The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1876.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 12, 13 January 1876, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1876.

We regret to state that a serious 1 accident occurred yesterday to Mr E. "Wither, late of Nelson, who fell off the Rangitata bridge in the province of Canterbury, on his head, and was seriously injured. The latest accounts received stated that he was slightly better. It is said that Nelson is shortly to receive a visit from Mr Charles Bright, the well known Victorian lecturer. Messrs Woolcock and Martin have been returned for the Grey Yalley district, defeating Messrs Newton and Guinness. The final firing by the Artillery for the choice of representatives will take place at the Maitai Butts to-morrow morning. Mr Seymour, the Superintendent of Marlborough, arrived by the Arawata this morning after a trip to England, whence he returned to Melbourne in the St Osyth. He proceeded afc once in the Taupo to Marlborough, where he is about to contest the election for the 1 Wairau with Mr Henderson. Bt our Wellington exchanges we see that the Hawea with the San Francisco mail is not to leave there until Eriday, and consequently cannot sail from Nelson until Saturday. Notwithstanding the change in the movements of the mail boat we find that no alteration haa been made in the Post

Office notice, which still states that the mail will close at five p.m. on Friday. A misprint in otjr yesterday's tele* grains made it appear that the appointment of (Governor- General of India had been conferred upon Lord Lyttelton instead of Lord Lytton. The former being a Liberal was not likely to have received so high an honor from the hands of a Conservative Ministry. There was a busy scene at the port this morning, when four steamers arrived from Melbourne and other parts of the colony, and three went out by the same tide. The first to put in an appearance was the Maori from the West Coast. She was followed by the Taupo from Onehunga, and shortly afterwards the Arawata arrived from Melbourne, and a little later the Wellington from the south. The Maori and Taupo started again about ten o'clock, and the Arawata at eleven. This latter steamer, as is usual with the boats of the line to which she belongs, went away with unnecessary haste, as, being under contract to carry the Suez mail, she cannot leave Wellington betore Sunday. Several of her passengers were anxious to spend the day in Nelson, but it was ruled otherwise, and Bhe sailed, as stated above, a couple of hours after her arrival. Bt the Taupo this morning there arrived from Auckland two gigs, one outrigged and the other inrigged, on their way to Wellington to take part in the regatta there. At Auckland, a bachelor has been sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment for refusing to pay his education rate. The Auckland correspondent of the Otago Times telegraphs: — •' Sir Greorge Grey's health has been considerably shaken by over-exertion. He fainted in the Provincial offices last week, and goes to Kawau to-morrow for a few days' rest. No serious illness is apprehended," . It is stated in an English paper received by the last mail that Baron Rothschild, accompanied by a nobleman of high rank, purposes making a trip through the Australasian colonies this year. He is expected to arrive in "New Zealand during the next session of Parliament, and when in Wellington will probably become the guest of Sir Julius Vogel. Accidents from lightning are rare in New Zealand, but several are reported to have occurred in Otago last week. The Star says: — Our Mosgiel correspondent informs us that at about three p.m. yesterday there was terrific lig' a : ng, accompanied with loud thunder and heavy rain. Mr Gr. Prain's house was struck by the lightning, which damaged severely the gable end and the roof. The inmates received no hurt. A person named M'Donald, who drives an aerated water cart, was rendered senseless by the lightning, and his hat bore unmistakeable signs of having been fired by the electric fluid. It is reported that at Eiccarton, East Taieri, Mr Walter Blackie had a milch cow killed by the lightning. Today, the weather has been squally, accompanied by rain, which is sure to damage the crops by laying them down. On November 17, All Saints' Day, Dean Stanley preached in Westminster Abbey on the life and death of Commodore Gl-oodenough, whose father was formerly head master of Westminster School. Messrs Griffin and Co, naval publishers, are about bringing out a life of the Commodore, written by Mr Clements Markham, secretary to the Eoyal Geographical Society. The Times of November 9 contained a long account of the services of H.M. ship Blanche in the Australian and Polynesian waters. She has arrived at Sheerness to distnantle ahd pay off. The Westport Times of Friday last says : — " We approach a certain subject with much reluctance, and yet we cannot turn aside from it. A certain journal, published in tha advocacy of the defetted candidates for electoral honors, on Wednesday exceeded its own customary wide latitude in blackguard writing. In giving a last vicious kick for a dying cause it exceeded all bounds of decency, exciting profound disgust and indignation. The question passing from one to another among Westport residents is:— 'Who has disgraced himself and the place he lives in by such writing ? "' — The Buller News, the journal referred to, is at least honest over the matter, and makes the following confession : — (t As supporters of Mr O'Conor we have suffered a good deal of which we were innocent, and in our indignation at the falsity of our maligners, we were at last tempted to follow the example set by our opponents, and descend to a style of argument indigenous to Billingsgate. In respect to our opponents and ourselvves we make the amende honorable, and say let bygones be bygones." The subjoined somewhat singular advertisement appears in the Taranaki Budget : — " Wanted, a number of human skulls. — Apply, C. B. Levett, Black's Railway Boarding House." ' — — L — — '■ ' 'sszsssm — i 1 b