The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1868.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 133, 8 June 1868, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1868.

la our report of the meeting of the Board of Works, which appeared in our issue of Saturday, referring to the proposed culvert in Hardy-street, on Mr Moffatt's application, it should have been stated that the Board consented to the arrangement ou condition that the applicant supplied bricks, lime and sand. Amongst the arrivals by the Airedale on Saturday were Mr and Mrs J. L. Hall, two dramatic artistes of established repute in these colonies, who purpose giving one of their very clever entertainments this evening, at the Oddfellows' Hall, and who come here fortified by highly eulogistic notices in the Australian, Dunedin, and Christchurch papers. Mr Hall is no stranger to New Zealand, having been lessee of the Christchurch Theatre for a considerable time, and being also favorably known as an excellent burlesque actor in Duuedin. Mrs Hall, better known as Miss Emily Wiseman, was acknowledged as a leading actress on the Melbourne and Sydney boards, and is also a very pleasing singer. Their entertainments, dramatic and musical, after the fashion of those which Mr and. Mrs. George Case rendered so popular in this city, have been given, by command, before the Governors of the several colonies, and we can confidently promise the playgoing public of Nelson a treat of no ordinary excellence in their performance this evening. On Saturday evening, a deputation from the subscribers to the testimonial to the Eev. Father Tresallet, waited on him at St. Mary's, and presented him with an address expressive of their warm appreciation of the zeal, ability, and devoted ness with which he had .fulfilled his duties as a priest during the five years of his sojourn in Nelson. The address also testified to the respect and affection so universally entertained towards the reverend gentleman by the Catholics of Nelson and the Waimeas, and after wishing him health to enjoy his visit to Europe, and asking for his prayers and remembrance at the feet of the Holy Father, concluded by expressing a hope for his happy and speedy return. The address was accompanied by a well-lined purse of sovereigns, of which the deputation begged Father Tresallet's acceptance. The' reverend gentleman acknowledged the testimonial with much feeling, adverting to the pleasure he had derived from his relations with the Catholics of Nelson, and reciprocating the good wishes expressed in the address, and after drinking his health and that of the Rev. Father Garin, the deputation withdrew. Father Tresallet left by the Phoebe for Wellington yesterday morning, several members of his congregation assembling on the wharf to bid him farewell, and he will proceed to-day with the Right Rev. Bishop Viard by the Panama boat en route for Rome. The West Coast Times of Thursday mentions the arrival of the Right Rev. Bishop Suter at Hokitika, and adds that much regret was experienced that Ms Lordship would not pi each at All Saints' Church yesterday, as he was to leave Hokitika on Thursday, being desirous of spending the Sunday in the Province of Nelson. The Grey River Argus of the 2nd inst. gives the following ; ntelligence with reference to the Brunuer Coalmine : — We understand that an application has been made to the Provincial Government of Nelson, for the lease of the coalmine on the'Nelson side of the Grey, and that the applicants are Messrs Edwards (of the firm of U. Edwards & Co.) and Cawthron. We should be glad — as indeed every person in Greymouth would be — to see the working of the mine placed in such hands. The Westport Star of the 4th instant

mentions the appointment by the Local School Committee of Mr Peavce Phillips, late of Wakefield, as schoolmaster for the new school, now nearly completed, at that township. The Star states that there were nine applicants in all, and that the committee, before coming to the decision they did, gave the matter their most careful consideration. The Westland Observer states that Mr James A. Bonar, the County Chairman of Westland, is likely to be called to the Legislative Council of New Zealand. Owing to the non-arrival of Judge Clarke, the District Court at Westport was again adjourned on Friday until to-day. The last Provincial Gazette contains the following notifications of .insolvency: — Thomas Win. Melville, of Westport, and Brown and Lisner, of Westport. Something like a scene occurred at the Westport police court last week. The Commissioner, Mr Kynnersley, from his seat on the bench, asked Mr Tyler, solicitor, if he stated at a public meeting held in that town some time since, that the law as administered in that court was a solemn farce. Mr Tyler replied that he did not. What he stated was, that the law as administered on the occasion of the trial of the Addison Flat rioters was a solemn farce. Mr Kynnersley said he could not Bee any difference; and on Mr Tyler proceeding to argue the matter, he was at once stopped by the Commissioner ; who said he bad got out all he wanted to know, and would not trouble Mr Tyler further. A Wellington telegram in the Otago Daily News gives further information as to the settlement of the Imperial claims on this colony, and states that the Colonial Office sided with the Colony, but the Treasury long pressed for payment, refusing to admit the counter claims, excepting to an insignificant extent. The Imperial claims amounted to £1,304,963 ; the Colonial counter claims to £906,856. The auniversary of her Majesty's Birthday was celebrated in Dunedin on the 28th ult., under the most depressing circumstances. In fact the weather could not have been more unfavorable than it was, and it was generally expected that the public demonstration would have been postponed. The committee, however, decided otherwise, and after a Volunteer Parade, the prize presentations were made in the Provincial Buildings, followed by a public procession, and illuminations. Public attention in Sydney is again cabled to the circumstances connected with the running for the Queen's Plate at Randwick, on the 2nd May, when the Barb came in first, but was disqualified by the jockey weighing 21b. short, and the stakes were awarded to Tim Whiffler. As everything was found correct before the race, Mr Tait, the owner of the Barb, considers the weights were tampered with, aud has offered a reward of £100 for the discovery of the person implicated. The members of the Jockey Club have comcommenced an investigation into the affair. Several witnesses were examined, the committee sitting with closed doors, and no evidence was published. The officials have deposed to the jockey weighing out correctly prior to the race. The further investigation into the matter was adjourned until the Ist of June, Private advices received at Brisbane by the last mail, state that the new Governor of. Queensland will leave England in May, and may be expected in August. The Castlemaine Daily News says : — 'It is currently reported that a well-known squatter near Sandhurst has succumbed ; . liabilities, £80,000. The losses are attributed to depreciation in the value of cattle and sheep.' From the subjoined notice issued from the Admiralty, it will be seen it was intended that H.M.S. Galatea should remain in the South Pacific for some time : — Letters for the Galatea should be sent to Honolulu, via New York and San Francisco, until the 25th of April, and afterwards to Valparaiso, by Pacific mail, up to the 16th of July. 'As the barque Gentoo was leaving Melbourne for San Francisco, the detectives boarded her, and attempted to arrest a passenger for whom they had a warrant. Captain Freeman prevented the detectives from executing the warrant, and sailed in defiance of the iaw. The matter has been officially laid before the authorities at Melbourne, and will be reported home. Dr L. L. Smith, whose name is familiar to sporting men in the Australian Colonies is about to dispose of his stud on what has now become a fashionable plan — an Ar

Union. Most of Dr Smith's horses have a good reputation. In a leading article on the subject of intercolonial postage, based on one in the Argus, the Sydney Morning Herald of the 12th May says: — As regards the difference between the inland and intercolonial rates of postage, there is room for a conference between the Governments. The colonies are slowly gravitating towards union, and in matters uot purely local are tending to a common policy. Some day we shall have a customs union for all the colonies, and some day we shall also have a postal union for all the colonies. When the last mail left, both the Bishops of Winchester and Exeter were lying dangerously ill. The retirement of Lord Derby has been signalised by the creation of four new peers. The favored individuals are all of the baronet order, and, if unwavering devotion to their party be meritorious, they deserve their reward. The namea selected for this distinction are — Sir John Trollope, the Lincolnshire landowner ; Sir Stirling Maxwell, Sir John Walsh, and Sir Brook Bridges. These are all wealthy and respectable men, and their elevation to the peerage has been well received. The Journals of Naples state that the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is now marked by a regular intermittent character, the violence of the discharge of smoke and lava augmenting and diminishing twice every 24 hours. The Paris correspondent of the Star says: — Paris is fasting on eggs dressed in 227 different ways. Of one dish, known as a timballe, there are 16 varieties ; of omelets alone there are 23 species, considered as exquisite above their fellows. 'The Queen's Book' has just been issued in a cheap yet elegant form at 2s. 6d. — a price which will place it within the reach of almost every family in the kingdom. The sale is already enormous. Dr Henniker, being engaged in private conversation with the great Earl of Chatham, hia lordship asked him how he defined wit. 'My lord,' said the doctor, 'wit is like what a pension would be, given by your lordship to your humble servant, a good thing well applied.'