The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1876.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 227, 15 September 1876, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1876.

The result of yesterday's election has, we believe, given general satisfaction. No doubt there are many who would have preferred to see their own friends returned, but on the whole it is not to be regretted that the three who had already served in the Council were re-elected. It must be gratifying to them, as showing that they had secured the approval of the ratepayers in the past, and it isfalso satisfactory in another respect, for it proves that the majority of the electors are quite willing to ap - predate services rendered to them, aud were not prepared to reject the retiring members merely from a love of change. This may also prove a source of consolation to the defeated candidates, who need feel no annoyance at their rejection, on the ground that the burgesses were satisfied with those who bad already served, and were ready again to serve them. Once more we repeat that it is a matter for congratulation that so many good men were found willing to come forward as candidates. May it ever be so, as with such fields to select from there need never be any fear of our Municipal affairs being seriously mismanaged. The Good Templar entertainment " Ten nights in a bar room " was repeated last night to another crowded audience, by whom it was received with applause quite as enthusiastic as that accorded to it on previous occasions. An amateur string band agreeably surprised tbeir hearers by their vsry creditable performance, and added much to the enjoyment of the evening. The special train from the country was not a success, only about a dozen passengers availing themselves of it, but that even that number could be found to come in from the country on such a night was surprising, and showed the powerfulness of the attraction. The balance of the evidence in the case Gill v. James was heard before the Resident Magistrate this morning. Several points of law having been raised* his Worship reserved judgment until this day week. The entertainment that was to have been giten at Spring Grove to-night has been postponed on account of the weather, and consequently the special train will not run.

Attention ia directed to Mr J Augarde's sale of houses in Colling-wood-street, and land in Poor Man's , Valley, to be held to-morrow at 1215. ' A meeting of _.ree Templars is to be held in the course of a few days for the purpose of establishing a Nelaon branch of the Sick and General Benefit Society in connection with the Order. The benefits of this Society are not confined to Good Templars, but can be participated in by members of all Temperance Associations who are healthy, and are not over 45 years of age. Messrs Risley and Humphrey's beautiful panorama, known as The Mirror of Eagland will shortly be exhibited in Nelson. It has been on view in Wellington since the arrival of the Albion, and has attracted crowded houses. The following from the JV. Z. Times gives an idea of what it is like : " There are between seventy and eighty scenes, and all are so well executed that it would be almost invidious to particularise ; but some of them, such as the City of Oxford, Windsor Castle, Chelsea Hospital, and the views of the City of London, are so generally known and faithfully pourtrayed that anyone of an imaginative temperament, like our reporter, could fancy himself at Horae again. The proprietors in their programme characterise their entertainment as ' moral, instructive, and intellectual, as well as an artistic treat.' There is no doubt that the pictures are the production of first-class artists, and we certainly agree with their other statements as to the high class of fcthe exhibition. After the views of 'Old Eather Thames,' two pictures representing the town of Cowes, lale of Wight, and the clipper yacht America racing for the Royal Yacht Squadron Cup, were exhibited."