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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 210, 7 September 1867, Page 2

In the Res ; dent Magistrate's Court this morning, the following assault case was heard: — Mary Ann Bradcock v. Joseph "Bradcock. This was an action brought against the defendant by his wife, for assaulting and threatening her life. The parties have more than once been before the Court under similar circumstances, and the defendant having admitted the assault, which was alleged to have been committed under great provocation, was ordered to enter into recognisances to keep the peace towards his wife for the next three mouths, himself in £20 and two sureties in £10 each, the Magistrate advising the expediency of a separation. Rose Barry v. John M'Caw. The plaintiff sued the defendant for the maintenance of a female illegitimate child, boru on the 18th August last, of which he was the reputed father. The defendant had offered to pay £20, which was refused, and he was ordered to pay £30 in full of all claims for the future maintenance and support of the child. The New Zealand General Government paddle-steamer Cleopatra, now in charge . of W;&ttdder,,.Ejq,>hrte Engineer Manager • of.'theWaikato Steam Transport Service, iB now in port. This steamer was advertised for sate some time ago. Our readers will have learned from the advertisement which appeared in our columns yesterday, that the competition for the eleven rifle prizes given by the Provincial Government will take place on Thursday, the 7th November, and the firing for the Champion Prize, a haudsome

revolver, on the following Thursday. We understand that the Waimea West Volunteers "have challenged their brethren of Marlborough to a trial of strength, but we" have not yet learnt the result of the communication which has been addressed to them on behalf of the Company by Captain Blundell, who is now in Wellington. We find that the following members of the Volunteer Artillery Corps have been appointed as non-commissioned officers in the Company: — As Sergeants — Messrs Lane, Everett, Moss, and Saddj as Corporals — Messrs Camp, Pickering, Moss, aud G. Hodgson; and as Bombardiers (or Lance-corporals) — Messrs Fletcher, Webster, Tovey, and Lloyd. A horse and cart belonging, we "believe, to Mr Batchelor, of Wakapuaka, waa standing in Bridge-street yesterday evening, about 6 o'clock, in charge of a lad named Cummings, when the auimal took fright at the noise caused by the removal, on wheels, of a store belonging to Mr Hyam Davis, and set oft' at full speed up the street towards the Maitai. The boy, however, behaved most pluckily, keeping fast hold of the reins, and shortly after they had passed the Government Buildings, fortunately succeeded in arresting the further progress of the animal . The Charleston Argus speaks favorably of the discovery recently made by Addison, the original prospector of Waite's Pakihi. The new ground is about 4| miles from Addison's Flat, and the gold found .is described as being coarse and heavy. The Grey River Argus states that the town of Okarita is rapidly reaching the stage of total collapse. The local paper, which annouuees its own demise, speaks most lugubriously of the general desertion of the place, nearly every storekeeper aud publican making preparations to leave. The Grey Eiver Argus of the 31st uit., states that Mr Commissioner Kynnersley, accompanied by the Provincial Engineer, Mr Blackett, would start on a tour through the up-river diggings on the Nelson side of the boundary ou the following Monday or Tuesday. We see that Dr Haast, Provincial Geologist, Canterbury, has been unanimously elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London. The financial statement made by the Colonial Treasurer concludes with the ! following motion : — "That a sum not ex- j ceeding £5000 be granted to her Majesty to provide for the reception of his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, on the occasion of his visit to the colony of New Zealand."-. The Committee appointed by the House of Representatives to consider and report upon the bankruptcy laws of New Zealand have made the following report : — Your Committee have the honor to report that they have carefully considered the question referred to them, and have ari rived at the unanimous conclusion that the best course to be taken is to repeal the existing laws and to abolish the prei sent syßtem of administration with a view to the adaptation of the Scotch system, as amended with the modifications necessary to adapt it to the English jurisprudence in the bill recently introduced in the English Parliament by the law advisers of the Crown. Your Committee have accordingly drafted a Bankruptcy Bill based upon the English Bill with the alterations necessary to suit the circumstances of the colony, which they recommend should at once be passed through the House. Your Committee further recommend the immediate abolition of imprisonment for debt, and have prepared a I bill to carry out the object, taking as their guide the measure recently introduced by the same authorities into the English Parliament. The Volunteer movement appears to be in the ascendant at Wellington just now. A meeting of gentlemen who had been sworn in as members of the Artillery Corps to the number of 30, met at Barrett's ! Hotel on Tuesday evening last, Captain i and Adjutant Kirwan being in attendance, when P. A. Buckley, Esq., was unanimously elected Captain of the company, Mr W. H. Holmes First Lieutenant, the election of Second Lieutenant being postponed ; Mr E. De B, Brandon Secretary and Treasurer; and a standing committee was elected. A Volunteer Rifle Cadet Corps is also being organised, and with considerable success. The Advertiser of the 28th ulfc. states that Mr Dillon. Bell has left Wellington for the South. The hon. gentleman has been compelled to relinquish his duties on the opinion of his medical advisers, and in

all probability will ■ be ' ; obliged to resign his seat altogether. The Wellington correspondent of lira Otago Daily Times is responsible for the following good story: — There is a story current in reference to a Municipal Corporation in Otago which is worth repeating, if only as a warning to Mayors in reference to the arrival of the Duke of Edinburgh. When the Governor was expected at Dunedin, and great preparations were being made for his reception, a certain up-country Mayor determined that he was not going to be outdone by. the Mayor of Dunedin — not he; he would receive Sir George in as much state as Mr Mason himself. Accordingly he sent, instructions to have a black velvet gowu made, adding particularly — "Be sure that; it is well lined with vermin." You will know better than I do whether this is only a joke, or whether the gown which Mr Mason wore has about it any of the coveted ermine.