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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 296, 14 December 1867, Page 2

We would remind our readers that the Suez mail closes tbis evening, at 7 o'clock. Mr Gilchrist has called at our office and statesthat numbers of diggers bave beeu over into the Baton district for the purpose of prospecting the country, Dut that their intentions had been for the most part ft ustrated by the fearful weather which lately prevailed, aud by the difficulty they experienced in getting provisions over the ranges. Yet in many places where they bave been able merely to try the surface, they found themselves able to make 15s, and in some places as much as 20s, per day. They state that they have had no opportunity of giving the ground a fair trial, it having taken them sometimes as much as eight days to get over the rauges with provisions and then return for fresh supplies. Other diggers who have heen into the lower part of the valley state that there is plenty of gold, and terrace after terrace promising quite as fairly as any of the paikihis on the West Coast, hut that it is utterly useless to attempt to set to work there, unless the Government make a bridle-track into the country, aud thus render the supply of provisions acertaiuty at all seasoos. The funeral of the late Mr George White takes place to-morrow afternoon. The body will be conveyed this evening to the Government Buildings whence the procession will start for the new Cemetery, at 3 o'clock on Sunday. We understand that Mr White has left all his papers and books, many of which are scarce and curious, to the Nelson Ethnological and Phrenological Society. We understand that the warrant for the execution of Robert Wilson, convicted at the last assizes of the murder of James Lennox, lias been received by the Sheriff. The execution is fixe-i to take place on Thursday morning next, at S o'clock. A few minutes after one o'clock the pealing of the two alarm bells announced that another iire had broken out in the city. It was speedily ascertained that the dwellinghouse in telwyn-place, occupied by Mrs Taylor, was in flames, and on reaching the spot we found the house one mass of fire. Both the fireengines were on the ground in less than five minutes from the alarm being given, the Bridge-street engine, being, as,, a matter of fact, the first to draw water. The members of the Brigade and those working tlie little engine left no efforts untried to subdue the fire, and in a surprisingly short time sue--ceeded in their object, but not till the house had been completely gutted, and the walls so injured by the heat of the names that its demolition will become necessary. A considerable amount of : property was removed from the premises and placed, in security; but much sympathy is. felt for Mrs Taylor, who has thus for the third time been visited with a similar calamity. Several contradictory reports are afloat as to the origin of the fire, and we therefore abstain from making any comments on the subject for the preseut. The Rev. James Lee, of Blenheim, will preach in the Wesleyan Church, Hardy-street, to-morrow evening, at halt-past 6. We are compelled, by a press of advertisements, to postpone our notice of Madame Carandini's second concert, which took place lasteveningat the Provincial-hall, and which passed ofi' most successfully. The next concert will be given on Monday evening, and a very attractive programme is issued for the occasion. An inspection of the No. 1 City Rifles, the Rifles Cadets No. 1, and the Artillery Cadets, by the Hon. Major Morse, the Officer Commanding the district, took place yesterday afternoon at the- \ Botanical Gardens. The troops having taken up i their position onthe ground, proved companies, wheeled into line, broke into open .column, : marched past .the. Inspecting Officer*, and havingagain wheeled- into .line, were put through their■manual exercise by Captain and Adjutant 1 Lockett, after which they were marched through the city to the Militia Office, headed by the i Volunteer Band. ( . -a ■. •■ .

The Grey River Argus, Dec. 10, states that an accident, occurred to Cobb & Co.'s Hokitika coach on Friday, by which one of the firm's most valuable horses was drowned. On Friday afternoon, at about half-past 3 o'clock, whilst endeavoring to cross the VVaimea-creek, the horses got into a quicksand, and but for the assistance of the pro- . prietors of the Waimea-hotel and the skiil of the driver, the coach and all the horses would in all probability have come to grief. As it was, one of the horses was drowned, and its body was washed up on the. beach on Saturday; ail the harness was recovered At the time of the accident the Waimea was much swollen by the rain. 'Telegrams from Wellington, published in the Christchurch papers, state that the new Governor, Sir G. F. Bowen, is expected to arrive during the first week in January. — His Excellency Sir 'ieorge Grey is said to have offered to Mr Holt a- lease of the island of Kawau, with a purchasing clause. . The Provincial Council of Auckland met on the 28th ultimo. The finances of the province depend on the result of the accountant's mission to Wellington. A deputation of Maoris is to be invited to meet the Duke of Edinburgh, to afford him an opportunity "to join together in amity the the hands that have been raised against each other in deadly strife, and to stamp out the smouldering embers of discord.' Mr Buckland is • to move an address to the Governor to proclaim a general amnesty to the Maoris. No further gold news has been received. — The County of Westiand Act is to be proclaimed to come into operation on the Ist January next. The Waikato correspondent of the New Zealand Herald says: — As gold is all the rage, or rather the eflort to find it, since the intelligence of the opening up of the Thames goldfields has reached the Waikato district, and the trade being in a state of stagnation, "several enterprising settlers have lately been out prospecting in this district for the precious metal. Two parties from this camp have been over the ranges, on the opposite side of the Waipa River, and they possitively swear that without much time or trouble they found the color of gold by washing a few pans of dirt. Another party started upon a fortnight's tour to test the many reports that have been circulated by natives and others that there is gold in this district; the men are in comfortable circumstances, and can well afford the expense of two weeks' tour in search of the metal, and are well provided with tools and tucker, and as the natives are all friendly, they need not fear molestation ; in fact, the natives if such could be found would look upon a goldfield as the greatest boon that could bei'al the VVaikato. Old diggers argue that the face of the country is promising, and several have assured me privately that they have no doubt about there being gold in this district. It seems that the Prince was not privileged to close his visit to South Australia without a reminder that £ in the midst of life we are in death.' On Friday, the !sth November, an able seaman, named John Ware, fell out of one of the port-holes of the Galatea. The poor fellow was soon rescued, and was taken on board before life was extinct; but although every attention was paid to him, he did not recover. The funeral took place on Sunday, the 17th, the Duke of Edinburgh following the body to the grave at Alberton Cemetery on foot, with all the officers and men of the Galatea, a distance, we are informed, of about three miles. This was not only a melaacholly incident connected with the royal visit, but one of peculiar though painful interest to ali who witnessed the funeral of the brave tar, so suddenly hurried from his comrades and from life. About 30U0 people moved with the cortege, who will not soon forget the impressions and unusual ceremony, for a seaman's funeral, so conducted, had never before been witnessed in the colony. The South Australian Advertiser in noticing this event, says : — We do not at all wonder at hearing from the oilicers and men of the Galatea expressions of strong attachment to their royal captain. His thorough good-hearted-ness was shown.not alone in the fact of his following to the grave the remain*; of one of his humble seamen, but in the manner in which he did it. On foot, amongst his men, with a sad countenance, he followed the poor mariner all the way to the grave, and on foot returned to the port, where, and not till then, he took his seat in Iris carriage. Holloway's Ointment and Pills. — Healing not Harmful. — No application has met with the same universal approbation for curing all external ailments as that which this Ungent has received. Skin sores, deep ulcers, fetid discharges, burns, blistered surfaced, and many similar affections, are at once soothed and put on the road to soundness by Holloway's Ointment. With the Ointment and the Pills the wealthy may save themselves much suffering and the poor may help themselves to health, since these' medicaments are reasonable in price and can be purchased in every hamlet. They have effected cures of stiff joints, swelied legs, and ulcerated limbs, and npe.ped.out the prospect of a .happy . future after every hope of recovery has been given up. 3904