The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1877.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 247, 18 October 1877, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1877.

We yesterday received by telegraph a verbatim report of Sir George Grey's speech to the House on Monday last, for which we presume we are indebted to that gentleman. As however we have already published a very excellent precis of the hon gentleman's address, and the full report is exceedingly long, occupying as it wonld at least seven columns of the paper, we are unable to reproduce it at length. That portion {of it which relates to the finance of the colony will be found elsewhere, and, as will be seen, is full of promises of reform and improvement. The whole speech, iudeed, abounds with good resolutions, and baits are thrown out to every part of the colony and to all classes in it, but notwithstanding this, we fully expect to hear iv the course of a few days that the House has declared its want of confidence in the Ministry as at present constituted. We have to express our thanks to the telegraph operators for the very careful manner in which the report of Sir George Grey's speech was taken by them yesterday, not a single error of an importance having occurred in the whole of the sLx thousand and odd words coutained ie it. At the Resident Magistrate's Court at Motueka yesterday, -before L. Broad, Esq., R.M., William Muruane wa3 charged with assaulting Mrs .Wise and her daughter. It appeared that he had gone to the hotel in a state of intoxication, violently assaulted Mrs aud Miss Wise and an old man who waa in the house, and kicked the three of them out of doors, and locked himself in. A warrant was issued for his arrest, and he was brought before the Court and bound over to keep the peace for six months, himself in £50, and two sureties of £25 each. Tue Port road was again the scene of a " bolt " this afternoon. A dray was loading with timber at Franzen's wharf, when the horses -there were two— took fright at a pig which was standing close by, and started off for the town. One of them became disengaged by some means or another, and bolted up Russell-street, but was soon stopped and mounted by the driver, who gave chase to the other runaway, which was galloping along furiously. Its career was, however brought to an end before the towu was reached, and the two runaways were brought back again, picking up the timber on the way, the road being strewn with it. Tiie Harmonic Society's quarterly concert will be given at the Provincial Hall afc ei^ht o'clock thig evening. The first part will concist of Purcell's sparkling cantata " Dido and iEneas," and the second of miscellaneous selections, including a number of ballads part songs, choruses, &c. ' An ordination was held at Christ Church this morning by the Bishop of Nelson, when Mr. G. Atherton White was admitted to holy orders, aud the Rev. J. Spear was ordained a priest. At a special meeting of the Nelson Rowing Club held lasfc night ifc was resolved nofc to make any alterati <n in the annual subscription, except to members residing outside the town boundary, who are to be admitted on paying the entrance fee and half the subscription. Mr G. Boulton was elected Secretary and Treasurer in the place of Mr Tennanfc, who resigned the office, a vote of thanks for his past services being to accorded him. Some new members were elected. Among the passengers by the Taranaki on Tuesday was the Rev J. Warren, formerly of Nelson. He wiil remain a few days in the district, and is expected to preach in Nelson on Sunday next. We have no doubt that many old settlers both in the town and country will be glad to hear the rev gentleman once more. The Baptist Church choir last evening proceeded to Richmond by coach for the purpose of repeatiug the " Service of Song," which they so sucessfully gave in Nelson recently. There was a large attendance, aud the readings illustrative of the "Life of Moses" wero given with good effect. The party reached town about eleven o'clock. A gentleman from Dunedin writes to Mr Charles Bright's Committee in Nelson as follows:— "Allow me to congratulate you upon securing the service of Mr C. Blight to lecture iii your city. Although myself differing on many important points from Mr Bright's theories aud arguments, I must admit the grateful sense of pleasure I have always derived from his discourses. Very many people cavil at the word free-thought-lccturc, and at once associate it with irreligion, but one visit to Mr Bright's lecture will at once dispel those ideas. Mr Bright is the happy possessor of a rich full musical voice which, added to his logic, never fails to attract and hold the attention of large ■audiences." ' - A tremendous convulsion takes place In the human interior during a " bilious " attack. The muscles of the stomach are spasmodically confctacted, the gall bladder is violently squeezed apd empties bile into the stomach, which is again convulsed and casts out its contents into the mouth. The cause of this internal commotion is purely gastric, although the blame is often laid upon the liver. Invigorate the stomach with Udolfho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps if you would avoid " bilious " attacks.— Advfc.