The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1872.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 11, 12 January 1872, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1872.

Mining Shares . — Mr. H. J. L. Augarde quotes Doran's Shares at par {£5 paid). Business done this day. Mr. Saunders' Lecturk. —We remind our readers of the lecture to be given at the Provincial Hall by Mr. Saunders, this evening, iv aid of the funds of the Nelson Institute. The Missing Man. — No traces have yet been discovered of Benjamin Townson (not Richard Townsend as formerly reported) who recently left his house at. Bishopdale, while in an unsound state of mind. A search party were out the whole of yesterday but were unsuccessful in their endeavors to find the unfortunate man. Resident Magistrates Court. — Stevenson and M'Gloshan, lessees of the Dun Mountain Bus, sued W. H. Leech and R. Sowman, this morning, for the sum of £13 los.. being the amount of damage done by defendants to the Bus on New Year's Eve, together with the loss of custom entailed thereby. Mr. Fell appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr Acton Adams for the defendants, who were ordered to pay £4 55., and costs £3 18s. The Snir Queen Bee arrived at Wellington from London on Weduesday last, after a passage of 110 days.. Tiie London Markets. — In last night's Wellington Post we find the following uuder the head " Renter's latest telegram to Greville and Co," : — London, Dec. 10, There is an active demand ior Ntw Zealand preserved meat.?, which are iv favor with consumers. — The wheat market is firm. — Wool has risen a shade. — Tallow has improved in price, and the market is easier. Ship Sunk uy a Steamer. — The captain of the Cunard Royal mail steamer Java which arrived at New York, reported that on a Jate date whilst in mid ocean, the Java came into collision with the Norwegian barque Annita with great force. The Java was under steam when she struck the unfortunate barque; the latter going down so suddenly that only one man out of a crew of twelve escaped. Cjiristchurch. — At the diocesan synod which terminated its sittings on Wednesday, a resolution was passed expressive of sympathy with the Melauesian missionary staff iv the bereavement caused by the death of Bishop Putteson. An address was also agreed on to the Archbishop of Canterbury, praying his Grace to endeavor to secure the suppression of the so-called labor 'traffic. — The Opera is still so crowded that people are obliged to go there an bour-and-a-quarter before the performance commences, or they can scarcely procure seats. The Superintendent of Marlborough. — The Express, speaking of the exertions made by Mr. Seymour to ensure the construction of the Picton and Blenheim railway, says : — We feel that it is our bounden duty to place ou record the obligations the inhabitants of the province are under to his Honor Mr. Seymour for his indefatigable exertions and promptitude of action in connection with the railway question. For more than five months past we are aware that he has not been able to spend one week at his own home in consequence of his attention being required for public duties, aud iv this particular alone, did he possess no other good qualities, we believe that he will make a worthy successor to our late much-esteemed representative, W. H. Eyes, Esq., who has seconded his Honor's efforts and assisted him in every possible way to secure the successful prosecution of the Picton railway. The Rifleman. — The Wellington correspondent of the Hawkes Bay Herald, writing on the 12th ult., says: — The Luna came back this morning, after a lengthened and careful search for the schooner Rifleman, or some remains of her. She visited every nook, cranny, island and rock between Capes Farewell and Campbell $ crossed the Straits and intermediate shore, and found nothing. She only steamed during the day, and anchored from sunset to sunrise, so as to miss no chance of meeting with anything that could throw light ou the fate of the — I fear I must say — unfortunate vessel. Wherever driftwood was to be seen, a boat was lowered and it was examined. Every inlet or rock upon which survivors from a wreck could have been f*ast, she searched, and still nothing wus found that, could by any stretch of imagination even be supposed to lead fo a guess as to what had become of the Rifleman. Her fate, so far, is a mystery iuto which we have been unable to dive.