SHIPPING.

JORT OP LYTTELTON. * Arrived. Yesterday. Taiaroa, 8.8., from Port Chalmers, via 'Timaru. Wakatu, a.s., from Boat Harbor, c; Wakatipu, s.s., from Port Chalmers. Clyde, schooner, from Foxton. Olio, schooner, from Waitapu. Eliza Firth, brigantine from Grey mouth. Terea, schooner, from Wellington. Croydon Lass, schooner, from Waitapu. • Examiner, barque, from Greymouth. Sailed. Saturday. ' Airlie, barquentine, for Cleopatra, schooner, for Greymouth. Wild Wave, schooner, for Greymouth. ■■ Prince Alfred, barquentine, for Pelorus Sound. '•

COMMERCIAL.

Ashburton Guardian Office, Monday Afternoon. Allred Harrison reports his weekly, sale as follows —Saturday, Jan. 27th. Very few entries of any kind of stock; several horses were sold, also one or two cows. Two pens of pigs sold at high prices, and many enquiries were made for more. Fowls, 2s 6d ; ducks, 4s 3d per pair. A quantity of tea and sundries in the estate of W. H. Gundry sold well. There was a very fair attendance, but all cleared out remarkably early, as much as to say—“ Crops 1”

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 Chertsey Rakaia, &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.m., 10 ; a.m., and 4.30 p.m., daily. For Greenstreet, m Tuesdays and Fri days, at 10.30 a. m. For Vlount Somers, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, at 6 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. For Mayfield, on Tuesdays and Satur days, at 6 a.m. For Ashton, Waterton and Longbeach, At 4.30 p.m. daily. Fdt Remington, on Mondays, Wednes days, and Fridays, at 4 30 p. m. For Wakanui, Elgin, Seaview, Seafield, and Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6.30 a.m. For Newlands, on Tuesdays and Fri days at 10.30 a.m. Maila arrive 'at the Ashburton Post Office— From Christchurch and Rakaia at 10.15 a. m., 4.35 p.m., and 7.20 p.m. From Chertsey, &c. at 10.15 a.m. and 4.35 p.m. daily. From Dunedin and intermediate places at-5.80 p.m. daily. ~ From Temuka and Timaru at 10.40 a. m. ;fi,Bo p.m., and 8 p.m, daily. From Greenstreet, Tuesdays and Fri ‘days, at 3 p.m. x-i From Mount Somers, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, at 10.6 a.m. and 8.15 p.m. t From Mayfield, on Tuesdays and Satur days, at 10.5 a.m, , From Ashton, Waterton, and Long beach at 10 a.m. daily. From Remington on Tuesdays, Thurs days, and Saturdays, at 10 a.m. Rom Elgin, Wakanui, Seafield, and Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sat :ordays, at 4 p.m. From Newlands, on Tuesdays and Fri days, at 9.30 a.m.

DAILY MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES To-morrow, « Tuesday, January 30. Matson, Cox and Go., at the Ashburton Yards—-Stock. , Saturday, February 3. Matson, Cox, and Co., at their Bazaar— Horses, Cows, Pigs, Poultry, Sundries, &o.; 11.30 a.m. Mi- *i. Bullock, at the Bazaar—Horses, *' : 1 p.m. -Mr W. F. Allen, at his rooms, Burnett ~ street—Horses, Pigs, Poult* General Produce, &c.; 11.30 a.m. Mr Alfred Harrison, at the yards— ' Horses, Pigs, Produce, Shares, &c.; 12 - noon. : a Thursday, February 8. JR. Wilkin and Co., at the New Zealand " Wool Stores—Wool; 11 a.m. MEETINGS. AMUSEMENTS, &c ** To-morrow, Tuesday, January 30. Ashburton Pacing Club—Special General Meeting, Quill’s Hotel, 8 p.m. Saturday, February 3. Wakanui Road Board—Monthly Meeting, Bead Board Office, Moore street Monday, February 5. Borough Council, at Borough Council Chambers, at 7 o’clock. ■ Monday, February, 12. County Council, at the County Council Chambers, at 11 o’clock, Friday, February 23. Somerset Lodge, Monthly Meeting, in the Masonic Hall, Tancred street, 7.30.

TRAVELLERS’ GUIDE.

Trains Leave Ashburton for Christ cßjUßCH and intermediate stations at 7.10 a.m., 10.55 a,m., and (Express) 6.39 p.m. Trains Leave Ashburton for Timaru and South, at 6.60 a.m., 10.25 a.m. (Express),and 4.45 p.m.—the latter pro ceeding no farther than Timaru. Trains Arrive at Ashburton from Christchurch at 10 20 a.m. (Express), 4.35 p.m., and 7.20 p.m. Trains Arrive at Ashburton from Timaru and South at 10.46 a.m., 5.28 p.m. (Express), and 8 p.m.

NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.

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The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prevalebit. MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1883. A Case for Enquiry.

Nothing is of greater moment to a commercial community than that some efficient means should be provided whereby those unprincipled men who, year after year, take advantage of the

existing state of the bankruptcy laws to defraud honest traders should receive the punishment they so richly merit. There can be no question that our bankruptcy laws are as rotten as they well can be, and it is no figure of speech to say that the proverbial coach and four can be driven through them with consummate ease. A startling instance of this was given in a recent case brought before the Christchurch Supreme Court, which we purposely refrained from referring to while it was sub judice. Now, however, that the case is concluded, we may mention a few of the facts in connection there with. A man named William Brown, who carried on business in Ashburton as a contractor, filed his schedule in September last. A meeting of his creditors followed, and, as a matter ol course, the debtor obtained the pro tection of the Court. A trustee was duly appointed, and, according to the bankrupt’s statement, his liabilities were £n 7. while his assets were stated to be only £6. These latter consisted of book debts, which afterwards were found to be worthless. Brown was then examined as to the whereabouts of certain horses, harness, and implements used in his business up to the date of his filing, and which were still in his possession. This property the bankrupt said did not belong to him but to a relative, and receipts were produced to prove the truth of the statement. An examination of these re ceipts, however, gave iise to a grave suspicion as to the bona fides of the alleged transaction, inasmuch as they were dated February and March of last year, while in two instances the signa tures on the documents were written over stamps that were not issued till late in April. sThis seemed to the creditors tolerably conclusive evidence that a fraud was intended, and a seizure of all goods and chattels on Brown’s premises was immediately de manded. This was accordingly done, the goods were sold, and a dividend declared by the trustee. The bankrupt was brought up before the Jocal Court, and the evidence against him was so clear that, on his being committed for trial, the Crown prosecutor took the case in hand. In his charge to the Grand Jury, His Honor Judge John ston dwelt at some length on the law relating to bankruptcy, and very clearly set forth the facts in this particular case. A true bill was returned, but, greatly to the astonishment of those in terested when Brown was place in the dock, the Crown Prosecutor announced that as he felt sure the prosecution must break down he had determined to abandon the charge. The Judge having acquiesced, the prisoner was ac cordingly discharged; Considering how strong was the evidence brought against Brown in the lower Court, the abandon ment of the case at the last moment could not fail to be a matter of sur prise. The reason of this action as we understand, was that the debtor, had on filing his schedule omitted to swear to the affidavit required when insol vency is declared. In short, he was legally not a bankrupt at all, and there fore he could not be tried undlr the charge in the indictment. That some gross mistake has been committed there can be no doubt, and a searching en quiry should be made as to who is the person responsible. Surely it is not fair that the creditors should be made to suffer from a mistake of an official whose duty it is to see that such docu ments as the one in question are pro: perly prepared and attested, to siy no thing of an unprincipled man allowed to go scot free, and enabled to snap his fingers at those whom he has taken advantage of. While it is pos sible for a dishonest trader to save him self from the,consequences of his acts by means of a legal quibble, it must be confessed that the bankruptcy laws as they at present stand are in need of amendment, and it is to be hoped that another session of Parliament will not pass before something is done in this direction.

Police Court. —The Mayor (D. Wil liamson, Esq.,) and MrT. Bullock, J.P., presided at the Police Court to-day, when three inebriates were convicted and dis charged. Charles Evans, known as Picolo Charley, and a long string of aliases, was brought up and sentenced to fourteen days for having no lawful visible means of support. New Sheep Dips. —The Saleyards Company have decided to erect sheep dips at both the Company’s yards at Ashburton and Tinwald. This will be found of very great convenience to the farmers and sheep-owners on either side of the river, as the sheep can be greatly im proved with well arranged dipping places at hand. A Practical Joke. be scarcely safe to talk about venison at present to certain Nelson residents if the following yarn from the Colonist is to be accepted without reservation ; appears to be pretty generally accepted that notwithstanding it L illegal to shoot deer until the 10th of next month, when licenses will be issued for shooting stags, that venison is already to be obtained oc casionally. It has even been hinted that shots have been heard in localities amongst the hills where deer have been traced, but within the last few days we have received a peculiar illustration of the fact that venison is procurable. There are certain people who are always on the look-out for a good thing, and whether it is a favorable transaction in scrip, or in illegally procured game, they are ready to come to business. Knowing this weak ness of human nature, a shrewd practical joker whispered privately that he had re ceived a fine stag, and speedily he was deluged with commissions. One well known boniface having secured a choice joint, started off himself to purchase lemon-thyme and other “ fixings,” as the Yankees would say, and he made much of his anticipated feast in a confidential manner. Great was the interest taken in that haunch ; and when it appeared on the table, and was done full justice to, all present were unanimous, we understand, in expressing the enjoyment they had de rived in partaking of the ‘ illicit ’ stag ; and there is little doubt that, on the principle that stolen kisses are the sweetest, everyone who obtained a portion of this partxular ‘ stag' ate of it with more gusto than any will experience who sit down with the choicest parts of the first stag shot on the 10th February before them. But, for all that—unfortunately, that word hut will crop up—when the sequel is told we fancy the taste for veni son in certain quarters will be lost in favor of other game. For thirty years past a fine large goat had been the pet of a Nel son family, but the poor brute getting so old that its life seemed a burden, its kind owners requested our friend with the pen chant for practical jokes to take the goat away and kill it, whereupon he did as re quested, and in such a professional man ner did he dress the carcase, that it not only passed for, but was eaten as veni on. It may appear unkind to dispel the illusion

which viewed old goat as primb venisdn, but those who enjoyed it have had their satis’action.” A Disgrace. —A child has died of diph theria in the Chinese Camp at Lawrence. It was only ill for a few hours. Particu lar attention is drawn by the Tuapeha Times to the carelessness displayed by the residents of the Chinese Camp in mixing themselves up with the rest of the com munity when there is a disease of such a virulent type as diphtheria raging amongst them. Why such carelessness should be tolerated is something beyond astonish ment, as it is distinctly against the spirit of the Public Health Act, and against the rules of all society. If the Celestials in tend to make themselves obnoxious by being vehicles and mediums for sowing broadcast the seeds of disease, they can not expect to be very favorably looked upon by the white race. If they continue to persevere in their present line of con duct there w 111 be no course left but to c irry out the terms of the Act and inflict penaltie'. Ip.—According to Mr Proctor, if from a single pair for 5,000 yoars such husband and wife had married at 21 yeurs of age and there had been no deaths, the popu lation of the earth would be 2,188,915 fol lowed by 141 cyphers. It would require to hold this population a number of worlds equal to 3,166,526 followed by 125 cyphers. A single globe sufficient to "ive standing room to this population, ten to the square yard, would have a dia meter in proportion to that of the earth as seven, followed by forty three cyphers, to one. Supposing the furthest star visi ble in the great Roase telescope to lie some thirteen or fourteen millions of miles further from us than the nearest, which lies about 70,000 times further than Neptune, the distance from that star to travel from which light would require about 40,000,000 years, would be but the 100,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000, 000 th pact of the radius of such a globe as would be required to hold the population we are considering. A sphere having a radius equal to 100,000,000 of years of light journey would not suffice to contain so many human beings. At this rate the universe itself would begin to get crowded without even the service of a commission of immigration. Catching a Tartar.— The famous con juror Hermann has arrived in Paris from Vienna, after a sojourn of six months in South America. During a performance at the houss of the Governor of Monte video, Hermann determined to mystify three half-savage Patagonians who were present, and whom no one dared to approach. He stupefied the firat’by taking an orange from his nose, he astonished the second by producing a series of piastres from his hair, but the third seemed over powered with terror as he extracted from his nose a living rat. Uttering a cry of fright, the Patagonians withdrew, and the company congratulated Hermann upon his success. While receiving their congratula tions, he suddenly discovered that his watch was gone, and that his o ida was gone with it. His purse, too, has disap peared, and the thief had also appropriated his eye-glass and his pocket handkerchief. Half an hour afterwards the Chief of the Patagonians returned, bringing the missing articles. The savage from whose nose Hermann had extracted the rat had emptied the conjuror’s pockets at the moment when ho was pretending to be overcome with terror at the unexpected apparition of the rat from the tip of his nose. A New Definition. —in amusing in cident (according to the Marlborough Times ) occurred within a hundred miles of Blenheim a few days ago. A well known flockownor having a demand made upon him for wages by a shearer in his employ, handed to him a cheque for the amount on a local bank. On presenting the cheque the shearer was surprised and disappointed at the piece of paper being returned to him by the ledger-keeper in itialled with the mystic letters, “N. S F.,” the purport of which was explained to him. He at once proceeded to the man of sheep and wool, and demanded an elucidation of the matter. Said the flock owner, with well feigned indignation— “ This comes of doing business with petty branch banks ! They get a few hundreds at a time from the chief officers, and when a client comes along with a cheque for a decent amount he skins the bank of all the hard cash, and people coming after him are blandly informed that there is not sufficient left to meet their demands. You present the cheque in about three days, when they will probably have re ceived a remittance from the head office.” The man went away scratching his head in a thoughtful manner, but returned on the fourth day with his face wreathed in smiles. “It’s all right, sir,” he ex claimed; “It's just as you said. The bank must have sent for some more money, for they paid me yesterday with out a murmur.” The flockowner’s eye twinkled and his mouth expanded like a half-opened carpet bag as he replied, “That’s all right; but it is awfully annoying that we should sometimes have to wait while these miserable little banks send away for money.”

Does The Ele trio Light Pay ? On the occasion of the illumination of the Spencer street railway station, Melbourne, by the electric light. Sir Julius Vogel, in the course of his speech, said :—“Now, as regards figures, I reply to Mr Munro’s challenge of Does it pay ? by his counter chaUdnge. lam prepared to arrange with municipal authorities or with com panies to provide in any locality an agreed number of arc lights and incan descent lamps at prices that will yield to start with a good income over expendi ture. Take this for an example. I supply a local government or a company with 5.000 incandescent lights. I install them with power and everything complete and ready for use. They tell me where t > put them, and obtain- the subscribers. Suppose they charge L2 per annum for each incandescent lamp, and L4O for each arc lamp, they will be charging less than the gas cost and have an income of L 20,000. I will undertake that, after de ducting expenses, this will yield a splen did return on the cost of the plant and the exclusive rights which I confer. In the case of corporations the result will ha most splendid, for they can pay me in de bentures, and the net incoma, after pay ing interest, will ha sufficient to redeem the debentures in less than ten years, and give them their plants and exclusive rights for nothin r. I can supply from one centre practically any number of arc lamps I can supply from one centre 2.000 or 5,000, or 10,000 or 20,000 incan descent lamps. I have heard the electric light business and the use of the electric light objected to here on the ground that possibly im .rovements might be devised that would be in advance of present re sults. If an ignoble fear of this kind were to be allowed to interfere with the pursuit of enterprise, what progress would any undertaking make 1 By a parity of reasoning we should never ad vance—we should never take advantage of the knowledge of the day—we should scarcely be dressed, for clothes may be improved. Depend upon it, no one ever marked out for himself a subject of greater interest than this same subjection of electricity to useful purposes. I may not have tho pleasure of meeting you ag-Jn. Will you let me indulge in a prophecy—that the use of electricity will grow upon you, that you will have it for your lighting, lor your motive power, for your rail aud tramways, for a vast variety of domestic uses. Your sons will find new fields of occupation in the study of electricity and its application to prac tical purposes. Years hence you may date from this evening a new era of com fort and usefulness. ”

A Miscatrxaoe op Justice. —A Wel lington telegram says Some time back a young couple'-'were arrested and sen tenced to a inontH’s imprisonment for in decent behaviour in the Botanicel Gardens. After serving a fortnight the girl was dis charged, and the male prisoner was re leased pending an appeal made to a higher court. Judgment has now been given as follows by Judge Ricnmond :—“ln this case I am oi opinion that the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction, offence charged was indecent exposure of the person, but such exposure as took place seems to have been, in fact, unin tentional, and ought not to be imputed to the defendant as intentional, inasmuch as it does not appear to have been an absolutely necessary consequence of the defendant’s voluntary action. The defen dant’s plea of * guilty ’ creates a difficulty but upon consideration I think that as the Magistrates went into the evidence and have stated a case on apbeal setting it forth, and as upon evidence so stated it appears that the case against defendant was materially defective, it must be con sidered that the defendant’s confession is set aside. This decision implies no cen sure on the convicting Magistrates. It is plain tnat the defendant was guilty of an outrage on decency if not of an indictable misdemeanor. Whateve may be the law it is certain that civilisation itself is in danger in any community in which such conduct, is allowed to go unpunished or can find public apologists. . Conviction quashed.” Holloway’s Ointment and Pills. — Outward Infirmities.—Before the discovery of these remedies many case of sores, ulcers, &c., were pronounced to be hopelessly incurable, because the treatment pursued tended to de stroy the strength it was incompetent to preserve, and to exasperate the symptoms it was inadequate to remove. Holloway’s Pills exert the most wholesome powers over the un healthy flesh or skin, without debarring the patient from fresh air and exercise, and thus the constitutional vigor is husbanded while the most malignant ulcers, abscesses, and skin diseases are in process of cure. Both Oint ment and Pills make the blood richer and pmer, instead of permitting it to fall into that poor and watery stale so fatal to many aboring under chronic ulcerations —[Advt.]

MURDER AT KAIKOURA.

At 12.15 p. m. on Friday, Ratima Jacob, a native, brutally murdered his wife at the Maingamanu pah, Kaikoura, stabbing her repeatedly in the neck and breast and killing her almost immediately. It appears that he arrived home from Wai papa just previous, and deliberately sharpened the weapon with which he committed the deed. Constable Smart promptly arrested the murderer, who was brought to Kaikoura and lodged in the lock-up a few hours afterwards. Later news states that this was one of the most cold-blooded and deliberate mur ders imaginable, jealousy being the cause. The brother of the murderer, it is alleged, had intimacy with the deceased a few days previous to the committal of the deed, and also on previous occasions. The mur derer Ratima, arrived from Waipapa, eight miles from Maingamanu, about mid day yesterday, and at once ground and sharpened a large sheath-knife. He had made all arrangements for effecting his escape after despatching his wife, knowing that nearly all the Maoris residing at Paho were engaged cutting grass some miles distant. Ratima, after trying in vain to induce his wife to enter the dwelling, seized her, and after a struggle, during which he made several ineffectual attempts to stab her, at length succeeded in doing so, the knife (a butcher’s large knife) passing right through her neck from side to side, cutting through the jugular vein and wind-pipe. The mur derer is now very unconcerned, and says he knows that he will be hanged. The Maoris of the pah would have lynched him had they not been dissuaded by the native teacher, Mr Danaher. At the inquest on the body of the murdered woman, a verdict was returned of “Wilful murder” against Ratima Jacob, the husband of the deceased. [by telegraph. J Kaikoura, To-day. The inquest on the body of the native woman, Erana Jacob ,at Maingamanu, on Friday, was concluded on Saturday even ing. The evidence clearly showed that the woman was coolly and deliberately mur dered by her husband, Ratima Jacob. As showing the premeditated nature of crime, it may be stated that he went to his wife to get the setting-stone and oil with which to sharpen the knife. Nothing direct was proved as to the improper intimacy between the deceased and her brother-in-law, but that such existed and was the cause of the crime is beyond doubt. The jury found that the deceased had met her death at the hands of Ratima Jacob.

THE EHRENFRIED - GUDGEON CASE.

At the Auckland Supreme Court on Saturday, in the case against W. Gudgeon for alleged attempted rape, Mrs Ehren fried. under cross-examination by Mr Hesketh, said: —I have not asked anyone to say that they never saw Gudgeon in our house while Ehrenfried was in Auckland. I never asked anyone to say as a favor that they never saw me done with Gud geon. I never asked that of Berta Davis. I have never written to Berta Davis ask ing her to say that. I never remember having asked her such a thing. Most likely I have written to Berta Davis since the assault. I have always corresponded with her. I certainly have written to her, but I did not say to her that she was to say she never saw me alone with Gudgeon. 1 do not remember if 1 have written. I suppose I would know my own hand writing. (Letters handed to witness.) I suppose this is my handwriting. I looks like my writing. I think it is. I have a doubt about it. If I wrote it I wrote be cause I knew what a fearful talker she is. —The letter, which boro no da e, ran as fo'lows : —“ Private. Dear, dear Berta— Have you heard the dreadful news ? On Thursday evening my Louis was out for a short time, aud there was a knock at the door and in walked Gudgeon. He told me his wife was in town, and then tried to assault me. I screamed for help, and in rushed Louis and Styack. Of course Louis had him arrested. I think he could not do otherwise. She (Mrs Gud geon) called the other day for the first time, but I was out, and I have only met him once in the street since you left. I think it is spite, Now, dear Berta, I am going to ask a great favor of you. If any one, it don’t matter who, asks you if he and I were ever alone of an evening, say ‘ No.’ You can easily say you wore always with me, and oh, Berta, I will never forget you. Say, if we went out of an evening you were always with me, anld when we came homo you sat with me. you need not own that he caraeibto the bouse at all of an evening. I am writing in great haste. Burn this directly you have read it, like a dear. Of course Louis does not know that I am writing to you, so keep it private and ‘burn,’ and oh, poor old Louis he is in such a state. I think it may upset mo. He is too good, and does not know how to do enough for me. He is so kind and thoughtful. I pity him. Be sure and burn this. Don’t let anyone know what I have written to you. If asked say you never left me when Louis was away. Good-bye. Thank you for all your kind ness.” —Witness continued ; I know she is not very particular what she says. If I knew she was a liar, I might have written to her not to say things, because I have heard her say very peculiar things about other people. She wrote to me asking me if she should coma down. She said

she had been questioned by his people, and that she had been asked all sorts of thfngs. She wrote to me before I wrote to her. She said, “ Whatever you write to me put ‘ burn ’ on it, and it shall be destroyed.” I, knowing what a “ talker ” she was, told her to say nothing She was told to say nothing. She said she had been asked questions as to whethershe had ever seonj me and Gudgeon alone. I told her to say nothing. She said she had been asked this particular question. That is not the whole of the letter. You have not got the beginning of the letter.--Mr Hesketh applied that the whole of the letter should be put in.—Mr Tyler : We have no more.—His Honor ; It looks very like a lady’s postscript. It has no data to it. These two sheets are of differ ent kinds of paper and the sense does not follow clearly from one side to the other. —Mr Hesketh ; I apprehend what is in evidence tr.u t remain in.—Witness con tinued • She said “anything you write to me I will burn.” I was to do the same with her letters. Unfortunately I did so. I knew she was riot truthful. lam sure that is not the whole of the letter. I am not in the habit of writing a letter on two different sorts of paper, and I do not write letters without dates. The last word on one page is “ may” and the first word on the next is “ upset.” Ido not know that it is “ may upset me.” I can not say that I made that request, knowing there were certain proceedings to be taken. I have written several times to her. Ido not know why I asked her to burn all my letters. I did not write to her, because she knew about Gudgeon being with me at night. (Another letter was produced.) This is my handwriting, I believe. [The second letter was as follows :—Thames, 2nd of January, 1833. My dear Berta,— lam just writing a few lines. I feel very anxious about letters I have written you, in case you have shown them to anyone. Oh, my dear girl, be sure and ‘burn’ them. Do not let anyone read them. Burn them all, this one also. lam rather busy getting some little things made. Please goodness, if all goes well, next time you come down you will have rather a different occupation. My old Louis is delighted. He only feels rather anxious. He thinks more about it than I do. Now, my dear Berta, if you have not burnt all my letters, do so at once. I hope you do not let them lie about or tell anyone their contents. Burn this also. With love, your ever grateful cousin, Lizzie D. Ehreneried. ”] —Witness continued: I did not ask from her any particular favors. 1 have never written a letter to Gudgeon. I never remember to have written at any time. It was very unlikely I should have written to him. I don’t remember having written to him while he was get ting the house. 1 do not remember sending a letter to him by Miss Davis.— Other witnesses having been examined Mr Hesketh c died for the defence, Berta Davis, who deposed : I was staying at Mrs Ehrenfried’s house at the Thames in the months of June, July and August last year. I know the prisoner Gudgeon, but I did not know him before that time. I met him often while I was at the Thames, at Mrs Ehrenfried’s house and in the street, also at dances. He used to come home with us from Mrs Gudgeon’s with Mrs Ehrenfried and myself. I remember one night Gudgeon coming home with us from his house when Ehrenfried was in Auckland. I remember going into the parlor, which was in darkness, and seeing two figures on the sofa. I recognised Mrs Ehrenfried. She called out, “Oh Berta !” The other figure was that of a man. Some time previously she had left me in the breakfast-room in order that she might see Gudgeon out of doors. After leav ing the parlor I went back to the breakfast-room, where Mrs Ehrenfried joined me ten minutes or a quarter of an hour afterwards. I noticed that her hair was disarranged. I saw nothing more of Gudgeon that night. Two or three other times I had wished Mr Gud geon “good night” in the breakfast room, Mrs Ehrenfried going to the front door to say “ good night ”to him. She generally returned in about ten minutes afterwards. This kind of thing occurred pretty often during the time I was down, but only once when Ehrenfried was in Auckland. I have been in Gudgeon’s house when he was fitting it up before his wife came from Auckland. It was to take a letter from Mrs Ehrenfried. I was at Mrs Ehrenfriod’s once upon the verandah with her whan Gudgeon passed. I remem ber calling him over. Ido not know why. He came to the side fence, anJ Mrs Ehrenfried went and spoke to him. I re ceived some letters from Mrs Ehrenfried, and also a subpoena to produce them. I delivered some letters up. I had soma others, but they are destroyed. The two sheets handed in are the same letters.— i'o Mr Tyler : I remember receiving this letter. I see it is on different paper, and written apparently with different pansand ink. I kept this letter in order to show, if I had to come to Court, that I was tell ing the truth. I received it on a Tuesday, a week or a fortnight before I went down to the Thames to attend the Court there. I am sure of this. I went down on a Friday night, having received the sub pcena the same day, and I gave evidence the next day. The fact of Mrs Ehron fried writing me such a letter made me think that I would have to go to Court. It was not written in answer to one from me. I was not interviewed upon the matter byjeither old or young, by Gudgeon or by anyone connected with the case. I don’t know why they subpoenaed me to go to the Thames. No one knew what evidence I could give, and I do not know how Mr Hesketh came to ask me such questions as he has. He did see me, however, about evidence that I was to give. That was last Wednesday, at Mrs Richmond’s. I gave these letters up to him. I had not told my father or mother about them, because they were private. Mrs Ehrenfried is my cousin. I told Alfred Jones that I had a letter. He is clerk at Inglia’. He does not stand in any particular relation ship to me. He was talking to the one day about the matter, and I told him I had letters. lam not so intimate with Jones as I was with Horne at the Thames. Ehrenfried did not send me home on account of ray carrying on with Horne. Ho wanted me to stop. I was on intimate terms with Horne. I was not acting the spy on Mrs Ehrenfried. When I said at the Tb ones f iat I received private letters recently, 1 was so confused that I did not knowwhatlwassaying. lam confused now. I remember saying to you in Mrs Nathan’s carriage that I was not going to say any more in this Court than I had at the Thames. That was a lie. I don’t know why I told it.—To His Honor : The two slips of note paper are one letter, but they are not all of it. They form only the postcript. —Mr Hesketh then addressed the Court for the defence, and the Crown Pro secutor having replied, the jury were out one hour, and returned a verdict of “ Not Guilty. ” The mass of the people in the body of the Court cheered and hurrahed. The police at once shut the doors of the Court, and the Sheriff, Mayor Green, got down off the Bench and ran into the body of the hall, but none of the offenders were identified. A large number of names were taken down by the police. The Judge said it was the most discreditable exhibition he had ever seen in a Court of Justice, and he would be glad if the offenders could be identified.

CRICKET.

ENGLAND v. AUSTRALIA, [reuter’s telegrams—copyright. ] Sydney, Saturday. The International cricket match waa

resumed to-day. The rain fell during th night and for several hours in the morn ing, and the ground was consequently no in good order. It had been arranged tba a fresh wicket, should used for each, an when the Australians commenced batting yesterday evening they did so on a new pitch, but this was very heavy when fhey resumed to-day owing to rain which bald fallen. Notwitstanding the bad state of the weather, there was a large attendance of spectators. Giffen not out for 6 and Bannerman not out for 1 resumed their places at the wickets, and soon commenced to score rapidly, although the bowling of the Englishmen was very good. At the luncheon adjournment the score stood at 72 without the loss of a wicket —Banner- man 28, Giffen 40. Soon after the play was continued, and when Giffen had added one to his score he was. stumped. The weather had been showery all day, but by this time heavy rain was falling, and play was suspended, The downpour Continued for two hours, and the wicket was thoroughly saturated. On play being resumed Murdoch joined Bannerman, and they remained at the wickets- uritil time was called, when the score stood as follows: AUSTRALIANS. Ist Innings. Giffen, stumped ... ... 41 Bannerman, not out ' ... 68 Murdoch, not out ... ... 17 Extras 7 Total for 1 wicket ... 133

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[REUTER’S TELEGRAMS—COPYRIGHT.]] Colonial Federation. London, Jan 26. Sir Alexander Galt, High Comtms sioner for Canada, delivered a lecture in Edinburgh last night, the subject being “ Colonial Federation.” He pointed out that the colonies are a growing power, and may become dis contented with the present regime. He strongly advocated Imperial federation under a system adopted in Germany. Monetary and Commercial. Consols remain at land securities are without quotable change. Colonial breadstuff's continue firm; Adelaide flour, ex store, has ad vanced is, and is now at 34s 6d ; Ade laide wheat remains at 50s 6d, explore, and New Zealand at 44s 6d to 48s, according to quality. The total quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,250,000 quarters, or 30,000 less than last week. Australian tallow is firm, and has advanced 6d per cwt.-j best beef, 445; best mutton, 46s 6d. (Received Jan. 29, 12.30 p.m.) London, Jan. 27. - Consols are quoted at a de cline of New Zealand 1904 loan is quoted at 103%, an ad vance of Li. Colonial breadstuff's and -tallow are Arm at last quotations. Sydney sun-dried copra has declined .5s per ton, and is now at Ll 9 10s. Best sides of Australian leather are at per lb, England and Egypt. Intelligence to hand from the Conti nent shows that Earl Granville’s pro posal for the settlement of affairs in Egypt has been received with the Austrian, German, Italian, and Russian Courts. The Dublin Assassins. Two men have been arrested in Dublin on a charge of assassinating Mr Field, the juryman in Hynd’s case, in November last. A witness of the out rage has identified two of the assailants. The case has been adjourned for a week. The Frozen Meat Trade. The refrigerating chambers of the steamship Garonne were opened to-day, and the cargo of frozen meat proved to be in excellent condition. The Bonapartists. Paris, Jau, 27.. v > A compromise has been effected be tween the Government and the Com mittee appointed by the Chamber of Deputies to consider the question of the expulsion from France of the mem bers of the Dynastic families. A clause of the Bill providing for cashiering of Princes of Imperialist and Royalist families from the army has been adopted, and it has been agreed that the exercise of public functions by them shall be interdicted, the question of their expulsion being left to the discre tion of the Government. __ Admiral Jaureguibery has, however, resigned hiis seat in the Cabinet. The debate, cm the Bill takes place on Monday. [Received Jan. 29,12.50 p.m.] Resignation of the French Ministry. Paris, Jan. 28. The Premier and General Billet, Minister of War, have refused to agree to the compromise proposed in con nection with dealing with the Bona partist question, and a split has oc curred in the Cabinet. M. Duclerc has consequently tendered the resigna tion of himself and colleagues to Presi dent Grdvy. South African Politics- Capetown, Jan. 26. The Legislative Council has passed a resolution approving of the with drawal by the Cape Government from the administration of affairs in Basuto? land.

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[REUTER’S TELEGRAMS —COPYRIGHT.] Shipping. Melbourne, Saturday; Sailed, this evening—Tarawera, for the Bluff. [Received Jan. 29, 12 50 p.m.] The Dunedin Municipal Frauds. Melbourne, To-day. Mr Gibson, town clerk of Dunedin, has arrived, and is enquiring into the alleged frauds in connection with the Municipal bonds. So far as is known, there is no reason to believe that fur ther frauds have been committed be yond those already brought to light. A Gold Mine Flooded. Intelligence has been received that the Wangilogong gold mine is flooded. The men who were at work at the time of the influx succeeded in escaping, and no loss of life has occurred. Adelaide, Saturday.-. Arrived, this morning—Messageries Maritime Company’s steamship Cale donian, from Marseilles. [Received Jan. 29, 12.30 p.m.] Sydney, To-day. Arrived, yesterday morning—Roto- mahana, from Auckland. Inscribed Stock Bill. A Bill providing for the issue of in scribed stock has passed the Legislative Assembly. The Weather. Very heavy rain fell here during the whole of yesterday.

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