THE Daily Southern Cross.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4749, 13 November 1872, Page 2

THE Daily Southern Cross.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1872.

TliE important subject of the manage- j merit of destitute children has of late ! years received a great deal of attention in Scotland, and is at present engaging J the earnest study of those interested in such matters in the neighbouring colony of Victoria. The conviction is gaining ground that the system heretofore adopted of congregating large masses of children in public buildings is not the most favourable to their efficient training either morally or socially, so as to prepare them for the duties and responsibilities of after life. The children are trained mechanically to obey certain rules of conduct, and they do obey mem after a fashion, because to do otherwise would be to involve punishment in some shape or another. But they have no love for such a life, because it lacks the one element which is the mainspring of all youthful action. " There is no parental love," says a Melbourne journal, treating of this subject, "nor anything that can "be said to repiesent it. The u life of an industrial school " child is one of dull daily " routine, and all the excitement a boy •' or girl can find in such an institution "is in planning what they will do " when they escape from it, and enter u upon the real life to which they look " forward beyond the thraldom of their " present position." Miss Hill, an English lady of great experience in the management of children of this class, says that, "in order to make the " training of such children effectual, it " must be natural, that is, the training " j)rovided by God." In other words, the most parental Government in the world cannot make the children of vicious parents citizens and moral men and women "so surely as could the " humblest cotter and his wife to whose " charge such wais and strays might "be confided by the State." For many ypars the boarding-out system has been m operation in Scotland with the best iesults, and its social value, in comparison with our system of indiscuminate herding, is borne testimony to by the most advanced social reformers of the day. We believe that the same plan is being extensively acted on in private circles in many parts of England ; and, indeed, there is evidence that a large proportion of the poor and destitute children whose helplessness and necessities constantly excite the interest of the actively benevolent in other places, are now being cared for and disposed of in the samp way. fc>o, also, we learn tliat m Arne rica the boarding-out system is extensisely practised. A book was published not long ago upon the Dangerous Classes of New York, by Mr. Charles L. Brace, which bears testimony to the admirable result 3 of the individual system of treatmeut of the juvenile vagrant population of one of the largest cities in tlae world. Referring to industrial schools, the writer says :—: — la all cases, whether dealing with boys or girls, where, as was often the case, the direct tendency of the nature, inherited perhaps through three generations, was towards vicious habits, a direct change of all the circumstances of life was found to be tho only real chance, and "placing out" has proved the most successful of any of these well-plauned schemes of philanthropy. The system adopted in the States is to form little companies of such children, and send them with a responsible agent genetally to a farming district, where food is cheap and plentiful, and where there is certain to bo work for thorn. Twenty years of thi3 practice has produced, the the writer avers, from twenty to twenty-four thousand good citizens, few children so placed returning to the ranks from which they were originally drawn. On the score of economy this scheme recommends itself far before the asylum system, for the cost of boarding out per head is but a trifle compared with the old system. But what is of tar more importance to the community is its effect in diminishing crime. Statistics extending over a period of eleven years prove to demonstration that, nobwithstanding the rapid increase of American population, juvenile female vagrancy has steadily decreased from 5,880 in 1860 to 548 in 1871. This is strong testimony in favour of boarding cut or apprenticing the children at as early a date as possible which the State finds it yiecessary to take under its charge, in preference to maintaining them together for any length of time in one place. Of course allowance must be made for the difference of circumstances in various countries. Here, for instance, it might not be so easy to put the plan into extensive operation. "With very young children it would only be practicable to a very limited extent ; but with children of from 10 to 3 5 years of age there ought not to be any difficulty in disposing of them suitably. This plan has always been acted upon here to a limited extent,but no doubt it is capable of being carried out moi'e fully than has been the case heretofore. We entirely concur in the opinion that the sooner the children can be placed out after they have undergone a moderate amount of discipline the better it will be for them. There is plenty of employment and comfortable homes for these children in our agricultural districts. Hundreds, we believe, of such, would be readily received if the necessary steps are taken to have them judiciously distributed from time to time. We tiust that ere long something will be done to extend the field of operation in this direction, already so promisingly entered on in Auckland. Especially is it desirable that a preparatory institution may be initiated without delay for the reformation and training of young girls in destitute or unprotected circumstances, that they may be qualified for useful and respectable occuI p«,tions suitable to their position.

The manner in which the royal holidays are usually commemorated in the British colonies is an ample refutation of the charge of indifference to the claims of loyalty which we sometimes see flippantly brought against the colonists by persons incapable of forming a correct opinion upon the subject. The loyal public of Auckland, who so enthusiastically celebrated the Priuce of Wales's birthday on Monday, will, we think, hardly feel complimented at being told that their display of loyalty on that occasion was a mere form — that they "cared not a jot for the Queen mother, for the heir to the throne, or why or wherefore the day was a holiday." Such attempts at disparagement of the feelings and motives of the community, it may Ob assumed, are aimless enough, and probably are without any object whatever. But though they can do no harm upon the spot where they occur, they may prove misleading to persons at a distance. They aie ungracious and untruthful, and the idea they are calculated to convey to people in England or elsewhere contemplating a removal to New Zealand would be decidedly repellant rather than attrativo. Colonists, as a rule, are no blind devotees to monarchy or any other particular form of Government for forms sake. Their loyalty is less a sentiment than it was in the old country,and more a convistion of duty ; less an expression of allegiance to the Sovereign, and more a deliberate recognition of the advantages they enjr>y as an integral section of the great nation of which they are proud to form apart. Still their loyalty is a reality, and not a sham, and instead of "not caring a jot " whether or not they give it becoming expression, they are, as a rule, both hearty and united in the observance of this time-honoured custom. No one who wishes well to the Empire— and this means wishing well to ourselves — will ever, we think, desire to see it otherwise. Some people appear very anxious to discover the future of these colonies, to shape out their history, and derine their political career; but this is after all a work of supererogation. Our duty is with the present. Our wisdom is to deal fairly with the circumstances immediately under our control. Other forms of Government than that we now enjoy may in time come to be more acceptable. Other relations to the " flag that braved a thousand years the babble and the bieeze " may yet be desired by us, or be enforced upon us. All such speculations, however, are profife'ess at present for any practical purpose. Not so the maintenance of a becoming respect and reverence for the institutions under winch we live and prosper. This is not a matter of sentiment only. The inteiests of the Empire are one, so long as these are regulated, as at pres"nb, with a due regard to the paiticular lequiremenia and claims of each separate part. In this respect the colonies have nothing to complim of. The uiothei -country has shown an earnest desire at least to remove difficulties out of the way, so that fcho pi ogress and prospeuty of her oftshoots every where arp the wonder and amazement of the whole world. The advantage of being claimed by such a nation is not to be lightly regarded. The honour of belonging to such a people will not, we are certain, be readily despised, aud least of all is there any indication of this in the colony of New Zealand, lleie, if anywhere, the aumver- ! saries of the Eoyal birthdays, whether oi her Majesty the Queen or the heir to the Throne, aie cheerfully ke,>t with no unmeaning formality, and the celebration is heaitily aud intelligently enjoyed by all [ classes of the population. Instead of people "notcaiing a jot" what it is about, everyone is forward to give expression to hit loyalty according to hia opportunity. Not only amongst the residents in this province, but fr,,m all parts of the colony, from Auckland to Otago, the telegraph gives the same me'isa^e — "The Birthday of his Itoyal Highness the Prince of Wales was observed with the customary honours." Since the laying of tlie foundation stone oi the new Market-house, the members of the City Council bave been in dread lest the stone should be removed, and the locked casket removed with its precious contents Had that been done there would have been no record, iound in futurp ages how or wlier the building was erected, save the newspapei files. There was no surrounding masoniy te secure the overlying foundation-stone, and, in the exposed position which the Market house occupies, it was peculiarly liable to s predatory excursion of the kind feared. Te guard against such a contingency on Mondaj night and the early hours on Tuesday morning a special watch was kept while citizens slept. No one came, however, with picks and crowbar during the silent hours of nighi ou felony intent, and yesterday effective measures were taken to allay any fears ot this head. A hole of some 20in. in depth was drilled into the pair of foundation stones ; f large iron bolt, three-quarters of an inch u diameter and seventeen inches in length, was introduced, and the surrounding space rur. full with boiling lead. To make doubly sure, a large heap of clay was afterwards carter' on to the foundation stone, so that its very situation is now a matter of some doubt, aud would entail no small amount of labour upor. anyone bent on mischief to even get a sighl of the stone that was laid, with such becoming ceremony, on Monday last. Henceforth the minds of the Mayor and Councillors may cease from troubling and be al rest. Captain Dalely (chairman) and seveia' members of the Harbour Board proceeded yesterday in tbe p.s. 'Lady Bowen to Rangitoto, for the purpose of inspecting the stone quarry there, in anticipation of the Board receiving from the General Government the charge of JRangitobo Island, which it will do in a shorb time. Our Thames correspondent wishes to correct an inadvertent omission in his report ol the presentation of colours to the Thames Naval Biigade on Monday last. He says that Mrs. "VY r . Lloyd, the donor of the colour§, a lady of many private and public virtues, and who is deservedly held m the highest esteem, stated in her address to the Brigade that every penny of the cost of the 1 colours had been collected at the Thames. A few days ago we drew attention to the practice at present in vogue of injuring gardens by destroying trees, pulling flowers, and by committing other irritating acts. By our advertising columns this clay it will be seen that Mr. John Hart, of Grafton Boad, has been made a victim of one of those midnight depredations. Hia garden has been entered and a peach tree broken down. A reward is offered for such information as will lead to the conviction of the offenders. We have not the slightest idea to whom is entrusted the mismanagement of the watercarts, or who is permitted to allow tradesmen's goods to be damaged and ill-treated in various ways by dust clouds. We have heard that the water-carts belong to the City Council, and that somebody, upon paying somebody or being paid by somebody, we do not know which, is allowed to use them or not use them as he likes. Generally he likes not Ito use them. But when he does, as was the case for nearly 15 minutes yesterday, the | water applied to Queen-street wa3 about as effectual in laying the dust as a two-gallon watering-pot, once applied, would have been in cauaing vegetation to spring on a fifty-acre paddock. There ia a complaint that the pump on the wharf which supplies the carts is out of order ; but this pump always is out of order, and, when in its best state of health, is difficult to operate on. Two men will take a turn at it for ten minutes, when they become completely ,jknocked up. Then they retire for rest and refreshment, and go at it again. In th& ! course of an hour, or it may be three hours, the cart is filled, and, as a general rule, is discharged upon men's legs or women's dresses at the moment of crossing the road. Jhe driver will sometimes stop in one spot for five minutes, when he succeeds in manufacturing as much mud as will give employment to a couple of Corporation scavengers to remove the next day. But any attempt to put a retainer on the dust of the thoroughfares is never made, and, indeed, is never thought of as a duty to be undertaken.

His Honor the Superintendent will < ad- i dress the electors of City West, in the Mechanics' Institute, on Friday evening, at half -past seven o'clock. Bis Honor sets a worthy example to representatives of other constituencies in the punctuality with which he renders to his constituents an an account of his stewardship at Wellington. Our attention has been called to the fact that of late our Oororaandel contemporary has ceased to acknowledge his indebtedness to our colnmns for sundry items of news, with which he has embellished his paper. We know that the gentlest reminder to his printer of his forgetfulnesg in this matter Will cause the little omission to be speedily rectified. Our Ooromandel correspondent writes : — " Some time ajo I diew the attention of the provincial authorities and the District Engineer here to the absolute necessity of devoting some attention to our main line of communications in the district, specially the necessity of immediately setting about repairing the Tokatea and Tiki roads ; and am very glad that my representations have been attended to, and that during the summer months, with the number of -visitors we are certain to have at Coromandel, they can ride in both directions without the slightest fear of getting stuck in the mud, or endangering their precious lives. The repairs have been executed in a satisfactory manner, and if my former representations about these undertakings will be only taken to refer to the Paul's Creek aud Beach Roads now, the Government and myself will be able to congratulate the miners at the approaching winter upon the communications to both places being such that the supplies, plant, and other mine requirements can be taken to each without hearing the complaints and giumblings which were so prevalent the lasb portion of the unsettled season relative to the difficulties encountered in mining in a district where communication with the town ship was so incomplete through the neglect of Governmeut. The amount of money required to put these two roads iv a good state of repair would not be very much." The complaint made in the following letter calls for a careful investigation, and upon the discovery of the offender he should bo promptly dismissed fiora the Volunteer force : — "To the Editor : Sir, — On Mon lay my son, about 10 years of age, went to see the amusements and grand military display in the Domain When there a Volunteer supplied him with caitridges, one of which he (my little V»oy), not knowing the danger he incurred, set fire to ; it exploded in his face, and ha 3 severely burned his eyes, taking off hi 3 eyebrows. Medical advic e was at once procured, and happily the eyesight is nut injured ; but it might have been I notice by your paper of this morning that this is not the only accident. Iv my opinion the indiscriminate and I must piesume careless use and distribution of lireaims and combustible matter iv the midst of a populous town is very dangerous, and more strict measures should be eutorced to prevent .such accidents. The child tells me it was a ' big Volunteer ' that gave him the cartridges. Surely he should know better than give such thing 3 to a child. — I am, &c, James P. Courtaynje." We understand that a shipment of dried fish, somewhere about five tons, is about to be made by Messrs. McLeod and Perston, of Whangarei, to the Mauritius. Shipments | have already been made to Melbourne and Sydney to test the market in hose colonies. At the luncheon, on Monday, Mr. D. Burn referred to certain comments made in the Broad Arrow upon the New Zealand colonial forces. The following is the paragraph referred to: — "It is, however, the army of New Zealand which takes the place of honour amongst the colonial forces whose existence is recorded iv the monthly ' Aimy List.' Nor is it difficult to undei stand why New Zealand should possess a more considerable army than the other colonies. The island has unfortunately received a practical lesson in the ai-fc of self-defence, and has evidently profited accordingly. The Militia, of course, comes first, and would really appear to be a very important force. 'I he names of upwards CO field officers head the list, and there are 200 captains, and twice as many subalterns, all apparently available for ' general service,' for the list is not divided regimentally. The force, however, possesses a sufficiently numerous medical staff, and some quartermasters also would appear to have served their appienticeship in the Queen's service. The -New Zealand Volunteer?, however, are organised in the same manner seemingly as are our own. About 20 troops of light horse head the list, and these are supplemented by a fair proporiion of artillery and engineer corps, and at least 70 rifle companies. The administration of the Volunteers would appear to bo left to the Militia staff, for there is no Volunteer staff, and no officer of superior rank to that of major. 3 ' We fear an examination into the strength of our militia force would scarcely bear out the the Broad Arroio'? favourable opinion of its importance— the sixty field officers, two hundred captains, and twice as many subalterns being anything but proportionate to the number of rank and file. The Now Zealand militia is conspicuous above every other torce in the world as actually realising the Yankee idea of a regiment in winch all are officers. State of her Majesty's Gaol, Auckland, for week ending November 9, 1872: — On. remand, lmale; awaiting tiial, 3 males ; penal servitude, 4i males ; hard labour, G3 males, 17 females ; imprisonuieut, 1 male ; default of iiail, 2 males ; debtors, 4 males). Received during the week, 15 males, 2 females ; discharged, 17 males, 2 females. Total in gaol, 118 males, 17 females. We have received a letter from " A Cavalryman," of the Auckland Tioop, who desires to contradict what he terms " the untruthful remarks" of the military reporter of our morning contemporary, with reference to the Auckland Cavalry at the late review. Suppressing the personalities indulged in, the coirections appear to be that in the imaginary charge upon the enemy the horses did not turn tail, and scamper away ; that the cavalry did not attempt an attack upon the infantry square, leturning with imaginary empty saddles. So far also fiom the horses being job horses our correspondent considers it vva« the best turn-out of cavalry horses that has been on a parade for many years past, and nearly in every instance the horse was owned by the man who rode it. Ho concludes as follows : —"The members of our troop feel annoyed at the uncalled-for and untruthful remarks in reference to themselves and their efforts to assist in the celebration of tho birthday of the Prince of Wales, many of U 3 neglecting our business to be present. The only part the troop took in the review was simply to walk past ; through some oversight they weie not engaged at all in the sham-fight.', " The Owner of the Stick " writes with reference to the remarks made in yesterday's Gross upon the practice of meddling with the animals in the Acclimatisation Gardens. Our correspondent accepts our allusion as being applied to himself, and makes the following explanation :—": — " On passing the cages occupied by the animals and birds, and seeing one of the former coiled up in a corner of the cage, and there being no ticket hung up naming what sort of ammal ifc was, I did \ insert my walking-stick through the wire J meshes to rouse the animal up so that I and i those who were with me might see what he was like. What I did was done in the gentlest manner possible, and in a way that the actual owner could not have found fault with." It is a pity that the Curator was not at that moment standing behind and witnessing the operation, so that he also might have " roused up " " The Owner of the Stick," to discover the sort of animal he had to deal with. To the Editor : Sir,— lf any of your correspondents could give the means of allaying the inclination of hens to sit, 1 should be glad to see ib in print ; as when a number are kept, it becomes a great inconvenience. I should like also to learn if there is any known plan of preventing hens from sucking their own eggs.— l am, &c,, Inquirer, Awhitu. '

Mrs. T. E. Guilding desires to express her sincere thanks to Mr. Bbborn and the friends -who exerted themselves in her behalf. We are glad to learn that the house in which this lady (the widow of one of the most actively benevolent men during his life) resides has been purchased for her, and is placed in trust for the benefit of herself and family. .Notice is given in our advertising columns that a deed has been filed in the Supreme Court, made between William Lee Rees, solicitor, of this city, and all his creditors, whereby he provides for the payment of all his debts in full by four quarterly payments, except accounts of £10 and under, wkieh are to be fully paid within three months We are informed, with reference to the accident which took place in tbe Domain on Monday, that the boy Burton was not shot by a Volunteer, but met with his accident under the following circumstances : Home Volunteers had laid their titles and accoutrements down on the grass while they went to amuse themselves on the green, and a navvy named Angove took up one of the rifles and loaded it with a blank caitridge, ftvr the purpose, it is said, of giving it to a young woman to firo. The rifle v<\as loaded, Angove put it on his shoulder at full-cock, and he says that some one gave the rifle a knock and canted it, when it went off, causing the accident mentioned in our yesterday's issue. The child is nine years of age, and had his hand in his pocket at the time of the accident. The charge blew off his third finger, severely burned the others, and made a very nasty flesh wound on the front of the thigh. The boy is progressing favourably, although ho was somewhat feverish last night. We believe the police have inquiied into the matter. The seven days of rifle shooting between Volunteer McLeary, Thames Scottish, and Volunteer Fenton, of the Tho,mes .Rifle Boingeis, at the Taiaru Butts (says our correspondent), commenced yesterday. Throe ranges, 400, 500, and 600 yards, seven shots afc each, were fired, the scores being — McLean 52, Fenton 50. The weather was gusty, with drizzling rain, and therefore against good shooting. The match will be continued to-day and succeeding days until completed. The new pleasure gardens at Tararu, the Elysium (says our correspondent), promise to be an immense attraction during the summer season. The opening of them yesterday (Monday) was a remarkable success, upwards of 1,600 tickets being sold, whilst the total number of people, including childicn, v !io visited them is set down at 2,000. Thu grounds, which are IS acres iv Area, are elegantly laid out in parterres and sluubberies, and large strawberry beds. Numeious summer-houses and seats of quaint rustic desigu dot the grounds, with swings, a bowling - green, and a fish pond. A maze, after the pattern of the one at Hampton Court, and a croquet lawn are to ibo added A great many of the Auckland excursionists, per ' Golden Crown,' were amongst the visitors yesterday. The Piesbyteriana of the Thames hold their anniversary boirfie at St. George's Hall, Grahaunstown, on Monday evening. The attendance was numeious, and the following ladies presided at the tea-tables :— Mesdames Hill, Sinclair, Unthank, Holland, Murdoch, Me Onyon, McLeary, Shaw, Bntan, Lumsden, Thompson. Ferguson, Fothanngham, Hazard, Richards, Big nail ; Misses Kay (2). UeCalla, Mackie, Clark, Moore, Senior, Thompson. The Eev. Mr. Hill presided at the after proceedings, which consisted of addie^ses, diveisified by music (sacred and secular). The chairman delivered an excellent addi ess, and was followed by the Key. Mr. Wilson, the Rev. Mr. MacNicol (of Auckland), and Mr. Keswick, wno apologised for the absence of the Rev. Mr. Buller (Wesleyan). The soiree was a decided success. The Bank of Australasia has shipped by tlio ship ' Countess of Kintore,' for London, two boxes containing 3,6150z. 4dwt. ISgi. gold, valued at £10,450. A suggestion has been made to us (Australasian) by a working man in New Zealand •wKioli iq en.tiVl<acl to raQpoofciul ctttatition. Xij is that the Imperial Government should be invited to issue a series of Imperial postage stamps, which, by arrangement with the various colonies, should be allowed currency in every dependency of the British Crown. Our coi respondent's proposal is based upon the experience by many of his own class o f the want of such a desideratum. He reminds us that in all paits of the empire there are hundreds of thousands of persons who havo left behind them, iv the mother country relations and friends, who are too poor to communicate by post with their more adventurous kinsmen and acquaintances abroad ; and that, for many reasons both social and political, it is desirable not to sunder the ties of blood and friendship. A colonist writes to his family or his old associates at home once or twice, and then, receiving no replies, ceases to communicate with them. Now, it is argued that if the correspondence thus commenced were continued, and the poor struggling stay-behinda were kept well posted up as to the growing prospeiity of their relatives or former neighbour?, in Australia or New Zealand, it could not fail to operate as a powerful inducement to emigrate. Let us t-ike the case of a colonist who has written pretty regularly to bis brothers and sisters at homefoi a period of three or four years, and has f< It himself recompensed for his trouble by the receipt of a monthly or {quarterly budget of personal gossip about the "old place." At first his letters have piobably been a record of hardships and trials, and of some rouajh knocking about, before ho could succeed in adapting himself to the industrial life of a new country. Gradually, however, if he were sober and diligent, he would be able to speak of increasing comfort, of money saved, oi of property i acquired ; and, by the end of the timo we have specified, his brothers and sisters would be reminded that, while they were in exactly the same position as they were when their more enterprising brother had quitted Bngland,jhe was steadily rising iv the world. And facts of this kind would weigh far more, in favour of emigration, with the bulk of our countrymen at home, than anything which they read in the public prints. The want which our correspondent feels is that of an Imperial postage stamo, procurable at every post-office throughout the empire, and which could be thus obtained by correspondents at this end of the globe, and enclosed in their letters to friends at home. At present they can. only forward them sixpences and shillings. Very often these miscarry ; and where they do reach their destination they are liable to convey an irritating sense of poverty to the recipient, which would be avoided if it were practicable to substitute postage stamp 3 for coin. Return of sick treated during the week endiDg Saturday, November 9, 1872, at the Provincial Hospital : — Remained last return, 71 j; admitted since, 9; discharged, 8; died, 2; remaining, 70 (males, C2j females, 8) Arrangement of cases : Fever (typhoid), 2 ; syphilis, &c, 2 ; scrofula, 3 ; dropsy, 1 ; phthisis, 5 ; rheumatism, 8 ; imbecility, 1 ; ophthalmia, 1 ; amaurosis, 2 ; paralysis, 4 ; chorea, 1; delirium tremens, I ; heart diseaae, 1 ; aneurism, 1 ; bronchitis, 4 ; pleurisy, 1 ; cystitis, 1 ; dyspepsia, 3 ; diarrhoea, 2 ; hemorrhoids, 1 ; fistula, 1 ; amputation, 1 ; abscess and ulcer, 6 ; wounds and contusions, 4; caries and necrosis, 4; fractures, 6 ; dislocation, 1 ; debility, 3. Two deaths occurred (females) — one on sth inst. of cancer, and the other on 7fch inst. of typhoid fever. Thanks are returned to a lady residing in r Alten Road for two bundles of old liven and I a parc3l of illustrated papers ; also to Colonel Haultain for some Home papers. Mr. Clarence Holt is giving a new "Dickens Entertainment" in London, with prologue and epilogue written by Mr. George Fawcett Rowe. Miss Kafe Putnam is negotiating with Mr. B. L. Fargeon for a dramatic version of "Grif." Mr. Harry Jackson and Mr. J. B. Howe are both performing in the grand spectacle "Babil and Bijou," at Corent Garden. Mr. J. L. Hall and Mra. Hall, and i Miss Wiseman, have arrived in England in company with Dave Carson. It is their purpose to proceed to India with an entertainment.

Miss Nelly Grant, daughter of the President of the United States, has arrived in Paris, and alighted at the Hotel Meunce. She is in company with the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Boris, the former of whom has been Minister of Marine of the United States. Two nieces and two nephews of that gentleman complete the party. They have been travelling since June 10 in Switzerland, Germany, and Holland, and will return to America in about a month. The Eev. Dr. Cnyler, one of the highly distinguished ministers of religion in Americ*, visited England during the middle of this year, where he was most cordially entertained by the great and good, including VV. E. Gladstone, Premier. Ere he left London, Dr. CuyJer visited Thomas Carlyle. The Chelsea sage told his American visitor that Europe was at present "sunk and swallowed up in one abominable and damnable cess -pool of fetid lies and shoddies and shams." The Austrian Polar Expedition is already on its way from Bremen. In Wyoming a woman was summoned upon a jury, when she brought her baby in arms. The youngster enteied a protest more vigorous than musical, and she was excused from serving. Ihe Prior of Beltas, in Portugal, recently called the Emperor of Germany, in a sermon, " a monster in human shape, and the greatest thief of modern time." Thereupon Prince Bismarck sent word to the Portuguese Government that the abusive priest must be depcsed and imprisoned, which waa done accordingly. A novelty at the Dundee Eegatta was a race for four-oared fishing yawls rowed by fisher girls. The "Pet Lambs," wearing straw hats and striped bodices, who won the first prize at Broughty Ferry Regatta, won the race easily. Orly anoth er boat competed. Tne rowing is said to have been admirable. It may be interesting to some of our fair readers to know that University certificates in literature, philosophy, and science may now be obtained by ladies, who, having studied in at least three of the classes of the Edinburgh Ladies' Educational Association, pass a satisfactory examination in the subjects taught in those classes.

A social gathering in aid of the funds of St. Luke's Church, Mount Albert, is to take place on Thursday evening. Tea, is to be provided at 6 o'clock. Speeches, music, and other entertainments will be afterwards provided. Mr. F. G. Ewington announces that he will deliver a lecture this evening in the Wellealey-street Chapel, at half-past 7 o'clock, upon "The Baptist Church: Its Antiquity, Labours, and Persecutions." The pricn of admission is fixed i.t 6d. The interrupted October quarterly meeting of the Licensed "Victuallers' Association is to be held at the British Hotel, on Thursday, at half-past 2 o'clock. A call of 6d. per share has been made in the Crown Prince G. M.Co., payable on or before the 28th instant, at the office of the company, at Vaile's Buildings. Thomas Haywood. farmer, Auckland, haa been adjudged a bankrupt ; and the first meeting of creditors appointed to be held on the 19th instant, in the Provisional Trustee's office.