The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1874.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 281, 27 November 1874, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1874.

Country Volunteers. — The return match between tho Waimea and Stoke Rifles lakes place to-morrow, at the Stoke rifle range, commencing at 8 30 a.ro. Resident Magisteate's Coubt. — Andrew Clark, charged witiwlogertuig from the barque Pasithea, was •tnis*' morning sentenced, to 48 hours' imprisonment. \ Civil Service ExAMiNATK>!fc--j£he examination of candidates for the <CTvil Service will commence at the Rpsident Magistrate's Office, on Monday, Dec. 7, at 10 o'clock. The Government Gazette of November 19th contains Btatintica relating to the births and deaths during the month of October. The proportion of deuths to the 1000 of population in the following, boroughs was : — Nelson, 070; Hokitika. 0 89} Tbaraee, 0 90; Auckland, 140; Christchurch, 175; Welliugton, 2*28 ; Dunedin, 2 97. During the month there were 22 births and 4 deaths in the Borough of Nelson. Bishop Redwood arrived at Wellington in the Albion yesterday morn* ing, and drove at once to the Cathedral where he was met by a large number of clergy and laity, and presented wilh a lengthy address, froni which the ollowing is an extract : — " In your Lordship's call to this (liocese^^we recoguiza the wonderful ways of divine Providence, directing the various Bteps cf your Lordship through life, to theJ distant end that you shoulJ return to ] New Zenlan<), to preside over this important portion of Christ's Church. The fact of your Lordship's being ao. Englishman by birth, a New Zealander from childhood, a Frenchman by education, and an Irishman by residence, and sympathy — apart from personal virtue©, to which your Lordship's presence forbids us to allude — must excite a peculiar interest and tend to make your Lordship's arrival agreeable to all." Bishop Redwood \q described as "a comparatively young man, of fine presence, with a bright eye, and open, eharply-deGned countenance. His littir is dark brown, and unlike most modern priest?, ho wears a beard and moustache.** The Wellington Tribune of yesterday says: — -The 8 s. Taranaki had on hoard on her arrival some thousands of pounds worth of live stock. To begin with stud horses : the following have arrived for the approaching Wellington meeting : — Mr Redwood* Tui and Remnant; Mr G. Cult's Rangi, Ngaro, Toi, and Parawhenua; Mr D. O'Brien's Tambourini. Mr Walter's Yatterina and one filly by Towton were also on board, en xpute to Auckland. By her ! also came J55 pure bred Lincolnshire sheep (11 ramß and 44 ewes), of the aggregate value of £2500 imported for Mr Larkworthy from England. Twelve fine draught horses belonging to Mr Oockburn, of Rangitikei, complete the list of valuable stock in the steamer. The Melbourne Punch, of the sth inst., amongst other pictorial comicalities | has one of the " Coming dark horse for the British Empire Stakes," in which the representation of the •' dark" horse is undoubtedly meant for Sir Donald M'Lean, and is not a bad likeness of him. It is sufficiently ridiculous whilst preservingthe likeness to be pronounced im excellent caricature. The horse has '* Fiji" written upon his shoulder in large letters. A correspondent of the Times calls attention to the practical method adopted by the National Assembly in France for checking the disorderlypropensities of honorable members. When it is found necessary for the President to c»!l a speaker to order and to "namy" him, which implies a record of the fact on tho proceedings of the House, the offender is fined ono half of his pay as deputy for 15 days. As this is £1 per diem, it amounts to £7 10s. The Times correspondent adds: — "If a deputy called to order is visited with censure some highor penalty is inflicted. He may be suspende i from voting, and, for very grave misconduct, a vote of the Chamber mi^ht expel him; but tbia extreme punishment — which, in the case of some depuii-8, would entirely deprive them of their means of livelihood — one could hardly suppose would be resorted to excejf. for most heinous offences" It might be well tor some Colonial Legislatures to consider these things.

" Can you send us any one eligible to be Mayor of this city?*' writes a Wellington correspondent. "He must have a thick skin, and be supremely indiSerent to all modern innovations in the way of sanitary and other municipal matters. We have asked Mr George Hunter to stand, but he wisely declined; but eren in doing so has caused offeine to someone whose name he neglected to write amongst those to who n he addressed his reply. lam glad he escaped the snare laid for him, for had he been elected, I belitve he would have been worried to death."