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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 118, 20 May 1868, Page 2

An erroneous impression having apparently gained ground, to the effect thafc Volunteers only, with their wives and families, were intended to be present at the Ball on Monday evening at the Provincial Hall, we have been requested by the Stewards to state that the public generally are invited to take part in the Ball. We may add that, judging from the numerous applications for tickets already made to thß Stewards, there is every reason to anticipate that it will prove a very brilliant affair, and it will be seen from an advertisement in another column, that the Stewards request that early application may be made for tickets, in ouler that arrangements may be made proportionate to the probable number of guests likely to bo present on the occasion. We are requested to state that Divine Service will be held at Christ Church, tomorrow, Thursday (Ascension Day), at 11' a.m. with Holy Communion; and in tho evening at half-past 6. Although a large number of civil casea were set down for hearing at the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day, all were settled previous to the sitting of the Court. The Japanese Troupe gave their second and last performance yesterday evening at the Oddfellows' Hall, which was not so numerously attended as on the previous night. Two or three new tricks, including the butterfly feat, were given, but the programme was for the most part identical with that already noticed by us. The Troupe leave for the West Coast this evening. It has been often said that we must go from home in order to hear news of ourselves. The Wellington Evening Post of the 13th, boldly lays to our charge the commission in our midst of 'an almost unprecedented instance of burglary/ which is stated to have occurred at the Resident Magistrate's Court on Saturday last, and quotes the Nelson Evening Mail for the lacts. We presume that the Post must have misquoted the source from which it obtained this information, since we are not aware that any attempt. of this nature has been made in this city for some time past. Probably Hokitika may be the scene of the alleged burglary, as the City Council is mentioned in the paragraph. It would appear that the übiquitous Postmaster General has made but a short stay at the seat of Government. After a long absence, he arrived at Wellington on Thursday last, and, so urgent were the affairs of State, that the honorable gentleman took his departure for the South on the following Saturday, by the Auckland. The Marlborough Express entertains ils readers with, a lengthy and very edifying description of a specimen of the porcine tribe, which, it alleges, has lately

been ushered into existence by a c wellknown local sow.' The editor expatiates with much unction upon the singular freak which Mother Nature has thought fit to countenance in the instance of this wonderful lusus natura**, which, it appears, has. only two legs and, Cyclops-like, rejoices in only one huge eye, placed in the centre of his frontispiece. This monster has, it seems, been carefully preserved in spirits on the advice of our worthy brother of the pen, in whose editorial museum it doubtless figures amongst those monster gooseberries and post-diluvian peas from the land of champion cadets and other marvellous natural overgrownlproductions Ofthe soil, the periodical appearance of ■which he bo delights to phronicle in his columns. A telegram from Dunedin in the Evening Post states that the winners of the prizes at Wellington met with an enthusiastic reception on their return home, not less than 3000 persons being present to receive them. On Thursday last Taylor and Robertson were presented with badges by the Company, and the ladies of Dunedin are to present Taylor and Christie ■with prizes. The Sydney Insurance Company's report shows that the half-year's profits were £7,000. A dividend at tlie rate of 10 per cent, has been declared.