The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1878.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIIL, Issue 2, 20 December 1878, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1878.

A cbicket match will be played at Wakefield to morrow between the Normanby and Wakefield Clubs. The former team will leave town hy the morning train. The following are the names of the players:— Messrs Barnett, Coles, Firth, Foy, F. Greenfield, H. Halliday, C. Halliday, Hodgson, Naylor, Rout, White, .Emergency man, Curtis. A cricket match will he played in Victory Square to-morrow afternoon, between teams selected from the City Rifies and Naval Brigade, when a good game is anticipated. Wickets will he pitched at a quarter past two, play to commence at half past. # The case against Mrs Townsend for selling liqaor without a license was not concluded when we went to press yesterday. It resulted in her beiug fined £1 and costs £3. At the close ofthe case a warrant was issued against Dixon, the informer, for perjury. He was at once arrested, but was admitted to bail, and this morning appeared before the Magistrates as reported elsewhere. On Tuesday last at the Hospital, before R. Pollock and H. E. Curtis.Esqs., J. J.P., Robert Bolt was charged with attempting to commit suicide on hoard the Edwin Fox. There was ample proof of his having committed the offence, hut the Bench dismissed the case on the evidence of Dr Farrelle that the defendant was in a state of delirivm tremens at the time, and unconscious of what he was doing. The Chairman stated tbat the Bench considered it a proper case for the Police to bring before the Magistrates. The sale of a township in the Waitara district which has been so largely advertised of late, commenced at the Masonic Hall this afternoon, but speedily fell through owing to their being no purchasers. The first three or four sections were sold, and after tbat the bidding collapsed altogether. We wish to remind our readers of the several sales Mr Mabin will hold to-morrow at the Nelson Auction Rooms, including the sites for sports on New Year's day, on behalf of the Athletic Club.

n B . rfiottieka correspondent tttitCsi— The vwurt was held, for the last time in all probability in the Institute, where it has been held for tiiany years^ as the hew Court House will be finished in tinie for nefcfc Court day. It will bY a. convenient buiiding for the put-pose tot* which it has been built, and also an ornament to the place. There were fourteen civil cases, most of which were settled out of Court, and an information by the Registrar of Births for the nonregistration of a birth within the prescribed limit of sik mbnths. A notainal fine oi Is and costs bs Was inflicted, in cbfcsidetatiaii oi the defendant living at some distance from the office of the Registrar, and having called once for the purpose when that officer was absent. Some amiisemehfc was caused ia Court by a defendant wlio; being sued ior goods that he had ordered, refused to pay on the ground that they had been ordered for his brother, but although the Court was adjourned for the production of a wituess, he failed to convince the Bench of his nonliability. Judgment was therefore given for amount claimed and costs. The approaches to tbe Motueka bridge are now being proceeded with. The weather has beeu very favorable for getting in the hay crops: although the late rains citdsed the eatly cdt crops to be much damaged. A good deal of fruit has also been lost by reason of the hi-^h winds that prevailed some time back, but generally speaking the trees are looking particularly healthy this season. Strawberries have been and raspberries are plentiful, and there seems to be every chance of the potato crop turning out well. Some of the wheat has suffered a little from too much rain, but the grass was benefitted and has been more abundant than during any time within ten years. To some of the readers of our yesterday's telegrams it may be necessary to explain that divisions in the British Parliament do not usually result as was there reported, nor are the stowing capacities of the lobbies put to so severe a test as would have been the case had the members who voted been as numerous as was printed, viz., 235 to 125,000. The telegram only reached us 3 ust as we were going to press, and was published before the error was detected. The result of an enquiry made to-day as to how those three " oughts " found a place in it is precisely similar to that which almost invariably follows an inquest on a fire—" there is no evidence to show it." A telegram which appears elsewhere states that the Welliugton cricketers have decided not to play their "long talked off" match with Nelson on Boxing Day, owing to an engagement to play somewhere else. .It would have been more courteous to the Nelson men had they ascertained their engagements previous to fixing a day for playing here. As it is, a good deal of trouble has beeen taken and some expense incurred, all for nothing as it now appears. Mr. Richmond met his constituents at tbe Suburban North hotel last night, but in consequence of the hay harvest, there was not a large attendance. Mr W. Wastney was voted to the chair. All who were present listened with interest and attention to Mr Richmond's address, giving an account of what took place in the last session of Parliament, and a number of questions were afterwards put to him by Mr C. H. Martin, and also some by Mr Wastney, all of which were answered, apparently, to the satisfaction of the meeting. Mr Barnett then proposed and Mr Slater seconded a vote of thanks to Mr Richmond for his past services, and of confidence in him as their representative, which was carried unanimously. A vote of thanks to the Chairman concluded the meeting. The Harmonic Society's concert last night passed off most successfully the cantata selected, Barnett's " Ancient Mariner " being a popular favorite, in addition to which it was very creditably performed, some of the choruses especially beiog given with great spirit and precision, especially that commencing with the words "About, about, in reel or rout," and the closiDg one " 0 sweeter than the marriage feast." The arias genetally were sung with considerable expression, and that much of this is required will be understood by ali who have read the strange, weird, poem. The duett « Two voices in the air " was vociferously encored, which was nofc to be wondered at, for it certainly was exquisitely sung by the two yonug ladies to whom it was entrusted. The Society appears to be in a flourishing condition, but we must repeat the wish to which we have so frequently given utterance before, that they could raise a small orchestra to whose accompaniments would add greatly to the spirit and attractiveness of the concerts. Of excellent pianists there appears to be no lack whatever, no less than five performing as accompanyists last night. Messrs Wymond and Co.'s Faucy Bazaar appears to be proving a great success, a very large number of tickets having been already disposed of, which will entitle the holder to dip into the lucky bag, from whence he will draw a card, on which is named that particular prize, out of the thousands that are artistically arranged round the room, of which be thus becomes the fortunate owner. Mdlle. Charbonnet, a young lady who was born in America jusfc twenty years ago, and has within the last two years taken the Australian Colonies completely by storm by her magnificent piano playing will arrive from Wellington to-morrow on a short visit to Nelson, where she will give three concerts. What is to be expected from her may be gathered from the following extract from the Sydney Mail, a. journal by no means easily pleased in musical matters:— "Nothing appears too exacting ior too involved for this accomplished performer's wrist to overcome or fingers to unravel into ripples of sound. In rapid and crooked passages, in octaves, in the most entangled complications of time and fingering, each chord and eacn note is equally made to afford its due contribution to the general effect. Her talent appears to be greatest in producing brilliant and striking effects, but the production of sentiment is au endowment which she possesses to a considerable degree." Mr Charles Bonnington, of Wellington, who is well known in Nelson as a musical critic as well as artist, says thafc he considers Mdlle. Charbonnet without exception the finest pianist that ever visited the colonies. ; We regret to report a fatal accident that has occurred at Wakapuaka to a little boy between three and four years old, the son of Mr W Robinson, who was crossing a stream the Happy Valley river, we believe, when he was drowned. He was not out of sight altogether for ten minutes, bufc when found he was quite dead.