The letter from x'.jZ. published in another column of to-day's issue seems worthy of something more than passing notice. The writer's statements relative to the lads who throng the streets from dusk till midnight are only too true, and any man who could Uivent a means of. rousing careless parents to

a sense of their duty towards their children would undoubtedly he a benefactor tosociety. Something more than intellectual amuse ment is, however, required to wean boys irom the streets. The majority of ignorant lads do not care a straw fur books and papers, and would only yawn hizilyjit their parents were to attempt to spend the evening as X.Y.Z. Sllggestu. In the largo towns at home the didiculty has been met by the establishment of public gymnasiums, where men and boys spend their leisure hours practising manly and strengthening exercises. We cannot help thinking a similar institution here would uU'ecttvoly answer tho purposes desired by X. \.'/.. The cost might be defrayed as at home — partially by tho corporation and partially by private .subscriptions.
