The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1876:

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 71, 13 March 1876, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1876:

One of the most charming things in the way of addresses has recently been presented by his admirers to Mr Hutchison, the Mayor of Wellington. The occasion was not one of very great importance; some people, indeed, might call it trifling and scarcely calling for an address of admiration, but so did not think the framers of it or those who signed it. It appears that the worthy Mayor was one day sitting on the Bench. A police sergeant objected to some evidence being given, and the Mayor had the courage to tell him that such matters were for the Bench and not for the police to decide. Probably, indeed most likely, his Worship was quite right in this, but we have seen more courageous, more judicious actions performed without bringing forth a public testimonial. Still the Wellington people thought this was a fine chance for them, and so they presented the unhappy Mr Hutchison with the following literary curiosity : — " To His Worship William HuttWson, Esquire, Mayor of Wellington.— We, the undersigned householders and inhabitant? of the City of Wellington and its vicinity, beg leave to tender our admiration and esteem which we enter 'am of the high judical conduct which your Worship displayed on Wednesday the 23rd ultimo, in maintaining the dignity of the Bench of Magistrates in the case then brought before your notice. We wish to express our deap sense of the manifest independence with which you desired to minister right and justice to all who came before you. In conclusion we trust your Worship will long continue to adorn the Bench of Magistrates with tho same law and equity which you are so eminently qualified to tuiai." Now, what could Mr Hutchison possibly do with such a production as this? It would never do to frame, and glaze, and hang it up in his drawing room, because he might have some day to explain to an enquiring friend what was the " high judical conduct " he had displayed, and that would make him look very foolish indeed; or another might ask him to parse or even to explain what was meant by such a sentence as this: — "We trust your Worship will long continue to adorn the Bench of *■*. Magistrates with the same law and equity which you are so eminently adapted to fulfil." The best course for Mr Hutchison to adopt is to burn this address, and let it be publicly known that under no consideration whatever will he ever receive another. In the meantime we are quite prepared to endorse what the Evening Post has to say on the matter: — "When some colonial Thackeray writes a new ' Book of Snobs,' he will find a rich crop of specimens in Wellington."

' i ' , * ' " ' * I ~*W In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning George B. Murray was brought up on a warrant, and ordered to pay 7s a week for the support of his t child at Christchurch.

In the District Court to-day, the case of Buchholz v. Myers Was called, and further adjourned until the April sittings of . the Court. — Mr Acton Adams applied for probate in tne will of the late Thomas Price of Wakefield^ Granted subject to the usual conditions. We call attention to the opportunity that will be afforded those who are desirous of visiting the Clifton Elower Show by the Lady Barkly, which will leave the wharf at 8 p.m. to-morrow. A strong team has been selected to go to "Wellington this week to play a cricket match there on Saturday and Monday next. It consists, we understand, of the following players: — Messrs Sellon, S. Fowler, H. Knapp, C. Knapp, K. Knapp, Eden, Powe]], H. Cross, C. Cross, Halliday and Coles. Such an eleven should be able to give a very good account of themselves, and the Wellington men will have quite as much as they can do to beat them unless they take into the field a stronger team than they have ever yet done. It is scarcely fair to ask those who are going to act as the representatives of the province in this match, to pay all their own expenses, and the Committee will be glad to receive any subscriptions that may be offered for this purpose.' We understand that Mr Redwood's three horses, which are to take part m the Dunedin races, arrived safely at Dunedin on Saturday, and that Amohia now stands at 4 to 1 for the Cup. The public meeting in connection with the Weßleyan Church Anniversary will be held at the Hardy-street Church this evening. The prize takers ra the second set of District Prizes will be : — Shone, City Rifles, 63 points, £4; Beach, Stoke Rifles, 63 points, £3; J. Doidge, Stoke Rifles, 63 points, £2; H. Parker, Stoke Rifles, 62 points, £1; O'Connell, Stoke Rifles, 61 points, £1. — *