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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 39, 17 February 1868, Page 2

The Mail via Suez is due at the Bluff to-day, but it seems highly improbable that we shall receive any telegram of the European news until the arrival of the steamer at Wellington, and in that case the Mails both from Suez and Paoama may reach us at the same time. The injury" the line has sustained between the Kaikoras aud the Cheviot, where the most frequent damages have always takeu place, is such that there is little hope that they can be repaired for some time to to come. The Dunedin line has also been down, and it is not known whether communication has yet been resumed with the Bluff. From recent papers received at Melbourne from the West Indies, we Jearn that Lady Rumbold, the wife of Sir Arthur Rumbold, Governor of Tor tola, had died, from the fright and exhaustion cODse- : quent on the late catastrophe at that island. We learn from a Sydney telegram in the Argus that his H. K. H. the Duke of Edinburgh waa to leave Sydney in the

Challenger for Brisbane, ou the 23rd, calling at Newcastle on the 3rd of March. On the 4th instant, the Galatea commenced discharging 'her guns, previous to docking.. ';. The long talked of Ball, to be given by the Mayor of Hokitika in celebraiiou of the inauguration of the county of Westland, took place on the evening of Friday the 7th inst, at Hanseu's Assembly Rooms. About 300 persons were present, and although the night was most unfavorable, the raiu falling in a perfect deluge, the whole affair is described as being a great success. The Hon. d. Hall opened the ball with the Mayoress, Mrs Shaw,- and., the supper comprised ' all the delicacies of the season.' „- tl '.'> < Wb are informed that an accideut of a very paiuful character occurred on Snt'ur- [ day afternoon, at Beeknumn'a Viilley, to a little boy, about 10 years old, a grandson of Mr. Beckmaon. From the report we have received, it would seem that us some horses were being driven inlo the stockyard near the house, one of them refused to go in the direction required, and the : little fellow ran round to stop him. Whilst in the act of doing so, the horse, which had been freshly shod, kicked him in the jaw, which is very severely fractured iv two places. He was immediately brought down to town ou a stretcher to Dr. Cotterell's, 'where he remained duriug the night, where we are told that he behaved most pluckily whilst the necessarily paiuful operaiious were being carried out. The next morning the little sufferer was conveyed to a house in Wai-rnea-streef, and where we understand that he is progressing as favorably as the case ajsdU admit. We may mention that the siime -boy last year broke his arm by falling over a log in trying to avoid some wild cattle. Another accident occurred yesterday to a boy, aged about 1 2 years, the son of Mr Salmon, residing in the Wood. It appears that his brother had put the lad upon a young uubroken horse, with the intention of leading it. lS T o sooner, however, was he in the saddle, than the horse broke away at full speed, and in passing the turn of the river near Mv Huddlestou's, he threw the boy upon the bank aud, turning round, kicked at him, cutting him severely on the crown of the head, though, happily, no serious results are anticipated from the injuries, he has' received. „■,• . ■, We had the:s|tt*sfaction this morning of inspecting the Solar Camera now_'iu operation at Mr. Fletcher's "photographic studio in Hardy-street. This is the instrument invented by Dr Monkhoven, and is very considerably more powerful than that invented by Woodward, the American. The machine is a very simple one; a mirror in the shape of a parallelogram, moved by machinery so as to euable it to follow the motion of the sun, throws a bundle of rays through an immense condenser. The condenser collects the light, and transmits it through the negative or cliche, as it is termed, from whence the rays are dispersed by a small lens, aud thrown on a sheet of prepared paper. The pictures produced by this iusiruraeut, up to full life size, are so clear and accurate as the small photograph from which they are taken, and the value of this discovery, especially as a means of obtaining life-like portraits of friends living, as well as dead, can hardly be estimated, whilst the moderate cost places it withiu everyone's reach. The members of the Nelson. Cricket Ciub will perceive from au advertisement in another column, that a meetiug of the Club is called for to-morrow evening, at the Trafalgar Hotel. One object of the meeting will, we understand, be to decide upon the dates for the return match with the Motueka Club, and also for the match with the Wakefield Club. The usual monthly inspection of the

Volunteer Force by the Officer Commanding the District, will take, place to-morrow evening, at- .the Botanical Gardens, at six o'clock, i