The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-18 00:00:00

THE STOURBRIDGE, OBSERVER_


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Euroe _ hat—stands cm another eminence overlook- I " READY CRACKED ! "—The Mark Lane Express
ing the fortress The main Bala nigger includes the says ;—" Judging from the quantity of walnuts which
palace and garden of the king, and also an extensive I we see in the streets of London, and the price, it seeme
bazaar. The Government offices, such as the treasury, that one of the fruits of the earth, at least, has not
the arsenel, the barracks, Sec., are also situated Inge, failed badly. 'Eight a penny, ready cracked,' is not a
Whereas, Cabul is the residence of the merchant, the very high price, but, I suppose, about an average one.
trader, and the traveller, the Bala Hiesar is the place When ksaw one of the street-vendors biting the pieces
where the official world dwells. The founding of this of broken shell off walnuts which were to be sold
building has been attributed to the Emperor Babir, 'wady cracked' the other (ley, I was reminded of the
who, it will be remembered, conqaered Cabal befortejl old countryman who presented his landlord with a
he invaded India; but it owes most of, its ipoftnoj contantity of nuts extracted from their shells, with the
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to Ali Mardian Khan, the Vizier of Anrungzeber; remark—as i proof of devotion—'There, Sir, me and
who did so much towards making Cabul an. my wife have broken nearly all our old teeth out a
important city. But although the Bala Hisser ' &drain' o' these nuts for you.'
was constructed for the purpose of being a " ...A GRICULTURAL WAGES IN KENT.—Saturday night
defence to the city which lies at its foot, it AO 'last being what is termed old Michaelmaredey, the
never been able to fulfil the part which was iitended annual contracts between servants in agriculture in
for it, and it henovr in so dittpidated 'a edndiettn.that Kindand their enipToyeis ceased, and changes or re-
it is quite incapable of withstanding a siege. Nor newed hirings were made. The shifts this year are
oven when something of its original strength existed, comparatively few, most of the servants, both indoor
was the Bala Hisser ever able to hold out for long and out-doer, showing a disposition to hold on their
against those who besieged it. That may have been present situations. Tile rates agreed upon for service
ihe fault of the defenders, but the fact remains. In up to 11th October, 1880, were as follows :—With
the annals of history we can only find one occasion hoard and lodgings, hoes, £7 to £8; waggonere mates,
whsn it has ualergone what may be honoured with £lO to £11; waggowers (who also act as ploughmen),
the title of a siege, and that Was when Dost Mahomed On to £l6; single oat-door men. 16s. per week; female
captured it by blowing up one of the towers during the domestic servants, from 16 to 20 years of age, £8 to
pre isms of one of the numerous civil wars of half a £1 ' per annum.
century ago. In fact, the Bala Hisser has only been
THE CHINCHONA TREE ON THE ISLAND OF ST.
sufficiently strong to resist any sudden attack on the part HELENA —Those who are curious as to the probable
of the townspeople, and that was really all that the confirmation of theepredieted beneficial effect on the
Afghan monarchs required of it. It has also served a climate the planting of trees in Cyprus will have,
useful purpose as a State prison house. We may feel will read with curiosity a recent official report to our
quite clear on the point that the Bala 'Beaar is no Government on the island of St. Helena which had
more capable of offering a protracted resistance to the been similarly denuded of trees, indeed, seems to
onset of our troops than it was in 18:19 and 1842; nor afford a somewhat striking example of the effects of
can we suppose that when a skilled soldier like Dost forest denudation upon climate. It is stated, however,
Mahomed gave up the design of defending the citadel that since the forest lands were replanted the island has
as unfeasible, the disorganised army which stands to ceased to suffer fromdroughts to anything like the same
oppose us now will deem that they might fare better. extent The area of St. Helena is forty-seven square
The history of the city of Cabul is of too interesting miles, and the population in 1871, 6,241. The prim
a character to be passed by in silence, although a brief cipal timber tree of the island is the pinaster. There
description of its past will here suffite for all practical are other exotic trees, but they are grown merely for
purposes. The founding of Cabal is traced back to a ornament. The chinchona has been recently intro-
mythological period. The Cabulis claim for it the age duced into the island and has been found to thrive.
of 6,00 D years, and the common repute is that it was About one-half of the timbered land in the island
formerly named Zabool, from the name of a Kaf or or belongs to the Government. There are in all about
infidel king.. As this monarch is said to have founded ene acres planted with trees, but not more than one-
it at the remote epoch indicated, it would be interests third of this area would yield timber. The self-sown
lug to know who Was infidel and who was not in those trees are sufficient to counterbalance the annual con-
days. Other authorities have affirmed that Cain sumption, It is estimated that the growth of three or
was Cabul, and that the remains of his tomb four acres may be cut each year without injury to the
were to be seen in the city; but Barnes assures woodlands.
us that there was no remembrance of this tradition. CONSCIENCE MONEY.—The Commissioners of Inland
Be these stories of whatever value that they are, it is B,svenue acknowledge the receipt of the second
at the least probable that the admirable position on -halves of bank-notes for £l4O, forwarded as unpaid
the main trade road from Bokhara and Turkestan to
Income-tax and 3 per cent. interest.
India pointed Cabal out at any early again the world's
history as the site for a city. Notwithstanding this CEYLON, A correspondent writes (says The
fact it was many centuries before Cabul played the Times) :—" According to the 'Ceylon Directory and
foremost part in the history of the surrounding country, Handbook,' Ceylon, with its population of *millions,
The little-known magnates of Bamain—that mysterious covers 24,000 square miles of area. Its revenue is a
and lonely city in the mountains, whose gigantic idols million and a half, and it has a trade of 11 to 12
alone remair to famish proof of is ancient maga& millions. There are large Crown reserves of valuable
cence—lorded it over Cabul, as did the Princes .of .arid. The public debt last year was less than
Ghizni and Ghor at a later day. It was not indeed, 2,800,000, of which £250,00 was lately paid off and
until the time of Baber that Cabul rose into any repixte. £lOO,OOO funded. so that ()lily half a million remains.
That monarch counted it among oneof the earliest of his Sir John Coode, it is understood, has now fully
triumphs and on account of its admirable climate it matured his plans for the breakwater (already far ad-
became his most favoured place of residence. In his vauced in construction), jetties, and warehouses at
commentaries, the great pleasure which the Mogul Colombo, which are oaloulated to make the corn-
Emperor took in it finds expression in the following mercial capital of Ceylon the great steamer and calling
words :—"The climate is extremely delightful, and port of tbe East; and this authority is, I understand,
there is no such place in the known world, for its sanguine that the local estimates of receipts from port
verdure and flewers render Cabal, in spring, a dues, &a., after the harbour is complete are much too
heaven;" and again, in another passage, "Drink wine low, although they show interest and debt sinking
in the citadel of Cahn), and send round the cup with- fund fully provided for, so that this great work will
out stopping, for there are at once mountains and be altogether reproductive. But, so far as the
streams, town and desert." From the time of island trade is concerned, there can be no doubt that
Baber until the invasion of Nadir Shah, Cabul without the completion of an united railway system to
remained the chief town in Afghanistan. It was feed the harbour works from the interior the latter
the seat of residence of the Governor of the Mogul, will not be BO great a success as they otherwise would
and long after Candahar had become part of the be.'
Persian dominions, Cabal was a city dependent upon CANADA AND PROTECTION.—A Quebec correspon.
Delhi. Nadir Shah captured it shortly after his Coil- dent of The Times says :—" To add to our other
quest of Cendahar, and it became his chief base in his troubles, the Government have placed on instruments
subsequent operations against India. Upon his death the enoriesous duty of nO per cent. (in place of the 171 r
it passed into the bands of Ahmed, the Abdali chief, per cent, formerly paid, which was bad enough), with
who founded the Durani monarchy; but although the humbugging cry of 'Protection to Canadian menu'
always held to ke a place of the greatest importance, facturers,' when it is well known that, excepting pianort
it was not until the time of Ahmed's son, Timour and organs, not a einele instrument of any kind is
'Shah, that it became the capital of the State. made from one end at the Dominion to the other."
That event took place in 1776. and when the Suclosye a
' dynasty was overthrown in 1819, the Barucksyes made GIFT on A LIFEBOAT.—A lady residing at Brighton
has given to the National Life boat Institution £750
no change in this respect. It was probably reserved
for a later generation to show the wisdom which was for the purpose of placing a lifeboat on the coast. It
appears i hat a mutual promise was made by the hue'-
so strikingly lacking when it was decided to transfer
band and wife that the survivor should give, during
the capital from Candahar to Cabal, The more recent
lifetime or by will, a lifeboat to the institution. The'
history of Cabal is of less interest, It has been
husband having died, the widow has now carried out
visited by numerous English or other foreign travellers
since Timour Shah constituted it his capital, and many their mutual agreement, and the lifeboat is to be
of them, such as Forster, Barnes, Harlan, &0., have named the Margaret and Edward.
left us their opinion of the city and its inhabitants, A NEW TANNING MATERIAL —A. trade is springing
That Cabal owes much of its prosperity to the fact up between France and the Argentine Confederation,
of its being the capital cannot be denied, but that its in the employment for tanning purposes of the hark
situation and climate also entitle it to consideration of a tree called Quelracho eolorado, of which 25,000
is evident. It is quite possible that if the capital were tons have been recently ordered by a French firm.
transferred to Caudahar Cabal would sink into respect. It is said to be far superior to oak tan, inasmuch as it
able mediocrity • but there can be DO doubt that this considerably shortens the length of time (nearly one-
fate would not be wholly deserved, for Cabul should half) which the hides have to remain in the tan-piti.
always enjiiy a considerable trade. We know of Do THE FRENCH OYSTER FISHERIES —Some interesting
passage from the writings of any visitor which will details have been furnished regarding the oyster
give the reader a more vivid picture of the interior of fisheries in the report for last year just issued by the
Cabul than the following, which is taken from the late Marine Department. The number of oysters sold
Sir Henry Durand's recently published account of the during 1878 was 640,884 674, of the value of 22,212.15 H.
first Afghan war :—The Bala Hiegel., particularly the The greater portion of these was the result of oyster
citadel, completely commands the city; but the cultivation in the various oyster parks, the number
streets are so narrow and winding that from the sum- obtained from the fisheries being only 169,397,046,
mit of the fort an expanse of flat-roofed houses which, however, was over 65,000,003 in excess of the
is alone seen, and the thoroughfares of the city yield of 1877. There has been a decided increase in
are seldom to be traced. The houses, of unburnt the production from the beds of Cancels, Lorient,
brick walls and mud roofs, have as little tim- Auray, and Vannes, as also in the Portage) oyster beds
ber as possible in their construction, this material at Ruyan. Oyster farming, too, is steadily on the in-
bsing costly at Cabal; it follows, therefore, that crease, and there has been a large quantity of spat at
they are not easily set on fire. From the irregularity Aseachon and Auray, together with a very satisfac-
of height and structure, and from the jealousy tory condition at the depots of the growing oyster at
which guards each fiat roof from the gaze of the M4rennes, the island of Oleron, and at Sables
curious by surrounding wane - dommunication from d'Oloene. At the end of last year there were in
housetop to housetop would be very difficult, ex- France 36,933 oyster cultivating establishments, with
cept in a few portions of the more regular parts an average of nearly 23,000 acres, and owned by
of the city. The line of Mils between which and 40,686 persona
the river the city lies, is steep and difficult, but
AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH Cones.- -The follow-
accessible, and its domineering aspect formerly led lug are the average prices of British corn for the week
to its being include I within the defences of Cabal, ending Oct. 11, as received from the inspectors and
for a stone wall, with a crenelated parapet, runs along officers of Excise : —Wheat, 48s. 81, ; barley, 465. 9 1.;
its summit, and dips down to the gorge by which the eats, oes. 2d. per imperial qr. Corresponding week
Cabal river, breaking through the chain, waters the last year :—Wheat, 395. 9].; barley, 40s. id.; oats,•
city. The ends of some of the streets which cross the 21s. 10d.
main thoroughfares are almost upon the foot of the PULLMAN'S -,-,
Great DINING CAR.—TO the directors of the
kill, which thus looks into thorn; but as the minor
the public will
streets are still more tortuous than the main ones,
such views along them are very partial." snort*, be indebted or eintroduction o a veritable
d Northern,
for the
ompany f
Transatlantic novelty in railway travelling. It has
been arranged that within a few weeks the first
Pullman's car fitted up with a dining and smoking
room complete shall be placed upon the Great
Northern system between London and Leeds. This
will indeed be an innovation in the right direction,
travellers leaving either London or Leeds after break-
fast, being thus enabled to reach their respective desti-
nations before two o'clock, complete their business
during the afternoon, and partake of an elegant dinner
while on their return jouruey by trains leaving either
end about five p.m. Should this novel idea be appre-
ciated by the public of which there seems to be no
doubt, if carried out with the usual zeal and public
spirit exhibited by this company, similar dining cars
will hereafter be attached to- all the Great Northern
express treins, and a real bent fit in economy of time
sod increased comfort of. travellers will be insured,
ANNUITIES TO THE ROYAL FAMILY.—In the last
financial year- the annuities paid to the Royal Family
_. .
amounted to £156,620 13s. 9d.
DISASTERS AT SEA,—There were .35 British and
foreign wrecks reported during the peat week, making
a total of 1,243 for the present year, or an increase of
137 as compared with the corresponding period of last
year. The approximate value of property lost was
£749,000, including British £440,000,
THE LATE BISHOP WILBERFORCE.—Mr, Murray
has in the press the first volume of Canon Ashwell's
Life of the late Bishop Wilberforce. It will carry the
narrative deism to the year 1818. The book begins
with an account of Wilberforce's early education, and
contains some of his father's letters to him, It then
describes his school and college life, his ordination,
his work as a parish priest, his introduction into
Court, his marriage and the loss of his wife, and the
effects that loss had upon him. His attitude to the
Oxford movement is dealt with at length, and corres-
pondence printed with the Prince Consort, Dr. Hook,
Bunsen, Mr. Carlyle, and Dr, Pusey. Letters to and
from Mr. Gladstone on Dr. Newman's "Theory of
Development," are also Riven. Wilberforce's accep-
tance of the see of Oxford, his organization of the
diocese, and his entrance into 'the House of Lords,
occupy the later chapters of the volume.— Athenceent.
THE NEW POST-OFFICE CHEQUE'S.—In speaking of ,
the Post-Office cheques, which, it is said, will ehertly
make their appearance, Mayfair says :—" The cheque
Is printed in the form of an order, but the names of the
payee and of thepaying Postmaster are left blank: Thus
any person desiring to send a small sum, say five shillings,
to another person living at a distance, can purchase at
any post-office for a small fee an. order for the amount
already printed, and leaving the spaces above-named
t furthercanftirwatrrdoutbllleis. cheque or order to his friend
'rhe recipient of the order
wbliatuhkou,
can then fill in the name of some Poet- office, and
cash the order at once, when it would of course
be cancelled, or he can still leave it blank
and use the crier as negotiable paper. These
coda's or chi ques will be of immense service to persons
who are continually sending small etiala of money
about the country. They have the advantages of
money orders without the trouble, and of course the
department saves the cost and labour of preparing
an advice in teach case, The new post-office cheque
may, in fact, be compared to a miniature Bank of
England note, with this advantage, that when the
name of the payee and of some particular office has
been inserted in the body of the form, there will be
an almost certain guarantee that the cheque is cashed
by the right person."
A DIFFICULT PROBLEM TO DECIDE,—The Paris
correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says :--" An
amusing incident has jest occurred on the Boulevards,
which are always crowded on Sunday afternoon. A
young man and a middle-aged woman, coming from
opposite directions, entered an open fiacre at the same
moment, Each gave an address to the driver, who,
much perplexed, did not know what to do, for his
"fares" began disputing each ether's rights to the
vehicle. 'Atirimmense crowd quickly collected, and
manifested the greatest interest in the dispute. To add
to the general mirth, a couple of agents de vide arrived,
duly armed with the police and cab regulations; but
extraordinary to relate the case was unforeseen by the
"code," hence each policeman took a different view—
one championed the lady, the other the gentleman;
while at intervals both abated the driver. The latter.
being of a facetious turn of mind, kept the company in
roars of laushter by his comments on the event.
Finally the gentleman declared that, though lie wias
on an errant of importance and much pressea for three,
ha would yield to the fair sex. So saying, he jamped
out of the vehicle; but the lady, content, no doubt,
with having strikingly asserted women's rights, quickly
followed him, exclaiming that she was only on pleasure
bent, and had she known, . . . Her words were lost
in the laughter that ensued, and, as both occupants of
the cab had disappeared in the crowd, nothing was lef ;
for the cabby, whose humour somewhat suddenly
turned from gay to grave, but to vent his displeasure
by ire precatioua on the conduct of the policemen. The
Isdter,
_however, retired in good order, in spite of the
fl''','9lDing Jean of tin multitude, '

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JOHN HUNTER'S CHAIR,—At the annual dinner on
Wednesday, October 1, at Willis's Rooms, of the
authorities and medical staff of St. George's Hospital,
London, the chair, taken by Dr. Wadham, the pre-
sident, on this special occasion, attracted considerable
notice, on account of its quaintness and apparent
antiquity (says Land and Water). On reading the
brass plate affixed to the chair, we ascertained that
it had been made out of the four-post bedstead upon
which the celebrated surgeon and anatomist, John
Hunter, was placed when he was carried from St.
George's Hospital, in the boardroom of which he died
suddenly, to his house in Leicester•Equare, in October,
1793. The bedstead was given to Mr. Frank Back-
land y Professor Owen.
WHEAT FROM RUSSIA —ln the last nine months
the declared value of wheat imported from Russia was
£2,725,135, against £3,053,395 in the previous year.

CONSOLATION FOR BEREAVED MOURNERS —Conso-
lation of bereaved mourners in Katiristan takes a
somewhat peculiar form, according to a lecture re-
cently delivered at Simla by Dr. Bellew, now Political
Officer with General Rloerts' Knram force. When a
friend pays a visit of condolenye, he removes his cap
and throws it violently on the fl )or at the door of the
room in which the chief mourner is seated, He then
draws his dagger, and stepping up to the mourner
raises him to his feet, kicks him all round the room,
sets him in his former place, sheathes his dagger, and,
picking up his cap, departs. At Kafir christenings a
feast is given, and the mother holds the child in her
arms whilst the names of its ancestors are repeated.
The child helps itself to what it wants, and the name
mentioned at that moment becomes its own.

THE LANDED INTERESTS.—Landed in difficulties.—
Punch.

GOOD NEWS !—Lord Skelmersdale, speaking at the
opening of a bazaar in aid of the fund for the erection
of the new church of St. Luke's, Southpert, said he
had very high authority for saying that the heavy
cloud of depiession under which we had been for a
long time was disappearing. There was a rift in the
cloud, which he hoped and trusted wou'd open until
we saw the blue sky of prosperity above us once more.
TUE EFFECT OF HARD TIMES. Mayfair says
"The notion that education is a luxury, and in hard
times must be cut down to the smallest proportions, is
not confined to the parents of School Board children.
Governesses are making their grievances known in
part just at this moment; and with the usual futility.
Nothing but a scarcity of governesses will bring the
salaries of well educated ladies up to the level of house-
maids' wages. But what becomes of teachers of
languages in these times? One of them—a most ac-
complished linguist, who had within a few years an
excellent connection amongst English families—said
to me the other day," 'No, I have hardly any English
pupils now. When money is scarce English people do
not want to learn French, German, or Italian, Most
of my pupils now are forei ners, who wish to learn
Eagiish. There is a moral in that contrast for those
who care to rold '
NEw VARIETIES or WHEAT.—Nine entries have
been Made in competition for the prizes offered by the
Royal Agricultural Society of England for distinctly
new varieties of wheat, combining the largest yield of
grain and straw per acre, with approved form and
size, smooth and thin skin, full and white kerael, and
high specific gravity in the seed, and with bright, firm,
and stiff straw. Each competitor is required to send
one sack of corn, a portion of which will be retained
for purposes of comparison ; and arrangements have
been made for the cultivation of the remainder
(divided into equal portions) by skilled agriculturists
In four localities differing in respect of soil and
climate. The prizes are two in number, viz., £25 and
£lO, and will be awarded for the beat varieties of
the crop of 1880, thus cultivated under the Society's
auspices. The S tciety have also determined to offer
similar prizes in 1882, in order that the newer and im-
proved specimens then submitted may be tested by
them during the ensuing season.
A COSTLY DISH.-0 wing to recent feasts earpes ala
Chambord have frequently been mentioned (says the
Court Journal). It is a very costly dish, and one that
the imperial gluttons of ancient Rome would never
despise. It is the moat expensive plat in modern
cookery, and shows how far we are from the fowl in the
pot, which Henri IV. hoped every Frenchman would
be able to have weekly. Much depends upon the fish
those were most in request that were formerly fattened
in the flat-bottomed boats on the 111, ne ir the Rhine.
They cost as much as 800 francs a-piece, and one was
brought from Strasburg to Paris and back again, 'un-
able to find a purchaser at the price fixed. The carp
was kept alive in the boot of the mail coach by means
of bread dipped in wine. Among the fifty good things
that enter into the garniture of the dish are trallee,
mushrooms, hearts of artichokes, cray fish, anchovy
butter, champagne, coati' combs, &c,
THE LATE LIEUT. HAMILTON.—Lord Cranbrook
has addressed the following letter to Mr. Alexander
Hamilton, of Ibstiage, Balbriggan, Ireland, father of
Lieutenant Hamilton who was killed in the nuassattre
at Cahill :--" India Otifioe, Oct. 3, 1879 —Sir,—Before
leaving Bilmoral yesfer,iny • 1 was desired by the
Queen to inform you that she bad had the gratification
of signing the warrant for Lieutenant Hamilton's
Victoria Cross, and regrets much that she cannot
bestow it on him with her own hand. As that is im-
posiible she wishes me to express to you her strong
sense of his heroic gallantry, both in the action by
which he won the honour and in the undaunted
courage with which he faced inevitable death. Allow
me to add my sympathy with every word and mark
of honour to the memory of your son.—Believe me,
yours very faithfully, CRANBROOK "
FROM GRAVE TO GAT.—Turning churchyards into
gard ewe—Fun.

EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN IN FEANCE.—A recent
order has been passed, containing a supplementary list
of occupations in which the employment of children is
forbidden, the reasons alleged being principally from
the danger of explosions, burning, or deleterious
vapours. The industries thus vetoed are the manu-
f scture of aniliine, benzine, collodion, nitrate of
methyle, sulphuret of arsenic, aulphuret cf sodium, and
of blister leaves; in the textiles, of rag sorting, and the
scouring of skins and woollen waste with petroleum or
other hydro-carburretted oils ; in the metal trades, the
galvanising of iron. Children are also not allowed to
be employe .1 in places where chemical allumettes are
stored, nor in those processes of their manufacture
where the mixture is prepared or the matches put up
into packets. A partial mployment only, under cr-
tain conditions, is allowed in industries where sul-
phuric acid is disengaged, such as in wool and silk
bleaching, as well as in those where unwholesome
dusts are given off, as in the preparation of tow for
rope and in the manufacture and cleaning of bladders
for toy balloons.

CLERICAL CON.—Why is it that clergymen are fre-
quently such very patient anglers ?—Because, don't
you see, they would like to obtain the reputation of
a "judicious Hooker l"—Judy.
EXPORTATIONS OF POTATOES AND TURNIPS.—
Orders are being filled in Montreal for considerable
quantities of potatoes, chiefly Early Bose, for ship-
ment to Liverpool and Glasgow. They cost about
40c. to 46c. per bag delivered in Montreal, and are
picked in sugar barrels, both erals being perforated
to prevent them from hetiing. The freight by
s'eamer will cst 3s per barrel. The potatoes so far
delivered have been tine, very e'en in size, and re-
mark Orly clean. A shipment of turnips will also be
made thi3 week. from the same port to Liverpool.
EMIGRATION OF FARMERS.—The steamer Teutonia,
of the Domnaion Line, left Liverpool on Thursday in
latt week with 267,farrners and their families, bound
for Texas. The party have been collPcted from the
principal counties of England by Dr. Kingsbury, emi-
gration agent for Texas, and have either purchased
or rented land on the lines of the Galveston, Harris-
burg, and Sin Antonio Railway. They consist for
the most part of well-to-do farmers having sufficient
capital to buy and carry on farms, and some members
of the party had previously been out to Texas upon a
tour of inspection, and had returned homo to report to
their friends upon prospects in that country. Amongst
tile emigrants were several women whose husbands
' had preceded them some months before. The majority
I of the farmers have been drawn from Durham and
Yorkshire, the rest being made up from L -ncashire,
Cumberland, J.incolnahire, Gloucestershire, and other
places.