The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1869.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 148, 26 June 1869, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1869.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Before 3. Shaep, Esq., R.M. Cattle Trespass. J. Mitchell, Thomas Hunter, Thomas Dodson, W. J. Frost, and James Tregea, were, on the information of P.C. Bailey, fined ss. each and costs, for allowing their horses to Tae at large in the streets. John Griffin, for allowing his chimney to take fire, was fined 10s. aud costs. Peter Frank, charged by the Inspector of Nuisances with depositing night-soil iv Hardy-street, was fined £1 and costs. Nabrow Escape.- — An accident of a serious nature occurred this morning to the Rev. Father Sauzeau, who was riding across the Maitai, which was swollen by. the heavy rain of last sight, when his horse became entangled iv the roots of a tree, and was thrown on its side, the rider's left foot being caught in the stirrup. The rev. gentleman fortunately did not let go I his hold of the bridle, and after a severe struggle succeeded in reaching the hank, in attempting to ascend which he, with his horae, fell .backwards into the water, j but at length after several efforts he succeeded in getting oo dry land. Mri Bichardson, who lives close by, came down to the scene of the accident, and i tookliinatp iiis house and paid him every > attention, &r which M. Seauzeau desires ■_ : .;/.to.e3^ress'.h'is r gratitude. :;;_->;. : JitßKi~We-; are glad to find that Mr, ?^Cpttereil-lwts; advertised his of r afc Richmond on yffle^fflsy:.. evening next. We strongly" S^^borftriferi^oar:.' WontrT: friends /to;, avail ||§_|^ra^ l^iMiD^'^pyiDg^excellent evening's -j

Bushrangiktg. — We are informed that on Sunday night last, a man was stuck up between the coal miues aud Cobden by three bushrangers, and robbed of 37 ozs. of gold, and was so much injured that it was found necessary to send him to the Hospital. Detective Lambert started in pursuit the next morning, and we learn that Inspector Shallcrass has since received a telegram stating that two men have been apprehended on suspicion of being concerned iv the robbery. Winter Evening Lectures. — The third of this scries of lectures was delivered at the Provincial Hall last night by Mr. : Justice Richmond, the subject being "Man's Place in Creation." Unfortunately, owing to the inclemency ol ihe weather, the attendance was but small; those, however, who wero present were amply rewarded for the discomfort of turning out on such a night, and they will, we are sure, agree with us in saying that we are largely indebted to the lecturer for one of the most brilliant aud eloqueut addresses to which it has ever been our lot to listen. If we thus dispose of this matter in a very few words, it is not from any want of appreciation on our part, but rather because we feel most keenly the utter inadequacy of any language at our command to do justice to the substance of the lecture, to depict the earnestness of manner of the lecturer, or to describe the very perceptible effect" upon the audience of the impressive eloquence aud convincing arguments of oue who had so thoroughly mastered the difficult subject with which he had undertaken to deal. The amount of good likely to be effected by such an address delivered by such a man as Mr. Justice Richmond is simply incalculable, and we venture to express a hope that he will accede to the uuiversally expressed : wish that the lecture may be published in its entirety. Marriage. — A rare event took place at Wakapuaka this week, — a lady of seventy summers, and the mother of twenty descendants, having a second time entered into matrimony. The united age of the happy pair is 128 years. After such an event, we may hold out hopes to old maids and rejected lovers, and say — JVil desperandum I