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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 137, 12 June 1868, Page 2

The Provincial Council met this morning at 11, and did not rise until 2 o'clock. The only topic of general interest brought before the House was Mr Pitt's motion that the Government should forthwith take the necessary steps to procure the construction of a Dry Dock in this harbor, at a cost not exceeding £32,000, and that the sum of £10,000 should be set apart out of this year's revenue, as a first instalment towards the payment of the work. A lengthy debate ensued, occupying upwards of two hours, and the motion was ultimately carried by 14 to 8, Messrs. Dreyer and Wastney declining to vote. A report of the proceedings will appear in to-morrow's issue. We believe that it is no secret that the Superintendent last night received a telegram from the Hon. John Hall, stating that the Comptroller of the Revenue requires to c furnished with the date of the Nelson Provincial Debentures becoming due. previous to making arrangements for their payment by the, General Government, thus virtually acknowledging the soundness of the position taken by the Superintendent, and endorsed by the Council on Thursday evening. To-day's Government Gazette contains a proclamation from his Honor the Superintendent, declaring the districts of Riwaka, Motueka, Pangatotara, Upper and Lower Moutere, to be open for pheasant shooting during the month of July next, by persons duly licensed under the Protection of Animals Act, 1867. The proclamation is followed by a notice from the Provincial Secretary, to the effect that licenses for this purpose may be obtained at the Superintendent's Office on payment of JEI, and calling attention to the clause in the Act which provides that any person capturing, or aiding in the capture of game without such license render themselves liable to a penalty not exceeding £20, or in default of payment, imprisonment for a period not exceeding four months. We would remind our readers that the annual election of members to fill the vacancies in the various local Committees of Education will take place throughout the province to-morrow at noon. The election for this city takes place at the Court House, and we trust that the electors will evince somewhat less indifference to their responsibilities in this regard than has hitherto been the case, by a numerous attendance at the place of election. The Provincial Gazette of this day notifies that John Hassard Doey, store

keeper, of the Keraraea, has filed a declaration of his insolvency. It wiil be seen from an advertisement in another column that the members of the Nelson Artillery Volunteer Corps are invited to meet on Monday evening next at the Nelson Hotel, for the purpose of electing a Second Lieutenant, vice Lieut. Wilkie, who, having left for tha West Coast, has resigned his commission, Mr Spear, who for some time past has acted as a colporteur under the auspices of the British and Foreign Bible Society, announces an address this evening, illustrative of his labors in this capacity, at the Temperance Hall, after which a collection will be made in aid of the funds of the Society. Mr and Mrs J. L. Hall's entertainment this evening, under the patronage of the omcers and members of the Volunteer Companies, is likely to be very numerously attended. The programme includes the amusing operetta, « Terrible Hymen/ which was so favorably received on Monday last, an interlude, with songs and dancing, including a very amusing sketch of character, entitled, ' Courtship, or the Irish Boy and Yankee Girl,' and the capital farce, * Snapping Turtles,' which was also given on Monday night, and which, we understand, will be repeated this evening, by desire. The Volunteer Band will be in attendance, and as the weather is very favorable, we trust that these very deserving artistes will meet with a reception worthy of their unquestioned ability. We understand that 116 English song birds and six pheasants arrived yesterday by the Phoebei, having been' transhipped from the Gertrude at Wellington. Most of them are in good health and condition. The next sittings of the Supreme Court in this city will commence on the Ist of July next. We have heard so little of late of the products of the Collingwood goldfield, that we deviate from our usual custom to note that the Lady Barkly yesterday brought 200 ounces of gold from Collingwood. The Lyster Opera Company are performing to crowded houses at Sydney, the company having received a very important accession to its strength in the person of Signor Antoni, who is said to be the finest basso yet heard in Australia. The Border Post announces another stud lottery, stating that Mr Steele's Bonegilla stud is to he disposed of according to the principle which answered so well with the Marybyrnong stud. The Sydney Morning Herald states that the tickets for the Yarroville stud distribution are going off rapidly, and that there is every prospect of the affair being conducted to a successful issue, under the management of a number of gentlemen, who have consented to act as a committee to conduct the drawing. Amongst the horses to be disposed of are the celebrated 3 year old horse Fireworks, winner (amongst other races) of the Champagne and Derby at Eandwick, the Derby and Leger at Melbourne, and the Launceston Champion Race j also Zoe, winner of two Champion Races ; and Clove, winner of the first Australian Derby. The drawing is to take place at Sydney on the 2nd July next. A Bathurst telegram in the Sydnoy Morning Herald of the SOth ult., gives the following : — The mail coach met with a shocking accident this morning, at 5 o'clock. It was coming down the hill into the Frying Pan, when the break was found to be unworkable, and the horses went at a gallop. A collision with a log, at a sharp curve, upset the coach and smashed it. The driver, Hamilton, was killed on the instant, and the passengers were all more or less injured, — a Mrs Greville, of Mitchell's Creek, most severely. The manager of the Bank of New South Wales at Sofala, who bad reported that upwards of £1,600 had been abstracted from the Bank safe, on the 25th ult, was arrested on the 29th, charged with embezzlement.