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PFITFJRITEI VoL . III .

FEBRUARY,

881 .

No . 18.

EVOLUTION : A REJOINDER. EJOICING, as I do, that the days are come or coming

R when truth can be sought after for its own sake, without

reference to that which is of no value except in so far as it is founded upon it, that the time is not distant when even the shadow of persecution will have passed away, and all genuine efforts after real knowledge be looked upon with deserved favour,— in such a spirit as this I wish to join my friendly opponent, your nameless correspondent, in the common object of eliciting simply what is true with regard to the now almost engrossing subject of Evolution : so far, that is, as this object can be supposed to be served by two short and simple essays on a subject of such magnitude. There are, as Bacon says, an unsatisfactory class of persons who strive rather "to know what may be said than what should be thought " : to do this and go no further is mere word-fighting. But still, no doubt, one cannot go further without going as far. Truth, in fact, is best served by being looked at from both sides ; for one cannot be said truly to know what ought to be said in favour of any position, until one knows what may be said against it. There are then, I think, reasons good, and capable of reasonable compression, why one may justly hesitate to accept as certainly proved the conclusions which the last article on the above subject so positively laid down, as it seemed to me, in a somewhat axiomatic spirit ; though I carefully avoid the assertion that they are positively disproved, or perhaps ever will be . These reasons I am now to point out as well as my narrow

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limits will allow ; and at the formidable risk, too, of being set down as one of the "fools or bigoted ignoramuses" (pray, Mr. Editor, is that the correct plural ?) who are yet in wilful darkness, or at best in a kind of intellectual twilight . And it may be well to confess that all do not possess that degree of inner light which the writer seems to enjoy . What, however, surprises me, is that he himself informs us how that not very long since he "was wont to scoff " most stiff-neckedly for want of knowledge : I fear he has not yet dropped the bad habit, but is still scoffing for want of more. Seriously, it would be well if there were on all sides less of this calling names : invective is the cheapest, and vulgarest, but certainly the least convincing kind of argument . Besides, hasty dogmatism is thoroughly unscientific : it is nearly as shallow and empirical to rush hastily to a conclusion and assert it as a proven fact, as it is to be deaf to reason altogether. For instance, it is an unscientific state of mind which can regard Esau ' s hairiness as "the most positive proof" of any general conclusion at all . The most it can do is to render any such conclusion slightly more probable . If, therefore, we are to be dogmatized over like this, we may as well have it in the oldfashioned way ; but we have given up by this time the search for truth, pure and simple, which we set out with. Here, then, we differ, but only, so to speak, in Theory : it must, then, be my task now to point out a very few general reasons which in my eyes render the conclusions before obtained doubtful : I will not say that they prove them to be wrong. What is quite plain to every one that observes, whether he be much of a Naturalist or not, is that many animals, human and otherwise, are made up of much the same materials and on a very analogous plan : this I of course grant . But though much was made of this fact, yet I cannot see that it goes to prove anything, though the absence of it would disprove everything . To the question whether the various sorts of animals formed separate creations,—had separate beginnings, if that term is preferred,—or all sprang from a common origin ; to this the observed fact of a striking similarity offers no reply at all ; because it was to be expected in any case, as it is a priori very likely, that animals destined for living under similar conditions should be formed of similar substance and upon similar plans . This, then, does not

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shew that one kind of animal was developed from another, it only renders it conceivable. I grant, too, that species so-called are most likely merely 'arbitrary distinctions, established in ignorance, and retained for convenience ; and that one melts so gradually into another that any line of separation is often purely conventional, like that great red mark in the map which separates what is called England from what is called Wales . I grant, also, that minor variations can be successfully produced by art or so-called accident, and rendered persistent too : and that sexual selection may perhaps act more powerfully than either of them in the same direction. If this were the question, discussion would be at an end : but it is not. The question is, whether amid the continuous variation of smaller details, there are, or are not, certain main and striking differences, such as a child can appreciate, which are essential and unchangeable. To this question any possible experience of ours is, so far as I can make out, not long enough to offer any sort of satisfactory reply at all. The result, then, might be to find that "all we know is that nothing can be known," were it not for the testimony of the rocks, to which we come next . Here lies, I conceive, both the chief strength of the position, and also its greatest weakness :— its strength as a Theory or imaginable hypothesis, since it is thus so clearly shewn that all things have tended upwards from the first, and that the higher has followed the lower in regular succession ; and its weakness as an accepted fact, since the intermediate forms which one would expect to find, on the supposition of all these gradations being derived from one another, arc conspicuously wanting ; and all that the most pronounced advocates of the Theory can do is to assert that no doubt these will be found, if we search long enough ; a kind of argument, one may observe, to which there is no reply. The absence of our own immediate progenitors may, perhaps, fairly be accounted for in the same way as the absence of apes : so that one of these may be allowed to explain the other : but this surely offers no explanation of the scarcity of other intermediate forms. There is, as one may observe, a neatness and symmetry about the Theory, which renders it fascinating and capable of carrying almost immediate conviction to a certain class of minds : but yet, for that very reason, a too ready conviction is a thing to be

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guarded against. For this moral certainty, unshared by other minds accustomed to the consideration of a different class of facts, is altogether of too subjective a kind to be reliable, or to be appealed to as proof. For instance, it may be said, as the writer of the former essay has said, that the world ought to have been self-developed, and that this accords more with one's own idea of what is to be expected . But this is not proof to any but those who are prepared to believe and accept just what is most pleasant . What we think in the abstract ought to be, has really no place in a discussion about what is. I submit, then, while sharing the wonder wherefore so much stale and feeble repudiation has been wasted over those who uphold this belief, that without more light than is yet obtained, it would be premature to speak of this doctrine as any more than a pretty Theory, which it must be for the future to accept or to refute . I wish to add that I have carefully avoided the use of scientific terms, which tend to silence rather than convince those unaccustomed to them : and that I should not have ventured to approach this topic at all, for various reasons, had not a second essay been invited, or rather permitted, by the Editor.

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. [THE AMATEUR DRAMATIC CLUB'S ENTERTAINMENT, DEC. I 8 & 20, 1880 .]

HE croakers prophesied failure for the Theatricals, and the

T croakers, let us be thankful, were wrong. And yet their vaticinations seemed to have some reasonable foundation . The Club had lost Mr. Moss, to whom so much had been due in previous years ; it had lost at least one actor, whose histrionic talent, exerted often and well on its behalf, it was not likely soon to forget ; and a certain self-denying ordinance had been passed in the matter of subscriptions. In spite of all this, the theatricals were a brilliant success . We might say more, but we remember the dictum of Dogberry, "Comparisons are odorous," and the applause with which its utterance was received by an enthusiastic audience. In view, then, of this success, we have pleasure in congratulating the Club on the selection of the play . It gave scope for an

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unusually large number of pretty scenes, of which we may mention particularly the dance in Lconato ' s house and the midnight rites at Hero's tomb, while the tableau at the end was as charming a picture as we have ever seen on the school stage. Let us here acknowledge our obligations where they are due. First of all, we must thank Mr . Yeld for his self-denying kindness and scholarly help, this year called into requisition more than ever. Baskett has been an excellent secretary and treasurer; how he has found time to do the work of these two offices in addition to acting Benedick, not to mention his services athletic and editorial, is a perfect mystery to us. Brady ' s mechanical talent and industry have been extremely valuable, and we shall miss him sadly next year ; whilst the scene-painters have done their work remarkably well . We do not wish to forget the Prompters, either, or those scene-shifters and call-boys who, though their names be not written down, have a great deal of work to do, of which the audience little dreams . Last, but not least, we owe our thanks to Mr . and Mrs . Stephenson for very valuable assistance of various kinds. We pass to the consideration of the actors individually . To take Baskett first, the school has never, in our opinion, produced a more artistic and thoughtful performance than his Benedick . He had got hold of a distinct conception of his part, and every word and gesture harmonized thoroughly with it . We congratulate him upon his song ; but his acting was so evenly good, that we cannot select anything for special praise, still less anything to find fault with. Hodgson, too, was an excellent Beatrice . In one or two scenes he did not quite rise to a conception of that larger soul which the lady who was " born to speak all mirth and no matter " now and again reveals . But generally he was very good . When he was left alone with Benedick, in the latter part of the church scene, he did a very difficult piece of acting to perfection ; and he was equally good in the last scene of all, his laconic reply to Bencdick's "Do not you love me ?" being simply exquisite. No one who had seen Grahame as heroine for three years in succession would doubt for a moment his capability for his part this year. At the same time to say, as some did, that he looked rather too tall for Hero, was a fair, if not a profound criticism. We do not imagine Beatrice ' s gentle and retiring cousin as " a

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daughter of the gods divinely tall ." Such an idea, and this idea Grahame's appearance unfortunately suggested, does not sort well with Benedick's description of her as " Leonato's short daughter," "too low for a high praise, and too little for a great praise " ; unless, at least, we are to see in the jocose bachelor's remarks a refinement of sarcasm that will no doubt commend itself to the New Shakspere Society. But we were quite ready to forget this trifling incongruity, as soon as Grahame began to act . Throughout the part he acted well, but the church-scene calls for special remark. Here there fell to him, in the lingering agony of the accusation, at first vague, but gradually gathering definiteness, the most difficult piece of acting—especially of dumb acting—in the play, and he acquitted himself worthily . When he concentrated a world of pathos into those words "0 my father . . . Refuse me, hate me, torture me to death," he won, in the hush that fell over the crowded room, a triumph greater than any applause, and a triumph he richly deserved. Of A . R . Stephenson (Claudio), we cannot speak so favourably. He was too much prone to striking attitudes when there was no necessity for so doing . Besides, though he showed very decided skill in the less sentimental scenes, in keeping a flippant tone in the more sentimental ones, he seemed to forget that Claudio 's rather shallow nature was just the one to show its sorrows openly. It could work off its grief in a dainty lyric, where a deeper nature would have been silent : none the less ought the lyric to have been read with emotion. G . G. Richardson was very good as Don Pedro. In the garden scene, where Benedick imagines himself secreted in the arbour, Pedro and Claudio scarcely disguised their intentions sufficiently; they would not have deceived Benedick if they had not borne their conference a little more sadly . In their later interviews with him they were both admirable. Brady (Leonato) was, here and there, indistinct . We were the more sorry for this, because at no single point did he fall short of the spirit of his part . His acting in the church scene, where Shakespeare has balanced the intensity of the daughter's speechless anguish with the father's impassioned eloquence, was full of feeling . We were much pleased, too, with Brockbank as Pon

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Yohn. Ike and L. E . Stevenson really looked and spoke like most accomplished villains—they might have been practising as amateur casuals for a few weeks. Barnby, also, was a very fair Conrade. What shall we say of Dogberry ? He was perfectly inimitable, and we have all the more pleasure in congratulating him upon the way in which he repeatedly brought down the house, because he never yielded to the besetting sin of an actor in such a part, the temptation to win cheap applause by over-acting . And what we say of Dogberry applies to Verges. Of H . C . B . Clayforth's Friar Francis, on the first night, we will say nothing, on the principle, nil de mortuis nisi bonum . He was unfortunate enough to incapacitate himself for the second performance, and G . H . Eyre kindly and courageously took his place, without even a rehearsal . He succeeded so well, that we only wished he had appeared in a more prominent part. Margaret and Ursula were both good, and we hope to see them again next year . Griffith, too, fully justified our expectations of a good song by his " Sigh no more," and Bailey personated well the rather uninteresting character of Antonio. The argument on the programme was again contributed by J . H . Piggin, but we missed a spoken Prologue, such as those supplied in previous years by Mr . Moss and Mr. Veld . The band, which, to adopt the phrase in the play and on the programme, "drew to pleasure us," gave full satisfaction. To conclude, we would point the moral of the Theatricals at the risk of seeming not to adorn their tale. Some of us have regretted to see in the school lately a growing feeling of selfish indifference to school institutions . It has shown itself in more ways than one ; in the humiliating record of the last Cricket season ; in the spiritlessness which has allowed the Debating Society to die out, and—as a correspondent tells us in another column—made the Library practically inaccessible to the majority of its subscribers. This being the case, we are glad to look upon the success of these Theatricals—more than ever the product of united and unselfish work—as a triumph of a better spirit, a genuine spirit of energy and union alive and powerful in the school . But Dogberry must have bestowed some of his tediousness on us ; so let us haste to follow his example, and " humbly give " our readers " leave to depart . " QUIVIS.

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L1ST OF OFFICIALS, ACTORS,

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President,—The Rev. H . M . Stephenson. Committee,—F . T. Griffith, G. H . Eyre. A. Peters, A . R. Stephenson, A . E. Douglas, F . W . Greenhow. Honorary Secretary and Treasurer,--B . G . M . Baskett. The Staff: Stage Manager, G . Veld, Esq. E . W . Clayforth. Prompter, J . H . Collinson. Under Prompter, Property-Man, J . C. Bailey. B . G . M . Baskett. Super-Master, j N . P . \V . Brady. Master-Carpenters, P . Hodgson. The New Scenery by N . P . W . Brady, IV . E . Brockbank, S P . Hodgson. The Dresses and Properties by Samuel May, Costumier, Bow St ., London. The Cast : Don Pedro, prince of Arragon, G. G . Richardson. W . E. Brockbank. Don John, his bastard brother, . A . R. Stephenson. Claudio, a young lord of Florence, Benedick, a young lord of Padua, B . G . M . Baskett. Leonato, governor of Messina, N . P . W. Brady. Antonio, his brother, . J . C . Bailey. F . T. Griffith. Balthazar, attendant on Don Pedro, Borachio' L . E . Stevenson. followers of Don John, W. H . Barnby. Conrade, H . C . B . Clayforth. Friar Francis, Dogberry, a constable, R . Kitching. Verges, a headborough, . . E . Crossley. F . W . Greenhow. A Sexton, . H . Kitchin. A Boy, Messenger, H . G . Joy. T . E . Grahame. Hero, daughter to Leonato, Beatrice, niece to Leonato, P. Hodgson. . N . Stephenson. Margaret W }gentlewomen attending on Hero, Ursula, J R. Crawshaw. Watch, Pages, Attendants, Gaolers, Citizens. THE ARGUMENT. They are hushed, the drums of battle : surely we should feast to night ; Hardly yet has fair Messina looked upon so proud a sight ;

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Hardly after shall Messina look upon the sight again, For the Prince, Don Pedro, cometh, and he brings a goodly train. Benedick and Pedro's brother and young Claudio all are here, And the governor, Leonato, means to give them royal cheer. Leonato's daughter, Hero, true and tender is and fair, Scarcely hath young Claudio seen her when he gives his heart to her. Soon a marriage is agreed on—but alack ! when winds are high, Often hath a goodly vessel foundered with the haven nigh. And the Prince's villain brother hath conceived a villain plan; If the Prince can not be wounded, still his dearest comrade can; He will injure Pedro, if he injure Claudio at his side ; He will injure Claudio deeply, if he rob him of his bride. Little of the coming mischief think the lovers and their friends, While themselves are busy plotting merrily for other ends. So for Hero ' s laughing cousin, Beatrice, a trap is laid, That she, too, may seek for marriage who has sworn to live a maid; And for Benedick, the mirthful, there is laid a counter-plan, That the scorner of all women may be styled " the married man . " But the evil plotter meanwhile playeth well his darker game, Casts upon the lady Hero foulest slander, fiercest shame. All successful is his plotting, when there comes a sudden turn— Fools reveal the dastard secret wiser men could not discern. So the lovers are united—Claudio to his Hero true, Benedick to Beatrice, marriage satisfied at last to woo; And, mid weeping changed to laughter, when for merriment and glee Shall Messina, fair Messina, two such weddings ever see ? Mighty prober of the darkness of our drear and dreamful way, Of the ghostly fire-lit cavern where the fitful shadows play, Light and darkness interweaving their faint tissue on the walls, Joy as now up-Hares the flame-tongue, sorrow as anon it falls; O thou fire-bearer Promethean, with thy torch of nature lit, High thy torch is held for guidance : we would light our torch at it. For we are perplexed and troubled, as the shadows come and go, Phantom men and phantom women hurrying ever to and fro : Yet we find, as thou dust show us, something of a hidden plan, Working to a higher purpose in this mystery of man ; Seeing vice awhile triumphant, virtue seeming to be shamed, Seeing self-love turn to sorrow, and the haughty spirit tamed, Seeing peace succeed to turmoil, even as, when rains are done, Comes a glory in the heavens at the setting of the sun . J. H. P.

FOOTBALL. VERY dog has his day ; football has had its season, and is

E now, for the time at least, past, and it seems almost out of place to speak of football at a time when boating occupies, or ought to occupy, the attention of all . However, since the last number of the Peterite was issued, we have had a run of unbroken success, winning three important matches in succession. The Hull Town Club, evidently despising a team consisting of— what the columns of a magazine connected with the parish of Clifton have named—" their more youthful opponents," sent a weaker team than that which we met in our first match, and consequently were easily beaten, as they only gained one try to St . Peter's four goals and five tries . Our next match was against Thorp Arch School . At the commencement of the game St . Peter's were hard pressed, principally owing to our opponents ' spirited forward play . A long run, however, by Douglas, and some sharp passing, credited St . Peter's with a goal ; and, the ice being broken, a long list of goals and tries was the result . Thorp Arch failed to score, but, had they not become so easily dispirited, perhaps our victory would not have been so decisive : three goals and five tries to nil. The return match with Clifton was far more equally matched, as the Cliftonians, profiting by past experience, had considerably strengthened their team by the addition of C . Wood and T. Ashburner . At first St . Peter's held the advantage, and secured in the first half-time a goal and a try ; the game, after sides were changed, was more keenly contested, and C . Wood twice passed our backs, and Ashburner once, though from none of the tries was a goal kicked, and St . Peter ' s were left winners by one goal and two tries to three tries. As a whole, the football season this year has been fairly successful . Out of ten matches we have won six and lost four. We commenced the season rather badly, bit as time went on the team shewed manifest signs of improvement : the forwards played well together, and with greater spirit and dash, and whenever an opportunity occurred, unselfishly passed the ball to the backs . There is still, however, room for improvement in the way of forming the scrimmages . Amongst those who rendered

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good service for the forwards we noticed particularly J . C . Bailey, F .W . Greenhow, and L . E . Stevenson . Of these, the first two are always to be seen playing well on the ball, whilst the last is chiefly remarkable for his successful " rushes," his very weight carrying him through his opponents . The backs have played very fairly throughout, B . G . M . Baskett, our worthy captain, T. E . Grahame, and G . Bulman, especially shewing fine play. Baskett and Grahame—playing three-quarters and half-backs respectively—have been indefatigable in their exertions, and have saved the School in many a match . Bulman and Gay, too, have proved tolerably safe backs, the former especially collaring well and noted for his long and effective runs. Douglas, the other half-back, has played as well as any one, and we have never seen him at any time off the ball . He probably has done more than any one for the success of the team . Wood, though rather slow at handling the ball, has shown a fair pace. But what contributed chiefly to our success towards the latter part of the season was the marked improvement shewn in the "passing" game,which secured, instead of (as before) only individual exertions, unity and concentrated effort . This was chiefly conspicuous in the return match against Richmond School, when the Richmondians, evidently despairing of final success, effected, by one of their number, a coup d'ctat, burst through the—I will not say serried—ranks of their opponents—for no one hindered the carrier of Richmond's fortunes in his course—and then, amongst the cheers of the admirers of this brilliant achievement, kicked a goal. We noticed, however, at times, more particularly at the beginning of the season, a slackness in following up well, in consequence of which our opponents sometimes have been able to handle the ball and make a run which might otherwise have been prevented . This we hope to see remedied next football season. The Old Boys' Match was to have been played on Tuesday, December 21st, but was prevented by the weather.

NOTES AND ITEMS. E are happy to have to record another honour gained by

W A . Gorham, who went from St. Peter's to Shrewsbury School, at Trinity College, Dublin, viz ., the Chancellor' s Gold

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Medal for knowledge of Latin : this is about the best honour of the University. W . English has gained (as we omitted last month to mention) the Gold Medal at London University for Medicine. C . J . Daniel was placed 9th out of Ho candidates for admission to Sandhurst, and O. C . Williamson is admitted to Woolwich. J . R. Husband was ordained deacon shortly before Christmas, and licensed to St . Mary's, Hull, passing first in the Examination. Our readers will be glad to hear that Mr . Hugh Moss is shortly to have a play of his produced at the Gaiety, London: at a morning performance, it is true ; but still the fact reflects great credit on him. The Editors wish to remove an impression which, they believe, prevails among the masters, that contributions from them are not wished for. They assure the masters that, so far from this being the case, they will be most grateful for all such assistance from them. We felt reluctant to disturb the Debating Society in its grave ; we thought that after life's fitful fever it slept well . But as it appears there is some likelihood of its resuscitation, we may mention that one of its old members recently distinguished himself at the Oxford Union by a maiden speech much above the average . The report, however, that one of the London dailies sent down a special for the occasion, lacks confirmation. Another O .P. has just been elected Secretary of his College Debating Society at the same University. May we implore our subscribers to acquaint us at once of any change in their address ? They would save the Treasurer much trouble by attending to this. We were much affected by the letter we received from a gentleman—we cannot with strict accuracy call him a subscriber or even a reader—who felt aggrieved at being requested for his subscription when it was only eleven months overdue . He said he had not time to read the magazine, but he had taken it for the sake of the old School . We felt ourselves heartless wretches, until we reflected that, if many others adopted the same way of showing their love for the old School, the Peterite would speedily expire .

CAMBRIDGE LETTER. E little fishes! the fatal event—intimated so long ago to our

readers as in the first Cambridge letter ever written by the Y real and original Kambridge Korrespondent, has at length come upon

us . The TRAM runs : but, let me add in haste, the University Library is not yet an aquarium, nor the Senate House a Skating Rink. As to University news—the R. U . Football fifteen have only yet been beaten by Richmond, who brought down a very strong team ; which shews them to be quite equal to, if not above, the average ; and it was satisfactory to hear that such a good and even match was played against Oxford ; though here I must score one off Keble College . A match of great interest took place in Cambridge towards the end of the term, between Keble, Oxford, and St . John ' s, Cambridge—in which St . John 's beat Keble by a try to nil. As regards Boating, our prospects for the race—if one may judge by the newspapers—are not so particularly bright : our trials seem to have been as good as those of Oxford, on the whole ; but the latter have very few vacancies to fill up, whereas our boat will consist chiefly of untried men : however, it is yet too early in the year to judge with any accuracy the course things may take : ah, could one only now Boycott the Oxford Eight ! The authorities have decided to build an University Boat-house : let us hope it may not share the sad fate of Oxford ' s new erection. There has been much excitement up here over the vexed Greek Question : briefly, the advocates for its abolishment in the Little-go contend that its place would be better supplied by one or more foreign languages ; but their opponents have proved themselves too strong as yet, and the question is shelved for the present. It may interest a few to be told, if they do not know it already , that two Heads have died this term—the Masters of Caius and Pernbroke—their places being filled by N. M . Ferrers and C . E . Searle : also that Canon Fleming preaches before the University next May. As to College matters and personal details : there is little to relate. J . H . Mallinson rowed in (eheu !) the losing College trial at Christ ' s ; from the first-captaincy of which College J . E . Stephenson retired this term ; and P . L . Newman has been playing football for the same College . We have missed this last term, too, the familiar forms of R . M. Ainslie and the (now) Rev . J . R . Husband : they both took their degrees in June, and have vanished from the scene .

SCHOOL LETTER.

I have been requested to correct any error which may have crept into the last Cambridge letter : there is only one of omission—A . A. Gibson, of Pembroke, being an O .P. ; his name was not in the list. MAX.

SCHOOL LETTER. HE day-boys met on Tuesday, January z5th, but, in consequence

of the frost which disordered household arrangements, the T boarders did not come back for some days . We have lost several whom we shall miss, among whom is conspicuously Bulman, who is gone to Durham University . We heartily wish him success. It is to be hoped that this term S . Peter ' s will shake off its conservatism, and adhere no longer to its old senseless custom of having the Sports in the Midsummer term . The end of this term (if indeed we must have them at the end of any term) is decidedly the time for such things. It is further to be hoped that the School will not show the selfishness it has displayed these last two years, in refusing to take pewter instead of silver prizes for the Boat Races . One cannot speak too strongly against those selfish persons who incited the majority to vote as they did, or those silly people who followed their leaders like sheep in a course so manifestly contrary to the interests of the School, however profitable to themselves . Now that such damage has been done, it may seem like locking the stable door when the horse is stolen, thus to economise, but it still will be benefitting our successors. There is another institution which should not be allowed to drop— the Debating Club . It has fallen purely and simply through laziness on the part of its members : it is the general spirit that is to be blamed, not that of the probable president. We hope to see it revived, and with all its pristine glory, this term. Football may be played with advantage this term . Probably it will be continued : but there is wanting something besides the action of the authorities, viz ., willingness to play on the part of the School. We would advise the Club to cultivate the second team especially ; it should be a feeder to the first team next season . It certainly is now almost as important as the first. The Editors and self beg heartily to congratulate the School on the success of the Theatricals. Something might be said also about the prologue, which was even better than usual . Amongst O .P . ' s who were there (non-resident in York) we noticed J . H. Piggin, J . E. Stephenson, W . S . Fox, S . J . J . S . le Maistre, W . Mitchell, J . A .

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Jackson, W . J . L . Richardson, A . P. Chadwick . There were misguided people sitting in the gallery who were anxious to hear the play. Such people, we would remind O . P ' s and others it may concern, would not more easily attain their desire, because the gentlemen who stood at the hall door were talking and laughing. JAMES CRAWLEY. .—I hope you will all pay your subscriptions promptly. P .S

CORRESPONDENCE. THE LIBRARY. To THE EDITORS OF " THE PETERITE . " MY DEAR SIRs,—Permit me for a few moments to draw your attention to the tremendous hardships of the position of the Librarians Poor things ! It is a truly dreadful task to keep that book, is it not ? It is a great trial to open Library so often in the week and to wait so long there . Night after night do they open the doors : night after night do they stand waiting with exemplary patience : why, I have known them wait for three minutes after the school bell has rung ! People might have expected the School to be grateful : but no, they are not . They even insinuate that the functionaries in question are lazy . But it is not true . The fact is that those who want books come in throngs long after time ; it is not to be expected they should get what they want, when they do not come till five minutes after school has left. How admirable is the sternness of the officials when they turn away those who come late, without their books . They never seem to tire of inculcating the principle that punctuality is a virtue. But if they are stern in that case, their courtesy sometimes approaches laxity . I have known gentlemen keep books for six months, and with mistaken kindness the functionaries never ask for them . They perhaps desire to extend the cause of Education. Let me suggest a remedy . Let a third colleague be chosen out of Mr. Adams ' s House . He would help the poor overworked functionaries . They could not then incur the suspicion of laziness ; they then must fully satisfy all . This may seem a poor reward of months of toil ; but rest assured, Librarians, your labours will be appreciated. The truth will out . Some day you will be extolled and the suspicion be removed : but at present your brilliance is not seen . Be not discouraged : the day will come when your light shall no longer be

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hidden under a bushel . But, in the meantime, take my advice, and elect an assistant out of the other house . Your disinterestedness, so strikingly manifest in your actions hitherto to all who look below the sur f-ace, will not grudge him the credit he will gain with posterity as having been a sharer in your glory . Meanwhile, gentlemen, I am one who is AN ADMIRER OF WORTH (when he sees it). [We are not sure that we have fathomed all our correspondent's sarcasm, but we may direct attention to his suggestion that one of the librarians should belong to Mr . Adams ' s house . This used to be the rule, but it was dropped because members of that house declined the office, finding it too much trouble to come down to the school to hold library . But it is not necessary that they should give out books ; the real use of a librarian in that house would be that the authorities would have some control over the books there .—EDIToRS.]

To THE EDITORS OF " THE PETERITE . " DEAR SIRS,—I am sure the well-wishers of out-door pursuits cannot be too grateful to the powers that be in the Debating Society, for the way in which they have denied themselves the pleasure of presenting an overpowering rival attraction . Where eloquence has such force it must be administered with care, but may I venture to suggest that frequent homoeopathic doses would be better, than large—if occasional—draughts. Our authorities can hardly plead want of matter for discussion— politically at any rate, and I cannot venture to suggest that they are fearful of undertaking a defence which must be to men of their powers a light task . Only I might remark that a strong dose of eloquence may be attended with fatal results when the system has too long been without it, and, as I cannot suppose they intend to be so cruel as altogether to deprive us of that benefit, may I ask when we are again to enjoy it, that we may be prepared ? I am yours, &c ., RIGDUM FUNNIDOS. A letter from A .E .C ., some Queries, and several other contributions, are held over till next month. OXFORD : PRINTED BY W . R . BOWDEN, 59, HIGH STREET .

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PETERITEI Vol.. III.

MARCH, 1881 .

No . 19.

PLAS MAWR : A STORY OF CONWAY. EEN from across the bay, when the tide has covered the mud

S and sand and seaweed that lie exposed at low water, Conway town makes as sweet a picture as one could wish . The low houses creeping down to the water's edge ; the fishing boats rising and falling slowly with the quiet waves ; above, the grey ivied town-walls and the glorious castle itself, none of its beauty taken away even by the addition of modern bridges ; behind, wooded hills, and to left and right the estuary, narrowing on the one hand into a river, widening on the other to the sea . Such are some of the elements of the scene . But when you have crossed the bridge and passed under the castle walls, something is gone of the halo with which distance crowned the town. There are not many old houses left, and the very commonplace inns and shops have not an inviting appearance . Still there are a few buildings of great interest to the antiquarian, and foremost among these is the Plas Mawr in the High-street . Some of those who have visited the old mansion for the sake of the fantastic carving with which the interior walls are decorated, will doubtless have been both surprised and pleased at being met by a young lady with delightfully English speech and ways, instead of by an old crone who is as garrulous as her scant acquaintance with the English tongue will allow. Winifred Meredith is not, as a matter of fact, an Englishwoman. Her family have for long inhabited the Plas Mawr . How they first came into the mansion that Sir Robert Wynn built in the year of our Lord, 1577, I do not know ; but there they are, and there they will probably remain—at any rate, until the death of Winifred's grandmother, who would never tolerate the idea of

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leaving the old place . Winifred herself is, in a sense, deeply attached to the associations that cling round it, but there was a time when she hated it . Fresh from the gay life of the west end of London, the young girl could find little to interest her in the dull solitude of a remote Welsh town . Some English friends of the family had taken a fancy to her when she was a child, and had had her educated and kept her with them for some years. Only on brief visits had she come to Conway hitherto : how could she now live in it altogether ? But before she had been long in the old town, new experiences were to take away the monotony from her life. There came to Conway in the spring of 1874, a young artist of the name of Ernest Musgrave . Though he was not above twenty-three years of age, he had exhibited more than once in the Academy, and it was whispered in art circles that, if merit were as sure of its reward as it ought to be, Musgrave would, before very long, write A .R .A . after his name . Conway is a perfect storehouse of subjects for the painter . True, the stores have been often ransacked, but they are not altogether exhausted yet . It was, then, quite natural that young Musgrave should come to Conway ; and it was also natural that in course of time he should find his way to the High-street and the Plas Mawr ; nor yet altogether unnatural that there he should meet and fall in love with Winifred Meredith . For are not young artists, of all people, most susceptible to beauty, not only of mountain and stream and sky and sea, but beauty of the human face and form ? And if the beautiful face and form be only outward signs of a beautiful soul within ?—ah, well, but the knowledge of that comes only by-and-bye. Surely lovers at Conway are, other things being equal, far more fortunate than those whose lot it is to live in most other regions of this prosaic realm . There are no balls and no operas, perhaps : but instead there are walks in the glorious vale, and over the mountains, and on the shore ; and there are drives along the roads that wind this way and that between the sweet-smelling hedges ; and there are rows and sails up the calm river and down to the great wide sea . Of all these pleasures, Ernest and Winifred had their full share through that summer . But it is with the last evening that ever these two spent together that this story is concerned .

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He had just helped her over the rough stones on the quay, and into the little boat that was waiting for them at the water ' s edge. " Which way are we to go ?" he said, as he pushed off. " Not up the river to-night, Ernest, " she answered . " I don ' t like it—it is so dark and treacherous and snake-like . Let us go into the bay." "Why, what is the matter, Winnic ? We have often pulled up it before : and don't you remember how you enjoyed taking an oar yourself that afternoon when we went up to Tal-y-Cafn, making our way all alone amongst the sand-banks ? " "Yes, I know, " she said, " but to-night I would rather we went the other way ." "Anywhere—with you," and he pulled round the boat. The tide was fast going out, so the little vessel sped on swiftly enough . It was late summer, and the day had been an intensely sultry one . It was past six o ' clock when they started, but the heat showed no sign of abating. Over the water lay a dull languid haze that was anything but promising . Yet it was cooler and pleasanter on the water than on the land, and rowing with the tide was delightfully easy work ; so it was scarcely surprising that they did not notice the ominous signs about them, or pay any heed to the jabber of two or three fishermen who were discussing the weather amongst themselves. Swiftly enough the little vessel sped on . They passed on their right the white houses of Tywyn and the modern terrace of Deganwy ; on their left rose Conway mountain, with its rich colours on which the sunlight so loves to linger . Then the little Penmen thrust itself forward into the bay, and on the other side the elephantine Orme stretched itself lazily along. " That ugly monster "—this was what Ernest said as they passed it—" I do believe that is the most unaesthetic mountain on this earth . It looks as if it hadn't the spirit to hold up its head like a decent mountain would . Instead, it lies on its back, and takes up a good deal more room in the world than it was ever entitled to ." Winifred very properly reminded him that far more people could enjoy a breezy walk upon it as it was, than if it were twice its present height ; and surely there were mountains enough for those who wanted them . Now this mention of the enjoyment that so many could get out of the Great Ormc, produced a very

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different effect from the one intended . For Ernest immediately began to make very unnecessary sneers at the people who patronized the ginger-beer establishment on the summit ; and at the people who made the carriage-drive round the head-land . "Only," he said, " their acquaintance with the English language was on a par with their exquisite taste . Have you ever noticed the list of tolls ?—' For every passenger on foot (except the driver of a vehicle), Id .' " And from this he proceeded to include in a wholesale condemnation more than half of the visitors to our English watering-places . ` Trippers' he called them, using a north of England word in a sense of his own . " I do not mean," he explained, " simply day-excursionists, some of whom, no doubt, genuinely appreciate the beautiful . But I mean all those—and how many there are !—who come to beautiful places, and spoil these places for other people by their intrusion, when, for all the taste they have, they would really enjoy quite as much a stay at any unlovely place that had bathing-vans, donkeys, a parade, a pier, a rink and winter-gardens ." And then he went on to propound an extravagant scheme, which he only hoped some illustrious statesman would take up . It was that certain popular resorts—Margate he named amongst others, Blackpool, Morecambe, and a fashionable town it would not do to speak of disrespectfully to Yorkshire readers—should be given up to the use of these objectionable tripper-souls . From the rest of the British coast, niggers and acrobats and all proprietors of popular entertainments should be rigidly excluded . " It would not be necessary, " he said, "to exclude tripper-souls by statute . If one ever came, he would be so utterly miserable that, if he returned alive to his brethren, he would be sure to warn them effectually against going." By the time this scheme had been evolved, and some matters of deeper and more personal interest, which do not concern us, had been discussed, they had got out of the bay . It was growing dusk, and, as she saw the lights glimmer in away over in Penmaenmawr town, Winifred suggested that it was time for them to be turning back . He hummed something lightly in reply : " With love like a rose in the stern of a wherry, There ' s danger in crossing to Conway town . "

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Then he proceeded leisurely to act upon her advice . But where was the calm water through which they had rowed at starting ? Out here in the open the sea was anything but motionless, and a few drops of rain warned them that they must be quick if they would get into the shelter of the bay before the storm came on . So entirely had they been occupied with their conversation and each other, that they had never bestowed a thought upon the weather ; and in this region, as many a wreck can prove, storms sometimes come on with fearful rapidity at the turning of the tide . He did not seem to have pulled many strokes, when the sky was black with clouds . Already the rain was beginning to drive fiercely, and every moment the waves seemed to be rolling huger and huger . It was useless trying to talk amid this fury of rain and wind and water. He could only throw off his coat to cover her partially, where she lay frightened in the stern of the boat. Then he must do his best to battle with the elements . His best—but what is a man ' s best in a case like this ? And as the darkness grew thicker, and the storm grew fiercer, he could tell less and less in what direction he ought to row. The mountains lost their outline, and became grim shapeless masses ; then they mixed undefinably with the black lowhanging clouds . He had been rowing frantically for some time, but, finding that he could make no headway, he pulled in his oars . Clearly they must go whither wind and tide took them. He looked anxiously at the pale face in the stern . I-le could not make her hear the words of comfort he wanted to speak to her, but one thing he could do. Reverently he lifted her hand and kissed it . A smile came over the pale features . It was a strange love-making, a grim parody on the lines he had hummed lightly a short while before " With love like a rose in the stern of a wherry, There ' s danger in crossing to Conway town . " And all the while the cruel breakers were tossing the tiny boat this way and that, lifting it up and dashing it down again, and wetting its occupants through and through with the murky foam. At the window of a little cottage on the narrow stretch of green at the base of the Great Orme, stood a solitary watcher of the scene outside . He saw a little boat not far away being made the sport of the tempest ; and, helpless to aid it, but awed and

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fascinated by the sight, he followed its course with the fisherman's keen eye : nearer and nearer it came ; now it was almost on the rocks, and now a huge wave had flung it fifty feet away; a third wave brought it back and nearer still, and then he saw it no more. He lit a lantern and sallied out into the darkness ; with difficulty he groped along amongst the boulders . There is no taint of tripperdom about the Great Orrne on a stormy night ; one is glad of shelter even in a ginger-beer establishment . For some time he searched in vain for any trace of the boat or its occupants ; but at last, tinder the solitary loveless ruins of Gogarth Abbey, he fancied he heard a moan . Was it the ghost of some victim of an unhallowed Druid sacrifice, crying out its cry plaintively to the angry heavens ? or was it a sea-bird shrieking as it wheeled white over the white foam ? or only the storm with its babel of hoarse sounds ? Perhaps he thought it was one or other of these things, as his long search seemed unrewarded till a gleam from his lantern revealed the prostrate form of a woman . He lifted it tenderly and carried it into the cottage ; not till he had got Winifred Meredith safely there did he ask her any questions. Then he managed to glean from her half-incoherent answers that the boat had gone down, and that Musgrave had gone down too, having only had strength left to push her on land before the wave carried him away . This the kind-hearted fisherman and his wife made out to their satisfaction, but they could not understand at all what it was she muttered again and again "There's danger . in crossing to Conway town ." Since all this happened, Winifred 's life has passed quietly and uneventfully . There is a sadness about her still, for she has not forgotten, far from it, the last of the romances that cling to the old mansion in Conway—the old mansion where, as they say, certain royal lovers carved their initials of old . That is another romance of which the Plas Mawr knows something, if it could tell its story—the romance of Elizabeth Regina and Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester . LITTLE ALEXANDER .

A RAMBLE FROM SANDGATE. T was on a dry though dull day last autumn that I walked

I with a friend to Folkestone from Sandgate :* we started early and proceeded by the footpath along the top of the cliffs, in order that we might enjoy the sea view all the way, whereas if we had taken the road at the foot of the cliffs we should have missed this, for the banks on the side of the road hide the sea almost the whole way. We passed one of the Martello Towers soon after leaving Sandgate ; these were built by the government during the panic of a French invasion in the year 1805 to guard the coast from Copt Point, near Folkestone, to Dungeness Point, beyond Romney March . They cost LI 1,000 each, and were all mounted on the top with a piece of heavy ordnance : each tower can accommodate about thirty men : their height is about forty feet, their walls are of great thickness, and their shape is circular . But we must proceed on our walk. Our path brought us out eventually on `The Lees,' which is the fashionable promenade of Folkestone, being bordered by large terraces of houses : we found it thronged with people, for as we arrived about noon, we saw it at its busiest time . The Bath-chairs which are used here greatly would prove a terrible obstruction to pedestrians, were it not for the breadth of the path . We did not go down to the beach, but proceeded to the parish Church situated at the end of `Tlie Lees .' It is dedicated to S . Mary, and consists of a nave, two aisles, chancel, and two chantrics, with a square tower in the centre : the oldest portion is the east end, which dates back to the thirteenth century ; but as the other parts have been restored in the perpendicular style, they are not in keeping with the rest of the building . Among the persons buried in this Church is the mother of Dr . Harvey, the discoverer of the circulation of the blood, to whose memory there is a brass on the south wall which describes her as " a godly, harmless woman . " On leaving the Church we visited the old part of the town which lies in a valley ; here the antiquated look of the old tileroofed houses presented a striking contrast to the large modern * A small but picturesquely situated town, about a mile and a half to the west of Folkestone, and three to the east of Hythe.

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ones on the Lees . Here they are so huddled together that one would think our forefathers considered breathing a matter of very secondary importance . After we had examined this part of the town, we retired to a restaurant and there fortified ourselves for the rest of our walk : my companion insisted on our taking a loaf with us, which doubtless he thought would prove acceptable before we got to our journey's end. We set out for Lyminge on leaving Folkestone, and after we had proceeded on the road about two miles, arrived at the village of Cheriton, which claims an old Saxon Church standing alone on a large plain about three hundred yards from the village : during some alterations a stone was discovered beneath the floor marking the grave of Sir Walter Raleigh's granddaughter . We left these and proceeded on the road. Next we passed the village of Newington, and visited its Church containing some fine old brasses ; the case of the font is worth noticing, as it is adorned with some exquisite oak carving : in the Church-yard are some very fine old yew trees bearing additional testimony to the antiquity of the place . When we had seen these, as it was already growing dusk, we gave up the idea of going to Lyminge that day, but instead of doing so we walked on to Saltwood Castle, which lies nearer Sandgate . As we approached this fine old ruin, the scenery, which was rather tame before, became romantic and beautiful ; lofty hills rise up on either side of the road, some of them being conical shaped, from which fact one derives its name—Sugar-loaf Hill . We hastened on, for darkness was approaching rapidly, and ere long came in sight of the old Castle of Saltwood . This Castle, or a previous one on the same site, dates back to the time of the Romans ; it was enlarged by Oesc, son of Hengist, in the fifth century, and again by Hugh de Montford in the Norman period. It was the property of Cranmer at one time, but on his becoming an object of envy to Henry VIII . on account of the magnificence of his living, he was obliged to surrender it to his royal master. Alas ! it is now sadly degraded, being used as a common farm house . The outer walls, still complete, are covered with ivy, and around these the moat may still be traced : the embattled entrance gate is dismantled of its drawbridge and portcullis, though the groove in which the latter moved is still to be seen. Passing through this gateway, we came in front of the grand

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entrance with two solid round towers on either side : it was now almost dark, but nevertheless we asked the ancient warden who lived within, if she could show us through the building : with a view to getting a ` tip' she readily assented ; so after considerable difficulty she procured a lamp, and by aid of its friendly light we were conducted over the remaining rooms . From what we could judge there was first a groined arch, and on both sides of this were the old guard rooms ; the stone walls of one of these has actually been covered with a bright blue paper ! We ascended a spiral staircase of stone, and saw the other apartments which were formerly used by the Governor of the Castle, but now arc fast going to decay, the ceilings falling, and the old rafters allowed to rot without any steps being taken for their preservation . The staircase brought us out on the roof of one of the towers before mentioned, and from here we could dimly discern the walls of the ancient banqueting hall and the other buildings within the enclosure . How we longed for the moon to throw her tender light upon the scene ; but no such luck was in store for us, so we were obliged to descend the steps once more, and content ourselves with what we had already seen until some future visit by daylight. We left the Castle after `tipping' the old woman, not for her information, for, as she had only occupied the place a week, she was scarcely in a position to instruct us in regard to its history, &c., so, striking across the fields, after some time we arrived at Hythe railway station . There was no train for Sandgate for some time, so we were obliged to walk back . ERIN GO BRAGH.

NOTES AND ITEMS. J . C . Waithman, of Magdalen College, Cambridge, was 16th Senior Optime in the last Mathematical Tripos. The following notice of the late Lieut .-Col . J . J . Collins, we take from the Celcr et Audax Gazette of the 3rd Battalion, 6oth Royal Rifles : " We greatly regret having to record the death from dysentery, at Sibi, Afghanistan, on October 8th, of Lieutenant-Colonel J . J . Collins. This officer joined the 2nd Battalion at the Cape in 1854, and was transfer red to the 4th Battalion on its formation in 1859, and after

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serving in that Battalion for 13 years received his majority in the 3rd Battalion in 1873, and subsequently his Lieutenant-colonelcy in the 2nd Battalion in August, 1878 . He commanded his Battalion throughout the whole of the recent Afghan campaigns, and was lately mentioned in despatches for his conduct at the battle of Ahmed Kheyl, Most of us knew him well, and deeply shall we mourn his loss . He was a good soldier, and a kind-hearted steady friend ; ever ready to give advice to those who sought it, and always striving to promote the well-being and the comfort of his brother officers and of the men under his command . And now, on his way home, after months of toil, hardship, and victory, has a fell disease carried off one with whom we have lived on terms of intimacy for 26 years, without ever hearing from his lips one unkind word . We cannot better perpetuate his memory than by striving to follow his example . " A . Gorham, of Trinity College, Dublin, has obtained the ViceChancellor's Prize at his University for Latin Prose, and also the Berkeley Medal for Knowledge of Greek. Subscribers will do us a great favour by paying their subscriptions as soon as possible . The Treasurer's address till March 16th, will be Keble Coll ., Oxford ; for about a month from that date, Everingham Rectory, near York.

OXFORD LETTER. O doubt subscribers to the Peterite were greatly disappointed at

N the absence of an Oxford Letter in the last number, though I

think they had most of the news under the head of " Notes and Items ." The great misfortune sustained by the O . U . B . C . in the cremation (see /Esthetes ' Journals) of their new boat-house, has roused the officers to take vigorous measures to repair their loss . All the Colleges are asking past and present members for subscriptions, which in the case of Queen ' s are to be paid to Mr. J . H . Daniel, Hon . Treas. With regard to our prospects at Putney : all last week the ' Varsity were on what is known as the upper river, but the weather has been most unpropitious for practice, and several changes have been made from time to time in the crew . West seems in remarkably good health and spirits ; may his fortune of last year again attend him ! Kindersley (the President), Edwardes-Moss, and Dr . Darbishire have been most indefatigable in coaching from the flooded towpath . All things considered, we may look forward with confidence to the race

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in anticipation of leaving Cambridge a length or two in the rear : for details of the practices of the crew vide Field and Land and Water. To descend to Torpids,—most of them are practising on the upper river, having deserted the usual Iflley reach Christ Church appear determined to improve their position (last in first division), as they have engaged a small steamer for coaching purposes between Sandford and Abingdon . There are in all twenty-four entries, including the Unattached (S . Catherine ' s) . The races begin on March 3rd. Football, that much abused pastime, continues to flourish in spite of the rancour of its enemies . The ' Varsity have been beaten in their last two matches ; in the Association game v . Cambridge, and in the Rugby Union v . Blackheath. The O . U . A . C . Sports are to be held on March Ij and 16 ; and the Inter-'Varsity at Lillie Bridge on April 8th . We have lost some of our best men, and fear the issue. Praiseworthy exertions have been made on all hands to make this, the dullest term of the year, endurable . We have had Brandram in "As you like it " ; he was perfect, as usual, his forte being dramatic comprehensiveness and the power of individualising every single character in a play . On Saturday Mrs . Fairfax and Mrs . Blake gave a second entertainment in the Clarendon rooms " before a large and fashionable audience, " as the penny-a-liners say. The Union has sported an unusually varied programme this term, beginning with political and land-law questions . Last week Cremation was dissected (Vivisection having previously been roasted in a lively manner), and approved by a small majority. This week we are asked to condemn the imprisonment of Messrs . Dale and Enraght, "for conscience sake, " I presume ! We had a repetition of the Enccenia on Tuesday week, the occasion being Sir Frederick Roberts ' ovation ; the witticisms, as usual, were good humoured, but personal and puerile. On Sunday we had the Bishops of Moosonee and Manchester ; your correspondent heard them both, and then wended his way to Christ Church to Canon King ' s levee, thereby getting an insight into the amiable feelings which the high, low, and broad Church parties res p ectively entertain towards each other . Gen . Field and Lord Radstock (the energetic Plymouth Brother) will address meetings next week. The horrors of Honour (? Plough) Mods . encompass the writer, in anticipation : the iron which has pierced his vitals has rusted the steel of his pen : if you hoped for an amusing letter, you are disappointed . No more from yours ever Feb . 17 .

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CAMBRIDGE LETTER. February r S.

F course, the first and most engrossing subject this Term is the ' Varsity Boat ; how is it getting on, and what chance have we ? It is no good attempting to deny the melancholy fact, but the consensus of opinion opines that we have but small chance of wresting the victory from Oxford . At present the crew is not made up ; constant changes are made every day, and twice a clay—changes in the men rowing, and in the positions they occupy—so that it is at present impossible to predict the final constitution of the crew : in fact, the only man who has never changed his seat is Brooksbar_k, stroke. In Rugby Union Football, the ' Varsity have beaten East Sheen, and the United Hospitals ; neither of which brought up a really good team to play against us . In Association, last Friday, I see we defeated Oxford, after a close game, by two goals to one, a satisfactory result— for us ; Oxford were reputed to be very strong, too. I believe that before this letter is printed Iieble will have played the return match with St . John ' s, Cambridge—the two teams are very evenly matched, and a good match is expected. Most of the boats we now see on the river--and it is crowded—are practising for the Lent Races on March 9th and four following days, and training will commence next week, though boating (or for the matter of that anything else as yet) has not been exceedingly pleasant . We have had to come down daily in rain and wind, and sleet and cold, any and all of which has been plentiful enough. By this time next year women will probably be admitted to the University Examinations on the same terms as men, though no degrees will be granted to them, but certificates ; and class lists will also be published similar to the Honour lists, &c ., which are now published . To make this arrangement clear (and I think it is sufficiently interesting) I shall quote § 8 of the regulations in full : "That in each class of Female Students in which the names are arranged in order of merit, the place which each of such Students would have occupied in the corresponding class of Members of the University shall be indicated ." The Senate have still to vote on these regulations before they can become as the laws of the Meeks and Persians. There are great searchings of heart just at present over the time at which the May Races ought to be held ; many of the University Examinations (under the New Regulations) will be held in June, and the Tutors wanted the May Races, &c ., to be held in June :

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however, the C .U .B .C . think otherwise, and have fixed the Races for May 13th and following days : what will the Dons say ? J . E . Stephenson, of Christ's, has taken his degree and gone down : Mallinson is rowing in Christ ' s second boat. I sat next to a man in Hall yesterday who is rowing in the 'Varsity : there was plenty of beef steak, and roast beef and mutton around : he had (i .) Irish stew with plenty of gravy and onions, (ii .) custard pudding and cranberries, (iii .) cream cheese and pine apple jam . MAX.

P .S .—I bolted when the C .C . and P .A .J . appeared : so cannot say whether that was all.

SCHOOL LETTER. P to a week before the issue of this month ' s Peterite, the weather

U has prevented anything of any sort being done, except that

peculiarly dirty game, hockey . Football could not be played, and it is probable that it never will be played in this Term : and rowing was utterly impossible from the state of the river. Griffith is Captain of the Boats, and Baskett and Greenhow form the rest of the Committee . As far as can be seen the School House will probably be first both in senior and junior boats : their senior probably will win, though they may have a hard fight with the Dayboys : and their junior certainly must, bar accidents . The Sixth Form will have it all their own way this year, and could make two boats easily. The Debating Society is in full swing, and the first meeting was far better than any one could have expected . It can scarcely die again because the authorities have, very wisely, drafted so great a number of new members that death is almost impossible . There are more sensible, if not more verbose, speakers than I remember before. There are a great many candidates for Scholarships in the School ; and these not merely in the Sixth, but some in other forms . Success to them all ! Bulman has returned after all, and we apologise for the mistake we made in our last . We regret that we have lost A . R . Stephenson. Our readers will probably remember the Concert given last midsummer, and its purpose, viz ., the finishing of the decoration of the Chapel . That purpose would have been accomplished six months

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ago but for delay in the making of the tiles . However, it is now fairly begun . JAMES CRAWLEY.

P .S .—The writer hears that he has given offence by a hint offered last month to the Old Boys who attended the Theatricals ; he hopes that any who felt themselves aggrieved will accept this apology.

OBITUARY. Oz January 6M, 188r, at (hire,

ALFRED NEWMAN, AGED 44. FOUNDATION SCI-IOLAR IN

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THE DEBATING SOCIETY. A meeting of the Debating Society was held on Satu rday, February 5th, and the proceedings commenced in a fairly filled House . Before opening the Debate, the following officers were elected :—President, F . T. Griffith ; Vice-President, G . H . Eyre ; Secretary, B . Baskett. EYRE then moved that " this House approves the action of the Government in introducing coercive measures in Ireland, prior to legislation calculated to alleviate the distress in that country ." The argument on which he laid greatest stress was the prevalence of crime, and the number of agrarian outrages . BASKETT led the opposition, but did not seem to feel at home in opposing his Government ; admitted the force of this argument, but conceived it was not necessary, as the outrages would cease when the Irish saw the Government trying to alleviate their sufferings. The PRESIDENT then reviewed the history of Ireland from early times to the present moment ; but his knowledge was too deep for the rest of the House, and he was not answered at all on that point . The other speakers were Collinson, Kaye, and H . C . B. Clayforth, but the opposition was confined entirely to Baskett and Griffith . Towards the end the discussion was pretty lively ; and on division the majority was found to be six—three against, and nine for the motion .

THE LIBRARY. The following books have recently been added : Alice' s Adventures in Wonderland. Little Duke. Confessions of a Thug. Lorna Doone. Cook ' s Voyage round the World. Lytton's Eugene Aram. Figuier ' s ` Primitive Man . ' Harold. Grant's Frank Hilton. Last of the Barons. One of the Six Hundred. Morte D'Arthur. Under the Red Dragon. Night and Morning. The White Cockade. Prescott's Conquest of Mexico. Hartwig ' s Polar World. Conquest of Peru. Sea. Roland Yorke. Subterranean World. Sister Dora. Ivanhoe. Stanley's Livingstone. Jane Eyre. St . Olave's. Kane's Artic Explorations. Sylvia's Lovers. Kinglake ' s Eothen. Thackeray's Book of Snobs. Kingsley (Canon) Water Babies. Vanity Fair. Westminster Sermons. Through the Looking Glass. Whyte-Melville's Contraband. Poems. Kingsley (Henry) Ravenshoe . Interpreter.

CORRESPONDENCE. To THE EDITORS OF " THE PETERITE . " GENTLEMEN, — In this letter I wish to propose what I believe is a thorough innovation in a magazine of this kind . There is, I am told, a rule forbidding the discussion in these pages of political questions. It is the repeal of this rule and the introduction of politics which I now venture to propose. I cannot see why politics should be excluded from the Magazine when they are allowed to form the subjects of the School Debating Society. They are frequently discussed at the Union both at Oxford and Cambridge ; and I imagine that they would not be tabooed from the Cambridge Review . What is then the reason for such exclusion here ? Is it that political contributions might contain too much warmth ? This is not likely, for people always write more temperately than they speak, especially when directly in front are seated the members

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of the opposition eyeing the speaker like bear-baiting dogs . Besides, people are less particular what they say because they know their speeches will rapidly evaporate from the memory of their hearers : but when a man commits himself to print he is conscious all the while that his lively adversaries can always have his production before them, can enjoy it at their leisure, and with deliberate cruelty sit upon his feeble points and show him up in the next issue . To escape this he tries to write carefully and well . There would be this advantage over a debate, namely that the use of nommes are _plume would prevent the contributors coming into personal collision, and a brisk, and at the same time thoroughly good-natured cross-fire would be kept up. Such contributors would then read the political items in newspapers with greater zest, for they would read with an object, that object being to collect facts to support their views for the next contribution : and if whilst so reading, they had a little note book beside them and jotted down in it from day to day important events as they cropped up, they would, incidentally, easily and pleasantly stock their heads with the history of the present ; and although such history may not be of value for examinations, yet schoolboys should not neglect it just because it is not bound up in red edges and black backs and labelled " Student ' s Hume . " Even the ' Varsity man would find that other things interested mankind besides the welfare of his college boat. The above are some of the advantages to be derived from abolishing the rule, the need of which I fail to see . The retaining of it must prevent many Peterites from contributing to their own paper, and leaves one interesting phase of the school-mind completely unrepresented in the school Magazine. Hoping that this matter will be earnestly taken up by more able and persuasive advocates, I remain, Gentlemen, Yours truly, A . E . C. [We thank our Correspondent for his letter, but we think most of our readers will agree with us in thinking any change in the rule undesirable .—Ens .] Some Queries, and several other contributions, are unavoidably held over till next month.

OXFORD : PRINTED BY W . R . BOR'DP:N, S9, HIGH STREET .

THE

PFTERITE. Vol . . III .

APRIL, 1881 .

No . 2o.

OXFORD JESTHETICISM. T is not my intention (I believe it is the correct thing to begin an article with stating what it is not the writer ' s intention to do) to enter upon any general discussion of aestheticism . Not that I am prepared to say that even some explanation of the term might not be without its use to some of the readers of the Pcteritc. I well remember one worthy subscriber (peace be with him ! he wears a gown now, and, for anything I know to the contrary, dotes on blue china and peacock's feathers), who, from an allusion in the Oxford letter of this Magazine to " an aesthetic pipe, " innocently entertained for some considerable time a vague idea that estlicticism had something to do with smoking . I must confess, too, that I was myself once rather hard put to it at school to find a definition without the aid of Dr . Johnson, when I was suddenly attacked by the house " boots, " who wanted to know, with many apologies for the liberty he was taking in asking the question, if I could tell him the meaning of a word—he couldn ' t remember what, but it was something like " energetic, " " phonetic," or " fanatic," though not exactly any of them . I afterwards discovered that he had been decorating his sanctum with some prints, and that some one had told him he was growing esthetic . Unable to divine whether this was a compliment or an insult, he had come to me for a solution of his doubts. But, by way of informing the reader what I am not going to do, I have made a rather lengthy digression . Let me say, then, what my intention is . It is merely to set down a few of the current stories relating to the development of a phenomenon of the times on the banks of the Isis .

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Readers of Punch (and who does not read Punch?) have lately got quite to expect in each new issue some scorching sarcasm either of the pencil or the pen levelled at the extravagances of the disciples of aestheticism . Most of the references have been to London drawing-rooms, but lately Oxford has not come off altogether unscathed . Thus Undergraduates who favour the adornment of the peacock's feather, have been reminded of the fate of the daw (he was "plucked," ) and a prospectus of an imaginary aesthetic journal was concluded with the announcement that "this will be the only journal allowed to lie on the tables of the Oxford Union ." It may be well to warn any Peterites who are coming up for scholarships, that Oxonians do not invariably wear their hair long, and that the ' Varsity crew has not, up to the present time, substituted the lily for the old-fashioned beef-steak as a staple article of diet . There is possibly a considerable amount of myth in the stories which are told of Oxford aestheticism. Blue china and peacock's feathers are, no doubt, to be found in a good many rooms ; unkempt locks and intense countenances are to be seen here and there ; and in a certain Oxford magazine printed on hand-made paper, with the tastefullest of outsides and the mournfullest of insides, a young poet prays in language worthy of a Postlethwaite " When the maenad Passion In Bacchic mirth Would find or fashion A heaven on earth ; Then calm me, raise me, To bear my part, Who serve and praise thee, Spirit of Art . " But stories about incense wafted from censers held in the hands of forms clad in priestly drab, which move to and fro before a bust of Shelley, while they murmur incantations in an unknown tongue to the tinkling of a Russian wolf-bell : well, these stories may be very pretty, but we may accept them cum arauo sails . Mr. Shrimpton's window, where Oxford caricatures (most of them terribly Philistine) are wont to be exposed, contains one or two rather good picture-stories . In one a young xsthete, accompanied by a senior man, has gone in quest of

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lodgings . The former has espied in the landlady ' s kitchen an old china plate, and, tenderly handling it, is addressing it in a strain of rapturous eulogy ; all this much to the amazement of the good woman, who is represented as turning to the senior man and exclaiming in an audible whisper—" Beggin ' your pardon, sir, but be you the young gentleman ' s keeper ?" A story about a Magdalen man who (I think I am right in saying) meditates shortly blessing the world with a book of a sthetic poems, is too good to be lost . His criticism on Mr . Irving's acting in The Cup was as follows :—" Both legs are consummate —the right is the richer poem . " At one of the Colleges it is said the votaries of high art cut each other's hair ; that is, on the very rare occasions on which they seem to find it necessary to perform the operation. But, however much truth there may be in these and other stories which are floating about, of this we may be certain, that athleticism is still more powerful at Oxford than aestheticism. And we may be glad that it is so . Athleticism carried to excess, the delight in strength without any further aim, may be rather boyish than manly ; estheticism carried to excess is neither manly nor boyish, it is enervating and effeminate . Yet, purged of its extremes, the more general diffusion of artistic taste and feeling, which is now unquestionably taking place, is a great and glorious movement ; and if we see something in Oxford of the follies and extravagancies which always accompany great movements, we see much that is praiseworthy and good . Let me quote a few lines from a periodical which I mentioned before, by way of showing that Oxford Undergraduates sometimes do not lunch on lilies, but write on them very sweetly and gracefully : " Rose and lily, white and red, From my garden garlanded, These I brought in hope to grace The perfection of thy face. Other roses, pink and pale, Lilies of another vale, Thou bast bound around thy head In the garden of the dead ." LITTLE ALEXANDER .

WHAT I FOUND IN A MANUSCRIPT. EING a dabbler in Hebrew, and wishing to read other works

B in that language than the Bible, which I had read through, I communicated with Bernard Quaritch, and in a few days he sent me down several copies of old Hebrew manuscripts, which he " had picked up cheap ." Not without considerable diffidence I send a translation of one of these to the Editors of the Peter tc ; for, I think, it will interest many in the School, as going to prove undoubtedly the existence of Debating Societies among the Jews. (The original MS . which still exists, I might add, is referred by some good authorities to a time some years after the return from captivity, about the time of Ezra or Nehemiah) . The 1\IS. begins abruptly : " Now there was at that time at Nakyak-tsyock a school of the prophets : and its fame had gone afar into many lands : the same was ruled by many priests and rabbis, learned men, and, lo, it was visited by the high priest ' s brother . And the young men of the school said one to another, ` Let us gather together and consider the things of this country, whether they be rightly governed, or wrongly governed . ' And they agreed ; and they did gather together the congregation week by week, for every week one day, and appointed then officers. "And after much time their hearts were wearied : and they said, ` Is it a small thing that we are constrained to spend an hour week by week, Back week an hour ? \Vhat profiteth it the councils of the nation ? ' So they ceased and came no more. " But, after some time, many rose and reviled them, saying, ` Why do ye no longer consider the things of this country, whether they be rightly governed, or whether they be wrongly governed ? \Vhat meaneth this ? ' and they were wroth : and they did write letters, many in number, and full of wrath, to the little book which was read in the school of the prophets month by month . Then were the company sore afraid, because that many thus upbraided them : and they said one to another ` \Vhat shall we do ? We are ashamed to delay thus any longer, neither consider any more the things of this country, whether they be rightly governed, or whether they be wrongly governed . ' Then rose up one of them and said, ` I will tell you what we must do . Let us gather many together, and those things which our fathers did, the same let us do . ' So they gathered many together, and met week by week, in each week one day . But

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first they did choose them officers to rule them and keep them in order . And to one they said (10, his name was as it had been a monstrous beast) ` Be thou our king ; and we will serve thee and obey thine ordinances . ' And others said, `Nay but and if he die or do depart from our midst, there will be none to rule in his stead . ' And they seemed to speak well, and they chose them another to rule in his stead if peradventure he could not be present with them : lo, his name was as it had been as light as air. "And lo, these two were of the city of Kirjath-sepher, and ruled the stores of that city . But they said, ` Let us choose another also in the stead of him whom we have lost (his name was as it had been an hog caught in a snare) . Let us choose a scribe to write down all that we say when we consider about the things of this country, whether they be rightly governed or wrongly governed .' And they chose them one ; and his name was as he had been made of wicker. " And these were the names of all the others in that company, each in his own order :—Balaam ; he was the son of that prophet ; was he not rebuked by his ass ? And the next was he whose name was as it been a long tube of clay . And the next was he whose name was as he had had a lame leg . And the next was he whose name was as it had been a short tube of clay . And the next was Cephas . And the next was he whose name was as it had been one of the pliant trees which grow besides the waters of Babylon . And the next was he whose name was as if a man had loosed off his shoes and walked in a stream having his legs bare . Lo, the same was the brother of him who had been king before . And the next was Shorek-kan, which is, being interpreted, William John . Another name he had, and it was as it had the letter Caph . The next was as a by-way, and but few men walk therein . The next was an Amorite . Was he not a son of the heathen who dwelt among the uplands ? Yet they spared him and let him live . The next was Louised the son of Crown ; the same was a mighty man. " Others were there, ten in number : and lo, the mightiest among them were lean (which is, being interpreted, John) : and his other name was as he had been a vegetable growing in a garden : and he could speak much and well . Another was there whose name was as he had been made of ground wheat or barley : the same was to be a man of war. [The next I can make nothing of, the letters being illegible—Translator].

"Another was there, a son of that prophet that was given to the lions : lo, his brother had also been king . And there was another whom they appointed but would not come . For they said `Come

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with us and consider the things of this country, whether they be rightly governed or wrongly governed . ' But he said, ` Nay, I cannot come, for I have much learning to get for me that I may shine as the sun in all his glory, when cruel men make a sport of me, and tempt me to answer their questions .' And lo, his name it was as it had half man and half horned cattle. " These, even these were the mightiest of all them that gathered together. And they debated every man with his neighbour. And they became men, mighty in speech and words, till there were none like them as thou comest from Dan even unto Beersheba . And this was the first thing on which they did consider, even on this did they debate : that--" Here the MS . again becomes illegible . But we may conclude that the young debaters did not confine their eloquence to the discussion merely of political subjects, for we find further on this motion—that " spirits do walk on this earth and visit the sons of men," which was introduced by " him whose name was as he had been light as air . " One or two words may want explanation . Nakyak-tsyock means the town of cliffs or rocks, so, I suppose, it is equivalent to our Clifton . Kirjath-sepher ., it is perhaps unnecessary to say, means the City or Place of Books, Caph, of course, corresponds to our letter K . BEBI.

NOTES AND ITEMS. The Boating Committee give notice that there will be a race of Scratch Fours on Tuesday, April 12th, for which O . P .'s are invited to enter. We regret to say that the School Chapel has just lost its organist, MR . A . SAMPLE, who has served it faithfully for about three years , The Choir have presented him with a testimonial and address . Mr. Sample's place is to be taken by J . H . CoLLINSON. The REV . C . WILKINSON was ordained priest at Ripon recently. We are sorry to have to announce the death on Thursday, March 3rd, of MR . FAIRLESS BARBER, of Brighouse, F .S .A ., F .R .H .S ., Hon. Sec. of Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Association, &c. The Treasurer ' s address till April 23rd, will be Everingham Rectory, near York . The next number will be published the last week in May .

OXFORD LETTER. T seems almost incredible that a month has already passed since I

I last braved the verdict of the critical readers of the Peterite. Such

is the effect of hard work ! We have comfortably passed over the not too lively Lent Term . Some Colleges went down last Saturday, and others depart this week . I must again refer you to Field and Land and Water for accounts of the Crew and their training : they would have gone to the Thames sooner, had not Buck, of Hertford, been a candidate for the " Senior Mathematical," which, however, he failed to secure, carrying off Lady Herschel ' s Prize by way of consolation . It is truly refreshing in these degenerate days to see mind and muscle thus united ! The Crew will be the guests of Mr . Grenfell (ex-President of the O .U .B .C .), at Taplow Court, previously to the race, where they will enjoy the consummation of art in the way of beef-steaks under the auspices of a cook who perfectly understands the vexed question of training diet . On the whole, our prospects are as good as ever. At the Union, " the youngest of the Postlethwaites " proposed that Punch should be discontinued in retribution for his caricatures of the " Revival of Art and the Renaissance of Learning ." Happily the enterprising "Esthete was only supported by some eleven or twelve votaries of the Peacock's Feather . The subject of the " Higher Education of Women " was again mooted, and met with favour. The Choral Concert was a great success, as usual. We hope to see a good number of Peterites up for Scholarships, and wish them all success. O.P's. will be glad to hear that the two places gained by Queen's Torpid were largely due to Mr . J . H . Daniel ' s indefatigable coaching in all weathers . We have had splendid weather here lately, and rather fear changing this for a more northerly climate . Forgive a letter which is neither " Intense, " nor " Utter, " nor yet " Awfully Quite . " I am no Kyrlite. By-the-way, I derived a vast amount of unwsthetic enjoyment from watching the performances of a Punch and Judy show which favoured Oxford with a visit the other day . Many were the contemptuous glances showered upon me, yet, strange to say, I was not annihilated, and wishing everybody a pleasant Vac ., I am, ever yours, March 21, 1881 .

MULTINOMIAL.

P .S .—I deeply regret to hear that an ardent politician among the O .P's . up here was recently proctorized on his way back from the Union, where he had been recording his vote against the Government .

CAMBRIDGE LETTER. Canzurirlge, March 22714 I88I. HE University Crew, on the occasion of their first appearance

T upon the Thames this year, seem to have had very unpropitious

weather : but I am glad to say the general impression they gave seems to have been on the whole favourable . Mind you—I do not say it is probable—but we may take a rise out of that there Oxford ' Varsity Eight yet ! The crew since last month has improved beyond expectation, while Oxford, from the papers, do not seem to have done much else but stand still : though, be it added—Oxford are still the favourites . However—as by the time this is published, it will only want about a week of the race—further remarks will be needless. The University sports take place this week, just too late for one to be able to estimate our chance for " the odd event . " I am afraid we shall not shew up quite so well as in past years, though Lucas at the Too yards, Macaulay at the Quarter and High Jump, and Storey with the Weight, ought to be able to hold their own. The Senate, I am glad to see, has adopted by an overwhelming majority the proposals submitted to it as regards the admission of women to the University Examinations : is it not a fact that Durham is going still further ? Fancy your wife writing B .A . after her name ! The Lent Races have been the principal object of interest since my last letter : but I am sorry to have to record that the number of Peterites rowing this year has considerably fallen off : when we remember that two years ago no less than five were in their College Boats at the same time, it was very creditable to the School. Mallinson, of Christ ' s, rowed bow of the second boat, which went up two places ; I hope the School will send us up some rowing men next October. The Lent Term is now drawing to a close : the usual round of Concerts, popular and classical, and entertainments, have to day been brought to a climax by ye world-renowned exhibition " Sanger' s Circus " : Procession at 1 .o p .m . each day : with a man (vide handbills and advertisements) who drives 40 horses . As a change from Joachim, Charles Hal1t and Norman Neruda, this is exhilarating : and I anticipate a row this evening on Midsummer Common . It is a remarkable fact, but the University man, if he can get up a row, generally does ; it ' s the nature of the animal, you know .

SCHOOL LETTER. F course, we are all full of boating this term, and my predic-

O tions, at the time of writing, seem likely to be fulfilled . The Sixth already have beaten the Civil, and the Civil the School, but that is about the only important race yet finally decided . Probably, as I said in my last, the School House will win both Senior and Junior. It becomes now an important question, and indeed it is often asked—what are we to do with the Boat House ? There are all sorts of wild schemes floating about, but scarcely one seems satisfactory. The main cause of the question is that it is rumoured that the York Regatta will not take place again—mind it is but a rumour, and the Peterite will not be responsible for the statement. The Confirmation was held on Monday, March 21st, at St. Michael-le-Belfrey ; there were not many, compared with the numbers I have known, from the School. There are one or two entries for that incomprehensible Ackroyd this year from the School . We may hope the examiners will have a little more spare time to look over the papers than on a previous occasion. Editors forbid me to write much, though I might say more. Therefore, adieu ! JAMES CRAWLEY .

THE BOAT RACES. The Annual Boat Races, or (to express it more graphically in the words of `our special correspondent ' ) The Aquatic Contests, commenced on Wednesday afternoon, March 16th . For the benefit of Old Peterites I may briefly review the course . The distance still remains the same, from the old Cat Ditch to Lendal Bridge . 0 . P.' s also will have loving recollections of the White Railing, which has not yet succumbed to wind and tide, though the late floods did their utmost to uproot it ; and it still looks down as if in jeering mockery on toiling forms as they glide past, where first winds are lost and the goal seems far away (at least to the losing crew) . Here it is the race is generally decided, where the crew on the farther side of the river makes a desperate bid for victory, aided by that insidious monster the current, which sweeps round the curve and rattles away under the farther arch of the Scarborough Bridge .

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With regard to the entries : there has, I regret to say, been a great falling off in the number of entries for the junior races . Only two boats have entered for the Pairs, and three for the Sculls . And why is this the case ? Simply this. There is a great want of a spirit of enterprise amongst the junior boys . They think, or act as if they thought that the only object of racing was the winning of prizes; the majority of them giving not one thought to self-improvement and to the upholding of the future of their School in that invigorating exercise which the Masters are all so eager to promote . The entries for the senior events are greatly increased,—five entries for the Pairs, six for the Sculls, and eight for the Canoes : the number of Fours remains as before. There has been a violent agitation racking the School lately, causing great party spirit and energetic canvassing, and the question of the advisability of giving up the usual prizes and being content with pewter cups instead of silver, sacrificing some little for the good of the School instead of pot-hunting (in this case they are silver pots hunted for), has again risen from the grave it has been allowed to slumber in for two years. It is with unmitigated satisfaction that I substitute for a paragraph recording a decision in favour of " Prizes as before, " an announcment that on March 25th (just as this number was going to press), a meeting was held of those who had either already won finals or had still a chance of winning, and they decided, in a manner highly honourable to themselves, to give up a certain proportion of their prize-money. The first race on Wednesday Afternoon was : JUNIOR SCULLS .--FHnsr HEAT. v. J . Wilson. M . D . Taylor . This was a very exciting race, though it was generally thought that Taylor would win very easily . Beginning with a long even stroke, whilst his opponent rowed more jerkily, Taylor gradually drew ahead, but, when off Marygate, caught what is generally known as a " crab, " and Wilson drew up level . An exciting scramble took place to Lendal Bridge, but Taylor finally won by barely a length . The loser pulled very pluckily throughout. The School next raced the Civil. SCHOOL . v. CIVIL. bow P . H . Flower . bow H . W . Wood. 2 A . F . Wade. 2 J . C . Daniel . 3 T . Halliwell. 3 G . W . Bulman . str. F . W . Greenhow . str . G . W . Baldwin. cox . N . Stephenson . cox . R . C . Haynes .

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The boats, after the word of command was given, kept level until the boathouse, when the School began to draw ahead, and when the bend was reached they were a length to the good, daylight being just visible between the boats. Baldwin then put on a desperate spurt, and, rowing a quicker stroke than the School, and aided materially by the current, the Civil drew up level and shot through the Scarbro' Bridge nearly a length ahead, finally winning by a length and a half. Baldwin especially deserves praise, for the way in which he exerted himself. The races for the afternoon closed with the first heat of the Senior Pairs. v. bow W . E . Brockbank. bow G . H . Eyre . str . L. S . Stevenson. str. F. T . Griffith . cox . S . J. Chadwick. cox . J . Wilson . Little remains to be said about this race, except to mention that Stevenson ' s boat was quite out-paced by Griffith ' s, which from the first drew ahead and won with plenty in hand by five or six lengths. Thursday, March 17th . The afternoon was beautifully fine, and spectators on the bank had the satisfaction of witnessing two splendidly contested races. The opening race was the FIRST HEAT OF THE CANOES.

G . H. Eyre . v. J . C . Bailey. This race was somewhat curious . Immediately after the start, Eyre with short-sighted policy dashed straight across the river into his opponent's water, and, seeing Bailey in the way, shouted to him to get out of the way . Bailey politely but firmly declined to acquiesce, and Eyre, doubtless with the kind intention of favouring the spectators with an idea of the mode of sea-fights in the days of old, charged his boat with bloodthirsty and unmitigated ferocity ; but Bailey took his revenge by claiming the race on the ground of the foul, and was hailed as winner . This fiasco finished, the next race was the SECOND HEAT OF THE SENIOR PAIRS.

bow P . H . Flower. v. bow T . Halliwell. . Baskett str . W . J . P . Kaye. str . B . G . M . . N . Stephenson . cox . S . J . Chadwick. cox Viewing the two boats before they start, we see that the strength of the first boat lies in the muscular energy of the renowned stroke, the muscles of his arms and legs plainly visible as he steps into his boat ; whilst the strong point in the latter boat is their even balance of weight and power . But now they are off, Baskett rowing a quick

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stroke, and Kaye a long swinging stroke . At the bend Baskett's boat was two lengths ahead, but the current here began to tell, and, making the utmost of his opportunity, Kaye dashed up with a quickened stroke, and the two boats shot through the the Scarborough Bridge on even terms . An exciting race ensued to Lendal Bridge, first one boat, then the other, showing foremost, and when the Bridge was reached it was impossible to tell which was first . Baskett then made his final effort and was leading by about two feet, when he was seized with cramp in his arms, and his oar dropped from his hands, and Kaye ' s boat passed the winning post in advance. The concluding race was the SECOND HEAT OF THE CANOES,

Baldwin . v. Wade. This race had been looked forward to for some time previously as likely to be very evenly contested, as it was universally known that Wade was no tyro in the art of canoeing . And the event proved the truth of it ; for side by side the pair raced until Lendal Bridge was almost reached . Loud shouts were raised on the bank for the future member of the " University of Hull . " But to no avail . For Baldwin passed the winning post a length ahead.

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JUNIOR PAIRS,—FINAL HEAT. bow C . H . Steavenson . v. bow M . D . Taylor. N . Stephenson. str . C . Johnson . str . cox . A . Daniel. cox . T. Harland . The former crew were the heavier pair, but as the latter crew were supposed to pull more evenly together and in better form, the result of the race was unexpected . Stephenson ' s boat got a little the best of the start, but this little advantage he entirely nullified by losing his oar and consequently fell a trifle to the rear . Johnson and Steavenson then pulled well together, and their opponents ' boat, partly owing to the bad steering of the cox, who seemed to think it absolutely necessary to hug the opposite bank, was slowly but surely outdistanced . At the Scarborough Bridge they were more than a length to the bad . Here, however, they quickened up and slightly diminished the distance, but Johnson ' s boat finally won by one and a half lengths. A Four-oar Race was the next on the programme .

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CIVIL. v. G . H . Eyre . bow H . W. Wood. 2 A . F . Wade. 2 W . J . Kaye . 3 3 T . Halliwell. B . G . M . Baskett . str . F . T . Griffith . str . G . W . Baldwin. cox . R . C . Haynes . cox . E . Clayforth . This was a foregone conclusion and was fully justified by the result. The Civil were outdistanced from the first, and had not gone more than a hundred yards when No. 2 was seen standing straight up in the boat waving his oar majestically (?) in the air . There are two solutions of this curious proceeding . Either he was hanging out signals of distress at this early stage, or else he fondly supposed the race was over, and the Civil had won ! The race was virtually over, and the Sixth, splendidly stroked by Griffith and rowing with a long even stroke and steady swing, took their opponents ' water at the corner and passed under Lendal Bridge, winners by six lengths and plenty to spare . The Sixth are therefore winners of the School Fours . It may be interesting to know that out of the fourteen fellows in the Sixth there are twelve who are boating this season. Two canoe races followed . Griffith first raced Baskett, but did not seem quite at home in his canoe . The pair raced along on even terms until Marygate was reached, when Baskett drew ahead, and Griffith, foreseeing the inevitable result, ceased paddling, and, folding his arms and laying his paddle across the canoe, sat smiling like patience iu a monument, forming an impressive tableau to numerous spectators on the bank. The next race was Kaye . v. Stevenson. Stevenson gradually assumed the lead, but under Lendal Bridge he approached too near to Kaye, and the latter fouled him from behind when about five yards from the winning post . Thus Kaye won on the foul . SIXTH FORM .

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THE DEBATING SOCIETY. On February 12th a meeting was held, the motion being brought forward by W . Kaye, viz ., that " this House considers the Duke of Wellington superior as a General to Napoleon I . of France . " The Mover sketched the career of our great General, laying, of course, the greatest stress on the Peninsula campaign ; and taking exception to Napoleon that he was guilty of terrible blunders which no great

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General could have made ; whereas, he contended, Wellington had never made any considerable blunder during the whole of his career. Baskett opposed, of course, and contrasted the Italian campaign with the Peninsular one unfavourably to Wellington, depreciating Waterloo . This roused the ire of most present, and the debate became lively . Baskett went on further to argue that a man who in so few years conquered the whole of Europe, was infinitely superior to the man who merely conquered Spain with the goodwill of the inhabitants . The other speakers were Griffith, Flower, Douglas, Eyre, and Brockbank, nearly all of whom supported the motion . As was to be expected, the motion was carried by 14 to 8 : we fear, however, that many thought it incumbent on them to vote for Wellington, because they were English. A Committee of four was appointed to revise the old, and form new rules, which were then to be submitted to the House. The Society met on Saturday, March 5th,* when B . BASKETT moved—" That it would be better to be altogether unprepared for war, than to keep up such a ruinous system as we have at present . " In an able and forcible speech he described the destruction and desolation that ever follows in the train of war, and urged the necessity of settling national disputes by arbitration . G . H . Eyre replied, defending the practice of war, by showing that on many occasions war has been absolutely necessary, and he thought that it would be so again . The debate was then adjourned. The discussion was resumed on Saturday, March 12th, and was opened by EYRE, who spoke in opposition to the motion . He was followed by Kaye on the same side . H . H . Spink said that as the debate had resolved itself into a discussion on War " and " Peace, " he supported the motion, though he thought his friend Baskett took a somewhat narrow ground . After reviewing the three principal positions that were held with regard to the subject, Spink appealed to the House to support the motion, as in so doing he felt sure they were expressing their truest convictions . For in voting for it, though admitting to the full the necessity of fighting when truth and justice demanded, they expressed their deep horror of and indignation against war, as such . Let him vote against the motion who took a savage delight in the thought of mangled bodies and shattered limbs. On the other hand, he who hoped, even though it were with a hope against hope, that the time would come when " danger ' s troubled night departs, and the star of peace returns," should signify it by * We have received no report of intermediate meetings .—En .

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voting in favour of the motion . Eyre and Kaye replied, begging the House not to be led away by Spink's speech, but to oppose the motion . The President (Griffith) then addressed the House. Thereupon Eyre proposed as an amendment—that " the existence of a standing army is desirable," which was unanimously agreed to.

CORRESPONDENCE .-QUERIES AND ANSWERS. " When Greek meets Greek Then comes the tug of war, " should strictly be one line . The actual words, too, are " When Greeks joined Greeks then came the tug of war ; " and they occur in Nathaniel Lee ' s " Alexander the Great, " Act iv . sc. 1 . M . G. " We are weary in heart and head, " &c. Pilcox will find these lines in Swinburne ' s " Songs before Sunrise ." The poem in which they occur, " The Pilgrims, " is one in which sense bears a much larger proportion to sound than is usual with that erratic singer . HOWARD. " Whom the Gods love die young . " The original of this is a fragment of Menander, UV 06 OEOG Yl GA0110- 6V d7rOO1/7,0'KEG VEOS Plautus translated it, Quem di diligunt adolescens moritur . L . A. " Whom the Gods love, die young, was said of yore, " will be found in " Don Juan, " Canto iv. st . 12 . They are a translation of " Quem B. di diligunt, adolescens moritur . " Plaut . Bacch . " Scarbro ' warning, " is a very old expression, and various definitions are assigned to it . Heywood derives it from a summary mode of dealing with thieves in Scarboro ' : Fuller to the surprise of Scarboro ' Castle by Thomas Stafford about 156o . But it is said by far greater authorities to be derived from the sudden rising and overflowing of a little brook called the " Skyreburn " in Kirkcudbright . In fair weather it is just sufficient to drive a water-wheel ; but in rainy weather it rises with incredible rapidity, and becomes a large river. It is not hard, then, to conceive of an Englishman mistaking " Skyreburn warning, " for " Scarboro ' warning ; " and with a Yorkshireman, one might say, judging from the present time, it would be certain to be so transformed . J. C.

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The " Borrowed Days " are the three last days of March, it being the popular belief in olden times that March borrowed' them of April, in order to destroy some young sheep against whom he entertained a grudge . This probably arises in the same way as the forced explanation of the ancients of the " Great Bears . " " It probably," says an authority, " arises from the observation of a certain character of weather prevailing at the close of March ." They are like the Faoilteaclz of the Highlanders which occur between February II and 15 : and it supports the explanation above given, that if stormy weather prevails it is counted a favourable omen for the coming year. Can any one tell me who was the author of " The Vicar of Bray ?'' K. Will any one give me the history of Charles Edward Sobieski Stuart, Count d ' Albanie, who died a few weeks ago ? L . B. Who are John and Richard Roe, whom you find in almost every old legal document ? Are they a fiction ? If so, what purpose do they serve ? J . C . S. Where do these lines occur ? " Oh, I'll leap up to my God —Who pulls me down ? See Where Christ's blood Streams in the firmament ! One drop would cure my Soul—one half drop," &c . B . B. X would like to know where the line occurs, " Oft may the spirits of the dead descend . " Can any one tell me when a dot was first used over the letter i, and the reason for such use ? ANTIQUARY.

MEDITATION. When the waves upon life 's ocean High are raised by stormy wind, Oh, how sweet to make the harbour And the sheltered calm of mind. There we rest our tiny vessel Safe from blast and surging wave ; There we gain a moment ' s leisure Bringing strength the storm to brave ; There the strong soul torn with trouble, One brief hour, all wrongs forgot, In some happy contemplation Finds new strength to face his lut .

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PETERITE, Von. III .

JUNE, 1881 .

No . 2I.

EDITORIAL. E regret to have to ask the attention of our readers to a

W few facts . We are face to face with an ugly possibility— we do not like to call it a probability ; the possibility that The Peterite will have to die a premature death at the end of the year. At the beginning of last year we had a substantial balance in hand, a good subscription list, and every prospect of success. Unfortunately some of those whose names were on the list, and who received the Magazine throughout last year, have not yet paid their subscription now nearly a year and a half over-due, whilst others, who have paid, have accompanied their payment with a notice of withdrawal . Inside the School the number of subscribers is also somewhat less, so that, even if all subscriptions still owing are paid in, we shall be left at the end of the year without any balance in hand ; should any remain unpaid we shall be left with a deficit instead. Under these circumstances we appeal very earnestly to all who are interested in the Magazine—we might almost say, in the School—to avert the contingency . They can do so if they will. It is only natural that there should be withdrawals of subscriptions from time to time, nor can we expect the cause of the Magazine to be espoused with enthusiasm when it is no longer a novelty. Notwithstanding this, we hope this statement of the condition of affairs, made with a good deal of reluctance, will meet with an immediate response . We are loth to believe, even where the Treasurer has written four or five times for an owing subscription, that it is withheld from anything but carelessness . If only those who still owe subscriptions would pay AT ONCE, and if all who feel any interest in the Peterite will do their best to secure us new subscribers inside the School and outside, the extinction of the Magazine will be prevented . If our readers will do their part, we can pledge ourselves to do ours .

OXFORD /ESTHETICISM. (FROM ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW).

MAY as well begin my contribution by stating what I am

I and why I am writing this . I suppose I need not be as, precise as I had to be about filling up my Census paper the othe.I week, so I will just explain that I am a scout of a good many years' standing at St . Ambrose 's . Well, I chanced to take up in the rooms of one of my masters the other day a copy of your Magazine for April, and in that I read an article^on what is the fashionable craze at present in this University . I do not know who " Little Alexander " is . If he is the same as " Ally Sloper," who writes regularly in my comic paper, Judy, I think he must send you his worst jokes ; for I could not see much sense in a good deal that he said in that article . However, it struck me that, if such things interest your readers, I might be able, from the circumstances of my position, to give them a little information on the subject . Only the other night there was a debate at the Union about it, and, though my professional duties did not allow me to be present, I heard a full account of it the next morning at a breakfast given by one of my masters . A Magdalen man, (with a lily in his button-hole while he spoke, of course) brought forward a motion in praise of estheticism . In doing so, he avoided the use of " party Shibboleth, " he said. A gentleman explained that to be the use of the word " Utter, " but I don't see how he came by the meaning ; I always thought Shibboleth was the name of one of the kings of Israel . But perhaps it may be the Latin for " Utter " as well. Then the mover went on to say that the greatest happiness in the world was to be got out of gazing with inextinguishable agony on somebody ' s pictures—Brown Jones ' s, or something of that sort ; and that merriment ought to be crushed out of life, and so on. You would hardly believe that anybody could be foolish enough to say such things, but it is quite true. There is one gentleman on my staircase who sits for halfan-hour at a time nursing and stroking his china . Why, I have known him sometimes say to me, " Bob, bring me my tea-pot, " and, when I have said, "Yes, sir, shall I send you up some milk, sir ? " he has answered, " No, thank you : I don 't want any tea,

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I only want to look at my tea-pot. " Once I ventured to make some remark to him on the subject, and he called me a Philistine; though what Philistines had to do with tea-pots I could not understand, any more than I could see the connection between Shibboleth and " Utter . " But there is no understanding the vagaries of these sthetic gentlemen . I know one who came into some rooms at Christmas in which there was an elegant gilt mirror . What do you think he did ? Instead of being thankful for what, to my mind, would make an ornament for any drawing room, he had the gilt painted all over black, and fixed the glass up on an end which the cabinet-maker never meant it to stand on . It was the same with his table-cloth . It was a bright warmlooking red, and he had it dyed black, so that it looks more like a pall than anything else. But that is always the way with your sthetic gentlemen . And then they will put up china and gimcracks all about their rooms, and in the oddest possible places ; and if you happen to break anything of theirs when you are dusting, there is no end of a fuss, and you have them almost in tears. As a member, then, of the influential class of College servants, and speaking with some authority on their behalf, I may say that, although I do not understand altogether what " Little Alexander " was driving at in his article, I decidedly prefer athletics to esthetics. Athletics mean training, and trainir means breakfasts with beef-steaks in plenty, and no questions asked as to where those that are left over go . But as for esthetics, why, I appeal to the readers of this Magazine, what is to become of the due and proper perquisites of scouts, if undergraduates lunch on lilies ? A SCOUT .* * We have attended to the request of our contributor that we should correct his spelling where it stood in need of correction. But in spite of one or two derelictions of his in the matter of spelling and grammar, we cannot help suspecting the work of an undergraduate hand . Can the explanation possibly be this ? Can the article be the work of some wise being who, after four years ' experience of undergraduate life, has chosen a more lucrative occupation ? If so, we may warn him that if he has thoughts of taking to literature instead, he is as foolish as he has hitherto been wise.Editors.

NOTES AND ITEMS. The Rev. H . M . Stephenson has been appointed Examiner for the B . A . degree at Durham University. F. T . Griffith has been elected to the first open Classical Exhibition (the Cave), value £50 a year, at Clare College, Cambridge. G. H . Eyre has been elected to the first open Mathematical Scholarship, value £6o a year, at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. J . H . Collinson has been elected to an open Mathematical Scholarship, yearly value £30, at Queen ' s College, Cambridge. E . A . Douglas has been elected to an open Classical Scholarship of , '3o a year, at Christ ' s College, Cambridge. A. Chadwick has been elected to an open Mathematical Exhibition of £50 a year, at St . John 's College, Cambridge. B. G . M . Baskett has obtained a Lady Hasting's Exhibition, at Queen ' s College, Oxford . J . C . Bailey and H . C . B . Clayforth proxime accessernut for exhibitions at the same College, each receiving £5 for their expenses. T . Estill has passed the Final Examination of the Incorporated Law Society. F . Eadon has passed the Examination admitting him from the Militia to a commission in the Army.

OXFORD LETTER. NOTHER Summer Term well-nigh half over, reminds one that

A the, to most men, happiest period of their existence is also

rapidly going . Hardly any one remembers a finer month in Oxford than the last has been . Oh, that the inexorable dxmon of " Schools " would allow poor wretches to enjoy the bright sunshine in peace and quietness ! However, some fortunate individuals either have no such stern realities as examinations to trouble them, or at least manage to forget them, judging by the way they devote themselves to the many dissipations and amusements of this place. First among these I suppose is cricket, which has been in full swing for weeks . The 'Varsity are playing the M. C. C . at the new ground in the Parks to-day ; the fielding of the latter did not seem anything very great

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For details we must refer enquiring readers to the Field. The College Clubs have been playing almost every day . Queen's are very strong this year, though unfortunately the claims of the " Eight " which he is stroking, and of the Schools, will prevent Daniel from playing• The " Eights " come on in a day or two . Lawn Tennis flourishes if possible more vigorously than ever ; there are some important matches coming off shortly. At the Union, the other day, it was decided that true Art was beneficial to the nation at large, but the House strongly disapproved of that ridiculous and absurd class of people known as ""Esthetes . " This was an amendment on a motion moved by one of that same odious class . Was it not rough on him ? Unfortunately, in spite of their enemies ' rancorous hate, the votaries of sky-blue and pea-green continue to make proselytes. We have also had a debate this term on the Irish Land Bill . The Mover was Viscount Cranborne, Lord Salisbury ' s son, who did not specially distinguish himself . We heartily congratulate Baskett on his " Betty, " and hope he will infuse new life into the Union debates. Four O . P . 's are in for Honour Mods . this term (one, Mathematical); one is in for Honour Greats, and one for Political Economy and Rudiments . Good luck to us ! MUI .TINOMIAI .. May i 6 .

CAMBRIDGE LETTER. May 1 9.

F the Athletic and Rowing Events which have occupied our attention since the last letter, there is no need here to say much : we shall leave that to `Multinomial . ' The 'Varsity Eight were acknowledged to have made a good fight, and out of the seemingly unpromising material at the beginning of the year Watson-Taylor produced a good crew . The Sports were a great surprise, as neither Cambridge nor Oxford came off in their pet events, winning some of those they had not calculated on. This year is the last in which the usual May Week, consisting of Balls, Concerts, Garden Parties, Races, and Cricket Matches, with Sisters (other fellows) and Cousins and Aunts to help, will be held in May . In consequence of the new Regulations as to Examinations, the Week will in future be held in June, and I imagine the Races also, so as not to separate the Races and the Gaieties as it seems they do at Oxford. There has been some very good racing on the river this year, notably between 1st Trinity second boat, and Caius second, the latter

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trying unsuccessfully for three nights to catch Trinity, and only doing so on the fourth night. Jesus are still head of the river, though to make sure of their place they have brought up a couple of old blues, which has caused much adverse comment . The only Peterite whose name can be found on the Race Card is Mallinson, rowing two in Christ's first boat, having been promoted thither from bow of Christ's second . He has been very lucky, for, his boat having gone up every night, he has received his "oar," which, we presume, he will shew with pride to his children and grandchildren in the far-off future. It has been very gratifying to find the School so successful as regards the Scholarships gained up here at the end of last Term : we venture to doubt if any year previously can shew a better record, since, out of six candidates, only one was unsuccessful, and he has retrieved his honour in another place. The University Eleven bid fair to be exceedingly strong this year : we have not only a good nucleus in the remnants of last year's Eleven, but have been reinforced by some very promising Freshmen : we hope, therefore, after the way we walked around a fairly representative (we can hardly call it strong), England Eleven, last week, to be able to compensate ourselves for the disturbance caused in our minds by the result of the Boat Race. MAX.

A MISSIONARY LETTER. WE have much pleasure in printing the following letter, received

by the Head Master from the Bishop of Caledonia, who, it will be remembered, preached in the School Chapel two years ago, before starting for his far off diocese : Postal Address,—Fort Simpson, Victoria, British Columbia. MY DEAR SIR,—I shall not forget the enthusiastic help of the boys

of St . Peter's School, York. My time is precious, but I feel bound to write to them and to send the kind of detail of my work that is likely to interest them . They will imagine my little steamer dashing through the waves of these little-known seas, but it is too early for that yet . After another month's imprisonment by deep snows and frozen rivers I hope to start on a journey of twelve hundred miles, on foot or by dog sleighs . Some interior Indians from Stewart's Lake arrived yesterday with my snow shoes and dogs . When I reach Victoria in May, (D .V.) I hope

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to find the steamer's machinery and frame ready to be put together. White, of Cowes, has prepared it all . Last summer I was canoeing sixty-four whole or parts of days, and visited nearly all the coast tribe between Vancouver's Island and Alaska . Many a soaking and an occasional difficulty I had, but only one serious danger . A frail canoe, hollowed cedar, caught in a gale at sundown with no shelter for six hours, but running before the wind in thick darkness, and then dashing between rocks buried with foam to grope our way into smooth water, was not likely to inspire a sailor, much less a landsman, with much hope . But God helped us in our duty, and the peril made the succour well worth remembering . Since then I have had strange experiences . In the spring of last year I visited the inland tribes among whom I have wintered . I found them as degraded as they could be . But my voyage from the coast would have charmed the boys perhaps even more than it did me . Two hundred miles of breasting a river that has rapids every few miles was hard work. With a crew of six fine Indians, who never forgot their prayers, and sang sweetly, I spent fourteen days worthy of red letters. Fourteen days amid grand scenery . Twice fourteen camps beneath forest trees beside a swift river two miles broad, dotted with innumerable islands, and flanked by precipitous mountains, snow-capped—delightful I boys, you agree ? Working from dawn to sunset ; often soused, as sailors say, by the angry looking rapids, we enjoyed our hard-earned rest each night . The breeze sweeping the topmost branches added soft music to the diapason of the restless river hurrying past our feet . With branches from the same friendly cedar that spread its arms over us our bed was quickly made. My crew no sooner were outstretched than fast asleep and snoring in dreadful discord . This, however, like the wild rapids that twirl our canoe as if she were a nut-shell, one soon becomes accustomed to . I am much attached to my Indians, and would rather travel with them than with white men . They know the river, are easily managed, and are capital foragers . The plants I call weeds they eat, and I imitated them . Game abounded. My crew never waste powder and shot . When they found I was the best shot, the gun was passed to me when game was sighted, the rifle for bears and seals, and the smooth-bore for grouse ashore and wild fowl afloat. Venison abounds on the coast ; then we came to the bear belt, but their flesh is less palatable than porcupines . Seals are too fat . An unfortunate salmon would be pierced by the deft hand of an Indian occasionally . We fared bountifully, and satisfied good appetites whetted by fresh air and work . My purpose took me into every Indian village we came to . Let not the lover of the picturesque

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follow me . Let the distant view suffice . Well for the Indian that he loves to roam . Otherwise his home would be enclosed within a rampart of dirt . Oh the filth ! Indians have noses, but they smell not ! Passing by all that has taken place up to my second visit early in October, i 88o, picture me teaching ABC and 12 3 to tatterdemalions of both sexes so alike in dirt and rags that I often mistook boys for girls . Since then what a change ! I filled my pockets with lump sugar, and when I saw a face less dirty than the rest or hair less matted, out came a piece of sugar which was quickly popped into a mouth well provided with teeth . Now the school would supply shining heads and polished faces meet to adorn a smart hairdresser ' s window . If a boy does a little work, nothing so much desired in payment as highly perfumed hair oil ! My first class beat me in writing . Have read half through the second book of the Dublin series of school books. Arithmetic is their weak point ; ten times twelve is the furthest point reached . One of the most admirable traits in their character is disobedience to parents, or to anybody else who wishes them to do anything not agreeable to these hopefuls . Fortunately their parents tried hard to keep them from school ; the medicine men threatened them, but down they ran, or round they skulked and rejoiced in touching a book or slate . About two hundred have attended, among them several young men who are ambitious . One day a band of painted medicine men, as fierce looking as demons, came and began their horrid dance before the School . Of course all teaching ceased and their victory seemed won for the time . But sitting on the stool of mortification is a hard task to me . While the intruders were hooting and leaping with exultation, I suddenly marched up to the ringleader, seized him by his shoulders, and before he could recover from his surprise had him to the river's edge (a steep bank) . "There," said I, pointing to the deep stream, " I shall assist you further the next time you attempt this kind of disturbance ;" then came back, locked the school door from the inside and proceeded to sing a merry tune the children knew well . The medicine men held a noisy conference, but have never repeated the performance . This unexpected turn gave confidence to the pupils, and soon afterwards they were mimicking the defeated party. There has been a large gathering of Indians here this winter . I reckoned fifteen hundred bedizened in one dance . Feasting, gambling, andfighting have been the order of the day . My arch foe came limping into my hut one evening with three of his ribs broken and a wounded scalp . This great medicine man had been fighting with a party armed with axes and had met with this disaster. Physic for his woes

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and revenge on his foes he humbly begged for . Giving him medicine I told him to rest for a week, and spend it in sorrow over his abominable sins. On another occasion two sets of men armed against each other, and murder seemed imminent . I was called to the field of combat, and went, taking a stout piece of rope in my hand . Going up to a man of consequence I managed to obtain a hearing . Then making a noose I explained what hanging meant, and assured the ruffians that the murderer must swing . This put the thing in a new and disagreeable light . The intending fray was postponed and never came off. Before this I had gained influence by diligent attention to the sick. More than five hundred applications (548) for medical aid I have attended to out of school hours . Though the medicine men (native dealers in witchcraft and mesmerism) say I have killed those who died under my treatment, yet the general success in affording relief has made me the greatest medicine man in the country ! Besides religious instruction in school, I have held a daily evening service, and three on Sundays . Two men have been baptized ; a young chief of importance has signified his intention to renounce heathenism, and his clan is likely to follow his example : the old men are stubborn, the medicine men are furious ; but the young people are wheeling round, and a few individuals by their lives shew that the great change has taken place . Thank God I do most heartily for bringing me, contrary to all my plans, (and tastes, too, I must confess), among these poor people . My new house was just finished, and in it I had intended to work at translations, when the failure of a missionary to occupy this important centre at the very last moment determined me on coming myself. Besides Indians I found a band of miners wintering here : their mines are two hundred miles east of this ; only the unsuccessful men remain here, the others go to Victoria : they had outsinned the heathen, and injured them physically and morally. There was no law or public opinion : vice prevailed : they no more wished my ministrations than the heathen . But kindness won them. I had a multiplex printing graph, and finding a man of education, and gentleman by birth, among them, I induced him to edit a weekly newspaper . He agreed if I would write the leading articles and draw the illustrations . I agreed . It was a success, for every man took in " The Queek . " Then I started Thursday evening lectures, debates, &c ., &c . : at length they came to Church, and finally only two absented themselves from the Sunday services . Drink was abolished, sobriety and innocent recreation went together . Many have started for the mines

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already, and most of them begged to be allowed to take the Prayer and Hymn Books with them that they used in Church . This change surprised the heathen, and reacted favourably on them. I shall be glad to send another letter if I find the interest keep up in my work . Wishing every boy best success, and begging his prayers, I remain, with kind regards, very faithfully yours, W . CALEDONIA.

SCHOOL LETTER. CHOOL opened on May 4, and since then nothing has been done

S in the way of out-door sports save cricket . We are seemingly to have a very fair team as far as batting goes, but bowling is a little below par . The fielding, too, might be very much improved indeed. The match against Hull Church Institute was a rather painful spectacle for one interested on the side of the School, more especially when one remembers that it was not above an average team that was sent here . However, the failure then may be set down to want of practice, for that was the first time the eleven had played together . At the next match they showed much better, chiefly perhaps in consequence of the efforts of the professional whom we have happily secured. Two of the new members of the Eleven, Lord and Stevenson, promise extremely well. The Tennis Club started last year seems to have died out entirely, though there is no reason why it should do so, for it was a considerable success and was very popular. The question of the Boating Club seems no nearer solution than before . Whether there is to be a Regatta at York or not, something certainly should be done. It is no use to save money year after year and leave the Boat House in the condition it is in now, and let the Regatta boat lie idle, and rotting. The Debating Club had not met at the time of writing this, but was to meet on Thursday, May 19th. For the benefit of those whom it may concern, I may say that a coach and four has been started which runs from York to Liverpool and back in two days . It is meant as an advertisement (slightly expensive one, is it not ?) of Hudson's Dry Soap . May we hope that this is an indication of the tendency to introduce what Carlyle calls " the science of taste " into our advertisements ? JAMES CRAWLEY .

CRICKET.

THE Cricket Season commenced very inauspiciously as the first three days of the Term were wet, and the Eleven could get no practice; consequently we suffered defeat from the Hull Church Institute Club. Next year we hope the match will be arranged a week later in the Term, so that the Eleven may have time to get into form . On Tuesday the Six v . Twelve match was played, and after an exciting finish the Twelve won by three runs . P . E . Lord, L . E . Stevenson, W . E . Brockbank and H . W . Wood were the best of the Twelve ; the three latter are bowlers as well as batsmen . On Saturday, May 14th, we played the 16th Queen's Lancers ; the School showed a great improvement on their previous performance a week before, no doubt owing to the able coaching of the professional, Skilbeck, who has already greatly improved the batting . Would that he could improve the fielding ! The match against the Lancers would have been reversed if three ridiculously easy catches had not been missed. The Eleven are as follows : F. W . Greenhow, F. T . Griffith, P . H. Flower, G . W . Bulman, E . A . Douglas, G . H . Eyre, R . C . Wilton, L. E . Stevenson, P. E . Lord, W. E . Brockbank, H . W . Wood.

THE SCHOOL v . HULL CHURCH INSTITUTE. Played on the School Ground. THE INSTITUTE. A . Cowley, b Bulman . .. G . W. Webster, b Stevenson . .. F. Lordingley, b Stevenson S . French, b Bulman ... R . Usher, b Bulman .. . .. . W. Martin, ht . wkt. b Stevenson J . Wilkinson, b Stevenson ... C . Gardner, st. Greenhow, b Stevenson G. Wilkinson, et . Lord, b Bulman J. W . Bosomworth, not out .. . H. Knowles, b Stevenson .. . Extras

.. . .. .

.. .

51 1 0 5 1 2 0 1 3 1 0 2

Total 67

CRICKET. THE SCHOOL. F . W . Greenhow, b French F. T . Griffith, b Cowley . .. G. W. Bulman, b Cowley P . H . Flower, b French . .. E . A . Douglas, run out G. H . Eyre, b Cowley R . C . Wilton, b Cowley L . E . Stevenson, b Cowley P . E . Lord, run out W. J . Kaye, ct . Wilkinson, b Usher H . W. Wood, not out

THE SCHOOL v .

16TH

(QUEEN'S) LANCERS.

Played LANCERS. W . H. Chetwynd, ct . and b Bnlman Sergt-Major Busby, b Stevenson . . . Capt . Wyld, b Flower Capt . Malone, ct . Greenhow, b Bnlman . . . H . Dugdale, h Flower .. . Sergt-Major Leigh, b Wood .. . Capt . Babingtou, et. Wilton, b Brockbank G. Baird, b Wood . . . .. . L . Starner, b Brockbank F . Moore, et. Brockbank, b Wood Whiting, not out .. . Extras

, .,

.. .

4 43 G 4 S 31 9 3 fl 10 10

Total 145

THE SCHOOL. T . E . Stevenson, b Leigh . .. P. E . Lord, b Malone . .. F. T . Griffith, b Malone .. . .. . F. W . Greenhow, ct . Wyld, b Malone G. H . Eyre, ct. Moore, b Wyld . .. E . A . Douglas, b Whiting G. W . Bnlman, h Wyld .. . P . H . Flower, not out ... .. . R . C . Wilton, et . Leigh, b Malone W. E . Brockbank, b Malone H. W . Wood, b Leigh .. .

.. .. .

.. . ..

21 13 0

. .. ...

5 0 17 15 Q 1

. .. Extras

10 Total 91

THE BOAT RACES. As now a considerable time has elapsed since the boat races raised our enthusiasm, a long account of those which have not yet been described would be at once unnecessary and tedious . The Ouse is now almost entirely deserted for the Cricket Ground ; yet, in looking back on last Term's defeats and victories, we can congratulate ourselves on several interesting and well-contested races. On Tuesday, March 22nd, the programme opened with a Canoe Race between Baskett and Bailey, in which the former easily proved too much for his opponent. The next race was the SENIOR PAIRS.

bow T . Halliwell. how G . H . Eyre . v. str . W . J . Kaye. str . F . T. Griffith . Griffith ' s terrific stroke brought him in an easy six or seven lengths ahead of Kaye ' s boat. The final race of the afternoon was the First Heat of the Skiffs— Williamson v. Brockbank . The latter' s steering was somewhat at fault, and no doubt was partly the cause of the rather unexpected result of an easy victory for Williamson of about ten lengths. Thursday, March 24th, FINAL HEAT OF SENIOR PAIRS. bow G . H . Eyre . v. bow T . C . Daniel. str . F . T. Griffith. str . G . W . Baldwin. This proved a " coal-dropper, " IIl favour again of the terrible Griffith. A Junior four-oared race was next rowed between the two House boats . v. REV . T. ADAMS 'S HousE. SCHOOL. HOUSE bow W . E . Brockbank. bow E . Douglas. 2 L . T . Crawshaw. 2 T . Halliwell . T . Grahame .E . 3 3 R . C . Wilton. str . L . E . Stevenson . str . H . Wood . cox . T . Harland. cox . S . J. Chadwick. The superior strength and weight of the former boat gave them an easy victory, though their bad steering nearly conceded the victory to their opponents by " foul " means .

THE BOAT RACES.

Another four-oar race now took place. DAY Boys, SENIOR V. REV . T. ADAMS ' S HOUSE. bow P. H . Flower. bow E. A . Douglas. 2 T . C . Daniel. 2 H . G . Joy. 3 G. W . M . Bulman. 3 G . W . Baldwin. str . B . G . M. Baskett. str . F. W . Greenhow. cox . N . Stephenson . . cox . T . Harland. The latter boat pulled very pluckily, and were loudly exhorted and applauded from the bank ; but in vain . The Day-boys, aided by the current, worked their boat ahead, and came in first. Saturday, March 26th . Final Skiff Heat . Eyre v . Williamson. At the starting point, as a preliminary to the race, Eyre patronized the system of total immersion, and made for land a dripping and forlorn looking object . Williamson, with the strict right of claiming the race for a row-over, consented to postpone it for a short time. JUNIOR SCULLS . FINAL HEAT.

N . Stephenson . v. M . D . Taylor. The former, evidently confident of victory, permitted his adversary to gain ground (or rather water) considerably, until, about Mary Gate, he prepared to leave him in the rear . However, he was unfortunate enough to be hampered by a basket which was floating down the stream, sub/Inds in undis. Hitting one of his oars against it, it dropped from his hand into the water, and left him powerless and defeated. In the evening of the same day, the postponed Skiff Race between Eyre and Williamson was rowed . Eyre's superior strength secured him an easy victory. Thursday, March 31st . School House v. Day Boys. JUNIOR FOUR-OAR.

v. DAN' BoYs. bow W . E . Brockbank . bow J . Walker. 2 T. Halliwell . 2 A . F . Wade. 3 T . E . Grahame . 3 E . W . Wade. str . A . Peters . str . L . E . Stevenson . . Chadwick . cox . N . Stephenson. cox . S . J This race was a foregone conclusion, and a mere procession . The Day Boys, evidently determined to be first or nowhere, came in a good 150 yards behind the winning boat. After this exhibition, the Canoe Races were terminated by Baldwin ' s victory over Baskett of about half-a-length. The Final Four-oared Race was contested between the School House and the Day Boys, Senior. SCHOOL HOUSE,

THE BOAT BAOES. SCHOOL HOUSE. v. DAY BOYS. bow J . C . Bailey . bow P . H . Flower. 2 G . H . Eyre . 2 T. C . Daniel. 3 W. J. P. Kaye . 3 G . W . Baldwin. str . F . T. Griffith . str . B . G . M . Baskett . cox. S . J. Chadwick . cox . N . Stephenson. Several times during the race the School House stroke was heard calling out in a cheery tone " Now then " ! as he urged the crew to renewed efforts . Baskett also did his best to keep his crew together, but his efforts were unavailing, and the School House boat came in

facile princeps.

At 5 .30 on Monday, March 4th, the Day Boys and Rev . T . Adams's House rowed for second place in the Junior . This was a regular neck and neck race, and one of the best contested of the season . First one boat and then the other seemed to pull ahead ; but finally, the Day Boys, putting on a spurt a little sooner than their rivals, passed the winning-post three or four feet to the good. In reviewing the Boating Season, we see that the School House have almost monopolized the prizes, being fortunate in possessing a superiority of strength, such as they have not enjoyed for some years. The Scratch Fours were rowed on Wednesday, March 6th, when only present Peterites competed ; and on Tuesday, March 12th, when the boats were composed of past and present Peterites conjointly. At this distance of time it will be sufficient to give the winning boats . On the first day the winning boat was : bow C . Williamson. 2 W . E . Brockbank. 3 L . E . Stevenson. str . G . W . Baldwin. The Final Race of the Scratch Fours on the second day was very exciting (as indeed were all the races) ; the boat which came in first by a yard or so being composed of bow E . W . Wade. 2 P . H . Flower. 3 E . Rowe. str . J . H . Daniel. The weather on the former day was very fine and warm ; but on the latter the rain came down in a very disagreeable way . There was a considerable number of old Peterites present whom we were glad to see, and the following were engaged in the races :—J . H . Daniel, E . and A . Rowe, H . Walker, E . Newenham, J . Griffith, E . T . Wilson : the Rev . H . Vyvyau rowed stroke in one of the boats.

THE BOAT RACES.

The practice previous to the Boat Races this year was unavoidably reduced, owing to the fact that several of our number went up to the University to try for Scholarships, thereby necessitating an earlier date for the races . And their success fully justifies us in the assertion that study and rowing can with advantage go hand in hand. '

OBITUARY. -

+ ON APRIL 8TH, ON BOARD H .M .B . WYE, CAPE. COAST,

JOHN HOLLAND HARWOOD, LIEUT. 2ND WEST INDIA REGIMENT . T

ERRATA. There were a few eccentricities of genius displayed in the last Christmas Examination which are too remarkable to be lost . They mostly turn upon the definition of a problem or theorem. One gentleman defined a problem as "something that must be proved directly. " " A theorem, " he said, " might be proved either directly or indirectly, and sometimes even both . " Here is another definition—of definition . " A definition points out what is wanted in a proposition" ; a postulate, again, is " what is particularly wanted . " An axiom is " common sense " ; a problem, " what was to be done—Q . E . F ., a theorem what was to be done. " The last gentleman had got a little mixed up. Another gentleman, who evidently had given up all hope, defined theorem as equal to Q . E . D . ((pod Brat des1ierandum) . " Definitions, " says another victim, "arc given to perform the work ; axioms are too true to be looked into . " Another badgered and unhappy one referred his examiner to " divination 29 ." Another gentleman seems peculiarly anxious to pay a tribute to Euclid ' s genius in raising such a stupendous and lasting work out of so little given to work upon . Iie says, " a definition is what is given to Euclid to work on, and out of that beginning he has composed the book called Euclid . " We might give a few more examples, but probably this will be nearly enough. OXFORD : PRINTED BY

W . R . BOWDEN,

59, HIGH STREET .

THE

PETERIT E1 VOL. III .

JULY, 1881 .

No . 22.

THE PROFESSOR. l)uis te, juvenum confidentissime, nostras. Jussit adire domos.

CI-IAPTER I.

HE Professor sat on a high stool, lost in deep thought . If

T the imagination of readers will carry them back to the year

1981, they will see him—a little old man, with high intellectual forehead, and silvery hair, a singular modesty apparent in all his looks and gestures : yet with all there was a something about the Professor which baffled at once curiosity and familiarity, a hungering of insatiable curiosity in his eyes ; and yet not curiosity precisely, but the sort of look we might imagine in one of the wizards of the dark ages, betokening at once a past buried in mystery which no fellow-creature could fathom, and a fixed gazing at some object in futurity too far distant for mortal ken : he seemed to see through the outer coating of your bodily habiliments, and dissect you with his eyes . You could not like the Professor. The electric light shed through its thick softening globe of glass a light which threw the features of his face into strong relief, and what a tale could be read in those furrows and wrinkles ! Strange it is that with such a general uniformity of make in the human face, there should after all be such variety of expression, that so few materials should be capable of being combined into such a copious language .

THE PROFESSOR.

The surroundings suited the man . A chaos of books was the background to a confused heap of such implements as formed the tools of a scientific man of his day : instruments, the very use of which could not be imagined by a mere nineteenth century spectator, who had not seen the vast strides science had made in these last few years . Among tools of his profession lay, scarcely recognizable, disjointed human anatomies, and on the table before him were set out, in process of examination, several heads of brains. The Professor murmured to himself. " I have it . But will the world believe me ? Where the famous Holfcnschulz has failed, shall humble Ashton succeed ? Ashton---what memories does that name conjure up ! Let Ashton henceforth be forgotten in Walker ." Here he paused and gazed dreamily at the brains before him ; then, starting up with a look which seemed that of a maniac, lie cried, " But where shall I find my proof ? I will have it, and the world shall believe. And I shall be ranked with the discoverers of the planet Neptune . " To understand these broken fragments of thought, we must go back a few years, and explain what the problem was the Professor wished to solve. Even in the nineteenth century scientific men had vaguely hinted in their writings that thought was a chemical process, that to every idea corresponded a vibration in the atoms of the brain, and that, though the problem transcended human understanding, it was possible in conception to trace the influence on the brain of every thought . This problem had been solved some years before by Holfenschulz, of whom the Professor was thinking, and Holfenschulz had died famous ; in spite of obscure insinuations that the discovery was not original. Professor Walker, when first known, was a man no longer young, whose gifts had attracted high notice at the University of London, where he had passed a creditable course, not, however, with the highest honours, which fell to imitative mediocrity, rather than unorthodox originality. He had accordingly retired to his present residence, built on a lofty cliff overhanging the sea, in what would seem to old-fashioned people a dangerous situation : but the new electro-anemotic apparatus obviated all danger from the stormy position . The only disadvantage of his situation was the dearness of the electric light laid on from London. The problem upon which the Professor was now engaged was

THE PROFESSOR .

the converse to that which we indicated above . Given the brains, to find from an examination of them what thoughts had acted upon them . So had a Cambridge Professor solved the converse problem of that of gravitation . Given the disturbance due to this force, to find the body causing it which proved to be the planet Neptune . The meditations of the Professor were interrupted by a communication from the tclephonetic apparatus, which had taken the place of a visitor's bell, by which he at once learnt that two men had arrived bringing the dead body of a man which had been washed on shore ; they had conveyed it to his house as the nearest at hand . The Professor requested their entrance, and, calling to his servant, Electron, a foundling whom he had adopted as his own, he put refreshment before them . Then, when they had partaken and retired, he bent over the corpse, as the eager thoughts passed through his hot brain . Here was a brain at last to examine and complete the proof. But how had he met his death ? Was it by persistence in the unscientific old system of sea-bathing in preference to the proper one of nitro-ozonisation ? His dress seemed to contradict this . He must then have been shipwrecked, for only a short time before this had the new aeronautic machine superseded the old ships, the last ship having been with difficulty rescued from that wreck to which its unscientific character consigned it . A brief examination of the retina of the eye showed that his last scene had been one of the agonies of drowning, though the surroundings were not evident. By a careful examination of a chart of sea currents, the Professor saw that the last ship unaccounted for, from which he could have been lost, had been supposed to have foundered two years previously in a voyage home from America . Then he saw a gleam, a day-light . Evidently not more than a month had elapsed since his death . The state of decomposition would admit no longer period . By the process of deducing the facts of this man's life from an examination of his brain, the Pr ofessor would completely establish his solution of the long-vexed problem . His brain reeled at the thought . To steady himself, and at the same time provide a stimulus to the thought whose lagging steps kept ill pace beside the stride of teeming fancy, he stepped up to the anhydro-orthro-benzo-trimethylcata-phosphoride machine, which supplied an atmosphere that proved the prolific nurse of thronging inductive ratiocinations, and, imparting an extra speed to the

THE PROFESSOR.

perpetually self-moving wheel, applied himself with increased eagerness to the task of examining the brain . What he learnt shall be described hereafter. J . V.

NOTES AND ITEMS. F. T . Griffith has been elected to an Akroyd Scholarship of '75 per annum, tenable for three years. J . H . Mallinson, of Christ ' s College, Cambridge, has had X20 per annum added to his scholarship for success in the May Examinations. G. H . Wade, of Balliol College, obtained a Second Class in Mathematical Moderations. J . C . Bailey proxinze accessit in the Examination for Scholarships at Keble College, Oxford. II . C . B . Clayforth has been elected to a Kay Exhibition of about L50 per annum value, at Worcester College, Oxford. We omitted to state last month, or rather through ignorance were unable to state, that J . Estill passed the honours, as well as the final, examination of the Incorporated Law Society, and was awarded a certificate of distinction. Mr . A . J . Pollard, who has for the last three years been Composition Master and Head Master's Assistant at Dulwich College, has been appointed to the Head Mastership of the new High School at Oxford . There were over forty candidates for the post . The School will be opened next September. Mr . J . F . Blake has been appointed to a professorship at the new University College, at Nottingham. Mr. T. C . Snow, Fellow of St . John ' s College, Oxford, has been appointed Examiner this year to the Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board. The Rev . G . W . Lees was ordained Priest on Trinity Sunday, at York Minster. The Rev . W, Routh has been appointed Secretary for the Mechanical Science Department, for the British Association this year, and Mr . W. S . North Secretary for the Physiological Department .

NOTES AND ITEMS .

Commemoration Day is to be July 5th, and the Sermon on that day will be preached by the Dean of York . The Past v. Present Cricket Match will be played in the afternoon. We purpose publishing our next number in August . It will contain reports of the Athletic Sports, the Distribution of Prizes, and such Cricket Matches as still remain . We have to thank those subscribers who have responded so promptly to the appeal we made in our last, and to several we owe thanks for very encouraging letters as well . Subscriptions which are still unpaid should be forwarded as soon as possible to the Treasurer, S. le Maistre, Everingham Rectory, near York.

SCHOOL LETTER. HE School Eleven has hardly been successful this season, having

two important T lost all its matches save two . Two at least—and . It is somewhat

ones—have been lost by the very bad fielding improved now, but none the less, the matches seem to be likely to continue to be lost. That charming institution, the Yorkshire Gala, has come off, and we are sorry (we had almost said we were glad) that it was not so great a success this year as in years past, for torrents of rain came down each day . There have been two other Galas in York this month—a kind of by-galas—and to neither of them were the heavens propitious . " Praised be Providence for all its mercies, " as the man says in the play. There is to be a Regatta this year at York after all : and a boat has been got up consisting, for the present, of Griffith, Baldwin, Eyre, and Bailey. In consequence of the letter of the Bishop of Caledonia, which appeared in last month ' s number of the Peterite, it has been determined in the School to keep up the connection thus established with that Mission . A Society has accordingly been formed, with the Rev . H. M. Stephenson for President, and the Revs . T . Adams and E . Bulmer for Treasurer and Secretary, respectively . Griffith, Baskett, and Douglas are the other members of the committee . The rules have not been published at the time of writing, but, probably, they will have been drawn up by the time the next number of the Peterite is published .

SCHOOL LETTER.

The Sports are to be, as usual, at the end of this Term : though why people should stickle for an unearthly time of the year like that, when it is impossible to train with any comfort or real benefit, it seems hard to say . JAMES CRAWLEY.

OXFORD LETTER.

OXFORD OXFOR D presents a strange contrast to what it did last week. visitors have now departed, and the only exceptions to the general exodus of the ' Varsity are the few unlucky men who are in for the Schools, or are coming up (as they are beginning to do) for " viv :s . " Good luck to the Peterites who are among them . The Examination for the Craven, too, begins this week ; and with two Candidates and two Scholarships a spirited contest may be anticipated. The proceedings of Commemoration were somewhat feebler than usual ; in fact the only reason for which we could wish to be present would be for the excitement of sharing the enjoyment of a friend of ours who made his way in with the procession amongst M .A . ' s, without a ticket, which (to quote official notice) was to be considered a grave offence ; verbum sap,—a fine of fi. The Candidates for the honorary degrees (if one may apply the term Candidates to those who wear that motley combination of reds, a D .C .L . gown) were less distinguished than usual . Oscar Wilde, who was amongst them, was greeted with appropriate quotations (musical) from Mr. Sullivan ' s new opera of " Patience . " The Union Society ' s first ball went off, we understand, with great success from all but a monetary point of view . There was the usual number of Entertainments, including a Flower Show in John ' s Gardens, and a miscellaneous kind of Fete at Wadham ; a Spiritualistic Seance at Balliol, &c . The usual Concert of the Queen ' s Musical Society was put off in consequence of the sad death of Mr. Postgate, drowned, strange to say, in a public bathing place, among scores of other bathers ; the same week being fatal to a Balliol Undergraduate, who died suddenly from inflammatory fever. The palm must be awarded to the Keble Concert, among College Concerts; among other Entertainments—pace the dancers—to the Commemoration in the Sheldonian, which included a performance of Handel's

OXFORD LETTER .

" Acis and Galatea . " The effect of the perfect music is somewhat spoilt by the ludicrous associations conveyed by the words, e .g. (Polyphemus loq ., a savage giant): "Thou trusty pine ! Prop of my godlike steps, I lay thee by ! Bring me a hundred reeds of decent growth, To make a pipe for my capacious mouth ."

This passage is followed by the air " O ruddier than the cherry, " of which Mr . Edward Lloyd' s rendering was, in our opinion, the best thing in the Concert. From fatalities of another kind Oxford has not been wholly free. After the Eights, in which Hertford, as our readers will know, was left head (good luck to them at Henley), there were a few miscellaneous rows everywhere ; not more than the usual number of screwings up at a " popular College in the High," and a " ragging " of the rooms of the Magdalen esthetic leader, which resulted in a scene of incriminations and recriminations, through which a few noble spirits were lost to Oxford . The House was the head of front of offence ; a porter there being treated to a cold bath one night, a don to a black eye, and the whole College to a firing of salvos (literally and metaphorically) in honour, we suppose, of their boat having been bumped by S . Mary ' s Hall ! Since our Eleven left us, all things being considered, they have not shown up so badly in London. We are glad to hear that we are to have in Oxford Mr . A . J. Pollard, who has been chosen for the Head Mastership of the New High School for Boys . G . H . Wade, of Balliol College, has obtained a Second in Mathematical Moderations . SOLITARIIuS .

CRICKET. The Cricket Season of 1881 seems as if it would terminate in even a less favourable manner than that of 1880 . We have now played nine matches, and in two only has victory rested with us . Bad fielding has thrown away more than one match, some of the most ridiculously easy catches being missed . In the Durham School Match, for instance, victory was well within our grasp, when long-on failed to catch Brutton from an easy chance when he had got 5 runs only ; the same player was missed three times by one fielder before he had got 30, and at last was not out with a score of 82 ; he, of course, won the match for Durham . There is no excuse for the Eleven fielding so badly, as there have been fields-out every other day with the professional, and pick-up sides on half holidays . The batting is better than the fielding ; G . H . Eyre, F. W . Greenhow, W . E. Brockbank, G . W . Bulman, and L . E . Stevenson have all played well ; Eyre played a splendid innings of 87 against Leeds without giving the remotest chance. Of the School Matches, the Rev . T . Adams's House have beaten the School House ; the School have beaten the Sixth by 5 wickets; and the Monitors v . School is still unfinished at the time of writing. The following Matches have still to be played :—Two with Mr. Wilson ' s XI (Clifton), and one each with Beverley, (XVI) Lancers; Hornsea, Yorkshire Gentlemen, and Past v . Present (on July 5th). THE SCHOOL v. FLAXTON. THE SCHOOL. First Innings. Second Innings. L. E . Stevenson, b Sturdy .. . .. . 2 b Sturdy P . 11 . Flower, b Sturdy b Esh 5 F . T . Griffith, b Sturdy ... 1 .. . b Esh F. W . Greenhow, b Smith ,. ,. 12 to bat G . II . Eyre, b Murfin 18 to bat G. W . Bulman, b lash .. . 3 not out . .. E . A . Douglas, c J . Griffith, b Marlin 4 b Sturdy R. C . Wilton, c Hillyard 0 b Esh . .. P . E . Lord, b Esh .. . .. . .. . 0 s Bell, b Craig W. E . Brockbank, not out 12 o Murfin, b Smith 1 H . W . Wood, c and b Esh to bat Extras .. . .. . 9 Extras . .. Total 67

.. .

5 1 3

3 5 0 4 2 4

Total for 7 wickets 27

CRICKET.

FLAXTON. First Innings. .. . W. M . Bell, b Bulman T. Smith, b Bulman J. G. Craig, b Stevenson .. . A . Murfin, c Griffith, b Bulman W. Griffith, c Douglas, b Stevenson J . Griffith, b Bulman G. H . Esh, b Bulman .. . J . Sturdy, c Eyre, b Stevenson .. C . Hillyard, b Bulman A . Milner, not out .. . W. Hutchinson, b Stevenson Extras ..

.. .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. .

.. .

0 10 4 10 8 3 1 0 0 8 5 6

Second Innings. b Brockbank b Flower b Brockbank b Flower b Flower c Eyre, b Brockbank c Eyre, b Brockbank c Flower, b Brockbank run out not out b Flower Extras

Total 55

Total 37

THE SCHOOL v . ST . JOHN'S TRAINING COLLEGE. THE SCHOOL. First Innings. P . H . Flower, b Wilkes .. . . .. W . E . Brockbank, c Hayley, b Kitson . . . G. H . Eyre, b Kitson .. . . .. F. W . Greenhow, c Sandiford, b Kitson G. W . Bulman, b Kitson .. . F . T . Griffith, 1 . b . w ., b Kitson .. . . .. E . A . Douglas, b IIayley .. . .. L . E . Stevenson, b Kitson P. E . Lord, b Kitson R . C . Wilton, b Kitson H. W . Wood, not out Extras

. .. ... .. . .. . .. .

Total

. .. .. .

.. .

0 3

Second Innings. b Kitson b Hayley

8 7 1 0 5 0 'L 0 0 5

b Kitson c Sandiford, b Hayley c Denton, b Hayley b Hayley b Kitson not out c Denton, b Waring not out b Hayloy Extras

ST . JOHN ' S. . .. Il . Hayley, b Stevenson A . Wilkes, e Griffith, b Stevenson H. Sandiford, c Wood, b Stevenson F. Lodge, b Bulman T . E . Smith, c Eyre, b Stevenson G. A . Waring, c and b Bulman W. A . Croft, c Greenhow, b Stevenson G . Kitson, e Greenhow, b Stevenson T . Denton, run out S . Tesh, not out 'I' . A . Ferrier, 1 . b . w ., b Stevenson . .. Extras Total

Total

CRICKET. ST . PETER'S v . DURHAM SCHOOL. DURHAM . THE SCHOOL.

F . G . Saint, b Bulman . .. T . Matthews, b Flower . . . R. Lattimer, c Wood, b Brockbank C . Haslewood, b Brockbank R. W . Armstrong, b Flower E . B . Brutton, not out E . R . Short, c and b Bulman H . Baker, l.b .w ., b Brockbank C . Cradock, c Douglas, b Wood . . . E . Good, b Wood A . B . Featherstone, l .b .w ., b Eyre Extras . ..

2 8 18 7 0 82 1 0 14 4 8 19

W . E . Brockhank, run out L. E . Stevenson, b Brutton F. T. Griffith, b Armstrong F. Greenhow, c Shortt, b Brutton G . Eyre, c Haslewood, b Armstrong P. II . Flower, c Haslewood, b Armstrong E . A. Douglas, b Armstrong G. W . Bulman, not out P . E . Lord, c and b Saint It . C . Wilton, b Good .. . II . W . Wood, b Good Extras

162

Total

13 3 0 10 1 4 4 10 2 1 2 31 81

THE SCHOOL v . FLAXTON (RETURN). FLAXTON. First Innings. W . M . Bell, c Eyre, b Bulman C. Hudson, b Flower A . Murfrn, c Douglas, b Bulman Col . Allin, e and b Bulman . .. J . Sturdy, b Flower ... . .. G . H . Esh, b Brockbank ... W . Griffith, c Douglas, b Flower J . Griffith, b Brockbank T . Smith, not out ... M . Heslop, b Brockbank . .. S . Craig, b Brockbank Extras ...

Second Innings. 0 25 2 .. . . .. ... ... .. . . .. ...

0 28 10 2 5 11 0 5 IN

c Brockbank, b Wood riot out c Bulman, b Wood b Bulman e Douglas, b Wood c Brockbank, b Wood It Wood c Wilton, b Wood Extras

109

Total

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Total

15 1 18 8 100

L . E . Stevenson, c Hudson, b Sturdy W . E . Brockbank, c and b Hudson F . T . Griffith, c Smith, b Hudson F. W . Greenhow, not out G. H . Eyre, b Hudson P . H . Flower, b Hudson G . W . Bulman, c Craig, b Hudson E . A . Douglas, c Esh, b Hudson P. E . Lord, e Hudson, b Esh R . C . Wilton, e Bell, b Hudson H . W . Wood, b Hudson Extras

12 8 24 13

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F . A . Claughton, l .b .w ., b Stevenson 6 A. P. Wilson, run out . .. . . . 14 C. Wood, st . Stevenson, b Greenhow 115 T . S . Brogden, b Brockbank . . . 26 W. F. Tempest, run out . . . . . . 15 J. R . Wood, c Douglas, b Bulman 52 E. Gray, hit wkt ., b Bulman . . . 32 J. S . Davy, b Bulman .. . . . . 16 J . Coleman, b Bulman 0 J . W. Barry, not out 15 W. Hutchinson, run out ... 2 Extras 13

P. H . Flower, b Claughton . .. 3 W . E . Brockbank, b Tempest 7 F . T . Griffith, b Claughton . .. 0 F. Greenhow, c Brogden, b Tempest 11 G. H . Eyre, c Brogden, b Claughton 2 2 E . A . Douglas, b Wilson . . . . ., G . W . Bulman, b Wilson . . . 0 .. . L . E . Stevenson, b Wilson . . . 10 R . C . Wilton, c Davy, b Wilson . . . 0 P . E . Lord, b Wilson .. 0 H. W . Wood, not out . ., 0 Extras . .. .. 3

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THE SCHOOL v . LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL. At Leeds on Whit Tuesday . LEEDS. First Innings. 11. Heberden, c Greenhow, b Brockbank . . . 1 G . H . Peacock, b Bulman . .. 0 L. Templer, I .b .w., b Stevenson . . . . . . 39 F . W. Jones, c Greenhow, b Stevenson . . . 13 F . Hodgson, b Stevenson 7 A . Kelk, c Greenhow, h Wood .. . 2 R . Templer, c Douglas, b Stevenson 5 R. Sickle, b Stevenson 1 W. Potter, b Stevenson . . . 7 W. Henderson, c Stevenson, b Brockbank 0 M. Frenchmann, not out 2 Extras 2 Total

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Second Innings. b Brockbank b Stevenson c Griffith, b Stevenson b Brockbank c Douglas, b Stevenson b Stevenson c Douglas, b Stevenson c Wood, b Stevenson . .. st Greenhow, b Brockbank b Stevenson not out Extras Total

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THE SCHOOL . First Innings. W. E . Brockbank, b Potter J . R . Rylands, b Templer G . H . Eyre, b Potter . .. . .. .. F. W . Greenhow, c Kelk, b Potter F. T. Griffith, b Templer . . . G. W . Bulman, b Peacock E . A. Douglas, b Templer ° L . E . Stevenson, c Heberden, b Templer

15 4 6 3 3 13 . 6

Second Innings. run out 0 st J . Templer, b R. Templer 1 c R . Templer, b Frenchmann 87 c Peacock, b Templer .. . 2 b Templer . . . ... 0 , ., run out . .. . .. .. 1 c Henderson, b Templer . . 0 c Peacock, b Potter . ., 0

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THE SCHOOL (continued). b Potter P . E . Lord, not out . . . 17 1. b Templer . .. R . C . Wilton, b Peacock . . . 1 not out H . W. Wood, c Heberden, b Potter 13 Extras Extras . . . . .. Total

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COMMEMORATION DAY AT THE SCHOOL. N Tuesday, July 5th, the Annual Commemoration Service was held in the School Chapel, when a very large congregation was assembled . The pulpit and the window-sills in the chancel were very tastefully decorated by Mrs . Stephenson. The lessons were read by F . T . Griffith and G . H . Eyre ; the Revs . H . M . Stephenson, E . Fulmer and T . Adams read the prayers . The anthem was Sir G. J . Elvey's " I was glad ." The Dean of York preached the Sermon, from St . Luke, 4th chapter, r6th verse, " He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up ." The very Rev . Preacher remarked that amongst the many shrines which men reverence and respect, there were none, perhaps, more precious than the place where one was brought up . The considerations which must present themselves to the mind as a person was thus brought face to face with the past, with the recollection of opportunities often wasted or privileges abused, were of a most solemn character . No such considerations could disturb the mind of Jesus when he returned to the place where he had been brought up, perfect as he was in childhood and in manhood . Many men had bitter recollections on being placed in such a position, and found themselves self-convicted and selfcondemned as they thought of time wasted, talents neglected, opportunities frittered away, and blessings squandered . The boys whom he addressed were yet in the place where they were being brought up, and it depended upon the way in which they now dealt with life, what retrospect should be theirs . Perhaps none could so deal with opportunities as to have nothing to regret . They were being moulded into what they would be in the short space of life which would be theirs hereafter in the world, and for eternity . Personally, much depended on the tone and the temper in which they addressed themselves to what was before them . Abundant opportunities might be provided, conscien-

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tious teachers might labour faithfully and unwearily, and yet their efforts be of little or no avail, if a stubborn, indolent spirit reigned within . Doubtless the drudgery of school life was essential, because it entailed upon the scholars habits of industry, patience, and application which were invaluable in after life . One often found boys who were very brilliant whilst at school in subsequent years failing in everything they undertook . This was simply because their talents had prevented them acquiring those habits which it was most important should be acquired whilst they were at school . They wanted much self-watchfulness to prevent brilliancy of intellect on the one hand or mediocrity of intellect on the other becoming hindrances to them . It was easy to be conceited, and whilst depreciating the powers of others, to over-estimate one ' s own . Great abilities were entrusted by God to us, not to be wasted, but to bring forth proportionate results to his glory and advantage . How beautiful and how rare was the spirit which realized this . Such was the spirit which actuated the great Newton, who on one occasion, on being complimented on his talents, replied, " I am but a child picking up a few grains of sand on the shore of eternity ." It was possible to turn great talents simply to one ' s own ruin, and to be anything but great whilst possessing them . If any amongst them found they had but one or two, and not five talents, let them not be disheartened or ashamed of mediocrity, but be content to cultivate those talents honestly and faithfully ; such a position being far more honourable than the affectation of talents one had not got, and the assumption of powers he could not wield . Much of the real substantial work of life had been done by those whom the world had never classed amongst its heroes . Even if such persons had sometimes failed in attaining brilliant results, they had escaped many dangerous snares. Those whom they might be inclined to consider their harsh instructors were in reality often their best friends, for the indulgent teacher was not generally the boy's truest friend, but rather his enemy, as by him faults that might be corrected were forgiven, and fruits of bitterness which might have been pulled off were left, and perhaps even cherished . The necessary discipline might seem mortifying to the boy, but it was enabling him to triumph over self—over natural infirmities and difficulties, such as ignorance, sloth, and carelessness . In their intercourse between one another they were also rehearsing the part they would play, for good or evil, hereafter ; and their dealings with present opportunities should be such that on their visiting in years hence the place where they were brought up, they might have little cause to look back with sadness on former years .

OBITUARY. At Sorrento, June nth, PERCY CLOSE, M . R . C' . S.

CORRESPONDENCE. To THE EDITORS OF "THE PH1T:RITE . " DEAR SIRS,—I think something should be done to remedy the disgraceful state of the School boat-house . There it stands with doors open to invite, apparently, all corners ; and any mischievous person may do in five minutes 130 or 140 worth of damage to our light boats, or—better still for them—carry them away altogether. I might venture to suggest also, that if a lock (capable of being locked) should be put on the door, it would be as well that the use of keys should be confined to privileged people by the committee, that they should not be in quite indiscrimate circulation as at present they appear to be . It would be better that all our boats be sold than that the place should remain in its present condition, when it possesses only the sort of interest that attaches to a venerable ruin. lam, fours truly, April 29th . A WEEr.-WISHER. [We regret to say that this letter was crowded out of our last number, when it would more opportunely have appeared . If the state of things be still what he represents we must agree ith him that it is time something was done .—En .] N~

To THE Eurroxs of "THE PETERITE . " DEAR SIRS,—Permit me in the pages of your magazine to draw attention to an anomaly that at present exists in arrangement of two races at the Sports of the School, viz ., the two handicaps. It is well known to all who are concerned that these two races have been for some time past won by very little boys in consequence of the preposterous start given to them, and that no boy of a certain age has a chance of winning. Now, I do not for a moment say that the start given to these little hoes, in consideration of circumstances, is larger

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than would naturally be given, (for if it were considerably lessened the effect would be to throw the race entirely into the hands of bigger boys), but I do say that it is absurd to call a race an open race and yet practically exclude persons beyond a certain age . Why should there not be two close races made,—one for boys under thirteen, and another for boys above that age ? It would then be possible to handicap fairly ; and the interest as well as the advantage of the two races would be infinitely increased . Yours &c ., ISONOâ1v.

CORRESPONDENCE-QUERIES AND ANSWERS. JOHN DOE AND RICHARD ROE. Doe and Roe are, respectively, the fictitious plaintiff and defendant in the Action of Ejectment, which was originally a convenient invention for trying the title to land without the formality of a real action. Thus Jones claimed the freehold against Thompson, the latter being in possession. The following fiction was supposed : Jones, the claimant, was treated as having entered upon the land, and as having, after entry, made a lease to Doe . Next it was supposed that, while Doe was on the land, claiming under the lease, Roe, claiming title under Thompson, the person really in possession, had come and turned Doe out . Roe was called the casual ejector. To seek redress for this imaginary wrong, an action was commenced in the name of Doe against Roe. Doe on the demise of Jones—the real claimant—against Roe (or, shortly Doe demise Jones v . Roe). Notice of this action was given to Thompson, who was let in to defend on the terms of his admitting all the fictitious suppositions, viz : that Jones had leased to Doe, that I)oe had entered and that Roe had turned Doe out . Technically speaking he had to confess lease entry and ouster. In the subsequent stages the suit proceeded so as to try the real point between Jones and Thompson ; and ultimately there was a verdict for or against Doe, as the case might be . Now, although generally the courts of law moulded this fictitious action so as to work effectual justice, we find here and there curious anomalies flowing from it. Thus, for instance, although the Sovereign could not sue or

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be sued in his own court yet he might maintain an ejectment, for the ejectment would be brought in the name of Doe, or Goodtitle, as lessee ; and the lessee of the Sovereign must needs have his remedy as well as other lessees . Accordingly in the thirteenth volume of Meeson and Welshy ' s Reports you will find a case of Doe dem. William IV . v. Roberts. Again, another anomaly is that since the plaintiff was Doe, Goodtitle or some other imaginary person—if one ejectment failed, another might be brought immediately after, and a third, and a fourth, and so on ad infinitum . For the new plaintiff was not, in legal contemplation, the same person as the one who had failed in the former action. Any name might be selected for the imaginary plaintiff . The only check at law upon repeated and vexatious ejectments was the practice of staying summarily a fresh ejectment until the costs in the former action had been paid . In equity the remedy was a "Bill of Peace ." The leading case on this subject is that of the Earl of Bath v . Sherwin, in which the plaintiff ' s title had been established in five successive ejectments, so he brought his bill for a perpetual injunction to stay the defendant from bringing any more ejectments and to put his title in peace. The above is an extract from a well known and pleasantly written book called "Outlines of Equity" by Freeman Oliver Haynes, Barrister-at-Law, and late Fellow of Caius College, Cambridge. Should J . C . S . wish for a more full and detailed, and perhaps more dry, account of Doe and Roe, I refer him to Mr . Serjeant Stephen ' s Commentaries, volume III . p . 618, et seq . A . E . C. The dot of the i, of which " Antiquary " speaks, dates only from the fourteenth century . Why it was introduced is, I believe, not known : certainly not to distinguish from j, which seems at that period to have been regarded as the same letter . B . B. The quotation which B . B . gives, should be written in ordinary blank verse of five feet, i.e. " Oh I'll leap up to my God ! Who dulls me down ? &c.

The lines occur in the last scene in Christopher Marlowe ' s " Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, " the finest speech that dramatist ever J . C. wrote . Can any one tell me the origin of the expression, " The horns of a W. Dilemma " ? What was the origin of the custom of Well-Dressing, still observed in some parts of the country, and in other parts recently revived ? L. A .

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PETEHITEI VOL . III .

AUGUST, 1881 .

No . 23.

SCHOOL LETTER. I-IE Midsummer Term closed on July 26 . The prizes were distributed by the I-Ion . and Rev . Canon-residentiary Forester in the evening : the chief feature of interest was that Clayforth ii . (the youngest member of the Sixth) carried off the Exhibition. As to the cricket season now over, no further reference need be made than that two bats have been obtained for large scoring, an achievement unexampled for several years past . We have reason to believe that the services of a more efficient professional will be secured for next year . But the fielding, in which the Eleven have shewn the greatest weakness this year, is the part of the game which is least affected by the professional's training, and lies mainly with the individual exertions and enthusiasm of the Eleven themselves . We will hope that this branch, by no means the least important in cricket, will receive more attention next year. The Sports came off very satisfactorily on Saturday, July 23. The day was in the main favourable, and the attendance " fair " in every sense of the word . The entries were good in most cases and the contests interesting, some of the junior ones especially so . In the mile only three competitors came up to the scratch : we should like to have seen a few disinterested persons run, even though without any hope of a place, merely to set the pace, and display their freedom from anything like pot-hunting . The distance was run in very good form by Eyre, who came in an easy first. Putting the weight was a very good event this year. We regret to have to record the failure of our Regatta Crew. The Regatta was held on Wednesday, July 27, for boats on the Ouse only . The School crew consisted of Lyre, Baldwin,

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Griffith, and Greenhow . A defeat of about three lengths was the natural result of want of training, and might have been at once anticipated, considering that bow had only sat the boat for three or four days . The crew gave no bad promise, and doubtless a few weeks of steady training would have rendered our chance of victory certain. The School is suffering a severe exodus this term . The numerous scholarships recently obtained are naturally succeeded by a great efflux of literary and athletic talent from the School. However, we will not grudge the Universities the blessings in store for them . Griffith, Eyre, Baskett, Douglas, Chadwick i ., Collinson are going up this term ; Baskett to Oxford, the rest to Cambridge ; and Greenhow and Bulman i . are going up to Durham . We wish them every success in their University career . Several others are also leaving, who we trust will not feel aggrieved by the omission of their names here ; space and want of information forbid the insertion. Football prospects are not very bright ; but no doubt there is latent power in the School, and we will not anticipate. JOEY BAGSTOCK.

[We must correct two wrong assertions of our correspondent : first, the Regatta was not confined to boats on the Ouse, but was perfectly open ; second, the school boat was beaten not by three, but barely two lengths .—ED.]

NOTES AND ITEMS. W . Y . FAUSSET, Balliol College, Oxford, has obtained a first class in the final honour school of liters! human/ores. W. B . WORSFOLD, University College, Oxford, has obtained a first class in classical moderations . After leaving St . Peter's, Worsfold was for some time at Wakefield Grammar School. J . H . DANIEL, Queen's College, Oxford, has obtained a third class in classical moderations. W . H . COBB has passed fourth in the whole number of candidates in the examination for the Civil Service, going straight from his present School (viz . Winchester) ; an achievement almost unexampled .

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T . HALLIWELL has passed the matriculation examination of London University. J . CHADWICIi has passed in the first class in the first science examination for the M . D . Degree. We must apologise for a slip of the pen which escaped the editorial eye in our last ` Oxford Letter. ' It was, of course, Mr. Burne Jones, the artist, who received the distinction of an honorary degree, and not Mr. Oscar Wylde, the youthful prophet of zestheticism, whose first volume of poems has just been given to an unappreciative world .—ED. The Editors solicit any pieces of information about past Peterites which their readers may be able to give ; one of the objects of this journal being to unite the past and present members of the School.

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES AT THE SCHOOL. On 'Cuesday evening, July 26th, the half-yearly distribution of prizes at the School took place . There was a large attendance of the parents and friends of the boys. The Hon . and Rev. Canon-residentiary Forester presided, and on entering the School was received with loud cheering. The REV . H . M . STEPHENSON, Head Master, read the following list of School Honours obtained since July, r88o : J . H . Piggin obtained leaving certificate with distinction in Latin and Greek. F . T. Griffith, Open Classical Exhibition at Clare College, Cambridge. J . H. Collinson, Open Mathematical Scholarship at Queen ' s College, Cambridge. G. H . Eyre, Open Mathematical Scholarship at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. A. Douglas, Open Classical Scholarship at Christ College, Cambridge. A. Chadwick, Open Mathematical Exhibition at St . John's College, Cambridge. B. G . M . Baskett, Hastings' Exhibition for Classics, Queen's College, Oxford. F. T . Griffith, Ackroyd Scholarship, H. C . B . Clayforth, Kay Exhibition for Classics at Worcester College, Oxford .

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G . H . Wade, Exhibitioner of Balliol College, Oxford, Second Class in Mathematical Honours in Moderations. A. T . Pollard, M .A ., late Scholar of Wadham College, Oxford, elected to Head Mastership of the new Oxford High School. W. Y . Fausset, Scholar of Balliol College, Oxford, First Class in Classical Honours in final examination. The following were the examiners : T . C . Snow, Esq ., M .A ., Fellow and Tutor of St . John's College, Oxford ; W . E. Gabbett, Esq ., M .A ., late Scholar of Lincoln College, Oxford, Tutor in the University of Durham ; Rev. G . B . Atkinson, M .A ., late Fellow and Tutor, of Trinity Hall, Cambridge ; for the Sixth Form and First Division . Examiners for Scholarships, Fifth and Fourth Forms :--Rev . G. H . Sing, M .A ., Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge ; Rev . J . Brownbill, late Scholar of St . John's College, Cambridge . Examiner of Lower School :-Rev. J . Bedford, late Scholar of Lincoln College, Oxford. MR. SNOW in his report said :—" In Divinity, the work was very good, and there is no case of anything like failure . Bailey stands first, and Baskett second, Bailey' s paper on the Greek Testament is very good ; there is some very remarkable work in Wade's paper, but Wade unfortunately could not attempt enough of the paper to attain very high marks . In the general Scripture paper, Griffith and Bailey are both very full and complete. " In Classics, the work reached the same high general level, with no case of total failure, and a certain amount of valuable work even in the least successful papers . The prepared books were very well done throughout ; the style was good, and the boys knew the matter of the books . Baskett ' s translation, and Clayforth ii .'s abstracts of the matter of the books, were remarkably good . Clayforth i ., Douglas, and Wilton, also produced excellent papers, especially in Sophocles . The unprepared translation was also very good . There was great skill in finding out the general meaning of hard passages . In these two papers, Baskett stands easily first, with Clayforth i . second in the Greek, and Wilton in the Latin . I am sure that Baskett's unseen translation must take a high place in any examination . The composition was equally free from total failures . The best single pieces produced were Clayforth ii .'s Greek verses and Griffith's Latin elegiacs . Baskett' s Greek prose, and Clayforth i.'s and Griffith ' s Latin prose, were also very good. Baskett, Clayforth i., Clayforth ii ., Griffith, and Wilton, are good scholars all round, with special excellencies ; Baskett and Wilton in translation, both the Clayforths and Griffith in composition . Baskett especially has done very good work throughout, and gives promise of great success in the University. "

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MR . GAnnETT'S report was as follows :—" I am able to give a very satisfactory account of the Roman History Papers of Form VI . of St. Peter's School, York. " The Special Period has been carefully studied and well taught. The general level of the work was high, and E . W. Clayforth sent in really first-rate papers . Several others were good, and I do not think there were any failures. " The only part of the work which seemed to me unsatisfactory was the history of the Empire from Tiberius to Marcus Aurelius . Here most of the candidates dealt in generalities, rarely condescending to details. E . W . Clayforth was a notable exception. " The English Composition, Spelling, and Hand-writing, and indeed the general style of the papers, merits the highest praise ."

The following was MR . ATKINSON ' S report : " I have much pleasure in sending you the list of marks of you r boys in Mathematics . 1 am glad to be able to say that they have, upon the whole, done very well ; although as far as I can recollect not quite so well as last year. In Conic Sections and Analytical Geometry Collinson did well, and Chadwick very fairly. Eyre was the only other boy who did anything worth mentioning. The two former also did well in Trigonometry . In Mechanics Collinson was decidedly good ; and E . W. Clayforth, Chadwick, and Peters, good . The Arithmetic was clone well by a good many : and here Chadwick and Collinson got the remarkable scores of 118 and 117 out of i ao. " The Algebra also was very satisfactory upon the whole ; here Chadwick was decidedly head, getting the very good score of 235 out of The average in this subject is decidedly high. 300 . " Put upon the whole I think perhaps the Euclid was the best . Here Collinson performed the remarkable feat of getting 298 out of 300 . We might call it full marks, the two being taken off for little more than a slip . In this subject I think there is an improvement in style since last year . " Mx. SING said : " I have examined the Fifth and Fourth Forms in Latin and Greek, Divinity and History. " In the Fifth Form the prepared Subjects were fairly well done ; the Virgil accurately translated by almost all ; the Livy not so well. In Greek, as in Latin, the verse subject--Hippolytus—was better clone than the Prose (selections from Thucydides and Plato), though two or three boys did the latter fairly well. " Grammar in both Latin and Greek was poor, especially syntax, which the boys did not seem to understand .

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" The unseen pieces for Translation were fairly done by the best boys, the Latin really well by one or two. " In Composition the Standard reached was low, and there was little promise of scholarship : but the work was, generally speaking, accurate. " In History, only two boys had any grasp of the subject : the remainder showed only a smattering of the facts. " In Divinity the Greek Testament paper was moderately done : in this, as in the Old Testament, taken viva voce, there was little knowledge of the subject matter shown except by Wilson, Warwick, and Robinson, whose work was very creditable. "In the Upper Fourth very fair work was shown up throughout the Form in the Translation paper—Virgil, Sallust, and Euripides . The Translations were careful--except the Sallust--and a fair attempt was made upon a piece of unseen . The accidence questions were poorly done . The work taken viva voce was also generally satisfactory. " The Composition was not so good, and showed little promise, though none did actually badly. " With the History paper I was quite satisfied ; most of the boys knew a good deal of the facts ; and the Geography question was especially well done. " Divinity also had been well prepared : most of the boys had a good general knowledge of the Old Testament subject ; and translated the Greek Testament with fair accuracy. " In the Lower Fourth, where for the most part the subjects were the same as in the Upper, the standard attained was naturally not so high. " On the Latin and Greek subjects Cobb and Grindrod ii . did remarkably good papers : and in vivii voce Wilson and Raine did remarkably well . Accidence here again was the weakest point. " In Composition the paper set was rather beyond the powers of most of the boys . Three of them made a fair attempt at Latin Prose : the rest did very moderately. The History, also, and Old Testament were poor, and showed very slender knowledge : especially in History the last five boys did very badly . The Greek Testament paper was rather better ; but the translation was the only part at all well done . The explanations of difficult texts were especially meagre. " I also set a paper of unseen Greek and Latin Translation, Grammar and Greek Prose Composition, for Scholarships . Work of some promise was shown up by three boys—lord, Wilson, and Rhodes . Lord especially doing the Greek Prose and Latin Translation with considerable vigour and accuracy. " On the whole, the Upper Fourth was decidedly the best of the three forms . and their examination proved some painstaking work .

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" In the Fifth, Lord, Warwick, and Wilson, did themselves credit, the rest were hardly more than moderate. " In the Lower Fourth I was pleased with Cobb—so far as I saw his work—Grindrod, Wilson, and Raine. " To sum up : though there was no work of high promise, yet there was none distinctly bad, except at the bottom of the Lower Fourth ; and though the Standard attained was low, yet there were signs of careful preparation and some painstaking work . Greek Accidence is decidedly the weakest point throughout ." The following was the report of MR . BEDFORD :—" I have examined the Lower School of St. Peter's in Classics, Divinity, and History, and have pleasure in giving it as my opinion that the work is of a thoroughly sound and genuine kind . The Classical work of the Third Form is specially worthy of commendation ; for while the translations are, I think, distinctly above the average of Third Form work in most great schools, the more elementary work is also accurate and good . The Second Form Latin and Greek showed great care and disciplined industry : and the First Form boys, with scarcely an exception, gave evidence that they have, by good work and able teaching, mastered the early difficulties of Latin and Greek . The papers were, on the whole, methodically and thoughtfully written ; and the very small number of reckless `shots' and careless answers is a very favourable feature. " The Divinity was generally good ; that of the Lower Third and Lower Second excellent throughout. " The History, too, was most carefully prepared : a few boys were inclined to answer in the words of the book rather than in their own ; but on the whole the subject seemed to be well understood. " I may say in conclusion, that, apart from the general goodness of the work done, I think I see among the boys of the Lower School, many boys who with continued care and industry may look forward to honours and distinctions in and beyond the School, in no way inferior to those lately attained by the upper boys of St . Peter's ." MR. BROwNnILL said :

" Division H .—The papers sent in were satisfactory on the whole. The Geometry was the least satisfactory part ; the Algebra was very good. " Division III . and Upper Civil .—The work in this part of the School is excellent in all respects. " Lower IV .—This Form is an exception to the other Forms which I have examined . Except two or three boys' papers, the work was poor .

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" Third Form and Lower Civil .—Although the Algebra was weak, the work here was satisfactory. The Euclid was very well done. "

The Hon . and Rev . Canon Forester, before distributing the prizes, said he wished to inculcate on his young friends the advice once given to himself—to endeavour to cultivate simple tastes . (Hear, hear .) If they did that, they would never be wanting in either happiness or occupation, but would find an ample field for both wherever they went, or in whatever circumstances they were placed . He would mention in this relation one of the greatest men who ever lived in this country—a man to whom England probably owed more than to any other of her sons—George Stephenson . Whilst walking with his friends in the woods and country grounds, he would arrest attention by allusion to some simple object, such as the various kinds of grass, nests of birds, movement of ants, in all of which he would recognise the Divine power and wonderful mechanism and contrivances of nature . He wished them to remember the great disadvantages that George Stephenson had to contend with from the beginning of his career, that he was a simple collier, and rose by Clint of hard work and the employment and improve= went of the faculties that God gave him to become a famous man, and to raise England in some respects to its present commercial position. He mentioned George Stephenson as an example any one might laudably follow in the cultivation of simple tastes . Canon Forester then said that he knew three persons whom he was proud to call his friends . All had been in humble life . One was a simple shepherd in Nottingham ; the other an operative china painter in a parish in Shropshire ; and the third a journeyman baker in Nottingham . Each of these three, like George Stephenson, cultivated simple tastes, and rose thereby . The shepherd became the incumbent of a parish in Yorkshire, not very far from Richmond, and that was a strong instance of what a man might do if he really chose . (Applause .) The china painter to whom he had referred mvas once a great drunken scamp. However, he became a teetotaller and Wesleyan local preacher, and went about examining bits of rocks, and soon educated himself to be a geologist. (Applause.) He made a collection of the Silurian strata, and when he had arranged it, it was made known to the curators of the jermyn Street Museum, who were glad to become possessed of this working-man's collection as an example of the Silurian system in geology . (Applause .) The journeyman baker turned his attention to astronomy, and made a reflector telescope of his own, being a good mechanician . When Mr. Gladstone came to Nottingham some ten years ago he was introduced to this baker, and the Ronal Society, in recognition of his merit made a Fellow of him . and

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presented him with telescopes and astronomical instruments . (Applause .) The astronomical baker got the situation of Secretary to the first School Board, and was now Secretary to the Nottingham Hospital . (Applause.) He mentioned these things to show how a man might be raised from the position in which Providence had first cast his lot, but in which he certainly was not bound to stay the whole of his life. (Applause .) These were forcible illustrations of the benefits of cultivating simple tastes ; but apart from any success which might attend such a cultivation, it would contribute very much to their happiness in leisure hours. (Loud applause .) Canon Forester then distributed the prizes to the successful boys, all of whom were loudly cheered on coming forward. EXHIBITIONER,—Clayforth ii. FOUNDATION SCHOLARS,—Lord, Clarke i . ; Wilton, for I year. FREE ScxoLARs,—Rhodes, Hewison i . ; Wilson i . for 2 years ; Crawshaw i . for i year. ARCHBISHOP ' S PRIzEMAN,—Baskett. DEAN ' S PRIZEMAN, —C011insOn. CANON ELWYN ' S GREEK TESTAMENT PRIZE, — Bailey. HEAD MASTER ' S COMPOSITION PRIZES : Greek Prose,—not awarded. Latin Hexameters,—Clayforth ii. ARCHDEACON HEY ' S ENGLISH ESSAY PRIZE .—Wilton. HEAD MASTER ' S PRIZE FOR ENGLISH . —Wilton. Commended,—Bailey, Baskett, and Clayforth ii. FORM PRIZES. Sixth Form,—Rank, Baskett ; Divinity, Bailey ; German, Peters History prize (extra), Clayforth ii. Fifth Form .—Rank, Daniel i. ; Divinity, Warwick ; Classics, Lord French, Flower i. Upper Fourth Form .—Rank, Rhodes ; Classics, Wade iii . ; French, Bowden . Mr . Yeld's Composition, Brockbank . Mr. Yeld's History, Grindrod i . Mathematics, Division II ., joy ; Division III ., I lewison i. Lower Fourth Form .—Rank, Grindrod ii . ; Classics, Wilson ii. Mathematics, Crossley ii . ; French, Williamson i . ; Mr . Yeld's (extra), Cobb iv. Upper Third Form .—Rank, Daniel iv . ; Classics, Daniel iv. Mathematics, Clarke ii . ; French, Malcolm i. Lower Third Form .—Rank, Bloomfield ; Classics, Bloomfield Mathematics, Crosthwaite and Flower ii . ; French, Bloomfield. Upper Second Form .—Rank, Crawshaw ii . ; Classics, Crawshaw Mathematics, hitchin i . ; French, Crawshaw ii .

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Lower Second Form.—Rank, Hudson ; Classics, Malcolm ii.; Mathematics, Rymer ; French, Murray ii. Upper First Form .—Rank, Wade iv . ; Classics, Hood ; Mathematics, Shepherdson ; French, Colby. Lower First Form .—Rank, Grindrod iii . ; Classics, Charlesworth ; Mathematics, Ford ii . ; French, Charlesworth. Civil and Military Department.—Upper Division .—Rank, Martin i . ; Divinity, Martin i . ; English, Martin iii. ; Mathematics, Halliwell ; French, Crossley i . ; Natural Science, Halliwell ; German, Martin iii. Lower Division .—Rank, Steavenson vii. ; Divinity, Steavenson vii .; English, Steavenson vii. ; Natural Science, Croskill ; Mathematics, Firth; French, Harland. Division I .—Mathematics, Extra Prize (not open to those who have previously obtained any prize in Division I .), E . W . Clayforth. Writing and Dictation Prizes .—Form IV ., Rhodes ; Form III., Flower ii . ; Form II ., Murray ii . ; Form I ., St. Cedd. Civil and Military Department, Marshall i. Drawing Prizes, given by W. T . Roddy, Esq. — Walter-colours, Crossley ii . ; Pencil, Bulman i . ; Chalk, Crawshaw i . ; Improvement, Martin iii. ; Mechanical, Croskill. Drilling Prize, given by Sergeant Kinneavey .—Melrose. At the conclusion of the ceremony, Mr . STEPHENSON thanked Canon Forester for the kindly interest he had taken in the School by being present on that occasion . He also thanked him for the valuable advice he had given the pupils, which, if followed, would prevent them from falling into any routine life . He wished the people of York would cultivate simple tastes, and prefer an open field, as an adjunct of that School, to the erection of villa residences . (Loud applause .) He thought St. Peter's School had clone something for York in past times, and also in later times, therefore it would be no very great sacrifice on the part of the people of York if they were to purchase the adjoining piece of land, so that it should not be built upon, and make a present of it to the School (Applause .) St . Peter's had for a great number of years been educating the children of York citizens, giving them a first-grade education for one-half the market price (applause) : for if they lived in Liverpool or other large towns where the Schools had to be entirely self-supporting, such an education as was afforded at St . Peter's would have to be paid for at double the rate. He would go so far as to say that some of the well-to-do citizens of York owed their whole success in life to the education they had received at that School . (Loud applause .) Money could be raised in the city for the purpose of amusement, or for promoting scientific interests, and he trusted money might be forthcoming to

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prevent the immediate vicinity of that School becoming covered with bricks and mortar. (Applause .) The Rev. Canon FORESTER, in responding to a vote of thanks for presiding, said it was very desirable that St . Peter's School should have healthy recreational facilities as well as educational, and on these grounds he endorsed the remarks of the Head Master as to the erection of buildings adjoining . He congratulated Mr. Stephenson on the very gratifying nature of that evening ' s proceedings, which formed the close of a very successful half year. The proceedings then terminated with three cheers for Canon Forester, and a similar compliment to Mr . and Mrs . Stephenson.

THE ATHLETIC SPORTS. The Annual Athletic Sports were held on the School ground on Saturday, July 23rd . The weather—for who ever omits to mention the weather ?—was tolerably fine, though it rained a little during the afternoon, which caused a sudden panic amongst numbers of fair spectators on the bank, who assembled in great force and seemed to take a deep interest in the proceedings . There was not such a large muster of old boys as usual, though several of those residing in York put in an appearance . The brothers Griffith and Wood were well represented and heartily backed their respective brothers, but there were many who had to bemoan the want of such sympathizing brothers . The Committee consisted of F . T . Griffith, F . W. Greenhow, and B . G . M . Baskett . The Judges were the Rev . H . G. Hopkins and J . R . Wood, Esq ., and the starter Sergeant Major Kinneavy . The band of the Yorkshire Hussars did their best to inspire courage to the down-hearted. The events were as follows : PUTTING THE WEIGHT (16 lbs .), I2 entries . — W . J . Kaye (32ft . Iin .), 1 ; L. E . Stevenson, 2 ; B . G . Baskett, 3 . The distance is an advance of more than 4 ft . on that of last year. LONG JUMP (under 15), Io entries .—Prize given by Rev . E . Bulmer. F. Brandt (15 ft .), 1 ; W . J . Ford, 2 ; R . Crosthwaite, 3 . Brandt again carried of this prize this year, beating his record of last year by a little more than I ft. LONG Juan' (open), Io entries .—Prize given by J . R . Wood, Esq. C . H . Williamson (18 ft . 7 in .), I ; \ V . E . Brockbank, 2 ; E . A. Douglas, 3 . The competition in this jump was very close .

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FLAT RACE, I00 yards (under 13) .—Prize given by W . F . Campbell, Esq . G . Charlesworth, i ; J. Malcolm, 2 ; A . S . Rose, 3 . Time 15 secs. FLAT RACE, 100 yards (open) .—Prize given by Rev . H . M. Stephenson . R . F. Wood, 1 ; C . H . Williamson, 2 ; G . H . Eyre, 3. An uneven start was made, Wood and Williamson starting off with a decided lead, Wood winning by barely a foot . Time to secs. THROWING THE CRICKET BALI. (under 15) .-Prize given by Rev. W . Routh . F. Brandt, t ; R . Haynes, 2 ; C . P. Green, 3 . Distance 59 yards. HIGH JUMP (open) .—Prize given by W . F. Rawdon, Esq. C . H. Williamson, 1 ; W . E . Brockbank, 2 ; G . H . Eyre and J . C . Ford aeq ., 3 . Height 4 ft . 11 in . Ford ' s neat and direct style of jumping was much admired, and formed a striking contrast to the sidelong oneleg-after-the-other mode of jumping adopted by the winner. FLAT RACE, 100 yards (under 15) .—Prize given by W . L . Newman, Esq . F . Brandt, 1 ; F . Watson, 2 ; A . Twyford, 3 . 29 entries. Time 13 secs. FLAT RACE, Quarter-mile .—R . F. Wood, t ; G . H . Eyre, 2 ; G. W . Bulman, 3 . Time—well, I scarcely dare place it on record that the time of this race beat the fastest recorded time by 3 secs . It was run in 45 secs ' This speaks volumes for the accurate measurement of the Quarter-mile. FLAT HANDICAP (500 yards) .—A . S . Rose, 1 ; T . Harland, 2 ; E. Douglas, 3. THROWING THE CRICKET BALL (open) .—Prize given by Ven. Archdeacon Hey . L . E . Stevenson, I ; W . E . Brockbank, 2 ; G . W. Bulman, 3 . Distance 83 yds . 2 ft. HIGH JUMP (under 15) .—Prize given by J . L . Freeman, Esq. F. Brandt, t ; W . P. Ford, 2 ; R . Crosthwaite, 3 . Height Oft . 4in. Ford ' s style of jumping, like his brother ' s, was much admired. HURDLE RACE (open) .—E . A . Douglas, 1 ; G . \V . Bulman, 2 ; C . H . Williamson, 3. HURDLE RACE (under 15) .—Prize given by F . M . Scargill, Esq. F . Brandt, 1 ; W . P . Ford, 2 ; S . B . Flower, 3. POLE JUMP (open) .—F . T. Griffith, 1 ; E . A . Douglas, 2 ; G. H. Eyre and W . E . Brockbank esq., 3 . Height 8 ft . 4 in . This is the third year in succession that Griffith has won this event. HURDLE RACE HANDICAP (Quarter-mile) .—Prize given by G . Veld, Esq . G . W. Bulman, I ; \V . E . Brockbank, 2 ; G . H . Eyre, 3. Bulman passed Brockbank at the last hurdle but one, but after clearing the last hurdle, thinking he had the race in hand, he eased down, and Brockbank, with a sudden rush, made the race a dead heat .

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He however refused to run the race over again, and thus Bulman was left winner. FLAT RACE, Quarter-mile .—Prize given by W . Barnby, Esq. T . E . Grahame, i ; F . W. Greenhow, 2 ; F . Watson, ; . Greenhow, who conceded Grahame several yards ' start, failed to get on equal terms with him, and Grahame won by about 2 yards. FLAT HANDCAR, 300 yards .—J . Walker, i : A . S . Rose, 2 ; T. Smith, 3. THREE-LEGGED RACE, ioo yards .—E . A . Douglas and G . W. Bulman, I ; F . T . Griffith and L . E . Stevenson, 2 ; E . P . Green and A . Twyford, 3. MILE RAcE .—Prize given by Rev . T . Adams . G . H . Eyre, 1 ; R . Wood, 2 ; E . A . Douglas, 3 . Records of the time vary from 4 min . fo sec . to 5 min . 10 sec ., so that I can scarcely venture an opinion on that matter . * Eyre led all the way and won rather easily. Douglas was a good third (in the rear !) CONSOLATION RACE .—F . \V . Greenhow and H . W. Wood, xq. 1 ; J . Marshall, 3. OLD Boys' RACE, Quarter-mile .—C . Wood, 1 ; A . H . Griffith, 2. Griffith for the first lap ran hard on Wood 's heels ; but finding the pace rather too fast to suit his fancy, he let the winner run in by himself. From the above report it will be seen that F . Brandt carried off the first prize in all the junior events, which argues well for his future career . The open firsts were divided very evenly, no one obtaining more than two . Mrs . Stephenson distributed the prizes to the questionable music which schoolboy lungs are wont to make.

CRICKET. THE SCHOOL v . BEVERLEY. BEVERLEY. First Innings. E . Hodgson, retired .. . A . Lambert, st . Greenhow, b Griffith F . Hutchinson, b Brockbank P . II . Pease, c Wood, b Brockbank ... A . Hodgson, not out W. Harrison, b Brockbank F . Travers, c Buhnau, b Brockbauk

9 10 0 9 29 0 U

Second Innings e Griffith, b Brockbank . . . e Wood, b Brockbank . . . e and b Griffith . . . . .. e Lyre, b Lord . . . b Stevenson ... e Douglas, b Lord

15 5 12 4 15 0

The real time was 4 mill . 10 occ, . ; but ibis is accounted for by the excessively bad mi .measurement .—Ell.

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First Innings. E . Dunkill, c Douglas, b Brockbank F . W . Wood, c and b Bulman R . M . Gee, b Brockbank .. . .. P. Hodgson, b Bulman

.. . .. . . ..

Extras Total

. ..

Second Innings. c Douglas, b Lord not out b Wood

11 5 9 0 13

0 2 30

Extras

114

Total

THE SCHOOL. W. E . Brockbauk, b Hodgson H . W . Wood, b Hodgson G . H . Eyre, b Gee G. W . Bulman, b Gee L . E . Stevenson, c Lambert, b Gee E. A . Douglas, c Pease, b Hodgson F. T . Griffith, b Gee F . W. Greenhow, run out I' . E . Lord, not out W . J . Kaye, b Hodgson R. C . Wilton, b Gee Extras Total

THE SCHOOL v . YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN . THE SCHOOL.

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0 P . E . Lord, run out .. G . W. Bulman, b Mawson . . . 15 li W . E . Brockbank, b Mawson F. W . Greenhow, c Leatham, b Wood . .. .. . . . . 20 G. H . Eyre, st . Leatham, b Wood 6 L . E . Stevenson, b Wood .. . U 0 F . T . Griffith, run out .. . .. . U E . Douglas, e Frewins, b Mawson 0 . .. .. . If . C . Wilton, b Wood W. J . Kaye, b Wood .. . 3 1 H. W . Wood, not out .. 1 Extras

U . A . B . Leatham, c Griffith, b Stevenson .. . . . . 11 G. Croft, run out . .. 54 H. V . Scott, c and b Griffith 1.6 Capt . Browell, b Stevenson 10 J . Nelson, c Douglas, b Wood . . . 41 S . Frewins, b Lord . .. . .. 0 J . Wheeler, c Eyre, b Greenhow . . 14 W . Mawson, not out . .. . . . 33 J . Griffith, not out .. . . . 19 J . If . Wood, to bat. A . 1I. Wood, Extras 7

Total

265

PAST N . PRESENT. PRESENT. First Innings. 1'. F . Lord, c Heavon, b Griffith . .. 6 . \V . Bulman, e Walker, b Griffith W . Brockbank, c W . Griffith, b J . Griffith F. W . Greenhow, e Proctor, b Griffith G. H . Eyre, b Chadwick

5 3 2 11 2

Second Innings. ruff out c Procter, b heaven b Heaven not out not out

18 1 U 6 28

CRICKET . First Innings. L . E . Stevenson, b Chadwick F . T . Griffith, b Chadwick P . H . Flower, b Chadwick E . A . Douglas, c Procter, b Griffith R . C . Wilton, b Chadwick H . W . Wood, not out Extras . ..

5 9 5 4 2 0 6

Total

95 Second Innings. c Procter, b Griffith . .. c Robertson, b Griffith . . .

13 3

b Heaven Extras

3 13

Total for 6 wkts .

. ..

PAST . F . Newenham, b Stevenson C . Taylor, run out J . F . Griffith, c and b Stevenson A . H . Griffith, b Stevenson M . Dyson, e Wilton, b Bulman F . Robinson, b Stevenson A . P. Chadwick . c Brockbauk, b Lord W. Griffith, b Wood J . L . Procter, b Lord T . C . Heaven, not out . .. . .. II . Walker, b Lord Extras Total

HORNSEA v . THE SCHOOL. THE SCHOOL .

HOENSEA.

. .. . .. P. E . Lord, not out G . W . Bulman, b Saxelbye . .. W. E . Brockbank, b Bainton F . W. Greenhow, b Bainton G . H. Eyre, b Nicholson .. L. E . Stevenson, c Rob, b Moss . . . F . T . Griffith, c Robinson, b Moss P . H . Flower, b Moss .. . .. . E . A . Douglas, b Moss R . C . Wilton, c and b Bainton H . W. Wood, b Moss .. . Extras ...

Total

50 1 13 0 2t 10 17 6 2 4 1 21

. . . 179

H . Saxelbye, e Brockbank, b Flower G. W . Webster, b Flower .. . W . A . Nicholson, c Greenhow, b Flower .. . . .. H . Taylor, not out . .. F . Ilutchinson, b Flower H. Stork, J. Bainton, F . B . Moss, to bat. J . Douglas, H . 1' . Robinson, J . Rob, Extras Total

27 46 1 63 30

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ST. PETER'S SCHOOL AUXILIARY TO TIIE NORTH PACIFIC MISSION. We are requested to publish the following rules of the Mission Society established in the School . We may add that the subscrip-

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tions have hitherto come in as fast as was to be expected at the end of a term : we might also point out that it is not impossible for past Peterites to subscribe. President, REV. H . M . STEPHENSON. Committee, MESSRS. WILTON, PETERS, CLAYFORTH, PIGGIN, AND COLLINSON.

Treasurer, REv. T . ADAMS. Secretary, . REv. E . BULMER. OBJECT .—To maintain the connection between the School and the North Pacific Mission formed on the occasion of Bishop Ridley ' s visit, in 1879. MEMBERSHIP .—All present and past Peterites contributing Three Shillings and upwards per annum shall be members of the Society. MEETINGS . —The Committee shall meet once at least each term; and there shall be held annually a general meeting of the members of the Society for the election of Officers, and other business.

CORRESPONDENCE. To THE EDITORS OF " THE PETERITE . " SIRS,—May I call your attention, as an old Committee-man of the School Sports, to the mismanagement displayed in several points in the Sports of this year ? There was, to begin with, a mistake in holding them at this " unearthly time," as some one very properly called it ; for that, however, there is no one specially to blame . But for several other things there were some particular persons to blame . In the first place, in Putting the Weight, it always used to be the rule (and a good rule too) that each competitor should have four several attempts, the last three being allowed that each man might do his best to beat the first : this year there were only three . Why ? Again, the Quarter-mile was certainly not rightly measured ; and the result was that the Mile, as well as the Quarter-mile, were done in ridiculous time, and every previous record in the world was beaten . This is apart from the fact that the Mile was only counted five times round the field, while it used to be within my recollection seven times . There were other faults, but slighter ones . In passing, might I add my humble support to the plan urged by a correspondent in your last month ' s number, about the handicaps ? The result this year again amply justified his words . Yours &c ., O. P. DEAR

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No . 24.

THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. HE pitiless Editor of the Pctcrite demands from me a paper

T on the late meeting of the British Association in York.

One might imagine, by the bye, that papers enough were read during that meeting to satisfy most people for some time. The expressions "just fifty years ago," "ancient city," "Jubilee," "great success, " and so on, have been heard somewhat commonly of late, so it may be as well if I forbear to state them any more. Now, however, that the flood of enlightenment which dazzled us for a week has passed away, it may be possible to look back with some calmness upon what then seemed so nearly turning our sober heads . But yet even while the demi-gods of science were amongst us, there were not wanting some few misguided cynics, who ventured to express surprise at the wonderful zeal for abstruse knowledge displayed by some of the fair enthusiasts that enlivened the street, the section-room, and still more the soiree . But when will genuine merit and true zeal escape the envious tongue of the detractor ? This, however, and a good deal more in which such words as "humbug " were pretty freely used, is only what they, the cynics, said : I am asked to state here what I think about it. Now, detractors apart, I take it for granted that there never will be any large or wide-spread movement, even for the noblest object, without sham and self-interest becoming mixed up with it, and attracting many to join and support it for their own purposes ; whether it be to amuse themselves, or to share in the credit which prominence in a popular cause confers . We can expect no better, that is, until we arrive at those highly advanced days when our race will enjoy the full benefits of Vril . Till then we must be content ro take the good with the bad, only being carefial that, the balance is on the right side,

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For let us confess the truth : there is a vast amount of this "humbug " behind the scenes, in almost everything . When this outweighs what is genuine and beneficial, as it sometimes does, then the agency in question is on the whole injurious ; when it does not, the agency is on the whole advantageous . No greater service, then, can be done, either to any such agency in question, or to the cause of truth in general, than for pretence and sham to be thoroughly laid bare and pointed out : but yet for all that, it would be a mistake, provided the Algebraical sum of it all be on the side of good, to put one ' s hands in one's pockets and refuse to participate. Now in the case before us, I think there is some ground for supposing that the balance is, or has been, on the right side. Because, firstly,—It may have stirred up in the York public, as it was intended to do, some desire or curiosity to know what all these people have been talking about . It may have led them to realize that there are fields of interest beyond what they have hitherto conceived of as the practical limits of the knowable. And to stimulate such a glimmering curiosity is the first step towards raising the standard of general intellectual cultivation. Secondly, it may have led people to recognize the fact that science is a thing to be welcomed, not feared, or looked upon with suspicion : that while Truth is that which is, Science is the honest effort to discern what is, and is thus the friend and handmaiden of Truth. Thirdly, it may have unwittingly preached them a sermon against false enthusiasm and fussy zeal about nothing, or about an object not at all understood ; a sort of zymotic disease rather prevalent in these days, I fancy : witness the enthusiasm displayed for Demonstrations, Bazaars, and the like. If the sages who came to teach and to learn had quietly assembled—say in the concert-room—and allowed people to attend who desired to hear them, there might have been perhaps some fifty or a hundred found to go there with an intelligent interest in what was said, and appreciation of it for itself ; and, perhaps, some fifty or a hundred more who went there because others did, or to see what went on and stare at celebrities . In this case the sham enthusiasts would have been reduced to one half of the whole number, which would be, as things go, a respectable minimum . And the number of people who attended

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such meetings—divided, say by two—would be a pretty fair measure of the genuine interest in science felt by the people of the place where they were held . And thus we can hardly deny that there must have been a good deal of false enthusiasm of late. The very fact, however, that it has been so patent and blatant, is in reality the best thing that could happen short of absolute perfection, because it tends all the more strongly to open men ' s eyes to the tendencies to sham which exist so commonly around them. If, then, the late meeting in our city has done all, or any, of these three things that we have touched upon, in any considerable degree, I think we may be satisfied that it has done good work ; because earnestness for knowledge, a conviction of the universality of Truth, that is, that it cannot contradict itself, and a sifting away of spurious zeal and self-interested enthusiasm, are three things which, if they wore more generally prevalent, would do much to remove the shallow artificial tone that makes ordinary society so distasteful to many people of sense and thoughtfulness, not to mention more solid gains. The British Association, then, has come to improve us, and it has done so, we hope, both by showing us what is wise and what is foolish, what to aim at and what to avoid ; and we shall have been benefited by it in proportion as we rightly estimate the lessons it has read.

CALDkON SNOUT. T 6 .4o one morning in August, three of us left the little

A village of Ilaughton to catch the train leaving Darlington

for Middleton at 7 .13, which we succeeded in doing, arriving at the latter place by 8 .25 . We next inspected one of Messrs . Ord and Maddison's \V hinstone Quarries, which contains a bed of stone about 6o feet deep . Here we saw two of Ramsden's stone crushers at work, motive power being supplied through two Turbines 3 feet in diameter, each wheel doing the work of a 30 horse-power steam engine . The water by which they are worked is brought for a distance of 5 or 6 miles from the moors in an open race and stored in a reservoir above the quarry, large pipes conveying it from thence to the wheels, the waste escaping into the Tees which runs just below .

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Leaving the Quarries, we passed through Middleton and Newbiggin, and over Bowler Bridge which spans a small stream running through a very pretty little valley. Standing on the bridge and looking down the valley we saw 6 or 8 diminutive water-falls, varying in height from one to three feet, which, the valley being well wooded, had a very pleasing effect . From here we jogged along to the "High Force" Inn, arriving there about io o'clock . From the Inn we proceeded to the Falls where, as it had been raining heavily the day before, we found a good body of water coming down . The geology of the falls presents rather a curious appearance, as the Whinstone has broken through the Limestone and flooded it as it were, leaving a non-stratified on a stratified rock . The upper rock, being hard, is not much worn, whereas the underlying limestone is completely honey-combed where it is subjected to the action of the water below the falls ; so, should the world last long enough, the whinstone, being undermined, will tumble in and the falls disappear . Here we fell in with a heavy party of civic dignities who, according to their own account, were " doing their annual tower," which apparently consisted in all of them breakfasting at the " High Force " Hotel, all going to the " Force," 6 going to Caldron Snout (io started), and all dining at the " High Force " Hotel at 7 p .m . Learning on enquiry, that some of the aforesaid " Towerists " were going to the Snout, we, not knowing our way, determined to follow. Leaving the " High Force," we went along a path, or more strictly speaking, a sort of track which in some places is not more than 4 inches broad, and winds along the side of the cliff with a sheer descent of some 20 or 30 feet to the river Tees which runs along at the bottom . Fortunately there was plenty of ling and small shrubs to hold on by, so we got safely across ; had any one tumbled, it would have been extremely awkward for him, as the river-bed is strewn with large boulders. After following this track for about a mile we got into more open country, then fording Langley Beck just above its junction with the Tees, we came to a Moor . Here we thought to make a short cut by crossing a spur of the moor just in front of us, but as "the way was steep, the rain was cold," and we had to follow the deviations of a sheep track, our short cut proved a long one, so after going ahead about a mile, we determined to descend to the river again . Whilst going down the hill-side, one of our party

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had a narrow escape from being assisted on his way by a Billy Goat which charged him furiously, he having incautiously crossed its path just below where it was standing, instead of above, as he should have done, Soon after reaching the river we passed through a ravine where the cliffs towered above us on each side 130 feet or more . Pressing on, we reached Caldron Snout about 2 p.m ., when the rain, which had been coming down gently all the day, increased to a steady down-pour . However, nothing daunted, we sat down under a rock near the Snout . It does not require much imagination to liken this rapid to a vast caldron as it whirls bubbling, boiling, seething, and roaring along ; and from the wild, weird appearance of the surrounding scenery, one could easily picture it as a fitting place for witches to hold their midnight revels in . With regard to the appellation "Snout," I could trace no resemblance to the organ of that name possessed by any animal, biped or quadruped, which had come under my notice . On our return we picked up a stray member of the "heavy civic party'," who piloted us across the moor, and in the course of our journey pointed out Micklefell, the highest hill in Yorkshire, 2,300 feet above sea-level . Jack caught a young golden plover on the moor, but Tom unfortunately let it off. This bird is said seldom to breed in England . Under the skilful guidance of our " Towerist " we reached the high road without any mishap, where, after wishing him goodbye, we parted, going at a quicker rate than he felt inclined to travel, and reached the "High Force " Hotel by 4 o'clock, but did not call, as our train left at 5, and we were rather more than five miles from Middleton Station . However, by dint of running and walking, and walking and running, we just managed to catch it . Jack was done up, and once or twice talked of giving in. We reached Darlington about 6 .3o, when, what with our exertions to catch the train, and what with sitting in our wet clothes, for it had rained all the day, ww e were so stiff we could hardly move ; indeed it was quite laughable to see the gingerly way in which we got out of the railway carriage and walked down the station steps ; walking anywhere but on the level was extremely painful, and that was bad enough. We arrived safely at Haughton about 7 p .m ., had our tea and went to bed about 9 o'clock, thoroughly tired out, but having J. H. J. enjoyed ourselves immensely .

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Quisnam te, juvenum confidentissime, nostras Jussit adire domos ?

HE Professor, after long investigations lasting through

T several weeks, came to the conclusion that it Nvould be best to publish the experiences of the sailor as they were conveyed to him, viz ., in the form of a personal narrative, which the eloquent voice of the deceased man's brain told to him as clearly as tongue or lips could frame it . This narrative contained facts which, at first sight, seemed staggering even to his faith in the correctness of his investigation ; but upon subsequent consideration, aided by the scientific principle that what is wholly impossible or ridiculous is the most probable hypothesis, ii priori, the Professor was led to append such explanations as seemed satisfactory. The facts, as he gleaned them, were as follows, (the Professor 's remarks will be appended parenthetically) : " My name is James Smithe, I was rated able-bodied mechanic on board the steam-ship ` Electric Light," chartered from New York to Hull, twelve hands all told, with one hundred passengers, to call at Newfoundland . We were one day's steam N .E . of Newfoundland, going at a tidy speed of 40 knots an hour, much more steadily than those new-tangled aeronautic electricity-bags,* when a hurricane burst upon us, such as I can never remember the like of. " The Electric Vanes which should have made us independent of the effects of wind or thunder were carried away with the first blast ; a flash of lighting disabledthe electric connexion of the steering-gear ; the ferro-platinum coating of the ship's sides was split ; a darkness black as a gas-lighted town settled upon us ; we were driven W . by N . three hours, then S . by E ., and tossed we knew not where, as the delicate machinery which showed our * The advances science has made since the Nineteenth Century ! I cannot, though I have spoken with people who can, remember when sailors would have scorned to be " mechanics," and more sailors than passengers had (unscientifically) been needed, whilst 15 knots an hour was racing speed . Steam was at one time as ignorantly scoffed at as aeronautic navigation is here ! [PROFESSOR ' S MEDITATIONS.]

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latitude and longitude without observation was altogether annihilated by the jarring which followed when the balancing machinery of the ship was destroyed and left us to pitch and roil for the first time, an accident which added another to the horrors of our situation, inasmuch as we were violently sea-sick, as none of our race had been for half a century. * * "The water poured in, and the ship's huge bulk began to settle before foundering. Then the last resource was thought of, the solidified hydrogen, of which huge blocks were ready to be expanded to float the ship in case of need . After some trouble these were discovered and placed in the melting apparatus, I assisting with my hands to perforrn the arrangements . While meantime we sailors betook ourselves to the life-bags of hydrogen ready provided in case it should be needful to commit ourselves to air ; when, upon a sudden, either from disuse or from inadequate inspection at the beginning, the machinery for melting the solid gas exploded with fearful power, dispersing the ship abroad in different directions, some tearing through the waters downward, others scudding the surface with the radiation of a star from the centre of force, whilst another portion was carried into the clouds to the height of several miles, and with this last portion was I . Though after a few hundred yards the rapid motion took away my breath, yet I had still sense to perceive that soon we returned towards the earth with the same rapidity with which we had shunned it, and binding my hydrogen bag around me, I awaited the shock . After we had been shot down a mile into the water I lost consciousness, and awoke again to find some strange forms bending over me, a strangeness, not light yet not darkness, pervading what I could not call an J . V. atmosphere . " J . V. wishes, with permission of the Editors, to complain of a misprint, or, perhaps, a misapprehension on the part of the corrector of proofs. Telephone/lc, in Chapter I ., should be Tcicy5lrronetic ; the notion being that of an apparatus by which drought, and not sound, could be converted into electricity, and so conveyed instantaneously to another, and re-converted into thought,— an improvement of the twentieth century .

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ANTIGONE. " She is in Sophocles, at least in this play, little else than a man in female dress, undertaking female duties with no trace of female tenderness or weakness in any of her actions . " MaIiaffy. HIS criticism, in a somewhat modified form at least, may

T not unnaturally occur to any reader of the ' Antigone .' But it is not a just one ; and Mr. Mahaffy's saving clause "at least in this play," may guide us to considerations which will show its injustice . The 'Antigone ' ought not to be read alone, but in the light of the other two plays of Sophocles which deal with the same tragic history of the house of CEdipus . It is true that the three plays do not form in any strict sense a trilogy ; that the `Antigone' was even written before the ' Cdipus Rex ' and ' CEdipus Coloneus' . But, none the less, the three plays proceed on the same lines, are parts of the same grand conception . Euripides in two different plays handled his Helen in two quite different ways ; not so Sophocles his Antigone . If, then, we look at Antigone in the ' Coloneus,' we find her before her father's death full of tender, filial affection, and of forgiving, sisterly love, even where she has been deeply wronged . If there is no ' female weakness,' there is at least ' female tenderness ' here. Then comes the crushing calamity of her father's death, filling her with despair and a fearful sense of the loneliness of her future life . Yet, with this sorrow fresh upon her, she can titter the self-forgetting prayer—" Send us to Thebes, if perchance we may stay our brothers' strife." At the opening of the 'Antigone' that strife unprevented has plunged her in still deeper sorrow. Life has no charm left for her ; her soul is with the dead already, and Haemon's love is powerless to win it back to earth . It is with this, of course, that the modern critic finds fault . And we may allow that in Antigone's last speech there is a slight defect which somewhat mars the beauty of the play. The argument which the poet puts into her mouth (lines 905-912) sounds too much like one of the bits of sophistical rhetoric which abound in Euripides . But graver offence than this there is not . For, unnatural, and indeed unjustifiable as such a sentiment would

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seem in a modern drama, it must have seemed different to a Greek audience ; and when we charge Sophocles with a serious defect we are blaming him for a feeling which he only shared in common with his countrymen . A story told by Herodotus might be adduced in proof of the sentiment which held the brother in higher honour than the husband . It is hard, too, for us to realize the transcendent importance of burial in the Greek mind . Yet only when we have realized, as far as we may, the difference between ancient and modern feeling on these two points, are we able to criticise this play aright . When we have done this, we may be able to admire the proudly determined self-sacrifice which for the time has absorbed all other feelings . It is not true that Antigone has no tenderness ; but in the supreme crisis of her life tenderness and all her minor qualities are thrown into the background, and in the foreground stands prominently out the one commanding quality of courageous self devotion . But, whilst we gaze on this especially, we are not allowed to forget that in the background the other qualities are there all the time; now and again a master touch shows all the depths of this wonderful soul OVTOL (TVVEX~EIV (1AAa

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We may well forgive the picture a little hardness in view of its grandeur . And surely for a woman to show in a great emergency one great quality is not being ` a man in femalc dress .' ` Female weakness' may be absent altogether, but true and noble womanliness is conspicuously there . Mr . Mahaffy's criticism would seem to imply that tenderness and weakness were the only qualities of woman.

NOTES AND ITEMS. A . Chadwick, G . H . Eyre, B . G . M . Baskett, H . C . B . Clayforth, F . T . Griffith, E . A . Douglas, and J . C . Bailey, obtained the Oxford and Cambridge Board's Certificates at Midsummer . The first two obtained distinction in Mathematics. Tempest Anderson Esq. M . I) . read a paper at the meeting of the British Association in York on " A new Optometer ."

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At an Ordination held by the Bishop of Ripon at the Cathedral, on Sept . 25th, Rev . E . S . Fox, B . A . (C . C . C ., Cambridge) was ordained priest, and licensed to St . George's, Leeds. Royal Artillery :--Lieut . Alexander J . Montgomery to be Captain, vice G. C . H . Parlby, promoted.—London Gazette, Sept . 16th. P . Palmes, of the 81st, and G. Mitchell, of the 14th, Regiment have won the ordinary medal for the Afghan War . G . Mitchell distinguished himself in envoy duty, but P . Palmes was in action. F. W. Greenhow has entered at Hatfield Hall, Durham University. We regret to observe the death of W . J . S. Cadman, Esq. J . P ., of Millfield House, York, who was one of the Judges at the School Sports last year.

OXFORD LETTER. HE principal feature of this Term is of course the number of

T Freshmen coming up . Balliol, as before, is to the front with 54.

The river assumes a lively appearance ; there is usually quite a deadlock of boats just below the new boat-house early in the afternoon, though perhaps among the coached, so far as our observation has gone, there is hardly the same proportion of Freshmen as usual. Perhaps they have more generally taken to Football, in consequence of the recent appeal of the 0 . U . R . U . F . C . for more support, at least to the extent of 15 entries from each College . It seems strange that individual Colleges cannot support separate Clubs and grounds, for in that instance we should think more players would be disposed to take up the sport here, than (under present circumstances) care to join that somewhat rough and indiscriminate meeting, a " squash game in the parks . " The new Boat House is complete, with dressing rooms and all conveniences, though its red-bricked, red-tiled eminence, somewhat spoils the view from the roofs of the barges higher up the river. Happily it is not crowned with the dove-cote-like turret in blue slate, which is an eyesore upon the roof of our new cricket pavilion and the other buildings (such as the New Schools) in the same style. Lincoln and Keble are fortunate in renting dressing rooms in the new Boat House, thus securing a share of the terrace during the racenights from which the best view- of the course can be obtained. Boating prospects seem lively . We are not surprised to see that St. John ' s, whose eight made the greatest number of bumps last May, has a four on for the Challenge Races this Term, as has Balliol, whose

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fortunes were not so happy . It would of course be premature to deliver any opinion as yet, but Magdalen, whom we saw going very prettily, are not likely to resign the lead without a struggle, whilst Hertford, picked from the best eight on the river, are likely to fight hard. The Union Debates opened with a defence of the conduct of the Government in Ireland, by T . B . Saunders, of University, who was opposed by A . N . Cumming, of Balliol, who hardly spoke quite as well as in his eloquent denunciation of the Government last Term. We take this opportunity, somewhat late as it is, of congratulating W . Y. Fausset, on his success in Greats, and hope to see his carreer crowned by a Fellowship before long. We are to have a performance of Sullivan's " Martyr of Antioch " this Term, by the Oxford Choral Society ; also Hadyn's " Creation ; " and a Concert by Miss Zimmerman and Herr Straus, the violinist. W . H . Cobb has come up to New College this Term, and B . G . M. Baskett and A . Newenham to Queen ' s,—the second of the three only direct from St . Peter ' s.

CAMBRIDGE LETTER. T really is too bad of the Editors! They actuall_j expect one to

I evolve from one ' s inner (N .B . outer) consciousness a ' Cambridge

Letter ' by return of post, if possible, quite regardless of the fact that if one is working twenty-four hours per diem, he is hard pressed for time . It is so long since I wrote last that I not only forget when it was, but also what has happened in the interval . This sounds Irish, therefore I beg to assure you it has nothing to do with either Mr. Parnell or any other member of the Land League, which is at present exercising the minds of those members of College Debating Societies who hope to win applause in the future from a larger audience than the one they at present discourse to at every Saturday evening meeting. As regards Boating, I may, perhaps, allude to the success of First Trinity B . C . at Henley, where they carried off the Ladies ' Plate (for Eights), and the Visitor' s Cup (for Fours) ; in fact the same Four as that which rowed at Henley is now in practice on the river for the 'Varsity Fours, the only opponent they have to fear being Jesus (the present holders of the Cup), who are, as usual, strong in ` blues . ' There is otherwise little else going on now at the river save ` tubbing ' the Freshmen and other promising oars, and as the number of men who have come up this year is the largest on record, being forty

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more than last year, the Captains of the different College Clubs ought to have plenty of material to work upon . The 'Varsity Boathouse is now approaching completion, but will not, I think, be completely ready for use until the beginning of next Term. Football, of course, is in full swing, both Rugby Union and Association ; but it is as yet too early in the season to say of what calibre the respective teams may prove themselves to be . In R. U. the places to be filled up by the ' Varsity are chiefly behind the scrimmage. Athletics and running have not begun as yet, with the exception of the Hare and Hounds Club, which meets twice a week. The storm has, as elsewhere, done much damage to trees, particularly in the fall of the ` two sisters, ' otherwise called ` the twins, ' in St . John ' s grounds : they were said to be two of the tallest elms in England. We are delighted to welcome so many Freshmen from St . Peter' s this time : let us hope they will some of them, if not all, be bright and conspicuous stars in athletics as they are in brains, following the example of J . H . Mallinson, who has been elected Hon . Sec . of Christ ' s College Boat Club . The only other piece of personal news I have to give you is that K . Marshall has been elected to a Musical Scholarship at King ' s College, whither he has, therefore, migrated from Caius . I close my letter with a list of those Peterites at present in residence :—E . Bellerby, Ridley Hall ; A . Chadwick, John ' s; J . H . Collinson, Queen ' s ; E . A . Douglas, J . H . Mallinson, P . L. Newman, Christ ' s ; G . H . Eyre, Corpus ; F. T . Griffith, W . H. Griffith, Clare ; W . S . Fox, Pembroke ; C . Kitchin, Trinity Hall; M. Kitchin, Trinity ; K . Marshall, King's ; R . W . Taylor, Trinity. MAX.

SCHOOL LETTER. HE School re-opened on Sept . 14th, with a considerable

T addition in numbers ; and dusty books have by this time been

sufficiently roused from their holiday slumbers in one way or another. We seem in this high latitude to be treading on the skirts of another Arctic Winter ; and a keen stimulus is given to football enthusiasm in the shape of somewhat gelid breezes Football prospects being treated of elsewhere, we will not dilate upon them. York is by degrees cooling after the recent heated energy of British Association work (or pleasure) ; and gradually resuming its wonted and antique placidity . The Jubilee meeting of the afore-mentioned

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Association from all accounts has been an undoubted success : one of its most active supporters was Rev . T . Adams. The Debating Society is again suffering from—we will hope—a temporary lethargic attack . This we trust is unwarrantable and remediable. The Library Catalogue is at present under process of revision, the large addition of new books since the last revision rendering this proceeding highly requisite ; and a more orderly and respectful treatment of books is hereby sincerely to be desired . Three new librarians have been elected :—E . W . Clayforth, L . T. Crawshaw, and P . E . Lord. Mr . Hales, some time ago First-form Master of St . Peter ' s, has recently returned in the capacity of master to the Lower Civil and Military Department . It may be also interesting to know that Mr. Wright, Mus . Bac ., Oxon, a gentleman who has frequently acted for Dr . Monk at the Minster'Organ, has ably succeeded J . H . Collinson, as organist to the School Chapel. The Theatricals have again been taken in hand by Mr . Yeld in his usual decisive and sanguine manner ; and despite the School ' s recent loss of Dramatic talent, they will no doubt prove far from a failure. We are mounting our " high horse " for the fifth time : one of Shakespeare ' s plays is again to be acted . The " Tempest ' was first chosen, but it has been decided better to alter this intention . It is now proposed to attempt the "Comedy of Errors " or the " Two Gentleman of Verona " ; and rehearsals will from now fall thick and fast. It is proposed, we understand, to establish a Free Library in York : surely Books and Freedom are naturally connected through their Latin equivalents, suggests Our " Sly " friend, J. B.

SONNET. Like as some painter, who by day and night Sees a fair face before him, and would paint, But ever his hand and heart are heavy and faint For the pure glory and the searching light That flash upon him from her eyes so bright, His true Madonna, his ideal Saint, And then he knows he may not, for the taint Of earth is in him, trace those lines aright.

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SONNET. As he declines upon a lower theme, Wasted with weary effort, so do we (Alas, how often, helpless that we are!) Fall, baffled, from the following of our dream, On lesser lives and low, while yet we see Our vision fair in front, but faint and far.

FOOTBALL. Although the loss of so many excellent players and the fact that only two remained of last year's team rendered Football prospects gloomy in the extreme, the pick-ups s p ewed that there was material for a very fair team, which, if deficient in running power, would be heavy and muscular . An industrious mathematician, in the accuracy of whose computation implicit trust may be reposed, has calculated the weight of the `forwards 'to be little under one hundred stones . The first match was against York, in which the superior training of the School neutralised the advantages of speed on the part of their opponents, and though York, owing to the fine play of Baskctt, Ashburner and Gray, scored r goal and 2 tries in the first part of the game, a good run of Stevenson's, backed up by the rest of the team, carried the ball into the York

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where it stayed until the end of the game, which resulted in a victory for the School by i goal and 3 tries, to r goal and 2 tries . Iiaye's dropkicking was very note-worthy ; it would be well if the other `backs' would imitate his example in this respect, and in punting more freely. There is also a want of passing not so much among the

` forwards,' as

from `forwards' to the 'backs' : such neglect is evidently very detrimental to real forward play, and reduces considerably any chances the `backs ' have of getting off. The sickening fiasco against the Training College ought to impress this on the team, as their victory was as much due to the excellent passing and unselfish play of their `forwards' as to their superior speed . Li internal matches the School Ilouse easily defeated the School by 2 goals and 6 tries to nil . The novel side of Scholars v . Rest resulted in a very one-sided game, the combination of learning and muscle completely overpowering opposition. PAST v . PRESENT. Played on Thursday October 6 on the School ground . The kick off by Stevenson was well followed up by the Present, but soon R . Wood, by a good run, carried the ball back, and subsequently the Present were

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obliged to touch down . They, however, after some good play on both sides forced the Past hack, and Brockbank succeeded in obtaining a try. The kick failed, and from that time the Present did not score, though the game was never entirely in their opponents' hands . J . Griffith, F. T . Griffith, C . Taylor, and G . W. M . Bulman each obtained a try for the Past, but no goals were kicked . For the losers Brockbank, Kaye, Stevenson, and H . Clayforth, played well . I he game thus ended in a victory for the Past by 4 tries and r touch down to r try. Past .—E . J . C . V, l ,cn, back ; G. W . M . Bulman, B . G . M . Baskett, three-quarter backs ; R . Wood, and C . Taylor, half-backs ; J . Griffith, H . Walker, E . Newenham, F. W . Greenhow, G . H . Wade, F. T . Griffith, E. A. Lane, forwards. Present .—W . J . P . Kaye, F . Ware, backs ; W . E . Brockbank, H . C. B . Clayforth, three-quarter backs ; C . J . Williamson, L . T. Crawshaw, half-backs ; L . E . Stevenson, E . A . Peters, E . AV . Clayforth, F . Wade , F. W. Chapman, H . G . Joy, R . C . Wilton, J . Walker, forwards. PETER'S SCHOOL v . TRAINING COLLEGE. This match was played on Satur day Oct. 8th, on the School ground, and ended in an easy victory for the Training College . The ball was kicked off at 2 .30 . by St . John's, who soon sheaved their superiority by forcing the School to touch down in self defence almost directly after the commencement of the game. The play of Hayley, and of Smith and Waring, the half-backs, was most noticeable . Among the School forwards, Stevenson, Peters and E . W. Clayforth played best ; the backs tried hard to avert utter defeat, but were out-paced and out-manceuvreci by their opponents, whose passing was as unselfish as it was effective— a fact which it would be well if our forwards would note. ST.

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. HULL. This match was played at Hull on Saturday, October i 5 . St . Peter's won the toss and elected to play with the wind, which at that time was blowing very strongly down the ground . Immediately from the kick-off it was evident that the School was out-matched at all points, and in a very short time Hoskins, the Hull Captain, obtained a try ; the placekick, however, was a failure . After this, though Brockbank twice, by good runs, threatened the Hull goal, and though the whole team played a remarkably plucky game considering their opponents' superior strength, tries in quick succession were made by Hull, but no goal resulted . After half-time the School pulled themselves together, and, though their opponents' score did not increase as rapidly as before, Hull succeeded in registering two goals ; and at the call of time the score

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stood two goals and fourteen tries to nil . The victory, however, was nothing like so decisive as it seems, since the strength of the wind repeatedly, after a place-kick at goal, carried the ball back among the Hull forwards, and so the School was deprived of the advantage of a drop-out from the twenty-five flag . The most noticeable among the School team were Brockbank, Stevenson, Kaye, H . C . and E . W. Clayforth, Crossley and Lane . Hoskyns, Close, Calvert (an Old Peterite, who obtained four tries and kicked both goals), and Brough, especially distinguished themselves for Hull. HULL :—Lovell, back ; G . Braithwaite, Wilson, Brough, three-quarter backs ; Hoskyns (capt .), H . Smith, half-backs ; W . J . Close, J . Calvert, E. Braithwaite, Whitehead, Tyacke, Womack, Robinson, W . J . Tull, Winter, forwards. Sr . PETER ' S :—W. J . Kaye, H . C . Clayforth, backs ; W. E . Brockbank, F. Ware, three-quarter backs ; L . T. Crawshaw, C . J . Williamson, halfbacks ; L. E . Stevenson (capt .), A . Peters, E . W . Clayforth, H . G . Joy, J . Walker, R . C . Wilton, E . A . Lane, H . Crossley, F . E . Robinson, forwards . ST . PETER'S v . CLIFTON.

(Oct . 22) The ball was started from the Clifton end by the Rev . II . Hopkins, and the School, aided by the wind, slightly penned their opponents. After about twenty minutes' play, L. J . Crawshaw, by a good run round, secured a try : H . Crossley attempted the kick, but without success. A few minutes after L . E . Stevenson, by a smart run, gained a second try, but the kick again failed . The ball was then carried down towards the School goal, and Beale ran in, but as it was alleged that he was gone into touch, the try was disputed . The kick, which was from near the touch line, was a failure . The School were the next to score, Kaye dropping a splendid goal from the field of play near the half-way flag, all the more praiseworthy as the ball was very heavy and slimy . After half-time the School were compelled to touch down several times in rapid succession, but nothing of importance occurred . The School were thus left winners by one goal and two tries to one disputed try. Kaye's punting and Brockbank's running were very effective . It would be impossible to single out any of the forwards for specially brilliant play , as all played well . Clifton showed a deplorable ignorance of the rules, which considerably impeded the success of the School. St . Peters .—1V. J . 1' . Kaye, back ; L . E . Stevenson, H . C . B. Clayforth, W . E. Brockbank, three-quarter backs ; L . J . Crawshaw, C. J . Williamson, half-backs ; E . A . Peters, E . W . Clayforth, H . G . Joy, F. Wade, F . W . Chapman, R . C . Wilton, H . Crossley, E . Lane, F . Robinson, forwards. Clifton .—G . Milner, back ; R . Thompson, A . Smith, three-quarter backs ; G . Breed, \V . Birks, J . Beak . half-backs ; the Rev . H . G. Hopkins, -- Ilildith, J . and H . Thompson, F . Haigh, H, Parker. I, C undnll, t, Gill, R, Gray, forwards

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PETFRITEI VOL . III .

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No . 2.

EDITORIAL. OW that the end of the year is coming round again, we

N may venture for a few moments to ask the attention of our readers whilst we take them into our confidence and inform them of our position . For we suppose we may almost take it for granted that they, and not we only, have an interest in that position, and are anxious that it should be of the best . If the magazine were a commercial speculation it would be a different matter . Then it would be the proinictor's duty to provide matter to the taste of his readers ; and if he failed to do so, and his magazine consequently came to grief, it would be his concern, not theirs . A school magazine can hardly stand altogether on its own merits . It will be a success if the members of the school, past and present, really care that it should be one. If they do not care, the probability is that it will be a failure. During the past year and a half ewe have had a number of difficulties to contend with, not the least being constant and unavoidable changes in the editorial staff both in Oxford and at the School, with all the complications such changes must entail. And at one time we even feared that when we wrote " Finis " to this volume we should, alas, write " Finis " to The Petci-ite altogether. Happily that contingency has been avoided ; and we must not omit to thank sonic of our readers for the solicitude they displayed in the averting of the catastrophe . Within the last few months our subscription list has been increased, and we are left at the end of the year with a small balance in hand. Having narrowly escaped from shipwreck once, we are bound to profit by our experience, and take precautions against incurring it another time . We have come to the conclusion that

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in one respect a change is necessary . Our rule has (nominally) always been that subscriptions must be paid in advance : but it has not been strictly enforced, and we regret to say that we have had a number of `bad debts' which have almost swamped the magazine, and have given the blow to all schemes for its improvement or enlargement . Not only have some subscriptions never been paid at all, but considerable expense has been incurred before others have been got in, and the work of the Treasurer— never of the easiest—has been trebled . We are thus reluctantly compelled to announce that next year we shall be obliged to carry out the rule of pre-payment absolutely . We are sorry to take the step, but it seems impossible to carry on the magazine under any other conditions ; and we trust our readers will appreciate our reasons and help us in this matter . Subscribers will oblige by sending their subscriptions for next year as soon as possible to the Treasurer, S . le Maistre, Everingham Rectory, near York. P . O . Os . may be made payable at York . Notices of withdrawals should also be sent to the Treasurer. In conclusion, we have only to remind Peterites past and present that original essays and talcs, correspondence, items of news, or practical suggestions, will always be thankfully received by their obedient servants THE EDITORS.

OXFORD LETTER. O begin first with that which is first—the river, we saw the . final heats

T of the coxswainless Fours upon the r ith, when your correspondent' s

anticipations were justified by the fine race that was rowed between Magdalen and Hertford, resulting in the victory of the latter by the very smallest of intervals . In spite of the finish of Magdalen, and above all the splendid rowing of their almost perfect stroke, Higgins, they were beaten by the superior weight and strength of Hertford . B . N . C ., for sometime a favourite, was " out of it " in the first heat (a close one), against Magdalen, while Hertford disposed of Balliol, their heavier but less finished opponents, Worcester in a splendid race beating New, which had failed to answer first expectations . In the New College Boat rowed a Freshman, Bourne, from Eton, who the next week won the mile

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at the Freshmen's Sports. 'I hus it is possible even in these days of the division of labour, to combine two different branches of Athletics ! At the same Sports, Bruce-Williamson, of Balliol, from Glasgow Academy, won the hundred yards in the same time as the 'Varsity hundred was run last time, and that in spite of the disadvantages of a bad start ; a fellowcollegian, Hawkins, being second . Both 1st and 2nd gained scholarships in their College in the recent Exam ., strange to say ! The river is beginning to be more empty now that the College Fours are rowed oft. In these, Baskett stroked the second boat at Queen ' s ; but the only other O. P . rowing in then, Wade, was not equally successful with his boat at Balliol. Both are now being coached for their respective Torpids, and we wish them success . The trial Eights are getting more or less fixed now, being coached every day from horseback by Paterson of Trinity, the President, assisted by Buck, of Hertford, and Cowles, of John ' s . The Queen's Captain, J . H . Daniel, was for some time rowing in them . Ord, of University, Moffat, of Trinity, and Sharpe, of Hertford, divide the stroking between them ; whilst Todd-Naylor, of University, Maud, of Wadham (who has only recently deserted football for rowing), and Chitty, of Balliol, among several others, seem pretty certain of seats in one of the two. To come to Football, the 'Varsity seems vcry strong this year, having beaten Sandhurst easily, and Cooper's Hill and Richmond by a try each ; whilst on the succeeding Saturday they beat Blackheath (as they have not done for years) by 2 goals to 3 tries . We have two good new men in Richardson (Unattached), an all-England player, and Asher (of Brasenose) ; whilst among the other players, Vassall (Hertford), and Tatham (B . N . C .), forwards, and Evanson (Jesus), at three-quarter-back, have rendered talented service . Among Colleges, Balliol seems likely to be first, having so far beaten all competitors, including Keble, Hertford, and Trinity, though they have yet to meet John's and B . N . C ., their two most formidable opponents, of whom John's has been beaten by B . N . C ., the latter having been worsted previously by Trinity. In Association, Exeter are strong, but have been beaten by Balliol, whilst John's, Ch . Ch ., Merton, Hertford, and Oriel, are the best. Several College Sports are taking place just now ; Queen ' s is fixed for the 29th, when we hope to hear of O. P.'s distinguishing themselves. The last Debate at the Union was upon the necessity for the Reform of the House of Lords, and was remarkable for the number of Freshmen who took part in it. The improvement (?) of the tramway is nearing completion, indeed the hideous monsters are on this clay to defile with their noisome (though noiseless) bulk the sacred paths of the most beautiful street in Europe .

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Di talia Graiis (or rather Gothis) Instaurate, pro si peenas ore reposco. May the spirit of dynamite inspire their opponents, and the infamous machines be spurned by the soil they pollute. We must wish J . H . Piggin and S . J . J . S . le Maistre every success in the Schools this week. We are sorry to have to lose AV . V . Faussett (who is now President of his Debating Society, the Brackenbury), for a reason mentioned elsewhere, but hope for his speedy return to a Fellowship. The last new thing is a Browning Society, for the reading of essays on the subject . We have not yet learnt whether their elucidations have been extensive or not. Matriculation affcrded a few facetho. One Freshman received the University Statutes with the caution " If that's the New Testament—I ' m a Jew ." Though the Vice-Chancellor set at rest his fears of being sworn in, he failed to express his regret at the consequent peril to his existence as a Jew ! Here is the latest from the Divinity Schools . The Examiner (a head of a College, and an "Ancient Mariner" likewise) :--" On which bank of the Jordan does X1idian lie ?" Examinee—"The right bank . " "Humph, which is that? " "The far side ." "Well, but what do you mean ? Now, if you were going down the Jordan to the Dead Sea in a boat, on which side would you have Midian ? " " Er—er—that depends on whether you were rowing or steering ." Collapse .

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CAMBRIDGE LETTER. Cambridge, November 19th, 1881. O the end of the world has not come yet ! Consequence, that another Cambridge Letter must be indited to satisfy the capacious wants of the Peterite editors. Since last month the chief events which have taken place have been on the river . As was expected, the races for the 'Varsity Fours were all hollow to a degree—the only real contest taking place between 1st Trinity and Jesus . Gubbins, who was rowing two in 1st Trinity, rowed himself out, and, when about ro yards from the post, failed altogether ; consequently bow and 3 rowed stroke round into the bank, and just as they were getting out again the Jesus pistol fired, thus beating Trinity by 3 seconds. The Colquhoun Sculls have been won by Fellowes, of 1st Trinity ; he beat Logan (the favourite, I believe),

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because there was a strong head wind down stream, which he, being a strong heavy man, could hest battle with. The University Rugby Union Football Team has been very successful as yet this season, having won all their matches : nevertheless the match against Blackheath was a virtual defeat, as Blackheath obtained four tries to one goal scored against them . The University are not nearly so strong behind the scrimmage as last year ; and if Oxford are only as good as they were last year they ought to beat us : I have not heard, though, how strong Oxford is . The Association Team, too, has had a successful commencement of the season . In the Colleges, Caius are very strong both in Association and R . U ., though it is impossible to predict as yet who will carry off the Association Challenge Cup. Should any one ask—What are you all doing this Term ? I should should say, first, that I hope we are all reading ; you see there is that dreadful " Previous Examination," vulgarly yclept " Littlego," looming in the distance . Secondly, some of us are rowing, as llouglas and Mallinson in the Christ's trial Eights, at bow and 7 respectively, Eyre, stroke of Corpus trial : Griffith has been rowing too . Some of us are playing Football—and others running . Eyre has won two first Prizes— mile and half-mile handicap, and two second prizes—at the Corpus Sports . Newman won the 3rd Trinity and King's Strangers' race (three hundred yards handicap) with thirty yards start ; also the hundred yards, quarter-mile, and one hundred and fifty yards handicap in his College Sports ; where Douglas was second in the Freshmen's Race . 1\IAx.

P .S.—I am sorry Gibson, of Pembroke, was omitted in my list of Pete1Ytes.

SCHOOL LETTER. HAT Protean creature,—the School Letter, again claims our attention . It puzzles one considerably to know how to attack it, demanding as it does a little of every kind of information and not much of any . " Hic labor, hoc opus est." However we must attempt to satisfy its exhaustive yet extensive demands. Theatricals arc of course at present all-absorbing, and rehearsals promise well . The play finally selected is the " Comedy of Errors" : the principal actors are :—Stevenson and Kaye as the twin brothers Antij&holus ; and English and Robinson as the " two Dromios, one in semblance ." Brockbank is taking the part of Duke ,Solinus, Wilton of

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.Egeon ; and the ladies are R . Crawshaw, Anclriana ; Rhodes, Luciance; and Taylor, ..&milia . By the wish of the Head Master, the Theatricals

this year will be strictly private ; only present members of the School and old pupils will be admitted ; the latter must apply to Mr . Yeld before December 15th . The Theatricals will be held on the night of Tuesday, December zoth. Very active measures have been recently taken by the boating authorities, which certainly reflect considerable credit on them, with regard to the boathouse. W . J . P . Kaye has been elected Captain. Subscriptions have been ruthlessly petitioned, and the boathouse is at present taking to itself legs ; in plain terms workmen are being employed to elevate it upon brick foundations in order to render it superior to the occasional inconveniences caused by the " tristi palus inamabilis unda ." The School boats will in consequence be kept in better repair, and be in greater request. The match Past v . Present will be played Saturday, December rgth. O . Ps . wishing to play are requested to send in their names as early as possible. The School Library has at length been re-opened to an expectant world, and literary research is importunate in its demand for volumes. A list of new books recently added from Mudie ' s Library will be found elsewhere. The Captain of the XI . for 1882 is L. E . Stevenson ; P . E . Lord has been elected Secretary . Steps already have been taken to secure a really efficient professional for next season . J . B.

THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. F, with the best authorities, we recognise in Shakespeare ' s

I literary activity three periods, we shall assign the " Comedy

of Errors " to the first—the lyric and fantastic, as it is called— of which indeed, though it is not the consummation, (this "A Midsummer-night's Dream " rather represents), it may be called one of the choicest fruits ; for it illustrates all the transcendent capacities of the writer's maturity, although as yet undeveloped and rudimentary . It is a play which would requite a far more careful study than that which the present paper can claim to represent : and it is to be regretted that, as this play is to occupy the general attention of the School for some weeks to come, no

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handbook upon it has as yet been published by the Clarendon Press. Perhaps a few words upon its literary history will not be out of place . The comic situation, upon which the interest turns, was taken up and turned to their purpose by dramatists of a far earlier day than Shakespeare's : the first to do so was in all probability Posidippus, a Greek writer of the new comedy, who seems to have written a comedy entitled "The Twins," a work which is entirely lost to us except in the Roman adaptation of it by Plautus—the Men(chmei . The latter, in its turn, became the parent of imitations in modern literature : upon it, indeed, was founded the very earliest of regular modern comedies, the " Calandra of 13ilbrina " (afterwards a Cardinal), acted at Venice in 1508 ; and the plot became a favourite with the modern, as it had been with the ancient public . (Is it fanciful to cite Virgil's production of twins upon the stage of epic action ? .Eu . x . 392 , Daucia, I_aride Tiymberque, simillima proles Indiscreta Buis gratusque parentibus error which we would rather that our readers translated for themselves .) In England a prose translation of the "1llenmchmei " by \V . Warner appeared in 1595, but this, as we shall see, was a year after the production of the "Comedyof Errors ." We may of course assume that Shakespeare (who could hardly have read the original) saw Warner's translation before it was published : but it is more likely that, during the century that had elapsed since the beginning of the renaissance, the main details of the plot had been embodied in one or more modern imitations : and in fact we know that among the Christmas performances exhibited before Queen Elizabeth in the year 1576 was " The Historic of Error, showen at Hampton Court on new yeres daie at night, enacted by the children of Powles," viz ., by the choir-boys of St . Paul's : and this was acted again at Windsor, in 1583 . The date of Shakespeare's performance is fixed at December, 1594, on two grounds,—a notice in the Gesta Giayorurn (Gray's Inn Records), " After such sports a Comedy of Errors (like to Plautus his Menmchmus) was played by the players, so that night was begun and continued to the end in nothing but confusion and errors . Whereupon it was ever afterwards called the night of errors ." The second ground is to be found in a chronological notice afforded by the play itself, Act . iii . Sc . 2 .

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Ant. S.—Where ' s France ? Drn. S. —In her forehead : armed and revolted making war against her hair. A double entendre it is supposed : an allusion being intended to

King Henry IV. the heir of France. From the assassination of his father in 1589, a civil war had raged in France ; in 1 59 1 Lord Essex, with 4000 troops, was sent to the King's assistance, followed by others : finally on July 2 5, 1593, Henry IV . sacrificed his faith for his crown, embracing the Roman Catholic creed : his coronation followed in 1 594 . Thus far of the history and date of the play : which was first printed in the folio of 1623 . We find ourselves left with but little space for the many words that might be said on its merits, as a drama of action and of character, not to speak of minor questions of rhythm and diction . At the outset we claimed for it the character of a fairly representative Shakespearian drama ; this claim we arc bound to vindicate . Taking the dramatic composition of situation and incident, it is to be premised that in a " Comedy of Errors " the probability of each incident should not be examined too strictly. Is then the "Comedy of Errors " only a farce ? It is this, but it is more . Plautus gave the main features of the plot : (though even here Shakespeare has completed by complicating the boisterous confusion of the action, the introduction of the Dromios, a second pair of twins, being due to him ;) the English poet has embroidered on the naked old canvas of comic action those flowers of elegiac beauty which vivify the scene—his is a strange and sweet mixture of farce with fancy, lyric charm with comic effect . The magnificent contrasts, the depth of tragic woe heightened by the height of comic glee, the lurid background of iltgeon's suspense throughout the play's long length, the set-off in Act ii . Scene 2 of Dromio's pursuit by a "wondrous fat marriage," against the ;passionate advances of Antipholus S ., to Luciana, these are Shakespeare's . The capricious god of Chance gives unity to the action ; yet Chance is not blind accident : the brothers must meet, as must the husband and long-lost wife, unless all the foundations of the world are out of course. If it be asked, where in this play is the mirror held to human nature as it is in the riper works of the poet's genius : we must not indeed look for a Therissa in Luciana, or a Ilamlet in Antipholus of Syracuse : but the action

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does not allow of the energetic exercise of such characters : yet the complaint of Antipholus S . (Act i . Sc . 2 " I to the world am like a drop of water That in the ocean seeks another drop )," and the speech of Luciana in Act ii . Sc. 2 will bear a comparison even with those greater creations. Some commentators see in the characters of Andriana and Katharina (in the "Taming of the Shrew "), the reflection of Shakespeare's own domestic troubles into his poetry . We know that his match with Ann Hathaway, seven years his senior, proved not altogether happy . Still, it would seem that any such conjectures are very hazardous when they relate to poetical conceptions so impersonal and so little individualistic or egotistic as are those of the genius of Shakespeare. The " Comedy of Errors " does, however, supply internal evidence of its place in the series of his Dramas, in the rhymes into which at first he cast his highest poetry, subsequently abandoning them altogether—in the language, often that of the pro-Shakespearian " Comedy of Marlowe "—in the sometimes clumsy dialogue—lastly, in the flavour of classical learning, which still lingered from the poet's six years' discipline in Edward VL's School at Stratford . The address in Act ii . Sc . 2—" Arc you a god . . . . "—is considered Homeric (Od . 6, 149) . And here we are compelled to close this hasty survey : Antipholus S . himself will tell us : " I knew 'twould be a bald conclusion ." W . Y. F.

FOOTBALL. v. LEED'S GRA1MASCHOOL. At Leeds on October 29th . Stevenson won the toss and decided to play with the wind . The Leeds forwards followed their kick-off well, and the visitors were compelled to touch down . After some dropkicking between the backs, Brockbank obtained the ball and was only collared within a few yards of the 1 .eed's goal . Templar and Kershaw by some good play carried the ball some distance back, but Brockbank, by a fine run, rounded their backs and obtained a try, which Crossley converted into a goal . Then their kick-off was returned into touch, and a scrimmage taking place near the half-way flag, Stevenson got the ball and ran in . A plea that he had gone into touch wns disallowed, and

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Crossley again succeeded in scoring a goal by a splendid kick . The game after this was very even, and continued so until nearly half-time, which was called whilst Williamson was running in . After the kick-off, Leeds were compelled to touch down, and soon afterwards Crawshaw and Williamson obtained tries, but in each case the kick failed . On this Leeds pulled themselves together, and, by some good dribbling, Templar obtained a try for Leeds . Some good play of Lane after the drop-out prevented any further score, and Stevenson, H . Clayforth, and Brockbank frequently threatened the Leeds goal, but Heaton's good collaring averted the danger until H . Clayforth obtained the ball, and on being collared near the goal line passed to Stevenson who obtained his second try : H . Clayforth obtained one shortly after. Stevenson converted both tries into goals. Thus the game resulted in an easy victory for St . Peter's by 4 goals and 2 tries to r try. YORK :—H. Crossley, F . Ware, backs ; L. E. Stevenson, H . Clayforth, W . E. Brockbank, three-quarter backs ; C . J . Williamson, L. T . Crawshaw, half-backs ; A . Peters, E . W. Clayforth, F . \V . Chapman, H . G. Joy, A . F . Wade, R. C . Wilton, E . A . Lane, and F. Robinson, forwards. LEEDS :—F . Heaton, back ; G. H . Peacock, R . W. Beehle, threequarter backs ; A . E. Oldroyd, H . S . Jones, half-backs ; C . L . Templar, G . D . Barrell, R. S . Scholefield, J . Thorp, H . Davies, R . Kershaw, G. A. Pyper, W . Henderson, A. E . Dixon, G. Wilson, forwards. v. HULL. This match was played on the School ground on November 5th, during heavy rain . Hull won the toss and elected to play up hill . L. E . Stevenson kicked off, and after the ball had been returned, Brockbank, by a good run, carried it to the visitors' twenty-five flag . For some time the play was very hard and the game fluctuated, but Hull gradually worked the ball up towards the School goal, and Hoskins obtained a try close to the touch line . Lovell made a very good attempt at goal, the ball falling near the goal post . At this point of the game H . C . B . Clayforth came to the front with a good dribble . The score was not increased by any important additions till after half time, when Hull began to press the home team, and 3 tries were gained, from which there resulted r poster. As the School failed to score, Hull won by 4 tries and minor points to nil . Kaye ' s punting was again of great avail, and H . C . B . Clayforth and Brockbank played well behind the scrimmage . E . W . Clayforth, F. W . Chapman, and Peters were the most conspicuous among the forwards. ScHooi. :—W. J . P . Kaye, H . Crossley, backs ; L . E . Stevenson, AV. E. Brockbank, H . C. B . Clayforth, three-quarter backs ; C . J . H .

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Williamson, L . T . Crawshaw, half-backs ; E . W . Clayforth, A . Peters, F. W . Chapman, H . G . Joy, F . Ware, A . F . Wade, R. C . Wilton, E . A. Lane, forwards. HULL :—D . Lovell, back ; F . Hawks, G . W . Braithwaite, three-quarter backs ; G. A . Hoskins, A . Smithson, half-backs ; N . Brough, C . Brown, W . j . Tull, H . Tull, W . J . Close, E . Braithwaite, S . Butler, T . E . Aind, T . R . Hooney, A . H . Tyacke, forwards.

CORRESPONDENCE. THE BOAT HOUSE. To THE EDITORS OF " THE PETERITE . " DEAR SIRs,—Repeated attention has been called to the wretched state of the Boat House, and a subscription has been started in the School for the purpose of raising it on brick foundations . The sum required is Z'35 ; towards this £I2 has been collected and several other subscriptions have been promised . It is a disgrace to the School that, when we have such a fine river close at hand, so little interest should be taken in the boating . I hope that old Peterites and other friends of the School will take the matter up, and aid us with their subscriptions . Apologizing for trespassing so much on your valuable space, I am your obedient servant, THE CAPTAIN OF THE BOATS .

P.S .—Subscriptions will be received and acknowledged by W. J . P. Kaye, St. Peter's School.

THE PROFESSOR. CHAPTER III. (CONFiNU ED FROM PAGE 103 .)

Ouis te, juvenum confidenti,,ime, nostras lussit adire domos?

T will be remembered that the sailor upon recovering

I consciousness found himself—he could not tell where— certainly in no world-like region. To continue his narrative : "As the drowsiness which followed unconsciousness passed gradually away . I looked up with a vague

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notion of having rapidly rushed through the water hugging closely my hydrogen-bag, which in some way seemed to enable me to keep alive. This I now found burst by my side, and as I raised it up it seemed still to have some power that enabled me to breathe . " [The probability is that the rascally sellers of the bag had substituted oxygen or even common air for the more expensive hydrogen, and so had unintentionally preserved his life.—I'RoF .] The whole place was filled with what seemed a dense but transparent steam or lighter form of water, which increased in density upwards, where it, as it were, thickened into a violet-blue dome apparently about half a mile above our heads, though I could not judge with any probability of accuracy of the distance. This dome I afterwards found was occasionally at certain rare seasons streaked with the most brilliant purple and scarlet, such occasions being about as rare as with us eclipses of the sun, and it was considered by many of the learned among them that it would be possible to predict their recurrence hereafter, or at least to construct, by careful observation, such a cycle as should enable the inhabitants to make regularly such use of them as they were wont to snatch when they appeared at favourable seasons. The ground whereon my feet rested was full of a warmth that lifted for nearly two feet the moisture that made me fetch my breath so heavily, but as I leant down to catch such freer air as I might thereby have found, a taste of sulphur made me rapidly withdraw again. At such seasons as the air sufficiently lightens I afterwards observed that this land rises on either hand where, in the midst of a cloud of vapour too black to sec through, it blends with the dome above . [From his subsequent narrative it appears that he was at one end of a region which is shaped like a boat, the parts where the land rises to meet the dome above being the t~fo sides of the boat, and his situation about one fourth of the way from the stern to bow, a covering over the whole representing the dome .—PROF .] How I explored the whole land so far as I could shall be hereafter learnt. Suffice it to say I felt now not only the symptoms of one recovering from a faint but likewise from intense cold, such as I can remember in my boyish days before the new protectors were used, which were invented to keep warmth in winter time .

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The men, if I may call them so, who stood around me next claimed my attention . Like those I have known in most respects, they were at the same time unclad, but a membranous sheeting covering their shoulders and arms and hanging down to the knees had somewhat the look of wings . [More like the old fashioned gowns that a short time ago survived in our ancient but obsolete Universities.—PROF .] With these by a leap they could elevate themselves in air and remain for a time suspended, partly owing to the greater density of this atmosphere higher up, partly by inflation with the warm vapours that rose from the sulphureous ground, and whilst in these higher elevations, as I learnt, they absorbed from the circulating moisture part of the nutriment which they required from air . And for breathing this nation had likewise gills or a membranous covering to the mouth, and this five or six of them hastened to tear from one another ' s faces and set over my mouth, now that, my bag being exhausted, I staggered and was faint . What became of those involuntary benefactors, whether they crawled off to die, or whether the humidity possessed a regrowing power I knew not then . Such self-sacrifice I saw was part of the kingly courtesy of the inhabitants, who seemed ill to comprehend my thankful acknowledgements, as with words that sounded sweetly between the smacking splash of two porpoise tails meeting in the fight, and the grinding of a stone-crusher with a mingling of oil gurgling from a narrow-necked bottle they pressed their service on me much as follows :—" Pfkshagrrq terontllotlobli zcntchlk ggrgpzsht." When you come to know the language it is the easiest and most natural of all to speak, but to pronounce it at home I should have to tie a wet cloth over my face and shout. I took some time to learn to use the gills so provided, but meantime they pressed upon me such nutriment as was in use in the country, the manner of taking which I knew not, nor could learn save by observation . Such grew my hunger that I reeled and fell overpowered by the want of food and the strong smell of sulphur prevailing ." Here the Professor put in his note : " I have let the sailor thus far tell his tale, with a little arrangement, as it was read off from his brain . But before I continue I think some explanation due of the apparent impossibility of such a region which, as readers will sec, must be beneath the sea . In the centre of the Atlantic,

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as the most elementary knowledge of sea-soundings shows, lies a valley five miles at least in depth . Near this locality by my calculations I saw the ship would be driven by the tempest, and to the bottom of this the sailor would be hurled by the violence of his fall . But as the superior density of the water would contract his body, at the same time bursting the bag of hydrogen he carried, he would have less and less tendency to rise, until he reached the point where the coldness of the water caused it to assume a viscid condition . Here originally over the valley ice would have accumulated . But the warmth caused by volcanic action underneath would hollow it out below, the water being sucked back by the hungry mouth of the open submarine crater, and so, as the ice blocked the way to the entrance of fresh, the water was there at least less dense, the most condensed part having a tendency to accumulate against the ice which formed the dome above . Either by the violence of the ship's explosion or by some rising of subterranean fires that for a time melted the ice, the almost lifeless lump which had thus far sunk was borne through the coating of ice ; when meeting the current of rising hot air he was wafted under, and from superior density sank to earth partly revived by the warmth . All other details of the account I drew from him I shall endeavour when they require it to explain in passing, but such an elucidation seemed to be due to my readers at the beginning of my scientific theory, lest, in disgust at its apparent improbability, they should be tempted to uncalled-for abuse of me. The existence of men under these circumstances I was at first unable to account for . Before the evolution theories of the last century were exploded, it might have been said that the survival of the fittest among the monsters of the deep had gradually produced a race like men on earth suited to live in such a region, or that germs in the ocean had in time worked their way through the ice and sprung into life in the warmth. The most probable explanation seems to me that men had by some means like our sailor been landed there from some great catastrophe and, on the Electrodynamicobiogenealogy principle almost universally accepted, had been given that which was required for their existence, as I hope to set forth in a monograph upon the point . " J . V.

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POETRY. TO A SKY-LARK. Thou madly happy sprite, that seems to taste Of joys that we on earth can never know, Wanton explorer of the deep blue waste That with thy ceaseless mirth thou makest o 'erflow What untold raptures must inspire thy song ! How free from every pain and earth-born care Must be thy breast Thou leavest grief among The things of earth, and s parest the free air; Thy never tiring wing still strives in vain To reach some far ideal Being adored To whom thou chantest forth thy thrilling strain— A glorious hymn of praise, yet ne'er a word. Though like thee ever trusting mortals raise Their deity to whom they pray and cry, Ne'er can they emulate thy burning praise, To seek their God ne'er venture half so high Thy song of gladness deprecates no ire ; The god thou singest must be all benign ; Thou dreamest nought of ever-torturing fire, Freedom and love alone, alone are thine.

THE LIBRARY. The following is a list of the new books added to the School Library : A Cambridge Freshman. Out of School at Eton. American Senator, by A . Trollope. Parson O'Dumford. Chaplet of Pearls. Stories of Inventions and DisCharles O'Malley. coveries. Dick Rodney, by Grant. Strange Adventures of a Phaeton. Endymion. Thackeray—Ballads and Tales. Helen's Babies. Roundabout Papers. History of English Railways. Irish Sketch Book. Homes without Hands. To the Arctic Regions and Back Journal of a Voyage Round the in six weeks. World, by Darwin. Villette, by C . Bronte. Kenclm Chillingley, by Lytton. Voyage Round the World, by Lays and Legends of Greece. Jules Verne. Mary Anerley, by L'lackmore. Voyage in the Sunbeam. Modern Greece, by R . C . Jebb. White Melville—Digby Grand. Mudfog Papers, by Dickens. Katerfelto . Ocean Waifs.

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NOTES AND ITEMS. W . Y . Fausset has been elected to the Busby Theological Scholarship in Balliol College, Oxford. The same gentleman has taken his degree this week, and will next Term proceed to the Composition Mastership of Manchester Grammar School. C . Wood has been elected a member of the Yorkshire County Football Committee. G. F. Chadwick has been playing for the Edinburgh University (Rugby Union) first XV, and made the run of the day against Oxford University. R . A . Scott and W . Overton have been added to the list of O . Ps . at Edinburgh University. We extract the following from the York 11craki ; " Our readers will regret to hear of the death from fever of Deputy Assistant Commissary-General W. H . AVINSPEaR, only son of Mr. \Vinspear, of Micklegate, in this city, at the age of 27 years . Ile was educated at St . Peter's School, and obtained a Free Scholarship for two years : He obtained his appointment in 1874, in one of the Civil Service Examinations (in which 179 young men competed for 15 appointments), gaining highest rank for arithmetic and the second place for mathematics. He served nine months with the forces in Africa, marched with Lord Chelmsford to the relief of Lkowe, and was present at the battle of Ginghilhovo . lie was at Ulundi when Cetewayo was brought in a prisoner, and saw the treaty of peace signed . He was then seized with fever, and was left behind at St . Paul's, returning home when somewhat recovered on six months' leave . At the end of four months, however, the troubles in Ireland pressing hard upon the department to which he belonged, he volunteered for duty, and joined the forces at Dublin . In August of this year he was ordered out to Barbadoes, but having small-pox on board had to go to Jamaica for quarantine . On the 4th October he joined the garrison at Trinidad . On the 8th he wrote home in good spirits, but the next day he was laid down with fever, and on the 14th he died . DIr. AVinspear was a most zealous and energetic officer, and devoted to his duties . He was a great favourite both with his comrades and his superiors, and gave every promise of an honourable and successful career ." We beg to acknowledge the receipt of The Lily, Th Lw-ettou/air (2), The Berroviau, Sullen Valence Jfa.,a .,ieze, The A lleyuiau, Ulula, Want of space compels us to hold over the account of the match between the School and Yorkshire Wanderers .

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104 Antigone Athletic Sports 91 Auxiliary to North Pacific Mission 95 41, 61 Boat Races British Association 97 Caldron Snout . 99 Cambridge Letter 13, 28, 40, 53, 107, 116 Comedy of Errors I18 Commemoration Day 76 Correspondence, Queries, &c. 1 5, 3 1 , 47, 7 8 , 9 6 , 12 3 Cricket 59, 7 2 , 93 Debating Society 3 0 , 45 Distribution of Prizes 83 Editorial 49, 11 3 64 Errata Evolution a rejoinder 1 Football I0, II0, I21 Library 3 1 , 12 7 Missionary Letter 54 "Much Ado about Nothing " (the Theatricals, 188o) 4 II, 25, 38, 52, 68, 82, 105, 128 Notes and Items Obituary 30, 6 4, 7 8

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Oxford 'Estheticism 33, 5 0 Oxford Letter 26, 39, 52, 70, io6, 114 Plas Mawr : a Story of Conway . 17 Professor, The, Chapters I . II . III . 65, 102, 123 Ramble from Sandgate 23 School Letter 14, 29, 41, 58, 69, 81, 108, 117 Verse :—Meditation 48 Sonnet 109 To a Skylark 127 What I found in a Manuscript 36

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PETFIRITEI VoL . IV.

FEBRUARY, 1882 .

No . 26.

THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. Hatred reigns between two cities of the east seas and the west : " Let no trader pass betwixt us," such their synod ' s stern behest. And to-day th ' s Syracusan in our town shall find his bale, Though the prince and court assembled listen pitying to his tale. Two fair sons his wife had borne him, but in shipwreck, years agone, With the wife one parted from him, and the other left alone, Come to manhood, forth had sallied seven summers since to find Haply, if he might, his brother ; and Aegeon left behind, Weary, wife nor child remaining, of his lonely lingering lot, Here in turn had sought the seeker, woeful that he found him not. Baby servants twin Aegeon for his babies twin had bought ; They had parted at the shipwreck and the one the other sought. Each had followed still his master ; one to Ephesus had come, While the other long had lived in Syracuse, Aegeon ' s home, Till his master roamed the world round, when he joined him on his quest, And together slave and owner sought their brothers east and west. So to-day they come together, little dreaming of the truth, Where their brothers live in plenty, and Aegeon dies in ruth ; For in sooth this Syracusan, save a friend the bail can give, By the law of the Ephesians hath but little time to live. Here begin the mazy Errors ; here our Comedy is found, But I may not stay to tell you all the blunders that abound. How the wife of the Ephesian claims his brother for her mate, While the real husband lingers knocking vainly at his gate; How to one a chain is given while the other ' s sued for pay ; How the crowded mass of Errors thickens ever through the day; Till at last a merry ending all the mystery shall explain, Pairs of brothers be united, husband joined to wife q ¢ain .

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In the days how long departed, where the eternal city stands Looking in her sombre silence lonely o ' er the lonely lands, There, when Rome was full of glory and her sons were full of life, When they joyed to do her service, when they loved the battle-strife, There old Plautus wrought this fable of two brothers like in face, And the simple folk to hear it gathered in a public place ; Swart and sturdy men and women, all unlettered, there they came, Laughed and wondered at the fiction, high extolled their poet ' s fame. Then in ages how long after, in another land how far, Rose another poet mighty, took the tale to make or mar : And, my Shakspere, England 's poet, this to-night your praise shall be, That you made the old tale better and a fairer thing to see ; That you shed a tender beauty o ' er the rude and boisterous mirth, Like the Springtide ' s robe of verdure on the nakedness of earth ; Like the sheen on winter branches, standing gaunt against the sky, When the sunset floods the meadows and the pale moon glimmers high. J . H . P. The Theatricals took place on Tuesday, December loth . Though the Old Boys did not muster in such numbers as might have been hoped, perhaps their apparent fewness was partly due to their being the sole occupants of the centre of the Hall. We observed there J . H . Collinson, A . Moss, E . H . Greenhow, F. W. Greenhow, G . E . Crawshaw, R . Pitching, T . Halliwell, J . Griffith, and F . T . Griffith. To begin with, we must congratulate the School upon the way in which they had got up the decorations of the room, and in particular upon the very tasteful shields disposed around, recording the various voyages of " Our Shakespearian bark ." and upon the new scene painted for Act V, representing the Abbey Gate . These were the work of W . E . Brockbank and F . W . Chapman, and the audience testified their approval of their efforts by a hearty burst of applause as the curtain ' s rising disclosed the new scenery to view. Indeed the spectators made up in appreciation for lack of numbers particularly in the scene in which Pinch ' s incantations are answered by the vigorous attack of Antipholus, when a general melde ends in the capture of the latter. We here give a caste of the play : Solinus, Duke of Ephesus . . W . E . Brockbank. Aegeon, a merchant of Syracuse . R . C . Wilton. Antipholus of Ephesus ) twin brothers, and ( 'L . E . Stevenson. sons to Aegeon Antipholus of Syracuse and /Emilia \V . J . P . Kaye .

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T. English. twin brothers, and attendants on Dromio of Syracuse ) the two Antipholuses F . E . Robinson. Balthazar, a merchant . A . Peters. Angelo, a goldsmith . . F . R . Brandt. First Merchant, friend to Antipholus of Syracuse . C . Johnson. Second Merchant, to whom Angelo is a debtor F. W . Chapman. A . Melrose. Pinch, a conjurer An Officer W . Martin. Aemilia, wife to Aegeon, an abbess at Ephesus M . D . Taylor. R . Crawshaw. Adriana, wife to Antipholus of Ephesus Luciana, her sister H . W . Rhodes, Luce, servant to Adriana C . P . Green. E . B . Marshall. Hostess of the Porpentine Of the actors we have no hesitation in awarding the highest praise to Stevenson, whose representation of the character of Antipholus f Ephesus was marked by clearness and decision in delivery, with a thorough grasp of the meaning of his words . In particular we must commend him for the perfect way in which he spoke his long speech in the final act, beginning with the words " My liege, I am advised in what I say, " which never once flagged throughout its length of forty lines . He well brought out the slight difference which the Master' s hand has introduced beside the similarity of these two brothers, making the brother of Ephesus more choleric than his counterpart of Syracuse . His faults are a disposition to certain peculiar gestures, especially with his legs, producing in certain scenes where he wishes to express astonishment a certain backward strut, which is not very agreeable to look at, and a sing-song tone, especially remarkable in a long speech. We must congratulate the school on finding two competent actors sufficiently alike in size and features, to be painted for the two twin brothers—and the difference was really slight . We may notice here what seemed to us a slight incongruity . When in Act V, Scene I, Antipholus E . rushes in newly escaped from bonds, he comes in wearing his sword as usual. His brother was also well rendered, though in the long sentences he showed a tendency to disappoint us by tailing off—if our readers understand—towards the end . His face and gestures of astonishment when hailed by mistake for his brother, were good, conveying a general idea of one who felt bewitched . He possibly suffered from nervousness on the night, as he was better at rehearsals. The character of the Duke, which it must be remembered is not the less hard because it is not the leading one, was well taken by Dromio of Ephesus

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Brockbank, who was better in the last scene than the first, where he had to combine sympathy and dignity in a manner that was rather difficult, especially under the circumstances . We cannot, however, think that august dignity suits him as well as desperate villany, which he looked and played to perfection the year before as Don John, where, though a duke, he had a brother to plot and rebel against. The two Dromios were both well represented, though the resemblance was not so striking as in the case of their masters, nor did the fearful daub of paint that was put to hide the difference of feature, add to the effect . English especially had much of that " irresistibly and gravely comic" manner of look, and voice and gesture, which we are glad to see we have not lost with our old actors. Those who saw the scene where he answers a succession of his master ' s questions, e .g . " Certes, she did ; the kitchen vestal scorned you, " will know what we mean . R . C . Wilton looked the old man to perfection, though there was a trifle too much joviality about the looks of one whose woes " were to end with the setting sun " in execution . He had a difficult part, there can be no doubt . To open the play with a dolourous tale of some I io lines, with hardly any break, were a task for a finished actor, and we fear he hardly gave the impression of being moved by deep emotion . Though such restraint would do honour to his self-control in real life or in saving lines, we fear it was out of place when the display of these feelings is one of the chief objects of his appearance. Like the Duke, he only comes on the stage again in the last scene, and here his faults come more into prominence, not because he is really worse, for we believe he really shows a little more life there, but because emotion is more called for . He stands for a considerable time next to the person he has been seeking all the world over, without showing any eagerness or curiosity , without moving to attempt to address him, without a gesture to show that he was restrained by his chains . Surely some emotion was possible, even if he was handicapped by the arrangement of that scene ; but of that more hereafter . When he addresses his son and servant afterwards in the words " I am sure you both of you remember me, " he might have chanced to meet them at an evening party a few days before for all the emotion he displays. Of the minor characters we wish we had space to speak at more length . The goldsmith was noticeable in the scene of his altercation with Antipholus of Ephesus, ending with An/ . L . You wrong nc n .rcli I . . >uy -4n e. Von wrong me mere, tiir, in denying it .

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His part seemed to suit him here . Pinch ' s scene was well carried out, and the incantations were very happily planned. And now for the ladies, whom we have somewhat ungallantly— following the programme—made to yield that place to which they are proverbially entitled . We think them very fair all round . Perhaps, R . Crawshaw was not energetic enough for the scolding wife, Adriana . Indeed, when she has to show passion, as in the scene when finding Atipholus E . in the market-place, she greets him with the words "Ay, ay, Antipholus, look strange and frown, &c .," and in her conversation with her sister, in which her passion leads her to apply to her husband the epithets " deformed, crooked old and sere, ill-faced, worse-bodied, shapeless everywhere, vicious, ungentle, foolish, blunt, unkind, stigmatical in making, worse in mind, ' epithets which her real love (existing underneath the passion which carries her away involuntarily) leads her to disclaim im neliately afterwards, though at first the actor called a certain amount of passion into play, he sank almost immediately into a calm and gentle placidity, which would better befit the sister. Indeed we think Crawshaw and Rhodes might have exchanged parts with advantage ; the latter certainly showed mort fire and animation . We have heard it said, however, and with greae justice, we think, that, taken as a whole, the ladies have hardly ever shown so thorough an understanding of their parts . The Hostess cf the Porpentine was suitably performed by E . B . Marshall, who hadf let it be remarked, the difficult task of delivering a soliloquy, unpretentiously performed in a manlier most creditable . C . P. Green made an exemplary servant maid. Perhaps the only point that calls for at all adverse criticism is the arrangement of the last scene, where something like overcrowding occurred . In a play which is in the main farcial, which depends for its interests on a succession of incidents which, clearly understood, form in their connection a train of irresistibly comic effect, it is necessary that each incident, as a developement of the plot, should be strongly accentuated—most distinctly marked and free from anything like confusion—it should be overdone rather than allowed to pass without making a strong impression . As there is a great number of such incidents rapidly succeeding oneanother in this final scene, it is necessary that each actor or set of actors, after they have said their say, should retire from notice, ready indeed to come forward again if this be necessary, but not conspicuous, so as to distract the attention of the audience from the main current of the story . Much room might have been saved, we believe, by making the guards retire into the wings, so as to be all but invisible . If we seem to dwell more upon faults than upon merits, let no one suppose it is from any ill-nature . Readers

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will remember the fatality supposed to be attached to "faint praise," and to our minds flattery carries a still more damning evidence . We desire to render every tribute of praise to the energetic efforts made by every actor, and we might add by all concerned in the working of the Theatricals down to the humblest helper, to understand their duty, and—to do it . They had difficulties to contend with, amongst others, in the loss of the " heroine " of four consecutive years, as well as of other valuable assistants and actors . In noticing faults we may say that we only act the part of the north wind, which, we have somewhere read, is the best friend of the Northward bound . For us to attempt any adequate mention in praise of Mr . Yeld, without whom the Theatricals could not exist, would be sheer impertinence . We only desire here to give proof that we do not wish to see the St . Peter ' s Amateur Dramatic Club yet rest on its laurels, or the School to give up one of its rnost valuable forms of literary education . The arrangements were carried out by a Committee and Staff whom we give below, mentioning that the " Rink " band throughout the evening discoursed most enchanting music. COMMITTEE :

H . C . B . Clayforth, C . I . Williamson,

L . E . Stevenson, R . C . Wilton,

A . Peters. L . T . Crawshaw. HONORARY SECRETARY AND TREASURER : E . W . Clayforth. THE STAFF.

Stage Manager Prompter Under-Prompter Property Man Super-Master Master Carpenters

. G . Yeld, Esq. E . W . Clayforth. C . H . Steavenson. H . C . B . Clayforth. L. E . Stevenson. 1 L . W . Pickles. (. H . G . Joy.

The New Scenery was by W . E . Brockbank and F . W . Chapman. The Dresses and Properties as usual by Samuel May, Costumier, Bow-street, London .

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CHAPTER IV. Quis te, juvenum confidentissime, nostras Jussit adire domos ?

HEN I awoke from the pleasant dreams that had made

W my sleep happy, it was with a stifled sense of bewilder-

ment that I looked around me . [The sailor appears to have dreamt of his early home, but I was unable to trace exactly the spirit of his dream, seeing that unlike his waking impressions it alone had left an unblurred impression upon the brain .—PROF. There is a strange agitation apparent in the Professor ' s writing here ; as though painful memories had been awakened by the little he was able to decipher in this organic record . But of this further on. Suffice it to say, that he appears at the time to have stifled emotions which he thought to be foolish, for he adds a sceptical note in his usual hard and matter-of-fact style on the absurdity of dreams, the strange combinations which the brain will form in slumber, and the utter irrationality of taking any note thereof .—] I was at once roused to myself by the gnawing pains of hunger, and when he who seemed to be my host came up, I raised my hand towards my mouth, a sign which he appeared not to understand : this indeed was only natural ; for, as I found, their nutriment was drawn entirely from the atmosphere,—a somewhat scanty sustenance at first for a hungry sailor, though no doubt well fitted to people of their character and life . The difficulty of breathing felt through my slumbers, rather diminished as I stood up, though gills were at first an uncomfortable appendage. As I looked around me I saw I had passed the night in what might have been called a rude hut, or indeed a byre such as on the moorlands shelters sheep in winter, here partially excavated from the ground, which was of a bituminous nature, and when dry, as it scarcely ever was, of the consistency of gutta-percha. My host was full of attention . His gestures showed his eagerness, under which ill-nature might have suspected a lurking desire for riddance of me, to bring me forth into the open ; but indeed I could hold no such suspicion, inasmuch as he was at no

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trouble with me. Howbeit, we came forth, and he, meeting a gathering of his neighbours, with benevolent eagerness pressed on me the services of one of them . Their faces seemed all set the same way and as we met more with the same bent, I conjectured that some gathering of the people was in progress, but to what end I knew not. With trembling eagerness I followed my guide, fearful lest my own fate might be in consultation . However, it proved otherwise . As we advanced I had leisure to look at and admire the scene around me, as the valley with its hills rising to the dome above widened into a prospect which might have been dreary but for the ever deepening density of the atmosphere with its moving murky hues. The crowd ever deepened, and my present guide, who differed from my former entertainer in being less demonstrative but more ready with his tongue, kept up a continuous though one-sided conversation in his then seeming uncouth language, which, mingling with the lively talk of the rest, created the unpleasant impression that a waterfall was rushing down close behind my back . As we proceeded, the walkers more and more used their membranes to upbear themselves and mc, as the ground became softer and softer, while ever and again I was suddenly borne aloft in the air,and unconsciously found myself drinking in therefrom, in imitation of the inhabitants, the nutriment I stood in so much need of. Indeed the assiduity with which those around me pressed this service upon their comrades became in time somewhat troublesome . Likewise my guide ever entrusted me to some new companion, doubtless feeling his own powers of entertainment exhausted . In sooth, it is a benevolent race, ever eager to do good, to see that good is done to which it feels itself unequal, to give others the pleasure of benevolent action ! In course of time I reached their meeting-place . J .V.

SCHOOL LETTER. HE School re-opened on the 26th of January, and with the new

T term have appeared several new faces . The numbers of the School are, we fancy, slightly increased . We have, however, to mourn the loss of three members of the Fifteen, H . C. B . Clayforth, who has

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gone to take up his residence at Worcester College, Oxford, E . A. Line, who has gone to be crammed for the Woolwich Exam. and F . Ware, who, having successfully passed the Preliminary Law Examination, has gone to take his place at a lawyer ' s desk . We are glad to see that decisive steps have been taken to start Football this term, contrary to our wont, and we believe one or two matches have been arranged. Owing to the exceptionally mild weather, several boats have commenced to practice for the races, which will be rather earlier than usual this year . As far as we can see, the school-house will hold its own against its rivals in both the Senior and the Junior Fours . The Rev. T. Adams ' s Junior will probably bid hard for the first place, but will scarcely, we fancy, manage to obtain it . In the Seniors Sculls W . E. Brockbank,the School-house representative,will have many supporters, being much superior to his rivals in strength . For the Junior races generally, there will be keen competition . The day fixed for the Scratch Races is Saturday, the 1st of April ; Old Boys wishing to enter are requested to send their names in to W . Kaye at least a fortnight before . J . B.

FOOTBALL. v . YORKSHIRE WANDERERS. This match was played on the School ground on November 12th. The School kicked off, and the ball was returned into touch . The first point was scored by the Wanderers after ten minutes' play, the School being compelled to touch down . On being dropped out the ball struck one of the Wanderers' forwards and bounced back, but Brockbank, getting possession, by an excellent run carried the ball to the enemies twenty-five flag, where, after some smart passing, Stevenson got the ball and secured a try . The kick, which was entrusted to Crossley, resulted in a goal . After the kick off, H . C . B . Clayforth got the ball and passed to Williamson who got in, but the Wanderers disputed the try, alleging that the ball was passed forward . After half-time our forwards carried the ball to their twenty-five flag, but J . A . Wylde by a magnificent punt, relieved his side . Soon after this they secured a try, which, however, was not allowed . At this period of the game, Stevenson, Brockbank, and Kays came forward with good runs, just when they were needed, as the Wanderers were pressing the School hard . About five minutes before time the Wanderers' half-backs passed to Wylde, who dropped a splendid goal, thus equalizing matters . Among the forwards

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E . W . Clayforth, Chapman and Peters again shone forth, while in addition to the above mentioned, Crossley at back distinguished himself by his brilliant collaring. It is our opinion the School would do much better if they could prevail on their half-backs to pass a little more. For the Wanderers J . A. Wylde at three-quarter back did a great portion of the work, playing excellently in every division of the game. YORKSHIRE WANDERERS :—G . F . Wylde, back ; H . Walker, J . A. Wylde, three-quarter backs ; ; A . Walker, S . W . Scott, half-backs; C . F . Holmes, K . E . Verschoyle, C . J . Whyte, M . Hall, E . Fletcher, C . H . Hatton, G . Beard, W . Hancock, R . H . Barron, forwards. v . ST . JOHN'S TRAINING COLLEGE. Resulted in a victory for St John ' s by a goal and three tries to nil. Most of these were scored in the last half of the game,since after halftime the superior weight and speed of St . John 's began to tell . The goal was dropped shortly before call of time. v . THORPARCH. Resulted in a win for Thorparch by a goal and two tries . This must not be taken as any criterion of the respective merits of the teams, as the game was carried on much more in the Thorparch half than in St . Peter ' s, and was entirely owing to the speed of their masters. A match was arranged for December loth against the Old Boys, but six only appeared . The deficiency was supplied from the remainder of the School and junior members of the team . The match was a complete failure, and resulted in an extremely easy win for the School. L . E . Stevenson (Captain) .—Three-quarter back . Was decidedly the mainstay of the team, making the best use of his strength, was especially good at handing off, reliable place kick and collarer. H . C . B . Clayforth .—Three-quarter back . Collars well . Can play back. W . J . P . Kaye .—Full back . Very safe collarer . His drop-kicking and punting were of very great use to the team. W . E . Brockbank .—Three-quarter back . Has , much improved. One of the best runners in the team,making the best use of his speed and dodging powers . Collared well at times. C . Williamson .—Half-back . A hard working player, generally well on the hall . Picks up well. L . S . Crawshaw .—Half-back . Should play less for himself and more for the team . Fairly quick runner, but should pass more. Played well in some matches .

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A . Peters.—Decidedly the best forward in the team, being always well on the ball. E. W . Clayforth .—A very good forward . Plays well on the ball, and dribbles well. F' . W . Chapman .—A good forward . Plays well on the ball. Kicks and collars well. H . J . Joy .—A useful forward, working hard . Can play back. F. Ware .—A very good forward . Dribbles well. A . F . Wade .—A heavy forward . Does good service in the scrimmage. R . C. Wilton .—Forward . Is too fond of running . Should dribble more. H . Crossley .—Full back and forward . Plays extremely well for his size . Good collarer . The surest place kick in the team. E . A . Lane.—A good forward . Plays well on the ball.

OXFORD LETTER. HIS Term is undoubtedly the dullest of the year . Christmas festivities are by no means a good preparation for the utter dearth of amusement which follows them . The "Eight " is really almost the only topic of general interest : I wish I could give a better account of it . The crew are strong enough for the most part (one of them not long ago worked his passage home from Sydney !) but want finish . Probably in another week we shall see a great improvement in that respect . For details of their practice I must refer you as usual to Field and Land and I!'ater The river swarms with Torpids, most of them very rough as yet . Baskett rows in the Queen ' s Torpid, Wade in the Balliol Second . Daniel is coaching with his wonted energy. To turn to Football :—We have not yet got over our disgraceful defeat by Edinburgh University last Term : the team is weaker now than it has been for some years . What a shame it is that Oxford is not allowed to have an A . D . C ! One O . P . has been making praiseworthy efforts to form one, and has succeeded in getting about sixty names . The present " Vice, " however, is very much opposed to the scheme ; so, as he goes out of office in October, the attempt to form • the A . D . C . is practically postponed until then. The Saturday evening concerts still flourish, and are much appreciated by the working classes .

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Cuthbert Bede, the famous author of " • Verdant Green, " is to give a Lecture on " Modern Humourists, " on Friday next . This, with the exception of two or three Ballad Concerts and the " Philharmonic, " is the only entertainment this Term. Canon Wilberforce and Sir Wilfrid Lawson were very fine the other evening on the Temperance Question. I hear the Hon . G . C . Brodrick, Warden of Merton, intends to contest Oxford shortly in the Liberal interest. There is a great agitation in Oxford to prevent the Gas Company from obtaining a monopoly of the Electric Light, which is shortly to be introduced . Alas for the city of spires ! (or Spiers ?)—Tramways and Electric Light, Electric Light and Tramways . My feelings overpower me, so please excuse more at present . MuLTINOMIAI,.

We cannot quite agree with our correspondent as to the weakness of the O . U . F. C . ; on the contrary we may point to the defeat of Blackheath, mentioned in our letter for December, as a decided proof to the contrary .—ED.

CAMBRIDGE LETTER. Cambridge, /Y'hru<u}' StI'I, 1882. HE Tripos Lists which have lately come out, Mathematical, Theological, Moral Science, Law, History, and Natural Science, have naturally been of primary importance with us ; and the more so, inasmuch as some of them are the last of their Race . But here I would raise my voice against the too common, but erroneous notion that we have seen the last Senior Wrangler : and as I think it would not be foreign to the object of our Cambridge Letter, I shall venture to digress, in order to attempt to give some idea of the change which has come over the Mathematical Tripos . It has been, until now, divided into two parts (i .) the three days, or elementary part, on which alone the gaining of honours depends ; and (ii .) the advanced part. Now there are three parts, of which I ., the first, is the same as before, so that (ii .) above, now consists of two parts, II ., III . The List will come out in June on the result of parts I . II., and the names will be in order of merit, as before : the Wranglers only will be allowed to go in for part III ., on the results of which they will be placed in three sections, the names in each section being in alphabetical order .

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Now it has been said that the Senior Wrangler on parts I . H . may not be the best man really : and I admit the justice of the may . but practically the range of subjects in parts I . II . is wide enough, and the Examination severe enough, to bring the best Mathematician to the front 19 times out of 20 : while of the improvement to the Tripos educationally, there is no doubt. Let us now turn our steps to the river : we find it crowded with tubs and eights, and at present the raw material is certainly unpromising . But it is wonderful what six weeks careful practice and coaching will do to turn out a respectable boat in the Races. The ' Varsity Eight can. hardly be said as yet to be made up the changes at this early period of practice being frequent : but it is' even now sufficiently clear that our eight will be decidedly superior to the one we sent to Putney last year, though as to our chances of the race nothing can be prophesied : it is too soon to attempt that. Football, and Athletics are getting into full swing again, though no College matches are played this term at Football, but only University ones. We have seen Mallinson, Douglas and Eyre on the river, but must wait until the next letter to tell you where they are likely finally to row . We are sorry to hear that Griffith (we don ' t know his initials : he is commonly called Jeck) may not be able to conic up at all this term, owing to an accident : he obtained his colours at Football last term for Clare. The two names which appear in the Tripos Lists will no doubt be in another place : but we must congratulate R . W . Taylor on his excellent position . M . x.

POETRY. THE FARMER'S LOOK OUT. Joyous and ruddy he springs, like t'ie Sun, from his saffron bed With its sheeting unbleached and coarse, and its cot-edit green and red, And many another bright hue of satin and silk ablaze, Artfully fitted and patched by his wife in their courting days. There she lies buxom and blooming, sleep-loosed when her master at ose, And gone is the bass-clef music that played from her stertorous nose. Open the casement he flings with its lead-glazed diamond pane, Eager to read the sky and examine the iveath r-rock ' s vane .

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Morning his crisp gold locks ere while begrizzled and gray Dyes in the new-lit Sun—fair pledge of the coming day ; Crystal and opal in one on herb, and flower, and tree, Glitters the freshening dew, pure drink of the bird and the bee ; Glimmers the pebbly brook and whispers ripple to ripple, Where the troutlet darts and leaps, and the wagtails lave and tipple ; Where swiftly in streak of blue the king-fisher skims his way, And myriad circling gnats in frolicsome squadrons play. Proudly enthroned aloft in his warm and leaf-wreathed bower Merrily carols the thrush ; the blackbird sweeter and lower Whistles his mellow refrain : nor intunable discord rings : Each his alternate part in glorious anthem sings. The tuner warblers blend bright music . The skylark alone Carries his tribute close to the foot of the heavenly throne. Fairly the cornflower decks green-wheat with a steed of blue, And the thistle pales before the brilliant poppy ' s hue, And delicate harebells droop in the meadow ' s serried ranks, And the roses paint the hedges and the ivy covers the banks. Revel the thick flanked kine in pasturage high to the knees,— Plenty of fat to give, plenty of butter and cheese : Horses and sheep and -- I " have plenty to eat and drink, " The casement closes soft, and he goes to work and drink . E . P. A.

A DAY'S WALK. T the request of one of your Editors I have been induced to

A take up a pen with the object, as he put it, of giving you something "spicy . " I may as well tell you at the outset that anything approaching spice is beyond me ; but if I give you a plain, unvarnished description of my experiences during a day's walk, it will fill up a page or two in the Pcterite, which is, I believe, all that our hard-working Editors require. It was on a lovely morning in June that L— and myself set off on a little excursion from the town of Whitehaven, so called, I believe, on the hers a non /weirdo principle, for of all the black holes it is possible to conceive, Whitehaven, on a rainy day especially, is the blackest. We determined to save our legs for the first part of the journey, which was through the uninviting district of Cleator Moor and Frizington, redolent of greasy ha matite, and accordingly took tickets—parliamentary, on

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principle--to the small railway station of Yeathouse, about eight miles distant from our starting place, which distance it took us about an hour to accomplish, such is the speed of the trains in this district : in fact, it is not unusual for people who are in a hurry to get out and walk . Hu' c', :cr, we arrived there at last, and, after a brisk walk of four miles through fields and short cuts known only to the initiated, we arrived at the Angler's Inn on the shores of Ennerdale Lake . The sight of the lake itself roused all my piscatorial ardour, and for two or three seconds I half wished we had not a long walk in prospect, but were quietly seated in some old tub, whipping away for the trout for which the lake is so famous . My companion, who has no soul for the "gentle craft," was of course prompt to remind me of the old adage, generally attributed, I believe, to Dr . Johnson, touching the worm and the fool, &c ., quite oblivious of the fact that as I was a fly-fisher, this trite saying did not apply to me . He said, however, that the moral was the same ; and seeing it was useless to discuss the matter further, we adjourned to the Inn to rest a few minutes and quench our thirst which, even at that early hour, was considerable. After doing so, and stowing a couple of bottles of soda water in our pockets, we started off again up the side of the lake, and (as it was just about half-past eight o'clock) we paid a visit to some friends who were doing the truly rural for a few weeks at a farm house on the edge of the lake, just as they were sitting down to breakfast . Of course they were delighted to see us, and we reciprocated the feeling, especially as the inner man profited largely by the visit . Truly a Cumberland breakfast is not to be despised with its fresh butter, cream and eggs, oat bread, ruin butter, smoked ham, &c ., and we did full justice to them all . (TO BI? (( N I'IXf1El

NOTES AND ITEMS. J . H . Pig-gin, of Trinity College, Oxford, obtained a first class in Classical Moderations. S . J . J . S . le Maistre, of Keble College, obtained a third in the same Examination .

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Rev. F. Watson, late Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, was appointed an Examiner for the Special Examination in Theology for the Michaelmas Term. R. W . Taylor, of Trinity College, Cambridge, has been placed second in the first class of the Law Tripos. C . Kitchin, of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, was in the third class of the same Tripos. P . H . Flower passed nineteenth out of forty successful candidates for admission to Woolwich R . M . A. F. K . Hattersley is this year the winner of the Balfe Scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music, London, The Scholarship is open to the United Kingdom, for musical composers under 21 years of age. The Plumptre Prize Essay and the Commoners Conington Prize for Latin (value £5), at University College, Oxford, has been awarded to W . B . Worsfold. A . Hodgson has passed the Final Examination of the Incorporated Law Society. On Sunday, December 18th, 1881, in York Minster, A . H. Griffith, of Clare College, Cambridge, was ordained Deacon, and licensed to St . Silas, Sheffield. W. O . F . Campbell, Esq., was ordained Deacon, and licensed to St. Sampson's, York. J . R . Husband, of Christ's College, Cambridge, and Curate of St. Mary's, Hull, was ordained Priest. A . Gorham, Scholar of Trinity College, Dublin, took his degree in November last, having been placed second in the Examination for Classical Degrees, winning a Gold Medal . He also gained the Fifth Gold Medal for Moral Philosophy. P . L . Newman, of Christ's College, Cambridge, is nineteenth Senior Optime in the Mathematical Tripos. Rev. F . Watson, of St . John's College, Cambridge, has been appointed Halsean Lecturer for the coming year. We have been allowed an opportunity of seeing the new Library Catalogue brought out by the diligence and energy of the present Librarians . It shows an improvement upon its predecessor of 1878, in the fact of its being numbered, and bears marks of being compiled with great care . We should, however, like to point out that it repeats one or two of its predecessor's mistakes, especially the serious one of ascribing K . O . Muller's works on " The Dorians " and " Eumenides," and his " The Literature of Ancient Greece," to Max Muller. The Captain of the boats requests us to insert the following : " I beg to acknowledge the receipt of the following subscriptions from Old Peterites for the boat-house :—E . Moore, 1os . ; F. W . Greenhow, 5s . ; E . Wilson, 5s. ; G . H . Wade, 5s. To the Editors of the Peterite. AV. KAYE. "

THE

PETERITE. VOL. IV .

MARCH, 1882 .

No. 27.

EDITORIAL. N venturing to indite an Editorial on things in general

I connected with the School we feel that our range is so wide

that we are vying in modesty with the Monkish Schoolman who entitled his book, " De omnibus rebus et quibusdam aliis ." And first of all we must express our pleasure at the general activity displayed in the athletic line of late, an activity which speaks as well for the tone of the members of the School as the long list of honours gained of late speaks for its management ; indeed, improvement mentally and physically most clearly go hand in hand . Boating and Football seem to be taking a wider range, and if victory does not always attend us in the latter, yet (if the Hibernianism may be pardoned) defeat is often a greater success than victory : it may speak better for the School to have begun Football this term and repaired the boathouse than it would do to have won nearly all our matches and carry off the Pubic Schools' Challenge prize at Henley. It is making the first effort that is the difficulty . Another sign of the increased activity is in the re-appearance of our Hydraheaded Debating Society, which, once on its legs again, has no doubt a splendid career before it. Some of this activity has been displaying itself in our columns, where various schemes have been proposed, not, we trust, with our increased numbers, altogether chimerical, with perhaps such modifications as may be suggested in the discussion which we hope will follow in our columns, and to which we invite the contributions of everybody, down to the youngest member of the first form, who takes an interest in the question. The question of the contributions of the Day-boys is a difficulty, and not to be dismissed in a short polemic as one of

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our correspondents seems to think . We hope to receive suggestions from Day-boys upon that point . Is it building castles in the air to look forward to compulsory physical education (why not equally with mental ?) say at least once a week, when a compulsory amalgamated subscription will be the natural sequence ? Whilst we are upon the subject of reform let us hope that we have not seen the last of the popular Lawn Tennis Club started two years ago, which only requires organisation to be in full swing again . May we venture to suggest some matches, say in which Old Boys should take part ? If the wishes of our other correspondent as to the Boat Club should be realised we might diversify our summer amusements by races, perhaps trial races for the regatta boat . For the Athletic Sports might with advantage be transferred to the present term, with whose amusements they would better fit in . And now for a word with regard to ourselves. Though we have not received that support from subscribers outside the School that we could have wished, yet we have to congratulate ourselves upon an increase in the School subscriptions which is much healthier and surer, rendering our position unembarrassed for the coming year at least . Of possible improvements in the magazine we may say more hereafter . Let it not be thought our wishes for the School are bounded here. Let us venture to think of the thorough draining of the football field, the formation of a volunteer corps,—but we had better wait until some of our present dreams are realised.

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WE got on our way again about 9 .30 . The sky had clouded ~/ ~/ over considerably during the hour we had been indoors ; and this, combined with the fact that we were going to the very place which Jupiter Pluvius favours more with his attentions than any other spot in England, rather damped our hopes of getting to the end of our walk dry-skinned . The road here winds "in and out and round about, " after the fashion of the proverbial brook, every turn disclosing fresh scenes of beauty, which increased in grandeur as we got farther into the mountains . Passing one after another

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the scenes of former piscatorial triumphs and—I must confess— reverses, we arrived at the top of the lake and entered the valley of Gillerthwaite. We looked in vain for any trace of the smelting ovens of the Romans, which the guide books say "arc plainly discernible by all tourists ." But we had no time to waste in searching for them, as we wished to be at the head of the valley, a distance of six miles, by noon. After about an hour's walk we came abreast of the Pillar Rock, the Matterhorn of the lake district, looming grandly through the mist on our right . Immediately in front of us, but about three miles distant, towered Great Gable, the goal of our expedition, and one of the highest mountains in England, being little short of 3000 feet in height . All this time we were gradually ascending until at last, when we arrived at the head of the valley, we were 900 feet above sea level . Here we sat down for a few minutes before commencing the ascent, and discussed the contents of our satchels . We had taken longer than we had calculated upon to do the distance already traversed, and I fancy we had only ourselves to blame, for we were star-gazing so much all the way up Gillcrthwaitc—first at one object up the side of one mountain, and then at something else on the top of another, that we were continually losing the path, never very easy to keep ; and so sure as ever we stepped off it, we went bump against a boulder or " plosh " into a morass or " feather bed," with both of which the valley teems. Before commencing to climb the mountain we hunted all over the place for the memorial stone erected on the spot where Mr. Barnard met his fate some years ago ; but though the guide book, I believe, is most kind in saying, "The tourist will readily observe, " &c ., we had to rest content with the thought that we were in the immediate locality of this tragic occurrence, and forthwith commenced the ascent . It was all very well for the first ten minutes, but after that your correspondent began to feel decidedly blown . I don't think I ever quite realized before what " Excelsior " meant, or what a world of meaning is contained in the " sed " in the lines Facilis descensus Averni Sea' revocare gradus superasquc evadcre ad auras.

Hic labor, hic opus est

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(I fancy there is something wrong in the above quotation, but let it pass) . I was decidedly out of training, and in a curious "per . "

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Not so my companion . IIe was just like a cucumber the whole way up—calm, cool, and collected, most aggravatingly so ; for ever and anon I would hear some stale joke coming down the mountain-side with the breeze regarding my bellows, &c ., and polite offers of assistance . I was also seriously incommoded by the soda water bottle which I had obtained at the inn, and which I was taking to the top with a purpose, so I was not at all sorry when, after a hard climb of some three quarters of an hour, we arrived'on a plateau about 50o feet from the top . Here we came across what I confess was the principal object of my journey, viz ., a large snow drift which I had noticed about: a fortnight before, when fishing on Crummock Lake . I had determined, if possible, to take some of this snow, which was almost as hard as ice, back with me as a souvenir ; so, after smashing the neck of the soda water bottle and imbibing its contents, I forced as much snow as possible into it, corked it up, and put it in my satchel . We then made tracks for the summit, which we reached in about a quarter of an hour, L— none the worse for his exertions, and I for the time completely pumped out. We now sat down to enjoy the view, which I dare not attempt to describe, as any words of mine would be utterly inadequate for that purpose . The wind, however, had now become very cold, and we were soon glad to be on our legs again, and went down the other side of the mountain at a run . When we got half way down, we found ourselves at the head of liorrowdalc, and then we settled down into a steady walk of between four and five miles an hour, as we were yet a good long way off Keswick, which was to be our terminus, at least so far as walking was concerned . As far as I can recollect, nothing much of importance occurred till we arrived in Keswick . There was one little circumstance, however, which caused me considerable annoyance and discomfort . As a rule a cork does not fit tightly into the broken mouth of a soda water bottle ; my cork and bottle were no exceptions to this rule, for as sure as ever I stooped to bend over a fern or bit of moss by the roadside, a certain amount of dirty water, the product of the aforesaid snow, would trickle all over me out of the wallet in which I had carefully stowed it away . By the time we got to Keswick there was about a wine-glassful of this fluid left . We arrived at

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Keswick between four and five o'clock, very tired, and, after doing full justice to a big tea at the Lake Hotel, caught an excursion train just on the point of starting for Whitehaven, into which we managed to get by dint of much pushing and squeezing, for the whole train was crammed out and out with lads and lasses, it being Cockermouth Fair day, and any Cumbrian knows what that means . Altogether, I think our ` day's walk,' which we computed to comprise 4o miles by rail and 30 on foot, was a great success ; and I am only waiting for the return of the " merrie month of June " to repeat the performance, and I would advise all my readers to do the same . CUNCTATOR.

SCHOOL LETTER. HERE is but little scope for a School letter, when it follows so

T closely upon the heels of its predecessor, as in the present

instance . The term is passing in a rapid, and, as yet, uneventful manner ; all interest being in reserve for the approaching boat-races, which are, we understand, to commence on Thursday, March 9th. The School house appears to be blest with a very sanguine spirit ; but we shall consider it fortunate if all its anticipations are realized quite so easily as it seems to expect. The issue of the Junior Fours is still matter for speculation . The number of entries this year is very large ; and, what in a mercenary view is still more interesting, subscriptions have been forthcoming to a very creditable, and somewhat unusual extent. The Regatta Boat has been out several times, and is getting into good form. Football has not flourished very much this term, though one or two matches have taken place . W . Martin was carried off the field the other day in a wounded condition, having sustained some injury in his leg, which first report of course converted into a fracture. However, although this was not the case, he has been thrown out of the boating. We have racked our brains to discover some further piece of news, but have been nearly prostrated in the attempt, and think it advisable on the principle of self-preservation to desist . I. B.

CAMBRIDGE LETTER. Cambridge, March 3rd, 1882.

HE Old Classical Tripos, being the last to be held under the old regulations, is just over ; and from all accounts the first three men in the Tripos will not be far off each other, it being impossible to say who is most likely to be the last senior Classic, for in future the names are to be in Alphabetical order in each Part . The new Tripos c3nsists of two Parts, I . and II ., of which I . is, or seems to be, very much like Oxford Moderations ; it involves mostly what may be called Scholarship, while in II . one is allowed to specialize in not more than two of the following : Ancient Philosophy, History , Archxology and Language. In going in for this Tripos under the new Regulations, there are four courses open to a candidate : to take (i), Part I . at the end of the second year, and II . at the end of the fourth, when he can take his degree ; (ii.) Part I . at the end of the third year, when he can take his degree, and go down ; (iii .), Part I . at the end of the second year, and II . of the third, when he can take his degree ; or (iv .), I . at the end of the third year, when he can take his degree, and II . at the end of the fourth . So that one can take a degree in three or four years, and spend one year, or two years, or no time at all, on specialization. The ' Varsity Boat, I am sorry to say, has been very unsatisfactory lately, as there have been so many changes, the last one has been at stroke, Brooksbank having come up to row. Opinions here are very much divided as to our ultimate chance of winning the race, but very few seem to be hopeful . Let us hope they will improve more rapidly in the future than they have done in the past, or our chances will be sorry indeed. The University Sports take place in about three weeks, and the Inter-University Sports on the day before the Boat race . We shall miss one or two of our best men this year. The Boat races begin the week after next . Mallinson is at present rowing stroke of Christ ' s first boat, and Douglas bow of the second ; Eyre is at four in Corpus I, and Collinson bow in Queen ' s 2, which is trying to get on the river . The last boat in the third of the three divisions into which the Boats are divided, races with as many other boat s as challenge it a few days before the regular Races begin,and the winner in these preliminary time races takes the lowest place in the third division ; this is called getting on the river. Pending the races, nothing interesting is taking place, except Joachim, and the Crystal Palace Band at the Guildhall, so I beg le;,vc to subscribe myself as usual, and perhaps for the last time MAX .

OXFORD LETTER. HE chief aquatic event of the term, the Torpids, has just come

T off, New College being left at the head of the river, to which

they have risen—being undoubtedly the best boat—from the 5th place. Keble, after bumping Brasenose and staying head for three nights (once keeping away very pluckily all the course with seven oars, when stroke broke his at the start, and continued swinging with the stump with exemplary judgment) have been compelled to take, as usual, the second place . The most noticeable event has been the rise of Lincoln who made seven bumps in six days, making two one night as " sandwich " boat, i .e., rising to the head of the second division and then rowing again and making their bump as bottom of the first . This makes twelve bumps to them in two years, though their performance of this year is not (pace the newspapers) by any means unparalleled . The Queen ' s boat, in which Baskett was 4, has not been so successful as we could have wished, for though on the first night they caught Balliol first (a boat which descended 5 places) they were subsequently caught by Exeter (decidedly an ascending boat) Lincoln and Worcester. They are noticeable as having been the subjects of an amusing caricature, having appeared as the " Quagger Indians, their Canoe and Toggere, " in allusion to their stroke, a man of colour, the three birds on their shield being appropriately changed into three niggers . Balliol second (where Wade was No . 6) caught Keble second the first night, and so won their spurs, but spent the remaining five in trying to catch Christ Church 2nd ; as they were overlapping nearly every night their ill-luck is lamentable. The eight is now a chief object of attention . Brown, of Hertford, having come up, their numbers are complete . Though, contrary to the newspaper statements, it was at one time expected that West would come up, now it seems certain that our small but plucky stroke, Higgins, of Magdalen, will keep his place . Being only 9st . 61lbs . he will be the lightest stroke by far that has ever rowed in a University Eight . No doubt they will render a good account of themselves on April 1st . The swollen state of the river rather interferes with coaching . To this was due the drowning of a Jesus man, Jones, who, by the upset of his whiff, (Eborace, uncovered outrigger) was carried under Iffley mill-wheel the day after the Torpids. Somehow our defeat of Cambridge at Association football does not seem to be so much regarded as that at Rugby, though perhaps Association is more played . H . C . B . Clayforth has been distinguish-

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ing himself in Rugby Football in scratch games . Little can be said as yet about the men in training for the 'Varsity Sports ; the number of new men is very great. We have had a number of very successful Concerts lately, though I am unable to give particulars . We hear strange stories of dinner tables being turned into running grounds in some respectable college, which shall be nameless ; and of hair cutting by men in masks and night-shirts . Excuse more from your correspondent at present, as his feelings overcome him at the thought of his having stepped from a convivial gathering of O .P's into the very arms of the Proctors. We X . Y . Z. will draw a veil over the morrow.

A RUN WITH THE S . T. BEAGLES. WAS out with this pack on Friday, when they met at Little

I Chilton, on the Farm of Mr. Cornroe, when about forty members of the hunt assembled. The worthy master, who takes great pride in his hounds and his own hunting, at once proceeded to draw a small turnip field in which there were some half-dozen labourers hoeing turnips. After a dispute between the master and the huntsman, they decided that the next field was the most likely, and endeavoured to turn the hounds into it ; they, however, seemed to have a decided preference for an adjoining field of stubble. The master, making a virtue of necessity, followed them with his horn and his field . The hounds soon proved they were right, and a hare, which looked decidedly like running, was soon on foot . As there was a " delicious perfume," they went away at their best pace. I heard afterwards they had over-run the trail ; but, to be candid, I had tripped over my whip early in the scramble. When I had brushed the dirt off my clothes, and picked up the two halves of my whip, I followed them at my best pace, and nearly tumbled over another hare ; seeing the dogs were only two fields off, and apparently at fault, I yelled, and they came to me, and hit off the scent before I had recovered from my astonishment. I took all the credit for having made a scientific cast . The pack worked beautifully, and, after a sharp run of a mile-and-a-half, they lost the trail on the high road, where I

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joined them, very much out of wind, with my clothes covered with mud, and my tumbles with silence. After a short rest at the " Lambton Arms, " the field was again taken by eleven of us, and a hare was soon found, which took a line, or rather series of lines, of a country which seemed composed of hedges and mud . The hounds working the scent in capital style, a grand run ensued, in which I called down upon my head most unparliamcntary language from the huntsman, who was lying in the bottom of a hedge, and whom I jumped upon. But Puss again proved too quick for them, and after a run of about six miles, I see by the newspapers that they lost the scent and went home, as did I, thoroughly dead beat . STARIUS.

CORRESPONDENCE. To THE EDITORS OF " THE PETERITE . " DEAR SIRs,—The signs of a new life in boating matters—for which

the School ought to thank Kaye very heartily—emboldens me to offer a suggestion, which I have long wished to offer, but have been unable for want of opportunity . We have at present no Rowing Club, for the institution in the Lent Term is merely a Regatta Club, and does not, it seems to me, encourage regular rowing ; at any rate the signs are not apparent, as our failures at the successive York Regattas show . With a river like the Ouse such a state of things ought not to be . We have advantages greater than most schools, and our school is a considerable one ; yet I question if there is a school anywhere in the North where rowing is taken up with anything like energy, which could not beat us on the river . The suggestion I wish to offer is this . Let a club be formed, for which there may be terminal subscriptions . The subscriptions need not be large, not more than three shillings a term : a subscription might be started before the foundation of the club, with which to buy boats for the use of the members . Let Old Peterites be allowed to join it, but make it possible for them to pay the whole of their subscription at once : it need not be so large for them as for present Peterites, for they would not gain so much by the arrangement as members in the School . There are many O .P's who would be glad to join, and I make bold to say, that I5o a year might easily be obtained . That would enable the School to make a fair beginning . As for the

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working of the club, that need occasion no difficulty . A committee could be formed, say of six (for six could surely be found), to take it in turns to attend on holiday afternoons to see that proper persons used the boats. However, that could be settled afterwards : if there were any difficulty, it would be inconsiderable in comparison with the advantages to be gained . There are people in York who would be willing enough to coach now and then ; and rowing might then have a chance of becoming a regular institution. There are few things, I might add, which more conduce to a school's reputation than a good boat on the river ; and a St . Peter's Club would, if properly managed, soon be the best in York at any rate. I am, yours &c ., REMEX.

To THE EDITORS OF " THE PETERITE. " March 5th, 1882. SIPS,—I should like a little space in your pages, if you can spare me

it, to call attention to the Debating Society . The debates that have been held this Term have been tame in the extreme . There are only about five boys who express an opinion at all . To remedy this state of affairs, I should like to propose that the meetings be thrown open to the whole of the Upper School, without reserve, so that more opinions may be expressed than are at present . Hoping St. Peter ' s will be `liberal ' enough to approve of this change, I remain, yours respectfully, FAIR-PLAY.

We should think there would be no difficulty in " Fair-play ' s moving a motion upon the subject . It is, of course, in any case a question for the Debating Society itself to decide .—En. To THE EDITOR OF " THE PETERITE . " SIR,—Those whose duty it has been of late years to collect subscriptions towards the various School Sports, cannot have failed to observe the growing resistance to them among a certain part of the School . Many share in these pursuits, and share in the advantages of these collections, and yet themselves refuse to contribute, or, having promised, from various causes neglect to pay . The result is, that the burden of supporting these Sports—a burden which no one who has the prosperity of the School at heart will decline to assist in bearing— is thrown almost entirely on the minority in the School—the boarders. It is useless to try to convince these non-subscribers against their will and their keen perception of their own selfish interest, of the fallacy

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of the belief that athletics are the sole privilege of the boarders, and that day-boys have no share in them . Facts go to prove the opposite. To remedy this state of affairs, I beg to suggest the following scheme. It is in vogue at several Colleges in Oxford and in many Public Schools, and has been unquestionably successful. Let a subscription of 25/- for every member of the Upper School, and 15/- for the Lower, be entered in the School bill, and let a representative Athletic Committee be chosen to administer this fund. No parent could possibly complain of an excessive demand, and, if necessary, some special arrangement might be made in the case of a number of brothers . The amount thus raised would be about f15o . This could be divided as necessity required—perhaps in the following proportions : Football, and ground 115 Athletic Sports 25 Boating Club 70 Cricket 40 115o As the School year has only just commenced, before a large amount is wasted in pot-hunting and mercenary glory, I would suggest that the Boating Committee limited the prizes to i s / . This would doubtless repay those toilers on the river for their excessive labours, and recoup the ruinous expense (so they would make out) of a few weeks ' practice for the races . They need hardly be reminded that in neither University is there any prize for the head boat of the river ; and that, if they do not care to provide, as they say, for posterity, there is no reason why their non-rowing present should provide for them. This arrangement would pay the debt on the present boathouse, and the yearly subscription would enable the School to buy fresh boats, some new, some second-hand . It may be a presumptuous, but I believe it is a true assertion to make, that the School has been blind (how strange !) to its own interests, in adhering to the old system of hiring boats, when by trifling individual sacrifice they might have had years ago a considerable number of boats of their own, free of expense and always at their service—better boats, too, than they are using at present . It is not too late to amend . There is no reason why the School, considering the size and strength of some of its members, should not be superior to any school rowing club, if not to say other club, in the north of England. Quixotic as this scheme may appear, I do not think the difficulties in its way are insuperable . If it were refered to the proper authorities it would doubtless receive their full attention.

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Could it be arranged, I believe it would prove a great benefit to the School . For nothing but Teutonic book-wormishness, and certainly not true English spirit will deny that studies and sports must go hand-in-hand to ensure the fame and prosperity of any school. I am, yours, REFORMER.

FOOTBALL. v . R . F. WOOD'S TEAM. This match was played on the School ground against a team composed largely of Old Peterites . Stevenson kicked off, and the ball was returned by one of the opposite backs . Hard play continued for some time in the centre of the ground, till Brockbank made a fine run, but was unfortunately pushed into touch at the corner flag. From the throw out Williamson carried the ball over the line and scored the first try . The kick at goal (a rather difficult one) by Brockbank was a failure . The ball now remained in their twentyfive, but eventually Williamson again gained an easy try under the posts . Stevenson kicked, but without success . This he soon retrieved, however, by making a strong run and gaining a try. Brockbank had a second kick and landed a goal . After the kick-off Newenham made a good dodge run, carrying the ball up to our lines, but nothing was scored . Half-time was now called, the School having scored r goal and 2 tries to nil . The ball was restarted and was soon carried down their twenty-five, where some good play was shown by Melrose, Martin and Chapman for us, Taylor and Ware, the latter of last term 's team, for them . Brockbank again had very hard lines, as he was collared close to their goal line . Chapman, however, obtained a try, from which Brockbank kicked another goal . This they disputed and Stevenson gave in . The School Captain added another try before time was called, but Crossley failed to improve upon it. H . Crossley, F . B . Brandt, backs ; L . E . Stevenson, W . E. Brockbank, three-quarter backs ; C. J . H . Williamson, A . Melrose, half-backs ; A . Peters, F . W . Chapman, E . W . Clayforth, H . G . Joy, F . Wade, W . Martin, C . R . Lane, J . Crossley, C . Johnson, forwards. In this match W . Martin sprained his shoulder.

DEBATING SOCIETY. HE officers elected for this Society are E . W. Clayforth as

T President, and R . C . Wilton, Secretary.

The first meeting of the Debating Society was held on Wednesday, February 8th . There was no private business of any importance . The motion, proposed by W. E . Brockbank, was that :—" A Conservative

DEBATING SOCIETY .

Republic is the best form of Government . " The two points in which the honourable member objected to a Limited Monarchy were its kingly " nonentity " and hereditary legislature . The amendment was moved by the President " That a Limited Monarchy imposes beneficial restrictions upon a Republic . " One honourable member indulged in somewhat treasonable language . A division was taken after rather a short discussion, the amendment being supported by a majority of 9 to 2. The Debating Society again met on February 15th . The President moved that :— " The advantages of the Channel Tunnel are outweighed by the dangers attendant upon it . " His chief argument was that the two measures, of which one must be necessarily adopted —namely, either the erection of forts or a National Convention—were both undesirable . He was seconded by Peters . W . E . Brockbank opened the opposition, and remarked upon the extreme difficulty of conveying through such a tunnel in a short time any number of troops, and especially guns, which he maintained were necessary for an invasion . He said that upon a declaration of war the tunnel could be immediately blown up . The opposition was supported by R . C. Wilton ; and the motion by W . J . P . Kaye, who asked what the advantages to be derived were, even granting that it proved a success, and thought that if it was ultimately to succumb to dynamite, it was not much good entering upon it at all . This Brockbank urged was the look out of the speculators . On a division, the original motion was carried by a majority of lo to 2. The Debate on February 22nd was chiefly characterized by a want of opposition . The motion of W . Kaye :—" That the treatment of Mary, Queen of Scots, was justifiable " ; was supported unanimously.

NOTES AND ITEMS. We have much pleasure in inserting the following letter sent by the Bishop of New Caledonia to the members of St . Peter 's School : Hazelton, British Columbia, October 29th, 188x.

" My DEAR Bovs,--I am delighted to know through Mr . Bulmer that my letter interested you . It probably contained details of my work written wh ile they were fresh in my memory . What better than to try to do the like again ! There is this difference . I wrote that letter at the end of a winter crowded with matters of lively interest . Now I am on the threshold of the corresponding season .

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Like the swallows that made their first appearance here on the 19th April, I migrate and spend the summer on the swiftest wings I can find . All the miners left before me . They had a fortnight's journey crossing two distinct ranges of mountains before they reached their Golconda, about ten miles from the divide that marks off the Pacific from the Arctic slope . I often think these bold and hardy fellows would make the best explorers of the Polar regions . A small party returned lately from prospecting . Crossing the water-shed by the Peace river, they ascended the Findlay to its head waters . Thence they walked over the mountains to the sources of the Liard—followed its course to the majestic Mackensie—paddled to within thirty miles of its mouth . Turning westward they navigated the Peel river and found the watershed between the Mackensie and Yukon river basins, only so few feet above the level of the plains that they dragged their canoes over the few hundred feet of shallow water between those mighty rivers . They then ascended the Yukon until it overlapped the Liard, and finally reached the Pacific waters by the Stickeen river, where they found gold, but not enough to pay for the provisions they had consumed on their three years ' exploration . They well deserve to be made Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society . Twice they fell in with the Bishop of Athabusea, traversing his unwieldy diocese, and they regard him as one of the best men they ever met. I fear you will think this a very prosy beginning, but those who will take, the pains to trace and measure this daring venture amid Arctic frosts and snows, will thank me for showing them a party of heroes deserving of admiration . When those who wintered there left, I felt their loss. It also stopped the issue of the only illustrated paper in the province, for the Editor and staff were miners . We hope to issue the first number of this winter ' s series next week . I say " we " because I have a share in it. In their prospectus they say they have retained the services of the same special artist, &c ., &.c ., meaning myself. They have returned this week, and look worn and weather-beaten . When they started, each with his Indian carrying a pack, they looked smart with their bright ribbons and braid fluttering from their leggings, and the gay snow shoes slung over their shoulders . The dogs drawing the sleighs were as proud of their tinkling bells and showy harness as brewers' horses on May-day . The Indians themselves were as glorious as a recruiting Sergeant . Streamers of various colours adorned their caps of marten, ermine, or some other fur . Never before was Sunday kept on the march . I had given prayer and hymn books to many of the men, and suggested one of their number should read the service. The Indians met together, and the late dog-cater, J ., a catechumen, took the lead as a natural leader . He is now sitting near me, having

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come to ask if he may go down to a village eighteen miles distant to hold Services there to-morrow . " Yes, go, and be as gentle as Jesus ." He cannot read, but has learnt some texts and hymns, yet he must have a Bible and Hymn-book . " May I take a bell ? " he asks . " Yes, take the small one, because you have only a little knowledge . " " True, but I will tell them that little," is his reply . So off he will start shortly—spend the Sunday at the first village, and on Monday speed away twenty miles lower to see the five Christians I baptised last April. Return thence on Friday . This man conducted the Services, saying the prayers and hymns from memory . The white men join these simple beginners in the gospel, and sing the hymns, though they cannot understand the prayers . To my great surprise and joy the whites gave up the best apartment at their command, and all through the summer have attended the Services conducted by this man, who, through the week, works for them . One Sunday morning while on the road to the mines, but resting, an Indian family came marching past . " What, travelling on Sunday ! Is this what the Bishop teaches you ?" asked a miner . " We are short of food, and must press on ." " No you must not . Rest here, we will give you food . " So they did, and kept together the rest of the way . I also hear that the sudden and unexpected swelling of the stream that supplies water to mining work, carried away some woodwork that had cost much labour . "Let us away and save the wreckage, " said some Indians . "No, it is Sunday, " was the miners ' reply . It seemed to make a deep impression on the native' It was part of my plans to follow the miners after a short interval, but was providentially hindered . Perhaps I told you some of the Enquirers wished to have homes of their own . As they now live, privacy is impossible. One evening a quiet, but studious man (since baptized) was reading his Bible by the fire-light . An evil disposed fellow came and stood between the light and the book . Yet there was light enough to read . Then he coarsely told him to put away the book . The reading went on, so did the obstruction . Burn it, burn it . For a moment it was hid within the folds of the reader ' s blanket, but soon re-opened . Then the rough fellow asked why he wanted to read, " Our fathers had no book—we want none—would you be wiser than me ? " But the reading proceeded . Thereupon he snatched at, but missed the book,though he j erked it out of the reader ' s hand . Nimbly rescuing his book, this persecuted learner quietly withdrew . A year earlier such irritation would have led to the use of knives, or some other weapon . Family life is impossible in the great houses often ;o or (oft . square, and undivided . This publicity safeguards the old customs . When war between the tribes was chronic, this living

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together of the whole clan in the Chief's house was the best security. Surprise was difficult with so many persons together, and some moving about at all hours. Imperial law is beginning to be respected, and thereupon, order is the rule . I met a party of 27 armed men approaching this settlement one morning, and as soon as they were out of sight turned round and followed them . On nearing the village I came upon the ambush, and saw the scouts quite near one of the houses, the chief of which they intended to shoot for some evil he was believed by the medicine men to have done . My approach disconcerted their plans, but before they retired they poured a volley into the village, happily injuring no one . I afterwards got hold of the ringleader, but the story of how I frightened him into a promise of future good behaviour would be too long for this letter. Those who have resolved to build small houses are now busy . The axes are ringing music through the woods, and the falling timber often adds its thunder. As soon as the trail is snow-covered and frozen, the hewn logs will be dragged along the slippery way towards my three acre garden, which I have given up to be the site of the projected model village . An Indian trail is merely the easiest way through the forest, well beaten by bare feet, and the footway never more than about ten inches wide . One cannot see far ahead because of the snake-like windings . Meetings on the trail are sudden, and awkward if a grizzly bear stand before you . An Indian is generally armed, and covets Bruin 's skin . The beast sometimes scores a victory. This week a woe-begone looking fellow carte to me to say his brother had been killed some sixty miles distant, and he wished to go to bury him . " Go, " I said . " I fear ! " " What do you fear . " " The tribe I must pass by to reach my brother . " " Why fear them ? " I killed one of that tribe two years ago . " " What, tell me you killed a man ! " I did . " " Why ? " " A man had killed my Uncle, and I saw him gambling with two friends and fired at him, but killed the wrong man. Now they will accept no blood-money, but will have my life . " " Then don ' t risk it, " I said . " Stay at home and ask God to forgive your fearful crime ." His penitence is hardly skin deep, I fear . He has brought a Chinaman ' s pack from the mines at 20 cents per pound. On the road near at hand he opened the pack, soaked the contents in water, and demanded payment for about 20 lbs . of water . But the Chinamen were too keen for him, and nearly came to blows . As I am a Magistrate I fined them two dollars, and threatened to more heavily punish any future delinquent . " Our limited space compels us to reserve the second half of the Bishop's letter for our next number. TVe are also compelled to hold Chapter V. of " The Prof/ssor ."

THE

PETF_RITE. VOL. IV.

APRIL, 1882 .

No. 28.

THE PROFESSOR. CHAPTER V. Quisnam te, juvenum confidentissime, nostras Jussit adire domos? E halted amidst a gathering of this people that was curious

indeed to my unaccustomed eyes, since with their wan faces,

elongated by their breathing appendages, and bodies swathed in a covering membrane, they resembled bats rather than human beings; and amid the grating sounds of their marvellous speech I seemed to have fallen into the midst of same strange creatures who waited to devour me . But the ciauliing crowd who pressed their courtesies upon me had far other aims . I was led away to an elevated spot where I was left alone to watch their course of action and gather such information as at the time I could. Meantime I looked about Joe to view the place . We stood at the centre of their valley whore men gathered around the huge crater, which, by its alternations of fiery flood and swallowing chasm, kept alive the pulse of life in that region. A cloud of mist and vapour lifted about twelve feet from the basin's level, while the same within was filled with murky vapour that shut out any view of its lurking fires . From this issued warm vapour of a peculiar virtue, «Lich lent an energy I had otherwise lacked in that cheerless region, and added clearness to my understanding as I turned around to view their parliament (for such it seemed) from what appeared the only throne or `speaker's' scat given them by nature for their president, whom I expected to join me every moment, accounting it a great honour to share with him . But the honour was greater than I thought : that which they would give to none of

TILE PROFESSOR.

themselves they had granted to a stranger, breaking the rule of equality which bound their assembly. And I the while admired their skill or luck in the having of this meeting-place, which in a region hurried and tending to confusion of thought alone warmed and kindled the mind into a generous clearness and keenness of debate . My former uneasiness had vanished, and I cast about me to think what could be their affairs that called for settlement in debate . Surely, I said, they are cut off from all dealings or commerce with others . Nor do they know manufacture or trade, for 1 had seen none such sign thus far. Their sustenance was drawn from the atmosphere ; clothing nature had provided . [Such are the speculations of an untutored mind that can see no further than the wants of nature into the causes that draw men into assembly . Such a one knows nothing of the consociative instincts of aggressive man.

Prof.]

Meantime, before I suspected it,

there was method in their disorder, and sitting had begun . Where I looked for the order of deliberation there was the forcible declaration of equality. At first they seemed to fill the air with a chorus of grating discordant cries, but I quickly perceived they were all giving counsel concerning the matter in debate. To what end this was it took some time to learn, hut I noted that when any lull occurred in the tumult of voices and one essayed alone to give his counsel he was quickly overcome by the violence of the attack that met him and sat clown cowed . Indeed all wish for preeminence or distinction seemed dangerous ; among those who showed such a wish I marked my entertainer of the night before, and could now conjecture a reason for his wishing to be rid of nie, les t already suspected from his frequent eminence he should seem to be especially monopolising me to the detriment of common equality. All this time I perceived a class of men who did indeed exercise no common power, and yet not openly . Such were directors and organisers of the common voice, who, though everywhere busy in the background and visible to one upon my elevated post, yet raised not their voice so loud as the rest ; these seemed while foremost in turning the attack against those who came forward on their own behalf, yet by the popularity that was manifest where they came to be in a way occult masters of affairs. By degrees I gathered somewhat of the purport of their disputes, which were indeed of no common order . J. V.

SCHOOL LETTER.

IIE termination of the boat races infallibly tells of the beginning of the end . On the whole, considering the great improvement

made in the boat house, the term must be considered successful, though at the same time the old spirit of boat-racing is becoming terribly apparent in the re-introduction of second prizes . It is a cause for genuine regret that the need of them should be so palpably shown as it has been. The boat races are treated of fully elsewhere and so I forbear from remarks . I cannot, however, help mentioning the truth of my final prediction with regard to the Junior Fours . A great deal no doubt can he urged in defence of the losing boat, when the amount that must have been lost owing to the accident which they suffered is taken into account. But on the day of the race the weakness did not appear to be there. Time Scratch Fours are becoming more popular every year, especially among O.P .s to judge by the large number of entries for them. It only shows what a valuable support they might be made if the boating system was regularly and properly reorganized . Owing to the absorbing interest of pot-hunting, the regatta boat has been content to exist beautifully, and has not been able to go out as often as might have been wished. Cricket has made an early appearance this year, but no new talent has appeared to fill up the six vacancies in the eleven. We have only two victims trying their luck at the seats of learning—H . C. Wilton and A . Peters, at Cambridge.

CAMBRIDGE LETTER. Marche 31st, 1882.

AN is born to trouble as the sparks that fly upward ." And indeed the writer of this letter is no exception to the

rule . Happening to be in York for a few days, he is unexpectedly called upon to write a Cambridge Letter, as the usual letter has not arrived . Well, so let it be, if the readers of the

Peterite are prepared

CAMBRIDGE LETTER.

to read a Cambridge Letter with little of Cambridge in it, and that little confined to one subject . Had the Editors given me fair warning, I might have been seen every afternoon on the banks of the Cani, note-book in hand, making copious notes of all the proceedings on the river ; of the practice of the 'Varsity Crew, the many changes in the boat, of the various College Crews, and of the Lent Paces . My evenings might have been spent at the Union reading the various accounts of our Crew at Marlow, hearing anecdotes in connection with the Classical Tripos and other current topics, the latest development and vagaries of a;stheticism, &c ., and at night I might have laid awake to digest and arrange my information to suit the tastes of the readers of the Peterite. Bnt I make long excuses, and yet in ordinary life how often is a letter filled half full of excuses for not writing before or at greater length, &c ., &c. Of course at Cambridge since the appearance of the last Peterite boating has been all in Al . The Lent Paces were favoured with exquisitely fine weather, a hot sun, scarcely any breeze, and a large number of spectators . Not having a review or any account of the races . I cannot give a detailed account of them . The O .P .s rowing were Mallinson, Eyre, and Douglas . Mallinson stroked Christ's I. in good style, rowing strongly and well . His boat made one bump, and on the last night had a splendid race with Queen's . The last quarter mile was spent in a series of desperate spurts, not more than three feet separating them, but Queen's managed to escape the bump . Eyre rowed four in Corpus I. which made one bump, and Douglas bow in Christ's II . Marshall, who came np to Cavendish at the begining of the Lent Term, coxed Cavendish I . On the third night they were following hard after Sidney, when seven lost his oar and jumped overboard . Even then they might have made their hump, had not three followed his example when they were bumped . Downing succeeded in supplanting Trinity III. in its position as head of the Second Division. Eyre ran well and strongly in the Three Mile Race at the 'Varsity Sports . His only training having consisted of that for rowing and not having practised on the cinder path, he may be congratulated for the fine form he sp ewed, being well up with the leaders when he desisted . Of the Inter-University Sports I dare not speak . In an hour's time the result will be known, and by the time the Peterite comes out it will be a thing of the past .

CAMBRIDGE LETTER.

Of the 'Varsity Crew I might just remark that the numerous changes made in the crew before leaving the Cam prevented them from acquiring uniformity either of style or swing . Taking the crew individually they are a fine set of men, but taking them collectively—well to-morrow will shew, and may they meet with better luck than last year . STYLUS.

OXFORD LETTER. IIF Term practically ended here on Thursday, the 23rd, and

T next Term will begin—practically again—in the third week

of April . Of course the Boat Race, which has not come off at the time of writing, is the main topic of interest. The impression according to the papers, " among those who know," is that the two boats this year are the worst that ever represented the two Universities. But of the two the Cambridge seems decidedly the worse, and the betting, which has never on this event been wrong, has gone up to three to one on Oxford . The weak point in our boat is the weight, or rather absence of weight, of our stroke, Higgins, of Magdalen. If, however, he can, as according to the daily papers he has done, go up six pounds in one day, i.e ., from the Tuesday to the Wednesday, there is no saying what he may not do in three. But that is an exceptional occurrence ; one • cannot depend on his going up much more, and the prospect becomes gloomy when we consider that never has anyone under or at ten stones in either 'Varsity, stroked his boat to victory . The main faults of the boat are the irregularity of the swing consequent on the quickness of the stroke (inevitable on account of stroke's light weight) and want of beginning, the work being done at the end of the stroke . However, there are as had faults in the other boat, and taking them all in all, Cambridge, as I said, seems to have the worse boat ; and on Tuesday, deducting about five seconds to allow for disadvantage in the start of the Cambridge boat, Oxford did the course in about eighteen seconds less time than their opponents—if my readers consider practice times any criterion, which your humble servant scarcely does. For Lilly Bridge, too, in private circles I have heard the odds given on Oxford winning the odd event, though a comparison of

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the times at the Oxford Sports with those at Cambridge will hardly justify such audacity . The distinctly good events were the half-mile, the mile, and high jump ; the first two won by Wells, of Magdalen, Pres . O .U.A .C., and the third by Hornby, of Corpus, a freshman last term . The time of the half mile was 1 min . 57 see. ; of the mile, 4 min. 30 2 see ., and won easily . The high jump was 5 ft . 7 in . Throwing the hammer was miserably poor, though the weight was put to a fair distance. Nothing has there been of much interest beside the usual concerts since the last number, save a great Salvation Army Meeting, at which "General Mrs . Booth " came down from London to speak . The S. A. is gaining a strong foothold in Oxford, and is assisted by several undergraduates, one of whom, a scholar of a well known college, has thrown up an Indian Civil Service Appointment, in order to preach in Hull at a salary of twelve shillings a week . I believe that the weekly sermons at the Martyr's Memorial were founded in connection with the body in question ; but they serve no end, as far as one can see, but as a standard round which the youthful and amorous of the two sexes may rally (I had almost said dally) . After the meeting of which I spoke, there was a small town and gown row, which, however, came to nothing, and might have been one of the uninteresting ones which may be seen any day in any place. Oxford has suffered many heavy losses among the heads of colleges and classes within the last year, but none more to be regretted than the lamented death of M . R. Green, Fellow of Balliol, and Professor of Moral Philosophy, which happened on Sunday, March 23rd . There was scarcely anyone more universally popular than lie, and his death will cause wide-spread regret . 0 . K. 5

THE BOAT RACES. HE Boat Daces began on March 9th and continued regularly till the 24th . On the whole they were favoured with fair weather and a good attendance, so that they must be considered a decided success . In most cases the results justified the expectations formed of the various crews —a noteworthy exception being the failure of Brandt and Bulman in the Junior Pairs, rendered utterly inexplicable owing

TUUE

BOAT RACES.

to the terrible example made by the former in the sculls of Wilson, who was largely fancied and a decided favourite . The large increase of entries in this race—nearly four times as many as last year—must be welcomed as a sign among the younger members of the school of the life that has so nearly died out among the elder, a life that can only be sustained by pandering to the selfish spirit that pervades them . Any symptom like this ought to be ha i led with pleasure, even though some of the compo itocs seemed to acl ;nuwledge that they were out of their element by trying to hide their d i minished heads, ostrich-like, in the bank, as the yells and screams from the river side intended for encouragenient might put a more courageous animal to flight . The number of entries made this race a hydra-headed monster that, to judge from the arrangements made, the committee had the greatest difficulty in dealing with . On the other hand, the eni vies for the senior races show a serious fall ; the sculls were deprived of considerable interest by the untimely scratching of two candidates, and iii the pairs the strength of Stevenson and Kaye frightened away all willing opposition . and it would have been more creditable to the school ii thev had been indulged with a row over. The race between the Sixth and Civil was splendid, and the closeness of the finish must have been a blow to partisans of the winning boat by nearly upselai ng the triumph boasted of so confidently by some of them. The races began with the 1st Heat of the Junior Sculls. Birks .

Scarbrough.

Birks having got off at the start with a good lead which, on account of the erratic steering of his opponent, gradually increased . Scarbrough, however, after getting clear of the bank, made vain efforts to catch his opponent, who, rowing on, won by about seven lengths . Of. the style we will say nothing. The next race was the 1st Heat of the Senior House Fours. DAY

Boys.

REV . T . AD A u .

C . Lane (bow)

R . C . Wilton (bow)

J. Walker (2)

L . T . Craw h , w (2)

C . Williamson (3)

H . G. Joy (+ ;)

A . Peters (str .)

II . \V . Wood (str .)

The result of this race was quite expected . The Day Boys led at the start and gradually increased their lead . They were about two lengths ahead at the corner, when they rashly took their opponents' water and passed through the bridge barely two lengths ahead . Increasing their lead, the Day Boys eventually passed the winning post three lengths in front of their opponents . The Day Boys pulled well together and fully deserved their victory .

TILE BOAT RACES. The next race was the 1st Heat for the Canoes. W. E . Brockbank

L . E . Stevenson

Stevenson got the best of the start, but Brockbank, settling down, soon began to show ahead by nearly a length off Marygate . Meanwhile Stevenson, who was at this point gaining on his opponent, was gradually being carried into his water. He had overtaken Brockbank and was slightly leading when the foul occurred, and left Brockbank winner.

The races sere continued on Satnrdav, March 11th, and the first race was the 2nd Heat of the Junior Sculls. C . P. Green

W . Rice

As was expected, Green won very easily by six lengths. Junior Sculls (3rd Heat). E. H . Bulman

R . Crawshaw.

This was a very good race all through, but the superior strength of Bulmau gave him a slight advantage . Ile was about a length to the good at the Scarborough Railway Bridge, where Crawshaw tried hard to overhaul him, but to no avail . Bulman eventually won by one and a half lengths. The next race on the programme was the 1st Heat of the Form Fours. CIVIL.

Smoot..

C . Lane (bow)

C. Johnson (bow)

C . Williamson (2)

C . B . Clarke (2)

F. W . Chapman (3) H . W . Wood (str .)

J . Walker (3) W . E . Brockbank (str .) C . Haynes (cox)

C . Harland (cox)

The Civil got the best of the start . and pulling a quicker stroke, soon went ahead . They kept their lead all the way, and gradually increased it, and at the White Rose boathouse they took their opponents' water . They were then nearly three lengths to the good, and pulling well together, they passed the winning post about four lengths in front of the School boat. After this came another heat of the Junior Sculls. HEAT 4. F . R . Brandt

C . F . Rose

Rose led slightly at the start, but his erratic steering soon caused him to fall to the rear . Brandt increased his lead till the Railway Bridge, where Rose charged into a boat which was at the side of the bridge, lost his oars . and did not get to work again till Brandt was several lengths ahead . After this last mishap, how_ ever, he began to gain on Brandt, but again losing his oar, completely destroyed his chance of winning ; and though he made splendid efforts, Brandt won by about two and a half lengths .

THE BOAT RACES .

The ball was set rolling on the 6th by the usual item—a Ileat of the Junior Sculls. J . Wilson

F . W . Faber

Wilson pulled remarkably well, and won easily by seven lengths . Faber lost a great deal of ground by a geological survey of the earlier part of the river's side. Perhaps he knew he could not win, and thought he might as well do something useful. The next race was the Final Heat of the Form Fours. CIVIL.

SIXTH . L . T . Urawshaw (bow)

C . Lane (bow)

A . Peters (2)

C . Williamson (2)

L . E . Stevenson (3)

F . W . Chapman (3)

W . J . P . Kaye (str .)

II. W . Wood (str .)

W . Wilson (cox)

T. Harland (cox)

This was by far the closest and most exciting race of the season . The Civil got about half a length at the start, but the Sixth boat catching up to them, they raced neck and neck nearly all the way . Harland kept the Sixth boat as close as possible into the near bank, thereby considerably aiding his boat . The Sixth gained slightly before the bridge, but Wood, by a vigorous effort, shot through the bridge level with his opponent . They raced level down to Lendal Bridge, when Kaye, putting on a fine spurt, drew away and won by just about three feet. The closeness of this race was mainly owing to the excellent steering of Harland, and the marked difference in condition between the two boats . A doubtful certainty cannot justify neglect of ordinary training The last race for the day was the 1st Ileat of the Junior House Fours. Rrv. T . AnAms' .

Dxv Boys.

E . II . Bulman (bow)

Marshal (bow)

J . Crossley (2)

C . Rose (2)

II . Crossley (3)

S . Flower (3) W . Wilson (str .)

C . Johnson (str.) T. Harland (cox)

C . Haynes (cox)

Both crews set off with a very quick stroke, but the superior strength of the victors enabled them to show ahead by about a length at the School Boathouse, which they maintained till the Scarborough Railway Bridge, when they slightly increased it, but Wilson, by repeated spurts and being well supported by his crew, threatened the House boat for some time ; however, Johnson kept a length ahead, and won by that distance . The Day Boys pulled pluckily throughout.

The 2nd Pound of Junior Sculls was begun on Thursday, March 16th, Bulman and Birks being the competitors . Though Birks pulled very pluckily in his own style, Bulman won easily by three lengths .

TIIL DOAT 1Uu l :S. The next race was the 1st Heat of the Junior Pairs. Marshall (bow) S. B . Flower (str.) A . Rose (cox)

C. P . Green (bow) R . Crawshaw (str .) T . Harland (cox)

Both boats got off well, and pulled level for some way . but soon the superior strength of Flower's boat began to tell, and gained a lead of about three lengths at the Railway Bridge . Crawshaw tried hard to recover his lost ground, but was beaten by five lengths. The last race of the day was the Final Heat of the Canoes. \V . Kaye

W . E . Brockbank.

Kaye led slightly at the start, but Brockbank . paddling well, overtook his opponent, and led off Marygate. They raced level for some time, and then Kaye began to show in front, and increasing his lead, won by about a length.

The programme on Saturday, March 18th, was opened by the 2nd Heat of the 2nd Round of Junior Sculls. J . Wilson

S . B. Flower

The spectators were disappointed of the good race they expected, as immediately after the start Flower went across into Wilson's water, and with very shortsighted strategy found a refuge from the imminent foul by vigorous assault on the bank . Here he gave a dignified ('?) exhibition of " Energy's such bad form no doubt to show that he had some form to boast—by indulging in a long easy, leaving Wilson to win as he liked. The Final Heat of the Junior Fours followed between THE SCHOOL HOUSE v. REV. T . ADAyIS'.

A fairly good race was expected, but though the result was pretty generally looked for, considerable interest in it was lost owing to the inability of the School House stroke to quicken . Both boats got off well, but Johnson, rowing a faster stroke than his opponent, sent his boat ahead, and was leading by a length at the white railing. At this early period the loud and frantic shouts from the bank, usually of encouragement, but in this case of piteous appeal, could not wake the School House stroke to a spurt, and consequently Johnson maintained and increased his advantage, finally winning by about two lengths. The following are the crews : SciiooL HousE. M. D . Taylor (bow) C . B . Clarke (2)

REv. T . ADAMS'. E . II. Bulman (bow)

W. Martin (3)

J . Crossley (2) H . N . Crossley (3)

F. E . Robinson (str .)

C . Johnson ( str .)

S. T. Chadwick (cox.

T . Ilarland (cox .)

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RACES .

The next race was the only Heat for the Senior Sculls. C. Williamson

C . Lane

After a good start the two competitors pulled very evenly . no particular advantage being gained by either until the Railway Bridge, when Williamson drew ahead a little ; but Lane, putting on a spurt, overtook him and raced level until they reached the coal drop . where Williamson quickened his stroke and won a very good race by half a length. The first race on Tuesday was another heat of the Junior Sculls. J . Wilson

E. H . Bulman

Wilson went slightly ahead at the start, but Bulman pulling pluckily raced level for a short time ; but Wilson gradually gained and won by three lengths. The next race was the Final Heat of the Senior House Fours. SCHOOL IIousu

F. W. Chapman (bow)

DAY Boys.

W. E. Brockbank (2)

C . R . Lane (bow) J . Walker (2)

L . E . Stevenson (3)

C . Williamson (3)

W. J . P . Kaye (str.)

A . Peters (str .)

S . Chadwick ( cox)

C . Haynes (cox)

A good start was effected, and the two boats kept very close together until the corner after the white railing, where Kaye quickened his stroke and went ahead, and gradually increasing his lead, won by two lengths. Another Heat of the Junior Pairs was the next race. E. II . Bulman (bow)

J . Wilson (bow)

F. R . Brandt (str .)

C. Rose (str.)

T . Harland (cox )

C . Haynes (cox)

The boats kept very close together at the start, but under the bridge Rose had gained a length, which he increased, and eventually won by two lengths. The first race on Thursday, March 23rd, was a Heat of the Junior Sculls. F . R . Brandt

C . P . Green

Brandt led all the way and won by 3 lengths, The only Heat of the Senior Pairs was then decided. L . E . Stevenson (how)

C . Williamson (bow)

W . J. P . Kaye i str .)

W . E . Brockbank (str.)

H . Twyford (cox)

T . llarland (cox)

Kaye got a slight advantage at the start and was leading by two lengths off Marygate . IIe increased his lead by another length and won by three lengths. The next race was the Final Heat for the Junior Sculls. F . R . Brandt

J . Wilson

Brandt went ahead slightly at the start, and at the Railway Bridge was a length in front . Wilson tried hard to gain his lost ground . but Brandt, partly

THE BOAT RACES.

owing to his superior strength, won easily by 4 lengths . The loser seemed quite dispirited at being left so easily, and did not pull in anything like his usual form. The Final heat for the Junior Pairs was rowed on Friday, March 24th. J . Wilson (bow)

Marshall (bow)

C . Rose (str .)

S . B . Flowers (str .) A . Rose (cox)

C . Haynes (cox)

The boats passed through the Railway Bridge nearly level, but Rose was leading off Marygate . He ultimately won by one and a half lengths. The Scratch Fours for Present Peterites were rowed on Saturday, March 25th. The boats were drawn as follows : [A] H . W . Rhodes (bow) C . Rose (2) F. Wade (3) C . R . Lane (str .) [D] S . B . Flower (bow)

[B] M . D . Taylor (bow) C . B . Clarke (2) W. Martin (3) H . A . Crossley (str.)

[C] C . Johnson (bow) C . Williamson (2) F . W. Chapman (3) W . E . Brockbank (str. [E] W. Wilson (bow.

L. T. Crawshaw (2)

F . E . Robinson (2)

L . E . Stevenson (3)

H . J. Joy (3)

A . Peters (str .)

J . Walker (str .)

A first raced B, and Lane's quicker stroke brought him past the winning post a length ahead. E then rowed over. Then C and D raced . This was a splendid race all the way . and Brockbank's boats was leading within a few lengths of the winning post, but Peters' managed to win by two feet. A then raced E . In the middle of the race Joy broke his rowlock, and Lanes boat won easily. As a good deal of time was spent in getting the boat mended . D (lid not row over but raced A . Lane, as usual . started very fast, but was not well enough supported by his crew . Peters took his boat ahead, and won easily by two lengths.

NOTES AND ITEMS. [We continue the Letter of the Bishop of Caledonia .] " Whenever I could, I took a constitutional after school hours. An airing is highly desirable after being shut up with a crowd of unwashed Indians . But the sick generally kept me employed until too late for a walk . After starting I was sometimes called back . Up came a young man nearly breathless with his run. 'Come quickly. Save a poisoned girl .' I hastily retraced my steps, and, as I neared

NOTES AND ITEMS.

the village, heard the rattle of a medicine man . Ile was rattling over the girl . Seeing what was the matter, I quickly fetched the usual applications and returned to the house . The sufferer was one of my school children . At her feet and on either side sat the three medicine men, the senior wearing his chaplet of bears' claws turned upward, his matted hair flecked with eagles' down, snow white, his clothing scanty . The old man made way for me, the first time he has ever been known to stop his treatment for anybody, when once begun . Ile shuffled aside to make room for me and stopped his rattle. The youngest practitioner sat immediately opposite nie watching my method with interest . ' You cannot save— nothing can save her . She must die .' ' God only knows,' I replied. 'He can save her .' Two clays later the girl was again at school. Shortly after my vis-a-vis hung about my house door and excited my curiosity, as he belonged to the class that generally held aloof. What do you want?' I asked . ' Come in if you wish to see me .' Slowly in stalked the tall sorcerer . Other Indians gathered around. I took him aside to set him more at his ease . Ail this time lie had kept his head bent . Suddenly lifting it and flashing an earnest, glance upon me he said, `You saved the girl .' ' No, no, God saved her, ' I replied . ' True, true,' and bending back his right hand in the attitude of rattling, he wispe>~ed, 'This failed (meaning his sorcery) ; I have done with it .' ' You will lose blankets then,' (the rattlers fee.) 'True, true .' ' I shall see which you love most, truth or blankets ; but be sure of this, truth saves ; such blankets smother the soul .' Then from under his blanket he produced a couple of sticks wrapped in cedar bark torn to shreds . ' What is that?' I asked. 'Matches ltha giyitt, ' i .e ., Matches of the ancients . 'You cannot produce fire !' ' I can . ' Let me see you do it.' Kneeling down he placed one of the little pieces of wood, about ten inches long on the floor . In this was gouged out a small hollow as if counter sunk. From the circumference to the edge of the slip of wood was a little nick as if made by a fine saw . Some of the cedar bark was placed in and round this nick . Then the second piece, roughly rounded and about a foot long, cut at the end to fit the small hollow, was placed in that hollow, and this was twirled rapidly between the palms of his hands, like a bradawl worked in a bow-string . The friction soon produced heat, then smoke, and in a few minutes a puff from the busy Redskin set the cedar bark into a blaze . ' Well done !' I

NOTES AND ITEMS.

exclaimed, and thanked him for affording me a new pleasure . In a moment he smothered the flames between his hands, wrapped the two pieces of dry birch wood again with the bark, pushed it into my hands, and in a loud whisper said, ` You saved the girl, ' then turned upon his heel and went away . During the summer I met him when on my travels, and we were as old friends I must again call up J— who started this afternoon on his trip to the lower villages to hold services. It was a question as to how to stop the Indians' whiskey drinking in the mines . J 's turn to speak came . He complained of A--'s halfheartedness, and advised vigorous measures . ` Gently,' said A—; ' you cannot force people to be good.' ` Were you forced ?' he asked of . This sensible advice irritated J—, so that losing self control J he slapped down his New Testament on the table and hurried angrily out of the room . ` I mean't not to offend him,' said A — . ' I know is a true man he will show us his it,' I answered ; ' and if J penitence .' " It cast a cloud on our deliberations . Next day in carne J--. I want to meet A-- here,' he said . ' Why,' I asked. ' To give him this,' holding out a bundle . ' Ile wants no gift,' I said, somewhat coldly. Off he sped and soon returned with A—. " They stood together, A-- wondering what was coining, but silent. I noticed the twitches at the corner of J -'s mouth . IIe was struggling with himself to speak . `I have sinned,' were the words that broke the awful silence. ' A , I have sinned against you ; you are good . Your words were wise and mine foolish ; you are my friend, I am my enemy .' Thus he made his noble confession. Shame, humility, and the other expressions that formed penitence and then issued in the courage of confession . Then the bundle was opened . It contained a propitiation that cost him perhaps eight or nine dollars . Ile spread out a new garment of fine black cloth that, matched with coat and vest, would make the wearer respectable in Bond Street. The offering was rejected, not so the apology . They left the house faster friends than ever . J stopped the whiskey drinking. "This Hotspur is a tender-hearted fellow . IIe found an old heathen dying the clay after he had heard me speak of the penitent thief. He pressed the love of the Saviour upon him but was dissatisfied with his skill, so hurried away to fetch the only Christian here, the first fruits . ' Hurry up ; hurry, hurry, the old man is

NOTES AND ITEMS . ,dying. '

Almost dragging the Christian to the house of death he

told him to tell the man what the Bishop had told them about Christ's pity for the penitent thief and IIis waiting in Paradise to receive him . ` Make it plain, very plain ; hurry up . Jesus may save the old man—make it plain.' The man was dead. ` Oh, your chance is lost,' he said ; his grief nearly choking him because it was too late for the Christian to tell the departed one of Christ ' s might and mercy. "As soon as navigation on the river was resumed, I left Mrs. Ridley behind to do what she could, and right well she carried on the mission for five months singlehanded . A clergyman and his wife have boldly come from England and joined this mission . Next spring I hope to leave it in his hands and go to Port Simpson. The breaking np of the ice on the river happened in the daytime. and I was fortunate enough to witness it . It was not the immediate action of the sun that effected it, but the downpour of ice, cold water from the mountains where the winter snows lay fathoms deep. The floods uplift the ice by slow degrees till the force of water starts the ponderous load on the river's bosom. "I have seen the rivers of Germany break up, but the greater swiftness of these North American rivers makes the tumult here almost terrible to behold . I was on the river when the first movement took place . ` It moves' . What moves ? The banks seemed to glide up stream. Then came a slight tremor beneath my feet and I sprang to the shore . The sensations were like those produced by an earthquake—sensations I have often experienced. The stone-like surface I had often walked and driven over was in motion from bank to bank. " At no great distance the channel narrows, and the great breadth of ice was caught as in a vice . The river is in an agony. Groaning, gurgling, sighing, surging, tilting, hissing, roaring deep and loud, like subterranean thunder, still it writhes within the grip of the polished rocks on either side. What can ever dislodge this puckered mass piled up foot by foot as the water increases to the rear ? Crack, crack, crack ! Look, there go the trees ! The forest king that has drunk from the river at its roots is quivering . There is a lurch . Over it comes, slowly, surely, until it is laid low without axe or tempest . The rising ice scalps the bank as an Indian would his foe . At last, with a sullen groan, rising into a terrific roar, away goes the stupendous obstruction, and down sinks the river, as if to rest after its splendid victory.

NOTES AND ITEJIS. " No wonder the rocks are polished . Ice works wonders . As I sped

down the river soon afterwards I saw here and there ice walls from which the central mass had broken away . But the river in flood had swept away every vestige before I returned. " I found my staunch little steamer on the stocks at Victoria nearly ready for launching . Now, after the voyage of 600 miles, she is laid up for the winter, ready for next summer's work. Only one thought mars the pleasure of employing her on an errand of mercy . She is four hundred pounds in debt . Whatever help you can render me to free her will evoke my warmest thanks . I shall be glad if Mr . Bulmer or your treasurer would transmit your offerings to Canon Gibbon, Harrogate, Yorks . IIe is my commissary in England . My boat is named the Evangeline . She made ten and a quarter knots on her trial trip, and is one of the strongest and prettiest crafts I ever saw . I wish I could take you with me the next year to see some of the finest scenery I have looked upon, and that is saying much, for I have travelled on each of the four Continents. "Hereafter I may be able to describe some of my voyages . Ask God to hold over the Evangeline Ilis mighty hand . May IIe bless you all. " With most kind regards, I remain, dear boys, " Your friend very faithfully " W . CALEDONIA. The boys of St . Peter's School, " York, England ."

A . Peters has been elected to an open Mathematical Scholarship of X60 at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Il . C . Wilton has been elected to an open Classical Scholarship of £: ) at Christ's College, Cambridge. T. C . Snow, Fellow of St . John ' s College, Oxford, has been appointed Examiner in English Language and Literature in the Victoria University, Manchester. E . Bellerrby, B .A ., of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, was ordained Deacon on March 5, and licensed to the Curacy of St . Janes ', Forest Gate. Canon Elwyn is, we hear, to preach the 'Varsity Sermon at Cambridge, on Sunday, April 16 .

THE

PETERITE VOL . IV.

JULY, 1882 .

No . 29.

THE PROFESSOR: A STORY OF TILL; TIVENTIETII CENTURY. Quisnam te, juvenum confidentissime, nostras Jussit adire domos? CHAPTER VI.

IIE scene grew fiercer ; the shouts louder every moment oil

T either hand . From the fierceness of their gestures I expected an appeal to force, to end at last in bloodshed . Yet, no . Though the question, whatever it might be, stirred feelings that might have found vent in war, this humane and civilised people showed themselves no less dispassionate than our modern scientific leaders, being the more fortunate as they had never known and could not miss the opportunity of obeying the promptings of human nature and reason which we are now denied. By this glorification of animal instincts our sailor shows himself one of the graceless and ungainful tribe, who look back with longing to the last and most foolish gratification of those instincts in the European war which was the death of all wars. IIow godlike, science ! IIow great the twentieth century, abolishing the fight yet retaining the test . Truly hath it wrought perfection for the old dream of those who would have applied the fallacious criterion of arbitration. No more is moral and physical superiority adjudged through the medium of human fallible guesses . Great are the scientists who measure, mark, and compare ! Now can the forces which a nation might bring into the field be more surely set down on paper and weighed in the balances of the statistician, than formerly its armies were numbered, its Krupp guns counted, and its estimates presented .

TILE PROFESSOR.

Truly it edifieth, to think how nation weiglreth against nation in the matter of deadly chemicals, whereby it might hurl its foes to atoms, or with treacherous poison sap their vital strength. And now no need to prove by use . Weighing off our forces, force against force, our quarrels thus are determined or ever they are fully matured . Yet some say that hereby men are set in the rank of wheels that go by machinery. As if the delicate tests slid not measure unto each nation its temper, whether unto stubbornness or power of holding out and daring to meet ill-success or as to yielding and tameness of submission. As if such things were not as much matter determined as its revenues and public works ! And then no longer is there the shameful waste of population we once knew, when our manhood and vigour were cast away, when it might best serve its country in the cause of production, instead of as now the infirm and useless, who, when calculation has determined what diminution of our population in course of human expectation our general quarrel demands, are (as an old sage saith) suffered not to live . I shall hereafter detail how it seemeth that this nation though sage had not attained as yet this summit height of science as to method, though in theory we can claim no victory. Yet it seemed not that reasoning alone or strength of lungs gained the day. Sweeping onward in large masses with outspread sails by the breeze so raised, and sulphur-smoke carried with it, they drove the weak side before them. The others as if prompted by some inspiration looked with significan gestures to myself. I, the while, was in great fear, scarce appeared when I saw the others for a while staggered yet pursue their victory as as before .

WIT AND HIUMOUR.

OCRATES, when declared by the Oracle at Delphi to be the wisest

S of men, professed himself entirely unable to understand how this could be, since he was conscious that he knew nothing . After some reflection, however, he concluded that the explanation must be

WIT ♦ ND HUMOUR .

this : neither he nor anyone else knew anything ; but, while he was aware of his shortcomings in that respect, other people were ignorant of theirs, and therefore he was so far wiser than they. Now it is not every man's lot to approach Corinth, and philology is, to the many, equally inaccessible ; but we in England do not, as a rule, even attempt to arrive at a knowledge of the history and signification of words, unless they are other than English . Respecting some words in our own language we possess the moderately ripe, not to say crude, scholarship assigned to himself as above by Socrates, viz ., that of "knowing our ignorance" concerning them . With regard to other words we must, I fear, confess that our tree of knowledge has not hitherto produced fruit of any kind, since we are in the still more elementary stage of learning to which the comparatively advanced philosopher condemned the rest of the world—that of "not knowing our ignorance " of them, and we are utter and unconscious strangers to their radical and outgrowing meanings. Though our intimacy with wit and humour is not quite so slender as this, I think that many of us have very little perception, or perhaps I should say idea, of the difference between them, our acquaintance with them rather resembling the " knowledge " of the rest of the world than of Socrates . We have all read short and pithy stories headed " Writ and Humour," either in books usually sold as railway literature, or in the " Almanack " of the grocer or draper ; but which was wit and which was humour we forgot to enquire, and the authors forgot to say. I fancy there is a common impression abroad that the terms are synonymous ; but surely this is not the case : and yet probably not a few people, if asked to do so, would be unable to distinguish between them . At all events, to myself, requiring enlightenment concerning them, no answer in any degree satisfactory was ever returned . I have, therefore, attempted to think the matter out for myself, however faultily this may have been done ; and I venture to submit my conclusions to the consideration of any who, like myself, take an interest in the subject. Let it be premised, however, that there is no pretence here to treat of the different forms in which men's wit is manifested, nor yet of the several senses in which humour may be used ; but merely an endeavour to contrast the two modes and expressions of thought as related to each other. Humour then (Latin, humor), of course, primarily means moisture or fluid ; and secondarily, inasmuch as a man ' s state of mind was once

WIT AND IItiMOUR.

(and, I think, may even now he) supposed to depend on the fluids of his body, it signifies disposition ; thirdly, it denotes a mental quality taking pleasure in comical ideas ; fourthly their expression. On the other hand : Wit, from Anglo-Saxon, witan, to know ; and probably connected with Latin, video, to see, and Greek, E{iiOe, to see, signifies, in the first place, insight or knowledge ; in the second, the faculty of combining ideas with a ludicrous effect ; next, the result of this power ; and lastly, one possessing the power. Both, then, deal in the mirthful and ridiculous, and it would seem that humour, at all events sometimes, is to wit as the foundation to the house, or, perhaps better still, as the peach to the bloom. Humour is, I think, mainly physical and may suggest wit, but cannot from its nature (according to the view here taken) rise so high . It is, in point of fact, the expression of the feelings of the body, and amuses by its whimsical good nature and oddity. Wit is essentially intellectual, and cannot be conceived of otherwise than as apart from and superior to the body . It loves to string together the incongruous and unexpected, and by the skilful management of words to rescue, as it were, sense out of nonsense. Humour, again, may be merely subjective, and consist rather in the manner and intention of the speaker than in any peculiar property of the words themselves . Wit is always and necessarily objective, and resides in the conformation of the sentence wherein words not ordinarily agreeing nor suggestive of each other, but on the contrary heterogeneous and anomalous, are fantastically and, so to say, illegally and forcibly brought into conjunction . In other words, humour at times only speaks implicitly ; wit ever speaks explicitly ; while the former glimmers as the reflection of a bright and happy disposition—and hence a bad tempered man can hardly be humourous, though he may be witty—the latter flashes like swift lightnings from the intellect. That may be the digger, but this is the jeweller, and from the rough stone supplied by humour, turns out the polished gem. Wit is, indeed, the juggler of words and tricks, the universe of language, into subservience to its will . Nothing is sacred from its lawless legerdemain. With reckless impartiality it degrades the sublime, and ennobles the commonplace ; terms lose their identity, and phrases turn renegade ; the gay dons sackcloth, and the grave wantons . And it is hero as in a card trick : we have assured ourselves that the suits are all in proper order, when, by a dexterous shuffle, the king is produced cheek by jowl with the knave .

WIT AND IIUMOUIL.

The best examples of wit, in my opinion, are such as the late Earl of Beaconsfield scattered broadcast in his speeches and writings, and two sayings of his are so pre-eminently excellent that, though uttered comparatively recently and much quoted since, they must be mentioned here. The one is that in which he described the foolish and reckless assertions of opponents, who were not saddled with the cares of office, as " The hare-brained chatter of irresponsible frivolity ; " In the other, he spoke of his great rival as " A sophistical rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity ." Somewhere in "Coningsby" lie condemns Italics as "that last resource of the forcible feebles, " and in the same book writes thus wittily of the magic virtue ascribed by a certain class of politicians to £1,200 per annum : To receive £1,200 per annum is government; to try to receive £1,200 per annum is opposition ; to wish to receive £1,200 per annum is ambition ." The following may be given as instances of wit of a less brilliant order : An eminent publisher was speaking to (I think) Theodore Book of a periodical which he had just started, and to which he had finally given the name "L Bentley's Miscellany ;" "though," he added, " I had at one time an idea of calling it the ' Wit's Magazine .' " " Well," replied Hook, " you need not have gone into the opposite extreme ." Sidney Smith, being ordered by his physician to walk for an hour every morning on an empty stomach, asked, " upon whose ?" The next is delicious . A young man, who had lately returned to his native town after an absence of some years, went to call upon a friend with whom the had formerly been very intimate . Some time having been spent in greetings and conversation on old days, he asked, " and how is your dear father ?" " IIe has been dead two years," replied the other. The one not bereaved duly condoled, and shortly took his leave. In a few days he called again, and forgetfully enquired, " and how's your dear father ?" " Still dead," was the answer. At first sight we may be inclined to call this humour, in my sense, but the clever combination of the two words in the last answer, I think, entitle it to the name of wit . It, however, doubtless partakes largely of and is nearly founded upon humour .

WIT AND HUMOUR.

A brilliant wit is not usually supposed to be the distinguishing feature of Scotch character ; but a thoroughly droll humour will be denied to them by none . One, at any rate, of the following instances is taken from Dean Ramsay's book of Reminiscences of Scotch Humour. An inhabitant of " the land 'o cakes," passing through a kirk-yard one night, saw a white figure moving about, which, with characteristic superstition, he imagined to be the spirit of one of the dead there buried . He therefore accosted it thus : " Is this a general rising, ghaist, or are ye taking a quiet dander by yersel' ." At a meeting held for the purpose of electing a chaplain to a prison,. a minister was proposed, but was subsequently objected to on the ground that his preaching was excessively poor, and that all his congregation had left him in consequence . A dry Scot, who had as usual gone to the meeting " to contradic ' a bit," held that, so far from the above argument being a reason for rejecting the candidate, it should be a strong incentive to elect him, " for," he said, " syne he hae preachit his kirk empty, aiblins he'll mak the gaol vawcant as weer Another story of humour, in a somewhat different sense, seems to be especially applicable, as illustrative of that peculiar cast of the Scotch mind to which the quaint views so frequently taken by them may be ascribed. There is, or was, in Scotland, a party who hold that an infinitesimally small number of men, themselves of course included, will finally be saved ; and an old gardener carried the belief so far that he at length excepted all but himself and a boy named Sandie, who worked under him . A gentleman hearing of this, and wishing to ascertain for his own satisfaction whether anyone could seriously entertain such an idea, said to him that he supposed that he held the above opinion . The old man gravely replied, " reet, sir, I thoclit sae for a lang while, but of late I hae ma doots aboot Sondie. No strict rule, I apprehend, can be laid down for drawing a distinction between wit and humour in all cases ; and a saying which one man considers witty, another may esteem merely humorous. I have never seen any definition of the two forms of thought and speech, nor do I know what the accepted account may be . My own idea is, as I have endeavoured to show, that if the force of the intellect be, from the skilful collocation of, and play upon, words, manifestly brought into play, the result is wit ; but if this power be either imperfectly recognisable, or entirely absent, it is humour. At any rate, I hope

WIT AND HUMOUR .

that the attempt I have made, imperfect as it is may stimulate clearer thinkers to work out on their own behalf a truer and more satisfactory conclusion . E . P . A.

SCHOOL LETTER. IIE midsummer term commenced on Thursday, April 27th . The

T school has soon recovered from the short pull-up of the Easter

holidays, and is again in full swing with but few alterations in its members . F. W . Chapman has left. Cricket has, of course, at once taken the field, and recruits for the first eleven have just undergone their final inspection . The new members brought in some cases, being fair batting and bowling talent to light. As made out, the eleven consists of L . E . Stevenson, P . E . Lord, W. E. Brockbank, H . D . Wood, W. J . P. haye, W. Martin, S . B . Flower, M. D. Taylor, II . W . Rhodes, A . Peters, and P . E . Robinson . I refrain from trespassing on your special correspondent, but cannot keep from calling attention to the illomened practice of commencing against a much stronger eleven . The result of the first match goes a long way with us ; invariably ending in defeat must discourage the eleven. The Clifton May Fair has been enlivening its immediate neighbourhood during the last day or two by its annual display of attractions . The repetition of the same pathetic tune every minute, the rapid revolutions on rocking horses of variegated complexion may be attractive ; but equo ne credite, teucri, say I, in such a case. York, in other respects, is making a spasmodic effort to recover the years it has slept away . A sudden mania for tramways has sprung up, and Micklegate is a place of snares and pitfalls to the unwary walker. Alas for all good resolutions ! The regatta crew were last term animated by an indomitable spirit . News has just arrived that there is to be no regatta . At once all good resolves were cast to the winds ; new oars that were to carry the boat to victory are left to lie idle, and perhaps not ; the old motto ` no reward, no practice ' again dominates in the hearts of the rowing class . Cricket now claims their undivided attention . The result was good ; as soon as the boat was given up by a strange coincidence the eleven won its first match . Still that cannot excuse the want of due respect to rowing .

SCHOOL LETTER.

The sports promise to be tolerably interesting . The committee appointed are W. E . Brockbank, R . C . Wilton, C . J . Williamson . It is to be hoped a more vigorous system will be introduced ; the courses measured, the handicaps done away with, the hurdle races made real hurdle races and not a kind of mongrel steeplechases . Next season let us hope the time of year will also be altered, or at least that the sports will he held on two days instead of one. An innovation has recently been made in the school . A universal system of ' blazers ' is being adopted for everything . Each hoarding house and the day boys have their respective trimming . The three branches of athletics are also to be distinguished by different badges. The adoption of these will no doubt be an improvement ; though it seems rather a pity to encourage party spirit in any way . Why should not the school feel itself united in tone and in colour . J . B. Later accounts say that there will be a regatta after all, but not until August 4th . One member of tIe boat sturdily maintains the rowing interest, but it is to be feared that he will be outvoted, and the date considered to be too late.

OXFORD LETTER. SUPPOSE we are all looking forward to see what will be the issue

I of the Inter-'Varsity match . The victory of Cambridge over

Australia has doubtless raised the hopes of the Light Blues, but that victory can be said to be a criterion of the powers of their team . In fact, the match will resolve itself into a contest of the brothers Studd and Ramsay, against a team of at least nine sure if not first-class bats. We have won one match, the M . C. C ., and lost two at the time of writing . The Australian victory would have been extremely doubtful had Massie been caught as early as he ought to have been, when he had only made twelve runs . The arrangement of the Oxonian field, moreover, has been severely and justly criticized, G . C . Harrison being captain in that match (by the bye, it is doubted by authorities whether that gentleman should be in the eleven at all, for there are enough good men and to spare to fill it up without him) .

OXFORD LLi°rEi : .

The M . C . C . team was weak, save for its very strong bowling -with such redoubtable " trundlers" as Morley, Flowers, Midwinter, and Fothergill. Against the Gentlemen of England, we had Shaw, Whiting, and Kemp absent, whilst Robinson, our best bowler, only played part of the time. Altogether our chances, with such brilliant additions, W . D . Hamilton and E . D . Shaw, against Cambridge seem rosy. In the eights Exeter finished head, to the considerable discomfort of at least two persons, who, in all the solemnity of the clerical costume, were found floating down the Isis in company with some fifty other persons who had the misfortune to occupy the same punts as members of that college. Brasenose was much fancied, and bets were made upon their going head, but they did not come off . Hertford was your correspondent's selection, and would probably have justified his investments but for the fainting of No . 2 . There were illuminations and other festivities at the victorious college that night, and one gentleman was severely burnt . Keble, Lincoln, the Unattached, Pembroke, and Exeter made most bumps . Hertford is to put a four on at Henley, with Brown, Lowndes, Buck, and Sharp, all either Old Blues or trialsmen . Exeter will also put an eight on, with Pinckney and Kindersley, now a master at St . Peter's, Radley. Exeter's victory was the more surprising as there was only one old cightsman in the boat—the rest were all torpid men ; it was by strength and endurance that they won, for their style was not at all good. We are sorry to have to announce the death by drowning of R. Pettit, of Keble, once nominated as President of the Union in opposition to Cumming, of Balliol. The Union has not lost its Conservatism, and expressed its extreme repugnance to the policy of the Government by a large majority, in the course of, perhaps, the largest division ever known there. The motion was by llon . G. N . Curzon, of Balliol, who was followed by four expresidents. Commemoration has attracted as many visitors as usual, and there have been a proportionate number of shows and concerts—apropos of the latter, about twelve o ' clock one night, we saw an Oxonian, standing in the middle of the road, bitterly complaining that the street had risen on end and struck him in the face. We are happy to congratulate Clayforth and Faussett on their late successes .

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THE SCHOOL BOATING SYSTEM. To THE EDITORS OF " THE PETERITE ." DEAR Su,,—Although the School Boat Races are over, I hope the Captain of the boats will give the following few remarks his careful consideration for the benefit of the races next year, and of the Regatta Boat this and following years. In the first place, then, with regard to the School Races, I would point out that little care is taken by the older members of the Boat Club to discover and develop talent in junior members . The method of procedure in the School is for the young boys to pick up rowing (with innumerable faults) as best they can, by going out in tubs with others who know very little more than themselves what rowing is ;. they thus learn to get the oar through the water without catching a crab, and are under the impression they know how to row . When they get a little bigger, and are wanted in their House Boats, they are put in a Four, and immediately set rowing at a very fast stroke at which it Is impossible for them to learn how to row properly : the result is that they are thoroughly confirmed in their bad habits, and on coming up to the University are surprised at the difficulty they have in learning to row in anything like good form. What I would propose, then, is for the older members of the Boat Club at the beginning of the boating season to take out those among the younger, who are desirous of rowing, for a short time, in tubs, . every half-holiday, and, making them keep to a very slow stroke, instruct them carefully in the proper style of rowing. They need not to be kept out long ; twenty minutes every halfholiday would soon give a couple of boys a right idea of how to row, and thus there would be laid a foundation on which to construct good crews in the ensuing years. Again, when the house fours first begin going out, would it not be far better for them if they were kept for the first fortnight or so to a slow stroke, which would help the crew to get the true uniformity of swing and catch so necessary for the attainment of pace . No crew can

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row a fast stroke effectively without first having learnt to row a slow one. In next place, with regard to the regatta boat, here the above remarks on tubbing equally apply. It is manifestly absurd to put four boys (who have never before rowed on anything but fixed seats) in a sliding seat gig and expect them immediately at a quick stroke to make proper use of their slides . The captain of the boats ought to begin by taking out several pairs at the end of the school races in sliding seat tubs and teaching them the way to use their slides at a slow paddle . Ile would thus find out the likely candidates for the boat, and be able to pick next term a crew whose abilities he had already tested . These he should take out in the gig four, and keep rowing a slow stroke till the last three weeks before the regatta, carefully impressing on them the necessity of being perfectly together before they can have any chance of sitting with comfort the light ship. These few suggestions will, I hope, be well considered by the captain, and if acted on will, I believe, do much to improve the school rowing making it better training for those who will go in for boating at the universities. Before leaving the subject, I should like to call attention to a few points in rowing which are generally neglected at the school . When I was at school the chief idea seemed to be to lug the oar through the water and then tumble forward in a great hurry to be ready for the repetition of this proceeding ; in this lug the oar used to be put in anyhow, and the greatest attention was paid to a terrific jerk by way of a finish to the stroke . Anyone can see that this is manifestly wrong ; a lug at the finish requires great use of the arms, and leaves the back and legs comparatively unused. The true use of the arms is as levers, connecting . the oar with the back, with which the chief work ought to be done. When forward, the back should be quite straight and the shoulders kept down ; to begin the stroke, the shoulders should be sharply thrown back with a good push off from the stretcher and the arms kept rigid; thus a sharp catch of the water is effected well behind the rigger, and it should always be remembered that what sends the boat along is the first part of the stroke . As soon as the body has swung back, the arms should be brought back also till the hands are close to the chest with the elbows pointing to the bottom of the boat ; as soon as this position is reached, the hands should be dropped to bring the oar clear out of the water and the arms shot forward till they are perfectly rigid, the

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rower meanwhile sitting straight upon his scat and not moving his body so long as the arms are in motion ; when the arms are straightened the body should be swung slowly forward, with the back straight and shoulders clown, the swing being entirely from the hips, and care taken not to overreach by plunging forward with the shoulders ; the hands should as the swing finishes be raised over the stretcher to prevent cocking the blade of the oar, and as soon as the body is well forward, the shoulders thrown sharply hack and a fresh stroke begun . To get a clean feather it will be found advisable to drop the oar with the outside hand and turn it with the inside ; the oar should only be kept on the feather till the hands are past the knees, when the blade should be turned as the body swings . A point which is often neglected is keeping the feet firmly pressed against the stretcher when coming forward ; this steadies the swing and helps to prevent bueketting. In conclusion, I would impress most strongly on all rowing members of the school the importance of a steady swing and sharp catch, with a proper use of back and legs. Bearing this in mind, the rower will find that he is able to do far more work with munch less fatigue than when he mainly depended on his arms as instruments for work . CANTAB. To THE EDITORS or 'rot: PETEIUTE . " SIIts,—May I be permitted to call the attention of the school to the lamentable condition of the Debating Society. It only meets one term in the year—from Christmas to Easter—and does not meet regularly even in that one term . This latter fact is, I think, mainly owing to the extremely inconvenient time fixed, 5-30 on Wednesday evening, at this time of the year the finest part of the day. I saw it 'suggested in the last number of the Peterite that the Society should be open to the whole of the upper school . This I think would be a great advantage. Many of the debates, especially on political questions, have fallen through from the want of opposition . The Society seems to have (which indeed in many things is highly advantageous) a perfect unanimity of opinion . This condition would I think be ameliorated if we could impress six or eight lively vigorous Liberals . Perhaps this result might be attained by putting up on the notice board some such advertisement as this—" Wanted several energetic Liberals for the Debating Society . Application to be made in person to the Secretary." DEAR

CORRESPONDENCE .

Surely some means might be found of giving an impulse to the at present stagnant condition of the Society . Another time might be fixed, and means for ensuring regular meetings all the year round. Hoping that this may have the effect of calling attention to the existing evils, I am, yours truly, SHOREK-KHAN. To TIIE EDITORS OF TIIE PETERITE . " Du :u Sint,—I quite agree with "Remex" that the present system is not calculated to encourage regular rowing, but I hardly think that terminal subscriptions could be raised as he suggests . Those who know the difficulty there is in getting even one subscription from the greater part of the school, the day boys, will, I think, agree with me that it would be impossible to collect three . As to starting a subscription beforehand to buy boats, it would be necessary in the first place to provide a place to put them in . The present boathouse is just large enough for the boats we have. I think, " Reform's " plan of raising subscriptions the best. I would suggest a subscription of 30s . for the upper school and 20s . for the lower . This would give about X200 a year which might be apportioned as follows : Football . . . £20 Athletic Sports . . . 30 Cricket . . . 60 Boating . . . 70 This would leave a surplus of £20, which might be used for starting a lawn tennis club, instituting fives matches, or perhaps renting another field for junior matches. While I am on the subject of subscriptions I should like to say something to the younger day boys . When asked for subscriptions they say " 011! we don't play in the first or second eleven matches ; we can't use the school boats ; we can't be in the 1st XV ." But let me remind them that though at present they may not share the privileges of the seniors, yet in the course of two or three years they will be seniors themselves, and will then feel the want of those conveniences which they now refuse to join in procuring period . Apologising for trespassing so long on your valuable space, I am, yours truly, W . KATE.

CORRESPONDENCE.

To TIIE EDITORS OF " TIIE PETERITE . " SIR,—That only two boats were found to compete for the senior pairs is unfortunately not difficult to believe ; that the spirit of St. Peters has sunk so low that one of these could only be induced to row by the degrading bribe of a second prize should be a cause of alarm to professing amateurs. As there was no third boat to contest this unenviable reward, would it not have been much simpler to have divided the money for that race, dispensing with the unmeaning formality of rowing? The school in general is disgusted with this selfish and arbitrary mismanagement of its subscriptions . But it has a new cause of complaint . The entries for the junior races were larger than usual, and the competitors seem to have really taken some trouble in preparing for them . Not so, some of the seniors . The sixth form boat was utterly untrained, and to their disgrace barely escaped defeat from a boat which they calculated on being able to leave by half a dozen lengths . This neglect to train is an undesirable innovation of this year . School boys can have no excuse whatever for being " unfit ." It is strange that these competitors did not take this precaution for their personal comfort alone. It was, doubtless, very generous of them to be so considerate to their opponents, but it is hardly creditable to some of the leading oars in the school that they should have allowed their indifference, or else their inopportune feeling of superiority to imperil the result of so important a race, and there is little doubt that the school house junior would have defeated its plucky antagonists if one of their number had taken the ordinary trouble of training. Yet large school subscriptions are divided among the victors, to repay them for what they are pleased to call "the bother of practising ." This practice consisted—for certain boats that is—this year in occasionally going out for a pleasant row of a few miles at an easy pace, varied by fitful spurts, without the slightest attempt to acquire style, which might stand them in good stead at the Universities . Coaching is not very diflicule to obtain ; one boat at least owed a well-merited victory to it. The result of this neglect is that the members of the school get into a thoroughly bad style of pulling, and reap a rich harvest of abuse from the coaches of their respective college boats—if ever they manage to get into them—while a sister school of smaller numbers, but greater ambition, and less adverse to individual self-sacrifice, is usually represented in the interuniversity boat race, without detriment to its cricket and football triumphs. ESPRIT I)E COR I'S .

CORRESPONDENCE.

To THE EDITORS OF " TIIE PETERITE . " DEAR SIRS,—Would you permit me, through your medium, to do what has been done before, but with no effect, viz ., to call the attention of the athletic authorities to the careless way in which the track is measured at the sports . Last year the race that was called a quartermile was run in something better than the best professional record, while the mile was done in proportionately fast time . If the authorities think the races are long enough let them call them by their right name, when the quarter will become about 400 and the mile about 1600 yards ; but if they continue to call them quarter and mile, let them be made so, and let the course be carefully measured . No member of the ,school, at present, can be certain of what he can do in a race if he has always run considerably short of the distance he is supposed to have run ; and when he competes in a race on a properly measured track he will find himself utterly out of his calculations . I will add no more, for I am sure everyone will see the absurdity and childishness of having short races dignified by the names of long distances. I am, yours truly, G . II . EYIiE.

NOTES AND ITEMS. The Rev. G . F . Browne, B .D ., of St . Catherine's College, has been elected President of the Cambridge University Conservative Association. M. Taylor has passed the First Professional at Edinburgh with honours. E . E . Deane has passed the final examination of the Incorporated Law Society. II . C . B . Clayforth, of Worcester College, Oxford, has been elected to the Abbott Classical Scholarship, value £60 a year, open with some restrictions to all the University. The Rev. II . Vyvyan, Junior Mathematical Master, has been appointed to succeed the Rev . F . Lawrence to the living of St. Mary's, Castlegate, York .

NOTES AND ITEMS.

The Sub-wardenship of St . Augustine's College, Canterbury, has been conferred on the Rev. J. Walker, of Queen's College, Oxford, and second master of Loretto School, Musselburgh. We have great pleasure in announcing that W . Y. Fausset, late scholar of' Balliol College. Oxford, was proximo accessit for the Chancellor's Latin Prose Essay. A . E . Douglas,' of Christ's College, and J . II. Collinson, of Queen's, Cambridge, have had £20 and £10 respectively added to their scholarships for success in the May Examinations. G . H . Eyre, in the swimming races held by his College, won two races and was second in a third. J . H . Mallinson, G . H . Eyre, J. II . Daniel, and B . Baskett were all rowing in their College eights in the Midsummer term races at Cambridge and Oxford. Our readers will be glad to hear that II . Moss has produced a play at his theatre which has been eminently successful. By circumstances over which they could exercise no control, the Editors have been reluctantly compelled to delay the issue of the Petprite . They have, however, thought it advisable to publish the letters they received at the beginning of the term, as it is not yet too late for them to have a beneficial effect, though in some cases the events , to which they specially refer are long past.

THE

PETT:RITF. Vol, . IV .

AUGUST, 1M82 .

No . ;10.

SCHOOL LETTER . July 24th. ITII regard to this term we can now a ppreciate Dromio's in jun ct ion

" I?es1)ice , inte»t !" as the holidays are once more rapidly overtaking

us, and indeed, judging from past experience, may be decidedly on the wane when this composition secs the light. The numbers who are leaving the School this term are not very great. Three members of the sixth are going up to Cambridge in October, Peters, Wilton, and Crawshaw . Football prospects are tolerably bright, .as most of last year ' s team will be left . The cricket season closed rather 'disastrously, though the total number of victories exceeds that of last year . The chief, or only interest among the athletic world at present centres round the approaching Sports and the Regatta Boat . The latter is enjoying the efficient coaching of J . II . Daniel, and is getting in excellent trim for its expedition to Manchester, where it is to compete in the Agecroft Regatta : the crew consists of II . W . Wood (strok), W. Kaye, W . E . Brockbank, C . Lane (bow), J. IIarland (cox) . This emigration into foreign waters is an innovation, which we fully hope will be crowned with success . The competition for the Sports promises to be lively if the greater number of those who have entered do not scratch on the day of the Sports " suo more . "

The fact that the Old

Boys' Race is a handicap this year ought to attract several O . P . ' s . The suggestion with regard to a Lawn-tennis Club which occurred in one of the letters of the last number of the

Peterite is sensible, and we hope

will be acted upon . An attempt has been made this term to revive the club, which has enjoyed a precarious sort of existence for the last year or two ; but it has been nipped in the bud by the considerate conduct of certain persons, who seemed to consider that the court had been

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prepared as a jumping-ground for their special benefit . Examinations at present embitter one ' s life, and render the prospect of dissolution endurable in preference . The weather lately has been decidedly lachrymose, and the remark that " it is a bad thing for the country," and the like, is becoming wearisome . J . B.

CRICKET.

~ . YOIKSI IIBE G1 :NTLEM EN. Played at Yorkshire Gentlemen's Ground, May 20, 1882. THE SCHOOL. L. E. Stevenson, b Dodsworth

if)RKNHTRE GENTLEMEN. Hon . M . B . Hawke, st Lord, b Kayo 136

P . E. Lord, b Mawson

10 W. E . Brockbank, b Dodsworth 0 H . W . Wood, c Mawson, b Dodsworth 3

G. Gardner, b Brockbank

W . ,T . P . Kaye . b Gardner

E .B . Dodsworth, st Stevenson, bLord 22

W . Martin, b Hawke M. D . Taylor, b Gardner S . B. Flower, not out

10 0

W. II .Mawsoi, not out

H . W . Rhodes, run out G . C . _Murray, b Gardner

No ball

J. DArcy Hartley . lbw, b Stevenson 15 H. V . Scott, not out 62

10 0

A . Peters, run out

Byes 11, lb 1

Total

Total for 4 wickets 277

v . FLAXTON. School Ground, May 23, 1882. FLATTON . W . M . Bell, b Brockbank C . H . Hudson, c and b Brockbank R . Brooks, c Stevenson, b Lord A . Murfin, b Lord G . A . Esh,b Lord J . F . Griffith, c and b Lord J . Sturdy, b Kaye J . Smith, not out A . B . Everett, b Lord

33 10

W . J . P . Kaye, b âIurfin W . E . Brockbank, b Murfin

L. E. Stevenson, b Smith

1 0 16

W. Martin, b Sturdy II . W. Wood, b Sturdy

H . W . Rhodes, b Sturdy A . Peters, b Hudson

W. II. Hutchinson, b Kaye

W. Watson, c Brockbank, b Lord

1 2

Bye 1, 1b 1 Total

SCHOOL.

0 I P . E . Lord, c Sturdy, b Hudson 12 S. B . Flower, b Sturdy

17 11;

M. D. Taylor, run out

E. W . Clayforth, not out Byes 9, lb 2, widos 2 Total

13 CG

v .' D 1. IN IAM SCHOOL. Played oa School Ground, May 27th. SCHOOL. 2ND INNINGS. 1ST INNINGS. W . E. Brockbank . b Brutton 0 b Armstrong 0 lbw b Armstrong P. E . Lord, b Brutton 0 run out W . Martin, b Brutton n c Wethey, b Armstrong W. J . P. Kaye . b Brutton 2 b Brutton H . W . Wood, I) Brutton 0 b Armstrong M . D . Taylor, b Armstrong L . E . Stevenson, c Baker, b Brutton 7 b Armstrong 1 b Brutton H . W . Rhodes, b Armstrong A . Peters, b Armstrong 1 b Brutton 2 not out F . E . Robinson . not out R . Hughes, e Matthews, b Armstrong 0 b Brutton Byes 4. lb 1, nb 1 Total

0 3 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 5 3 6 Total

DURHAM—1sT INNINGS. J. P. Matthews, c Wood, I) Brockbank 0 B . Granville, lbw b Wood 2 9 AV . Armstrong . c Kaye. b Brockbank 0 E. B . Brutton, b Brockbank F. G . Saint, b Wood (i ( . M . Cradock, b Brockbank 14 W . H . Baker, c Peters, b Wood 10 A . Shaw, b Brockbank 9 .1. Wethey, st Stephenson . b Wood S F . Alderson, c Martin, b Lord F . Marshall, not out 0 1 Leg bye Total

(il

v . LEEDS C:1I .1M .1IAIP SCHOOL. Played on the School Ground, May .,0th, 1882. LEEDS GPAIIMAR SCHOOL. 1ST INNINGS . 2ND INNINGS. 22 c Wood b Kaye F .Hodson, c and b Brockbank A .W . Thompson,e Wood, b Brockbank 0 run out C . L . Templer, b Brockbank 18 not out C . H . Peacock, run out 9 st Stevenson, b Kaye 17 b Kaye H. Glover, b Kaye W. Henderson, c Kaye. b Brockbank 10 b Kayo E. Pearson, c and, b Kaye 0 not out R . A . Templer. c Kaye, b Brockbank 1 IV.Crosfield,c Robinson,b Kaye 5 F. Walker, not out 4 G. A . L . Pvper, b Kaye 4 Extras Extras 2' Total

Total for $ wickets

14 8 19 6 I) 0 2

4 53

CRICKET.

SCHOOL. W. J. P . Kaye, a Henderson b Pyper W. Martin,b Pyper F . E . Robinson . run out \V. E . Brockbank, b Pyper H . W . Wood, b Pyper P. E . Lord .b Py per L. E . Stevenson, b Pyper M. D . Taylor, b Pyper A . Peters. not out E . W . Clayforth,U Pyper R . Hughes. c and b Pyper Extras Total

28 4 4 0

5 30

o o 14 100

v . YORIiSIIIRE GENTLEMEN. Played on Yorkshire Gentlemen's Ground, June 10, 1882. YORKSHI.RE GENTLEMEN . SUIIOOL. 0 P. E . Lord . b Gray J . E . Jones, U Brockbank 7 W . E . Brockbank, b Gray W . H . Hutchinson, run out 2 W . J . P . Kaye, bMawson J . Coleman, b Wood 26 L . E . Stevenson, b Mawson \V . II . Mawson, b Wood 17 W . Martin . b Leatham G . A . B . Leatham, 1) Wood H .V . Scott, st Stevenson, b Brockbank 11 M . D . Taylor. b Mawson E . R. Dodsworth, c Stevenson, Wood 0 H . W. Wood, b Mawson 0 U . W. Rhodes, b Mawson A . Nelson, lbw b Brockbank A . . Peters . h Mawson A . W . Badger, b Wood . . . . A . Gray, not out F . E . Robinson, not out 0 Extras Extras ( ;r,

Total

0 10 ]il 23 3 1 .7 8 41

0 10 9 149

v . DtiRIIAM SCHOOL. Played at Durham, June 17. S . P . S. C . C. F . E . Robinson . b Armstrong W. J . P . Kaye . b Armstrong M . I) . Taylor. c Baker, b Armstrong W. E . Brockbank, b Armstrong W. Martin. b Brutton P . E . Lord, b Bretton L . E . Stevenson, c Hall, b Armstrong A . Peters, U Brutton A . W . Wood . run out II . W . Rhodes, b Brutton 11 . IIughes, not out Extras

•

it Total

DURHAM SCHOOL. J . P. Matthews, b Brockbank 0 F . G . Saint, b Stevenson :32 R . W. Armstrong, c Brockbank, b Stevenson 76 C. M. Cradock, not out 52 E . I;. Brutton, c Martin, b Lord 23 B. Cranville .b Stevenson 2 W. H . Baker . run out 1 E. H. Good, not out G A . F . Shaw F. Hall )- to bat. T . Miller Extras

Total for 6 wickets . . 2'09

CRICKET .

v . 1IORNSEA. Played on Yorkshire Gentlemen's Ground, June 24th. S.P .S .C .C. W . J . P. Kaye, b Gee F . E . Robinson, c S . Wade 1) Bolton P . E. Lord, b Gee W . E . Brockbank . b Bolton M . D . Taylor, c R. \Vale b Gee L . N . Stevenson . b H . Wade W . Martin . b Bolton I[ . 1C . Wood . c S . Wade b Bolton A . Peters. c P . J . b S . Wade 11 . W . Rhodes, not out It . I[ughes, b Bolton Extras

4 12 1 22 10 11 11 4 1 2 13

IIORN SEA. lI. Saxelbye, b Stevenson J . If . Watson, b Wood B . C . Bolton . b Brockbank A . J . Carver, b Stevenson II. N . Wade, e Stevenson b Kaye A. M . Gee . c Kaye b Stevenson R. J . Wade . c Brockbank b Kaye G. II . Wright, not out A . W . Taylor, absent S. C . Wade, c Martin b Kaye

100 )

Total

76 21 31 39 2 23 I .. 0 S

Extras Tota l

220

PAST v. PRESENT. Played on School Ground, June 29th. PAST. 2ND IcsiNCs. A . Hodgson,b Brockbank 10 b Stevenson J . H .Daniel, c Peters b Brockbank 13 c Lord b Stevenson 7 c Kaye b Stevenson C . J . Daniel . c Lord b Brockbank 0 b Stevenson G . H . Wade . run out F . Robinson . c Peters b Brockbank 1 b Kaye ' F. W . Grenhow, st Stevenson b Kaye 1 b Kaye G. W. Bulman, st Stevenson b Kaye S b Stevenson II . C . B . Clayforth c Murray b Kaye 0 run out S . J . J. S . Le Maistre I) Kaye 0 c Brockbank b Stevenson R . \A iiton b Kaye 1 not out 0 run out It . Wood not out Extra 1 Extra .. . 1ST INNINGS.

Total

4 b3

PRESENT. R' . .1 . P . Kaye, b J, H . Daniel 2 F. E . Robinson, c C . Daniel b Clayforth 0 AV . E . Brockbank . b J. II . Daniel 4S M . D. Taylor, b Clayforth 2 II . IV . Wood, b Clayforth 2 P. E . Lord, c C . Daniel b Clayforth 31 L . E . Stevenson, not out 46 0 A . Peters,b Clayforth R . Hughes . b Clayforth 0 H. W . Rhodes, b Robinson 9 G. C . Murray, b J . IL Daniel 1 Extras 20 Total

13 20 34 1 3 f, 0 0 0 2

161

CRICKET.

v. CLIF'I'ON. Played on School Ground, July I, 152 . S .P. S .C .U. CLIFTON. S3 P . E . Lord, b J . Grist r3 T . Haigh, c and b Stevenson 3 _ R . Hughes . h Burdett T . Hodgson, b Brockbank 9 2G \V . B . Brockbank . 1) Burdett T . L . Grist . b Brockbank \L D . 'I'svlor. 1) 1iurdett '2!I If . Burdett, CBrockbankbfitevenso i 23 L. E. Stevenson . c llait,~h_ b Burdett S G . C . Grist, riot out n W . J . P. Kaye . b Burdett 1 Clarke, h w, b Wood 1 O F. E . llobins,a, c Grist b Trotter Trotter, c Kaye b Brockbank 3 0 If . W. Rhodes . b Burdett Grave . b Broekbauk , 4 0 A. Peters . c IIodgson b Burdett Gill, c and b Brockbank H .\V.\Wood, b Burdett 0 J . Haigh, b Brockbank G. C . _Murray, not out 0 Holgate, b Brockbank l0 Extras 8 Extras 2 Total

7 :;

Total

v. FLAXTO\. At Flaxton, July 4. I' LA XTON . C . H . Hudson, c Wood, b Kaye J . R . Sturdy, st Stevenson . b Kaye R. Brooks, b Lord A . Murfin, c Kaye, b Stevenson W. M . Bell, c Robinson . b Kaye G . H . Esh, b Lord J . F . Griffith . b Lord W . H . Griffith, b Lord F. T . Griffith, not out \V. H . Hutchinson, b Stevenson M . Heslop, b Stevenson Extras Total

S . P . S . C . C. 19 A . Peters, b Mullin 1S G . C . Murray, c Sturdy . b Hudson 2 W . E, Brockbank . lbw, b Murfin 17 W. J . P . Kaye, )r Murfin 3 M . I) . Taylor . b Slurfin :3 P . E . Lord, run out 0 L . E . Stevenson . b Hudson 14 F . E . Robinson . 0 Slurfin II R .Ilughes, b Martin 1 1I . AV . Rhodes . b Murfin 0 II . W . Wood, not out 2 Extras

15 3 5 0 1 2 0 0 :3

88 l

:37

Total

0 8 O

v . CLIFTON. Played on School Ground, July 8. S . P . S . C . C. CLIFTON. A . D . Hart . b Burdett J. Sturdy, 1) \food 0 G . Breed . b Stevenson G. C . Murray, run out M. D . Taylor, b Sturdy 10 J. Grist, run out F . E . Robinson, c Doman, b Burdett o G. Grist. run out 3 A . Burdett, c and b Stevenson A . Peters . b Burdett P . E . Lord, lbw b Grist 17 J . Ulsterman . e Lord, b Wood L . E . Stevenson, b Burdett 9 J . Doman, b Stevenson H. W . Rhodes. b Burdett G J . Haigh . not out I ; . Hughes, not out 5 H. Muchall . b Wood J . Hodgson . b Stevenson E . W . C'layforth . c Grist b Burdett Ti . W . Wood, b Burdett \V. vlutchiuson, b Wood O Extras li Extras Total

Total

13 4 2 27

Gt)

C RLC RYE C .

Times Highest Not out . Inns. 1 46*

W . J . P . Kaye

inns . 12 11

126

Average. 13 i"i i

M . D . Taylor

117

W . Ti, Brockhank

0 0

100

S ir

P. E . Lord

11 13

L . E. Robinson

W. Martin H . W . Rhodes

12 12

1 1

2,+,

2 Ty

Over, .

Maidens.

Runs .

Wickets.

1221

275

L . E . Stevenson

H. W . Wood A . Peters R . Hughes

L . E . Stevenson

Wider. No balls. 2 0

Total. 146

lls

1] i

W . J . P. Kaye

1262

3 .97

11 ;1

WE . Brockbank H . W . Wood

1801

419

141

100 3

234

141

P . E . Lord

102 .3

273

l5?

H . W. Rhodes

W. Martin

M. D . Taylor

It is difficult to know whether to congratulate the cricket team or not this year With only four of last year's eleven, and they too only of one season's standing, it has won more matches out of a smaller programme than formerly, and one victory at least against the Yorkshire Gentlemen reflects great credit on the eleven . In that match alone did it as a whole play up to its abilities, and yet even then the exhibition made by some of the best bats was disappointing . Is before, the weakness lay in the fielding, and apparent inability to hold catches : this was perhaps partly due to nervousness, as some brilliant fielders in internal games sometimes signally failed in first eleven matches . The reason for missing catches may either be inability or deliberate determination not to get to them. The latter cause, especially when aggravated by excuses, such as, " It wasn't my catch," unless counterbalanced by other excellences, has an easy and obvious remedy ; the other can be overcome by practice . It may not be too much to say that three more victories might have been secured but for this fault ; certainly all defeats made far less crushing. Yet it will not be far from the truth to say that the whole eleven was not found six times together in practice, and that there never were any

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proper field days . When it was together four would probably be engaged in bowling, two in batting, and the other live in talking to each other anywhere and casually trotting after a hit when no one else would go for it . Some never came -unless it was their turn to bat to the professional, and sometimes thought themselves so perfect as to need no coaching at all. In batting the great weakness was against quick howling, though the eleven greatly improved in this before the end . The result of the Past v . Present proves this ; the eleven then met the fastest bowler they played against during the season and yet far from disgraced itself . Great credit is due to the careful attention paid to the members by F . Iiratt, who rescued some promising bats from ruin by eradicating the fascinating temptation for a " big slog ." ()n the whole there was plenty of good batting talent, which gradually developed during the season and promises well for next year, as most of the present eleven will probably remain, The bowling certainly was not strong, and was extremely variable ; some members went in for great speed or twist before the more elementary rudiments of straightness and pitch had been properly acquired, or rather allowed their endeavours after the first two to blind them to the need of the second.

L . E . STEPHENsoN (captain), a good hat, though not stylish ; can hit tremendously at times ; played many useful but lucky innings ; a fair bowler at all paces, but often carried away by a desire to frighten the batsman ; it very promising and improving wicketkeeper ; obtained both averages. P . E . Loen, scarcely played up to the reputation formed of him last year till late iii the season ; a very careful and neat hat ; fair change slow-bowler ; very good field. W . E . IiROCKRANK, bowled consistently well during the whole season, having always to commence the attack ; did not show his proper batting form till the last few matches ; a safe field . (Ilas left .) II . W . Woo», poor bat and field ; bowled extremely welhat times. W. J . Y . Kx a would make a good bat if he could get over his respect for fasts ; played several useful hard-hitting innings ; fast bowler but erratic ; generally to be relied upon in the field. W . "MARTIN, a steady bat and reliable field ; did not play at the end of the season . (Ilas left .)

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M . D . TAVI.ott, a good bat, rather fond of swiping ; played decidedly the best innings of the season, and generally safe for runs; uncertain in the field, varying from real brilliance to the other extreme. Ii. W. RIIoiF:s, disappointing as a bat, owing to nervousness ; excellent longstop and useful change bowler. A . PETERS, ugly bat but really good field . (IIas left .) F . E . ROBINSON, weak bat but can stick at times ; his fielding cannot be judged owing to his respect for catches. R . 111- iES, uncertain both as a bat and in the field.

THE ATHLETIC SPORTS. PRESIDEST : Rev . II, M. Stephenson . C' o>lnITTEE : W . E . Brockbank . R. C. Wilton, C . J . H . Williamson . JCDeus : II . W . Hales, Esq., Rev . E . S . Carter, Rev . H . G . Hopkins . J. L . Freeman, Req. The sports were held on the School Ground on Monday and Tuesday, July 21 and 23 . The events show generally considerable improvement on last year, some being especial y good, both high jumps and throwing the cricket ball (junior) . The weather on the whole was fair, with the exception of some heavy showers, which interrupted the prizegiving . On Monday morning some rain fell, but the clouds cleared oft and the sports were viewed by a large assembly . The management was notch superior to that of former years, and the sports were most successful. On Tuesday evening the prizes were distributed by Mrs. If . M. Stephenson. The order of events on Monday w-as as follows : PUTTING THE WEIGHT (IGlbs .) : W. J. P. Kaye (33ft . Sin .), L. E . Stephenson (32ft . l0in .), W . E . Brockbank . Eight entries ; four competed. Loxn JUMP (under 15) : 1 . W . F . Ford ; 2, A . Spencer ; 3, S . B . Flower. Ford jumped in very good style, clearing 15ft . 7in., beating Spencer by a foot. 21 entries ; 12 competed. LONG JUMP (open) : 1, W . E . Brockbank (lsft . lin .) ; 2, C . J. II . Williamson (17ft . 7in .) ; 3, W. J . P. Kaye . Nine entered ; five competed. 100 YARDS (under 13) . For this race 25 entered, and it was run in three heats, resulting as follows : Heat 1 : I . A, Spencer ; 2, W . Ford ; 3 . C . P. Green. 12 secs. Heat 2 : 1, F . W. Faber ; 2, G . Charlesworth ; 3 . L. H . Hinman . 12 secs. Heat 3 : 1 . S . B . Flower ; 2, W . Gofton ; 3, J . A. Dunkerley . 13 sees .

.%. 1111,1 TIC SI'OIRTS.

100 YARDS (open). 15 entries. Heat 1 : I, W . E. Brockbank ; 2, C . J . Williamson ; 3, L . S . Stevenson. 11 secs. Won by half a yard. ]Teat 2 : 1, I1 . W. Wood : 2 . J . C . Ford : 3, W . J . P . Kaye . 111 secs . Won easily, 100 YARDS inn(ter 13) : 1, W. Lewis ;. 2 . N. Malcolm : 3, G . C . Wand . Lewis won with the greatest ease in excellent style . 10 entries. QUARTER MILE . 16 entries . 1, W . E . Brockbank : 2, W . J . P . Kaye : 3, J . C. Ford . Brockbank started off at a good pace, and soon took a good lead . winning by six yards . The time (59 seconds) could have been lessened considerably. Eight started. MUSIC RACE (500 yards) . Five entries ; four competitors. 1 . R . Crawshaw 2, 11 . Bloomfield ; 3, R . Firth. Crawshaw. running in very good style from the five yards mark, came away an easy winner. TIIIIOWING TILE CRICKET BALI . (under 15). 16 entries . 1 . C. P . Green (76 yards) ; 2, S. B . Flower ; 3 . A. Spencer. MILE RACE . 21 entries ; 13 started . 1, A . D . Hart : 2, W . J . P Kaye ; 2 A . Rose. Harland and Johnson showed in front as soon as the competitors had settled -down ; Brandt then took the lead for half a round, but at the commencement of the third lap Hart took up the running and began to draw ahead . Finally he wou by a long distance without being pressed in the least . On entering the last lap Kaye came up into the second place, beating Ford by half a yard . 5min. _'secs. HANDICAP RACE (500 yards) . 70 entries . 1, IV . E . Bradley : 2, C . E . Cobb : 3, H . P. Douglas.

On Tuesday the weather was again favourable, though the rain, which had been threatening all the afternoon, fell heavily at the conclusion. HI(,n Jump (open) . Seven entries . I . C . Williamson (5ft . 21in .) : 2, IV. E. Brockbank (5ft . lin .) ; :1, J. C . Ford (4ft . 11in .) HIGH JUMP (under 15) .

14 entries . 1 . IV . Ford (oft . 7lin .) : 2, S. B . Flower

(4ft . 5in .) ; 3, F . A . Bulman (4ft . 4in .) Ford won rather easily . Bulman had a very hard struggle with Birks for the third place. 100 YARns (open) . Final Heat : 1 . W . E. Brockbank : 2 . C . J . Williamson : 3 . W. J . P . Kaye. After traversing half the distance Brockbank came to the front with Williamson in attendance half a yard behind ; but the latter was unable to get any closer, and Brockbank came in first . Time, 10 secs. HANDICAP RACE (300 yards) . 95 entries . 1, W. E . Bradley ; 2 . C . E . Cobb ; 3, R . Crawshaw .

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THROWING THE CRICKET BALL (open) . 11 entries . 1, L . E . Stevenson {881 yards) : 2, W . J . P . Kaye ; 3, W . E . Brockbank . '1 his event was looked upon as a dead certainty, as the winner had thrown 107 yards in practice . The wind, however, was against him on the day. RACE OVER HURDLES (open) . 8 entries . 1 . IV . E . Brockbank ; 2, C ., Williamson : 3 . J. C . Foal . Ttrockhank took the lead at once, and was never approached during the whole race. RACE OVER HURDLES (under 15) . 15 entries. 1, W. Ford : _', H . Kitchin 3, F . W . Faber. Ford went away at a great pace, and won easily by 20 yards six yards between second and third. POLE Justin . Eight entries . 1, W . E . Brockbank (7ft . Gin .) : 2, A . Peters and G . C . Murray. 100 YARDS (under 15) . Final Heat : 1, A . Spencer : 2, W. Ford ; 3, S . B. Flower. RACE OVER HURDLES (Handicap, 560 yards) . 22 entries . 1, W . E . Brockbank (scratch) ; 2 . L . F . Crawshaw (25 yards) : 3, J . C . Ford (20 yards) . The winner ran in magnificent style . taking the lead about 150 yards from home, and winning easily by 10 yards . This event was the sixth that he had won. OLD Boys' RACE (1 Mile Handicap) . Three entries. 1, P . L. Newman (15 yards) ; 2, W. II . Griffith (30 yards) ; 3, A . P . Chadwick (scratch) . Griffith kept his lead till about 100 yards from home, when Newman passed him, Chadwick dropping out. THREE LEGGED RACE (100 yards) . 29 pairs entered . This was run in three heats, the final resulting in—1, IT . IV. Wood and C . Williamson ; 2, A. Spencer and W. Ford. CONSOLATION RACE (for those who have not been first in any former event) 1, J . C . Ford ; 2, L . T. Crawshaw ; 3, A . Rose.

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES. The prizes were given away by the Rev . 11 . M . Stephenson on Tuesday evening, July- :?5tli, in the presence of the usual number of spectators . llr . Stephenson began by reading a list of the honours gained by Sr . Peter's during the past year, which have been already recorded in our columns . lle then expressed the regret the school felt at the loss of the Rev . IL \ yvyan, appointed to the rectory of St. Mary's, Castlegate . After this he quoted from the opinions expressed upon the work of the school by the Examiners, who were as follows : Appointed by the Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board (for the Sixth and Fir t Division)—J. H. Onions, M .A. . . Student of Cl : . Cli ., Oxford

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.

'Classics) ; Rev . G . S . Ward, M .A . . Fellow of IIertford, Oxford (Mathematics) and Professor J. E . Thorold Rogers, M .A ., _II .P ., Fellow- of Worcester Coll,, Oxford (History) . For the rest of the School and the Foundation Scholarships— Rev . G . H . Ling, Fellow and Tutor of Corpus, Cambridge (Classics for Upper School) ; Rev . J . Brownbill, late Scholar of St . John's, Cambridge (Mathematics) and Rev . J . Bedford . late Scholar of Lincoln Cull . . Oxford (Classics for the Lower School). The opinion of Professor Rogers was particularly favourable as to some of the history work shown up by the Sixth, as was that pronounced by Mr . Bedford upon the general proficiency of the Upper Third. The prizes were awarded as follows The Archbishop's Prize for Classics—E . W . Clayforth. The Dean's Prize for Mathematics—A . Peters. The Exhibition—R . (' . Wilton. IN CLASSICS .—Sixth Form.—Rank . Clayforth : German, Peters ; French, Stephenson ; Divinity, Clayforth. Head Masters Composition Prizes—Latin Prose and Greek Verse, Clayforth . Archdeacon Iley's Prize for an English Essay—Wilton . Canon Elwyn's Prize for Greek Testament—Clayforth . Head Master's Prize for English Subjects—Clayforth : to Kaye a second prize was awarded, while Stevenson and Lord were commended . Fifth Form—Rank, Rhodes : Classics, Wade 1 : Divinity, Wade 1 ; French, Wade I . Upper Fourth—Rank, Stevenson 3 : Classics . Stevenson 3 ; French, Clarke 2 : Mr. Ycld's Composition Prize . Flower. IN 1\1ATJIE\IATICS .—Division 1—Extra Prize, given by Mr . Adams, Joy, Division 2—Wilson 1 . Division 3—Grindlrod 2 . To Foundation Scholarships were elected J . H . G . Wilson and T . P . Clarke . and E. W . Clayforth to one for one year. To Free Schclarships—J . B . Stevenson and H . Bloomfield. Is 'rllli CIVIL AND MILITARY DEPARTMENT .— Upper Division . Rank, Martin 1 ; Divinity, Forster and Smith 2 ; Mathematics, Daniel 1 ; Natural Science Prize, given by Mr . Adams . Lane : English, Martin 1 : German . Bedingfcld ; French, Foster. Lower Division, Rank, \exile ; Divinity, Lofton ; Natural Science Prize. given by Mr . Adams, Nevile ; English . Brown 2 ; Mathematics, Brown 2 French. Hughes 1. Lower Fourth Form—Rank, Pickles 1 : Classics . Pickles I : Mathematics, Douglas 1 ; French ; Pickles 1 : Mr . Yeld's Composition Prize . Pickles 1 : Mr. Yeld's History Prize (open to Upper and Lower), Aitken ; Mr . Adams' Prize for Improvement in Mathematics, Crosthwaite. Upper Third Form—Rank, C'rawshaw 2 ; Clas ics, Malcolm : Mathematics, Murray 2 . Extra Prize, given by Mr . Adams, C'rtiwehaw 2 ; French . Malcolm. Lower Third Form—Rank . Huffam ; Classics, Huffam ; Mathematics . Brown 1 French, McClellan. Upper Second Form—hank, Rice : Classics . Rice : Mathematics, Rice ; French, Rice,

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES .

Lower Second Form—Rank, Hornby ; Classics . Hornby ; Mathematics. Macintosh ; French, Easten. tipper First Form—Rank, Allan : CIassics, Allan : Second Prize, Botterill : Mathematics, Allan ; French, Botterill. Lower First Form —Rank . Carter : Classics, Carter and Mortimer : Mathematics. White : French . White. Rev . T . Adams' Prizes for Chemistry—Christmas, 1851, Crossley I ; commended, Murray 2 ; July, 1882, English 1 ; commended, Lane. Murray 2 ; Kitchen 1. Writing and Dictation Prizes—Form Four, Flower ; Form Three, not adjudged : Form Two, Steward ; Form One . Allan . Civil and Military Department— Jackson I. Dom lug Prizes, given by W . J . Boddy, Esq.—Painting Prize, Crossley 1; commended, Steavenson 4 . Chalk Drawing Prize . Crawshaw 1 ; commended, Martin 1 . Pencil Drawing Prize, Murray 2 . _Mechanical Drawing Prize, Ford 1 ; commended, Bradley. Improvement, Pickles 1. Drilling Prize, given by Sergt.-Major Kinneavey, Pickles 2. Mr . Stephenson then congratulated the School upon its behaviour during the term, and upon its increased numbers, and after the announcement that they would meet again upon Sept . 13th, the School separated with the usual cheers.

CORRESPONDENCE. To TIIE EDITORS OF " TIIE PETERITE . " Sot,—The letter in the 29th number of the

Peterite,

avowedly

appealing to the " Esprit de Corps " of the school, seems to be little better than a series of personal attacks . That some of them are deserved I do not dispute, but I take this opportunity of stating that it was not for " the degrading bribe of a second prize "—" degrading" seems rather superfluous, since most bribes are more or less degrading—that the second boat rowed in the Senior Pairs, and that, as the "degrading bribe" was half-a-crown, I think " Esprit

de Corps" has gone out of

his way to make a statement which, if intended to stand as a fact, is ridiculous ; if introduced as a witticism, pitiable. The second boat, as I think is generally known, rowed solely that there might be a race for the Senior Pairs . The first thing your patriotic correspondent does in his large-minded and consistent epistle is

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to wish the Senior Pairs had fallen through altogether—the next is to mourn over the want of enthusiasm and scarcity of entries in the senior events . ONE OF TIIE " BRIBED ."

To TOE Barrot s or " Tlti: PETEIIITE . " SCHOOL SUBSCRIPTIONS. DEAR Suss,—As I see that Kaye, in the last number of the-

Pettrite, has re-opened the question of day-boy subscriptions, I wish to add a few words to what I have previously said on the subject. While deprecating the pugnacious spirit that dismissed my former letter— somewhat unjustifiably, I think—as an " angry polemic," I regret that I shall be unable to explain the reasons for my opinions without pointing out plain facts in plain language . If it is not the duty of each member of the school to contribute towards its sports, it is at least a healthy belief to foster, and considering that the cost of an excellent education as a clay-boy is small compared with that of a boarder, it is no great hardship that they should contribute equally . The advantages of a fixed sum payable in the school bill would be these : a Central Committee would be established, who being representative and not purely devoted to the interests of one sport would check the "selfish and arbitrary mismanagement" of the present arrangements . The amount raised would not be so precarious and irregular, while a desirable equality would be established . At present all boarders subscribe whether they play or no . Many of them—alas for compulsory athletics—I fear are so devoted to ornithological and other scientific pursuits detrimental to person and purse, that they flee from a cricket-ball or football as they would from an exploding shell . Again I ant sorry to say that those who collect the subscriptions, when they receive ridiculously small sums from those who can and properly should contribute more, cannot but have sad misgivings that the amount given by some of the parents to be handed in as a subscription is frequently misapplied . There is also a growing body, which by dint of delusive promises or flat refusals contrives to give nothing whatever, and yet avail themselves of privileges to which they are in no way entitled . Any one who has suddenly returned from a football pick-up, would see the cricket-ground swarming with these

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non-subscribers, who generally decamp on the arrival of an official of the team . This petty deceit cannot be prevented, and it is mortifying to hear the remark, I never have paid a subscription since I have been at the school, and I play just the same" (as the writer has) . Take the case of last year's theatricals ; no fixed sum was asked for, and the smallest contributions would have been thankfully received . The boarders contributed £23 16s. Out of the 01) or so day-boys 6 only subscribed, and that the modest sum of £1 15s . Yet I venture to assert that everyone of then turned up to see the performance. And what are their grievances ? " We don't play ." I might say the same of many subscribing boarders—at any rate they are at liberty to learn . " We live too far off," I can remind them that many day-boys have regularly attended matches and pick-ups, though they have had awalk of miles to do so ; and now that tramways are stirring to annihilate distance, most of them are within easy reach of the school . Of course those living out of York should have a special arrangement. Hoping the matter will receive consideration, I am, Yours etc ., REFORMER.

NOTES ANI) ITEMS. A . CoL .DwICK obtained a first class and prize of books in his College Examination at St . John's, Cambridge. A . PRO(' ER has passed the final Examination of the Incorporated Law Society. MAintr_vLL Rou!Nsox, gentleman cadet, has been gazetted Lieutenant in the 1st West India Regiment, from the Royal Military College. E . A . LANE passed 7th out of 40 successful candidates for admission to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. N . P . AV . BEADY passed in the 1st Division in the London University Matriculation Examination. 1 : . W . T .cYLOP, B .A ., Trin . Coll ., Camb., has been called to the bar by the Icon . Soc . of Lincoln's Inn. C . S . DONNER has been gazetted as Commander in II . M . S . Fleet, and appointed to the Thalia for transport service afloat .

NOTES AND ITEMS.

COMMANDER AnoLrllus ST . CLAIR has been appointed to the BoscaweD, O . H . DANIEL was 10th in the Competitive Examination for Cadetship, in the R .N. On July 8th at St . Andrew's, Ashton-on-Ribble, T . C . Snow, Fellow of St . John's Coll ., Oxon, was married to Edith Mary, daughter of Rev . S . W . Smith, of Ashton-on-Ribble. T . C. AL .LOtiT . M .A ., M .D., is this year President over Section A. (medicine), of the British Medical Association, which this month holds its 50th Anniversary at Worcester. C . J. DAN[EL has, on leaving Sandhurst, received his Cunnnission in the 17th Pegiment, which has been ordered out to Egypt. G . II . EYnE, Scholar of C . C . C . Camb ., has been elected to a Goldsmiths' Company's Exhibition of £50 a year. G . II. WADE, Ball . Cull ., Oxford, has obtained a 3rd class in Classical Moderations. G . II . Erx~, has been representing the Thames Rowing Club at Kingston Regatta, where as stroke of their junior eight he won his heat. TnE REv . C . C_1.MIDGE has been appointed to the Prebendry of \Vetwang, Dio . York. 1V . KxvE begs to acknowledge the receipt of the further sum of 10/from J . 1I . Mallinson for the boat-house. J. CnxDwicx, of Guy's Hospital, London, has gained the Gth certificate in the Prize Examination—open to 2nd year men—in Anatomy, Histology, and Physiology, and has been appointed Assistant Demonstrator of Anatomy. Any communications to be sent during the holidays, should he forwarded to E . W. Clay forth, Feliskirk Vicarage, Third : .

THE

PETE RITE. Von. Iv .

OCTOBEII, 1882.

No .

1 .

THE INNER LIFE OF THE BLACK COUNTRY. 110 has not seen a Coal Pit ?

Ay, who ? But few indeed itt

this age of hot activity and boiling bustle have not looked

upon at least the outside of a pit, and become somewhat familiar with its noise and whirl ; its dirt acid sooty blackness ; the huge black pitheap ; the begrimed engine-house ; the rattle of the cage up and down the shaft ; the clank of chains ; and the deep bellowing roar of pitmen's lungs . Perhaps but few of my readers have been down a pit, and fewer still have the wish to explore the dark abyss . But if you put yourselves in my hands for a short time, I shall take you in imagination to a pit in the county of Durham, to witness and take part in the festivity below ground. It was Christmastide, though the open weather would fain give the lie to the assertion, and about six o'clock in the evening, when five of us set out to make night horrible with shouts and revelry . Our dress was not particularly pitmanlike, being composed of cast-off clothing of various shapes and still more various hues . In a pitman's eyes we were habited with extreme neatness and plainness, as the pitman is proverbially addicted to all such colours as are in his opinion not in the least calculated to arrest attention . " I'll ha' noun o' yoor bawdy collore, gie me plain reed, yaller and bloc .'' But we draw near to the pit ; the flare of torches and lamps tells us that . There at to top of the shaft, round a blazing fire, sits a motley group of a somewhat nondescript character . A jolly red farmer, next a grizzly pitman ; a pale-faced tradesman shivering in his shoes at the thought that soon he will be on his downward path, descending he

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knows not whither ; the conventional 'Arry, with his Mary Jane, bouncing in bright-flamed ribbons, and the stout old mother watching over her daughter that now is and her son that is to be, like a hen watching over a brood of ducks, with this difference : that when the ducks essay the watery main—which generally in the pit district, if we take away the beautiful and touchingly poetical idea, consists of a dirty child-infested gutter—the old hen remains in statu quo on the bank, whereas in the present instance the mother overcame her fears, and much to the delight (?) of the daughter that now is, and the son that is to be, after many exclamations of alarm and much coaxing and entreaty on the part of the banksman waiting to trap the cage away, and accelerated by a well timed impetus given by her sturdy partner in the rear, she stepped into the narrow prison . The signal was given ; the four disappeared swiftly into the darkness . " Ma word, Geordie, hinney, " said the banksman, " She ga p s done wi' graate philosophy ." The screams and cries of the good old lady are heard in the distance, " Mind, 'Arry,'Arry, tak care o' oor Mary Jaane ." And 'Arry took care of her. But the cage is down at the bottom of the shaft and the other cage at the top . We move to get in . Just as we are stepping in, our eyes are arrested by a placard, " Visitors are expected to remember the onsetter at the bottom ." An intimation of this nature at such a crisis of our lives, containing such a gentle hint so directly suggested in a manner calculated not to offend the feelings even of the most sensitive, brought tears to our eyes . And naturally so, for who could have thought that it was possible to bring before the notice of so .many people, in such a delicate manner, the poverty of the aforesaid onsetter, and his heroism in overcoming his natural pride and aversion to receiving pecuniary assistance ? Oh! the thought was beautiful! And so we felt, and with subdued feelings we pondered over it all the time we were descending, for—we had brought no money. All the time we were descending, did I say? No, not all the time . For as we were whirled down, our hearts and stomachs seemed in our mouths, the ground seemed to have been taken away from under our feet . The aforesaid subdued feelings became unsubdued. " The old order changeth, giving place to new . " But the old order was restored again, when we saw the onsetter at the bottom! IIe took off his hat, which had been beautifully decorated with paper roses, holly,

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and ribbons, by his conjugal mate, very politely as we thought. We were charmed with his politeness, and our hearts went out to his. (Perhaps they did that the more readily as they were, as I have already said, in our mouths .) They soon cause back again, however . That act of politeness was not so charming as it looked. It served a double purpose : it served to welcome our persons and it also served to welcome our purses ! Which was the sincerest welcome? Why, the former, of course ! Who dares to take away the character of a good honest " Geordie." However, as we had none of the wherewithal to call for the second welcome, we were allowed to proceed on the understanding that we were to send its equivalent to him afterwards . So even in the Plutonic regions we found it was each man for himself and heaven help the hindmost. Our attention was soon arrested by the busy scene around us . Where have we got to ? Ay, good reason to ask that question . Are these the "Lugentes Campi?" Surely not, for our ears are bewitched by sweet sounds of music, proceeding we knew not whence . We follow the sound, and after long search we espy a recess in the side (I claim poetical license and call it a grotto), its entrance barricaded with myrtle and festooned with holly . I peered in and saw far in the grotto a fairy form—at least I had to suppose it was a fairy—though of rather Titanic dimensions . Wishing to be assured of his unsubstantial nature, and to ascertain whether he really a "fermis sire corpore vita," I obtained the loan of Charon, the onsetter's pole, and with a dexterous and welldirected thrust, I darted the pole full in the fairy's chest . The effect was instantaneous and startling . The music, a combination of i\Iendelssohn, Handel, and Beethoven, suddenly ceased ; a crash was heard ; I peered again into the grotto : two legs were up in the air ; so was the instrument of music ; whilst from the depths of the grotto boomed a rolling thunder of ejaculations of a terse and exclamatory character ! The deed was done ; the spell was gone ; I laughed ; there was one who didn't ! The regions I was in evidently were not the " plains of mourning ." Then were they the realms spoken of by Virgil: Hie duos durus amor crudeli tabe perelit Secreti celant canes myrtea circun Silva tegit. True to the life! There were indeed "secret paths " wherever I turned

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my eyes and saw by faith where I could not see by sight . And further there was the "myrtea silva," a terns Virgil might have applied to the holly decorations in profusion all round . But how about love ? \Vell, speaking confidently, I am rather inclined to believe that in many cases "where two hearts beat before " (i .e . on their entrance to the pit) "those two now beat in one " (i .e. on their exit) . We noticed a good-humoured approving smile on the face of the portly old lady I have introduced to my readers before, as she thinks that what was before a possibility is now a decided probability, and that in a few short days, "the son that is to he " will be the son that now is ." How different the present scene at the bottom of the shaft from what it generally is .

Then all is dirt, gloom, and apparent confusion . A

charming concert confounds the ear : the rapping of signals and ringing of bells ; the rumbling of tubs as the empty ones are taken out of the cage and replaced by full ones ; the roar of the "run " of some forty full tubs to the bottom of the shaft ; the clanking of chains, and the doublebass bellowings of pitmanic lungs . But now the scene is changed as if by magic . Ilolly decorates the hare walls of coal ; the stone roof has been whitewashed for the occasion, and a large arch of holly thrusts " Welcome " forcibly before our eyes . Up the narrow long vistas is seen the flicker of torches illuminating the dazzling leaves of holly. We pa,cs along one of these . We need no thread to lead us back through the mazy labyrinth . We follow the throng . At length the narrow way opens out into a large recess brightly illuminated and decorated . There we see a large table and—but I dare scarcely tax my readers' powers of credulity so far—a white table-cloth, and on the white covering a bounteous wherewithal to satisfy even the most pampered and fastidious epicures, in plain though colloquial English, " a good spread ." The whole scene brought to my mind Virgil's description of the feast in honour of Pastor Aristaeus in the sea grotto query . Could the daughters and wives of the pitmen be said to correspond to Virgil's nymphs ? In length of names they might.

Ta G' xA).a c1yw Before we explored the unknown region before us, feeling that the sensation of admiration and astonishment was entirely mental and bad no effect upon our physical natures, at least no detrimental effect, and being of a provident nature, we looked to our commisariat and pro-

TILE INNER LIFT: Ot TIIE BLACK COUNTRY .

vided for the worst . (N .B —On that remarkable occasion everybody proved themselves of a provident nature, for they all provided for the worst . Does this excellent quality among the pitmen extend to the other matters? Ask their wives .) Our tea is over and we are in debt to the amount of 2/6 . Strange to say this has little effect upon our animal spirits . A line of Tennyson comes uppermost " move upwards working out the beast ." So we move upwards (i .e . up the incline) until we come to the habitation of die beasts—the pit stables . The expression "working out the beast" is terribly significant . The beasts or pit ponies soon get worked out poor things, at least in some collieries . The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Society have not such free access as above ground . But, in the pit we are in, the ponies are decidedly better treated, and one larger white pony "Roger" is the pit favourite. IIe poked its nose out for us to rub. There were several other lilliputian ponies whose hides had by this time been well seasoned by the short leather-thonged whips of the black imps who seemed to make flagellation their special study as to where and how it might be applied with the greatest effect . Opposite the stables we pass into a small room used on ordinary occasions as a hospital for sick horses . A rough painting of two cross pipes resembling the cross keys of St . Peter's announces to us that this is the smoke-room. The announcement is at the best superfluous, the dense clouds of tobacco smoke issuing from about thirty " churchwardens" provided for the occasion prove conclusively the existence of pitmen in that locality. Who ever knew a pitman who didn't smoke? But if there were pitmeni, there were also pitmenae . I could just make out the dazzling hues of their bonnets looming flaringly through the smokecharged atmosphere . We take a seat and presently as our eyes pierce through the gloom we espy a harmonium . " What ! Music again? ' °' Yes, there is going to be a concert ." A concert down a pit ; good gracious ! what next? We, however, bethink ourselves of the maxim " nil admirari," and are silent. Suddenly a broad-shouldered grizzlybearded pitman shuffles awkwardly on his legs, which serve to give a flat contradiction to Euclid's axiom, " two straight lines cannot enclose a space," and proposes that " the ' onoman' (overman) tak the cheer," which proposition is received with cheers of another sort, and the onoman " is thrust forcibly into the "cheer ." His physiognomy is

TIIE INNI?R LIPS OF TILE BLACK COUNTRY.

characteristic and betokens sharpness and penetration . A long piercing nose, which in his courting days must have proved a serious bar to that well-known expression of affection conveyed by lips, on the end of which was balanced a pair of yellow—I beg pardon, gold-rimmed spectacles—a pair of little searching eyes twinkling over the top of his spectacles, carrying with them a sort of I-see-through-you expression ; a mouth firm set and determined ; and lips that when in motion clapped vigorously together like a duck's bill digging in the mire ; add to these a stoutish barrel-shaped body (what he lost in height lie made up in breadth) supported by a lean pair of legs which made him, when he ran, resemble a sparrow in a hurry, and a pair of hoots, the dimensions would put to shame any ordinarily sized canoes and you would have a tolerably correct portrait of the " cheerman " of the present proceedings . Sitting next him was a more rational type of humanity called " Willum," his right hand man. After order had been restored, this portly individual rose, and, adjusting his spectacles on the end of his nose so as to preclude any possibility of his seeing through them, gave vent to a few preliminary grunts, and taking a pinch of snuff and handing one to " Willum," he began a long and discursive harangue . Like the clockwork harmonium which, when the minister wound it up to play a hymn tune, would not stop . and had to be carried bodily out of the chapel, so the worthy chairman guffawed and chuckled on, detailing the whole story of his life, and dwelling fondly on his courtship and marriage with the charming creature who was sitting next her " Robbut," hanging upon the winged words that sped from his lips. At last " Willum " deferentially suggested that it might be advisable to begin the concert . The chairman agreed, and hoping that the songs would be of an "elervatin'" character, and there would be "nothin' debatched," announced, "The furst piece,on the pwogwamme is a song. entitled—What is ' t, Willum" and Willum responded suitably to the occasion as newspapers say. The first song happened to be " The Jolly Jeremiahs," which so amused and tickled " Robbut," that at the end of it he jumped up, waved his arms frantically about in windmill fashion, and shouted out, "Hurra' ! hurra' ! hurra' ! I! That's the song we want ; that elervates the feelin' and intellec' of the mass ; there's nothin debatched in that . Hurra' ! " Other "clervatin' " songs followed, if the

THE INNER. LIFE OF THE BLACK COUNTRY .

comic element can be said to have an elevating tendency, and were following, and still to follow when I decamped . The hour was late and the proceedings long, and fearing that the present contribution may seem too tedious, I hastily subscribe myself STYLUS.

SCHOOL LETTER.

HE first thing to strike an interested observer is the pleasing sight of our increased numbers, especially in the boarding houses,

where the real strength of a public school exists. Satisfactory though this may be, we note with sorrow that old faces are missing, whom it will be hard to replace, and that the new-comers will be able to give but little aid in supporting the credit of the school for some years. Football is at once all the fashion in spite of the somewhat torrid freaks of English weather . Time has made larger gaps here than was expected, notably in the case of W . E . Brockbank, whose re-appearance was hoped for up to the last minute . IIis loss will be very severely felt in more ways than one, being at once cricketer, oarsman, scene painter, and—what is more to the point here—a dangerous three-quarter back in the team . Altogether there °are at least nine vacancies ; the contests for them are certain to be very keen, especially in the case of half-back, for which there are several candidates . Among the old veterans are L . E. Stevenson, captain for the second time ; W . J. P. Kaye, who may be prevented by scholastic duties from occupying his old post ; C . J. Williamson, E . W . Clay-forth, recently elected to the post of hon. sec . ; II .

.loy, and II . Crossley. Still, on the whole, there is no need to

look forward to a bad season, for a year more is a year more, and nowhere felt more than in the football field . The School House bid fair to continue supreme in internal contests this year, and, to judge from rising exponents, for longer still. The School continues to support the institution of theatricals with exemplary unanimity ; at any rate by votes if by no more substantial offering. This year there can be no possible cause for refusing assistance, as the performance is to be public . Mr . Y cld, as usual, has unselfishly cone forward to offer his aid and instruction . The great

SCHOOL LETTER.

question at present—though no doubt it will have been settled by the time this appears iii print—we record it, however, to show that a difficulty has arisen—is, " What play are we to have ? " Some wish to essay the briny ocean in our Shakesperian barque once more, and to attempt " The Winter's Tale ;°' a larger proportion, however, prefer to go over the old ground again and represent Sheridan's " Critic," which inaugurated our dramatic era . The material is almost the same as last year, and therefore the performance promises to be a success . All good luck to it .

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NOTES AND ITEMS. T. Ilalliwell, of the Yorkshire College, has passed the Preliminary Scientific Examination (M.B .) of the University of London. Rev. H . M. Sims has been appointed to the Vicarage of St . Cuthhert's I Iunslet. Lieutenant J . IT . V . Braithwaite has been appointed to be Captain in vice G . M . Bullock in the Devonshire Regiment. We are sorry to have to announce in the obituary the death of the Rev . Robert Daniel . B .D., St . John's College, Cambridge, Vicar of Osbaldwick, and Head Master of Archbishop Ilolgate ' s School, York. IIe was also for fourteen years Mathematical Master of St . Peter's. E . W . Clayforth, R . Wilton, and A . Peters, obtained leaving certificates, in the Oxford and Cambridge Examination ; the first obtaining distinction in Latin and History, the second in Latin, and the last in Mathematics.

FOOTBALL. Football is pre-eminently odr national game, even more so than cricket, combining as it does true British bulldog pluck, and, whatever cowardly and unmanly detractors may say, a very large amount of science. Let it not be thought that the epithet " bulldog " is scant praise in its low brutality ; it is used with reference to the tenacious courage of playing an uphill game, with reference to the truth that the game is never lost till time is called . Some readers of this magazine can no doubt remember how their spirits fell when a goal dropped in the last five minutes robbed the school of a well-earned victory Drop-kicking obtains goals and wins matches more quickly and easily than anything, even than a passing game. These two points will occupy a large space in the remarks we now offer, all the more seasonably, it is to be hoped, as the time for football has already commenced . 'We wish to give a few hints as the best method of playing the game. Premising that the forwards know (1) to keep on the ball, (2) to keep it between their feet in the scrimmage, and when they get it out to dribble it quickly along in a compact body, and that the backs understand why they should not allow themselves to be collared but to finish up with a kick, we will proceed to offer some examples of what a passing game should be . If players will only remember to play unselfishly, the secret is easy, and success certain . Two instances will prove this ; suppose a player running with the ball has reached the back and is supported by one of his own side, he should charge the back and at the moment of collision pass to his companion, who then has the way open, the back being disconcerted by the sudden attack This is a special principle of the great law "pass before collared and to any one who has

an easier road. "

For this reason, when a forward has the ball thrown

to him from touch he should at once pass to the inside three-quarter, who, for example, should run away and collect the other side well round him, and then, before collared, throw the ball right across the field to the other three-quarter, who would in all probability be able to run in without opposition or have a clear shot at goal . Another useful method is for the forwards to line diagonally across the field, passing rapidly from one to another . No means of attack can be more irritating and

FOOTBALL.

confusing, and really it is easily learnt by unselfish players . One inure hint and we have finished with forwards . When one of them is isolated he should pick the ball up and take a drop at goal if in the enemies' half, into touch if not. This applies to backs as well . If hard pressed be sure the ball goes into touch ; the distance of the kick is of less importance, and in this case indeed should permit the forwards to be on to it when thrown out at once . To half-backs we may concisely say (1), mark your opponents (2), when in possession of the ball take a drop, at goal if possible, if not under the above mentioned restrictions ; if you do not kick, pass . Three-quarters should not play too close to the scrimmage, and should support half-backs in collaring an opponent. Similarly backs should support and not interfere with each other, remembering that their duty is to secure their own goal rather than endanger their opponents.

SCHOOL HONOURS. We regret to say that we omitted the following list in our account of the Prize-giving : W . Y . Fausset, elected to the Busby Theological Scholarship in Balliol College, Oxford. A Chadwick, First Class in his College Examination, with prize of books. N. P . W. Brady, First Division in the London Matriculation. J . H . Piggin, of Trinity College, Oxford, obtained a First Class in the Classical Moderations. II . W. 'Taylor, of Trinity College, Cambridge, second in the First Class of the Law Tripos. P . L . Newman, of Christ's College, Cambridge, Nineteenth Senior Optime in the Mathematical Tripos. A . Peters, elected to an Open Mathematical Scholarship of £60 at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Ii . C . Wilton, elected to an Open Classical Scholarship of £50 at Christ's College, Cambridge. IL C . B. Clayforth, of Worcester College, Oxford, elected to the Abbott Classical Schh larship, value £60 .

SCHOOL HONOURS .

W . Y. Fausett, proxime accessit for Chancellor's Latin Prose Essay. G . II. Eyre, Scholar of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, elected to a Goldsmith's Company's Exhibition of EA a year.

CORRESPONDENCE. To THE EDITORS OF " THE PETERITE . " SIRS,—It is hard to imagine that "Esprit de Corps " could have chosen a more unhappy noon de plume.

Did he imagine that flagrant misstatements

and libellous accusations would do anything but fan the selfish party spirit he complains of in his disconnected abuse . This is all the more to be lamented, as a certain amount of truth underlies the whole, obscured to an unfortunate extent by irrelevant remarks, that have caused your correspondent to wander from a safe foothold on fact to misrepresentations that cannot be substantiated . I will leave the opening portion of the letter to be dealt with by the proper persons, and proceed to point out some startling inaccuracies in the latter part of the letter. Let us hope for " Esprit de Corps" conscience sake that he did not see the race for the junior fours . Any rational observer could see that though the losers were superior in style, they had nothing like the strength for racing a crew like their opponents . To blame them with being unfit is wrong, for if they were short of practice it was because of an accident to three which prevented him from rowing for a long time. One person in particular falls in for your correspondent's invective ; the accounts in the April number point pretty clearly to whom he refers, yet I venture to say that that person took all necessary and sufficient care in training, as did all the crew. The school in general is disgusted with the arbitrary management of the subscriptions!" This is a noteworthy pr000f of what I have said above ; the writer should have stuck to his colours and said that the boating element in the school is disgracefully small and the mass is completely callous to anything connected with rowing. There can be no doubt that the subscriptions are not properly managed ; it is a very patriotic and

CORRESPONDENCE.

proper policy to contract a considerable debt on the boat-house, and yet to empty the subscriptions into the contractor's pocket . The subscriptions might be managed on some plan like this : a certain considerable sum might be set apart for improvements or to start a fund for new boats ; the rest be given in prizes . Any races involving other than personal interest should be rewarded by the distinction of winning, and a sum just sufficient to cover the expenses of practice. There should be no race for the sculls and pairs if less than four entered and three competed, and that for every additional competitor an addition should be made to the prize. The letter in question concludes with a somewhat wearisome and monotonous comparison . Let me merely ask the school not to be discouraged by this, but to pass by this ungenerous hit, as well as the misstatements in the 'rest of the letter, and think upon what truth is beneath them—an unpleasant and unpalatable truth no doubt, but still necessary for the boating committee and the mass of the school to know ; let me remind them that, though the time has come to them, as it comes to all schools sooner or later, for a periodic decline in athletics, a reaction will some day set in, and that this interval of depression is the fitting season for making unselfish provision for the generation in whose time that recovery will take place. I am, yours etc ., FAIR-PLAY.

To THE EDITORS OF " TILE PETEPITE . " DEAR

Sits,—I regret that your correspondent has missed the point

of my letter . Personal attacks were far from my intentions . I simply protested against the principle of giving a second prize where only two boats compete, which he makes no attempt to justify . And I must again express my astonishment that it needed 2s . 6d . to induce him to oblige his opponents and keep up the School races . If "the second boat entered solely that there might be a race," they might have performed so simple a service for nothing . Nor do I see that there is anything I llogical in deploring the small number of entries, and at the same time denouncing the dangerous precedent of purchased competition. Yours truly, ESPRIT DR CORPS .

CORRESPONDENCE .

To THE EDITORS ON a TIIE PETERITE . " DEAR SIRs,—Though now an outsider, may I be allowed to make some suggestions with regard to the subject of Kaye's letter . As to the vexed question of day-boy subscriptions, I think their parents would not grudge the sum asked for, especially if distributed over the three school terms . But when there are several brothers attending school at the same time, the total amount becomes considerable, and some reduction ought to be made . Nor is it quite fair that those who come by train should pay as much as those who live in York and can play, if they choose to take the trouble . Again, the great cause of offence that Kaye mentions would be removed if the 11, etc ., paid an additional subscription . It is a grievance, sentimental to a great measure no doubt, but not altogether unnatural, that those who have received their colours get a somewhat disproportionate advantage . At any rate its removal would be the first step in a " policy of conciliation ." In the next place, Kaye proposes that £70 should be devoted to boating purposes . How is this large sum to be spent ; in " pot hunting " on an unparalleled scale of grandeur ? For his letter seems to imply that no part is to be spent in the purchase of fresh boats . I do not know the exact tenure of the site of the present boat-house, but I have no doubt that more ground might be rented and the boat-house enlarged . Out-rigged pairs can be bought second hand for about £10 to £15, and fours from £20, and there is nothing unreasonably unselfish in providing for posterity in this way, as many seem to think . I need hardly point out that the great argument against the present system is that a very large share of the subscription falls into the hands of some three or four individuals, and that, unlike the athletic sports, there are so many races of considerable value in the fours, from which the majority are excluded . It is hardly creditable that these races for honour and prestige between the divisions of the school should need a stimulus any more than inter-house matches at cricket or football . I should therefore suggest that no prizes should be given for the fours, and no seconds for any race unless at least four boats entered . The other prizes might be increased as follows : Senior Pairs Junior „

...

£2 0 0

Senior Sculls

. . . £2 0 0

1 10 0

Junior „

...

Canoes

...

£1 10 0

1 10 0

CORRESPONDENCE.

If prizes for the fours should be found necessary, challenge cups might be purchased by the Committee to be held by the victors from year to year. I am confident the competition would be as keen as ever. Again, there is every probability of the same

fiasco

occuring

next year in the senior pairs—nor is it unreasonable that the two strongest oars should combine to preclude defeat . Another disadvantage of the present system is that those who are just over fifteen are virtually debarred from competing, unless they are so fortunate as to get into their house four . Now both these objections might be obviated, if in the open races a start of so many yards or seconds were given . The amount might be regulated by weight or age . Then there would be a fair chance for every one . Besides, if the handicap was for weight, some might be in consequence induced to train, and our pacific magazine would not be made the vehicle for such severe, and, it may be, well-merited criticisms as those of " Esprit de Corps . " Yours truly, PEIIEN.

[This correspondence must now cease . We believe as a matter of fact that the eleven pay an additional subscription, though the football team do not—ED .]

SOME AMUSING INCIDENTS IN PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY. Although political topics are excluded from the "Peterite" by a rule set forth in the preface, the writer thinks that a brief enumeration of some of the numerous anecdotes and incidents of an amusing nature, supplied in the history of that august body, which has been justly called " the first assemblage of gentlemen in Europe," cannot fail to be of interest to readers of our school magazine . Although numerous, there are few which can be given briefly enough for the necessary limits of the present article ; the writer will, therefore, confine his description to some of the shorter ones, and so be able to give his readers as much variety as possible .

SOME AMUSING INCIDENTS IN I' UI .IAuENTA1tY IIISTOIZY .

The complaint that members of the House of Commons go to sleep while in their seats, is not one confined to the present days alone, for we read that Alderman Atkins, a member of the Long Parliament, brought forward a motion " that all members guilty of this scandalous conduct be put out ;" whereupon Mr . Harry Martin, a humorist of the time— who by the way was one of the culprits—retorted : "Mr. Speaker, a motion has been made to turn out nodders ;

I desire the noddces may

also be turned out . " There is an incident in Queen Elizabeth's life which is wo r thy of record as giving an insight into her character . Owing to numerous complaints she had received against the rulers of the Church, she gave them notice in her speech, delivered at the close of the parliamentary session of 158-1, that if they did not amend their ways, she would depose them. She also addressed the following letter to Cox, the then Bishop of Ely, who had brought himself into special disgrace by refusing to give up to the Queen's favourite, Hatton, his garden in Holborn : " Proud Prelate, you know what you were before I made you what you are. If you do not immediately comply with my request, by G—d I will unfrock you .—Elizabeth ." This is not the kind of language usually assigned to " the good Queen Bess ." Bishop Goodenough was called upon during the last century to preach before the House of Lords ; regarding which event the following lines were written : "'Tie well enough that Goodenough Before the Lords should preach ; For sure enough they're bad enough 13e undertakes to teach ." George Canning, on entering Parliament in 1793 as member for Newtown (Isle of Wight) in the Liberal interest, was shortly afterwards induced to join the conservative ranks, with reference to which a member with great wit composed the following : " The turning of coats so common has grown, That no one would think to attack it ; But no case until now was so flagrantly known Of a schoolboy who turned his jacket ." There are some good stories recorded of Lord North, which must not be passed over. IIe was a great sleeper while in the House, but often like many members of the present time, the pretended to be asleep when

SOME AMUSING INCIDENTS IN PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY.

not really so . An opponent, in the midst of an invective, exclaimed with scorn . "even now, during these perils, the noble lord is asleep ." "I wish to God I was," remarked Lord North in a deep voice from beneath his hat, which he had pulled over his face . His opponent was demolished ! On another occasion, when Colonel Barre brought forward a motion on the British Navy, Lord North, fearing a tedious and long-winded speech, said to a friend sitting near him, " Barre is sure to give us an account of our naval history from the beginning, not forgetting Sir Francis Drake and the Armada . All this is nothing to me, so let me sleep on and wake me when we come near our own times ." His friend at length roused him, when Lord North exclaimed, " Where are we'? " " At the battle of La Hogue, my Lord ." " Why, my dear friend," he remonstrated, " you have woke me a century too soon ! Lord Cranbourne (now Marquis of Salisbury) described one of Mr. Gladstone's speeches as " worthy of a pettifogging attorney ." To this remark much objection was raised . Some days after making the remark, his lordship addressed the House as follows : " I made a statement about Mr . Gladstone, for which I wish to apologize . I remarked, Sir, that the speech of the right honourable gentleman was worthy of a pettifogging attorney, and I now hasten to offer my apologies

to the attorney!"

Mr.

Gladstone had already risen to accept the apology ! But to come to still more recent times, Sir Wilfrid Lawson last year related a story to the House of Commons of the notorious member for Cavan . During the heated period of Irish obstruction, when the Coercion Bill was before the House, Mr. Biggar attended Divine Service in a city church one Sunday afternoon . From his exertions of the previous week, it is not to be wondered at that during the sermon the should fall asleep . Being roused from his slumbers by some very eloquent words from the preacher, he got up as he thought in the House of Commons, his keen and trained eye telling him, at a glance, that the forty which form a quorum were incomplete, whereupon the called out, " Mr . Speaker, I move that this House be counted ." In conclusion, the writer can only express a hope that in the perusal of the above incidents in Parliamentary history, his readers may find amusement ; and he subscribes himself as formerly ERIN GO BRAGH .

THE

PETERITE. NOVEMBER, 1882 .

Vol . . IV.

No. 32.

THE PROFESSOR: A TALE OF THE TWENTIETH

CENTURY.

" Quisnam te, juvenum confidentissime, nostras, Jussit adire domos ? CHAPTER VII.

T this point of the story, the Professor's M .S. becomes somewhat confused, and at last dwindles into a mere series of notes, not yet

expanded into a continuous tale, whilst his examination of the brain is evidently only begun . For the benefit of those who may wish to know the issue of the fortunes of James Smythe, we give the substance so far as is possible, and what we conceive to be the general drift of his observations. IIe first very justly observes, that all power, political or otherwise, bears some relation to property or possessions of some kind, and their disposal . What property was there then in this dreary submarine region, whose possession could awaken such a conflict of passions? We will not follow him through all the heights of his sociological speculations, but content ourselves with giving what we conceive to be the results . In this bleak unproductive expanse of caoutchoric-like bituminous valley, where physical constitution rendered clothes unnecessary, the possession which could awaken feelings of contention must have consisted either of animals, such as might have diminished labour, or of food, the universal need of living creatures, whether it be at the disposal of the whole body politic or of individuals. Of the existence of beasts there is no trace in the record, and the evident conclusion of the Professor is that the sustenance of life was the subject of their quarrel . As our readers are already aware, that sustenance was drawn solely from the aqueously-pervaded atmosphere of this " Cave of the Winds ."

TIIE PROFESSOR :

A TALE OE TIIE TWENTIETH CENTURY.

Here, then, was most perfect equality : it would seem that among such a universal proletariat no contentions were possible . Let us, however, consider the circumstances at that time of their history (for a history they undoubtedly had) . These will well appear from a repetition of what we must regard as a somewhat fanciful reconstruction of that history on the part of the Professor, which we shall give very shortly in substance. In their simple state, troubles could not arise ; but fortified by their natural life against the inroads of disease and infirmity the race multiplied unchecked, until, with the sagacity which in all cases appears to rise equal to impending danger, they perceived that the supply must inevitably be unequal to their requirements, when, anticipating the science of the twentieth century, they with the utmost justice devoted those who had drunk the cup of life most deeply and were no more of use to the preservation of the rest. Of the manner of their death we are about to speak . The Professor mentions, but to ridicule the too obvious explanation, that—to express ourselves in the antiquated and (now) classical phraseology of the nineteenth century—finding the place growing stuffy, they elbowed each other until the weakest went to the wall . This, he says, is refuted by the fact that the extreme young were permitted to survive. In the absence of evidence as to the conditions of birth and growth,. and the philoprogenitiveness of the race, we are compelled to acquiesce in his assertions . For the death, if such it can be called, of the victims a natural means was to hand in the volcano, whose open mouth was the receptacle of those whorl the valley rejected . At the time, then, when the sailor was conveyed to these regions, though such a perfect equality prevailed that anything of the nature of ascendancy or leadership was dangerous, especially in the direction of intelligence, which had, by some incalculable means, arisen and begun to have an appreciable value among that people, yet in the face of this a foolish feeling of clannishness prevailed, whereby each family was the rather ready to sacrifice

others for the general good. Hence this fierce tide of contest round the volcano, no inapt meeting-place for their purpose, where turbulence was king over equality . To this class of superior intelligence belonged the first entertainer of Smythe, who assisted while others wondered ; yet he stood in dread of popular jealousy . When, therefore, in the heat of dispute it was urged that this visitant from another world consumed more than they all, more than these outworn men upon each side who

THE PI.OFESSOII :

A TALE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY .

were ripe for destruction, the stranger who had been in such honour before stood at once in great danger—and rightly too, though they little knew it, since he who had been fed on more substantial food found iii a small quantity of air but a small satisfaction.

THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA ."

IKE "The Comedy of Errors, " our play of this year belongs to the first period of Shakespeare's dramatic activity—the lyrical

and fantastic period, as it is generally called . Even if we did not know from the mention of it in lleres' " Palladis brain('" that it was brought out before 1598, we could hardly have made the mistake of assigning it to so late a date, still less to a later . It bears about itself very legible signs of its own immaturity . It is always unsafe to accuse a great genius like Shakespeare of making a blunder ; he is so infinitely greater than we are, that common modesty requires us to think his judgment better than ours, and to believe that " it is not Homer nods, but we that dream ." It is not without hesitation, therefore, that I confess I cannot think that Shakespeare in his later years would have wound up a play as he has wound up " The Two Gentlemen ." The last scene appears to me not merely immature work, but positively hasty work, and therefore—like all hasty stamped work, by whomsoever done—to a certain extent bard.

Valentine is of a quick, generous temper, but his surrender

of Silvia to his faithless friend shows a temper that is not so much over-hasty and over-generous as absolutely impossible . i know that Valentine's conduct here has been defended by some critics, who see in it a heroic self-sacrifice, which is quite in keeping with his character. They may be right, but I can only say that the " self' ' -sacrifice which would sacrifice a sweetheart to the man she detested, in utter regardlessness of her feelings, must be self-sacrifice of a very extraordinary kind . And not merely this incident, but the whole scene seems unreal ; a sort of climax of improbability being reached when the Duke and Thurio are brought in by the outlaws to make up the party and get the play over quickly. Next to the immaturity of the play, perhaps, the thing that strikes us most forcibly is the parallelism of the characters, the setting off of one against another .

Valentine is opposed to Proteus, Silvia to Julia,

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Launce to Speed . Proteus, Silvia, and Speed have a good deal in common ; so have Valentine, Julia, and Launce ; Speed and Launce being a sort of parody, each of the other's master . Let us look at the characters more closely. Proteus is emphatically the man of the world . From a worldly point of view, he has spent his youth to good purpose ; he has lost very little time ; he has gained a very considerable acquaintance with les belles

lettres ; he has taught himself how to write dainty sonnets, and how to talk fluently and bear himself with ease and grace in society . And, like all intelligently selfish people, he is well rewarded for his trouble ; everybody speaks highly of him, and whenever he goes into society he far outshines the straightforward Valentines and stupid Thurios . Ile treats his friend in a dastardly manner : and yet Shakespeare can hardly have meant us to think of him as a man of really had nature. There must have been something good in him over and above his showy accomplishments, or Julia and Valentine would never have loved him so truly. He is fickle as his name implies, but even while he is sinning he reproaches himself, and his better 'nature cannot but re-assert itself in the end. Valentine is no courtier or scholar, but a man of action, fond of " active deeds . "

Protons falls in love for want of something to do, but

Valentine lets love come to him instead of going to seek it . He shows a want of acuteness more than once ; when Silvia woos him be do's not understand her jest, though it is " invisible as a nose on a man's face, or a weathercock on a steeple ; " he falls readily into the rather clumsy snare set for him by the Duke ; he never suspects the villany of Proteus. The truthfulness of his own heart prevents him from imagining deceit of any sort in others. Each of these two characters needs a compliment ; each could with advantage learn something of the other. And so we not only see why each needs the other for a friend—we also see why each needs for its beloved, not a like but an unlike character . Silvia is like Proteus, .Julia like Valentine ; or, rather, Silvia, has the best characteristics of Protens, Julia of Valentine . Silvia has the more showy and attractive qualities of wit and brightness ; Julia has a tenderer and deeper nature . Julia is " sweetness, " Silvia is " light. We see the same opposition again in the clowns . The sharp and witty Speed is very properly assigned to Valentine, the stupid Launce to

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Proteus . And all through the play the close observer will observe the way in which they mimic the actions of their betters . Speed is Proteus in low life, and he will be swinged for intrusion into his friend's love affairs ; and Launce's parting from his (log is a parody of the parting of Protests and Julia . In this connection of the humour of the play with the graver scenes, Shakespeare shows a distinct advance on "The Comedy of Errors ." The humour, too, is in itself better ; and it has been said that " one touch of the by-play of Launce and his immortal dog " is worth half the dancing doggrel or broad-witted prose of either Dromeos. It is interesting to notice in the play sketches which Shakespeare afterwards improved upon . Thus Lucetta's criticisms of Julia's suitors are the prototypes of that scene in the " The Merchant of Venice" where Portia criticises her suitors as Nerissa names them . Again, Launce with his funny Malapropian misconception of words is the pioneer of Lancelot in " The J[erchant ."

Lastly, Julia is the first of a

group—" that charming group,' Professor Dowden has well-called it,— " of children of Shakespeare's imagination, which includes Viola,, Portia, Rosalind, and Imogen,—women who assume under some constraint of fortuue the disguise of male attire, and who, while submitting to their transformation, forfeit none of the grace, the modesty, the sensitive delicacy, or the pretty wilfulness of their sex ." I have left myself no space to speak of particular passages . But as I abused the final scene at the beginning of my article, I will quote from that four lines of especial beauty . They are the cry of a wounded soul-the bitter cry against " mine own familiar friend in whom I trusted " " Who should be trusted when one's own right hand Is perjured to the bosom ?

Proteus,

I am sorry I must never trust thee more, But count the world a stranger for thy sake ." In the pathos of such lines as these the poet shows that he already feels life to be no plaything, that the mystery of it is already being brought home to his heart . Still, as yet, he attempts no ambitious flight ; he is content to sing us a quiet harmonious song, with the gladness of youth ringing through it all . And we may be content, too, to hear him, knowing that he will have greater things to tell us by-and-bye. J. 1 f. P

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HE river has signalized the return of the under-graduate population of the " City of spires," by rising to the g r eatest height on record

at least the greatest in the memory of the oldest inhabitants . The floods have done a considerable amount of damage, having swept away a great portion of the foot-bridge near to Kennington Island, and the dani under Magdalen Bridge . The so-called improvements to the lastmentioned bridge are being rapidly completed ; and the contractors working day and night (literally) at it, presumably they are afraid of exceeding the contract time . The 1videning of the bridge will certainly not make it more ornamental ; and it is equally certain that it will not make it more useful ; for the only time when it is crowded at all is on market days . and that is the result of the trains . the introduction of which was a scheme equally useless with the widening of the , bridge . The additions to Magdalen and Keble Colleges are also in a fair way to be completed . The President of the Boat Club is A . R . PATErtSON (Trinity), re-elected ; and the Secretary chosen in place of Buck is HIGI :LNS, this year's 'Varsity stroke . The prospect of next year's eight seems fairly bright ; in any case there will be only three vacancies, Mourne, De Haviland, and Fort being all left, in addition to Paterson and Higgins ; if West comes up—as it is rumoured lie may—and Kindersley can row again, Cambridge may bid good-bye to their chance of success. The 'Varsity Challenge Fours are to be rowed in the second week of November ; there is an unusually large number of entries, eight, if I mistake not, in all. Of these IIertford, B .N .C ., Exeter, and Keble are the pick, and IIertford is toy choice of the four. The President of the Athletic Club is WELLS (Magdalen) re-elected; and the Freshmen's sports are on the 13th and 14th of this month ; the only "likely " man, so far as rumours go, comes from Magdalen College School . The Rugby team, of which VASSAL

is again Captain, have

played one match, viz ., against Sandhurst, which we won by a goal and a try against two tries . We play the R .E.M .C . on November 4th. The team is exactly, or very nearly so, the same as last year. The Philo-Thespian Club is making strenuous efforts to become as representative of the 'Varsity as the Cambridge A .D .C. We may safely trust their efforts may be crowned with the success they merit ; for, so far as can be learnt, dramatic representations are not contrary to the

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principles of the present Vice-Chancellor (Professor Jowett, of Ralliol), as in the case of Dr . Evans, who was Vice-Chancellor last year. Dr . Pusey's place has been taken by S . R . Driver, of New College, who (to quote the "Morning Post ." ), is a Hebrew Scholar of great reputation in Germany, and a devout Christian. Oxford is favoured with good music even more than usual this term. With a first-class concert on Saturday, the 28th, and on Tuesday, the 31st, (when Antoinette Stirling and Mary Davies sang) ; Charles Ha1le's concert soon to follow, and the " Elijah " by the Choral Society, with others of less account, we shall do fairly well. We hope to see some Peterites up this term, and we believe we have to welcome a very old Peterite in F . H . Dominichetti, of Oriel . BEBI.

CA1\IBRIDGE LETTER. <

ET us talk about the weather, " said the Major-General ' s

L daughters when they were at a loss, and following their sug-

gestion I will begin my letter by remarking that so far only one day have we had this Term without any rain . Is this the fault of the comet, or are we to have no more dry weather? This moist state of things naturally throws a damp on out-door pursuits, and hardly tends to give the aquatic aspirant a pleasant idea of Cambridge tubbing ; still in spite of rain and wind the river is daily crowded with erratic tubs, whose unskilful occupants harass the souls of their respective coaches with their impotent efforts to escape out of the way of the many College Eights, which are now beginning their preparation for the Races next Term. Mallinson, who stroked his college boat so well at the May Races, is first Captain of Christ's boat club, and performs his duties with his characteristic energy. The President of the C .A .B .C . has two eights out daily, and 1 am glad to see that Eyre is rowing bow in one of them, and hope that the settlement of the Fours, which at present keeps many good men out of the trials, will not be the signal for his ejection . Turning from Boating, I hear some tidings of the Football team, and dismal prognostics as to our match with Oxford ; of course I mean the Rugby team, which as yet gives no promise of being as good as last year's, in

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spite of the presence in our ranks of Don Wanchope, Fuller, and Chapman . The following O .P .'s are playing for their respective colleges ; Douglas of Christ's, W . H. and F . T. Griffith of Clare, G . H . Eyre of Corpus, and J . H . Collinson, of Queen's . At the time of writing the first day of the Freshmen's Sports is just over, and I am sorry not to see any of our newly-arrived Peterites figuring on the programme ; however Eyre somewhat made up for this by winning the Open Mile Handicap from the fifty-yard mark, which he accomplished in 4m . 45s . Last week the Misses Robertson charmed us with their harmony, and this week we are to be woke up from the sleep of superstition by an exposer of Spiritualism . The A .D .C . announce a performance of The Critic to take place this Term ; I shall be curious to see it, and mark the differences to when I last witnessed it in the School Hall six years ago. At last Selwyn College, or rather Hostel, is un fait accompli, and in spite of the ominous forebodings of the detractors of his merits, has secured as many undergraduates as it has room for : whether it will over attain to the popularity of Keble, Oxford, is a question which I will not discuss, but will confine myself to wishing it all success in its righteous war against college exorbitance . Before I close I will as usual give a list of the O .P .'s in residence ; they are—J . H. Mallinson, E . A . Douglas, R . C . Wilton and Crawshaw at Christ's ; W . H . and F . T . Griffith at Clare ; K . Marshall at King's ; G . H. Eyre and A . Peters at Corpus ; J. H. Collinson at Queen' s ; A . Chadwick at S . John's ; T . Kitchin at Trinity ; A . Gibson at Pembroke ; J . Marshall at Cavendish . K . K . K.

SCHOOL LETTER. INCE the appearance of the last Peterite, the course of events have

S made it extremely difficult to collect the meagrest scraps of news

for the grasping Editors . No more is heard of the anxious questions "What is to be the play? " " Who will be in the team?" All such debateable points have been settled, and settled satisfactorily . The chosen play is " Two Gentlemen of Verona," the leading parts being taken by L. E . Stevenson, as Valentine, and C . H . Steavenson as Proteus . The latter, who has not appeared on our stage before, promises very well. F . R . Brandt is acting in the character of the Duke ; II . W. Rhodes, of

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Julia ; C . P . Green, of Silvia ; most of the minor characters are taken by new actors . I had almost forgotton to mention that Speed will be personated by T. English, who, to judge from last year, should well sustain the life and fun of his part . The performance on the whole ought to be a success, as Mr . Yeld has not so much crude material in high places to work on, and almost all of the important characters are filled by those who have had the benefit of his instruction in previous years . In addition to this, the scenes between Sir John Falstaff and Shallow in the second part of Henry the Fourth, are to be performed . The main parts will be taken by L . E . Stevenson and T . English . On the whole it promises to be a remarkably lively end to a somewhat tedious and lifeless play. The weather here is decidedly objectionable . After an immense quantity of rain, which has seriously interfered with all sports, the river has risen to a considerable height . "Comparisons are odious," yet for all the unpropitious visitations of rain, the football team have been able to play enough to show that they are not so inferior to those of former years as was expected ; in fact, they are of fairly representative quality. Out of four matches only one has been lost, and another drawn . The last one against St . John's Training College, would in all probability have been won but for some questionable decisions of our opponents' umpire, and the extreme readiness of their whole team to interefere with others for adhering to rules which they themselves repeatedly violated . The other match, r . Durham School, will no doubt be fully discussed in your "Special Correspondent's" account . Impartial spectators, however, declare that it was lost mainly on account of the unfortunate choice of goals, and the two strange mistakes made by one of the School backs, which to all appearances ought never to have been made . Otherwise the two teams were remarkably well matched. The latest thing here is the agitation about the boundaries of Clifton, to remove the artificial divisions and include the whole in the City. What if the plan is carried and the revels of the Fifth have to be given up in so appropriate a place as the neighbourhood of the school where the notorious Guy received his education i' Yet, apart from the suppression of the nocturnal rites, that would inevitably follow iii this Liberal age of Reform, from other points of view the change is " a consummation devoutly to be wished ."

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FOOTBALL. BY the time of the writing of this article the school season has fairly begun, and with more success than could have been expected . At the opening the prospect was gloomy enough, nine of the fifteen having left, including two three-quarters, one half-back, and several leading forwards. However, as most of the remaining members have considerably improved, and several very useful substitutes have been discovered, the team may on the whole be considered to be of fairly average quality. Of the old veterans, L . E . Stevenson, W. Kaye, and C . Williamson have all improved greatly, the first especially in running, and the two latter in kicking . Williamson has, we are sorry to say, been forced to leave the team since the commencement of this term for some time, though his return for the concluding matches may perhaps be hoped for .

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absence will be greatly felt, as he was developing into an excellent threequarter back, and was worthily filling the place vacant by the loss of W. E . Brockbank . H . Crossley has become a reliable back, and H . G. Joy has considerably improved as forward . Of the new members P. E. Lord will make a very useful three-quarter, and J. Crossley is undoubtedly the best forward in the school ; both are decided additions. The two half-backs also play remarkably well together, passing very unselfishly, and working well . The style of play is perhaps better than it has been for some time, as the backs are taking more to kicking, and the forwards to dribbling and passing . The regular team is : W . J . P. Kaye, Ti . Crossley (backs) ; L . E . Stevenson, C . J . Williamson, P . E. Lord (three-quarter-backs) ; H . W . Rhodes, M . 1) . Taylor (half-backs) ; E . W. Clayforth, H . G . Joy, J. Crossley, F . E . Robinson, F . R . Brandt, C . II . Steavenson, C . Lane, C. Johnson (forwards) . In the internal matches the School IIouse bids fair to maintain its supremacy, as it contains nine of the team, including one of the backs, both threequarters and half-backs . The Sixth Form, though playing without two of its members who are also in the Fifteen, defeated the School after an extremely hard game by one goal to a try and disputed try . Up to half time the game was very even, only one touch-down being scored on each side . Soon after half-time Taylor ran in, but the kick failed, as the ball was touched by one of Sixth before passing over the bar . Afterwards Kaye got in for the Sixth, and Stevenson kicked a goal . The game continued very even until Johnson, apparently getting the ball offside, dribbled it in and touched it down after it was dead . The Sixth

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naturally disputed the try, but nothing resulted from the kick . Stevenson, Joy, and Lord were most conspicuous for the Sixth, while Taylor, Marshall, and If . Crossley behind the scrimmage, and J . Crossley forward did excellent work for the School We have to record just before going to press the School's first defeat ; a defeat however without disgrace. Excuses are at all times objectionable ; but when any reasonable ground for accounting for non-success is at hand, it may surely be urged without objection . The two winning points scored by Durham were off two foolish mistakes made by one of our backs . Surely any player might be expected to know one of the prime and invariable rules, not to kick the ball directly in front of his own goal, p inch more not to aggravate it by panting from behind the goal line against, a strong wind . Such play cannot be explained ; it is to be hoped that it will be a lesson in future to him not to risk a game in order to save a mere minor or indecisive point . v. OLD BOYS. The School Fifteen played their first match on September 30 in an incessant downpour of rain . Kaye kicked off uphill, and play began in the Old Boys' "25 ." After about ten minutes play Taylor made a short run and scored a try near the touch line, from which nothing resulted. Clayforth dropped out, but the ball still remained in the enemies' half, and Stevenson gained a try, which was punted out, but again with no result . Newman now relieved his side by some good runs, but the School forwards playing up well, Clayforthi secured it try under the posts, from which the captain kicked a goal . After half-time the School had it all their own way, Stevenson, Clayforth, Joy, and J . Crossley all scoring tries . From these were scored three

goals (all kicked by

Stevenson), and one punt out . In addition to those who obtained tries Williamson was conspicuous with short runs and long punts. Old Boys t back, II . C . B . Clayforth ; three-quarter-backs : P . L . Newman, F. Ware ; half-backs : B . G . M . Baskett, P . A . Todd ; forwards : J . F. Griffith, A . Peters, F.'1'. Griffith, C. Johnson, T. II . English, C . Johnson, W. S . Gofton, G . Ralph . r . YORK. Played on the School Ground on October 10th ; the home team scored an easy win by two goals, eight tries and ten minor points to nil. The forwards on both sides were very evenly matched, and the game

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among them was fast and exciting, but behind the scrimmage the balance was decidedly in our favour, as may be seen from the fact that Stevenson gained seven and Williamson three tries, thus dividing the main honours between them. Among the forwards J . Crossley was especially brilliant, and was well supported by H. G . Joy and C . Lane . The backs (lid their duty well, Kaye being very useful with long kicks . The York forwards were well led by Twyford, who put in some extremely useful work, and all played a pluckily losing game . York : back, S . Burkill; three-quarter backs, R . Wood, G. Newenham ; half-backs, G. G . Thompson, J . Gay ; forwards, C . Twyford, R . Thompson, P . A . Todd, W. H. Cobb, J. Wolstenholme, F . Weatherill, F . L . Gay, and two others. r . ST. JOHN'S TRAINING COLLEGE. This match was played on the School Ground on October 14th . The School kicked off, and the ball was returned by Kitson, the first scrimmage being formed about the centre of the ground . After some good forward play on both sides, the ball was passed to Stevenson, who gained some ground, and then passed to Williamson, the latter making a long punt and forcing the College backs to save . The drop out was well followed up, but the ball was carried back to their twenty-five . From some loose play, Smith, one of the College three-quarters, secured the ball and. made a fast run, finishing with a good punt to the great delight of the assembled Collegiates . The St. John's forwards were off-side and failed to allow the School back the legitimate five yards, but picking the ball up, one of them got behind the goal line, alleging the try to be fair . This of course was disputed by the School, and, the umpires disagreeing, the try was taken under protest, but nothing resulted . After the drop out the ball remained in the centre of the ground until half-time, Stevenson and Williamson for the School and Smith and Briggs for the College doing useful work . After changing ends, Briggs kicked off for the College, Williamson returning the ball by a short run and kick ; Kitson ran the ball back, but again Williamson got hold and sent it into their quarters by a long punt . A long delay was here caused by the ball being kicked out of the ground. The school were rather hard pressed for some time, and at last Smith had the ball passed to him, and by a very smart run grounded it inside our line close to touch . Kitson was deputed to kick, who tried, by kicking the ball a short distance and then picking it up, to drop a goal, but he was charged down and the ball rushed

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up the field. Stevenson made a short run, but was collared by Smith, whose play throughout the game was very fine . A long kick now sent the ball over the College line, and their back instead of touching it down , tiled to kick, and missed the ball, Rhodes scoring a try for the School, from which no goal resulted, and Lord running in obtained a second try which the College disputed . The match thus ended in a draw, the College scoring one try, one disputed try, and two minor points ; the School one try, one disputed try, and two minor points . Of the School forwards, all played well, the pick being Crossley, Lane, and Johnson ; of the College forwards, O'Neal, Cowling, Appleton and Turner were the best. The School had their ordinary XV . The College team was as under: Back, H. P . Ward ; three-quarter backs, Smith, Pitson, Briggs ; halfbacks, Nugent, Tyne ; forwards, Appleton, Jackson, Turner, Stradling, Cowling, O'Neal, Welsh, Kidd, and Parsons. v . DURIIAM SCHOOL. Played on the School Ground on Saturday, November 4th . The home team won the toss and elected to play with the wind . Brutton kicked off for Durham, but the ball was carried back by the wind, and the visitors' forwards succeeded in reaching it before the School threequarters could secure it . Brutton and Jollie were immediately prominent with good runs, and the ball was gradually worked into the home " 25 ." Here Miller at half-back passed to Brutton, who made a quick run, but, being well held by Brandt, passed to Wethey, who was pushed into touch almost at the corner . From the line out Brutton again got the ball, but was collared by Crossley within five yards of the home goal line. The York forwards now played up hard, and carried the ball to the centre of the ground, where the ball continued for some time . Kaye had the ball passed to him, and made a good punt into touch . On the ball being thrown out Wethey made a smart run, carrying the leather into neutral ground, where it was scrimmaged for some time, Clayforth and Crossley putting in good work for York, Rogerson and King for Durham . Stevenson and Kaye made good runs about this point, the latter almost getting in . Rhodes made a short run and kick, but the ball was called back, having been dead in one of the ridges, which were fairly full of water and mud . Taylor now got the ball and made some ground, but was pulled down by Brutton . Soon after this Rhodes got the ball and passed to Stevenson, who succeeded in placing it behind the Durham goal line. The kick, which was against the wind, failed . Half time was

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called soon after, with the ball in Durham territory, the score standing, York 1 try, 1 minor point, Durham nil . The School now kicked off, with the wind, which seemed to be increasing every minute, against them, and the ball remained in the centre at the start . The Durham forwards, being superior in the loose as York in the pack, now ran the ball down the field, and Brutton punted over the line, where an unfortunate mistake on the part of one of the home backs gave the visitors a free catch right in front of goal ; from this a goal was kicked . After the ball was restarted it was kept in their half till the Durham captain, by another huge hunt, sent it to our " twenty-five ." Here, from a throw out, Brutton got the hall and crossed the York line, but the ball not being thrown out straight this point was disallowed. Soon after a second free catch was made by Durham, but the kick was well stopped by the York forwards. However, before time was called, Brutton succeeded in scoring a try, from which he kicked a beautiful goal . Durham thus won a very even match by 2 goals to 1 try . For Durham, Brutton, Jollie, and Wethey were best behind, Rogerson and King forward . For York, Stevenson, J . Crossley, and Brandt sheaved up well . Durham : back, J . P . Matthews ; threequarter-backs, E . B . Brutton, F . O . Jollie, J. F. Wethey ; half-backs : T . Hall, '1' . 'Miller ; forwards : Rogerson, Kerriek-Walker, Ferguson, Bennett, Gace, King, Lohden, Shaw . Parker.

NOTES AND ITEMS. J . II . Daniel, of Queen's, has been rowing in the trial eights at Oxford, at No . 7. AV . F . B . and J . F . Calvert have been chosen to play in the Yorkshire County trial match at three-quarter back and forward respectively. E . English has been re-eleeted to be House Physician at the London Hospital for the second time. G . AV . Bulman is the reserve back for Durham County football team.

CORRESPONDENCE. To THE EDITORS OF "Tim. PETE RITE ." DEAR Sias,—I was very glad to hear that the various distances in the Athletic Sports had been carefully measured, and that the general management was so good ; but still I hope I shall not be set down as a carping spirit if I suggest two more improvements .—Firstly, and

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if I am wrong no doubt the Athletic Committee will inform me, I always thought our school weight was fourteen pounds ; therefore I should like to ask whether it was weighed before the sports, so that we may be certain that the statement in the Peterite was quite accurate, that two members of the school could put over thirty-two feet with a sixteen pounds weight. Secondly, I would ask, who takes the times, and with what ? Timekeeping is such a ticklish business, and needing so experienced a hand, that unless someone can be procured who thoroughly understands it, it would, in my opinion, be better not to publish any times for the hundred yards where one-fifth second makes a good deal of difference. 1 am led to this remark by seeing that on grass the distance was run in ten-and-three-quarter seconds (see Peterite Report), ,and surely that is too good to be true. Before I close 1 would suggest that the Old Boys' race should be carefully handicapped, taking into consideration the performances of each competitor, which could hardly, I think, have been done by anyone who gave P. L . Newman fifteen yards start of Chadwick in quarter mile . I am, yours truly, G . II . EYRE.

To TILE EDITORS OF a THE PETERITE . " DEAR Sirs,—Allow me once more to trespass upon your magazine, in answer to a letter that appeared in the last number . Your correspondent disappointed me : he promised to point out some " startling inaccuracies, " but I have looked in vain for these sensational exposures. He denounced my nova de plume and charged me with irrelevance, but gave neither reasons for the one nor instances of the other, though he flaunted the proud title of " Fair-play ." The first part of my letter he leaves to the " proper persons,"—a modest and prudent policy. But he is mistaken in saying that I blamed the junior crew for being unfit . I did not . I alluded to one person in that crew, to whom 1 herewith apologise if it was not for want cf training that the failed . It was a pity that he should have been asked to do what practice might have shewn to be an impossiblity . I pr(surne that was owing to want of hands . But how came there to be that

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want? Still I believe, had not the stroke unfortunately broken down, the school-house would have been able to defeat its more juvenile antagonists. Your correspondent then breaks off into a complacent disapproval of the existing regime, and we come to the following—" It is a very patriotic and proper policy to contract a considerable debt on the boat-house, and yet to empty the subscriptions into the contractor's pockets ." It is alliterative certainty ; but what does it mean ? Again, I do not see why what he is pleased to call—among other epithets—a " monotonous comparison," should be a red rag to him. "Comparisons are odorous," I daresay ; but only when unfavourable, and that is our own fault. " Monotonous," that comparison could hardly be, for I find after examining the " Peterite," it has not been made before . " Ungenerous " it might have been, had it been written after our reverses at cricket . But there is nothing heinous in the mention of a rival with a view to stimulate a healthy spirit of emulation. I am well aware that the school I alluded to cannot compete with ours in educational success . Indded-t Is it because the cleverest boys come to St . Peter's? I think not . It is because dull and clever alike are forced on by excellent teaching . Why not the same in Athletics? I don't mean to be ungenerous or pugnacious, but it is so in many schools. Next comes the moan over " decline and depression,"—offensive from its very staleness . " Fairplay " asks the school in a maudlin patronising way, " , What's the use of your trying ? You're no good now . The school is going down ." This I emphatically deny . " Let us hope for his conscience' sake "Fairplay" didn't see the athletic sports of last year. Any rational observer would have noticed a general excellence, far in advance of previous years, and I believe that still " there are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it ." The school will doubtless thank him for this gratuitous insult—this "ungenerous hit ." I will merely ask them, increased as they are in numbers, to give a practical refutation to such "flagrant misstatements and libellous accusations ." And, perhaps, the misrepresentations of " Fairplay, " which, like most misrepresentations, " cannot be substantiated," will act as a wholesome tonic combined with the " unpleasant and unpalatable truths " of ESPRIT DE CORPS. [This correspondence must now cease .—Eu .]

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CONTENTS.

Amusing Incidents of Parliamentary History Athletic Sports, The Boat Races, The . Cambridge Letter . Comedy of Errors, The Correspondence 25, 58, 77, 91, 110 Cricket . . 66 Day's Walk, A 14, 18 Debating Society, The 23 Distribution of Prizes, The 75 Editorial . 17 Football 9, 28, 89, 106 Inner Life of the Black Country 81 Notes and Itema 15, 29, 44, 63, 79, 88, 110 88 Obituary . 11, 23, 56, 102 Oxford Letter 87, Poetry . 13 Professor, The . 7, 33, 49, 97 Run with the S . T . Beagles, A 24 School Honours . 90 School Letter . 8, 21, 35, 55, 65, 87, 104 Two Gentlemen of Verona 99 Wit and Humour 50

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No . 33.

THE LATE ARCHDEACON HEY. E regret to have to record the death of the Ven . Arch-

deacon IIey, once head master of this school . Every old Peterite will hear of his death with deep sorrow, especially the pupils who were under his ca r e. The late Archdeacon was born in 1811, at Ockbrook, in Derbyshire, of which place his father was vicar . 1Ie was educated partly under private tuition and partly at King' s School, Sherborne. From this school he proceeded to St . John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated as Twelfth Wrangler and B .A . in 1834, taking also classical honours, and being admitted a fellow of the college in 1836. In the following year 1 .e took his M .A . degree, being ordained deacon by Bishop of Ely, and in 1838 priest by the Archbishop of York . Having been admitted to Holy Orders on his Fellowship, he came to York in 1839, and was appointed Head Master of this School in 1844 . He held this office for twenty years, having under his care a large number of pup is, who have subsequently distinguished themselves at the Universities and in their professions . In 1854 he was appointed Prebendary of Weighton, and also succeeded to the Vicarage of St . Helen's, Stonegate . Iii 1864 he resigned the headmastership of the school, on being appointed Canon Iiesidentiary of the Cathedral . In 1871 he was elected Succentor Canonicorum, and this office he held until October, 1881, when he entered on the duties of Precentor. IIe also resigned the Prebend of Weighton and accepted that of Driffield . In 1874 he had been appointed Archdeacon of Cleveland, and subsequently became Examining Chaplain to the Archbishop, and vicar of St. Olave's, York. His death was cry sudden . Though he had been ailing for some time previously he continued to discharge his official duties almost to

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the last hour of his life . On the afternoon of Tuesday, the 21st, as Canon in Residence, he attended service at the Minster . On 'Wednesday morning) ork was filled with a grief, that almost every citizen felt as something personal, when they learnt his death. His funeral took place on Friday, the 24th, a day that will be long remembered in York . Perhaps that city has never worn more general mourning. Throughout the city, with few exceptions, the shops were closed, and he was followed to the Minster, and thence to the grave by a vast concourse of citizens, who came, for the most part, not out of idle curiosity of the spectacle, but from a w ish to show the last tribute of respect to one, whose genial friendship most had experienced, and with whose kind-hearted charity all were acquainted . A more impressive spectacle could not be imagined . The opening portion of the service was in the Minster, where some two hundred clergymen, mostly from the Archdeaconry of Cleveland, assembled with the leading men of the city and the county, and the masters and Sixth Form of the School. The Archbishop, attended by his chaplains ; the dean and chapter, the vicars choral, and choir, and a double line of the clergy, extending the whole length of the nave, met the precession as it entered the west door of the Minster. The service was then read by the Archbishop, and the hymn, " Brief life is here our portion," sung in the choir . The procession then re-formed, and, leaving the Minster, proceeded to the Cemetery where the conclusion of the service was read. We quote the the following from the "Cambridge Undergraduates ' Journal ":—" Singularly unpretending in manner, in conversation, in mode of life, his friends did not fully appreciate his work until they lost him. A scholar of no mean polish and research ; a preacher combining elegance of expression, earnestness of purpose, and a keen sense of truth ; a Churchman of firm but moderate opinions ; a head master who has left his mark on his school as a whole, and on his pupils as individuals ; and a man of whom it may be said with perfect truth that, dying over seventy years of age, he was unspotted by a wilful act of injustice, and his memory untarnished by a single unpleasant reminiscence ;—surely such a man our school and city may remember with joy ." Amongst many other pulpit references to the late Archdeacon Hey, the Rev . H . M . Stephenson, 11I . A ., head master of the School, made the following. At the close of an able sermon, based on the words

EUITORIaL

if from want of the stimulus of rivalry alone, die out, as the Peterite must, whatever its present circumstances may be, unless a change comes over the spirit of our schoolfellows . That section of the school above alluded to, must, we fear, have been led astray by the bad example of similar conduct toward the city of York on the part of a suburb which endeavoured to disclaim all the advantages it derived from its nearness to the city . Will our readers allow us to put to them a similar question to that which Clifton failed to answer : " Where would they get the advantages they now enjoy—and cheaply too—if they were left to shift for themselves and St . Peter's blotted out from the scene ?"

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E have to congratulate the school upon its sixth successful essay of the difficulties of a Shakesperian play . Though it

would be presumptuous to claim equality with the pick of past years for the last performance, the cheering fact remains, that for seven years in spite of gloomy forebodings and evil prophecies, the school has been able to produce with credit each year a fresh play of more than ordinary difficulty . " What man has done, man can do ;" and it is only fair to argue that theatricals can be successfully repeated every Christmas, for all the gaps that time will have made in the ranks of the performers. And when Shakesperian plays are exhausted, I venture to hope that the school will not go back to old plays, but will remember that, as "Vixere fortes ante Agamenznona multi," and after too, so Shakespeare is neither the first nor last of English dramatists . The reason of this success is obvious to those who have had any experience in the preparation of these plays . Mr . Yeld's careful and unselfish tuition, working on ready attention and personal study on the part of individual actors, has left its mark plainly stamped on the performance . The discipline and management were, as usual, excellent : if any fault is to be found it must be with the scene-shifting, which at times seemed to hang fire and lack briskness. I do not allude to the frequent fall of the curtain, which was entirely explained and amply justified by the spectacle presented on the rise of the drop-scene . While on the subject of scenery let me congratulate the school on the new scenes, unequalled in my opinion as a set in any previous year .

THE SCHOOL THEATRICALS. The performance took place, on December 18th and 20th, "before "

—to quote the York Herald—" a large and fashionable audience "; there was too a very considerable gathering of O .P .'s. We searched in vain for the writer of the poetry attached to the programme . He appeared to wish to hide his light very unreasonably under a bushel. We append a copy of the programme and a prologue—the work, we believe, of Mr . Yeld—which was recited by L . E . Stevenson. It is as

follows : Welcome, sweet friends, your presence is a pleasure Among our chief delights we love to treasure. When the leaves fall and autumn fields grow grey, And we with many fears must choose our play, And very doubtfully " the parts allot, We count upon your smiles ; Oh ! fail us not ! Since last we gathered here how changed appears The prospect and the retrospect of years ! Since last we gathered here our roll has lost One of the friends we loved to welcome most, Who won all hearts as only kindness can, The gifted wise, accomplished gentleman. No selfish seeker after power and place. He bore himself with unassuming grace ; When honours . none had better right to claim. To ceaseless toil and modest merit came. By love's words spoken and love's actions done, He made life here and life hereafter one. Seldom love gives to man a brighter ray Than lit the spirit of Archdeacon Hey. We in our hearts will long remember him, For gentleness and goodness grew not dim, Nor are the doors of memory on us closed, Because the veil of death is interposed. Sweet friends, we know you kind, for kindness' sake Forgive our faults whenever we mistake. This year our obstacles have not been small ; I spare to name them here—but most of all Our prompter's absence, though we lost not heart, Has made more difficult the actor's part. Yet we forgive him, though 'tis hardly prudent, For he returns a Christ Church Junior Student. Sweet friends, let your goodwill outweigh our cheer, For, if we shame the poet we revere. 'Tie love, not youthful pride presumptions,

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That leads us into seas too deep for us. Oh ! look not condemnation on our play. But let us gain your plaudits if we may. For, ladies, " love hath twenty pair of eyes,." And—let me whisper you—loves' flatteries ! And, " sirs, a word " what ladies deign to pardon We trust your Masterships will not be hard on. For the benefit of any of the O .P .'s, who were unable to attend, we include a copy of the programme : The Rev. H . M . STEPHENSON. President .. L . E . STEVENSON, H . G. Joy, and C . H . I . \VILLIAMSON. Committee .. E . W . CLAYFORTH. Hon . Secretary and Treasurer . . THE STAFF: Stage Manager Acting Manager Prompter .. Super Master Property Manager .. Master Carpenters . .

.. G . YELD, Esq. E . W . CLAYFORTH. .. A . D . HART. L . E . STEVENSON. . . J . BIRKS. H . G . Joy and L. W . PICKLEs.

The new scenery by Mr . WHITWELL, J. CROSSLEY, and C . H . STEAVENSON. The dresses and properties by SAMUEL MAY, costumier, Bow Street, London.

TIIE TWO GENTLEMEN OP VERONA. By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE . CirCLt . 15:)1. . . F . R . BR.ANDT. Duke of Milan, father to Silvia . E . STEVENSON. Valentine] the Two Gentlemen {L C . H. STEAVENSON. Proteus Antonio, father to Proteus W . C . RALPH. .. Thurio, a foolish rival to Valentino E . G. BEDINOFELD. Eglamour, agent for Silvia in her escape M . D . TAYLOR. Host, where Julia lodges R . CROSTHWAITE. First Outlaw R. CRAWSHAW. Second Outlaw with Valentine .. C . TnonirsoN. Third Outlaw A . E . MARTIN. Speed, a clownish servant to Valentine T . H. ENGLISH. Launce, the like to Proteus J . KroENIG. Panthino, servant to Antonio J . C. FoRD. Julia, beloved of Proteus .. H . W. RHODES. Silvia, beloved of Valentine .. C . P . GREEN. Lucetta, waiting woman to Julia .. W . RICE . Servants, Musicians, Outlaws. The song, "Who is Silvia," by Mrs . H . M . STEPHENSON.

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THEATI:ICAI.S.

THE SECOND PART OP KING HENRY THE F0 Ulan Sir John Falstaff a:,d Justice Shallow. Act III .— Scene 2 .

Act V .—Scenes 1, 3, 5. Circa. 1597.

King Henry V .

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Prince John of Lancaster The Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench Sir John Falstaff

H . %V . RHODES.

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H . STEAVENSON.

R. CGOSTHWAITE.

L. E . STEVENSON.

Bardolph

J . C . FORD. F. B . BRANDT.

Pistol shallow 1 Silence J

Country Justices

J T . H . ENGLISH.

Davy, servant to Shallow Mouldy l Shadow I 111 Wart Feeble Bullcalf

W. S. GOFTON.

R . CnosTHIVAITE.

J . KROENIG. J . L . MARTIN. J . BIRKS.

Recruits

A . E . MARTIN. C . Tno .Irsos.

Pages, Attendants, Grooms . Soldiers.

Leave for awhile grey fields and skies severe, And, at the Master's bidding, breath with us The sunny-soft Italian atmosphere, Where beauty's eyes 'neath skies more beauteous Smile us a welcome, or with stainless tear Win our rapt hearts for Love the marvellous. As from the Master's lips falls word by word The sweet new song we yet have often beard. Spring flowers are ever fresh though yet the same, We know them well and yet we never know. We gaze on Alps in sunset's rosy flame, Or when the stars make ghostly the cold snow. And deem, we know,—but Nature mocks our claim. And so of Love we tell each joy and throe. And yet, as though we knew it not, its might Thrills us anew with ever-fresh delight. In Proteus and his Julia what sweet pair Verona boasts ! The perfect man in him ; In her the woman tender, true, and fair ! Alas, the brightness of his faith grows dim When Milan hears his false, false lips forswear Friendship and love together . who can trim His sails to every wind and yet make way ? At wage-time bitter shame is traitor's pay.

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Frank, free . outspoken Valentine, his friend, Wins witty Silvia's love, and void of guile Would fain to Proteus' heart his griefs commend ; Fain ask his aid when fortune seems to smile. Alas, self-love blights Love, nor spares to rend These friends asunder, and make dark awhile Youth's beauteous sunshine . What a task he bath Who lets his footsteps stray from truth's white path. True love at last the destined guerdon gains ; Love faithful wins love faithless to be true : Sweet Julia bath reward of all her pains, When Proteus' lips his oath of love renew ; And Valentine's unsullied truth retains His Silvia's faith . How well he loved she knew ! To such far heights unselfishness can soar, We deem it strange and yet we love him more. No Summer's Dream stolen from fairies sleep And pranked in gay attire to strange sweet notes ; No Winter's Tale with music soft and deep ; But, to the tune of brooks and wild birds' throats, An April rapture. O'er us green boughs sweep, The scent of new born blossom round us floats, And we are walking in a paradise Of love and youth, beneath Italian skies. To criticise the result of so many weeks' patient labour and unflagging energy is an invidious task, but the peremptory call of the editors is not to be disobeyed . I would it had fallen to other hands than mine, but I gather confidence from the belief that the actors will not be more distressed by well-meant fault-picking than they must have been disgusted by the fulsome and indiscriminating flattery lavished on them by the " special correspondent " of a certain daily. " Many men, many minds," will console those who may think themselves somewhat unjustly censured, though I trust none will . Still I do not think it prudent to look at everything through spectacles of a " couleur de rose ." The performance was a praise-worthy attempt to render interesting a monotonous and unnatural play . Brandt, as the duke, delivered his part with considerable vigour, though somewhat lacking in dignity, while the movements of his arms were somewhat awkward . Thurio seemed " The right man in the right place, " entering thoroughly into the spirit of his part . He was particularly good in his renunciation

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of Silvia. English again is to be congratulated on his role as Speed ; he fully sustained the expectations formed of him last year. His by-play could hardly be improved on. Launce looked his part to perfection, and his dog took the fancy of the audience immensely . Valentine and Proteus performed their difficult parts remarkably well . Valentine was perhaps best in his long speeches--" And why not death rather than living torment," and " How use loth breed a habit in a man ." He has entirely lost the awkward attitudes cornmented on last year ; and his utterance is wonderfully distinct, though he is a little inclined to adopt a hightragedy delivery ; and—at times, that is—to monotone his part in a way that would not disgrace a vicar choral . In the final scene he acted with great feeling and appreciation of his part. Of Proteus this too can be said . He gives very good promise for another year, as this is his first appearance, and in a difficult part too on our stage, unless I am mistaken . He was very happy in the garden scene with Julia, but unlike Stevenson his delivery is not sufficiently sustained . A word about those outlaws . It would require a stout heart to meet so dreadful a trio, on a dark night, in an unfrequented spot, without some uneasy misgivings, and the heiress,—"allied to the duke,"—whom No . 3 wished to steal away, is to be heartily congratulated on her fortunate escape. As for Crawshaw we can only say,—with some hesitation about the gender,— " Quantunt ntutatus ab illo, "—from

the " Ursula and Adriana " of

previous years. The ladies' acting all round was decidedly good . Lucetta had evidently taken great pains with her part, and will doubtless do well in future years. Silvia acted with great spirit and piquancy . She (or he) seems to have a very good idea of the meaning and drift of what he is saying— not at all an easy thing at his age. Of Rhodes' acting we cannot speak too highly. Julia in our opinion is the hardest lady's part that has been acted on our stage, and, in spite of all its difficulties, his rendering of it was second to none of all the lady personations we have had . As the page he looked well, and, throughout his delivery, was marked by good taste and judgment, varying his voice admirably from bitter scorn and anger to plaintive tenderness. His scenes, in Act IV ., with Silvia and with Proteus, were most graceful and touching, and in himself he made ample reparation for what we might deem dull in other scenes of the play .

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It is with a sigh of relief that I pass from the " Two Gentlemen " to " Henry the Fourth ." It must be acknowledged that the first piece, though relieved by many excellent scenes, was as a whole somewhat disappointing, mainly, no doubt, owing to the nature of the play, Consequently it was with some trepidation thit I saw the curtain rise for the difficult afterpiece, but any anxiety was quickly dispelled at the very first appearance of Justice Shallow. His opening dialogue stamped the piece as a success at once, and this impression was strengthened by the entrance, first of Bardolph, secondly and particularly of Sir John. The actors entered more vigorously into these characters than into those before . Taking Justice Shallow first and finding any faults to begin with, he seemed occasionally to sacrifice distinctness to stage effect, a mistake that may readily be condoned in an impersonation, where the get-up, gestures, and by-play were first-class . His undignified self-importance was well brought out ; there was indeed between him and Davy—for the " good varlet" must not be forgotten— a remarkable as semblable coherence of spirit .'' The examination of the recruits, the managing of the caliver—an excellent piece of burlesque, where both of the leading characters took the opportunity for some of the best acting on the night—and lastly the abject terror subsequent to Falstaff's disgrace may be mentioned as particularly good . Of Silence silence " well befits ." Sir John's appalling corpulence attracted the audience almost as much as his acting . The " Mountain of flesh " did not seemingly impede the delivery of long soliloquies, in which he was perhaps seen— or rather heard—at his best. IIe and Shallow made a wonderfully taking pair, that has hardly ever been equalled on the school stage. Of the minor characters King Henry, Bardolph, and Davy deserve a word of praise, though the last took too much of the " foolish justices' " bearing into his second character as Lord Chief Justice, and consequently lacked dignity . Bullcalf was quite the pick of the recruits. But I fear that I am overrunning all bounds, and make haste to close . It was no mistake to shorten the play by the omission of the third scene in Henry the Fourth, as the performance was of sufficient length without it . I had almost forgotten to notice Mrs . Stephenson' s rendering of " 'Who is Silvia, " which was charming . This culpable neglect overpowers me, and I hastily subscribe myself W .C .O .

OXFORD LETTER. THE moment when " yours truly " feels most incapable of writing anything at all, his Editor bids him write . I have only the usual things to say—how that the river is up or down, the schools on or over, and so on ad nauseant . But the want of news is not my fault, and therefore my courage shall not fail me . That silly old river is not down off the towing path yet, and does not apparently mean to go off this term ; it seriously interferes with coaching, and especially the coaching of the Trial Eights, which are made up . At the time of writing, however, the day of the race is not yet fixed . There is one Eton " fresher" in, who is almost certain to be in the Eight, Maclean, namely, of New College . The 'Varsity Fours ended as I foretold in my last (though I was deceived in Iieble), Hertford having simply a walk in—though they might have had a hard race had New steered anything like well. All Oxford wore a serious, pensive air a fortnight ago—more so even than is usual at the seat of learning. The cause was that Moody and Sankey had set to work to evangelise the 'Varsity and town—(but about the town I know nothing) . I am afraid they had their work set, and should hesitate to say that their efforts to regenerate were altogether crowned with success . But I am glad to say that there was not the disgraceful row that occurred at Cambridge on a similar occasion, though one very great man in the 'Varsity, whose name for its very greatness I dare not mention, attempted to get one up . Mr . Moody, with the twang peculiar to nis nation, hereupon said, " Sit down, young man, " and he did sit down, and moreover sneaked out on the first opportunity. The day on which the memory of the illustrious O .P ., of gunpowder fame, is usually celebrated, passed off without any remarkable disturbance. That healthy institution, the " Town and Gown," is dying out. The divinity schools are just over, and they, too, are not remarkable: there were the typical blunders, such as the answer that Sennacherib was the man who killed Agag ; but, save for some stories of doubtful character, and equally doubtful authority, they were this time quite uneventful . Moderations are on at the time of writing. The Freshmen's Sports were a failure, the Magdalen Schoolman being unable to compete, in consequence of a sprained ankle ; and one other, who, untrained and never having run any considerable race

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before, did the 100 yards in 10 ° sec ., (or, as some said, 10*,) at his College sports, ran it in over 11 at the 'Varsity sports. The Football team is the institution on which Oxford prides itself most this year. It has won every match, and is about the best team in England . There is talk indeed of its challenging England . Against Blackheath, for instance, the forward play was simply perfect . They sent a very poor team to play the Midland Counties on Wed ., Nov . 29, and the 'Varsity had almost a walk over . The "Eli jab" was performed on that same Wednesday, but the result was hardly up to your correspondent's hopes. I forgot to say above, where it would have better fitted in, that a is Church Army" has been formed on lines similar to the Salvation Army, to dislodge the late Regent swvutnque tridenti, if I may venture to alter the words of a line familiar to most of my readers . The only result so far has been broken windows ; but the earnestness of its members, together with their uniform, should make some impression. BEBI. A meeting of past and present officials f the Peterite was held here, and J . H . Mallinson, of Christ College, Cambridge, appointed to be sub-editor there—an office called into existence now for the first time. At present the officers are B . G . M . Baskett, editor at Oxford, and E. W . Clayforth at York. II . C . B . Clayforth, Treasurer at Oxford, with P . E . Lord, at St. Peter's . J . H . Mallinson, sub-editor at Cambrni, d.

CAMBRIDGE LETTER. INCE my last letter the 'Varsity Trial rights have been rowed,

S and considerable dissatisfaction has been felt at the way in

which they were made up . To show that there was some little ground for this, I need only mention that in one boat there were five Jesus men, three of whom at least were considerably below Trial Eight form ; this boat, which was stroked by Beauchamp, of Trinity, was beaten easily by Meyrick's crew . As the men were being continually shifted about up to the very day of the race, and therefore had scarcely any steady pray t it was Ia rd to judge of their respective merits, but the best men s :< ,ned toabe Beauchamp, Meyrick, Baston, and, though entirely destitute of form, Green, of

CAMBRIDGE I.E 'CTER.

L .M .B .C . There is plenty of good material, and, with judgment and impartiality, a good crew ought to be made up next term. The College Trials have also been rowed off lately, and several old Peterites figured in them ; at Christ's the boat coached by Mallinson won, in which Crawshaw was rowing 2 ; Douglas was 2 in the losing boat ; Griffith was 5 in the winning Trial at Clare ; Collinson at the same place in the winning Queen's eight ; A . Peters was bow in the Corpus Trial, coached by Eyre, but was not successful ; Marshall has also been steering one of the Cavendish boats, but the race has not yet come off . Besides the above successes, Eyre has won his College open sculls, and Mallinson stroked the winning boat in the Christ's pairs, while Collinson rowed in the successful boat in the Queen's scratch fours . From the above it will be seen that the O . P'.s up here mostly favour the river, and thereon sustain the reputation of the School . In the athletic line in Christ's sports, Douglas won the long jump and Hurdle race, and ran third in the mile, while at Corpus, Eyre easily secured the mile, and was second from scratch in the half-mile handicap The performance of the Ajax, which came off lately, was eminently successful, and reflects the highest credit on the untiring energy and kind attention shown by Dr . Waldstein . The part of Teemessa was especially well taken, and showed the marks of a careful and appreciative study. I hear it is to be performed at Eton and IIarrow, and there is some talk of also taking it to London, but I doubt the expediency of the latter. The Election is now over, and the Conservative candidate is returned by an overwhelming majority : there was no excitement, and there were none of the usual adjuncts of an election.

THE HEY MEMORIAL FUND. OST Peterites will have already heard that a committee has been appointed for the purpose of raising a fund to perpetuate the memory of Archdeacon Hey . For the benefit of those who have not heard the history of this scheme, it will, perhaps, be sufficient to state that the final decision arrived at was to collect money for two objects : (1) To erect a simple memorial as in the Minster. (2) To found an exhibition or scholarship and prizes in connection with St. Peter's. Of other schemes that were proposed only two are worthy of notice— i .e ., to build a church at Eston, near Middlesborough, or in one of the

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'populous suburbs of York . For various reasons both these ideas failed, nor had they met with any general support. The hon. secretaries are the Rev. Canon Randolph, Messrs, F . J . Munby and J. Teasdale . Subscriptions will be received by the hon . treasurer, R . Pearson, Esq ., at th Union Bank, or any of the York banks ; or by the following :—C . HIaigh, Esq ., Elm Court Temple ; Tudor Trevor, Esq ., of Blenheim Square . Leeds ; the Rev . Bryan Walker, Land Beach Rectory, Cambridge ; H. Watson, Esq ., J .P ., Middlesborough . To appeal to old Peterites for such an object is unnecessary.

OBITUARY.

J . CHADWICK, OF

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NOTES AND ITEMS. On Sept . 24th, in Gloucester Cathedral, by Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, R . A . Storrs, B.A., of St . John's Coll ., Camb ., was ordained deacon, and licensed to Holy Trinity, Cheltenham. 81st Regt ., Lieut . P . Palmes to be Capt ., vice F . Ryley.—Gazette. E. II. Ainslie, B .A ., of Pet-ob . Coll ., Camb ., has been called to the Bar by the Society of the Inner Temple. G. F . Chadwick has passed the Final I+xamination at Edinb . University. K. Marshall, King' s Coll ., Camb ., was one of the chorus in the Ajax at Camb. Rev . G . F . Browne, B .D ., St. Cath . Coll ., Camb., has been appointed Examiner for the " Le Bas" University Prize .

NOTES AND ITEMS.

The following names appeared amongst those who passed the Intermediate Examination of The Law Society in November : J . E . Stephenson, B .A. C . A . Close, B .A . IL H. Spink . A . E. Dawson. E . W. Clayforth was elected, December 2nd, to an Open Classical Scholarship at Christ Church, Oxford, of the value of £80 a year. We are pleased to announce the appointment of the Rev . W. C . IIey, to the vicarage of St . Olave's, York, as successor to his father, the late Archdeacon IIey. The Pev. W . O . F . Campbell was ordained priest by the Archbishop of York on the 17th December.

FOOTBALL. r . LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Played on the School Ground, November 18th. The School kicked off downhill, and, after a minute's play, Stevenson scored a try, which was not improved upon . Five minutes afterwards he got in again—this time behind the posts—and Taylor kicked a goal. On the ball being re-started, the School forwards, led by Crossley, soon took it back to the Leeds twenty-five, where Templer put in some good play . Stevenson, however, was not to be denied, and scored four more tries before half-time, from one of which a goal was scored . On changing ends the ball still continued in Leeds' quarters, and numerous tries were obtained by Stevenson and Kaye . A few minutes before time Stevenson made a free catch, and Kaye landed a very good goal, bringing the score to 5 goals, 8 tries, 7 minor points, to 1 minor point. For the School, Stevenson scored no less than nine tries, the Leeds men seeming utterly unable to stop him ; Kaye gained the other three, playing up well after half-time . Of the forwards, J. Crossley, Lane, and Robinson were the pick, Rhodes being very useful at half back. For Leeds, Templer was decidedly the best of the backs, Hodson and Pyper playing well at forward. The School team was without the aid of Clayforth and IVilliamsoj, whose places were taken by English and Marshall . Leeds : back, G. H . Wilson ; three-quarter backs, G. II . Peacock (Capt .), C . L. Templer, G . Portway ; half back, R . E . Scholelield, A . W. Thompson ; forwards, G . A . L. Pyper, A . E . IIenting, A . E . Dixon, W . Henderson, G . D. Burrell, II . T. Davies, F . A . Hodson, C . W . Smeeton, E . Baines.

THE

PETERIT VOL . V .

FEBRUARY, 1883 .

No. 34.

SWINBURNE AND THE POETRY OF THE PERIOD.

ARLYLE'S maxim in " Hero Worship," that it is the age that moulds the poet, and not the poet that moulds the age, is pretty

:obviously a true one . That therefore this age can boast of no great 1 noet is entirely its own fault. Ilad we been more manly, we had not had the femininity of Mr . Tennyson ; nor, on the other hand, should we have been forced on to the rugged rocks of the poetry of Mr browning, or the sensuality of the earlier part of Swinburne's works, each of whom struck out his line, as it appears to me, in disgust at the excessive " supply of milk for babes," as Swinburne himself calls it, which they found when their poetical careers began. Mr . Tennyson was the first of the poets of our day to appear, and he began as one of the " moral milkwomen " of whom Swinburne complains . There was nothing in his first book of poems that ever attracted attention . Then came a second volume, in which was " The Dream of Fair 'Women, " " Q?none, " " The Lotos Eaters," " The Jliller's Daughter," and " Lady Clara Vere de Vere, " and others more or less known . From that time and with these poems his fame began and has been ever increasing up till the last five years, when his most ardent admirers were forced to confess that the time had come for him to cease writing . The fault of his poems, as I remember reading somewhere, is that there is no fault at all to be found—save one—that he is not great enough to commit a fault . His art is exquisite, his thought is wonderfully sweet and touching at times, he has the most perfect command over words ; his poetry is everything in fact, but great. It is nearly always pretty, but hardly ever sublime . Of course you may

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find here and there sublime pieces, or here and there a verse or two of strong manly poetry, but that is not enough ; if that is a sufficient reason for the name of great poet, there is hardly a poet who ever lived who has not a right to be called a great poet . I could show lines in a hundred poets who are by now forgotten that equal anything that has ever been written . But it is not so. In your estimation of a poet, you must to a certain extent take into account the quantity as well as the quality . It is only sustained greatness that makes a great poet . And that, as I said, is never to be found in Tennyson . There is hardly a great poet in the language to whom he has not been compared, but I question if anyone can experience the same satisfaction in Tennyson as in Shelley, Byron, Spenser, or a dozen more to whom the is likened. There is no poet of the day who has not felt this want of greatness in the poetry of the day . Browning, Swinburne, Arnold, Morris, all complain of it, and each has tried to remedy it in his own way . Which way is the best remains for us to see. Mr . Browning first appeared in 183$ with " • Paracelsus ." Mr . Bi owning's early works, like Mr . Tennyson's, were a type of all that was to follow . The "-Pztracelsus " shewed that the author might be a great philosopher, but never, by any chance, could he be a poet . To be a deep thinker is not necessarily to be a sublime or lofty thinker : to have great command over words is not necessarily to be able to write musical verses ; nor again does writing verses mean writing poetry. Browning can and does think deeply—he has a great command over word, and he can (occasionally) write verses . But his vocation is not poetry. IIad he taken to prose, he might have made an everlasting name for himself, but as it is his works are destined to die . For after all it is style, as I believe Goldsmith says, that lives—" You may have all the great thoughts in the world, but if you cannot express them they will be lost for ever ." If the " Paradise Lost " had been written in prose, I question if it would have been known now ; and equally I question, if it were not for the want of a great poet, which everyone feels, whether Browning would be known at all, even now. There are two other well-known English poets, Matthew Arnold and Mr . Morris . Each has felt the want I have spoken of ; and each has lamented it in very beautiful and very melodious verse, but neither has done anything to supply the want ; though very inconsistently with their own acknowledgment of lack of power, both have gone on writing.

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But out of England the world is changing : a broader, wider, and more liberal of the relations of man to man, and community to community is beginning to prevail . A heroic age is coming though very gradually . The great revolution inevitable in Russia and in Germany, and possible indeed, as many say, all over the civilized world, will bring forth a race of poets equal perhaps to those who calve immediately after the French Revolution—Shelley, Byron, Keats, Coleridge, Wordsworth. Poets will have then, as they have now, a theme in the growing spirit of cosmopolitanism, and of liberty—themes as grand as any poets have ever had ready to their hands since the world began. Liberty of course they have had : but cosmopolitanism is new to poetry, and therefore the more to be welcomed when it is found . And there is a poet who has written in English, besides Tennyson and our other fellow-countrymen, to whom the esthetic school, headed by the brothers Rossitt, have strongly inclined, viz ., Mr. Walt . Whitman. He feels, as he says, that the poetry of the period is either that " of an elegantly weak sentimentalism, at bottom no'h :ng but maudlin puerilitics, or more or less musical verbiage, arising out of a life of depression or enervation as their result," and has given to the world some stuff that he believes to be really masculine . As is the case with the rest of the objects of the admiration of the aesthetic party, there is a good deal of ground for their liking for Whitman ; but his fault is somewhat the same as Browning's, though more exaggerated . He has deep thoughts, often great and lofty thoughts (the monotony is varied, it is fair to say, by filthiness so great that only expurgated editions are allowed in England), but no idea how to clothe his thought . Professedly his metre is copied from that of the verses in the English version of the Bible ; so that for reasons before given his productions cannot be poetry. And now we come to the last, who is also the greatest, in my opinion, Swinburne . IIe has exhibited most of the qualities that go to make up a great poet. He has sublime thought, a force and vigour unsurpassed by any poet in the language ; he has the lyrical faculty to an unbounded extent, and the very greatest rhythmical power ; he has shown in his " Chastelard " eminently constructive genius ; he has an intense earnestness of purpose, united with an ardent love of liberty, and deep sense of the vices and follies of this age ; he has, in fact, all the powers of •a great poet, with all the opportunities. But he is not great—and to be great he must forget utterly his narrow bigotry against the Christian religion. IIe must get rid of a part and style he displays, half French, half Greek

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in fact he must make his poetry universal . Of course, I admit that as yet, he has produced no great work that will live as yet ; but I contend that he has done enough to show that he might be great. In his earlier years, in disgust, as he says in a preface to one of his books, at the maudlin, feeble style of poetry then prevailing, he prostituted his powers by indulging in the most loathsome sensuality ; which, however, fails to do harm, because the feeling it must invariably produce is mere disgust . But he has almost entirely lost that fault now, but for it has substituted bitterness against Christianity, which is just as sickening, and just as harmless . Both these faults have contributed in great measure to the obscuring of his fame . But set aside this same bigotry, and in his later works you will find as great poetry as in the works of any poet in this century . IIis " Songs before Sunrise " are unexcelled, perhaps unequalled in vigour by anything in the English language . His " Pilgrims " ; his a Litany of Nations," his " ° Eve of (:evolution," his " Mater Triumphalis," his " IIertha," his " Peruide et Cadaver," all raise him immeasurably above his contemporaries . It only remains for him to leave these fragments, and build up a great poem, and he will live . If he would make such a poem universal in its sympathies, as he easily can do, and forget his anti-Christian spirit, posterity will rank him, I am confident, among the greatest of our poets. Obviously, space forbids me quoting what would suffice to prove all of what I say. I can only quote a few lines taken almost at random out of Swinburne's works, not to represent any particular beauty, but merely to serve as an example of his ordinary work . IIere are a few verses of the " Pilgrims." The "Pilgrims," I may add, are supposed to be the heralds of the religious and social system of the future, who are questioned by unsympathizing bystanders ` Who is your lady of love, oh ye that pass Singing ? And is it for sorrow of that which was That ye sing sadly, or dream of what shall be ? For gladly at once and sadly it seems ye sing ." " Our lady of love by you is unbeholden, For eyes she hath none, nor eyes nor lips nor golden Treasure of hair, nor face nor form ; but we That love we know her more fair than anything ." " Is she a queen having great gifts to give? " " Yea, these : that whoso hath seen her shall not liva Except he serve her, sorrowing with strange pains, Travail and blood-shedding, and bitter tears .

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And when she bids die, he shall surely die ; And he shall leave all things under the sky And go forth naked under sun and rain, And work and wait and watch out all his years ." " And ye shall die before your thrones are won? " "Yea and the changed world, and the liberal sun Shall move and shine without us, and we lie Dead ; but if she, too, move on earth and live, Put if the old world, with all the old irons rent, Laugh and give thanks, shall we not be content, Nay, we shall rather live, we shall not die, Life being so little and death so good to give ?

" But ye that might be clothed with all things pleasant, Ye are foolish that put off the fair soft present, That clothe yourselves with the cold future air, When mother and father, and tender sister and brother, And the old live love that was, shall be as ye, Dust, and no fruit of living life shall be ? " She shall be yet who is more than all these were, Than sister or wife, or father unto us or mother." " Is this worth life, is this, to win for wages ? Lo the dead months of the awful grey-grown ages, The venerable, in the past that is their prison In the outer darkness, in the unopening grave Laugh, knowing how many as ye now say have said— How many, and all are fallen, are fallen and dead. Shall ye dead rise, and these dead have not risen? " " Not we, but she who is tender and swift to save." " Are ye not weary and faint by the way, Seeing night by night devoured of day by day ; Seeing hour by hour consumed in sleepless fire, Sleepless ; and ye, too, when shall ye sleep ? " " We are weary in heart and head, in hands and feet, And surely more than all things sleep were sweet, Than all things, save the inexorable desire, 11'hich whose knoweth shall neither faint nor weep . " " Is this so sweet that one were fain to follow, Is this so sure, where all men's hopes are hollow, Even this your dream that by much tribu l ation, Ye shall make whole flawed hearts, and bowed necks straight ." "?day, though our life were blind, our death were fruitless, Not, therefore, were the world's high hopes rootless But man to man, nation would turn to nation And the old life live, and the old world be great ."

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and so on, the greatness of the poetry being sustained all through . One stanza more, from the poem ' In memory of Barry Cornwall ' : " Time takes them home that we loved, fair names and famous, To the soft long sleep, to the broad sweet bosom of death But the flower of their souls He shall not take away to shame us, Nor the lips lack song for ever that now lack breath. For with us shall the music and perfume that die not, dwell, Though the dead to our dead bid welcome, and we farewell ."

EXCELSIOR. I N other respects I was a model youth . I had learnt the length of the Mississippi and the height of Cotopaxi . At a moment's notice I could have reeled off the list of the kings of Israel and Judah, the dates of birth, marriage, and death of every one of Henry the Eighth's wives. I knew the distance of Uranus from the earth, and had trod the " Asses' Bridge . " I was well acquainted with the composition of gunpowder and other interesting chemicals . I could do the " herring and a half " sum without a slate, write out avoir and ctre and the four conjugations without a book, parrot-like to perfection . At the dame's school of my infancy I used to take the boobies down wholesale and make a clean sweep of the prizes every Midsummer . But, alas, I never had the inestimable blessing of a classical education. Let this little piece of autobiography be a warning to you who neglect your Wordsworth and Kennedy. For me poetry always had its charms, and I was a profound reader of the transatlantic bard . I devoured Hiawatha and his canoe, and trudged manfully through Evangeline ; but there was one poem, the refrain of which baffled my untutored ingenuity. Its meaning was a mystery—" Excelsior ." I asked my father . He deeply regretted he had long since forgotten his algebra. I asked my mother . She lamented that she had not kept up her French, but she thought it meant "play it over again," as if I didn't know that was " Da Capo ." I asked my nurse . She whipped me soundly and told me not to ask naughty questions about things that I didn't ought to know anything about. How I cried . I searched Bradshaw—it wasn' t the name of a station . The Stores hadn't it in their catalogue . It didn't occur in Cruden's Concordance or Ilaydn's Dictionary of Dates . The Encyclopwdia Britannica did not explain it .

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The dread enigma, the unsolved problem of " Excelsior " haunted me night and day . Already one grey hair was visible among my hitherto raven locks . I determined to discaver the monster by the light of nature . The shades of night were falling fast As through an Alpine village past A youth who bore mid snow and ice A banner with a strange device Excelsior. Now what could this device be? Who the youth ? Perhaps he was the greedy boy of a Y . M. C . A . They had been for a " treat "—a day's excursion--and he had stayed behind to finish up the buns and ginger beer, or, overpowered by copious cake and tea he had sunk to sleep behind some spreading chesnnt tree, and had lost his way ; or he may have been a sandwich man announcing the arrival of a menagerie at the neighbouring town, or of the Swiss equivalent to " Patience "— His brow was sail, Perhaps he was neither school-boy nor sandwich man, but hawking some patent medicine warranted to cure toothache, dyspepsia, and the " thousand other natural shocks that flesh is heir to," " makes excellent furniture polish or writing ink ; useful in mending broken glass and china—no family should be without it," a regular

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it was " Reckitt's Blue " or " Eno's Fruit Salt ." IIe was sad because he could not sell any in spite of his "flashing eyes" and "clarion voice ." In the next verse we learn that "from his lips escaped a groan ." I suppose he must have been trying his patent . Very simple of him, but it served him quite right ; he should have known it would make him seedy . But, lo, the proprietor of the village public appears on the scene. Not wishing to miss a customer, he vainly tries to persuade him to stay the night and be returned by the "'bus" next morning to his disconsolate parents . It was very mean of the old man to frighten him, but he needn't have shouted him down like that with his loud clarion voice. (I don 't quite know what a clarion is, but I presume it is something like a cornet . It must have caused a sensation and have been very useful for hawking purposes, but hardly conducive to a quiet talk) . Here, no doubt ` Excelsior,' is some very strong expression, not to say an oath ; we may put it down as " rot" or " nonsense ." IIow long the angry colloquy would have lasted we don't know, but the worthy landlord's daughter now interposes . The youth was melted to tears, it seems, by the kindness of this pert maid (it was will that her mother wasn't there)

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but he was " very sorry that he really must decline on account of prior arrangements"—it is equivalent therefore to " Can't possibly ." But the avaricious publican is not to be daunted, and he generously adds a few more mountain horrors, but the youth had already made tracks, and once more repeated the mystic word, no doubt here "youre a fool," or something to that effect . We can imagine the old man's " Good night" would be, " You're another "—a remark perfectly justified by the occasion . Some time is supposed to elapse and we find the monks of St. Bernard at morning chapel . They had been making a night of it and hadn ' t got to bed . One less attentive to his devotions or more wideawake than the rest heard the strange cry of " Here, you fellows ." They rushed out and found the traveller in these various commodities buried in the snow. The hound, faithful to his canine instincts, had gone to' exhume for his breakfast the mutton-bone he had hidden on the previous day and had come across the mysterious one. While the monks were debating, whether to inscribe his name on the tombstone as— Excelsior, Esq., or Mr . Excelsior, this excellent youth tried a marvellous ventriloquistic performance . " His voice fell, like a falling star " that would be peculiar in itself, among the astonished talkers . We can picture how they girded up their monkish robes and fled, leaving the young man and his inexhaustible and inexplicable ` Excelsior' convulsed, with laughter at the success of his practical joke . CALLOO.

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SUPPOSE I should be transgressing against all precedent if I abstained from saying a word at this season about the 'Varsity

Eight, though you will all have had much later news from the " dailies . " Iliggins, to the joy and surprise of many, was seen at stroke on the second day of the term, but he has since gone down, having only come up to take his degree . For a while an old school-fellow of his Anson, from Magdalen College School—occupied the place he vacated. But at present Sharpe, of Hertford, is stroking, and remarkably well, too. Of the old crew, A . R . Patterson (New Inn Hall, late of Trinity) the President, G . S . Fort (Hertford), R . S . de Havilland (Corpus), G. C. Browne (New College), are left . Roberts (Hertford), Fyfe (Wadham), and McLean (of New College, an Eton Freshman); and How (of Exeter) are being tried . This will probably be the boat of 188'3

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unless Roberts gives place to Bourne, and De Havilland to R . S. Kindersley, who may row, as I hear he has left his mastership at Radley. He was President in 1881 . In any case the boat will be remarkably strong, and already it goes splendidly . So it looks a bad thing for the Cantabs. The football match against Cambridge, which was put off on account of the frost, will take place in the same week as the sports and race. At one time early in the season it was thought that Cambridge with their magnificent captain Don Wauchope, the best half-back in the kingdom, Chapman, (who is by the way an old Worcester man) and Faller might have a fair chance of winning . But the match between the United ' Varsities and London proved Oxford to be far stronger. We have no less than eight men who are in the English Team :— Evanson and Wade (three-quarters,) Rotherham (half-back), Tatham, Vassall, Strong, Woolridge, Kindersley, Moore . The Oxford contingent gained the majority of ties and contributed most to the success of England against Wales and South v . North. Besides these we have J. G . Walker, Grant-Asher, A . O . Mackenzie and Paterson, who have played for Scotland, with reserves like Allen and Lindsay . I have omitted Cave, who through ill-health could not play in the match against London, and I have no doubt that he would have distinguished himself as much as Evanson or Wade . We have not yet been defeated, nor are we likely to be, although Walker is disabled by a hurt received from Edinburgh, and from what I hear Woolridge will not be able to play ; we have still what is possibly the strongest team anywhere, and in the event of their playing England, they would not be disgracefully defeated, if at all . Their passing is simply perfection, and I have seen the opposing backs stare in helpless bewilderment while our men rushed the ball down the field by most unselfish play—to see a man collared with the ball is a very rare sight indeed. The Torpids will be rowed on the 22nd . At present it is too early to judge with any certainty, but New College will inevitably be dislodged from its position as head of the river. The sports will be keenly contested. We have lost Ilobhouse, of Ch. Ch ., the three mile man . But with Bruce Williamson, Carter, Cave, Lindsay, and Evanson, we are pretty safe of the hundred yards, and quarter mile and weight . As for the other events—save perhaps the mile with Wells—it is too early to prophesy .

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After all, the Prince of Wales ' s son is not coming up—this term at least—to the House . The Prince himself is to open the New Indian Institute next month. This is an age for improvements in Oxford The Union expect to have the electric light in working order by the first week in February. The contract is taken by the Midland Brush Light Company at the cost of £240 per annum, which is less than gas costs . It can hardly fail to be an improvement, as the gas light is simply wretched—almost as bad as in York. By some remarkably good fortune we found the theatre—otherwise known as the " Vic ."—opened for the first two weeks of Term . There are doubts whether this improvement is to be attributed to more liberal ideas on the part of the Vice-Chancellor or to a strange oversight on account of the unusually early date at which our term began. I hear that a certain college nearly lost, in a somewhat summary . manner, two veritable pillars of the R . U . F . C ., who had the greatest difficulty in inducing the head of their college to pardon a mistaken idea of the right place for pyrotechnic displays . Towards the end of last term, with misdirected generosity they gave a favourite tutor (who failed entirely to appreciate their good nature) the benefit of a grand Ike gratis, and in his rooms too. Last, but not by any means least, I have the great pleasure of announcing that Mr. John Ruskin has consented again to take the Slade Professorship of Art . CECI.

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HIS term, of course, the primary consideration is the 'Varsity Eight, and its chances of success . As yet they have been

together such a short time that we can hardly give a fair prophecy as to the result ; but they are a very strong, fairly neat set of oarsmen, and with careful attention and judicious treatment, ought to turn out as good an eight as we have had for some time . Atkin, who has come up to row stroke, is a very long, plodding, even stroke, and is well suited to the Putney to Mortlake course, but he wants a more marked beginning, and has not much life or spirit . Moore, the president, is rowing well at seven, but Fairbairn is not so good as last year. Churchill, the Eton Freshman, at five, is a quickly improving man, and his weight, 13st . 51b., will be of use in the middle of the boat .

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ltogether, our prospects are bright, and if care is taken to provide a suitable boat (last year their ship was all down by the head), they will not improbably win back for us some of our lost prestige on the river. The Cam is now daily crowded with college eights preparing for the Lent Races ; but it is yet too early to speak of their respective merits. Mallinson is again stroking Christ's first boat, and Douglas is rowing 2 in their second, while Crawshaw has also figured in the same boat, hut is not as yet a certainty . Eyre is stroking Corpus I ., with Peters at bow. Griffiths is at present 3 in Clare IL, and shows great signs of improvement . Collinson is rowing in a Queen ' s II ., which is trying to get on the river, and Marshall is steering Cavendish I. To return from the river, our prospects of winning the odd event in the sports seems fairly good, as we have still available—Colbourne, who won the high jump ; Hough, for the three miles ; Ware, for the long jump ; and Don Wauchope for the hurdles . We have also a Freshman, La Touche, of Pembroke, who can do the mile in 4 .31 . Our great loss is Macaulay from the quarter, but Grace, of Clare, is good for a little under 52 secs ., and as Oxford have lost Hughes, we shall not feel it so much. I see that Gibson, of Pembroke, has got a third in the Theological Tripos, and Fox, of the same college, has passed his special in the same branch of learning . The latter is now at Ridley Hall, which seems to be growing very popular . We were all much charmed a week ago at seeing Mr . and Mrs . Adams, who were up for a short stay, and were sor ry we could not persuade them to make a longer visit. Hockey is being somewhat patronised up here now by those who do not go in for rowing, and certainly there is rather a dearth of employment at this time of year . By the time the next Peterite comes out the ' Varsity boat will be in full training, and you will be able to be edified by the observations and criticisms of your own correspondent. K . K . K.

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WING to the very short notice given, the difficulty of collecting

information is considerable . Still I thought, by going back as far as November, and looking forward into the dim vista of future i rospects, to get out of it . But vain hope! the dreary close of the last

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year in snow precludes any football triumphs to celebrate, and the only other topic has already been fully dealt with—the Theatricals. Of the future, however, there is more to be said . I believe I am correct in saying that the matches which were prevented by the weather last year will take place during the present term . Unfortunately the fixtures are rather late, but still need not interfere at all with boating. Incidentally I may mention here that an Old Boys' match will be played on March 27th, and any wishing to take part can do so by letter to L . E . Stevenson, or E . W. Clayforth before that date . The probable termination of the boat races is a very open question . The School House will, in all probability, secure the Senior, but the Junior races must be left alone at present, as the composition of the crews is still unknown . No entries for the pairs or sculls have yet cone to hand. So much for the athletic side . For the rest, Oxford will, I believe, be favoured by at least one Peterite. Of course, the scholastic element of the School is somewhat jubilant at the turn taken in the object of the " IIey Memorial .' " Quite the most sensible and practical plan ." The ranks of the present masters will be considerably thinned by the loss of two prominent masters, the Rev . T . Adams, appointed to the future school of Gateshead, and the Rev . E. Balmer to a living in York, though that may not perhaps necessitate the abandonment of his post. Preparations are being already made for the event that is to transform this ancient city next July. York is somewhat electrified at the forthcoming prospect of a Royal Agricultural Show and Royalty . Otherwise York has been enlivened by the performance of Gade's ' Psyche, ' given by the York Musical Society. Yours truly' will not presume to criticise the work, which was first performed at Birmingham, but will be content with giving the opinion of a not-a-hundred-milesoff daily. To quote, the piece contains the germs which, "Fertilized by the dew of sentiment " give promise of a considerable genius. The performance was a great success, in spite of the absence of one of the principal performers. According to ancient precedent some intending competitors in the ensuing boat races began a semi-course of training on Shrove Tuesday, which passed off without any noteworthy incident . The early date of the festival, however, prevented many from following the energetics example.

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The mystery of the Ackroyd is to be again solved this term ; the examination probably takes place in March, and we hope the school, which will furnish one or two candidates, will be as fortunate in finding the correct solution—correct from its point of view—and find its representatives to the fore as in past years . ODOD.

NOTES AND ITEMS. MUSICAL IloNot;R.—Since the performance of his work, •' By the

Waters of Babylon," at the last Orchestral Concert of the Royal Academy of Music, F . K . Hattersley (Balfe Scholar) has been unanimously elected a Sub-professor of Harmony at the Academy. IIis composition has received warm commendation. A . A . Gibson and R . S . Fox, of Pembroke College, Cambridge . have taken their degrees : the former in the Theological Tripos, and the latter in the Theological Special Examination. Rev . T . Adams has been appointed to Head Mastership of the new Gateshead Grammar School. PRINCE ALBERT ' S REGIMENT (13TH) .—Lieut . Bryan Palmes to be Captain Vice Brevet-Major ; H . H . Parr, C .M.G .—Gazette, 9th January, 1883. BENGAL STxir' C'or,rs .—Lieutenant Alexander Thomas Weller to be Captain .—Gazette, "ilth January, 1883.

Rev . F . Watson, M.A ., IIulsean Lecturer, has preached on Sundays, January 21st and 28th, and will preach on February 4th and 11th. E, P . Allanson is one of the editors of a new magazine, entitled, " Scribbler's Monthly ." REVIEW.

The Scribbler's Monthly, No . L, January, 1883. We have pleasure in calling the attention of our readers to a new literary venture which makes its appearance with the year . The

Scribbler's Monthly has an energetic manager in Mr . R. Ward Carroll, an Old Peterite, and one of its three editors is Mr . E . P . Allanson, whom many of our readers will remember as a master, and some as a pupil, at St . Peter's. The first number has been sent to us for review, and consists of 32 well-printed pages, enclosed within an exceedingly tasteful cover, designed by Mr . T . Crane, the artist . Mr . Allanson contributes

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the first instalment of a novel, and a neat little essay. One of the other editors, Mr . Boas, of Balliol College, who served his literary apprenticeship some time ago as editor of The Cliftonian, contributes a just and well-written estimate of Scott's novels and poems ; if we have any fault to find with it at all, it is that it was scarcely necessary for him to quote at length so hacknied a piece as the description of " Fair Melrose ." Next comes an amusing Irish sketch—an essay on 00 Manner," founded on some words of Lord Chesterfield's, and two poems exhaust the contents of the number . As the editors say, the magazine "must inevitably require a little time to settle itself into proper form," but it certainly starts well for an amateur undertaking . Mr . Crane's design would cover, if necessary, a multitude of sins, but it happily has not many sins to cover. We hope that The Scribbler's Monthly will be taken up by both past and present Peterites—we see several already on the preliminary list of subscribers—and help to encourage literary interest in the school . If it does, our own pages will feel the benefit . We should add that the subscription, which includes postage, is lOs . per annum, and that all information regarding the magazine will be given by the Secretary and Treasurer, Mr . R. W . Carroll, Coombe Mavis, Chislehurst, Kent .

FOOTBALL. v . MR . THOMPSON'S FIFTEEN. Played on the School Ground on Saturday, November 25th. The School had to deplore the loss of Clayforth, haye, and Williamson, who were represented by English, Johnson, and Lofton. Steavenson went three-quarters, and II . Crossley went forward . The School lost the toss and played up for the first half, the lower end of the ground being under water in places . Stevenson soon began to show, but was several times well collared by Bellerby . The game before half-time was very fast, the visitors scoring several touch-downs . The School forwards, especially the brothers Crossley, Robinson, and English, played finely against their weightier opponents, for whom two men from the Training College, Tyne and O'Neale, played up best . Another Training College man, Kitson, at three-quarters succeeded in crossing the School line, but lost the ball, and Stevenson touched down . O n half-time being called, the School met with a serious reverse, Cobb

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scoring a try, owing to the back slipping as he tried to save ; Kitson, however, failed to land a goal . The School now played up hard, and ran the ball down to the visitors' goal line, and Stevenson scored a try, but no goal was kicked . Soon after he obtained a second, and Taylor kicked . This was followed by a magnificent dribble on the part of II. Crossley, ending in a try and a goal . After the kick off, H . Crossley was again to the fore, and, with the aid of his brother, scored a second try, Stevenson failing at goal . Taylor next got in after a good run, but his kick was charged down . Almost immediately after time was called, the School winning by two goals three tries and two minor points, to one try and six minor points . For the School Stevenson played with his usual brilliancy, the two half-backs also doing good work, Rhodes' passing being most unselfish . In the forward division the Crossleys were always on the ball, Robinson, Lane, and English also showing up well. For the visitors Gay kicked well at back, Kitson making some good runs ; forward, Tyne, O'Neal, and Watkinson were the best. Mr. Thompson's Fifteen : Back, Gay ; three-quarter backs, F . Kitson, A. Bellerby, F. Ware ; half-backs, G . G. Thompson, W . H . Cobb ; forwards, O'Neal, Tyne, Todd, Potter, Brooks, Watkinson, Trotter, Bellerby. Football has been resumed this term to take the place of less deserving amusements, and with some success . Matches with Thorp Arch and the Yorkshire Wanderers will be played, besides others to employ the afternoons, till the time when boating will require undivided attention . This will not probably be for some time, as the two sports can go on simultaneously for a considerable time without causing any detriment to the latter . The second team has played one match, an account of which, in answer to many requests, is enclosed . An attempt to form a third team has been made, but has not prospered as yet, partly owing to the lateness of the season, and partly to the inability of finding opponents, several of whom have pleaded the inequality of the match proposed . The school ought to congratulate itself on the terror inspired by the prowess of its football teams, as one of the opponents who pleaded this excuse was not afraid to encounter the second team in past seasons . The first fifteen is the same as in last year, with the exception of C . II . Steavenson, whose place will be taken by T. H . English, who has frequently represented the school before. There is also a rumour that literary occupations or aquatic duties will prevent Kaye from assisting .

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SECOND FIFTEEN v . MR. BURIiILL S FIFTEEN. This match was played on the school ground on February 3rd. The school captain kicked off, but the ball was well returned by the opposing three-quarters, and the first scrimmage was formed at the half-way flag . Short runs by the school half-hacks and three-quarters gradually carried the ball into the other's twenty-five, though the good safety-play and kicking of Bu kill prevented any material score . Twice the school forwards carried the ball over the line, but touchdowns only resulted, and once Spencer crossed the line, but being held by two antagonists, a maul ensued, in which he lost the ball and a touchdown again followed . After the kickoff, Rose got the ball and succeeded in gaining a try, which was at first disputed on the ground of the ball having been dead . The point was afterwards conceded, and Ford made a good attempt at goal, the ball striking the cross-bar . Time was shortly called, and it was expected that, with the wind against them, the school would he pressed by their heavier opponents . This now proved erroneous, as the game rarely passed their half-way flag, and when it did. the ball was promptly brought back by Marshall, who played a good game throughout, but did not seem at home in the mud. Bradley soon scored a try which was disputed, and Spencer twice got in, but the points were given in . Metcalfe, however, was more successful, but Marshall failed to do the necessary from a very difficult kick . Just before the close Wilson got in, and this time Marshall made up for his former non-success . The second team played remarkably well, and its success was mainly owing to the passing among the forwards ; Wilson at half would do well to imitate them. English and Crosthwaite were the pick there, until Marshall and Rose did good work behind . Their opponents only got the ball across the line twice, a touchdown resulting on one occasion, while on the other the try was disallowed . The game consequently resulted in a victory for St . Peter ' s by one gral, three tries (one disputed), and minor points to one minor point. Second Fifteen :—E . Marshall (back), J . C . Ford, C . Johnson, C. Rose (three-quarter backs) ; W . Wilson and A . Spencer (half backs), T . English, W. S . Gofton, A . D . Hart, C. B . Clarke, R . Crosthwaite, W. E . Bradley, J . Kroenig, F. W . Metcalfe, W. C . Ralph, (forwards) .

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PETERITL Von . V.

APRIL, 1883 .

No . 35.

EDITORIAL.

HE Editors beg to thank the school in general for the response made to the appeal for an increased number of subscribers. The

response, however, though welcome, has not been so large as could be desired or even expected . This is the more to be regretted as the Editors have good authority for stating that there is a greater willingness throughout the school in general to assist in the maintenance of other institutions, and are happy to say that the subscriptions from the various sections of the school are not in such striking disproportion to their .numbers as in the past . Consequently they do not feel justified in effecting any reduction at present ; as the Peterite is not in any danger of failing through want of support of this kind, they are not without hopes of doing so at some future occasion. The Peterite has, however, nearly fallen through from other causes. It has for some time been, however, on the verge of literary bankruptcy. The publication of the present number has been for this reason unavoidably delayed, and the delay has made the information contained in it deplorably out of date. For this the Editors feel that they owe some apology ; still they think themselves justified in arguing that its recurrence can be more easily prevented by the subscribers than themselves . Owing to the want of general support the object of the magazine is in danger of being frustrated ; instead of acting as a popular channel for conveying the ideas, feelings, and wishes of past and present Peterites to each other, it seems likely to degenerate into a mere collection of of untimely scraps of news . The Editors hope that all Peterites will join in responding to this appeal as readily as they did some eighteen months ago when asked for pecuniary aid ; the danger is as great now as it was then, the nature only of it is changed . They feel that the difficulty can only be permanently met by literary assistance from the mass of the subscribers, and trust that these will not be backward with their contributions .

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This excuse also applies to the complaint that has been made against the irregularity with which the Peterite is published ; that sometimes it comes out in two consecutive months and then there is a gap of two or more months without a number . It may be also urged in answer to this that the Peterite is only printed eight times a year on an average, and the time of publication varies according to the necessity . If the number of subscribers is increased to one hundred and seventy-five, the Editors are ready to guarantee the publication of twelve numbers, provided adequate literary assistance is regularly given.

ON THE ART OF MARINO A FUSS.

W IIAT can the man mean ?" a perplexed Peterite may not unnaturally exclaim : " is it possible that the writer has inadvertently left out the word not? " No, dear Peterite, there is an art of not making a fuss, too, most certainly ; but it is not an art that pays, only one that pleases . I mean what I say,—" the art of making a fuss," for that is what you must have if you would get on, and especially if you would get on more than you deserve to do, and so it is time we knew something about it. Whether at the outset we should not have more properly described our subject as a science than a mere mechanical art we need not discuss ; though certainly when its principles have been thoroughly laid to heart, thought out, and understood, it almost deserves the higher title . Yet since many persons who acquire the gift do so by instinct, and most who employ it do so for a sternly practical end, we may be more warranted in adhering to the name we started with. Foolish persons there have been,—persons destined seldom to secure much notice in the world,—so blinded to all around them as to imagine that noise was no pleasure of value ; that to bring themselves before the public for no very definite reason was mere ni$ciou .sness, and that in fact the less fuss they made in proportion to the work done the better . As well might a trades-unionist maintain that it was his interest to do any given quantity of work at the lowest possible wages, and in the shortest possible time . In both cases, work of course in some measure must be done ; if only to save appearances, and to give further occasion for making more fuss in the one case and getting more wages in the other; but plainly the less of it will suffice the Letter, so that more material may be reserved for future fuss-making or wage-earning .

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But we are getting bitter, and the flame that emits most heat often sends out the least light. There is no one, I imagine, even barely versed in the art of fussmaking, that does not feel by instinct that the chief field for its exercise lies in that " Palladium " of British liberties, the right of Public Meeting. There is a generation who positively seem to spend their whole time at meetings of one sort or another, whose whole talk is of " objects " and " causes," but to whom talking and doing appear to be almost synonymous . Such persons will not permit the simplest scheme to be set on foot without a lengthy public " palaver,"

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elaborately ridiculous forms and ceremonies, at which they try to compel the attendance of their friends . Some of these are benighted enough to feel injured, and say that there is no occasion for anything of the kind, that in this way much valuable time is wasted, much nonsense talked, and much fulsome flattery swallowed with relish . But all this is in reality quite beside the point . It may be that the " object " or " cause" would do just as well without our demonstrations : but this matters nothing ; it is not the result, but the fass which we want ; it may be that we cannot tall good into existence, or evil out of it, but what of that ? here is a chance of being seen on the platform, an opportunity of keeping ourselves before the public, and making ourselves prominent : by all means then let us call a public meeting, let us have a chairman, nay perhaps be the chairman, with all his dignified responsibilities ; let us speak to each other and of each other i I a quasi-parliamentary form, and invest the proceedings with an effective solemnity, an impenetrable formality such as may duly impress the public with the weighty character of our toils : and after these are over, and the end in view advanced, it may be not very much, yet quite enough for the purpose ; then let votes of thanks be passed and re-passed, till everyone has been well bethanked by everyone else, and all part duly convinced of the important work they have been helping to achieve : and lastly be careful that the local print, forewarned, be present in its representative, to take down and tell to the breakfasting world next day our officially impressive words, immortalized iII print.

I will not, however, deny that there are several other almost equally effective and successful ways of making a fuss. One, held in esteem by the alimentive, consists in coining together to eat success to a good cause, to eat Mr. Gladstone in or out of office at a political luncheon, or to eat

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a better mind to the negroes at a " missionary tea ." In what way the denizens of those regions where " only man is vile, " can be benefited by, or even aware of these deglutitory efforts on their behalf, is and has been a mystery to the writer : and even though there may be some margin of profit obtainable in such ways, yet one might think that most people would rather pay twice as much to be excused attending at all . But here we come to the point : such a solution would not suit most of the promoters of these schemes ; for though there would most certainly be more profit, yet there would then be no opportunity of making a fuss, of coining " to the fore," or becoming publicly prominent. It may be again that there is a Town Ilall or an Exhibition to be inaugurated or opened . Given the key, one would suppose this were an easy process . But what then of the fuss-makers ? It would never do to disappoint them too rudely, nay it is impossible to do so, because probably all the arrangements are in their hands, as they are the very persons who have managed the affair throughout ; the management of such enterprises being itself an excellent advertisement and opportunity for fuss-making, and involving numerous meetings of the kind abovementioned : and so the simple suggestion about the key is never even alluded to. The dreary solemnities that follow, which our British stoicism enables us to endure, enlivened only now and again by some touch of absurdity more palpable than usual, I need not waste time by attempting to describe. On the mental characteristics, however, which give rise to these phenomena it may be worth while to dwell a little, for it seems to me that all lovers of fuss do not become so on the same grounds. For we must by no means forget that there is the honest enthusiast, who genuinely believes that by all this feverish activity he is doing a vast deal of good, and whose sole object is to do good . It is certainly true enough that there can be no motion without noise, though unhappily there can be plenty of noise without motion . If it were not for some of these zealous pushing folk I daresay very little good would be done, and the world would be rather a duller place to live in than it is now, so that one may be inclined to condone such energy, ostentatious as it is, and suffering from something in the nature of a "moral inflammation,' rather than be deprived of its results . Such people, too, generally make amends for the trouble they cause, by contributing to the public fund of amusement . These at any rate are the most respectable of the fussmaking community.

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One often meets, however, with persons of shallow nature who are genuinely impressed in a dignified outside, and admire ceremonial of all sorts—men who have not penetrated far into the clothes-philosophy of things, and to whose minds what looks grave or imposing must really possess a corresponding weight and worth . Were such an idea assailed with success, their faith in the state of things around them would be seriously shaken . To such persons, seeming to be engaged on some very important matter is quite the same as being so . To such minds an individual carries more weight when spoken of in an official capacity as ac The Chairman," or say " The Mayor," than when described as plain

Mr . Tomkins. The latter may easily be vapid or foolish, like other mere men, but the dazzling paraphernalia of office forbid the thought of attributing to the former any but the deepest sagacity . It is for the benefit and enlightenment of such persons that one could wish, with Carlyle, that just for once on some impressive occasion all externals might suddenly vanish, " the clothes fly off the whole dramatic carps, " and the official suddenly sink into the man . One cannot much wonder, however, at persons with minds of this sort supporting and uniting with the fussmakers, because they cannot distinguish between windbags and bags of more substantial commodities—they see nothing fulsome in the coarsest laudation of after-dinner rhetoric, nothing to satirize in the Lord Mayor ' s show itself. There are again a large section even of Englishmen, who take a genuine pleasure in mere chatter, even the chatter of others, irrespective of its value, or of anything at all save that it is chatter . I suppose, too, that there is an idea lurking in the minds of such good people, that in subjecting themselves to all this on behalf of public interests they are doing something very laudable and discharging a public duty of an indefinite kind. When, however, to the pleasure of hearing talk, there is added that of hearing oneself talk, the attraction towards the ranks of fuss-making is of course vastly enhanced. It must I fear be admitted, however, that a lower motive than any of these works towards the same end, and that a considerable section of fuss-makers are only fussy on their own behalf . Their restless zeal for some cause is at bottom a zeal for themselves . They know that to be secretary of this association for setting everybody to rights, to be on that committee of the society for making sunbeams out of cucumbers, to be identified with public objects, and to buttonhole Bishops and Professors on platforms is wasting their time, but wasting it to very good

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purpose . They may be no more selfish in reality than their quiet neighbour who stays at home and reads his newspaper, nor less so either : but they are more far-sighted, and act more consistently on their principles ; either seeing more clearly how to carry them out to their own advantage, or else being more willing to make present sacrifice of personal ease to secure it. The worst part of it is that in doing so they exact sacrifices from others as well, which are not equally remunerated. That, the world at large will ever, or at any rate soon cease to mistake fuss for energy, or to call self-seeking enthusiasm, is too much to hope ; nor is it likely that the quiet and undemonstrative workers among us will ever meet with much reward, nor perhaps would many of them desire it . .A 11 they can hope for is to escape becoming victims to their inflammatory brethren without sharing in their compensations.

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ONG before this gets into print the Inter-'Varsity boat race will have ended in a victory for—whom ? We have all felt pretty

confident until the last few days, in which the speedier trial courses done by Cambridge have caused the betting to veer round in a most decided manner at last, though for some time it has been fluctuating very strangely . To quote from a great sporting organ, " On the one side (Cambridge) there is a superior physique, with a style only inferior to that of their opponents ; on the other, superior style, with physique only inferior to their opponents." Yet that paper goes on to say, with the inconsistency peculiar to its tribe, that the light blues hardly ever pull six consecutive strokes in true time and swing . If Cambridge do win, they will probably owe their victory to the coach with which Oxford—some say in pity—provided them, and who seems to have done them " a power of good," and we shall have the mortification of helping them to success . But, as Horace says, "Vis consili expers mole ruit sua Vim temperatam di quoque provehunt." With Nest as our stroke, and four men behind him who have rowed to victory before, I think we need not despair, despite the odds offered against Oxford ; and I fully expect that, even if Cambridge get ahead at first, West will bring the dark blues to the front before half the course is over, and keep them there too . If my hopes are realised, our success will be a marvellous tribute to Oxford style .

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As to the sports, we should win the 100 (though I hear Carter isn't running), the hammer, and the weight ; perhaps the quarter and the hurdles . The 'Varsity sports were deprived of much interest by the bad form or absence of old blues . Wells is almost certain to be beaten by De la Touche in the mile, while the high jump and three miles were not up to form at all . The weight was certaintly the best event, won by Ware, a B .N.C . fresher, I believe, rejoicing in an elephantine soubriquet expressive of his muscle, who put 33ft . Bin . after a ding-dung struggle with Deykin, of Pembroke . The high jump only enticed three competitors, two of them straight from the boats and consequently stiff. It was hardly more than has been done at school, IIornby, who rowed in the Corpus torpid, just clearing 5ft . 5in . Beaumont, of Oriel, jumped in excellent style, and struck me as being the better of the two . By a comparison of the times recorded at the sports of the two 'Varsities, remembering that Cambridge is an unusually quick ground, but that their sports were run in very bad weather, while Oxford enjoyed two beautiful days and a path in good condition, I expect to see Cambridge win the odd event at least . Besides they have a string of veterans, while Oxford, it seems, will hardly run an old blue. It is with a feeling of relief that turn to football, where our supremacy cannot be questioned . Five of our six backs and seven out of nine forwards are internationals . The three most important matches this term were played in a Niagara of rain (I mean those against Liverpool, Swinton, and Cambridge), and were won by 1 goal and 1 try and very many touches down ; by one try and many touches down ; by 1 try and three touches down to nil respectively, as far as I can remember . But that does not represent the relative strength of the teams, as Swinton scored some 3 goals and four tries against Liverpool shortly after . The rain_ and wind made the passing and scientific play of the Oxford team almost impossible, while their great speed was neutralised by the muddy swamp they played on . Liverpool hardly ever got the ball out of their 25 . But Swinton made a desperate attempt to win . They were a light wiry team and seemed dwarfed by the mountainous array the 'Varsity presented . They had been trained for three weeks previously, and I am told refrained, in prudent fear, from doing justice to the lunch provided them before the match by the O .U.R .U.F.C. One corner of the ground was crowded by a trainful of enthusiasts, who braved the weather and came to cheer the Cottonopolitans on to victory . They encouraged their representatives in true northcountry style, " Give it ' em, Bill," "Knock 'em hovver, ' Arry," and

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abused their umpire copiously when he did not dare to defy the laws, and be " splendide mendax " as a Hyperborean umpire is expected to be . But they found such veritable pillars as Evanson not so easy to knock over ; and, as usual, muddy heaps of prostrated manhood indicated the path, and testified to the strength of the dark blue three-quarters. Despite their splendid following up, their good dribbling, their sharp practices, their disregard for "0 off-side," and their incessant squabbling —these three last features being entirely innovations and novelties in a south-country game—they found the greatest difficulty iii keeping the ball from their twenty-five. In the match against Cambridge we were deprived of the services of Evanson, Cave, Walker, Mackenzie, Patterson, and Strong . We were pleased to see Douglas playing for Cambridge, and equally sorry to hear of his accident. In the Torpids, Corpus ascended to the top, with B .N.C . second, and New College, first in 16S2, third . Christ Church had perhaps the fastest boat on the river, and they gained a place every night. Oxford has lost one of her most distinguished men in Henry Smith, Professor of Geometry . He won the Senior Mathematical and the Hertford, besides obtaining two double firsts. The electric light at the Union can hardly be said to be a complete success . The Pilsen lights in the debating hall and library are very unsteady and somewhat painful to read by, though the Swan lamps in the writing room are very satisfactory. Mr. Joseph Arch paid us a visit, but he was coldly received on the whole . Not so Miss Sophie Mentor, ho I suppose is, as a pianiste, the AN

equal of Charles Hulk, though musical critics say her playing is a little unsympathetic . Her skill and brilliancy were shewn in Beethoven's sonata, " Appassionata," which brought down the house. The schools this term, I am told, have not been attended by the wholesale massacre of the innocents that has been so common of late, especially in Divinity . Perhaps the authorities have devised some better way to pay off the vast sums spent in the gaudy prison and torturehouse for undergraduates . But a gentleman whose strong point was strict if not puzzling accuracy, has achieved an unimpeachably pure breed of canine latin composition . Ile was asked to translate " I am given to understand ." He did so with unassailable closeness to the English, by "intelligere dor ." Ile might be compared to a gentleman I once heard in the second form at St . Peters, who rendered " that CECI . man," by "nt homo . "

CAMBRIDGE LETTER.

T is so long since my last letter that it is difficalt to know what to

write about, without referring to matters so long past as to be of no present interest, still at the time of writing it is not very long since the Boat Race, though judging from past experience it probably will be before this appears in print in the Peterite. As may be imagined great was the surprise and dismay when the result of the race was known, and immediately everyone set to work to discover the reason, and everyone found a different one . As a matter of fact I think too great reliance was placed on the result of the two trials ; when Cambridge were twenty seconds quicker than Oxford, the performance frightened the backers of Oxford, who were in a hurry to hedge, and so turned the odds round on Cambridge . Now Cambridge being a very big heavy set of men needed plenty of hard work, whereas Oxford were a bit fine when they came to Putney ; consequently I think it is very likely that Nest would not work his men too hard in a trial, reserving their strength till the time came for the struggle itself, and so we may perhaps explain the apparent inconsistency of trial and race. I also believe that the Cambridge crew were far too heavy ; of course weight means strength, but I am convinced that light weights, who are thorough stayers and hard workers, are better in a light ship at two and seven than two men respectively over twelve and thirteen stone . With Barton at two, Fox at four, and perhaps Beauchamp at seven, Fairbairn going five, I believe the boat would have been faster, and I hope next year with such good material as we shall have, to see a boat turned out that will win back to Cambridge the laurels we have lost the last few years. It is some comfort to be able to record a win for Cambridge in the sports, and that a hollow one, not a single race falling to Oxford, who only won the weight, hammer, and long jump . The 100 yards was a splendid race, all four men finishing close together ; the high jump was good, and there was a splendid race in the mile, La Touche fairly outstaying Wells and winning in good form . In the three miles Ilough was in fine form and ran clean away from everyone, finishing with a fine spurt, apparently quite fresh . The racquets also fell to Cambridge, both contests, double and single, being of the most one-sided description. In the Lent races, Christs, stroked by Mallinson, kept their place, and were a good boat, their stroke rowed very well, and on the last night in a hard race shoved great pluck and coolness . Corpus, stroked by Eyre

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with Peters at bow, did not turn out so good as was expected, as at one time they were considered the best boat in practice ; they fell the last night to Jesus, who were a very good boat . Griffith was rowing in a Clare boat, which failed to get on the river. In the 'Varsity sports Eyre ran fairly well in the three miles, but failed in the last three hundred yards through want of condition . As he had been rowing so lately it was hardly to be wondered at, and he would probably have been placed if he had had a little more time after the races ; he also ran fifth in the mile. Though rather late now, still I must congratulate Douglas on getting his blue and playing against Oxford at football, which he fully deserved, as his play was at all times most plucky and unselfish . IIe sustained his reputation well against Oxford, but unfortunately sprained his ankle at the end of the match . However, he is now better. I am sorry that there were not more Peterites up trying for scholarships this term, Lane at Corpus being the sole representative of the school. One bugbear of Classical Honour men is now done away with, viz ., the " Additionals" Examination in the Littlego . There is talk of some other examination being substituted for it, but as yet nothing has been fixed .

THE SCHOOL LETTER.

T is difficult to imagine a more thankless task than that of a special correspondent, suddenly called upon to write about nothing . He is

told that the publication has been deferred to allow all the term news to be inserted . Cunning editors ! IIe laughs somewhat at their discomfiture. They imagined that by waiting so long he would be unable to plead want of news. But the term has glided swiftly away and left his field of enquiry blanker than ever . All the same, some news has to be sent, and so No one can possibly say that the term has been a success . It opened brightly enough . Fine weather and football matches ready arranged to begin with, boating to conclude . But somehow by some malign influence the fine weather got away, leaving a blank in the football world, as the opposing teams failed to appear ; then snow and frost prevented the other matches taking place, the ground being for a long time covered several inches deep ; bad weather continued and made boating practice almost out of the question ; more bad weather, and boating was given up ; and

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then to crown all, when the boats were finally broken up, fair weather returned and the school was compelled to be satisfied with scratch races, an account of which is enclosed. However, G ° it is a bad, &c . "—At one school meeting it was resolved merely to give up boating for this year and resume it on the old system in future . A second was soon held, and it was determined if possible to have the races (the weather however again interfered), giving only medals as prizes for this and four more years, and after that the cups, &c., should be given by the boat club instead of the winners receiving money to buy them . The surplus money is to be applied to pay off the debt on the boat-house and buy new boats . This is undoubtedly a great advance, and it is to be hoped that the old system will never be resumed, and large prizes will not be given for races that should be, so to speak, patriotic, e .g . the races between different parts of the school . A challenge cup, at least, might be instituted to be held .for a year, medals only being given to the winners . The amount could be readily raised by a special subscription. York has been favoured with the horrors of a , mimic siege, directed by General Booth, who led his army into its new habitation and opened the barracks here with " great slaughter ." There was a rumour of a skeleton army, hired at the rate of 7s . 6d. per head, with its artillery of eggs and cabbages ; but the watchfulness of the ever vigilant York police force, aided by reinforcements from Leeds and elsewhere, prevented a disturbance . General Booth no doubt assisted them by thinking discretion the better part of valour and retiring at nine o'clock after an Easter Monday review of his volunteers . O .D .O .D.

THE FOOTBALL TEAM.

REVIEW of the past season may appear somewhat out of place after the long time that has elapsed since the members of the

team last met together in the field. But nominally, if not practically, the season has not been long closed . The team had been feeding on expectation of matches that never came, and hoping during the first eight weeks of the term that one opposing team at least would sometime be able to perform its engagement. The season, such as it was, cannot be complained of ; only one defeat, and that very excusable, has been sustained . Considering then the illlooking prospect at the commencement the team may be fairly satisfied

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with their success, all the more so as, by taking the line through parallel clubs and by comparison with the previous year's team, all the matches that fell through would have resulted in victories ; this would have left the score ten wins, one tie, and one defeat . This calculation will not be considered unjust if it be remembered that the only teams that were likely to defeat us were the Yorkshire Wanderers and Thorparch . Last year we played a tie against a strong team of the former, and this year a club, against which we practically scored a win, defeated the second with considerable ease . The Wanderers, however, were unable to bring a team over, and snow prevented the other match from taking place. The result of this success was mainly owing to an improved style of play, for the physical strength was considerably less than in former years . The passing was much improved and a greater amount of combination introduced into the game . Still there was room for further improvement, especially in the following up, which was frequently weak, and in the collaring of the forwards, who seemed to depend far too much on the backs . It will be as well for those who remain to attend to this, as in probability there will be greater need of science among them than now. L . E, STEVENSON (1881-81-82), decidedly the best man in the team, set his followers an excellent example at the three-quarter back, having a very fair amount of pace, and making good use of his weight ; unfortunately not a very good kick. E . W. CLAYFORTH (1881-82) scarcely sustained the reputation formed of him in 1881, his play being no doubt influenced by his studies ; nevertheless generally was seen to advantage in a loose scrimmage. W. J. P . KAYE (t' 81-82), as back, played very well, being an excellent kick with both legs ; hardly a success at three-quarters back. C . J. H . WILLIAmsoN (1881-82) unhappily only played in a few matches ; was very fast ; could kick a long distance, and collar very neatly. H . G . JoY (1881-82), inclined to be lazy, but can collar well ; useful at a throw-in from touch, owing to his height ; of good service in a packed scrimmage. *H . CuossLEY (1881-82) played back at the commencement of the season, afterwards went forward, where he played a grand game, being always on the ball, and an excellent collarer ; in fact working hard all round *P . E . LORD (1882), very useful three-quarter, though somewhat eclipsed by his two comp anions . Good drop with either leg. J . CRossLEY (1864), another grand forward, playing finely with his brother, a good dribbler, and general hard worker. *F . E . ROBINSoN (1882), very fair forward, generally on the ball, at times made some good dribbles. F . R . BRANDT (1882), made a very gcod back, collaring smartly and kicking well with both feet. C. A . STEAVENSON (1882), hard working forward, shining especially in the pack; also played back with fair success, being a safe collarer. *H. W. RHODES (1682), most unselfish half-back, feeding the three-quarters well, especially making use of the powera of the captain ; very fair kick. M. D . TAYLoit (1882), smart half-back, being fairly quick ; good place kick. C . R. LANE (1882), hard working forward, well on the ball, useful in the pack. C . JOHNSON (1882), excellent forward, a light weight, but serviceable, having moderate speed, can drop some distance. T. H . EEGLISH, (1882) played in almost every match and showed himself a fine collarer, and generally good forward. * Available for 1883 .

BOATING. E are pleased to be able to record in the School Letter the

change that has been adopted in the system of boating . We will not enquire into the causes, whatever they were, that brought it about . It is really and truly a gift horse, and the circumstances connected with it may perhaps as well be kept sacred . Though it may not be so purely a voluntary sacrifice to the good of the club on the part of the rowing community as it might appear to be, still, to judge from the activity displayed throughout the school on behalf of the scratch fours, there is no fear that the regular races will suffer any lack of support on account of the temporary abolition of prizes . The captain designate of the boats, C . Johnson, has a fair prospect before him, as the rapid action of the committee has done what was mainly required to give a healthy tone to the rowing . It is no longer in danger of being farmed. We hope to be able in a future number to publish a more detailed account of the prospect of the club. After it was finally decided that the continuance of bad weather made it advisable to give up the usual boat races, it was determined in compensation to increase the number of days for scratch races from two to three . These were held accordingly on April 12th, 14th, and 17th . The second day was reserved for junior boys . Though the exhibition these made was more amusing than dignified, still it was pleasing to see so many entries for that day. FIRST DAY, APRIL 12Tu. HEAT A.

C . Marshall (bow) G. C . Murray P . E . Lord C . Johnson G . Wand (cox)

R . Crawshaw (bow) C. B . Clarke J . Noble F. E . Robinson G . Mortimer (cos)

HEAT B.

J . Wilson (bow) E. A . Lane L . E. Stevenson F. R . Brandt Wand (cox)

HEAT C. (Row OVER).

F . A. Bulman (bow) W . Ralph H. Crossley J . Marshall Mortimer (cox)

E . H. Bulman C . Bose M. D . Taylor W. Wilson HEAT D.

Winner of A

beat

Winner of C

HEAT E.

Winner of D

beat

Winner of B

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In heat A Johnson's boat was the first to show in front, and was never overhauled, winning easily by three-quarters of a length . I-Ieat B was easily won by the superior strength of Brandt's boat, in accordance with general expectation. Wilson's boat then rowed over. In the first heat of the second round Johnson's boat was quickest in getting off, and gradually increasing its lead won by half a length from Wilson's boat. In the final Brandt's crew were matched against Johnson's . A good start was made, the former being the first to show in front . This advantage, however, was counteracted by Lane and Brandt losing their oars in quick succession, thus giving Johnson the lead, which he just managed to keep till the white railing was reached . SECOND DAY, APRIL PITH. This day was reserved for boys who would not have rowed in the fours had the regular races taken place . HEAT A. Halliwell (bow) v. Wade (bow) Hughes Thompson Fausett Kroenig Crosthwaite (str) Glaves (str) HEAT B. Murray ii (bow) v. Kitchin i (bow) Bloomfield Gofton Neville Martin i Green (str) Haynes (str) HEAT C. Gabb (bow) v. Ralph i (bow) Rudgard Daniell Sharpe Kitchin ii Williamson (str) Faber (str) HEAT D. Parkinson (bow) v. Rice (bow) Ralph iii Birks Stevenson iii Adam Ford ii (str) Little (str) HEAT E. Winner of A v. Winner of B Winner of C

HEAT F. v.

Winner of D

Winner of E

HEAT G. v.

Winner of F

Heat A . Crosthwaite's boat took the lead, but oars were lost and bad time was kept, and accordingly his boat lost the race by three-quarters of a length. Heat B . Hayness boat went completely to pieces, No . 2 never getting his oar into the water . They were defeated by a length. Heat C . Faber's boat being a very small crew was beaten easily by Williamson's. Heat D . Little's crew pulled very well together, thus making up for their lack of strength, and winning as they liked. Heat E . Between Glave's and Green's, superior strength of the former being left behind. Beat F . Between Williamson's and Little's. The time of No. 2 in the former boat materially assisted the latter to victory. Heat G . Little's boat against Green's. A very fine race, only won by a few feet by Little's boat. Stroke and three in the winning boat are to be congratulated on the amount of work done by them. THIRD DAY, APRIL 17TH. The boats consisted merely of a second draw of those who rowed on the first day. Most of the races were closely connected and very exciting. The winning boat consisted of J. Kroenig (bow), R . Crawshaw (2), II . Crossley (3), P . E. Lord (str).

DE PROFUNDIS.

IE presente diffusion of knowledge cloth induce in moste men, as

bath belie aforetime, a certaine conceit of letters . "Scribinfus omnes indocti doctique sinful." For as a woode of dry timber is oftentimes thrown on a blaze by the mere constant contrition of the branches in a wind, so doth every dry sticke in writinge, by continual rubbinge of his wits against others his fellows, fever up into an ardour and love of seeing his productions in letter-print. " Ac ne forte putes me, quae facere ipse recuso "Quum recte tractent alii, laudare maligne ." The perusal of such, even when they be but indifferentwise conceived and worked upon, doth often put me in unfeigned pleasure . And at ' the same time there is great use of such ambition in givinge the spur unto real talent, and fosteringe young literature in the bud . And thereunto Milton did well downcry the suppression of bookes in his u Areopagitica ;" for though any new writer cloth at the first meete with but cold entertainment in the world, he should not therefore let " I dare not" attende upon " I would," " Like the cat in the fable ." And such humour, if it be stopped or becometh adust, loveth to grow malign and hypercritical of others. But besides this natural incitemente unto writinges which nought be styled the call of the Muse, there is another which savoureth not of the like sweets ; I mean the call of the Editor, which often cometh tumblinge upon a man when he is not nicely prepared for it, nor fitted with a subject whereon to exercise himselfe . Then his feelings doe run counter to the desire he felt sometime ; and he is faine to tax himself for a suitable topic ; nay, he may not unlikely light upon an unsuitable one an it so happeneth . For it will be in balance with him whether he shall say laconics or burlesque or satyre and criticism, or more serious writinge. But the casting of them he will not find easy .

And in

trying to finde some standing-ground in such a large fielde, he will, belike, match the proverbial blinde man on a grassplot . And the salient point in all essays is "rem ace tanymre ; " therfore it behoveth a man to set an edge upon his acumen when he putteth his hand to composition. Happy is the man to whom these two calls strike a common chorde, for then he findeth a taske easy to his hand .

NOTES AND ITEMS.

In cases such as have bene touched, it greatly helpeth to imitate some well-known author, either in style (which the induction of mannerisms and the like much quickeneth) or in matter . Sister to this also is the use of parody, all which is a sort of false art, though not to be dispraised in toto ; for the cuttinge of boxwood or juniper in a garden into fantastic shapes is a whim and a distortion, but serveth in some sort to please the eye and trim the aspect. For myselfe, I shall have a "No" for all editors, so as I may indulge my particular and innate love of dabbling in letters to my own private satisfaction. But now am I put in minde of a certaine cunning of geometric, whereby a wily projectile recovereth and oppresseth a bird, whereas the latter bath thoughten to have escaped by wing ; for after shying publication as above, I now finde myselfe singing a song of placebo to an editor, and that too I fear not with such a sorry grace as might bring heart to benignant loath or a counsel for the plaint at law ; and, like to the bird, I but escape to be overtaken .

C0 (dui s' excuse s ' accuse ." H . A . M.

NOTES AND ITEMS. E . A . Douglas played for the Cambridge fifteen in several matches, including that against Oxford. We have great pleasure in announcing the appointment of the Rev. H. L. Clarke (7th Wrangler), Vicar of Hedon, near Hull, to succeed the Rev . T. Adams. W . J . P . Kaye has been elected to the First Exhibition on the Hastings Foundation at Queen 's College, Oxford . L . E . Stevenson obtained the £5 for expenses, as proxime accessit on that occasion. The Editors beg to acknowledge the receipt of the " ° Lorettonian" (3) ; "Alleynian" (2) ; "Ulula ;" " St . Andrew ' s College Magazine," Grahamstown ; " Barrovian ;" " Leodiensian ;" " Reading School Magazine ;" and a The Lily ."

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PETE RITE. Vol . . V.

JUNE, 1883 .

No . 36.

THE PRIESTHOOD IN ANCIENT GREECE.

IIE chief importance of the priesthood in Greece was in connection with the oracles . It would indeed be difficult to exaggerate the

influence of the oracles, and therefore of the priests in whose hands they were, upon early Greek history . Herodotus furnishes us with numerous instances in which their interference or their responses brought about important results . At the request of Delphi the Lacedaemouians "liberated" Athens ; on the warning of Delphi the Cnidians abstained from turning their peninsula into an island, and in consequence fell a prey to the Persians ; at the bidding of one oracle or another, many colonies were founded, Cyrene for instance . And others besides Greeks resorted for advice to those shrines ; the Lydian Croesus sent to Delphi, to Lebedeia, to Dodona, to Abae and to Thebes, and the answers he received " ruined a mighty empire ." Thus the priests who pulled the strings of these oracles must have been very important personages. At the same time they must have used their power warily and not, as a rule, in the interests of any one political party . Had they acted otherwise, Herodotus might have been deceived, but Thucydides would surely have let fall some indication of their conduct, instead of passing them over with a silent contempt . It is natural to suppose that Delphi could not have retained its reputation for omniscience through so man ages withou the aid of agents scattered through the country who insinuated them_ selves into the confidence of the unsuspecting and kept the oracle supplied with the latest information, but there is no evidence for this. On the other hand, we hear much that is to the credit of Delphi. Liberality in religious matters is not usually supposed to be a characteristic `of priestly aristocracies, but the case of Socrates shows that, in his time at least, Delphi was far more liberal than average Athenian sentiment .

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Except as regards the oracles, there are not many hints in our authorities to show that the priests had any great importance. There was no priestly caste in Greece as in Egypt, nor were priests as indispensable as, for instance, in the Roman Catholic Church . The head of every family was to a great extent his own priest ; he had his own household god, and he could offer sacrifices to it himself without priestly intervention . Greek religion was, in fact, merely family and tribe worship extended by a fiction . Of course, there were state sacrifices which called for the superintendence of some high sacred dignitary . These offices had usually been, in the days of the kingship, in the hands of the king, and often the kingly title was continued, through the sacrificer, albeit sometimes of royal lineage, had no shadow of royal power left him . Thus at Cyrene Demonax took away the monarchy from Battus, but left him "a piece of land and the office of priest ;" and at Athens there was a King Archon as at Rome there was a Rex Sacrificulus . At Sparta, where the kings were less unimportant, they probably owed the maintenance of their position to their sacerdotal character . Elsewhere, though such officers did not imply any political power, they were doubtless very dignified . The position of priestess at the great temples was also one of evident dignity, as we should judge from Ilerodotus' s story of the mother of Cleobis and Piton, who was IIera's priestess at Argos, and from Thucydides's mention of another Argive priestess, Chrysis, whom he uses for chronological purposes. Besides the regular priests there was a very numerous class of illegitimate soothsayers and prophets. Their influence must have been very widespread, and apparently not alone amongst the poor and uneducated : Plato speaks expressly of "jugglers and soothsayers going to rich men's doors," and he tells us how they granted indulgence " at a small cost" to anyone who wished to do an enemy an ill turn, so that their influence cannot have been so good as that of the Delphic oracle, which told Glaucus (fldt . VI . 86 .) that to tempt the God and to commit the crime were the same thing . In times of trouble and excitement, when superstitious fears could so easily be worked upon, they would be sure to reap a rich harvest ; and accordingly Thucydides tells us that oracle-mongers with their predictions abounded during the Peloponnesian war and especially during the plague. Then, again, there were the priests who managed the mys=teries : the scornful references to Aeschines's mother in Demosthenes ' s Speech " On the Crown " would seem to show that the position of those in whose hands the inferior mysteries

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were, was anything but a high one, though, doubtless, considerable dignity would be associated with an important priesthood like the Eleusinian . Speaking generally, we may say that in historical Greece the position of the priesthood was very much lower than in other countries, such as Egypt and Persia, and lower than it had been in Greece itself (if we may trust to the evidence of Homer) in the days of Chryses and Calchas.

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HE Volunteers, in the Laster Marneuvres of 1883, have done more

to elevate their branch of the service, both in the estimation of military critics and the public generally, than even the most sanguine advocate could have anticipated . The reproach has frequently been levelled at our citizen soldiers that they only ,z played at soldiering," but the Volunteers may now point to this Easter's doings and ask if the toil that has been borne during their route march from Three Bridges to Brighton—the strict military discipline to which they were subjected— is not a complete answer to such a charge . There is but little of real pleasure, in the common acceptation of the term, to be derived from the annual Easter Volunteer outings, and this year the work to be got through was far more arduous than in previous years, in consequence of the regiments marching in columns, and not independently as in former years . When, therefore, we find that, notwithstanding that this new regulation was clearly stated in the papers prior to the Review, the number of men who assembled to take part in the operations greatly exceeded the muster of previous years, we may conclude that the Volunteers are desirous of making themselves as efficient protectors of their fatherland as possible. IIaving participated in the recent Volunteer Campaign, it occurred to me that a short account of my experience might be of interest to my brother Peterites, particularly as I know that although Old Peterites are strongly represented in the force, many have not had the opportunity of taking part in the late manuuvres . I must of necessity devote more attention to the part my own Corps—The London Scottish—took in these manwuvres, than if I had been an observer unattached ; but on the other hand, speaking from actual experience of their doings, my personal account may prove the more interesting .

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The instructions issued by the Commanding Officer of the London Scottish in their detachment orders for the march were, that " parade in full dress with havresacks and water bottles " would be held at head quarters, " on Friday, 23rd March, 1883, at 7-30 a .m . precisely ." This early start obliged many members who lived some distance out of town to spend the previous night in London . I secured a room for myself and a friend at the Charing Cross Hotel, where we had the advantage of the half-crown table d'hute breakfast at six o'clock next morning, prepared for visitors who are obliged to make a start for the Continent by the South Eastern Midway Company's early trains . The weather previous to Good Friday had been very unsettled, and the weather reports issued in Thursday evening's papers were very disheartening, so that we were not surprised to find a cold east wind blowing the next morning when we left our Hotel, after having fortified ourselves for the coming fatigue of the day by taking good value at the table d'h(te. It required no small amount of patriotic feeling to turn out of our beds at that early hour, and brave the cold east-wind in our kilts ; but " Each answered to his name, when the call of duty came," and we set out for Victoria Station from Head Quarters at Adelphi Terrace, to the cheery strain of the bag-pipes . Arriving there at 8-30 a .m ., we were marched "fours-deep " to the platform, and, without the slightest confusion, the whole Regiment was entrained in a few minutes, bodies of eight men (or two sections of " fours ") being told-off in succession to each carriage. What a saving of trouble it would be to the railway officials if they paid as easily entrain their holiday excursionists ! A small detachment of our corps had left London the previous day with the transport waggons containing our kit-bags . In these we were recommended to take undress uniform, flannel shirt, one pair of hose, one pair shoes or boots, button hook, clothes brush, shoe brush, hair brush, comb, tooth brush, soap, rug, and one towel . Uesides these, a great coat (supplied by Government) was served out to each man. Much to our surprise, we had scarcely left Victoria Station when the sun shone out very brightly, and from that moment until Easter Monday evening he favoured us with his presence almost uninterruptedly . But before proceeding further with my description of our doings I must give my readers the " general idea" by which all our movements after reaching Three Bridges were governed . It was this : " Information having been received on Thursday evening, March 22nd, that an enemy's fleet has been sighted off the Brighton Coast, threatening a

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disembarkation, an army corps is sent early to Brighton on Friday morning by train to Three Bridges . The orders given to the General Officer commanding the army corps are to push forward to Brighton, making use of the railway and parallel roads ." The marching column, forming the advanced guard, arrived at Three Bridges at 10-15 a .m ., where the following orders were received by our commander : " Advance towards Brighton, covering army corps on both sides of railway . In case of meeting enemy, push him back, or hold your ground till reinforced ." Here the entire body of troops were formed into five columns, being commanded during the march by Colonel Methuen, to whom the credit of the successful march on Brighton is chiefly due . The Scottish were attached to No . 2 column, under Colonel Somers Lewis, and under his command we covered eighteen miles that day, which brought us to St . John ' s, a village of no great importance, where the various regiments were conducted to their respective billets by members of the local corps. This day's operations were chiefly of value in indicating the nature of marching in the vicinity of an enemy, and showing the precautions required to avert disater, namely, advanced pickets thrown out from the column, halts made at appointed places exactly at the time laid down, and when halted the front and flank of the column covered, and communication kept up between our column and the adjacent ones. The billeting accommodation at the Railway Inn, St . John's, where the Landon Scottish were stationed, was not meritorious . Dinner was served in a large tent pitched in a field adjoining the inn . The contract for the food supplied was arranged at the Horse Guards, and this no doubt accounted for the weakness of the tea and coffee supplied and the absence of beer. When the officer on duty asked the usual question, " Any complaints ? " every man stood up and unanimously testified that the tea and coffee were not fit to drink, and asked why there was no beer . The result of this was that stronger tea and coffee were thereupon supplied, but no beer could be had unless specially paid for by the men, as this was not included iii the arrangements made . I was one of forty told off to sleep in a large room in the inn ; we had " a plentiful supply of clean straw," and each had a blanket by way of bed clothing, but after the fatigue of an early start and a dusty day's march, 1 for one passed a comfortable enough night under the circumstances . Stringent orders were given to prevent smoking in the rooms, which were obviously very necessary .

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Next morning found us early astir ; it was an amusing sight to see the men trooping out of the inn with nothing on but their kilts and fillibegs to perform their ablutions in the open air . After a hearty breakfast (we had quantity if not quality), we " fell in " in front of our billet at 8-15 a .m . to answer to the roll . The mid-day meal, consisting of a large roll, some cheese, and one hard boiled egg, was then served out to each man, and we were once more on the march by nine o'clock, accompanied for some distance by almost the entire population of St. John's, who seemed loth to part with us. The programme for this day was of a more ambitious kind than Friday's . It was assumed that the invader had effected a landing near Brighton, though the disembarkation of the main force had been delayed by the weather . He had pushed forward his advanced guard to the northern edge of the Downs, with a view of cutting the railways, and was represented by a small force composed of the Brighton Volunteers. Our commander having learned early in the morning of the position and weakness of the enemy, organised his forces in five columns upon a front of about six miles, in order to develop his attack as rapidly as possible when we should meet the enemy . Such of my readers as are familiar with the environs of Brighton will doubtless remember Wolstonbury Ilill, an eminence thrown out in front of the Downs . Now this eminence commanded the enemy's position, and an attack from here would take him in the flank . The first, second, and third columns were consequently concentrated at the foot of this hill, while the fourth and fifth columns were intended to develop a simultaneous attack on his front and cut off his retreat to Brighton . The ascent of Wolstonbury Hill, after a long morning's march, was a feat which tested the "lasting" powers of the respective corps, and I cannot deprive myself of the pleasure of recording the fact that, although the ascent was made at quick" time, not one mall in the Scottish left the ranks from exhaustion ; although I must add that thirty five members of the corps immediately following ns were obliged to do so . The delay which took place through the Honourable Artillery Company not getting their guns up this hill and into position in time, prevented the attacks alluded to above from being simultaneous . However, when once in position, the three columns, under cover of their artillery's fire, descended the hill, crossed the ravine, and pressed up the opposing slope . In the meantime the fourth column made a very impetuous attack on the enemy, and were worsted on their left until column number five came to their aid.

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Being now at close quarters with the enemy, and having him altogether in our power, the order was given to " cease firing," and the entire forces proceeded to Brighton. We marched into Brighton at 5-30 p .m . and were first halted beforo the Grand Hotel, where Colonel ;Methuen gave over the command to Lieut.-General H .S .H . Prince Edward of Saxe-Wieniar, K.C .B . ; afterwards the corps were marched to their respective quarters . The Scottish were quartered at Hamilton's Warehouse, Ship Street, where capital accommodation was provided for them, including spring mattresses to sleep on, owing to the fact of Mr . Hamilton, the proprietor, being a manufacturer of these luxuries . Our meals were served at the Royal Pavilion, a fantastic oriental or chinese structure, with domes, minarets, and pinnacles and moorish stables built for the Prince of Wales in 1784 ; it now serves only as a monument to the had taste of the period . The food given us was excellent, beer being an item on the bill of fare much to the satisfaction of the men . After the heavy day's work many of the men, notwithstanding the numerous attractions of fair Brighthelmstone, retired early to rest, though they were allowed to be out till midnight. On Sunday there was church parade at 10-30 m m ., and we marched from our head quarters, Clarendon Hotel, to the Scotch Kirk headed by our pipers. Here an eloquent sermon was preached by the Pev . Dr. Hamilton, who raised the patriotic feeling of his hearers by reminding them, in the course of his address, of the great battles fought by their ancestors in days of yore " across the border " in the defence of their religion. The remainder of the day we had at our own disposal, to inspect the lounge on the Pier, inspect the farfamed Aquarium, stroll along the three miles of sea front, and in fact recruit our strength for the fatigue of the coming day. Truly Brighton looked its best this Easter; citizens, soldiers of every variety of uniform, and gaily dressed ladies, thronged the principal streets and promenades ; while the streets were decorated with flags and banners . Brighton is a delightful place to spend a couple of days in, but with its 90,000 inhabitants it is far too big and too much like London to benefit Loncloner.s as a health resort. On Easter Monday morning we breakfasted at the Pavilion at 6-30, in order to give time for the preparation of breakfast for those members of the corps who came down from London that morning . We had a muster of over 500 men, when these were added . The corps moved off in succession from the town, with their respective bands leading to the slopes adjoining the Grand Stand, where after a long wait, the march

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past commenced . This ceremony is always a trying one ; so much depends on the individual attention of the men to their "dressing" and << step," for one man might easily by inattention throw out a whole company! However, the ordeal was over as far as we were concerned by 12 o'clock, and I shall just quote the remark of a sergeant of a Lanarkshire Volunteer Corps, with regard to the London Scottish,who had come all the way from Scotland with another member of his corps simply to attend this review . Ile said " I never saw any regiment march past in better form . There was not one man got out of step or lost his dressing . " I fear I have already trespassed too much on your space, and will therefore forbear giving in detail a description of the Battle of Newmarket Ilill . Suffice it to say that it ended, as every battle in which the Queen's troops are engaged should end, in the complete reverse of her enemies, for when the command " cease firing " was given at 5 o'clock, the defending party under Major-Gen . E . Newdigate had been vanquished by the attacking party, under Major-Gen . G . Higginson . We marched back to Brighton in a snow-storm and proceeded to the Railway station, and arrived in London by train at I1-0 p .m ., the journey which should only have taken about one hour having occupied four ! However the time went quickly enough, for we had an endless supply of Scotch songs, which helped to keep our spirits up under these trying circumstances. In conclusion I would point out a few of the results of the latest Volunteer review . One result was plainly visible in the bearing of the different detachments at Brighton on Easter Monday morning, and even of individual men as they strolled about the town on Sunday . Those who had taken part in the march from Three Bridges could easily be distinguished by their observance of every soldierly detail ; it was quite the exception for a salute not to be given to a passing officer . Again the members of the different detachments behaved as if under the strictest military discipline ; and there was a remarkable improvement in the demeanour and conduct over former years . The new recruits have learned from the late manoeuvres, as they could have learned in no other way, the nature of the duties expected of them in case of active service ; and the volunteers in general have proved that they have the good of their country at heart, when they are ready to give up their holidays to the improvement of their military knowledge . Peterites cannot do better than follow in their footsteps by swelling the ranks of the Service and thus strengthening the bulwarks of their Fatherland . R . W . C.

THE SCHOOL LETTER. V ATIIRALLY, at the beginning of a new term, there is not very ' ... 1 much that can be said in a school letter . The chief interest is, of course, centred in the filling-up of the vacancies of the Eleven, of which there are five ; and it seems probable that the School House will provide the majority of new members, as it has done for the last year or two. It is to be hoped that the fielding of this year will be an improvement on that of last year—and one, at any rate, of the fresh hands promises to be an acquisition in that line . There is a good list of matches arranged, though it is to be feared that the one with Leeds Grammar School will fall through. The school at large have to mourn the loss of two, who have for seven years or more filled the post of masters—the Rev . T. Adams, formerly Senior Mathematical Master, who has been transferred to the headmastership of Gateshead High School, and the Rev . E . NV . Bummer, who has been preferred to the living of S . Martin-cum-Gregory, iii this city . The Rev . H . L . Clarke has taken the Mathematical Mastership, and Mr . Atkinson, M .A ., has taken charge of the Third Form . Before Rev . T . Adams left, lie received testimonials from the other masters, his own house, and the School House. York is at present quite inundated by the military element, as in addition to the regular garrison, the Yeomanry are now up, and undergoing a course of training . Consequently we see individuals, who usually perform the bloodless if not peaceful duties of an avocat, strutting in all the pomp and panoply of war, and looking as if they thought themselves quite capable of rendering a good account of any half-dozen of their country's foes . In these days of Land-leaguism and dynamite, we feel quite assured from any danger we might otherwise fear from the proximity of a considerable Irish element, by the know- . ledge that one of the above gallant gentlemen has his abode close by. A . N.

OXFORD LETTER.

HE principal event of the term has been the visit of the Prince of Wales, who came to lay the foundation stone of the Indian

Institute, which is to serve as a centre for Oxford Indian Civilians . The Marquis of Salisbury and Sir Stafford Northcote were also present at

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the ceremony and at the lunch in Balliol Hall which followed it . The Prince also attended a concert given by local performers in aid of the Royal College of Music. The Eights week, which is just over, has left Exeter where it found it—at the head of the river . New College boat, which contained two 'Varsity Eights-men a-id two who rowed in the trials, might have been expected to do great things, but did not come off . The unattached have distinguished themselves greatly, having gone up seven places in the six nights . Although they have been rude enough to bump my own college boat, I cannot help feeling glad at anything which will raise their status in the University. J . II . Daniel rowed six in Queen's boat, which mounted two places . B . Baskett, I regret to say, was prevented from rowing by an accident he met with last terns. An attempt has been made to establish a weekly paper which shall not be so discreditable as the Undergraduates' Journal.

The new Orford

1-agacine is perhaps a little too " cultchawd," but it is good on the whole . T. C . Snow has been spiritedly defending the Greats School in its columns . He warmly admires the Pisgah view of history and philosophy which that comprehensive school affords, and protests against the cry for more specialisation . " For heaven's sake, " he exclaims, and we may be tempted to agree with him, "let us hear no more of these specialists of twenty! The flow of visitors to Oxford during the Eights' week seems to increase every year . If they want to see Oxford as it really is, they certainly can see it much better then than in Commemoration week, when most men have gone down . On the other hand, lengthened visits from fair friends in the middle of term may be a serious interruption to work. Your last Oxford letter mentioned the death of Professor Henry Smith . This must record the deaths of J . R. Green and Arnold Toynbec . It has been the fashion amongst those clever people who hate keen eyes for small mistakes and no eyes at all for philosophy in history, to run down Green's historical writings, but I do not think I shall ruin the reputation of the Peterite if I prophesy that they will live. Arnold Toynbee, Lecturer on Political I :c only at Balliol, was perhaps little known outside of Oxford ; but he was an ardent social reformer, who might have done great work had he lived longer, and whose memory will be cherished here. The Union, having had two Yorkshire presidents in succession—M. E . Sadler, of Trinity, and W . 11. Shaw, of Balliol—has fallen back this

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term upon another county . The electric light has not imparted much additional brilliancy to the debates . J . H . Piggin is president of his debating society, the Gryphon Club in Trinity. Professor Ruskin is giving three lectures this term . In the first, on Burne Jones and G . F . Watts, lie kept astonishingly close to the subject, and tried hard not to be discursive and entertaining. The result was that there were fewer flights of oratory than usual . A Vanclyck in the National Gallery was, however, described as painted with the purpose of " getting the brush clean," and we were all interested to hear that " Edward Burne Jones and William Morris had breakfasted together, joying and sorrowing, every Sunday morning for many a year ." The 'Varsity Eleven has not yet played any matches . Kemp of Hertford, is Captain . Leslie's continued absence is unfortunate. A good story is told of an eminent historian who has been in Oxford lately. He was introduced at an " at home " to a Japanese undergraduate . The great man retained a stolid silence, and the youthful foreigner felt it incumbent upon him to make the first remark . So he began bravely . " I ezteem it for a great honour to meet viii you : your books are read in Japan ." The great man (lid not move a muscle of his face in recognition of the compliment . The Japanese got nervous ; perhaps however the great man was deaf or absent-minded : at any rate he would try again .

"I wazz zaying—I ezteem it for a great honour

to meet vid you : your bokes—zay are read in Japan " The answer was a slow and deliberate " Humph ! " The Japanese was feeling very miserable, when his hostess came to the rescue . " Oh ! do you say Mr. ' s books are read .in Japan ? I shouldn't hare thoujht so " This is the historian of whom it was once said that he had done more than any man living to illustrate the manners of our Saxon forefathers. The citizens have been much excited by the sudden collapse of a local building society, which will he known to posterity as " the Bubble Bogus . "

Town and Gown rows, which many fondly believed to have

perished along with other long-lived relies of pre-historic barbarism, re-appeared on the nights of the Prince's visit ; hut my scout, who is an old prize-fighter, assures me that neither side showed its old proficiency in the noble art of self-defence. All the Peterites up here are in the schools . save cue . Need I say that the others go about envying him ? LITTLE ALEXANDER .

60 CAMBRIDGE LETTER.

HE Peterite crieth and will not be satisfied ; our hearts have only just been gladdened by the issue of a number, and now we are

called upon to write a Cambridge Letter, ere the last has died from our memory . We congratulate the Editors on such unwonted vivacity. Cambridge is in glorious condition at present ; " the Backs " are an Elysium, and the bird " Makes its heart song amid a blaze of flowers ." The prospects on the river are not very largely discussed, and I cannot make any very certain selections . Teams are likely to maintain their position at the head of the river, and probably the two or three boats behind them are fixtures . In the second division the Corpus boat, in which G . H . Eyre is rowing stroke, and A . Peters bow, has not been showing such good form lately, and is likely to be overtaken by Christ ' s I ., stroked by Mallinson : Moore has come up to row in the latter boat, and will no doubt be a little more than a " passenger . "

Eyre and Peters

won the Rowlandson Pairs recently in good form, and Peters carried off the Corpus Freshmen's Sculls as he liked. Mallinson and Eyre are in for their tripos this term, which, combined with the races, will no doubt fully occupy them . We wish them success, and feel glad not to be in their shoes just at present. A . E . Chapman, of Christ' s, has just taken his degrees of M .A. and LL .D. The Rev . G . F . Browne, Fellow of St . Catherine ' s Coll ., has recently been presiding at a large dinner of the Carlton Conservative Club, at which Mr . Raikes, M .P ., and other illustrious persons were present and enlightened the meeting by speeches . Mr . Browne has been indefatigable in his support of the Club, and deserves great praise. The prospects of the C.U .C .C . are not very lively at present . M .C .C. and Ground have just discomfited us at small expense . The match against England commences to-morrow. Our great need seems to be a fast bowler . G . B . Studd has gone down now ; C. T . seems not quite to have recovered from his trip, as he is not up to old form ; but we may confidently hope that he will pull himself together soon. E . A . Douglas is discharging the post of Secretary to the Christ ' s Eleven, but is rather sparing of his pray. We are looking for a fresh consignment of Peterites next October. There are rumonrs afloat that L . E . Stevenson is coming up to Christ' s ;

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we hope they may be confirmed . IIe will be a very valuable acquisition ; and may meet an acquaintance, as it is said the renowned Brutton is also coming from Durham, but that is not certain. We are glad to see R . W . Taylor once more up in the scene of his triumphs, for a short time . W . S . Fox has gone down from Ridley Hall this term. The Affirmation Bill has received a vote of approval at the Union Debating Society, by a majority of 36 . No doubt after this, Members of Parliament will re-consider the matter, and henceforth keep an eye on our movements down here, before they take any rash steps. An O . P . of this University created considerable diversion the other day, by being overturned in a boat in the Backs, and swimming clown stream for about twenty minutes, with his boat tucked under one arm, and his sculls in the other. I am told the In idges were packed to see the spectacle . IIe enjoyed it very much ! J . B.

CRICKET FIXTURES. May 24. v. York, York Ground. „ 26 . v. Durham School, St . Peter's School Ground. June 2 . v. Ebor Rovers, St. Peter's School Ground. 7. v. St. John's College, St . Peter 's School Ground. 9 . v . Durham School, Durham School Ground. „ 16, v . North Riding Asylum, North Riding Asylum Ground. 19 . v. Yorkshire Gentlemen, Yorkshire Gentlemen's Ground. „ 21 . e . St. John's College, St. Peter's School Ground. „ 23 . v . llornsea, St . Peter's School Ground. 30 . v . North Riding Asylum, North Riding Asylum Ground. July 7 . v . Ebor Rovers, St . Peter's School Ground. „ 12 . v . York, York Ground. 14 . v . Yorkshire Gentlemen, Yorkshire Gentlemen's Ground .

POEMS BY EMINENT HANDS. I.—A SONNET FOR A PICTURE. BY D. G . ROSSETTI. (Undergraduatvus e cubiculo resurgens de moderationibus reditatur .) Lo you, he starts : he rends his raven hair That falls in clusters on his raiment white, The ghostly shroud of the weird hours of night That still by ancient custom mortals wear. Watch him intently : still he sitteth there, And from his wan cheeks, (ah! unhappy wight,) Like the red sun from skies that shed no light In fogs of winter, how his eyeballs glare ! What loth he ? Dreams he of his ladye's eyne, Or sorrows he for daffodilly's death, Or sunflower or narcissus drooping now ? Ah ! no such ruth bedews his cheeks with brine. Listen—he wakes Otis one that knows who saith) From dreams of ` Gulfs' and nightmares of a ` Plough .'

II .—PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY. MARTIN TUPPER ON EXAMINATIONS. Examinations are a test of learning or of ' cramming' as the case may be. He who is not first in an examination may hope to be second. The prize goes to the first boy—so the masters proclaim it ; When the prizes are given the first boy goes for the prize. Such are the subtle distinctions of schoolmen, and hard to understand. Yet surely Mahomet perceived them, for he spite in memorable words : " If the mountain comes not to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the mountain ." Oh, who shall tell of the dread ordeal of examinations, save the one who bath endured them ? I, too, have gone through them ; my degrees are on the title-page. The papers are given out, and everyone seizeth a quill pen. He who knows not what to write gnaweth awhile at his pen ; For it is a law of nature, and I, being a philosopher, know it well, That he who cannot do something will speedily make something to do. These truths are difficult of comprehension, but, being truths, they are true. When the time is ended (for in this world all things have an end) The examiner collects the papers, and colligates them in a bundle ; Then, having weighed their respective merits on the scales of his comprehension, He sendeth the marks with remarks thereupon to the headmaster ; For he maketh remarks whether the papers be remarkable or not

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This have I frequently observed, and therefore I know it is done. Then a venerable dignitary, coming to the school, delivereth prizes, And he speaks words wise and weighty, quoting proverbs from me and others, Saying that ` A stitch in time's worth two in the bush," and more which I would quote. But my remarks grow elongated . and they were better concluded, Though this be precipitate ;—ye have seen chemists make precipitate. So I will only give in conclusion a description of the acclamations Which greet the successful boy who winneth the most of the prizes. (The lines are taken . from my poem ou " Fame," but a good thing will bear repeating) ' The hum of added voices groweth to the roar of a cataract, And rapidly from wave to wave is tossed that exaggerated story, Until those stunning clamours, gradually diluted in the distance, Sink ashamed, and shrink afraid of noise, and die away ." LITTLE ALEXANDER.

NOTES AND ITEMS. Rev . F . B . Plummer, M .A ., Trin . Coll ., Oxford, has been presented to the living of St . John's, Walton-on-the-Ilill, Liverpool. 0 . C . Williamson has obtained his commission to the R .A . from Woolwich. Lieut . J . P. Montgomery, R .N ., has been appointed to the Superb. Rev . G . F . Browne, B .D ., St . Cath . Coll . Cambridge, was select preacher before the University, on April 15th. Rev . F . Watson, M .A ., St. John's Coll ., Cambridge, has been appointed an examiner for the Tyrwhitt's Hebrew Scholarships. W. R . Rayson, Keble Coll ., Oxford, and C . A . Skelton, St . John's Coll ., Oxford, have taken their ALA . degree recently, and A . E . Chapman his M .A . and LL .11I. Professor A . W. Reinold has been appointed an Examiner in Experimental Philosophy, in the University of London. 1V. Dowson, B . A ., Christ's Coll ., Cambridge, has taken a 2nd class in the third part of the Exam, for M .B . degree .

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Rev . F . Peters has been appointed to the living of Airmyn. T. F . Walker, 11LA ., F .I.. S ., F .G .S ., &c., has been appointed a VicePresident of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, and Rev . T . B . B . Ferris and Dr. Tempest Anderson members of the Council of the same. G . F. Chadwick has been appointed House-Surgeon to the Dewsbury Infirmary. The Scribbler ' s Monthly, which we noticed some time ago, seems to be prospering famously . The articles on "Rossetti ' s Place in Art," by " R .R ." are very far above amateur level ; as is also the Poem in the May number by the same writer. We observed with pleasure that at least four of the contributions in the April number were by Peterites. Gateshead High School is apparently beginning well under the Rev. T . Adams's management . The opening ceremonies were fixed for May 10th, when Lord Dalhousie, the Bishop of Newcastle, and the Dean of Durham were expected to take part in the proceedings. We have to thank several correspondents for a prompt response to our appeal for literary help . We trust that their contributions are only the first droppings of a copious shower, for the Peterite needs aid from a much wider circle if it is to go on . An unprecedentedly and ominously small proportion of this number is written by boys in the school ; so that inside, even more than outside the school, the circle requires to be widened . Besides more pretentious contributions, we shall be glad to receive any humble items of news about old Peterites that are likely to interest our readers . We have reason to believe that this part of the Magazine is specially appreciated by our senior subscribers. As only seven numbers were issued last year we propose to make good the deficit by issuing nine this year : the remaining five numbers will probably be published in July, August, October, November and December . Contributions for the July number should be sent in by June 10th.

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JULY, 1883.

No . 37.

HOMERIC CRICKET.

F what Teutonic critics tell us be true, the so-called Homeric poems are merely ingenious specimens of patch-work from ballad-scraps,

and the seven contesting cities seek but an empty honour when they claim an imaginary individuality in the "blind Mxonides ." Without entering into the question as to whether a novel with so well-woven a plot as the Odyssey can be a cunning mosaic of disconnected shreds, whether so perfect a unity can have risen from discord, whether the countless seeds of Epic lore, watered and tended by tyrant, scholiast and commentator, can have developed into the twin stately plants of the Iliad and the Odyssey, we have certainly much to thank the ancient grammarians for, even if we have grave cause of fault-finding with them. But I herewith enclose for the perusal of Peterites a translation of a passage which seems to have escaped the vigilant eye of the scholiast. Why Peisistratus and his coadjutors should have omitted it in his supposed edition I do not know, nor can I pretend to decide where it should have come . It is evidently a narrative told by Odysseus . But it goes far to explain the singular gap in athletic exercise between the effeminate ball-play—not even so manly as modern lawn-tennis—and the dreadful contests of the raw lead-hound cestus . It proves that cricket was more or less developed in the Ilonieric ages, though of football it makes no mention . The scene is apparently before the ships of the Greeks on the Troad . Not being acquainted with Dr. Schliemann 's works, I can give no further guess as to the exact locality ; nor have I heard of any bats, balls, wickets, etc ., having been turned up amid the goodly collection of miscellaneous rubbish that the worthy professor has dug up from the sacred city . The passage begins : " But we snoring heavily awaited the divine morn . Now when the dawn arose from her couch, from the side of the lordly Tithonus, to hear

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light unto gods and men, there came unto us from the citadel of Ilium a herald, and he spake and addressed me by name : u Odysseus, son of Laertes, known unto all men by reason of thy cunning, choose thee companions ten, the chieftains of the well-greaved Achnans, the goodliest of thy fellows —for it was the divine Hector that did send me unto thee bearing this word, that while the leaders twain, the godlike sons of Atreus, debate about the ransom of Helen, daughter of Zeus, whether they will depart from Troy, having received goodly presents from the proud Trojans, that even so, while they reason together about these things, we may pass away the time playing the noble game of cricket, upon the well-rolled plain before the black ships of the Achteans, redprowed . And if this plan please thee, then will we choose us ten and be present at the well-turfed wicket before the mid-clay heat of this present morning, bringing those things that are of need for the glorious game, both the stout willow bat, cunningly bound, and the wily ball that layeth low the brass-bound polished stumps, when it shall have scattered the ebon baits .' " So he spake, and my lordly heart consented, and choosing out ten comrades, myself being captain, I set forth unto the goodly field where oft before the men of Troy had been wont to play, ere the well-greaved Achnans came bringing sheer ruin unto the lofty Ilium, and lo, it was very hard, for the sun had dried off the close-shorn turf . But when I saw it, I imagined a cunning thing, for I remembered how of old I used to bowl in the clear-seen Ithaca, that lieth toward the western sun, and I knew many tricks, both how to make the wily ball break from the leg and when I pleased to twist it front the off . Now if the ground were hard like unto glass, naught would my craft avail, but the proud Trojans would smite the wily ball, and upon us one and all would the bonds of ruin be fastened . So I mused upon the thing, and as I pondered, this seemed to me to be the best, even to water with copious tide the earth, the grain-giver, at one end of the guileless pitch, fair to all, on to which I should heave the wily ball with my stout hands, but let the other remain dry, hardened by the sun . There would the broad-shouldered Ajax, son of Telamon ; whirl the wily ball equal on all sides, bringing sheer destruction unto the proud Trojans ; for in truth he did bowl wondrous swift and passing like unto a shy . Such another had I seen one day amid the Lancastrii, for whom the cotton tree yields abundant fruit, but they spin it into sheets and coverlets and garments to wrap round about them ; even such a one was the portly Diachthonus . So I bade my dear

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comrades to fill water pots, and pour the water upon the well-rolled pitch, fair to all . Nor did their lordly hearts disobey, for they perceived my blameless cunning . But when Phoebus had kindled his mid-day fires and was driving his burnished chariot high in the brazen heavens, the Trojans came forth from the steep citadel of the sacred Ilium, and Hector, the goodliest of them, led, and he spake and addressed me in winged words : " Odysseus, son of Laertes, equal to the gods in guile, who rule the wide Olympus, wilt thou that we make trial of innings by the jingling penny, whether we essay to bat the first or ye defend the steep wicket." Thus he spake, and my lordly heart consented, and not even then was I unmindful of my cunning, but I brought forth the glorious double-headed penny jingling sweetly, which cloth mostly win the toss for those that cry . But he—foolish one—unsuspecting my guile tossed it upwards straight into the shadowy clouds, and it fell to the fertile earth, the grain-giver . But as it was falling I cried, " Heads it will alight," and stooping down the noble Hector beheld it was even as I had said—for behold it could not have been otherwise—but I quickly seized upon it and placed it in my well-sewn purse ; for verily it was precious unto me, who had by it won me much money and many chances in times past . But my lordly heart rejoiced because my guile was not discovered, and I spake and cried unto them all : "Noble were it that a man gave advantage unto his foes, for then if he win, he get himself more honour, and if he be defeated, less is his disgrace, for the odds are against him . Therefore let the noble Trojans go forth unto the well-rolled wicket, fair to all, And in the evening will we essay to bat, for then it will be cooler." But the well-greaved Achnans murmured, for not even then did they perceive my counsel . And the god-like Antilochus spake unto me, " Nay, but let us go forth now to bat, and when the shady even coined' then shall we field. " But greatly angered did I address him, looking scowlingly—yea, I pondered in my mind whether to draw from my green-carpeted bag my stout willow bat and smite off his head, though very dear unto me, or suffer his folly to pass by ; and even thus it seemed to be the best, and I spake unto him winged words, " Witless and worthless art thou that dost say things contrary to thy captain, who knoweth all things best . In very truth a proud saying is this of thine . " Thus I spake among them all . But drawing him aside, and holding my head near, that the Trojans might not hear it, I said, " Lo, art thou so bereft of thy sense that thou rememberest not—foolish one— wherefore we watered the ground, but the afternoon sun will dry it up

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until the evening dew cometh, making the wicket easy ." And he laughed loudly, for he remembered my blameless cunning . And we chose out guileful umpires that favour each his side—even Nestor for the Achmans and Hector did choose Anchises . And they did array the wicket, setting the brass-bound stumps in due order and marking out the crease . But I did pick me out a goodly ball, equal on all sides, the work of the divine Leirioleucus ; out of well-seasoned leather did he fashion it, treble-seamed, sewn with the tuneful cat-gut, red-painted. Now, Leirioleucus, the cunning craftsman had descended unto the halls of Hades, but the immortal gods granted unto his sons to know the same cunning of beauteous craft, that so they might make for toiling mortals the wily ball, after he had crossed the Styx . For no man ever sailed from hell in a black ship . Meanwhile the god-like Hector and Aeneas, the brave son of Anchises, bound under their feet their lovely cow-hide pipe-clayed sandals that wax not old, that bear them alikebetween the steep wickets and over the grassy plain, swift as the breath of wind, and they girded round their stalwart legs their bright-gleaming pads that be the greaves of cricketers, and they fastened round their shapely wrists their black batting-gloves tubular . These also did Leirioleucus, the cunning craftsman, fashion . Now I had set my dear comrades in order, and put the stout son of Telamon on to bowl. Behind his back there was a grove of beeches shady, dark-leaved, so that the batter might not see the ball ; and he bowled wondrous swift . Even, as a man leaveth Londinium and travelieth unto Eboracum, if he depart an hour after the second watch of the morning ; but him the train carrieth in wondrous wise o'er the boundless land, nor stoppeth it from its fiery course save once, quick as the wind that ever sped most boisterous o'er the unharvested deep, and it reacheth the white-walled city, accomplishing surely and swiftly its way, even ere hours twain have passed from mid-day ; even so (lid the mighty rushing hall speed from the stout hand of Ajax against the steep wicket of Aeneas, nor stayed it but to stretch cut the brass-bound stumps, and lightly sped unto the long-stop . But his ebon bails were scattered, and the guileful umpire picked them up, and placed them on the brass-bound stumps . And the Achmans shouted for joy, but chilly fear gat hold of the limbs of the Trojans, and they trembled as they beheld him . But he spal .-e and said unto me, " Crafty must he be and knavish who would out-do thee in any manner of guile, even if he were an immortal god that encountered thee. But come, let us raise a fair canvas screen behind the arm of the

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bowler, that we may see the ball and raise a goodly score . For in very truth that ball sped against my steep wicket unseen . Else may Zeus requite thee, the god of suppliants, in that he watcheth over all men and punisheth the trangressors, for verily this is a froward and wild and unjust device, nor of a god-fearing mind ." But I answered him with winged words : " ° Thou art not witless, nor a stranger that cometh in black ship from afar, stiilin ; o ' er the wine-dark sea, that thou dost speak ill of this ground . Nay it is not so very nameless but that many men know it, both they that dwell toward the dawning and the sun, and they that abide over against the light toward the shadowy west . Verily it is surrounded by tall trees, yet it is not a very sorry pitch, though hard withal . Thou thyself didst ere now oft play upon it, and the longshadowed trees keep out the blazing sun that travolleth above . But if it be thy will, raise thee up the canvas —yet even as it is it will be equal for both sides ."

But they raised up the screen, and the goodly Sarpedon

took the place of Aeneas. Then did the Trojans slam the wily ball to every part, and our hearts fainted within us, and our knees were loosened by much fielding, and my brave heart was crushed within me, nor had I desire to look upon the light of day, but I lay grovelling on the ground in exceeding anguish, for they smote us sore, even Hector and Sarpedon, until the scorer raised hundred twain upon the board, nor were they separated . And I tried the crafty yorker that mostly layeth low the well-polished stumps, if it pitch on the inner one . But not even so did I prevail . Then did other Greek chieftains try the wily ball, but it profited nothing. But Diomede, the brave son of Tydeus, imagined a crafty thing . For he bowled with all his might straight at the god-like Sarpedon, if he might break his well-cased fingers . But he turned round and avoided grim death, and he smote the rushing ball exceeding hard, yea he slated it with dread vigour . Even as on an autumn day, when the huntsman fires his blunderbuss on some heather-clad moor, and straightway the red-legged grouse—of winged game the swiftest—leapeth high, speedily accomplishing its way, even so leaped the wily ball, and a chilly breeze rushed mightily in its wake, and it sped lightly o ' er the tall beeches, nor was any able to catch it, and the scorer put him down notches six in his well-kept book, but the A, ;haeans grieved muchly, nor did they refrain from wailing and tearing their long hair. But when we had taken our fill of chilly lamentation, the grey-eyed Athene put a new thought into my mind, and I spake and addressed the lordly Trojans in honied words : Bear me, ye noble Trojans, what I

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speak. The glorious Hector and Sarpedon, Lycia's chief, have raised a mighty score . Come, let them do sacrifice unto the immortal gods for their help, and let us join the cheerful feast, and when we have driven from us desire of meat and drink, we will again essay the strife . " Thus seemed it good unto them, but my crafty heart devised a cunning counsel . So that when the banquet was o'er, the lordly Trojans came unto the well-rolled wicket heavy with wine, rejoicing in their success, even as the immortal gods who eat and drink all day long in the shadowy halls of the lofty Olympus . Then did utter destruction fall upon the unwary Trojans, and their wickets fell, even the god-like Pandarus, Lycaon' s son, and Polites, and Pylnmenes, and Adrastus, and many others with the good Sarpedon, nor did they score . But the divine Hector alone was left with the goodly steadfast Glaucus, and they did try to steal a run ere the swift-footed Antilochus should return the wily ball unto the valiant Ajax, son of Oileus, for he guarded the steep wicket . But as Hector hastened across the well-rolled pitch and even now had placed his bat across the brightly gleaming crease, he stumbled heavy with wine, and his bat uprooted his well polished stumps . Even as a man returneth from a Lord Mayor's banquet, having spoken loud and long, and the ground beneath him is unsteady and troubled, and he seeth or seemeth to see lamp posts twain, and he vainly trieth to clasp his arms around them, but they glide away like unto a shadow or an unsubstantial dream, and the ground riseth up and smiteth him, and he falleth prostrate, uttering dread words, and his companions call for a noisy car to put him therein. Even so did the divine Hector fall, and a mighty shout of laughter sprang from Trojans and Achaeans, and they seized upon his pad-bound legs and dragged him away unto the shady pavilion . But he grasped his well-bound bat, and spake to it, saying, " Dear bat, wherefore, I pray thee, didst thou lay low the polished stumps, thou who of old wert not wont to play me false, but ever wert the best to raise a mighty score and keep far the wily ball from the steep wicket, best to drive the base half-volley over the shady chestnuts, ever best to smite the guileless long-hop past the festive point . But now thou art the very worst that didst thyself encompass my destruction . Surely thou art sorrowing for thy lord, whose eye an evil man hath put out, subduing my wits with wine. But on me thou hast brought woe unending ." Now, indeed, were all the Trojans out, and were arrayed by the wellrolled pitch, equal to all . And the mighty Aeneas bowled at one end and the godlike Polites at the other, and they two bowled passing swift .

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And my dear heart was darkly troubled and I mused with myself whether to go in first, or to tarry ere I defended the steep wicket ; but as I pondered, this seemed to me the best—to send in two of my beloved companions, who at the peril of their dear lives should break the fiery bowling, and when the bowlers were foredone with toil and the heat of the day, I should go forth and smite up a glorious score, crumpling up their crafty stalwart bowlers, and get me fame from Hellas unto mid Argos. So I sent forth the divine Idomeneus and the swart Meriones to stem the rushing balls, and after them the goodly son of Telamon and the son of Oileu- . Then I went forth, as a lion trusting in his strength, leaving its young in their deep lair abiding . And I smote the men of Troy right manfully with dread destruction, spoiling their averages ; for the wicket was easy . But as I smote a ball to drive it o'er the tall-shadowed beeches it ascended very high indeed, but the swift-footed Pandarus, Lycaon's son, jumping up, caught it ere it reached the fertile earth, the graingiver. And I hailed the guileful umpire, even the aged Nestor, and spake winged words, " Say, friend, was that not a no-ball which the goodly Sarpendon did cast—for in very truth it was passing like a shy ." But the godlike Hector cried and spake, " Out on him, ye gods ! What word hath escaped the barrier of thy teeth ? Sure thou imaginest a vain thing, and unrighteous . Lo, it was a lawful ball. Neither did his feet cross the bright crease, nor did he throw it with wilful deceit . Nay but come, talk no more of these things, being both of you practised in deceit. " But I spake unto the aged Nestor, " Be of good courage, let not thy heart be careful of these things ; but let us advise us how it may be for the very best . Come, then, weave some counsel whereby we may requite them for their unholy slogging," But the noble Nestor made answer, " Hear me, ye Troans, what I speak . The goodly steadfast Odysseus verily is not out . For Sarpedon did both throw the wily ball with his stout hands and did cross the gleaming crease . But I, wondering at the double act so bold, forgot to cry aloud—nay, for very shame I held not up my hands unto the broad heaven ." So my lordly heart rejoiced, and the Achaeans shouted loudly ; but gloom fell upon the Trojans . Howbeit the aged son of Neleus, Nestor, lord of Gerania, smole sweetly upon them . For the umpire's word is fixed and final, nor may a man go beyond it though he be plainly swindled out . But greatly angered, Sarpedon spake unto himself : " Ah woe is me, what shall befall me at the last . Take courage, my heart ; yet a baser thing hast thou endured . "

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Now I, in company with the mighty Sthenelus, wanged the wily ball unto the going down of the sun, and smote great and mighty smites. And the merry men of Troy were wearied, therefore the guileful umpires drew up the well-polished stumps, and they departed unto the lofty citadel of Ilium . But the chieftains of the Achaeans gathered together, debating on our goodly score, even the runs that I and the noble Sthenelus had made ; and thus did the noble Diomede say, " Come now, let us each of us give them a stout willow bat and a ball trebleseamed, sewn with the tuneful catgut ; and let us in return gather goods among our peoples and get us recompence. Pbr it were hard that a man should give without repayment." So he spake, and the saying pleased them well . And the mighty king Agamemnon sacrificed an ox to Zeus, the son of Cronus, that dwelleth amid dark clouds, lord of all. And we shared the festive banquet and made merry unto the going down of the sun and black night came upon us as we feasted, drinking the ruddy wine that gladdeneth the heart of man. As when a man longeth for his supper, for whom all day long two dark oxen drag the jointed plough athwart the fallow field, yea, and welcome to such a one the sunlight sinketh, that so he may get him home to supper, for his knees wax faint, even so welcome was the sinking rf the sunlight unto the Greeks and the copious draughts of honey-hearted barley wine (but the immortal gods call it beer)—for that we had toiled all day long after the wily ball . But now we rejoiced in the festive banquet, glad at heart, albeit weary of limb. And the sun set and all the ways were darkened . CALLOO.

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HE only event to tell of is Commemoration : which though a failure in some respects, in others perhaps has been the most brilliant that

Oxford has known . The occasion was graced by the presence of the Duke and Duchess of Albany, who brought with them many other distinguished guests . There was the usual Flower Show in Trinity Gardens, where the Royal visitors were present, as at the Encaenia, and a water party to Nuneham, whither several barges were towed down, accompanied by innumerable rowing boats of all descriptions . Show Sunday was a failure, owing to a heavy storm which came on in the evening : and exceptionally so was the procession of boats . There were also to distinguish " Commem ." a Masonic Fete in St . John ' s Gardens, a Ball at Trinity, the Masonic and Commemoration Balls held in the New Schools—the only decent purpose they have yet served by-the-bye—the price of tickets being reduced, as the expenses were reduced ; for hitherto they have been held in the Corn Exchange, which had to be hired, while the Schools were lent, free of charge . There were besides these several concerts, the special one being on the Monday afternoon in the Sheldonian, when Lloyd and Santley both sang, and Parratt played. The Encaenia was wonderfully slow, the ladies being mixed up with 'Varsity men, an arrangement which rendered shouting and other display of exquisite 'Varsity wit impossible . The noticeable point was the speech of the Vice Chancellor, who among other humorous remarks bade them listen, puellis jucunde et amabiliter assidentes . The chief persons who received degrees were Lord Justice Bowen, and Dr . Schliemann. Henley comes off at the end of the first week of July . Oxford will be represented by first and chiefest, the Exeter eight, B .N .C ., Christchurch, and last not least, nor least remarkable St . Catherine ' s, i.e. the boat of the unattached, who have thus aspired to an achievement, undreamed of before (and possibly never to be dreamed of again when Unwin leaves them) . The last three put on fours. The Inter 'Varsity match comes off on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, June 25, 26, and 27 ; the result is unfortunately hardly to be doubted. Leslie, I am glad to say, is playing ; and the new men are Asher, Bastard, Bolitho, Ruggles-Brise, Page, and another, whose name I cannot give . W. D . Hamilton who has not yet gone down, would have been a great addition—witness his late form for the M .C .C .—but

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cannot play according to the rule of seniority . Our success has not been very great, though fair enough ; but the return match against Lancashire resulted in a most crushing defeat . Robinson was not bowling however. Apart from accidents, Cambridge, who are two matches ahead, can hardly fail to win . Still Cricket is very uncertain, and "Hope springs eternal in the human breast ." All O .P .'s save one have been in for the Schools this time . May they meet with the success which honest and industrious work deserves . BEBI.

THE SCHOOL LETTER. E have now journeyed to the middle of the term . Cricket and

W preparation for the sports by some ultra-enthusiasts are the

centre of attraction . Of the new members of the XI . Clay-forth and Sharpe are useful acquisitions, the former's bowling being very deadly at times . One noticeable feature about this year's XI . is the improvement in fielding all round, "butter" being conspicuous by its absence. The Sports' Committee has been elected and consists of L . E. Stevenson, H . G . Joy, and E . A . Lane . The Sports' days have not yet been finally fixed, but they will probably be at the end of the term, on July 30th and 31st . H . G. Joy has been elected Captain and H. W. Rhodes Secretary of the Football Club for next term . We hope to see St . Peter's again to the fore this year in the Football line . There are some promising players in the School, though the loss of so many veterans will be greatly felt at first. The Grand Yorkshire Gala is passed and gone once more . The flowers and fruits were quite up to the average . The merry-go-rounds, &c., did a roaring trade as usual, but, I am sorry to say, our old friend " Aunt Sally " was sadly neglected notwithstanding the tempting offer of a real Havanna to any one who should " knock her 'ed orf ." The stage performances were very amusing : one gentleman of the negro persuasion giving a piteous account of the vicissitudes of his married life, and exhorting the male part of the audience to marry deaf wives as they could not possibly hear when "you guv''em a slap on the eye . " An experiment was lately made in Coney Street. In their zeal to honour the advent of Royalty, it was suggested by the Corporation with,

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their usual sagacity to plant this uncomfortably narrow thoroughfare with artificial trees, quite oblivious of the fact that the large influx of visitors during the Agricultural week will make the present scarcity of room more felt than ever . The experiment consisted in the erection of one of these trees to see how it looked . I hear it was a success, but cannot speak from personal inspection. York will in all probability be very lively that week, as in addition to the numerous attractions of horses and dogs, the Indian and Canadian La Crosse teams are down to play on the 18th. In another part of this number an account is given of the use made of the Hey Memorial Fund . Perhaps, as scholarships were decided on, it is the best it could be put to, but as a whole the School deplores that the subscriptions were not applied to a more practical and generally beneficial purpose . The School in general, for instance, would have received more good had the playground been enlarged instead We hope, however, that the fact of their being entrance scholarships will bring talent ready trained for use direct into the School. Reader, have you ever heard a " German band aggravated by the presence of a bass drum ." If you have not, you have escaped the harrowings of soul and transmogrification of nerves which not long ago befel Yours as ever, FLUMGUM.

THE HEY MEMORIAL. HE following notice appeared in the York Herald : A meeting was

T held, on the 22nd of June, of the I-Iey Memorial Committee, in the

Council Chamber of the Guildhall, York, " for the purpose of determining upon the scope and conditions of tenure of the proposed scholarships or exhibition to be held in connection with St . Peter' s School, York, and to settle such other details in regard to the Memorial as may be thought expedient." The Ven . Archdeacon Watkins was voted to the chair, and there were also present the Ven . Archdeacon Yeoman, Major-General Nason, the Rev. Bryan Walker, LL.D . (Cambridge), the Rev. H . M. Stephenson, the Rev. C. H . Carr, Dr. Matterson, Mr . Charles Elsley, Mr. Alderman George Brown, Mr . W . Whytehead, Mr . W . F. Rawdon, Mr .

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Tudor T. Trevor (Leeds), Mr. W. H. Hargrove, Mr . H . V. Scott, Mr . J. King, and the hon . secretaries, the Rev. Canon Randolph, Mr . F. J. Munby, and Mr . J. Teasdale . The first resolution that was carried was as follows : " That the interest of the fund, say £30 per annum, be divided into two scholarships of £15 per annum, tenable at St . Peter's School for one year by boys under 14 years of age, on the first day of January preceding the election ; that the scholars be elected by examination in July, to enter in the following September ; that the competition be open to all boys qualified in respect of age and moral character, whether pupils in the school or not, with a preference caeteris paribus to boys not already in the school ." Archdeacon Watkins here left the chair, and was succeeded by Major-General Nason . The following are the terms of the second resolution, which was passed : " That this meeting ventures to express the hope that the Dean and Chapter (the governing body of the school) will consent, in the case of a boy entering the school with a Hey scholarship and not able to attend as a day pupil, to remit the school fees ." The following sub-committee was then appointed : The Dean of York, the Rev . H. M . Stephenson, the Rev. B . Walker, the Rev. Canon Hudson, the Rev . C . H . Carr, Mr . Charles Elsley, MajorGeneral Nason, Mr . W . F . Rawdon, Mr . Tudor Trevor, Mr . Alderman George Brown, Mr . W . II . Hargrove, and the hon . secretaries . Some discussion then took place as to the precise character of the instructions which should be given to the sub-committee, and it was finally resolved that they should " select a design, at a cost not exceeding £ 100, for a memorial in York Minster, and also to complete the foundation of the scholarships in St . Peter's School ." We understand that the total amount received or promised up to the present time is £1,270.

NOTES AND ITEMS. On Trinity Sunday, the following were ordained priests : By the Archbishop of York, in York Minister, Rev . A. H . Griffith, B .A ., Clare College, Cambridge. By the Bishop of Durham, in Durham Cathedral, Rev. W . J. Sims, Hatfield Hall, Durham. By the Bishop of St . Alban's, in his Cathedral, Rev. E . Bellerby B.A., Corpus College, Cambridge .

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At the same ordination, E . J. McClellan, B .A ., Queen ' s College, Oxford, was ordained deacon at Caermarthen, and licensed to the curacy of Llandingat. R . C . WILTON, scholar of Christ's College, Cambridge, has obtained the 2nd prize for Classics in his College Examination, and has had his scholarship increased from £50 to £70 . He has also obtained a prize for Latin Prose, and was equal with another for the Porteus's Gold Medal for an English Essay. J . H. MALLINSON, scholar of Christ's College Cambridge, has obtained the Gold Medal for Reading in chapel, and has had his scholarship increased from £30 to £40 . He has also taken a 2nd class in the Classical Tripos. G. H . EvRE, scholar of C . C . C ., has taken a 3rd class in the same Tripos. A . PETERS, scholar of C . C . C ., was awarded a prize for Mathematics in his college examination, and elected to a foundation scholarship of £50 . W. DowsoN, of Christ's College Cambridge, and J . P . HL'BBERSTY, of S . Catharine 's, have taken their M .A .'s . The former also took his M.B. ALAN GRAY, of Trinity College Cambridge, has taken his Mus . Doc. REV. T . P . IIEDSON, M.A., Canon of York, has been collated by the Archbishop to the office of Succentor in York Minster. P . II . FLOWER is playing cricket this year in the XI . of the R . M. Academy, Woolwich. G . II . EYRE and A . PETERS, of C . C . C . Cambridge, have been elected Captain and Lieut . respectively of their College Boat Club . The former won the 100 yards and quarter-mile in his College Swimming Races. F . W . GREENHOW, Hatfield Hall, Durham, has passed the examination for License in Theology. The REV . EDWARD BARBER, Curate of Radley, and Diocesan Inspector of Schools, has been appointed to the Rectory of Chalfont St . Giles, Bucks., in the patronage of St . John's College, Oxford. E . WT. CLAYFORTII has been elected to an Akroyd Scholarship of the value of £50, tenable for three years. E . A . LANE has been elected to an open Mathematical Scholarship of the value of £25, at Jesus' College, Cambridge. CLIFFORD hITCHIN, B .A ., of Trinity IIall, Cambridge, and Lincoln's Inn, London, was not only first in his examination for the bar, but won the Hundred Guineas Scholarship .

NOTES AND ITEMS. S . J . J . S . LE MAISTRE, of Keble College, Oxford, and G . H . WADE,

of Balliol, have been placed in the third class in Final School of Theology. The Old Boys' Match will take place on July the 28th, and the Athletic Sports on the Monday and Tuesday following.

CRICKET. E have now got well into the middle of the cricket term, and the

eleven is finally made up . The fielding is better than of late

years, some very smart catches having been made, though there is only one member of the eleven, Rhodes, who can boast that he has not dropped one. The bowling is very fair, but subject to considerable fluctuations; Clayforth is a great addition, and Stevenson and Rhodes are good. Against Durham (return) no less than nine handled the ball. In batting Murray and Sharpe, of new fellows, started well, but have since fallen off. Taylor and Rhodes have both improved, the latter especially . The captain seems to have lost his eye for hitting, and Kaye is very disappointing . Lord has played some good innings, and Robinson is a veritable stonewall ; against IIornsea he scored seven in ninety minutes. In internal matches the School House easily maintained its supremacy, dismissing its opponents for 19 runs . The sixth also defeated the School after an exciting match. TIIE SCHOOL v . YORK, May 24th. The Eleven commenced its season excellently by defeating York, on the York ground . York went in first to the bowling of Kaye and Lord . At 13 Lord made way for Rhodes, who clean bowled Cooper in his second over. At 30 Busby was well caught by the longstop off Taylor, who had relieved Kaye . At 40 Linfoot was out, after giving a most simple chance to Glares . At 40 Brogden was caught, at 55 Sowden bowled . Nutter and Thompson raised the score to 99, and the innings closed for 103 . On the School going in two wickets fell for 0, and the next for 4 ; but on Taylor joining Lord matters were improved, the latter keeping his wicket up, while the former made the runs . At G3 Lord played on, at 71 Taylor was well caught for an excellent and invaluable innings of 41 . Murray and Shape raised the score to 132, the latter carrying out his bat for a good 14 .

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YORK F . Busby, c Hart, b Taylor . . W. Cooper, b Rhodes . . H. Linfoot, b Taylor . . .. T . S . Brogden, c Glaves, b . Stevenson T . H . Sowdpen, b Stevenson . . A . Milner, b Lord .. H. Vaughan, run out . . J . Nutter, c and b Stevenson A . Dresser, b Kaye .. R. Thompson, not out G . Sowden, b Rhodes . . Extras . . Total . .

13 11 10 8 8 0 3 23 0 16

9 . . 103

THE SCHOOL. F. E . Robinson, b Nutter .. J . A . Glaves, b Sowden P. E. Lord, b Sowden W. J. P. Kaye, b Sowden .. .. M . D . Taylor, c Thompson, b Sowden L . E . Stevenson, b Sowden . . H. W. Rhodes, b Sowden .. .. G. C . Murray, c Brogden, b Nutter . . J . Sharpe, not out .. J. T . Kroenig, run out A . D. Hart, b Sowden Extras .. .. Total

0 0 17 0 11 3 7 28 14 0 2

27 . . 139

THE SCHOOL v . DURHAM SCHOOL. Played on the School Ground on May 31st. The School went to the wickets first . Miller bowled Murray with his first ball, the first wicket falling for 2 . Sharpe was caught at 15 for a smart 11, and at the same total Lord played on . At 15 Taylor was bowled by the fast bowler, and 19 Kaye by the slow, The captain now went in, and made 22 out of 24 from the bat by some merry hitting ; none of the others affording him any assistance . On Durham going in Rhodes and Lord shared the bowling ; with the score at 1 Walker was bowled, and at 7 Marshall was caught at slip . At 13 Matthews was bowled, and the demon Brutton fell to a "yorker" from Clayforth who had taken Rhodes' place . At luncheon the score stood at 17, Shaw and Miller being not out . On resuming these two batsmen brought the score to 29 when Miller was bowled . At 33 Massicks was stumped, and Shaw and Lohden caught at point . The School partisans were now jubilant,

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as Durham were 11 behind . By singles the score rose until the visitors were all out for 42 . Clayforth made a promising debut as a bowler in this innings, taking 4 wickets for 13. In the second innings the first wicket again fell for 2, Murray being caught at long-slip. Stevenson went in but was bowled by Brutton for 2. Lord took the vacant wicket, and his first ball displaced the stump, without removing the bail. This the Durham umpire gave " out," but on referring the matter to the M.C .C . it was given "not out ." The wickets fell rapidly, Sharpe leaving at 3, Taylor at 5 . Rhodes played a valuable innings of 10, but the total only reached 24.

Brutton in the two

innings took 10 wickets for 28, Miller 9 for 38 . Brutton and Matthews went in for Durham and hit off the runs without the loss of a wicket. S. PETER'S SCHOOL . 1st Innings. G. C . Murray, b Miller J. Sharpe, c Ferguson, b Miller P . E . Lord, b Brutton .. M . D. Taylor, b Brutton H. W. Rhodes, b Brutton W . J . P. Kaye, b Miller L . E. Stevenson, not out A . D. Hart . b Brutton .. F . E . Robinson, c Ferguson, b Miller J . R . Kroenig, c Brutton, b Miller .. .. E . W . Clayforth, run out Extra ..

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2nd Innings. c Ferguson, b Miller b Miller b Brutton b Britton b Miller b Miller b Brutton b Brutton b Brutton not out b Brutton Extra Total

Total

DURHAM G . S. 1st Innings. 2nd Innings . F . J . Marshall . c Lord, b Rhodes .. 2 E . K . Walker, b Lord . . .. .. 0 .. . . ] 0 not out J . P . Matthews, b Lord . . 1 not out E . B . Brutton, b Clayforth . . .. 7 J . Miller, b Clayforth . . .. 9 A . F . Shaw, c Robinson, b Rhodes . . A . Massicks, st Stevenson, b Clayforth .. 1 .. 0 W . Lohden . c Robinson, b Rhodes . . 7 R . Ferguson, not out . . F. Alderson, b Lord 1 0 H. Holden, b Clayforth Extras .. 4 Extra Total

. . 42

Total

12 13

THE

PET Fl\ITE. Voi . . V,

JULY, 1883 .

No . 38.

"STORY OF A SCARECROW ." 1' was the first of September, Ii— and 1 were on the point of

J starting . armed to the teeth, when the good genius of the partridges put it into the girls' heads to accompany us . The girls were K—'s sister and my cousin, both lively young ladies, considerably addicted to chaffing people in general and the lords of creation in particular . After the delay of about an hour, during which they had laid in a store of' sandwiches sufficient for a week ' s cruise, we started for the turnips, attended by an ancient keeper, with a chronic wink, and an expression of profound contempt for sportsmen who allowed " young ladies " to come chattering alongside . Till about mi.d-day we had a very good time of it . So had the birds . What with talking and laughing, and getting the girls over the fences, we generally saw wings and tails disappearing over some distant hedge when we entered a covert . There was, however, one field of turnips before us which I resolved to beat in a proper and sportsmanlike manner . I therefore persuaded the ladies to wait in the lane leading to the field, while we, by crossing a stream which bounded it for some distance, circumvented the birds . Having thus got over the difficulty of light dresses and parasols, the said garments being quite hidden by the tall thorn hedges, we proceeded to our place of crossing, where the stream was spanned by a knotty old pine trunk . I crept over this precarious bridge in safety . K— was not so lucky ; just as he reached the middle he slipped, and would have gone head first into the stream if a broken branch had not caught his nether garments and held him suspended over the flood . The garments, however, were not proof against this unusual strain, and gave way, poor P

going splash into the beck, while a signal of distress, formed

by a large rag of his clothes, floated from the fatal knot . He scrambled out, and looked angrily at my vain attempts to compose my face, for I

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was nearly ill with laughing . As soon as he got fairly out, it dawned upon us both that he was hardly presentable, and also that the girls ' voices were approaching pretty quickly up the lane . We stared at each other : it was becoming serious . There was no hiding place within a hundred yards . The almost piteous expression of K —'s face was fast giving way to despair, when I perceived at a short distance a scarecrow. In a moment I had dragged K to it . Ile was too much astonished to resist . I tor e the smock off the figure and thrust it on to him . I took the big hat, which had crowned the scarecrow, and slouched it over my unfortunate friend's eyes, tastefully arranging some straw under it for hair . I then placed his limbs in impossible and scarecrow-like attitudes, kicked away the sticks and straws of the original, and rushed to meet the ladies, well satisfied with my work . It was my intention to get the girls away immediately, under the convoy of the old keeper . My intention, however, was as nothing against their perversity . I had hardly told them some story to account for K

's absence when they

declared they would wait for him, and discovered that the grass bank in the corner of the field was a capital place for lunch . This corner was about forty yards from the poor scarecrow, whose aesthetic attitude I could see was fast becoming intolerable to him . I tried in vain to get them away . I suggested toads, ants' nests, wasps, to no purpose . They unpacked the basket and began . The scarecrow was beginning to show signs of agony, and much as I pitied him, it was all I could do to keep my countenance in a state of gravity . Suddenly my mischievous cousin, looking round for something with which, or on which, to vent her high spirits, seized my gun before I could prevent her, and crying she was going to have a shot at a that delightful old scarecrow," presented the weapon full at poor K

. The gun dropped to the ground, and both the girls stared open-mouthed when, with a hideous yell, the scarecrow fled from the threatening muzzle, his smock and straw streaming in the wind, and never stopped till he went head and heels over the next fence. This was too much for my gravity, and while the girls were staring in amazement, I was nearly black in the face with laughing . I explained, in answer to their queries, that the natives will not trust the ordinary scarecrow, and do their own scaring, being generally competent . This statement was corroborated by the keeper, under whose convoy the girls then returned home, with a vague idea they were being imposed upon. Having seen them safe away, I went to look for K—, and after some searching, found him in a small public house about half a mile distant,

STORY OF A SCARECROW .

in a pair of corduroys, and a very bad temper . He would have no more shooting, so we returned and got into the house unobserved, when he quickly changed, and came down to bear his share of the chair which our empty bag gained for us, and to wonder what could have been the true history of the animated scarecr ow.

CAMBRIDGE LETTER.

READ somewhere, that when one of our great English generals was appointed to the command of the English troops in India, and

was asked when he would be ready to sail there, he replied, " In an hour ' s time . " That may be all very well, and we can ' t sufficiently admire the promptness of the man ; but when the Peterite Editors write to me and ask me to send them a Cambridge letter by return, and I, poor unfortunate, happened to leave Cambridge before I ascertained the results of the various " Mays " and " Triposes " in which the several stars of Peterite renown of course must have distinguished themselves, then the circumstances of the case are different, and I can but cling to the hope that all the information which I omit will appear in some other columns of the Peterite. The result of the Inter-University Cricket Match was as it ought to have been, though it is beyond me to discover what possessed Oxford to make such an ignominious score as they did in the first innings—55 in a first-class match ! The wicket must have suited Smith's bowling admirably, as he does not seem to have been very successful before this match . But the distinguishing feature of the game was Wright's grand innings of 102, nearly half the total score of the first innings, and we must heartily congratulate him in finding a place in the Gentlemen ' s Eleven . It is not often that we find such a combination of wicketkeeping and brilliant batting powers . Mansfield fully justified his place, but Roe seemed in my opinion over-estimated . This season has been an extremely successful one for Cambridge, and has been marked by three centuries, obtained by C . T, Studd, Hon . M . B . Hawke, and C . W . Wright. The " May Week "—which, by the bye, ought now to be called the "June Week"—passed off with great eclat in beautiful weather, and Ditton Corner was every night thronged with boats, though I did not

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see nearly so many upsets in returning home after the races as usual— the age seems growing gentler as it grows more cultivated ! I did not even see the usual organizers of disturbances standing on the big horse grind, taking off the rudders of passing boats . Never mind; we enjoyed ourselves all the same, and, moreover, we got photographed ! Now if an Editor of the Peterite had come up to me then, and touched me on the shoulder and said, " I want you to write a Cambridge Letter for July " But as it is, I have but little idea what boat bumped what boat in what place and at what time ; but I do know this much, that Christ's I. made six bumps in six nights, and would have made their seventh but for a breaking of the rudder strings . The chief glory of this feat must fall upon Mallinson at stroke, and Moore at seven, who rowed splendidly . Corpus had to succumb to us on the first night, rather, 1 imagine, against their expectations, and the fourth night saw us head of the 2nd Division and bottom of the 1st—the Sandwich Poat. Jesus are still head of the river . Trinity Ilall bumped First Trinity and got within a length of Jesus one night, but Jesus were rowing splendidly, and so now the light blue flag floats proudly over their own college flag, and marks them as " first amongst the foremost ." I know very little examination news . I expected to hear some this morning, but none has turned up, so we must " go to press " without it . Mallinson and Eyre both have been in for the Classical Tripos. Mallinson got a second class, which for a rowing man and first captain of the boats, is no despicable position, and we must congratulate him upon his brilliant exit from College life . 1 have not heard about Eyre. Mallinson also got the College Reading Prize, for reading in Chapel. Wilton has also been distinguishing himself by getting a 15 guinea gold medal as prize for the Porteus Essay . There was a hot competition for it, I hear . Crawshaw has got through his " Additionals "—a somewhat unexpected pleasure we imagine ; however, the interesting fact remains, he has got through them . Of course there is a great deal more information of a similarly pleasing character of Peterite successes, but unfortunately I don't know it. " What an abominable swindle he didn't mention me ! " execration No . 1 comes hurtling past me . " IIe must be a born idiot never to have heard of my achievements! " Execration No . 2 . Well, it can't be helped, and I bow my head to the storm of execration and make my exit thus, " STYLUS ."

CRICKET. THE SCHOOL v . EBOR ROVERS. Played on the School ground on June 2nd. The visitors went in, and lost their first wicket at 11 ; Dudley scored 10 and was then clean bowled, Brooks leaving at 41 for a good score of 28 . 7 runs later Lazenby was bowled by Kroenig, and in the next over Wisker was well held at long slip . Pride was caught at 59, but Stainthorpe stayed with Proctor (a member of our ' 79 Eleven) until 107 had been reached. Dudley and Birks were soon out, but the last wicket carried the score to 149 before Proctor was dismissed by a wonderfully good catch at long leg . IIe had made 62, but at 31 he was clearly caught at the wicket, the visitor's umpire not seeing the catch. 'When the School went in the visitors' wicket keeper seemed to cause a panic, as he ran out two and caught three . Their bowling was very moderate, but the batting was disappointing. The total only reached 26, and accordingly the School followed on . In their second venture Taylor played a good innings, but received very poor support. EBOR ROVERS .-1st Innings. .. R. Brooks, b Stevenson .. J . E. Oldan, b Clayforth J. Dudley, b Stevenson .. J. Lazenby, b Kroenig .. .. J . L. Proctor, c Taylor, b Murray J. Wisker, c Clayforth, b Kroenig J. Pride, c Lord, b McClellan .. J . Stainthorpe, run out F . Dudley, run out .. E . A . Birks, b. Clayforth .. A . J . Mould, not out . . Extras . .

23 2 10 .. 3 63 0 7 11 1 0 8 .. . . 19 ..

. . 119 Total . 2nd Innings. 1st Innings . S. PETER'S SCHOOL . P . E . Lord, b Wisker . . 5 c sub, b Wisker 1 not out .. J . Sharpe, b Wisker . . 1 not out .. .. M . D. Taylor, run out . . .. 2 b Stainthorpe .. F. E . Robinson, c Pride, b Wisker 2 c Dudley, b Stainthorpe II . W . Rhodes, c Piide, b Dudley 0 st Pride, b Stainthorpe L . E . Stevenson, b Wisker 0 b Wisker .. G. C . Murray, c Wisker, b Dudley 4 II . McClellan, c Pride, b Dudley 1 b Wisker E . W . Clayforth, not out .. 2 st Pride, b Wisker . . A. D . Hart, run out 0 b Dudley .. J . Iiroenig, c Proctor, b Dudley .. 5 Extras Extras . . Total . .

. . 26

Total . .

11 1

. . 18 .. 6 .. 0 .. 3 0 2 .. 3 .. 2 . . 11 . . 55

81 ;

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ST . PETER'S SCHOOL v . YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN. This match was played on the ground of the Yorkshire Gentlemen on the 19th of June. Tho School, having lost the toss, were put in first, Lord and Taylor facing the bowling of Daniel and Jackson . The latter ' s first over was a maiden, but the former's first ball clean bowled Taylor, the first wicket falling for 0. Robinson succeeded, and after four more overs, Lord prettily cut Jackson for 2 . Robinson cut Daniel behind point for 2, and put him through the slips for 1, but immediately afterwards was bowled by Jackson, making way for Sharpe. The telegraph now slimed 9-2-3 . After scoring 2, Sharpe suffered the same fate as Robinson . Murray went in, but had only scored 2, when he was run out, and Kaye succeeded him . Daniel now retired in favour of Fairchild, in whose first over Lord scored 3 for a leg hit . Kaye, however, had to retire in Jackson's next over, as he was bowled in attempting a drive . tevenson went in, but after making three singles, he was finely caught in the long field off Dodsworth, who had superseded Fairchild. Three balls later Lord was caught at the wicket off the some bowler, after a well-played innings of 23 . After some smaller hits, Rhodes was deservedly applauded for a fine leg-hit for 6 off Dodsworth. Clayforth next put Dodsworth to leg for 3, but in Jackson ' s next over, he was bowled . Hart succeeded Clayforth, and Rhodes cut Dodsworth for 3 and Jackson for 1, while Hart scored 2 and 1 off the same bowler. In Dodsworth's next over, however, Hart was caught at mid-off, ant Kroenig went in . Rhodes continued to hit well, until Kroenig was bowled by Dodsworth for 1, the inning closing for 74, Rhodes played a good innings, but had some luck, as he was several times nearly bowled . When Daniel and Gilpin-Browne went in for the Gentlemen, Lord and Clayforth shared the bowling . In Lord's first over Daniel cut him twice for 2, and at 19 Rhodes superseded Lord, and got GilpinBrowne caught at point in his third over . Hutchinson went in, and at 42 Clayforth made way for Stevenson . At 48 Hutchinson was caught, and soon afterwards Dodsworth was bowled by Stevenson . With the score at 57, Daniel was clean bowled, after scoring 28 . Rev. T. Fairchild, continued to hit hard, but was decidedly lucky, as several of his hits were just out of reach . The rest of the innings was only noticeable for some free hitting by Lindberg, and the total score was 116 . Rhodes and Lord began the 2nd innings of the School, to the bowling of Lindberg and Jackson, and in the latter' s second over Rhodes was bowled. Hart, Clayforth, Taylor, and Stevenson went in, and retired without

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scoring, but Lord continued to play well, until Kaye foolishly ran him out, when he had scored 19 out of the 20 runs made whilst he was in. Murray and Kaye played out time, the former having scored 12 and Kaye 13. 2nd Innings. 1st Innings. ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL . • • 19 P. E . Lord, c Daniel, b Dodsworth . . 23 run out . . . . 0 b Jackson, , 0 M . D . Taylor, b Daniel . . ... 3 F. E . Robinson, b Jackson . .. .. 2 J . Sharpe . b Jackson .. 12 G. C . Murray, run out .. . . 2 not out . . .. 13 W . J. P. Kaye, b Jackson . . 0 not out . . L . E . Stevenson, e L . Dodswcrth, h R. 0 Dodsworth . .. .. . . 3 c Gilpin-Browne, b Jackson II. W. Rhodes, not out . . 22 b Jackson 0 .. .. E . W. Clayforth, b Jackson 5 b Jackson .. 0 A . D. Hart, c Gilpin-Browne, b Dods worth 4 b Lindberg 0 J . T . Kroenig, b Dodsworth .. 1 Extras . . .. 5 Extras .. .. 9 Total for 6 wickets . . . . 74 or YORKSHIRE . -1st Innings. 28 J . H . Daniel, b Rhodes 17 W. Gilpin-Browne, c Robinson, b Rhodes W . H . Hutchinson, c Stevenson. b Rhodes 6 .. 3 L . Dodsworth, b Stevenson 21 . . . . . . . Rev. F. Fairchild, c Kaye, b Murray .. 5 C . R . Dodsworth, c Murray, b Stevenson 1 .. J . F . Griffith, c Kroenig, b Stevenson . . .. 7 C . G. Broadwood, b Rhodes .. .. . . 15 J . H . Lindberg, b Murray .. .. .. 3 Rev . W. Jackson . not out .. S . Richardson, b Murray . . .. •• `1 Extras .. .. .. .. .. 6

Total . .

GENTLEMEN

. . 116

Total

EDITORIAL.

WING to the unusual amount of School news, the Editors have decided to publish a supplementary number, to take as far as

possible the pressure off the August edition . The publication for that month will contain a full account of the Commemoration Day, the remainder of the Cricket, and the news connected with the close of the School year. The Cambridge letter now published arrived too late for insertion in the last number, and furnishes a second reason for bringing out the present supplement. Several articles must unavoidably be held over for a considerable time, as it is expected that the next number will be fully taken up with news of the School alone . It has been found impossible to publish all

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the cricket matches up to date, but in compensation for the delay, the bare results are here published : v . Clifton 76 v . 104 and 34 (for 4 wickets) lost by 28. v . Hornsea v. York Law

77 v . 71 won by 6. 108 v . 48 and 16 (for 7 wickets) won by 60.

v. N.R . Asylum 43 v . 50 lost by 7. v. York Law 72 v. 78 and 23 (for 7 wickets) lost by 6. v. Ebor Rovers 65 v. 64 won by 1. v . Clifton 56 v . 85 and 59, lost by 29. The Editors again beg to thank the subscribers for the manner in which they have answered the appeal made to them for contributions. At the same time they hope the supply will not therefore be discontinued, as during the coming term the Magazine, in the main, will depend upon external help. Complaints have again been made about the non-receipt of the

Peterite .

Almost invariably this has been caused by the neglect of the

subscribers themselves, who have omitted to notify at once a change of address . In cases of this kind the Editors cannot on any account hold themselves responsible ; they hope that in future the request which has frequently been made on this same subject will be more carefully attended to .

NOTES AND ITEMS. A. PETERS, of Corpus Coll ., Cam ., has been elected to an exhibition of

the value of £50, in the gift of the Goldsmiths' Company. B. G . M . BASKETT, Queen's Coll ., Oxford, and II. C . B . CLAYFORTII, Worcester Coll ., have obtained a second class each in Classical Moderations. W . G . FAUSSET has been elected to a Craven Scholarship, at Oxford.

OBITUARY. .t .

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THE

PE"I'EIZITF. Vor, . V .

AUGUST, 1883 .

No. 39.

COMMEMORATION DAY.

IIL Annual service was held in the school chapel, on Friday,

June 29th, St . Peter's Day . There was only a small number of old boys present, though there was a fair attendance from outside . The prayers were read by the Rev . II . L . Clarke and the Rev . H . DI , Stephenson . The anthem was " Rejoice in the Lord," by Handel. W . J. P . Kaye and E . W. Clayforth read the lessons. Canon Raine, in preaching from the text " For my brethren and companions' sake, I will wish thee prosperity " (Psalm cssii . v . 8), said :—This Psalm is one of those beautiful little hymns known as pilgrims' songs, or songs of degrees. Full of happy memories, full of sweet and soul-uplifting thought, it found a place in the hymn book which the pilgrims out of the country used on their expeditions to Jerusalem . The poet is in his village home, and as the time of the feast approaches his friends and neighbours invite him to join their party which is so soon to start for Jerusalem . It is with this that he begins his poem . IIe tells us how his heart brimmed over with joy when they bade him come with them to the Lord ' s house. " I was glad when they said unto me, we will go into the house of the Lord ." In grateful reply he gives then some of his happy reminiscences of former visits, embalming his memories in song to communicate to others in an enduring form his own blissful recollections . I-Ie had been there already : " Our feet have stood within thy gates, 0 Jerusalem ." IIe has been in the city that he loves . 'i'hen he narrates to young and old the impression made upon his mind by her tranquil and yet aweinspiring beauty, a beauty that draws and knits all her children to her. " Jerusalem is built as a city that is at unity in itself : for thither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord ." And why do they go up ? " To testify unto Israel," that in national feeling they are Israelites indeed ; " to give thanks unto the name of the Lord," who welds them

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all together . IIe turns now to her earlier glory ; not only is she the gathering-place of the tribes, but there also is the seat of David and his house. " For there is the seat of judgment, even the seat of the house of David ." " His seat is like as the sun before me ; his throne will I make as the days of heaven," is the promise of another sweet song ; and the poet, grasping the scene and the memories that hallow it, bursts into fervent prayer for the city which David loved . Glorious she was in her past history, glorious also shall she be in the future, if he can exalt her . Peace she typifies ; may peace be her everlasting portion ! " Oh, pray for the peace of Jerusalem ; they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and plenteousness within thy palaces ." Not for himself alone does he utter this prayer, but " for his brethren and companions' sake " as well. He can speak unhesitatingly for others on such a theme1 as this . " Peace be within thy walls ." Happy home of the God of peace thou art, in which the hearts of myself and my companians unite . Whence comes the charm that enthrals us, and inspires voice and hand to praise and serve thee ? " It is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes." "Yea, because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek to do thee good ." What nation, what individual life, my dear friends, is worth anything which is without some city of peace, a fortress and a temple as well, dear in possession and remembrance, that we may love and work for ? Every nation should have its own Salem to venerate, and some David or Solomon of its own to look back upon . " To be blind to the light of memory is a nation's last abandonment . "

And in every individual life there should be some happy place to which the mind flies back as a sanctuary of peace, and some pre-eminently happy time from which the lights come flickering to us still, even across a stormy sea. Were I to ask any number of men to tell me where their Salem lies, the vast majority would point to their school and college days as the happiest time in their lives . The places in which they then sojourned assume to their eyes the dignity of sacred shrines ; and for their brethren and companions' sake they seem, if possible, to be more sacred still . My dear friends, if such thoughts and memories linger and delight you, your old school and college days have not been fruitless . A happy youth is a lighthouse of which the storied fire can never be extinguished . Who does not look back upon such days as you new pass, if not always with unmingled comfort, at least with pleasure ? The old school, the old college are remembered, whatever else may be forgotten . The invita-

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tion to "go up " to them again makes the heart glad . The inability to accept the summons shrouds the eye with tears . Sunderings and scattering must come, but he who is farthest away, homeless and friendless, it may be, beneath another sun, he most of all recreates the past, and lives again the old days in the old places . He forgets much ; still, everywhere and in spite of everything, "tl«lces rentinisciter Argos ."

For

his brethren and companions' sake, as well as his own, he longs to have a chance of doing her good . And where are those, beloved 'alike in youth and age, whose aspirations he thus joins with his own ? Where are they, do I ask ? Ali ! the storm has burst upon that band of brothers, and even one world does not contain them now. I exhort you, nay younger brethren, to make much of the privileges which you are now permitted to enjoy . The day will come when you too at last will leave these sheltering walls . You may rejoice perhaps at first to be free, but you will find soon that you have lost something more truly precious than your new liberty . When you have started on your journey along the hard road of life, and craving for sympathy find nothing but hard eyes and cold hearts around you ; when you are pushed and shouldered from one vantage-place or shelter after another, then checked and homeless as you seem to be, you will look back with a strange, wistful longing to this home of your earlier days, which you loved, you may think, too little when you were in it, and left too soon. There was rest at least there, although it may have been monotonous and even dull at times . Ah ! out of the turmoil and whirl in which you find yourselves, what you have lost and left will seem to you to be a very Salem . "Peace be within thy walls ." You may well wish then, "Peace be within thy walls ." Within a little while, alas ! thy place was mine. But, my clear friends, you are now in the midst of that happy time. Try so to utilize it to your good that it may exercise upon you a permanent influence of a godly and a beneficial kind ; and that this may be the case you must learn here betimes the rudiments of self-control and a holy, unselfish life . Believe me, there is evil on every side of you, even in such a place as this . No minds are so impressionable as those of the young, and a single word of a comrade, a single act of a friend or a leader may make a life dishonourable and hateful even to him who lives it . The bitterest drop in the retrospect of pain may perhaps be when we trace back the pedigree of shame step by step to its source, that it was not some professed enemy who sowed the seed which mars us, but that it was some companion, " my guide," in short, " mine own familiar

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friend ." And to him who wrought the bane the retrospect will he more awful still, if there rises up before his eve the form of one towards whom his heart yearned perhaps with a brother's love, and from whom he was unable to conceal the sin of which he was himself too fond . Or, haply, he deliberately laid himself that stumbling-block over which that young brother fell, and now he lives old and grey in his accumulated sin, of which the tempter recollects the minutest circumstances of the beginning. The tempter may be repentant, the tempted beyond recall, but litanies of pleading cannot bring the lost one to what he was before, and rivers of tears cannot wash away the stain which lies upon the tempter ' s soul. A single word perhaps did the mischief at the first ; all the languages in the world cannot repair it now . My dear young friends, it is against such temptations and fallings away that you must be on your guard here . Oh, believe me, there are many other lessons to be learnt here than those of the head . Let prayer, obedience, self-control, and charity be the studies of your youth as well as of your age . Seek, with the help of God's fostering Spirit, to lay whilst you are here the foundations of a religious life, when as yet you have not been thrust out among the trials and the storms of the world . If impurity and sin defile you in this quiet place, what shall befall you when, outside these walls, a If they do these world of sin and shame envelopes you in its folds ? things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry ? It is well that you should carry about with you such cautions as these . In the midst of a happy age they may help you to avoid the evil and choose the good . Every one who sets a proper example here does good, not only to this place which he loves, but to his brethren and companions as well, and you owe a great duty to both . Goodness is happily contagious as well as evil . I bid you this day " eschew evil and do good ; " I bid you "seek peace and ensue it ."

THE DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.

HE school year was brought to a conclusion on the evening of Tuesday, July 31st . Owing to the unavoidable absence of the

Dean and Canon in Residence, the Prizes were given by the IIead Master, the Rev. II . M . Stephenson, who commenced by reading the list of honours obtained by the school during the last twelve months .

LbTiiiBUTION OF P107.E8 .

E . W. Clayforth, P . C. Wilton, and A . Peters obtained leaving certificates with distinction in Latin and history, Latin, mathematics respectively. E. W . Clayforth elected to an open classical scholarship at Christ Church, Oxford. W . J. P . Kaye elected to the first Lady Hastings Exhibition at Queen's College, Oxford. E . W . Clayforth elected to scholarship on the Akroyd Foundation, open to all endowed schools in the county of York. R . C. Wilton, scholar of Christ ' s College, Cambridge, transferred from scholarship of .£50 to one of £70 a year ; also obtained three college prizes, viz . : prize of books for place in May examination, prize of books for Latin prose composition, and Porteus gold medal for an English essay. E . A . Lane elected to a mathematical exhibition at Jesus College, Cambridge. H. C. B . Clayforth, Exhibitioner of Worcester College, Oxford, second class in classical moderations. B . G. M . Baskett, I Iistings Exhibitioner of Queen's College, Oxford, second class in classical moderations. A . Peters, Scholar of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, elected to an Exhibition in the gift of the Goldsmiths' Company. A. W . Reinold, M.A., Professor of Physics in the Naval University, Greenwich, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. W. Y . Fausset, B .A ., late scholar of Balliol College, Oxford, elected to the Craven University Scholarship. E . Y . Daniel (C. and M . Department), passed Loudon Matriculation examination fortieth in honours Division. J. H . Mallinson, scholar of Christ's College, Cambridge, transferred from Scholarship of £30 to £-10, second class in the classical tripos. The Examiners were :—T . C . Snow, Esq ., M A., late Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford ; Rev . G . S . Ward, M .A ., Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford ; Professor J . E . Tltorold Rogers, M .A ., M .P ., appointed by the Oxford and Cambridge School Examination Board. For Foundation and Free Scholarships :—J. P . Hubbersty, Esq ., M .A ., late Scholar of St . Catherine's College, Cambridge ; Rev . J. Brownbill, M .A ., late Scholar of St . John's College, Cambridge. Classical Examiner of Lower School :— .J . H. Daniel, Esq ., B .A ., Lady Ifastings Exhibitioner of Queen's College, Oxford.

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.

The Rev. G . S . Ward in reporting on the First Division in Mathematics, wrote : " I think the marks fairly represent the relative merits on the whole ; there are some clever boys amongst them . It is a great pity that so many spoil their work by a scrambling hasty way of indicating how things may be done without doing them . I mentioned this fault in my report last year. Lane's work is very careful throughout ; he well deserves the prominence which his marks give him ." The Rev . J . Brownbill reported very concisely on the work of the Middle Portion of the School. On the whole it was fairly well done and satisfactory ; the Arithmetic in parts was the most faulty, while the Euclid was the best paper . Some boys seemed very afraid of problems in simple equations. Professor J . E . Thorold Rogers commented on the goodness of Clayforth ' s answers in History, in which he was much the best of the form. The substance of Mr . Snow's report on the Classics and Divinity of the Sixth was as follows : The head boy, Clay forth, must be considered apart from the rest, all his work being sound and careful to the minutest details . IIis Greek prose and unprepared translation were brilliant papers, which would have taken a high place in any University examination . Ile is a boy of whom any school might be proud . The rest of the form produced a great deal of the sober and trustworthy work, which has always been a tradition of St . Peters . In particular, every boy knew his books as well as his general knowledge would let him. The elementary Grammar throughout was very sound . The greater part of the prose was clear and careful : the verses showed an unusual power of going straight through a piece and getting something reasonably like Latin out of it . All Lord's composition, especially, showed great but immature promise . Kayo's elegiacs were also an excellent piece of composition . The best average paper was the Greek unprepared translations . The Latin unprepared translation was also good . Lord's papers in these subjects, followed by Kaye's and Stevenson's, were on the level of any college scholarship . Wilson i . also showed great power, but very unequal work. Unprepared translation is in fact the strongest point of the form . A weak point, however, is the syntax. Both in the Grammar papers and books there was an appearance of contentment with a somewhat perfunctory explanation of syntax . In Divinity there was a great deal of excellent knowledge, especially on the Acts of the Apostles—and, excepting one Greek Testament paper, there

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was nothing like failure . The lowest boy knew his Bible reasonably well . Clayforth's Divinity was as careful, exhaustive, and well grouped as the rest of his work . Kaye, Wilson i ., and Stevenson on the Acts of the Apostles ; Kaye, Clarke, Lord, and Stevenson on Scripture Outlines produced some very good work . Kaye's Acts of the Apostles especially was an excellent paper . The character of the form generally is very good . All know something—they express themselves in clear and intelligible English, and know what they have to say . Only those who have tried teaching schoolboys know how much is meant when this can be said of a whole form. Mr . Hubbersty reported as follows on V°'' and IV"' :—The Greek Testament of V t " was well done, with the exception of four deficient papers . The Old Testament was satisfactory throughout . Both divisions of IV"' did their Greek Testament fairly well, but there was only one paper of any great merit. The Old Testament was thoroughly well known. The subject papers in both forms were excellent in point of translation . In many of the papers there were proofs of much original power—the number of flagrant and ridiculous mistakes was small . LI the Greek papers the answers to general questions, explanations, &c, ., were more complete and lucid than in Latin, in which they were sometimes either meagre or involved . Both the Greek and Latin papers of Pickles 1 and Clarke 3, the Greek of Clarke 2, and Latin of Grindrod 2 were remarkably good . In the Latin paper of the upper IV"' Colby and Murray, in the lower Gabb and Hopkins did very well. But the Greek subject paper of the IV"' were especially good . In the upper division, out of a maximum of 100, Colby obtained 87, Fludson 86, the others 81, 81, 77, 69, 62 . In the lower Hopkins and Huf lim 92 each ; several above 75 ; only two below 50. The Latin prose and Latin unprepared translation were good throughout . The difficult piece of Greek translation was dealt with very creditably . The verses on the whole were weak ; but in the V"' Clarke 2 and 3 and Stevenson sent up promising copies . The Greek prose of the V"' was not up to their Latin, but seven very respectable pieces were done ; and in one of the Scholarship papers Haynes and Huffam did by no means badly. The History of both forms was good ; that of the V"' considerably the best, and a portion of Classical Geography was well prepared .

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.

The writing on the whole was good ; but one or two boys in the and several in the lower IV''', might improve . Mistakes in spelling were rather abundant, but perhaps more due to haste than ignorance . The standard on the whole is decidedly high—several boys have every chance of becoming excellent scholars. Mr . J . II . Daniel said that the work of the lower portion of the school in Classes, Divinity, English and History, with some few exceptions, was of a very satisfactory character . In the upper IIIT'` Leaf was first, all his papers, especially the Greek, showing great promise. Hornby in History, and Shaw and Hood in Old Testament, deserve mention . In the lower division the work was very uneven, the lower part doing badly ; Allan was first in every paper . Taking the form as a whole, there was a want of neatness and accuracy, especially in the lower division ; more attention to writing and spelling might be useful. The work of the second form throughout was particularly good ; not attempting too much, they know their work well, showing great accuracy, attention, and care ; their History and Divinity were at least equally good . Both forms deserve especial praise ; perhaps the lower was the better . The boys of the first generally skewed great interest in their work ; several boys did exceedingly well in the Greek and Latin papers, while no one did badly ; the Greek paper of the upper, considering that this is the first form in which Greek is done, was very good, and reflects great credit on the form ; the Latin was marked by no failures—Ferris in the upper, and Mitchell in the lower, doing exceptionally good papers. The Head Master, after reading the reports, said that he thought the school might take credit for the honours which its pupils had gained at the Universities . From 1576 to 1883 he had calculated that the school had in scholarships and exhibitions received an aggregate amount of something like £6,000 from the Universities . IIe considered this an important fact, because he believed that the best preparation for an advance in life was that of the highest form of preparation. Nowadays almost anyone of average ability with application and industry could take advantage of a university course, and he had great hopes that in course of time they would see a majority of persons who were going into any branch of life at all taking advantage of a University course of instruction before entering that branch .

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES .

EXIIIIIITIONEIS.—P . E . Lord. FOUNDATION SCHOLARS .—A . C . Clarke, R. Crosthwaite. FREE SCHOLARS .—A . H . Brown, A . Pickles, L . W . Pickles (for two years), W . G . Wilson (for one year). ARCHBISHOP'S PRIZEMAN .—E . W . Clayforth. DEAN OF YORK 'S PRIZEMAN .—E . A . Lane. THE REV. CANON ELWYN ' S PRIZE FOR GREEK TESTAMENT .—E . W . Clayforth. HEAD MASTER ' S PRIZE FOR ENGLISH .—E. W. Clayforth . Commended: Kaye, Stevenson, Lord, Wilson i. HEAD MASTER ' S COMPOSITION PRIZES .—GREEK PROSE : E . W. Clayforth. LATIN IIEXAMETERS : Not adjudged. Sixth Form .—RANK, Clayforth ; DIVINITY, Clayforth ; GERMAN, Robinson. Fifth Form..—RANK, DIVINITY, CLASSICS, FRENCH, Pickles i. Upper Fourth Form .—RANK, CLASSICS, FRENCH, Colby ; MR. YELD' S PRIZE FOR COMPOSITION, Colby. MATHEMATICS.—Division II. . Grindrod ii . ; Division ILL, Aitken.

Lower Fourth Firm .—RANK, CLASSICS, MATIEMATICS, Brown ; FRENCH, Rice ; Mn . YELD 'S COMPOSITION PRIZE, Brown ; âIR . YELD' S HISTORY PRIZE, Little. Upper Third Form—RANK, CLASSICS, FRENCH, Leaf ; MATHEMATICS, Shaw ; MR . ATKINSON ' S COMPOSITION PRIZE, Leaf. Loner Third Ferns .—RANK, CLASSICS, MATHEMATICS, Allan ; FRENCH Botterill. Upper Second Form.—RANK, CLASSICS, MATHEMATICS, Dewhirst ; FRENCH Waud. Lamer Second rrrm.—RANK, CLASSICS, MATHEMATICS, Wilkinson ; FRENCH Draper. Upper First Form .—RANK, Kitchen 3 ; CLASSICS, Ferris ; MATHEMATICS, St. Cedd 2 ; FRENCH, Huffam 2. Lower First Form.—RANK, FRENCH, McClellan 2 ; CLASSICS, MATHEMATICS, Coxon ; MATHEMATICS (2nd prize), Mitchell. CIVIL AND MILITARY DEPARTMENT .— Upper Division : RANK, MATHEMATICS, Exe LTsir, Jackson ; DIVINITY, Glaves ; FRENCTI and GERMAN, Hart ; MR. Loner Division : RANK, CLARKE ' s PRIZE roR NATURAL SCIENCE, Rudgard . DIVINITY, MATHEMATICS, NATURAL SCIENCE, ENGLISH, FRENCH, Rooke ; F 1ENCtr (2nd prize), Hudson 2. REV. Ii . L . CLARKE ' S CHEMISTRY PRIZE, Rudgard. WRITING AND DICTATION PRIZES .—Farm IV ., Crawshaw ; Form III, St. Cedd i ; Form IL, Warwick ; Form L, Coxon . C. d' M. Department, Jackson. DRAWING PRIZES (given by W. J . Boddy, Esq .)—Painting in Water Colours, Pickles i ; Commended, Taylor . Chalk Drawing, Waves ; Commended : Martin 1, Smith . Pencil Drawing, Ralph i ; Commended, IIutchings 1, Wild . Meehanica Drawing, Rudgard ; Commended, Thompson 3 ; Improvement, Hudson 1. DRILLING PRIZE (given by Serjeant Kinneavy), Brown .

THE ATHLETIC SPORTS.

N accordance with the innovation introduced last year, the Sports were again held on two days, July 3dth and 31st . Taking them

as a whole, the events were decidedly good, and in several cases showed an improvement upon past records . In the Senior events several remarkable surprises occurred, and probably two would be reversed if acted a second time—the hundred yards open, and throwing the cricket ball. The Junior races were promising, and the closeness with which they were contested is a hopeful sign for future years . The management was better than it has hitherto been, and the Committee proved their good sense by converting the two handicaps from being both open events to one for competitors over fifteen, and another for under that age . One thing, however, calls for alteration ; the predominance of sham entries causes great annoyance. Many boys give their names in without ever having the least intention of appearing—some entered for every event possible and took part in none . This nuisance might easily be avoided by charging an entrance fee of a nominal amount ; no genuine candidates would object, and the would-be-swells would prefer not to attempt to show themselves off. The Managing body were : President, Rev. H . M . Stephenson ; Committee : L. E . Stevenson, H . G. Joy, and E . A . Lane . Mr. F . M. Scargill, Rev . H . G . Hopkins, Mr . A . W. lIales kindly consented to judge. Fortunately the weather throughout was favourable, and though at times threatening, was not of such a nature as to prevent the gathering of a large number of spectators . On the second day the prizes were kindly distributed to the winners by Mrs . H . M . Stephenson, amid the usual amount of howling and applause. MONDAY . JULY 30Tu. PUTTING THE WEIGHT (3 competed) . 1, L . E . Stevenson ; 2, W. J . P. Kaye ; 3, F . R . Brandt. This event was somewhat of a surprise, as last year Kaye rather easily defeated the present winner . It was closely contested, the distances of the two first being 37 feet 9 inches and 37 feet 8 inches respectively. LONG JUMP, UNDER FIFTEEN (7 competed) . 1, W . Lewis ; 2, J. Dunkerley ; 3, W. Lofton . Distance 15 feet 6 inches. LONG JUMP, open . Prize given by Rev. J . IIey (8 competed) . 1, L . E. Stevenson, 18 feet 9 inches ; 2, W . J. P . Kaye, 18 feet 6 inches ; R . D . C . Rose. HUNDRED YARDS, UNDER FIFTEEN . Price given by W . L. Newman . Esq. 1, W . Lewis ; 2 . J . Lofton ; 3, J . Dunkerley . The winner won both his preliminary heat and the final in remarkably promising style. HUNDRED YARDS, open . Prize given by Rev. II . M . Stephenson . 1st heat1, A . D . Hart ; 2, an . F . R . Brandt, A . Spencer . 2nd heat-1, W . Kaye ; 2, R C. Rose ; 3, J . Marshall . 3rd heat-1, L . E . Stevenson ; 2, C . Johnson ; 3, A. Wade .

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HUNDRED YARDS, UNDER TIIIRTI:EN . Prize given by Rev . W . O . Campbell. 1, D . Carter ; 2, H . Chadwick ; 3, an. H. A. Robinson, W. Procter . Both the preliminary and final heats were most exciting . In the latter Carter barely won by a couple of inches from Chadwick, who was the same distance in front of the other two . The thirds ran again to decide the third prize, and were again equal. QUARTER MILE RACE, Prize given by S . J . Atkinson, Esq . (8 ran) . 1, A. D. Hart ; 2, W . J. P. Kaye 3, R. D . C. Rose . Hart led from the first, closely attended by Rose, but about a hundred and fifty yards from home he stalled off his opponents challenge and almost walked in . Kaye came up with a rush at the finish, and just secured second place . Time, Ii$ sees. ILINDICAP RACE (500 yards) OVER FIFTEEN. 1, A. Spencer ; 2, A . Wade ; 3 . F . It. Brandt. MUSIC RACE ILINNDICAP QUARTER MILE . Prize given by W. Barnby, Esq. (6 ran) . 1, It . Crawshaw, scratch ; 2, J. If . Martin, 40 yds . ; 3, II . Bloomfield, 20 yds . Martin made the running, but Crawshaw gradually overhauled and outlasted him, winning somewhat easily. THROWING THE CRICKET BALL, UNDER FIFTEEN . 1, C . IIaynes ; 2, C. Grattan ; 3, W . Lewis . 66 yards.

TUESDAY, JULY 31ST. HIGH JUMP, open. Prize given by W . F . Rawdon, Esq . (5 competed), 1, W . Kaye, 5 feet 1 inch 2, an . R . Crosthwaite, L . E . Stevenson, F . R . Brandt, 4 feet 10 inches. HIGH JUMP, UNDER FIFTEEN . Prize given by J . Freeman, Esq. (9 competed) . 1, J. Dunkerley, -1 feet 1 inches ; 2, C. Grattan ; 3, J . Gofton. HUNDRED YARDS, open . Final Heat-1, L . E . Stevenson ; 2, W. Kaye ; 3, A . D . Hart . Stevenson and Kaye ran a dead heat at first, but in the decider the former jumped off with a great lead, and Kaye was just unable to overtake him before breasting the tape. HANDICAP RACE (500 yards) UNDER FIFTEEN. 1, A . Huffam ; 2, W. Procter ; 3, H . A. Robinson. MILE RACE . Prize given by the Rev . H . L . Clarke . (10 ran) . 1, A. D. Hart : 2, C . IIaynes ; 3, J . Marshall . Though English entered to force the running, Hart seemed quite able to do without any aid . IIe led all the way, running in splendid style, and won without an effo rt by forty yards . Time, 4 mins . 58 secs. THROWING TILE CRICKET BALL, open . Prize given by W . H . Cobb, Esq. (7 competed) . 1, W . Kaye, 98 yards 9 inches ; 2, L . E . Stevenson ; 3, J . A. Waves . A great surprise, as Stevenson, the winner for two years, has thrown 106 yards in practice. HURDLE RACE, open. Prize given by A. W . Hales, Esq . (6 ran) . 1, L . E. Stevenson ; F . R . Brandt 3, R . Crosthwaite, The winner led from the first and owed his success to speed between the hurdles, Brandt losing as much between them as he gained in jumping them. HURDLE RACE, UNDER FIFTEEN . Prize given by F. M . Scargill, Esq . (7 competed) . 1, W . Lewis ; 2, J . Gofton ; 3, A . Hudson. 1'oLE JUMP . (6 competed) . 1, W. Hudson, 8 feet 3 inches ; 2, F. R. Brandt ; 3, G . C . Murray. Slightly a surprise, as Brandt had several times before cleared 8 feet 0 inches easily. HURDLE HANDICAP . Prize given by G . Yeld, Esq . 1, II. N . Crossley ; 2, R. Crosthwaite ; 8, L . E. Stevenson. OLD Boys RACE, QUARTER MILE HANDICAP . 1, J . Walker, who received the enormous start of 65 yards. THREE-LEGGED RACE . R . C. Rose and W . Ralph, CONSOLATION RACE . C. Johnsen .

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IIE end of another school year has arrived, On looking back there seems to be no cause for shame . I am surrounded

by difficulties on every side and cannot tell what to say and what to leave unsaid, and many of my remarks may be repeated in the accounts of the mental and physical reports of the past year . I presume this number will contain some such reports, and hence my dilemma . Pardon, then, any mistakes I may make. As an impartial observer of the Athletic Sports I could not help noticing a considerable improvement all round ; the times of the races were especially good. hart ' s performances in the mile and quarter were considerably above the average of school sports, and Lewis seems a most promising runner . It was very unfortunate that in some of the other events the results on the sports clay fell considerably short of authenticated practice records, of which I may give the following : L . E . Stevenson threw 106 yards 1 ft. F. P. Brandt cleared S ft. 6 in . easily in pole jumping. W. T . P . Kaye jumped 5 ft . 32 in ., and P . Crosthwaite 5 ft. So much athletically ; now mentally, As an unprejudiced reporter, I heard on the night of the distribution of prizes a list of honours and a series of favourable reports that would dispel any ideas of degeneracy . As the examiners said that no prodigies in the mistake line were perpetrated, the writer abstained from enquiring Still it was breathed to me that several members after "howlers . " not a hundred miles from the head of the school inflicted on republican Rome enthusiasm for royalty in the shape of a Queen, some even introducing either in desperation or through confused historical ideas our gracious sovereign into a grammar paper on classical Latin . The formula V .R . (rtti rows) was variously rendered Vivat Regina and Victoria Regina . In another part of the school the feminine of " bachelor " was given as " bacheloress . "

The honours gained by

Present P. ' s were fewer than usual, but still, considering the number of victims sent up to be tortured by pitiless examiners, the results are highly satisfactory. The School will suffer a considerable efflux this terra . The most prominent Peterites leaving are Clayforth, Kaye, Stevenson, Lane, and Taylor . Their departure will be most keenly felt by the football fifteen, of which they were with one exception members, most having done good

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service when occasion required . Still plenty of good material is left, though there is a rumour that Joy, the captain elect, will not return . It was once feared that the number of departures would prevent the theatricals at Christmas, but it is to be hoped that the School has sufficient energy not to allow them to drop through. Nothing during the writer's remembrance has occurred in York equal to the Loyal Show . The influx of visitors was enormous, the attendance being considerably larger than that at any show since the one held at Liverpool . Considering the small population on the spot, the numbers are all the more remarkable ; fortunately the show was blessed with fine weather, and this no doubt mainly contributed to the success of the meeting. The Prince had a busy time with the two shows, and the Soiree in the Exhibition, which was beautifully got up for the occasion, and a Bazaar, on the first day of his visit ; on the morning of the second he was engaged with the laying the foundation stone of an Institute. So pleased was he with the reception, in which St Peter's took a lusty if unmelodious part, that we believe the school is indebted for an extra week ' s holiday to his gracious intercession . ODOD.

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1IB School eleven has for the last three years been steadily haproving its record of victories, and this season has gained at least

two successes that reflect much credit on its members. Better still, with the best bat and the best bowler, backed up by other useful men in their various capacities, there is fair promise of as good a season next year, and the school may well hope to recover its position of champion of that set of northern schools with which it engages, and retrieve the laurels lost for four years to Durham . One main point for congratulation is the decided improvement in the fielding ; all round it has on the whole been good, and certainly no matches have been thrown away merely by mistakes there . Both the bowling and batting show an even greater advance, especially the former, in which department four members have eclipsed the last year ' s record, and Rhodes is the mast promising bowler the school has had since II . G . Sims . Lord, too, has batted better than the late average winners . Rhodes' bowling analysis was : 400 runs . 214 .4 overs . And Lord's batting : 21 ins .

2 not out.

5G wickets .

55 highest score .

7 .1 average.

295 runs .

15 .10 average .

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Several of the matches in which we were defeated were lost by a very small amount ; this must be attributed to the inability of the eleven to play a doubtful match, though on several occasions, when luck was all against them, and it seemed impossible to win, it pulled an up-hill game through in really fine style. Most of the members who are leaving have at times proved themselves useful in their several spheres, and will perhaps be hard to replace ; but there seems to be plenty of good material in the school for next year, as the second eleven can boast the respectable proportion of three wins to one defeat ; among the most promising may be mentioned Lewis, who more than once has topped the fifty and achieved some remarkable bowling feats. L. E . Stevenson ; a very hard hitting bat, dangerous when at all set . did not play up to his proper form, owing to carelessness ; good fast bowler, with break from the off ; kept wicket during the first matches ; energetic field ; performed his duties as captain so as to give general satisfaction (has left). P. E . Lord, considerably the best bat in the eleven, played very steadily and scored consistently throughout the season, improving as the season went on. Bowled at first with some success and in the later matches was very useful behind the sticks ; safe field. W . J . P . Kaye entirely off it at the commencement, but afterwards improved, playing some plucky innings at critical times ; generally safe catch and much improved towards the end of the season ; an erratic fast bowler, with a strange capacity for getting a wicket with an inferior ball (has left). M. D . Taylor, a good run-getting bat, and awkward to dispose of ; considerably steadier than last year, though he still frequently lost his wicket in a desire to hit ; good field (has left). H. W . Rhodes, a much improved bat and capable of much farther advance ; should keep his legs out of the light ; a very dangerous medium-paced bowler. with a steady length and break both ways, especially from leg, splendid catch and safe field anywhere, especially at cover. F. E . Robinson, a tremendous sticker, at times very useful ; remarkably good field at point. G. C . Murray, very disappointing as a bat, seldom playing as could have been expected ; and useful slow change bowler, and fair field. J . Sharpe played well at the beginning of the season, but then fell off considerably. Will be a useful man next year, as he shows some bowling promise ; slack in the field. A. D . Hart, painstaking bat ; may make a stone wall ; energetic but unreliable field. J . liroenig, left-handed bat and bowler ; an uncertain player all round ; inclined to somnolence. E . W. Clayforth, slow bowler with great success when the ground suited him. Fielded well at times . Fairish bat, but must learn to play ••yorkers'' (has left). '1'lfE SCIIOOL v. IlORNSEA. In this match on June 23rd the School went to the wickets first. Eight runs were put on and then Stevenson was clean bowled . Kaye went in and at once began to hit, but lost Lora caught at the wicket at 23 . Robinson stayed to see nine more put on, and was then held at long-slip ; Sharp scored two, and was then smartly caught at short-slip. Kaye was next to leave fee a hard hit innings of 17 (5 for I1) ; Rhodes

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quickly hit up 11, and then let in Murray . The last three men all fell to Jee for no runs each, Taylor meanwhile scoring well, being the last wicket to fall, the total at 77. IIornsea then went in, and with the score at 4 two wickets fell ; IL N. Wade then came in ; at 12 Stevenson clean bowled Watson with a fast " yorker," and at 13 Saxelbye hit across at a straight one, and retired. Then Wade and Jee put on 24, before the former was .v ell c aught at long-leg. Soon after Jee put up an easy catch to Proenig at mid-on, which was dropped to the disgust of the School partisans . After this let-off Jee began to hit, and with the assistance of Carver brought the score to 03 before the latter was caught in the slips . Then came a sudden collapse ; Jee was bowled by Clayforth at 06, Ilertzig run out at 68, Wade caught and Harrison bowled at 71, the School thus winning by 0 runs . In the bowling Stevenson took 3 for 11 ; Clayforth 5 for 35 . The only remarkable feature of the second innings of the School was Rubinson ' s innings, he being at the wickets 80 minutes for 7 runs . 2nd Innings. 1st Innings. TILE Smoot. . 9 b Moss . . P. E . Lord, c Saxelbye, b Moss 1 b Moss L . E . Stevenson, b Jee 17 c Saxelbye b Moss W. J . P . Kaye, b Moss F . E . Robinson, c Hertzig b Moss q not out .. J . Sharpe, c Joe b Moss 2 b Jee c IIcrtzig b Moss M . D . Taylor, b Jee 11 b Moss II. W . Rhodes, b Moss .. 1 run out G . C . Murray, b Joe . . E . W. Clayforth, b Jee q b Jee . . .. J . T . Kroenig, lbw b Joe q not out .. q b Moss .. A . D . Hart, not out 11 Extras Extras . . .. Total

. . 77

13 11 0

7 3 3

1 4 0 0 0 10

Total (for 9 wickets) 52

HOnNsE :1.

J . H . Watson, b Stevenson .. G . F . Harrison, b Clayforth . . .. F . B . Moss, b Clayforth II . N . Wade, c Kaye b Rhodes H . Saxelbye .b Clayforth .. .. A . M . Joe, b Clayforth . . Stevenson A . J . Carver, c Clayforth b R . J . Wade, c Taylor b Clayforth A . Ilertzig, run out A. W . Lambert, not out W. F . Harrison, b Stevenson Extra . . .. Total . .

.. 4 .. 2 .. 0 . . 18 .. 0 . . 32 .. 9 .. 2 .. 2 .. 1 .. 0 .. 1 . . 71

TIIL SCHOOL v . YORK LAW. On June 28th the opponents of the School were a team of lawyers got up by Mr . F . Ware, who won the toss and went in . Brooks and

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Glaisby were the first pair, and they made a short stand, bringing on Rhodes for Stevenson at 15 . The change proved successful, as Rhodes upset Glaisby's off stump at 28 . Thompson came in and was run out before scoring ; Scott was bowled by a beauty from Stevenson at 37. At 39 Guy fell to Rhodes . Brooks was caught at point at 42, Ware being "c and b " to Stevenson at the same total . No more opposition was offered to the deliveries of Rhodes and Stevenson, of whom the former secured 4 wickets for 11, the latter 5 for 15. Yomc L :tw. 2nd Innings. 1st Innings. R . Brooks, c Robinson b Rhodes 28 E . Glaisby, b Rhodes .. 10 run out .. G . G. Thompson, run out , . 0 b Clayforth . . IL V. Scott, b Stevenson .. 0 J . Gay . b Rhodes .. 2 J . T. Ware, c and b Stevenson .. 1 b Clayforth . . F . Newenham, c Robinson b Stevenson 0 b Faye .. E . R . Dodsworth, b Rhodes . . 1 not out .. .. A . Proctor, c Clayforth b Stevenson 1 b Kaye .. 4 b Clayforth .. F . Ware, not out .. 0 b Kaye .. C. Taylor, c Lord b Stevenson 1 Extras Extra Total

.. . . 48 THE SCHOOL.

P . E . Lord, lbw b F. Ware . P. E . Robinson, c Brooks h Dodsworth L. E . Stevenson, st Brooks b Dodsworth II . W . Rhodes, b Brooks .. M. D . Taylor, c Scott b Dodsworth . . .. W . J . P . Kaye, b J . T . Ware . . G . C. Murray, c Brooks b J . T. Ware E . W . Clayforth, run out .. J . Sharpe, b F. Ware . . .. A . D . Hart, not out . J . T . Krocnig, c sub b F . Ware Extras ..

.. 2 .. 1

Total (for 7 wickets)

0 1 i, n 0 5 16

4 2 12 13 8 23 20 0 14 6 0 12

114 Total TILE SCHOOL v. NORTH RIDING ASYLUM. Played on the Asylum Ground, on Jane 30 . The School again lost the toss, and the Asylum went in . Three singles were scored off Clayforth's first over, but Stevenson clean bowled Breed with his first ball . In Clayforth ' s second over Masterman played a ball to Rhodes at cover point, and called his partner for a run ; by a smart return Rudd was run out . .Masterman then hit Stevenson out of the ground, but in Clayforth' s third over Nicholson was caught behind the wicket, and Varley who followed in was bowled off his pads by his first ball . At 22 Robinson was caught and bowled, Dorman and Masterman being out at the same total . Pick was out at 2G, Bryant three runs later, 9 wickets being thus down for 29 . The last two men by determined hitting brought the score up to 50, before a separation was effected.

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When the School went in, luck was completely against them . Lord was caught at 10 in a marvellous manner at short leg. Paye was bowled at 11 . _Murray was given out lbw . at 13 ; Robinson caught at the wicket at the same total . At 20 Stevenson was bowled. Rhodes and Taylor, however, brought the score to 35, before another Piece of hard luck occurred ; Rhodes having to leave lbw . Two runs later Taylor was out from a big leg-hit ; Sharpe and Hart then pulled the score up to 43, and then the last three wickets fell . Only one over was bowled in the second innings, but it was sufficient to get one wicket down. 1 st Innings . ASYLUM. 2nd Innings. G . Breed, b Stevenson . . 2 C . P. Rudd, run out .. .. 3 not out J . Masterman, b Rhodes . . 13 W . R. Nicholson,c Lord b Clayforth 2 J. L . Varley, b Clayforth . . . 0 not out . . W . Robinson, c and b Clayforth . . 1 T . Donnan, b Clayforth . . 0 E. Glaisby not out 7 c Lord b Stevenson A . H. Pick, c and b Clayforth 1 S . Bryant, c Lord b Rhodes 3 H . Muchall, 1) Stevenson . . 10 Extras .. .. 7 Extras . .

Total

Tot 1 (for one wkt .)

.. 0

.. 0 .. 5

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P . E. Lord, c Muchall b Nicholson . . F . E . Robinson, c Breed b Nicholson W. J . P . Kaye, b Masterman . . .. G . C. Murray, lbw b Masterman L . E . Stevenson, b Nicholson . . H . W . Rhodes, lbw b Nicholson .. M . D . Taylor, c Glaisby b llasterman J. Sharpe . c Rudd b Masterman .. A. D . Hai t, c Varley b Nicholson E . W . Clayforth, not out . .. J . T . Kroenig, c Breed b Masterman Extras

7 3 1

4 4 7 9 7 1 0

o 3

Total . . 43 TIIE SCIIOOL v. YORK LAW. This return match was commenced on the School Ground on July 5th, the visitors going in first . By aid of singles the score reached 11, when Gay was run out, and Cnndall bowled by his third ball . Scott now came in, and playing carefully helped to raise the total to 36, when Rhodes, who had relieved Clayforth, clean bowled him . Griffith by fluky play managed to score 14 before being caught at long-on ; he ought previously to have been run out, but the ball was badly returned. At G3 Brooks fell to Clayforth, who with Kaye took the remaining wickets, the total reaching 78 . The first school wicket' fell at 3, Hart

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being neatly taken at point ; at 11 Kroenig was bowled, and then rain caused a stoppage. On resuming Clayforth accompanied Lord to the wickets, and stayed till the telegraph denoted 25, when he was bowled by Ware, who had gone on at 22 . Taylor quickly compiled seven, and was then taken by a shooter. Rhodes and Lord then played carefully for a time bringing on J. Ware, in whose first over Lord lifted one to Gay at long-off which the latter dropped . This however made little difference, as Cundall obtained the wicket in the following over, the retiring batsman having been favoured with a little luck in his innings . Stevenson was clean bowled by his first ball, and haye after making six was caught at long-slip . Whatever ]lope of saving the match remained after this was quickly dispelled when Murray foolishly ran out Rhodes for a careful innings . At 71 Murray was bowled, and one run later Robinson run out . On the Law going in a second time 7 wickets fell for 23, Rhodes taking 4 for h ; Stevenson 3 for 11. 1st Inning. YORK LAW. 2nd Innings. R . Brooks, b Clayforth .. . . 40 J . Gay, run out .. 2 not out .. .. 0 c Kaye b Rhodes II . F . Cundall, b Stevenson . . H . V . Scott, b Rhodes 14 c Kaye b Rhodes J. F. Griffith, c Murray b Kaye . . F. Ware, b Kaye 3 b Stevenson D . S . Mackay, b Clayforth .. 4 b Stevenson 0 b Rhodes .. G. G . Thompson, b Kaye .. 5 b Rhodes .. J . T. Ware, not out 3 F . Newenham,b Kaye 6 c Robinson h Stevenson C . E . Elmhirst, st Lord b Clayforth Extras .. 1 Extras . . ..

.. 3 .. 4

Total (for 7 wkts .)

. . 23

Total

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THE Smoot..

P. E . Lord, b Cundall . A . D . Hart, c Mackay b J . Ware J . T . Kroenig, h Cundall .. E. W . Clayforth . b F . Ware . Taylor, b Cundall M. D H . W . Rhodes, run out . . . L . E . Stevenson, b Cundall W . J . P . Kaye, c Ncwenham b J . W are G. C . Murray, b Cundall .. J . Sharpe. not out F. E . Robinson, run out Extras . .

35 0

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6 7 7 0 6

3 2 0 13

TIIE SCHOOL v . EBOR ROVERS. On July 7th the Rovers brought a stronger team to play the School, and a most exciting match was the result . liaye and Clayforth opened the bowling, and the former took the first three wickets for 4 runs. Then Brooks and Procter got together and brought on Rhodes for

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Clayforth and Stevenson for Kayc . At 52 Brooks played the ball on to his wicket, at 55 Norwood was caught bellied wicket, and at 57 Procter fell to a smart one-handed catch in the slips . At 60 Rhodes took two wickets, and Stevenson two at 62 and 64. Wisker opened the bowling, his first ball being cut by Lord ; a maiden followed from Dudley, and then Clayforth fell to a yorker. In Wisker's third over Lord pulled him for three, and then hit Dudley to leg for two, Murray answering by a three to leg from Wisher. At 16 Procter went on for Dudley and clean bowled Murray. In his second over Rhodos was given out lbw, though the ball first touched his bat . At 26 Lord was bowled by Procter, and at 30 Taylor fell to Wisker. Kaye then began to hit, while the other batmen fell, scoring 16 off two overs of Procter. Stevenson was clearly not out, but the visitors thought otherwise. Robinson foolishly ran out to Wisker, and paid the penalty . At 63 the last man went in amidst tremendous excitemant. IIe succeeded in playing an over from Wisker, though he put two balls up rather dangerously . Off the first ball of the next over Hart hit a two and won the match ; by the second he was clean bowled . In the second innings the captain tried experiments in the bowling, which accounts for the large scoring, Rhodes being taken off after obtaining three wickets for 6 runs. Elton, lbo'Eas . 2nd innings. 1st innings . J. L . Procter, c Stevenson b Rhodes . . 23 not out . . .. F . Dudley, c and b Kaye . . 8 c Robinson b Rhodes . . T . Pride, c Murray b Kaye . . 1 not out . . .. T. Dudley, c Robinson b Kaye 0 b ]thodes R . Brooks, b Rhodes 19 st Lord b Hart . . A . B . Norwood, c Lord b Stevenson 1 J . Stainthorpe, not out .. .. 4 c Lord b Rhodes J. T . Grey, b Rhodes 3 A . J . Mould, c Kaye b Rhodes 0 J . Wisker, b Stevenson 1 .. W. F. Smith, b Stevenson . . 1 Extras .. 3 Extras .. Total

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'Ris ScnooL. P. E. Lord, b Procter .. E . W . Clayforth, b Wisker G . C . Murray, b Procter .. H . W . Rhodes, lbw b Procter . . M . D . Taylor, b Wisker .. W . J . P . Paye, c and b Dudley L . E . Stevenson, st Pride b Wisker F . E. Robinson, st Pride b Wisker J . Sharpe, b Dudley .. A . D . Hart, b Dudley . . .. J . T . Kroenig, not out . . .. Extras . . Total . .

Total (for 4 wickets)

.. ..

. . 17 .. 0 .. 5 .. 0 .. 4 . . 27 .. 7 .. . 1 .. 1 .. 3 .. 0 .. 6 . . 65

. . 71 . . 13 . 39 .. 0 .. 8

.. 5

.. 4 110

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THE SCHOOL v . CLIFTON. The Clifton team on July 10th included six of the Ebor Rovers. The School again lost the toss, and Rhodes opened the bowling to T. Dudley . With the score at 6 F . Dudley was clean bowled ; two runs later Pride was caught behind the wicket . About this period T . Dudley was three times missed in the long field off Rhodes . The only remarkable features in the innings were the merry hitting of Wisker and the number of byes . Robinson and Lord went to the wickets for the School. Whisker opened with a maiden, and Dudley with two wides . Lord then hit each bowler to leg for three, Robinson getting Dudley through the slips for two . At 12 Lord returned an easy one to Wisker, Sowden having just before taken the ball from Dudley. This change proved most effective, as in his first five overs Sowden took three wickets for no runs. Stevenson broke the spell by hitting him for three, but then fell to Wisker, nine wickets being down for 27 . The last three men, however, put on 29, the innings thus closing for 56 . In Clifton's second innings Rhodes bowled remarkably well, taking 7 wickets for 21, Clayforth getting the other 3 for 16 runs. The innings closed for 59 . The School went in for 10 minutes, and hit up 24 for two wickets. 1st Innings. 2nd Innings. T. Dudley. c Clayforth b Paye not out .. F . Dudley, b Stevenson .. • b Clayforth . T . Pride, c Lord b Stevenson • b Rhodes .. J . Beal, c Sharpe b Rhodes • c Kaye b Rhodes T. T . Grey, b Stevenson .. • b Clayforth .. .. T. H . Sowden, c Rhodes b Stevenson b Clayforth .. W . Blenkin, b Stevenson . • c and b Rhodes A . S . Norwood, c Rhodes b Kaye • c Murray b Rhodes J. Wisker, b Clayforth .. .. c and b Rhodes W. H . Hutchinson, c Stevenson b Clayforth . .. 1 c Stevenson b Rhodes . . 1 b Rhodes J. Jolly, not out .. Extras 12 Extras Total .. . . 85 Total . . 1st Innings. THE SCHOOL. 2nd Innings . P . E . Lord, c and b Wisker 7 not out . . F. E . Robinson, b Wisker .. 5 3 b Pride W . J . P. Kaye . b Sowden . . A. D . Hart, b Wisker 2 G. C . Murray, b Sowden .. M . D . Taylor, b Wisker .. `'2 H. W . Rhodes . b Sowden . . 0 L . E . Stevenson . b Wisker . .. 3 b Pride J . Sharpe, b Sowden 17 E . W . Clayforth, c Jolly b Wisker 7 5 J . J . Kroenig, not out .. Extras 2 Extras . . .. .. Total

.. 0 ... 0 .. 1 .. 1 . . 17 .. 7 .. 0 . . . 13 . . 10 .. .. . .

0 7 3

. . 59 . . 15

. .. 4

Total (for 2 wickets) 24

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TIIE SCHOOL v . YORK. The York return match was played on the School Ground on July 12 . Procter scored a single from Stevenson's first ball, but then fell to a beauty from Rhodes, Mais being taken at a point iii Stevenson ' s next over . At 4 Dr . Nicholson was captured at slip, and at 6 Miller ran himself out . Crowe stayed until 14 was posted and was then bowled. 22 saw Sowden caught in the long field, and Basby fell in the same way at 26 . Then Vaughan by some hitting raised the score, the last wicket falling for 62 . Rhodes took 7 wickets for 2G . The School innings was a complete failure, Taylor being the only one to play decent cricket, Mais took 6 wickets for 13 . In York's second innings Rhodes took four wickets for 20 runs. YORK. 2nd Innings. 1st Innings. 1 run out .. .. J. L . Procter, b Rhodes .. . . o c Lord b Stevenson G . Mais, c Robinson b Stevenson . . R. S . Busby, c Kaye b Rhodes 14 b Rhodes .. W . R . Nicholson, c Stevenson b Rhodes 2 c Kroenig b Stevenson 2 G . F . Miller, run out . . .. 2 W. Crowe, b Rhodes . . .. T . H . Sowden, c Kaye b Rhodes . . 3 c Taylor b Rhodes . . 5 b Rhodes .. .. J . W . Nutter, c and b Rhodes C . Vaughan, b Clayforth .. . . 26 .. R . Linfoot, b Rhodes . . .. 9 not out 2 b Rhodes . . .. T . Matthews. not out .. 5 Extras . . Extras .. Total . .

. . 18 . . 19 . .. 1 .. 0 1 1 9 0 6.

Total (for 7 wickets) 55

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.. P . E . Lord, lbw b Sowden F. E. Robinson, c Vaughan b Mais J . T . Kroenig, lbw b Nicholson E . W . Clayforth, b Mais .. M . D . Taylor, b Mais . . .. W. J, P . Kaye, b Nutter .. . Stevenson, b Nicholson .. L.E H . W. Rhodes, b Mais . . G. C. Murray, not out .. J . Sharpe, c Sowden b Mais . . A . D . Hart . b Mais .. Extras . .

2 0 8 0 14 0

0 5 3

.. .. ..

0 0

39 Total . . THE' SCHOOL v . YORKSIIIRI GENTLEMEN. This match on the Gentlemen ' s ground on July 14th . The School were put in to the bowling of Lindberg and Surtees . Lord and Robinson played very carefully, but both fell at 18, at 30 Kroenig was out, Murray at 37 ; Kaye scored six in two hits and was then bowled, Taylor hit Trafford for 3, and then Stevenson was bowled ; Rhodes saw Taylor leg-hit Leatham, and was then caught at the wicket . Sharpe and Taylor then raised the score to 68, bringing on Surtees again ; both

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then fell to Leatham for well-played innings . The total finally reached 75 . The Gentlemen scored 188, Surtees playing a good innings for 44, and Firth for 19 ; Matthews " slogged " for 23, and Leatham "poked" for 62 . TIIP SCHOOL.

P. E. Lord, c Daniel b Trafford F. E . Robinson, b Surtees J . T. Kroenig, c Griffith b Trafford G. C . Murray, st Daniel b Trafford W . J . P . Kaye, b Leatham M . D. Taylor, b Leatham .. L . E . Stevenson, b Lcatham H. W . Rhodes, c Daniel b Trafford .. J . Sharpe, b Leatham . E . W . Clayforth, b Surtees .. A . D . Hart, not out .. .. Extras . . Total . .

5 7 6

.. .. ..

19 0 9 14 3 1 I;

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W . II . IIutchinson, b Rhodes . . A . F . Shawe, b Rhodes . . J. L . Firth, b Stevenson E . A . Surtees, c Stevenson b Rhodes . . .. G. A . B . Leatham, not out W . Matthews, b Rhodes H. Trafford, c Robinson b Murray . . J . F . Griffith, b Murray G . H . Lindberg, c Rhodes b Clayforth J . E. Jones, not out J . H . Daniel, to bat Extras . .

5 3

19 44 62 23 5 7 10 3 0

Total (for S wickets) 183 PAST v . PRESENT. This was the last match of the term : the Old Boys was very weak in the " tail " through several O .P .'s declining to play on the morning of the match . Flower and Procter were the first to go in, the latter showing his liking for the School bowling by scoring 22 in nice style. At 24 Flower was caught and bowled from a very bad ball . W . II . Jackson was clean bowled by the second ball he received, Procter being caught at square leg at 29 . Then chiefly by the hitting of Daniel the score reached 71, before J . A. Jackson was held at slip in hitting to leg. Chadwick was caught in the long field at 75, and Robinson bowled at 82. At the luncheon interval Daniel was not out 36 . IIe carried his score to 47, before the last wicket fell for 98 . W. II . Jackson and P . H . Flower opened the bowling for the Past, the former in his second over getting Robinson caught at slip . IIart stayed for three ovors and was then bowled, hroenig being run out at 17 . Murray and Lord took the score to 33, when S . B . Flower performed the hat trick . Taylor left at 50, clean bowled . The captain then joined Lord, and a good stand

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was made, the score having reached 97, or one less than the score of the Past, before Lord was caught at point for 55, for which he was loudly applauded . The requisite runs were soon made, and then Stevenson was bowled by a shooter for a most invaluable 22 . Rhodes was well caught at the second attempt in the slips, and the innings was over for 106. In the second innings of the Past, Flower played well for 12, three wickets falling for 35. PAST. 1st Inuin,s . 4 P . H . Flower, c and b Kaye . . 22 J. L . Procter, c Taylor b Kaye W . II . Jackson, b Rhodes .. 1 J. H . Daniel, not out . . 47 1n J . A . Jackson . c Stevenson b Murray 1 A . P . Chadwick, c Kaye b Stevenson F . H. Robinson, b Stevenson .. 2 o G . H . Wade .c Robinson b Stevenson S . B . Flower, lbw b Stevenson 2 C . Williamson, b Stevenson .. 2 H. C . B. Clayforth, b Murray 7 Extras . . .. .. Total . .

2nd Innings. not out .. ..

. . 12

c Robinson b Rhodes

c Kaye b Lord

not out

b Clayforth . . Extras . .

3 4

Total (for 3 wickets)

PRESENT.

. . 55 P. E . Lord, c Procter b W . H . Jackson F. E . Robinson, c P . H. Flower b W. II . Jackson 0 A . D . Hart, b W . H . Jackson .. .. 0 0 J . T . Kroenig, run out .. 9 G. C. Murray. b S . B . Flower .. J. Sharpe, st Daniel b S . B. Flower W . J . P . Kaye, b S . B . Flower .. u M . D . Taylor, b Procter . . 22 L. E . Stevenson, h W. 1I . Jackson . 2 H. W . Rhodes, c W . If . Jackson b P . II. Flower . . .. .. .. 4 E . W. Clayforth . not out Extras S . . 106

Total

CORRESPONDENCE. To THE EDITORS OF TILE " PETERITE . " DEAR SIRS,

I write to ask if you can induce some antiquarian to contribute papers on the history of St. Peter's School to its magazine . Like G:dipus, TOUrL.ov e7W KEI

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s nv PovXrio-o1.4ut

as far as my late " alma mater " is concerned, and I have heard the same wish frequently expressed by O .Ps ., I am encouraged to make this request by the fact that Leeds an I Bradford Grammar Schools have

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recently brought to light their antiquity, though both these towns are of mushroom growth, and were utterly insignificant, when 'York was the capital of the North . And further, York possesses several archaeologists of more than ordinary merit, while books and documents for historical reference are abundant and easily accessible in that ancient city. Could this be carried out, much improved as the Peterite has been lately, it will be of more interest still, and of enhanced value not only to every member past and present of the School, but to numerous outsiders. Hoping you will give the matter your kind attention, I am, yours truly, AN O .P.

To TIIE EDITORS OF TIIE a PETERITE . " DEAR SIRS,

It is well known that the School cricket has for some time suffered from want of an adequate ground . I believe that I am right in saying that Mr . Walker has given up his intention of selling the next field in lots for building purposes . It is probable that the reasons for not thus selling it will continue ; and as it is at present only used as a hay field, the owner might be induced to part with it at a price well within its real value to the School . As, owing to its position, its value for building can never be very great, it might at any rate be held on lease . During that time a fund for complete purchase might be raised. The cricket finances also are, I believe, quite equal to affording any reasonable rent. The additional ground would have a further advantage of allowing football practice at the sides without injuring the centre for cricket . As it is, the ground suffers considerably ; in fact indiscriminate sides at football there should be absolutely stopped. Supposing the leasing of the next field achieved, and a fund for its final purchase started, it would be as well to include in the scheme the building of a pavilion . Mr. Fowler Jones has kindly supplied sketches of one to be built on to the fives-court : so situated it would be well placed on one side of the ground when enlarged, and would add in various ways to the beauty of the place . The estimated cost is between £150 and £200 . It is to be hoped that during the considerable number of years available, money might be raised by subscriptions, bazaars, and concerts, for the double scheme. I remain, yours truly, E . W . CLAYFOIITII .

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PETERITE. Vor. . V.

NOVEMBER, 1883 .

No . 40.

"THE GREAT DUKE OF FLORENCE ."

F the life of Philip Massinger very little indeed is known . lie

was born in 158t ; was educated at St . Alban's Hall, Oxford ; was never rich, and often in difficulties ; and died in 1(140. There is not utucli else to tell . It has been supposed that he was a Roman Catholic . Three of leis plays—the Virgin llfai r tyr, the h ene.yrulo, and the Muhl of Ilonour—have been held to prove this ; they certainly show an appreciation of the Catholic standpoint which is curious en any other supposition, but the strangest point about them is that such plays should have been tolerated by English audiences within a few years of Gunpowder Plot . Only one play of Massinger's A New JVuy to Puy ON Debts, has kept the stage . Some interest ought, therefore, to attach to the revival, after so many years, even in a private way, of a drama which was played to and approved by the contemporaries of Shakespeare .

The Great Duke of C7orence, the play in question was first printed in 1636 . It is supposed to be identical with a play called The Great Dul,e, which was licensed in 1(527 ; so that we may set down Ir26 or 1627 as the year of composition . The play opens with a scene in the house of Charomante, a venerable Italian nobleman, who has been acting as tutor and guardian to Prince Giovanni, the nephew and favourite of Cozinto, the heirless Duke of Florence . The Duke is anxious to have his nephew at the Court, and has sent his secretary to bring him home . 'The young prince shows great reluctance to leave his tutor, to whom he is deeply attached, and still more reluctance to leave his tutor's daughter, Lidia, but his loyalty to his uncle prevails over his other feelings, and, after an affectionate leave taking, he sets out for the court, accompanied by his servant, Calandrino, the jester of the play . Mention is made itt the first scene of a Count Sanazarro, whose name is in all men's mouths

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as the Duke ' s favourite courtier, and in the second scene we are introduced to him . Lidia ' s charms had profoundly impressed the Secretary of State at his brief interview with her, and he is so enthusiastic in the description of her which lie gives the Duke, that the latter determines to send Sanazarro quietly to find out what she really is. The Second Act gives us a conversation between Fiorinda, Duchess of Urbin, a ward of Cozimo's, and Prince Giovanni . They exchange confidences ; the lady discloses her affection for Sanazarro, and Giovanni expresses his admiration for Lidia, and asks Fiorinda to get Cozimo to allow her Lidia as a companion . In the meantime Sanazarro has been on his mission to Charomonte 's house . IIe falls madly in love with the beauty, and to gain Lidia resolves on being false to both Cozimo and Giovanni. So, immediately on his return, he seeks an interview with the latter, and, pretending friendship for him, points out how his hopes of the succession depend upon the Duke's remaining a widower ; the accounts of Lidia's beauty, he adds, have had such an effect upon the Duke that he is resolved upon marrying her ; but the marriage can be prevented if they two will conspire to disparage her to Cozimo . Like Neoptolemus in the Philoctetes, wrought upon by the crafty Odysseus, the hitherto guileless Prince consents to the lie . The plot is unintentionally frustrated by Fiorinda, who, before she can be prevented, prefers her request to the Duke for Lidia as a companion, and repeats Giovanni's glowing description of the country maiden . Stung by the treachery of his nephew and his bosom friend, he determines not to trust any more to messengers but to see Lidia and find out the truth for himself ; in the meantime he will reveal nothing to Giovanni and Sanazarro; but he will make them accompany him to Charomonte's house . Seeing that the Duke is resolved on this journey, Sanazarro suggests to Giovanni that he should write to Lidia and warn her of the Duke's proposed visit, and of its possibly fatal consequences to her lover. Calandrino is despatched with the message, and Lidia resolves that her waiting-woman Petronella shall personate her before the Duke . Soon Cozimo arrives with Sanazarro and Giovanni iii his train . IIe has a private interview with Charomonte in which he bitterly accuses the old man of having purposely thrown Giovanni and Lidia together, with a view to a match . Charomonte defends himself as well as he can ; the Duke orders him to his chamber, and sends for Lidia. Petronella is then passed off for Lidia to the Duke . She behaves in a very coarse manner, and is finally led off the stage drunk . The Duke cannot tell what to make of the situation . If the lady lie has seen is

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Lidia, then the disparaging estimate of Giovanni and Sanazarro was euphemistic in the extreme, and Contarino's description of her is quite inexplicable ; he is inclined to suspect foul play, though as yet he has no clue . However, he sends for Charomonte again, and asks him whether he is aware that his daughter is given to drink . The father, unaware of the trick that has been played on the Duke, is astounded, and volunteers to bring in his daughter, and so prove her soberness . The real Lidia now confronts the dazzled Duke, who sees at once that the half has not been told him of her beauty, and persuades himself that this queen among women must be no subject's bride . Charomonte he orders to arrest his ungrateful favourite and more ungrateful nephew, while he puts off Lidia's prayers for Giovanni with the reply that he will hear her plead for him later . Fiorinda is summoned from Florence by the Duke, in order that she may be an accusing witness to the ingratitude of Sanazarro on whom she has vainly lavished her favours . She . comes, but Sanazarro contrives that a request for help shall reach her, and she is all anxiety to save the culprit . In the final scene of the play, Cozimo sets Fiorinda and Lidia as judges in chairs of state, and pleads before them for the condemnation of Giovanni and Sanazarro . When the ladies have heard the accusation they descend from their chairs and join the penitent prisoners in kneeling before the Duke and begging his mercy . It is a hard struggle for Cozimo : to pardon Giovanni is to give up hopes of winning the beautiful Lidia for himself . But the thought of his vow of constancy to the dead Duchess, which he cannot forget himself, and which old Charomonte will not allow him to forget, turns the wavering scale . Mercy prevails . Giovanni is free to marry Lidia, and Sanazarro and Fiorinda to consummate the vows which before the trial they had found an opportunity to make ; while Calandrino and Petronella obtain leave humbly to follow the example of their betters. This sketch of the plot has run on to such length that I must reserve for the December number the observations on the play and the characters in it which I had intended to make now . In the meantime, if any of my readers are interested in Massinger, I cannot do better than refer them to an excellent article by Mr. Leslie Stephen in Cornhill, vol . xxxvi., p. 440. It is thoughtful and well written, like all Mr . Stephen's criticisms. Gifford's four-volume edition of the plays, published at the beginning of the century, and most probably aocessible in the York Subscription Library, is carefully edited ; so that we have some reason to be thankful even to the man who treated John Keats so atrociously.

J .II .P .

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OWING and Football are the two chief attractions of this term,

and all who engage in them may be thankful for the fine weather which has so far been our lot . The Fours which are just over produced some capital racing, and resulted in the anticipated victory of Third Trinity, who had exactly the same crew that won last year. They rowed in good form and well together, but were decidedly short ; however, their steering was excellent, and contributed a lot towards the final result . Donaldson, who, if he were allowed to row, would probably stroke the ' Varsity, rowed stroke, Churchill, three, and Gridley, who is President of the C . U . B . C. this year, bow . Of the other crews, Trinity Hall, who took their foul' off at first, but subsequently put on again, with only a short training, were next best, and rowed the course within four seconds of record . Pembroke and L . M. B . C . were both good, but the steering of the former destroyed any chance they had ; the latter were stroked by Syinond,s, who stroked the Hereford Four which won the Public Schools Cup at Henley this year, and who promises to tu rn out a very good oar. First Trinity were ludicrously bad, and Jesus disappointed everyone ; the latter crew rowed, I believe, for the first time in Cambridge, on twenty inch runners, and discarded the swing, which has always made Jesus' boats so good, without learning how to make up for it by grinding down every inch of the slide ; their failure will, I am afraid, make crews here timid at trying the experiment again, and so we shall continue in the darkness of short slides . The Colquhouns come on next week, when Hardacre, of Trinity Hal], and Macpherson, of Trinity, will probably have a keen contest . Two Trial Eights have made their appearance, and Eyre has been fluctuating in one of them between stroke . four and two ; he has a fair chance of rowing this year. Turning to Football, there seems to be every probability of a strong 'Varsity Team ; last Saturday Blackheath, with six internationals, were defeated by a goal and a try to nothing . Brutton, whom Peterites will remember (to their cost ?) at Durham, is playing three-quarters for the 'Varsity in grand form . IV . H . Griffith is captain of the Clare fifteen, and playing for their colleges are, Stevenson . Crawshaw, and Douglas at Christ's and Eyre at Corpus . By-the-bye Douglas is playing splendidly for the 'Varsity at half-back . Stevenson won the weight putting at the Freshmen's Sports with 33ft . 6in ., and when he has learnt the proper

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way, ought to turn out good at it . The Birds of Aristophanes is to be performed this term in the same style as the Ajax was last year. Dramatic representations have been frequent lately, probably owing to the establishment of the New Theatre (nee S . Andrew's Hall), which has been restored and redecorated, and makes a most comfortable place of amusement .

OXFORD LETTER. UAE quibus anti ferann ? "

There is so much to say, I know

not what to leave unsaid. °' Quid dicain" of Henley, of the triumphs of the house, and the plucky struggle against station and storm of Exeter . The -unattached, however, did not come off ; and now that Unwin has left them for Alagdalen, I fully expect that next year they will tumble down rapidly from the exalted position to which they spurted up to last eights . We have to thank the Vice and his liberal ideas for supplying us with rational and harmless amusement for evenings, on which we do not intend to consume our usual hogshead of midnight oil, in the shape of the legitimate Drama." In the first week an attempt to render a Olivette" and "Les Cloches " (N .B .—they are music) amused crowded houses, who gave the actors enthusiastic support and applause in popular parts, besides the advantage of critical remarks and suggestions. The male characters were fair, but the female decidedly feeble . They were succeeded by -Mr . F . P . Benson, who has sat at the feet of Air. Irving at the Lyceum . The " Vic ." was something like clean and comfortable for the first time in my recollection, and many people paid their first visit to it . In fact it was full of dons and their wives, among whom I noticed Professor Sidgwick . The plays acted were " Hamlet, " " Ronueo and Juliet," "The Merchant of Venice," 11

The Rivals," "The Lady of Lyons," and the 11 Belles Stratagem ."

Air . Benson (who got his blue as a three-miler, and acted Clytemnestra, in the Baliol performance of the "Agamemnon,") has many advantages to aid him in his career—a good figure, freedom from affectation and mannerisms, and the habit of orthodox English pronunciation, so rarely heard on the stage, and one of the greatest charms in our School theatricals . I am surprised to hear critics say "tragedy is his forte "— the impression he gave me in "The Rivals," and the "Belles Stratagem," leads me to doubt it . The male characters again were decidedly good :

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so were the dresses ; the scenery, the reverse. Two things struck me as peculiar : first, that a cab (represented in the scenery of Path) remained in exactly the same spot, in the same street, for the whole of a day— that it contributed to the beauty of the scene is a "sentiment open to doubt" ; and it would be well if the painter daubed it out . Also, why do the male members of the company toy with their pocket handkerchiefs in doors and out of doors during the whole of a play, nisi pitrrzta niolesta est. Of the ladies the less said the better ; with one exception they were utterly feeble, far worse than School impersonations at the worst. One of them to hide mnemonic defects tool : refuge in an irritating pianissimo sotto voce. I specially avoided hearing <G Hamlet," Re ., on account of the small stage ; but, I am told, they were on the whole successful . Last week we had the, houses.

" Parvenu," but it drew small

The President of the O .U .B .C . is R . S . De . Haviland (a scholar of Corpus, I believe) . IIe rowed iii 1882-83, but it is feared he will not do so again on account of his ill-health . L . L. Puxley was nominated by the ex-President, but contrary to precedent not elected. The choice of the senior man has given great satisfaction . The President of the A .C . is L . Carter, of Corpus . The Freshmen's Sports are next week . A . S . Blair, of Loretto, is mentioned as a hot man . G . C. Bourne, of New Coll ., has betaken himself to the running track . 1Ie won the Fresher s mile in 1881, untrained, in 4 min . 40 sec. The Captain of the R .U .F.C . is W . M . Tatham ; secretary, A . G. Grant-Asher. We leave onhy eight internationals left : J . G. Walker, A . Mackenzie, Kindersley, and Woolridge having gone down ; Evanson is expected to come up later on . The result of last year is worthy of record :—Matches played 13, won 13 ; Goals scored 28, tries 26 ; Goals scored against 1 (dropped, tries 2 . The 'Varsity line was only crossed twice, and that in the first match. Cheshire County came the " complete mocker " on the 27th. Against Yorkshire last year they scored 2 tries against 1 goal 1 try. Though they have lost their two best men, we were without Tristram and G. C . Wade, both internationals . If they had been playing the discomfiture of the merry men of Cheshire would have been about the best on record . As it was the score was 5 goals 3 tries (one disputed), to 1 goal got by Rome, owing to some very fluky play on our part. Up to half-time the game was even, but afterwards, when the 'Varsity

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passing became as scientific and effective as it had been wild and useless before, we got 4 goals and 1 try in 35 minutes . Perhaps the incident of the game was a grand run of Lindsay's . IIe is probably the fastest three-quarter in the kit gdoin . Without Evanson, Wade, and Squire, we out-paced out-maneuvred, and out-fought our future Wellingtons—the R .M .C ., Sandhurst,—gaining I goals, 4 tries (besides 2 goals dropped and 1 try which were disallowed, and countless touches down), to nil . This score would have been larger if time and ground had not been wasted by futile drops at goal ; our passing, as it was against Cheshire, for the last half-hour was magnificent. The enemy seemed to prefer to look on unresistingly rather than to collar men, and find after all they hadn't got the ball. In the last ten minutes Cave dropped 1 goal and got 2 tries. We play South Wales on Monday—in other words, Wales—as the North doesn't play. Our Association team has won all its matches thus far, captained by L . Owen. Among the Freshmen are the following :—From Clifton, H . J . Iiey (Surrey 1L) and Brain ; from Winchester, Nicholls and Cobb ; from Loretto, Blair and Berry ; front Westminster, Horner, Tenner, and Pemberton, of Eton. A . H. Evans, E . Peake, '1' . I,owndes, A. B . Howe, and A . S . Orlebar, all noted athletes, have lately taken their degrees. The President of the Union is W. 11 . A . Worsley, of New Coll . The usual vote of censure on the Government was proposed by C . G . Lang, of Balliol, in a powerful speech, and carried . Also a motion against the disestablishment of the Church . One against a Field Sports" was lost. The Hon . G. N . Curzon, of Balliol, and C . W . Oran, of New College—both ex-officials of the Union—have been elected to fellowships at All Souls'. Mr . Ruskin lectures next Wednesday, the 7th . The Anti-Viviectionists are strongly opposing a grant of £ 10,000 to Professor BardonSanderson. Apart from the question of vivisection, some check should be placed on the lavish expenditure of the authorities . 'Varsity dues are high enough already, with the expenses of the New Schools and the llrilary Commission, though no doubt the wily college Bursar is delighted at such a good chance of scoring a honest penny .

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The widening of Magdalen Bridge is a great improvement, despite cries of " vandalism " and " de,ecration ." Just the same cry was raised about the tramways, which after all have not spoilt the city, and are of great service in conveying us to our distant cricket ground at Cowley.

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NCE more we have reached the middle of the term, weakened in power in both intellectual and athletic lines . The most notice-

able of the absentees are Clayforth, Kaye, Stevenson, and Taylor ; Joy, too, contrary to expectation has not returned, and Lord has been elected to fill the vacant post of football Captain . The fifteen at first carried all before them, winning their first three matches, but latterly the form displayed has been very poor, so that the wins are only four out of seven. Of the new members, Clarke among the forwards plays an excellent game, and Wilson shines at half-back ; of the old, English and Crossley work well together forward ; Rhodes being good behind, while Brandt is very safe at back. The Theatricals are at present engrossing much attention . It has been decided to prat on the stage Massinger ' s play, " The Great Duke of Florence," of which the plot will he found in another part of this journal. Several who took a part last year will appear again, notably Rhodes as Crawshaw Sanazarro, Brandt Clearornonte ; among the novices are Lord as Co : mo, Noble as Contarino. The ladies are all new, the too chief being Fiorinda Wand, and Lidia

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Procter. The management is again in the hands of Mr . Yeld, which fact speaks for itself. York is again to be adorned with blue and yellow ribbons, etc ., for the forthcoming election, when Sir Frederick Milner and Mr .,Lockwood will try conclusions for the seat vacated by the death of Mr . Leeman. Three new additions have been made to the list of librarians in the shape of Rhodes, Johnson and Bloomfield ; also a supply of new books has been obtained. It ought to have been mentioned that the fifteen is not fully made up, and when they appear on the battlefield, are rather a mongrel set owing to the non-at rival of the colours ; this, however, is soon to he rectified .

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So far they have been playing as follows : Back, Brandt ; three-quarter back, Lord, Rhodes, Rose ; half-back, Wilson, Spencer ; forwards, Crossley, English, Clarke, Hart, Johnson, Crosthwaite, Noble, Wade, and Gofton . Possibly sundry changes will be made in their disposition in the field . S . R.

FOOTBALL.

H . C . B . CLAY! ORTHS XV. IE School commenced the season well on Saturday, October 6th, by defeating a strong team got up by the energy of

H. C . B . Clayforth . The School won the toss and chose the upper goal, Clayforth kicking off . The first scrimmage was formed in the School quarters, and at the start the visitors had the best of the game, but Lord put in some useful kicks and relieved his side . The School then carried the ball away in spite of the play of Carr and Newman, and after some good play between Hart, Crossley, and Clarke, Wilson ran in behind the posts ; Crossley, however, failed to kick a goal . After the drop out H . Clayforth was to the front with some good kicks, and the School were compelled to save, but the forwards then took the ball into the visitors' quarters, and Wilson again got in, Lord converting the try into a goal . Half-time was now called, and after the kick off the visitors pulled themselves together ; Newman getting a try after some good play by Greenhow and Carr. By a very good kick Kaye landed a goal. Condition now began to tell, and the School pressed their opponents, scoring several touchdowns. Shortly before time was called Wilson gained his third try, Lord again kicking a goal . The School were thus victorious by 2 goals 1 try to 1 goal . For the losers H . Clayforth, Newman, Carr, Greenhow and Ware played a good game ; for the School English and Crossley were smart in the forward division, Wilson and Lard behind. CLAYFOo .rx's xv .—Back, W . H. Griffith ; three-quarter back, H . Clayforth (cap .) ; W. Kaye, P . L . Newman ; half-back, A. Carr, E . W . Clayforth : forwards, J. Griffith, F . W . Greenhow, P. Ware, F . T . Griffith, W. H. Cobb, G. E . Crawshaw, G . H. Wade, W . Wade, W . Ralph.

v . HULL (A TEAM). The second match was played at York on October 13th . Hull kicked off with the wind, and the return being missed, let their forwards

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in, and after a few tight scrimmages they succeeded in getting over the School line . The kick at goal was a failure, but almost inunediate :y afterwards the visitors landed a second try, the kick again failing . The School then removed play to the centre by some forward play from English and Crossley ; but Hull again brought the ball back and scored two more tries. The School then held their own, and, when half-time was called, had the ball very near the Ilull goal-line . After the ball was re-started Rhodes and Spencer showed up well, and Hull was slightly penned, but Iveson ran the ball out of danger. The hone team however were not to be denied, and took the ball back, Rhodes crowning the endeavour by dropping a goal . After the kick the School still continued to press their opponents, and Wilson crossed the line, but the try was disputed by Hull, and finally the home team gave in . The Hull forwards then played up hard and relieved their goal, but English, Crossley, and Clarke soon took it back, and another try was gained, which Hull also disputed . The visitors, aided by some good runs from Iveson, again invaded the School territory, but failed to score, and the match ended in a win for the School by one goal to four tries . Brandt's play was exceptionally good, Rhodes and Wilson also working well ; of the forward division Crossley, English, and Clarke were the pick . For Hull Iveson played well at three-quarter, while Lyon, Close and Simpson were in good form forward. IICLL .—Back, D . Boyd ; three-quarter back, A. B . Iveson, J . R. James ; half-back, A . Bell, W . Ropes; forwards . \V . J . Close (cap .), 1C. E . Davies. T. Kennington, W . D. Lyon, F . Jones, C . Simpson, J . J . Walker, S . Moore . J. Strickland, W. Burton . v . R . F . WOOD'S Nl'. This match was played on Thursday, October 15th, on the School ground and ended in a win for the School by 2 goals and 2 tries, to 1 goal and 1 try . The play was for some time carried on in the school quarters, and after some even play Gay succeeded in getting a try . No goal resulted . Lord dropped out and the ball was well returned by Dodsworth, but the School forwards working well together kept the ball in their opponents 25 . After some scrimmages near the line Lofton obtained a try . The kick at goal failed . Shortly before half-time, Spencer obtained a try, but the kick again failed . After half-time the visitors played well together, and after some useful runs by Wood and Ware, and some good kicking by Ihu•kill, the ball was brought close to the School goal line, and soon after Burkill ran in and obtained a try, from

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which Wood kicked a goal . The score then stood, School 2 tries, York 1 goal 1 try . The School forwards following up the kick-off forced the visitors to touch down, and from this point had the best of the game. Clarke got a try from which Crossley kicked a splendid goal, and shortly before call of time Lord dropped a goal, the match thus ending in a win for the School. It . F. Woon's TEAS.--J . Walker, back ; R . Woad, F. Ware, L . Dodsworth, three-quarters back ; A . Jackson, W. Burkill, half hack ; J . Gay, J . Grey, W. Brooks . F . Iveson, W . Watkinson, F . Bellerby, W. Whitehead, H. Trotter, F. Wilson . v . YORK (A TEAM). On Saturday, Oct. 20th, the School met a strong team of the York Club on their ground . York kicked off and secured three or four minor points in quick succession, but the first half of the match was keenly contested throughout, York scoring 1 try and several minor points to one minor point . When en Is were changed, the School at times pressed their opponents, and on one occasion, were within an ace of scoring, owing chiefly to a fine run by Rose . The York goal, however, was relieved by Foster, who kicked well throughout the match, and the ball was gradually taken down to the School lines, where the ball was passed to Skilbeck, who dropped a goal . Nothing further was scored, although two good attempts were made to lower the School goal . It is only fair to the School to say that the York team included nearly half their first team . Skilbeck's running and Foster's kicking were very useful to York, whilst Hartley was the best of their forwards . Lord's kicking «'as good, and Rose ran and kicked better than usual . Rhodes was very active whilst the two half-backs were generally on the ball ; Wilson's play being exceptionally line . Crossley and Clarke were the best of the forwards . The York team could not be obtained. v . YORK WANDERERS. This match was played on the School Ground on Saturday, October 27th, and was productive of a finely contested game . The visitors won the toss, and elected to take the bottom goal . The School, who were without Rose, and accordingly only played two three-quarters, kicked off. Bromet returned the ball well, and the first scrimmage was formed almost in the centre . The School forwards soon began to assert their superiority, and well led by Crossley and English took the ball slowly down the field . Bromet then ran well, but was stopped by Johnson, and Rhodes

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getting the ball gained ground before being held . The leather was then carried over the line, and a touch-down scored to the School . The drop out was returned by Lord into touch, and from the line out Clarke and R . Crosthwaite made progress . Parsons then ran and kicked well for the Wanderers, but Brandt had the ball soon out of danger, and shortly after another touch-down was scored . The visitors now played up, and Ware ran well, but failed to pass the School back, the ball going into touch at the twenty-five flag . Before half-time the School twice more compelled the Wanderers to save . After the ball was again kicked off play was very even, mostly confined to the forwards, of whom Clarke, English, and Hart were most conspicious for the School, Bellerby and Marshall for the visitors . Gay having now come forward, greatly strengthened the visitors, but he was several times well stopped by W . Crosthwaite. Play continued to be between the two twenty-five flags, until the School at last carried the ball nearer to the visitors' quarters, and Spencer by a good pass enabled Lord to drop a goal . The School afterwards scor ed two more minor points, thus winning by I goal and 6 minor points to nil . For the School the two three-quarters played together well, and Spencer was always on the ball at half ; of the forwards Clarke, Crossley, and English were the pick. For the visitors Bromet and Parsons were the best behind, Brooks and Bellerby in the forward division. YORK WANDERETtS .—Back, J . Gay, captain ; three-quarter back, J. Bromet, L . Dodsworth, P . Ware ; half-backs, H . J . Cattley, A . Parsons ; forwards, S . J. Atkinson, A . Bellerby, A . L . Bellerby, R . Brooks, J . Gamble, W. Melrose, J. Marshall, P . Todd, H. Trotter. v . DURHAM. This match was played at Durham on Saturday, November 3rd . The Durham captain won the toss, and decided to play down hill with the sun at his back ; the school accordingly kicked off, and Ferguson returned into touch . The play for a time was very even, but gradually the Durham system of heeling out gave them the advantage, and Carr and Ferguson carried the ball towards the York goal ; Brandt's excellent collaring, however, prevented them from getting in, though several touchdowns resulted . Brandt and Lord were then to the front with some good kicking, and removed the play to the centre of the ground ; the forwards playing up forced Durham to touch down twice . At half-time the score stood five touch-downs for Durham to two for York . Ferguson started the ball again, and English and Clarke put in some good forward play for York, Parker for = url,am .

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passing took the ball into the York "twenty-five," and Carr by a smart run scored a try near the post, which Fergu s on had no difficulty in improving upon . After this reverse York played up and Rose made a fine run, being pushed into touch near the Durham goal . Ferguson and Miller got the ball away ; Noble being conspicuou for good collaring at threequarter back . (Rhodes had hurt his ankle, and been rendered comparatively useless .) However, the home team still continued to take the ball on and Ferguson scored a second try, Walker failing at the place. York then made another effort, and Rose by another grand run passed all the Durham men, but unluckily slipped a few yards in front of goal. Durham got the ball safe away, and w ou the match by a goal, a try, and six minor points to four minor points. For the winners, Walker ' s kicks, Carr's runs, with the passing of the half-backs, and the forward play of Parker were noticeable ; for York, Brandt played a fine game, Rose ran well, and English, Clarke, and Crosthwaite showed up well. DURteam —Back, G . K. Walker ; three-quarter back, R . S . Ferguson, C. Carr, T . Miller ; half-backs, I'hilipson, Sadler ; forwards, T . M . Parker, Bennet, Bell, Ford, Holden, Lumsden, Piston, Shepherd, Trcvelyau.

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v . TIIORPARCII GRANGE. On Saturday, Nov . 10th, the School met Thorparch Grange on the School ground, and were defeated by 1 goal, I try, and 3 minor points to 2 tries and 5 minor points . Thorparch won the toss, and decided to take advantage of a strong wind which was blowing. Lord kicked off and scrimmages followed in the middle of the ground, until by some long drops, the ball was sent to the School twenty-five, where several scrimmages took place, the backs being unable to kick against the strong wind . The forwards were pretty evenly balanced in the pack, but Thorparch were quicker on the ball in the loose, and Brandt was compelled to touch down . After the kick out the School forwards played better together, and carried the ball tip the ground, until Knight returned it by a long run . Scrimmages followed in close proximity to the School goal, and Knight, securing the ball after it had been heeled out, ran in and obtained a try under the posts, but the kick at goal was a failure . When the ball was returned into play, Rose made a long run into the visitors' 25, and being well backed up by Wilson, the School were enabled to attack the Thorparch goal . After a dribble by Noble, R . Crosthwaite ran in and obtained a try, but the kick at goal was a

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failure . The ball was quickly taken down the field, and notwithstanding some hard work by some of the forwards, was kicked into touch near the School goal line . In the line out Spencer foolishly passed the ball to Iremonger, who fell over the line, and got a try, from which Rigby kicked a good goal . Half-time was now called, but unfortunately for the School the wind had considerably abated . After the kick-off Thorparch pressed the School, and it seemed as if Knight and Rigby would get in, but Brandt's collaring prevented this. By a combined rush the School forwards took the ball into the visitors' 25, and Rhodes, securing the ball, ran through and got a try under the posts . The kick at goal, which was entrusted to W . H. Crosthwaite, failed . Nothing more of importance occurred before time was called, when Thorparch were left victorious, as stated above . For the visitors, the three masters did most of the work, whilst Lord, Rhodes, and Wilson among the backs, and Crossley, Clarke, and English among the forwards, were most conspicuous for the School. TIIoapxacn .—Back, F. Hill ; three-quarter back, Mr . II . Knight, Ambler ; half-back, Radcliffe, BrockleLank ; forward, Rev . T . Rigby, Mr . Iru nonger, H . Mackereth, Park, Foster, Yeoman, C . Mackereth, Gill, Basfield, De Pledge.

CORRESPONDENCE. To TIIE EDTTORS OF THE " PETERITE . " SIRs,

May I suggest that the library take in the Oxford and Cambridge Reviews, in addition to the magazines taken in already . Seeing that at present there are no less than sixteen old Peterit®s at the two principal Universities, it seems to me to be only natural that Peterites should take a lively interest in the welfare of those institutions for which St. Peter's is a training ground . At present we have to fall back upon hearsay and occasional notices in the papers for our knowledge of University life . By taking in the two Reviews this want would be supplied, and if the library cannot afford to take in more magazines, why not dispense with Cornhill ? It is not often read. Whilst I am writing, I should like to suggest also that the magazines which we receive from other Schools should be put in the library, so that those who would like V read them, may have the opportunity. I remain, yours, etc ., F .E .R .

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NOTES AND ITEMS. W . A . PEARSON has passed the final examination of the Incorporated Law Society. C . I . H . WILLIA\ISON has passed into Sandhurst as a Queen' s India Cadet. W. H . COBB has passed the final examination of the Indian Civil Service, and has been assigned to the north-west provinces of Punjaub and Oude. (',, I, . MAn'rrx has passed his medical examination in Anatomy and Physiology, at the Liverpool School of Medicine. R . A . ScoTT has passed the first professional examination of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons at Edinburgh. W . DowsoN, MI A ., MI .B ., has been appointed House Surgeon to the Salop Infirmary. REV. CANON CAIUDGE, Vicar of Thirsk, has been appointed rural Dean

of Thirsk by the Archbishop of York. REV . CANON ELWYN, Vicar of East Fairleigh, Kent, has been appointed to the rural Deanery of North Mailing by the Archbishop of Canterbury. REV. T . B . B . FErrrs, MI . A ., late fellow of Durham University, has been

presented to the Vicarage of St . Matthew, Nottingham. REV . A . S . Ponrrr, M .A ., late Scholar of Sidney Sussex Col ., Camb ., has been presented to the living of Claines by the Bishop of Worcester. REV . ISAAC BROCIK, MLA., has been appointed Rector of Acadia Mines. Londonderry, Nova Scotia. G . II. EvRE rowed in the Junior Eight of the Thames Rowing Club, which won the Challenge Cup at the Metropolitan Regatta. W . B . Worsroln, University Coll ., Oxford, took a 2nd class in the final Classical School. W. BARBER, MI .A., Q .C ., is this year President of the Jurisprudence Department of the Social Science Congress, inaugurated on Oct . 3rd. E . A . DOUGLAS is again playing in the Cambrid g e Rugby Football Team P. II . FLOWER is playing both Rugby and Association for R .M .A ., Woolwich. L . E . STEVENSON, Christ's Coll ., Camb ., was 1st in putting the weight, and 2nd in throwing the hammer at the Freshmen's sports .

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LATE FOOTBALL. v . IIULL. This match took place on the ground of the latter on Saturday, Nov . 17th, and after a well-fought game resulted in favour of Hull, by 1 goal and 4 tries to 1 try . Close kicked off for Hull, and for the first few minutes play continued in St. Peter's " 25 " until Rhodes by a useful kick averted immediate danger . However, Lyons shortly after, by a fine dribble, gained the first try for Hull, but Boyd failed to improve upon it . Rose soon, by a splendid piece of play, equalised matters by gaining a try, but this being close to the touch-line Cass-ley failed to kick the garl Hull then scored another try which was converted into a goal by Boyd . Half-time was then called ; Hull 1 goal and 1 try to 1 try . After half-time the heaviness of the ground began to tell on the School forwards, and their opponents taking advantage of it scored rapidly . Indeed had the ground not been so very heavy, there is little doubt but that the result would have been reversed fur the School . Brandt and Rose played the best, and Rhodes' short runs and judicious kicks were of the greatest service . There was little choice out of the forwards, but perhaps English was the most prominent . For Hull, Close, Boyd, and Lyon showed the best form. I lone TEAa .—Back, D. Boyd ; throe-quarter backs, C . J . Cl James, F . E. Watson ; half-backs, II . Bell, W. Roper ; forwards, ;W. J. s, T . Coop, F . Harrison, G . Jackett, F . Jones, F . Johnson, W. D . L : J . L . Flews. eats

J . R. sp .), ',.egg,

The following books have been recently added to the Library. Yorkshire Oddities. Strange Dwellings. Common British Insects. Democracy. Comic History of Rome. Our Public Schools. Vice Versin. . Natural History. Stolen White Elephant. Records of Girlhood. Daniel Macmillan. Nights at the Play. He that will not when he may Probation. Paris Herself Again. Ballantyne's Experiences .

Log-book of a Fisherman. Boy's Natural History. Alton Locke. Artemus Ward. Yeast. Everyday Life in our Public Schools. Sister Dora. Mark Twain. Geikie's Pre-historic Europe. Records of Later Life. American Humorists. Harry Joscelyn. Notes from Animal Life. Kith and Kin. Cambridge Tiifles. Nare's Polar Seas.

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PETERITI. Vol . . V.

DECEMBER, 1883 .

No . 41.

THE GREAT DUKE OF FLORENCE ."

T is one of the commonplaces of criticism, in contrasting the English and French dramas, to place the latter with its great classical

names of the last century, headed by Moliere and Racine, whose works still keep the stage, in opposition to the one colossal geuin of England, who stands ;done in a grandeur which is the outcome of an age that exhausted itself in that one effort. Perhaps until recently for the majority even of cultured playgoers and general readers, this contrast was a true one ; but without any acquaintance with the works of Marlowe, Greene, Ben Jouson, Beaumont, Fletcher, Massinger, Ford and Chapman (to mention only a few of that great circle), we should have been led by the analogy of similar literary developments to suspect that so great a genius would not spring into the world an Athene, ready-armed, and to conjecture that it was rather by comparison with Shakespeare than in themselves, that his contemporaries were insignificant, Among the great dramatists through whom the intense national feeling of the Elizabethan age (an age in some respects comparable to that of Pericles) finds utterance, second after Shakespeare, in the opinion of many critics, is to be placed Massingcr, Longo prozimus intervallo. To discuss the justice of this verdict would be out of place her^ the main point is the contrast with Shakespeare which must strike even the most superficial reader . We have a smoothness of language—for the language is in that age at least the echo to the sense—which one might almost be tempted to call tame and commonplace . There is none of the violence and straining of language which marks either the utterance of genius, that in the dawn of a great age of literature struggles to find in an untried weapon a fit expression for thoughts that are too powerful to he repressed, or the disgust with which a new and original thinker turns from the sweet and sickly conventionalisms of stereotyped everyday

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language, to find an outcome for his revolt against society in untried methods of speech . Masringer floats serenely with the flood tide under a smiling heaven, after the "storm and stress" of the Elizebetlran uprising is over. Ile may be most aptly compared to the " middle comedy of Athens that followed the days of the great dramatists who wrote when their city was fighting for the supremacy of Greece . AV"e see here great prettiness and sweetness, but the master's touch is gone . It is a Comedy of Manners, some carping critics might say a comedy of manners but not of characters . This would perhaps be unjust, though indeed types tend to take the place of individuals . As he has lost, the exuberance of imagination which floods every line of Shakespeare, so the has lost the touches of individualism which give life to his predecessor's characters. The same may be said of the plot : there is no undcrworking and interweaving of aims and purposes ; the point on which the whole turns, the Duke's anger at what one might think a trifling deception, is almost, ridiculously simple : the utmost one can allow to it is a certain amount of ingenuity in the cross-purposes at which the actors are working. One cannot help feeling that the picture of courtly life is meant to present to us the Court of James I.—highly idealised of course, by his loyal subject . A charming pictu r e truly it may be, especially on the stage : but (perhaps more to a reader than a spectator), the atmosphere of compliment, of which a great portion of the first two acts consists, becomes rather oppressive, while we feel that some foil is needed to the pre-eminent virtue which seems so conspicuous in almost all his characters. Such are the characteristics of the play, which forms a fitting pendant to the Classical programme of our Dramatic Club . Its faults, if they are to be held faults, while tending to render it less interesting, at the same time render its acting more difficult . To say that the play was put before us in a most effective manner, while the interest never flagged, is to award higher praise than the words would seem to convey to the presentation of it upon Monday and Tuesday, Dec . 17th and 18th. For, in dealing with ordinary and—if you will—commonplace life, actors are facing a wider field of criticism : faults are palpable to everyone. That commonplace critics like ourselves can find so little to say, is the highest praise ; in a drama of this kind, am est eelari artent . Spirit and life in the performance are the chief requisites, and these were certainly not absent, while the tendency to gain unnatural effects by over-acting was carefully avoided .

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To begin with details, P . E . Lord sustained the difficult and dignified •haracter of The Duke very well . To maintain this character without ia ,coming tedious is a laborious task . Perhaps he occasionally failed to

give the stern severity required to his speeches in denouncing the culprits. Ile did not omit to make points where it could be done without laying aside his majesty—e .g ., his opening words, " Nay, blush not ; we smile upon your privacy," when he comes upon Giovanni and Fiorinda together, were capital . Perhaps we should award still higher praise to If . W. Rhodes, for the manner in which he delivered long speeches . He never failed in naturalness, though he seemed occasionally to import too much of sad pensiveness, natural after the disgrace of Giovanni, into the speeches at the beginning, where his part was still that of the gay cavalier, the darling of a Court. To R . Crawshaw, as Sana .tarro, we must award one word of praise, filr a merit rare in amateur performers : that was his distinct and clear utterance, which made his part audible to the back of the Hall, even when he had to speak out of his prison window . Nor did he sacrifice any expression to it : he looked and acted well the gallant and favourite officer of the Duke, who was led by a temptation, too strong for his careless headstrong nature to resist, to cast away for a time the principles of right . Unless we are hypercritical, he seemed, in his first scene with Lidia (Act ii ., Scene iii .), to make the mistake of not marking the difference between a soliloquy and an ordinary speech : missing the fact that at first she addresses him several times unanswered during the rapt meditation which expresses itself in these soliloquies, he points his words—e .g ., " If the great Duke Made this his end, to try my constant temper, Though I am vanquished 'tis his fault, not mine "—straight at Lidia, which was the more remarkable, as the stage direction of the preceding speech is " turning from her ." By this is obscured the contrast between this and what follows, when he, recovering himself, " turns to her, and she falls off " (to quote the stage direction) ; then he addresses her with as little effect as she had done him at first. The part of Calandrino is a true creation of genius : the original, who is just foul enough to be a knave when occasion requires it, who can adopt the externals of the world in which he is thrown with an originality and thoroughness which ensures his success with his fellows, while he has not brains to look below the surface ;—a mirror, indeed, but a crooked one, that reflects with comic distortion the outer husk of society, he is well-nigh worthy to take his rank with the Speeds and

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Gobbos of Shakespeare. Yet Massinger, with classical self-restraint, has confined his part, within narrow limits, as apart from the main plot . To bring it effectually before an English audience, that comic power is required which '' makes " such a part,—a power that nascitar swap. This quality T . H . English showed in a high degree, though his part was not so favourable for its display as those which he has had in former years . Brandt rather missed the august dignity of years that Charonwnte should show . His appearance might, perhaps, have helped him more if he had worn a flowing beard ; but the conditions of his part (the combination of verbal flattery carried to a degree that was fulsome, with perfect independence and honesty of spirit), were one of the difficulties of the play . The scene where he appears in his night-gown was done with great spirit, and naturally took immensely. We are afraid we are ungallant enough to think the ladies perhaps hardly so good as usual ; but the difficulty of the parts must be considered . Indeed taking into account the declamatory nature of a great deal of Lidia ' s part, she must be held only to lack the experience that maturer years will bring to be a great success : it wondd be difficult for her to feel" the character as yel, and still more difficult to present it before an audience . On the whole, however, her part was performed iii a very g raceful manner ; she will no doubt another year barn to get out of one or two tricks of manner, such as a peculiar waddle during her entrance, no doubt due to the strangeness of costume . Waud's performance as I'iorinda was wanting rather in the dignity that should belong to so great a princess ; she should learn too to speak more slowly, as it was not from not speaking loud enough that she was occasionally inaudible . Ii: the one case where the poet has descended to low comedy, we mean of course the drinking scene, he carries an English audience with him . Pose seemed to appreciate the part of

Pctronetla thoroughly, as did the spectators . The really humorous scene in which the servants of Charomonte discourse on the merits of English and Italian drinking seemed not to take so well ; the dramatist's self-restraint perhaps'failed to bring it home to his audience : it contrasts unfavourably (dramatically at any rate) with those passages where Falstaff; Prince IIal, and Co., discourse so felicitously on the virtues of small beer. As a whole, then, we must pronounce the theatricals a great success . We do not mean to compare our actors with finished professionals, of course, who would be needed for the perfect presentation

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of such a play, but we see the result of long practice, and how hard and long practice only those who have ;,one through it can tell ; and we also see throughout the traces of one directing hand, we need hardly say we mean Mr . Yeld ! But while it would be impertinence on our part to praise him, we may, at least, praise the way in which, under his directions, all concerned worked together . There was not a hitch in the working, so far as we can remember . The tableau at the end was one of the prettiest we can remember . We cannot pass over the new drop-scene, painted by Mr. Whitwell, representing the interior,—the "State-room" we mean,—without a word of praise. We wish we were able to quote in full the prologue, written, we believe,

by Mr . Yeld, and gracefully delivered by If . W . Rhodes, in which the chief events of the year were tastefully referred to. The arrangements were carried out by a committee, consisting of IL W . Rhodes, C . Johnson, and W . G . Wilson, with F . E . Robinson as Secretary. We append the Cast, and a list of the Staff. TIIE CAST. Cozimo, Duke of Florence Giovanni, nephew to the Duke .. Sanazarro, the Duke's favourite . . Carob Charamonte, Giovanni's tutor Contarino, secretary to the Duke .. Alphonse, Hippulito, councillors of state Hieronimo, Calandrino, a merry fellow, servant to Giovanni Bernardo, .. Caponi, servants to Charomonte .. Petruchio, I ( .. A Gentleman . .. Fiorinda, Duchess of Urbin Lidia, daughter to Charomonte Calaminta, servant to Fiorinda .. Petronella, a foolish servant to Lidia Attendants, Servants, etc.

P . E . Lord H . W. Ilhodes R . Craw-haw F . R. Brandt J . Noble C . Johnson A . Spencer W. Rice T . II . English W. S . Grofton J. 1' . Krienig It . Crosthwaite J . Sharpe G . C. \Vaud E . Proctor G . Charlesworth A . Rose

THE STAFF. .. G . Yeld, Esq. . . F . E . Robinson J . Thorney J . Dewhirst C . Johnson L . 'N . Pickles 1 Master-Carpenters t W. J. Rudgard The New Scenery by Mr . Whitwell. The Dresses and Properties by Samuel May, Costumier, Bow Street, London. Stage Manager . . Prompter .. Under-Prompter Property-man . . Super-Master . .

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IIE other day Mr . Irving told a story, which, as it was considered worthy of being telegraphed from America to this country, is

possibly worthy of such immortality as the Peterite can give it . He said that when he first produced illacbeth at the Lyceum Theatre, a gentleman amongst the audience remarked, going out, that "it was a good original play, but would have been better if it had contained fewer quotations . "

That gentleman," added Mr . Irving, " is often to be seen

studying Shakespere manuscripts in the British Museum, and I sincerely hope he is profited by them ." Of course, Mr . Irving thought, or wanted the Americans to think, that his critic had never heard of JLacbetI, before, and took it for a modern drama, although he recognised many ]passages in it as quotations which he had heard in ordinary life . Thus interpreted, the story is not a bad oue, and if Mr . Irving invented it himself, I have nothing more to say . But if the story has any foundation in fact, I have a shrewd suspicion that the gentleman who made the remark knew a little more about Shakespere than Mr. Irving gives him credit for. My theory is that the remark was more subtle than innocent, and that the gentleman (who, for all I know, may have been Mr . Furnivall himself) was hinting his disgust at Mr . Irving's sins of omission and commission, and suggesting that the would have done better to have left out all the Shakespere whilst he was about it. Well, I do not know whether the school stage-manager is prepared to brave the possible sarcasms of any Mr . Furnivall who may attend the theatricals, but I cannot help wishing that a portion of the last scene of " The Great Duke of Florence " were omitted or re-written . Just at the end of the play, where the Duke is represented as wavering between his desire to well Lidia and his devotion to his dead duchess, the poet has managed by a touch to nitu' our respect for three of his best characters . Charomonte is made to say " The prince, in care to have you keep your vows Made unto heaven, vouchsafed to love my daughter," and Lidia and Florinda keep him countenance in the foolish falsehood I would not bring into prominence this unfortunate episode, which may after all not appear in the acted version of the play, were it not that it is so thoroughly characteristic of Massinger . It points us at once to his real weakness as compared with Shakespere . IIe was a sentimentalist,

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a dreamer of dreams, whose thoughts did not keep touch with the

realities of common life . A builder of castles in the air, he could elaborate a plot better than most, but he was never careful to make the men and women of his fancy like the men and women of the great common world . It is easy for us to put our finger here on his chief merit and his chief defect . No characters are introduced into the play for mere purposes of padding . There is, perhaps, a concession to the weakness of the age, which did not like a play that had no buffoonery in it, in the scene where Petronella is passed off as Lidia ; but still the action marches steadily onward from line to line and from scene to scene . This is the merit ; and the defect is this—that, rather than miss a point in the plot, he will destroy the charm and the truthfulness of his characters. If we but agree to leave out of sight the passage to which reference has been made, there are several very pleasing characters in the play. As for Lidia, her language fully confirms the poet's own description of it . Shakespere could hardly have bettered it ; he might have made it less beautiful with the grace of modesty, less rich in cultured delicacy. Giovanni, too, is a beautiful character . Combining with strength of body purity and sensativeness of soul, he falls indeed under the stress of a terrible temptation, over-mastered for a season by the superior force of all older and cr aftier mind, and the first sin once yielded to carries him on into the second, but still he is as much sinned against as sinning, and when his better nature has once re-asserted itself, we feel that the triumph of good will lie an enduring one, and that the lesson of his fall will not be lost upon him . Charomoute, the loyal old courtier, to whom his duke's trust is as dear as life itself, the kind tutor and devoted father, has our respect f om the first ; and so has Cozino, a real despot, with his notion that all that is best in his kingdom must be his by right, but generous and more capable of a lasting devotion than g len of his impulsiv to mperameut usually are . Fiorinda, like so many of Shakespere's women, woos instead of waiting to he wooed, This must unavoidably lessen the respect which a modern re idur would otherwise feel for her ; but the worst that can be said about her is that she is not specially attractive . Calaminta, the waiting woman, who talks love secrets over with her mistress, may again remind us of Shakespere, but she does not call for any special remark . Petronella, Lidia's saucy companion, is vastly inf rior to her Shakespearean counterpart, Maria in Ttcelftla Night .

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more like a character out of Plautus than such masterly creations as Sanazarro is, perhaps, Touchstone, or Festo, or the Fool in Icing Lear. the least satisfactory character in the play . Even if we admit that the motive assigned for his sudden treachery is adequate, still we can find no adequate motive for his equally sudden repentance . IIe is no boy like Giovanni, whose first fault may well be his last . We can feel no such confidence as we are intended to feel in the reformed Sanazarro, nor is Fioriuda to be envied her lover, brave and handsome though he be. We are brought back here to that failing of Massinger's which we noticed at starting. Only the student in his closet, no keen observer of the ways of men, could have imagined that a little rhetoric was enough to change, not merely the passing mood, but the character . Sanazarro ought to have been either a hero or a villain, to have moved either our admiration and sympathy or our hate . Instead of this, partly because the poet has never studied human nature, partly because his plot has been all in all to him, one of the most important characters in the play is a mere puppet, acting not from any inner necessity but moved hither and thither as the wires from outside pull him about. Massinger's blank verse Coleridge called poetry differentiated by the smallest possible degree from prose ! Massinger constantly gave his lines that extra syllable which, whilst it is fatal to the stately movement of blank verse, makes recitation decidedly easier and less constrained . In parts of the play, particularly in the scene between Giovanni and Lidia which immediately precedes the trial, the poetry rises to a very high level ; it never sinks very low. And when the curtain falls upon all, what is the impression that we carry away? We have never been rapt out of ourselves, never quite forgotten our calm and critical attitude . But we have had a pleasure that was worth the having. Some day, I know, I shall go back to the mountains, and see the mists lift up from the valleys and watch the situ rise over the waters . And yet, for all the glory of that scene that lingers in my memory and in my hope, I do not think the less of this beauty that is near me now. The rush of the swollen waters past the level sward where the pollard willows, gaunt and grim, have their spreading roots ; the wide sweep of meadow, and for a background the spires and domes of Oxford burning in the furnace of a glowing sunset. It is such a picture as Massinger must have known and loved in his youth at St . Alban ' s Hall . J . II . P.

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IIE " Vice" has not had a very easy time . Twice has Convocation within a short period successfully opposed his wishes . First it

refused to send a congratulatory address to the Emperor of Germany in connection with the Lutheran Celebration, and secondly, when Dr. Jowett endeavoured, in i evenge, to thrust down its throat a Nonconformist in the person of Mr . Horton as examiner in the principles of religion, it rejected the bitter pill by an overwhelming majority (576-155) . Altogether the scene in the Senate house was anything but edifying . It may have been that he was annoyed, it may have been that he was alarmed at the sight of the numbers met to oppose his scheme, and was disgusted that such a storm should be raised—alt in a teapot according to his ideas, still the fact remains that the Regius Professor of Greek displayed a proportion tte ignorance of Latin . In disgust at the irreverent applause with which some grammatical solecisms were received, he took the unprecedented course of finishing the speech in English " to avoid mistakes . " Matters were if possible worse when our cultivated Goth again returned to the dead language and nominated Mr . Morton with these words "Nomeu Roberti F . Horton de.signatus e .rantinator velLis approbandus . " A tunntltous shout made the remainder inaudible, only to be redoubled when the . Vice " ordered to placets to his right hand and condemned to non-placets to the eternal ignominy of his left . None the less, the goats were not abashed, as the voting distinctly showed . Amongst the witticisms indulged in at Dr . Jowett's expense may be quoted \"omen° ituoth Jowett, "robis approbandns; " But p'rhaps in Latin you'll not understand us— So in plain English—" All that followed after Was lost (quid mirum ?) in a roar of laughter.

An agitation is at present going on with regard to Mods . "

proposal to limit them to Hilary Term will shortly be proposed, and probably is . Mather lord on men who find two years barely sufficient . The present system is altogether in bad repute, and the rising generation of Dons would like to see it entirely done away with, and scholarship pure and simple receive more attention. Among those who have lately taken their degree may be mentioned , E . J . B . Beaumont (late president of the O .U .A .C .), G . C . Gutteres, W. T . James, and C . King. D . O . Burrows, of (' .C .C ., who has been

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elected to one of two non-official studentships at Ch . Ch ., achieved four lirsts iii Classics and Mathematics. In the Athletic World Oxford continues remarkably successful . Of course the Rugby team claims precedence ; and successive victories over Richmond, Blackheath, London Scottish, Midland Counties, Clapham Rovers, Manchester, and (despite the confident croakers, though' . yours truly" is not ashamed to confess his own nervousness) Cambridge entitle it to rank uu a footing by itself, being only equalled 1,y its predecessor . By all accounts its Northern tour is apparently one of unbroken successes . This is all the more remarkable as it has never once played its full strength . Up to the present time it has scored twelve victories by thirty-three goals, thirty tries, to four goals, one try . The principal scores since the last letter were, Clapham Rovers. five goals, four tries, and Midland Counties, three goals, seven tries, needless to say, to nil . Last, but not least, the rival 'Varsity got " sossed " by three goals, four tries, to one goal—gained by a misunderstanding . The run in of Chilcott was brilliant enough, but was almost unopposed . The following Oxonians are playing for England against Wales : II. B . Tristram (back), A . M . Evanson . G . C . Wade (threequarter backs), A . Rotherham (half-back), W . M. Tatham, E . L . Strong, and C . Wooldridge (forwards) . C . P . Allen figures among their opponents . Grant Asher should certainly obtain a place in the Scotch fifteen, being, with the somewhat doubtful exception of A . R. Don Wauchope, the only man equal to Rotherham ; Lindsay might also be tried with advantage . These figures are satisfactory enough, bu. still we should like to see R . S . Iiiudcrsley and E . J . Moore fighting England's battles this year as of yore. The Association eleven is decidedly looking up . Blackburn Olympic are the only club that have lowered their colours, and that only after a very severe struggle . The defeat of Aston Villa amply atones for this single break in an otherwise spotless record . Altogether the Inter-'Varsity match promises to be a very even affair, though we can hardly hope to pull off the double event. On the whole the Freshmen's sports were disappointing. A . S . Blair, of USN .C ., an old Lorettuuiuu, is the only man likely to prove of use to us ; his times for the hundred (10,'- sec .) and the quarter-mile (52 sec .) which lie won without an effort, were decidedly satisfactory . The Trial Eights resulted in a much better race than was expected : Curry's 1 oat won, but only just by eight or ten feet ; he

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will probably stroke the Eight next term, as there is no truth in the rumour of West's return. The Philuthcspians performed the ; : Merchant of Venice " during the last week of the term . Courtney, of New Coll ., as Bassani() and Bourchier, of Ch . Ch ., as Shy/acl, were decidedly good . The ladies parts were not so well executed . Perhaps it would have been as well had they not met with such success, for then they would not have ventured on an appearance in tomvu, where they were not very well received . ODOD.

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T seems so long since we quitted Alma Hater to enjoy the pleasures of Xmas . Vac ., that events which happened during the term,

have now lost some of their interest. The term will, I suppose, in the future be chiefly memorable from the fact that in it a The Birds " was revived, and under most able management, proved as complete a success as did the Ajax . " Unfortunately, I cannot speak of it with the authority of an eye witness, and shall, therefore, leave the discussion of it to some future and better informed correspondent . However, 1 may mention that the musical setting of the choruses by Dr . Parry was received with much enthusiasm : also that the capital arrangements of the birds " were productive of much amusement . These latter have been presented to the " birds " as mementoes of the performance. And now to the river . Several O .1' .,s ., as usual, figured conspicuously in their College Trials, but unfortunately not one can be congratulated upon his success . Peters stroked one of the Corpus Trials . F . T . Griffith rowed 5 in a Clare Trial, while Stevenson occupied the same seat in a Christ's boat . Collinson rowed 4 in a Queens' boat, and Lane was at 2 in the 2nd Jesus Trial . Eyre would no doubt have been coaching one of his college boats, had not his services been required in the 'Varsity Trials until quite the end of the term . We were all much disappointed when just before the race the vacated his seat for Potts of Jesus. Most of the Colleges held their scratch Fours during the term: Peters and Collinson each rowed 3 in Winning bats .

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As regards the 'Varsity Trials, the Sporting papers have already given as complete a criticism of the rowing as I could give, so I shall refer readers to them for any information they may require . The general opinion seems to be that they were somewhat below the average . IIaig, an Eton Freshman, who rowed ti iii one of the boats, is mentioned as a likely man to stroke the 'Varsity boat next Lent . It

is also rumoured that Moore and Meyrick will both row again, so that there seem to be at hand materials for a very fair boat . However, after the disappointment of last year, one hesitates before venturing an )pinion as to the prospects of the next race. In the last ('lamb . Letter, the doings of individual O .P.s in the Football Field were enumerated, so that now I have merely to refer— and that as briefly as possible—to the Oxford and (iamb . match . After such brilliant victories as our Team had achieved (luring the term, very many anticipated a close match . How far these expectations were realized, all have by this time learns . and we must bow to the superior prowess of our rivals . Douglas again earned the much-coveted •' blue, " and must he heartily congratulated on upholding the honour of the School in the Football Field . Ile has played brilliantly throughout the season, and got tries in the Wakefield Trinity and Manchester matches. I believe that in Salmon, who also played half, may beyrecognised one who has played cricket against the School for the Hull Church Institute. In conclusion, I append a list of the O .P .s in residence :—E . A. Douglas, L . T . Crawshaw, II. C . Wilton, L . E . Stevenson, Christ ' s ; G . H . Eyre, A . Peters, Corpus ; F . T . Griffith and W . II . Griffith. Clare ; J . H . Collinson, Queens ' ; A . Chadwick, S. John's ; E . A . Lane. Jesus ; M . D . Kitchin, Trinity . CAN TAB.

SCHOOL LITTER. IIE time has again come round for a School Letter, and as a considerable time has elapsed since the last number of the Peterite made its appearance, there ought to be plenty of news . With

the exception of the Election, however, the result of which everybody knows, nothing very startling has h mp1ioned . The "Fifth " was

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celebrated in Clifton by the usual festivities . Football and the School Theatricals are fur the present over . The Theatricals passed off very well, and will, 1 suppose, be fully dealt with elsewhere . The Football team have clone fairly well, having won seven out of twelve matches, and though a good many of this year's team will have gone by next season, the team ought to give a good account of itself, as most of the backs, and some of our best forwards will still be left behind . We have, however, to lament the loss of English, Hart, and W . H . Crosthwaite, all of whom were in the football team, and have clone good service . The last-named is going back to Australia, taking with hint the good wishes of his schoolfellows . The other two are going in for medicine and law respectively, and will, no doubt, shine brightly some day . Mr. Arthur Sample, formerly 1)r . Monk's deputy, has been appointed organist of the School . S.

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NOTES AND ITEMS. A . A . GIBSON, BA ., Pembroke Coll ., Camb ., has been ordained Deacon by the Bishop of Lincoln, and licensed to Willoughby. S . J . J . S . LF MA I STRE, B .A ., Keble Coll ., Oxford, has been ordained Deacon by the Bishop of Rochester, and licensed to Stone. II. R . SANDFORD, Queen ' s Coll ., Oxford, has taken his M .A. REV . F . WATSON, St . John' s Coll ., Camb ., has been appointed Examiner for the next Theological Tripos.

on December 20th, at Great Amwell, Herts ., by the Rev . W . II. Simons, L .L .D ., cousin of the bride, assisted by the Rev T . Grose, fellow of Queen' s College, Oxford, Mr. J . II . Daniel was married to Miss Charlotte IIenrietta I lughes.

FOOTBALL.

ST . PETER'S v . DIR . R . F . WOOD'S XV. IIE above match was played on the School ground on Saturday, November 24, and ended in a victory for the home team by two

tries to one try and four minor points . The visitors won the toss, and cho s e the lower goal, and the School accordingly kicked off. For seine time play was carried on in the centre of the ground, but at last the visiting forwards took the ball to the home 25, where some tough scrimmaging took place. This was followed by a good run from Rose to the half-way flag, where he went into touch . The opposing forwards, however, again brought the ball back, and the School was compelled to save . The drop was well returned by Gay, and shortly after the home team had again to resort to the saving process twice . By a good run Gay then obtained a try, but Farthing failed at the place . At change of ends the score stood one try, four minor points to nothing for the School . After the kick-off the home forwards at once ran the ball to the opposing goal-line, and after several scrimmages, Rose made a very smart run and obtained a try under the posts, which, however, was not improved upon. The ball was re-started and play confined to the forwards, of whom Allenby, Bellerby, Crossley, and English shone most ; the School kicking the leather over the goal line, Thompson failed to touch it down, and Wilson gained a try, which was too far out to admit of a goal being -kicked . Darkness now set in, and the play could not be distinguished,

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Proctor however making some very good punts . Nothing further was scor ed up to the call of time . For the losers, the brothers Gay, Parsons, and Allenby showed up well ; for the winners Crosthwaite played a very sure game at back ; Rose was very smart, and the two half-hacks played well, Crossley and Clarke being the pick of the forwards. Sell oms .—Back, W. H. Crosthwaite : three-quarter backs, If . W. Rhodes, F . R. Brandt, C . Rose : half-backs . W . G . Wilson, A. Spencer : forwards, P. B . Lard (cap .) . IT . N . Crossley . H . English, C . B . Clarke, A. D . Hart, C. Johnson, A. Wade, J . Noble, W . S . Gofton. Mr. Woon's \V .—Back . U . G . Thompson ; three-quarter backs, R. F . Wood (cap .), R . Gay, Farthing ; half backs. A . Parsons, J . A . Procter ; forwards . P. Ware, J . Gay, A . Bellerby, G . Allenby, P. A. Todd, and another. ST. PETER'S SCIR)OL r . YORK WANDERERS. This return match was played on the School ground on Saturday, December 1, and ended in a victory for St . Peter's by one goal, one try three ties. The Wanderers' kick-off was well returned, and

scrimmages took place in the centre of the ground, but some fast play transferred the ball into the School 25, where the hacks had some difficulty in defending their lines . The Wanderers' forward s , however, were not to he denied, and, carrying the hall to the School goal line, passed it to Broniet, who scored the first try, and ; kick at goal was a failure, but the hall was kept in dangerous proximity to the School lines, and, Bellerhy earryiug it over, scored a second try for the Wanderers, which was not improved upon . St . Peter's now invaded their opponent's lines, Brandt and Rose making some useful runs, but nothing resulted, and, through some good dribbling by Ware, play was carried into neutral territory, where the hall was thrown out of touch to Lord, who walked in and placed it behind the posts, the kick at goal was successful. This point was disputed by the Wanderers on the ground that it w as their ball when in touch, but the umpire's decision was in favour of St. Peter's . Ends were now exchanged, and for some time nothing was scored by either side, although some good runs were made The School forwards, however, by some good dribbling, in which Clarke, Lord, and Crossley were especially conspicuous, carried the ball into the opposite 25, where a mistake made by the back allowed Clarke to obtain a try, from which no goal resulted . The kick-out was well followed up, and the School had to act on the defensive, but Bromet, breaking through the opposing backs, gained another try for the Wanderers, from which no goal was kicked . Nothing more resulted before no side was called, and the School were left victors, as stated above . Bromet,Ware,

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Gay, and Cattley were the best of' the Wanderers, whilst Wilsen and Spencer at half back, and W . II . Crosthwaite at full back, played well for St . Peter's, the pick of the forwards being Clarke, Lord, Crossley, and English . v . OLD BOYS. This match was played on the 15th . There was a slight wind down the ground, and the Old Boys winning the toss, chose to play with the wind at their backs . As only twelve of the Old Boys arrived, W . II. Crosthwaite went over to their side . Lord kicked off, and for some time the play was confined to our opponent,' 25, but Stevenson gradually worked the ball back by some strong runs . Not to be denied, the School forwards kept the ball in the middle, until Stevenson, by a good run, obtained a try near the touch line . The kick failed . The School followed up well after the kick-off, and in spite of Stevenson's runs and Clayforth ' s punts, kept the ball in their opponents' quarters ; and after some scrimmages near the line, Crossley obtained a try . No goal resulted, and half-time was called . Soon after a drizzling rain began, and made it rather uncomfortable for the players . English and Hart now showed prominently in the forward division, and aided by the halves, took the ball into the Old Boys' quarters, and Bart obtained a try which was at first objected to, but afterwards given in . The kick by Lord again failed. The game was now very evenly contested, and while Brandt's splendid collaring prevented the Old Boys from scoring, Stevenson and Griffith, aided by E . W. Clayforth, prevented the School from scoring . Stevenson, however, soon equalised matters by obtainii>,E; a try from a pass by Clayforth . Darkness now came on, and made good play difficult . The School were rather pressed at this point, and the Old Boys made several attempts to score . Rose now aided his side by some good runs, and went into touch a few yards from our opponents goal line . Ile threw the ball out to Wilson, who had a clear course and got a try . No goal resulted, and time was immediately called, leaving the School victorious by three tries to two . For the School, while all the forwards played well, Brandt, Rose, and Nilson among the backs, and English, Hart, and Crossley forward, most distinguished themselves, and for the Old Boys Stevenson, E . W . Clayforth, and F. T. Griffith played best. OLD Boys' TEAM .—Back, W. J . P. Kaye ; three-quarter backs, L . E . Stevenson, II, C . B . Clayforth, F . Ware ; half-backs, E . A . Lane, E . W. Clayforth ; forwards, W . H . Griffith, F. T . Griffith, F . Greenhow, P . Todd . G . H . Wade, W. H . Crosthwaite .

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CONTENTS.

1 ' :I i ; F:.

Archdeacon lley, The Late Art of Making a Fuss, The

. 34

Athletic Shorts, The

Boating .

Brighton Vol Leer Review . The Cambridge Letter

13, 26 . 41, 60, 83, 116, 130

( ounuemoratiun Pay

`9 111, 126

(Jorreshonda •uce Cricket .

1 :r 51

78, 85, 101

Cricket Fixtures 47

1)e Profnndi .. Uistrihntion of Prizes, The

. 92 4 . :13 . 8

Editorial

. 22

Excelsior Football

16, 30, 43, 121 . 128, 142

11 : ;, 129

Great Duke of Plorence, The

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Notes aud Items

15, 29, 48, 63, 76, 88, 1 .27, 1 . 12

Obituary . Oxford Letter

15, 88,141

12, 21, 38, 57, 73, 117, 137 62

Poems by Eminent [lands

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Priest) e d in :Ancient Greece, The School Letter

27, 42, 57, 74, 100, 120, 140

School Theatricals, The Story of a Scarecrow, The Swinlmrne, and the Poetry of the Period

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PETkRITE. Vor. . VI .

MARCH, 1884.

No . 42.

"CHEROOT :" A NOVELETTE, BY 0-DA. CIIAPTEI : I . AT 11011E.

OT but what he's pertickler about his Jacks ; they are trials to

N give them the right complexion, and much use it is to make 'em as white as snow ; might as well never have been polished to see the way them beagles paws him . But I beant complaining ; it aint his fault ; but he ' s a real gent ; see him go on playing cards when his train ran into a goods truck ; he were cucumber cool ; just said, ` ask 'ern to wait five minutes, Cake ;' and then to see him jump them hurdles in the Ceesarwitch or bring down a blue jack at Hurlingham ; he's a fine gent, he is, and I don't care what I do for him ." With this peroration, Cake, dangling the hunting toggery, with a rap entered his master's bedroom, in a mansion that commanded a view of Buckingham Palace, Hyde Park, the British Museum, and St . Paul's. Any duchess might well envy a guardsman's apartments ; and Cecil, second son of Viscount Bongereau, lagged not behind his fellows in luxury . On the table was displayed an elegant dejeoner a in Busse ; coffee pots of gold ; cups of the purest Sevres china—fresh from the most famous works—a treasure for an antiquary . Scattered about were whips, scent bottles, jacks, filmy lace handkerchiefs, elephant footstools, brushes—the triumph of many a fast thing with the Melton, bouquets of flowers, smelling sweet of Covent Garden, ready to be sent as the dues of beauty to the fairest in London ; on the wall a few choice Turners and Raphaels in the most delicious confusion, while on an elegant built dressing table, all bright with Bohemian glass, were heaped curb chains,

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point lace ties, French novels, the perfumes of Rinunel laden with the breath of Araby, casual piles of bank notes—the winnings of piquet the night before—all bespeaking the ease and grace of a highly cultivated mind. At the motion of Cake's appearance, the jewelled clock struck two, and the owner of the apartments languidly flung the supple length of his limbs from the softest of sofas, where he was reclined in exquisite t!emi-toilette before a blazing fire, after splashing like a spaniel in his morning tub . A handsome man withal . Standing six feet six as he was in his silk embroidered stockings, as agile and graceful, none the less, as a new born foal or timid fawn ; his face was delicate as the

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contour, while the whole was framed in a massive case of flowing silky fair like a nocturne of Chopin's, and his eyes shot forth a dire, languid, melancholy love-lore look that completed his mysterious charm and won him the appellative of Beauty of the Brigades. " Its almost time, sir, for parade, " said Cake reproachfully, as he gazed admiringly on his master. "Its only just two ; still you may as well harness me ; got those Jacks right tinge yet ' Ah! I see they are better—not the thing though. Did Dillon give the horses a cold drench this morning ? How did Fora King stand the journey ? Bid him procure some double-mouthed 1 [anoverian Pelham snaffles—those revolving gag-curbs you know— they don't fret the mouth . Call round for that Dadschaud ; Lady Gwendoline wants the sleuthhound for a plaything for her daughter ; don' t forget to send those bouquets away, and its rather late, so don't waste time . " Languidly murmuring these mnitifarions orders as Cake inserted his tall form into the purgatory of gorget and helm, Cecil idly tossed off a few tumblers of Curacoa and dipped his filbert hands into a basin of the sweetest pure Attar of Roses—inwardly anathematising the folly of the lords in dragging out the Household through the hot dust of a sultry June day, with the chance of a drop of rain on duty—a thunderstorm with the Pytehley would have been heaven by comparison to the spoilt favourite of the city. Ah ! young un ; you here, " he sighed wearily as the door opened and showed a slender form with dandy written on every line of his face—• the exact counterpart of Cecil's Litt for its weakness and want of abstract manliness .

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I'm in an awful box ; are you in haste ? " he whimpered lad I' regretfully, half caressingly. •' What's up ? The boy 's head fell, and schooled as he was to the style of his brother's set he could only with difficulty bring himself to speak ; he toyed li.s :lessly with a priceless Dresden jar, which fell from his unsteady lingers and broke, pouring forth its contents of sovereigns on the Turkish rug. Cecil shook his head and smiled kindly, " Come, never mind, I'll help you though 1 haven't a penny myself ." " I want a couple of thousands ; had to borrow them from Poultry to pay my losses at Nap .," he huskily returned. Cecil drew a long whiff of meditation from his meerschaum. "Heavy for you—tres Cher. It ' s always money, of course it is—but don' t you borrow from others—no thanks—here you are—by Jove there's four o'clock—come to me if you are hard up—not outsiders—there . " So speaking he shook out a number of loose fivers from an enamelled book, and tossed them across to the junior olive branch. " By Jove, " he soliloquised as he vaulted on to his coal black charger, " I wonder if I left enough brass to send Foret King to the races ; and then he goes to Baden to run on Friday . If I can't get a ticket for myself ! And the Jews are getting so sharp nowadays . But I suppose it ' s all right . Ah! here's that filthy crowd . Now for a crush. Always is when the Houses meet . Only why drag us out ?

CIIAPTER II . TILE RACE. " TAKE the field bar one ." " Fifteen to one on Fora King . " "Fourteen to seven against Wild Geranium ." "A hundred and forty to twenty-one on Brother to Fairee . " " Six to six on Pas-de-Charge . " " Back the field bar one ." " Favourites any price ." " Three to one on outsiders ." So rang the clear voices of the ring through the crisp sunlight, that lose on the showers of the morning of the famous steeplechases. The saddling bell was ringing loudly. Cake was busily polishing to brownness his master's mahogany tops as the sound broke upon his ears . He rushed madly to his master's room. Cecil had been up all night . " Please don't burst in like that, it's such bad form ; ~~ hat's the matter ? " he lanquidly enquired . " Oh,

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sir, the saddling bells be ringing ." " Ah ! yes, I remember . IIow far's the course off ?" " A matter of two miles " hurriedly, " you'll never be in time !" " Bid Dillon send Galloping Jack round to the hotel door ; I'll be dressed in half-an-hour ; tell them to wait till I'm ready ; it's a hot day, so you had better be ready to run round the course with some sodas and brandy for me !" Cecil leisurely spent an idle half-hour over his toilette, and descended lazily, fresh as a bride, down the broad staircase . There his steed was impatiently pawing the ground impatient of his master's tarrying. Ile lightly vaulted airily into the saddle and ;allped to the course in a minute and a half. On his way to the saddling-room he saw his brother betting eagerly amid a " ossy " riffraff of taudily fustian trowsered, sham jewelled blackguards in parti-coloured coats and blazing umbrellas . He serenely lifted two of them in each hand and dropped them like kittens over the high palisading into the lake—that last awful water jump that Cecil's bosom friend, the Cherub, known to the world as Lord Cockingham, had named " a tickler " IIe looked apologetically on his friends for transgressing all the canons of his order, as he calmly re-entered the ring with a flush of exertion on his face, and wearily remarked, " The turf must be cleared of those welchers." An hour and a half more sufficed to see Cecil and the other horse men at the post, so that the race had after all only been delayed two hours . When were gentlemen riders regardful of the fleeting time, or of the virtue of punctuality ? The betting raged more fast and furious than ever . There were fifty-six starters, the chosen pick of England's cavaliers, each of whom won the suffrages of their following of the fair. Firm and steady as a rock stood Fork hing, as if chiselled by the hands of Pheidias from the marble of his native Araby, though his proud heart throbs to think that he bore the fortunes of the Ilousehold, who lounged about with their indifference and wearied ennui in no way altered, though they had a million and a half staked on the issue. There was Bay Regent, sawing like a saw-mill at the wiry arms of Jimmy Tellmimair ; there was the blood-like White Elephant, fidgetting with the prettiest wickedest grace in the world .

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The race is begun. They are off. The first hurdle has choked off six with broken necks. The ploughed land, ere the thirteenth hurdle is won, has ruined the chances of twenty-five more, and the favourites have it all to themselves. Still Cecil reined in the fretting ardour of his steed. " Good Heavens ! " murmured the Cherub to his cheroot, tugging his blonde moustache the while . " What next? Beauty's turned cautious ." Cautious indeed ; with two-thirds of the race yet unrun ; and hurdles came thick and fast between, and the dark line of the river looming ahead began to glow. The fifteenth fence saw only five left in the race, and there are fiftysix more to come, laced high with the shire thorn. Cecil kept Fork Ping well in band, never once letting his ardour betray him : unwarily White Elephant's rider has given him full rein and he has been running at his hottest from the first . Wild Geranium, true to her sex, brooks no rival . Bay Regent thumps heavily along. The thirty-ninth sees the fate of White Elephant . There is now a straight two miles' run iu. " Guards are beat ! Were they ?

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As the shout was raised Cecil's saddle gave way and rolled off. At the last corner Cake is waiting with the welcome brandy and soda ; in the effort to reach he breaks his girth ; the pigskin rolls on the turf. At the light running speed at which they were racing short riders would have been hurled from their horses like a stone from a sling : Cecil scarcely swerved . IIe languidly conveyed the brandy and soda safely to his mouth, and drank a health to Fork King, and went on as if nothing had befallen . But the Household, as they saw through their lorgnettes the marvellous achievement, broke the usual serenity ut ' their lani unr and burst into a cheer that pealed echoing over grassland; and coppices like a trumpet call, while the grand rich voice of the Cherub led foremost and loudest . The cheer that rolled mellow and triumphant down the crisp sunny air like a bray of clarions, thrilled ((n Cecil's ear as he rushed down the course five miles away, and made leis heart beat quicker with headlong victorious delirium, as he " scouted ' onward to the greatest feat of his riding life. And now giving Fork Ping the rein, he gained every stride on line Regent . Drunk with excitation and lashed by the winter wind, the

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wild Petal, that lay latent under the serene serenity of his brow, broke tin' a h . The unconscious cry 1 urst from his lips, " slay me, but fail me not!" Forst King heard the remark : and his stretching strides stretched further ; and gathering his long limb, with the spontaneity of lightning he hur led over the water jump which separated him fifty-font feet from the goal. lie galloped up the straight alone. Bay Regent had refused the leap. Cecil dismounted : lazily lounged up, and said " Not a bad race ; have you any soda ?" He had left his rooms that morning with many thousands owing, and nothing to pay them with : he now could pay them twenty-five times over . So could the Household . But neither he nor they gave one mark of pleasure or relief. It would have been had form.

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The race was over ! The poisoned bit had done its work ! Beauty was a beggar ; but he was a Bougereau, and the blood that coursed through his veins forbade his cheek to pale at the ruin in his face. As Fork King sank down dead—dead for ever—on the green sward, a fiendish wild-cat laugh rang out over the course from the shelter of a coppice, where Moses Isaacs and Welsh had posted themselves to watch the success of their scheme—a pair that had declared war to the knife on " them swells." An hour after as the Cherub ' s composed features were descending from his four-in-hand at the hotel, a quietly dressed, rather handsome, dapper little gentleman in velvet approached him. " May it shpeak mit you fon moment, milor ? " The Cherub put up his lorgnette to his eyes in surprise at the impudence of the creature. " What have I to do with you," he drawled, my fellow? " May 1 asl: if this is your signature, milor ? " showing a paper bearing the hone " C;ocl ingham " on it, written disgracefully in the guardsman fashii n. "That, no—I think not—never could make C `half an eighth' as good as that," he lau g hed .

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"Pard, n nu . miler, but did your highness endorse any leetle bill .,l the 18th for -t2t),000 ." "Really, my good man, how can I he expected to know these details' Co and ask someone else, " and he moved wearily away. "But, milor, fon moment— may I demand an interview ." "Don ' t bother," sighed the Cherub. "Well then, milor, worse may befall your friends and regiment ." As if shot the Cherub swung round on his spurred Jack with an air that made the Jew quake iii his moccassin,s, and scrutinised through his race glass the reptile cowering beneath his glance . Scarce did he restrain himself from with one blow of his developed arm ending the obnoxious interview . " To my rooms," he shouted to his numm olu train, pointing to Isaacs " Lead and I follow ." *

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Meanwhile, seemingly careless of his defeat, not allowing the anguish of his heart to gleam through the schooled exterior of his handsome insouciant fare Cecil dallied attendance on the fairest of the fair at the Duchess' As he laughed and talked, totally regardless of the fact that servants are not inanimate blocks, an attendant brought him a scented billet, " very important ." IIe slipped it in his packet none the less, and went on with his flirtation till a message came to him from Lord Cocleingham requesting him to step over at once. " Adieu," he sighed, " we meet at the Empress ' ." On his way he remembered the letter ; a few tears-bespattered lutes from a juvenile hand told the story of a brother's shame, and Cecil groaned, " 0 monstrous shame ; but it's very like him," as he reflected that honour to another tied his lips from freeing himself from the heinous slur upon his character, and slipped the letter coolly into his coat. IL. found the Cherub holding a Jew in his herculean grip of steel, and shaking him like a dog shakes a rat, yet without a trace of emeticu on his placid features. Ile know all, and was rooted like a statue at the appalling horror that settled over his eyes . lIe could not, would not see the hand the Cherub offered, crying, " A thousand pardons, Beauty, but I wanted you to give the lie to this blackguard here ." But Cecil was speechless and a triumphant gleam of malice shone ilt Isaac' s eyes as he smoothed his ruffled plumage. " Did I not say so, tailor ? " he whined. " Peace, villain ; fill that cheque," cried the agonised voice of the

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Cberub, as he flung a blank cheque to his adversary . " 0 say it is not true, Cecil ." " I cannot prove it ." " Said I not so," snarled hoses, " I take no moneys from you ; shall I say that milor is in collusion with his friend ." " Let it be Cherub—you will—you must—it cannot be but that you think me guilty ; come, Mr . Isaacs, I am ready ; once and for even Cherub, will you refuse my hand " " Never—never before all the world, " and their delicate hands met with a clap of thunder and they parted thus . . . . Beauty walked peaceably to his prison by the Jew, who ever ami anon eyed suspiciously the lissome form of his companion--strong and graceful as a tiger . IIe sighed contentedly as they reached a dark corner . From its dimness there sprang on Beauty five stalwart ruffians, who tried to seize and pinion him, but against this cowardly assault all his blue blood surged in indignation . Trusted, he would have offered no resistance—struggled not—he was determined to sacrifice himself for his brother's crime . But now all his proudest passions reasserted themselves, and with one mighty effort he wrenched his hands fiee from the closing manacles and with one blow felled his assailants stunned or. the hard stones . Turning he fled down the the street and his speed, won in the Eton playing fields, soon left pursuit behind . Far away he heard the Jew shrilling, " murder, " and soon his cries woke the populace, who spying Beauty's flying form, joined in the chase. It happened that there was in that street a caravan drawn by elephants belonging to one of those odious accompaniments of festal days—a menagerie . Its owners like lightning swung it round so as to block the narrow passage of the darkening lane. Cecil was cut oft ; and his pursuers raised a yell of triumph fancying their prey already in their ravening hands. Nearer and louder hissed their cries . Beauty gathered himself fl r a supreme effort ; lie collected his long limbs for one last struggle for life and liberty and bounded deer-like over the elephants ' backs. The chaise was foiled by its own barrier. Beauty gained the country fleetly, profiting by his enemies' disaster ; but a clatter of hoofs soon told him that they had taken to horse and were on his trail . Ilis strength was nearly gone and he felt he could scarce go further, so he lightly sprang to the top of a friendly oak tree ;m,1 nestled in its dark shades .

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Flight!—the coward ' s refuge—flight—the villain ' s safety—flight from all he loved and eared for—flight—from friends and country—flightruin—death. The hue and cry were after him and his heart throbbed like the heart of some poor hunted (leer when she has escaped, but heard the bay of the sleuth hounds louder and louder as they near her retreat in the greenwood, and she but half knows all the destruction before her—for Beauty, shame, dishonour and disgrace, social extinction—for him the pride of London—a guardsman and a beggar. They paused beneath the tree, wondering that their prey had flown and then turned disconsolately homeward baulked and baffled, though one turned and aimed a random bullet at the oak's foliage ; the hall passed through Beauty ' s curling locks, and so they left him . He had escaped ; he had liberty, but what liberty—liberty that meant more than death—freedom worse than might but a villain ' s dishonour.

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F we except " Vice Versa," few books, of those recently published at

1 any rate, have earned the popularity which has fallen to the lot of

" Max O ' I :ell " and his smart work . It is a book which at one moment raises an Englishman's pride at the homage paid to points of excellence in his native customs or institutions, and the next rouses his indignation and injured vanity at some cruel hit against his beloved country. Sometimes these criticisms are true, sometimes palpably and absurdly false—but of this hereafter. If we are to believe the author, he has borne " our fogs and east winds, paid poor-rates, income taxes and Queen's taxes "—whatever they may be—" for ten years," and on this score our " admirer and friend " claims " indulgence and respect ." Beyond this, to use the formula so celebrated in classical biography, . : about the life of this eminent writer little, if anything, is known, but tradition asserts that he was " French Master at one of the London schools . Whether this report is correct or merely the natural inference drawn from various passages in the book itself, I cannot tell . I may Is

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here add with shame and contr tion, with the deepest agony of remorse over wastsd time and misused talents, that despite the col ntless gallons of midnight oil—the myriad cubic feet of gas, I mean—lavished freely i :i my youthful days on mastering the intricacies of the proverbial "ave r and i"tre and the four conjugations," and the mystic meanderings of the irregular verbs, I have for the most part used the translated edition. En passant, another work of a similar character by Professor Daryl has just come come out, but it appears to he much deeper and enters more fully into political subjects. The general description of " John Bull " is not flattering ; "a large land owner, with muscular arms, long head, flat and heavy feet, with an iron jaw that holds fast all it seizes ." The psychological aspect is the reverse : "proud, he will never doubt the success of his undertaking— brave, he will carry it through—calm, he will calculate with a cool head the material advantages of the victory—tenacious, he will make it fruitful, and a consummate diplomatist ." IIe gives us credit for having gained our vast empire with little bloodshed, for conquering it only to promote trade, civilisation, and peace, for a generous and practical 'management of our colonies, and for the " moral force more powerful than bayonets that keeps it together . " The athletic disposition and out-door life of Englishmen and women, their activity and health up to a green old age, he compares with the dissipated and sedentary habits of his countrymen in youth and the rapid decay and valetudinarianism they bring in their train . And to the same love of exercise he attributes " the resplendent look of health" in English girls, " who, when beautiful, are angels and unparalleled in beauty, " though he remarks that it is short lived in them . IIe praises too the absence of the espionage and love of mystery, which is fatal to the real development of his countrywomen . And this brings us to the most interesting part of his work, and the most gratifying to English readers—his chapters on our public schools and universities. Ile begins by remarking the public schools aim at securing " miens sana in corpore sano." " Therefore, no barrack system ; fresh air in abundance . . . what temptation is there to play truant? . . . The headmaster in spite of his five or six thousand a year is not an inaccessible potentate " —(the italics are my own—what headmaster he generalises from it is difficult to say)—' no advancement according to seniority—the premium offered in Francs to stupidity ." IIe goes on to describe debating societies, school magazines, etc ., and sports . Football,

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apparently Association, he describes with all the sanguinary horrors of a special correspondent—" a wild game fit for savages,—ribs and jawbones broken, shoulders lacerated, faces covered with blood and mud," and so on . Cricket, he admits, is better than reading the disgusting productions of Zola . IIe praises the trust and confidence imposed in school boys, contrasted with the demoralising strictness of his native country . Over Oxford and its scenery he goes into raptures, but makes a great mistake when he says it costs nearly £300 per annum . Many do it on half, the vast majority on £200. Few more than £350 or £400. Our system of judicature and constitution (the House of Lords excepted), newspapers and literature in general, our railways, public institutions, parks and scenery are warmly applauded . But our frigidity of manner, the simplicity or badness of our cooking come in for it hot. Our religions, which he believes to be hypocrisy, he attacks in a long series of frivolous abuse. But we have the consolation of knowing that at any rate we are as good as his countrymen in that respect, and could point out the vast amount of useful work done by purely charitable contributions in educating and caring for the poor . Among his mistakes we are surprised to hear that the English law makes no distinction between wilful murder aid manslaughter . Nor do we believe that any Englishman thinks that Nelson was assassinated at Trafalgar--even if he did, it would not be worse than placing Waterloo among the victories of France ; and we are sorry to think that one who has lived ten years here believes dishonesty to be a "sine qua non" of successful trade, or that " a shopkeeper would feel himself disgrace 1 if he did not give false measure ." Moreover, many of the stories given as actual facts and characteristics of people described, cribbed as they are front Punch and various humorous works, if intended for foreign readers, are strangely misleading, though to Englishmen they are merely taken for what they are worth . I mean, for instance, the anecdotes given of Scottish stinginess. Again, his sarcasm is at times so deep as to be misguiding as a rule it is very ]sappy. To a foreigner the book will give a general idea of " perfide Albion, " but it is never more than sketchy and suner(icial, perhaps intentionally so . To an E• uglish reader the general impression it leaves is very flattering ; excepting his gratuitous sneers at our religion, there is little else than warns praise and admiration . List it is impossible to take the book seriously. Despite Iris eceasiotial censure —and much of it is not without truth—

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he seems to have a very high opinion of John Bull and his isle . "het us conclude," he says, L ° by quoting Voltaire ' s remark, ` If I had to choose my birthplace, I would have chosen England . ' " CALLOO.

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T the time of writing the 'Varsity Boat is all but made up ; the only doubtful point being to decide who should row Nos . 2 and

4 . However, last year ' s reserve man, Austin, is come up, and is almost certain to go 2 : while Walrond, of Exeter, and Carter, of Corpus, will probably go 3 or 4, Taylor, of Lincoln, having to give way to the latter . The rest of the boat are : Curry, of Exeter, stroke ; Blandy, of Exeter, 7 ; Paterson, 6 ; Maclean, of New, 5 ; and Shortt, of Christ Church, bow . Stroke and seven are light, but that is all that can be said against the boat : for now that Austin rows 2, the bows of the boat are not submerged as they used to be with Carter or Taylor . The race is to be rowed on April 5th, and training begins after Ash Wednesday . I do not think there can be much fear as to the result—at least for Oxford men. The Torpids are now on ; the general run of boats being distinctly below the average. Of the whole number, Queen ' s, in which Baskett and Kaye are rowing, is the most successful, having made four bump, at the time of writing : vthat it will do the other two nights remains to be seen . Corpus are and will be head, with Hereby, the Trial's man, rowing 7 . The first five boats have not changed position at all during the races. And now as to the Football team, which though, in my opinion, slightly inferior to the team of last season, is, nevertheless, the best team in England . They have won all their matches save one, viz ., that against Gloucestershire, which was a draw : and that, besides being the first match this year, was played in a perfect storm of wind and rain. Under these circumstances the ' Varsity is not seen to the best advantage : for both wind and rain prevent them employing their tactics . Add to that disadvantage the absence, among other great men in the football 'world, of Asher and Wade, and it will be admitted that the game was hardly a draw on the merits of the O . U . R . F . C . Yorkshire cams

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down on Feb. 20, with an immense number of spectators . It was a very even game, but the Varsity had the advantage throughout, though few of the Oxford men were playing up to form : for there had been very few matches since the term began . Of the Yorkshiremen we were glad to see an O .P ., W. F . B . Calvert, distinguishing himself, perhaps, beyond all the rest. But my advice to impartial persons is

not to trust to the reports of the Yorkshire papers in any match in which Yorkshire plays for the future. It may be interesting to know that of the English International team to play on March 1, against Scotland, eight are present members of the 0. U. li..F . C ., while two, possibly three, of the Scottish team will be 'Varsity men also. The Sports are to come off about a week before the 'Varsity race : general opinion seems to be that Cambridge will win again . The University Association match is to be played on the day of writing, but time will not allow of my waiting till the result is known. Oxford have improved wonderfully up till now, and have one or two men as brilliant players as any in England, notably King, the half-back, and Bromley Davenport, forward . The only matches lost have been those against Blackburn ( )lympic—a flukey win—and Aston Villa ; which latter club on our own ground we had beaten . Still Cambridge are, I believe, a trifle too good. Oxford has to deplore the resignation of Professor Stubbs . Dr. Freeman—who lately distinguished himself by-the-bye on the Vivisection question—is likely to succeed him, or, iu his default, Rawson Gardiner BEBI.

is mentioned as the most likely luau .

CAMBRIDGE LETTER. 1 AM under orders posthaste for a Cambridge Letter . " The great thing to be observed, " writes one of our worthy Oxford editors, " is its length ; let it be very long. " in that case I am afraid I shall have to have recourse to "padding ." This word comes back to me to remind me of the gigantic and almost superhuman efforts I had to make in Latin verses in order to fill up the end of a hexameter or the

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last part of a pentameter, or to prevent two unfortunate vowels coming together (what a treat it was when one came to Greek to find the Greeks considerate enough to provide a " ye "), and yet when I /tad found a word which I thought would do capitally to fill the vacant place, I was informed by those more skilled in the dead languages than myself that it was " padding ." Imagine the shock to my feelings 1 But that will soon be a thing of the past with me, as with several other 0 . P .'s up here. A fever is on me at- present . Its name is Tripes fever . It is by no means an intermittent fever : some catch it sooner than others : some never catch it all : but those who catch it do catch it : it lasts ge : :erall v some three months or so, and ends with a jerk : the ending is generally accompanied with profuse perspiration in the presence of numerou s. doctors : its results (or non-results as the case may be) last for a lifetime ; so they say. Hurrah! I've come to the raid of my first paragraph : I hope my readers have survived it : it is only padding," so wont hurt, as it is soft . Now for news . I am sure I deserve great credit : ever since I heard I had to write the letter I ' ve been asking every one I've met fur news . One says :—`° Oh, put in that there has been a great Socialist Debate at the Union ." Well, I've put in, and I hope everybody that reads it will receive instructio :r and amnserne :it from the fact that What is a Socialist ? A fellow who's witting To lay down his farthing, and pocket your shilling.

Football is now over ; tho 'Varsity have t« o more net cites on their card, lnit- these have, I hear, been cancelled . We have only had four matches this term, one of which has gene against us . that against the Old Leysians, who came up with a very strung team ; but the absence of Marriott, Fuller, Colbourne, Threlfall, Pansome, Barton, Lees, Guthrie, and last, but not least, our only full back, Sample, may possibly to some extent account for it! They got one try, whilst we got several minor points, and also had rather hard luck in having two tries disallowed . Brutton was in fine form for us against the United Hospitals, and got 3 tries, one from a splendid run right through the IIospitalians from our 25 flag . We were rather disappointed in not seeing the lithe form of E . W . Crossley figuring with his accustomed dash and brilliant forward play. Several representatives from St Bartholemew's were playing, but not the gentleman in question . Surely he has not forsaken his former love 1 L . E. Stevenson played for the

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'Varsity against East Sheen ; his power"ul play is very effective among the forwards, and both Sample and Marriott were taken with his style. His place decidedly is forward, not three-quarter. We hope to see him gel his blue another year for football . By t he bye I had almost forgotten to mention that Sample has at last gut his England cap ; he played brilliantly against Ireland, in spite of his being placed in "circumstances over which he had no control " in crossing the Channel. Well, good bye to football . En pas.omnt—this for the benefit of our Oxford correspondent of last month :—1 substantial building needs no ricketty props to hold it up . Oxford's glory in the football field is substantial enough . Granted. But why seek to prop it up by statements based on—nothing 1 I am not very well posted in Rowing news . I was down at the river about a fortnight ago, and saw the ' Varsity . They were rowing very steadily against a heavy head wind and stream . Since then they have wisely taken a long rest, but are at work again now at Ely. Moore, the old Dunelmian, is rowing in his proper place—seven. HIow is it that the rowing at Durham School is so much superior to that of St . Peter' s? The Wear certainly c'an't he compared to the Ouse, and I should not admit that the physique of our northern rivals is superior to our own . The answer is not far to seek, and the remedy an easy one . A . long as crews are allowed to go out unattended by any coach whatever, simply with their own respective ideas (or nonideas, as the case may be) of the theory or practice of rowing, how can one expect any improvement either in individual rowing or in t he style of the school-rowing at large ? An eight or four semi on the Cam without a coach is . considered a disgrace . Why should it not be so on the Ouse ? Is it too late for these suggestions to be acted on this term? Is there not sufficient interest in rowing to effect the change? But to change the subject . L . T . Crawshaw, who seems marvellously at home in a light, boat, achieved a brilliant performance the other day in company with another man in the rowing line . After a splendid race he won his College Phillip' s Pairs, and now rejoices in the possession of two silver oars . I think rowing runs in the Crawshaw family. Our prospects in the sports against Oxford are decidedly rosy. With Tindall for the f mile, De la Tonche for the mile, Colbourne and Graham for the jumps, Don Wauchope and Pollock for the hurdles, and Elliott for the 3 miles, we ought at any rate to repeat our last

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year's performance . I have great hopes of Stevenson getting a second blue for the Weight ; he is a good man at it, but wants coaching ; and I should like to see Eyre get his blue at last, and I think he ought to, for the three miles. The grand way in which he strode along in last year ' s Trial Sports surprised us all ; with training this year, and no Hough to force the pace so outrageously, he ought to pull it off. We were pleased to see J . Griffith and W . Garwood up tire other day paying a pop visit—but I must pay a pop visit to bed, else I shall not " keep a chapel " to-morrow, and be invited to the Dean's in consequence . STYLUS.

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~'' OW that Shrove Tuesday is past, boating may be said to be fairly started . Hitherto the Senior crews have hardly appeared on the river, but as the races are fast approaching the Juniors no longer have the river to themselves . As regards the House Fours, in the Seniors some good racing should be forthcoming, as the Dayboys make up for their inferiority of weight and strength in style and neatness, and the Houses are fairly well matched . In the Juniors the School House ought to land the race, owing to their superior strength. It ought to have been mentioned that the thanks of the School are due to C . Johnson for the two outrigged fours, which now add life to the boating, and also to the School Boat-Ilou ;e . The School Fours will most probably fall to the Civil Boat, who are a very strong lot. The School Football Team have played three matches this term, out of which they have won two . The total wins amount to nine out of fifteen matches . The play this term seems to have been an improvement on last term, the passing being at times really brilliant. The School House defeated the School again by one try to nothing after a very close game. We are glad to be able to announce that Bosomworth, who coached the School Eleven so well in 1878, has been secured for the coming season. The prospects of the School cricket at present look well, though it is rather early to forecast .

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Another sign of energy in the School is the revival of the Debating Society, this time under better auspices . Mr . Clarke is president of the Society, which numbers over thirty members, and holds its meeting in the Fourth Form Room. Another innovation in the rules is that several masters have already been present at the debates. C . B. Clarke has been appointed librarian.

FOOTBALL. l ;l :VLRLEV. This match was played on February 2nd, and resulted in a win for the School by 3 tries to nil . Beverley won the toss and kicked off with a slight wind at their backs, and their forwards following well up caused the School to touch down . Lord kicked off from the 2 :1 flag, and play was carried on for some time iu neutral territory . Soon afterwards some combined play between Crawshaw and Rose ended in the former obtaining a try . The kick failed. The School still held their opponents, and Lord getting possession got within a few yards of the Beverley goal . Here he passed to Noble, who got the second try for the School . The kick at goal again failed . Beverley then played up well, and took the ball into the School 25, where it remained. until half-time . The play during the second half was of a more even character, and only one point was scored before call of time, Rose getting a try for the School . The game thus ended, as stated above, in a win for the School . For Beverley, Hodgson and Gell were must prominent ; while for the School, besides those above mentioned, Cru. .slev and Clarke played well.

. YORK (2ND .) This match was played on the York ground on Saturday, February 16th . Lord kicked off against the wind, and after a few preliminary kicks the School forwards managed to take the ball into the York ground . The play was of a very even character, and soon after the start Burkill made a drop at the School goal . Rose, however, obtained

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the ball and by a splendid inn gut helrinA . lie was mauled by two ef the York men, who failed to prevent him touching the ball down. Brandt kicked a goal . Burkill kicked off, and the School began to 1, 0 rather pressed, the York forwards being much heavier than heir opponents . The School were then forced to touch down, and shortly before half-time Nottingham obtained a try for York . The kick at goal failed . At half-time the School had scored a goal to a try score d by York. Burl :ill kicked off and Noble returned the ball into tie middle of the ground, where some scrimmaging took place . Clarke. Crossley, and Crosthwaite were here prominent with some good dribbling, and the School scored some touchdowns . The ball was then brought into the School 25, and one of the School backs took a flying, kick which hit one of the York men, and went into touch . A dispute was raised as to whose ball it was in touch, iu the midst of which it was thrown out to a York man who had no difficulty in falling over the line . The referee gave his verdict against the School. Nottingham kicked an easy goal, buns plating York ahead by a goal and a try to a goal . The School were rather disheartened at this, but soon recovered their spirits and pressed their opponents, who touched down twice in self-defence from two drops at goal by Lord, the second of which very nearly resulted in a goal. After the kick out the School still held their opponents, and might have scored a try had not one of the York men run the ball behind the go,rl line and touched down . The York men then carried the ball into Go School territory, and shortly after time was called, the game thus resniting in a win for York by a goal on l a try to a goal . For the wieners—Crombie . Nottingham, and Binrkill w re most prominent : while for the School—Clarke, Crossley, and Crosthwaite among the forwards, and Lord, Rose, and Brandt behind were the best-- Brandt's

!)nuts and Lord s kicks being especially useful.

v . BE\'LltLEY. This return match was played on Saturday . February 23rd, and ended in an easy victory for the School . Lord kicked off against the wind, and the ball was returned into the School 25 . Lord by a good kick relieved his side, and the school following up well scored some touchdowns . The play was still kept in the Beverley 25, and Spencer „noon afterwards ran in . The kick by Crossley failed . After some

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play in the middle of the field Spencer ran in again . No goal resulted. Beverley then made an attempt to score, and runs by Ilodgson and Lambert took the ball into the School i . Brandt came to the rescue with a good punt and again the Beverley goal was pressed, and from a pass by Lord, Rose ran in. The try was disallowed on the plea of thrown forward . Ilalf time was then called and the School played with the wind at their backs . The School continued to play well together and took the ball up close to their opponents' goal, when Wilson got in twice, but was called back on the plea that the ball had not been in the scrimmage . At last, however, Clarke gained a try from which Brandt. kicked a goal . Tries followed from Crossley and Wilson, from which no goals resulted . The game continued to be in favour of the Sclro 1, and Beverley were soon compelled to touclnlmvn from a drop at goal by Lord, which only just fell short of its mark . Time was snort called, leaving the School winners by 1 goal, T tries, and numerous minor points to nil . For the winners all the forwards played well, while behind Spencer and Lord played well . The Beverley back was injured early on in the game, so that they played with only 13 melt during most of the game. (Capt .—18,42-8 :1) .— p icked well when playing threequarters at the beginning of the season, but was more useful forward, where he followed up well, and was generally on the ball. II . W . RIroDES (1832- s 3) .-Useful three-rinarters . Put in seine dodgcy runs, which were very serviceable. if . N . CROSSI.EI (1881-82-83) .—Ileavy forward . Worked well in the scrimmages, but was rather slow in getting loose. F . R . Br; .ANDT (1882-S3) .-Safe back, making few mistakes . Very go rd coilarer . Played three-quarters in two or three matches, but was out of his element. 4'T . II. EYGLTSII (, SS :1) .—ilard worker in the scrimmages . Useful in the line out from touch . (Ilas left .) \V . G . WILSON (18 3) .—Very energetic half-back . In some match 's P . E . LORD

did not feed the backs so much as he might have done, but his runs proved of great service to the team. 'Ii. B . CL 1I ;KE (1883) .—IIeavy and active forward . Always followed up well, and at times dribbled vveil Improved as the season a,dr,Ira rd .

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A . D . HA1,T (1883) .-Very fair forward, but fell off in the later matches . (Has left .) R . C . D . RosE (1883) .-Fast three-quarters . In some matches made fine runs, but in others showed inferior form . Was slow in picking up the ball. A . Sri°r;cER (18S3) .-Active half-back. Occasionally lost his heal .. and passed erratically. Did not punt well. C . JOHNSON (1883) .-Very fair forward, fast, and collaring well. R . CROSTIIWAITE (1883) .-Good forward. Played especially well in the later matches, being generally on the ball. A . WADE (1883) .-Fair forward, but did not know enough of the game. Was slow in following up, but collared fairly well. J. S. 1\OBLE (1888) .-Was not so useful forward as at the three-quarters, where he played in some matches, and kicked well. W. 11 . CROSTIIwAITE (1883) .-An improving forward . Ilad not seen the Rugby game played before. Kicked well at full-back_ in one or two matches.

THE DEBATING SOCIETY. FTER a considerable period of inactivity, the meetings of tinSociety have, at length, been resumed . At a meeting of tln Sixth Form, held on Saturday, February 2nd, it was unanimously resolved that meetings should be hell every Saturday night, that the Sixth Form should retain for itself the right of electing new members from the other forms, and that one of the masters should be asked to preside . The first meeting was held on Saturday, February 9th, at which the Rev . IL M. Stephenson kindly presided . After a few introductory remarks by the President, F . E . Robinson proceeded to move, "that in the opinion of this house, the House of Lords needs to be reformed ." The mover, in a somewhat indefinite speech, while he expressed his hearty approval of the existence of a second chamber, and strongly opposed any suggestions that might be offered in favour of its abolition, at the same time was of the opinion that certain reforms would be very beneficial, provided they were

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moderate and gradually effected. IIe then proceeded to state what he considered to be the existing evils of the present second chamber, and concluded with the statement that he did not so much wish to suggest what reforms should be made, as to point out the necessity for them. The motion was then seconded by Pickles, who briefly expressed his support of Robinson ' s views . The opposition were somewhat slow in coming forward, but were at last led by Clarke and Wilson, who expressed his disapproval of experiments being tried in the state unless the necessity was urgent, and the utility evident . Stevenson then spoke for the motion, and was followed by the Rev. II. L. Clarke, who, in an eloquent speech of a strongly conservative type, opposed the motion . The discussion was followed up by Wilson, Noble, and Stevenson, and Robinson then replied . As no further discussion seemed likely to follow, the President called on the House to divide. The motion was then defeated by a majority of 20 to 3.

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SIRS,—May I solicit space for a few remarks r propos of the somewhat bumptious Oxford Letter which appeared in your December issue? In giving a detailed recapitation of the Oxford victories, your correspondent says :—" Last, but not least, the rival 'Varsity got 'sossed ' by three goals, four tries, to one goal—gained by a misunderstanding. " Does this last clause refer to the former score ? If so, it admits of a better explanation than may be at first apparent, for, as a matter of fact, sundry of the Oxford tries gave rise to misunderstandings, which appeared to take a good deal of settling. If, on the other hand, this novel view has reference to the Cambridge score, we cannot but pronounce it mean . Not satisfied with a victory far too decisive to he at all consistent with the comparative public form previously displayed by the rival teams, " ODOD " endeavours by a fiction, iniquitous because unfounded, to rob us of our one microscopic consolation. The letter goes on to say :—" Grant Asher should certainly obtain

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a place in the Scotch Fifteen, being, with the somewhat doubtful exceptior of A. R . Don Wauchope, the only man equal to Rotherham .' Possibly these doubts are untinged by partiality ! No disinterested judge of the game will admit that Don Wanchope is one whit inferior Br any half-back in the United Kingdom, and the following extract from the Athletic News of Wednesday, January the ninth—to wit : In: Wauchope we have the greatest quarter at present on the turf "— speaks in no doubtful terms of his superiority, not even suggesting Rotherham and Asher as doubtful exceptions! " ODOD " appropriatel n closes his remarks on football by a comfortable assignment of ten Oxonians to various international teams, and a modest regret that that number is not twelve . Yours truly, ANTI-SWAG.

NOTES AND ITEMS.

E . Y . DANIEL passed 18th out of

110 successful candidates for admission to Sandhurst at the recent examinations.

W . BARBER, Q .C ., has been appointed by the Council of Legal Educa-

tion, Professor of the Law of Beal and Personal Property, fur the year 1884. REV . C . E. STORRS, Vicar of Snaith, has been appointed rural Deal.

by the Archbishop of York. E . E . DEANE has passe 1 the Intermediate Examination for the Degree

of LL .B ., at London University, in the First Division. P. II. FLOWER has passed the First Examination at the Woolwich

R M.A ., receiving his Commission in the Royal Artillery. :3RD HUSSARS : Captain A . A . W . B . Bright-Smith from the King's

(Liverpool Regiment) to be Captain vice II . C . Jackson, who exchanges.

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21ST HUSSARS : Lieut . F . H . Eadon, from 3rd Batt . the York and Lancaster Regiment, to be Lieutenant vice W . Knox, pro moted.

The following have passed the Final Examination of the Incorporated Law Society :—Chas . Arthur Close, B .C .L ., M .A. ; John Chas . Dalton, .Lis . Frederick Griffith, Wm . Herbert Jackson, Alfred Thorney. Intermediate Examinati in—Noel P . W . Brady.

E . A. DOUGLAS has played for Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club all through the season.

L . E . STEVENSON also played in the later matcheG. H. EYRE is at present pulling 2 in the Cambridge boat. W . F . B . CALVERT played for Yorkshire and Cheshire v . Oxford University.

W . W. GARWOOD, Queen' s College, Oxford, is appointed Curate to Canon Erskine Clarke, of Battersea . He is to be ordained on Trinity Sunday.

The editors beg to acknowledge the receipt of the following magazines :—Lorettonian (3), Ulula, Alleynian, Reading School, Lily,, Lecdiensian .

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ILE SCRIBBLER'S MONTHLY, an amateur magazine to which, in virtue of its Peterite origin, we have more than once directed

attention, has reached its second year . A novelette by a former editor of the Magazine of Art is the leading feature ; it is both interesting and well-written . It is proposed that each number this year shall contain an original illustration, and the engravings which have appeared so far are of very good quality. We may be allowed to quote one of the con-

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tributions to the January number, not because it is the best, but because it is the shortest . It is an epitaph on a lady: This is the grave so quiet and shady Of a most well-connected lady ; So aristocratic and high born a madam. She had her own private Eve and Adam ; Really I trust in Heaven's variety She may not find too mixed a society.

The subscription to the magazine is 10s . per annum . Communications should be addressed to the secretary, Mr . R. Ward Carroll, Coombe Mavis, Chislehurst, Kent .

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"CHEROOT :" A NOVELETTE, BY O-DA. (Continued.)

CHAPTER IV . LIFE IN A ZOUAVE CAMP. ILE

African sun is blazing with its fiercest heat down on a tabaret

T in Tunis . It is a picturesque sight. Seated at little tables,

placed here and there, under the shade of lofty elms, are the swarthy heroes of the French troops, the blue, red, and gold of their uniforms contrasted prettily with the neat costume of the vivandicre, as she flitted to and fro, supplying the wants of the bronzed veterans. " Sacre bleu ! a pretty croc-mitaine this, " cried a red-trousered ruffian, who, from a slight obliquity of vision, rejoiced in the soubriquet of CoquaL, " a great ugly rosbif. Pardieu ! to say we were not so good as the Arabs " As he spoke he ducked his head to avoid a bottle of eau de vie, which came whizzing from the fair hand of Cheroot, the vivandiure In vain, however ; for the bottle smashed against the tree beyond and, falling, laid open his head . Nothing disconcerted, the warrior wiped off the mass of blood, cognac, and broken glass, growling out the while, Corpo di Baccho ! ma belle . I could have done with that inside instead of outside . Pour-poi? you are wasting good liquor'. " "IIe said the truth, " screamed the vivandicre, with a pretty little stamp of her foot . " He is worth twenty such holmsons as you . There would have been precious little of you left this day, had he not cut off the Lead of the elephant, that was charging you yesterday, with one blow of his arm, this gentilleoounze with the hands of a woman and the occur of a lion ."

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Caramba ! Notre-dame ! Mort de ma vie ! My eye ! To toss up, and say if it came down tetes, he would join the Arabs, or us, if it came down, by our lady ! tails . Que le diantre ! I believe hi petite is in love with him ." Moi, je in love . Comment say that of me ! " shrieked Cheroot, now furiously enraged . She advanced to him, and quietly upset hint into a tub of beer that stood by . Then she turned on her heel and walked off, singing " Purtous pour la Syrie. " CIIAPTER V. CIIEROOT TO TILE RESCUE.

Mid-day . For nine long hours since the first grey streaks of early dawn had reddened the west, our heroes had been struggling for dear life against the serried ranks of Araby 's swarthy sons . The wild waves of their fury had (lashed themselves in vain against the unbroken lines of the children of la France ." The sun was now sinking, and the wearied Zouaves were steadily giving way before the desperate charges of the Arab soldiery . In vain had Bel it faire peur, with all the courage of a royal Bougereau, that knew not when it was beaten, led them to hurl themselves with desperate valour against their foes . In vain had he slain ten men with one stroke of the arm that had stroked the Oxford eight five times to victory, in each charge . Their enemies numbered ten to their every one, and even he had begun to despair of success as he looked at their countless swarms, that seemed undiminished, though the ground was literally paved with Arab corpses. With dogged determination to conquer or die, the French soldiery were rallying once again at the sound of Cecil ' s clear tones, which they loved so well, when a shriek, as of an eagle when it has scented a carcase in the desert, came from the rear. °' Voici, mes camarades, Manilla it la rescousse . Here am I, my comrades ; Manilla Cheroot to the rescue ! " It was Cheroot. She came up, galloping far in the front of it reinforcement of cavalry, with her pistol pointed at the commander of tie Arabs. At the sound of her voice, the brave Zouaves redoubled their fury. They fought like demons, and Belle it. faire peur, with one arm hanging by the skin, swept down a whole line at one fell blow. But the Arabs, at the sight of her whom they dreaded more than the whole host, and who was believed among them to be the child de

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le diable, turned round panic-stricken, and scuttled off in the darkness like startled hares to their burrows. With an exquisite kingly gesture, the scion of the Bougereaus, now a common corporal in an army of the riffraff of France, stooped down and kissed the darling of the army. "You have won the day, ma petite, " he said. " Pouf ! Chut, it was nothing cela ; you have killed a dozen Arabs to my one . " It was true, however . Manilla had saved the day. CHAPTER VI . TIIE FAIRE LADYE.

There had been feasting in the camp . A royal English Duke, with his sister, whose peerless beauty had driven half the ladies in Europe wild with envy, had been visiting Tunis, and entertained royally by the officers of the army. Their arrival had brought only a renewal of the old agony to Cecil . In the Duke he recognised the friend of the old happy careless past, the " Cherub," known to the world as Lord Cockingham then ; but now, eldest son as he was, on his father' s death, he had succeeded to a dukedom, the fairest estate and most splendid fortune in England. Among them also was the lady, whose languid interest in the soldiers had caused her to dally among the French army, and whose queenly grace and regal manner had roused a passion unquenchable in Cecil's breast, and reminded Into so potently of all that he once voluntarily sacrificed for another's sin, that he could scarce constrain himself from declaring who he was and from being traitor to the oath once made and so honourably kept. All the old battle had to be re-fought ; and Cecil's soul was tempest-tossed to think of all that might have been . But his nobility had gained the day, and now he was far away on a distant mission, hoping that, by his return, she might be gone, lest her presence should sacrifice the ra-won victory. This was the woman who had desired to see Cheroot this night in her tent alone. The vivandicre came with a determination to defy the haughty daughter of Albion—the silver pheasant—the gilded hoopoe. " je suis tleatucrat . I hate your aristocrats ; is not he an aristocrat .' Do I not hate hate Ism ? I do I " " \V"ho, my child? " said the peeress of Spain . iuothiug of our world . Wait and see before you speak. "

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Cowed by her lofty demeanour and queenly gaze, Cheroot hung her head . At last she sobbed out, " Why, who but your Victor . as lie calls himself, whom you have even singled out for your especial favour . " " Child, you know not what yon say ; he is a corporal, I— " " I care not," laughed Cheroot, with bitter defiance . " You do not right to win the heart of our best soldier . IIe is the equal of any of your queens . AV ho are they ? Cela va sans dire ; I spit at them ! " Strange child " mused the princess. " I tell you lie loves you," cried Cheroot, grinding her little teeth. " Dear me," said the princess, wondering at this strange disclosure. " My poor little thing, your philosophy of this world is very crude, " she answered pityingly . I feel deeply for your youth and childishness ." " Sacre ; I fear not . You aristocrats trample on the scum of the earth and grind the poor to stuff your couches with roses ! He was one of you once ; I hate you all . " The languid stare of amused surprise with which Venetia heard these voids taught Cheroot her own inferiority. She gazed angrily at the Turkey carpet, cowed and subdued, as ashamed of herself as was possible for one like her. I see, " murmured the princess, " that your education is far from complete ; I fear— " " ° Pear—ciel de dieu—I know no fear," all her passion bursting out at the hated word . " See," and she levelled her pistol at Venetia's placid head. " I see, " calmly replied the other, nothing disconce .ted, as she reached out her fan and tapped the other's knuckles so as to drop the deadly weapon . " We know not fear either, ill-bred girl ; my interest in you only prevents me sending- yon away ." " Why did you send for me ? Voici, I am here ! Why did I come ? I knoll- not . I hate him with unutterable hate . " "I sent for you to give you something I thought you would like. Daughter of the camp and guardian of the canteen, I thought this would be useful to you . " And the princess swept grandly to her desk and reached out, a princess to a vivandicre, a pretty jewelled stylograph and penwiper to match, with a priceless pearl set in the midst. " Pouf, aristocrat ! I scorn your bribes . The daughter of the army cares not for the pampered luxury of a palace . Besides, I cannot

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write ." And with a bitter laugh that was like a scream and a sob, Cheroot hurled the trifle on the ground, and throwing her tunic over her head, rushed out of the tent. For long the princess sat gazing at the stars. " Can he love me," she said, " I thought I saw a tender look in his eye only a fortnight ago . But away with girlish romances . Let me call my women, and get to bed ." CHAPTER VII . IN VENETIA ' S TENT. "Mlle tonneres, nton caporal ; the fair English lady wishes you to

take to her the paintings on which you have spent so much pains, " said Zacristi, one morning, to our hero. " Who said so ? " languidly purred the old guardsman, with the instinct of his old caste, which forbade him to show the eager beating of his heart. " Why, she sent the message to the Colonel ." " Very well ; I will attend the princess," loftily answered Bel a faire peur. And that night beheld him lazily walking to her tent, with several large oil paintings under each arm . For he could not forget the cultured and refined tastes of old days ; and many an hour had he spent on works that would not have disgraced a Turner, showing forth in splendid colours the gorgeous lights and shades of Afric climes, thus gaining distraction from the noise and brutality of the uncultured ruffians among whom a strange fate had thrown him . Cake came labouring after him with as many pictures more ; for, faithful till death, his trusty follower had not deserted him in his hour of need. A few minutes sufficed to bring them to the door of the tent, and there bidding his attendant to deposit his burden and go, Cecil waited, watching the sinking sun . Ere long the princess called to him to enter. He went in ; but the courage that had so long nerved him gave way, and he stood speechless and abashed before the object of ins hopeless adoration . Despite her pride, the lady liked to see him pay this tribute to her beauty . It was worth having, the love of this gallant soldier, who never feared till then, before whom the fiercest Arab lowered and recoiled. "I ai aivoyu pour vous," she began " Don ' t mind the French, my lady," replied Beauty ; " I may at least congratulate myself on having been born in the same country with you ."

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"Then you are he, " said or rather screamed the princess . " You are the friend of my brother's youth whom I have so wished to see. I cannot be mistaken ; those eyes, the haughty curl of your nose, those , mellifluous tones—all, all tell of a Bougereau . But how is it you are not dead ; we all thought you were, and mourned long for you ? "'Tis no use to conceal what cannot be concealed . Ask not the past ; I live but for the future . Oh lady," he sadly but animatedly continued, "you know not what it is to hear an English voice again, though you I have never seen before. " " But do you know that you are Viscount Bougerean in your own right . Your three elder brothers are all dead with their father . He killed himself with drink ; your eldest brother fell iii a duel ; your second broke his neck as he was riding in a match for a million pounds ; your third committed suicide in an affair of hopeless love, after shooting his lady dead through the heart, ribs, and neck. " " I know ; but what boots it to talk, lady . I cannot come back without betraying another ! " But cannot you come for his sake, my brother's I mean . It is not right thus to throw yourself away ." " Ah lady, cannot you see, it could only be for your sake I would come . I have thought of none other since I saw you ; I love you ; I adore you to distraction ; my heart beats only for you ; I love, love, love you ." " Really, this is too sudden," said the haughty princess, hiding her face in her cambric handkerchief ; " I didn't think, I—I—I—didn ' t know, you know . Besides, what would my brother say ? You are only a corporal ; if you had been a general, of course— " " I know, I know," replied Cecil, now reckless ; " but I have six centimes a day, and you have probably a million ; we might live on that ." " I cannot, I cannot," passionately replied Venetia ; " do not urge me . I have no mother, and must look after myself. " " • Is this your ultimatum, " said Cecil with the easy sad grace that had ere now wrought such havoc among the fair ladies of the Upper Ten. " It is," she said, and straightway swooned in his arms. Imprinting a thousand impassioned kisses on her fair brow, Cecil placed her gently on the golden sand . Then he rushed out like a madman, knowing not what he did or said, crying out with moans that woke up the echoes on the shores of far Italy, beyond the sea .

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Qui va lh," said a hoarse voice beside him ; but it seemed like a dream to Cecil, and he heeded it not. "Oh ho, aha," said a voice that he knew too well—his colonel's. Our brave gar;ou has just left his girl . Shoot him if he will not give the password ." The tones of his brutal commander woke him from his reverie. Was he, a hougereau, to suffer this low-born upstart, who had consistently insulted him from the first—now putting him on half rations of dry bread and water, now making him clean the floors of the canteen— was he to suffer this man to insult Turn any longer . All the ancestors of his royal line stood up and cried " No " to him ; and, with the leap of a tiger on his prey, he sprang at the defenceless commandant, and pinioned him to the ground. " That ' s a big lie," was all he said ; and, rising slowly from his victim, he walked unconcernedly towards the camp. "Seize him, seize him, " screamed the infuriated ruffian . " He dies the day after to-morrow, if there be death in a French rifle . " And so a royal Bougereau was condemned to die like a common soldier, unknown, unwept, and unmoun ted.

CHAPTER 1 - 111 . A LAST RESOURCE.

A pretty picture was Manilla, leaning out of her quaint old lattice window, at Algiers, in her piquant unaesthetic costume, blowing the circling smoke of a Carancha de Cabaras into eddying rings, and taking occasional draughts from a flask of green Chartreuse that hung by her side. Away from the camp, from her conscious inferiority by the side of the " silver pheasant, " it her old home, with all her friends—the cats perched upon her dainty shoulders—she was happy and breathed freely again—the camp had lost its charm—he cared not for her—she was glad to be away, and yet she thought and thought of him. Lolling, lolling the idle day away. Beneath her, in the street, the tnniced inhabitants whistled as they hurried to their toil—a ceaseless stream ; when a hand in the crowd dexterously threw a rude note to the vivandii,re, who deftly caught and read it. She was thinking how she hated him, and yet the scrawl told something that made her cheek pale with sudden blanching emotion . She lightly leapt into the street below, and rushed wildly

CHEI:OOT.

down it, not knowing where she went . She only saw the message that a boy soldier had sent burning before her frenzied eyes. " Twenty-four hours and he must die ; chat, I hate the whitehanded aristocratic, and yet he is brave and loved mes enfants ; he should not die." Thus she raved—flying the deadly, though absortive love that constrained her—she hurried madly on ; past tent, past house and garden, past all the Spakes and Turcos that loved her well . Iler brain was reeling ; her eyes gazed frantically around ; she felt consciousness swooning away . On a sudden she sailed into a maison publique. She seized a light-haired Englishman, who was idly quaffing champagne, by the throat ; her dainty hands quivered as they gripped and shook him ; her voice rattled as she hissed, " You know him ; he dies ; he is one of you ! " " Might I ask if you are sober ? " languidly asked the other, as his face turned and showed that of Cecil's brother—the usurping lord. Instinct had strangely led her right. " Hear you—he dies—tomorrow—Victor ." " Who—my brother ? " gasped the other. " Ile is English—save him ; you know him ; I see it in your face, " yelled Cheroot, and she throttled him the tighter. " Here—let me consider, " he cried ; " what can I do ? IIe is my brother ; oh dear a me ! "Pah —you helpless gar!ion—write he is your brother—go see him— beg him off . I ride to-night a hundred miles to the Marechal—he only can give reprieve—or else he dies ere the next sun rises in the east ." She hurried off heedless that only a corpse had fallen from her madly unconscious bands—a victim to internal contending emotions and her own excited frenzy.

CRAFTER Ix . " ALL FOR LOVE . "

Already the sand was shimmering under the rays of the rising sun, when a tall noble-looking man was led out by twenty-four soldiers, on to a piazza paved with stone, in the heart of Tunis . IIe seemed wearily careless of what was passing, though they, who were soon to be his executioners, sobbed aloud, each with his face buried in the rag that served for a handkerchief .

CHEROOT . as

Courage, ieec en/hoe," said Cecil, ' I don ' t care a little hang myself. This is the last time these optics will look on yonder sun," he cheerily remarked . " Can I have a brandy and soda . " They brought it him ; and true to the last to the canons of his order, Cecil, scorning to be blindfolded, gaily stepped to his place. "I'm ready, you fellows," he remarked, with the weary nonchalance befitting a guardsman. Poor, bang ! to

Stop, stop 1 " rang out a voice from behind ; " reprieve, reprieve . '

It was too late ; four-and-twenty bullets had sped on their fatal errand . But not too quickly for one whose movements were rapid as the lightning' flash . Quick as thought, Cheroot, for it was she, sprang off her horse, and clasped her hero, the idol of her heart, in a last embrace. " Can this be death that is stealing over inc,' thought; Cecil ;

this the finger of the dread monarch of all ? If so, it is better than I thought ." "Cheroot is shot, Cheroot is dying, Cheroot is dead!" cried the impassioned vivandibre ; but thou, oh thou, say thou art not dead ? IIe was not dead. On the contrary, Cheroot had intercepted the fatal messengers of death ; and now, pierced by four-and-twenty bullets, she lay dying on his heart. Kiss me, mom brave," she murmured ; "this for the last time. I have brought your pardon, and now I die . But, pornf, that is nothing. I would have done the same for any of my children ; so don ' t you think I am in love with you . " * Cecil Bougereau is now Lord Bougereau, owner of the fairest estates in broad England ; and Venetia de Corina is now Lady Bougereau . But year by year Lord and Lady Bougereau visit a certain grave iii Tunis, crowned with a lowly tombstone, on which is inscribed To MANILLA CIIEROOT, who died for A NOT TIER .

THE INFLUENCE OF THE STAGE. " All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players ." —Shakespeare.

W HATI:V ER may the opinion as to whether humanity, as a W ~/ whole, is making real progress in the paths of virtue, there can is

be no doubt that in many spheres of life a decided change for the better is noticeable to the observer . Perhaps nowhere has this improvement been more rapid than in the influence of our stage upon the people ; for the advance in morality which has taken place of late years in its teaching is remarkable. This influence, being so widely felt, it is of the utmost importance that it should be a good one ; and yet there was a time, within living memory, when drunkenness and debauchery were the common accompaniments of the purlieus of the Theatre . At such a time, when it was truly said of England "Lo, where the stage, the poor, degraded stage, Holds its warped mirror to a gaping age," it was not to be wondered that all people who viewed life seriously should have considered it their duty to protest against the flagrant evils they then witnessed at our theatres, nor that their protests should have resulted in generating a deeply-rooted aversion to the stage, which it will take long years to extirpate . Perhaps, in some quarters, this aversion is so deep that it will never be entirely removed. That the stage has not necessarily a degrading influence will be admitted, when it is remembered that the influence exercised by the drama of the Greeks and Romans was a good and noble one . Their stage served to commend the religion, government, and public worship of their country, and their plays appealed to the higher instincts of men—honour, love, nobleness, honesty, courage, and the like . The Athenian plays were written with such a regard for morality that even Socrates was not afraid to frequent the theatres of his time ; and Cicero considered the Roman plays worthy of his personal support. Once, it is true, Cato dropped into a Roman theatre when the " Floralia" were to be represented ; and, as in that performance, which was a kind of religious ceremony, there were some indecent parts to be acted, the people refused to see them while Cato was present . The following is a translation of an epigram written by Martial regarding this incident :—

THE INFI .I!ENCE Os' TIIE STAGE .

" Why dost thou come, great censor of thy age, To see the loose diversions of the stage? With awful countenance, and brow severe, What, in the name of goodness, dost thou here? See the mix d (lewd !—how giddy, lewd, and vain ! Didst thou cone in, but to go out again?" The faithful representation of heathen religious rites was inseparable from much that was objectionable . and what was honoured in the Temple might very well therefore be found indecent in the Theatre . But Cato's experience, as related above, is not to be taken as an example of the condition of the stage in his time . This was a rare occurrence amongst the Greeks and Romans ; for they were far too wise to stake their nightly entertainments other than what would improve and elevate the people . It is clear that, from the manner iii which they conducted their theatres, there are many lessons for us to gather, and it would have been well if more attention had been always paid to these. The influence of the stage is certainly very strong . By way of an example of the value to which theatricals may attain, we have only to point to the remarkable disclosures which have been made respecting polygamy in Utah by Mrs . Stenhouse . The very-hitch-married ladies of Salt Lake City have a strong predilection for dramatic entertainments; and, in the absence of any religion worthy of the name, the stage stepped into its proper position of a great moral teacher . As a rule, every drama delineates the absorbing love of (it , t man for one woman; and this (to them) novel idea set the ladies of Utah, where a solitary husband is apportioned to a great variety of wires, deeply pondering. What was the result? The drama gave a very decided blow to the principles of polygamy. The chief point to be observed in the dramas of the present day is that, whatever vices are now represented, they are marked and branded, and the bad characters are painted in their true colours . The villain, for instance, is not put forward as a man worthy of respect, as was only too common fifty years ago, but of loathing and contempt ; while the virtuous man stands out in high relief as an example for men to copy. Thus the stage contributes its assistance to the advancement of morality, and the reformation of the age ; for none can spend two or three hours in one of the higher entertainments of this kind without rising wiser and better than when he entered the building. Aristotle ' s deep view of the result of violent tragic drama was "that it aims, through the medium of two feelings which it represents in action—terror and fear—to refine these and similar passions in the

SCHOOL LETTER.

spectators ." But we must confess that in this refinement of feeling there is danger ; for as the terrible and pathetic in real life are painful things to witness, and as on the stege the worst part is taken away by the consciousness that they are unreal, yet they give rise to an impression somewhat akin to that which is produced by the reality ; and the feeling which should be painful is, when thus diluted, made enjoyable . A person thus " refined" will turn aside from circumstances where pain is not present to intensify excitement : such an one will be found wanting when true feeling is required for toe, because his feelings will have got into the habit of being roused without leading to exertion . We see, with Shakespeare " How use cloth breed a habit in a man !" But this danger is only to be feared from witnessing the tragic drama to excess ; and indeed the same injnriens effect would result from reading romance to excess, though a little of either alight be beneficial.

[7o be continued.]

SCHOOL LETTER. HE Bout laces have lately occupied all attention . Most of

T them are by this time over . The Day Boys, as was expected,

have won the Senior House Fours, and the Civil the School Fours. The Scheel House were very unfortunate in having to row without Brandt, who was not well enough to row : Little took his place . The absence of some important members of the senior boats a short time ago having left an afternoon without any races, some scratch pairs were quickly arranged, so that spectators alight not be disappointed. C . Johnson and W . G . Nilson were the favou r ites and won . The Scratch hours have begun, and there were some good races on the first day . Very few O . P .'s took part . The interest of the spectators which had fallen during an uninteresting row over was revived by one of the coxes who fell over the side of the boat just before arriving at the bank, and was seen vigourously striking out fur the bank with one foot in the boat . He got free however, and succeeded iii Iandi safely . There is some talk of a race between a representative crew from the School and a crew of O .P ' s after the school races are over. The Debating Society, as will be seen from the accounts of meetings . is still in force and shows no sign of falling through. Nearly all the debates ]nave been attended by more than 20 members .

BOATING. IIE Boat Races began on March 22nd and continued till April I. They were unfortunately delayed by the absence of some, who were trying their luck at the Universities, and of others through indisposition . The weather all through was splendid and attracted large numbers of spectators . As regards the rowing there appears to be an improvement on former years, all crews this year being in good training . Many of the races were indeed hollow, notably the senior fours between the two houses, and the final heat of the senior sculls. The junior races were miserably contested, there being only two pairs and 2 entries for the sculls . This augurs ill for another year and is altogether inexplicable, for at no time were there more juniors in the School . But they seem to think that the races are for their especial benefit, in fact something to go and see, and excuse themselves from rowing either on the plea that " it ' s too much fag," or that they " have no chance. " The senior races on the other hand chew an improvement' there being 6 entries for the sculls two of which, however, scratched before the race. The two best races of the season were the Senior House final, which resulted in a dead heat, though the Day boys won it in the end, and the final of the School Fours which the Civil just managed to win by four feet. The first races was :—School Fours, 1st heat.

CIVIL F . W. Faber (bow) R. C . Rose H. N. Crossley F . R . Brandt (stroke) J . Scarbrough (cos)

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SCHOOL. N . Williamson (bow) R . Crawsha v R . F. Halliwell T . H . Little (stroke) Carter (cox)

This was a very hollow affair, the Civil, as was expected, rowing right away from their lighter opponents and winning Ly -1- lengths. A heat of the Senior sculls followed : J . G. Wilson

C . B. Clarke

A good race was expected, as it was thought that Clarke's weight and strength would counterbalance Wilson's superior style . However these expectations were disappointed, for Clarke's erratic steering soon gave his opponent a lead, which he gradually increased, passing the winning-post 4 lengths in advance.

BOATING.

No . 3 was a Junior Pair : A . Rose (bow) C. Haynes (stroke) J . Mortimer (cox)

J . A . Dunkerley (bow) J . E . Gofton (stroke) S . T . Chadwick (cox)

The former were the heavier pair and won by 31 lengths, though. their style was more amusing than pretty. The concluding event of the day was another heat of the Senior sculls : R . C. Rose

R. Crawshaw

Rose was by far the stronger of the two and led all the way, .. finally winning by 3 lengths, though Crawsbaw pulled very pluckily and in excellent style throughout. On Tuesday, 25th, the races could not be continued owing to the absence of various fellows, and so scratch pairs were got up and. resulted as follows : — A. W. G. Wilson (bow) H . W . Rhodes (bow) C . Johnson (stroke) v. D. Marshall (stroke) J. Mortimer (cox) S. T . Chadwick (cox) Johnson rowing a quick stroke led all the way and won by 1 length .. B. H . N . Crossley (bow) F . W . Faber (stroke) J . Mortimer (cox)

P . E. Lord (bow) C . B . Clarke (stroke) S . T. Chadwick (cox)

Faber rowing a grand scratch stroke soon brought his boat i length to the front, which he increased to a and won by that distance. C. J. G. Wilson (bow) R. Crawshaw (stroke) S. T. Chadwick (cox) Rowed over. Winner of A then rowed and beat winner of B by 4 length. Final. W. G. Wilson (bow) C . Johnson (stroke) S. T. Chadwick (cox)

J. G. Wilson (bow)

R. Crawshaw (stroke) J. Mortimer (cox)

Both boats got off well at the start, but the superior strength of Johnson's boat soon began to tell, and accordingly it won by a length .

BOATING.

On Thursday there were only two races, the first being :— Senior House Fours (1st heat). SCHOOL HOUSE H . W. Rhodes (bow) C . B . Clarke T. H . Little P. E . Lord (stroke) G . C . Waud (cox)

REV . H . L. CLARKE'S. R. Crawshaw (bow) D. Marshall H . N . Crossley C . Johnson (stroke) J. Scarbrough (cox)

A good race was expected, but a very poor one took place . Soon after the start Johnson, who as usual pulled a quick stroke, soon brought his boat to the front, and at the "corner " was leading by 2 lengths, which was increased to 3, this being the distance between the two boats at the finish. It is only fair to say that the School House was deprived of the services of F. R . Brandt, who was unable to row through a slight illness. The Junior sculls followed : E . R . White

C . Haynes

The result of this race was quite unexpected. Both boats got off well at the start, but when the corner was reached White was leading by about a length . Here responding to loud cries from the bank he put on a spurt and quickly drew away from his opponent, winning by G lengths . Haynes ' steering was very erratic. Saturday was a splendid day, and consequently great numbers lined the banks and were rewarded by two splendid races. Senior House Fours (final) : DAY BOYS' J. Cr . Wilson (bow) W. Murray R . Rose W . G . Wilson (stroke) C . Haynes (cox)

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Ri ~ . H. L . CLARKE'S. R. Crawshaw (bow) D . Marshall H . N . Crossley C . Johnson (stroke) J . Scarbrough (cox)

The two boats got off to a good start and for some distance rowed level, but at the White Railing the Boarders had gained nearly half a length . The Day Boys having the near station then made up the lost ground and came through Scarbro' Bridge about 4 feet ahead . This advantage they maintained to Lendal Bridge, where the Boarders came with a spurt, and the result was a dead heat.

BOA'T'ING.

On rowing off on the Monday, the Day boys won easily. (2 .)

SIXrH. W. G. Wilson (bow) C . B . Clarke P . E . Lord C . Johnson (stroke) J . G . Wilson (cox.)

CIVIL F . W . Faber (bow) R . Rose H. N . Crossley F . R . Brandt (stroke) J . Scarbrough (cox .)

This was a splendid race . The Civil got the best of the start, owing to one of the Sixth losing his oar, and were leading by nearly a length at the boat house ; but the Sixth, getting well together, soon began to come up, and at the corner were not quite half a length to the bad . Then the Sixth gradually gained on their opponents, but were not quite able to overtake them, for the Civil just passed the post 4 feet in advance. The Junior House Fours and Final of the Sculls, which had been unavoidably postponed, were rowed on Wednesday and Friday evenings following. On Wednesday . Junior House Fours. v. DAY BOYS A . Rose (bow) R. Haynes J . B . Stevenson N . Williamson (stroke) G . Lane (cox)

REV . II . L . CLARKES. H . Bloomfield (bow) H . McClellan H . Rudgard W. Ford (stroke) J . Scarbrough (cox)

The latter were the favourites, but failng to row a quick stroke, the Day boys, greatly aided by the current, gradually took the lead, and, increasing it, won by 3+ lengths. Senior Sculls (Final) . — R . Rose r. J . Wilson

Rose, making good use of his strength and sitting his boat well, soon left Wilson, who, getting disheartened, rowed hardly up to his usual form. Rose won by six lengths and plenty to spare. On Friday, 4th, the Final of the Junior House Fours was pulled off. SCHOOL HOUSE F. W . Faber (bow) R . T . E . Fausset R . F . Halliwell T. H . Little (stroke) G. C . Waud (cox .)

DAY BOYS. A. Rose (bow) R. Haynes J . B . Stevenson N . 'Williamson (stroke) G . Lane (cox .)

At the time of going to press the result of this race had not been decided, owing to the claim of a foul against the Day boys .

THE DEBATING SOCIETY. HE Society held its second meeting on Saturday, February 18th.

T Before the motion was brought forward, a code of rules, which

had been drawn up by a sub-committee appointed for the purpose, were read out before the Rouse and unanimously approved . The following elections were then made . President, Rev . H . L . Clarke ; VicePresident, W. G . Wilson ; Committee, P . E. Lord, C . Johnson, J. B. Stevenson . W . G . Wilson then moved, "That in the opinion of this House the House of Commons was justified in preventing Mr . Bradlaugh from taking the oath ." After an apology for bringing before the House a subject which had already been discussed, the mover loudly declaimed the conduct of Mr . Bradlaugh in refusing to take the oath, thereby outraging the religious feeling of the House and the majority of his fellow-countrymen . IIe declared it monstrous that a professedly reasonable being, who declared that the oath had no binding force on his conscience should be justified in appealing to a Deity whose existence he denied . In his opinion the House was fully justified in expelling a blasphemer from their midst . The national religion was the basis of the constitution, and that was the highest principle that ever guided our legislation ; when this was endangered, the foundation of the state would be undermined . H . Crawshaw then rose to second and appealed to the House for their support of the motion . The opposition were led by J . Wilson, who was promptly followed up by J . B . Stevenson. The discussion was continued by Wuly, Clarke, Johnson, and Rev . II. L . Clarke, and as the debate languished the President called on the mover to reply, after which the House divided, the motion being carried by a majority of 11. On Saturday, February 23rd, C . Johnson moved, " That the Sunday Closing Act would be injurious ." The mover was seconded by N . Williamson, and opposed by C . Rose. L . W. Pickles then, in a fluent speech, expressed his disagreement with Johnson's arguments, and gave some statistics showing the wide approbation with which the Act was received throughout the country . Rev . H . L . Clarke then followed with a speech which strongly condemned the motion . At this point P . E . Robinson introduced an amendment on the motion couched

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in the following terms, " That this House, though deploring the state of drunkenness in this country, more especially that which mars the proper observance of the Sabhath, thinks that a Sunday Closing Act would not tend to remedy the evil." The amendment was seconded by J . Noble, and, on a division, was thrown out by a majority of 16 . R. Crosthwaite then spoke in support of the original motion, and C . Johnson replied . The IIouse dividing, the motion was defeated by a majority of 8. On Saturday, March 1st, owing to the unavoidable absence of Rev. II. L. Clarke, Rev . W . Routh kindly acted as president . J . Noble moved that " Charles I . was a Martyr ." The mover's speech consisted chiefly of a review of the history of Charles I ., with whom he said he heartily sympathised . IIe was then ably seconded by F . R. Brandt, who, in a well-prepared speech, expressed his concurrence with the mover's opinions . W . G . AVilson rose to oppose, and was followed by F . E . Robinson, while C . Johnson and R. Holmes spoke in support of the motion. On a division, the motion was defeated by a majority of 1. On Saturday, March 8th, W . G . A\"ilson moved, " That a Classical Education is a better mental training than a Scientific Education . " The debate on this occasion rather took the form of a contest between the Sixth and Civil Forms, the former, almost without exception, being in favour of a classical education, and the latter, with equal unanimity, a scientific education . The mover very cleverly supported his motion, and by the general drift of his speech, showed that he held the study of science, and more especially the solely mathematical portion of science in considerable contempt . After the motion had been seconded by C . Johnson, F . E . Robinson rose promptly to oppose the motion, and was supported by Rev. AV. Routh, who, after an amusing speech, was followed by Rev II. L . Clarke and R . Holmes . As there was then no promise of any further discussion, W . G . Wilson replied, and the House divided, the motion being carried by a majority of 3. On Satu rday, March 15th, A . Rose moved, "That the impeachment of Warren Hastings was perfectly unjustifiable ." The mover was seconded by J . Noble, it Holmes leading the opposition . As the discussion began to wander from the real question, the Rev . W . Routh

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reminded the House of the real point before the House for discussion. He was then followed by the Rev . II . L . Clarke, who strongly opposed the motion, while W . G.Wilson spoke in favour of it . After a few remarks by L. W. Pickles on the side of the opposition, A . Rose replied . On a division an equal number declared in favour of the motion and against it . The casting vote of the president, however, decided against the motion, which was accordingly thrown out by a majority of 1. On Saturday, March 22nd, the Rev . 'LV . Routh moved, "That the present working of the Poor Laws is in some respects defective ." In . opeaing the debate Mr . Routh, in a very well-reasoned speech, advanced many convincing arguments in favour of his motion, and was ably seconded by L. W . Pickles . The Rev . H . L. Clarke followed with a very humorous speech, after which the House divided, the motion being carried by a majority of 8.

CORRESPONDENCE. do not know whether "Anti-Swag " was present at the 'Varsity match, but I may inform him that my assertion that the 'Cambridge try was gained by a misunderstanding was not without foundation. As I happened to be within two yards of the place where Chilcott grounded the ball, I think I may speak with some confidence of the circumstances, which were as follows :—Asher received a temporary injury, and most of the Oxford team were clustering round, and I myself heard Tatham call out to ask for the game to be stopl :ed while ,they looked to see what was the matter . Some Cantabs did stop, but SIRS,—I

the majority, by a series of passes, succeeded in letting Chilcott have an unopposed run in, as Tristram was the only back in the way, the threequarters and almost all the forwards having stopped playing . After the try was obtained I again heard the Oxford captain appeal against it—not for any illegality, but simply for the misunderstanding above mentioned. As regards the fact that the match was not consistent with public form, I need only say that Cambridge have suffer ed three defeats and two draws, while several of their victories were over clubs much weaker

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than any the Oxonians play, e. q. H .M .S . Marlborough . The form displayed by Cambridge against Wakefield Trinity, as compared with that of Oxford against Yorkshire, and the results of the Old Leys encounter with the two 'Varsities—en passant the Oxford team in this last match was disgracefully weak—all point to the same result, and the correctness of the form then displayed. Next comes a charge of partiality. Might I call attention to the fact that the word " We" in the quotation he makes has a dangerous trace of partiality in it . It evidently comes from some one in a club to which Don Wauchope belongs. On the other side let me remind Anti-Swag " that at the time when the Oxford letter was written Don Wauchope was doing absolutely nothing in the football world, and that all critics spoke of Asher and Rotherham as the finest halves then playing . Lastly, let me quote opinions expressed by leading papers, such as the Field, Bell's Life, about the International match :—" Asher and Maclagan were the best of the Scotch behinds ; " "Don Wauchope's play was disappointing : in fact, he seemed outclassed . " The worst that is said of Rotherham is that he was not up to form, while all papers alike speak well of Asher. ODOD. [This correspondence must cease . The events alluded to are so long past that any further allusion to them seems unadvisable .]

NOTES AND ITEMS. G . II. E1RE is rowing 2 in the Cambridge Eight. Royal Marine Light Infantry : E . Y. DANIEL to be Lieutenant. Worcestershire Regiment : Lieut. A . . C . E Telfer.

MOSS to be Captain, vico

Bombay Staff Corps : To be Lieutenant, Lieut . G . W . MITCHELL, from West Yorkshire Regiment. At the Examination for Honours of candidates for admission on the Roll of Solicitors of the Supreme Court, the Examination Committee recommended W . II . JACKSON as entitled to honorary distinction. F. WATSON, of S. John ' s, Cambridge, has taken his B . D . degree .

THE

PET[RITE Vol. . VI .

JUNE, 1884.

No. 44.

MAY MORNING IN OXFORD. [BY ONE OF ITS VICTIMS .]

ERHAPS some of our readers may care to hear a detailed account

P from a participator of a curious old custom, with which Oxford still, even in these levelling days, celebrates the advent of May.

I was fortunate enough upon the last day of April to find myself the unexpected possessor of an order to the Tower of Magdalen College, for the ceremony which takes place there upon every May Day, at 5 a.m . There are two ways only of " doing a May " ; the first and perhaps better way is to sit up all night ; it takes two at least however, to make a night of it, and I was alone in lodgings ; the other is to rise at 4-0 a .m. Having no friend with whom to pass the night in linked sweetness, long drawn out of tea (?) drinking, carding, and dicing, I was compelled to practise the virtue of early rising in a manner befitting my isolated and hermit state . My slumbers were curtailed at the other end by some neighbours, who persisted in anticipating the pleasures of the morrow by practising up to midnight a pianissimo upon the horn, whose use will be explained presently . After this I am proud of having awaked within five minutes of the time at which my landlady had (without even the alacrity with which she usually promises to carry out some order which, in her care for my welfare, she so frequently regards it her duty to leave unperformed) engaged to call me . I was thus enabled to be up and have some coffee ready for a friend, who, being in college, had been able to secure a companion for his night-long revels. At 1-20, or thereabouts, we were at Magdalen College gates, a very small portion of our journey . The unofficial public had to wait

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some twenty minutes, before the rush for first places in the climb up the Tower . This is regarded as the most perfectly-proportioned in Oxford, rising straight from the ground to a height of 14C feet (I throw in a few odd feet to show my great accuracy of detail). After an Alpine climb up an immense ladder, we screwed ourselves on to a stone corkscrew staircase for about half an hour's steady treadmill practice, when the staircase, gradually narrowing to a point, was succeeded by a perpendicular ladder, up which we endeavoured to qualify as smart main top-gallant men . When we reached the masthead— I beg your pardon, I mean the top of the square tower, all among the pinnacles and lightning conductors, we found a broad plateau, capable of holding two or three score of people . There we enjoyed probably the finest view that there is to be got of this most beautiful city, serene in the majesty of its early morning slumbers, the clear air guiltless of kitchen-chimney smoke, in the stillness of—but I am not doing a trade as a penny-a-liner, so I may mention between ourselves that the " city's mighty heart " was not " lying still " by any means ; on the contrary, the whole juvenile population of Oxford did their best to point the contrast to the heavenly prospect we enjoyed by the discordant and unearthly bray of a concourse of tin trumpets, with which one and all they were provided, and did their best to drown all music but their own . What be the origin of this custom, whether separate from that of May Day observance or not, and who introduced it, as Ilerodotus would say, I do not know, but what I have been told that I relate. " Some say that the service on the Tower is a continuance of a popish observance, mass being said there oa that occasion in the pre-reformation days—and that the braying below is the expression of a protestant protest on the part of the puritan population of Oxford . Why mass should be said in such an unusual and uncomfortable place is one of " those questions which are worth asking, though they have no answer." In the absence of any proof that it ever was said, to the suggestion that the monks ever left their comfortable and beautiful chapel for a labour of difficulty like that climb, I can only say with the Americans " you bet ." Others say that the whole ceremony is a relic of sun-worship, and the proletariate below unite with the choir above in greeting in blissful concert—beginning, not with sackbut or psaltery, but upon the common or garden tin trumpet—the rising sun-god ; would that they had even

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awaited his arrival . Whatever hypothesis we adopt, we cannot suppose the town come to hear the music, they are too well contented with their own even to allow others to hear . The chief gainers are the itinerant vendors of the early bun and hot coffee, who turned the honest penny at that early hour. Whether for sun worship or not, I put in the second sun-rise I have ever assisted at, and probably the last I ever shall assist at in the course of my existence here. For after we had remarked upon the fine view of the city, all the meaner brick houses being dwarfed out of sight, while the eye rested only on the graceful curve of the High Street (from which the Tower rises precipitately) and the assemblage of stone buildings, of which the Bodleian Library, the University Church, and the Old Examination School are the centre, we were suddenly called upon to turn away from Oxford, as the upper limb of the sun became visible over Ileadington Hill. Though the Tower was densely packed, with a large proportion of ladies among the audience, it was some time before the choir and scholars (or Demies as they are locally designated) put on their surplices—hitherto worn as comforters—for the performance of their functions . Having waited until the last clock had struck five, we then listened, as well as the British public would allow, to the choir—one of the best in England—singing the following old Latin hymn ; those who knew the words being (as always on such occasions) as well able to follow them as those who did not, were totally unable to catch a single word. Te Deum Patrem colimus Te laudibus prosequimur, Qui corpus cibo reficis Cmlesti mentem gratia. Te adoramus, 0 Jesu, Te, Fili unigenite, Te qui non dedignatus es Sabire claustra virginis. Actus in crucem, factus es Irate Deo victima : Per te, Salvator unite, Vitse spes nobis reduit .

MAY

MORNING

IN OXFORD.

Tibi, mterne Spiritus, 2Eterne benedicimus (Jujus afflatu peperit, Infantem Maria Deurn. Triune Deus, hominum Salutis auctor optime, Immensnm hoc mysterium Orante lingua canimus. The words are said to have originally formed the college grace, but were deemed—so certain wicked persons have legendarily said— too good or too long for everyday use, and so replaced an older form originally employed on May morning . The music is by Rogers, a wellknown musician, who was organist of the College in 1680, or thereabouts. Probably as a mere musical performance the College Services would be preferable, and the shivering and sleepy appearance of the " sweet and piping trebles " did not seem to indicate that appreciation of the benefits of early rising on a cold morning which one might in the abstract wish to see in the British school-boy. As soon, however, as the religious ceremony was ended, and we had put our hats on again, no one seemed any the less hearty in entering into the fun which as usual followed. The first item consisted in throwing all surplices over the battlements, whilst the dons watched as if they would have liked to follow suit with their own . After the few poor yards of fluttering cambric had floated upon their mission to earth below, everyone's attention was engaged in seizing his neighbour ' s cap, while retaining possession of his own, and launching it on the same errand as the surplice, the object being to send it to the greatest distance possible. As the crowded state of the Tower left very little room for getting up a swing while one's neighbours were wary, no very good times were done, the record, which is over the adjoining chapel into the cloistered quad, was never reached . It was curious, upon descending, to find the grass below turned apparently into a laundress's drying-ground, with square black patches over the white. This amusement terminated the entertainment (as our journalist friend would say), one of the most successful we have ever witnessed. N .B .—We have only witnessed this one . The tin trumpets play a

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recessional hymn as we essay the descent, no less perilous than the ascent. It is now only 5-30, with an aching void of some hours before breakfast, and we begin to regret the impossibility of having the entertainment " laid on " in our own houses with the gas and water. However, as the mountain would not come to Mahomet, so we have had, like the prophet, to break down the barriers of reserve and assume the initiative. IIavin ;g• made these advances, we have to carry the thing through . So we take what is believed to be the orthodox way of killing time on these occasions—though privately, I think, more in theory than in practice—and climb the dark brow of the mighty Shotover, an elevation near Oxford, which has seen fit to assume the style of a hill . On this occasion it did the thing in thorough style, actually going to the trouble of having its summit shrouded in mist to assist the imagination. Through this we groped our way, passing numerous pairs of swains and swainesses—or is swine the feminine ?—who apparently chose for going a-Maying the hour when the British workman leaves his early couch, and the bird snaps up the early worm, while the bells of Magdalen College rang out through the drizzle in what, I suppose. was meant for f0 a merry peal," though I have never yet met, in real life, that pure invention of the newspaper correspondent . Perhaps our readers have never lived, however . within twelve feet of a church -steeple that has a habit of waking the echoes by the hour on a Sunday morning. Suffice it to say that we returned to our starting point at an early hour, and while my landlady " snorted " at having to rise to our demands for breakfast at that early hour, we kept up the circulation and spirits by going and pulling our more fortunate friends out of bed. Though that can hardly he regarded as the termination of the ceremony, the details of breakfast are " of no value to anybody but the owner, " and ours only differed from everyone else's in duration and extent. W . II . G.

CRICKET. The Old L'oys' Match is to be played on Commemoration Day Wednesday, June 25 . Any who wish to take part are requested to communicate with H. W. Rhodes.

THE INFLUENCE OF THE STAGE. (Continued.)

Goethe, in the dialogue representing shallow culture and true culture, makes Wagner say : " I've often heard it said at least An actor might instruct a priest ;" to which Faust answers : " Yes, if the priest an actor be, Which sometimes happens certainly. We fear this rejoinder of Faust's was too severe. However, it was a matter of great surprise to Archbishop Sancroft that actors, when speaking of merely imaginary things, contrived to affect their audience as if they were speaking of real things ; while on the other hand he found that clergymen, when speaking of real things, seemed only to affect their congregations as though they were speaking of imaginary things. lie asked the actor Betterton to give him his views on this question . Betterton suggested that it was because " actors spoke of imaginary things as though they were real, whereas in the pulpit real things were spoken of as imaginary . " But the chief reason of the strong influence of the stage Ss that it approaches the audience through the eyes as well as the ears . We all know the deep impression made upon us by a lovely landscape or a beautiful sky—such a majestic scene, for example, as the one which is so marvellously painted in words by the pen of Nathaniel IIawthorne in his " Marble Faun," as viewed by the sculptor Kenyon from Count Donatello's lofty tower of Monte Beni, among the Apennines in Tuscany. When such charms as these are reproduced on the stage, the details of the picture being filled up for us completely instead of leaving our imagination to supply them, go a long way to create a feeling of reality in the mind . In some minds, indeed, this feeling can never be so thoroughly produced as in a theatre . Yes ;—" the play ' s the thing," as Hamlet truly said, when he resorted to that stratagem to awaken the guilty conscience of the royal murderer, and thus caused him to convict himself of his guilt. It is this happy combination of beautiful scenery, with good acting, which has made the recent Shakesperian revivals at the Lyceum Theatre

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in London, under Mr. Henry Irving's management, such an unprecedented success, and has attained for the plays of Shakespeare such long runs as previously were considered impossible. There is another question which we must consider, and which has always been a debatable one, viz . : Has an actor more influence over his audience if he really feels his part ? It is stated that Betterton, when playing in hamlet, was actually seen to turn pale as the ghost appeared; and Miss Kelly used to relate that she felt the hot tears dropping from Mrs . Siddon's eyes as the great actress bent over her when playing one of her most pathetic characters . But it seems evident to us that, if such sensibility were exhibited night after night, it would soon become simply a habit . With our greatest actors the mere signs of artificial emotion, duly regulated by study and genius, could move their audience to the very soul . In proof of this statement we need only relate an anecdote told of Garrick . He was playing Lear with his friend King, and when by his broken voice and apparent grief he had left scarcely a dry eye in the house,—his own emotion being supposed to have quite overcome him,—he whispered to King, on whose shoulder he was supporting himself, at the same lime putting his tongue in his cheek, " D—n it, Tom, we are doing the trick!" Surely this decides the point conclusively ! Having seen the power that the drama possesses, it is the duly of every man, who has the love of' his neighbour at heart, to do his utmost to elevate the stage . It must influence men very ma t erially either for good or evil ; and, if support be given only to such productions as are of a healthy nature, all others will soon disappear . We have already spoken of the rapid advance in the morality of the stage, which has of late years taken place ; but we have also shown that this advance was merely the recovery of lost ground since the time of the Greeks and Romans. Much has been done ; but much remains to be done ; though we frankly admit that the faults that remain belong rather to the accidents than to the essentials of the theatrical profession . Let us, therefore, while lending a hand in the work of further reforming our stage, if we should feel discouraged by the errors that still remain, remember Shakespeare's warning : " Condemn the fault, and not the actor of it ! R . W . C.

THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE. Y whom was the Boat Race founded ? We can hardly say : it is probable that a race, the first race, was rowed in the year 1829, and that the credit, if due to any individual man, is due to Charles Wordsworth, then at Christ Church, Oxford, who subsequently became Bishop of St. Andrew ' s . Ilis father was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, and, staying at his house, Charles Wordsworth had opportunities afforded him of making friendships with the Cambridge boating interest ; and from the friendships thus formed probably resulted the institution of the race which is now one of the chief, if not the chief, aquatic event of every year . Boat racing was not an established institution either at the Universities or anywhere else—though it seems that such things as College boat races were not unknown even then at Oxford—and the race would certainly be got up in a private manner, for there was no University Boat Club at either Cambridge or Oxford. Many of my readers may have seen pictures of the boats in which races were rowed ; if they have, they cannot fail to be struck at the difference between the racing eight of that day and of this . If Peterites can imagine an eight three times clumsier than any boat at " Hill ' s," with higher keels, of heavier build, higher gunwales, and greater breadth, they may arrive at some idea ; still to the rising generation it is difficult to conceive justly the type of boat iii which our forefathers raced . Iu such boats oarsmanship was scarcely possible . The only

stroke that could be made (as I fancy many who read this will know to their cost) was in the well-known " waterman 's " style : i .e., a sharp short stroke, having no beginning or end, and consisting, so to speak, entirely of " middle . " The crews rowed over a short course of two miles, two furlongs, from Ilumbledon Lock to Henley Bridge . A long course in those boats would have been almost beyond the power of man to endure . The famous colours were not then invented ; the crews rowed, the Oxford men in Christ Church colours—the college which was head of the river in that year—the Cambridge men in white shirts with a pink sash, out of compliment to their captain, who was a Lady Margaret man . That race fell to Oxford . The fame of the men rowing contributed vastly to the interest of the race . In the Oxford crew were a bishop, two (leans, and a prebendary in embryo ; in the Cambridge boat were a future bishop, a future dean (Dean Merivale), and a future Chancellor of the Diocese of Manchester. This race is often quoted to show the

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compatibility of 7rat=La with i7rat&a (to use the somewhat inflated language of a book lately published, called the History of the University Boat Race) ; and though, with nothing as an argument of course, they remark that the theory is supported by statistics . A Mr . Clarke, who rowed in the Oxford boat of 1859, has shown that while the . .average of first-class men, non-athletic, is 30 per cent ., among cricket men it is 42 per cent ., and among rowing men 45. For the next seven years there was no race, though a challenge was once sent in 1831 by Cambridge ; but though it was accepted, the race fell through on account of the cholera, which was then very prevalent in London . When at last it was rowed it fell to Cambridge, and was the first of a series of eight wins, with one break, for the Light Blues . They may appropriately be called by that name, for it was in '36 that the light blue was adopted . At the moment of starting it was noticed that Cambridge were about to row without colours. One of the crew jumped out and ran to the nearest drapers and took the first piece of ribbon he could get . It was the Eton colour, and has ever since then been adopted by Cambridge as her colour . Oxford, by way of contrast, chose henceforth dark blue . The race was rowed from Westminster to Putney, six miles . This race marks an epoch in the history of amateur rowing. Cambridge had obtained a genius for its cox, who, by his thorough theoretical knowledge of the art, had taken his own College boat up to the head of the river . It was principally through his agency that the C .U .B .C . was founded . Ite broke through the tradition which had hitherto prevailed at both Universities, of engaging a waterman to train his crew. IIe saw that not only were professional rowers unfit to train in other ways, but that they knew less of rowing than amateurs—a fact which is more striking nowadays than then . It was through his teaching that Cambridge were enabled to win till another reformer rose at Oxford as keen-sighted as he. The next race worthy of notice is that rowed in 1842, the fifth race on the Westminster and Putney course . This is the real turning point in Oxford ' s career. It was in this year that the reformer I spoke of in the last paragraph arose. His name was Menzies, and he was of Univ. College . IIe completely revolutionised rowing at Oxford . IIe protested against the waterman's stroke, and tried, though for some time in vain, to introduce the style recognised at this day, viz . : the long sweep with the catch at the beginning . He introduced beneficial changes also in the actual training of the crew, gave them food of a

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sensible quantity and kind, made them have the matutinal exercisebefore breakfast, with other improvements too numerous to mention. His opinions did not, as I have hinted, gain ground for some time ; but he had taught and trained the Univ. College crew in such a way that his opposers were forced to give way, and he was elected President of the O.U .B .C . (which it should have been said was founded the year after the C.U.B .C.) . He had had a firm supporter in Arthur Shadwell, who had learned to row at Cambridge, which had all along been ahead in these matters of the sister University . Mr. Shadwell had migrated the crew, and thus was able to steer Oxford in their second victory. Mr . Shadwell, I might add, trained several crews at St . Peter ' s ; and he had the credit of training Lesley, who is, so far as I can find out, the first Dark Blue oar St . Peter's has turned out. Not only did the Oxford crew of this year beat the Cambridge boat with considerable ease over the Westminster course, but the excellence of Menzies' system was proved in a most remarkable manner at Henley in the same year, in the famous " seven oars race . " Oxford were matched against the Cambridge Subscription Rooms, for the Grand Challenge Cup . Menzies was taken ill during the Regatta, and it was impossible for him to row without endangering his life . Oxford asked to be allowed to row an untrained man in his place. The "Rooms" refused, and the Dark Blues determined to row without a stroke at all —or rather, No. 7 rowed stroke, and bow rowed in No . 7's place. The result was a win for the seven oars, after a hard race. The year 1845 is remarkable as being the first year in which the race has been rowed over the course, which has since, with one or two exceptions, been adopted . 1846 is also noteworthy as the first year in which outriggers were used, and with great success . And now the tables were turned as completely ilr favour of Oxford as they had been in favour of Cambridge hitherto ; and in '62 the number of races won by the two crews, counting the races at Henley, were equal . In 1849, it is true, they were beaten ; but they were obviously the better crew . The fault lay in their boat, which was far too light for them . The danger of being underboated is hardly, if at all, appreciated . bi reality it is a far greater danger than the opposite one, viz ., of being overheated. There were people who saw the defect even then, and the result was that Oxford challenged Cambridge to row again that year. The challenge was accepted ; and, though, technically, Oxford won on a foul, they showed themselves indisputably superior

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by arriving home before their opposers, spite of the foul. This is the only foul that has occurred in the Inter 'Varisity Races, and in all probability is the last that will occur, for it is now a point of honour with coxswains, if they see any danger, to steer right out of their course rather than run the risk, as they actually did in 1877. The next few years were uneventful, the majority of races falling to Oxford . It is worthy of note that all this time Messrs . Egan and Shadwell were training and coaching either crew indifferently ; their aim being apparently to promote the art, not to win the race for their own University, and so make their love for rowing subservient to their patriotism . It is an example that might be followed in more things than rowing. '59 is the next landmark, and is memorable for the sinking of the Cambridge crew in the race . It was only luck that enabled the Oxford crew to get home that day . The wind and waves were very high, and filled both boats ; the Cambridge boat succumbed, having its gunwales lower than the Oxford one . The pluck of the Cantabs was specially admired . Several of then could not swim, yet they hung on like grim death to their oars ; while the coxswain, who, I believe, was one of those who could not swim, never swerved the boat an inch nearer to the shore . Fortunately no life was lost. 1873 was the year in which sliding seats were first used, the invention being of a later date than is generally supposed . I believe there is no detailed account of the race to be had, but Oxford lost, through want of strength in the boat, though their style was exceedingly good . The race of 1877 is memorable as resulting in the only dead heat on record . Oxford had got the lead as far as the " Bull ' s Head," when bow broke his oar. This heavily handicapped the Dark Blues, who were thus carrying a dead weight for a great part of the course . The fact that so handicapped they managed to make the race a dead heat would seem to be evidence that they were the better crew, and some dissatisfaction was expressed about the decision, though without just ground . The rest of the races are probably well known to my readers . I may add that in 1869 was rowed the first race between the Oxford and the Harvard College, U . S ., fours, over the Putney course . Oxford were underboated, but the crew was an exceptionally great one, and they easily won, Oxford have won altogether, counting the races on the Henley course, 25 out of 46 races, and are therefore four races ahead of Cam– bridge ; in the races over the Putney course they are three ahead .

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It is said that the interest in the 'Varsity race is dying out . It may be so ; the number of people who go to see the race is annually decreasing. Still this does not detract from the value of the institution. The good the race has done to rowing is incalculable . And it may be added that scarcely one of the old Blues, who has gone in for rowing, after leaving the University, has failed to distinguish himself whereever he may have rowed . I need only instance, among many others, Ware, Woodgate, Lowndes, J . C . Edwards-Moss, Bagshawe, Lawes, to prove my point . If for nothing else, it is of value as being the race of all others in which outsiders may have perfect confidence, as being all fair and above board. It may be interesting to note the distinguished men who have rowed in the race. The chief among them are four bishops, Wordsworth, and McDougall, and both the Selwyns ; four judges, viz. : Chitty, Brett, Denman, and A . L. Smith, with several deans, and Q.C .'s ; last but not least, albeit perhaps his notoriety is not quite enviable, Mr. Lawes, the sculptor. Of the schools which have contributed 'Varsity oars, St . Peter's is by no means last, though Durham is a long way ahead of it . They have contributed two for the Oxford boat, Lesley and Hargreaves ; for Cambridge, three and one coxswain, G . L . Davis ; the oars are Forster, who rowed in '53, and is now an engineer at Newcastle ; Hawkins, now vicar of Hensall, near Selby, with G . II . Eyre . With proper training there is no reason why they should not contribute a larger proportion, with so good a river close at hand . Eton, of course, heads the list with one hundred and thirty-five Blues ; Rugby is next with thirtyone ; Westminster with twenty-five is next . Winchester, Harrow, and Durham follow after these ; Marlborough, Shrewsbury, and then, I believe, St . Peter's .

OXFORD LETTER. ERHAPS I am expected to commence my letter with a dirge over

P the Boat Race, as boating is now the general topic of conversa-

tion . Never could a defeat have been borne with more cheerful resignation, amounting occasionally to positive pleasure . No one grudges the Light Blues their victory . The reason of our defeat was twofold—overtraining on the part of some members of the crew, and

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the short stroke rowed by Currey and Blandy, which prevented the giants at 6, 5, and 4 from getting a proper reach and swing . Further than this, the Police steamer nearly swamped us . The reason of our equanimity is to be found in our almost unlooked for win in the Sports, the certainty of wiping out the stain at Henley, and, I am sorry to say, to some degree, the great unpopularity of one member of the Eight. As to the Eights, which are rowed in about a fortnight, Exeter will keep head—at least this is my prophecy—and Corpus go up to second . Exeter will have much the same eight as they had last year, especially if Pinkey will row . Corpus will be even stronger, as they have llornby and De Havilland . B .N .C . have Pulley rowing, and may get Magdalen, who have no " blue," tut have an excellent stroke in Unwin . Christ Church is almost sure of five bumps, if not seven, as they start twelfth . Paterson is rowing again for Trinity, with all his well-known vigour . Baskett and Kaye " toss the well-rounded oar " for Queen's . We saw the former pulling stroke for a while—he did not seem to be enjoying his post . Balliol and New will probably rise, while University, who have refused to avail themselves of any of their Torpid, and are compelled to fill vacant places with those who have never rowed before, will probably find their pride resulting in a serious fall . Our Cricket prospects, especially for next year, are very bright. Of last year ' s NI ., Kemp, Hine-Haycock, Page, Asher, Bolitho, Bastard, remain, though the last two may lose their places . Leslie cannot come into residence on account of business, but will play for us twice, I believe, if not oftener . We have sustained a serious loss in Robinson and Walker . Of the freshmen, Key and Brain have been before the public last season with great success . In Higgins, Buckland, Blair, Nicholls, and Ricketts, we have the pick of public school bowlers, while several of them are very good bats . Of the Seniors, the best are Tristram, Money- AVigram, Barmby, Arnall, and Pember, a Balliol scholar, recently elected to the Ireland, who made a good score against us for the M .C .C . last year. April 29th will be a red-letter clay in the University calendar . The Statute " providing that parts of the University Examination for Women should be conducted by certain of the Public Examiners and Moderators " was submitted and carried by 464 to 321, in spite of the opposition of the (pugnacious) but (able) Dean Burgon . The day itself

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told of the coming struggle . From east and west, and north and south in flowed the ceaseless stream of black-coated white tied enthusiasts . Personal interest of the most telling kind was used, recalling Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire and the all hated Westminster election to mind . Some amusement was caused in the Senate house when the Senior Proctor, who seemed unable to add up the votes, was called upon to " get some of the girls to help you ! Proctoral activity has now reached its climax . Two " dons " were actually apprehended by mistake in the streets at night for smoking ; and the bull-dogs pounced upon an inoffensive undergrad . for gazing up at the moon. He was discharged unfined. Possibly the Proctor shrank from persecuting an embryo Newton. Poor Mr . Ruskin is dissatisfied beyond measure, because his Art Lecturas, delivered at Oxford, over which he says he spent more time and trouble than he has on anything else, are not " read and quoted daily! " But what else could he expect from Matthew Arnold's " young barbarians ? A good story is going the round, about the Vice, of course . At table d'hote somewhere he met an undergrad ., proverbial for his " firsts on all papers " in Mods ., but also notorious for his unlimited confidence in his own abilities . " Have you ever read the fragments of Anaxandrides, " the young gentleman is said to have asked of Dr . Jowett. " No, I never have ." " IIave you ever read those of so and so then ? " —some obscure Greek poet, recently exhumed . " No, I am sorry to say, I have not ." " Then what on earth can you have read ? " This to the Regius professor of Greek ! Another story is also told of the Master of Balliol . Some men stayed up during the Long Vac . one year, and, according to the Statute, the Master was obliged to be in residence. After a while he became very tired of it ; and began to put on earlier chapels and make the dinner in hall very scanty. The majority then dropped off one by one, but still a remnant of very hard workers was left . By dint of more chapels and poorer dinners he got rid of all but one, who stayed on until more coercive measures compelled him to ask leave to go down, which was promptly and characteristically given . As he retired from the Master's study, the Professor gazed at him with his piercing look and remarked, " This kind goeth not forth except by prayer and fasting." CALLOO .

CAMBRIDGE LETTER. NCE more we have returned to our respective Colleges—some of

O us, alas ! for the last time, there to be tantalized by seeing enjoy-

ment everywhere around us, but not with us . However, in five weeks' time, these unhappy ones will have experienced a happy (or unhappy) release from all their troubles, and we trust that the School Blue Book will record some victories. To speak plainly, six of our number are, this Term, in for their Triposes, while another looks to the Special for his Degree. But to turn our thoughts in a more pleasing direction, we remember that the Boat Race has not yet been referred to by the Cambridge correspondent. It is a subject upon which we are rather inclined to be garrulous, but since our readers are probably already primed with all manner of details respecting it, we will endeavour to confine our ideas to a limited space. Three successive years has your correspondent visited the Osier Beds, at Key-, to witness the final struggle ; twice he has been grievously disappointed, but at last he has felt the delightful sensation of seeing the Light Blue oars in advance of the Dark Blue as the boats dash under Barnes Bridge . The victory was a popular one, and will, no doubt, give a stimulus to rowing up here. Great praise is due to Gridley—the President—for his persevering efforts to work a strong rough crew into the form they displayed on the Thames. The School should feel proud—as it doubtless does—that one of its old members achieved the enviable distinction of rowing in a winning 'Varsity Boat . Eyre fully deserved his place, and more than once he was held up by a leading " daily" as an example to the rest of the crew. The writer visited Lillie Bridge next day, and his astonishment grew greater and greater as he saw event after event go to the Dark Blues . The " a priori " probability of the result was, beyond dispute, in favour of Cambridge ; and on paper it seemed that we might even score six or seven out of the nine events . These rosy expectations were not realized . The Mile and Three Allies were both looked upon as moral certainties for us, but thanks to the unusually brilliant running of Pratt and to an injury received by Eliot, both fell to Oxford. The Quarter was a magnificent race between Payne, Tindall and Blair, and at the finish not more than a yard separated first and Last . Altogether the Sports

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were excellent—the races were close and at times good . The Weightputting and the Mile both resulted in 'Varsity records, whilst Colbonrne ' s High Jump of 5 ft. 10 in. and Pollock's time in the Hurdles (16 secs .) were exceptionally brilliant . The latter is, we are sorry to hear, dangerously ill ; we trust that he will have a speedy recovery. Turning to Cricket, our prospects seem fairly promising . With eight of last year's XI., there should be little difficulty in choosing the complement . Marchant and Greatorex, two of the finest players among the Public-school men of last year, have both come up to Trinity and will probably occupy two of the vacant places. We have very little personal news to give this month . Few of our number seem to patronize the Cricket Field—Stevenson, of Christ's being the only O . P . we have seen representing his College . Eyre will be unable to row in his College Boat this May—Tripos preventing. Peters is rowing 2 in the Corpus Boat . Mallinson has been up for a few days coaching the Christ's Boat, which will doubtless profit by his advice . We note with pleasure that Alan Grey of Trinity, who is now, we believe, organist at Wellington College, will give an Organ Recital at Trinity, on the 15th inst . To-day, Dr. Naylor of York Minster has been performing. We cannot conclude without expressing the great pleasure we have all felt in having our old Head Master amongst us for a few days. Mr . Adams was also up the other clay for a few hours, but had not time to call upon his old pupils.

NOTES AND ITEMS. On .11 ill 30th, the Rev. J . R . HUSBAND, Christ ' s College, Cambridge, h ok his M .A . degree. CLIFFORD ALLBUTT, M .D ., having completed 20 years' service on the staff of the Leeds Infirmary, has retired, and takes the position of Consulting Physician to the Institution. E . W . CROSSLEY, of St . Bartholomew's Hospital, has passed the Primary Exam . of the Royal College of Surgeons in Anatomy and Physiology. REV . E . S . Fox has been licensed by the Bishop of London to the curacy of Holy Trinity, Paddington .

THE

PETI :RITE Vor, . VI .

JULY, 1884 .

No . 45.

SCHOOL LETTER. OMMEMORATION Day has passed and gone ; this year the proceedings were varied by a treble solo from a member of the Choir, an event unknown in the school history for some years . The preacher was the Yen . Archdeacon Crosthwaite, who gave us an excellent sermon . It being delivered ex-tempore, we have to regret our inability to publish it after the custom of former years . In the face of the York. Herald it would be impertinent to attempt any description of the service, but we must give a word of thanks to Mrs. Stephenson and Mr . Yeld for the decoration of the chapel . By the bye, that excellent journal has now a rival in the field, in the shape of a Conservative Daily. The XI ., though by no means invincible, is showing very fair form, not having yet sustained a very crushing defeat . The Leeds match, where everybody seemed to try and play their worst, is our greatest failure . To counteract this we have a victory of Durham, the return match with whom has not yet been played . Several of the new members, particularly McClellan, sheaved good form at the commencement of the season, but are now falling off ; Noble, however, is decidedly a success, and keeps his form well. The (to use the technical expression) " regatta " boat is at work, and is intending to row in the holidays . It is made up of Johnson str ., Crossley 3, Rose 2, and Nilson bow. The rudder strings are handled by the fair Petronella. The Lawn Tennis Club has again been revived, and been far more of a success than in former years . Would not a tournament to close their season be a success, and bring out embryo Renshaws ? Dr . Naylor is soon to shew his composing powers to the people of York, as his oratorio " Jeremiah," is to be performed in the Minster by an assembly of church choirs. G . II . Eyre (0 . P .) who rowed two in the Cambridge Boat is coming to examine the Lower School at Midsummer . IIe ought to be of assistance to the regatta boat, if he takes them in hand .

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On the Commemoration day in 1833, immediately after Divine service, the Headmaster ' s stole, a silk one, absconded leaving in its place an elderly alpaca one . Anxious enquiries were instituted, but it never returned . A few days ago the following atrocious epigram on the subject was laid on the Headmaster ' s table . Author unknown, but a certain ponderousness of language and sentiment seems to point to Caledonia, and the airy hundred-weights of a " poetic child ." Here it is : Piso . oh ! Piso, you have stolen my scarf ;" But Piso he solemnly smole : " That's a joke," quoth he, " fit to make elephants " larf ;" How can a man steal what is stole ?"

OXFORD LETTER. HAVE been asked to correct a printer ' s error in the last letter. What could have possessed them to substitute hated " for " celebrated " with regard to the Westminster election there alluded to, "is a matter for conjecture ." Events in the Athletic world have since then crowded thick upon one another, and would require much space to deal fully with . In the eights your correspondent ' s predictions were almost uniformly correct ; Exeter remained head without an effort ; Corpus caught 11Iagdelene and took second place ; Christ Church made six bumps in five nights and were close on Ii.eble on the sixth ; Queen's with Baskett and Kaye rose three places, while Wadham reached the unenviable position of bottom . Worcester was the mark for several attacks ; in fact, so certain were University and Balliol of catching them that they ordered Taunt, the photographer, to direct his instrument on the spot where they determined to make the bump : unfortunately for this scheme, while their promised victim kept its position, they steadily journeyed lower down night by night. Christ Church and Corpus are the only clubs sending boats to Henley—both are to compete for the Ladies Plate and Visitors, which were won by Christ Church last year. The 'Varsity eleven has just completed a very successful series of trial matches—scoring three wins out of four matches ; of course that against the Australians being by far the most creditable . It must, however, be acknowledged that the M .C .C . batting was very weak with the exception of four men, but still Buckland's performance (7 wickets for 17) was very fine, and will, in all probability, secure his blue . Since term time another victory has to be chronicled, over

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Lancashire at Manchester, where O'Brien distinguished himself by making 91 (not out) and 17 . Kemp has, however, been the most successful man, having never failed to score and generally score largely. His average at present is close upon -10 . The eleven against Cambridge will probably consist of M . C . Kemp, T . R . Hy re -Haycock, II . V . Page, E. W . Bastard, '1'. C . O'Brien, A . R . Cobb, K . J . Key, J. II . Brain, B . E . Nicholls, II . O . Whitby, and E . II. Buckland ; the seven last are all fresh men . Judging by the trial matches, the chances of wiping out the defeat in the boat race seem fairly rosy . The scoring on both sides promises to be considerable. The strength of the 'Varsity undoubtedly lies in its batting ; nine may be considered safe for runs and of these five have good averages. The fielding is extremely fine with one exception . As regards the bowling, the Australians said that Whitby was the best fast bowler they had ever met in England—(Query : Was it because he was so destructive against them?)—none the less on a wet wicket he is extremely dangerous . Bastard and Page are both very steady and keep down runs, the last being at times untouchable . Unfortunately they have not a great capacity for securing wickets. Buckland, however, when once on the move is distinctly awkward, while Nicholls is a fair change slow bowler . All the bowlers are good, and as a rule, quite above the average, though none except perhaps Bastard are really first class. " Yours truly " is rejoicing in soul at the abolition of a viva in Mods—a truly timely change. Further alterations have also taken place, but these, he rejoices to say, do not come into force until after June, 1555 . The prepared books are cut down from eight to four, but the extra amount required in these more than makes up for the apparent reduction . The whole of Cicero, Virgil, Homer, and Demosthenes, is rather too much. All other authors are to be taken in an increased number of unprepared paper—on the whole a feeble compromise between the Cambridge system and the one existing here at present. Ile only Peterites in for schools at present are J. II . P . Fowler of Trinity, who we hope will follow up his success in moderations by an equally brilliant first in greats ; W . II . Cobb, of New College, and W. J . P . Kaye, of Queen ' s, to all of whom we wish a pleasant rest from troubles. Anent examinations a rather good story (with the additional a1vantage of truth) is told of a well-known coach, wish`ug to do the

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utmost for a very hopeless case, whom for reputation's sake he was anxious to see through, he asked him to cone and have a final talk over the subject one Sunday, as the examination began the next day. The coached sent back an indignant refusal on religious grounds, sacrilege, etc . The only reply returned was, " I think I am not without scriptural authority for my act, ' whoso having an ass fallen into a pit, cloth not straightway pull it out on the Sabbath day .' " ODOD. P.S .—Latest news says that C .C .C. are not sending a boat to Henley .

CAMBRIDGE LETTER, HESE Peterite Editors again ! I shall die of "Peterite Editors ."

T I cannot escape from them. Am I ensconced in the bosom of

my alma mater? Peterite Editors find me . Do I flee for refuge beneath the shadow of some ancient sacred edifice buried somewhere in the depths of England ? Peterite Editors espy me . Do I finally in despair crouch beneath some lofty Scottish mountain? ' tis in vain. I am soon discovered . By whom? By the Peterite Editors of course. Life is short . Life with Peterite Editors into the bargain is shorter. Having thus given vent of some of my superfluous rage, I now proceed to give you some news . The various Tripos lists are out. The Senior Wrangler is Sheppard of Trinity, Young of Peterhouse, who was first favourite having to be contented with fourth place. Chadwick and Collinson have made their debut as Senior Optimes, Eyre as Junior Optime. In the classical Tripos, Douglas and Griffith obtained Second Class Honours . Concerning the other Peterites here, I have to relate that Crawshaw passed his " Mays " in Law with credit, while Wilton has added to his already long list of honours by obtaining the prize at Christ's for Latin IIexameters . Stevenson has passed his 1st M .B. examination, and there is every prospect of a speedy increase in the death-rate. By-the-bye we must congratulate Stevenson upon attaining his fourteenth stone . This is a marvellous achievement and reflects great credit on the author. Peters of Corpus was the only 0. P . rowing in his College boat. Stress of work no doubt prevented the others from doing likewise.. " Yours truly " was prevented by an attack of Examinal Fever from going down to Ditton, but there were as many people there as usual, and I might add, those who were not there were no doubt elsewhere ..

CRICKET .

Our cricket prospects are not at all bright . I am afraid the Oxford bowling will prove too good for us, but we may win if we have luck. The "crack" public-schoolmen, Greatorex and Marchant, don't seem to have sustained their reputations so far . in the ' Varsity match .

Let us hope they will come off

I might write on for ever, but the midnight

bells now warn me to desist from literature, and after a severe inward struggle I tear myself away from you . Good night. P.S.—_Morning. Dreamt I was pummelling night .

Peterite Editors all CAL LEH.

CRICKET. SIX v. TWELVE.

six.

1st innings. P . E . Lord, run out . II . W. Rhodes, lbw, b Rose J . Sharpe, b McClellan .. W . Murray, run out .. H . Botterill, not out .. R . Crawshaw, b Haynes .. Extras . . ..

2nd innings. 11 b Noble .. 45 b Noble .. 4 b McClellan .. 1 not out .. 28 c Noble, b McClellan .. 8 c Gofton, b Noble .. 6 Extras . . . .. .

Total . . . . . 103 Total . . 1st innings. TWELVE. 2nd innings. H. McClellan, c Crawshaw, b Rhodes . . 4 b Rhodes .. . . J . E . Noble, c and b Rhodes . . 11 b Lord . . .. .. . . 0 b Rhodes . . .. R . IIaynes, b Lord . b Sharpe 7 b Rhodes .. C . D . Rose 2 c Botterill, b Murray C. B. Clarke, run out . . 8 b Lord . . . . .. IV . Holmes, run out W . S. Gofton . b Rhodes . . 1 b Rhodes .. W. G . Wilson, not out 10 c and b Lord . . 1 b Rhodes J . G . Wilson, c Rhodes, b Sharpe . . 2 b Rhodes J. Scarborough . b Lord . . H. Me lurk, b Rhodes 0 b Rhodes W. E . Bosomworth, b Lord .. . 9 not out . . . Extras . . . 9 Extras . . . Total . . .

Total . . .

37 1 9 6 4 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 31 10 69

v . ST . JOHN'S COLLEGE .—May 17th. ST . PETER' S Sc0OOL. ST . JOHN •s COLLEGE. J . Sharpe, c Sowerby, b Barker 13 Waterson,b Rhodes W . Murray, b Sharpe 4 Atkinson . run out H . W . Rhodes, run out 9 Barry, b McClellan P . E .Lord, b Sowerby 8 Horbury, b Rhodes 2 J .E. Noble, b Sharpe Sowerby, b Lord H. Botterill, b Sowerby 0 sharpe. not out H . McClellan, c and b Barker 16 Douglas, b Rhodes W. P. Lewis, b Barry 9 Worthington, b Lord R . Crawshaw, b Sowerby 0 Barker, b Rhodes W . S . Gofton, b Barry 0 Oveuden, c Noble . b Lord W . G. Wilson, not out 2 Holmes, b Lord Extras 15 Extras Total

12 13 3 3 1 1 4

Total

2 15 33 8 0 13 0 1 1 1 0 11 85

CRICKET.

BOWLING ANALYSIS. THE School. âIdes . Runs. 13 4 16 . . 11 .4 3 21 8 11 5 14 4 0 1 0 2 Barry bowled 1 and Holmes 2 wider. Overs .

Barry . . Barker Sowerby Sharpe Holmes

Wkts. 2 2 3 2 0

ST . JOHN 'S .

Puns. Wkts. Overs. âidns. 16 6 25 4 Lord . . 11 3 18 4 Rhodes Lewis 3 1 8 0 5 Sharpe 0 17 0 4 2 McClellan . . 5 1 v . YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN—May 24th. YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN. ST . PETERS SCHOOL. 51 D. S . Mackay, b Rhodes 4 P . E . Lord, b Ferrier 0 P . H . Rodgers . b Rhodes 2'2 W Murray, b Mawson J . Sharpe, b J . Ware 1 Capt . Ferrier, run out 4 46 H .W. It Nodes, c Broadwood b Mawson 5 L . Podsworth, b Murray H .McClellan, c Mackay 1, ho ' sworth 28 E. Harrison, c Murray, b McClellan 0 38 J . E . Noble, b Ferrier 5 W. H . Mawson, b Rose 7 10 E . R . Dodsworth, b Murray H . Ii t :aill, b Ferrier 0 R . Crawshaw, c Mawson, b Rodgers 2 J. T . Ware, st . Holmes, b Murray 10 J . Dewhirst . b Ferrier 0 C . Broadwood, b Rose 5 W. Holmes, b Ferrier 0 F. Ware, b Murray 1 W . Hutchinson, not out G C . Rose, not out 4 Extras 2 Extras

Total 138 BOWLING ANALYLIS. ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL. Overs. Maidens.

Total Runs .

f, J . T . Ware . . .. 2 16 12 5 20 W. H . Mawson .. 7 1 16 P . H. Rodgers . . E . R . Podsworth . . 6 0 23 Capt . Ferrier . . 9 2 22 C . Broadwood 2 0 5 P . H. Rodgers bowled 2 no balls. YORI{SHINE GENTLEMEN. Ov re . Maidens .

IIues .

107

Wkts.

1 1 1 5 0 Wkts.

8 2 18 . . . . 16 v 43 2 . . 5 0 27 1 1 35 4 .. 10 e 3 .2 0 13 ... v . YORK—May 29th. 1st Innings . Sr . PE r, t ; s SCHOOL . 2nd Innings P. E . Lord, b Wisker 11 Sowden J . Sharpe, b Murfin 7 9 Wisker H . W . Rhodes, b Murfin 15 not out . Procter, b Wisker 0 c and b Sowden H . McClellan, st H . Botterill, c Vaughan, h Murfin 5 st . Procter, b Wisker 6 b Wicker J . E . Noble,c Murfin, b Wisker W . Murray, b Sowden 7 b Sowden . . . 4 c Busby, b Wicker W . Lewis, b Sowden 0 st . Procter, b Wisker R. Crawshaw, c and b Wicker R . Haynes, c Dudley, b Wisker . . 0 b Sowden 0 st. Procter, b Wisker W . Holmes, not out 2 Extras Extras P. E . Lord . . H . W . Rhodes H . McClellan W. Murray . . . C. Rose . ..

Total . . -57

Total

5 2 12 10 1 1 3 6 0 0 5 0 45

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J. L . Procter, c Botterill, b Lord H. Dudley, b Rhodes P . Varighan, c Rhodes, b Murray T. Dudley, c Botterill, b Lord G . C. Bushy, b Rhodes A. Murtin,b Rhodes T . H . Sowden, c and b Lord R . Crowe, b Rhodes G . Linfoot, b Murray A. B . Norwood, l b w, b Lord J. T . Wisker, not out Extras

42 0 3 18 0 7 2 0 10 0 14 9 Totul

105

BOWLING ANALYSIS. 1st Innings—St . Peter's School . Overs Mds. Rnns, Wkts . 5 J. T . Wisker . . . 15 5 25 A. Murfin . . . . 13 5 30 3 T. H . Sowden . . 1 .2 1 0 2 I

2nd Innings. Overs Mils . Rims. Wkts;

T . H . Sowden . .10.1 J . T . Wisker . .10

YORIi. Overs.

Maidens . Rees .

1. II . W. Rhodes . . 9 0 W . Murray . . . . 3 .1 4 P. E . Lord . . . . 11 H . McClellan . . 4 0 W . P. Lewis . . 2 P . E . Lord bowled a wide.

13 27 15 8

3 2

18 27

4 6

Wickes.

4 2 4 0 0

v. NORTH RIDING ASYLUM—May 31st. NORTH RIDING ASYLUM.

ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL. P . E . Lord, b Dorman

G. Breed, b Murray 2 C . E . Rudd, run out 0 E . Glaishy, b Rhodes 2 W. R . Nicholson, b Rhodes 12 J . Donnan, c Crawshaw, b Murray 7 J . Varley, c Crawshaw, b Murray 6 J. Leckenby, b Rhodes 11 R . Tate, not out 6 H. Muchall, c Murray, b Rhodes 0 8 . Bryant 1 To bat C. Going 1 Extras 4 Total for 8 wickets

82 5 J . Sharpe, b Dorman H . IV . Rhodes, b Nicholson 7 II . McClellan, c and b Breed 34 H . Botterill, c Glaish y , b Nicholson47 J. E . Noble, b Nicholson 5 IV . Murray, b Nicholson 16 1 W . Holmes, c Varley, b Nicholson J . Scarborough, b Rudd 0 R. Crawshaw, not out 7 R . C . Rose, b Nicholson ii Extras 18

Total — .222

BOWLING ANALYSIS. ST . PETER 'S SCHOOL. Overs. Maidens . Runs.

W . R . Nicholson . . 40 6 107 T . Dolman . . 20 6 41 .. G. Breed . . .. 11 1 40 C . E. Rudd . . . . 8 4 13 Doman bowled 2 and Rudd 1 wide. NORTH RIDING ASYLUM. Overs . Maidens . Runs.

H. W . Rhodes W . Murray . . P . E . Lord . .

11 s 2

4 1 1

1 '.3i 2

Wickets.

6 2 1 1

Wickets.

4 3 0

CRICKET.

r. MR . WALPER'S XI.—June 3rd. 1st Innings. H . Denby, st. Holmes, b Murray C . Parr, b Rhodes G. F . Milner, c Lord, b Murray A . Murfin, b Rhodes J . L. Varley, b Lord A . J . Milner, b Rhodes G. Glaisby, c Lord, b Rhodes F . Hillyard, b Lord J . C . Walker, b Rhodes A . L. Bellerby, not out H. Walker, b Rhodes Extras

2nd Innings. 2

6 0 14 15 7 0 6 5 0 1 10

b Murray b Rhodes

4 6

not out

c Murray, b Lord b Rhodes run out Extras

4 0 4 5

Total . . . .66

Total for 5 wickets

ST . PETER'S SCHOOL.

P . E . Lord, b Murfin .. J . Sharpe, b Parr . . . . H . W . Rhodes, run out . . II . McClellan, st . Denby, b Parr . . H. Botterill, c A . Milner, b Murfin W. Murray, b Parr . . J. E . Noble, c J . Walker, b Denby R . Crawshaw, b Murfin .. W . P . Lewis, c Varley, b Denby . . W . Holmes, not out . . . . J. Scarborough, c Varley, b J . Walker . . Extras . .

. .

Total

3 10 12 0 2 2 22 4 15 4 5 7 87

BOWLING ANALYSIS. MR. WALKERS

TEASI

Z.I .

1st Innings.

2nd Innings .

Ovens. Maidens . Runs . Wkts

H . W. Rhodes . . W. Murray . . P. E . Lord . .

15 9 5

5 2 0

19 27 11

6 2 2

avers .

Maidens.

Runs.

Wickets.

9 2 7

2 0 3

8 5 6

2 1 1

Runs .

Wickets.

23 25 10 15 6

3 3 0 2 1

ST . PETER 'S SCHOOL. Ovens . Maidens .

, . 10 0 C . Parr A. Murfin . . 13 3 G . F . Milner . . 0 H . Denby . . .. 5 0 3 J . C . Walker . . 1 G . F . Milner bowled 2 wiles.

v. DURHAM SCHOOL. This match was played at Durham on Saturday, June 7th, and resulted in a win for the visitors by 10 runs . Lord won the toss and went in with Sharpe . Alderson and Nimmo shared the bowling. Lord began by hitting Alderson for two 2 ' s, but Sharpe after sending Nimmo for 2 was bowled by him . Rhodes followed, and with Lord took the score to 24, when Lord was bowled by Robertson who had taken Alderson's place . Nimmo bowled Rhodes at the same total.

CRICKET .

McClellan was fortunate in being missed three times, but was soon bowled by Headlam . Botterill soon ran himself out and Murray was easily bowled . Noble and Crawshaw made a stand, but the latter was stumped, and Noble caught in the long field . Holmes succeeded in running himself out, but Lewis and Scarborough put on 20 for the last wicket . Alderson and Stanton began the innings of Durham to the bowling of Rhodes and Murray . Alderson began by hitting Rhodes for 3 in his first over, a performance which was repeated by Stanton in the same over . Alderson then hit Murray for 4 and a single, and in the next over for 3 . This brought on Lord who got Stanton 1 . b . w. with his first ball. Ilolden followed, but was caught at the wicket for 5 . Robertson joined Alderson, but the latter was soon caught by Lord off Noble who had gone on vice Rhodes . Walker and Robertson then made a stand, and only 4 wickets were down for 59 . Sharpe had taken the ball from Lord, and Rhodes bowled for Noble . The change was very effective, Sharpe getting rid of Robertson, Barmby, and Walker . Stoker was caught off Rhodes, who also caught and bowled Parker . Shaw followed, and played steadily for some time . Runs came very slowly, the fielding being very good. No separation, however, was effected, and McClellan bowled instead of Sharpe. Shaw was stumped off his first ball, and with the last of his over he clean bowled Nimmo, the innings ending for 73. Lord and Sharpe went in a second time for St . Peter ' s, Nimmo and Robertson sharing the bowling . Sharpe quickly hit up 11, and was caught off Nimmo . Rhodes joined Lord, and the score was quickly taken to 85 before Lord was out, 1 . b . w . to a ball of Holden's. Rhodes and McClellan played out time when the score was 92 for two wickets . No less than 8 bowlers were tried during this innings. ST. PETERS SCIIOOL.

1st Innings. P. E . Lord, b Robertson . . . . 15 J . Sharpe, b Nimmo . . . . .. H . W . Rhodes . b Nimmo . . . .7 . .5 H . McClellan, b Headlam . . H . Botterill, run out . . . .7 W . Murray, b Robertson . . . .1 J. E . Noble, c Walker, b Alderson . .13 R . Crawshaw, st. Shaw, b Headlam 4 IS W. P. Lewis, not out 2 W. Holmes, run out 7 •G . Scarborough, run out Extras 2 Total . . . .83

2nd Innings. 1 . b . w . b Holden .. c Stanton, b Nimmo not out not out

Extras

. .39 . .11 . .35

Total for 2 wickets . . . .92

CRICKET.

DunIIAM ScxooL. A . F. Alderson, c Lord, b Noble .. P. Stanton, 1. b . w ., b Lord .. .. H. Holden, c Holmes, b Lord H . Robertson, c Crawshaw, b Sharpe G . K . Walker, c McClellan, b Sharpe H . F . Barmby, b Sharpe . .. C . Stoker, c Crawshaw, b Rhodes T . Parker, c and b Rhodes . . A. F . Shaw, st . Holmes, b McClellan M . Headlam, not out .. .. W . Nimmo, b McClellan . . . Extras ..

. .. ..

.. .. .. .. . ..

.. .

23 5 5 15 9 0 2 2 6 1 0 5

Total . . . .73 BOWLING ANALYSIS. ST. PETER ' S SCHOOL.

1st Innings. Overs .

A . F . Alderson IV. Nimmo . . A . Robertson C . Stoker M . Headlam .

W . Nimmo A . Robertson . . . A . F . Alderson M. Headlam . . G . K . Walker C. Stoker H . F . Barmby H . Holden

Runs .

Wickets.

13 2 10 5 9 3 3 2 2 S Stoker bowled 1 wide. 2nd Innings.

Maidens.

34 12 15 4 13

1 2 2 0 2

Overs .

Runs.

Wickets.

13 10 23 11 11 3 5 11

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Runs,

Wickets.

22 9 12 14 10 1

2 0 2 1 3 2

Maidens.

8 2 .. 3 1 ... 10 3 0 . . 3 0 . . 2 0 . . 1 . . 2 0 3 0 Walker bowled a wide. DunHAM Scnoor. Overs .

H . W . Rhodes AV. Murray . . P . E . Lord . . J . E . Noble . . J . Sharpe . . 11. McClellan

. . .. .. . . ..

Maidens.

17 7 2 0 6 2 4 0 10 6 1 0 P . E . Lord bowled a wide.

v . YORK LAW .—June 12th. 2nd Innings. 1st Innings . R. Brooks, c Crawshaw, b Rhodes—11 c and h Rhodes .. . .18 c Lewis, b Rhodes .. T . C . Yeoman, b Lord b Rhodes H . V. Scott, c Crawshaw, b McClellan 16 not out J. R . Wood, c Scarborough, b Lord . . 0 D . S. Mackay, b Lord .. .. a b Lord c McClellan, b Rhodes . .. E. R . Dodsworth, b Rhodes H. F. Cundall, b Rhodes .. b Noble . . .. b Noble F. Ware, b Lord . Hewgill, b Lord . b Noble S G. G . Thompson, b Rhodes b Rhodes .. J . T . Ware, not out .. b Rhodes . . .. Extras Extras . . . .. Total . . . .72

27 0 7 73 15 2 27 0 6

CRICKET .

ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL .

P . E . Lord, b Cundall ... J . Sharpe, b Cundall H . IV . Rhodes, b Cundall . . H McClellan, b Cundall . . W . S . Gofton, b Cundall W . Murray, 1) J . T . Ware . . . J . E . Noble, c Scott, b Wood R. Crawshaw, b Cundall . . . W. P. Lewis, b Cundall .. J . Scarborough, b Wood W . Holmes, not out .. . Extras

.. . ... .. . .. . ..

.. .. . ...

.. . .. ..

.. Total

1st Innings .

BOWLING ANALYSIS. YORE LAw.

Overs . Maidens Runs Wkts .

H . W . Rhodes . . W . Murray . . P . E . Lord . . . H . McClellan . . J. Sharpe W . P. Lewis J . E . Noble

10 .1 3 10 3

3 0 2 0

21 18 20 1i)

2nd Innings. Maidens.

Runs .

Ova's . Maidens. Runs .

Wickets.

4 0 5 1

Ovcrs .

23 9 0 0 0 5 8 15 1 0 0 . 4

16 .1 1 55 2 0 8 41 11 0 14 2 0 3 14 0 4 0 17 8 (0 31 P. E . Lord bowled a wide.

Wickets.

6 0 1 0 0 0 3

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J . R. Wood . . . 12 .4 3 25 2 20 H. F. Cundall 15 7 7 15 1 J . T . Ware . . .. 3 0 H . F. Cundall bowled a wide. J . T . Ware bowled a no ball. v . HORNSEA—June 14th. ST. PETERS SCHOOL .

HORNSEA.

P. E . Lord, run out . .. . . 52 J. Sharpe, b Bainton . .. . .26 H . W. Rhodes, b Bainton . .. . .. . . . 5 H. McClellan, b Ilodgson .. . . . . . 6 . . .13 B . Crawshaw, b Bainton . . J. E . Noble, c Carver, b Saxelbye . .12 H . Botterill, b Saxelbye . . . . . . .18 G. C . Waud, b Saxelbye . . . . . . . . 2 J. Scarborough, b Saxelbye . . . . . . 0 W . Holmes, not out . . . . . . . . 15 W. G . Wilson, 1) H . N . Wade . . . . 9 Extras . . . . . . . . . .29 Total

H . Saxelbye, c and b McClellan . . .22 . ..6 G. F. Harrison, b Rhodes A . J . Carver . 1 . b. w ., b Rhodes . . . 7 J . Bainton, not out 47 H . N . Wade, b Rhodes .3 11 . IV . Abernethy .cSIcClellan,bLord 18 E . Hodgson, st . Holmes,b McClellan 26 A . W. Lambert, c Lord, b McClellan 1 J. H . Watson, not out 1 R. T. Wade To bat A . C . Hartzig I Extras . . . .. .. 3

187

Total for 7 wickets . . . .134

BOWLING ANALYSIS. ST . PETER' S SCHOOL. Ov, rs .

Maidens .

Runs .

Wickets.

82 3 H . Bainton . . .;5 3 18 1 H . N . Wade . . 4 0 15 3 22 1 E . Hodgson . ... 6 0 16 0 II . W . Abernethy . . . 4 11 6 19 H. Saxelbye . . E . Hodgson and II . W . Abernethy bowled 1 wide.

CRICKET.

HORNSEA. Maidens . Overs .

Runs .

Wickets.

58 34 12 18 11

3 1 3 0 0

4 H . W . Rhodes ... 19 4 P . E . Lord . . .. 15 ... 5 1 H . McClellan 4 0 J . E . Noble . . . . . 0 0 J . Sharpe H . W. Rhodes bowled a wide.

v . MR. J . C . WALKER'S XI.—June 17. Mn . J . C . WAJ,KER 's XI. J . L . Procter, 1 b w, b Rhodes . . . T . Dudley, b Lord .. .. J . T. Wisher, b Lord ... . .. F. Hillyard, b Lord . . J. Hicks, c Botterill, b Rhodes . . A. Milner, st Holmes, b Rhodes . . . L. E . Stevenson, b Sharpe G. Glaisby, run out G . F . Milner, 1 b w . b Lord J . C. Walker . b Lord H. Walker, not out Extras

55 0 .35 1 0 4 24 5 9 7 1 7

Tot el

148

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P . E . Lord, not out 26 J . Sharpe, st Stevenson, b Wisker 1 If . W. Rhodes, c Hicks, b Wisker 6 II . Botterill, b Wicker 1 J. E . Noble . c A. Milner, b Walker 20 4 it, Crawshaw . run out . .. 0 F . R . Brandt, b Hillyard ( . . C . Waud, run out . . 2 W . Wilson, not out ... 0 W . Holmes, to bat .. J . Scarborough, to bat .. 5 Extras Total for 7 wkts . . .

.. .

BOWLING ANALYSIS. Mr . J . C . WALaET' s NI .

ST . PETERS SCHOOL. Over Mdns . Runs Wkts.

Overs Mdns . Runs Wkts .

H . W. Rhodes . . 21 P . E . Lord . . 15 .3 J . Sharpe . . 8 J . E . Noble . . 4

5 1 1 0

51 53 25 13

3 5 1 0

J. L . Procter J . T . Wisker F . Hillyard . . . J . C . Walker

P. E . Lord and J . Sharpe, bowled a wide.

11 12 4 3

1 6 1 0

28 18 7 7

0 3 1 1

F. Iillyard bowled a wide.

v . LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL. This match was played at Leeds on Saturday, June 21st, and resulted ill an easy victory for the home team, though had the catches which Thompson and Templar gave when they had only made one run been taken, the result might have been different. v . LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL. F . D . Thompson . b Rhodes H. Davies, c Crawshaw, b Lord . . A . W. Thompson . st Holmes, b Rhodes 13 . A . Templer, b Lord G. H . Peacock, e Holmes, b Lord . . H . Boultbee, c Lord, b Rhodes T . Collins, not out W . Henderson . b Rhodes B . Eastwocd . run out T. H . Portwey, c and b Lord G. A. L . Pyper, c McClellan, b Lord Extras Total

. .

30 0 3 39 4 3 7 4 0

1 0 5 96

CRICKET .

ST . PETER' S SCHOOL. 1st Innings. 2nd Innings. P . E . Lord, b Eastwood 3 b Eastwood .. J. Sharpe, c Boultbee, b Eastwood 3 c Collins, b Pyper W. G . Wilson, run out . . . ... 10 b Eastwood H . McClellan, b Pyper . . 1 b Pyper .. . . H . Botterill, b Pyper 0 b Pyper H . W . Rhodes, 1 b w, b Eastwood 0 b Pyper .. G. E . Noble, c Boultbee, b Eastwood 0 run out . . . .. c A . Thompson, b Pyper R. Crawshaw, c Thompson, b Pyper 3 . 0 not out . . .. W. Holmes, b Eastwood G . C . Waud, c Peacock, b Eastwood 3 b Pyper .. G . Scarborough, not out 0 b Pyper Extras . . 8 Extras Total

.. .

BOWLING ANALYSIS. LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Overs . Maidens . Runs. H . W . Rhodes . . 13 3 33 P . E . Lord . .. 10.4 1 39 H. McClellan . . . 1 0 8 0 J . Sharpe ... 2 10

Total

Wickets. 4 5 0 0

ST . PETER'S SCHOOL. 1st Innings . 2nd Innings. Overs Madras . Runs Wkts . Overs Madns . Runs Wkts. G. A . L. Pyper 11 .3 4 13 3 G . A . L . Pyper I0 .4 3 15 7 11 4 6 B . Eastwood 11 4 24 2 B . Eastwood 10 Pyper bowled a wide.

v. OLD BOYS. Lord won the toss and went in with Sharpe. Dodsworth and Procter shared the bowling ; Lord scored a single off Dodsworth's first over, and Sharpe made a leg hit for 2 off the same bowler, who, however, soon caught and bowled Lord for 6 . Wilson followed, but soon lost Sharpe, who was bowled by Procter . McClellan joined Wilson, but only two more runs had been added when the latter ran himself out . Botterill followed and with McClellan took the score up to 31, when he was caught by Ware at point . Rhodes now joined McClellan and Dodsworth gave way to Ware, who bowled McClellan with a yorker for a well played 14 . Noble was the new corner, and no separation being effected, J . Wood took the ball from Ware, while Gray bowled vice Procter . At luncheon the score was 62, Rhodes not out 12, Noble not out 6 . Without any addition to the score, Noble was easily stumped, and Crawshaw followed, but was given out 1 . b . w. to Gray . Murray joined Rhodes and the score was taken to 73, when Rhodes was caught at the wicket for 17 . Holmes was the next man, but soon lost his partner who was bowled by Wood . Scarborough and Holmes took the score to 84, when Holmes. was easily caught .

CRICKET.

Procter and Dodsworth began the innings of the Past while Rhodes and Murray shared the bowling . The score gradually rose to 23, when Lord went on vice Rhodes, the latter bowling instead of Murray . The change was effective, as Lord bowled Doilsworth in his first over. E . Gray followed, but with Procter took the score to 32 before he was bowled by Rhodes . J . R. Wood was the incomer, and no separation being effected, Murray went on instead of Lord . Wood and Procter still continued to hit freely, and McClellan took the ball from Murray. This had no effect and Lord went on again, Sharpe bowling instead of Rhodes . Wood then gave a chance to Lord off his own bowling which was not accepted, but with the score at 86, Wood was caught in the long field off Sharpe by Rhodes . Stevenson followed, but was caught at slip for O . Robinson took his place, and after hitting Sharpe out of the field for 4, was clean bowled in the same over . E . W . Clayforth joined Procter, but was bowled by Lord . Procter and Hodgson then hit Sharpe for 10 in one over, and he gave way to Rhodes who soon bowled Hodgson . Ware was soon run out for 0, and H . Clayforth bowled for a similar score . A. Wood hit Lord for 3, and Rhodes for 2, and then lost Procter, who was caught at slip by Lord for 51 . The out-goer went in first, and was out last . Ilk score included five 3's, ten 2's, and sixteen singles. Lord and Sharpe began the second innings of the Present, and made 45 before Lord was bowled by a << yorker " from Procter. Sharpe was caught with the score at 50, and at the same total McClellan was caught and bowled . Botterill made 2 and was bowled by Procter . Noble and Wilson took the score to 67, when the latter was taken at the wicket, ' and Rhodes was caught at leg for 5 . Crawshaw and Noble played out time, the score being SO for six wickets. Score : PRESENT.

1st Innings. P . E . Lord, c and b Dodsworth 6 . Sharpe, b Procter 2 J W. G . Wilson, run out 5 H . McClellan, b Ware 14 H . Botterill, c Ware, b Procter 11 It . W . Rhodes c Stevenson, b Gray 17 J . E . Noble, st Stevenson, b Wood R . Crawshaw, 1 b w . b Gray 3 \V . Murray, b Wood 4 W. Holmes, c Gray, b Wood 5 J . Scarborough, not out 3 Extras S Total . . . .SI

2nd Innings. b Procter c Wood . b Ware c Stevenson, b Procter .. c and b Ware b Procter . . .. c Dodsworth, b Wood .. not out . . . not out

19 26 4 0 2 5 12 0

Extras . .

Total for 6 wickets . . . . SJ

DANAE. PAST.

J . L . Proctor, c Lord, b Rhodes E . R. Dodsworth, b Lord . . E. Gray, b Rhodes J. R. Wood, c Rhodes, b Sharpe L . E . Stevenson, c Sharpe, b Lord . . F. Robinson, b Sharpe E. W . Clayforth,b Lord A . Hodgson, b Rhodes F. Ware, run out . . H . Clayforth, b Rhodes A . Wood, not ont . . . . Extras . .

51 9 9 20 0 4 0 6 0 0 5 15

Total . . . .119 BOWLING ANALYSIS. PRESENT. Ovel's . Maidens .

E. R . Dodsworth J . L. Procter .. F. Ware . .. E . Gray J . R . Wood

a 8 7

2 2 2 4 2

Runs . 20 24 6 15 11

2nd Innings . J . R . Wood . . .. . . 5 2 10 E . Gray 5 0 14 E. R . Dodsworth 3 0 14 J . L . Procter .. 9 2 16 F. Ware 7 2 12 Dodsworth and Gray bowled a wide.

H . W. Rhodes W . Murray . . P . E . Lord . .. H . McClellan J. Sharpe .. .

PAST. Ovens. 17 7

.. .

10 3 5

Maidens .

6 2 3 1 0

Wickets.

1 2 1 2 3 1 0 0 3 2

Rims. 37

Wickets. 4

20 21 10 21

0 3 0 2

DANAE. (FROM SIMONIDES .) A FRAGMENT OF A FRAGMENT.

[Acrisius was warned by the Pythian oracle, that, if Danae his daughter gave birth to a son, the child would kill his grandfather. Accordingly when Perseus was born, Acrisius cast him and his mother

NOTES AND ITE_IIS.

Danae into a chest, and put them out to sea . Zeus caused the chest to land on the island of Seriphus .] She sat within the coffin-chest that lay A carven wonder on the restless deep ; And every fitful gust, each heaving sea Struck on her sinking heart, as bending low With streaming cheeks, she clasped her babe and moaned : " Thy mother's heart is sore, my child, but thou Dost sleep, sweet baby heart, nor sleeping fear'st The cruel steel that clamps our wooden tomb ." "No light to cheer the midnight gloom around thee, The salt sea foams above thy curly head, But sea and gloom alike are naught to thee." " Thou sleep'st, my pretty one, thy wee face peeping From out the purple robe in which I wrapped thee, The wild waves' roaming voices cannot wake thee ." " Sleep ! Did'st thou know my horror, thou would'st lift Thy tiny shell like ear to list—but sleep ! Sleep babe, sleep sea, and oh ! my long woe sleep !"

NOTES AND ITEMS. HE following 0 . P.'s figured in the Triposes : Classical, Douglas

T and Griffith in the second class : Mathematical, Senior optimes Chadwick, Collinson ; Junior optime, Eyre. W. Y. Fausset has gained the Ellerton prize for a Theological Essay. R . M . Ainslie has been ordained deacon by the Bishop of Chester and licensed to Witton. W . W. Garwood, B .A ., has been ordained deacon by the Bishop of Rochester, and licensed to the curacy of St . Mary's, Battersea. W. Y . Fausset has taken his M .A . degree ; A . II. Griffith has taken his M .A . degree. W. Dowson, M .A ., M .B ., has passed his examination for the degree of Bachelor of Surgery .

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PETE RITE Von. VI .

AUGUST, 1884 .

No . 46.

THE PORTSMOUTH VOLUNTEER REVIEW. NOTHER Easter has come and gone, and with it another

A Volunteer gathering . Since the Brighton Review of last year,

of which I sent an account to the " Peterite," the Volunteer force have gained decided ground in the estimation of the military authorities at the War Office. The recent speeches of the Duke of Cambridge and Lord %Volseley, show that they place great confidence in our branch of the service, and are fully alive to the important aid that Volunteers could render to the country, should England become one of the active parties in a great European war . Lord Wolseley's remarks, indeed, seemed to point to the probabilities of such a state of affairs in the not distant future, for he said that when he saw all the great Powers increasing their standing armies, and their fighting resources, he could only conclude that these preparations pointed to some great European war. We all pray that such an event may be averted ; but in no better way can it be avoided than by taking thoroughly to heart and acting upon the late Duke of Wellington's advice, namely, " to maintain peace, be prepared for war ." The great opportunity of the year which is offered to Volunteers for making themselves more efficient protectors of their Fatherland, is at the annual manoeuvres at Eastertide, when the doings of our citizensoldiers are always viewed with great interest by the public at large. It is for this reason that I have undertaken to chronicle once more for the pages of our School Magazine the doings of the Volunteers at the late Portsmouth Review and on the march ; and although I shall, of course, have to devote special attention to the part taken in the manoeuvres by my own corps the London Scottish, but as I speak from actual experience, I may be forgiven for any apparent partiality owing to the necessities of the case, and my personal account may prove the more interesting .

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Early in the year it was suggested to the officers of Volunteer battalions by II .R.H the Duke of Cambridge, that an allocation of the forces to different fields of action would not only cause less strain upon the resources of the railway companies, but would give greater facilities for instruction in the details of practical warfare to the Volunteers. Ire also offered the co-operation of the regulars at the different stations suggested if his advice were acted upon, so that this year marching columns were organised and proper plans of operations laid out in the advance upon Portsmouth as well as upon Dover ; but it is with the former—which was much the larger and more important— that we shall deal. Besides these, a few battalions proceeded to Aldershot, where, on Easter Monday, they had a Field Day with the regulars stationed there . . In order to be ready for the parade of our corps at 8 o ' clock on Good Friday morning, I was obliged to spend Thursday night at the Charing Cross Hotel, where one has the special advantage of a table d ' Mte breakfast in the morning (prepared specially for passengers going by the early Continental trains), and to this I found a number of Volunteers doing ample justice, and thus laying a good foundation on which to build up the heavy day's work . Our regiment paraded at Head Quarters, Adelphi Terrace, W .C ., at 8 a .m ., in full marching order, with haversacks in which we carried our provisions for the mid-day meal of Friday, and water-bottles, containing the liquor which each man considered the best to allay his thirst and sustain his strength . Perhaps, in parenthesis, I may be allowed to recommend (from experience) sherry and water as the best drink to serve this double purpose . We numbered about 350 men . After the usual inspection, we marched to Waterloo Station, to the cheery strains of our bag-pipes and amid the friendly greetings of the Londoners, where without any confusion we were " entrained " and were soon on our way to Petersfield. I must now give my readers the " general idea " by which all our manoeuvres were governed . The marching force, under Col . Moncrieff of the Scotts Guards, was divided into five columns, and it was supposed to form the advanced guard of an army marching from Guildford to prevent a hostile army proceeding from Salisbury with a view to reinforce the garrison at Hilsea . The London Scottish were in No . 2 column along with the artists, London Irish, Inn, of Court, and Cambridge University ; the whole bei g under the coi :iur1,,1 of

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Lieut . Col . Lumsden, of Ours ." No . 5 column was the first to arrive at Petersfield, and, hearing from cavalry scouts that a convoy, sent from IIilsea to obtain supplies from Petersfield, has commenced its return and is obliged to go by the road, the railway being cut at Rowland's Castle, Col . Routledge at once decides to pursue the convoy with his 558 men of all ranks . This is to say the least of it somewhat rash, for it is only reasonable to suppose that the convoy is strongly guarded, and if attacked would be reinforced from IIilsea . The end, however, justified the means in this case, for ere the day was out No . 5 column had captured the said convoy! Meanwhile the other columns continued to arrive at Petersfield, and at once proceeded to establish successively a line of outposts covering Petersfield on the south and south-west, forming an arc of which Petersfield is the centre with a radius of from two to three mile . We were stationed near Butser Mill, which we reached by m-arching through most picturesque and undulating country, clothed in all its spring verdure . The day was perfect, and the wooded country stretching far northwards was very 'enticing . We climbed the steep slopes of Butser Hill, followed closely by our watercart and ambulance waggon (which accompanied each column), but after accomplishing the most difficult part of their task these latter found that the nature of the ground in front would prevent their coming further, and were obliged to descend the hill (a much more arduous undertaking in the slippery clay soil), and thus get to their billet by a much longer way round ! The outposts having been inspected and the dispositions corrected by Col . Moncrieff, the different columns were dismissed to their stations about five o'clock . It was a pretty sight to see the various battalions descend the steep sides of the Downs and march along the winding valleys to their billets. The London Scottish were consigned to the little village of Blendworth . I was one of 150 men who slept in a large cattle shed, where we had nothing but straw, on which to rest our wearied limbs, and one blanket to cover us ; but to acid to our discomfort, we were obliged to retire to rest in the dark (no lamp or light of any kind being allowed in the structure) . There was no lack of ventilation, however, for in the roof and sides of the shed there were large holes, which might have proved decidedly objectionable had it rained, but such was luckily not the case. The first night of these Volunteer marches is always ::eomfortable, owing to s IClr a large holy of men having to be

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put in places where no accommodation for them exists, but we " made the best of it" without grumbling ; and awaking (i.e. those that got to sleep, which were but few) from our beds of straw, very little refreshed, at 6 a .m ., we all had a good wash in a large cattle-trough. after which a hearty breakfast prepared us for the lively day before us, Our force was on Saturday joined by a squadron of the Hants Yeomanry, and at about 9 a.m ., we set out against the enemy, which consisted of Regular Cavalry and 4th Middlesex Volunteers, about 2,000 in all. The Duke of Cambridge arrived about an hour b fore the contest began, along with Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and a brilliant staff. Our object was to check the advance of the enemy in their endeavour to capture Portdowrl Ridge ; and it was about mid-day when our outposts discovered the enemy's picquets, and a bickering rifle fire ensued . The fire increased rapidly as battalion after battalion were deployed along the slope of the ridge, and the attack was soon concentrated on the centre, the London Scottish being the first to engage the defender's line. The attack of our entire force was so well directed by Col . Moncrieff and so determined that it told at once : quickly we went up the slopes, taking advantage of all cover, firing volley after volley and advancing by rushes, while the enemy contending every yard of ground sullenly retired . On reaching the summit we were masters of the situation, and the enemy retired on Portsmouth, so we received the order to " pile arms," But what a view met our gaze ! During the half hour's rest we had after the fight, we had time to enjoy it and to be refreshed by the contemplation of the beauties of nature. Below lay Portsmouth and IIayling Island, with the Portsmouth and Langstone IIarbours stretching almost up to the fort at Portsdown Heights, and the Isle of Wight could be seen in all its beauty across the water. Certainly, I have never seen a more lovely panorama. Oar short rest terminated, we continued our march to our various stations in Portsmouth (about six miles off), the Scottish being quartered at the Anglesea Barracks, where we arrived at 5 p .m., and as soon as we were " ° told oFf " to our respective rooms, were not long in having a refreshing wash in the large wash-house . There were two regiments of regulars in the same barracks with us—the North Lancashire and the Leicester—also the London Irish Volunteers, but separate buildings were assigned to each . The Scottish had their .

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meals served in the regimental school-room on long tables neatly decorated with flowers and plants, a picket of the N . Lancashire men acting as waiters, and very obliging ones they were. In the evening, sentries were posted and pickets appointed to parade the streets from 8 to 10 o'clock to keep order ; in fact, all the requirements of garrisoning were complied with, so that our training for the work which would be demanded of Volunteers in case of war was most practical . Easter Sunday was a day of rest ; we had Church Parade at the Scotch Kirk at 10-30 a .m ., and the service was of the required military length (i. e . not to exceed one hour)—it would be well if all churches were put under military regulations on fine Sunday mornings ! After dinner, many of the Volunteers visited the "Victory," to see the spot where England's greatest hero died . Others, like myself, took one of the numerous steamers which ply between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, to Ryde, and enjoyed the sail, which takes about half-au-hour, and a walk on the Island . Others again remained in Portsmouth to inspect the elaborate arches and other decorations which the loyal citizens had put up in our honour . One archway they had constructed of painted wood, reminded me of Bootham Bar at York ; it was very realistic, and to complete the illusion had figures of men in armour on its battlements . The streets were hung with flags of every nationality, and mottoes such as " Welcome brave defenders ." So Sunday was passed, and we mostly retired early to rest, as we had to be up at 5-30 a .m . On Easter Monday, we breakfasted at 6-30 a.m., left our barracks at 7-30 a .m., .and after a march of eight miles got into position on the heights of Portsdown Hill, behind Fort Purbrook, where we were joined by the detachment of our Corps which left London at four that morning to attend the review . I fear that I shall not have space to describe the fight in detail, but will only say that it assumed the form of a contest between two bodies known as the Northern and Western Armies . The latter under General Monck had to relieve and reinforce a garrison at Hilsea, and the Northern Force (of which the London Scottish formed a part) was to prevent this operation being effected . Most of the fighting took place on the scene of Saturday's battle, and I need only add that the result was an easy victory for General Monck, and England was thus saved from the hands of the pseudo-foreign invader! Then followed the severe ordeal of the " March Past, " which so far

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as our corps were concerned was performed to our Colonel's entire• satisfaction. The forces were subsequently "entertained ." and after a threehours railway journey (the monotony of which we relieved by keeping up a regular concert of Scotch songs and recitations), arrived in dingy old London singing " ° Auld long sync " —to fi nd it raining—this being the first rain we had experienced since we left London on Good Friday. In conclusion, let me point out a few of the results of this year's Volunteer campaign . Volunteers have now been put to the test of being brigaded with regular troops, and military critics admit, that if there has been any marked difference between onr hearing and that of the Line regiments, it has certainly not been to the dis•redit of the . Volunteers . Two experiments were tried this year for the first time as far as Volunteers are concerned . and will doubtless have an important influence on our future sham fights . One was the employment of mounted infantry, and the other a trial of Nordenfeldt machine guns. There were, doubtless, as might be expected on a first trial, mistakes . in the tactical use of the latter, but the Duke of Cambridge ' s compliment to the mounted men of the Victoria Rifles will doubtless serve as a stimulus to increase the number of our mounted infantry, which (in view of the success of this kind of force in the Soudan) must be regarded as very desirable. And now before closing . I cannot too strongly urge upon " Peterites " the necessity of becoming Volunteers on leaving school, and thus making themselves efficient soldiers, available in times of emergency—times which many well able to judge think not so very far off. If all of us who can will volunteer, the necessity of ever introducing that degrading " conscription " system into free England, which is established in France and Germany, and which so cripples. their commerce, need never arise . Let us hope that ere long we may have St . Peter' s, our own Volunteer Corps . If Rossall, Clifton, and other large public schools have their own corps, why not St. Peters ? R . \V . C .

SCHOOL LETTER. RICKET is now over, and the examinations are in full swing.

C The doings of the Eleven are mentioned elsewhere, and are very satisfactory . The School House has maintained its supremacy, having defeated the School by 48 runs . For the House Sharpe made 34 and 0, Lewis 23 and 7, W . S . Gofton and 6 . While for the School Noble 1 and 22 was the highest scorer . The first eleven with broomsticks beat the second eleven with bats by 56 runs, chiefly owing to the fine batting of Lord, who scored 22 and 65, and to the bowling of Rhodes and Lord, who obtained respectively 10 wickets for 40 runs and 9 for 41 . The first eleven made 57 and 98, against 67 and 32 made by the second, Brandt was highest scorer with 29 and 1 . The football team were beaten by the rest by 11 runs, and the Fourth, with Mr. Yeld, beat the Sixth, with Mr . Hales, by the same amount . The result was chiefly owing to the fine bowling of Mr . Yeld, who obtained 7 wickets for 16 runs . The highest scorers for the Sixth were Rhodes 26 and Lord 19, while for the Fourth Noble 34, Mr . Yeld 11, and McClellan 10 were highest scorers. The most successful Junior House so far is Mr . Clarke ' s, who have won 2 and tied 1, viz . that with the School House, who easily beat the Day Boys, but were beaten by Mr . Clarke's House in the first match, though had time allowed they would probably have won . The Tennis Club held a tournament last week, the victors being A . C . Clarke and E . Stephenson, who played well together. There is some talk of a match with the York L . T . C . The Regatta Boat is still at work, and has finally decided to go to Chester to row in the Maiden Stakes on August 1st . The boat averages about 10 stone per man, and goes well together, and with Eyre's coaching during the week is sure to improve. By the bye, Lord has resigned his post of Cricket Captain, and no one else has yet offered his services . The next captain will have almost the same eleven at his command as represented the School this year, Murray being the only certain absentee . May they be more successful in '85 .

CRICKET. of the past term's cricket go to show that the success THEofresults the Eleven, which for the last few years has been increasing, has not yet begun to decrease . Though only three of last year's Eleven were available, we have net done so badly as might have been expected with eight new members in the team . Out of 16 matches we have won 5, drawn 3, and lost 8 ; while last year we played 15, won 5, drew 1, and lost 9 . Two of our draws would have been almost certain wins, had time allowed, while the third would have been a defeat . The wins include two Durham matches, Mr . Walker's Eleven, York Law, and Ebor Rovers ; the draws are the Asylum, Hornsea, and Mr . Walker's Eleven (return) ; and the defeats St . John's College, Yorkshire Gentlemen, York (2), Leeds, Past, York Law, and the Asylum . The average per wicket of the School was about 91 ; of our opponents about 103. The batting averages show a decided improvement . Of last year's choices Lord has advanced from 15 to 22, Rhodes from 5 to 13, Sharpe from 0 to 8, the first-named having the highest average at the School for some years . Of the new members Wilson and Noble have the highest averages, though the former only played in the later matches . The bowling has nut been as successful as the batting. Rhodes at the commencement of the season was nothing like as certain as last year, but by some really good work towards the end of the season he obtained an average of 7, a little more expensive than in 1883, but with 86 wickets to his credit . Lord' s bowling was infinitely better than last year, as he took 50 wickets at a little over 10 runs each, as against an average of 19 . Of the others Sharpe, McClellan, and Murray have bowled well at times . The fielding was perhaps the most conspicuous improvement ; of course catches were dropped, but none of those simple ones (except in the first match) which it used to be customary for the eleven to miss. We must not, however, forget to testify to the good done to the Eleven by I3osomworth in May . The batting all round was bettered by his able coaching, and we can only hope to have him again next 3 ear . ITerewiih we append the characters of the Eleven .

CRICKET.

P. E . LORD has played good cricket through the season, generally to be relied on for runs ; rather weak in cutting, otherwise hits well all round ; has done good service with the ball ; smart in the field ; energetic captain.

Good bat, but too fond of playing back to balls well pitched up, and iu consequence sometimes lost his wicket ; sure leg hitter ; the bowler of the eleven, medium pace with break both ways ; took 21 wickets for 55 runs in the last match ; good field. H . W. RHODES .

Hard-hitting bat, but does not watch the ball enough ; would do better with a little more care ; occasionally bowled well ; uncertain in the field. J. SHARPE .

Began the season well in batting, playing very

A. MCCLELLAN.

straight, but latterly got a habit of pulling away from balls on the wicket ; too eager to score ; frequently got a wicket when wanted ; good field. Uncertain as a bat ; inclined to play across, but hits hard, though taking a low hold of his bat ; a safe pair of hands ; brought off some wonderful catches during the season at long-off. H. BOTTERILL .

Useful man, having good defensive abilities, combined with hard driving powers and a long reach ; bowls slow with a J . E . NOBLE .

break ; neat field. *W . MURRAY .

Hardly batted up to the expectations formed of

him ; has a slow style of play, not being at home on a quick wicket ; was at first successful as a slow bowler, but fell off ; fair field. R . CIIAWSHAW . Very taking bat, with neat style and a beautiful forward stroke, but lacks punishing power ; very unlucky at the beginning of the season ; good field.

W. IIoLMES . Moderate bat ; too anxious to get runs ; uncertain wicket-keeper, being sometimes really good, at other times completely " out of it ." J. SCARBOROUGH.

Fair bat, considering his height ; excellent

long-stop. W. G . WILSON . A useful but not a stylish bat, being of the " barn-door ;" has, however, scored well ; very fair in the field. * Is leaving.

CRICKET.

BATTING AVERAGES.

P. E . Lord . .. H . W. Rhodes J. Sharpe H . McClellan . . . H . Botterill . . . J . E . Noble . . . W. Murray ... R. Crawshaw . . . W . Holmes . . . J . Scarborough 1V . G . Wilson . . .

P . E . Lord . . . H . W . Rhodes J . Sharpe H . McClellan J. E . Noble . . . W . Murray . . .

Times Highest in Innings . not out. an innings . 1 21 82 21 3 41* 0 26 21 1 34 20 . .. 17 0 47 20 2 29* 15 2 16 3 25* 20 15* 17 7 . .. 13 2 7 13 2 33 * Signifies not out .

Total. 445 240 172 136 121 158 59 98 57 27 106

BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs. Maidens . Runs. 510 207 . 3 50 1 2983 78 62) 14 138 2 51 0 39 4 141 0 20 0 76 6 185 U 52 . 3

Wiles. lu

. ..

Average. 22} 13i 8-,T 7 5 7 it 8% 4 1~ 51i 5 th; 2 101 11 it

Wickets.

50 86 9 n 4 13

Average. 101 7a 15317 15 14A ,

v . NORTH RIDING ASYLUM .—June 28th. SCHOOL.

NORTH RIDING ASYLUM.

12 P. E. Lord, b Nicholson J . Sharpe, h Nicholson 5 W. G . \\ ilson, st Nicholson, b Hields 33 H. McClellan, cLuekenby, b Nicholson U H . Botterill, b 1-hells 0 7 H . W . lihodes. b Nicholson 3 J . E . Noble, hauSled ball R . Crawshaw, b Nicholson U W . Murray, not out 5 W . Holmes, b Nicholson 1 J . Scarbrough, b Nicholson 2 7 Extras

G . Breed, c Wilson, b Rhodes 89 J. L. Varley, b Rhodes 1 C . E. Rudd, b Rhodes 38 II . Hields, b Rhodes 8 5 W . R . Nicholson, c Noble, b Lord W . Thornton, c Crawshaw, b Lord 1 E . Glaisby, c Sharpe, b Lord 7 T . Doman, b Rhodes 2 T. Leekenby, c Rhodes, h Lord 2 4 R . Tate, not out II . Muchall, b Rhodes 3 Extras 8

Total

BOWLING ANALYSIS. SCHOOL. Overs. Maidens. Runs . 24 10 28

H . IIields . . 40 W . R. Nicholson . . 23 . 4

Wickets. 2

NORTH RIDING ASYLUM.

Maidens Overs. . II . W . Rhodes 24 .4 5 W . Murray . . 2 0 . . P . E. Lord . . 21 4 H . McClellan 3 0 J . Sharpe ... 3 0

Runs.

Wickets.

6,2 18 57 11 14

6 O 4 0 0

168

CRICKET

v . YORK LAW.—July 1st. YORK LAW.

SCHOOL.

2 R. Brooks, h Rhodes E . Glaisby, b Rhodes 9 14 D. S . Mackay, b Rhodes 64 E. Gray, not out 0 H. F. Cundall . h Lord__ 2 J. T . Ware . c McClellan, b Lord G. G . Thompson, b Rhodes 0 F. Ware, b Rhodes 2 1 C . E . Elmhirst, b Rhodes A. Wood . c Murray, b Sharpe 1 A. Bellerby, c Crawshaw, b Rhodes 4 Extras 11

32 P . E . Lord, c and b Brooks 13 .f. Sharpe, b Cundall 0 W. G . Wilson, b Cundall 2 H. McClellan, b Gray 2 H . Botterill, b Gray 39 H . W . Rhodes, run out 2 J . E . Noble, b J . T. Ware 25 R. Crawshaw, not out 3 W. Murray, b Cundall 3 W . Holmes, b Cundall J . Scarborough. c Bellerby, b Cundall 0 13 Extras

Total

110

Total

134

BOWLING ANALYSIS. YORK LAW.

H . W . Rhodes P . E . Lord . . J. Sharpe . . H . McClellan

Mdus . 5 0 2 0

Runs . 43 40 7 10

Wkts.

ST . PETER' S SCHOOL. Overs . Maidens.

Runs .

Wkfs.

Overs . 14 .3 7 3 3

7 2 1 0

31 21 H . F . Cundall .3 10 3 34 E. Grav .. 14 7 1 17 ,T. T . Ware 8 2 14 R . Brooks . F. Ware .. 6 2 11 16 1) . S . Mackay 6 1 Brooks bowled 2 wides, Gray and Mackay I each.

5 2 1 1 0 0

i . YORK—July 3rd. SCHOOL. P. E . Lord, c Stevenson, b Procter 21 2 J. Sharpe, b Wisker W . G . Wilson, st Pride, b Wisker 51 H . McClellan . run out 2 H . Botterill, b Wisker 4 H . W . Rhodes, c and b Procter 1 J . E . Noble . b Murfin R. Crawshaw, b Murfin 0 2 W. Murray, not out W. Holmes, c Spetch . b Murfin 1 J . Scarbrough . st Pride, b Wisker Extras 11 Total

YORK.

J .T.Wisker,cSens brou ;h,bRhodes 2 38 J . L . Procter, c B oClellan, b Lord 54 T . Dudley, b Rhodes 2 T . Pride, b Rhodes L . E . Stevenson,b Lord 0 E . Glaisby, c Murray . b Lord . 23 3 A . Murtha. c Crawshaw, b Lord 1 J, T . Grey, c Crawshaw, b Lord L . T . Spetch, c Wilson . b Rhodes 5 H . T . Vaughan, b Murray 8 G . Linfoot,not out 0 Extras 2 Total

77 BOWLING ANALYSIS. ScHooL. Overs .

Mdus . J . T. Wisker . . .. 18 . 3 5 5 A . Murfin . . . . 13 3 J . L . Procter . . 8 3 1 J . Spetch .. . . J . Spetch bowled 2 wides .

Runs . 30 20 13 3

Wkts.

4 3 2 0

139

'88

CRICKET. YORK.

H . W. Rhodes P. E. Lord . . J. Sharpe . . H . McClellan W. Murray

. .

Overs.

26 16 7 3 4. 2

Maidens . Suns .

6 3 1 0 0

48 50 17 12 7

Wickets.

4 5 0 0 1

v . DURHAM SCHOOL. This return match was played at York on Saturday, July 5th. The Visitors' Eleven was strengthened by the addition of Miller, who was prevented by rowing from playing in the first match . Shaw won the toss, and went in with Alderson, to the bowling of Rhodes and Lord. The former opened with a maiden, but after this Alderson hit both bowlers for 2 . Shaw scored two singles, and then had his off stump bowled by Rhodes . Ilolden followed, and stayed with Alderson until the score was 16, when the latter was bowled in trying to pull a straight ball from Rhodes . With the same total Lord caught and bowled Ilolden. Walker was caught in the slips, and Miller bowled by Lord, and 5 wickets were down for 25 . Jackson and Stanton now made a good stand, and McClellan bowled for Lord, but was soon replaced by Sharpe, who in his second over bowled Stanton . This wicket had added 28 runs. Two runs only were added when Rhodes bowled Jackson . Headlam followed, and obtained a single off Rhodes, who had bowled 7 successive maidens . Barmby and Nimmo were soon bowled, and the innings closed for 67. Lord and Sharpe then made a good beginning for the School, the former hitting Miller for 4 and 3, which Sharpe repeated in his next over. This brought on Alderson, and in his first over he got Sharpe caught at long off. Wilson played the new bowler for a single, and Lord hit him for 4 and 3, but was soon after caught at long on. McClellan and Wilson were together at lunch time, when the score was 44 for 2 wickets . Soon after lunch Wilson was bowled, and Botterill took his place . He quickly hit up 9, and was caught at point. Rhodes followed, and with McClellan took the score to 79, when the latter was clean bowled by Alderson . Noble hit Miller for 3, and was then out 1 b w to Alderson . Crawshaw joined Rhodes, who hit Miller for 4 and 3 . Nimmo took the ball from Miller, but soon gave way to Shaw, who, after being hit three times for 3, bowled Crawshaw. Murray was easily caught and bowled, but Holmes stayed some time with Rhodes, and brought on Stanton vice Shaw.

CRICKET .

The new bowler soon bowled Holmes, and in his next over Scarborough hit his wicket, the innings closing for 131. Shaw and Parker opened the second innings of Durham to the bowling of Lord and Rhodes . Each bowler opened with a maiden, but in the former's second over Shaw made a drive for 2. Each batsman then made a single off Rhodes, and Parker hit Lord for 3, when Shaw was bowled. Miller entered, but soon lost Parker, who was well caught by Wilson . Walker and Miller took the score to 29, when Rhodes bowled Miller. With only 4 runs added Lord bowled Walker. The light then became very bad, and the remaining 6 wickets only added 9 runs, the innings closing for 42 . This left St . Peter's victorious by an innings and 22 runs . DumlAm Scuoon.

1st innings. A. F. Shaw, b Rhodes F. Alderson, b Rhodes H. Holden. c and b Lord G. K . Walker, c Rhodes, b Lord T. Miller, b Lord P . Stanton, b Sharpe G . Jackson, b Rhodes T . Parker, st Holmes, b Sharpe M. Headlam, not out H. F . Barmby, b Rhodes W. Nimn:o, b Rhodes Extras

2nd innings. b Rhodes b Rhodes b Rhodes b Lord b Rhodes b Rhodes b Rhodes c Wilson b Rhodes run out b Rhodes not out Extras

2 8 1 5 1 12 8 0 1 4 5 20 Total

Total

ST. PETER ' S SCHOOL. P . E . Lord,C Holden,b Alderson J . Sharpe, c Walker, b Alderson W . G . Wilson, b Alderson H. McClellan, b Alderson H. Botterill, c Parker, b Miller H. W. Rhodes. not out J . E . Noble, lbw b Alderson R . Crawshaw, b Shaw W . Murray, c and b Alderson W . Holmes, b Stanton J . Scarborough, hit wicket, b Stanton Extras

21 18 5 14 9 41 3 6 0 7 2 5 Total

131

BOWLING ANALYSIS. DceIIADI SCHOOL.

2nd innings.

1st innings. Ovens . Maidens. Rune.

5 13 16 H . W. Rhodes . . 21 . 3 4 19 P. E . Lord . . . . 11 2 0 6 H . McClellan . , 2 — J . Sharpe 8 4 6 P . E . Lord bowled a wide .

\Vkts.

Over-.

â laidens.

12 .1 13

3 7

19 17

—

Runs . Wickets.

P . E. Lend bawled 3 wider,

8 1

'90

CRICKET.

ST . PETERS SCHOOL. Ovens .

Maidens.

Hans .

Wickets.

12 2 32 W . Nimmo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 F . Miller 8 2 ':8 1 F . Alderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 6 42 6 A. F . Shaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 0 19 1 2 P . Stanton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 1 2 3 1 3 0 M . Ileadlam Shaw bowled 2 wides, and Miller and Stanton 1 each.

v . EBOR ROVERS. This match was played on the School Ground, on Saturday, July 12th . Lord won the toss and went in with Sharpe, to the bowling of Wisker and F . Dudley . Lord began by hitting Wisker twice for 2, and Dudley for a single . Sharpe then hit Wisker for a 2 and a 3, and Dudley for two singles, but soon after lost Lord, who was caught in the long field . Wilson came in, and after making one run lost Sharpe, who was well caught by Procter in the slips. McClellan followed, but was given out 1 b w without scoring. Three wickets were now down for 19 . R . Haynes joined Wilson, but after two more runs had been scored Wilson was clean bowled by Dudley. Rhodes followed, but was soon bowled by Dudley . Five for 21 . Noble was easily caught for 1, and Crawshaw joined Haynes, and a short stand was made, the pair taking the score to 35 before Haynes was bowled . Murray stayed with Crawshaw until the score reached 1, when he ran himself out . Crawshaw was then bowled, and Scarborough being sent back with his first ball the innings closed for 42. T . Dudley and Wisker opened the innings of the Ebor Rovers to the bowling of Rhodes and Lord . Off the former's first ball Dudley was splendidly caught by Lord in the slips . Procter followed, and after scoring a single off Rhodes, played a maiden from Lord. Wisker obtained a single off the next over, and then hit Lord for 2. He was then missed in the slips by Rhodes, but did not survive long, being bowled with the total at 7 . T . Dudley followed, but was bowled by the first ball he received . Pride joined Procter, and after hitting Rhodes for 4, and Lord for 2, was easily caught . Four for 15. Stainthorpe came in and stayed with Procter until the score reached 25, when he was bowled by Rhodes . Grey helped Procter to take the score to 31, when he pulled a ball into his wicket . With one run added Lord bowled Procter off his pads, and Lazenby was bowled by Rhodes . Walker and Bellerby took the score to 39, when the

CRICKET .

former was caught, and Bellerby, with one run added, was also well caught by Crawshaw, leaving the School victorious by 2 runs. The School went in a second time, Lord and Sharpe going first to the wickets . Sharpe made six out of nine, and was easily caught and bowled . Wilson and McClellan were soon out, and Lord was bowled by Wisker for a patient 11 . Haynes was soon bowled by Procter, and Rhodes, after hitting Procter for a 3 and two 2 ' s, was given out 1 b w . Crawshaw and Murray were bowled, and Noble and Holmes played out time, the score being 91 for 8 wickets. SCHOOL.

1st Inns Hre. P. E. Lord, c Walker, b Winker J . Sharpe, c Procter . b F . Dudley W. G. Wilson, b F . Dudley H. McClellan, 1 b w, b Wisker R. Haynes, b Wicker H. W . Rhodes, b F . Dudley J . E . Noble, c F . Dudley, b Wisker R . Crawshaw, b F . Dudley W. Murray, run out W. Holmes, not out J . Scarbrough, b Wisker Extras

2nd Innings. b Wicker c and b F . Dudley st Pride b Wisher c Birks, b Wisker b Procter 1 b w, b Procter not out b Procter b Lazenby not out to bat Extras

5 10 2 0 11 0 1 9 0 1 0 3 42

Total

Total for S wkts

11 6 0 2 1 7 29 3 6 8 18 91

EI;OR ROVERS. F . Dudley, c Lord . b Rhodes

0 4 12 0 7 2 5 0 2 6 0 2

J . T . Wicker, b Rhodes J . L . Procter, b Lord T. Dudley, b Rhodes T. Pride, c Wilson, b Rhodes J . Stainthorpe, b Rhodes J . T . Grey, b Rhodes T. Lazenby, b Rhodes J . C . Walker, c Wilson, b Rhodes A . Bellerby, c Crawshaw, b Lord E . A . Birks, not out Extras Total BOWLING ANALYSIS. ST . PETER' S SCHOOL. 1st Innings. Overs

Mdns.

Runs

Wkts .

2nd Innings. Runs

Wkts.

10 . 2 0 18 5 9 2 14 J . T . Wicker F. Dudley 10 2 21 4 16 6 20 J . L. Procter 9 3 17 J. T. Grey 3 1 3 3 1 5 J.Stainthorpe 5 3 7 T . Lazenby T, Pride 2 0 6 T . Dudley — — — — 3 1 3 F . Dudley bowled 2 wides, Wisker, Lazenby, and T . Dudley 1 each. EBOR Rovxns.

Overs

3 1 3 0 0 1 0 0

Overs . Maidens. Runs.

H . W . Rhodes . . .. 11 0 3 P. E . Lord 10 .1 P. E. Lord bowled 2 wides .

20 18

Mdns.

Wkts.

8 2

NOTES AND ITEMS.

LAWN TENNIS. HE Tennis Tournament in connection with the School Tennis

T Club was played during the last fortnight of the term, the side that first obtained 10 games being declared the winner. HEAT A. R. Crosthwaite . A . Lister.

F . W. Faber. H . Kershaw.

In this heat Crosthwaite's side was decidedly the strongest, and ultimately won by 10 games to 7 . HEAT B. E. Stephenson. T. P. Clarke . A. C . Clarke. L. W . Pickles . At first T. P . Clarke's side met with ill luck, but afterwards played much better. In spite of their efforts, however, they were beaten by 10 games to 5.

HEAT C. T. Little. C. B. Clarke.

F . It. Brandt . S. T . Chadwick.

A very close game from the very first, the sides almost alternately winning the games . In the end it resulted in a win for Brandt's side by 10 games to 9. HEAT D.

E. Stephenson.

F. R . Brandt.

A . C . Clarke .

S . T. Chadwick.

Brandt and Chadwick, after the form they had shown the night before, were expected to have it easily their own way . Stephenson and Clarke, however, owing to remarkably good serving, won the heat by 10 to 8. FINAL HEAT. E. Stephenson. R. Crosthwaite. A. C. Clarke . A. Lister. A disappointing finish, Stephenson ' s side having it all their own way, and, in spite of Crosthwaite's efforts, winning by 10 to 2.

NOTES AND ITEMS. G . H. Wade has taken his B .A . degree. G . H . Eyre, rowed 2 in the Thames R . C . eight at Henley Regatta .

THE

PETER IT E. Vor.. VI .

SEPTEMBER, 1584 .

No . 47.

ATHLETIC SPORTS. HE Annual Sports were held as usual on the last Monday and

T Tuesday of the term . The Judges were S . J . Atkinson, Esq ., A . W . Hales, Esq ., Meek Dyson, Esq. ; C . J. H . Williamson (0 . P.) figuring as Starter . The Committee were F . R . Brandt, C . Johnson, R . D . C . Rose, and they arranged matters to the general satisfaction. The " Hundred Yards " was this year a real hundred, not from goalpost to goal-post, which is only ninety yards. The sky on the first day was rather overcast, but happily the rain kept off . The attendance was more numerous than ever, and the events finished in good time. L—PUTTING THE WEIGHT. (16 LEe .) F . R . Brandt, 1 ; J . E . Noble, 2 ; T . H . Little, 3 ; R . Crosthwaite, 0 ; W. Murray, 0 ; A . Wade, 0 ; H . W . Rhodes, 0 ; J . Sharpe, 0 ; C . Johnson, 0 ; R . D . C . Rose, 0 .—In the first round Noble easily headed the rest, until Brandt put almost two feet farther ; these two, though both failing to increase their distance, were easily superior to the rest, who were very much together, Little gaining third place by a foot . The opening of the sports was signalized by the first put striking a third form boy on the head, without any serious damage however. The winner put 29 ft . 4 in. ; Noble, 27 ft. 1 in . ; Little, 25 ft . 4 in. II .—LONG JUMP . (UNDER 15 .) J . E . Gofton, 1 ; G . C . Waud, 2 ; H. Cautley, 3 ; P . Cadman, 0 ; H . F . Chadwick, 0 ; P. Iiitchin, 0 ; R . Evers, 0 ; E . Procter, 0 ; R . Hartley, 0 ; C . E Stevenson, 0 ; E . Stephenson, 0 .—Gofton's length made him easily superior to . his rivals, but he ought to have cleared more than 14 ft . 5 in . ; second being 13 ft . 91 in. III.—LONG JUMP, (OPEN .) A. Wade, 1 ; F. It . Brandt, 2 ; It . D . C . Rose, 3 ; H. Crossley, 0 ; A. Spencer, 0 ; R. Crosthwaite, 0 ; W . Ford, 0 ; W . Murray, 0 ; J . Sharpe, 0 ; J . E. Noble, O. —Rose at first took the lead, but was just beaten by Brandt, who, however, was defeated by Wade . The distances were 17 ft . 2 in ., 17 ft., 16 ft. 11 in. IV .—HUNDRED YARDS . (UNDER 15 .) FIRST Hair .—C . Haynes, 1 ; H . F . Chadwick, 2 ; H . Cautley, 3 .—Haynes led the whole way, winning easily . Time, 13 secs .

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

SECOND HEAT . —J . E . Lofton, 1 ; G . C . \Vaud, 2 ; E . Stephenson, 3.-Gofton's long strides brought him in first by several yards. Time, 12i secs. TnIRD HEAT .—E . Procter, 1 ; Jr . Robinson, 2 ; R. Hartley . 3 .—This was the closest heat of the three, Procter only getting in by a yard . Time, 13 secs. FINAL. HEAT .—J . E. Lofton . 1 ; G . C . Waud, 2 ; C . Haynes, 3 .-A very easy win by three yards, the same distance between second and third . Time, 12 secs. V .—HUNDRED YARDS . (OPEN .) FIRST HEAT .—J . E . Noble, i ; C . B . Clarke and A . Spencer . 2 .—A win by a couple of yards for Noble, with a deal-heat for second place . Time, 12 secs. SECOND HEAT .—C . Johnson, 1 ; H. Crossley, 2 ; T . H . Little, 3 .—The three competitors being alone in the heat were all sure of appearing in the final Time, 111 secs. TnIRD HEAT . —R . D . C . Rose, 1 ; F . R . Brandt, 2 ; R . Crosthwaite, 3.-Brandt and hose at once took a lead, and came in well iii front of the rest. Time 121 sees.

FINAL HEAT .—F . R. Brandt, 1 ; J . E . Noble, 2 ; R . D . C . Rose, 3 .—The lot kept well together for the first half, when Rose came to the front ; but Brandt ' by a good spurt won by two feet . Time, 11 f sees. VI .—HUNDRED YARDS . (UNDER 13 .) A. L . Bird, 1 ; II. B . Whitby, 2 ; R . Toovey, 3 .—Whitby was expected to win, but Bird contrived to get in first by a few yards . Time, 14 secs. VII .—QUARTER-MILE. R. C . D . Rose, 1 ; F . R. Brandt, 2 ; H . W . Rhodes, 3 ; J . E . Noble . 0 ; J. Sharpe, 0 ; H . Cressley . U ; C. Johnson, U ; A . Spencer, 0 .—Noble at first took the lead, but at the half distance the order was Rose, Rhodes, and Haynes, the last two being Brandt and Spencer . In the last 150 yards, Brandt began to cut down his men, but could never reach Rose, who won in 571 secs. VIII .—TIIROWING THE CRICKET BILL . (UNDER 15 .) J . E . Gofton, 1 ; C. Haynes . 2 ; G. C . \Vaud, 3 .—The winner threw 70 yds. 2 ft . ; second, 67 yds . 2 in . ; third, 66 yds.

IX.—MUSIC PUPILS' RACE. It. Crosthwaite, 5 yds ., 1 ; A . Marriott, 10 yds ., 2 ; R . Bloomfield, 25 yds ., 3. Marriott kept the lead for the greater part of the race, but Crosthwaite passed him in the last hundred yards . Time, 65 secs. X .—HANDICAP. (OVER 15 .) 500 YARDS. i R. Haynes and L. Huffam, 1 ; C. Rose, 3 .—For this there were forty-two { entries, the result being a dead heat for first place, both starting from the 30 yards mark . Time, 72 secs .

TUESDAY. The weather on the second day was decidedly uncomfortable, rain falling at intervals . However the attendance was quite as large as on the previous day, the band of the West Yorkshire Regiment being present . The judges were the same as on the Monday . After the sports the prizes were presented by Mrs . Stephenson . In the Senior events Brandt obtained five firsts, Gofton landing six in the Junior.

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I.—HANDICAP. (OPEN .) 500 YARDS. R. Haynes, 1 ; L . W . Huff am, 2 .—This was the running off the dead-heat of the previous day . Haynes allowed his opponent to keep the lead until the last hundred yards, when Ile came to the front and won in 70 secs. II .—HIGH JUMP . (OPEN .) W Ford, 1 ; F . R . Brandt and It . Crosthwaite, 2 .—Ford easily cleared 4 . ft.101 in ., but failed to get any higher, the other two both stopping at 4 ft. 9 in. III .—HIGH JUMP.

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J. E . Gofton, 1 ; G . C . Wand and G. Chilman, 2,—This also produced a tie for second place . Gofton jumped 4 ft . 61 in. IV .—HANDICAP FLAT RACE . (UNDER 15 .) 500 YARDS. J. E . Gofton, 1 ; P. Cadman, 2 ; C . Haynes, 3 .—This resulted in a win for Gofton, who had gained the lead before half the distance was accomplished, the handicapping being somewhat at fault. V.—THE MILE. R. D. C . Rose, 1 ; H . W . Rhodes, 2 ; H . Crossley, 3 .—For this there were 26 entries, but only about 12 turned up at the post . Immediately after the start Rose took the lead, followed by Haynes and Rhodes . This order was maintained for the first two laps, bat on entering the third Rhodes joined the leader, and they ran in company . On completing the three-quarters Rose began to draw away, and finally won by 30 yards, Crossley coming into third place in the last 'ap. Time, 4 min. 51 secs. VL—THROWING THE CRICKET BALL . (OPEN .) J . E . Noble, 1 R . D . C . Rose, 2 ; J. Sharpe, 3 .—The winner threw 88 yards. VIL—RACE OVER IIURDLES. F. R. Brandt, 1 ; W . Ford, 2 ; H . Crossley, 3 .—Brandt took the lead soon after the start, and kept it the whole way. VIII .—RACE OVER HURDLES . (UNDER 15.) J. E . Gof ton, 1 ; G . C . Wand, 2 ; E . Stephenson, 3 .—The usual two for the unior events were again first and second, " spills " enlivening the race. IX .-POLE JUMP. F . lt . Brandt, 1 : J . Sharpe and W . Hudson, 2n-This was one of the hest events . Sharpe and Hudson were thrown out at 8 ft ., but Brandt cleared 8 ft. 6 in. at the first attempt . The bar was then put on the top, and this also Brandt cleared at the first attempt, the height being 9 ft. 2 in. X .—HURDLE HANDICAP. F . R . Brandt, 1 ; R . Crosthwaite, 2 ; H . Crossley, 3 .—Brandt again showed his power of hurdling by winning from scratch. XI .—OLD BOYS' RACE . (QUARTER MILE .) P. L. Newman, 1 ; G . H . Eyre, 2 .—A grand race all through, Newman winning by a yard in 55 sees . X1I .—THREE-LEGGED RACE. J. Sharpe and T . I1 . Little . 1 ; A . Ruse and C . Haynes, 2. X1IL—CONSOLATION RACE. H . W. Rhodes, 1 ; A . Spencer, 2 .

PRIZE-GIVING. IIE prizes were given away on the Tuesday evening, July 29th,

T in the School Hall, before a large assembly, including numerous Old Boys. The Ven . ARCHDEACON or YORK, as the representative of the Chapter, undertook the duty of presenting the prizes . The HEAD MASTER began the proceedings by reading the reports of the examiners. The Rev . W . T . Sou TttWARD, B .A ., Fellow of St . Catherine 's College, Cambridge, reported : I have examined the fifth and fourth forms in Scripture, Greek Testament, and Classical work, and have found all these subjects most thoroughly prepared and understood. In two subjects—Roman History and Latin Translation —the maximum marks have been obtained by boys in the fourth form . In the former subject, Little has answered every question copiously and accurately, obtaining full marks, all except four (out of twenty boys) gaining more than half marks . In Latin Translation, Holmes has gained the highest marks (131), only two boys being below 70 . This result displays a remarkable level of general attainments, and the quality of the translations, no less than the grammatical and antiquarian knowledge, shews that the boys have been thoroughly drilled by their master, and encouraged to individual study . The Latin Translation of the fifth form, comprising one of the most difficult books of the Latin language, is most admirable ; and out of a maximum of 138 two have gained 124, three stand at NO . The above results are only a sample of the whole, and I was struck with the intelligence of the answers and the acquaintance shown by the pupils with the best modern authorities . It is evident that newest and best text books are in use, and have been carefully studied . The Geography paper is well and equally done ; and the information which the boys possess has been thoroughly utilised in the translations . Li the Am'hole series of papers there is a remarkable absence of stupid mistakes . The Latin Prose Composition of both forms is remarkably free from grammatical errors, and fairly idiomatical ; and one or two fair attempts at Verse Composition have been shown up . The Greek Prose is quite as well done as the Latin. The execution of the answers as regards writing, spelling, and arrangement leaves nothing to be desired .

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Mr. G . II . EYRE, Scholar of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, examined the Lower School. DIv . I .—The work done in this form during the THIRD FORM . examination was, on the whole, satisfactory ; but several very promising papers were marred by slovenliness and carelessness in writing and spelling. The translation papers, both Latin and Greek, were accurately done ; but the Grammar questions were answered for the most part indifferently . The Latin Prose was good, but the rendering of the idiomatic sentences poor ; the Greek Exercise was distinctly good, especially the copy sent up by Wand . In Latin Verse but few boys sheaved any real . acquaintance with the metre ; Wand and Gofton however promise well . The English History and Divinity were fairly good, Stott being very good. Div . II .—In this division the work was of a higher standard than in the upper, especially in History and Divinity . The Latin Verse was only attempted by a few boys, but these showed promise, especially Chadwick 2, whose copy was much the best in either division . On the whole the work was good throughout. SECOND FORM .—The standard of these two divisions is remarkably high, and their work shews careful teaching and an appreciative reception of the attention paid them . In the upper, Coxon' s work is remarkable, his Divinity and Ilistory are excellent, while his Translations and Grammar answers exhibit accuracy and power. There is not the slightest approach to a failure in the division ; in fact the lowest boy gets well over half marks for the whole examination . The lower, though naturally not rising to quite such a high average, are nevertheless very good ; the poorest subjects are the History and the Latin Exercise ; the best is the Divinity. FIRST FORM . Div . I .—This is a very large division, and consequently there is considerable variety in the work—several boys, especially the 'Taylors and Holmes, are very good, but there is some poor work sent up by the lowest boys . Considering it is the first form which learns Greek, their knowledge of their Delectus and Grammar was excellent throughout, while the History and Divinity were uniformly good. DIv . II .—This division is very satisfactory ; the Divinity and History were well known ; the Latin Exercise very well done by the two head boys, and with one remarkable exception the Latin Translation and Grammar very good .

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Taking it as a whole the Lower School is decidedly up to, if not above, the average : there are some boys who give remarkable promise, while there is scarcely one instance of a boy who is bad all round. The Rev. T . R . TERRY, M .A ., F .R .A .S., Fellow of Magdalene College, examined the first division in mathematics. In Arithmetic, though ii ye boys did well, there was a considerable amount of inaccurate work . In Euclid a fair number of riders were tried, and these trials shewed an intelligent knowledge of the subject; but the style in which the propositions were written out was in most cases bad. In Algebra three boys did well, and five others fairly well. In Statics and Dynamics two showed a clear knowledge of the first principles . Trigonometry was fairly well done . In Conics two boys did the easier questions of the Analytical very creditably ; but the Geometrical was, as a rule, not well done. The Rev . W . LUCAS, late Scholar of St . John's College, Cambridge, examined the fifth, fourth, third, and civil forms iii Mathematics . The style in which the answers were given was most excellent, everything being done with extreme neatness . In the upper civil, in Arithmetic, Jackson was first, whilst Walker was a good second . In the third division and lower fourth form Leaf and Allan . In the third and lower civil forms Dunkerley and Gofton were equal . In Euclid there was a more marked difference in the work sent up . Hatchings 2 was the best, and several others were fairly successful . The propositions were nearly in every case correctly written, but two or three boys wrote out the wrong ones . Simpson, Dunkerley, and Ford also did good papers. In Algebra, Easten and Allan were good. The report of Mr. WELLS, M.A ., Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, being verbal, the Editors of this Magazine had to rely on the York " dailies ; " but the energies of the reporters seem to have died out about this period of the proceedings . The sixth form consequently cannot be criticised here. The HEAD MASTER then said it was a great assistance to the master of a school to have such a thorough report of the examination presented, and he now wished to say a few words about the school, and also about the examination . He had taken part in it, particularly in the French, and the result he had arrived at was one which he was afraid might be disappointing to some people in York . Ile was of opinion that the French teaching of that school was very fairly up to the

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mark—that was to say, of course, that the French teaching of St. Peter's and schools of that kind could not be on the same scale as that of schools devoted to modern languages . He would have been extremely sorry had he been able to say the French of that school was equal to that of these other schools, because that would simply have meant that they were neglecting other work which was of far more importance from an educational point of view . But in the course of the examination he had, by accident, had an opportunity of comparing the French papers of that school with those of similar institutions, and he thought they compared very favourably. Some persons thought that education in colloquial French was of the highest importance : the authorities at the War Office thought that colloquial French was of the greatest use to gentlemen who were going to carry on campaigns against the Zulus . (Laughter .) During the year the health of the scholars had been good, although a great deal of sickness had existed outside the school . The school had been barren of honours during the past year, which was the first year that no honours had been obtained for nine years, and he thought, perhaps, it was accounted for from the remarks just made . He presumed that it was a matter of interest to the citizens of York that there should be a first grade school in the city, but he was perfectly certain that it must be patent to the understanding of anybody that in a number of years they would not have such a school unless they took the precaution of securing its surroundings ; because it was clear that in a number of years' time they would be gradually reduced to the state of the London schools, which had wisely removed themselves. The following is a list of the honours obtained during the last twelve months : W. J. P. Kaye obtained leaving certificate with distinction in Latin. R . C . Wilton, scholar of Christ's College, Cambridge, prize for Latin Hexameters. E . A . Douglas, scholar of Christ's, and F. T . Griffith, scholar of Clare College, Cambridge, second class in classical tripos. A . Chadwick, exhibitioner of St. John's, and J . H . Collinson, scholar of Queen' s College, Cambridge, senior optime in mathematical tripos. W . Y. Fausset, late scholar of Balliol College, Oxford, Ellerton, University theological prize. LISP OF SCHOLARS AND PRIZES.

Exhibitioner : F . E . Robinson. Foundation Scholars : II. W. Allan and J . F. Leaf. Free Scholars : A . J . Hopkins and G . R . Cook .

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PRIZE-GIVING. Hey Memorial Scholars : J. A . Easten and N . L . Hood. Archbishop's Prizeman : P. E . Lord. Dean's Prizeman : F . E . Robinson. FORM PRIZES. Lover First Form .—Rank : Chadwick 3 . Classics : Chadwick 3 . Mathe-

matics : Chadwick 3, and Carrick . French : Williams. Upper First Form .—Rank : Holmes 2 . Classics : Naylor 2 . Mathematics : Catton . French : Holmes 2. Lower Second.—Rank : Argles . Classics : McClellan 2 . Mathematics : McClellan 2. French : Hopkins 2.

Upper Second .—Rank : Coxon . Classics : Coxon and Mitchell . Mathematics : Coxon . French : Stevenson 2. Louver Third.—Rank : Draper. Classics : Chadwick 2 . Mathematics: Rouse . French : Draper. Upper Third .—Rank : Wilkinson . Classics : Waud. Mathematics : Wilkinson . French : Wilkinson . Composition : Waud. Loner Civil.—Rank : Dunkerley. Divinity : Stephenson 4 . Mathematics : Dunkerley . Natural Science : Stephenson 4 . English : Dunkerley. French : Jackson 3. Lower Fourth .—Rank : Allan. Classics : Allan . Mathematics : Simpson. French : Allan. Mr . Yeld's Prize for Composition : Allan. Upper Civil .—Rank : Walker . Divinity : Walker. Mathematics : Hutchings 2 . Natural Science : Hutchings 2 . English : Jackson 1 . German : Jackson I. French : Walker. Mathematics .—Division III. : Gabb. Division II . : Whaley. Cllr . Yeld's Prize for Upper Fourth.—Bank : French : Holmes 1 . Composition : Holmes.

Holmes 1 . Classics : Leaf.

Mr . Yeld's Prize for History and Geography .—(Open to both divisions .)— Rose . Little, extra prize. Fifth Form—Rank : Bloomfield . Divinity : Crosthwaite . Classics : Whaley. French : Pickles 2. Sixth Form.—Rank : Lord . Divinity : Wilson 1 . German : Robinson 1. Head Master's Prizes .—Latin Prose : Clarke 1 (second prize) . Greek Verse : Lord ; Rhodes. English : Lord ; commended, Wilson 1 ; Stevenson 1. Canon Elwyn's Prize for Greek Testament.—Robinson 1. Rev . H. L . Clarke's Prize for Chemistry .—Murray. Writing and Dictation Prizes.—Form IV. : Holmes 1 . Form III . : Macturk .. Form II . Coxon . Form I. : Williams. C. and M. Department : Jackson 1. Drawing Prizes, given by 1V. J. Roddy, Eal . Painting : Pickles 1 . Pencil: Mechanical : Brandt . Improvement: Hutchings 1 . Chalk : Hudson 1 . Clarke 3. Drilling Prize, given by Sergeant Major Kinneavey .—Hutton.

At the conclusion of the presentation, the ARCHDEACON OF' YORK said he did not wish to give any advice to the boys that evening,

as they were going on their holidays and they did not wish to have a sermon or an address delivered to them . But what Mr. Wells had said of

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the sixth form was applicable to the whole school, and if they as students to get on, they must not be afraid of putting their " nose to the grindstone," so to speak, and must not be afraid of hard work, for it was essential to success in whatever they might be engaged . One of the most frequent faults to be met with in examinations was that the scholars did not always really read the questions with proper care, and therefore they did not see what was asked, and put in a quantity of irrelevant matter which put the examiner out of humour, and for which they gained very little . It was especially necessary in mathematics and Euclid that they should see what they were going to answer before they attempted to do so . IIe thought French a very important subject, and that it was one which boys did not sufficiently appreciate . IIe concluded by wishing that masters and boys would enjoy the vacation. On the motion of the Head-Master, a hearty vote of thanks was passed to the Archdeacon of York, and the proceedings terminated.

NOTES AND ITEMS. M .A , Trinity College, Cambridge, has passed the examination for the degree of Mus . Baca.

ALLAN GP A Y,

Keble College, Oxford, was ordained Deacon on Trinity Sunday by the Bishop of London, and licensed to Christ Church, Albany Street.

W. R . RAYSON, M .A .,

has been elected First Captain of the C .C.C . Boat Club succeeding G. I I . Eyre.

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l l , Lancashire i is it icrs, has been appointed on the Staff of General Lord A . Russell, C . I ; ., commanding ELM. troops in Canada, as Garrison Instructor, vice Major E . C . Milner. —Ga.: tte.

CAPT . LIONEL MARSH f A

PRESTON COBB has received his commissions as Lieutenant in the 1st

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R . C . WILTON obtained the Second Prize for Classics in his College Examination. W . OVERTON has gained a Silver Medal for .Alateria Medica in the Edinburgh School of Medicine. J . H . PIGGIN FOWLER, Scholar of Trinity College, Oxford, has taken a First Class in the Final Classical Honour School. WE deeply regret to have to record the death of R . C . Wilton, who, while on a visit to Tenby for the good of his health, was drowned iu bathing from a boat out at sea . We are sure that all Peterites who knew him will deeply sympathise with Mr . and Mrs. Wilton, as it will be remembered that they lost an elder son not very ong ago on Snowdon. R . C . Wilton was a Foundation Scholar and Exhibitioner of St . Peter's, also a member of the KI . and the football team ; and afterwards distinguished himself as a member of his College (Christ' s, Cambridge) of which he was a scholar. PERHAPS the following extract from a book entitled " About Yorkshire," by Thomas and Katherine Macquoid, may interest Peterites who have heard vague legends as to celebrated school-fellows of past generations :—" In the township of Wath is an old house called Middleton Quernhow hall, once occupied by the Ierberts. It was purchased from its original possessors by Thomas Herbert—the Herbert of Charles the First . George Herbert the poet was one of these Herberts . Thomas Herbert was born at York in 1606, and was educated at St . Peter ' s Grammar School with Guy Fawkes . In the beginning of his career he sided with Oliver Cromwell, but being appointed to attend on Charles during his imprisonment, he became devotedly attached to the king . We know how loyally he served the king . In 1660 he was made baronet by Charles II ." He was born in 1606 ; entered Jesus College, Oxford, 1621 ; then removed to Trinity, Cambridge . Li 1626 he went in the suite of Sir Dcdmore Colton, as ambassador to the Shah of Persia . In 1634 he published Some Years Travels into Africa and Asia the Great ; " and in 1678, . . Threnodia Carolina, " an account of the last two years of the life of King Charles I ., which was reprinted by Nichol in 1813 . lie died at York 1682 . He was the brother of Lord Herbert of Cherburythe contemporary and opponent in philosophy of IIobbes of Malmesbury

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CORRESPONDENCE. To TIIE EDITORS OF THE PETERITE . " SIRS, I beg to give notice through the medium of the " Peterite," that the first of the two customary matches with the Old Boys at Football, will take place on October 4th . A second will be played in December. I shall be glad to receive names of O . P .'s wishing to play. Yours truly, II . W . IRIIODES, Hon . Sec . F . C.

To TIIE EDITORS 0P' " TIIE PETERITE . " SIRS, I should like to call attention to the handicap (under 15) at the last sports. The race in question was simply a runaway victory, owing to the winner ' s disproportionate size and strength. In past years it was found difficult to avoid one of two dangers . The first was of giving starts so long that the scratch men had no chance of winning in a race of 500 yards (starts up to 120 yards were given in those days) ; the second was of lessening the starts and giving boys of eighteen or nineteen too much advantage over those of twelve. Two fairly reasonable solutions were possible . One was to keep long starts, and at the same time (for obvious reasons) without incrensino too much the distance to be run by boys of about twelve years of age, to lengthen the whole course, trusting to the superior stamina of the elder, which was bound to tell in every additional yard :—e .g ., in a

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race of 660 yards, to make the head start 150 yards . The other was to lessen the starts and penalise the older and stronger . Neither of the plans were free from objection, and it was determined to make one handicap for boys under fifteen and another for those above that age . The error in this was plainly shown in the race alluded to. I myself cannot help thinking that either of the above suggestions are preferable . Put neither of these would meet the danger of the stronger making an unfair use of their strength ; consequently I should like to remind the Committee of a totally different principle, not merely for handicaps but for all the events Handicapping at any rate must be improved by substituting a scale by size instead of age . Let one handicap be for boys above a certain height and the other for those below, and the starts given throughout according to a fixed scale—so many yards perinch . In the senior handicap most of the competitors would be well known, and the Committee could modify at discretion the starts that would be given by a rigid adherence to the standard . They could act similarly with smaller boys of known ability ; while, as regards the rest, the would have some distinct principle instead of the present haphazard system—or rather want of system . At the same time it would let each competitor know why he had such and such a start, and prevent any suspicion in his mind of partiality . If necessary, the Committee might not allow boys over fifteen to run in the junior, but give them extra start for the the other ; and similarly those over the standard height but under fifteen might have some consideration paid to their age . Some system of this kind is employed at many public schools to general satisfaction; in fact, I believe, more use it than the standard of age. I think it would be advisable to employ it generally ; certainly, unless something better can be proposed, in the handicaps if in nothing else, for I am confident that it would put all chances of a " turn up" out of the question . I remain, yours truly, REFORM. need hardly add that in everything but handicaps no such deviation as above suggested should be permitted. [Further discussion on the subject is invited, as it seems to call for some alteration .—ED .]

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PETE RT'iE. Vol.. VI .

DECEMBER, 1884.

No . 48.

HE Editors feel bound to offer some explanation for the long-delayed appearance of the present number . As only two more were required to complete the full number for the year, it was thought advisable to publish only one during the Term, and to reserve the second till after the breaking up of the School, so that the close of the volume of the PETERITE might coincide with the close of the news for the year . They hope to bring the latter out by the end of December or in the beginning of January. They also venture to suggest another reason for the delay, and in doing so to make, at the same time, some answer to complaints that have been made against the magazine . Objections have been made that it is without interest or variety . This is, in their opinion, hardly to be wondered at when it is considered how the PETERITE is supported . No great variety can be expected, seeing that almost the whole task of making the material falls on the five Editors themselves . Considering the many other duties that fall upon them, much ought not to be required of them beyond the task of editing and the collecting of news ; yet these same five people are generally responsible for four-fifths at least of the rest of the contents . Surely it is they who rather have the right to complain that out of one hundred and fifty nominal subscribers (for many of the latter do not seem to understand that to be a subscriber entails a subscription) there cannot be found more than one, on an average, in six months to offer any

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help . The only possible chance of a magazine of this kind existing and giving pleasure depends on a hearty co-operation of the general mass of readers. The Editors will also be much obliged if any complaints about the non-arrival of the PETERITE will be made, by letter, to the Editors, at School . They will also be much obliged if Subscribers will acquaint at once with changes of address. They also venture to suggest another reason for the nonarrival in some cases . Whatever Subscribers think, the Editors cannot but look upon a neglect to pay the subscription for perhaps two years as a tacit equivalent to removing the name off the list . At any rate, they beg to give notice that they neither can nor will continue to send copies away on such terms, nor will they hold themselves to blame in any such instance .

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® NE of the first things which attract the eye after four months' absence from this ancient city, is the new Indian Institute at the Holywell end of the Broad, now completed and adorned with carvings of all manner of strange Oriental wild beasts. Its principal feature is a window-less medival candle snufferlike tower, which makes the building, in the opinion of the writer, with the exception of course of Keble, the ugliest of the architectural efforts of modern Oxford . On the other hand the new buildings of Magdalen are well matched with the rest of that beautiful College . Trinity too, and the Museum, are being enlarged . The tramway also has extended its ramifications down Beaumont Street towards the upper river, and now the men of Worcester, once called Botany Bay—the ullinta Thule of the University—will be able to travel, if it ever rains again, to the distant Magdalen or Christ Church lectures, unsprinkled by the ' heaven sent shower .'

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Among these innovations is a proposal which, if carried, will revolutionise pass-work in Oxford . That is, to distinguish those who have clone well in Pass examinations by an asterisk, as having passed cum laude . It is only the realisation of the celebrated "first in smalls," by which Oxford sons are wont to impose on Cambridge fathers, &-c ., who, if I am not mistaken, may have earned that distinction in their " Little goes . " If I am wrong I apologise to the sister University. In the city itself at the present moment, so my scouts, countless placards, inform me, the Municipal Elections are engrossing the attentions of the ` Demos, ' and so unanimous is the righteous indignation of the unenfranchised citizens, deprived of their vote by the unholy machinations of a bloated, dissolute and irresponsible aristocratical clique, that for the first time for years the Conservatives have a majority in the Town Council. Oxford is only 70 miles from Birmingham. A scheme for a new Theatre, to take the place of the tottering 'Vic, ' is being rapidly carried out . The Vice-Chancellor is said to have given his consent, as might be expected from him, to a sensible scheme of this kind . D'Oyley Carte's 1o/an/he has been drawing good houses this week. There have been two Concerts ; in the first, Madame Antoinette Stirling and Papini were the shining lights ; in the second, Maas and Bottesini, the great, if not the only exponent of the contra-basso, as a soloist . It is a pity some composer has not written for that instrument, as the compositions of his own which he performed, presumably in default of better, are utterly unworthy of his executional powers. To turn to Athletic news, McLean is President of the O .U .B .C ., with Bourne Secretary, and W . L . Courtney, Esq ., Treasurer . All come from New College . The Captain of the Eleven for r 8R5 is H . V . Page ; he is mentioned by some as likely to prove a good Varsity stroke with careful training, and at present he looks like getting a place as a forward in the Rugby Fifteen. Of last year's eight Taylor and Carter are in residence, besides the President and Secretary . Unwin is generally expected to take Currey's place as stroke. The President of the O .U .A .C . is McNeil, who ran for the hurdles last year. It is not often that a blue who has not won an

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event against Cambridge is elected to that office . Strange to say, Pratt, the hero of last year' s Sports, has not found a place on the Committee . Among the freshmen is Munro of New, who is reported to have done the mile at Charterhouse in 4. min . 30 secs. Of the Association team Owen is still Captain . They seem likely to be a strong team again, though Kemp and BromleyDavenport have gone down . Guy, Walters, Edgar and Ingram, are very successful as new Members. As for the Rugby team, Asher is Captain, Rotherham, Secretary, and Tristram, Treasurer ; besides them, out of our twelve Internationals only two are left, Lindsay and Berry . Wade and Allen mar come up later on, but the prospects without them are gloomy . Though a Second Fifteen beat Rugby utterly by 2 goals and 9 tries to nil, Sandhurst gave us a considerable amount of trouble . Though they hardly ever got the ball out of their 25, we only could scorer goal and 1 try to love . The goal, moreover, was not worth counting, as it was got entirely on account of a misunderstanding. We had a curious team behind on trial, as victory was looked on as a certainty after our score of 4 . goals and 4. tries to nothing last year. But the military ones were not the helpless spectators of 1883 ; their powerful forwards held our light team completely in the pack and took good care not to let Asher and Rotherham get hold of the ball more than was absolutely unavoidable . We should have got a much bigger score if the home three-quarters could have managed to stick to the ball when passed and Lindsay had not wasted some capital chances by reckless drops at goal . Kelto, a Lorettonian fresher, played forward in fine style, as did Berry, Squire and Kindersley. Rotherham seems to have grown in weight, pace and strength, and was as good as ever. Asher had fewer chances and did not shine so much ; he was very closely watched . Key, at back, had practically nothing to do but to return their drops out, in which he generally got a good deal the best of the argument. Oxonian Peterites are looking forward in silent despair to the prospects of the speedy extinction of their race, and that despite the large number of valuable Scholarships given away here . In December, Hertford offer 7 of [too a year ; Worcester and Magdalen combined, 8 of £8o, I believe . This ought to attract

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some of that crowd which goes forth yearly to stock the Peterite colony in Cambridge to turn their feet to other lands . Has the University of their pilgrimage some goddess of fortune so benignant to them that they must not say the toss of the wily examinators heartless penny elsewhere ? Surely, unless the members of a comparatively small school like St . Peter's are diffused among a number of colleges, its name must remain unknown and its light hidden beneath a bushel . CALLOR.

CAMBRIDGE LETTER. N absence of all other news, I shall begin my letter with some 11 notes on Football, and first of all I want to refer to the match played by the old Boys against the School at the beginning of this term . I wish, in so doing, to congratulate the School heartily on their play and more especially on their passing . I am sure all 0. B's who played in that match would agree (to their own humiliation no doubt) how much more scientifically the game is played now in the School than it used to be, say four years ago. The team was a good deal heavier then, and in the (lays of the Calverts and C . Wood it was hard to beat, but there was not so much science introduced into the game . It is a step in the right direction . The 0 . B ' s . could not be described as being in the pink of condition, and the " 35 minutes each way " insisted on by the inexorable School Captain struck dismay into every breast. We just managed to win by z tries to i. Turning now to the 'Varsity team, we are not so strong as last year ; indeed, if it had not been for the inexplicably feeble display we made against Oxford we should have had a record hard to beat, viz :—Goals gained, 23 ; goals lost, o ; tries gained, zo ; tries lost, f . Our opening match this season was against the Kent Rovers and we scored 3 goals z tries to nil . Then we drew against the London Scottish, scoring a try each . Horsley (of the Leys School) made a splendid shot at goal from near the centre of the ground, the ball going only a foot wide of the mark . He is

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a very sure back, though, of course, we feel Sample ' s loss very much . We had a hard fight on Nov . 1st against a strong Blackheath team . Bolton, of International fame, was there in all his might (they call him ` Baby ' by way of nick-name), Stoddart and Jenkins, a fine three-quarter trio ; and Vassal, with his sixteen stone weight and over, was a moving fortress for his side . For us, Tait, Threllfall and Horsley at back, also a three-quarter of Trinity called Padwick, were all unable to play for us, and consequently Blackheath won by a goal to nil . The game was mostly a forward ' s game. L. E . Stevenson, with an ever-increasing bulk, L . T . Crawshaw and E . A. Douglas, do yeoman service for Christ's team, which is a strong one this year. We miss the familiar faces of Collinson and Chadwick up here . No longer is there a Collinson to rush to to find out the latest notes and items to put in the Cambridge Letter . He was a veritable repository of all Old Peterite news, a staunch supporter of the old School was he . We have welcomed in their places three fresh arrivals, Johnson (Christ ' s), Robinson and Fausset (Corpus), and, I'd almost forgotten to mention, N . Fox (Pembroke). I hope the first three gentlemen will excuse the absence of their initials . They' re not to hand, and, as I said before, Collinson has gone down. The River is a mere name to me now . Of news I have none. The 'Varsity Fours are coming off soon and 3rd Trinity are expected to win pretty easily . The Trial Eights are not fixed yet. But I will leave river subjects to next month ' s correspondent. I cannot conclude without saying a word or two about the sad death by drowning of II . C . Wilton . Those, both at School and at College, who knew him best, will feel the great loss his death has caused . His quiet, steady influence for good in his school and college life, and his noble, consistent character, were noticed by all who came in contact with him, and his bright, cheery manner and inexhaustible store of humour made him a genial companion at any time . This is a small tribute to the memory of a noble Christian friend . STYLUS .

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SCHOOL LETTER. OOTBALL and the Theatricals are now occupying most attention . The play chosen is " A New Way to Pay Old Debts, " by Philip Massinger, Mr . Veld is again kindly acting as stage manager . The chief actors are P . E . Lord, who is playing Sir Giles Overreach ; H . W . Rhodes, Wellborn ; T . E . Noble, Lord Lovel ; R . Crawshaw, Al/worth ; H . Botterill, JJforrall ; C . E. Stevenson, Lady Allworth ; C . Haynes, Margaret . The dates fixed for the performance are Friday and Saturday, Dec . r9th and aoth. Turning to Football—the team has been very successful this year, having won 7 matches, drawn i, and lost 2 . The victories were gained over York Wanderers (a), St . John ' s College, Mr . J. Walker' s team, Beverley, and Leeds Grammar School . The match against the Old Boys was lost by a tries to i, and the match with Durham was drawn—r goal each . Two matches, viz . : with Beverley and St . John ' s College, fell through on account of the inability of those clubs to raise teams . These would, judging from the results of the return fixtures, probably have been won by the School . The Second Fifteen have played one match, which they won very easily . A number of new books, a list of which is given elsewhere, have been added to the library . R . Crawshaw has been appointed Librarian in the place of C . Johnson. C . B . Clarke and R . Crawshaw have been elected Editors of the PETERITE in place of P . E . Lord and H . W . Rhodes . W . G . Wilson has been elected Treasurer.

FOOTBALL. PAST v . PRESENT. This match, which was the opening match of the season, was played on Saturday, October 4th . The Old Boys got together a strong fifteen, and the Present quite expected a drubbing . Yet, though defeated, they were by no means disgraced, as the victory

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of the past was a very narrow one . Lord won the toss and chose the Clifton goal, with the wind at his back, and Stevenson, kicking off, sent the ball with a huge kick into touch near the Present ' s line, and they were almost immediately obliged to touch down. After the drop out, play was most even ; but the School forwards, aided by Lord's useful kicks, worked the ball into the Past ' s territory . After half time the Present again invaded the visitors' quarters, and Wilson obtained a try which Lord failed to improve on . After this, the Past played up strongly, and Douglas got a try from which no goal resulted . Shortly before call of time, Stevenson got another try behind the posts, but again failed to kick a goal . Though the Present played up well, they were unable to score again, and on call of time left the Past victorious by i try. Score : Past, z tries, 2 minor points . Present, r try, 4 minor points . For the Past, Stevenson and Douglas were especially prominent, and for the Present, 1\Iarriot and J . Wilson of the forwards, and Lord and W . Wilson of the backs, did excellent service .

YORK WANDERERS. This match was played on the School ground, in fine, but very cold weather . Lord kicked off, the School taking the north goal for the first half of the time . In the early part of the game it seemed as though it would be an even match ; but it soon became evident that the School were forging ahead . After about twenty minutes play Lord dropped a neat goal from the field. This was shortly after followed by a fine piece of passing by J . Gofton and Clarke, the latter, from a good run, obtaining a try. Brandt kicked a goal . It was now half time, but the School play was too good for their opponents, and Rhodes made a good run in, from which a goal was again kicked by Brandt . Later on, Lord nearly secured another goal by a fine drop . When ` no side' was called the : core stood : St . Peters, 3 goals ; York Wanderers, nil . Among the School fifteen, Lord, Rhodes, Brandt, Wilson, Rose and Clarke did good service, while the passing of the whole team was remarkably good, and showed great improvement on last year . For the Wanderers, Bromet, Gay, Grey and Yeoman were the best .

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v . J . WALKER'S TEAM. This match was played on the School ground . Lord kicked off for the School, and the ball being well followed up was quickly carried into the visitors ' 25 . After some loose scrimmages, Wilson getting the ball and pawing to Lord, the latter dropped over the visitors ' line, who were thus compelled to touch down . Wood dropped out and for some time play remained in neutral ground. Wilson, however, soon, by a good run obtained the first point for the School . On this Lord failed to improve, the kick being a difficult one . After the drop out Noble was disabled and his place was taken by Rhodes . Crawshaw went half, and not long afterwards, by a run along the touch line, obtained the second try for the School . The kick undertaken by Lord was unsuccessful. Half-time was now called . Wood kicked off for the visitors, and their forwards, by a good dribble, made matters look serious for the School . At this point, some good passing between Lord, Rhodes and Rose enabled the last mentioned to reach the visitors ' back . Failing to get further, play was for some time confined to the visitors' 25 . Soon after, no side was called, thus leaving the School victorious by 2 tries to nil. Ts .Ant .—C . Wood (back) ; C . Farthing, F. Ware, J . Walker (three-quarters) ; G . Thompson, P . Holgate (half) ; G. Jolly, A . Bellerby, J . Bellerby, A . Tod, T. Ringrose, P. E . Horbury (forwards).

v . DURHAM SCHOOL. This match was played on the York ground . St . Peter ' s captain won the toss and elected to play towards the Clifton goal. Walker kicked off for Durham . Brandt returned the ball to the centre, where some good scrimmages took place . The Durham forwards worked the ball gradually into the School territories, and by a kick from Parker, the ball was sent close to the St . Peter's goal line . The York forwards, however, worked the ball back to the centre, and a dribble by Clarke took the ball close to the Durham goal line . Alderson here relieved his side by a good punt, and again play was resumed in the centre . Some tough

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scrimmaging took place, and a rush by the Durham forwards, and some useful runs by Miller enabled them to obtain two touchdowns . After the drop out, play was confined to the York 25 for awhile, and Alderson ran within a yard of the goal line, where he was collared by Brandt . The former then got over the line, but the try was disallowed on the plea of picked out . The ball was brought out five yards, and being passed to Miller, he ran in . The kick was entrusted to Walker, who just managed to kick a goal, the ball striking the post . Lord kicked off after half time, and some very even play ensued, in which Clarke, Marriott, Wilson, and Crosthwaite were conspicuous . St . Peter ' s forwards now played up well, and aided by the encouragement from the spectators, invaded their opponents ' territory . Rhodes getting the ball, made a good run, and passing to Lord, enabled him to run in close to the touch line . Lord took the kick and landed a splendid goal amid loud cheers . This equalised matters, and York, playing up hard, again threatened the Durham goal, causing the latter to touch down . Walker dropped out, and the return was charged down ; but Brandt, getting possession, ran back to Here Miller made some fine runs, and shortly the middle. afterwards time was called, the score being a goal and some minor points each . For St . Peter' s, Lord, Rose and Wilson, behind, with Clarke, Marriott and Crosthwaite, forward, played best . Miller, Parker and Alderson, behind, and Bennett and Wilkinson, forward, played best for Durham. DURHAM.-Kerrick-Walker (back) ; T. Parker, T . Miller, Wilkinson (-r back) ; F . Alderson, Sadler (L back) ; Bennett, Trevelyan, King, Stanton, Bell, Barnby, with three others (forwards).

v . ST . JOHN'S COLLEGE, YORK. This match was played on the School ground . The home team won the toss, and chose the Clifton goal . Dixon kicked off, and W. Gofton catching the ball, the first scrimmage took place in the centre . The School forwards, headed by Marriott and Clarke, carried the ball down to the 25 flag, where it was passed to Farthing, who ran into the middle, and was collared by Lord . A kick from one of the School three-quarters sent the ball close to the College

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goal line, where, after some loose play, Wilson ran in . Lord kicked a goal . Farthing kicked off, and the ball was caught by Marriott . A scrimmage took place . The College again got the ball, and Dixon made a good run, which was well followed up by the forwards, who scored a touch down . The School dropped out, and after some good play on both sides, Dixon made his mark, but failed to kick a goal . After the ball was dropped out some good play by Rose, Wilson, and Clarke enabled the latter to obtain a try. The kick was a failure . Horbury dropped out, but a good drop by Lord sent the ball into touch, close to the visitors ' goal line . Farthing, however, relieved his side, and a dribble of Horbury' s took the ball to the home quarters ; but Rose, by a good run, nearly succeeded in obtaining a try, falling close to the goal line, where a scrimmage took place, and Rhodes, getting the ball, would have got in had it not slipped from his hands . Half time was now called, the School having scored r goal, i try, to z minor points . Lord kicked off, and Horbury returning the ball, a scrimmage was formed . A rush of the School forwards threatened the School goal, and Dixon made his mark, but failed to improve upon it . The School now took the ball into their opponents ' quarters, where some smart passing by Lord and Rhodes and some of the forwards enabled J . Wilson to get a try . The kick at goal failed . The School continued to have the best of the game, and W . Wilson ran in again . The kick again failed, and the School were left winners by r goal, 3 tries, and minor points, to several minor points . For the School, Lord and W . J . Wilson were most prominent. The College team was—F. Gray (back), Dixon, Horbury, Farthing (1 back), Atkinson, Worthington (4 back), Blakey, J . Sharpe, A . Sharp, Senior, Coward, Davidson, Burnett, Stradling, and Hoperoft (forwards).

v. YORK WANDERERS. This match was played on the School ground, and after a very even game resulted in a win for the home team by one goal to one try . The Wanderers won the toss and decided to play with the wind behind them . Lord kicked off for the School, and

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the forwards following up well, charged down the return kick, and a scrimmage was formed in the Wanderers ' territory . Proctor, however, relieved his side by some useful punts, and the ball was carried into the School ground . The ball journeyed from one end to the other, the Wanderers perhaps having slightly the best of the game . A rush by the Wanderers ' forwards, amongst whom Jones, Ware and Walker were conspicuous, enabled the last named to obtain a try close to the touch line . The difficult kick was attempted by Proctor, who only just missed the goal . Half time was soon after called . Ware kicked off, and Noble, returning the ball well, play was confined to the Wanderers' quarters for a time. Good runs by Newman, aided by Proctor ' s punts, relieved their goal ; but it was soon threatened again, and Rhodes tried to drop a goal . Soon after this, the School lost the services of Noble, who had to retire from play . Rhodes took his place and Crawshaw played half . Rose soon gained a try from a pass by Lord . The try was however disallowed on the plea of " thrown forward ." The ball was kept in the Wanderers ' territory, and after some good play the ball was passed to Rhodes, who passed to Lord ; the latter ran within a few yards of the Wanderers ' goal and then passed again to Rhodes, who obtained a try under the posts. Brandt kicked a goal . The remainder of the game was evenly contested, and nothing more was scored, so that the School were left victors by i goal to i try . For the winners, besides those mentioned above, Wilson, Clarke, Wade, Little and Crosthwaite played well, while Brandt' s collaring and punting were as good as usual . The forwards would do better to play a looser game, as the ball was frequently in the hands of the opposite three-quarters before they got loose . The best of the Wanderers were Procter, Ware and Bromet, the kicking of the former being specially useful. R'ANDERERS .—G. C . Murray (back) ; Bromet, P. L. Newman, J. Procter

(4 back) ; G . S . Thompson, J . Walker ( .' back) ; F . Ware, Gamble, Ringrose, Nelson, A . Bellerby, Tom Jones, Elmhurst, Bromley (forwards) .

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v . THORPARCH. This match was played on our own ground, and resulted in an easy victory by nine goals and one try to nil . Thorparch won the toss, and decided to play down hill . Rhodes kicked off for the School . The ball was returned to Noble, who kicked it into touch close to the visitors' goal line . From the throw out, Clarke, getting the ball, obtained a try between the posts, but the kick by Brandt failed . After the drop out some short scrimmages took place in the centre, but the York forwards carrying the game up the field, Wilson got a try, which Brandt converted into a goal . When the ball was again set in motion play was still confined to the visitors ' half, and Rhodes made a good attempt to drop a goal . Thorparch touched down . After their kick out, Clarke obtained a second try ; but this was disallowed on the ground that he was off side . York continued to press their opponents, and Crawshaw obtained a try, from which Noble kicked a good goal . Thorparch now played up, and a good run by Radcliffe took the ball into neutral ground, where it remained till half time . After half time Iremonger kicked off, and though the ball was carried up to the School 25, it was soon taken back, and Clarke obtaining another try, Brandt kicked a goal . W . Gofton next carried the ball between the posts, a goal resulting from the kick . The School continued to score, Lewis running round the Thorparch backs, and Wilson obtaining four trys in quick succession . All of these were converted into goals by Brandt . Time was then called . For the School, Brandt' s kicking was good and true, as is apparent from the total . Wilson showed up well at half, and Lewis played a plucky game at three-quarters. As for the forwards, it would be invidious to name any one in particular. THORPARCH .—Hill (back) ; Radcliffe, Mackereth, Iremonger, captain, ( back) ; Basfield, Merrall (z back) ; Akroyd, Atkinson, Tollard, Mills, Wood, Mackereth, Mawson, Lightfoot (forwards) .

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v . BEVERLEY. This match was played on the School ground . Lord won the toss and elected to play up hill . Gell kicked off for Beverley, and for awhile the School was hard pressed . Some hard scrimmaging took place in the School 25, and Beverley scored a touch down. Brandt dropped out, and a good run by Rose brought the ball to the middle . The School, by a rush from the forwards, scored a touch down . Lambert dropped out, and the ball remained in the Beverley 25, but a good run by Coulman relieved his side for awhile . However, the School forwards soon brought it back again . Beverley being far heavier in the forwards than the School, again took the ball to the School 25, and scored another minor point . After the drop out, Beverley again pressed the School, and aided by the dribbling of Gell, threatened again the School goal lines . A good run, however, by Rose, afforded Lord an opportunity to drop a goal . The kick was unsuccessful, and the School scored a minor point . After the drop out the School forwards worked the leather up to the Beverley goal line and scored another touch-down. Directly after this half time was called . Lord kicked off, and Rose, catching the return, made a magnificent run and obtained a try behind the posts . Brandt took the kick and landed a good goal . Gell kicked off for Beverley, and the School forwards took the ball back to the middle, when some tough scrimmages took place . A rush by the School, in which Clarke, Crosthwaite and Marriott were conspicuous, again landed the ball in the visitors' 25. Coulman passing to Brough ; the latter running up the field was collared by Brandt . He passed to Whittaker, who was only collared on the goal line . Owing to a dispute, the ball was taken back to the middle, Coulman having thrown forward to Brough. Soon after, Coulman got a try close to the touch line . Brough attempted the difficult kick, but failed . The ball being well followed up after the drop out, the School invaded the Beverley territories . Some good passing between Lord and Rhodes carried the leather within a few yards of their opponents' goal line, when Wilson got the ball and ran in . Brandt failed to improve on it. After the drop out Wilson again got possession of the ball and ran within a few yards of the goal, then passed to Crawshaw, who ran in . Brandt had just time to kick the goal before "no side "

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was called . Nearly all the School team played well . Lord and Brandt kicked remarkably well, and the running of Wilson and Rose was very good . For Beverley, Coulman, Gell and Brough played best. BEVERLEY . (Back) Hobson ; Coulman, Hodgson, Lambert ; i Whittaker, Elwell ; forwards : Gell (captain), Newbold, Elliott, Winkey, Lee, Newbold, Richardson, Brough, Swailes.

NOTES AND ITEMS. W. R . RAYSON, M.A., Keble College, Oxford, was ordained Deacon on Trinity Sunday, by the Bishop of London, and licensed to Christ Church, Albany Street. F. E . RoBINsoN and W. G . WILSON obtained leaving Certificates at the Midsummer Examination ; the former with Distinction in Mathematics.

J. H . (PIGGIN) FOWLER, Trinity College, Oxford, obtained a First Class in the Final Classical School. W. OVERTON has obtained a Silver Medal for Materia Medica at Edinburgh. CAPT. LIONEL MARSHALL, Lancashire Fusiliers, has been appointed on the

Staff of Gen . Lord A . Russell, C .B ., commanding H. M's . Troops in Canada, as Garrison-Instructor. CAPT. LIONEL MARSHALL to be be Major, vice G. D . Wahab, promoted. E. H . PICKE.RSGILL, B .A ., has been called to the Bar by the Society of the Inner Temple. Rev . T . R . TERRY, M .A ., Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, has been presented to the Rectory of East Ilsky, Berks, by Magdalen College. G. H. EYRE won the Strangers' Race at the Trinity College Sports, Cambridge. T. HALLIWELL, of Guy's Hospital, has passed his primary examination in Physiology and Anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons. CANON EI .wYN has been appointed Examining Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury. King's Own Light Infantry—Queen's India Cadet .—C . I . H. WILLIAMSON, from the Royal Military College, to be Lieutenant, vice C . H . T . Whittaker, promoted. E. A . DouGLAS has been elected a member of the Committee of the Cambridge University, R .F.C. L . E . STEVENSON and E . A . DOUGLAS played in the Inter-Varsity match. COMMANDER CHARLES S . DONNER, R.N ., has been appointed to the Monarch, additional. J. E . STEPHENSON, B.A., has passed the final examination of the Incorporated Law Society. F. WARE and A . E . DAwsoN have passed the Intermediate Examination .

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LIST OF NEW BOOKS. Tower of London.

Hester.

Old St . Paul's.

Kept in the Dark.

Windsor Castle. Captain of the Guard.

Unknown to History. Young Lochinvar.

Constable of France. Frank Hilton.

Lambs Talcs from Shakespeare. Charles O'Malley.

One of the Six Hundred.

Eric.

Romance of War.

Days of Bruce.

Legends of Black Watch.

Kingsley's Heroes. John Halifax Gentlemen.

Mr. Scarbrough's Family. Queechy.

Lewis Arundel.

Paris during the Siege.

Five Weeks in Greece.

Green Ray.

Chambers' History of France. Molesworth's England.

Sister Louise. Yolande. An Angel Unawares. Gilded Age. Comet of a Season. From Log Cabin to White House. Life of Chinese Gordon. Uncle Tom's Cabin. Black Robe.

Taken at the Flood. Life of Galileo. Life of Garibaldi. The Queen and Royal Family. Zululand and Cetewayo. Every-day Life in our Public Schools. The Crimea and Transcaucasia.

Seamy Side.

Verner's Pride. Crichton.

Black but Comely .

Jack Hinton .

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SUPPLEMENT, 1884 .

No . 49.

A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS. ACH year the selection of a play for the Theatricals grows harder ; the number of plays, suitable for representation, that will keep up the high standard that has so far been maintained, is not a large one, and to avoid the necessity of repeating is a task ever increasing in difficulty . Last year Shakspeare was deserted, but not the Elizabethan Drama, for Massinger was called upon to add a fresh link to the growing chain of old comedy, and this year again his aid has been sought . " A New Way to Pay Old Debts " is a play well suited for amateur representation : apart from Sir Giles Overreach there is no character presenting much difficulty, but at the same time there exists plenty of scope for the display of originality and taste . The plot is a simple one, the reinstating of a well-born youth beggared by the machinations of a wicked uncle and his own prodigality, and the overthrow of the originator of his misfortune, but this is so skilfully worked out that the interest is well kept up through the whole of the five acts, and no one can accuse the story of being drawn out to greater length than necessary . There is a lighter vein running through the piece than characterised the Great Duke of Florence, less of declamatory nature and more of dramatic incident, and consequently the acting is livelier and more natural, and a greater appreciation of the play produces a well marked improvement in the general representation. To go into some detail, of course the greatest difficulty lies with the character of Sir Giles Overreach, who is an unprincipled knight, who has made his fortune by usury and extortion, and

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whose greatest delight is the successful accomplishment of a deeplaid scheme to enrich himself by beggaring others : like all successful knaves he has a great contempt for other men, whom he makes his tools, uses for his own ends, and then throws over ; his way of dealing with others is well exemplified by his own words,, speaking of Greedy he says : " So he serve My purposes, let him hang, or damn, I care not, Friendship is but a word ."

Lord entered into the spirit of this character in a way that ensured success, and succeeded in producing a most life-like picture of the cynical villain, blustering or hypocritical, as served his turn, now raging at Wellborn or i\Iarrall, now paying feigned respect to Lord Lovell, but never forgetting his main object, his own aggrandisement . The real difficulty of the part, however, comes in the last scene, where the overthrow of all his pet schemes so works on his unbridled passion that he goes mad with rage, and finally falls exhausted and senseless : here Lord showed real power, he just managed to strike the golden mean between tameness and the want of life on the one side and rant and exaggeration on the other, and the result was the best bit of acting in the play . Wellborn was also an admirable impersonation ; the ruined profligate, conscious of his own folly and saddened by regret, but determined on regaining his lost character, was well pourtrayed by Rhodes, whose clear utterance and natural gestures alike contributed to the favourable impression he made. Tom Allworth was well taken by Crawshaw, his chief fault being lukewarmness, his chief merit distinctness ; his lines were admirably delivered, but when not speaking he forgot to make use of his opportunities ; this was especially obvious iii the scenes, where, in the character of Lord Lovell's messenger, he had Free access to 11largaret' s presence ; in these, on several occasions, Sir Giles by turning away gave him a chance of speaking or making signs to Margaret, instead of which he maintained a reserved demeanour, that was excellent, when observed by the knight. Still in spite of this too-common fault, the part was well taken, and certainly free from exaggeration . Noble was perfectly suited both in figure and voice for the part of Lord Lovell, and acted with dignity and taste .

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The chief comic element of the play is centred in Greedy, a Justice of the Peace, raised up by Sir Giles as a convenient instrument, and willing to do anything in the world if only bribed with a good dinner ; this Crosthwaite represented with great spirit, if with a little exaggeration, and evidently carried with him the sympathies of the audience : his face and gestures were always good, and he brought down the house in the way in which he piously ex pressed his desire to give thanks whenever he got a chance of eating . Of the other male characters Marrall was very fair, but an uneasy action with one arm got rather monotonous, and a constant shuffle from one leg to the other rather wearisome ; this last fault was exaggerated by Dunkerly, as the cook, who in other respects was good : the other parts were moderate, Rose at times shining, but there was too much stiffness among the minor characters, and an apparent dread of throwing themselves into their parts . I had almost forgotton to mention Tapwell, who was well rendered by Little ; manner and " get-up " were alike excellent, and in the first scene his importance and self-satisfaction capitally represented. Turning to the ladies, there was a great improvement on the last year' s performance ; Stevenson made a somewhat solid widow but decidedly comely, and spoke his lines in a clear audible manner, though the effect was somewhat marred by want of variation in tone, still he showed that he took great pains, and on the whole was very successful . Haynes, at first, was evidently nervous and rather indistinct, but improved as he got more used to his position ; he seemed somewhat handicapped by his train and apparently found some difficulty in walking, encumbered by skirts, but that is a common fault, where boys have to represent women, and only long practice will cure it . Procter made a suitable landlady, and a word of praise must be given to the two maids, whose performance gave promise of good material for next year. The following Prologue was written by Mr . Yeld, and delivered by P . E . Lord : I'ROLOGUE. Oxet : more, Sweet Friends, your presence here we hail, Once more we claim your patience when we fail, Yes, everywhere your gentle thoughts we need, This year our task has been severe indeed. Stage-management has surely reached a crisis,

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A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS. If. with our leading actors on the Isis, We must on Ouse rehearse—yet make no moan, When tWellborn's Exhibition is his own, And tWilson,—though amid no roaring din As on theFootball field so oft,—" gets in." At that brave game this year we say with pride Only the " Old Boys " beat us—none beside. We drew with Durham, and defeated Leeds. Old Boys too gained the meed of valorous deeds, +Douglas and * Stevenson each got his "Blue," And § Eyre for Cambridge rowed at number 2 : While 1 Fowler, to whose pen so much we owe, With such sweet grace the verses from it flow, Has—we acclaim him—added to his feats, The sterling honour of a " First " in " Greats ." Old Boys we love to see all nights—to-night— For with the present they the past unite. All steeps they scale, all honours they attain, To count our own our loving hearts are fain, For in their joys we joy ; but as you see A dark cloud mar the summer suddenly, So when we call of honoured friends the roll, Each true and valiant and untainted soul, 4 One voice replies not—dear to all he was—. Too soon he sleeps like Milton's Lycidas. True heart and faithful who beside the surge Sleeps sleep unbroken with the winds for dirge. While the great waves with flying clouds of spray Plunge in their pride, or whisper in their play, The pure heart slumbers as the little child. Though the vast main of foam be white and wild, To him the mighty music soft and clear, As though an angel touched his harp-strings near, Steals like a song's caressing through his rest, Sweeter than words have ever yet expressed. And when the sunrise shakes from glorious wings The iris hues of morning, and all things Are one great radiance from blue to blue, Not grief but awful joy would pierce us through, Could we but look upon his resting-place, And see the sweet smile playing on his face.

t H . W . Rhodes and W . G . Wilson, Classical Exhibitioners of Worcester College, Oxford, December, 1884. E. A. Douglas, Scholar of Christ's College, and * L . E . Stevenson, Christ's played "Half Back," and " Forward " in the Cambridge University Fifteen. § G . H . Eyre, Scholar of Corpus College. 11 J. H . P. Fowler, Scholar of Trinity College, Oxford. 11R . C . Wilton, Scholar of Christ's College, Cambridge, drowned at Tenby, September 5th, 1884 .

CAST. Lord Lovell . Sir Giles Overreach, a cruel extortioner Frank Wellborn, a prodigal . Tom Allworth, page to Lord Lovell Greedy, a hungry Justice of Peace ., Marrall, a term-driver .,

J. NOBLE. . . P . E . LORD. . . H . W . RHODES. R . CRAWSHAW. R . CROSTHWAITE. . . H . BOTTERILL.

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H . WALKER. A. ROSE. J. A . DUNKERLEY. W. GOFTON. . J . E. GOFTON. H . LITTLE. . . P . METCALFE. P . CADMAN. C . E . STEVENSON. C . HAYNES. . E . PROCTER. C . E . ROBINSON. . . C . METCALFE.

Order, steward Amble, usher .. Furnace, cook Watchall, porter Willdo, a parson ,. Tapwell, an ale-house keeper Vintner .. .. Tailor Lady Allworth, a rich widow .. Margaret, Overreach's daughter Froth, Tapwell's wife .. Chambermaid Waiting woman Creditors, Servants, etc.

THE STAFF. Stage Manager . . Acting Manager . . Prompter . . .. Under Prompter . . Propertyman . . Super Master . . Master Carpenter

. . G. YELL, EsQ. . . H . W . RHODES. . . C . B . CLARKE. .. E . HOLMES. C . SHAW. . . . . R . CRAWSHAW. . . F. R. BRANDT.

On the whole the performance may well be considered the best that has been given for some years ; there was improved delivery, and more natural ease than was shown last Christmas ; none of the principal parts could be called poor, and some rose very far above the average . That the Theatricals were such a success was of course due to the efforts of the actors, but we must not forget who guided those efforts, and directed the energies of all concerned . Mr . Yeld has now been stage-manager for some years, and the time he devotes to rehearsals, and the labours he bestows on the perfecting of the representation, is well known, but none the less must we thank him for it, and express our grateful appreciation of the success that this year again crowned his efforts. The general arrangements were managed by a committee consisting of C . 13 . Clarke, H . W . Rhodes, R . Crawshaw, and W. G. Wilson ; the dresses were supplied by May, the well-known costumier, and the music supplied by the York Band . We were glad to see such an assemblage of old boys at the performances ; among many others we recognised W . E . Moore, J . H . Mallinson, G . H . Eyre, and Dr . Bryan Walker.

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SCHOOL LETTER. WING to the short elapse of time since the appearance of the last number of the Peterite a School Letter is not one of the most delightful or easy things to write . But the decree of Fate must be obeyed, and so the sooner I get the task performed the better. The Christmas holidays have already arrived and this letter will be read by boys scattered into every quarter of the globe. The Theatricals were more a success than ever . Among other great personages present, we saw with pride the Dean, from whom we afterwards received a letter signifying his appreciation of the performance . Since the last number of the Peterite we played and at last beat the Old Boys, before whom we had had twice previously to lower our flag. This victory, the last, but certainly not the least, completed one of the most successful football terms the School has ever had . We believe that we may not say football seasons, as there is some report of matches arranged for next term . If this be so, we shall all the more feel the loss of our sure and trusty back, F . R . Brandt, and one of our forwards, A . Marriott, both of whom have left the walls of the old School for' the more stern realities of life . I am sure both carry our best wishes with them . As regards the School matches during the past term, the School House still keeps the supremacy it has enjoyed so many years . The match between the School and the Civil was closely contested and resulted in a victory for the School . In the Junior matches, Mr . Clarke' s House defeated both the Junior School House and the Junior day boys . In the literary line, we are glad to say, this year cannot be called barren . For already laurels have been won for the School by A . Wade at Durham, and by H . W . Rhodes and W . G . Wilson at Oxford . As yet, boating prognostications would be impossible . All we know is that W . G. Wilson has been elected to the Captainship of the boats, an office, I am sure, he will prove himself worthy of.

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the compilation of an Oxford Letter on the present occasion . Of Academic news there is little ; whether the august body of Congregation has achieved anything worthy of being recorded in these pages, I know not . Write, I cannot ; to invent, I am ashamed. Of late there seems to have sprung up quite a generous mania on the pad of scientific and artistic collectors to present their treasures to the University, and, during the last year, large sums have been repeatedly asked from the University Chest to enlarge the various museums, to store away this precious lumber of bones, skulls, coins, &c ., for the benefit of a few dons, enthusiastic in their search for knowledge . The last demand was [1,600. "Hine illee lacrvnaae ." Hence the cruelty and restless activity of the proctors ; hence the growing use of cap and gown at night, when it had almost entirely fallen into disuetude, and was looked upon as a relic of barbarous antiquity, and only worn by some few timorous or statute-worshipping commoners, and an occasional scholar anxious to proclaim thereby his learning or his membership of the University, in case any should mistake him for a townsman . The latest proctorial trick is to wait outside a meeting of some society of undergraduates : one night, members of the " Junior Scientific, " I believe, were proctorised to the number of 6o in a few minutes. The " Pusey Memorial House " has been lately opened, It consists, I am told, of a library, lecture room and chapel . The appearance of the latter from the road reminds one of the large water-tank standing outside York Station, overlooking the river. So elegant is the decoration of what was once a bay window of a large room upstairs. Turning , to the river, Magdalen won the Fours, thanks to Unwin's fine stroking, though his boat was all along the slower in the trials and was finally beaten by Balfour' s . He will, in all probability, stroke the Varsity eight of 1885 . He is also about the best sculler in the kingdom . The trials were heavier than usual, the average being 12st . 51bs . in one and inst . 31bs . in the other . H . 1V'IcLean, the brother of the President and ex-Captain of the Eton eight, is expected to be up next term and will doubtless obtain his blue .

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The Rugby XV . preserves its unbeaten record, having, however, played two drawn games ; it has scored 9 wins, by 17 goals 19 tries to r goal 3 tries . The defeated teams being, since the last letter, South \Vales, Blackheath, East Sheen, Midland Counties, Richmond and Cambridge . The win against South Wales was very creditable, especially as it was not until we had scored 4 tries that the Welshmen would cease to dispute them. Price-Jenkins played magnificently for them and succeeded in running through all the team except Tristram four or five times, but there of course he was obliged to stop . I think I can say with truth that in the last two years Tristram has never missed collaring his man, and it is curious to see how the strongest collapse like a roll of wet blotting-paper under his tiger-like spring . The Blackheath match, which we won by 3 goals to a try, was a splendid exhibition of scientific football on our part. There was an entire absence of anything like mistakes throughout the whole of the team . We had Wade and Blair playing for the first time . Wade played in his usual dashing form ; the first try was from a run of his through the whole team from the half-way flag. A sporting paper says truly that he " runs as strong as an express engine and dodges like a snipe ." After this match there was a gradual falling off in play, especially among the forwards. The Bradford match was immensely exciting, the Tykes collaring splendidly, while their forwards played a most scientific dribbling game . For the first zo minutes they completely held us, though the general opinion, even among many of the Bradford men, is that the kick by Robertshaw—a very fine one— was not a goal, as given by their umpire . One excited member of the team in particular called out " Ay, but twa fut more wild hev done it ." After that, the Varsity had a great deal the best of the game . They suffered a great disadvantage in having to give up their usual uniform, as Bradford play in white . Richmond brought an enormously heavy team, as usual, but did nothing at all, until quite at the end ; they were beaten by z tries Manchester was a fiasco, as it was a miserably rainy to S . day and seven of the Varsity team were away . The match against Cambridge was more successful than most people expected against a team with Chapman and Sample behind,

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"for one night only" so to speak, and ended in a victory for us by 3 goals i try to try . The Cambridge forwards were a very heavy set and held us in the squash, though they were not so good in the loose . Their backs, as a combination, were very poor indeed, Sample collared pluckily and was useful in stopping rushes ; the same must be said for Douglas, who certainly did as much work, and in a most energetic and determined manner, as anyone on the field ; the persistent way in which he fell on the ball when it came out of the scrimmage comp l etely puzzled (and amused) Asher, and though, as a rule, that dog-in-the-manger style of play is not to be commended, it was the best policy against such masters of passing and running as Asher and Rotherham . Douglas unmistakeably saved one try by his following up . The passing of the Varsity, though not so good as that shown against South Wales and Blackheath, was too much for the Cantabs . It is a wonder the Cambridge XV . are so poor behind, when their college teams, e .g. Trinity and Jesus, are so very good, to my knowledge, and play an excellent game . Our XV . contains 7 Lorettonians . E . D . Court, of last year' s team, has obtained his International cap for England v. Wales . CALLOO.

CAMBRIDGE LETTER. HE Term is over and done with, but still I am called on to cast back my mind and call up all the events of interest which have happened since the last Cambridge letter was written ; unfortunately, I do not quite know when it was written and so am afraid I shall leave out some particulars that ought to be included, but I hope to be forgiven if I do, as it is the last time that I shall narrate Cambridge doings . I need not dilate on the result of the Football Match, that I feel sure will be done full justice to by the triumphant Oxford correspondent ; however, I must say that the general feeling is decidedly against the action of the authorities in playing against Oxford two behinds who have not represented us before during the season, thus producing a want of combination that nullified any advantage we gained from their individual good play . Douglas was again chosen as ` half,' and was the best of our

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backs, while Stevenson, forward, justified his selection by hard work in and out of the scrimmages . Turning to the river, the decision :of the Trial Eights has not thrown very much light on the question of next term's boat ; a very hollow race quite prevented a true trial of stamina and pluck . Bristowe won very easily because he rowed long, not because he had the better boat, for the losers had certainly the superiority in material though not in combination. Gridley, Eyre, Moore, and, perhaps, Straker, will be unable to row next term, so there are three or four vacancies to fill up, and there will be some difficulty in a selection from the candidates, especially as regards Moore's place at seven . By way of prophecy, I should like to pick an eight, though it will very likely differ from that ultimately selected ; it would be :—Bicknell (Jesus) bow, 2, Haig (3rd Trio .), 3, Perrott (Ist Trin .), q, Brown (L .M .B .C .), 5, Churchill (3rd Trin .), 6, Swann (Tri p . Hall), 7, Coke (Trin. Hall) or Hale (King's), Pitman (3rd Trin .), stroke . I should not be afraid of trusting the fortunes of Cambridge to this crew, and I hope that the President, in his selection, will, as I have done, give preference to genuine hard sloggers over pretty but weaker oars. There has been a considerable discussion going on this term about the action of the Football Authorities in assuming the full blue instead of the half blue that they have hitherto worn ; it seems that nobody can stop them doing so, and therefore all the letters on the subject might have been spared, as no one can expect that now they will drop it again . During the last month we have had a mission by the Salvation Army in Cambridge, and among the leaders was an old Pcterite, Sampson, who left about eight years ago ; they were not well received by the undergraduates, who at one meeting tried to cool the ardour of the missioners by pouring water down their backs, but a few (lays later got paid back in their own coin, as when trying to force open a door of the Sturton Hall, where a meeting was going on, they were effectually put to rout by a well-directed stream from the fire hose kept in the building; surely this is a departure from the ordinary mode of warring adopted by the Salvationists, it seems rather fleshly . Griffith, W. H . and Eyre took their degrees this term, and will no more be seen treading the Cambridge streets ; the latter has got a mastership at Sunderland at the new Boys High School, the former will

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shortly be ordained . I suppose this will appear rather too late to wish Peterites a Merry Christmas, but at any rate I can wish them all success during the ensuing year in and out of school. K . K . K. NOTES AND ITEMS. At the Bishop of Rochester's Ordination, The RI, v. S . J. J . S . Ls MAISTRE, B .A ., Keble College, Oxon ., was ordained Priest. At Queen's College, Oxford, Sports, W . J. P . RAVE won the too yards, 15o Handicap, Quarter Mile, the Weight (36 feet 2 in .), the Hammer (79 feet 9 in .) G. H . EvRE, Corpus Christi, Cambridge, has been appointed to a Mastership at Sunderland High School. H. W. RHODES and W . G . WILSON have been offered Exhibitions at Worcester College, Oxford. A . AVADE has been elected to an open Classical Scholarship at Durham University. REV . A . A . GrlssoN, B .A ., was ordained Priest by the Suffragan Bishop of Lincoln on December 21st. We are sorry to hear that REv . T . WALKER has been compelled through illhealth to resign the sub-wardership of St . Augustine's College, Canterbury. REv . G . F. BROWNE, B .D ., has been re-elected a member of the Council of the Senate at the University of Cambridge. On Advent Sunday, the chancel of St . Peter's Church, Berkhampstead, was re-opened, after a careful and costly decoration in memory of the late Rector, Rev. J. 1Volstenholme Cobb . Mr. Cobb hed been rector for 12 years . The work was carried out by subscription .—Guardian. REv . H . CLARKE, Senior Mathematical Master, has been appointed vicar of St . Martin ' s-le-Grand, York, by the Dean and Chapter. REv . EDWARD GRAY, vicar of Sharow, has been presented to the Vicarage of West Rounton by the Lord Chancellor . Mr . Gray has been vicar of Sharow for more than thirty years.

FOOTBALL. v . OLD BOYS. This match was played on the School ground, and resulted in a victory for the Old Boys by 2 goals, 4 tries, to 2 goals, t try . The School had to deplore the loss of Lord, Rhodes, Wilson, Rose, and Wade, and their places were taken by Lewis, Sharpe, Crawshaw, Faber, and McTurk . The School won the toss, and played up the field . Eyre kicked off for the Old Boys, and their forwards following up well carried the ball into the School 25 . Soon afterwards Eyre, from a good pass, obtained the first try for the Old Boys, which he failed to convert into a goal . Almost immediately afterwards, Stevenson, who was playing forward, got a second try from a throw out . Eyre again took the kick, and

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though he made a good attempt again failed . The hall was restarted, and the School forwards by combined good play carried it into their opponents' 25. Some smart collaring by Lewis here elicited applause from the spectators . The School regaining spirit pressed the Old Boys, and Clarke, aided by other forwards, obtained the first try for the School. From this Brandt kicked a goal, amid loud applause . However, Eyre soon brought the ball back to the School goal line . Failing to get past Brandt he passed to Ford, who easily obtained a try, from which a goal was kicked . At this point Stevenson went three-quarters, and by his good running and unselfish passing enabled Eyre to get two more tries in quick succession . Both of the kicks at goal failed . This brought on half-time, the scores being i goal, 1 . tries, to r goal. Brandt kicked off, and for some time neither side had the advantage . Stevenson made several good runs, but being well collared by Lewis and Noble, failed to score . After some even play Noble, by a good run, scored a second try for the School . The kick, though a splendid attempt at it was made by Brandt, was a failure . Eyre soon after this again got in for the Old Boys, and kicked a second goal . The School now pressed their opponents, and Brandt, after a long and good run, obtained the third try for the School, and kicked the second goal . After some more very even play no side was called . For the School, Brandt, the only team back left save Noble, showed himself equal to the emergency, and defended the School line well . Lewis and Noble collared and kicked well at three-quarters, and the forwards played better in this match than they had ever clone this season. OLD Boss .—(Back) A . Huffrm, L . E . Stevenson, G . H . Eyre, C. Williamson, C . Ford, N . Williamson ; (forwards) H . C . B . Clayforth, E . W. Clayforth, P . H . Flower, F . Wade, A. Carr, A . D . Hart.

v . LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL. This mafch was played on the ground of the former, and resulted in an easy victory for the former by 6 goals, 3 tries, to nil . Lord won the toss, and chose to play up the field . Davies kicked off for Leeds, and almost immediately Rose, by a good run, obtained the first try for York . The kick at goal was a failure . This try was soon followed by a second, obtained by Wilson . This Brandt converted into a goal. In rapid succession three more tries were obtained, from two of which Brandt kicked goals . After half-time York had it all their own way, and Leeds, in spite of some good forward play which more than once brought the ball dangerously near the York line, were unable to score even a minor point . For York, Rose obtained 3 of the tries, W . G . Wilson and Clarke 2 each, Brandt and Rhodes r each . Lord's passing and running, and Brandt's kicking, were invaluable. r P . E . Lord, H . W . Rhodes, D . C . Rose, (l) W . G. (Back) F . R . Brandt, ( '-) Wilson, R . Crawshaw, (forwards) C . B . Clarke, R . Crosthwaite . A. Wade, J. Wilson, A . Marriott, W. Gofton, T. H . Little, J . Gofton. A . Murray .

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ST . PETER'S (2ND FIFTEEN) v. 1\IOUNT WANDERERS. This match was played on the School ground, and resulted in a victory for the School by 1 goal, 4 tries, to nil. Sharpe winning the toss chose to play against the wind . Beal kicked off for the Wanderers, and the ball being returned by Haynes the first scrimmage was formed half way . At first the Wanderers' forwards carried the ball into the School 25 . However, by some good dribbling and passing the ball was worked gradually up to the Wanderers' line, and Faber obtained the first try for the School . Sharpe took the kick but failed. Murray dropped out, and a mistake made by one of the backs caused the School to touch down . After the drop out a good rnn by Sharpe carried the ball into the Wanderers' 25, and Bloomfield by a good dribble obtained a second try for the School . The kick was another failure . Soon after this halftime was called . Sharpe kicked off, and the School well following up almost immediately scored a minor point . Murray dropped out, and after some very even scrimmaging Marriott obtained a good try . Sharpe converted this into a goal. After the kick off Ford made a good run, and by a good piece of passing enabled McClellan to get a try . Sharpe took the place but failed . After the drop out Sharpe made a very good run, but being collared passed to McClellan, who thus obtained another try . The kick at goal was again a failure . Time was called at this point, leaving the School easily victorious . For the School, Marriott, McClellan, Bloomfield, and Whaley were the best among the forwards and Sharpe and Ford among the backs. TEAM (St . Peter's) .—(Back) Huffam, ( backs) Sharpe, Haynes, Ford, ( .'a backs) Faber, Douglas, (forwards) Marriott, McClellan, Bloomfield, Sommerville, Whaley, Martin, Hutchings, Scarborough, Gabb.

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This the third match against the Old Boys was played on the School ground the last day of the term, and resulted in a victory for the School by 3 goals, 3 tries, to 1 goal, i try. Eyre won the toss, and elected to play up the field. Lord kicked off, and the ball being well returned was scrimmaged fi rst in the centre of the field . The School forwards worked it gradually towards the Old Boys' goal, and a good run by Lord enabled W . G . Wilson to obtain the first try for the School . From this no goal was kicked . After some good play on both sides Rhodes made a good run and dropped a goal amid cheers . The Old Boys being roused by this to greater exertions, Eyre got a try, from which however no goal resulted . At this the School played well up, and had carried the ball past the Old Boys' 25, when Kaye, making good use of his speed ran the whole length of the field and placed the ball between the posts . A goal was easily kicked fron this by Murray, thus equalizing matters, the scores being I goal, 1 try each . Half-time was now called . After the kick off the School forwards almost immediately tbreatened the Old Boys' line, and J . 'Wilson dribbling the ball over the line obtained a try . No goal, however, resulted .

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The ball was dropped out, and some fine passing between Lord and Rhodes enabled the latter to gain a try . This Brandt converted into a goal . The Old Boys made another effort, and managed to carry the ball to the School 25, but again Lord and Rhodes brought it back, and enabled W . Gofton to obtain a try, from which the third goal was kicked by Brandt . Again was the ball restarted, and again was it carried into the Old Boys' 25, and W . G. Wilson added another try to the list. Soon after ' No Side " was called, leaving the School victorious. For the School, Brandt, Rhodes, Lord, and Wilson, played best. OLD BoYs .—(Back) G . C . Murray, (y back) G . H . Eyre, W . J . P . Kaye, C . Williamson, ( r,- backs) A . Spencer, Daniel, (forwards) P . Flower, F. R. Robinson, F . Ware, J . H . Hollins-on, A. D . Hart and 3 others.

CORRESPONDENCE. To the Editors of the Peterite. SIRS,

Considering the remarkable success which has attended the Football team throughout the present season, I cannot help feeling that it is much to be regretted that no steps have been taken to regularly organize a second fifteen . As far as I can learn there has only been one match played by it during the term . This is all the more surprising to me, because I have seen quite enough of the School football to feel sure that there is plenty of good material . It would give a stimulus to the younger boys that is much needed at `present ; for they can hardly be expected to " play up " consistently for twelve or thirteen weeks merely for the pleasure of it . The fascinating prospect of " getting one ' s colours " would have a wonderful effect on the juvenile ambition. I do not think it is too late even now . Everything indeed is in its favour, since football is continued next term for some time instead of wasting the first month in idleness . I should imagine that even after most of the first fifteen have been called away for boating, that there would still be plenty left to carry on the game and employ many that would otherwise be lying idle . There are plenty of small schools in York that could be met, some indeed with a third fifteen . If possible, and there is no reason why it should not be possible, I should like to see a third fifteen occasionally in the field . It need not, of course, play so frequently as the second, nor need it have special colours .

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While on the subject, I should like to call attention to the "top " end of the ground . The ridges seem to get worse every year . It might be as well, merely to give opponents no chance of finding an excuse therefrom for a defeat by nine goals and a try, to have the hollows filled up . It would only require a few pounds, for levelling a football ground is very different to levelling one for cricket . From my own personal knowledge of football finances, I should almost say that the surplus for one year would be sufficient. Hoping you will pardon this trespass upon your valuable space, I remain, M . AJOR. [As regards cilours, dark and light blue with chocolate would make a pretty combination ; not to mention the compliment to the two Universities . I'd.]

[SUPPLEMENT.]

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Vol,. VI .—1884.

YORK: PRINTED BY W . SOTHERAN AND CO ., PETERGATE .

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PAGE Athletic Sports, The Boating

Boat Race, The University

13, 59, 6-1, 113, 135

Cambridge Letter

. 1, 25 21, 43, 104, 140

Cheroot, A Novelette Correspondence Cricket

. 49, 65, 84

Dance, A Translation

Debating Society, The

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Editorial

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Football

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John Bull et son Ile

Lawn Tennis .

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Library, The School May Morning in Oxford

New Way to Pay Old Debts

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Notes and Items . Obituary

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12, 56, 62, 110, 132

Oxford Letter Portsmouth Volunteer Review, The

Prizes, The Distribution of .

Review, A

School Letter Stage, The Influence of the

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PH;TERITE. - Vol, . VII . MARCH, 1885 .

No . 50.

HUMANUM EST ERRARE. Do not be alarmed . This is not a moral essay on the frailty of human nature ; it is merely a compilation of literary " howlers " —only one of the many bye-paths down which mankind strays from the narrow way of truth . The instances collected come from many sources and cover a wide area—from the times of Moses and Homer, to the latest geographical explorers (certainly the truth of some of the discoveries mentioned here are not yet recognised by the world at large)—perpetrated in National School and University alike—by every age, from a cherub-faced chorister to a clod-hopping Yorkshire farmer. Quite unworthy though they be of the grand philosophic platitude that lends weight and dignity to their frivolous levity, their varied source may still serve in some degree to point out its truth in every age and place. But, as was said above, this is not their object . They are intended to afford some amusement by commemorating the mistakes of fellow creatures . And since they are compiled for a school magazine, they are mainly such as will appeal to a schoolboy as he struggles over his work—be it classical, mathematical, or any other " ical " whatsoever . It is to be hoped that when he ever conies a " howler" himself, the memory of these may comfort him, by reminding him that there are others, in school and out of school, younger and older, who were as bad or perhaps even worse. Probably the commonest classical error is the everlasting " col bone?" of the newspapers . But the slight mistake between "what's the good ? ' and " for whose good ?' is far below the ordinary schoolboy . He takes an insane delight in confusing a common word with an uncommon one—all because he abhors

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dictionaries, and trusts to the light of nature . To judge by the unnatural meanings tortured out by this process many hours must be spent in elaborating his work that would be saved, if he could bring himself to reverence those books a little less, and be not so religiously scrupulous about keeping their pages clean . It is a good habit, but has its proper limits . The following is a fair specimen :—" At rubicunda Ceres media succidilur aeslu " becomes " The ruddy Chinee sinks into the middle of the tide ." To speak of no other mistakes it contains, the confusion here Is remarkable—Serer confounded with Ceres, and that goddess in turn with some faint recollection of Venus Anadyomene the wrong way round . Classics is undoubtedly his favourite sphere . A mistake in history or geography is a different affair . Nec pluleum caediI nec demorsos sap ./ ungues . In other words it is generally a case of bald ignorance, unadorned by any ingenious desperation . A few instances will make this clear : The isthmus of Panama divides Europe and Asia. The Alps are the principal mountains between England and Scotland. The Amazon rises in the Saskatchewan valley, and flows through the plain of Thibet. The Acts of the Apostles were written A .D . 22, and this last, after profound thought. But nature will always assert herself ; even in history the old muddleheadedness must sometimes come to the front in its happiest form . It ought to have been enough to have located Pontius Pilate' s ghost on Monte Pilato in Switzerland, without any schoolboy embellishments . But no ; historical remembrances of the same country must crop up and result in a gigantic anachronism, and heaven knows what beside . This mountain was " the place where Pontius Pilate shot the apple off William Tell's head ." Mathematical blunders are only a slight improvement ; the rigidity of the subject as a rule cramps all ingenuity . The mistakes arise in most cases from a juvenile incapacity for clearness of expression . Definitions, etc., afford ample scope for such :—e.g. Postulates are things asked for that cannot be proved ; axioms are things proved without being asked for .

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Definitions are given to perform the work ; axioms are too true to be looked into. Axioms are common sense. Instances of confused thought, where they do occur, have not the high flavour of their classical brethren ; they are more akin to the geographical, and are rather relapses into simple ignorance . _ A circle is a straight line enclosing a space. Problems are done directly ; theorems directly or indirectly, sometimes even both. Or again, when one unhappy examinee referred his torturer to " divination 29 ." Occasionally, however, we rise above the hard and fast laws of geometry . A scholar of a Cambridge college, whose mathematical abilities were not equal to his classical, when asked at school such questions as " Can two straight lines enclose a space ? " " Are the angles of a triangle equal to two right angles ?" always warily replied, " Not necessarily so ." This was distinctly ingenious. But then he was classical. To turn to science, the following anecdote told to me by the late Editor of Punch, though hardly a genuine " howler," is too good to be lost . Buckmaster, while lecturing in one of the southern counties on agricultural chemistry, stated that oxides were brought to the surface by ploughing . When returning home afterwards, a farmer observed to his companion, " Weal ! A'ev bin a farmer forty year an' A'ev ploowed shallow an ' ploowed deep, but nivver turned up a ox- ' ide yit . " " Mebbe," replied the other, "the gentleman come fro' the fen country ; A' ev 'card as how they sometimes turn up 'orns an ' ' oofs theiire, an' mebbe if ye ploow deep enow yell turn up 'ides too ." This reminds me of another country tale, the truth of which I can personally vouch for. A farmer by his love of grandiloquence had won himself a renown for vast learning, and was looked upon as the wise man of the parts . He had a liking for quotations, and probably used them to impress his neighbours by the weight thus added to his conversation . However that may be, when called in to prescribe for a sick cow, he pondered deeply, and at last sententiously remarked that he never " acted rash, but allays hefoore gi'ing aught to a sick beast loiked to maake a post mortis examinaiition ." Classics is, however, the grand preserve for good speci-

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mens . Such trivial things as rum for the accusative of rus or solecisms like bonissintns, though that has been perpetrated as high as the fifth form, may be passed over at once . Only one of this kind need detain us for a moment . A master of the first form asked what difference was to be noticed between 7Ifidpa and µoUQa obviously referring to the variety of declension . After one or two attempts that nearly hit the truth, all gave up except one fellow down at the bottom who was seen leaning forward in a tremor of excitement, with his arm frantically outstretched to attract attention, lest the question should be answered by someone else, and he should lose the credit for his profound knowledge . The master, observing this dumb appeal, hurried down the form and asked him, " Well l What is it ? " " Please, sir," replied the boy " uouva means a mouse " —a distinctly ridiculus gnus after what had gone before . The real classical mistake has something more in it than this . Its beauty may sometimes be that a translation, strictly correct in itself or only slightly wrong, sounds ludicrous from associations it may call up . For example, in speaking of Scylla, when (aTm) TE Tr€Xwp KaKOV is rendered " now she herself was an awful beast, " or HpoTCvs . .,ae\atvil 95pcl Ka\vc5Oets "Proteus clothed in black hair " (a confusion with Tpixt), where we insensibly connect the venerable old sea god with Darwin ' s primitive man . Again, simplex munditris when translated "neat but not gaudy " forcibly calls to mind another monkey who is traditionally reported to have made that remark on painting his tail sky-blue. The following may be quoted as a splendid instance of the ingenuity of despair . An unhappy wretch struggling with a piece of prose wanted the Latin for stick . He knew that candelabrum was " candlestick," and candela was " candle ." Hence he resorted to the remaining part " bruin " for " stick . " It reminds one somewhat of Ennius' tours de force, when he split up an awkward word and produced such things as " saxo core—comminuil—brunt ." This expedient cannot be too strongly recommended to young versifiers as a certain way to secure correct scanscion . It is a sure method of filling up corners and has good authority . A few pieces of translation, pure and simple, are too happy to be passed over . It is difficult to know whether to admire most the go-ahead dash of " He was left shot " (TOVITg4 iX ;] OO,~) or the unassailable literalness

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of " lying in state ; " (splendkle menda.r) . You can't get round this last ; " mendax " is " lying " and " splendide " is " in state ; it is simply impregnable . Then there is the old stager—Rara avis in tern's nigroque sirriillinia cygno " a rare grandmother in the lands and very like a black sign . " Then the ingenuity spent on subjiciunt veribus prunas el viscera torrent, instead of resorting to a dictionary, is amazing : (r) They place coals under in the springs and burn their entrails. (z) They prefer plums to truth and burn their insides. (3) They launch the hulls in spring, and their hearts are hot within them. But all pale before the astounding attempt to translate the lines beginning Barbara Celarent Darfi Ferioque prioris, so well known to students of logic . One energetic worker could not understand that they were mere jargon, nothing more than memorial lines to assist in remembering the moods of the syllogism . He loyally tried to extract a meaning from the Latin ; unfortunately he could not get beyond the first line ; the absence of verbs in the remainder baffled him . Still what he did evolve was better than nothing. " If the Darians would conceal their barbarous acts, I struck the leaders . " What a splendid example of Latin idiom—construction by parataxis —vivid conditional—historic present—all in one ! Truly a marvel of ingenuity ! Studies of the New Testament are often productive of good things . I quote two, both remarkable in their way, and both the work of the same person . He once stumbled across pi) erxiawµco &\\ \axwPco (Let us not rend it but cast lots) in a divinity paper. Neither of the words seemed familiar . vXlvwnev certainly had a look of " schism " about it, but Xaxwµcv was a mystery . He argued " it must be a mistake ; there isn't such a word ; probably a misprint for Aa/3wpco . " The end of it all was "Let us not dispute but receive him . The second was in connection with the grain of wheat, of which it is said N y 7rc h .7 .A . — rnless it falls into the ground and dieth it produceth no fruit . Not being acquainted with the economy of this plant he imagined that the meaning must be "if it do not die," and consequently conjectured an ellipse of the negative from the first half, and put a note to that effect .

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Repetition next calls for attention . It is, no doubt, valuable, but, if taught by ear alone, has its dangers . Hymns learnt in national schools when reduced to writing sometimes look rather queer. A few examples with the correct version appended may be worth mentioning. Hawthorns compose so rich a crown. Or thorns compose so rich a crown. He gave some brass bfire he burst. The gates of brass before him burst. Has stole our father ' s lead Hast all our fathers lead. Ere he bid His tender lass farewell. His tender last farewell. Of the same kind are the following misquotations ;—" Our fathers .did eat mamma (manna) in the desert ; " " His right hand was roasted (restored) whole ; " " I knew that thou Wert an oyster (austere) man ." Again, a child when asked for the most merciful man replied, " Og, King of Bashan ; for his mercy endureth for ever." Another described the Magi as " horizontal (oriental) kings ." Though this is, to a certain degree, pardonable in a village child, what is to be said 'of a grown-up man in a church choir, who twice a day firmly declared his belief in the " collusion of saints " ? or the mistake so commonly made in the marriage service, " with all my goods I thee and thou (thee endow) . " An Oxford undergraduate was almost as bad, when he concluded the parable of the Good Samaritan with `if there be anything more, when I come again I will repay thee . ' This he said knowing he should see his face no more .' " Undoubtedly viva voce is the most miserable ceremony for the examinee in existence ; he is so completely at the tormentor's mercy . Consequently it is welcome to hear of a " score off" the examiners, and two cases, though not mistakes, may be mentioned. One undergraduate, sitting at a table opposite to four dons, was requested to quote a passage from the New Testament . He promptly replied, " And round about the throne were four beasts ." Another, when asked if he knew a saying of Elisha, settled the examiner with " Yea, I know it ; hold ye your peace . "

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Finally, let nie conclude with a mistranslation that bears a lesson to school b )ys with it . An unfortunate, when translating the lament over Ajax in Sophocles, saw the terrible words ivoTpd7cX0s "Alas looming ahead . Not having the vaguest idea of the meaning, he managed to communicate his distress to his neighbour . The other scribbled back the correct translation, "stubborn," but owing to the hurry in which he wrote it, that word presented a different appearance . The effect of such an expression as " stillborn Ajax " in a passage like that can be better understood than expressed . The moral of this is obvious ; see that you . profit by it .

OXFORD LETTER. "Varsity" have at last been defeated at football ! It is T HEthree years this February, if my recollection serves me right, since they were beaten by the Edinbro' University (when, by-thebye, it was an old Peterite, G . F . Chadwick, who won the game for them), which, with a beating from the same Club on Monday, February q, makes the second defeat in four years . For the last three years there have been men playing—Rotherham for one, Wade for another—who have never played on the losing side in any first-rate match—saving this with Edinbro' University and the "Varsities" z' . London last November . ' It was pure generalship that won the match for Edinburgh. They knew that our weak point—or less strong point rather—was our forwards ; behind there are few teams in England or Scotland that could hope to stand against us—certainly Price-Jenkins, Bolton, and Stoddart could not ; so knowing their strength forward they played a game which seemed mean to many partisans of the "Varsity," whose partiality outran their judgment . It has been said in a newspaper—I would not like to say it—that Oxford would have beaten if they had had to play Edinburgh University alone, and not Edinburgh University—its umpire . Personally I could not find much fault with him . Kensington played us on Saturday, February l .i., and we managed to beat them by a dropped goal to nil . They played much the same game as Edinburgh .

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E . D . Court having obtained his International Cap, there only remains one of Vassall ' s team who has not done so . All the other fourteen have played for their respective countries. Matters do not look so hopeful on the river . We have taken to a heavy stroke--Girdlestone, of Magdalen, who is over 1 z stone in weight . Rowing, he is a good stroke ; paddling, he is hardly all that might be desired . Still, if the boat were made up as it promised to be at the beginning of term, circumstances might justify investment on the chances of Oxford for winning the race. But it is not so made up, and there lies the rub . Walrond, of Exeter, who, of all the new men in the boat, seemed surest of .his place . is turned out to make way for a fresher of this term (though nominally for Taylor last year ' s No . 3), who did not even row in the trials, whose name is McLean, and who is an Etonian, and the brother of the President . He rowed well at Henley for Eton last year, but is hardly at home in a boat behind an Oxford stroke. Then, again, another Etonian, Fothergill, is to row. No . z, who was an egregious failure in the New College four last year, and in his brief career as stroke of the New College Torpids, whence he has been promoted to the " Varsity " eight, showed up as not quite so good as the gentleman who occupies that distinguished position now, and behind whom his boat will not improbably descend. G. C . Bourne is reserve man, I hear . The boat is not officially made up ; but I have every reason to believe it will remain with the blemishes I have named, and another I have not named, viz ., Carter, who was far away the worst man last year . Fothergill, H. Maclean, D . H . Maclean, G . C . Bourne are all of New College. The Torpids begin on February 19 . Corpus Christi, I believe, will remain head of the river ; Exeter will go up, and so will Pembroke, if they can last . The rest of the boats are, if anything, below the average . There are twenty-seven boats on. We have had at one time three theatres open in Oxford this Term, if you can dignify the Town Hall, the Victoria, and the Queen's with the name of theatre . The scheme for building a real theatre is fallen dead . Attempts are being made, however, to revive it . With much music, a dynamitard ' s threat, a few mission services by C . T . Studd, S . P. Smith, and S . Beauchamp, the two former of whom are about to start as missionaries for China, term has been

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pretty lively . Revival (socialistic) meetings by William Morris and E . D . Aveling are also announced . William Morris is always popular here ; but I hesitate to say what Aveling' s reception may be, after I witnessed Henry George's reception, which he might well characterise as " the most disgraceful lie had ever met with ." BEBI.

SCHOOL LETTER. A wet Shrove Tuesday! Great was the disappointment ; but notwithstanding the rain most managed to spend a very enjoyable day. Boating has now been started in earnest . The Day-boys, Junior, was the first crew seen on the river, and they will certainly need a great deal of practice before they get into anything like form . The School-House, junior, goes very creditably, considering the time it has had for practice, and should turn out a very fair crew . Mr . Clarke ' s House, Junior, has not yet been seen, but we hope it will make its appearance shortly . With regard to the seniors, the Day-boys will not meet with nearly as much opposition from Mr . Clarke ' s House as they did last year, although the School-House may give them a little more trouble . Another good race may be expected between the Civil and Sixth . The boating prizes this year will again be restricted to a moderate price, as money is still needed to pay off the debts for the boathouse and the two new boats, which will in all probability be exchanged, as it has been found that they do not quite suit. Football has continued for the first fortnight of the term, but the attendance at the pick-ups was so small, and no matches had been arranged for either the first or second fifteens, that it proved rather a failure. The Debating Society, which was re-started last year, seems unfortunately to have fallen through ; it might possibly be continued, but I have heard no rumour of it. Mr. Clarke has been presented with the living of St . Martin-leGrand, York, vacant by the death of Rev . \V . Bresher, and a new master has not yet been appointed to succeed him .

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CAMBRIDGE LETTER. Far be it from inc to ape originality enough to break through existing conventionalities, and so to my preface . A Cambridge letter, as some of your readers doubtless know to their cost, is no mean task under any circumstances ; but when a few hours is all that editors allow their unfortunate victim for collecting and arranging his mater ials, surely he deserves the pity rather than the criticism of your readers, if his task be but indifferently performed. The burning topic of the day is the great " Blue " question. A meeting, open to all the "Varsity," was held last night in the Union, when a motion, censuring the action of the Football authorities, was lost by a large majority . The general feeling in the " Varsity " seems to be that the Football men deserve their full "Blue," but that the action of the Football authorities in assuming it contrary to the wishes and decision of the three clubs whose rightful possession it is, is a gross breach of etiquette, and a dangerous precedent to establish. It is still too early to speculate with any safety on the result of the coming Boat race . The odds are at present in our favour, and I believe with good reason . Pitman is rowing in better form than ever, and, as far as can be seen at present, there is no weak point in the crew . 7 was the hardest place to fill satisfactorily ; but the present occupant of that responsible position is almost certain to give ultimate satisfaction, as he is a most painstaking and consequently an improving oar. Fausset, handicapped though he is by lack of weight, has proved himself no unworthy representative of the school on the Cam. IIe rowed bow in the Corpus 2nd boat, which succeeded in gaining a place on the river, against very great' competition . His style was quite an object of admiration to many on the tow-path ; though on the first night of the races, he was somewhat hampe r ed about the knees, owing to mismanagement of his nether garments . Another 0 . P. has been figuring in a new capacity lately, which seems to suit him admirably. "'Tis easier to teach the art of rowing than to learn," though this cannot boast of classic antiquity ; it is nevertheless a truism, which one O . P. at least will endorse . Crawshaw is to be congratulated on rowing in a boat which went up, though not as fast

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as it deserved . The only other Peterite representative on the river would have a veil drawn over his achievements . Suffice it to say that it is, to say the least of it, mortifying to find yourself landed high and dry ashore, within 50 yards of your starting post, owing to a broken rudder string. "Such is the fate which clogs the feet of some ."—Shakspeare (?)

We have to mourn the loss this term of one whose form was familiar in all the various fields of athletics . It is a thousand pities he could not see his way to accepting the Secretaryship of the C. U . B . C ., which was offered him last year . IIad Eyre been available for the boat this year, the great difficulty as to who should fill the place vacated by Moore might have found an easy solution. We are highly favoured this term in the musical world . Neruda paid us a visit a few weeks ago, and next week your correspondent hopes to lay himself at the feet of that king of instrumentalists, Joachim, and there passive to have his soul charmed out of its mortal case, by the mystic power of horse-hair, sheep's guts, and resin . Yours truly, CLAVIGEP.

FOOTBALL. The Football season of r 88I . has bran most successful . Only twice has the team been defeated, and on both occasions by the Old Boys . On the first, the School's opponents, with the assistance of two Cambridge Blues, only managed to beat them by two tries to one . On the second, the School played without Lord, Rhodes, Wilson, Rose, and Wade, and so could hardly be expected to win. Leeds and Thorparch each went away defeated, although against Thorparch two of the School three-quarters were away . The combined play and passing are the principal points on which the team can congratulate themselves, and had it not been for this, there is little doubt that the number of victories would have been smaller. The weak point is the collaring . With two or three exceptions, the members of the team persist in trying to collar their opponents by the shoulders, and the forwards, though on the

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whole they play well together and follow up well, leave a great deal too much to be done by the backs . Taken as a whole, however, the team is the best the School has had for some years. The number of matches played was 11, of which 8 were won, I drawn, and z Lost.

% P . E . LORD (188z-83-84) .—Good three-quarter back, collars well, and a good place kick . His drop kicking has been of great use to the team . (r I st . 3 lb .) % H . W . RHODES (1882-83-84) .—Good half-back, where he played at the beginning of the season . Played three-quarters in most matches, but was not so useful as at half ; fair drop kick. (ro st . I lb .) % F . R . BRANDT (1882-83-84) —A splendid full back, one of the best the School has ever had . Collared and punted very well . A sure and certain place kick . (1 z st . 'lb .) % W. G . WILSON (1883-84) .-Splendid half-back, dodges grandly, but should pass more . (ro st . 71b). % C . B . CLARKE (1883-84) .—Decidedly the leader of the forwards. is fairly fast, dribbles, and follows up well, and makes good use of his weight . (Io st . 12 lb .) %R . C . D . ROSE (1883-84) .—Fast three-quarter back, in some matches ran and dodged very well . (ro st . 6 lb .) R . CROSfHWAITE (1883-84) .—Good forward, made some good dribbles, but should go through the scrimmage instead of round it . (9 st . I2 lb .) %A . WADE (1883-84) .—Heavy forward, working hard in the pack, collars fairly . (ro st . I lb .) %E . NOBLE (1883-8+) .-Disappointing three-quarter back, rather inclined to be lazy. Collared fairly at the beginning of the season ; fair place kick . (II st . 1 lb .) J . WILSON (1884) .—Good forward, dribbles and follows up very well . (9 St . 4 lb .) %A . MARRIOTT (1884) .—Very good forward, dribbles splendidly, and always on the ball . (9 St . 12 lb .) W . S. GoFTON (1884) .-Fair forward, works hard in tke pack, but should dribble more . (i 1 st . 7 lb .) T . H . LITTLE (1884) .—Fair forward, should keep cool. (II st . I I lb .) J . E . GoFTON (1884) .--Fair forward, collars well . (Io st . 6 lb .) % W . MURRAY (1884) .—Good forward, working hard, and generally following up well . (9 st . 6 lb .) R . CRAWSHAW (1884) .-Played in most matches at half back, where he passed well, and played a plucky game (9 st . I lb .) Will have left before next year.

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LIST OF MATCHES PLAYED. School Score. OPPONENTS .

Opponents ' Score.

Result . ' Goals .

Old Boys

lost

York Wanderers

won

York Wanderers

won

St. John's College

won

T . Walker ' s Team

won

Durham Grammar School

draw

Beverley

won

Leeds Grammar School

won

Thorparch

won

Old Boys Old Boys

Tries.

Goals . 1 Tries.

O O 0

lost

won

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To the Editors of the Peterite. As the School Boat Races will soon be taking place, I should like to refer the captains of the three divisions of the School to an excellent letter by " Cantab " in the number of this magazine for July, 1882 . That letter contained most valuable advice and instruction ; but, like most of those which appear in The Pete/rite, has received little or no attention . It would be well for the School to study it carefully, and, as far as is possible, to act up to the suggestions made in it . For the benefit of those who have not a copy of the number referred to, I will repeat the gist of portions of it . The first proposition is that the older members of the Boat Club should take out the younger members every half holiday for about twenty minutes in tub pail's, and keeping them to a slow

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stroke, instruct them in the proper style of rowing . The older members would, of course, have first to learn themselves. " Cantab ' s "'letter would teach them much . The next suggestion I will repeat in the original words—" Again, when the House fours first begin going out, would it not be far better for them if they were kept for the first fortnight or so to a slow stroke, which would help the crew to get the true uniformity of swing and catch, so necessary for the attainment of pace . No crew can row a fast stroke effectively without first having learnt to row a slow one ." This, again, is a most sensible piece of advice, and was advocated by a member of the School not many years ago . His colleagues, however, did not approve of his radical opinions . The above proposition of " Cantabs ' s " would equally apply to the Regatta Boat. St . Peter ' s has, I know, a certain reputation at the Universities, or, at any rate, at Cambridge, for being a good boating school, and this reputation is, to a great extent, justified by the number of University oars which it has turned out in proportion to its size. But what would its admirers think if they could take a walk on the banks of the Ouse and see the respective crews preparing for the School races ? Some time ago a man at one of the Universities said to me, " I don' t believe in ` Varsity ' style ." No, poor fellow, and no wonder, for he had learnt such an unnatural way of rowing at the school where he was educated, that he found it almost impossible to acquire the proper art. Lastly, I would suggest that more use should be made of O . P ' s resident in York, especially of those (if there are any) who have been or are at the Universities . I remain, Yours truly, USTL. P .S .—I hope this letter will receive more attentian than is usually paid to letters which appear in The Peterite. SIR, It may not be known to many of your readers that the Boating Club is carrying on its operations under great difficulties. Since the time money prizes were abolished the number of entries

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has been gradually growing smaller, and the interest taken in the races less . Now boats have been, indeed, ptarcliased, but are a severe tax on the resources of the Club ; further, a debt of some £19 remains on the boat house . This being the case, the committee find it extremely (iiiiicuit to offer suitable prizes . The consequence is, as I have said above, that there are fewer entries and less interest taken inn the races . Of course the School should be content to race for honour ; but honour, especially to juveniles who find themselves out of pocket by their practising, is but a word . (rood prizes are given at the Athletic Sports, and the winners of boat races justly claim similar prizes . These, of course, the committee are unable to give unaided . If, however, benefactors would offer prizes for at least one or two of the races, as they so generously do for the Athletic Sports, they would both aid the committee and give a special interest to those races they grace with their names . For instance, the chief prizes given at the Midsummer Examination carry with them a special honour from the names of their donors, and so with the Sport ' s prizes. It is to be hoped that this suggestion will be taken up, and taken up this year . VERBER.

REVIEWV. THE SCRIBBLER'S lONTILLY, Vol . I ., 1883 ; Vol . II., 1884 . If . Ward Carroll, Hon Sec ., Chislehurst, Kent. Now that, through the kindness of Mr . Carroll, copies of the two volumes of The Seribbler's Monthly have been deposited in the School Library, it seems fitting to pass a final verdict on the literary venture which has just been brought to a close . Some of the earlier numbers have already been noticed in The Peterite . The first volume contained a novelette by Mr . E. P . Allanson (O . P .) The second volume contains two shorter serials, both of which will be found very interesting . There are also a large number of ablywritten stories, grave and gay, and all manner of essays and poems . Such papers as the essays on " Rossetti and G . F . Watts, by E . S . R . ; or Mr . F . S . Boas's essays on Matthew Arnold ;" or Dr . Lindsay ' s articles on " Education," would do credit to any magazine . Peterites will be specially interested in the neat essays,

EDITORIAL.

"Four Squares without a Flaw," contributed by the Rev . W. Routh to the first volume . The second volume has had its interest enhanced by illustrations—a daring experiment for amateurs to make . The magazine has now been discontinued, not because of any sort of failure, but because the Secretary can no longer spare the time necessary to conduct it successfully . The Secretary is to be congratulated on the talented circle of contributors whom he has gathered round him (one of them, by the way, has just been appointed editor of Time) ; and, on the other hand, the contributors are certainly to be congratulated on the geniality and energy of the Secretary, pleasant memories of which will remain with them long after the decease of the Scribbler ' s Monthly. J. H . F.

NOTES AND ITEMS. W. J . P . KAYE, of Queen' s College, Oxford, was 4th out of 12 successful candidates for University Cadetships at Sandhurst. H . H . SPINB: has passed the Final Examination of the Incorporated Law Society. CANON T. P . HUDSON has been appointed an Examiner for the Mus . Bac. Degree at Cambridge. W . BARBER, Q .C ., of the Chancery Bar, has been elected a Bendier of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, in place of the late Mr . Overend, Q .C . Mr . Barber was called to the Bar at Lincoln 's Inn in 1862, and was made a Q .C . in 1882 .—Times. J . DEWIIURST passed the preliminary examination of the Chartered Accountants. IT may interest some of the readers of the Peterite to know that there exists in the School a branch of the Public Schools' Bible Union, which is open to any member of the School who may wish to join for the new year . Cards of membership may be obtained from C . B . Clarke.

EDITORIAL. The Editors beg to remind Subscribers that their subscriptions are due for 1885. The Editors beg to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following magazines :—" The Leodiensian," " The Lorettonian," " The Alleynian," " The Barrovian," " ° The Lily," " The Sutton Valence."

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VOL .

VII .

MAY, 1SS5 .

No . 51.

THE WILL OF LADY ELIZABETH HASTINGS. Y a codicil to the will of Lady Elizabeth Hastings, the daughter of Theophilus Earl of Huntingdon, dated the 24th of April, 1739, she bequeaths : "First,—I give and devise all my manors, lands and hereditaments in Wheldale, otherwise called Queldale, in the West Riding of the County of York, with all the quit-rents, or chief-rents, and royalties belonging to the same, to the Provost and Scholars of Queen ' s College, in the University of Oxford, for ever,—subject, nevertheless, to a term of ninety-nine years, determinable upon the lives of one or more annuitants, as the case shall be, and as is more fully explained in a former codicil, for charging annuities for lives, pursuant to a power * * * " * reserved by my will . "And I will that, after the expiration of the said term of ninety-nine years, determinable as aforesaid, 2140, out of the clear rents and profits of the same premises, shall from time to time be applied for Exhibitions, towards the maintenance of five poor scholars of the said College, to be nominated and elected in manner hereinafter directed, each of which poor scholars shall be entitled to a yearly payment of zS but shall receive for the four first years (to be computed from

the Pentecost preceding the election) only Zzo each year, by quarterly or half-yearly payments ; my will being, that the remaining ZS out of each sum of Z28, be laid up and deposited yearly in the College chest, and that out of this deposited money, Z 20 shall be paid at the middle of the fifth year, and Zao more at the end of the said year, (over and above the first-mentioned yearly payment) to each of the said exhibitioners that shall have taken their Bachelor of Arts degree,

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and shall strictly and religiously conform to the directions, limitations, and conditions hereinafter given, made, or expressed. "And in regard to the qualifications, nomination, and election of poor scholars, who shall be entitled to such exhibitions, my will is, that ci;'*t of the principal schools in the County of York, viz., those of Leeds, 1Wakefield, En/di; ird, Bez'crlcy, Slrinton, Sedhzn fr, Ripon, and Shcrburii, and two more in the County of Tfreshnarcland, viz., Appleby and Hamersham, and two more in Cumberland, viz ., St. Bees and Penrith, shall each of them have the privilege or liberty of sending one poor scholar, every five years, to the place of nomination hereinafter appointed, provided the head master of each school send along with such scholar a certificate, that he hath distinguished himself above the rest of the same rank in his school for his morals and learning,—that such scholar is well grounded in the principles of the Church of England as by law established,—that he hath competent parts and remarkable industry, and that he hath applied himself to the reading * * * * * of Greek authors at least four years . * " I will also, that fair copies of this codicil be writ out in parchment, and sent to every one of the said respective schools there, to be safely kept by the Master for the time being, who is desired to read the same, or cause it to be read, to the scholars, candidates for the Exhibitions, four times or oftener in the two last years antecedent to the election. "And I make it my earnest request, that the Rectors of Barwick, Sp earth, and Bolton Percy, and the Vicars of Lrcds, la/sham, Tho/pArch, and Collingham, in the County of Iuuk, will, in the year wherein the Exhibitions shall commence, (if the year be not too far advanced, for giving notice, as is hereafter directed .) and so likewise at the expiration of every five years, for ever after, meet together at the best inn in Abberford or Abberforth, in the same county, viz ., on Thursday in \Vhitsun-week, before eight of the clock in the morning. "Allso all the boys to meet at the said best inn at Abberforth the night preceding the day of nomination, in order to be ready to begin their exercises the next morning. " And I entreat the Rectors and Vicars aforenamed will be there half an hour atter seven, that they may choose the boys' morning exercise, and put them upon beginning the same by eight of the o ' clock. " And my will is that their exercise be a part of an oration in Tully, not exceeding eight or ten lines, to be translated into English, and part

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of an oration in Demosthenes, about the same number of lines, to be translated into Latin ; and two or three verses of the Latin Testament to be translated into Greek ; and four books of each sort being provided, immediately put them upon beginning the translation, four- of the boys being employed in one kind of translation, four in a second, and four in a third ; and then changing the books till they have gone through the three several translations. "And whilst the boys are making their morning exercise, the said Rectors and Vicars, or the greater number of them, shall proceed to choose the afternoon exercise (which shall be upon two subjects)— one of Practical Divinity out of the Church Catechism, upon which each boy shall give his thoughts in Latin, in not fewer than eight lines nor more than twelve ; the other subject, some distinguished sentence of a classic author, upon which each boy shall write two distichs of verses—all which translations and compositions are to be written out fair upon one sheet of paper, and signed by the name of each boy they belong to, and then sheaved to every nominating Rector and Vicar, who are desired impartially to weigh and consider, and return ten of the best of the said exercises (each of which ten to be signed by the greater number of the Rectors and Vicars present) to the Provost and Fellows of Queen ' s College, in the University of Oxford. " And when the said Provost and Fellows have received the same, they are hereby required to meet together, as soon after as conveniently may be, to examine into them carefully and impartially, and choose out of them eight of the best performances, which appear the best, which done, the names subscribed to those eight shall be fairly written, each in a distinct paper, and the papers rolled up and put into an urn or vase by the Provost, or, in his absence, by the Vice-Provost or Senior Fellow, and after having been shaken well together in the urn, shall be drawn out of the same by some person whom he or they shall appoint, and those five whose names are first drawn, shall, to all intents and purposes, be held duly elected, and entitled to the whole profits each of his exhibition for the space of five years, as before provided, from Pentecost then next preceding the election. " And though this method of choosing by lot may be called by some superstition or enthusiasm, yet, as the advice was given by an orthodox and pious Prelate of the Church of England, as leaving something to Providence, and as it will be a means to save the scholars the trouble

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and expense of a journey to Oxford under too great an uncertainty of being elected, I will this method of ballotting be for ever observed. " Provided also if any one or more of these twelve schools herein mentioned, shall so far come to decay as to have no scholar or scholars returned by the Rectors and Vicars, to take their lot by ballotting as before appointed in four successive elections, I desire the Provost and Fellows of the same college to place, constitute and appoint one or more other School or Schools in the county, where the School which has come to decay, in the room and stead of any one or more of these twelve schools herein mentioned. " And I will that the new appointed school or schools shall have all the benefit and advantages, and be subject to the same rules . restrictions and conditions as the other schools. [This has been inserted for the benefit of members of the school whose interest and surprise were excited by the election of holders of these scholarships .—ED .]

CAMBRIDGE LETTER. T it again . This refers to the P /rite editors of course . I had

A just returned from a pleasant sojourn beside the briny wave,

where I had laid in a large stock of health wherewithal to carry me through the sultry heats of the coming summer, when—horresco rcfcrens—I received a notice from the P.E . commanding me to write a Cambridge letter . Ale miscrrim ! Needless to say my hard-earned health is scattered to the winds, and to the reeds of Cam I have returned a shattered and broken down wreck . But before life leaves me for ever my public pen shall try to tell you something of recent events. The boat race is now a thing of the past, and about the result silence best befitteth ! Our most blood-thirsty opponents, however, will surely admit that we were severely handicapped . The loss of Brown at 6 was hardly compensated for by the presence of Hardacre at and the general change of relative positions must have affected the crew 's chances of success . Add to this our bad luck in losing the choice of sides, and our cup of misery was filled to overflowing .

THE SCHOOL LETTER.

The sports were generally disappointing, but the high wind which swept across the plain will account for the bad times, &c . I hear Grant-Asher's long jump was illegal, but how the authorities failed to see this is one of those things which no fellow can understand . I think Roberts might have propelled himself further than he did . It must have been gratifying to the presidents, McNiel and Eliot, to find themselves winners of events for their respective 'varsities . All Cambridge men will sympathize with Tindall's defeat in the quarter. A little more pace at the start would have enabled him to catch Blair, as he has beaten the Caller's record more than once I believe . But now, ye partisans of Oxford, let me ask you a question . Who won the racquets—a game which in my opinion beats rowing and running to fits ? Ah ! Do not try to evade the question ! Mao won? Go, blush with the shame of defeat and hide your diminished heads. Triumpho

I cannot conclude without wishing Douglas a long and prosperous career, his lithe and active form will be much missed on the scenes of football strife ; and we all shall miss him, as he is a"most mirthful and sympathetic friend. In conclusion, I hope all those who enter the Tripos "Tests " this term will acquit themselves as men, and will not dread the ser r ied ranks of probing questioners . And may you all be successful is the sincere wish of CALLAI".

THE SCHOOL LETTER. INCE our last number many important questions have been settled.

S In that number probabilities were expressed as regards the future; in this all is settled, and the races are a thing of the past . The races on the whole have been better, and better attended, than they have been for many years . The Junior fours have been remarkably good, and showed great promise for the future. The third boats, which are an innovation, and we hope they will never have to be an innovation again, created no little interest, and will be most useful and helpful in making up the boats next year . The supremacy in the School fours has been wrested from the Civil and now is in the hands of the Sixth. For the last six years, I believe, this event has alternately fallen to the

THE SCHOOL LETTER.

Sixth and Civil, and, though perhaps not so exciting this year as in former years, still excites greater interest and excitement than any other race . There was one remarkable feature in the Senior fours, viz ., both the Day-boys and the School House had the same four that they had last year . This gave an additional interest to the race . Eventually it was won by the Day-boys . Among the Junior fours the School House was victorious, but only after two very close races. The cricket prospects are exceptionally good . There is only one vacancy in the eleven, which proved itself by last year's exhibition well worthy of the School . The professional engaged for the coming season is John Gill, of Scarborough. Having treated of matters outside the school walls, we would like to treat of those within. The Debating Society has sprung up again into existence fresh and vigorous . The interest taken in it has been greater than in former years . Far more have spoken this year than in former years, and the attendance has always been very good . There has, however, been a change in the rules of the Society, of which we cannot say we altogether approve . Formerly no member unless the mover of the motion was allowed to express his opinion more than once . Now members may speak any number of times they wish . Since this change the speeches have been shorter, and showing less thought than they used formerly to . Members knowing that they can rise again if they omit anything that may be to the point, make their one remark for or against the motion, and then sit down only to rise again in five minutes to make a second remark, their speeches thus requiring no preparation and no previous thought. The School gave a hearty welcome to P . E . Lord on his return from Cambridge entitled to write after his name "Scholar of Clair Coll ., Cambridge . " The Rev . Gilbert is taking the Rev. Clarke ' s place as house master, and the Rev . W . Routh ' s place as master of the Civil . The latter will be head mathematical master. Another matter of interest within the School is the improvements made in the warming apparatus of the chapel by a very old friend of the School, W . F . Rawdon, Esq . In the future the chapel will be warmed and ma le comfortable with very much less trouble and expense than heretofore .

THE BOATING SEASON .

THE BOATING SEASON. HE School may be congratulated on the successful close of the

T Boating season . The entries for the Senior Pairs and Sculls have, we believe, been unprecedently large, six for the former and seven for the latter . In both cases the favourites lost . Another feature is the introduction of 3rd House Fours, which have brought to light one or two promising oars . The Committee have to thank those gentlemen who came forward in response to the appeal made in the last Pe/a-i e and offered prizes . There are still several left, and it is to be hoped that in a few years time the Committee will be no longer hampered by prizes, but be able to pay full attention to the School boat-house and boats. The success attending a representative School Boat against a Corpus (Cambridge) four, renders it desirable that a Regatta Boat should be formed, and an attempt will be made to organise such a boat next term. (Prize given by S . T . Atkinson, Esq .) beat C . B . CLARKE. R . D . C . RosE beat R . CRAWSHAW. N . WILLIAMSON beat W . MURRAY. T . H . LITTLE, a bye. The first round of the Sculls produced but poor races, the first two heats being practically walks over for the winners . The third heat lost much of the interest that would have attached to it owing to the bad steering of both the competitors . Williamson, steering a little better than Murray, won by a clear length . The latter was all over the river. The feature of the and Round was the unexpected victory of Wilson over Rose, the latter being apparently out of form, and the former pulling better than he ever did before . Rose won easily last year. The easy victory of Little was rather a surprise. 2nd ROUND. J . G . WILSON beat R . D . C . RosE. Wilson leapt away at the start, and pulling fast and hard was clear at the School Boat-house . Rose pulled hard and made a desperate effort to get level . This he failed to do, and at the corner the race was virtually over, Wilson winning by about three lengths ; the winner's pulling being particularly hard and clean . SENIOR SCULLS .

1St ROUND .

J . G . WILSON

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T . H . LITTLE V . N . WILLIAMSON. Little plunged off at the start, and his powerful sweeps, aided by a fast current, soon put him out of danger. Williamson pulled up pluckily, but could never get on terms with his opponent, who won by three lengths . It is only fair to the loser to say that Little was greatly aided by his station . FINAL. J . G . WILSON beat T . H . LITTLE. The final resulted in a splendid race . Little got off at the start, and at the Boat-house was a length ahead . Here, however, Wilson, getting out of dangerous proximity to the bank, raced after him, and catching him up at the White Railings, showed a length ahead at the Bridge. Little made desperate attempts to overhaul him, but, failing to do so, lost by two lengths. SENIOR PAIRS . Ist ROUND . (Prize given by W . F. Rawdon, Esq .) J . G . WILSON R . CRAWSH_AW (stroke) J . MORTIMER (cox .)

beat C . FABER N . WILLIAMSON (stroke) G. W . LANE (cox .)

R . D . C . RosE W . G . WILSON (stroke) C . LANE (cox .)

beat C . B . CLARKE W . T . MURRAY (stroke) C . METCALFE (cox.)

R . CROSTHWAITE P . E . LORD (stroke) E . STEPHENSON (cox .)

beat H . W . RHODES T . H . LITTLE (stroke) C . Alfa cALE (cox .)

The first race was hollow in the extreme, Williamson's boat being completely outpaced . The second heat produced a good race down to the corner, where Wilson's boat took their opponent's water and won easily . The third heat was fairly well contested down to Scarbro ' Bridge . At this point, however, the odds were all in favour of Lord's boat . At the old coal-drop, however, the latter snapped his oar, and bow and cox . only just managed to land home two feet ahead. SENIOR PAIRS . (SEMI-FINAL.) R . D . C . ROSE beat R . CROSTHWAITE. W . G . WILSON (stroke) P . E . LORD (stroke) C . LANE (cox.) F . STEPHENSON (cox .) A poor race ; the former won easily, greatly aided, however, by the current.

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FINAL. J . G. WILSON R . CRAWSHAW

(stroke)

beat R . D . C . RosE \V . C . WILSON (stroke) C . LANE (COX .)

J . MORTIMER (COX .)

A complete surprise . The former won an easy victory, though far lighter than their opponents . The beaten crew, though individually stronger, pulled badly together and hardly made a race of it. Wilson got off half a length at the start, but Crawshaw pulling a quick, clean stroke, drew up and away, and at Cat-ditch was a length ahead, his opponents rolling tremendously . Still Crawshaw continued to gain, and won easily by four lengths. SENIOR HOUSE FOURS.

The Senior I-Iouse Fours resulted in some good races . The surprising feature being the excellent show made by the Rev . H . L. Clarke's House . Crawshaw is to be congratulated on turning out so good a crew from the material left him—two of last year ' s Junior. They were only beaten by three-quarters of a length by the School House . The final lay between the latter 'and the Day-boys, and greater interest attached to the race owing to the fact that both had the same boats as last year. The School House were considerably heavier than their opponents, but lacked dash . The Day-boys, on the other hand, showed a tendency to get short and ragged . A good race resulted in the victory of the latter by two lengths. ISt HEAT. SCHOOL HOUSE

7' .

REV. H .

L . CLARKE ' S HOUSE.

H . W . RHODES

H . BLOOMFIELD

C . B . CLARKE

H . DICLELLAN

T . H . LITTLE P . E. LORD (stroke) E . STEVENSON (cox .)

R . CRAWSHAW

H . SIMPSON

(stroke) J . MORTIllIER (cox .)

Crawshaw led his boat off at the start, and by the Boat-house was a length ahead, owing to stroke in the School house losing his oar. Lord now recovering set a good long stroke, and the whole crew swinging well together with him, he picked up the leader hand over hand, and at the corner showed in front . Crawshaw pulled up pluckily, but the weight of his opponents was too much for him, and he lost by three-quarters of a length .

THE BOATING SEASON. FINAL.

beat

DAY-Boys T . G . \\ ILsoN W . T . MURRAY

R . D . C . RosE W . G . WILSON (stroke) C . LANE (COX .)

SCHOOL HOUSE. II . W . RHODES C . B . CLARKE T . H . LIITLE P . E . LORD (stroke) E . STEVENSON (COX .)

The boats went off at an even start, but Rose promptly lost his oar. Failing to get it back quickly, the School House shot ahead . The Day-boys at this point were ragged, the strong wind greatly hindering them . They managed, however, to shake together, and at the corner were a quarter of a length ahead . This they further increased by a spurt at the bridge, and at blarygate end drew clear . They still continued to gain, and won eventually by two lengths . The School House went better through the wind than their opponents, being the heavier crew, but lacked dash, and consequently lost. JUNIOR SCULLS . (Prize given by W . L . Newman, Esq .) The racing for the Junior Sculls, as well as for the Junior Pairs, was disappointing in the extreme . The races were a mere exhibition of pluck, nothing more . The competitors could hardly drag their boats up to the winning post. The course ought either to be considerably shortened or the limit of age raised to sixteen . The latter of these two alternatives would be, perhaps, preferable, as few boys learn to row decently before that age . 1st ROUND. W. M . BENNETT beat C . E. STEVENSON.

A . G . EGGINTON „

G . W . LANE.

In the first race Stevenson would have won if he had not unfortunately fouled Bennett under Lendal Bridge. Eggiuton managed to struggle in half a length in front of Lane. FINAL. W . M . BENNETT

beat A . G . EGGINTON.

The winner won easily . JUNIOR PAIRS.

1st HEAT. v. D . CARTER G . C . LANE (stroke)

W . M . BENNETT A . G . EGGINTON (stroke) J . MORTIMER (COX .

C . LANE (COX .)

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Lane's boat got the best of the start and led down to the corner ; here Egginton drew up, and though Lane spurted gamely at the finish, won by one length . FINAL. . STEPHENSON V. W. M . BENNETT E A . G . EGGINTON (stroke) C. E . STEVENSON (stroke) C . METCALFE (cox .) J. MORTIMER (cox .) Egginton's boat was the first to show in front, and, rowing well together, were half a length ahead at the corner . Here, however, the superior weight and strength of the other boat began to tell, and Stevenson finally came in winner after a good race by one length. JUNIOR HOUSE FOURS. The Junior House Fours produced the best all-round racing of the year. Then, as in the Senior, the Rev . H . L. Clarke ' s House made a bold bid for victory against the School House . White and MacTurk are to be congratulated on the amount of work done by them . If Rouse had not repeatedly lost his oar, the result would probably have been very different ; as it was they lost by a length . The School House beat the Day-boys after a good race by about a length . It may be mentioned that Williamson, who stroked the former this year, won the Junior last year when pulling for the Day-boys. SCHOOL HOUSE V . REV . H . L. CLARI{E 'S HOUSE. C . FABER P . DOUGLAS J . A . DUNKERBY H . ROUSE R . CROSTIIWAITE H . MACTURK N . WILLIAMSON (stroke) E . R . WHITE (stroke) E . STEVENSON (COX.) J. MORTIMER (COX .) White got off at the start, and at the corner led by a length . Here Rouse lost his oar twice running, and Williamson, aided by his station, brought his boat up and won eventually by a length. FINAL. SCHOOL HOUSE beat DAY-BOYS C . FABER H . HuTCHINGs J . A . DUNKERBY J . B . STEVENSON R. CROSTHWAITE H . HOLMES N . WILLIAMSON (stroke) A . S . RosE (stroke) E . STEVENSON (cox.) C . LANE (cox .) Rose led off at the start with a quick stroke, and at the School boat-house led by a quarter of a length . A good struggle took the

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boats down to the corner without any material change in their position. Here Williamson quickened, and, pulling well, picked up all he had lost, and at 1larygate showed three-quarters of a length in front . This he increased to a length, but only to the coal drop, where Rose reduced his lead to half a length, losing by that amount. SCHOOL Fours. The School Fours did not produce nearly such good racing as last year . The Sixth disposed of the School fairly easily, and a good race was expected between them and their old rivals, the Civil . These expectations, however, were disappointed . The Civil, with questionable wisdom, changed strokes at the last minute . Rose, who had pulled stroke all through practice, going three and Williamson taking stroke. If this change had been effected earlier in the season, the Civil would have had a far better chance. SIxTH FORM

beat

SCHOOL.

RosE

J . G . WILSON

A. S.

C . B . CLARKE

R . CROSTH\vAITE T.

P. E . LORD

H . LITTLE

(stroke) J . B . STEVENSON (COS.) J . MORTIMER (COX.) The Sixth got off at the start, and gained steadily to the corner, when they showed a length in front . Here Crawshaw spurted, but failed to reduce the distance"between the boats . The current at the Bridge further aided the Sixth, who, pulling well within themselves, won by a length and a half. W . G . WILSON

(stroke)

R . CRAySHAy

FINAL.

SIx'1'H

beat

CIVIL.

J . G . WILSON

C . FABER

C . B . CLARKE

W . T . MURRAY

R . D. C . RosE (stroke) N . WILLIAMSON (stroke) J . B . STEVENSON (cox .) C . HAVNES (cox.) The Sixth again got off at the start, but stroke lost his oar twice in succession before they had gone twenty yards . Similar mishaps happened to the Civil, and at the Boat-house the boats presented anything but an edifying appearance . The Sixth were the first to recover, and, getting together, drew ahead . The race was practically over at the corner, the Sixth pulling easily down and winning by a length . P . E. LORD

W . G . WILSON

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THIRD HOUSE FOURS (FINAL .). SCHOOL HOUSE V . DAV-BOYS.

H . R crc IN

IL WALKER

T . E . GOFTON P . ALLEN

L . HUFFAM

G. C . WAUD (stroke)

C . HAYNES (stroke)

E . STEVENSON (COX .)

C . LANE (COX .)

W . GABB

The boats both got off at the start, but at the boat-house the School House were a quarter of a length in front . This they gradually increased, and finally won very easily by three lengths. The winning crew pulled very well together. The Scratch Races were pulled on Thursday and Saturday. There were six boats the first day, and some good racing followed . The course, it may be mentioned, extended from below Scarbro' Bridge to the end of hill's boat-yard . The feature of the afternoon was the stubborn fight between Crawshaw's and Williamson's boats, who had to race three times before a decision could be obtained . Williamson eventually won by a few feet . In the final Lord 's boat won fairly easily. Williamson is to be congratulated on his extremely plucky pulling. The winning crew were J . A . Dunkerby (bow), J . E . Gofton, R. D . C . Rose, P . E . Lord (stroke) . This is the fourth time out of five attempts that Lord's boat has won in the Scratch Fours. On Saturday eight boats entered containing a fair number of old boys. We were glad to see G . H . Eyre pulling . The races attracted a large number of spectators, and throughout the afternoon were extremely fast, and soon a "best on record " was accomplished by one boat who managed to pull sixty to the minute . The average was about fifty . Williamson ' s boat, with F . Ware, T . H . Little, C . B. Clarke (bow), beat W . G. Wilson's boat, G . H . Eyre, J . Walker, R. Crawshaw (bow), by a few feet in the final.

SCHOOL v . CORPUS CHRISTI, CAMBRIDGE. On Friday, April loth, the School rowed a boat composed of members of C . C . C . C . over the usual School course . The attendance was not so good as might have been expected, but the rain and cold explains this . However, considerable interest was taken in the race, and both boats were watched and criticised as they rowed up to the

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starting point . The School on the whole was very well satisfied with its boat, and the general belief seemed to be that the race would be a very close one. The C . C . boat won the toss and elected to row on the right side of the river. The start was a good one, neither boat gaining . They kept level to the School Boat House, but then the School was delighted to see its boat begin to forge ahead . After this the C . C . boat never regained the ground they had lost, and though it made strenuous efforts, gradually fell behind, and was about 2A lengths to the bad at Scarbro' Bridge ; from here to the winning post the School boat had its own way, eventually winning by four lengths . The rowing of the School boat cannot be too highly commended, Wilson 's stroke being long and lively. It is only fair to say in excuse for the defeat of the C . C . boat that their training was not all that they would have wished, and we cannot but thank them for the opportunity they gave us of testing the powers of the School rowing. C . C . C . BOAT .

SCHOOL BOAT.

(Bow) R . T. E . FAUSSET . 2 F . R . RoUINSON .

(Bow) R . CRAWSHAW. 2 R . D . T . ROSE.

L . EPSTEIN .

(Stroke) H . PETERS . (Cox) E . MORTIMER .

P . E . LORD.

(Stroke) W . G . WILSON. (Cox) E . LANE.

THE DEBATING SOCIETY. N February 28th, the first meeting of the Society was held . Its

O transactions were of a purely business character, and the follow-

ing officers were appointed :—President, the Rev . H . L . Clarke; Vice-President, W. G. Wilson ; Secretary, L . W . Pickles ; Committee, C . B . Clarke, H . W. Rhodes, J . B . Steavenson, J . Wilson, R . Crawshaw, and O . Whaley . Several subjects for discussion during the term were proposed, and the meeting then adjourned till the following Saturday. On March 1st Rev. W . Routh brought a motion in favour of Local Option . In opening his speech the proposer first brought some statistics to show the enormous evil drink was to the country, and then went on to explain how Local Option proposed to remedy this evil. A canvass was to be held in each parish, or other small local division, and where two-thirds of the inhabitants were in favour in that district,

TAE DEBATING SOCIETY .

the number of public-houses was to be largely decreased . This might be considered tyranny over personal liberty, but it was better for the majority to tyrannize over the minority than the minority over the majority . In conclusion, the proposer made some remarks as to the effect which would be produced on the trade and prosperity of the country by any such measure to discourage the excessive use of strong drinks . C . B . Clarke seconded the motion, expressing his opinion that drink was the curse of the nation . W. G . Wilson now rose to oppose. He objected to Local Option as interfering with individual liberty, saying he thought a man had a right to drink if he liked, and that he was surprised to find that many radicals who talked so much about extending liberty should support such a measure . After some remarks by Clarke, Walker, and Williamson, R . Holmes said he thought it quite allowable to interfere with individual liberty when the exercise of that liberty was detrimental to all, as in the case of drunkards who caused the rates to be raised in order to support the children which their selfindulgence rendered destitute . Wade objected to the unpleasant crowding of drunken men that would take place in the parts that retained their public-houses ; and Pickles that in the parts most needed Local Option would be rejected, while where comparatively needless it would be adopted . The Vice-President, who was in the Chair, then called on the mover to reply . The Rev . W. Routh in summing up said he regretted an allusion made by one speaker to party politics, that this was not a question on which party spirit could have any part . He then proceeded to answer the various objections urged against his motion, after which the House divided, the numbers being as follows : For the Motion Against .. ... rr Majority for the Motion

On March 14th, L. Huffam moved " That the visible existence of ghosts is a fact ." In support of his motion, he related some stories and adduced Dickens and Sir W. Scott as instances of eminent men who have believed in ghosts . N . Williamson seconded the motion. The lead of the opposition was taken by H . W . Rhodes, who urged the House to put away all sentimental prejudice in favour of ghosts, and consider the matter independently . He pointed out some palpable

THE DEBATING SOCIETY.

absurdities in the nature of ghosts, such as the sheet which always envelopes them, and must therefore be immortal as well as the spirit. In conclusion he put down all cases of apparition to hoaxes, dreams, muddle brains, or some system of thought transference, and said he hoped his hearers would do the same . Wade told a well-authenticated story in favour of the motion, and J . Wilson, speaking for the opposition, asked Huffam for his authority in calling Sir IV . Scott a believer in ghosts, saying he had lately read the contrary in one of the latest works of that distinguished man . The discussion was carried on by Rev. W. Routh, who said it would be very difficult, or rather impossible, to prove the non-existence of ghosts . There were many apparently'true cases in which the forms of persons far distant had appeared to their acquaintance, but that these might be due to optical illusion, the image being presented to the eye from the brain and not from without. T . H . Little next told a story in which a shaking bed and white figure played a prominent part . W . G . Wilson reviewed the arguments for the opposition, and suggested, as explanation of Little's story, that the shaking of the bed was caused by the shaking of its occupant, and the white figure was a moon beam . After this Huffam replied and the House divided . For the Motion S ... 17 Against Majority against . . .

On Saturday, 21st March, the motion "That war with Russia would not be a national calamity " was brought forward by L . W . Pickles. To prove this he endeavoured to show that in a successful war much more would be gained than lost, and that therefore in the long run war could not be a national calamity . J . B . Steavenson ably seconded the motion . The Opposition, opened by J . Wilson, objected to war on the ground of the superior numbers that the Russians could bring against us . Huffam opposed because he thought the Russians had a better base for their operations, and that their troops were in better positions for beginning a war than our s . The discussion was well kept up, T . P . Clarke, R . Crosthwaite, and H . Bloomfield speaking for the motion, while H . W . Rhodes opposed it at some length, taking exception to much the mover said . IV, G . Wilson repudiated the charge of jingoism brought against those who desired war by one of the

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speakers, and expressed his opinion in favour of the motion . Pickles replied on the whole motion, and on dividing the numbers were For the Motion . . . 16 Against 8 Majority for

At the conclusion of the discussion, the rule forbidding a member to speak more than once in a debate was abolished, any member being allowed to speak as often as he liked, except the proposer, who might only bring his motion and then reply. On Saturday, Apr 1 4th, W. G . Wilson moved " That compulsory * athletics in a School Ire a mistake . " He said that where the love for athletics was not sufficiently strong to induce participation in games, it was impossible to induce it by compulsory athletics, for that boys would soon find excuses and reasons why they should be excepted. W. Murray seconded, and said that as in school some fellows were always bottom, so it would be in athletics, no matter how much compulsion was employed . In opening, the opposition J . Wilson objected to the parallel draw a by Murray between school work and athletics, and expressed his opinion that compulsory athletics were advantageous. H . McClellan, H . W . Rhodes, L. Huffam then spoke, all against the motion . Wilson then replied, and the House divided. For the Motion 5 Against 14 Majority against

On March 28th, J . Wilson moved "That the practice of vivisection is justifiable . " The attendance at this debate was very thin, owing to the boat races . W .NIurray seconded, and H . Holmes opposed . The School reporter was unable to attend the meeting to the finish, but afterwards heard that the numbers on division were For the Motion ... ro Against ... ... 3 Majority for the Motion . . .

NOTES AND ITEMS.

NOTES AND ITEMS. ABRAHALL, the Rev . Bennett Hoskyns, A .K .G ., appointed Chaplain of

Paignton Cemetery. Rev . W . E ., appointed Curate to Christ Church, Turnbull Green. LORD, P . E ., elected Scholar of Clair College, Cambridge.

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[The Editors beg to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following Magazines :—" The Leodieusean," "The Lorettonian," "The Alleynian, " "The Lily," c ° The Sutton Valence, " "Ulala, " St . Andrew's College .

THE

PET[RIT' VoL . VII .

JUNE, 1885 .

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No . 52.

CRICKET-ITS ORIGIN AND GROWTH. N spite of the article that appeared some months ago in the Peterite,

I it may be safely stated that Cricket is not a classical sport . It can

only be said that Homer in the Odyssey makes the first mention of games with balls . Insular pride has caused one translator to use these lines, in an attempt to dignify our national game with a classical origin . Still, at the sacrifice of all chivalrous devotion to the " fair haired " heroine of Homer, we ought rather to rebel at the idea of mentioning sturdy John Bull and his cricket in the same breath as ball-play, and the effeminate youth of Alcinous—zit cute curanda ninzium operate juz'entus. The translation alluded to is, however, valuable as throwing light upon the first germs of our game—this alone should be sufficient to excuse its insertion . "Nausicaa With other virgins did at stool-Gall play, Their shoulder-reaching head-tires laying by ; Nausicaa, with her wrists of ivory, The liking-stroke struck ."

Here is material enough for the cricket antiquarian ; stool-ball is the most elementary form of game in which a ball is tossed from one player to another, who strikes it with a club in order to prevent it hitting the stool or crickett 3 hence the name of our game . The " liking stroke " was merely the old name of our "trial ball ." Another form of amusement of this kind that suggested itself to the youthful mind was tapping a piece of wood sharpened at both ends, and then hitting it as far as possible, the player that could run furthest before the piece of wood was returned, scoring accordingly. This game, which may still be seen in the streets under the form of tip-cat,- has had a separate development of its own and is the forefather of the modern knuir and spell . From these two games we can

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deduce all the elements of the present game, except perhaps, the idea of catching out. Stool ball suggested the idea of bowling at and defending a wicket ; tip-cat ("cat" being the name of the piece of wood) a means of scoring by running . Tip-cat indeed, as it was played in parts, seems to have combined both these principles, for we find in Jamieson ' s dictionary the following "three play at this game, who are provided with clubs, they cut out two holes each, a foot in diameter and seven inches in depth . The distance between them is twenty-six feet . One stands at each hole with a club ; these clubs are called clogs . A piece of wood, called a cat, about four inches long and one inch in diameter, is thrown from one hole to another by a third person . The object is to prevent the cat from getting into the hole . Every time that it enters the hole, he who stands at the hole loses the club, and he who threw the cat gets possession of the club. If the cat be struck, he who strikes it changes place with the person who holds the other club, and as often as these positions are changed one is counted in the game by the two who hold the clubs, and are viewed as partners ." The presence of these two holes seems, however, to show that this is not genuine cat and dog, but a Scottish country degeneration of cricket proper, which was fairly advanced by that time . For the wicket at cricket down to the middle of the eighteenth century consisted of two sticks with these holes between . " Balls and club" are also mentioned in a Bodleian M .S . of 1344, so that it seems probable that the cat in this game was a rustic substituted for a ball, and was suggested by its use at the real tip-cat. The best ideas of the old game is to be obtained from studying pictures by contemporary artists . One representing a rustic single wicket match is rather of interest on account of the scorer than the players. It illustrates the origin of the word " notches " for runs. We see the scorer seated where point would be in our time, literally notching the runs made on a lath of wood . His position, however, and that of the fielders, who are crowded together, in the long field on the " on side " suggests that good swiping was the order of the day, and such refinements as cutting and placing had not yet found favour. In fact, one look at the bat is enough to dispel such vain illusions. It is simply a thick piece of wood, carved at the end like a hockey stick . Such indeed was the natural shape it would take against the bowling of that time . It was obviously the only one of any possible use against grubs such as we see his opponent in the picture delivering .

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This style of bowling again was necessitated by the height of the Wickets, which, down to very recent times were only twenty-two inches high . Nowadays nothing but a shooter or Yorker could hope to take such puny erections, but in those days on account of the pace attainable sneaks were very deadly against such bats, which were almost useless for anything but slogging. Long after the hole between the sticks was abolished and a crease line cut in the turf had been substituted as a mark for the player to ground his club after a run, after a bail had usurped its other function as a receptacle of the ball in stumping, two wickets with a wide space between continued in fashion . It was not until after 1775 that a third was added . In that year the absurdity of the old wicket was demonstrated by a match in which the last man knocked off the required runs, although he was morally bowled clean between the two by Lumpy, the great daisy-cutting trundler of that day . A great outcry was raised against this novelty, on the ground that it was giving an unfair advantage to the bowler ; but the reverse was demonstrated at once in a match between Hambledon and England, in which Aylward, the last wicket but one, scored 167—a prodigious total for that time . The total score of Hambledon was 403, yet so far was wicket keeper advanced, that Sueter, the great " Pinder " of yore, only allowed five byes, and is said to have stood up to the fastest bowling in practice. (N.B —It is probable, from engravings, that the long -stop was never dispensed with till very recently .) In fact, by the year 1776, cricket was fully developed, with the exception of round-arm bowling . Paintings show that the field was regularly set in a manner not unlike our own . The straight bat was substituted for the hooked club about 1746 . Players had assumed "whites "—witness the lines : " The parties are met, and arrayed all in white ; Famed Elis ne'er boasted so pleasing a sight ; Each nymph looks askance at her favourite swain, And views him, half stript, both with pleasure and pain ." These lines tell us several things—the last seems to hint that pads were not yet invented, and that the nymph feared for her lover's shins in those days of mighty " sneaks ! " They also show that cricket had .a fashionable attendance and was popular . We might infer the same as early as 1742, where it is condemned by a gentleman, who corn plains that it draws many spectators from more fitting occupations,

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though in itself "a very innocent and wholesome exercise ." There was, however, some truth in this, for cricket was then a betting business* " Our well bred heirs, Gamesters and jockeys turn, and cricket players ."

In fact, the earliest mention of the game is in the form of a complaint. A Puritan writes, in 163o, that Maidstone " was a very prophane town, " where " stool ball, cricketts " were played on a Sunday. But to resume . By the year 1776 a man named Lambert had discovered the means of twisting the ball " just the reverse way from the off stump into the leg . " Ugrea speaks of him as " the first who introduced this deceitful and teasing style of delivering the ball ." All that remained was to introduce a new style of bowling ; and here let me make amends for my want of gallantry to Nausicaa by mentioning the story of the ladies who invented round-arm . It is said that an enthusiastic cricketer caused a piece of ground to be kept clear in winter and got his daughters to bowl to him . Being tightly wrapped up against the inclemency of the weather, they found underhand impossible and a modified kind of round-arm more comfortable . Without vouching for the truth of this, I can only record that Tom Walket "began the system of throwing instead of bowling, now so much is fashion ." Of course there was a huge outcry that there would be nothing but swift wide bowling ; its opponents endeavoured to limit it to " not higher than the shoulder," but "overhand" at last forced its way in, and is now, as everyone knows, to the improvement both of bowling, batting, and wicket-keeping, the almost universal style. Pilling we think better than Sueter, Peate and Spofforth than good old Lumpy, and for bats commend us to W . G . Grace and A. G. Steel in preference to Aylward, of Hambledon renown.

OXFORD LETTER. HE Boat Race was a pleasant surprise . The betting which for

T the first part of the training is the criterion, had as usual been

in favour of the crew that won the year before, and the Oxford crew while at Oxford gave no promise of being a good crew, but whether they were good or bad, they were a little too good for Cambridge. The Boat was made up as I predicted last term, save only that Fothergill was superseded by Clemons of Corpus, a change vastly for the better . Cambridge in the race tried the tactics adopted last year by

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West, viz . : of getting a fair lead and flurrying the other boat ; but to no purpose . Though somewhere in the second mile, Taylor, No . 3 in the Oxford boat, dislocated, or more probably wrenched, his shoulder, thereby becoming a mere " passenger ", we won by three lengths . The younger MacLean justified perhaps his brother's expectations of him, but I should hardly think that will satisfy Walrond. The Sports, too, were somewhat of a surprise ; though it was considered an open event, the leaning was rather in favour of Cambridge. They were remarkable for the fact that for the High Jump, no less than three men tied at the fairly respectable height of 5ft. 74in . ; as to the Long Jump, adjudged to Asher, there is some doubt as to the correctness of the decision of the judges . It is said that he took off some three inches beyond the line . But if that were given in, the result would only be a draw ; for Cambridge won 32 to our 5i events— though of course the High Jump would have been jumped off . Ware's failures in throwing the hammer and putting the weight were most marked, he was palpably out of form . There were no good times done, for the wind was too ; strong for anyone to run well against it. Strong as our Eleven was last year, there seems fair prospect of its being stronger, or at least as strong as last year . There are nominally only two vacancies to fill up, viz . : the places of Kemp and HineHaycock ; I say nominally, for probably one or two of last year ' s Blues will be superseded, viz . : Buckland and Hildyard, that at least is said but why so good an all-round man as Buckland should lose his place, I do not know. To fill up the places there are Cobb, who made a score of 190 last year against the eleven, but whose nervousness spoils his play in any outside match ; Bolitho ; Asher, though his chances are very small ; Coles, the O . If . R . F. C . man ; Newton ; Higgins, the Westmonastrian ; and others . We have not lost a bowler this year ; Page is captain ; another freshman to be mentioned is Cochrane, from Repton. The Eights begin on May 14th ; Exeter in my opinion will keep head for the fourth year, the only boat likely to reach them is Corpus, and possibly Magdalen might have a chance . Exeter has only three -old men rowing, if I remember right ; Corpus has five or six and among them two Blues ; Magdalen has two Blues and a trialsman, another trialman, Bully, as reserve man ; New College are feeble, though the two McLeans are rowing, with Fothergill, another trialsman ; Baskett

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is rowing No . 6 in the Queen ' s eight, but they have not been entirely fortunate. Professor Ruskin has resigned . He had applied for a new drawing (school) room, and for a grant for two or three Turner ' s, the one imperatively necessary, the other highly desirable ; the answer was that the 'Varsity was in debt. This, from the persons who have spent within the last four years nearly £5oo,000 without much ado, and have recently voted a large sum for the expenses of the laboratory (which Ruskin does not like), was too much . He will probably be succeeded by Sharp once again. A Chair for English Literature and the English Language, salary goo, is going begging ; the range is so dreadfully large that no wonder men shrink from taking it . James Russell Lowell is mentioned as a possible candidate, so is Robert Browning ; Matthew Arnold has refused ; it would be a boon if Mr . Lowell would take it . The professor must, I believe, deliver twenty-four lectures in the year. We have had an unparalleled pleasure in the visit of Richter to Oxford . A certain sum was guaranteed before he came . He was made Mus . Doc. while he was here, at Sir Fred . Ouseley's request. The O . U . A . D . S . are to perform Henry rv. Canon King was consecrated Bishop of Lincoln, on Saturday, April' 25th . In him, Oxford loses perhaps the most popular of dons, certainly the most deserving of popularity . BEBI.

CAMBRIDGE LETTER. HOSE ruthless

Petcritc

writers are clamouring again for a

T Cambridge letter, with the customary demand, which seems, hereditary, " by return of post, " or "instantly, " or words to that effect. The same complaint has been made by correspondents for years, but the Peterite Editors are ruthless . Before one has had time comfortably to settle down here, one finds oneself in the middle of another term, and that the " May " term, with a horrible vision before one of approaching May examinations uncomfortably near . Tripos fever is beginning to run high . Peters will represent the School in the Mathematical Tripos, Crawshaw in the Law . We wish them all success. All the colleges now have their crews out practising for the May races, the date of which is fixed for June roth . Many who would have

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been prevented from rowing by their Triposes, being thus enabled to take their places in their college boats . Peters will be rowing, for the last time we fear, in Corpus t . Jesus, with Hutchinson and Fairburn rowing in their first boat, will probably maintain their position at the head of the river, which they have held so long ; they may, however, be pressed by Trinity Hall 1, who are a good crew with three " • blues," one of whom, Hardacre, is stroking, though not altogether satisfactorily, and possibly by Third Trinity, who are next to the Hall, and are stroked by Pitman, with Donaldson, Haig, and Churchill at 7, 6, 5 respectively, and are, therefore, but for the four bow men, who are weak, a strong crew. As regards Cricket, no certain opinion can be formed as yet of the prospects of the coming season . The post of Captain has been filled by the Hon . M . B . Hawke, who, it is to be hoped, will show his old form . His experience as Captain of the Yorkshire Team must prove serviceable to the eleven . In the Seniors match, Brutton distinguished himself with a fine score of 85 . A strong contingent of public school cricketers has come up, and are likely to prove useful. Batting will be the strong point, the bowling the weak. We are glad to see in prospect an organ recital at Trinity Chapel, by Alan Gray. Rumours have been afloat of a contemplated monster meeting at the U . innlar u t~ w . . J . Senior, b Lord .. W. Worthington, not out .. J . Barker, c Noble, b Rhodes . . J . W . Dixon, b Lord . . .. J . W . Verity, run out . . Extras .. ..

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E. S . Barry B . Langrick T . Denton . . J . Barker . .

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BOWLING ANALYSIS . ST . PETER'S. 0. R. 16 .2 . . 3 0 Io 16 3 4 14 25

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This match was played on the School ground, on May 22nd, and resulted in a victory for the School . The St . John's captain won the

THE SCHOOL LETTER. is the topic which is at present attracting most attention, C RICKET and all are anxious to see who will be in the eleven, and what sort of an eleven it will be . The post of Captain, rendered vacant by Lord's resignation, has been filled by Rhodes, last year's Secretary, who in turn is succeeded by Crawshaw . The Season opened very auspiciously on May 23rd, the School defeating St . John's College by 81 to 40 . Lord and Little each contributed 20, and Crawshaw 15. Rhodes' bowling has evidently lost none of its old sting, as he was credited with six wickets for 20 runs . A match was played between School House and School, each side having one innings . The School totalled 61, and the House, thanks mainly to a not out inning of 33 by Lord, succeeded in compiling 62 . It should, however, be mentioned that for a considerable part of the afternoon, two of the School bowlers were not available . A letter appeared in one of our numbers advocating the formation of a regularly organised Second Fifteen . We hope that this suggestion will be adopted with regard to Cricket this term . If this is not done, there will certainly be a great lack of material out of which to compose next year's eleven. Ascension Day passed off very quietly . The weather, though not perhaps all that might have been desired, was very tolerable, and left very little to complain of. the most deserving of popularity.

BEBI .

CAMBRIDGE LETTER. HOSE ruthless

Peterite

writers are clamouring again for a

T Cambridge letter, with the customary demand, which seemshereditary, " by return of post, " or " instantly, " or words to that effect. The same complaint has been made by correspondents for years, but the Peterite Editors are ruthless . Before one has had time comfortably to settle down here, one finds oneself in the middle of another term, and that the " May " term, with a horrible vision before one of approaching May examinations uncomfortably near . Tripos fever is beginning to run high . Peters will represent the School in the Mathematical Tripos, Crawshaw in the Law . We wish them all success. All the colleges now have their crews out practising for the May races, the date of which is fixed for June loth . Many who would have

CRICKET .

SECOND ELEVEN MATCHES. June 4th, „ 13th, „ 3oth,

.. . . . St. Olaves . . St . George's College, Harrogate . . St . Olaves .. ..

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ST . PETER'S v . ST . JOHN'S COLLEGE. ST . PETER'S. .. 20 P . E . Lord, lbw, b Barker W . G. Wilson, c Senior, b Barker .. 5 . . 3 H . McClellan, c Barry, b Barker .. .. o J . E . Noble, b Barker . . . . . . 15 R . Crawshaw, c and b Langrick H. W. Rhodes, b Barry . . .. .. 1 W . Holmes, run out .. .. .. .. 2 . . 20 T. H . Little, c Langrick, b Barry H. Jackson, c Barry b Langrick .. .. o J . A . Dunkerly, c Senior, b Langrick . . 3 . . .. 7 E. Procter, not out .. .. Extras .. .. .. .. .. 5 Total

ST. JOHN'S. T . Markin, c Lord, b Rhodes .. T . Denton, c Lord, b Rhodes .. B . Langrick, c Crawshaw, b Rhodes .. E . S . Barry, c Wilson, b Rhodes .. A. Nettleton, b Lord G. Inman, b Rhodes J . Senior, b Lord W . Worthington, not out J. Barker, c Noble, b Rhodes .. J . W. Dixon, b Lord .. J . W . Verity, run out Extras .. Total .. BOWLING ANALYSIS.

E . S . Barry B. Langrick T . Denton .. J . Barker . .

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This match was played on the School ground, on May 22nd, and -resulted in a victory for the School . The St . John's captain won the

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toss, and put the school in first . Rhodes sent in Lord and Wilson to face the bowling of Barry and Langrick. Both played steadily and well . They were at last parted by a ball from Barker who had taken Langrick's place, which sent Lord back leg before wicket . On his retirement, if we may use the York Herald's phraseology, "a rot set in," the next 5 wickets only putting on 11 runs . Wilson, McClellan, Noble, Rhodes, and Holmes retiring in rapid succession . However, when Crawshaw and Little got together a determined stand was made and the score rose rapidly. Crawshaw after playing good cricket for his 15 retired caught, and Little was joined by Jackson, who, however, soon gave place to Dunkerly . Dunkerly after scoring 3 was replaced by Procter . He and Little prolonged the innings some time longer, till the latter was caught after adding to the score a most useful 20 . This brought the innings to a close the total being 81. Markin and Denton opened the innings of St . John ' s, the bowlers being Rhodes and Lord . They both however soon retired, both caught by Lord off Rhodes's bowling . In a similar manner the rest of the eleven could do very little with the school bowling, 9 and 7 being the largest scores of the innings, run up by Worthington and Barry respectively . Thus, on the fall of the 1 oth wicket, the score was only 40, leaving the school victorious by 41 runs . The bowling and fielding of the school eleven were remarkably good considering that it was the 1st match of the season ; Rhodes getting 6 wickets for 20 runs and Lord 3 for 17 .

SIX v . TWELVE. This match resulted in a victory for the " twelve " by seven wickets. In the first innings of the "six" Noble alone was able to score at all; Crawshaw however showed some good defence . The innings of the "twelve " resembled that of the "six " in the rapidity with which the wickets fell ; Little however made a good stand, and carried out his bat for a lively innings of eighteen . The "six" made a far better stand in their second innings . Some very good play was shewn by Rhodes, Crawshaw, and Lord, for 16, 17, and 14 not out, respectively. The required 35 was soon hit off by the "twelve", though not before they had lost five wickets . The wicket throughout the match was very difficult to play on .

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IST INNINGS. W. Murray, b Rhodes . . .. H. Holmes, run out J . Scarborough, run out

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v . J. WALKER'S TEAM. This match was played on the School Ground, resulting in a draw. The strangers won the toss and elected to send their opponents in. Lord and Wilson opened the innings for the School . At first runs were few and far between, Lord playing very carefully for his 11, at which total he was bowled off his pads . Noble now joined Wilson, but, with the score at 37, ran himself out . After Little and McClellan had added S and 3 respectively, Rhodes and Wilson made a determined stand, and occasioned frequent changes of bowlers . At last Wilson was bowled for a very steady 15, and was soon followed by Rhodes, who fell victim to the same mischance as Lord . Crawshaw and Holmes now got together and proved most troublesome, the next wicket putting on eighty runs . The former only retired after compiling 57 in good style, and the latter an equally creditable 42 . Though

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Dunkerly gave no great trouble, Procter and Scarbro refused to be parted till they had added another twenty to the score . This brought the innings to a close, leaving the strangers 230 to win . Procter and Dudley commenced their innings. The former made 11, and was then bowled by a good ball from McClellan . J. Walker joined Dudley, who was soon after bowled, having quickly hit up 29. Guy took his place, and hit McClellan for four, when he lost J . Walker, who was succeeded by H . Walker, and these two played out time, the score being 52 for four wickets . ST . PETER'S. P. E. Lord, b Cundall . . . . W . G . Wilson, b Dudley J . E . Noble, run out . . T . H . Little, b Procter . . . . II . McClellan, c Walker, b Guy II . W . Rhodes, b Cundall . . R . Crawshaw, c and b Procter . . .. II . W . Holmes, st Dudley, b Cundall . . J . A . Dunkerly, c Guy, b Cundall . . E . Procter, b Guy .. J . Scarbro, not out Extras .. .. Total . .

. .

MR. WALKER'S ELEVEN. J . Procter, b H . McClellan .. F. Dudley, b J . A . Dunkerly . . J . Walker, b J . A . Dunkerly . . . . J . Varley, b H . McClellan .. C . Guy, not out . . . . H . Walker, not out Extras Total for 4 wickets . .

11 15 10 8 3 29 57 42 I 15 8 30 . .229 . . 11 . . 26 8 2 4 o . . 1 . . 52

ST . PETER'S SCHOOL v. NORTH RIDING ASYLUM. This match was played on the North Riding Asylum ground, and rasulted in a victory for the School by 31 runs . The Asylum won the toss and assumed the defensive. Glaisby and Rudd took their places at the wickets, to the bowling of Rhodes and Lord . After scoring 3, Rudd gave a very difficult chance to point, which was not accepted. However, in the next over Glaisby was clean bowled by Lord. Masterman took his place and, with Rudd, made a long stand, and were not parted till they had raised the score from 8 to 50 . Masterman was bowled eventually by Lord, and was replaced by Varley, and soon

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was followed by Rudd, bowled off his pad by McClellan, who had taken the place of Rhodes. He was succeeded by Dr . Nicholson, who only survived two balls from McClellan, being clean bowled by the third . C . Wood came in, but had not the heart to score more than 1 against his old School. Robinson joined Varley, but after scoring 6 was well caught by Little at long-leg . Of the remaining wickets, Bryant alone gave any difficulty. The innings closed for a total of 92. The School began most inauspiciously, Wilson being clean bowled in the second over of Dr . Nicholson, and Botterill being bowled, after scoring 1, by Masterman. Noble and Little took their places, but Little soon lost Noble, leg before wicket, and shortly afterwards McClellan was bowled by Masterman . Lord then assumed the defensive, and, with Little, raised the score to 27, when Little was bowled for a careful innings of 6 . Lord and Rhodes then became partners, and the aspect of the game was completely changed . Rhodes began by a grand hit to leg for 4, and defied all attempts of the bowlers to dislodge him . The game meanwhile became most exciting, the score rising rapidly . Changes of bowlers were frequent, but all in vain. The winning hit was made by Rhodes amidst loud applause from the spectators . At last, after raising the score from 27 to 94, Rhodes and Lord were parted, a ball from Leckenby proving too much for the former. Crawshaw joined Lord, but retired after making a hit for 2. Procter took his place, but lost Lord, who was out leg before wicket after a capital innings of 40 . Dun kerly and Holmes made a stand for the last wicket, which brought the total to 123. NORTH RIDING E . Glaisby, b Lord

ASYLUM.

C . E . Rudd, b McClellan

J . Masterman, b Lord .. J . L . Varley, b Lord R. R . Nicholson, b McClellan .. C . Wood, b Lord .. J . Robinson, c Little, b McClellan T. Leckenby, not out .. C . Gay, b Lord .. H. Muchall, b Lord S. Bryant, b Lord Extras .. Total . .

NOTES AND ITEMS. ST. PETER'S SCHOOL. W. G . Wilson, 1) Nicholson

. .

H . Botterill, c Nicholson, b Masterman J . E . Noble, lbw, b Masterman

T . II . Little, b Masterman

II . McClellan, b Masterman

P . E . Lord, lbw, b Leckenby

H . W . Rhodes, b Leckenby R . Crawshaw, b Gay ..

E . Procter, 1) Gay

3 12

J . A . Dunkerly, b Gay ..

9 15

H . Holmes, not out Extras

.. Total ..

-123

BOWLING ANALYSIS. NORTH RIDING ASYLum. O.

P . E. Lord . .

. . 6

. .

H . W. Rhodes J . A . Dunkerly

.. . .

8 3

.. 2

.. o

II . McClellan

. .

12 . . 31

7 a 3

Lord bowled two wides. ST . PETER ' S Sr'iIOOL. W. R . Nicholson . .

. .

. . I

T . Masterman C . Wood . .

. . IS 4

57 9

2 0

C . Gay .. T. Leckenby

••4 .. o .. 3

. .

. . .. 6 .. 5 .. 4 .. Leckenby bowled two wicles and Wood one.

NOTES AND ITEMS. REV. T . ADAMS has accepted a head mastership in Canada. REV . T . B . B . FERRIS, M .A., Vicar of St . Matthews, Nottingham, has

been appointed Surrogate in Diocese of Southwell. H . M . BRAITHWAITE (late Lieutenant R. N .) on November 22nd, 1884, lost in the China Seas . Aged 31. Durham Light h fantry.—LIEUTENANT T . Moss to be Lieutenant vice J . D . Mawnsell promoted .

NOTES AND ITEMS .

W. Y . FAUSSET, has been appointed to a Mastership at Fettes College. W. J . P . KAYE, at Sandhurst College Sports, was first in "putting the

weight," and second in " throwing the hammer . " THE OLD Bovs' MATCH will be played on the 29th of June . O . P .'s

who wish to play will please send in their names to R . Crawshaw. Commemoration Day Sermon will be preached by the Rev. T . Adams.

THE

The Editors beg to acknowledge the receipt of " The Lorettonian, " " Barrovian," " Sutton Valence," " Ulula," "St . Andrew College Magazine," " The Alleynian ."]

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PET[RIT[ L Von . VII .

JULY, 1885 .

No . 53

OXFORD LETTER. S every undergraduate member of the Peterite community up here

A has been in the Schools this term, and therefore has been at the call of duty and necessity more or less oblivious of the gay world around him, the Oxford Letter is rendered a more difficult task than usual to compile. To carry the shattered fragments of what once might be called a memory as far back as the Eights, for the first three nights they were rowed in most disagreeable weather, and so favourable to heavy and powerful crews, whilst proportionately disadvantageous to form without strength . Corpus, with Hornby, Clemans, and Carter, as expected, went ahead, while Exeter, who had lost nearly all their old men, descended from the position they had for three years maintained with the greatest ease. to that of fourth . New College—on paper as usual, an exceedingly strong boat, including D . and H . MacLean, Bourne, and Fothergill—rose four places . Of the lower boats Oriel was the most successful, and at the close of the week was able to celebrate their six bumps with a prodigious amount of feasting and fireworks. So dense was the smoke on the Oriel quad ., that after a while it was impossible to see the pyrotechnic display at all . The neighbouring college of Merton, who had gone in for a most lavish expenditure in training their eights, among whom the manly form of C . G . Wade might be descried, suffered a severe disappointment, for all the bumps they were concerned in were much too near stroke to be considered a cause of rejoicing . The flag of Queens also, who carried on board two-

and-a-half vegetarians, had to be lowered a few times in the course of the week. At Henley we shall probably be represented by Corpus, Magdalen, and O riel . The two MacLeans are in for the Pairs, while Unwin will probably meet Pitman for the Sculls .

OXFORD LETTER.

The cricketing season has thus far been most disheartening for us. The Eleven is almost the same as that which beat the Australians last year, and won every match but one . Only Kemp and Hine Haycock have gone, but their loss is irreparable . Kemp ' s judgment, determination, and discipline have been greatly needed, besides his and Hine Haycock ' s batting abilities. Of the freshmen, Cochrane is an excellent bowler, and might be made a very good bat . D'Aeth and Cole also are fair bats, but cannot be relied on . Our great need has been a good fast bowler—Whitby unfortunately has cut a tendon in one of his fingers, and has not sufficiently recovered to bowl with his usual speed and break ; he will probably be all right later on, but perhaps too late . Godfrey is fast enough and dangerous in his own way . On a wet wicket he can bowl well enough, but he cannot bat . On a dry wicket our bowling is useless, however good our uncertain batting might be . So in the bowling line Cambridge will score off us pretty considerably, I expect, if it is fine . With Brain, O ' Brien, Hilyard, Page, Buckland, Newton, Key, and Cochrane, we shall be, or we ought to be, decidedly superior in batting, only they have never come off more than two or three at a time. We have not thus far won a match ; indeed we have only once, in the return v . M . C . C ., been near winning . Diver and E. T . C . Studd have each raised over loo against us . The most creditable match we have played was against Surrey, who helped themselves to 464 runs, but this was not surprising, since the day was fearfully hot, the wicket true, and the ground as fast as lightning . For a long time the runs came at the terrific rate of 5 per over on an average . But to have gone in on a rather cut up wicket on a dull day, and to have raised 282 runs against their strong bowling is about the only worthy deed of the dark blue eleven of this year. The first Lancashire match we might almost have won with steady play . A curious feature of it was that each innings was commenced by two left-hand bowlers, Barlow and Nash for them, Cochrane and Bastard for us . Crossland, though unsuccessful, elicited most unfavourable comments from the "town ." A proposal has been carried to construct fourteen new cricket grounds in the parks for the colleges, to be allotted like the football grounds, which are still to be maintained . It is needless to say this will revolutionize Oxford Cricket, which will be removed from the Yorkshire pudding-like grounds of

CAMBRIDGE LETTER.

Cowley Marsh, where most colleges have their grounds, and be brought into close proximity to the 'Varsity ground— an improvement beneficial in many ways . Perhaps if some of the ' Varsity Eleven had not been so keen about slogging up 5o 's, against weak college bowling on the dead grounds of Cowley, but had been content with honest practice at the nets in the parks, the scores of the Eleven might have been considerably larger . The chief offenders were those who should have set a better example. More than a few words about the schools are intolerable to those who have just fled from their tortures. Of Peterites, in the Final Schools, B . G . M. Baskett has been among those "qui Izonorem ambiazzt in Schola jizris~rudentizo, " while G. H . Wade and H . C . B . Clayforth have essayed the perils of Litcrea Ilunzaniozes (human/ores is surely a cruel piece of irony) . In moderations, E . W . Clayforth was our only representative . CALLOS.

CAMBRIDGE LETTER. INCE the last Cambridge letter was written, another wave of

S Cantabs has rolled away to make room for its successor in October . The total number of matriculations (luring the past academic year was close upon a thousand, being ten more than in the previous year . Let us hope we shall have quality with quantity in October. The end of the May term is one mass of examinations—Mays, Triposes, Specials, etc., followed by a few days of thorough enjoyment in the shape of balls, concerts, etc . During the former many miserable faces can be seen, and the answer " Oh, miserably," to "Well, how did you get on?" grows tedious . The Mathematical Tripos contained some well-known names, Rock among the Wranglers, Pitman, Perrott, and Bicknell . We must congratulate Peters on his place at the head of the Junior Ops ., bracketed with a Pembroke man . N .B .—Better than being bracketed with a Newnhamite or Girtonite . In that case it is often suggested that the bracket should be made permanent. The attendance at the races was as large as ever, and the scene very pretty . There were none of the upsets, which characterised the Lents, when fourteen eights were counted floating upside down between the Railway Bridge and the Boat Houses after the last race . An eight

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of the 'Varsity VI . rowed down, stroked by Hawke . Jesus easily maintained their place at the head of the river for the eleventh year in succession . Trinity Hall I . with Hardacre, Coke, and Swann at stroke, 7 and 6 respectively were a strong boat to look at, but they never pressed Jesus ; in fact, they had some difficulty in keeping away from Third Trinity I ., who were stroked by Pitman . Corpus I ., with Peters at 3, gained and lost one place, so that they remain where they were left in the Lents. Rumour has it that our boat next year will be much altered from our last . Pitman has been elected President of the C . U . B . C ., and Haig Secretary . Fairbairn, who rowed 7 in Jesus I ., in the Mays and in the ' Varsity two or three years ago, was proposed for the former office, and was defeated by one vote . It is probable that he will be 7 next year, Bicknell stroke, and Pitman 6 . Bicknell has proved himself an excellent stroke, and after his distinguished career in Jesus I . he deserves a trial . We are well represented this year at Henley, and if Pitman and Unwin meet in the final heat of the Sculls, excitement is sure to run high. Now for cricket . Strange to say our only victory was that over Oxford . For this we have to thank Wright and Bainbridge . Their record stand for the first wicket must have done much to give our men confidence, and they deserve all praise . They generally opened the innings in the trial matches, and almost always made a good stand . Wright will be missed next year . His scores in the four Oxford matches in which he has played have been 17 and r not out, 1oz and 29 not out, 16 and 34, and 78 and 15, these giving the splendid average of nearly 49 . Kemp should prove a useful man. Ile is quite a boy in appearance . At Shrewsbury he had not such a good average as Burbury, who has not come on much . The C . U . C . C. has lost its new President, Rev . E . 1V . Blore, who was elected last year . He was an old " blue," and took great interest in 'Varsity Cricket. An agitation was raised last term about a Universal Blazer . The various Colleges were canvassed, and a large majority declared in favour of it . Two or three specimens were on view in one of the principal shop windows . One was a " blue " of a darker shade than the ordinary "blue . " This was very properly rejected . Another was the ordinary "blue " trimmed with white, with the College arms on the pocket . This was felt to be too near an approach to "the blue . "

THE SCHOOL LETTER .

That adopted is a white flannel blazer trimmed with blue, with the College arms on the pocket . It looks very pretty . One shopkeeper in King's Parade had eighty-four orders on his hands a few weeks ago. Thanks to the House of Lords, Undergraduates above the age of twenty-one are to have votes for the borough . This result is no doubt due to a petition numerously signed, which was sent to that House praying it to reverse the decision of the House of Commons . Your correspondent went to hear Lord Randolph Churchill address a meeting in the Corn Exchange . After standing for some time on the top of a corn merchant's desk, which was rasher weak in its legs, he was rewarded by hearing some local celebrity appeal to the audience to "'Old up yer 'ands," which many refused to do . Owing to the confusion, there was nothing for it but to elbow a way up to the platform, where Lord Randolph in a low voice was deprecating the increase in the spirit duties . Your corr espondent was disappointed, but as his Lordship had a long speech to make at the Carlton Club later in the (lay, he was perhaps right in reserving his eloquence. We are to have another Ladies' College in Cambridge, intended for those who wish to become teachers . Surely two are enough.

O 7-(v c~E j.urj rc%rfi' Evr?v v yv ccr7 ¢i:,Aa. h€i? O' T' 'KECVa.

crrspy6'T I KayQI ra-&.

STOIC .

THE SCHOOL LETTER. HE term is fast drawing to its close, and with it one of the most successful cricket seasons the School has ever enjoyed . We are certain that if such success is not quite unprecedented in the School records, it is certainly unsurpassed . This is the more surprising when we reflect that this year the eleven has practically done without a professional, as the professional engaged for the season was incapacitated from further play by a severe sprain after the first fortnight of the term. Out of the to matches we have so far played, we have won 6, drawn 3, and lost r . We signally defeated Durham and Leeds Grammar Schools —the former by an innings and 85 runs, the latter by an innings and 13 runs. The Yorkshire Gentlemen were disagreeably surprised to find that instead of dismissing the " boys " for the usual small score and then knocking the School bowling about for the rest of the afternoon, they had to endure leather hunting until the School had compiled 232 . In

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a similar manner Mr . Walker's team did not see the last School wicket fall till 229 runs had been registered on the telegraph . The old Peterites, judging from the opinion we heard them express at lunch time as to the issue of the day, must have been considerably disappointed to find that eventually they were in a minority of 34 runs. We have heard it remarked that this is certainly a most successful season, but in all probability it will be succeeded next year by a poor one . From what we have seen of the Second Eleven play, we feel inclined to disagree with this, and to confidently hope that next year ' s cricket will be what this year ' s has been . The Second Eleven has played 4 matches and gained a decisive victory in each case . The largest score of the season was made in the last of the four by Martin, who went in first and was not out till the 9th wicket for 83 . In School matches, the School House has been defeated remarkably easily by the School, but the School House Junior has so far proved too much both for the Day Boys Junior and for Mr . Gilbert's Junior . The Football Team of last year was summoned to a meeting the other day to elect a captain and secretary in the place of P . E . Lord and H . \V . Rhodes. The result of the meeting is that J . Wilson is captain-elect and R. Crawshaw secretary . Commemoration Day passed as successfully as ever, the sermon being preached by the Rev . T . Adams . The School was delighted to see him again, and he was warmly welcomed wherever he went .

CRICKET. ST . PETER'S SCHOOL 7'. YORhSHIRE GENTLEMEN. This match was played on the Yorkshire Gentlemen's ground, and resulted in a draw . W . G . Wilson and P . E . Lord played very well for 76 and 56 respectively, the latter giving no chance, and the former only one, when he had made 6o . The first school wicket did not fall till the score was 90 . ST. PETER'S SCHOOL. P . E. Lord, b French . . .. W . G . Wilson, c Bateman, b Jones W . Holmes, c Oswald, b Bingham H . McClellan, b French T . II . Little, b French ..

II . \V . Rhodes, run out .. R . Crawshaw, b Jones . . .. .. J. E . Noble, c Broadwood, b French .. W. Murray, b Jones .. J . A . Dunkerly, c French, b Oswald .. E. Procter, not out Extras Total . .

56 76 •

•

i6 4 15 S

•

2 20

6 . .232

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YORIiSIIIRE GENTLEMEN. Capt . Saville, not out .. St . C . Oswald, c Rhodes, b Lord IIon . R. French, c Lord, b Murray Hon . C . Bingham . . .. Total for 2 wiRkc's

v . DURHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL. This match was played at Durham, and resulted in a victory for St. Peter's by an innings and 83 runs . Durham went to the wicket first, and in a little over half an hour were all out for the small score of 14. St. Peters followed and raised the respectable score of 140 . Lord and Noble were the highest scorers, but McClellan, Holmes and Botteril played very well for their 14, 13, and 16 respectively. The second innings of Durham, though a trifle more successful than the first, only produced 41 runs. The special feature of the match was the deadly bowling of Rhodes and Lord ; Rhodes in all taking 11 wickets for 26 runs, and Lord 9 wickets for 24 . ST . PETER'S. P. E . Lord, 1 b «v , b Miller .. . W . G. Wilson, c Robertson, b Miller . . E . Procter, U Miller . . .. .. T . II . Little, b Nimmo . . It . Crawshaw, 1 b w, b Nimmo . . II . W . Rhodes, c Robertson, b Nimmo J . E . Noble, c Miller, b Alderson . . W . Holmes, b Alderson . . .. H . McClellan, st Stanton, b Nimmo . . J . A . Dunkerly, not out .. H . Bottcrill, st Stanton, b Nimmo Extras .. Total . .

35 12

9 1 2

4 2S

13 14

16 5 . .140

DURHAM. IST INNINGS .

M . Headlam, c Botteril, b Lord 2 G . S . Jackson, b Rhodes . . o P . Stanton, c . Wilson, b Lord 2 T . Miller, b Lord . . .. 3 G . H. Walker, c Crawshaw, b Rhodes o H . Barmby, c Holmes, b Lord I F . Alderson, b Rhodes I A . Robertson, b Lord . . o W . Nimmo, not out . . 3 N. Wilkinson, c Holmes, b Lord 0 W . Fowler, c Wilson, b Rhodes 0 Extras 2 Total 14

2ND INNINGS.

c Holmes, b Lord .. c Procter, b Rhodes .. c Lord, b Rhodes .. b Rhodes b Lord .. b Rhodes b Rhodes c and b Rhodes b Rhodes .. b Lord .. not out .. Extras Total . .

9 5 2 0 0

3 8 7 0

3 I

3 q1

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v. LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL. This match was played at York, and resulted in a victory for the home team by an innings and 13 runs . For the home team Lord and Procter batted well . For Leeds Temples and Henderson did best service . Rhodes ' and Lord' s bowling was very good, the former obtaining 8 wickets for 33 runs, the latter 9 for 34. LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL. FIRST INNINGS .

SECOND INNINGS.

.. H . Davies, c and b Lord . . . . 5 c Murray, b Lord H . E . Boultbee, c Ilolmes, b Lord . . 4 b Rhodes . . R . A . Templer, 1 b w, b Lord . . 2 b Dunkerly . . . . H . E . Henderson, c Lord, b Rhodes . . 2 C Ilotterill, b Dunkerly J . II . Portway, c Wilson, b Lord . . 5 b Rhodes II . Whincup b Lord . . . . . . 2 b Rhodes E . Abbott, b Lord . . I 1) Rhodes V. The mi>son, b Lord . . 9 b Rhodes A . Gane, not out .. 4 b Rhodes W. Learoyd, b Rhodes . . . . o run out o not out S. R . Squires, c Little, b Lord Exrtras . . . . 6 Extras Total

ST . I'ETF.R'S. FIRST INNINGS. P . E . Lord, b Thompson . . .. W . G . Wilson, b Learoyd .. \\ Ilolmes, c Abbott, b "Templer T . 11 . Little, b Thompson . . H . Iiotterill, run out . . . . H . W . Rhodes, c Davies, b Gane R. Crawshaw, b Thompson . . J . E . Noble, c Whincup, b Templer I . A . Dunkerly, b Thompson . . E. Procter, not out . . . . W. Murray, c Gane, 1) Thompson . . Extras .. .. . . Total . .

Total

. .

. . 5 . .3 . . 27 .. o .. o .. 0 .. I .. 4 . . 0 .. 2 . . 5 . . 77

. . 25 . . 2 . . 8 . . to . . 3 . .tI . . II . . 12 . . 13 . . 16 . . 5 . . 14 . .I30

ST . PETER'S SCHOOL : PAST v. PRESENT. This match was played yesterday on the School ground in warm but rather dull weather . Mr . Gray won the toss, and sent in Procter and Greenhow to the bowling of Rhodes and Lord . Procter cut Rhodes twice for 2, but Lord with his first ball bowled Greenhow . Gray followed, and with Procter made a determined stand, bringing on Dunkerly and McClellan vice Lord and Rhodes . At 74 Gray was missed at short leg off McClellan, but with only five runs added he was

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caught in the long field off the same bowler . Stevenson followed, but was bowled by McClellan after scoring 9 . Sharpe and Procter took the score to 91, when Procter ran himself out . Rhodes here replaced Dunkerly, and soon bowled J . R . Wood, who had followed Procter. Sharpe, after driving the same bowler twice for 2, was bowled at 121. Crawshaw and Walker soon followed, but Ware and Robinson, the latter driving both bowlers for four and a couple of 2 ' s, took the score to 148 before Lord, who had taken McClellan's place, caught and bowled Ware . R . Wood followed but, after a lively hit for four, was bowled by Lord, the innings closing for 152 . Lord and Wilson were the first to represent the Present, Procter and Ware sharing the bowling. Lord began by a fine late cut for two off Procter and a single to leg off the same bowler, and in Ware's first over made a drive for four . Wilson hit the same bowler for three and a good stand was made, bringing on Gray, Sharpe, and J . R Wood in tur n . With the score at 65 Lord was bowled by Sharpe for a good innings of 38. Procter followed and, after hitting Wood for four and two, was clean bowled . Two for 81 . Botterill and Wilson continued to score, bringing on Stevenson vice Sharpe . The former in his second over got Wilson's wicket . Three for rot . McClellan joined Botterill, but soon lost his partner, who was well caught at cover point . McClellan was run out after scoring 1o, and Noble was bowled at 122 . Rhodes and Crawshaw now became partners, and added 23 runs before Rhodes played a ball into his wicket . Dunke rly was bowled after scoring a single, but Little and Crawshaw continued to punish the bowling, bringing on Stevenson vice Sharpe . The former bowled Little at 185, and Martin was caught one run later, the innings closing for 186, or 34 ahead . Crawshaw carried out his bat for a well-played 27 . Score : PAST. .. .. . . F . W. Greenhow, b Lord F . Gray, c Ilotterill, b McClellan L . L . Stevenson . b McClellan . . .. . . J . Sharpe, b Rhodes J. R. Wood, b Rhodes . . F . J. Robinson, not out . . . . L . T. Crawshaw, b McClellan . . .. J . Walker, c Crawshaw, b McClellan . . J . Ware, c and b Lord . . . . . . R, J . Wood . b Lord Extras . . . . Total . .

J . Procter, run out

. . 41 .. o . . 36 . . 9 . . 11 . . 3 . . 34 . . o . . 3 .. 4 . . 6 5

. . .15s2

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PRESENT. P . E . Lord, b Sharpe . . . W . G . Wilson, c R . Wood, b Stevenson E . Procter, b J . Wood . . H. Botterill, c Stevenson, b Sharpe H . McClellan, run out . . J . E . Noble, b Procter . . H. W . Rhodes, b Ware . . R . Crawshaw, not out . . J . A . Dunkerly, b J. Wood T . II . Little, b Stevenson J . L . Martin, c Gray, b Sharpe . . Extras .. . . .. Total . . .

. . 38 •• 39 •• 7 . . 14 IO ••

3 20 27 .. I . . II . . o r6

. .1Sb

SECOND ELEVEN v . ST . OLAVES. This was the first match by the Second Eleven, and resulted in a win . For St. Peters Walker and Haynes proved themselves most useful, putting on while together 31 runs . The latter also and Whaley bowled exceedingly well, Haynes taking 7 wickets for 17 runs, and Whaley 5 for 8 . ST . PETER'S . 2ND INNINGS. 1ST INNINGS. I2 c Iilditch, b Thompson .. H . Botterill. run out 0 b Gray . . .. . . .. C . B . Clarke, b Thompson .. 2 c Morrison, b Thompson H . Jackson, b Gray .. J . Scarbro', b Gray •• 4 b Gray H . Walker, c Hilditch, b Thompson 14 b Thompson . . 0 b Hilditch . . O . W . Whaley, b Thompson . . . . IO b Thompson . . C . Haynes, b Hilditch 13 run out .. G. C . Waud, b Hilditch J . E. Gofton, c Thompson, b Hilditch 9 b Thompson H . P . Douglas, not out 4 not out H . Cautley, b Hilditch . . •• 4 run out Extras Extras . . •• 14 Total

. . 43

2ND INNINGS.

IST INNINGS. Shipton, c Douglas, b Haynes . . .. Taite, b Haynes . . J . West, b Whaley Hilditch, b Whaley . . Mr. Gray, b Whaley . . Thompson, h Haynes . . Crawford, b Whaley . . . . Morrison, b Whaley Watts, c Douglas, b IIaynes . . . . Hudson, c IIaynes Ford, not out . . Extras ..

. . 7 . . o .. o . . 4 . . io .. o . . o .. o . . o .. o .. o •• 7

Total

. . 28

. .

Total

. . 86 ST. OLAVES.

.. 2 . . I .. o .. 7 . . 6 .. 3 .. 2 .. 4 .. 2 .. 6 .. 0 . . I0

c Cautley, Haynes run out

not out b Haynes

Extras

I 2

Total (for 3 wickets)

._ Io . . 15

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SECOND ELEVEN v . ST . GEORGE'S COLLEGE, HARROGATE. This match was played at York, and was a one innings victory for the home team . For St . Peter's Scarbrough and Martin played best for 28 not out, and 26 respectively . For St . George ' s, Ridley's score of lo not out was the highest . Whaley and Martin bowled very effectively, the former taking to wickets for 2} runs, the latter 8 wickets for 24 . ST . PETER'S. \V . Procter, c Blackett, b Birtwhistle . . J . Wilson, b Blackett J . L. Martin, b Blackett .. .. I-I . Jackson, c Blackett, b Birtwhistle . . G. C . \Vaud, b Birtwhistle . . .. O . Whaley, b Nowell .. J . Scarbro', not out .. J . E . Gofton, run out .. W. S . Gofton, 1 b w, Blackett . . H. P . Douglas, b Blackett H . Cautley, run out .. Extras .. Total

.. I o . . 26 . . 4.

. . 28 . . o .. I .. 7 . . I2 . . 85

. .

ST. GEORGE'S COLLEGE. FIRST INNINGS . SECOND INNINGS. W . S . Nowell, c Procter, b Whaley .. • c Douglas, b Whaley .. .. .. W. Blackett, b Martin . . • b Martin H . S . Birtwhistle, c Douglas, b Whaley • c Martin, b Whaley J . Young, b Whaley .. • c •Procter, b Martin B . W. Ridley, b Martin not out • b Whaley .. .. J. Heppel, b Martin .. ▪ D . Leighton, b Whaley • c Scarbro', b Whaley .. ▪ G. Young, b Martin . . .. .. b Martin .. c Martin, b Whaley . . H. Lockwood, c Martin, b Whaley .. J . Gowans, not out .. b Procter J . Greaves, b Martin . . b Procter Extras . . Extras .. Total

Total

. .

3 I 5 0 36

2ND ELEVEN v . ARCHBISHOP HOLGATE'S. This match ended in a victory for St . Peter's . St . Peter's went iu first and were all out for 29 . However the visitors were unable to exceed this score, mainly owing to the bowling of Haynes and Whaley —the former taking 6 wickets for 8 runs, the latter 3 for 3 . In their second adventure the home team was more successful, \V . S . Gofton's

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36 being the main cause of this . The total was ' 78, thus leaving the visitors 95 to win . They were, however, unequal to this task, the loth wicket falling for 18 . ST . PETER'S. FIRST INNINGS.

SECOND INNINGS.

J . Wilson, b Grey W . Procter, b Grey

.. .. . H . Jackson, b Burkill . . W . S . Gofton, st Northrop, b Burkill . . J. E . Gofton, b Gray G. C . Wand, b Gray

b Burkill

C Ederington, b Johnson

C . B . Clarke, b Gray .. H. P . Douglas, c Crawshaw, b Burkill Ext ras

5 b Burkill 5 run out

C . W . Haynes, c Crawshaw, b Burkill O . W. Whaley, not out

H . Cautley, b Grey

4 b Burkill b Burkill

o c Gray, b Burkill o b Johnson I not out

b Grey

St Northrop, b Burkill

. .

Total

Extras

.. Total

ARCHBISHOP HOLGATE'S. FIRST INNINGS.

SECOND INNINGS.

Mr. S . P . Burkill, b IIaynes . . H . Johnson, run out . . . .

. .

b Haynes

E . Johnson, 1 b w, b Whaley . .

. .

c Cautley, b Haynes .. b Whaley ..

J . Ii . Crawshaw, b Haynes

Mr. W. Grey, b Haynes . . .. W . G . Ederington, c Cautley, h IIaynes

I o

W . Northrop, c W . S . Gofton, b Whaley

c Waud, b Whaley .. .. h IIaynes

Mr. H . S . Kitto, b I-Iaynes

c J . E . Gofton, b Whaley b Haynes ..

st J. E . (lotion, b Whaley

A . Dornton, b Haynes . .

F . W . Westby, not out

b Haynes .. c Clarke, b Whaley ..

A . J . Hunter, b Whaley

not out

Extras

. .

. . Total

2ND ELEVEN

Extras Total

ST . OLAVES . (RETURN .)

This match resulted in any easy victory for St . Peter's, chiefly owing to Martin's grand innings . He went in first and was not dismissed till the 9th wicket for 83 runs . Procter and Clarke played well for 36 and 25 respectively, putting on 43 for the last wicket . For St . Olaves Crawford and Shipton were the highest scorers, but were able to do

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very little with Whaley's bowling. Whaley eventually was responsible for 5 wickets at the small cost of 4 runs . ST . PETER'S. J . L . Martin, c Thompson, b Blenkin . . G . C . Waud, b Thompson H . Jackson, b Thompson

. . 83 . . 2 . .

J . E . Gofton, b Thompson

. . . .

o 6

J . Scarbro', b Thompson W . Murray, b Hilditch . .

. .

.. C . Ilaynes, c Crawford, b Hilditch

. . . .

4 6

O . W . Whaley, b Iilditch

. . II

W . Procter, not out

. . 36

C . B . Clarke, run out

. . 25

W . S . Gofton, b Crawford

Extras

. . 15 Total

. .192

ST . OLAVES. West, c Whaley, b Martin

.. Hilditch, c Haynes, b A, holey ..

Taite, b Whaley .. Blenkin, b Whaley Crawford, b Whaley Thompson, b Whaley Shipton, b Murray Watts, b Haynes .. Melrose, b Murray] Moss, run out Taite, not out Extras Total

1ST

ELEVEN v . YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN.

Played on Yorkshire Gentlemen ' s ground, resulting in a draw considerably in favour of the Gentlemen . Leatham won the toss and went in first with Surtees, who was bowled by a beauty from Rhodes after he had made 21 . Oswald and Bateman were the only two who made any stand beside Leatham and Surtees, the former being well caught by Botterill for a good innings of 79 . The School innings opened badly, as Lord hitting a ball to leg on the back of his bat was caught by the long stop . Wilson played well for 44, and Rhodes made 23 in

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a very few hits, but no one else made any stand, and when time was called the School, with only two wickets to fall, were 109 runs to the bad . YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN. G. A . B . Leatham, c Botterill, b McClellan . .

. . i9

E . A . Surtees, b Rhodes

. . 21

St . C . Oswald, c McClellan, b Lord

. .

. . 35

R . Hine-Haycock, c Procter, b Lord . . C . G . Broadwood . c Martin, b Lord

7 5

Capt. Trafford, c Procter . b Rhodes

F . W. Spinks, b McClellan

7 . . 17

J . Nelson . c Dunkerly, b Rhodes

S . M . Meek, b Lord

. .

J. Jones, not out . .

. .

H . E . Bateman, b Lord . .

W . Hutchinson, b Lord . .

Extras

. . Total

. .19I

ST . PETERS SCHOOL. P . E . Lord, c Nelson, b Bateman

W. G . Wilson, c Leatham, b Trafford . . J . L . Martin, b Mine-Haycock ..

3 44 r

II . Botterill, st Oswald, b Bateman

R . Crawshaw, c Leatham, h Mine-haycock ..

J . Noble, c Oswald, h Meek .. H . W . Rhodes, c Jones, h Trafford

H . McClellan, b Meek ..

E . Procter, not out

J . A . Dunkerly, not out ..

Extras

.. Total (for 8 wickets)

v . YORK. Played on York Ground, resulting in a draw . York were the first to bat, and sent in Breed and Dudley, to the bowling of Lord and Rhodes . From the first ball Dudley was caught at cover-point, and the wickets continued to fall fast, Breed being the only one to stay, until Riley came in and a stand was made, the latter quickly hitting up 30 . The last few wickets were soon disposed of, and the innings closed for 149, two men making 1o6 out of the total, Breed, who went in first carried out his bat for a splendid innings of 76 . The School

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had not much time left them, but succeeded in making 62 for the loss of three wickets, Wilson and McClellan playing out time. YORK. G . Breed, not out

. . 76

. .

T . Dudley, c McClellan, b Rhodes

. .

E . Glaisby, c Holmes, b McClellan . . G . Busby, b McClellan . .

• . . .

G . Barton, c Noble, b McClellan A . Dudley, b Rhodes

. . . .

Wardell, b McClellan W . Dixon, b Rhodes

••

9 2

W . Riley, b Rhodes T . Cooper, b Rhodes

. .

W . Whitwell, b Rhodes Extras

o 6

• • 30 . . o

. .

Total

. • 149

ST . PETER'S SCHOOL. W. G . Wilson . not out . . W . Murray, b Dixon .. E . Procter, b Dixon

. . 28 0

7 8

J . E . Noble, c Dudley, b Breed II . McClellan, not out

. .

Extras

. . 14 ••

Total (for 3 wickets)

. . 62

v . NORTH RIDING ASYLUM. Played on the Asylum ground on June 27th, and resulted in a victory for the School by 62 runs . The School Captain won the toss and elected to bat, sending in Lord and Wilson to the bowling of Nicholson and Guy . A bad start was made, Lord being bowled by Nicholson for one . Martin went in first wicket down, but gave very little trouble . Holmes was next and a short stand was made, which brought the score from 6 to 34 when Wilson was bowled by Guy for a carefully played 14 . McClellan and Crawshaw gave little trouble, but on Rhodes joining Holmes the total was raised to 52, when the latter was bowled by Nicholson for 22 . Noble took Holmes' place, but soon lost Rhodes, who was bowled for a lively 15 . Dunkerly and Botterill hit hard for 13 and 16 respectively, and Little was caught and

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bowled . Noble played very creditably for 20 not out . The following are the scores ST . PETER'S SCHOOL. P . E . Lo-d, b Nicholson W. G . Wilson, Guy ..

. .

J . L . Martin, b Nicholson \V . Holmes, b Nicholson

li . McClellan, b Guy

••

I 14 4 22

IL W . Rhodes, b Harbottle R . Crawshaw, b Nicholson

3 15 0

J . E . Noble, not out

J . A . Dunkerly, b Nicholson

II . Botterill, b Nicholson T. H. Little, c and b Harbottle

. . r6

Extras Tot al

. .

.116

N . R . ASYLUM. FIRST INNINGS.

SECOND INNINGS.

E . Glaishy, c Holmes, b Rhodes

. . I b Rhodes

C . E . Rudd, b Lord

. . I b Dunkerly

. .

J . L. Varley, b Rhodes . .

. . I not out

W. R . Nicholson, not out

. . 24

C . Guy, b Dunkerly . . .. W . Milner, c Holmes, b Rhodes

. . o b Rhodes

J . Beanland, b Rhodes . .

. . o

. .

b Rhodes

W . Harbottle, c Crawshaw, b Rhodes 12

J . IIaigh, b Rhodes

W . Smith, b Dunkerly . .

II . Muchall, b Rhodes . . Extras

. .

Total

. . 54

Extras

4 Total (4 wickets)

SCHOOL HOUSE SWIMMING RACES. The above races took place at the Marygate Swimming Baths, York. too Yards (open)

F . W. Faber. W . S . Gofton. 2 F . Mitchell. Faber getting well off at the start was ahead before one length was reached, and increasing his lead won easily . t

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50 Yards (under 15) r F. Mitchell. 2 J . H . Martin. 3 H . Whitby. Mitchell soon obtained the lead, and kept it till the finish ; Whitby swimming very well was a good third. Diving for the best " Header " (open). r F . W . Faber. 2 J . H . Martin. 3 . W . S . Gofton. Faber proved himself to be the best both off the spring-board and also in the running dive ; Martin being a good second. Diving the best " Header " (under 15) r J . H . Martin. 2 F. Mitchell. 3 C . E. Stevenson. Martin having obtained second place in the open had little difficulty in securing first place . He did not, however, dive so well as in the open . 5 0 Yards (open) r T . H . Little. 2 F. W . Faber. 3 W . S . Gofton. This was a very exciting race, Little only coming in six inches in front of Faber. Diving for Plates (open) W. S . Gofton and F . W. Faber were both equal. F . W . Mitchell being third. Gofton and Faber each obtained 31 plates and Mitchell 30 out of an available 36. Handicap 250 Yards (open) Start. r W. S . Gofton scratch. a F . Mitchell scratch. . Kershaw ro secs. 3 H. B Gofton soon obtained the lead, but Mitchell gradually drawing up to him passed him after swimming 200 yards . Gofton, however, coming well in at the finish won by six inches. Time : 5min . 5secs .

NOTES AND ITEMS.

CORRESPONDENCE. [To the Editors of the Pefcrite .] DEAR SIRS,

It was my duty as captain of the C .C .C .B .C . early in this term to protest against a slight mistake in the first number of the Peterite issued since the Easter vacation. The mistake I refer to was the heading of one of the paragraphs. " The School v . Corpus Christi, Cambridge . " Far be it from me to detract in the least from the credit the school gained by the handsome manner in which they beat the crew I brought against them . Still, I think, it will be evident to everyone that the title given to this crew by the writer of the River Notes in the Pcterite was, to say the least, misleading . The crew which met the school were all Corpus men, but the boat was not a representative one, nor in the least authorised to risk the credit of the club for good or bad . That the crew was not a representative one is obvious, since only two members of it rowed in the college 1st eight ; and the reason why it became my duty to enter this protest is because it is a rule of the club that no crew shall engage in any race under the club ' s name without the sanction of the committee. You will therefore see, sirs, that the appearance of this number of the Peter/1e caused me some uneasiness, and I saw at once that it was my duty to make a slight protest of some sort in your columns, otherwise I might reasonably be accused of having when captain of my club infringed one of its rules. I hope I shall not be misunderstood in making this protest . I do it simply as a matter of duty ; a duty which is the less pleasant because we were beaten ; as this fact might suggest to some a doubt as to my real motive in thus protesting. All that now remains for me to do is to apologise for the late arrival of this letter, which should have appeared several weeks ago. Yours, etc ., ARTHUR PETERS, (ex-Capt . C .C . C .B .C .)

NOTES AND ITEMS. J . H . P . F owLEIa has been appointed the Composition Master of the Sixth at the Manchester Grammar School in the place of W . Y. Fausset .

NOTES AND ITEMS .

THE account of the Commemoration Day Service with the outlines

of the Rev. T . Adams' Sermon will be inserted in the August number of the Petcrite. THE Concert that was to have taken place for a school object at the

end of this term is to be deferred till the Easter Term. [The Editors beg to acknowledge the receipt of " The Lorettonian," " Sutton Valence, " " Ulula, " " The Alleynian," " The Reading College Magazine . " ] A. WADE has been elected to a Bible Clerkship at All Souls,

Oxford. REV . T . ADAMS, M .A ., St. John's College, Cambridge, Head Master

of Gateshead High School for Boys, has been appointed to the combined offices of Principal of Bishop's College, Lennoxville, in the Province of Quebec, and rector of the Grammar School, vacant by the resignation of Dr . Lobley . Mr . Adams graduated as 19th Wrangler in 1873, and was for nine years Senior Mathematical blaster at St . Peter's School, York .—Guardian. CANON ELWVN, formerly master of St . Peter's School, has been

elected to the Mastership of the Charterhouse . Church Bells thus refers to the matter :—" By the election to the Mastership of the Charterhouse, held on Wednesday, Canon Elwyn, a Carthusian of Carthusians, is placed in Dr . Curry' s seat . The canon's claims to the post stood so high that but little room for choice was left to the governors, for, apart from his known distinction as a scholar— he was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Senior Classic —the fact that he was formerly Master of Charterhouse School placed him at once in the forefront of the candidates . The canon, who is at present vicar of Farleigh, is also examining chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury ." Mr Elwyn was most popular at York, where he resided for eight years, from 1864 to 1872. He was prebendary of North Newbald from 1571 to 1873 . On leaving York he was appointed to the vicarage of Ramsgate, and in 1SSo was made Rural Dean of Westbere, in which year he was appointed to the vicarage of East Farleigh. The following were ordained on Trinity Sunday ' : R . M . AINSLIE, Pembroke College, Cambridge, Priest, by the Bishop

of Chester.

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Clare College, Cambridge, Deacon, by the Archbishop of York, and licensed to Pocklington.

W . H . GRIFFITH,

A . DOUGLAS, Christ ' s College, Cambridge, Deacon, by the Bishop of Durham, and licensed to St. Paul's, Hendon.

Keble College, Oxford, Deacon, by the Bishop of Newcastle, and licensed to Newburn.

F. M . HARGREAVES,

Queen's College, Oxford, was ordained Priest on St. Barnabas Day, by the Bishop of Rochester.

W. W . GARWOOD,

G. L . DAVIs, Clare College, Cambridge, and R . M . AINSLIE, Pembroke College, Cambridge, have taken their M .A . degree. A . PETERS, Corpus College, Cambridge, was 1st Junior Optime in the

last Mathematical Tripos. F . W. GREENHOW,

Durham University, has taken his B .A . degree.

F . E . ROBINSON has been elected to a Goldsmith Exhibition of Z5 o

a year for three years. E . W . CLAYFORTH, Christ Church, Oxford, passed 1st Class in Mods. W . T. MURRAY passed 1st Division in the London Matriculation .

THE

PETER IT k. VoL. VII .

AUGUST, 1885 .

No . J4.

COMMEMORATION DAY. HE usual service was held in the chapel, which was tastefully

T decorated with flowers and plants, on St . Peter's Day, June 29th.

The lessons were read by P . E . Lord and H . W. Rhodes . The anthem was " Sing, 0 heaven " (Sullivan), and, as usual, the hymn " Hark the Sound of Holy Voices " preceded the sermon . The sermon was preached by the Rev. T. Adams, Principal-elect of Bishop's College, Lennoxville, Canada, who took as his text—" Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands "—St . John xiii . 9 . He said : " The evangelist tells us that Jesus, having loved His own, loved them to the end, and in the scene from the account of which the text is taken He shews them His love as well as His condescension by an act of personal service . The event to which the text relates was the washing of the disciples ' feet ; it was customary to wash off the dust from the feet of the way-faring guest ; this was generally done by a domestic slave, and on this occasion our Lord took off His own outer garment and was habited in the usual garb of a slave . This is the meaning of the 4th and 5th verses, when we read ` He girded himself, having put off His garment, and took a basin and a towel . ' We note, in passing, our Lord ' s love, our Lord's desire to serve His disciples, to refresh them after their wanderings on the dusty roads of Jerusalem—a proof of our Lord's care for the bodies as well as for the souls of men . Our Lord cares for our bodies—hence we should care for the bodies of men, and should therefore reverence our own

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and keep them pure . Our Lord shews not only His love—wherein He illustrates the saying that ' sweet is service accepted, but sweeter is services rendered, ' or His own saying, quoted in the Acts, but otherwise unrecorded, ` it is more blessed to give than to receive '—He also shews His condescension, or, to put it another way, He shows that condescension is the true law of greatness . We should not like to think that our Lord was what is commonly called condescending—the word has got a flavour of had meaning—as of one who feels himself superior to another, and yet somewhat consciously and markedly comes down to the level of that other ; our Lord does come down to the level of sinners, but he does so to shew that His glory is to be the Saviour of sinners ; He " condescends to us of low estate, but in order to shew that such condescension as His is the highest glory : that it is not to sit on a throne and receive homage, that is kingly, but to serve His subjects and live for them and die for them, that is the true mark of a King of men . Have we learnt that lesson yet, or do we still think that to receive homage is better than to render service ? One who was made in the likeness of men, and took upon Himself the form of a servant, as here, has left us a different ideal . Let each one of us ask, in our own heart, this day—am I living to render service ? Service to God, both directly in worship—that is comparatively easy—and service to God through service rendered to His children, both those who are near and those who are afar off. Jesus Christ thought no scorn of this menial office . Many a man would see that his guests were properly attended to by the servants, but not many willing to render personal service. We should be willing to make our lives a divine service, and should especially honour all who do actually come in contact with the bodies of the sick and render their services in Christ ' s name. Let us then, in passing, be thankful for the love and the condescension of our Lord, and learn to imitate His example . Let us strive to imitate our Lord's spirit whatever outward form our devotion may take . Now as regards the bearing of the incident on the Apostle Peter and his utterance, which is my main subjects—though what I have already said I regard as essential to the understanding of the whole scene. It was probably not at the end of supper as the authorised version has it, and I scarcely think it was during supper as the revised version gives it, but rather when supper was served, i.e., at the beginning of supper . Especially is this likely when we read in the rst verse `before the feast of the Passover,' this verse being introductory to the

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chapter ; also, it seems more natural that the removal of the dust of the way should take place before the actual supper was begun ; also, the roast part of the supper, the Paschal lamb, was not served at first, so that the supper might be served, so far as its first course was concerned, and yet there might be time for the washing to take place without really keeping the supper waiting . Now, Simon Peter exclaimed, ' Lord, dost Thou wash my feet,' and was answered by the gentle reply of our Lord, which shews such sympathy with his impetuous generosity, while reproving his obstinacy, `what I do thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter '—type of all the mysterious dealings with us of God's providence . How many a mourner has been comforted by these words when earthly darkness fell on his path, and the world was no longer the bright place it had been ! Simon Peter did not grasp that meaning then . He cried out, ' Lord, Thou shalt never wash my feet . ' His was the mistaken reverence which thinks that services rendered lowers dignity, and reminds us somewhat of that great rebuke he had formerly brought upon himself when, in reply to the foretelling of our Lord's passion by Himself, he had said `that be far from Thee, Lord .' He could not allow the Lord he loved to suffer for him, to become his servant. Beware how you dissuade willing hearts from sacrifice ; mistakes may be made from misplaced devotion, but greater mistakes have been made through dried-up, thwarted, and discouraged devotion . Let us encourage sacrifice in ourselves as well as in others ; however weak we may be there is One who would help us to go on when we have resolved to make the sacrifice . Where would the Christian Church be now if Peter' s advice had prevailed? Where would it be if that too frequent ideal amongst Christians should prevail—of seeking our own salvation and our own comfort and leaving great sacrifices to the confessors and martyrs of old? No ! beware of the great reproof . It is a remarkable fact that the great reproof, `Get thee behind Me, Satan,' comes close after the great confession ' Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God .' I learn from that that our creed may be exact or perfect, and yet if we do not build upon it the ideal of sacrifice, if we do not add to belief about Jesus Christ imitation of Jesus Christ, we are little better than enemies of Christ . Let us not, like Peter of verse 8, refuse the washing wherewith Christ can wash us . Let us, like the convinced and enlightened Peter of verse 9, ask our Lord to wash, not our feet only, but also our hands and our head . The history is so full of suggestion

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that if we were to expound the whole we should get beyond the usual limits of a discourse . What, then, is the special force of the text? We have learnt that a Saviour saves by sacrifice of Himself—that He s 2rves us and cares for us—how he can wash us . We may find here, I think, two lessons, the lesson of cleansing and repenting, and, secondly, the lesson of fellow service and mutual help . He that is washed, or rather bathed, needs not save to wash his feet . The Christian should be bathed in the Spirit of Christ . The precious blood of Christ has been shed for us all ; a fountain has been opened into which the guilty may plunge and be clean ; call that the language of metaphor if you will ; it covers and expresses better than any other phrase, a grand truth ; the truth of the pardon of sin through the infinite sacrifice of Christ, who gave Himself utterly, without reservation, that He might atone for our sins, that His obedience might remove the effect of our disobedience, that as he identified Himself with us in life and death we might identify ourselves with Him, and thus His obedience might become ours by faith, and we, through Him, might be reconciled to God against whom we know we have been fighting. Peter may not have seen all this at the time, but he was sure that if those who were not washed by our Lord had no part in Him, he would like to be washed, not as regards his feet alone, but also as regards his hands and his heart . Without being too fanciful, may not we make an application that will be of service to us . Our Lord says that he that is bathed needeth not save to wash his feet . I take this to mean he who is one with Christian spirit, by faith and by having trusted in Him, by having, in a word, been converted from the ways of sin, or having consecrated himself to the service of God, may be looked upon as one who is bathed ; but the world is an engrossing and not unfrequently a defiling and soiling place . A Christian may rise in the morning with his conscience clear and his heart full of consecrated love, his course marked out in the chart of life, his sails as it were fairly set and his lessons learnt from the true Pilot, but there may come a sudden storm of temptation, or some subtle leading in the direction of some old besetting sin, or some temptation to follow ease and comfort rather than devotion and love, or a hundred other things. Each of us can fill in the details of the picture from our own daily experience . By eventide the course has often been put out . The temper has been disturbed ; that old image of forbidden food cherished; words unfit for one who lives with Christ have been uttered ; low

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ideals of life have been encouraged ; the feet of the Christian pilgrim are soiled . But the Spirit of God has not forsaken him. That Divine Advocate strives with him still—for him and against his worse self . He returns to his Master with tears of penitence. `Wash my feet . Thou alone canst cleanse me from the dust of the world ; Thou alone canst give me daily pardon and daily strength .' And so it will be . Happy shall we be if we do not allow our little failures, or even our great and disgraceful failures, to keep us away from Him . The greater our need, the greater His readiness . To whom is forgiven, it is still a privilege to love much, and if you say, " I have not bathed at all," I should urge you to seek Christ at once, and tell you once for all, that `He is able to save to the uttermost all who come to God by Him .' The daily washing then of those who are bathed may be taken to refer to the grace given to professed Christians—and the youngest of us may he a Christian—who are striving to make their profession a reality, and who find grace in daily prayer, daily acts of consecration, daily upward efforts of the will, frequent worship in Church, frequent communions wherein they may find Christ revealed in the breaking of bread, and in any other way seek that their daily conduct, their daily walk, may be cleansed by Jesus Christ . Do not doubt then that He who has died to save you will cleanse your feet ; His word shall be a lantern to your feet, and shall enable you to pick your way carefully and cleanly in the midst of a world which is as full of pitfalls and mire as were the streets of an eastern city . And if our souls are bathed in the great act of consecration—the giving of ourselves, of our hearts to Christ, and our feet being washed from time to time from the dust of worldliness and sinfulness with which they are soiled—we shall do well . We shall be walking in the path which leads to Heaven ; holiness and eternal life shall have begun in us, and we shall grow in grace, and all other things that we need or that are good for us shall be added unto us . But, to go back to St . Peter and the text . What shall we understand by the washing of the hands and the head? I think we shall do well to interpret it as asking Christ not only to wash and sanctify our general walk and conduct as Christians, but also to sanctify all our activities, both physical and mental . To reign not only the Lord of every spiritual motion, but also of every physical and mental motion . And we can apply this to ourselves in many ways . We must ask Him to come into and rule our hearts and guide our steps—our general course in life, as well as the daily moral

COMMEMORATION DAY.

acts of our life . But, we must go further, and make Him, and not the world, or society, or public opinion, the guide and the sanctifier of our daily acts of all kinds . Our school-life must be cleansed by the presence of Christ . We ought to think of Him at other times besides. at prayers and in chapel . The thought of His love should be added to the thought of home, and these two good thoughts should fill our school-lives and render all ugly moral deformities impossible . This thought should make it impossible for an English boy to tell a lie, to crib in an examination, to take an unfair advantage in a game or to . play it so as to minister to his own boastfulness, to speak an evil word, to speak of or to practise what is impure and degrading, to be cruel or slothful . The presence of the same thought will help us also who are masters to be patient, fair, painstaking, and to be enthusiastic in our work, and so to create enthusiasm in our pupils . Our hands ! Our recreations, are they healthy, and do they re-create us, or do we make a toil of pleasure, and call dissipation pleasure, dissipation of energy, of strength, of money, and of character? Our hands ! Our activities as citizens when we grow up. Why not in political matters seek for bonds of union as Englishmen ? Why not instead of Church conflicts seek for bonds of union as Christians ? This is better than spending our strength in trying to prove that we are right and every one else wrong. Our hands ! The applications are endless . If Christ cleanses the activity of Christian nations, ambition, aggrandisement, and war, will soon be things of the past. If Christ cleanses the activity of our lives, the pleasure of one class of human beings would be no longer accompanied by the degradation of others . If Christ cleanses the activity of our lives as Englishmen, the waste and fever of gambling would come to an end . If Christ cleanses the activity of our lives, drunkeness would no longer be a national curse and disgrace . But we ask Christ to cleanse the head as well as the hands ; we ask Him to sanctify the intellect, to cleanse the thoughts of our heart . If this is an age full of great activities of hand, it is also an age full of great activities of head . The thoughts of men have been widened with the process of the laws, and we ask that Jesus Christ the Eternal Word of God, the creator and crown of human intellect may cleanse the intellect of our time . That He may by His divine Spirit so work upon the minds of men that they may fashion good thoughts, that writers may feel their responsibility and not scatter broadcast crude speculations and rebellious words, or still worse, suggestions of evi'

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passions, that all scientific investigations may be carried on with scrupulous regard to truth at whose feet in every region we should be willing to sit even when such new truth does not fit in with our preconceived scheme of things . Let us especially echo St . Peter ' s prayer for our daily lives . Our light may not be set on a lofty eminence like that of some . But since every one has a sphere of influence, however small, since every one ' s mind to him a kingdom is, who shall say that the kingdom of a human being 's mind is a small or insignificant thing ? Since this is so, let us pray as did Peter, ' Lord, do not wash my feet alone but my hands and my head . ' `Seek first the Kingdom of God . ' Consecrate, dedicate yourselves as citizens of it and keep the path upward . Gain possession of that golden key of faith and love, that which opens for its possessor the palace of eternity . Seek a conscious communion with the living ascended Saviour, with Him who ever lives to make intercession for you . Come to Him often and He will every day direct you that your footsteps slip not, and He will tenderly remove from you the defilement with which you may be daily soiled . But do not forget that He will cleanse for you all the activities and pleasures of life, and that He will cleanse the mental activities of life . He will be your Teacher as well as your Saviour and your Guide . He will guide you into all truth, into all activity . He will make you able to fulfil to others some part of that which He has done for you, and so will teach you that second lesson of mutual help and fellow-service, but His power will be always leading you on and urging you to enter new fields by taking up enterprises for the promotion of His Kingdom and of His Church whether in your own home, or school, or town, or country, or the world . He will teach you too how to perform all these duties without any one of them clashing with any other . I do not think it out of place to say that I am thankful for the honour your Head Master, whom, I am glad and proud to say, was my Head Master for nine years, has done me in asking me to speak to you to-day . I have accepted a post in the Greater Britain beyond the Atlantic, where I hope to labour for the same Divine Master whose power I have spoken of. I remember once saying in this place that like John the Baptist all Ministers of the Word were our Lord' s pre-runners, and like Him when they have brought their pupils to Christ they have done their work . Let these last words of mine remind you that as this is our highest privilege to bring others to Christ, so it is your highest privilege to come to Him . I would ask you to

SCHOOL LETTER.

come to Him now, to make Him your Master for life, to accept His gifts of grace, to enter into His Spirit of self-sacrifice, to live in Him and for Him, to say with your own St . Peter, ` Lord, wash not my feet only, but also my hands and my head .' I would ask you to follow those whose lives here were marked by simplicity, truthfulness, earnestness, and purity, some whom we can all remember, some now doing good work in the world, at the Universities, in the Church . A few whose `angel faces we have lost awhile' have already passed away into the higher Heaven . Court the best gifts and seek the higher ideals . Every Commemoration Day is an end and a beginning . Let it be an end of all that is poor and worldly, and a beginning of all that is noble and good . Say from your hearts, `O God, thou art my God,' ` I will raise my hands towards Thee, to call upon Thy name . ' Iie will teach you because He has loved you and loved you to the end ."

SCHOOL LETTER. Another school year has cone to an end, and, as we review it, we find in it no cause for regret . They say that all is well that ends well. There can then be no question as to whether the past year has been well or not, seeing that it began well, and continued so to its very end. In every branch of athletics it has been unusually successful . To begin with, it achieved eight victories in football, sustaining only two defeats. On the river the school representative boat easily defeated the only stranger crew it rowed, and doubtless, had it been possible, would also have done honour to the school at some neigbouing regatta. In the cricket field, too, we have been eminently successful . Out of rs matches we have won 8, drawn 4, and lost 3. The sports proved themselves a finale of the year consistent with the other athletic performances . Some of the events were very good. J . E . Gofton, whom we remember as a junior last year, jumped i8 ft. o1 in., an improvement of 12 in . on the jump of last year . The long jump also " under 15 " was unusually good, Chadwick clearing 15 ft . 6 in . Noble, too, threw 92 yds . it in ., an increase of nearly 5 yds . upon his last yea r' s throw . Besides these successes in the open

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air, this year 's list of honours is more satisfactory than that of last year. It may not be longer, but it contains 5 honours won at the Universities by present boys. Among other school matches during the past term, the usual one was played between the first XI . with broomsticks, and the second XI. with bats . It was, however, owing to circumstances, never finished. The first XI . batted first, and thanks to the hard hitting of Rhodes, who scored 36 not out, managed to score 76 . The second XI. followed, and made 36 for 4 wickets . Jackson played most carefully and neatly for his 16 not out. Talking the other day with our worthy janitor, your correspondent was told that that gentleman completed this August his twentieth year of service at St . Peter's school . Mr . Parker, better known by the name James, has become a part of the school, and when it loses him, a loss which I hope is far distant, it will, I am sure, seem dismembered and incomplete. L . W . Pickles, has been appointed editor of this magazine, in place of C . B . Clarke, who is leaving this term. There will be a large efflux of boys this term . The sixth will especially feel this, as it will lose no less than 8 of its members . We wish them all every prosperity and success, and we shall, I expect, understand very well with regard to them what Horace meant when he wrote " Sublatam ex oculis quaerimus ."

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v. DURHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Played at York and contrary to expectation resulted in a victory for Durham School by an innings and four runs . The wicket, which was rather soft, suited their bowling exactly, which no doubt had a good deal to do with the result. Alderson and Headlam began the batting for Durham School, the former being taken behind the wicket at 13 ; Rhodes next got Jackson 1 b w, but Walker and Miller took the score to 48, when they were dismissed by good catches off McClellan's bowling . The last 5 wickets proved very troublesome, and they were not all out before 107 had been scored . St . Peter's began very badly,

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Lord and Wilson both being bowled for o's . The following batsmen had no better success, Botterill being the only one to get into double figures, and the ist innings closed for 42 . The 2nd innings began just as disastrously as the first, Lord and McClellan both being out for a's, and the wickets again falling very fast. When Dunkerly came in hopes were entertained of saving a single innings defeat, but he had no one to stay with him, and he carried out his bat for 16 . The innings closed for 6o. DURHAM. F. Alderson, c Crawshaw, b Lord M. Headlam, b McClellan . . G . Jackson, 1 b w, b Rhodes . . . . G . H . Walker, c Holmes, b McClellan T . Miller, c Martin, b McClellan P . Stanton, c McClellan, b Rhodes A . Robertson, b Dunkerly .. C . J . Sadler, c and b Rhodes . . N. Wilkinson, b Rhodes . . J . W. Nimmo, c Little, b Dunkcrly W . Fogg-Elliot, not out . . . . Extras . .

7 IS o 14

9 5 25 II

o 12

. . o . . 6

Total . .

. .107

ST . PETERS. FIRST INNINGS.

P . E . Lord, b Robertson .. W . G . Wilson, b Robertson J. L . Martin, c Wilkinson, b Miller W . Holmes, b Miller R . Crawshaw, b Robertson . . .. H . W . Rhodes, c Jackson, b Robertson H . McClellan, not out .. J . E . Noble, b Robertson II . Botterill, b Robertson .. J . A . Dunkerly, b Alderson T . H . Little, b Robertson .. Extras ..

SECOND INN I IR ;s.

• • • •

•

c Jackson, b Alderson . . b Alderson .. 1 b w, b Alderson c Headlam, b Miller . . 1 b w, b Alderson .. c Stanton, b Alderson . . c and b Alderson b Miller .. b Robertson not out .. b Alderson Extras

Total

Totn I

. . 6o

v . MR . J . WALKER'S XI. This match was played at Highthorne, and resulted in the defeat of the School by 56 runs . Breed and Procter opened the innings of Mr. Walker's XI . After the score reached 15 Procter was caught for lo, having previously given a chance when he had only scored 3. Brooks took Procter ' s place and with Breed made a considerable stand,

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63.

carrying the score from 15 to 47, when Breed was bowled ; Brooks soon followed and Guy was the only one to stay, carrying out his bat for a good 24 . The School began very badly the first three wickets falling for 12 runs . Procter and Crawshaw made a stand, but on Procter being bowled the wickets fell very fast, the whole side being disposed of for 42. It is only fair to say that rain interfered very much with this match. MR . J . WALDER'S XL G . Breed, b Rhodes J . Procter, c Wood, b Rhodes .. R . Brooks, b Lord H . Ilields, b Lord J . Coates, b Lord .. J . Varley, c Rhodes, b Lord C . Guy, not out . . .. P . A . Gamble, c Holmes, b Rhodes J . Walker, c Rhodes, h Lord .. R . Wood, b McClellan . . .. H . Walker, c Crawshaw, b Lord Extras . . Total

15 I0 26 3 0

24 2

3 6 I 6 98

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL. J . L. Martin, b Hields . . W. G . Wilson, b Coates E . Procter, b Ilields . . W. Holmes, b Coates . . R . Crawshaw, b Coates II . McClellan, b Coates II . W. Rhodes, b IIields P. E . Lord, st Brooks, b Ilields . . J . A . Dunkerly, c II . 'Walker, b Melds J . E . Noble, 1 b w, b IIields .. J . Scarborough, not out Extras . . Total

0 2

7 4 I2 3 5 0 0

7 42

v . YORK. Breed and Nutter began the innings for York, and put on 25 runs before Nutter was bowled . Busby and Wood were soon got rid of, but on Hields coming in, he and Breed took the score from 25 to 71 when the former was caught after quickly hitting up 30 . Wardell followed Hields and soon got to work, hitting three 2 ' S and a three in one over; in the next over Lord got Breed out 1 b w, and the last five wickets

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only put on eleven runs, the innings closing for 95 . The School innings was chiefly notable for Lord's good score of 68 . McClellan was the only one besides Lord who got into double figures, and he played very steadily while Lord got the runs . The innings realised 123 for 8 wickets or 28 runs to the good. YORK. G . Breed, 1 b w, b Lord . . Nutter, U Lord . . G. Busby, b Lord C . Wood, b Rhodes H. I-Iields, c Rhodes, b Dunkerly Wardell, c Procter, b Dunkerly J . Stainthorpe, c IIolmes, b Dunkerly G. Linfoot, c McClellan, b Lord .. J . L. Spetch, not out .. . . J . Cooper, c Rhodes, b Lord . . W. Crossley, b Lord .. Extras . . Total

. . 34

2 o . . o . .

. . 15 . 3 . . 4 . . o . . 2 . . o . . 5

. .

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL. P . E . Lord, c Spetch, b Wardell W . G . Wilson, c Busby, b IIields E . Procter, b Hields . . .. W . I-Iolmes, b IIields . . R . Crawshaw, c and b Breed . . H. W . Rhodes, U Breed H . McClellan, b Hields J . A . Dunkerly, c Stainthorpe, b Wardell .. J . E . Noble, not out J . Scarbrough, not out W . Procter, to bat. Extras . . Total (for 8 wickets)

. .

. .123

v . EBOR ROVERS. This match was played on the School ground and resulted in a win for the School by 38 runs . The Rovers won the toss and elected to bat, sending in Procter and Dudley to the bowling of Lord and Rhodes . Lord bowled Procter for o, and Dudley was caught and bowled for the same score . Brooks was caught for 2 . Wisker and F. Dudley being the only two to make any resistance to the bowling of Lord and Rhodes, and the innings closed for the small total of 51. Four wickets fell before the School reached the total of their opponents,

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Noble and Lord playing well for 13 and 20 respectively, but the last six wickets only put on 30 more, of which Rhodes contributed 12. The following are the scores : EIiOR ROVERS. .. T. Dudley, c and b Rhodes R . Brooks, c Little, b Lord J . Whisker, b Rhodes . . . . F . Dudley, run out .. J . Nutter, c I hmkerly, h Lord . . J . Walker, b Rhodes J . T. Gray, c Bottcrill, b Lord . . J . Stainthorpe, c Lord, b Rhodes W . F . Smith, not out . . J . I-Tall, b Rhodes .. Extras ..

J . Procter, b Lord

.. o . . o . . 2 . . 11 . . 17 o 6 .. 3 . . 3 . . 3 .. o . . 5

Total ST. PETER'S SCHOOL. P . E . Lord, b Dudley .. \V . G . Wilson, c and b \\isker J . E . Noble .. 11 . \V . Holmes, c Dudley, b V\ isker R . Crawshaw, c and b Procter . . H . W Rhodes, b Procter H . McClellan . b \V'isker E . Procter, c Procter, b Wisher H . Botterill, b Procter . . J . A . Dunkcrly . run out .. T . II . Little, not out Extras Total

. .

7 20

••

5 7 I2

. . . .

s I

3 5 7 . . 89

REMARKS ON THE CRICKET SEASON 1885. The cricket season closed on July 11th with the victory over the Ebor Rovers . The School and the Eleven have no reason to be dissatisfied with the results, as out of 15 matches 8 have been won, 3 lost, and 4 drawn ; while 3 clubs, Hornsea and York Law (twice), failed to keep their engagements . Of the drawn games two were moral victories, one was left in a very even condition, while the fourth would have certainly ended in our defeat . The victories were gained over St . John ' s College, North Riding Asylum (2), Leeds Grammar School, Durham School, Old Boys, York, and Ebor Rovers ; those against the Schools being gained in a single innings . The defeats

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were from Rev. E . S . Carter' s team, Durham School and Mr . J . Walker's eleven, and the drawn matches were against Yorkshire Gentlemen (twice), York, and Mr . J . Walker's eleven. Lord and Wilson, aided by Holmes, Crawshaw and Rhodes, have been the best run-getters during the season, while Rhodes and Lord have done most of the bowling, though Dunkerly and McClellan often got a wicket when required . The fielding throughout has been excellent, and it is comforting to think that no match has been lost through catches being missed as was the case last year. The batting of the eleven has decidedly improved . This may be seen from a comparison of the averages with those of last year . Wilson has risen from 9 to 17, Holmes from 5 to 13, Crawshaw from 5 to 13, Noble from 7 to 9, and Potterill from 7 to 8 . The lowest average this year is 6 as compared with 2 and r of the previous years. For bowling the School had to rely upon four members of the eleven, nor were they ever disappointed, for where one failed the others always did well . Lord ' s bowling showed a marvellous improvement. This season he took 6r wickets at an average of 73 runs per wicket compared with 50 for 1 r runs each last year . This, taking into consideration the dry season, is a very good performance. It may be interesting to know that altogether the School has scored 1811 runs to their opponents 1520 . The highest score made by the School was 232 (Yorkshire Gentlemen) and the lowest 42, while the highest score made against the School was 194 (Yorkshire Gentlemen) and the lowest 14 (Durham School). It is to be hoped that although several prominent members of this year's eleven will have left before next year, they will have as successful a season . Judging from the success of this year's second eleven they ought to be very good, especially in bowling. Remarks on the several members of the eleven are appended.

THE FIRST NI . CHARACTER. H . W . RHODES, Captain (111), uncertain in batting, hits well when set, should try to play more steadily at first, good and successful bowler, neat field . (Has left .) R . CI:AWSHAw (13) should make a really good bat in time, as he has excellent style and good forward play, somewhat weak on the leg side ; has taken post of back stop, standing close in, with success .

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(2o1), a stylish bat, hitting well all round, has once or twice lost his wicket in trying to bring off a favourite stroke to short leg ; with good coaching ought to turn out a really good batsman ; excellent field, especially in the slips ; has bowled successfully, but is inclined to pitch his balls somewhat too short . (Has left .) P . F . LORD

H . MCCLELLAN (7) has a very neat style of batting, keeping the ball well down, but lacks hitting power . Occasionally delivers a very awkward ball . Somewhat lazy in the field. J . L. NOBLE (9), uncertain batsman, can hit hard, but gets dreadfully stuck up when trying to playing a defensive game . Rather slow in the field . (Has left .) W . HoLmES (13) hits hard and clean, but is somewhat lacking in defence . First rate point, where he has done excellent things this season . (Has left .) IV. G. WVILSON (17), a painstaking cricketer, much improved in batting and fielding, has a strong defence, especially on the leg side, where he makes most of his runs . Has made the largest individual score in the eleven this season. (Has left .) J . A . DUNKERLV (8) hits hard, and in good form, but lacks defence ; if he could obtain that, would be a useful batsman . Has hardly come up to expectation as a bowler . Good field near the wicket. T . H . LITTLE (6) has a happy-go-lucky style of batting, sometimes gets a good hit, but will never do much until he learns to play with a straighter bat, and make more of his height . Has brought off one or two excellent catches in the deep field . (Has left .) H . BOTTERILL (8) generally brings off a good hit or two, but seldom remains in long, owing to playing and hitting with a cross bat . Good catch anywhere in the deep field . (Has left.) E . PROCTER (8), a young and promising cricketer, cuts very neatly, plays well over the ball . Active field near the wicket. In bowling Rhodes took 64 wickets at an average of 73, Lord 6r at an average of 73 .

NOTES AND ITEMS.

LIST

OF MATCHES PLAYED.

SCHOOL SCORE . OPPONENTS .

OPPONENTS ' SCORE.

RESULT .

1st innings . 2nd in'gs . 1st innings . 2nd innings. St . John's College, York . . Won 81 North Riding Asylum . . Won 123 Mr . J . Walker's Eleven . . Drawn 229 232 Yorkshire Gentlemen . .' Drawn Leeds Grammar School Won 130 Durham Grammar School . Won 140 Mr . J . Walker's Eleven . . Lost 42 North Riding Asylum . . Won 116 York .. .. . . Drawn 62 for 3 wks . . Won Old Boys . . .. 1S6 Yorkshire Gentlemen . . Drawn 85 for 8 wks Durham School . . . . Lost 42 York .. .. . . Won 123 for S was Ebor Rovers .. Won 89

.. .. .. ..

40 92 52 for 4 wks 63 for 2 wks

. .

.. .. Go .. ..

14 98 54 1 49 152 194

.. 77 41 33 for 4 wks .

107

95 51

NOTES AND ITEMS. E . T . G . WILSON passed the final law examination held in June last, taking 2nd class honours. THE

REV. CANON ELwYN, Master of the Charterhouse, has been elected as treasurer of the Clergy Orphan Corporation.

The Editors beg to acknowledge the receipt of " The Lorretonian " (2), " The Leodensian," " The Alleynian," " Ulula " (2), " The Sutton Valence ."

THE

VOL . VII .

OCTOBER, 1885 .

No . 55 .

TWO DAYS AT KILLARNEY. ARLY in July, a party of seven set out from a comfortable farmciz route for the Irish lakes ; one and all determined to squeeze a maximum amount of enjoyment out of the two days at their disposal . The journey, like most railway journeys in the Emerald Isle, was somewhat tedious, chiefly owing to the strong partiality for social chat which characterizes the Irish people in general, and apparently officials of the iron road in particular, trains being not unfrequenily detained for ten minutes or so to enable the engine driver to get his dinner, or the guard and station master to exchange views on the topics of the hour . On our arrival, we are met by the hotel porter, and, consequently, attended to with promptitude and civility, virtues from which the railway branch of the Irish porter tribe is conspicuously free . This is not merely the view of a partial Briton, we heard the statement corroborated in Dublin by a patriotic young Irishwoman, a resident for some years in England, who expressed a wish to be back home where there was some civility, "for sure there was none here at all, dearly as she loved her native counthry ." Early the following morning we secure a waggonette with a typical paddy driver attached, and start for Muckross abbey, a picturesque old ruin, situated in grounds " richly carpeted with rank and luxuriant vegetation," as the guide book grandiloquently puts it, belonging to the Herberts, whose family seat is close to the ruins . " Nowhere else." the volume just referred to continues, " is there such an assemblage of magnificent features : noble mountains, glittering lakes, stately trees, verdant shrubberies, lovely meadows, venerable ruins, beauteous flowers, countless birds, and all over-arched (curiously enough) by a sky of azure ." Within the walls of the ruin stands an ancient yew tree, planted by the monks in the fourteenth century, and remarkable for its trunk, which grows quite straight to the uncommon altitude of eighteen feet .

E house in county Tipperary

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On resuming our drive, Pat points out a group of trees in the grounds, planted by members of the Royal Eamily—one, somewhat short and stumpy, by the Queen herself ; "an ' they tell me," he irreverently remarks, " it is growin ' very like Her Majesty . " The first of the three lakes is the " Lower Lake," which we leave with its guardian mountains, winding shores, and islands resting like swans upon the water "—to our left . On the summit of Mangerton—one of the "guardian mountains "—is a small lake, called " The Devil's Punch Bowl," so deep that it is popularly believed to be bottomless, and cold enough to afford some ground for the theory that the lower side is solid ice, which, of course, accounts for the water not flowing out of the bottomless basin . The mountain just beyond the Punch Bowl is shaped like a slice of bread minus a monstrous mouthful, and it is from this peculiarity that it derives its name of "The Devil's Be The legend runs thus : " The devil was one day driving his pigs over the mountain to the nearest market ; seeing his punch bowl at his elbow, the temptation to `liquor up ' proved too strong for his saturnine majesty, and he imbibed so copiously that his capabilities as a drover materially suffered . Infuriated at his infernal herd obstinately declining to cross the summit, the devil bit a huge mouthful off the top and emitted it into the lake beneath, where it still lies, known as `The Devil's Island ; seven white mice, which never appear till after matins, are now its only occupants ." The road to the Derrycunnihy Cascade, which we now take, runs through some of the choicest and most varied scenery in the lake district—one of the chief features being the glistening foliage of the arbutus trees, which grow here in large numbers, and to an unusual size . Clearly depicted on a slab of rock to our right the driver points out a figure exactly resembling a white stag ; this antlered monarch recovers animation once every seven years, a May morning, when the O ' Donoghue, temporarily released from his watery grave in the depths of the neighbouring lake, hunts it till noon, and afterwards studies the books in his library, which consists of a long row of stones on the crest of a neighbouring mountain, bearing some slight resemblance to gigantic volumes : along the top lies one larger than the rest, which is generally believed to be his family Bible . Leaving the waggonette at the Derrycunnihy Cascade, we embark in a roomy four-oared boat , awaiting us on the lake, which takes us through a beautiful winding channel to the base of " The Eagles' Nest, " a lofty mountain, so justly

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famous for its magnificent echoes. A single bugler hidden in the woods can awaken melodies of most ravishing beauty—now pealing forth in glorious bursts of harmony, flung back in fitful crashes from the resounding rocks ; now filling the air with sweet strains of plaintive sadness, till the wailing echoes die away, lost amid the distant crags. When the last lingering notes are silent we resume our voyage, with a sigh of regret, towards The Old Weir Bridge, " built by the Danes, and believed to be the oldest in Ireland . Some few moments before the bridge is reached our crew puts on a tremendous bucket" of about forty to the minute, our fleet craft cleaves the flashing waters, the oars are shipped, and in another second we have shot the rapids below the bridge, and, thanks to bow's tardiness in " holding her up," narrowly escaped shipwreck on the adjacent rocks . Passing on under 13rickeen Bridge—better known as " Toothache Bridge, " from the fact that no one who has once passed beneath its arch is ever troubled by that complaint again—we land on Moore ' s favourite island, Innisfallen, the brightest and most luxuriantly-wooded spot in the lakes . So rich are its pastures, that a lean sheep put on at night is quite ripe for the butcher by morning . After re-embarking, a short row brings us to Ross Castle, a stronghold of historic interest, ruined, like so many of its kind, by the arch-traitor Cromwell, the exploration of which terminates our first day's excursion. The following morning breaks with a cloudless sky, and soon after breakfast the same party set off for the " Gap of Dunloe, " a wild, rocky gorge, some four Irish miles in length . The favourite mode of transit is on pony-back, but most of our party prefer to trust to " the shoemaker's black horses . " At the entrance to the gap stands the cottage of Kate Kearney, a celebrated Irish beauty immortalised by Moore . Close behind it, Pat shows us the n ountain to whose summit the lovely Kate used to drive her goats for pasturage ; whilst waiting there, she was accustomed to comb out her beautiful raven hair, which was of such luxuriant growth that it used to fall in graceful folds from the top to the bottom . A young American girl, to whom he told this tale a few days previously, vastly amused him by rejoining promptly : "Oh ! that's nothing to what we have in our country ; there is an hotel in New York where the dining-room is just three miles in circumference, and the waiters go round it on ponies !" The cottage is at present inhabited by Kate Kearney's great grand-daughter, a middle-aged maiden lady, with nothing particular in her personal appearance to

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suggest descent from a famous belle . After partaking of this illustrious dame ' s proffered goat ' s milk and whiskey—the latter beverage is suggestively known as " calamity"—we began the ascent . One of the most notable features of the pass is the multitude of Irish sirens vending whiskey, goat's milk, and home-made socks, and, in some cases, even their own photographs ; so irresistible is the wit, good-humour, and, last but not least, the bright eyes of these pertinacious mendicants, that one at least of our party had all the small change conjured out of his trousers ' pockets long before the end of the pass was reached . Having exhausted their stock of eulogies on your personal appearance, they tell you, " this is the very spot where the Prince of Wales took a drink of `mountain dew "' —another name for whiskey ; and they invariably wind up with a wish that they may " soon see yer honour return an' bring the misthress an' young family wid ye . " On reaching the summit of the pass, the pedestrians leave the road and take a short cut over the " Purple Mountain," from which we have a splendid view of the "Black Valley" and its surrounding mountains, whilst far above our heads a majestic eagle floats on dizzy pinion half shrouded by the scudding rack, a sight by no means uncommon in this part of Ireland. Our party having all assembled at the far end of the pass, we again take to our boat, but, for the most part, wend our watery way over the same course as yesterday, reaching the hotel in comfortable time to do ample justice to the substantial table d' hute . The evening is devoted to the purchase of shillelaghs—better known as " death without the priest "— bog-oak pipes, and photographs, by way of encouraging local trade. The following morning finishes our pleasant visit, and we contentedly betake ourselves to the partial extinction of magpies, rabbits, and similar vermin, happy in the consciousness that we have made the best use of our " Two Days at Killarney ." TOBINS.

ATHLETIC SPORTS. HE Annual Sports were held on Monday and Tuesday, July 27th

T and 2Sth . F. 1' . Griffith, Esq . ; H . W . Hales, Esq. ; F . M.

Scargill, Esq ., were judges ; and W . J . P . Kaye officiated as starter. The Committee were W . G. Wilson, R . Crawshaw, T. H. Little . The weather on the first day was fine until the end of the afternoon, when a little rain fell, and the attendance was large .

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I .—PUTTING THE WEIGHT (16lbs .)---T. P . Clarke, t ; J . E. Noble, 2 T . H . Little . 3 : P . E . Lord, o ; II . W . Rhodes, o ; A . Wade, o . In the first round Clarke headed the rest, and was not once beaten . though Noble tried hard to reach him ; Little was third, but did not put as well as it was expected he would. The winner put 291t . 4zin. II .—LONG JUMP (UNDER 15) .—II . F. Chadwick, t ; A . Mawson, 2 ; H. Metcalfe, 3 ; C . E . Stevenson, o ; C . Metcalfe, o ; G. H . Chilman, o ; D . G . Scott, 0 ; E . D . Carter, o ; H . Whitby, o ; A. Crosthwaite, o . Chadwick jumped well, easily beating Mawson . who cleared nearly a foot more than Metcalfe. Chadwick jumped 15ft. 6in. III. LONG JUMP (orEN) .—J . E . Gofton, t ; H . W. Rhodes, 2 ; J . E . Noble, 3 E. R . White, o ; P. E . Lord, o ; W . T . Murray, o ; J . Dunkerly, o ; NV . Ford, o A . Wade . o ; L . Ilutam, o . In the first round Rhodes took the lead, but was finally beaten by Gofton ; Noble was third . Gofton jumped 18ft . Olin. IV .—Ht NtncED YARDS (UNDER 15) .—H . F . Chadwick, 1 ; E . S . D . Carter, 2 ; C . Metcalfe, 3 ; C . E . Stevenson, o ; J . Mortimer, o ; G. Lane, o ; A . Mawson,

o ; H . Metcalfe, o ; G . Chilman, o ; A. Biro, o ; A . Crosthwaite, o. V .—HUNDRED YARDS (OPEN) .—First heat : J . E . Noble, t ; G . H . Little, 2; H . W . Rhodes, 3 . Noble led from the start, and won easily . Second heat : J . E. Gofton, 1 ; L. W . Huffam, 2 ; A. Wade, 3 . Rather an easy win for Gofton Huffam and Wade making a good race for second place . Final : J . E . Noble, I J. E . Gofton, 2 ; H . W. Rhodes, 3 . Noble again led from the start, winning by a couple of yards from Gofton, who beat Rhodes by about half that distance. VI .—I-IUNIRE1 YARDS (UNDER 13) .—C . Metcalfe. t ; W . M . Carter, 2 1V . B . Whitby, 3 . Metcalfe won rather easily, leaving the other two to make a good race for places. VII.—QUARTER-MILE .—H . W . Rhodes, t ; R. Crawshaw, 2 ; J . E . Gofton, 3; J. E . Noble, o ; W . T . Murray, o ; H . Jackson, o ; W. Ford, o ; L . Huffam, o ; H. Rouse, o ; A. Wade, o . Rhodes took the lead followed by Gofton and Crawshaw, and the same order was maintained till the last too yards, when Crawshaw went past Gofton, but could not reach Rhodes, who won by six yards. VIII.--TIIROwING THE CRICKET BALL (UNDER 15) .—F . Mitchell, I ; A. Mawson, 2 ; D . G . Scott, 3 . The winner threw 65Yds . gin. IX—Music PUrtts' PACE .—R. Crawshaw . scratch, 1 ; J . A . Dunkerly, royds ., 2 ; H Jackson, t5Yds., 3 ; H . Bloomfield, 2oyds ., o ; E . Stephenson, 25yds ., 0 R . Martin, 45 Y ds , o. Dunkerly, making good use of his start, led till the last 5oyds ., when he was passed by Crawshaw. X .—HANDICAP (ovER 151, 500 YARDS .—There were nearly 40 competitors in this race, which was won by W . S . Gofton ; 1I . W . Rhodes, 2.

TUESDAY. The weather wag all that coald be desired, and the band of the and West York Militia was in attendance . At the close of the sports a race was got up for the bandsmen, which created a good deal of

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amusement. At the close of the afternoon Lady Emma Purey-Cust distributed the prizes to the successful competitors. I .—HIGH JUMP (OPEN) .—J . E . Gofton, I ; J . A . Dunkerly, 2 ; W . Ford, 3 ; R . Crawshaw, o ; T . H . Little, o . Gofton succeeded in clearing Oft . I t in. II .—IIicn Juan' (UNDER 15) .—A . Mawson, I ; C . Metcalfe, 2 : G . Chilman, 3. The winner jumped Oft . in. III .—HANDICAP FLAT RACE (UNDER 15), 500 YARDS .—H. F . Chadwick, I; W . M . Carter, 2 . Chadwick, starting from scratch, gained the lead a short distance from home and won by six yards. IV.—THE MILE .—II . W . Rhode,, 1 ; R . Crawshaw, 2 ; II . Walker, 3 . The entries amounted to 17, but only S started . Rhodes immediately took the lead, followed by Crawshaw and Walker, and this order was maintained to the end ; a good race between Crawshaw and Walker for second place, resulting in a win for the former by a few feet . Time, 4 min . 5o secs. V .—RACE OVER HURDLES (OPEN) .—W . Ford, I ; II . W . Rhodes, 2 ; T. H. Little, 3 . Ford was led for some distance by Rhodes, but he eventually came away and won easily. VI .—RACE OVER IICRDLES (UNDER 15) .—A. Mawson, 1 ; A. Crosthwaite, 2; H . Metcalfe, 3 . Mawson just managing to scramble over the last hurdle won by a few yards from Crosthwaite. VII .—Pol.r: JUMP (orEN) .—J . L . Martin, I ; A . Wade, 2 ; W . Ford . 3 . This event was very poor compared with last year's, as the winner could only clear 7ft . 6in ., while Wade and Ford were thrown out at 7ft . and 6ft . 6in . respectively. VIIT .—ITur.DI .E HANDICAP .—IT . W . Rhodes, I ; W . Ford, 2 ; II . Jackson, 3. Rhodes' lasting powers enabled him to reverse the order of the hurdle race. IX .—OLD Bovs' RACE (QUARTER-MILE) .—J . Walker, I ; C . Wood, 2. Walker took the lead at the start and won easily. X .—THREE-LEGGED RACE .)—J . L . Noble and C . B . Clarke, I ; R . G . Wilson and W. Murray, 2. XI .—CONSOLATION RACE.—A . Wade, 1 ; W . G . Wilson, 2 ; J . A . 1unkerly, 3'

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HE prize distribution took place on the evening of Tuesday, July 28th . The Dean of York, who had undertaken to present the prizes, was in the chair . The Head Master first read the list of honours gained by the school during the past year, which was as follows :1884.

scholar of Trinity College, Oxford, first class in Literis Ilurn.anioribus in the final examination. F. E . ROBINSON obtained leaving certificate with distinction in mathematics . J . H . P . FOWLER,

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A . WADE elected to an open classical scholarship at Durham University. Afterwards obtained a Bible clerkship at All Souls ' College, Oxford. H . AV . RHODES elected to an open classical exhibition at Worcester College, Oxford. 1V. G . WILSON elected to an open classical exhibition at Worcester College, Oxford . 1885. P . E . LORD elected to an open classical scholarship at Clare College, Cambridge. F. E. ROBINSON elected to a Goldsmith exhibition of Z5o a year. E . W. CLAYFORTH, scholar of Christ Church, Oxford, first class in classical moderations. « T . MURRAY, Civil and Military Department, passed in the first division in the London University matriculation examination. E. WILSON passed the final law examination with second class honours. The reports of the examiners were then read. The Rev . T . R . Terry, M .A ., F .R .A .S ., examined the first division in mathematics. The arithmetic was well done by the whole division . In Euclid there were two good papers, one being written out in very good style ; in many other cases the propositions were known and a fair number of riders solved, but the style was bad, symbols and abbreviations being used, and little care being taken to reproduce Euclid ' s methods of proof. The algebra was well done . The statics paper was done fairly well, but little was known of dynamics. In trigonometry there were two good papers on the first half of the subject . In conics there was one good paper and one fairly good. F. T. Griffith, B .A ., scholar of Clare College, Cambridge, examined the Lower School in classics, and reported as follows : In the First Form the divinity was thoroughly well known, and most of the boys answered accurately and sensibly, Graham and Ellwood in the upper, and Creek in the lower, being the best. The history on the other hand was poor, though the upper presented a fair average, and Hingston (lid really well . In the Latin exercise it was a noticeable feature that the general average of the form was very high, and there were none of those gaps which so often spoil the general work of the form . The fact that Creek obtained (94) and Whytehead

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while no fewer than to obtained more than 8o out of a possible zoo marks, speaks for itself. The Latin translation was nicely done in both forms, and in the upper the grammar showed careful and accurate work. Lastly the Greek translation in the upper, considering that it represented only one year, and in some cases half-a year 's work, was well done. To pass on to the Second Form, the divinity, as usual, was excellent . I n the upper it was really hard to find a question which everyone did not know . The grammar was well known, as also the history ; but i h the lower were several failures which spoilt the general average of t' form . The Latin exercise was again exceedingly good, and none ob .-Lined less than half marks . This is an especially good sign, as there is no doubt that not only does correct and accurate composition show talent, but also hard work, and that most important of all necessaries for scholarship—observation . The Latin translation was somewhat poor, but the Greek was well done, and a thorough knowledge of the grammar displayed. To turn to the Third Form, there are several general faults which must be mentioned . Bad writing, wretched spelling, and careless arrangement are faults which are sure to tell on the temper of the examiner ; of course these remarks do not apply to all, or even to the majority, but still there were several papers displaying good genuine knowledge which it was a positive pain to look over . To mention particular subjects, it seemed that the Latin and Greek were better known than the English . In both forms the grammar papers were very well done, and in the Greek and Latin books good knowledge and careful preparation was shown . In fact with the exception of three or four boys a very good examination was passed. J . H . Taylor, M .A ., Trinity College, Cambridge, examined the Fourth and Fifth Forms in classics. Old Test .—The Fifth Form acquitted themselves with credit when examined upon Ezra and Nehemiah. The subject of the Fourth Form was Judges . The general standard was high . Easten(87),Proctor(90),Wade (88),andWilkinson (87)marks out of a possible too, deserve special commendation. New Test .—The subject of the Fifth Form was St . Matthew, chapters I .-XVII ., and that of the Fourth St . Matthew, chapters XX ., XXI ., XXII . in Greek . The shorter period of the Fourth Form was, as might have been expected, better known, but almost all obtained (90),

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very creditable marks . Easten (85), Hood (34), Waud (82), Chadwick (85), Chilman (85), Rouse (83), deserve honourable mention. History .—The Fifth Form showed a very satisfactory knowledge of the history of Rome Inc. 366-264 and I3 .c . 149-133 . Cook (74) and Pickles (74) deserve special commendation . The period of history prepared by the fourth was the Peloponnesian War from the beginning to the end of the Sicilian expedition . Questions on the geography of Greece were set in the same paper . The answers sent up were generally good or very good. Greek (prepared) .—In translation from Thucydides and the Pheenissa: of Euripides the Fifth Form acquitted themselves in a highly creditable manner . Leaf (96) specially distinguished himself. The Fourth Form sent up excellent translations of passages from the plays of Euripides, the subject of the upper being the Bacchm, verses 266-604, that of the lower Hecuba, verses 2 45-43 2. Latin (prepared) .—The Fifth Form sent up highly satisfactory translations of passages from Cie . in Catil . IV . and Virgil Aen . 111. Leaf (93) specially distinguished himself. The Fourth Form showed a competent knowledge of Jugurtha, chapters 65-84 . The average of their marks was high. The Fifth Form attempted Greek prose composition with only a moderate degree of success . Leaf (72) deserves honourable mention. Greek verse composition was taken by the Fifth Form alone, and the results were very poor indeed ; the attempts of the boys being disfigured by grammatical atrocities. In their attempts at Latin prose composition the Fifth Form could not keep their work free from elementary mistakes . However, Leaf (74), Huffam (67,) sent up work which showed promise . The Latin prose of the Fourth was less presentable than that of the Fifth. The report of the Rev . W . Lucas, late scholar of St . John ' s College, Cambridge, who examined the fifth, fourth, third, and civil forms in mathematics, treated almost entirely of the success with which the various questions in the papers set were attempted, and would therefore not be of much interest to our readers . The general result, however, of the examination was satisfactory. Mr . J . Wells, M .A ., Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, who as representative of the Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board, had examined the Sixth Form, then delivered his report . He xeferred to the fact that the prophecy he made last year had been ful-

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filled, and that honours had been gained by the school during the past year . He did not claim to be a prophet, but he thought if he had prophesied good things last year he might do so again, not perhaps for the next year, as the promising boys were comparatively young, only about seventeen years of age or even younger . But they would be very good in the course of the next eighteen months, and would no doubt gain honours as great as those gained by the boys now at the head of the form . The Oxford and Cambridge Board was rather a hard master in not allowing him to read a written report, but he would do his best to give a verbal one . Compared with the work of the previous year there were two very marked improvements . The prepared books were much better known ; the translation this year was very well done. They had taken up a larger amount of Greek than last year, but throughout the average was very high. And, further, in composition the promises of last year had been fulfilled, for a good many boys at the head of the form had produced very promising compositions indeed. On the other hand, as compared with last year, there were, he thought, two points which were weaker, though of much less importance, than those which were stronger. Firstly, the Roman history was not as well known as the Greek ; secondly, the Greek unseen translation was not as good as last year, though this might perhaps be the fault of the Board in setting such a passage as the second given, which was unintelligible whether in English or Greek. There was one point he should like to draw attention to, and that was that the piece of translation called by the Board easy, but which was by no means so, was done extremely well throughout the form . Speaking generally, he should like to mention two points ; firstly, the grammar was not as strong as it should be, and secondly, in writing down their English, the boys were not sufficiently careful to make their points clear. The Dean, before distributing the prizes, said he felt that he was the right man in the right place . The atmosphere within and around the school had been one of contests, and a peaceful outsider was the right man to present the prizes . He remarked that he was very pleased to see athletic and mental training going on side by side, and not as in past time the mental altogether exalted at the expense of the physical . In each department there was much to learn which could only be learned at school—lessons of courage and perseverance . If there was any fear of one branch of learning being cultivated too highly to the exclusion of the other, the good sense and

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feeling of parents and guardians would prevent this going too far . He urged the boys to develop in every way the talents given them, and at the same time to cultivate the high principles of straightforwardness, genuine courage, purity of life, and that Christian character which would more or less attract the hearts and confidence of all around them, and give them the esteem of their fellow-men, as well as the satisfaction of a conscience void of offence towards God and man . He congratulated the head master and those who laboured with him on the success which had attended their labours, and hoped that the prizes he was about to put in the hands of the successful scholars would be the earnest of many more prizes in days to come. The Dean then presented the prizes. The following is a list of the successful students : EXHIBITIONER, ISSN .—Clarke, I. FOUNDATION ScnoLARS .—Easten, Hood. FREE SCHOLARS .—Chadwick, I ; Chilman ; Whaley for one year.

11ev MEMORIAL . SCIIOLARS .—AWilkinson, Mitchell. THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK ' S CLASSICAL PRIZEMAN .—Lord. TILE DEAN OF YORK ' S MATHEMATICAL PRIZEMAN .—Lord ; Clarke, I. SIXTH FORM .—Rank : Lord . Divinity : Pickles, I . German : Rhodes HFAD MASTER' S COMPOSITION PRIZES .—Latin Verse : Clarke, 3 . Greek Prose : Rhodes. CANON ELWYN ' s PRIZE FOR GREEK TESTAMENT .—Wilson, I ; and Wade, I. HEAD MASTER'S ENGLISH PRIZES .—Wade, 1 ; Pickles, 1 . Commended, Lord ; Holmes, I ; Stevenson, I. FIFTH FORM .—Rank : Pickles, 2 . Divinity : Crawshaw . Classics : Leaf. French : Pickles, 2. UPPER FOURTH FORM .—Rank : Procter, I . Classics and Divinity : Fasten. French : Simpson . History Prize (given by Mr . Veld) : Wade, 2. MATneauvrics .—Sccond Division : Eastcn . Third Division : Hopkins. PROBLEM PRIZE (given by Rev . W . Routh), open to Divisions I, 2, and 3, and Upper Civil—Walker. LowER FOURTH FORM .—Rank : Chadwick, r . Classics and Divinity : Chilman, Chadwick . Mathematics : Wilkinson. French : Gofton, 2. UPPER THIRD FORM .—Rank : Mitchell . Classics and Divinity : Mitchell. Mathematics : Coxon. French : Stevenson, 2. SECOND PRIZE FOR MATHEMATICS (given by Mr. Routh) .—Young. HISTORY PRIZE (given by Mr . Atkinson) .—Young. GRAMMAR PRIZE (given by Mr. Atkinson) .—Coxon. LOWER THIRD FORM—Rank : Daniel . Classics and Divinity : Mortimer. Mathematics : Crosthwaite, 2 . French : Huffam, 2. MR . ATKINSON ' S GRAMMAR PRIZE .-Scargill, 2.

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UPPER SECOND FORM .--Rank : Naylor, 2 . Classics and Divinity- : Naylor, 2. Mathematics : Mawson . French : Metcalfe, 2. LOWER SECOND FORM .—Rank : Chadwick, 2 . Classics and Divinity : Stott, 2• Mathematics : Chadwick, 2 . French : Chadwick, 2. UPPER FIRST FORM .—Rank : Ferris, 2 . Classics and Divinity : Ferris, 2. Mathematics : Graham . French : Graham. LOWER FIRST FORM .—Rank : Padel 2 and Whytehead 2 . Classics and Divinity : Creek. Mathematics : Whytehead, 2 . French : Whytehead, 2. CIVIL. AND MILITARY DEPARTMENT (Upper Division) .—Rank : Hutchings. Divinity : Allan . English : Hutchings . French ; Walker. German : Walker . Mathematics : Allan. PRIZE FOR FIRST DIVISION IN LONDON UNIVERSITY MATRICULATION EXAM IN ATION .—Murray. LOWER DIVISION .—Rank : Hartley . Divinity : Hartley . English : Hartley. French : Watson . Mathematics : Hartley. WRITING AND DICTATION PRIZES .—Fourth Form : Chadwick, I . Third Form : Coxon . Second Form : Naylor, I . First Form : Clarke, 4. CIVIL . AND MILITARY DEPARTMENT .—Allan. DRAWING PRIZES (given by W . J . Buddy, Esq .)—Painting : Pickles, I ; Commended, Clarke, I ; Clarke, 3 . Pencil Drawing : Hartley ; Commended, Easton . Chalk Drawing : Martin, 2 . Mechanical Drawing : Bloomfield; Commended, Simpson . Improvement : Simpson. DRILLING PRIZE (given by Sergeant Iiinneavy) .—Bingham, r.

The Head Master then proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman, which was passed with acclamation, and cheers were given for the Dean, the Head Master, and the ladies.

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The Head Master thus alluded to the above sad event, in the school chapel on Sunday, Oct . i L th "But let me for one moment, before I conclude, allude to an event which must have caused a shock to some here, the early death of an

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old pupil of this school, H. M . Sims . He died early, but if the length of a man's life is, as it is, to be reckoned rather by what he does in it than the number of years it lasts, he was older than his years . For he had lived long enough to bring the blessing of a parish church and a parish organisation to a poor suburb of Leeds . And it was the anxious work of providing the means to do this, and the heavy anxiety of the sole care of a poor district that I imagine shortened his earthly life. A steady, earnest worker, thorough and wholehearted, whether he was in the cricket field or in his parish, he kept his hand on the plough, and his heart on his work, and we cannot doubt fitted himself for the kingdom of heaven, and his Master, we cannot doubt, will find him other work in his new life . "

CAMBRIDGE LETTER. HE 'Varsity has lost several well-known members during the

T " Long ." Among these are Rev. G . E . Currie, who had been master of Jesus College since IS49, and a member of the University for seventy-two years ; Rev . E . W. i3lore, vice-master of Trinity ; Rev. A . 1V . 1V . Steel, senior tutor of Caius ; Lord Houghton, honorary Fellow of Trinity ; and R . Potts, Trinity, author of the well-known edition of Euclid. The election to the mastership of Jesus, which now rests with the Fellows, will take place on Saturday, Oct . 17th. Since last term, also, the revising barrister has pronounced upon the University claimants to the franchise . The net result is that resident M .A . 's who are not Fellows, and Fellows who are college officers are placed upon the register, while Fellows who hold no office, and all persons in stain pujil/ari are disqualified . An appeal is to be made against this decision, and a subscription list has been opened to defray the expenses connected with it. Turning to rowing, we can look back with pride on our successes at Henley . The Grand Challenge Cup, the Stewards ' Cup, and the Visitors' Challenge Cup all fell to us . These triumphs must have been a severe blow to those members of the metropolitan clubs who are in the habit of decrying University oarsmanship, and to those critics who annually, and almost daily about the time of the University boat race, inform the public, through the medium of the sporting papers, that any second-rate tideway crew could make an example of the picked University crews . At Marlow regatta, Swann and Churchill secured

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the senior and junior sculls respectively, and rowing together won the pairs . Third Trinity have this term received valuable accessions in the persons of Barclay and Mattlebury, who were both members of the Eton eight which won the Ladies' Plate so easily at Henley . Several fours are in practice for the ' Varsity fours, which should produce some good racing. Third Trinity are the pick of those at present out . The Freshmen's first impression of tubbing could not be very pleasant, as they had to try to row in drenching rain . Things have changed since the clay when (as we are calmly told in a reprint of the minutes of that club from 1827 to 1561) a Jesus crew did not go down to the races because it rained. Football is again in full swing . We have not heard of any very distinguished Rugby players among the Freshmen, unless we include Thomas, of Corpus, who is a Welsh international . Nine of our last year's Association team are still in residence, so that we may anticipate a successful season . Thirty-one matches have already been arranged, the first taking place on Oct . 21st, against Hendon . The match with Oxford is fixed for Feb . 24th. The number of O .P .'s here has been increased by the arrival of P . E . Lord, C. B . Clarke, T . H . Little, A . Spencer, A . M . Daniel, and T . H . Martin . We may as well give a full list of those who are now in residence :—A . Peters, F . E . Robinson, R. 'I' . E . Faussett, C . B . Clarke, Corpus ; L . E . Stevenson, C . Johnson, A . Spencer, Christ's ; E . A . Lane, Jesus ; A. Chadwick, 'I' . H . Martin, St . John's ; P . E . Lord, Clare; A . M . Daniel, Trinity ; M . S . Fox, Pembroke ; T . H . Little, Trinity Hall, We are glad to have Peters among us for another but . we fear, his last) term . Stevenson is captain of Christ' s Football Club, whilst F . E. Robinson and C . B . Clarke have been playing for Corpus . STOIC.

SCHOOL LETTER. In composing a school letter one cannot avoid some regrets at the thought of the changes which have been wrought in the school during the last few weeks . Eight members of last term's sixth form have left, besides several other fellows, who, thomgh perhaps not quite so conspicuous in the fields of learning, can ill be spared in the athletic line . Turning to football, which is, of course, the absorbing topic of

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the term, we find that only five of last year's choices are available, of whom J . Wilson has been elected captain, and R . Crawshaw, secretary. All last year's backs, with the exception of Crawshaw, have disappeared, and it is to be feared that their successors will lack both the experience and the size necessary to enable them to attain to their remarkable degree of excellence ; nevertheless, they play a very good and plucky game, and will doubtless greatly improve as the season advances . The forwards are an unusually light set, but work remarkably well together, and generally contrive to render a very good account of themselves. Altogether, considering the material there was to work upon, the team cannot but be considered a satisfactory one, and their merits are shown by the triumphant issue to which they succeeded in bringing their first two matches. There are, as usual, to be theatricals this term, and here again many of those who used to figure most prominently have departed. Several of the leading actors of last year are, however, available, and there is no reason why the performance should not be as successful as heretofore .

CORRESPONDENCE. Sir,,—As each successive summer's cricket leaves the ground in a worse condition than the year before, and each winters football adds enormously to the mischief, I beg to suggest a means of staying the wear and tear of the turf without depriving the school of a playground. For years we have been accustomed to desultory games of hockey and a spurious kind of Association . I write to advocate these two excellent games—excellent, at least, if played systematically and in accordance with rules . They have the following advantages : r . They do not injure the turf. a . They will be a welcome change to the monotony of " sides . " Rugby before dinner, Rugby before tea, Rugby after tea, Rugby the whole of every other afternoon . Even Rugby at last palls on its most frantic admirers . Indeed, after six weeks of it, it is hardly possible to infuse any spirit into a senior " side, " while the juniors ' games languish miserably. 3 . Both Association and hockey are more adapted for playing at odd hours, when changing is difficult, as there is no scrimmaging and collaring, so detrimental to the clothes of those engaged .

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4. Both, again, are games which necessitate activity and dexterity of motion, which Rugby almost entirely fails to impart to forwards . As a rule, they lumber along, like cart-horses, the moment they are freed from the scrimmage . Association materially keeps footwork and play in the open at Rugby. 5. Moreover, facilities for squabbling in them are reduced to a minimium, so that some future generation may learn to let this timehonoured custom die out, and cease to make a football match a mere Babel of "offside " and " thrown forward . " Rugby, therefore, should be forbidden on the cricket ground, and junior sides arranged for after the seniors . The increase in quality would compensate for the decrease in quantity . The goal posts on the cricket ground could easily be removed from the corners to the middle of the short sides, and boundaries marked with a chalk line . Association goals do well for hockey . The latter game should be played with composition balls the same size and weight as a cricket ball. I believe the suggested changes would greatly improve the Rugby game, of which I am an ardent admirer, and which I regret to see so frequently burlesqued through want of a little more care and a little more interest . The supply is far too great for the demand . No wonder, then, there comes so soon a great depression over it .—I remain, yours sincerely, AN OLD FORWARD.

The Editors have much pleasure in acknowledging, with thanks, the following school magazines : — " Alleynnian, " " Barrovian," " Leodiensian, " " Lily " (2) ; " LorettOman " (2) ; " Reading School Magazine ;" " Sutton Valence ; " "Stamfordian . "

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PETERITE. DECEMBER, 1885 .

No . 56.

THEATRICALS. T this time it may not be inopportune to lay before the readers of the

A Peterite a short discussion on the good or bad which Theatricals effect in a school . It might be supposed that no question could ever be raised as to the benefits Theatricals confer, but many objections have been made to Theatrical representations, even in a school, and even when plays such as Shakespeare's have been acted . Some have said the "stage " has a harmful tendency—school Theatricals encourage the taste for acting and the " stage," therefore, they too are harmful and we cannot countenance them . This launches us at once upon the much vexed question of the influence of the public theatres, whether it is for good or for evil . The ideal object of the " stage " is to amuse and at the same time instruct . No doubt the plays acted in many Theatres are coarse, and some even blasphemous, but ought we, because a part is baneful, to condemn the whole ; some, nay many, books of fiction are just as coarse and blasphemous, and yet nobody would ;say that no books of fiction ought to be read because some are bad . It is the associations of the theatre, not the theatre itself, that have brought it in some cases into disrepute . Another objection that has been offered is, that the effect on the actors (especially when at a school) is far from being for good ; that to bring boys prominently before large audiences is calculated to increase their idea of their own importance—in a word to make them conceited . This is much open to question, but could not the same be said of the recitations, glees, speeches, etc ., with which at so many schools the friends and parents are annually tortured? The last objection which we shall deal with is, that when there are so many other forms of entertainment which none disapprove of, why adopt one which, though it may please the majority, is displeasing to many ? To this it may be replied that if we

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proceed on this plan of trying to please everybody, there is nothing in the world that some people will not object to, and it would be foolish to yield to the scruples of a few. The representation of the " Eumenides" at Cambridge was censured by the Record ; can it be said that because this representation met with the disapproval of some it ought never to have taken place ? But against these objections, even supposing them all to be unanswerable as far as they go, there are many counterbalancing advantages that must be taken into account . School is not the same as home, where it is much easier to find employment in the long winter evenings . When a number of boys arc thrown together after dark, with little or nothing to occupy them, they will naturally ; as often as not, amuse themselves by very unprofitable means. The numbers engaged by a theatrical representation as actors, scene shifters, call boys, etc ., render it the very remedy required for this idleness by furnishing interesting employment . Further the lessons of confidence and elocution learned may often prove of the greatest service in after life . It must be far better for boys to learn at school to speak so as to be heard, than afterwards when they are called upon for some reason to speak for the first time before a large audience. Then, apart from all selfish ends, it can hardly be supposed that actors will, night after night, attend long rehearsals for the mere sake of appearing three times at the most before an audience and gaining credit for themselves . The Theatricals are a school institution, and are supported as such . If the performance is a successful one, honour accrues to the school ; patriotism then, if we may say so, is also engendered and encouraged. Again, if Theatricals in a school bring out a taste for acting and the " stage, " they also bring out a taste for poetry ; many who otherwise would scarcely, if ever, read or know anything of Shakespeare ' s plays, are thus led to study them, and to find a pleasure they would not otherwise have gained . That the school Theatricals are as a rule success- r ful is shewn by the large and enthusiastic audiences which crowd to see them . Year by year it is found impossible to issue tickets enough to satisfy the demand . The Dean of York, speaking of the performance of 1884, declared it to be one of the best amateur performances he had ever seen . Now such a degree of excellence has been attained, let us hope that it will be kept up, and that the performance of 1885 may be as successful as its predecessors . That the annual play is of the

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greatest service to the school few will doubt, and many will, I think, echo the wish that the year when the Theatricals shall be no more, is, if it come at all, to use Mr . Gladstone ' s phrase, "looming in the distant vista of the future ." SHYLOCK.

SCHOOL LETTER. INCE last we undertook to write a school letter much has happened

S and the term is already growing old . After many consultations and meetings the "Goodnatured Man " (Goldsmith) was chosen as the play to be represented at this year's Theatricals, and for the past six weeks rehearsals have been going steadily forward under thc able guidance of the Rev . H . M . Stephenson and Mr . Yeld . Captain Lindberg has .kindly undertaken to paint the new scenery for the school, and we take this opportunity of thanking him for the time and trouble he is giving. In spite of the rather gloomy forebodings which were set forth in our last number with regard to the football team, they have achieved a very fair amount of success . This, considering the fact that so few of the members of the old team remained, is very creditable, and must he put down in a great measure to the energy which fellows have shown in attendance at the "pick up ." Though we were defeated by Durham .Grammar School, the defeat was not a disgrace . Our opponents retained the services of nine of the team which last year drew with us, and yet, playing a really good game, only achieved their victory by a .goal and a try and several minor points . But we are not writing accounts of matches and had better not enter into further particulars. We must, however, mention with regret the accident Crawshaw met with in this match, which may in some degree interfere with his acting. The nights for the Theatricals have been fixed as Saturday, the 19th, and Monday, 21st of December . The next important event looming in the future (it may be past by the time this appears in print) is the match with the " Old Boys ." Rumour says they are going to bring a tremendously strong team ; however, rumour always makes the most of things, and we hope for the best . Fortunes may even yet smile upon us . We have a new contribution to the Peten''te this time in the shape of an Edinburgh Letter . There are several old Peterites now in

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residence there, and we hope news from them may be agreeable to our readers .

OXFORD LETTER. XFORD has had plenty of excitement during the past term . Of

O course Football has engrossed most attention . The team is not

nearly as good as it was last year, and the places of Tristram, Wade, Rotherham, and Asher have been hard to fill up satisfactorily . Lindsay is captain, and is always good . Wordsworth is a very useful threequarters, and will no doubt improve . Surtees and Mangin at half were very good, but unfortunately the latter had his shoulder injured late in the season, and was unable to play against Cambridge . His loss, together with Blair's, who put his knee out in the first match, ruined our chances of success against the sister University, and, under the circumstances, a defeat by two tries to nil was by no means to be wondered at . Blyth,. Boswell, and Cleveland are, perhaps, the pick of the forwards .. Christopherson, Rashleigh, Wheeler, and hey were all tried at back, but none gave satisfaction . Sutherland would have been a worthy successor of Tristram, but was only able to play in one match . In. College matches Wilson has greatly distinguished himself, and has been most unfortunate in not having been able to play in the Picked. Fifteens ; but he is sure to get the chance next term, and I for one expect to see him represent his University before the end of the season.. The Coxwainless Fours and Trial Eights are things of the past and almost forgotten . The former ended in a victory for Magdalen, who were stroked by Girdlestone and steered by Unwin, over New with Fothergill at stroke . The brothers Maclean did their best to gain New the victory, but Girdlestone' s stroking and Unwin's steering put this out of their reach . The winning Trial Eight was stroked by Robertson, of Wadham . Neither boat was especially good, but the swollen state of the river prevented coaching from the bank for a long, time . College races have occupied a good deal of the term . We saw Grindrod stroking a Lincoln Four, and Rhodes and Wilson were in their winning College Four . Most of the colleges had torpids out after the fours were over. The election caused a good deal of excitement . Conservatives were returned for the University of City of Oxford, but the county divisions .

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returned Liberals . A supporter of Viscount Valentia, the Conservative candidate for one of the divisions, was killed in an attack on the Viscount's carriage . On the 5th of November the High was the scene of great disorder, though numbers of extra policemen had been engaged to keep order . The Proctors were very busy. The Freshmen's sports were more successful than they have been of late years, and brought out some very good talent . Le Maitre, of St. John's, an old Merchant Taylor's man, won the quarter in 52 secs . ; the hundred yards in a little over ro, and the long jump with a jump of over 2E feet . Burd, of Keble, won the high jump with 5ft . 6?in ., and Cross (New) the mile in 4 min . 42 secs. During last week or so we were visited by King Frost, and as the whole of Port Meadow was flooded, there was splendid skating . Among the Peterites now at Oxford we notice W . G . Wilson and H . W . Rhodes (Worcester), A . Wade (All Souls), and Grindrod .(Keble) . W . C . O.

CAMBRIDGE LETTER. IRST must I sing of thee, 0 Cam, and the heroes who have lately

F stirred thy mud to its lowest depths . I refer to the races for the Colquhouns, won by Cowper-Smith, of First Trinity, after a grand struggle with Symonds, who in turn defeated the great ex-president Churchill. Symond ' s victory over Churchill was a surprise to many, but he deserved to win after his plucky and determined sculling. The trials this year seem to be very good . In Bicknell's crew the veteran Fairbairn is rowing 7, while his brother occupies No . 5 thwart. Bristowe ' s crew, however, are favourites, and this stroke 's long, steady swing will no doubt land his crew first at the winning post. The great 'Varsity undertaking this turn is the performance of the "Eumenides ." Miss Case, of Girton, takes the part of the ` Divine Athena,' and a very lovely goddess she is . Pollock, of King's, makes a very handsome Apollo ; while the Furies' costumes and the scenery are capital . Dr. Stanford's music is much admired and suits the subject admirably . Marshall of Kings (an O .P. I believe) helps with his fine voice to swell the cries of the Furies eager for blood and thunder .

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The Burgh Election was a huge spree . We hear that an O .1' ., well known in football circles, formed one of a gallant band who trudged down to Barnwell to knock Toryism into (or rather on to) the heads of the dwellers in that peaceful spot . We were glad, however, to see him return alive from the fray, leading an enthusiastic rabble round the market-place . On high he reared a banner of pink and white . Thrice was it borne to the earth and thrice was it again hoisted in triumph, but the Radicals, by a more determined rush, tore it to shreds, and the bare pole alone fluttered in the breeze . Later on a mud-bespattered undergraduate, capless and gownless, was seen creeping homewards to lay to rest his wearied limbs . Fitzgerald, the successful candidate, is an old Cambridge oar, and well deserved his victory, as his straightforwardness in answering questions was a pleasing contrast to the shuffling tactics adopted by his Radical opponent. The Inter-'Varsity match, on the 16th, will be very even, according to `the talent .' The Cambridge backs play a splendid, united game, and the forwards, when they like, are a grand lot . Witness their play against the crack clubs, Blackheath and Richmond . Clarke plays in his College Team, and Spencer, at Christ' s is an excellent half-back. Since writing the above, news has come to hand that Johnson, Little, and Fausset were each successful in their respective trial eights. We wish them joy of their `pots,' and may they drink St . Peter's health in copious draughts of the `mild October brew .' CA I,LEH.

EDINBURGH LETTER. HE time the Editors have given me, in which to write a letter for

T the " Peterite " is so very limited that there is not much time to

hunt up news . Football is the all-absorbing topic up here . The " 'Varsity" team this year is exceptionally strong, both forward and behind . Out of seven matches played three have been drawn and four won, the game against Bradford being one of those drawn . We are, I believe, to try conclusions with Oxford on December 18th ; our prospect on the whole looks bright . A c0 Plebiscite" has lately been taken in all the Faculties of the ' Varsity, in order to ascertain the number of those in favour of wearing caps and gowns . I for one am glad to see there was a large majority in their favour . In all probability'

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the Medical Faculty will be distinguished by red tassels worn in the caps. Madame Marie Roze, during her stay in Edinburgh, was so kind as to come and sing before a large assembly of undergraduates. The reception accorded her was of the most enthusiastic kind . On her departure from Edinburgh she was accompanied by over two thousand ` 'Varsity " men who went to the station and saw her off . A torchlight procession was given by the undergraduates early last month, in honour of our new Principal, Sir William Muir . Amongst the old Peterites up here I have noticed L . A . Ryott, J . Thorney, W . T. Murray, A . Lister, and R . D . C . Rose. EIMAC.

BIRTH. On October zznd, at Bishop's College Lodge, Toronto, Lennoxville, Canada, the wife of Rev . Thos . Adams, of a son.

CORRESPONDENCE. To THE EDITORS OF THE PETERITE. DEAR SIRS, — Will you permit me to make a few remarks on the Cambridge Letter published in your last issue, more especially that part of it which has reference to the O .P . contingent up here . If it were not that a list of that body is given your readers might be inclined to think that the only college in Cambridge, which can claim any old members of St . Peter' s, is Corpus . Certainly they are told that Stevenson is captain of Christ's F .C ., but they are not told the more interesting fact that he still continues one of the leading 'Varsity forwards . It might be imagined that Corpus alone has of the S .P.S. football men, whereas Johnson and Spencer play regularly for Christ 's, Lord occasionally for Clare, and Daniel for Trinity Rest (the last named under Association rules) . Your correspondent's silence on this point might lead readers to suppose that men up here forget the lessons taught on York football fields . Before leaving the football references in the letter I should like to point out that Thomas of Corpus is not the only distinguished Rugby player among the freshmen . Granted he

CORRESPONDENCE. 92 is a Welsh International, but he has not yet appeared for the 'Varsity, while Duncan, of Clare, has played in every match, and Leake, of Selwyn, in all but one ; both played for the two Universities v . London, and are as certain, as can be, to obtain their Blues. With regard to rowing, your readers are favoured with a paragraph cribbed word for word from the " Cambridge Review" (as are also the two paragraphs which precede it, more or less), but hear nothing of Peterite oarsmen . May I then venture to state that Lane is rowing two in one of the Jesus trials, and Little seven in one of the Halls boats, while Robinson, Fausset, and Clarke (and I wonder this fact was omitted) have figured in the Corpus crews . Peters too occasionally coaches the men of that College . Hoping you will be able to insert C . T. this .—I remain, yours very truly, [It is only due to the writer of the letter which is criticised by our correspondent to say that it was not published for some time after received by us, which may account for some of the faults he finds. —ED .]

To THE EDITORS OF THE PETERITE. DEAR SIRS,—How is it that the day boys take so little interest in our football matches? The attendance of the boarders is wretched enough, and much smaller than at any other public school, but still it is better than that of the day boys . At Leeds and Durham the boys turn out in force to cheer their XV ., but at St. Peter' s what is most conspicuous by its absence is enthusiasm . There are more than eighty day boys who do not live at a very great distance from the football field, and yet, as a rule, no more than half a dozen turn up at a match, and these generally amuse themselves with a ball at the bottom end of the field, perfectly oblivious of the fact that a match is going on in which their own school is taking a part . It cannot be that they are ashamed of their XV ., since, during the term that has just come to an end, its achievements have been most gratifying . Instead of having, as it was at first thought we should have, a remarkably weak team, we have a very good one, which has won the majority of its matches, beating such teams as the Yorkshire College, Leeds Grammar School, and many others . But while I am mentioning the attendance at the football matches, it must be remembered that the same lack of esprit

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(le carps is to be noticed during the boating and cricket seasons . Day 'boys, wake up ! and do not let it be said that, though numerically the strongest, you are really the weakest portion of the school. I am, yours truly, A SORROWFUL DAY BOY. To TIIE EDITORS OF THE PETERITE. DEAR SIRS,—Is nothing going to be done to improve the turf in the

cricket field ? Now is the time to set about renewing it . It must be evident to all who played on the ground last season that something must be done, and done now . The cost of renewing some of the centre would not be very heavy, and by a little exertion on the part of the Cricket Committee the difficulty might be surmounted . Those who had anything to do with making the pitches last summer soon dis, covered how difficult it was to find a decent bit of turf, and in the coming season it will assuredly be much worse. I remain, yours truly, O . P. FOOTBALL.

v. OLD BOYS .

SEPT . 26, 1885.

the first match of the season, and resulted in a victory THISforwas the School by r goal and tries to i goal and i try, to the 2

great satisfaction of Peterites generally . The School kicked off, and for some time play was confined to the centre . However—thanks to Lord's kicking —the ball was transferred to the School 25," and Lord, by a neat dribble, gained a try and landed a beautiful goal. After the ball had been restarted, Gabb gained a try, but the attempt at goal was a failure . F. Ware then secured a second try for the Past, but no goal resulted . J. E . Gofton, however, soon equalised matters by gaining a try right behind, and Crosthwaite kicked a goal . After half-time play was even, until 2 minutes before time Crawshaw made a good run, and then transferred the ball to Huffam, who gained a third try for the School by a good run from half-way . The teams were : SCHOOL. W . K, Procter (back), R . Crawshaw, L. Huffam, J . A . Dunkerley (threequarters), A . Rose, C . Haynes (half-backs), J. G . Nilson, R . Crosthwaite, W . S . Gofton, J . E . Gofton, F . Bulman, W . Gabb, C . Faber . H . McClellan, H, Rouse (forwards),

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OLD BOYS. G . H . Wade (back), P . E . Lord, H. W . Rhodes, A . II. Daniel (threequarters), W . G . Wilson, E . A. Lane (half-backs), 11 . B . Clayforth, E . W. Clayforth, G . E . Crawshaw, L . T . Crawshaw, C . R . Lane, C . B . Clarke, F . Ware, A . Wade, (torwards) .

v . Mr . J . ROB'S TEAM . OcT.

After the kick off, play was for some time carried on in neutral ground, but eventually the School was compelled to touch-down. After the drop out the School forwards, working well together, made a good rush, and J . G. Wilson secured a try, but the kick was unsuccessful . The School still continued to press their opponents, and after some hard play, a series of fine passes between Gofton, Faber, and Haynes, enabled the latter to gain a try ; no goal however resulted. After the drop out, J . E . Gofton outpaced his opponents, and grounded the ball right behind . Crosthwaite kicked a goal . After half-time W. G . Wilson, by a fine run through the thick of his opponents, gained a try behind the posts, from which Rob kicked a goal . Directly after, the same player picked up in the middle of the field, and after a good run passed to Rhodes, who got in, but the ball was called back for previous informality. No further point was gained, the School thus winning by r goal and 2 tries to r goal . The School team was the same practically as in the first match, the only change being Whaley for Rouse . W. Robb's team consisted of F . Ware (back), H . W . Rhodes, H . W . Dixon, E . Antrohus (three-quarters),' W. G . Wilson, W . Robb (half-backs), H . C . B. Clayforth, E. W . Clayforth, C . B . Clarke, A . Wade, H . Sedgwick, W . Keswick, L . Twyford, and two others; (forwards) .

v . BEVERLEY .

OCT . 3.

This match was played at Beverley . The School won the toss, and played with a fairish breeze at their backs . The Beverley forwards niade some good dribbles, but lost in the pack what they gained in the open . Notwithstanding, the forwards played a very fine game, the play was chiefly confined to the School quarters . Brough and Whittaker made some good sprints, but no point was obtained up to half-time . Immediately after a fresh start had been made, Procter,

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who had before played exceedingly well, waited too long before kicking, and his kick being charged down, Brough obtained a try, but the kick, though an easy one, was a failure . The School then played up, and Huffam all but dropped a goal . Just before time Calvert made a good run, and got a try far out, from which Brough kicked a beautiful goal. Beverley winning by I goal and I try to nil.

v. Si'. JOAN'S COLLEGE .

OCT . 6.

This match was played in pouring rain, which seemed to take all the heart out of the School, who were completely out of it in the mud. After the previous good form their feeble exhibition was most disappointing and at the same time ridiculous . St . John's obtained no less than a goals and 8 tries, Barry, Horbury, and Dixon doing most execution .

v . H . W . RHODES'S X.V. OcT. 8. The School won the toss, and elected to play against the wind. 'Rhodes kicked off for the visitors, and Wilson following hard up dribbled the ball down the field, a minor point being the result, Procter kicking it dead . Huffam dropped out, and after a few scrimmages Stevenson picked up the ball, and making a good run along the touchline, obtained a try right behind the posts . No goal, however, resulted. The hall was re-started, but a few minutes later W . G . Wilson made a fine run and obtained a try . The kick was again a failure . After half-time the School pressed their opponents considerably, and J . G. Wilson oblained a try for the School ; another try was soon after obtained by J . E . Gofton right behind, but the kick was charged down. Stevenson and W. G . Wilson made some fine runs, but were well stopped by Dunkerley, whose tackling throughout was very fine. Shortly before time Holmes by a good run obtained a try in a favourable position, and Robb kicked a goal . The visitors thus won by I goal and 3 tries to 3 tries . Rhodes ' s team : Barry (hack), L. E . Stevenson, II . W . Rhodes, J . Rob (three-quarters), W . G . Wilson, Holmes (half-backs), Rev . C . W. Gilbert, S . Atkinson,. B. W. Clayforth, II . It. Clayforth, Scdgwick, Gray, G. H . Wade, and A. Wade .

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v. R . D . C. ROSE'S XV .

OCT. 20.

Gay kicked off for the visitors, and Crawshaw returned neatly into touch . The ball was then rushed down to the School 25, when it was passed to Gay, who made a very good attempt at goal, from which a touch-down resulted . The ball was dropped out by Gofton, and Gay picking up made a fine run within a few yards of the line, when Procter tackled him well. After a lot of scrimmages, in which the School forwards showed to great advantage, the ball was transferred to the other 25 . A pass to J . E . Gofton enabled him to cross the line after a good run . The place, which was taken by W. S . Gofton, was a very difficult one, but he landed a splendid goal . Soon after this Rose by a splendid dodging run from half-way obtained a try right behind. Burkill kicked a nice goal . After the ball had been re-started it was kept well in the visitors' 25, Rouse and Crosthwaite, who played an excellent game throughout, being very prominent . Half-time was shortly `after called . After the kick off the School were pressed considerably, mainly owing to the exertions of Gay, Rose, and Burkill . However, by a capital rush of the School forwards, the ball was carried down the field, and Wilson nearly obtained a try, but was collared on the line . Rose made a good run, but was well tackled by Dunkerley, and the visitors' lines were again threatened, a series of scrimmages taking place close to the line. About eight minutes from time Crosthwaite rushed the ball over and gained a try. The kick was taken by W . S .Gofton, but was charged down . No sooner had the ball been re-started when Crawshaw crossed the line, but was pushed into touch-in-goal . Time was soon afterwards called, leaving the School victorious by r goal and i try to r goal. Rose's team consisted of Evesham (back), J . K . Gay, R . D. C . Rose, F . Ware (three-quarters R. Wood, S . P . Burkill (half-backs), Rev . C . W . Gilbert, P. A . Gamble, G . H . Wade, \Vatkinson, Carr, F . H . Greenhow, W. Ford, W. Murray, and Trafford (forwards).

v . ST . JOHN'S COLLEGE .

OCT. 31.

This, the return match, was played on the School ground and resulted in a win for our opponents . The result was perhaps in some degree due to the disheartening effect of our former crushing defeat at their hands . The goal, which they secured, was gained during the

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first five minutes play, while during the rest of the game they were unable to score, though the school was repeatedly compelled to touch down . When time was called the College were left victorious by r goal and 6 minor points to nil. Dixon, who gained their try, was the best of the College backs, Hoperaft and Coward of the forwards. For the School, Crawshaw (behind) and Wilson (forward) played a very good game . St. John's team : Barry (back), Dixon, Horbury, (Capt .) and Iredale (three-quarter backs), Holmes and Worthington (half-backs), Atkinson, Blakey, Coward, Gray, Hoperaft, Langrick . Nettleton, Toms, and Verity (forwards).

v. LEEDS MEDICALS . Nov. 21. This match was played on the Leeds ground, and resulted in a victory for the School by 2 tries to nothing ; the ground was in a very unfavourable condition for fast play, owing to its being extremely sticky and muddy . For some time the game was very equal, play for the most part being confined to the forwards ; Crawshaw then made a fine run, dodging his opponents, in splendid style, and obtained a try, which, however, was disallowed owing to previous informality . Soon after this, Dunkerly gained a try, rounding his opponents in fine form. Gofton made a good attempt at goal but failed, the kick being a difficult one . No sooner had the ball been restarted than the School forwards, headed by Wilson, made a fine dribble, and Haynes carried the ball over the line . The kick, however, again failed. When the ball was restarted after half-time, the School pressed their opponents hard, but the Medical backs relieved their side with fine kicks . The School was then, in turn, slightly pressed, but the forwards carried the ball back into their opponents' territory . Shortly before the call of time, Dunkerly dropped a splendid goal . which was, however, disallowed . Time was soon after called, leaving the School victorious by 2 tries to nil.

v . HARROGATE COLLEGE . Nov. 26. The above match was played on the School ground, and resulted in a win . The day was a miserably wet one, and consequently not many spectators turned up . The School played up first half and

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immediately began to press their opponents . After some scrimmages in their 25, Crosthwaite by a good dribble gained a try, which W . Gofton converted into a goal . When the ball was restarted, play was more equal and the School were in their turn pressed, Jackson, who played very well throughout, obtaining a try for Harrogate, this was, however, not improved upon . J . E . Gofton was the next to score but the kick failed . Half time was soon called, the School being then a goal ahead . When play was resumed the School had it all their own way . J . Wilson gained 2 tries in quick succession, but in both cases the kick failed . A try was then obtained by W . Gofton, but again no goal resulted from the kick . Nothing further was scored, and at time the School was left victorious by t goal and 4 tries to t try.

v . LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL . Nov . 28. The above match was played at Leeds . St . Peters played with the wind the first half . For some time the ball was kept in the Leeds 25, until J . Gofton made a fine run and got a try right behind, from which Crosthwaite kicked a goal . After a fresh start had been made, Leeds played up harder, and Boultbee made a good run but was called back for previous informal play . Faber from a pass by Hutchings was the next to obtain a try, from which, however, no goal resulted. Crawshaw directly afterwards made a splendid run, gaining another try, from which Crosthwaite kicked a second goal . No further point was obtained up to half-time ; the score then being, St . Peter 's a goals r try to nil. On a fresh start being made, a series of holly contested scrimmages took place, Potter, time after time, falling on the ball in a most plucky manner . St . Peter's, however, pulled themselves together, and W . Gofton forcing his way over the line obtained a try right behind, from which Crawshaw kicked a goal . Nothing further was scored, and time found St . Peter ' s victorious by 3 goals and 2 tries to nil. The nature of the ground, which was not remarkable for its evenness, and the high wind which was blowing greatly militated against good play, kicking and passing being made almost impossible. LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Smith (back), Boultbee, Whincup, and Ganc (three-quarter backs), Potter and Brown (half-backs), Seaton, Heys, IIay, Newton, Toad, Courn, Leargoyd, Jones, and March (forwards) .

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v . DURI-IAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL .

99 DEC . 3.

The above match was played on our own ground . St. Peter ' s won the toss and elected to play up-hill . The game was soon transfered to the York 25, where a number of scrimmages took place . The ball was gradually worked up to the centre, but good kicks by Miller and Alderson brought it back again . Picking up the ball out of a loose , scrimmage, Sadler dashed over the line, and secured a try for Durham, which was converted into a goal by a splendid kick . No further point was obtained before half-time . The kick-off was well returned, and for a little while play was confined to the centre, until Crawshaw made a grand run but was tackled by the back . Good runs by Miller and Alderson brought the ball to the York 25, and Alderson soon afterwards charging down a kick of Dunkerly's obtained a try right behind, which was, however, not improved upon. Crawshaw immediately after discolated his shoulder and had to retire-from the game. Durham then compelled the School to touch down several times, and when time was called were left victorious by 1 goal r try and several minor points to nil.

The second N .V . have played two matches this term . In the first, against Enfield College, they were victorious, gaining 4 goals and 3 tries to nil. In the second, against a scratch team got up by S . P. Burkill, Esq. Each side scored a goal and a try, the goal of the scratch team being dropped.

NOTES AND ITEMS. W. Y . Faussett has been ordained Deacon by the Bishop of Manchester. Third Hussars, Captain A . A . W . Bright-Smith, has been seconded for service in the Army Pay Department .—Gacctte. Commander A . F. St . Clair, R .N ., to be Captain .—Gazelle. Rev. C . E . Storrs, Vicar of Snaith to be Vicar of St . Paul's, Bedminster .

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W. H. Holmes has been elected to a classical exhibition of Z. 2o a year at Durham University .— [We must apologise for not inserting this sooner, but it was omitted last number through an oversight .—En .] G . H . Eyre has been playing for Durham County. E. H . Pickersgill, B.A, (London) and barrister, has been elected M .P . for Bethnal Green, in the Liberal interest . In 1868 he was placed first of 90 successful candidates in a Civil Service Exam ., and received an appointment in the Post Office . He was elected a free scholar of the school in 1865, and was called to the Bar in 1884. William Barber, Q .C ., was Liberal candidate for Eastern Division of Wilts ., but was unsuccessful . He was elected a foundation Scholar of St . Peter's in 1847, and an Exhibitioner of Worcester Coll ., Oxford, in 1852 . He was called to the Bar in 1862, elected Q .C . in 1882, and Bencher of Lincoln's Inn in 1885. J . P. Hubbersty, B .A ., has passed the Intermediate Exam . of the Law Society. E . H . Greenhow, Clarsley ' s Hall, Oxford, has taken his M .A. Alan Gray, M .A ., Trinity Coll ., Cam ., has passed the Final Exam. of Mus . Bac .

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Pr.TF,Rl'I'E. Von. VII .

SUPPLEMENT, 1885 .

No . 57.

EDITORIAL. HE first task of the Editors in introducing this Peterite to the world is to apologise for its not appearing sooner . This they hasten to do, and express hopes they may not be found so remiss in the future. The number of Peterites which we issued last year was incomplete, and this number is therefore added as a supplement to those of 1885 . The fact that we appeared in print on the last day of last term seems almost to preclude the possibility of a School Letter, so we will say here all that is to be said of School news . The Theatricals passed off as successfully as ever, on both nights there was a goodly assemblage, among whom were a large number of old boys, on the second night we saw with pleasure the Dean was present . The prologue, written by Mr. Yeld, was this year delivered in the form of a dialogue between the three ladies of the play, who over their tea discussed the doings of the school during the past year, we regret that we cannot give it to our readers . The football season is, we believe, not properly at an end, some matches having been arranged for this term, but as the Christmas term is always our football term par excellence, we give further on a short review of the past with the characters of last term ' s team . Another matter which lies near to the editorial heart we would fain speak of. The Peterite professes to be the Magazine of the school, and yet beyond the ordinary school news, we rarely or never receive any contributions to it from any one in the school, and though the school is now composed in a greater proportion than formerly of day boys, we believe there are only about fifteen of these who subscribe ; surely it might be possible to improve on this state of things. And now having given this word of introduction we will leave tie readers of the P tcrite in other and better hinds which have written for us on the play, football, and other subjects .

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THE GOOD-NATURED MAN. HAVE been asked by the Editors of the Peterite to write a criticism on the performance of " The Good-Natured Man ." Such a literary effort I have never aspired to before, and I must therefore crave the indulgence of my readers, and ask them to look with leniency on any defects or omissions which may be but too palpable to their experienced eyes. The play selected was Goldsmith's " Good-Natured Man, " and the selection was amply justified by the result . The piece was intelligently and successfully performed, and the way in which every part was acted spoke volumes for the careful attention and assiduous instruction which the actors had received both from Mr . Stephenson and Mr . Veld, to whom the school owes a great debt of gratitude for the success which has always attended the school theatricals ; and speaking generally of the whole performance it was as good as ever it has been in former years. I never remember a better trio of ladies than Egginton, Metcalfe, and Stephenson, and very seldom have they been as good ; they acted and looked their parts to perfection—a very difficult matter for a boy on the stage ; and here I think we may recognise the result of Mrs . Stephenson's training. The way in which Miss Richland used her fan was capital . As usual the performance was rather better on the second night than on the first, the actors exhibiting more confidence and finish in their acting and greater clearness in their enunciation. The new scenery, for which the school was indebted to Mr . Lindberg, was beautifully painted, and was worked without a single hitch so far as the audience could see, and I was not behind the scenes. To criticise the individual characters, CRAWSHAW as Mr. Honeyzeood was unfortunately handicapped by having hurt his collar-bone at football, which compelled him to wear his arm in a sling, but in spite of that difficulty he performed his part exceedingly well . His conduct to Miss Richland was courteous and unassuming, and this character he kept up all through ; a little more vigour perhaps might have been thrown into the scene, where he finds no one will listen to his explanations, with advantage. CROSTH\AITE, as Mr. Croaker, had a capital part, and seemed thoroughly to enjoy and enter into it . His lugubrious predictions and prayers invariably brought down the house, and he appeared to be

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thoroughly at home on the stage . The success of the play was largely due to his vigorous acting. WAUD, as Mr. Lofty, more perhaps than anyone else gave evidence of the pains which had been taken with him, and of the care with which he himself had studied his part . It was plain that he had great difficulties to surmount in making himself heard distinctly, as he has a tendency to run all his words together ; for example, Mr . Lofty would never have said int'rest instead of interest . But both in acting and enunciation he showed a marked improvement on the second night, and was decidedly one of the best characters in the play. DUNKERLY, as Sir TViiliam llomrywood, was fair, but his acting was rather tame and spiritless . Several times he came too far forward and so placed himself outside the picture, a fault on the right side—as amateur actors generally fight shy of the footlights—but a little too noticeable in this case. HAYNES, as Leontine, had perhaps the most difficult part in the play, and at times he hardly seemed to understand his character : but his acting in one scene, where he and Olivia are alone with Mr. Croaker, was distinctly spirited and vigorous, his stammering and hesitation being most effective, whilst the scene with his father and Miss Richland was also well conceived and worked out. RosE was a very good impersonation of Jarvis ; GOFTON seemed to be quite at home in the Butler's part ; and BLOOMFIELD was very amusing as the Port Boy with his broad Yorkshire dialect and the injured air with which he took his beating. To turn to the ladies, EGGINTON made a capital Miss Richland, and both spoke and acted her part wonderfully well . Her management of her dress and fan was simply perfect. " She might have been a girl" was a remark heard more than once amongst the audience. Every word was distinctly spoken without being forced, and her manner and behaviour to Mr . Iloneywood and Leontine perfectly natural. C . METCALFE, as Olivia, was apparently a little nervous, and not quite so mach at home as Miss Richland was, but apart from that her character was well studied and sustained, and her enunciation left nothing to be desired . She looked uncommonly well, her dresses suiting her admirably. STEPHENSON, as Mrs. Croaker, had hardly a feminine voice, but quite realised her part as Mr . Croaker ' s wife, doing anything but look on the mournful side of life .

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In conclusion, what struck me most was the uniform excellence of the acting, and the clearness and distinctness with which the actors one and all spoke their parts ; a point which is often lost sight of among amateurs without careful instruction during the rehearsals . Once more the thanks of all Peterites are due to Mr . Veld for his untiring exertions on the stage and off it, and for the active interest he has taken in the Theatricals for so many years . They undoubtedly form another link between Past and Present Peterites, as is attested by the increasing number of Old Peterites who annually turn up for the theatricals, and who were present in stronger force than ever this year, and I can only hope that the School Theatricals will be as successful in future years as. they have been in years gone by . REMEX.

TIIE CAST R . CRAWSIIAW.

Mr. Honeywood Mr . Croaker

R . CROSTIIWAITE.

Lofty

G. C . WV'AUD.

Sir William IIoneywood ..

J . A . DITN1 ERI .v.

Leontine

C . HAYNES.

Jarvis

Butler

A. Ross. W. S . GoEToN. II . T . MCCLELLAN.

Dubardieu . . Post Boy

II . BLOOMFIELD.

Miss Richland Olivia

A. G . EGGINTON. C . METCALFE.

Mrs. Croaker Garnet

E. STEI'IIENSON. F. C . MCCLELLAN.

E. PROCTER.

Landlady THE STAFF. Stage Manager

G. YELD, ESI ~.

Prompter .

W. H . IIoLmEs.

Under Prompter ..

Property Man Hon . Sec . . .

R. CRA\SIIAW.

R . ALLAN. II . B. I\ERSIIAW.

The general arrangements were carried out by a committee consisting of R . Crosthwaite, J . G . Wilson, and H . Bloomfield . R. Crawshaw acted as secretary, while Captain Lindberg painted the new scenery .

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The following verses were written on the play by a distinguished iO .P . . 0 sweet English story-teller with thy childish careless ways, With thy large heart and the treasures of thy fancy that we praise, Thee we honoured in our childhood, listened to thy patriot rhymes, Felt our own hearts stirred within us in less patriotic times ; Saw fair Auburn once more peopled, saw again the village school, Took our places there and trembled at the paedagogic rule ; Sorrowed with the house of Wakefield, in their pleasures took a part, Learned to love the kindly Vicar, simple mind and truest heart. O to shut our eyes, forgetting all the stir that marks the date, Wake to find it January seventeen hundred sixty-eight ; Wake to find it Covent Garden, Colman's players on the stage, Wigs and lace and ruffles round us, dresses of another age. Surely that is Doctor Johnson with the supercilious stare ! At his side the faithful Boswell wears a mild attentive air. And not far off, vainly trying to look unconcerned and gay, Yes, it is the poet surely !—gorgeously attired to-day In a new suit of silk breeches and a coat of Tyrian hue. (May the drama be successful and the tailor get his due !) 0 to join the after-party, hear the Doctor's measured praise, Laugh at Goldsmiths comic singing and his quaint ungainly ways, Stay when all but these had parted, see the burst of tears that came— "Doctor, no one knows my tortures"--then with gentle words proclaim All our reverence, all our pity—" Uninvited we are come Children of a later century : shall our lips be therefore dumb? Strange our garb and strange our faces, nowise strangers yet are we ; We have know n and loved thee, poet, and we tell the things to be. Soon the critic's spite shall perish and the world forget his name, With the country that thou lovest co-eternal is thy fame, Lo, we bear thee for assurance branch of bay-tree's blossoming. Crown thy brows, 0 poet, conscious this is wtsnosr—so to sing That sad hearts be charmed a little to forget the cold worlds spite, And the children's hearts be gladdened with an innocent delight. Better is the praise of ages than the plaudits of a year, And the gratitude of children far outweighs the cynic's sneer ." J . H . P . F.

ON MEDDLING.

" T 0 Meddle," we are told, means etymologically speaking "to mix," so that meddling would mean committing the error of mixing up one ' s own affairs with other people's ; and this in the prima .facie view constitutes the fault of it. The real difficulty, however, is to keep things separate : one has no occasion to mix them, they are mixed already . The separate affairs of each individual do not, in practice, form one distinct chapter, as it

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were, one "little world of man, " apart from surrounding interests, like the three heads of an orthodox sermon ; but they are all so inseparably interwoven in their minute details that to pursue one ' s own duty or interest is often to interfere very markedly in that of one's neighbour's . ' Then, too, with the proverbial inconsistency of proverbs—those popular ready-made substitutes for honest thought and original insight —the taking a warm and lively interest in one 's neighbour's affairs is at one time commended by the proverbial philosopher as a virtue and duty, and at another stigmatized as a failing or mistake . It is not clear to everyone ' s mind how one can both be engaged in " minding one ' s own business," and at the same time in "thinking of others as. well as yourself." Thus the question whether to meddle or not to meddle often• becomes a difficult one. The policy of Gamaliel indeed was a very simple one, but the motives of its author in laying down such a principle are not altogether above suspicion, since if he had not been influenced by a rather transparent party-spirit in his desire to exonerate the culprits he must surely have seen—if he did not his opinion was worth but little—that if that principle were systematically carried out it could only result in total passiveness, the determination to let everything alone everywhere, because it must all come right of itself in one way or other. As usual, here as elsewhere, it is easy to see what the two extremes. are, each of which are more or less hateful and absurd, namely the petty prying spirit that springs merely from a low impulse of curiosity, and the cold and isolated state of mind which practically holds that " charity begins at home and ends there . " These we say it is easy to, condemn, to apportion the doubtful borderland between them is, as in other moral questions, not so easy, and must depend somewhat on whether the temper of the man in question is shy and retiring or pushing and adventurous. No doubt however the more palpable errors are committed, and the greater loss of self-respect and the respect of others is incurred by the over-meddlesome and not by the unduly self-contained . Characters of the former class often have in them much of what is zealous and noble joined to much that is little and ludicrous, and thus form ready objects for satire, and perhaps deservedly so ; since while the one class undeniably may do much positive though petty harm, the other confine themselves to neglecting to do good .

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On the whole then there seems some reason why the more prudent portion of mankind have always been inclined to lean towards the " laissez faire " policy, since, whatever is best for the world in general, this is certainly the easier and safer for the individual, while the exact mean is so difficult to hit . A selfish policy it certainly is to some extent : but in many of the meddlesome, unselfishness is only another name for thoughtlessness . A generous impulse is not a thing to be despised, but neither should it be obeyed without counting the cost, and the cost is apt to be more considerable than impulsive people expect. The modern Don Quixote who comes to the rescue when some wretched gamins are throwing snowballs, say, at a lady, sometimes has to figure in a street-row and the police-court in consequence . Would he have done it if he had known what it involved ? If he is worthy of the pen of a Cervantes he certainly would, be the results what they might, but if not his heroism was the result merely of want of foresight: and indeed with such a probability well understood we fear the unprotected fair would meet with scanty championship . It is no doubt much wiser to mind one's own business . Again the man who is ever ready to brandish his pen in redress of grievances in general sometimes has to suffer from misconstruction and personal ill feeling : he consults we will say a prudent friend, one wordly-Wiseman, and is consoled by hearing that he ought to have minded his own business and not made enemies . Now whether this counsel is good or not, depends entirely on what a man ' s object in life is . Setting apart prudential considerations which must often suggest a just doubt whether interference would in fact be of any benefit to the person on whose behalf it is contemplated, and setting apart too the two extremes of meddlesomeness from wrong motives, and selfish indifference pure and simple, the intermediate ground between these extremes is generally the scene of a contest between the spirit more or less enlightened, self-interest, and that of self-sacrifice. If, before people meddle, they could be induced to consider three things, why they meddle, what the results of meddling are likely to be to themselves, and what to their friends, there would then be little need to caution men against interfering, rather would it be necessary to urge them to do so more freely, for self-interest when duly understood is apt to be stronger than self-sacrifice : but at any rate there would then be both far less meddling in the world, and what there was would be much more likely to be of use .

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LUGING : A SWISS WINTER PASTIME. HERE is commonly prevalent a mistaken notion as to the nature

T of winter in Switzerland, which found expression the other day in

the letter of a lady friend of mine, who, while calling for commiseration on the rigours she was enduring at home, congratulated us out here on the balmy southern air and genial mildness that we must be enjoying. As a matter of fact Switzerland is essentially a winter country, rich in traps for the unwary pedestrian, full of school-boy delights that possess all the relish that is added by the dangers they threaten to helpless women and infirm old men. Besides the skating, sledging, and sliding, of which we have brief and rare glimpses at home, the Swiss have managed to enjoy "the poetry of motion" over a slippery surface, in a prolonged and con centrated form, in the national pastime of " luging ." The notice, sent round by the bellman and emanating from those, to Englishmen, mysterious beings the " Greffe-Municipale " and the " Juge de Paix," to this effect—" it is/ dc!cndu do lager ici"—does not (as an English school-boy translated it) mean that one " is defended against lying here, " but forbids the creation of that dangerous smooth surface of slippery snow on an inclined road, which is the delight of the bluebloused Swiss gamins. The "luge"—a substantive fem . not found in any French dictionary—is for purposes of pleasure, but the word is also loosely used for the large traincarrx on which hay is brought clown from the mountains, a small sledge going upon runners, averaging between six and ten inches in height by about fifteen inches in breadth, whilst its length varies, according as it is meant for one or more persons, between two-and-a-half and three-and-a-half feet . It is in its rudest form constructed of three plain boards, one for the scat and two for runners —some even have no iron upon the runners—but various degrees of finish are permissible, and an air of gaiety is imparted to the whole by hanging small bells underneath. Various places are "the fancy" as birth-places for luges, those made at a place of the name of " Chateau d'Oex " being most valued on the Lake of Geneva .

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The amusement is in a milder form the same as the Canadian "tobogganing, " and consists in dragging or carrying the " loge " up an incline, by preference a high road upon which the snow is well trodden, and letting it (with the rider upon it, of course, as long as possible) slide down again, the guidance being given by the use of the feet, which are kept an inch or so off the ground in front, and also act when required as a break . A stoppage can very soon be effected by digging the heels into the snow, and tilting the sledge backwards, in spite of the terrific speed sometimes attained. A very average luger can come in ro minutes down an incline which it takes him an hour to climb . In the writer's first attempt he came from a height of over 900 feet in 7 minutes . Of course accidents are not uncommon, especially on a crowded highway with walls to run into and crush your legs against ; yet the sport is one shared in enthusiastically by all of either sex who have the least pretensions to youth . Of course the road is rendered proportionately difficult for ordinary traffic, but the art is not entirely employed for pleasure purposes : even the pleasure luges are regularly used by the postman and the laundress, whilst the same method is employed in working the passage down from the mountains of the large hay and wood sledges that are brought into the valleys throughout the winter, the difficulty being to prevent these running away with the man in charge of them . Let us then congratulate ourselves on the 6 inches of snow that cover the ground, secure in the virtuous reflection that we are keeping up and encouraging a "breed" of people devoted to a useful pursuit. Let me add two pictures for the reader's consideration ; firstly, an old grandfather and grandmother coming up a valley followed by children and grandchildren, and presently flashing past us at a good 15 or 20 miles per hour, grandmother behind grandfather on one loge, progeny following on a second . Now look on this picture ; a British matron slowly waddling, the picture of propriety, up the king's—I beg the pardon of the Swiss—the republic ' s highway, obstinately refuses to give way to two ladies upon luges whose ages we will guess to be 18 and 26, and who in consequence bring up with some difficulty in a glow of rude health at her feet . " Are you English?" is the elder lady' s indignant demand, and their surprised admission of the fact leaves them speechless under the withering rebuke, "you ought to be ashamed of yourselves," as Mrs . Grundy waddles on up the hill . Whilst the .highways without are resounding with the warning cries of ` Bard,

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f ° attention," and the iron is ringing on the crisp snow, let me draw the curtains and sit in safety from the villainous boys who hurl the snow in the face and down the neck of the Luger as he dashes down the hill too , fist to see his aggressors ; let me for a while try to imagine that I ant to spend an English Christmas before, in the poet's words, I " take my gruel and go to bed ." OLD FOGIE.

FOOTBALL. v . BEVI ;RLEY . DEC. 5TH. The above match was played on the School ground . The School' won the toss and elected to play up hill . Play soon settled down in. the School 25, but presently \Vaud, by a capital kick, transferred the ball to the centre . Lambert now made a good run for Beverley, but the ball was quickly brought back again by \Vaud . Dunkerly put in some good kicks, and the School forwards, headed by Crosthwaite,_ made a grand rush . One of the Beverley men, with more impetuosity than judgment, held Crosthwaite when he had not the ball, and a free kick was accordingly granted, from which \V . S. Gofton kicked a beautiful goal . Beverley then tried hard to equalise matters, and Newbold put in a good run and kick, but just as Beverley looked dangerous half-time was called . Playing down hill the School soon carried the ball to their opponents' 25, but Brough transferred the game to the centre . \Vaud and J . E . Lofton at this time showed up conspicuously by good runs and kicks . A series of scrimmages ensued, which Beverley carried, the School being compelled to touch down. After the drop out a try was gained for Beverley, which was disputed for some time but at length conceded. Brough took the kick, but the ball went wide of the posts . The School now played up very well, Rose all but scoring and Wilson obtaining a try after a maul, but this was disallowed on the ground that the ball was held outside . The score was not increased, and at time the School were left victorious by a goal to a try. v. THE OLD BOYS . DEc . I9TH. This match was played on the School ground, ending in a win for us by i goal, 3 tries, and 1 minor point, to 1 goal and 1 minor point.

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Wilson kicked off ; the ball was well returned by Greenhow, and a good run by Gay soon after brought play to the School 25 . Here several scrimmages took place which the School carried, transferring the game back to the centre . Lord and Rhodes now showed up well for the visitors ; a good kick by \Vaud, however, brought the ball into dangerous proximity to their line . Some hard scrimmages took place here, and W . S . Gofton, picking up the ball out of the loose, forced his way over the line . The kick, though well attempted, was unsuccessful . The School continued to press their opponents, but could get no further point until half-time . Lord re-started the ball and our visitors, making a grand rush, that player was able to gain a try which he converted into a pretty goal . The School now redoubled their efforts, and J . E . Gofton, making a brilliant run, got right behind the posts . Waud took the kick, but the ball went wide of the posts. For some time the ball was confined to the Old Boys ' 25, andJ. E . Gofton obtained a second try right behind, from which Crosthwaite kicked a goal . A few minutes before time \Vaud gained another try. W . S . Gofton made a very good attempt at goal . No further point had been scored when time was called . For the School the Brothers Gofton played grandly, and \Vaud showed up well. 0[n Bovs .—F . W. Greenhow (back) ; II. AV . Rhodes, F . Ware, J . K . Gay (three-quarters) ; P . E . Lord, II . Metcalfe (hall) ; II . C . B . Clayforth, E . W . Clayforth, E. A . Lane, C . B . Clarke, A . Wade, C . Marriott, H . Bloomfield, R . Iiutchings„ Rev . C . R . Gilbert (forwards).

v . H . C . B . CLAYFORTH'S TEAM.

DEC . 22ND.

The least said about this match perhaps the better. The team brought against us consisted chiefly of 011 Boys, and sufficed to give us a good beating, which was, perhaps in some ways, not altogether undeserved . When time was called the score against the School was 4 goals, 8 tries, to nil. In gaining this score they were greatly assisted by G. H . Eyre, who ran well all the match . The only one of theSchool who seemed able to collar him being Bulman . Tries : G. H . Eyre (3), W . G . Wilson (3), E . W . Clayforth (2), G . Sedgwick (2), J . Wynne (2). H. C . B . CLAYFORTII'S TEAM .—F . R . Brandt (back) ; G. II . Eyre. F. Ware, H . Rhodes (three-quarters) ; P . E. Lord, AV . G . Wilson (half) ; II . C . B. Clayforth, G . Sidgwick, J . Wynn, W . Kayc, E . W . Clayforth, T. Crawshaw, C . B_ Clarke, A . Spenser, T. H . Little (forwards) .

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Astheere only remain one or two matches to be played in the coming term, th football season may be regarded as practically over, and so a few remarks on the good and bad 1p oints of the XV may now be made. Speaking generally the style of play has been satisfactory, and the results good . In one or two of the matches no doubt the play was anything but satisfactory, notably the first match against St . John's College, and the one against Mr . Clayforth's team . The St . John 's men were a strong heavy lot, but there was no real attempt to cope with them, the school forwards straggling forlornly about the field, and as for the backs—with the exception of the full back—the least said about them the better . The result of the return match clearly showed that the XV had not shewn their true form in the first match, as they were only beaten by a goal, and that was got in the first five minutes of play. The match against Mr. Clayforth 's team was not satisfactory . The school XV neither played well, or took their beating well . Had they played a little more, and grumbled a little less—especially during the second half of the game—the score would have been much less . This remark does not refer to the whole of the XV, as there were several members who did their best throughout the game . It is to be hoped that some of the principal offenders will in the future learn to take a beating in as good a spirit as possible. One of the most notable features of the past season was the wonderful improvement of the three-quarters as the season went on. At the beginning they were the weakest, at the end it may almost be said they were the strongest part of the XV . What they were most lacking in was kicking power, what they most excelled in was running power . The last two or three matches brought to light a three-quarter of very great promise . Wand can both kick judiciously and run well, and with a little more strength and height will be of the greatest service to next year's XV. The committee made a great mistake in their choice of a full back. Procter for his size was very plucky, but he was not fit for such an important post, his kicking at the latter end of the season being of the feeblest description . Even at the risk of weakening the forwards a better man might have been found, W . S . Gofton and Bulman being both of them excellent kicks . Procter might be tried as a half next term. The two half-backs cannot be too much praised for their consistently good unselfish play throughout the season . It would be invidious to -compare them as they are so equal in merit, and either deserves an

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equal share of commendation . The forwards, well led by Wilson and Crosthwaite, played a right good game with the two exceptions already referred to . They must however learn to use their feet more than their hands ; as long as they were in the pack they held their own, in the loose they were generally out of it, and had to save themselves by dropping ignominiously on the ball amidst indignant shouts from their opponents of " Do stand up, St . Peter's ." The attendance at "pick ups " during the last term has been very good, and it is to be hoped the improvement will be lasting . In conclusion there is every reason to be satisfied with the result of the season's play ; though beaten by Durham we defeated Leeds, and a goodly number of other teams fell before us . The total results are : Matches played, 14 ; won 8, lost 6.

CHARACTERS OF THE XV. J . G. WILSON .

Splendid hardworking forward . Energetic captain.

Io st . 8 lbs . (84-85 .)

R. CRAWSHAW . A good three-quarter. Runs splendidly at times, but

was sadly out of form for the first half of the season . Lacks kicking power. To st . I lb . (85 .) R. CROS HWAI'rE . An excellent forward, and the best dribbler in the XV . Io st . To lbs . (83-84-85 .) *W . S . GOFTON . Very good forward who has made good use of his weight . Should learn to dribble more . 12 St . 6 lbs . (84-85 .) J . E . GOFTON . A three-quarter with great speed, and good kicking . . powers. Is apt to lose his head when pressed . II st . 3 lbs. ( 8 4- 8 5 . ) Good forward and most promising three-quarter . ro st. (85 .) *J. A . DUNKEPLY . Useful three quarter. His tackling and kicking have been excellent throughout the season . I r st . 5 lbs . (Si .) A . RosE . A really good half. Knows when to kick and when to pass. 9 St . 7 lbs . (85 .) *C. HAYNES . Very sharp half, but does not kick enough when he has the chance . 9 st . (85 .) H. MCCLELLAN . Splendid forward who never ceases his exertions from the kick off to the call of time . Follows up well . 9 st . r lb 1, 85 .) F . BULIIAN .

7 lbs .

* Have left .

114 C.

CORRESPONDENCE.

Very good forward . Plays a saving game with great 9 st . 6 lb . (85 .) H . RousE . Plucky forward . Dribbles well . 8 st . 7 lbs . (85 .) W . GABB . Good forward in the pack, but has no idea of playing in the loose . ro st. 2 lbs . (85 .) J . WHALEY . Smart forward . Follows up well, but does not use his feet enough . 9 st . 4 lbs . 1 8 5 . ) W . K . PROCTER . Fair full back at the beginning of the season, but very poor towards the end. Far too light for the place . 8 st . (85 .) FABER .

success.

CORRESPONDENCE. To THE EDITORS OF THE PETERITE. DEAR SIRS,—C . T's . letter is really unworthy of notice, but perhaps a few words from me may teach him to become acquainted with facts in future before he rushes into print . I would remind him, through vou, that my letter was written on October 14th, in the first week of the term, when the 'Varsity R .U .F .C . had not had a picked game, much less a match ; when it was too early to say that " Johnson and Spencer play regularly for Christ' s, Lord occasionally for Clare, and Daniel for Trinity Rest ; " when neither the Jesus, Corpus, Hall, nor any other Trials had been thought of ; and when Peter's had not been down to the river. Again, C . T . is inconsistent in his complaint against the prominence given to Corpus news . He actually gives you further information about Corpus O .P's ., which would have looked better in Calleh's letter than in his . It may, however, comfort C . T . to know (as his letter savours strongly to me of disappointment) that on receipt of information two days later, about the doings of several O .P ' s ., I wrote immediately to the Editors, hoping they would be able to insert it in my letter. This they were evidently unable to do. With respect to Duncan and Leake, their fame had not reached my ears before I wrote my letter, whilst Thomas was known to me . The latter was unable to play even for his College more than three times, as he had scarcely recovered from rheumatic fever, and he thought it better to reserve himself for the Welsh trial matches . He distinguished himself in the match, England v . Wales, on January 2nd .

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Perhaps, when C . T . has been longer at the University, he will write you only such letters as merit the approbation and not the pity and ridicule of all sensible persons . I am, yours, etc ., STOIC. [This correspondence must now cease .—ED .]

To THE EDITOR OF THE PETERITE. Sia,—Can nothing be done with regard to colours fcr the 2nd teams . A team without colours looks like a regiment without a uniform ! The first team at present, can alone be distinguished from the rest of the school, and therefore it is no honour to be a member of the second team . Why should our school be different from the rest, which have colours even for house teams . The following reasons shew some of the advantages :—rst, beneficial to the school because more fellows would come up to the " Pick-ups" ; 2nd, there would be more competition for the second team which would improve play ; 3rd, there would be no difficulty in " passing " during the game, all having the same jersey . Hoping some attention will be paid to this subject, I remain, yours, &c ., FLY-KICK. P .S .—This will apply to both Football and Cricket. DEAR

NOTES AND ITEMS. W. H . Holmes has been elected to an open Classical Scholarship of X35 at Durham University. The Bishop of Chester has offered to the Rev . Edward Barber, rector of Chalfort St . Giles, Bucks, the Archdeaconry of Chester and a Canonry in the Cathedral which was vacated by the Yen . J . L. Darby, on his appointment as Dean of Chester.—Stanzdard. The Rev . E . Barber was elected Foundation Scholar of St. Peter's in 1856, and gained the Exhibition in 186o, in which year he also obtained a Mathematical Demyship at Magdalen Coll ., Oxford. Peterite subsciptions for 1886 may now be paid .

P . E . LORD THF

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CONTENTS. PAGE.

Athletic Sports, The Birth

Cambridge Letter

4, 10, 24, 35, 81, 89

Commemoration Day Correspondence

Cricket -

13, 5 0 , 8 3, 9 1 , 11 4

26, 38, 6r

Cricket : Its origin and growth

Debating Society, The

Edinburgh Letter Editorial

Football Good Natured Man, The Humanum est errare

Luging : A Swiss Winter Pastime Notes and Items Obituary

16, 18, 32, 50, 6S, 98, 115

On Meddling -

105

7 22, 33 , 88

Oxford Letter Prize 'Giving, The Review

- 74

School Boat Races, The School

Corpus Christi, Cambridge

School Letter Swimming Races Theatricals

Two Days at Killarney Will of Lady Elizabeth Hastings