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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 85, 11 April 1868, Page 2

A story has obtained currency in this city, said to have been brought by the Rakaia, which left Sydney on the Ist inst, to the effect that a man, a stranger, dressed in the uniform of the bandsmen of the Galatea, had been found on board the Prince's ship, whilst he was there, on the night of the 31st March, or the morning of the Ist April, armed with a loaded revolver and a bowie knife, and that he was immediately handed over to the civil authorities. It is stated, iv explanation of this circumstance, that the man, having become acquainted with one of the bandsmen, had drugged aud stripped him of his clothes, assuming both his dress aud character to enable him to make a fresh attempt on the Prince's life. No mention whatever is made of this circumstance in the Sydney Morning Herald of April Ist, and it would certainly not account for the peremptory orders of the Commodore that the Prince should leave Sydney for England direct, seeing that this determination must have been arrived at anterior to the date of this fresh outrage, if indeed it should not prove to be a ' canard,' as we trust may be the case. The return match between the Band of Hope Club and Albert Club was played yesterday on Victory Square. The Band of Hope Eleven won the toss and sent in their adversaries, who scored J29 in their first innings and 43 in their second, making a total of 72, the Baud of Hope scoring 69 in their first innings and 4 in their" second, making a total of 73, with ten wickets to go down. The fielding and batting on the Band of Hope side was particularly good, whilst the bowling of the Alberts was superior to that of their

opponents. Mr. K. Bum and Mr. Chittenden acted as umpires. Francis Edwards, who was remanded in the Resident Magistrate's Court, on Thursday last, charged with indecent exposure of his person (to whom allusion has already been made in these columns), was brought up this morning on two separate charges, and was sentenced to two months' imprisonment with bard labor, on both charges. H. Barraclough was fined £1 for allowing his chimney to take fire. The Murray which arrived to-day from the West Coast*, exchanged salutes with H.M.S. Falcon, yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock, about 15 miles north of Westport. The Falcon was then steaming against a head wind for Westport. From a Hokitika telegram in the Lyttelton Times of the 6th instant we learn that the seven Fenian prisoners were committed on Saturday last for trial at the Supreme Court at Hokitika, bail being refused for all except Clarke. Father Larkins and Manning were indicted for seditious libels published in the ' Celt,' the partnership of the two, as joint proprietors of the paper, being proved, as well as the interference of both in th 3 management and publication of the paper. The libels were recited and both prisoners were committed. 75 Armed Constabulary, under Col. Macdonnell were landed from the St Kilda ou the Srd and were received with loud cheers. Everything is trauquil. Yesterday, being Oood Friday, Divine Service was celebrated in the places of worship in this city belonging to the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches, both morniug aud eveniug, the Right Rev. Bishop Suter preaching in the evening at Christ Church. The day was observed as a holiday by the other religious denominations, and a large number of persons left town on pleasure-excursions, aud for the purpose of attending the meetings at Richmond and Spring Grove held that evening. The Rev J. Crump will preach in the Wesleyan Church to-morrow, at 11 aud 6|. The Right Rev. Bishop Suter, in his course of sermous on questions of the day, preaches, at Christ Church, to-morrow, on ' The Resurrection.' The Right Rev. Bishop Suter will deliver an Address to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock, in the Provincial Hall, on behalf of the Nelsou School Society. The children who for some time past have been preparing for confirmation, will receive their first communion at St. Mary's, at the High Mass, to-morrow (Easter) morning, at 11 o'clock, and will make the solemu renewal of their baptismal vows in the evening, at Vespers. Mr Earl, a gentleman whose oratorical powers have been highly eulogised in Dunedin and other places in this colony which he has visited, announces his intention of preaching at the Temperance Hall, on Sunday and Monday evenings next. Our readers will be gratified to learn that Madame and the Misses Carandini, with Mr Walter Sherwin, announce their intention to give a concert at the Provincial Hall on Monday eveuing next. With only oue or two exceptions, the items in the programme, which appears in another column, are entirely new, and of very attractive character. The Nathan Family, who arrived yesterday from the West Coast, where they have made a very successful visit, appear for one night only, on Monday next, at the Oddfellows' Hall, when Little Marion will give two of her most favorite impersonations, assisted by the other members of this talented company.