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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 7, 12 March 1866, Page 1

FOR THE GREY AND HOKITIKA. ■» fTIHE favorite Steamer WALLABY WEDNESDAY, March 14, at 6 p.m. For freight or passage, apply to NATH. EDWARDS & CO., Agents. Nelson, 12th March, 1866. 102 FOR SYDNEY. •"L^v riIHE Brig HIGHLANDER, for SYDjT\/|^v JL NEY, will sail on |||jjjj|^ TUESDAY NEXT, March 13, ■Mfc For freight or passage, apply to the Captain on board, or to J, BENTLEY, & CO., 93 Agents. IMPORTANT SALE OF SUPERIOR MARBLE, AGATE, AND ALABASTER STATUARY. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14. At Eleven o'clock. MR. J. J. HORNBY has been instructed by the Proprietors, Signori G. Del Colombo and L. Veroli (who have just landed from Italy via London), to SELL by AUCTION, on the Premises of Messrs. N. Edwards and Co., Trafalgar-street, on WEDNESDAY, March 14, at Eleven o'clock, a laree and splendid assortment of superior MARBLE, AGATE, and ALABASTER STATUARY, as follows, viz. : — Rich and elaborately-carved Bardiglis Marble, Agate, Yellow Sienna, Vente, Antique, and Brocatello Vases, in Tarious styles, as the Hebe, Etruscan, Medicis, Grecian, Gothic, Florentine, Neapolitan, Pompeii, and Horculaneum designs, splendidly carved in Alto-relievo and Basso-re-lievo, suitable for the decoration of Entrance . Halls, Drawing-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 aidescriptive and useful character. STATUARY OF tJARRARA MARBLE, EACH WGUBE VOVK FEET 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 Pamfratoni, Group of Fidelity, Busts of Dante, Petrarch, Metastasi, and Tasso, and other classical 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. 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 in course of preparation. Commercial Auction Mart, Bridge-street, March 5. 54 NELSON INSTITUTE EXHIBITION. mHE EXHIBITION IS OPEN DAILY, from X 11 a.m. till 5 p.m., and in the Evening from 7 till 9. Prices of Admission : — Single Tickets, Is. ; Children, 6d. Season Tickets, 55. ; ditto for families, 10s. 6d. JNO. PERCY, 4 Hon. Sec. BATHS, BATHS.— Hot Baths at WEST'S, Today. - 8