The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1876.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 167, 6 July 1876, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1876.

A new arrival by the Oamperdown was this morning brought before the llesident Magistrate charged with being drunk and incapable, He was discharged with a caution. Messes Symes and Coleman have been re-elected for the Stanley Brook and Motupiko sub-districts of the Upper Motueka Road Board, and Mr Needhain for the Tadinor sub-district. The Artillery and Artillery Cadet Companies will inarch to the Port with their guns to-night, and fire blank cartridges. The weekly evangelistic service will be held at the Temperance Hall this evening. The first of Dr. Carr's mesmeric seances took place last night at the Masonic Hall, which was crowded. After an interesting lecture on phrenology? the mesmeric experiments commenced, and afforded an immense amount ot amusement, the antics of the subjects being ludicrous to a degree. There will be another seance this evening. The half-yearly meeting of the Loyal Nelson Lodge of Oddfellows was held last night, when the auditor's report and balance-sheet were read and adopted, 2?hs capital of the Lodge,

which comprises 215 member?, ia £1877 14a lOd, having increased £145 15s lOd during the half year. Dr Farrelle was re-elected surgeon, and P.P.G.M. Armstrong, P.Gh Loasby, and P.G-. Miller were elected delegates to. represent the Lodge at the district meeting. A monsteb pig which is hanging up in Mr Warren's shop has attracted a large number of visitors during the day. It was bred and fed by Mr Knight, of Appleby, who raffled it at Richmond a few days ago, when it was won by Mr S. Wadman. It measures 7 feet 7 inches from tip to tip, and 23 inches across the back, and weighs 786 lbs, and when alive stood 3 feet 3 inches high. In every respect it ia a " regular boomer." A yery successful entertainment was given at the Thackwood Schoolroom, Suburban North, last night, in aid of the fund required for hanging a bell presented by A. S. Collins, Esq., to St. Andrew's Church, and for repairing the building. The Bishop of Nelson was present, and gave an interesting and amusing lecture on Campanology, after which there was a concert, in which a number of amateurs took part. The room was crowded, and a handsome sum was realised. In reply to a telegram informing him of the death of Mr Elliott, Mr Curtis telegraphed from Wellington as follows : — " I have received with great regret your telegram informing me ot the sudden death of my old friend, and the old friend of the people of Nelson, Charles Elliott." From a notice of Mr Elliott's death, which appeared in the Evening Post of yesterday, we take the following: — " Many of our readers, in common with many more throughout the colony, will" read with regret an item of news contained in to-day's telegrams — the intimation of the death of Mr Charles Elliott, of Nehon. Mr Elliott's name must be familiar in political, press, and sporting circles in most parts of the colony, and in others of the Australasian Colonies. He was an old and regular resident of Nelson, but was known beyond the city or province, by his connection with the Nelson Examiner, by his authorship of the New Zealand Stud Book, and by many other associations. Mr Elliott was one of two brothers who started the Nelson Examiner, and who, by their industry, taste, and intimacy with some of the most accomplished writers in the colony in the earlier days of the settlement, succeeded in gaining a name for that paper second to none in New Zealand. Their lines did not fall in pleasant places, so far as concerns the success of newspapers in a pecuniary point of view, but for a long time under Mr Elliott's management the Examiner had a first place among the newspapers of the colony. It was a credit to its printers, and the articles in Its columns, contributed as they wen? by gentlemen >?ho are still prominent politicians, or who are now in retirement, had considerable influence in shaping the destiny both of the province of Nelson and of the colony at large." An inquest on the body of the late Charles Elliott was held at Mr Symons' house yesterday evening. The medical evidence was as follows: — William Byers Scaly: I am a duly qualified medical practitioner residing at Nelson. This morning shortly after eight o'clock I was called to see deceased, and found him quite dead. There were no marks of violence upon the body nor anything peculiar in the appearance of the same. The features were placid, and a slight contraction in the fingers of the left hand showed the presence of paralysis either at the time of death, or immediately previous. Thia symptom plainly denoted mischief to the brain. I have been given to understand by Dr Williams that deceased had previously two slight attacks of apoplexy. Deceased was a man of about 65 years of age, and I have noticed that he has been in feeble health for some time past. He had been subject to attacks of gout, and I think from this that the heart was feeble, and he was suffering from degeneration of the arteries ; so that any extra mental excitement or physical exertion would be apt to be dangerous. I consider the immediate cause of death to be a rupture of one of the arteries of the brain, caused by disease of the heart and arteries. In reply to a juror, the witness said the appearance of the body did not warrant the supposition that there had been any external injury through the fall.

part of the Port fr> becomg independent of them. The members of ths Pot B iga>ie naturally feel proud at having a Halt which they can call their own, which was piiJ for out of their own private pockets, and not erected at the co<t of the Provincial Government. Thynlso niaka good use of that room. It has just been renov.itel and fitted up as a reading room, ani is open three nights in the week to both young ami oil, there being a library, and the le ding periodicals of the day arc received by everp mail, which ia more than the Town Brigade can say. This is where the je<lou«y lies. Your co-respond-ent thinks it would be better if I let the subject alone, and noc maite it too pu^lte Perhaps that woul i Buit the selfishness of hi* own Brigade, but aa they are supported principally by the public I think it only fair that their supporters shou:d be poate 1 up in all matters pertaining to the question at issuo. H3 also thinks this apportionment would have been f •urer had it been made sccording to the cato book. City Councillors thought different, and with the exception of one single indiriiutl, who, no doubt, was actuated by motives of propinquity, and who p oposcd that the money be not apportioned, were in favor of dividing it pro rata, and thereby deserve ths thanks of the residents at the Port. With regard to the support the Auxiliary Brigade haa receive! from tha Town Brigade I would only say— Nil fuit unquam tie impar tibi. «' W. Cooksey " perceive* that I f«il to touch upon the main line ofargument-tho fact of two rival Brigades in so (im«ll a community — and supposes that I acknowledge it. Acknowledge what ? Does h« mean the incongruity of two Brigades in so small a town aa Nelson; if so, he is ogregiously mistaken. The Auxiliary Fire Brigade w»« formed for the purpose of protecting property at the Port, and not aa a rival Brigade, but, as their name implies, they «r« rtady to help tha Town Brigide in the hour of need. In conclusion, I hope your esteemed correspondent will p.rJon me for using any obsolete phrases, a< he seems to have an antipathy to classical quot ttiona, but at the riik of being considered peJantic I will ju«t quote the words jastly aiid by Boikau: — " Jamait quoiqu'ilfasse, un mortel ici-bas Ne peut aux yeux dv monde elre cc qa 'It ne st pat." I am, &c, Salamander. Nelson, July 5, 1876.