NELSON.

Marlborough Press, Volume I, Issue 14, 7 April 1860, Page 2

NELSON.

[FBOM OUR OWN COBBESPONCENT.] *' The serious news from Taranaki aroused tlr Nelson folks to that immediate action which*: characteristic of them on all important occasion A meeting was at once called and well attends*! and resolutions passed that the Taisrnahian'‘Jfß should at once he sent off on her arrival from t! , V/airau and Croixelles, and placed at the; dispyjf of those in authority at Taranaki. .soon resolved upon than accomplished. ’* are made to receive the female and lation of .Taranaki shduld'sufch an uiifprtmga necessity ..exist .for breaking.up homes and beautiful homesteads in that.Smr district. . It was assorted at the meeting* th nothing hut old flint and steel hand here : warranted *) strike at twenty w in the hands of a good shot. »The.’ mifftia, .list } printed, and the volunteers are, to ..tjs£thp" ini.ti^r^,le3Bona.thi^Meeltjj;^hatjß,,uje^goa Step,” &c., A thousand toDtlj. I dnlrctf|Bli,tl; men would bo w»asaurmg>iat now— latharmo. ,

»o than. Nos. l and 2 Company of Volunteer*, without rifles. . , This week is full of melancholy events. By a fatal accident, yre have lost one of our respected citizens, who, though here only a .short time, had gained the respect of all. Mr. Charles John Bartlett, draper, of Trafalgar-street, with a friend, left his house to go to the port in a cart, driven by Watts, and within a few minutes after receiVed the injuries which caused his death within an hoar or so afterwards. The "‘ghtjvas dark and rainy. A collision between Watts s cart and that of Mr. Goodman, baker, took place about midway of the fence surrounding Mr. Wilson s store ‘Mr. Bartlett was so much injured that he never spoke afterwards; Watts was stunned and has had some fits since ; and Goodman s horse was killed by the shaft of Watts’ cart entering the near side between the shoulder and the ribs. A lonz and careful investigation took place at the inquest, and the verdict was “Death accidentally caused by the collision of two carts, owing to the darkness of the night; with a recommendation that all vehicles plying for hire should carry lights, and concluded with a centre on Watts, although there was no evidence to prove that he was either drunk or driving fast at the time of the accident. Mr. Low has been appointed additional pilot at this port. , , , . ~ The election at Waimca-south ended in the return of Mr. M‘Mahon, who polled considerably more votes than Mr. Donald Sinclair. The diggers, &e. at the Aorere are getting up a memorial to the General Assembly, in order to he allowed to send a member to represent the interests of the gold-fields, in that Assembly. Chrome, of first-rate quality, has been found at the Croixelles. As there is said to be a great demand for this ore in England, the shareholders in this mine arc anticipating a return for their ° U L.Wrey has Written a long letter on big ships, in which he almost claims the honour of being the originator of them, and offers to ••produce a vessel. LOOJ) feet in length by 100 feet wife, that shalLMn f?om England, v.q the Cape of Good Hope, in thirty days, and on to New Zealand in the same proportion of time, and return to England by the same route in the «ame timeif a sum of £300,000 be guaranteed.

, t . , April 2. The great event of the season came. off on Tuesday last, in the shape of our Superintendent’s speech, containing twenty clauses and fully three columns of the. newspapers. Hw Honour was too ill to deliver it himself; and this arduous duty consequently devolved on the veteran Clerk of the Council, who, we doubt not, was glad enough when he came t o la fin. The address embraces nearly all subjects past and to come. That which more particularly relates to your province is contained in one clause; and you are soundly rated for youi illegal presumption in endeavouring to run alone The small fry have been buzzing about you .ant trying to sting you for your precocious temerity therefore it is not to be wondered at that th< Superintendent should feel rather chagrined at ■ the sudden divorce, especially as he is the only, one. who has cyer shown any kind of justice in •pending the public money. , . . The appearance of the Council is somewhat altered, by the infusiqn of he w members, and by the absence of many ah old familiar. face. .Not? do we miss the ex-Spoaker and his immense white choker. Absent too is the little busy late member for the Wairau.' And above all is the gap paused by the non tit of the .'doughty miller, with the confident saupy cock of his head; great comfort* this to many, on the opposition side. The session is supposed not to be a long one. Returns are already moved for on various subjects Buns and runholders; Tasmanian Maid and- her subsidy; Nelson Market, Dog Tickets, Hospitals; AmuriWrits; Education Rates, Ac., &c. Mr. Kelling made a motion to the effect that the number of members should be reduced to fifteen on the score of economy—a favourite .subject of the honourable gentleman’s talk. A committee has been formed here called the Taranaki Aid Committee, whose object is to provide accommodation to the females and children from Taranaki, should they he compelled to flee from their homes. The Odd-Fellows have offered the use of their hall, which will afford accommodation to nearly 150- From other sources .this number can.be increased to 500. go that the good folks here have been very "'j&e funeral of Mn, Bartlett took place on Monday. Most of the shops were closed; and many inhabitants followed the remains of this much-respected tradesman to the. grave. The aervlce for the dead was impressively read by the Bishop of Nelson.; Mrs. Bartlett, who has been thus untimely left with a large family, intends to carry on her late husband’s business, •and will be well supported by a sympathising Mr. Mackay, senior,* has been commissioned by the Superintendent to go .to Massacre Bay, so ithat the electors there shall not he disfranchised by the abominable claiilse calling on men to go .49 many miles to get registered. He returned with about fifty claims, ell of whom would have been deprived of their rights had not Mr. Mackay gone over. “ If the mountain won’t come to Mahomet; Mahomet will go to the mountain." The members of the Nelson Institute had a rather stormy meeting. There are to be great | alterations made. The annual subscription is to be raised from ten shillings to a pound to all those members who are fond of 11 roasting their .toes" at the Institution fire. The price for borrowing books is to remain at. ten shillings. A ehessroom, in which coffee will be allowed, will he open for two pounds per annum. So that the public, for the small charge of ten shillings, can take hooks home and find their own firing ; or they can for one po'und "roast their toes before the Enner-glynn'coal fire of the Institute, or for two pounds can have all these advantages, with the further one of having a snuggery at the Institute, in which they may sip coffee a la Jrancaiic, absorb themselves in the profundity of chess, or indulge in small talk on " polities, literature, and the fine arts." A man named James Lugar was drowned at the Rocky river, Aorere. He was crossing on a tree with a heavy swag, when the stream swept him off the tree, and he " sank to rim*, no more." The big gun on our Church hill awakens the jnHaat volunteers of O'ur town to early drill. CSompaoios are formed at Motueka and the Waiaca*— numbering in all seven companies: so tbit wy soon there will be some five hundred Wq ia * tolerable state of discipline. ‘Gold and rumours of gold are flying (the latter bourse! about. Diggings have been tried at tha Tadmure, by Wangapeka. Contradictory acoounts are afloat concerning them. A party of tweOtw-oae dizzers from Canterbury, in the PtUßtooMLioaer. pui into the* Croixellea through 'of weather, oa Friday, the 23rd.

She left for the Buller on the Monday following. They have six months’ provisions. An address has been presented to the Rev. Mr Warren, the Wesleyan minister, on his departure for Wellington. He is bv the Rev. Mr. Innes, from the Hutt. Mr Wanen bears with him the respect and good wishes of everybody in Nelson. „ , There is a great congregating of Maories her just now. A chief from Ponrua h» 9 conferred with the Government on the necessity of getting the natives of this province to sign a declaration of adherence to the British GoV f r?”* e h “' lftte i v We have had all sorts of squabbles here lately. The proprietors of the newspapers, y J change, have taken up the cudgels, instead of the editors. Printing ink and bardwmds h been vigorously plied by the belligerents but it is pleasant to have to record that no great damage was sustained on either side Things now go on “the noiseless tenour of their way. Not so can it be said of the chrome dispute, which verges very closely on another case or Judge Johnstone. Croixelles versut Dun Mountain Plaintiff and defendant—Oswald Curtis and T. R. Hackett. The correspondence is too long for extraction ; and as it is nc’ the circumstances can be b* l ®®?.., j. vli son 10th September last, in which it was stated that a report was current there t t Lj 9 cannot be found at the mines beiongmgtothis company, and that the pieces reported to have been found had been deposited there for the purnnqp, 0 f deceDtion." This report has been attributed to Mr. Hackett; and Mr. Curtis, as secre. tarv to the Croixelles Company, puts sundry pertinent questions to Mr, Hackett who declines to be catechised, and insists that he has not been paid for furnishing the jomt report with Mr. Gibbs. Mr. Curtis concludes his letter thus . “It is the intention of the:fin-eetors_ to publish this correspondence, and to put it mto the han of those persons in London among whom the calumnious report has been circulated. To which Mr. Hackett replied :-The conclusions in your letter “ are both inconrect and offensive. I beg to warn you against the that letter, either in the newspapers or otherwise. It may be mentioned that chrome ore has been found in large blocks at Current Basin, and that the quantity actually visible is estimated at a hundred tons, which can be brokemup and got readv for shipment at a cost of lOs. per ton. Owing to the late accident, a hill has been brought into Council, intituled “ Hackney Carriages Bill.” It is contained m eight short clauses—Drivers to be licensed by Resident Magistrate; list of persons licensed to be open for inspection Police Office; all licensed vehicles to carry lights at ni gbt- A short “Bridle Roads Bill has been likewise brought in. Its object is the preservation of bridle tracks. ’