SHIPPING.

_ PORT OF LYTTELTON. ( ■ : g v? i- ■&, a"’ V; --4 : "— ■. I - Arrived. Saturday. Rciorua, 8.8., from Port Chalmers, ij .'Southern Cross, a.a, from Napier. Ybstbrdat. ■ Clematis, ketch, from Pelorus Sound. > viOliOi schooner, from Waitapu. '' T,Guy, brigantine, from Wanganui. Dunsoore, ship, from London. * V Wanaka, s.a., from Wellington. Wakatu, as., from Kaikoura and .Wel- Sailed. >ii; SATURDAY. s*joO Rotdrila, aa, for Wellington. Yesterday. ■’ WanaJral. ’A'B,, for Dpriedin, SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Auckland, Saturday. Sailed for'. the . friendly lalands; Advance, for Sydney., Toe Westmeath, which is to leave to morrow fdr’iPo’rt Chalmers, takes aeveral immigrants tor the Southern porta. The Mataura, which sailed for London,! has,a cargo valued at L 32,000, of which worth ii» frozen meat, game, and ■ Wellington, Yesterday. q.b t frpm.the South. “ * ' Grbymouth, Saturday.,- i •-Tc’iAzrived-r-Elika Firth; from Dunedin; Bxamineryifirom Lyttelton; Murray, from Nelson. . „ , ,; Timabo, Saturday. * w^^Arnv®d— Auriga, barque, from Auck land. -- '-' J <■ ■■ ■■ j "Sailed—Awaroa and Onward, for Wel ti./ IJingtrirt. l - *•' 1 Burst, Saturday, 'hue « The a A Kangaroo towed the New Zea- Shipping Company’s ship Opawa to. : i; thia morning. The cargo consisted of mi < 6,500 frozen sheep, the balance being wool iuuiijlSd grain. 11

COMMERCIAL.

T.. 7a- ~ ‘ • r - ’-- v,-. r: , AshburtonGuardian Office, - 1 * Monday afternoon. Alfred Harrison reports his weekly sale as lollows—Saturday, May 26th. Horses were rjduU of sale,- and in prices there is nothing par 3t:, ncwlar to, record. Cows found a, good sale, a th6fe being in all 21 entries .nearly all of which were sold at from L4to L 9. Pigs occupied much attention, every pen being sold as .fol lo#i'^Sl!ps, 9s to 16s; stores, 17s to 245. 6d to 475. Fowls, 2s to 2s 6d; Krkeys, tos per pair. Carcase pork, to Sfi^^^trlD^asper.quality; Produce : Potatoes, 60s ; chick wheat, all prices up to 2s ftd per ; oats, as; carrots, 40s per, ton j sharps, tbn ; onions, to lb. Tea, sis. ,1/There was an enormous quantity of fur niture and effects, and a capital attendance, j il; jointed bidding,' and. a good sale for all 3b Bullock reports p£ the. Horse Market z fot the.' week, ending May • 26th —4°; were ,ol yaraSifbr the day’s, safe.... There was ; an. - avenge attendance of farmers and other country settlers; and a, spirited bidding for anything like good useful farm horses, but for light har ness horses, and hacks the demand is not so hriskT‘ Chit 6f’the total number entered, viz., (. job; Edisposed of 22 at the following prices!:— - WHllnmn!!Tfl^Tiln l ;a TiT ios, Ll 9 ids, 100, a 'JL96& &rm horsey of a light description, Ll 3 ’ " 16s to Ll 4; a pair of buggy horses; in low condition, Ll2 15s' the pair; three-year-old colts,, of a light description, L 6 to L 7; aged hoisei^'fidj.MbtoClJj. light harness horses, TB ios toL9; hacks of an.inferior description, sill Lg to IoW condition horses; L 4 lbs to L 6 low as L2JSS. f 1 - m'l v J_ ! . . . .

DAILY MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES Wednesday, May" 30. Mr W. B. Mossy at his Sale Rooms— Fruit and Forest Trees, &c., at noon. ■ iiJr« May 31. ■ -i-CMr T. Bullock, at the Arcade—Trees, Ararat'noon. _ Mr Alfred Harrison, on the Railway Re- A Effects. Friday, Jonh L f Matsop, Cox' and Co., at Waterton ■ — * * iL Farin,Live and Dead Stock ; at 12 noon.. ' il ’Saturday, JhHB 2.. wi-Me-'Alfred .Harrison, at his Yards ■ — Furniture, &c. Ironwork-of 'n -.Combine andElpvator., V? Titomday, Jun*7. : R J Matson, ‘Cox arid Co., at Waterton—Town etc Ejections, Farm, iLive and Dead Stock, 04 j&OcjAtsll o’clock' sharp.: Wilkin an 1 Co,, at .the Tinwald k a: ' S^ Stock, Farm Im •ofcaarubdH i: !ii ' 5 V „ AMUSEMENTS, <fco | , Mo^AY^.M^YjiZS-.. -,1: Borough Council, at Borough Council . . Chambers, at 7. o’clock. \ * Ji tfpper Ashburton Road Board District-! General election of members; polling day 7th day M Junei. > Monday, June A i Ashburton Borough—Annual Licensing meeting for-Borough, June 4th. Long beach Road Board, at noon. ! /1,-;; ,i 'WBDNBBDAY, JUNE 6. indent M a ßi*t r!!^e ' s Court, Ashburton— ■ -/Annual Licensing, meeting for Ashbur c,jlt3n district, June 6th.

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The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prevalebit. MONDAY, MAY 28, 1883. The New Legislative Councillors.

The appointment of Mr J. C. Rich mond to a seat in the Legislative Council will offend a good many friends of the Ministry, and will serve its foes as a ready made weapon of offence. Mr Richmond has no claims upon the colony to entitle him to the honor con ferred upon him, nor are his political abilities so eminent in degree as to render it expedient on the part of the Ministry to stretch a point in order to secure his services in the Legislature. To put the matter into plain English, Mr J. C. Richmond has been made a Legislative Councillor be cause he is a relative of Major Atkinson, and belongs to a family whicli has to be “ provided for.” Mr Richmond, many years ago occu pied a seat in the House of Represen tatives, and was Native Minister for a brief period in troublous times. It cannot, be said that he particularly distinguished himself in that capacity, his chief performance being a couple of excellent water-color drawings of the Maori fortress Ngapara, which now hang on the walls of the Colonial Museum at Wellington. When Mr Fox came into office in 1869, Mr Rich mond went out with .his colleagues, and shortly afterwards left the colony ; nor did we hear anything more of him until two or three years ago, when he re appeared at Nelson. It was assumed at once as a matter of course that his relative in the Cabinet would provide for him, and rumors floated freely about that he was to be given a seat in the Upper House and also in the Cabinet. It is not impossible that these rumors were circulated with a view of testing public feeling, but as the public ex hibited no manifestation of joy at the prospect of Mr Richmond be coming a Minister, the project, if it were ever entertained, was abandoned. Mr Richmond then offered himself as a candidate for one of the Nelson seats in the House of Representatives, but was soundly beaten, and a second attempt to secure a seat at the general election proved equally futile. Nor can we be surprised at these defeats. His opponents, in both cases, were men much inferior in ability to himself, but they at all events held definite and intelligible political opinions ; whereas Mr Richmond, as the fruit of his travels apparently, unrolled a political budget which could only be described as a heterogeneous mixture of extreme Socialistic, opinions, which certainly no English constitu ency in its senses could be expected to swallow off hand. Not that we wish to convey the impression that Mr Richmond is a dangerous charac ter. He was always a doctrinvire in politics—and his recently enunciated views must rather be treated as the views of a dreamy thinker than of an energetic man, who would seek to give them life and power. Hence his Social istic notions neither alarm nor shock us; but we fail to see how Mr Rich mond’s crude and extreme ideas on these subjects are likely to render him a useful member of the Legislative Council, and how they can give hiim a superior claim to a seat in the Council over that of many men in the colony who possess intellectual at tainments quite equal to his own, but of a much more practical character, while their longer residence in New Zealand should have caused the honor to be first offered to thfem. As to Mr Barnicoat, he is a respect able gentleman, against whom nothing is to be said except that his career in Provincial politics does not lead to the hope that he is likely to “ make his mark ” in the Legislative Council, or to be of any particular use there beyond voting ; for the Ministry, and we can only regret that the Government, in these critical days, should not have dis played more wisdom in selecting two gentlemen to occupy seats in the highest branch of the Legislature.

Mr M. W, Green, M.H.8., has been appointed to succeed Mr Gordon Forlong as pastor of the Union street Church, Dunedin.

The railway department have given a gratuity equal to six months’ pay to the widow of the engine-driver Meek, who was killed lately at the Dunedin railway station.

Mr Dodson, licensee of the Port Chalmers Hotel, was summoned for sell ing beer on Sunday, but the case was dis missed, as the man supplied, in his evi dence, said beer was given him for going on a message. The Ne/v Zealand Shipping Company have been cabled the arrival of the British King at Plymouth on May 25th. The refrigerator worked satisfactorily through out the passage, and the meat on board is in good condition. The British Queen commenced loading with frozen meat on Friday for London. Nearly 1,000 carcases of sheep, ranging from 591 b to 881 b in weight, were taken on board. In all 5,600 carcases of sheep and 52 quarters of beef have been frozen ready for shipment. During some excavations which were eing made near the Borough Schools last week some peculiar tunnels were met with, the diameter of which were about two feet, but it was found almost impossible to get at their exact length. They ran in the direction of St Stephen’s Church, and it is surmised that the settling of the belfry is duo to the piles having been placed over or near the tunnel. A Wellington paper says -Sweeney, the Brunswick Bank robber, recently arrested at Sydney, while attempting to make his escape to San Francisco, is, as our cablegrams state, well-known in New Zealand. His criminal career seems to have been a pretty extensive one. Be sides distinguishing himself in Victoria, he appears to have left his traces in various towns iu New Zealand, principally at Christchurch and Wellington. In this pity hg was known as George Adams, alias Geo. Elms, and piany of pur readers will, doubtless, recollect hi*p as having figured in some wholesale robberies here in March, 1879, when, among several places that were visited by him, the drapery establishment of Mr Steele, on Lambton Quay, was entered, and goods of considerable value were stolen. At that time Adams, alias Elms, alias Longmore, alias Palmer, alias Sweeney, had fora “pal” a man named Robinson. For his exploits in Wellington, Adams re ceived a sentence of two years’ hard labor, and on coming out of gaol he favored Canterbury district with his presence. There he was arrested on a charge of bur glary, but managed to escape from cus tody, since which all trace of him seems to have been lost until his apprehension on a charge of robbing a bank. Such a dangerous character is safest in gaol, from a public point of view.

The entire change of ,programm#at the Town Hall on Saturday evening '.did not induce a hrge attendance, the front seats being very sparsely patronised, the back part of the ha'l was well filled. The first part consisted of music hall songs, given by Miss Army Horton and Messrs Crook and Horrace. Several of those sung by Miss Horton were new to an Ashburton audience, and both these and the o!dfavorites were loudly applauded. Of the efforts of the gentlemen the less said the better. Comic singing is cer tainly not the strong point with either of them, and a local ditty set to the tune of the policeman’s song in the “Pirates” was about the dullest thing of the kind we remember to have listened to. The entertainment concluded with a farce, which kept the audience amused. The season has not, we understand, been a financial success, which is to be regretted, as Miss Horton went to considerable expense in fitting up the stage, etc. Here is a cynical sneer from a facetious outsider regarding the doing soft he Salva tion Army. A contemporary quotes it as being but the index of widespread impres sions produced by the extravagant irre verence for which the army is daily be coming more notorious. This correspon dent writes I went in last night to see the Salvation Army at work in the Pprtobello road. It was not to my mind at all exciting, and, consulting ray own taste, rather disgusting. The meeting bawled —not sang —until it was hoarse, amid clapping of hands, a verse which became monotonous from repeti tion fifty-nine times, ‘Jesus is mine.’ One young man held his head back and clapped his hands until he was physically exhausted. Then came a prayer. *We thank Thee,’ began the praying soldier. ‘No we don’t,’ cried somebody from the bank benches. There upon the praying soldier changed his tone. ‘ Hear these mockers,’ he shouted. ‘ ’Ear ’em 1’ chorused the meeting. - ‘ ’Ear ’em Lord!’ ‘Thou’lt reward ’em,’ said the soldier. ‘ Amen,’ replied the meeting. * Thou’lt reward ’em, Lord !’ the soldier cried. * Aye, reward ’em I’ replied the chorus. ‘ Break their ’ard ’arts 1’ cried tka prayer maker. ‘ Break their ’ard ’arts P returned the chorus; and for a full three minutes this litany was kept up, until some half dozen <f the Armyista were in an obvious ecstacy. The conclu sion was somewhat saddening. A very pretty girl had been kneeling at the peni tent form, and, her eyes still wet with tears, was passing out, when one of her ’ard-’arted mocking friends called out to her ‘ I say, you’d better stay ; you’re nob saved yet. ’ ‘Well, what if I ain’t?’ she retorted, with a sharp-tongued anger, not at all bespeaking a meek and quiet spirit, ‘ What’s that to you ? You mind your own business !” ’ Holloway’s Pills are strongly recom mended to all persons who are much reduced n power and condition, whose stomachs are weak, and whose nerves are shattered. The beneficial effects of these Pills will be percep tible after a few days’ trial, though a more ex tended course may be required to re-establish perfect health. Holloway’s medicine acts on the organs of digestion, and induces complete regularity in the stomach, liver, pancreas, and kidneys. This treatment is both safe and cer tain in result, and is thoroughly consistent with observation, experience, and common sense. The purification of the blood, the removal of all noxious matter from the secretions, and the excitement of gentle action in the bowels, are the sources of the curative powers of Hollo way’s Pills. —Advt.

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRAN CISCO MAIL.

The Australia arrived at Auckland at two o’clock yesterday morning. She left San Francisco on 6th May, and had moderate N.E. winds and fine weather most of the passage. Stephen Hanley, pantryman, died on the passage. Passen gers—Auckland : Messrs Mitchell, Harris, W. F. Stewart, J. C. Stewart, Hayburn, Shennan, Dr Harrison, Mesdamea Potts, Harrison, and Waugh, and four ml the steerage. The Australia sailed at 9.30 for Sydney. The Hawea left for the Southern ports with the mail at 3.30 yes terday afternoom

General Summary. San Francisco, May 6.

The projected second Suez Canal is rapidly taking shape, and unless delayed for political reasons, will undoubtedly be developed at an early date. The capital will be forthcoming in London without the slightest delay. The old Canal shares have fallen in Paris, ■

Prince Batthyany, who fell dead on the Newmarket racecourse, recently left ; the greater part of his property to' his mistress. The relations .will contest his will.

Managers in London and Paris are wait ing for the return of Mrs Langtry from America, to engage her for a professional tour. 1 '

An explosion occurred in the Govern ment magazine at Portsmouth Harbor, Priddy Yard, on May sth, completely de molishing the building. Six persons were killed. -

The town of Labrelz, Persia, was visited by an earthquake, and many houses des troyed and the people killed. . An explosion occurred in Peterborough, England, blowing up the sewer in the principal street, and causing great alarm. It is believed to be the work of the Dyna mitist Society. In Carey’s examination by Joe Brady’s counsel during the Phoenix Park murders; Brady’s counsel elicited that Carey, while plotting the murders with the other men, was a member of a society, which received the sacrament at stated periods. He had for sixteen years been working for wages averaging L2 per week, and in 1882 had ninety houses. Finally, he said he had been informed by Mallow, chief of the detectives, if his evidence should be freely given, and be confirmed by others, he and his brother would be pardoned. The Dublin Freeman's Journal says a dynamite plot was betrayed to the British Consulate at New York, and the police watched the conspirators from the moment they landed in England. The journal adds the members of the Governing Council could alone have given such information. The Parnell testimonial fund realised to April 30th L 1,200. Lady Mountmorris and Mrs Blake have been awarded L 3,000 each compensation for the murder of their husbands.

Thd Irish Nationalist League, London, is raising a fund for the relief of the families of-those who have fled the coun try or have been arrested in connection with the murders. In April 600 families were said to be destitute.

The police have evidence that James Carey was implicated in the murder of Tal bot, the police informer ,and others. Siemens,, the telegraphic engineer, has been knighted by the Queen. A London Syndicate has bought three million dollars worth of bonds of the Ore gon and Californian railroad, which will secure its completion. The Marquis qf Lome wilj. probably succeed the Marquis of Ripon as Viceroy of India. Mr Gladstone in tfie House of Com mons sajd'he did not tbiuk it was in ac cordance with public interest to make a statement as to the negotiations with the American Government on the subject of the Irish outrages. Sir Stafford Northcote unveiled the statue of Earl Beaoonsfield in Parliament square, London, before a great as semblage of persons. The Gambetta monument fund has reached L 4,000.

The French expedition to Tonquin caused intense excitement in China. It was deemed prudent to retain several ironclads of the French squadron at Shanghai and Hongkong.

Five cases ofieprosy have occurred in Chicago. The disease is also reported in New York. Medical men are of opinion that it is spreading in the United States The Hawaiian Government protested against the embarkation of Ch'nese at Hongkong and other ports for the Sand wich Islands, and have given notice that steps will be taken to prevent their landi ing. Sixty - three packages of adulterateo Pingsney tea were stopped from sale by. an injunction, and twenty-six samples were examined, and it is stated that the tea is prejudicial to health. Californian horses have been taken to the east suffering from an undefined epidemic, the ravages of which are like scrofula on the human system. The new industry of manufacturing glucose or grape sugar, which at one time threatened to assume v i t proportions in the United States, is completely pros trated, and there is no prospect of revival. A woman named Flaherty, while ascending an elevator in Nevada Bank, had, through disarrangement of vhe machinery, her head nearly severed from her body, and was so mutilated as to defy identification.

Hattie Leonard, who came to California from Australia ten years ago, and since led a dissipated life, died in San Francisco prison from exhaustion. A tremendous cyclone passed over a portion of the Mississippi, reducing the towns of Wesson and Beauregard to ruin. The losses were, thirteen killed ani seventy-five wounded in Wesson ; twenty three were killed and ninety wounded in Beauregard. The Ap-che Indians, New' Mexico, murdered Professor Bandolie, of the American Archaeological Institute, and two other persons. A Connecticut Arms Company received an order from China for 250,000 repeat ing rifles, in view of the trouble with France over Tonquin. Mrs Langtry is reported to have netted 230,000 dollars during her twenty-four weeks’ American engagement. Adelina Patti had her life threatened in Philadelphia in a letter written by a member of the chorus, a black haired Italian. He was discharged and his pas sage paid back to Europe. The great suspension bridge over the East river, joining Brooklyn and New York, is finished, and the opening fixed for the 24th May. The Irish party have threatened to blow up the bridge if opened on the Queen’s birthday. The Brooklyn Board of Aldermen have in con sequencj postponed the opening of the bridge to the 30th. Great numbers of Irish immigrants sent by the British Government are arriving in New York. They are known as as sisted Irishmen.

Work on the Tehuantepec Ship Rail way, Nicaragua, waa begun at the Mina talanon April 30th, in the presence of Federal local authorities. The Star and Herald of Panama refer to the statement about the contract to cut the canal being let as having no founda-

tion in fact, and asserts that no contractor dare undertake the excavation in any part of the route at the figures estimated—a million of dollars per mile. The old Parliament House in Quebec Was burned on 17th April. The only loss besides the building was about 25,000 dols on the library. Mitchell has gone into training at Sara; toga for his fight with Slade, the New Zealander.

Yellow fever is increasing at Buenos Ayres, and forty deaths have occurred. On April Ist a desperate attempt was made by the convicts in the St. Paul Penitentiary to escape. The skull of the leader was smashed with a padlock, and the reat were secured.

The Quebec Central Railway Company lost 250,000 dollars by the failure of its English agents, Cooper, Hull and Co. A monster meeting of Irishmen and their sympathisers was held in Chicago bn May sth, to ratify the proceedings of the Philadelphia Convention in forming a Na tional Land League for America. A despatch from London, dated April 28th, says the British Government has asked the United States for the extradi tion of twelve Irish conspirators now in America. The Premier of the Quebec Cabinet has been compelled to resign his seat for bribery and corruption of voters at his last, election. The affair has caused great political scandal. The Rev Josiah Hansen, Mrs Stowe’s original Uncle Tom, died at Dresden, Ontario, on May sth, aged ninety-four. Special despatches from Washington, under date May 22nd, say that Robert J. Creighton, Postal Commissioner from New Zealand, had an interview at that date with the Postmaster-General upon the subject of transportation of English and Australian mails. Mr .Creighton pointed out the advantage which the United States derives from the transpor tation of these mails across the Continent from New York to San Francisco, and complained of the heavy subsidy which the Australasian colonies were obliged to pay to the Pacific Mail Steamship Com pany for conveying them from San Fran cisco across the Pacific, and suggested that it would be only fair if the United States Government should bear its pro portion of the expense of the service by contributing to the subsidy. The Post master-General replied he had no authority to take the course suggested, but would lay the matter before the President. The officers of the Post Office Department say that the present arrange ment, by which the English and Austra lian mails are sent, across the Continent, is an advantageous one for this country chiefly on account of facilities which it affords the United States Post Office Department in the matter of forwarding its own Australian mails.

THE DUBLIN ASSASSINS.

[per SAN FRANCISCO MAIL ]

The prisoners Brady, Kelly, Delaney, Oaffrey, Curley, and Fitzharris, were arraigned before Judge O’Brien, in Dub lin, on April 9th. The Courthouse was besieged by the public, but the authorities only admitted those called into use and fifty reporters, who were let into the buildings at an early hour. The prisoners were escorted by troops of dragoons to Kilmainham Courthouse. Counsel were present for the accused. Judge O’Brien addressed the special jurors, and stated that the Crown would allege that the murder of Lord Frederick Cavendish was not part of the crime as concocted, but he was a victim to h s presence in the park with Mr Burke. Nevertheless, all pre sent at the time of the murders were responsible. The Judge spoke of the gravity of the Phoenix Park murder case, and also of the terrible responsibilities of secret societies. The Grand Ju r y then retired, but soon returned with a true bill against Joe Brady. Dr Webb Adams was assigned by the Court to defend the prisoner, who wore a careless demeanor, as at the first hearing. The trial did not take place till the 12th, as Dr Adams de clined to conduct the defence till then, oh the ground that he was not prepared. Mr D. B. Spllivan was subsequently appointed to co-operate with Dr Adams in defend ing Brady. James Carey was placed on the witness stand and examined. The at tention of Carey being called to a tricing detail discovered lately regarding the movements of Fitzharris in the Park on the day of the murder, and which had hot been given by the witness, Otirey re marked that he hid so far only answered questions put to him by the counsel, and he- could, if unrestricted and as he de sired, tell a great deal more. The cross examination of Carey was very severe and

wK.en counsel remarbed - unda blood, ihe witness Implied, “Thalia not iriie.” said he was jijly telling!ia|f he ihcew, and was. more Friendly to lor the defence than they were 'aware of. Counsel ‘vehe mently declined :any friendly inter soUrrse with Carey. ’ Michael Kavanagh Was the next witness, and he said it was Brady who directed where to drive and who.designed the p’aee for him to wait for (he murderers. J s ;ph Smith, brother of an who.hdd turned informer, repeated-the story of his doingg ai in the Phbe He" ‘ Invinbibles had » ■ secret ‘by which they recognised each other, ‘ which was the holding: of a knife in the palm of the hand. • The counsel for the defence spoke an hour, their efforts being to prove an alibi. Carey was denounced in unsparing terms. At six o’clock the Court, adjourned, and as Brady was conveyed back to prison hb was cheered by the populace, whie Carey was hissed. When the case was resumed the Judge’s charges to the jury showed the, ntter unreliability of the evidence of Miss Meagher and of the innkeeper, calldd to prove the alibi for the prisoner. The jury were absent forty minutes, when they returned with a verdict of “ Guilty/’ When the verdict was read a deep; but suppressed murmur went around I the Court room, and Brady, who up to this time had been singularly composed • and free from emotion, turned ashy pale, i Dr. Adams started up to make a motion, and after complete silence was restored,, and before the Judge pronounced the sen tence of death, said in an impressive voice —“ I desire to move for an arrest of judg ment. ” He alleged under the Crimes Act the jury which heard the case and had just given in its verdict was not legally formed, and that the prisoner had; re ceived notice that he was to be tried | be fore a special jury. The motion was denied by Judge O’Brien, who then said to the prisoner—“ Have you anything to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced upon you V’ Brady i re sponded in a loud, clear, firm-voice—j“T am not guilty of the charge which infor mers have sworn on me. , These ; men would swear away the life of ahyObe to save their own.” ' , Daniel Corley was placed on trial; on April 16th. The case for the prosecution was opened by Mr Murphy, who said neither a feeling of indignation at {the. crime nor a panic in regard to themselves should influence the jmy. A servant girl was 1 the first-witness called. She fully identified Curley as one of the men she saw in the Prrk on the 6,th May. Carey was also 1 ‘put on the stand, and in the course of his evidence admitted;he had been engaged in twenty, attempts to take the life of Mr Fors’tet, whose taking off he would not have called murder. The conspirators had .also arranged for the assassination of Lieutenant'Viiliers on the 4th May, 1881, then Inspector-General of Constabulary* . > As in the case of Brady, efforts were made to prove an alibi for Curley. Attorney - General Porter on behalf of the Crown, said that the evidence in support of this was worthless and odn flicting. The judge in his charge also showed the insufficiency of this evidence; The jury found Curley guilty as charged*; After a brief consideration, the prisoner was asked if he had anything to say why sentence should not be pronounced, and replied he had not expected any .mercy from thb Court. It was vefy unfortunate that the Irish Bench was never without a Norbury or a Keogh. : He was- a member of the Ibvincibles, hut was not in the Park cn the evening the murders were committed. He loved his country ahd could suffer for her. The witnesses for the Crown had perjured themselves. Curley also said he was a Fenian. After the prisoner had finished, he was sen tenced to,be hanged., on . the I ,lßth Maly. As the officers’ were talcing him from the dock he cried in a loud voice, “ God save Ireland.’’ * Tin|o|hy >Kelly pjaofcd: on trial on April the 18th, but the jury failed to agree. On the 24th the trial was resumed, and witnesses who liadjprevipusly,, testified to the 'alibi repeated their evidence. Charles McGowan, who years ago con tested a seat; ip . the House, of for County Leitrim, was called as a wit ness. His evidence went to prove an alibi. Altogether; fifjtpen witnesses testi fied in favor of prisoner’s claim to ab sence at the time of the murder. Glyn,' who was identified by Carey pt, Rilmain ham as one of the four men whom be saw in Phoenix Park on May the 6th, testified that Kelly was net one, 1 .of; them. The Judge charged strongly against the pris oner’s claim for an alibi, but the jury were again.uaable itoagree upon a ver dict. The trial of Michael Fagan, another of; the Accused, was then begun. Two com positors swore they saw Fagan in Phoenix Park on the day of the murder. The trial. closed on the 27th : , WKeto the jury after a short deliberation found a verdict of guilty. Fagan, being asked. .if he had ; anything 1 to say pr6teated r Kis innocence. He declared he was a Fenian, and would die one. The Judge then sentenced him to be hanged" on May |tjxe_§Bj;h. A sensation^was created in the Court when Pat Delaney and Thomas Caffrey were arraigned ;onMay3rd. .They pleaded guilty to the charge against them, and both were sentenced to be hanged on June .the 2nd. , JJefpre Caffcey pleaded he was informed the Crown gave no hope for the mitigation of the sentence of death which would be passed-upon him. When Delaney pleaded, he ad ded, “I was brought into this at first foolishly, not knowing what it was., I was forced from my work to go to the Park. We had to obey the orders of the Society or take the conse quences. When I; gut into the Park I could not get away. I saw the murders committed, but took no part in them. The murders were committed iby Joe Brady and Timothy Kelly, and by nobody else. ” When Caffrey was placed in the dock his face, wore a smile* The consequence of pleading guilty was the second time ex plained to him in open Court, but he per-: slated in his plea. On being asked if he had anything to say why sentence should not be passed upon him, he replied, “ All; I have got to say, standing on the b:ink of the grave, is that J did not know what was going to happen until ten minutes before the murders were committed. I was bound to go to the Park under pain of death. ” „ These confessions -have strengthened the hands of Government, and carried dismay to the agitators. Some of the malcontents assert that it was an arranged plan—a trump card played by the Admin istration. A despatch from Dublin on May 4th says—Kingston, Healey, and Gibney, charged with conspiracy to murder Poole, were arraigned on May 6th for examina tion. An informer named Levine gave evidence confirming the existence of a vio lence and murder to which the murderers belonged. The prisoners were remanded for a week.

SPORTING.

[REUTER’S TELEGRAMS— COPYRIGHT. ] THE OA3S. London, May 2g. The Oaks Stakes of 50 sove each, h ft, for three-year-old fillies ; Bst IQlbs each ; the owner of the second filly to receive 300 sovs, and the third 160 sovs out of j the stakes ; about a mile and a half ; 147 subs. •Lord Rosebery’s hr f Bonny Jean, by Macaroni —Bonnie Agnes 1 Count F. Legrange’s ch f Malibran, by Consul—Mark Over 2 Lord Rosebery's b or br f Etarre, by ■ Macaroni—Lynette •H IH 3 1

ADELAIDE RACES.

Adblaidx,- Saturday. ' d The race for the Birthday Cup (post poned from Thursday las') was run to day, and was won by Little Jack. The second place was taken by Footstep, Coriolanus and Claptrap , running dead heat for thi.d. Time—3min - >* N.Z. GRAND NATIONAL MEETING. The following -is the result of the -V settling up of the Grand National Steeple chases Mr H. 0. Adams, £l9O ; Mjt H. > Lunn, £22 14s ;Mr A. Frisby, £95; Mr E. Hill, £l4 os; Mr J. Pilbr.ow, £96; Mr P; Jones, £l4 ss; Mir R. Rutherford, £61155.

CABLE NEWS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE [bkutkb’btklegrams—copyki&ht.] Monetary and Commercial London, 'May 24. The total reserves in the Bank of Eng land have increased by L 600,000 dor* Ingthe week, and are pqw The proportion of reserve to liabilities is 34’' pdvance of 3 per as 1 -compared with last Thursday. The Bank rate of discount remains at 4 per cent. New Zealand securities at the following quotations:— 5 per cent. 10-40 Loan, 106 ; 5 per cent 1889 Loan, 104 ; 4j£per cent 1879-1904 Loan, inscribed stock, Then market for Colonial breadstuff’s has-a 'down ward tendency. Adelaide wheat, ex store, has fallen is per,quarter r and is now quoted at Ne^ J Ze|land ditto, 45s to 48s. Adelaide ex warehouse, 345. Australian tallow is unchanged at 41s for best beef, and .■ 43s for best mutton. ; :; . , London, May2s. . The total quantity of wheat .afloat for Great Britain - is 2,190,000; ..quarters, being 50,066 less than the quantity afloat last Friday.,, r [Received May 28,1.60 p.m.] London, May 26. Consols are quoted at ad vance 61 %. ’ New Zealand pecur ties :—-Five per * cent- .10*40 loam has. declined 20, and is now -at and a half per cent loan has declined by •ro to 102.; four per cent, inscribed stock is quoted at 102, an advance of 10; five per pent. 1889 loan remains at 104 Colonial bread stuffs and tallow are nnebanged. ' The Wool SaloA 1 ■ 0 : London, May 24. At the wool sale to-day the; camlogde comprised a total of 70,100 offered since tire opening of the series. The total .quantity withdrawn amounts to 5,000 bales.; Goodcompe tition was to*day. -LoNDON, ! May 26. The tone of the wool sate' to-day is m uch s teadier. The quantity ! i! offered aiifounts to roj3oo ‘ ijSfew Zea land wool is decidedly firttier. 1 [Received May 26j 1.,60p.m.] London, May 25. Sydney sun dried copra* is quoted at a decline of 15s. .- Best Australian leather is at 93s 4d. At the wool sates to-day 13,400 bfles were catalogued, and there,' was a 'firm and active demand. ' ' , Birthday Honors. , London, May 25. ■ Among the Birthday nounced is that of Mr Aug. Charles Gregory, C.M.G.; - of Queensland, Knight Commander of the Order of St. » Michael and St. George. The Haitian Rebellion. Intelligence is tp hand from Poit-au-. Prince that the rebels entrenched them selves at Hiragoane, where they re cently blew up the bridge with dyna mite and: killed 200 Haitian „ troops. .According to the latest-reports the rebel ■ position is being bombarded ;. Haitian artillery. 4 , \ The Jews in Russia. i! A telegram is to hand announcing, -V that an anti-Jewish outbreak occurred v, at Rostoff, in Russia. Mtpay acts of'- cruelty have been committed, and the houses of the Jews plundered and - burnt - The military-authorities~me, ;it is stated, powerless-to stop the 1 oat break. ■; • • ’’ AUSTRALIAN. . , , ••• iC X. , [SKOTaa’S XKLEOBAM3—OOPyEiaHT.JI Coursing. ~ . * Saturday. At the .New South Wales coursihg meeting to-day the. tt Leger'was won by Humming Bird, Crabtree running up. The Plumpton Stakes were w6n„ by Fleetfoot. The meeting 4 pasaedoff very successfully. „ [Received May 28, 1.40 p.m.] The Suez Mail. Medboubne, To-day. Arrived—P. and O. steamship Rome, with the Suez , mail, dated London, rApril.2o. ’ An Embezzler. - Vj A warrant has been issued for the ar rest of John Black, an employee of the : Oriental Bank, who was charged With embezzling Lz,ooo in various suras. The lull amount of the deficiencies is believed to be more than Li,ooo. Black has not yet been arrested. • -

TELEGRAMS.

[per PRESS ci'- K! Eire. Auckland, To-day. ' A fire took place at Mount Eden' atfiirp o’clock this morning, and destroyed thriee two-storey < shops and a dwelling house with contents. It originated at Thomas’s, chemist, Gardener’s (butcher) and Sayer’a (grocea) being the other places destroyed. A cottage, occupied by Mr Kirkm&n, was injured. Mr Surmsn, who owned Thomas’s and Gardener’s shops was in sured for L4ooin the New Zealdrid office; Thomas’s stock, furniture,' and" fixtures for L 260, and Kirkinan’s furniture 1 L 66 in the same office. Sayer s building-, stock and furniture in the South Britufi for LSO. , ‘ r r Expected Arrivals. 1 The Loch Kin, 'barque, Wilson, London ; sailed on February Bth ; and 1 Ranson, barquentine, from New York, sailed oh January 10th. . /• / - Adam, who escaped from the lock-up on Thursday, was captured at Pamajftfrf yesterday. It appears that escapmg he stole a borge from Renjit asett|er ( Among his exacts a pistol Was discovered*'. The prisoner is 22 years of age. '* • ’ ’ 1 ' A Denial. ."""I"" Priestly, who' was tried for - murder* writes to the Herald denying’ the' ment made in the Northern JVairwt Gazette that he he - believed Mbs Hamilton: knew all about Hamilton's death. . , t ‘. n" ? \ J Football. 'V- DoNRDiN.TonJay; The committee of the Otago Rugby' Union considered a letter from the Amok*’ land Union, respecting a guarantee for the. i’, 4. 1- . '”}-i

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, MONDAY, MAY 28, 1883.



~~ ASBR IN J ANf ] Q U ANTITY. ALBERT ROBERTS, •fKPty 5 ■’* West street. TETEW" WORK. —“THE ROYAL J3| PATH OP LIFE : or, Aims and Aida to Success and Happiness,” Ulus-: trated with' Steel Engravings, in differ- 1 Tint Umlftlfeg? ' Also.a beautiful selection; of EASTER CARDS. Audkbwes Bbos. Booksellers and Stationers, East street South, Ashburton. 77 Ashbobtoit, • H, M. JONES,, Aobot. ■pttf 1 ORGANS.—Especially .suitable ‘ Jt- for Churches; Par superior to any Bftgjn Organ near the price for richness and puritj pf tone, volume of sound, and duraoiifty of pn^truotion... Pricer—Ll2o. . EKED ORGANS.—By Smith and Co., IfHßßisni Bmlinj Wood and Co., Esby and Co., JSffirßngland Company, and .' Clough and Warner—from Ll2 12s. JPI AH O Srr-Brinsmead and ; Sons, ' ' Bw(Birosd, afd aiad Collard, Erard, Plerfei and others. 'Dresden Model, and German and- Preach manufacturers, with an fiir DEFERRED PAYMENTS -W* ; ;J' yMwswusa ' m Reran.. ' ol 2 MILLING M ilner t &Thompson



Wanted WANTED Known — Green & Co. have the Largest and Cheapest Stock of Boots and Shoes in Ashburton. J. G. Green & Co., Liecester Boot Warehouse, N.B.—Don’t forget the Corner Shop in East and Burnett Streets. 1169 WANTED Known —That Messrs. Green & Co. have Removed into the Corner Shop, lately occupied by G. J. Martin, Butcher. 1170 ANTED KNOWN— Hayes and Co. have a lot of EMPTY CASES for sale. Arcade Shops. aul2 TTT'ANTED KNOWN—That Robert Vf Elston, Burnett street, Ashbur ton, having procured the newest appara- is prepared to Sweep Chimneys at very low tales. Any orders left at the Town Hall will receive prompt attention. Terms cash. 760 c Special Advertisements. W anted known. That BONEDUST, specially prepared for drilling with carrots, mangolds, etc., an be obtained from the undersigned. F. MAYO, Hampstead Bone Mills. Money ! Money!! THE EQUITABLE INVESTMENT COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND, limited, ace prepared, through their agent, J. 0. Duncan, East street, to LEND MONEY on Ashburton approved free hold or leasehold property, repayable by either monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, or yearly instalments, or for a fixed period. The Company are also open to DIS COUNT BILLS. 883 J. 0. DUNCAN, Agent, East street. JV A N D FOR SALE The UNDERSIGNED have received instructions from the Owner to :0; SELL BY PRIVATE TREATY, All that COMPACT BLOCK OP LAND on the j Acton Station ESTATE, SOUTH RAKAIA, Being SECTIONS 31757, 31758, and 31759, ."'W Containing 1099 acres. The block has been i : SPECIALLY SELECTED by' ihe Proprietor, and is thoroughly adapted for farming purposes, the adjoin ing. sectiors having this season grown. some of the HEAVIEST CROPS ON THE PLAINS. Only , a small instalment on the pur chase'is required to the balance to remain on mortgage at 6i per cent, for a teim of years as may be agreed on. We have also FOR SALE an Improved Farm Containing 1026 ACRES. Situated close to Ealing Rilway Station, . j-; ; j . and well watered. For further particulars apply to THE NEW ZEALAND GRAIN AGENCY AND MERCANTILE COM PANY, LIMITED. Christchurch or Ashburton. 12au JJOBINSON AND TOWNSHBND ARB CASH BUYERS OF WHEAT OATS barley GRASS SEED Agents for A. Moore & Co. ROBINSON AND~TOWNSHEND, Havelock street. 229 THE NEW ZEALAND plotting Factory HAVE spared no effort to place before the public a MOST COMPLETE . ASSORTMENT OF NEW WINTER MANUFACTURES , Comprising all the latest styles in MEN’S & BOY’S CLOTHING Manufactured from the best qualities and newest Designs in COLONIAL, SCOTCH, BRITISH, AND CONTINENTAL TWEEDS. The large and increased trade has en abled the Proprietary to offer their cus tomers still further advantages than hitherto, and THIS*' i SEASON’S GOODS, upon inspection, will be found CHEAPER THAN EVER. A SINGLE GARMENT AT WHOLESALE PRICE. SHIRTS, HATS, HOSIERY, and every requisite at - Wholesale Prices. Nineteen Bradches now open in New j,.,!..' ■ Zealand. Agents for the Unrivalled WERTHEIM SEWING MACHINES , Ashburton Branch : J EAS T STREET. IPBOIAL NOTICE. ! the Inhabitants of ash burton AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. GL B. West and Co., MUSIC AND PIANOFORTE WAREHOUSEMEN, Princes street, Dunedin Have great pleasure in announcing that it is their intention to cater for the Music loving population of Ashburton in such a manier as has never before been at tempted. Messrs G. R. West & Co. are the : Largest Direct Importers of PIANOS, ORGANS, HARMONIUMS, BRASS, WIND, AND ■ STRINGED INSTRUMENTS In the Colony, and a large and varied stock of the above can always be found. , Mr G. R. West, being at present in England^Tis shipping direct to Dunedin all the latest novelties in ' j S MUSIC M MUSIC !! ! And the firm respectfully solicit a call from their friends, teachers, and the public in general to inspect their magnifi cent stock of Music, personally selected. d!4



Special Advertisements., 267 T AM A CASH PtIR WHASER, AT HIGHEST MARKET RATES, of WHEAT OATS GRASS SEED BARLEY Farmers wishing to SHIP OS THEL OWN AC COUNT can get information as co Coat, Freight, etc., by applying to JOSEPH CLARK, Ashburton & Tinwald. O Stationery of eyery de scription. Account Boohs Ink—ftom small to largest jars School Books—School Committees sup plied at lowest rates Latest Novelties in all kinds of Fancy Goods, Toys, &c. All the Home Journals, Magazines, and Papers by every mail. Subscribers wanted for any Magazine or Paper published. Andrewes Bros., BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERY, &c., East street South Ashburton. n!5 rp YOU WANT GOOD AND STRONG FURNITURE, GO TO DAVIS’S CHEAP FURNITURE AND BED DING MANUFACTORY, EAST STREET SOUTH, ASHBURTON. £7l VERY article Sold at Christchurch JOJ Prices and guaranteed bos. of -naterial and workmanship. “ FUNERALS CHEAPLY & COMPLETELY FURNISHED sl JEL M. Jones’ ACCOUNT BOOKS. NEW VOLUMES— Boys’ Own Annual Girls’ Own Annual Chatterbox Child's Companion Infants’ Magazine, &0., &c. POETS— VARIOUS Authors ; Sir Walter Scott’s Works, new edition, complete. TOYS! TOYS 1! TOYS!!! GREAT VARIETY—in Wood, Tin, China, acd Indiarubber. GOOD BUSINESS Envelopes. SIX SHILLINGS PER THOUSAND CASH. A Bargain. Good Second-hand PIANETTE, £2O. FANCY GOODS! FANCY GOODS ! A NICE SELECTION of the above now in stock. ' ALL the above Goods are offered at the LOWEST Possible Prices for CASH. A LIBERAL DISCOUNT allowed to schools on parcels of Toys, Books, eta SECOND-HAND Pianos, In good order, £ls, £2O, *22 10s, 25. H. M.”jONES, BURNETT ST. & BARING SQUARE. 13d SPORTING. I have just received my season s stock of Guns of every description, and respectfully invite an inspection. Double Breech-loaders from L 5 sa. Double and Single Muzzle-loaders at all prices. Decoy Ducks. Duck Calls. Game Bags. Cartridge Belts and Bags. Field Glasses. Loading Machines, etc., etc. New Season’s POWDER, Curtis and Harvey’s, and Pigou, Wilkes and Lawrence’s —very best quality. Newcastle Chilled Shot, all sizes. Cartridges, Cartridge Oases, Wads. And every shooting requisite. Being the largest importer of Gnns and and Ammunition in New Zealand, and every Gun being made to my own order, intending purchasers cannot do better than communicate with me. HOS. G. ROWLEY, 630 Gunsmith, Timaru. MR LAURENCE OXLEY has been Appointed Agent for the Ashbur ton Guardian at South Rakaia. SB