M. Demetz visited the Reformatory School at Redhill on Tuesday.
He was received by the Reverend Sydney Turner, and a large party ; and the boys, who had made the place gay with flowers, were assembled in the Schoolroom. Here eleven boys who have passed through their period of probation in the school, and will in a few days emigrate to the Colo- nies, advanced and read a simple address of welcome and thanks ; to which M. Demetz listened and replied with great earnestness and emotion.
," Some of us," said the boys, " have brothers in the army of England, who are now with the sons of France fighting the battle of freedom for the world. Will you say to our comrades at Mettray, that we hope both they and we will always be found side by side fighting against the world's greatest enemies—fraud, and falsehood, and wrong." These were not mere words of course ; the boys at Redhill subscribed to the Widows' and Or- 081113' Fund on the occasion of the recent thanksgiving for the successes before Sebastopol very nearly 51. out of their own personal savings. They did the same on a similar occasion last year. M. Demetz expressed himself highly gratified with his visit. His address in French was ably and elo- quently translated to the boys by Mr. Gladstone, the treasurer. It was, said the veteran philanthropist, de cceur a cceur," and all he bad seen of the evidences of decided success at Redbill gave encouragement and hope for the cause which its friends supported by their labours, and which the boys would uphold by their example. M. Demetz left a subscription for the society, constituting himself a Governor. He solicited release for any boys under punishment; but, happily, there were none; and in lien he asked that they might have a holiday at an early day, and gave them eighty francs for a treat on the occasion.
The Perks Reformatory School, established at Shinfield, is now ready for the reception of juvenile offenders. A meeting to further this and the extension of similar institutions was held at Reading on Thursday.
The journals of the morning bring further reports of agricultural meet- ings, so unanimous now-a-days in advocating the necessity of improving the condition of the labourer. At Crewkerne, on Thursday, the members of the Ilminster Labourers' Friend Society met together, labourers and all ; Lord Hinton presiding. The purpose of the meeting was to promote drain- ing, model lodging-houses, and the establishment of a loan fund. The chief advocate of these objects was the Bishop of Bath and Wells. At Grant- ham, 3,esterday, Sir George Welby presided over the dinner of the Grantham Agricultural Association ; and Mr. Chowler also was for im- proving the condition of farm-labourers, especially by giving them ad- ditional accommodation.
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