SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6116, 24 June 1881, Page 4

SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

Br the mail steamer we have London papers to May 6, the latest previous papers (by the Brindisi mail) being to April 22. We make the following extracts from the European Mail and Home News :— MR. BRADLAUGH'S CASE. On April 26 Mr. Bradlaugh presented himself at the table, and professed his willingness to take the oath. Sir Stafford Northcote thereupon moved, "That, having regard to the resolution of this House of June 23, 18S0, and to the reports and proceedings of the two Select Committees therein referred to, Mr. Bradlaugh be not permitted to go through the form of repeating the words of the oath prescribed by the Statute 29 Victoria, chapter 19, and 31 and 32 Victoria, chapter 72." After a discussion, in which Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bright took part, the resolution was carried by 208 votes against 175, and Mr. Bradlaugh was ordered to withdraw. This he refused to do, and, ou the motion of Mr. J. Cowan, the House adjourned. Next day Mr. Bradlaugh again advanced to the table and professed his readiness to take the oath. The Speaker then called upon Mr. Bradlaugh to withdraw, and that gentleman respectfally declared that the House had no right either to expel him or interfere with his taking the oath. The Sergeant-at-Arms, at the instance of the Speaker, then removed Mr. Bradlaugh below the Bar. Mr. Laboucbero then rose, and expressed his readiness to introduce a short Bill dealing with the matter, if the Government would give him facilities. To this Mr. Gladstone replied, that, looking at the urgency of the Land Bill, he could give no facilities in the matter. In the end, however, it was decided that the AttorneyGeneral should introduce a Bill on the subject. The Bill, which is a very short one, provides that the 4th section of the Parliamentary Oaths Act of 1566, by which an affirmation was allowed to be taken by Quakers, should be so extended that that affirmation could bo taken by any member of either House of Parliament who might think fit to take it. THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS KACE. The Two Thousand Guineas were run for on May 4. Surprises in racing so often happen that the absence of them really forms the rarity. Peregrine, who comes from the Kussley stable, found many friends ; but, taken all round, the talent refused to believe in him, although hints were about that he was a really good horse. This is sufficiently proved by a three lengths' victory from Mr. P. Lorillard's Iroqaoi?. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, a subscription of lOOsovs. each, h. ft., for three-year-olds; colts, Bsit. lGlbs.; filliea, 6st olbs.; the owner of the seconc, horse received 200sevs. out of the stakes, and the third saved stake. K.M. (1 mile 17 yards). 117 subs. Mr. Norman's Peregrine, by Pero Gomez— Adelaide, 8»t. lOlbs. (F. Webb) 1 Mr. P. Lorrillard's Iroquois, Btt. lOlbs. (Morgan) ... ... ... ... ... 2 Mr. J. K. Keene's Don Fulano, Sst. lOlbs. (C.Wood) 3 The following also ran :—Prince Soltykoff'a Scobell (late Pantaloon), Sst. lOlbs. : Mr. Ghaplin'a Wandering Nun, Sst. slbs. ; Lord Falmouth's Golden Plover, 83t. lOlbs. ; Lord Falmouth'a Lennoxlove, 83t. lOlbs. ; Count F. de Legrange's Maskelyne, Bst. lOlbs. ; Mr. Lefevre'e Tristan, Bat. lOlbs. ; Mr. P. Lorillard's Passaic, Bst. lOlbs.; Captain Machell'e Cumberland, Sst. lOlbs. ; Lord Bosebery's Town Moor, Bst. lOlbs.; Lord Eosebery's Camßliard, Bsfc. lOlba. ; and Mr. B. EUam's Napoleon the Fifth, Bst. lOlbs. Betting: 4to 1 against Scobell, 11 to 2 each against Golden Plover and Cameliard, 7 to 1 against Tristan, 15 to 2 against Peregrine, 8 to 1 against WanderiDg Nun, 100 to 6 each against Cumberland and Towu Moor, 40 to 1 against Lennoxlove, 50 to 1 each against Iroquoia and Passaic, 66 to 1 against Maskelyne, 100 to 1 against Don Fulano, and 1000 to 4 against Napoleon the Fifth. As they filed into order at the post, Wandering Nun went ahead on ihe far side, followed by Tristan, Napoleon the Fifth, and Passaic, while in the centre were Peregrine, Golden Plover, Iroquoi3, Maskelyne, and Don Fnlano; while on the extreme left were Lennoxlove, Town Moor, Cumberland and Scobell. There was a little delay at the post, owing to Wandering Nun refusing to join her horses; but eventually, when the flag fell, she was on terms and showed the way on the far side for a short distance, when Lennoxlove took the lead, followed by Passaic and Cumberland, with Iroquois, Canieliard, Scobell, Town Moor, and Goldea Plover, on pretty level terms, following. Wandering Nun was done with after passing the T.Y.C. winning post, and Lennoxlove came along from this point with Iroqutis, Tristan, Cumberland, and Scobell handy; while Golden Plover and Peregrine were at their heels. So they went to the bushes, where all the right-hand lot were out of the raee, and Iroquois, in the centre of the course, came to the front, and showed the way down the hill, followed by Cameliard, while on the left, still well up, were Lennoxlove, Cumberland, Golden Plover, and Scobell, while Peregrine was now handy on the right of Iroquois. Lennoxlove and Cumberland soon gave way, and Scobell and Golden Plover being settled at the commencement of the ascent, Peregrine joined Iroquois and Cameliard, and drawing away with great ease at the Stand, won very easily by three lengths, while Don Fulano, who raced up the hill, caught Cameliard, who , was easing np, in the last stride, and, beating i him a head, finished third, a length and a half : off, the four being clear of Golden Plover, who ' was fifth, with Scobell sixth, just in front of I Lennoxlove and Town Moor, with Cumberland ; and Tristan next, while the last of all was L Wandering Nun. Time, by Benson's chronograph, Imin. 49sec?. Time last year, lmin. 52sec?. PRIZEHOLDERS IN THE LONDON AUT UNION.

The following is a complete list of the prize holders in New Zealand :—Entitled each to select a work of art of the value of £15 : J. Tucker, Ashburton. Entitled to a volume of nine scenes from English history : J. Ellis, New Plymouth ; Dr. S. Thorpe, Westpoit. Entitled to a. framed proof of the Countess of Bedford : J. Inglis, Christchurch; Dr. Ovenden, Kaiapoi. Entitled to a Parian statuette, "The Little Boatbuilder" : Mrs. Chapman, Springbauk ; Samuel Manning, Christchurch. Entitled to a portfolio of 24 plates of animal life : li. Doile, Wnnganui; J. ft. Martin, Auckland. Entitled to a silver medal of the Uto David Cos : T. Taylor, Christchurch. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. Preparations are being made at Holyrood for the accommodation of the Queen, or some members of the Royal family, during the coming autumn. If Edinburgh should be favoured with a visit from royalty, in all probability a review of the entire volunteer force of Scotland will be held iu the Queen's Park. Lord Shaftesbury's eightieth birthday was celebrated at the Guildhall on April 2S, when a testimonial was presented to him in recognition of the time which he has devoted to ameliorating the condition of the labouring classes, and his philanthropise efforts in bringing under humane and Christian influences the neglected and depraved juvenile population of London and of other large cities. Tne troops of friends who gathered to express their grateful recognition of his philanthropic services represented all classes of the community. Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice and suite, has paid a visit to the tomb of the late Earl of Eeaconsfield. H.E.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke of Beaufort, K.G.. the Eurl of Dunmore, the Earl of Kilmorey, Viscount Lascelles, Lords Clonbrook and O'Neil, with several other distinguished patrons of music, constitute a committee for the promotion of a testimonial to Professor Ella, on his retirement from the Musical Union. We regret to hear of the veteran's continued failing sifiht. The subscription list announced by the hon. secretary, Allan Cole, Esq., includes a donation of £20 from Madame Erard, of Paris, and various amounts from eminent resident artists, including the names of Arthur Sullivan, Mus. Doc, Hemy Leslie, Otto Goldschniidt, Dr. iStainer, Signor Lablache, Sir Jules Benedict, E. Millais 1 8.A., Professor Owen, &c. At a meeting of directors of the North British Bailway Company, held ia Edinburgh, Mr. Stirling in the chair, the refusal of the Parliamentary Committee to agree to the proposal to reduce the height of the Tay Bridge to sixty feet wag reported. The directors resolved to proceed with the Bill as deposited in November last, in whioh the proposed height ef the bridge was etated at eeventy-seven feet.

Mr. J. B. Blair of Dunedio, ha ß just shipped, per Loch Ness, for Melbourne si* valuable entire horses for Melbourne. Thev have been selected from the studs' of Messri Kiddeli, Pftisley; Crawford, KUleam- &fc' Donald, Renfrew—the Urgent of the lot • and one from Milton, of Campaie. The animals itb all Clydesdales of the highest class. ™p takers. Their prices ranged from £300 to «500 and the aggregate value of the shipment" was about £2500.

Mr. T. H. Hutchinson, Manor House, Catterick, Yorkshire, has sold two of his Leicester tup hoggs to Mr. Robert Wilkin, Christohareh Canterbury, at a good figure. They are by thj first prize aged ram at tho Royal Carlisle Show and are in much the same style and character as the sheep shipped from the Catterick Bock last month to South America.

Great efforts are being made in Berlin to increase the German export trade to Australia which, it is thought, has received additional encouragement from the Sydney Exhibition where German wares were exf ensiyely displayed' and as the freight from Hamburg to Sydney is only 25s per ton, it is anticipated that the statistical reports for ISSI will show a marked increase iu the Australian demand for articles of German manufacture.

A table before us shows the cost per bushel c£ transporting wheat to our shores from all parts of the world, and. it is interesting to note thifc it costs less to bring corn from Calcutta to England than to convey it from "Vienna to Trieste. From New York to Liverpool the price is about 5d per bushel; from Chicago to the same port it islQl; while from Odessa to London it varies from GJd to lid, and even from Australia it can be done for lid.

Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., of Liverpool, announce that in accordance with arrangement the business hitherto carried on by them iaLiverpool and Bristol, and bv Messrs. Bright Brothers, and Co., in Melbourne, Sydn«.y, imd Brisbane, in Australia, and in Duoediti, New Zealand, will from this day be continued under the style of Anthony Gibbs, Sons, and Co., in. Liverpool and Bristol, and of Gibbs, Bright and Co., in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, ano|. Dunedin.

At the Drawing Room held by the Queen at Buckingham Palace on May 3, Mrs. Saul Samuel was presented to Her Majesty by the Countess Spencer, aad then Miss Samuel an&> Mis 3 Florence Fanny Samuel Were presented by their mother, Mrs. Samuel.

The National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand notify that their debenture interest coupons, due May 15th next, will be paid at the Bank of Scotland in London.

All accounts from St. Petersburg show that the Nihilist movement ia quite as active, if cot more so than ever, and every day fresh precautions, arrests, and. visitations ara made.

The administration of the police at Br. Petersburg by Major-General Baranofi: has proved to be a complete failure, and hia resignation is shortly expected.

Mr. Seymour Lucas's painting of "The Gordon Kiots" has been purchased for the Colonial Gallery at Melbourne. It was exhi-

bited at the Eoyal Academy two years ago. A "Life of Christ,' , by the Rev. Henry Ward ; Beecher, which has been for many years in progress, but was recently suspended, will shortly be completed. The Kev. Pelham Dale, late of St. Vedast's,. Foster-lane, London, has been inducted to the living of Sansthorpe, Lincolnshire, by Bishop Wardsworth. Archdeacon Kaye, in whose archdeaconry Sansthorpe is situate, on learning of the intended induction at once tendered his. resignation. The living is of the value of £200, and the population is about 126. The Duke of Argyll's resignation has givcu rise to some very clever cartoons that are going, about. One of these represents the Premier as a stucco-imago vendor who has just made an awkward stumble over an obstacle on the gronnd labelled "Land Bill." The result is that Argyll has fallen off the board upon his head, the Home Secretary is lying on his back and threatening to roll off, whu Lords-Kim-berley and Spencer are nodding forward ominously. The members for Birmingham, indeed, are the only ones that remain thoroughly fast and' firm. Another is a Home Kule mot, and it

shows Mr. Gladstone drafting the Land Bill under the guidance of a formidable Land Leaguer, who stands behind the chair with a mild persuader in the shape of a bludgeon, one side is a waste-paper basket into which have been thrown the Land Act of 1870 and the Coercion Act ofjthe present year. Lord Beaconsfield's brother (Mr. Ralph. Disraeli) is tho junior clerk of the House of Lords, and it has been stated that the late earl treated his humbler relationwith mar kad coolness. The fact is the very contrary. Lord Beaconsfield never lost an opportunity, no matter how crowded was the House or how brilliant the assembly, of letting the world know that he was not ashamed of his brother. He used to leave the Treasury Bench, and leaning over the chair [at the table, would chat with him. He would walk out of the House of Lords arm-in-aim with him, and also enter it with him. Mr. Ralph Disraeli is the only near relative left, hvit Lord Beaconsfield leaves a number of nieces and nephews by his mother's side. A large fortune has been left to the Duchess of Edinburgh by her father. The will of the late Czar of Kussia has been proved. The personality consists of 48,000,000 roubles, lying'to the credit of the Czar with some London bankers. Forty-eight millions is a large sum, especially in roubles, and it is not aninsignificant amount even in pounds sterling. The amount may be put, roundly, at £4,800,000. His late Majesty paid perhaps an unconscious compliment to the stability of the English order of things when he selected London bankers for taking care of his immense wealth. A girl named Christina Marshall, residing with her parents at Strathaven, has just entered upon the eighth week of her fasting. Dr.. Dougall has examined her, and finds no trace of internal disease, and the medical authorities state that such a fast is without precedent. She appears to be gradually growing weaker. The Marquis of Aitesbury has become the fortunate owner of a box of spade guineas, found on his estate at East Wilton, near JMiddleham.

City Hair-CTttixc Rooms. — Francis J. Shortt, Hairdresser by appointment to His Escelleacy the Governor. The most complete, fashionaole, and best appointed hairdressing establishmeat in Auckland : Magnificent American hair-catting chairs, with latest mechanical improvements, arrived from Chicago by last mail boat: every gentleman has separate brushes, towels, and staving appliances. The singein; apparatus is a speciality, and most beneficial in cases of weak and ailing hair. Puces as usual. Good Advice. —Now is the time of year for Pneumonia, Lunj Fever, &c. Every family 1 should have a bottle of Doscuee's Gekmax Syrup. Don t allow for one moment that cough to take hold of your child vour family, or vourself. Consumption, Asthma! Pneumonia. Croup. Hemorrhages, and other fatal diseases may set in. Although it is true Geksa-.-Si-ncr is curing thousands of these dreaded diseases, yet it is much better to have it at hand when three doses will cure you. One bottle will last your isunuy a winter and keep you safe from danger. If you arc consumptive do not rest until you have, tried ■Oα remedy. Sample bottles Cd. Begular size, 3s Cd. Sold by all chemists and wholesale by >ew Zealanu Drug Company, Auckland, "Wellington, Dnnedin, anil Christchurch. . . T. McMaster, yueen-stxeet, has jnst received his first shipment of winter goods per Oxford, from London, comprising various novelties in ladies', children's, men's, and boys' clothing. A choice selection of ladies' and children's ]a«cts ana mantles new shades in velveteens, French twills, melanges, and mcrines. The stock of millinery is Urge and varied. New shapes in plush and seal hats and bonnets are very pretty and cheap. A great variety of hosiery, gloves, ribbons, &c. Blankets, flannels, tweeds, men's and poys' clothing will be sold at \ery low prices. We advise our readers to SCO 1. Monaster's stock before making their purchases. Taylor Brothkrs' Maraviixa cocoa.— Taylor Brothers, London, having the exclusive supply of this unrivalled Cocoa, invite comparison with ( any other Cocoa for . Purity — line Aroma —Sanative, Nutritive, and Sustaining Power. One trial will establish, it as a favourite beverage for breakfast, luncheon, and a Soothing Refreshment after a late evening, tor favourable opinions, vide Standard, Morning lost, British Medical Journal, .fee., ic. Taylor Brothers' Homeopathic cocoa. —This original preparation, which has attained such a world-wide reputation, is manufactured by Tajlor Brothers.under the ablest homoeopathic advice, aiaea y tho skill and experience of the inventors, and mil be found to combine in an eminent degree tne: punty, fine aroma, and nutritious property of the fresn » ot - Taylor Brothers' Soluble Chocolate is made in one minute without boiling. ■ Taylor Brothers' Maravilla Cocoa Essexce or Pure Soluble Cocoa.—This «<J»°™ admixture of any kind; nourishing, refreshing, and grateful to the palate. In J-lb. Tins. Taylor Brothers' Chicory.—Manufactured from finest Belgian Boot. In 28 and 561b. £*• Steam Hills, Brick Lane, London. EsyortlChiceTT Mills, Bruges, Belgium.

A correspondent from Tauranga writes, on. June 22: —AtameetingoftheEcleeticSociety, ■yesterday evening, which was largely attended by the elite of our district, a paper was read by the Rev. E. Barber, on the '.credulity of the exponents of science in a mo3t able manner, showing erudition and an intimate acquaintance with the works of the -great scientists of the day, and also with .the various metaphysical authors of the . present and past centuries. The paper was replied to by Dr. Armitage, as also by Dr. tjinders (vice-chairman), at some length. The debate, although treading on theological ground, was by all acknowledged to be an Intellectual- treat, as was also the chivalric courtesy of the disputants. The result arrived at by a two-thirds majority was, as might have been foreseen, that science, as proved, is not necessarily in antagonism with religion.

In all likelihood the Telephone Exchange will become an accomplished fact during the present week. Mr. Furbey, officer in charge of the Auckland Telegraph Department, has already obtained the following subscribers : —Hsbald, Star, Bank of New Zealand, Loan and Mercantile Company, New Zealandlnsurance Company, New Zealand Shipping Company, Union Sash and Door Company (towu office), ditto Mechanics' Bay (factory), Wliitaker and Russell, Hesketh and Richmond, W. Thorne, Thornton, Smith, and Firth, Fraser and Tinne, B. Tonks and Co., E. Porter and Co., and G. S. Jakins. As the minimum is twenty subscribers, it only requires four more names in order to operations ■ being at once commenced. It is the intention of the Government when telephonic communication is established, to connect immediately the Post-office, Police and Fire Brigade stations with the system, and the other Government departments as circumstances or business necessitates. It will be seen from the above list that the daily ]ournal3, and some of the banks, insurance companies, and other public institutions have given in their adhesion to the new project, as also some of the leading business and legal firms, so that the Telephone Exchange will be found to be of great commercial value from the very outset. Those who intend joining should give their names at once to Mr. Furbey. He anticipates when the list is filled up, having the 3ystem in full operation within a month.

Dr. Siinms, the American phrenologist and lecturer, is at present in town, having arrived by the Rotorua. He will probably visit the Thames goldfields during the present week, in order to see the mines, but as he leaves for Sydney by the inward mail steamer, will be unable to give any lectures. It is his intention to lecture throughout the Australian colonies, and thence proceed to Japan, China, and India. Dr. Simms expresses himself in most eulogistic terms of the colony, after travelling throughput it, and says he has not visited any country in which the people were on the average so prosperous and well-to-do, while the climate deserved all the praise which had been bestowed upon it. He has written some communications to the New York jonrnals descriptive of Sfew Zealand and its resources, and of his impressions lu passing through as a visitor. Indeed, he is so well pleased with his tour, and the treatment he has received at the hands of the people in the various centres of population, that he intends, if spared, to return to the colony on a second visit at no distant date.

This evening the conversazione in connection with the Young Women's Institute, is to be held at the Young Men's Christian Association Rooms. The meeting begins at half-past -7 o'clock, the Mayor in the chair. The object of the entertainment is to provide funds for the more extended use of the Young Women's Institute, and to make it useful to domestic servants as well as to the class of females who have hitherto found it at leaafc a temporary home. An explanation be made to the meeting to-night, as to the state of the funds of the Institute, the proposals which are to be made, and the prospects which exist for realising the wishes of the promoters. It is very proper that a meeting in aid of young women should be held at the rooms of the Young Jlen's Association, and it is to be hoped that the establishment of a number of permanent homes will be the result of the meeting to-night, and other similar meetings. In addition to the other sources of attraction this evening, is a lengthy programme of song 3, glees, duets, piano and violin solos, &c. In addition to the Mayor's opening address, Reva. A. W. Webb, W. Morley, and J. Bates, and Messrs. S. W. Hill and P. Larkins are expected to deliver addresses during the evening.

There was a general meeting of Orangemen in the Protestant Hall, -Newton, on "Wednesday evening, to take into consideration the report of the committee in regard to the proposed new hall, and the settlement of the Property Trust. After some discussion, resolutions were carried empowering the executive to form a Limited Liability Company for the erection of the proposed hall on a suitable site, and also respecting the Trust. It wa3 also determined to have no procession on the 12th July, but to confine the celebration to a soiree on the evening of that day. On Sunday afternoon, the 10th July, a commemorative service will be held in the Choral HaU, when addresses will be delivered by various gentlemen.

A singular accident took place at Fisher and Co.'s slaughterhouse, St. Ann's Bridge, Otahuhu, on Monday last. The Jewish Rabbi, the Rev. Mr. Goldstein, was engaged in killing a sheep for the use of those of his communion, and while so doing got Mr. John Baddeley connected with the establishment, to hold the animal by the head. It jwas very powerful and restive, and just as the throat was cut by the Rabbi it threw up its head sharply, the knife glancing upTvards and inflicting a flesh wound on Mr. Baddeley's face from the angle of the left jaw in a slanting direction to the centre of the under lip. A medical man was promptly called in and the wound stitched. On Monday morning Mr. Goldstein went out to see &lr. Baddeley, and found that lie is getting Oil all right, and will shortly be about again at his business.

The following is the return of the sick treated at.the Provincial District Hospital, for the week ending Saturday, June IS, ISSI : Remained last return 104; admitted since 19 ; discharged 17 ; died 4 ; remaining 102 ; males 78, females 24. Arrangement of exses : Zymotic 21 ; constitutional S ; local 39; developmental 20; violent 14. Four deaths occurred, viz : CD., aged 51 years, female, on 15th inst., of cancer ; J.N., aged t?3 years, male, on 15th inst., of general debility ; H.M., aged Go years, male, (native) on 10th inst., of general debility; W.McD., aged 47 years, male, on 17th inst., of paralysis. Thanks are returned to Mrs. Brown for a parcel of old linen.

The name of Mr. Newton Pratt was inadvertently omitted from the list of unfortunates on the quarantine island. Although not mentioned he is there, and appears to enjoy excellent health.

At the meeting of the School Committee of South Ashburton recently the reading of the Bible in schools was discussed. It was ultimately agreed that, in the absence of any communication on the matter from householders, this committee do not feel called upon to take any action in regard to the reading of the Bible in public schools.

By reference to our advertisement columns it will be seen that the Auckland and North Shore Ferry Company have made a new scale of charges for the Use of their boats, which como into force on the Ist July.

There were no prisoners in the lock-up at 9 o clock last night, but at a later hour the handcart was in requisition for a belated fern ale who was prevailed upon by the guardians of the peace to take up her abode for the balance of the right in Government apartments, Chancery-street.

In another column will be found an advertisement from the general mauager of the New Zealand Accident Insurance Company. It is specially addressed "to bushmen, outsettlers, and others." It seems that some persons have been industriously circulating stories lately that the company was not prompt in their payments, audthat there was no use in insuring against accident in the company. In some cases these untruthful tales have had an injurious effect upon the business of the company, and it is for the purpose of setting themselves right with the public that the advertisement referred to has been published. It appears that the practice of the company is —when a claim for compensation is received accompanied by the assessor's award or a medical certificate—to make out a cheque for the amount at once and post it tne same day. Being committed to the care of the Post Office Department, the company have nolou-gor any control over it. If it is not received by return of post, it will probably be found lying at the nearest poet office, or if a delay takes place in its delivery it is probably caused by the defective address of the applicant. In all cases, it is desirable that the full and correct address of the applicant be sent to the office of the company in Auckland, and if such is done it will generally be found that no delay occurs in forwarding the needed help during a time of sickness. Indeed, the interests of the company and its future prosperity largely depend upon the prompt settlement of claims, and with ample funds in hand it is not likely that the manager would act otherwise than for the advancement o£ the company's interests.

The officers of the Auckland Volunteers who went to the Waikato at Easter are determined not to allow the attention paid to them on that occasion by their fellow Volunteers in the Waikato, to pass unnoticed. A very beautiful gold locket has. been subscribed for and purchased from Captain Payne, of the Artillery, for the purpose of being presented to QuartermasterSergeant Roche, who was really the Commissariat Officer on the occasiou. The locket was forwarded yesterday, accompanied by the following letter :—"Auckland, June 21, ISSI. Dear sir,—l am requested by the Officers of the Auckland Volunteers to request your acceptance of the accompanying small memento of our late visit to Te Awamutu, as a slight token of our appreciation of your unremitting kindness and great attention to the wants of the Volunteers under your command. I has r e the honour to be, dear sir, yours truly, E. Withers, Major Commanding Auckland Volunteers. On behalf of the Officers of the Auckland Voluuteers. Quartermaster-Sergeant Roche, Te Awamutu Troop, Cavalry Volunteers." The locket bears a suitable inscription, and will in due time be presented to Sergeant Roche, by the Officer Commanding in the Waikato district.

We have to acknowledge receipt of the annual report of the School of Mines, Ballarat. It contains a large amount of useful information on mineralogy. There is a museum attached to it, and the following localities in New Zealand are named as those from which it is especially desirable to obtain specimens : — Porphyry and serpentine, D'Urville Island ; metamorphic rocks, Westland and Milford Sound ; upper pala-o-zoic, Mount Arthur ; lower mesozoic (fossil), Wairoa ; upper mesozoic (fossil), Clent Hill; miocene, Mokau River, Oamaru ; pliocene, Hawke's Bay; pliocene (fossil), Shag Point; post pliocene (with moa bone 3), Oamaru.

A gentleman, anxious to ascertain the effect of transplanting by night instead of by day, made an experiment, with the following results :—He transplanted ten cherry trees ■while in bloom, commencing at four o'clock in the afternoon. Those transplanted during daylight shed their blossoms, producing little or no fruit, while those transplanted in the dark maintained their condition fully. He did the same with ten dwarf trees after the fruit was one-third grown. Those transplanted during the day shed thin fruit; those transplanted during the night perfected their crop and showed no injury from having been removed. With each of these trees he moved some earth with the roots. The incident is fully vouched for, and if a few similar experiments produce a like result, it will bo a strong argument to horticulturists, &c, to do such work at night.

L supgoeed, says a writer in the American Poultry Yard, I did my duty by my hens when 1 burned bones to ivory whiteness ground them to the constinency of flour, and fed them occasionally, with the idea that I was giving them egg-shells in n. very available form. But I did not consider ihe gelatine, the fat, the ammonia, and other constituents of the bones, which were discharged by the internal heat—leaving only a little pure lime—were really the richest possible food for the hens and the greatest egg producing diet that could be furnished them. My new tenant only bakes them, more or less brown, in an old tin plate on the top grate of the stove oven. This is not a very pleasant process, for like all scorched portions of the animal frame, they give a pungent, half suffocating smell, which tempts you to ' clar de kitchen' till the fresh air from the doors and windows lias sent the objectionable odors into outer space. But you soon become reconciled to this invasion of ill scents when the fiery combs, the ceaseless cackle, the evident high health of your fowls, and the daily filled egg baskets show you what they have accomplished. No other food, nor any amount of food, if this is left out, will give you such returns ; and this baked bone, pounded on a rock in the poultry pens and fed with ordinary feed, will give results that ought to satisfy the most craving disposition. The hens cluster around the primitive bone mill gulping down the rich morsels with evident delight; and since everything necessary for the production of eggs is thus fully furnished there is no undue strain on the vital' forces, no weakening of the system, but a daily attention to business, to the complete satisfaction of fowls and their owners. You can hardly give too much burned bones to your hens to provide the necessary amount of lime for the egg-shells, which can be obtained by the barrel—and generally without cost, except taking away —at hotels or restaurants in your nearest city. My new tenant goes eighteen miles for them, and considers them cheap at that. The hens eat them when pounded into fragments as eagerly as they pick tip shelled corn, and they furnish the needed material for the egg-shell more completely than anything else.

In the Auckland Weekly News this week will be found a view of St. Sepulchre's New Church, Kybcr Pase-road; a likeness of Professor Darwin ; farmers. There are at present three vacancies for articled pupils ia Pollard's Liliputian Opera Company. Mr. W. Parker, formerly of the firm of Close Brothers, intimates by advertisement that he has began business in the general grocery and provision trade in Hobson-street, opposite to Minetti's French bakery. On Thursday next a grand concert will be given in the Choral Hall, in aid of the funds of the Homo Mission. The concert is under the patronages ot the Bishop of Auckland, and will be under the joint direction of Messrs. Angelo Forrest and Cordon Gooch, accompaniod by Mr. S. Slater. Tickets are now obtainable. The City Council invite tenders for the formation of roada, earthwork?, fencing, etc., in connection with Albert Park.