NELSON. [From the Nelson Examiner, Oct. 14.]

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume V, Issue 338, 28 October 1848, Page 2

NELSON. [From the Nelson Examiner, Oct. 14.]

It will be seen by a,dy,er,tisemen,t that a gaol is actually to be built, in* Nelsod at la^U 1^ is not that' there' is" any 'particular w#nt forj^jit the .present time^- as tb,e ,t wo gaolers 1 have>oflw nothing to do but to look .after- «aoh other. -It is however -the^uty* of- the- Government to haye 1 * proper 'Biiil^A^jto^receiv^^osfvwho

offend against the* laws,, -which the present '■hovel certainly is not. ■• "JTe understand that Mr. Brunner has been commissioned by Government to explore the country lying between Nelson and the Wairau, with the view of ascertaining the best "line for a road. We hope this will be follow!ed up by ihe' Government setting energetically at work to makfe the road in question. Mdnday' last, was the day for the sitting of the. Supreme Court in Nelson, but no Judge made his appearance, nor < an we yet announce Tiis- Honour's atrival. There was rio criminal busines^ Wajting his Honour, but we understand thajt, there were two civil cases for .trial., We hav.e hjeard it suggested that these may have been settled in Wellington, and that ]lhe Government has concluded that the presence iof'the Judge was not required here. in the instance would, be the 'fact, bnt as it could be only a' matter of conjecture, and not a Certainty on the other side T>f the JStrait that ,no' criminal' case awaited trial, we think the Judge ought to havt attended here at the proper time. [The 1 present'appearance of the season is highly favourable to agriculture. Barley sowing is now pretty well over, and more favourable weather for 'it could not be desired. The early sown wheat is everywhere looking well, But some which was' sown late in wet ground looks chilled and starved. We believe however' the .present mild weather will rapidly bring this forward, and we do not despair of seeing it yield gpod crops. In the garden, ripe" strawberries are to be found, the green peas and new potatoes have been for sale during the last fortnight.

, Richmond; Mechanics' Institution. — A meeting of the members of this institution took place at th 6 Star and Garter, Richmond, dn -Monday last, when arrangements were made for more efficiently promoting the future welfare of the society. A handsome present Of books was announced from Dr. Sumner, late Bishop of Chester (now Archbishop of Canterbury) through the hands of Mr. Fox. An;, excellent; dinner w.as prepared for the members by Mr. Harkness, which was partaken of by a niime'rous and respectable company.

Death, by Scalding. — A little girl about fifteen or eighteen months old, the daughter of a wheelwright, named Ricketts, was dreadFully scalded yesterday week by the upsetting of a kettle of boiling water which stood by the -side.of the. fire. The pqor little thingjingered until Tuesday last, and then died. — Ibid, Oct. 7. '

Accident. — ,A man named yVadsworth, who .was convicted at the last sittings of the Supreme Court of stealing geese, and sentenced to six months" hard labour, "got his discharge on Saturday last. On regaining his Jibe:ty, he appears to have indulged rather freely in the use of John -Barleycorn, for, on going home to the Waimea, in the evening, he fell off the cart on which he was riding, in descending the hill at Gr pig's, And one of the wheels passed over part- of his body. Webe-' lieve he sustained some Serions injuries, 'and that he now lies in a precarious 'state, —Ibid.

Exports. — We have again the satisfaction of directing notice to , -our export list, which affords the "hest 'evidence of progress which the settlement is making. In addition to the cargoes cleared at the Cirstom House, the Harlequin schooner is loaded for Otakou, and will sail in a day 1 or "two. \&mong the shipments 1 to Sydney by the Desj atch, it will be seen that for the first time we are exporting flour to the market from whe.nce we formerly drew most of our supplies. . -.Jibe- demand for our produce is now brisk* and constant, but the wanf of labour is a great ' drawback/ At the present time many farmers finjj it impossible, to get their corn thcashed out for the want of hands. Unless we sjeedly get more labour from England, the progress 'of the settlement will 'be much checked. — Ibid, Sept. 30. . y