The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1876.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 264, 5 December 1876, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1876.

J^Tiik enquiry into certain charges made by Thomas Johnston Jones against Mr o 'Conor in connection with the special settlement at Karamea has been proceeding all day, Jones himself and a number of witnesses, some on one side and some on tbe other, having been examined. So far as we can learn, Jonescase is but a very lame one. The sittings of the Supreme Court commence to-morrow at ten o'clock. There are two criminal cases, one against the boys found in Mr Jackson's shop, and the other against John Sutherland, sent up from Westport on a charge of housebreaking. There are three civil actions set down for hearing on Thursday : — Gill and wife v. Harley, in which the plaintiffs claim _500 damages for malicious prosecution; Rcilly v. Fellows, for slander, aud the same against the same for trespass on land. A very interesting lecture on Egypt was delivered to a large and attentive audience at the Provincial Hall last night by Mr Ashcroft, who, seeing that half his audience were children and the other half adults, had a most difficult task to accomplish in keeping them both amused aud interested. That he was thoroughly successful, however, was evident from the fact that for a couple of hours he carried his audieuce with him as he described the various and strange scenes of which he had been an eye-witness. His description of the snake charmers and the mysterious power they undoubtedly possessed and exercised was very graphic, and was listened to with deep interest, and greeted with loud applause. At the conclusion of the lecture, his Lordship the Bishop, who was in the chair, complimented Mr Ashcrof t on the excellent description he had given of the scenery of Egypt and the manners and customs of tbo inhabitants, to the accuracy

of which he could from his own personal experience bear witness. A vote of thanks to the lecturer, proposed byDr Boor and seconded by Mr Jackson, was carried by acclamation, and the audience returned to their homes remarkably well pleased with their evening's entertainment. ; We have been informed that several persons on reading the mail news in our yesterday's telegrams were somewhat alarmed at its purport, omitting to notice that it was an extract from the Home News, than the date of the publication of which we have at least a month's later advices by cable, these being of a far more pacific character. Monday next has been appointed as the day for nominating candidates for the Mayoralty of Nelson. It is to be hoped that the present Mayor will offer himself for reelection, as it would be difficult to find one better fitted to undertake tha duties, which at times are by no means light. The City Companies and Naval Brigade met last evening to undergo the usual monthly inspection by the Commanding Officer, Captain Marshall, falling in opposite the Police Station. Having gone through the usual preliminaries, Captain Marshall gave the volunteers full particulars relative to the next Colonial Prize Firing. They then marched, headed by the Artillery Band, to the Botanical Gardens, where a number of manoeuvres were gone through, after which the Companies returned, and were dismissed opposite Campbell's mill. " The Sheet Anchor of thb Debilitated. Ordinary stimulants afford no permanent benefit to persons deficient in natural vigor or weakened by disease. In fact, the effact produced by unmedicated spirits, even when pure, is injurious, as they produce an exhausting reaction upon the nervous system. But where such excitants utterly fail to revive exhausted energy, that sheet anchor of the debilitated, Udolpho Wolfe's Schibdam Aromatic Schnapps, powerfully invigorates every life-sustaining organ— Advt.