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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 3, 7 March 1866, Page 1

FOR MELBOURNE, via HOKITIKA. I X rpHE fine Screw Steamer GOTHEN*#i __ I BURG Hantiiin Maotttf -will JML&* 2^-STS-, I—^1 —^ TO-MORROW, THURSDAY, March 8, at 12, Noon. For freight or passage, apply to SATS. EDWARDS & CO., 6* . Agents. IMPORTANT SALE of SUPERIOR MARBLE, AGATE, AND ALABASTER STATUARY. WEDNEvSDAY, MARCH 14. At Eleven o'clock. lUTK. J. J. HORNBY has been instructed by the JXL Proprietors, Signori G Del Colombo and L. Veroli (wlio-'have just landed from Italy via London), to SELL by AUCTION, on the Premises of Messrs. N. Edtvauds and Co., Trafalgar-street, on WEDNESDAY, March 14, at Eleven o'clock, a large and splendid assortment of superior MARBLE, AGATE, and ALABASTER STATUARY, as lows,viz.:Rich and elaborately-carved Bardiglis Marble, Agate, Yellow Sienna, Vente, Antique, and Brocatello Vases, in various styles, as the Hebe, Etruscan, Medicis, Grecian, Gothic, Florentine, Neapolitan, Pompeii, and Hcrculaneum designs, splendidly carved in Alto-relievo and Basso-re-hevo, suitable for the decoration of Entrance Halls, Dravrmg-rooms, Mantelpieces, Libraries, etc., etc. Openwork Vases for flowers, Vestal Temples, rich profusion of carved Tazzas, Urns, Card Receivers, ornamented with grapes and vine leaves; also elaborately handled Card Baskets, carved out of solid marble ; Fountains, Pedestals, Baskets with relievo"figures Watch Cases inlaid Jewel Cases, Boxes, Marble Lions, Candlesticks, Groups, Animals, and a large variety of similar articles of a descriptive and useful character. STATUARY OF CARRARA MARBLE, each- man fou* peet high. Alabaster and Marble Statuary, consisting of Venus of Canova, Cleopatra by Bartolini, Hebe of Canova, Orfannella by Lindi, Jaffo Diana, . Fisher Boy, Apollo, Giardiniera, Cupid and Psyche, Venus in shell, Three Graces after Canova, Madonna of Fenerani, the Prayer of Parafratoni, Group of Fidelity, Busts of Dante, Petrarch, Metastasi, and Tasso, and other classioil figures, etc., etc., etc. The above goods have been selected with great care by Signori G. Del Colombo and L. Veroli, from the great studios of Italy. - t -.I- „ .. „ .-. . , ,1 * In calling attention to the above sale, the Auc ■ tioneer can confidently assert, that New Zealand connoisseurs have never had so favorable an opportunity of obtaining articles of taste, elegance, and utility. This superb collection of art will be open on Monday next, and the Nelson public are invited to inspect the same (ladies in particular),' and make their selections, as the whole will be sold WITHOUT the SLIGHTEST RESERVE. Terms cash. _ . . . , ... Catalogues are m course of preparation. - " ' Commercial Auction Mart, Bridge-street, March 5. 54 _. UNDER DISTRESS FOR RENT, ALLINGTON. Hooker w. Colejiak. BY virtue of a Warrant of Distress directed to Alfred Helps and others, Bailiffs, under the hand of Robert Hooker, all the GOODS and CHATTELS belonging to Moses Colemax, tenant of the above named place, called Allington, have been said rent be previously settled. Inventory: About 150 Sheep. Cash on the fall of the hammer. *■»■> H«_ _; - '- — k TAT}PTrpnrt™if nr rnrtPQ a P Visits of the A 3_Sl^SSS^i_^d^^ W PiAYlSs,P_otographeran_Coloristi,Hardy-st, 56,