The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1877.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 276, 21 November 1877, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1877.

Our readers are reminded of the lecture on " Tha life of Sir Walter Scotfc " to be delivered at the Wesleyan School-room this evening by the Rev, T. Kussall. Mr. Dodsost, being the only candidate nominated for the Mayoralty, was declared duly elected at noon to-day, and briefly returned thanks to the Citizens for the honor, conferred upon him in returning him to the office unopposed. Ix may perhaps afford some consolation to the Marlborough cricketers to learn that their late beating at the hands of the Wellingtonians is as nothing compared with what occurred at a country match in England between the Clifton and Houghton Clubs. The former scored 79, and the latter then went to the wickets, which they eventually left with the following result: — J. Rhodes, 1.b.w., b Littlewood 0 P. Lloyd, b Littlewood 0 G. Williamsou, b Hewitt ... 0 J. King, b Littlewood 0 S. Shaw, b Hewitt 0 S. Rhodes, c Jagger, b Hewitt 0 J. Marland, b Littlewood ... 0 G. Bowden, b Littlewood ... o J. Pickles, run out 0 Gee, b Littlewood 0 Strafford, not out 0 Extra i Total "7 i

. Thb aaaiialtea patty in connection with the ToE-Toi Valley; Sunday School will be h'eia tomorrow jafterqoon. Cabs will rua befeVeea jthe towa stands and the Valley. ' vJ^fiaß'Mt&iv.o'E the .Licensed Victuallers foiM!I% tcaasactlouiof business of importance will be held &t the Commercial Hotel tomorrow afternoon.

Oca telegrams yesterday informed us that Mr Barton, barrister, and solicitor, one of the candidates for the Mayoralty of Wellington, ha3; n to : withdraw Sop thexouteat under? somewhat pecplikir circumstances, which ace'i thus narrated by the Pott :— Mr George Elliot Barton has virtually retired from the contest for the v Mayoralty j.aud has [.issued an address to the ratepayers announcing Ihe fact,. _ Mr Barton ,^xp,lains that he is retained as edaaiel by Mr -C. W. t Sc[iult22e< 4a three important actions at lavr against the Mayor and-CorporaSbn, and- tb&t it fee wepe~slec€ed as Mayor '• he would find himself plain ti if in one action and defendant ia_two others." :TO<ferMes-«L aW&itfg i&c&fotnstances W ] Eartoqi .thinks himself considerably " mixed tip. SdMn* contingency he would require to &£; client! ; to "gp'f for himself (Barton us Mayor), while in another he would be under, the necessity, oi? devising means ybjetehy tiis unhappy, cjientj Scfijiltzl aforesaid, should be brought to gridf . Surely never mortal ,raan ;ioj ithe 1 dual capacity of bsrrister-ttwkV'and-teyos: wag jplaced in s^ch-^qpandary. If tha ratepayers insist on ewctfag t "Mr Barton — and having been nominated he-mas* go to the poll-i-theytwill • do & <-iq,oß& wic^e^ and cruet thing. In his .ai^aa^cali^ci^s of t^^tlr-at-iawyplainr tiff, defendaot, and Mayor, Mr Barton would infallibly lose all clear Berception of his own /identityil&iid t «iljMCttely-lgo off I his head.; Tb» e ; terna]l change of characters' would "beSeason Jwould totter upon its throna, and the ready-witted l|t^ySt,-'j the keea cross-examiner, and 1 bnfliant 1 -|Of«snßi« wojold be, utterly wrecked. '^^KivMt'Mi 1 Barton v im^!6res! tlis ,;jate--, IffifQX&t M2gpord their rotes fprinuVon polling day. We second his entreity, if tliafc' :■ " will be any consolation to him. B^ut we may -aft the- lame tima observe that if Mr Barton had ; onl| thorjghfi over the proposal to stand as Mayor' v^itffi little care, hi3 acute legal qsv^ pareeivell that, quUe apart from' disiiualitfcation in being en,gagedakLcaunaeVia these cases j he would not, on his own:meritß, f ha7e stood tha-efaosfe 6f ' a l cHs'iib«"br i election. ' 'ttad tit Barton beenriestiinpulsive and hasty, he; would not have msde such an well— he would nofc have -pUced himself -in so utterly ludicrous a .position as he occupies at present. | Aw important question and ifca answer. Wh&6 f the best means of fortifying the system against .influences, prejndical to health, such as bad air, unwholesome water, sudden changes of temperature, intense cold or he*t t The- rational answer ip — by sustaining and increasing the constitutional and physical strength, and thus endowing nature with tise.capacity to resist the influences; referred to. To that purpose, as well as to correct inherent tendencies to disease, Übolpbio Wolfe's' Schiedam Aeomatio Schnapps is peculiarly adapted.— [Advt.]