The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1868.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 83, 8 April 1868, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1868.

■ At the "Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, John Parker was charged with, violently assaulting his wile, Maria, Parker, last niiiht. It- appeared that the prisoner bad locked himself into his hon.se, where he was trying to strangle his wife. Ker ccre-ms aroused the iiei^hboi-s, ami Sergeant Edwards ha;! to huit>\, open the door in order to obtain admittance. The prisoner admitted the offence,- l>ur, usi j d very iusuhing language to the Bench, jusd Y»*as, sentenced to two month's imprisonment with hard labor. James 'Chiyton and John Kayner were charged with stealing apples from. the, premises of Mr A.! borough, en the Waimea Boad. It appeared from tha evidence that Coustable Murphy, ■R'hea on- duty about half-past 11 lasL night, ou the W.iimea Road, met the two prisoners, who are very young men carrying two sacks of apples, aud considering the circumstance suspicious, questioned them as to whence they hud obtained the apples. Their reply beiug unsatisfactory, he at once arrested them, aud on coinparing some apples in Mr Alborough's garden, with those in one of the sacks,

they were found to correspond. The prisoners stated that- they were living in a tent at Gooseberry Point, above the limekiln, at the Port, 'and were each sentenced to three mouths' imprisonment with hard labor, under the Rogues and Vagabonds Act, 1866. The following debt case was nlsa heard : — Park v. Danvers. This was an action. to recover £7 10s. for medical attendance at Motueka, upon the defendant's family. It appeared from the evidence that Dr. Park was in the habit of charging 3s. per mile, which included medicine, &&, and the magistrate remarking upon the difficulty in adjusting medical charges, which varied with different practitioners, gave a verdict for the plaintiff, for £3 195., to be paid iu three weeks' time, £3 10s. having already boeu paid into Court, and £2 ss. being deducted for. mileage. ..

The new buildings which are intended to occupy the site of those destroyed by the late fire in Trafalgar-street will undoubtedly effect a very marked improvement in the architectural appearance of the prjiJcipaLa.treet. of this city. We have already eulogised the handsome premises which are now in process of erection for Messrs" Johns "nod Phillips, and which have. already. attained a .sulScient elevatiou to give satisfactory assurance of, their future goodly "proportions. ' We have' inspected another design, by the same architect, Mr ,sc.ptlaiid,. of. .liurdy-.street, . for a shop aud dweiiiis&houseibr iieatoo!, of 'very similar character, arid which will also 'prove a. worthy •' adjunct to those to whicir allusion has boett m'aUe'" above. /The upper story Will be^supportbd by five Gonipppite. pilasters, surmounted by four wfddtfws with cir.erilar'arid pointed pedimaritli, but the cornice, besides not baing

of so massive a character as those in the adjoining buildings, will be destitute of the balustrade which forms so prominent and effective a feature in them, ami this is a defect which we should be glad to see rectified. The building will also differ from its neighbors iu another important particular, its matarial being of wood and not of stone. We have already given expression to our sentiments iu this regard, and need not therefore repeat them on this occasion. We find that, in addition to the Thanksgiving Service at Christchurch held on Sunday last, which we noticed iu our issue of Monday, allusion was made to the events of the day by the ministers of other religious denominations in this city. At St. Mary's, the Rev. Father Garin had requested that prayers for t!.e peace and tranquillity of our own laud might be added to those ordered by the Sovereign Pontiff to he said for the present troubled state of the Church iu Italy cud Poland duriug the Triduum or three days' devotion just concluded. At the Wesleyan Church, in the evening, the Rev. Joim Crusnrc preached a sermon from 1. St. Puter,' 11. 13. 17. and Jeremiah XXIX. 7. on the present aspect of affairs in con- , nectiou with Fenian disturbances, the subject of the disccurse -beiug the relatioa between religion, loyalty and patriotism. The latter part of the subject will, we understand, also form the subject of a discourse eo be delivered during the public service to be held this evening. The Rev. P. Calder likewise preached a ser- i reon nppropriata to the present troubious j t iuios at the Presbyterian Church ou Sunday wor-k. Tiie Southern Cross of the 4th inst., says that liis Excellency the Governor will >-''in:iin at Auckland fur :•.',■■ least six j weeks — ti!i close ou tho ."issfiinijluig u {' the next .session of the Assembly. His Excellency is about to leavo AuckiauJ ou a visit to the Bay of -Islands. The following notice, issued T>y the Telegraph Department;, and intended for displav in country post-offices situated at a distance from telegraph stations, inaugurates a S3 r stem which will prove of trreat convenience to the public: — The public are hereby informed that telegrams for tra'ismission fVom the nearest telegraph sfan'on e:-«.n be posted 'at this office addressed to the care of the ' officer iu charge?.' The payment for transmission of such telegrams vwll be collected on their delivery, In the event of auy difficulty arising in tho collection, the telegram will be cancelled and not delivered, and no such telegrams for the person refusing will thereafter be received. The utmost despatch will be given to telog*ims on receipt at telegraph stations. Messnge forms and envelopes can be obtained from the Postmaster on application. The public are requested to fasten carefully the envelopes, to use- those only supplied by the Postmaster, aud to affix the necessary postage stamps ou the envelope before posring. We understand that, in compliance with t.lie terms of a telegram received by his Honor the Superintendent last night from the Defence Office at Wellington, fifty stand of rifles aud 10,000 rounds of ammunition were forwarded immediately to Mr. Commissioner Kynnersley, at Westport, the departure of the steamer JSTelson having been delayed for the purpose. We understand that this action has been taken simply as a precautionary measure, and not in consequence of auy fresh disturbance on the W'-.'st Coast. The usual monthly inspection of the City Volunteer Companies hy the Officer . Commanding the District, took place yesterday evening at the Botanical Gardens. The muster of the two adult Companies was very good ; that of the No. 1 B.iile Cadets and also of the Artillery Cadets being exceedingly meagre, a state of things which is hardly likely to improve until the lads obtain their new uniforms, which, we understand, will shortly be the case, many of the Cadets having completely outgrown their old uniforms. After going through the usual manoeuvres, the force was marched through the town to Mi ft Orderly Room, where the National Anthem having beeu played by the band, and three hearty cheers given for the Queen and 11. R. H. the Duke of Edinburgh, they were dismissed. ; The Right Rev.- Bishop Suter, in his course, of sermons ou questions of the day, preaches this evening, at Christ' Church, J on ' Crucifying the Son. of God afresh.' , A cricket match took place yesterday at Stoke, in a paddock belonging to Mr j

Martin, between an eleven of the Nelson B:md of Hope, and an eleven of Stoke. It terminated a little before 5 o'clock, in a decided victory for the Band of Hope, who left the field with nine wickets to go down for their second innings. The Band of Hope having been sent in first, made 91 in their first iuniugs, and the Stoke eleven then scored 4-i- and 55 in their two successive iiiuitigs, leaving the Band only 8 to insure their victory, which was easily achieved, as we have already staled. A return cricket mutch will take place at Victory -square on Friday noxt between an eleven of the Baud of Hope and the Albert Club. Wi.'k'.'ts will be pitched at 9 o'clock. It will be remembered that the Bund of Hope were the winners in the previous match. The Southland News erroneously imputes to this journal the paternity of the following rather sensational paragraph, the statement coutained in whic:h we have ine-lieal authority for asserting is more th.iii dubious, no disease of thj kind having been discovered during Suiiivan's coufinemeat in Nelson Gaol. Probably the News has quoted from another evening contempor-ry : — The convict Sullivan is suffering irom cancer in the tougoe, n disease whose insidious advances slowly but surely spread over the organ affected — in this instance the most delicate member of the human body — and is bound eventually to end fatally to lhc sufferer, who must he subjected to an amount of constant, pain which cannot be conceived by another. It would thus appear that while tiiis notorious criminal has escaped the final sentence of the law at the bauds of Ilia foilow-ruan, nature has interposed find inflicted a punishment more protracted, but at the same time even more severe, than that which befall his criminal confreres of 2viauugalupu celebrity. Ifc may be in the recollection of our readers that the first authenticated telegram which reached us of the attempt upon the Prince's life, stated that he was nursed at Government House, Sydney, by Mita Osborne, and one of the trained hospital nurses. Miss Osborne, who arrived from England with six trained nurses in the Dunbar Castle only on the sth ult., was thus just in time to perform this honorable duty, and was in fact then staying at Government House, on tho invitation of the Countess of Bel more. This staff of nurses was sent for from England some months a^o; they have been trained by Miss Florence Nightingale, and it is anticipated th«.t they will pr-»ve of the greatest value to the Sydney Inlirmnry, where they are to be employed.* The staff is under the superintendence of Miss Osborne — a lady whose courage, conscientiousness, and devotion to duty are spoken of in terms of warm commendation by Miss Nightingale. With reference to the inquiry inflicted on },j.v George Thome, or. the occasion of the late attempt on the Prince's lif,?, the Sydney Morning Herald snys that this gentleman, immediately after the occurrence, was conveyed on board one of the yachts, which took him to his residence, Claremont, Hose Bay, where he was attended by Dr Bennett and Dr Mil ford. It appears that, Mr Thorne had taken up a position which would enable him to obtain a good view of the Prince, aud he was observing his Boyal Highness and Sir William Manning, whrn the assassin stole up behind them aud fired (lie sliof. The Duke immediately fell to the earth, and Mr Thorne ran to his r.sdishiuce. It was when standing at the side of the Prince that, lie was struck by the ball, aimed (as Mr Thorne think") at his Royal Highness, who then lay on the ground. The ball passed through Mr Thome's trousers and the elastic of his boot into the inuer side of his right foot, and, taking an oblique course, lodged in the muscles of his heel near the os calcis. The wound has been probed for three inches, bin the ball is so placed that it cannot at present be extracted. Mr Thome has suffered the most acute pain, but we are happj r to be able to state that the patient is progressing exceedingly well, the foot is not much swollen, and a confident hope is entertained of a speedy and a favorable cure. Much sympathy is very generally felt throughout the community with Mr Thome in the unfortunate occurrence which has befallen him. . ... The Lyttelton Times says that, a circular has been despatched from- Welling ton to the several- provincial authorities, warning them against paying any appropriated expenditure when the provincial account is overdrawn.

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