TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

[By Submarine Cable.]

The Eastern Situation.

[Per Press Agency.]

Berlin, April 25

Prince Bismarck says the basis of the proposed European Congress is an invitation to the signatory Powers to revise the Treaty of Paris of 1856, while considering the' altered situation resulting from the Russo-Turkish war.

Singapore, April 26. The British Government regard the invitation as too indefinite.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wellington, Friday,

It is stated that immigration under the auspices of Government, which ceased for some months, has been re sumed. It has been ordered that free passages shall be provided for immi grants, so that they may arrive here in spring, when there will be a large de mand for their services. 5000 free passages will'be granted for the year. In to-day’s Gazette it is notified that, in terms of the resolution of the House of Representatives, the Government will give a bonus ol for the first 500 tons of marketable sugar grown in the North Island, and the like sum for the same quantity made in the Middle Island.

Saturday.

The Colonial Insurance Company was registered this morning under the Joint Stock. Companies Act.

Alexandra, Friday.

Several canoe loads of flour, sugar, &c., have gone up to Hikurangi to-day. A large number of natives are assembled at the falls here. The lower Waikato natives are expected to-morrow in four war canoes. It is doubtful if Rewi will be present at the meeting, unless Wah anui consent to attend. If so, the.Nga timaniopoto will have a meeting with Sir George Grey after Tawhiao’s meet ing. Sir George Grey is expected here on Monday. ' The meeting will be a large one.

Auckland,- Friday,

The Governor met with an enthusias tic reception on his arrival at Hokianga, and was entertained at luncheon by the principal residents. The Telegraphist and two French vessels fired a salute of twenty-one guns. ‘ All the'vessels* were decorated, and there was a splendid display of fireworks. ■ The Governor has gone to Mr Webster’s place at the Heads. The Auckland Jockey Club have dis qualified McGee, owner, from running horses on the Auckland turf McGee, jun., the jockey, was suspended for twelve months for alleged pulling of Falcon in the Selling Race. The reso lution is-to be forwarded to the South ern clubs. . - . .....

Dunedin. Friday.

In the horse-whipping case, Logan was fined is. and costs. Grant gave very amusing answers to Mr. Haggett, who defended, posing himself as philo sopher and-defender of the faith against infidelity and blasphemy. Mr. Watt held that Grant’s writings justified the assault. ;'/ /;; Mathew Eliot’s Waihola estate of 3500 acres was sold for W 10,500. Wanganui, Friday.

Henry Fisher and ■ Walter Coker, storekeepers, at Palmerston north, charged with conspiring to defraud their creditors, have ’been tried at the Su preme Court. The case lasted two days. The jury returned a verdict of “guilty” on all the counts. Sentence was deferred till Saturday.

[from our own correspondent.]

Timaru, Saturday.

Mr. Goodall,, Engineer to the Har bor Board, has telegraphed to the effect that the Commissioners appointed met to-day, and hav.e accepted plans for a 100 feet mole as breakwater.

In the duels of the students of the German unversities a cut or thrust that draws blood is usually considered a sufficient atonement for wounded honor. Two students in the university at Hunts ville, Ala., who fought last week, did not follow the custom of the German students. W. W. Alston and Iv. J. Harrison, both Alabamians, met with pistols, and fired eight or ten shots at close quarters. Alston was wounded in the neck and shot through the heart, and Harrison was shot through the shoulder and arm. Wounded as they were, one of them mortally, they threw down their pistols and grappled. Alston lived but a few moments after the affray. Accordinv to the account in the Ala bama newspaper, “they were both youth men,” but judicious parents will feel in clined to withold their sons from the college society of such brave young men. Impudence,' or something like it, is the leading trait in the most successful men’s character. All the nice things that have been said in favour of modesty fail to stand the test when prought into the pull and haul of daily life. Bold assurance, while it may often disgust us, will win in nine cases out of ten. We all of us praise modesty, but our praise is only a kind of pity, and pity will ruin any man. Man will live four times as long on abuse and get fat as he will on pity. There is now and then a man who is modest, but-intensely in earnest, and such men sweep everything before them. The character of the modest man is a good thing, and beautiful to frame- and hang up in a private apart ment, but experience teaches us that if we wait for our turn in the world, our turn never seems to come round. The cheeky man never enjoys these delight ful sensatious which arise from having yielded to others, his logic is that the early bird catches the worm, and regard less of all delicacy, he goes in for the worm. Exchange.

THE EVENING ECHO, SATURDAY, APRIL 2 7 , 1878.



MR. BRANSON, BARRISTER and SOLICITOR. jL| AS . COMMENCED PRACTICE in ASHBURTON, and can be consulted at the SOMERSET HOTEL until he can obtain suitable Offices. THE Rev. Mr. Westbrook will preach TOiMQRROW, Morning and Evening, in the PRIMITIVE MET II ODIS T CHURCH. Subject in the Evening—“ Buying and Selling the Truth.” EMPLOYMENT for a few days for a PERSON quick at Writing and Figures. . . Apply, Echo Office. ASHBURTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. THE Rev. Mr. TOUT, Congregationalist ■ Minister, Christchurch, wiil Preach on SUNDAY, Morning-at Eleven, Evening at Half-past Six. T OST, five weeks ago, a LIGHT CHEST JR NUT 'HACK, branded t on near shoulder. Finder will be rewarded on leaving the same at the Wesleyan Parsonage, or with A. O. Aitken &'Co. MRS.' .E. PETERSON, DRESSMAKER, Tancred ' Street, TNFORMS the Ladies of. Ashburton that she 1 has REMOVED to TANCRED STREET (four doors from Firth, Pass, & Co’s), and trusts that the patronage she has received in the past will be continued in the future. LOTTO, Draughts and Draught Boards, Dominoes, Cards and Cribbage Boards, &c., at FURNESS AND DIXON’S, East-street, Ashburton. \X7ANTED a Respectable NURSE GIRL, VV Apply to Mrs. BIRTWELL, East Street, or at the office of this paper. FOR SALE. ACRES of the finest Agricultural ■ LAND in Canterbury. Apply, A. O. AITKEN & CO. [A Card.] PRIVATE LESSONS TO YOUNG LADIES, Four times a Week in Music, French, German, and Drawing, at MISS STEANE’S, Oxford Villa, Burnett Street.



COUNTY OF ASHBURTON. THE undersigned being convinced that room exists in this County.for the development of a Business specially suited for the wants of Stockowners, Farmers, &c., have determined upon EXTENDING heir present connection as Grain Buyers, Millers, &c, by OPENING AN ESTABLISHMENT lor the purpose of BUYING & SELLING STOCK, STATIONS, ETC., and with a view of giving every facility for Stockowneis obtaining full value for their pro ducts, have engaged the services of MR. NEIL MACLEAN, (late Manager of the Acton Station), as AUCTIONEER. whose long experience and admitted ability in that line cannot be questioned. The Firm have constantly on hand Improved and Unimproved FARMS FOR SALE on the most favorable terms. Advances made on Wool, Grain, etc., con signed for shipment to England, Australia, or America. Advances made on Crops. AGENTS FOR Osborne’s Reapers and Binders Ransome and Sims’ and Head’s Agricul tural Implements. Properties of all Descriptions Valued. SAUNDERS BROS., Ashburton. Messrs SAUNDERS BROS, have for Sale, Situated on the NORTH BANK of the RAKAIA, 4000. acres, partly improved. 690 ~ unimproved 675 ~ fenced 760 ~ 400 of which are now in Turnips 72 ~ unimproved 400 ~ WAKANUI DISTRICT. 490 acres, 130 of which are ploughed 201 ~ highly improved 255 » 201 ~ ~ House, Stable, &c. in 936 „ „ Sixty Acres four miles from the Township. Several Valuable Town Sections.



Saunders Bros. HAVE £4, < HAH t 0 LEND upon TOWN SECTIONS and other FREEHOLD .PROPERTY. or . n to be INVESTED in FREEHOLD Security. £2. £2 800 *° be ADVANCED in Sums of and upwards. Preference given to town sections and house securities. £20,000 on GROWING CROPS, LIVE STOCK, and other AGRICULTURAL Security.



DRAUGHT HORSES. THE Undersigned have FOR SALE a Number of broken and Unbroken COLTS now to be seen in their Paddocks, adjoining the Ashburton Domain. SAUNDERS BROS. NOTICE. TO FARMERS, HORSE BREEDERS, AND OTHERS. THE Advertisers are prepared to Receive HORSES for Sale by Public Auction or Privately, and to make Liberal Cash Advances on same.. Good PADDOCKS and Plenty of FEED for Stock. SAUNDERS BROS. fME attention of Merchants, Surveyors, Architects, Lawyers, and the Residents of Ashburton generally, is invited to our Increased Stock of Stationery and Office Materials, including Stationery Cases Office Paper Paper Weights ■ Letter Balances Copying Ink Office Ink Liquid Gum Call Bells Travellers’ Inkstands Pen Racks Mathematical Instruments, &c. FURNESS & DIXON, Stationers’ Hall. U T h E MR. EVENING ECU O.” Town Agent, A. WESTON, Tancred-street.



W. R. BOYLE, gSTATE AND GENERAL AGENT, MOORE STREET, ASHBURTON. WILLIAM GAVIN, DRAPER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, announces that he HAS CLOSED his Shop k (next the “ Echo ” Office) where he has had a Clearing Sale for some time. From encouragement received he has re solved to Commence Business permanently, WITH A FRESH STOCK in one of the Shops in Montgomery’s New Buildings, ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF MAY. It is his intention to confine himself exclu sively to the GENERAL DRAPERY DEPARTMENT. By strict attention to business, selling at the lowest possible price, and all due civility, he hopes to merit a share of the patronage of the inhabitants of Ashburton and surrounding district. Al. RESTAURANT. R E M~O V A L To the premises lately occupied by Mr. Quinton. TANCRED STREET, On the Bth April. Increased Accommodation. C. TRUCKLE, PROPRIETOR.



J. G. ANSTEE, BUILDER AND [CONTRACTOR, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Every description of Carpentering, and all kinds of Jobbing Work, Shop Fittings, &c., done on the most reasonable terms. Pictures Mounted and Framed !



[A card.} E. A. GARNETT, HAIRDRESSER, PERFUMER, AND TOBACCONIST, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON. Fancy Goods of all Descriptions at Lowest Prices.



HEALTH FOR ALL. HOLLOWAY’S PILLS AND OINTMENT THE PILLS Purify the Blood, correct all disorders of the Liver, Stomach, Kidneys, and Bowels, and are invaluable in all com plaints incidental to Females. THE OINTMENT is the only reliable remedy for Bad Legs, Old Wounds, Sores, and Ulcers. For Bronchitis, Diphtheria, Coughs, Colds, Gout, Rheumatism, and all Skin Diseases it has no equal. Sold by the Proprietor, Thoma» Holloway, 533, Oxford Street, London, and by all Medicine Vendors throughout the World. WATER COLORS, from is 3d to 255. Drawing and Tracing paper, Paper Binders, Pile Clips, Date Cases, Ink and Pencil Erasers, Black and Colored Pencils, Colored Inks, Quill, Steel, and Magnum Bonum Pens, Pocket Books, and Purses, in immense variety, at FURNESS AND DIXON’S, Stationers’ Hall, Ashburton,