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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 178, 30 July 1868, Page 2

A case of some interest was heard before the Motueka Bench on Saturday last, A. Le G. Campbell, Esq., and Major Horneman, being the sitting magistrates, B. Macmahon, M.P.C., summoned Captain Fearon for trespass and malicious destruction of property. It appeared that Captain Fearon, in company with three friends, was pheasant shooting at Riwaka, at the commencement of the present season, and whilst passing over some ground rented by Mr Macmahon from Colonel Thomas, was warned off the ground by Mr Macmahon, jun. They at once complied, but shortly afterwards came across a pheasant-trap, laid close to the fence, which Captain Fearon at once indignantly destroyed. On the hearing of the case oa Saturday last, the summons was dismissed, and on Captain Fearon applying for costs, the sitting magistrates declined to give any decision on this point, which was referred to the Resident Magistrate at Nelson. A license to trap pheasants for acclimatization purposes was produced in Court by Mr Macmahon, but it is asserted that this license was not in his possession at the time of the trespass, and of the discovery of the trap, but was received some hours subsequently. The affair is indeed ' a very pretty quarrel,* and proves that the normal state of 'the Happy Family' remains unaltered.

Mr J. H. Cook's entertainment on electro-biology and mesmerism, given last night at the Temperance Hall, was attended by a numerous audience, and the illustrations of these marvellous sciences were very successful, out of 12 * subjects/ who offered themselves to his manipulation, four proving satisfactorily the power of the lecturer over the will of those thus placed under his influence. Mr Cook gave a short introduction to his entertainment, descriptive of the history and progress of electro-biology, and insisted on its beneficial effects as a curative agent, but the main feature, and that unquestionably tha most attractive portion of the evening's programme, was that devoted to the experiments to which we have already alluded, which were very successful, and were witnessed with evident pleasure by the audience. Mr Cook gives another entertainment of the same description tonight at the same place.

We regret to state that intelligence has

reached us of the receut death at Charleston, of Mrs Mathieu, the widow of one of the victims of the Maungatapu tragedy. The dramatic company who were lately performing at the Oddfellows' Hall, in conjunction with Mr Foley's troupe, having been reinforced by the arrival of the Variety troupe from the West Coast, will make their first appearance at the Oddfellows' Hall, to-morrow evening, iv the sensational drama of The Ticket-of-Leave Man, with a farce, and other entertainments. We understand that a telegram has been received to-day from the Defence Office, directing that the 40 Volunteers enrolled at Nelson for Col. M-Donnell's force, shall be despatched to-morrow, by the Charles Edward, which will leave at 3 p.m. We believe that the Artillery Corps will accompany the party to the wharf to witness their embarkation.

A complaint has been preferred by a boy of color, named Jean Dorsay, who, it appears, was a stowaway from the Mauritius on board the Emma, against the captain of that vessel, for alleged ill treatment. The boy has been in the Hospital for some days past under medical care, and we believe that the charge against Captain Elie will be heard to-morrow morning.