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^n AfiO. Jakttabt 15, 1859.1 TaijMW 87*
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The Great Dodd And Cullenford - Controve...
what cynics would call a very natural hatred of a beuclacfcor . Macphaii is a man ^ 1 law and business- the Committee seem to fight shy- of him m both ' eapacities . He objects to divest the donor of the legal estate until ¦ , somebody is legally entitled to receive it . Their aim is to do their will with Dodd ' s own , and that-speedily .- Macphaii Seafroin Sir T . K . Shuttleworth that 800 , 000 / . of char itable income is annually misappropriated . Helms heard Mr . Webster lecture admirably upon AlLcyne ' s charity . He lias also read Mr . Charles biekens ' s censures of the Literary Fond . He may have heardj perhaps , of the famous Guild of Literatum and its supposed occult hoard . He may chance
to have heard whispers that for want of ioresio-ht the Covent Garden fund may some day be without a claimant . He knows the old proverbs about the souls of corporations , " a stitch in time " and " shutting the stable-door , " he therefore wishes to provide a wiiolcspme check upon future managers , and ur ° -es his fellow-labourers "to perform their duty of properly constituting the institution , at present , for all real and business purposes , a nonentity . " But the more wisely he charms the more deaf are-the provisional cpmmitteemen who strut and fret their hour at tiie board in
Bedfordstreet . The more he concedes and advises , the more they : demand unconditional surrender—the more disco urteously , not to say insultingly , do they flout his counsel . Forgetful that if they have not j ) ower to concede ! such a reasonable and trifling stipulation as the publicity of the charity accounts ^ they can hardly be judged competent to the graver function of holding lands , they imperiously demand the conveyance , the whole conveyance , and nothing but the conveyance . " They will have the bond . " Their souls abhor conditions . .
They advance no argument ( according to the Dodd version ) against the course Mr . Macphaii recommends , nor will they hear any in its favour . ' Both parties being thus at a dead-lock , the secretary at last presents a moral pistol at the head of Henry Dodd by way of denoument , and the piece ends ,, as-- , the Provisional Committee resolve to " cut" and otherwise ignom ^ niously entreat the good Samaritan who first enabled them to grasp their brief authority , and whom , six months ago , they joined all generous , minds in delighting to honour . But
the repetition of the farce is not to be permitted , though it has singularly enough brought money to the treasury . Subscribers have doubled their gifts , offers of eligible land have been received , but the necessity of saving the society from its friends has already been , recognised . Mr . Theodore Martin , learned in the law , lias prescribed a" course which practically admits the propriety of the position taken , by Mr . Dodd , and more than justifies Mr . Macphaii . He moved at the meeting on Wednesday " that the committee be authorised ( i . e . ordered ) to take all stops , and consider and determine on nil provisions and regulations necessary for the establishment and future management of the college ,
and , it deemed expedient , to apply to her Majesty for a Royal charter of incorporation . " Tins looks much mpre like business . During the Committee's quarrelsome flirtation with Mr . Dodd , their perverse adhesion to an inchoate stato cllcciually counteracted that gentleman's good intentions . In treating for laud with their new friends , their inability lo deal with real property may , perhaps , no longer irnpedo their action ; and let us hopo , for the sake of those whom it is proposod to benefit , ns well as for the avoidance of scandal , that the course of the new lpvc may run more smoothly than did that of tlio old . But unless the tempestuous officials can
stoop to moot the advances and possibly inupcent crotchets of Mr . Mooro and Mr . Moore ' s lawyer ( who , unless they have indeed " caught a . flat , " will trnnspiro by-nnd-by ) with u better grace than thoy did those of Messrs . Do 4 d and Maophail , the acquisition of the Gerard ' s Cross cstato , the ostaolishmont of the college , the general lmppinoss of tho qhamoters , and the call for the munngors , will be further oft * iu six . months' time than it is tp-day . A word of warning to the subscribers ore wo loavo the topic . It bodos no moro good to a clmritablo than to a commercial association that tho earliest demonstration of its managing body should bo so murkoaly dirootod against responsibility .
^N Afio. Jakttabt 15, 1859.1 Taijmw 87*
^ n AfiO . Jakttabt 15 , 1859 . 1 TaijMW 87 *
Murred. To Us, "They Seemed Especially F...
murred . To us , " they seemed especially framed with a view to secure the thorough publicity of all the charity ' s proceedings , and thus leave , if possible , no foothold for future jobbery , corruption , or close patronage : — . ¦ . " 1 . That annual accounts of receipts and disbursements shall be made up , the items carefully examined , vouched ^ audited , and that a balance-sheet , sanctioned by tlhe signatures of tlie auditors , or a majority of them , shall within one month after such audit be published in , say two or three of the metropolitan newspapers having a large circulation . . .
" 2 . That when a vacancy occurs by the death or removal of any pensioner , or in the section of the proposed College school entitling the pupils to board , Sf-c , in either of these cases , a notice of the vacancy shall forUiwiUi in . like manner be published in the London newspapers , and that thereupon :, within one calendar month after such notice , the election shall take place . «« 3 . That these ? iotices and copies of the balancesheet should be suspended in some part of the collegehall , in the green-rooms of three London theatres , and of such provincial theatres as the council shall determine "
Now , because the reception of these clauses would have involved an admission of account ability , the gorge of the acting committee seems mightily to have risen against them . The general uprightness of the leading dramatic members of the committee is so well known to us that we can tax them in the matter with no heavier sins than , those of neglect and permission . But of those they are clearly all more or less guilty . They hare been appointed and have been glorified as trustees between their weaker brethren and a generous public . They have abandoned their position in favour pf outsiders who care little or naught for the flock . They have thus abused—each on very good excuses , no doubt —the confidence reposed in them , and have permitted grievous wrong to be done to the poor players , the subscribers , and the benevolent Hesuv Dobr > .
HAY 3 IA . RK . ET . Miss Amt Sedgwick . appeared here on Monday last as Constance , in the Love Chase , and niade an excellent impression in that celebrated part , for which , other considerations apart , her agreeable personal appearance so well qualifies her . Mrs . Wilkins may be praised for her Widow Greene , in Avhich she displayed humour and growing intelligence . The reception accorded to the heroine of the evening , who had not been previously seen upon the London stage since her marriage , was Very cordial . The cast was , as usual at the Haymarket , most satisfactory . princess ' s .
Wo have copied from the . Podd Papora tho following oluuaes which Mr . JXonry Dodd ' * Mend , Mr . Maephail , proposod to inaort In tho conveyance of tho kangloy estuto to too charity , «» a to whluh the coiuiwlttQO
do-Mr . Kean has been performing Hamlet alternately with the Corsican Brothers during the week to good , houses . The public have already and so often recorded their sentence upon tlie merits of Mr . and Mrs . Charles Kean in the characters they assume in Hamlet , that it were superfluous now to suggest new material for judgment . Miss Heath continues to improve and to be appreciated . Her Ophelia is a finished and sweet performance ; but the most noteworthy feature of the revival yas , perhaps , the absence of the old renowned First Gravedigger , j . P . Harley , whose place is supplied by Mr . F . Matthews . The pantomime continues to prove attractive
Oxt'oun And Camjjkidoe.—A Question Has L...
Oxt'oun and Camjjkidoe . —A question has lately agitated the dons of both the Universities which will afford nuts to crack to the stern crilios of those learned bodies who assume the duty of supervising their morals in tho London press—how far graduates , and especially Masters of Arts , are subject to the regulations of University police ? This knotty point has seriously been taken in hand nt Cambridge , and the result wna that by the vote of a majority of the Senate , a new tribunal was erected for the purpose of taking cognisance of offences committed by Masters of Arts . This tribunal , which is culled the Sex , Yiri , consists of six men chosen from among tho most distinguished and influential of the resident members of tho University . Thoy have power to call before them any membor , and inquire into any matter wherewith ho may bo charged ; and their power extends not only to reprimand and rustication , but oven , we believe , in extreme caeca , to expulsion from tho University . They could not , of course , deprive a Fellow of his Fellowship without the consont of his College ; but it is difficult to boKovo thnt any Combination-room would support one of its tenants in an offence so nngrant as to call for such a sentence from tho Sox Yiri . Already , wo believe , has tho power of this new'body been felt in more than one quarter , and opinion is very much divided at Cambridge as to its continuance . At Oxford , too , tho question has come to an Issue even in a more definite form . It appears that Messrs . John Parkinson und George Mallory , both Masters of Arte , rodo a race , in Fort Meadow , for a stake of & 01 . a side . Each pf tho loaruod jookoys was upon hia own horse , and was professionally attlrod in colours . An ovont so extraordinary could aoarooly take place without causing some notoriety , and tho Itov . Bartholomew Price and tho Kev . Dr . Hcaton , tho Frootora for tho year , were so scandalised by tho transaction , that they fined the
rider * five pounds each for the feat—such a thing as fining a Master of Arts , having never before been heard of since the days of Alfred . It may easily be imagined that great as was the commotion excited by the offence itself , that which the punishment gave rise to was infinitely greater . Fine a Master of Arts ! why the thing was unheard of . It was a question in which , every graduate who writes M . A . after his-name became personally involved ; - and even those who disapproved of the conduct of their racing brethren were none the less opposed to such infringement of their privileges as was attempted by the Proctors . The result is that an appeal against the sentence of the Proctors is pending before the Assessor of the Chancellor ' s Court . At the
time of writing thi 3 the decision of this dignitary had not been delivered ; but we are told that so great was the interest excited by the matter , that " nearly the whole of the influential resident members of the University were present , " and that they " are much divided in opinion upon the subject . " Without presuming to predict what the ultimate decision of the learned assessor may be , it is scarcely out of place to suggest to the Oxonians whether they would hot do well to consider the example set them by the Cambridge Senate . Authority is at all times a disagreeable influence to have to submit to , bat it is wholesome ; and it is plainly anomalous that Masters
of Arts should be allowed to do that with impunity which would cost an undergraduate his whole prospects , not only of University success , but of advancement in life . We believe the proportion of resident graduates requiring supervision to be infinitesimally small , and that , such as it is , it is invariably composed of the most worthless and least distinguished men . in the University . Still , if they exist , there should be seme power to repress the exuberance of their follies ; and whence could that power proceed so authoritatively and so gracefully as from among the great body of the graduates themselves ?^— -The Critic .
Tite Yaxg-Tze-Kiaxg . — This magnificent river running through the heart of the Chinese Empire-for upwards of two thousand miles , will , indeed , open a newfield of enterprise for all classes of Englishmen . Along its banks , we are . told , countless thousands of the teeming population are busily engaged in the every-day concerns of life ; and city after city is passed by the wondering traveller . The river itself may be fairly classed amongst the richest of the world ; ft rises in the centre of Thibet , just above the source of the Brahmapootra ; it gathers in its course hundreds of tributaries , which swell the parent stream as it proceeds towards the sea , until it reaches a depth sufficient to bear the inland navigation of this great country . It is up this stream , as far as Hankow , about six hundred miles from Shanghai ,
that Lord Elgin and his na > -al escort were about to proceed ; that he \ yill make a favourable impression on the inhabitants of the interior we sincerely hopej nor can we doubt that his footsteps will soon be trodden by the mercantile representatives of the English nation . As years roll on , we may expect to see mansions built after the European fashion on the sides of this river , and inhabited by Englishmen who have left their fatherland for the purpose of creating a commerce in the heart of this gigantic empire . It may never be that a race of Anglo-Saxons in China will equal in numbers the present population of the province of Kweichau , but it is within the range of possibility , and probability too , that a colony of Englishmen will locate themselves iu the great valley of the Yang-tze-Kiang , and introduce the civilisation of the West . — China Telegraph .
Austrian Military Improvements . — A correspondent of tho Times says : —" The celerity with which , the troops have been moved from one extremityof the empire to the other is astonishing , and the ease with which tho thing has been done is hardly less so . The now military organisation , which is the work of Marshal Baron Hess , is considered perfect by the anmy as a body , and ' abominable' by very many of the persona composing it . Noble and rich officers , who are accustomed to tho comforts and luxuries of life , do not like to be obliged to change their quarters at a short notice , and to bo under restrictions in regard to baggage . An officer , when on active servioe , is not allowed to have more than , 36 lb . of baggage . Bat horses aro abolished for tho infantry , and each company has instead a light waggon nt its disposal . In this vehicle , which is so constructed that tho poje can be fixed at either ond , are packed the caldrons of tho company and tho * trapsC of tho offioers . A general oflicor , who has soon ft great deal of service , and is bosides an oxtromely intelligent man , yesterday told mo t | iat tho introduction of light waggons instead of bat horsos was a groat improvement . 'If , ' said ho , troops aro taken by surpriso , and grape shot is pourod into tlioin , but horses are almost sure to become unmanageable . They lash out so violently and . roar so tremendously that ' tho men are obliged to loosen , their hold , when , as a matter of course , tho brutes go to the d—1 , caldrons and all , '" Von HuatupLDT . —On the occasion of tho now year , tho Prince . Kegent of Prussia , aftov the reception of thoso who onjoyod the privilege of paying thoir roapeofca at Court had been concluded , proceeded to offer hia pui'Donal congratulations to tho venerable philosopher . Tho King and , Quoon h « d also sent tokens of tUolr remembrance .
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 15, 1859, page 23, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15011859/page/23/
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