SHIPPING.

?ORT OP LYTTELTON.

Arrived. Testbed at. Hannah Barratt, schooner, from Fox ion. Recamia, ketch, from Timaru. p Grafton, a, s., from Wellington. To-day. Soukar, ship, from London (92 days), with 46 passenger'e, a’i well. Airlie, from Mauritius. Sailed. Yesterday. Grafton, s.s., for Timaru and Oamaru. Rio Loge, brig, for Oamaru. Pelican; brigantine, for Picton. | Edwin Bassett, barque, for Newcastle. ' Sarah Pile, brigantine, for Greymouth. Olio, schooner, for Waitapu, Lady Agnes, barque, for Newcastle.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

Auckland, Yesterday. Sailed Ringarooma, for Southern porta. Wellington, Yesterday. Arrived —Arawata, from Melbourne, via the South; Go-Ahead, from East Coast; Manawatu, from Westport; Hau raki, from Opunake and Waitara. Sailed—Wanaka, for North ; Arawata, for Auckland via East Coast. Dunedin, Yesterday. Arrived—Hawea, from the North ; Mahinapua, from the West Coast. aSL -Sailed—Splendid, on a whaling cruise; Automane, barque, for Nelson ; Pax, for Oamaru. Bluff, Yesterday. Sailed —Wairarapa, for Melbourne.

MAIL NOTICES.

UTaila close at the Ashburton Post Office as follows: —

For Christchurch and North at 6 a.m. 10.30 a.m., and 6 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 4km., and 430 p.m., daily. - 1 For Greenstreet, on Tuesdays and Fri ]■ days, at 10.30 a.m. For Vlount Somers, on Tuesdays and T 'Saturdays, at 6 a,m. and 4.30 p.m. For Mayfield, bn Tuesdays and Satur days, at 6 a.m. For Ashton, Waterton and Longbeach, »t 4.30 p.m. daily. For Elemington, on Mondays, Wednes days, and Fridays, at 4.30 p. in. ;For Wakanui, Elgin, Seaview, Seafield, and Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 8.30 a-m. For Newlands, on Tuesdays and Fri days at 10.30 a. m.

MftiTu arrive at the Ashburton Post Office— . From Christchurch anti Rakaia at 10.15 «.m., 4.35 p.m., and 7.20 p.m. j From Chertaey, &c. at 10.15 a.m. and 4.35 p.m. daily. From Dunedin and intermediate places at 6.30 p.m. daily, t v From Temuka and Timaru at 10.40 a.m. 6.30 and 8 p.m. daily. From Greenstreet, Tuesdays and Fri days, at 3 p.m. -■' From Mount Somers, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, at 10.5 a. m. and 8.16 p. m. ss -From Mayfield, on Tuesdays and Satur 'days, at 10.5 a.m. i From Ashton, Waterton, and Long beach at 10 a.m. daily. ; From Fleming ton on Tuesdays, Thurs days, and Saturdays, at 10 a. m. From Elgin, Wakanui, Seafield, and ' Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, And Sat :" urdays, at 4 p.m. ■ From Newlands, on Tuesdays and Fn *'• days, at 9.30 a. m.

DAILY MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES Tuesday, January 16. JR. Wilkin and Co., at the New Zealand Wool Stores—Wool; 11 a,m. „ ..„.j liaison, Cox and Co., at the Ashburton Yards—Stock. Saturday, January 20.

Matson, Cox, and Co., atJtheir Bazaar- Horses, Cows, Pigs, Poultry, Sundries, &o.; 11; 30 a.m. At 'i. Bullock, at the Bazaar—Horses, 1 p.m. Mr W. F. Allen, at his rooms, Burnett street—Horses, Pigs, Poult) General Produce, d’C.; 11.30 a.m. Ur Alfred Harrison, at the yards — Horses, Pigs, Produce, &c. ; 12 noon. - Tuesday, January 23. Me Alfred Harrison, at Saunders’ Budd ings—Photographer’s Plant; 2 p.m.

MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS, &o Monday, January 15. Lecture by Archibald Forbes Town Hall, 8 p.m.

Fbiday, Janttabt 19. MaccaWa Entertainment—Town Hall, 8 p.m

Friday, January 26.

Somerset Lodge, Monthly Meeting, in the Masonic Hall, Tancred street, 7.30. Saturday, February 3.

Wakanui Road Board—Monthly Meeting, Hoad Board Office, Moore street Monday, February, 12.

County Council, at the County Council Chambers, at 11 o'clock.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prevalebit. SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1883 The New Zealand Loan.

When the news came the other day that only little more than a ninth part of the Victorian four million loan had been tendered for, it was natural that fears should be entertained lest our own loan of one million might meet with as little success. This fear, however, has not been realised, as we learnt yesterday that over the amount had been tendered for at a price above the minimum. This is gratifying not only on account of the money which will shortly be put in circulation in the colony, but because it is evidence that capitalists at Home look upon New Zealand securities as safe. And it is worthy of note that this last loan has been secured upon more favorable terms than was the previous one, of 000,000, which was issued at 1 os. When the Government an nounced last session that it was their intention to borrow more money for the purpose of carrying out public works and to increase immigration, a cry was raised against the policy, and it was stated by not a few that Eng land would be found unwilling to ad vance so readily as she had been in former years. No reasonable person who has given the slightest thought to the subject could doubt that New Zea land could obtain whatever money she required, so long as she was able to give ample security. The only question is whether she is justified in borrowing, and this question has been answered in a thoroughly satisfactory manner by Sir Francis Dillon Bell in an admirable paper on the public debt of Australasia, read before the Colonial Institute in November last. Eighty-six millions seems an enormous sum of money for colonies which fifty years ago were little more than a geographical expres sion to owe, but our Agent-General pointed out that while the debt has in creased, so has the revenue. In fact, we have been borrowing money at four and five per cent and our annual production has increased thirty-three per cent. When the question is asked, could we have developed our resources had it not been for outside capital? the answer is, emphatically, no. So long as we take care that the money accruing from loans is expended upon reproductive works, we need not fear to borrow any amount that England is willing to lend us, and we may be sure that while we can give her as good security as we can now she will be only too glad to find so excellent an invest ment for her spare capital. Sir Dillon Bell shows clearly that our chief hope of progress lies in the increase of our indebtedness, so long, of course, as the money we obtain from outside is spent judiciously. Take for example the last twenty years, during which time, as has been mentioned above, the profit accruing to Australasia from loans

has been at the rate of: tyrenty-eipt or twenty-nine per cent. If at the end of ten years the debt shall have in creased to 250 millions, our profit will be in the same proportion. Then, again, we have the prodigious advan tage over European countries, in being so far isolated from the rest of the world that it is next to impossible for us to be called upon to expend revenue upon what has been such a drain on older countries and has been the great cause of the swelling of national debts —namely, war with foreign nations. All our money can be used for de veloping our natural resources, and how great those resources are it is im possible as yet to estimate, each year bringing forth some hitherto unknown source of income. Sir Dillon Bell has done the colony a service in bringing these facts before the English public and it may be truly said that never has the real position of New Zealand been so clearly enunciated. We are indeed fortunate in possessing such a man for our Agent-General, and we have little doubt that the success of our loan has been in no small measure due to him.

Factory Cheese. —The first instalment of cheese manufactured at the Flamington factory has now been placed on the mar ket, and is now on sale at the establish ments of Messrs Friedlander Bros., Orr and Co., and R. Alcorn. The Weather. —The weather during the past few days has been showery and unsettled, and rumors of the rust having made its appearance in the late sown crops make farmers rather uneasy. We hear that a great deal of the oat prop ho» now been cut, and only fine dry weather is required to secure it in splendid condi tion.

Important to Bankrupts. —An Auckland telegram says:—ln Chambers, Mr Justxe Gillies stated that in cases where debtors conceal any of their creditors’ names by omitting them from the schedule, and obtain their discharge without the omis sion being repaired, the concealed liability holds good, and the creditors may seek to recover when they can. A Complaint. —At a meeting of the Timaru Chamber of Commerce yesterday, Mr Moss Jonas mentioned that very few telegrams concerning New Zealand affairs were published in the Australian papers. During a stay of a fortnight in Melbourne he had only noticed one telegram, and that simply referred to shipping. It is of course natural that visitors from this colony to Australia should regret this fact, but it must be remembered that the papers in Melbourne are published for the benefit of the people residing there, and the absence of the news referred to is evidence that our affairs do nor interest them.

German Manufactures in New Zea land. —A German business man in New Zealand writes to a German contemporary to say that on an average each mail brings him a dozen letters from manufacturing countrymen, begging him to secure agents for the sale of their goods. This, how ever, he is rarely able to do, from the fact that most of the houses in the colony are more or less dependent on English traders. “As long as we do not possess a large German firm in New Zealand,” writes the German business man, “ it will be impossible to establish any paying trade relations between Germany and New Zealand.” No doubt German enter prise will soon supply this want. Railway Tariff. —A meeting of mer chants was held at Oamaru yesterday, to consider the railway tariff. Af'er discus sing the tariff from a variety of stand points, it was resolved that a copy of the c mparative tables that had been com piled by Messrs Aitken and Evans, to gether with a report from the chairman, be forwarded to the Chambers of Com merce at Invercargill and Timaru, and .that those bodies be asked to co-operate with Oamaru in endeavoring to secure a rectification of the inconsistencies and in justices of the railway tariff, and to make any suggestions in regard to the subject which they might deem desirable, v.ith a view to taking united and prompt action.

The roRBEs Lectures. — There has been an unvarying aeries of overflowing bouses daring the week in Christchurch to hear the valiant soldier and dis tinguished journalist who is to lecture in Ashburton next Monday and Tuesday. The public, in fact, find his lectures the most fascinating of all means of becoming familiar with the battles, sieges, and mili tary events of oar time, and the great actors in them. People not only went in by train from all directions to hear Mr Forbes, but a correspondent states that every evening a large number of carriages and other vehicles stood outside the Odd fe'lows’ Hall, and tramways run to all the suburbs after each lecture.

The Peninsular Election. —Bishop Moran’s meeting last night was very enthusiastic and orderly. He only spoke for half an hour, and principally on the education question. A considerable num ber of questions wore asked. The Bishop declared himself strongly in favor of a Land t°x, and would make land bear the greater proportion of the burdens of the State. A vote of confidence was carried. The Tablet (Roman Catholic organ) says : -—“ As some people entertain a doubt whether Bishop Moran is in earnest, we are authorised to say that if the electors of the Peninsula will do him the honor of returning him to Parliament he will be found in his place there, and that ho will there and elsewhere devote- his best energies to promote their interests.” The Trades and Labor Council will support Mr Lonnelly for the Peninsular election, and anew candidate has come foaward in the person of Mr James Wells.

Sir Julios Vogel’s Farewell. —The following is the peroration of Sir Julius Vogel’s speech at the Invercargill banquet on Thursday night. It had been origin ally his intention to write to the news papers a letter of farewell expressing his gratitude for the princely manner in which he had been received during his short vist. He thought it especially kind of them to enable him to do this much more appropriately in words ; not that any words he could utter could do justice to the way in which he had been received, or express his feelings on the subject. Not only had old friends gathered round to greet him, but political opponents, who perhaps had treated him with but scant courtesy at times, had forgotten their old animosities, and had met him with out stretched hands, as though no gulf ha 1 ever existed between them. It might be that these would be his last words uttered in this country, but it was deeply gratify ing to him to know that he bora with him the good wishes r.f the people. Life was uncertain with the young, and how much more so with one of his age, and who had but recently gone through a severe illness. But it was pleasing to him to know that should it not be his destiny again to visit these shores, the possibility existed that his sons in future might do so, and that they would then hear their father’s name mentioned with respect and esteem, whilst it was doubly pleasing to anticipate tha‘‘ should ho ever visit them again they would welcome his coming amongst them. In conclusion, he desired again to express his deep sense of gratitude for their kind ness towards him. He knew the winged pen of the press and the lightning of the telegraph would convey to all parts of the colony such as were worthy of these his farewell words. 1

A Warning. —ln another column will fre/ound an announcement by Mr Baxter, 'the County Engineer, relative to water races on the Ashburton and Ralraia plains. The Frozen Meat Trade.— The ship Dunedin sails from Port Chalmers to-day for London. She takes 8,271 carcasesi of mutton, almost the whole of which are shipped by the New Zealand and Austra lian Land Company, principally from their Pareora and Totara estates. -The San Francis o correspondent of the Otago Daily Times tlynks it quite probable that the frozen meat trade from New Zealand may be extended to that country. A Mistake and its Consequences.— The following extract is from a Cairo paper :—“ The Bedouins were greatly puzzled by the garb of the Highlanders, who, they came to the conclusion, were not soldiers, but the wives of the soldiers. Distance of course encouraged this delu sion, as bare legs were obviously more discernible than the men’s faces, covered as they were with veils. The Bedouins noticed that the soldiers’ women camped by themselves, and they resolved to go down and spoil the infidel soldiers of their wives ; and a body of them actually went, with a result which must have added to the wonderment of both, for the British harem turned out with rifle and bayonet, and very speedily thirty or forty of the amorous Bedouins bit the dust. After this episode the soldiers’ wives were not again attacked by Arab sheikhs who wanted to replenish their harems with English moonfaces. ”

A Nuisance.— The Timaru Herald calls attention to the fact that men, pretending to be harvest hands, are causing much annoyance to residents in the district by their behavior. The following is given as an example : —We heard the other day of an uncommonly cool case. A man called at a comfortiiJ" Timaru, and on the door being opened by the lady of the house, who happened to be expecting a visit from some neighbors, walked into the drawing-room, and sat down in an easy chair. After some par ley, he induced the terrified lady to “ lend ” him LI. He then helped himself to a stiff glass from a tray which was handy, and was proceeding to light his pipe when a man on the place put in an appearance. The free-and-easy one in stantly made himself scarce and has not since been heard of. But there are more of his faternity about, and the sooner they are brought to their bearings the better.

Our New Governor. —According to the following paragraph, taken from the London letter of the Christchurch Tele graph, the Home papers do not seem to have a very high opinion of our new Go vernor :—“ It is to be hoped you folks in New Zealand are satisfied with the action of the Colonial office in selecting Sir Wil liam Jervois ‘of all people ’ to fill the vice-regal throre at Wellington. No one here seems to think much of the appoint ment. The wealthier classes of Anglo colonials pine for some aristocrat with special social prestige, such as the Duke of Buckingham, who is said to have cast sheep’s eyes recently at the Australians. Others thought of a young and compara tively inexnerienced diplomat, or picked out that favorite of fortune, Lord Gifford, Y.C., as the man. Sir George Bowen is known to have asked to be allowed to finish the term of his service, as Colonial-Governor at Wellington, and the names of several other erstwhile Aus tralian viceroys have been mentioned for the post. The wildest imagination, how ever, never dreamt of Sir Wm. Jervois in connection with New Zealand. He was appointed to Adelaide in order that he might superintend for some time some principal Australian forts, and this done the reason for his existence as Viceroy seemed to have vanished. Hear ■what the leading Liberal organ of public opinion in London says of the appoint ment ‘ Why General Jervois should be selected for one of the most difficult and delicate posts in the whole colonial ser vice it is not easy to understand. He is an able engineer and a gallant officer, neither more nor less ; but it is a statesman that is required for New Zealand. Without grudging honors or rewards to meritorious soldiers, one may be permitted to regret that they are so frequently rewarded at the expense of the Civil Services. The best of staff officers do not necessarily make good colonial Governors, nor the best of Admirals a Minister plenipotenti ary, though Lord Malmesbury thought otherwise, and Lord Kimberley appears to be of the same opinion as Lord Malmes bury.’ The Standard and other notable papers have paragraphs to the same effect, but if New Zealand herself is satisfied no one else has a right to grumble.”

Holloway’s Ointment and Pills.— Though it is impossible, in this climate of changing temperature, to prevent ill-health altogether, yet its form and frequency may be much mitigated by the early adoption of remedial measures. When hoarseness, cough, thick breathing, and the attending slight fever indicate irritation of the throat and chest, Holloway’s Ointment should be rubbed upon these parts without delay, and his Pills taken in appropriate doses, to promote its curative action. No catarrhs or sore throats can resist these remedies. Printed directions envelope every package of Holloways medicaments which are suited to ail ages and conditions and to every ordinary disease to which humanity is liable.—Advt.

JOTTINGS FROM A TRAVELLER’S JOURNAL.

XT. —[Concluded.]

An Interview with Henry Ward Beecher.

I am not going to describe Ne w York ; so many books are extant giving full de scriptions of it and its various institu tions that I take it for granted your readers can dispense with any remarks from me. But perhaps they may be in terested if I relate a little incident of per sonal experience, a; it refers to a man of world-wide notoriety—the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. It was on Saturday I arrived at New York, and I anticipated hearing the c lobratod preacher at Brook lyn on the followin ; day But on enquir ing I found that lie was enjoying his vaca tion at Peek’s hill. A gentiema i belong ing to Mr Beecher’s church, to whom I had a letter of introduction, gave me this information, at the same time urging me to go and see Mr Beecher at his home, offering to give me a letter, and assuring me that self and wife would be sure to meet with a co dial welcome. I deter mined to follow his advice, as it was my only chance of seeing Mr Beecher. Ac cordingly we took train for Peek’s Hi)'. A cab from the station conveyed ua to Mr Beecher’s demesne—it may be truly so called—a lovely spot about two miles from the bank of the Hudson river. Na ture has done much, and Art has added many details to make the residence an earthly Paradise. We were met at the door by an elderly lady of noble features and commanding mien, whom I instinc tively concluded to be Mrs Beecher. I presented my credentials and enquired if Mr Beecher was at home. “ No, he is not,” said the lady, in polite but freezing tones ; and with forbidding manner she added, “ I don’t know where he is ; he may be somewhere about the grounds, or he may have gone into the city ; you can wait if you please, but I cannot tell when ho will return—it may bo soon or some hours hence. You had better not dismiss your carriage as one of our horses is lame, and we could not send you to the depot.” All this occurred on the veran dah. She had not asked us to enter the house. I interpreted the words and man ner to mean that she did not wish us to stay, and that we had better be off, and was about to retire, when the cabman, who had been listening to the colloquy,

suddenly exclaimed, “ Here’s Mr Beecher 1” Lucking in the direction in dicated, I saw emerging from a clump of trees, a manly form, approaching the aldermanic. Rapidly advancing towards the verandah, he doffed a drab felt wide awake, much the worse for wear, disclos ing a brow broad and massive like the front of a temple, while the breeze played with the long locks of light brown hair which descended from the back of his head to his shoulders. He fixed a pene trating glance upon me, as much as to say, “Who are you?” “Oh! Henry,” said the lady, “ here’s a gentleman who wishes to s?e you ; he has brought a letter from Mr S ," and thereupon she handed the credentials I had given her to her husband, and retired into the house. “ Pray be seated,” said Mr Beecher* pointing t > the verandah chairs as ho took the card and letter. Fie had not read many lines before he exclaimed, “ Excuse me one moment,” and followed Mrs Beecher into the house. What occurred between them I cannot say. But pre sently he} returned leading her by the hand, and formally introduced her as Mrs Beecher. “ You’ll stay and take tea with us,” said he, “You may dismiss your vehicle, I will send you to the depot by and bye ” I thanked him, but said I had bean given to understand that it would not be convenient for him to do so, as one of his horses was lame. “Pooh!” said he, “I am the best judge of what is con venient for me to do.” Then, turning to the cabman, whom he seemed to know, he jocularly said, “ Harry, don’t you think I have a pair of horses as good as yours : couldn’t I beat you on a pinch?” “ I guess you could, sir,” replied the man with a grin on his countenance while touching his hat. Finding that Mr Beecher really wished us to stay I dismissed the cab, and accom panied him into.„tlifi_hxuiao — “snout the interior denoted a combination of comfort and taste. The furniture of the rooms I saw might be termed elegant, and the decorations and general arrange ment evinced the rare talent of harmoni ous grouping. Mr Beec er’a manner was cordial and urbane. Personally, he is like the photos ordinarily to be seen, but they hardly do him justice. The expres sion of his face is more intellectual and less animal than the pictures represent it. Like most persons of his age he is becom ing corpulent, though not to the extent of carrying all before him. After tea we sat and chatted on a variety of topics. There was nothing like an assumption of superiority in Mr Beecher’s manner: he was affable, but at the same time some what reticent. I had to draw him out. The affairs of Egypt, then occupying public attention, were referred to. I ex pressed a fear that complications might arise that would lead to a European-war. “No,” said Mr Beecher, “I think not. So long as Bismarck approves generally of the policy and procedure of England there will be no general war. Russia has been too much exhausted by her late war with Turkey, and has too much on her hands at home to engage in a foreign war. ” Referring to the Nihilists he said, “They are right in principle, but wrong in practice. They are entitled to the free dom they crave, but they know not how to achieve it. They are adopting devilish moans to accomplish a divine end.” Alluding in the course of our discursive chat to his visis to England during the war between the Northern and Southern States, I asked if he remembered saying in one of his public addresses, as reported at the time, “ When I am at home I am not afraid to move about; I have plenty of room f but here, if I go out after dark, I feel as if I were in danger of stepping over.” He laughed, and replied, “ I don’t remember. I have said so many foolish things in the course of my life that I don’t wish to remember them.” I turned the conversation to his book, “The Life of Christ,” and expressed a hope that he would be able to finish it. He said, “ There are many who sympathise with you in that matter. lam continually impertioned on the subject. My wife, there,” pointing across the table, “ is at me about it everyday.” “ No, Henry, not every day,” expostulated Mrs Beecher. “Ah, well,” he rejoined, “that’s a figure of speech, by every day, I mean very frequently. However,” he added, “ I am carrying on the work, and hope soon to finish it. I have got as far as the forty days.” In reply to a question of mine he said he did not intend the work to go be yond two volumes. I remarked than he was no doubt familiar with the books Canon Farrar and Dr Geikie had written on the same subject. “ Yes,” he replied, “ of the two I like Geikie’s the beat ; but I think both he and Canon Farrar treat more of the external features of Christ’s life, and the historical associations of it, than of His internal life and experiences. It is my aim to give prominence to the latter.” Just before leaving I ventured to allude to the great trial he had endured, and the wide-spread sympathy that had been felt for him in other lands. “ Ah,” he interrupted quickly, in a manner be traying some impatience, “ all that has passed away like a summer’s cloud.” On the whole 1 much enjoyed the interview. The foregoing scraps are but fragmentary reminiscences of a very pleasant time spent with this remarkable man. While he was absent from the room giving orders about the buggy to convey us back to the station,- or depot (as the Americans’ call it), Mrs Beecher came and sat down by me and said, “I’m afraid you thought me very brusque and discourteous when you arrived, and that I must have given you a bad im pression of our hospitality. But the fact is, sir, so many strangers call here, want ing to see Mr Beecher—most of them on begging errands —and he is so easily im posed on, and apt to be so lavish and in considerate in his charities, that I am obliged to be very careful whom I admit,” I hastened to assure her that I entertained no such feeling, that I was deeply sensible of the kind reception I had met with, and that I should carry away only pleasurable recollections of my visit to Peek’s Hill. A trait of Mr Beecher’s humor peeped out, as I was leaving. The buggy drawn by a pair of splendid ponies was at the door. We had shaken hands, my wife was already seated, and I attempted to mount, but the horses swerved at the moment, and I failed. On making a second attempt, Mr Beecher aided mo by a shove behind, saying, “ You’ve more solid theology than I gave you credit for,” and with a smile, and friendly wave of the hand as a parting salutation, he gave the signal to the driver and we were off. Viator.

SPORTING.

WANGANUI J.C. AUTUMN MEETING.

The following are the weights for the two principal events at the above races : Wanganui Jockkv Club Cub.—Nata tor, 9st 3lb ; Buudoora, Bst 111 b ; Wel come Jack, Bst 71b ; Turquo se, Bst 51b ; Mischief, Bst 41b ; Piscatorious, Bst ; Fitz-Hercules, Sat , King Quail, Bst ; Libeller, Sat ; Hailstorm, Bst ; Poet, 7st 121 b ; Nonsense, 7st 121 b ; Tally-ho, 7st lllb; Merlin, 7st 101 b; St. Clair, 7st 101 b; King Craig, 7st 81b ; Painter, 7st Sib ; Fishwoman, 7st 81b ; Banshee, 7st 71b ; Alaric, 7«t 71b ; Dan, 7st 71b ; Wilber force, 7st 61b ; Leonora, 7st Gib ; Sin cerity, 7at 61b ; Leonata, 6st 121 b ; Orphan, GSt 121 b ; Raogipo, Gat 101 b ; Ar mourer, 6st 101 b; Amnesty, 6st 101 b ; Last Chance, Gst 101 b ; Parera, 6st 101 b ; Blue Gown, Gst 101 b ; Rewi, Gst 101 b ; Buzzard, Git 91b ; Constellation, Gst 91b ; Gentle Annie, Gst 71b ; Fame Gat 71b ; Okato, Gst 71b ; Tantivy, Gst 71b. Flying Handicap.— Bund.iora, 9st 21b; Welcome Jack, Sat 121 b ; Turquoise, Bst |

lllb ; Mischief, Sat 10lb ; King Quail, Bst 31b ; Libeller, Sat 31b ; Piscatorious, Sat 31b; Nonsense, Sst 21b ; Fitz-Hercules, Sst 11b ; Leonora, 7st 71b ; Ringleader, 7st 71b ; Dan 7st 61b ; Hinemoa, 7at 61b ; King Craig, 7st 41b ; Fish woman, 7st 41b; Lord of the Hills, 7at 21b ; Rangipo, 7at; Parera, 7st; Gem, 7st; Annuity 6st 12!b; Minerva 6st 10 ; Rewi, GstlOlb ; Tantivy, 6st 91b ; Buzzard. 6st 91b; Scotch 'Mist, 6st 91b ; Constellation, 6st 71b ; Gentle Annie, 6st 71b ; Fame ; 6=t 71b ; Okato, 6st 71b.

TENNYSON’S NEW PLAY.

The principal theatrical event of the past fortnight (writes the London cor respondent of the Dunedin Star ; on the 17th November,) has been the pro duction at the Globe of Tennyson’s pastoral play, “ The Promise of May.” This piece was heralded with a great flourish of trumpets, and the first night’s audience was one of the most repre sentative and distinguished ever gath ered within the walls of a playhdlise. In a stage bok sat Mr Gladstone (who is an ardent admirer of the P.oet Laureate), and royal personages, from the Prince ot Wales downwards, were as plentiful as playbills. After this preamble you may be surprised to hear the drama proved a dismal failure. People listened to the first act toler antly, but grew very impatient as the second dragged wearily along; and in the course of the third the play was un equivocally guyed and damned, “The Promise of May ”.is written in prose of the most long-winded description, arid the plot reminds one of half-a-dozen -mam-out melodramas. Here is the story. Mr Jrttnip- nagaiy-m.!.., r i -y—■■■ sopher, and atheist, wooes Eva Steer, a farmer’s daughter, seduces her and de serts her in the old familiar fashion. Six years later he returns and tries it on upon her sister Dora, who doesn’t re cognise him. She prattles innocently about dear Eva, whom they had sought one morning but never found, her little white bed being unslepl on—her cham ber empty. Fortunately Eva retains just in time to save Dora, and then hides with the white-haired ’ father .of the girls, while the miscreant Philip is seen safely off the premises by Dora’s true-hearted admirer Dobson. A worse constructed stage play I never saw. It is full of long soliloquies and heavy “ talky-talky.” Moreover the senti ments of the hero (or rather villain) Philip are most atrocious. When Eya asks him to make her an honest woman he stands aghast, and calmly bids . her “ look at the birds who pair together for a season and then part.” The qnly bit in the whole farrago of rubbish worth remembering is Doia’s song. It runs thus:— *

The town lay still in the low sunlight, The hen cluck’d late by the white farm gate. The maid to her dairy came in from the cow. The stock-dove coo’ed at the fall of night. J The blossom had open’d on every bought Oh! joy for the promise of May, of Ijlay, Oh ! joy for the promise of May. But a red fire woke in the heart of the town, And a fox from the glen ran away with the hen. And a cat to the cream, and a rat to the cheese, .And the stock-dove coo’ed till a kite dropped down, i And a salt wind burnt the blossoming. Uses. Oh ! grief for the promise of May, of May, Oh ! grief for the promise of May.

THE ARMY IN EGYPT.

Sir Wilfrid Lawson had the doubtful honor of opposing the vote of thanks to the Army and Navy for services dered in Egypt, says the European Mail The House of course, laughed at him, but he had his say, and “the satisfac tion of asserting a principle,” what ever that might have been. He moved the previous question, with the object of explaining that as, in his opinion, our forces did no more than their

duty, they were not entitled to the thanks of Parliament. This ridicnlpus motion the facetious but eccentric ad vocate of temperance pressed to a di vision, when he was beaten by to 17. With the exception of the mjlver and seconder, and Mr Richard‘(ipne who objects to all war on principle), the minority were made up entirely of jthe Irish faction led by Mr Parnell. This is the more remarkable, seeing that of all the troops engaged in the war-the Royal Irish Brigade was singled out by Sir Garnet Wolseley as deserving of special praise and recognition! 'Mr Gladstone’s speech was, perhaps, one of the most elaborate oraortical efforts which the Prime Minister has made of recent years, and well deserved r the high compliment which Sir Stafford Northcote, with good taste and;, in earnest words, so liberally applied to it. Mr Gladstone crushed into his address a whole history, a picture in little ojfthe Egyptian campaign. Some passages in the speech were in the truest sense picturesque. That passage, for example, in which he described the march through the desert between midnight and daybreak towards the lines of Tel el-Kebir, the course of the moving army guided to its aim by the stars, brought the whole scene viyylly before the mind, and almost before the eyes of everyone who listened to the orator. In the end the vote was passed with as near an ap proach to unanimity as could possibly be expected in a House where some men object to all wars of intervention, and other men object to wars, of what ever kind, conducted by an English Government, while in the of course the utmost unanimity prevailed. Lord Granville pronounced a high.and merited eulogium on “ officers- and men, who did their best for Queen- and country.” Nor did he fail to pay a tribute to the memory of those soldiers . and sailors who “ have passed away.” Lord Salisbury joined his. liberal praise to that of the Government, and showed that in appreciation of the martial valor of Englishmen political differences have no place.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, .JANUARY 13, 1883.



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Miss Braddon’s latest farrago of sensa tion, “ The Golden Calf,” is appearing in the Pictorial World, which journal, by the-way, is fast distancing, it is said, the Graphic and Illustrated News. An elderly miss was heard to exclaim, while sitting at her toilet the other day> ‘I can bear adversity, lean encounter hard ship, and withstand the changes of fickle fortune; but O, to live, and droop, and wither, and die like a single pink, I can’t endure it, and what’s more, I won’t!’ Wit under Difficulties—An’ Irregular apprentice, frequently keeping late hours, his master at length took occasion to abply some weighty arguments to convince Joim of the ‘ error of his ways. ’ During .the chastisement he continually exclaimed — ‘ How long will yon serve the d rr— The boy, whimpering, * You know b&st,’ sip; 1 believe my indenture will be out ia three months.’ ‘ *