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opponent's half, and soon Browning got the ball and dropped an excellent goal. After kick off Baker's forwards, headed by Chappel and Davies, played up hard, but some good runs by Ford's behinds took the ball back, and Alington obtained a try, which was well kicked by Browning. After kick off some brilliant runs and passing by Little enabled Marsh to get another try, which resulted in Ford's third goal. And now Baker's forwards showed signs of slackness, and in spite of some good short runs by Waterfield the ball remained near their goal, and soon Alington again got in. The place was successful and won the match for Ford's.

In the squash Ford's were upon the whole better than their opponents, Williams, Guest, and FergusonDavie being especially conspicuous, though Chappel and Davies did good work for their side. The behinds were more evenly matched.

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MARLBOROUGH NOMADS v. COOPER'S

HILL.

This, the first match of the season, was played at Cooper's Hill, on October 4th.

On paper the Nomads looked to be fairly represented, but condition soon told a different tale. The Nomads held their own for a short time, after which you could but pity the poor Nomad standing afar off, who with difficulty gulped out, "Some day I will get near that scrimmage." Ladies and Gentlemen, I am that Nomad.

Cooper's Hill, it is needless to remark, had the game all their own way: they secured two tries, neither of which resulted in a goal, and on three occasions got behind, but the maul in goal each time resulted in favour of the Nomads. Victory rested with the home team, who secured, as above stated, two tries to nil.

For the Nomads, I can but congratulate them on their healthy appearance after what they apparently seem to have spent, viz., a very enjoyable summer.

The following represented the Nomads :-G. C. Alston (back), C. M. Wilkins, W. B. Kingsbury, N. C. Taylor (three-quarter backs), W. J. Petrie, A. S. Soden (half backs), W. M. Tatham (Capt.), C. Hawkins, E. H. Laurie, A. V. Buckland, J. D. Vans-Agnew, C. S. Rashdall, H. M. Elder, A. H. Soden, E. Latter (forwards). R. M. Yetts, Umpire.

MARLBOROUGH NOMADS v. KENSINGTON.

On Oct. 11th the Nomads journeyed to Wormwood Scrubbs, but owing to unfortunate circumstances turned up two short. It is idle to make excuses, but when one of our most regular and best men travelled all the way to John O' Groat's house, and caught the typhoid fever (this sad occurrence we greatly regret, and sincerely trust that such a useful and valuable friend of the Nomads will soon be out of what now is very great danger), and another strained his back while endeavouring to break the record by bowling all his friends out for nothing (his name is not Florence), and others having journeyed to the Varsities with the wild ideas of greater things, there may be some excuse for the Sec. I will not make any, but merely relate how, after a gallant effort, the Nomads retired from the field neither beaten nor disgraced.

The game ended in a draw, no tangible advantage

being gained by either side. The Nomads had slightly the best of the play.

Players-E. C. Cholmondeley (back), C. M. Wilkins, W. B. Kingsbury, J. D. Vans-Agnew (three-quarter backs), R. M. Yetts, W. J. Petrie (half backs), C. Hawkins, G. G. Hawkins, W. W. Ellis, E. H. Laurie, A. V. Buckland, E. P. A. Hankey, W. M. Tatham, Capt. (forwards). Umpire: F. I. Currey (President of Rugby Union).

MARLBOROUGH NOMADS v. LONDON
SCOTTISH.

Quoting the words of Pastime, and of a leading Manchester paper:

"The Nomads this season are generally considered to be weak."

"How are the mighty fallen."

These two sentences will probably convey to your mind at once what happened on Oct. 18th at Lee.

The Nomads, aroused by a stern sense of duty, and admirably led on by Tatham, soon showed the canny Scot that they were much underrated. For some time the Scotchmen had decidedly the better of the play, but the Nomads, with the hill in their favour and by dint of hard work, soon repulsed the attack and placed the Scotchmen on the defensive. By good combined rushes the ball was carried into the adversaries' " twenty-five," where Yetts, immediately he gained possession, passed to Fox, who made a fine run, and passing to Hankey the latter obtained a try, which Vans-Agnew converted into a capital goal. This proved to be the only score up to the call of half-time.

After half-time it was thought by many that the Scotchmen, with the hill in their favour, would show up to greater advantage. Their antagonists, however, worked most energetically; the splendid play and tackling of the forwards, the dodgy runs of Fox, and the quickness the three-quarter backs displayed in marking the opposite backs, never gave their opponents a chance.

After kick-off the ball was speedily taken into the home territory, where Laurie, following up well, secured a try almost on the touch-line, from which Vans-Agnew kicked a poster. Incited by the second disaster, the Scotchmen strove their hardest to retrieve the day, and though for a few minutes the Nomads were hard pressed, a splendid run of Wilkins' half the length of the ground relieved his side and

prevented their opponents scoring. When time was called a closely fought contest resulted in favour of the Marlborough Nomads by a goal and a try to nil. All played so well that I cannot mention names.

Marlborough Nomads:-E. C. Cholmondeley (back), J. D. Vans-Agnew, C. M. Wilkins, W. B. Kingsbury (three-quarter backs), F. H. Fox, R. M. Yetts (half backs), W. M. Tatham (Capt.), R. G. Cross, G. G. Hawkins, C. Hawkins, E. H. Laurie, W. W. Ellis, E. P. A. Hankey, G. H. Wilkinson, A. H. Soden (forwards).

London-Scottish:-P. Harrower (back), W. C. Maclagan (Capt.), D. J. Macfarlan, A. F. Ross, W. M'Farlane (three-quarter backs), F. Smith, E. J. Gore (half backs), D. Mackinnon, J. G. Gait, F. Webster, J. C. Sutherland, J. E. Anderson, A. D. Lennox-Conyngham, P. Douglas, A. Hamilton (forwards). Umpire: G. H. Windeler.

The Rifle Corps.

The Volunteer Year ended on Oct. 31st, by that time the fourteen enrolled members had made themselves efficient by dint of much energy and labour. Ten have got through all three classes, viz., Captain Willson, Lieut. Bull, Sergeants Hulbert and Bucknall, L.-Corporal Pulleine, Privates Ashwin, Lloyd, Robertson, Lascelles, Hume. Of these all except the officers will assume the marksman's badge. Privates Richardson and Landon rank as first class shots; Privates Ussher and Weston as second class. The corps are to be congratulated on the very large percentage of marksmen. The total number of efficients enrolled and unenrolled is 56, not reckoning those who have left; they would have considerably swelled the numbers; but still the total ought to be larger.

Weather permitting there will be plain clothes drills twice a week in the evening. Non-commissioned officers will find they offer a great opportunity for learning their work. The highest scorers among the marksmen are Sergeant Hulbert 196, Private Robertson 172, Private Ashwin 160, Private Lloyd 152; highest possible being 240.

Natural History Society.

On Thursday, Oct. 16th, the Rev. E. S. Marshall, O.M., assistant curate at Tottenham, exhibited a series of magic lantern slides to illustrate his recent trip to America. He and his audience travelled

over a great extent of country, and, as the master observed in thanking the lecturer afterwards, no one who had seen the views could fail to be impressed with the vastness that characterised everything. The darkness of the room made the taking of notes impossible, but a vivid recollection remains of the beauties of Lake George, the massive pile of ice at the base of the Niagara falls, perpendicular cliffs of a mighty canon, the interior of a Chinese opium shop, the glories of the Yo Semile valley, the loveliness of a Mirror Lake, the tremendous tree in which a coach and four could find shelter and a bed of sunflowers 30 feet high. After the views had been shown, Mr. Marshall gave some useful advice to those whose thoughts were turned to the West, and was, we trust, gratified with the hearty applause that he received when the lecture closed. There were present members 53, school 110, Common Room and friends 20. Total 183. 1

On Monday, Oct. 27th, Mr. Griffin, Secretary to the Devonshire Bee-keepers Association, kindly gave an entertaining and instructive lecture on Bees, illustrated by beautiful diagrams and typical hives. The lecturer began with an account of bees as described by the ancients in the Bible and the Georgics, and showed the great success of Beekeeping in Florida and California. It appears that the Californian Honey (?) Dew is a nauseous compound of 80 to 90 per cent. of glucose obtained from Indian corn, and old pawn-tickets, the remainder being sugar. The amount of honey imported yearly is immense, amounting last year to £160,000 worth. Next the construction of bees was explained, with their habits and a full account of the life of a bee from the egg to the perfect insect. The value of bees to the growth of flowers and fruit is shewn by the fact that no clover could be grown in Australia until bees were introduced. The lecturer then clearly explained the cruelty and foolishness of killing bees when taking their honey, and the advantage of supplying wax for the bees to work on, as saving much time and labour to the bees. Then after some few remarks on the feeding and general treatment of bees, he kindly offered to answer any questions any of the audience wished to ask. This gave rise to some questions by the Rev. A.G. Bleeck, and Messrs. Raynor, Ashwin, Hart-Smith and Gordon. Then the Rev. A. G. Bleeck thanked the lecturer in the name of the school, and after an examination of some hives and a glass case of bees at work kindly lent by W. S. Bambridge, Esq., the meeting closed.

There were present, school 71, visitors 18, total 89.

Art Society.

CONVERSAZIONE OF THE ART SOCIETY. (FIRST NOTICE).

The Conversazione for the Exhibition of Pictures was held on Wednesday, Oct. 29th. The original suggestion that old Marlburian artists should be asked to contribute specimens of their work was due to J. A. Bourdillon, Esq., O.M., and the readiness

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with which the idea was taken up deserves the warmest recognition on the part of the present members of the school, for whose benefit its former sons were willing to sacrifice their time and incur considerable risk. The names of the O.M. contributors shall be recorded first, honoris causa; they were Messrs. F. S. Baden-Powell, F. W. Bourdillon, W. H. M. D'Urban, Julian S. Corbett, G. F. Glennie, E. M. Hale, S. Image, A. C. Lavers, Percy Macquoid, Frank Miles, and E. Roscoe Mullins. While it is impossible in the limited space at our command to do justice to the talent and industry displayed in the works sent, we must be content with here putting on record a general description of the Old Marlburians' share in the Exhibition, reserving the remainder for a subsequent number of the Marlburian. Taking the names in the order of the printed catalogue, we received from Mr. Frank Miles an engraving of the three heads of Mrs. Langtry; a delicately etched portrait of Mrs. Langtry; four water-colour sketches, moments, one may call them, caught and perpetuated on paper, of glowing sunset or tender dawn; and other equally characteristic works, including the pencil drawing called "A Portrait," of the same inspiration as the well-known" Gardener's Daughter." It is greatly to be regretted that a lovely oil-painting, a portrait of a girl's head and shoulders, arrived too late to be shown at the Conversazione; it has, however, been since privately exhibited and given very great pleaMr. Baden-Powell's work showed equal strength and variety. He exhibited one large upright picture, the "Crust of the Earth," showing a deep ravine in which a bold and massive wall of rock hangs over a stream, a painting notable both for the romantic scene and the truthfulness of its representations. Among his other works a small pen-and-ink drawing of the Spenerbruck, Lucerne, was much admired for its minute architectural fidelity. Mr. Corbett sent four etchings, one of which in especial, the portrait of an Old Lady, was a striking example of the art in which Rembrandt excelled. A very pleasing oil-painting of a scene near Southwold, a red-tiled house overlooking a millstream flowing between high banks, and some sketches of old Italian glass were contributed by Mr. Lavers; and five water-colour sketches by Mr. Glennie, much admired for their truthfulness, their finish and harmony of colour. A design for a stained window in black and white, called "The Sleeping Beauty," was the work of Mr. Image, who also sent two small, but characteristically imaginative and poetic sketches in oil. The only work from Mr. D'Urban's hand was a decorated panel, a garland of exquisitely painted flowers upon a gold surface. Next comes Mr. Hale, with three sketches from Savernake Forest. These pictures, and some of Mr. Bourdillon's, scenes from our forest and downs, which every one of us has beheld scores of times, though it may be with unsympathetic eyes, brought the landscape-painter's art very near to us. Those

of us who remembered Mr. Image's paper on Jean Francois Millet must have delighted to trace in Mr. Hale's largest picture a blending of the beauty of forest foliage with that sympathy for rustic life and

that power of expressing the rhythmic movement of rustic toil which it was the life-work of Millet to realise. Mr. Bourdillon's "Grey Wethers" aimed at reproducing the two prominent features of such a landscape, its weirdness below and its gradations of light in sky and cloud above. Among his other pictures were one of the forest with hawthorns in blossom and deer, one of a girl gleaning amongst a row of golden sheaves, and one of the College from Manton. Mr. Percy Macquoid's two pictures only arrived a few hours before the Exhibition began and were placed, together with some others and all the sculpture, in the second room, opposite the Art Class Room. The first was an amusing double entendre "The Coming Man; " a girl stands in an arbour, half in shadow; in the foreground is the shadow of an approaching man. The second, a water-colour, called the "Iconoclasts," was a beautifully brilliant piece of colouring, and told its story with point and humour.

We turn to the sculpture. The diversified character and comparative excellence of all the work contributed by Mr. Baden Powell, are evidence of much force and originality, which, we believe, should ensure him a career. Besides the paintings and drawings above mentioned he contributed two pieces of sculpture, one a life-size bust called Regret,"

a

finely modelled head

of a woman, and a speaking realisation of the motive suggested by the name. The other, a statuette of an Italian boy, standing with a nonchalant air and his hands in his pockets, exactly hit the popular taste and was perhaps as much admired as any other work in the exhibition. Mr. Mullins was represented by such examples of his work as could be gathered together on the spot, as he unfortunately found it impossible. to send more recent productions owing to the danger of transport. His portrait-bust of W. E. Mullins, Esq., was there, the cast from his bold and commanding bust of Nelson, which has already been familiar to us in the Hall, besides a statuette of Mr. Gladstone (kindly lent us by the Mayor of Marlborough) and one or two smaller works showing much graceful design and tender feeling.

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We must reserve our remarks Marlburian artists until next time, for want of space in the present number.

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Arthur Llewelyn Davies (scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge), Le Bas Prize for an English Essay on India.

SCHOOL PRIZE.

Latin Elegiac Prize:-J. F. W. Little.

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Correspondents are particularly requested to remember that all contributions should be written on one side of the paper only.

Back numbers of the Marlburian may be had of the Printer, Waterloo House, Marlborough.

Printed by CHAS. PERKINS, at his General Printing Office, Waterloo House, Marlborough.

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KEN AND BURNET.

NOVEMBER 19TH, 1884.

AN attentive reader of the history of England after the Restoration cannot fail to be struck by the peculiar political position that the churchmen of the time, and especially Ken and Burnet, held. There seems to be no other reason for their preeminence, than the mere fact of their being consistently upright and stainless amid a court and aristocracy abandoned to meanness and profligacy; and it might almost be said that any statesman of the age possessed of their qualities would have been in exactly the same position. So that in their public life we must look for very little of the ecclesiastic in either of them, unless it be the fact of their preaching in Westminster Abbey on a few occasions. Not that their sees were neglected, and in fact Burnet did not obtain the bishopric of Salisbury until his part in politics had been played out; but it would be absurd to call them ideal churchmen, and as such to estimate them.

Burnet has an additional claim to be remembered above the author of the morning and evening hymns. The "History of the Reformation" and "History of Our Own Times," though they fall very far short of the ideal of historical writing, are the

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acknowledged authorities on the two most eventful periods in our history.

After taking his M.A. degree at the age of fourteen and studying divinity and philosophy, Burnet was ordained. He adopted a new style of preaching, the "extempore" sermons of his time were learnt by heart; he spoke as the spirit moved him, having first thought out his subject. This was very effective, as a well-known story attests; a congregation braced for an hour's discourse and allowed liberty of expressing, its feelings by a hum of applause, once called on him to turn over his hour-glass afresh and give them a second hour. If this be true the preachers of the nineteenth century cannot boast to be better than their forefathers.

During Charles' reign neither Burnet nor Ken were particularly prominent. The former was the King's professed enemy in politics, and for his avowed dislike to his religious tendencies incurred. his displeasure. But Charles was no fool, and could judge character well, and thus we can explain the fact that Burnet was constantly the sharer of his private confidence. He was offered a bishopric, but honesty was his distinguishing virtue, and he refused to sell his politics. Nevertheless shortly after he was in a position to reprove the king as a

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