THE FISHERIES EXHIBITION.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1143, 1 September 1883, Page 1

THE FISHERIES EXHIBITION.

Some amusing incidents are related in the Scotch papers of (he fishermen and women who went to the Fisheries Exhibition in L-ndon. When the fisher folk were at the Mansion House, the daughter of the Mayor struck up a Scotch reel on the piano, and his lordship led off the dance with Jeanie Wilson. His lordship also danced an Irish jig with Sophia Main, another of the girls. The Newhaven women were several times taken for French women, and resented the insinuation in some instances by remarking 4 that they surely couldna take bonnio Scotch lassies for sic folk ’ They B <ate that on enquiry they found the Dutch women were dressed in the clothe* they went to church in, and not, like thems ‘lves, in their ordinary workingday fishwives’ costume. Ic would appear however that the Newhaven wonv-n were ‘the observed of all observers,’ and were greatly taken notice of during their stay in London. Two enternnsingfishmongers 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 acre'able to so ne of the fishwives, who had set their heart*.on., he-.ring Mr Spurgeon. Some even expressed the wish to remain in London another night to en-ihle them to attend the weekly gathering for prayer at the Tabernacle. Mrs Mill, the fisherwonmn who in a guileless manner and quite unconscious of having committed any breach of etiqneite asked the Princess Beatrice ‘ Hoo is yer mither peepin’ V is regarded as one of the most handsome of her class in Newhaven. She is in the prime of life, good looking, and as one of her class expressed it 1 buirdly,’ imd her general appearance has won for her the appellation of ‘ the Duchess.’ The Princess took the question in go-d part, and laughingly replied ‘ Her Majesty was well, but pretty weak, and not able to walk much.’ Thus encouraged, Mrs Mill v-nftired to observe in maternal tones, ‘ You’re very like your brother, the Prince o’ Wales, and he’s very like his mother.’ This proved too much for the Princess, who had to turn to another group to hide her merriment. Mrs Mill thought that everything i* connection with her London visit sank into insignificance compared with, her visit to the Mansion H *use. There she saw the Lord Mayor of London waltzing with a fisher lassie, and the Mayoress similarly engaged with a fisherman, while a voting, lady supplied pianofo.te music. Word* appear to fail in describing tips scene, for she concluded the narration hy saying, ‘An’ there were five hunrer fishermen looking at them ; it was awfii’!’