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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 158, 5 July 1881, Page 1

Tbe Welliogton correspondent of the Thßtoea Advertiser writes :— " Talking about Royalty, (here is considerable chagrin among WMlfiTgtomeng about iba detached squadron not coining here/ and strenuous efforts are being mada by telegraph to induce the Admiral to viet^ «ha Empire Ciiy. Should the original plan of visiting Auckland ocly t.e adhered to, tbe Governor wili go ihsre by the Hinemoa, and probably Mr Roileston wiil be tbe Minister in attendance, beneuae Mr Whitakfr. can-; not ba spared from the Upper Houses or tbe Premier from tha Lower House J An excellent suggestion haß been ma.c, that when the Princes -arrive tie House should adjourn, and one of T tte Union boats be cheered to take meted bars ti-Aocklanrf-^rnaoy of the oldest! aod ablest of 'whom bsve not yet seen' your provincial cspj.sl. It is not' unlikely that this arrangement will be carried oot, because it would he extremely inconvenient for the Governor and Ministers to be absgnt t wbeh the; Hoose; is iv session."*;- [Do the Dunedin ar>d .Auckland people suppose that! the M.H R.V have- been aent to Wel-! lingtotf dimply ';'{©* obs it as a centra from whence they may cruue about tha* country, leaving the" weightier mat-! ters of the law" neglected-?. The subject of* itinerancy is oeeupy-j ing the minda of _th> Methodist Church! at home, in America, and the colonies.. It is gaiping: ground, thafc- the old! " system I ,'- -cannot be replaced with! good toTthe: Methb^t -church: : ; The! AnnujalCbhfereiice i ' : bf' New Zealand] has tried hard' to knock 'off itinerancy as! -it was and is, but the Tyrentiial Goii-t ferepce kept fast hold of this threei years system; : Tho M^ttipdist oygah j the Weekly Advocate, tim the-follow-ing upon the subject' «-« Tha •■ Itiner-* ancy." This chao|ing, js the severest 1 test of our itibefrarij6y; probably nobpcly! likes it, though some may be glad to . avail rtbewßiekeif of itsfeha-nges 'for-Tthej sake^of a ; chancer, to 'do'b?tte^ J ' o H^iii9 ;'l?ein£ in ihe _;9iaxim um : of . onefah vpojw&y i iksf&toew rpifcyi foffvle'dveisdchOfii pbtf^'of^e'rvice. ' And '-tjien; tod, I whelk ;M6ses, : ?¥%£ &?; c eiqiial to- ihe old: task and whatever new work may. fall in :? I4_qses -thinks May n<-t?*b6iSuffi-sfent ' for th^e'thipgsJ'ihd' therefore' - Wishes ; for hiraael^;to Ms^^a.^bile ; : linger. But ' so"£he Methodist world has gone round r.thesfe- huftdred ( afid fotty years, _and sweep; -If jthe Jtijaerancy isthe! rhipojufi thing ifc i^eaidjtlojbe, dfc ought by tfiis'time to have ruined our church. It now and again throws off a man a good man, too, but if he cannoTWfk in a team 7there Bs rio help^fbr it^ ihe! must go. Let us-look- out^ori- this nWi ye^r with : strong resqlvesi t;o preach! Chris<V to*" wifr shuts, to save'tHe world ! 'thinking p-_#ha£ffs&*ti a litfiT^less'about! the mechanism of our ;churcli^ j • "* ! /, A rjch and eccentric old" Kentuclnanl __r_amed-. Lewis Hamilton, who was! rkiHed by a fall from his horse, recently ! .said to have left fiye.childr^p} bßgrjngj .^tbe. surprising ;i names .of^yenue • -Belle ! a young .gW )V 18;^ : China '""Figure'! another slaughter of 14; London Jud^e'l a son, aged 21; Hebrew Fashion ,° a! daughter^ aged 11 ? and Southern- Soil,' . a. .lad of .eight years. i s Thousands of doetirWents-iEfrepaedipi in; the Government printing oiS.ee at! New -York- corded up from floor to! ceiling, which phe £] a te fTjpongr-e&s! ord&red tb Jbe i>rfcited|_:W Itl&n ftakl