The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1876.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 239, 29 September 1876, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. FRI DAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1876.

, We published the other day an ex- . tract from tbe Post commenting in • severe terms upon Sir Julius Vogel in 1 connection with the Polynesian scheme, and blaming him for having stolen the ; idea from Mr Coleman Phillips. At ; the time we knew little more of the matter tban what was to be learned from tbe paragraph we copied, which appeared to be justified by the fact that the Petitions Committee had awarded

Mr Phillips a certain amount of com- [ penaation. By the last mail from Wellington, however, we received our files of the N. Z. Times, in which was a letter to the editor from Sir Julius - putting quite a different color on the l affair. In justice to that gentleman • we publish to-day in our fourth page 3 some lengthy extracts from his letter, which to our thinking clears Sir Julius ] from all blame in the matter. j Me. Bar tlett's queen of camellia < bushes is once again in all her glory, s that glory being this year even brighter J than in any previous one. The splendid ! bush, stauding over six feet high and ( about the same in diameter, is one dense 1 mass of dark green leaves and pure ' white blossoms in every stage of * development, from the tiny bud to the . full-blown ftower, the blossoms and i the leaves being in some places so inter- s mingled that it is difficult to say which • are in the majority. ] A meeting of members of the Chess ' Club will be held at Mr J. Hounsell's ' this evening for the purpose of consider- ] ing what steps should be taken to place ! tho club on a permanent footing. The volunteers mustered laat evening to undergo the usual Commanding Officer's monthly inspection, falling iu ; at the Drill Shed. After the usual , preliminaries had been gone through, < the Companies, headed by the Band, proceeded through the town to Tra-falgar-street, where a number of tactical ! evolutions were gone through in a creditable manner, the marching past showing a decided improvement. The force having been put through the manual exercise a start was made for . the Drill Shed, proceeding round the Post Office and through the town on the way. Arrived at the Drill Shed they were dismissed. There was a large muster, the Blue Jackets from i the Port carrying off the palm for the largest attendance. The movements were witnessed by a large number of spectators, who manifested considerable interest in the proceedings, so much so that they were not content with standing on the footpath, but would come into the middle of the road, thereby impeding the drill. Prior to the dismissal of the Naval Brigade, Captain Richardson presented the ordnance prize to No. 1 detachment, they being the winners of it. At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, Isaac Fletcher, master of ' the Maid of Italy, was charged by the Collector of Customs under the 136th clause of the Merchant Shipping Act, with " unlawfully going to sea in a home-trade passenger ship called the , Maid of Italy carrying passengers without having obtained or possessing a valid certificate of competency or service appropriate to his station in such ship." Mr Pitt, for the defendant, argued that running between here and ■ Riwaka was not " going to sea," and that the Maid of Italy was not a " home- 1 trade passenger sbip " within the mean- J ing of the Act. His Worship, how- < ever, ruled against him on both points, i and fined defendant £2 and costs. < The Simonsen Opera Company will arrive by the Taupo early to-morrow ' morning, and will appear in the evening ■ in the beautiful opera of Maritana. An ordination was held at Christ < Church tbis morning by the Lord Bishop of Nelson, when the Revs J. P. i Kempthorne, T. S. Grace, and H. 1 Rutherfurd were admitted to priest's < orders. There was a large congrega- 1 tion, and most of the clergy from the 1 various parts of the diocese were 1 present and took part in the service, ■ the Rev J. Leighton, Incumbent [o ■ Christ Churcb, reading the prayers, ■ the Ven Archdeacon Butt and the Rev i T. Elavell the first and second lessons ■ respectively, the Rev -C. Moon the < Epistle, and tbe Rev C. O. Mules the < Gospel. The sermon was preached by 1 the Rev T. S. Hutchinson. 1 The cricket match between the Nel- ■ son College and Motueka Clubs will i take place to-morrow at Motueka, for ' which place the Lady Barkly wili sail J at seven a.m., leaving Motueka on the 1 return trip at six p.m., thus affording a - capital opportunity to excursionists < who may desire a run across the Bay. 1 A Charleston telegram of Saturday « last says : — Last night a large dam at < White Horse Terrace burst, carrying away the hut of M'Auley and M'llroy, 1 and a portion of the terrace. M'llroy ( is supposed to be buried under the * debris, and men are searching for the i body. M'Auley was absent in Char- ' leston. e The shoots of tbe Brunner Coal t Company were swept away by the flood on Saturday morning last. ■■