The Press. — London, England, 1856-09-27 00:00:00

922 of the shares would be taken. The scheme was secured from all monopoly by no one person being allowed to take more than ten shares. A PARTY OF PLEASURE, consisting of Alderman Gard • ner, of Preesell, near Fleetwood, and five friends and children, went out one day last week to drive across the Morecambe Sands to Cockerham. The tide was up over the sands, which are full of awkward holes seven feet deep. Mr. Gardner, getting nervous, cap sized the trap, and dropped his friends into one of these. The horse, floating about up to his nose, play fully kicked the breath out of Mr. Gardner, and turned him bead over heels under water. Every body got ducked and nearly drowned, till at length the trap settling on the edge of the bank enabled all to scramble to it, and after some time, by the coolness and skill" of Mr. Gardner (and we should imagine of every one else), the whole party were rescued, but they had to wade for some distance before they reached dry land. _ . . THE Hon. H. BERKELEY was presented, at Bristol, on Wednesday, with a silver salver and a gemmed oak casket full of sovereigns, by the leading citizens, as a recognition of his services in obtaining the repeal of the Sunday Beer Act. Mr. Berkeley, in acknowledging the gift, said : lam proud of that casket. In the nineteenth year of my service it is presented to toe by 14,000, among whom the working class stand conspicuously forward. I accept it ; and I trust it will be handed down as an heirloom in my tinnily. At this advanced age and at this time of day it carries with it an impressive lesson—ay, an impressive lesson to the aristocracy if they read it aright. It should teach them the true safeguard of the aristocracy of the present day—that its true conservative protection is not to he found in grasping at power, which they hold weakly and wield ignorantly; but that it is to be found in identify* ing themselves with the best interests of the people, and in advocating their rights and privileges. A DINNER TO THE CRIMEAN MEN in the neigh bourhood was given at Stroud last week. Upwards of 250 persons were present, and the dinner went off with great eclat. The usual toasts were drunk and responded to with much enthusiasm. Lieutenant- Colonel Halliwell replied on behalf of the officers and soldiers who had fought in the Crimea, and passed a handsome tribute to the memory of Lord Raglan, "whose character had been severely handled, but whose reputation would at some future day shine forth brightly." A BRIG in ballast was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands last Monday morning. The Ramsgate life boat was put off at daylight and rescued the crew. The mate, however, had been washed overboard. A melancholy wreck also occurred last week, off the Scarsferry coast, of a Russian brig from Liverpool to Vasa. The vessel was driven ashore near Ham, and for three hours, from the absence of a lifeboat on the coast, crowds of people witnessed the breaking up of the vessel, and the gradual drowning of the crew, one after the other, as they were washed over board. A boat was at length brought from Scars ferry, launched, and the last two of the crew saved. A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER, a Mr. E. Rember, was found on Thursday drowned in the lock of the Aylesbury Canal, about two miles from the town. There is some mystery connected with his death, for he was last seen about eight o'clock on Wednesday night in the town of Aylesbury, and it is incompre hensible why, on a wet tempestuous night, he should have walked out two miles to the canal. A large sum of money was found on his person. A PAINFUL CASE of the death of a Hungarian re fugee of high rank, from absolute starvation, oc curred on Monday at Hull. The deceased, Count Adolph Werdinsky, for some years past had endea voured to obtain a living by medical practice, and lately, after many vicissitudes, had settled at Hull as a teacher of languages. He obtained but few pupils ; for weeks together he realised no more than three or four shillings, and on Monday last he died from starvation. He has left a wife and child, who have experienced severe sufferings during the last few weeks; but the poor man resisted any appeal for charity. A subscription for the wife and child is being raised. AMONG THE ARTICLES advertised as "Foundi but not yet owned," at the recent musical festival at Gloucester, is a "set of teeth," a loss rarely heard of, but one which must he unmistakeably felt by the owner. Dn. Boarri, the treasurer of the Society of Arts, opened the session of the Lewes Mechanics' Institu tion with an address upon the means of promoting education in this country. Reviewing the ground won of late years in the cause of education, Dr. Booth pointed out the advantages of information, and the necessity of education in the present age. To the question how information was to be acquired by a labouring man, he would reply by a truth some what overlooked in educational discussions It is this, that learning must come from within, not from without—that listening to a lecture is not learning—that looking at a man making experiments does not teach you to manipulate in science. Only think of a man learning to make shoes, or to sing, or to play ou a musical instrument, by attending THE PRESS. lectures on shoemaking or music. Believe me, as there is no royal road to literature, there is no railroad to the temple of science; " coaching " may take a man part of the way, but it invariably leaves him worse prepared to encounter the difficulties of the rest of the ascent. He who wishes to mount must gird up the loins of his mind. Lectures and teachers are all very well to keep idle boys to their work and to stimulate the indolent. They are also useful, like fingerposts, to point out the road you should follow, but they will take you very little of it. A man can no more learn by the sweat of another man's brains than he can take exercise by getting another man to walk for him. All mental improvement resolves itself ultimately into self-improvement. The food of the mind is like the food of the body—it must be assimilated before it can benefit the system. I do not mean to deny tact teachers are of use to those who are beginners in the elements of any branch of knowledge, just as corks are to those who are learning to swim, or as an infant requires to be held up by its nurse when first attempting to walk. Let this be a great encouragement to him who desires to learn, who with a moderate share of ability has, above all things, that strength of purpose and energy of will which will carry him through. If there be such among you, let him be assured that the differences between the facilities which the rich and poor respectively have for acquiring knowledge are not so great as is commonly imagined, especially in this country, where a man can pro. cure for a few shillings the very best manuals and text- books in almost any branch of literature or science. Ihhiii. Irtlanti. HIS EXCELLENCY THE LORD LIEUTENANT, in a general order through the Commander in• Chief in Ireland, has expressed " his marked thanks" to the disembodied militia for their late services. His Ex cellency has left Dublin for Lismore Castle. His Excellency is expected to arrive in London in the course of next month, immediately after a visit to Belfast.. The Crimean Banquet Fund steadily augments. THE DOWAGER MARCHIONESS OF LONDONDERRY entertained 255 of her Antrim tenantry at a public dinner last week. Her ladyship was present, and returned thanks for her health, which was drunk with tremendous enthusiasm. The marchioness alluded to the progress made of late years in the district : The works that have been undertaken here and in the neighbourhood, and the large sums of money spent both by Government and by individuals, have entirely changed the face of the country. Poverty has disappeared, and this poor little village is rapidly growing into a small thriving town. I wish I could speak as strongly as to the advance of agriculture, but, alas, it is still in a very primitive state ; and although I believe many of you are making great exertions, much, very much, is still to be done. I regret to find that my attempt to get up a flower. show has not been so successful as I could have hoped, and I am told I ought to look after pigsties before gardens. On the other hand, I am glad some little emulation has been shown in competing for the premiums for the best farms. I hope in another year the whole scheme may work better, and eventually produce good. It is always a great matter to make a beginning—time, patience, and energy must complete the result. Paul may plant and Apollos may water, but we must not forget that it is God who gives the increase. We can only do our best to ask for a blessing on our endeavours. 10b Uttar!. DEATH OF LORD HARDINGE. FIELD-MARSHAL VISCOUNI HARDINGE, G.C.8., died, in his seventy-first year, on Wednesday morning at half-past eleven, at his seat, South-park, Penshurst, near Tunbridge Wells. On the 7th of July last the noble Viscount, while atending the Queen at Aldershott, and at the moment of explaining the details of the Crimean Chelsea Report to her Ma jesty in the Royal Pavilion, was seized with an attack of paralysis and fell to the ground. His lord ship was scarcely expected to live through the night, but he rallied in the course of the ensuing day and was removed to town. The noble Viscount at once resigned his post as commander-in-chief of the army, and in the ensuing week was succeeded by the pre sent Commander-in-Chief, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Lord Hardinge, so soon as his health permitted, retired to Penshurst, and till within the last few days appeared to be recovering his health to some extent. On Tuesday his lordship was seized with a second attack, and it was soon apparent that death must ensue in a few hours. On the following forenoon the gallant old soldier breathed his last, surrounded by most of the members of his family—Colonel the Hon. Arthur Hardinge, his son, being absent with the Earl Granville's mission to Russia. Lord Hardinge's services extend over a length ened period, and entitle their late distin guished owner to take a prominent position in the cluster of Peninsular heroes. Indeed, few men have achieved so brilliant and so fortunate a career. The third son of a Durham rector, he was born at Wrotham, in Kent, in 1785, and at fifteen entered the army as ensign in 1708. Joining his SATURDAY, regiment, the Queen's Rangers, on active service in Canada, he displayed every quality for the career be had chosen. With happy fortune he was soon after at tached to Sir John Moore's Spanish expedition, and at the evacuation of Comma, by his zeal, unselfishness, and indifference for his own safety, in striking con trast to the conduct of others, he attracted the atten tion of Marshal Beresford, who with a keen eye detected the capacity of the young officer. At a subsequent period, when a second invasion of Spain took place, Hardinge obtained from Beres ford a Portuguese brigade, and served through. out the war as deputy quartermaster-general to the Portuguese army. A record of his services includes every action, siege, or battle of consequence in the Peninsula. At Vimiera, Rolica, Busaco, Torres Vedras, Albuera, Badajoz, Ciudad Rodrigo, at the great battles of Salamanca and Vittoria, at Pampelana, the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, and Orthes, the young and gallant soldier followed the standard of the Great Duke. In 1815, Hardinge, decorated with honours and advanced in rank, hastened to join the campaign of Waterloo. At the "crowning grace," indeed, he was not present, having lost his left hand at the battle of Ligny. Eight years after peace was concluded, in 1823, the successful and distinguished young general took his first step in a new career, as Clerk of the Ordnance. In 1826 he enured Parliament. On the accession of the Duke of :Wellington to the Prime Ministership he was offered and accepted the post of Secretary cf War. In 1830 he was made Secretary of In - land—an office to which he was reappointed during the brief Ministry of Sir Robert Peel, in 1834.35. When Sir Robert returned to power, in 1841, Sir Henry Hardinge resumed his pre. vious post of Secretary of War, and held it till 1844, when he went out as Governor-General of India. Most readers are familiar with the history of the eventful four years—from 1844 to 1818—of his Indian administration. Few passages in our recent annals are better known than the brilliant period of the great Sikh wars. Moodkee, Aliwal, and Sobraon are imperishable names ; nor will it be readily forgotten that throughout the whole campaign the Governor-General of India, though virtually superintending the conduct of the war, was content to act as second in command. Though the contest was terminated by the pacifica tion of Lahore, the Governor-General of India was munificently rewarded. He was created Viscount Hardinge of Lahore, the East India Company granted him a pension of 5,0001. a year, and Parlia ment voted an annuity of 3,0001. for himself and his next two successors. On the death of the Great Duke, in September, 1852, Lord Hardinge was ap pointed commander-in-chief, and on the 2nd of October last year was advanced to the rank of Field- Marshal. In this post the noble Viscount continued up to the day of his attack in July last. Lord Hardinge is succeeded in his title and estate by his eldest son, the Hon. Charles Stewart, men,- ber for Downpatrick. GENERAL SIR COLIN HALKETT, G.C.8., Governor of Chelsea Hospital, died on Wednesday at hie official re sidence. The gallant deceased was in the eighty third year of his age. H• entered the army as ensign in the 3rd Buffs, and served subsequently in othtr regiments until he obtained a lieutenant-colonelcy in 1803. He was then ordered to take part in the struggle in the Peninsula, and was appointed to the command of a brigade of the German Legion, and during that command took an active part in the battles of Albuera, Salamanca, Vittoria, and the passage of the Nive, and for his services at which be received a cross. The gallant general was also at Waterloo in command of the second division of the second corps d'armee, under the command of General Lord Hill. The gallant general was appointed by the Duke governor of Chelsea Hospital, on the death of General Sir George Anson. MAJOR-GENERAL J. JONES, K.H., another Penin sular officer, died on Monday last at his residence in Jermyn-street, St. James's, in the seventy-fifth year of his age. The gallant officer was formerly in the 15th Dragoons, from which he retired on half-pay in August, 1815. Besides numerous minor affairs, be was engaged with his regiment at Talavera and Bar rose, for which he was granted the silver medal. He was a Knight Companion of the Hanoverian Guelphic Order. CArrias MOUBRAY, R.N., one of the captains cf Greenwich Hospital, and a gallant officer who bad seen much service from 1789 to 1815, died on Satur day last at Greenwich, at the advanced age of eight,- four. He was first lieutenant of the Polyphemus, 64 1 in the battle of Trafalgar. Succeeding to the con.: mand of the ship immediately after the actioi Captain Moubray during the gale that followed re gained possession of the Argonauta, a Spanish rte, which had slipped away during the night, and delivered her over to Admiral Collingwood off Cadiz. He afterwards took in tow the Victory, with the body