SHIPPING.

FORT OF LYTTELTON- Arrived. YESTERDAY. Waratah, barque, from Hobart Town. Wakatipu, s. s., irotu Port Chalmers. Jane Douglas, s.s., from Wellington and Kaikoura. Tui, s.s, from Kaikoura and Welling ton. Sailed. SATURDAY. Penguin, s.s., for Wellington. Grafton, s.s., for Wellington and West Coast. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Auckland, Yesterday. Arrived—City of Sydney (with the San Francisco mail), at 3.30 p. m. ■ Auckland, To-day. Sailed—City of Sydney, for Sydney. Wellington, To-day. Arrived— Hannah. Landes, barque, from Glasgow. Melbourne, Yesterday. Arrived—Tararua, s.s., from the Bluff. i*m. '-■faAugßtfsrrrßwwia

DAILY MEMORANDA.

MEETINGS," AMUSEMENTS, Ac. To-Night, ■;-Monday, November 15. Borough. Council, at Borough Council Chambers, at 7 o’clock. To-morrow, • Tuesday, November 16. St. Stephen’s Church, Concert and Tea Meeting, Town Hall ; tea at 6, concert at 8 o’clock. Tea and Public Meeting, in the Primitive Methodist Chapel, ■ Wills street; tea at G. 30. . ' Wednesday*, November 17- Amateur Dramatic Club, Town Hall, at 8 sharp. Thursday, November 18. Amateur Dramatic Club, Town. Hall, Per formance and Ball. Monday, November, 22. Ashburton Gas Company, Annual Gene ral Meeting, Templar Hall, 3 p.m. Tuesday, November 23. St. JohnVLodgc; Emergency Meeting, in the Somerset Hall at 7.30 ; * Tuesday,*'November 30. Masonic Ball, in the Town Hall, to com mence at 8.30. Wednesday, December 8. Local Industries Association, Monthly Meeting.

BIRTH.

Fletcher. —On the 11th of November, at her residence, East Town Belt, the wife of James Fletcher, of a son.

TOWN EDITION." [lssued at 5 p.m.]

The Ashburton Guardian. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1880.

The Weather. —The exceedingly dry weather recently is beginning to tell on the lighter land of the plains. In the Seafleld district the wells are beginning to give out, the water in some of them having fallen considerably. Presbyterian Church, Rakaia . —At the Presbytery meeting in Christchurch on Thursday a temporary session, consist ing of Messrs. 'William Gavin and Andrew Orr (Ashburton), and D. Henderson (Mcthven), elders, were appointed for the Presbyterian Church at Rakaia. Fireworks. —To-night a nnicycle circus opens on the ground near Mrs. Butler’s Hotel. From advertisements in several columns of this issue particulars will be learned. The proprietors announce that a novel display for Ashburton will be an attraction, namely, fireworks. A Fool. —A man got drunk last Friday with L2O odd in his pocket. In his cups he made a present of a watch valued at L 7 to a mere child, and got into trouble over a certain half-crown which he was charged with stealing. ' Finally the man was discharged on Saturday, having got back his property, accompanied with a lecture from the Magistrate. The Drowning Case at Wakanui. — The inquest on the body of John Hurley, the man who was drowned while bathing in the Wakanui creek on Saturday, is reported in another column. Deceased was a single man, twenty-five years of age, a native of Killarney, county Kerry, Ireland, and was the son of a respectable farmer.

The Backs. —Smokists and fathers of families are directed to the adpertisemcnts of Professor Clark and Messrs. 0. Carstens and Co., who both advertise special pre parations for the pipe and tobacco demand certain <o arise during next week. The former gentleman also aims at supplying the demand that must arise for toys, etc., for the youngsters. The Show. —The Show bids fair to be a success. The exhibits will, numerically, be far in excess of. last year’s number, and already the ground presents a busy ap pearance. A large number of the heavier machines and implements have been taken along, and a number of others are at the railway station waiting removal. All that is wanted now is good weather; and ap pearances seem to favor the anticipation of a good day. The Tuaix Arrangements for the Show To-morrow. —lt was expected that trains would run right up to the show ground to-morrow, but we learn that this is not the intention of the railway authori ties, and therefore all the special trains advertised will have their terminus at the ances from the town to the grduna^ n wfi\T howeier, bo plentiful, as we understand that no less than fifteen vehicles have been specially licensed to carry passengers to the grou-d. The Outward English Mail. —Mails for the United Kingdom, via Brindisi (for specially addressed correspondence only), Continent of Europe, Point de Galle, India, the East, Aden, Mauritius, Capo of Good Hope, &c., will close at Ashburton on Wednesday next, at 10 a.m., and will be despatched per express train to connect with the Rotorua at the Bluff. This mail will be due in London on the 6th of January. Drunk. —A man named Jeremiah Daly was expelled from the train at Rakaia on Saturday, and was afterwards taken in charge by constable Rouse. The appre hension was not an easy one, and Rouse was fiercely attacked by the prisoner. Ultimately, however, the lock-up got its man, and to-day Daly was fined 10s. for being drunk, and was sent to prison for a week for assaulting the constable.

New Dining Rooms. —Farmers and dealers attending the sales at the new cattle yards are to have their comfort con sidered. Mr. Peter Good has opened a luncheon room just opposite the yards in the Seafield road, where a meal can be obtained at a reasonable figure. He also finds staoling and paddocking for those who may wish accommodation of this kind. ~ No doubt Mr. Good’s venture will meet the appreciation at the hands of the farmers which his.timely opening of a wanted establishment deserves.

Winslow Spouts. : —The sports at Winslow on New Year’s Day, which always draw a crowd and fill in an excellent holiday, are to be repeated this year as usual. A meeting was held on Saturday evening at Winslow, to consider the matter, when it was decided to hold the annual races and sports on New Year’s Day. The Secretary read the report of last year’s proceedings, from? which it appeared a small balance remained in hand. After a considerable amount of routine business had been transacted, a subscription list was handed round, which brought in from those present a sum of L2O 9s.

Desecration. —The Ashburton Racing Club, with geeat liberality, gave permis sion to trainers to use their course for training purposes only, and with a stipu lation that no racing was to take place upon, it until after the meeting—the ground being very hard, and the scanty grass wanting rest just now. Two sporting gentlemen, however, in defiance of the generous concession on the part of the Club, and of recognised Sabbatarian usages, even in this easy-going part of the Christian world, elected to have a “ pri vate trial” at 5 a.m. yesterday. It is to be hoped that some means may be found to show these “ sportsmen” that such proceedings are not in unison with fair racing or Sunday observances. Wo are sure that none of our Church attendants or supporters of racing are so fond of the turf, but they can wait tj 11 Monday to see an Irish hunter show his paces. Sad Occurrence. —This morning, about half-past eight, Mr. John Campbell, farmer, met his death. Mr. Campbell is about sixty-two years of age, and this morning he got up early to smoke, and then went back to bed. His son Donald then got up and went to chop wood. Hearing a report lie went into the home and found his father lying on the floor, and bleeding from a wound In the cheat, which had been caused by a shot from a double-barrelled gun, which was lying across the old man’s body. Dr. Stewart was hurriedly sent for, and examined the wound. He found that the charge of shot had entered the deceased’s chest, smashing a portion of the collar-bone and wounding the left lung. Mr- Canipb/JJ. explained that he was handling the gun and that it went off quite accidentally, how he could not say. Mr. Campbell died at twelve o’clock to-day. An inquest will be held to-morrow at ten o’clock, in Sutler’s Hotel.

CABLE NEWS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

(Per Renter's Agency.) Wheat- London, Nov. 12. The total quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,970,000 quarters. Monetary. The Bank rate of discount is 2.V per cent., the market rate of discount being 2 per cent. Now Zealand 10.40 loan, LlOl ; 5 per cent. New Zealand 1889 loan, LLO4 ; 4J, per cent. New Zealand 1879-1904 loan 941. Nov. 13. The Brindisi Mail. The homeward mail, via Brindisi, were delivered in London to-day. Another Murder in Ireland. A land agent has been murdered at Limerick. The Channel Squadron. The Channel squadron has arrived a Cork. Trial of Nihilists. Bt. Petersburg, Nov. 13. TheNiliilists who have been put on their trial for the Winter Palace explosion have received sentence—five have had sentence of death passed on them ; eleven are sen tenced to various terms of labor in the Siberian mines ; six are recommended for migitated punishment. The Cession of Dulcigno. Constantinople. Nov. 13. Notwithstanding the consent given by the Albanian chiefs to the cession of Dulcigno, the citizens are rebelling against the decision and ask that a month’s delay may be granted in which to undertake the surrender. Dervish Pasha, the Turkish commander, refuses to grant any further delay, and threatens to use force to compel the immediate transfer of the town to Montenegro. More Shocks. Vienna, Nov. 13. Further severe shocks of earthquake have been experienced at Agram, which has suffered most severe!} 7 . Half the town has been completely destroyed.

AUSTRALIAN.

{Per Jientet's Agency.) Trickett's Brother Defeated. Sydney, Nov. 14. The sculling match between Trickott brother of the champion) and Rush took place yesterday on Para matta river. Rush won easily by three lengths. The betting was 5 to 4 on Trickett. The Sorato Afioat. Adelaide, To-day. The Orient Company’s steamer Sorata, has been safely floated. The Sorata has been brought to Sema phore, and will ultimately proceed to Melbourne. Gold Missing. Melbourne, To-day. A box containing L 5.000 in gold, con signed to the Bank of New Zealand is missing from the steamship Tararua, which arrived yesterday. It is thought possible that it has been left at Dunedin, where the Tararua’s cargo was transhipped from the Hawea.

NEW ZEALAND

The Te Aroha Goldfield. Graha mstown, To-day. A rush to To Aroha from Waikato is expected. A Star pigeon-gram this morning says large numbers of farmers visited the prospectors yesterday, and all greatly excited* The gold fever is im mense. Accidental Death. Wellington, To-day. An inquest was held this morning on 1 '— 1 -1.. olinf nn Slaf.iiT. day. A verdict of accidental death was returned. The Sorata. Dr. Lemon has received a cable to the effect that the Sorata is being towed into Adelaide. The Anchor Line of Steamers. Nelson, To-day. The Anchor Line steamers, with the ex ception of the Lyttelton, but together with the Albion wharf and foundry, coal hulk, &c., have now been purchased here. The price has not transpired, but the new owners are Messrs. Cock and Co., Sclanders and Co., P. Donald (Arthur and Co.), and A. Brown (superintending engineer). The steamers wi.l continue to run as heretofore in the Wellington, Wan ganui, and West Coast trade. Gold at Stewart’s Island. Invercargill. To-day. One or two parties are getting good gold on Stewart’s Island, but the ground is limited.

Melancholy Case of Drowning in Wakanui Creek.

To-day an inquest was held in the Royal Hotel on the body of John Hurley, a laborer in the employ of D. Fitzgerald, Wakanui, who had been drowned in the Wnkanui Creek while bathing on Saturday afternoon. Dr. Trevor was coroner, and Mr. John Fowler was elected foreman of the jury. John Scanlon, ploughman in the em ploy of D. Fitzgerald, said he knew the deceased John Hurley, who was working for Fitzgerald. On Saturday, deceased and I went to bathe in the Wakanui Creek, just below Morris’ old sheep dip. The water where we wont in reached a little over our knees. I called out to him, “ If you can’t swim, don’t go into deep water.” He half laughed. T remained washing myself in the shallow water. In about a quarter of an hour or so I missed him; got out on the bank and called out to him. I ran round the old chimney, and when I looked at the deep pool, I saw' bubbles rising to the surface. This w’ould be about twenty-five yards. I jumped into the water, but could see nothing of him. I can swim and dive, and I did both. I got a horse and a chain and roj e and dragged the hole, but with out success. This would be about half past five. I was present when Constable Neill found the body yesterday, in the hole where I saw the bubbles. The face of the body is blacker now than when I saw it come out of the w'ater. Ido not know whether deceased could swim. I showed the constable where the deceased went in. The water was not particularly cold. Constable Neill went with Constable Trevollyan to the lower Wakanui yester day with a drag to search for a body. The hist witness pointed out where he had last seen deceased in the creek, and where he got in. There was about four feet of water in the creek where the man was last seen. I walked down the creek until I came to a ledge, where there were about six inches of mud. Beside this mud lodge, the water is twelve or thirteen feet deep, and I fell into this hole, by slipping in the mud. Had I not been a good swimmer, I would not have been able to get out. I then made a raft, dragged this hole, and found the body in it, in about ten feet of water. This would be about twenty yards from where the ledge I have referred to occurred, and about twenty-five or thirty yards from where deceased first took the water. The creek is about twenty-five yards; wide there. The con stable produced some valuables which he had taken from the clothes of deceased. The place where the drowning happened is near the junction of Moffat’s millrace with the creek, and a sort of, under current runs strongly at the place. The Coroner said that, from the evi dence, it would be seen that the case was palpably ope of accidental drowning; and, witlrout calling njore witnesses, the jury returned a yerdict—“ Tfyat t/’,e man’ accidentally drowned ylqlp bathing,’* ■ ; “ I

SPORTING.

Oamaru Spring Meeting. [by telegraph.] The following are the weights for the— Oamaru Handicap. —(l£ miles). Grip, 9st 21b ; Randwick, Bst 41b ; Libeller, 7st 121 b ; Virginia Water, 7st 121 b ; Marie Antoinette, 7st Gib ; Lima, 7st 61b ; Adamant, 7st 61b ; Sylvanus, 7st ; Un known, Gst 101 b ; Emerald, 6st 41b ; Pilot Fish, Gst. Publican’s Handicap. Grip, 9st 41b ; Billingsgate, 9st 41b ; Randwick, Bst 41b ; Virginia Water, Bst ; Libeller, Bst; Marie Antoinette, 7st 101 b; Luna, 7st 101 b; Tera, 7st 21b ; Sylvanus, 7st ; Clarence, Gst 91b ; Playboy, Gst 91b ; Unknown, Gst 91b ; Levant, Gst 4lb ; Emerald, Gst 41b ; Pilot Fish, Gst ; Robin Hood, sst 71b. Oamaru Hurdle Race. —(2 miles), Clarence, list 121 b ; Blush Rose, lOst; Levant. Bst 101 b ; Little John, 9st; Shil lelagh, Bst 91b ; Robin Hood, Bst 41b ; Pertrobe colt, Bst.

News by the San Francisco Mail.

(Per s.s. City of Sydney, at Auckland.) GREAT BRITAIN. Archbishop McCabe, of Dublin, has written a pastoral letter, deploring the silence of Irish leaders, in whose presence threats of violence to landlords have been made. A fearful gale raged on the Cornwall coast on October 7th. Harbor works and quays were damaged, and small yachts and boats destroyed. Worthman Miller has given his opinion that American silk is now superior to French, and many French ladies are supplying themselves in the markets of the United States. Arms are being largely imported into Ireland, and freely bought in many places. The manager of an establishment in Dublin boasts of having sold 1400 in a short period. In Belfast breech-loaders are advertised at los, and there is a brisk trade in rifles in all the small country towns. The Parnell demonstration at Cork on the 3rd was an imposing affair. The Mayor and Corporation presented an address to the agitator, while the city and shipping were covered with bunting. 50,000 of the public were present. Mr. Parnell declared that landlordism had been created for maintaining English rule

in Ireland, and must fall- Voices cried out—“ As Lord Mountmorris fell.” A meeting of 500 Orangemen at Gilford, County Down, passed a resolution calling on the Government to suspend trial by jury, and declaring that the citizens of the United States and foreigners who were abusing the hospitality of the country by denouncing the institutions of the United Kingdom should be expelled. On the sth of October Mr. Parnell addressed a meeting of 10,000 people in Kilkenny. Nine members of Parliament and fifty priests were present. He an nounced that -when sufficient information had been collected, a Land League would be organised of great strength against paying rent on the estate of every renting landlord. The members of the Landlords’ Associa tion waited on the Lord Lieutenant, and impressed on him the necessity that im mediate steps should be taken for the pro tection of life and property. The barracks at Athlone, Car-low and Sligo, and other places in the West of Ireland are to be prepared for the full complement of troops they are capable of accommodating. James Coull, sailor, who steered the Shannon in the action with the Chesa peake off Boston Harbor in 1813, is dead, aged ninety-five. He was buried with military honors. The imports of Great Britain for Sep- T c,Knn OQO tq-p.ni.oi- H ’— year, and the exports greater by L 250,000 for the same time. The ship Cambrian Monarch, from Syd ney to San Francisco, was boarded by a boat’s crew from Pitcairn Island. They sent letters and sketches to persons in England and America. The islanders are reported to be in a flourishing condition, AMERICA. A frightful accident occurred on the Pennsylvanian Central Rai'road. By a collision between two trains twenty-four passengers were killed and thirty or forty wounded. A mistake in the signal was the cause of the disaster. The Chicagonians celebrated the ninth anniversary of their great fire by a grand military parade. A passenger train on the Indianopolis and »St. Louis road recently ran through an open switch at Nokomis, Illinois, and collided with a freight train. The former caught fire and was entirely consumed. The passengers escaped safely. A special train of cars, with the supple mentary Australian mail, chased the regular train and caught it at Omaha, gaining twenty-four hours and enabling connection with the steamer at New York to be made. The mail will reach England in forty days from Sydney. Captain Foreman, of the British ship Dido, at San Francisco, from Newcastle, N.S.W., October 9th, reports that on September 15th he passed Christinas Island, said to be uninhabited, and from the deck he discovered the wreck of a vessel well up on the sand, in the South east bay. Close to the wreck he made out a small boat, but there was no indication of life about it. Owing to the very rough weather he was unable to visit the wreck, and so it remains a mystery. The secretary of the National Woollen Growers’ Association, W. J. Markham, has, in obedience to an order, shipped two rams and two ewes to Australia. They were sent by the London route to avoid frequent charges in the railroad trip to San Francisco. Mr. Markham sent three car loads of sheep some time ago to Japan, where the Government are striving to de velope the best wool and carcase produc ing animal. While drinking in a saloon in San Francisco a sudden madness seized a man named Barrington, who killed his friend McDonald on the spot, shooting him three times. Both men were connected with respectable business houses. The Gulnari, of the Horogate Arctic exploring expedition, has returned to St. John’s, New York, having lost one boat and all her deck-load in a gale. The statue of Robert Burns in the hall of the Central Park, New York, opposite that of Sir Walter Scott, was’ unveiled, on October 2nd. James Thomas Evans, of Sydney, re cently in the employ of the Government of New South Wales, and whose duty was to draw cheques for the payment of Go vernment officials, was charged on war rant for forgery and taken from the ship Cambrian Monarch immediately on the arrival of that steamer in port on Sep tember 7th. The detective had antici pated the arrival of the ship by taking passage in the R. M. S. S. Zealandia from Sydney on August 12th. As soon as the fugitive saw the detective he recognised him, and submitted quietly to arrest by the Sah Francisco officers, who turned over the balance, about LSO, of the pro ceeds of the forgery. He was taken be fore Judge Ferral, where application was made for his return to the colony under the Extradition Act of 1842. News from the Jeannette, the Bennet Arctic Expedition vessel, has been re ceived up to August 29th, 1879, and ' pub lished in the New York'Herald. The: letter was dated from Capo Scrudezaman, and came officially through the charge d’affaires. It was written when the vessel was on the point of sailing for Archangel, and the officers and men were all well. By the election of John Taylor, as first presjdpnt ’ of the Mormon church,' vice IJrjghijim Young, consol is given to Eng

lish saints. Governor Murray, of the territor} 7 , in his report to the Secretary for the Interior, advises theaholition of all anti-Mormon laws, or else their immediate and rigid enforcement, as the present policy has brought the Government into contempt. '

Perils in our Midst.

Commenting on the recent dynamite accident in Wellington streets, the Post says:—The question of special and public interest which arises out of this deplorable affair is this : —How did the unfortunate lad procure that dynamite cartridge, and can any sportive youth obtain these fearfully dangerous little articles unimpeded, and proceed to “let them off” in our streets at the imminent risk of causing the wholesale destruction of life and property ? It is high time that the position should be clearly understood in this respect. Dynamite is an exceedingly mild and harmless thing to look at, but a giant of irresisti ble strength when aroused, and it has the special property of exercising tremendous power without requiring, like gunpowder, to be used in a con fined space. For instance, a charge of dynamite merely laid on a vast rock or a massive iron plate and exploded will shatter rock or plate to fragments. A suitable charge simply placed against a stone wall and fired would blow it down instantly. Now this property of dyna mite renders it a most useful instrument in the hands of miners, quarrymen, excavators, and others, for it enables a large amount of labour, hitherto ex pended in hollowing out a chamber for the blasting charge, to be saved. But the same property infinitely enhances its danger ini unskilful or reckless hands. It is sad enough to bear of a fine promising young man being maimed for life, but the matter would have been-much worse had the explosion, which tore off his hand, also wrecked a building and oc casioned loss of life. Yet at present there seems no security that even a worse thing may not befall us any day. It may occur to some ingenious and enterprising youths, that a dozen dyna mite cartridges would produce a magni ficent “ pop ” if discharged together as a salvo. Or they might design to fire them successively in salute style. They might conceive that they had taken every precaution, and yet even in carry ing that small but dangerous parcel along the streets, one of those inexplic able causes which have produced so many explosions might evoke the latent but terrible powers of the dynamite, and then in an instant there would be death, ruin, and destruction on all sides. That this is no imaginary, impossible, or even exaggerated picture of what might be is sufficiently demonstrated by many comparatively recent events which must be within the memory of our readers, and it is plain that no time ought to be lost in guarding against so deadly a peril. One course which should be taken is obvious. The sale of dyna mite and all such dangerous explosives ought to be subject to at least the same restrictions as those under which the sale of poisons is carried on. They should never be sold except to respon sible persons, who should be required to sign specific receipts in the presence of witnesses. This would tend at any —vko. twinrc to a minimum the chance of these perilous failing'tmo ignorant or careless hands.

The Amateur.

The following severe criticism upon amateurs appears in the London Court Circular—“ Amongst the most deeply rooted sentiments in the heart of man is the love of approbation, and to this weak ness in a great measure he owes his strength, or at least some of the most im portant results of his life. There is no denying the fact that a very large per centage of mankind perform the tasks which fall to their lot in life with the com mon-place intention of making money, or, as it is called, * getting a living.’ But to a sublime proportion the only stimulus to deeds of venture and heroism, of brain and physique, is found in their love of appro bation. The sound of applause is to some hearts and ears the sweetest music that can be heard; no incense rises so fra grantly as the buzz of approval. Even an uninterested and unambitious audience feel a gratification in hearing the very sound they themselves create, and envy the recipient of their approbation the applause they are so willing to give. To imitate the professional men and women who have their blissful reward for undoubted skill, a certain class of unqualified neophytes amble towards the goal which is only attained by sheer drudgery and unflinch ing study. What the ‘ professional ’ achieves by a life’s work, the 1 amateur,’ as the members of this class are termed, appears to inherit. The amateur is like Genius, he leaps over the ground which Talent has to trudge, and is an actor before he knows how to act, a singer before he knows how to sing. The foundation of all this is that invincible love of approba tion which is at once the glory and the ridicule of amateurs. It is the boast of an amateur that he does not play for money, for ‘aliving,’ he prefers to play, to—well let us say it—to please himself. Who shall gainsay us when we assert that in an amateur performance the most de lighted person is the amateur himself. A relation, a sincere friend, or an admirer may be pleased, and even amused (we are stretching a point here), at the exhibition of raw efficiency and conceited imbecility ; but was there ever an amateur performance that required a play-bill to tell the audience that it was an amateur performance 1 We do not, by the way, expect to see amateurs act, but we do expect them to know their lines ; and this is a hopeless case to look for. Yet in the face of this utter ineffi ciency the amateur swaggers more than the professional actor. He criticises the real article, and ip presenting it himself hapds us the ipost glaring “ shoddy.” Conceit is altogether too mild a term for his self-glorification ; he is not afraid to play Hamlet, Sir Charles Coldstream, and Cox in the same evening., And indeed he need not, for one is as good as the other. The singing amateur is as pretentious as the acting amateur ; but he js not so irrepressible. He can’t sing all kinds of music, because he cannot possess a bass voice, a tenor voice, and a treble voice at once, with any degree of comfort to him self. He is either sentimental or ferocious, as his voice compels him ; but we are spared the universality of genius which is oppressive in the amateur actor. But in all branches of art this amateurism is the same. It is a conceited and bad imitation, a fruitless striving to ape superiority. Ape is the word. The chief impression left on the minds of even an indulgent audience after witnessing an amateur performance is that they have seen it better done on the stage. Of course they have. There is the same wide gap between profes sionals and amateurs as is observable be tween Regulars and Yplunteers. Amateurs have no fight to interfere with trade, as they can only play at shop. Let them amuse themselves (they never amuse others), but let them not offend the public, even when they attempt to hide their ! imbecility behind, the curtain of charity. Even charity is too weak to excuse them. ;

THE CHIMNEY CORNER.

THE DISRUPTION A TALE OF TRYING TIMES. CHAPTER XlX.—Continued. Mrs, Renshaw and Stiffriggs had found the bank shut, and in returning through the crowded streets she was so anxious about her money that she fre quently put her hand down to her side to assure herself that all was safe. Her excessive solicitude on this point had attracted the attention of two accom plished pick-pockets who were on the watch for a victim. Their plan of operations was soon concerted and im mediately carried into effect. One of them contrived to jostle rudely e gainst Mr. Stimpertcm with a swaggering air of well-assumed insolence. As had been foreseen, the honest farmer resented the shock so warmly as to forget for a moment every proper precaution, and even Mrs. Renshaw was thrown off her guard. While she and Stiffriggs thus had their temper ruffled and their at tention diverted by one of the light fingered gentleman, the other dexter ously cut through the lady’s gown and the strings of her pocket, without dis turbing her by the operation any more than if she had been mesmerised. The attistcs had no sooner got clear off with the booty than it was missed by the owner, and she raised a shout that alarmed the whole neighborhood, and set the criminal officers immediately on the alert. She, however, had no hope of ever recovering her money, but be wailed its loss like one mournjng the death of the dearest friend. It . was no enviable task that Stiffriggs had to per for in taking her home, for she was a sorely distressed woman, and tried to distress everybody near her with her doleful lamentations. ‘My siller !O, my weel-hained pickle siller ! I’ve lost at ance what took me years to gather. O, I’ll never, never get abune’t! ’ she exclaimed, as often as her sobs would permit her to speak. The condolences of Stiffriggs were not of a very consola tary kind. He exerted himself earnestly to recover the money, but made very light of its loss, great as was the sum. ‘it was trash,’ he said, ‘ mere trash ; no worth a thocht compared wi’ mony a thing, such as health or peace o’ mind, that may be ta’en frae us ony day o’ oor lives. Instead o’ losing the siller, ye might ha’e lost your life, or the life, or the best leg that belangs to ye just as sillily.’ But Mrs. Renshaw viewed the matter in another light, and estimated her loss very differently. She vexed herself by calculating how many silk gowns —-how many shawls — how much thread lace —hew many dozens of silver spoons—what grand crystal and china- how much rich fur niture, and how many good milk cows the money might have bought Viewed in this light the misfortune appeared to her to be almost insupportable. She was whining and sobbing over it when her nephew entered, and without any tantalising delay stated the circum stance which had induced him to call on her, though uninvited, and produced the stolen pocket. At sight of it she was struck dumb with surprise and joy, and before she could utter a word clutched the precious articles and re-, lieveu nei iccUi»go-»iA-.tpjirc— She did not take time- to thank her nephew till she had emptied the pocket of its entire contents, and -counted the money, note by note, to make sure that she had it all again. Before she had well completed this process, or fully recovered her composure, a violent ring of the door bell was heard, and, when the door was opened, in came Dr. Snapperdudgeon and a porter carrying his portmanteau. The Doctor’s first words were— ‘ Well, Mrs. M‘Glunch again, I hope you have my apartments ready ? ’ ‘ Your apartments, sir ! Ye ken ye ha’e nae apartments bespoken here. Every corner o’ the house is filled, and Mrs. Renshaw frae your ain parish, has been twa days in the rooms ye used to occupy. She had them trysted weeks before, and she has to be here yet for a week to come.’ The Doctor did not stand to hear Mrs. M'Glunchagain to an end, but walked immediately into the ■ parlor where Mrs. Renshaw, her nephew, Mr. Stimperton, and his sister, were sealed. He looked round him on the company which he' intruded on with an affecta tion of surprise, and shook hands with them all, as if he had come on the most civil erand imaginable, though his greeting to Mr. Duncanson was some what cold and constrained. It will be recollected that the Doc tor had arrived-in Edinburgh two days before with Mr. M'Cheatrie, the lawyer, but for some temporary convenience he had taken up his quarters with his legal friend in an inn, .instead of going to his old private lodgings. He had, how ever, found living in a hotel too ex pensive, or no longer convenient, and with characteristic unreasonableness, resolved on claiming accomniodation in Mrs. M'Glunchagain’s house as a right. He had made up his mind on having the very rooms he had formerly occupied, though aware that his own neighbor and parishioner, Mrs. Ren shaw, was in actual possession of them. He knew that there was not a shadow of justice in insisting on her removal, and that she would not easily find another suitable place when the town was so overcrowded with strangers. No matter; out she must bundle, since such was the will and pleasure of the. Rev. Dr. Snapperdudgeon. And if the lady had not in this instance had ‘a man body ’ to protect her she might have had a good deal to complain of as an ‘ ijhused lone woman,’ for the Doctor was in one of his most imperious moods.

‘ I had no thought of seeing so many of my own folks here/ said the Doctor; ‘but there has been some mistake. I shall be sorry if you are at a loss, Mrs. Renshaw, but can’t help it. The rooms are mine—always mine when I’m in Edinburgh—and this is not a time to give them up even to friends.’ * What do you say, Doctor ? ’ ex claimed Mrs. Renshaw, both in a panic and a passion. 1 Ye surly dinna mean to say that I’m to flit and leave the rooms to you after I had them sae lang trysted, and have been in them since Monday ? ’ ‘ I don’t care how long you have been here. The rooms are mine The landlady knows well enough that they are always kept for||me when I’m to be in town, and if she has made a mis take this time I shan’t suffer by it.

Besides, there need not be any words 1 about it, for I distinctly engaged the rooms for the present occasion when I was last here.’

£ 0 Doctor!’ exclaimed Mrs. M'Glunchagain, ‘hoo can ye say that, when ye ken very weel ye never said a word to me on the subject ? ’ ‘ Do you doubt my word, woman ? ’ shouted the Doctor, with volcanic fury, and continued—‘ I might not mention to you perhaps my intention of return ing at this time, but I told the servant maid. Send Griselda here instantly.’ When Griselda entered he said— ‘ Do you mind of my going away the last time I was here ? ’

‘ Yes, sir,’ she replied. ‘ Well, did I say anything to you in :he lobby there, just as I. was leaving he house?’

‘ Yes, sir, ye clappit my back, and

you ‘ Speak to the point, you slut ! What did I say to you about returning soon again ? ’ ‘ Ou, I’m a slut, am I ? If ye werena a minister I wad ca’ ye a nasty auld blaguard, and maybe no misca’ ye either. As for what ye said aboot cornin’ back I dinna mind it, and I dinna want to mind, for I wish ye wad never darken this door. Slut! truly, that’s a name to ca’ me ! ’ ‘ Ay, you don’t mind, don’t you ? Well, I’ll perhaps take you before those who will make you mind, but m the meantime get about your business.’ ‘ Ye- had better slip awa’ ben the house, too,’ said Stiffriggs to the ladies and Mr. Duncanson, ‘ for I think the Doctor and me will settle this business best oursel’s.’ ‘ You, Stiraperton,’ said the Doctor contemptuously. ‘ What have you to do with it? You don’t mean to say surely that you and Mrs. Renshaw are living together here like man and wife? If there’s any connection of that kind between you, it is high time that I had both of you before my session—that’s all.’

‘ Wad ye offer for to go for to insinuate onything against my char acter, Dr. Snapperdudgeon ?’ ex claimed, or rather screamed, Mrs. Ren shaw, in the highest state of excite ment. ‘ I daur you, sir ; I defy you to say black is the white o’ my e’e.’ ‘ Hoot toots, woman! dinna put yoursel’in a way about naething. I’ll speak to the Doctor quietly, and let him see he’s wrang, so just step ye a’ ben beside the landlady awee,’ said Stiffriggs, and, with 3 gentle compulsion, he pushed Mrs. Renshaw, his sister, and Mr. Duncanson into the adjoining room. As he shut the door, the Doctor started to his feet from the arm-chair in which he had been making himself quite at home, and said— ‘ I’ll not be left with you, Stiffriggs, without witnesses.’ He then rung the bell violently, but no one answered; so, in spite of all he could do, he was left in the situation against which he had pro tested so vehemently. ‘ What in the worl’ are ye fear’d for, Doctor ?’ said the burly farmer. ‘Ye sureiy canna think I wad lay hands on my ain minister ?’ ‘ I have no faith in you, sir. I don’t know what you might do.’ ‘ Ye’ve surely taucht me ill and set me nae great example, since ye dinna think yoursel’ safe beside me without -wltn *

‘I want none of your insolence, Ringan,’ said the Doctor, assuming calmness, though ready to burst with rage. ‘lf you wish to show your respect for me as your minister, you can’t do better than just leave this house instantly, and take your friends with you.’ ‘ I never said I was awn you mucklc respect; ye ken yoursel’ it’s no a great deal ye deserve at my hand.,: I’ve seldom had a richt opportunity of telling ye my mind, but I maun tell you a bit b’t noo, since we’re by oursel’s.’ ‘ I’ll not hear a word. Get out of my lodgings. You have no business here. I’ll not submit to be molested and in sulted. Nay, don’t come near me, for I know you’re a violent, ungovernable man.’ • ■

‘ And I ken ye’re a wolf in sheep’s clothing, and that’s ten times waur. Ye’re a disgrace to your profession —a wasp in the honey, a curse to your par ish, and an eye-sore- to the gude auld Kirk o’ Scotland. Ye’re drunkensome,. quarrelsome, greedy, revengefu’, un reasonable, unfaithfu’, tyrannical, and low-minded, and as far out. o’ your place in a Christian congregation as a sow in a tulip garden.’ ‘ Stand back, I say, sir, at your peril! I don’t care for your railing, though, if I had witnesses, I would make it 4 'cost you something. But I’ll not trust my self within arm’s-length of such, a savage.’

‘ Deed, Doctor, I daresay ye!re richt there, for the auld man is strong within me when I’m provokit, and ye havena helpit me muckle to keep , him doun. It’s very true that I Have a fashion o’- redding matters wi’ the strong hand when they’ll no 'redd otherwise, sae I gi’e you fair warning, Doctor, to keep put o’ rqy reach sipce ye’ve, raised my corruption.’ Saying this, ! the stalwart farmer madie another stride towards the terrified Churchman, who, thinking it unsafe to remain a moment longer, made a hasty exit, muttering vows of vengeance as he left the house. ! fcoNOLPD^D.]

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1880.



Special Advertisements. WANTED —One or Two GENTLE '.MEN'for.Board and Residence, in; private family, near the Domain. Apply for address to Guardian office. AMATEUR DRAMATIC SOCIETY. NOTICE TO MEMBERS. TO-NIGHT, Final, rehears at. at Eight o’clock A full attendance imperative. S. E. POYNTZ, 526 " Hon. Se CAMBRIDGE’S HAIR STIMULENT. Prevents hair from falling off, and induces a new growth. Two Shillings a bottle;:;: 530 O. Carstens & Co. , (Late Weston’s), . , PROSPECT BUILDINGS, . - Tobacconist, fancy goods, AND STATIONERY. Meerschaum Pipes, G.B.D. Pipes _ ~ ■’Tobacco-'- 1 * air Musical Instruments, etc., etc. Haircuttihg, Shaving and Shampooing. EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. 520* SHOW! SHOW !! SHOW !! ! RACES! RACES!! RACES!!! NEW GOODS. NEW GOODS. Professor F. Clark, HAIRDRESSER, STATIONER, AND FANCY GOODS DEALER, MONTGOMERY’S BUILDINGS, ASHBURTON, HAS JUST IMPORTED from Mel • bourne . a large assortment of FANCY GOODS, too numerous to specify in detail, amongst which are the follow ing : G.B.D. Pipes, in cases Cherry do. do. Also pipes of every other description Dolls, Toy Watches Rowing Boats. Trumpets Shuttlecocks and Battledores Whips, Spades, Popguns Mouth Harmonicons And all kinds, of Gentlemen’s Studs West’s Patent Solitaires Also Ladies’ Hair Pads, Frizcttes, &c. S“Black Angel,” “Star of the South,” ■ “Fiery Cross,” &c. Haircutting, Shaving, and Shampooing Saloon. Agent for the Ashburton Guardian. Note the address : MONTGOMERY’S BUILDINGS. ASHBURTON. 513* THE BEST VALUE . - • FOR READY MONEY ... • IS THE MEN’S) CLOTHING (AND BOYS’) .; ' •; J MANUFACTURED BY THE NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY, which can be purchased at their Retail Branches, how established all over New Zealand. The Garments are thoroughly shrunk. The Fit and Style are perfect. The Workmanship i? equal to bespoke. The Trimmings are of superior quality and strength. 1 The Tweeds are of' the very best descrip tion. The Stock is the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. The tall, short, lean, and stout can be equally, well fitted. The Goods are all marked in plain figures. The system of ; business is to exchange eve-y article that does not give satis faction. ; : ‘ ■ And,’ in addition td all these advantages, you can purchase ' A SINGLE GARMENT AT THE WHOLESALE price. Mercery, Hats, Shirts, Ties, Scarfs, Bags, Portmanteaus, Rugs, and Blankets at Wholesale Prices. THOUSANDS OF DISCERNING : : CUSTOMERS ; Testify that the New Zealand Clothing Factory’s Garments are the Very Best Yaluejfpr R«ady Money. . r- AsHBURTON, Branch ; E’ A S T ' S T R. E E T . WM. SPARROW, 910 c r.-V Manager.



Special Advertisements. RACES! RACES!! A FEW GENTLEMEN can be Accom modated with BEDS and BOARD, during the Show and Races, in a Private House. —Apply 8.8., Office of this paper. npENDERS are invited for the EIiEC JL TION of a Three (3) roomed HOUSE on the Alford Forest road. Tenders will be accepted until THURS DAY Evening next. Plans and specifications may be soon at the Office of the undersigned, to whom Tenders are to be addressed. POYNTZ & CO.



Found. 3UND, in the vicinity of the Hospital, a WHIP. The owner can have the same, by describing the Whip, .and pay ing for this advertisement. ' 514 (Christchurch Section.) ASHBURTON SHOW, NOVEMBER i 6th, & RACES NOVEMBER 17TH and ißth, 1880. ORDINARY Single Pare Tickets to Ashburton issued at Christchurch, Timaru, and intermediate stations, on 16th, 17th, and 18th November, will be available for Return up to and including the 18th inst. Special trains will, run between Wins low, Tinwald, and Ashburton, Nov. 16th, ‘ as follows: • ; >in ' , Leave: Winslow at 12 o’clock, noon. Leave TimyaW at 12.15, p.m. anS 1.15 p.m. - ‘ ' Arrive Ashburton at 12,25. p. in, 1 and 1.25.' p<m. ; Single Fares for return journey. FRiEDK. BACK, Traffic Manager. Traffic Manager’s office, Christchurch, Nov. 12, 1880 50 Railway Notices. Y. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.



/' Matson, Cox, and Co. Matson, Cox & Co., STOCK AND ESTATE AGENTS, LAND & MONEY BROKERS, AUCTIONEERS AND COMMISSION AGENTS, ASHBURTON. Their business will include the manage ment of Estates, Investment and Pro curation of Money, Valuation of Pro perties, Stock, &c., and General Agency. They will hold throughout the District Public Auction Sales of Land, Live and Dead Stock; also on Market Days at Ashburton and Tinwald, Fat and Store Stock. They are also prepared to make Liberal Cash Advances on Properties, Stock, Wool, &c., placed in their hands for sale. MATSON, COX, & CO., Agents for Robey & Co.’s, CELEBRATED THRESHING MACHINES 440 Wanted. TT7ANTED. —THE GUARDIAN tells your Wants for Is.—cash. WANTED, at once, a Respectable GIRL, about 14, to Assist in Housework.—Apply to Mr. Begg, Black smith,Tinwald. , 524 WANTED KNOWN,—That GEO. F. HENRY, SaxjndbksV Build ings, East Street, Ashburton, s. is, the ONLY PHOTOGRAPHER in New Zealand who is supplying the Public with Re-touched PICTURES, Finished Off in the Best and Latest Fashionable Styles', at TEN SHILLINGS per Dozen. 470 ANTED : KnO WN.—Christmas 5 , .New Year, and Birthday Cards, New Assortments. 1 New Zealand Illus trated Annual, Young Ladies’ Journal, and Bow Bells, ls,‘ 6d. each. -; Family * Herald and Family Reader, la. each, and all other Magazines at Christchurch Prices. Colonial and European . News papers, School Books, Stationery, &c., &c. A visit solicited. S. F. Andrbwks, Bookseller and Stationer, East street, near Lancaster’s Butchery. , ... ’ 527 ’ WANTED KNOWN. - SOMERSET; LIVERY AND . BAIT STABLES. JW, M‘RAE begs to inform, the , public that he has taken the above Stables from Mr. Bossenberg, and is making extensive repairs. Buggies and saddle horses on hire. Lowest prices arid best attention. - ' 908c —286 g Tenders WANTED— TENDERS for renting shop in Town Hall, lately occupied by Mr. Thompson. Highest or any ten der not necessarily; accepted. Tenders to be sent in by noon oh Tues day, 16th Nov., to ROBT. ELSTON, 504 Town Hall. TO BUILDERS,, - Iv . FRESH TENDERS are invited for Building a DWELLING-HOUSE as Hackthorne, on the riverHinds.for 0. F. Harper, Esq.- 1 Plans arid specifications ’ may be seen ae Messrs. Matson, Cox and ; Co.’s, Ashburton, till SATURDAY,-Nov 20, afterwards at Mr. W. Makley’s Here ford street, Christchurch, till THURS _ DAY. when all tenders must be sent in. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. 517 UPPER ASHBURTON ROAD BOARD. nnENDERS are invited i. for the RE- - X PAIRS and MAINTENANCE of all the , Roads in this district for a term.of - three years ; each ward to* be tendered for ' separately. . Written tenders, endorsed, are to be sent in, addressed to the Chairman, not later than noon of MONDAY, the 29th day of November. The Clerk . will be at the office every Thursday of each week, from 1 riine to twelve o’clock a.m., to give the general conditions and specifications of the work. ; ■; ROBT. D/PULLAR, 1 '• ! Clerk and Surveyor to the Board. Road Board Office, Westerfield, Oct. 27, 1880. 408 ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. DOG COLLARS FOR xBBr. TENDERS are invited for the Supply of 710 DOG-COLLARS, and for Re-badging 840 Collars, now at the Council Officesj Ashburton, for 188 L ‘ Particulars to be seen' at the Town Clerks’ Offices, Christchurch and Timaru ; the Road Board Office, South •and the Council Offices, Ashburton. Tenders, endorsed “ Tender Tor Dog : Collars,” will be received at the Council Offices, Ashburton', up to 11 a; m. on WEDNESDAY, the 24th November. '■ The lowest or any tender not necessarily. ; accepted. , By order, , F. MAINWARING. Clerk. Ashburton, ; : HthNovember, 1880. , . e Borough Council Gazette. ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL: f ANNUAL ELECTION QF MAYOR. . . “ Municipal Corporations Act, 1876,” and the ‘‘Regulation .of Local ..Elections Act. 1876.” I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That the ANNUAL ELECTION of MAYOR, under the first-mentioned Act, will be held at the* BOROUGH COUNCIL --’? CHAMBER, on WEDNESDAY, the * 24th day of Noveinber instant. 1 Nominations of Candidates (which must 1 > be made in the manner provided in Oiause J - 11 of the second-mentioned Act)‘will be - received at the Towif Ceehr’s Office, till ;> ' 12 o’clock N oon, on Tuesday, the IQtfi day : ’ of November instant, •• ■ ■‘: ' • Forms of - Nomination may be -obtained at the Borough Council Office ; and a-oSj-ii! Deposit of £lO must* be left with each Nomination Paper. ■ -i •' • Dated this Bth day of November,-1880 '' CHARLES BRADDELL, .' : . 476 Returning Officer "Monriy, ; -0n..; approved t \-■ - Security, at Current Rates, in sums to suit Borrowers. "- . - - 511 POYNTZ&OO. ; MONEY TO LEND. mRUST MONEYS—£2,OOO, £4OO, and; 7 I £250. These sums are how ready ' for investment on real security> at'current l life rates of interest. • F. P, O REILLY, 1 899c-226g * Solicitor, Tailored 1 street.' : J-’? *