NEW GUINEA.

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ornWAKY VOYAGE OF THE »«SSE■«* GIJINKA EX" uthMayWsa day of great fcnrtlnjr. " '" lnßhere,occasionedbytliolnuncb '7: n;Uny«c ll ttMMa,vt r o m ;t° of e,r Pap-. Industrial 5,,.0, , 1 thaJ been on the stocks in the boat -:'. new i, two yoan. We havo had, ", 0 8 good deal of other work to WU 0 besides the building of this yacht ""' t! , time devoted to manual labour ; :1 thtf bo» the rfiV *'«"«"* o* °ur Institution, and none amongst the ,fspectator* rejoiced more heartily ~£ tl more lustily when the Mary slid " "-,IIV out of the shed than tho pupils • '■' 7i ovnre^-lv for work in the r..h)fp»»'K -j, , v t |, e woo d (ma ,-, noi kably wen. - i>,,,,,.,,. 7wb, f- b" «? veati' n<^ The flanks on the iamilv» ,-V f - tho ve3 »el are in one iidl Bnih reaching from stem to Mem. ietlS-' nnner-fn'teucil throughout; tho SrihrfSTbert quality; and the work ""Jllehuwly and thoroughly well done. hMbe I wererawte here, but tho ropes Tlf "i nTtbe iron and brass work a, wo aDd,f t Ike "ere sent from London and tf'fthota b« paid for by a 3ydnßJ. me Ell ,,l n nd, who, when she rJ4Kf«S building tho vessel, heard that wo A n w0 kllow offered to besu all e*P™° m b M (tllo »ftl:Ko "gh-en to S;.ho vessel! Ue SSgWLted-thediroetorato keep her 'CofouHHodsmay wonder why we tfTSST -> «*«**■"• m^ ' »»l It mint bo romemborod that Stow", whence wo obtain our supplies, tauves«l not less than theEllengo»an is «L°ary. The western branch q| our Son U in Torres Straits and the adjacent Stady of New Guinea, in the vicinity o and Katau Rivers, and oar contra Ltion U situated on nn island (Murray) Siswithin a day's Bail of Por Kennedy, ,c the mail steamers call, and where wo Sria our applies and letters and also S a day's fail of our most distant mis pStation Seeing that all the stations in ■his branch of the mission can be visited without exposure to the open sea of tho plan Sulf, and that tins part of the Now OgtaacoMtis nneurveyed and very dan .arons navigation,-especially in and near the Fly Mver, it. in ovident that .1 vessel like the Bllengowan is unsuitable for tho mrk ban" too largo and drawing too much nter F"r the <J"> fr"1 work of tho mi??10n ihsia'indispensable, but for the particular mtk of the Papuan Gulf—tho real mission nikof opening up new ground, establish jjg and vi3iting now stations - she is of nty little we.

A Liberal Gift from New Zealand,

The brethren Lotos and Chalmers, who bin charge of tho middle branch of our vision, find as they extend westward along Hi Pentnsulft that when they onter tho hnun Golf a small crate becomes noceu sSThence Mr OhalmeraV public appeal for a decked bout of about ten tons, which tisrespondedtoby a gentlomnn in Now Zahnd, We preferred to build our own, is order to get just tlio sort of craft re quired, and, having no committees or any ■ Wybut ourselves to please, wo have nowgot ilittle vessel that seoma to ploaso every kodj. the Mary is the admiration of all A)'have seen her. A captain describes let as " a beautiful and really powerful Ms craft, in which it would bo perfect ly sis to go around tho world." Sho is fit to enomnter aay eea, yot handy as a boat for Boring about amongst roofs and Lanka in these nnsnrveyed waters. My colleague (the Key. Harry Scott) and I hid arranged to visit our outs stations dating.he annual vacation of our Papuan Inrtitute —ho going in tho Ellen gownn to China Straits, East Capo, and Tocte Island, Yitee teachers from this branch of tho musion are labouring; whilst I went in tho Mary to try and peacefully eottlo the tronblej in the Fly River and reinstate our tochera amongst those warlike tribes. On Jane 5 there was a great and glad shoot of "Sail, oh !" such as only boys can giro tpho sro expecting tho vesf el to take them to their homes for their helidaye, We had groat excitement for a couplo of days ontha minion-premißes till tho Ellengoivan left with Hi living cargo, Mr und Mrs tettaceomponjing the pupils a.s an agree iblechangs for the gouefit. of Mrs Scott's health. On tho return of the vessel Mr tott proceeded in her to East Capa via Port Moresby, whilst I started upon a viatstion of all our stations in this branch tl the mission in our eivmrt Httlo Mary. Wefiret called at Port Kennedy for letters lid teachers'supplies, and hero I had thu tkrareof being joined by tho Government Paident, the Hon. John Douglas, who was urioas tOTuitMabuiog and Saibai, which uepnder his jurisdiction ; also our mission itationson tho mainland at the Katau and Slyßhm

button »f the Geographical Soeloty Oie 1. 1 tho first persons I mot at Thursday lAudwHt's Joidft of the New Guinea Eipbriiig Kxpedition, Font by tho Coo ppklcd Socioky of Australasia. Their liltte (teimer, Bonito, was undergoing some "P«lra, and they wors preparing to start for »9 Fly River, having abandoned thoir in tention ol attempting tho Aird at this sea=on «tb« year, They wore natnrally anxious joiccompany us, that we might pilot them * the Fly. and introducn 4hom to tho J*ti7es, and if possible prevail upon a few "jMcompany them up tho river on their •tod eipeditioa. Wo very readily con «at«d to tender them all tho assistance iro wd, being muij) interested in their onter- WMdfeelingthat the Fly is tho greatest «rf most acoeMible waterway into the "Wor. Aa they were not ready to start, WI bad to visit Mabuiag, Saibai, and Wtto before proeeoding to the Fly, we •Wnged to meet on a certain day at Mis •Mnwy Pass, which is situated at the Morth Wo! the Warrior reef. Tho Queensland wemmenthad ordored Captain Williams. «wI Advance, to tow tho Honito to tho *ft of thb Fly River, and Mr Douglas W arranged for the Mavis to tako coals ™isupplies for thorn up tho river as far aa "rtSpicer, where they intenc'ol forming "wdepit ."Douglas and I proceeded to Mabuiag, j™ ire were welcomed on the beach by anH hia wife and a crowd of «as, all respectably dressed, nnd phow- EtJlS sUkeable deli Kht at ou'1 arrival. /Mjnody, old and young, must shako T1"- Thia ceremony takes time and FWCa, and afterwards soap and water. j™ « 's not bo bad us rubbing noses. CU " noße' with tlire°or four yf™ Rrea?y natives ! After this »hiM toachcr expects us (no matter "time of the day it may bo) to take our Wih it bl° and V^^o of his ho?pi ml-' " we "re unable to make a " good iiulr v " he MM'dorß there is Rome iw! i. cookin? or tllo vict "a'", "athor toil atwein»yhaTe dined on board before Chtii \'. oMMinine "and'datefl for ttafer. ,°' J"V' lp anli attonnin^ to church «C 7 n8la» had a look round the WT'u ° leachor and his poople ti 1™. 11 vwy noat and substantial Hl»v ft- 9 thorn Bveat8 veat crorlif ' and « yeiivc°™nionccd annual oon- Cr^ tllß. LonJo" Misrionary Society. £15, liePtwns in cjsli amounted to

«*!»>'„" we fonnd a eil"'lttf »tato of W«L B T dmr' M erected; batter Wn« nß. bai"»nthe vill«gn, which is ftlyl,, , IDd o]ean ; oil the natives tolor «C . 'K,dl knd like those !»& g "n« rl Mm'ruy- to »»» annual tn\ " tbo ;Lon(1()" 'Misflionary ' I'WatC,U Pt J oee"dfhu Gnsp-Jonto |^r.t e , i J J f»'. md- Their contribution. >C7,t.° fobtni!li»!<">^T,the y >«fib£ '^""""y" quantity of ■h!«hafin • ~ °^'n "f those stations 1«»eS rohV B8littleollur:-hofn«"|y ?«8no»r - Cl!- From thoie churches tlr 'k« pl,," V1 Tng our best young mon ■ ltl'^ed L ,? B3tituto- "<■ Uouglas cw Hhim .„ ahvea at b°t" places, and «» «ome excellent advice. It •> a

great blessing to havo such a man at the head of tlin community in Torres Straits.

A Truly Heathen Village

I'VomSflibni wo proeoodod to Katuu. The passage into the snug little havbcmv nt tho mouth of tho river being rathor narrow, \ro did not like to risk tho Mary, so anchored oU'tho bar outside, whilst Mr Douglas and 1 ctitotei] theharbaurintho Ventura; butovun in this we stuck fast in tho passage, it being nearly low water. A short and pleasant walk along tho hard gahdy beach of the island at. the mouth of tho river soon brought us opposito tlie village, to whicli we crossed in ii onnou. After somo refreshment, at the teacher'a house wo wont to inspect tho village. It is a true heathen village. The native* have not yot begun to make any improvomonta in their houses or nirronnd ings, although a few of them have oom mencod to wear nlothing, and n goodly iiumbor attended services conducted by the teacher, who is. a Saibaian, and one of tho bret appointed from our Papuan Insti tute. We mounted a rather rickety ladder, and entered one of their long, dark, and dirty houaea. Tho effect was moat peculiar, At first wo could not. seo anything, Then, • 1; our even becamoaccustomed to'the place, men and thing* began to appear as thuy do on a photographer's plate when he is develop ing. ( flaring eyes appeared in all directions, which Appeared to surround themselves with dark boiHtw. Skull.- and bones were hanging about : bows and arrows, spears, and clubs, were quite handy ; and tho whole scene was highly characteristic of savago lifo. Mr Douglas and I stood in the centre of tho house and addressed this strango audience through tho teacher, after which wo returned to tho house of the latter, where wo met a crowd of natives at evening wor ship, with whom wo spent, a pleasant hour, and then stretched ourselves out on tho floor of the teacher's house for tho night. Wo left early next morning, got* on board the Mary, and started for Missionary Pass, sending the Venture to Port Spicer by tho back entrance to the Fly behind Bristow and Hampton Islands, with instructions to call at tho mission station on tho latter and take on the mission boat, which wo required for landing at. Kiwai. Owing to the good sailing qualities of the Mary, wo arrived at Missionary Pass, a nay beforo tho appointed time. On tho follow ing day tho Advanco appeared with the Bonito in tow, the Mavis having gone lirect to Port Spicor with tho extra supplies of tho expedition. Next morning we all started for tho Fly, wo leading in tho Mary, tho Advance following with tho Bonito in tow, which she cast oil'about h'vo or six miles to tho eastward of IJampton, and then returned to Thursday Island; whilst the Bonito fol lowed us up the river to Port Spicor, which wo reached without getting loss than three and a-half fathoms of water. In the port wo anchored in seven fathoms of water closo to the beach, surrounded by stomless palms. The members of the expedition were greatly delighted at thus being fairly in the great river without any mishap, anil spent a day exploring Mibu, the results of which were especially satisfactory to tho botanical de partment.

Wo found tlio Mavis anchored on tlio western side of Mibu. Sho camo into port the d:iy after our arrival. lat onco sent tlio Ventura and the mission boat over to Kiwai to Diepare the natives for our visit on the following day, and to assure thum of our pcacofiil intentions. Tlio leader of the exploring expedition bein^ anxious to form hia depot ni far up tlio rivor as possible, wo derided to accompany them to Sumaiut, our farthest mission station, boiny; six toon miles beyond Kiwai. 1 had rirst, how over, to reinstato the teachers at Kiwai, and ondonvour to secure from the chief of that warlike tribe his promise of protection ; also try to make him see how much it wns to his advantage to have toaehors settled amongst them, and what tho coi a jquQnccs might bo if ho or hi-* people kiliod them. Wo all started from Tort Spiccr, tho Alary acting as pilot bout. Wo found Kiwai almost deserted, (ho natives having lied to tho biuh, fearingpunUhmont for their attack upon tho toauherd. Iho old chief and about fifty mon remained behind, with whom wu made a peaceful settlement; and upon their restoring tlio stolen fjoods of the teachers as far a* they vroro nble, wo becamo friends, •{uvo them a present and some advice, and loft thum apparently much pleased at having escaped punishment and at seeing the teachois a^ain unionist thorn as a pledge of peace. The Kiwai district is ex ceedingly fertile and tropical in appearance. It abounds with sago and cocoanut palms, and is n lino Hold for tho botanist. From n missionary point of view, it is tho key to the Fly River. Tho Ktwains aro numerous and powerful, well known throughout tlio whole of that part of New Guinea They are a terror to tho natives of Fly district, just as the Saibaians. use to bo to the tribes between tho Baxter and Kntau Rivers ; honco wo aro unxious to bring them under tho in fluence of Christian civilisation, making thoir town our central Htation in the Fly ; and wo havo reason to hope that, like the Saibaiaup, they iiill ere long he scniiii.g thoir young men to our Papuan Institute, carryinfjthoGoSfcltothedark tribes beyond, Wo are not discouraged by reverses amongst such tribes a3 those inhabiting tlio hanks of that great rivor. Wo expect tiitlicultios and daugeis such as we havo recently ex perienced, but we have no doubt of tho issue. It is as certain to my mind as if 1 could now see the peaceful smiling villages, with their neat churches and school-houses all along the banks of the river.

Negotiating With an Old Warrior. Atthiß point Mr Douglas and I left the Mary and wont on board the Mavis, tho former returning to Thursday Island for our mails and nupplies in order to moot us at Murray Island ; the latter proceeding up tho Fly River to Samaiut with tho coal?, etc., for tho exploring expedition. 1 ordered tho Vonturo to accompany ua aa pilot boat and to aacist in landing tho coals. Captain Cator, of tho Mavis, put ono of his men on board to attend to the loud and raakosignals. Wo got along splendidly, following tho deep channol right up to Suiuaiut Horo wo wore mot by a crowd of friendly natives inquiring for thoir teacher, who is remaining for a time j with his friends at Kiwai. Ono of their , number understanding a little of tho language of Daruley and Murray, I wni able to explain to them tho object of tho exploring expedition. Thoro was no dilli c'ulty ab"ut forming tho depot there, and gettinf a largo canoe as. Captain Kveril dosirod. Tho minion lugger Vonture was lo idod with coal, tho roet being taken in tho largo boat of tho expedition. Tho natives Vi r/ soon carried the bags from the bo.its up the embankment, depositing thorn undor tho chief's houso. Mr Dougltis aud I super intended tho work, while Captain Evenl was attending to other things on board tho Bonito. Tho chief of rfnumiut is a very lino follow, both in appenrnnco and character So far as wo could soo and learn, ho v most friendly disposed toward? our mission, and Mr Douglas Buccoedod, I think, in aeeuriiiL' his friendship for tho expedition. Indeedftlicexploring expedition are greatly indepted to Mr Dough* for his assistance in a variety of ways. Favourable Prospects of tho Exploration.

Having orranged ovorything, CapUin Evoril invited Mr Uouf;laf>, Captain Cater, an-1 luysolf on board tho BonitO to dinner, ,md tlianktd us, in tho name of tho expedi tion for our assistance Wo wero pleoß.fl torjnder what help wa could, being anxious for their suoresa. They certainly ou«ht to succeed, for they aro a Bplondid lot of follows, wull equipped, pmJ have in *da a wood starton an oxcollent route. Ihol ono fe about tho boat littlo steamer they could have found for tho work In her hoy ranv reach tho very heart of Now Guinea with all their wpp'lw, and thenco explore tho highland,. I havo lonjr recommonded •ho csnlori.tio'l of Now (iuinoa by hoi water- ways, and regarded tho ex pedUionß to .ho Boj.the.rt |»n«n.iiU (except those proapoct n R tor gold) waste of life, time, and money. ihOMuae outlay expei dod on tho main body of the ""nmlbyonoofher (front water^avH in the Papnun Oulf would have flinched ho world with some knowledge ot the interior nfNaw Guinea. Travelling on tho mouii ni,,ouß Donineula is about as difficult na it n°o ■ Tho Geographic,! Society o* A,, tr,'la,ia have dono thu ri K ht thing in fitting their oxpedition tor rivor work, and in Kive."and re.p.-ndod to when we parted com pany. .1 may hear of them on my next visit Uvo months hence. Wo now c,;nmonood our return vova^o Bo itino- out of the river U a very diffdront TS from Mrfli-Bfn, specially i"» targe schooner like the Mavto , lo^ I' of " glide through narrowpa^a;:^, oi over m a- Stovon's Island, and the nex>. day, bcin^ Sunday, wo jpent nt Darnlev On le Monday «o crossed overto Miiriay. tho whole distance from Suinaiut being a dead beat to windward As wo nea.ed the anchorage the chief came off in tt.e

beautiful now bont presented to him by 1110 Queensland Government, flying tho_i ¥ *uoenßland ling, with a ptnarfc crew of uativo police in nice oloan uniforms, which somewhat surprised and greatly plained Mr DOII3IIM. My colleague, Mr also coma orl'in the mission boat. Ho had ro turnod from his visit to East Cape about ft wet k boforo our arrival, and reputed all well. Mr Douglas spent a couple of days with us, interviewing the chiefs and people and visiting different p'irt* of the island ; but ho will, no doubt, write n full report of his trip. It wa° to mo one of tho most e.n joyablo missionary voyages 1 have ever made. Wo hud with us a Mr tlartrrmnn, from Toowoomba, an enthusiastic collector and a really intelligent and yood man, to that we had most enjoyable and profitable evening conversation and discussion, 1 hopo that our trip may bo productive of much irood in many ways.

S. MoI'AHI.VNI Papuan Institute, Torres Straits, New Guinea, .July 31, IHS.~>

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

THE IMPERIAL MEETING.

The Empcvoi-3 of Austria and Iluasla at Kreiusicr.

FvllK.M.siKHj August 25, —Tho Oar and Czarina accompaiiitd by tho Imporial en toura^o, arrived hero at U. HO o'clock thin raon iig- Tho Ozar and Czarina and Im pi r'al suit, in n'oint; from tho station to the tichloss of ICrouWor, avoided tlio town and vvtro driven through tho vast park sur rounding the Sehlo'B. The Emperor Fran cU Joseph and his i;on Rudolph, the Impe rial Crown Prince, met tho Czar at tho rail way station. The Uapfburgs wore Russian uniforms, and the Knnwnofb wore Austrian uniforms. At tho meeting at the railway station tho monarcha embraced The I'zar and Emperor then entered tho sanio ear- I'ia^o, and want together to tho Kchloss. Tho Emperors and Empresses iudulgod in much embraoing and kissing. Tho Czar knelt and kismod tho hand of tlie Empress

Tho Austrian statosmun says:—"Tho object of the Imperial interview is to onable Kussia to secure porfect freedom of aotion in ('ontril Asia. When Russia shall bo en gaged ngainst England in Asia, Austria will bo ablo to proceed on tho Balkan as she pleases. Russia, however, must be ablo to secure hor own intorests in that direction. At Krcmeior tho lines will bo drawn and agreed as to how fur Austria is to advance southward in Europe while Russia is en gaged in hor long prepared-for war with England. At tho Kremsior interview tho Uosnia and Herzegovina 1 most ion will he discussed to its finality. For tho Anglo- Kussian conflict, which must come sooner or later, Austria nnd (iornmny aro ready to render most important services to Russia, They will compel the Sultan to uncondi tional neutrality in the question of the Dar danelles; in tho Baltic Rus.-ht cannot bo attacked, nnd in tho Black Sea sho will bo unassailable if tho neutrality of tho Black Sea is maintained Tho Czar can then enter upon tho Afghanistan war." It is also understood that the Polish question will also be discussed. KitßMstEU, August 27.—The Emperor Francis Joseph yesterday conferred tho Order of tho I'-rnml Cross of St. Stephen upon Grand DukoOeoi'jje, second son of tho Czar, and appointed him to a Lieulununcy in tlie Imporial Austrian I'lilaus, Tho Grand Duke is in his sixteenth year. An eye-witness of the whole pageant at Krom sier asserts that, despite the efforts danger to the Czar wan entertained. Alexander w.-is. really alorl and unousy, and ho added t 1 tho secret precautions arranged for his safety more than one device of bis o\\ n. Ho was pale and careworn during his unliru stay, and ho himself smrgostvii sovurai piv (millions to tho Austiim authorities. A

few unimportant arrests wore made ilurin r his piny. ThaCzarowns :i ui.'i-till [>■! • .-<■ —i.I of uiiommoa strength and intolth'eiici-.

The miMtiff has been carefully trained as a bodyguard, and is well kim.vn in St L'«t«i>burir nml Moscow, aud «-atn!ic tiu^itlo hi* moetcrV couch ovory nijjht. Thin rl<i<j acrompanicd the C/ar to and from

LOUIS RIEL'S SENTENCE.

After .-. short trial, Kiel, the leader of tho recent rebellion, in the north-western part, of Canada, was sentenced, August 1, to bo handed at Hegina on September IS, proxi mo. Ho tool: the rrsult coolly, oven when .ludj^o lUchiinison s:ii.i he could hold i.ut iii) prospect of rtpiievo or interference by Her Majesty, although the jury recommended his crtfO to tho imperial clemency, When tiio foreman, Francis Co-^rove, (juvo in tho verdict of "guilty," ho wept like :. child. Tho prisoner, at the smno time, v. as UncolinjJ i" his box. anil prayiiij.' fervoutly. evidently having withdrawn his nun I from what was passing around him. HutV.ro the jury went out. Hi.il, by pormi-si.in oi the Jiu)(,'o. aildrcssol the'Cmrt. lie sold:—"Your Honor, gentlomon of tho jury: It would be easy for mo today to piny insanity. because of tho natural excitement caused by my trial. The oxeitcment would caiiso a nature liko mine to 1)6 far from calm ; out-

I hope, by tho help of Cod, to retain my CHlmncFH, Tho jury will .-co by tlio paper* that I am inclined to bo rolfeiuux, but I trust my ruligious actions uiil not be thought in.-ano." After repeating v prayer, Kiel theneaid that his mother. who gavo him birth forty yours ago, had taken care of hh\i and nurrcd him. lie h:ul another motlior, tho Northwest, whom ho loved, drill who ho was cure would not Uiil him any more than his earthly mother did. Ho next. procccdoil to tall; about hi* criovnuct*, and showed how ho camo buck to tho country to benefit tho half - breeds alnno. Ho spoko in English, and eaid ho would try and do his best to bo understood. Ho would yet. be justiliod. Ho sought to bring about practical results, and when he was dead, which might bo soon, ho hoped hi.-i spirit would yet bring about practical results For tlio pa-t ten yearn lie believed ho had a mission to perform, He belitvod it still, and, with thu holp of bin God, ho" was performing that mission in tho criminHl'B dock. Ho had waited patiently for yoarn for an opportunity to porform it. Evon if condeinnou and hanged, ho would have the nitisfuetion of knowing I that tho world did not beliovo him insane. By the- giaee of Und, he was I lie founder of Manitoba. 'J'ho whito* were t.lio pioueora of civilisation, but they had brought demoral isation among tho Indian?. As to tho ovidonoo that ho had railed Archbishop Tuche a thief, ho exj)loir,ocl that tlio Arch bishop had takon thu property of a widow. Ho was proud that ho had the inanlincM to stand up and donomice such on action, oven if committed by such a dignitary. At tho clo3o of biel's siicech two of tho jurors woro crying, and fo were some of tho ladies in the Court. , Tho campaign againpt Kiel h half breod rebels ha* hud the oiled; of reducing- that class to I ho lowost depths of privation and misery. I'rie.-t.', writing from the northwest, say tho Canadian volunteers robbed and plundor«d tho half-breed sottlcM mercilc?.-ly. One padiT, Audio, write? to a Montreal jiapur : "1 rcgrtp that Middloton did not comploto his work, and that to plunder he did not add mas snero. as a painful epoctaclo of t'lo pro longed agony wo soo around us." Oaneral Middlaton, who conducted the campaign ftgainßt tho rebel Riel, has been created a Kni«ht Commander of tha Orders of St. Michael and St. Goorge. 'I'ho Indian nhiof I'oundmaker, coiictrned with Riol in tho north-wast rebellion, was found guilty of treason and felony on 18th August, and sentenced to threo years imprisonment in tho Ottawa Ponitcniiary.

A COLLISION WITH THE AFGHANS AVOIDED.

London, August 21. — A despatch pent to day from Meshed, I'ortia, near tho Afghan frontier, to tho "Times," slates that a coUirfioii boUroon (lie Russian and Afghan pnstt! nearly occurred on the 13th Inet., at Karatepo, eighteen miles from Chatnambed. Sonic Russian troop.?, so the despatch states, approached Karatopo, and the Afghan troops there stood to their arms. _ Tho W Aan officer, when ho saw thin, ordered hia troopers to unsling their carbines, and ho was shot and aowely wounded by il,o accidental discharge of one o i these weapons. Before tho exact imturo of hit) accident was ascertained, there vu eonaidorabloexcitemontand confusion, which hovvovor, subsided as coon (is the truth \r«i raado known. The Afghans then dotainoil t-.ha Riiesinna until they rocleved orders from Herat to'let thorn go During the detention the A fgh<nn tn-ated Plio wounded Ka«i»'i oni.,-r with jrro«f. ki.i«!«^H,»■«.. dosing his wounds, au.l fey him b-iric to I he Hufsians linw. . A hurrUd inve-tigilion o. tha o-oiirr.:ncß w »>a lo on both ride* Tho Puiwiiin e.-.mm.inder exonerated the IfRhM »nd pn»Q. -«1 thit the .ro-pur, .honld not ngiin adv-ano beyond Chamani hid Four .English offl.-jerfl continue to supervise tho work of repairing and i strsncibem"? tha forfa of Uevrtt

A DISASTROUS EXPLOSION.

Sixteen Persons Injured on a Philadel phia Steamer.

, ■ Pnir,Aiu;i,Pllu, August l"lh. -An explosion I on the steamer T, W. Polton occurred just 1 after sho had left tho dock on hor trip to ~ Wilmington, Del. An sho was opposite , Pier S, south wharves, the passongcrs and \ crow wore startled by an explosion, which shook the boat from stem to stern, When the smoke cleared away it was found that the entire forward part of the vessel above tho water line hnd boon badly damaged and a number of p<i«-erij;orrt injured, eomo severely, Tho pilot houso and the cntiri upper deck and bow presented a scene of complete) wreck. TtiftS proceeded at onco to the injured vessel, mid with the assistance of the palioe boat Slokely. which was lying near by, at once proceeded to remove the injured. Tho ambulance of the Penn sylvania Hospital soon arrived and took most of the injured to that institution. Tho li.-f of wounded numbers sixteen. Edward Yon tig, of Wilmington, Del ,a fire man on the Pulton, was injured about tho head and face, (ieorgo L. Wilson, anon^i ucer, was standing on tho wharf whon tho oxploaion occurred. Ho was thrown back ward over a bench and sustained injuries to his right wiist. The pasi-engor* wore mostly women, taking babios for a fresh-air trip on tho river. Thoir esciijio is aoeounted for by tho providential Fufit, that but fow of them' were in Ho forward par! of the stonmcr. Kdvvurd Vonnj;, t!>'j Hroman, say.! (hat whon the explosion occurred ho \\u< carryin;.; only Illirty-flvo pounds of steam to tho Bfiuarc inch. Andrew Linker snid to day that ho inspected the boiler last, May ami found it in «ood condition. Tho ir.w was touted. It is stamped 50,000 pounds, and broke at fiu',ooo pounds. An indentation in th.! head of the boiler, how ever, shows beyond a doubt, thut the explo sive force caiuo from without and not from within. Captain Wiley, Mr Lawrence Mr Mershon, and Mr Linker made n care ful examination of tho wreck for tho pur pose of ascertaining the cause of the explo sion. Tho investigation ustablWuid ihu fact Hint tho explosion was caused by a dynamite bxplo.-ivo, which had been placed directly forward of tho head of tho boiler. TlieHtoamcrcameup from Wilmington a( 8.30 o'clock and lav at hor wharf until 10 last night. Sho lay at Wilmington in charge of Andrew Jones, of Bridj^eton N.. 1. Ho could not bo communicated with to day, but (Vptain \\ iloy says that if 0 st rangor had boardod or attempted (o board the steamer last night the watchman would have in formed him of the fact. While the -toanior lay at her wharf thi< miming the piis.-m gorscamo aboard and took chairs on the hurricane deck or aft. The ollicers and deckhands were busy, and no attention was piH to tho movement* of the pis-6'igew. Several ol them carried basket ■, so thai 11 bundlo or package mi»hl liavc been o.inio 1 aboard without ,-it tract in;,' atlcntiai, Tlv ollicial report made to H. F. Kennedy, rfuperentondent of tho IMiiladolpluu, Wilminpton, and Baltimore Riil.vay Com panv.ur.doi whose"iipervwimi thostcamboat is operated, .-aid: '• Tho head of the bjiler wa- indonti d and oraokc I about a f"ot in length. The cvplocion is believed to have been caused by a cartridgo of some kind, placed under the held of the boiler mys torluuftly.'' Hetectives havo been putontho case, 'i'ho Felton was insured for iT>t),lOO.

THIS LOUD LIEUTENANTS TOUR.

Karl Carnarvon, l.oid Lieute: ant of Ire land, has made a very .-uecessful tour ol behind. At (.ialway ho delivered an ad dress in which he said that ho hoped to see in his own lifet imu the ancient prosperity of Cialwny revived, lie ivjrrvrieJ Ilia uni vorsal d'pie-sion in labour, which, he saiil, was owinj; to foreign cmnpe titixn, and m-j.'cd tho hib.mrers tn stiuly tht intoro.-ls of thcii employers, ilo hoped I tint the Ivi-h li-heries and rtlinr imliwtriw woulil bo dovolo|vd. and ox|.l«k«o.l the cohviclion that limes wniilit toon iw;ud. The L-iu'iiial roocptinn which his liithurtu marlioil the pr,,:;iv.s of tho tuur ol Karl Carnarvon received a check tonight, while tho f.oul Lieutonaiit was p.irM_n_u through 'iil'e majiiri'ly (if the popple nf the town were dotoimintd that mi reception shouhl be ■rivun to tho Karl which i.-ouid be constrticd ns n |iopuhir i«xprc*eion ol tho -ood will ot rhe inhabitants towards the pivs.u-nt Covoni mciit, and they worked upon the minds ol the members o! variuiis pubiio bodies .-i that the latter became frightened and re fused to vote «ddns-i-< or to ivc.^ni-o tin visit of tho LoMl-l.ienk'iiant in iitij way. A corjioruto ulliciiil who had bern di-missi- I :r..)in his mist read an address nil behalf of rho li.ynl minority of tho t .wu. and Earl Carnarvon replied I>> simply |>r;dsin£ the sconory in tho vicinity and expressing jrratefdl thanUs for Mi- nnivcr« il itulmci' sh')uu him. One result of Lord llanrirvor.'i' \< aoofnl

proirresH thrmiKh Ireland h.s been an ■•n-rnmus inllux of Bri'i.ih touri-Cri in thai country. fifteen hundred Muldsccrs fr.Mii BnpliUiil, aciitl.-ir.il, :i!,.i VV.ilejliin.lc.. a1 Dublin yesterday. Tho prevalence of cholera on' tho continent has doubtless

contributed to this result, but tho di.« euvory that the " Wild Irishman " h- by no nwaim so wild ;is he ha-, beon deseiibed ha. boi n the chief factor in determining tourists in favour of tliu romatie sc,:nery and su|ierb salmon lisOiinß of tho Irish lakes ai:J streams. Thi.« rush of visitor* briiifis many thousands of p Hindu into Ireland.

MORMON MISSIONARIES MOBBED IN LONDON.

Nkw V«iuk, Augimt 21). — Tho "Sun's" London special wiyd : Fur romo time past several Mormon mi^ionnncfl havo been labouring with great energy in the cast and of London, and lmvo succeeded in making many converts! and proaolytes, in spite oi poraiatotit opposition. Ilecontly thcro have been reports that thope nußsionarioi" hail been systematically kidnapping young women and shipping thorn to Ulah to bo -'sealed" to rich Mormons, All sorta of stories have boon told about wealthy Mormons and tho indignities in dicted upon tho girla who were entrapped by them. 1 hose reports havo greatly ox nsperatcd the East-Ifinders, and to-nignt an inturiated mob invaded and took possession of ah ill in which tho missionaries wore speaking. Tho invaders stormed the plat form, smashed must of the furniture in tho hall, and mado a wreck of everything. On tho platform wore ."even older*-, who had boon conducting tho norviccp, and they lied for their liven. Tho rioters cha?od them through tho (itro.it^, pelting them with mud and ovory misoilo that could be picked up. Several ot tho okloi'd VOV6 captured and horribly abuxed by the mob. Thoir clothing was torn to shreds, and they wore beaten until they were uncoiifcioun and almost lifelusa. Tho riotovs, ovidonlly believing thorn dead, fled, and loft (he Alonnona lying blooding on tho pav-einont, where thoy woro afterward found by tho police

IS GORDON LIVING?

Nkw York-, Aug. '25.—Tho "Timos points a conversation with Colonel long, tho African oxploror, now here, 110 said : ■•Captain Richard Burton, an intimate friend uf Gordon, declares publicly that ho (loch not believo (Jcrdon k dooil. I fully coincide with Urn-ton.- views. Yon vi'l luivo noticed that no two of tho many ro ijorta of his death agroo. From my know ledge of Arab inothodc, Gordon's head or Bomo unmutakablo ovidenco of his doath would havo boon Font to the nearest English post, i fceliovo Gordon oscapod with as many of his followers as ho could save, when ho »a\v further rofistanoo was ÜBclo.«.s. Tho idea of his being rcscuod by Knglieh oilic m or by Wolsloy would havo boon n torriblo blow to bin vanity. Ho had eight gtoamora at his disposal. Four ho had previously aout down to Motomneh. 1 (irmly boliovo that ho tool: tlio other four boat 3, and with the mon and as much pro visions und ammunition as ho could gather, made hU was to GonJocoro Onco out of reach of Khartoum, ho could escape with perfect pafoty. Having arrived at (londo coro, which U 1,500 miles south of Khar toum, ho may havo turned towards the Congo, and piiHdud through tho country of a frlondly King, whom ho convortod to Chrifltianity. A year may olap^o boforo we heir of him."

AFRICAN EXPLORERS.

Bkpsskf.s, August 25.—The arrival at Capo Town is announced of tlio I'orfcuguoso explorer?, Capolla and !"vcn.s, who started from Mossamodcs in March, 1884. The explorers liavo travorserl Central Afriqa from west to o.:int, whilo Stanley and Cameron crowed it from oast to wo<t. They roached Quillman in Juno, ISBS, alter having marched 8,000 kilometer ■■, 5,0u() of which havo never been explored liofore They discovered tho sources of the Lualaba, a tributary of tho Congo, in a country rich in copper. Eighty of tho 120 men employed as an escort to thorn diod on the route.

A LADYS LETTER FROM LONDON.

Feminine Facts, FanciOß, antl Frivolities,

(13Y KLISK)

The MABi.nonouciß Jloume Bam.—Pkbkkct Aruan'OEMKNTs—Tiik Miss Ciia.mukhi.aim TnOUUI.K—IC.n.II. IJjSFEA'IBn—I'M.VCKHS BRA trk.'k'h Wkddinu —Its Cost—a llkavv Bill -An aristocratic Bonnf.t Snor—A Novki. Get-cp-a Visit to the Female Pknitkn. TIARY AND PEHAL PRISON \T mTiTIEASK STKANOE SIOHT-SEKINO — TIIIC »>/iUDERS — Tiikih Dkmbanoi-ii—lev COl.ll Okt.i.r The SHORT-SEN'I'ENt'K I'IUSONKKS — IiAHCENOI'S ]jITTLE "dt.AVEYS"—KFFKCTOF IMPRISONJIF.N'T O\ DOMESTK' SERVANTS-TXRFPICACY AM A PUNISHMKNT— I'i:n'ai. SERVITUDK — KAStOl'a Convicts—.Tank Dover—Coxstancb Kent— Hub Con'kkssion axu atonement-A*tkr 20 Years—Uurx Timk at tiik Theatres—No NOVMLTV ON IiAN'TC HOI.IDAV.

Lonijo.s, August 12. Dkaii Mr Editor,— Tho London fleason wound uj) merrily with a mammoth bull nt, Marlborough House, to which—there being no Garden Parly (his year—a great many people got invited wlio do not, often pone trate within tho sacred precincts of "tho l'rinco's sot.'' Tho arraugomontH, as usual nt i'oyal dauoes, worn perfuct. Strauss's Orchestra discoursed all tho most ravishing (iermau waltzes, supper rooms and tents abounded, tho wines wore of tho choicest vintages, and the decorations quito too lovely. H.li.ii. looked tirod—not to say bored-but danced twice with Mias Cham berlain, and onco with Miss Stonor. Tho (irst-namod young lady has been tho fair cause of much trouble this poaeon, Certain cinliu/fx dames resolved to close their doors upon hor, and, despito tho remonstrances of tho Prince of Walos, insisted on doing so, Matters 'came to a climax with tho Kobo Ball, tho Committee of which, you probably hoard at the time, black-balled not only Miss Chamberlain, but another beauty whom U.K.11. delights to honour. Tho lloir-Apparent indignantly resolved to put his foot down on this robollion and ruin tho tlanco. Ho doclinoil to attend with tho I'riucoss, and spread his sentiments on tho subjoct far and wido. Nevertheless, tho Rose Ball proved a completo success. Tho truth, 1 believe, is that society doo* not look with favour on tho growing inclination of tho Princo and Princess of Wales to sur round thomselvus with a small court of inti mates, many of whom are received simply because they happen to bo either specially beautiful, or amusing, or entertaining.

A lady of rank for whom circumstances havo proved too strom: has pltukily re- Dtnrtod lifu a3 tho proprietor nf a bonnot ahop in Purk-xtrcot, liro.svoiior Square. Sho oalU herself Madame Lierru, and U doing very well. Tho bonnots and huts are capital .-t\io, as you muy guess from thvfaet that tho Princess of Wales has ordered four of tho former. My friend Mudgo think* a sweet littlo thing in jot with ro.-us in tho new shad,) of soft pink which II I. II woroat (ioodwool must bo 0110 of them. A damsel has ap peared amonirsl us wrapped in a purple .lust coat with a blank velvet college cap just liko tho ono worn by Iho Princess in hor doctor's rtibi-H, oxropt that, where tho f;old braid was on tho college cap, on thie there was buglu trimming. It is the latest thing in hats, but ei'ii't bo worn with anything but a long cloak, and U scarcely likely, therefore, to obtain general popularity.

The Royal wedding at Whippinghaui wan a vory dull affair to everyone, save perhaps Iho buxom bride. The Queun has a p.ifiri mania lor arrang ing and re-arranging details, and issued so many coiillit'ling order:! that xovoral <j1 the llnyjil oiiiri.ils openly U.M ihcir foinpor*. Tim (.\pcnso of the u-uoL'd functions has boon unonnouH -china, plato, ..'lass, \<\, all lining to bo transported from Windsor for Iho uo-a.-iuii. The l t »iiooii wanted to many her youngest, daughter cheaply and quietly. She said iik much to Sir Homy I'oi.sunL.v, who mlvUul an in formal ceremony «t Windsor, ivlioro llioro ii uvory convcnii iieo handy. I lor Majesty. howiivor, pi'ivi-ied tint Iho U!o of Wight would be gui (it ili.-iti Windsor, and so tho illiireamo oil thore., wiihthu result that it ha-1 cost junt twico a-< much as the Duko of AlbanyVwedding, which was an iniinitoly moio imposing cromouy,

Did I tell you when I last wrote about our vi.-itin" .Millbank and Nowgato prisons? Ir was most interesting. Dr. liaines, of

Auckland, got a special permit very dilli cult to obtain—from tho Home Secretary, iii.l wo siient two long afternoons in the strangest sightseeing. Millbank I'onitoii ciary is an immense plaeo. l!. used lv bo principally a mi'ii's pri-on, but there ire oiily women theru now. Wo were shown over by tho head w.trdors, two ■^^ kindly •Hvtnim: old ladies as one would ui-ii to meet anywhoro. Mr* t'letcltor. tlio Ameri can spiritualist, ulm -pout twelve months in rt'c.«minster I'rinun (then under tho panul management as Millbank w>« is) vpoiks of •Jit! wardorn a." on the wholo " very intelli gent and very kind." 1 can, however, quite bar! up what sliu says in "Twelve Month/ Imprisonment " •• female pri-oner.-- MilViu-ini: nuouioa from cold during tho winter. Both Nowgateund Millbank ■. struck an icy chill through our veins, though tlio thermometer without was ivuistering almost unhearil-of hoat. What those iron cells with their asphalt lloow must bo during tho winter 1 ■ in- id to think !

Millbank Prison is now dividcil into two sections—tho lir.-t or " local " nitio being for shortsentoneo piUonei*, ami Llio No. 2, or puiuil side, for women sentenced to long rorms of 5 yoarn nrul upwards. Tho local side didn't intorcst me as much as it de pressed mo. Wo walked thioujih miles of coiridors, tlio oeoupauts of tho colls bein^ almost invariably inifoi'luimto littlo "slavoys" of tlio maid-of-al^ work clasa, sent to prison for a short period for somo trilling act of potty lurcony. Flow mis trocsos can briiiK thomiolvoa to prosecute youiif; tihU, as they ovidontly do, I urn at a loss to think. Apart from any othor con aidevation, the pnnishmont but holJoqi provea ollicacious. Dread of prison often vanishes afior a lirst oxperi.-'ico. To poor, porsoculoil Anna-Maria or Polly - Jane, labouriu" fiom morning till m'ulnifjht in a Btully kitclion, ill-fud anil bailly lodged, Millbank I'rison, with Us rojrular liouw, mibstniitiul (if Nomo whatcrudo) moils, and whilo-oiuo supor vision. must Boom far from fin 'in/mm. In stead of ropoiiltiu; tliu first ollonco us they would do in many cas-qa if it woro judiciously forfjiven-thoy hi in ply rcnolvo to bu " more carofcil next time " fn prison, bolides, Arum Muriu mcotfl profossional thiovos. They instruct tier in Rome of tlio smmllcir arts of "the p.uno," and toacli hor tho uddressos of " fencoa " to whom Ptolon pro perty may safely bo sold. Al'.oßether, tho chancos of a (,'irl kcopinu' utrnifflit who Iwb once been inside "Tho .Ing " for thoft aro iaiiniteafimnl. Warders nover any " «ootl byo " to such whon t.lioy are going away, i—i- "•/ rcvoir, . iults and "drunks" form tlio balances

...o other ollencos on tho local side at Millbank. Some of tho women in prison for assault were singularly kindly anil t.iee looking. An evening's tippling had !cd to a row and brought them to chock. Tho penal section at Millbank afforded w a glimpse of countloaa notorious criminals, women whoso ttrango ollpnood once formed nine days' wonders, but who are now, ta all intents and purposes, buried alivo. Such a ono is tho girl Dover, a pleasant, kindly littlo woman, cho.-on for her gentle tact .-.nd pa tion CO to wait on tho sick in tho In firmary. Sho waft condemned to death for murdering hor master by putting poison in tho stuffing of a fowl. Two servants noun to havo boon t-uspoctod, hcrscll and tin :ther, Tho former got off, but. Dover lir.-i: con domned to bo hanged had tho_ sontonco commuted to penal servitude for lifo. So elmplo and affuolinnate U the disposi tion of this girl, that oven tho warder* — who hardly ever believe in a prisonoi's innocenco—are woll nieh unanimous a mis tako has boon made. If so, i tirf too lato tor anytliing to bo done. "I havo boon hero 12 years," said a warder, "and I never re inpmber a casoof a prisoner's sonlonco being ■ rovorsoi."

Tho convicts at, Millbank belong almost wholly to the lower ela^es ; 'i'ho head warder could count on lier lingers tlio so called Indies under hor.caro at WoMininfltrv and Vlillbaiilc during the last ten yearc.

Throe woeks before our visit the notorious (!on»taneo Kent rulurned to Millbink to finish off the few remaining days of a eon tonco of 20 years' penal servitude Kho looked calm and happy, they said, and well flio might, for if ever there wna a woman who deliberately expiated a prime of passion by open oonfi»«ion and honei-t atonement, it i« Const ahoo Kent, 1 remember well thosenFuiion her confo-f-ion caused. A cousin nf ours was in Hie samo

Piotestant Home at Brighton, arid iho older mombernof tin! family usod, with doubtful taste, to qic-'i"-; I>«• curiously about Miss Kent. The ■■( ntiral impropsioii 'was that the poor giil would never live through a fi f'h of her mil sentence. She has not oil's" dot.ii so. but niturns to the Brighton Homo a brighter and happier woman than e'jeleftil.

I havo said 30 much about Millbank that, no pp.'icc remains to gossip about Newgate. I may, howover recur to tho subject. The relic? oi .luck Shoppard, and other historic prisoner- WO saw tboro, wore particularly in teresting. Tom tells mo ihat at no tirao within tho past. 20 years have there boen so fow entor tammen'ts in London as at present. Tho hot weather and the Inventions Exhibition combined have obliged manager after mana ger to succumb. The Lyceum closed for six weeks' recess ten days ago, Toole's season came to an ond last Saturday, nnd both tho Comedy and Princes managements are /;.■ extremis.

Bank Holiday passed without a single novelty being produced—an unheard-of occurronce. Mr Augustus Harris, with considerable discretion, re opened Drury Lane with an old Princess's success, "It's Nover Too Lato to Mend." Wo went and revived ancient memories of tho pieeo on Monday ovening. It goes capitally. The model prison scene and the waterfall in the Australian bush novor showed bottor than on this vast stago, and tho acting ail round just hits tho tasto of a " popular " audience Charles Warner (a« at tho Princess's) plays Tom Robinson, and Sydney Calhaem re sumes his famous impersonation of Yacky, the Australian aboriginal. The Gaiety Theatre, fallen into new hands, opens to night with " Brother Sam" (in which young l/ytton Sothorn will for the first time in London play his'fathor's famous rule) and a burlcsquo on "Olivia," entjij,od "Tho Wicked Vicar of Wido-awake^iield,' sup pnrtod by Arthur Roberts nnd the Minuet? Leamars.

A CURIOUS LUNACY CASE.

Aotion Against a Popular Physician,

(From irr. London Cor.r.r;rosuKHT.)

Lokdon", August 7,

That a person—a woman moro especially — may bo n pitiablo monomaniac, commit ting tho wildest absurdities, oxniting public derision, and bringing obloquy on her name anil family, and yot, bo perfectly sane in the eyoa of tho law, lisa of late been abund antly mudo manifest. Mra Weldon's was the flint case that ovidonued this surprising truth. Hor frionds, thoir pationco worn out by freaks as discreditable as they were inexplicable, at last locked the woman up in Dr. Winslow'.x asylum, hoping that judicious treatment would culm her distempered fancy and make hor moro amenable to common sense Alas ! they littlo knew with whom they had to deal. Mrs Woldon's madness has a fatal amount of methoJ in it. A perfect demon mi/i rasa, sho in public presents the appoaranco of a somewhat eccentric; woman of tho world— cool, fluent, and ready of reparico VVlwn in course of time poor Ur. Window was put on his trial for depriving an injured utißi-l of her liberty he literally, didn'c stand n ilmnce. The jury simply pooh poohod tho idea of tho amiable plaintiff over having been noil rom/ios mentis, and gave her, as you know, thumping damages by way of solatium. Since then a series of actions havo boon brought again&t modical men by persons in carcerated temporarily in lunatic usyluins by thoir frionds. Suing tho doctors who sign tho 001 tilicate U, of course, tho moat satisfactory modo of reprisal for persons roally so injured. When successful, nuch actions not merely effectually and tinally demonstrate tho plaintiffs sanity, but ruin Iho doctor* who havo doubted it. Occasionally, though, a caso crops up liko that of Notivo V. Hatherly, tried last week at tho now Law Courts, in which the jury, whilst, pronouncing their belief in tho plaintiffs sanity, Uriel nmplo oxr:tioo for iho medical men who doubted it.

I'ho particulars of Neavo v. Hatherly aro ivell worth recording :— Miss Neavo, says

:i summary of the ea.'O in tho "Sun day Observer,1' was a lady of middle ago, who, in ISSI, resided with her mothor in St. t>oorge's Road, I'iinlico. Her brother, a Captain in tlio Army, homo from service in Indin and bis child, were temporarily re siding with them. On the Mth .hily pho was by hoi1 mothers direction, and on tho certificate of two doctors, taken oil to a lunatic asylum, force being used to remove her. Thoro sho resided seven weeks, at the end of which time she was liberated, mainly, it would ecem, on the motion of tho keeper of the establishment, « ho considered that her turthor detention would not conduce to her improvement. Tho cuae for the plaint ill' was that she was atall times perfectly Hiino, and that iliu medical men who

gavo tlic pcrlilicntes iid ko without taking proper moans to ascertain the f:iH,.,~ and wore, 111 short, guilty ot tlio most rodtloßß iiml culpable nogligeiro. I'd that ncL'H^Mieo, if it existed, hor itu pri-oninc-til. during Uionj sevon weeks was, nti doubt, due, und >he accordingly claimed fi-cmi t hem n solatium of ,W,UOO 'i'ho action vvbh brought in tho first instance against both the medical men engaged, but ono of i hum died boforo tlio trial, and it was con tinued againit tho survivor, Dr. Hathorly, who was tho medical attendant of tho lady's mnthor. That the lady was a lunatic in the ordinary sonco of tlio word, that is to say, uniformly irrational in speech and act, wan not for ono moment protended on tlio part uf I ho tlefonco, while tho plaintiffs counsel wcro embarrassed by tho fact that hor ,;.cjiitii<-ity, it that be tho right word for it, wag of a most abnormal character. On I ho ono hand, bho seems to havo been perfect')- compotont to niAtingo hor own domestic and pecuniary affairs; whilo, on tho othor, tho was dominated by euiUin fiNed idoas that gavo to her con duct, in certain rolatioin, a wholly ir rational aspect. Tho lady, as tho Att.ornoy (ionoral imt it, held Low Church views. She attended tho Contoronccd at Mildniay Park, and .'ho was poseessed with the idea that tlio eankor of the; world whs tho Society of .Tesu-i. Tho moinbcrs of tho famous body, which Loyola founded, havo had assailants of various decrees of iwtel lcctunl eminence, from Pascal to M. Paul Bert, nnd ho on down to MissNeavo, and of courso detestation of thoir practices, wheihar emanating from Port Royal or tho St (ieorgoV lioad, is not of itself evi dence of any want of (unity. Miss Noavo, however, found tho trail of thosor pout over everything. When hor mother's servants misbehaved they were recognised thereby to be acting under Jesuit inliuonce. When oi.o uf thorn had a honrso voico MUsa Noavo thought that sho was an agent of tho Society, hiding tho soutane under tho petticoat of a nuivovy maid; and in cross examination sho went so far as to state that tho b'enians belonged to tho .losuit body, nml assured Mr Charles Russell that ehowaa in a position to provo it. Misa Nonvo'a opinion of tho universality of .lesuit iidlucnco led hor, in fact, not only to soo (his danger on every side, but to take active step* to counteract it; and with this in itsolf praiseworthy object, ?ho was led to mako nocturnal inspections under tho bods of the servants, nnd to insist on being admitted to her mother's room at three in tho morning, that fho might instantly formulato her com plaints. On her mother's rofusal to admit her, she threatened to unravolastockingthat hor mother had boon knittiDg during tho day, and that lady proving obstinate, she was* a« good nn her word, nnd performed this pingular function of Penelope in tho small l«o.irs of tho morning. She lurtheraccused 111) doctor of fofteninc her mother's brain by administering tho mild stimulant of eul phurio othor, n proceeding which she aeoms to have thought nutui'al in a member of tho medical profes-ion, for " .fosuils," sho said, "go about iv all forts of disguises, particu larly as doctors." Tho nurse, whoso manly voico had excited tho suspicions to which wo have beforo icfcrred, was in liko manner accused of drugging her brothor's child, and all tho servants seem from time to time to have been involved in tho general con demnation. Itwas, ad tho Lord Chief .Jus tice rather unkindly remarked, a very livuly household, or (in the cook, displaying a fine " notn <f reprefsion" which Mr Matthew Arnold would havo applauded, negatively put it, it was " a perfect heaven upon earth when Miss Neaye was away." This being tho state of aflairs, tho lady's mother consulted Dr. Hatherly as to the wisdom of temporarily socluding Mies Neavo in an asylum. Ho hnd seen hoi several times, though not professionally, and after a, short interview concluded tlmt such a step was calculated to do her good. 110 subsequently had a seoond examination in ooinpliiiiiCQ with tho statute, and. after interrogating her, signed tho certificate, believing, as ho aseeited, that there was roally no reason whatever to doubt the .jenuinenessof his belief thatshewas aperson 7-i unsound mind proper to bo detained and taken charge of for tho purposes of treat ment. Two tjnestions -were left to the jury. The ilist was whether tho plaintiff was of unsound mind, tit to be detained in any asylum ; and tfio second, whether tho de fendant was guilty of culpable negligence in making his certificate ; and to both of these queries thpv returned a negative answer. 'I hoy four.d in effect that tho plaintiff, noi withstanding hor eccontrieities, was sane, and ought not to have boon sent to an asylum, nnd that the doctor, notwithstand ing that his conclusion wa« wrong, came to the conclusion honestly, after having taken 1 proper care in investigating'the caco.

LONDON SCANDALS.

BhotiEing Btorlea Told In the British

Metropolis,

New York, August 2. —The "Sun's " cablo gram from London of August Ist says : Tho atmosphere of Parliament is fotid with scandal. Shocking chargis are freely brought against both young and old. Poli ticians, heedless of debate, are discussing only the latest scandals. It seems as though tho " Pall Mall Gazette's " exposure would create, in addition to a moral revolt, c political campaign of personal Bcandalp > Tho Criminal Law Amendment Bill, prej viously unheard of, is now the most inn portant measure of the session, and tho House is crowded whenever it is up for debato The moßt notorious libertines in Parliament are vying with oaoh other to propose the most stringent restrictions. The bill is being pushed forward with feverish anxiety, as the libertines, fearing exposure, desiro to close the Westminster school for scandal at tho earliest possible moment.

The revelations of the "Pall Mall Gazette" and the subsequent agitation by thut paper of the necessity of suppressing the evils discovered have fairly convulsed the country. Immense meetings continue to ha hold daily throughout England, and the Wesleyan Conference at its session to day unanimously passed resolutious of thanks to tlio "Gazette" for the thorough manner in which it had performed its good work. Similar resolutions ore adopted al most daily. A moeting was hpld in Cannon street to night to appoint committees and perfect arrangements for a huge demonstra tion in Hyde Park, to tike place in about a fortnight. Among those present was William Stead, editor oi the "Gazette." Stead was introduced by the Chairman, and was cheered for fully five minutes before he was able to make himself heard. When partial quiet was restored Stead made a stirring speech occupying about half an hour. Among other things, he said it was the duty of every man and woman to calmly ronsider the iniquitous state of aflaiiH which oxiatod, and then to utter one loud "Damn." No one could read the ac count of tho disclosures without rosorting to that word to give vont to his feelings, and any person who did not express his condemnation should himself be damnod. The cheers which followed this utterance wore deafening, men and womon vicing with each other in augmenting the din, and when the men wore compelled by hoarse no93 to cease yelling, the women still lifted thoir voicos in approval of tho sontimonta of the speaker. There was at loaßt $100 subscribed at tho meeting toward defraying tho expenses of the proposed demonstra tion, and a committee was appointed to solicit contribution!! during the next two woeks. Tho name of tho Catholic priest recently arrested at Loghorn for enticing young girls to ruin by moan 9of a pretended orphanage is Bruzza. be called his institu tion tho Asylum of San Filippo do Fiori, and apparently ropontant Magualenos were onrolled aa sisters in the service of the house, When tho polico entered the place by breaking in tho doors they found twenty little girls hold in captivity. One of them was about to become a mother, The bogus Sisters of Charity secured clients, and also made victims whilo going about the city soliciting alma. The chief patrons of tho placo woro rich Jews. Father Bruzza, who is now in a cell in the municipal prison, vigorously denies the charge, but the evi donco against him is overwhelming. The Mother Superior of tho institution fled from tho city, but was subsequently ar res'ed, and many other arrofcts are ox psctcd, Monsignor Pisani, Bishop of Leg horn, was groatly affected, and burst into tears on hearing tho charge and the proofs against Father Bruzza.

CHINATOWN IN SAN FRANCISCO.

Startling Revelations.

The report of the Supervision Special Com inittco presented to tho municipal body of San Francisco gives a shocking account of that part of the city which ia known as Chinatown. The report shows that in twtlvo block?, over 30,000 persons are domi eiioil. Tho report states : - " Your Committee havo found, both from their own and individual obeorvations and from tho reports of their surveyors, that it is almost tlio universal custom umong the Cliinoao to Lord togother as compactly as pnHtiblo, botli as regards livinp and sleep ing-rooms and sleeping accommodation. It ia ulmoHt un invariable rule that overy " butilt " in Chinatown (bode being almost unknown in that locality) is occupied by two persons. Not only is this true, lmt in vory many instances these bunks are again occupied by "relays "in tho day time, so that there is no hour, night or day, when there are not thousands of Chinameir sleeping, nndorthe ell'ects of opium or otherwise, in tho bunks we have found there. Besides those bunks, rolls of bedding, for use in sleeping on rloora and various other sleeping-accommodations, are found. All thoeo bunk.-?, rolls, etc., havo been carefully notod and enumerated in the reports furnished to us by tho sur voyors; nml from them wo roach tho fol lowing results of an estimated enumeration of tho"population of "Chinatown." Not only havo your Committeo found that tho rule is for two persons to each "bunk," and relays of sleepers through tho day in many, if not most instaneas, but women and children seem also to bo stowed away in every availublo nook and cornor, without reference to any speeialaccommoda tion bom" provided for them. Taking, thoreforo, the total number of " bunks " and multiplying that total by two, must be at least a safe minimum estimate of the population in these twelve blocks, with every probability favouring tho conclusion that an addition of per haps 20 per cent, would not more than cover tho real number of Cbinose inhabiting that locality. On this basia, allowing two persons to a "bunk" and adding no per centage for excess from any of the foregoing reasons, we have a population in Chinatown of 30,3(i0, and this, your Committee brlicvo, is the lowest possible estimate that can bo fairly mado. No well dolined family relations have been discovered otlior than as shown, while the next classifica tion seems to bo a middle Btratum between family lifo and prostitution, partaking in some measuro of oach, if Mich a condition of things can be pos sible Tho most revolting feature of all, however, is found in the fact that there arc so largo a number of children growing up as the associates, and perhaps the pro teges, of tho professional prostitutes. In one house alone, on Sullivan's Alley, your Committeo found the inmateß to bo nine teen prostitutes, and sixteen children. In the localities inhabited largely by prosti tutes, wornon and children, who apparently occupy tho intermediate family relation ehip already alluded to, live in adjoining apartments and intermingle freely, leading to tho conclusion that prostitution is rocog nised and not an immoral calling with the race, and that it is impossible to toll by a survey of their domestic customs where the family relationship leaves off and prosti tution begins. In a sanitary point of view, "China town" presents a singular anonialj. With tho habits, manners, customs, atid wholo ooonomy of life, violating every accepted rule of hygiene ; with open cess pools, exhalations from water-closets, sinks, urinals and sowers tainting the atmosphere with noxious vapors and stifling odours ; with people herded and packed in damp collars, living literally the life of ver m in, badly fed and clothed, addicted to the daily use of opium to tho extent that many hours of each day or night are passed in the delirious stupefaction of its influence, it ie not to bo denied that, as a whole, the general health of this locality compares more than favourably with other sections of tho city which are surrounded by far moro favourable conditions.

It fcema impossible (o account for this condition of things upon any other theory than that of the constant fumigation to which Chinatown is subjected. Open wood fires from cellar to. attic, cigare, tobacco, opium, pipes, all contribute hourly elouda of pmoko to the fumigation process, and probably proventthe generation, and spread of zymotic diseases that otherwise could scarcely fail to rapidly decimate the Chinese population of San Francieco, and effectually adjust the Chinese immigration question witlioutthe aid of treaty or Congressional in tervention. These preventive influences "can never be sufficient guard against cholera or any other like visitation, however, and are not and cannot be sufficient to justify themunicipalauthoritiesin tolerating tho unclean mode of life that prevails in Chinatown. This mode of life must always make this locality a threatening source of pestilential dapgev to tho city.

MunuXafitures in Chinatown. It appears from this exhibit that there ore employed in Chinatown today not loss than 2,326 Chinese workmen engaged in the manufacture of clothing of various defj criptions, boots and shoes, leather, cigars, etc., all of are produced, for con

sumption hero in competition with tho American workmen engaged in the same line of manufacture Most of this labour is carried on through tho use of the best modern machinery, in the operation of which tho Chinese workman becomes an adopt in :i shortspacooftimo. Machineryforthemanu facture of boots and shoes in the large estab lishments, operated by Chinese labour, sup pli is a large share of tho demand for the wlnle Pacific Coa^t, The Hop Kee Com paiy, on Dupont-street, an establishment tmploying at some seasons of the year threo fau idred mon, finds a market for its good-' as far east as Salt Lake City at present, and , will at no distant day invade the country ea it of the Mississippi, giving manufactures mere an opportunity to become practically acquainted with the effects of " Chinese cheap labour," and the results which follow in its train.

In the manufacture of clothing, ladies' underwear, shirts, etc., 1,292 Bewing machines are kept actively at work, all operated' by male labourers with a skill that is equal to the best efforts of tho American woman, as well as the American irmn, in this direction, and all run with such quick-handed, untiring energy, that it suggests one of the most curious phy siological problems of the day to under stand how a people, nurtured and fed as they aro, can possess the vitality and physical force necessary to tho result;' which they achieve in this direction. Most of tho labour is carried on by " pieco work," and to fill orders for large " downtown commercial houses " engaged in the sale of the class of goods thus pro duced. The heavy, strong-stitched jean overalls which find so large a market on this coast aro mado by tho Chinese work men at tho rate of about 55 conts per down pairs. The work thus produced—at a price which would reduce the American worker, male or female, to a lower love1 than the " woman, weary and wan," whose misory Hood depicted co graphically in "Tho Song of the Shirt"—the China man thrives upon and is prosperous and happy. But it iB a prosperity and happiness that is based upon a mode of life that ft homeless cur upon tho streets might notonvy; upon which the Amoricn labourer could not exist, until a succession of generations had so brutalised and blunted his race proclivities that ho had degenerated into a condition worse than barbarism, and become a eurso to civilisation, instead of what he iR today, tho vital strength of tho nation.

Gambling.

Thore are ono hundred and fifty fortified gaming don 3.

Here again wo aro met with the most positive evidence that has yet beon pro duced that tho Chinese population among ua openly defy the State and municipal laws. Those laws aro strong enough, as has beon conclusively proved, to shut up gambling-housea run by white men, and to make tho occupation of the gambler com pletely amonable to the majoßty of tho law. It is not so in Chinatown. Tho appendix to this report, "Exhibit B," furnishes a list of "iron-clad" barricaded gambling dens in "Chinatown" which are veritable citadels and strongholds built to defy assault and to baffle police interference.

A Tragic Incident on the Ocean.

Tire New York "Herald's" Liverpool correspondent, on boarding the City of Chicago, which arrivcdat thatportin August was told of a sad tragedy that occurred on the ocoan. Among the many well-to-do steerage passengers visiting their oli homes were Mr and Mrs Shore, Yorkshire people, returning to see their relatives. They had with them five interesting children, all under 12 years of age. All had been morn or less seasick for the first two days, but on the ocoan growing smoother they soon recovered their health and spirits. On the third day out from Sandy Hook the mother asked her husband to bring her a cup of tea. She seemed woak and nervous, but amid the group of her little ones quite happy in at tending to their wants and listening to their prattle about tho novelty of their surround- Suddenly, just after the father had left his family, tho passengers near by heard an affrighted chorus of childish voices crying : " Mother, mother, don't!" Then the pas sengers saw the mother, as if impelled by hysteria, ascend tho companion-way as rapidly as tho motion of the vessel would permit; next those on tho deck were aston ished to E6O her rush in a frenzied manner to the bulwarks, step on a box, and throw herself headlong ovor the side of the veseel. All happened so suddenly that there was no time to intercept her, and the steamer was going at full speed. Instantly tho thrilling cry was heard, " A woman over board !" This aroused everybody. Simul taneously tho bridge boll rang, "Stop engines !" The vessel was stopped as soon as poafiblo, a boat was lowered, and tho crow immediately pulled back into tho foaming track, but usolessly. A seaman at the side of the voshol who saw tho whole thing, said: "She never rose, sir, and went down with §500 in a bolt around her waist"

During the following four days, till land waa reached, Shoro sat on deck lazed, sur rounded by his five weeping children, ho mourning mest of all for their mother, who was doubtless temporarily crazed by her sufferings from her soasicknoss, and least of all for the loss of his little savings. But tho sympathies ef the passengers were awakened and a goodly collection made for him. This scarcely aroused him f'om tho despondency into which the tragedy had sunk him. On arriving at Liverpool, the poor fellow had instantly left the ship be foro the correspondent had boarded hor. " Instances aro rare of such suicidea boing accomplished," said a medical man of great experience at eea, " but the desiyo to throw one's self into tho sea after ocean nau tea is a common and dangerous incident of seasicknoss."

Witness Against the Dynamiters Assaulted.

Till", wife of ITostor, of Liverpool, who testi fied against Cunningham, the dynamiter, recently, lias been assaulted by the latter's friends. He told a reporter : "It is very hard on me, as I will have to leavo the neigh bourhood in which 1 was born and bred. Two policemen havo warned mo to keep my eyes opon, as a man 1^ now hanging about to kill mo. I could not help being a witness against Cunningham ; the police learned that I carried Cunning ham's box from the steamor, and summoned me, and I was bound over to appear as a witness, Monday night, as 1 passed Mid«ha)l-street, a gang shouted, ' Wo belong to the right gang, we do.' I askod what was meant by the 'right gang.' A man named Ker rigan abused mo, and I thrashed him. Next night a great crowd gathered at tho samo place and chased mo for several blocks. W hilo I was running away Kerrigan and his two sisters went to my house, smashed tho window, and assaulted my wifo, beating he i badly. A crowd gatherod > yelling, 'Hang the informer.' I lost much time over Cunningham's trial, and made little over my expenses.'1 Hestor's wife confirmed these statement?. Both are scared and in danger. Hestor i» tho porter who carried Cun ningham's box from the tteamer Adriatic last December, and testified in Court to this effect. Sinco thon it had become the habit of many people passing his house to call him informer, and sometimes to shout. "What did you do with tho £100 blood money V" This annoyanco passed into tho stago of violcnco, and Mrs Hestor was brutally beaten by an Irishman and two Irißh women, who wore convicted nnd sent to hard labour. The example just set may prove to be thoir security.

Skating to Death.

A .short time sinco a grand skating compe tition was held at Madison Square Garden, Now York, when a number of young men engaged in a six-days match for what is denominated tho roller-skate championship of tho world. The winnGr of this coveted distinction skated 1,090 miles in tho six days, and was naturally extrcmoly exhausted by the exer tion he had undergone. While in this un favourable condition for resisting disease, he was attackod by pneumonia, and soon after ho died from pericarditis. Nor is this tho only candidate for skating honours Vho has paid the penalty of death as the result of his protracted efforts to cover ground, another of the competitors in the same contest having since died. In this country trials of endurance have hitherto been confined to walking, running, and " go aB-you-plcaeo " encounters ; but it would now seem that thora is possibly in store for us a new inaction in the shapo of roller-skating contests, the consequences of which include tho sacrifice of life in tho attempt to win rono >vn. So grim an element has not bo far constituted a necessary part of tho dangers attending our exhibitions of athleticism, and knowing now h,ow essenti ally related it is to tho now '•' championship" exerc'iße, we may narhQps be in a posh^,. to Interdict (oiler-skating contests o>j, o j, n . fyrst threatening introduction it),f," fty.—" Med.ica.l Press and O

ORIGINAL POETRY.

POOR SINNER MAGDALENE.

Stand ye aside, (or tiiere Cometh A thing we loatho ami hiss, Tho' once, a sweot bubo, she neat led And cocod to a mother's kins. But puss her, shun her, loathe lior. There's dea h in lu:r wanton slklim, You may ccc the devil lios lurking In the glare of her evil eyes. Loathe her, paSB nor, ehun her, Never look on her deathly faco, Tho' once some poor mother's darling. With purity, love, and grace (Did she work her own {all, I woDder, Or, is it to man's disgrace ?) But paBS her, loathe her, and hate her, This enamel house of sin— And "Btone her," as Christ commanded, '"He that hath no sin." Take up the stone, and cast it far. Deep Into this den of hell. But mind, Oh! whited Bopulchro. Thou aimeßt truo and well! Let thy sight bo sure, thy arm bo strong. And let it onward roll, Lent the devil should bowl it backwards, Deep in thy whited soul! Ay! atone her, ac Christ commanded, Wipo out this blot of sin, Pnl! down this charnel-tinusn of death, " Ye who are pure within.' 0 ! that some angel would wander With a stamp like tho br.uid of Cain, And burn on each forehead tho record Of evil, and (oily, and pain. Vi c might shudder to know our neighbour Could nil our past deeds tell. But none could pose as angels Stamp'd with the brand of hell. Ay ! stamp to doath this leniir, Ye who aro puro within, Lead out to death this sinner, Ft who have no Ufa \V. It. Wills.

BENEATH THE PINES.

Bomewhere beyond the purple Western moun tains Lie gloomy woods of aromatic pine, Woere musif. skyward springs in fairy foun tains, From winged things liko voicoa nigh Divine. One bygone day ot memory unfading, [ heard that bird song, till it thrilled ma through Beneath the mystto pinc-treca sombro shading, With Bunlit vistas and faint gleams of blue. Tho fallen needles mado a carpet Boundless, Whore on and on with noiseless steps wo went; Ay! We went on, and my doop love was boundless, For her, who on mine arm confiding leant. Again I Eec tho sunny ringlots clustered Aoout (hat beautiful, pure, tranquil brow; Again behold with dewy gladnesj luatred Tne deep blue eyos I sigh for vainly now. The birds heard not our acconta soft or thiillliu;; Saw not her blush, nor heard her quick-drawn breath; With thoir wild melody tho. woodland filling, The while wo promised to bo true till death. A eword I wore, and to my land stood plighted; Tho bugle sounded ; could tho ooldier stay? Dearly to me the country's wronßS were righted; Dearly to mo und thee, my bluo-ayed Hay.

Far from the battle, woundod, almost dying, The strangur bore with kirdly Chiistian care One who for long, buc dimly conscious lying, In all the world's transactions hod no share. Through all this length of silenco sad and dreary* No beam of comfort reached my forest flower, She pined and pined in solitude aweary, Then slowly faded in her woodland bower. Par in the solemn shade we loved so dearly She found a quiet rest, long, long ago; Whllo on thia the starry night the ocean clearly Murmers upon tho distant shore I know.

Yet I, a lonely, heart-Bcarreu exile, waudor. And mark my shining locks long since grown

grey. I With Kastorn morn and Western evening ponder j Still on tho fata that kept from me my May. The golden light upon hoi1 grave now gleaming Will shortly glisten tenderly on mino For aye they hanut my hours of pensive dream ing Those gloomy woods of aromatic plno. Alpha, Thames.

THE ITINERANT. I am a true-born vagabond— A wanderer by birth. My book and soul U libortr. I have no lon ea to deplore By flood, or ilro, or Joe. All countries are my native land. My home where'er I go. Some travel far for pleasure's sake. And some in search uf wealth, While others roam to live and learn, A. few iv quest o£ health. The poet, patriot, and chief. The Jew, and gipay elan By right Divine a passport claim. The earth was mado for man. To live at large and move about, And think, and hear, and see. Turns prejudice to charily. And in»lces tho houvt morn free J It b mas new lifo With every changa Of company and place, And clothes with novoly and o^nrm Tho interests of the raca. I hate a parasite or serf Whate'er may bj hit, gains And scorn tlu cowirA-wretch who sells Higfreodcm. then complains. Thellghta d «iicf ovoiy land Sot tree, and labour paid It is a God stnn to tnig earth That worK waj ever made. A man is but a mm at best, And ho (hat's lees la none v To crawl and cringo for Ic-avo Id be Should never let bo dime Then frown, or smilo, brstroko, or stitkfi My will 19 Bti 1 my own. And with an indepondont mind I frathor wnere I ye strewn. Proclivities are hard to scan, And feelings undefined Nor can the craving art o( man Bet bounds unto tho mini! Then let us act a neighbour's part Nor Hater nor condemn The fancies, modes, or direra fat:« Of harmless, chaiißetul men. If means and opportunity. With inclination ttioiif? Have met iv ono, let each vosolre Against opposing wp. ng. To have his way, For such islifo Tliiu lovo reproach and Uato While chance and change ,bo Irtofth Some willitinorate. Auckland.

THE MUSIC OF LONG AGO.

Whun sunny skies aro gleaming Over th-i crowded street!), &nd bright eyo°, fondly beaming. Kindle at those they meet. When the storm sw.ops over tho land ami tea ( Speaking of death and woe. Mid sunshine and gloom conn aback to me Tho niubic of long ago.

Rich music, sweot and thrilling. Floating above life's stream ; Dear as the love-tones filling Poet or minstrel's droam. Though the forma wo cherisii'd aro iald to rest, Sato from life's dread too: They loavo me the sonsyj 1 love tho bust. The rmisic of lons ago.

Though other arir.s enfold mo, Other fond lips caress. I feel, when none behold me. More than my words oonreiw. Though the loved are rnaamnod, I sometimes feel Sad that it chouid be so, As over the world's rado murmur steal The strains ol the long a«o.

Thoutrh o'her forma surround me, Dearer than lands or gold. An" God himself has found mo Limbs for my little fold • Though I laugh whoa watohtD* iho tiny feet Pattering to and fro. Yet ever tho tones 1 love ropeat The music c( long ago.

Auckta-fl.MstJnlr.lßSS. * a *"»»»«•

TO THE RIVER.

Flow on lho\i Kcntle Hppffiltf rivef O'er thy glistening' i^bbles over, ' ' Rippling, glidintf, softly windintr Never rest wUi yen finding. All soundsi which charm tlio oar of men, Have but their day, their life's a span Hut thine: oh, thou cansl never die Music's sweetesliliarmony. Thy food is from the mountain riff There force is formed to turn the iiiill Ami linsfc the onward, bright and clear- O'er sunny lands and deserts droar. When clouds pour forth their mighty win Tnou swell at iuul send'st it back again To the ocean from thenco it came, And then thou {lowest on tliesanu.-.- Still may thy gcnllc munmiring sound He near me, when nought els,; be found To cheer me, and when life is ebbinir f«* Maytbyswiciconcordsfollow to thelastl Otalmhu.

POEM BY LORD TENNYSON.

To H.R.H. PruNcicKs Beatrice. Two Suns o£ Love mako day o( human )ifr> dealhß a" S Pain 3 n' Jtl "tetf MMi Were utter darknoßS -one, tho Sun of duwvi That hrichtena thro' the Mother's tender ot« And warms the child's awakening wo?iaL?fa The Utter-rising Sun of spousal Lovo Which from her household orbit th-.-s tfie child To move in other spheroa. Th<> ]\' '"Tweocs At that white funeral of the aj-" 10 '"c. Her maiden daughter's miy ':' '• ""d her tears Are half of oloasuro hot, p;'m "ie nkUd Is happy-o'en in lear-'K ", cV ' hut tho", True daughter. nslim.«V,f"th^V "lial °*et Have Been tn^jf.1,"! 8* °f »Jrtl»b throoM. WUt neitl}«htSfLovVh n v n ;?« r™wni Dor let J»ay d by each Love :m\ swayinir to each'^oTft Like Borne conjectured in mid heaven Brtweo^two Suns, and drawing tf o ATrow, ThTn!v «wnd Kenia' Wa;'' Ufe Of 4wWB day jmy, las* Tennyrojj,

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1885,

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