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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 20, 23 January 1872, Page 2

Mr. James McPhersox has resigned his seat in the House of Representatives as member for tho Waikato.

Wellington Regatta. — This regatta, which commenced yesterday, bad to be postponed until Wednesday on account of the stormy weather.

Sittings of the Supreme Court for the despatch of business under the "Divorce ami Matrimouial Causes Act, 1867," will be held at Wellington on January 23, April 16, August 5, and December 2. Murray's Great World Circus. — It will be seen {hat Mr. Murray's Circus, which comprises one of the best troupes that bas visited New Zealand, has arrived iu Nelson, and will perform for the first time on Thursday evening next, iu the paddock opposite the Miner's Arms in Hardy-street.

Sudden Death. — News reached town yestetday of the sudden death of Mr. C. T. Stafford, a wcll-kuown resident in Motueka. It appears that he had been ailing for some time, and was under medical treatment, and also that he had recently hurt his back, to which he was applying a liniment, composed of hartshorn and arnica. In the absence of Mrs. Stafford, he had got out of bed to take his medicine, instead of which he swallowed the liniment by raistake. He died a few houra later after suffering acute pain. Au icqaest was to be be held today.

Wangai'EKA — The Doran's Company commenced crushing on Thursday afternoon and intend washing up next Saturday. The wire tramway has been got into fair working order, anil wilh the addition of ten or twelve mora buckets will be able to keep the battery constantly supplied with stone. At present the machine can only be kept goiDg some ten hours a day, so that the first crushing will consist of about twenty tons ot quartz, and this, of course, whatever may be the results, roust not be (aken as si fair test of the value of the mine. The lower level hag bean opened and gold seen in the stone ; the prospects generally may therefore be taken as encouraging. The next three or four weeks will, if steadily devoted to crushing, enable the shareholders to form an estimate of the value of their property, aud so far as a superficial observer can judge there ia every prospect of a payable reef. The notice of the Warden that protection is to cease has had the effect of bringing back some parties to look after their claims, and on the first of next monih systematic prospecting is expected to begin. Much depends on the' result of the Doran's Reef crushings, as, if the results from that are at all encouragiog, there will be a hearty effort raado to test the other claims. Dull as times -are. some three or four new leaseholds have been applied for during"" the last month, and that is an encouraging fact. The discovery of a well defined lode of galena is reported, but the locality is kept secret. Tho discoverer iutends sendiug a quantity of the stuff to town for aualysis, and should this be favorable will form a company to work it. — Com.' municated.