The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1872.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 209, 2 September 1872, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1872.

■ Supreme Court.'— An advertisement appears* in our' columns stating that the jurbrs*#bo* werVsummone'dfdr the Civil' Sittings to-.morrow need not attend, the reason, we understand, being that the only case set down for hearing has been settled out of Court. •.. £ -\ ; : . .; "' v■. ; A -Private Letter from Wellington says that if the assertions or hopes of the respective supporters of Mr. Fox and Mr. StajfoH arp to be fulfilled, there rn.ust.be a speedy increase to the number of representatives, as each side confidently states that it is sure of 45 votes out of a House consisting at present of bnly'7B members. ; Statistics.— The imports at the several ports of Neiw Zealand during the quarter ending; June, 30,. 1872, amounted to £1,028,630 against £819,601 in the corresponding quarter of the previous year. The value of the exports for the same quarter in the present year was £1,237,740, and for the same period in 1871, £1,296,993. At the port of NelsoD, the imports for the quarter referred to of the present year were £55,391; of last year, £2,2,728; the; exports, from 31st March to 30th June, 1872, £21,814; for the corresponding period of 1871, £14,213. : Wellington Regatta.— We have to acknowledge the, receipt from the Secretary of the programme of the regatta to /be; held, in Wellington; harbor about the end of February next. The principal • items are as follows : — Intercolonial and interprovincial four-oared race, open to all comers. Three miles. First prize, £150, second prize, £10 10s. Five-oared wb.aleboat race, open to all comers. Five miles." First prize, £75. BoatS'to -carry a .complete set of whaling: gear. Five-oared inrigged gigs, open to all comers. Three miles. First prize, £50. ' Fair-bared race, open to, all comers. Two miles. .First Prize;' £20. Sculler's race, open to all comers. Two miles. First prize, £20. We hope to see Nelson well represented at the coming contest, and shall ie happy to furnish intending competitors with all such further particulars as are' supplied by the published programme. ! Resident Magistrates' Court. — On Saturday last R. K. Turner sued Thomas Brown before the' Resident Magistrate for ±30, being the alleged value of a horse that ,waa; drowned when in defendant's charge in November, 1866.— Mr. Acton Adams appeared. for the plaintiff, and Mr. Fell for, the. defendant.^— The horse, it appears, was made ; over to the defendant to take to Havelock for plaintiff's daughter. who was in service at Leo's, and wished to return to Nelson. In crossing the Wakamarina the horse, which the plaintiff said was then worth £100, and, at he present value, of horseflesh, about £30, was drowned, and he now sued for the ansotint 'claimed.— The Resident Magistrate, Jn giving judgment, said that he considered the defendant had exercised such due and reasonable care as was necessary, and (hat the evidence did not support the ' allegation of a guarantee ' having been given . Plaintiff was nonsuited with costs, £7 3s. ' .! | Mustering the Forces. — The receipt of the, news4n, Wellington of; |he election of Mr. iNrfmie, . a,' Government supporter, j fpr Cavershanij ' happened % a, strange cioincjdepce .tQ be simultaneous with the- hj discovery that« i urgent public business required the Luna ! f to be despajiched; ; to^Foft {Chalmers jinthout de- ] liyf ,\>\ii\»ai to relate, the weather was so, had that she wag unable to cross the f Straits. Tfcf . jg?i< of Saturday: says j^"The Luna returned; to pori; r tp : dajr, after! an effectual Attempt to stem the southerly gale in quest of a vote for the Minis try. Captain Fairchild's s&illjand intrepidity are too well known to admit s of ; that ..heip^rsjue^ed^asjar as he coosidered coning -pifttLble with prudence, but "the gods l are -iftindMsqfrrigfefc' »ndJ wrppjfttf y* WfoPfl Represent Opposition get inte /pbwer, they 'mil be able to adopt -the- motto inscribed upon the medaJkifctfuek ;to commemorate tka dpfeat of the Armada;- "He blew with shis^i^ri^^^e'BC^t^d^^'^-^--' j j Tv& Southern Cro^st9,yß tiinf the fnnes ' and ;PTincefis «fi Wales Intec'd makiog the - tour of Australia jandiNewZeahnd. ■ ■/■< |-j : '^;;-'FiTZHEßßl^s|S^B|;pHi, which is; "Bpofceii :pij^Msaj& moi|tg MsterljfVlSnd^ e _tateßmafcß&e'- i a^

NfeARLt aHiileTolunteer corps In. Wellington &ha^ve or&vtded themselves with v N||nff#i ' *ff| , .plniixisiEN,TAßf,|pisinesß-haß beenjacj! cumulating during the progress of the debate, as is shown by the fact that on Friday last there were no less than 58 orders of the day upon the, Paper. •,/•.'! ( ■ ■ •,'. ,; ■■ i/■ •• ■ ■'■ / c Dr Palet, the Inspector of 1 Lunatic Asylums in Victoria, is now in Wellington, having come to New Zealand at the request of the General Government to inspect and report upon the lunatic Asylums of, this colony. : A.N, Auckland, telegram in a West Coast, paper says ; that Caradra^ Bryan, a miner,' bad swallowed eoine rat poison and was dangerously ill. He - says he took it accidentally, but his wife says it was done wilfully; - ,:: i A. Cottage belonging to a man rifriried Mitchell, near Blenheim, took fire at midnight on Saturday. The mother, succeeded in saving three of her children, but was unable to rescue the fourth, who was burnt to death. * The Otago . Times learns with much pleasure that an order for several pieces of Mosgiel tweed and Mosgiel plaidings has been received from Britain; and also that a Glasgow, bouse sent for patterns, which were despatched by the last mail. The Postmaster-General announced in the House on Wednesday last that the following^ postal arrangements had been made:— The Nevada arrived at Auckland, and the Ransritoto at the West Coast that morning. The Nevada's mail Will bo brought down either • by that vessel or someiother, and will arrive here on Saturdayi 'The Rarigitoto will arrive here the same day, and will take on the mail, staying at each port twenty-four hours, bo as to allow time for answering letters. -From Port Chalmers.the RangitOto wiirproceed to Melbourne in time to catch - the; Suez mail. This service will cost £300, which Mr. Webb's agent will pay, irrespective of penalties for <the nonfulfilment of contract. Murder on the West Coast - — In of a report which reached Reefton on Wednesday last, connecting foul ; play with the disappearance of Costello, Constables „ Jeffries and Temperjey proceeded* to Boatman's on Thursdayimdroing,' ami Examined a 'man named Martin « Mulling ( s The latter's statement was that himself and a roan named Yorkey had been drinking a few days,'and whengettiDg over their debauch, a conversation easued/aboufc dying, when Yorkey remarked that he should like to die with him (Martin). The latter asked Yorliey whafc he mean*, >nd he then dis--closed the' fact of his having jointly with another man murdered Costello and buried the body in Boatman's . Creek. ' The following niornirig Ybrlsey desired Martin not to reveal what bad been told him, as it was all nonsense j but he replied that he had already made it public, and that Yorkey; must clear himself as he best could. Yorkey, it, is said, has in the .meantime cleared out to Westport. Volunteering, in annual report of the Inspector of Militia and Volunteers has, recently been published,; in which/Wderahe' heading of *• Province of Nelson," we find the following: — "During the last year the Artillery corps has been disbanded, leaving only? two companies of Rifles in the Provinpe-~on| in the town, and the other- at Wainiea — amounting to eighty-two men. Ag,.,' mentioned in my report of last year, the Volunteer movement has,been .declining for, some time in this Previbde/theiiumbe'rs gradually being reduced to the present jstrengih. .The City; Rifles are now "composed 6f youifg who have'lately joined; and appear desirous of restoring the company to its former state., .I.ani led to believe, that th^re ia 'some' chance "of /Eeorganizing this corps,* as severaj of "its pre/ent. meqeibera were origipalj^ ; ; „, The . Wiaimea Company^ is'"" small, ' but improving." /Attached r to the* report. ..'is ..o , com-^ paratiye : statenieni;, !of the, strength of the force on March 3lsfc, Island on the same date jn the preriQtts year. In the v whole colony jihe^e fwere, on : previous date, 8,042 ' $1 all ranks^ a|ainat 5,91 5 ii 1S71; but in the Middlelslaad, the numbers had fallen off within the iwel?s" months front ; 2^90 tb ; 2;Otf4, of which number Otago furnished I ' l-008, and Canterbury 566. The Nelson- force had decreased <trsmis§l 4bv§griu <;h,e peiiiidd^^il^'lop^in^^eV^the^B^^s^r^^ ' year we | n# 4' t&f f ;lt >\ propbß^,a the sum of x3l s^^in^keepi^g^ ouir^eig^ty*-two J men up to tbe mark, so tbaCk can scarcely ? be said, thaj;, thei^ scry. ices are, very , cheaply.; pijrc|!aje;a*UQvir^n4j'9?e^^^ "vplqn^j^j^iliifibig^yp^ : to) securing#tt:;Byß,^mjioi-lr.e^ular l ;driilpor/. .the /-pj&piteHß«v:^irt^^gSW&'gi^ifel^^^«|alt^ ;'iri^ie : ye J rj^#^ ' aohiev A ea. .jj^it^ga^yv,^ p^vfflw^lf ?s*s-. .i^fl^jr ••;■. pijoadsjposltion fo^N^onWi^ able to saj thai elwhaßfß2i|inen^

each of whom^perhaps, * attend!' pn &Q > vSf&f f SSf^V'Jte in l h !^ r > but foftfl pra|tica|use|t|iieß3^e:;|oDnot but thmlc§th4t^f, insleaiflof^inairitainmg an army^bF l«6& exceedingly lraite 5 ! vprpportiona, we were to provide 'aa^hour or two's drill per week for the, couple of thousand children in attendance at the government schools, the money would be far more judiciously and profitably invested. : The Stafford Town correspondent of the West Coast Tirties says that as a proof of the faith which miners have in ground in Callaghan's .Gully, Waiaiea, there may.be mentioned the case of the Enterprise Company (Hamilton and* , party), who commenced operations ia tunnelling in October, 1870, and continued until April, 1872, by which time they had, driven their tunnel 2300 ft. They then struck payable washdirt- on a rise 30ft above the drive, but owing to the

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waajibf funde they had to suspend operatiooilf Tbeyfhave now made a call of £15 a share, aDd intend importing iron rails and tracks from Victoria, when, with the aid ;of J a horse, they will be able to work with despatch. They have succeeded in securing a special claim of six acres, the most of which they believe will be payable, as the prospects obtained are quite satisfactory. There is no doubt that success is, at all events, Well deserved by the Enterprise Company. On Sunday evening last, a melancholy accident took place below the Lyell Junction, resulting in the death by drowning of Boseno Zala and James Edmondson, both residents of the Lyell. Zala was a cousin of the prospector of the same name who opened the now famous reef in that district.; The accident, according to the report in the Inangahum Herald t occurred by the canoe being swamped on the rip of the fall, and it adds greatly to the distressing affliction that one at least, if not both lives would have been saved had a boat been available. On the intelligence reaching Antonio Zala at the reef on Sunday evening, all the workmen in the Alpine Company volunteered to search for the bodies, but np to Tuesday morning their effosts had been unsuccessful. The deceased Zala leaves a wife and children in Europe. Edmondson is well known on the Coast, haying been in the employ of Mr. M'Beath, draper, Hokitika, and Messrs. Thomas and M'Beath, Charleston. His friends are resident in Lancashire. — G. B. Argus, August 26. Journalistic Amenities. — Whatever objections may be raised upon general grounds to the manner in which Parisian party journalists occasionally refer to each other, it cannot be denied that their observations have, as a rule, the merit of simplicity, directness, and brevity. For example, it having come to the knowledge of the Emancipation that M. Paul de Cassagnac wore the red ribbon of the Legion of Honor, the editor inserted in his leading columns the following bland inquiry :— ** Can Paul de Caisagnao inform us what notable services he has rendered that, at the age of twenty-six, he should wear the ribbon which is glorious only for those who have merited it ? " Whereto M. de Cassagnac thus responds in the last number of his journal : — " With pleasure, citizen. Iwas made a chevalier of the Legion of Honor for having caused to bite the dust three rascals of your band — Bochfort, Elourens, and Lissagaray. It rests solely with you to give me hereafter a title to the rosette of officer."— JW£ Mall Gazette. Speaking of the proposed.lnternational Boat Race at Sydney, in 1873, the Sydney Morning Herald says : — " The committee of the Balmain Regatta have decided upon transmitting invitations by the mail, through the hon. secretaries of the London Bowing Club, and of the •Atalanta Bowing Club, New York, to the oarsmen of Great Britain and of the United States to send representative crews to take part in a grand International Gig Bace, to come off on or about the 9th November, 1 873, in Sydney harbor. The committee guarantee a prize of Australian trophies of the value of £200 sterling, and to give a cheque for £500 toward the expenses of an English amateur crew, and the same amount in aid of the expenses of a crew from the United States. If these spirited proposals should lead to the appearance amongst us of picked crews from the two countries to compete with the champions of the several colonies, the event would be indeed a red-letter day in our aquatic Calendar, and they would, it is needless to say, receive an enthusiastic welcome.* 1 ; Peace hath her victories, &c. One of the most triumphant examples of the subjugation of inert matter by good machinery and' economical management I noticed, the other day, in the prosaic-looking . re«. . port of a mining company. It is this:— The Llanberris Co., at Ballarat, has lately crushed 3,000 tons of quirts, averaging only 2dwt 4fgrf. per ton, and made a profit of £150. There is no credit in achieving splendid results trom rich quartz, but the example of what may bo achieved with poor stone ought to be quite as valuable to the colony as ft poetic deliverance \ teeming with splendid generalities and vague afieipations. Fbom penny- a -lining some literary men have reacted halfpenny-a-wording. Mr George A. Sala, according to the " Printers Begiater," made a curious contract for writing the "Thanksgiving Number"of toe "Graphic." He was^ to put together 37,000 words, snd to be paid for his task at the rate of a half-penny a word. It is asserted that upwards of 6 •■' ■ qo wu^ ojf ; »^il>i^?Xoo^^C JP*. . ft' '"«fa rebe supposed^more ; esproiail^ to : f pape£ capital. Mr Sala hi^ a he»^^ form; he had something like a volume to |§i§jj^;i^^

Three Californian mining companies recenfly paid a million dollars in dividends in « single month. Air Englishman has invented a process by which ale, porter, or brown stout may be made in a solid form, and dissolved like yeast cake, when wanted for use. " Johnny, where is your pa ? " "Gone fishing, sir." "He was fishing yesterday, was he not?" "Yes, sir." "What did he catch?" "One catfish, the rheumatism, two eels, the toothache, and some little ones. Ma says he will catch fits to-day ; just wait till he gets home." One of these terrible fellows whose heads bristle with statistics, has been | reckoning up the probable outcome of the wool clip, and its financial effect. He estimates the value of the wool of Victorian sheepownerß at five million pounds sterling And he says that with the reduction in working expenses through fencing, and the previous paying off of advances, the squatting payments won't exceed half the amount just named. In other words, he reckons that the pastoral princes will have two millions and a half of money eeeking investment. Into what is this money to go? Investments are high-priced already. What will they be three months hence ? The anomaly of excessive accumulation of capital and deficient population will soon force itself upon public attention. Meantime, the prevalent complaint on 'Change is of excessive dullness in nearly every department of commerce.— Australatian. Kisses. — Kisses admit of a greater variety of character than perhaps even my female readers are aware, or than Joannes Secundus has recorded. Eight diversities are mentioned in Scripture, vis :— The kiss of salutation, Samuel xx.,41 ; of valediction, Ruth ii., 9; of reconciliation, 2 Samuel xiv., 33 ; of subjection, Psalm ii., 12 ;of approbation, Proverbs ii., 4 ; of adoration, i Kings xix., 18 ; of treachery, Matthew, xxvi 49 ; and of affection, Genesis xiv., 15. But the most honorable kiss, both to the giver, and receiver, was that which Queen Margaret of France, in the presence of the whole court, impressed upon the lips of the ugliest man in the kingdom, Alian Cbartier, whom she one day found asleep, exclaiming to he? astonished attendants—" I do not kiss the man, but the mouth that has uttered so many charming things." Ah ! it was Worth while to be a poet in those days.— Tin Trumpet. Forensic Endurance :-— The Barrow Times says that the speech of Sir John Coleridge in the Tichborne case occupied 140 hours, and is perhaps the longest speech on record. It is true that Burkes speech in the Warren Hastings trial (the whole of which lasted 148 days), has been oftentimes quoted as a specimen of forensic endurance, but it lasted only a little more than three days, merely a ninth part of the time occupied by the Attorney-General. Brougham's speech on behalf of Queen Caroline, Lord .Campbell's charge in the case of Palmer, and Lord Hops in the case of Madeline Smith occupied from seven to nine hours each. If average rate be calculated, then Sir John Coleridge must have spoken at the rate of 20 of our columns per diem of closely printed matter Now 26 days' speaking give S2O ordinary newspaper columns, containing as near as may be, 112,000 lines— about 1,000,000 words. If these 520 columns were stretched out end, to end they would measure nearly 780 feet, and were the lines extended in the same way they would roesaiire about a mile and three-quarters. Taking each of the 520 columns at an average weight of 18 pounds, then the required weight of type would approximately be 9,360 pounds, or 40 tons or 40 pounds. South Africa. — If progress in horseracing is to be accepted as evidence of growth in civilisation, the South African diamond .fields are making most' satisfactory advance., The Natal Mercury absolutely glows over the task of recording the recent brilliant turf meeting on the Vanl River, which formed "the climax of dianuntine excitement,'.' The races were not scratch or hurriedly arranged events, but were completely organised on a regular programme, and the principal event, the Diamond Field Plate, was for a prize of £300. The course was attended by crowds of spectators, who were counted by tens of thousands. There was a < spacious grand stand, a well-kept; course, policemen to keep order, ' crowds of vehicles, gambling tables, at which fortunes, were, lost and won. The receipts for admission to the ■ stand amounted to £595. The spectators belonged to many races, and iveam^fro^ lands. There was a doinplete Babel of tonguee, ; ; but ■midat the great excitement of the ' occasion , order •: ,wa% ; well preserved. Altogether the accounts give a euripus picture of the^ great Derby Day^in ine 1 wilde of savage Africa, in; a^istant wilderness which only three years ago was unknown land,; except to a few hunters or curyj ■** let no one despair of South - Africa^: V /H ,v y* ft>-