ASHBURTON TRADE DIRECTORY.

Architect and Civil Engineer S. W. Brown, East-street S. Farr, Montgomery's Buildings

Auctioneers — Bullock and Co., East-street Saunders Bros., Ashburton

Accountants and Commission Agents Charles Braddell, Montgomery s Buildings Barristers and Solicitors— Mr. Branson, East-street Mr. E. G. Crisp, Montgomery s Buildings Bakers, Confectioners, Etc.— - Thomas Hicks, Tancred-street Taylor and Lill, East Street,

Banks— „ Bank of New Zealand, East-street Union Bank of Australia, Fast-street

.Boarding House Keeper— J. G. Anstee, East-street Builders, Contractors, Etc. Tames Baker, Havelock-street Geo. St. Hill, Burnett-street West G. Parkin, Steam Saw Mills, Moor-street Matthew Smith, Moor-stieet Thos. Williams, Tinwald

Booksellers and Stationers — A. Weston, Prospect Buildings, East-street Furr.ess and Dixon, Stationers’ Hall, East street South

Bootmakers— _ 4 . , T. Chambers, Prospect Buildings, East-street M. Nealas, East-street

Brewers— „„ Wood and Co., Cameron-street Cabinetmakers and Undertakers James Baker, Havelock-street G. Parkin, Moor-street Carrier— G. F. Scott, Cameron-street / Chemist and Druggist— . J. M. Cambridge, Montgomery s Buildings Coal and Firewood Merchants — G. Parker and Co., near Railway Station A. Hayes, Firewood and Timber, near Rail way Station

Drapers and Clothiers— Aitken and Co., Havelock-street Orr arc Co., East-street John Fowler, Tancred-street Firth, Pass, and Co., Old Bank Store, East street

Engineers and Founders — Edwards and Lee, Engineers, Smiths, etc., Burnett-street W. J. Hessey, Central Foundry, Peters-st Furniture Warerooms — A. Spillard, Tancred Street

Grocers, General Dealers, Etc.— Aitken and Co., Havelock-street Orr and Co„ East-street Firth, Pass, and Co., East-street / John Fowler, Tancred-street K. Sando,, East-street

Greengrocers — W. Birtwell, East-street J. Mooar & Co., East-street

Hairdressers— E. A. Garnett,, Tancred-street A.- Pearse, Moore-street

Hotels - Quill’s Commercial Hotel, near Railway Station Shearman’s Somerset Hotel, East-street

Ironmongers— Orr and Co., East-street Aitken and Co., Havelock-street S. Hardley, East-street Fainter, See.— J. R. Chapman, Tancred-street Printers and Publishers— Furness and Dixon, East-street

Plumbers, Gasfitters, Tinsmiths, Etc.™ J. C. Dolman, Tancred-street Joseph Hyde, Tancred-street S. Hardley, East-stieet

Saddlers — Thomas Dudson, Burnett-street

Surveyors— G. E. Fooks and Son, East-street

Tailors— ’ Aitken and Co., Havelock-street

'Tentmakers— K. Sando, East-street Tobacconists— A. Pearse, Moor-street E. A. Garnett, Tancred-street A. Weston, East-street

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close a, 5 follows 5 For Christchurch and North at io a.m., 4 p.m., and 7.30 p.m., daily. For Chertsey at 10 a.m. daily. • For Rakaia at ro a.m., and 4 p.m. daily. For Ashton, Wnterton, and Longbeach, at 3.15 p.m. daily. For Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10.30 a.m. For Teranka, Timaru, and South at 10.15 a.m. and 3 p.m daily. - \ ] For Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orafi, Winchester,. and Geraldine, at J. 0.15 a.m. daily.

UNCLAIMED LETTERS.

The following letters are advertised at the Post Office, as having been received from places beyond the Colony, during the month Jf April, and remaining unclaimed on the ast July, 1878 T V Banks, Williiam Bimler, L. C. <Cairns, John, care of David Johnston Christie, Samuel Dunne, William Fitzgerald, John (2) Hall, John Harris, Mark Harris, Joseph \ Hayward, William Leahy Patrick (2) Leggatt, W. L. Orr, Robert Tourgis, A. (2) , Letters originating in New Zealand awr not now advertised, but are sent to the ©dad Letter after fcaving fw W gS9f 'pß§W. ''i' '• " " ' ;M ••' ;

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. arrived. ' July 22—Alhambra, s.s., from Melbourne via West Coast. July 22—Clio, scnooner, from Anahau. July 23— Taupo, s.s., from North. SAILED. July 22 —Alhambra, 5.5.,. for South and Melbourne. „ ~ „ July 22—Gleaner, brigantine, for Melbourne. July 22 —Thomas and Henry, brig, for the Manukau. July 22—Spray, schooner, for Wellington. Tuly 23— Taupo, s.s., for Port Chalmers. Hokitika, Monday.

On Saturday last the steamer Mullough was engaged to lighter the Prosperity in the road-, stead. She transhipped forty tons, and while entering in yesterday afternoon a heavy sea struck her, breaking the side rod of the engine, which completely disabled her. Losing her way, and the tide being on the ebb strong, the outward current gradually carried the boat astern, beaching her on Beach Spit, high and and dry. It will require considerable outlay to get her off. ShO is uninsured. The Garibaldi arrived in the roadstead, also the Prosperity last Saturday. Both put to sea yesterday through stress ol weather. The Zephyr sailed on July 20 for Melbourne via Greymouth. Captain Edwin’s forecasts J9l* the last tinee months have been exceedingly reliable.

Bluff, Monday.

The Arawata left Melbourne at 3 p.m. on the 17th, with the Suez mail, 44 saloon, and 42 steerage passengers, 400 tons of cargo, and 16 horses for all ports. Experienced a strong N.E. gale with head sea and thick weather across. Arrived at the Bluff at io a.m., .and sails for Dunedin at 4 p.m. Wellington, Monday.'

The Underwriters’ Association report, under date London, July 19—Arrived : Inchgreen, barque, from Lyttelton.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

DAILY MEMORANDA.

TO-NIGHT. 1.0.0. F., M.U.—Anniversary Dinner of the Loyal Ashburton Lodge, at the Somerset Hotel, at 8 o’clock.

The Evening Echo. TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1878.

Opening of the Town Hall.— The Directors of the Town Hall having decided that the best way to celebrate the opening of the Town Hall would be by a public ball, the assembly took place last night, and fully bore out the wisdom of the Directors’ decision. At nine o’clock the company began to ar rive, and continued to flow in in a steady stream for a considerable time till there were about one hundred pre , sent. The hall was prettily decorated, flags being suspended from the gallery, and evergreens disposed around the room. The stage was occupied by the Brass Band, under Mr Savage, and ' the music was remarkably good. Few would believe the progress made during the past twelvemonths by the Ashbur ton Brass Band, and their performances meet the appreciation they merit.' I Without wishing, however, to be con sidered hypercritical, we might mention that complaints were not infrequent last night of the power of the drum. The warbling of this instrument may be very sweet in the open air at the head of a battalion, but its sweetness be comes overwhelming when confined by the limits of a hall. The Ashburton drummer is an able performer, and has a thorough mastery of his instrument, and the band are fortunate in possess ing such a drum-major. Still, the musical effect of their inside perform ances would be greatly enhanced were the drum part to be left blank. Re freshments, supplied by Messrs Taylor and Li 11$ were dispensed in the gallery, while refreshments, but of a more potent nature, were also to be obtained in one of the ante-rooms. The Di rectors of the Company officiated as Stewards, but unfortunately no master of the ceremonies had been appointed, which was a mistake. Outside the building, the larrikin element was strongly represented, the lower panes presenting lines of the flattened noses of unwashed faces, the owners of which were the cause of much discomfort to the ladies. If before the next enter tainment the Directors were to put up green blinds to all the. side windows, they would effect a decided improve ment. Dancing was kept up with spirit till an early hour this morning. Runaways. —This forenoon a team of horses took fright at the train, and - bolted along East Street, literally run ning a race with the cause of their rush. On nearing the smithy of Mr Charles Reid, he and Mr Nicol saw the emergency and pluckily stopped the tajp 'jsor§ m damage » donf,-

AlioUt half an hour afterwards a simila escapade occurred oti the Beach Road where a young man stopped the bolter, successfully before they, did any miss chief. .

A Rowdy Passenger.— A man named James Stark was arrested at the railway station yesterday, and brought up to-day before Dr Trevor, charged with travelling on the railway without a ticket and violently obstructing andresist ing the guard in the execution of his duty. Constable M‘Kay gave evidence as to apprehension of Stark, who, hay ing no ticket, refused to leave the train when requested to do so by the guard, and when the constable and a railway official attempted to engineer his eject ment, drew a knife and wounded the latter in the hand. As prisoner was evidently suffering'from del. trews., he was remanded till Friday. The Pope’s Troubles.— The Vatican seems to be a hotbed of politi cal intrigue. Fears are entertained that the Jesuits may get the upper hand. A faction hostile to -the Pope is said to exist among the Cardinals, headed by Cardinals Berardi, Bello, and Martinelli. They are displeased with the temperate tenor of his allocation, the appointment of Cardinal Di Pietry as Camerlengo, and the fact that the Pope has not an nounced his accession to deposed sove reigns. Fenian Tactics, —The British Minister at Washington has a list of every Russian agent and every repre sentative of the Irish element working in the States in Russian ©r Fenian inte rests. A Fenian attack or feint on Canada, it is said, is intended if Russia and England engage in*war. A Fenian commander has been discovered near ■Buffalo, close to the Canadian line. • Rewi. —The Auckland Sta? learns that Rewi has accepted the Govern ment offer of a house at Waitara and a pension of a year. He is also expected to accept a seat in the Upper House. * Just so.—A cablegram from Well ington in the Sydney Morning Herald states that Mr Reed, one of the pro prietors of the Otago Daily Times , will probably be called to the Upper House. Pedestrianism. —Mr Edwaids, the pedestrian, is likely to make a profes sional tour through the colonies, first showing in Victoria. His great feat will be to walk no miles in 24 hours. A Gas Tax,—There has been a great gas riot in Barcelona in conse quence of the resistance of the people to the municipal tax on gas. Private and public establishments ceased burn ing gas for forty-three evenings and the shops closed at sunset. Crowds col lected in front .of a few houses which continued the use of gas. The city authorities endeavoured to compel the shops to keep open, and the Governor issued a proclamation to that effect. The local journals are fined and sus pended for protesting, and ten are under prosecution.- The Minister of the Inte rior supports the municipal authorities, and the agitation is increasing. The affair led to a long and stormy debate in the Cortes. Manders, M.H.R.— The Age, in a warm article on Mr Henry Manders, M.H.R., says :—“ There are several measures which the country sadly re quires, agd to which Mr Manders will, we trust, devote his individual attention. Among these we may. enumerate a Bill for the abolition of Imprisonment for Debt; a Protection from Castaway Housekeepers Bill; and measures for the disfranchisement and punishment of pertinacious duns. These are but a sample of the reforms to which we gladly hope the member for the Lakes will turn his attention. Should he carry them out his political life will not be altogether an inglorious blank, and he may possibly have the pleasure of handing down to his children’s children an autobiography of which they will not be ashamed.”

A Chance for Government School Pupiis.—A circular memor andum which has been issued: by the Government to the Chairmen of the various School Committees throughout the Colony, will be read with general interest and approval. It is as follows : Memorandum for the Chairmen of School Committees.

In view of the numerous vacancies likely to occur for cadets in the public departments of the Civil Service, the Government is desirous of giving every encouragement to youths at tending the public schools of the Colony to obtain such appointments. The Chairmen of School Committees are therefore requested to forward to the Hon. the Minister of Educatiou, as soon as bossible, a list of youths over sixteen years of age, at present or formerly pupils of public schools, wnom they can recommend for good conduct, and general fitness to fill such vacancies as cadets as may be open from time to time. By order, John Hislop. Department of Education, Wellinvton, 20th June, 1878.”

It has been averred that a lady with a diamond ring will scratch her nose, in a given period, four times as often gs a woraan without a diamond ring,'

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE. :-4- [By Submarine Cable.] London, July 20. The Marquis of Hartington gave notice of motion in the House of Com mons, complimenting Congress on hav ing succeeded in obtaining a secured European peace, but regretting the in complete settlement of the Greek claims and the undefined responsibility in curred by Ministers without the con sent of Parliament.

M:. Gladstone, at a Liberal demon stration, denounced the treaty of peace adopted by Congress, and specially the Anglo-Turkish convention. Consols, Market rate of dis count. 2^. Wheat and flour are unchanged. The New Zealand four-and-a-half loan is quoted at 101 London, July 20. The Daily News' says that the In dian regiments return to India in Oc tober. The official enquiry into the loss of the ironclad Grosser Kurfurst blames the helmsman of the Konig Wilhelm. Money, is in active demand. Con sols, 95 The next wool sales commence on the 20th August. All arrivals to that date will be admitted. The total bales then available will probably be 300,000. Prices at present are without noticeable alteration. Hazard and Caldecott have failed. The total liabilities are reported at half a million, of which three-fifths are secured. / The corn market is heavy and in active. The weather is splendidly favorable for harvest. The acreage under crop in Great Britain is about the average. In the match with the Hull Eighteen the Australians’ first innings' closed for 305, the top score being made by Allan, 78. The Hull second innings closed for 68. Boyle took 8 wickets. The game was won by the Australians by 10 wickets.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per Press Agency.] Auckland, Monday. Mr Sothern is drawing good houses in “ Our American Cousin.” Reliable information from America states that Colonel Steinberger boasts of having got 115,000 dollars from the British Government, and that he ex pects to get 750,000 dollars more in full settlement. Judge Prendergast relieves Judge Gillies for a short time. The latter is suffering Irom an affection of the eyes. Captain Fairchild having been in structed to consult the convenience of the Auckland members as to the date of departure for Wellington, the mem bers meet to-morrow to fix the time. It is not stated whether the Hiriemoa calls at New Plymouth or not. A large wooden building belonging to Mrs. Stephenson, in upper Victoria Street, was burned down early this morning. It was insured for £450. A large quantity of goods, and furniture was destroyed. A'.' James Crowe was committed for trial for brutally assaulting Harry Broome. A young man named Joseph Fail was drowned at Rangitapeuna on Saturday. Tuesday.

The City of Sydney, from Sydney, has arrived, having left on the 18th. Her passengers for New Zealand are— Mr. and Mrs. King, Miss E. H King, Mr. and Mrs. Garnell, Mr. and Miss Pickering, Mrs and Miss Stewart, Messrs Thomas, Robinson, Davis, Murdoch, Walker, and 17 steerage 3 for San Fran cisco—Mr. and Mrs. Scott Siddons, Signor Rosnati, and about 30 others, and seven steerage. Alexandra, Monday.

The friends of both candidates for the Waipa seat continue their canvass with unabated energy.

The settlers on..the west bank of the Waipa are quite in accord with Sir G. Grey as to giving up that portion of confiscated territory to the King Natives. This, they say, would probably prevent all future complications, and meet the wishes of the Kirigites. They (the settlers) are of opinion that, not being numerous, compensation should be awarded them.

Andrew Barton, son of the Rev. Mr. Barton,| is dead. He was much res pected by both races. j Patea, Monday.

A sharp shock of earthquake was felt here at a quarter to eleven on Saturday night.

Wellington, Monday. Last night the Rev. Father Henne bery addressed a crowded congregation in the Catholic Cathedral, when. he emphatically denied having made the statement that mixed marriages were no carriages at all, pd characterised the

accusation as a “ base and wicked false hood.’* After the service he referred to the expense incurred in renovating the. Cathedral, and told those who were willing to subscribe towards defraying •the same to stand up, when the congre gation stoop up en masse. Father Hennebery and three priests then went among the people, and shortly an nounced that £llOO had been sub scribed.

The pockets of the waistcoat belong ing to O’Connor, lately convicted of attempting to poison Light, the pub lican, have been analysed by Dr. Hector, and found to contain poison. A meeting has been called by the Mayor lor this evening, with the object of petitioning the Government to miti gate O’Connor’s sentence, but this will probably now collapse. A sharp shock of earthquake was felt here at 11.40 on Saturday night. Tuesday.

A deputation, consisting of Messrs. Gisborne, Woolcock, and Seymour T. George, M.H.R.’s, waited on Mr. Macandrew re connecting East and West Coasts by railway. Mr. Macan drew said Government were so im pressed with the importance of the scheme that they would not hesitate a moment in undertaking the work at once, but that other works, of more immediate necessity required thetr at tention. In the meantime provision had been made for extending the line from Amberley. In reply ta a sugges tion by tlie deputation that Govern ment should subsidise a steam'-tug for Hokijika, Mr. Macandrew said this was a matter Government could not undertake, such questions being left to Harbor Boards. Destructive Fire at Masterton : Damage, between ,£20,000 and £"30,000. A large fire occurred at Masterton early this morning. The stores of Williams, Wyllie, Girdlestone, Sellar, and .Hales, and the Wairarapa Register office being destroyed.. The fire began in the Register office, but its origin is unknown. It is suspected to have been the work of an incendiary, as. previous to the fire being discovered an explosion was heard in the Register office and then the flames spread rapidly. The estimated loss is between £20,000 and ,£30,000. Some goods from Sellars' and Hayes’s stores were saved, but were much damaged by the rain. The rest of the property is a total loss. The following insurances have been as certained .'—South British, .£2350, re insured in the imperial for £2503 Hanseatic, ' £SOO 3 Victoria, £6OO. The foregoing are insurances on stock 3 those on buildings are as under Union, £750 3 North British, £1750 3 Victoria, £250 3 New Zealand, £325 j Standard, £650 3 Phoenix, £SOO 3 Royal, £250 3 Colonial, £500.; Dunedin, Monday. A conference between the Harbor Board and the City Council upon the question of a site for a railway goods station will be held on Wednesday next. This is intended to be preliminary to appealing to the public should such be necessary.

Mr. J. B. Bradshaw has been ap pointed a member of the Waste Lands Board, in the place of Mr. Strode, re signed. ; , The annual meeting of the Anglo- Jewish Association was held last night. The principal feature in the report was its urging that it was the duty of every brother Israelite to assist those degraded and injured Jews who languish in remote lands, whether in Asia, Africa, in the Empire of Russia, or wherever they crouch under the yoke of despotism andf intoleration. Invercargill, Saturday. The Mayoral election to-day, which was keenly contested, resulted . as fol : lows: — Lumsden - - 277 Hatch (retiring Mayor) 238 Majority for Lumsden 40 Charleston, July 22. Cronin and Donovan sold the gold obtained at Cronin Ville, Totara, on Saturday, the result being that the two men earned £lO per week with a limited water supply. ( Special to the Times.) Dunedin, Monday. It was decided to-day to form a com pany, with a capital of £IO,OOO, to provide a commodious steamer for har bor traffic. Invercargill, Monday. Mr. Lumsden, ex-M.H.R. for Inver cargill, and a former Mayor, beatjMr. Hatch (late Mayor) to-day by forty votes. Great interest was taken in the election. The late Mayor courted the approval of the ratepayers of his action in agreeing to purchase the gas plant on the wrecked ship Ann Gambles without consulting the Council The

him to a man with the result above stated. One of the Councillors, Mr. John Kingsland, who put up against Mr. Hatch, was withdrawn at the last moment, lest by splitting the votes Mr. Hatch should get in. Mr. Murchie, late Mayor of Riverton, was re-elected for that township, beating Mr. Theophilus Daniel.

O’CONNELL AND DISRAELI.

The Freeman's Weekly\ Journal some time since reproduced Dan. O’Connell's attack on Benjamin Disraeli. As a specimen of the great Dan’s style of orator}', it may be read with equal interest and amazement“ Yet, sir, the ‘No Popery’ 'cry is again raised in England, and every enemy to Ireland in that country does me the honor of directing the arrows of his malevolence against me. But I have risen to a magnitude I never thought I would attain by the quantity of slander poured out upon me through the medium of the English press. They make me a bug-bear of the first magnitude, though any bug of my size would be a humbug —but, literally nothing is more ludi crous than the importance they attach to my humble name. I am not accus tomed to feel much surprised at their resorting to me ‘ for lack of argument,’ but I must confess there is one of the attacks on me which excites in my mind a good deal of astonishment It is this—the attack lately made at Taun ton by Mr. Disraeli. In the annals of political turpitude there is not anything deserving the appellation of ‘black guardism ’ to equal that attack on me. What is my acquaintance , with this \ man? Just this. In ’3l, or the be ginning of ’32, the borough of Wick ham became vacant 3 I then knew him, but not personally. I knew him as the author of one or two novels. He got an introduction to me, and wrote me a letter stating that, as I was a Radical Reformer, and as he was also a Radical, and was going to stand upon the Radi cal interest for the borough of Wick ham, where he said there'were many . persons of that way of thinking who would be influenced by my opinion, he’would feel obliged, by receiving a letter from me recommendatory of him as a Radical. His letter" to me was so distinct upon the subject that I imme diately complied with the request, and composed as good an epistle as I could on his behalf. I am; in the habit of letter-writing, sir, and Mr. Disraeli thought this letter so valuable that he not only took the autograph, but had it panted and placarded. It; was, in fact, the only groiind upon which he canvassed' the borough. He was, however, defeated, but that was not my fault?'' I did not; demand any gratitude from him 3 but I think if; he had any feelings of his own he would conceive I had done him at least a civility, if not a service, which ought not to be paid by atrocity of the foulest description. The next thing I heard of him was that he started upon the Radical interest for Marylebone, but was again defeated. Having, been twice defeated on the Radical interest, he was just the fellow for the Conserve tives, and accordingly he joined a Conservative Club, and started for two or'three places on the Conservative interest. How is he now engaged? Why, in abusing the Radicals and eulo gising the King and the Church, like a. true At Taunton this miscreant had the audacity to style me an incendiary. Why, I was a greater incendiary in 1838 than I am at present, if ever 1 was one—and if 1 am he is doubly so for having employed me. Then he calls me a traitor. My answer to that is—he is a liar.- He is a liar in action and in words. " His life is a living lie. He is a disgrace to his species. What state ot speiety must that be that could tolerate such a creatpre, having the audacity to come forward with one set of principles at one time, and obtain political assistance by reason of those principles—and at another to profess diametrically the reverse? His life, I say again'is a living lie. He is the most degraded of his species and kind; and England is degraded in tolerating, or having upon the face of her society, a miscreant, of his abominar ble, foul, and atrocious nature. My language is harsh, and I owe an apology for it 3 but I will tell you why I owe that apology. It is for this reason. That if there be harsher terms in the British language I should use them ; because it is the hardest of all terms that would be descriptive ofia wretch of his species. He is just the fellow for the Conservative Club. I suppose if Sir Robert Peel had been out of the way when he was called upon to take office, this fellow would have under taken to supply his place. He has falsehood enough, depravity enough, and selfishness enough, to become the fitting leader of the Conservatives. He is Conservatism personified. His name shows he is by descent a Jew. His

The Evening Echo,. Tuesday, Jqfy 23, 1878.



' s. d. s. d. Butter, inferior to best, $tb I 4 11 to I 6 Eggs, $ dozen - - 2 0 to 2 3 Bacon, prime smoked, W lb o 10 to O 0 Hams in cloth, lb - 1 0 to 0 0 Cheese, prime quality, $ lb o 9 to O 10 Flour in bags, $ ioolb ,15 0 to O 0 Oatmeal, $ ioolb - 26 0 to O 0 Lard, lb - - - 0 9 to o' 0