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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 283, 10 December 1879, Page 2

The following special telegram relative to the attempted assassination of the Emperor of Russia appeared in the j W ;— The attempt on the life of the Czir was of a very determined character, and has excited considerable sensation throughout Europe. The Czar was passing through Moscow by train, wllen suddenly a terrific explosion underneath the railway waa heard. The train was I stopped, and it was found that a mine had been sprung under the track, the charge having been fired by an electric battery at some distance from the railwaj'. Fortunately, it was not fired at the right moment, and the Czar and his suite escaped unhurt. The would-be assassin in the meantime had made off, and has not yet been captured. — A large number of congratulations were tendered to the Czar immediately on his arrival at Moscow. In the course of his reply ho thanked Providence for his escape He also announced his intention to adopt fresli step 9to eradicate by every means in his power, the Nihilist sedition, lt i3 ex pected that the police precautions in the large towns for the suppression of Nihilism, will be redoubled in rigour. The Lyttelton Times, the leading Opposition journal, appears to be losing faith iv the ability of the "Great Liberal Party" as at present constituted. In a leader on Friday we find the following:— " We have, on the other bide, au Opposition whioh begins to look very much like a rocket that, having ascended into the upper air of heaven, has spread itself into independent sparks. They have attacked ihe Government, and in their attack they have shown no cohensiou and not overmuch ability." In a notice of the New Zealand court at the Sydney Exhibition, the Morning Herald says : — " An examination of the hopa and the barley in thu New Zealand court suggests the thought that the country is destined to excel in the production of beer, and further acquaintance with the number and the nature of the exhibits clearly indicates that the brewing industry has obtained a prodigious development in New Zealand." A certain San Francisco lady, according to Truth, married a distinguished-looking but mysterious stranger, but found out that instead of being a Mexican grandee, he was a physician's groom, earning twenty dollars a month. After deciding that it would be wiser to go home and get her meals regularly than to stay with the coachman and starve, she sent him the following pointed epistle: — " I am deeply sorry that huuger and other circumstances over which I have no control, compel me to write you this note. I find tbat you are utterly unable to provide for i me, and as I am unable at present to provide for you, I must leave you, and return to that happy home from whence you stole me, aud once more fill it with the sunshiue of love. Had I known that you expected me to live on the morning breezes for breakfast, the trade winds for dinner, and the evening fogs for supper, I wouid have honestly told you that my constitution would not be equal to it, even where the atmosphere is so odorous and substantial as in this hotel at Tar Flat, and wouid have declined to become yotir wife. If you should ever marry another lady, I trust you will remember tbe advice of your first wife, and that the domestic meuu will consist of puddiugs made of plums rather than of the north wind, and pies of pumpkins rather than of zephyrs— in short, that you will provide her with a bill of fare rather than a bill of air. If you meet me iv tbe street hereafter, pass me by as a perfect stranger, for if you do not I will be compelled to give you the cut direct.— Your wife, Mary." About forty boys are in training for telegraph operators at Wellington. The " greased lightning" array now number close on 1000 strong, and fully two thirds of tbem are mere youths. In an article on the position iv which newly arrived unassisted immigrants find themselves, the Otago Daily Times says -.— "We pointed out a short wbile back that there were a number of immigrants arriving who had paid their own passages, and that they ought to ba accorded, so far as was possible, the same privileges as those who enjoyed free immigration as regards the use of the barracks, free passage on the railway, &c, &c. We publish a letter to-day signed' " Allan and C 0.," commenting on the fact that this haa in no way been provided for by the Government, and tbat a great amount of bitter feeling bas been the result. This bitter feeling will be certain to find its way iuto letters sent home, and will tend to put a etop to the very class of immigration that we ought to do our utmost to foster. As regards the purchase of land again, we have beard of instances of men coming here with a few hundreds who would gladly settle down on land of their own, but who have gone away disgusted at the difficulty of obtaining anything at all suitable to their needs. There is no one whose special duty it is to attend to their wants, and the natural difficulties are aggravated by want of a little departmental foresight. We believe that besides those already here, something like a hundred persons of this class are now on their way to Otago by different vessels; and we regard it as an absolute duty of the Government to do all they can to meet their views. They naturally feel that they are entitled to more consideration in virtue of having paid their own passages, and not less, as seems to be the official view. There is less excuse now for any neglect of this useful class of immigrants, because necessary amendments of the land laws are being passed through the House to provide for settlement; and free immigration bas been checked. A great scandal will result if this matter is not attended to by the Government, and New Zealand will soon be as unfavorably viewed by the emigrating classes at home as it is now favorably regarded. Surely we have enough officials connected with the Immigration Department to attend to tbe matter, and the barracks are not always in use. We send home expensive emigration agents to paint rose colored pictures of the colony, and wheu small capitalists or laborers, with a few pounds in their pockets, come out in response to our invitations, we turn the cold shoulder to them, and let them bewilder themselves with our incomprehensible land laws, or wander about our streets without a friend and without employment, till their patience is exhausted. 'Curses, not loud but deep,' will rain upon our beads if this system is allowed to continue." Milkmen beware ! The man in blue will be shortly on your trail. A motion was carried in the Legislative Council yesterday, affirming that instructions bad been given to the police to strictly enforce the provisiona of the Adulteration Act, and the Honorable Mr Waterhouse made especial reference to water in milk. We presume each member of the force will be provided with a lactometer in addition to handcuffs, and will be instructed to plunge it into the pails of every milk vendor on hia beat.— New _.__- lander.

One feature of the last eruption* of Kilauea, a volcano in the Sandwich Islands is the fact that the great molten lake of lava, occupying a huge cnldron nearly a mile in width, and known aa the South Lake, wa3 drawn off subterraneoußly, giving no warning of its movements and leaving no visible indication of its pathway or the place of its final deposit. " Other eruptions." writes Dr. Coan to Professor Dana in a letter dated June 20, " have blazed their way on the surface to the eea, or while on their subterranean way have rent the superincumbent beds, throwing out jets of Btream or of sulphurous gases with here and there small patches or broad areas of Vava. But os yet no surface marks of this kind reveal the solemn course of this burning river. One theory is that it flowed deep in subterranean fissures, and finally disembogued far out at sea. Our ocean w;is much disturbed during those days and we had what might be called a tidal wave of moderate magnitude. Tbe old process of replenishment which had gone on since the last eruption in 18G8 is reported to have begun again, and after another decade another disgorge ment may take place.