On the 8^th a large and enthusiastic meeting was held in the Temperance Hall, in connection with the above. The Rev. J. T. Harker, rector, took the chair and on the platform were the Rev. E. Templeman (vicar) and the Rev. J. Hall, curate of Higham Ferrers; and the Revs. R. E. Bradfield and Pung, Baptist ministers of Rushden, Rev. Bromage, Wesleyan minister and the deputation Dr. Lees and Mr. Brambley.

The Chairman said that two thirds of the crime of this country was caused by drink, and that the gaol and workhouses and asylums were filled with its victims. It was therefore the duty of everyone that had the moral and commercial prosperity of the country at heart, to stir themselves and in inquire if they could not do something to arrest the evil. They were not all agreed as to the means by which this should be done, but they were all agreed to do what they could, and as to the necessity of revising the enactments relating to the sale of drink. The Rev. E. Templeman moved the first resolution, which was the same as the one passed at the Kettering meeting last week. Referring to the use of strong drink, he said a man could do more work without it than with it and advised all to try it for 10 or 15 years. The motion seconded by the Rev. J. Hall and supported by Dr. Lees in a very able speech. The Rev. R. E. Bradfield and the Rev. Mr. Bromage respectively moved and seconded and Mr. Brambley supported the next resolution, which was also like that passed at Kettering. A vote of thanks to the deputation was carried by acclamation, as was also one to the chairman, and the meeting reminated.