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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 29, 5 February 1868, Page 2

The Mail for Europe, via Panama, closes this evening at 8 o'clock ; newspapers at 5. The Taranaki leaves at 4 and the Phoebe at 6 to-morrow morning. Our readers will remember that the telegram of news via Suez stated that Bishop Selwyn had declined to accept the vacant bishopric of Liichfield and Coventry. It appears from an announcement l which we find in the New Zealand Herald

of Monday last, that this statement was at all events premature and has ultimately proved to be incorrect. It is stated that the Bishop declined the proffered translation more than once, though pressed both by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and by the Premier, the Earl of Derby, to accept it. In fact he wrote to Sir William Martin by the Suez Mail, assuring him that the preferment bad been declined, and that, he would soon again resume his duties in this colony. A letter dated two days later was, however, received from his Lordship by Archdeacon Lloyd, announcing that he had finally decided on resigning the Bishopric of New Zealand for that of Litchfield, but that his return might be presently expected, when he "would remain a few months here to set matters in order in the Diocese before saying farewell to the colonists. It is understood that the very strong desire of Bishop Selwyn to devote his life to the building up of the Church of England in New Zealand has been overruled by the Queen herself. The Bishop had naturally visited his old parish of Windsor, had been received as ant honored guest and had preached before Her Majesty. What the influence of neither Archbishop or Premier had been able to effect, the persuasion of the Queen herself brought about. Though this announcement will be received with unfeigned regret by the colonists of New Zealand generally, yet all must rejoice in the promotion which has been conferred, under such flattering circumstances, upon this excellent prelate. The addresses of the three unsuccessful candidates at the declaration of the poll at the late Westport election, as reported in the Evening Star, seem to have been not only highly characteristic of the individuals who delivered them, but also replete with the most exemplary good feeling. Mr Graham said that he had run a dead heat, and was second in the race. Mr Smith had used his utmost to prevent electors from voting for him, and hia friends had done so also, but he had no ill-feeling against Mr Smith. He would go into his shop, and buy a shirt with as much pleasure as ever. (Hear, hear). Mr Crate thanked the seven electors who had so kindly voted for him. At the same time, he remarked that he was proud that Mr Smith had been returned, and when that gentleman came to Nelson he would be glad to render him every assistance in his power, aud would be delighted to see him at his own table to dinner. Mr Goodwin observed that he felt very bashful and much flurried, and had good reason to be so, and after complimenting his two companions in defeat, concluded by thanking the two electors for their votes. As an illustration of the depressed state of business at Brighton, the Times reports that the large bonded store erected by Mr P. Sweeney some five months past was sold last week under distress for the handsome sum of £10. Mr Fennell, of the firm of Fennell and Stewart, was the purchaser. The original cost of this building must have been about £150. The Westport Evening Star of the 30th ult. gives the census returns of the population on the following districts of the Nelson Goldfields : — Karamea, 29 ; Wanganui, 20 ; Mohikinui, 608 ; Waimangaroa, 465 ; Town of Westport, 1455 ; Waite's, 1741 j Charleston, 2225 ; Brighton, 1284; Inangahua and Lyell, 155 j Grand Total, 7982. The Hokitika Evening Star of the 28th ult. thus notices a method of advertising a popular performance, which has for some time pa,st been in vogue in Melbourne and Sydney, and which was adopted by the manager of the Prince of Wales Opßra House at Hokitika last week: — A circle of adhesive paper, a little larger than a halfcrown piece, neatly lithographed, with the words ' Flying Jib, or the Field against the Favorite,' was, to the number of several thousands, stuck upon almost every conceivable place and thing — before shutters, upon windows, upon walls, upon doors, upoD posts, upon men's hats, upon the bottoms of drinking tumblers, upon wine glasses, upon baker's loaves of bread, upon joints of beef and mutton, upon draper's show clothing, upon boys' backs, upon horses' sides, upon public houses and hotel chairs and tables, upon the edges of dinner plates, upon the bar engine handles, and upon lamps and lampposts, and* upon a thousand other things, ordinary and ex- | traordinary. We have not, throughout the day, been able to walk, eat, or drink, or pay a bill, or receive one, or do anything else without 'Flying Jib, or the Field against the Favorite,' appearing

tinder our noses, or before our eyes, or in juxtaposition with us in some way or other. The Auckland papers announce the approaching departure for Europe on the 15th inst. of the Right Rev. Bishop Pompallier, who. is going, according to the custom of the Catholic Church, to pay his decennial visit to the Holy See. From Taranaki we learn that the brigantine Dispatch had arrived at that place with 120 natives from the Chatham Islands. The passage was a protracted one — 30 days — and there were two deaths on board — two elderly women. The natives evinced great pleasure at again putting their feet on the shores of Taranaki, and were cordially welcomed by their friends. Captain Read, of Poverty Bay, came up in charge of two bailiffs in the schooner Tawera, which arrived late on Tuesday evening, and appeared before his Honor at the Supreme Court yesterday morning, at the suit of the Commissioner of Customs. He was called upon to provide securities for his appearance in connection with the recent case of smuggling, in which the Government have decided to proceed against all parties who have signed bonds. Mr L. D. Nathan and Mr C. Davis entered into securities in the sum of £5,000 for his appearance when called upon. — Southern Cross, January 16. A grand Musical Festival by Madame Carandini and daughters, assisted by Mr. "Walter Sherwin, is announced to take place in Napier on or about February 14. On the 18th iust. at a meeting of the Synod, Otago, an overture from Southland for a University was considered, and a committee was appointed to confer with the Provincial Government for taking steps for the establishment of a University in Dunedin. At a public sale of books, 'Drew's Essay on Souls' was knocked down to a shoemaker, who, to the great amusement of a crowded room, asked the auctioneer if he had any more books on shoemakiug to sell. Holloway J s Pills. — Nothing better.— These invaluable Pills exert a greater and more beneficial influence over nervous disorders than any other medicine. Their mode of action is thoroughly consonant with reason — they completely purify the blood, relieve both head and stomach of all faulty functions, and expel all oppressive accumulations from the bowels. With the blood purified, and all poisons purged from the system, regularity must prevail throughout the body. Aches and pains must cease; healthful energy must supplant weariness, and the shaky nerves must regain their wholesome tone. A course of these Pills eradicates low spirits, nervous excitability, hysterics, neuralgic twitches, and other derangements dependent on nervous maladies, which every considerate person may thus certainly and safely remove. 260