TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1664, 17 April 1866, Page 2

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Magisterial.—At the Resident Magistrate's Court, Christchurch, yesterday, beforo C. R. Blakiston, Esq., James Simms, charged with being drunk and incapable, was discharged with a caution. Tub Railway.—We notice that an alteration has been made In the time table of tho trains running during the winter months. An advertisement appears in our columns this day to which we direct attention. The Wallace Election.—The last of the flections for the General Assembly took place on April 6, at Southland. Mr. M'Neil was duly proposed and seconded, and there being no other candidate the Returning Officer declared Mr. M'Neil duly elected. The Papanui Toll Bar.—We learn that a decision was arrived at yesterday by the authorities, that it is desirable to remove the toll bar, erected by the Avon Road Board under pressure from the Provincial Government, in the North. Road, near Papanui. The English Mail.—The letters, &c, sent away by the Airedale yesterday from the Lyttelton Post Office, were as follows:—London via Southampton, 776 letters, 1200 newspapers ; London via Marseilles, 200 letters, 14 newspapers; for other places, 248 letters, 86 newspapers. Total, 1224 letters, and 1300 newspapers. The whole mail was despatched in 30 boxes and 4 bags.

Accideht.—Yesterday, a man, whose name .we were unable to ascertain, was riding a spirited horse along Colombo street. He injudiciously began to punish the animal, which plunged and threw him. He fell upon his head, and was rather seriously injured. He was conveyed to Dr, Deamer's residence. The horse bolted down the street, until it reached the asphalte pavement near the Central Hotel, when it fell, and was secured.

SuMrsiDE.-On Friday last an entertainment was given to the patients of this establishment. Mr. and Mrs. Heine kindly gave their services for the recreation of the patients, who seemed highly pleased with their exquisite music. A large number of visitors had been invited, and after the musical performance, a dance was improvised in the long room. Some of the inmates—who one and all behaved with the utmost proprietytook part in the amusements by singing several songs. Appeals against the Assessment Roll, —Yesterday the following gentlemen attended at the Council Chamber, Lyttelton, and constituted a bench of magistrates, to hear objections to the new assessment roll for 1866 :-C. C. Bowen, Esq., R.M.; J. 01livicr, Esq., J.P.; and T. H. Potts, Esq., J.P. About twenty ratepayers attended, and in a few cases trifling reductions were made, a few were struck out, and several objectors did not appear. The Bench stated that they were of opinion that the roll presented on the whole a very fair assessment, and the objections were such as might be expected to arise under ordinary circumstances. The Panama Service.—lt is authoritatively stated that the New Zealand Government have given their consent to the timetable proposed for the Panama mail service by the contracting company. The mail will leave Southampton by the West India boats on the 2nd of each month, and should reach Wellington on the 19th or 20th of the next. The return mail will leave Sydney on the 15th, and Wellington on the 24th. The course of post, therefore, from England to New Zealand and back will be reduced to under 100 days from 138 days, as it now is via Marseilles. The first trip from this end will be by the Ruahine in June., Presbyterian Church, Lyttelton.— The ordination of three elders for the Church of St. John took place on Sunday last. The Rev. John Gow, the ordained minister, officiating on the occasion. After a most impressive address the elders chosen, Messrs. J. G. Fyfe, T. Wright, and J. Grubb, took their place in front of the reading desk, and after the various questions had been answered and a charge given them, the Minister gave each the right hand of fellowship. The Eev. gentleman in his charge, and also in his address to the congregation, said he felt thankful to say all was going on well with them. This was the first session that had been held in the Church, but he trusted that now that all was in working order, they would go on happily together. . The service concluded with singing and prayer, The Volunteers.—Captain Charles Cecil Rookes, late Lieut-Colonel commanding the Militia in the Wanganui district, whose appointment to the Adjutancy of the Canterbury Volunteer Force has already been notified, arrived from Wellington on Sunday for the purpose of entering upon the duties of his office. His rank, as adjutant, will be that of junior captain in the batallion. We are able to state that Captain George Packe, at present commanding No. 2 Company, will be promoted to be Major, and Major White to be Lieut-Colonel in the Canterbury Rifle Volunteers, and that Capt. Reader, commanding the Yeomanry.Cavalry, will also obtain a Majority. Captain John Fuller, who is senior in the Rifles, is understood to be unprepared to accept the command, on account of the distance of his residence from head-quarters. Inqdest.—Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the George and Dragon Hotel, Templelon, by Dr. Coward, the coroner, and a jury, on the body of Mr. William Bundle, landlord of the hotel. Margaret -Bundle, wife of deceased, deposed as follows ;-Deceasedwent to bed on Saturday last quite sober, and about two hours afterwards, she observed that he moved about inthe bed; lie was subsequently seized with vomiting, but lie lay do ivn again, and slept all night afterwards. She arose at half-past seven,;Jeaving deceased still asleep. About twenty minutes afterwards',she heard him breathe heavily, as though-he was in pain, and she went up to him, and at the same time sent her son for Dr. Coward. She put a mustard poulticeoh his chest, and some hot bricks to his feet, and gave him some brandy and water and held up his head for him to. swallow it, for he was unconscious; and Awhile this was being done he breathed his last. . Dr. Coward arrived half-an-hour afterwards. Dr, Leach said that he had made a post mortem examination of deceased's chest and stomach, and found the.left'lung adhering to the side. The right, lung also was adhering to the side, but not so much so as the other; the liver was healthy. He attributed death toapoplexy in the lungs. The jury found the verdict that the decea«ed met his death by apoplexy in the lungs, caused by the visitation of God. Landscape Painting.—Mr. N. Chevalier, the eminent artist, is now paying a visit to Canterbury for the purpose of exploring its forests, mountains, and lakes in the interests of art 'Mr. Chevalier has gained a very high reputation in the sifter colonies, especially in Victoria, where his sketches and paintings of nature have been excessively admired. ', He has already paid a visit to Otago, and has laboriously penetrated the interior of that province, bringing away with .-him' the fruits of his expedition in the shape of sketches. The Government of - Otago lent every practical aid and assistance to Mr. Chevalier in his enterprise,with the' hope that his finished pictures will be exhibited in Paris at the great Exposition of 1867, and there attract the notice of many thousands. It will be remembered that the Provincial Council set aside a sum of money for the same excellent purpose; but we have not yet beard in'what way the Executive will see fit to apply it. Mr, Chevalier will probably leave Christchurch for, the interior oh 'Wednesday and will proceed to' the West Coast by lhe Hurunui road. Arrived on the west, he will journey as far southwards 'and inland as cjrcurqstahces will permit, and will ultimately return 'to tlie eastern side by the Otirai route; afterwards he will'take'a'trip to the southward, and examine the upper lake districts. IW'gi'cali'.final object of this undertaking is the publication of a large work,' containing views of the -country through' which' Mr. Chevalier has travelled, with lcttfer-prtefl. For the .sake of the province as well as his own, we wish Mr. Chevalier every success in his undertaking.

Acoidrnt.—On Sunday, last Captain Vandorvoord, the master, of thtfWrig Wild Wave, j was returning from'.dhrlsttJhurch, had been transacting'sWbusineßS. He hircc| a horse from one of tiie livery sjaMo kcep&ra Hero, and whilst riding alonfc the Perry road, lie was thrown and severely injured;: He was taken to the residenco of Mr, Osborn, the cabinetmaker. He suffered a great deal of pain, but was rather easier yesterday, The medical practitioner in attendance on him has not yet been able to ascertain whether or not he has fractured any of his ribs, Acclimatization at Nelson. The red andyellow deer, which were let loose in the Waimea lately, appear to be thriving. They are increasing in number, and were seen lately with young fawns among them. The pheasant is multiplying in several districts of the province, Some recently turned loose last year by his Honor the Superintendent, on the small island above Wairoa bridge, have already had broods, and are beginning to spread, and will no doubt soon find their way up the Wairoa Gorge. Our imported song birds are also multiplying, and the notes of the blackbird, the thrush (*' mellow mavis " as Burns calls it), the goldfinch, chaffinch, and other linnets, are not strange among the trees of some town gardens, and are sometimes met with in up-country districts. Chaffinches and greenfinches have found their way to the Wakefield district, and, indeed, were seen there more than a year ago. We heard of one having been shot by mistake in that quarter in the summer of 1865, by an unlucky sportsman; but the birds, we learn, are still flourishing notwithstanding.— Nelson Colonist, April 10.