Local Intelligence.

Nelson a City.— By the Queen's letters patent, tested at Westminster the twei.ty-seventh day of September in the twenty-second year of her present Majesty's reign, creating the Bishopric of Nelson, it is ordained as follows, " And we do further, by these our letters patent, ordain and constitute the Town of Nelson, in the Province of Nelson, to be a Bishop's See, and the seat of the said Bishop, and do ordain that the said Town of Nelson shall be a City."

Concert.— We direct the attention of our readers to the particulars which will be found in our advertising columns, of a concert that is to be held in the Odd Fellows' Hall on Friday evening. We hear that Mr. Walcot, whose singing gave such pleasure during the late theatrical season in Nelson, will take part at this concert ; and that Mr. C. Bonnington will preside at the piano. The other performers are however, principally amateurs. The performance certainly promises a most varied and attractive entertainment ; and as the proceeds will go towards defraying the expenses recently incurred by enlaiging the Hall, wo doubt not that the public will appreciate the honourable effort, and that a bumping house will reward the exertions of the promoters of this concert.

Coroner's Inquest. —On Saturday morning an inquest was held by T. Connell, Esq., Coroner, on the body of the infant child of Mr. W. Small, of Stoke. It appeared from evidence, that, on the preceding day, which was unusually bleak and windy, the parents came to town in the morning, bringing the deceased (a boy of only two months old) with them. Nothing particular was remarked about the child, excepting that, shortly before the parents left town, it began to cry violently. The mother took it to her breast ; and as the dusk of the evening was approaching, the party proceeded homewards in the cart. About half a-inile iroin town, however, the mother was alarmed at finding the child struggling violently ; and she stopped the cart and took the infant into a cottage by the roadside, when, to her dismay, she found that the child was dead. Medical assistance was summoned, but was unavailing. The evidence of the medical witnesses went to prove that death resulted from congestion of the brain, caused by exposure to the cold ; and the jury returned a verdict accordingly.