The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1871.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 189, 11 August 1871, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1871.

Winter Evening Lectures. —We remind our readers of the lecture to be delivered this evening by Dr. Cotterell on "The Mechanism of the Human Skeleton." The Government steamer Luua arrived in harbor this morning having nearly all the Auckland aud Taranaki members on board. She sails for Picton aud Wellington at 5 o'clock to-morrow morning. Mails for the South, it will be seen, close at 8 o'clock this evening. Supreme Court. —The case of Connal v. James has occupied the Court the whole of yesterday afternoon and this morning. The case for the plaintiff had just closed when we went to press, which we bave done at an earlier hour than usual to-day, in order to place our readers in possession of the' European news by the Suez mail as soon as possible. The "Anglo-Australian in Londou" gay S : —•« Iv my noiice of the Royal Academy last mouth, I omitted to mention a very effective painting by J. Gully, of 'Mount Cook and the Southern Alps of New Zealand. 1" Thames Goldfields. —Oo Saturday night there were in the Bank to the credit of the Caledonian Compauy, 13,558 ounces of melted gold,and on Tuesday specimeus were still beiDg taken out of the winze, anl six cwt. of specimen stuff was on hand. —The Moanatairi had obtained 441 ounces for the fortnight from 220 tons of stoue. —Tbe Twenty-third of June, has yielded 441 ozs. from 30 tons of stone. —The following hxq the latest quotations : —Caledonian £175 ; Thames £35 ; Tookey £35 ; Golden Calf £2 10s.