MAIL NOTICES.

Mails arrive at the Ashburton Post Office — ■ From Christchurch at 10. oo a.m., 4.50 p.m., and 8.15 p.m. daily. , oc From Chertsey, Rakaia, &c. at 10. o 5 a.m. daily. From Dunedin and intermediate places at 5.25 p.m. daily. Fr#m Temuka and Timaru at 9.25 a. m. and 5.25 p.m. daily. ; From Greenstreet, Ashburton;-Jborks,. Mount Somers, and. Ashburton Gorge on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 3 p.m. From Ashton, Waterton, and Long beach at 10 a.m. daily. From Wakanui and Seafield on Tues days and Fridays at 2.30 p.m.

Mails close at the Ashburton Post Office, as follows : For Christchurch and North at 6 a.m. 9. a.m., and 5 p.m., daily. For Chertsey Rakaia, &c., at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily. For Dunedin, Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, at 10.15 a.m. daily. For Temuka, Timaru, and South at 6 a.m. and 10.15 a.m. daily. For Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge, on Tuesdays and Fridays, at 10.30 a m. For Ashton, Waterton, and Longbeach, at 3.15 p. m. daily. For Wakanui, and Seafield, on Tues , days and Fridays, at 6 a. m.

W. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster.

MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES.

Saturday, June 12,

Alfred Harrison, at his yards—Horses, Implements, Harness, &c. Sale at 12 o’clock.

Tuesday, June 15,

Matson, Cox, and Co., at the Tinwald Yards Horses, Cattle, Implements, Harness, &c. Sale at 12 o’clock sharp. Saturday, June 19.

Jameson and Roberts, at Messrs. Robert Wilkin and .Co.’, New Zealand Wool Stores, Hereford street, Christchurch— Farm at Dromore, containing 1,050 Acres. Sale at 12 o’clock sharp.

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser With which is incorporated the “Evening Echo”). FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1880.

Reaianded. —The case against Ben jamin Corrie for alleged sheep-stealing was called upon this morning at the R.M. Court, and the accused further remanded till Tuesday.

Vagrancy. Joseph Beirara was brought before his Worship to-day charged with having no visible means of support, but on the application of Con stable Warring, the case was adjourned until Tuesday next. Accidents. —This morning Mr. Donald McLean, manager of the Lagmohr station, had the misfortune to sustain a very nasty accident on the bridge. Riding over, In's horse slipped on the damp timber of the bridge floor, and both horse and rider came heavily to the ground. Mr. McLean had his left shoulder dislocated by the fall, but he was able to ride to Dr. Stew art’s house, -where the joint was set. — While a young lad named Hepburn, be longing to the township, was driving the horse at a chaff-cutting machine at Leam ington, a few miles up the river, he got his foot caught in the cogs of a horse-power. The small toe was severed, and the others serioaslv damaged. Dr, Stewart thinks the whole fore part of the foot will require to be amputated.

School Wanted.— The Winslow people are to hold a meeting on Saturday night to see about getting a school established in the township. Masonic. —On Tuesday next, St. John’s Lodge will hold an emergency lodge in the Masonic Hall for the installation of officers. Visiting masons are invited.

Sunday Trading. —The Christchurch R.M. to-day again fined “Wicked Marks” ss. for selling fruit on Sunday, and this time ordered him to pay expenses amount to 255.

Infanticide. —The woman Matthews, who recently gave birth to a child on the banks of the Avon, the body of which infant was afterwards found in the river, has been committed for trial on a charge of infanticide.

Up. —The Auckland publicans have raised the' price of beer to 6d. per pint. What will be the rise on liquor in places like Ashburton, where the drinks all round are sixpence a drench.

A Wages Case. —At the Timaru R.M. Court on Thursday Patrick Egan, Thomas Osborne, Neil McNeil, John, Henderson, Peter Rooney, John M'Carthy, Alex. Godsell, Hugh Boyd, and John Coffey, were charged with seizing a number of horses valued at L 750, in the possession of the National Mortgage and Agency Company, who had seized the horses for wages due by their employer, Walter Allan, whcse property had been mort gaged to the Company. The charges were dismissed. Accused, who are a very decent lot of men, were kept in gaol all night, bail being refused. They thought that they had a right to take the horses for the payment of their wages. Drunk. —A man named Joseph Brown, charged with being drunk and disorderly, was brought before Mr. Guinness at the R.M. Court this morning, and had nothing to say in defence of bad conduct. Constable Farmer gave evidence to arrest ing Brown outside the Royal Hotel. There were several previous convictions against Brown, who on giving his Worship a pledge that he would immediately go to some work which he had in view outside the township, was let off with a fine of 10s. or forty-eight hours’ imprisonment. The Assault Case. —Mr. Ireland, who appeared |.for the accused Mahoney in the assault case which was adjourned last Court day to allow of Constable Smart being present to give evidence, asked per mission from his Worship this morning to put the complainant, Lucas, in the box for the purpose of asking him one question. Lucas having been sworn, in reply to Mr. Ireland, stated that he had never made any offer to Mahoney to com promise the case instead of bringing it into Court. The only thing which he had done was to render his account to Mahoney, and request a settlement. Constable Smart being absent at the Supreme Court sittings at Timaru, Mr. Guinness further ad journed the case until Tuesday next.

CORRESPONDENCE.

Wf. do not hold ourselves responsible for the oninions exnressed bv our corresnondcnts;

IRISH RELIEF FUND.

To the Editor.

Sir, —I was somewhat amused while reading Mr. James Brown’s attempt at self-defence—or, as you head it, “A Lively Reply”—to correspondents in con nection with the above fund. The reply is self-condemnatory, but, at the same time, I believe every word to be true that Mr. Brown says in reference to his sym pathy with deserving objects, and his willingness at all times to show the same in a practical manner. I cannot but think, however, that in his zeal and over-earnestness to defend him-

self in the present case, he has somewhat overshot the mark, as if the cap did not fit he need not have put it on. My re marks had no reference to such members of. the Committee as Mr. Brown, who thinks he has done his duty; but to those who, having “subscription lists, were either unwilling or too indolent to hand them in,” although he acknowledges having had a list, yet did not hand it in when he had done with it—a duty which he certainly should have performed, although he might not have had any money to hand in with it, as the list would stand against his name on the books until it was returned.

He also acknowledges himself to be a member of the Committee, and yet in the same breath confesses he did not know but that his subscription—along with many others, I presume—was helping to clothe and feed some poor family, instead of being stowed away in the Bank. Now, I do not know what were the duties assigned to the various members of the Committee, nor do I know who the various members are—and, indeed, I question very much if anyone else does, seeing that members themselves did not know where the money collected was until the present correspondence commenced. But I ask Mr. Brown whether, as a member of the Committee, it was not a part of his duty to have seen that the money was sent in proper time, and to it 3 proper destination. Mr. Friedlander says in his letter on the subject that the Com mittee meetings invariably lapsed for want of a quorum, so that nothing could be done. Did Mr. Brown attend any of these meetings ? or did he even write showing his interest therein and acknow ledging his assent or otherwise to their proceedings. He also says he paid his subscription to Messrs. Friedlander Bros., but was very much surprised some time after by receiving a letter from the Borough Clerk asking for the money he had collected. Now, Sir, if there was any matter for surprise in connection with his own payments and arrangements with the above firm, that is a double reason why he, as a member of the Committee, should have applied himself with double interest in the matter ; and, so far as he was concerned, seen to it, that n?atter for sur prise was altogether removed. He also re fers very sympatliically to Mr. Ivess’s love for his countrymen, and his enthusiasm evinced in this cause, which we all admit, and admire greatly, and in comparison with which his own meagre actions, together with the indolence of some of his fellow-committeemen, and a total want of interest of others, I say, may well be designated “disgraceful,” “inhuman,” and totally unworthy-of the name of any one professing to have a desire for the alleviation of human woe..

With respect to the “value of dogg,” which was altogether foreign to the subject

of his reply, I may say, it is very question able indeed whether even the very best looking of the black ones, or those of any other color, notwithstanding Mr. Branson to the contrary, are of more value than any human being, but the ugliest and the blackest of them often perform their master’s duties far more faithfully than the best looking and most confident of men. But while there a great many dogs that are valueless, there are also a great many individuals who, to all intents and purposes, are useless, and not only so, but are content to hold positions in a hypocriti cal manner—to wit, some of the members of the “Irish Relief Committee,” who not only have no sympathy, but who do not even believe that the fund ought to have any existence.—l

Subscriber,

Resident Magistrate’s Court.

RAKAlA— Thursday, June 10. (Before Mr. F. Guinness, R.M.) THE BIRCH IN SCHOOL. William; Hale,; schoolmaster at South' Rakaia, pleaded not guilty to a charge of assaulting and beating Mary McCoy. Mary M'Coy, sworn, said—l am the daughter of Joseph McCoy. On the 11th of May I was at school at Rakaia. De fendant is master of that school. I was talking to. one of the girls near me, when defendant came and beat me with a stick. He went away again. I smiled to one of the girls. Defendant came again and beat me till the stick broke. Defendant made me go and stand in the middle of the floor. I asked to be allowed to go home, as I was not well. Defendant told me to go and sit in my place.

By defendant—Did not turn up my nose at you. Did not.laugh—only smiled. Know the difference between laughing and smiling. Did not hear you call to me to be quiet. Mursula McCoy, sworn, said—l am mother of the previous witness. On the 11th of May my daughter came home from school, complaining of illness. She did not complain to me that she had been beaten at school. Next morning a neighbor called to en quire how my child was : I told her she was not able to go to school. The woman said she did not wonder at that after the heating she had received there the day before. I then examined my child and found her very much bruised all over the back and shoulders and further down the body. She was not better of her beating for three days. By defendant—l have punished chil dren myself. I have never left marks on them.

Defendant, sworn—l am a schoolmaster at Rakaia. Mary M'Coy attended my school. She was at school on the 11th of May last. She was talking in her place. I called to her three times to leave off talking, but she continued. I went to her and gave her two or three slight taps with a stick I had in my hand. I sat down again, and she recommenced talking. I then gave Her four ui harder than the first. I saw her mutter ing and laughing to the girl next her. I beat her again, but harder. She turned up her nose at me, as if in defiance of me. I then gave her three or four sharp cuts and told her to stand out.' The girl is in the habit of talking in school. She does not attend very regularly. I punished her for turning up her nose at me. By Mrs. M'Coy—Never had occasion to beat the child before. ' Did not break the stick over the child, it was cracked before. The stick was a bluegum sappling out of the plantations. It was not so big as my little finger. This was all the evidence. In giving judgment his Worship said that he didmot wish to interfere with the schoolma/ffers in maintaining the discipline of their schools. If children were disobedient they must he punished. He had been shown the child’s back, and certainly he must say that it was very much bruised. It had, however, not Teen shown that the girl had been cruelly punished. He would dismiss the case, at the same time caution ing the defendant against losing his tem per when in the act of punishing. UNREGISTERED. A. Orr, for being the owner of an un registered dog, was fined 20a. and costs. CATTLE ON THE LOOSE. P. Malley was fined 5s and costs for one cow wandering at large. W. Doherty was fined 10s. and costs for two head of cattle found wandering at large. J. Mann and Chas. Lake, for one horse each, wander ing about the township, were fined ss. and costs. CIVIL CASES. W. H. Partridge v. G. Freeman.—Claim L 7. Judgment by default, and costs. W. Hartnell v. T. E. Fagan.—Claim L 22. Judgment by default, and costs. T. Mutter v. F. Simmonds.—Judgment for Ll 3 Ss.-, and costs. W. Hartnell v. H. Sinithers.—Case adjourned to Ashburton, on the 18th inst.

DRUNK, T. Wright, for being drunk and in capable, was fined ss.

CABLE NEWS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

(Per Reuter's Agency.) The Australians. London, June 9. The match against Eighteen of Malton, in Yorkshire, was resumed to-day, the wet weather of yesterday having stopped play. The Home team, whose inningshad been interrupted, finished their innings for 95 runs. The Australians then went in for their second innings, having 87 runs to make to win. They won the match by four wickets. Arrivals. The Merchant Shipping and Under writers’ Association reports the ai'rival of the Marlborough from Port Chalmers, sailed March 15 ; Otalci, from Port Chalmers, March 28 ; Piako, from Lyt telton, March 5 ; May Queen, from the Bluff,February 24; Glenlora,from ISapier, February 12 ; Lutterworth, from Welling ton, February 13 ; Anazi, from Auckland, January 27. ■

The Markets. Consols 9S§ ex dividend. New Zealand securities are unchanged. Adelaide wheat and flour, and Australian tallow are at last quotations. Pacific Measures at the Cape. June 10. The Secretary of State for the Colonies, Earl Kimberley, lias sent an official des patch to the Lieut.-Governor of Natal, instructing him to avoid allowing extension of territory to be a plea for disputes between the colonists and the native tribes, and to abstain from interference with free tribes. Turkish Affairs. Constantinople, June 9. The Grand Vizier and Said Pasha, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, have re signed. Khaireddin Pasha, Minister of Commerce, has been appointed President of the Council of Ministers ; and Aladdin Pasha has been appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs, with the rank of Grand Vizier.

AUSTRALIAN.

(Reuter's Telegrams.) More Grace. Melbourne, J une 10. The time for the receipt of wool en tries for the Melbourne Exhibition has been extended to Dec. 1, and wool will be deliverable up to Dec. 23. The Victorian Reform Bill. Melbourne, June 11. It is thought probable that the division on the Reform Bill will take place on Thursday next. Payment of Members. Williams, the member or Mandurang, who introduced the Bill for the payment of members in the Assembly, has con sented to limit the period of the measure’s operation if Government will facilitate its passage through Parliament. The Hatchet Still Unburied. Sydney, June 10. The miners’ delegates last night signed a compromise, and it was understood that the strike had ended, but the lodges to day repudiated it. Shipping. Sailed—Wakatipu, for Wellington yes terday. The Queensland Loan. Brisbane, June 10. It has been stated by the Colonial Secretary that the balance of the Queens land loan had been offered in the colony to several wealthy institutions. The Siam. Kino George’s Sound, June 9. The P. and O. Company’s steamer Siam arrived here to-day from Galle, with the inward Suez mail. Goal. Newcastle, June 11. All the collieries, except Wallsend and the Co operative, have decided to accept scale orders, and are booking them at 10s. per ton.

NEW ZEALAND.

(Per Press Association.) A Lawyer Half Killed. Grahamstown, June 12. An unknown person made a murderous assault on Mr. Campbell, solicitor, last i ’ght, striking him on the head with a blunt instrument. Campbell was unpopu lar through informing against men work ing without miners’ rights, and this is sup posed to be the cause of the assault. The Auckland Quarantine. The Star draws attention to the filthy state of the Auckland quarantine station, and states that 100 passengers by the Earl Granville have died from fever contracted on the island. It says the quarters were alive with vermin and filthy in the ex treme.

Who was Ever Fairly Taxed ? Napier, June 12. A meeting of the Licensed Victuallers’ Association took place yesterday, when they carried a resolution “ That the Licensed Victuallers of Hawke’s Bay deem the imposition of 6d. per gallon on colonial and imported beer to be a great injustice to the trade and general public, and that it is a gross - injustice to place such an imposition upon a colonial indus try that is already heavily taxed. A copy of this resolution to be forwarded to the members of the House, representing this province.” It was . resolved to piace a petition in each of the hotels for signature, praying that the tax be .abolished. Poor Con. Croft, the Wellington Bell man. Wellington, June 11. At an inquest yesterday on the body of Cornelius Croft, killed on Tuesday, a verdict of accidental death was returned. The Exhibition Awards.

Dr. Hector states that the exhibitors from this colony at the Sydney Exhibi tion obtained ninety-nine awards for first merit, eighty-five for second, eighty-one for third, and fifty-nine for fourth—being 324 in all—so that more than half of the exhibitors obtained awards. Died in a Fit. A woman named Eliza Blanford, was found dead in bed this morning. The medical examination showed that death had resulted from suffocation while in a fit. Gold. Hokitika, June 11. The Albion, for Newcastle and Mel bourne, took with her 5,9200z5. gold shipped by the Bank of New Zealand, and 17680z5. from the Union Bank of Aus tralia. Too Foggy for Them. Invercargill, June 11. A requisition of the country settlers of Biverton district, calls a meeting at Thornbury, for Monday next, to protest against the Property Tax. The country I people complain of their inability to !

understand the complex forms issued by the Property Tax Commissioners. It seems pretty certain that many forms will never be sent in, while the others are unintelligible from the cause referred to.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Thursday, June 10. The Courcil sat for half an hour, The business was chiefly routine and unimpor tant. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Thursday, June 10. AFTERNOON SITTING. AN IMPORT DUTY. Mr. Reeves gave notice that he would move for an import duty to be levied on all imports into the colony. THE SPEAKER’S KNIGHTHOOD. It was intimated that a sum would be placed on the Estimates to cover the costs of conferring the honor of Knighthood on 1 the Speaker. PRESS MESSAGES. The Premier said the hours had been curtailed during which special press corres pondents could send special messages simply to avoid a cost to the country of L7OO per annum. The privilege would be restored if the press were ready to meet that outlay. NEW BILLS. The following Bills, amongst others, were introduced and read a first time : Malvern Water Race Transfer Act, 1878, Amendment Act, Ashburton County Council Water Works Act, 1879, Amend ment (Mr. Wright). NATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. Mr. Lundon moved—“ That the Select Committee on Native Affairs do consist of 19 members, and that Mr. DeLautour, Mr. Thomson, Mr. M‘Donald, Mr. Whyte, and the mover be added to the Commit tee.” The Hon. J. Bryce opposed the motion, and cautioned the House that the adop tion of this motion would practically be a re-opening of the whole question, and a probable return to the objectionable state of matters connected with the constitution of Committees which Government had been at great trouble to rectify. Mr. Moss said that many of the Auck land members had come down determined 1 to do their duty independent altogether ■ of party consideration. The first thing : they were met with was a disposition on the part of Government to carry their purpose by every possible device within their poiver. He cautioned the Native Minister against a pi-oceeding of this kind in regard to this Committee. He was much pained at the course adopted by the Native Minister in this respect. Mr. Speight spoke in support of the motion.

Mr. Turnbull also supported the motion.

Mr. Seddon did not think the circum stances of the Committee were so very exceptional as to warrant a departure from the rule laid down regarding the number of members to be placed on Com mittees.

Major Te Wheoro supported the motion.

Mr Thomson suggested that the motion should be withdrawn, seeing that there were 14 members on the Committee already.

Mr. DeLatour said the Committee, as constituted, was not likely to -work efii cintly

Major Atkinson said that as things, were constituted, Government supporters must of necessity predominate on the Com mittee. He denied that there was any

disparity between the members of this Committee in respect of political parties. The Hon. W. Gisborne said that it was deeply to be deplored that these Com mittees should be regulated in their con stitution by party spirit. Mr. Tole spoke in favor of the motion. He felt that the natives might just as well at once send their petitions to the Native. Minister, as send them to the Committee constituted as it was. Sir William Fox said that he was on that Committee some years ago when the Government was in other hands, and he could remember that there was a majority of Government supporters on it then. He wa3 afraid all this kick-up was an illustra tion of the old doctrine of— The Devil being sick, the Devil a monk would be, When the Devil got well, the devil a monk was he.' Mr. Lundon replied, and a division re sulted in—Ayes 29 ; Noes 40. r , F . ,/ The motion was accordingly negatived. v Sir G, Grey then gave notice that he would move that his name be expunged from the Native Affairs Committee. Mi’. Hamlin gave notice he would move that his name be expunged from the same 1 Committee. PLEURO-PNEUMONIA. . / : ' ' •- • Mr. Hursthouse moved—“ That in the opinion of this House all transportation of cattle from the North to the South Island should be suspended until Govern ment are satisfied that pleuro-pnemonia, now known to exist in the Provincial District of Auckland, is eradicated; , and that all cattle arriving from Australia be quarantined for at least three months, and that Govern ment should at once issue an Order-in- Council in accordance with the provision of ‘Diseased Cattle Act, 1871,’ to give effect to the foregoing resolution.” Mr. J. B. Fisher seconded and spoke in support of the motion. The Hon. J. Hall could not agree with the motion. The fact was that the disease was confined to a very small district of Auckland—a district from which cattle were never taken South. It was on the decrease, and there was no danger of the disease spreading. If it should increase, Government would exercise its powers to avert danger, but at present there was no danger of its spreading. They were watching carefully over the matter, and he hoped the motion would not be pressed. Mr. Ballance said that he had been assured on good authority that many of the cattle slaughtered had not pleuro pneumonia at all, and that the alarm was to a large extent groundless. The debate was interrupted by the 5.30 adjournment.

EVENING SITTING. The House resumed at 7.30. The Licensing Bill.

, Sir W. Fox resumed the debate on the Licensing Bill. He was glad to find Go ■ vernment direct its attention to the moral and social improvement of the masses. This Bill was a movement in that direc tion. A cry had been raised throughout the world of the great evils attendant on the drink traffic. It have been said truly that if all the evils of war, famine &c., had been put together they would be no thing compared with the evils entailed by drunkenness. This Bill gave the power of protection against the sale of intoxica . ting drink. A movement in that direction had his entire sympathy and of those with whom he was leagued. It- would there fore have his and their best effortsia get ting it passed into law. They had the evil existing now, and they wanted to cure it. This Bill was not complete, and he trusted Government would see its way to remodel the Bill in that respect. In 1870 he brought in a Bill having this ob ject, and at first he could not get it beyond a second reading. The principle of allow ing the people to quash a license without paying compensation was then asserted. What temperance re formers desired, was power of this kind. Without such power they would never be able to put down drinking habits. As sure as drink shops were established, so surely would gaols, lunatic asylums, and other kindred evils exist. Until that right was conceded, they would continue year after year to demand it, and not rest content until it was obtained. They hal petitions demanding that right. These petitions were first signed by 5,000, then 9,000, and last of all 17,000, so that there was evidence of the desire on the part of the people to obtain such a right. Subse quently the Bill referred to above was passed into law, and now stands on the statute Books, so that this Bill, practi cally speaking, aimed at withdrawing that power. What they wanted was the local option principle embodied in the Licensing Bill, in the form in which it now stood on the Statute Books. He denounced the clubs as virtually sly grog dens,-; and although it was proposed to charge them a license fee, they were not to be subjected to police supervision. A more monstrous pro posal could not be imagined. What he proposed in reference to these establish-. , ments was that they should be subjected to the same police supervision as the ordinary public house.- They were cal culated to do mor;e harm than the regular shebeen. The latter had to carry on their practices under certain restraints. He next alluded to the proposed native

licensing system. Some of these districts were the scenes of the utmost degradation. When New Zealand was first taken posses ion of by Europeans the natives numbered 114,000, now they had dwindled down to 40,000, this diminution being attributable in a great measure to the introduction of strong drink. Not only had they given the natives drink, but they had given them what was called native rum, that was a [vile fdecoction, calculiated to drive the consumer to madness and the grave. He was sorry to see by this Bill an attempt was being made to lessen the power of the Native Assessor in questions of granting He counselled them not to attempt to weaken the Act pag§§d two years ago in connection with native licenses. If they did the native race ; would be stamped out. It was matter for congratulation that licenses could only be, issued once a year. The 6 system of quarterly licensing days had done a great deal to defeat the efforts of the temperance party to stem the evil. It a man did not get his license on one day it was sure to be granted at the next quarterly sitting. He considered the bottle license system as one of the most demoralising features of the trade. They had been told that under proper regulations this system was

good, but there was no good regulation in a matter of this kind. The profits of the

THE ASHBURTON HERALD, FRIDAY, JUNE ii, 1880.



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TO HOTELKEEPERS AITD OTHERS. 'E have been supplied by the Go vernment Printer with a Stock of BILLS now before Parliament, with a view to supplying those who desire intelligently to follow the debates in the House. The first instalment com prises the batch submitted, by the Statutes Revision Commissioners and THE HEW LICENSING BILL. Price—2s. Each. WEEKS AND DIXON.



Holloway's Pills. —These Pills are more efficacious in strengthening a debilitated con stitution than any other medicine in the world. Persons of a nervous habit of body, and all who are suffering from weak digestive organs, or whose health has become deranged by bilious affection, disordered stomach, or liver complaints, should lose no time in giving these admirable Pills a fair trial. Coughs, colds, asthma, or shortness of breath are also within the range of the sanative powers of This very remarkable medicine. The cures effected by these Pills are not superficial or temporary, but complete any permanent. They are as mild as they are efficacious, aud may be given with confidence to delicate females and young chil dren. Their action on the liver, stomach, and bowels is immediate, beneficial, and lasting, restoring order and health in every case. — Advt



Holloway’s Ointment and Pills.— Diseases of the skin, ringworm, scurvy, jaundieej scrofula or king’s evil,sore heads, and the most inveterate skin disease to which the human frame is subject, cannot be treated with a more safe, and certain remedy than Ho.lloway’s Ointment and Pills, which act so perculiarly on the constitution and so purify the blood, that these diseases are at once eradicated from the system, and a lasting cure obtained. They are equally efficacious in the cure of tumors, burns, scalds, glandular swellings, ulcerous wounds, rheumatism, contracted and stiff joints. These medicines operate mildly and surely. The cures effected by them are not temporary or apparent only, but complete and permanent. Holloway's Pills. —The extraordinary range of temperature prevailing in our climate is extremely trying to the delicate-chested, the weak and nervous. All troubled by these afflictions should resolve to resort to the strengthening and legulating medicine immedi ately they perceive in themselves discomfort of that feeling of restlessness which betokens dis ordered digestion and defective secretion or bile. One of Holloway’s Pills taken about noon and followed at bed-time by a dose suffi ciently large to act apperienlly will speedily recruit the faulty functions, and restore order throughout the whole system. A treatment so safe in operation and so successful in result should be known and practised when, from cold and sundry other causes, disease is at tempting to gain a vexatious footing. — Advt.