Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1881.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 57, 8 March 1881, Page 2

Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1881.

The distribution of prizes in conned ion "with the Rifle Association meeting will take place in the Botanical Reserve at' half past four to-morrow afternoon when they will be pr£?eated*to the successful competitors by Mifs SSter. {;A parade of the local Volunteers 18 fcrdef'ed- slt-the Drill -Shed at four o'clock. Pnoi'HSs.oa -.HASiiLiiAYKB will give. but. , two more entertainment* in Kelson, this and ■■' to^mdrrbw evening, so that those who have not. yet seen him should not. lose the only opportunities remaininglto, them of doing so. .-pis tricks, of which many new ones are in- ' r trodtaced firery evening are ;cerfainly wonderfully ,cle"ver, and excite the admiration of all who 'witness' : tbem, ; the swiftness and (■ dexterity .with which they are performed - tofeing slifHcient to deceive the Tseenest and most practised eyes. On Thursday evening the Processor rind ' Madanie' Haselmayer will > resideritfc in the 'W&imea an opportunity of witnessing their; cle.vpr performances,at.tb.eWakefield Choral Hall., A iiKE 'from.. the Lower Motiter<*, which resulted in. the ..total lobs of the . hou^e oocnpied by Mr Mark Hyland, A good ~ il tle'ai o~f "the -furniture 'was' saved, but the whole of the clothes and. bedding, belonging to the family, which consists of the father and mtojher, ;and ; nine; children, was com plefcelyi'dektroyed. The building was. insured for £200, but the contents were uninsured. The soiree 'in connection with the Wellington Naval Brigade Band, held at the Catnp last night in the marquee kindly lent for the 'bcqasibri by'Mr.Bennett was >a great success. There was a very numerous attendance, the large , marquee 1 being crowded to excess, and dancing/ was kept up until raid : i.nig it, flae. music provided by the Band prov- ' ing a great attraction. Mr Bennett won golden opinions for the manner in which he aunplied the refreshments during the eyen j ig ..; I.: -: :'■:;. •■ ; ,; ' ■ ■::..! The late Sir Craeroft Wilson was a man of considerable personal' courage, as the folfrom'Eaye's "History of the Sepoy War in India" testify : — " There was fortunately then at the station ■ (Moradabad) a high civil functionary of iiiimense energy, arid courage, a'man equal to any emergency^ and capable of any ■ act of ' daring. Mi-. Cracroft Wilson was Judge of Moradabad." f Page 252.] "The resolute courage which the Judge had evinced from the beginning '' '■had'mafle'a'g'reat' impression oh the native 6oldiery, and now once more it was to be tested. As he rode towards the Lines he passed in fropt of the artillery. The Croliinl" 'dauze, who' treachery had been known from the first, lai'dtneir guns ■ and 'lit their port;r ifiresiu/Wiilson's clear. blue; eyes. :calmly confronted the murderous . design., < Without a i sign of fear, on his face f 6,'e.rode towards the ! ' gunsV(hbf from 'the; nl j arid his ! hat ' as to the gunners.' Abashed and overawed by the bearing of ..the. intrepid Englishman, they slunk , ;back, and • Wilsou , was saved. , . . '.',.'"'.