The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1878.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 58, 8 March 1878, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1878.

We are glad to receive from Mr Hursthouse an emphatic denial that he was in any way connected with the assault upon the triumphal arch at New Plymouth. He and those who were said to have acted with him were much blamed at the time for allowing their political animosities to carry them to such extremes, but what shall be said of those who, to advance the cause of their party by bringing their opponents into diirepute, did not hesitat* to concoct and circulate such untruthful statements as those which were published in connection with this arch business ? It is not to be wondered at that Mr Hursthouse should write somewhat warmly on the subject. On Florence Joseph, being released upon bail from the Police Station this afternoon, he' was chased by a few of those vb.o h^d been present in the Court, a rone was tied round his neck, and he was led down Col-Uogwood-street, Bridge-street, and up Tra-falgar-street as far as his shop. Ah excited crowd gathered round, and at Trafalgar corner the scene was one that has Barer been equalled in Nelson. The man was jerked, and pulled, and thrown down ; half throttled he was dragged along the street, bleeding and bruised, and with hia clothes torn to tatters, and, on being released near his shop, he was attacked by Mr Levy, who, with a loaded hunting crop, belaboured him until he was scarcely able to stand. Th« Bishop of Nelson and Mr Jenkins interfered at this stage of the proceedings, and the wretched individual was allowed to escape into his house. Altogether the scene was a most disgusting and degrading one. The man has been handed over to the law, and to the law he should have been left. No enormities of his own could justify the brutal attack made upon him this afternoon. Where arc the police ? was asked on all sides, but there was none to answer the Question. Phos'essor Hennicke, the very clever conjuror, who isr now on 4 visit to Nelson, will give his last performance to-morrow evening at the Masonic Hall, which will be thrown open to the public at Tery low rgtes. The return cricket match betwe«u the Panama team, and the Wakajsuaka Club will be played to-morrow in the Botanical Reserve, wickets to be pitched at 1 o'clock. A swimming match will take place between two Nelson citizens to-morrow at two o'clock in the Marine Baths. We learn that tenders in reference to the Government wharf have been accepted as follows : — J. Grilbertson for erecting wharf ■£lf'7s ; J. Garrard for demolishing old one £175 ; Anchor Foundry for ironwork, wrought 3|d per lb, cast 20s per cwt. The Church Messenger for this month is published to-day, and contains a great deal that is of interest to those who hare tb,e well-being of the English Church in the Diocese at heart. Among other iteniß, there is a sketch of the life of the late Bishop Williams, of Waiapu, who was probably well known to many of the readers of this paper, aDd a very readable little article on the weather-cock, so common as a vane on churches. The lessons for Sunday schools and Bible classes now appearing in the Messenger every month should ensure for it a wide circulation amongst jboth teachers and scholars. Messrs Arkell, Tufts, and Co.'s (of New York and London) monthly circular for Jan. 1878, commences as follows: — "In enteric^ upon a new year, the most natural as well as business inclination is to review that which has passed. Commercially, then, w« may look back over 1877 and see that c as far na England is concerned, it Js likely to be remembered by her merchants as oneof monotony and depression. Political disturbances in Europe, famine in India, confusion in the trade policies of various nations, strikes, stoppage of manufactories, failure and great distress among her labouring classes, have all combined to retard the progress of English trade. Hence th.ere has beenaa almost entire absence of enterprise, capitalists being thoroughly sceptical as to the chances of profit any scheme might promise, During 1877 the keen competition between England and America has been more and more manifest, and nations hitherto large customers to the old country hare been compelled by the superiority of the younger rival's productions to pass the older with their favours. We see much that is gloomy in the English commedal outlook, especially at this, moment, when political uncertainties help to complicate and confuse, but nevertheless, it is impossible to believe the future of England's commercial history will be Jess remarkable or less sound than her past. We believe her merchant-princes, manufacturers, and workmen, in conjunction with their American descendants, have latent skill, energy, and wealth of resource enough left to secure them together the trade of the world To pour> liquid lire down one's throat in the shape of fiery, adulterated, unmedicated spirits, is to commit slow suicide. When fkgeing energies required to be reinforced, use that safest, purest, and most invigorating of stimulants, indorsed by the most distinguished chemists, physicians and clergymen Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Sciinapi'S. It is the only spirituous mvigoraut and corrective which does not overexcite the bmiu. — Advt.