At the yearly meeting of the Bsnbuiy Agricultural Association, on
Tuesday, Mr. Henley, M.P., made a speech which somewhat exasperated the agricultural mind—
"lie thought that all must see that many things they expected to come to pass had not happened. Great as their difficulties had been, he would tell them to watch passing events ; watch by means of an enlightened press ; watch the times ; they must not trust to anything they hoped might come ;
they might get it, and they might not Ile could be no friend of theirs who told them a thange might come that never would come. He, in his public situation, never had held and never would hold out hopes of change that could not be realized. It was necessary to be careful in raakisig changes ; but they must look their position fairly in the face, and act like men, and the result would be the production of good times to all. There had never been a time when labour was more abundantly employed— (Crier of "No, no ! " and "Hear, hear ! ")—every statistic that had been pro- duced in Parliament proved it. (ifermers.) It fairly showed in whose hands the money of the country was and how they used it. . . . He found no land uncultivated ; and he hoped that increased energy and skill would be used throughout the country, lie felt that he had been stating the truth, although it was not by any means so acceptable as he could have wished.'
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