Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1877.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 296, 14 December 1877, Page 2

Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1877.

A sopplementaut San Francisco mail will be despatched by the Arawata to-morrow afternoon.

It may interest some of our readers to learn that the " Simmons prizes " at the College, which were yesterday awarded to Harkness of the upper and Lowe of the lower school, are provided by a fund raised amongst some of those who were pupils at the College at the time of the death of the late Rev F. C. Simmons, or had been so a few years previously, and supplemented by the Governors, who made the amount up to £100. The interest of this will be devoted yearly to the purchase of two prizes, one for the upper and one for the lower school, to be awarded to those who display the greatest profioionoy in English, to the study of whiah, more than of any other language, Mr Simmons directed the attention of his pupils. The principal one of these two prizes yesterday consisted of a handsome edition of Shakspeare.

As the Rev Charles Clark has been lecturing on the West Coast every week day evening during the last month besides preaching twice on Sunday for charity, and as moreover he will not arrive from Westport before tomorrow evening, his opening lecture ia the Provincial Hall has been postponed till Monday evening, which will give the rev gentleman a little rest.

Clifford's beautiful panorama attracted another large audience last night, when the charming views of Scottish scenery, followed by a ludicrous pictorial farce, afforded much pleasure and amusement to those who witnessed them. To-night and to-morrow night the prices of admission will be reduced to 2s and Is, and to-morrow afternoon there will be a performance for children, when the admission will be Is, and sixpence.

At the Police Court to-day Stephen Macdonald, alias John Stephens, was charged with being drunk and assaulting the police. For the first offence he was fined 10s and costs, and for the second sentenced to seven days' imprisonment This man of two names is a recent importation in Nelson, where he arrived in the Tararua last week, and has since distinguished himself by feigning madness in the streets, and other eccentric conduct. Two or three houses in the Wood have recently been troubled by a night visitor, there is but now every reason for believing that for the next seven days they are not likely to be subjected to the same annoyance. Regarding Sir George Grey's extraordinary aud inexcusable action in endeavoring to persuade the Governor to ypto phe Land Bill, the Evening Post, which has hitherto shown a decided leaning towards the present Ministry, says: — The political scandal with reference to the Land Bill does not, on further enquiry, assume any less serious complexion than before. It appears, from what we can gather, that when the Bills were sent up for the formal assent aud signature of his Excellency the Governor, he discovered that the Land Bill was not amongst the number. Why the Bill was missing cannot easily be explained, but His Excellency's discovery that it was not there led to its ultimate production. But the signature of Sir George Grey was not attached to it, aud Mr Sheehan and Mr Macandrew waited upou. him to obtain his formal assent. Then, it is said, there was a " scene " between the Premier aud his colleagues. Sir George Grey positively refused to sign the Bill, and actually advised his Excellency to veto it; and it was not Ul^til the latter threatened to make a general call qi * ae Assembly that the Premier withdrew from *) ie position he had taken up, and allowed the Bill 5° Decome Jaw, This action of Sir George Grey C* nuot in an / seQse be justified, and merits the sev~"' re3fc COuae°*natiou. That a public man, occupy^* hi f faigh position, should adopt a Bill introduces . hv a previous Ministry, carry it through the to ™h ™% ths »> afc the last momeut > Attempt to render it null and void by resorting to subterfuge and trickery, forms one of the most discredtfable episodes which we have

ever been called upon to record in the political history of this colony. We deeply regret that such an episode should be coupled with the name of Sir George Grey. A tremendous convulsion takes place in the human interior during a " bilious attack. The muscles of the stomach, are spasmodically contracted, the gall bladder is violently squeezed and empties bile into the stomach, which is again couvulsed and casts out its contents into the mouth. The cause of this interal commotion is purely gastric, although the blame is often laid upon the liver. Invigorate the stomach with Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps if you would avoid "bilious" attacks.— [Advt.J