Of course the poor woman was discharged^ but her reputation has been made the prey of common rumour for some weeks ; she has been subjected to the pain, and annoyance, and shame of arrest and pro secution ; and all owing to the stupidity of some busybody official, possibly set in mo tion by the villainy of private malice. Our Morality Society has been making it self ridiculous again. The Bishop and the Dean of Melbourne, and a fussy busybody named James Balfour, who seems to consider himself to be authorised to look after the morals of the community, have been waiting on the Chief Secretary to point out how much better they know his duties than he does himself. They are sorely offended to see that some objectionable women sometimes walk in the public thorough fares ; nay, that they even " flaunt " there at times — a thing that Mr Balfour cannot abide. They pray that some stern measure be adopted with these women, one of whom actually tried to seduce the virtue of a Presbyterian minister, and in the street too. If the outside of the platter were kept clean, and the^e women were limited to the back streets, and if moreover the sale of beer on Sundays were more strictly prevented, the Bishop, and the Dean, and Mr Balfour see no reason why we may not escape the destruction that is impending over us for i some time longer. Otherwise the fate of i Sodom and Gomorrah must be ours. Mr

•(from ottb own correspondent.) August 27th. The Government's sweeping budget of law <• ireform. has only been partially accepted by the Assembly, or, indeed, by the country. It is felt to be rather too much of a change to be asked to make all at once, unless there were much stronger reason than is visible for making a change at all. The objection is .- aofc to the proposed reform, but to the pro > posed abolition. It is thought that we are get •faag too much in the way of making altera tions for the mere sake of altering. The • Oounty Courts, people say, have worked well. They give cheap and ready law to thousands ■of suitors. 