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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 15, 18 January 1868, Page 2

The Rangitoto, with the mails from Europe. &c, via Suez, was due at the Bluff yesterday, but up to the time of our going to press no intelligence of her arrival had been received at the Telegraph Office. We are informed that the Otago, on her last voyage to Melbourne, arrived two days too late for the Suez Mail. This delay, we are told, was owing to the tempestuous weather which prevailed about that time, the passage of the Otago to Melbourne having occupied no less than 10 days. At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, John Woodhouse was charged, on the information of Joshua Sigley, with having, on Thursday evening last, assaulted Lim, and threatened to take his life. It appeared that Woodhouse had gone to the complainant's house and challenged him to fight, and on his refusal, struck at him, but whether the complainant had actually received any blow was riot elicited by the evidence. The defendant was ordered to enter into his own recognizance in the sum ot £30, with two sureties of £20 each, to keep the peace for twelve months. John Sharp, baker, was fined 10s. for allowing a horse, his property, to be at large in Collingwood Street, od Bauday night.

We learn that a favorable reply has been received to the challenge forwarded by the Nelson Cricket Club to the Motueka Club, and it has been settled that the match shall be played on Friday tlie 24th iir-t., on which day the Motuckans have invited the Nelson knights of the willow to a dinner, and a capital match may be anticipated, A friendly tea meeting was held yesterday evening, at the Wesieyan Church, Richmond, for the purpose of affording an opportunity to the teachers oi the Sunday School to take leave ot" the late Superintendent of the school, Mr J. Rose, who has removed to Spring Grove. The Rev. R. L. Vickers was in the chair, and after some preliminary remarks on the expediency of recognising the dignity of the various institutions in the Church, stated that he considered Mr Rose was entitled to the present mark of their respect and esteem by the admirable manner in which he had conducted the school during the past five years, having not only maintained its efficiency, but also materially improved its condition. Messrs Avery (the present Superintendent), T'uos. Hammond, Croucher, and J. Lynes addressed the meeting, which was well attended, referring to the history of the school, past and present, and to the excellent qualities of its late Superintendent, as a friend and instructor. The chairman, after inculcating the necessity of preserving discipline in the school, and reminding his hearers of their responsibilities, alluded to the necessity of being prayerful and diligent, and concluded the meeting with the usual devotional exercises. We must not omit to add that the tea, which was both bouutifully and tastefully supplied by Mr Croucher, -was presided over by the ladies, who so kindly officiate on these occasions. The Forced Handicap run for on Thursday, the list day of the Christchurch Races, was won by Mr Stnfford's Nebula, and the Free iiandicap by Mr Delamain's Atalanta, formerly the property of Mr H. Redwood, junior. The weather was very rainy during the early part of the day, but the sport was superior to that of the two previous days. The bronze medal awarded at the Intercolonial Exhibition, held last year at Melbourne, to Messrs Hooper and Dodson of this city, for samples of their bottled and draught ale, was received yesterday by .the Alhambra, and has been submitted to our inspection. The medal is a handsome one, framed in mahogany, and measuring about eight inches in diameter. The bas-relief represents the colony of Victoria welcoming the various exhibitors, surrounded by the motto from the Metamorphnses, ' Facies non omnibus una, ncc diversa tamen, qualem decet e j se sororam,' together with the names of the recipients. It seems that smuggling is carried on wholesale in the province of Auckland. It is reported that the Customs authorities have detected some gre«t irregularities which have lately been practised by persons sliipping goods from the port of Auckland under bond. The particulars of the affair and the names cf parties implicated, says a contemporary, areas yet unknown, but it is said that the transactions reffered to will result iu the forfeiture of bonds to the amount of £40,000.