We have already published an historical sketch as given in the Scotch Catholic papers of the work of our Brothers in Scotland during the last 50 years. This publication was followed by a public Jubilee Subscription to provide the Brothers with a New Noviciate.

Our Brothers were anxious to share in this good work ; and so their pupils eagerly set to work to produce a Great Concert as a demonstration of respect for their teachers on the occasion of their Diamond Jubilee. This Concert took place in Shoreditch Town Hall, with the approbation and blessing of the Archbishop of Westminster and the Clergy.

The hope was entertained that Sir J. Krill, Lord Mayor of London, would have presided, but the King's death and many engagements of different kinds prevented him from being present. The Duchess of Norfolk ; Mr. John Redmond leader of the Irish National Party ; Alderman Sir W. Dunn, M. P., and many other distinguished personages kindly patronized this demonstration.

On the evening of June 1301, the great Hall of Shoreditch was filled with the former pupils of the Brothers and their friends.

At an interval of the Concert, the Very Rev. Father Murphy, Provincial of the Marist Fathers, ascended the platform. He moved a vote of thanks to the Artistes for their kind services on that auspicious occasion. He then told a short story as to how a governess, after a day's trial with the little boy she got charge of, gave up her charge. The little fellow threw everything that carne to hand at her, tore up his books, broke his playthings, etc. The governess went to the Mistress and said she wished to leave at once. The Mistress asked her what was wrong. The governess replied : “I. came here as a governess, and I see that you require a lion-tamer which I am not. The good Marist Brothers, he continued, had carried on this lion-taming business in London for 60 years, and the young lions that they- saw flitting about in evening chess, that evening, were striking proofs that the taming had been thoroughly done. He Marist Brothers were not aware of the immense influence they had acquired in London by their quiet and effective work of years. He concluded by asserting that no hall in London would he able to contain their friends in London at their next Jubilee Meeting.