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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 211, 4 September 1880, Page 4

Thomas Dale, alias Jordan,- ex-cap-tain of the Canadian cricketers, owes his trouble .to too much matrimony. Ho liaft; a wife in England when he went W. America,; but soon after he; married a woman of Natchez,. Mis. . ; The- English wife followed him across the ocean, and had him arrested for bigamy,;, but she consented, for pay, to. 'his- -getting a divorce from her and marrying the Natchez wife over againV ' She assured him,, also that she had obtained a promise!? from Sir Garnet T^olseley, that jje;c6uldi visit England without danger : " of,, punishment for desertion. This representation seems to have been false. The Noumea correspofidelfc "of tlie S. M. Herald states that "the Nay,-. arm, an old three- decker, arrived at Noumea from. JFrance r qn the 28|h July,, bringing a\total; of 729 'passengers 1 , Jin-! cluding ; 223' soldiers and 3&1 coavicl;sr The balance .was composed of officers, sous-officers,- GcOvernmeiit^m^Zoyei'a^io!' their respective families. With her crew of over 500 mkn added,* this huge \ vessel was a floating town. _The inhabitants were s6mewhat £larijied,/wjien in the vicinity ;of Tasmania} by t\vp great stofms> in which the -Vessel '"lost all her topmasts and two of her boats, besides much ■ more rough- handling. The situation of such an immense vessel' in a crippled state must have been one of unusual anxiety to all on board. Cooped up in iron cages like «so many wild animals, the convicts must, at such period, have felt in anything but a happy state of mind. Doubtless a large uumber of them expected, the 1 vessel to sink 'at any' moment, " flagging , them down like so many rats in a'trap;" The Age published an account of an interview between .'its reporter and Kelly, at Beechwortn. It subsequently transpired that the reporter was Mr. : . Gaunson, prisoner's solicitor,? and the, Arr, is published a sub-leader severely commenting on the. conduct, qfr Mr. Gaunson, which it was said was calculated to prejudice the- public ; mind against a witness for the prosecution. Mr. Gaunson writes declaring that the Argus has rendered itself liable to a criminal information for printing matter calculated to prevent a fair trial, and the. newspaper -thereupon republishes its former remarks on :, the ; subject in order to -enable Mr. Gaunr ; son to movein ifcho^matter if he sode-- ! sires. ;•: „ *' -.'•• j

■ The following (says the Liverpool Mercury is an extract from a letter jnst received from a Liverpool gentleman who emigrated to Nelson, New Zealand, in the month of February last. It is dated from the Toi Toi Valley, April 18: — " We have reached the end of our long journey in safety: it, just occupied two months from the day we left London till we landed in Nelson. Our good ship the Sorata is said to have made the swiftest passage on record. Empty houses are difficult to get here, but fortunately we have been able to rent a little cottage into which we have thrown ourselves and our luggage. We transhipped at Sydney, and on our voyage hither coasted a considerable par/; of tile North Island ♦ attd from what we have seen and heard regard! hg the climate, soil, and scenery of New Zealand, all are 1 whafc we were led to expect. Many other very important ithings, however, are by no means so satisfactory, Trade is as bad here, or worse than at home, and labour of all kinds is mbst difficult to obtain. Living is more expensive, and consequently there is said to be considerable destitution at the centres of population. Nelson is the prettiest town in New jZealaDd, and it ••.certainty, would be difficult to imagine 'a more beautiful iplace. The climate is said to be one of the best in the world. For those possessed of means to live retired, no pleasanter spot could perhaps be found, but there is little or no life or business, and on that account it has received the name of " Sleepy Hollow." The Sydney Moruing Herald is very severe on Sir George for his •' silent speech "in the Assembly. -It says • : — " Ostensibly indeed, ■ Sir Ge.orge elected to be dumb until the Premier should lend him his ears. Biit a politician so experienced would hardly, it is to be hoped, seriously attempt to justify so extraordinary a perversion of Parliamentary forms by a pretence so frivolous. Sil 1 George Groy, fond as he has shown himself of aping the Dictator when in power, bas ever been a contemnor of authority when 'held by others. The reporters of the Press, ! who may be termed the ears pf the public, were in their places ; the Assembly 'as a body was bestowing ordinary attention,; yet' Sir .Gepr ; ge, the scourge of Governs, and tne defier of ..Secre- : taries of State, was not content. All was nought unless the Premier would hear him ;' l The precedent thus introduced by tlie,NeW Zealand cx T Premier bristles. with prospective inconveniences. Hon. members may; in further development o£Sir George Grey's plan, perfect a : system of obstruction' made easy. The introduction of mechanical supports in the primary form of chairs, footstools, and coats,' opens the way to constructive ingenuity, and there is no saying what perfection of propping apparatus may be produced wnetrthe' next stonewalling episode occurs in n • colonial Parliament. Fortified witii an : ingenious supporting frame-work, they may, without any direct violation of the forms of the House, close to their eyes to think ; and a slumbering, but upright legislator may ; suspend all proceedings by the mere spell of his erect attitude." ■ " I do not see," remarked Colonel Ingersoll, " how it is, possible for a man to die; worth 5,000,000 or 10,000,000 dollars in a city full of want, when he meets almost every day the withered hand of beggary and the white lips of famine. How a. man can withstand all that and hold in ; the clutches of his hand 20,000,000 or 30^000,000 dollars ispast my comprehension. r . I should not think he could; do it any more than 'he "could keep a pile of lumber when hundreds and thousands were drowning in the sea. If you haVe but; a dollar Jn'tlie world, and you 1 havegoii to spend it, spend it like a' king ; spend it as if it were a dry leaf aridyotrthe.Wner of ur bounded forests. That's the way to spend it 1 1, would! rather be a beggar arid spend my last dollar like a king, than be a king and spend nay money -like a- beggar.