ORIGINAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 1, Issue 194, 18 October 1866, Page 3

ORIGINAL.

TIIE SAD ONE'S LAMENT. A Song. Oh! bid me not sing; for my bosom, now lonely, Is sad with a sorrow that never grows old; I loved, but the pain of the proud passion only Was mine, yet I would not my story unfold. I've striven, long striven, but vainly, have striven, Oblivion's dark garment around it/to fling, But still to my bosom the pow'r is not given To cease to remember; Oh! bid me not sing. Oh! bid me not sing; for the days when my bosom Was light as the cloudlet that sleeps on the sky, When everything round me appear'd in full blossom, With flowrets of friendship that never could die; My thoughts were untroubled, a_d buoyant, and sprightly, ' ' No dark disappointment disturbed life's dream ; My days sailed along on its current as lightly As foam on the breast of a rain-swollen stream. Oh! bid me not sing; for tbe dire recollections Of dear pleasures perish 'd so darken my soul, I would not again now awake the. affections That blest me, yet bound me beyond all control. Yes! bound me to grief with a strong chain of sorrow, Through long years of darkness that knoweth no spring; The night of my sad heart shall ne'er see a morrow. I beg vou, in kindness, to bid me not sing. W. Hogg. Nelson, October 17, 1866.

The Resident Magistrate ~ was occupied several hours yesterday, iu investigating a case, Southgate v. Stewart. The claim was for the value of a car alleged- to have beeu unlawfully seized by the defendant, on the authority of a bill of. sale, at the suit of Mr. M'Cabe. Mr. Pitt appeared for plaintiff, and tendered evidence to prove that the lawful ownership vested in hts client. Ou the other hand, Mr. Kingdon produced two bills of sale given prior to the date of the purchase of the car by Southgate from James, who is now iu prison. Mr. Pitt contended that the first bill of sale was satisfied, and the secoud invalid, My. Kingdon arguing at great length against both these affirmations. The Magistrate gave judgment for plaintiff for £15 and costs, or the car to be returned to him. Notice of appeal has been given by defendant's solicitor. Oswald, the man who escaped from custody on Sunday, and who was charged with stealing a rope. from the owner of the Bonnie Lass, was brought before the Resident Magistrate yesterday. He was found, by Constable Bradcock, on the previous day, coucealed, with two other men, in the manuka on the Wakapuaka Road. Brock, who had been remanded, was brought up with Oswald. The evidence of Champney was taken, who said he purchased the boat of Mr. Gibbons, aud employed Oswald and Price to take it from the Port to Collingwood Bridge. On

that evening- they were seen in .Westrupp's dingy, under the bows of the Bonnie Lass, were hailed, and Oswald replied, saying; they were going off to the boat. It had been previously proved that the i*ope had been found in the boat in which Oswald was, and that he escaped from custody. The Magistrate said the evidence was strong against the prisoners, but not sufficient to convict them. He discharged them, saying if they came before him agaiu on a similar charge, he would send them to gaol. The rope was restored to Mr. Davidson. - A line was omitted at the end of the first paragraph in our leader yesterday. The latter part of the sentence should read thus : " devoted to a destruction from which they have resolved to refuse all offers of escape." A strong N.W. gale visited Wellington on the llth. Several vessels dragged from their moorings.