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inR/t THE LEADER, [Ko. 446, October 9, 1...
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NAVAL AND MILITARY. The Rotal Marines.—S...
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Grounded In The Principles Of Morality A...
sense of your own inferiority ! But need you admit the truth of that unwelcome suspicion ? He who has obtained the prize has undoubtedly manifested superior excellence in certain qualities of mind ; he has shown that he has the power of acquiring and arranging knowledge , of recalling it readily , and of expressing it clearly and rapidly . But surely it does not necessarily follow that he is the most learned man , the deepest thinker , the most energetic actor , or that he is endowed in any degree with any of those transcendent gifts which confer distinction and fame in literature and art . Again , some of you have won the laurels for which you have wrestled—I doubt not , gentlemen , you have deserved your rewards , and I offer you my sincere congratulations ; . But how are you affected by your success ? Are you gratified ¦ with the result , but already weary of the effort it has cost you , and satisfied with your present victory , determined to lapse into indifference and idleness ? If this be the effeCt , I am sorry for you ; yet take your prizes and keep them , nay , deem them hereafter , as now , honourable distinctions , but they will become instead a standing reproof to you for time and opportunities lost , for talents neglected and abused . Has your first success ministered to your vanity , and given you an exalted estimate of your own importance ? You have mistaken the prizes for what they onlv represent , you have worshipped the image instead of the gpd ; you have complacently listened to your praises and believed themhave esteemed that absolute which was only conditional that true which was in effect exaggerated ! Pause , gentlemen , ere you make your vanity a barrier to your success , ere you render yourselves objects of pity , of ridicule , of contempt ! But if you regard the prizes you are this day to receive as objects of secondary importance , and value them only as the external indications of positive advance in knowledge and worth ; if your conscience tells yoli the praises heaped upon you . are disproportionate to your merits , and you believe your conscience ; if } 'ou look on your medals as incentives to renewed exertions , and credit your excess of praise to the account of future deserts ; if your successes , instead of rendering you vain , have made you humble ; depend upon it you deserve the rewards you have striven for , they have done you good ; you are in the right path , go on in it and prosper . " The lecturer concluded his address with a few words of welcome to the new students , congratulation to the prizemen , and thanks to his audience . At the conclusion of his address , the lecturer was loudly cheered . The prizes were then distributed by Sir John Musgrove among the successful pupils of the preceding year , with which interesting ceremony the proceedings closed .
Inr/T The Leader, [Ko. 446, October 9, 1...
inR / t THE LEADER , [ Ko . 446 , October 9 , 1858 . ' _ L \ JO TE ' . ; i : ——— — ^— ~* = " "¦¦ ~~'— '
Naval And Military. The Rotal Marines.—S...
NAVAL AND MILITARY . The Rotal Marines . —Several additional recruiting parties are out in the metropolis and suburbs to raise recruits , the Lords of the Admiralty having resolved to increase the strength of this corps by 5000 men , and to form a fifth division of Royal Marines at Pembroke Dockyard , Wales . jg * . The Prussian Admiral . —H . R . H . Prince ^ awbert of Prussia , High Admiral of the Prussian navy , left his yacht , the Grille , in Hamoaze , on Monday morning , and with his flag-captain , Bothwell , was received at the Devonport Dockyard by Mr . James Brown , Master-Attendant , and the principal officers , who conducted the royal visitor round the Arsenal , and through the tunnel to Keyham steam-yard . Foreign Princes at Devonport 1 . —The Count de Paris with the Duke of Wurtemburg and suite arrived at Devonport on Wednesday morning , and , being attended by Captain Stewart and Lieutenant Preston , drove to Keybom-yard , where they were received by the Master Attendant , who escorted tho party through the factory and the other branches of tho establishment . The great size of the now steanv-frigato Orlando appeared to excite special attention . After visiting the Himalaya , now preparing to convoy troops to India , his Royal Highness and suite went through tho tunnel to Devonport Dockyard , over which they -wore conducted . Defences op the Welch Coast . — -The authorities have had their attention drawn to the defenceless condition of the whole of the south coast of Wales , whore not a single gun is mounted for tho safety of Newport , Cardiff , Swansea , Llanolly , & c . A battery of heavy guns is to be immediately erected on tho high ground at Ponarth Head for the protection of tho shipping frequenting the roads . It is said that Swansea is to be better protected . Caldy Island lias been named as another point for a battery .
Accidents And Sudden Deaths. A Dreadful ...
ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . A dreadful flro occurrod on Sunday afternoon near the West India Docks , whereby an immense- amount of property was consumed . The premises belonged to Messrs . Weatropp , and Messrs . Boll and "Wright , ship-riggers , And tho building containod almost every article necessary to that business . Tho flro obtained a groat head before means could bo procured to chock It ; but by ton o ' clock the firemen wore onablod through groat exertions to
Accidents And Sudden Deaths. A Dreadful ...
• heck the flames . The traffic on the Blackwall Railway was stopped by the fire . The fearful ' occurrence at tho Pag e Bank Colliery has turned out to be less disastrous than was at first anticipated . Out of eighty-six men and boys in the various workings at the time the fire broke out , seventy-six have been rescued alive , most . of whom are doing well . The corpses of the remainder have been brought to the surface . The pitmen who were in the mine at the time of the accident were variously affected by it- " We are told that some were congregated in groups and engaged in prayer , while others were singing and jokinaj and telling tales , in order to cheer their companions . One of them says he laid down at nine o ' clock and quietly slept the time away . A shocking death from chloroform has taken place at the London Opthalmic Institution . A little boy eight years of age went to the hospital to undergo an operation in his eyes . Chloroform was administered , but death very speedily ensued . The jury returned a verdict of Acccidetital Death , but coupled with it a suggestion which will doubtless be attended to in the proper quarter . The recurrence of death from this cause will , no doubt , make people hesitate in accepting the means that promises to alleviate the natural pangs of the body under surgical operations . Just after the opening of the doors at the Surrey Theatre , on Monday night , a man , whose name is at present unknown , who had got a front seat in the gallery , and was leaning over the rail , overbalanced himself and fell headforemost into the pit , driving in his skull . The unfortunate sufferer was carried to St . Thomas's Hospital , where he expired in a few hours . The inquest which has been held in connexion with the late fatal collision on the Oxford , Worcester , and Wolverhampton Railway has resulted in a verdict of manslaughter anainst Cook , the guard , who was committed for trial . It is not impossible that the verdict of the jury may be set aside . The gentleman who stands in the coroner's precept as foreman of the jury is charged by the Chairman of the Committee with acting under hostile feeling , he having had two lawsuits with the compairyv Five of the jurymen declared , besides , that they did not concur in the latter portion of the verdict , which imputed great blame to all the officers uf the company . We have to record an awful tragedy oft the great deep . The Austria steamship , while pursuing her passage from Southampton to New York , was totally destroyed by fire . As there were six hundred persons on board , it is feared that a large portion of them may have perished . It is known that sixty-eight persons from the ill-fated ship had been picked up by a French barque , but the others on" board , stated to be upwards of oOU , remain unaccounted for .
Ireland. The Orangemen.—The Dowmkire Pro...
IRELAND . The Orangemen . —The Dowmkire Protestant , the official Gazette of the Irish Orange Society , has just put forth an article which destroys any expectation that might be entertained as to the probability of tho Confederation dissolving . There is no chance whatever of such a consummation . Representative Peers . —The following are the spiritual Representative Peers for the next session of Parliament : —The Lord Primate , closing fast upon his 87 th year ; the Bishop of Down , tho Bishop of Ossory , and the Bishop of Cork . As regards politics , the four are pretty much of one mind , but the Bishops of Down and Cork are considered to be favourable to the national system of education . Gal way and America . —At a meeting of tho Galway Harbour Commissioners , a communication from the Viceregal Lodge was read by the chairman , Father Peter Daly . In this letter Mr . Pluukctt Dunne says ho has communicated the telegram and Mr . Daly ' s note to the Lord-Lieutenant , who was much gratified by the successful voyage of the last steamer from St . John ' s to Gal way , which decides the advantages of tho Irish passage over that from Liverpool , so as to make it plain even to English understandings . Lord Eglintoun has succeeded inhaving the Commissioners sent to Gal way ,, and all are sanguine that their report will bo favourable and tho lino of packets from thence firmly established . At the mooting , Captain Thatcher , of tho Propeller , recently arrived from America , presented Father Daly with an American hickory stick , the gift of a Transatlantic admirer . After a brief speech , tho gallant seaman placed tho stick in the worthy father's hands , amid enthusiastic cheering . Tho following statement appears in the Limerick Chronicle of yesterday . Tho Southerns , it would seem have abandoned all idea of tho establishment of tho transatlantic packet station at their side of tho kingdom : — " Wo hovo boon informed that at tho assembling of Parliament Government will roooinmond giving to Gal way a grant of 60 , 000 / , as tho first instalment of the sum needed to construct tho broakwator , If tho commissioners no , w inspecting Gal way should report favourably of it as a harbour of rofugd . Tho , total required for tho purpose will be 130 , 0001 . Owing to tho energy and enterprise of tho Galwoglans thom-Bolvoe , the entire Amount will bo advanced out of the ' imperial oxohequor , and that , too , not as a loan , but as a grant , free and for over . Lord Dgrb y k dotonnlnod i
on helping those who seem disposed to help themselves The people of Limerick deserved no help from anyone " because there was no disposition on their part to aid themselves . That the packets from Gal way will prove a " paying speculation the following facts are good omens : —The amount of passage money paid in the lust steamer ' the Pacific , was over 3000 ? .,- and in one of the secpnd-cltiss . packets , which arrived' at Gal way a short time ago , nearly 2 0007 . ' was produced by the passengertraffic alone , being , as in the other case , exclusive of the freights for conveyance of merchandise . The receipt ! of the Midland Railway have been vastly increased by the arrival and departure of American packets at Galway . The company is in a most flourishing condition and they propose to continue their line of railway down to the dock . The Gulwity Vindicator announces ' the arrival there of Captain Washington , K . N ., one of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the subject of harbours of refuge . Captain " Washington informed Mr . Lynch , the ltev . Mr . Darcv , Mr . P . A . Fynn , and one or two other gentlemen who waited on him , that he would be most happy to meet some gentlemen connected with the Harbour Hoard who could give him informatio n on the subject of his inquiry at the Railway Hotel this day . There will be no public court of imniiry held , but we have reason to believe that Captain AVashingtou is disposed to enter . on his inquiry with a degree of earnestness which will leave nothing undeveloped in relation to the natural resources and immense capabilities of the harbour of Galway .
Gatherings From Law And Police Courts. T...
GATHERINGS FROM LAW AND POLICE COURTS . The tedious charge of fraud in picture-dealing against the Barnses has been brought to a close by being ; dismissed . The medical attendant of 3 Ir . Peter , the prosecutor , was examined as to the condition of- his patient , anil pronounced him to be in such a state of mental imbecility as to render his appearance at the Guildhall dangerous to himself . Alderman Wire expressed his conviction that a compromise hud been elleetcd , but as the evidence was defective lie could not scud the case Tor trial . Those who made themselves acquainted with the ' case ' of Miss Frances Johnson , a youn ^ woman only eighteen \ -ears old , charged with attempting to commit suicide , will rejoice to hear tbattho Lord Mayor has sentenced her father to one month's imprisonment as . a rogue and , vagabond . The pity is , that the law could not punish him more severely . The young lady niade the effort to destroy herself rather than accept the parent ' s advice to maintain herself by a career of Iniquity . Mr- Johnson , the rogue and vagabond , is described as a " respectable grey-headed looking man , " but it is impossible to imagine parental feelings more brutally depraved than his appear i rm » . » . t i 1 ¦ _ . _ a I i- _ to l excitcu tue io |
ue . ne case nas puimc sympnuiy a great extent . 19-i members of the Stock Exchange have contributed the sum of 172 / . lls . ( id . for the iK'iicnt of Frances Johnson and her sister . They have placed the money in the hands of the Lord Mayor , to be employed at his discretion . ^ Numerous smaller sums have also been received , Edward Thurgood , surgeon , pf Camden-town , and John Kiley , an agent , have been brought up at Guildhall , for further examination relative to a charge of conspiring to defraud Mr . Charles Christie , distiller , Liverpool , out of whisky to tho value of more than . iwl-The publication in the papers ' of the facts elicited at tho former inquiry has had tho effect of bringing out a Hood of information regarding tho two prisoner , * , which inny prove useful in securing tho ends of justice . On tho case being again remanded , tho accused were , in default of bail , sent to prison . At tho Middlesex Sessions , Theodore Kidinnb , travollor , pleaded guilty to having embcz / . lod . si'Vi-ral sums of money , which he had received on account of Ms mustor . It was proved that tho prisoner had bium previously convicted , and had been sentenced to seven yenra transportation , and tho Court now neiiteiiced him to undergo penal sorvitudo for ton years . —James Kondalo wuh indicted for huving inflicted griovous bodily harm upon Mary Kondalo , his wife . The medical testimony was to tho efl ' oot that tho prisoner was insane . Tho jury found tho prisoner not guilty on tho ground of insanity . At the Middlesex Sessions tho court sat oi \ Tliinwiny to hoar applications for the renewal of licenses for music and dancing and for now licensor . Thoro wore ' -08 application ' s for tho renewal of licenses for music only , 05 for music and dancing , -13 now app lications for tho license Air niuaie only , uinl 11 for tho double li '' LIIls 0 < An application by Robert Uignoll , for tho Argyll Koonw , willed was rofiiHcd last your , and ono by Mr . I ' - . * Smith , for tho Allmmbra Palace , wore ilxeil for hearing on Friday morniug , both applications being opposed . With a fow exceptions tlio old llceuaos wore rqiunvtid . A widely different version of tho story told 'jy " ' ° " ham , tho man who charged his wlfo with making two several attempts to murder him while asluop , haw been , Itylvott by a witness to tho magistrate , at Woatnilnstor . It appears thut the assaults had boon reciprocal , < uui that the husband was quite aa much to blaniM an Uia wife ; they wore therefore both bound In fluretloa oi 10 / ., to liuop the pewoo toward * o . aoh otUerJ ' or twwivo JUonthe . 4 JP .
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 9, 1858, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_09101858/page/6/
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