NELSON.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 12, Issue 885, 19 October 1867, Page 4

NELSON.

GOOD NEWS FROM THE COLLINGWOOD GOLDFIELDS. (From the 'Colonist,' October 11.) By an arrival from Collingwood last night, we hear good accounts, and good prospects of still better to come of the goldfield there. A rush has taken place to Rocky River, where aifter very little labor the partywashed out from the bottom of their hole Over' three penny- weights to the dish. If a prospect like this is realised, it means an average of £20 a week per man. With respect to the deep sinkingat Washbourneflat, we learn that Mr. Arthur Collins, who came over yesterday, reports that a number of men, experienced miners from the West Coast, have arrived on the ground, and have inspected some of the holes sunk lw the earlier workers. These men say that the sinking is not sufficiently deep, that only a false bottom was reached — a not uncommon occurrence — in fact, the large " Sarah Sands " nugget of Victoria, over 100 pounds weight, was discovered in a deserted hole, the first owners of which had, come oh a false bottom, and left in disgust, their successors reaping the har- * vest. The experienced men now in Collingwood speak very highly of the locality, and have great hopes. They are going on sinking deeper, and in a few days we shall have fuller accounts. INSTALLATION OF THE BISHOP OF NELSON £]?rom the ' Evening Mp.il,' October 10.J The installation of Bishop Suter took place yesterday afternoon at half-past 3 o'clock, at Christ Church, in the presence of a numberous congregation, including many members of other-religious denominations, attracted thither by the novelty and rarity of such a ceremonial in this Sart of the world. The Bishop and his haplains were met at the west door of the church by his Commissary, the Churchwardens, and the lay members of the Diocesan Synod, and thence proceeded up the centre aisle in tho following order : — The Jay • members of the Synod ; the Vestrymen of Christ Church ; the Churchwardens, Dr. Sealy and Mr. R. Lee : D. Sinclair, Esq., J.P., Registrar of the Diocese ; the Clergy ; including the Revs. C. L. Maclean, P. Tripp, W. Lewis, R. J. Thorpe, and B. W. Harvey ; the Bishop's Commissary, the Rev. G. H. Johnstone ; the Bishop s Chaplains, the Revs. W. H. Ewaldand C". 0. Mules ; and lastly, the BishOp himself, in his episcopal ..obes. The ancient hymn ' Veni Creator' having been meanwhile sung by the Bishop and the congregation alternately, the Bishop knelt at the Communion rails, and the Bishop's Commissary and chaplains standing on each side of his Lordship, several suffrages were read, the people responding ; : and the Bishop having been conducted within the rails, was installed in the episcopal chair by. the Commissary, who read the Commission empowering the installation. The Evening Prayers were then read, the Proper Psalms being the 45th and 48th, and the first Proper Lesson, Isaiah xi, 1-11, 28-31, being read by the Rev. C-. L. M'Lean, and the second. Acts 17 35, by the Rev. Francis Tripp. The Bishop then ascended the pulpit, and delivered a very appropriate sermon from 1 Tim. iii, I—'1 — ' This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.' The address was of an extremely comprehensive character ; and alluded not only to the qualifications and responsibilities of the episcopal office, and to the desirability of promoting concord amongst those amongst his people who differed in no essentials, but to the past history and future prospects of. the. diocese, the Bishop stating that in the interval between his consecration and his departure from England he had collected £2250 in small sums, and detailing the objects to which it would be devoted. Whilst alluding in laudatory terms to the exertions which had latelybeen made to relievo the church in which * they were assembled from debt, he urged upon the members of the Anglican com*** munion the necessity of increased and more systematic contributions for church purposes, and concluded by stating his intention W institute a complete organisation "' throughout the diocese with this view, and ' by acimowledging his obligations to the : vaijbui niembers of the Church, both lay : and" clerical, during the interval which '•- : ': . : h^"eh)pB r ed since his predecessor's resignation 1 . loh fwhos^ character his Lordship Baj.|^i:a^ high eulogium. A hymn having ■ : i~%^i^^ix^i : i^^Ji' : .^.o^^oxL made in be'^■iW^^f^i^^^^^BS* tte Bishop pro.jiid the service