* k. ROaUE'S CONFUSION ;

Tuapeka Times, Issue 1, 15 February 1868, Page 4

* k. ROaUE'S CONFUSION ;

OK, A PEAS' FOTt KAISINoS^E Wll^ i " fain, Shamed- to confess that T\ha been a tlri«f. ' I.t ia humiliating- to reA; :th:it, at an early period of irty cftVoer 'should at aViy tim^ so. fiVr forgotten r self as tt>liave' been gui^e^he -vul offence .of petty larceny from thVpeyso It is, still to rememV%, moreover, thi this being my "VhirA* mistake of th nature, I Was condemned for it to fi years' penal servitude. linn liafcing it was when*/ after having be liberated on a tictet-of-leaye f or tgo conduct, I discovered how many pr< fcsaiohs wer6'ppen"to inqpt /a^far mo] lucrative, charactei; thaA^niy fornver cal ing, 'arid "altogethd^- beyond the, reach i tlie'lawV 1 * X occiirred to. me. that, with RmaU'capital, Vay, fifteen pounds, I migl be able in a short' time to realise altnos an independence" for'one^in my position) by very simple means, and quite honestb —that is to 'say, 'when viewed in connec tion with some successfiil^business opera tions in the highest walks of convirierci which have come withiniiny notice. •' Accordingly, on my release, I^ntt< an acquaintance «f mine,,. a,p«\jmbroker with whom I. had formerly done b,usines i in another way, -and stated my interitioi of turning over a nejv le'afi • I hinted i ! was possible he might have in his pos I session a number of valuable articles •&iifeh as watches, rings, ,»nd, so .forth which, for 'certai»sreaspns, iit woi)ld b inadvisable ;to offer for sale.; but fo which he might, nevertheless; be. glad ti find a market. Singularly enough, h had. X proffered my services 4»'-iissist inj disposing of these» articles, for the very reasonable comniyfti'on ; of five per.jxent. My overtures being accepted, I requested my friend to make me out pawn- tickets for all the ttinkets, priced at their full value, thirt.y. pounds. Having dorfe so, he then entrusted- the tickets .to, my charge, and handed me in advance the commission of. thirty shillings. With a portion' of this money I paid for the following advertisement in a daily paper :

" £15 WANTED for ten days by- a profes-1 siohal gentleman. Eight pounds will be 'paid for the accommodation, and property deposited] worth double the amount. Address, &c." ti

From about "twen{ji",replies I se^ectr one with a- country pbst-mark, and y female handwriting. .After. some/cor?r pondence with this lady — a lodgyig-h/ c keeper in a seaside town — sWwaj/ " vailed \ipon to advance the money /"^ terms, whrch^were— ltem, myyacceT 1 ! 06 at ten days for twerity-tlir^e T^'. Item, the deposit of thepawn-tj/ 13 rf ? thirty pounds' worth of v^ual/J ewel " l6t*V"« / m - T When the nccept&nce /eca/ dne ' was unavoidably called cfat f™™^™ \ important Winete, and/ did{<* Return far some days ;in fact,/not/ tl:1 tn f es " timaHe matron, finding tf acceptance dishonored, had endeavo/ 1 to re . co 7, er her moncv by redeimii/some of the pledges. She had tdcen/* goods to the amount of ten V oxi!ndsMf™* v Y mf l they wpre not worth. tl/« o Aey, .reused to redeem any mßi^ A 6 :P»wn>>roker, however, knew :& «/» M\ d *>***** ficketr,, being MtfY . in - circulation, would he sure t.» c<fr h *<* !^ ai " s ; me day, and to result /his getting nd of his - property at a vye/Rod? od P rofit -, J hxs J n course of. time a^' occurred for the worthy lady,, / discovering that the rfoods were'plr/ed for more ; than they were worlfc #W& sha fP ou S h to dispose of tl/t^keMone , byche, for a small p&mft, . Wng her pontmually changing c^titile.nrt of lodgers ; by.this meaiisshe/artly recuperated the amount she hrtd /st, and carried out my truly f rater ' na ]/rinciples of sharing our losses aa well P our i 0i 0^ 3 aJI " sorrows amohg our' br/ iren in the f orld ' -A? 01 " 8^ Fefleclim to a well-b anced mind like mine/t cost her four ] ounds fifteen. I Wou]M iave w^ mon y, • , / T»ring the" hours >f ' my retirement fro/ 'the busy scenes f life (at the c* n^Tse- of my. country' , I had possess^! ample opportunities f o reflecting on tie /hestimable .blessings o a free press to an 4nlightened comniunit; ; I now proceeded to embody the result o those reflections. T first of all madefrien s,.a.ts'dme trouble and not a little expen* for liquor, with a porter.in the employ >f , Messrs Dantbn and Birch, the celebra 3d auctioneers in Moon-stre.et, City f an I ultimately succeeded in prevailing oi that porter, for a handsome ,considerati< i, to take- charge 6f some letters that * uld be,, addressed to me, but to ," his ca ;;";athis masters offloes. , I impVesse'd- 1 »ori 'Kis 1 mind th( i necessity of watchfuln slest'a'ny ofthe9< letters. should miscarry nto his employers Lnost respectabie^addr< isesl .in '^H|>n, 0 Bnext^purchas^ t^n •postage st3Js?f- > nd d^^lHp?^ ss^ ■Joined ad^^^lg^B^^B^o • jpy n

Id hardly -be- crnf^ vggljE^t yto me again l -In *g en *rJWjf ] li Jake 3 your bait and\e rioti®* l^ 1 vill come back to' you> Mcffl Qf r my ** Avonld reason thus :— " i&aniioc lose fot\lng, fftry being. thirtee^aiftps in iet\. I risk nothing by%/second turc." But\l depended inyfc of all securing In eafch of my cli^J* very : ; advertising medium I 'c&P tlv^re ; Inat-ice that, ; whVeas pep^e who'^ : ily swindled are\apt fcoMd thek ies about it,, pepwis ,nccessful irr! !i'n of doubtftil' issiw^ invariably ua to inform their friAds how very »-il have been. ( Mn a week I ied my advettiseme^s : three more tiom. iad not miscalculate tlie resiilb: No • than one hundre and niue'ty-fpur cationa canie fror *' origiharsharejrs :> At the cl^ of ten days the number of my .amounted evehteeA nun<? d and forty-e^ght. will guess, per ; P 3 !. thdtJE now kept the stamps., You misjudge me jv, and do ijistice to' the. salutary' ncf <"orifirie^ n * ; and? contemplation.* urned tiie ,^ ni P 8 & eight hundred le applican/ with-* thirteen more ensd in cac"i* nve^°P c'e ' an<^ i^ c * a ? ne . rence tx> (f es^ 8 5 ca^e to, reply." ■ nly half F letters from each town. 1 n- IflnsejA P^y las 6 advertisement. . nfl^Cff^ THING.— The advertiser* estfl '^jnulgience of his correspondents ; • are jJ™»e«mss it is utterly impossible I -.111 byj-eWra.- He asswreß them, '\kv , at c: J ch ." cl ient-. shalbreceive due at-■^i-jfotution.'" - : j „/o'rtnig'ht I was inundated with Jr ' They came from all j>arts,6f the- ' r in. of tltem;were sstamperd r yfeororiets, crests, lind ' monograms, elurprised me, ihough- 1 -hadNtnade afcroficiency in th'e'a[tudy of Buchxleon spoorisV in bygone years. My the* porter brought' the letters to my\ gs every morning and evening," on of hand-trucks, "until in all Thad cd twelve thousand four hundred vcnty-one. then. Messrs. I|aiii,on irch had their attention- directed fa ct of their h'oiise being used as niy K *s. They surprised their porter in tit of ". runrimgl* a cargo' of my lettlliim they disfeharged ;' the' letters tlonfiscated. It grie.ved me to reflect ofce melancholy fate of, the porter, lfce the number of postage^ stamps died from their proper chantftl/.' ip ist to say,, though,, that .1 IX. Danton^aiid Birch "religiously rled every postage 'stamp tliat fell iifceir hands. 'This is.highly aatisf* to a mmtl, &c. Even I could hacino no more. s ■will very likely think that I now stll the correspondence ? . Not qujte e^fliovr. Honesty iß,<Jve? the best pol First, I took the ? precantion of l'en i« mv lettei's, my valuable stamps, aad "valuable self, into the coiintry. .Thf f^-«^r ''uraL ffetyeat, I proceeded fi irt to my tWel"vfe~->l»<»«««nd~frmr-Itit d and seventy-one cbiv«Htuents, i he ml arcanum and mystery JK"The 'L 'hing." Although at a tremend«us ikcle of stamps, I held myself pledged io hly to c?' v correspondent, s,s an l0 ;pk arVi ' ) . r; '«. -i«y. nvi\Acy- luigiu^^tv^.Ki* LA by disagreeable Itfqta**^ I™*1 ™* Qrecauticn to forward i% lettoft 'LL week to London in a bale, to my 'SI the pawnbroker, for the sake ci tltst-mark. ,He posted them fdt.-me Clc " General. 5*5 * It (took exacfety. a n|h to complete my excessive corres"Jence. No .postage stamps were retJbd this time ; but t .each lettei cfained the following piece of adviCe ; 3lv inscribed on .the .baronial cream if note (and in my opinion it is a pre I more priceful than postage stamps ft should be trritten in letters o

V, inquirers for the "^Thing" ,• See Luke x, 37. "Go and do likewise. With a view to attract into the paths honesty and virtue those of my misled brethren still pursuing the highly ■nrehensiUe occitpatiau .of vulgar roben I Bubjcin my balance-sheet, which anWotfail to prove an incentive to .the See of honest labor for da^ly -taegL „ proof of its having taught me the contains the following notihca--ii? " The. Chancellor of the Exchequer. tSVto acknowledge the receipt of the Smdhalf of a Bank of England no.te I or ten pounds, Qf^TV^TS S 4om M., Esq.'^ Need I add that M. 1 stands for Afe? „ _ - r ! J.wish to ,add a, general moral. 16 1 stealin the lump iroTn/anyone peraon is ! dSeputable [ Jf foqlish besides render- ! S you amenable ,t9, ; %e,law; but sotc Suet your negotiations as.to distribute rSen loss (yo^ profit), among th« larfest possible b&y of jW^t«Wn*- : - « h?Sue theory of commercial prosperity

'y"h fails 'from Europe and the Alls!', {colonies, are at present" forwarded „ Melbourne on or about the tenth oj - " month-.' Should the English jtiai haveS. arrived A by that - 1 ' , 'steamer 'awaits, the arrri , )J| „ , "Ail in Hobson's- Iter ■ ' ,<ri| -^ ;• n .Wy-six., hours, anct ■ > bci-orr .i\jf . ton^fqr any other t M ce t < !i .CSv ' hke\period ' of ' i-iact auth'oj^^ ty Post /, %i «- hia ageflv the jiirut ;rf^aampr> Siarrives in \r e }ty«msi<><m t^e IDth,t veys the^ -nomeward njaili from PX-«. Chalnjerson or' about the of\ \>nth'. ■ .. " , \, > I Mails are iniade^P to Dtijaedin 1 traivmission to Auawalia, Southland, ■Nortt^ voxtß q f this Province, Ad : Northei V p. or fai of STe* Zealand \e\ steamer yin& £or these ports) alf hoxu- pt evfi^ to their advertised : >ut departixre, d^ notice o f which is i [vej ' the Dunedin\ eflr8 p a p erg B ,&yVt previous. . v „, ' j." a | Pk'ivwb Boxes.j Fees n T F T"'^ % y ear <4brfcfe ( year, JS2 ; for: eachWceedife yelr, The. .year 'commeH^g onf th« i January*. ;; : ,\" \ -~~ The Post Cftice'is PEiw-ti ,the\pu every lav^ful^y fijom (htm. 9, 5 p.m ■ '„ TdiHypii POSTAL] brs; 1 Letters' i,a&id* J ! new3pap*s repaid Stkmpli can tyj.poSted at th« lj es of Ghtef Post 'Office ,and .' lett*s ily a t receiving Eoilsjes. at t any ?haur the ( or jiighCS\iiidaya. t uicluded^ • ,", I^ate letters Tequiring =ajj'dfe3^H,^_ jjj must, be'postea at .the. Chief Post Office, > and ' not, ; at ...the, • houses. Registered letters^jnus^t Represented for registration at, legist one hoar prior to, the time appointed f6r.-orosmg.ship mails, t , " ; Address*- of Letteks. - Letters occasionally remain a considerable" time 'in .the t Post Offices, in conpequetiqe of their-' being vaguely addressed, to! O'tagb", .W t Z.,'" and not bearing the ; napae of ttfe post town, in -which the person 'addressed resides. The .address, to Wure .'cprreci and speedy delivery, should .always fre full, aridif^for Dunedin, tHWeet, «cr, should ~be"given as accurate!^ as possible.'. All letters and' Book Packed" addressed to the United Kingdom, Continent' .^f via United Kingdo^vAmericaj-and West Indies, wilT, be transmitted' ihvariadly by Panama, 1 1 unless speci&lby'directed-to be sent otherwise. '

LETTERS W ,NEW ZEALAND. I. Tkwrif \Lettbrs. ,<■£ Posted . at- any, J&si Office, .witluni * • Colony fox JDeliWy at or from Post Office j-r-" \ < ' Not exceeding \ oz.y; : Exceeding •* oz. but t»V%k- t ceeding l*>z. t _ > v ji' ■ • " , ' .-For every oz. or fracti/n - .- '■ : an oz. over 1 oz.. ... .j" .-< v 11. Country TA"' Posted ac any Post. {jsi>r. **,'• -\* h > Colony for delivery at^fejjma^ ■ • other Tost Office withnjf»y f^«vince :—: — * oz, .... \ •■• Exceeding >,| o^\bu't not ex-t .£•> 'ceeding 1 oz. . •• ■ For every oz. or fraction o , 1 aii.oa. .over 1 oa 111. ISTEKPROVINCIAI- XiETTras. I Posted- at any Pos.t-offi/.o t|^j j 1 Ooloiiv: 'for deliyetf ' at .. -v .1 -^sffier _f "ovmce wim&u » I nptocyA— -* L '. -/exceeding pz. ... _^.>.. > . 3dil' • Exceeding 4M - but T lo^*- \l , ceeding 1 oz. ... y. 6dl i For every ', ounce pr-.iractin ,|J of an ounce over one ou*e 6d. . NEW^APERS.V On all, Newspapers • posteV , . v within, the Colony of NeA ;v Zealand for delivery witlini .r the Colony of New Zealand\ Id.

' GBOLOGICAL^ECIMEIS; Packets of Specimens-^of - Plants ktendei for the C%nat J^flseum Wfllbefoi warded fre\ by post, if .a&lressed"SEechnens, of ■?}»**&«/ or "p Sector, Piroctor ,of GeologM $m ' veys and Curator of Colonial jCuseg^ •,-^^lHngton'. 5 •« ' f -^, PRINTED TRaS CIRCULAIS§J PRICE?CUR^NT. •)&*, If published in thl Colony and pfl»OT v New Zealand? k>r -.any, part 'v\ t Colony, or- % places beyond&eas ••'•I •'•• "./" • , BOOKjSciasts. ToanypartX)fih>Cpl6ny:-- / ' Not .exceeding 4 <fci *>. -; / , y < n t rExceeding-ir Exceeding-i oz. bid not &■ i ceeding 8 oz.- i ....' '/.••• • .Exceeding 8-roz. \nd- p* ex- . C eedingl6oz. \./ ••• 16d And 30-.on,vin(M%W-pence for e^fyj«idi tiona j I hajf pound/ y or ftaction of half-apo^d \^