LORD BEACONSFIELD AT THE GUILDHALL BANQUET.

The London correspondent of the “ New York Tribune ” contributes the folk>ving fair picture of Lord Beaconsfield at tue Guildhall banquet: “The man moved so slowly towards the Guiidhasl platform that everybody had a good look at him, and could judge for himself whether he looked well or ill. Lord Beaconsfield’s friends have taken great pains lately to spread the belief that he ii unusually well. They have taken so much pains that I could not but recollect the remark I had heard from a lady of much wit, that she was growing old when her friends began to tell her how young she appeared. In truth, Lord Beacons field has a right to the gentle consideration we offer to great age and many infirmi ties. If I speak of his appearance with brutal frankness, it is because his health is part of the public domain. It is a matter with which the welfare of Eng land is bound up. While his strength and vigour last, his malign influence lasts. A man who wishes well to this country must be excused if he notes respectfully, but with particularity, the signs of decay ing power in her evil genius. He walked as a man might walk whose propelling power was due to some machinery inside of him. There was a gingerly stiffness of movement about him, as if he were not quite sure the clockwork might not run down before he had got to his appointed place. He leaned on Montague Corry’s arm, and leaned heavily. His face was what his face always is, an impenetrable screen for the restless brain behind it. A few minutes later I had a still better chance to study this mysterious counte nance. In his place in the procession which marched from the library into the banqueting-hall, Lord Beaconsfield made the circuit of that great room, and it chanced that the procession came to a momentary halt as he was near the end of the table at which I stood. I had no

more scruple in staring at him than I had in staring at the grotesque figures of Gog and Magog which haunt tho corners of the gallery. Nor was he any more conscious than they of the attention bestowed on him ; at any rate, he gave no more sign of it. Not a muscle of his face moved ; they hardly looked as if they could move. He had the Lady Mayoress on his arm. Once he went to speak to her, and whatever the observa tion he confided to her may have been, it was delivered without a change of expression, or a gleam of life in his sunken eyes. I never saw a human visage so scarred and scored with strange lines. Not the least strange thing about them is that they are as full of power as they are of fantastic meaning. The parchment which hides his skull is strained tight as a drum head over the protruding bones beneath the eyes, and hangs in angular wrinkles just below. Beyond doubt it is a thoughtful face, and beyond doubt also profoundly contemptuous of other people’s thoughts. There is strength in the jaw, and genius in the forehead, with a mocking glitter in the glassy eye which belies both, which also suggests that he despises the race whom he governs. With all that, the face has an immense fascination for the beholder. Lowell said that the Venus of Milo made all other Venuses seem ignoble. This man, with his incomprehensible mixture of great qualities and incredible flippancy, makes the greatest of his rivals seem commonplace. Even Lord Salisbury, who is not unworthy, with his sallow, unfathomable visage, to be the descend ant of Burleigh, looks as if his chief had found him out.

SATURDAY February i, 1879.]

THE EVENING ECHO.



New Advertisements, THURSDAY, February 6th. TO DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, GENERAL STOREKEEPERS, AND OTHERS. THE Subscribers have received instruc tions to sell at their rooms, East street, on THURSDAY NEXT, at 11 o’clock, Dress materials, shawls, Silk scarfs, linen collars and cuffs, Stays, feathers, fancy ties, Handkerchiefs, sheeting, Trousers, tweed, Holland and Alpaca coats, Dress muslin, Men’s and women’s hose, etc., etc. BULLOCK & CO., 332 Auctioneers. Public Notices. A LODGE OF INSTRUCTION, in connection with the Somerset Lodge, E. C., will be held in the Lodge Room on MONDAY, February 3, 1879, at 8 p.m. By order, 322 W. H. ZOUCH, Sec. ASHBURTON BOROUGH SCHOOLS. The public schools win RE-OPEN at *the usual hours on MONDAY, February 3rd. J. MACBEAN STEWART, Chairman School Committee. Ashburton, Jan. 30th. 318 “ASHBURTON BOUNTY COUNCIL. XTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the offices of the Ashburton County Council have been REMOVED from Montgomery's Buildings to the Road Board Office, Moore-street, Ashburton. F. MAIN WARING, Clerk. Ashburton, January 31st, 1879. 323



Tenders. .4 i\FLrCATIONS are invited from competent persons to act as FER- K YM.A.N at the Rangitata Road Bridge deny. Particulars and conditions of. appoint ment can be seen at the Geraldine Road Board Oliicc ; the Town Clerk’s Office, Christchurch ; and the Council s Offices, Ashburton. Applications, with references —endorsed “ Ferryman Rangitata Road Bridge Ferry ” —will be received at the Council s Offices, Ashburton, up to 10 a.m. on tlio Fifth day of February, 1879. SCALE OF CHARGES— s. d. For Foot Passengers _ ••• 2 ° ~ Horses (including horse and rider) 3 ® ~ Vehicles ... ••• 5 0 ~ Merchandise, per cvvf. o W. C. WALKER W. C. ixvjjj-v, Chairman. Ashburton, January 15tb, 1879. 276



Business Notice. PUBLIC NOTICE. BOOTS! BOOTS!! T. CHAMBERS, WHILE THANKING the public of Ashburton and. surrounding dis tricts for past favors, begs to inform them that he has roceived, and to arrive, at his place fif 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 attention to the Measure Department, and invites 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. THE JgvENING ]j]CHO NEWSPAPER AND GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE, Has Removed to new buildings, East street North, near Post Office, and next Quill’s Hotel. Engineers and Foundries. UNION IRONWORKS. INWARDS AND J^EE, ENGINEERS, MILLWRIGHTS, MACHINISTS, Etc., BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. 316



JOHN ANDERSON, CANTERBURY FOUNDRY BEGS to notify that he has been appointed SOLE AGENT for New Zealand for MESSRS AVELING & PORTER, ROCHESTER, Whose Traction Engines, Ploughing Machines, Steam Reaping Machines, and Road Rollers have gained for them a world-wide reputation. An early exhi bition will be made of an 8 h.p. Agricul tural Locomotive Engine, which can be used either for Steam Cultivation, Thresh ing, Sawing, or Removing Agricultural Produce. Catalogues and prices can be had on application. The following Machinery and Goods are now ON SALE at the Canterbury Foundry for the season : MCCORMICK’S REAPER & BINDER WOOD’S do. do. OSBORNE do. do. Extras and wire for each of the above. McSHERRY GRAIN DRILLS. English and American Mowers, by Samuelson, Hornsby, Howard, Wood, McCormick, and Osborne; Clayton and Shuttleworth Thresh ing Machines, Elevators, Hay Loaders, Pacific Hay Cutters, Seed Strippers. ALSO, FOR SALE, Fencing Standards, Best Fencing Wire, Cambridge, Crosskill, and Mixed Rollers, Broad-cast Seed Sowers, Millstones, Grindstones, Flour-dress ing Silk, Leather and India-rubber Belting and Hose, Reaper Sections, Plough Fittings, Machine Oils, Field Gates, &c., &c. Estimates and Drawings for any kind of Machinery furnished on application. D. MIDDLETON, Agent, Ashburton. 63



Fruiterers. W. BI R T WELL, East Street (next Orb & Co.’s), WHOLESALE & RETAIL FRUITERER. iyA CASES of NEW FRUITS of all /\/ kinds to arrive. IN STOCK ORANGES, 8 for is. COOKING APPLES, 3d. to 4d. per lb. EATING DO., 6d per lb. PEARS, 6cl. „ PLUMS, 6d. „ GREENGAGES, 6d „ SIBERIAN CRABS, 6d. per lb. APRICOTS, 6d. „ PINE APPLES, &c., &c. BEST NEW POTATOES. CHEAPEST SHOP IN TOWN. DEFY COMPETITION W. T. DAVISON, GREENGROCER AND FRUITERER, IS PREPARED to supply fruit and vegetables of every description, fresh from the gardens, Wholesale and Retail, at Christchurch Prices. NOW ON SALE FINE EGG PLUMS, per lb., Bd. ORLEAN „ „ Bd. GREENGAGE „ „ Bd. For I2lb. and upwards, 6d. per lb. The cheapest house for fruit for jam-making. COOKING APPLES per lb., 3d. and 4d. GOOD EATING Do. „ 6d. ONIONS ... „ 3d. NEW POTATOES, various kinds. At reduced prices for Quantity. Fresh vegetables, salads, herbs, etc. Orders Delivered Regularly. W. T. DAVISON, Wholesale and Retail Greengrocer and Fruiterer, Moore Street, Ashburton. 815 LOOK OUT FOR NEW FRUIT ! J. M 00 A R AND CO. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL I GREENGROCERS & FRUITERERS, REMOVED to EAST STREET, Shop lately occupied by Mr. Cambridge. Delivered to all patts of Ashburton.



Business Notices. TO THE PUBLIC OF ASHBURTON, AND OUR CUSTOMERS IN PAR TICULAR. AS the millers insist upon having money for their flour, we find it somewhat difficult to make our payments with that regularity we could wish. Notice is, therefore, given that, to enable us to do so, our accounts will for the future be issued FORTNIGHTLY, when the kind attention of our very numerous customers will oblige. TAYLOR & LILL. 321 THOMAS HICKS. Bread. Bread. O ANDO & OLSEN beg to inform the Public that from the Ist January, 1879, their BREAD will bo Sold for sd. Cash, from the Counter, and s|d. monthly accounts. 187 BREAD. BREAD. BREAD 6d. per 4lb. Loaf. THOMAS HICKS, Baker and Con fectioner, Tancred Street, is now supplying First-class Bread, at 6d. per 4ft> Loaf, delivered to all parts of the District, or at the Shop. note — THOMAS HICKS, THE PIONEER BAKERY, Tancred Street, Ashburton POSTPONED TILL FEB. 14. CHRISTMAS TREE. ASHBURTON TOWN HALL. MRS. MOREY, not having returned from the North in time with the New Goods for the Christmas Tree to be held on the 30th Jamiary, it is unavoid ably postponed till about the 14th of February, in order to make the Very Best Arrangements. Lots of BEAUTIFUL GOODS COMING. Tickets, Is., still on sale at the shop in Tancred-street. 307 HAMS. HAMS. SPLENDID CHRISTMAS HAMS At ORR & CO.’S



Drapery. GRAND SHOW OK New Goods w shipment of E are now opening up a second 3STIETW GOODS- Consisting of Gents.’ Black Satin Hats Gents.’ White Shirts Gents.’ Black Cloth Suits Gents.’ Double and Single Breasted Suits Gents.’ Felt Hats Gents. ’ Kid Gloves Gents.’ Colored Shirts FLOWERS. IO boxes New Flowers 5 ~ New Feathers 30 ~ New Ribbons 50 shades of Bonnet Silks to match New Ribbons POPLINS & SILKS. A large assortment of real Irish Poplins, direct from Pirn Brothers, of Dublin. PRINTS. An immense assortment of New Prints, French Checks, and Stripes in great variety. COSTUMES. A large assortment of New Costumes are now being opened up.



BOOTS & SHOES. JUST RECEIVED, io TRUNKS NEW ' BOOTS. Men’s Watertights; pegged and riveted. Ladies’ Kid Boots in great variety. Children’s Boots of every make. DRESSMAKING DEPARTMENT. This department is managed by a First-class Dressmaker, with competent assistants. A PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. Prices Strictly Moderate. ORR AND CO



Business Notices. ALFRED HARRISON, AUCTIONEER, A S H BURTON, IS open to conduct Sales by Auction, at his Rooms, or elsewhere ; also Sales by Private Treaty of any description upon the lowest possible terms. SEND IN YOUR PRODUCE such as PIGS, FOWLS, CHEESE, EGGS, Sec., &c., &c., Also, FURNITURE, EFFECTS, and GENERAL MERCHANDISE, for SATURDAYS’ WEEKLY SALE, at 12 o’clock. The following Farms and Properties are upon his books among many others : Lot 1.—619| acres, fenced, 4-roomed Cottage, well, whare, good roads. Lot 2.—300 acres, fenced, 4-roomed Cottage, store room, and stable. Lot 3.—200 acres, part fenced, ploughed Lot 4.—800 acres, fenced, stable, two whares ; 10 acres in grass. Lot 5. Cottage, garden, well, stable; Lot 6.—A Large City Boarding-house, on Easy Terms, tenanted, and paying a good rental. SALE YARDS attended every TUESDAY. TOWN SECTIONS AND HOUSE PRO PERTIES ON EASY TERMS. Properties entered for sale free of charge. asrDON’T FORGET SATURDAY’S SALE, at 12 o’clock. ALFRED HARRISON, AUCTIONEER, STOCK, ESTATE, AND COMMISSION AGENT, BARING SQUARE, ASHBURTON.



Drapery. ■^T ANTED KNOWN, that HOOPER, AITKEN, & CO. are Selling their Cloih ing, Boots and Shoes, &c., CHEAPER THAN ANY HOUSE IN ASHBURTON. ANTED KNOWN, that HOOPER, AITKEN, & CO. have opened up a Splendid Lot of Fichus, Manilla Hats, and a Large Assortment of FANCY GOODS. ANTED KNOWN, that HOOPER, AITKEN, & CO. are paying Particular Attention to their DRESSMAKING DEPARTMENT, which is superintended by a Lady whose Experience has been gained at some of the Best Houses in New Zealand.



yy ANTED KNOWN, that HOOPER, AITKEN, & CO. have determined, prior to removing to their New Premises, now in course of erection, to reduce their present stock as much as possible, to effect which, they are now offering all Goods at the LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES.



Wants, &c. WANTED KNOWN—That tho cheap est and neatest CARDS may he had at EVENING ECHO OFFICE. East Street, LOST, THREE HORSES. IF Returned at once, the Finder will be Rewarded, and a Reward of THREE POUNDS will be paid to any person that can giro such information as will lead to the conviction of any one who has taken away, about the 28th or 30th January, or still retain in their possession after the 4th instant, THREE HORSES, namely— One light Bay, branded HT, with Saddle and Bridle ; one chestnut, collar-marked ; and one grey. F. DOHERTY, 330 Storekeeper, Peter-st. For sale cheap, two dwelling HOUSES ; one five rooms, one four rooms ; situate East Town Belt. Terms liberal. Apply at once to T. BULLOCK. TO LET, two four-roomed COTTAGES on the East Town Belt. Apply to CHAS. BRADDELL, 314 Montgomery’s Buildings. TO LET. T wo SHOPS —one in the Triangle and one in Burnett Street. Apply 329 T. BULLOCK. Entertainments. REV. J. W. INGLIS I TOWN HALL, TUESDAY, Feb. 4. GRAND Lecture-Entertainment. For One Night only. “ Pen and Ink Pictures of the Past,” which have met with enthusiastic receptions in the Colonies ! !! For SYNOPSISofLECTURE, SEE BILLS AMONGST others, Mr. Inglia . will give the following readings, illus trative of the lecture :—“ Mansie Waugh’s First and Last Visit to a Play;” “Casa Wappy;” “How Horatius Kept the Bridge“ The Cotter’s Saturday Night “ Betsy aiid I;” “ Death of Poor Joe.” Admission—Reserved seats, 35.; second seats, 2s. Doors open at 7 ‘3O ; commence at 8 o’clock. 328 R. KILPATRICK, Manager.



Partnership Notices. PARTNERSHIP NOTICE. THIS DAY entered into CO-PARTNERSHIP as Barristers and Solicitors, under the style, or firm, of “BRANSON AND PURNELL.” Dated at Ashburton this first day of February, 1879. GERALD D. BRANSON. 331 CHAS. W. PURNELL. DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. FROM and after this date the partner ship hitherto subsisting between H. Firth, J. H. Pass, and W. Stringer (trading under the name of “ Firth, Pass and Co.”) is DISSOLVED by mutual consent. The business will in future be carried on by J. H. Pass and W. Stringer, trading in the name of “J. H. Pass and Co.” H. FIRTH, J. H. PASS, Witness- W. STRINGER. C. W. PURNELL, Barrister, Ashburton. In reference to the above, persons indebted to the late firm of Firth, Pass and Co. are requested to pay their re spective accounts to J. H. Pass and Co., whose signature alone will be sufficient discharge. 320 J. H. PASS & CO. BUSINESS NOTICE. I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that I have disposed of the business carried on for the last six years by me in Ashburton, under the style of Bullock and Co., to Messrs. C. J. Edmiston, P. A. Edmiston, and W. H. Gundry, from the 30th June, 1878. The business will in future be conducted by the above-named C. J. Edmiston, P. A. Edmiston, and W. H. Gundry, under the style of “ Bullock and Co.” THOMAS BULLOCK. We beg to intimate that by arrange ment with Mr. Bullock he will conduct some of our principal auction sales on our behalf. 310 BULLOCK AND CO.