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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 286, 3 December 1868, Page 2

The steamer Gothenburg arrived at the Bluff yesterday morning, with the English Mail via Suez. The telegram of the intelligence brought by her is very meagre, and in great measure anticipated by the Panama mail. The Queen is at Balmoral, her health much, improved. The Prince and Princess of Wales have visited Glasgow and ,ai;e ; going to Denmark. The Prince is stated to have shown a disinclination to join the Freemasons, and the Duke of Edinburgh was preparing for his departure from England in November. Four more accidents have occurred on the Holy bead railway. Six months' pay has been awarded to the sailors and soldiers

engaged in theAbyssinjan war. Jefferson. Davis is residing in London. Abyssinia ia divided into two , parts. ./ Governor Gabazzey was crowned Emperor at Sondar. The expected Liberal majority in the new Parliament is" 136. Most of the Liberal candidates favor *be ballot. There are rumors of great reductions in the army. The Guildhall, London, has narrowly escaped destruction by fire. The Chinese embassy has arrived. It has been resolved that the Panama Company shall continue under a new directory. Money continues plentiful. • Dr Livingstone is announced to be within 9 weeks' march of Zanzibar. A Quakeress has been fined in Manchester for pressing her claim to vote. Mr Anthony Trollope opposes the election of Lord Stanley. * It was generally reported in town today, though we have been unable to ascertain the precise authority for the statemeut, that an intimation has reached the Militia-office of the intention of the Government to call out the First Class Militia of this province for active service. A public meeting was held on Tuesday on the reclaimed land at Wellington, to consider the present state of native affairs, and to express sympathy with the sufferers in the late outrages. Resolutions thanking Mr Donald Maclean and the friendly Maories, and asking for such assistance as Australia is; in a position to afford us in the present emergency^ were also put to the meeting. It is on authority that a proclamation will immediately be issued placing all the Volunteer Corps in the North Island on actual service. H. M. s.-s. Blanche, Captain Montgomerie, 6 guns, arrived at Wellington from Sydney on Sunday last, and it is understood that she will proceed to Napier as soon as possible. The Sydney Morning Herald of the 21st also states that H.M. s.s. was to leave for the West Coast station immediately. A letter is published from the Otaki Natives upholding peace, and strongly deprecating the commission of any outrages. The Rob Roy arrived at Wellington on the 29th ult., bringing 52 Armed 'Constabulary from Canterbury, who will be at once despatched to Poverty Bay. Recruiting is going on vigorously on the West Coast, from whence the men are sent direct to Wanganui. Amongst other measures of retrenchment which the Provincial Government have been obliged to initiate, we may • notice.the abolition of the offices of the two Scab Inspectors at Foxhill and Takaka, and also of Third Pilot at the Port. It is believed that, by the aid of telegraphic information stating when sheep from Marlbo^ough may be expected to arrive at the dipping-tank, the duties lately devolving upon the Inspector at Foxhill may be performed by the Chief Inspector, assisted, if need be, by the City Inspector. The melancholy intelligence arrived yesterday from Dunedin of the death by drowning, on Monday last, of Mr J. Kerapthorne, formerly of the Bank of New South Wales in this city. It appears that Mr Kempthorne, whose premature death will be much regretted by a large circle of friends, was lost whilst cruising in his boat in the Bay, but no further particulars of the sad event, have yet arrived. At the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, the following debt cases were heard: — Reardon v. Ricketts, Bros. : This was an action to recover £7 8s for firewood and labor. Mr Pitp appeared for the plaintiff. Judgment for the amount with £1 19s costs.— Lightband v. Bennett: Action to recover £9 10s interest on purchase agreement of land in Nile-street East, lately used as a soap manufactory. Defendant pleaded a 'set off. of £3 13s;9d, of which £2 was allowed. Judgment forithe plaintiff for £7 10s, with 13s costs, payable

half in three weeks and the balance in six— W. Coleman v. Johanna Polglaise: Action to recover £5 18s, expenses incurred by the plaintiff in keeping' a boundary ditch clean. Mr Pitt appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Kingdon for the defendant. Ju Jgment for plaintiff for £5 13s, and costs £2 6s. — Vinseu v. Jellyinan. Action to recover £8 15s 7d, the hearing of which had been adjourned from last Court day. Mr Kiogdou appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Pitt for the defendant. Judgment was given for the plaintiff for £3 15s Bd, with costs £1 9s. ' A meeting of the Regatta Committee was held yesterday evening, at the Customhouse Hotel, which was well attended, Commodore Cross in 4he chair. A good deal of preliminary business was got through, and the Finance Committee were -authorised to commence collecting subscriptions. Much interest was generally shown in the proceedings, and the most sanguine expectations are entertained of the coming regatta. This however, we need hardly state, will depeud very much upon the liberality of the public, who we trust will respond generously to the appeal of the Committee. The meeting was Adjourned until Wednesday, the 16th inst. The usual quarterly Cattle Fair took place, yesterday at Richmond, and was very well attended. There was' a good •general show of sheep, cattle and horses. A pen of 38 fat sheep sold for 30s. per head. Store Cattle from £5 ss. to £9 10s. per head. Fat Bullocks from £14 to £18 per head. Draught Horses from £15 to £25, and several ponies changed hands at from £11 to £16. A "Wellington telegram in the Lyttelton Times says that during the visit of the Governor and Mr Stafford to Wanganui, when the settlers presented their memorial, Mr Stafford, in the course of conversation, expressed his entire concurrence in" all Colonel Haultain had done, and stated that the Government had been thwarted in the vigorous prosecution of- the war by the Wanganui press and people, whose exparte statements had been republished and made a handle of in the south. If the Assembly bad besn sitting a proposition to cut off Wanganui from the rest of the colony would probably have been made and carried. The deputation responded very warmly, indignantly, repelling the accusations, and declaring that, while they are anxious to defend their homes, they declined to have more than was necessary to do with the Commander of the Militia who had been inflicted on them, and assured the Governor that, in saying also that Colonel Haultain was incompetent, they expressed all but the unanimous opinion of the public. The last escort from Charleston to Westport is said to have brought the largest amount of gold yet forwarded. The amount, according to the Herald, was from Charleston 7470zs sdwts lgr, from Brighton 1850ozsj total 93240z sdwt lgr. The Grey River Argus remarks that the red pine of New Zealand seems to be finding great favor in Melbourne, where it is being manufactured into articles of furniture. This wood, when properly seasoned, is capable of taking a very fine polish? and the fceauty of its marking causes furniture made from it to be of considerable value. Several shipments of red pine logs have already been made to Victoria, and the other day several large logs were brought down by the Kanieri tramway for transmission to Melbourne. Further accounts from Timaru of the reported discovery of gold on the Waiho river state that the district is being thoroughly tested, „ sixteen men being fat work. Hitherto, however, though gold has been found and good prospects have been obtained, the diggers have barely, succeeded in making -wages. The men, notwithstanding, are hopeful, and feel confident that gold will be discovered in payable quantities. They describe the district ,as bearing a remarkable resemblance to Tuapeka. A project is on foot in Rangitikei to establish a distillery on. a large scale, together with a manufactory for making sugar from beet root, large quantities of which can readily be grown in that neighborhood. V . The Auckland papers state that Messrs.

Barron, Thompson, & Co., of Otago, have arranged with the Native owners for the* lease of the country lying between Tarawera Lake and Te Awa-o-te-Atu, running past Mount Edgecorribe. The run is about 18 miles in length, containing about seventy or eighty thousand acres, and the whole of one side bounded bythe'Tarawera river. The term .of the run is for 27 years. The want of quartz crushing machinery continues to be severely felt at the Thames diggings. At one place alone thousands of tons of rich quartz are said to be lying useless from this cause, and several claims have had to be protected. A John Dory fish, the first ever seen jn Napier, was caught the other day by two men fishing in the Bay. Young Austin, the pedestrian, has, at Sydney, run eleven miles in' 1 hour, I minute, 13 seconds. It is said that a very determined but fortunately unsuccessful attempt was made to assassinate Captaiu M'Kinnoo, of the Tararua, as the vessel was about to leave Sandridge for Hokitika. It appears that Captain M'Kinnon observing the man seated on a- portion of luggage, quietly asked him to get off of it. Without saying a word, the man drew a dagger and rushed at Captain M'Kinnon with it ; the latter avoided the blow that was made at him, and seizing his assailant, struggled with liim for some time, until both fell over one of the hatch-ways into the hold. When they reached the bottom of the hold Capt. K'Kinnon was underneath, and the man was grasping him tightly by the throat. He aimed a blow at his intended victim, and as the dagger was descending, the second mate, whose attention had been directed to the spot by the noise, caught hold of his arm, and a fierce struggle took place between them ; the. latter being severely cut about the bands and wrists before he overpowered the man. The police were sent for, and the man was given into custody. It is stated, that for some time past the man has given evidence of being of unsound mind. As another proof of the speculative character of the Victorians, • a company has been formed in Melbourne to procure salt from Western Port, near Port Phillip Heads. The salt is remarkably good and pure, equal to that imported. The English papers mention the sudden death of the Grand Secretary of the United Grand Lodge of the Freemasons of England, Brother W. Gray Clarke, who is said to be the first Grand Secretary who has died during his occupancy of that office.