The Nelson Evening Mail. THUR DAY, OCTOBER 24, 1867

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 250, 24 October 1867, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. THUR DAY, OCTOBER 24, 1867

The Taranaki leaves Wellington to-day-with the English Mail for Nelson via Picton, aud will therefore arrive early tomorrow morning. His Honor tlie Superintendent telegraphed from Cobden yesterday, that he would leave the Grey for Ntlson to-day. Tlie first general meeting of the Nelson Cricket. Club took place yesterday evening at the Trafalgar Hotel. About 30 members were present, and the proceedings evidently proved that much interest had be pn created in the welfare of tbe new club. Alfred Greenfield, Esq., beiug called to the chair, the minutes of the previous meeting were read by the Secretaiy ad interim. The rules of the club, as framed by the sub-committee appointed for the pui pose, were then rend by the ehainnan, aul adopted. A tender for tbe improvement of the ground in Victorysquare, wliich provides for the tuifiug of a ceitaiu poition, 23 yards long by six yards wide, from Mr Samuel Young, for £12, was then accepted, on tbe understanding that the permission of his Honor the Superintendent be obtained, before the contractor be allowed to proceed with tbe work. The election of the various officers of the club was then proceeded with, when it was resolved that his Honor the Superintendent be requested to accept the Presidentship; the names of the following gentlemen, Messrs A. Lee, Clark, and Stavert,. were proposed for the Secretaryship, and a show of hands having been taken, Mr Stavert was declared to be duly elected. Mr Greenfield was unanimously elected Treasurer, and the following were constituted the committee of ihe club, Messrs Mortimer, Grur, A. Lee, F. Martin, Guerin, Prat I, Lane, Lloyd, and Stallard, the President, Secretary, and Treasures being ex officio members of the committee. A very general wish beingexpressed that the present season phould be inaugurated as soon as possible, it was resolved that the opening match should take place as soon ns the improvements on Victoiy-square should be completed, ami the ground declared ready for playing upon. A vote of thanks having been given to the chairman, the proceedings were brought to a close, and the meeting separated. The ceremonial observed on the occasion of the funeral ot the first Catlnlic priest who has died in Nelson since the foundation of the settlement, not unnaturally excited a considerable amount of interest; and St. Mary's Church, where the body of the late Rev. C. Sarda 'lay in state,' after the usual custom, yesterday eveuing, was thronged by a continuous stream of visitors up to a late hour. This morning the interment look place, a Solemn Requiem Mass being sung in the church, which was attended by almost all the Catholics of Nelsou and its neighborhood and also by a large number of their Protestant brethren who were des ; rous of witnessing so unusual a ceremony. At 9 o'clock the Rev. Father Garin entered the sanctuary, and advancing to the head of the corpse, which ' was still exposed to sight, read the prayers direoted by the Roman Ordinal to be used ou the departure of the body from the house io which the death hus taken place. At thsir conclusion tbe choir eaa g the *■ Do

profundis,' Father Gar in returning to the sacristy to vest for the Mass, which immediately commenced, all the usual portions beiug sung by the choir, with the exception of tbe ' Gloria' and ' Credo,' which are never used on such occasions. The Offertory was the ' Miseremini.' sung to the old Gregorian music; and at the conclusion of Mass, the body having been sprinkled with holy water and incensed, and the customary absolutions pronounced, Father Gariti having retired from the altar, the choir sang tbe Penitential Psahn 'Miserere mei,' whilst the procession was formed. This being completed, the body was carried out of the church, preceded by the cross-bia:er and acolytes and Father Garin, to the solemn strains of tbe Dead March in Saul, followed by the whole congregation, aud in this manner was borne to the old Cemetery, the Penitential Psalms being chanted on tho wny by Father Garin aud a very large concourse of people accompanying it to the place of interment. There tbe remaining portion of the funeral service was gone through, the lid oi the coffin was fastened clown, aud the ceremony brought to a conclusion, the Catholics who took part in the procession returning iu like fashion to St*. Mary's. We must not omit to state that before the absolutions were given over the body at the church Father Garin delivered au address frorn Numbers xxiii, 10, ' Let me die the death of the just, aud tny last end be like to the o,' giving a brief narrative of Father Sarda's career in ihis colony, adverting to the pious, self-denying life which he had led in his missions amongst the Maoris to which his early and piemature death might iu great measure be attributed, aud exhorting bis bearers to follow his good example. Father Garin was at times hardly able to proceed from emotion, and few indeed could look on the calm placid face of the young stranger priest who only reached our shores to breathe his last amongst, us, without experiencing something of that feeling which 'makes ;11 the world akiu. 5 'lhe funeral was conducted very decor >usly throughout, and reflected much credit on the Catholic members of the community, who, almost without exception, were piesent, anxious to show the last tri i. ute of respect to the memory ofthe deceased ecclesiastic. We may mention in connection with this event that Fai her Sarda was the first Catholic priest io New Zealaud who has died from natural causes, two or three others having met their deaths by drowning. *$- Mr R. Carter, the contractor for the la) ing of the pipes for the new Waterworks, seems determined to lose no time in commencing his task, having already set to work iu front of ihe Pier Hotel, Haven-road, where pipes will be carried to the end of the road, thus supplying all the houses at the Port with water. It seems that Mr Carter's was the lowest of thirteen tenders, which ranged as high as £6000. We understand thut Mr E. M. Moss has been appointed Assistaut-Cierk of the Works during the carrying out of this great public improvement. The Provincial Gazette announces that Mr John Kerr has been appointed to the vacancy iii the Waimea lioa-T Board, vacant by the death of Mr William M Rae. We understand that the rooks which left the Accliinatisai ion Society's gardens some time since, have again changed their location, having left Flavei ook for Waihopi, where we are told they evince a disposition to build, and where they are receiving all possible protection. Mr W. H. Newton, the manager of the Empire Dramatic Company, takes his benefit at tha Oddfellows' HaU this evening, and ofi'ers the mosi_ -attractive programme which tho*- company has put forth shies •* their lircb«*E iu Nelson. .Hitherto they have- not met with that success to which their effort -were uftquestiopjably entitled.

bufc we trust that the Nelson public by tiieir attendance to-night will show that, however circumstances may militate against the success ot such eutertaiiimeuts at the present moment, as n general rule*, they nre not indisposed to m tke an exception in favor of so deserving an nttuste as Mr Newton. The bill includes the fine drama of 'Richelieu' by Lord LytDon, and the operetta A Loan of a Lovev, which has already beeu performed very successfully. ' A return laid upon the .table of the Ilouse of Representatives some time ago shows thut the penalties inflicted on ihe Company for the late arrival ofthe Panama steamers at Wel I ington up to the eud of July amounted to £545. The Grey River Argus says — The news to hand from all the mining districts is of the most encouraging description. Everywhere woik is being pushed forward with vigor, ami the meu are settling down for a remunerative summer's vvoikl The population is increasing rapidly up ilie fiver, and neatly all the up-river boats are uow engaged carrying cargo to the various centred of population. Within the last few days we huve spoken witli meu from the New River, Arnold, Moonlight, and Ahaura districts, aud eveiywhere the news is cheering, the population increasing new ground is heing opened up with good prospects; and more confidence is exhibited in it ude than has been noticed ior a considerable time past. Tbe Grey River Argus of the 15th inst., states thai fortune has in a moderate degree attended the efforts of the promoters of the Wesleyan Church Bazaar at Greymouth, for notwithstanding the vt:ry bad weather whicli prevailed on Saturday, the bazaar was in the evening visited by quite a crowd, and the takings for tliat day amounted to close ou £115. This makes a total for the four days of withiu a fraction of £300, and there can be no doubt that had (he weathei been favorable throughout, the takings within the same period would have reached over £500. On Saturday night a large quantity of goods still remained on hand, and it waa determined to continue the bazaar for oue night more to endeavor to 'effect a clearance.' Accordingly the baz iar was continued last evening, when the sum of £o7 4s was added to the funds. From this amount over £100 will have to be deducted as the first cost of a quantity of articles shown, wliich were obtaiued from Melbourne. But even then the amount remaining is creditable alike to the good will of the people of Greymouth, and the energetic labors of the Wesleyan body. The late spring tides seem to have made still farther encroachments on Hokitika, which are thus referred to in the Evening Star of Monday week: — The sea ha? made further encroachments on Revell-street during the high springs of the past two days, iu th^ space between the fascine breastworks lately erected by the Corporation; it has cut iuto the beach very considerably, and has washed many hundred tons of sand which had silted up since tho spring tides at the last new moon. Several houses situated opposite to this space have had to be removed during the day,, the sand in many instances having been washed from underneath them to the depth of six or seven feet. Where the fascines were placed the beach h .s escaped with but little injury, that beiug confined to the portion opposite Moffat's right-of-way, on which the south-west sea has had full play; aud the consequence is that the south cud of that breastwork his been undermined to some extent. The works opposite the Empire right-of-way have -not suffered so .much; indeed' both of these breastworks ! have proved very effective in keepiag; back the encroachments of the heavy seas which for the last week or so 'haye'y^^V&eut home oa the baachj aod ii is to be regretted

i ~mmmmmmuuuMmniammimmmmmma^BmmttmumuikmmiMuAistmu*iMn.,jLmKi that their efficacy has not "been reudered more complete by their having been extended the whole of the way. It was announced at the Anglican Church at Blenheim on Sunday last, that Bishop Suter had promised to pay a visit to the Wairau about the end of November, wheu he will hold a confirmation at Blenheim. — It id inteuded to give a return ball to his Honor the Superintendent of Marlborough and Mrs Eyed in the Council Chamher, Blenheim, on the 3 ldt instant. — A Garrick Club has been commence J at Picton, whicli will give au opening enteriuiumeut about the 4th November next. The Tauranga Record has the following uuder the heading of ' Comiug Retribution for tbe liibels': — We have l>eeu creditably informed by a passenger from Wellington, per s.s. Wellington, •which arrived here on the 26ih, t ;at ihe Government have at last decided that a general and concentrated effort is about to be made to secure the murderers of those of our fellowsettlers who have recently fallen victims ofthe Hau-haus here and at Opitika. For this purpose, Colonel Whitmore was a passenger from Wellington to Napit-r, and is. instructed to raise forces at Napier and the Bay of Plenty. The Arawas, ad a tribe, wiil take a prominent part in the expedition, scouring the whole district of the Uriweras, and once and for ever preventing a repetition of the terrible massacres whicli have beeu committed by these arch fiends. The Dunedin Correspondent of the Grey River Argus says: — The trout ova experiment, of which such lively hopes were entertained, is likely to prove a failure. Atthe meeting of the Society, Mr Clifford, the manager, expressed his opinion that all the eg^s were going bad. There were only two left of which he had any hope, and even of these the chances were slight. It is evident the experiment will have to be repeated in another year, and the opportunity taken of a sailing vessel coming here direct, instead of the roundabout wny of a steamer to Melbourne and another to Otago. The latest we have heard of those taken to Christchurch is of a similar tenor to the above. Of course, the experience gained will uot be lost. A Yankee orator, warming with his subject, exclaimed, ' I guess there ain't a man, woman, or child in this house, who has anived at the ajre of fift.- years, but what has felt this truth thundering through their minds for centuries.' Nova Scotia is now generally believed to be paved with gold — one long line o 300 miles, from Yarmouth to Cupe Corso, an unbroken link. For six mortal years lias this interesting subject been more or less agitated, and why the auriferous seabord has not been steadily worked is variously accounted fpr; but now ihat we have a plethora of wealth in the old world, the long-hidden treasures of the new excite the cupidity of adventures — the federation of the Provinces giving an impetus tothe movement. Cassiuswas a teller in the Roman clear-ing-house. He mude an enemy of Caesar by offering him a check on the Rubicon Bank, which ihe author ofthe 'Commentaries' wished to cross.