The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1866.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 136, 11 August 1866, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1866.

It will be seen from the' statement of Burgess, which we published yesterday, that he informed the police of one thing which must have afforded them great satisfaction. He pointed out the place where he had planted the guv, revolver, and powder, of which they were iv search. The moment Burgess stated that these things were hid in a gorse bush at the end of the newly -built cottages in ToiToi valley, there was a rush of persons from the Court to 'obtain possession of the much prized weapons. Serjeant Nash was not to be done in this way, however, for he interposed sundry obstacles to the lieges leaving the Court, and despatched some men to the spot Burgess had pointed out. In consequence of the great pressure on our columns during the last three or four days, we have neglected to notice the following statement from the person who pulled the bell to give the alarm of lire on Tuesday moruiDg. He says the gates were shut, he had to pull down the fence and climb up to the bell. When he cauglit hold of the rope it broke, being quite rotten. He then held on by one of the beams, and took the tongue of the bell in his hand to ring it. An inquest was held by the Coroner, W. W. Squires, Esq., on Thursday last, on the body of a child named William Barnett Lockett, the son of Captain Lockett, of this town. It appears that on the 7th inst, a saucepan of boiling water was upset, and inflicted such injuries on the child as resulted in his death. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the facts. His Honor Mr. Justice Johnston is expected to return to Wellington from Napier, about the middle of the mouth. He will hold the usual sittings of the Supreme Court at Wellington about the Ist September, after which he will proceed to Nelson to hold a special commission for the purpose of trying the men accused of the murders at the Mauugatapu. He is expected to arrive in Nelson on the 10th September. The amateur concert given on Wednesday evening, in aid of the English Church, Stoke, and the sufferers by the lute fire, was, so far as the musical performance was concerned, a success. The attendance was not so numerous us could have been desired, from the great excitement that prevailed in consequence of the late fire. In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, W. Taylor was fined 20s. and costs, • for allowing two cows to be at large. At the Board of Works yesterday, the members present were Messrs. Burns, Rout, and Wright, the latter in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and con--1 finned, it was stated that Mr. Ross had ' given up his tender for Collingwood-street. The Secretary was instructed to get the work done. A list of persons whose rates were in arrears was produced. The Secretary was requested to have it ready for the election on Monday. All other, business was postponed till the next meeting. On Monday next the ratepayers will proceed to the election of four members to the Board of Works. They will doubtless make every possible effort to secure the return of four competent persons. A great deal has been, said lately about the indifference and apathy of the ratepayers. . It is to be hoped that on Monday they will give a contradiction to this statement, and evince activity and enei'gy proportionate to the importance of the occasion. The monthly meeting of the Provincial Land and Building Society, Permanent, will take place on, Monday next, at half-past 7 o'clock p.m. : The annual ball in aid of the widow and orphans' fund of the Foresters' Society, is

appointed -to take place on Tuesday evening next, in the Provincial Hall. .. The Relief Committee have issued a notice requesting all persons who may have in their possession goods not belonging to them saved from the fire, to correspond with the Secretar}-- in reference to them without delay. It is also requested that those who have sustained loss in the removal of their goods, will send a description of such loss to the Secretary. The committee will meet at the office of the Superintent on Monday next, at 7*30 p.m. The N. Z. Advertiser of the Bth, reports the doings of the rebel Wi Hapi, who has arrived at Ohau, about six or eight miles from Otaki. He is armed, has plenty ©f ammunition and endeavors at every place he comes to, to secure converts to -the Hau Hau religion. The latest news from the Manawatu is that the Otaki natives, headed by Parakaia, having been unable to obtain any satisfaction from the Supreme Court, in their endeavor to obtain an injunction to stop the sale of that block, have gone up to it with the intention of cutting the block up into sections, or in other words, taking the law into their own hands. We learn from the N. Z. Advertiser the Vagrant Bill is giving great offence to some members in the House of Representatives. The Auckland members are most violent in their opposition to a measure which would seem a remedy for the garrotting, incendiarism, and other crimes that trouble the northern province. As was well observed during the debate, the measure is not intended to affect the innocent poor, but the guilty poor. Mr. Stafford has stated that had such a measure been in existence a few months ago, the Maungatapu murders would not have been committed. A stringent Vagrant Act is the only thing that will prevent great criminals from roaming from one province to another. The Wellington Rifle Volunteers have tendered their resignation to Captain Kirwan. The reason assigned was the smalluess of the corps, which numbered only 40, and seldom mustered more than 20.In reply to a question from Mr. A. J. Richmond in the House of Representatives Mr. Stafford stated that, the monument erected to the unfortunate persons who fell at the Wairau massacre, has a number of wrong names cut upon its tablet, and that the names were known to be wrong before the tablet was put up. The Wanganui Chronicle tells of the submission of some Hau Haus at the Patea. Major M'Donnell is now at the scene of action. The Hawke's Bay Herald of the 28th ult. says : orders have been received from Wellinvton to discharge the body of men, who, under Captain Biggs, have done such good service. -f--,. Another rush is reported by the Chronicle in the Waimea district, the locality being about a mile off the main track from the Auckland township, turning off at Peg-leg's diggings. From the information given us on the subject it appears that some Danes, who are reported to have sold 300 ozs. of gold at Hokitika during the last week, have struck some exceedingly good ground, having sunk three or four holes to a depth varying from 35 to 60 feet, and from each obtaining prospects averaging 1 dwt. to the dish. The men have been working quietly for some time past, and it appears had lately sent for their mates to share in their good luck. This, as a matter of course, soon became bruited abroad, and a steady rush has set in both from town and from the Teremakau, and also the beach workings. From all that "can be .gleaned it would appear that another of the rich patches for which the Waimea district is becoming famous has been struck, and which will probably afford the lucky few who set in right, a goodly return for their labor. The N. Z! Advertiser of the 3rd inst., alludes in the following paragraph to a gentleman well known in Nelson, as a phrenological lecturer and^teacher. A most mysterious robbery appears, to .have" been perpetrated at Osgood's Empire Hotel, on Tuesday night last. A gentleman of the name of Hamilton was stopping at the hotel, and on

the evening in question he alleged that he missed from his room a cash-box containing a small sum of money, some jewelry, and a bank deposit receipt for the sum of £100. Information was at once given to the police, but although every search was made for the missing article, and every suspicious person closely questioned, nothing transpired in connection "with the matter until the following day, when the box was found in a watercloset- attached to the Victoria Hotel. When the article was found the money had been abstracted from it, but the other property remained. It is stated that the door of Mr, Hamilton's room had been locked during the day, and only some one or two persons had had access to it, and they were above suspicion. We trust that the police will be successful in finding out the guilty party. It appears that police protection is about to be extended to the Hau Hau, which, notwithstanding that a large population has for some time been located there, is totally uuprovided for in that respect. The attention of the police has, however, been directed there lately to one or two gangs of notorious scoundrels, who have made their appearance in the district ; so Inspector Broham has determined to form a camp on the Three Mile Creek, close to the Blue Spur lead, that being the most central position. Another of the Crimean heroes resident in Otago (says the Daily Times of the 21st ult.), has passed away, in the person of Sergeant Walker of the police, who was for some time previously to his arrival in Dunedin in the Irish Constabulary Force. The W. C. Times of the 27th ult., states : — The escort from the Totara, in charge of Sergeant Wilson, arrived in town yesterday, with about 1,500 ounces of gold dust. This is the fortnightly return from that field, but when the deep lead is fairly in work we anticipate a much larger amount. We clip the following from the Auckland Weekly News of the 21st inst.: — Our readers "will recollect that we recently made a few remarks on Mr. C. Huuter Brown's speech, delivered at the Patriotic Fund meeting in Nelson. We have received a note from Mr. Brown enclosing a subscription to the Fulloon Tablet Fund, and explaining what he did say on the occasion referred to. which, in justice to that gentleman, we are bound to publish. Mr. Brown 7-emarks: — "In the same paper, under the heading 'Patriotic Fund,' I observe some satirical remarks on a speech of mine on that subject, as reported in the Nelson paper, the Examiner. And certainly the speech, as caricatured in the Examiner, well deserved any amount of satire. I do not think that any Auckland mau would have taken exception to it as spoken. Having observed considerable apathy in Nelson towards this admirable movement for a Patriotic Fund, I took occasion at a recent arrival in Nelson, from Auckland, to allude to the very different estimate of the miseries occasioned by war formed by those who only hear of it from a distance, and by those who actually see such signs of its havoc as the mourning dresses, the slings and crutches, which may be seen in the streets after such affairs as Eangiriri, Gate Pah, Orakau, etc., or as the appeals for help made by those to whom the war has brought poverty, or even destitution. This was distorted into the exaggerated expressions which the Weekly News naturally objected to, and ridiculed." The Talbot Mercury says : — The accounts which have reached Dayiesford lately from Hokitika and Okarita, the Grey Eiver, and other places in New Zealand to which Victorian miners have gone in quest of better fortune, are of a very encouraging character. Of this we have the best proof in the knowledge we possess that several miners have already remitted funds to. their families here to enable them to join them. It is calculated that^BO less than nine families left behind awaiting remittances will leave Dayiesford in the course of the next eight, or ten days for the purpose of joining their industrious prot ectors in New Zealand. Among the maid -servants in and out of employment in Dayle sford, there is a perfect fever of anxiety to get to New Zealand. Many have already put up ; their best bonnets and corded their .bandbox es, and others who are not in a posi-

tion to make an immediate start for. the new El Dorado are fidgetty under their unavoidable delay. The emigration fever for New Zealand among married and single, young and old, is at so great a height at present in Daylesford, that it seems very improbable that there will be many unemployed here in the course of a day or two. Dr. Viard, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Wellington, is about to pay a pastoral visit to Christchurch. During the week ending July 28, 273 cattle were driven past Blake's camp on their way to Hokitika. The well for supplying Timaru with water is being proceeded with. The depth of the boring is 94 feet. A Volunteer Corps is about to be established at Timaru. A petition signed by 34 persons has been prepared for transmission to His Excellency the Governor, requesting his sanction for the formation of the company. The Marlborough News is glad to learn that subscriptions lists are opened for the purpose of assisting Mrs. F. Mathieu, whose murdered husband was robbed of all their available property at the Maungatapu. The following gentlemen have been elected Mayors of four of the niue municipalities established in Otago : — Dunedin, William Mason (re-elected) ; Port Chalmers, Daniel Rolfe ; West Hawkesbury (Waikouaiti), M'Leod Orbell ; Milton (Tokomairiro), J. E. Brown.