SHIPPING.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. Arrived. Saturday. Prosperity, brigantine, from Bluff. .; Wakatu, s.s., from Wellington. : Go-Ahead, s.s., from Wellington. Yesterday. Tui, s.s., from Wellington. : Catherine, ketch, from Okain’s Bay. :: E. and U. Cameron, schooner, from Hickory. Kestrel, ketch, from Pigeon Bay. Amateur, ketch, from Akaroa. Sailed. ; , Saturday. Eaucy Lass, schooner, for Wellington. Kestrel, ketch, for Timaru. Spray, schooner, for Timaru. Comet, ketch, for Havelock. ■ ' Omapere, s.s., for Wellington. Go-Ahead, s.s., for Wellington. Wakatipu, s.s., for Port Chalmers. " Taiaroa, s.s , for Wellington. Wakatu, s.s., for Timaru. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Timaru, Yesterday. Sailed—Dunedin, for Camara ; Janet Ramsay, for Dunedin; Oceola. for Auck land; Gerd Heye, for Newcastle. Dunedin, Y esterday. Arrived —Dio Fili, barque, from Boston guly 12th); Mahinapua and Zior, from reymouth.

COMMERCIAL.

Ashburton Guardian Office, Monday afternoon. Mr T. Bullock reports for the week ending November 25th : —Horse Market : At the Bazaar, Burnett street, there was again a large .attendance of country settlers and others; also a long entry of horses, viz,, 55, amongst which were a number of very useful medium draughts, the majority being sold at very satisfactory prices, as shown below. Light harness horses, of good description, also sold better than at previous sales. The total entries for the day were 55, out of which I sold 20. On account of Mr Johnston, I sold 6 medium draughts as follows, viz.—Ll6 I os, LlB, L2l, L2l lOS, L 23 10s. On account of same owner, weight carrying hack, at Ll 7. On account Mr Wm. Doherty, a pair well-bred 2-year-old fillies, at LlB ios the pair ; 1 do. at Lp. On account Mr James Jamieson, I draught filly, unbroken, T />R ios. On account of other owners, a pair 3-year-old draught fillies, L 49 the pair; I draught filly rather light, Ll 7 ios. Medium draughts, aged and inferior description, brought from Ll2 to LiS; light harness horses, L 8 to Lt2. Owners of some of the entries placed rather too high reserves, which prevented their changing hands. On account of the High School Board, I offered by auction, the lease for 14 years, with an increased rental of 30 per cent, for the last 7 years, the following re serves, viz,—No. 1123, containing 128 acres, and situated on Messrs Gould and Cameron’s run, was purchased by Mr Cameron at 6s per acre for the first 7 years; reserve No. 1542, containing about 15 acres, and situated near Alford Forest, Mr Wm. Fergus was the pur chaser at 13s per acre for first 7 years, with an increased rental of 30 per cent, as above. Mr Alfred Harrison reports for the week as follows -On Tuesday, Nov. 21, I held a sale at my rooms for Mr Friihauf, of unre deemed pledges. When, keeping my pro mise, I redeemed my pledge and violated a large number made by other people. On Fri day, Nov. 24, at the racecourse, I submitted the hack Sandy, which fell to Mr P. Buttler at L 27. I also disposed of Winnie at the same time and place to the same gentleman for L4O. On Satulday, Nov. 25, 1 held my usual weekly sale at my yards, when a goodly number of horses were entered; among the number, Lagmhor brought L3O, after which a well-bred hack Ll 6, others followed at Li 1,, Lio ios, LlO, etc., etc. Cows sold well, every one entered being sold. Calves sold at from 5 s to 12s; pigS are better value, all lines being cleared ;2s 3d per pair. Implements dull. Produce : Potatoes, L 5 to L 6 p/ r ton ; chick wheat, 3s; oats, 3 s 5 flour, Lio per ton. I also sold for Messrs Salek, pawnbrokers, a large quantity of jewellery. The attendance during the whole day was a good one, a very good sale being the consequence.

MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close at the Ashburton Post Office as follows: —

For Christchurch and North at 6 a.m. 10.30 a.m., and 5 p.m., daily. For Ohertsey Sakaia, &c., at 10.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily. For Dunedin, Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, at 10 a.m. daily. For Temuka, at 6 a.m. and 10 a.m., daily. For Timaru and South, at 6 a.in., 10 a.in., and 430 p.m., daily. For Greenstreet, >u Tuesdays and Fri days, at 10.30 a.m. For Ashburton Forks on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 3 30 p.m. For Vlount Somers, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, at 6 a,m. and 430 p.m. For Mayfield, on Tuesdays and Satur days, at 6 a.m. For Ashton, Waterton and Longbeach, at 430 p.m. daily. For Flemington, on Mondays, Wednes days, and Fridays, at 430 p. m. For Wakanui, Elgin, Seaview, Seafield, New land, and Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thurs days, and Saturdays, at 6.30 a.m. Mails arrive at the Ashburton Post Office— From Christchurch and Pakaia at 10.15 a.m., 435 p.m., and 7.20 p.m. From Chertsey, &c. at 10.15 a.m. and 435 p.m. daily. From Dunedin and intermediate places at 5.30 p.m. daily. From Temuka and Timaru at 10.40 a.m. 5.30 p.m/, and 8 p.m. daily. From Greenstreet, Tuesdays and Fri days, at 3 p.m. From Ashburton Forks on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10 a.m. From Mount Somers, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, at 10.5 a.m. and 8.15 p.m. From Mayfield, on Tuesdays and Satur days, at 10.5 a.m. From Ashton, Waterton, and Long beach at 10 a.m. daily. From Flemington on Tuesdays, Thurs days, and Saturdays, at 10 a. m. .From Elgin, Wakanui, Seafield, New and, and Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at. 4 p.m.

DAILY MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES To-morrow, Tuesday, Novembee 28. Matson, Cox and Co., at the Ashburton Yards—Stock. E. Wilkin and Co., at the Canterbury Wool Stores —Wool Sale; 11 a.m, Thursday, November 30. Mr Alfred Harrison, at the Wakanui Mill —Horses, Cattle, Implements, &c.; 11.30 a.m. Saturday, December 2. Matson, Cox, and Co., at Tattersall’s, Barnett street Produce, &c.; 11 o’clock. Landed Property ; 2 o’clock. Mr- T. Bullock, at the Bazaar, Burnett ct?cet—Landed Property ; 1 o’clock. Mr Bullock, at the Bazaar —Horses ; 1.30 p.m. Mr Alfred Harrison, at the yards— Horses, Pigs, Produce, &c.; 12 noon. Mr W. F. Allen, at his rooms, Burnett street —Horses, Pigs, Poult) General Produce, &c.; 11.30 a. m. Friday, December 8. R. Wilkin and Go., at the Ashburton County Saleyards—Bo Horses. MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS, &c • , To-Night, Monday, November 27. Borough Council, at Borough Council Chambers, at 7 o’clock. Dramatic Entertainmeilt—Town Hall, 8 p.m.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas, et Prevalebit. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1882. Communism Revolutionary Again.

The news telegraphed from France this week that a revolutionary outbreak of Communists at Lyons has been ex pected, and that in consequence a con siderable force has been despatched there, and thirty arrests have been made, seems at first a little singular. 'That Communism and Socialism— there is no more difference between the two than there is between scarlet fever and scarletina—as being ultra demo cratic, should be hostile to every strong central Government, is only natural. We can understand easily bow, in the time of Napoleon Buonaparte, the pauper nobleman, the Due de St. Simon, should be avowedly a Com munist and a revolutionary when he dared. It is quite intelligible that under the Government officials and shopkeepers of Louis Philippe Founer should attempt to upset the established order of things in favor of his prepos terous human “phalanxes” of Com munists, who were to regenerate the world. We are not surprised, at a later date, even at Louis Blanc’s two thou sand State-paid tailors sitting in the palace of the Luxembourg plying their trade at two francs a day, and not being worth, on the

iverage, even that jp&\ vages. We can see more than a glira nering of meaning in Proud Hen’s state nent, at the same lime that “ property s theft.” But it is somewhat of a muzzle now, when a settled republic is established in France, with manhood suffrage, vote by ballot, and small electoral districts, that people really believing in any particular political principles should endeavor to upset the Government by a violent resolution, when the people at large could realise all they wanted so obviously by peace-' able means ; by ventilating their griev ances, if any, for instance, in Parlia ment and in the Press. But the ex planation of this apparently irrational turbulence lies in the fact that what the people at large want is by no means the same thing as what Communists want. These desire, not to take part as so many units in the counsels of the nation, but to teach the nation and to guide it in the way in which they think it should go. A republic with all man ner of rights for all men alike would be no political paradise whatever for the Communist. For in such a case it would probably be admitted, as indeed it is under the French Re public at present, that a man is en titled to all the money which he per-

sonally earns by his own industry and skill, and' to all the influence he acquires by his own intelligence, energy, and character. Liberty and fraternity, in fact, are useless in the Socialistic creed unless there is absolute equality as well; not merely equal rights, but also equal powers and pos-; sessions, and this is the principal at the bottom of all trades unionism and all protectionism to native industry, namely, to put the lazy and incompetent workman exactly on the same footing as regards the results of the two kinds of work with the industrious and the in competent. Republican as France is, she has not yet come to that kind of equality, and it will be a bad day for her prosperity if she ever does. At bottom, no doubt, every man wishes

to obtain money and property without having the trouble to work for them. The laws of nature and the laws of society, however, prohibit any such ac quisition on those terms, and so most people possessed of any sense drop down to the actual position of affairs, and expect only to get wealthy by working, not by talking about the rights of man, etc., no matter in how plausible a manner. But there is a section of the community par ticularly numerous and noisy in France, which fails to recognise this necessity of work, and regards it as something vulgar and utterly unnecessary, for a man of genius, for such the burning patriot always fancies himself to, be, Some few years ago at Paris, a young grocer’s assistant there who considered his political genius unrecognised by his countrymen at large, put a revolver to his head, and blew out his brains—if he had any. In his pocket after death was found a paper requesting that the following words should be inscribed on his tombstone :—“ Born to be a states man, died because he was only a grocer!” A sarcastic critic justly re marked that if he had ever had sense enough to be a statesman, he would not have been ashamed to work as a grocer, until he got something to pay him better. No comment on the poor young idiot’s folly could have been wiser. Nevertheless, in France the brainless young suicide had many sym pathisers. Of course when such senti ment is current, a republic is always in danger. No form of government, so far as can be seen, is in the abstract equally desirable with the republican. Even in its actual working, no kind of government yet tried seems to conduce more to the national wealth, happiness, and high position compared with other States, as may be observed by the work ing of the United States Government at the present hour. But such a govern ment absolutely necessitates people of a certain kind to work it, not loafers, or semi-loafers, but workers. It is quite true that after all “ the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong,” but it would be very desirable that they should be. Certainly if a man has a fair field and no favor in the competition his work meets with in the world, he has got all that he ought to expect, or that any well ordered go vernment ought to attempt to give him.

Another Cheese and Butter Fac tory. —Cheese and Butter Factories are becoming fashionable. A factory has just commenced operations at Te Awamutu, Manawatu district. More Big Gooseberries.— Still they come ! We have been shown some goose berries grown by Mr Allen, North-east Belt, of an inch and a quarter in length. Can anyone boat that ? Awkward Predicament op a “ Drunk.” —lntelligence reached the police this morning that a man was hanging head downwards under the bridge, and no time was lost in despatching a constable to as certain the state of affairs, which proved not to be quite so serious as was reported. The man was very drunk, and had managed to got himself entangled in the wires of the fence leading up to the bridge, and there he hung feet uppermost. ■ He was extricated with some trouble and re moved to the lock-up. Canterbury Comic Almanac. —We have to acknowledge the receipt, from Mr J. 0. Duncan, general agent, East street, of a copy of his “ Canterbury Comic Almanac” for 1883. In addition to the usual calendar this little volume, which is very attractively gut up, and is pub lished at the modest price of sixpence, contains a quantity of amusing matter, contributed by a number of local authors. Foremost ameng the good things is a comic history of Ashburton, from the pen of “J. W.,” and interspersed through the hook will be found a variety of articles, every one of which are good in their way. One paper is descriptive of the joys and sorrows of canvassing for advertisements, in which the author seems to write from sad experience. Then we are told “ All about Kissing,” treated to a dissertation on “ Winks and Winkers,” learn the “ Adventures of a Wallaby,” and become acquainted with that remarkable individual “Mr Five-per-Cent Commis sion.” Even the ghost of Douglas Jer rold seems to have been raised for the occasion, for we find an account of “ Mr Caudle at the Ashburton Debating So ciety.” The “ Worldly Maxims,” and “Dream Interpretations” will repay perusal, and the uninitiated will be inte rested to learn “How wo dun now.” Altogether the little volume is a decided novelty, and probably the first thing of the kind published in New Zealand. We understand it is to be had “everywhere.” Mr Duncan has certainly taken a new de psrture in “ almanac making,” and his venture appears to have been well sup ported by the advertising public.

Gun Accident. -dpT lad at Kamo (Auck land) was accidentally killed while cleaning a’loaded gun. 'V- \ A ; Good Two Days. —Five hnftdred pounds 'was taken in two days .at' l five Dunedin Benevolent Institution carnival. A Collision. —The down Waikato tjraih had a narrow escape from an accident at Newmarket, near Auckland, on Saturday., The points had been altered, and the train ran on the siding, colliding with and damaging some trucks. Cricket. The match Auckland v. Dunedin Suburban Association resulted, on Saturday, in a win for the Aucklanders by one innings and 45 runs. The Auck lan 3era fielded splendidly, very few mis takes indeed being made. Hardly had the play ceased when a heavy hai’storrn fell. The Suicide in a Lock-up. —An in quest was held at Dunedin on Saturday on John Gordon, who' committed suicide in the lock-up on Friday. On being brought in he told the police that drink had brought him into trouble. The ver dict was—“ That the deceased committed suicide in a state of temporary insanity, and that the usual search in such cases was made.”

“The People’s William. —“ Grand old libeller, unscrupulous old antagonist, bitter and malicious roviler, speedy retri bution awaits thee ! Thy sin has found thee out ! ” “ There is not the least chance of his making his last speech on Tower Hill, much as he may’deserve to do «j.” These are spe linens of thn language used in Blackwood’s Magazine ■about Mr Gladstone. On this Truth observes, “Conservative editors are always such gentlemen ! ” New Zealand Beef for the Navy.— The Admiralty authorities have deter mined upon inviting tenders for the sup ply of New Zealand salt beef to the British navy, and therefore are calling for preliminary experimental shipments of 10,0001bs, in casks, from each of the prin cipal ports of this colony. If the expert meat proves satisfactory as regards quality, when compared with the Ameri can meat, the Admiralty will make a second trial on a large scale, and will in vite a supply of 12fi,6001bs annually.

The Willmott Combination. Mr Frank M. Willmott’s Company performed the capital farce of the “ Young Widow” to a most appreciative audience on Satur day evening. The entertainment con cluded with the laughable burlesque r,f “ Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slip per,” in which the company were quite as successful as on the previous occasion. The applause and laughter were continu ous, and encores were the order of the night.—To-night will be performed, by special request, “East Lynne,” and, as this is the last appearance of the company in Ashburton, we would advise all who have not yet seen them to go to-night. They leave to-morrow for the West Coast. The Cattle Nuisance. - Complaints reach us of the nuisance occasioned by the number of stray horses and cattle which are constantly allowed to wander about Burnett street.and its neighborhood. We are told, indeed, that the Borough by-laws are so openly set at defiance in this quar ter ,of the town that the people may even be seen coolly driving two or three horses at a time on to the publio thoroughfares for the purpose of permitting them to graze, here and there at their own sweet will, heedless of the inconvenience which the ■ animals may cause'to pedestrians or passing vehicles, or of the chance of their trespassing upon the gardens in. the vicinity. Horses and cattle wandering about the streets are, of course, a real danger to children who may be playing there or passing by. Where are the police and the poundkeepera I How he Recognised Him. —Ab nit six weeks ago a distinguished Chinaman was travelling in England, but, like most Celestials, he had a very faint idea of men and manners in England. He had no

chaperone, as some of these gentlemen have, but in course of time he found his w,iy to the House of Commons, and he sent in his card to Mr Bright, The ex- Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster at once responded to the call, and in the course of the conversation, which was con ducted in English, for the Celestial was a good English scholar, Mr Bright asked of him, “How did you know me?” The Celestial confessed that his knowledge of the “ Tribune of the People” was derived from his effigy in Madame Tussaud’s. And such is fame ! The story must be true, for Mr Bright tells it himself. Too Real. —During the performance of “ Aurora Floyd ” at the Town Hall the

other night by Mr F. M. Wilmott’s com pany, an awkward accident occurred. Mr Wilmott, who was enacting the part of Jem Conyers, was struggling with “ Softy” (Mr Hesford), the ■ latter being armed with a formidable pruning knife. In the

scrimmage, Mr Wilmott received a cut with the knife which nearly severed two of his fingers. Very soon after the scuffle he is shot by the treacherous “Softy,” and on this occasion enough blood flowed from the wounded hand to represent the gore from the imaginary bullet. As soon as the curtain fell, the sufferer got away and had his wound bound up. Such are the little incidents that enliven the life of the actor. We are glad to see Mr Wil mott has recovered from the effects of the cut sufficiently to appear as usual. The Railway Agi i'Ation. —A meeting of the Railway League was held at Grey mouth on Saturday night. Mr George Thornto i, engineer, was present. A long communication from the Westland Rail way League, in support of the Arthur’s Pass route, was read. Attached was a tubular statement purporting to give the distances and grades of both routes. Mr Thornton, who advocated the Ada Pass

route, denied the accuracy of the figures given, and said the route marked on the plan was not correct. After a good deal of discussion the following resolution was carried unanimously:—“That the Grey mou h League co-operate with Reefton and Christchurch, and use all legitimate measures in advocating the construction of the line to the West Coast, and that in the opinion of this meeting any line to this coast should include Reefton, which should certainly be connected with Grey mouth either direct or by a branch line.” Police. —At the Court this morning, before Air Thomas Bullock, J. P., and Air R. Alcorn, J. P., a first offender for drunk enness was fined ss. A man named Gal braith was then charged with drunken ness and indecent exposure, and was fined 10s on the first, and 40s on the second charge, with the alternative of seven days’ imprisonment. The money was paid. William Fisher was then charged with indecently assaulting a little girl under the age of ten years. Sergeant Felton said the case was a bad one, and asked that the Court might be cleared. This having been done, the evidence of the little girl and that of her mother was taken, and two other little girls were a Iso examined. It appears that on Saturday afternoon the children were playing in Cass street when the accused came up and entered into conversation with them. He presently assaulted three of the little girls, one of them being too small (accord ing to Sergeant Felton’s statement) to give evidence, she being only five years of age. Complaints having reached the police on Saturday afternoon about the conduct of the man, he was arrested later on by Constable Hicks and removed to the lock-up. The evidence is unfit for publication. The little girls being too young to bo sworn, the Bench decided to treat the case as„one of indecent exposure, and a previous charge of indecent assault having been proved against accused, he was sentenced to six months’ imprison ment withjhard labor.

sider.jpjirißabil tyj j® eVyiMta special rate cost jf ■ *^HipfßA.—Ohtjmsa hiring appeared at res to prevent the importa- Spain. It is officially stated thaf the deaths from cholera at Manilla average 300 daily: and at'yibfib; have dpaths in twprweßks. Be*er at the' Show. —"We are informed, onr beer, at the:SK<iw were--incorrect. Forj best five gallons of ale the Lion' Brewery took a first, and Moore and Sons a second; prize. For best five gallons of porter the. Lion Brewery took a first and second prize. The error has already been recti-• fied by our publication of the prize list. i Wakanui Wesleyan Chpkch.— Rev. W. Keall, of Leeston, conducted-’ the opening services of the new church at- Wakanui yesterday afternoon and even-; mg. To morrow night a tea and public', meeting will (as previously announced)! take place. We understand a conveyance; will run between Ashburton and Waka-, nui, for the purpose of taking intending 1 visitors f om town to and from the tea meeting.

Superstition in England. — A some-; what novel case came before the Ipswich, magistrates recently. A woman was charged with obtaining 10s by witchery. : The prosecutrix and her daughter both' firmly believed that the prisoner exerted a bewitching influence over the latter, and ; they gave her this sum to remove the i spell. The case is interesting, as illustra tive of the superstitious ignorance which! still exists in some of the provincial dia-; tricts in England. Going from Home to Hear News. —j To-day’s Press says, speaking of the Ash-i burton Che.se Factory—-“ Encouraged byj the success so far attending the establish- 1 ment of this industry, the directors have 1 resolved to increase the capital of the company from L 5,000 to L 15,000. This step is being taken with a view of starting other factories in the various parts of the county, and a meeting will be held in a

few dayaiffor the .purpose Of 5 fully-Idiaous sing the matter.” Aa the directors hav.e no power to increase the capital of the company without the sanction of the shareholders this is rather startling. We understand that a motion re increase of capital will be brought forward at the next general meeting of the company, but that rneeting cjoes not. take place .until 13th 6f next month. ' The Young Princes. —Interesting per sonal announcements as to the immediate future careers of the two young princes recently returned' from the Bacchante cruise are now being made, and of Prince Albert Victor of Wales it is said he will be appointed to a commission in the army for a short time, at first as a--duty Officer, by special wish of the Prince of Wales. One >Of ) theft regiments Of "the Household Cavalry, whereof his Royal father i? Cblodel-im-Chief, is- mentioned* to receive the young recruit. On the other/hd, rid,. it is: ruraored-fromiPorts mouth that Prince George will, in con tinuance of his naval career, serve his next commission in the Canada, screw cor vette, he- flitted out foe so«*j,aricbaßnt'to the Mediterranean station some time next year. ■ T

Superstitions About Eclipses.—Ac cording to Oldmixon’a Annals of George I, on the occasion of the total eclipse of the sun, the darkness was so great that the stars were seen shining with great bright ness, and the’birds went to roost at noon. The eclipse of the sun has always been looked upen with.,awe_ by tl^.,;ignorant, and in the tenth century there was a pre valent, nay almost ~universal idea, that the end'of the world was approaching when, an eclipse occurred. > .Ikfapjrftyuptera began With'these words—“ As the world is now Rawing tp itp close, V, It isrelated that an army marching under the Emperor Otho I, was so terrified by an eclipse of the sun, which it conceived to announce this consummation, as to disperse hastily on all sides. As this notion seems to have been founded on some confused theory of the Millennium, it died away when the seasons proceeded to the eleventh century With their usual regularity. - iThe -theory of eclipses is said to have been known to the Chinese 120».c. '.i '' l The Bank of New Zealand. —We clip from the Auckland Weekly Neivs the following interesting extract from a sketch of the history of the Bank of New Zea land from its opening in 1861 to the pre sent time To show the giant strides made by the institution during the past two ddofidds of itsf history, s we 'nUy-con trast the figures exhibited in the first half-yearly balance-sheet and that for the last half-year, ending 30th September, 1832, omitting shillings and pence. Paid up capital, L 108,785, now L 1,000,000 ; notes in circulation, L 62,914 ; now L500,5Q7.5 bills in circulation,. L 6.288 ; now L 2,118,074 ; deposits, L 334,197 ; now L 7,915,446 ; profit and.loss account, L6i‘o97now LlO6 003. On‘the credit side we find the figures—cojp,and bullion —L‘26i,512," now L 1,235,121 j’ hills re ceivable and all other advances, L 162,164; now bills receivable and securities in Lon don, LX,£95,999 ; balance due ,_by other bahts, L 117,475 ; how bills discounted and othgr debts due to landed property, banking premises, etc , L 9.960, now L 236,699; reserve fund, L 3,000, now L 575,000 ; rate of dividend on paid-up capital, 6 per cent., now 15 per cent. ; total transactions, L 567,979, now L12,195,97L The day after the molding of that first half-yearly meeting, it may be noted, the New Zealand Go vern m’ent.transfeired the colofria'l account from the Union Bank of Australia to that of the Ban.k' of New Zealand, and which account it has kept ever since. Why He was Promoted.—A corres pondent, writing from that part of Queensland “where the pelicans build

their nests,” tolls the “ Intelligent Vag rant,” 'in. the Tribune, of a promising young Englishman who thus showed his fitness to command native troopers! Ha had n ;t long arrived in the country, and his sole ambition was to be an officer of the black police. He made a friend of, and communicated his desire to an officer already distinguished in the service, and that gallant man took him on an expedition by way of testing his fitness, or breaking him in, or “ blooding him,” as the say-

ing, is.j'P.ne matter .was strictly impressed orTliim namely, the necessity'for pre serving presence of mind in encounters with ! If warrigals,” and of ; Carrying out orders at all risks. Well, the police party flushed a covey of wild blacks, and the officers pointin i out to the aspirant a particular black, who broke away to the rkdit, cried, “Shoot that fellow.” When the chase had ended, and the troopers had drawn together, it was some time before the volunteer came up, and as soon he did the oflicor asked him if he had shot the black fellow who had been pointed out to him. He replied that he had, and, the officer not seeming satisfied, he added, “ I’m quite sure of in, for it was with the last barrel of my revolver that I hit him in the hip and brought him to a standstill, so I dismounted, .and got him to hold my horse whilst I re-loaded, and then I finished him.” Such a favorable report was sent in by the officer that the volun teer got an appointment at once. *

A NEW PORT FOR LONDON.

A great Jenterprise has been set on foot, which will practically give a new port to London and greatly assist ocean commerce. At the small Kentish vil lage of Hoo, on the north shore of the Medway, there is a deep water along

side t 6 the extent of twenty-two iftefat low tide, much greater depth further out, and at high tide there is sixty, feet. This fact has induced the directors of the South-Eastern Railway to construct wharves and piers at Hoo, which Will shortly be extended and will constitute a flourishing port. It has been chris tened Port Victoria, and many advan tages are claimed for it It is an hour nearer the sea from London than Gravesend ; ships of the heaviest ton nage, homeward bound, will avoid the intricate and dangerous navigation of the crowded Thames, and can discharge passengers and cargo at all hours with out having to lie outside as in ordinary ,tidal .harbors. The port is perfectly protected against all winds. The scheme has been pushed forward with speed,.and is so far completed that the branch railway which connects Hoo with the North Kent line was opened last week, and on the 13th September the Prince and Princess of Wales, tra velling from Flushing in the yacht Osborne, landed at Port Victoria. It is expected that the new landing place will be largely utilised for Continental : traffic, but great efforts will Be made to ; attract general commerce to Port Vic ; toria. A special feature will, be the trade in live stock from America, which will be landed in the neighborhood of Hoo and fattened upon the rich Kent j ish soil before slaughter. Nearly all the great steamship lines appear to ; favor the great enterprise. -r- Home 1 News,

THE TICHBORNE CLAIMANT.

Now that the claimant’s term of im prisonment is drawing to a close (says the Home Neivs) his few remaining friends are beginning to agitate in his favor. It is pretty certain that nothing will induce the authorities to shorten his sentence, and that he will have, to stay in Portsmouth convict prison to the bitter end. Yet there are sanguine people who still hope to obtain evidence which will re-establish him in public opinion if not entirely restore him to his so-called rights. Great stress is still laid upon the other Arthur Orton sup posed to have been discovered in Aus tralia arid at this moment an inmate of Parramatta Asylum. A special com mission of enquiry is to be sent out to Australia to verity this fact, and on the strength of the evidence taken, which is somewhat prematurely assumed to be conclusive, public meetings are to be held in this country to put the poqs claimant right. For this it will only be necessary to obtain a special Act of Parliament. Meanwhile, Orton con tinues to stack bricks in Portsmouth and lose flesh. His original - tWdbtyj four stone has already been reduced to eleven, but he is in the best possjhik health, thanks to wholesome linsitations of his diet in prison. He only yearns for the day of his release, not because it will restore his rights, but from the pleasing prospect of owning a public house called the Tichborne Arms in the neighborhood of the Gun Club on Wormwood Scrubs. _

HOW TO RESTORE ORDER..

A novel expedient for imparting tran quility to an agitated theatrical audi ence was (it is said by the Era ) recently adopted by Mr Jack Harris, the lessee and manager of the Thalia Theatre at San Antonia, Texas, United States; It would appear that one evening, about three weeks ago, the auditorium being crowded at the time, some disturbance arose between the acts ot the piece ~ii| representation, and far from subsiding when’ the curtain was drawn - up, in creased in boisterousness to such aid extent that the actors, unable to makd themselves heard, quitted the ’stag‘d Upon this Mr Harris came on and ad vanced to the footlights, holding in each hand a weapon of the class knowd throughout the Union by the name of “ navy revolver.” As he stood there bowing and smiling, obviously ani mated by a desire to address the' audi ence, a slight lull in the storm set in; of which he took advantage to apprise his “ friends and patrons,” with exqtfU site suavity of manner, that, if ordei were not restored in all parts of th 4 house within two minutes, he should “just shoot round anyhow.” Perfect peace, amounting in fact to breathless and terror-stricken silence, having suited from the good-natured warning} Mr Harris gracefully retired, and the performance was resumed without fur ther delay.

THE LONGHURST CASE.

[by telegraph.] Wellington, To-day. ; : At ,tho Appeal Court to-day judgment was given in the Adams conspiracy case.) Judge Johnston said the case was one of great importance, and came before the Court under embarrassing circumstances;-; As the Jury found the defendant guilty their Honors were bound to asmme for, the purposes of this case that the charge against Longhurst was a false oile, and£ moreover, that the circumstances proved were sufficient to prove the charge of con-; spiracy if the girl had arrived at the legal age of discretion. The specific qubSi-i tion reserved for the Court pf Appeal to determine was, whether the learned' Judge ought not to have directed the ac quittal of both defendants on the ground that the child was in law incapable of con spiring, as alleged in the first count of the .indictment. He (Judge Johnston) held that it was repulsive to common sense to believe that the child conspired, con federated, and combined with her father to commit the crime, and he was there fore of opinion on the whole that there was no evidence incorporated in the case reserved which satisfied the requirements, of the law regarding the rebuttal of the prima facie presumptiou of innocence which applied to children between the ages of seven and fourteen. He thought that the learned Judge ought to have. 1 told the jury that there was no such evidence before them as' would justify them, according to l aw, in finding that the prima facie presumption" of innocency must be rebutted. Accord ingly the conviction ought to be quashed. Judges Gillies and Williams were also of opinion that the child was incapable of' conspiring, and that the judge should have directed an acquittal of both priso ners. The conviction was thereupon quashed, and this brought the Crown case reserved to a conclusion.

“A reputashun,” says Josh Billings, “ once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the brack was.” , A nurse in St. Louis was telling about a man who had become ac terribly worn put by dissipation that he could apt-, keep any food on his stomach, when one of her listeners asked, “ What does he five on then?” “On his relations, ma’am,” answered the nurao.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, MONDAY, NOVEMBER % 188 -



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ANTED KNOWN—It is Mr Lan caster’s intention to extend his Bread Business, and ho wishes his cus tomers to know he has secured Mr Thomas Hicks to manage that branch. A Cart will be run with Bread alone, independent of the other Two Carts, which will con tinue to run as before. The name of Mr Hicks will be a sufficient guarantee that, under his management, Bread of unex ceptionable quality will be turned out of the FREETRADE BAKERY, East street—R. Lancaster, Proprietor. 240 Special Advertisements. gPEOIA L NOTICE. Old Lambton Coal. We are NOW LANDING, ex Conference, from Newcastle, goo toss 600 Of the above first-class Coal. n!8 TUCKER, RESTELL, & CO.



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LIBERAL Cash Advances ON GROWING CROPS, AND ON LARGE or SMALL CLIPS of WOOL, At LOW RAPES of Interest. They are also Sole Agents for Messrs Samuelson and Sons’ new REAPER & TWINE BINDER. Mr Ernest Samuelson, during his recent visit to New Zealand, was piesont at most of r.he reaper and binder trials, and the experience he then gained has enabled his firm to incorporate the latest English and American improvements in the Machines they are sending us for next season. We ha-e every confidence in recommending them as the most DURABLE, COMPLETE, & SIMPLE Machines yet manufactured. G. STEAD, Managing Director. P. CUNNINGHAM, Consulting Director. W. HORNE, 12au Agent, Ashburton. G REAT SALE OF A LARGE SALVAGE STOCK OF FURNITUREI FURNITURE! Furniture ! Also, a large quantity of NEW and SECOND-HAND FURNI TURE-CHEAP. All kinds of lurnery, Carving, &c. Bedroom and Drawing-room Suites. John Meech, BURNETT 'STREET, Ashburton. Showrooms—Next Bullock’s Arcade Workshop—Next Mail Jifioe.



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In connection with the above, we have retained the services of Miss Gates (organist of St. Stephen’s Church) who will be in attendance daily from 10 a.m. till 5 p.m., to receive Pupils for the Piano, Organ, and Harmonium. Terms on application. SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, East Street, Ashburton. 208 Thomas Taylor, "OAKER AND CONFECTIONER, East street. WED D I ISi G CAKES To Order. Manufacturer of CIDER AND OTHER CORDIALS,



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