The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-09-18 00:00:00

Original Litrraturt.

ADVENTURES IN NEW ZEALAND.

ree hesinieated o the "E.rreess" biAlbert Maize, EN)

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march ith.—Dad to wait for earning tid the tide had
goi.o &ten, the river being wide and deep at high
water. At low tide we got solely Over, the water coming
nearly up to our breasts. After walking about eight
aiihe, we came to the commeneement of Cliff) Iliad.
For some time we heritale.l whether or not we should
We vow recollected that th, Maneke as
rionakau lied told On that this part of the coast ought
rot to be attempted linters the tide was 1...; we, how.
nrer, deb rinined to risk it tliould we be obliged to walk
all night. After walking two miles at the :PM of the
c.ijfs, we came tea 'pot where Diu ridnicied for • dis-
tance of 10 tards or Po, end here the Mantles had at
~enie period long antecedent to the present, tweeted •
slang. No doubt it was placed in thin spot so thst
any of them going north or tooth could camp at it,
loving then tie advantage of starting an hour or No
after the tide hail commenced to ebb, getting aye or six
boor. walking on the semi whist it ebbed, and even
longer whist it South and enabling thi m to get round
this preeipitona part of the corat in rafety. At tide
'hart& we detersnined to stop, as it was getting late and
the shy tin atebed a wet night. The first half pile of
Chet Deed is only about 40 or 50 feet high, and beat, a
obet striking resemblance to an old castle wall, being
covered with Gig, fern, and mole; tie whole forming
en enchanting potter', and in several parts where the I
cliff The+ • little higher than the rest it requires no very
vivid imagination to fancy one ices here and there
turrets and battlements. Several spots being also bare
if verdure can easily he imsgined to be old Oothier
arched windows, and for • moment ranee revelled in
sm..s a splendour and hospitality, lovely
dames and gallant cavaliers of the byeigone aces. The
nit mile of coast forms • eounplete segment of a circle,
the chit rine 70 or 80 feet, end are quite perpendicular,
;serf, ctly green as in the preceding part from top to
bottom. Numerous small streams fall over on to the
beach below and trickle through sand and shingle into
the era. We foul d the whant in • very dilapidated
condition, but an it had commenced to rain bard we I
were glsd enough to get so poor a shelter even as this
afforded; it oulrrhad One ride, the other had log time I
been destroyed by the rain or some other cause. By I
lung, packed like I urines in • earls, two of us with our I
feet on- way and tle third with his reversed, we
menu d to 11:04,1a restless, feverish sort of night, being
just under that part of tie roof that WM rain proof; I
myself lying on the outside, the rain splashing and
dropping within •fi inche+ of me. A few large drops
every DOW and then altering through and falling on my
head, reniinded i.e of • wrtain torture used in former
times in the Inquisitions of Spain and Italy. Daylight
having at length appe- red, we turned out, glad enough
after so miserable a night, to get out of our cramped
ri.irjein and stretch ourselves. Within 50 yard, of the
wharr6, falling in one leap or sheer 70 feet, we beheld •
waterfall, and on turnip' round and looking back we
counted no lass than 18 more, all within the space of
... utile. I mad, a rough goes., and I think that movie
of the neatest foil' must have been 15 or 20 feet wide
at their bares. These were the little stn millets that
we had noticed the previous night trickliog through the
shingle, all tumid into brawling torrents, falling over
the cliff with the usual concomitant+ of spear, noire,
snit mist. Such • eurhat natural phenomenon was well
worth ruing, and glad am I that it did rein herd that
night—waste our getting so wet and being so miserable

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thu. giving us a gre.t treat In seeing .4 remarkable •
freak of Nature. Seven miles' walking brothel.' us to
the termination of the cliff., whieb kept the tame
character all the way, only that Mons or twommts w. le
noticed email clefts or geniis running backs little w.y,
thew being full of the greenest and rankest of v. gets.
tin. 11•11 • mile beyond, the Wengenei river empties
itself into the sea; attempting to er.a, it we were un-
snecesafitl, the stream being so greatly mune:tat-I by b.
rain. Oar previsions now were wily ne.irly fini.h. d
Fitt we knew thst if we could get ecru.. the Witeratmi
there was a Maori pah (village), time 12. r 13 mile. to
the south. We were kept for five &lye ende.veur.
leg, morning and t,i,lit (at low tide). to get over; the
theme for four of those days contiouitig sine. swollen.
At last we wipe beginning to *peculate upon the ehanen
if getting over on the fifth day, hut the bight before It
azain rained hard, tilos completely destroying all chance
of be.ding it for at les*l two or three *I ltd. One pro-
vide.... Isere now neatly It,islo.d with the exe-ption of
.ix or seven to en), of shich we were keeping am
long so pomille. We had b..en on ehort common• to
hing tine. that thi., in conjunction with the ezie.sure
wi• hot stiff rod, bed greatly emaciated and weakened
u.. Iturieg the five days we were •1 Wanganui we only
mimed one wood hen, they wore v. ry scarce here; we
eliet also two or three pigeons with the revolver. We
new found out wh.t serest mistake we had made in not
bringing • singleherrelled gun. The state of the
ime,misariat being in se slender • condition, we thought
tle• be-t thing is do nes to turn beck, and at length
after much eonsideraVon, calculating of chatters, ke
awl to our own great regret and enanpointment we
finally made up our minds to do se, first making one
more and last attemnt to cress the stream. nie last
attempt to cr s. the Wanganui, ended nearly fatally to
my brother, having attempted it clue to its mouth.
lb. strum here, though euntrary to ell reason, apt eared
shallow, and walking into it (from sand island to
which we ha-1 waded meow au branch of the stream)
he had got about twwthirde of the way across, when
the neat step took him into deep water, being at the
tine only nine or ten yards from the opposite bulk ;
the atm.., was so rapid and strong that it carried him
out like * nork..bont 300 yards. heal the time awien•
song and attempting to gain the opposite tide. We
watched him, hit hat jest et pearlier above water, float
right out towards merest long atraqtlit rows of breakers,
expecting every moment to see him sink. All this time
we were not idle: hastily petting my swag from off my
neck. I made a rush into the stream intending to swim
out and cut his swag off his busk, as he bad no knife
with him. I immediately found myself in duo slant
g •ing in heed first, during which immersion the knife
edipieg from the sheath. Ist once saw that if I did
not undress I could render him no usi.tance, and not
being in the swiftest part of the stream, I minty got
beck to the island and commenced tearing my clothes
off, in me beery and agitation no doubt taking longer
thus venal. Taking Mc Ts. knife in my teeth. I swam
awes, the lower end of the channel we had previoudy
waled; this Pod I found both deep and strong. From
the north site of the river there runs out a long narrow
strip of land making a curve to the south. My inten-
tion was to ran out to the end of this, swim out to my
brother, if tensible, before he got too near the bar, and
cut his swag. Just as I emerged from the river
found he had made the spit and was safe, though in •
thoroughly ezhausted state. Very little more and the
weight of his clothes, added to that of the swag, would
have no doubt drowned him; as it wee, if he had not
b-en a strong and practical swimmer, he never could
have remained so long in the water without sinking.
It was • meat Providential thing that before be had
entered the water we exchanged swags, the one he took
being only 10 'pounds, the other 40 pounds in weight.
This sickened us of the Wanganui, and was pertly the
reason that we commenced our return on the following
day. I will pass over the whole recital of out journey
back. We were stopped at the Waits for a lay, there
being a fresh in it ; 1 here get carried off my legs by the
strength of the current, but *aught at a snag before I
had gone many yards. We walked het and long, some-
times at night, on account of the tides. We again
arrived at the Grey where we were kindly received
by the Miseries ; here we got • good supply of flour,
having lived for the tut fortnight upon tine little
remaining stock—muselea and what few wood-hens we
could catch. At the Grey river we noticed a fine heap
of beautiful coal; this the Mamie* had quarried and
carried down in their conoes—the coal crops out on the
bank of the river shoat three mile* from its mouth.
Leaving the Grey, we again set ont for the Terarnakau ;
we here made a bargain with an old Maori to take us up
the river for 30e. The river was very different from wt at
it was when we came down it, there being now no fresh
in it. We got into the canoe, the two /dowries paddling
as up the deep parts, making es get out when we come
to the shallows; we alternately walked and then got
Toddled. This eontinued till we came to about a mile
belew the gorge where we made our mohiki. The banks
here are—both sides—high and precipitous, the river
being wmtracted, it is deep all the way across and cont.
pletely fill. up the serge from side to side. We were
consequently obliged to again get into the tonne, and
here we SAW wieh admiration with what extoniehing
expertness the Marries nemaged their canoe. When
we arrived at the spot woore we ran foul of the rock,
me non clue under the math bank, and although the
water waa even now running with great rapidity, we
mac aged —with slowness, certainly—to get past this
dangeron• Warw. We got at late to the head of the
gorge, and here we wished the Mnories good-bye. They
advised us tn make all huts and endeavour, if poesihle,
to get scrota the Otelo—a I.rge tributary of the
Teramakau that runs from the unth.east This Was
good alone Viers le ng every appearance of some days
of wet weather. We pushed on an but an possible,
hasher great fear that if it rained much, we might gee
hemmed in by the swollen rivers we should have to
Winter was also approaching fast, snow had
7:l7en several times even in the valleys, sod we knew
not whether the "saddle" was passable or not, for it
might be blocked up by snow. Five or six miles north
of the gorge we had our hut meet eerions accident. We
mime to a branch of the Terarrutkeu that it eras india-
PPussimb to crass; getting a long stick, each of us hold•
g on to it Mood fashion, we walked into the etreani.
For convenience, my brother and 1 had done our two
...es up into one, each of us alternately cerryin4 it
*bout • mile; it Was now my turn, it weighed about
" "un'a. the blankets being thoroughly wet. We
kbreutea t,:e.t7 nearly OrneSedt the water coming up to our
nen we saw that two or three more stele
Lorenldb:nakti.e
ittt4.oinwtayols
jeer depths. It was impowdble to
$ in thus mountain stream.,
the mere set of coins so would be Pure to sweep us off
our lege We now had nothing for it but to nth
boldly on to the bank some 12 or 15 feetPdid
tont immesh.' mein Me F. the necessity of out
the
We get into deep water. We min ad lord.
the next moment we lest footing all of "us strikiu"no
Me. F., who wu next to me. --w '
who I feared would
cling to me, put his band upon my SilnUlder this, in
addition to the heavy swag. inimmieeeio
the bottom, where I struggled idol.. sen• me "'
t 1 to d
myeelf front it For some seconds Iwm. reemful. isengage
the straps being SS titht MM..* my shoulders • at tut I
broke one. I still, °waver, held on the ag n 1 I
sueh was the force of the current that it swepreniVa
under water, and neat moment I fund awed, onng
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shallow about three feet deep running for • distant* of
15 or 20 yards, and there falling into a deep sod ',urnw
bssin beyond. At the moment we got out of oer
depths my brother had swum (having to swag) to the
amistence of Me F. and holding him up; they too had
been carried to the shallow. I here found them both.
Me F., who was very weak, and had swallowed • great
quantity of water, was on his knees and totally incap.
able of rising; another minute end he would have been
swept away in three Nee of water to the fail below. A.
le toured the edge of the fall my breelrer eau forward
and held on to his bend, but It was es much as ever he
could de, though his feet were planted firmly is the
stream, to keep hie footing. Alter putting the swag on
the h.nk I ran to their usistrume, and with a greet deal
of difficulty we dragged—literally dragged—him to the
leink. Both I and Me F. had tort our hats during this
adventure, and we were obliged to cut the lawmen off •
1 tenet shirt and wear them, and very good sultelitales

thajtroved. We walked long and fast each da7,
the Otelo before it was much meollen, and In
three days reached the saddle. Leaving the saddle, •
lone thiy's walking took us to within nine miles of Mr.
Taylor's station on the Lake Summer. flora we stopped
a day, and I can affirm that )Ir. Taylor's mountain
mutten is very good ; led ed, so short had our pre.
tri-tun, got, that we had mowed the hart erase eft the
in .ide of the eaur-haes and pounded it with stones,
making it into • sort of bard gritty cake. lit had not
li. en for wood-hens we most have @Carved or gone very
near it. The day we arrived at the station, although it
was the middle of tbe day, we bad had nothing to eats
Four more deys and we arrived at Double Corner,
having been shout i testily 49 days. For mare than
live weeks we had slept out iu the open air. During the
greeter part of thi• time it rained hard. We %red to
make large flies, there being on the beach millions of
to, of the dryeet and moat inflammable timber. Be.
tweet) two of thew fires we seed to sleep, the intense
h. at not only keeping niesquitoea from es, but the
atmeephere much warmer. The largest river, or at
least the one most capable of being turned to com-
mercial regimes that' we saw, was the Grey ; this, I
think, would be navigable for small craft for about three
mile.. Amongst the tithe's, the Okatik• is the largest,
but I do net think that any craft, unless unuseally
could navigate it to any di.taime. The Wan-
ganui is a large river, but the entrance is so very mull
and contracted, that it would be out of the question for
any craft, except heat, or canoes, to seeend it. I
should imagine that it took its rice somewhere in the
neighbourhood of Mount Cook. The innunbtin with its
numerous neighbouring sate lite, being only about 29
miles Co the south of the mouth of the river. This
river, from the great volume of water it pours into the
era. must thain a vast extent of countty. We walked
up it., north bank for • mile at low tide, and could then
see three or bur miles up the eatley, wh'oh appeared
rather more than half • mile in breadth. The whole of

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the coast we saw apreared to be an interminable bush,
lant not very mountainous or rugged between the sea
and the lush. range. It will, no doubt, some day be aa
equally available for settlements as parts of the New
Plymouth province in the north island. The west
coat, eapeeially from the land side, will always be
difficult of &Mess, from the sea it will also be so, though
not to so great an extent; this antes from the °easel. it
surf and the great paucity of bartssurs. I must not
forget to mention that we kept a sharp look-out for
'bat "rara avia" the Moa laird, but had not the happi•
nen of seeing it. neither did we see the kiwi, kiwi
(aptaryz); bet at night, when we several times camped
with the Marries on the Tersznakau river. they drew
our attention so • species of scream or whisile, which
they said was made by the kiwi : saying also that it was
very numerous in the ailjaixnt forests, but so shy that
they seldom or ever could procure any. We were very
glad to get back once more after all our escapes and
hardships, and moat thankful we all felt to sleep again
under a dry and comfortable roof. •

degree interfering with his work here, so that alto-
gether that would make • fair stipend for the minister.
The next point I wish to brim, before you is the
financial part of the matter. So fir as I can reckon,
I the amount required to carry out the work would be
' as &Mimi :—The Home Missions at present pay the
Scripture resider a 75 • year: the stipend of the
clergyman would be £140; allowing for sundries
connected with the work, such as lighting the room,
fire, and various small incidental expenses, £35,
that makes altogether £250 per annum. The Home
Missions is receiving at present £l2O • year, so that
the amount remaining to be rais..il would lw £l3O
yr &Deem in addition 111 tlret now received. lodic
in on: point mile that I wish very stronoly t.. 'ut
before you, and before the public ; if you think it
good to take up he work I should be very jealous
of its being supposed that you are simply providing
me with a second :Junto. I want this to be •
par.whial effoit to meet the want' of an increased
and increasing population, and you are most of you
well aware that the income of the living is so small
t!,..t it is out of the question that this further provi-
sion should be mails by the rector. I pay £159 a
year to my curate here, sod £llO to the comets of
Radipule, towards which the Church Pastoral Aid
Society give a grant of £6O; this leaves £2OO a year
to be paid out of the fonds of the living for curates
alone; and I don't thing you will expect that any
one out of the proceeds of so small a living will be
able to pay more, so that it is only by the members
of the Church of England in the parish taking up the
work, and making provision in this way, that the
wants of the increasing population cac be met. If
we are Christian men, and attached member, of our !
own church, we cannot go in peace and indifference
Sabbath after Sabbath to the House of God, when
we feel that there is a large body of our people who
would go there also, but are entirely yecluded from
want of church-room. It was resolved to obtain
both the room and the clergyman at once, and the
gentlemen present, with power to add to their
number, were appointed a committee to collect
funds; the lion, secretaries are Messrs. J. Milledge
and W. B. Barrett, and the treasurers, Messrs. Eliot,
Pearce, Eliot, and Eliot. A sub-committee was
appointed, consisting of the Rev. 'l'. A. firearm',
Messrs. Andrews, J. Tisard, W. Talbot, O. It.
Crickmay, and Robertson, for the purpose of making
enquiries with respect to • imitableisite for the new
church.

I Bowers and ferns, tient in by children ander 15 yews of
age. As we have already said, there were souse de-
partments which we had hoped would be better ailed,
hot noon the whole the exhibition was one of which the
.jeccor 02. p well be proud; and which will, we tenet,
him to ivory at .ionilar undertaiiing. lot snaky
years to COlllll% Toe joilges on the ocestion were Mr.
Noirwe. of W....there, the ch.ontioa mai* sumer id
Eogland, and Mr. Wit.ser, gardeaer to lire. Pattieon,
W tack lef ord.
Tba dahlias and out Bowers need in the decorations
were provided by Ur. Warren, of Tineletoa, who was
else an erbileitor. The following were the prise.
a rarth.d :

Pom.rer, £BO BASUTO. —nett collection
of British and I,..re:n P,citrr, It Pees, Et to to r,
A coistson, ltd c. lectom of Beitiah and For.ign
I Pi:Novo, 8 IN.II/, 1.., t . T. Anderson, Esq. Best
pair Jacobin pix. on% he.. to T. Aorlerson,
Beat pair of pigeon., any sari. ty, 5.., to T. Ander•on,
Est. Hest Iltruslaßan Itabhit. T. Anderson, Esq.
FIWIT.—Best collection of fruit, 8 Meiotic+, open to
the reaidents of the MUntY fbwilek—A beautiful
e 1... trcsplated dower rase, value £4 10k, Mrs. Pattison,
Wraekleforci. But three bunches of black grapes ;
weight, colour and shape de criteria of merit, open 40
the rexidenta of the county of Dorset— W. Talbot, Ego
Weymouth. The three bunches weighed 9 80, Mr:
ftgolen, gardener X. If. G. G. Ludlow. Esq. Heywood
House, Westbney. Wilts., the champion grape grower of
Beam& exhibited ton hnnehts of white grapes, not
for competition. weighing 9 lb.
WIItDOW PLAXT3 IN Pore.—Tbe best three window
plants--tistinct militia a grown at least Rix months by
cottagers resident iu the borough of Weiroonth and
Meloombs Regis, whom rent does not exceed 210 a year,
a metal Ma pot, to Mr. Lareombe, B 'Ty-street; Permed
best ditto, • fouraboleernet stand. to Mary Ann Corbin,
Crescent.simet. Best specimen of heliotrope, grown by
the boy or girl pf any public school, • Jermaleun '
Risititpd.” to johu Warren, Holy Trinity school ;
scrod ditto, "Lyre Anglicans," Charlotto Willshire,
Melcombe National school ; third ditto. "Plenty to
da and how to do it," Mary Gray, Holy Trinity school;
fourth ditto, " The battle worth fighting"—Gale,
Meloombe National school. _ _

CUT FLoWEIIII. —Best arranged case of cut lowers
and ferns for table dee"ration. competed for by ladies
only—An elegant silver gilt card boaket, Mrs.
Pattinon, Wrackleford ; second ditto, an elegant shell
watch stand, to Yrs. Biinnionils, Broadwey. Best
basket cut out-door garden flowers, open to gardeners
oily regularly attending Weymouth market-78.6d. to
Mr. William Parsons, Unwey. Best bouquet of wild
Corers aid fern., conipetiil for by children under 15
years of age—" The nut-hell of knowledge," Mary Cake,
Upwey ; vcond ditto, " Words of cheer," Martha
Barton: third ditto, " T.lOll of dream-land," Edith
Higher, Horstord-atreet ; extra prise, Ann Denman,
New-street.

VIIGITABLIS.—Best colleotion of kidney potables,
onions, and parsnips—Mr. Anderson ; second ditto,
Mr. Emanuel Knight, Great George-street. Best 12
round oLitoes —IL N. Howard, Eo.; second ditto, no
n.rne. Beat collection of veget .1)1 a, via, kidney pot..
toes, onions, parsnips, and carrots, open to market
gardeners regularly attending We) mouth market—Mr
John Bimmonds, Broadway ; second ditto, Mr. Wm.
Parson,, IJowey. Best collection of vegetables grown
in the Ban-aclv, gardens by men of the Rovul Hogincem
A silver handle thorn walking stick —G. Ladion; second
ditto, an ivory handled thorn walking stick, Walter.

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE.

Tr e annual meeting of the members of the Literary
and Scientific Inatitute war held on Wednesiay evening
at the Burden Hotel Assembly-room. The proceedings
commons. d with a tee, to which upwards of 100 sat
down. The tables were given by ilea. Gregory, Mrs.
Barling, Mrs. Beale, Mrs. Damon, Mr.. H. T. Smith,
Crocker, Mrs. Oakley, Itra Hattward, Mrs. Howe,
Mrs. Tigwell, Mv,. E lery, Mrs. Luton,.' Mn. J. Long-
man, Mr. Z. itillerige, Ur. Pearce, Mr. Francis and Mr.
T. 11. Groves. There was ample ptovi-ion made for
double the number, had they attended. which in all
probability would have been the case bad the weather
proved favourable.
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After tea, • concert was given under the leadership
of Mr. Thorne, aaaiated by Mears Gubbins and Avant,
•nd seVCI,I local vocalists,.

Dr. SMITH presided, and in opening the proceeding*
expreesed lint regret at the ab,ence of Mr. Eliot, the
President of the institution, feeling that he conlit hut
eery mail, qu itely represent thu. Ile, however, felt
encouraged by the support of those whose presence Le
was glad to see on that occasion, sell Bei I be was not
without hope that the Weymouth and Literary Institu-
tion was once more about to he rem-elated and placed
upon a more Armand sure basis, it h•ving within it thou
elements of growth which iti members could evelope.
Extraneous fforts never would keep alive an institute n
that had not within itself the princieli s of'self rapport,
and this institution had had teeny diMculties to contend
ageinst, soil hall had many sttuggles for existence. It
originated about the time when many sim,lar societies
sprung into existence through the efitets if Lord
Brongliam and the committee of the Useful Knowledge
Society. It. history had been • chequered one—sonee•
times s remising success soil at ethers showing signs of
decay. Again and attain it had been resuscitated by exe
lightened help and liberal effort, but with all it hail
hardly yielded the results anticipated by its founders.
The present committee, however, hopod that better
times had arrived, and jostled by the liberal offer of •
gentleman in this lilacs—Mr. Bumstead, he understood.
they had gone to the expense improving the lecture hall
and rendering it snore easy of access. They found that
during the summer months a certain income could be
obtained by letting it, while in winter it would be for
the benefit of the members, the committee believing
that the best way to kiep young people from had com-
pany was to offer them something better and more
attractive. He tendered the honorary member, his
hearty thanks for the support they had tendered them,
and said Cat some of thou whom they had expected
were unavoidably absent that night. He then reed
letters of apology from It. Brocks, Esq., one of the
borough ormithe.s, stating that be would have had great
pleasure in attending but for an engagement of ranee
standing in the North of Scotland, and also from H.
Edwards Esq. 'Die cause of the latter gentleman's ab-
sence was the 1064 of • very dear friend, bet he enclosed
a cheque of ten guineas towards the funds of the institu-
tion. The announcement of so liberal • donation was
greeted with much applause. The chairman continued.
it was very gratifyine to find gentleman come forward
thus liberally when a little money was wanted, and they
were greatly Indebted to ldr. Edwards for his liberal do.
nation. He (the chairman) had much pleasure in giving
a couple of guineas, and he hoped many others will do
the •ame—(applause).
Mr. S. IiCALF., the hon. sec., addressed the meeting
some length. He stated that recently more than £lOO
hail been expended on the morns of the Institution, yet
they were less in debt than they were last pew. He
potheinc.mintedonge
out the various attractions the Institution
offered, and expressed a hope that their numbers, during
would be largely augmented.
(Alpe GRIDIAT. M.P., next addre eed the meeting,
and on stepping on the platform was greeted with great
applause tie &fated that although it was with great
pleasure he accepted the invitation kindly given him of
being Present on that interesting occasion, it was with
some reluctance that lie consented to take part in the
proceedings. He felt Ciat it woukl be preammttious in
him, in the presence of many so mush better than him-
self, both to entertaiti and awe* them, to occupy any
portion of their time; but he felt it was no less a duty
than a privilege for him, es one of their representative*,
to be present on ouch an occasion as that. And for this
reason, it tended to encourage, so far as his presence
and Iris voice could, an institution that undoubtedly de-
served the utmost support that possibly could be peen
by every one. The institution was one which had for
, its object the cultivation of the intelleet and the en•
' largement of the intelligence by which happinees was
given to individuals and benefit conferred upon all.
Perhaps u an actor, occupying • ;tuition which another
was better qualified to fill, he ought, before proceeding
further, ask for their kind indulgence, • favour ho was
sure he should not crave in vain—(applanse). Were he
to speak upon political subjects he should not ask it,
because he was Yam enough to uprose that he should
not require it; but in speakiug on a subject ehieh he
confessed he was but little acquainted with, he felt that
he required some degree of consideration at their bands.
They all knew, at least he supposed no one would deny,
that the subject of education was of all other' the most
promineet question of the present day. Not many
years ago, reading, writing, Led arithmetic were looked
upon as a full and complete education, except with
reference, to the few destined for some elevated
pursuit ; but now education is looked upon, and very
properly, as consisting Pot only of reading, writing,
awl arithmetic, but also languages, literature, and
'tient*. In the present age of communication between
peoples and nations and countries, how little was the
value of travel, how little WM, acquired by passing from
one pert of the world to another, and how little fitted
were men to intercommunicate with different nation',
unless they were acquainted with the various languages;
and in like manner, unless 008 had some acquaintance
with literature, how little could he understand of what
was Passing around him. How vain for him to take up
the last edition of a work, bow vain to read of the latest
discovery thet had been made, unless he had some
acqusintancis with literature. But more than this. The
study of the wiences and of Ole language were pre.
eminently necessary in education, and it was because
these were promoted by institutions such as these that
he ventured to address • few words of enoouragment in
stlePort of thein—(applause). Need he reutind them
Out at the present time science pre-eminently occupied
the attention of the world. He knew it had been said
that science had • tendency to lipid man to elevate him-
self above that position which Providence intended him
to teacup,— that it led him rather to aspire to the attri-
butes of Deity, than to lead hint to honour and reverent*
his Maker; but he denied that assertion, contending
that Providence did not, and never would permit any
discovery in science, or any enlargement of the faculties
of man for any other purpose than the promotion of his
glory, and the benefit and advancement of the human
race. The same wisdom end power which hurled to the
ground the Tower of Babel, when presumptuous man
raised it that he might penetrate heaven —the name
wisdom and power which in that instance frustrated the
dodos of presumptuous man, had condescended in our
time to permit the saying in the east depths of the ocean
the Atlantic Telegraph. The divine wisdom had per-
mitted science to elevate itself, and the first message
that panted through the wires of that wonderful cable
was that message sublime as well so divine—" Glory to
God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward
men"—(applause). And not only that, but they had
here • lemon of what labour, energy, and perseverance
would dn. More than 12 months after the first Atlantic
cable was left broken and seemingly useless at
the bottom of the Atlantic ocean, electricians
were day and night ormessingly watching the
glimering epark which the electric current sent pausing
through it to see if there was any life or vitality in it,
aid the moat remarkable for was that the galuniets
recorded words and sentences perfectly unintelligible
and perfectly useless, until at length was discovered the
Molilo words, "Canning to Glass," and through that
wire then came plain, eloquenkand intelligent language.
That achievement was evidently by the will of Provi-
dence for the benefit of men sod tbe glory of God—CM,'
plume). And now, through the metallic nerve passed
continually currents carrying sanity, notnoteroe, sod
friendship backward and forward between the two con-
tinents. Promoting the great purpose of pease and good
will. He was therefore justified in saying that science
tended to no other end than fillet of promoting the
benefit and happiness of the human rue. He well knew
the question m4ht busked, "How min this be when

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1866

science is engaged in the manufacture and invention of
weapons and engines of destruction ? Will you tell me
that that serve a good purpose and benefit+ mankind ?"
His answer to that wa that it promoted peace, and he
thought that no one but would admit that, but for the
insc..tion of the undid gun, the late war which was
gere,j sred after ten day's sttife, would have lasted
probably many years. He, therefor., said that the
devastation and horror of war was circumscribed and
p ted by the inventioos of wiener. It was an en-
dent proposition that if • vessel could be clad so aecurely
as to make her proof against any gun that could be
brought against her, or if they could make a gun that
would penetrate any iron ship, they had an agent by
which they might limit the possibility or, at all event.,
the duration of wai. Ilut he would pass on to other
points in education which, in the Present day, were
equally "0C.0.4.0% There was probably no stady which
had as beneacial effect upon the naiad as the study of
biography. II they read the works ot of the deeds of
great and good men, there must spri-g up in the mind
a desire to' emulate them, and to attain to a position
such as they °wapiti. When they read of men who
had done glad to mankind and benefited the world—
not of heroes whose wreaths had been dipped in blood :
not of statesmen who had passed their time in fiery ,
controvenie•—but of men who had done good to man-
kind at large and who bad served the true purpose of
their being, they felt a desire that when they elan
died they might be equally illustrious and equally
respected—(cheers). They all knew very well that if
they went into our public buildings they would see I
monuments erected of praise—sometimes fulsome prai.c I
to the heroes and onnouerors of the earth ; but there I
were likewise those heroes of peace and conquerors by i
industry to whom were raised a nobler monument than
Egypt ever raised in honour of her kings. And now he
would allude to another thing, and the reason he more
particularly alluded to it was that perhaps at first
glance it might not be considered hardly worthy the at-
tention of institution. like this. He alluded to poetr).
Bat he would they should bear in mind that • great
deal •f the noblest and best poetry had not only •
direetly moral, but it had also • strictly religions
tendency. Poetry hntnauised, enobled, and softened
time bean. It was to the mind what music WAS to the
ear. If they took up • book of poems—he did not
speak of the ordinary trash called rhyme, but sterling
poetry—they would find it imperceptibly steal over
them, and they would also find that Its influence would
remain with them long after the book was laid down
and the story perhaps forgotten. He thought, then,
that it the memben of that Institute would devote •
measure of their time to languages, to literature, to
biography, to poetry, they would fulfil • duty which
they owed to the cultivation of their own minds,
to their country, and to the people amongst
whoin they lived. set no one suppose that these things
were beyond him reach or beyond his power to attack
Nothing had yet been acquired by others which might I
not likewise be acquired by them by patient industry
and perseverance. There was no elevated position
ocempi.d by any man, but who had been equalled by
those who had sprung from the lowest ranks—tqualled
In position in point of honour, wealth and fame—(se-
Mauve). There wan nothing they might not accomplish
If they only set their minds unon it and determined to
accomplish it. Bat it were perfectly vain and useless
to hope for any permanent good to resolt, to hope that
knowledge, science, or literature would have any bene-
ficial affect upon them unless it was sanctified by the
fear and reverence of God. There was one study, and
be hoped he was not assuming to himself in saying so,
that was first and foremost. That study was the Holy
word of God. It was the Book of Books, in which they
were taught the reverence and fear of the Almighty, and
he therefore took the liberty of saying that every mem-
Isr ought by all means to make it his first great study.
That being done, their neat duty was to pay that
reverence and fear to the Divine laws of the mighty
Architect of the Universe, to pay that reverence to the
will of the great founder and ruler of the universe which
Is so Justly His doe. Haring said this much, he thought
It could he hardly expected of him to say mash more to
engage the attention of that audience, which he re-
gretted was not so numerous so erred I be hoped for the
benefit of the binds. His chief ohject in coming the
that night had been to enforce upon the attention
of the young the advantages offered by the instituti .0
in the acquisition of knowledge. !fere were advantages
which many others had not had, but which many with-
out these advantages hai obtained the knowledge for
which they had striven. Let no one there suppose that
it wn in hi, power not only to advance his own petition
hut also to benefit his fellow men and be • benefactor to
hi. country. Let him remind him that a poor gardener's
son was one of the most powerful Popes of Rome—that
• poor ignorant Parisian boy, Erasmus, became one of
the talented scholars of his day and was courted and
honoured by Kings—that the poor ploaghboy, Bloomfield,
won fame and • poet wreath—that Gook, who ripened
more than half the world to civilisation, learnt maths.
instils and navigation before the mast of • Newcastle
collier. And to come down to later times. Were any
present who had not read the life and history of George
Stephenson, the rest-at of engineers? Were there
soy who did not know that he was • poor cow boy, and
that his parents were so poor that they were unable to
to give him the slightest education ? Was any one pre-
sent who did not know of the benefit he had conferred
or. the country that it was greater than that of any man
who had ever lived? Did they not also know of the
Working Men's Exhibition which was opened only •
week or two ago in London when an ode on labour
spoken of and criticised by men of the highest learning
and attainments, and acknowledged by them to be• com-
position of the highest class, was writen by • w rave?
If they did not know those things it was his privilege
now to tell them, that they might be encouraged to
persevere to endeavour to do as those had done of
whom he had spoken. H. was proud on that occasion
to speak of an individual instance within his n•Ill know.
ledge, and he regarded it as • privilege to include
among his friends one who had never hesitatod to tell
them that he had ris.n from the humblest rank, that
li. educated himself, and was the architect of his own
fortune. He had heard that man address the House of
Commons with an eloquence, an authority and energy
which had commanded the attention and respect of the
House. And it was just possible, that in that room
that evening there might be some latent talent, some
hidden genius which by aid of that institution might he
brought out developed. If so, he bid them heartily God
speed. Expressing his fear that he had already &named
too much of their time, the hon. gentleman concluded
by expressing his sincerest and heartiest good wishes for
the prosperity of the institution, and sat down amidst
very great applause.
Dr. MOORHEAD proposed • vote of thacks to lOaptain
Gridley for his kindness in being present, and for the
very excellent address he had delivered in support of
that institution. Although it was the chief business of
members of parliament to represent the political
opinions of their constituents in the imperial legislature,
yet they could so less worthily discharge their duties by
lending their sanction and their aid to objects of local
interest and carefulness. He Nit that the members of
that instituticn were under • twofold obligation to
Captain Gridley—he was not only • zealous political
repre.tntative, but he also bad taken • great interest
in promoting their interests in a moral, intellectual, and
material sense. This was an age of progress—the goal
of yesterday was but the starting point of to-day, and it
was the duty of all who had the well-being of their
fellow men, at least to lose no op2ortanity to extend
the blessings of enlightenment towards and civilisation
to all who came within his influence. And such was
the guiding principle of their boa, and gallant member,
Gaptain.f?ridley.

,
Mr. HOWAtD seoonded the proposition, and it was
carried with soalawatioc.

Mr. BEALE proposed a vote of thanks to the ladies and
gentlemen who had honoured them with their professional
talent, and also to those who had so generously provided
tables in the former part of the evening, and likewise to
Dr. Smith for having so readily come forward to preside
over them that night, and for his great kindness to them
on all ooessions. .

The proposition baying been seconded,
The CHAIRMAN acknowledged the compliment, and
proceedings were brought to a close.

6 ntml Nebo.

The more degrading Incidente of prottedure, the mei
of men upon warrant, the bringing them manacled inlio
court. and treating them while then with needithw In.
'Fun report of the Cholera Conference has 'wen dignity, ought to be at once abrogated. Wherever line
rri published. The conclusions aved at are in favour of
is likely to answer bin purpose • pecuniary penalty
the meta:en o nem of the dimase, and the neceesity of
_
ebould be eubstituted for personal confinement, and the
e between e
enforcing a strict system of quarantine. The repoit is
or those flagrant and grossly unoonsigentious acts at
the contagioniats and their opponents. ' omiesions which show an amount of morel recklenmese
erratiaoAT COLLIMOn.- late on Wednesday evening Punishment of imprisonment should be reserved only
expected to create some diecussion in Europ
in the person against whom they are established, which
the Dublin steamship, Foyle. while coming up the river is very near akin to crime. We could ham wished that
Therms was run into by
the Collingwood, • Shields ' the committee had recommended an 'lteration in the
I steamer. The Foyle noon afterwards sank, having first law whereby the party summoned should be •compstenl
' been judiciously run 'ground; and there are some hopes wan, as at the bearing of his cause. From this, bows
,of raising her. All the passengers were fortunately saved, ever they have shrunk, ae "involving • departure from
although many of them douraleas had a near escape for the law of evidence as now settled." But this Is rather
there lives,
of gentleman whose business was to hipline into alleged
rules which is warmly worthy of a number
a weak and halting concludon. It shows • deference ta
greaSestos. eeecaPeneilemeffeeatetSlefeiegrebeutryiemeuPeon:Theeeu'rsedeady. eiTlieef
sonsiated of a trial of steel and Palliser shot and Arall imperfection in the working of those Hawk
against a new target of B.ineb thick velour plates fixed
shell, fired by the 9.incli wrought iron Woolwich gun,
upon • Warrior hocking of 18 inches of teak, supported Exchequer
MR. DISSAILI AT HONL-The Chanciellor Of the
bad
for
and •nd helmet
present on Wednesday at the HI by angleiron ribe set very doe ly together. A Palliser rodeol wtho e festival, Alter di nib'
' went completely through this enormously strong mass • - (
y t undoubtedly have been out o place on such an mos-
the charge exploded in the basking, but both point aria
I point-blank shot ; but in another experiment, part of I canted • herd
speech, but carefully avoided polities, emee he wade a
don. He ios . upon , rear of the shell passel completely through. This was a .1
agricultural
E I°Piel,
and
el.
the target was inclined at an angle of 10 degrees, and on fine weather might y
the
eboahhed r completing the
this surface the Pallieer shot and shell had also the harvest. He referee to . i abundance of t 3 mope in
pressed a hope that an the met
Ireland, and said that if the ingsthering shock' be
advantage over the steel.
ee . satisfactory he hoped he should eic in that country the
Pinielrren lIIPItoVrD COIMIXO MACHINE. - tins commencement of a prosperity and contentment WA**
machine is constructed for expeditiously and thoroughly bee tee a lee, time been wanting. In felicitous teems,
corking bottles of almost every kind, and is especially , If,. Disraeli afterwards proposed the health of the
adapted for bottling wines, idea, seirite, do., ke. Farmers of England. Ile said : It is at momenta like
It it so simple and erellesrmaged in its construction r this that o inds are peculiarly drawn to the feeling'
that it may be altered t i suit the height of the different e In
and position of those classes to whom we are mainly
uses of bottles. The two levers, hand and foot, working, indebted for the great results of the year ; and among
at the same time, moderate the pressure so evenly that those alasses thee) are cone which more deserve our
there is no risk of breaking the botiletas in the ordinary , notice than the farmers of Kngland themselves. When
.
method. It is so easily worked that a person !MAO- i
i e remember the hopes, the fears, the long anxiety,
cuatomed to bottling may by its use bottle equal to the
ethe vigilance the , the skill, which are necessary to
most experienced bottler. Prima of machine Let 2s.- brin about 'and consummate the ingatbering of the
Sole inventor and proprietor. J. Parrett, Batmen, bring
„„, -
eis d tend their various and varying
Somerset. "Manufacturer of Purretes Improved Cider - - •an which '' in mast at
fate throughout the year, we must
feel that there is no
Coloring." chez of our fellow subjecte who have • greater claim
A Tzar extraordinary isecident took place on the no our ',empathy and good feeling than the farmers of
South Devon Railway on Thursday livening. The this country -(mar, bear). And although great changes
down umill train to Plymouth ran into a stationary have ',Leen I
p ace in the social condition of England
engine which was in its way at Plympton. The driver during the last (muter of a century, the farmers still
and stoker of the latter, seeing that a collision was in. remain the most important class in the community, and
evitable, jumped off and saved themselves. The form for this single and simple mama, that DO other elate
of the concussion turned on the steam of the engine even now are so great employers of labour-(hear). le
which was run into, and it started off at • fearful pace consequence of that position there devolves upon tram
towards Plymouth with no person in charge of it. It • responebeity equal to their influence. Upon them
ultimately ran into the station, and buri-d itself in the depends in • great miasma the prosperous condition of
cloak-room, causing considerable damage, but for. the labourers of the mil, arid it is by their patinas,
tunately no persons were hurt. Some of the passengers and vigilanee, and skill, to a geese extent, that the
In the mail train were slightly bruised through the gener&l prosperity of the country is seenred-(bear,
carriage in which they were travelling being throws (lear). Therefore at a moment like the present-the
off the line, only day in the year in which it may be said that anxiety
TEM Ramie LIAOOIIIM have made an attempt to and labour cease in the agricultural districts, when
I enlist Mr. Gladstone into their ranks and failed. It is their is no toil, when the object of the exertion' of the
re ported in the &sag Telegraph. the organ of the tight preceding twelve months is accomplished and Demurs.
hon. gentleman, that a deputation waited upon him on mated, when we pause for • moment in • spirit of Grads
Wednesday to ask his presence at a great meeting on tation and gratitude before we recommence the ens
the 24th inst., "in furtherance of the popular move- erasing labours of the year that awaits us ; let us
meet." The deputation included Mr. Brm:ley. M.P., remember the farmers of England, and let us emigre.
Mr. Cheetham, M.P., Mr. Whiteworth, II.P. Sir tulate them upon the present, and wish them well for
Elkanah Armitage, and other". The interview lasted the futare-(bear, hear). The Chancellor of the Br-
oome lime" ultimately (says the Telegraph) the demi. chequer afterwards proposed the health of the Labourers,
tation came away fully satisfied with the grounds on saying,-We must remember that the results of the
I which Mr. Gladstone felt it incumbent on bins to decline harvest are mainly due to the industry, the vigour' 'and
' the invitation to take a 'direct part' in the movement." the good-will of the children of the soil-theourers
In commenting on his decision the, journal named soya lof this country-(hear, hear): One of the characterieties
that "if a person in Mr. Gladstone's position were to of the age in which we live is • just appreciation
identify himself with the work ie which the Reform of the potation of the labouring classes; and I
I Union is engaged it might be alleged spinet hen, at believe that we all here present feel a priestlier
least with • &emblem* of truth, that he had used interest in the welfare of those who laboured on the
political agitation as an instrument of personal iambi. mil of old England--(hear, hear.) To elevate their
lion." The Star says the deputation was from the coneition, to render their lives more easy and more
National Reform Union of Manchester, and its object comfortable, is now the object of every intelligent man
we to osk the right ben, gentlemen to attend the who finds himself placed in • responsible position ;
Reform banquet at the Free Trade Hall, and not the and lam always glad to know that in that part of
open-air 'netting. England which we inhabit, and more especially us this
district, labour hal become so valuable that it is scores.
"Wang I was at Hang Chow," writes Mr. Fortune,
and that the consequence is that the condition of those
"I determined to s.c the Chinese colour tea for en' who work In our fields-our associates in that Feat
portation. A quantity of bluish mineral powder was
f husband o which the ly o the
scattered over the hot leaves, while the workmen system n
de husbandry
n'e Photo nt
acto
turned them rapidly round the drying pan with tie country
mainly
of itte A-11
unthe
Tor I.lte wages
hand, which quickly changed the leaves from a dark a B'BBBBquen°B 8 Mat demand
• are in general, good • and with respect to another
olive to the wel known bluish hue." Can our fair , ,
great
el the residences of
readers imagine the outery that would be made by the point
our aLure importance,
canniy say°4;rliiaty, ;arms' I meld
sterner sex, if their favourite Alleopp or Base wes
____...
i re,
influence in thin ',hut have done all
brewed from melt covered with mineral power? Why 8e!". any . in inala.. . • ..
that i could without ostentation-timer, near), vita.
then should English merchants. to get off inferior Tea,
out interfering with their habits, without taking s
have the Chine. celour it, knowing that the mineral
arm which they would find troublesome-I have done
powders are washed off and imbibed by our fair country. 8?
all that I coal • • • d to improve their residences and to
women when the tea is consumed at table. Horniman
make their homes comfortable-(hear, hear). 'believe
k Co., London, disallow mineral powder on their ins ,Ita, ~ . . .. . i -
port* • their green is dark olive, it has not the usual """ ' may duo say with teeth that, general speaking,
the labourers in this pariah are as good-hearted and
bluish' tint, and their black is never intensely dark;
as worthy individuals in their vocation as meld easily
beth are remarkable for luting strength and extreme
cheapness. As spurious imitations are offered, all be found in this kingdom of England-(bear, hear).
genuine packets m. seceee He, & Co., .. origin.' It must be to them • moment of great interest when,
after all their labours, they find the great result Is
Importers of the pure tea."
attained and the harvest is reaped. We have met them
PSALM ma tree Carna PLACSIL-We are indebted to day; we ham all attended the same place of won
(ems this Guardian) to Sir Charles Anderson for the ship; we have dined together in the same spirit of
followieg : -"At Osmotherly Church. in Yorkshire, in equality and perfect friendship. and in the same
the cattle plague of 1747, a puen emneeme by the spirit I now propose that we should drink their health'
clerk, was sung. The first four 'tames contained an with all the honours-cheers). I give you then "ma
amount of the cattle that died and the list of the farmers Leeeerees of the pulse of Regeeneen"-(renewed
who Defend. The remaining verses were as follows :- theme
No Christian's bull nor cow they say,
But takes it out of hand-
And we shall have no cows at all,
I doubt, within this land.
The doctors, thee they all have spoke
Like learned gentlemen,
And told on how the entrails look
Of cattle dead and green-
Yet they can nothing do at all
With all their learning's store;
So Heaven drive out this plague away
And yea us not, no more;
The piece was so well received that after service it was
desired main, by all the congregation, except five
farmers who wept, declaring it was too moving. The
minister going not, said to his clerk, 'Why, John, what
psalm is that we had to-day; not one of David's? 'Na,
ma, qaoth John in great pride of heart, 'David neer
mule tyke a psalm since be were born; this is pan (one)
of my awn."

CIIZAP DEODORISIIIEL—Mr. W. H. Wheeler, writ-
ing to the Bolder nayi —“The Local Board of this
town (Boston) having directed that deodorising powder
should be given away amongst the poor. I have lately
tried various kinds, with • view of finding oat the
!omit effective 1111,1 economical, and consider the best
to be—Ma Dongall's Disinfecting Powder, which costs
10a. 61 per cwt. ; Dr. Bishop's Sanitary Powder, which
costa Ss. per cot., and is also made up in packets of
Id. each and canisters at 61. each. The former is •
white powder, requires no preparation, and is free
from poison. The bitter is • brown powder ; and on
account of its cheapness, and the convenient form in
which it is sold, is the one that I have adopted for nee
in the borough. The sixpenny canisters are perforab.d
, at the top. so that they may be used for dredging the
! powder. I &insider that no private house should be
without a supply of one of these powders ; that •
little of the powder should be sprinkled twice a week
in the dustbin, and wherever any smell was perceived;
and that in all water-01..1v • dredge containing the
disinfecting powder should be placed, and a little be
dusted at each time of using : this will not only free
the sir of any disagreable odour, but assist in keeping
the house drains sweet ; and wherever a smell arises,
whether from drains, ambles, privies or ash-bins, the
powder should be sprinkled from time to time, by
which means foul smells will be avoided, and noxious
gases will be prevented from finding their way into
the house.

WINE MINIM OW • BOAZ° Or illtriLTlL—The
Rudder says :—An enraged inhabitant of idle, near
Leeds, sends us an appeal to the freeholders and rate-
payers of Idle, signed —"John Lee, Cot.; Amos Rake
trick, Thsckley ; Robert Sutcliffe, Cliff Cottage;" who,
seeking to become members of the local hoard, guardians
of the people's health, have the hardihood to say, as •
reason why they should be elected,—"We shall be
opposed to all schemes of levying rates for water pin-
poros ; we shall also be opposed to any system of polka)
sewerage, or to any system of paving. These classes of
works are in our opinion not medal at all; and if they
were to be undertaken, our rating would hare to be
altered, and the burdens on buildings would be most
materially increased ;" and they end their address with
—"Pleam to give circulation to this paper." "Write
me down an me." rays Dogberry,—"Forget not that I
sin an ass." We have known many members of •
Board act constantly as if guided by the evil principles
here enunciated, but never before met with one who
wes willing to acknowledge them, still less to boast of
holding toem. It is posi ively past belief, End too
serious to joke upon, that three men should be found at
this time resting their claims to the consideration of
their brother ratepayers on their intention to oppose all
endeavours to obtain for the town proper water supply,
paving, and public sewerage ;—man who should dare
in their ignorance publish their opinion, that "these
classes of works are not needed at •11." It is to be
hoped that the people of Idle will show themselves
to be in advance of such would-be representatives.
'Please to give circulation to this paper." Tee, indeed:
"Write me down an ass."

I 7HE MAffinlle. AND SiIDIVANTB' ACTIL—The Minting
Berald al Corn'
e that a peiusal of the Report of the Co.
mons Committee on the position of meat...it and servant
. leaves it with a profound and painful impression that
the taw which governs parties to this important social
relation ii, in an eminently unsatisfsetory eondition. It
is one of the evils of • highly complex and artificial
state of society, that, without intending it, we are ton-
'tautly in danger of drifting into some practical mime.
tion of our theoretically perfect reception of tho maxim
that before the law, 11. before the Divine author and
source of all law, high and low, rich and poor, stand on
the same level. The somewhat bulky blue. book, in
which the evideueis taken before the csommittee has just
been published, is in great part devoted to the examin-
ation of an inequality of this character. Shortly stated,
' the ground of enmplaint is that while, if a master
I wrongfully dismisses bin servant, he is only liable to an
i action for damages, on the other hand, if • fervent
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other offences of serious charaester, imprisonment
is only inflicted after default In payment of •
i fine, offences under Masters' and Servants' Acts
ore punishable by imprisonment only. There is,
little do be said in favour of the logical symmetry of
, this system. The question is whether the mations be.
, tween employer and employed are in such a state in this
, eountry as to excuse or justify. its maintensnee and
' perpetuation. We must confess that we look in vain
s through the report for any argument or testimony going
t nearly this length. It is urged that the present law is
, well known, and that its existence is aejuieseed in by
f those who are most likely to come within its range.
i But ttese representations oonnot be treated with much
i respect in the face of the numernua and earnest, though
, respectfully urged, complaints of some of the witnesses
, whom the committee examined. It Is only fair, how.
, ever, to remark that the committee, while nreognising
, the present sttte of the law as objectionable and unaatiss
' factory, have refrained from recommending the entire
' abolition of the power to imprison. MR harmony of
I sentiment on the more substantial per{ of the grieves*,
I complained of ought sorely to smooth tbe way to an
amicable adjustment of the difficulties of the question.