by tho extra colour pro duced in tho flower. Stako thoso bulbs which wore planted early in tho spring. Still coutinuo sowing hardy nnnuals in tho open bordor. Dahlias : Mnko a bod for starting thorn po that thoy may bo divided boforo planting out pormanontly for tho summer. Tondor annuals sown undor glass commonoo to harden off, so that thoy may bo put in thoir iloworing quarters. Givo ovory attention to the dillbront bods and borders, kooping thorn freo from woods, and making thorn look as tidy as possiblo. Dust frequently with litno s\ich plants as tho slugs usually attack, and especially whero .seed is coming through tho ground. Tho lawns should now bo frequently mown and rollod. Whoro tho grass is not showing very woll givo a good dressing with guano while- it in raining, so that it may bo washed into tlio ground at onco. Don't apply it whilo tlio sun is hot or in dry weathor, as it is liablo to burn tho grass, 1100, rako, and roll tho walks. Grociihouae. Jlurdou all' all eueumbors, molons, otc, aown undor glass, so that thoy may bo put out in thoir permanent quartors, as recoin monded in kitchen garden notes. I'ot off colouh cuttings as thoy are struck. Pelar goiuma, geraniums in pot, calceolarias, cin eraria", keep noar tho glass, Givo occa sional waterings with liquid manure All plants in small pots repot aa soon as thoy fairly fill the soil with roots. Koep a sharp look out for insect posts, take stops for their extermination as soon as thoy aro dis oovorcd. Mover allow them to get any hold on tho plants, us thoy aro thon moro dillicult to eradicato. Givo suflicient water to all growing plants, not allowing them to droop thoir foliage for tho want of it. Air freely on bright, sunny days, shutting up tlio houao oiirly so us to retain tho host aa long as possible Oranges in Parramatta. Tho following extracts aro takonfrcma lottor writ-ton by a gentleman who takes a grout interest "in tho cultivation of tho oran_ro, aud who leR Auckland a few uionthf' two wil'i tho objonr of obtaining moro information on tlio abovo bubjoot in Australia. Ho says: "I have gone over the orange' i. j': Panamatta and Lane

Cove. The facts of the case are as follow : i Oranges of excellent quality and quite ripo t uro got, some of delicious flavour, but they < ro not as largo as tropical fruit I boliove bettor fruit is grown at the Clarcnco and 1 Kichmondßivers, as wo ueed to conjecture ( Thero can bo no doubt that tho orango I ripons hero and yields a good markotablo i fruit, but it is much hotter horc than at 1 Auckland—thero is twice a 8 much sun- I shino. Any number of orangeries aro for ! sale. The trees aro allowed to bear at thrco or four years old whon far too young, they aro thereafter forced by niunuro to overbear and tho orangery is sold to strangers when it shows signs of beginning to fail. If moro caro was taken not to force tho troos, tho industry would bo much moro permanent. An ora'ngeiy in fair heart three mile? from i'arramatta fetches at present £200 to £300 per acre. Land fotches £70 per aero with nothing planted ; bush land, £50 or £60. Six miles from Parramatta, I was told, bush land might bo got for £30. To clear, plough, and plant it, would cost £20 moro. Tho fourth year aftor planting tho roturns will bo £100 por ton acres ; tho fifth, £150; tho sixth, £250; and tho seventh, £400 ; and tho roturn might bo £100 par aero. This was given me by a growor who has mado a fortune by it. lam told by Sydney people that it is a vory risky industry. Many gentlemen have begged mo not to attempt it, as labour takes all the profits. lam told that for a labouring man it affords a capital oponing. . . . One grower will got from 7s to !)s per ca?o of 14 dozon orangos ; anothor man will got £2 per caao —at loast, this is what ono grower told mo ho got f)r his. "o gratts only on orange stock, tho graft being about 4 inches abavo tiro ground. Layers, he says, aro nearly as good. Ho condemns tho practice of grafting oranges on lomon, stocks which results in thick-skinned fruit. His oranges woro vory thin-skinned and smooth, tho rosult of orango stocks. . , , . . A largo oranso troo 18 years old will yi«ld, in an exceptionally good year, 180 to 200 dozen good oranges. Castlo Hill district is tho finoet part of Parramatta. I have eoen oranges do best on sloping land. I was offered a large stone houso and 29 acros, of which 13 acres wero in orangos in full bearing, and 4^ acres in applos, balance waste land. Tho owner would take £4,000. It eeems to mo to bo vory modsrato as things go. Ho says ho makes £600 a y.nx from it." Tho Geranium. All variotios of this useful flower aro with out difficulty raised from cuttings. In March go round tho geraniums, taking cut tings of all tho variotios you want to propa gate. Mako up a good sandy compost in a wollsholtered bod, and dibblo the cut tings thoroin, giving them a good dronch ing of wator. Shailo thorn every morning, taking off tho shade botweon four and fivo o'clock, and giving thorn a slight sprinkling of water. Undor this treatment they will soon root. Aftor thoy aro thoroughly established take off tho shading* entirely. Thoy can stand in tho beds till wanted for bedding out in tho spring. Tho varieties for the most part are prono to grow very rank and strong horo. When they aro used for bedding out thoy will require a groat doal of attention and pinching back whilo growing to koop them in duo bounds. If this is not attended to, thoy will soon outstrip most of tho othor plants. It is impossible to produco tho same grand mass of colour horo as in tho Old Country, but some of tho horso-shoe i variotios mako a vory pretty effect in a ribbon border, or in a bed with othor bright colours. Most of tho varictios will micceod woll in pot, and can thon bo used with effect in tho greenhouse, though most pcoplo think they aro too common for greonhouso culturo. But in my opinion most of tho variotios whon thoy aro in flowor aro moro worthy of a placo in tho grcenhouso than a good num ber of plants which wo sco thoro. Mortovor, they only want to bo left therein during tho timo thoy aro Honoring ; thon takothem out and plungo thorn in a cool situation. Tho tlowors aro much liner when brought out undor glass, nrd will well repay any trouble taken with them. Then ns to tho Pelargonium : whnt could look prottier than a few pots of the best of tho.^o varieties in the earlier spring in full flowor? Thny would fill up many a blank. They can bo troatcd in tho same manner us tlio geranium. The enil they prefer is a pood, rich, stiff, rotfintivc loam, mixed with a littlo sand and old well-rotted manure. You can flowor t hem better in pots than in tho border, as (hoy have not so much root action, and a little starving after thoy come out of (lower will do thorn good. Kopot in tho autumn, and while growing keep thorn well pinched, giving thorn a nice symmetrical shape. If wanted for very oraly flowering, grow them in tho hoiifo all tho winter.

CRUISEING IN THE SOUTH SEAS.

Tho Janot Nlcoll's Second Voyage.

AitutfiJtt,

On Wodaosday morning, loosing from Samoa with all our horsos, men, and baggago safely on board, wo act sail, so to sponk in old nautical phraseology, in tho .lanot in good trim, somewhat heavier than sho had been sinco the liret start from Auckland Tlio "dead weight" of tho Circus audits belongings havo quito supplied tho loss by consumption of coal, otc. Tho morning was glorious, and as wo steamed out. of tho "gates"of tho ciwcent harbour, Samoa, on tho feu, looked lovoly in all r>a uro'ts purity and brightness. Tho Rca whs beautiful in its gontlo ripplo and crisp, whito crested, littlo "horsos." So on wo merrily wont along tho shores which wo had latoly skirted on tho oarly Sabbath morning, and ehoorily looked by anticipa tion of live days forward for tho low-lying land of Aitutaki, uno of tho Cook group; liar-atoned was loft to bo visited on Iho return trip, mi wo had to bo satisfied (and wo wore more than satisfied) with this now place of cidl on tho .lanot's outward voyage. 11. wa« Sunday noon on tho l«lh Septem ber whon wo readied Aitutaki, and a general rush ashoro took placo an soon iir< tho moans, could bo provided. Tlio good folk of tlio island were so rejoiced at seeing a roal mnnvuitilo elenmor in thoir wators that thoy wore roady to do and dare aught and everything for tho pleasure and land longings of thoir visitor?. Tho roof is a magnificent one, running at least 'JO miles round tho island, of which at oho and harbour uHorded accommodation for any possible number ol ships or iloots. Wo could not quite nscortuin for cortain the dale of tho submarine rotirin<>, but it eeoms to havo boon about 1810, whon tho euddon shoaling of tho margin and a largo part of tho inner lagoon cut oil' tho moans of rofuge which tho insoct tribe of coral-workors hud providod, aud now tho largo oxpanso of (loop water within the shoal to tho south ond id quite out off from all useful purposes.' It sooins that at tho timo of this submarine disturbance, a gonoral orupttonal movement and upheaval took plaeo all ovor the neigh bouring lands, but ono island appears to havo lain in tho direct lino of tho movement. It was soon noised abroad that thero was an English clorgyman—an English missionary ho was called on board, and ho had visits from tho nativo who had chargo of tho church thoro in tho absonco of any Euro poanovorsoor, and by a score of othors, to go and address tho Christian natives in the church in thoovoning. This was, however, impraotinablo, as tho individual roforrod to was partially laid up with gout; that, how ovor, did not prevent somo hundreds—tho plain building would hold a thousand, wo hoard—from assembling, who had to bo satisfied with tho ordinary conducting of tho sorvico by tho nativo, instead of hoaring from his lipa a translation of tho hopod for addross from tho foroignor.

However, nothing daunted, thoso good folks got togothor in tho morning two heaps uipigs, poultry, oranges, banunas, cocoa nuts, units, &c, &a, as presonta— ono for " tho missionary," tho othor and larger for "tho ship." All had to go asnoro, tlioroforo, billy-willy, and as tho circus band accompanied, thoro wub a great movotnont and a apocial satis faction in this visit of tho Janot and her voyagers to this fair island. Tho missionary inado his acknowledgements, and tho brass band did like duty for tho ship. Somo few followed tho clergyman to tho club, whero a short address of ton minutos was translated to them by the nativo ; tho rost followod tlio drum to whero thoro was an oxhibition of such gymnastic fonts and tumblings as were possible on shifting Bunds and with out any apparatus. Mr Woodyoar won for himself, and his troupe for themselves, goldon opinions, and no doubt many of tho wondering youths that thoro saw and heard tho circus performances will io tail tho gauio to their youthful successors at Aitutaki some CO years honcc. Ah! lmppy children of tho^o heavenly ieloH, Long may happiness, and pMne, and innocence be yours, and true roligiun ;;uiilu your steps aright. Tho Elephantiasis. It is " mnianclioly fact that in those fabled j»iuu of the blest there should be

not only in days past so much of blood thirsty war and strife with the shocking concomitant of cannibalism, but also some forms of disease tho most loathsome and hideous " which flesh is hoir to.' Leprosy and elophantia&ia are more or loss common through nil theco islands, as a rofuge for and from which the Sandwich Islanders bavo appropriated one a% a hideous prison for tho living dead. Pious souls aro found to accompany t-hcao unhappy outcasts ot humanity to their ghastly grave, there to alleviate present sufferings, and point the dying eyo to v land of hotter hopes arid brighter aspirations than can gladden tho earthborn and eartbbound. It was sad t, soo men in youth's spring-time and early manhood with limbs distorted by Jic prevailing elephantiasis, wheroby limbs -.so their uso and boooino in their huge i>ro portions a livingexempliiication of St. 1. oal a expression—"Whoshall deliver me from this dead body?" Our pilot had both logs so dwproportionod and useless that he could scarcely carry them-not thc\ him - up the gangway ladder. His face was young and In telligent, bis. words and gestures, as hesat in his boat, lively and exproßsivo, but his logs were of tho circumfercnco of a child s body of some half-dozon years old, and a dead weight of incalculable inconvonienco and annoyance. This disoaso soenls but another form of dropsy, for which tuppUuj is largoly used as a relief, but not v romedy. It soems strange that with bo many minds of search ing a«umon, and skilful hands of all enlight ened nations directed to this and similar evils, and with all Nature's products at their service, theso heavy afUictions of human kind should so long remain tho opprobrium of tho medical profession. Tahiti. After four days of ploasant sailing over a " molancholy ocean," where scarcely any signs of lifo wore soon in air or ocean, we arrived safe on Friday merning.ppr Y'S the whole voyage from Auckland to Tahiti, we saw neither stitch nor stick on the ap parently boundloss waste. One could hardly conceive beforehand that, with so much of international intercourse and coin morco, as wo say, tracking ovory ocean with sails flocking every sea, not one sign of a living civilisation should have "met the voyagers' ayes tor two and twenty days, bo wido, however, is the still tvaste of waters. Tho Island of Raiatoa was eeen on tho port bow on tho ovoning of tho Thursday^ before our arrival, and aftor " slowing for half tho night wo wtro at daylight on Friday morning off tho Volcanic Islo of Moorea, scored, as all such islets are, from sky to soa on all sides, by numberless furrows, worn by ages of wind and rain, which every new and again form dells and gorges of dark recedes orontangled beauty, into which in most instances tho foot of many has never penetrated. Outward we steamed as tho day broke forth till Papeete loomed in tho distance, with a long line of fog above it, like tho steam trail, of a locomotive. Noaror and nearer, till the shrill whistle summoned tho pilot to tho reef, undor whose caro wo nearod tho French man-of-war, the lleino Blanche which was at anchor in tho har bour, with some half dozen other craft scattorcd hore and there. Beforo us lay | tho town, along the margin of the shore lay the first street of the town ; with spires behind rising with altornating trees in green and glory, lovely to behold. Pupoote is cortainly one of tho fairest looking town?, which wo havo see-u in these beautious islands. Tho hoalth officer soon put in an appearance, and wo woro in full swing fcr tho shore, as glad, we bipeds, as were the circus quadrupeds a fow hours after, to troad tho solid earth, .md leave tho realm of Noptuno for that of I 'eres. Wo had not beon long ashore boforo we found that wo had performed an unwonted foat tho proviouß night. Wo had gone to bed all right on Thursday night, but got up again noxt Any on Thursday morning. This is tho first place whoro tho new day changes to it« ancestor. Tho first mis gioners had reached thoeo isles from tho westward; thus, sailing oast, thoy gradually gained on tho sun, meeting him too soon, till at ISO' oat-t of Greenwich, and ovon beyond up to Tahiti thoy kept to their old daily terminology. Tho proper meridian of chango lies but some 100 miles oast of Now Zoalund, and it would perhaps have beon hotter had tho practice followed tho theory. An it is, captains ofton find much innonvonionco and incur loss Irom having to kcop two Sundays on consecutivo days, to tho avoidance of which they of courso adapt their sailings as best thoy may. During tho day of arrival the scono on board tho Janet was busy and oxcitin« Tho body of visitors was soraowhat too numerous, and some of thorn not quite abovo suspicion as to character. No doubt thoro in room to mako thia now vonturo a succoss. What i=j to pre vent this from being an altornato routo from Ivew Zealand to 'Frisco ? Tho cost of this routo uocd not exceed that of the old direct ono, and tho two or throo weeks moro required for seoing tho Islands would bo an ample recompense in itself for all who had the timo to spare, It is just tho routo for tourists, siglit-seors, and artists, and a regular ftcaruor from Tahiti to California would complete Iho links.

THE FRENCH ELECTIONS.

Fvcnch Opinions on the Subjoct

[By Aj,UIX VItiLEVAL.]

The cablegrams received about tho French elections seem to have rendered provalont tho belief in a monarchical restoration in Franco; and tho local press has greatly con tributed to this boliof by hoading its tele graphic intelligence with such titlos as "The Crisis in Franco," "Restoration of Monarchy in France," fee. Howover, aftor looking carefully into tho mattor, it will be soon that thoro is no ground for entertain ing such a boliof. Taking tho returns as thoy aro given us, wo find already a majority of 170 in favour of tho Republic, inasmuch as a cablogr.iiy, datod London, October G, statoa that 2fiO followers of Jules Kerry and 150 Radicals (a very largo numbor, by tho way) havo boon returned, as against 150 Royalists and (it) Bonapiirtists. Truo, another wire dated Paris, October li, shows the returns to bo IGS Conservatives and l-tl Ropuhli eans ; and again, Paris, 7th October, ITH Conservatives and 135 Republicans. These cablegrams are so contradictory that it sooms rather diflicult to state tho strength of tho respective parties. I can woll under stand that tho number of Conservatives may havo iricreasod betweon the (ith and 7th from 165 to 176, but what I am at a loss. to account for is how tho number of P.o publicans could have fallon from Ml on the 6th to 135 on the 7th. This is a rcgu'ar Chinoso puiralo to mo. Nevertheless, I shall tako tho laßti returns as authoritative, and oven then I find tho largo majority of 101 in favouo of the republican form of Government, so that, so far, tho Republic is safe. I think, after all, that the cable grams havo boon misunderstood. It seems to be believed that by Conservatives wo moan monarchists, but another view of the mattor must bo taken Tho Conservatives aro, in Franco, the modorate Repub licans, who, although being firm sup porters of a Republican Government differ from the Radicals as far as tho dosirability of carrying of extreme measures is concerned ; biit should tho form of government become a disputed question the formor would assuredly join forces with tl<o latter, and voto against tho monarchical parties.

It may bo granted that the Bonapartist party is loosing ground ovory day, and tho mongro return of (iO out of a house of about E9O is tho host proof ot it. Moreover, thoso Bonapartists aro divided into two camps: Somo support Prince Napoleon • the others Prince Victor, son of tho former' A glance at tho newspapers supporting Prince Napoleon will conviuco anyone that no_ do whatnver-no reconciliation-can o*wt botweon theio two factions of a party winch has fallen undor tho public scorn by Iho violent manner in which the supporters of the son abuse those of tho father and mua versa. So that, at least' thoy aro not to be foared. The Royalists would seem to havo a better chance on ac- Sf ° I f ho }* comparatively large number Io0); but, as I have alroady stated, they 7°/?? mai°»<y "f Republicans of different shades, and will simply be Jthe mean? °f lengthening the moderate Roimblican S (Conservativos)ag a insttheßadi

Somo pcoplo seoni lo be astonished at the number of Royalists returned, and have corao to tho conclusion that t showed a ok.tr Tff- anC° f<? r a r6t"rn t0 ««« tfid M «Lv g\ Tarn °nly ««t°nMied to sco they are not more numerous, know. rX ft lmttheyhaVo been^dulouslvpre lZ "X their weapons long beforehand in ox htSlfAr 111 electoral campaign vrA hm aV hO *ma" villa^ have out. \ otcd tho largo towns. Bow can it be won dored at! In these petty villag oa tho Pri e ß °t/ who long smco havo declared war 3 ovorthr'h, 10',-:^'? t, h° »reates* mll ~ o\oi the inhabitants because of a l; lc k of from thi' On,^ c Part o£ tha P^ple-and from the pulp.t, as well as b y means of private; conversation, they have pressed upon !.,. consciences of their parish ioner*, and fined them ,rith Ltred

against c Government which considers i them only ris citizens, instead of : looking at them as tho lords of tho country. Thoy havo taken advantage of the mi-* takes of the war in Tooqnin. They have frightened tho peasants v.ith tho bogio of anarchical disturbances in Paris, confound ing purposely tho truo lovers of liberty with those restless spirits who are never satisfied so Ion" as thoy have not a fin<r(?<- in ths pio and who boa^t of having Kochofort as their leader. Thoy have created dissatis faction with the new Education Act, bc causo it is tho means of lessening their power, for when the people of the villages shall be as ed.icatod as those of tho largo towns—when thoy shall be able to think for themselves—then thoy will no longerlisten to the political inanities of thoir spiritual advifers, but will relegate them to the sacristy, from which it should bo their duty not to emerge. Tho clerical and monarchic t party havo united all their forces for thi* lnst ctrugjlo; thoy hive not left a stone unturned in order to achieve their end, and tho meagrn result which has crowned their tremendous efforts may bo looked upon as their Waterloo, for' they will never havo a better opportunity, and 1 hope tho rulers of Franco will enact, a low which will prevent hence forth the pulpit being used as a political tribune France will not return to Bonapartism, because, twice in losh than GO years, she has seen what she had not seen pincol34o — her metropolis invaded by tho cnomyV armies brought thero by tho insati able ambition of tho first Bona parte, and tho incapacity of his nephew. Franco will not return to Royal ism because she will remember Louis XVIII. making hia triumphal entry into France in the Cossacks' chariots—because when she was blooding, when sho was toiling to pay tho war indemnity to Prussia, tho fons of T.ouis Philippe, tho Princes d'Orlean* (now tho only pretenders) impudently camo to ask millions from her when sho had scarcely enough to meet her engagements. Franco will remember the pa3t, and France will remain Republican In conclusion, I would rather look at the French elections as a success for the durability" of tho Republic, and my reason for doing co is that if there is any foar in France of seoing the present system going too far in tho furtherance of socialistic measures, this foar must be removed by the majority of Conservatives now returned. Had tho Radicals had the majority, I would, perhaps, nottake tho samoviewof thematter, because it is a well-known fact in Franco that tho clerical party, with Monseignour Freppol as leader, would like to Fee the Radicals in powor. This would frighten the capitalists, the merchants, the bour qeoi-M, and might lead to a restoration of tho monarchy. If the Republican Govern ment act in a modoratu and wise manner, the Republic will never die in Franco, for tho more eho experiences the liberalising effeots of this form ot government, the moro attached to it she will be. It is the only Govern ment which can onsuro her tranquility, and if, by misfortune, the monarchy found its way again to power, it would only be to pink throe months afterward, and plunge once rcoro the country iifto the devastating flames of a civil war.

[By H. S. F. PELTZER ]

Will the Republic last in Franco ? This momentous question has been often and ably discussed by competent and impartial writers, both in Great Brituin and America, and, as a rule, it has been decided in favour of tliooxiitingregime. No wonder,thereforo, that the result of the general elections which have juat taken p'aca in France has created a feeling of surnriso abroad. It must be ad mitted that the" telegrams transmitting the particulars are not very lucid. After a careful perusal of the figures given, I have come to t-ho conclusion that the returns for the Chamber of Deputies and those of the Senate have been mixed up. We are also told that the modorato Republican*? have sustained a defeat. This statement is in correct, inaemuch as tho moderate Repub lican party (Contro Gauehe),of which Mows Thicrs and Jules Simon were the most pro minent member?, hae been dead for the past, five or six years. Before dealing with the results of tho general election, it will be necessary to i-tuto that tho Chamber of De puties is composed of 553 members, who are elocted by universal suffrage, whilst the Sonato numbers 300 mombers, who are re turned by restricted suffrage. In tho Chamber, tho Monarchist party did not number 90 member.?, while the Gimbettists or Opportunists boasted of a majority of over •100 deputies, and tho Radicals formed a compact phalanx of from GO to 70. Although I do not admit that the figures transmitted in tho telegrams ara correct, >ot I c.it!"ot help admitting that tho Gam bettists havo sustained a most crushing defeat, since they seem to have lost about 200 Beats, out of which number tho com bined Legitimists, Orleanists, and Bona partis-ts havo secured a gain of 120, and the Radicals SO. During my recent stay in l'aris I had am plj opportunity of convincing myself that the Gambottiat Republic was doomed. At a debate on tho probability of a Monarchical restoration in FraDee, which came oil a fortnight &go at tho Cerele lie Conversation Francaue, i oxprossed my belief that the coming elections would bo fought between tho Radicals and Monarch ist!', and that tho Opportunists would be left out in tho cold. "Frailty, thy name is woman." Had tho immortal bard have lived in the presontage, he might havo said, "Inconsistency, thy name is Opportunism." I shall not attempt to deal with the mani fold contradict'ons, blunders, and forsaking of principles of which Gambetta and his fol lowers havo been guilty, and which have led to their present discomfiture, for this would prove a hopeless task. I shall limit myself to dealing with tho following thco pledges whir.'h wore given repeatedly by the Oambottists, and broken by them: (1) To put an end to tho struggle which for so many yours has been waging between Stnto ami Church. (2) To discontinue tho linporiiil policy of foreign wars, and to dovoto all ourmiorgles and resources for the comiog struggle with Germany. (;>) To substitute direct and progressive taxation for tho present indirect taxation under which tho French working classes aro crushed "Lo ' lcriealismo cVt l'onnomi," has said Gambotta. This now historical utter ance- has been adopted as a watchword by the Opportunists. A Stato Church is essentially a monarchical institution, whilst separation of Church and State is a Repub lican principle. Instead of following the traditions of the Monarchy by protecting the Church, or adopting the republic in motto, " A free Church in a free State," iho Opportun'ets huvo begun an era of petty persecutions by dispersing a few religijus orders, cutting down the salaries of under paid parish priests, and expelling the Sistera of Mercy from the Paris hospitals. Neod I add that such a policy is unworihy of a truly Liberal government, and that it has given offence to the Catholic conscience? On the other hand, this Opportunist policy has croated divisions in the Republican camp, since the Radicals, or, if I may ex press myself thus, tho "republican Republicans, nro willing to grant the Roman Catholio clergy all tho rights dud privileges of French citizens, even those of paying taxes and submitting to milit iry conscription.. Tho dispersion of the religious orders was nothing else than a wanton provocation and a farce, for tho members of these bodies have been impoi ted into Tunis and Tonquin bytheOpportuui.-ts Ostensibly, M. Ferry has reduced the bad got of public worship by cutting down the stipends of tho clergy, but in reality ho has saddled his budget with additional ex penses by creating now bishoprics in the new colonies. For inconsistency, com mend mo to tho Opportunists. I read in the Paris' papers that not long ago a St.-ter of Mercy was rewarded with tho Cross of Honour for her untiring devotion to tho sick and wounded soldiers in Tonquin. Tho presentation was made by the Com mander-inChiof, oscortod by a brilliant stall', and in front of the troops assembled in arms. Tho General himself pinned tho insignia on the coarso dress of the humble Sifter of Mercy, whiht the troops wore presenting arms, drums beating, bu-Jes sounding, and colours saluting. Of conrso the Gambbttist Press made capital out of this incident by extolling the im partiality of the Government of their chcico in rewarding truo merit and heroism irre epective of political or religious creed : but Jacquesßonbourneshookhishead. IJefai od tocomprehend why thodevotion shown by the Sisters of Mercy to the poor and the sick at homo should be deemed to be hurtful to the Republic, and rewarded with the much coveted reward of the Cross of Honour abroad. To this meddling aud vacilliating policy must be attributed the recent suc cesses achieved by tho Monarchists aud Radicals. The unsophisticated peasant has recorded his vote in favour of tho Monarchy as a protest against what, in his eye?, con stitutes religious, persecution. Tho staunch Republican oia'nrr of the towns baa f-:p ---ported the Radicals, wh<j advocate the separation ofChuich and State. (2) "La revanche." The horoic resistance oppced by Gambetta to the progress of the Gorman invasion, hia unshaken belief in the patriot ism aud resources of bis country, and hia

talents ns a military nr nn • V*s^ armitß, had made rfth^SfW very personification of •• r! ttnb »«B% Hia many admirers looked^.'1 him as the only m,n , «p to lend thorn to thJ c" ° > «M muoh.belovo.l Al ? ac e a n 7? Ot «& general was thi, belief C ' g loci Opportunist statedl at T^S **H mg hat but for hiMGambottil^?^ death, Franco would ero nl1"««% covered her lost pfovi nce "oW "j"* ft. Mad, 2 a ßoar ; and ToiSSH*^ ent to Berlin. For tho mn 11 , Bhort« pu.ro ry military service, and ' r" ».% nsparlDß bond fabulous &SSj«!^ he re-orsanintion of the nation,^ f« the purchase of war material v^N strained every norvo and shown VT* h« which has elicited the war*?^>[% hor foes in her untiring effort, t^•* hor lost prebtige.and to fill up th 8. * «gtb new frontier. But, alas fcr T? f pUll»t children havo perished by ft*l to distant climos, and her t&Sa«. wasted in foreign adventures »P*iV »ofc t yWded any return *>h- M rabid Opportunist cannot deny »iT i iJ"« betta must be held answer^!l <tGa«>- foreign policy *hich TaTfi }* *• Madagascar and China cml™ i- ° t!w Monarchist and Radical fife > always disapproved' of theTt™ W predicted that they vtodM N in increased taxation at „-. r6581' international complication nhrmA l d have been told by M. Jul M t?"" these were undertaken for the ™7 ""* opening new markets for our W The idea of selling silk, uj g*. champagne, wine, and works o artT?1 duaky .native, of Madagascar ,s&f has beon "rtuluV^"^}; Clcmencerm when statinc at the tifl? M' lie Chomber that « W ?.f™gjg are concerned, we only export-Oowm^' officials to our colon es." Fve,Jl ?' has two side,. Therefor, v . Z» that the colonial policy of ih e OpnL ."f may still he fraught with h'nefick * for Fran-c, But no nnbias^TuK approve of the manner i n whic f t £ foreign expeditions have been condS It stands to reason that in a war S China the Government, disposing of »I.J? and well-manned fleet and bSI? uowrfnl finding army, actidwwJi sending reinforcements to.thocost S ffi vac by what ha? been called "k'iJ* 'fapetit* paquels" (small bndie* offfi The publication of Admiral Gourbet'*nri vate correspondence has shown that tt; gallant commander died broken-hearW and all his plane for striking a decfi bhw were thwarted by the utter inausZ displayed by tho Ferry Cabinet. itnH confidently asserted that the '.Jim Chinese war and the timely publication ji Admiral Corn-bet's correspondeßce oatS eve of the general elections have gtsS contributed to the defeat of the S tunists. (3) L'import progmaf. A n X" of Gambetta's pet schemes, the tfa budget, which is the hugest in the wotH is chiefly alimented by indirect taiaßni! and therefore is a- heavy strain on % resources of the working classes, '% " Octroi," or town Customs duties', at u unknown in Knglish-ppcaking cgnntnV entails also great hardships on:theprol). tuires. To show bow iniquitous tub laiis, i may state that a gallon of oommoh ifhn worth one shilling, pays " Octroi" duty of one shilling while a gallon of (he i beverage worth ten shillings isliablj to iho same duty of one shilling, Itfollok then, thatvhilst thh poor nan contribute at the rate of 100 per cant, to the "OeM" revenue, well-to-do people whocansfoii to drink fine wines are only taxed to ttj extent of 10 per cent. It .may seeiij. credible, and yet it ia true, that Frimi farm and dairy produce can be got dream in London, where they are admitted duty free, thun in Paris, where they are liable to ''Octroi" duties, The suppress of the "Octroi" is not a political measure, and would bo hailed with delight by fin bourgeoisie as well as by the prbletaia It has been advocated both by the Hadicala and tho Monarchists. People will ask in: For what reason do the Opportunist* opfoft this reform? Well, simply beoao^tteip. pointment of several thousand 'Octal officials is in their hands, and that the; on it as a huge electoral corruption imk " Ab uno disce omnes " yet beforeffljeW ing with thia taxation question, IK Op portunists, when in opposite, rat vehemently, denounced the equandffliigirt tho Imperial regime, and abased.Kiplu HI. for allowing his Minister of the him an annual expenditure of 50 millions of francs as " fouds secrets," and jet G»a botta lias followed in the wake of Ik "tyrant," for the fifty millions of secret funds are still on the. budget esti mates Better thau that, when re cently M Waldeck-Roiisseau, the Op portunist Minister of tho Interior, lid to moke way for the Brissop Cabinet, it transpired "that tho whole ot his'mtaej had been spent by Monsieur le Vmm and that nothing was left for his totem, Tho increase in 'he aumbor of the Mown ist Deputies is tho hatui-al coriseqaenO!d tho blundering pulicy followed by tksW cessive GambettUt Ministries.:,lt iM! that tho poasantry, who have lortallm tidence in the Opportunist leader!, m& not object to the advent of a Oonstitutiw King, since under this firm of gownuM France would enjoy a little of that MrtW | stability which the twenty mem Cabiuots of the present regime haw m unable to give her for the past fifteenPV But tho Monarchists ought not tot*1 before they are out of the bush. J Monarchists do not constitute a, tap ity in a House of 553 members, ;» side?, it is not likely tiat.tte^ Bonaparlist Ui-puties will tupporii» Comto do Paris. On. tho other t«^ tho 230 Opportunists will not get alow WJ smoothly with their 130 Kddicol bntto. The latter bavo often been accusedofvo« with tho Keaotionarics. However, uo.« not t mo. Tho fact is that many MmWNS havo of lato supported measures oUg reformers, brought forward by theft^.., One single illustration will bear tto » tention out: With the > l»«*lble:*gj giving temporary relief to ttawiffl": of'Paris, and the destitute «« silkweavers, of Lyons, the K»di*«| tabled a motion empowering tb.e WW used for the redeeming lnmf?£ do Pieto of the tools »nd.jfH which the proletaires ol: these tnm towns had been compelled ..to «; /I motion was warmly f PP^JC Monarchists, two of the Bishop of Angers, and M• » I It was, howtrer, negativedlbj «J«K I tunist majority, on the V^^\^ I was in deficit. Yet- a few *'»!, 1 same majority voted by I 50 millions d«manded ,W W;,:^, I Ferry for the cirryiug out w. ssrciS ir-*As: they describe .them <c, be. » 1 sheer presumption on my pa» | what is likely to happen no*- i£ | one of Charles Dickens s wel^««^ 1 tors, "It is a muddk'' K& ! Franco and for I Grevy is a clear-headed, wg"*^! I patriotic statesman, and he has « | O fM, Henri ~ the «V | a worthy descendant of m , Huguanots.andar^pular^^i reputation for sterling integrity M | proverbial. With two E0» fei*'* 1 idmofthoSUfHtheßepjg^l for the present at least. J"'"^^'! Opportunists had only Fffiffif W retained ir by tcorting » >fa& | tenccs. Most of them, to begin | betta were elected on the i when in po»or Gran f«' | iilil Republioans *hen ft 'tLisß**?? 1 ■ army. Th«li^g™ ce™tW%ift«* fe to the core, «d the iatme Vr t^b f fe tho hand, <<l*.iw,? e*^S**»*|fe elusion, I -h^BCttuLlSwfS {I one of the ficst tho advent to po*«ot »*?£ wB« || its best energies ttS»ws.»lld?A:'il and material n-olfarertPSPsaibrfy || f.-ro take the wind o«« #i ,j. e 6t H Monarchists. Shoold,^fia their {«];■{ |«: bcttfets bo allowed to^jjrf^ fe, unuroductive wars, l" •^ ft , MM OoMtrtution^W^^jJgJfe View,'Kirangahspa Bc*J. v r," ber 12tb, ltfe

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