, 1892-04-30

tile Hibernian geutleman-he had opened MS
mouth and-"put his foot in it.
Then His Honor Mr.. Justice Baynes
rose - but hardly to the occasion. His
Honor-as everybody knows-is q tuent
speaker, who can discourse well on almost
any subject. 1t was sarcastically said of Lord
Brougham that, if he knew a little of law, he
would know a little of everything. OF Mr..
JUST Baynes it may be said that he knows
a great deal of law and a little of everything
else. But, if his W word is to be taken, the
little that he knows of cane culture and sugar
making is rery little indeed. His Honor, IN
the course of a speech of a few minutes dura-
ton. said he really knew nothing OF the mat
tiers that would engage the attention of the
Agricultural Society. The only suggestion he
could think of was thata small periodical or
Magazine would bea most useful adjunct
to the Leeward Islands Society. He conclud-
ed by suggesting the names of Messrs. B. s.
Davis, Joseph Briggs, Edward Todd, j. B..
Yearwood, Allan ThuSston, S. L.. Horsford, and
f. S. Delisle as MEMBERS of the Committee.
In striking contrast to the easy-husnt
speech Of Mr.. Justice Baynes was the address
that followed. Mr. Joseph Briggs rose to
say that he accepted his nomination as a mem
Der of the Committee; that be was for many
years q member of the Agricultural Society
of Barbados and that til it Society had, on his
departure from the island, conferred upon him
the honour of making him an honorary mem
Der. All this was said in he painfully serious
manner that appears to characterize Mr..
Briggs, and which gives the onlooker the i'm
preston that Mr. Briggs has come to regard
everything mundane i'll the same light as the
ancient pessimist who declared that "all was
vanity and vexation Of spirit"
Mr.. B. 5. Davis then had an innings Mr.
Davis said that he accepted with pleasure his
nomination as a member Of the Committee
and, in order that the COMMITTEES should be as
representative as possible and include the
names of the leading planters of the island, he
proposed the names Of Messrs. ]. L. Adamson,
Edward Pogson and Walter Rodwell Boon.
At this stage Of the proceedings Mr.. Adamson
entered the hail, and, on being informed by
His Excellency that he had been nominated q
member Of the Committee, was understood to
signify his acceptance of the nomination.
And then there was chaos. His Excellency
having invited any one who cared to address
the meeting to come forward, several Of the 3
acres and a COW claimants came to the front of
the rostrum, and addressing His Fxcellency
poured forth a tale Of woe the burden Of
which was that they were very illused persons
and that planters, bailiffs and other tyrants
were leagued against them and imploring the
Intervention on their behalf of Smith the De-
liversr-Smith the Peoples Friend. His Elk
celloncy listened very attentively to these
complaints, and, when they were exhausted,
suavely informed the complainants that in
teresting as their tale Of woe undoubtedly was,
thatmeeting had really not been specially CON
vened to consider the willy ways Of the wick
cd planter. just at present they we've endea-
vouring-nOt very successfully perhaps-to
follow the torturous trail Of the cane borer,
aud when they had finished that subject they
might pethaps devote a little attention to tho
naughty ways Of managers, attorneys and
oppressors in general. This answer did not
appear satisfactory to the gentlemen to whom
it was addressed, and there were general NUT
terings aud expressions of dissatisfaction
from individuals in the hall who had travelled
from afar to share in the distribution of COWS
and acres and had instead been treated to a
wholly unintelligible disquisition Oh the mys-
FERROUS movements of the cane borer.
Captain Churchill then rose to move a vote
of thanks to the Governor for having presi-
ded, and in the course of a short speech ex-
planned the objects and aims of the associa-
tion they were met to organise. His Excel
lencv, he said, had always taken a deep inter-
est in everything that related to the welfare
of the Colony, and he was sure that they
would unite with him in thanking His Excel
lency for his interest and solicitude on their