MEETING OF CREDITORS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue XV, 24 November 1880, Page 2

MEETING OF CREDITORS.

A meeting of the creditors in the estate of T. S. Wymond & Co. was held in the Court House yesterday afternoon, wfce» the-

debtor was examined by Mr Pell, who apI peared for the National Bank, and Mr Percy Adams, for the trustees. Mr Pitt appeared for the debtor. After a lengthy meeting the following reaolation vr&a proposed by Mr Lewis, representative for Messrs Bing, Harris, &c, and seconded by Mr Healy, " That this deed be not assented to, and that Mr Wymond be asked to file, and that, in case of his refusal, steps be taken to compel him." This was agreed to by all present with two exceptions. It was further agreed by the creditors that Messrs Southern and Thompson be empowered to invite tenders for the sale of the stock, the same to be received within a fortnight. The following is a list of the assets and liabilities : — Assets. Stock of drapery, clothing, millinery, £ boots, &c, Nelson .»» <>» 6 800 Ditto ditto Greymouth »i .4. 1,700 Book debts 1,600 fixtures and trade utensils in shop, Nelson 1,250 Freehold property, Blenheim—mortgaged to Mr Southern ... ... 1,000 Goodwill of lease of reserve and store, Nelson — mortgaged to National Bank SSO Goodwill of lease of flail of Commerce, Nelson — mortgaged to National BanTc... ... ... 1,500 Goodwill of lease of lover Bridge-at. store— mortgaged to Mr Southern 100 60 Colonial Insurance shares — lien held by Pitt & Moore for low costs ... SO Land at Peru Town ... ... ltO Mining interests in Roding Kiver Co., Bedstead Gully Co, Harelock Prospecting Co., Aniseed Valley Co 150 Half interest in land at Fielding— cash paid ... ... ... ... 150 Ten shares Kaiapoi Wollen Faelory ... 10 £14,740 Liabilities.

An affidavit was filed in the Bankruptcy Court this morning. Mr Dwan addressed the electors at Wellington for the Mayoralty, and had a large audience. He amused them much hut mad* an awful hash of figurei. All the papirs slate him. A correspondent writes to a Northern contemporary: — I hare been wondering how far the numerous consultations on the tarloui racing events will be affected by the property tax assessment. Are the shareholder* in the consultation or the Bankers for the time beiDg liable to the tax? The Hawkfc's Bay Herald mentions an extraordinary swarm of bees caught by Mr Chalmers at Te Mata. The swarm was at least four feet long, and averaged about 18 inches long— a solid mass of bees. It was so heavy that the branch of a blue gum on which the bees settled was borne down almost to breaking point. The swarm filled a large barrel and a box, and then thousands were unable to get inside. It is estimated that there were over 50,000 bees. A story that comes across the Atlantic seems to show that the highwayman of romance is still extant/ A stage coach in Kentucky was stopped within the last week or two in a manner that would have done credit to Claude Dutal himself. Near Cave City two horsemen dashed out of a wood and brought the vehicle to a stand. Then under the influence of two revolvers, the occupants were ordered to alight, and were kept in a line by one of the visitors while the other examined their pockets. The whole thine: was done in the pleasantest manner, the plunderers apologising profusely and regretting the necessity which compelled them to put their victims to any inconvenience. They took the trouble to note down all th« paseengers' names and addresses, with the promise to return the forced loan when they lighted upon better times. And thereupon, handing back pocket-books aftd railway purses, they vanished, afttr sending through the one lady of the party a polite message to some mutual female acquaintances. But for the loss of watches and some hundred of dollars, the episode would hare been rather pleasing than otherwise. At Greymouth the other day Thomas Heslin, jun., was charged with shooting a goat, which was browsing on his rose trees, apple trees, and lilies. After hearing the case the Resident Magistrate made the following remarks :— " A man who cultivated a garden and planted flowers and fruit trees in N«w Zealand was a benefactor to the country ; a man who kept a goat and allowed it to wander at large and to break into people's gardens, cultivated at a great deal of trouble, was a malefactor. The law of New Zealand in this respect was at fault and required amendment. It Otago, any person could shoot as many goats as they pleased provided they were trespassing, and the only thing they had to do was to give information to the police that they bad shot the goats. In Auckland they could do the same, and not only that, but any fowl, bird, &c, trespassing, and the law held they were perf > ctly justified in doing so, providing the police were informed of the fact. Now he found that when he came to Greymouth a person who killed a goat that was trespassing, was liable to a penalty of £20 or six months imprisonment. He had now to decide that the defendant had unlawfully and maliciously killed a goat, according to the law in this part of New Zealand, and he should fine him Is, and costs 7», and also order him to pay £1 10s, the value of the goat destroyed. He would not allow any professional costs. At the same time he thought the cast might have been settled by arrangement." 1 George, dear, don't yon think it's rather extravagant of you to eat butter with that delicious jam ?" " No, love ; economical. Same piece of bread does for both."

In 1801, London had a population of 864,000 against 4,714,000 to*day. In 1802, London bad 68 acres of docks ; now the extent is 690 acrea. The stone used for the Plymouth breakwater would be sufficient for the great pyramid of Cheops. A single private shipbuilding yard has produced more tonnage per annum than the whole of Elizabeth's fleet opposed to the Armada. Great Britain exports enough coal to freight all the merchant* men in the world. In this century more bridges have been built than in all the previous years since Caesar Was in Britain. Sanitary improvements have in Great Britain added six years to life. Charity in its material form has in England grown twice, and in France three times, as fast as public wealth. The earnings of the Britisk nation nave doubled in twenty years, and quadrupled since Waterloo, and this exclusive of untaxed incomes. The Sydney papers contain particulars of a case in which a young roHn named John Cadman obtained £2 from Sir Alfred Stephen by the representation of a letter of introduction purporting to bear the signature of Sir William Fileherbwt. The letter introduced Cadmau as " soa of an old college friend of mine, tha Rev William Cadnsan, of Hely Trinity, Regent's Park, Londea, »■* Prebendary of St. Paal'g.* It also stated tkat the defendant had keea ia tke enspley ef Bir William, tram wkat Mr Alfred ka« siaee learned by oemmunieatioß witk Sir Willlaaa and by other m*ns ke looked ea tke letter as a tissue of falsekoeds. Jasaes Tewasead, ironmonger, residing at ITllimio, and Charles B. Bmklund, Secretary to the Australian Museum, stated that they each well knew Sir William's nandwriting, and that it was in no way like that of the letter which formed the subjeot matter of the prosecution. The London correspondent of the Aaoklaud Herald calls attention to the advantage which the New Zealand farmer has over bis American competitor la growing wheat for export. The average yield of whaat in America for several years has been 12 bushels per acre, or losa than balf the New Zealand average. The freight at present from tke farm in the West to Liverpool amounts to 17s to 18s per cent more than the cost of bringing wheat by sailing ship from New Zealand to London. The New Zealand farmer, in bis sea-board colony, is nearer the English market than he would .be in Chicago or Nebraska. With double the average yield and lower freights, why should we not grow wheat more extensively for export than at present? The New Zealand farmer needs only to take the matter up on a large seale and with more spirit to introduce American machinery more largely, with American economy of labor, and I see no reason wby millions of acres more in the colony cannot be brought into wheat for export, to be exchanged for English gold. I hardly ever saw an American farmer bold the plough in the way still so common in New Zealand. He sits on his plough like a cosohman, and drives over the Held as he turns up the sed. I think I could plough ia this fashion as easily as I can drive this {uiil I I once heard aa American, who had spent twelve months in New Zealand, say with eatbusiasm, " If we only had that colony we would make a garden of it." I think he was not far wrong. Mr Asbmsad Bartlett, M.P., wkose same was rerj little known until it was rvnwred that he was about to wed the Baroness Bar-dett-Coutts, has given notice that, in the next session of Parliament, he will aall attention to the relations between Great Britain, her colonies, and dependencies ; and move a resolution in favor of the confederation and commercial union of the whole British Empire. Mr Thomas Hughes, M P., is at present is the Unittd States on a mission on behalf of the "Eaglish Emigration Association," to found its first American colony. The assooiation has bought 800,000 aores of land, the traot extending through four counties of Eastern Tennessae. It Is described by the American correspondent of the Times as a fertile plateau, in the valley of the Cumberland river. Mr Hughes will inaugurate the colonisation project during this month by visiting the locality and delivering an addreis. Tbe land has been surveyed and laid out in farms; some settlers are already there; hotels, nurseries, and frait erchards have been started; towns are planned with extensive reservations for parks ; and the colony is starting under favorable auspices. The colonists are not expected to be ef tbe poor classes, but will be English tenant farmers, well-to-do tradesmen, manufacturers, and the younger sons of the gentry. Tkere ii some friendly criticism expressed as te tbe supposed design of the English colony to remain exclnsively English and aot assimilate with the rest of the people. A woman in Carson, Ifevada, is said to have undertaken to refraia front speakiag for 40 days. The repert raas as follows :— " She began at 9 in the merning, aad at ltj her pulse was so feeble frost exaaustiea tkat the physieiaas feared she weeU die ky aeea. At 11 ker kesrfe beat bat 96 a miaato, aad her respirations were kartly aotieeakle. Ker friends hare trged ker tat diseevkieae ker terrible task, aad told ker sons geißip akeat a neighkor. Oa keariog it ske iameJiattly rushed f rent tbe hoase, aad, going aerees tke •treet, met a lady friend, aad talked te kalfpast six, and is now fally restored'" On September 27 tk the remains ef tke late Mr G.F. Grace, the aelebrate* erieketer, were interred in the vault of the family la Downend ohurebyard, Gloucestershire. Tkere was a large number ef perseas present anxious to pay a last token of respeet U tke deceased gentleman, aid from all parts af tbe West of Eagland mouraers attended representing different wicket dabs. Nearly all tha Gloucestershire Slevea were there, and Elliott attended for the Surrey Eleven, while many unable to be present sent wreaths. Only one carriage followed tbe hearse, and in it were Mrs Grace, tbe deceased's mother, and Miss A. Robinson (to whom be was to have been married). Several relatives and friends followed on foot. ■ Then came the members of the County Eleven, and deputations from the other cricket clubs and many well-known ericketeri from all parts of the country. The following taken from the World contrasts strangely with tbe accounts received of late from Ireland: — Tbe country houses in Ireland are filling rapidly, and there is much provincial gaiety in progress and in prospect — couptrj- balls, agricultural shows, lawn tennis tournaments, &o. Bray, that most picturesque of seaside resorts in the neighborhood of Dublin, is much crowded, the hotels being full of English tourists. Poison and the knife are not the most fret uent agents of self-destraetlon, and only about 15 per cent ef those dissatisfied with life seek to escape it by the ballet. Tbe favorite methods are banging, and drowning, between which there appears to be little choise, since one is resorted to as oftea as the other. Together they are preferred ky about 70 per cent of the suicides. ; The reveuue of the Cape of Good Hope for the year ended Jane 30th, 1810, is estimated at .62,307,21 S, or 4500.216 ia excess of the original estimate. Tke axeess is gained by aa iacrease in tba Customs, wkiek have realiseel X1.067.5W0, or aa increase ef £66,660. The Bxoise dmties, estimated at £50,000, realised £73,694. Tka expeniitira for the year was estimated to amoaat te £2,494,389,, or an increase of 4239,599. The total war expenses from 1877 to date amount to £1,181,715. Of this sum £780,030 was provided by a loan in 1878. The balance, £891,715, has been paid est of current revenue. There remains an absolute surplus of £14,837. The revenue for tbe financial year 1880 81 is estimated to yield £2,549,3»0, tbe Customs receipts being set down at £l,o6l,2oo,andtherailwayßat £676,ooo. The expenditure for the same period is estimated at £2,516,091. The total earaings of the various railways show a return of t'6 per cent on the capital invested. The Budget concludes by an expression of opinion tkat tbe finances of the colony warrant the Go* vernment in asking the support of tha House for further railway extension. On a farm in Lincolnshire tke entire crops were destroyed by a recent haiUtorm. Unfortunately, the owner was not insured, bat we hear bis neighbors hope to get ap a liberal subicription to help him through his difficulties. Far more fortunate was a neighbor, wko only recently insured for £1100, and bis crops to that extent were injured withis forty-eight hours.— English Paper. I A brother of Jaeob Joseph, Wellington, Has died at San FrancJaoo w»rtk » awUiea sterling.,

The Chriatchurch Cathedral authorities hare sent Homo for a Supply of the orthodox rush-bottomed chair* used In English cathedrals. This has ronaed the in of local manufacturers, who predict all manner of misfortunes to the chairg in iratuitu. The rushes will heat and rot, the chairs will lake up immense room on board ship, and geneally will prove a failure. An iron church was Bent from London for the Esquimaux in 1877, and after being two years on the way was erected lait October. Eight Esquimaux haT§ recently been baptised to it. The Russian Qoloi has an article upon Afghanistan, concluding with the following remark! J— " The recent operations of England in Afghanistan bring to a close the great scheme for erecting a series of buffer States between India and Turkestan. It has completely failed, particularly the portion taring for its object the preservation of Merv. England has discovered to her cait that she cannot count upon Afghanistan as au ally. She witl consider berself happy •res if she «an retire flea the country preserviag tke outer aspaat of a eonqueror. Suck a Mver is absolately indisp«nsikle j •therwiss ske would loie the whale of her Erestig* i* India. It is at preseat lmpessi- !« to foretell tke inal reeulte ef tke AagleAfgkaa conflict. Oaeof tkem, we believe, will be tke cenplete iadepeadeaee ef Afgkaaistaß ef England. Tke pride ef tke people is saek tkat Bagland tannet aeint «pea Af ghautstaa as a futare ally of ladia." Recently was solemnised by Pere Hyacinthe ibe marriage of AU>e Laine, wko till oaly a ■kert tine ago officiated as a regular priest in a villago in the department of Sartbe. After tke performance of the service M. Loyson addressed a few words to the newlymarried couple. Ha congratulated Abbe Laiat oa having allowed tke rights of his keart to prevail; oa having raised kiauelf abeve the prejudiee that obliges priests to j orusb their love or profane it. He dwelt on the importance of the marriage of priests fro« tke point ef view of patriotism!, and be thoagbt there were instancies enough ©f devetion and self-sacriflce of laymen to show that family life was not incompatible with the duties of the priest.— Times. Recently an extraordinary trial, which has attracted much attention in France, terminated at Poitiers. The Comtesse de Tilly was charged with throwing vitriol in the face of her husband's mi»tre*a, Marie Marechal, a seamstress, 24 years of age. The foil o*")**0 *")** is a summary of the case :— Madame de Tilly was married in 1867, at the age of 20, and has had four ckildren. Eighteen months ago her husband became enamoured of Marie Marechal. He was in the habit of seeing her four times a-day— thrico on her passing his hoase, wken he used to watch for her and kiss his hand to her, and the fourth time wken he went to fetch his children home from school. He avowed also his intention of marrying her, if his wife whose health gave way uader her trials, died. He is believed to kave squandered at least 80,000 f. ef kis mother's property oa hia paramour, a>d he once, at least, received her under his owa roof. Marie Marechal, moreover, used to imitate the wife's dress, saeered at her iatke streets, and became iaown as "la netitfl Comtesse." One of their children fouad at the foot ef M. de Tilly's bed 18,000 f. in notm, park ef the proceeds of a sale of his Mother's property, aad his condaot convinced tko Coaatess that ke iatended eloping witk his mistress, staying abroad till her own death, and then marrying ker rival i so, driven to desperation, she resolved that if this infatuation was dae to the girl's beauty, she weuld at least destroy this, a.d tkus rescue her children against such a st«puietaer. She accordingly bought some vitriol, telling the chemist it was for cleansing eopper utensils. He warned her it was dangerous, on which she asked whether if throwa in anybody's face it would leave a 1 scar. He replied, « Tes, and if it fell in the 9jeß tha coßsequencea would be terrible. 1 After wavering fer a few moments she went out, overtook the girl, called out to her, " Mademoiselle," and on her turning roand, threw the vitriol ia her face. Home ef it treat into her left eye. She suffered great agony, and is now blind of one eye, besides being frightfully disfigured. Mdme. de Tilley interested herself in her recovery, and voluntarily gave her 20, 00 0f., keudei bear* ing the expenses of her illness. Tha witnesses for the defence gave tke Couatass the hif hest eharaoter, stating that ske bad learned Latin and Greek in erder to teach her children at kome, and that she was most generous to te the poor. Marie Marshal denied that she had any hepes ef marrying ker lover, er that ske kad reaeived large tans firens kiaa. The Ooantess.wkestreaaously disclaimed any intention of kliadiajker rival, was acquitted «fter a teueklag address by her advaaata M. Lacteal. •pbcxal atteatiea is called te tke pricelist ef the Roiaaaw Maaafactariag Ca., af Beslea, U.S.A., published la these aelamae. All these willing to saaara aa exaelleat aae* eenreee ti aaekeeper are ree»mme«de4 le aeV Iress tfaesaseives s» tfcts •!■ aai reliable ira. Ve rar»ker evi«««e» af tha invariable goad «aaHtf of their maafatvpca will ke ref airei kevaai tka fallaw?if fiaase t Tka irsa was eetaklisked ia 184J, aat aiac* tkea kas gaiaai prim wadaia a* tka Ixkibitf eis af Loidea, Paris, Tfeaaa, eta., for exaellene* of > maamfactvre. They are a»poiat«4, »y, w«r- , reat, watehnukers to tke Qaeea af Bogland, Ttlnm ef Wales, tha Bmperor of Boßsla aad the Bey ef Tasls.

£ b. d. Peterson, Laing, & Bruce, Melbourne, merchants, goods... 6,750 10 4 McArtbur, Morrow, and Brind; Melbourne, merchants, goods 477 11 4 Beaumont & Spier, Melbourne, merchants, goods 250 10 6 Bull, Price & Co, Sydney, merchants, goods 398 7 10 Sargood, Son, & Ewen,Dunedin, merchants, goods ... ... 569 11 7 Bing, Harris, & Co, Dunedin, men bants, goods 859 14 6 P. Hayman & Co, Dunedin, merchants, goods 176 3 5 Thompson & Shannon, Wellington, merchants, goods ... 3,170 14 5 Harcourt & Co, Wellington, merchants, goods 1,110 11 11 Turnbull, Smith, & Co, Wellington 258 16 1 A. Lindsay, Wellington, merchant, goods 155 2 5 Ashton & Jacob, Wellington, merchant, goods 142 13 2 Klrcaldie & Staines, Wellington, drapers, goods ... ... 510 3 Conolly & Pitt, Wellington, Solicitors, law charges ... 30 0 0 M. Levy & Co, Auckland, merchants, goods 19 16 3 N. Edwards & Co, Nelson, merchants, goods 809 0 10 J. H. Cock & Co, Nelson, merchants, goods 174 10 7 M. Davis, Nelson, merchant, goods 148 17 3 E. Buxton & Co, Nelson, merchants, goods 34 14 10 B. Lucas & Son, printers, advertising 26 2 6 Pitt & Moore, Nelson, solicitors, law charges 30 0 0 S. H. Strong, Nelson, rent ... 95 11 0 R. Hadfield's Executors, Nelson, rent 6 13 4 Neale and Haddow, Nelson, dealers, sundries ... ... 6 14 6 J. Hounsell, Nelson, stationer, stationery 12 8 0 W.Milner, Nelson, draper, goods 13 12 6 Loveday & Heyhoe, Nelson, drapers, goods 5 4 7 B. Fraozen, Nelson, storekeeper, goods... 5 6 3 Hardy-street Stables, Nelson, trap hire 5 6 3 National Bank, Nelson, advances 2,482 8 5 John Southern, Melbourne, warehouseman, advances ... 489 4 0 18,723 18 0 Sundry small accounts ... 50 0 0 £18,773 18 0