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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 53, 4 March 1868, Page 2

His Honor the Superintendent delivered his promised address to the Committee of the Nelson Financial Reform League, and a select audience, at the Colonist office last night. As tbe address will probably be published, his Honor's views will be made pretty generally known, but we may intimate in the meantime that he takes a middle course between the ground taken by the two previous essayists, Sir David Monro and Dr Irvine, and that he illustrates his arguments by some elaborate statistics regarding colonial and provincial expenditure. We regret that our limits necessarily prevent our giviug theso addresses in extenso, but with a view in some measure to supply this deficiency, we propose, when the present discussion in the Committee shall have been brought to a conclusion, to present our readers with a condensed summary of the views advocated in each paper, and also to indicate what we consider to be the legitimate conclusions to be drawn from the entire controversy. The firing for the District Prizes was commenced yesterday by the Wakapuaka Artillery, the City Artillery taking their turn to-day, the City Rifles, No. 1, tomorrow, and the Waimea Company on Saturday next. We understand that Mr Wastney M.P.C. left home this week in order to hold meetings in explanation of his political views throughout the Electoral district of Golden Bay, where Mr Gibbs and Mr A. S. Collins, the other two candidates for the vacant seat in the House of Representatives, have already solicited the ' sweet voices ' of the electors. We understand that the contract for the supply of the uniforms for the Rifle Cadet Company, No. 1, has been entered into by Mr. Dee, tailor, of Bridge-street, in compliance with the directions of the Officer Commanding the District. Some change will be made in the present uniform, blue cloth with scarlet beading being substituted for the grey cloth trousers at present used by the Cadets, with scarlet serge instead of flannel for the jackets, and we have every reason to believe that it will present a very neat and soldierlike appearance. The uniform is to be ready in a very short- time, so that the lads may be in quite presentable order hy the time of the Prince's visit. The match . between the Nelson and Wakefield Cricket Clubs is Vfixed to take place at Wakefield on Tuesday next, the 10th inst. We are requested to remind our readers that the monthly meeting of the Nelson Cricket Club will take place to-morrow evening, at the Trafalgar Hotel, at half-past 8 o'clock. The usual weekly parade of the Volun-

teer Companies took place yesterday evening at the Botanical Gardens. Tha Artillery Company mustered strong, as did also the City Rifles, but the attendance of the Cadets was very far from satisfac* tory. As the time when it may be anticipated that the Royal visit will take place is fast approaching, we would impress upon the Cadets the importance of punctual attendance at drill, if they desire to maintain the prestige which they enjoyed at the time of the late G-overnor'3 visit. We understand .that, in order to further this end, Captain Lockett has expressed his intention to be in attendance at the Botanical Gardens for drill every evening from 5 to 6 o'clock, excepting on Saturdays. A most exquisite specimen of the perfection which is attainable in portraits taken by the aid of photography, and afterwards •colored in oils, may now be seen at Mr W. Davis's studio in Trafalgar-street. The portraits which Mr Davis has produced by a similar process in water colors, have already obtained a wide celebrity, and the specimen to which we allude combines all the high finish, softness of effect, and correct coloring which characterises his previous efforts, with the durability and superior relief only to be arrived at by the use of oil colors. We understand that two of Mr Matlock's horses, Backbiter and Scandal, (the former of which ran second for the last Champion Race) are now at the Annesbrooke Stables, in charge of Fred Dillon, having arrived last week from the Amuri. Both these horses were well placed at the last Canterbury Races, and their arrival, /or training preparatory to our approaching meeting in April next, affords an earnest of excellent sport on that occasion. Intelligence has been received by the Police authorities that a man named Gray, one of a party of four diggers who left Taylor's store on the Baton on Friday last en route for Nelsou, is missing. It appears that Gray, after leaving the accommodation house, laid down to rest for a while, his mate continuing his journey, under the impression that he would overtake the rest of the party, who were to stop at Sutcliffe's that night. This expectation, however, was not realised, and though his mate returned to Taylor's on the following day, to endeavor to obtain some tidings of him, his efforts were unsuccessful, and in consequence he informed the Waimea West Constable of the circumstance, A search party immediately set out in quest of the missing man, but on enquiry at the Police oflice, we find that nothing has yet been heard of his whereabouts. The West Coast Times of the 27th ult. gives the following particulars of a dreadful accident which occurred on the Waimea on the preceding day :— At about 4 o'clock yesterday morning the diggers of the right-hand branch of the Waimea were aroused by an awful crash, followed by loud cries for help. A general rush was made to the place from which they proceeded, and it was found that a large tree had given way at the roots, falling across a digger's tent, and killing one of its inmates named Thomas Curley, whilst another had his thigh broken by a smaller branch. The third man named Alexander Brandt, was buried in the branches bnt, wonderful to say, escaped with a few scratches. The following purports to be a model medical puffs 'Dear Doctor — I shall be 175 years old next October. For over 8_ years I have been an invalid, unable to step except when moved with a lever. But a year ago I heard of the Garnicular Syrup. I bought a bottle, smelt the cork, and found myself a man. I can now run 12j miles an hour, and throw 13. somersaults without stopping.'