The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1878.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIIL, Issue 109, 8 May 1878, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1878.

Thi cable news published yesterday and to-day was brought to Batavia from Singapore by an unexpected steamer. The most important item is the declaration by General Todleben that he considers war to be inevitable. A pdll report of the evidence, so far as it has gone, in the extraordinary case of the alleged attempt to poison in Wellington, will be found in our fourth page to-day. Mr Light, the intended victim, is well known in Nelson, where a good deal of interest is tnken in the unaccountable affair. The enquiry before the Magistrates will be proceeded with to-morrow. A lbtter was received by Major Pitt yesterday from Colonel Reader advising him that the Government had resolved to increase the capitation allowance of the Naval Brigade to £2 10s per head. Ah inquest was held by Dr Boor yesterday afternoon at the Anchor Inn on the body of the infant child of James and Mary Pilkiagton who was accidentally smothered while being carried, wrapped in a shawl, by its mother on the Haven Road on the previous evening. The jury at once brought in a verdict of " Accidental Death." At a meeting of the members of the Young Men's Christian Association held last night, the Committee reported having taken the Criterion Hotel for a year with the view of sub-letting a portion of it aa a Temperance Hotel. The Association already numbers over 60 members, and it is expected that more will join. In the Supreme Court at Wellington yesterday, Mr Travers moved for a writ of ceuiorari to remove the action brought by Mr Thiel against the Corporation of Nelson into the Supreme Court, on the vround that the question was one of great legal difficulty, and the decision in this case would probably govern others, and it was as well to get the opinion of the Supreme Court at once, instead of going there by the circuitous rroteu te of Appeal. Mr Izard showed cause, and eventually the application was refused with costs against the Corporation on the ground of irregnlarity in the proceedings Mr Travers afterwards renewed hi 3 application without reference to the proceedings, and the Judge took time to consider, and suggested that it would save time and expense if the parties could agree upon a statement of facts, and submit a special case for the opinion of the Supreme Court on the law points. Ths Australasian of April 20 says: — The demand for hops has now almost ceased; for Shoobridge'B new Tasinanian Is 6d is asked, but for other qualities there is very little doing. 1 at Is Id to Is 3d. Victoria- grown command nt auction lidto Is o£d. Kent are neglected, occasional sales are made at Is 4d to Is 6d. A merino ram and three ewes which cost £400 were brought to Wellington in the Arawata for tbe Hpn H, R, , Russell, of Napier. ' ' Business cares and overwork are apt to' react disadvantageous^ upon mind and' body producing lasaitude, depression, and loss of flesh. Under such circumstances the systejm. requires to be reimbursed for the excessive wear and tear of brain and physique. Th* safest, surest and pleasantest compensating ageut that can possibly be used is Udolpho Wolpk's Schiedam Abomatic Schnapps. — Advt.