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'I Xll. ; f i .J.. • 1 c- " /4 7 "e e-4 7, C 4 14; S PA PE iN• I /c N s t: i I i4t FWC I C C • 41 ' 0 • ' t 4t 4.7 ' ';- • to educatiof did not e xist This to a consib.....Ae extent bad bails t ffe6; of local examinations. There was no doubt that the standard of education has been greatly raised, and on looking on the examination papers it was almost alarming to see the extent of the inquiry upon pre liminary matters. He was glad that his own exa mination had passed, for he certainly should not like to have to undergo the examination to which his young friends were now subjected. (Laughter and hear, hear.) Whilst the standard of education had been thus raised, it was impossible not to see that a great stimulus had been given to its exten sion and to those who were engaged in the work of learning. He believed that both masters and scho lars had been much benefited by these examina tions. The stimulus given by these examinations was not the most useful part of the system. It was most important that there should be a direct ness of action given to studies which might otherwise be vague and desultory. Desultory reading was only indulging in an idle pastime, which might make per sons knowing without making them wise. {Hear, hear.) They ought to read with a certain .degree of accuracy, and it was an important part of these examinations to give a directness to their studies and render the course of reading useful. They must not only swallow but digest in literary matters as well as others if they would study to any good pur pose. (Cheers.) Dr. Arnold, in a letter to Sir John Coleridge, speaking of a reader, says :—" He wants the examination not only to interest and excite him, but to dispel what is very apt to grew around a lonely reader not constantly questioned—a haze of indistinctness as to a consciousness of his own know ledge or ignorance ; he takes a vague impression for a definite one, an imperfect notion for _ O that is full and complete, and in this way he issontinually deceiving himself." That opinion of Dr. Arnold's would be re-echoed by every one who had been en gaged in the work of education. (Hear, hear.) On looking over the account of the examinations, he was sorry to notice one thing with regard to the town of Southampton, and that was that, the knowledge of history appeAred to be defective. Now it was very important that great attention should be paid to that subject. This was a town where it would not do to be careless with such a matter. When more power was being given to the great body of the people, if they were not versed in history they would not be fit to perform the duties which devolved upon them as citizens of this country. It was impossible to overrate the importance of paying attention to that subject, of becoming well versed in the history of their own country, in the history of ancient and of modern countries, in order to be able to form clear and definite views of the policy to which they ought to give their support in future times. (Hear.) There was another point to which he wished to direct the attention of the inhabitants of Southampton, and that was, that the examinations were confined to the male sex only. In the Cambridge report it was stated that there was no difficulty in carrying on female examinations where there was a good ladies' committee ; and from his own knowledge of what took place in London he could bear testi mony to that fact. (Cheers.) Dr. Arnold pointed out the disadvantages under which girls were labour ing for the want of those examinations, and he con sidered it most desirable that some remedy should be applied to that state of things. (Hear.) In one instance, where an examination took place in arith metic, 90 per cent. were unsuccessful in the first year, but in the next examination only three failed. (Hear, hear.) Perhaps he might be permitted in the name of the assembly to congratulate his young friends who had been successful in the competition in which they had been engaged. (Cheers.) But in the moment of triumph he wished to give them one single warning, and that was, not to rest on the triumphs of to-day—not to mistake the means for the end—but to consider that they had given a pledge to the community, and that it would be their own fault if they did not exercise. it. (Hear.) The object of their obtaining knowledge was not merely the possession of the knowledge itself, but the acquiring wisdom. On this point he would call the attention of his young friends to the appropriate and excellent remarks of Sir Joshua Reynolds :—" Have no de pendence ou your own genius. If you have great talents, industry will impiove them. If you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply the defi ciency. Nothing is denied to well-directed labour. Nothing is to be obtained without." (Hear.) To his young friends who had not been successful he would say, be not discouraged ; if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply the deficiency. With renewed exertion they might hope for success on a future occasion, and he wished to remind them that that great artist Turner attributed all his success to hard work. (Cheers.) Much m i g ht b e sa id on thi s subject, but he would conclude by saying to each and all . . ( ; " , 1 11.4.ta • • , ""'t • • .(t" I . 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Private Instruction is given in Mineralogy and Geoio,gy by Mr. TENNANT, F'.G.S., 149, Strand, W.C. PRIN TIN G.— TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c. —The Print ing and Machining of Newspapers, &c.,done ou exceed ingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. Address—The Manager "Sun" Printing Offices, 3, Church row, Savoy, Strand, W.C. Votes of thanks were then given to the examiners of Oxford and Cambridge, to the committee of management, and to the chairman. Q. FOULING. at r i;he shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 per cent. ,000 yards after firing 250 rounds. it. PENETRATION. The rnean penetration of five shots not to be less than pi °f the present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifle— h-nure 12 h -inch elm planks, which have been soaked 48 i o alf at. 'stance 30 er yards. s. LUBRICATION. W aZ on bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant n e tt eea... v superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought ca . ,' by the competitor. EIZ ° 4 rMS will be received without the usual proof marks. sh-r`c,ifi.cations, and drawings of the methods proposed, finish the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a li4alled specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammo o'fileol should be sent to the "Director of Ordnance, Wttr ri c k ei_ Pall-mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867. Ir o 9eeffications and specimen arms will be considered Ire the ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem- N y t a, who will be selected' by the Secretary of State for sei ar, and who will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounds, as ect and recommend , for further trial such of the systems 134 4 Y aPpear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all Wantas may not be considered to offer sufficient merits to di their being included in the competition, the con ins, of which are stated in this advertisement. f o , acn accepted competitor will then be required to furnish t o trPeriment, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity specimen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am tutil,iiticn per arm, within four months after date of de teth'' eatEch competitor will be required to disclose to the ttit he exact nature of the lubrication he may em ed• A sum of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted th e Peti tc'rs, to cover the expense of the six rifles, and of su pply of ammunition required. ait 3. „ e ,,S,e,cretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the by ti,"'lcn, on combination of all qualities, is considered din committee to be the heat submitted. .aecond reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at larllll.lg a satisfactory degree of excellence in other particu -1 I s select e d for merit in respect to its breech mechanism. lit ie th ird reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. The qua ttw,aB2:hich will be principally taken into consideration in " this prize will be economy of manufacture, power Pu r i - o a ling rough usage, freedom from deterioration in ,Ile clim a t es, and gederal servi ceability. 4 43 ,,a0 shooti ng qualities of the cartridge must b e fa i r ;• b ut th o ' pn e Y / nay depend up on th e r ifli n g of the arm with which aitie r —rtr idge is associ a t e d, th e y w ill not be so much con eticil as those above-mentioned. Wiu clearly to be understood that under no circumstances such a c 9 ll Petitor be entitled to mere than one prize ; but e Riv Prlze will be irrespective of any reward which may be Riv en to %Vico. the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the v MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. teivagazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be e re : l oaci M and examined in a manner similar to the Breech B faeh l e n Pflea. They must not be less in length than 4 Teluding the stock. ol ße r v e of weight for these arms is fixed at 9ilb. ex (iif the charges in the magazine. b ayo is uptindispensable that the arms be made to take a kasl;hae-2-81.3eecretary of State offers a reward of 300 for the best coaditio °r Repeating Arm produced that fulfils the above Pre Ne °a ; and in the absence of experience does not at t o , ztt define the standard of accuracy or other conditions i,7lfulfilled before such an arm can be adopted. for , °B ° Magazine orßepeatingArms, which e accepted I,l:.rt,her trial, will be paid for at the rate of £6O each. ar m, suns is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per Th e . b c ,,, , Secretary of State will take care that no ingenious ndoeltY produced in answer to this advertisement shall be no Pted lute th e service without proper acknowledgment, liallethat the name of the individual with whom it origt -1,8 shall be recorded in connection with it. 1 ,,,- , 0 , the rifle to which the first prize is awarded is adopted '''' the service, it will bear the inventor's name. J. ST. GEORGE, 11.ijor-General, Director War of Ordnance. ....___.Office, Oct. 22, 1866. I_44IICII,2IERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN or air e s o - -0-ECTITAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels 4 114 ._ tin the head, truly e ffi cacious and pleasant, is ad eo to g b the beat medicine for immediately relieving suli,74.colds, confirmed cases of asthma. and Incipient co_n efr_ .8 frequent Pron' o ' i r• It frequently cures persons whom the tactilg provo_uce incurable, admirably allays the tickling hi its 'e or coughing. In approaching consumption _ " ev en l'ePi are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep,,. . in a fl i ng down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relie f NV. Ltitoili!ntes after taking it. Preparea on.y and s solli by crow% r 8 t,ltl', Chemist. 8, Kinx-William-strect, Lharing" thr" ,onden, and by all d 4its, in bottles. 130.. and Charing tor Lamtitiea in one, 2S. 9d. each. 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'Phis Hospital, folindel in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and di ffi culty of Governors' orders. is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and t,gaztes. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the lestitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital ore capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by thtir bankers. Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abehureh lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; 6-Iyn and Co.;Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grol - , and 60.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., BerneFo-street ; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. BTANFAILD t3ldinr, thOretaY. itueTuto.s.—lty ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MATIN - LEVER. TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED TN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS of 1851 and 1862), is allowed by upwards of vvo Hundred Me tical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of RN IA. The use of a steel spring, so oaten hurtful in its effects. is hose avoided—a soft bsndage beinv: worn round the body, while . the requisite resistinz pow e r h su ppli e d by the Moc-Mam Pad and Patent Lev,r, fitting with so much ease and close ness that it cannot be detected and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, tnel till truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circum ference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 215., ?6s 6d., and 315.6,1 Postage, Is. A Double Truss, 3ts. 6d., 42s . and 625. 6d. Postaze, Is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. lod. l'ost-ofFice Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT iL A STI C STOCKING-S, KNEE-CAPS, &0., for Varicose Veins and all cases ut Weakness and Swelling, of the Legs. Qprains. .¢c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive. and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOIiN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.' HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING SHIP. £2,000 required. WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. Li 0 MELE SS BOYS OP LONDON.-CON- I.I. TEIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY HOME. £l,OOO required. WM. WILLI t HS, Secretary. Roy's' Refuge, 8. Great Queen-street. W.C. HomELESS BOYS OF LONDON. The Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys. One hundred and fifty are now in the Refuge. The annual expenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at £a,ooo, being £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to pay for one boy each year. Subscription. thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 41, Lothbury, and 214, High Holborn; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pali-Mall East; and by WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Oreat Queen-street, W.C. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another Lome to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer ban 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected Irom want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in live years. the new home the Committee wish to form would be for young girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Mr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen •street. Cheapside; or by Messrs Barolny and Co.. Lombard-OmM% PROVIDENCE R ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FO HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 14a, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C. Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches. At present nearly 600 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor from all parts aro admitted, the only condition being that they are homeless and starving. The Manager &c., receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, children, anti orphans tre, for want accommodation, refused admittance, and h ave to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will )4e required. Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor tamilies in want. Willf you, in your charity, help to carry on and accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really starving ? The smallest donation will be most welcome, and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will be offered in your behalf. SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be gratsfally received by the jtey. D. GILBERT,:D.D.,No. rinsbury-eirOus, 8.0. SPIRIT OF THE PDBLIO JOURNALS. TlMES.—Whoever lose by the advent of the Tories to power, one thing seems very certain—that the lawyers will not. There has been observed an ex traordinary tenacity of office in the judges of our different Courts, and, whether from the opinions of the office holder happeni n g in many cases to be in harmony with the opinions of the present Govern ment, or from what other reason we know not, cer tain it is that vacancies seem likely to occur in high legal appointments with a profusion which has not been known for many years. It is said that Sir Wm. Erle intends to surrender the cushion of the Common Pleas at the end of the present term, and a similar report is current, though we know not with how'much truth, with regard to one at least of our not very juvenile Vice-Chancellors. It may thus very well be that neither the present Attorney nor Solicitor-General may meet Parliament, and that Government, having provided for the principal of its parliamentary legal supporters, will have to meet the house with law officers little versed in its pro ceedings, and not having acquired its ear, or become familiar with its practice. IVe should think there can be few partisans so heated and so illiberal as not to feel pleasure at this incident of the accession of Lord Derby to power. There are lawyers non-poli tical and lawyers political; the first of these, as they lend their support to neither party, have little to expect from either, except when some extraordinary merit may command attention, and the absence of any prominent political claimant mayinvite the Go vernment of the day to an act of heroic self-abne gation. But though their prospects of promotion are not certain or brilliant, the non-political lawyers lead, at any rate, an easy and quiet life. They spend no money at elections, they have not to pledge themselves to the Permissive Bill, to vote against Maynooth, to the Ballot, to debarring the people from all rational and innocent amusement on Sunday, or to any other of those popular shib boleths which are swallowed with the tongue in the cheek by their political competitors. The political lawyer, on th e other hand, stakes every thing on the success o f h is party. If that party be predominant, all the pri zes o f th e profes ' sion are open to him ; if it fail, be his merits what they may, he has nothing to look forward to but to live and die a practising barrister. Now, as belong to the side that plays the it happens that men of great ability, integrity, and learning may losing game at politics, we rejoice very sincerely at a turn of the wheel which places power in the hands of persons whose position enables them to reward solid professional merit even in the professors of a less unpopular political creed. Should the Tory Government remain in office, it would seem that a balance would be established, and that, as Lord Palmerston has made all the bishops, so Lord Derby is destined to be the maker of no inconsiderable number of judges. But it is not only by the exer cise of existing patronage that the Government of Lord Derby seems likely to be beneficial to the bar. In addition to the patronage made for it, it is about to make a little for itself. We are informed that it is the intention of the Government to make a re adjustment of the circuits, and to increase the number of judges for England from fifteen to eighteen. No doubt there will be found those who will be greatly scandalised at this, and treat it as a job by which the country will be saddled with a great deal of extra expense in order to compensate hungry adherents. We have no sympathy with these feelings ; the question ie not which side will gain by this change, but whether the change ought not to have been made! long ago. Scotland, with a population not equal to that of London and its suburbs, has fifteen judges ; Ireland, with far less wealth and commercial activity than Scotland, and with a population which we are always told, except ing the amiable weakness of shooting landlords and a treasonable conspiracy every five or six years, is singularly free from crime, has twelve judges, be sides a due complement of equity courts, and it surely is not surprising that England, with a popu lation twice as large as that of Ireland and Scot land put together, should require three more judges than Scotland and six more than Ireland. This is no matter of theory ; the want has been grievously felt for manyyears, both by suitors and judges. The labor imposed upon this high class of public servants has been far too severe, and the efficiency of the Bench and dignity of the administration of justice have suffered grievously in consequence. Who has not witnessed with indignation , and regret, even if entirely disinterested, and with even stronger feel ings if a party concerned, the absolute denial 'of justice that takes place at the end of every crowded assize ? The whole expense of " a trial has been in curred, witnesses brought from a distance, briefs delivered, endless anxiety undergone, and at _last the day arrives which will at any rate decide, whether rightly or wrongly, the matter in dispute. The cause is called on, a cause, perhaps, involving character or considerations of which little can be learnt from the pleadings. Ile Judge leans forward and blandly_ intimates to the counsel on each side that . the case appears to him peculiarly well suited for arbitration, or, if that proposal be not accepted , that it must be made a renianet. Remonstrance is in vain ; there really is not time to try the cause, and so the parties are compelled either to put off their litigation for six months, incurring just the same fees, just the same expense, and just the same anxiety over again, or to go before an arbitrator, where a case that might have been decided in a few hours will often drag on its length for days, or even for weeks. There is no position in which a judge appears to less advantage than when driving un willing parties to submit to arbitration. And yet it is not his fault, but the fault of a country which, while it professes to bring justice to every man's door, is too niggardly to provide a sufficient number of Judges to do the work that devolves upon them. The expenditure in salaries occasioned by this ad dition will be just £15,000 a year—a small price to pay out of our revenue for the despatch of causes and the removal of a true and crying reproach on the administration of justice. We may also hope now to get rid of the unseemly spectacle of a judge wanted in half-a-dozen places at once,—wanted at Nisi Prins, wanted in the Exchequer Chamber, wanted in Chambers, wanted in the Criminal Court of Appeal, wanted at the Old Bailey, wanted in the House of Lords,—and that these great magistrates may be permitted to settle down to- their day's work free from those violent interruptions and un expected episodes which would disturb the balance of less clear and practised intellects. We also learn with pleasure that this needful strengthening of the judicial body is to be attended with a corresponding extension of the circuits. A slight alteration was made a few years ago, but it is really astonishing how long we have gone on with a system so mani festly obsolete and old-fashioned. It is said that opening a new post-office leads almost invariably to a great increase of correspondence. Such has been the effect of establishing Assize Courts at Man chester and at Leeds. No one can know until the experiment is madehow much the fair trial of rights and the prosecution of offences is impeded by the present utterly inadequate system. A . separate circuit for Lancashire, another, we should have thought, for the West Riding of Yorkshire, an assize at Birmingham, at Sheffield, perhaps at Wake field, would be immense practical improvements in the administration of justice. The whole matter is, as we have often pointed out, a crying scandal—an abuse which a Liberal Government should not have left for a Conservative Government to redress. The change in the number of judges can, of course, only be effected by Act of Parliament, but it is not too early even now to express a hope that in the distri bution of the patronage which must arise the claims of non-political lawyers will not be overlooked, and that this great improvement in the administration of justice will be accommpanied with some considera tion for the men whose attention has been wholly and exclusively directed to law as a profession. The Daily News points out that it is, quite evi dent that the American public do not at all under stand the actual position of the question of inter nations', copyright. In replying to our argument on • th e i h j us t i o of the present state of the law, the New York, Ti,;l6t nks " to queque " to be con clusive and sufficient. G t : . r contemporary admits the injustice of the present tate t .;..e things, but thinks it enough to reply that the in justice which British law inflicts on American authors is as gzeat as that which American law inflicts on British autholZ: But such a reply only strengthens our position in stead of weakening it, for the defect in the law is not on our side, but upon theirs. Our law gives the Americans the power of protecting their authors if they will avail themselves of it by protecting ours. The Crampton-Everett Treaty of 1854 was fully approved on this side, but was rejected by Congress, and any Government on this side has the power and the will to settle the matter on the basis of reciprocal protection and equal justice whenever the Federal Government will enter on the negotiation. The injustice which is done to A.nerican authors in this country is entirely the fault of American law. The literary men of the United States do not need to be reminded of the true state of our copyright relations. But it is evident that one of the first things that they have to do is to instruct public opinion on the subject. When the American people fully appre ciate the facts of the case, then justice will be done; for the Daily News believes that a nation that has so nobly striven for justice to the newly emancipated slave can never be content to appropriate the labour of the literary class of a kindred people without ac knowledgment or reward, or to subject their own literary men to the reaction of such injustice. The Economist holds that . the only basis on which our Government can propose to admit the Alabama claims, and recognise our liability in respect of them, is - one which would give some tangible safety for the future, and cannot see any such except the adoption of the principle proposed at the Paris Con gress and unfortunately rejected, that all private property at sea should be respected and not liable to seizure, except under the law of contraband or the attempt to break a blockade. Were such a principle generally admitted, it is evident that the use of such vessels as the Alabama would be at an end ; and though it does not follow that new and revolutionary Powers would necessarily accept a principle so embarrassing to them, yet the gradual adhesion to it of the greater naval Powers could not but exercise a great pressure even upon the new candidates for independence, —the more so as such cruises as those of the Alabama and Shenandoah really do nothing at all to shake the power of any nation, though they produce an immense amount of discomfort and private calamity. It may be that in addition to this the Americans will wish us to strengthen our Foreign Enlistment Act in order to prevent a recur rence of the Alabama proceedings in the case of any Power that may decline to recognise the new rule. There does not seem much reasonable chance of passing any Foreign Enlistment Act so strong that a little craft could riot dodge it. But there can be no harm, if the United,States wish it,;in adopting any additional precautions they like to propose. But for effectual remedy only one course is open—the rule of respecting private property at sea. If this great concession to the neutral Powers be made, we can well afford to pay with a good grace for depre dations for which most probably we were not legally responsible, but which, by the exercise of a little more care and providence, we could certainly have prevented. Referring to the " strikes" in the iron trade, the. Times points out a consideration which seems to have been almost overlooked by leaders of trades' unions, but which deserves their most careful attention. At this moment orders are being executed for English firms in Belgium and Prussia, and the inevitable result of these repeated strikes will be to drive more and more of English capital abroad. Whether the rate of wages be ultimately determined by the cost of living, according to the lowe st standard of comfort and decency for the time being , or whether it depend on the distribution of a gages- r limited in amount, no wages a t all will there will o n be paid if there is no one to pay them l ; y a of s trikes is he no one to pay them if the pushed beyond a certain point. poFriceae s trade, which has done so much for the workman, h investments have some thing for the capitalist , and so manyl and abroad as have been opened out in our colonies to raise very considerably the normal rate of in terest. Even if the existing propr ivin i.e higher rs of ironworks could be coerce d into gg wages than they can afford in the present state of the market, others will avoid the iron trade and carry their money elSewhere. Taking all trades together there is never so large a surplus of capital seeking em._ ployment as there is of labour in excess of the de mand for it ; but a still more important difference SOUTHAMPTON, Monday. The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P., and Re corder of London, attended this afternoon at the Hartley Institution to distribute the prizes and cer tificates which had been awarded to the successful candidates in the late Oxford and Cambridge local examination held at Southampton. The chair was occupied by the Rev. M. Cooper, rector of St. Mary's ; and amongst the gentlemen present were the . Rev. Dr. Wilson, the Rev. - Dr. Bradshaw, the Rev. Dr. Cary, the Mayor, and seve ral other of the local authorities of the borough. The report having been read by the Rev. A. Sells, the secretary, Mr. Gurney distributed the prizes and certificates, addressing a few kindly words to each recipient. The CHAIRMAN then, in'highly eulogistic terms, proposed a vote of thanks to the right hon. gentle man, which was carried by acclamation. Mr. GURNEY, who, on rising, was loudly cheered, after expressing his thanks for the manner in which he had been received, said he understood it was customary for those who occupied the post which he had now the honour to hold to make a few observa tions on the subject which had called them together; and although he was unable to say anything new, • or anything which might not have' occurred to those present, it was impossible for him not to comply with the request which had been made. When he ad dressed himself to the subject as a member of one of the old universities, it was his exceeding satisfac tion that the universities had struck out this new course of usefulness for themselves. (Hear, hear.) It was impossible for any one who had received the benefit of a university education, and had there spent some of the happiest hours of his life, not to take the deepest interest in all that related to their reputation and glory ; and he must congratulate himself on seeing that they had pursued a course by which their usefulness would be extended and diffused. (Hear, hear.) That these universities had done a good work for this England of ours in former times he could not entertain a doubt, and he believed that the benefits they were confer ring upon the country in the present day were equally great. But it was impossible to shut our eyes to the fact that the number of university students were now very small when compared with the number to whom it was desirable to extend the benefits of the best education; and when we contrasted former times with the present, and recollected the immense increase which had taken place both in the popula tion and wealth of the country, we were still more struck with the smallness of the numbers who could have recourse to our universities. This was not so in ancient days. One was surprised to hear of the number of students who crowded the streets of Ox ford in the early days of its history, and with our present notions of accommodation it was very diffi cult to say where they were able to find accommo dation. No doubt they were crowded into the halls, and that a hospitable reception was given to many in the monasteries then existing in that city ; but with our present notions it would be difficult to find room for such large numbers. The habits of the people had completely changed, and in consequence of that change the university students were for the most part, except where provided for by ancient endowments, confined to the richer classes of the community. 'Well indeed did these endowments do their work in many cases by giving a noble educa tion to many who could not otherwise have obtained it. To show a remarkable instance of the benefits thus conferred, he might mention that a short time ago be heard a gentleman who had acquired high distinction in the profession to which he had the honour to belong state that he was the son of a country clergyman with no large means, who could not afford to give his son the full benefit of a uni versity e ducation, but who said to him--" I can provide for you for one year, and I expect you at the end of that year to do a good deal for yourself." The son went to Oxford, and during the first year di st i ngu i s hed himself considerably-, obtaining scho larships and such other assistance that he was after wards able to find means to complete his own edu cation. (Cheers.) That gentleman told him that afterwards--and he now mentioned this circum stance to his young friends to show them it was im possible to know what might be the result of a single piece of industry—that gentleman told him that on being called to the bar he had no important connec tions, and did not know how he was to get on. Soon after his call there was a great suit pending in Chan cery in which one of the colleges was concerned. The solicitor called on the head of that college and in quired if there was any particular person whom he wished to be engaged iu the suit. The head of the college said he did not know any one, but observed that a gentleman who had recently been called had made a translation with which he had been very much struck, and he should like him to have a brief. The brief was given, and the young lawyer so distin guished himself in the suit that he was never after wards at a loss for a brief. (Cheers.) He had men tioned this circumstance for the purpose of showing his young friends that there was no one good work, no one decided proof of industryand talenton which future fruits might not hang. (Hear.) Another change had occurred which rendered it more difficult for many persons to obtain a university education, and that was the change in the age at which young men were sent up. In the instance to which he had referred his friend went up at the age of 15, and at 19 took his degree. It was not an uncommon thing, some time back, for boys to go up at 14. But now the age of 19 was much more Common. In the uni versal race for wealth and position young men thought they could not start too early. Whether it might not be better to start a little later in y ear s eraet it i he would not pretend to say, but the fact that the great mass of those who started early n d an unable to have recourse to the universitielsent they . would be idlefor lads of 14, howev er i n tel might be, to engage in a strugglewith t h o se who Bear, hear.) were four or five years their seniores.eetlle but those i ; The consequence was that li who were provided for Y en dowments, or those who belonged to the r i c h e r classes of were the community, t he way in which it was of a university ed ucation Now, what was to be done now conducted. ble (iliVeaerre. t h e universities, endowed h:boe o btain the benefit in such a case? and enjoying t o declare them selves a vast reputation, Powe rless and do nothing ? That would no t have been a becomin g course for w ith great wea lth h How then, was the difficulty to be met • plulroswile;were our youthful population scat teredt eu Itotl9roughout the country to be brought unde r the influence of these venerable bodies situated in two distant places? The mode of solving the dif ficulty was as old as the days of Mahomet. If the mountain could not go to Mahomet, Mahomet must go, to the mountain. If young people were unable to go to the universities, it was well for the univer sities to go to them, and this was 'what had been done by the institution of these local examinations. (Hear, hear.) If they could not give these young people the ',benefit of a university education, they could send examiners to ascertain the amount of their knowledge, and, what was equally important, the amount of their ignorance. They sent exa miners into the great towns where large numbers of youths were gathered together, and were able to fix and to raise the standard of education, and by means of certificates and prizes to afford a stimulus LIFE-SAVING RAFTS. • A considerable number of persons assembled yes terday at the bridge over the Serpentine to see some experiments made with a machine which purports to be a life-saving raft, and which is the invention of an American merchant captain. Amongst those present were Lord Ranelagh, Colonel Brown low Knox, Mr. Page, the eminent engineer, Sre. The machine consists of a light wooden frame, with flexible hinges, and which can be easily s is tosvruedaway p when not required for use. Th e frame when in the water by pontoon-shaPed bags a or when cylinders of indiarubber, an d which can when thus fi lled speedily be inflated. The twoh h e ba t i g e h s can,o o d en a c f c r o a r m d n , g a n t d o size, sustain fifty, o _r even , ngpersons. the inflation Th o of the pontoon s, i w al i l th o a g ir e , th a e c r t , afsortiiiihgatenra ft ers a h i u n n o dr lu e d d i raft was prepared y esterday' fi v e or six minutes, and then e s h o t into the water from the balustrade of the Ated itself at once, and, about forty bridge. It rib fi ve persons h aving go t upon it, floated about in the water w ithout very sensibly increasing its immer- T h e general opinion expressed was that the s ion. raft would be a great addition to the means of sav ing life in such terrible cases as the recent one of the Evening Star, and that the price at which it could be constructed would enable ships of any con siderable size to be furnished with it. We were in formed that the raft has already been extensively adopted in the American merchant service, and that . s e e rs f ri u yd l ,e n e o s sf claims t i h s e h f e o l dr At l an tic. hi h is r i raft fr h t h ete the inventor, m vae a du t v i t on side a oli ci l e r s .thE o e f . o i s t t . s h p e u i 0 cheapness and simplicity in construction, compact ness when packed, and greater adaptability than lifeboats for sea-goin g steamers, as not being liable to be either stove in, swamped, or capsized at those critical periods when its " services would be called into requisition. A BROUGHAM AND A Bus.—By this difference word the concerning the pronun c i a ti on o f a present w : e lr is reminded o f an am i ca bl e contest that occurred in st_ tuinster Hall between Lord Campbell and a Q.C. who is still in the front rank of court arivocatos. In au action to recover for damages done to a carriage, the learned coun sel repeatedly called the vehicle in question a broughain; pronouncing both Syllables of the word brougham. Where upon Lord Campbell with considerable pomposity observed, " 13room is the more usual pronunciation ; a carriage of the kind you mean is generally and not incorrectly called a broom—that pronunciation is open to no grave objection and it has the great advantage of saving the time consumed by uttering an extra syllable." Half an hour later in rho same trial, Lord Campbell, alluding to a decision given in a similar action, said, "In that case the carriage which had sustained injury was an omnibus--" "Pardon me, my lord," interposed the Queen's counsel, with such prompti tude that his lordship was startled into silence, "a carriage of the kind to which you draw attention is usually termed p m e e 4 a bus ;' that pronu nciation is open to no grave objection, and it has the great advanta g e of saving the time consumed i by uttering two extra s y llables." The interru p tion was folloWed by a roar of lau g hter, in which Lerd ca joined more heartily than any one else.—Jeaffreson's Book about Lawyers. E U X F O R D, 11 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE MUSICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LONDON. Successful Revival of Offenbach's " ORPHER AUX EN KERS." and " TROMBALCAZAR." Comedy by Duriah and Davies, and Harry Sydney (the political Mouts). Gymnastic Performances by the Zamezou Family, Les ores Victorelli, &c. Great success of " Les Amazones au C. ampagne " Divertissement, by the Misses Tessy and era Guinness, assisted by their talented troupe of artistes. In preparation the Lyric Drama of the "RUINS OF AT by BEETHOVEN, the argument of which will be read by a distinguished member of the theatrical profession. Musical Director and Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghrnans. Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, is ; private boxes, with separate entrance, 10s. 6d. Open every evening at 8. ,gef f :yd° oapt . a urth s tdr o ' g . S' 91 ,13 ,: ° tto: ; , .10' , of o urti fi lli' Est b 8• ha o ' OW' Jag' .~ O t