This Day.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 100, 29 April 1870, Page 2

This Day.

The Council met at 11 o'clock. Present, all the members but Messrs. Baigent, Donne, and Franklyn. Mr. Luckie moved that the sum of £250 be placed on the ! Estimates as a bonus to any person intro- | duciug into Nelson one of Thomson's Rubber-tired Road Steamers. Some little discussion ensued, and Mr. Shephard moved the addition of a proviso that the owner of the steamer should give a guarantee to use it on~ the public roads of the province, for traction purposes only, for at least twelve months. The resolution thus amended, was on a division lost.by a majority of 9to 6. Select Committees were appointed, on the motion of Mr. Luckie, to enquire into, and report upon, the expenditure of the vote of the Council for charitable aid, and, on* the motion of Mr. Shephard, to take into consideration . the Country Road Boards Bill. A motion of the Provincial Secretary,' authorising the Superintendent to expend a sum, npt exceeding £6000, for salaries, contingencies, and public works, was agreed to. Certain returns were then moved for, and the report of the Select Committee appointed to prepare a reply to the Superintendent's address, was brought up by Mr. Wastney. The following is the reply as presented by the committee : — " The Provincial Conncil thank your Honor for your opening address, and assure you we will give our earliest and most serious consideration to the matters referred to in your Honor's speech, and trust that our deliberations will result in measures conducive to the prosperity and good Government of the province." The Council then adjourned until Tuesday next, at 5 p.m.

The Caeandinis. — At the concert last night the audience, if not very large, was at all events an appreciative and most enthusiastic one. An Operatic selection by the whole company was most favorably received, and was followed by the song t( Somebody's Darling " by Miss Fannie, of which it is needless to say more than that it was given in thatyoun& lady's accustomed style, and was consequently most vociferously applauded. Arditi's " L'Estasi " was next sung by Miss Rosina aud was received with most unmistakeable signs of approval from the audience. The first part was brought to a termination by a delightful little duet by the Misses Carandinij entitled " Soft fall the dews of the Summer night," which called forth a well merited encore. "Jessie, the FJower of Duublane," was most sweetly rendered by Madame Carandini, and narrowly escaped a repetition. But the most delightfull of all the pieces set down on ihe program ne was undoubtedly Miss Rosina's " Ring on Sweet Angelus," of which we have already spoken in terms of approbation. The encore which inevitably followed, and, as' we believe, will always follow, this most touching ballad, was mosj, good--natureuly responded too, and in place of the orininal we were treated to that most pathetic of all Miss Rosina's songs, "I cannot mind ray wheel Mother." No words of ours can ,do justice to the thrilling effect -which the singing of _ this beautiful ballad . had upon the audience. .; The pathos thrown into it was simply indescribable, and there were few present who were not laid, as it Were, under a spell by the fair songstress; as she wailed forth the plaintiye_ refrain "I cannot mind my wheel, Mother." Miss Fannie's glorious voice was heard to great advantage in the Cavatina " Una Voce," and upon being encored she gave us one of her old favorites "The murmur of the Shell." The Lentertainment was brought to a close by "The Chorus " which had a most absurd effect upon the risible faculties of the listeners.'- -To-night's programme is "one of the best yet issued, and will, ,we hope," be. heard by a large number of persons.