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England has been so far ahead of the world until the 

 present generation, that it is difficult for her sons to 

 believe she is sleeping too long. The best speech of 

 the evening upon our side was made by Our Pard, who 

 said he felt that after he had forgotten all else about 

 this visit, the smiling faces of the pretty, rosy-cheeked 

 English young ladies he had been admiring ever since 

 he came to Wolverhampton, and never more ardently 

 than this evening, would still haunt his thoughts; and 

 then, with more emphasis, he closed with these memor- 

 able words: "And I tell you, if ever young men ask me 

 where they can find the nicest, sweetest, prettiest, and 

 best young ladies for wives, they won't have to ask 

 twice." (Correct ! shake, Pard !) 



We were fortunate in seeing the statue of Mr. Vil- 

 liers unveiled. Earl Granville spoke with rare grace 

 and ease, his style being so far beyond that of the other 

 speakers that they suffered by comparison. The sledge- 

 hammer style of oratory is done. Let ambitious 

 youngsters make a note of that, and no longer strut and 

 bellow, and tear a passion all to tatters, to very rags. 

 Shakespeare understood it : 



" In the very tempest and I may say whirlwind of your passion, 

 You must beget a temperance to give it utterance." 



The effort now making throughout Great Britain to 

 provide coffee-houses as substitutes for the numerous 

 gin palaces has not been neglected in Wolverhampton. 



