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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 158, 6 September 1866, Page 2

In the Eesident Magistrate's Court yesterday, judgment was given for plaintiffs in the following cases :— Peat .and Thornton v. Grooby,. £6 Os. 6d. ; Thornton .,v... Flowers, £1; Thornton v; Franklin, £12 2s. 3d. In the case of Levien'v. Burns, action to recover £20 for breach of .contract, judgment was given for defendant with costs. .James Callender, of Motueka,. was sentenced* to 28 days' ' imprisonment with .hard ;j 'labor, : - for stealing £3 10s. from his employer; : Willi«m Grant, blacksmith, of Motueka.

We see from a telegram, published by a contemporary, that the financial statement made by Mr. Fitzherbert last night, does not materially differ from that made by the pre-. vious treasurer. The defence estimates are to be reduced by £39,000, and an armed constabulary will be employed. The estimated expenditure for the present year is £1,058,500, of which £318,750 is expected to be received from customs revenue. The tariff is to be revised. The Government expects £50,000 from stamp duties ; £4,500 from bonded warehouses; £7,000 from postal taxation ; and £1,000 from distillation. The Telegraph and Military Settlers are expected to cost £306,500, and £136,500 has to be provided after the available balance of the loan is expended. . It would appear from a decision. given by Mr. Warden Revell, (says the Argus) that no suitor in the Warden's Court has any locus standi in the Court, unless he is in posession of a miner's right. A person named Frahey, who had purchased, or in some other manner come into possession of some shares in the Cock Race Co., Maori Gully, brought an action against one Scanlan to recover £25 damages occasioned by the defendant refusing to deliver up the certificate of registration for the purpose of transferring the shares. It transpired at the commencement of the case that the plaintiff had no miner's right, although the men representing the shares in the race had, but the Magistrate ruled that the plaintiff was bound to hold a miner's right, and as he had not one, his case in that Court must be dismissed, with costs. We fancy this ruling will be received with a good deal of surprise. We take the following from the Westland Observer :— Hunt, of Bruce Bay notoriety, has, apparently, an ambition of becoming yet more notorious and more obnoxious in the eyes of the mining population. Not content with being the cause of the disastrous rush which succeeded his application for a pros- i pecting claim in April last, he has lately iuduced a party to leave Southland for the neighborhood of the locality to which that rush was directed, promising that he would join them, and take them to the ground, but this promise he has never fulfilled, though a number of weeks have elapsed, and the party are beginning to realise that they have been the dupes of their own credulity and his meaningless and heartless designs. The West Coast Times, of Thursday, reports a melancholy case of suicide which occurred at Gillespie's Beach, Okarita, recently, the victim being a miner named Charles Fitzgerald, a native of Limerick, who stabbed himself in the abdomen with a sheath knife. Death was not instantaneous, as he lingered several hours afterwards, and in the mean- j time, in answer to questions, stated that he dreamed somebody was stabbing him, and on awakening found that he had done so inadvertently. He afterwards contradicted himself, and complained that his head was wrong and that life was a burden to him. The unfortunate man died at 10 p.m. the same night. The Argus has received information from the Postmaster that the mails despatched from Greymouth to Brisbane on the 3rd and sth, and to Sydney on the 4th ultimo, have been saved from the wreck of the s.s. Ca- ' warra. We learn from the Dunstan Times, that the Chinese have commenced sluicing. The new rush reported some weeks to the Lugget Rock neighbourhood has turned out well, all the miners making good wages. The G. R. Argus says : — The fame of the "Blake Diamond" has reached the city of Nelson, and the value of the gem appears to increase, in proportion to the distance its reputation has to travel. According to the Examiner the "Blake Diamond" has been valued at about £7000. We would strongly advise the fortunate owner to close with such a good offer. . The Otago Daily Times, of the 26th ult., gives currency to a rumour that gold has been discovered somewhere near Timaru on -the Otago side of the range. The West Coast Times states that the question -as to whether Sullivan of Burgess's gang is identical with : the Sullivan formerly connected with them in Otago has been set

at rest, the' Otago Sullivan having" only on Thursday last been discharged from custody: in the. Hokitika gaol, where he has undergone a month's imprisonment for ; larceny. Our contemporary says the police are positive of his being the man. From correspondence laid on the table of the House relative to the. working of the Debtors and Creditors Act, we learn that the various inspectors have not been very long in office. It would appear that they all assembled in Wellington in the mouth of April last, and made certain suggestions for. their guidance which were approved of by the Government. It was then fixed that the inspectors should be salaried officers. Against this it might.be urged that the fees in some of the provinces might. not cover the inspector's salary, but.the inspectors generally were of opinion that the cost of their departments throughout the colony would be under £5,000, and that the amount of fees would exceed the cost of inspection. It was also suggested that the inspectors should meet again next year to interchange their experiences. On the 28th May, Mr. Brodie, the Inspector of Otago, wrote to the Government, forwarding a draft of the proposed bill amending the Debtors and Creditors Act, and stating that it did not contemplate interfering with the principle of the present law, but sought to provide more definite machiuery for carrying it out. We believe no attempt will be made to alter the law this session. The remainder of the correspondence is unimportant. We (Independent) are glad to be able to announce that a movement is now on foot for lighting Wellington with gas. At the meeting of the Town Board, Mr. Bishop mentioned that Mr. Aiken had asked him to iaquire of the board the extent of support that Avould be given him if he undertook the introduction of gas into the city. Mr. Dransfield strongly advocated the scheme,jjand carried a motion to the effect that the streets should be lighted with gas as soon as possible. We earnestly trust that every inducement will be given to Mr. Aiken to carry out the proposed undertaking, and feel perfectly assured that every householder will gladly contribute towards the expense of having our thoroughfares, at present so dismal lookiug at night, lighted up like those of other cities iv the colony. A Wellington correspondent of the Southern Cross supplies the following : — On Monday, 13th August, a dinner was given at Osgoods Hotel to William Thompson and his native companion, by Messrs. Featherston, Whitaker, McLean, and other members of the Assembly. Mr. FitzGerald proposed the health of their guest, which was responded to by Thompson in a very pleasing manner. He said that he was always desirous of living at peace with the pakeha, and that it was only when his people joined the war that he was carried away with the current. He would like to invite the gentlemen present to his country, but unfortunately he was now very poor — even the food which he and his people were using ha.d been purchased with borrowed money, but when his people recovered a little, and again had abundance of food, he would be most happy to receive his pakeha friends on a visit, and make them as comfortable as he could. During the course of the evening, Thompson offered to play draughts with Whitaker for the Waikato. Whitaker played, although not for the proposed stakes, and the Maori' chief won. Thompson then played with Featherston and McLean, and beat them— thus vanquishing the three Superintendents. We learn by the Taranaki Herald that the Wereroa pa has been evacuated, and the garrison, which consisted of a detachment of the 1 4th, under the command of Captain Bryce, has joined the garrison at Wanganui. — The 50th, now stationed at Taranaki, will be. reduced to five companies; the remaining companies and the head-quarters being under orders to proceed to Otahuhu, en route to Australia, which colony they are to reach before the beginning of October.. The whiole of the 2nd battalion of the 14th have "received" similar orders. — The 57th will remain in Waikato for the present. — The Military Train and the Comraisariat Staff Corps, with the exception

of about 12 men, are also under 'orders for home.^— lt is said.that bp.e r.eg-inienkqnly, — the 18th— -is to be left ia.tHe. colony/aud that the ■whole of this regiment ■will be Fin la central part of the North lalanci'. . „ . : : > . We (D. S. Cross) ..extract the following from a private letter, dated" Wellington, August 27th : :— "Colonel Haultain, it would appear, is to be sent to the Upper House, in consequence of the .expected", requisitionfrom his constituents. " * .' 7i' -.■ The London correspondent of the' Wellington Independent .says ; :-~I have, I . believe, on one or two "occasions, suggestec! that it was scarcely sound policy-that the London manager of the Bank of New Zealand should be permitted to occupy himself with other commercial or insurance transactions than those he was paid to look after,- in ; liis> purely official capacity as manager of your bank. I am informed that he has-been instructed, and has agreed, to confine, Mmself .strictly-, and exclusively to the Bank .of- New:; Zealand, and none other. ; ; . Sir «T. H. Manners Sutton recently held a levee iv Melbourne. On . no jsimilar occasion have so many representations taken, place. The Age says:— The members of his Excellency's family were present,- evidently'faking a deep interest in the'prpceedings.': One novel and most agreeable feature was;; that, iustead of interchanging a ceremonious bow with the gentlemen presented, his Excellency shook them warmly by the hand, an innovation upon formality; andi etiquette which elicited a very kiuclly recognition:, albeit our dilettante critics may attempt to smibit as too Americam. The lunatic Cameron lias been. tried for the murder of Dr Green up, at Sydney. He pleaded Not. Guilty, and a verdictof acquittal was returned, on the ground that he was insane. The unfortunate man was remanded to his former custody, in Paramatta Lunatic Asylum. . -.- ; .