PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 24, 28 January 1874, Page 2

PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.

This Day. The CouDcil met at half-past two in accordance with o resolution to that i effect passed yesterday, but on as- j sembling a general desire was evinced not to proceed with any but the purely ; formal business that appeared on the j Notice Paper. A resolution to this I effect was carried on the motion of Mr I Parker.— -A Petitions Committee was : appointed consisting of Messrs Gibbs, Rout, Tarrant, Corbett, Ivess, and the Provincial Secretary. A Bill to< amend the law relating to. the sale of; alc'oU'biic liquors was read' the first time oo the motion of the Provincial: Solicitor. Ordered to be read the j second time on Wednesday. — On the) motion of Mr Parker it was resolved, 1 , " That the Superintendent be r requested j to furnish tbe CounciL with_.fiftpies of the conditions under which the subsidy^ is given to the steamboat Lady Barkly;; also copies of the terms and conditionsj under which the Motueka ;r wharf,, is let. — On the motion of Mr' SniWp it was resolved, "That the Superintendent be requested ; tp, ? furnish the Council with a return of all sums received from the Amuri for sheep assessment from |the ls^.Jaunary, 1873, to date;' also, a return of all sums received! within the same date from the Amuri as fines under the Scab Act."— Mr Tarrant moved for the appointment of a Select Committee to prepare a reply to the Superintendent's address.! Mr Ivess thought it was perfectly unnecttsmry, and that it was high time such an attempt at mock royalty was abandoned. He moved as anj amendment, " 'JQhat this Council thank His Honor for his address and -assure him that the matters therein contained shall receive their earnest attention. This was seconded by Mr Wastney and agreed to.— The Council then adjourned until 7 o'clock this evening, when Mr Guinness .will move the Responsible Government resolution.

The A. E Eleven in Australia. — The following, which was not forwarded to us among the AustraMan telegrams by. the Albion, is dated Melbourne January 16 : — The English cricketers have been faring badly at the hands of the Colonial players. They have been shamefully beaten in the first match in one innings; the second was a draw; in the third they were beaten by a trial team ly. ten wickets At Stawell the match was concluded in two days, and the numler of wickels lowered in the time is unparalleled in the history of Australian cricketing. The first innings of the English closed for 43, the Stawell twenty-two making 71. The English eleven, second innings, 90, leaving Stawell 64 to get, which was obtained with a loss of eleven wickets. G. F. Grace got 30; Southerton, 15; W. G. Grace, 14; and Oscroff, 33 In a siugle wicket match, six English professionals scored 2; Stawell, 29. In the Warnambool match, the trial twenty-two scored 69; in the first inniDgs the English scored 104, Jupp rraking a splendid score of 58, nnd not out. Five of the English players were credited with ducks eggs. The second inningß of the Warnambool team was 51. Tne English eleven .won by nine wickets.

A burglary in Dunedin is (cays tl c 5 Guardian) a rare thing, and when the capture of the culprit is mainly owing to the courage of a lady, increased interest is felt in the particulars of the case. They are these :— On Monday evening the premises of the Hon. James Patersou, situated at the corner of Alva and High streets were properly secured os usual. At about two o'clock on Tuesday morniug, the servant girl was woke by a girl in or near her bedroom. Id reply to her inquiry, " Who's there?" a. man answered, " Hold your noise, or I'll shoot you." The girl then screamed ; and, on hearing her screams, Mrs Paterson rnshed out of her bedroom just in time to confront the unwelcome visitor. He tried to escape, but Mrs Paterson seized his beard, and so held him until her husband came immediately ofterwardß to her assialance. The intruder was then thrown on the ground, and secured until the help of some of the neighbors was obtained. It is mid that he pleaded hard for liberty, and even promised, if released, to pray as fervently for the success and happinete of his inexorable detainers. His entreaties, however, wereunheeded. He was made still further secure by being tied with handkerchiefs, and conveyed to the lock-up, the aid of a policeman having been obtained before the excited party had proceeded far down Highstreef. When the premises were afterwards examined it was found that the back door and dining-room window were open. It was also discovered that au attempt had been made to force open a desk, several bottles of spirits had been removed from a press in the dining - room, and the marks of a stranger's feet were traceable in the drawing-room.