The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1879.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 184, 4 August 1879, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1879.

Tins afternoon it will probably be definitely decided what is to" be done in the House before the dissolution takes place, so that some idea may be formed of the time when the elections, fer which candidates, or rather rumors of candidates, are cropping up pretty thickly all over the country, are likely to occur. Up to the preseut time it has not been easy to discover what the Government want. Supplies and the Loan Bill should surely be enough to grant to any Government in whose administration the House by an overflowing majority has declared its utter want of confidence. But to grant Sir George Grey an inch is sufficient to induce him to insist upon an ell, and it now seems that, finding how willing the Opposition bas been to meet him in every possible way, he is making an attempt to bring 'forward other Bills, than which none that could possibly be introduced could establish a stronger claim to be included within the category of " contested measures," against the introduction of which the Governor, in granting the dissolution, so decidedly stipulated. We shall be curious to see what further concession Sir George will demand when the House meets to day.

A lecture on " Marriage " was delivered at the Motueka Wesleyan Church on Wednesday eveniog, by the Rev. James Hosking. There was a good attendance, and the lecture, which was full of good advice to persons contemplating matrimony, was listened to with attention and interest. The only drawback complained of was that it was far too short. The proceeds amounted to £4 10s.

There will be a soiree at the Theatre Royal this evening, commencing at eight o'clock.

Ax a performance given in Auckland on the night before the recent division, Professor Baldwin's wife predicted that the Government would stand, but that one of them would die before the year was over. It is to be hoped that the latter portion of her prophecy will prove as far from being correct as was the first part.