"SCIENCE" AND THE LEGIS LATURE.

Inangahua Times, Volume XI, Issue 1752, 3 September 1886, Page 2

"SCIENCE" AND THE LEGIS LATURE.

Apropos of the recent rowdy proceedings in the N.S.W. Parliament, a Sydney contemporary states that the following petition is about to he presented : "To the honorable tin* members of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales. The humble petition of Laurence Foley, professor of science, Sydney, respectfully showeth : That yonr petitioner on certain days in the week is in the habit of giving lectures, accompanied l>y demonstrations and pratical illus» trationa on the application of pure science to the laws of self-defence. That these lectures have been largely attended by students desirious of mental and physical improvement

That yonr petitioner is accustomed to make certain charges for admission to these lectures iv order to pay himself ami assistants. That of late your honorable House has been giving a series of entertainments of a lirutalis ing and degrading character, for admission to which no fee has linen charged. That, owing to this latter ciicnmstance, and to the innate d« pravity of the hu'iian mind, a great niMiiief of your p.'ti.'i<nier'B most \>v) mising pupils ha^e^iven up attending your pt'titionerV leiturea tinl instead thereof have wastr'd their time and lowered their mx/ul senfime-its ««y attending the o\!)ii>itiotH ifford.-d by your honorable House, Tlut in con - sequence of this your petitioner has Bntfeivd considerable pecuniary loss, and his pupils have suffered loss of Sfclf-respeet, of religious teaching, and of morality. That your petitioner therefore prays that your houo»aUe House will grant him snch relief as may seem fitting. And your petitioner as in duty bonnd will ever pray."