DR. TALMAGE’S DECLARATION BEFORE THE PRESBYTERY.

As most of our readers are aware, the Rev. De Witt Talmage, pastor of the Brooklyn Tabernacle, New \ork, has had a series of charges made against him by the Presbytery of that city. What the specific causes of offence are is somewhat doubtful; and to judge from the manly, straightforward decla tion of this popular minister (which we cull from a home paper), his accusers are in danger of having charges brought against them - “ During Mr. McClelland’s speech Dr. Talmage had arisen, holding some papers in his hand. It was apparent that he was about to speak, and there was a rustle of expectation throughout the room. When the speaker sat down Dr. Talmage stepped into the aisle. There was a dead silence for a mo ment. Dr. Talmage spoke slowly and deliberately, but with great emphasis. Pie said : “ The reason of my silence so long has been because I did not want to spoil so much eloquence. I have much to say, and yet this does not seem the time at which to say it. We have been ready for trial for nine years in the Brooklyn Tabernacle. The air has been full of the threats of the Pres bytery toward us. We have been com mitteed and committeed, and not to be ready for trial by this time would be a very strange thing. One month ago I stood up here and demanded investiga tion and trial. I said, ‘1 am here now prepared to answer every question put to . tne, and I want an investiga tion:’ But I was not heard. I want an investigation, not for one year, but for forty-seven years.” [Loud ap plause, which the Moderator quickly repressed, Dr. Talmage adding, “I know my friends here will keep silent.”] “ An investigation for forty-seven years ! That is the time when I arrived in this country, at Bound Brook, New Jersey. [Laughter.] All the facts concerning my life—between God and my soul there are ten thousand sins and imper fections —but between myself and my church, and between myself and my brethren, I challenge investigation. I waive the ten days which I have a right to demand to prepare for trial. lam ready now, with the documents in my pocket, and with witnesses here to prove that atrocious crimes have been committed against me as a minister of the Lord Jesus Christ. If the Presby tery does not try me, -at half-past ten o’clock next Sunday morning, at the Brooklyn Tabernacle, 1 will try the Presbytery. [Sensation and applause.] lam ready for trial. I hope it will begin now (drawing out his watch), at 20 minutes to . 5 o’clock. I have no fear Mr. Moderator. I have been try ing to serve the Lord Jesus Christ here in Brooklyn, and to bring men to God. I never laid a straw in the way of any brother on this floor. During nine years I have had opportunities to say pleasant things about almost all of them. I have found many obstacles thrown in my way, but not by any people except by members of the Brooklyn Presbytery.”

A NEW OCCUPATION IN PARIS.

The “ sandwich-man,” so familiar to all Londoners, made his appearance on the Boulevards last Saturday (says a Paris writer), where his placards attrac ted an attention and curiosity that must have proved gratifying to his employers. The present is not, how ever, the first occasion on which this peculiar illustration of peripatetic ad vertising has been seen in the French capital, but in all former instances his career was of brief duration. What his term of office may be now that a new state of things has set in is a question yet to be solved. It was alleged in former times that he exer cised a strange influence on horses, and every quadruped who took fright, the coachman averred, had caught sight of an ambulating poster. This may in a measure account for the species of transformation he has now undergone in his. passage across the Channel, for we here see him girt round with an elegant glass case, like a crinoline. The French are deeply affected at the sight of the poor fellow who takes so much trouble to find a reader. In their idea the innovation shocks what they style poetically “ the harmony of the public way.”

THE AskfetikTON HERALD.

[Wednesday June ii, 1879



New Advertisements. VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CON CERT IN THE TEMPLAR HALL. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25TH, 1879 An Entertainment vriU be given 011 the above date in aid of the WESLEYAN CHURCH BUILDING FUND, GLEES, PART SONGS, DUETS, AND SOLOS. Admission, Is 6d. Tickets can be obtained from Messrs. Jones, Aitl en, Weeks, Orr, Ashwood, 'Andrews, and others. 994 PUBLIC MEETING. PUBLIC MEETING of the UN- EMPLOYED of Ashburton will take place TO-MORROW, at 2 o’clock, at Baring Square. His Worship the Mayor will be in attendance. Tradesmen and merchants cordially invited. 990



Auction Sales. MONDAY, JUNE i6th, At 11 o’clock. MR. ALFRED HARRISON has re ceived instructions from Robert Macfarlane, Esq., of Burnett Street (be hind the English Church), to oiler for sale by public auction, on the premises, the greater part of his HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND EFFECTS, On the above date, comprising— -IVERV HANDSOME -1 TRICHORD PIANO, I By Aucher & Sons, Paris (To be on view any day between 4 and 5 o’clock, p.m.) -ALSO- Bedsteads, Spring Mattresses, Chest Drawers, Dining Tables, Toilet Sets, Looking Glasses, Arm Chairs, Bookcase, Sofa, Cheffoniers, Whatnot, Washing Machine, Perambulator, Dining Service, Kitchen Utensils, Etc., Etc., Etc. Sale at 11 o’clock. ALFRED HARRISON, 997 Auctioneer. Tenders. ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. TENDERS are invited for performing the duties of SCAVENGER for the Borough. Specifications of the work to be done may be seen at the office of Messrs. Fooks and Son, Borough Engineers, and tenders endorsed “ Tender for Scavenging,” and accompanied by a guarantee deposit of £5, to be delivered at the Borough Office on or before Monday. 16th June, 1879. CHARLES BRADDELL, Town Clerk. Borough Council Office, Ashburton, May 30th, 1879. 985 THE EDUCATION BOARD OF THE DISTRICT OF NORTH CANTERBURY. CHERTSEY SCHOOL. TENDERS are invited for Building a Concrete TANK, and for GATES, FENCING, Etc. Plans and specifica tions can be seen on application to Mr. Markham, at Chertsey, after THURS DAY, June sth. Endorsed Tenders are to be sent in to the Chairman of the Board, at Christchurch, not later than THURSDAY, June 12th. 'THOMAS CANE, Architect. Christchurch, June 2nd, 1879. 975 Public Notice. Y. R. In the District Court of Canterbury, Holden at Ashburton. IN THE MATTER OF The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, and of The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, Amendment Act, 187 S, and in the matterof the bankruptcy of THOMAS HICKS, of Ashburton, baker, a debtor. NOTICE is hereby given that the creditors having failed to elect a creditors’ trus tee, I have, pursuant to Section 46 of the said Act, appointed William Richardson Boyle, of Ashburton, certificated accountant in bank ruptcy, to be the creditors’ trustee in the said estate, and that the said William Richardson Boyle has in writing signified to me his ac ceptance of such trusteeship. All proofs of debts to be forwarded to the creditors’ trustee. Dated at Ashburton this nth day of June, 1879. C. CAVENDISH HURRELL, 998 Clerk of the District Court.



IN THE ESTATE OF THOMAS BRADFORD. ~|~N consequence of the resignation of Mr. George Allen, Trustee in the above Estate, a Meeting of Creditors will be held at the District Courthouse on Saturday, the 14th instant, at 11 o’clock. C. CAVENDISH HURRELL, Clerk of the District Court. 999



DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. BY Deed of Assignment, dated 21st day of May, 1879, filed in the Supreme Court of New Zealand on 22nd May, 1879, and assented to by the Creditors in Meeting held at Christchurch on 10th of June, 1879, the partnership existing be tween Messrs. SANDO & OLSEN is hereby dissolved. Dated June 11, 1879. Vcsvnorn (KNUD SANDO. (Signed) | JOHN OLSEN. 995 SLAUGHTERING LICENCE, WE JIEREB.Y give notice that we i'n intepd, at the Council’s sitting on j the 2nd July, to apply for a license to hill small and large cattle on B,S. BQS9R ROBERTS & WINTER, Selma, Jane 9, 18.79, 990 ESTATE OF F, P, LrBRETON.™ ALL Claims against the above Estate must be sent in to the undersigned by TUESDAY, 17th June, otherwise they will not be recognised. A. 0. AITKEN, Trustee, Ashburton, June 10th, 1879. 992 Assigned Estate of A. W. WORTH INGTON, of Ashburton, Book seller, &c. (commonly known as Alfred Weston). CREDITORS in this Estate will please forward their claims on or before June 20, to my office, Ashburton, or they will not be recognised. W. H. ZOUCH, 986 Trustee.



Amusements. TOWN HALL. Lessees and Managers Hiscocks, Hayman, and Co. Business Manager ... Geo. Lingard. JUNE 18 AND 19. The Idols of Two Continents, PROFESSOR S. S. and CLARA BALDWIN, EXPOSERS OF SPIRITUALISM, In their Original and EXTRAORDINARY LIGHT SEANCE, Performing by Human Agency all the Mar vellous, Physical and Mental Tests of the Most Celebrated Spirit Mediums. Endorsed by upwards of 1,000 prominent Divines, Editors, Literati, and Notables, as being the Most Crushing Blow yet aimed against the performances of Mediums, being all the more overwhelming in that the Banner of Light the leading Spiritualistic paper (U.S.A.), claims that Professor Baldwin is a Medium. QLARA jgALD WIN’S RENOWNED SPIRIT SEANCE MATERIALISATION. Ths Melbourne Argus says:—“You can actually see and recognise the faces and forms of the dead as they appear in a bright light on the open stage during Clara Baldwin’s spirit xride reception.” Doors open 7.30 ; commence 8 sharp. Ad mission, 35., 25., is. 987 W. C. CONKLING, Agent. Public Notices. ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. "VTOTICE is hereby given that at a _l_\j Special Meeting of the Ashburton Borough Council, held on Tuesday, the 27th day of May, 1879, the following re solution was adopted : ‘ 1 That under and in pursuance of the provisions and powers contained in part X of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1876, and other provisions and powers contained in the said Act, the Ashburton Borough Council do borrow and take up at interest on the security or credit of a rate of one shilling in the pound, authorised to be made and levied by the said Council, under section 112 of the said Municipal Corpora tions Act, 1876, the sum of fifteen thou sand pounds, to be expended as follows : Seven thousand pounds (£7000) in supple menting the sum of Five thousand pounds (£5000) received from the County Council of Ashburton for the purpose of paying, satisfying, and defraying the cost, charges, and expenses of making, erecting and pro viding a system of water supply for the Borough of Ashburton, and for the pur pose of purchasing, or paying for any land which may be required for intakes, reser voirs, or otherwise in connection with the said undertaking or work, or which may be thereby injuriously affected ; and for the purpose of laying down pipes, erecting floodgates, and all other necessary works connected with such water supply, the balance of the said sum of fifteen thousand pounds, to wit—Eight thousand pounds (£8000), for the purpose of defraying all outlay incurred in and expenses of, and incidental to the construction, and erection of all buildings, erections, constructions, protective works, pipes, gutters, channels, sewers, drains, bridges, crossings, and all other works, and operations necessary, and requisite for providing underground and surface drainage for the said Borough. That for the purpose of securing the repayment of the said sum of fifteen thousand pounds (£15,000), together with interest thereon, the said Council do issue seven hundred and fifty debentures for twenty pounds (£2O) each in the form contained in the ninthschedule of Municipal Corporations Act, 1876, or to the effect thereof to the person or persons by or on behalf of whom such sum or por tion or part thereof be advanced.



“ That the said principal sum of fifteen thousand pounds (£15,000) he borrowed for a term or period of ten (10) years, from the making of such debentures and that the rate of interest to be named therein or made payable by such debentures be at the rate of six pounds ten shillings (£6 IQs) per centum per annum, and pay able half yearly, and that coupons for each sum so payable in the form in the tenth schedule to the said Act of 1876, or to the effect thereof, be attached to such deben tures for payment of such interest. That such debentures be forthwith issued under the seal of this said Council, and offered for sale by the Bank of New Zealand as agents for the said Council in London or New Zealand.” Notice is hereby giveu that a Special Meeting will be held on MONDAY, the 30th day of June next, at 6.30 p.m., for the purpose of confirming the above resolu tion. By order, CHARLES BRADDELL, Town Clerk. Borough Council Office, Ashburton, May 30th, 1879. 946 ASHBURTON ROAD DISTRICTS. ASSESSMENT COURT, 1879. JVTOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance X> <>£ the provisions of the Rating Act, 1 1876, that AssessmentCaurts will beheld by i meat, the places undermentioned, and at the . times hereinafter specified, for the purpose of hearing and determining all objections to the respective Valuation Lists of the various Road Districts within the County of Ashburton, fox’the now current year, when all clerks, valuators, and others —duly appointed on behalf of the local bodies— are requested to attend the sittings of the said Courts:— Rakaia Road District, Thursday, June IS, at IS o’clock, at the Road Board Office, South Rakaia. Mount Htjtt Road District. Monday, June 16, at 12 o’clock, at the Road Board Office, Mount Hutt, F. GUINNESS, Judge. May 31,1879 956 CONCERTINAS, German Accordeons, Mouth Organs, and Violin Strings, at H. M. JONES’, Baring Square.



Business Notices.



TO MERCHANTS, TRADESMEN, AND OTHERS. STUDY ECONOMY! STUDY ECONOMY! GREAT SAVING EFFECTED BY PURCHASING YOUR STATIONERY AT THB WHOLESALE STATIONERY DEPOT.



CASH PRICES: UNVELOPES, Cream Laid, L-f Per 1000 ■ - 6s. 6d. Ditto Per 500 - 3s. 6d. Ditto Printed, 1,000, 10s. 6d. Notepaper, ruled, per packet of 5 Quires, from is. 6d. Large quantities at lower rates. ACCOUNT BOOKS OF ALL KINDS. TEN PER CENT. OFF FOR CASH !!! STORES LIBERALLY DEALT WITH. WEEKS & DIXON, Wholesale Stationers HERALD OFFICE.



Auction Sales. BULLOCK AND CO., AGENTS FOR'TTHE SOUTHfBRITISH FIRE ' AND MARINE|INSURANCEf COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. CAPITAL? £1,000,000. Insurances effected at the lowest current rates on all kinds of Buildings, Threshing Machines, Crops Growing and in Stack. J. DRUMMOND McPHERSON, Manager, Christchurch. TO RUNHOLDERS, FARMERS, AND OTHERS. rjIHE Undersigned have on Sale: — Fencing Wire No. 6 to 10. Standards and Stakes. Seeds— White Clover Red Clover Cow Grass Alsike Trefoil Lucerne, &c., &c. Rye Grass Seed Coal and Firewood Station Stores of Every Description. We are prepared to allow a very liberal, discount for cash. BULLOCK AND CO., East Street.



Business Notice. Properties for sale andJ TO LET BY Messrs. Poyntz & Co., ASHBURTON. FOR SALE. 800 Acres Unimproved Land, near Chert sey. 150 Acres, three miles from Ashburton, 70 acres in English Grass. 150 Acres at Longbeaeh; Good House and Outbuildings. 10 Acres near Wakanui Township ; good stand for a Blacksmith. J-Acre in South Rakaia Township. The Central Temperance Hotel, Baring Square, Ashburton. T O LE T. 40 Acres of Good Land, two miles from Tinwald. 350 Acres Good Land, Coldstream Run, Rangitata—purchasing clause. Several Houses in Ashburton, various sizes. A House and Shop in East Street. A House and Shop in the Triangle. A House, Shop, and Bakery, in the Tri angle. A House and Shop in Burnett Street. also, — SEVERAL HOUSES IN ASHBURTON FOR SALE, ON EASY TERMS, o- Apply POYNTZ & CO., 1 East Street, 928 Ashburton.



Public Notices. nr s **k IN BANKRUPTCY. WEEKS & DIXON have on Sale at their Office, East Street North, — BANKRUPTCY ACTS, PROOFS OF DEBT FORMS, FORMS OF AFFIDAVIT, Also, — FORMS of TO LET and FOR SALE. BIBLES, Prayers, and Church Services, Hymnals for various churches. —H. M. JONES, Stationer, Baring Square. 473 b DIARIES. —A Few Commercial and Scribbling Diaries on Sale, Cheap, at the “ Herald ” Stationery Depot, East Street North, near Railway Station. SEWING Machines and other Requi sites. H. M. JONES, Stationer, Etc., Baring Square. . 473 k WANTED KNOWN—That the cheap est raid neatest CARDS may bo had at the ASHBURTON HERALD OFFICE East Si beet North.



Booksellers, &c. NEW BUSINESS. J. Y. WARD, BOOKSELLER, COMMERCIAL AND FANCY STATIONER, HAS much pleasure in announcing to the inhabitants of the Borough of Ashbur ton and County, that he COMMENCED BUSINESS ON SATURDAY MARCH I, 1879, in Messrs. Saunders Bros.’ Buildings, EAST STREET, NORTH, With A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF Professional Stationery, Commmercial Stationery, Household Stationery, Fancy Stationery, &c., &c., &c. LITE RAT URE (In Assorted Bindings) COMPRISING ALL THE MOST POPULAR AUTHORS Also, — PRESENTATION BOOKS. SCHOOL REQUISITES IN STOCK. Colonial, English, and Foreign Papers and Magazines supplied to order. WORK-BOXES, WRITING-DESKS, : y.t: : and ?. U: OTHER FANCY GOODS, AT REASONABLE PRICES, Hamilton’s Library Books on Deferred Payment. the address— ' J. L Y. W A R D , East Street North (Saunders Bros.’ New Buildings), ASHBURTON. 440 Business Notices. isr E W N D U S T R Y. COFFEE, Pure and Fresh Ground Daily at ORR & CO.’S. 953 A USEFUL NOVELTY. Most Favorable OPPORTUNITY ‘ TO SAVE MONEY. H Z Pd U Ph w H\ DISCOUNT of SEVEN AND A HALF Per. Cent, will be allowed to all CASH CUSTOMERS , , BY ... Friedlander Bros., EAST STREET. 828



GEORGE LADBROOK, (Near the Station, Winslow), HAS in Stock a Good Supply of Gene ral Stores, which he can supply Wholesale and Retail at the lowest current rates. Public Notices. NOTICE. ESTATE OF F. DOHERTY. ALL Accounts due to the above estate must be paid forthwith to Mr. Doherty, or they will be sued for without further notice. By order of the Trustees, D. CARO. 927 W. BROWNE. NOTICE. ALL ACCOUNTS due to the Estate of Thomas Hicks, Ashburton, must be Paid at Once to the undersigned, at Messrs Pass and Co’s, or at the Road Board Office, Ashburton. Accounts re maining unpaid will be sued for withouf further notice. J. H. PASS, ) ™ 454 C. B. BRANSON, \ Trustees -



Business Notices. C. PERCY COX, T AND AND ESTATE AGENT AND VALUATOR, ASHBURTON. . TO LET OR SELL— (SBO Acres first-class land (limestone) with good house, large stables, woolshed, sheep-yards, granaries, etc;, etc., com* plete ; very convenient. 320 Acres reserve, first-class land, part sub-let, sufficient to cover the whole of Government rent, etc., leaving upwards of 200 acres rent free for 2 years. Low price wanted for goodwill of lease, or would be let to a suitable tenant. 2,500 Acres ring-fenced, to be let in one block for grazing, or in blocks to suit purchasers for cropping, with or with out purchasing clause. Town and Suburban Sections sell or let in Ashburton and Hindhope. MONEY TO LEND ON APPROVED FREEHOLD SECURITY Agent for U nion Insurance COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. 717 Tailors. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. S. STOKES, TAILOR AND CLOTHIER. BEGS to remind his friends and the public that he has removed his busi ness to new shop near Baldwin’s Central Hotel, Wakanui Road, and would take this opportunity of acknowledging the very liberal support accorded to him here tofore, and solicits a continuance of patronage at his new shop—Wakanui Road, near Baldwin’s Central Hotel. S. STOKES, TAILOR AND CLOTHIER. 794 Bootmakers. ' / PUBLIC NOTICE. ' BOOTS! BOOTS! T. CHAMBERS WHILE THANKING the public of Ashburton and surrourding dis tricts for past favors, begs to infi rn them that he has received, and to arrive, at his place of business, East-street, a WELL-ASSORTED STOCK . OF LADIES’, GENTLEMEN’S, AND CHIL DREN’S BOOTS AND SHOES Of all descriptions. • . T. C. also calls special attentfi 1 to the Measure Department, and imites the gentlemen of Ashburton to inspect the superior class of Sewn Boots and Shoes he is now making. Riding Boots, Shooting Boots, Walking Boots and Shoes, Cricketing Boots and Shoes, and Running Shoes. WORKMANSHIP UNSURPASSED. , A PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED.



T. CHAMBERS, PROSPECT BUILDINGS, Next to Montgomery’s, East-street. M. NEALAS, BOOT AND SHOEMAKER, AND IMPORTER, •• ’» • SAS now on sale a Splendid Assortment, of. BOOTS and SHOES for Winter,> which are of the Best Quality, and will be Sold at very reasonable prices. • . ‘ Note the address— M. NEAL A : NEXT TO MESSRS. ORR & CO.’S, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Educational. MUSIC TUITION, VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL. Terms, per Quarter or per Lesson, on appli cation to the Principal. • y SUPERIOR LADIES’.' HOARDING AND 1 DAY SCHOOL, V Oxford Villa, Burnett St., Ashburton, Conducted by Miss Steane. Private Lessons in French, German, and Latin, twice weekly ; Music, and Drawing in Various Styles. Preparatory School for Boys. • Inclusive Terms. SCHOOL Books, Bags, : Etc. —S. M. : JONES, Stationer, Etc., Baring. Square. 473 a SCHOOL Requisites and Artist Mate-, rials. H. M. JONES, Stationer ‘ Baring Square. 473-i