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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 290, 1 November 1875, Page 2

Thebe was a church parade yesterday morning attended by the City Artillery, Naval Brigade, Artillery and City EiEe Cadets, and College Cadets, who appeared for thefirsfc time in public wearing their new uniforms of blue serge garibaldis and knickerbockers, and grey stockings. Having fallen in at the Drill Shed the volunteers, headed by the Artillery Band, marched to Christ Church. The services in that church both in the morning and evening were choral, and the excellent singing of the very efficient and well trained choir was the subject of general remark. The Bishop of Nelson having been disappointed at the last moment by a clergyman who had promised to leave England for Westport has written to the churchwardens of St. John's Church there stating that his Commissary in England has been directed to look out for another clergyman, "but in the meantime I have to propose to you that an offer which I have had made by Archdeacon Thorpe and the Re? Mr Leighton should be accepted, viz., that the former and Mrs Thorpe should come to "Westport for six weeks from the beginning of the year 1876, and Mr Leighton and Mrs Leighton should come for six weeks afterwards. This would bridge over the interval which must necessarily occur before another clergynun can be found. As Mr Johnstone has arranged to leave at Advent, the interval will nofc be long. lam much obliged by their offer to meet the difficulty."

The anniversary tea meeting in connection with the Baptist Church will take place to-morrow evening in the Temperance Hall, and will be followed by a public meeting in the Baptist Church. The Australasian says: — "The excellent portrait of Lurline painted by Mr Fred. Woodhouse, to the order of Mr Samuel Gardiner, having received a slight alteration, is now greatly admired by all who see it. It is -a faithful likeness of the old mare, who will long be remembered aa one of the best animals that ever looked through a bridle." A photograph of this picture will form the frontispiece of "The New Zealand Stud Book," shortly to be published by Mr Eiliott. The opening game of the cricket season was played on Saturday afternoon between the married and single members of the Club. There was not time to finish the game, and the scores at the time the stumps were drawn were:— Married men, 85 ; Single men, 48, with seven wickets to go down. The Auckland Star says: — Mr Edward Perkins, late of the Occidental Hotel, has very narrowly escaped having his holiday trip through America cut short by a bullet from a San Francisco rough. In company with a friend Mr Perkins was walking along the street when a half-tipsy man jostled against them. Perkms said something to the man by way of remonstrance, when the fellow suddenly drew a revolver from his breast-pocket and fired. The bullet passed close by Mr Perkins and struck his companion, killing him on the spot. The murderer was captured, and when the Cyphrenes left Mr Perkins had been detained a week in San Francisco to give evidence.

During the trial of the case Regina y. Thompson, at the Supreme Court, Chriatchurcb, Judge Johnston aaiJ (hat he wished it to be distinctly understood that in oasea where persona had been robbed in pubic houses, after having been aupplied with liquor while in a state of intoxication, he would disallow all the expenses of publicans as witnesses, aod beyond this, he would alao feol it hia duty (o make auch a representation to the Licensing Bench as would prevent such an injustice being done to the public by the continuances of auch practices by the keeper of the licensed house.— Grey Kiver Aryus.