The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-17 00:00:00

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Some facts respecting the growth of
lly been issued
sbyNtheeßekitirsiGe,
of more than a purely local intereit, a)
the area occupied by the metropolis is 78,(
122 square miles, including 2,718 acres of
The population resides ar,S..mean elevati(
above Trinity high-watel mark, varying from 11 feet
below it in Plumstead Marshes, to 429 feet above it in
Ham pat pa . At the census. 0y871.,th ere were vvi thi n this
area 417,767 inhabited houses, 'containing an average
of seven persons to ns. house. The annual rateable
value of property in London is twenty millions ster-
ling. There are, _on an averNß,42-persons--to- every-
arid-26,674 to a square mile. Last year there
were 121,000 births, and 76,000 deaths in London,
so- that there was an increase of populatio-
the" extent of 45,000. This is double the rate
of increase okidilniiiied" with -1851, a fact which
shows the astonishing progress made by.the place dur-
ing the past quarter of a century'. - The births in
London during one twelve months exceeded 6-4 -entire
population of Buckinghamshire; the deaths were
within 6,000 of the number of. inhitbitants in the par-
liamentary borough OrL,Blackburn; and the increase
of the people imeesded 'by 6,000 the population of
Cheater. A Cockney has been described as a person
born within the sound of Bow Bells in Cheapside, and
that the proportion of those in London now is any-
thing but large is attested by the fact that when the
census of 1871 was taken, there were twelve hundred'
thousand persons living in our midst who had been
born in the provinces. That-is to say, one million two
hundred thousand souls had, at one time or another,
left their homes in the country to settle in the
capital. The commerce upon its river, the parks and
squares, the palaces of the west,
,the alleys of the
east, the stately piles of public buildings, and the
unpretending habitations wherein congregate the
poor, form a wonderful' picture.for contemplatio*--
a great volume from wllich iliany lessons may be
learned:—
"in steeples upward_ springing, read prayer struck into
stone ;
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Ern'prisons barred anitatiaik7gaa aline, and curse, and
_
groan;
In lighted West-end houses, read health, and warmth, and
show;
In foul St. Giles's hovels, read squalor, want, and woe."

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- cocoireiging answer
,tha, ferwartwelinr& es
from his destination the accuracy of which assert n
must be questioned,' Cetain Blon said, "Then 'll
make France.l- GiVel. lsome rp brandy." An n-
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voluntary cheer, but a arty *teas here given by
thoe.on board Le staarnar. Rip progress during the
next Lbottr or' so was watched with some interest,
because he proved himself to be in much better
form than, when he started.: At twelve o'clock the
rain 'ceased, the sky became brighter, and the spirits
of all began to rise. Boyton had some cherry brandy,
and at one o'clock came alongside the steamer for a
cigar. An hour afterwards he was observed to desist
paddling and it was thotight that he had given in or
else had loset his paddle, but upon his brother rowing
off to him it seemed that he only required a little
'brandy. ' Having swallowed a small quantity, he re-
sumed his voyage, and was travelling along in fine
style when, at two o'clock, the mail packet Napoleon
111., from Folkestone to Boulogne, steamed past hir-
her passengers loudly cheering him as he saluted them
with his paddle. The captain of the packet was hailed
by means of a speaking trumpet, and requested to
• announce at Boulogne that "all was well," a message
which it PM afterwards ascertained he had duly de-
, lived to the several thousand people on the look-out
at that port for Captain Boyton's arrival. At 3.20 the
traveller again partook of a stimulant, and was as
brisk and as lively as could be wished for at four
o'clock, when the steamer from Boulogne to Folke-
stone passed him, those on board giving him 'al* en-
couraging cheer, and the steamer dipping her tag—a
compliment returned from the tug) where the Ameri-
can flag was lowered.
From this hour until half-past five the Captain kept
at work, ceaselessly moving his paddle from right to
left, although no one on board could give him any
positive answer to his question as to how far he was
from land. . . . There was no sign of land, the wind
was increasing in violence, and everything seemed to
promise a very nasty night, It therefore became a
matter of serious consideration among those on board
whether, seeing that pilot and captain had different
ideas as to what course should be taken to reach land
—the tug being supposed to show Captain Boyton
how to go , on—and seeing that both steamer and
man were drifting, about just as the current
carried them, some positive decision should not be
taken as to stopping the experiment. Mr. I3oyton was
consulted, but still expressed his confidence that his
brother could and would land on the French coast,
even if he had to keep in'the water another twelve
hours. The pilot was then spoken to, and it was found
that he would not or could not state.positively where
the tug was, although be hazarded several guesses.
No encouragement could be got from the commander
of the tug; and, as it was clear that no one would
undertake any responsibility, it Was thought necessary
to have something like a satisfactory arrangement
before darkness set in. The pilot-was-thereupon asked
to state whether there was any chance, of Boyton reach+
ing land that night, and his reply was -that after da74
light he would no longer be responsible .for Oaptaini
Boyton's safety. Furthermore, the captain of the tugj
stated that, with such a sea as was then running, i
would be almost impossible for hisrmen to remain in
boat astero, which would be ,abeoltstelt ntcels . '
Captain Boytou was to be kept within sight. '4.
brother was thereupoAyseriously remonatrated with
and at length he very. reluctantly consented ta_
Captain Boyton that, as the ialue.of his invention had
been practically proved, he onglittitsjtkitigkelipro- ,
-iinised to be a dirty one, to abandmlis projectostad 1
--eome on board. Even now. paßtith Ataftolugojald
.llnt be prevailed upon ta "giiie m,:ancf it-was. ax)t
ritustil he was told that no one knewdor certain,
I where he was, and that the apparently ever-changing'
Astid most contrary currents might carry him fur.;
ther than ever from land, that he .yielded. Having!
unshipped his sail, he wished it to be understood that .
he die not get on board of his own accord, and he:
vigorously paddled round the steamer in order to sle- I
rnonstrate that he was still strong enough to , continue I
his journey. He then, at 6.15 p.nt., went on board, and
was rewarded with a cheer which showed that
sub-
mission to the advice of all on the tug was properly
appreciated. Scarcely a drop of waterla.d.penetrated ,
' his dress, although he had' been in- the Water, as we !
have already stated, within a few minutes of fifteen .
hours. He was in excellent spirits, and his tempera- i
• ture was only one degree below its normal condition;
indeed, the medical authority was of opinion that his
physical condition was such that he could have re 6
mained in the water and continued 'his exertions for lt
. ......
another six hours.
Soon afterwards it was discovered that the tug was '
some few miles to the eastward of Cape Grisnez, and
she at once steamed in a westerly direction for
Boulogne, outside of which port she was brought to
an anchor between seven and night o'clock. Captain
Boyton then assumed his india-rubber dress, and was
taken into the harbour by the boat of a Boulogne lugger ,
that had accompanied the tug from Dover in order to
render assistance if required. Arriving co late there
was, of course, no publio reception, as had been nro-
posed by the local authorities, but a large number of
people had =enabled on the quays. Captainßoyton was
taken to the bathing establishment, „where_ a warm
bath 'was in readiness for him 2... ;;-.-Nd -onel- who paw
him during the fifteen hours could qtrestibii either the
value of his invention or the indomitable energy of its
patentee. Though sorely tried for the first few hours,
Captain I3oyton's remakable powers of endurance
enabled him subsequently to display an amount of
strength. that astonished every one, and if be did not
succeed in his bold attempt, it was apparent that it
was only because the elements were against him, and '
not from tiny physical incapacity on his own
,part, or
any defect in his apparatus. . . 1 ktilil' g
iii II
Referring to Captain Boyton's effort in ;bb c;snse of
humanity, the Daily New:, in a leader, sa9Pl32-
If there are victories which in their effects bearlffehoom-
fortable likeness to defeats, so there are failures will-eh prac-
tically amount to something hardly to be distinguished from
success. Such a failure, if it ought to get the name at all,
was Captain Boyton's attempt to swim across the Channel
between England and France. It is more than probable that
if the stout switomer had been left in the water he would
actually have reached the French mast in safety, and so
have won his success to the letter as well as in the spirit It
seems almost certain that with a calmer sea and more
favouring winds and tides he will be able to accomplish the
task, should he try it again, with something almost like ease.
At the same time, we are far from finding fault with
the decision adopted by the crew of the steamer which
compelled Captain Boston to desist from his ' effort
even though he and his brother still protested that he had
plenty of swimming power left in him. The natural ardour
and self-confidence of a brave man endeavouring to carry
out a self-chosen enterprise would be very likely to drive
him to a somewhat reckless generosity in risking his physical
powers, and would lead him to make a mistake in measuring
the resources of the body by the power of the spirit. There
are many examples in the history of enterprises which
depend on physical endurance to show that a man often
mistakes the last desperate effort to which his
courage spurs and whips his strength for the mere
continuance of the body's ordinary power, and so
, dooms himself to fall exhausted when perhaps within sight
of success. There was no such turgent necessity for Captain
Boyton's crossing the Channel on the particular occasion of
his first experiment as to make it worth while risking sq,
useful a life in the prosecution of the attempt beyond reasos.l
able measure. Even in the tierce arena which M. Gerome'
has painted, there was respect enough for courage and
endurance to make the spectators, however greedy of sense- ,
tion, desirous that the qualities they admired should not be ,
taxed beyond reason. The world does not want to see Cap-.
tam n Boyton sacrificed to the technical success of his experi-
ment. . . . .
Besides, the world has a greater claim on Captain Boyton '
than on most other performers of extraordinary feats. We
have had already a great many bold and skilful swimmers
who attempted, and even accomplished, surprising ventures.
There were great swimmers before and after Leander and
pyron and Mr. Ekenhead. Julius Ceasar's feat has been
tried again and again, though with less important loads than
the " Commentaries "to test the swimmer's skill. Two
years ago an attempt was made to cross the Channel by mere
smimming, which failed at a comparatively early period of
the enterprise, because the swimmer's body soon became be
numbed from cold. All such efforts as these, 'however,
are but curiosities to the general public. They belong to the
same class as the efforts to walk a thousand miles in a thou-
sand halt hours, to lift enormous weights, or to go without
food for some extraordinary length of time. They only show
at the very best what a strain the human system can. bear
under conditions entirely peculiar and exceptionaL They
are absolutely without importance to human beings in
general, and the interest or curiosity they excite is therefore
any thing but an elevated kind of feeling. It's certain that man's
swimming powers are at the best of a poor and limited capacity
when set to struggle against wind and cold. The swimmers ot
. uthern seas, who can pass their days now in the water and
, ow in the canoe, to whom an upset from the boat into th
ave
,ftereetihs
the shore,
shn° more
ore,a co
re ahcardulnyt
etnhyanbetthteerj jumping ptihnegh boat"inethorstehlevee if' f -;
'Thit to try their powers of endurance against the chilly;
!dirges of the wind-scourged Northern seas. In the story of
a shipwreck which occurred on one of our coasts some fifteen',
or sixteen years ago is recorded the gallant effort of a Malay
seaman to reach the shore, in order to carry a line there. He I
had been accustomed to an almost amphibious life in the 1
water around his native peninsula ; but he found himself no
better able to cope with our benumbing waves and our cruel '
winds than any of the English sailors. Swimming saves
many a life in our rivers and our bathing-places; but it is '
only in the rarest cases that mere swimming saves a life
when there is a shipwreck in the open sea. The difference
there between the chances of an ordinary good swimmer
such as we may see by dozens at any bathing-place, and a
man capable of performing some exceptional feat of swim.
ruing, is hardly, worth taking into consideration. Even
during the summer season there are days when at some of
the favourite resorts of the French northern coast, no swim.
mer, however hardy, will venture into the sea. Ills evident,..
therefore, that in the way of saving life at sea there is not:
much to be done by extraordinary feats of swimming.
Anybody can easily learn to do as much, or almost
as much, as human strength and skill ran oppose
with any practical effect to the perils of the sea.
Wrecks do not usually occur in soft summer seas when no
wind lashes the water, and in a midnight storm in the Bay of
Biscay or midway in the North Atlantic an average good
swimmer is about on a level with the expert who can accom-
plish his seven miles of river or can light and smoke his suc-
cessive cigars while floating on the surface of an enclosed 1
bathing tank. The winds, the waves, and the atmosphere
deal with the one pretty much as with the other. The blood
chills and the limbs benumb nearly alike in both cases.
The Hercules of the circus is no better off than any of us
when matched against an antagonist armed with a revolver.
The professional runner has hardly any better chance of
getting out of the way of a railway train than his less accom-
plished neighbour. The interest which we all attach to the,
experiment of Captain Boyton rests chiefly on the fact that
it is not a mere tour de force, a display of curiously-acquired
skill useless at an example, and barren of result ; but that it
Is the trial of a practical experiment to show how life can
easily be preserved at sea, the test of a mechanical invention
which can be made available for the weak and the strong,
"e brave and the timid, the skilled and the unskilled alike
`ed from this point of view, Captain Boyton's ex-
..s must fairly be set down as a success. He remained
hours in the water, daring a night and day, when, as

bear
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Ara Voiftgaiinee of-ite-Boulognie-
Society on Monday evening, the president presented
Captain Boyton with a gold medal, accompanied by
complini_ gW,,,expressicani,op-thepaOial success4eikist
itudertaUdt 7he ciptainA who passed Boyton'ou hit
passageerpregsed their satisfaction that he was plc]
up within four miles of Cape G-risnez. The reception
given to the captain by the 'mayor and , citizens of
Boulogne at the grand Etablissement des Bain* was a
very magnificent 2.4.
itOOs_a
Captain Boytod Avent through his experiments at
Boulogne on Tuesday. Originally he proposedqtl
enter the sea from the pier: It was found, however
that the balustrade wait' unsift, especially at the part
he had selected. The Mayor of the town accordint
prohibited all access to the pier) and Captain Boyton,„
was obliged to confine his exhibition to the spate bit-a
tween the bridge leading to the railway station and
the Casino. An immense erowd assembled, and tho
experiments excited great enthusiasm.

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:ordingly

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THE USE AND ABUSE OF THE
-
WORLD. . 1
In London on Sunday afternoon, a sermon was
liNered on "Social Distinctions," before a large con-
gregation, at St. James's Church, Piccadilly, by the
Dean ef Manchester, being the second, of the series of
discourses commenced the previous Sunday on "The
Use and Abuse of the World." Prayers having beer(
.1 read by the rector, the Rey. J. E. Kempe, the preache
announced as his text the 35th Verse of the 9th chapt
of St. Mark's Gospel —'' If any man desire to be fir ,
the same shall be last of all, and servant of. all." He
began by asking who amongst them was willing to ac-
cept that saying, and to be "lest of all, and servant o
all," in order to be the first of all.--Let no min has-
tily say that he was willing to accept the Lord's regal"
ing. None of them would put .it away from theni: iii
words, but who was he that was willing to __-
upon it? In the revival of Church principles
thirty years ago, when he was a curate in London
they had what was called "the dinner of the rich and
poor," when they sat down together without distind
tion of social rank; but that was little more than a
protest against the disassociation of classes. Thef
lived in a- state of 'what was -called civilised society'
_
where the distinctions of rank, and gradation, ay-
social standing were universally,repognised, and,,thp?
asked themselves the question was that state cOmpatibl&
with due obedience to the Gospel. The Anit cimvell
to Christianity for a time obeyed literallyli istie pl-tce
as "Go and sell all that thou haat and give it to tit
poor ;'' but after a while that was found to'bii impracog
ticable, though the spirit of what was taught bri
Christ and His Apostles on that subject had to-bev
carried out. There were still persons who were willi
to devote themselvei to good works Ins which social diak
tincbions were altogether dropped, or only ,recognised as
things which carried with them responsibility on the
one hand; and enhaneed theipletasure 'ol those who
, were the itill*te:of good OffiC6`bn the other . lii the
rSidtkiktediortiielfeforiaster*,"fhis'iktill, and the .sick
bed, in the garret, in the cellar, in the foul alley, and
in the refuge, thank God there was often seen' the
Christian principle of equality. There "the rich and
the ....it* meet together,l-racomiising-- their. COMIBOr
Lon —would that such akencies were mOtiplied—
lar
brlStilatetitedi' !: ii • trek greater ' degree than
niany imagined who Waiygnorant of the vast ex-
tent of Church works It must be admitted that
social distinctions and social separations engendered
stratigeness, alienations, and *ant of syru:
and he wished to point out -fvhat werKtber 'il; i.ei.
and how they might best be reinedied. .! irs t
4of, aUjpirg,was the relation_ of master" and liervant.
"iiiiiifire-r—in the old English Spectator said that he had
never known more thar me or taro families - where
good servants were ti.c. With theVonsideration they
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dis nee ween master and servant had rather in-
creased than diminished. : There had beep abenrd at-3
te sto latter-this relation. and establish a forced sys'
te of social equakt, Lc) served, and.
etc woo/ er.o tie.rV .1),!lt,{1 s- servants themselves
to be -alio to resign the inconvenient
and disagreeable position in which .they found thensl-1,
Selves. The true relationship between master and.eerf
vent would be this— the master, regarding the rterVant
as a member lotchtt Wilily, ehtiiild, c'aie fortlielwell-
bring, Control, it-dyne, comfort, and respect ,him, and
be considerate, kind, and- Courteous towards'llthrr,
remembering that he too had "a Master in Heaven.?'
The servant should „do _service _ a 4 -to the; I,Prd
and not to marr,lhaVAVsliould fulfil thetTutlii-istigned
to him by God with fidelity, thrift, truth, and honesty.
'their -women servants—in -the- -household- often had
more regard shown for them than the men veittrents.-
The ladies of the household would oftener advise the
female servants help ten]._ in self-improvement, and
enco i urage them n their religious duties, but he feared
that very few masters so concerned themselves about
the men in the house, in the stable, in the garden
or in the park. Another very important rela-
tionship was that which existed btween operati'm
and large empinyers of labour. The emPlOferaihogot all
he could out of his workpeople for theArages he pad
them, and did nothing More, looking upon them as mere
money-making machines, was : h/mself 1 More like
a money-making Machine than a- consistent' Chris 3
tian man. If he acted a Christiah part he would
provicie fat the comfort and well-being of those by
*hose labours in became rich. Besides paying them
liberally he would encourage-providence and tli
among them; he woula piovide good schools for th
children and a dispensary for the sick ; he wottld Pen-
sion off the e,ged and ptovide easy - workldr old ser-
vg.nts *; and he would endeavour to secure for them
club rooms and healthy dwellings. The correlative
duties on the part of the workman were that he
should be honest, punctual, thrifty, and .do his best:'
Then there was ,the-Lcase, of - the onstomer and
the retail tradesman. The antannism.. hetween
them arose-, out 'of Ihesii . fitlts. Oh: the -pait of
the customer there *as in many cases dishonesty,
delay in payment, and- :on ' the part of some
entire omission to pay. On the other hand, the trades-
man in his anxiety to cover his losses made his
pro4tsunjustly large, so that the honest customer had
to pay the debts of the dishonest. Hence had arisen
the co-operative stores, where customers soUght to
obtain goods at Moderate prier
adulteration which was anothe•

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"high pressure " principle& There is really ni)
reason why the clerk or shopman should dress in
broadcloth and wear a chimney-pot hat, but that
custom demands it. If any one doubts the blighting
effect of respectability,. let him le the effect of
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UORUITING FOR THE ARMY.
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on, oil yitte—inoCin,-thii-dis-Fisia'on Captain
Hime's prize essay was continued. General Sir A/W-
-ham Codrington occupied the chair. 1 •
~, A,mong the efficer4..present were those who attended
tivial, a form4-occati.e.A.- - Thoilywho took part in the
IrOdeikli:Fig's, Ili-Jr views" beingenerilly opposed to
Japt. Hime's, were Captain Ward, Colonel P. Cot,
JolotielliDFer V, _ REE, Coinmissary-General Waltoh,
ayraaster" Wetherhead;:. Colonel Lumley Graham
and Brigadier-General Adye—tie_last-n o - . officer
'being strongly of opinion that/lair artily never .n
better condition for active service than a . •sent. ,
Capt. Liime, in raoly to his critics, both in that hall
, and in the press, saidrhedid net want a conscription now,
khrat that it was inevitable. • He heari the torrent behind
- him, and although he did not khOW -Where, it was only
7common prudence to embank and entrench the house.
There were many things which he had been accused of
aving out of the essay which he should have touched
silkpon, but then it should be remembered that he was
bound down to thirty-two pages, and therefore it was
impossible for him to have gone into all the questions
,connected with so large a subject as the one he had
attempted to deal with. He concluded by repeating
the words he had used in his essay, namely-, that the
conscription is a logical and necessary consequence of
rile
the industrial progress of modern Europe.
The meeting then adjourned. - -

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SIR CHARLES REED ON SCHOOL
BOARD EXPENDITURE.
In London, a new Boatd school, situate in Albany.
row, Neate-street, near Albany•eMberwell, was
opened on Monday iNtiner-The school will afford
accommodation for 788- children, and -.there is a com-
modious playground in front, and another,. equally
commodiots, in 416 rear of the building. I'he cost,
including the site; bad been at the rate of £9 10s. for
each child, an amount which is below t erage.
Sir C. Reed, the chairman of tha 00l Board
for London, took the chair, and ' :le course
of his remarks Said, that be had en recently
in the pubic prints, with considerable regret, charges
brought against the London School Board of extra-
vagance. In answer to that charge, what he bad
fIC wits that-iv-Ith due regard to the enduring
raloter of their schools they had exercised a most
6ar economy in providing the schools erected
over the metropolis, which he thought he might
-.

somefinies-that their schools cost more than the volun-
tary schools. He at 'ince admitted that it was most
likely that. they did co,t nor 6 than Many of what

_ .
and the members of that church considered it desirable
to ifiaaitilayichool,.: -It was put near the church; fre-
quently it was on part of the site, so that the school
site was not purchased, but was already in the hands
of these who built the church. Then the building it-
self was not of the same character as those built by
the School Board. The height of the rooms was less;
the playground was not so large, and indeed there was
no playground at all to many of these schools. Then
he was bound to say that the expense of the building,
als3,So great hecause-the building generally
was not so good as those which the Board had
thought it wise to erect. With regard to thi.
particular school, they had been enabled' to obtain ,a
large site, some 15,000 square feet, for less than
£1,000; but sometimes they had to pay £6,G00, and
even £lO,OOO for a site, and they paid these large sums
in order that they might put the school where the
children were, and sometimes they had to take down
houses which were ,9nc4the• site, and sometimes busi-
ness was carried' on ;# ,those houses, and all this
involired compensation: And yet, in the interest
of the poor people of the district, they had to secure
their site at whatever cost. Then they took care
all cases to have a playground. A good deal of th
work of education was done in the playground. But
a playground was of no use if It was covered with
loose gravel, so they had it laid down with tart
pavement, and that cost money. Then they had to
build walls to secure the children within the premises.
Then, again, in order to make their teachers comfort-
able, they provided in the schools a room where they
could have a meal in the daytime, and a room in which
they couhl teach the pupil-teachers. Then there was
a care-taker on the premises, and he required rooms in.
the building. Then they had pegs for the children to
hang their caps, bonnetsitAlid; cloaks on. In many
voluntary schools there was no provision for all
this, and the result was great disorder, but in their
schools everything .mnATbr in .-Mader. Then they
went to the expense • lataftried: Of course th
children ought to come clean to school. But the
did not. Then they provided boitokg, 'a cost whic
the voluntary schools had not thfown upon themi.
All these were additional expenses, and in consequen
the coat per head in their schools generally came on
higher than the cost per head in what wer
called the voluntary schools. Then while the fees •
the voluntary schools were 6d. and 4d. a week, in thes
schools they were 2d. and id., and they had to pay th
fees for the very poorest children;' Then they ha
taken 3,600 children from the streets:mid the magis
trate sent them to a reformatory. When the paren
could pay they found him out and made him pay; bu
these children were the outcasts, and he was sure th
ratepayers of London would never regret that they took
these waifs and strays and gave them instruction so as
to enable them to make their way afterwards in the
world. Then they had to pay from 100 to 200 visito •
to make the children punctual in their attendance a
school. The voluntary schools had not this expense. The
School Board did this for them. Their visitors were
charged never to tell the parents where to send a child,
and the voluntary schools' OA (their schools filled in
this way at the expense of the ratepayers. There-
fore he thought there was no-reason for this indiseri-
minate charge of reckless expenditurnron the part of
the School Board. There was -net-inte-in saying-ihe
schools were not wanted; they filled, and filled not ky
.ësptyjng.,other schools if theyvir
, ere'-:. good.- -'216
School Board had but one object. They knew no
Ildenomination; no sectarianism i; they' were` the
friends of all :the schools in., the district. They
'clesireil to bring up the children to a virtuous life ; they I
'-desired that the children'sliduld not be deprived of th%l
highest moral training that wag based en the Werdia 1'
God.
!moues fair ave.... el "wit mina's* sisod 1

!t, asi!t
MILITARY DRILL IN SCHOOLS.

In London,. on Mondays, .a...depu,talidocin the
SocietY of ArtsAtidihe honotitof are fiaW+M* with
H.R.H. the Duke of Cambriske,lhe Commander-in-
Chief. The. 41bPutatibri 4Ceinuseds-ofMaj or-General
F. Es..y-IVilinot, R.A., t.ha, C. .. ..,,,,. . ok the
Conseil-Mfr. E. Chadwick, 'C.YF.', :i : dr.. ,' 'Cole
K.C.8., Colonel A. Angus Croll, Mr. W. . Fitzwilliam, Captain O'Hea, Admiral Right Hon. L9rd
Ularene:e =Paget, 1C.C.8., and Mr. Seymour Teulouc,.
attended by the Secretary, Mr. Le Neve.Foster. .
General Eardley.Wilmot, in introducing the depu-
tation, remarked. ,:that the Society ;of Arts had for
some time been. promoting the adoption of drill into
schools as an important element in' the education of
the young. They advocated it not milk as facilitating
the carrying on the work of any school by engendering
habits of dicipline and.obedienpe, as well as being at
the same thlie conducive to liefilth, and inapmuch as it
really formed a considerable feature in the military
kystem of the country, the Council ventured to seek
the aid of the Commander-in-Chief in furthering the
object the Society had in view. .
: Sir Henry Cole, Mr. Chadwick, and other gentle-
men having npokeno
His Royal Highness said he sympathised entirely
with the views which had been put before him by the
Society, but a question of finance was involved in the
subject on which he must speak to the Secretary of
State for War. There could he no two opinions as to
the advantage of drill in a national paint of view. At
Christ's Hospital the discipline had been greatly
improved by the introduction of drill. If, by
accustoming lads to it, they could' be induced
to take to the army as tin occupation, it would.
no doubt aid the recruiting very largely, which was
now much interfered with by the state of the labour
market. There was, however, some difficulty in obtain-
ing instructors. Non-commissioned officers even for
the army were not so readily obtained in sufficient
numbers, and if to this was added the instruction of
lads in schools, he feared this would add to the diffi-
culty. As far, howaver, as the Horse Guards could
act to aid in the matter which the Society had at heart
they would be glad to do so: - ~..
The deputation, having thanked his ItoyalHighnsss,
then withdrew. -- • _ .
e:a a 1,.. fart( rl -. • - : : , 0 =
‘,._y
10.xst` -tilalttints 4ittellig.tutt,
at 'IOiCEO2IIE, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL. :
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7 REVIAION 011 TIIIII AUTHORISED VERSION.
The Company appointed -for the Revision of the
Authorised Version of the Old Testament held theit
thirty-first session last week in the Jerusalem-chamber:r
The following members were present :—Professor
Chenery, Dr. Davies, Mr. Elliott, Dr. Ginsburg, Drr
Gotth, Archdeacon Harrison,' Dr. Kay, Professor
'Stanley Leathes; Mr. Lumby, Canon Perow_ne, P.
fesor Robertson Smith', and Mr. Aldier-
(secretary). Communications were received from the
Bishop of Llandaff, Bishop Thirlwall, Dr. Lindsay
lexander, Professor Birrell, Dr. Douglas, an
wield, *ho'iiere-utiable to be present. ..-
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TIIE BEST •IVIIIITARY • DRAWING.--..UTRWIII
°lir Pigterzi) ~.: a*.J....i.i., 7 (..r. nun ( -
"A' TELEGRAPH Dl*A.4l.77Telegrapli clerks
mill hear with alarm 44 -telegraphic paralysis, a new
malady reported by a French physician to the 2Arki
idemi6 des Sciences. An employe, who bad bieri-en-
gaged in a telegraph office for nine years, found that
he could not foun clearly the letters IT, represented
ti tWo dots and a stroke, I, by two dots, and S by
three dots. On trying to trace the letters his hand
became stiff and cramped. He then endeavoured to
use his thumb alone, and this sueceeded for two years,
Faohen his. thumb was similarly attacked, and he sub-
equently tried the first and second fingers, but in two
Fttlis these were also paralysed. . Finally; he had
iecourie- to the wrist, w ich also shortly became
islibled. If he ' i
forced "himself to use his hand, both
tard awl arm shook; vinlentiy,, and: cerebral excite.
Slit ensiled. It appears that this disorder is very
ommon among telegraph plerks.—Graphic. • .
, SiIItRESIYITS OV' WIND, STRING:, AND WEA-
itER.—A " Ifferer,"' reduced to slif.4tt ,tiY•thiPE'iiit
, ..cs to ask whether the barmy lireetei (51 ,
often spoken of by the poets) blow from the (y)east ?--.1
Another'" Sufferer," with the-same sad results from
the chamber-music mania of the moment, asks, by the
dame post, the difference between atuning-fork and a
pitch-fork ?—Puri,ch. • al Ai
„Ha-A ~
! THE HISTORY oy aaveravr..-The Grand Duke
iiolrolas Nicholaievitch, Inspector-General of Russiase
avalry, has determined, with'the sanction of the Ern-
e ror of Russia to offer for the three best essays-on-
the e subject of the history of:cavalry thoe.
a 000, 3,000, and 2,000 rouble a respectivtol;
t encourage international scientific intercoursedie In
, ecided irthrow" the -comPEtAion °pea to all afniiik,
,but for gn competitors will baist to get their NW.4O.
tions tr selati4 iiftsii Ittississtr.-4.,A11. competingiti 8
Ymiit b handed in at St. Pe -4r...basl4.l—be
‘it.,{l3t ,o anuary„ wet icy will be carefully
c anil4 '.biri a committee nbniii".444, by ha, fl?i3erial ,
[thilesi;.and the pries adM4eA , bill 1{44 salsa 1
"A SHOW FROM A STRIIN:CHASER. if-LI/Wren.
DiduyVii 'make it up' With Mrs. Tarragon" (t_his ,
- - .)Ic,
.wh,o had been very unpopular down -stair
:eft to" be married to -a flourishing' GPeengroek
"
,leiclhbourhood). "before she 'went, Jane ?"---„
... *aid.. "0; yes,,'M, we Parted 'quite Friendly,7
.'iiinigiiit tsays to her,' I' says, jest as,shp was a
Min'''hitii •. the Cab' *E.alth aild 'AppineSs,' I wish
nitMts. Tarrygon,' Ze, 'but I should 'a thought
Mr..Brockley might 're-chose-a younger and a better-
akin' Wornia,'Tsaittfl2--"Punch.. .
THE EDUCATION-- -GRANT. The average
saber of scholars in attendance in schools inspected
.lltwyr 147- .ff schools -in Alio year
NVis 1,qV3,589 in 'day,
n 1169184 and the esti,
aolaisjer Whom
_gr4nts
line 'the 318t.0f Maxel,
t4Pre,_andAB97 in evening
estanitiq;,,numhers, are
7.,272,1,_,7Lec!pe "evening
0 - tb.e MI ancial year-
.' -•-" and 7s. 6cl"
•
liii me votes propo4 this session
kik% Are: £4548,563, for England,*94
increase of £191,711 over the vote wt.
At ;1P faN Scotland, besides £6,497.16E7
the - the tap .items phowing f.inl in.
cr( total for Great 'Eritarn iv,
therefore, 41,9'11,470, an incremt of R 335,716,

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A DETERMINED PATRIOT. —The following
anecdote is related in connection with the recent feel
at Venice :—A " patriot " of 1848.9, who had, &NI
repeated applications, obtained no redress for injuriel
received during those eventful years, waited for the
King on the Riva, intending to present his petition in
person whilst his Majesty was stepping into his bag!
en route for the Lido. The man missed his mark, an°
waited at the wrong steps. Perceiving his mistake;
he fixed his petition in the brim of his hat and leape°
into the water. So bravely did he swim out that be
reached the royal boat at a curve of the river, and 011161
of the attendants of the King taking, the_ petition
and dry from his hat presented it to his IS._aje6ty.
petitioner's wish has been granted.
THE LIGHT AT THE CLOCK TOWER.---The
signal light at the clock tower of the Houses a Po;
liament was shown on Monday night for the first t,152;
in its new position, which is at a mater elevation tuil
the temporary one. The present lantern is construae
specially for the lurpose of showin the light_ bY
_

i mag in
_tysDat in '-h
0.1 ,r. - -`The wholi-la,
Into a 'cheerfulness it has
we. ,d which- under present -
can hardly prehend. The su
villas as they eddy crUmbled away w
renewed. 11 would be no more of t
prim drawin,g-roctms, with" their ,ill-n
and glaring, carpets; no more -izi er
to give good dinners witirill-eNked fo
; no more insolent dishonest seszants
not least, no more imposing funeraN