O, mothers, it is worth a great d* to cultivate that ■" excellent thing in woman," »' o ' sweet voice. If you are ever so much tired by •* mischievous or wilful pranks of the little one, »[*r low. It will be a great help to you to even try to* patient and cheerful, if you cannot wholly sucoe* Anger makes you wretched, and your children »j* Impatient angry tones never did the heart good plenty of evil.~ Read what Solomon says of ti><* and remember ha wrote with an inspired pen. J°[ cannot have the excuse for them that they l'g^* your burdens ; they make them only ten to*? heavier. For your own as well as your childr^ •ake, learn to speak low. They will remember «P tone when your head ia under the willows. So, wj would they remember a hanh and angry T<)l( * Which legacy will you leave to your children ?

To th« Editor of the Daut Sobtmrn Cross. I Sib, — I think it it aa undeniable fact that personal aggrandisement should not influence the actions, nor selfishness guide the motives, of individuals who are called upon to legislate for a community. Neverthe less, this want of unselfish principles in the repre sentatives of the people has been the chief, if not the only, cause of the present wretched state of things in this province. We have now before us a melancholy instftnpe of the truth of this assertion. We find from private sources, as well as from the pre»B, that the mass of the people are most anxious that the Government (should assist them to educate their ohildren, and bring forward at once some measure for the support of education amongst them. The country settlers are the most interested, and are willing, as a body, to be taxed, or to make any sacrifice within their power which the Government may think necessary to the end sought, in order to save their families from the many evils which arise from a want of early and Christian culture. And although the adoption of any measure to advance the interests of education in the country districts may be of no present benefit; to the citizens of Auck land, yet as fellow Christians and countrymen — as men aud fathers— the settlers confidently hope for their sympathy and support. 