The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1877.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 275, 20 November 1877, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1877.

The nomination of candidates for the seat in the City Council rendered vacant by the resignation of Mr Tutty closed at noon today. Two were nominated, namely, Mr H Hounsell and Mr T. Harley. The time for nominating candidates for the Mayoralty closes at noon to-morrow. Up to the present time Mr J. R. Dodaon is the only one nominated. The Financial Statement was made by the Colonial Treasurer la3t night. A summary of it will be found in the fourth page. The Hon. Treasurer of the Indian Famine Fund desires to acknowledgs the following subscriptions collected by:—The Mayor and Mr Scott (additional), £i 2s 6d; Rev Father Garin, £12;- Mr A. H. Sedgwick, £6 2s; Mr J. G. Stanley, £l I2a 6d; Mr F. Kelling. £2 2s 6d; Rev Father Mahoney, £4, 8a 6dMr J. Bensemann, £l ss; Mr C. Kelling, £9 7s; Mr E. Hooper, £i ia; Mr H. Lewis, £9 Is; Mr J. Riiey, £\ I2s; Mr J. Packard, £3 10s; Mr J. Marsden, £10 2s; Rev Mr Whyte's lecture, £5 ss; received at ' Colonist ' office, £2 la. The annual public meeting in connection with the Wesleyan Home Missions will be held this evening, in the Hardy-st. Church, when several Ministers will deliver addresses. A lecture which should be of a very interesting character, the subject being'«The Life of Sir Walter Scott," will be delivered tomorrow evening by the Rey T. Russell, in tha Wesleyan Sunday school room. A collection will be made in aid of the enlargement fund. The anniversary of the Hope Sunday school will be celebrated by a pubiic tea tomorrow afternoon. The Normanby Lodge; 1.0.G.T., will ba opened to the public after eight o'clock this evening, when there will be readings, recitations, &c. The weights for the Wellington Cup were declared last night, and the list can ba seen on application at the Mail office. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Southern Star. Lodge will be held this evenng at the usual place and hour. We recently reported that a man named I Murray had been committed for trial at the nex tSupreme Court sittings in Nelson on a charge of manslaughter. The deceased, Moran, died shortly after a fight with the accused. At the inquest avidencelwas given I as follows by Det Kum, a Chinaman — i " Deceased came to his tent about six o'clock in the evening and said, 'John, I want to go in your tent.' Witness said, ' What for your eyes got all blood.' Moran said, 'Me sick.' Witness said, 'No room in my tent, you better go home.' Moran said, 'Me too sick I cannot go.' Witness said he would go back with him to the public house. Deceased said he would not go. Witness said, 'If you want to stay here take off your coat and trowsers.' Moran said,' Too sick/ Witness took his boots off. Moran then said 'Me get sick, me go to bed.' Witness 'put blanket j over him, make him tea, he say no want any- | thing to eat.' His mate, Burton, came that night to see him. After his mate left, deceased asked witness for a handkerchief to tie round his head, and witness gave him one. Witness said he would go and find a bed for himself, and left deceased. About six o'clock next morning witness returned to | the tent and spoke to deceased, who did nob ! answer or move." At tha close of the in- i quest the Coroner called attention to the generous conduct of the Chinaman, who had "given up bis tent and blankets for the use of a stranger, and had fed him and acted ia the most charitable manner towards him. He trusted the jury would not allow the Chinaman to be a loser of his tent and blankets on account of his humanity, as Chinese never again occupy or use that which has been in contact with a dead person." The jury, before dispersing, raised the sum of £7 amoug themselves to supply the witness with a new tent and blankets. The members of the House of Representatives have an opportunity of perusing the papers published in the various parts of the colony, most of which are filed in the General Assembly library, and they cannot fail to notice how distasteful to the public is the line of conduct which they have thought fit to pursue during the present session. Repeated references are made to the past and comparisons by no means favorable to' the present Parliament are instituted between it and its predecessors. Among those that have commented upon the lamentable change which has come over " the House " is the Q. R At gut which expresses itself thus plainly and at the same time truthfully •' Once remarkable for the patriotism and decorousness of its proceedings, the New Zealaud Parliament set a bright example to the other colonies, and was held up as illustrative of what highmindedness, integrity, and statesmanship could accomplish for the great Council of the people, but now its reputation has been dragged down into the mira and trampled upon by those who had its honor in their keeping. There has been no revolution there has been no popular or burning quesi tion calculated to excite political passion-, on the contrary, there never was a session in which the people were so indifferent. The only popular sentiment is that of extreme shame and disgust at the conduct of the people's representatives. The struggle is not a fight for principles, it is a mere squabble for office, and all the people now want is to let them have the opportunity of cleansing the Augean stable, and of restoring the Parliament of the colony, if possible, to a condition of healthy vigorous activity.