But there was heard none of thai grumbling which is supposed to be a characteristic of the English, and' which would certainly prevail in an En# glish settlement under similar circum stances. When I stated in a former letter that the Scandinavians were not' fit for station hands or domestic service, T referred to the obstacle which their ignorance of the English language in terposed'to their becoming such, to their ignorance of duties which as shepherds and. stockmen they are required to per form, and to their extreme desire to live

The last mail brought news of» the death of ofie of zhe most illustrious of Australian colonists — W. C. Went worth. The event is thus noticed in. the- " Sydney Morning Herald " : — " One item of the mail news is the death of William Charles Wentworth, an ardent talented man, who played a part in the emancipation of New South Wales from military institutions that will always secure his place in history. During the later years of • his life he withdrew from the colony and took no public part in its affairs, and a new race has arisen in the polit cial world that knows him only by re pute ; but the recollections -of his fer vid oratory will never pass from the memory of the generation that listened to it. Like many a vehement liberal who has - preceded him, he grew con servative iv bis old age, and began to doubt whether he had blessed the colony by the representative institu tions that he had secured for it. His chosen protege was Sir James Martin, but whether the mantle of the elder > JJ * i prophet has altogether fallen on the shoulders of the younger, may per haps be more than doubted. Out of respect to the memory of the deceased gentleman, Parliament adjourned over Tuesday." One of the Ballarat Jodges of the Manchester "Unity Order is entering upon a very practical undertaking. From the " Courier " we learn that at a recent meeting " a resolution wa& car ried approving of the establishment of a Technical and Practical Trades School in Ballarat, for the purpose of educating bo}^ born in the town in mechanical trades.' This re solution will be laid before the next district meeting, in' June, for its ap proval. 