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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 50, 2 March 1869, Page 2

Another seat . in the House of Representatives will, in all probability, be vacant, before the next meeting of the Assembly. The Advertiser states that Mr Harrison, of Wanganui, contemplates resigning his seat ere that day, and that a gentleman of very decided anti-pro* vincialist opinions will be brought forward by an influential section of the community. The Ritualists are boasting just now of a very distinguished pair of converts* For several weeks past, during which time Marlborough House has been occupied by the Heir Apparent, no Sunday has passed without the royal carriages having been used 4o convey the Prince and Princess to one or other of the Ritualistic churches of London. Now it has been St Margaret's, now St Alban's, and now All Saint's j but in every case the Prince and Princess j have gone as ordinary worshippers, have submitted to the rules of the church— "including that requiring the separation of the sexes — and have made very handsome contributions to the offertory. This sudden change has attracted great attention in London, aud in Ritualistic circles is a favorite theme of conversation. — Court Journal* A New Orleans gentleman calls the negro 'a remnant of the dark ages.* 'Sambo, why don't you talk to your master, and tell him to lay up treasures in heaven ? ' Wha's de use of laying up treasures dar ? Ho never see 'am again.*