TOWN & COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6504, 31 December 1881, Page 4

TOWN & COUNTRY.

Hie Isoauxeov rax Oovaaxoa.—U ia Sir Arthur OertWa ialaatriw, we uodar•tend, to take up hri abdri ta fitarritehoroh lor a chert lime, lo which eed ha has already •round a trohUnea. Thai will eel iatarfroa with hie vriii to totaUcd, but the trip will be deferred to a aUabtly later dale than waa .intended. . ■

- Twa Warn.—Tha. Hew Iroluid ihlpprig Orouiitßjr hava rrothad a lalacruu ceollrmIsith# safe arrinl«(tha Waipa, qraviasuav Buwn*v Scxooi. Bxim— It la ia mtamplatlMft le ealibime the aaaivroaary of tha Cacdarhura Swdif itoeri Union by a ohilslnn'a cfoonrt, tetrad of tha ordinary t«a wrotiog. Tba eoaecrt will probably l«k« plara towards tha rad of January next,.and will b# clmilarlo that ivotelly riven undar the auariroa of Iho Union

Kouvoi itume Brovco.~judfing by tho li»t of oatma cnooM by Mr 0 It* »for th# hondkop ruu «o Monday, Ukriy la bo mum lory data oompoti* lion for Ibom. Tb* »i?ort* oomaoituol 11.30 p.ra., in » poddook aituotod but Ik* rtilwny riotico and ooatrf of tha lawn! and lb* Oom* mittubvro ajwMd no poitw to molt th* naoMMHf oM*nt*ia«it*. >*-mo WwLsrut Chicito*-Wooo«*»*C'iicaiT: »Tfat (|u*rtorly BMatiagol ofl«a*baanm of lb* obovo «w add on l&nwdoy Uit, Tho In i JOwlkk pmldad. Poring th* nut «ix month* Ibo nambanblp has dooblad, Ow number now bring 7*» with 18 on (arid, fbo tfpradilam lor tho quortor wu CS&OtOd. Sbo hmmt within n low •hJJUng* of lb* urn* amount Vba elution of offiem than took pUw*. 'Umar* luuo Little o»d Ohorlw ttoriutoo ww.w riaatod Chretiilßtownidc i •»* Mamn Mua, Stanton and Salkrid to ill .minor ofiaao. Mr 0. 8, Howard wu alactad roj»«u»to»lM to tbo {kwloraaoo to bo hrid In Cbririehureh during January. ®bo qurrikm of r*adja*t* Ing th* circuit boundarim wu than towri at l«*lh, ood it wu dbridod to mor* k *ho boUwmmm h opportonity ofatad. abo moating otoudlo Ibo usual maunor.

Boh* faia, lAxatoa*. —At Mi p. M'Qrsrfh'a ben# fair jwictd*; ®rml berm of difftiral kind* w*w toUt, (ha prion bring **ti*facwry. Mr 1. M«ri*l's brow® lion* Young Uie«#d##, f*»oo» for harrflr radcf. «M robmittrol, «sd though a #o»4 fai* buj of 00 Mdaaaa war mad* tot kim, b« m pm*i to* SCBOSW XhUfH —A woman camrd Mr, M’liaffi# diad »addeftly at h*r r»iidw« is 8t Aa*ph alnar, corner of Lmm-/Jq road, yesterday iflneroS. Ska had bom ailing for tom lime provttealy, and had o<«Mto»~ allj bean atlratM by Ur Prdai'l, »ho, however, had nraatraWimmadiat# I '/ fcrfora bar d#ash. An taquaat will ba h«ld this BMnio| at lb* drcraiwd't ra*id«mc«. Tua OAtatsrtut Omiv Ih» c*,«, non(niolßf tb« rwfitivr pwtioaa cf V i* oti*r., which arrived from Xoglaod in th* ,-,p Walmalo, b«ff !•*» rarrirod at lb# and praparaebmr art wr b*i«f m*U in -.h* weettoei of tt* faatranaai, A rwo® iaUrdtd aa aworhifeop I* hi ««a*ofoisitmc* mo at »h* •Mo «f tba temporary ebaec-J Th* w^| o f OfOdlOtt tm (no oetrartod So M* F, Jrnkiso. Jntnmr twntmd Court. Atm a long daisy, work law barns no* «tartod on eb* rosea of the Aabburton R t &., lb* men kata theaaMlvei dots# a lot of r ,;, ra j. May wort, lb* dl*taaeaa b«t« <»», toe target# wfii U to portion on Monday, and laadaro wfll bo wk*d r- ; . th« I emotion of ft rampart bahied sh* urnt* ! The man npd to to to foil proof-..-, ->«{ oT * * - -. ■-. -Jfc to aMUA IHBf VMT Iv flfwt

Boat* or Mv*tovflls sad Usegtota Hoard of O-.Mnatan met on MAsy sswatot at fbstaat pnMss —Msmfi Molmct (OSatoma®), JDNiwm, m 4 lettsg. Th# totow trra»;t«t «m cot tmocstaaty tte aid««ad,Bßd toa vsnotw in ;i^n m dimaieed. feme la»s*n ««r« rec«»»,rf ,-idt tisalsi: on ttMS#w of so pobtk Mi to#Board adjournal for a aontn.

Bros** «m ««*» % beast at the Ctowty Itoatrv toit atfht, »h«s rspaatrd tfcato {wrfesmstwe of w 2ba Waßdomne Misairtl” •ad **!Hift Ida o# Xalipaam, mtml s*w •sags aad trick* totof insrodaevd. Xiia Horten traa so mteevwtol m to her various tratfh and wpooiallj cnoghi th« faa«y of bar aadiwwe tritb "Tto Chmcebarto Special CtomepeadaoC' »hkh ww leodlv r» demanded. To-day ih*w will b, » fraud nwliadt for ctuMrva at 2,30 pa., ■ad - «M(har perforaanca this n»r.mg. Wadacaday evwaiiM text km toss mi »p«rt far* bsaefitto Mm Amy tfortco, »ton m doubt ttort win ha • eravdsd beam. Itfiin A>scaa Broan. au«r.siso is dlreeled to th* praftime of apart* to W sakatotod topoMtoeompaCttion at Papami on M«atoya«xl,wkito appears ieaaothcreoißffia. The Oomstotee hsvs mad evory efort to ssato too sfiair a aacecaa, aad, II tba ««ather » capital dara pa*elm* amyl* enwatod. lhaaetartof uto rood bead*. Mr Barlow bsoto, aed Mr Mfhagor, el Pafanoi, wfil hava eharga of the lane yaCraahaaaoa taut. To him, alio, i* vatraatad tba pronidiaf of the loseh for th« CbßßuUaoaoa frimria. Trim ear* »2. rua to and. from Cathedral Uqiaarv *£ quarterhour tatoml* durisf tlm day, ud to« praaoaffiap wUI fiiriatily ttramn-** »ito a Bell at too Bapaasi Town Bali, f j.- wiica an affiriaek haad haa haoa esgafKi. gamamsttras.~YaA«fda; af:«rsooa Mr Vadavtiaahmhtod to a timber of iaotlsawo •otcaol the practical recite of hu «ip«rimoata ia Mriaeohort. Tha op«r»-.wc# had ham so ooadaetad that th* mtor* v«f* *aahtod tosaa army atare of rilknom life, sad aim to watch tot tuaismlatioa of toe eoeocna ha roaHsg tot nix. A* a cnau«r of scieetifie totervat, it say he secnor-i that of tha “gnua” meirad from Japac, >- n;on* were tßarlcetad to ctmu of elect ri tty of varied atmato; and that. wbil»t the grain not opantad aps i* yet lying dormant, that which vraa lobjected I o toe etrocfeet current Is hatching sot frwiy. Itr ftdttk _puoom, during the fortocomtog Intestatiocai ExkPiitinm, to cshihll «Qk«omi ia all tibair atagea, aad to dafiy damoaaanii Vho eimphcsTr of toorocoirvd oparatowa Tax WiATiaa.—Ttafariby waa a very opprowara day, evtag chbay lo a daecf w»»*»aat*r wbudi from aa tariy hour to to* oocßtof blaar to *feroßf gw*a nmmg etooda of dint, ptoytof havoc oito U» froit Ima, mid pacahtognp tvgattotoa toth* aardec* aad Irida. Xtla aocsiCiisa atomaaelt a hot wind vhiiad hero j totleed. many parooej rvnmtoed that it ivinladad toea of toaaor*waaton of 1878.—Ocr Aahbeiics correapMdant wrifcae: M For mbs lute bate* ThmadayntomMoeladlor ritAtototen, riaand away again, and toataadtoerocoma aetotsgeorwaatar toal rcaa to almost too foroo of a gala. Hot weather has now baaa too rale for aii or eight day*; toe quiet heat faratarv can baarwith. In tbv hope tost roto wiD oosia and 000 l Ibloga; but heat with a atifi mri-wael wind dwcouragca averybedy, sod snkaa ton* faar to* very voM So real harm' ha* val baan doa* to the growing eanab, but it would be onaale to pevciet to* ccmaaqaaoeae of aeoattouaece of toeh weather aa.BOwrol«a. H Txxaras loTAt.—Mr W. B. leak* tt~ appaarad at thto Tbaakre toat a%bt in to* charaelcg ol go* teadaev, too hero of Bartley Cbmpbelfa »Myßutuar. H Of to dahsealhm of toe character, uetotsg c*«4 bo aadd m addhioo to what baa already hem leeordad fit thoae eolomna. twy opporiuatra £ordlaplayic|i tha beat qualuse* of » ganums ariial waa aside the maai of. toe mmll hsisg Ih* pining ol nthwtame phmdha apma and again from to* delight** Mr M to Mowiy mm esor* pmyed Had Bbf!atoa, a r<Us k which he to made hi* mark. Mr Thao Hanuhao wa» bimaelf, is the part of Major HaeryClay Brito. Mr B. B. dawtto wa* amy peailantanly Matohew Bjaadra. Mr Brito w*» euMmaetly viUatooaa aa Jwiah HcrofP Mr J,J. WtUsea waa axmadiogly amorisf a* Wing I** toe Chinaman. Mi*a Lt«» iawranea played Mary Broadoo with gmt ptohoa aad afcul i bar awoaeuf in to* fa*t act mm a vary afaclite price of,. *oti»g. Mim BeMla Kamhictoe waa a wy mce Or*** Brosdcn. Mica Beeari Vtvrio w*c aa »otncato loamy Pn»i* Pestlaad, but her foa did oot prevent bee dtaptoiag trueemenoo, whan cosoUoß waa called lor. Tbeaedwoc* Mvcral lime* called Mr Leak* before to* cantoin. and paid Mr Mo*ry a aiaurir «m----ptlsieot to the cod ol to# *#oood ».•*- The amninx** naomssma waa complete® e y mwrilHß aftbatore* ** A Hendromo Ho*HI "to to* he Z») rn tbto theatre, cad <» Moaday wgbt B2T fLmf I* to reappear a* Vtria » “Twrifto HtoW-*’ .. . . iV . Omcxar.-Ih* menbagan toatr lad match yesterday, unde? groat ddScullut* in too toape of a lumuhuou* wceler. SS play •« aimed ImooSbic, coaridroiof to* ciroumaldwm'i and tolhough toe w*ekat iu *«*y trw» toe viaitora »ho weal to fiiat . were disposed of for Ilf. Bprlsg echprod hri prevriaa efforts byrnnspOug to, chiefly by cola to. tba boundary i but he gars m» cosy chance to toe wicket keeper, and toba hard once to tha flald. Amtla 18, Cooke 15. aad Vorooa 18. The towlmg wae fairly rtraSght, and not to betnfled wito. The Imwaalrianc began my badly, Maiet W», damped. Starves run out, and two Sham bowfid. beforo a doom. «u» were •cored; but ieevm aod W«ldmg made a determined stand, tba former btttiag well lb. Utter waM ***** to* wiekat, la a way toto *m wortoy to * left-bandar. Beet** «* «*«»ht behind the •lumpe for 10, bat hi* partoer mad# to beforo Audio dbmrieed En bv a captoJ catch. U c Dottß«U and Taylor torn wade aaetoer good eland, former jdaving • racily good iostog* udU, jod at too riam ri i tba dav. ha cava four ehaeoes oat after toe othen to* mot wWeh wm acmpted. Hw U were made when they war* badly **»£*• ywi be kept the ball down ia a way tod augurs « mw lea** of Metorbim. Tmrw ri diU one wiekd to WhTbyhwkrig not out- ®, toe remit of a long day at ta* emm todraiiht bowlbg. Cookawaaootd Hdoeeful a* In tha otoar two maletod rid tba -aMtar -Vngcarald bowlrd ravy drahtMi/* and toek amm deal to playing. Tba^rgkw» ri !«,*» Ilial. tba gMdßvaair Beak and proodaea a good fiatib to-day, warn * IV.» will IPi vVHMMievwa

tsrrccOOtOStAi. IXCSAKtJS.— thVfai owing ***?• ****• mw .” w3 "jvtloev, Thursday t The depression of JSd.v h “ "• ri “ ml ■ It* Metre passed over Tasmania, la m wt-iwrth-M* direction. no* prevail!, with a nr.nf batWWUn „ a fae east coast of Jiaw Itoalh Wales. KSSr . *i&SS »*. ***. iMI Zj!,. 27 o** Fnday ; Ifow. Tt, i"b light «“ d - }• N<-» broken weather Victoria. Barowetrr, 801 5 Kahili, <*p 7 '. Sjdaey, 800.** *«-- r-'s: rsrwrsfivaj

v.»»* W*» »%#* to h<A* the eeaaal hw Ch«reh M f *\£* *T«wfe of Hr JWbSf. At*. Bri«St*s rvwdUoa Men'*yiMM, «•*A r W7 ‘«.?i ton ♦“ *fe<* fcwnnw** tor tlw 22 *»■ to**®* f tfttasft. <* css* c»T«lrTw*r *® I* WWfertWil (SIMM)* «mmm at.'."r AyffitC! sga: ar l w&PiJEJS*g; PJaiauss-’aj^ffi * ICeSbaaUie** ft- Dsatoh *»»* *Ts? l )B«*iwai»s far tyWsHsa lead Bp®ria hi % « * tft ■ » «rt£l auto «t*ar»ioa M*s rowan Lrftdwa Itorboafoa.«••<*«*o*7-... *%h*' m. Lyit*;t«o «I>l eaa to OjemMrt B#y a* atiurr*!* dsrt«c «*»dß.r *«i tw«aJ*i’.

Saoonwo Mu ttatwu-Thi following yu* *MMM so Hi* W.l&s|ten IhM&tf which oiually sapporUthc MinUtey;*-•Itr-iffl war taaiin* **4»ei# of Silomkj tart -yon deck*# rc-uraeSf totally vuM» to ktiitf* Mj* Defence Minister's Utils •lory •beat the mordfrcu* special who thirsted for m Bm Icba'e Weblsod. You am to con* *£l«i mistakes. Tli** story ie true la mb* •msec, but defective in detail He Brytma bdtrr reported the cjcremlira taultily to Mi master. A* for m mf memory awns *% g ««• m follow, s Daley late on Qoy F,*kf‘« Iky. fipeekt (so lueby mneiraffiag reic-Ww, which ks has been eonyinf all day); «Sttio 5 t nay, do you wish to pal that dia*mi weapon 'to * «*U m» F Lackey j •Ym, Mh it r Special: *fiho* Bryce." LacMv (honor obMaa aft the aaaflegMas tatM adopted lonidi his idcS) * * By - ■ , it .Ml the next sows who dam to ua» vwdi bke that of booert John Bryce, tbs bm man is the country !* How, air, bow is «bftt I as sot is prison f 'How Is tl tbafe I .lave not twa rewired a tohfram m th® tabjert ? Iitoko»«a lie* to gaol for lets. Hw Bishop of Selfaa bat been lemoned for talk far lew forest and wild. Ministers are losing tfcsir good bobm*. I shall jpla® sad wort* away under this studied neglect. The only road to notoriety open is to do Use dead, oad mm the name Mr Bryce gained in •S 3 from the Moories—Tb Sohnm.—l sun, la, Im Dear." A Gbsat Sison'e Ms&arsjaia—Between Patti sad her niter Oanetta, as lias world know*. Here it undying hatred. Ha lastaastionsd it s great artist and a woman of mat heart- She it really loved by many in her career, and «b*a a dreadful operation ns performed on her in Palis two yean ago the wW® world Ml srsesfes, letters mi dispatch os, all of anxious inquiry, bat from tbe sitter whose sms bad proffered many a cbilduh embrace there case not one word of lore or sympathy. All tbe while that Oarktte Patti was in the hospital with the wood sitters of St Jweph, Adelina was at the Hotel do Ebin, and daring fourteen asuuoas days, while hovering between Ufa ami death, on owa cider, she never teal word to know how she was. and mud, whoa asked to corns aad witness the opetoioa and Join in the stuttmoata taken with the family before the chloroform was given, that “she did not out whether ah* lived or died, sad not to annoy her any more.** Mice. Sunkoeeh did not dare tel! Oorbtto the truth, sad the poor invalid Mirred until she win quite out of danger that on old feud had horns healed over, and that a favourite sister bad scarcely Ml her bedside during «o terrible a trial Wo will not repeat what Mme.CwbUa sold whan she teamed the truth. It was the talk of all Pari*.—London* 'omstpoisdeal Chicago Timet. A Faocjoiora Di*MOßD—Frau ell so* count* <«aye the corresponded of a contemporary) the wonderful Eohd-noor, or “ Moeataio of light,*' the property ©I Her Irittsnnb Itejwty. u edipstd bf&xoemtly dteaomed diamond found la South Africa, and now in twasetsten of Mr Pcoier-Bbodee, who is, I btUere, the fortunate dtecovcm of the geos. Tbe weight of the newly* found stent is l&O It is uncut, tel fro® iu psculwiy favoomble etepo is notes* peotoi to Jose more than 10 camte during He proeess. The diamond it as h% as & my large walnut, and is drembed a# “like a hailstone in sunlight of a hetrttehlsg true* puetey and bnlinni whitmees ao other precious eton# can vis with” Most Oboe diamonds are of an inferior yellowish *lfm which detracts from the relut of the hut this epedmen is not only tbs largest ever tUseorered, bat of » purity unsurpassed by mf of his compeen. He stone ires recently shown to the Frmss of Wales at Marlborough Eoaae, and his test diamonds, when 'placed beside the Porter-Ebodes stone, were teen to i he “oil colour." Offer* for hit property fiow in upon the Indy owner from all i»rte of Serose. The first off#* received wm dw,009; th© k*t made was £IOO,OOO, The oweer'e haoia, I tear, ere willing to advance £OO.OOO gfaiert the Monty, Tte atone will not, it I* thought, change bmdt under £200,000, which b just fSO.OOo a»ore than the famous Sob4* eoor is valued at Mr POfter-lhodns asks the trifling sum of £900,000 for bis property, and 4m* not eecm io aoy hurry to dispose of it. Ills rumoured that a BusslaaFna® is io treaty for the jewel One sea new oonditlos ©I things in On«« »giving rise to much activity In the direction of improving corn* mssjbalhm. Hot only is the eotUsg of the Isthmus of Corinth le tend, but ml wavs are projected, a&d will so doubt eooa be begun between Athens and Larinw, and between Aria a&d Yolo, In Horthera Greece ; while in the PclopootMew one line is to run along . the ««t of the gulf from Corinth to Patras, another starting from Corinth will run eouth to Myconw and Arps, and then turning westward through Arcadia, passing Andrit»oa, TripoJii, asd Mepdo|toli*. will apia tom southward through the old Metsemaand end at Kdamata on the- Gulf of Enron. This line, besides opening up the peninsula for purposes of eoromerw, will travmo country of the highest interest to travellers, both from it* associations in tbe part and it# great natural beauties. A short line is to cooaeet the little port of Xatokolo os the oosetof Elia with the thriving town of Pyrgos, which is not more then ten mites from Olyropi*, If these enterprises are well carried out an immense stride will have teen taken by the Greek kingdom on tbe road to civilisation. The history of the four-mile railway which connects Athens with tbe Piraus ie encouraging to tbe projectors of the new lies. Constructed originally at a» outside cost of £BOO,OOO, its present capital is eetlmstod at eight millions. Bio asd Bw m dsim—Ui* English and Preach are at work upon anew fiiet of steam vemsle to ply between this Continent and the Old World. Their peculiarity u their peat riw and ewiftitets. -The French vessels •xpwt to run from Havre or Bordeaux to Hew York in tew than eight days, while the sew English stoats vessels, It is said, will •coomplith the task in seven days. Ho •natter what the wind or weather, no day is to pass in which 400 miles are not made. A few years ago a ton*day trip was eom'idered fact, but a voyage of Ism than right days now excites but little com* iUpteiisce go stIU tetter, and <m that in ten your time six days will be ao that will bo mooted between How York wad lirajpcol. Ja onolte rotfoob. thono.

*H5|» mw oetohle. They »r« of immense else and tonnage. the frotwh vessels ate of @OOO toot, usd more than ana of the English ehtenieowf mm. Travelling is tdoMaater m tb«se great vasari* then in smaller shies, as m» «»• ware*. Americans claim that it i« a iMMlall* fact that this country bat m rwssls botMtog. % or little, to contest tbs eapromaey ol the ooeao. It aoprara that Ocagrew is hostile, and the people apathetic to rn nrorodiy of sftcouMgiag lbs steam marine of the United Stole*,--American Owroepondeni,