The Russian Dynasty.

A cablegram in our issue of Thursday in forms ns that a quarrel has arisen between the Czar of Russia and the Czare witch, the heir-apparent demanding the establish ment of constitutional Government, which the Emperor refuses to accede to. It is a Bign that the enlightenment of the age we live in is even the Imperial palaces of Russia when we find her future Emperor demanding of his father a boon to his people of the nature indicated by the cablegram. We are willing to believe that the Czarewitch’s demand is the . result of a more liberal view of political ' life taken by the future Emperor, but we are afraid that the action of the Nihilists has not a little to do with it, and that the pressure they are bringing to bear upon the Royal Family by the terror they are inspiring is beginning to fill the Russian powers that be with alarm. The Russian peasant has for generations been trained to an almost superstitious loyalty to the Czar, whom he looks upon as a ruler holding his right to the throne by a tenure which is the next thing to divine. This loyalty of the peasant, who of course is also the soldier of the countiy, stands in the way of the Nihilist agitator, and to undermine. it he directs all the energies of his nature. It is amazing to read with what pertinacity the cancer of Nihilismy "that is now .-'gnawing the vitals of the Russian dynasty, works away to accomplish this purpose. If the emissary ■ ..of the- secret agency is an educated man, and most of the Nihilists are such, he does not hesitate to assume the peasant’s dress and position and labor for years upon the soilj poisoning by his subtle influence the minds of his fellow workmen against the royalty of the country, and all the institutions of the Government he hates. Nihilism is making too - rapid strides in Russia for the Czar to be comfortable, and freqyent, narrow escapes from assassina tion are only-warnings that sooner or later the fatal bullet will speed to its direful mission.- : Wholesale deportation to Siberia of suspected rebels seems to have no effect in-reducing: the strength .or slacken ing the activity of an agency for evil against the’-Government of the northern power, such as it has never, in all its black history Jiad to cope : but the more extreme the measures taken to stamp it out the more active does its operations seem to become, and the more defiant its hostility. The word of the Czar has hitherto been law, and his oppression of the people, or at least the oppression of the people by the system of his rule, has been galling. Under that rule a person suspected of en tertaining feelings hostile to the reigning power, or who had, however unwittingly, crossed the path of any of those holders of personal authority who are so rife in the country, was liable at any moment to find himself or herself (for Russian “ justice” cares not for sex) en route to prison or a Siberian exile. It is quite t.ime the Royalty of Russia should think of reform, for its subjects have been the most down-trodden, and the greatest strangers to freedom, of all the people who have yet claimed to come within the con fines of modern civilisation. But we fear the Czar is not yet able to extricate him self from the instincts of his house, and the recent wars he has waged hypocritic ally in the name of Christianity, with an ostensible view to wrest from I urkish rule Mahommedan-ridden Christians, but really to add if possible more territory to liia already over-grown dominions, are only another.proof of how cruelly loyal he is to the ruling passion of his race-greed of territory. If the Czar grants constitu-

tional Government to his people he will do more than is expected of him, and more than he will do willingly. He will never

yield his absolute power until he feels that a dangerous contra-power compels him. In a former article we said that to some readers of Russian history the Nihilist agitation would seem like a Nemesis to the House of Romanoff, of which the Czar is a scion, and we furlher stated that no Christian nation possessed a lineage of royalty so marked with cruelty and crime as has for centuries back been the Russian house of Romanoff. Let us take a rapid glance back over the history of the country’s rulers, and see the stuff of which they were made. The founder of the house of Romanoff was a man named Itobyla, wfio emigrated from Prussia. In the Sixth generation of his descendants

they adopted the name the house now bears—Romanoff. It was one of these descendants who became the wife of the notorious Ivan the Terrible, the fiend who murdered his-eldest son, crushing his

skull with an iron rod. This same demon hypocritically attended mass in Novgorod cathedral in January, 1570. His soldiers

were with him, their side arms clanging on the floor when they knelt in prayer. On a signal from the Czar, the troops seized the Archbishop, imprisoned him, pillaged the archiepiscopal palace, and sacked the city. Men, women, and chil dren were mercilessly tossed into the

river, and the inhuman brute ordered his soldiers to ride along the banks of the river to prevent the escape of the victims. Tor weeks the scenes of blood and plun-

der continued. In 1584 this monster died by the visitation of God in a mortal illness that seized him, and suddenly ended his terrible career. His son Feodor was almost an idiot, but he ascended the throne. He married Irina Godunof, and the virtual rule of the country fell into the hands of her brother. When Feodor died his widow entered a monasteiy, and her brother assassinated three persons who stood between him and the throne, to which he was elected by the Council of Nobles, and by the dignitaries of the church! This usurper was poisoned, and his son succeded him, only to be ass assinated with his mother to make room for the “ False Demetrius ” who professed -fobe’the son of lvan the' Terrible. He, too, fell a victim to the assassin’s knife. He was buried in the “ Stranger’s Field,” blit the infuriated people would not per mit even the ashes of the Pretender to their holy ” throne to remain in the •nave. They burned his body, and mixed the calcined dust -with powder and fired it frohi a cannon in the direction of Mos cow. Sliorusky, chosen by the mob, suc ceeded him, and he in his turn was de throned. Ladislas, a son of the King of Po land, was the next Czar, but he was opposed by the priests because he was a Latin Catholic. Michael Romanoff, a lineal des cendant of Kobyla, was the next aspiiant to the throne, and Peter the Great, his grandson, succeeded him. Then com •enced that thirst for territory that has urned in the Russian breast to this day. e, like Ivan the Terrible, murdered his cat son, but murder was not the only

stain upon his life. He married the mistress of two of his generals, a woman who had been the wife of a Swedish dragoon. Before his marriage with her, while her dragoon husband and Peter’s first wife were still alive, she bore the Czar two daughters. Another of Peter’s mistresses, an English woman named Hamilton, was executed for murdering an illegitimate child she bore to Peter ; and the Czar, so pure himself, accused his first wife of infidelity, and had the alleged paramour impaled. Peter attended the execution to jeer at the unfortunate ir.an, who was brave enough to spit in the face of his unmanly sovereign. The Czar’s Swedish wife Catherine was in turn un true to her lord, and he had her lover beheaded before her eyes. Peter the Second succeeded this paragon of virtue, of whom the Russian nation is so proud, but he was very speedily deposed, and the Czarina Anne ascended the throne. She took up with a groom, who became the virtual ruler of the nation. Ivan the Second succeeded Anne, but his reign was short, and after a sojourn in prison for eighteen years he was murdered. Elizabeth followed, but the life she led is unnameable. Prince Qrloff strangled her successor, Peter the Third. Peter’s widow, Catherine the Second, succeeded him. Her character was a commixture of debauchery and cruelty, and half the nobility of the land w ere accomplices in her infamy. Paul succeeded her : he was hex son by a paramoiu, and he was strangled at the instigation of his own sons, after a five years’ reign. Alexander the First was the next sovereign. He died in the Crimea in 1825. His brother Constantine, the “ butcher,” is famous for having atrociously murdered two women at Strelna in a manner that cannot be desci-ibed. We need not extend the enumeration of the Romanoffs’ crimes by detailing the evil doings of Nicholas in Poland and Circassia. We have shown enough from the black history of Russia’s sovereigns to leave the reader to imagine what the state ot a people must be who have been ruled by such a catalogue of wretches'. Liberty is a word unknown in the land, and Campbell’s lines were terx-ibly true, when, on the downfall of Poland, he said : “ Oh sacred Truth, thy triumph ceased a while, And Hope, thy sister, ceased with thee to

smile.” We may condemn Nihilism as we may, but when we consider the reign of terror under which the Russian people live, and the grinding oppression that has given birth to the movement, we are constrained to find some palliation for the existence of an organisation that has for its aim the freedom of its country—no matter how mistaken its notions of freedom may be.

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THE ASHBURTON HERALD.

[Mox pav, December 22, iS 79



Conveyances. ROYAL MAIL COACH. ASHBURTON TO LONGBEACH. Great Reductions in Fares. NEW ARRANGEMENTS, JANUARY Ist, 1880. GEORGE WILLCOCKS begs respect fully to announce that he will com mence running the Royal Mail Coach, from January Ist, 1880, between Ash burton, Tinwald, Wheatstone, Ashton, Waterton, and Longbeach, carrying Pas sengers and Parcels at considerably re duced rates. Having engaged an experi enced coachman, thoroughly acquainted with the district, the public can rely on all orders for parcels receiving careful and prompt attention. Passengers will be carried at prices within the means of everyone, and by so doing the proprietor trusts to receive a larger amount of patronage from the Town and Country. Booking Offices—For Passengers, at Quill’s Commercial Hotel, Ashburton ; for Parcels, at the “ Guai’dian ” and “Herald” Office, Ashburton; and Post Office, Longbeach. 826 a GEORGE WILCOCKS.



Business Notices. COAL YARD. Messrs. Cunningham & co., beg to announce to the Public that they have opened a COAL YARD (next Poyntz & Co ’s Office), for the supply of Newcastle Coal in \shburton. G. M. ROBINSON, 798a — 269 Agent. JF you want a CHEAP SUIT OF CLOTHES go to G. J. F. LUBLOW, TAILORING DEPOT. Tki angle, Ashburton, Between Post Office and Baldwin’s Central Hotel. G. J. F. Lublow, importing his own goods, is enabled thereby to make as Cheap a Suit of Clothes as any tailor in New Zealand, and a First-class FIT is Guaranteed. Terms—Strictly Cash. 5 per cent. Discount off all Orders Paid IN ADVANCE. 813 a



Business Notice. NOTICE. MISS HODDER, lately arrived from London, bogs to announce that she has commenced business as DRESS MAKER in M ore street, Ashburton, near Dr Stewart's residence. Prices strictly; moderate; and,' no e'ft'ort. will do spared to give satisfaction. MISS HODDER, Dressmaker, Moore street. 169—651 a NE W ZEALAND WESLE YAN ' Published Monthly. JUST ARRIVED, the “ New Zealand Wesleyan” for December. Price 6d, Sold at the Herald Ofiice, East Street. WEEKS AND DIXON, Agents.



SEALY BROS., NURSERYMEN AND SEEDSMEN, BEG to thank their friends and the public of Ashburton for the liberal support accorded them during the past five years, and to intimate that they HAVE OPENED new business premises in East Street near the Bank of New Zealand, where they will be prepared to supply Agricul tural and Garden Seeds of every descrip tion. SEALY BROS., NURSERYMEN AND SEEDSMEN, EAST STREET. The facilities we possess for testing the quality of all Seeds offered by us, and our desire to extend this branch of our busi ness, will be a suificient guarantee that all Seeds offered by us will be such as will give the utmost satisfaction. SEALY~~BROS., THE ASHBURTON NURSERY, BEACH ROAD, MOORE STREET. 306 a PUBLIC NOTICE. TRADESMEN and others who intend using the Ashburton Gas Company : s Gas should give their orders at once have their premises fitted with Gas Fittings, to ensure no delay when the Gas is brought into the town. J. C. DOLMAN, LICENSED GASFITTER, Plumber, Locksmith, Whitesmith, Bell hanger, Zinc and Tin-plate Worker, Hot and Cold Water Engineer, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON. N.B.—Artesian Wells sunk and Pump e fitted and repaired ; O. G. Guttering fixer at Current Rates. Electric Bells supplied and fitted. Orders punctually attended to in town and country. 812 G W. T. DAVISON, REENGROCER & FRUITERE Has on Sale— Good Oranges Lemons Dates Rhubarb, in any quantity Cocoanuts Good Potatoes Onions Cabbages Turnips Garden Seeds Thyme and Sage All kinds of Herbs R, Orders delivered in any part of Ashburton. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, (next to fowler’s, grocer), TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON. 563 a



Boarding Houses. CENTRAL TEMPERANCE HOTEL, Barilo Square (Near Town Hall). R 1 dious and centrally situated vate and Commercial Hotel. Pri- T. BROADBELT, PROPRIETOR, Is prepared to give Superior Accommoda tion to Boarders and the Travelling Public on REASONABLE TERMS. Weekly Board and Lodging ... £1 Weekly Board ... ... ••• 14s. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Dinner on Saturday from 11.30. Beds (single), Is. Gd. Private Room for Ladies. 153—624 a Public Notices. IN BANKRUPTCY. —The “ Ashburton Herald” ; s a Gazette for all notices under the Debtors and Creditors Acts. [F you want anything known, put it in the “ Herald ” —Twenty Words for a shilling.



Public Hotices FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY. TT7E have the following Properties W placed in our hands for Private Treaty »'• * * ' r> •. TIN WALD 150 Acres improved land, R.S. 2100!) situated 11, miles from Tinwald, part in crop, and a permanent stream of water running through the pro perty. 131 Acres improved land, R.S. 18997, 20307, 20366, 23368, situated h mile from Tinwald, fenced and sub divided into 3 paddocks, with two streams of water running through the land, also a nicely well-finished' three-roomed cottage thereon. * 300 Acres Education Reserve, in crop. HART’S RUN : 260 Acres Unimproved Land. ; WAKANUI : ' 127 Acres Improved Land. SUBURBAN BUILDING SECTIONS, ASHBURTON TOWNSHIP : • Lot 93 E. Belt, with four-roomed cottage. T.S. 458, Burnett Street, with three roomed cottage. TINWALD : Lots, 182, 183, 66. WATERTON : Lots 102, 103, 104, 105, 106. j WAKANUI : Lots 74, 75. HINDHOPE : Lots 1,2, 8, 10, 13, 15. TREVORTON; Several Sections. For further particulars apply to EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY, Auctioneers and Estate Agents. SALE by the undersigned— -50 Bags Potatoes Grain Strippers R. and G. D F Ploughs 50 Bales Wool Packs 100 Bales Corn Sacks And all kinds of stores, Ac.. &. Agents for the Marsh Reaper and Binding Machine EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY.



MR. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY. Auctioneer, Stock, Land, and Commission Agent. Farms, Town and Suburban Sections, for Sale and to Let. J. LLOYD CRAWLEY, AUCTIONEER, Offices, Saunders’ Buildings, Ashrurton. 737 a To Let and for Sale. rno Persons desirous of renting GRASS 1 LAND near town, 120 ACRES to Let, situated close to the Racecourse. Rent low. T. BULLOCK. TO LIVERY STABLE KEEPERS, CONTRACTORS AND OTHERS. ITIOB, SALE, 50 Acres GRASS, suitable for Seed oi Hay. T. BULLOCK. rpO LET, at a Very Low Rental, TWO X SHOPS in East Street ; also, one in Burnett Street. T. BULLOCK. rilO LET, at a very low rental—Bakery, 1 together with Dwelling-house and Shop, near the Post Office. 393 a THOS. BULLOCK. T O LE T , WITH A PURCHASING CLAUSE, OR FOR SALE, CHEAP, 453 AORES ' 453 Which would make a very compact farm, situated at the back of Mr. Digby's. Apply to THOMAS BULLOCK. FOR SALE, A GRAIN STORE at South Ashbur ton. Apply to 2— 866 a THOMAS BULLOCK. VOR SAI, E , A COMPACT FARM, well-watered, and rea'ty first-class land of about 200 acres, situated on Long-beach Estate For full particulars, apply to 6 THOMAS BULLOCK. FOR SALE, Cheap, or TO LET, with a Purchasing Clause, a FARM, of 150 Acres, partly improved, and situated about three and a half miles from the Township. Apply to c THOMAS BULLOCK. HOUSEMAIDS. —The Herald asks a Housemaid for you in 20 words for !/-• J mHE “ Herald ” is on every Tea Table § in Ashburton



Business Notices, •NIiUIT, .r-CONFECT£ps T ERY,r &0. , .& c. NOW OPEN. F. FURN E S S DECS' to . inform the public? of Aslu i 3 burton that, be has just opened a : ?.NEWv.-STdOIv ' 7 ’ FRUIT AN#:-’;. CONFECTIONERY . j\ . IN' THE SHOP:NEXT TO HODJ)ER & CO.’S, •Saiinders’ New Buildings, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Oranges,,,:.:? Lemons, Apples, Dates, f- .... Nuts-,5-.. :.J ■ . v... Ainaonds; v , Confectionery, h;• ~-Biscuits-;. &c., ...Ac., .. 1678 a B ETCHERS:, • BAKERS,' <IENE RAL . . STOREKEEPERS, CRAIN AND SEED MERCHANTS, NORTON FARM, SEA FIELD. TONES AND CO., Norton Farm, Sea pi field, return thanks to their patrons for the hearty support accorded to them since Norton Farm was opened as a Butchery, Bale cry, and General Store, and solicit a continuance of past favors, assuring customers that their interest will always have, first consideration at the hands of the advertisers.



Jones and Co. beg to inform their Mends and the public in the Seafield and neighboring districts, that their Bread, Meat, and Store Carts travel the following routes on the days given below : Seafield to Kyle, and Acton—Wednes days. Seafield to Wale an ui Homestead, Waka nui School, and Creek, back by Christie’s Road — Thursdays. Seafield to North Seafield, Charing Cross, Dundas, Cambridge, returning by Pioneer Road— Fridays. In view of t-lic Harvest, orders for at tendance. of the Cart may be left at the Store, Norton Farm, Seafield ; Wakanui School, with Mr. Ginney ; with Mr. Lambie, at Kyle ; and with Mr Brown, C lontarf . JONES AND 00., NORTON FARM, Seafield. Butchers, Bakers, General Store keepers, Grain and Seed Merchants. AGENTS FOR TUE ASHBURTON HERALD AND GUARDIAN. 079 a TINWAED.



ci hearer and galloway & MILLWRIGHTS, AGRICULTURAL AND GENERAL IMPLEMENT MAKERS, Great South Road, Tinwald, Beg to thank the public generally for their veiy liberal support during the past twelve months, and to announce that they have now every facility for carrying on their business in all its branches to the entire satisfaction of customers, as a trial will prove. COACHBUILDING. Orders received fcr making or repairing all kinds of conveyances by thoroughly practical workmen, and none but the best materials used. AGRICULTURAL. Implements of all kinds made or re paired. Also, Combines, Engines, Help ers and Binders, Chaffcutters, Bruisers, Ac. BUILDING.. Estimates given for all kinds of Build ing and general carpentering. Cocksfoot Grass Seed Threshing Ma chines, for hand or foot, made to order, great saving of labor. SHEARER AND GALLOWAY, Tinwald. ’ 165—G41a jpNYELOPES, NOTEPAPER, EN VELOPES, NOTEPAPER.—’The cheapest ever offered in Ashburton, at the Herald Office, Wholesale Stationery Depot, Saunders’ Buildings. REAPERS AND BINDERS. TpYHE Undersigned having been a.-- j[ pointed agent for the sale * f McCORMICK’S & W. A. WOOD’S REAPERS AND BINDERS is now prepared to treat with those who will want them for the coming season. FREDK. PAVITT, -■•••. 555a—88 East Street, Ashburton The Stud. Jplp THOROUGHBRED ENTIRE COLT Of the Traducer Blood. To Travel this Season the ASHBURTON AND WAKANUI Districts, See future Advertisements for Particulars, S. 11. FOWLER & C 0„ . Proprietors, o«J4.a —20 Winslow IT is only a Penny, is to be got every where in Town, along the Railway line, and of the Country Agents. mALE. —The Heiuxd publishes apor- X tion of a readable story ever Satur day. Read it,



General Merchants. GREAT A-NAREXTR-r 1 ORDINARY SUCCESS 7'j OF THE GREAT BANKRUPT S:ATT rG O' .k:C V. • ; ■ t l’f A ORE AJTD CO.’S BANKRUPT STOCKS AMOUNTING TO J 58.321 12 s - 2D. The Cheap Sale will be con tinued from day to day up to January rst, when we expect to have all the Bankrupt Stocks purchased by us cleared out. £ Hooper, Aitken and Co.’s Stock. J. H. Pass and Co.’s Stock 1.5-345 I 2976 IO I ,£8321 12 d. 4 IO



We are now selling the above Stocks at Less than Half Price, to effect a complete clearance. SEE PRICE LIST. DRAPERY DEPARTMENT. Prints at 4gd,-5d r and 6d jrer yard. Brown Holland, 7d, Bd, and 9d per yard. Dressed do., 9d and lOd per yard. Printed Muslins, 6d and 7d per yard. Black Alapaca, 8d to Is per yard. Coloured Alapaca, Gd to Is 4d per yard. Mixed Cords, 8d to Is per yard. 10 doz Ladies’ Straw Hats, Is. each. G doz Lads’ do., Is 3d to Is 9d each. Trimmed Hats in great variety, 3s Gd to 7s Gd. Paris Trimmed Bonnets and Hats in great variety. Ladies’ Stockings at Gd, Bd, to Is Gd. per pair. Ladies’ Ballriggan Hose, Is 3d to 2s Gd. Children’s Socks at 2d to Gd per pair. Horrock’s Calico half price. Cotton Ticking at Gd and Bd. Linen Ticking at 8d to Is. Best Wincey, at Gd to Is. CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. Boy’s Suits at 9s Gd to 255. Gent’s Suits at 40s, 47s Gd, to GOs. Gent’s Trousers at 8s Gd to 14s Gd. Gent’s Hats at 3s Gd, 4s Gd, 5s 9d, to 7s 7d. Boy’s Straw Hats, Is each. . ... BOOTS. 1 case Children’s Boots, slightly knocked about, Is Gd per pair. Children’s Elastic Sides, 2s Gd, 3s, and 3s Gd. Children’s Lace-up, 2s 3d to 4s Gd. Ladies’ Best Kidd Boots at 7s Gd to 10s Gd. Gent’s Boots at 8s Gd to 16s Gd.



CARPETS. China Matting at 8d to 3s. Oocoanut Matting at Is 9d to 2s (id. Felt Carpet, 2s, 2s 6d, and 3s Gd. Kidder Carpet at 2s <id- r 3s, and 3s Gd. Tapestry in great variety at 3s. Brussels at 2s 6d- under regular prices. DRESS'TAKING under the superin tendence of a most experienced dresa 'maker. All orders * executed on the shortest possible notice. Charges very moderate. COME AT ONCE AND SECURE BARGAINS. BRRAND CO.; v.; .C, \ IMPORTERS, -ASHBURTCN AND RAKATA, 174



General Merchants. JUST RECEIVED Per S.S. Durham and other late arrivals, ;' ; - EXTENSIVE ADDITIONS ' ' \ TO STOCK OF GOODS SUITABLE FOB THE PRESENT SEASON, Holidays and Christmas. ON SALE AT T. R. HODDER AND ' \ - Company’s, THE NEW STORES, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON (opposite railway station). A large assortment of Rich Dress Fabrics, chiefly Lustres, Silk Mixed Mohairs, Orient Cloths, Satin Cloths, Grenadines, Galateas, Pompadours, Mus lins, ana Prints. Newest designs in Hats, Bonnets, Cos tumes, Capelets, Fischus, Jackets, &c. A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF French Flowers, Ostrich Feathers, Ribbons, Scarves, Gloves, Ties in the New Tints. The La Figure and other new shapes in Corsets. GREAT BARGAINS IN Underclothing, Baby Linen, Cambric Handkerchiefs and Shirts. MILLINERY AND DRESSMAKING By Competent Artistes. Hosiery, Calicoes, Sheeting, Towels, Druggets, and Tweeds, To reduce heavy stock will be sold REGARDLESS OF COST PRICE. CLOTHING DEPARTMENT Well fitted up w r ith everything suitable for everybody. TAILORING IN AIL ITS BRANCHES BY EFFI CIENT HANDS. Orders promptly and correctly attended to. Boy’s, Youth’s, and Men’s Straw, Leg horn, Tuscan, Rush, Tweed, and Cloth Hats and Helnets. A Lot of Good Tuscans at Is 6d each. A Lot of Good Felts at Is 9d each. BOOTS AND SHOES Best Imported and Colonial Makes at the MOST REASONABLE PRICES. GROCERY, CROCKERY, AND HARD WARE DEPARTMENTS. Well fitted up. NEW SEASONS’ TEAS. Splendid quality, not to be surpassed for prices. SUGARS—Brown, Soft, White, Yarra. villa, Crushed Loaf, and Chopped. Christmas Fruits, Currants, Raisins, Almonds, Nuts, Jams, Tart Fruits, &c. PRIME HAMS and OLD CHEESE w ith every necessary and luxury. WANTED 5000 DOZEN OF EGGS, T. R. HODDER AND COMPANY, MERCHANT STOREKEEPERS. i Agents for The Norwich Union Fin Insurance Sod *