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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 815, 22 November 1878, Page 2

Titkre appeared in our telegraphic news lost eveniii<r the st'irtlin:; annoiinceeienf that M r. F".KiiHßt<'K Tkschkvaicki:, who represent''"! ril iilsto'no in I'.O'Haiieiit, is d'-ad. The suddenness of his tt '.itii will shock the friends of this cleiio.-vs.-il "onrlonian. more. pa"t ieularlv us lie enjoy -d su.h rude h'a'ih j that he seemed to be ono ot the vn.'n who would have hoeoine a iirey so wu-ly in life to tlio la 4 l-t.-m-»i-.sc-lcs.s enemy of mankind. At tin 1 conclusion of the late session lie stave no si.'ns of failiiiT health, ut appeared as robust ami as exuberant in spirits as ever. Wo lv\av 'hat t.yphoiil fever was the cause of his death, anil wo would not he surprised if su 'h were the ease. Wcllini'ton, move particularly in the vicinity of'tiioHwisc'of ' has self pestiferous in a hivfh nccessarv for the system to he b/eoecc weakened l>v overwork such as that wlreh members of Parliament are subjected to. tor the poison seeds to lie provided with eiwhtions most favorable for germination. There were indications in the aopcavanee of some of our members of Parliament on their re- | turn from Wellington that they had l.een sufieri nit from something more than hard parliamentary -work. Men who had previously enjoyed an immunity from serious s'ekness were smitten with what had the anpearanee of fovcr, more or less seriously. Air. Sim'VSKT was one of the victims to Wellington's vile atmosphere, and we think that this fact will aflVml a key to the reasons fo v his motion for the -vtnovnl of the seat or f).,venim.""<. f—u Welling/on to Chrhtehureh. Men may be lired with pat) ioti,m : but they wiHaWi have so:ue eciMde.ruhon for thenis'-i-.-es and faerPes : and distant a« Hi** acniirilHinrMifc n? f.ho ril>iovt rn;:; uht'il in Snri'jr-sKi's e, to most people, if the sar>i ( ary eond'tiim or W e'.nny- • ton is not Bi.eodilv' improve.!, her plow « will dr. ; ,art from he:-. A>; khu. i losr. j the seat of Clovevnvtvr.tt, a,: iiov.-m • no one could. ]-v any p'-rt-i:!-.- -ihi t/> hvr ehnvt'e. except tint of_ the yoht'cai influence necc.ssarv to its retention ; and H Wellington tlr'nks that she possesses <1 prescriptive rif.'ht to the seat of Covernment for ever, and ue«lcets tlioso sanitary measures whieh should receive her most earnest attention, ire would not be suvr.nsor. if, before lonr_r. the scales were struck from her eves to behold herself b'-reaNed o~ that by which she was elevated from iienury to op'ih'nee. Tt *s ouite bad enough to men to leave their bo'-s-s and besinesvefor several moiphs devinc the year, to l>e coop°d nv. in Wellington, without 1 em'/ i>oisoncd bv bad smells and impure atmos-