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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume ii, Issue 28, 4 February 1867, Page 2

The marriage of John C. Chaytor. Esq., «i young ii!;;n universally csti-emed, residing in the Chnvnce- district, to llic lovely ii'Ml nccoinpli.shed daughter of Edward Feuron, Esq., "the- King" (as ho l iiis been usually called) of Mot.uekn, has cieatcd more pleasurable excitement than that pretly district has seen since its first scillenicnt. 80 thoroughly is the family of the bride res pec red, that the whole, population turned out to do honor to the O. cation by a general holiday, aud endeavored, with she ai.l of wedding favors, J-knvers aud arches, smiles and cheers, to drmonsir.-ite thtir heartfelt and real old Euglisli symimthy Avilh the participators of the iiiten.stiug ceremony. The gay procession of carringes arrived about 11.15 j at. the church, ■where a large con course was assembled to receive ihem, includiug the bridegroom and his brother, Arthur Chaytor, Esq.. and j«ariy. From the ar<-b\v;:y at the jmte, the path was laid with matting, and closely walied with happy faces up to the church door, where six sweet little girls, with wreaths on their hair and dressed in white and deep blue ribbons, stood with dainty baskets of blossoms to strew the footsteps of the bride. Inside the decorations did great ciedit to the taste and energy of the hands at the vicarnge, and by the densely crowded congregation was evidently appreciated ; instance the original remarks elicited, one old man observing "there was euough lace »nd muslin shown oft' to rig a man-of-war." As the'bride entered on the arm of her father, she was met by the bridegroom, and the harmonium struck up until the Jitsfc words of the priest, " DearVy beloved," on receiving (he party at the communion table, seemed to silence the general rut- tie consequent upon the display oi so much muslin and feeling, in the persons of eiyht lovely young bridesmaids, elegantly dressed, and attended by a similar number ef groomsmen and several parties of rela'ives. The bride herself, the rosebud of. the whole parterre, in a wreath of orange^ flowers and veil that completely ""enveloped her, drew general attention, and not a few tears of genuine regret at the prospect of he** approaching

departure. A bridal hymn was sung at the conclusion of the ceremony, each verse having, for a sort of chorus, the lines — " Eternal Lord of Heaven above, Look down and bless their plighted love." The tallest of the tiny flower girls presented her with the following address, composed for the occasion : — TO MISS EMMA FJEARON. Hail ! beauteous bride ! we strew thy path with flowers, Oli ! thus, may gladness ever gild thine hours I Sweet grateful confidence and happy love, Like rainbow glimpses from a world above, Jb\n - ever richly bk-ss huth thee and thine, And in tlu-if hallowed ties your iives enshrine! Parewell, sweet maid, iurewell ! e'^n through our tears, Smiling we wish thee many happy years. When the ceremony was over the whole party, amidst enthusiastic cheering, left lor the home of the bride's pareuts, where ia a spacious marquee handsomely decorated, a large company, supposed to be about 50, sat, down to a sumptuous collation, where appropriate speeches were duly delivered, Mid like the grand old English gentleman, '"while they feasted oli the rich, they ne'er for«ot the poor," the gentle lady of the house, with her own. hand?, sup[or:ed l>y the worthy clergyman, carried d.dnties to the dusky race, who looked in over paling and porch, ai.d wherever a lop hole could be effected. The presents tl at changed hands were too numerous to meuiioii, completely compelling the dtawiugroom table to groan under the weight ; those of the bridegroom to his sweet bride trad her bridesmaids being particularly handsome. Nor were old shoes for liK-k wanting, there seemed to have been a general saving up of such charming relics, to be dispensed liberally on the day upon the carnages of the bride and pa ty. Later in the day a ball was given, when the festivities were kept up till daylight, crept in. Among the decorations the cake, which was a triple one, was furnished by Mrs. Taylor of .Nelson, and elicited great praise and admiration for its immense size and superior flavor. Among the c unpany present we observed Captain Jiud Mis. Wright and family, Mrs. Gascoine, Mr. and Airs. Thorp and family, Mr. and Misses BurreH, Mr. niA Mrs. Haxon.. and family, Key. Samuel Poole nnd Mrs. Poole and family, Mr. viA I'vlrs. John Greenwood, Mr. aud Mrs. F. Greenwood. Miss Charlotte and Mr. A. Green wood, Dr. aud Mrs. Park, Captain Iloruiiruuj's family Mr. and Miss Jennings, Mrs William Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Tan-ant, Miss Mi tellings, Miss Isabella jST'irtiu, Messrs. Button, Arthur Clayton, Wilson, Thos. Cottereli, Edmund Thomas, aid others too numerous to mention. At the pier, the steamer Woodpecker was moored, dressed out with ail her Hugs, lookir.g a very pivtty object to the vamus parties, both in carriages and horseback, who drove there during the uiteruoou. To t;:ke it all in all such a genuine English, wedding we do not think has ever shone forth before, upon tie shores of the modern Britain of the Souih Pacific. — Communicated. We are given to understand that Mr. A. Saundcrs has, this day, resigned the office of Superintendent of: this province. The trial and condemnation of ihe Fenian prisoners in Canada is creating a great excitement in every part of this country. But. this is a very small affair compared with what will take place on the border if the British authorities should be so foolish as to execute thecondenined Fenians. The uprising in this country has commenced, and it will swell to such vast proportions that neither the British nor our Government will be able to keep it. down. From every quarter we see the Pen inns are preparing for action on a much larger scale thai) ever. There are plenty of Americans, too, who are ready to join them in the event of the Canadian Government carrying out the ext reuse measures threatened. Our own Government will not be able to prevent an overwhelming invasion of the colonies, on accoutit of the difficulties between the President and the Congres?, and because we have euough to attend to at home ; and should any difficulty arise beiween England and ourselves in consequence, it would.be far more serious to that Power than to us. We give both the e.olonif.l authorities and the Homo Government warning that they are on the verge of overwhelming trouble if they do not act mercifully and prudently with" the Feu in n prisoners. They had better drop the whole of the trials aud set those already condemned at liberty. This is our advice. — New York Herald, November 2.

The Government has announced that Savings Banks are to be opened at the Post Offices of Wellington, Auckland, Dunedin, Christchurch, and Hokitika, from the Ist February. The following information is published in connection with the above: — ]. Interest at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum is given on sums less than £200 ; at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum on sums over £200 ; and ia the same proportions for any shorter time on every complete £l deposited, provided that, no interest lie allowed on more ih.n £500. 2. Depositors in the Post Office Savings Bank have direct Government security for the prompt repayment of the money. 3. A depositor in any one of the Post Office Banks can continue his deposits at any other of such Uauks, and can withdraw his money at that Post Office Bank which is most convenient to him. 4. The strictest secrecy is observed with respect to the names of depositors in Post Office Banks, and the amount of their deposits. 5. Married women may deposit money in the Post Office Savings Bank, and money so deposited will lie repaid to the depositor, unless her husband gives iios ice, in writing, of marriage, and clams payment of the deposits. 6. Money may be deposited by or on behalf of minors. Depositors over seven years of age are treated as persons of full age, but Minors under soven years of «£e cannot withdraw their deposits until after they have reached the age of seven. 7. Applications to the Chief Office in ench province on the busings of I'o^t Office Savings Baok?. and the repiies sent thereto, are free from charge for postage. The Wellington papers eont.-ua further details of the affair with the natives at Tauranga, of which we received intelligence by telegram on the 2nd inst. A transport boat having been fired on by armed ualives, a 5 * she was returning after delivering her cargo up the Wairua a strong muster of voluufoers turned out at the call of Colonel Harrington, assisted by Captain Skeet, Lieutenants Uornc, Hunter, Hailows, Capiain Pitt ;uid Ensign Coates. The militia and volunteers were 120 strong, and precautions were taken against a surprise. The second d:iy, Tuesday, it was resolved to attack and burn the settlement of Irihungn. It was entirely destroyed, the attacking party amounting to 240 men. One poor fellow was struck by a bullet as lu j was "cheering his comrades ou. A voiut.lcer named Ward was killed, and another named [Madden wounded. The village called Waiwhatawhata was bravely taken in a. rush by the YV'aikntos, volunleers, and militia, and rased to i lie ground. Jt was then determined to take a village known as Waka Mara ma. A close fire was kept up for half an hour ; during which another man named Stevenson was mortally wouuded. The officers and men greatly distinguished themselves. The Sergeantmajor of the Ist "Waikato Kegiment, died from a wound he received in the first skirmish. Mr. Main had a narrow escape, his horse being shot under him. The dead were interred wiih military pomp. Many natives were killed. The above mentioned items are taken by the Welllingtou Evening Post, from the Tauranga Argus of the 26 ih ult. The Rev. Father ltoyer, says the Times, has just paid Westport a visit, to see the requirements of the Catholics, as lie has also done at Fox's and Pakihi, having, at the last two places, made domiciliary visits all over the different digiugs; and it is his intention to erect chapels at Fox's and Pakhihi capable of holding from four to five hundred persons, and on his next visit here also build a building large enough for the average cumber of Catholics. A Sydney telegram in the Melbourne papers states that a despatch has been received from the Earl of Carnarvon, accompanied by minutes of the Lords of the Treasury, strongly recommending confederate action on the part of all the colonies in postal matters. The despatch also recommends that the contracts for (he various mail services should be taken into the bauds of the colonies themselves, at the same time promising a continuance of the present Imperial contribution. The Mouiteur de la Nouvelle Caledonie of the 2nd December publishes a curious account of the colonial flag adopted by the New Caledonian Government. The principal figure on the field of the flag is the bird peculiar to New Caledonia, the cagou or.rhinochetus jubatus. The pine called araucaria cookii also has a place ou tliis pictorial sigo, ou which, too, are the words " civiliser, produir.e, rehabiliter."

A most remarkable instance (says the Wellington Evening Post) of giving sight to the blind has just been brought to our notice as having occurred in this city, and we publish the account in order to show that, however dangerous a disease may be, or however long an infirmity may have lasted, there is always hope for the sufferer in the present days of medical science. An unfortunate man named Forde, owing to inflammation of the eyes, was induced to lay his case before Dr. Thornton, and has now, by following t!ie prescriptions given him, and at the end of a course of skilful treatment and many difficult operations, so far recovered his sight as to be able to distinguish objects at a short distance. The correspondent of the Wanganui Times, writing from Waibi on the 20th nit., says : — The men of the Wanganui Yeomauiy Cavalty, whom Captain Bear brought to trial on n charge of mutiny, have been tried and acquitted, with the exception of two men, who were found »ui!ry and sentenced to -iH hours' hard labor each. Misjur Bocke, 11. \I. 18th Rny;ti Iris-h. commanding I lie district, lias pardoned them, and they have returned to their duty. Disobedience of orders is one thing, but mutiny is another, and a v^ry different affair. It is a pity that Captain Bear ever tried to exercise liis au'horify in the way he has done, but what I have to say id granger still. Capfc. Bear resigned tiie service, arid, in giving his n.-asons for d'>in«r so, has made matters worse, by making complaints which amount to charges against Major jM'Donwell, but L do not know the particulars. .Major M'Do'.ine'l has put Capt. Bear under arrest, and he is to be tried by court-mar.ial. The Hati h^.us again talk of coming in and offering their unconditional surrender. Major M'Domiell id arranging for a meeting with the chiefs. As soon as ihey found that the land was divided amongst us for settlement, they gave up all idea of any farther opposition. We have hud some rain, which has la-id dust. The sooner the laud in those districts is all thrown open for settlement the belter for all of us. At. the Albert Barracks, Auckland the '' Ivieciiil for Long Service aud Good Conduct." has been presented, on parade, to Gunner James Bond, of thelioyal Artillery: ou whom that honorable distinction, with a gratuity u£ £5, has been conferred, in recognition of his meritorious conduct daring the long period of neailv 21 years. A Mr. Broadfoot has written to the Canterbury papers, suggesting the advan-ttiirt-'S to be deiivi-.d from having a national bank for the colony. We (Otago xCews Letter) do not often indulge in the journalistic task of paragraphing eggs of JJrobdignag proportions, bui two hens' eggs that were shown us a few days ago, by Mr Gredde?, the under-t'-ik'^r, may fiiirly claim a word of noiice. They were both eight inches in length by nearly seven in girth, and considerably birder than d neks' eggs. The egtjstva.ordiuary hen that laid them was of the breed known as Spanish. According to the Otago Times, Messrs. Gillies and Street report the washing-up of the Blue Spur Sluicing Company (registered) to be satisfactory ; 1790z Bdwts, of the value <:f £'t>76 7s 3d, have been obtained, which, together with the £159 2s already reported, make a total of £S3o 8s 3d. as the result of the first six mouths' working of the company. This has be- ! n entirely preliminary work, opening up the claim, and as such was not expected to pay. The next six months' washing will consist of the auriferous cement, which has in other claims adjoining been astonishingly rich. The Tuapeka Press, Otago paper, records the discovery of some rich ground on a fiat near Treweek's station, two or three miles from Lawrence. Several claims are yielding rich returns. Several nuggets have been, obtained, the largest 5 ozs. 15 dwts. The gully is one and a half miles in length. The gold is patchy and coarse, aud is found in a lead not more than five or six feet broad, and at about the same depth. The Hokitika and Greymouth Tramway Company's line is now opened for goods traffic as far as the Arahura. : The Hokitika and Kanieri Hue is also in full workings order, and the Ross and Hokitika Tramway: Company will; commence constructing their, line immediately./ „" We observe from the ' Brighton Times that the/recent attempt to form a Company to construct'^ tramway between Brighton and St, Kilda has proved abortive.

We learn from Wanganui that the Rangitikei Datives have purchased £300 worth of the Wanganui Bridge debentures, and that upwards of £10,000 worth are now taken up.