The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. 1891. THE ELL CASE.

Everybody bus heard of the Ell case. Mr G. VV. Kll has been at law with Nathan's trustees, with Harper and Co., with the Official Assignee, and it may be with others, and having had all this law he has petitioned Parliament for _ justice. Mr Ell appeals to 'Parliament on the ground that a certain debt of his, which he alleged was only £216, had accumu lated m a very short time to £5128. Mr Ell's papers showed how this had come about. In 1883 and 1884 Mr Ell borrowed small sums of money from a Mr Nathan upon the follow ing agreement (the facts are given upon the authority of a former Chair man of the Petitions Committee of the House of Representatives), namely :— For every sum of money paid by Mi- Nathan to Mr Ell, Mr Nathan re ceived from Mr Ell a. promissory note for double the amount-; and every three months after tlie first three months during which the promissory note was renewed 50 per cent was to be added. In 1884 when these borrow ings ceased this sum according to those calculations had amounted to £670 odd. After that, and to the time of Mr Ell's bankruptcy, there were five renewals, which brought the amount up to £5128. When the executor went into Mr Nathan's papers he found found this agreement among them, and it was put it m force against Mr Ell, who was put m Court and was made a bankrupt. This debt was proved against Mr Ell on his own agreement. Thts is the history of one j of the main points upon which Mr Ell ■ asked for the sympathy of Parliament las to his hard case. As it stands it is a remarkable instance of the. working of usury.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Last night Mr Arthur Clampett gave the first of his series of two concerts m the Oddfellows' Hall. Mr Clampett possesses and excellent baritone voice, which has been well trained and he can use it; to advantage. His singing of "The Village Blacksmith" and "The Song that Reached my Heart," was quite charming. Mr Clampett had no assistance at all, anrl hia entertainment comprised several songs,, a short r.d Ire?s on his experiences m Christ-; church, and a lecture on physical training as applied to the training of the wice. The address wa3 illustrated by a wonderful display of Indian club exercise. Exception must be taken to the manner m which two sacred songs were introduced, .beautifully sung though they were. The audience was very limited, not more th»n forty peop'e being m the hall. Mr Clampett announces that he will give another entertainment to night. Messrs P. Cunninghan and Co. have handed the Christchurch papers the following extract from a letter just received from their London agents, dated July 24 :— " Potatoes, ex Tainui, have come to hand m fairly good condition considering the length of the voyage. There are, however, some rotten ones m each bag. Those shipped m the hold have stood the voyage best. The bags m the cooling chamber have become cliilled or frosted, and will go off quickly when thawed. They are unshapely and irregular m size, and not at all suited for this market, although they would have fetched a fairly good price if they had come m before the New Jersey potatoes, six or eight weeks ago. We have tried them at auction, both m the city and at Covent garden. At the first trial they were bought mat £2 10s pet- ton, but we have since made £3 10s for 120 bags," Rleterring to the prohibition issued by the Australian Shearers' Union against •• rouse abouts " going to work on the present station terms, our Melbourne correspondent writes Quite a sensation has been caused to-day (September 2,) by the publication of an agree ment between the Pastoraliits' tjnion and their workmen, which is altogether opposed to that put forward by Mr David Elder as containing the conditions the mon are bound to observe. Not only are the charges of misleading the public retorted upon the pastoralifts, but the arrangement itself m go grossly inequitable that it could not be en forced at Jaw, It, contains the following sentence:—" The employee agrees to work as general useful hand afc sugh sfrttion as the employer may from time to time appoint m writing." This is interpreted by both gides to mean that the workman may be trans? j ferred from hand to hand for tho full period I of the agreement, which is four months, j The veriest tyro m law knows that a human being cannot be so transferred like a chattel and the existence of this agreement now de monstrated will influence public opinion m Victoria very powerfully on the side of the men should the dispute spread to this colony. Once more, says our correspondent, o, move ment is on foot m Victoria to. eecure thftt police magistrates shall sit m all courts within the metropolitan districts and to pro cure the enforcement of some rule which shall compel honorary justices to inflict the penalties contemplated by the ]nw, The greatest indignation exists at the manner iii which the most brutal offenders are excused with mere nominal penalties. Two horrible scoundrels who attacked an inoffensive man who had not given them any provoca tion, beat him into insensibility, kickedihim until his face was unrecognisable, and split his nose and ears and lips, w ere let off with a fine of 10s each by certain magistrates at Braybrook fche other day. One of the sapient noodles mi the bench remarked " Well, they went and h'apoiet'gjsed next day, and wot more could they do? Tbey was drunk, and I don't hold with punishin' a man for wot 'c does when 'c's drunk. Spose I got drunk ft»d killed my old woman. Meantorsay as I ovt ter be 'ung'i

The possibility of a shortage m stocks o* wheat and flour is pointed out m an article m thi* week's " Witness." The writer esti mates the to*al supplies of wheat m March last as 6,625,2110 bushels, and says :—"From this has to be deducted tl«2 quantity esti mated for food and seed, 5,400,000 bushels, {paving 1,227,260 bushels, or 39,817 tons, us the available surplus for the current Of real year. What proportion of this has been ex ported, and the balance on hand there are no mentis of ascertaining. (jcrUin it is that m Qtago, with the exception perhaps of enp or two of the northern districts, the stocks of milliug m. farmers' hands are about exhausted and, as has been tin* case for some time past during the ensuing five mouths breadstuff's for the southern population inus,fc be l^pgely drawn from Oautepbury. Agf^h it msP borne-in mind :th*t U'hife .cxpor^atipn of wheat from the principal ppodi»ciijg districts proceeds steadily, with the prospoofc of ac celeration slumld any shai'p rise m prices ovum- i" Australia because of necessities (here, tijeix is a muck smaller volume to deal with fcl»*u was the case last year, the respective harvest yields being 8,448,506 bushels m 1890 as against ,1,723,610 bushels m 1891, a decrease of 2,724,806 Ijiishels-^ ---| nearly two and three-quarter times the *»tj. mated surplus for export. It is therefore > just on the eiifds fhat we may be awakened : at an early date tit the knowledge of over exportation and consequent bankruptcy m jyheat and flour." 1 Kkatiot's Cociuii Lozen«kß cures Cough Asthma, litouchitis. Medical tatimon ! states that no other medicine is so effectual : iv ttie cure of these dangftr-ous maladies , Qua Lozenge alone gives ease,, one or tjs\o at I bed time onsnaes rest. For relieving difficulty o iDreathing they aie invaluable. They con ■ tain no opium nor any violent drug. Sold jby allCheuuats, iutius, Is iJ a d MM 2a 9d

The San Francisco mail coir.es by special train from Lyttelton to-night. At Timaru yesterday morning Mr John Jackson, timber merchant, fell down the hatch of the ship Zealand™, and was con siderably bruised and had his left arm broken. Captain Edwin states, m a telegram received at 12.52 p.m. yesterday, that there are now very strong evidences of a heavy gain aud rain from the north changing by west and south-west between midnight last night and midnicht on Sunday, with very low barometer at the Bluff. The Railway Servants' Society, Christ churchy have received a notification frotn the Minister of Public Works that the Railway Employees Insurance Bill will not be intro duced this se3si-.>n, but that during tlie recess the Government will, with the assistance of : the employees and the Commissioners, en deavour to arrange an insurance scheme acceptable to all parties. A meeting of labor and other Societies' delegates at Clir'.stchuroh last evening decided to celebrate labor day by a demon 'stratiou not to be under the auspices of the Trades ami Labor Council. It seemed to be the general feeling that the surplus funds available afterwards will be devoted towards the liquidation of a debt over the Trades Hall. " A Napier publican has attacked Mr | Knott, ihe temperance lecturer, who is j visiting that town, with the argumentum ad hoinineir*. Mr Gorman, who is the proprietor of one of the leading hotels there, has advertised m the " Hawke's Bay Herald " that he is willing to run Mr Knott 100 yds, swim him half a mile, row him five miles, drive a fonr-in-hand against him, or ride a steeplechaser with him. Further, Mr Gorman undertakes to prove for a wager of £50, to go to the Napier Hospital, that he has keen an abstainer for a longer period than has Mr Knott. Further still, Mr Gorman challenges Mr Knott "to prove by personal appearance, and before a jury of six abstainers and six moderate drinkers, whether he or Mr Knott looks more like a topers" The Hon Mr• Seddon tells the l*Otago Daily Times" Wellington correspondent that he has no intention of carrying on the public works expenditure m mere little driblets if his estimates are voted by House He holds that the late Government made a grave mistake m spreading the expenditure over so long a period, and thus streaming it out so slowly that ie failed to provide adequate employment, and there was serious loss of population. Mr Seddon intends to spend the votes at once, and so both to expedite the completion of the works and to provide profitable employment to a considerable amount, and thus he hopes to ch«ok the exodus from the colony which still continue?. He has for some time had the Public Works Department hard at work getting everything ready, foe the calling of tenders for all the'works which m the State ment are proposed to be gone on Avith. If the House wi 1 pass the Public Works Esti mates, Mr Seddon says he means to have all the contracts out within a month of the end of the session.

Writing on September 2, our Melbourne correspondent says : —All Melbourne emptied itself on to the river bank on Sunday to see the Easby, which, after sending the Gambier to the tottooi, succeeded m coming back to the Yarra with her bows literally crunched up like a paper bag which a child crushes m its hand. Badly as the boat has fared, however, the ordeal she has undergone is as nothing to that which her captain and crew have to undergo. Public opinion is at present very strongly incensed against the Captain." Not only do a vast number of persons hold him responsible for the accident, but they accuse him of inhumanity m not sending his boats to the rescue. His contention, that the Gambier could have passed him on the inland side is equivalent to insisting that the Gambier should have disregarded the cardinal rule of ocean traffic which is, it may be briefly said *' keep to the right." It is obvious that if two vessels meeting, each turn to their respective right hand collission is impossible. The flainbier did so and the Easby did not, Why shfj did not is the question her master will have to explain. Worse almost than the collision itself is the utter indifference with which it appears to have been regarded oil shore. The lighthouse peepers saw the signals of distress but nevor reported them ; the coxswain of the lifeboat was apprised of the disaster but went to bed again and never called his men. The Easby never started her boats to look tyfter survivors until fche first of the Gaiflbier's boats, had reached its sides and then kept the poor wretches waiting many minutes before taking them en board. Everybody indeed outside the (iambier appears to have regarded the whole business with supreme indifference. Statutory Declaration. —I, Franz Raabe, Irpnbark, Sandhurst, m the colony of Vic>. tona, Australia, do solemnly and sincerely declare that on the 25th June, 1877, my son Alfred, six years of age, was aceidenfally Juu'J; with an axe on his knee. lat once took ail pains to secure medical assistance. How ever, m spifc§ of all efforts, on the 27tb August, 1877, the opinion was given by Dr Macgillivray that an amputation qf thg injured limb had become imperative, m order to save life. At this juncture I called en Messrs Saflder and Sons, procuring some of tjigliv Extract pf Eiicalyptus Globulus, and by the application Qf fyie same I had the satisfaction of seeing my son within » fortr night out of all danger, and to-day he js recovered. I may just add that it was when the crisis had been reached that the Extract referred to was first applied, aud I make this gojlemn declaration, etc. Franz Raabk, Declajretjl at Sandhurst, m the colony of yictoria, Australia, this seventeenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and seyenfcy.-seyen, before me, iVforifz Qobn, J.J?. -(Advfcji ' S

SPORTING.

OTAGO HUNT CLUB RACES.

[PER I'JiKSS 4-SiSOPf A.TION.]

Duxedin, September 11. Kensington 1 Handicap, of 85 soys; one mile and a quarter.—Derby, 7*t 51b, 1 ; Mon Loup, gst 41b, 2 ; Leinster, Bsfc 61b, 3. Four others run, Won easily. Time—2min 16sec. Dividend— gi 12s 6d. ■■■■'■ Trot, of 45 sovn ; three miles.—Fore mast (20sec), 1 ; Little Merrylegs (89sec), 2; Wanderoo (lS.scc behind), 3. Won by forty yards. Time -Bmin 32sec. Divi dend -£4 11s. Tally-Ho Steeplechase, of 105 soys ; three miles.- Kangaroo, lOst 51b, 1 ; Waitangi, lOst 31b, 2. Lyndoora list aiid OUrigtmas lOst 121 b fell. Won by a bare length. Time—6min 13sec. Divi dend, £5 3s. Shorts Handicap, of 50 soy.-.; six fur longs.—La Rose, Bst 51b, 1 ; Dunville, (}si~mib ? 2 ; Dormeur, 7st 121 b, 3. Four others i>an, Won from start to rinish. Time—lmiu 17soo. Dividend—£7 J.s. Pony Handicap, of 15 Boys ; fjve fi^v I longs.—Jiks, Bst 31b, won from six ofchfiis. Time—lmin 9isec Dividend— £8 3«: Tho amount put bhi'Oijigij. the fcotf lisator was £3298.

SECOND DAY.

DywtHW, September J2. ,J.n the TgMSQiMJPH Handicap at; Pqr buiy torday there were ejght starters. Emulation led the field to the bend, w|en Derby, who was served up a hot fay6urife, quickly overhauled the leader, and sajlpd home a winner by half a length, Coinage two lengths away third, Leinster fourth.

At «. conference of Otago Racing Clubs to-iiiiiht, it was resolved--" That the for iiiation of a New Zealand Jockey Club is unnecessary ; would be practically un workable, would cause delay and irritation and jnjupe tlje interest at present taken m racing." A' iw)lufciqn was carried by 12 Lo 9 to the effect that m view of tj}« large amount of money annually sent out of the colony for consultations they should be nja.flej.egal m this colony.

True economy TjO purchase Countess Tea for two shillings. Fvep from any ex-

ROAD BOARDS.

LONGBEACH.

Tlie monthly meeting of the Longbeach Road Board was held on" Monday. Present — Messrs Grigg- (chairman). Horsey, Croy, and Bishop. . AITKOACHTO RESERVE 1111. Messrs .Fooks and Son wrots advising tlie Hoard of the steps that had been taken to restore access to Reserve 1111. A letter was read from the Board's solicitor forwarding agreement for the chairman's signature. The document was signed by the chairman. SUBSIDY. The Property tax Department advised the Board of payment of balance of subsidy for 189091. PLOUGHING OUT SIDES OF ROADS. ( Mr J. It. Williams wrote asking'■per mission to plough out the sides of a road ',o destroy gorse. It was stated that the work had already been done, and the Clerks were instructed to write to Mr Williams that the road must be left m a proper state and to the satisfaction of the Board's surveyors. It was resolved " That all occupiers of land who may receive permission from this Board to plough up the gorse on any road, or any one who has already done so. be compelled to Jeave the road or roads m a thoroughly even and uniform shape from the edge of the shingle to, the edge of the ditch or fence, and that the said road or roads be also rolled to prevent any scour m time of flood ; and further, m the event of any one rofusing to comply with this request, that the Surveyor to the Board be empowered to have, the said work done m accordance with this resolu tion at the said occupiers'expense ; and that fourteen days be allowed for the completion of the works afterj notice has been given by the Surveyor to the Board. GpRS"S OJS ROADS. I The officer appointed by the Board was instructed to send mtices to certain occupiers of land to grub up; gorse on. roads fronting their properties. surveyor's report. The Surveyor's report was read as follows:— 1. McLennan'a Road. —We have inspected the piece of McLenuan's road, which the proprietors of the Chahnoss Estate ask the Board to improve. The stuff originally put out. of tho side drain will, with some levelling, form a pretty good foundation for any further stuff to be taken out; it woitld require from fifteen to twenty yards to the chain put on the top of the present track to make it passable. The side drain could be widened Slid deepened, the stuff taken out would be - mostly shingle, the cost we estimate would be from 6d to 9d per yard. Mr Bell' has offered to harrow down and level the present track. We would recom mend that the short length from Longbeach road to Stoddart's creek should be formed at once ;  ' , 2. Works.—Since last meet-ing of the Board tenders have been called for deepen ing drains and improving crown of road on parts of the Boundary road, and forming and shingling parts of Church road, and the lowest tender m each case accepted. The contractor for the works on Boundary road is proceeding with the work, and should finish m about a week's time ; the work on Church road has not yet been begun. 3. Terraco Road. — We.would recommend that the pifee of Terraco road from the boundary of the Tinwald Town Board dis trict to Grove Farm road should be formed, as it is very uneven and gets into a very bad state-after raiu.f ■ ' 4. The maintenance man's diary lies on the table for your inspection. Clause I.—lt whs resolved to proceed with the upper part of McLennan's road as soon as the aorse is cleared o.T. The piece referred to m the last part of the i clause was ordered to be done at once. i Clause 3.— The Surveyors were in structed to ascertain jf the road lias been dedicated to the Bojird. The remainder of the report was adopted. ALTERATION TO VALUATION KOLL. Mr J. Shearer wrote asking that his name'be taken" oft* the Valuation Roll for reserve • lllly as he had ceased to occupy it. The alteration as asked for was ordered to be made. GROVE FARM. ROAD. The Surveyors were instructed to have son^e shingle put oi|. a portion of Grove Farm road, sjjbphrbd's road, Messrs BJee and GHlmour interviewed the Board, and asked that a piece of Shepherd's road, about 40 chains, should be shingled. It was resolved to call for tenders for the work, fifteen yards to the chain. ; CHURCH ROAb. The Surveyors were instructed to notify the contractor for forming part and shmglj.ng part pf Church road that, if the vvqrk is not commenced within, one week.) fresh tenders will be invited. graham's road. , It was resolved to shingle Graham's road from Ashton to Tinwald Town Dis trict boundary, with an average of three yards to the chain. GRfIAT SQ.UTJI ROAD, It was resolved to sl]ingle the Great South Road from Longbeach road to Tinwald Town District boundary, ten yards to the chain. BRIDGES OVER DRAINS. The Clerk gave the Board's solicitor's opinion re the Board's liability to bridge drajns made by the Board to improve the roads], so ass to give occupiers of land agcess to their property. Jt was resolved to. get jjhe Qjjiniqn m writing, ACCOUNTS. After passing accounts the Board ad journed to the first Monday m October.

WAKANUI.

The monthly meeting of the Wakanui Road Board was held on Saturday :— Present—Messrs Megson, Leadley, Ooe, and Johnston, In the absence of the Chairman, Mr Megsou was. vofced to the chair. GORSE ON BOUNDARY KOAOK. The Himpstead Town Board requested the Board to have the gorse grubbed up on Smith's road. Resolved —That this Board is of opinion that the officer ap pointed by this Board to serve notices to occupiers of land to grub gorse on roads m t,he Wahakui Road District, cannot serve notices on occupiers of land m the Hampstead Town District to grub gorse on their side of the roads dividing the two districts, but the officer appointed by the Hampstead Town Board is the proper person to serve notices m accordance with the " Public Works Act, 1889." VILLAfIV, SETTLEMENT WATER SUI^LY. Several village settlors requested pay ment for a water race crossing. The Board did not consider itself liable, and declined to recognise the claim. MILTON KQAI). Mr G. Lamb wrote, calling the Board's attention to the thick growth of tussocks on part of Milton's road. The Board decjdeel to plough cmt the tussocks on the road fronj Wakanuj. road to. Mill road, pro vided the consent qf the liampstead jjjq'wn Board can be obtained for tlje piece dividing the two, districts. AI/rgRATIQNS TO, YALUATJO.N ROLJ,. M.V T, Qlephane wrqte, asking that his name be taken off the Valuation J^,oll for certain sections which he had ceased to occupy. Mr William Ullyett and Mr Thomas Kelly wrote,on the same subject. The alterations as asked for were ordered to be made. . I OOBHE ON ROADS. The Board's officer was instructed to serve nobice3 on occupiers of certain lands m the district fcq grub up gorse growing on roads. WAKANUI TOWNSHir KOAJ>. It was resolved to call for tenders for forming the lower part of Le Breton's ro#d, aboufc a hundred, and forty chains.

DROMORE ROAD. It was resolved to have the upper part, about eighty chains, of the Dromore road shingled. The Surveyors were instructed to make arrangements to get a piece of land to open a gravel pit. THIRDS. It was resolved —" That 1 the Land De partment be applied to at once for- the " thirds " overdue to the Board on the deferred payment settlements, and that the Commissioner of Crown Lands be in formed that reserve 2105 is supplied with a sufficient supply of water, and that I there is no water available for a supply for the settlements along -the railway line without going outside the boundaries of the district." i ... -MAINTENANCE. . . ..... It was resolved that, the Board's team be kept on for another month, the Sur iveyors to make arrangements for having ■ it.worked, and Mint the horses and harness be put up to public auction by Mr D. Thomas on Saturday, October 3. The Clerks were instructed to get an inventory from the maintenance man of the plant, &c, of the Board. TENDBHS. Tlie tender of J. O'Connor for tussock . ing Rule's road was accepted. ACCOUNTS. After passing accounts the Board ad journed. '

THE MARKETS.

Grain and Produce.

. The following is the. Christchurch Corn Exchange Report for the week ending Friday, September 11:—The latest news up to date of writing of the Wheat market m London has caused an easier • feeding m values, ami this may influence some of-our local holders to accept prices now ruling heri. Oats are still m limited demand, there being little or no outside enquiry. Barley, but few samples of prime malting are on offer. Grass Seeds—-The recent rains have caused a better demand, though the quantity yet wanted should be large, as up to the present sales have been remarkablj light. Potatoks — The shipments now arriving m Sydney have had the usual effect of bringing down the prices, the result of three New Zealand steamers arriving together (sad want of regulating supplies this). Dairy Produce—But little doing, as is usaal at this time of the year. Quota tions are as follows :—Wheat—Tuscan, 4s 5d to 4s 6d ; Pearl, 4s 3d to4s4d ; Hunter's, 4s 3d; whole fowl, 3s 6d to 3s 9d ; broken, 36 3d to 3s 6d. Oats—Milling, Is lOd ; short feed, Is 9d; long and inferior, Is 6d to Is Bd. Barley—Malting, 3s; medium, 2s 6d; feed, Is lOd to 2s. Beans, 2s 9d to 3s. Blue Prussian peas, 2* 9d to 3s; feed, 2s Sd ■to 2s lOd. Ryegrass, machine dressed, 5s 'toss 3d ; farmers' lines, 4s to 4s 3d. Cocks foot, really good heavy seed, 5d to 5Jd.. Dairy Produce—Butter, farmers' keg, 9d; cheese, small loaf, 4Jd ; large and medinni, 3fdto4|d. The above prices are those paid to farmers '■ for delivery f.o.b. at Lyttelton (sacks extra),

Ashburton Marktet.

MESSRS MILES AND CO. '■ Messrs Miles and Co. (per Mr George Jameson) report—Ashburton County Sale yards (fortnightly sale m conjunction with Mr Qeorge Jameson) :-^The entry of stock was below the average m point of numbers, but the sheep, principally stores, were for the most part m good condition. The attendance was very good, and among them many buyers, so that the competition was somewhat more animated than of late, and the prices obtained rather above former rates. Our entry comprised 2260 sheep, out of a total of 3900, and a, few head of cattle, on account of Messrs Moore and (Jlucas, W; P. Elmslie, E. Collison, J. Lloyd, W. B.ixter and Son, R. Blake, S. J. Mullins, M. iia;llance, the proprietors of the Chatmoas Kstate. and other clients, and we made a clearance as .follows :—Two-tooth crossbreds m fqrward condition at 15s each; crossbred hoggets-it 8s Id, 10s Bd, lls 7d, 12s, 12s 10.1 j crossbred owes m latnl), JOs §d to Ijs l}d ; in.crii)O owes, aged, \yith lamb at foot, ib Ql and f)s ?d ; fat crossbreds, medium weights, Ibs 2d, 15s Id, 12a 9d; light weight owes, lls 0d; merino wethers, 8s 3d, for culls to lls and I2i for good quality sheep. For cattle we obtained nominal price j only, nob worthy of record. During the week we have sold privately 500 merino wethers m forward, condion at owner's reserve ; also a line of fat cattle at £5 12s 61. , ■■■•"■■

THE DARDANELLES.

That old bone of contention, which the dogs of war have so often been let slip upon, the Eastern Question, is once more being wrangled over. The trouble this time is as to the passage of the Dardanelles—the strait leading from the iEgean Sea to the Sea of Marmora, and forming the approach from the Mediterranean to Constanti nople —ancj it has, of course,. been raised by Russia. 'A brief retrospect of the treaties that have been entered jnto with regard to this famous strait will make the present position of matters clearer, The treaty of peace between Britain and Russia at the termination of the Crimean war pro vided for the disarmament of Russia by land and sea along her Black Sea frontier, and the passage of ships of war through the Dardanelles was forbidden. In 1871, when the Franco- German war was drawing to an end, Ij/uu§ia announced the intention of Withcjrawjng from the Crimean treaty, and the British Ministry of the day being unusually docile, Russia gained the point of being permitted by a new tpeaty to build and maintain war-vessels m the Black Sea, but the Dardanelles were still kept closed. The Russian advance by land upon Constantinople m 1877 caused another crisis, m which Britain intervened to s.ome pui?posff, Her fleet aotually sailed through the Dardanelles, though the unspeakable Turk threatened to fire upon the ships as they steamed through to the defence of Constanti nople, Thus difference resulted m ths Treaty of Berlin being signed, which practically renewed the treaty of 1871. Matters rested at this until a few days ago when the announcement was made that, by a secret treaty, Russia had obtained from Turkey the payment of an indemnity for stopping the passage of .some Russian ships through the Dardanelles, and the right of free passage for Russian vessels through the strait m future, The powers 'cqn stituting the Triple x\lliance are, of course, dissatisfied with this arrange ment, but, apparently, by a general consensus of opinion, it is left to Britain to take the initiative m objecting to it. That Britain has coincided m this view may be assumed, fvcmi th^ nexys that diplomatic relations between the B.ritjsh 4-mbassador. and the: Porte have been broken off. The Ambassador has demanded an apology fro.m the Porte for the firing upon a British vessel last July, and m the meantime refrains from, visiting the Sultan. What the outcome may be is difficult to say. Turkey, pusillanimous as her Government always is, can scarcely submit to the British demands, without first obtaining the assent of Russia and, possibly, of France also. s*he evapuatiqn of I]gypt will not fqr a moment be entertained by Britain. Russia and Germany are significantly active m army movements wd t|9

accumulation of provender, and other ominous rumors are afloat. The immediate effect of the difficulty is to makp.. a clear demarcation between Britain/ Germany, Austria, and Italy on the one hand, and Russia, Turkey, and-France on the other. The com binations on each side are so immense that' neither will hastily precipitate a conflict between them, and m this it may be that we have the strongest assurance that peace will not be disturbed at present.

Additional Mail News.

Thesestoriesabouthhn m French papers give the Emperor much annoyance, and Chancellor Von Caprivi proposes to re monstrate with the French Government on the bubjecb. They are denounced ;is mere "sensational inventions." Dr Lenthorld Ins officially declared (according to a Berlin despatch of August 12) that he considers it incompatible with the oath of responsibility vested m him to conceal the true physical condition of the Emperor William. He says further that he could not omit publishing bulle tins to this effect, nor could he omit j making reports which showed that the Emperor is not m the full possession of his normal faculties* The doctor further states that after this declaration had been made, Professor Esmarch was appointed medical attendant on ,the Emperor, upon his consenting, to withhold \ from the public all information concerning the Emperor's real condition. ■ It is no w proposed to establish a Re gency for the Empire, consisting of Prince Henry of Prussia, the Grand Duke of Baden, and the Chancellor, Von Caprivi. The Council for the Kingdom ot Prussia is |to consist of the' present Empress, Prince Henry. Duke Ernest Gunther of Schleswig-Holstein, Chancellor Von Cap rivi, and Count Fresdorf. In order that the necessary steps will be taken to en sure the appointment of this Regency, the journey of Prince Henry to England is made with the view of holding a family council, m which the Queen and Em press shall be first consulted, and then the matter will be placed before the other members of the family. On August 8 the Bank of England shipped £3,000,000 m gold to Egypt and Germany. Codrington and Co., ironfounders, Glasgow, failed with liabilities £50,000. The Welsh National Eisteddfod t, ; or musical festival, held at Swansea on August JB, was broken up by a cloud bursting, during which a great tent con taining 10,000 people collapsed. No one was seriously injured. It is probable that the session of this .society ior 189J will be held m Chicago. The principal ironworks m Cumberland district have been suspended f^r some time past, and the workmen are m great distress; Fully 61)00 men are thrown out of work, and a large number have earned nothing for a year. The Bishop of Exeter is going to Japan very shortly on a visit to his son, who is Bishop of the Anglican mianon m that country. The Dore* gallery m London is adver tised for sale. The United States is the objective point of nearly all the Russian Jews. Parliament was prorogued on. August sth. The Queen's Speech contained her congratulations on the successful legisla lation of the session. Lord Salisbury started for Ch.ilet Cecil Dieppe, on August 6. It has been discovered that. 200 poor children, under the care of a matron, were sent over from Liverpool to New York, An Immigration Commission, from the United States hive gone to Europe to in* veytigate the system, It is believed that the inquiry will result hi the appointment of American inspectors at ali ; the lead ing English ports. ■ ? By the decision of tho English Court of Appeal, C.iptain Robert Hone* Walpole was released fi-om paying Miss Valeric Wiedefniann £300 damages fur breach of promise. The woman sued him for £2t),Q00 and the Court below gave her the smaller sum, but the Court of Appeal re versoc 1 the judgment on the ground that ie wasnotshqvyn that Walpole promised to marry Miss Wiedemarin,eonsequently she gets nothing, i Cotton was destroyed m a. Liverpool fire on July 31; to the extent of £50,000. The Wesleyan Conference assembled m London considering the Dilke ctse, adopted a resolution protesting against the introduction into public life of men convicted of flagrant immorality. Marie Gordon Raymond, an actress, the divorced wife of John T. Raymond, the American comedian, died m London under an operation, for tumor m the throat. At the Marylebone Police Court Mrs Jane Whitcoii^be, the wife of an ex-State solicitor of Minnesota, was charged with attempting to qommit suicide by means of o{.ium at the residence of Lady Seabright, with whom she had been living for a long time. Five years ago Mrs Whitcombe attempted suicide at Monte Carlo both by drowning and poison. , She is separated from her husband who is living m Dalatte, Minnesota* and is m financial trouble. The wrought-iron nail makers of Worcester ; and Staffordshire districts have struck ag&inst the proposed re duction of wages. The strike includes 3,000 men, and may eventually affect other trades. Mr Andrew Carnegie, the multi-mil lionaire of Pennsylvania laid the founda tion stone of a public library building at Peterhead, Aberdeenshirg, Scotland, on August 9th. He had previously given £1000 towards the library, " The London Chronicle," commenting on the. pauper alien question, says that it behoves European statesman not to delay considering what they will do when Ameriga refuses, to hejp them to salve their social problems by reducing the numbers of their discontented classes, Messrs Dillon and O'Brien appeared m the House of Commons aa August 4th, for the first time m many months. They were heartily welcomed by all the Irish representatives. The Italian press are loading Lord Salisbury with happy compliments for his inspiration m extending a welcome to the French fleet, and thus taking the wind out of the sails of Russian ambition. Tho Jsugar beet crop m Europe is re ported to be a failure owing to continuous wet and cold weather. A meeting of the Leeds Millers' Asso ciation on August 11th, decided to advance the price of flour Is 6d pur sack. In the House of Commons, on August sth, notice was given that hi the next sessiqn a resolution wouki be introduced m favor of the conclusion of a treaty be tween England and the United States by which the two nations will agree to sub mit to. Arbitration all differences. . Mr Atkinson, the member for Bolton, who was, suspended recently for charging the Speaker with abuse of power, asked leave on August 4^h to make a.motion to expunge from the Journals of the House the resolution qrdering his, expulsion. He declared that if the House confirmed th,e disgrace put upon hfm, he waujd resign his seat. The wealthy Maharajah of Mysore, pro poses to visit England towards the latter part of the year it certain learned priestai decide that he does not imperil his caste by " crossing the black water." It was reported 1 on August Ist that Mr Gladstone had recovered his usual state of health, and was sitting to Millais for some, alterations to be made to his Jubilee portrait. The tiieosophical constitution "is to be reviewed by the amalgamated American, English and European sections, '; !"

The tin plate men of Wales are dis satisfied, and their general exodus to the United States is,,,eaid to be a imrtfcer of a short time. 3?he resiiinpiioh of the Welsh tin plate,-works during the l»ter portion of July was only partial, and by firms fortunate enough to secure orders. The relations between capital and labor are becoming more strained, and it is feared that !he employers -will be forced to comiderthe'advisf\bleness ot translating tluir business ta America.

PARLIAMENTARY.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

\VKK PRESS ASSOCIATION, j Wellington, September 11. The Council met at 2.30. BILLS ADVANCED. The Milling Bill was lead a third time and passed. The second reading of the Property-tax Bill was agreed to. wobkmbn's lien dill. A hostile amendment to the effect that the Bill be committed thai day six months was proposed by Mr Pharazyn on the motion for the committal of the Work men's Lien Bill. .After a short debate, during which Mr Fulton, chairman of the Labor Bills Committee, pointed out that Ihe Bill had been considerably 'amended by that Committee, and he therefore trusted it would be allowed to proceed, the amendment was put and carried by 16 to 12, The Bill thus being killed* : FiCTORItiS BILL. The Council decided to insist on its amendments m the Factories Bill, and the Committee was appointed to confer with .the Lower House. The Council adjourned 5 p.m.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

■■WahtiNGtON, September 11. The House met at 2.30. SELECTORS LAND REVALUATION BILL. It was decidod to disagree with the whole of. the, amendments made by the Legislative Council m the Selectors L'vnd Revaluation Bill, and managers were appointed to confer with the Council. BILLS PASSED. The Private Tramways Act Amendment Bill, empowering local bodies to construct private tramway lines along parts of streets or roads was committed without amendments, read a third time, aad passed. The Land for Settlement Bill Was taken m Committee, when all refer ence m the measure to Native land was struck out. The other amendments made were of no consequence or of a verbal nature. The Bill was reported and put through its final stages. The Rabbit Nuisance Amendment Bill wascommitted, read a third time, and passed. The House rose at 5.30 p.m The Houh# resumed at 7.30 p.m. On the motion that the House go into Committee of Supply, Mr Mitchelson sooke at some length m criticism of the Public Works Statement. He said he sympathised with Mr Seddon m the difficult task he had to perform m preparing the statement^ especially as he had such a limited amount of money at his disposal, and so many demands made on him m allocating the> money'available. Mr Seddon had evidently tried to please everybody, but he (Mr Mitchelson) thought of a wiser plan would have .been for the Minister to have acted as his pre decessors had done—merely endeavored to complete line 3 that were already well advanced. The present .Government had laid down the policy of'ridh-borrowinaf, but it was clearly indicated m the state ment that if the Government remained m office they intended*--to borrow m the London mtrkrft, and that at no distant date ; for it was clear that much of the £650,190, which it was proposed to ex pend this year, would have to come out of loan. Ho referred to several para graphs of the statement m detail, an:l c,on,d<rfiuned as useless several of the works for whMi money was to be diverted from other unexpended votes. As to the North Island Main Trunk Railway he thought the prosecution of this work at the Wellington end would be of immense value to the colony, and he regretted the Minister could not see his way to spend a lareie sum on the Olasjo Central Railway, and carry the lino as far as Taieri lake. Mr George Hutchison said that as a matter of fact the Government were borrowing at present, and borrowing sur^ reptitiously by the conversion operations going on at Home. These operations he considered were not only borrowing m another form, but stock jobbing, and the amount that was now being converted would no doubt reach a million. He thought the proposal to [carry the. Eketahuna-Woodville line |rom both ends-^to sacisfy some local demands, he. supposed—was perfectly useless, and it would require £100,000 to complete -the line.' : < ;.- = -. ?■ ■■ \ Dr Newman said it was very evident money was to be expended where Go vernment supporters: .were thick, and a case m point was tyhe Te Aroha line, m which the Native Minister and another faithful Government supporter were m-\ terested. Mr Seddon had led the people of,the colony to believe he was going to do great things for them, but the fact was he had split votes up so much that nobody would be satisfied and a great portion of the money would be spent on unsatisfac tory and nonproductive works. Mr Hogg looked upon the statement as a very able effort to meet; the position.of affairs as they ;found them m the colony, > He agreed that the amount set apart for the Eketahnha^Wocdville line Was quite inadequate, ; Mr Fergus thought the Rotorua line should be completed as soon as possible, and he regretted the statement provided for the construction of only four miles of that really useful line, and this m face of the fact that £32,000 was to be spent on that miserable Te Aroha line. In his opinion the colony was piying dearly for having Mr Seddon m of%e, as his. whole, aim was to spend the public money, m, distriqts represented by Ministerial * sup^ porters. He instanced the cases of the Eketahuna-Wcodville line, onjwhicli it was proposed to spend £17,000 m brder to giVe work to the unemployed m; the, district represented by the member foi.' Masterton, a , strong, Government supporter. They had been told m the financial statement that forty officers had been dismissed from. the Public Works Department by "which £8000 was saved and only £2000 compeit sviiori paid, but that'was meant to tickle the ears of the groundlings, as the .whole of the salaries of the Public Works De partment did not amount to much more than £8000. Colonel Fraser said Mr Fergus had. never seen the proposed route of the Tham.es-Te Aroha line, and he could not therefore know anything about it. Mr Palmer protested against £11,000 being taken away from the Helonsville line, and said he believed the Railway Commissioners had advised, the division' of this money m consequence of the atti tude he had taken up m the House re-, specting the Commissioners. Mr Richardson declared that Mr Seddon had actually £984,000 at his command, which he did not think agreed with his complaint of scarcity of money. It was evident to him that the Government were not very secure m their position, and they were determined that if their life was to be t.h,ort it would be a merry one. His opinion was that m the proposals that were now being made Ministers were tak ing a big step m the direction of a new loan, Mr Rolleston said that the statement appeared to him to be altogether wanting m principle, and m that respect it re sembled many of the (government mea sures. It also savoured of indirect borrowing aijd. w*B therefore opposed al- 1

together to the professions of Ministers. The worst feature of the proposals was' that they involved a large expenditure m , the future. The Government were pro ceeding on a wrong principle altogether. They were going on with works many of which did not come within th« category of railways which should be carried on. They also intended to en»ct their school buildings out of loan, which he had hoped they had heard the last of. Was it not a monstrous tiling that they should remit fixation to the wealthy classes, as they had done by a reduction of postage, aud yet fail to provide funds for necessary works ? • Mr Taylor moved an amendment that next session of Parliament bo held m Christchurch. Lost by 25 to 19, - Mr Mackenzie (Oluttia) said that the Public Works Statement did not at all meet with his approval. Mr Seddon, m replying, observed that he could not please everybody by his. Sbitement, but he had gone m for the greatest good for the greatest number. 1 With respect to the assertion of the Oppo sition that the Statement contained a borrowing policy, he repudiated that alto gether, saying there was not the slightest indication m it of borrowing, and that the i charge had only been made for party pur -1 poses. In allocating the money at his i disposal he had not taken into account at j all the fact whether the votes were given j to political supporters, but according to i the requirements of the country. He ! defended the vote for the Te Aroha ! Thames line, and said it was fully ' warranted from a business point ot view. As to the Kamo-Kurangi line, he declared that there was no railway more likely tc pay iv the colony than that section owing to its proximity to the valuable Puhi Puhi forest. With respect to the State ment as a whole, he contended that the Government had done their best m the interest of the colony. The House then went into Committee of Supply. Working railways—£699,ooo. Mr .Fish moved that this vote be re duced by £1 as an indication that there should be no increase of salaries over £200. The motion was lost by 20 to 15, th« Ministers voting against it. The total vote then passed unaltered. Public and School Buildings Depart ment, £52,950, was agreed to without alteration. The House rose at 3 a,m.

POLITICAL.

(from our parliamentary corkis* KOfDENT). Wellington, September U, The following is the division list on Mr Pharazyn's amendment to the motion for the committal of the Workmen's Lien Bill -"That the Bill b» committed that day six months":—For the amendment : Bonar, Bowen, Hart, Holmes, Johnston C. J., Maxell, Miller, McLean, Ormond, Peacock. Pharazyn, Pollen, Reynolds. Stevens, Williams, Wilson—l 6. Against. Acland, Barnicoat, Buckley, Dignao, Fultoi.., M irtin, Stewart, Taiaroa, Waha wha, Walker,' Whitmore, Whyte—l2. The House was occupied this afternoon over an hour with the Pollen Pension question. The Public Accounts Com mittee reported thai they adhered to their former report m favor of the arrears being granted. Mr Saundere, Chairman of the Committee, dissented, and Mr G. Hutchison was authorised to draw up a report. Several speakers, particularly Mr Tanner and Mr Hogg, inveighed againsc the proposal to jefer it to Go vernment. Mr Hutchison vindicated the acti.m of the Cummittee. Finally th» House divided and the report was re ferred to Government. Members of the Government voted with the ayes, the Go vernment whips with the noes, the ques tion being one entirely for individual con sideration. .. Auckland, September 11. Mr Bryce declines to stand; for Waikato as he says he cannot enter the House till the vote of censure is carfceU^l.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

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LABOR QUESTIONS.

London, September 10. Acrimonious scenes and 5 great con fusion have taken place at the Trades Union Congress, over the question of restricting the operation of the legal eight hours' system., The victory is regarded as a triumph for! the " New Unionists/' who under ; the system adopted by the Congress of allowing voting by show of hands appear to control the Congress, The announce ment that the legal eight hours shall not come into operation' until sanc tioned by two thirds of the members of the trades unions was received with much cheering.. The decision of the meeting destroys .the agreement, arid will be, affirmed at Tuesday's meeting. It has been ascertained that the Congress represents 1,300,000 workers. It has been decided to discuss the miners' eight hours bill at a future sitting. ' ,' London, September 11, The Congress has approved of the payment of members of Parliament. The Trades Union Congress to-day passed a resolution expressive of delight at the success of the labor party in New South Wales, where thirty-four paid labor, members now have seats in the Legislative Assembly. It was also decided jbhat the Unions .must send paid delegates to the. House; of Commons pledged to secure the payment of mem bers by the State, which it is proposed to make a test question at the general election. - The "Standard"; declares that the eight hours resolution is merely the ground baitof Socialism. The Marquis of Salisbury warmly approves Sir J. Gorst's attendance at the Trades Congress. The masters threaten to import foreigners to replace the carpenters out on strike. THE OVERLAND MAIL. London, September 10. England has arranged with the Servian Government for the passage of the Indian mail through that country. IRISH AFFAIRS. The Irish Americans are demanding the release of the funds in the hands of Paris bankers. " CORN TRADE FAILURE. Alexander and Co., corn merchants, have failed. . The gross liabilities are .£1,750,000, but the deficiency is only estimated at £44,000. THE ENGLISH HARVEST. Dry hot weather is greatly improv ing the hops and the wheat crop. THE ALBERT MEDAL. The Queen has conferred the Albert Medal of the second ciass on Mr Cooper, fourth Qtffcer of tjie steamer

THE ASHBTIBTON GUARDIAN: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1801.



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