The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1891. UNAUTHORISED EXPENDI TURE.

Among the items of " unauthorised expenditure " included m the account for 1890-91, published last week, was an amount of £306 8s lid paid to the Hon. E. Mitchelson—for salary and house allowance from October 4, 1890, to January 24, 1891. This is a most peculiar payment, and it is causing a great deal of unfavorable comment. The circumstances connected with the payment are quite clear. The Minis ters' Salaries and Allovyances Act, 1887, required that when the late Par liament expired, and a new House of reduced numbers was elected, one of the existing Ministers should vacate office, Ms salary being no longer pro vided for by Act, and express provision made that the number of paid mem bers should be reduced to live, not including the Premier. Under ordinary circumstances it certainly would not have been the acting Premier who would have been selected for retire ment, but Ministers wore unwilling to break up their happy family, and they determined to evade the law, and all remain m office, and under full pay, until at least they could learn the re sult of the general election, and esti mate their chances m the new Parlia msnt. When that election took place one of their number, the Hon. T. W. Hislop, lost his seat. It might have been supposed that this fact would have settled the difficulty, and allowed Mr Mitchelson to once more draw his salary according to law, but such was not the case. From December 6 to January 24, MrHislop, although not a member of th« Legislature, continued to act as a Minister of the Crown, and to draw the salary appropriated to the position under the Act of 1887, Mr Mitchelson drawing on the Unautho rised Expenditure Account for his emolument* to the above amount. The proceeding seems beyond doubt to be not only highly Improper but utterly illegal, and we cannot see How the penalties prescribed by the Dis qualification Act for receiving emolu ments from the Consolidated Fund not provided for by Parliament or sanc tioned by law, can be avoided by Mr Mitchelson. These penalties include among others the loss of his seat, and it is not surprising to hear that the matter is to be brought under the notice ai the House. Mr Mitchelson's friends declare fch,at the proceeding can be effectively defeftdgd if chal lenged m the House; if so tho l*w must at once be amended, otherwise the Act« we have quoted must be regarded as hollow shams. So far as we can see the seat fop the Eden electorate is ipso facto vacant, and it will require the passing of an Indem nity Act to release Mr Mitchelson from" other unpleasant consequences of his irregular 1 proceeding.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The installation of master and investiture of officers of St. John's Lodge of Freemasons takes place to-morrow evening. The Secretary of the Canterbury <Td?key Club has received intimation from the Fi'gmier that the rotalisator tax, if imposed, will not come into force till Oct. I. As the Glentnark Estate, of 75,000 aoi'os, is now intho market, Mr Meredith is urging the Government to enter into correspondence with its owner with the view of acquiring it for settlement purposes, The idea is good ; the worst of tue land is good enough for small grazing runs. The annual report on Education for 1890 shows the average weekly attendance for the colony was 118,392, as against 116,211 for the preceding year. It was so far talow the estimate as to make a difference of nearly £9000 m the year's expenditure. Scene : A Wellington barber's. Enter a well-known Honourable Legislator. "What do you charge for shaving?" Wellington Barter —-"Sixpence,sir." Honourable Legis lator—"Too much; can get it done for threepence; never pay more m Auckland." Kxifc.—"post" The "Daily Telegraphs" St Petersburg correspondant, writing on April 23, says he has •excellent authority for stating that the Government has uud«r consideration a most important project for the solutiou of the Jewish question, which, if adopted, may please or shock, but will certainly astonish the civilised world." It is the intention of the Rev S. Lawry to deliver a series of lectures m the Ashburton Wesleyan Church on social questions. The first of these m announced for to-morrow (Wednesday) evening, the subject being " Class Conflicts and Trade Disputes." No charge will be made for admission, and a lecture oh suclf a theme shoiiUUecure a large •udiejjee. ' i

The Secretary of the Wellington Em ployers' Association states that he has ob tained as many shearers for Queensland as are required. Similar reports reach us from Dunedijn, Oamaru anil Timaru. The men leave by steamer for Rockhampton m a few days. _ • - The Masonic Grand Lodge of New Zealand has received a letter from the Grand Lodge of Kansas, U.S., extending fraternal recog nition and the assurance of support m their •fforts to establish and maintain an independent, supreme Masonic power m the colony. The letter slates that the Grand Lo<lge of Kansas lias also extender) recog nition to the Grand Lodge of Tasmania. An enterprising American tradesman has offered to pay 250d0l to the heirs of any man killed m a railway accident wh?> is wearing at the time of his death a pair of the braces patented by him. And not to be outdone, another Yankee has off red SOOdol to the heirs of any man killed under similar con ditions, who has upon his "inexpressibles" at the time of his decease not loss than six buttons of his own particular make. Mr P. McQueen, who had been clerk on the Levels Estate of the New Zealand and Australian, Land Company for years, was killed on Washdyke road, nbmit five mile* north of Timaru, on Saturday night. The horse he was riding bolted .and threw hitr, Mr McQueen landing on a hard metalled road'a breaking his neck. On his fellow traveller picking him up he was found to be quite dead. .. '• This is a queer country, don't ye know," saiil an English tourist who lias been travelling m America. "In New York I had to pass through some mysterious side door to get a drink on Sunday. In Boston I was compelled to s-it down to drink, whether it Was Sunday or not; When I got out m Missouri the law said I must stand up to drink. In Kansas I was obliged to make an affidavit, and swear to it that I was sick with the blind staggers, or something of the kind, or I couldn't get a drop ; and Nebraska assured me that it was a penitentiary offence to treat anybody. I expect to strike a State yet where they hang a man for think ing aboiii; a drink."—" Texas Siftings." The "Southland Times" reports that the arrival at Gore of the " Picturesque Atlas" agents caused some excitement.» At the first place visited the agent was seen leaving I the premises m a manner suggestive of sudden ejectment, and a crowd soon gathered, but nothing beyond a " sauguinary " and heated discussion followed. A meeting was held some time afterwards at which the agents met the subscribers and agreed to ?;ive delivery at once and take £2 cash down rom subscribers owing £8, the balance to be paid m instalments before 31st December ; those who owed less than £8 to pay £'2 now and the balance within four months; the agreement to apply to all subscriber.* m and around Gore. The synagogue m St Petersburg has been sold for 700,000 rubles (the Moscow corres pondent of the "Standard"says), and the Moscow synagogue, a new building, which was but recently completed, after many vexatious hindrances from the authorities and has never been opened, is now offered for s'ile, and will probably be acquired by the Tartars as their mosque. Several of the wealthiest Jews, members of the first Guild of Merchants, and enjoying the right of resideuce here, are leaving Russia altogether, and the majority have determined to quit Moscow. At a meeting of Jews held here, it lias been decided that payment shall be made first to employees, and secondly to non-Russian creditors; what is left the Russians may take and welcome. The Gaming and Lotteries Bill, introduced by Mr Geo. Hutchison, proposes to suppress improper pastimes and to regulate the use of lotteries. All existing statutes are to be repealed, and all sports, exhibitions, and competitions a tor m respect of which money or valuable consideration is offered or pay able are to bej deemed unlawful. An ex ception is, however, to be made m favor of btmn pte exhibition^) or contests of skill, excellence, or endurance, if conducted m iv public. Gainer, lotteries, and sweepstakes into which the element of chance is intro duced are not to be permitttd, save m cases where lotteries are sanctioned by the Colonial Secretary, or are hold for a religious, chari table, or social purpose, the contributions of which are limited to 5s each, aud the prizes are works of arr, fancy or utility. Sweep stakes of 5s the aggregrate amount of which docs not exceed £5, arc also to be lawful. Occupying or conducting a gaming house is to be pnnished with a penalty not exceeding £50, or imprisonment up to 12 months. All contracts and agreement m respect to wagering and betting are to be null and void and no portion of moneys so impounded is to be recoverable at law. No direct provision is made m reg-trd to the totalisator. The best medicine known is SANDER and SONS EUCALPTX EXTRACT. Tesfc its eminent powerful effects m caughs, cql(l3, influenza, etc. —the relief is instantaneous, Thousands give the most gratifying testi mony His Majesty the King of Italy, and medical syndicates all over the globe, are its patrons, Read the official reports that accompany each bottle. We have no occa sion to offer rewards iv proof of the genuine ness of our references. The official reports of medical clinics and universities, the official communication of the Consul-General for Italy at Melbourne; the diploma awarded International Exhibition, Amsterdam—all these are authentic documents, and, as such, not open to doubt. We add here epitome ot one of the various cases treated by Siegenl M.I) , Professoi', fcfc Burning of the right hand through the explosion of a small oil stove. The epidermis on the volai 1 a^d palmer side of the hand of the thirty-year old patient was completely separated and liftea «r> a$ for as tlie iomt of tlie hand. The likewise lifted nails wore hanging loosu and half of the phalnax qf the nail 9! the middle finger was coaled. The wounds thus contracted healed m three waeks wider daily applications of Eucalypti Extract dressing. The patient has retained tiie full use «f the hand.—(Advk.) 1

A Labor Gathering

[PEK *&$Mi ASSOCIATION.] Wellington June 22. A public meeting under the auspices of fche Weljington Trades and Labor Council was hold m flje Opera TJoufe to-night. The buildiog was "packed m eyery part, and on the stage were the Hon. R. Seddqn, the Hon. VV. F. Iteeve*, Sir Georgp. Grey, and a large numW r»£ otllOP JW.H.R. s, a.fti ftlso many prominent members ?! t0 local labor bodies. Apologies for absence were received from the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Premier, and the other Ministers. The Mayor of Wellington, who was m the chair, explained that fche meeting had been called for the purpose of presenting addresses from the labor party to Sir George Grey and the Liberal members of Parliament. Sir George Grey, on rising to reply, was accorded a great reception. In the course of a speech of nearly an hour and a half's duration, he criticised tit some length the constitution which had been framed at the recent Federal Convention, and gave his reasons for opposing many of the clauses which had been included m the Constitution Bill. He also advocated an elective Governor, and reform m the Legislative Council. The Hon. W. P. Reeves, m the course of his speech, said he firmly believed that the evenos of the next three years would show that the Liberal Government pos sessed all the qualities which were re quired for the successful governing of the country. 31 ossvh George Hutchison and Pinker ton M.H.R.'s also addressed the meeting, after which a branch of the Liberal As sociation for Wellington was formed.

Keating's Cough Lozknoes cures Coug" Asthma, Bronchitis. Medical testimo states that no other medicine is so effectual In the cure of these dangerous maladies One Lozenge alone gives ease, one or two at bedtime ensuaes rest, F»r relieving difficulty of breathing they ate invaluable, They con tain no opium nor any violent drug. Sold by all Chemists, m tins, Is l^d and 2s 9d each . We arc informed that the South British Tea Company have introduced 4 heir puce teas into ,

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The usual fortnightly meeting; of the Ash burton Borough Council was held last night. Present —Crs Williamson (pre siding m the absence of the Mayo|), Bird, Flower, Keir, Scaly, Brooke, Tirj&ed, and Paul. '*,:. ', , ir'-t'V - -r. SPECIAL MEETING. ' ' •" The Council^ '-feeld a special meeting to adopt the balance sheets of the Boreugh, which had been returned by the Audit >r- General, and these wore ordered .to be printed, and a copy for recjrd se.it to the Auditor-General. The ordinary meeting was then held. UNANCK. The Chairman stated that the debit balance at die bank was £1582 5s ; and the income received from all sources since last nn»>tin« had be<-n £110 7s 7d —of which £48 3s had come- from 1891 rates, and £45 from publicans' licenses. WELL SINKING Messrs Taylor and Oakley wrote stating that exclusive of the cozt of transit of men and machinery, and men's time for working, Mr Osborne was prepared to drive a 2-inch: artesian well of 100 feet at 3s 9d per foot. Cr Brooke gave notice to move m connection with this matter that the Council arrange with Mr Osborne to sink an artesian well on the terms ;stated m Messrs Taylor and Oakley's letter. Cr Tweed moved that the letter be received, which was agreed to. COX STREET W-KOT. Mr Alfred Harrison wrrote complaining; of the impassable state of Cox street West m wet weather and afier a thaw-— -stating that on Sunday he had found it necessary to arrange with a neighbor to gain access by the back way to the hou.se of the writer, owing to the bad state of the footpaths.. He asked that a few loads of shingle should be placed upon the footpaths, and that the street, which had been formed some time ago, should also be shingled. He pointed out further that owing to the absence of a water supply m the Cox street West district, there would be tronble m the case ufa fire; Mr Harrison complained of the treatment m the above matter he was receiving, eeeinar that durinsj the past thirteen years he i had contributed over £600 to the borough funds. It was resolved to inform Mr Harrison that the matter would be attended to as soon as the Council had entered into a shingling contract. THE VlllE ISRNIADK. I Tho Secretary to the Fire Brigade ! wrote, applying for the usual half-yearly subsidy to the Brigade. The subsidy was ordered to be paid. bnginekuh' rkport. The Engineers' report was read as follows: —The men have been engaged m repairing Burnett street footpath, Wills street, railway crossings, &c. ; repairing fences at river-bed reserves, carting grass, &C, from streets and shingle for repairs, attending to water supply ar.d sundry maintenance works. The report was adopted. , : RESERVE, Mr Max Friedlander applied for repairs upon a fence round reserve between Moore and Tancred streets leased by him from the Council. i The matter was referred to the Reserves Committee, with power to act m this instance ; but to report on the whole question of repairs to fences on borough reserves, ' AITKEN STREET. Cr. Flower called the Works Commit' tee's attention to the bad state of the foot* path m Aitken street, and the matter was referred to that Committee. CARETARER AND ENGINEER. Only or.c tender for the position of caretaker and engineer to the Fire Brigade was received-r-'that of Mr W. E. Dolman, the present officer. Mr Dolman offered to do the work at £25 per annum. Cr. Tweed and Cr. Williamson would hare preferred that the appointment of an engineer should have been postponed until the Mayor had been present. Cr. Keir moved the acceptance of Mr Dolman's offer and his appointment to the position. Or. Brooke seconded, and after a short discussion the motion was oanjed, ACCOUNTS. Acceunts to the amount of £64 were I passed for payment. The Council then sat as a DOMAIN BOARD the same members present. TKNUKRS. Mr Greenslade'.s tendor for ploughing m the Domain at 0s Od per acre was accepted. THE CRICKET GROUND. Messrs Denshire, Thomas, Mainwhring, B/>llitt, and Mertswuthur waited upon the Board a,s a deputation from, the Cricket Club, Mr Thomas, who was spokesman for the deputation, said that when he sat at that table last he had not been pleased with the Cricket Club for not adopting the views of the Domain Board. The Club, hewever, had now come to their senses. They approached the Board thus early so that the cricket ground m the Domain could be put m playing order tor the ensuing season. A scheme of .■im provements had been prepared during his term of office, and the Engineer lpiaw wfyat the Grjcket Club wanted done to the ground- A_U //he cjubs interested In that scheme of improvements had not fulfilled tho agreements they hatl entered into with the Board, bat the Cricket Club were now ready with their money and wished to accept the Board's finally agreed upon terms — namely, to pay £6 5s down, and pay an annual rent of £6 ss, claiming only two close days m fli'e yeav. Tliey asked that the water be laid on, and the hojtos filled up on the cricket ground. This' done by the Board, the Club would attend to the watering and cutting of the grass. Jiji re,ply to Mr Brooke, tlje Clerk said the Bicycle Club, paid £q per annum, and had fewo cjlosg days. "The Oaledqnian sWefey was the only, body that had adhered to the Avigiml PW 1 ' j* nd paid their quota of the expeu!* *tfc«»«U»g the laying out of the sports ground. Mr Thomas said there was no com parison between the Caledonian Society and the Cricket Club, nor between the latter Club and the Cycling Club. The Cricket Club had to be at considerable expense m keeping their ground m condition; but the Society and the Cycling Club had no expense. Mr Williamson regretted the absence of the Mayor. The Board had decided to charge tho Cycling Club only £5 a year, because the Club had relieved the Board of any trouble m regard to the tract. They had never been able to please Ac Club with the track, so they left the Club to look after it themselves, Mr Scaly said the cireumslances were different now from what they were when the track was formed. The earth had been taken off the track and used for other purposes, so that earth would now have to be procured from elsewhere, iand it would cost more money to make': the improvements now. After the deputation withdrew, con siderable discussion followed on the subject." Ultimately, \ Mr Keir moved that the Board spend a sum not exceeding £12 10s—upon the improvement of the cricket groundj on the understanding that the Cricket Club pay £6 5s down and £6 5s annually, having the privilege of two close days. Mr Paul seconded, and the motion was carried. i The carrying out of this motion was left m the hands of the Works Committee of the Council, who were understood to arrange to meet the Club's representa tives with the Engineer, and ascertain what was really required to be done, The Jfoarf tibw adjourned

THE TRUST OFFICE REPORT.

The full report of the Commission ap pointed to enquire >^nto t^^ffairs of the Public Trust;^.Office i*|»ow pub lished, and it shows tha|Hhe, j>re liminary wwldeUvered to" tKe^Government RouiJHriitrie agopind| the publication of whiefc caused/.such an outcry, convoyed a by no means exaggerated account 'of. the way m which the business of the office had been conducted. Words can scarcely be too strong m condemnation of .the state of affairs which has been dis closed, and yet the Commissioners — three good men for the duty, Messrs W. J. M. Larnach, A. Lough rev, and T. K. Macdonald —have been most careful to keep within the terms of their com mission, and have m no wise pl»ced a strained construction on any of the evidence upon which they based their conclusions. The report is literally sensational m the scandalous state of affairs which it deals with. The Com missioners are "compelled to state that so far as the Head Office is concerned, there has been an absolute want of any proper or regular system tip to the present time m the conduct of its business. Tlie books of the office have for yeafs been kept m a careless and unfinished manner, particularly the ledgers and rough cash books. The number of books and classes of books m daily use is far m excess of what would be necessary under a well regulated mercantile or banking systett ', and the evidence discloses the fact that very many of these books are m daily use for money-entries of which the Public Trustee, the Chief Clerk, and the Audit Department were en tirely ignorant. . . . The corres pondence has been conducted m an unsatisfactory and irritating manner. Neither the Public Trustee nor his officers seem to have acquired the habit of writing the courteous and business like letters that are customary m al well-regulated establishments, but have I practised a system of sending formal memoranda, and, as a rule, giving very limited information to clients anc the public who may have had oceasior to correspond with the Public Trus Office." The accounts of estates unde: administration have been rendered it a very irregular manner, so much s< that a really true and faithful state ment of an accouut has rarely beei sent to a beneficiary m a case where ; loss or prospective loss has been ihadi on a security. The Commissioners ex press the opinion that the head of thi Office, must be vested with ext«nsivi powers, Business should be facilitate! by the" management being made ab solutely free from any control by tin Audit-General's Department, whicl hitherto has only served to cause delaj m the transaction of business, withou having been of the slightest use for. tin purposes of audit. The management both m the interests of the colony ant of its clients, should have the same ex tended and trusted authority as the head of a large mercantile andfinancia institution, with full and unrestriotec powers to transact business wit! promptitude and readiness ; and, m th< opinion of the Commissioners, wales; the Public Trust Oflloe be plaoed 01 such footing, its business can never b< carried on with advantage or satisfac tion to any interests concerned. Th< management up to the present tim< by the Trustee, his officers and agents the Commissioners m effect say, ha: been conducted on the " go-as-you please " system, and a doubt is implied if not expressed, on the probability oi liability haying b,een incurred, eithei by the Public Trustee or by the colony The system of audit was, m reality i delusion. The Audit Department wai m fact ignorant of the existence of i large number of books m which mqnei entries were made each day; wai ignorant of its duties m connectioi Tsith the rea} personal, effects tha came into the hands of £he office demanded no inventories at thes< effects ; and made only a careless anc perfunctory examination of mortgag( securities held m the interest of bene fjciaries, allowing many of these tc appear m the accounts as worth twenty I shillings m the jB, when some of then had long since been foreclosed by th< Public Trustee, and ipso facto hac ceased to exist. Securities had beer exposed for sale by auction, and hac been bouglit m by the Public IVustee, as the highest bidder, for less than one half, and even as low as one-eighth, of the mQtyey qriginally advanced upon them, and still they have, been passed year after year by the Depart ment as representing the full amounts advanced. Interest had been allowed to fall several years into arrears with out being brought to account. So loose and ignorant was the control that actually an amount of nearly .£3500 was paid over to the Colonial Treasurer as profit on the working of the office, when it really was accrued interest on a number, of estates. The agents of the Office have followed the, custom of charging commission on loans obtained fyqrq. this Qffjce, and this the Commis sioners} rigljtjy object to, and s(ay that the general charges and fees could be Vgry rough modified and lessened so as to iuc"*"'* 0 busing Qt the Office. The Trustee is char^l *ith B»J* neglect of the interest of those vT..' a are entitled to participate m estates. "They feel justified m stating that immediately aa estate is entrusfiecl to the control of the Public Trustee little if any effort is made to find out the next-of-kin or the beneficiaries entitled to participate therein; indeed the evidence seems to point to a feeling that obtains m the Public Trust Office that possible beneficiaries ought to find out for themselves by some occult means whether moneys to which they might be entitled were m the hands of the Public Trustee. Nor has 'the Public Trustee apparently realised the importance of his duty to acknowledge and reply to letters m reference to estates and effects that have fallen into his hands. Long periods of time nave frequently passed away during which the Public Trustee and his superior officers have slumbered over important letters of enquiry as to a deceased person's estate that has been under the care of the Public Trust Office. The result of this course of action has been that many of those interested bene ficially m intestate estates, through want of proper information or of means, have been deprived" of all benefit, the law as it exists compelling the Public Trustee to pay all moneys —proceeds accrued from personalty of intestate estateswwfyjch fyaye been

unclaimed for six years into the Con- ] solidated Fund. The consequence has j been thatfagumy thousands of pounds, which unc^er a syiteiu of careful enquiry would H»ye-been distributed to bene ficiaries,. Have been taken possession of by th^. colony." A sum of over £30,0(Kf liasi been absorbed by the \ colony :in'this way. Under such cir cumstances it : is pnly natural that the Commissioners should strongly recom mend that' some earnest efforts of a systematic character should be made periodically by the Public Trust Office" to find the owners or beneficiaries of unclaimed estates. They say that the Public Trustee appeals to have dis played.a total absence of capacity and knowledge of how estates should have been managed and controlled.! His management has been m many 1 casos imprudent and unwise, and rightful claimants have been treated m an arbitrary and cruel manndr, of which sad instances are given. (jJrush inq legal costs have been needlessly incurred, through nothing else than want of business tact and manage ment; and although a solicitor of experience, subordinate only to the Public Trustee, has been for some years a member of the official staff employed m the head office, legal expenses and law charges have been paid to the extent of £13,000. 'Com prehensive and apparently practical suggestions are made for the future management of the Office. The Com missioners are.- of opinion that the; Public Trust Office should be managed by a Public Trustee and a Deputy Trustee, with powers almost co-equal, and that they should be men of large commercial and financial experience. The Trustees should have the assist ance of an advising Board composed of two commercial men possessing special knowledge, and all securities should be properly inspected and valued. ' The whole report is a narrative of appalling mismanagement, and it is astonishing that such a state of affairs should have continued so long without being dis covered by Ministers or the Audit Department. Nothing worse than absolute incapacity is charged against the Public Trustee, but the conduct of some of the highest officers m dealing with personal effects belonging to some of the estates is strongly deprecated. The Commissioners even now have been unable to make a complete investigation, nor been able to visit any branch office. When such dis closures are the result of a partial enquiry, what might be shown by a thorough and searching investigation? Not the least of the labors of the Government will be the putting of this extremely irregularly conducted house m order. The Public Trust Office has been regarded as one of; our most useful institutions, and there is no reason why it should not be made actually so, and a very profitable department as well.

Licensing Matters

[fElt I'JIBSS ASSOCIATION.] Late*. The Committee spent the whole day m Imaiing the oyiclenoo on tho applications, ami will sit t-vmorrow for tha same purpose.

RARATONGA

[PER PJKEaS ASSOCIATION.J Auckland, June 22. The new Parliament is now sitting at Raratonga. i The new schooner Vanderbilt, of San Francisco, owned by Capfc. Pilt^, formerly of Auckland, was totally wrecked on. & coral reef near Magai Island, Harvey group, last month. While standing off and on near the Islands shejwas caught m a calm, and the heavy swell .carried;.her ashore.-'' Nothing was sVaved save Spine timber. The crew were all landed safely. She was only partially insured, so the' owner will be at a heavy loss.

Additional Mail News.

(Per Alameda at Auckland.) Tcheng Xi Chong, first Secretary of the Chinese Legation m London and Paris for giff years, suddenly disappeared en .April 14th, causing a great sensation m diplomatic circles. Early this spring he opened negotiations with two London Banks and the Banque de Paris, for a loan for £140,000. He departed for China at the time named, leaving debts and defal cations amouuting to large sums. " The Times" says it is the most scandalous abuse of diplomatic privileges known m this country. The Banque de Paris is a heavy losier. Captain Verney, M.P., pleaded not guilty, on May (jth, tq the charge of pro curing a governess, Miss Baskett, for immoral purposes, but pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to procure her, He was sentenced to one years' imprisonment, with hard labor. During the trial the Court-room was packed with pooplu. Cap tain Verney* though downcast, spok& m a firm voice. Counsel for tho defence alluded to prisoner's distinguished ser vices m the Crimean.'war, m Parliament, and undoubtedly won sympathy for the ex-naval officer. The Judge, m sentenc ing the prisoner, said he had come to the conclusion through' the evidence that the case of Miss Nellie Baskett was not -the «nly one qf the kin 4 m which the Captain had been implicated, and therefore hp could not lean towards the side of mercy as much as he might have d.one had it bggn his flrgt offence.. Mr CHadqlpne hrn expressed himself to the effect !hab there »»ot>hing excep tional m the cases of pubM W6U exposed (there are seven members of Parhanlent on the'list), The importance of the matter lay m its being symptomatic of social and moral disease requiring vigorous united Christian action to amend it. The explorer, Henry M. Stanley, when about beginning a lecture at the Albert Hall, Sheffield, on the evening of May 15, was interrupted bt a man walking up| the passage, and handing about pamphlets from a large bu,g. On the cover was " Stanley's Exploits, op .O^lllslng Afrfpa," Tlie book was thought if) be at $rst one of Stanley's lectures", but it proved to b« a violent attack upon him. A cry, "Put him out," meaning the distributor, jwas then made, A second man was circulat ing books m the gallery, The samel cry was speedily taken up there, 'and some 6f the audience threatened the distributors. Being reinforced by friends, the latter showed figbt, whigh was only prevented by the police, whs seized the principal offenders and ejected them from the haijL Stanley was cheered on his appearance by a large audience, At the conclusion of the lecture ho left fcho In, i}d.ing. un attended, and entered the carriage m waiting for him, whereupon a crowd that had gathered on the corner ran towards the vehicle, surrounded It aud tried to assault the explorer. The police charged and routed the crowd, and Stanley suffered no evil effects. Religious circles m New York are dis turbed by a new departure taken by eminent divines m matt-era of faith* 'fl>*v

C. Dewiit Bridgeman has left the Baptist J Church and joined the Episcopal, begause I he^ccepted the belief, that fifldVponish masts were remedial and riot endless. Dr. Herbert Newiim, of AIL Souls' Episcopal Church, preaches perfect free dom of everybody to put |m own interpretation QafcheL Bible and tpittmplete releitse fm&i creed oittigatior.s. Professor Brings, ahieminent imiid leading Presby terian divine, ,'jhka been ostracised from their comtpuatoiji f^'%dvoc*tinj|{, greater breadth in'the Cfonfession of F*il!h."" On Saturday, May 24. Lord Romilly, upset a patatliuJainp.iu.vthA^dßftwiw.tT room of his residence, and attempted to extinguish the fire that followed. Shorjtly after the butler, smelling smoke, began to investigate, «nd fonrfd hi? ihfister^lyiftg 1 sonseless in the room, which was ull ablaze. He was removed to .the Hospital, where all attempts to revive him failed. The firemen on entering the house, found Blanche G^ffon and Emma Lovell, also insensible. They were removed to the Hospital, where it was found. that; bpth ! were dead. Byrne, a fireman, received severe injuries. ' Th'j report of the Abroigines' Protec tion Society, read at a meeting of that organisation on May 20, indicted Stanley in severe terms for cruelty to the natives of Africa with whom he came in contact during his travels. The authors of the report also took occasion to scoff at the idea that Stanley's mission on his last trip was solely to relieve. Emm Pasha ; There was an ulterior and sordid motive for the enterprise, Stanley's treatment of his servants -and natives, generally was characterised as abounding in inexcusable errors. The signers''of the report believe that Scan ley is responsible for the mal treatment referred to, but decline to in stitute legal proceedings against him, re cognising the improbability of success in such an action. The report also protests against the ill-advised attempts at the premature civilisation of Africa as a con stant source of danger in respect of the persecution of the natives. Complaints are heard from all quarters of the dulness of the season. The inflaenza is believed to have something to do with the stagnation, but close observers attri bute the unfortunate condition of busi ness and social life largely to the financia stringency following upon the Barings' failure. Whatever the cause, it is certain that the season is the worst in many years, and nocial functions are few and relatively unimportant. \. sensational. sto"ry was mide public on May 20th, to the effect, that a woman named Caroline Matilda Ouelph had been discovered in Catnberwell workhouse who claims to be 'a daughter of George IV. She is an inmate of the common ward. She dechres that she was born on January 16tb, 1816, four years before the accession of. George IV. ,She had seen the certificate, of her",birth giving the name of George, " Regent," as her father. She did not know her mother's surname. There is, no doubt, her mother was a German, and died during Caroline's infancy, At Norfolk once, one of the daughters of the Prince of Wales called, and questioned her closely, and when she departed she left her a small sum of money. Prince Albert Victor, who accompanied his sister, urged her .to leave £lUO, bu.t she declined to do so. The old lady insists that she is the legitimate daughter of King George, and is indig nant at her treatment by his descendants. Father Evans, the owngr and editor of '•Vanity Fair," has succumbed to in fluenza, The cotton mills in Lancashire has been stopped in consequence, of a large number of working people being absent, ill with the prevalent complaint. The renewal of wintry weather in Russia will, it is expected, cause a fresh wave of the dreaded malady westward. A severe censorship is established over telegrams sent from or into Lisbon. Even nows telegrams destined, for official journals have been stopped. The well known political economist Coelbo, has written a letter, in which ho says that Fortugal has a colossal deficit, brought on by ruinous loans contracted: upon humi liating terms;, and it is confronted by a monetary, industrial, and political crisis of the most alarming kind. The Re* publicans nre losing ground owing to the disastrous effect of the establishment of Republicanism in Brazil, and the party had not in Portugal a single man capable qf directing a revolu.tipn. Unon .the arrival of the C%arewitch a.fc Vladivostock an Imperial rescript will be published throughout the Russian Empire directing hini to lay the'first sod ;of the railway. A ukase will accompany the rescript signalising the event by special aqua of clenjenoy towards the con jffets of; Siberia.

THE MARKETS.

[PEB. PIUJBS ASSOCIATION,] Londox, Juno 22, JfeThe wool sales are proceeding with great spirit, but prices remain unchanged. The French representatives are not buy ing so freely as before.

Auctioneer's Report.

i Mr F. M. Rickmtkn reports on the weekly sale held at his Arcade Horse Bazaar and General Market. Ashburton, on Saturday, June2o ;—Mr J. G. Restell having purchased my interest iq the Arcade and Horse Bagaar, the entries from Mr Restell's East street Horse Bazaar were brought over and sold at my Arcade, which, combined with my own entries, made a total of over seventy horses for Saturday's sale, besides a lot of farm implements, vehicles, and farm produce. Good young sound draught horses sold well up to £22 10s ; inferior and aged horses from £6 to £10; good young sound light harness horses ud to £16 ; saddle horses up to £10; inferior weeds from £2 to £6. Implements and yebifiles at' fyir priqe.?. l&rm produce sold v,:e\l up to markefc values. The attendance of the public was very large throughout the day, and the saja lasted up to dark. Mr J. U. Resfcell will conduct the above business for the future, Mr F. M. Rickman acting as auctioneer.

POLITICAL.

I (i'ROJI OUK rABLIAMENI'AUY CORRESJfONUEXT.) Wkixington, June 22., .. Sir George Grrev is ssiicl to bo hostilo to die land proposals of the Government. He desires the exemption of all improve ments, This is impossible for financial reason*), and some anxiety is felt by weak kneed politicians. Nothing is going on this morning ex cept the routine sessional work. oir George Grey's addcess jasfc night crefttod quite »sensatidri. * ! ' .

SPORTING.

THE MELBOI7RISTS CUP. Melbourne, June 22. The following weights were deduced to-day for the -"""" Melbourne Cup, a handicap sweepstake of 50 soys each, 10 ft, or 5 sots only it declared before 4 p.m. on Monday, 3rd August, with 10,000 nova and a trophy value 160 sovj added. The second horse to receive 2000 and the third 1000 soys oufc of the stake. .a--.; ■/il)^pij.:|||j|^ i-«.*»u<MWi*!W't*S»s«i*"*»

[Received Jimt 23, 11,30 *.iJS] 'Syomjy, JunM23. Tho appearance of tho weights tot the Melbourne Cap has created Very business. A few small lines about Car bine's chance have been taken at 100 to 8 ; other prices remain unchanged.

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RISHOPRIC OF LICHFIELD.

London, June. 20. The appointment of Canon Lejjge to the Bishopric of Lichfield is denied. AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS, Nellie Stewart declines to play in the " Nautch Girl "owing to the weak ness of the principal part. . ' Herr Richter is delighted with the violin playing of Madame Tasca, of Melbourne, and has invited herv to join : hia • concerts. .;' ; -,' •" •.? .< r '* ? ■ •? 4 THE ORiENTCOMPAOT. The statement that the Orient Com pany has undertaken to conyey troops po T->4»a.isi untrue, . : ;t . STINGUISHED INVALipS. Earl Spencer and Mr Justice Butt ! are ill, the latter seriously so. ! THE COINAGE The rise in silver is due to the ex pectation of free coinage in America and the establishment by "bulls"of , pools in New York. RAILWAY DISASTER. A train conveying the Lqndqnderry Militia collided with an empty train outside Londonderry to-day, The driver and stoker were killed instan taneously and. many, others injured. AUSTRALIAN TRADE. " The Times " discussing the increase in Australian trade states it is conse quent on the Australian colonies join ing the Postal Union, and that it is likely to exceed what was ever ex pected. ' , : LABOR QUESTIONS. The Factories Bill has pained the third reading. ': : The Labor Commission continues taking dockers' evidence. The Omnibus Companies are dis missing the leaders of the recent strike, and another is -imminent in fonscl quenpe; V. " ■^ T:-.- 1 - ' '. S THE CHINESE OUTRAGES. ' • ■ tIiO?tDON,.: Juno 22. Details to hand of the attack* by; Chinese on miscion s&a^ner* at Wuhu, in Ghina, sjjcif that FIQ,QQO o| 'tU rioters v,era' he|d/ii| check by the Customs ©ffiicers for two' days and a nigt^t, at the end of which, tlujq a Chinese corvette and two gubbc^ pt'§pat!«i to ijQtnb&ixj tqwn, ; the rioters dispevsecl. ; '*

THE CHILIAN WAR.

VACB4BAISO, |U|» 38, 13,000,000 dollar* worth of notes printed m New York. : . . Eight hundred of Pretident's troops, s(,ati<wed at €«fe[uiiaba, broko

THE ASHBUBTON GUARDIAN, TUESDAY, JUKE 23, 1891



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