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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 16, 18 January 1878, Page 2

The last clause of the amended Rabbit Nuisance Act should be known to the public. It is as follows:—" If any person shall know T itigly aud wjlfu'.Jy liherate hi any part of' the colony any live rabbit or rabbits, every person so offending shall, upon conviction before any two Justices and at their discretion, be liable to be committed to gaol with" or without hard labor for any term not exceeding six months, or to forfeit and pay a penalty not exceeding £50. All proceedings under this provision shall be hoard and determined in a summary way." The \forld says i-<« That great blaze of animosity, which broke out at Constantinople last week against Hobarfc Pasha, was caused by his distiuct refusal to bombard the peaceful towns on the enemy's coast. The Turkish Government is naturally indignant at the destruction of its merchant vessels by the Russians, hut is even more wrath at Hobart's, refusal to retaliate. « Let them Are but one shot, and the case Js altered. I will do my duty then; hut bombard peaceful villages and destroy innocent people, I won't, 1 said the Admiral sturdily, and he has kept his word, All right-minded Englishmen cannot fail to honor and admire their countryman, w ho refuses to practise reprisals on inqocent and peaceful people.