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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 193, 17 August 1870, Page 2

The Charleston Herald has the following unique paragraph, not over complimentary to the residents of Greymouth: — "Greymouth has been trying to follow our example in the matter of the Social Institute aud cannot. Tliere is too much political froth and too little common sense in Greymouth." From twenty to thirty ofthe inhabitants of Picton responded to the invitation of ihe Trustees on Fiiday last,- and attended at the Cemetery to clear the ground of fern and scrub, form the paths, &c. A large amount of work was done, and those who attended deserve much credit, f.,r the able and willing manner iv wbich they did the work. A Parliamentary Paper forwarded tous shows that, since the Government Annuities Act came into force seventyeight policies, the assurance amounting to £40,290 have been accepted, ten have been declined, and fifteen under consideration. A brown trout salmo fario, has been caught in the Plenty river, Tasmania. It [weighed lOlbs; and measured 30|in. in I length by 15in. in girth.

Mr. Webb and the Nebraska. — Frora a passenger by the City of Melbourde, yesterday, we learn that it is the intention of Mr. Webb to send down the I Nebraska next month to Melbourue, ou i aa experimental trip. The Nebraska was i to proceed to Wellington, in consequence of the Governor be ing at that place, at the session of Assembly, and it was believed that the vessel could perform the trip in twenty days. — Herald. The County of Westland. — The , West Coast Times in commenting upon , the probability that exists of Greymouth . and its neighborhood being annexed to ; Nelsou, says: — " As matters now stand it is only prudent to accept the altered state , of things, and be prepared to meet it. The question then comes, what can be done, and whafc is best for the people of the southern portion of the County to do. Our answer is petition Jor annexation to Otago of the county south oj the ' Teremakau. This, at the first blush, may seem a wild and impracticable scheme, bufc on further consideration we ' thiuk it will be found that dillicullies will ' vanish." We hear that au action is aboufc to be commenced against the Wanganui Steam - Navigation Company, by Messrs. Freeth aud Greig, for breach of contract. The steamer was some time ago chartered to convey a cargo of cattle to Westport. The cattle were shipped, but in consequence of the roughness of the weather, Captain Linklater refused to go out, notwithstanding orders to that effect by Mr Greig, one of the owners of the cargo. The cattle were unshipped, and damages are put down at £500, the estimated loss in consequence of the cattle nofc being at Westport at a certain time. Mr. Cooper has been retained by the plaintiffs, and the ! case will be heard nt the first civil sittings of the Supreme Couit in Wellington. — Evening Ilerald. Illuminated Address. — Messrs. Walch and Sous, booksellers, have on view at their establishment, Liverpoolstreet, a beautifully executed illuminated address, which is about to be forwarded to the Rev. S. Ironside, Wesleyan minister, of Longford, late of Hobart Town. The address, which does much credit to its artist, Mr. E. J. Burgess, of Macquarie-street, has an elaborate ornamental border ; and the hod} 7 of the design, which is iv old English, is relieved by large colored capitals. Tlie design aud execution of the work cannot but give satisfaction to the members of the J Wesleyan Christian Association, who ; preseut it to the Rev. Mr. Ironside. The | gift will, no doubt, be highly prized by | the recipient, both on account ot its artistic | excellence, aud as expressive of the j esteem in whicli he was held by his Hobart Town friends. — The Mercury, |july 26. ! A few days since Mr. Chas. O'Neill | called the attention of the. Government to ! the importauce and necessity of giving a j military training to boys at school, and I felt sure that the Hou-e would readily I grant a reasonable sum for the employi ment of drill instructors. The Hon. the ! Defence Minister highly approved of the suggestions of Mr. O'Neill, and the Government ful'y recoguised the importance of having youths in school trained to the use of fire-arms, and considered that it would be well if drill instructors were employed for the purpose, as trained cadets would be most valuable in the j future. The school-boys over the colony I must feel indebted to Mr. O'Neill for the j laudable interest he has shown on their J behalf. In various parts of the colony ! Cadet Corps have been established, and in the face of many difficulties, such as want of proper weapons, &c, have persevered in their work ancl attained a high degree of efficiency. In Canterbury, ihe Rifle Association, with the laudable view of encouraging the Cadets in rifle shooting, have included in their schedule of prizes a set especially for Cadets, and at their last Easter meeting very respectable scores were made by the youthful competitors. Colonel Harrington, iv his recent tour of inspection, especially commended the Cadet corps — most of them connected with schools — for their efficiency aud soldierly bearing. We hope, therefore, ; that the House will place a sum on the : Estimates for the fostering of these corps, which form the nucleus of our future citizen soldiers. . A Bankrupt was condoled with the other day for his embarrasment. "Oh jTm not embarrassed at. all," it is my I creditors that are embarrassed."

The Lord Ashley arrived at Auckland on the 7th instant, being six days out from Wellington, the cause of her detection being excessively bad weather which compelled her to auchor under the East Cape. Quartz Crushing s ix the North. — From the Herald we learn that the result of last week's crushiug for the Goldeu Crown was 17300zs retorted gold from 114 tons of stove. A dividend of £20 per scrip is declared. The Loug Drive had crushed 120 tous of stuff aud 5001bs of specimens, the yield being 1500ozs of amalgam. At Coromandel the Tokotea Company had crushed 54 tons of general stuff from which were obtained 2520z5; and the Harbor View Compauy had put through 22 tons, the yield being 128ozs. The Late Collision near Auckland. — H. Hadfield the owner of the ketch Enterprise has been fined £100 aud costs,. or three months imprisonment, for failing to provide lights for his vessel. The master of the ketch was also fined £10 and; costs or one month's imprisonment for neglecting to carry I'ghts. The fines were not forthcoming and both owner aud master have been committed to prison. There has been quite a rush, says the Herald, upon the ship chandlers for "side lights," and most of the coasters are by this time, doubtless, supplied with these very necessary appliances. It is to be hoped that the authorities will in future strictly enforce the regulations as to lights, since upon their heads rests the disgrace of allowing such an important enactment to become a dead-letter. Nuggets, says the Ballarat Star, have been over and over again picked up from the quartz metal laid dowu on our streets; but, on Monday a bigger piece of luck than usual fell to some boys in Rubicaa**street, near Winter's Freehold, They were shying some quartz stones from the street at an old boiler by the road side, when one of the boys picked up a mass of golden quartz containing 10-1- ounce 3of pure gold. Arrival of the City of Melbourne. — The s.s. City of Melbourne arrived afc Auckland ou Sunday last with the mail via California, aud 37 passengers. She 1.-ft Auckland on the 7th uit., at 2 p.m.. for Honolulu, with mails and 105 passengers. Experienced throughout the passage a continuation of the finest weather, and arrived at her destination at 2 p.m. on the 23rd ulfc., making the passage iv 17 days. Finding the s.s. Ajax waiting, immediately exchanged maiis, passengers, aud cargo. She sailed on the followiug morning (Sunday), at 10' o'clock, for San Francisco. The nonarrival of a ship overdue with coals caused some detention, and prevented the City of Melbourne leaving until daylight of the 26th. Had five weather and made good progress up to the 4th inst., in lat. lOdeg. 59 mm. S., long. I7odeg. 57min. W., when the cross-head of the upper engine broke, and rendered it useless for the remainder of the voyage. From that date she progressed favorably with one engine, her average speed beiug 200 miles per day, the winds and weather having proved favorable since the accident. The downward passage occupied 18 days 9 hours. Engligb dates by tbis route are not so late as those via Suez by eight days. The Australian Diamond Mikes. — Poor Aluaschar's basket of crockery, says the Australasian, has fallen to cureless ruin, and all the dazzling visions whicli he conjured up have faded iuto the light of common day. In other words, the diamond mining companies which were to enrich the fortunate shareholders, aud make the name of Mudgee as musical iv men's mouths as that of Goiconda, have collapsed; aud the usual trite moralities are being preached in the usual humdrum language, by the usual newspaper philosophers, who are always wise afcer the event. After all, the lure which led men to invest their mouey in these attractive but fallacious undertakings did not differ materially from that which induced so many to emigrate from Ensland to Victoria between 1851 and 1853; and if society did uot include a certaiu proportion of rash, sanguine, speculative persons, the spirit of enterprise would be greatly lessened. A commuuity of safe and cautious meu to whom Hope never " told a flattering tale," and who had no relish for anything but "the elegant simplicity of the three-per-cents," would be a particularly slow-going community, quite uuadapted for the work of colonisation and much too prudent aad calculating to

engage in the necessarily hazardous work of developing the resources of a new countiy. Printers' Toasts. — The Press — it expresses truth — re-presses error — impresses knowledge, aud op-presses none. (We thought this too good to be suppressed, and therefore publish it.) Woman, the fairest work of creation — the edition being extensive, let no man be without a copy. Babies, minatureeditioDS of humanity, issued periodically, and displayed iv small caps. Extensive Fire in New York. — A fire broke out on lst July iv a wood factory in New York, and spread with such rapidity that the whole neighborhood was soon in a sheet of flames. The entire Fire Department turned out, but the fire had got such a headway and gained so rapidly ou them that all their labors could not control it. The fire was still spread- 1 ing when the mail left, and it was believed that the loss would not fall short of 1,000,000 dollars. Immense quantities of timber were destroyed, and fears were entertained that the shipping might catch fire. The same district was burned, over three years ago. Funeral ou Charles Dickens. — The paralytic seizure of Charles Dickens while at dinner at his house at Gadshill, created immense sensation. He died the next dny at 6 p.m. Fears were entertained by the public lest he should have left directions in his will whicb would have prevented his burial iv Westminster Abhey ; but although he particulai ly ordered that all pomp aud pageantry should be avoided, yet no mention was made as to where he wished to be interred. Consequently, on Tuesday last he was buried iv Westminster Abbey. The funeral was quite private, no one but members of the family being present. During the day thousands ot persons visited the grave, which was not closed until the next day. On the following Sunday a funeral sermon was preached iv Westminster Abbey by Dean Stanley, who read a portion of deceased's will, iv which he declines a monument, but rests his fame on his published works. He also urges his childreu to practice Chris innity iv abroad spirit, notaccepting the narrow construction of any man or sect. The Dean closed with a glowing tribute to the illustrious dead. • Flattery is a sort of bad money, to which our vanity gives currency. For remainder of News see Fourth page .