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    OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE. On Satur...

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    THE CASE OF MR. WHISTON. The Reverend Ro...

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    Out-Door Relief In Australia. Tin: Last ...

    surface of the ground . Another letter from Melbourne says :- — ¦' . : ' ¦ -. ' , . / "'¦' :. ¦ . ' ' ¦ - . ,. - ¦¦* " You may imagine , with such an extraordinary gold field so near to Melbourne , what a state the city must be £ , ManV of the large establishments , where many hands Jilt -L " - * - *** " ^* - **** ¦ O' «»¦'"¦'¦« 1 "I " f ¥ 11 f are required to carry on the work , are closed . The ships in harbour- are all but deserted * and the prices of the necessaries of life are very high , the butchers and bakers having either started to the diggings themselves , or been left without journeymen . ..- " : '« . " I am afraid we shall have a great deal of drunkenness and debauchery about Christmas and the new year ,

    and un fortunately , there wul be no police to keep them m order , as . the whole police force of the city , with the exception of six , have sent in their resignations , and they wjjl be entitled to their discharges on the 1 st of January . The Government will be also , I am afraid , placed in an awkward predicament , as numbers of their offrfers and clerks have also sent in their resignations , and it will be very difficult to fill their places . How the public service is to be carried on is now a difficult question . "

    The Melbourne Argus of December the 20 th , gives a general summary , founded partly on ascertained facts , and partly on " careful conjecture , " of the amount of gold " dug up and ready for market , " estimating the value at 31 . an ounce . In the banks in Melbourne and Geelong , on the 19 th November , 42 , 000 ounces .... . £ 125 , 000 In private hands in Melbourne and Geelong , at the same date , 8 , 000 ounces . . , ' . ... 24 , 000 Amount by escort , on the 19 th of November , ¦

    10 , 138 ounces . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 , 414 Ditto , 26 th of November , 12 , 106 ounces . . . 36 , 318 Ditto , 3 rd of December , . 16 * 669 . ounces . . . 50 , 007 Ditto , 10 th of December , 26 , 656 ounces ... 79 , 968 Ditto , 17 th of December , 19 , 492 ounces . . . 68 , 476 Amount estimated to have been brought in by private conveyance , 28 , 353 ounces . . . . 85 , 059 Amount estimated in the hands of diggers , on the gold field , 80 , 000 ounces . . . . . . 240 , 000 Total , 243 , 414 ounces , or 20 , 282 10-121 b ., or 202 cwt . 821 b . 10 ounces , or 10 tons 2 cwt . 821 b . 10 ounces ..... . . ' ¦¦ -. . . . £ 730 , 242 These astonishing results have all been arrived at in less than three ,, short months . On the 29 th of September the announcement of the first Jarge yield in Victoria was made known . The same paper thus points the moral of this golden tale : ¦ - — . ' -= Jl To the good people of Great Britain we commit the consideration of these statements . We beg to remind them that even before this discovery burst upon us , this was one of the finest and most prosperous of British colonies . Let the gold fields cease their yield to-morrow , and we still retain all the elements of national wealth and national greatness . Those who venture to share our wealth may venture boldl y , for boundless plenty smiles side by side with countless wealth . Our splendid harvests are now whitening for the sickle , with no men to reap them . The same land which is thus pouring forth its mineral treasures , is still feeding the . finest sheep and cattle that ever were fattened upon natural grasses . Their fate has hitherto been that shameful waste , the melting-pot . It is a land literally flowing with milk and honey . It wants but popu iation to give it a degree of progress unequalled in the history of the world . Let the overcrowded of the mother country come freely and fearlessly . We can make room for t horn by thousands or tens of thousands . " Why should English labourers be allowed to starve in Dorsetshire , while food , shelter , clothing , and gold , are literally waiting for them in another hemisphere ?

    Oxford And Cambridge Boat Race. On Satur...

    OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE . On Saturday afternoon the great annual contest between the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge was decided by an eight-oar race over the usual course from Putney-bridge to the well-known Ship Tavern at Mortlake—a diatanco of somewhat more than four ! f'I * 38 ' ** * 8 verv ncarty * wo years and a half since " Father Thames" was enlivened by a similar match , on which occasion the Oxonians were victorious through a foul on the part of their adversaries . Long before the time appointed , the whole course of the river to l utnoy was alive with bustle and excitement . Twelve

    steamers wero chartered to accompany the race , but a viwt number of persons were disappointed in obtaining pliiccs . About twenty minutes after one o ' clock tho "x tord crow rowed away from Searle's yard , at Putney , and wore followed shortly after by the Cantata . At a quarter to two tho rival boats took their respective situations , tho Oxford being on tho Middlesox side , the Mntabs on thp Surroy . Tho two crows , who were moat vociferousl y cheered , wore composed of tho following gentlemen : — 2 * ^^^ . "rasonoso . 1 , M'Naughton , Trinity . 3 wffiS "' . diUo - 2 ' Jfrandtfditto . 4 S ' ° t \^ Olluro » - » . Tuokoy St . Joh n ' s . t : Sin iT - *¦ Ford ' * rinity-( IT ? , ? ' . ri" 8 ltv- 5 « Hixwloy , Sidrioy . i Vil « ' . Brosonoso . « . Longmoro , ditto . 8 ' rS * " '" broke . 7 . Norris , Trinity . Jwf « 5 ? llwl i 8 troko ) 8 . Johnstono , Trinity f otton Ghriat Chuxoli ( Btroko ) . VC 0 Xfl > ) Orosee , Oaiua ( coxe . )

    Mr . C . Selwyn officiated as umpire , and Mr . E . Searle undertook to start them , which he effected at about ten minutes to two o ' clock . The race may be described in a few words . Both crews started at an astonishing pace for some hundred yards , when the Oxford obtained a slight advantage , which they gradually improved upon . At this point the Cantabs , under the guidance of Robert Coombes , the champion , kept to the Surrey side , whilst the Oxonians steered up the middle of'the river . On nearing Hammersmith-bridge , the Cambridge , putting on a spurt , appeared to lessen the distance between , arlft their partisans asserted that they would come out level from their plan of steering . At

    Chiswick Eyot , however , the Oxford had increased their lead , in despite of the most strenuous exertions of their opponents . All efforts after this were fruitless , for the Oxford coxswain , taking off his cap , cheered on his crew and steered them on \ o victory , which they gained by about six boats' lengths amidst the deafening cheers of thousands . The boats were both built by Messrs . Searle for the occasion ; the Oxford one being sixtythree feet in length , the Cambridge sixty-two . Several boats were upset by the swell from the steamers , and amongst others the Leander . The parties , however , fortunately met with no accident beyond the ducking . The Oxford and Cambridge crews dined together as usual after the race , at the Albion , Aldersgate-street .

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    The Case Of Mr. Whiston. The Reverend Ro...

    THE CASE OF MR . WHISTON . The Reverend Robert Whiston , M . A ., has pleaded his own cause this week , on an appeal made by him , in the Court of the Bishop of Rochester , against his removal as Master of the Rochester Grammar School . For convenience the Court was held in the Court of Arches ; and Dr . Lushington and Baron Parke assisted the Bishop . The Dean and Chapter of Rochester , who dismissed Mi . Whiston , were represented by Dr . Addams and Mr . Cowling . Dr . Griffith , the senior canon , was present . _ Mr . Whiston began pleading on Monday , and continued on Tuesday and Wednesday , when he concluded .

    The ostensible ground of his dismissal was for the publication of a pamphlet on Cathedral Trusts , which it was alleged contained false and scandalous libels against the Dean and Chapter and the Bishop of Rochester . Mr . Whiston insisted that the libels were not false or scandalous , and alleged a series of facts to prove the truth of the said libels . The leading facts of the case , stated in his own words , were as follow : — " In November , 1842 , I was elected to the head mastership of the Cathedral Grammar School at Rochester . At that time there was not a single scholar in the school . The number was soon raised b y myself to nearly eighty . Not long after that I fell in with a copy of the Cathedral

    Statutes , and I discovered that four students ought , in conformity with the directions of the founder , to be maintained at the universities , and twenty boys also at the school . And I also observed , that the allowance for that purpose hkd remained , from the time of Henry VIII . to the present time , unchanged—namely , 62 . for the students , and 22 . 13 s . 4 d . for the grammar boys ; while the income of tho canons , which at the foundation was 201 ., had been increased to 680 ? . A correspondence then followed with the Chapter . In August , 1848 , I applied for an augmentation of the 21 . 13 s . 4 d . allowed to the grammar boys . The request which I made was not granted , and nothing was done . Subsequently I applied to the Bishop of

    Rochester , and it is part of tho unhappiness of my position that I am compelled to say that I was kept in doubt by his lordship for four months , and then referred by him to the Court of Chancery . On the 28 th of May , 1849 , 1 was dismissed by tho Dean and Chapter , by a deed poll , which states that the pamphlet published by me contained scandalous libels , and passages directed against tho Dean and Chapter , and also against tho Lord B ishop of tho dioccso , and against tho members of divers other cathedral churches , particularly at page bo and so , and then going on to specify the passages charged as being libellous . I then applied for an injunction to restrain tho Chapter from carrying out this deed poll , but tho injunction was refused on tho

    ground of want of jurisdiction . On the 10 th of August I was served with a notice to tho effect that tho Ohaptor had cancelled tho deod poll . On tho 13 th I was served with a citation , reciting protty nearly tho samo facts as tho deed poll—namely , that * tho said pamphlet contains divers false , scandalous , and libellous passages directed against tho said Dean and Chapter , and also against divers other cathedral bodies in the kingdom . ' It recited also the aamo passages that wero rocited in tho deed poll , by which I was dismissed unheard . Perhaps I ouerlvt to have mentioned that tho

    notico cancolling tho deed poll acknowledged mo still as tho master , of tho school . Tho citation summoned mo to appear before , ' the Dean and Chapter , and answer for having written tho pamphlot for winch in the first instanco I had boon dismissed without a hearing . Various proceedings followed , which wore ondod on tho 10 th ult . by a second deed of dismissal . I then appealed to the Court of Queon ' s Bench , whore tho rule was inado absolute for my , restoration , but subsequently discharged on tho ground that tho return of tho visitor was hold a sufficient answer , without tho Court going afc all into tho merits . "

    Mr . Whtoton laid down fifteen propositions , which in his long Bpoeob . he endeavoured to substantiate . Ho alleged that the pamphlet was not false and scandalous , but substantially true , justified by facts , or antecedent

    provocations , and intended for the public good ; that if it were libellous , it would not furnish legal ground for his dismissal ; that the publication of such a pamphlet was , if not commanded , encouraged under a special statute , that if the offence had been committed , the sentence was invalid , as having been passed without the accused being heard in defence , and the chapter judges in their own cause ; that he had not proved himself unworthy , and was not , in fact , entirely unfit and unworthy to be entrusted with the instruction of the foundation boys of the school ; and that the dean and chapter had not been actuated by a regard to theinterest of the school in dismissing him . /

    Mr . Whiston , at great length , shoWBd ^ Kow ^ iio- liad been insultingly treated by Dr . Griffiths , the canon in residence , on account of his proceedings in relation to the cathedral trusts . He showed that the Dean and Chapter of Rochester had not applied -the monies left for that purpose to the maintenance of the Grammar School boys , and in the sending of students to the Universities ; while , at the same time , their own incomes had increased from 201 . to 680 ? . 19 * . It was represented that the revenue in excess was paid to a mysterious entity , or non-entity , known as domus ; but what Mr . Whiston wanted , was a sight of the accounts of the Dean and Chapter , to see what had becoine of the money . He stated some striking facts connected with the administration of the trusts .

    " Mir . Whiston said that there was this simple undisputed fact , that whereas Henry VIII . gave to the deans and canons of Rochester only 2202 . a year , about four times as much as to the foundation scholars , cither they or domus , or they and domus together , in 1838 , took 6 , 500 times as much . There was in that year one boy receiving 12 ., the original allowance being 532 . 6 s . 8 d > , and , accordin g to the returns made to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners , the Dean of Rochester was receiving 1 , 4262 , a year , and the six canons about 4 , 0802 . ; so that , instead of its being 2202 . versus 5 SI . 6 s . 8 dr , it was 5 , 500 * . versus 11 . * * * * In 1542 the net receipts were 2202 . ; in 1834 , the average for seven years was 5 , 5112 . ; the expenses of the grammarschool in 1542 , in which he included the salaries of the masters and the stipends of four students , were 992 . 18 s . 6 d . ; the

    average for seven years ending in 1834 was 1262 . 13 s . Id ., which was rather mysterious , because , in 1834 ,-there were onljr six boys in the school . In 1542 the portion of the whole endowment apportioned for the schools and students was one-eighth ; in 1834 it was 1-233 . In the passage cited he had laid down two principles ; first , that it was only just to dispose of the church ' s lands as the founder intended ; and ^ secondly , that it was binding on clergymen to do unto others as they would that others should do unto them . Would any one deny that tho details he had given proved the truth of what he had stated ? The net receipts o £ the dean and canons was raised from 2202 . to 5 , 5112 ., and of each canon from 202 . to 6802 . 19 s . ; while , out of the 532 . 6 s . 8 d . allowed for scholars , not more than 202 . was ever paid to them until 1842 . Was there not , then , a preference for money to principles of justice ?

    As to the domus , the groat money absorber , the threw some strange light upon him , her , or it . The Bishop of Rochester said that Mr . Whiston knew that tho Chapter had to pay subscriptions to a great variety of objects in tho dioceso out of tho cathedral funds , which amounted to a large sum annually . But Mr . Whiston always spoko as if he wished to moke it appear that tho money wont into tho pockets of the Dean and Chapter . Tho domus , in fact , was expended for objects

    directly tending to the public good . Mr . Whiston—Yes , my lord ; but these subscriptions being paid out of domus , must save tho pockets of the Dean and Chapter , and thus , pro tanto , incroaso their dividends . The Bishop—That may bo so . Mr . Whiston ' s peroration was very eloquent , and does him great honour . One passage is stored with remarkable facts , and tells its own tale .

    " As for their persecution—da hit Dens his guoque fi nem ; ' and far rather would I have to boar oven it than onduro tho burden of thoir solf-roproach—for what is more heavy to boar than evil fame deserved , or who can sop worso days than ho who , yet living , follows at tho funeral of his own reputation ? As I have said olsowhoro , I have boon supported by tho consciousness and cheered by tho happiness of doing right . Already tho poor bedesmen of Roehostor , some of whom havo fought and bled for thoir country , fill a placo which had boon empty for almost ft contury , and rccoivo a stipend which JJomns had received f or nearly 80 years . Tho poor choristers of Canterbury no longer hand over their first , half-year'h pittanco to tho

    organist , while tho lay clerks have 402 . a-yoar more than thoy used to have . Tho grammar boys at Worcester rocoivo nob 3 s . 10 d ., but 21 . 13 s . Ad . ; tho 10 boys at Durham havo now , 4 . 4 . a-yoar moro than over they had boforo ; tho 24 at Chester'have had thoir 32 . < $ « . 8 d . each rontorod ; and tho visitor has declared that tho four exhibitors uro honcoforth to bo . maintained at tho Univorsitioa . Tho old cathedral school at . Carlisle , which dates from tho Hovonth contury , dinjilayH ( now buildings , and boiiHt h of hs 70 boys ; and Ely ifcsolf , as if ashamed of it « bad promiirieiieo , is , as ifc uppoara from tho public printu , to uo reformed and mado , 1 liopo , not unworthy of itw doan . Whatovor , thon , may result to myself—come what may , I nay , ' Jm udabor tamon cxtinxiaso no / us . ' "

    Again" Nay , my lords—in tho prosont outcry for education , whilo ovcry ono profoHHon it to bo tho groatoul ; of acquired blowinga and tho choicest' of muu ' ti g > i '( n , ami proclaims itH

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  • Leader (1850-1860), April 10, 1852, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10041852/page/11/