SHIPPING.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. Arrived. Satdrday. Island City, barque from Newcastle. Circe, brigantine, from Brisbane. Prince Rupert, ketch, from Gatlin’s River. Onward, schooner, from Hokianga. Isabella, ketch, from Gatlin’s River. Yesterday. Star, s.s., from Oaniaru. s.s., from Oaniaru. Sailed. • 7 Saturday. KwPenguin, 8.8., for Wellington , , To-day. Beautiful Star, s.s., for Westport, Hoki tika, and preymouth. ; St. Kilda, s.s., for Wanganui and Grey jßSHfe/-?' TELEGRAMS- Auckland, Saturday. barquentine, from Oaniaru. Sailed —Loch Fleet, barque, for Napier. . - 'f'. u Wellington, Yesterday. Arrived—Henguin, from South ; Malay, from' Newcastle. , - ,-! !| 1 p ORI < Chalmers, To-day. -lArrived —Wellington, ship, from; Lon don. , ' "‘ - ; - ■, '• • t ' t ; ■ •••• Adelaide, Jan., 22. ', i^fivbd—The Orient Company’s steam fhip: Johd Elder, frorii Plymouth. ;

MAIL NOTICES

- Mails ;close ■at _ the Chief ..Post Office, Christchurchfor the following places (subject: to , necessary alterations) as lipdpt :-g; *v :- . Tuesday, January 25.. ~.sor ; Otago.; -and. Australian Colonies, per Albion, at 1.40 p.m. ; late fee letters, £ ( nnt ; : .guard’s/yan, 2..3Q p.m. train. For Northern Ports, per s.s. Wanaka, at 1.40 p.m.; late, fee letters, 2 p.m.; guani’s,van,.2.3o p.m. train. Wednesday, January 26. ; and Australian Colonies, per gressvf^aihr {to .connect, with theL.s.s. jqpjfat the Bluff), at 7 a-m. Late fee be, posted in the travelling vail attached to the express fajam.' ; r - “For United Kingdom, via San Fran? cjaw, perJHawea;. > !: Mails close at the Ashburton Post Office, kWvs;:— : - I pbrCHristcbtirch and North at 5.30 a. m.; 10 a.m., and 5 p.m., daily. (Pot* i Chertsey Rakaia, &c., at 10 a.m. aLfd r> s daily; Dimedin j Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Ooldkttbam,’ Rangitata, Orari; Winchester, Slid' Geraldine, at 10 a. m. daily. • ! For- Temtika; at 6 a;m. and 10 a.m., daily. -Ttde Timfiru and South, at C a.m., 10 a-m., and 420 p.m., daily. For Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, SieHbeftpahd Ashburton Gorge, biLTuesdays and Fridays, at 10.30 a in. "For Ashton, Waterton and Longbeach, •jt 4,5° p.m.; daily. " ;FpryWpkanui, Elgin, Seafield, New land," and Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 a.m. Mails arrive ' at the Ashburton Post Office— , From Christchurch and Rakaia at 10.25 a.m., 4.35 p.m., and 7.50 p.m. . Keoul Chertsey, &c. at 10.25 a.m. daily. * Dbnedin and intermediate places fit si.^S : ip,in.' daily. ; Fr«nl- Temuka and Timaru at 10.15 a.m. BiJS bimiy hrrd'B.l3 p.m. daily* ; 'Froffi l Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount* Corners, and Ashburton Gorge qn Wet|nesdays and Saturdays at 3 p.m. '.Ftmu Ashton, Waterton,' and Long heafeh'at‘lo am, daily. From Elgin, Wakanui, Seafield, New and Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, ahd Satufdays, at 4 p.m. !:fi7 - W, St. G. Douglas, ■-T.-Di'u-i Postmaster.

DAILY MEMORANDA.

, AUCTION. SALES. ■ ~. Saturday,January 29. Mr. T. Hullock, at his Rooms, East street —Valuable Town, Suburban, and Country; Properties. Two o’clock. MERTJNGS, AMUSEMENTS, &c. ‘ > To-mobrow, Tuesday, January 25, Borough .Council, at Borough Council Chambers, at 7 o’clock. Meeting of persons interested in the for matidn : of a Poultry, Pigeon, and ' Canary Society, upper room, Town : Hall, 8 p.m. 1 • • • ■ > Wednesday, February 2. County Council, at the County Council J Chstebera, at 11 o’clock.

TRAVELLERS’ GUIDE.

Leawb Ashburton for Christ church, and intermediate stations at 6 Trains Leave for Timaru - and South, at 7 am., 10.36 a.m. (Ex press), an(l, 4. SO p. «ii—the latter pro ceeding no farther than Timaru. ~ Arrive A?., Ashburton from , ■ -10 24 a. m. (Express), and 7.50 p.m. TWAINS .Arrive at .Ashburton from ’.VTimaru; sand Southsllo.ls a. m., 5.34 --jpnai (Express), and 8.15 p.m.

NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.

All orders for insertion of advertise ments must be written legibly on the face of the advertisement. When no order is given the advertisement will be inserted until countermanded, and charged accord ingly. Ail notices of Births, Marriages, or Deaths must be accompanied by the sig nature of the sender, as a guarantee of good faith. All advertisements and business letters to bp addressed The Manager.; literary communications should be addressed to The Editor. ' m

BIRTH.

Cape-Williamson.,—At the residence of Mr. O. Carstens, Burnett street, Ash burton, on the 18th January, the wife of Mr. H. Cape-Williamson of a son.

TOWN EDITION. ‘ [lssued at 5 p.m.]

The Ashburton Guardian. MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1881. A Money Order System with America.

• The dose of the year brings with it the dose "of many New Zealand sub scriptions to American papers, maga zines, and other periodicals, and the necessity for renewing the orders brings up a question -well worthy the con sideration of politicians. If a man wants the Graphic, or any other English l paper, sent to him, all he has to do is-to l forward a money order for the amount of the subscription to the London office of the paper he wants, and he is supplied forthwith. Should he wish, however, to enjoy one of the many excellent papers published in America, he must give his order through some New Zealand agent, because the ab sence of a money order system between this colony and America leaves no other course opeh : to him. Besides books and other publications, there are many of the/little products of Yankee in genuity that; colonists here would like to possess, and would possess them were a simple and safe means of money transmission, like the money order office, at work between the colony and America. To the merchant with an extensive business connection in America the absence of money order facilities is not so much felt, as he can always find his correspondents obliging enough to execute little com missions for him, while he himself has only to make his banker’s draft that he transmits in course of ordinary business large enough to cover the cost his cor respondent has been put to. But the working man who only desires say two or three dollars’ worth of books, or magazines, or newspapers, or a small tool or other article that may be sent by post in perhaps the bulk of a match box—lid is tied down to dealing with a New Zealand agent, whose time lie has to wait, and whose commission he has to pay, and the result is, that what could. be got . for about ios. with a money order system, costs about 20s. without it/ The question is one, we think, of sufficient importance to be worthy of the attention of the .Post master-General, as private individuals areoften.-. put to great i.ncon venienpe’ through the absence - of this , .financial connection with our American cousins. Especially would an American money - order system be ! useful to this cohnty; ‘as it would raake- easily. and cheaply available to our farmers a large .field of agricultural literature published in America, that tbey.bave now no chance whatever of seeing" because of the trouble and ex pense attending: the ordering of it. The, postal system is as perfect as that between New Zealand and England, and no fault can be found with it; but still there is difficulty in the transmis sion of money, and we know that every intelligent man who desires to see good progress imade, in the right direction would wish to be in a position to pro cure, at a reasonable cost, many of the little rirclc-nacks for which America is so famous,, and to have on his library shelves, and on his parlor table, copies of the American books and papers, whose acquaintance he can only make by waiting in the case of the books for Enplish reprints, and in the case of papers for extracts in New Zealand journals. / .

; Tug J San Francisco Mail.— The next mail for England via San Francisco closes at Christchurch on Saturday, January 29.: . .. V.fio Coast Railway.;— -About 2,000 shares in ; the proposed West Coast Rail way Company have already been taken Up in Christchurch;: It is the intehtion of the promoters not to issue any prospectus ' or take any steps to register the company till 10,000 shares have been Applied for on this side of the island. School Committee Elections. —The elections of school .committee members takes place in the various schoolrooms this evening, at seven o’clock. The re port and balance sheet will be submitted to a meeting of Ashburton householders to-night, and it is expected that : the meeting will be a large one.

.—..Edvards' did not Sibceed in walking 180 miles, in' 48 hours. When his time was up (ten o’clock on Saturday, night), he had only covered 176 miles iyil4yards2ft.' lie made k kpef’ebh, in which he explained that his failure was walking too soon attpr his rebent feat iW’Dunedin. He'said he would at once go into., training fpr his projected contest with 'Scott, in Duhedin, and the

Privileges. privileges for the forthcoming cricket' riiatch.—Australians v. Canterbury—realised L 150; Auckland Regatta. pre parations are jgoing on -for the Auckland regatta, and good contests are antici pated. : Sporting.—The Oaniaru 'Jockey Club has issued-a programme for a two days’ race meeting in March. The money given amounts to about L 450. Condescending. The Primitive Methodist Conference, now sitting at Dunedin, has passed a resolution to admit the press to its meetings. A Financial Difficulty. —At .a -meet ing of the Young Women’s Institute, Auckland, it was stated that the institu tion would bo closed unless the liabilities were naid off. ;, - ; : -

Sudden Death.—A woman lately co habiting with a man named Clerkie was found dead , in her bed in Christchurch, this, morning. She had apparently been dead forty-eight hours. He name is un-. known. ,<

: Committed for Trial.—At the Magis trates’ Court, Christchurch, this morning, Patrick Donnelly, for obtaining L 129 from Adolphus Moore, on a bill of sale, by means of a false statement regarding cfbpsy <fec. , was committed for trial. , . r

The Gale in the South.—The damage done ,by the late gale in Dunedin is greater than was at first believed. The Caledonian Society’s grand stand was much damaged, and will cost L(>00 L re pair. All the orebards in the dis*rict suf fered severely. ’ Co-operation. Gi At a meeting of farmers at Oamaru, to initiate a farmers’ co-operate movement, the provisional directorate of a company with a capital of L 26,000 was appointed. : The' mooting was not altogether unanimous, ana the attendance was small.

Drunks. —Martin Moran, who was charged with a caution on Friday by Mr. Nugent Wood, was taken in hand by Dr. Trevor tb-day, and sent to hard labor for 48 hours for being drunk on Saturday night. Martin is an old hand, and knows the geography of every gaol and lockrup in the island. Thomas Carter was fined ss. to-day by the doctor for being drank.

Death by Drowning at the Cass. —ln the Times of this morning the fol lowing appears ;—A telegram received by the police on Saturday stated that a Scandinavian named Thure Frederic Torngren, working at Mr. Bruce’s station, was drowned whilst attempting to ford the Waiinakariri, near the mouth of the Cass. His body was found on Thursday last, and an enquiry was held on Friday before J. D. Enys, Esq., J.P. Frederic Torngren (“Scandinavian Fred”) was well known in Ashburton.

Deaths from Deowning.—Two in quests Were held at Greymouth on Satur day, bdfore Mr* H. A. Stratford, coroner? The first was on the body of Mr. Gosling, an old resident.of Nelson Creek, who was drowned in the creek the previous day. A verdict of “Found drowned” was returned, to which a rider was attached censuring the County Council for not con structing a road in the neighbourhood. The second was held at night on the body of a Chinese who was drowned while endeavoring to ford Blackball Creek. A verdict of “Accidentally drowned ” was returned.

The Plains Water Supply. —Wo understand that the water race at Pudding Hill will bo formally opertiejd by? the" County Council on Monday next. The party will leave by train early in the morning, and the ceremony will probably take place about midday. The needful works have been almost completed down to Dundas farm, and the 'cognoscenti are of opinion that three weeks from the opening should see the water at the ter minus of the works. . There arc those who are sceptical of this, however, having the Domain experience in memory. . Still it has to be berne in mirid fhalt si far 'larger body of water will bo handled, and that the gradient will be tOjCameron’s about 90 feet to the mile, and the remainder about 40 feet, to the mile, and Chapman’s... creek being already puddled by the water in it will not display any very great absorptive powers. The engineer is sanguine that a few weeks will sec the water down; but in any case its reaching its destination is only a matter of time, and a few weeks put; or in is neither here nor there.

New Grain Store. —The harvest pro mises abundantly, and .the, expectations are that more grain than ever will pass through -Ashburton this season en route for the London market. The experience of last year was that the storage room was all too small for the crop, but, owing to the depression, people did not 1 care to build. We understand, however, that the difficulties experienced last year for want of room are not to be encountered another season by at. least one..firm, .and the Messrs. Friedlander are about to double the size of their grain store in. Burnett and West streets; The store will be made cover all the vacant ground between the existing building and the store of Messrs. Jameson and j Roberts, and hr form the : new store will much resemble that lately built for Messrs. Matson, Cox and Co. It will certainly give quite an imposing appearance. Jib the corner, but perhaps the moat,satisfactory part ot the enterprise is the -fact that-the . district requires ihe-Undertaking. -'We believes line of rails will be taken right through the building, and a steam engine will be used to work the grain elevator. The re construction of the building, we under stand, will commence at once. ■

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible for. the opinions expressed by our correspondents.

SUNDAY LABOR.

To the Editor. 1 Sib, —Harvest work was carried oh'with all vigor yesterday (Sunday) by a welljo do farmer in •: this district, two machines and stookers being engaged the whole day. Towards night a Small cockatoo followed'' iSu’ii by carting his crop, which could be all put on two drays.— I am, &c., Disgusted, Waterton, Jan. 24.

CABLE NEWS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

(Per Reuters Agency.) Wheat and Tallow. : >i i , ;i London, Jan.;2l. The total .quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 2,240,000 quarters. |aljow.has advanced 6d. to is. per cwt.,'ah(i to-day is quoted as follows :-JBest beef, 345. 6d.; best mutton, 379. 6d. V J . ! J , Diyidopd, V/ ; \... The Union Bank of Australia /has declared a dividend for the past'half year at the rate of 16 per; ceht. per annum. . ; f ;T ] Frozen Meat. * Jan. ‘2fcj Uf! The cargo of fresh meat, per steam ship Rrotps,.. from Melbourne, has realised "an' average price of all round. fjr ' A'Sestortiiph of Ter#torfr \ Intelligence Hrs been Received that

the negotiations which have been pro-, ceeding between Russia and China for the settlement of the Kuldja difficulty have resulted in an agreement being comt to for the restoration of- the Kuldja territory to Chink, f A Conference.‘r|s ; The Great Powers have had -under consideration a proposal from the Porte that a conference should be held at Constantinople to deal with the Turko- Greek frontier dispute, and most of them have now agreed tq _the ,prp ppsaL, It is generally, understood that all the Powers will agree, and that the con-f ference will be held., , ~a An Ironclad for Ireland. H.M.S. Belleisle, an ironclad carry-

ing four guns, has been ordered to pro ceed to the north-west of Ireland, It is rumored that her object is to intercept a cargd of arms which ill’ekpected'tp 'ie landed on the coast; - " ! 1 • V Movements pf , V t Js . , i Owihg to disturbances wfiiph are ; ppr curing through a strike of coal miners, considerable bodies of troops -have.been ordered to Lancashire, but it is con sidered probable that their ultimate destination' will 'be' troops are being daily' d'esiwitcned. , ; The Chili-Peru Straggle-,. News has been^receiVed from South America that the Chilians have followed up their successes over the Peruvians iparcl.nng on and occupying Callao.” The capture of the to-A'h was ffifidelalmbStiwithdutoppdsitidniu l' fj Death of ‘‘Lord Dundreary.” i ? Obituary—Mr. E. A. Sothern, the well-known actor, .aged 51, *, | •) A Quelled Rebellion. Capetown, Jan! ‘22;

Intelligence has been received from Thmskei that the rebellion l in that province is rapidly being quelled., ’ The Pondomise chief, CmditHuf/ vrtth 800 followers, suirendiefe'^t<y. J tl(d‘ Cape forces, and otKeif : bodies- ofYe%elS are expected shortly td>'News comes tb r band.Troht the iTrhnSvaal that, the Boers recently .attacked |he town of Bydenberg, where there was a small British garrison, who .were com pelled to surrender. . ■ ~J v -

AUSTRALIAN.

(Pet Reuter's Agency.) The Baker and the Swan. ’ Melbourne, Jan. 22. The walking match for LSO a side, between Baker and Swan of New Zea land, was concluded to-nighti ' Kak£r completed miles, and Swan 103 two laps, ; . The latter <cpliapj9£<| ’in the last mile. Obituary. Melbourne, To-day. The Argus to-day announces the death in London of Mr. Richard Black wood, of the firm of McMechtirr,* Black wood and Co. . i p. LI ,i 1 (,H The Norfolk. The Argus also announces That Messrs. Money-Wigram’s . steamship Norfolk will again proceed from London to New Zealand direct, .making Lyttelton her destination.

NEW ZEALAND

{Per Press Association,) The Native Commissioner. Hawera, To-day. Sir William Fox has arrived here. The Government are patching together the two immigration pottages, which are intended for use'as a Courthoilse and land office. Sir William will prpbably have his office here. . . ; r Harvest Prospects. Harvesting operations are going ahead briskly. The caterpillar has appeared on one or two farms, but the damage as yet, is but slight, and if the weather keeps fine good returns may be looked forward to. Appeal Court. Wellington, To-day. • At the Appeal Court this morning, judgments were given in the following cases :—Reid v. Friendly Societies Hall Company (Dunedin)—Appeal dismissed with costs, their Honors failing to see any grounds . for disturbing the decision of ■fudge Williams. National Bank v. Mclntosh (Ohriatchurch)^-J udgtnent was ordered, to be entered up for the amount claimed (L 2,000). The Court then ad journed until Wednesday, , . ...

The Horrible Fire. I '!■. . >- Timaru, To-day; : Hugh Boyd, Patrick Egan', and Janies Commiskey, have been committed for trial for setting fire to a haystack at Mr. Gosling’4 farm at Mount Horrible. The TJrralla-Qlen tones Dunedin, To-day. , The Otago Daily Times says that (Messrs. Proudfoot aud Macfeay are the successful tenderers for the extension of the Great Northern Kailway, ,from Uralla to. Glen Wales,) Ii500;000. ' Arnos Bros, were a few pounds higher, and five out oil the pine tenders sent in were all within LIOO of the successful oho. ' ;; Cutting and Wounding. At Laurence, Ah Boon has been com mitted for trial for catting and wounding another Chinese. ■ ! ' 1 -

THE SCULLING MATCH.

The Race Again Postponed. (By Cable.) London, Jan. 22. The race between Hanlanapd Lay cock cannot be rowed to-day, as arranged. The, Thames is still covered with large masses of floating ? ipe, aifd traffic ,on the irivcr is, alpiost entirely suspended. It has been arranged'that the match shall take place oh the February. ■'

DISASTROUS FIRE AT A SAW MILL.

thT.TSXKGRAPH.]- . InVercArgill, To-day. Dawson and Son’s- saw-mill, a,, feiy miles from towp,wasd£s|rpyed,l?y Me yesterday- Four, children lucifer matches lighted the tussOokSuon the* windward side oflfhe- mill,; and a Strong wind drove ! thd to' ;; a’ heap of slalps apd; deb^k,:’ sopn-in. a blaze,' besides; the, nipphinery pn4 were destroyed-, .The estimateddcssds of which! LSOO is covered Iby insurance* *«•••■»=-»ih-*!*}<rt

LATE CABLEGRAMS.

■ ■■■ i-t:v it JU!-. [BY TBLPOBAPfyJ,, „,jp . ; , [Via ■•i ; IC. An attempt Las bppn to fire the Custom-Mouse, 'ffppaopj. hut the plot was discovered in time to prevent the destruc

tioivof the place. ' The plot is understood t<£he the design of Fenian agentsl,ff" >A- plot to murder Charles Bradlaugh, M.P., was discovered apd frustrated. ■ Hanlan, while going through some training'* exercise slightly sprained his arm. .Be is reported to bean splendid form, and.in no wayaffeoted l>y the Slight injttry to-his arm. -Hejiriictises daily, in campany-With Ross, over whom his superiority is so marked that backers are now freely offering 4 to 1 on him. Laycock is also in excellent condition, and is reported thoroughly game. Both he And. iiis, confident he will pull a great race to the finish:' He is reported to be absolutely without ; ahy feftr of ?tho result, and fully satisfied he can win.

• Sif' * Jblffi' ' of : Canada, addressed a letter to the ,miners of Staffordshire, remonstrating with them for bargaining with their employees in connection with their liaiaility.to swcidenß' In the House of Lords, Lord Lytton, Upon ’ the policy of -the Government ‘in regard to Afghanistan, severely, criticised. Earl Granville warmly de fended the,i|ij|licy |r)f the ■ Government.; The generalship of General Roberts was highly eulogised from byth rsides of, tba House.' •- - : .

A prize figlit took place at Eu sx yester day, be twebil two rtieii ninied Taylor and ehemirtter. ' The combalatlts, fought 52 rounds,;.and the ifigHt; lasted an hour and' a half. BOUI nieri were severely punished. ’ They were evenly' matdhed, abd fought till they could . scarcely stand. Longen | was-fcarfullj' bLaten abcutr the 'face, and whs-at length so exhausted that he was uhAble to respond to the csdi of time, and his, supporters acknowledged his defeat in the usual fashion, and Taylor was accord ingly declared the winner* \ >r ; ;r - In the House pf CoriimbnS, the Solicr tor-Geherkl liheneff •' the Irish land leaguers to an octopus, and Lord Harting ton declared '-that the Irish land mis-' creants trifled with..the- ifeelings of the, Irish people. The Home Rule members, cheered; when reference was made, during the debate, to. the undetected agrarian crimes in Ireland. The weather continues exceedingly colj and,frp»in T . ' . ' .-„ t jhe'lcislLLand.League.is. financially a ddu'risliihg institution; 1 Its weekly receipts are L 40.000-. ' ; ; General Grant, President of the. United StAtes is using his utmost exertions-to prevent the construction of the Panama canal by M. De Lessens. He delivered an address denouncing the whole scheme, and recommending ; the cutting of a canal through Nicaragua, taking advantage of Lake Nicaragua. • y -

Wellington Regatta.

There was splendid weather for the regatta on Saturday; which passed off without mishap.. The coasters’ race, for LSO and a cup—Fleetwing, of Auckland, first 1 ;. Souey Lass,, i: Wellington, second ; Cutty Sark, Third. A dispute has arisen, some of" the parties declaring thaf the winner did, not sail the proper course. A protest was hldd entered against'the Fleet wingior fouling the schooner Star of the Sea. In the first-class yacht race. Pet, came in first, Florence 4oeond,*qnd Gfiod Templar , third., . -This , was,, also mulled, some of the’ yachts'sailing differ ent.courses. The other events were,well, contested. - The fc'orbmittee have decided to give the schooner Star of 'the Sputh first prize in the coasters’ Lace; and tlie Zarifa first prize in the first-class yacht race, they being the bhly boats r which salled the pioper course. " • 1

CRICKET.

The Australians v. The Otago Twenty- Two. Saturday’s weather was excellent, apd, allowed the players to finish their work within timej'it also enabled the spectators to enjoy the cricket. The 'few pickets that remained to The Australians fell within an hour and.a quarter for 38 runs giving a total for the innings of 115. , The Otago men then ppt op -the armor with 135 fo gel to breast their opponents, but the bowling had told too heavily on tKeir nerves in the first innings’; experU ence; and when, .they got., to the. wickets their play was poor. ‘ Crawshaw got his 10 in three hits for three and one for a single, When Spofforthibowled him. The other scorer was Macneill, who played a long and brilliant;innings (or 44. In’thia innings, another instance was given of the Ipose notions of ,cricke,t discipline hold by the .pimcdin.. players. It will be remembered that two Dunedin bowlers in succession declined to, bowl against tho wind bn Friday, artel-on the same day Crawshaw had the bad taste to insinuate that his wicket was knocked down by tho wicket-keeper" instead bf by the ball, not withstanding, ;tliat his own, nmpirejgpve him out. Th?his eecohd innings Craw shaw was put’oUt by ,fi d.eceptive.ball from .Spoffortli, and’ eggin’ He made sin atccusd tion of undue handiness against the wicket-keeper. This sort of thing.does hot say much for the min, .and will no. doubt be remarked upon all over the .i&knfji.fl-J TJeybHd* Oraw shaW and Macneil the innings was an-in ferior one, but.!it 'totalled. 9Q in’ all, °f which 14 The match stand? a victory for Australia thus —Australia— Tirpt innings, 112; second' 105—217;' Otago—’First innings, ■B3 ; second, 90—173. Majority for Aus tralia, 44 ~

Edisoning Him.

(Boston Post). Mr. Washtub is the name of the gentle man who won’t stop) at an up-country hotel again. It seems that the clerk had tp ge| upsvwy: early, in the meaning, and finding dtflticufty in ivakirlg, btfrlt a patent alarm bed, in accordance with plafijj given him by Mr. Edison, who once stopped- at his houpe. Thar bed had a powerful clock work attachment, and at a set hour it would arouse any man that wasil’t dead. The day after they got the thing set up in the house there was a' great rush of guests, and the clerk, who Wanted' to accommodate Mr. .Washtub, gave up his beAtq vSa'Mk)'forgot to shut off the 'aiarm; and the result was that about four o’clock in the morning Washtub was aroused by a most terrible racket. He opened his eyes and; pat up in bed, and then he heard a voice, which came from a phonograph attachment to the bed, en claim “You old mucker, pile out!- if be-had mnddrstood the thing he wddld have hopped out of bed and shut'offThfe ' alarm. But he didn't, ,and th ought it was ’ burglars. So he lay down again, and pulled thecoveraoVor his head, and the bed began ;to> abate and he. thought' it was an earthquake and was terribly scared. The bed shook so that he had to cling to the mattress to keep it in; finally the bed seemed to rise up under him; and he. was hurled: violently to this floofe He,tried fq.riPe, and just then,the mattress came off upon him with great force and floored him again. He had a terrible time getting out from under it, Sid did pp, and gave a wild yell if help; a snower of ice-water came qppp; him, and then the slats of the bed began' to. whack at him, and. as he could see, but. ’little* 1 in^flre ü ßmr of Jtfiw ifootn, be thought he must jpjefep inja threshing machinS, and had, started it. His yells finally brought the landlord* who .stopped the machine, and pfmW l^ c ’t ! ho , 'tßmg' fo I luAi. " Till ,e?t planation only made matter^wqr^ he had done, and kept out of the way.

THE CHIMNEY CORNER.

MY MEMORANDUM BOOK

J?ART IL-rrOontimted. Ndw, il Georgeh&dbeen a.,common plnce young 'i»Sh, she.-would have passed through the hall and gone out without minding him ; such, however, was by no means the case 3 and as the girl gave range to her thoughts, she was -fate to "admit; thaFSher had never seen’ anyone who impressed her so much at first sight. Yes 3 Clara Brierly was in ■ ■Not that she acknowledged such a state of things to herselfslie only kept .thinking, anctr thinking about him day ■aftet 'was such a contrast to Stephen Dibdem. ~ , , fT . ■ As for George Hamilton, lie did not wait ; to, analyser his feelings 3 that first slight recontre did it 3 and before he 'got back tOUh'e'office he had 1 built him self-a castle, wherein he had worked himself Hito Dibden’s favor and become a partner, and won the ol bis lovely charge. ‘, ..... ■ Now, jQhn t l am not.gpj.ng -tp‘ enter into .the, details ..of a r.pmantlclove know'-what love;can do— .they met and : met: again, and! learned each other’s history ; and at last, as I : told yoii before, exchanged vows of eternal love.

PART 11. , ; I must take another jump over time- Miss Brierly Is s«ow 5 «ow in her 25th yean arid George Hamilton!' just 29. They had kept their secret 3 and it wanted ■ but a few’rrionths wlidri alb the world would-know it. Their course of true love had run smooth as far as they were concerned theniselyes;'for though thSy saw'bUt little bfdicli other, the though: of herfuture happiness comforted Clara under vexation and annoyance. “ A few more. irioi)tl)sj*’-sh£, would, say -—“ a few more nVoritris, Hfld I am" free of my tyrant.” . ; . . ■■ Alas 1 how true it is that no one can tell what a day-may bring forth ! Before those few months had elapsed Dibden had. got hold,-of their secret. Of course lie stormed and raved—the more as he felt his power was ebbing fast. He tried persuasion, reproaches, threats— but to no purpose 3 George’s determina tion was fixed, and the anger of his employer knew no bounds.

At'’this juncture a circumstance oc curred which completely changed the aspect of affairs.., One day, immedi ately, after an iiitervievv with jjibden, and while Oeorge was: still a good deal excited, by what had; passed • between them, a stranger came up to’the counter and asked to be favored with change for a. ten-pound' mote. He was a re- gentleman, ad vanced' in ; years, and" as Ge6fg6 was the Ohly one.of the clerks who happened hi the ‘ cpupridg-roorri ht > the’firrie‘ he attended to-hiin.', In the office cash-box there were two five-pound ,notes : and two or three half-sovereigns-s'’ and as the' stranger was anxious to have the half of his. money in'gold, and there was not enough in the box,’ George opened his desk ghd took therefrom fiVe sovereigns which He had that morn-, ing placed there with which to pay his landlady. Putting one of the five-pound notes, into his. desk in the place of the sovereigns, he handed the latter, along wifh the other note, to the stranger, who: thereupon thanked him courteously and. withdrew. The ten pound notg he had received in return George jplafeed itrilhe; cash-hope without bestowing' upon it any particular exa mination, but went on ,with . Ins; .work; still meditating over' fHe. rather sharp words he had had with Mr. Dibdeti’

Nothing happened’ of i -Any!; conse quence till' later on in the day, when a message was received from tlifel bank that a ten-pound note wbicli Mr. ‘Dibden had"sent to be lodged there along .with 'some 'other' moneys was a;'forged; ode-. The note in question was : ( that ; which' George , Hamilton had received frpip. the'ijTderly'gehtleiTtan in the r course 1 of the morning, and which Mr. Dibden had himself taken from the cash-box and forwarded to the bank. The mes sage was brought by a private detective in the employment of the bank ; and no r sobder' was Mr. f Dibden made aware of what had occurred than ■ Havihg plhced the note there. George 'pound notes from the cash-box, and put; in, their «. place the ten-pound note in, questionbut s he maintained-he had given them in change for the ten-pound note ,to;a geptlerpan who came, in, ...This* r was-his,explanation when taken before the magistrates. On the other hand, Dibden swore -that he found one of the five-pound notes in George’s desk. This George accounted for by saying that the person who left the forged note asked him to let him have five pounds in gold : and, that that sum not being m the cash-box, Re changed one of the fi ye-ppundf notes, Jfjpjr ? fi vq ‘9? hiVdwrt/ As against "this, 1 hbweVer, one pf t{ie junjor clerks stated that, on the morning' of the occurrence, he asked George for the loan : of a Sovereign, who' replied, “ I’d lend it with pleasure, my dear fellow', but I have not a six pence to sweat-by. '■ ’ f 1 In dnswet to this, George said that f he absolutely had at that niohietil five sovereigns put away in his desk to pay. his landlady ; and that he felt justified in saying that he had not a sixpence, as he: considered that thd money so "appropriated to pay's jusf debt was not at his disposal. The magistrates , asked him. if he fancied the persort f wHo ; got 'tnef had given the forged notejnnocently or' 'fraudulently. That was of course im- . possible to say,, hut George thought innocently. : Having heard all the • evi* dence, after a careful consultation, they! came to the conclusion that they must commit him for trial, but they would accept . bail. Strange to say, , the Dibdehs weht bail for the full amount— j believe myself,’with tjte hope that he would break it, by quitting the country.

I must tell you, however, that before •,finy, ’ proceedings, i .were > > cptptpenced young!Dibden coarsely offered to (Jgrg not to prosecute if she accepted his "’proposal of marriage. • To this l she ?/ in digqantlw--’replic'l't|at she knew Mr. Hamiltqn was'inriocent, and they knew ’■ft’too,'and‘that'it he were not she would not save r.Jitoh M. M a a j t A 7/u ; • fi i , At the time.ofi these-: oCGUfrqu&es.,ili was away on itheContinent;'. vMyi wife* had been delicate, and the doctors said. j3ie‘ tdust has<f‘ change 5 bf AiV, 1 tlrfd hdcf fixed\pn Italy, which accounts for my

not having seen the which appeared in the TVwwp'and which I shall now read to you : If the elderly gentleman with the blue pocket-book who received change for a Lio note at the offices of Messrs. Dibden, Knollys and Dibden, Bell yard. Doctors’ Commons, on the 2nd of September, 18—/will communicate with Messrs. Smith and Oliver, Solid ors, Brick Court, Middle Temple, he will confer a great obligation.

I suppose I need scarcely tell you that I was the elderly gentleman with the blue pocket book. Well, as I say, travelling about from one place to another, 1 did not see a paper regularly, and therefore missed this advertisements In the meantime, the assizes drew on, and George Hamilton stood in the dock charged with felony. I have the trial ip this paper before me. I shall read/to you the leading evidence, which was all,, unfortunately, against the pri soner/ The charge was that George Hamilton did feloniously attempt; to pass a forged Lio note, knowing it to be a'forgery. . V "L-p -The elder Dibden was the first wit

ness called up. He deposed that the prisoner was his ■ head clerk, in whom he had always placed the greatest con fidence. That a caslv-box was left under his care, containing generally a limited amount of money, principally for the purpose of giving change ; that larger sums were also'frequently de- r posited there, if none of the principals of the “house were in .the way to jock it up in the money-safe. That on the morning in question , be himself - had

placed in the cash-box two five-pound nbtes and three pounds in gold. That 1 in-the afternoon he wanted to pay some money .into the, bank, and the safe being deficient of the sum he needed, by five pounds, he opened the cash-box to take that amount therefrom, That, instead of the five-pound notes which he had placed there, he found a ten pound note, which; when presented at the bank, was declared to be a forgery. That when he asked the prisoner to account for the note; he said he had received it from a stranger in exchange for the two five-pound notes. That bn examining the prisoner’s desk, he found one of the five-pound notes which he

Had placed in the cash-box that morn-' ing. ' Cross-examined— No one had access to the cash-box but the prisoner, him self, and his son. Each had a key. The lock was a Chubb’s patent of the best description. He, knew the five-, pound notes by their being endorsed with the pame, “William Day.” ".. The’next witness was William Sim monds, junior clerk to Messrs. Dibden,. Knollys & Dibden. He swore that on the morning of the discovery of the

forged note he had asked tlm prisoner to lend him a sovereign. That the. reply he received was, “ I’d lend it with pleasure, blit I have not a sixpence to swear by.” Had been two years in the office with the prisoner. Never had any quarrel with him. Eleanor Parker deposed that she* 1 knew the prisoner, 'well.; he had lodged with her the last, eighteen months. Paid his rent quarterly;—always paid honorably, but used to be a little be hindhand. He was due her fully five pounds at the time of his apprehension. Had always paid her with good money —at least none of it was ever returned to her. Prisoner was out mostly all. day ; usually spent his nights reading. > This was the principal evidence for the prosecution.. For the defence, a few witnesses were brought up to testify to the excellent character the prisoner

always bore. But his counsel took his stand not against any of the facts, which he allowed, but on the ground that they proved the act of the prisoner was done innocently and in ignorance,. “ Just for a moment consider, gentle men of the jury,” he said, “ Here is a gentleman who has for several years managed the business* iof a; firm of attorneys, large sums daily passing through his hands. The utmost confi dence has been placed in him. Do ybti I put it to you in name of the common sense which beams 1 this moment on your

faces—do you think he would risk his position, honor, and name for a paltry teh-pbund note ? He foolishly—yefe, I say very foolishly, and without carefully! examining it, took a note from a corn plete stranger.; and the only excuse he. can give for it is this—that he thought Doctors’ Commons; was the .last placet inv the • EWorld a swindler. would go cadging about in—and that the stranger bore a. most, .respectable appearance. Fpr this act’he-deserve£|the reproof ; o| his employer; and that is all. As to therevidence Of the, junior clerk, X wusjj sfly that stronger could not be brought in favor of a man’s character than, when by a friend for a trifling loan, at the risk of being thought mehn ori of confessing His poverty, he'refuses,’ although he has money by him, becaiis# ■he has put it away fo paf ; a .just? debt. Gentlemen, I leave ray' case in your hands, and I do ; so with confidence, as I know’'you will exercise that intelli gence and discrimination which at all times distinguish British jurymen, and ; prove to me and my client that you are not only . able but determined to separate truth from error.”

I need not read to you the summing up of the Judge; he merely directed them tq go by the evidence, and ex| plained to them a few points of law." But I am sorry to tell you that Sergeant Oilem’s flattery failed with the jury, for nn. half an hour they returned with a verdict of, ; f‘ Cuilty; ” and George Hamilton was sentenced to five years’ penal servitude, arid was sent to Mill bank prison to commence his punish? ment for a crime he never committed. -

The very day after his sentence was the twenty-fifth anniversary of Clara Brierly’s birthday ; and on the follow ing! morning ’this .advertisement ap peared in iht 'TYmgs; J

Five Hundred Pounds Reward. ~ pn.thevZnd day of .September, I?—, an 'elderly man, of respectable appearance, who carried about with him a Blue Pocket book, presented a Forged Note and got in ex change good money at the offices of Messrs. Dibden, Knollys, and Dibden, Bellyard, Doc i tors’ Commons. The above reward will be paid to anyone proving that Such a transaction took place. (Signed) SMITH & OLIVER, : Solicitors. Temples . , Clara was no w free. She had waited anxiously £bfJthfe : tesult:- of the" trial; but never, for one ; moment doubted the entire: moral innocence of her lover. On the morning of her twenty-fifth birthday she; had the newspapers sent rib'to het 1 rbdnb iVhere’she remained;- She ; .whole Ttrial over without missing’a 1 word! When she came to

“Guilty” her agitation over mastered' .Ijer directness of purpose. At length,: however, she calmly rose from her seat, with the words, “ Inno cent as I am. lam now more certain than ever.”

I “ Without a tear on her pale face, she dressed herself to go out; then packed tip the things that she wished to take with her, and left the house without a word to any one, except the servant, to whom she gave the remaining pro perty of her own that was4n her room;- desiring her to tell her master that she had gone away, and should not return. Then, calling a cab, she and Oliver’s, .thes been" recommended to her by George.-- It is, wonderful how they, appear r to know- everything in those" mtfsty’ rooms

in the' Templet i ' She Had'. '.mbt-i "■&>& through more than half a dozen sen tences. in- explanation ofher before they told her they, knew, entire circuihstkrices, and accept©!' her 0 proposals to place her hands, offering fb/ supply her at dnbe i with any money-she, needed:// The first thingr.she did was, to- r dirpp£a larger-fre ward to be advertised—as i have just read to you —and receiving ttbat funds she required, intimated her intention,in take lodgings in the city tH^ito'ysFer^

should be cleared up/ To this proposal Mr. Oliver-demurred, suggesting, that, instead of, gojng > into: lodgings she might take up her residence for the time in his house, HeJiad no family, and his wife wbuld be, dllighUfd.to have her ..Coy a companion. .To-thisisuggess tion Miss Brierly cordially: assented In order to commence those inauiries to 'which she’ if a i ; prepared ‘ Se&fe* her life, if necessary; shd,'acting through her solicitors, pbtamed firpm her unfor tunate lover.' closely as “Jbe qpuld stranger. This she had printed '.and. distributed, with the-offer of-a large-

reward, not only to every p6H6<i 4fatidn in®iglfaK!f A, ptionth passed, chie Had been found ; and ! anoi|i» mqntb j; Mdi^otber4i, [4lt;tHis tiroephe _ never lost sight of,her object. She scrutinised every elderfy gentleman that she met, and more than once she even fpllpwed through,- the streets:;people whom she thought suspicious* with the

hope pf : their blue .pocket book, her chief mirk. r l All tliis time ,1 had never heard, of the advertisements with , the large reward, nor suspected the mischief I had sq unwittingly caused. We. been wandering about the. my wife’s health had recovered l fully, and my daughters; wanted to giv to Egypt. Of course I had to' consent. Here wd sjayed two Qf . thre& weekST “ doing ”-the Pyramids Wd f else -that ,it>behoves travellers:dO;/dcr ; However, iiwitfe advancing:-: spring, M ’began to wish for the- cool breezes or ;old England, so' we ; turned-out steps ihomeward, , taking.rPhris, in opr way. !We arrived in Paris early iii May, where, in spite of all persuasions,' 1 determined] ‘to stay only a few days. We had, therefore, to make the best of our time. ! "p- } be. €OHtiniss /! tP.

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