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ey I Society. I will | length of ама а (А ided into tiree niasin 
Pm "m e not | of the p we lists of many an "ses ан g bil ha ad 8, 
TERT diet Т Tae гариб impotent now sta e my objections in sucees ue айыр p i h, ve! Pu ue Bo em 
1 (1): T would! be > middle class, 22 tbe idet averaged "y - 
pr repa yes the vindi socie f s F d Po aaa aa of any kind as incitem ments to moral im ement. id candidates, 10]. years' service: е 
then, states 1 liey o ourer's Frien Of course the morality of е conduct depende e altogether. upon nted a similar average, and this, too, ies the lg 
похороны — | metr. — I mustadd that | its motive, i if you say that Ld has gen mie the y vw ot in operation 14 years. Dur prizet aje EL a 
reward confined to England. : gaining this 3/., 2L, Lor 1j, Tew Ki Mr возат parish ЕК or from a waggon, and the attendance Tas м = spite 
find thêm as ul pars as s dien vali апа as far nórth as | 115 impotent father, ue So, Gr even г et aine d his a upon the far 13 nin vas 'ветераћ hundrc S of people of 
Penrith, but they do not cróss the border, The чебен хи iii пей I sa. жа {һаїсош ke I ave thought it fair to read this — каше... — 
арргоаёһ to anything of the kind in Scotland is a | with another who has done none ^y the: gm is not Esport n а to obtain: a vietory only for-the truth n siis 
pri ges g, | the better man of the If you w^ a m а А а Ы, My own cte in reference to suclra ema, 
which Ё see annóuneed im the list of an East Lothian | ot services rendered, pound: reply, 1st, it i effect а prize— | An. Biintionirmd di we Antec such mamas 
Society; І am iBformed, however, by Mr. Hope, of | for candidates appe M and ed few only are » successful and Ls . Shepherd, and no at of the association; that. 
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Fento s,, that no rewards of any kind are now S ARN ea тнр: : $ goma useless; for ів із the professed | be mot strictly the-state of thé fiir, ti 
offered to labourers in East Lothian. And I am informed object of the Societ ty — the promotion of [phus te and moral |. 1 y d : ^ 1r; that, atany vati. 
by Мг; Най! Maxwell, the Secretary to the Highland |; labouring population, фенил ame: нок уча а АНАДАН 
осіеёу, that while they encourage ttapes, gardens,| (2) Let t me say, too, that I think this professed. object is not result. It is not a tv s 
m in А во д пете ng apr kept. in view, to а whose «не uies Т have те of y d hi or three parishes—the candidates are imo 
av ead, is not 
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prize$/for long service orlarge families; and their d t of the , 
premiums, such as they are, consist of medals ог money, occupier з, às T as of me labourers, sen not been the leading | them, and I ean imagine.a prize and testmomyd — 
not of coats and buttons. In Ireland, again, no such AUM л, the offers ша 2 ih а dec Pell ass for the character under such чис маг" to Беа | 
ма Ыы: o doubt, to strengthen the independent teeling which А де i 
x are offered either. . In most districts there, shall lead ) зне to avoid pari ris a: ssistance, but the offer of mone y labouring € when one of à merely officia] c 
indeed, there is not generally that Dac between | to him, vith that end in view, and t that, too, by an association of | SU Ы 
er i ier of land that the with us ; ratepayers, must at the best be a very doubtful method оѓ be valueless. Ве that as it may, 1 suppow Me. 
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апа the prizes are confined to а rewards for attaining Й Sh 
ma а good thing (I do not think ii rrr 1з) to 
small plots of —S erops, whose cultivation аа ay be ie db dit а length o vet edd our decision, and I therefore give the nccóuntsslelg, | 
it 1 gm to encourage, but that is not to be done Ьу а county Fssociation ч 4t is = м fo ger rded it t : reme ч Т 
done by the master himself when he has got a good servant, ап oes not at all alter my o inion as 
|, then, bU thus stated w i what the methods byt Ia EVER t himself when he has gota good master. The lower status of the labou ing (pii im & sio беп л 
adopted E our ха glish Societies for the benefit | thing is as merely private and mutual an — as can be h d ind. аша t where: 
of s аге, we are insa positi to criticise | conceived, and. it is,I think, placing it in position to | those POWATOS'RIB gOUEMS, d an in one where they would 
o | bring it. before a polie so opi ety. It is ав еа о "thin ng for the | be despised; Пе questiom raised as to the men being- 
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them pj to th 6и division of their rts, p Я : 
= benefit ofthe master as it is for the benefit of the Qu and it | p : . : 
difference of бн will exist, the excitement of emula- isas muha thing to Hn credit of the master as it is to the — X A АТ ee I think come 
fion is the best way of i inérea asing. skill, and-the only | credit of the-servant. Let them .be- satisfied with. their own ird, pue d dmdcitistii mis it ic were a lot af | 
lry : d j : 
ariglit, во 5 Į ; d 4 ї advisable to 
own reward. If any other reward must be given, the | keep outi of these little temptations. Certain itis that 
that it shall да all th е processes d operations in | master deserves it as T as the labourer, I was pud to | ng EA of such a kind да of any kind жег". 
hich the agriculture e the енче ie i interes Mr. | see ч ackneibóg нё. Devon Agric icultural Bociety, in Eást Lothi for i Бас hör i 1 » йегейї | 
Bailey Dee; a member of this society, I believe, was Phon upor vet vs ай с ы mir жет i edi pa for] 2. sibe t yv) were оба: 
ляд си to start d matcliés, and I see еу аге Risse. том ns id хасч аа а. igit us Dcos ag e egitimate ehildren, 
: ее окен i арене dedere ree pa and for benevolent attention to impotent relations, andi 
vertised. pretty generally "as a feature in the years, dal. рыч à lief. 
pgs. " Digging matches, too, “То John rs € v , aged 82, who has lived with the Rey. | 10T & stinence ii m balts re P i аы: be looked - 
are not uncommon at suci meetings, 1 see, too, an offer W: H. Arundell,as above, and has "x ays been strictly | upon as a positive insult; and yetin East Шош шу 
i j 2 i s honest, ; indus trious, and sober, 17. 10s. .. ..|Stevenson bears this testimony to реч charaeter of the; 
generally made—* for the invention or improvement their position, по reward was necessary; if not, then апу merit j| workin 1 
i i ry, li" — thus” direct- | belonging to either at have been that of patience n dis-| "Nowhere does мар exist more of that comm 
t f Satisfaction, That may have been a proper subject for reward | 
o | or not. € employers d the employed, 
ped, | (4). But even if it ovas, Т cannot believe th&t rewards of this mi ie ph ut a hatin а m 
d kind men аў | endeavour to carry o гм ?, ч prn 
| the ze € mcer is forming, and when alone such in-| new implements, or of what is new in Жир >. Оп 
| flüences а e whatever. Һе same famiHe pass. sustained the relation of 
(8). They ае "i ny of no use to others, but-how paltry and | servants for, at, I 9 generatio 2. and it ma E t 
meagre and inadequate, and altogether unfit an -Acknowledgment | as 3 striking зто і reden 
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efie о what | feel. [1 Пу on rewards for ood character markets—the deliver ery & 
ма ч ри iro d faithful i ti ] have heard Н; а КЕ only where "2 
Д М pen n the, эшен, and do д0 kn Baen , o'Wohder, I should say, m the competition for M sixpénre of the money being ah 
wiat detai АНЕ io vnd Ж. t m thes Ыс is diminishing ; I confess. I..should thin Now ot ieo arse, English manage vet ditat lé 
ione тпай, iem oe m la | the bigher of any distriet where ithad altogether а wE isl cieurostanees; B ar 
à | byimany gentiamen well known git the | There is no lack of c competi ition for prizes offered for "es idbyltictr ле Pa "€ sef 
оошуу. generaliyas: # ИЛОН, and well knofà by SRNT in ploughing, or in other agricultural operations он consi — r y Me 
lahourers as. well as others-in d own localities hs put (here is for tl ose » servitude ipe A! ing om порчаро E es - Ede 
good. neighbours. етиде 'stifficien credit is Bardly | ор есошап Orr | ү; , I subhi 
se "who ys 
the parish, and for ав н meet- 
ing 0 orp e Oxton (Derbys shire) ЖЕ: al Soeiety— 
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rewards, not, only for for the * pere n" Ду which cer- | 
volen ?ure et for Es ben Г [^ ho hedging, but no мнеге Рад 
| or long rus dtm ж Poenis the names of m 
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чэб beue prizes under similar eireumstances are given, no inti- | ought i ot to üim та t the 
Жи, | мов is aum of the. number of competitors for the. prize." ркан ce; nót ойуп їй y» matter of pe personal support 
ZA robable influence, t ver, may be gathered bab in intelleetual etanding Arnd шей indcpendente, 
; S rem go ШШ terms, in which one of them is гече whieli x oer — er^ Гене 
nounced :— but artificial p Aen fis 
in most meritorion s Моа —1stprize, 153., t “р ri үйө 
Steemson n, 937 years мисал. to H. Shorbrodke, E m d X rie Suh. уы эки ч н "iy ^opimen, anp mi ot 
decessor ; 2nd, 75. 6d., to mw ! Gregory, three years ае isht im d “в these prizes To. ag is no ja. З, navig 
months servant to Mr. sre ming on the rates, ^^" i bauowrg 2103 
It is only fair to a өер however that I ig morning Uy will make а last -— on sgart ; oti 
| ree стот a letter $ from the Rev. W. Shepherd, of Mar- | an objection which may perhaps bi E raised norms 9 
ее t Roding, Essex, giving an account of бе doings of | said— "m 
e Roding Labourers? Friend Society, ard that the “You are altogether mistaken E CA ы 
present a a striking exception to the nie 1 e" of | tew татів. —no опе Е of them as prizes 
ties, so far ei rts, | 21е testimonials of respect —expressionso 
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—certificates of es quot. what else you plen 
Indeed ; the whole affair demens dini. an бане init not premiums or rewards fo Ast d qii 
picture of what it would и may be don ne by means | а servant for ту е his i ga Ын: 
of this kind, when under careful att before him —since - 
19, | chàracter, and perhen for r his.a6 
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ment, that the notice which it deserves pria w uld be w 
much better from some one who is prepa "TT to defend as à servant, and m 
e 8: so well "le оош 
“І һауе been іп the almost sole ment 
Labourers' Friend я for 12 or 713 sparement of bc ^ d m at the 
n enterprising found any reason to abate the fvowrable opinion Lentertainedot| ` Now, in answer to — A ae йл 
" its beneficial operation, both upon masters and labourers. For I| ОЁ ее me loyer’s titud d the i " 
т p т? gra 
ib a эйе ad ki d А d v not think the effect is solely confined to the labouring class. the labourer's tA wena 
: "ws—a2 ind- earte ант опе t mans = s ve c т mt m n eR and objec ts. fiw d 
the services of bis —— a Christian. еей din, în in- a greater Kindiines mutual interests, from which has been 1 fostered | CO unty association, and were co 
flueneing for g heiss as well as his inferiors. Fusion; Fei isted the dissociating e othon Шек С of these objects vas likel 
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"who ёте - м4. n kemins >. the. subject is cim Пу У methods it emplo ed, I жоп 
ы P the holibitable d dd ant 25 de | ie. the же чөн that the workm Pe нам per anee I could ; : - = -= 
ident "ap , teuder regard for Байет, and. the a goód n which had little more the effect, уг? 
resi upon arm, can be called ignorant of the erpecilly connected with this Society. 1 Ms Safely aver hal гч Seri oia 
| a $ ] ntry life as » -— 2 its best. сЕ ченче ки И has ever been found p posed оре, з JB | 
This g emen was, I supp diene e Uus pen гат ation of his master—based as it is wit 2d ón good | 9! members t work i wea ots. 
Ая : ptem This is oür first erum ETE 
Money геу bourers for good conduet м least I | other qualifications are Adler nd n oa ment wanting th e at | t einn - 1 should dis ат В 
have, 00 à "old s. within the | Petition. We have had of late years an average of Бопе: dot отеу! ты Мея iiu d assi 
ing certificates yearly, aud every certi is elogely nised by lius А, express % himself Do 
А He. open committee, balie admitted to further triall Mhe prizes | 80€ aia 
rea given in money; in some societies tickets аге given, mot othi that has. leen 
able fo e i de hope n vas 
jg | feeling is, money is the best ánthe е. classes Г unte in цин i EUR in dis 
кєт озе gan | ni emen инь ommo мулы l| enr жч гое а 
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бутот 1406 3 е, a ts s em iiie his money.. If not trustworthy ti — ау Sari. cu. "The еч кошту and їп tlie 22 
н : ^ : о have been 19. Pt 
(his: prelimi nitte нага пева is bi 
SIMI ' үе à у to thisi чө iiinis mne! to reject a candidate. . That a spirit oL serenus is өө кузу жез out of, the field of £ s. d. 
ia, py 1 к kept up is тит apparent; that.» man feels himself of more | А way wh these money rewards 
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О үүт" yes Den арЫ ше шн тыт piam ы курала 1a mo fores ls поен Му ОШ 
he nion T " ! expressed on the im y adds to js feelings of responsibility that he sh erime, or 
аата, | poney not lose his elevated l would н ка о | | next oro thin) аге 
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