Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1877.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 300, 19 December 1877, Page 2

Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1877.

The Rev. Charles Clark delivered his second lecture last night to a large audience, the subject being «• William Makepeace Thackeray, the Snobographer." Touching lightly on the early life of the great satirist, and alluding to the bitter grief he sustained by his wife, to whom he was deeply attached, being deprived of her reason as the result of a severe attack of fever, Mr Cfarfce went on to speak to and to quote from Vanity Fair, the work by which Thackeray first established his reputation. Some of the most touching and some of the most amusing scenes from this well known work were recited with a deep pathos that almost moved his audience to tears, or with a racy humor that set them off into uncontrollable fits of laughter. The " Book of Snobs," the "Four Georges," and the " Newcomes," were all passed under revie w, and some of the best portions of each brought before the audience, who were not only delighted with the manner in which Mr Clark handled his subject, but astonished at the marvellous memory that enabled him to repeat a lecture lasting nearly two hours, interspersed with lengthy quotations from tbe various works to which he referred, without the slightest hesitation, or ever being at a loss for a word. To-night will be given the last lecture of the series, the subject being " Westminster Abbey," which should be overflowing with interest for every Englishman. Mr Clark leaves to-morrow by the Taranaki. The annual meeting of the City Council for the installation of Mayor aud the transaction of other business was held at noon to-day. Me Waters, the late Mayor, with, a few remarks, introduced Me J. R. DoJsoa, who took his seat and made the usual declaration, and briefly expressed his thanks for the honor conferred upon him. Cr Everett suggested the advisability of remitting to the Government the purchase money for the gas and water works, and proposed that the Mayor be authorised to forward a cheque for £422 10s Id at once. This was agreed to, and the Council adjourned. Mr. Curtis will address the electors of Nelson at the Provincial Hall to-morrow night, when an interesting account of the proceedings of the late session may be looked for, as not only as he been a participator in the events to which he will refer, but being at all times a shrewd observer of what is going on around him, he may be expected to review the main features of the " long Parliament " from a point of view that is likely to invest his address with the merit of novelty, and anything new in relation to the Parliamentary proceedings cannot fail to be attractive. TnE Volunteers assembled at the Drill Shed last evening for the purpose of undergoing their monthly inspection at the hands of Major Pitt. The preliminaries having been gone through, the different companies marched across to the Botanical Gardens, where a number of evolutions were creditably performed. The Volunteers then marched back to the Drill Shed, where they were dismissed. The entertainment in aid of the fund for procuring a new uniform for the City Cadets to be held in the Odd-Fellows' Hall on Friday evening promises to be fairly attended, a number of tickets having already been sold. The programme prepared has at least the merit of being novel. During the evening the Naval acrobats will perform some of their clever feats. The new uniform, which is expected to be completed at the beginning of next month, consists of red garibaldi, grey trowsers with red stripe, and black cap with scarlet baud. At a meeting of the Nelson City Rifles held last evening, the resignation of Mr George Hodgson aa Lieutenant was received, aud Mr C. E. Bunny, who has tor some time commanded the Aitillery Cadets, was elected Captain. An alteration has been made iti the time table of the . San Francisco mail service, which will come into force on January 5, on which day the mail will close at Nelson, being abont ten days earlier than if the existing time table had continued in operation. The adoption of this course will prove a great boon to the mercantile community, as instead of both mails leaving here on the same day as at present there will be au interval of a fortnight between them. Attention is directed to an advertisement in another column announcing that Sloane's great art union is postponed until the 3 1st January. A morbid appetite for excitement ia the onlyeffectof the unmedicated andadulterated spirits frequently used under the impression that they are wholesome stimulants. Abandon such " burning fluids " at once and forever. If your are weak, low spirited, dyspeptic, nervous, or suffering from the effects of exhaustion, use that genuine recuperatit of bodily energy, that real stomachic and nerve anodyne, Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Scunapi's. — [Abvt."|