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      $ qhool suitable for ^ s children ., ; That cannot be said for wry colony founded wifchm tV last UO years . It has been eaidthat the scheme in its peculiar feature has failed . ± cannot argue against that assertion ; biit I must say that 1 believe the success ofthe scheme in its essential feature is not lost , but only deferred . I do not attribute to the matters which I have recapitulated the success of the Canterbury colony . I attribut e : it to the character of the people themselves . That they should be people of that character is in no degree owibg to the exertions of the Aasociation , \ but to the exertions- of . others not now present .: I wul not dwell further on that subject , but will Bimply say ; that the success of the colony is owino- to the people themselves * " ° Mr . Adderley and Sir John Pakiiigtori subsequently spoke , and the new constitution of New Zealand was highly praised .

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      . ; . ; , ; . some for sick ladies . In Upper Harley-street . there is an institution of an interesting and very admirable character . It gives to gentlewomen of litaited incomes all the comforts of » wealthy home iii those times of illneis when poyetty is most bitter and . aid most welcome . Many ladies of noble station are its promoters , chief among whom are the Hon . Mrs . Sidney Herbert , Lady Cranworth , Lady

      Monteagle , Lady Caroline Murray , Lady Caroline Russelli dnd Lady Bell . The Bi s hops of London and Oxford , Sir tage Wood , ancl several other gentlemen and ic ^ ergymen , joined the above ladies in a meeting on Wednesday , to consider the progress of the institution The Bishop of London , in praising the institution , referred to it a $ a kind of Protestant Convent of Mercy , lie said . that be had for many years feli deeply anxious to - see the establishment of one or more institutions

      connected with our Reformed Church , in which ladies not fettered by domestic ties—not ? ' prevented from carrying out their wishes and aspirations by more sacred obligations and exercises-r-mighti best evince tfteir . devotion to . the service of Christ , by dedicating their best energies to the service of His suffering disciples . ; ; ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ . . ; ' ¦ . ¦ . ' ; ,- ¦ . ' . The Report expressed the same hope of voluntary feminihe devotion to the duties of nurse tending , and a commencement of the good work is made in the person of the matron , who does her duty of superintendence gratuitously as a work of love .

      In describing the necessity and use of the institution the BisbOp of Oxford was very impressive :- — " The poor have their hospitals , in which they can receive the very beat medical skjll and attendance , whilst they who can commind by their wealth all the good things of this life can easily come to this metropolis and $ n case pf sickness summon to their relief the greatest niedical ability and experience , and all the comforts and blessings calculated to make these more effectual ; but the blass

      from the country into a poor lodging in this # reat metropolis for the purpose of receiving medical skill , and there filing tnat deepest of all loneliness , the sense of being ajppe among an , unsympachizing multitude ? Persons so circumstanced may be said to come from the midst of God a works and of all the beauties with which he has garnished tae earth—each seeming to have a personal existence , and to Commune with our spirits—to the narrow street , the tanall room , tho 4 ingy glass , the sight of heaven almost excluded , and the natural refreshment of the earth gone , and that which makes loneliness so especially felt , tho multitude of faces , through whom sympathy may come , each one of which reminds us what sympathy is , but each , one of whom passes by coldly , unknown , or with an oyo Bultenly averted , apeaking out to the trembling spirit of oh an ono that it is alone in this crowded world .

      au the ^ inatitution has got 500 Z . as a legacy , and , aided by tho money of somo and tho still more generous contribution of loving help from others , it promises to bo a prosperous institution .

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      THE MODEL FARMER OF TIPTREE HALL . , * ' PjUOE hath hor victories , no loss renowned than war ' which just now lias its " reviews . " Mr . Mochi , tho 1 < icld Marshal of tho Tiptroo Hall campaign , marshalled his land forces and wont through several evolutions , on Wednesday , to show how fields aro won . Many persons ot dignity and importance attended . Lords Harrowby , Khmaird Ebrjngton ; Sir" J . P . Wood Mr

      RoWcy , , Waddington , and Mr . Milnor , represented tho Lords ot Parliament and of tho lanJ . MM . Gourdipr , Alhor , ai 5 Barrel , men of science from Paris ; tho Hon . Siphon Salisbury , and Professor Nash , Americans intoreated in agriculture ; Dr . Southwood Smith and Mr Chadwick , representing tho English sanitary movo-™«» f . » iiintiv mavors from neighbouring cities , and

      «« i « dtari& of note from all parts of tho kingdom formed , with somo « literary men , " who appear capable ot ioininir in any pleasant or fostivo demonstration ot pro-C * a goodly company of 300 gnefe , <*>™ * " ™ *> See ^ spy out , tho ; curio » itio 8 of English ftming , m anaged in a magnificent way *

      The more prominent of the improvements merit record , even in the narrow space of a newspaper . There has been sunk on the farm a monster tank , into which all the soil refuse and drop ' pings of the farm are conveyed , and mixed up with spring water , 40 , 000 gallons a day being poured into this enormous reservoir The mixture is kept continually stirred up by a stream of air injected into the tank by a steam-engine , which keeps the-mass in constant motion , and effectually prevents the more solid particles settling dawn at tbe > bottom . The same , steam-engine forces the fluid , into which the most obstinately solid materials are resolved sooner or later , through a set of iron pipes laid down over the whole farm , to the extent of two

      miles of piping on a farm whose whole extent does riot exceed 170 acres . At intervals of every nine or ten acres there is a mechanical contrivance whereby the tubes may be opened just as water-pipes are tapped in case of a fire , and a hose precisely similar to that attached to fire-engines being inserted attbe aperture . The effect of this system is , as related by Mr . Mechi , that he is enabled to grow wheat every alternate year , so that it is no uncommon affair with him to get 43 tons of mangold-wurzel from an acre in one year , and

      five quarters of wheat the next . These results , splendid as ttey are , can hardly be fairly appreciated without comparing them with the crops grown in the immediate neighbourhood , and the heath , closely adjoining , of which the farm at no distant period formed a part , growing nothing but some grass and stunted furze bushes . The large quantities of green crops grown on the farm are consumed by the live stock , of which there are 40 cattle and 360 sheep , together with about 160 pigs > which , however , are kept for their manure , and are not fed from the farm produce .

      AH these and similar explanations were given by the host as he led his guests through his fields , and related to them with even more / than a farmer ' s pride bow the Italian rye grass on which they were then treading mid leg high was tbe third crop during the present season—that the clover which grew with unusual luxuriance by its side had undergone similar cutting processes—and how the beans , of which from twenty to thirty pods might now be counted on-every stalk , had only a few weeks before shown such symptoms of utter failure , that his friends advised him to plough , them up , and put the field , while there was yet time , to some

      more profitable occupation . His sheep , which were penned in the field , and his cattle and pigs , which were fed on boards , all came in for their share of anecdote or illustrative remarks . The tall chimney indicating steam power applied to the work of the farm , the large quantity of house-fed stock , the great tank with its accumulations of liquefied manure , the iron pipes permeating every field , and carrying cheaply and in an easily digested form the food of plants , the whole land thoroughl y drained , cleanly cultivated , and covered with most luxuriant crops—these and many other improvements will probably , ere long , be adopted by many other agriculturists near the metropolis . The day was fine , and the first three hours of the day were spent in examining the state of the crops , and in testing the

      latest novelties in agricultural implements . Whatever may be the effect of a very unpropitious season elsewhere , at Tiptree it has done no harm ; and while the agriculturists there seemed to bo generally of opinion that the harvest would be short and lute , not a grumble about the weather fell from their host ' s lips . Ho has this year very excellent wheat , and in other respects tho produce of his farm promises a good average ; but the two points on which his management shows Btrongest and to the best advantage are his clovor and his rye grass . These bear unmistakable testimony to the . value of the now system of liquid manure irrigation which Mr . Mechi has adopted , and in t ho details of which he has carried out many valuable improvements . Tho clover is a second crop , and tho rye grass a third ,

      and both are exceedingly luxuriant . A pleasant luncheon concluded the dny ' s entertainment . Mr . Mechi , in a festive speech , announced that his balnnco-shcot this yoar would show that ho has made profit by his fino farm . Lord Ebrington and others , upoko with good effect , on topics kindred to tho subject of tho day , and much sympathy was shown for tho host , as a prosperous gentleman and a spirited British farmer .

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      THE CRUSADE IN CHINA . With tho BiWo in ono lland > and tno mo ? il in tbo other , tho Chinese rebels mnlco way . It is now shown beyond doubt that they uro professed Christians " tho Protestant ordor of worwhip ; " ' and that tboy havo added tho zoal of tho fanatic to tho courage of tho rebel . Thoir cbiof is " Too-pi » g-wanp , tho Prince of Peace . " Thoir moral code tho inHurgeutH call tho " Hcavoniy Rules , " which , on examination , prove to bo tho T « n Commandments Th * observance

      of these is strictly enforced by the leaders of the movement , chiefly Kwang-tung and Kwang-se men , who are not merely formal professors of a religious system , but practical and spiritual Christians , deeply influenced by the belief that God is always with them . The hardships tbey have suffered , and the dangers they have incurred , are " punishments and . trials of their Heavenly Father ; " the successes they have achieved are instances

      of " His grace . " In conversation they " bOre" the more worldly-minded by constant recurrence to that special attention of the Almighty Of which they believe themselves to be the objects . With proud humility , and with the glisten ing- eyes of gratitude , they point back to the fact , that at the beginning of their enterprise , some four years ago , they numbered about 100 or 200 ; and that , except for " the direct help of their Heavenly Father , " they never could have done what

      they have done . ' . . One of them is reported to have said : — "If it be the will of God that our Prince of Peace shall be the Sovereign of China , ho will be the Sovereign of China ; if not , then we will die here . " The man who used this language of courageous fidelity to the cause in every extreme , and of confidence in God , was a shrivelled up , elderly little perssn , who made an odd figure in his yellow and red hood ; but he could think the thoughts and speak the speech of a hero . He , and others like him , have succeeded in infusing their own sentiments of courage and morality to no slight extent , considering the materials operated upon , into the minds of their adherents . One instance was a youth of

      nineteen , who acted as one of the guides to a party that rode into Nankin , and who , again and again , as be ran along on foot , begged and besought Mr . Interpreter Meadows , if be came back from Sbanghae , to bring him a double sword ; but also exhorted that gentleman to refrain from smoking , from drunkenness , and other vices , with a simple earnestness at once amusing and admirable . Their military position and prospects are good .

      They hold Nankin and Chinkeang-foo ; and the whole line of river between the two cities is strongly defended . When they receive reinforcements from the south they will proceed to Pekin . Sir George Bonham visited them , to explain the neutral attitude of the foreign powers . It is observable at Canton , and in the rebel camp , that tbe old exclusive spirit of Chinese Conservatism—the Protectionist bate of tbe outside barbarians , is fast wearing away .

      A writer in the Times says , that tbe phrase used by tbe rebels—tbe religion of the Great Emperor , refers to { he Emperor of Russia , and that it confirms the fact previously known , that Russo-Greek missionaries had converted 4 , 000 , 000 Chinese to the Greek Church .

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      NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA . The fresh news of the new gold is equalled in interest by the report s of social progress , and by intelligence of lively interest to our commercial men . On the . whole , tho latest mail from the Land of the South is full of importance . The gold diggings , both in New South Wales and Victoria , are still productive . The Ovens , the Hanging Rock , the Spring Creek , and the Adelong Creek , are mentioned as still yielding good returns ; and a new digging has been discovered at Kilmore , about sixty miles from Melbourne . Nuggots of twenty-six ounces and of twelve ounces are reported , and tho average

      earning of each man i 3 set down at ono ounce per day , —that is , 31 . 155 , —fair wages for a day ' s work . In New South Wales tho very restrictive regulations , nowly enforced , tend to thin the gold fields , and to cause discontent . One rulo insists on every person visiting tho gold fields paying a lieenco . Tho Victoria accounts apeak hopefully of tho undiscovered treasures of that province ; tho Now South Wales writers speak more modestly of thoir mineral resources , and direct attention to tho copper , iron , and lead , to bo found in tho country . In Victoria a tin mino has boon discovered . Tho Wooloomooloo brought from Sydney 49 , 000 ounces of gold ; tho price there wan 3 £ . 14 s . Gd . an ounce . At Melbourne it was noarly the same . A want of goods is tbo chief feature of tho commercial markets of Australia . A Sydney paper reports , " Uncertainty , high prices , and exhausted stocks . " " Goods aro run up to prices which aro scarcely justified by any state of tho import market at which wo havo yet arrived , the competition being stimulated by tho hnmediato urgency of particular demands , rather than produced by anything liko permanent scarcity . " Tho Melbourne market is also bare , of goods . In both places , hard goods and soft goods , luxuries and necessaries , articles for eating and drinking , articles for wearing and using , aro at tho minimum of stock and maximum of prico ,, Advances on cobI ; price in England , taken not partially but generally , not m the

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      JutY 23 , 1853 . ] THE LEADER . 7 <* 5

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 23, 1853, page 705, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1996/page/9/