The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1878.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 82, 5 April 1878, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1878.

Owing, in the first place, to the original blunder by -which Wellington, instead of Nelson, was made the terminus of the incoming, and the starting point of the outgoing, Suez mail service, aud, secondly, to the detention of the Taiaroa at Onehunga, which caused her to be a day later than her advertised time in arriving here, it is very doubtful whether the English, Indian, and Melbourne mails from Nelson will be in time to catch the Arawata, whose contract time for leaving Wellington is three o'clock this afternoon. The Post Office authorities telegraphed this morning to Wellington, stating that the Taiaroa was leaving at 10 a.m., and asking that the Arawata might be detained until her arrival, which might be looked for about eight or nine p.m., bufc up to the time of our going to press the Secretary in Wellington had not had the courtesy to reply, so that we are not able to say what fate attends the Nelson mails this month. We are indebted to Mr Pollock, the census enumerator, for the following census returns showing the population of the City of Nelson:—Males 3380, females 3482; total 6862. This shows aa increase of 1002 since the last

census was taken in 1874, when the numbers were:— Males »932> fe&ates 2928"; total 5^66. Coon* de #aba will deliver his lecture on Poland iat Kich'mond to-night. TiiE Roya) Italian 'Opera Concert 'Company arriVed by ttte Jaiarpa ksfc hsgut, and Will appear for the Hrst time in Nelson tonight, Wftfeft a rare musical treat may be expected. Three vessels, with diggers, 'packers,, and cattle, were leaving Cooktowii lor New Guinea last W.edtaeß&by. , ( In tfre fourth page will be found an interesting account of the extraordinary mishap met with hy the fine steamer Chimborazo. Captain Hall, who was at one time in command of the Claud Hamilton, occupies a Very unpleasant position if the published account of the wreck be a correct one. Tiik following tenders for Government work have been accepted:— For painting the Lunatic Asylum, T. B. Louisson, £7-2 17s Gd; for shingling the roof of the gaol, Bright and Co., 6s Sd per square. No fewer than 500 new claims to vote were lodged in Wellington last month. A large flock of crows wer seen in Auckland the other day, being the produce of a pair of birds landed some years ago. The Most Reverend the Primate of New Zealand (Dr Harper-, Sishob of Christchurch) Will proceed to England by the next San Francisco mail steamer to attend the Lambeth Conference in July. Mr Reynolds has accepted a seat in the Upper House. •A London telegram to the Post dated April 2nd, says that Lord Salisbury's circular to the Powers has called Russia to order her army to prepare for war. The Marquis of Normanby recently made an excellent speech on the occasion of the opeuing of the Working Men's Club at Auckland. Referring to politics he spoke of the British Constitution as the most liberal in the world, but thought that it did not follow because it proved so successful in an old country that it would always work so well in the colouies. In proof of this he referred to the recent crisis in Victoria, and went on to say, "I will tell you why I think difficultysometimes arises in the colonies You are so accustomed to see things grow apace, to see cities spring up almost in a day, to knock down forests and substitute fine parks, that you expect political matters to make as rapid progress as your every day duties. Now, in England we find that people are not in such a hurry. In England there is more patience aud more conciliation. We don't expect there to do these things in a hurry. Nobody expects to pass any great measure the first year it is brought forward, but if a measure is brought forward in which the inhabitants of the country take deep interest depend upon it, it is passed before long. In the colonies there is a great need of patience, and people should remember that everybody has as much right to his opinion as another." His Excellency concluded by throwing out the following suggestion:— "ln working our Constitution," he said, " if a wheel rubs a little in one place it is easy to unscrew and give it a little oil, so that it shall work smoothly without the whole affair being broken to pieces or blown up as has been seen in other countries." A pretty faithful index of the state of the stomach and liver is the condition of the skin. The most prominent causes of sallowness are indigestion and biliousness. Kidney diseases, close confinement and poverty, of the blood also tend to rob the cheek of" the ruddy glow of health. To regain lost color, and what is much more importaut, to remore the causes of discoloration and wanness of visage, check irregularities, aud fertilize the blood with Udolpho Wolfe's Schieuam Abojiatio Schnapps.— Advt.