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Colonist, Volume XXVI, Issue 3700, 3 September 1883, Page 4

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Sji)ME amusing incidents are related in the; Scotch .papers of the fishermen and women who went to the Fisheries i Inhibition in London. When the. fiaber/folk were a"t the Mansion House tW daughter of the Mayor struck up a.--Scotch vreel on the piano, and his Lordsbip'led off the dance with' Jeanie "Wilson. VHis : Lordship also danced an Irish ji^ithHopTiia'Main another of lbe:girls.: j.The TSTewhaven women were BByeraltitrjeff taken for French wor ri, and resented tb'o insinuation^ in sc oe CBses.by remarking "that they surely couidna take bonnie : lasses for 'ie fokt"1 'Tbey state that on enquiry the/...found that, the, Dutch womfi^ were dressed in the clothes they went to c'jurch.in, and, not like themselves, in their ordinary working-day fish* wites' coßtume. Jlt would appear, tbwevef, (bat the Itfewhaven women were! tjie *?, observed, of all observers," and were greatly taken notice of durigg their stay in London. Two enterprising fishmoagers offered them situations, , but; the girls respectfully declined to entertain such proposals. It should be mentioned that the visit to the: Zoological Gardens on Sunday afternoon was not altogether agreeable to some of the fishwives, who had set their hearts on hearing. Mr Spurgeon. Some even expressed a wish to remain in London another eight to enable them to attend the weekly gathering for';prayer at the Tabernacle. Mrs Mill, the fisherwomao, who in a guileless manner, and quite unconscious of havirg committed nny breach of etiquette, asfeed the Princess Beatrice, " Hoo is yer mither keepin' ?" is re« garded as oae of the most handsome of her doss in Newhaven. She is in the prime of life, good looking, and, as. one expressed it, " buird'y !" and her general appearance has won for her the appellation of." the Duchess." The Princess -took the question in pood part, and laughingly rep'ied, "H^r. Majesty was well, but pretty weak, and not able to ws]k mucb." Thus encouraged, Mrs MiUventurrd to observe, in maternal tones, "You're very much like your brother, the Prince o' "Wales, and he is very like his-mitber." This proved too much for the Princess Beatrice, who had t-6 turn to aTTOtlier prbup to hide her merri-. Kifri't. Mrs Mill thought that every. tKing in connection with ber London vifif sank into insieni6'*»nce compared with_ her visit to the Manion.House. Tpere ebe sajw they Lord -Mayor of London waltzing wj.th a fiqher lassie, and the Mayoress .-similarly engaged with a fisherman, while a young lady supplied pianoforte, music. "Words appear to fail.in deecribing thiei scene, for she concluded the narration by Baying, '-An' theie were five hunder fishermen looking at them; it was awfu'!"