SHIPPING.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. Arrived. Yesterday. Wairarapa, > .a., from Sydney via Auck land and way porta. Penguin, a.a., from Port Chalmers, via Akaroa. Sailed. Yesterday. Penguin, s.s., for Wellington. Wairarapa, s.s., for Melbourne, Via South.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

Auckland, Yesterday. Arrived —Bingarooma, from Sydney. Wellington, Yesterday. Arrived—lonic, s.s., of Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company. Hauroto, from Sydney.

DAILY MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES. To-Moebow. Mr Alfred Harrison, at Gates’ Factory, Peter street —'-’undriea Saturday, January 24 J£r Thos. Bol’oak, at the. Arcade, Burnett Street--String Binders Tuesday, January 27. Messrs Matson, Cox and Cl, at the Tinwald.Saleyards—Stock MEETINGS AMUSEMENTS, Eto. This Evening St Stephen’s Schoolroom—Professor Lio Medo, at 8 o’clock Friday, January 23. Oddfellows’ Hall—Remenyi Concert, at 8 o’clock Monday, January 26. Meeting of Householders for Borough School Committee Election. Monday, February 2. Borough! Council, at Borough Council Chambers, at 7-30 Friday, February 6 tsnburton County Council —At Council Chambers, 11a.m. Friday, Match 6. Lonbgeach Road Board at Road Board Office. Saturday, March 7. Afckanui Road Board, at Road Board office, Moore street, at 10.30 a.m.

MAIL NOTICES.

close at the Ashburton Post Office follows: — For Christchurch and North at 6 a.m. 10.30 a-m., and 5 p.m., daily. For Chertaey 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. y'or Teiauka, at 6 a.m. and 10 a.m., and South, at 6 a.m., 10 *.m., and 4.30 p.m., daily. For Greenstreet and Ashburton Forks, Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 10.45 For Wakanui, Elgin, Seaview, Seafield, and Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6.30 a. m. For ttount Somers, on Tuesdays and aturdays, at 6 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. For Mayfield, on Tuesdays and Satur days, at 6 a.m. , , For Ahhtca, Waterton and Longbeach, at 4.30 p.m. daily. For Flemington, on Mondays, Wednes days, and Fridays, at 4.30 p.m. For Newlands, on Tuesdays and Fri days'at 10.30 a.m.

Mails arrive at the Ashburton Post Office* From Christchurch and Rakaia at 10.15 *.m., 4.35 p.m., and 7.20 p.m. From Chertsey, &c. at 10.15 a.m. and 4.35*>.n». daily. , From Dunedin and intermediate places at n.m. daily. From Temuka and Timaru at 10.40 a. m. D.dO p.m., and 8 p.m. daily. From Greenstreet and Ashburton Forks, Wednesdays and Saturdays, at IQ a.m. From Mount Somers, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, at 10.5 a.m. and 8.15 p.m. From Mayfield, on Tuesdays and Satur days, at 10.5 a. m. From Ashton, Waterton, and Liong beach at 10 a.m.'daily. From Newlands, on Tuesdays and Fri days, at 2.30 p.m. From Flemington on Tuesdays, Thurs days, and Saturdays, at 10 a.m. From Elgin, Wakanui, Seafield, and Kyle on Tuesdays, Thursdays, *nd Sat nr lays, at 4 p.m. '

The Ashburton Guardian. Manga Est Veritas et Prevalebit WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1885. A Reverie.

In all Darwin’s elaborate, able, and conscientious research into the theory of natural selection, he discovered no thing more unmistakeable and remark able than the result of natural selection as manifested in the colonists of New Zealand. The distance they volun tarily ventured from their native homes, and the known and unknown difficul ties and dangers they encountered, “selected” a race distinguished for their courage, enterprise, energy and daring; but equally remarkable for their want of prudence or salutary caution. Under such conditions it was natural that New Zealanders should excel in daring and should fail in caution; and such has proved to be our national character. We have succeeded in everything that required dash and energy and enterprise ; we haye failed in everything that demanded prudence and caution. Roads, telegraphs, rail ways, machines, inventions, we procure at any cost; but we have utterly ne glected the unexampled opportunity we had to keep clear of diseases and animal and vegetable pests of every description. We have wilfully and wan tonly introduced the rabbits, the spar row, the hares, the sheep scab, the American blight, sorrel, and scores of other mischievous colonists, and we cheerfully add every year about fifteen pounds sterling per head on each bread winner to the national debt, regardless of the proverb that “ out of debt is out of danger.” Not one New Zea land farmer in ten has plodded on as other farmers do, living within his small means or growing rich by the slow but steady inctease of his stock. Thoughtless boirowing is the rule, not the exception, and too soon do we realise Solomon’s prediction that the borrower is servant to the lender. The natural characteristics of the old races have been singularly belied in our rulers. The most prudent Premier we have ever had was an Irishman; the most humdrum and indolent and narrowly selfish was an English poet ; the most reckless spendthrift on public works was a Scotchman; and the most insatiable borrower belongs to a race that are unknown as borrowers, though lending to all the world. What is the net result of all this ? Has our courage, our industry, our enterprise, compensated for our want of common caution or. prudence.? Can we even say that after neaily half a century of plucky British labor New Zealand is now a better field for immigration than it was in 1840 ? Is the prospect for a poor hard work ing settler as bright or as safe now as it was then ? Would the value of all the accumulated industry of the colony ex terminate either the rabbits or the larks alone ? Would the value of our telegraphs and roads and railways pay off our national debt, or realise the value of the gold we have exported or the land we have sold ? Will our children rise up and bless us for the policy we have pursued ? Will they not rather wish that we had been contented with less rapid progress; that we had learnt to live within our means; to construct roads and bridges with our rich gold fields and ample land fund ; to keep away scab, blight, disease and weeds, and to elect farmers and not sportsmen to decide upon what animals should be introduced to a country once so happily free from all animal pests.

The New Traffic Bridge

There is now little doubt that the construction of the Ashburton traffic bridge will be undertaken during the current year. The energy and deter mination of our local bodies, largely sup plemented by the parliamentary labors and diplomacy of the present and pre ceding members for Ashburton, have re moved the long insurmountable ob stacle to the work—the insufficiency of funds. There cannot bs two opinions as to the expediency of the enterprise. The direct saving to the Railway De partment—the bridge-keepers’ salaries and the cost of re-planking—will be a very considerable item, whilst the more important advantages, the convenience and safety of travellers will be inestima able. Although the plans and esti mates were laid before the Conference yesterday, we are not yet at liberty to deal in extenso with them, but we may state that the bridge suggested by Mr Baxter is a very substantial and well de signed structure. The proposed length of the bridge is 1800 lineal feet, in 90 spans of 20 feet each ; the width from handrail to hand rail 21 ft 6in, leaving a clear road way of 20ft. The piers will be sup ported by three ironbark piles, each 25ft in length. It is proposed to erect the bridge in a line with the Great Sauth road, and the northern ehd will land on the spot now occupied by the cottages which for some time served as public offices. The following is the complete text of the resolution adopted by the Conference yesterday, viz.: “ That the County Council and Bo rough Council contribute towards the balance required to complete the cost of the traffic bridge in the proportion of L2 by the County a_nd Li by the Borough, provided that the plan adopted shall include a footbridge railed off from the roadway, but in no case shall the Borough’s contribution be more than Lr,500.” Mr Baxter anticipates that about twelve months will elapse between the commencement and the completion of the work.

The annual Oonfere”C9 of the New Zealand Wesleyan Methodist Church commenced at Dunedin to-day ; the Sta tioning ommittee meeting this afternoon, and the election of President with other officials taking place in the evening. The Rev 0. H. Standage left for the Confer ence by express this morning, and several other representatives passed through Ash burton by the same train. The attendance at the St Stephen’s! Schoolroom last evening was so meagre that Professor Lio Medo determined not to deliver his promised lecture. This evening the professor announces that he will deliver Dr Dodd’s celebrated discourse [ on raesme-ism, and the reputation of the great physiologist should in itself be sufficient to attract a large audience. Pro fessor Lio Medo is possessed of consider able elocutionary talent and being a practical mesmerist, his entertainment promises to bo of a thoroughly enjoy able and instructive character. A: special meeting of the Ashburton Fire Brigade will be held at the engine station at 7 o’clock this evening to con sider the “crisis.” The Kev. Mr West, of Southbridge, mot in conference with representatives from the Presbyterian congregations O; Rakaia, Chortaey, and Lauriston, it Rakaia, on Monday. Owing to the exi gancies of farm work at the present busj season, no representative from Lauristor was present, but Messrs ' odd ant McDowell of Ohertsey, and Mesan Harvey, Tucker, and Wilkinson repro seated ably their respective congregations Information of a very favourable naturi from the various congregations was fur nished, and ways and means for the sup port of the clergyman and the furtheranc of his work having been discussed, the meeting adjourned, after cordially wel coming the Rev. R. Stuart to his new field of labour. Mr Stuart will preach in Rakaia for the first time on Sunday first at 11 a.m., and at Chertsey at 6 p.m. Owing to there being only three persons present at the Horticultural Society’s meeting last evening, nothing was done towards forming a Committee for the pro posed show In all probability the Society will now cease to exist, as the apparent apathy of those most interested, and who have reaped the greatest benefit from previous shows will discourage others who had undertaken the work of resusci tation.

We regret to learn that “ ruatj” has made its appearance in several crops of wheat in the VVakanni district. The intelligence conveyed by our pub lication of yesterday, that the extension of the Mount Somers branch railway was likely to be undertaken at an early date, created wide spread satisfaction at Mount Somers. The inhabitants of the Alpine village had almost despaired of securing the connection during the present decade, and the revulsion of evpectation wis fol owed by laudatory comments upon the district’s representative in Parliament. We are pleased to notice that Mr Hevana’s numerous friends will have an opportunity to, in some measure, show their regard and esteem for that gentle man’s before his departure for Waimate. To-morrow evening a banquet will be given to Mr Revans at the Commercial Hotel, and we hope to see a representative gathering to do honor where honor is largely due. His Worship the Mayor has ’eceived the following telegram from the Minister of Public Works, in reply to a request that he would visit Ashburton and inspect the proposed Moore street crossing and other works :—“ To the Mayor, Ashbur ton. —Your let f er of yesterday received. My arrangements have been much' inter fered with and I cmnot for a day or two make any appointment, but will do so befpre leaving for the North again. Per haps you will intimate the subject you wish to sea me upon. (Signed.) Edward Hxohaedson.” Mr Bullock, J.P., presided at the Re sident Magistrate’s Court yesterday, and fined David Alexander, for drunkenness, 10s and costs 7s. Julia Bourk, to-day, for a similar offence, was fined 20 •, with the alternative of 48 hours’ imprison ment, Mr J. Ivesa, JP,, being the pre siding magistrate. A special meeting of the School Com mittee will be held at the Borough school this evening, at half past seven, to consider the Inspector’s report. We understand that the local agents for different makers are arranging for a pub lic exhibition of reapers and binders in work to take place next week. The Fanner’s Tribune tells this chapter of real life : —“ Your daughter graduates this month, Mr Thistlepod V ‘ Yes, she’ll bo home about the 20th, I reckon ’ ‘And your ton graduates also {’ ‘Oh, yes, he’ll come home about the same time.’ ‘ And what are they going to do V ‘ Well,’ said the old man thoughtfully, * I don’t just, exactly know what they want to drive at, but Marthy she writes that she wants to continue her art studiei on the Continent, so 1 think i’ll just send her to the dairy and let her do a little plain modelling in butter ; and Sam, he says he is got to go abroad and polish up a little, and as good luck will have it, he’ll be home just in time to spread him self on the grindstone and put on an edge on the cradle blades against the wheat harvest.”

Professor Leone Levi, in a recent leo* ture at King’s College, Londoij, said : “ Commerce had not been so profitable of late years, but what had been lost in one direction had been gained in another. The amount assessed to income tax was greater than ever. It was a remarkable fact that in the midst of all complaints about the reduction of profits the amounts held on deposit by the joint-stock Banks of the United Kingdom in 1883 are estimated at L 475,000,0.0, as against L 421,000,000 in 1874 ; while the amount of the Savings Banks had likewise in creased from LG5,000,000 in 1874, to L-8,000,000 in ‘BB4. With regard to our (English) economical prospects for the future, it might be safely asserted, with respect to production, that the conditions were in every way encouraging.” Purify the blood, cleanse the stomach, and sweeten the breath with Hop Bitters. Read [Advt.] ‘‘Rough on Rats,”— Clears out rats, mice, roaches, flies, •Mils, bed-bugs, beetles, insects, skunks, jack rabbits, gophers. Druggists, The N.Z. I*i vr Co., General Agents. 2 'that husband of mine is three times the man he-was before he began using "Wells Health Renewer.” Druggists. The N.Z Drug Co., General Agents. 2 Tic-Doloureux, Toothache, or any other neuralgic pain speediiy yields to Baxter’s Anti- Neuralgic Pills. Another unfortunate.—Again we must draw' the attention of our readers to the fact that a ,£2,424 stock of Clothing and General Dra pery, in the estate of Dennis O’Connell, tra ding in Lyttelton and Cristchurch, now bank rupt, was purchased by H. E. May & Co., of the Hall, High street, for £954, or only a little over one-third of its value. 11. E. M. and Co. are now selling it at half the marked price, which surely ought to seenre a speedy clearance.

Holloways Pilis.—NervousjDebility.- No part of the human machine requires more watching than the nervous system—upon it hangs health and life itself. These pills are the best regulators and strengthened of the nerves, and the safest general purifiers. Nau sea, headache, giddiness, numbness, and men tal apathy yield to them. They dispatch in a summary majmef those distressing dyspeptic symptoms, stomachic pains, fulness at the pit of the stomach, abdominal distension, and over come both capricious appetites and confined bowels —the commonly accompanying signs of defective or deranged nervous power. Hollo way’s Pills are particularly recommended to persons of studious and sedentary habits, who gradually sink into a nervous and debilitated state, unless some such restorative be oc.ca sipnalty takes.—[A4vt.]

“ Index,” in the Auckland Hevald, tells the following story :—The earns paper in which it was stated that the Bishop of Lincoln had resigned, contained the an nouncement that Lord Blanket, Bishop 1 of Meath, had been appointed Primate of Ireland in place of Dr Trench. The men tion of these two men together calls to mind the story which the former often used with great glee to tell about the latter, as follows :—At a large dinner party given at the Castle by the Lord Lieutenant, it was noticed about the middle of dinner that Dr Trench, who had previously been talking a good deal, suddenly became silent, and turned very pale. Then, throwing himself back in his chair, he began, “in the accents of a moat pathetical concern to exclaim, more than once, “ My enemy —my old enemy—has got me at last.” Everybody present understood at once what he meant. It was well known that the Bishop had long been haunted by the conviction that he was to die of creeping paralysis, and that his death would be after the manner of the death of Socrates. All leaving their seats the guests crowded round him and inquired of him more par ticularly what his symptoms were. He explained to them, as well as he could, that what he had long fsared bed come at last. The disease had seized his ex ’ tremities, and was slowly creeping up wards His legs were without feeling. | He had pinched them as hard as he could, but could feel nothing. “Oh dear, is that all !” exclaimed a young and very beautiful woman who had been taken into ‘ d inner by the Bishop, and had been sit ting on his right hand, “ Is that all 1" Why, it’s my leg you’ve been pinching all ’ the time !”

At a meeting of those interested in the adoption of the Lien Law system which was held at the Albion Hotel, Invercar gill, on Saturday afternoon. Mr Lee Smith explained the objects of the sys tem at length, and after some conversa tional discussion it was moved by Mr Hodgkinaon, seconded by Mr Gillies— That it is desirable that a lien law be passed in New Zealand, that this meet ing support the Dunedin deputation by delegates or memorial, and aid in the ex penses. The motion was carried unani mously. | The Lien Law which has been in force for many years in the United States was instituted for the protection of workmen, supplies of material, sub contractors, and contractors. The princi ple of this law is that the land of the person benefited is responsible for the coat of the improvement as a matter of common justice and honesty. The fact of material being placed upon the ground for the pro posed building gives the owner of such material a lien upon the section provided he has been ordered by the owner of the land or agent to supply said material. The lien is preferred to all other liens which may be attached subsequent to commencement of work, and to all unre corded claims of whatever to date. The materials that are furnished are not sub ject to attachment, execution, etc., for any other debt except due for purchase money thereof, so long as in good faith these materials are going to be applied to the construction of the building. Unsatis fied claims against the land must be filed within days after completion of build ing thereon. The lien does not impair right to personal action. “ Buchu-Paiba.”— Quick, complete cure, all annoying kidney, bladder, and urinary diseases. Druggists. The N.Z. Drug Co,. General Agents. 2 The local industries of Ashburton are grow ing apace. A visit to the principal workshops in this town will convince any of our readers that there is still a splendid future before us if we only patronise those of our enterprising townsmen who are determined to do a legiti mate business with snAll profits. In Burnett street the workshops of Messrs Meech and Co present a busy appearance, and having im proved machinery are able to turn out an ex cellent display of household furnishings equal to any in Canterbury. We anticipate a great demand and, a satisfactory profit for the manu facturers in return. In hast street Messrs M. and Co. have also opened a show room, where is to be seen some very line furniture suitable to all classes, and we believe at prices that mus: command a ready sale. Our advice is inspect Meech and Co.’s stock for house fur nishings.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New South Wales. Sybiiey, January 15. At a banquet at West Mattlan 1, Mr Dalloy vindicated Government in the course pursued in regard to New Guinea annexation. He said ha was perfectly cett in that any man who presumed on a public hustings to asscr that any conduct on the part of the Imperial Government had ever shaken our allegiance to the Empire would simply bo covered with ridicule. When asked to join in a meaningless protest to endanger the rela tions of the Empire, he felt at once that oo could on no grounds whatever dream of taking part in such a proceeding. After a hearing lusting soma days the jury found the Golf to Palnca was wilfully burned down, and found some persons un known guilty of wi ful murder and arson. Some of the evidence was of a very un satisfactory character. There are no fresh cases of smallpox, and some of the patients have been dis charged from quarantine. Admiral Tryon is expected to arrive in a few days, when ha will hoist his flag aboard the Nelson. The Miranda baa proceeded to sea. Her supposed destination is New Guinea. The Badbara testimonial so far amounts to L6OO. The increased tram fares caused con siderable irritation. A meeting has been held to protest - Some rain has fallen, but the quantity is less than an inch. The Bondi rioters have been committed for trial. Queensland. A large meeting at Cooktown passed a resolution against the policy of the Im perial Government in allowing Germany to annex a portion of New Guinea. The schooner Young Dick, which has arrived at Maryborough with a hun dred recruits reports that near Maticolo Island two settlers were trading for a German firm. One of them, an English man named Peters, was murdered. Four Kanaka employees were also murdered, and afterwards the surviving settler, a German, was surrounded and killed. 1

South Australia-

Information has been received that a man named George King, who left Ten nant’s Creek with five horses, died of thirst. The horses are also dead.

Victoria.

The bootmakers' strike continues. The men are daily returning to work under manufacturers’ rules. Another ctse of smallpox is reported at Hotham. Meetings continue to be held, approv ing the action of Mr Service, and con demning the vacillating policy of Lord Derby.

NAPIER HARBOR POLL.

Napier, Yesterday. I There was tremendous excitement in I both town and country io-day over the I Harbor poll, and £he day was obsorved as 1 a general holid&y. It was known that a 1 large majority of resident ratepayers were 1 in favor of the scheme, but owing to the 1 peculiar clausa inserted in the Harbor 1 Boards ct by the Legislative Council, all 1 dead men and absentees on the rolls, and j all on the rolls who did not vote, were I counted as voting against the harbor I works. There were 1,903 names on the J rolls, but 400 were those of dead men 1 and absentees, leaving only 1,500 to vote, J out of which number 955 must be recorded I in favor. - There was only a property qualification, but no fear was felt of the majority under that head, but to secure a full poll a fund of L 2.000 was voluntarily subscribed, and spec : al trains, coaches, | and cabs rati in every direction. Strong Committees were formed in all centres to see that every available man polled. The result was such as to surpass the most sanguine anticipations. Out of the pos sible 1,500, 1.387 voted for the proposal and only 59 against. Oh the property qualification there was a surplus of nearly 2,500 votes. This poll is unprecedented in New Zealand, The greatest enthusiasm prevails, bauds parading the streets, fire works going up, and general rejoicing. Mr Oimond was loudly cheered when he 1 announced the result of the poll.

QUID PRO QUO.

Some months ago we published the re- I marks made by the Lord Chief Justice of j England while sentencing the proprietor I of the World newspaper to a term of im- I prisonment for criminal libel. The facta I revealed in , the now notorious case, I “ Adams v. Coleridge,” have given the j World an opportunity to retaliate, which I it does very effectually in the following I piquant article : I The manner in which the first stage of j the case of Adams t. Coleridge has closed I associates the name of Mr Justice Maniaty —notwithstanding his statement in Court on Monday—immediately and indirectly of the Lord Chief Juatice of England, with an event which Is calculated to diminish the confidence felt in the admin istration of justice, and to confirm the mischievous popular superstition that there is one law for the favored and an other for the unfavoured classes. Law has been repeatedly defined as the em bodiment of common sense. Yet the action of the presiding judge in the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, legal as it certainly was, is in contradiction to the plainest dictates of common sense, and admirably adapted to bring any legal tribunal into contempt. Mr Jostice Manisty has indeed made it perfectly clear that he had a reason technically sufficient for acting as he did, and he has only avoided the tedious and costly necessity of a new trial. That is surely net a satisfactory condition of things in which law expenses can only be kept within rational limits by re ducing law itself to an absurdity. The first consideration which will occur to every one is that supposing, as Sir Henry James contended, and as tbe judge ulti mately decided, ihere was no evidence entitling the plaintiff to a verdict, the case should have been stopped. This the Attorney-General insisted upon, and Mr Justice Manisty would have done wall to have been guided by him. Gan anything be more ridiculous than the spectacle of a judge who, after eulogising the institution of trial by jury, and expressing his sat s faction at leaving a case in the hinds of the twelve intelligent gentlemen before him, within five minutes turns round and practically informs them that they are in capable of rightly appreciating facts, and that their finding and their verdict can not stand ? After the jury bad pronounced for the plaintiff, Mr Justice Manisty in quired what da uages they Be thea informed the jury that he en tirely dissented from their view, and that he should sign judgment for the defend ant. Now, all this maybe, as the Grave digger in Bamlet says, the law ; but if so, it is a law which should be changed, and suoh mock trials and burlesque pro cedure as that of Saturday last should be reserved for the stage which is adorned ty the fantastic genius of a Gilbert and a Sullivan. What, however, will more deeply im press, disgust, and shock the public is the revelations which the trial elicited, and the chapter it opens in the family life of an English nobleman, who occupies nearly the highest judicial position in the land. There appeared /in the Morning Post, May d. ISS4. the following advertise imnit : DAI I V GOVERNESS.—The Hon. Mildred Coleridge, S 3 Abingdon ro.ul, Kensington, gives instruction in music (theory and practice), German, Italian, and French, and rudimentary (b eek and I atin. Literature class on Wednesday afternoons. This appeal to English parents for their patronage by the only daughter of the Lord Chief Justice of - ngland excited the astonishment, not unmixed with indigna tion, of the public. The record of the action for libel brought by Mr Adams against the Lord Chief Justice’s aon sup plies the explanation and constitutes the requisite commentary upon the eccentric text. Miss Coleridge was driven to be come a daily governess, living in a small house or lodging in a cheap suburb, be cause her home, the home from which her mother had six years ago been removed by death, and which was controlled by the father, who was, therefore, morally charged with the responsibilities of both parents, had ceased to be for her a habitable place. This deplorable and humiliating condition of things may have been directly brought about by her ill starred engagement. But to admit this,

is only to compel us to go back one stage farther. Is it conceivable that any young woman of ordinary self-respect, brought up with the notions of delicacy and breeding which one is bound to believe that, at least during the lifetime of her mother, Miss Coleridge had an opportun ity of acquiring, would have accepted an offer of marriage as cold, conventional, and one might almost say as compulsory, as, according to Mr Adams, was that which he was constrained to make ? The inference which all sensible, all humane parents, all daughters who have any tnowledge of decent homes, will draw is chat Miss Coleridge deliberately preferred a frigid and joyless marriaae to the do mestic misery which she had endured for years.; And this young woman was nur tured in an atmosphere where from her infancy she must have listened to the pious precepts and devotional platitudes of a smug religionism. The mind of the Lord Chief Justice, if an idea can be formed of it from the glimpses which in his official capacity ha allows us, is a treasure house of copy-book headings, all of them hinting at the union and identity in the person of Lord Coleridge of legal infallibility and moral excellence. Lord Coleridge is more than a mere judge. He is far above the weaknesses of any of bis predecessors, and poses in all respects as the ethical superior of the late Sir Alex ander Oockburn. Yet so beneficiect was the influence which he exercised in his own household, so eminently adapted was ho to be taken as a model for the father of a family, (hat while he was sitting in judgment, p-sii.g as the visible embodi ment of civil and divine authority, his daughter was being driven out of doors and-oompelled to ply the trade of a dai y goyemess. 'l hat is, at the best, a precarious and pitiable calling. But it is clear that it can have offered Miss Coleridge few fresh hardships She at least had nothing to anticipate in her struggles to gain her

own bread which could defer her from quitting her father’s to >f. It is an edify ing glance into the private life of the Lord Chief Justice of England which the testimony of Mr Adams affords. Seldom even on the threadbare levels of shabby genteel existence, never certainly in such a social position as that of Lord Coleridge, has the curtain been lifted in a court of justice upon a domestic interior so grace less and so squalid. Mr Adams appears to have acted with wisdom in cot allowing himself to partake of the greatly grudged hospitality of the Coleridge family. He appears also to have very correctly under a toed the entire family position. When, therefore, the small sole and the bread and-butter made their appearance, the affianced husband of the lady declined to partake of the proffered refreshment, ex- I cept so far as to consume a fragment of bread-and-butter, and this only in order not to wound the feelings of his hostess. Even thus he would not apparently have been prevailed upon, without hearing that Miss Coleridge, like the servants in the establishment, was on board wai?es. What a picture ! The only and motherless daughter of that upright and eloquent judge, to whose lips the finest and holiest of sentiments are always springing from a guileless and chivalrous heart, treated in her father’s house upon exactly the same footing as a scullery wench I Bat there is no need to dwell upon all the details of this distressing tale of parismony, meanness, and cruelty in the .household of a judge. The Lord Chief Justice owes it entirely to himself and the wrong-beaded and discourteous obstinacy of his son, who entirely ignored Mr Adams’s offer to disprove the chacges brought against.him to Mr Bernard Cole ridge’s satisfaction in private, that the public is now acquainted with the shock ing and sickening story. One word more. Months ago, on the 9th of April, when Lord Coleridge denounced this journal for prying into the private doings of others, chronicling their lives and generally pandering to an unhealthy appetite, all | the facts on which this action was based, and which have been now dragged into the light of day, were known to us. We were fully and particularly informed as to the quality and the' amount of the dirty linen which has now been washed in pub lic. Had wo stooped to the cheap sensa tion-mongering with which we were then charged, we could not have wished more attractive material. But not the slightest mention of, or allusion to, the matter was made in these columns. The silence which we maintained then would not have been broken now unless one of the most despicable scandals ever enacted in an English household had become public pro perty. The Coleridge family are alone responsible for having published to the world those details of their private rela tions which, in deference to their feelings, we suppressed.

A HEARTLESS DESERTION.

A very sad case indeed has been brought under the notice of the emigra tion agent for Tasmania, of which 1 am enabled to give the following sketch For some six weeks past a married woman and her baby boy have been living at Gravesend, dependent for all the necessaries of life on the compassion of the boatmen there. The case is indeed intensely sad. The young'mother is a native of Hobart, and her father has, I understand, been in the Civil Service of the island colony for the past twenty years. Soma year and a half ago the lady referred to was mar ried, in opposition to the wishes of her parents, to a young man then occupying a very fair position in a mercantile estab lishment in Tasmania. He carried bis wife off to New Zealand, and after staying there some time, came to England quite recently in the steamship Catalonia. Ha ob tained a little employment in a newspaper office at Gravesend, but, owing to certain irregularities of his, had to leave. Instead of endeavouring to obtain farther employ ment, he formed acquaintanceship with a very fast set of persons, and one night he told hia wife that he had obtained a good situation in Birmingham, and must leave for it at once. In order to raise the necessary funds all the wife’s jewellery was pawned, and she was left in Graves end absolutely penniless. On arriving in London the scoundrel coolly wrote to hia wife stating that the supposed situation was a myth, and that it was only an ex cuse for lidding himself of her and her child. Since writing this heartless letter, the fellow has not bean heard of, and the poor young wife, with her baby three months old, has been left to shift aa.best she could. ihe Gravesend boatinen, knowing the facts of this sad tale, have clubbed together every Saturday night— very much to their honor, be it said, in these hard times—to assist one of'their number who kindly gave the young mother a shelter. The old boatman, in deed, said that “ ha ’adn’t the ’eart to turn the poor oreetura out,” and so this noble fellow has probably saved both from actual starvation. This sad incident came under the notice of Mr Humphries, and he at once sought an interview with the deserted wife, and elicited the whole of the facta above narrated. He found that the sole anxiety of this poor lady was to return to Hobart; and consequently Mr Humphries at once put himself in communication with Messrs Staley, Radford and Co., the gentlemen who up to the present have obtained all the contracts for conveying Government emigrants to 'I asmania. Mr Staley, on hearing all the facts, at once generously offered to provide a passage, and so the wife and baby go oat in the Earjihsn- Thus this poor woman, who has been so heartlessly deserted, will now be enabled to reach her father's home, Mr Staley will no doubt be gratefully remembered by the young matron for the generous and prompt way in which he came to her rescue under such heartrending circum stances — Anglo-Australian.

SPORTING.

POVERTY BAY RACES. Gisborne, Yesterday. The Poverty Bay Turf Club’s annual meeting took place to-day. Maiden Plate. Squire ... ... ... ... ... - I Blue Jacket ... ... ... ... 2 Steel Dust ... ... ... ... 3 Flying Handicap. Yankee 1 Miss Dargon ... ... 2 Hurdle Handicap. Macoaroni ... 1 Sussex ... ... ... 2 Seagull 3 Hack Hurdles. Norman ... 1 Nemesis ... 2 Tradesmen’s Handicap. Deceiver... 1 Miss Dargon ... ... ... ... 2 Emir Bey ... ... ... ... 3

CABLE NEWS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE. fRCUTBK’s TELEGRAMS—COPYRIGHT.] Reinforcements. London, Jan. 19. The second battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment has been ordered to Egypt, and the first battalion of the Berkshire Regiment to Souakim. A Dividend. The English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank has declared a dividend for the past half-year at the rate of 10 per cent, psr annum, and carries for ward to the reserve 1*30,009.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1885.



Wanted. WANTED Tenders for Stocking and Forking about 500 Acres wheat, stocks to be maintained by contractor for oae week. Tenders to be sent in by 24th inst.. to Copland, Chertsey* * 1 ifW YTTANTED Known That persons wish- VV ing to purchase Cheap Groceries would do well to look at J. McGregor's advertiament in another column. ANTED Tenders-For Harvesting £0 acres Oats and Wheat, Win ter’s Read, Allenton. To be in bv noon Saturday, January 24th; Particulars can be seen at Messrs Fooks and Son’s ANTED Known—That R. Lancas w ter starts the new year entirely on his own account with a very light handi cap, which will enable him to sell meat cheaper than ever. With quality, clean liness and civility combined—defies com petition. So rally round to the Ready- Money Meat Mart, Bullcck’s Arcade 1 2 Office. 1 IU



Cornsacks. BALES of CORNSACKS to jUtjU arrive ex ship Atlantigue (now due), size 48 x 26J, 2f. ORNAND CHAFF STORE. Jones & Bradshaw Having removed to those large pre mises in Havelock street, lately occupied by Messrs Robinson and Townsend, op posite Mr A. Harrison’s auction rooms, where they, will continue to supply the following goods Flour, bran, sharps, oats, crushed oats, oatensheaf chaff, oaten straw chaff, chickwheat, pig feed, rock Bait, carrots, potatoes, onions, oatmeal, sugar, teas, cheese, candles, eoap, etc , etc. J. & B. keep machinery on the premises for dressing and cleaning »11 kinds of grass seed, wheat, oats, etc , etc.; also crashing. Steam portable chaffcutter for cutting chaff on farmers’ premises, fitted with all necessary appliances for * aking good W.ork, RISTMAS & NEW YEAR LDS AT HALF PPICE TOYS & FANCY" GOODS GREATLY REDUCED IN PRICE. Andrewes Bros., Apply, at once, to HAYES & CO., 1 1 IQO 06 Arcade, Ashburton. I 87 JONES & BRADSHAW, “ Vent, Vidi- Fid



WANTED Known—Fresh Flounder* are daily despatched direct from our own boat, now fishing at Late Elles mere. Delivery guaranteed within eight hours from time of catching. _ Ail orders received at my shop will be immediately executed on arrival of the train. W. n. Page, East street, Ashburton. 11 2151 vtttANTED Known—Boots ! Boots I That Hayes and Co. are Clearing few desperate lines of Boots, etc., to wit. Ladies’ Leather, 4s 6d; Men’s Shooters, Pegged, 10s ; Men’s Elastic sides, 9s, and a lot of odd lines that must be cleared at once. 7 1278 WANTED Known Removed.— Jones and Bkadsbaw, Corn and Chaff Dealt ra, have removed to the large premises in Jdf.avelock street nearly oppo site Mr A. Harrison’s auction rooms (lately occupied by Messrs Robinson and Townsend), where they will be better able to comply with the demands of their trade. Jones and Pbadshaw, WANTED Known.—We aro not to be beaten 1 Good straw hats, 4fcd, 6d, 9a ; black Cashmere, double width, is 3d; print costumes, 2s 9d ; white calico, 2s 6d per doz; a lot of infants’ white and colored satin and merino hats and hoods, Is to 3s 6d—usual price, 4j 6d to 12s 6d. H. C. ftEGERS, ;• ealys’ Buildings, East fetreet.



WANTED KNOWN—Robkkt Elston, Bill Poster, Theatrical Agent, etc.. Town Hall, Ashburton. Theatrical companies and others visiting Ashburton should communicate with the above. Orders by post or telegram promptly attended to. 760 SOMETHING worth knowing.—F. F. CLAYTON, Practical Tailor, pro fessed Coat and Habit Maker, is next Jones and Bradshaw’s, East street. F. F. 0. is too well known as a master of hia profession to need farther comment. One trial will prove it Gentlemen’s own ma terial made up ; repairs and alterations carefully attended to. 10 1952 ANTED Known—o. Hawkin’s, of Tinwald, having decided to com pete with either Christchurch or Ashbur ton, in price and quality of Boots, will, Ist January, 1885, fcSeli for Cash Only, at the following reduced rates : —Men’s Harvest Bluchers, tips and nailed, 5j 9d; Shooter Boots, 10a 3i; Women’s Strong Lace Boots, 8s 6d ; Leather Elastic, 9s 6d; Children's all reduced from Is per pair. Motto—“ Small Pro fits and Quick Returns.” C, Haw.in’s, WANTED Known—J. Meech & Co., are still Selling On and not Selling Off at saleroom prices. J. M. and Co’s Furniture is made for use as well as ornament and not for auction salts. The best materials are used, being specially relucted, and combined with good workmanship, all goods aro guaran teed of the best quality, and at the veiy lowest prices. East and Burnett street, Ashburton. 12 23 t2 WANTED Known—The undersigned beg to notify to their customers and the public generally that they have Removed into the premises adjoining Mr Taylor, Baker, East street. By strict attention to business and making a good article, they hope to merit the continu ance of public patronage. FoWEb and MoEwen, Bootmakers, East street, Ash- Coot and Shoemaker. 12 2393 burton. 10 1973



Booksellers, Stationers, &a., BAST STREET, SOUTH, Ashburton. OP ANNUALS Boys’ and Girls’ Own Annuals, Chat&erbo;, Sunday, Quiver, Child’s Companion, Little Folks, Child’s Own Magazine, , British Workwomen, British Workmen, Cottager and Artisan, etc, CHRISTMAS CARDS In great Variety and Newest Designs. PRIZE BOOKS ( An immense Stock of PRIZE BOOKS ( School Prizes Always on band. School Committees will do well to pay a visit and inspect for themselves. LIBERAL DISCOUNT ALLOWED to all Schools by Thomas F. Farley, BOOKSELLER. STATIONER, AND Pit I N TER, £*wj??§s’ Bvimscis, AB«6mw.



Special Advertisements. FURNITURE AUCTION T. A. GaTES’S, TO-MORROW AT NOON Dimant and Coe, ARE authorised L(JOAL AGENTS for Singer’s SEWING M A (JHINES, and are prepared to receive PAYMENTS and afford all information in connection therewith. Treadle and Hand Machines on Time Payments. A supply of Machine extras on hand. CORNER EAST AND TANORED STREETS, ASHBURTON. 11 2181 jgPEOIAL NOTICE FANCY BAZAAR Continued a few days to clear out surplus stock. GREAT BARGAINS. SIXPENNY~& SHILLING TABLES, Also, a TABLE of VARIETIES from ONE PENNY to FOURPENCE. Please observe. —ln the ROOM NEXT to my PRESENT SHOP, specially taken for the Christmas Season. E. Bevan, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, (Next Shoo to Quill’s Hotel.)



Special Advertisements. NOTICE TO CONSUMERS OF COAL. HE undersigned are now landing, ex B.s nauruiu, mo Best N ewcastle Coal A TRIAL SOLICITED They have also added to their stocks of Building Materials the following lines, viz, Y.D.L Timber and Palings Kauri Timber, Flooring and Lining Roofing Iron, Doors and Sashes Lime, Cement, Fencing Materials, &c., And every requisite for the trade. MACPHERSON, FILMER AND CO. SAWMILLERS, TIMBER, COAL, AND FIREWOOD MERCHANTS. East street, Ashburton. s.s Hauroto, the Imported for the season (late A. Hayes),



25 Branches Now Open 25 THE NEW~ ZEALAND Clothing Factory Are now Showing NEWEST STYLES in SPRING & SUMMER CLOTHING, Manufactured from the renowned Wear Resisting MOSGIEL TWEEDS. The fit and workmanship of every gar- ) ment is undoubtedly unsurpassed, while the large production and increased busi ness enables the proprietors to offer special advantages as to price. Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s Clothing in every variety at Wholesale Prices. SL'rta, Hats, Hosiery, Blankets, Rugs, Portmanteaux, and every requisite at WHOLESALE PRICES. Note the address NE W L ZE ALAND CLOTHING FACTORY, EAST STREET, Ashburton 25 Branches Now Open 25



Davis’s gURPLUS STOCK OF FURNITURE Now selling off at HALF-PRICE. Must be sold to make room for NEW STOCK. Parties about to Furnish will SAVE 50 Pek. Cent. BY PUCHASIXG AT W. DAVIS’S FURNITURE WAREHOUSE, BA S T STREET SOUTH, Ashburton 9 1729



V. R. f>E DENNIS O’CONN LLL, BAKKROPF, Of Manchester street, Christ church, and Lyttelton, CLOTHIER AND DRAPER. Marked price of Stock, £2,424 Actual Cost, £l,BlB Sold for £954. NOT'OE OF BANKRUPTCY, In Bankruptcy, In the Estate of Dennis O’Con nell, of Christchurch and Lyttel ton, Draper. Tenders are invited for the pur chase, either separately or other wise, of the stock, fittings, and kook debts of the business in Manchester street, Christchurch, and also in Lyttelton. The stock consists of clothing and general drapery, and is mostly new, the business having been carried on only since May last. It will be on view on and after Monday next, and the stock sheets can be inspected on the premises, Manchester street. Tenders will be received by the undersigned until 10 a.m. on Monday, Ist December. E. 0. LATTER, Official Assignee. Christchurch, 21st Nov., 1884. ACCEPTANCE OF TENDER. Official Assignee’s Office, December, 1884. Messrs H. T}. May and Co;, Gentlemen, —I have the plea sure to inform you that your tenders for the purchase in Christchurch and Lyttelton have been accepted, viz Christchurch ... £ISO2 18 0 Lyttelton ... £315 7 0 £lBlB 5 0 At 10/6d in the £, being £954 9s. Yours faithfully, E. O. LATTER, Official Assignee. Mr White will deliver the stocks. Notice of Lale to the Politic, This stock, which really repre sents a retail value of £2,424, was bought by us of the Official Assignee for £954, so that if we get one half O’Connell’s price it will pay us liaudsomely, and that is all we want. We think you are convinced that our sales are thoroughly genuine, and always worth a visit, especially if saving money is an object SALE COMMENCES SATURDAY, Januaiy 10. Terms Cash—No discounts or abatements of any kind. H.E. May & Co



Victoria House. Season sale commencing on January igxh, & continuing FOE FIVE WEEKS ONLY. REMARKABLE GLARING REDUCTIONS !! 1 Convincing proof and Special Prices See Windows"^ Dimant and Coe, READY-MONEY DRAPE••iS, CLOIHIERS, Ac, In premises lately occupied by Orr and Co., Corners East and Taucrcd streets, : ASHBURTON,



Special Advertisements. Groceries CHEAPER THAN EVER AT JAMES McGREGOR’S, Tancred Street. Sugars—English Cut Loaf, 5d per lb Best White Crystal, 3Jd per lb Best Snowdrop, 4i per lb (Reductions by the tna’) Teas, la 3d, Is 6d. 2s, 2s 6d, and 2s 9d ] Box Tea from 12s Cd per box Canterbury Cakes, lOd each. Rice, 31 Mixed Biscuits, 6i Lunch Biscuits, 3d Currants, s£i Raisins, 6£d Now Figs, la per box Best Sago, 3d New Muscatels, Is 6d Oysters, 6d Cairn’s Marmalade, 8d Cheese, 61 per lb English Pickles, 8d Other articles equally cheap. JAMES McGREGOR, Tancred Street. 12 2342



August Flower,—The most miserable beings in the world are those suffering from dyspepsia and liver complaint. More than 75 per cent of the people are afflicted with these two diseases and their effects ; such as sour stomach, sick headache, habitual costiveness, palpitation of the heart, heart burn, waterbrash, gnawing and burning pains at the pit of the stomach, yellow skin, coated tongue and dis agreeable taste in the mouth, coming up of food after eating, low spirits, etc. Go to your druggist and get a bottle pf august flower. This valuable medicine has cured thousands and thousands of sufferers, and is known in all civilised countries. Two doses will relieve j you. It costs only 3s fid a bpttle. Sample bottles, fid.'-tAov'A