The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-01-01 00:00:00

POLLUTION OF RIVER&

In th• course at an article upon thin 'abject ru
Easseiner says :

"The second and third parte of the Act, relating to
sewage and to mining and manufacturing polluti,lis, may
be in most points considered simultaneously. Noah part
opens well, by premising that it is see cameos to pour in
no/blame_ The pelf-stultification then commences Where
pollution already exist; evil in the process of commission,
no offence is to be held to be committed if the polluter ha.
wad the best available means to purify his filth before
turning it into the stream. The question as to whether
his mamas so employed are the best, is to be settled by the
inspector appointed by the Local Government Board, or
by appeal to the Board BAWL We can quite understand
that certain manufacturing interests, which have by long
111•40 obtained • prescriptive right at law to ply • noxious
trade, would be seriouely imperilled if it were made com-
fier all such pollution to be fully purified or
Srlivegid. At the same time, the Board should have
discretion reeled in them to decide whether, after all, it
Is necomary for the polluter to pour his filth at all into
the stream. It may be lees costly for him to divert it,
or to connune it on land, than to purify it before pouring
It into • river; but while they have power to compel him
to use even rattly promises to purify (and perhaps only
purify) his Pith, they have now to compel him
Ewell:l6lh it, U it should be totally incapable of Pnrillb.
ties, even though the promos of diversion may be ample
and comperatively inexpensive. Lastly, they have no
powers, where the interests of those down stream require
pure water, end are in error of the interests that desire
to pollute, to compel the diversion of pollution in any
shape, and to award compensation for the lose of vested
intereets.
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Owing to the ifspre.ss of lest week being published
on Saturday afternoon we were unable to give this
report in our last issue.
Dr. Danford Thomas, medical officer of health for
WilWise, and deputy-coroner for Central Middlesex,
lectured at the Antelope Hotel on Saturday evening
before the members of the above dub on "State
Medicine and the Public Health Act, IVO." The
members of the Rural Sanitary Committee of the
Dorchester Union, se also the medical offlosrs of
health and the inspector of the union, had been
Invited to attend the meeting, and the body NW well
represented. There were present Mr. H.. (lenge, of
president of the club, who was in the
Mr. 0. Wood Homer (viewpmeidant),
Alfred Pope, Mr. H. B. Middleton (chairman of the
Sanitary Committee), Mr. It. Damon, Mr. H. Lock.
Mr. Jody, Mr. Arthur K Lock, Dr. Norton, Mr.
Day, Mr. W. Chick, Mr. John Best (Wormy/ell), lir,
/41:aaTayler (Lond's Mill), Mr. T. Chapman
Saunders, Mr. J. Oakley Saunders, Mr. T.r:
(Kingston), Mr. Loader, Mr. Andrews (hon. sea), and
others.

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PaItaIDINT in opening the proceed observed
he could not lose sight of the extreme kindness which
he had experienced at the hands of members of the
club for many years past, and after in earnest and
renewed request that he would consent to continue in
the othoe, he acceded to the Seine.
The Vice-Pitmmr:gT, referring to his former pro-
posal as to the non-reporting of e debates, expressed
a hope it would not be nsossaary to carry ..ut the
same. Mr. Wood Homer afterwards propelled the
election of Mr. Day as member of ths club.
The Putmaxx seconded the motion, which was
carried unanimously.
Dr. THOMAS in the course of his paper said :
The suhject upon which I am about to address you this
evening —via., "State Medicine and the Public Health
Act. 1815.- comprehends so large an area of thought—and
lii, indeed so extensive in all he bearings—that I found
In preparing this lecture I could only describe bristly and
In outline the many divhdona of sanitary science which
may be included in the general term stela or preventive
medicine and then, I propose, after referring to its
work of public sanitation ea It exists amongst ihe yam.s
classes of the community, to drew your attention to recent
sanitary legislation, more particularly directing your
thoughts to that Act by which the sanitary requirements
of districts, towns, villages, house,, hc, ats now regulated
and enforced. Finally, if time Permit. I shall my
relative to the individual—his responsibilities and
duties both public and private—in assisting to carry out
the great work of sanitary reform, and the means by
which this may be stocomplialod ; and, I trust, that as all
of us become better acquainted with thole natural laws
by which life and health are maintained, we shall more
folly appreciate the wisdom of the old ads.--"Proventiaa
Is totter than cure."
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It is rely &ZITO; the last 30 yean—l might almoet ear
tiff—thet the Government of this country badi teken into
its serious consideration in. health of the community as
a whole. It was only in IPA the registration of births and
deathe became compulsory, and at I. to that eminent
public authority, Dr. Farr, we are indebted for those vital
statistics which have been of such infinite service in
dispelling some of the clouds which obscured our vision
and prevented a correct appreciation of man/ thin,s
which oterially influence the public A
thorougr m
knowledge of vital statietics is of all other
studies important to him who desire an scquaintanos
with what is termed state medicine. State niediclue
may be defined as " Public Hygiene," perhaps the term
" Preventive medicine" would be hest, and it becomes
necessary to undergo many years of special training and
application before one can obtain • fair knowledge of the
numerous branches of science which are embraced under
this title. They include the principles of chemistry; the
methods of uudysis, both of sir and water; the laws of
boat; the principles of pneum.tia of hydrostatics, and
hydraulics, with especial ref crones to ventilation, water
supply. drained., construction of dwellings, sad to mud-
iery engineering in genera They also inchde the laws
of the realm which relate to public health, • knowiwigs
of and sanitary statistics, the origin, propagatioe,
thology, and prevention of epidemic and infectiodi
the effects of over crowding—vitiated air, impure
water, bad or inimalcient supply of food, and the diseases
to which they gibe nee—the disposal of sewage and the
ohmmeter of nuisances which are injurious to heath, the
distribution °ldiom's., and the effects of sod, eeasos, and
climate upon Individuals,. well ea upon densely populated
distrien

-1.-St—us—' far • moment consider what bas already been
dens in the way of sanitary Warm and pa eventive medi-
cine. There was • time when smallpox erse the most
fatal and the Most terrible epidemic that ever appeared
amongst us, producing feeds! mortality—equal to one
terealfr of the entire deaths and about half the deaths of
children under ten years of age. The epidemic occurred
about MOS la every three years, and to such an extent
that almost all the population were pock-marked and
disfigured. and more tiian half the total number of ONO
of bhedness were calmed by it. By the dlscoverl of
vaccination the immortal Sensor conferred the greatest
possible boon on the human race and the medical pro-
fission (whose gains were lessened by its practise) Mee,
in mite of much opposition and much obloquy, in spite of
misrepresentation of the grossed kind by shiM pre] ud iced,
ignorant, or intereeted persons
.mislead numbers of their
ellow-creatares. done all in their power to stamp out this
terrible dtissis
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---dO-Ma;lacry lagistation was found necoesary on account
. of the apathy and ignorance of the pupa, and it has
proved successful to a wonderful extent, nothing like the
' number of deaths osurrim from smallpox as f
You many Justly ask "Why has It not provedl=
successful r n• reason hal been clearly shown—many
. evade the law or are imperfectly vaccinated, and, again,
TlTdu most Important cause of all, re-vaccination
is not at present colniabon) is only carried out to
• hated extent Penonally I am taroughty convinced
from me extended experience of others, as well as from
nil <ma olservatiorts, that ware 'Anniston and re-
vaccination are WNW,* and sultan* performed an
almost perfect immunity from smallpox may he guaranteed
to tbe individual with as much certainty as if he ad
already suffered from the complaint
Let US look now at some other dimmest of the pan
Where are the black death, the ewastledlsickness, aad the
plague I Where is the many, the former &chasm of
our armies and navies / They are where typhus and
fever will cos day be: they W a urn
e wre
=winch we wanes, the origin of whose existence
we Ind out. the illol.ooll of whoa paths we unravel
will be sagest or later: they are, practically smoking,
abolished.
Of late years there has bean much proittoot of uounnuoin
I. our armies. Keay of you present will remember the
tradition of our troops before the Crimean war. The .
eatlpathy. or at least the near, with which mulattos
has to contend was marked by Um fact that while every
Waal through whose maladministration the Ord army .
was lost was decorated, not one of those to whom
sanitary
11616011 the second army was declared to ban ee bees
received than or since the Woad anal for the achnee.
meat Do not Imagine that sanitation in the army is by
any means perfect Nun hu been dose, but much yet
remains undone Practical economy is the remit of sound
lonian administratioa. and from what has been already
' done in the urine of hie in the army at home as much
as 09,000 per annum has been sand to the revels.;
'undo in India, in the mauled** 01 • &sal Commission,
an annual saving of nix 000 is shown—ad this stun
might be f-a-million under more effective sanitary
administratien.
• ....duns to the program of malaise IS the Rani
Navy. Due hundred year. ago Dr. Jamas spoke of it
tans to the sailor, wag you look dun from the
qoartendeck to the spas below, you see the utmost ex-
' *emit, of hasten migerriiiniie amnia& such dub, such
stack • ship it with. AMMO ot
einned ; Is tvons wares eliegiechrenzmiadmlrrg.
travel end wane el atarn
;this worelebe /map the mesa essdittaa
I of the Royal Navy, istie".sm, warmed to bid
I report. the death rate in the total force (from die..
• algal wag 69 per LOW The mortatity on bard gm.
Dart ships was, to too Dr. Johan 's expremloa
but now our ladiaa Government have
unitary troopships for the outererd voyage fa wViarth7
death rate from dimes hi under ad per Use. /maw
We salmon returne for 1976-77 saw • death rate 01 II
per UN—that le to my about the MOW death ran inn,
haseedared prams on Won sad thee alias dean
rat. I. nn.rninika—inoo this with no greater epees than 50
cabie feat. Of warm seduced tempera*, in the daatin
iota the stationary Priem on alai% kbp much to
this; but there are no epidaltle outbreaks In lase
than
Nut what is the state of sealtatket for the matoleance
of our nurcantile marine, worked by 1100 0111 seaman, In
Ws comilaWine With We merrantile navies cf the wield
kir ray "pis bell lOW dam in Ws dirsoiks, on ohs

olotialthe wanld not show • ethlisonst of • nearly three-
fold death rate beyond that in as Royal Nary. and the
costinued prevalence of diseases In the mercantile marine
Imp dap baulalved from the navy. The ate"ail for one
year will serve to indicate the conditions of our mercantile
marine in newt to tout.* of life. force, an-1 property. .
Of the tothl umber of persons in the mercantile marine
111111,11011, there died 2.710 being • death rate from
dieseast of about 13 per 1,000, as spinet 6 per 1,070 in the
Royal Navy ; and it is noteworthy that the excessive pro-
portions of deaths in the mercantile marine weft from
the Promotive foul air diseases—fever, cholera, dysentery.
and diarrhae. In the calculation of the death rates,
those occurring from shipwreck, drowning or snidest is
not included. As long as owners of remota are permitted
to send rotes. fully insured ship to op rejoin:Mos of the •
lives of those on board, we have no hope that they will '
adopt anything like sanitary resul•tioos: but I trust that
the time is not far distent when the weltiotentioued
efforts of Mr. Plimsoll may ultimately produce • series of
legislative enactments which may give greater security to I
the life of the sailor, and at the same time I feel uthrod
that the progress of sanitary legislation will do its best Ini
make his Boating home as healthy and as !resin= dwell
as tosenble.
Let us now tont to the civil population of the counts%
art& Wore Meshing of them as • whole, 1 must my •
word on the specie, legislation which has of late Team no
masted the boars of labour, the general condition and
ventilation of workshop, the age at which emplopment
shall commence, the separate and special employment of
both mom Bakehouses are regulated under a special
Act, by which the bakehouse is ordered to be kept in •
cleanly condition, to be properly ventilated, protested
from elude arthect fr -m drains, closets, and the like,
and not to be used ea • si-eping place. By this Act the
condition and health of the bakers were improved; but
breed making, as it is usually conducted, even at the pre-
sent time, loin the highest degree disgraceful and repug-
nant By the Factory and Workshop Regulation Ad%
doldren under • certain age cannot be employed by
milliners, dressmakers, and others cannot now be cow'
polled to sit up night aver night making the ball dresses 1
of thus who should hays had more consideration god
feeling for the physical and moral well being of the leap I
fortunate members of their own sex ; and the places
where these young persons are employed is subject to '
periodical Inspection. By the Blucation Act, 1876, and
the Agricultural Lthoorers Act, • certain standard of
education moat he obtained Wore the labour of Andrea I
can be excluively utilithl By the Civil Mines Rambo
tins Act, 1871, iii, enacted by Section 4 that "No boy
under the age of ten years, and no woman or girl of any
age shall be employed in, or allowed to be for the purpose
of employment to any mine to which the Act applies,
below ground.- There are various diseases incident to
industrial occupations which sanitary meaoures and
mechanical contrifanoes have of late years endeavoured
to render leas distreeeeing and fatal. Of these the largest
class aired the breathing orthos, so many occupations
being necessary in which the hints are exposed to the
Irritation arising from inhalation of foreign matters is
the form of dust or vapour. Beside, the cheeses which
I have mentioned as especial), °craning amongst our in-
dustrial population I might, id time permit, add • long
Hat of preventable complainte induced by the speeded
callings at thou in professional and mercantite life, as
well as amongst • clam who live in sauna and luxury,
and who occasionally remind urn of their aristocratic and
frequently unhealthy condition by the gentle hint that
they " do nothing" for a living.
Lastly, there is • large class of controllable dimmer to
which we are all subject —to., thou &Saint from hurry
and mental Muir& tho influence of the wahine, such as
fear, hated, anger, or grief; from Wither and sloth; from
late hours and !oaken sleep; from various sorts of ex-
cesses, such so the inordinate use of tobacco, and too
frequent use of narcotic., over eating and drinking, and
by for the most terrible excess of any—the abuse of
d•hol. Dr. Richardson, F.R.S., one of the peat medical
&monotone on temperthre, has written and said much on
the ahem of Urohol, which he describes as • veritable
devil in our midst Subtliy is an attribute belonging to
each. During the lost ten years in the United States this
agent has destroyed 300,000 lives, has went 100,000 children
to the porhouses, has committed at least 150,000 per-eons
to primp and workhouse., has made at least 10.000 in-
sane, and has determined at least 2,000 suicides, has made
200,000 widows. and 1.000.000 orphan.; and beside. this it
has imposed au the nation a direct expense of 6004100,000
of dollars. We must look forward to, in oar own country
and assist all we can to procure, some kind of legislation
which, without unduly interfering with the liberty of the
subject will restrain thou who are unable to restrain
thermals's', and which will coeliac, the liquor trafsc to
the actual neceasines and requirements of the people.
In speaking generally of the condition of the public at
large we find that the health of the inhabitaoto of Eng-
lish cities and towns, as judged by the annual rate of
mortality, is not so good ao that of the people of rural
districts. The mean maul mortality differs in different
towns from 20 or 23 to 35 and 36 per 1,000 of population.
while during certain periods it may be much more. In
healthy rural districts the mortality to trout 17 to 23 or
24 per 1,000.
The problem of rural sanitation is, in fact, by no meaos
an easy one, but it is bong vigorously discussed, and will
he no doubt eventually mired by the officers of health of
l:gdrotMtimanort. y of
wd°Sl7.47, .2:4l,„dirnets knowledge
the o o
the rural districts being, in • great number of cases, old,
dilapidated, unsuited for dwelling& and destitute of
conveniences. When new houses are built the
sanitary authority can enforce certain provisions, but in
the cue of houses already built its power is limited.
Then there is very little money available for Improve
Koenig, the poor-rates are already often heavy, and
guardians hesitate to increole them. If the cottages have
gtoregc„nhin". thin the
giCiitaPt dry earth plan,
71._4° a proper
sinterimeanto notthe :ore :aeon three Oar four wee' mto
monger well: yet it is difficult to gat peasants to attend
even to this oimple matter. If the village he • large one
then conjoint action in the procuring, drying, and di.-
distributing the auto, and In the removal of the mixed
earth and excreta, answer well when care is taken. In
other cum a pall system with weekly or fortnightly re-
movals without the use of earth or other appliance can be
employed, iusil may answer, as the manure is of some
value. Theme seem at present the direction in which the
opinions of medical officers of health are tending, when
villapre and labourers' cottages are concerned, and where
larger works cannot be undertake. The object of
courts, is to obtain at • cheap and not too burdensome •
rate the same results as are arrived at in towns by more
costly plans—vis., to insure pure drinking water, and to
remove foul Lotts water and excrete; or, in other words,
to Ware porky of the water, of the air, of the ground.
The utilisadou of the sewage is the great unitary
question of the day, and must not be passed by. The
only way to utilise 111. to feed plants with it, instead of,
as is now generally done, turning it into river& and so
polluting them that the water I. unfit to drink. The
sewage is generally turned into the rivers below the towns,
1.0 that the towns below get the benefit of the poisoned
water, which is not urdrequeotly filtered and drank.
Many Piens Level/one suggested, and those now employed
are by the process of precipitation, filtration, and irriga-
tion. Br Us,, first process the auspanded portion of the
towage is thrown down, and the liquid remaining is
chemically treated, so that the efflueot water can be ren-
dered euffi.titly innocuous to flow into • ditch or stream,
By the second proem sewerage has been filtered through
charcoal, spongy con, and other substances, and then, as
In the first prpees, the filtered water runs away, and the
solid residue ts collected and dried, and sometimes used as
manure. There D upward and downward filtration,
according to the loaity and nature of the soil and
quantity oi the sewage. By the third procesa—viz, irri-
gation—the sewage is made to pass over land; the
supeodent coattail are this arrested: exidation and
other chemical changes also take place between the
intredients of the swage and the Pants which grow in
the moll. In villages and country paces—" Motile s Earth
Closets' system if priperli earned out and attended to
migbt be usef oily and profitably employed.
If time permitted I should like to have said something
on the xymotic diseases, on the air we breathe, and the
water we drink, but my remarks must now be brought to
• conclusion, and although mi hoer he. nearly passed
away, I have, I know, but just touched upon the many
subjects I have Introduced to your notice. Much nss-
poosibility rents upon those who have the meths and
opportunity of promoting these Measures, and thus auist
int municipal mum:Pseud local boards in their endeavours
to cur,-, in their entirety the provision of that Act,
which I believe, destined to give life and health to •
uniformly and patented people.
(Applause.)
The I'ILDUDINT expressed the pleasure he had h,sd
in listening to Or interesting and able a lecture. Some
of the ',ousts Wait Upon had actually come before the
observation of the Dorchester Rant Sanitary Com-
mittee that morning. He now invited discussion upon
the various topim introduced.
Mr. K J. tiny: Before the discuesion commences
may I be permitted as the rural medical officer of
health to say, as there has been of late some talk of
•IsPokslinif • Public analyst, that I am of opinion it
%you'd be far better to get an expert than a local
gentleman to fill the office Shakeepeares father,
about the year 1563, was not only summoned but
fined for depoeiting refuse clues to Ms house. Now it
was only yesterday I bad to caution the villagers--and
this is no exoeption—asraind doing the same thing, so
that after more than 300 years have phased away the
country people have as yet made no progress ,
th
In this
r at least. Having impeded 15 out of eIT
y= I would suggest before any large rums of
money are expended in drainage—the country being,
I think, sufficiently taxed for the present—that the
minor sanitary motters be first attended to, which,
although id the utmost importance, coat next to
nothing; for example, having many windows altered
so as to render them capable of being opened at any
time, for pre-breathed air Is, as all medical men know,
one of the chief causes of consumption—the scourge of
this country. (Hear. bear.)
Mr. MIDDLETON thanked the president of the club
for inviting him there and thus affording him the
opportunity of hearing the very interesting paper. In
reference to the difficulty of getting the poor to
remove excreta, and to avoid throwing slope opposite
the door, the latter question had become 'before the
rural sanitary committee of the Dorchester Union that
very morning the inopector
insisted upon throwing
owi'ngf aLI ber
of Inhabitant, who slips
as represented. But in this case there did not appear
to be a yard or garden of any kind, and thug a
practical difficulty Fended itself. What were
to do with ir slops when situated Ulu'?
persona
irrbeirieved it wee a act the earth system had been in
operation in the gaol at Dorchesser for • considerable
number of years, and there was not the slightest
difficulty in the neighbourhood of getting rid of the
soil. People would not buy it unless it was worth
having. The fact he had just mentioned afforded some
due as to the oommwdai value of the manure.
The Vics-Pitserotirr had listened with great mitten.
lion and intend to the lecture. Nobody could have
served on • sanitary Board without having felt the
Importance of that subject. Speaking personally be
had no idea until he served on the Board this season
of the importance of the matter. His experience on
the Board had led him to turn his attention to his own
farm, and he had been enabled to make many
Imps momenta there in consequence of whet he had
learnt as • mentber of the Board. As to the utiliaation
of swage, he was afraid no one there would advance
very practical ideas on the 'object, because if there
were any perhaps they would be kept secret at
preemt—(laughter)—seeing that a large fortune might
be made by some practical method of dealing with the
difficulty. He urged Mere most be no uncemented
case-pits in the mighboutsood of wells,
dlzzly of
pure water and [roper means of rig of
sewage should be abedutely insisted upon. Every
cottage ought to be presided with the earth closet
system.
Mr. DANES quite agreed with the vice-preeident in
reference to the necessity for north chests, especially
In the rural district., But when sewage was mixed
with water It, value was lost.
Er. Norms said be bhd listened with greet pleamiye
to Dr. Thornes' address ; one might almost presume
that everything possible to be said on the subject had
been stated. The speaker commented upon the
marked absence at Dorchester of typhoid fever; he
had not seen a einzle case here.
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1;;Z4-h-a-vTag-;apeee tad wag= sppreci,
Hon of the azoPilent lecture, said he thought it was
the duty of authorities to appoint au analyst whose
adrioe night he fallen back upon as occasion rtquired.
He hoped they should hear of SOON system that was
sconoreicel se well se saki, and said they were
saw* indebted to Dr. Thanes for his lecture, front
which be had. he thosight derived beeelit..
lb. T. Cuomo' Unman also considered they
win Noe lobbied to Dr. Timms, whom moth,

however, ,awi man to the town than to the
country. Certain necessary laws should be enforcei •
still in the country districts some legislation wee toe;
tightly drawn.
Mr. W. Oriel add he should offer a few remarks
only on this, to him, a most intenastitur subject, but
he would find expree. the pleasure he felt in listening
to the excellent and instructive paper real them by
! Dr. Thomas. No one hal touched on the subject of
infection' &awes. these being of the most dangerous
clam. al • Person may have, for instance scarlet fever;
I this is laPt dried,' *crest, no pi:emotions. ass rule,
are taken, and the &am often spread. before it can
possihlv be known ltv the sanitary osem. Re was
of opinion it would he advantageous not only to the
sanittry ogioerslutt to the community in general if it
were rendered compulsory that in case of infectious
disease occurring to • member of any family the
medical attendant should inform the householder of it,
and that the householder should immediately inform
the sanitary authority or their Akers, so that proper
meantime might be taken to prevent the spread of
the disease. As to the beet Man for closets, nothing_
be considered, was equal to the ear.h closet. provided
there was one to each house; if that provision were
not made he found they did not answer.
The Patemmer offered a few closing observations.
In conclusion Mr. Gana proposed a hearty vote of
I thanks to Dr. Thomas; for his instructive, interesting,
; and valuable lecture.

7ee-seconded by Mr. H. Lock and carried
unaaiznowily.

asioADWZY.
CllO4 L SogrirrY.-00 Thureday evening this society
are OA entertainment under the leadership of the Rev.
D. B. R Benham i Rroadwey schoolroom, which was
Witronieed and aPPreciated by the neighbours, end for •
village concert was very creditshle. The members ere
much improved in unity and swing, which makes the
glees go qeite scientifically : but there is • tendency
among the best members to stop short of perfection foci
want of knowing what perfection it. By and by if they
go on well they may attain to sense of the ease, exactness,
green. and feeling of • finished choir. The leader knows
how to show them the way If they would only follow. The
whole of the entertainment was vocal, the instrumental
performers harinagenforrunately left the neighbourhood;
but it wee thrwougfily well varied and very pleeslng. The
solos were all encored, and accepted with • different song,
so that the principal singers bad hard work. The pro-
p-mime was as follows :—Piandorte duet: pact eong.
Where art thou, Bonn of Light T snag, Katie's
Letter ;" vocal duet, The Bailor Sighs :" reading. "The
Jackdaw of Rheims, At :" part song. "Tell me Pinto:
"A Psalm of Life :" song, "Old tramline Paces"
(encore, "Nance Leo :") tract song, "Th. Belfry Tower:'
reading. "The Eagle's Nest and Rhodium on the Blind:
gong. "Robin's Return- (encore, "She Wore • Wreath of
Roses:" vocal duet, "Coo.. let as Bail ;" sang, " When
we are Old and Grey "(encore. "Beyond the Stars There
is Best ;") part song, "Good Night."

WIFTXOI7TEL
TNBATIII Ref AL —The efforte of our amateurs hare this
yesr been rewarded with •capital house on Boeing Wight
and they well dawned it, for what with the immenes
energy of that old friend Sergeant-Major Congdon, the
beauty and gram of his little daughter "The Little
Wonder," who sings and deuces better than mute •
fenartsse three or four times her see, the Provision this
year for the public entertainment is immense. The
amiteurs are ably led by the Marrs. W. R. P. and C.
Jeffery, mid the drama and ballet traction "go" with
amartnces that mast be wan to be believed. The comic
song, are encored end the whole received with thundery
of applause. rwould I. insidious to particularise. but
we must tire a special word of praise to The Little
Wonder for her extraordinary fresh end pretty rendering
of the Flower Girl's song.