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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 145, 24 June 1867, Page 2

A public tea-meeting, in connection with the Baptist congregation in this city, will take place to-morrow evening at the Chapel,., in Bridge Street, after which a lecture, I largely illustrated by dissolving views, will be given. ' . We have received a communication from the Chairman of the Suburban North Road Roard, referring to a paragraph which appeared in our issue of Saturday last. Mr. Pollock distinctly denies having refused to furnish any information which it was in his power to give, and states that, on the contrary, such data as can be given are now in course of preparation. He, however, regrets his inability to give (as required by the resolution referred to) a "detailed statement of expenses to be incurred," not being in possession ofthe future iuten tions of a Board, three-fifths which will not be elected for some days to come. Neither can he "furnish a statement of expenses incurred by the late flood," not havimg* seen the debit side of the late floods balance sheet. We are informed that a similar measure to that which we recently advocated, with a view to regulate the qualifications of medical practitiouers, will be brought before the Canterbury Provincial Council during its present session. It may be in the recollection of our readers that, last Assizes, we remarked upou the propriety of making some recognition of the courageous conduct of Constable Doris, who, it will be remembered, captured, at the risk of his life, the three bushrangers who " stuck up " Mr. Nicholls on the Blackwater River, and who are now undergoing their sentence in

Nelson Gaol. We are gratified to learn from the Westport Times ofthe 18th instant, that his services on that occasion are likely to be rewarded in a substantial ancl adequate manner. We are gratified to learn that the Maungatapu Monument Committee are exerting themselves strenuously in order to ensure the success of the benefit performance to be given by the Nathan Troupe to-morrow evening at the Odd Fellows' Hall. The selection of an evening on which the Provincial Conncil while sitting for this benefit, was as we are incliued to think, hardly judicious, but there seems little doubt that the affair will prove a success, a considerable number of tickets having already been disposed of. *, The Waimea Company of Rifle Yolun-\ teers, under Captain Blundell, were inspected on Saturday afternoon by the Hon. Major Morse, in the paddock on Mrs. Biundell's property at Staple Grove. There was a large muster of the members of the Company, ancl a considerable concourse of spectators from the surrounding j district, were also present. The Volunteers went through the various evolutions very creditably, and after an inspection of; the arms, Major Morse expressed himself? much gratified with the result of the in/ spection generally. It seems that more thau one accident of a serious nature in the Waimea district ou Saturday last. In addition to the fatal accident at Richmond, the particulars of which were giveu in our last issue, we understand that a man named Frederick Small, whilst engaged in loading a cart with hay, either through the rope slipping or breaking with which it was kept together, fell backwards to the ground, aud sustained such injuries as are likely to render him a cripple for life. We hear, too, that another accideut, from the kick of ahorse, occurred at Maddoxßush, near Wakefield, ou the same day ; but of this we have, as yet, been unable to obtain any authentic particulars. No slight indiguation his been aroused in this community by the delay in the non-transD&ission of the English Mail via Suez by the Phcebe, which arrived last night. It appears that the English Mail arrived at Wellington on Friday at 6 a.m., the Phoebe leaving on Suuday, 48 hours afterwards, and thus allowing ample time for the transhipping of the Nelson Mail. This is the second or third occasion on on which we. have been subjected to a like vexatious delay. Of course it will be objected that the Phoebe^is not a contract steamer, and that therefore there was no obligation on the -.part of the Government to forward the mail by her. But in spite of this fact, the Postmaster at Dunedin forwarded the mails for Lyttelton by the Phcebe, whilst the hsad of his department at Wellington refuses to extend the same courtesy to the people of Nelson. The Suez mail will now arrive here by tbe Wellington, probably about noon to-morrow. Up to -tjhe time of going to press, no telegram had baen received of the arrival of the Panama mail at Wellington. A grand complimentary concert was given to his Excellency Sir George Grey, X.C.8., on Thursday evening the 6th inst., at the Brunswick Hall, Auckland, which was a decided success. The entertainment had its origin in a desire expressed by the members of the Choral Society of publicly celebrating the return of his Excellency to Auckland. His Excellency, in cordially complying with the request, with characteristic thoughtfulness and judicious benevolence, expressed a wish that the concert should be the means of conferring practical benefit on the widow of the late Mr. Hugh Reid, who was a useful and zealous member of that society. The orchestra was composed of 50 vocalists and 20 instrumentalists, many

of whom possess musical talent and ability rather above mediocrity. They were under the skilful leadership of Mr. J. Brown. H. C. Balneavis, Esq., ably led the instrumentalists. The first part of the concert consisted of Beethoven's "Missa Solennis" in C. Between the parts Bishop Selwyn' presented a congratulatory address to his Excellency, to which a very graceful reply was given, expressive of belief in a return of the prosperity which Auckland had already enjoyed. A large part}' of natives then entered, led by Hamiora Tv, of Tauranga, . and accompanied by Mr. C. 0. Davis. There were about 30 of them — men and women — dressed in -native garments, mostly from the excellent collection of Mr. Mackay, Civil Commissioner. The \ majority of tbem were of the Ngatiteata , tribe of Waiuku, although there were representatives of the Ngaiterangi, Ngafcihana, and Arawa tribes. The songs were ali from the collection of native "waiatas" i made by Sir George Grey, and are kuown ( in every settlement of the island. After these songs, his Excellency stepped forward, and, addressing Hamiora Tv, said that enough had been done by them. The Maoris then, rather reluctantly, left the front of the platform, being evidently inclined to take advautage of _their "first appearance on any stage" by giviug a few more specimens of their skill. The secular part of the concert was then proceeded with, and included the following pieces : — Overture, '• Semiramide," Rosiui ; glee, "Praise of Spring," Mendelssohn: part song, " The Image of the Rose," G. Reichardt; quartette, "The Happiest Land,'' J. L. Hattou, concluding with the National Anthem. The concert did not terminate till nearly midnight. A Bullet in the Heart For Thirty Years. — Prof. Hamilton has presented to the Pathological Society of New York the heart of a patient aged fourty four. A bullet was imbeded, says the British Medical Journal, in the apex of the heart, which had been lodged there from a musket-wound received when he was fourteen years old. Six weeks after the injury he returned to work. He was married in 1845. His last illness was ascribed to cold. The ball was surrounded by atheromatous deposit. The heart was dilated, but not hypertrophied. The effects of the cold, writes the British Medical Journal., are now visible iv the returns, for, instead of 1,436 and 1.437 deaths, as in the two preceding weeks, there appear on the registers of last week 1,891 deaths. The change of temperature hus killed aboufc 455 people iv London. Few were directly frozen to death; the majority having vital force enough to struggle against the freezing cold, bufc not enough to prevent them from succumbing under bronchitis aud other affections. The mortality varied with the powers of resistance, which is greatest about the age ef puberty, and alest in old age, when the lamp of life is flickering. Thus fche deaths above those in the last week of 1866 were 48 at the ages under 20; aud 46 at the age of 20-40. llg at 40-60, 204 at 60-80, and 44 at the age of 80 aud upwards, making in all 455. Ia such weather to give fire, food and clothing, is to give life. A Chelteuhampaper says: — " The death of Sir Hew. -Craufurd Pollok, Bart., of Pollok Castle, Renfrewshire, was announced a fortnight ago, at the age of seventy-nine, and it was stated that his son Hew would succeed him. This gentleman was lately a lieutenant in the Renfrewshire Militia. About May 1855, Mr Hew Pollok disappeared, and has not since been heard of. It was hoped that the announcement ofthe death of his father would have the effect of discovering him, but up to this day no tidings have reached his friends, who are naturally in a most painful state of anxiety. Mr Pollok was well known in Cheltenham for his love of hunting and steeplechasing; and it will be the' source of great regret if it should turn out, as is feared to be the case, that he has met with his death. When he was last heard of he had £500 on his person, and was going" over to France. No reason can be given for his silence and absence, except that he is no loager liviug."

HH.M l *uj«i*w ......ml .„_j j inui... n __m__v_tm_u_r>___*rj__,M_m*_m____*m__ a Gro to strangers for charity, acquaintances for advice, relations for nothing — and you will always have a good supply. A foolish fellow went to the parish priest and told him with a long face that he had seen a ghost. " When and where ?." inquired the pastor. " Last night," replied the timid man, "I was passing by the church; and up against the wall I beheld tbe spectre." — In what shape did it appear?" asked the priest. "It appeared in the shape of an ass." — "Go home and hold your tongue aboufc it," rejoined t-he pastor; " you are a very timid man, and have been frightened by your own shadow."