SHIPPING.

POET OF LYTTELTON.

Arrived. Saturday.

Wakatu, b.s., from Kaikoura and Wel ** ba, from Mannkau and way porta. Omapsre, 8.8., from Dunedin. Oamarn, ship, f'om London. Waitangi, ship, from London via 1 ly ** month.

Sailed. Saturday.

“ Hawea, a.a., for Wellington. Vr&katu, b.b., for Kaikoura and Wel- Ungton. Go-Ahead, a a., for Stoneyhurat. TCSTBKDAT

Pelican, brigantine, for Kaipata. Ibfy Wes, schooner, for Wellington,

COMMERCIAL.

: Ashburton Guardian Office, Monday afternoon. Hr T, Bullock reports of the Horse Market - fox the week ending Saturday, January 12th : _66 horses were yarded for the day’s sale. * There was about an average attendance of faripers and others. At the commencement of ' the sale biddings were extremely dull for all descriptions, but as it proceeded more anima tion was evinced, and a large proportion of 1 the entries were sold, and considering the class ■- -of stock fair prices were realised. Out of the entry of 66, 23 were sold at the following t prices, viz Good useful farm horses. Ll 7to ‘ ; medium draughts, not very good, Ll 3 to LiS ; aged and inferior do, L 9 ios to Ll2 ; 3-year-olds light, 2 at Ll 3 each ; 2 and 3-year old inferior, L 4 to L 7; light harness horses •' of nn) inferior description, L 8 lOS to Ll 3; v baeW, good, Lio to Ll 4 j inferior do, L 4 ios tO Ld>ss. I offered a number of McCormick wire binders, but only one was sold at L2l ; binding-wire, per lb; oats, inferior, is SI per bnshel; waggonette, in the estate of A, cColl, Ll 6 ios. V Alfred Harrison reports his weekly sale as follows : —Saturday, January 12th : Out of the entry of horses but few changed hands, the re ' serves placed on the better class being too high. sold fairly well, those in full profit being enquired for. Psgs_of small sizes are still selling at high rates, all pens being cleared. Ducks, 3s 6d to 4s ; geese,, 6s fid to 8s; implements doll ofsale; oats, is fid to is 8d; inferior, is; chick wheat,. is 6d to 2s pei bushel; potatoes, - Ifdfo j£d per lb. A large quantity of sun idries were disposed of. There was a capital yHfnctfmgg all thttmgh the day.

DAILY MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALE', d::i7? , > ■ Tuesday, January 15. f.iyitam, Cos and Co., at the Ashbuiton ~ (kdeyards—Stock. - ■ v . I ;xl Thursday, January 17. ' ‘ Ne* Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company at Rakaia, Wheat; 12.30.

, r MBKTINGS, AMUSEMENTS, Etc. Monday, January 14. Hall—Polk Comedy Company §p>in. Monday, January 21. Borough Council, at Borough Council -/Chambers, at 7.30.' Monday, January 28. Upper Ashburton Bead Board, at Road Board Office Friday, February 1. Ashburton County Council — It Council Ohunbcn, U a.m. Itonsbaaoh Road Board, at Road Board •See, Xongbeach 6 * m Saturday, February 2. "Wakanoi Road'Board, at Hoad Board office, Moore street, at 10.30 a.m.

TRAVELLERS’ GUIDE .

i Trahw Lravb Ashburton fob Christ* obubobstud intermediate stationßat7.lo Ma., 10.56 Am., and (Express) 6.37

p.m. < Trains Leave Ashburton for Timaru and South, at 6.50 am., 10.25 am. .-i .(Express), and 4.45 p.m.—the latter pro* K ii.eeemcng no farther than Timarn. '-Tbad*B ; ’ Arrive at Ashburton from Ohbibtohuroh at 1015 a.m. (Express),

4.35 p.m., and 7.15 p.m. fKiymi Arrive at Ashburton from and South at 10.40 aid., 6.27 p.m. (Express), and 8 p.m.

MAIL NOTICES.

Mailsoloae at the Ashburton Post Office y foßpwßS—- Fair Christchurch and North at 6 am. 10.30 Am., and 5 p.m., daily. For Chertseyßakaia, &0., at 10.30 a.m. wad 5 jmu. duly. For Dunedin, Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Celjhitream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, sad Geraldine, at 10 a.m. daily. : For Temuka, at 6 a.m. and 10 a.m.,

ForTunaira and South, at 6 a.m., 10 Am., and 4.80 p.niu, daily. For Gheenstreet and Ashburton Forks, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3.30 plinT* 1 “ 3 1 ‘ Li For : Mount Somers, on Tuesdays and ■taturdays, at 6 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. For Mayfield, on Tuesdays and Satur days, at 6a.m. Ll F«r Ashton, Waterton and Longbeach, at 4.30p.m. duly.-' on Mondays, Wednes days, and Fridays, at 4.30 p.m. For Wakanui, Elgin, Seaview, Seafield, and Kyle, OH' Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Setondaya, at 6.30 a.m. < For Newlands, on Tuesdays and Fri days at 10.30 Am.

Mails arrive at the Ashburton Post

Office— , FfcomOhristchurch and Rakaia at 10.15 Am., 4.35 p.m., and 7.20 p.m. , From Ohertaey, &c. at 10.16 Am. and ' 4.35 p.m. daily. From Dunedin and intermediate places , at daily. From'Temuka and Timaru at 10.40 a m. 8 p.m. daily. From Greenatreet and Ashburton Parks, and Saturdays, at 10 From Mount Somers, on Tuesdays and Eavntdayif, at 1016 a.m. and 8.16 p.m. From Mayfield, on Tuesdays and Satur days, At 10 Ji a.m. b W)fSSr Ashton, Waterton, and Long* heae&at 10 Am. daily. From Elgin, Wakauui, Seafield, and Kjyle, on Tuesdays,,Thursdays, and Sat- From Newlands, oh Tuesdays and Fri* dm, attftiSo A m. From Flemington on Tuesdays, Thurs - diys,and Satur( lays, at 10 a.m. ]

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prevalebit. MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1884.

Donald Dinnie and Hudson arc to wrestle for a wager in tbe Queen’s Theatre, Dunedin, to-morrow night. The New Zealand Shipping Company have received a cable message from Hobart, to the effect that thes.s. Aorangi arrived at that port on Saturday, and reported all well on board. She was to leave early on Sunday for Wellington. The Australian Blondin gave a third open air performance on Saturday even ing, a large crowd being attracted. He went through his feats with his customary dexterity, and the public was fairly liberal in contributing to the after collec tion.

Instruction has been received to cease all working at the Westport Colliery Com pany’s mine at Wallsend, where .four fifteen ton boilers are on the ground, two

seventy-five horse-power engines, and about fifty men employed. It is under stood that the stoppage will be only tem porary. The Primitive Methodist Conference sitting in Dunedin considered the pro posed basis of union of the Methodist Churches in New Zealand, and a resolu tion was carried, by 22 to 3, adopting heartily the basis of union agreed to by the Committee in Christchurch last July, as embodying a fair and workable consti tution, meeting the need of Methodism in New Zealand. The second mate and one of the sea men of the Sarah W. Hunt will leave the Dunedin Hospital to-day. The captain would pay their passage to Lyttelton if they would return to the vessel, but they refused, and, having no money, have ap plied to the American Consul, Mr Driver, but he says he can do nothing for them. Their clothes and belongings are on the schooner iu Lyttelton,

Information has been received in Wel lington of a fire having occurred on Messrs Riddiford and Son’s station, East Coast, resulting in the total destruction of the shearing sheds, stables, covhouses, and yards, and fourteen bales of wool. The fire occurred about two o’clock on Thursday morning. The insurances were —LI,OOO on building, in the Imperial; the New Zealand Company about L2OO on fifteen bales of wool. ~

A special meeting of the Auckland Harbor Board has been called for Tues day to consider the question of the en gineer’s report on the Calliope Graving Dock, and to dispose of tenders received forjita construction. From rumors cur* rent in town the Commissioners’ recom mendation will be that the Board should employ another engineer to draw up plans and specifications prior to the call ing for fresh tenders. It is scarcely necessary to remind our readers that those clever comedians, Mr and Mrs Polk, will appear this evening in the Oddfellows’ Hall, supported by a very strong company. “The Strategist” is the opening piece, and the New Zealand press has uniformly spoken of it as one of the most mirth-provoking comedies seen on the colonial stage. The com pany’s stay in Ashburton is limited to two nights, and those who desire to enjoy a hearty laugh, should not fail to attend the Oddfellows’ Hall. A deadlock occurred between the miners at Taylorville, on the West Coast, and the Government. On Saturday Commis sioner Greenfield, for the second time, offered by auction the leases of a number of sections on the railway reserve, on which coal miners have been squatted for years, but the miners wpre combined, and not a single bid ;vas made. The rent of the sections would average about one shilling per week each, which the miners say Is too much. They want to purchase the freehold but the Government decline to sell.

Regarding the Kakanui, Mr Keith Ramsay, of Dunedin received a telegram from the Bluff, stating that the Kakauui is alongside the wharf. Half of her cargo has been got out in good condition, but the other half is damaged. The extent of the damage to the Kakanui’s hull is unknown, but it is expected that she will return to Dunedin on about Tuesday, when she will be dooked and the damage correctly ascertained. The vessel is in* aured for L2,6'JO in the National, which has reinsurances in the New Zealand LSOO, Victoria LSOO, Colonial L 250, Union L?SO, Standard L 250, South British or United L 250. The insurances on the cargo are divided between the National, Victoria,,and Standard.

“ German Syrup.”—No other medicine in the world was ever given such a test of its curative qualities as Boschee’s German Syrup. In three years two million four hundred thou sand small bottles of this medicine were dis tributed free of charge by Druggists in the United States of America to those afflicted with Consumption, Asthma, Croup, severe Coughs, and other diseases of the throat and lungs, giving ll?e undeniable proof that German Syrup will cure then?- The suit has been that Druggists in every town an'cj village in civilised countries are recommending it to their customers. Go to your Druggist and ask what they know about in. Sample Bottles 6d. Regular size 3 s - 6d. Three doses will relieve any case.—[Advt.]

At the Court this morning, before Mr Badde'ey, R. M., a nun named John Wil liams, alias Andrew Mcß arlano, alias Alexander Ihompiun, alias The L’o* e i, was brought up charged with having stolen a watch and chain, valued at L 3, the property of George Hall, of Rakaia. His Worship remanded the accused till Thursday the 17th, to be brought up at Rakaia. W. Withell and H. Miller were fined 10s and 5s respectively for drunken ness, with the usual alternatives. As will be seen by a notice issued with the Guardian this evening, several mem bers of the Horticultural Society intend to give prizes for various specimens of cultivation. The competition will take place in the upper room of the Arcade Chambers, on Wednesday, February 6, and as there is to be no entrance fee a good many entries should be forthcoming. We hope that this effort of the Society to encourage horticulture will meet with the success it deserves. The return match between the Geral dine 0.0. and the Ashburton 0.0 will be played on the new cricket ground, East belt, on Wednesday next, beginning at 11 a.m. sharp. The local team will be chosen from the following;—Messrs G. Andrews, L. F. Andrewes, Oaygill, Cox, Denshire, A. Fooks, E. Fooks, Jephson, Kemp, Mainwaring, Prebble, S. Saunders, Simp son, and Wroughton. Any of the above unable to play are requested to communi cate with the Secretary at onca. The match should prove an interesting one, as the Ashburton men will no doubt do their utmost to win back the laurels lust on the Geraldine ground. The London correspondent of the Mel bourne Leader writes as follows :—Gene ral Booth, of Salvation Army fame, was recently announced as likely to swell the plethora of distinguished visitors with which Australia is likely to be honored during the next few months, and which your inhospitality to the informers is scarcely likely to check. The general, however, informs me that his thoughts at present only turn towards India, which ho will visit nest year ; though it is not im possible that before he returns he may give the fillip of his personal presence to the Salvation Army propaganda in the principal capitals of the colonies. The general has been considerably bedgeredof late, and may feel that a temporary ab sence and change jpf air are desirable. Mr

Labouohere, in Truth, , is very pertiha c uua in repeating the query as to where the money of the new gospel goes. .He demands a balance-sheet, and asks cate gorically whether the ge eral maintains out of the subscriptions of his followers the fine s l yle of living which he and his family are said to indulge, or whether he draws means to do so from private funds. Up to the present, the general has not thought it fitting to gratify the curiosity of his persevering interrogator. The bad weather which prevailed yes terday materially interfered with the attendance at the Masonic service held in the Freemasons’ Ha l, but those who braved the unpropitious elements were amply repaid The service commenced with the singing by the choir of the hymn “ Lead, kindly light,” which was followed by a prayer by the Rev J. Hill, D &M After an anthem had been sung, the D G.M. gave an address, taking for his subject “Charity.” He spoke very elo quently, and asked those assembled to i contribute towards the establishment of a benevolent fund it was proposed to start in connection with Masonry in Ashburton. This fund was not for any particular lodge, but was subscribed by Masons gene rally, and all those belonging to the Order in this town would be equally bene fited. After the address was concluded and the collection made, the choir sang an anthem and the Old Hundredth Psalm, the service closing with the Benediction. The singing by the choir was very good, the voices being well chosen, and Miss Qates presided at the harmonium. Had the wether been better, no doubt the Hall would been crowded, and we hope that the service will be repeated. On Friday evening a parishioners meet ing was held in the Rakaia Library, when a considerable number were present. The Yen. Archdeacon Harris occupied the chair, and explained that the object of the meeting was to consider whether the parish was in a position to keep a clergy man. It appeared that some one had in formed Mr Chambers unofficially that such was the case. After the accounts for the past two or three years had been read and considered the following motion was proposed and carried, as there was no doubt the parish was gradually wiping off the late building debts, etc., and would find no difficulty in keeping a clergyman :—Proposed by Mr Chapman (vestryman), and seconded by Mr Pyke (parishioner)—“ Having heard the state ment laid before them respecting the financial position of the parish, the par ishioners would view with extreme regret any steps that would deprive them of the ministration of a resident clergyman, and hereby pledge themselves to do their utmost to support the vestry in raising the stipend guaranteed to the Rev. E. C, Chambers when he first came to the Rakaia.” A vote of thanks to the chair'

man brought the meeting to a close. Holloway’s Ointment and Pills.—Coughs, Influenza. —The soothing properties of these medicaments render them well worthy of trial in all diseases of the respiratory organs. In common colds and influenza the pills, taken internally, and the ointment rubbed over the chest and throat, are exceedingly efficacious. When influenza is epidemic, this treatment is the easiest, safest, and surest. Holloway’s pills purify the blood, remove all obstacles to its free circulation through the lungs, relieve the over-gorged air tubes, and render respira tion free, without reducing the strength, irrita ting the nerves, or depressing the spirits ; such are the ready means of saving suffering when anyone is afflicted with colds, coughs, bron chitis, and other chest complaints, by which so many persons are seriously and permanently afflicted in most countries.

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

The Australia arrived at Auckland at 630 yesterday morning. She left San Francisco on the 22nd Dec. The passage was uneventful. Passengers—For Auck land—Captain and Mrs K. Hill, Rev Father Stack, M ra Dean, child and ser vant, Mr and hfra W. D. Stewart, Mr and Mrs Brown, Miss Hall, Mrs A. Campbell, Messrs D. Hill, F. G. Gordon, Gifford, Marshall, Sobetsky, Wesley, Fletcher, Denham, Mc r r* man » Isaacson, Knight, Cann, McGeorge, Colley, Peake, and sin the steerage. For Sydney—2B saloon and 39 steerage. Among the pas sengers for Australia is Mr T. D. Mackay, agent for the Great Overland Route in America, now on a business tour through the colonies. The Australia left at five o’clock yesterday afternoon.

Summary of News.

San Fbancxsco, Dec. 22,

The Australia leaving at the date of the first departure under the re-arranged ser vice the City of New York, steamer, was withdrawn, and will be placed in the China trade. The New York Commercial Bulletin of the 20th December, reviewing the Bill introduced in Congress to replace the old duty on wool, advises the Ohio wool growers to learn a lesson from California, which now supplies the knit goods manu facturers of Cohoes, New Zealand shipping its wool so clean that it has displaced the Australian product in their mills. Cohoes is now ‘the great competitor of Notting ham) Bnglatid.- A movement has commenced against secret societies by the Christian Loagu&j . embracing the leading divines of thg [ United States.

Brennan, the hon. secretary of the Irish Land League, is in Ban Francisco f >r the purpose of raising money for the League. Yillard, the projector and successful manager of the Northern Pacific Railroad, resigned the presidency, owing to the pres sure of discontented stock holders. His manipulations have almost beggared seve ral leading men of the country, while he is reported to be worth 10,000,000 dollars.

A twenty years’ lawsuit ended in San Francisco on December 13ih by a pioneer of California and millionaire, Charles M'Laughlin, being assassinated in his office by a railway contractor named E. Cox, who had grown desperate by his protracted legal difficulties with McLaugh lin. Cux originally advanced money to the deceased to build a railway between San Jose, San Francisco and iSew York. The Oommiosionera are purifying the police department. Five officers were dismissed, two permitted to resign, and one placed on trial for murder. Others are charged with drunkenness and ob-

taining money under false pretences. - Seventy workmen discharged from Pat terson’s locomotive works, New Jersey,

left for the Clyde to work on iron works building paying their own passages. The American Free Trade journals say this augurs badly for protection from British trade. A Chinese flag was publicly burnt by an assemblage of Irishmen in San Fran cisco on Sunday, December 9th. Its cremation was preceded by resolutions of sympathy for O’Donnell. A movement for separate government is gaining ground in Manitoba, owing to the raisgovernment at Ottawa. There is a strike of engineers on the Canadian Pacific Railway, Business is at a standstill. The Company was re trenching. Wilson, curate of St George’s Cathedral, Kingston, Ontario, was dismissed for at tending a Salvation Army meeting. The Pope has approved of the proposal to erect a memorial church to Daniel O’Connell at Calineeven, County Kerry. Archbishop Croke will lay the corner atone.

The executrix of Dowager Lady Lytton threatens to publish 300 letters of the late lord unless his son will do justice to the memory of his mothe •• Bradlaugh met with a cordial reception in Paris, but he studiously avoided the Anarchists.

The refusal of Mr Goschen f o accept the Speakership of the House of Commons is the result of aspirations to succeed the Marquis of Ripon as Viceroy of India. Fourteen thousand cotton operatives are idle in Lancashire. Half of the Blackburn looms are stopped, and the men are on strike.

The Anglo-Egyptian Bank at Alexan dria offered the Egyptian Government ten millions sterling to construct a canal parallel to the present Suez Cmal. The deficit in the Egyptian Budget of 1883 is three million dollars. Violent galea occurred throughout Great Britain on December 12th. Much damage was done in England and the pro vinces.

Gerald Massey, who has arrived in New York to deliver a course of lectures, com menced an action against the New York Times for 5,000 dols for publishing a de famatory article. Bolivian Commissioners at Santo de Chili are rapidly completing peace nego ciations between Peru and Chili. The London police have begun to raid fashionable gambling houses. On the 13th they entered the Baccarat Club, Jinks Club, Park Club, and others known as swell hells, and warned the players and proprietors. The following failures have occurred:

Peyton and Peyton, furniture manufac turers, Birmingham, forL100,000; Abbot, Pago and Co., London, stockbrokers, LI 65.000. Cyaret, a Lyons anarchist, concerned in the explosion of the theatre there, was sentenced to death. Rosa Bonhour is dangerously ill at Fon tainebleau. Tremendous floods of the Scheldt did great damage. Badingrett, who helped Emperor Napo leon the Third to escape from the fortress of Ham, died in Paris lately. The Governor of Alsice and Lorraine issued an order abolishing the French language in debate. The staff of La Lanterne entertained Bradlaugh at a reception in Paris, Sarah Bernhardt has assaulted Marie Colonvier, an actress who accompanied her to America, for publishing a satirical biography of her under the title “ Sarah Bernhaum.”

The civil suit brought by the London News Agency against the comic paper Judy was dismissed by the Judge, on the ground that the alleged libel was a fair criticism on the way the agency con ducted its business, and if the suit suc ceeded the freedom of the press might be seriously injured. A meeting will shortly take place be tween the Emperors of Austria, Germany and Russia.

The remains of Delong, of the Jean nette Arctic exploring party, reached Ir kutsk December 21st, being escorted by ! a military guard. The dispute between Spain and France 1 as to King Alfonso’s treatment in Paris is | satisfactorily settled. The Crown Prince of Germany during . his visit to Madrid gave 24.000 piastres | to the Palace Serots, and 50,000 to the , military asylums. At the opening of the Spanish Cortes the Royal Speech announced the exten sion of the suffrage to all who can read and write and pay taxes. Captain Robert Dickenson, an Irish politician and refugee, has died in Bel gium. The Canton of Yalais, Switzerland, has restored the death penalty for murder. Monsignore Savarez, the Pope’s domes tic prelate, has left the Roman Catholic Church, and has been received into the Episcopal Church by Dr Niven, of St. Paul’s American Church. The Italian Steamship Company has re fused the use of its steamers to the French Government for Tonquin. At the interview between the Pope and the imerican Catholic Bishops, the for mer expressed the hope that ho might live to see the Greek and Latin Churches united Several people were crushed to death in Moscow on December 10th ? owing to the pressure of an immense crowd assembled to receive a gratuity usually given at the demise of a wealthy person. The depression in the iron trade of America continues. Twelve thousand coal miners are out of employment. The statue of Mr Gladstone was uu.- veiled in the Liberal Oiubroom, London. Earl Granville delivered a strong personal eulogium on the Premier- The Crown Prince of Germany paid a visit to the Pope on Dec. 18th. He was received with great cordiality. The Prince was visibly affected, and expressed in the name of the Emperor his gratification at being able to manifest his respect for his Holiness. The private conference lasted one hour. Later in the day the Prince received all the State dignitaries, and left on his return home next day. The Moniteur de Borne says this visit is the outcome of Bismark’s project for fedeia t ng the Conservative forces against the i.udacious Democracy, and the place of honor in the alliance has been assigned to the Papacy as first in influence in the world. Another journal objects to this view of the case, and trusts the signifi cance given to the visit by the Moniteur , the Papal organ, will be disavowed at Berlin. Route's dpspajshes assert the ; visit was simply one of courtesy.

Delegates of the French worKing men have recently been on a visit to the United States to extend the cause of interna tionalism. The Times, the Herald, and the World denounce them as incendiaries and impostors. A meeting of sympa thisers with the movement was held in New York on Deo. 17th. when the orator of the evening w s Herr Moat, who said, amid a frenzy of cheers—“ Let us tear down, wipe out, and annihilate, then we can talk of building.” Cries of Vive la Commune, Vive la dynamite, resounded through the hal). The delegates returned to France on the 19th. The Dominion Government is being strongly pressed to take immediate action to prevent an influx of Chinese into British Columbia. Upwards of 9,000 of these undesirable settlers are without work in that province. They resort to all kinds of depredations to keep them selves alive, and several cases of murder have already been reported. Plundering is t !, eir sole means of support. Many of them cross over to tbe United States ter rilory, de r ying detection once they mingle with their fellow countrymen. The Dominion Government has hereto fore refused to interfere, on the ground that they are the constructors of the Canadian Pacific railway, and that con tractors could not build the road without Chinese labor. The Provincial Govern ment is moving in the matter, and Sir John McDonald will have to accede to the demands of the Province. Admiral Peyron, Minister of Marine, received the following despatch from Sontay and Tonquin, dated 17th ;—“Son tay is ours. The outer walls were carried by assault at six o’clock on Sunday even ing. The attack began at eleven in the morning, and the assault was made at five in the evening with a bravery above all praise by the Foreign Legion, together with the marine infantry and the sailors The citadel was evacuated during the night, and occupied on the morning of the 17th without fighting. We do not yet know whether the Black Flags, rebel Anamites and Chinese have fled. It is impossible to learn their losses. Our less is about fifteen killed, including one officer, and sixty wounded, including five officers.” A letter from Admiral Galabar, the French Commander in Madagascar, states that on the night of November the 16th the BLovas attempted to abduct the Queen of Sdkalavas from Majunfas, but were frustrated by the firing from a gunboat and the landing of a party of riflemen from another gunboat. The condition of French troops in Madagascar is good. Negotiations with the Hovas were not re sumed. .

Despatches dated December 12th de scribe the effects of a violent gale through out England. On the preceding days much damage was caused in London and in the provinces. Huge trees were torn up and carried a ■ ay. The low-lying dis tricts of Birmingham were flooded. A portion of the roof of the Church of St Chad, in Derby, was demolished, and the Congregational Churches were also in jured. The parish church in Rotherham was much injured. Chimney shafts were thrown down in Manchester and Leeds,

and a large gas-holder near Bradford was capsized. The Leicester cirriago works were destroyed. At Birkenhead great damifge was done. The chief officer of a steamer from Glasgow was killed. Cabs were overturned, and many buildings were destroyed At Lincoln, a parapet of the tower of the Cathedral was blown down. A ship was blown from her moor ings in Belfast harbor, and at South Shields a vessel broke adrift, and three wherries were sunk. The British ship Liverpool from Quebec for Greenock, is a total wreck near Stramair, Scotland, and only a man and boy were saved of the crew. Two persons were killed at Hull, and several injured A portion of Ports mouth was flooded, and at Hartlepool many ships were damaged. At Birming ham two persons were killed and a num ber injured. Three were killed at Man chester, and three at Dewsbury. At Chester a man was blown down in the street and killed, and two persons were killed at Liveraedgo. A portion of the roof of St Mary’s Church in Berwick was destroyed. Several houses in the suburbs of Nottingham were blown dqwh- At Kildwick a gasometer was demolished. A portion of the railway depot of the Midland railway was blown down. Several vessels docked in the Mersey were damaged. Two vessels were wrecked at Dunure, Scotland, and two men drowned. The lowlands of the West Lancashire and the Garstag districts were flooded. At Glasgow the damage to property was very great, Pat. O’Donnell, the murderer of the in former Carey, paid the penalty within the walls of Newgate on the morning of Dec. 17th. The drop fell precisely at 3 o’clock. I' ho previous night O'Donnell went to bed about 10, and remained apparently asleep till 5.20. At 6 the priest came to the prisoner and remained in prayer for some time At the conclusion of the prayers the sacrament was administered, and O’Donnell partook of a light breakfast, and appeared to eat with relish. At 7-45 the prison bell began tolling, and a simi lar warning was sent from the belfry of St Sepulchre Church on the Holborn viaduct. D rectly the - governor of the gaql, with the head warder, entered, and O’ Donnell was at once led to the I pinioning room. Half-way between the condemned cell and the prison yard they found the executioner, Binns, waiting with the Sheriff of London, three warders, and the prison doctor. Binns bound O’Donnell’s arms with leather thongs, O’Donnell submitting quietly. The pro cession was then formed, and they quietly marched to the prison yard, pass ing so close to the spectators that they admitted that they could i have touched O’Donnell but for the lattice work which separated them. At the scaffold the noose hung ominously from the cross beam above. The scaffold was half boarded up, so that O’Donnell’s attend ants were seen by those present only from waist up. Binns lost not a moment in placing the white cap over the victim’s face and adjusting the noose, and a mo ment after O’Donnell disappeared a quivering cord was all that remained to show where he had stood. The Gover-

nor and the doctor gazed a moment into the cellar, a pit in which his body swung, and then hurried away. Outside the gaol a considerable crowd assembled. They dispersed directlj the black flag was hoisted. Twenty police were detained inside the gaol, and constables were posted around the trails outside. : The body of O’Dpnnell, after hanging an boqr, was cut dowq, and later in the day the inquest was held, with the usual verdict. The remains were interred

in quicklime under one of the flags in the corridor kqqwn as “ Birdcage walk.” While being pinioned O’Donnell smiled, and spemed indifferent to his approach ing fate. He expressed to the Go vernor regrets for the scene he had made in the dock after being sentenced. He walked firmly to the scaffold, and his death was instantaneous, the fall being eight feet. His brother was not admitted to the execution, but remained outside, praying exci*edly, The morning was wet and gloomy, and the crowd around the gaol was£quiet. Strenuous efforts ware made, especially by Irish-Americana, to procure a mitigation, or at least a respite, and delegations waited on President Arthur to ask that the United States should intervene in the matter, which was accordingly done through Minister Lowell in Loudon. For this action, as well as for the resolutions passed oy the United States House of Representatives, the Hew York Tribune and Post have only the language of strongest censure, and charge the President with yielding to Irish

clamour, and thaa patting himself in an absurd position. Outside the Irish* American element in the United States there is uo feeling in the matter what ever. Such American newspapers as dis cuss the sentence and its execution admit its justice.

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fRROTKR’s TBI.EORAMS—COPYRIGHT.] France and China. London, Jan. 12. It has transpired that the Chinese Government has virtually declared war against France, and all hopes of peace ful settlement of the Franco-Chinese difficulty has been abandoned. It understood that the French already formed designs for an attack in force upon Canton, and it is expected that a movement thither will shortly be made by a large naval and military force. It is reported that an immediate advance upon Bacninh will be made by the French Army in Tonquin. Federation. < ttawa, Jan. 12. In the course of his speech at To ronto yesterday the Marquis of Lans downe, Governor-General of Canada, alluded to the proposed federation of the Australasian colonies, and expressed his hope that the project would be car ried out, and that it would be as great a success as the federation of the pro vinces now forming the Dominion of Canada had proved to be. A Garrison Evacuated. Uaibo, Jan. 12. Intelligence is to hand from Khar toum reporting that the Military Go vernor has ordered n,oob civilians to evacuate the town, the isolated position of the garrison causing some anxiety, in consequence of the belief that an attack will be made upon the town by partisans of £1 Mahdi.

[Received Jan. 14, 1.15 p.m.J- ; Preparations for War. Hong Kong, Jan. 13. The latest new* received here states that vigorous preparations are being made by China with a view of a virtaal outbreak of war with France. ~.. The Chinese Viceroy, Li Hung Chang, has issued a proclamation from Canton stating that vigorous resistance will/be used against the French pretensions in Tonquin. The proclamation also an nounces that China is in entire friend ship with the other Powers.

AUSTRALIAN

[RBDTBR’s TELEGRAMS COPYRIGHT.] A Denial.

Melbournb, Saturday.

It is now stated that the announce ment made yesterday that Messrs Sy monds and Templeton and Professor Irving will constitute the new Public Service Board is quite premature.

TELEGRAMS.

[PKR PRESS ASSOOIAHON.]

A New Convent.

New Plymouth, To-day

Dr Redwood laid the foundation stone of the Convent yesterday. There was a large concourse of persons present. In his address he spoke strongly against ' the Government system of education, and said it was not consistent with what the English called fair play. He said the building would be a credit to the Catho lics, and he hoped the children of the place would attend the school. The Bishop gave a subscription of L3O, and a large amount was also placed on the stone.

Sporting News. Wanganui, To-day.

Odd Trick is scratched for all engage ments in the Wanganui Autumn Meeting. Parere is scratched for the Cup, and Hip pona for the Flying and District Races. The Mail. Willington, To-day. The Rotomshana will take oh the Southern portion of the San Franoisbo mail, which is expected here by the Ro torua about 4 o’clock. Arson.

At the Supreme Court this morning the charge of arson against Mullens was com menced. There is a large number of wit nesses, and the case is not expected : to finish until Wednesday night.

The New Steamer. The New Zealand Shipping Company have teceived a cable stating that U}ei? new steamer the Aorangi put into Hobart on Saturday, short of coal. She was to leave again yesterday, and is expected here on Thursday. Fire. Nelson, To-day, A six-roomed house near the railway station, owned and occupied by Mr August, second mate of the steamer Ken nedy, was burned down on Sunday after noon. Mrs Corbet, Mr August’s mother in-law, was in the building confined to her bed, and was saved with difficulty. The insurances are :—National LIOO, and Ll5O on the house and furniture in the Nor wich Union. Nothing was saved, as owing to the strong wind the fire spread rapidly.

A Dangerous Storm. The Collingwood correspondent of the Colonist reports a violent thunderstorm in that district. Early on the morning of the 9th, while Mr G. Hialop was at break fast, his house was struck by lightning, which split the corner from top to bot tom, tearing away the water barrels ahd the lining, passing along the ground plates and the ground for 40 feet, and then ex ploding and throwing up earth. Mr His lop was thrown to the ground, and hia wife and two children in a cowshed, hlosp by were also thrown down. Hone werg seriously injured.

Missing- CHHisTchoncH, To-d^y.

Lewis, Stewart, a fisherman of Akaroa, is missing. He is supposed to lpfe : been drowned by the upsetting of his boat in crossing the Akaroa harbor on Saturday. The Dunediq. Murder OaSQ* Dpnkojn, To-day,

In Pearce’s case the fqli right of chal lenge was exercised by the prisoner’s counsel, The Grown challenged one juror, Mr Haggitt, in opening the case, said that after the prisoner’s committal he admitted to Detective Bain that he had thrown his fishmonger's knife into the Bay. -

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1884.



>A£L PROGRAMME GAUDS in nr octet at very octet styles, with Pencils and gni. printed at the Guardian Office, Wwt street. A TOUT ii Boots, Boots of the scarcity of money, who has just replenished K with all kinds of SHOES of 1 the year,,is prepared to 1 ing f<ow Prices for GASH. i\ ,i> ‘ t- Made. Repairs done shortest notice. 13 1087



Wanted WANTED— A good Cook, for long job, to cook for about 20 men. Apply immediately, Wm. R. Dunn. 1 94 WANTED —Situation by a married couple, wife good cook and baker, husband general handy man on farm or station. Apply Office of this Paper. 198 WANTED— By a respectable young girl, a light PLAGE in a small family; good references. For address, apply to Guardian Office. 1 45 TXT ANTED—TENDERS for Cutting, * v Binding, Stocking, and Carting 100 acres of wheat. Tenders close on SATURDAY, January 19, at noon. Apply to R. LANCASTER, 1 85 Batcher and Baker, Ashburton. WANTED TENDERS for pulling 15 acres of Linseed. Tenders will close on Thursday evening next. Dudley AND Noexhet, Riversdale, Tinwald 1 72 WANTED to Buy—A small second hand fire-proof SAFE. State price, maker and size to Box 45, Post Office, Ashburton. 1 44 WANTED Known—That Hayes and Co. are slaughtering 2,000 yards of Madras Muslin wor h Is 9d at 6d per yard. WANTED Known—For Sale, two COTTAGES on East Belt. Cheap, easy terms. Apply W, 0. Davis or Ward and Sons. 12 1012 WANTED TENDERS For CUT TING and TYING 200 Acres, 1 more or less, of Wheat. Tenders ra : ceived up to 15th inst., stating what ’ reaper used. John Emerson, Epperston * Farm, Hinds. 1 WANTED Known—That H. Jams has taken over the market garden from B. Ling, Hampstead, and intends carrying on a RETAIL BUSINESS in ; Saunders’ Buildings. Vegetables and \ Fruit supplied fresh daily. 1 6 s ANTED KNOWN— Robert Elston, ! VV Bill Poster, Theatrical Agent, > etc., Towu Hall, Ashburton. Theatrical ■ companies and others visiting Ashburton 1 should communicate with the above. Orders by post or telegram promptly " attended to. 7600 WANTED— The public who are in want of Boots to inspect our win dow before purchasing elsewhere. As far as style and cheapness we are determined 1 not to be excelled. Boots for everyone, and at any price. Large stock of women’s best prunellas from 7s 6d ; men’s half sole Y and heeling, 4s 6d ; women s do, 3a 6d ; girl’s do, 2s 6d. Nokes, Leicester Boot Warehouse, Burnett street. 12 1107 WANTED Known—That in conse quence of the rapid increase of business, John Moisow, Impermeable Bootmaker, has been compelled to get a j large stock of Boots of a superior quality in the town in order to meets the demands of his customers, and those who may pur chase from him will find no deception as “ to price or quality. As J. M. has. gained the public trust in the past by doing bast work and fit, combined with neatness and 1 style, he intends even to make greater exertions in the future. Fowler’s Build -1 ings, Tancred street (opposite Arcade), Ashburton. 7 207 1 Special Advertisements. ■ \T7 OMEN’S PRAYER UNION.— " W The WEEKLY MEETING will be held (for the current quarter) in the Wes leyan Church, Cameron street, on WED • NESDAY Afternoon, at 3 o’clock. All 3 are welcome. 1 77 r • STOP THAT COUGH! DON’T DELAY.—How can you stop it 1 1 Where, s the Remedy. Bonnington’s 1 PECTORAL OXYMEL OP CARRA GEEN or IRISH MOSS (registers 1), . can produce more evidence of real merit than any other article for the purpose. ’ Sold everywhere, G Bonnihoton, Christchurch. i , 0 ° & g|| H ja •<1 « SS-5 1 ft o ca O 3 O HO to « P rrt oW c_j •+=» a CQ FI W •S P ft A MERRY CHRISTMAS HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL. Bazaar AND Fancy Fair AT ANDRE WES BROS,, East Street South, IS HOW '.OPEN. CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR GIFTS in great variety. INTENDING PURCHASERS OF CLOTHING TOR THE SPRING AND SUMMER SEASON Should visit the NEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory's BRANCH, Where they can select from the LARGEST VARIETY OP FASHION ABLE GARMENTS, Manufactured from sound and reliable New Zealand Tweeds. The well-known reputation enjoyed by the Firm of Selling a GENUINE ARTICLE AT WHOLESALE PRICE Has resulted in an increase of Business during the past season, and they can now boaiat of having Twenty - One Retail Branches in New Zealand, thus enabling them to increase the Factory produce, economising both material and labor, and ensuring to: their patrons a further benefit in the shape of a still Lower Rate of Wholesale Prices, ] oHIRTS, UNDERCLOTHING, HATS & CAPS, portmanteaus, 4nd every requisite Wholesale Price. ' Ashburton Branch i EAST STREET.



Special Advertisements. J! ASHION HOU E 185, 18$, 187, CASHEL STREET, CHRISTCHURCH. E. 0. Brown & Co’s GREAT PERIODICAL CLEARANCE SALE, FKIYIOUS TO BTOOK-TAKXNO. FOR ONE MONTH OOHMBNOIMO SATURDAY, JANUARY sth The Entire Stock, including several im portant purchases of gocds at about HALF PRICE, will be sold at such prices as must con mand speedy clearance. UNPRECEDENTED BARGAINS in all Departments. i > > I MILLINERY DEPARTMENT. Our Beautiful Stock of Millinery (e: vied by all) comprises the latest an 1 prettiest shapes and shades in Bead* 1 Spanish and Eidelweiss Lace Goods, e: | quisitely matched and stylish, t f , Splendid Selection at from 20 to 50 p [ cent reduction. > ■ 100 dozen Untrimmed Straw Hats in en< t less variety, nearly given away. f I \ WONDERFUL BARGAINS And splendid choice in COSTUMES, MANTLES, JACKETS, DUST CLOAKS, THE WASHING DRESS DEPARTMENT comprises— Bargains in Pompadour Sateens In above materials, to be cleared at ai IMMENSE REDUCTION. FRENCH MERINOS, at Is lid, worth 3s lid. SPECIAL. Black Silks, from 35s the dress Nun’s Cloth Fancy Beiges Summer Homespuns Diagonal Mohair Dress Materials, at about half their value SIMILAR REDUCTIONS In all Departments. For farther particulars see circulars tasked In Friday's Frm and Times. 1 9



Special Advertisement. I F YOU WANT GOOD AND STRONG FURNITURE, GO ft'c TO DAVIS’S CHEAP* FURNITURE AND RED DING MANUFACTORY, EAST STREET SOUTH, ASHBURTON. £7l VERY article Sold at Christchurch -i Pricks and laranteed best of •naterial and workmanship. FUNERALS CHEAPLY & COMPLETELY FURNISHED NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisements for The Ashburton Guardian must be sent in not later than 3 p.m., with the number of insertion, 1 written plainly on the copy, otherw ; se they will be inserted until counter manded, and charged accordingly. Re place Advertisements must be suppliel the day previous to that on which they are to be inserted. Special notices can be received up to 3.30 p.m., but will be charged double rates. All notices of Births, Marriage.', or Deaths must bo accompanied by the sig nature of the sender, as a guarantee of good faith. All advertisements and business lett s to be addressed The Manager ; literary communications should bo addressed to The Editor.



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