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Colonist, Volume II, Issue 195, 2 September 1859, Page 2

HEAVY WEATHER. TUST RECEIVED a Superior lot of «J BOSTOCK'S BOOTS and SHOES, of very ex-. cellent quality, comprising— Wellingtons Watertights . Gents' elastic side Princes boots, And other sorts too numerous to mention, At B. JACKSON'S. 142 "~~" NOW IS THE TIME. A VERY LARGE ASSORTMENT of ■ rx- BOOTS and SHOES, of the best quality, on SALE at : .'./. • y 1199 fe. JACKSON'S. • f) RE- S S BOyo T S ■*~r Patent leather Wellingtons Dress shoes Youths'patent'kid elastic boots . Ladies'white and black satin shoes. Ditto kid operas, . At 1307 B. JACKSON'S T US T OP E N E D— Gents' prime shooting boots f Ditto napoleons. Every variety of men's, women's, ahd children's BOOTS and SHOES, at 1308 b. JACKSON'S ioteitmeitt ftotte* TO HIS HONOR JOHN PERRY ROBINSON, ESQ., SUPERINTENDENT OF SHE PROVINCE OF NELSON. SIR, —We, the undersigned householders of the Province of Nelson, having regard to the present state of Europe, and aware by kuowledge of past events, that a neutral power may at any moment become plunged in war's sanguinary arcana, most repectfully beg to memorialise your Honor that, Your Honor will be pleased, as speedily as convenient, to call a public meeting of the inhabitants of Nelson, in order that some steps maybe taken for the formation of an armed corps of Volunteers, to whom we may all look for protection should war spread its wide desolation to our little Island home which, though so far removed from the territory of the Belligerents, may yet offer a sufficient temptation to any marauding vessel in the event of England being drawn into war's horrid vortex. And your memorialists will ever pray. T. R. Hacket E. Pilchard J. Elliott " J. M. Hutcheson David Fulton B. Walrasley James Millar William Gray Joseph Webb Donald Sinclair Thomas L. Crompton T. B. Louisson Geo. Collins John Anstice John Luck H. B. Huddleston Alex. SRankin James Barnett Jos. N. Wilkinson E. W. Trent L. L. Luck David Frazer James Simson John Turner Samuel Kingdon Wm. Rout. Maxwell Bury - In accordance with the above request I hereby convene a PUBLIC MEETING, to be held at the Odd Fellows' Hall, on SATURDAY NEXT, the 3rd Sep-; tember, at 4 o'clock, p.m. J. P. ROBINSON--288 Superintendent. ' Provincial Secretary's Office, Nelson, June 27, 1859. - 'TENDERS will be received at this Office -*-. until MONDAY, the 28th day of November; next, from persons desirous of undertaking to perform ; the undermentioned WORKS, required to be executed in the District of the AMURI, viz.— Forming Track from the Clarence to the Kaikora Reserve; Improving the Coast Track Irom the Eiver Flags to : the River Hurunui; Improving the Bridle Track from the Wairau Gorge to the River Hurunui; j -Improving the Dray Track from the Hanmer Plain 1 to the Hurunui. Specifications of the above works may be seen, and ! forms of tenders obtained, on and after TUESDAY, ■ the Ist day of November next, on application at this Office. ALFRED DOMETT, 4 Provincial Secretary. NOTICE.— The Postmaster-General of New Zealand has directed LICENSES to be issued to the undernamed parties, authorising them to SELL POSTAGE STAMPS:— Messrs. C. & J. Elliott, Printers and Booksellers; Mr. H. D. Jackson, Bookseller; of whom Stamps ofthe value of Id., 2d., 6d., and la., can be procured. B. WALMSLEY, 270 Chief Postmaster of the Province. ENTERED INWARDS. August . 30.—1. R.M. steamship Lord Worsley, 550, Johnson, from Manakau and New Plymouth. Passengers—air. and Mrs. Blackett, Mr. Coleman, Capt. Kennedy, Masters. Blackett (2), Mrs. Pessing, Messrs. Weevill, De Laville, Bacot, Fennessy, Leslie, and Miss Ronalds, 2 Maories, and 1 child. j September I.—Mary, schooner, 40, M'Lean, from j Motupipi. Passengers—Mr. and Mrs. Lovell, Mrs. Deckie and 3 children, Miss Smith, Jane Rear, Messrs. Hearns and Abbott. ENTERED OUTWARDS. August 30.—1. R.M. steamship Lord Worsley, 550, Johnson, for Wellington. Original passengers from the North, With Mr. and Mrs. Augarde and 2 children from Nelson. August 31.—Thetis, schooner, 5, Elmslie for Motueka and Collingwood, in ballast. August 31.—Queen of the Avon, barque, 508, Gilbar-, for Guam. September I.—Rapid, schooner, 20, Blackmore, for Collingwood. 5 passengers. IMPORTS. Per Lord Worsley, from Mnnaknu and New Plymouth : 7 kegs butter, 7 bags bacon, N. Edwards and Co.; 1 package plants, Hale; 1 horse, Johnson; 12 bags bacon, Nash and Scaife; and sundry cargo for Southern Ports. Per Mary, from Motupipi: 18,000 feet sawn timber 12 bags wheat, 2 do. potatoes, 1 keg butter, T. Askew; 2 empty kegs, Banks. EXPORTS. Per Queen ofthe Avon, for Guam: Part of original cargo from London. Per Rapid, for Collingwood: 1 cask rum, 20 bags flour, 4 bundles shovels, I case picks, 5 cases biscuits,Hays arid Co.; 6 bags salt,' 4 _-chests tea, 20 bags sugar, 4 boxes sperm candles, 1 cask currants, 6 cases sundries, 5 boxes soap, 1 cask rice, 40 bags flour, Symons; 5 gallons oil, 10 bags flour, 6 bushels oats. Master; 1 box glass, Louisson; 1 mantel-piece, Levien and Co.; 3 hhds. ale, 5 casks do., 4 casks bottled do., Travers and Co.; 1 case oysters, Symons; 1 hhd. Burton ale. The Joseph Fletcher (as we reported in our "Extra" of Thursday morning) arrived in harbour about 2 "a.m. that day. She was signalled throughout the greater part of the previous afternoon, and was generally supposed to be tho British Queen, which sailed from Plymouth on the llth April, and has nofc yet arrived, although 130 days out. Tlie supposition was further strengthened that the approaching ship was a stranger to the port, in consequence of her firing guns and throwing up rockets, which were presumed to be demands for the service 3f a pilot. Tlie passage of the Joseph Fletcher has been—as tlie passages of^that favorite and regular trader all along.have been—a remarkably pleasant me, accomplished in the fair average passage of 101 lays. As an example of the gaiety and good feeling throughout the passage we have been furnished with the following particulars, accompanied with a request that they may obtain publicity:—" There has been