THE CHIMNEY CORNER.

THE DISRUPTION: A TALE OF TRYING TIMES, CHAPTER XXlV— continued. “ Hooly, Laird, hooly. Though I’m but a puir tenant o’ yours, I ha’e some thing to mind far abune the clods o’ the valley. And wi’ your leave, let me say, as lang as I bring my rent oot o’ the Stiffriggs mailin, I baud mysel’ accoontable to nae man for what I turn my thochts to. And it’ll neither be for tile-drainin’ nor guano that I’ll gi’e up the freedom o’ the Kirk o’ Scotland, or cease to contend against pawtronage and Eraustianism in a’ shapes and forms.” “ True, true, Ringan—perfectly true; but you ought to use your freedom with discretion. You should take time to consider if patronage be really such a bad thing as you call it, and if you are not kicking against a very just and salutary system.” “ Time to consider ! The only thing worth considerin’ is hoo to get soonest • quat o’t. Hav’na I had its pernicious effecks every day o’ my life stinkin’ under my vera nose ? and hoo can the system be onything to me but an abomination ? Consider truly ! Troth I ha’e nae need to consider muckle aboot pawtronage.” “ I understand what you mean, Ringan, but you ought not to condemn the system for one unfortunate appoint ment Our worthy friend Mr. Calm sough here was put in by patronage, as well as Dr. Snapperdudgeon.” “ Haud ye there, Sir John, and alloo me to put you in mind that the parish petitioned for Mr. Calmsough, so. his appointment canna properly be said to ha’e been an act o’ pawtronage; but Dr. Snapperdudgeon’s settlement was a forced ane and just a fair sample o’ the system.” “ I must beg, my friends,” interposed Mr. Calmsough, “ that you will refrain from personal allusions, for though I am flattered by your good opinion, I do not wish to be complimented at the expense of my neighbour. Surely the merits of patronage may be dis cussed without special reference to individuals. For my own part, I approve of the system, because I think its general tendency is in favour of peace and good order, but I will not let my judgment be biassed by particu lar instances, either good or bad; there must be exceptions in every sys tem.”

“ Spoken like yourself, Mr Calm sough,” said Sir John. “If our anti patronage and Non-intrusion neighbors would follow your excellent example, there would, at this moment, be no danger of the venerable Church of Scotland.”

Under your favor, Laird,” said Stiffriggs, “ the venerable Kirk o’ Scot land is in nae danger. The Establish ment is in danger to be sure —the height 0’ danger—but the Establish ment is no the Kirk, gude be thankit!” “ Come now, Mr. Stimperton,” exclaimed the Laird, “ You are spin ning your distinctions too fine. If the Establishment is not the Church of Scotland, pray what is or can be, the Church of Scotland ?—tell me that.”

“ I grant ye, Laird,” replied Ringan, “that the Kirk o’ .'•■'Gotland is estab lished ; but the establishment is no the Kirk. The Kirk o’ Scotland was the Kirk o’ Scotland —the national Kirk—before it was established, it’ll be the national Kirk lang after it has ceased to be established. Tak’ ye my word for that, Sir John.” “ I’ll take no man’s word for any thing of the sort,” said Sir John; ‘T can conceive of no national Church but an established one; and depend on it, my good friend, there will be an end to the nationality of the Church —an end to its efficiency, it’s unity and all that it is most valued for by the Christian people of Scotland, the day when its connection with the State is cut asun der, if that black day should ever come.”

“ I wish it were the morn,” rejoined the sturdy farmer; “ for I’m sure the goodly tree that John Knox planted in the land will never flourish till ance it be free o’ the poisonous creepers that have twined themsel’s round its stately trunk, and crushed its sappiest branches.

“You are poetical, Ringan,” said the Laird, in rather a jeering tone. “Weel,” answered Ringan, “if I be pottical its because I’m speaking the truth. There’s naething sae pottical as the truth, ye ken. The Psalms of Davit are abune a’ ither pottery, just because they’re the even down truth, every word o’ them.” “So then Mr. Stimperton, your object is not to reform the Establish ment, but to break it up altogether? ” . “ No, I never said that yet Laird; but it’s because I dinna see ony chance o’ reform in’t worth the speaking o’, that I wish the gude old Kirk o’ Scot land to be dune wi’ the endooments, and a’ the trammels they impose on her.”

“ Well, I’ll tell you what will be the consequence if the Church ever be so infatuated as to fling up the endow ments, and shake off her state connec tion. She will become a beast of prey in the land—a public scourge—a vam pire—an insatiable mercenary—a fo mentor of animosities—a sower of dis sention in communities and households —a den of superstition and hypocrisy -—a community of dupes and knaves. The spirit of charity will depart from among us, and all the bitterness of theological strife take the place of heart-felt religion. All this I venture to predict, though I am neither a pro phet nor a son of of a prophet.” “Timeabootis fair play, Sir fohn; and I’ll tak’ my turn o’ predicting noo, if ye like. Here then is my set o’t If the Kirk o’ Scotland remain under the Eraustian bonds laid on her by the Court o’ Session—if she submit to be controlled in her ain affairs by the ceevil Government —if she surrender the veto, and bow her neck to the yoke :o’ pawtronage—if she let hirelings con tinue to occupy her pulpits for a bit o’ bread—dyvors that wad digrace the sodger trade, let abe the sanctuary —if she continues to berry puir folk for her support, and let the gentry keep un righteous possession o’ the tiends (tak’ ye that, Laird !) —then, I say, she will become a bye-word and a reproach; her candlestick will be removed. ——”

“ Her fiddlestick!” “She will sit in darkness and desola tion—her best people will forsake her,

and she will be like a dead tree cumber ing the land. But if she has the virtue to come out of her bondage and leave the flesh pots o’ Egypt, her latter days will be more glorious than the first. There’s my prophecy, Sir John; and them that live ither ten years will see whether you or me has come nearest the truth.”

During the rhapsody, Old Gideon Montgomery sat grinding his teeth, and hardly able to control his rage; but Mr. Calmsough threw oil on the troubled waters by remarking mildly— “ It appears to me, friends, that it is an extreme view of the case to suppose either that the Church of Scotland will remain as she is, of renounce her Pls tablishment privileges. Something be tween these extremes is, I think, much more likely to happen. The Legislature may probably yet concede a modifica tion of patronage, and draw a more marked line between the provinces of flie ecclesiastical and civil judicatures, and thus remove the grievances most complained of; or should this not hap pen, a partial, not a general, secession from the Estabrishment may take place, and thus leave the Church in peace and harmony, though for a time weakened in strength. These are my views, friends; and, so far am I from apprehending evil from the present crisis, I anticipate that great good will come out of it, both to the Church and country at large.” “Very, well, Mr. Calmsough,” said Sir John “ spoken like yourself again ; very well spoken, indeed. And as you are a clergyman, your opinions are en titled to more consideration than those of us laymen ; but why are our young clerics here sitting silent ? Surely they should have something to say on such a subject.” “ Ay, ye may say that, Laird,” said Mrs. -Renshaw, “or what’s the use o’ their learning ? ” Stiffriggs too seemed very much dis appointed that Mr. Duncanson did not back him in the argument; and though he did not say much, the stu dent perceived, or thought he per ceived, this feeling in his looks, and was unhappy in the idea that he was no longer independent. He, how ever, excused himself on the score that it would hardly be using the ladies handsomely to enter into contro versy in their presence. M'Quirkie sheltered himself under the same plea, but it was evident to all the company that he was, for once m his life, out of countenance, and fain would hav been anywhere else than where he was. When the company broke up both Stiffriggs and Mrs. Renshaw unfortu nately renewed their grumbling to the student, that he had not taken part in the discussion. His aunt .complained that he had not seized the‘opportunity to show his learning—for she had still a strong wish that he should gain the favor of Sir John Baldwin and Stiffriggs. lamented that he had not stood up for his principles'when they were impugned and traduced in his hear ing. Though these remarks were made without any tone of unkindness, the young man felt them as bitter re proaches, seeing they proceeded from friends who had laid him under obliga tions, and might conceive they had thereby acquired a right to influence his conduct. His feelings were too keen and his imagination too vivid to allow him to consider the matter calmly to per ceive that there was nothing exacted from him on the ground of favors con ferred, and that the remarks he felt so poignantly might just as probably have been made had there been no obliga tions in the case. At all events he gradually wrought himself up to the conviction, that to retain what he had that day received from his aunt and the worthy farmer would ill agree

With his proud, independent stomach,

and before he reached his lodgings he had resolved to return the money. “ Why should I,” he said to himself, “ put myself in the position of a slave, even to the kindest friends, by accept ing of aid from them which I may do without ? The season is at hand when I shall have a good chance for private teaching; I shall earn my bread by my own industry, and be indebted to no body.” As he resolved on this mag nanimous conclusion, he searched his pocket for the bundle of bank notes, but searched in vain. They had been abstracted in the crowd while he was engaged in protecting Miss Mont gomery, and thus the light-fingered fraternity had got their revenge on him for depriving some of the members of that dexterous brotherhood a richer prixe. CHAPTER XXV. “You may tell that to the marines, for the sailors won t believe it.” ANON. How rich the trappings, *ow they’re unfurl’d, And glittering in the sun ! triumphant entries Of conquerors, and coronation pomps, In glory scarce exceed. Great of people Retard th’ unwieldly show ; whilst from the casements And house-tops, ranks behind ranks, close wedg’d, Hang bellying o'er. BLAIR. The loss of a hundred pounds was a very serious matter to Mr. Uuncan son in any point of view, but it was greatly aggravated by the peculiar circumstances which rendered, or at least appeared to him to render, it necessary that he should conceal his misfortune from his friends. On re flecting anxiously on the subject, which he did through many a sleepless hour —while Robin A fleck lay snoring beside him in enviable obliviousness of of all but perhaps Jean Brown —the hapless student reasoned himself into the conviction that there was nothing for him but to submit to bis loss in silence.

From over sensitiveness and mis taken delicacy he unfortunately adopted the resolution of concealing his loss from all to whom he ought to have been unreserved on the subject, both for the sake of his own character and as the best .means . of recovering the money. This’ deviation from open, straightforward conduct, placed him for the first time in his life in a de cidedly false position, and proved to him the cause of much' subsequent difficulty and mortification. He, how ever, saw the propriety of making known his loss to the authorities, for though he had little or no hope of getting any good thereby, he felt that the step was necessary to prevent re flections. With this view he paid an early visit on the following morning to the Police Office, and stated his case to the Lieutenant in attendance. This official was naturally a good deal struck with the student’s statement. The amount of his loss, his evident reluctance to give it publicity, and his

unwillingness to communicate particu lars requisite for the detection of the depredators —all these circumstances appeared to him to be extremely suspi cious, and he did not .hesitate to say so. He remarked over and over again —‘*This is a strange case, a very strange case indeed.” Pressing his en quiries closely he said—“ You surely must know at least what bank the notes which were taken off you be longed to ? ” “ Really I do not,” replied Mr. Dun canson ; adding—“ But if it is of much consequence that this should be known, I may possibly be able to ascertain it from the people from whom I received the money.” “ Consequence ! —it is of the very greatest consequence.” “ I don’t wish to trouble my friends on the subject; and if no search can be made for the money without bring ing them forward, I would rather let the case drop.” “Oh you would, would you ? But I would rather not. In fact, the case must be probed to the bottom. How am I to know that you came honestly by the money yourself any more than the pickpockets who took it from you, if you make a mystery about it ? No, no ! young gentlemen, this won’t do. Just say at once who you got the money from, and all about it, and we’ll look after the business in a regular manner. You seem to be a very respectable sort of person, and I don’t doubt but you can give a satisfactory account of your transactions; so, just, if you please, speak to the point.” “ This is a very extraordinary man ner of treating a complaint of robbery, surely. I have told you all I know myself about the case—where and when I suspect my pocket was picked, and the amount of money taken off me. If this is not enough to furnish any clue for the detention of the thieves, I am willing to submit to the loss I have suffered without saying another word on the subject. I have particular reasons for preferring that it should rest as it is rather than that other parties should be brought forward whose evi dence, after all, might not be of any material service ; and I don’t see how any one has a right to dictate another course me. As to your insinuation in regard to to the suspicions I myself may lie under by not explaining more than I have done, I despise it. It will be time enough to suspect me when I am accused.” “Very well, sir, take your own way —only you must leave us your address, in case the cash should be found, or any other person should come forward as the real loser.” The reluctance with which Mr. Dun canson complied with this request in creased the suspicions of the police officer, who, at no trouble to conceal what he thought, made the sensitive student feel keenly the misery of stand ing in a false position. “So you’re going off,” said the man in authority, “ without leaving any information to trace your money by ? Well, master, the .more fool you, if the cash was really your own. You need not be so thin-skinned about thepnatter, suppose it might not be the best of company or the best of places you were in at the time. Bless your soul! if you knew the cases we hear in this place daily, you would think nothing of it, but make a clear statement of the whole business at once.” (To be continued—commenced on July 26. )

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25,1880.

Printed and published by Horace John Weeks and Charles Dixon, at their Printing Office, East Street, Saturday, September 25, 1880, • ( .



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General Post Office, Wellington, August 17, 1880. SEALED TENDERS will be received at the Chief Post Office, Christ church, until THURSDAY, September 30, proximo, for the conveyance of mails between the undermentioned places, for a period of two years, from January 1,1881, to December 31, 1882. Postal District of Christchurch. I. Christchurch and Green Park, thrice weekly 2. Christchurch and Green Park, daily 3. Christchurch and Courtenay, thrice weekly 4. Christchurch and Courtenay, daily _ *5. Christchurch and Sumner, twice daily 6. Christchurch and New Brighton, thrice weekly 7. Christchurch and New Brighton, daily *B. Christchurch and Akaroa, thrice weekly *9. Lyttelton and Pigeon Bay, thrice weekly *lO. Lyttelton and Little Akaloa, weekly ; 11. Lyttelton and Port Levy, weekly 12. Lyttelton and Gebbie’s Flat, weekly 13. Lyttelton and Gebbie’s Flat, twice weekly 14. Lyttelton Post Office and Railway Station, and vessels in harbor, as required 15. 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Public Notices. .PROSPECTUS OF THE Kaiapoi Woollen Manufacturing Com pany, [Limited. CAPITAL, £IOO,OOO, IN 4000 SHARES OF £25 EACH. DIRECTORS ; Isaac Wilson, Esq., Cliairman, G. H. Blackwell, Esq., E. Parniiam, Esq., And Two to be Elected after the Allotment of New Shares. BANKERS : Bank of New Zealand. SOLICITORS : Messrs. Garrick and G OWLISH AW. Registered Office : Charles Street, Kaiafox. THIS Company was established in July, 1878, with a capital of £15,000 in 15 shares of £I.OOO each, to carry on the business of Woollen Manufacturers, and accepted the offer of the Hon. J. T. Peacock, for the purchase of the Premises and Plant of the Canterbury Spinning, Weaving, and Fibre Company at about half its original cost, since which, considerable additions have from timeto time been made to the buildings and plant, the latter now comprising four sets of Carding Engines, and thirty-five Looms with necessary machinery, which, with the addition of machinery just arrived, makes the plant well-proportioned and very complete. The sum of £1,200 has been paid since stock-taking, for last additions to buildings and machinery just received per Loch A VV Oi The Manufactory, with the addition of the machinery per Loch Awe, though com plete in itself, will not however enable the Company to meet the greatly increased demand which has arisen for their goods, although, as hitherto, continuing to run a large portion of the machinery night and day, and having conclusively prov.ed that the present heads of departments are capable of working a Mill twice the size of the pre sent one at a saving of at least £2,000 a year on the general working of the Company’s business, they have with a view to providing extended premises and appliances, decided to increase the Capital from £15,000 to £IOO,OOO, the whole to be represented by 4000 shares of £25 each, of which the existing shareholders will be entitled to 825 fully paid up, in exchange for the shares now held by them (including the accumulated profit thereupon amounting to £3,744) ; of the residue, the Directors propose to issue at present only 1,600. The increased capital will be applied to the following purposes, viz .'—Paying off exist ing mortgage of £7,400 ; enlarging present premises and plant; establishing pre mises in Christchurch ; and for the general purposes of the Company. The following may be enumerated among the special advantages in favor of Share holders, viz.:—The original plant was purchased at About half-cost, the staff is now well-trained and efficient, which will obviate the difficulties and avoid a repetition of the losses experienced during the first eighteen months of the Company’s operations, while the whole of the dead stock was cleared out previous to stock-taking, July Ist, 1880. A good and safe business has been developed, which is steadily increasing, and is capable of being worked up to a much greater extent. All the risks and expenses con nected with the formation of a new company wall be avoided, and, as can be seen by a perusal of the last balance-sheet, the new Shareholders will at once enter into possession of a good paying concern. The present Shareholders, shew their faith in the concern in the most practical manner possible by taking the amount of £3,744 (accumulated profit, equal to 16 per cent, per annum on the paid up Capital) in fully paid up shares, instead of drawing the amount which they are entitled to do. The Company now offers to investors an opportunity to develop a Colonial' Industry which has established for itself a good reputation and meets with popular support, and which will, it is expected, shortly employ about 400 hands, and at the same time securing to Shareholders a good return for the Capital invested. Intending Shareholders can obtain any information, with an order to view the Factory, from the Directors, or on application at the Office of the Company. The Share List will close on October Ist, 1880. In making the allotment the Directors will take into consideration the order in which the applications are made. ' The sum of £1 per share will be payable on application ; £2 10s. per share on allot ment ; and the balance in calls of not more than 50s. per share at intervals of not less three months. In this manner the time for fully paying up will be extended to not less than two years and three months. All Applications with £1 per share deposit, to be forwarded to the Chairman of Directors not later than October Ist, 1880. BALANCE SHEET, JUNE 30, 1880.



LIABILITIES. £30,283 17 9 ASSETS. £ s. d. By Freehold Land... ... 354 1 6 ~ Buildings Ac count £3,993 r 7 8 Less depreciation, 59 18 1 „ Plant Account 10,273 4 3 Less depreciation, 256 16 7 ~ Stocks on hand— Wool ... 4,840 1 o Manufactured and in pro cess ... 15,924 18 7 Oil ... 39 17 7 Coal ... 35 o o Soap ... 76 o o Materials ... 29 o 9 Dye Goods ... 400 o o j\ ~ Sundry Debtors ... 3,680 2 o ~ Wool Shipments— Ex Waimate 51° S 7 Ex Waitangi 411 14 4 ~ Loom Cash and Petty Cash 32 9 2 £30,283 17 9 STATEMENT OF PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT, For Half-year ending June 30, 1880. £ s. d. By Balance, December 31, 1879 1,041 7 1 ~ Profit on Wool, Shipment No. x ... ... 301 12 ii ~ Profit on Wool, Shipment No. 2 ... ... 150 o o ~ Manufactures Account ... 11,982 2 1 £13.475 2 I Examined and found correct. W. P. WILSON, Auditor. Forms of Application may be obtained by applying, either personally or by letter, at the Offices of the Company. ISAAC WILSON, 123 g Chairman of Directors.



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