The Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1890.

THE CUMULATIVE VOTE,

In our issue of Wednesday we had something to say anent the necessity for a better definition of the term " householder" in connection with j School Committee elections ; and now turn to that other blot upon our Edu cation Act the Cumulative vote. This fad, for which the colony is indebted to " Count" Grace was foisted into Mr I Bowen's Bill in the Legislative Council in 1877, and for the past dozen years has been a source of general dissatis faction throughout the colony. Seven successive, times in three' successive Parliaments the House of Representa tives has repealed it, but all in vain, owing to the dogged insistence of the Legislative Council upon its retention. At an election in Dunedin a resolution was passed urging the removal of the attempt to do away with the objection able system and now we see that at the other end of the colony also—in the city of Auckland there is a great outcry against it. The correspon dent in that city of the " Otago Daily Times " says :—" There is indig nation over the way in which the cumulative vote has been exercised at some of the school committee elections. The chairman of the City Schools' Committee, Mr Gorrie, who has served as such since the Education Act has been in force, and done splendid service, was thrown out, and a candi date placed at the head of the i poll whose "public" services have prin cipally consisted in forwarding the in terests of the Licensed "Victuallers' Association at licensing elections. The city householders were so indignant that a resolution was passed by a majority, in the ratio of 10 to 1, that the incoming committee communicate with the Government requesting them to take steps to repeal the cumulative clauses of the Education Act. At the election men were detected attempt ing to vote twice, and the chairman (Mr Speight) impounded a bunch of voting papers which one man was attempting to place in the box, not allowing them to be opened. Councillor Crowther, one of the candidates elected, said he had 22 employes entitled to vote, and all he had to do if he had liked was to bring them in and record 154 votes for himself. The whole thing, he said, was simply monstrous, and he declined to be a party to it. Matters were not much better in one of the suburb?. The ex-mayor (Mr Devore) and chair man of the Ponsonby School Commit tee for years past, was placed fifth on the list, the poll being headed by a candidate by 50 of a majority over his his fellows, who had got the benefit of the cumulative vote. There is a general feeling that those clauses of the Act originally intended to protect a min ority are being grossly abused, and should be repealed." To this we may add that ths attempt to effect that repeal will certainly be renewed this session, and would advise, those who are anxious to see it successful to en deavor to convince members of the Legislative Council of the necessity for passing " The School Committees Elec tion Bill," the chief provision of which is the repeal of the cumulative voting clause of the Act of 1877. The Bill is quite safe in the House of Represen tatives, because so many of tlie mem bers themselves serve on School Committees that the evil operation of the objectionable system is well under stood, but the case is quite different in the Upper House, for the precise opposite reason, viz., that very few Indeed have any practical personal ex perience of the working of the Educa tion Act.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

—* Whalebone is so scarce that it now sells for £2500 per ton in London. There are about 6000 different postage stamps in existence.

The news comes that the heir to the throne of Roumania has fallen in love with Queen Natalie of Servia.

Where the nobility are defendants it is said now to be more difficult to get justice than for many years in English history.

The London County Council proposes to erect a building for the accommodation of its various departments, at a cost of £508,000. i

Last half-year the London General Omn bus Company carried 50,000,000 passengers at reduced fares, but with increased receipts"

Ten and three-quarters miles is the rang that the French have obtained for the 43 ton gun, 35ft long, with an 8001b weight projectile and 425 pounds of powder.

A committee of the African Anti-Slavery Conference has agreed upon the establishment of surveillance over the caravan routes in order to prevent overland transportation of slaves.

Henry George has, it is said, founded a single-tax community in the wilds of Sullivan County (New York). This commonwealth owns 1450 acres, with a good fishing retreat for city men, and numbers 300 members.

At a meeting of farmers and others in terested held at Rangiora on Thursday afternoon it was decided to form a Bacon curing Company in the northern district, with a capital of £20,000 in £1 shares.

At the inaguration of the Otago University session yesterday the Chancellor, Dr Stuart, announced that the University was now in a position to appoint a lecturer on metallurgy and assaying, and form a School of Mines. At the close he congratulated the students on their behavior.

Mr Harry Stephenson, who for many year 3 was locomotive manager at the Ashburton Railway station, and more recently at Timaru, has been transferred to Napier, ami passed through by the express on Wednesday night for his new location.

The Sultan,of Turkey has sent three hairs from the beard of the Prophet, by a special messenger, as a present to the town of Aleppo. Wherever the messenger appeared during his journey he was received in state, and the Governor of Aleppo came down to meet him before the gates of the town.

A sad accident happened to a wedding party at Pontivy, Paris, on February 13. The vehicle conveying the bride and bride groom and a number of their friends was upset and the whole party were precipitated into the river. The bride and bridegroom and ten others of the party were drowned.

The Greek Church forbids the marriage of those more nearly related than third cousins, and this is also the Russian practice at the present time. In Sweden manages within the tiitpcl civil degreearenominallyforbidden. Marriages betwpen first cousins are illegal in some States of Hie American Union.

The municipal debts of many of the chief cities of Europe are assuming such immense proportions as to render the local taxation almost crashing in its incidence. At the Hague the civic debt is equal to nearly £510s per head of population, in Berlin it is upwards of £6 per head, at Milan it is over £8 per head, in Frankfort-on-tlie-Maine it exceeds £12 per head, in Paris it is above £31 per head, while Brussels tops the list with an ndebtedness of £64 per head,

The solemn opening and blessing of the new Catholic Church at Methven will take place on Sunday week 11th inst.

A "London Times'" letter feom Persia sayt the Shah, in addition to the masses of jewels in the royal treasury, has a private fortune stowed in vaults or elsewhere, which is known to consist of at least three millions sterling. To this he is perpetually adning fresh accumulations.

Among those connected with the opening of the Forth Bridge, which M. Eiffel con siders one the mechanical wonders of the world, is Sir Thomas Tancred. You will remember that some five and twenty years ago Sir Thomas was in the Public Works Department of New Zealand. After a time he went into sheep farming, and vi 1876 came home and was associated with Mr Travera Faulkirer a3 Consulting Engineer for the New Zealand Government. —(Home Correspondent.)

Says the " Masterton Daily ":—For many years past there has been at a Maori Pah, situated just across the Ruamahanga river, Te Ore Ore, a curiosity in the shape of an enclosure or vault, in which may be seen the remains of an ancient chief and several of his descendants. The coffin of the chief in question, which is manufactured of a plain kind of timber, is half in and half out of the ground, and is in a slanting position. A glass plate which originally covered the head has been broken, and there is now exposed to view a large portion of the aristocratical remains. In different parts of the vault are visible the coffins of children, the coverings of each of which have been removed. To any persons inclined to ro mance a visit to this vault which is always open,is exceedingly interesting.

The 1890 session ot the Ashburton Presby terian Church Musical and Literary Association opened last night in the Church when an address by the President, Rev A.- M. Beattie, MA. was given, the subject of which was " Philosophy in its relations with paganism and Christianity. '* This the speaker handled in a terse and logical manner, and was attentively listened t» by the audience of members and friends, over seventy in numbers. Refreshment i supplied by the bachelors and young lady members of committee were then handed round and after these had been discussed a programme of vocal and instrumental music was successfully rendered, Mr H. Craig liead, the new musical director, having got together a very attractive , list of items, wmc'h. were much applauded by those present. A vote of thanks was heartily given Mr Beattie for his address, on the motion of Mr William Malcolm, and the benediction by the chairman closed a very pleasent meeting.

At Christchurch on Wednesday evening Mr Henry Thomson was installed grand master of the New Zealand Grand Lodge of Free masons by Bro E. T. Gillon, who said that the New Zealand Grand Lodge had not severed bonds with the mother constitution in a rebellious spirit, and had no inimical feeling towards those who differed from them. The New Zealand Grand Lodge could be trusted to make masonry more popular among the growing youth of this colony than it had been. The Grand Master in his address defended the grand lodge movement against the charge of , inopportune, and un 83emly haste and dfc oyalty, and said that if the non-recognibion of the lodge and conse quent scandal among the Craft took place it might fairly be laid to the charge of those who stood oloof—neLhei helping the move ment nor permitting others to help. The chief defect of the present system was the almost total neglect to make systematic provision for the exercise of benevolence. Over 250 were present at the installation, and the scene was most imposing.

Statutory Declaration.— I, Franz Raabe, Ironbark, Sandhurst, in tho colony of yic. tona, Australia, do solemnly and sincerely declare that on the 25th Junej 1877, my son Alfred, six years of age, was accidentally hurt with an axe on his knee. lat once took all pains to secure medical assistance. How ever, in spite of all efforts, on the 27th August, ] 877, the opinion was given by Dr Macgillivray that an amputation of the injured limb had become imperative, inordejr to save life. At this juncture I called on Messrs Sander and Sons, procuring some of their Extract of Eucalyptus Globulus, and by the application of the same I had the satisfaction of seeing my son within a fort night out of all ■ danger I and to-day he is recovered. I may just add that it was when the crisis had been reached that the Extract referred to was first applied, and I make tins solemn declaration, etc. —Franz Raabe •Declared at Sandhurst, in the colony of Victoria, Australia, this seventeenth day o # October, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, before me, Moritz Cohn, J.P. —(Advt.) ' - 6

The Grain Crop.

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Wellington, May 1. Following is the estimated produce of grain last harvest in the colony, being the result of statistics collected in February :—Wheat, 335,860 acres, esti mated produce 8,448,591} bushels ; oats, 425,581 acres, 13,657,092 bushels ; barley, 42,404 acres, 1,342,873 bushels.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

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Drowned.

Invercargill, May 2. A cutter, which has arrived from Stewart Island from the goldfield at Preservation Inlet, reports that a watch maker named Clark, from Dunedin, was drowned while attempting to land at Coral Island. The boat capsized, but four other occupants were rescued. There are 70 men on the field, but the weather was bad, interfering with prospecting on the mainland.

The Markets.

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London, April 30. A cargo of Australian wheat has been sold at 36s 3|d. Prices at idle wool sales remain un changed.

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

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THE QUEEN.

London, May 1. Queen Victoria who has been on a visit to Aix-les-Bains for the benefit of her health, has returned to England, and taken up her residence at Windsor Castle.

THE CENSUS.

The Congregational Union have determined to resist the practice which has been hitherto in force in connection with taking the census of persons mentioning what denomination they belong to.

THE RAILWAY STRIKE.

A compromise has been effected be tween the directors of the Great Southern and Western Railway Com pany of Ireland, and the men out on strike.

THE CARPENTERS STRIKE.

New Yoke, May 1. The difficulty which caused the strike of carpenters in Chicago, has now been settled, and the men will re sume work on Monday.

ANOTHER IDIOT.

Arthur Wood, a well-known swimmer, has announced his intention of attempting to swim the rapids at Niagara Falls, STOPPAGE OF A BANK. The Bank of Aterura, in Philadelphia, has suspended payment.

SPORTING.

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London, April 30. . At the Newmarket Meeting to-day, the Two Thousand Guineas • were won by Mr A. W. Merry's Surefoot, Baron Roths child's Leonard 2, the Duke of West minster's Bluegreen^ 3. Kirkham and Narellan were scratched.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

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Port ChajJmers, May 1. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company's new steamer Maori, from London via Cape, arrived at the Heads at 12.30 p.m.

Death of Lurline.

, News has been received of the death of Lurline, in Australia, to which " Augur" refers"as follows :—Mr Samuel Gardiner has experienced another slice of ill : luck in losing his famous old horse Lurline. She was found dead in one of the.Bundoora Park paddocks a few days ago, and upon examination it was discovered that she had been shot, three or four leaden pellets having passed through the skin into the intestines. I don't think Mr Gardiner entertains any idea that there was foul play, but imagines that the death of the mare was caused through some boys acci dentally shooting her while they were after parrots. Lurline was undoubtedly i one of the best mares that ever trod the Australian turf. She was bred by Mr S. Nosworthy in New Zealand in 1869, and was by the imported horse Traducer from the imported mare Mermaid, by King Tom. In New Zealand she proved the champion mare of her day, and amongst other races she won the Canter bury Cup and .Canterbury Plate twice. In 1874 she became the property of Mr Henry Redwood and' another, and with i her relative Calumny she was brought to Victoria, and ran at the V.R.C. Spring Meeting, but being altogether out of sorts, she did not cu*,t a very respectable figure. Shortly afterwards she was purchased by Mr Samuel Gardiner for 700 guineas, Mr W. E. Dakin having placed her in his hands, and under her newowner'scolors she carried Bst 111b and won the Australian Cup. In the Sydney Cup, with 9st up, she ran a good third to Imperial, 7st 91b. At the same meeting she beat Llama, Kingsborough, and Redwood in the All aged Stakes, and on the following day she ' defeated The Diver, Melbourne, and! Goldsborough in the A.J.C. Plate. In May of the same year she journeyed to South Australia, and with 9st lib on her J back won the Adelaide Cup very easily, and on the third day of the meeting won the Queen's Plate. In the following season-she did nothing of consequence./ Mr Gardiner put her to the stud in 1876. Darebin was the best of her progeny.

Her Majesty the Queen.

The New York papers 1 are publishing telegrams of a sensational nature regard ing her Majesty. One of the morning journals, published on March 31st, gives a report, '' on the highest authority," that the, Queen is seriously considering the step of abdicating the' throne. The recent,reception of the Prince of Wales by tjhe German Emperor has had a great effect on the Queen, who is convinced thatf her son ought to have a chance to play the leading role in England during the rest of her life, which certainly will be aho^t. The Queen's bodily infirmities are increasing. She is becoming so bulky that her. breathing must be assisted by massage.' One strong objection her •'Majesty has to abdicating is tho contin gency of being called ex-Queen. She wishes ,to assume the title of Queen- Regent for the rest' of her life. A special Billi will be introduced in Parliament, it is:said, when she is.willing.,to resign the tlmjne, and the Prince of Wales will be crowned King of England • and Emperor of India. Tlie Queen will confer with tho ptaperor William at Darmstadt before leaving for England.

The Kaiser and Socialism.

The Emperor William has been engaged it is 'said upon the preparation of a speech which he had decided to deliver in person at the opening of the new Reichstag, and which wjII include an essay upon capital und .labor. The Kaiser is also credited with the. authorship of a sensational pamphlet, published anonymously on April 6th in Berlin, in which Imperial Socialism is fully explained and justified. The pamphlet gravely asserts that the Emperor is at the head of a Secret Society, which numbers amongst its mem bers ■ Caprivi and the Minister of War, which has for its chief object the recon ciliation of the Democratic parties aEen ated by Bismarck. The Emperor sees the monarchical principle gradually sink ing, but this only stimulates him to daring deeds. The work of Imperial reform is being steadily pushed on. The cruel treat ment of private'soldiers by officers is de nounced, and the latter are ordered to cure themselves of their' luxurious habits. In contrast with Bismarck's policy, the Em peror intends to pave the way to an ent-nte co'diule with France, and thus insolate Russia. The Austrian alliance he says, remains unchanged.

A Saltcoats Heroine.

There has just died at Saltcoats, aged 82, a Miss Hannah Miller, whose career was as extraordinary as it was honorable. Her father was a merchant in Saltcoats, and in his later years became embarrassed in his circumstances. At his death the principal asset in his estate was a brig named .the Clitus, which had been built out of the wreck of a man-of-war. In this family crisis Miss Betsy Miller, the eldest daughter, took command of the brig, and was so successful as a" master mariner " that she paid off a debt of £700 owed by her father's estate, maintained herself, and brought up her two sisters. She died in 1864, when her sister Hannah, just deceased, took command of the brig and sailed her with equal success, until the Board of Trade condemned the vessel under the Plimsbll Act, and it was sold by auction for £120. As a token of respect for the two sisters, a public testimonial amounting to £300 was subscribed and presented to the survivor.

"Jessie's Dream."

A controversy has been taking place as to whether the pipers of the 78th High landers did or did not play the bagpipes i at bhe relief of Lucknow. It is ft grave historical military question, and the answers given are very contradictory. Nobody can desire to mislead in this matter. Mere negative evidence that this or that person did not hear the bag pipes, and that the fighting was too severe to permit of piping, is not sufficient refutation of' the story. Some of the participants in the struggle may have had their attention so concentrated on the immediate object that they were oblivious to all sounds but those of command. Writing to "The Times," Mr William Frazer asserts that " the silly story of the Highland girl hearing a pibroch, which she recognised above the firing at the, relief of Lucknow, was utterly discredited within a week of its publication. The tale originated in a Jersey newspaper, and was a pure fiction." There was so much fighting by the relieving column that he concludes, "Such rubbish as Jessie Brown and her imaginary bagpipes" can have no place in the rescue. Mr Archibald Forbes, however, takes up the cudgels for the pipers. The 78bh High landers left Allahabad with pipers and bagpipes, and the pipes were heard when the Sepoy flank was charged on the day of Cawnpore. On the day of the entry into the Lucknow Residency a capture of guns was celebrated by a triumphal procession on a small scale, and Piper Campbell played the regimental pibroch at ijbs head. Piper Glenn also performed during the day, and after the Residency had been entered the pipers played round the mess table in Gubbin's dilapidated house. As the Highlanders' undoubtedly had their bagpipes with them, he asks why they should not have used them " in inspiring the ardour and constancy which the advancealong the street of death required!"

Stipends of Scottish Clergy.

MrE. T.,N. Spier, of Culdees, in the course of an address delivered the other Sunday. in the Edinburgh Episcopal church, stated that there was great in equality in the incomes of the Episcopal clergy in Scotland. To show the need for reform he quoted figures from the bluebook showing that in the diocese of Aberdeen there were clergymen with sti pends of £21, £26, £44, £62, £65, and £85 respectively. In the neighboring diocese there were incomes of £30, £53, £72, £94; and £97. These were sums, he re marked, on whichit was not possible for a man to live. Seeing that the Scottish Episcopal Church includes in its member ship most of the nobility and landed gentry, and many of the leading lawyers in Scotland, these figures are a disgrace to its supporters. The annual bluebook of the United Presbyterian Church, just published, gives the minimum stipend, of ministers in that denomination at £180.'* Yet the' labter is the church of the bourgeoisie and working classes. I

A Sad Acoount of Dom Pedro.

Dom Pedro, the ex-Emperor of Brazil, is still at Cannes, but since the death of the Empress he has been gradually failing in health. He is constantly breaking into fits of passion for the most trivial causes, and these outbursts are followed by seasons of depression, during which he wanders aimlessly around, crying like a child. The last outbreak of this kind was when he heard that the Government at Rio de Janeiro proposed to make him a liberal advance on the sales of his Bra zilian properties. What caused his fury was an allusion in the decree of allotment to his well known financial embarrassment. " What do they mean," he cried. "Do they take me for a beggar, that they should insult me with charity ? Write to, them at once and tell them I refuse their bounty." A few minutes after he broke down. He said. "It is true all the'same, I am ruined ; what will become of mef- He seems to have a fixed impression that' he will perish from starvation. His avari cious son-in-law refuses to make an ad vance on moneys to which Dom Pedrq_ is entitled, and he is too proud to accept any loans from the many princes and poten tates who have pub their • purses at his disposal. The Prince of Wales "arrived at Cannes on April Ist,- and visited the ex- Emperor, who was delighted to see him.

CORRESPONDENCE.

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FACTS AND FANCY.

TO THE EDITOK. Sir, —Kindly find room for the follow ing facts and fancies. Fact—On March 31st the Borough Council unanimously decided to have thirty (30) chains of concrete channelling in three streets on the west side of the rail way line put in hand, also five chains in East street north. Fancy—'That Burnett street being in the proud position of having a Councillor as a resident accounts for the work having been done in that street so promptly* Fact —On 14th April a tender 1 was ac cepted for concrete channelling, in accor dance with the resolution of 31st March, to be completed at the rate of ten chains per. week. Fancy—That the Council has not agreed to enforce any penalties for the non'pe formance of the above contract to time.' Fact—That the Council on 28th April agreed to have about 34 chains of channell- ' ing in three sections in streets on the east side of the railway, done at once. Fancy—That no tenders have been called for yet for this work, but that pro bably the channelling will be done never theless, Fact—That if the ratepayers on West side of the town dont stir up the Council, they will find the channelling in their locality, left over for this winter. Fancy—That if the Council does not decide upon some means of seeing 'hat their resolutions are en rkdout, the Works Committee will have to run the show aUocteth'T, The Jubilee clock will keep till next time.—l am etc., Slops.

Died in a Lighthouse.

A pitiable story comes from Red Islan Lighthouse, opposite the mouth' of th Saguenay, Quehec. The guardian of thi lighthouse was until lately Eleazar Frazear and he had spent the summer on th lsland with his wife and family, and a . assistant, Alfred Cote. Early ii^Novem- I ber, as was their wont, his wife and ' family left him to return for the winter t their home at Trois Pistoles, By the rules of the department he was obliged to remain on the island until 10th December, Soon after the departure of his family, he was taken ill and was about to die. De- siring to breathe his last in the midst of his family, nightly efforts were made by his assistant to signal friends on Green Island and the mainland by means of bon- fires to come and take him off. Finally, the signals were noticed, and the next day a brave crew from Green Island en- . deavored to reach him in an open boat, which they finally succeeded in doing, after much hardship and risk. Rolling the dying man in blankets, they put him iuto their frail craft, with the intention of endeavoring to return to Green Island but a sudden storm storm forced them .to put f back to Red Island, where Mr Frazear expireci.

LICENSING ACT.

d To the editor. c Sir, -The Government being about to s make some amendments in the Voting Vet , during the forthcoming session, I should c like to draw the at'.enfion of those mem n bers of Parliament who lake an in terest in (he temperance question to the advisability of advocating and .supporting o an amendment so as to allow those that have votes on the Electoral Roll for members of Parliament to have the same privilege of voting for members of Uio Licensing Committees. There are thou sands of botli young and old who are de prived of that privilege through not beino ratepayers, and who have as much ri<rhfc to vote for members of the Licensing Coin mittce >is they have for a member of Par liament. In fact they have a greater right, considering the amount of misery . and degradation emanating from the sale lof intoxicating drinks. Therefore why not allow those that suffer the most a ' J voice in suppressing the liquor traffic I | considering that they have a perfect rMii ' i to'the same. L would also press upon' i j the loading members of the Good Tern- ! pl ar Order, religious bodies, and all other ' kindred societies, the imperative noces sSfcy of getting the whole of their members

names on the Electoral Roll. This can' easily be done by getting a supply of forms from the registration officer, taking them to their lodge meetings and filling them! up for those members who are not already on the roll.—lam, etc., i Templar,. I Hampstead, May 2nd, 1890.

The Cyclone At Louisville.

Louisville, the capital city of Jefferson County, and the chief city of Kentucky, with an area of thirteen square miles, and a water front of eight miles on the Ohio, was visited by a terrific cyclone on March 27th, and the entire western portion of the city was razed to the ground. The por tion destroyed was devoted partly to business houses and partly to residences. In Western Louisville not a business houso was left standing, and but one dwelling could be seen after the passing of the storm. Ib is estimated that the property losses are about £1,000,000, and the loss of life may be placed, at 100.. The storm was predicted by the signal-service officer, but no attention was paid to his warning, and if there had been it would havo availed nothing. , The cloud that did the mischief looked like a black double-funnel, the middle being the narrowest part, and its course was a peculiar one. It did not move in a direct line, mowing down a path before it, but went in zigzag fashion, so that it is almost impossible to measure the exact track it traversed; Its roar could be heard long before it struck the city. The papers'are full of the descrip tion of the horrors of the scenej and surprise is expressed that the loss of life is so small, considering the terrible force of the wind and the irrestible manner in which it carried everything before it. Brick buildings crumbled into ' heaps when the cyclone struck them, and iron roofing rolled like a sheet of paper, flew oflf like that flimsy substance into the darkness of night; One of the most harrowing incidents of the storm was the death of the Rev E. L.- Barnwall, of St John's church, and-his young son Dudley. The church edifice was shattered through out, there being, nothing but a mass of bricks and splintered beams left. Tlie rectory was next to it, and-, here Mr Barnwall met his death. while reading with his family. ' His body was bruised and mangled beyond recognition.

The English Licensing Bill.

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<": London, . April 30. J The new Licensing Billrritroduced in the House of Commons by Lord Ran dolph Churchill, provides that two thirds of the householders may veto the granting of publicans' licenses. It also contains a- provision for registra tion of Clubs, with a maximum fee of £2000. Inmoying the first reading, which was carried yesterday, he. sug gested that the Bill be referred to a Committee. Sir Wilfred Lawson eu logised .the Bill,, but was opposed to clauses granting compensation to those whose licenses had been taken away.

The Labor Trobles.

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Rome, April 30. The Pope has written to the Arch bishop of Cologne requesting. him to exhort the Bishops to mediate in the strikes which aretakingplace in various parts of the Continent.. " j Paris, April 30. I

The of Boulanger urge him to return to Paris in order'to take part in the labor celebrations.

The leading supporters of General Boulanger have left town, fearmg that if they remained they would be arrested.

Marquis Mores, who was arrested on a charge of inciting, the army to join the Anarchists, had letters in his pos-' session which will implicate the Due de Luynes in a, Royal, conspiracy, which was to take place during the labor celebratiuns, and a warrant has been issued for his arrest.

The Government have discovered the Anarchists stock of iron-tipped bludgeons and revolvers which was secreted in the city.

Fourteen hundred street hawkers have been arrested on a charge of being connected with the Anarchists.

M. Constans is confident that the measures taken by the Government will prevent any : outrage being com mitted during the labor demonstration, and he threatens to surrender 5000 Foreign Anarchists.

Louise Michel, who recently 'd de livered a seditious speech to the Anarchists, advocating dynamite as essential to the attainment of their objects, has been arrested.

MAGISTERIAL.

ASHBURTON-FRIDAY.

[Before Messrs Alfred Harrison and H. T. Winter, J.P.'s] DRUNKENNESS AND ASSAULT. James Gill was charged with having been drunk in Cameron street, and with having assaulted George Cox. Prisoner pleaded guilty to the assault, but denied the drunkenness. Constable McGill proved the arrest of prisoner, and said he had been sponging drink for the last fortnight. George Cox said that on the previous "jiight he had been at Henry's Hotel. The prisoner was there and spoke to witness, and afterwards went down to the Royal with him. Shouted a beer for prisoner there. Left the Royal and went towards Timmo's boarding-house to get a bed. Prisoner followed, and witness not wishing to be followed by him, asked him not to follow him as witness knew his way about well enough. Prisoner then knocked him down and mauled him about. Seeing a policeman afterwards—Constable McGill—he made a complaint to him, and prisoner was arrested. Constable Fitzgerald said the prisoner was drunk when brought to the station. The' Bench said there was a long record against prisoner, mostly cases of riotous condui-' im-1 i-.--ir-tir.r' tho -police. ITe would bo (•■■■■i ; iV> i "»r<i iii-'!p.i:.vtl on the complaint of drunkenness, but for the unprovoked assault lie would bo sent to prison for a month, to enable him to recover from the effects of drink from which ho v.Jis then suffering.

The Deceased wife's Sister Bill.

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Losdo'x, April 30.. In the House of Commons today the Decciised Wife's Sister Bill passed its second reading by a majority of 67. Speaking during the debate Sir Jas; Ferguson said that the agitation in Adelaide in favor of the Bill was en tirely artificial and fictitious, and was contrary to the whole religious opinion of the,colony.

Jcroiho "Bonujmilc ("Plon-Plon") is writ ing his memoirs, which arc expected ,to iln-ov,- jniicli light on Iho history of the reign of Napoleon 111. i whisky straighii makes many a man crooked.

Bishop Julius' First

i Sermon in ]Yew Zealand. .

The scone and the'service in Chrifit church Cathedral on Thursday evening were such as will never be forgotten by those who were fortunate enough to be present. The chancel, with its beautiful floral decorations, its clustered lights, the venerable figures of the Bishops, the white robed choristers, tho large gather- • I ing of clergy in their surplices and hoods, and the dense mass of worshippers which filled the nave, were a spectaclo such as never before was presented within tno sacred building, and such as may perhaps have no parallel for many years to c'om'6. Tho musical part of the service was de-. lightfully rendered, the anthem "Arise O Lord God into Thy resting-place/ ' written for the, occasion by 'Canon ; Dunkley and set to music by Mr G. F. Tcndall the cathedral organist, being of a very high order or jnei'it, being most ex- ' cellently rendered, the pure sweet voices of the choir boya who took the soprano recitative being specially noticeable. "But enjoyable as.was Ihe service in all other. respects, its crowning glory was the splendid sermon delivered by the newly installed Bishop. On his ascending.tho pulpit steps every eye' 'in thY vtsfrras- . semblage was fixed upon him, and his clear tones with their ring of earnestness, and whole-souled devotion' at once' en chained the rapt attention of every person in the vast audience. ' That the preacher' was* thoroughly in earnest, , that he spoke from a full heart, and' from a heart beating with the noblest aspira tions wps .plain as the sun at noon day, and the eloquence and pathos of his appeal to the aid in his great work.-both of clergy and laity wont straight to the •hearts of all, and many.of hia hearers were visibly moved, while none who had

w a heart at all could fail to have been ie inspired to nobler thoughts and higher it aspirations by the- manly Christian elo ie quence of this remarkable man. ' His 5t tones are resonant," his diction pure, his y. eloquence such as none but the born {orator possesses, but far above and'beyond all this is' the; firm' conviction which "he at once inspires of his thorough sincerity, his firm belief in the religion he preaches, and his strong faith in Him whose minister he is. The following is .the text of his memorable first sermon in' New Zealand. Bishop Julius took for his text I. Timothy iv.,,-,lorr/yTo' this end we labor and strive, because we have our hope' set on . the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of them that believe."- The hope of "the living: God (said ?his Lordship) was the very gospel • o£«the Jewish race. In that hope their greatest ' heroes lived and wrought, and di^d. "Abraham endured, as-seeing Him who is invisible." The hope of the living God sanctified the otherwise unworthy life of Jacob, and redeemed the ferocity of David. The hope of the living God stored the prophets of every age, and made them -, great in the, midst of the' corruption of their times. ' There was' ho doubt that their idea of God was inadequate and im perfect, and !so also is ours ; but their God was " a living (rod," a working God, ■ energising, loving, strengthening ; a God ever.presenti'among them,—theirihope, their strength, their life. Take their own words: "The Lord is my strength." "The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer ; my God, my strong rock, in Him will I trust; my shield ; the horn of my salvation ; my high tower " —is not that a living God '( And the man that ' wrote that, did he not know the hope of. the living Godi And those words, in which St Paul expressed the hope that ■ burned in his own soul, those were trup of many, a hero of the past.' ■ Elijah mighb have said the samo thing when he stood on Carmel's top alone, amid the heathenism of his fellow-men. Ezra and Nehemiah might have said the same las they sought to build again the temple , of their God ; and the Maccabees might have said the same as they wrought and toiled amid the overwhelming foes 'of their people.. Turn from those times to. the days of our blessed Lord, and what'con trast do we fnid ! Scarcely do we find one who believes in a living God. , They be lieve in a God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, but they have no knowledge : or idea of a C!o;I ruling them, of a God of their own day ; ami :>o it is that frho hopo of which they speak and sing ,has become a lie. Formula takes the place of faith ; orthodoxy ranks higher than obedience ; zeal stands in the room of love. <There is no place for a living God; no place for One speaking to them with a new message ; no place for a higher revelation; noplace even for the Christ of God. "We,, hear Him speak," they might say, "by Moses and the Prophets; we believe' in Him who brought our fathersout of Egypt, and wrought wonders in the wilderness; but our God is far from us; four hundred years .have passed since He last spoke to us. Surely our God is dead." Yet the High God was" speaking to them, and there were many of them who heard Him ;andintheheart of the people, and in the great heart of the j world! there Tose up a new hope of the living God, mightier far than any before, j breaking down the old barriers, and- "over leaping the old limits—-a mighty:hope?tl»at stirred the hearts of priests and servants of God; that made Apostles go forth orer the whole world, carrying, with them the living gospel of a living Christ ? Yea, God was speaking, and men heard, Him ; and believed in a living j3od. Christianity was no mere revival of the past. S|an lives in cycles and in 'spirals, and had .- reached out now to some higher thing, in the love and providence of God. 4 For what was. the God, of the Christ}&n, but the Father and Savujur of all men, speci ally of them that believe^-a God in dwelling, in the Spirit, making Himself known to the Church'and to the souls of men as He had never been known before. And so it was that through the long' ages .oLthe Christian history this hope df Ihe living God has made the Church' strong, ever strongest as she hoped in thY living God most firmly. In such hope Chrysos tom endured, and Augustine toiled. Withl ,'.' such; hope pf ;the' living - Boniface ' • braved the dangers of the northern forests and endured untold affliction, disappoint ment, - and pain. la such a hope^as this your own, our own; Selwyn wrought here for 26years, laying deep the foundations .of a New Zealand Church. In the hope o£ a living God, a Pattesoh^gave, up hisilifo for those he loved. Arid, in the hope ot a living God, a Father Damien will take up ! his abodenin the leper settlements, and only pray that God may sendanother to take his place when he has gone.. Never, my brethren, in the whole history of the Church, has she had a sterner work to do than that which God>has given into her hands to-day. The birth and growth, and the development of nations, demand of us an intensemissionaryzealandan enterprise that the Church has scarce known before, that we may fill up that which has been lacking in x.he past. The spread of educa tion demands of us a more learned and'a more capable clergy. The growth of coin., merco calls us to a higher spirituality. $f tone. And, above all, the spread of scientific enquiry, the doubts that are broadcast, the difficulties that are found. in almost every honest heart—these call for care, for prayer, for earnest thought and lovo in the Church of God. No formulas of a dead past will serve pur purpose to-day. No magic of human eloquenco; no survival of ah almost .forgotten Christ; no prido of past achievements; no organisation, how ever perfect; no ritual however grand ; no—my brothers, my sisters,— none of these will servo us to-day; nof-hinir but an intenao and mighty hope in l!;o In inj: God our Saviour. Aye, but, ■ J moan a living God. lam not speaking, of Him who taught tho world 1800 years ago, but of One who is teaching ,*iß as much to-day £ not a God who ruled |»

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