The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-18 00:00:00

Mr. J. LYON M'LEOD (late consul at Mozam-
bique) seconded the resolution. He referred to
how much had been done to suppress the slave trade.
The number of slaves exported per annum had been
reduced from 150,000 to 50,000, but more must be
done before the trade was extinguished. One squa-
dron was of no use while slavetraders reaped a pro-
fit of 1,400 per cent. on their traffic. The best means
they could adolA was to make the traffic unprofita-
ble; this was to be done by the cultivation of Afri-
can produce by Africans under British protection.
There were two weeds growing there—cotton and
indigo—in sufficient quantities to clothe the whole
human race, and dye it blue into the bargain; the
cultivation of these weeds would not only do good
to the country itself, but would give the whole
world a cheaper article, inasmuch as cotton from
New Orleans, which was being now sold at 9d, or
10d. per lb., could be made in Africa for 4d. All
that was required. to achieve this was the infusion
of the skill of the white races among the negroes of
Africa.

The resolution was carried unanimously.

Mr. B. SEYMOUR moved :—" That this meeting
recognises in the special qualities of the African
race the promise of an African nationality, and an-
ticipates in that nationality a valuable element in
the commonwealth of nations." The hon. gentle-
man dwelt on the advantages in a commercial point
of view which had resulted from British protection
in other parts of the world. The Africans had in
them, he said, the seeds of civilization, and they
only needed cultivation to bring them up to a level
with European races. All we had to do was to
teach them the requirements of a civilized life, and
he was sure they had intelligence enough to gratify
them.

Lord STRATHEDEN said a few words in support
of the resolution, which was carried.

Lord CALTHORPE moved the third resolution. It
was, " That, while deploring the threatened cotton
famine in the manufacturing districts of the north,
this meeting cannot but see in the present crisis the
means of securing our own cotton supply for the
future, and also of destroying the African slave-
trade by the development of the vast natural cotton
fields of Western Africa." The noble lord remarked
that the American war had taught the people of
this country that which they ought to have learned
before—namely, the uncertainty of the dependence
on one field for the supply of cotton ; the only
remedy was by the cultivation of the plant in other
parts of the world. England was to some extent
responsible for the introduction of the slave traffic
into America, and was bound to do all she could to
remedy that evil.
Mr. EDWARD GEM, merchant, seconded the reso-
lution, which was carried.
The Rev. HIGHLAND GARNETT, of New York,
moved the fourth resolution, "That the introduction
of Christian coloured families from Canada into
Africa is eminently calculated to advance the influ-
ence of Christianity and civilisation in that country."
Mr. CAMPBELL (Canada) seconded the resolution.
He had, he said, just shipped in a vessel from Lon-
don about £250 worth of cotton machinery, which
he intended to follow as fast as he could and take
from Lagos up the river Ogou to Abbeokuta; when
there he should take in some land, get labourers to
plant cotton, and purchase all the cotton from the
natives that his means would allow, and ship it to
this country. To show that the negroes were a
trading race he mentioned the fact that in the in-
terior of Africa he found articles of luxury which
had been imported from Europe and by the cara-
vans across the Desert, the trader not daring, how-
ever, to approach the Western Coast of Africa for
fear of the slave dealer.

The resolution was adopted, as was also the fol-
,owing

" That, considering the vast influence of commerce as an
associate of civilisation and religion, this meeting recog-
nizes in the cultivation of cotton and other natural products
of Africa the great industrial motive power for the raising
of that continent, and pledges itself to support the African
Aid Society in its endeavours to promote those enterprises."
A vote of thanks to the Mayor terminated the
proceedings.

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TILE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.—The EL, glish
were entertained fore:liaLoso°rn'tlo°fn
osi:flootuetl to Australia are to b banqueted at the
'o
"littlerid ridge, eg, 0 t;11, i
ats evening.i‘iortioe k ,
sT he
(the They
ham Arms, Earley
long stop) brOthef
forzse on Tuesday evening, at the Dur-
illustrates the same us of
the late Bishop of London
rod, close to the Oval.•
A favourite story
who lived quite alone°and mere words :—An old woman,
a little girl fram the wwohrklaenwoaUs:,e helpless, had adopted
arynd brought her up till
she had become a useful hel
and was to her as she was about sixteen,
mate for her in her householdc
daughter. The child, however,oneenis,
servant in a
persuaded to leave
with her,
the old woman, and was enticed away was
farm-house. Some of the neighbZgrysaetotoenfuli)eling
and expressing indignation at the un
conduct of the
g ill, the poor old woman meekly observed that
wtre only to be expected, as TA C TvCre told in ScriptureSti tlaings
theyt
"You know it is said, 'Train up a ch-l'ildto
would happen. She then quoted eriptural aUt2,ori
which was, in fact, the good woman's
lat:n. aaddt away
ineffoC ftil adding,teb vgol :k"n o w n passage, "Train up a child in
the way he should go," c•—./i'ernoli4cences of Ascotah
Zito ant VircrofOr.

Mr. Mansfield—Let us hear what the police have
to say.
Sergeant Holmes, 2 F—The baron went away to
Paris on Saturday night last, and he told me that he
would be back, if he possibly could, in time to-day.
Mr. Lewis—He will not be here, Sir, the action
has already taught him a moral.
Mr. Vaughan, a solicitor, who also appeared for the
prisoners, said he had been instructed on behalf of
the prisoners, and could tell his worship that the
party who appeared last week to prosecute, is a
colonel in the Russian army, and he is now gone off
to St. Petersburg.
Mr. Mansfield—My duty is clear. I have not
heard a title of evidence in this case, and as the
prosecutor does not now appear the prisoners are
discharged.
THE CHARGE OF WHOLESALE VICTIMISING
TRADESMEN.—EIIdn Murray, aged over 40, was
again brought up on remand, charged with having
obtainedia large quantity of goods from Mr. Butler,
linen draper, &c., of Inverness House, Bayswater.
Another female, named Elizabeth Oliver, was also
brought np, charged with being concerned with the
other prisoner.

Mr: William Venn, solicitor, of 3, New Inn,
Strand, appeared for Oliver, and a solicitor for
Murray: _ _

Mr. Venn, after the evidence had been given
against his client, made a very energetic speech, in
which ho contended she had no right to be given
in charge.
Mr. Mansfield ordered that Oliver should be
discharged.
Mr, Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, who ap-
peared to prosecute, then said that he had another
case to go into.

Mr. Richard Tyrell said he carried on business at
55, Edgware-road, On the Gth of September pri-
soner called on him and asked if Mr. Stobart had
still the shop. He replied that he had not, when
she said she came from Mrs. Captain Walker, of 7,
Southwick-street, and that the captain's lady re-
quired mourning. She ordered silks and paramattas
to be sent to the address. A young man was sent
with the goods, when she selected silks and para.
mattes to the extent of £22. On the same evening
prosecutor was informed that she had decamped,
taking the goods with her.

A number of tradesmen were again present to
prefer charges,
The prisoner was remanded till Wednesday next.

SOUTHWARK.—TITE GARROTTE ROBBERY IN
THE MlNT.—Charles Holden and Eliza Hockley,
two very bad characters, were brought up for final
examination, charged with assaulting Mr. Thomas
Oldfield, an auctioneer residing at Sheffield,. and
robbing him of £3O in gold.
The prosecutor, it appeared, was in London on
the night of the 27th ultimo, and went into one
of the worst houses in the Mint, where he treated
some girls with wine, and on the following
morning as he was about to pay for his lodging,
the male prisoner seized him by the throat,
while a female, not in custody, rifled his pockets of
0-4,:30 in gold, and the other prisoner held the door.
He positively swore to those facts at the time, and
the prisoners were remanded from time to time,
but he has neglected to attend. Last Saturday,
when the prisoners were re-examined, Sergeant
Gardener produced a letter, setting forth that the
prosecutor was unable to attend that day, owing to
the injuries received at the time of the robbery,
when Mr. Burcham further remanded them.
Mr. Burcham asked if he was now in attendance.

Coleman, 53 M, who apprehended the prisoners,
replied that ho was not. A_ notice had been for-
warded to him, warning him to be in attendance
that day, but he bad taken no notice of it. Wit-
ness believed that it was not his intention to proceed
any further in the matter. The male Frisoner was,
however, a desperate character, and the robbery
took place in one of the worst neighbourhoods in
the metropolis.

Mr. 13ureham asked if any of the property had
been found.

Coleman replied that it had not, as the female
who actually committed the robbery made her
escape, and could not be found.

Mr. Burcham observed that, as there was no pro-
secutor, the prisoners must be discharged ; but he
should adviEe them to bc more careful of themselves
for the future.

The prisoners hurriedly left the court, much
gratified at the lucky termination of the case.

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TRA.MES.—A DEN OF INFAMY.—Margaret
Smith, a dirty and withered old woman, was
brought up on remand before Mr. Woolrych,
charged 'with being conceited, with others,
in steal-
ing a silver Watch, value £5 125., a monkey-jacket,
value
Value ;i,1.., a pock Pt-book, and a variety of other
property, from a sailor named Sohn Humphrey, the
mate of the ship Rants, of Whitby, and five gold
rings, .value £lO, from the fingers of a woman
hauled Mary Anil Ahcarn, whoao hutibAud, knoVil

The young gentlemen who are now reassembling
at Oxford and Cambridge will be considerably struck
with the contrast just disclosed between college life
in England and college life in Russia. The univer-
sity of St. Petersburg was summarily closed exactly
at the time that the universities of our own country
were opened, and when the studies of the former
seminary are resumed it will only be after a violent
and alarming suspension of academical existence.
The strange story now reported acquires an addi-
tional interest from the fact that the disturbance is
traced to an imitation of England, not, indeed, on
the part of the students, but on the part of the Go-
yernment. We shall, perhaps, accomplish a double
purpose by drawing attention to the affair. The
public at home will be edified by a very curious
narrative, and authorities abroad may gain an in-
sight into the circumstances from which the cha-
racter of the English universities is really derived.
The university of St. Petersburg has been
hitherto an institution maintained as well as con-
trolled by the Russian Government. The students
paid nothing, or next to nothing, for the instruc
tion they received. The professors drew their
salaries from the public treasury, and so utterly
insignificant were the fees exacted from their classes
that nine-tenths of the whole number of undergra-
duates were provided with tuition gratuitously.
Under such circumstances it is easy to understand
from what classes of society the students of the
university were mainly furnished. Many of them
were only enabled to subsist by the charity of their
friends, and an association existed in the univer-
sity for subscribing and distributing the alms which
such necessities required. These conditions, how-
ever, of academical life were no obstacle to learn-
ing. The Professors were able, the undergraduates
were diligent, and the diffusion of knowledge pro-
duced its usual fruits in curiosity, scepticism, and
' discussion. It happened that all Russia was in a
ferment. The emancipation of the serfs, the revo-
lutionary agitation in Poland, and the countless
sources of excitement incidental to a state of tran-
sition, were all working together to produce dis-
quietude, and the University of St. Petersburg soon
showed symptoms of political fever. In short,
Russia was acquiring knowledge, but with it she
was acquiring a spirit scarcely consistent with the
obedience exacted by a despotic Government. This
was not what the authorities desired. They wished
their University to resemble Oxford or Cambridge
rather than Jena or Gottingen, and they proceeded,
according to the best of their information or power,
to give effect to their views..
The Vice-Chancellor, as we should say, of St.
Petersburg was a distinguished sailor, who had just
resigned the command of the China fleet, and his
coadjutor was a soldier of good reputation, fresh
from hard service in the Caucasus. The authorities,
in devising their scheme of University Reform, did
not propose any change in these features of acade-
mical administration. Perhaps they had heard
that the Duke of Wellington had been Chancellor
of the University of Oxford, and had inferred that
Rear-Admiral Count Putiatin was exactly the man
for his place. They did, however, take one very
notable step towards the assimilation of Oxford and
St. Petersburg in respect of University government.
They established the office of proctor. There was
some difficulty about the appointment, and consi-
derable obscurity about the duties in contempla-
tion,was instituted never.-
te,
e s
s b.O tacademical costume—a military
Thenthe the proctorship
uniform—was abolished, perhaps as a preliminary
measure to the introduction of the cap and gown ;
but the great step of all was of a financial charac-
ter. Instead of attempting, as we do, to reduce
University expenses, the Russian authorities deter-
mined to raise them. They ordained that every
student should be called upon for a contribution of
50 roubles, or about £8 55., per annum, instead of
receiving, as heretofore, a gratuitous education. Un-
fortunately, these reforms proved neither palatable
nor successful. Nobody would take the Proctorship,
and so it was given to a species of police officer who
was not a member of the University. The uniform
was prized as a distinction, and, in the absence of
any substitute, the students were unwilling to give
it up. Worst of all, however, was the new scale of
fees. If enforced, it would have /driven many of
them away from the University altogether, and pre-
cluded them from all chance of completing their
studies. So the whole University Bill was regarded
in a hostile spirit, and, though the undergraduates
did nothing worse, they did assemble in public.
meeting. But public meetings were forbid den by law,
and the students therefore were committing an illegal
act. When they ventured, for the third time, on thus
assembling for discussion, they found that the Uni-
versity had ceased to be. That institution, not having
in Russia the abstract and immaterial character
distinguishing it here, but being tangibly and visibly
represented by walls and doors, was " closed " upon
the students. They were locked out, and the Uni-
versity of St. Petersburg was fairly shut up, like a
bankrupt's shop or a theatre on a fast-day. Since
then it has been announced that other Russian Uni-
versities are closed also, and it is feared, indeed,
that none will be left open.
We can readily sympathise with foreign Govern-
ments in their admiration of the English Uni-
versities. The Continental visitors who descend
upon Oxford and Cambridge in the guise of
" distinguished strangers" must be greatly im-
pressed with the spectacle which meets their eyes.
They see the flower of English youth, assembled at
the most excitable period of life, and exposed to all
the contagion of concourse and example, present-
ing, nevertheless, an aspect of intense and unquali-
fied
They are told that neither
learning
nor any other characteristic
nor Conservatism.
freedom,
of University life, prevents the constituencies of
Oxford and Cambridge from being, in a political
acme, the Wet Liberal b9dies in tb.e kingdena. They

(From the Scotsman.)
A curious expedition was lately made under the orders
of the British Government, of which little notice has
hitherto been taken by the public journals. It consisted
of an Embassy to the Court of the Emperor of Morocco,
at his residence at Meknaz, or Mequinex, some 200 miles
in the interior of the country—a place which has but very
rarely been visited by Europeans. The object of the
Embassy was to endeavour to promote a settlement of
the differences between the Spanish Government and the
Moors as to the payment of the indemnity extorted by
the former as a condition of peace. The Embassy con-
sisted of Mr. Drummond Hay, the British Minister at
Morocco; his attache, Mr. James Hay; Captain (now
Admiral) the Hon. Charles Elliott, Dr. Evans, R.N., and
Captain Hood,- aide-de-camp to the Governor of Malta.
The cavalcade left Tangier on the 11th July. An escort was
in attendance, varying in number during the day from 200
to 1,200 horsemen, besides a body guard of about 12 men.
Extensive arrangements were necessarily required for the
subsistence of so large a cavalcade camping out each
night in the open country. Accordingly the governors of
the provinces through which it was to pass had been
warned to furnish the necessary provisions. The sup-
plies which were intended for the ambassador and his
retainers alone (independently of the escort, but including
the servants and muleteers in charge of baggage), were,
under the designation of "Mona," daily presented at his
tent soon after the halt. The following account of what
was provided on one occasion is a fair specimen of the
usual " Mona :"-1 bullock, 30 sheep, 100 fowls, 1,000
eggs, 30 bushels of barley, a dozen larget;and excellent
dishes of coscosoo—the dishes being about three feet in
diameter. Coseosoo is a food much used in Morocco,
the staple of which is semolina. In addition to
this, butter, honey, sweetmeats, &c., were also supplied.
On the eighth day they reached Meknes. Their reception
was magnificent. At least 20,000 troops, chiefly cavalry,
were turned out upon the heights and roads through which
they passed on entering the city. In compliance .with
etiquette, our distinguished travellers, upon their arrival at
Meknas, became prisoners of State. Four whole days were
they confined to the precincts of the house which had been
allotted to them ; nor were they set at liberty until the
ceremony of presentations to the Emperor had been com-
pleted. At seven in the morning, the hour appointed for
their reception, the strangers found themselves riding in
company with the high officers 9f state to the Sultan's
Palace. After passing through a handsome Moorish arch
at ;the outer gate, a court was crossed, and another gate,
leading to an inner court, was reached, the whole distance
being lined with troops drawn up on each side as a guard
of honour. Having entered the court they then dis-
mounted. Round tho square troops were placed all on
foot. Here, standing in front of the chief officers of state,
the Europeans took up their station opposite the gateway
through which the Sultan was to approach. Presently
he arrived preceded by some handsome led horses, and by
about a dozen men walking two and two—one of them
being an executioner with an axe. The Sultan was the
only person mounted. An officer having announced him,
It 2 stood still, and the company gave utterance to some
expression of submission and goodwill, bowing their
heads to the very ground, except some 600 regular troops
who presented arms. This having been repeated, the
Sultan came forward to the centre of the court; the
Europeans then saluted him by taking off their hats, and
being beckoned to advance, made their bows to his
Majesty. He was mounted on a white horse—the emblem
of peace. His Majesty is very dark, his mother having
been, it is believed, a puro black. The population of
Morocco, is, in fact, now very largely intermixed with
negro blood, and persons of all shades of colour, from the
comparatively light complexion of the Arab races to that
of the African negro, are to be found throughout the
country. There appears to be no prejudice on account of
colour between the different races and tribes of men. A
large body of black men has long been maintained in the
military service Of the Sultans of Morocco, of which
Meknas is the head-quarters. A very extensive forced
immigration of this race, with their wives and families,
from the south, took place about 200 years ago, and from
this and other causes the population has undergone con-
stant modifications. These men, now numbering many
thousands, are entitled the "Sultan's Black Guard," and
are held to military service which is hereditary amongst
them.

Complimentary speeches having been interchanged
between tho parties, the Europeans were free to return
home. During the remainder of their residence at Mek-
nes, they were occasionally invited to tea parties at the
houses of the chief men—an honour to Christians almost
unprecedented, for which they were indebted, no doubt,
to the orders of the Sultan, whose anxiety was great that
every attention should be paid to his guests. The mon-
hers of the mission had an opportunity of witnessing, by the
Sultan's desire, a meeting of one of those extraordinary
religious sects whose worship consists in bodily extrava-
gances of the most violent description. These people are
in the habit of lashing themselves into a state of in-
tense excitement, under the influence of which they sup-
pose themselves to bo insensible to pain, and in proof of
their insensibility they certainly inflict upon their persons
the severest wounds. Eight or ten men of one of these
sects entered the court, beating drums of a peculiar con-
struction, and producing the most discordant tones.
They wore speedily joined by some of the servants and
soldiers of the special escort of the mission, who belonged
to the same sect, one of whom took a leading part in the per-
formance. Operations wore commenced by one of the party,
who, contrary to custom, had at once attained the requisite
pitch of excitement, wildly cutting himself down with a
sword, which ho wielded with such force as to make the
blood spirt out from his face in half a dozen wounds. The
whole party then danced, at first calmly, and gradually more
and more wildly, to the music, working themselves up to a
frantic state. One of the soldiers—the most frantic of the
party—jumped up and seized, one after another, two great
earthenware jars, and smashed them over his head, making
the blood ran, and rushing about as if perfectly mad. An
old man of 70—one of the guard— could not resist joining.
He stripped, and want madly to work like the rest. When
in a state in which apparently they might have committed
any crime, the quieter ones of the party stepped in and
soothed the rest, by changing the music from the drum to a
milder instrument like a harp, and by making movements
not unlike the passes practised to bring persons out of a
mesmeric trance. Peace was thus gradually restored, some-
what to the relief of the audience, amongst whom a Jew,
frightened from the court below, had taken refuge. His
al arm was not unreasonable, considering that only a few
years ago a member of his race was actually torn to pieces
under similar circumstances. A very customary act of these
people is to tear alive sheep to pieces and devour it on the
spot. There are, it seem, three sects of this kind in Morocco.
One of these is milder, the other even more extravagant,
than the one which held Its religious meetings in the court-
yard of the British Missmn ; and it is not known for certain
which of the three is the 'true sect, though it appears that
on this occat-iov. the Mo erates enjoy the patronage of the
Sultan. The Mission le Mekaps on the 14th August, and
arrived at Tangier on th 18th, after a journey of exhaust-
ing heat. What the political raillts of the expedition may
the
continued in suggesting means i'or th' relief of the Moore from
continued prestture of the Spaniards, remains to be seen.
VAC WU% Of 4cirocc9 appear i ta In fi pm, of reficctical! SA

Our summary announced the completion and opening of
an additional section—from Sunbury to Woodend—of the
Murray Main Trunk Railway. Almost from the date of
that event the progress of the works on the line has been
interrupted by one of those convulsions of the labour
market known as a " strike." For reasons which we do not
profess fully to understand, the contractors, about the end
of last month, intimated to their workmen—the " navvies
and other labourers"—their intention to reduce the wages
from seven and eight to five shillings a day. This intima-
tion was, as a matter of course, received with considerable
disapprobation by those most affected ; and, ultimately, a
general turn out was the consequence of it. The " strike"
commenced on Monday, the 22d of July, at Malmesbury,
and rapidly extended along the line to Kyneton, and thence
till it :reached Woodend. All the works have been at a
standstill almost ever since. The first week the men kept
quiet ; but at the commencement of the second week the
city was startled by telegrams, announcing alarming riots
on the part of the mon of a very serious character. On Mon-
day (29th) the " turn-outs" marched " up" the line (from
Malmesbury) in a body numbering between five and six
hundred able-bodied men ; and, ontheir way, they destroyed
and injured a good deal of property belonging to the contrac-
tors. In the neighbourhood of Kyneton 25 trucks were
smashed by being turned over the embankment; and cranes,
picks, shovels, and barrows were similarly dealt with to a
large extent. Not content with this, the mob assaulted Mr.
Duxbury and Mr. Jackson, the sub-contractors for the
Malmesbury and Kyneton sections of the line, whom they
met early in their career on the first day of the strike. The
first named gentleman was severely maltreated on the spot,
and was with difficulty rescued by his foreman. Mr. Jack-
son, managing to stick to his horse, got away, and rapidly
rode home to Kyneton. Thither, however, he was speedily
followed, and the mob, having surrounded his house, de-
manded his appearance, threatening that if he did not
some out they would pull down his house. Mr. Jackson
presented himself, with a view to pacify the rioters,
but he had hardly left his door when he was set
upon by some ruffians and severely handled. Ho fortu-
nately managed to get away with less injury than his col-
league had received. The wickedly wanton spirit of the
rioters was next shown in their unprovoked ill-treatment of
two farming men whom they found working in a field, en-
tirely unconnected with the railway works. Elated ap-
parently by their success in mischief, they proceeded en
masse to Woodend ; in whose vicinity we almost forgot to
mention the repairers on the working line had, on the previ-
vious Saturday, been compelled to knock off after suffering
some rough usage. Here, however, from some unaccount-
able cause, the large force did not resort to any violence;
nevertheless their presence was regarded with some degree
of apprehension. The Kyneton Mounted Volunteers were
in the meantime called out, and a troop of .about 50 stanch
yeomen, under the command of Capt. Tucker, rode into the
township of Woodend, and by their presence (however much
the judiciousness of their proceedings may be questioned)
no doubt somewhat awed the lawless mob. The conduct of
Mr. Lavender, the Kynetota police magistrate, was more
than praiseworthy. He boldly met the mob, and learning
from them their reason for the strike, he did all in his power
to pacify them by exhorting them to order and respect for
the law, and promising to proceed to town and lay their
grievances before the Government. He had an interview
with the Chief Secretary the next day, the result of which
a body of the men calmly awaited, while the majority re-
turned to their tents. As it was to be expected, the reply
of the Government to the representations of the men was
that it was beyond their power to interfere between th.
employers and the employed under the railway contracts—
that the question of wages was one to be settled between
themselves ; but that they must enforce the law by putting
down disorder and violence by every moans in their power.
On the return of Mr. Lavender from Melbourne, he was ac-
companied by Capt. Standish, the chief superintendent of
police, and a strong reinforcement of constables. A guard
was stationed at the several places where valuable stock
and machinery were kept, and a detachment of police ac-
companied the repairers on the line used for traffic ; as un-
til such security was furnished the government workmen
were afraid to resume operations. The mob, after hearing
the decision of the government, acted on Mr. Lavender's
advice, and peaceably dispersed, though with no disposition
to "give in" to their employers. They complained bitterly
of the reduction in their wages, saying, and with some
show of truth, that it is altogether impossible to live on ss.
a day, more especially as they are employed only two or
three days in the week, because the contractors will not go
on with the works during the wet weather ; and that as it
had been raining almost incessantly about Kyneton and
Woodend during the past five weeks, in that time they had
not done more than a fortnight's work altogether. They
expressed their determination to hold out for tb e higher
rate of wages, and also to prevent others from going to
work at the same. Many of them complained of being in
debt to the storekeepers, and although they had money in
hand they refused to pay it away, in their uncertainty
of getting more. The value of the property destroyed by
the rioters on on the occasion referred to has been estimated at
between £2,000 and £3,000. The order that prevailed among
the men at Woodend is in a great measure attributable to
the presence of mind of Mr. Lavender, who appears to be
very well liked among them. Of course the volunteers
were commanded to return home upon the arrival of the
police. Nothing more demonstrative than "monster meet-
ings" for the consideration of their grievances and for ex-
citing the sympathy of the general public, and particularly
of the storekeepers, was heard of the turnouts for nearly a
fortnight. But on the 13th inst., news reached town that a
mob of about 200 had swept the line, and driven off the Go-
vernment workmen and their police escort. The response
to this was, the immediate despatch to Gisborne and Wood-
end of a large armed force of police, under the immediate
command of Capt. Standish, whose presence had the effect,
if not of intimidating the rioters, at least of compelling
them to maintain a quiet exterior. Some reports were cir-
culated of attempts to upset the night trains by placing
obstructions on the line. Upon inquiry, some of those
rumours were found to have their origin in fact; but whe-
ther the dastardly act of endangering the lives of passengers
is to be laid to the charge of the strikers is still a matter of
uncertainty. Government have offered a reward of £2OO for
the apprehension of the offenders or any of their accomplices.
Under the large body of police now stationed along the
line the traffic is uninterrupted, and the Government work-
men carry on their operations without danger. It is be-
lieved
by those who know them best that the strikers
generally are not disposed to violence; but that there are
some unscrupulous ruffians amongst them who, while tak-
ing good care to keep themselves clear of the police, are
utterly regardless of the peril they may force their unfortu-
nate and less calculating companions into by exciting their
passions. However, in order to put an end to the unhappy
differences between the employer and the employed, an offer
was made to the men on one section of the works of 7s. a
day if they would return to their work. They were willing
to accept the offer, but they would not return to work until
they had consulted the whole of the turn-outs on the other
sections. The dispute is therefore not yet arranged, but we
have little doubt that after this last show of amity it soon
will be at an end—at least we hope so.

I think the following is about as good a sample
of what we call Scotch "pawky" as any I know :—A
country man had lost his wife and a favourite cow on the
same day. His friends consoled him for the loss of his
wife ; and being highly respectable, several hints and
offers were made towards getting another for him. "Ou
ay," he at length replied, " you're a' keen aneuch to get me
anither wife, but no yin o' ye offer to gie me anither cow."
—.Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character.
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