CANQUET TO MR MURRAY SMITH. SPEECHES BY EARL GRANVILLE AND THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. [BY TELEGRAPH.-COPYRIGHT.) [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2146, 10 April 1886, Page 3

CANQUET TO MR MURRAY SMITH. SPEECHES BY EARL GRANVILLE AND THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. [BY TELEGRAPH.-COPYRIGHT.) [REUTERS TELEGRAMS.]

London, April 8. • A eoMPr.rsiEXTAnr l»nquet to Mr Mm ray S tutli, on his lea\ing' for Australia, took ,pl%q<t)<ut evening. Amongst the principal quests were Earl Granville (Srcietaiy for U»e Colonies), the E.»rl of Rosobory (Secre- ' tuy for Foreign Affair-), Eml Kimberley (Secretary for India). Mr Osbornn Morgan (Under Secretary for tho Colonies), Sir .Aitliur lily the (Agent-General for South ' Australia), and Sir Saul Samuel (Agent.Gwer.il for New South Wales.) 'tail Granville, in the course of his speech, eulogi-ed the patriotic feeling which had resulted in the despatch of the New South Wales contingent to tin; Soudan, and leferred in terms of praise to the men who served in the --£orco. He was in favour of ft much closer connection between the Colonial and 'Xuiuerial forces than at present existed, and expressed a hope ttwt the Australian colonies would co-operate in placing King George's Sound in an adequate state of defence- against foreign attacks. Referring •to the recidiviste question, Earl Gram ills stilted that tho l'rench Government had tug.j&jted the immediate abolition (if the system of deporting comicta t<» the Pacific Inlands, in exchange for cnrtatin 'concessions on the part of the British Government. The Cabinet had .decided to be cuided by the Australasian cojonies in the li'ie of action adopted in dealing with the subjest. A Press Association message says :—The •bubqnefc given to Mr Murray Smith, on the eve of bis 'retirement from the position of Asrent-Genenil for Victoria, was mort successful. Fully three hundred were present including the Marquis of Lome, The Duke of Cambridge, in proposing the health of Mr Smith,, jajd that he (MrjffqiMOJfad tendered Ufltoafc Msistanca to the Empire oh colonial matters. He strongly urged the •stabliahment of Imperial unity. - Mr Smith, on citing to respond to the toast, was most enthusiastically, received. 'He eulogised the founder of the Federal 'Council, while at the same time he lamented that the Government of New South Wales had not assisted in it. Ho lrJoked upon the death of Mr W. E. Forster as an Imperial misfortune. He thought that the question of Imperial Federation had already been directly solved, and referred to the fact that four Australians had 'occupied seats in the respective crews of the Cambridge and Oxford in the recent boat race. Sir Arthur Blythe, Agent-General for Smith Australia, proposed the health of the •chairman ; and the Duke of Cambridge, in replying, advised the other colonies to imitate victoria's defence scheme. Earl Qranville, in , proponing "Tho J Empire," referred to the miraculous growth of the colonios, and stated Mr J. A. Froude, the historian, whp bad recently roturned from Australia was charging the Colonial Office with apathy respecting them. Mr Smith, he said,' was the best type ot Agent-General, and he could not as&airi .from praising the singular eloquence which that gentleman possessed. Personally he (Earl Granville) was in favour of creating more army and naval cadetihips for competition by colonial youths, and advocated the formation of an Australian Military College. The toast of "TheC Monies" wasresponded to by Sir Saul Samuel. , Lord Ro&pberry B»id that Mr Smith had, durirfg his term of office as Agent-General, endeared himself to Englishmen, and his spuech that night was worthy .of the oldest statesman. .OThe Duke of Manchester eulogised Sir Alexander Stuart and the New South -W»ilna Contingent. The Times, commenting on the banquet stntes that it was a reliable testimony to the unhei-sar respect and good-will in which Mr Smith is held. Sir John Macdonald (Premier of Canada) w.is unable to be present owing to serious ilhiess. ,

I_ don't take enny phoolish chances. If I was called upon to mourn over a ded finite, -1 should atand in frunt ov him an do mi weeping. — Josh Billings. Someone say* **the mischievous boy is simply a locomotive off the track.' And, W§ may remark, a wrecked locomotive is j&ve rally caused by a misplaced switch. | W6en the fashionable young lady nuke's & dive and a grab at her diessskirt a fellow feels very much like dodging, for she acts for all the world kite she was going for a brick. „/A poem in an exchange is entitled "A Butterfly in Wall-street." It is not surprising. That ii where a great many man make their "grub." > ), '\WiHAH station do you call this?'' asked a ' man as he crawled put of a ca\V after a recent railroad accident. ".Devastation sir,' replied his fellowpassengers in chorus, j AtEXiOAN Monks. — The Mexican towns are full of churchei ; hence the continuous ringing of bells is deafening. fci&Uuare also numerous, and at one time so were monks, though it might be wqljl to receive with, great caution the stories regarding these people which every now and again used to find a place in the Mexican newspapers. Some of tbew might -not be allt thfrt could b£ dt»3ife<f? "Bitt the Churcn' and the" co'n"ventual establishment " got into politics," and then such tales served their passing turn in discrediting the institutions attacked. By all accounts, the discipline of the old convents jvat something tyrannical, so far as Duniahment for offences against the "Order" was concerned. They were nests of intrigue, envy and heartburnings ; and ' though the mobk who might, be brought by the police to his cloister in a state of drunkenness would receive only a severe admonitioi , should the same individual have in his cu»*jbeen imprudent enough ;to har; toHl * funny atory about the (jup 1 ejrior lull the way he passed his time, the ingenuity of the convent would have been exhausted ip deyiain^ punishment for the unhappy ecclesiastic. Sartorute, ' for whose accuracy I donot vouch, tells us that one of their punishments consisted iv the offender being compelled to lie dinnerless outside the refectory door, and aft?r enduring the -indignity of all the oiiler stepping over his prostrate body, to be tortured for the next hour by hearing the clattering of plates and the jink ot glasses, while from under the door and through the keyhole came the maddening odonr of roast and boil, beans and pepper — f, ijoles and tortillat ! Another bit of giim discipline was to tie up a refractory monk- to a stall, in the stable^ -and allow him" no food for a week or so,' except the barley in the mule's manger. — Countries of the World.

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