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THE Thames Advertiser. SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1885.

It haa ever been the- fashion of the; ultra pfeyery. land to decry; hereditary rank, and to suppose that! tlio few who possess claims to such a; status.ave almost.of necessity, incapable of real sympathy Svith great popular, movements, It is, therefore, a pleasure, to call attention to one gentlemanLord: Augustus Loftus—who is both able and willihgHo aid effectively in; educating popular opinion on-tho ques-i tionof federation. Jlehas published; his views, and from them we extract the following, as clearly showing one method at least, by which the real end; of the movement—-of which since the; Sydney Conference we have heard so much, and. our colonists really know so little,- may bo attained. .- •

Let us take, for instance, the establishment of German unity and the oreation of a German Empire. The difficulties in attain ing the great objeot of German-national aspirations were, far greatrr than are; offered for welding the Colonies with the British Empire. The various Germanstates were composed of independent monarohies and separate natipnalifcies,-; / all6f f jbhem of greater antiquity -tban"- PiuMia.s They had separate laws and separate ouitenoy, and divergent material.interests. Under abso-! late government the old machine worked without muoh jarring but /when .constitutional goveftiment "was imposed on' the Several Governments,-and the prinoiples of liberty advanced, the national aspiration for unity, whether under monarchy or a republic, gave strength to . a current which beoame irresistible until the; moment when the final triumph was obtained by; i? blood and iron"'against the common and hereditary' foe. It was at Versailles ithat the German' Empire, was proclaimed, under .the iule of the German Emperor, then King, of Prussia;'lt was soon .'followed.;by German ■ constitution,'; to . -which i special attention'is drawn as bearing on the'question of .Imperial I federation for, ..these Colonies. The Government'of ; the German Empireis composed : o£ ,theVEmperoi',-:the crowning edifice, and the /Chancellor of the Empire, who is alone responsible the Emperor, and in: whose hands all affairs are vested without the aid of any, Ministry, There is the Council, composed ofione;mem. ber each, appointed byjthe. Governments; pf the various States ■ forming the Empire, bub in lieu of establishing an; equal ;balancej according to the. importance of .eaoh ;State by numbers in the Council,"each Stato-rthat is to say, each member of:the; Council—has a certain number bf votes proportionate to the size of the: oountry he represents, thus preventing the Council from being,over: loaded- with members.; Among.;other important rights of the Counoiljino measure can be introduced into the Representative Assembly without its previous, sanction; noroan auy measure be subsequently .passed without its concurrence. The Representative Assembly, is composed of one member elected direct by the people for every hundred thousand persons by ; universal suffrage and ballot, The Empire having 1 forty millions, there are 400 members of the Representative Assembly, It is convened and dissolved at the will of the Emperor, and the duration of Parliament is triennial, It generally sits, if possible, at Berlin, when the Prussian Parliament is not in session, but very often tho two sit . contemporaneously. This organisation appears to offer a precedent for an Imperial federation of our Colonies, It may form the basis of somesuohinstitution, of,course withßueh modifioatioDS : as may be desirable. The Secretary of State for the 'Colonies would represent the Chancellor, the Oounoil would reprcsont the Governments, and representatives • eleoted : by the'two Houses of the Legislature of tho several Colonies conjointly would form the represontativo body. It would bo a deliberative aud consultative body, to whom all .Colonial questions common to the Empire at large would be( submitted. A standing committee of tha I

several Colonies (for instance, of all the Australian group) would be formed to consider questions especially appertaining to them, and if negatived by, them, could not be further discussed by the Parliament, All . Colonial questions in common to the Empire would be discussed.; by the jPlenuni,but would have to be sanctioned by the Imperial Parliament before receiving the Queen's sanotion, TJiis is a mere outline, a rough sketch; but it embodies the idea on which the practical solution of this impor« tant question could be attained in suoh a manner as.to attach all the Colonies to the vast British' Empire as component-partsof it. _ It will bo observed that,in tho above, intercolonial federation is hardly touched upon j in fact, the lesser matter is swallowed up by the greater. He considers the narrower proposals which have already been made, such as that of the union of New Zealand and the Australian colonies; under such a'bond as unites the component parts of the Dominion of Canada, tobe.impracticable hero, on the ground of .the existence of too great.jealousy; of each other, ; and too groat divergence .of material interests. ITo believes, rightly-enough, tliao with' h thd ''"democratic tendencies of the Australian colonies - no system of federation will be acceptable without a representative' system, and that riiorely 'converting, the Agentsgeneral (who are - ; representatives of the Governments only) will not give satisfaction to the aspirations of the colonic for closer, and 'more intimato union with the raother country. With such; views,, it may. bb said -that .we have hardly proved the assertion made above as to the capability of lord Loftus for teaching us on the. matter; as he passes by just what we most,need —intercolonial union. Just so, but wo take it that all (andmore) the' ; ad-! vocates of the • latter: desire to secure' will be thus attained, and. that such regrettable disputes as that between Mr.; Dalley; and Mr Stout will become impossible. No doubt the qiiestiori'of federation (either limited or imperial) has received an important fillip on the road to!'eventual accomplishment by the recent dispute : wjth! Russia; it may be that actuai ; .war. with ' thai: .'Power ( which must come, sooner or later) will; also ensure—-as it did in the case of Germany—immediate ..fulfilment of the; schema The permanence of the Unionthus brought about cannot fail, to be all the greater for the minute consideration: of details that we now have opportunity for. Wo have expressed an opinion that the larger measure indicated : will, absorb the lesser,'-but as Imperial feder-; ation may, and :will require;some time 1 to bring, about, ..the-, proposal .made by, Mr, Dalley : might well, we think be accepted,—its object practically being; to make -the Australasian- colonies onej people, in the-o'vont of war,—each and; all alike insuring the other. It avoids,' trenching on : the independence of any,' and - the common would think! twice before, attempting injury or send-! ing forces to!' this" part of the world.; Moreover, -it would ™t interfere with! Lord Loftus' scheme. We regret that: Mr ■ DalleyV proposals; - have' 'been ; .disdaipfu 11 y piit aside; ]by Government ■ .now,' as if accepted; they!, .would'efiectu-! ally; put, a stop •to over-hasty. ;e2orts; to secure inter-colonial federation by this and: the sister; coloniea should war unfortunately this we are'surd'that'the proposals both of L'brd Loftus and Mr Dalley are: worthy! of consideration, and the vmen who; penned them deserve the. thanks "of all. colonists.;: v!'v!:':V. ; ;;:',

I Mr, ; La .; Monte . has made his r tour of inspection. Some of his remarks' are' worthy;,of: notice, but we cannot: see howj i we caQ.. : take thorn: to., heart; /and; i cry "Mea.. Culpa" for our ignorance.! • Tliel appliances are crude, of that fact.. The'.present 'arrange merits . for . criishmg and : saving, gold is.not much, if ; improvement 'on : 'the' gold-saving appliances when they'were! Working the 'mines' of sixthousands of year's, ago for all •we know to: the contrary, and as long datos are .fashion-] abl^ : 1 go ; back" to' a J si mp jy , r: co m para--tivoiyi medieval;date ..to be' on the,safe; side. It is a matter .of 'doubt'whether the. gold-saving appliance's^,in' the of; Shaba's time did' not"' bclipiae ; times,; But, this, does not, mend .the matter; the! question for. us to face is, cannot some l better-means be obtained-for saving: our gold? We have small leads, patchy gold (and- that as fine as flour), heavy, mineralised stone, ."pyrites, mundic, anti-. mony, blackjack,. &c., &c.y; all of which) minerals, together with the all-pervading sulphur,' militate against the saving of; the precious metal.;:s Even; supposing..La;' Monte's process is' too expensive,., the'' question^i^; ; y?hether,'i something ofthejl blast furnaca;pnnciplb, '.with'.' iron. tablo"pasßin'g through, or " even al superheated ov.enliko -the biscuit, rnanu-' facturers have, with a very much larger: degree l of heat, 1 whereby the quartz : could: bo subjected, for a short -tima to such a burning > thatthe baser imetals' of the] mundic type and the sulphur.; .evaporate, and the stone 'be more readily; •pulverised. That"this".means might, be : devised'.wilh; good results' we-haveßot'the; slightest' ddubt. O.np of our' ; mirie mana-; gem,..put....a. good., quantity,;nofr;stone through :' the mill for: dwts. of gold to the; loud aa and . was .; offered 9d peri lbadt for ; the tai lings,< but let.thom lip for months, dur-j ing. which' .'time 'they.'.were' tiirnod ' : ovor! once.;' Having no immediate; use for tho : battery, those, tailings. were' again,' put through, with'a result of some, 13dwts of gold to the load, The action of; the air' had the same 'effect as a furnace; in liberatingthose' deleterious substances fro m the tailings which, militated ; agaibst the gold'beihg saved/at the first crushing; This result points to another and a feasible plan,—that of submitting the tailings to a roasting process, .as if it was for making cp'mont,' and■ then pulverising again to! a dry state with quicksilver.; The proximity to the. coalfield of ; :Whare-' kawa, across the Frith, which is how being vigorously I .worked, /ought. tQ be a great disideratum in the scheme of choap roasting of the stone, so that our so-called low 'grade stone might be made a payable stone. It is useless for ,us to- sqnat down and pray to Jove, or any other man, as the carter did to get his wheel out'of the rat, 1 for wo are very likely to get the same answer: "Put your shoulder to tho wlieol," which, after all, is tho ooly and

true solution of the question of depreslra ; as it now stands. Let us give our earisfc attention to the best means of Baving hr gold as beingjthe only thing worthy of ar attention just now—a matter that isp£ vital importance to the' community,—nd there is very little doubt but-that sme satisfactory means will be devised to rive this field a fresh permanent lift towids that prosperity for which at' tho presnt time we are all, Micawbor-like, eighingto see turn up, while we stand, coraprai tivety speaking at-theCorner !' wi}h iur hands iri J our;pockets; ; * One' other remrk d_omands passing notie: Not only are the appliancoa for saviogffe 6°s.-but .the': saviours j or ftine managers are ignorant of their wok. -Tliia may be true in a scientific sense/ lut we do not hang down our heads to shan't) at this. We have as. enterprising aid thoroughly practical working staff if mine managers here : as in' any' of fie colonies, and' it •is from this >'place tby have been drafted/forth to. Australia aid India. But tho, question' of-scientific nformation is out of our reach,—the mio the pjty. This loss, however, should-led to renewed energy being" displayed' in memorializing the; Goverotifent for something in the shape of a School of Mines, h" a course of scientific lectures that woild be of service to the community." ' "r[ ■

Weuriderstandthat. the Queen of Braufy! . mine is likely to be placed upon the hotta market for the purpose of floating.apowfrful company test; the low-, ileveWi Tie very large returns taken from this mine nthepast should be.a great inducement fir capitalists, to enter into this-venture.; -Moe powerful and improved miningj'machineiv would. soon, overcome the difficulties thtf the present ;, company have had : to contenl with, ana should this succeed we may hop soon to see this section of our field a bus? scene.of mining, operations!again and new • lodes de veloped of which !at present we have no knowledge of, as .'with'.the .'exception of the' low . lying ground a very,.large area, extending - from theQueenof.B'eanfcy to the Cambria, is comparatively^,virgin ground) ■ and as all reefs on this, iield.run parallel.tc eaoh other,.and.at stated-' distanoss, w< should think that a company would be-wol repaid .were - they: 1 to .'prospect'northwari from the No. 7 or 8. levels,;: Bicli gold' wai found at these levels', and as similar deposit! have been found at the same depth in all th< \ mines, it shows that; the gold was deposited at epochs, and that operationsrshoaldib( confined ■ within, < the boundary: of-'thesi ; shobts or epochs, , *■•*.- r

We have only to visit the 'Thames Paint Works to seo what'our crudej'mine'rals are capable of being worked up into. Hitherto: the company have confined themselves to making the red oxide, or hematite paint; for which the de'mand'is steadily increasing, it is really protirigthe besfc subatarioe'forcda't-, : •ing Railway bridges':;and all. outside .workj But itisnow discovered' that by a chemical' combination greens; r inf'W7eM , 'shM^ K Mli - capable' of being- produced fromthe same' ore. : The company have now : manufactured: a "bronze green paint;" which, for bo'dy, ; ! "gloss, and ; finishseems'to. be averyvaluablls', this particular shade is made'Hd mat^ihei 1 colour used in thVmercantife steam fleet of! the, colony, and for whioh,:they ,expeot "a: very large demand will arise, as a coat of this I figment equals two of any; oth'er kind; and r' in.these times, .when despafcoh in clearing,& vessel: is a ooiiaiderationi' this f alon^.; shpald ?; make -it a : ; very? special 1 ' paintVfor' shipping purposes. .This ! lo6al industriar'comS pany deserves great oredit for their perae-''* verance under,.difficulties, ani they now); seem to be in a fair way off reaping ther of their outlay. ,v • " ,"v"{ Capt. Dalton, so long known in ctiiineo-f tion" with 1,1 the' ; up-river trade, has resolved 1 . owing to the falling off in business to ceaso! • running the.Te Aroha for the present, f The examination; of .pupil teaoh,e'rs andK candidates for. employment by, the Board of ? Educationwili be held at Auckland, .Thames, and Hamilton on, Tuesday, the 30th of- June, and following-days, i: The names-of' tho pnpils mnst i be sent in not later'than the 20th of June.

The service of song, " Eva,".was per. ' formed last evening by the members of the ' Grahamstown Wesleyan Church Choir,;.' The attendance was' not Mrery j * Stewart gave the connective readings -. with I ■: such ability that there.was a number of.the,. audience in tears when he came to the death j scene. - , The singing also was executed,with i j taste and judgment, the most noticable part i' being;.the':duet:between Miss Lawrie.and Mr Yivia l. ,: Mr S.- Dabb ably presided at / the .harmonium. At the close of v .the,enter- / tairimeiit Mr- Vivian thanked those present I I for their attendaj^,>jllr : ; K reading,- and the-'Grahamstown jChqir/for; j j coming forward:to.'Help.the :Tararu portion ' j of Ghurob;and,annonnced }■); that in the course [of'a'fortnight the.enter- i | tainment'would:'be reproduced at Grahams- i v town - and Shortland, • Mr* Stewart then \•; closed the meeting with'the benediotion, \'■ A football matchp Miners TJnions/ ia: arranged for this ; afternoon. iollow-' 1 f ing are the names of the Miriera* team :£J. 1 ' Thomas (Captain), 'Dufty,rClar% Renniok, 1 Inglis, J. . Alien, A.,.! .Thomas, Gordon, I: Hands, McNeill, Dennerly, and Kirby. : : Emergenoy 'men:* White, Hodge, and, Carte?vPlay,jyill;oom-' j mence at three "o'cloo&'o'n the Waio-Karaka ;; Flat. - 1

The usual services will be held to-morrow in the Baptist church, both morning and evening. - : Mr Woolley has been suffering for the past fow days from quinsy,' but was '■ somewhat better on Friday, and we trust that he will be sufficiently reoovered to be ■ > able to fulfil his duties to : morrow,< Tho subject of Mr E. H,' Taylor's _ address on Sunday ■; evening is ft flow ; -is- < pe'reonali ty preserved in Death" The Rev. W. S, Potter will preach in the Primitive Methodist .Churohj:in,the.morning,onSeeing God," and in the evening ' 1 The Result^a Christian Woman's Testimony." ~.,.. A serious accident befell Mr F. Wells, tho well-known butcher, 'at-Tararu: Road 'yes- : terday. morning, exemplifying!the < dangers of furious or incautioua drivihgi'-. Wells was • ' pursuing his daily rounds, and in returning : , from Tararu- met a dray driven bv W» Rowe .jun,, nearly opposite Mr,-Murdoch's ? residence. - 'He: was,itravelling.-at. a very rapid pace, and.the iteamster, on observing ■ his approach, allowed him half the width of, the road, in order ( that he might pass, Wella , seemed at first steer to the;wrong side of . the road, but. recollecting '.himself when within a few yards of tho team ho directed; ■ his horse's head towards tho proper side, He closely shaved the leader of the team, and then struck the whosl and. body of the dray with a terrific shook. The force of the ■ i collision"; did: not; throw; him: out of the saddle,'; but as: his steed (whioh was badly cut) staggered aside, he fell forward on its . ! neok. Mr Rowe promptly; mined in his horses, lifted the injured man down, and placed him by the roadside, where' the resi- ■ dents in the vicinity administered such relief as was possible Until further assistance arrived.; rode into town and which- Wolls-was conveyed to the hospital. Dr. Payne was in attendance on his arrival,;and bound up the v ; injured' liiVjbs.v; On enquiry at the'hospital last night, we'were.glad to learn that Mr Wells was doing as well as could" be | expeoted. , , M[ , Y ,v;The service of song- advertised'to. be given next Monday evening in the ; -Primitive Methodist Churoh, is. one of general, and : : . more than ordinary interest, as it shows the v state'of English society about 70 years ago, ; : and tho methods by whioh tho morals ofthß • community wore improved,

The Canterbury Press says that Mrs Leavitfc has touched on' one or two_ minor branches of the drink question, which are well worth a reference, She' tells, .us that the Women's Temperance Union of America special attention to the study of her- " edity in its relation to drink. This is worth ■ v studying,. Though it is true that we all ' ; came into the world total abstainers,, yet , some • of: us inherit a; tendency.', to take to strong drink as surely as some of : ,us inherit ; a tenden'cy'to tell lios. '.It is wClli therefore, that'persons interested in such.-'children should be- taught how to deal with them. •. Mrs; LeaYitt ,says, also, that tho study of hygiene in: its relation to drink : is not neg- , lected by her society, This also; is of great importance. If everybody lived in a clean, : well-drained, and well-ventilated house, arid ate good and .well-cooked food,: the-tempta- ... tioris to drink wonld be very seriously diminished.v';' Cooker y: especially'. deserves.the .attentibn;;of'.. Temperance The eating of badly cooked food causes much in- :<■ digestion,' ireitobility, and general • discoinfort, and leads to a great deal .of drinking. If every woman ih New Zealand could only , be made into a good cook and a clean and ■careful housekeeper, we venture to say that • our drink bill would he very much smaller than itis^

> In rc the lay of Mr Braoken's,; the "lelands of the> Free,",a.somewhat censorious,"critib sends me the following' Dear. Civis,—l went to> the patriotic •.. concert expeoting, after your sage (but not :• at all green) advice, to hear something like • ' this':' ■■ The Russians came down on the Isles of the Free, ; :, Bub the '.'.loyal defenders" were gone, up a i • tree. • • (Spoken.) So the Bear had to " paws" for.a : reply, until, remembering your far-pervading influence, he naturally acted as follows, arid allowed me to complete the verse: j He then " went for" " Civia" to give him a ■ pill, ; "" , But iwn at inventus—behind Flagstaff Hill, ■ As a matter of fact, I did think it a very small'nay I 'for such a big bird, and was 'inclined to say, with the Jackdaw of Ilheims, " Don't do so any 'moa.'" .' ; I have received also " a patriotic song from . another point of view," whereof the opening - verses run thus.: ' There's a deal:of "brag" in the,"Grand Old • nag", :1 And the" Islands of the Free"; .. .It hardly suits for iw recruits;. ' ,To crow so lustiiy. > ' They're far away—long may they'stay— : The Russians, o'er the sea; , ■ . We make more' fuss about the Euss, Thin he makes over we, To the eame purport singeth andther; for ' whom—not to be partial—l.find, room to the extent of one verse: The G.O'.M. loquitur: • ; ' ' •Some people rave of war, ' : ; Tho'they.don't care what it's for: '. . But if the future's horoscope you scan, •: You will see that peace is best 'So we'll'sifnply shelve the rest; ' .'; i - v That's the dictum of "the Grand, Old : Man?' .' From henceforth let no poet or poetaster itrouble -me. Metrical commuiiicatibiis ! on the subject of; either the .war .or • the peace niiistbe addressed to some other office.— r«.Ciyis in Otag'o Witness.' • 1 rp-.hy.i-.

The London correspondent of -the Argus says The second and third volumes 6E ■ George Elliot's life are being;returned:to the libraries uncut. This does not astonish me, : ; because, as I said in my last letter, the first .Volume struck nie as being intensely tedious"; ife is a pity readers should be so impatient, %,..The concluding volumes, though-theyihave 'A the' : same"- faults of egotism and self-con-scionsness, are certainly more interesting than the first. "-One disagreeable feature of ; ;;the book is that though,'not malignant, like *' ;the ..Carlyle' memoirs, it Bpeaks. of no one (v.i with cordiality save that mutual admiration '•'Society which clusters'around' the arithor ;;hprself. It. also ' dilates . with wearisome '' iteration upon her megrims; no doubt, Jike , ; the. .Chelsea philosopher, she suffered ! from dyspepsia l but the public was not her'medical attendant, and is uninterested: in such It has been happily observed that 1 the Geoige Eliot book is' allheadache,' and ~ the Carlyle book fall stomaoh-ache.' It;is ' not everybody; even in these days, who is ■ literary, and I heard : of a gentleman the other day who confused' George Eliot' with her . namesake, the Conservative member, ,'::'f.But, ; jjmy dear sir,' friend to ;(•>whom";he confided this astounding' error, :Typii'do" not surely suppose that Sir . George .V 'Eliot wrote '.'! The Mill on : the Floss Why not?' was the unabashed rejoinder-; /,i<: heis;jusfc:the man, knowing, as.he does, so much about machinery,'" : / . - The Victorian-Mining: Department has by the j;;; Inspector of. Mines, relative to a fatal accident\which oc.curred at the-Imperial mine, i i: loqated in the Ballarat district, r. The mine j;vjS-,^if^iby.^Jolm;!l^ , se I kDd five sons. .• On the,23rd ult., at nine./o'clock'in the ,4 morning, - two young women went to the ' shaft; which is 100 ft deep, and asked to be ' i; permitted to go below. ; One;'. of: the ri-, young:women was a Miss Martha. Williams, on a visit from Melbourne, She' was to have returned home on the following day, They:, had been refused permission to go' ■ -ii down the shaft on the previous day, but ;;' one of ; Trezise's sons (Thomas)' gave the ■ '~V'permission asked ' for. He put the young .-. wdmeii oil .the: edge of the bucket, telling' ; • them to hold on to the rope. 'The bucket •' had only descended about three feet, when Mies Williams' dress caught on the signal hammer. The furthei descent of the bucket was stopped, and young Tresize cleared the r.\.dress, but after he had done so Miss Williams •vtell off the bucket, and to the bottom of the ~shaft;' She died, about ten minutes tifber- ' :warda.; ; 'An inquest was held, and the jury ti i'eturned a .verdict of accidental death. The Inspector states that there was an infringementof the Eegulation of Mines Act, Ho concludes his report by saying''lmustsay a more mad act I never heard of in my life than to allow two girls' to descend a shaft, standing on the edge of a bucket, and not even to put a strap around them, and .no man with them; It appears to me this is a case for a persecution." Instructions have' been given ts institute legal proceedings against Thomas Tresizo,

Speaking of Russian soldiers, Mr G, A. Bala, in the course of his leoture at Para- ' inatta lately, said - they were not to be despised as opponents,, although their military knowledge was flogged- into them, It' was calculated it took 500 laahes to make an - efficient. private, 840 a corporal, and 1200 a sergeant; but despite this treatment they 1 fought doggedly and blindly, neither asking nor caring why or whom they fought, and loyal to the death. Ho considered it a great pity that Great Britain had not in the past engaged Jn some decisive struggle' with Russia, and it would bo well if the struggle were to come now, for come it must, and ho was oertain that Great Britain would be victor.; :,Much had.bean said in connection' with recent complications; with Russian cruisers;. but if war came England would checkmate them by covering- the seas with cruisers alike to protect her own Bhoies and her possessions abroad, People—ladies especially—often wonder how it is that Her Majesty has an apparently inexhaustible supply of Indian shawls. Some: thought that they had jolved the mystery when the name of an Indian shawl • maker appeared in the list of " tradesmen by appointment" to the Queen, But it is pot bo. The explanation given is that in 1846 a large tract of territory was ceded to Ghoaob Singh, Maharajah of Jumnoo, who, • ; j.n,cor)Bidßration oiE the grant, bound himslf to'pay to Jiis Suzerain % lacs of rupees and an annual tribute of three pairs of Cashand twelve perfect shawl this treaty is still in force, the number io of; Indian shawls at 'the disposal of Her ■'i' Majesty is accounted for, : ;:. ■'

POLICE COte-Yesterday. (Beforo H, Kknrick. Esq., H.M.) J '' Protection Order. — The wife of Richard McOoid applied for a protection order against her husband, on the grounds ; of habitual • drunkenness and failing to maintain her„and Her children.—Mr Miller appeared for the applicant.—McCoid admittod the allegations, but desired the Court to permit him to remove the goods now in his wifo's possession bb belonging to him, The .Court-refused his request, but granted the Order applied for, to tako effect as from the Ist of August Inst.

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THE Thames Advertiser. SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1885. Thames Advertiser, Volume XVI, Issue 5181, 30 May 1885, Page 2

THE Thames Advertiser. SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1885. Thames Advertiser, Volume XVI, Issue 5181, 30 May 1885, Page 2