Local and General News.

Marlborough Express, Volume III, Issue 142, 31 October 1868, Page 3

Local and General News.

%* The English Mails, via Panama and Suez, will close at noon on Friday next. It is rumoured that Dr. Muller’s jurisdiction is to be increased from £SO to £IOO.

We (Advertiser) understand that nothing has yet been proposed about the Panama service.

We are indebted to Mr. C. Elliott for late files of the Nelson journals, of which we have made use elsewhere.

Mr. Hunt, of Thames celebrity, accompanied by his bride, has proceeded to Australia on a pleasure trip. /The first load of this season’s clip of wool /arrived in Blenheim on Thursday last, from Messrs. M'Rae’s Station, Blarich. It is rumoured that a great fete will take place here in the event of . this district being made a county. It is thought that a roasted- ox and barrels .of '"beer dtfiliK fee provided. ~gaikour& Herald. »v As a notice in another column states, a party of well-known persons in en’d to set out on a prospecting tour, next week, in the. western ranges of the Wairatt plain., Aid from the' public is‘respectfully requested. :

The petition from Blenheim, praying for the* formation of a Municipality, has been laid before the Governor, and referred to the Ministry for consideration; consequently we expect it will shortly be gazetted.

Poisoning by Tutu at Cobden. —Alice Hamilton Long, a ybuug girl of between five or six years of age, has been poisoned at Cobden by eating.the tutu plant, which she had stripped of the outward skin, and chewing the interior stalk. This is very sweet' bftfryerjr and the pjor child-was seized with convulsions and lockjaw, and died in five hours after^-Colonist,

Colonel M ‘Donnell has been permitted to withdraw his resignation, and has received three months’ leave of absence on domestic reasons. Colonel M'Donnell was a passenger from Wanganui in the p.s. Sturt.— Advertiser. The Synod has elected the Lord Bishop of Christchurch Primate by twenty-seven votes, including five Bishops. The Bishop of Wellington had eight votes ; aud > the Bishop of Waipu had three votes, including one Bishop

\Ve have heard it stated that W. H. PillietL Esq., for some time a Resident Magistrate at Marlborough, and latterly editor of a cheap luminary in this city, has received an appointment j under Government at the Kaik.ou.ras. — Advertiser r ’■"'"Mr. Seed’s evidence, before the Legislative Council Committee on the Customs, states that nearly £IO,OOO worth of eggs were imported into New Zealand last year. Tnere is a falling off of £IO,OOO in the duty on imported beer. It is proposed by a number of influential gentlemen, in the province of Canterbury, to raise subscriptions towards erecting some monument to the memory of the late lamented Mr. Crosbie Ward. Funds have already been raised for that object. We learn that the creek in the Wairau above, the Breach, which threatened the low lauds at iienwicktowu, has been stopped this week by erecting a dam some distance from its mouth, thus making the dead water act as a support to the earthwork. The contractor was Mr. George U^ffson. r Mail Contracts. —The contracts for the next year are taken as follows : —Blenheim and Picton, Lewis ; Picton and Havelock, Lewis ; Renwicktowu, J. Hart; Awatere, Lewis; Southern route, Blick ; Wairau Valley, Ockley; Havelock and D'eb’p’tlreek, J. Smith. We understand that some of the members'of the Mutual Improvement Society have in rehearsal a dramatic version of the celebrated Trial for Breach of Promise, from Bickwick ; and a mimic Parliamentary Debate, which are to be presented to the public very shortly ; the proceeds being in aid of a benevolent purpose.

/ILaikouha. —At the Court of Petty Sessions, l|eld on October 20th, before A. W. Ingiis and A. Beaumont, Esqs., J.P.’s, publicans’ licenses were granted to J. Charleston, for the Travellers’ Rest; C. Clemett, Caledonian ; A. Close, Kaikoura; and P. Flint, for the Hapuka Hotel. There was no other business. / Lieut.-Colonel M'Donnelk was a passenger this morning by the Sturt from Wanganui. We understand that since his resignation has been accepted, this gallant officer has had an interview with the Defence Alinister, and that there are probabilities that his services may yet be secured.— Post.

The Wanganui friendly natives have again, we are informed, sent word to Dr. Featherston, i’equesting him to proceed to Wanganui, in order to lay their alleged grievances before him. They have quarrelled with nearly every one of, the officers of the Government, even with Mr. Booth, R.M. , and declined to take the field again.

A railway tunnel is proposed to be made between Scotland and Ireland. It would extend from Ousbeudum, Antrim, to Gleustroue, where the entrance to the Scottish side would be located. The total length would be 14 miles under water; the material chieliy sand-stone and brick : the bore mainly through mica shale. Ihe total cost with rails would be 44 millions. Bishot Suter. —In a local headed, “Bishop Suter denounces Bishop Selwyn and .Ritualism,” the Colonist says : —“ln the General Synod of the Church of England, at Auckland, Bishop Suter, in addressing the Synod, said he must confess that he had no confidence in Bishop Selwyn, and stated decidedly that Ritualism was not wanted in New Zealand.”

/ We regret to hear that there is little probability of Mr. G. James, of the Royal Hotel, recovering the use of his leg again. It will be remembered that he met with an accident, when returning from Picton some months ago, by coming into collision with a waggon, and was thrown with violence on the ground Dr. Tripe now states that the knee cap is broken, and the ameness incurable in consequence./

.The following advertisement appears in the Auckland papers “Notice. Required for service in the Armed Constabulary three hundred men, unmarried, and not over 30 years of age, unless having previously served in the Colonial Forces or in Police Corps, when they will be admitted up to 35. Applicants must be provided with characters. Pay, ss. a day, with a suit of clothing. Apply at Militia and Volunteer Office, Auckland.”

An excellent opening for immigrants in New Zealand !—Any stout healthy young fellow, who has no desire to amass money—who has no objections to continual watchfulness and occasional hard work—who does not fear exposure to all sorts of weather—who can be content with mutton and damper every day all the year round ! and lastly, who has no particular love for either man or woman, might be very happy as a shepherd in New Zealand, but will have a great difficulty in finding employment.— lbid.

A laughable scene occurred the other day at Queenstown, at a meeting of electors called by Mr. Shepherd. Daring the course of Mr. Shepherd’s address some one introduced a doukey into the room, which led to great merriment, but the joker was speedily arrested and removed. When brought up before the magistrates on the following day, the delinquent urged that if asses were excluded, there would be but a poor attendance at public meetings. The plea was not held good. He was lined £2 and severely repremauded.

The Ministry. —There are probabilities of the Hoh. John Hall relinquishing altogether the Ministerial' office of Postmaster-General, &c , owing to ill-health, brought on by oyer exertion. The Premier, also, looks very wearied, and considerable. amount of relaxation is needed to make him regain? his former state of physical vigour. Mr. J. (J. ‘Richmond is benetiting at the present by a change of air, and the excitement consequent upon facmg'“in their own country the fanatic .Hauhaus wno are giving us so much trouble at the Wairoa. It is said , tuat an over-taxed constitution will necessitate also a change of air with the Chief rfecre ary, wuich we hope will be found beneficial.— Fast,

Mr.' Dickens is to give an essay on “Tin Remains of Childishness after Manhood,” oi Tuesday evening next, to the Mutual Improve meat Society. . We have lately received a number of a Dunedin contemporary, bearing the very cutting title oi The Tomahaivk. The paper before us contains < cartoon of the “ British Lion” in New Zealand and we regret that recent events have more than justified the bitter satire the artist has conveyed. Apart from the illustration and its typographic accompaniment, the Tomahawk appears to be principally devoted to matters of local interest. Touching the “ British Lion” our friend, Mr. T. Warner, appears to hold opinions similar to our own, as he has the cartoon in question displayed in his window.

Four men belonging to the Wellington Rangers were brought down prisoners by the p.s. Sturt from Wanganui, on Saturday last, under sentence of forty-two hours each for drunkenness and insubordination. On being landed they were sent to the gaol under escort, but, on their arrival there, Mr. Read, the Warden, was particularly inhospitable, and refused to give them the accommodation which it was considered they were most deserving of. They were accordingly marched back to town, and were accommodated at the rear of the Police Office until the conflict of authority which had arisen was amicably arranged between the higher and lower authorities, and Mr. Read was instructed to grant admission to the four gallant fellows who have reaped such brilliant laurels since they were sworn to defend their Queen and country.— lbid. A telegram from Napier, dated Sunday last, in the Advertiser, says :—“The steamer Star of the South has just returned from Wairoa, and brings gratifying intelligence, so far as the safety of the district is concerned, The alarm there has been absurdly exaggerated, and no danger is anticipated There are no Hauhaus within twelve miles of Clyde. A few of the deserted settlers’ houses, which had been abandoned at the military settlement, have been plundered of everything of value. It is supposed on good authority that this has been done by the friendly natives. The public house was left untouched. The women and children declined to leave Wairoa, conceiving that no danger existed either to themselves or their properties. The Hon. Mr. Richmond and the Hon. Donald McLean, who went up in the St. Kiida, have gone on to the East Cape.” , Correction of a False Report. —The Wanganui Times has the following : —“lt is not true that Titoko Waru seized the p.s. Sturt in the Patea river, cooked and eat Captain Fairchild, and then died of indigestion. It is not true that after cooking the Captain, Titoko Waru said he was terribly tough, and not worth the firewood and trouble taken in cooking him. The only foundation for the report was that Titoko Waru had offered ten thousand acres of land, with free selection, good title, and full protection,—which the Pakeha Government could not give,—fora good feed off Colonel Haultain when last at Patea, Of course, the gallant Colonel deeming discretion the better part of valor, escaped under a strong escort, and is now safely lodged at Wellington beyond the reach of danger. If he has not to thank Titoko Warn for his life, he may at least thank nim for his thousand a-year and a house to live in.” Last week we received a telegram from Wellington stating that, at the instance of Mr. Eyes, the office of Resident Magistrate, Blenheim, had been abolished. Prior to our last publication the circumstance was denied, and consequently we took considerable pains to ascertain the truth of the matter. Being unable to do this last week, we omitted sayiug anything about it. We now learn that Mr. Eyes, in accordance with the expressed wish of the local authorities and Magistrates as previously expressed in a lengthened correspondence with the Ministry, did make a motion to the effect stated, as well as for the appointment of a suitable clerk, with the view of bringing the Petty Sessions Act into operation here ; but, upon being reminded that the jurisdiction would net exceed £2o—the expense of a chairman great—that the District Court had been abolished—and that suitors over £2O would have to go to Nelson —he withdrew the motion after urging that the j urisdiction of the present Resident .Magistrate should be increased to £IOO, which we understand will probably be done. A Magistrate Threatening a Reporter.— At the conclusion of the business before the Musselburgh police-court on Friday, Provost Laurie, who occupied the Bench, said he had been officially informed that one of the reporters for the Scotsman had, at the last meeting of the town council, been threatened with personal violence by one of the magistrates of the burgh—an offence which seriously affected the dignity, respectability, and honor of the Bench. As he had refused to apologise, the proprietors of that journal had instituted an action of “law burrows” against the magistrate, in order to protect their representative from further insult whilst discharging an onerous public duty. The law courts had granted the issuing of the writ, and it was now in force. During the 21 years he had been a member of the town council of Musselburgh, he (the provost) had striven to the best of his ability to preserve the lustre of the board undimmed; and it was painful for him to learn that a magistrate, above all men, should have, for the first time in the history of the burgh, to be bound over to keep the peace towards a representative of the press. At the request of the provost, the reporter briefly narrated the circumstances which had led to the action above-men-tioned. On leaving the last meeting of the town council, he was followed out by Bailie Andrew Millar, who, after stating that it was his intention to have thrown the reporter out of the window of the council chamber had he made his appearance at the previous meeting of the board, threatened, in presence of several witness, and in language unfit for publication, to do him bodily injury if he continued to report any more "scenes” in the council. The provost, after hearing the statement, enjoined Mr. Lees, the Assessor of Court, to write immediately to Mr. Gathorne Hardy, her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Home Department, directing his attention to the unwarrantable conduct of Bailie A. Millar, and requesting instructions as to how he should deal witn a magistrate under the ban of “law bun o vs.” The provost also intimated his intention of reporting the deliverance of the court to the next meeting of the town council. The court then rose.— Scotsman.

Shearing is to commence at Swyncombe, the station of C. R. Keene, Esq., on the Ist December. Price, 15s. per 100. In consequence of an application to that effect "ft-om the Picton Subdivision of the Marlborough •R ingers, that'body has been formed into a sepaViifce Company. , Theatricals. —Miss Annie Merton and Mr. Newton having been very successful at Nelson, have loft for Auckland. Miss Flora Anstead and Mr. A. C. C. L’ardet,.late of Picton, are also

playing at the Thames Goldfield. : LTiie Member for Picton.— ln a private letter .received.this week from Wellington, the following passage occurs ;—“ Captain Kenny has been very useful this session, and is reckoned a rising man. He does honor to the constituency who returned him.”

We learn that upon the County petitions from tills province being presented, they were very lightly treated by the Ministry, who are not favourable to any division of Marlborough into counties, considering it not by any means too large for a County in itself. We understand that some of the Wellington Rangers at Patea have refused to serve any 'longer, asserting that they were only engaged for three months. This, however, is not the case, and we believe Colonel Whitmore has received instructions to try them by court-martial if they still persist in their refusal.— Advertiser. It will be learned with regret that Mr. R. S. F. Parsons, whose! connection with the late New Zealand Times, of this city, is well remembered, died at Wanganui the day before yesterday. This gentleman had for some time past been labouring under mental aberration, and was about sailing for Auckland to procure medical advice. — Post. ■ The Hon. the JPostmaster-General, Mr. John Hall, has left for Canterbury. It has not yet

transpired who will succeed this gentleman when he relinquishes the post he occupies. Little or no business of any consequence will, however, be transacted for some days, Ministers requiring rest and relaxation after the fatigues of the session.—Post. Wreck.— The barque Camille, Capt. Tucker, arrived in harbour on Sunday evening from Newcastle, having left that port on the 13th instant. She brings 520 tons coal. Captain Tucker informs us that he sighted a wreck off Stephens’ Island yesterday morning; the hull was lying on its side, and he thinks it must have belonged to vessel of about 60 tons. — Advertiser. His Excellency Sir G. Bowen will go to Wanganui about the 9th November. The Hon. J. C. Richmond and the Hon. Colonel Haultain will

accompany him. Shortly after his return to ' Wellington his Excellency will leave for Nelson and other places in the Middle Island, making a tour of five or six weeks. Owing to the state of Lady Bowen’s health she is reluctantly comfelled to refrain from accompanying his ExcelehCy in his southern tour, and will go. to Auckland about the same time as the Governor proceeds to the South. His Excellency will not ■ accompany Lady Bowen to Auckland. -Advertiser. The Anniversary of the Province falling on Sunday (to-morrow), it is intended to celebrate

it by a public holiday. We learn that the chil- • dren attending the Wesleyan Sunday School are •going to have a picnic party at Springfield. Soring Creek. A variety of private picnic parties are '"talked of, while many persons purpose going to Picton on that day, where it is to be celebrated by a. Rifle Match—the prizes being a Challenge ' Cup, a Wooden Spoon, and a Ladies’ Purse of Sovereigns, &c. A dinner is also to be held at the George Hotel in the evening. y/A General Meeting of Volunteers was held /in the Provincial Hall on Tuesday evening last. Lieut. Morley in the chair. A motion was {nought forward for the formation of a subdivision at Renwicktown, but an amendment was carried to the effect that such a course was not desirable

at present. Mr. J. Kissling was nominated as captain in the place of Capt. Baillie, who has resigned his commission. Lieut. Bythell was also proposed, but, upon the chairman explaining that it would require a majority of the whole members, the business was waived until the next inspection parade.

' Notwithstanding the depression of,trade which has prevailed during the last. year, the favourage ketch Falcen has made 27 voyages to Wellington, against 26 during the 12 months i preceding. It is only justice to Capt. Cracknell, on completing his first year’s service with this vessel, to state this circumstance, and to add that we trust she will remain under the. present management. As a whole, captain, agent, and owner are alike deserving of every support for the regularity with which they have served the public since Captain Milo left her. Nothidg is wanting hut more trade, and we feel sure the Falcon would make upwards of forty trips in the year. ’ : , , Our Wellington contemporary the Independent, now that politics are flagging, has hit upon the expedient of supplying its readers with the pious utterances of the famous Baptist preacher, Spurgeon. " The London Morning Advertiser, which is the property of the licensed victuallers, has long been notorious for its mixture of pugilism, piety, and politics,—our local contemporary is about to adopt the'Fleet-street model. We admire it on the same principle that the old tar declared his entire belief in “ rum and true religion.” It is truly gratifying thus to see the press actually transformed into a sort of fivecolumn pulpit. The West Coast Times, of the 17th, reports : “The heavy gale of Thursday night and the morning of yesterday has, we are sorry to say, caused the sea to again encroach on Revell-street north. Yesterday morning the water dashed right through the houses on the west side, doing them a good deal of injury, and carrying away some outhouses and fencing. During-the afternoon half-a-dozen very superior cottages were pulled down and removed to safe quarters. A further encroachment can also be noticed between Moffat’s right-of-way and the end of Staffordstreet, but no damage was done with the exception of carrying away by the tide ota few yards of fencing! The heavy rain abated considerably yesterday forenoon, only a few showers .falling, ' but it commenced to pour down in torrents as the day However, it is not expected to produce sufficient freah to cause more damage.”

No intelligence has been received by the mail relative to the removal of the Imperial troops.

His Lordship Bishop Selwyn, Mrs. Selwyn, Mr. Selwyn, and His Lordship Bishop Abraham, left Auckland in the steamer Hero, for Sydney, on the 20th instant. A great public demonstration, in honor of the Bishop’s departure, had taken place on the previous day, when several addresses were presented.— Advertiser. Mr. Conolly. —The sittings of the Court of Appeal commenced on the 12th before their Honors Chief Justice Arney, Mr. Justice Johnston, and Mr. Justice Richmond. Judge Ward has arrived in Wellington, but has not taken his seat yet; Judge ,Gressou has not yet arrived. To-day the gentlemen of the long robe mustered in force. Besides the Attorney-General (Mr. Pendergast) there were Messrs. Gordon Allan, W. Pharazyn, Hart, Buckley, Izard, Brandon, and Conolly. The latter gentleman, a distinguished member of the English bar, comes from Picton, and may be remembered as the gentleman who refused the proffered appointment of Judge of the Supreme Court, given to Mr. Moore, during the Chief Justice’s visit to Europe,— Post.

Information of a creditable nature has reached the Government that the cannibal, Tito Kowaru, exceeding in villainy anything yet heard in New Zealand since the very first days of its colonisation, has forwarded to the inland tribes of this island some potted meat made of the flesh of our poor fellow-countrymen who fell in the late disaster at the Front. The purport of this horrible practice, it is scarcely necessary to remark, is to inflame the ferocity of the natives of the interior, from whom this scoundrel expects assistance. Some small kegs of this horrible food have found their way, it was stated, to the Waikato district, and had been seen amongst the tribes located near Lake Taupo. Well might the lucubrations of Exeter Hall and its friends be once for all disregarded by all colonists, who should really leave aside all feelings, but those of retributive justice, in dealing with ruffians capable of committing such abominable crimes. Schafer, the German traveller, came to New Zealand, it would appear, for some purpose. While in the Upper Thames district he became enamoured of a youthful Maori damsel—a charming “Lizzy”—with whom he entered into the holy bonds of matrimony. After pursuing a course of conduct which in any civilised community would be characterised by the significant word “loafing,” Mrs. Schafer appears to have become jealous, and she was taken away from her “ lord and master ”by her friends. Ultimately a jury was empanneled to investigate the matter, when judgment was given against Schafer for the recovery of certain paltry articles. The whole affair appears to have been very amusing, but very disgraceful so far as the conduct of the celebrated German traveller is concerned. The result was that Schafer was bundled off on his travels by the first opportunity, and it was lucky he escaped so well. — Advertiser.

I The Kaikoura Petition.—The House met fow the 9th July, and now it closes after three months have been wasted, without obtaining a good end—an end desired and asked for by the country, local self-government. Judging from the allusion recently made by Mr. Stafford when addressing his constituents at Nelson, “ that the table would groan with petitions in support of local government,” we really were impressed with the idea that his Government would achieve that end ; but we have not as yet heard how far they have gone in the matter. Nor have we heard what has become of our petition we sent to Wellington some time ago. Surely no member of the Opposition would so bemean himself as to attempt to pilfer it from our deputy who was to convey it to the House. We are at a loss to know where it has got to. However, we must await the result from the deputy himself when he returns. Our hope is yet left us for applying our own revenue—that is, the Road Boards Bill. But we cannot say whether it has become law or not, but should imagine it has, judging from the fact of its being reported favourably in Committee, But nothing further has been done to appease the numerous districts that have responded to Stafford’s invitation. The real fact of the matter is, as far as we can judge, the Government were afraid to press the wish ofrthe country upon the House for fear of being oimted, and forced to resign. —Kaikoura Herald. J

A most barefaced and extensive swindle (says the Geelong Register) has lately been perpetrated on some of the principal Geelong and Melbourne firms by an individual named Stevens, who arrived from Hew Zealand. He came to the colony under ah assumed and different name, and represented himself as a'wealthy man lately arrived from England, but stated that he had first landed at New Zealand, and there had invested in a rich quartz claim at the Thames river. His first introduction to some of the firms who have been victimised was by means of a request that they would institute inquiries after a person named S. H. Stevens (himself), who, he said, had been left a handsome fortune, and he had been commissioned by his relatives at home to discover his whereabouts. The man was most gentlemanly in his demeanor, and in every respect suited the character of the millionaire which he had taken for the time. He so far succeeded in deceiving many influential men that he. was introduced into the highest society, was shown all the lions, and, probably what he most rejoiced in, he drew on an Auckland firm, and had Ids bills discounted. It is also stated that he -waited on a large firm owning a large foundry in Melbourne, and had drawings and patterns made for an extensive crushing mill, for the enormously rich reef, yielding, as he said, something like forty Ounces to the ton, and owned by him. The crushing mill was made, and the purchaser in the meantime left with his friends his card, endorsed with his different addresses where he ivould be found for several months to come! So completely had he succeeded’ iti deceiving many shrewd business men, that he was'allowed to depart without‘question, and his victims' were not aroused until rudely aWoke by the ihtelligenee that their quondam frielid iind'quasi millionaire was a mere adventurer, who'had actually been, instituting inquiries hf ter himself, and Rad no. property whatever ih New Zealand, or probably in any other place. The hmoUnt that he has suceeded in raising has bCeii variously estimated at from £IOOO to double that amount, and all attempts to discover him hive so far proved abortive. ...

Races. —Mr. E, W. Stafford’s celebrated horse Robin Hood, has arrived .at .Wanganui from Nelson, in thesteainer .Waljabty an<| vvilhdoubtless test the mettle of the local horses entered at the Wanganui Jockey Club rates, which commence on the 18th, November. ; The Wanganui Tiines says that Jhds Excellency the Governor and Mr. Stafford will leave Wellington about the IOtM they are both likely to be present at the raflfes.— Post.

/ Wreck of the Paddle-Steamer Nelson.— This favourite steamer,, part of the steam fleet of •Messrs. N/Edwards . and Co., was, we regret to say, totally wrecked in West Wanganui Inlet on the night of yesterday week. The Nelson, which was commanded by Captain Dillon, left Nelson for West Coast ports on Thursday week,, the Bth instant, but experienced contrary winds, and had for some time to lie in shelter at Totaranui, on leaving which she rounded Gape Farewell, but there again met with such adverse winds and high sea that Captain Dillon was obliged to run for West Wanganui Inlet, and there he lay until the following Monday, where there was still a heavy S. W. gale blowing. The wind abated towards evening, and went round to the N. W., and Captain Dillon determined to proceed on his voyage. Accordingly, at eight o’clock that night, about the time of high water, the Nelson steamed towards the entrance, only to discover that

though there was a light wind inside, outside there was a high sea and rough weather. Before reaching the bar, a heavy sea struck the steamer with great force, carrying away the fore companion, and pouring an immense body of water into the fore cabin, destroying the trim, and causing her to lie down by the head. While in this condition another immense roller came over the ship, clearing the decks, carrying away the bulwarks, and sweeping away the funnel, deckhouses, and boats. It was now dark, and the ship refusing to answer her helm became quite unmanageable, and drifted on to some rocks on the South Spit. Getting clear of these, she drifted again for fully a mile, and at last struck on a rock inside of the North Head, and stuck there a wreck, with the hull quite broke open near the paddle-boxes. The crew and eight passengers were now in an awkward plight; stuck on a rock with breakers around them, and not a boat left on the ship. Draper the fireman volunteered to swim ashore with a rope, which he did, and fixing it to a rock, all on board were landed safely. The steamer is dry at low water, and it is hoped that a considerable portion of her cargo and her engines will be saved. Her hull is a total wreck. The Nelson, which was only about four years old, was valued at £6OOO, and was not insured, the firm bearing their own risks. She became the property of Messrs N. Edwards and Co. about two and a-half years ago, and was reckoned a good vessel though an expensive one, in consequence of the great coal consumption. The English mail boxes and bags belonging to the West Coast ports were on board the Nelson, but are now, wo are informed, recovered. Nelson Colonist. .