The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1873.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 211, 2 September 1873, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1873.

Richmond Cattle Fair. — We remind our readers tint the next quarterly fair will be held at Richmond to-morrow.

Volunteers.— The monthly inspection parade of the Nelson City Rifles, and Artillery corps will be held in the Drill Shed to-morrow evening.

Mbs Palmer's Concert. — Mrs Palmer was more fortunate in the weather fast night, and consequently had a very fair audience, notwithstanding the attractions that were offered in another place. The concert was an exceedingly pleasant one, and was brought to a clo9e with the sparkling little burletta the Haunted Mill, which was capitally acted by local amateurs. . Fire Clay. — A good deal of inconvenience having been caused here by the want of good fire clay, the Provincial Secretary telegraphed on Saturday to the clerk of the Brunner Mine, where this commodity is known to exist in large quantities, requesting him to send a ton of it up to the Industrial Committee in Nelson for distribution, in order that its quality may be tested. The Late Libel Case. — In the Marlhorougk Express of Wednesday last, we find the following Nelson telegram : — *' Public feeling here is apparently in favor of Eyes." For the credit of Nelson it may be as well that this impression should be removed. The general opinion is that the jury arrived at a most righteous verdict. The Wellington Post of Friday last says that the inquest on the body of Robert Wolfendon, who died suddenly in the Crown and Anchor Inn yesterday, was held at the Morgue this afternoon. Dr. Harding, who had made a post mortem examination, gave evidence, showing that death had resulted from pulmonary apoplexy. A verdict of death from natural causes was returned. La Petite Amt. — This accomplished little actress made her first appearance before a Nelson audience last night, and has no reason to be dissatisfied with the impression she has left on the minds of those who saw her acting. As Prince Arthur in the well-known interview scene from King John she was perfect, Mr Thornton making an excellent Hubert, and as Portia and Sbylock respectively, in the Merchant of Venice they performed admirably. In the eecond port the little " queen " showed to great advantage in the ballet song and dance, as well as in the sailor's hornpipe. There were also comic songs and recitations by Mr Thornton and a gentleman amateur, and these were followed by the laughable farce Out to Nurse, which was acted with great spirit, and sent the audience home in a thoroughly good humor, and well pleased with the evening's entertainment.

Specimens of iron sand from Stewart's Island have been tested by Dr Black, and have yielded three per cent, more pure metal than the Taranaki eand. The Olago Daily Times states that the anxiety of storekeepers to be posted up in tariff charges has been the cause of much annoyance to Custom-house officers lately. It is also stated that a person closed his shop for a week, so great was his perplexity as to what price he should place on his goods. The Melbourne Age understands that there will be no delay in the settlement of claims arising out of the loss of the Rangitotq. The Southern Insurance Company, which is the most largely interested, will meet all engagements, amounting to £15,000 next week. The late fresh in the river Buller, says the Westport Tirhes, has given other proof that the proposed protective works, to be of any possible good, must be commenced at once. Tons upon tons of solid earth have been carried away from Faking-ton-street upwards, and a bay is now being formed in the bank, trending unmistakeably towards Palmers ton street.

A Dunedin telegram dated 29th August says.* — Captains Baldwin and Howden, two of the directors of the National Insurance Company, proceed North in the first steamer to visit the various provinces. 50,000 shares have been applied for in Dunedin alone. Captain Baldwin has resigned his appointment in ' the Civil Service.

The Inangahua Herald of the 23rd saya : — The last instalment of a sum nearly reaching £5000, the cost of machinery and erecting same, was paid to Messrs Finlay, Haworth and Co. by the Anderson Creek Gold-mining Company on the 15th instant. With the exception of a email overdraft at the Bank the company is now free from all liability, and the shareholders have every prospect of receiving in future regular dividends. The actual yield of melted gold from the last crushing of 500 tons in Anderson's was 4660zs 12dwfs, -which realised the high figure of £3 18s 9d per ounce.

For remainder qf news see fourth page.

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The Lyttelton Times states that Mr J. A. Bird has received from Sydney some brown wrapping and royal hand papers, together with some grey paper bags, worth 4d per lb. in Cbristchurcb, the paper being worth 3sd per lb., manufactured from phormium tow. The tow was exported from Ghristchurch by Mr Bird, and bas been manufactured by the Sydney Paper-making Company. An Auckland paper saye ;— A rare curiosity has just arrived from the Fijis, and will be exhibited for a short time at the British hotel; namely, the crown of the venerable Thakambau, King of the Fijis. As a work of art from ' the hands of the Fijians it is very remarkable, It is skilfully woven with card-board, ribbons, and red berries, resembling 'those of the English holly, and ib a wonderful specimen of native ingenuity. It will be remembered that when the Kangitoto was wrecked, it was stated positively that all the mails were saved. It now appears that this was not true, The Melbourne Age, of the 13 inst, says that by advices received at the Melbourne Post Office, the bulk of the mails from Melbourne, for New Zealand, per Bangitoto, have been recovered from the wreck. The following, however, are missing : — Mails for Picton, Invercargill, Campbelltown, WeHington. Letters contained in the mail fer the last place must have been posted in Melbourne after 11.45 a.m. Mails also are missing from Sandridge for Dunedin and Wellington, and the mail from Williamstown for Dunedin. — Post. All bachelors are not entirely lost to the refinement of sentiment, for the following toast was lately given by one of them at a public dinner t — " The ladies, sweetbriers in the garden of life/ The storm signal system has been reduced to such a nice point in England, that when the storm ball is run up at Greenwich, it is telegraphed to every port in the Kingdom. Any vessel that leaves the port after the ball is up for bad weather, forfeits its insurance in case of mishap. When the Legislative Assembly at Cape town were in committee en the University Bill, on the 29 tb May some discussion arose whether "an university " or " a university " was grammatically correct. On the motion for substituting " a university" wherever "an university" occurred, a division was called. — Ayes, 10; Noes 28. A company has been formed at Port Darwin to start a newspaper, but in the meantime, a manuscript journal haß been issued, under the title of the Palmerslon Free Press. It consists of one sheet of quarto letter paper,- with a half-sheet supplement, and is sold at one shilling per number. The second number contains leading article, paragraphs, letters, advertisements, telegrams, &c. The editor, in his appeal to the public, says : — " We are prepared to stand or fall by their decision ; if favorable, we will soar triumphant 'neath ethereal skies till the crack of doom. If we fail, we are content to abide by the issue, and throw ourselves, as Curtius in the Soman Forum did of old, into the fathomless abyss and yawning chasm of obscurity, there to meet with the fate we deserve for our presumption — locked from the world by bolts freshly forged from the hands of Vulcans and guarded by the treble-headed dog Cerberus, in the nethermost recesses of Hades." That's not bad for Port Darwin. Judge Barry is being severely handled by the Victorian Press for his extraordinary decisions : — The Daily Telegraph says: — " He had to sentence an old scoundrel at Sandhurst who was found guilty of criminally assaulting two little girls of tender years, and in doing so, his Honor distinctly stated that he would pass a comparatively short sentence on him, in order that he might have the opportunity of regaining his place in society. He (the judge) 'hoped' that he (tbe prisoner) would be able to do so; and so one of tbe vilest old reprobates ever brought before a court of justice went to gaol literally ' unwhipped of justice/ and with the best wishes of the judge who sentenced him. It has been asked by the Press why the cat was kept from his back, but those who are curious on that point bsve only to bear in mind Judge Barry's solicitude for the man's reappearance in society; for though his Honor saw no impediment in the way of his getting over the disgrace of ruining two children, he may possibly have considered that being flogged by the hangman would be a perpetual brand. He sentenced him to two years* imprisonment for contaminating one child, and to twenty months for assaulting the other, and the same day he sent a man to prison for six years for stealing a blanket. Two other men had robbed come orphans of neatly £4000, they having been left guardians to the children and their property by the father, These men tvere sentenced to three years each, while a legal manager who appropriated £4 3s 4d was imprisoned to six years. These are briefly tbe facts of the cases, and they afford a remarkable illustration of how one man can and does ride roughshod over the best interests of society, simply because he is a judge in the land, and is popularly supposed to be invested with some heaven-given right to do as he likes.