SHIPPING.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. Arrived. Yesterday. Rotorua, a.s,, from Dunedin. YYiKhtipn, s.s., from Port Chalmers. Maw hers, 8.9., from West Coast and Wellington. Sailed. Yesterday. Waratea, 8.8., for Greymonth. Rotorua, s.s , for Mannkau and way ports. Wakatipu, a a., for Sydney, via Wel lington. , . _ . Qlaucns, 5.8., for Newcastle, via Port Chalmers and Bluff.

Auckland, Yesterday. Arrived - Wairarapa, from Sydney ; Yandara, from London. Wellington, Yesterday. Arrived —Penguin, from Picton and Nelson; Kennedy, frc m (S elson and the We*t Coast. Sailed —Penguin, for the South ; Na- I for Nelson and the West Coast ; St. Hilda, for Greymonth; Go-Ahead, for Js spier and Cas'le Point. Duaedin, Saturday. Arrived—Ohau, b.b-, from Glasgow ; Tarawera, from Auckland, Sailed—Rotomahana, for the a orth. Port Chalmers, Y esietday. Arrived—Tarawera, 2 15 p ro.

COMMERCIAL.

Ashburton Guardian Office, Thursday afernoon. Messrs Friedlander Bros, (in conjunction with Messrs RohertJ Wilkin and Co., pe-F. C. Tabart, auctioneer) report upon the live stock 'market for the week ending Tuesday, January 13th, 1885 There was no improve ment in the sheep market since our last report. Entries in fat crossbreds consisted mostly of ewes, none of which were placed under the hammer. Three pens of merino wethers made 9s each, and crossbred wethers made 12s 6d each. Pn stores the entry was small; a small line of merino wethers in the wool, sound mouthed, sold at 8s 6d ; hoggets not rea'ising. reserves put on by the vendors were not sold, also a line of shorn merino wethers in forward condition-shared the same fate as] the hoggets. A line of about 150 this season’s lambs, the first in the mirket, were a miserab’e lot, which would have been better had they been left with the ewes for another two months, sold at 5s 3d each. Altogether the bidding was any thing but spirited, and w.* do think that prices will still decline. In cattle there was also but a small entry, and prices quoted last week were ma ntained, with a good enquiry for any thing in good store condition.

DAILY MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES. Tuesday,' January 20. Messrs Matson, Cox and o>,, at the Ashburton Saleyarda—Stock Saturday, January 17 JLt Thos. Bollock, at the Arcade, Barnett Street-r-Horses, Farm Implements, etc. MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS, Em ' Friday, January 16. Horticultural Society Meeting at the Arcade Chambers ; 8 p.m, Monday, Januaky 19 Borough Council, at Borough Council Chambers, at 7-30 Monday, January 26. Meeting of Householders for Borough . School Committee Election. Fbiday, February 6 Ashburton County Council—At Council Chambers, 11 a. m.

The Ashburton Guardian. Manga Est Veritas et Prevalebit THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1885.

A practice of the Western Fire Brigade under the direction of Lieutenant W. E. Dolman, was held last night. There was a good attendance of members, and the various evolutions were creditably exe cuted.

The Kaiapoi regatta was held yesterday in wet weather. The race for champion fours was won by the Kaiapoi Club, . the Union Club being second, and the Can terbury Club third. Among the curiosities of advertising may bo mentioned an incident in the lives of Lord Byron and Dr Rowland, grand father tf the present proprietor of the well-known Macassar oil, Kalydor, and Odonto. The physician wont in quest of the poet, and asked him in some way lo bring the first of these preparations before the public mind and eye in the he published. Lord Byron, who was at the moment somewhat flushed with wine, aaid, “If you will undert.ke to cure me when I am iU, I will do all I can for you.” The poem in hand happened to be “ Don Juan,” and in the description of Ms hero’s mother the poet wrote the well known lines :

Nothing earthly can surpa s her, Save thine incomparable Macassar. An inquest was held at Patton’s Hotel, .Methven, on Tuesday, before Mr H. C. S. Baddeley, II.M , District Coroner, on the body of John Welsh, who died on Sunday under circumstances described in our issue of Monday. Dr Ross, who had made a post mortem examination of the body, deposed that death had arisen from cerebral hemorrhage, and a verdict was returned in accordance with the medical eviienco.

We understand that the Rev Mr West, of Southbridge, will preach in the Chert- Bey schoolroom on Sunday first at 6 30 pm. Inf irmation of interest to the Presbytery of Chertsey and neighbour hood will be given after the service. The Wellington correspondent of the

New Zealand Herald writes “ Some amusement was created in press circles to day at the receipt o£ a cable last night by the Press Association, which stated that ‘ Lord Derby had informed the Governors of the various colonies that Germany had annexed New Zealand with the consent of the British Government,’ The manager of the Press Association wisely refrained from sending this news out to the morn ing papers, and to day had the message repeated, when it was discovered that a mistake had been made in the Adelaide office, and that the message should have read: ‘ Lord Derby has informed the Governors of the several colonies that Germany annexed the northern portion of New Guinea without the consent of the British Government.’” The San Francisco mail arrived at Auckland last night. The Ashburton portion of the mail will probably;be de livered early on Saturday morning. Mr T. Bullock held a highly success ful land sale at the Arcade, Burnett street, to day. The following were the principal prices realised : —Tinwald sec tions . No. 43, with store and dwelling, L 8 0; No. 62, with grain store, L 220;6 0; No. 73, with butcher’s shop and dwelling house, L 270 ; No. 70, with bakery, 1.135; No. 71, L 95 ; \o. 148. with cottage, L 75; No. 14.9, with cottage, L7O; No. 151, with dwelling, L 135 ; No. 38, L 55 ; No. 263, LlO dhope : Lot 6, L 7 ; Jot 11, L 8 10s ; lot L 49, L 9 10s, The ordinary monthly meeting of the Mount Somers Road Board will be held at the Koad Board office, Mount Somers, to-morrow.

It is currently reported that the Agent- General having failed to convince Lord Derby of the wisdom channeling Samoa, the New Zealand Government have aban doned all idea of that course. One of the electric comicalities, says the Scientific American, of the Philadelphia Exhibition was the illuminated colored gentlemen who politely distributed cards to astonished visiters. The Edison Com pany conceived the idea of so locating one of their lamps that it could be seen by all, and to do this most effectually they placed it upm a helmet surmounting the head of the colored party. Two wires led from the lamp under his jacket, down each leg, and terminated in copper discs fastened to his boot heels. Squires of copper of a suitable size for him to stand naturally upon were placed at intervals in (he floor, and were electrically connected with the dynamo. So with each heel in contact with a plate he was enabled to make and break the circuit leading to hs lamp, the movement required being so slight as not to attract attention, and bis hands being free to handle the cirds. Many nervous persons were startled by the sudden flashing of the light, and so great were the crowds that continually surrounded this individual that he was frequenty obliged to change his quarters in order to keep the passages open. As a farther improvement it was the intention to place copper strips under a carpet and provide the heels with sharp points, so that each step would be illuminated. This simple exhibition led many folks from the rural districts to inquire as to the cost of such an appliance, as it was j ist the thing they wanted “to carry around the house”

The Christchurch Hospital enquiry was continued in Christchurch last night,when the City Council Chamber, where it was held, was crowded to excess Dr Nedwill closed his case, and Dr Stewart opened his defence, but had called no witnesses when the enquiry was adjourned till Monday evening. It has transpired that the patient on whom the impugned oper ation was performed was William Strick land, and that he was an old man about 60 years of age. Weakness and sickness changed to health and strength with Hop Bitters always. See. — [Advt.] “Rough on Rats,” —Clears out rats, mice, roaches, flies, -wits, btd-bugs, beetles, insects, skunks, jack rabbits, gophers. Druggists, The N.Z. i> ip Co,, General Agents, 2 Tic-Doloureux, Toothache, or any other neuralgic pain speediiy yields to Baxter’s Anti- Neuralgic Pills. Nothing purifies and enriches the blood and destroys all poisons in the system like Hop Holloway’s Pills. Liver Complaints. —The digestion cannot be long so seriously disordered without the de rangement being perceptible on the counten ance. These pills prevent both unpleasant consequences ; they improve the appetite and witli the increase of desire for food, they augment the powers of digestion and) assimila tion in the stomach. Holloways Pills deal most satisfactorily with deranged or diseased conditions of the many organs engaged in ex tracting nourishment for our bodies from our various diets—as the liver, stomach, and bowels, over all of which they exercise the most salutary control. By resorting at an early stage of this malady to these purifiying and laxative Pills, the dyspeptic is speedily restored to health and strength, and his srllowness gradually vanishes.—fAdvt.l

“ 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 ol this medicine were dis tributed Jree sf charge by Druggists in the United States of America to those afflicted with Consumption, Asthma, Croup, severe Coughs, Pneumonia and other diseases of the throat and lungs, giving the afflicted undeniable proof that German Svrup will cure them. The re sult has been that Druggists in every town and village in civilised countries are recommending it to their customers. Go to your Druggist and ask what they know about it. Sample Bottles 6d, Regular size 3s. 6d, Three doses will relieve any case,-—[Adyt.]

A public trial of the Champion Light Binder was made to-day at Mr S. Hardley’a farm near Tinwald. The crop operated upon was an average one of oits, somewhat patchy and in parts “laid,” but the machine, under very disadvantageous circumstances, did really excellent work and won highenoomiums fromthe farmers I present. The Champion is a compara tively new ramhine in this district, a - | though it has long been a favorite in America and parts of this colony. It is claimed for the Champion that it will cut cleaner, elevate straighter, bind tighter, separate better, and is easier raised and lowered than any other binder made, and without venturing to employ the super lative, we can assert after a very careful examination of the machine, that wo have never seen a binder better calcu lated to substantiate its claims. The different parts are well and strongly made, while the draught is exceptionally light the latter being a very important con sideration in this district, where horses are expected to work long days during harvest. The work done to-day, on rough ground, was well and cleanly cut. The tie was exceptionally firm and regular, and the whole machine ran with remarkable smoothness. Messrs Warder, Bushnell and Glessner are the makers of the Champion, and Mr Edward Reece, of Christohu’-ch, is the New Zealand agent. Later in the afternoon one of Walter A. Wood's new binders was exhibited in the same pad dock, but time will not allow of an ex tended notice in this issue. 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 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- 1 sjpt, was purchased by H. E. May & Co., of* the Hall, High street, for or only little over one-third of its value. H. E. M. and Co. are now selling it at half the marked price, which surely ought to secure a speedy clearance. The Bad and Worthless are never imitated or counterfeited. This is es pecially true of a family medicine, and it is positive proof that the remedy imitated is of the highest value. As soon as it has been tested and proved by the whole world that Hop Bitters was the purest, best, and most valuable family medicine on earth, many imitations sprung up and began to steal the notices in which the press and the people of the country had expressed the merits of H. 8., and in c very way trying to induce sulering invalids to use their stuff instead, expecting to make money on the credit and good name of H. B. Many others started nostrums put up in simi lar style to H. 8., with variously devised names in which the word “ Hop ” or “Hops ” were used in a way to induce people to believe they were the same as Hop Bitters. All such pretended remedies or cures, no matter what Iheir style or name is, and especially those with the word “Hop” or “Hops” in their name or in any way connected with them or their name, are imitations or counterfeits. Beware of them. Touch none of them. Use nothing but genuine American Hop Bitters, with a bunch or cluster of green Hops on the white label, and Dr Soule’s name blown in the glass. Trust nothing else. Druggists and chemists are warned against dealing in imita tions counterfeits.

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Auckland, Yesterday. The Zealand ia, from San Francisco, ar rived at 9 30 p. m. She left San Francisco at 4.30 p.m. on December the 24th. The passage was uneventful. Passengers for New Zealand —Miss Poulhurst, Miss Bat man, Mrs and Miss Gunnell and six children, Mr and Mrs Mantell, Mr and Mrs Baglej, Rev. W. Swain, Hon. Tre fuses, Messrs Oapp, Adams, Greenwood, Middleton (two), R. S, Wil son, Beron, Guthrie, Deans, Carr, Wil liams, Dr Youth. For Sydney, fifty three passengers. The Zealandia leaves for Sydney at midnight. San Francisco, December 24. The steamer Zealandia was detained till date from the 20th, on aosount of the non-arrival in time of the English mails, owing to severe storms. An eleven days’ south-east storm had prevailed in California up to the time of the steamer sailing, doing much damage. The charters of the steamers Zealandia and Australia, of the Pacific lino, to the colonies, and of the steamers Arabic and Ocean, of the Occidental and Or’ental line, expire next June, so it is not ex pected they will be resumed. The steamship Zealandia, due in ’Frisco on November the 29th, was delayed till the morning of December 2nd by the breaking of the piston of the h’gh pres sure engine on the 21st ult., just befote reaching Honolulu. By working low pres sure and maintaining a mean speed of ten and a quarter miles an hour, the steamer reached this port in seven days eighteen hours from the islands. Despatches of 14th November state that a gre it agitation is coming swiftly to the front in England. The agriculturalists are making a strong demand for a gene ral reduction of farm rents. The Oobden Club recognises the danger of the agita tion and is working hard to meet it. Earl Morley, Undersecretary of War, addressed an audience at Plymouth on December 14th. Ho said it would be -ne cessary in 1885 to renew the Coercion Act in Ireland, and, in regard ta Egypt, that England could never allow any other European Power to occupy a prominent position in the country. The Plymouth Church is boycotting Beecher for his democracy. The St James’s Gazette of the 17th says the Powers now assembled at Berlin have obviously a stake in the proposed Nicara guan Canal, and are likely to co-operate with England to oppose the project. In that case they would favor a strong auxi liary force opposing America, which would make it difficult for that country to carry out its project. After a fire in the parcels office of the Windsor railway station was extinguished on December 21sc, brass clock wheels of American manufacture, and a bottle con taining suspicious material, were found among the ruins. The room adjoined a covered way, over which the Queen passed on the Wednesday preceding, when she started for Osborne. i

The Manager of the Great Western asserts that the fire was purely accidental and not due to any foreign agency. They also say that the ill smelling liquid in \he bcttle was simply horse medicine. The Skye crofters publicly announced on December 7th that they will not pay rent till the amount is reduced, declaring that they were unable to pay the sum de manded through poverty, resulting from excessive rents. They have heretofore been forced to pay on the 9th. Officers who attempted to serve the writs were d iven off

The Oobden Club recently ordered to bo printed a million copies of leaflets and pamphlets on the subject of free trade. Four hundred and ninety nine emi grants left the British Isles for the United States during the month of November last. Several fast steamers [were loading at L mdon and Liverpool on December 6th, ostensibly for China, but really with hardly a disguised intention of defying the present blockade cf Formosa by the French fleet. It was reported on December 7th that smallpox was on the increase in London. The hospitals were crowded with patients. Mias Fortescue, the actress, who re csntly recovered LIO,OOO from Lord Gannoylo for breach of promise, has again become engaged to Harry Qmler, the bank clerk and musical critic, whom she jilted for Lord Cairns' son. It is also stated that after a tour of the provinces this actress will go to America,

According to a despatch from London, December 22nd, Lady Archibald Camp bell proposes to embrace the stage as a I profession. The American Government has con cluded a treaty with the Republic of Nicaragua for the construction by the United States of the railway and telegraph across the Isthmus. The canal ronte lies between Greytown on the Atlantic and the port of Sin Juan del Pur on the Pacific It is said that from New York to San Francisco, for sailing vessels, the time is lessened by four dsya. The Hawaiian Reciprocity Treaty was s gned at Washington in December, Secretary Freolinghuysen acting foe the United States Government, and Mr Carter represent'ng the Sandwich Islands. A petition of 4 000 words was telegraphed by business men from San Francisco to Washington, asking that the treaty be signed. Fred Archer, the English pekey, arri ved at New York on December 4 th. He felt so low spirited and homesick on land ing that he was with difficulty prevented from returning to England by the next trip of the steamer. Captain Pym, R.N., and lately M.P. for Gravesend, arrived at Chicago on the 14th December, fresh from looking over , the cattle ranches of the West. He has » on foot a plan for building a railway from ' Cheyenne to Hudson’s Bay for the trans portation of cattle to England. Officers of the incoming steamers at New York on December 18th report the ; trips as- the roughest known for years. > Heavy storms and hurricanes were en countered off the Banks of Newfound land. v It is now proposed that the Rev Henry a Ward Beecher succeeds James Russel L ' Lowell as American Minister at the Cour of St James’.

Michael William Balfe, son of the Irish composer, was arresced in New York on November 27th, for assaulting a woman. Balfe earns his living by gas fitting. Blaine’s defeat for the Presidency has coat Jay Gould a cool million of dollars in lost bets. Truth, a Hew "Fork journal, noted for the money letter fraud in the Garfield campaign, suspended publication on the 4th December. Vanderbilt, the millionaire, filed a judgment against ex-President Grant on December Bth for 153,000 dollars. Grant is nearly reduced to penury, and President Arthur recommends that he be pensioned by the Government. Another aggresive religious organisation similar to the Salvation Army, and called the Pacific Coast Holiness Association, has been started in Pan Francisco. The vdelphi Theatre has been leased for a j meeting place. They claim perfect purity of life and conduct. President Cleveland insists that the inauguration ceremonies must be as simple, brief, and plain as possible. The Democratic party leaders on the contrary think that under the circumstances the most ostentatious parade possible would be justified. The proposal of reciprocity of trade be tween Canada and the United States is being freely discussed. The fishing interests in New England resist the free admission of British caught fish into the American markets. I President Cleveland received and de- I dined an invitation to attend the ice I festival at Montreal. 1 The great Hill-Sharon divorce case, which has been pending for the best part I of the year, and was {originally fomented I by William McCann Neilson, has decided I this morning in plaintiff Hill’s favor. I Sarah Althea Hill was declared by Judge 1 Sullivan the lawful wife of William M. I Sharon, and as such entitled to a decree J and to one-half < f his property. Three I days ago Judge Reardon decided against Sharon in a suit for 200,C00dols brought by the Oddfellows’ Bank growing out of I Ralston’s transactions. Sharon was held I responsible for the money, and also or- I dered to make an account of his manage- I ment of the estate of deceased Ralston. In Hill’s case the betting was lively among the members ofjhe Bar that plain tiff would lose hot oas?. An effort is to be made in America to raise 10 OOOdols a year to pay the Irish Nationalist members of the English Par- I liament. A body of American officers an J men have been sent to Nicaragua to survey the I proposed canal. A broad sheet of December 29th says there are now 316,000 manufacturing operatives out of work in the United States. This is 13 per cent of the whole number employed four years ago. Major Ohorraside reports that out of the garrison at Souakim of 1 200 marines and sailors there are only 1,000 effective men. Fresh troops will be sent to Sou akim.

Despatches from Shanghai to the Rationale of December 20th says the French Minister has been ordered to in form China that further negotiations are useless, and that the dispute must be settled by the sw^rd. The French Fleet having been refused coal and provisions at Hong Kong, Prime Minister Ferry has asked an explanation of the British Foreign Office. The y&w York Times of 2Jth December had a London cablegram stating the fact was announced there that M. Oliver Pain, the French Communist, who escaped from New Caledonia with Rochefort, and went to Turkey, was at present in ttl Mahdi’s camp, where he had established a bureau of correspondence with the French colony at Cairo, to learn Wolseley’s movements. He was continually giving out false re ports concerning the condition of the Mahdi’s forces, as decoys to the English commander.

ITALY.

Cardinal Oonsoline, Prefect of the Pro paganda, died on the 2nd December. A bomb thrower, named Gervase, (was arrested in Milan on the 20th in the act of placing an explosive under ‘the police station. He is a boy eighteen years of age, and refused to name his associates.

FRANCE.

It was reported in Paris on the 23rd December that Government officials on searching the barracks had found evi dence of anarchism spreading among the soldiers. A Bonapartist banquet in Paris on 14ih December was attended by 1,200 persons; Maurice Richard presided, and he de clared that France was in the same state of anarchy now as it was before the acces sion of the First Napolean. Now, as then, the only remedy would be for people to elect a responsible chief. “We are there fore,” he said, “forming a National League to elect a worthy chief.” He concluded by proposing a toast to Prince Napoleon. Pascal declared that the object of the meeting was to declare Napoleonic sentiments, and openly de mand that Prince Napoleon be made the head of the Government.

SWITZERLAND

Snowstorms in the Alpine regions have been unusually severe this season. De spatches of December 13th say many un wary tourists have been caught on the mountains of Switzerland, and the great hospital of St Bernard is full of wounded people Many travellers are still missing, and it is believed several have been frozen to death. i

AUSTRIA.

John Lucas, manager of the securities department of a Bank, died in Vienna on the 23rd from self-inflicted injuties. He left letters stating that he bad been ruined by Bourse speculations, and had embezzled 90,000 florins,

GERMANY. t

Sentence was pronounced on December c 22nd at Leipsic on Anarchists tried for i attempting to assassinate Emperor Wil- 1 liam at Niederwald. Redotf, Paaer, and ( Kueidler, were sentenced to death, Hallz haven and Bashmann were condemned to ten years’ servitude, Singhen, Pliembaok, I and Wellue, were acquitted. i .I- 1 i

SPAIN.

A London journalist received on the 1 9th December from Madrid, an official I denial of a report published that a syndi- 1 cate of capitalists headed by Messrs Ben- 1 nett, of the New York Herald, and Mac- 1 kay, the Bonanza millionaire, were bsr- j gaining with Spain for the Island of J Cuba. I

RUSSIA.

Count Tousi, Minister of the Interior, j has ordered the expulsion of all Jews re- j siding in Odessa, K'ef, and other large 1 cities with foreign passports, unless they also present a special Government permit of residence. Jewish firms doing busi ness in these cities are dismayed at the order, and many will probably be obliged to ga into liquidation. At Retchitah, a town of 5,000 people on the Dnieper, a subterranean passage was discovered on l/ecember 10th under i the tao receiver’s office, which contained ■ 80,000 roubles. Reports were received on December t 20th that the Grand Duchess Sergnias has 3 asked the Osar to concede her a divorce . from the Grand Duke on tha ground that - he continues to maintain a mistress.

LONDON GRAIN MARKET. The- Mark Lane Express of December j 22nd, in its weekly review, says the I week’s rainfall has materially improved the. already promising autumn crops. Trade for the past week was stationary. The sales of English wheat for the week were 54,917 quarters at 31a 5d per quar- | tor.iagainst 67,533 quarters at 39s 2d dur ing the corresponding week of last year. Foreign wheat was quieter, with only a small demand. Holders, however, seemed in better spirits, and anticipated material reductions of stock at tha end of the year. In wheat cargoes off coast a small business had been done. The now crop of Californian grain is said to be of better quality than that of 1883- Of cargoes arrived during the week three were sold and six remained. Trade in forward months was lively, thirteen cargoes of Californian wheat bringing 33a 6d to 355.

THE CANNIBAL CASE. At the trial of Captain Dudley and the mate of the Mignonette the Court room was crowded. The scene during the pro nouncing of the sentence was most im pressive. Lord Chief Jnstice Read gave judgment. After citing authorities at length the Court declared that the taking, of human life could only be justified on the plea of self-defence. The commission of murder for the sake of preserving one’s life was unjustifiable. Of coarse it was a duty to preserve one’s own life, but duty often required one not to save but to sacri fice his own life. The Oomt must apply the law and declare that the prisoners were guilty of murder, for which there was no justification. If the judgment was too severe, the Court must leave the prisoners to the clemency of the Crown When prisoners wore asked what they had to say before sentence was pronounced, both Dudley and Stephen pleaded for mercy in view of their terrible situation when the deed was done. Lord Cole ridge said it was the jury’s privilege to recommend the prisoner’s to mercy, and then he sentenced them to bo hanged, but without the black cap. The Secretary of State for the Home Department had advised the Q ieen to respite Dudley and his mate. On the 12th the sentenced men were committed to six months’ im prisonment, without hard labor.

THE SOUDAN - . There was a report at Dongola on 9th December that the Mahdi accepted Gene ral Gordon’s challenge to cross the Nile and prove himself a true prophet. He tried to make his followers walk across, the experiment resulting in the loss of 3,000 en. It is reported that the Mahdi’s tent is constantly surrounded by a triple line of guards. He is harassed by the fear of being poisoned, and his favorite wife or daughter prepares his food A late de spatch says the natives have little confi dence that the British expedition will prove successful, and they positively re fuse to accompany it beyond Merowe on any condition. Advices from Khorti to 20th December say the navigation of the Nile is growing more difficult, owing to shifting sands. Boats have been delayed and one whaleboat was capsized at the rapids and its baggage was lost. A do spa'ch from Cairo, dated December 22nd, says General Wolseley will complete the concentration of his army at Khorti in the first week of January, and will begin , his march on Shendy on the 7th of that month. The distance from Khorti to

Shendy is 200 miles, and General Wolse ley calculates the march will occupy 16 days, unless he meets with opposition from the enemy en mite. Simultaneously a movement will be made from Souakim against Osman Digneh, in order to be secure from an attack on the flank.

IRISH AND SCOTCH AFFAIRS. A special of December I3th from London says that politicians have found . a new topic for wrangling in a speech delivered on December 13th at Stirling, in Scotland, by Sir Campbell Baonerman, who suc ceeded Mr Trevelyan as Chief Secretary for Ireland on October 21st. The speech is the first he has delivered since he took office. He openly advocated a more liberal form of Government for Ireland, and said a great mistake was made by the I English in their treatment of Ireland to-day—that their policy, in fact, was too obviously one of benevolent condescen sion. The Irish, he contended, being a proud sensitive people, resent this atti tude of patronage, whereas if they had the laws and institutions which their needs require, and to which they are pe culiarly adopted, they would become as I loyal as the Scotchmen of Edinburgh. This speech has created much commoiion. The Scotch claim that the Irish are in I many respects more favored by Govern- I meat than they are themselvea, and they I attribute this to the fact that the loyalty of the people of Scotland has been mis taken by the Government foi satisfaction, while the Irish, by manifestations of dis- I satisfaction, have received many valuable I concessions, although tueir agitations I have been looked upon by English poli- I ticians in most instances as outbreaks of I disloyalty. Sir Campbell Bannerman’s speech is accepted as a trustworthy indi- I cation that the Government has decided to make a now departure in its Irish policy in the direction of greater liberal- I ism. The Conservatives denounce the policy foreshadowed iu the speech as a shameful subserviency to the Irish agi- . tators. ,

DYNAMITE EXPLOSION,

An attempt to blow up London Bridge by dynamite was made on the afternoon of Saturday, December 12 th. The police have absolutely no clue to the affaia, and two theories offered concerning it are that a boat containing explosives, with a burning fuse attached, was allowed to drift beneath the bridge, and that the fuse had been nicely timed to cause the explosion when the boat was midway. A bystander says that flames shot up simul taneously from each side of the bridge. The second theory is that the dynamite was dropped over the bridge, an i alighted on one of the buttresses, which was only slightly damaged. The misohiet dona

consists chiefly in the b e kage of win dows in the vicinity. Persons crossing ihe bridge at the time were thrown down by the concussion, and many gas jets in the vicinity were extinguished.

THE NICARAGUA TREATY. The London Times of Ist December says the Nicaragua Treaty will excite amaze* ment in England and America. If the published version is correct it wiil un doubtedly elicit a distinct protest in both countries. It is a direot violation of the Glayton-Bulwer treaty, and is,a more dis* tinct violation than Blaine ever contem plated. Americans will not suppose that | Englishmen deprecate the treaty, owing to a large extension of American dominion, or that they mistrust that the treaty wilt be abused to the injury of British trade ; I but they cannot approve of the example I of one State purchasing the control of such water-races for its personal advan tage, and not as trustee for the world. I There is no provision on behalf of the world’s trade, and a navigable highway I between two oceans is not a petty matter 1 for sale and barter between a conple of I States. The Spectator says, if the states- I men of the United States would legislate against dynamiters, a compromise on the canal question would be easy. Vanity Fair a a, it sees nothing that England ought to object to in the Nicaragua treaty. The English treaty with Nicaragua, which was concluded by Lord John Russell in I 1860, secures to England the highest I privileges. If the people of England knew the disgaaceful history of the Bol wer-Olayton treaty they would desire it to I be consigned to eternal oblivion.

THE CONGO CONFERENCE. On the 10th of December the Confer ence discussed the free navigation of the Niger. Rasson, the American delegate, presented his neutrality project, which has a much wider scope than any other of the proposals that have yet been made. It provides that the neutrality of both the Congo and Niger countries shall be re spected by all nations, peaceful or belli* gerent, for the purpose of commerce in i time of war. A cable special on the 14th states that the necessity for maintaining outlets for British manufactures is shown by the cautious proceedings and multitu dinous intrigues going on at the Confer ence. Time and trouble have been con sumed in parcelling out malarial and savage lands, which at beat can only furnish meagre results at much cost, and a deferred cable says it is difficult to guess thus far who has obtained any advantage over the other, but the present outlook indicates that France, who has been badly snubbed by Che prohibit ion of importdaties, and England, who has played a tardy ana unprofitable part, will be frozen out by the German-Belgian combination. The I merchants of Manchester fear this so much that the Chamber of Commerce has passed a resolution urging England to cast in her lot with the Association, and a deputation came to London on Monday, the 15th, for the purpose of pressing the matter on Lord Granville. IRISH AFFAIRS. The Corporation of Dublin, by a vote of thirty-one to twelve, has resolved to change the name of Sackville to O’Connell I street. A deputation of trades appeared to protest against their action; Mr Sulli van named the street. It is thought that the Redistribution Bill will lead to the final triumph of the national cause. There will be a great meeting of Orange men at Belfast on January the 6th on the occasion of the Wyolyffa quincentenary, which will be celebrated throughout the North of Ire'and. The third trial of James Ellis- French, Director of the. Detective Department of the Royal Irish Constabulary, Co? scanda lous offences in connection'with the Corn well case, resulted on December 29th in his conviction. He was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment.

SOUTH AND OB STEAL AMERICA. MEXICO, AND WEST INDIES. The largest pearl known, weighing 90 carats and valued at 17,000 dollars, was. sent by express to London from Quays* mas, in Mexico, on Deoemper 13th. An Indian diver fished it np from the depths of the Mullege, Lower California, and sold it for ninety dollars. There are indications that revolution la impending in Mexico. The centre of it I is at Saltilles. The French Consular flag was hoisted in Guayamas, Mexico, on December 7th for the first time since Maximilian's death. According to a despatch from Mexico dated December 10th, the first acts of President Diaz’s administration ate giving general satisfaction. Congress has autho rised him to reform Jhe present unjust stamp laws ; to cut down the supernume rary force of Government employees ; and ! to reduce the public expenses in all pos* sible ways. The gaming houses have been closed by the new Government; - President Croera and Secretary of State Dubarry, of the United States of Colom bia, resigned their positions on December 13th. This step is said to have been taken in view of French menace to Re publican institutions on the Isthmus or any interference with local government. | Late reports from Rio Janeiro say nu merous rumors are afloat of war between Brazil and the Argentine Republic. The Brazilian authorities are conscripting for the army, and the Republic had 12,000 men ready to throw across the frontier as soon as war should be declared. The Brazilian navy was being put in readiness for active service.

A PARISIAN TRAGBD*.

An extraordinary tragedy occurred in Paris on November 27th. The wife of M Clovis Hugues, the Radical Deputy for Marseilles, has shot her traducer in the very Palace of J notice. To explain this unprecedented act, it should be stated that an elderly woman, now dead, mar* ried to a young man named ■ Lenormaot, conceived suspicions two years ago that M idame Hugues was her husband’s (Lenormant’s) mistress, and she employed as a spy a man named Morin, of that nondescript class styled “ Agents d’af faires.” Morin had "a reputation for an scrupulousness; and in order to continue I drawing money from Madame Lenormant he pretended to have ■/discovered facte criminating Madame Hugues. The latter took proceedings against him for defama tion, aod purposely did so in a waj which gave him every opportunity for substan tiating his assertions. Morrin, however, did not appear to take his trial, and was sentenced last December, by default, to two years’ imprisoument. He has since been taking advantage of all the loopholes afforded by French procedure for lodging appeals and obtaining postponements. The appeal was to have been heard, and the parties were in attendance for the purpose. Motrin’s advocate, however, having, owing to his own indisposition, asked for a postponement, the case was set down for hearing next week. ■* M. Hogues appeared to be vexed at this, and bis wite was seen to console him. He and his wife left the Oonrt, bat re mained in the Salle, des Pas Perdus in conversation with different advocates. Suddenly, as Morrin passed them to descend the steps, Madame Hugues moved aside, drew a revolver from under her mantle,' and fired its conteiita at him in rapid succession. Three balls struck nim. One lodged in his head, another in his neck, and tbe third in his lungs. The man fell dying, and was removed to the Hotel Dieu, where all hopes of saving hia life were abandoned. Madame Hugues was at once disarmed, and arrested with ber husband. Mr Hogues protested, on the ground of hit immunity from orrta^

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY IS, 1886.



Wanted. X\T ANTED —An experienced Barman. VV Apply, Ashburton Hotel. 184 WANTED —Two RoorasUnfurnisiied, ] towards east end of town, for a j lady. Apply, J., Post-office, Ashburton GOOD plain Cook wanted, capable of 1 looking after a small dairy. With good references. Apply to Mus C. T. Dudley , Eiversdale, Tinwald. L_— WANTED Known—Great redustions ] in the prices of Christmas Fruit during this month, at J. McG. egob’s, Cash Groce-, Tancred street. WANTED— Tenders, until 20th inst., for Stocking, Carting and Stacking about 100 ac es of wheat, oats and barley. Horses and drays found. Apply, F. M Foster, Winslow. 1 77 WANTED Known—2,soo ladies’ straw hats (150 different shapes) bought at a great sacrifice, and to be sold about 30 per cent under wholesale prices ; 110 costumes at 3t 9d ; other goods 'equally cheap; must be sold— coma and see them. H. O. fc egees, • ealya* Buildings, East t reet. WANTED Known—'lhit R. Lancas X«b starts the new year entirely on his own account with a very light handi cap, which will enab’e 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, Bulb, ck’s Arcade. 1 2 WANTED Known —Fresh Flounder are dai'y despatched direct from our own boat, now fishing at Lake Elles mere, Delivery guaranteed within eight hours from time of catching. All orders : received at my shop will be immediately . executed on arrival of the train. W. 1 Page, East street, Ashburton. 11 2151 ’STTANTED Known—That Jones and W Bbadshaw, next Mr Lancaster’s butchers shop, East street, are now offer ing Pig Feed, Chick Wheat, Horse Feed, etc., etc., etc., cheaper and of a better class than any other in the tewn. All goods delivered free of charge in town, B 4 752 ; \-xr ANTED Known—Boots ! Boots 1 i VV That Hayes and Co. are Clearing t a few desperate lines of Boots, etc., to t wit, Ladies’ Leather, 4s Cd; Men’s ’ Shooters, Pegged, 10a; Men’s Elastic ® aides, 9s, and a lot of odd lines that must '■ be cleared at once. 7 1278



Cornsacks. BALES of CORNSACKS to iuOV/ arrive ex ship Atlantigue (now due), size 48 x 26£, 2|. Apply, at once, to HAYES & 00., 1 1 Arcade, Ashburton. “ Vent, Vidi, Vici.” CARDS AT HALF PPICE TOYS & FANCY GOODS GREATLY REDUCED IN PRICE. Andrewes Bros., Booksellers, Stationers, &0., EAST STREET, SOUTH, Ashburton. NEW TWEEDS ! SUMMER SUITS. Perfect Fit NEW TWEEDS! SOMMER SUITS. Guaranteed in the latest or any style that may be required. Craighead & Co., MERCHANT TAILORS, WE have much pleasure in announcing to our friends and patrons, and all who may feel Interested in the general ogress of our times that we have just coived a splendid assortment of Tweeds, Coatings, Serges, etc., etc., of the best Quality- and Idlest designs—suitable for the season we are now entering. All Goods Supplied at LOWEST CASH PRICES. CRAIGHEAD & CO., Tancred street, Ashburton. Dimant and Coe, ARE authorised LOCAL AGENTS for Singer’s SEWING M A CHINES, and are prepared to receive PAYMENTS and afforjl all information in connection therewith. Treadle and Hand Machines on Time Payments. A supply < f Machine extras on hand. CORNER EAST AND TANCRED STREETS, ASHBURTON. 11 2181 QPBCIAL NOTICE ■ FANOY~AZAAR Continued a few days to clear out surplus stock. GREAT BARGAI N.S. 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. R. Bevan, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, , {Next Shoo to Quill's Hotel.)



WANTED KNOWN — Robert 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 his profession to need further comment. One trial will prove it Gentlemen’s own ma terial made up ; repairs and alterations carefully attended to. 10 19514 WANTED Known—C. 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, Sell for Cash Only, at the following reduced rates: —Men’s Harvest Bluchers, tips and nailed, 5i 9d; Shooter Boots, 10a 3d ; Women’s Strong Lace Boots, 8a 6d ; Leather Elastic, 9a 6J; Children’s all reduced from Is per pair. Motto —“ Small Pro fits and Quick Returns.” 0. Haw in’s, tiootand Shoemaker. 12 2393 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 sake. The best materials are used, being specially selected, and combined with good workmanship, all goods are guaran teed of the best quality, and at the very lowest prices. East and Burnett street, Ashburton. 12 23' < 2 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. FoWKE and MoEwen, Bootmakers, East street, Ash burton. 10 1973 Special Advertisements. NOTICE TO CONSUMERS OF COAL. THE undersigned are now landing, ex a.a Hauroto, the Best Newcastle Coal • Imported for the season A TRIAL SOLICITED They have also added to their stocks of Building Materials the following lines, viz, V.D.L Timber and Palings Kauri Timber, Flooring and Lining Roofing Iron, Doors and Sashes Lime, Cement, Fencing Materials, Ac., And every requisite for the trade. maopherson; filmer and co. (late A. Hayes), SAWMILLERS, TIMBER, COAL, AND FIREWOOD MERCHANTS. Bast street, Ashburton. OF ANNUALS Boys’ and Girls’ Own Annuals, Chatterbox, 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 BOuKS ( An immense Stock oi PRIZE BOOK> ( School Prizes Always on hand. 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 PRINTER, Saunders’ Buildings, Ashburton,



Special Advertisements. J Christmas Fruit. CURRANTS, 5£ per lb 1 NEW RAISINS, 6|d perU NEW SULTANAS, 7id per lb i NEW FIGS (per Ruapehu), Is per box NEW MUSCATELS, Is Cd per lb ” JORDAN ALMONDS, 2s per lb ( ASSORTED PEELS, la Gd pur lb ENGLISH CUT LOAF SUGAR, 5i ' , MiXSD BISCUITS, GJ per lb PLAIN BISCUITS, 3d per lb BEST WHITE CRYSTAL SUGAR, 3sd JAMES McGREGOR, Tanched Sxbkex. 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 MOS6IEL TWEEDS. j The fit and workmanship of every gar ment is undoubtedly unsurpassed, while he large production and increased busi ness enables the proprietors to offer special advantages as to price. i Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s Clothing in every variety at Wholesale Prices. Shirts, Hats, Hosiery, Blankets, Rugs, , Portmanteaux, and i every requisite at WHOLESALE PRICES. r Note the address 1 NEW CLOTHING I ‘ FACTORY, j 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 Pbk, Cent. BY PUOHASING AT W. DAVIS’S FURNITURE WAREHOUSE, EAST STREET SOUTH, Ashburton 9 1729



V. R. JOE DENS IS O’CONN bLL, J-V BANKRUPT, Of Manchester street, Christ church, and Lyttelton, CLOTHIER AND DR APB 6. Marked price of Stock, £2,424 Actual Coat, £l,BlB Sold for £d s4. NOTICE 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 book 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. B. May and Co., Gentlemen, —I have the plea sure to inform you that your tenders for the purchase of stocks in Christchurch and Lyttelton have been accepted, viz Christchurch ... £1502 18 0 Lyttelton ... £315 7- 0 £lBlB 5 0 At 10/6d in the £, being £954 9s. Yours faithfully, E. 0 LATTER. Official Assignee. Mr White will deliver the stocks. Notice of kALB to the Public. 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’Oouneli’s price it will pay us handsomely, and that is all wo 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, January 10. Terms Cash—No discounts or abatements of any kind. H. E. May & Co



1884. Victoria House. 1885. gPRIH G AND SUMMER SEASON. Print.-), Dress Stuffs, Co.-tuJifs, Trimmings, Fancy Tibs, Hosibry, Millinery, Men’s, Boys’, and Youths’ Clothing, Shirts (assorted), Hats, &c,, Ac., Of newest designs, super-excellent makes, and durability, selected and offered for the especial purpose of well and worthily recommending Victoria House as pre-eminent for variety, quality, liberality, and incomparable value. gSt- Ladies’, Men’s, and Children’s BOOTS, &c., at “ call again ” prices. Patterns of Hoslyn, JVlosgeil, and KaiapoiTWEEDS received weekly, from which Men’s Youths', and Boys’ Garments are promptly made to measure, ; fit, finish, and fashion perfect. Charges strictly reasonable. Dimant and Coe. Beady.M« at )y Drapers, Clothiers, &c, East and Tanoied streets. Jin' premises Vttoly occupied by Ok and <Jo, i