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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 8, 10 January 1867, Page 3

Great regret is felt in New South Wales on account of the death of Mr. Greufell, Crown Lands Commissioner. He was travelling through the Western District on the 6th. December, when the mail was stopped by bushrangers. Mr. Greufell presented his revolver, reserving his fire till the robbers came to close quarters. He was shot by the ruffians, but he saved the mail. Misfortune seems to attend the Leichardt search party. The following is a copy of a telegram -which has been received in Sydney by Dr. Mueller: — "Bowen, 15th December. From a letter just received from my superintendent at the Gulf, I regret to have to inform you of the death of Mr. Sloman, leader of the Leichardt search party, which took place on the 14fch ult., at the Landsborough River, from apoplexy. T. D. M'Donald." The cricket match at Melbourne between aboriginals and members of the Victorian Cricket Club, resulted in a victory for the latter, with nine wickets to spare. In their second innings the blacks scored 87 runs, some of their number batting splendidly. Mr. Hitcheris, an English billiard player of celebrity, arrived in Melbourne oh the 27th December by the ship Superb, and will play the Victorian champion at an early date.

To the Editor of the Nelson Evening Mail. Or foil'd in these he opes his ample jaws, And lets a frog leap down to gain applause. Crabr. Sir —l was sorry to see in Tuesday's issue, a notice of a cruel performance of Mr. Towgood. There can be no doubt that notoriety, even of such a kind, is one of the strongest incentives to a repetition of such acts of barbarity, especially as you were unfortunately not able to inform us that either he or his abettor had received a few years at the treadmill, for their cruel abuse of a faithful and willing servant, which I presume did not find relief in death, but like Uncle Tom was left to recover his aching limbs, his tortured nerves, and his stiffened carcase, to be again placed at the service of his exacting and unreasonable master. As there is to be a dinner to boast over this " inglorious feat," may I ask you to quote those beautiful lines of Cowper, which so exactly apply to this case. Earth groans beneath the burden of a war, Waged with defenceless innocence. ****** He too is witness noblest of the slain That wait on man, the flight performing horse, With unsuspecting readiness he takes His murderer on his back, and pushed all day With bleeding sides and flanks that heave for life, To the far distant goal arrives and dies, So little mercy shows who needs so much! Does law, so zealous in the cause of war, Denounce no doom on the delinquent ? None. He lives, and o'er his brimming beaker boasts (As if barbarity were high desert) The inglorious feat, and clamorous in praise Of the poor brute, seems wisely to suppose The honors of his matchless horse his own. But many a crime deemed innocent on earth Is registered in heaven ; and these, no doubt, Have each their record, with a curse annexed. Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, But God will never. I am, &c, HUMANITAS. Nelson, Jan., 9, 1867.