The Nelson Evening Mail WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1871.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 85, 12 April 1871, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1871.

The Bishop of Nelson and Mrs Suter arrived from Dunedia last night, having accomplished the journey from Nelson to Otago and back overland. Accident. — We regret to state that an accident occurred on the course to-day to Mr. J. Taylor, who, in walking out of the gate, slipped and fell, owing to the slippery state of the ground, and broke the wo boues of his left leg below the knee. i; , Culliford Mine. — We hear very encouraging accounts from chance visitors to this mine, of the richness of the stone as visible in the various drives, and also of the promising appearance of the plates from the quartz that ia now being put through the battery, although it is known to be but of very indifferent quality as compared with that which is Nrea^y for crushing so soon as the present heap of stuff is got rid of. The intense coldness of the water is said to be a drawback to the successful working of the amalgamating powers, and it is suggested that it will have to be heated before any really satisfactory results can be obtained. | Novelty for Nelson. — In our advertising columns to-day will be seen an advertisment of a novel kind, at least for Nelson, in the shape of a sale on. Saturday next, by Mr. Mabin, of fresh beef in small family joirts, by auction. The, advertisment states the beef will be prime and tender, and from one of the best stockrearing farmers in the province, and we are informed that the owners have adopted this course of disposing of their fat cattle in preference to selling to butchers, and intend having frequent sales should they find them encouraged. In some of the other provinces these sales, we believe, are held regularly every Saturday, and are well patronised. \ -\ Government Appointments.— One of the first duties of the Assembly (says a contemporary) should be to institute a rigid scrutiny into the numerous appointments made by the present Government. Any investigation must necessarily meet with the most determined opposition, from the fact that many members, having benefitted by the lavish expenditure of the Government, are directly interested iv the continuance of the present state of affairs. It is the presence of this objectionable, and, we had almost said, predominant feature in the Colonial Parliament that would either embarrass the efforts of a conscientious Minisfry, or furnish to one less scrupulous, the ready means of securing a continuance in o^ice. A thorough investigation will show how largely the Government have availed themselves of this method of gaining political adherents. — Wanganui Chronicle. Parish of Christ CHURCS,—-The annual meeting of the parishioners of Christ Church was held at the Bishop's Schoolroom last evening, and was well attended. The chair having been taken by the Rev. G. H. Johnstone, the business of the evening commenced with the election of officers, when Dr. Scaly was reappointed Minister's, and Mr. Blundell elec- ' ted the parishioners', churchwarden, vice Mr. Acton Adams, resigned. The following gentlemen were elected vestrymen for the ensuing year : — Messrs Pitt, J. Smith, Wright, Greenwood, C. Hunter Brown, Scaife, Mabin, Lee, Fell, aud Acton Adams. Messrs. Sharp and Wigzell were appointed auditors. The balance sheet was then read, which showed a deficit in the actual receipts, as compared with the expenditure, of £21, against which, however, there was a set-off of over £60of unpaid pewrents, thelargerporion of which, it was fully expected, would be at once paid in on its being known that the money was really needed to meet the the current expenses. A vote of thanks to the chairman, and the churchwardens, whose term of office had just expired, closed the proceedings. Nelson School Society. — The twenty-seventh anniversary of this Society was celebrated at the Bridge Street Schoolrooms, yesterday, and maintained its well-merited and long sustained character for liberality and painstaking excellence in the arrangements connected with the tea table both as it regards the children who were abundantly supplied and the public who subsequently thoroughly appreciated an almost sumptuouß repast* The evening was very

pleasantly, and, may we not add, profitably passed in listening to some of the best pieces of our poets, none the less welcome from the fact of their being selected by their youthful reciters, their own special choice. The singing was unexceptionably excellent, and the hymns from modern authors. Much pains has evidently been taken by the teachers and children in this by no means unimportant part of Sabbath School work. The addresses from tho Rev. J. Watkin, Messrs. I. M. Hill, J. Hooper, and others, were listened to with great interest,' and the very feeling maimer in which the chairman, Mr. Wakefield, urged the deep necessity of a free public library, the excellent effect ef which in other towns he bore witness to, met with a hearty response from his auditors. The meeting closed by a unanimous call on the superintendent, a loug-fcried friend of the youth of this colony to receive the congratulations he so richly deserves. May both the School and himself celebrate many more reunions. We heartily wish them every prosperity. TheJßeport, for waut of space, is omitted tQ-day, but will be published in full to-morrow. Miss Edith Paljierstojt. — A very charming"' entertaiumsnt was given last nijjht by this lady, assisted by Mr. Alexander and Mr. Pownall, to a moderately good audience at the Oddfellows' Hall. We have frequently heard of Miss Palmerston's acting, but have never before had the pleasure of wituessiug it, and we are now able to say from personal observation that the press in the other provinces has not exaggerated her talents as a most pleasing aud versatile actress. We were unable to remain in the house during the whole of the performance, but in two or three characters she personated whilst we were present, there was quite sufficient to show that she was thoroughly au fait at her work. One of them, Molly Doolan, a decidedly Irish young lady, as the name imports, was particularly fascinating, and we hardly know whether we liked her best as the wicked little coquette who " wouldn't on no account allow a sthranger shpake to her unless she was acquainted with him befoor," or as the enraged vixin who was des : rous of imparting to the rather soft young man, for whom she professed a partiality, "just the shmallest taste of Donuybrook Fair." Again, as Miss Snowdrop, with a multiplicity of Christian names, who thought it must be '•' so jolly to be in love," her simpering and affected manner was inimitable, and we question whether Zelica was more^ taken by surprise when the • veiled Prophet of Khorassan lifted his mask, than was last night's audience' when Miss Snowdrop, at the urgent request of her lover, raised her veil, and displayed — well, we decline to say what her features were like, but would advise all our readers to go to the Hall tonight aud see raf themselves. We can promise them a really excellent entertainment, and plenty of good, hearty laughter. Sport. — The Australasian of March 16, says — Sportsmen in these colonies should make a note of this. A club of gentlemen in New York have purchased 12,000 acres of land, containing the necessary requisites of stream, lake, uplaud, lowland, and forest, at Blooming-grove, in the extreme north-eastern portiou of the State of Pensylvania, within four and a half hours' ride of New York by railway, and it is the intention or the association to sock aud protect the estate as a game p.eserve and hunting ground,k q the Forest of Fontainbleau, or thqfs of the Grand Duchy of Baden. A commodious hotel is to be erected for t" K accommodation of members and their (amilies, and it is expected that deer-stalking and fly-fish-ing will become popular among inauy of the ladies of New York who now dissipate their time and energies io dawdling and dressing three times a day at a fashionable watering-place during the season. The animals now found upon the lands include the black bear, wild cat, otter, minx, fox, opossum,and deer, together with several varieties of squirrel aud rabbit, while the varities of game bird embrace the woodcock, ruffed grouse, quail, duck, and pigeon. The lakes, eight in number, are already well stocked with fish of different kinds, and in the larger sheet of water, which is nearly three miles in circumference, a large number of black bass have been placed. Piscatorial works have been established, from which trout and other fish can be bred by millions, ,aod turned into the lakes and streams, keeping them always well stocked. The different varieties of game will be bred in large numbers, in enclosures adapted to the purpose, and the young, as soon as they are able to take care of themselves, will be turned into the main park. In winter, fishing through the ice, with rabbit shooting and huntiDg fur-bearing animals, will prove great attractions to sportsmen, and sport of some kind will be provided the year round. Why is a person chained in prison likely to escape?— Because he's insecure (in secure).