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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 154, 4 July 1867, Page 2

We are authorised to state that the Mail for Europe, etc, via Panama, and for the South, will close on Saturday morning early. A communication appeared in our issu of yesterday from Mr. Stevens, in allusio n to some letters published in this journal under the signature of "Moonshine," which seems to call for some comment at our hands. We allude to the certain knowledge which Mr. Stevens assumes to possess of the identity of the writer of these letters, a fact which, it is obvious, he was quite incompetent to discover when he penned his letter to this paper. Correspondents too, frequently jump at conclusions of this nature, and persuade themselves that they have, intuitively, we suppose, obtained possassion of secret information, which, in fact, could only be arrived at with any certainty, through an unpardonable breach of good faith on the part of either the writer of the anonymous letter himself, or of the editor of the journal in which it has been inserted. Such conclusions, we need hardly remark, are very frequently found to be erroneous, and, if our suspicions as to the individual alluded to in Mr. Stevens' letter are correct, the present instance may prove to ba

no exception to this rule. Mr. Stevens must pardon us for reminding him that, by. a similar process of reasoning, his own letter might be hypothecated to another author. It appears that the Canterbury Government have entirely changed their intentions with regard to the appropriation of fhe Westland revenue. Westland, it is stated, on the authority of a telegram received at Hokitika from Christchurch, is not to be called upon to pay her overdrawn account for the construction of the road between that town andHokitika; butWestland is to be held liable in common with Eastland for the whole' of the provincial debt, and 2-fifths of the territorial revenue of Westland, amounting in round n ambers to £26,000, for the ensuing^nine months, are to be taken away under the Railway and Harbor Works Ordiuance, to be applied, it is presumed, to the construction of the Lyttelton harbor and the northern railway. The debate on this proposal was adjourned on the motion of Mr Bright, '~~-, T the Government voting in the minority, so that this proposal may not, after all, be carried out. - We feel that it is almostst a work of supererogation to remind our readers that Mr. John Small's benefit takes place this evening/at the Odd Fellows' Hall, being confident that such an announcement from so recognised a favourite of the Nelson public will meet with a very hearty response. Independently of the claims which Mr. Small has, individually, upon his Nelson friends, few we' are certain, will require much inducement to patronise an entertainment of so varied and comprehensive a character. The Nathan Pamily appear in no less than three new farces, in two of which Little Marion takes part, besides Mr. Small's Irish entertainment, of which we need not specify the attractions. At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning James Reilly, charged with drunkenness, was fined 10s and costs. William Edwards, charged with assaulting a woman at the Beach, with whom he had cohabited and who had since left him, was fined £2 and costs. John M'Cormick, one of the seamen of the steamer Keera, was charged with having committed an assault late last night in Trafalgar-street, on Mr J. H. Levien. It appeared from the evidence produced that Mr Levien was proceeding homewards from the Bank Hotel, and met the prisoner near Mr Stanton's store, who seized him by the collar of his coat, and asked him where he was going ? Mr Levien escaped from his grasp and made his way back to the hotel, where assistance having been procured, the prisoner, who was evidently in liquor, was immediately apprehended, without making any resistance. The prisoner repudiated any recollection whatever^ of the occurrence, and the Resident Magistrate, sup ported by the evidence given by the police,expressed his opinion that no assault had been contemplated, and that the prisoner was simply intoxicated at the time the occurrence took place, aud therefore ordered Mm to pay £ 1 and costs. Tuesday's Government Gazette contains two proclamations by his Honor the Superintendent, one proclaiming and defining the boundaries of the districts of : Suburban North, Waimea, Moutere, MoI tueka, Pangatotara, Upper Motueka, :'| Riwaka, Takaka^ Collingwood, and Amuri; | and the other declaring certain lines of || road to be trunk roads, in accordance with | the provisions of the " Country Roads | Act, 1856." |f The new Anglican Church, at Waimea- ;| west, dedicated to St. Michael, and in- % tended as a memorial to the late Captain ' | Blundell, will be opened for divine service I to-morrow afternoon, at half-past 2 o'clock. f Bishop Selwyn, who is expected to arrive; I to-day by the Phoebe, from. Auckland, en ;

route for Wellington, (whence he will proceed via, Panama to England, in order to be present at the approaching Lambeth Conference), will, if possible, take part in the ceremony. It will be remembered that his Lordship was also present at the laying of the first stone of this church. The monthly inspection of the Wakapuaka Volunteer Artillery Company, took place on Wednesday afternoon, in the presence of the Hon. Major Morse, Officer Commanding the District. Owing to the state of the weather, the usual evolutions could not be gone through in the open air, but the inspection was pronounced by Major Morse to be very satisfactory. We have lately inspected an instrument of an entirely novel construction, which wrs received by a late arrival from Europe at Wellington, and which is now in the hands of Mr Hornby, of this city. This instrument combines the mechanism and. tones of an ordinary musical box with those of the harmonium, and the effect is exceedingly pleasing; the cantabile parts in the airs executed by it being played by a miniature voix celeste stop, if we may so term it, while the florid and delicate accompaniment is taken by the^keys of the musical box. We believe that Mr Hornby purposes organising a raffle for this instrument, which may be inspected at his warehouse. The following Returns of the Revenue of this Port, for the Quarter ending June 30, and also for the year ending on the same date, have been handed to us for publication : — PORT OF NELSON. Revenue fob. the Quarter ended 30th June, 1867.

£ s. d. Customs Duties 9571 4 7 Gold-Duties - 236 0 2 Lighihouse Dues 195 18 1 Merchant Shipping Fees ... 314 0 Fees under Arms Act ... 32 16 0 Oyster Licenses 5 17 6 Duty on Bonded Warehouses 25 0 0 Pilotage ... 445 3 6 £10,515 14 0

Revenue Collected during the Year ended 3Cxh June, 1867. - £ s. d. Customs Duties 37,069 10 3 Gold Duties 952 6 5 Lighthouse Dues 952 7 2 Fees under Merchant Shipping Act 20 4 0 Fees under Arms Act ... 135 9 0 Rents 35 1 7 Oyster Licenses 5 17 6 Duty on Bonded Warehouses 300 0 0 Pilotage Rates 2,082 1! 6 £41,553 7 5