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London, England, 1853-09-03 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

ments quartered in treat Britain and Ireland to
visit the Dublin Exhibition, the commander-in-chief
most promptly granted a privilege similar to that 4th
tamed from the late lhtke of Wellington in the year
11451.

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Her Majesty sat, on Tuesday, to Mr. Cutter:on
Smith for her portrait, from which, when completed,
au engrenitm will be published commemorative of the
Ureat lutlu.trial Exhibition in Dublin.

THE ENGLISH AND IRISH MAONETIC T I.:LEAMAN!
COI%I rA,Nv have suectstsfitlly completed the telegraphic
communication between Belfast and Dublin. The
first message received in Belfast was the annotutee
ment of her Majesty's arrival in Dublin.
A VACANCY has been created in the representation
of Lisburn by the sudden death of Mr. Roger John-
son Smith, who expired yesterday week. Mr. Smith
was oily elected in December last, in opposition to
Mr. Inglis, the then Lord Advocate of Seothind. Ile
was a imslerate Conservative, and came in by what
is termed the "independent" spirit of the borough.
No less than five candidates are already spoken of,
though none have addressed the electors. The
names mentioned are--Mr. Abraheun Brewster,
Attorney-General; Charles Hogg, Esq., brother of
Sir James Hogg, Chairmint of the East India Com
pany; Captain Bolton ; Mr..l. J. Richardson, of Island
Mill ; and Mr. Jones, of Moneyglass.

AN IMPORTANT LETTER has been received by Wynd-
ham bioold, Esq., M.P., from three of the most in-
fluential and enterprising merelnutts of New York,
stating that it is their intention to send a first-class
steamer to the Shannon upon a trial trip, for the put •
pose of testing the capabilities of Foyncs harbour
for a transatlantic packet station.

TILE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, it is said, is to be in
working order before the lapse of another twelve-
month. The missionary tours among the Helmut
Catholics in the United States have been eminently
successful, and within the last week the reverend
deputies have trawanitted to the general chest in
Dublin the sum of 1,0001., in addition to the large
sums which had already found their way from the
same quarter. It is reported that the whole manage-
ment of the new institution, the appointment of the
professors, and all other matters connected with the
cause of education, will devolve on Dr. Newman,
whose salary is fixed at the rate of 50 01. per
annum.

THE SVNott ote MUNSTER coiumenced on Thursday
at Theriot', when the etutfutgan prelates, summoned
by Archbishop Slattery, had arrived, and were duly
received by their superior. The Frennatt's Joanutl
states, with regard to the work to be done:—
" Thin meeting of prelates, although of high itiaportaime,
ri differs mateally iu its nature lAnd 111411014 frl/111 tint great
National Spa al held iu utrles in August, lektt. That synod
WIM4 I.OIIVI'HIA for the etessilleralion of questious alleettng the
till-emits of the faith, and fur the adulation lit' tteseetree
to maintain Us' and vino Mato the dignity, of the
ratholie rhureh in Iridium'. 'Pint preatait provincial apex' CAM-
" 4" its OUP". VI the regulation ofoletstilo; of 1.1 elcshed lea' dis-
cipline, having relation ehiodv to the uniformity of ritual olso.r-
viusw, and the ilisoliarr of the asered funetions of the priest-
lUNNI throttgleout the ilioeeso of Munster,"
It is, nevertheless, pretty certain that one other tines-
tion at least—the education complication—will tea
be overlooked iu the deliberations of the eonclave.

Vain! an 6turral.

LORD PALMERSTON AT MELBOURNE.

Mmt,nounxE, in Derbyshire, gave a name—through
the accident of having given a title to the late Premier
—to a young Australian city which has far outgrown
its namesake in wealth, population, and importance.
The English town is, nevertheless, thriving apace,
enjoying a fair share of manufacturing prosperity
after its degree, and partaking also, it appears, ►n the
spirit of progress and the desire for educational ad -
vancement which may be now called a national
movement throughout the country. To aid in this
work, an edifice, called the Melbourne Atheeneum,
has been projected, of which the first stone wa►s laid
on Saturday last. The building is of modest pro-
ps►rtiona, costing by the estimates only 7110/.; and,
nevertheless, intended to fulfil three distinct and
important purposes—viz., to allOrd accommodation
for an infant school, for a mechanics' institute, and
for a savings hank. Altogether the new institution
promises to yield very extensive advantages to the
town of Melbourne at a comparatively trilling cost.
The Home Secretary, having recently heroine
principal proprietor of the district—hi which Lady
Pahnerston has recently inherited the Melbourne
estates—and being, by chance, on the spot, on a visit
to his newly-acquired property, consented U► officiate
at the ceremony of laying the foundation-atone. The
°erasion accordingly became memorable, told the
coanmeneen►ent of an insignificant building in a
small and remote country town lots been rendered
noticeable as affording the first nip,rt unity of the year
for those autumnal and extra-parliamentary speech
makings of cabinet miuiaters which we are aic•

intstometi to witness during every recess. As the
projected Athentetun is designed for a threefold
object, so Lord Palmerston delivered on the occasion
three speeches. First of these Was a emuplimeutary
discourse, in reply to an address congratulating him-
self lind Lady Palmerston on their entrance into the
town. It was delivered from a window of his lord-
ship's mansion to a illle4So of the townspeople congre-
gated on the grit:44-plat outside. In this address the
I tome Secretary indulged in a few reminiseenees of
his own foreign policy, and then diverged into some
general and laudatory remarks upon the present
state and tendency of English society :

" Whilst I had the homier of being Foreign illinihtsr, it
was toy object to use every efiOrt in toy ismer to pieeerves
to tins country astd to Europe tow ineetiniable blessings of
peace. But I telt that the best security tor the coution•
once of those blessings was tee 'nat. foreign I loverunivnta
ituderstioni OM while, on the unto band, this co y would
never willingly or knowingly inflict wrung upon a foreign
nation, nu the other hand we would never submit lee the
andietion of any wrong hum them. It has be the object
of the tiovenottent, and of this country, for litany years
past, to promote all those ',trial, commended, and lodide id
ituproventents which were dermisi by the wisest me II tee lw
I conducive to the welfare and Oltenia of the. country ; Jul
think I may appeal wthe 'invent MAUI of comfort among
the working classes as a proof of the 1101111d111•116 14 the
p4eliey familiarly dettoininateil free trade. t t **recs. (lentil,
men. I um glad upon all eceitaionii to come in contaet with
the working dowses. It is Ow !weigher table tool airline.
ell Of this country that there are HO 1111•111111e111111A1110
barrier* 110tWill'll the different classes of %illicit the eoin.
tounity (sambas. It is the luippitiess and 1/11.11141111. Of the
higher claimer( to avail thionselvi.s of every opportunity 14
holding social and friendly iiin.reourse with the hilssiring
classes. On the other hand, there is 110 incite, however
humble, who dews not feel that ley hie industry. soul the
exertion of Ilia talents, lie may Anon the highest
lions in the State. There NM abundant examples in this
Items, of leers of nltill who owe their origin to the bowler.
able industry, the natural talent, and twrsevering exertion*
of ancestors who, having sprung from the working closure,
and contributed to the welfare and pratm.rity of their
(smutty, gained from their sovereign nude Joel Ito iiiii ine,
' which again they have tiniassoitted aw lienslitary
tinetions to there who have descended hunt them (Bear,
hear.)"

The foundation-mtonts having been laid after the
usual routine procession and other ceremonies, [MIA
Palmerston again Npolco at Horne length, and with s
more special view to the educational and mond ob.
jects for which the inchoate Atheneum was designed.
The building, be said,wais one of peculiar interest,

" lwettnew it is destined to is the epitente of the life
of matt, as well tat an exemplar of the civilisation and
improvement of the age. It is to contain, in the tire.t
',lwo, a provision tier infancy ; in the next place, a tonevi-
sion for the instruction fuel anneeentent 4.4 men of inettinvw
years in the niechaniete institution ; and, Willy, the
savings hank will enable, him to make a provision tier de-
clining age. In former times the treatment of infants was
fur different front that which now prevails. Mothers then,
as they do still in some countries, when they wished tee
employ themselves in useful labour, wrapped their infants
in swaddling clothes, and being them upon a peg. as you,
do a hat or a greatwoat. hatighter.) Now our tin coved
civilisation has taught us to provide for the care of inrittitg,
anti at the stone time to instruct their yeattlatul minds.
When, therefon,, we entailed' infiutt sehols, we do nut
May assist the mothers, by giving them the mestere of 11$1,
fully employing themselves, but we are laying the tornado-
tier for wood order in that emit 1111 l nity of which their in-
Wits are hereafter tee be members. The advanteges of nw•
chanien institution,' are MO well known, and are see justly
and universally appreiatell, that it wottlel lee tt waste of time
to dilate upon them. Nevertheless, it is nut 11,41.14.104 to
Isar in mind that these institutions contribute, not only
to the intellectual pleasures elf the wedging elasses, but
also conditer greatly to their worldly comfort and advatt-
taw. With regard to pleasures, there are no pleasures
really worth having but theme reamected with the intellee-
tend &vilifies ; pleasures of another kind leave no rood
impression after them, and tend frequently outlier to
demobe and brutalise than to improve and admit
the being by whom they are enjoyed. Ihi the other
hand, intellectual pleasures increase in intensity in
proportion as they are enjoyed, and they elevate the vellum
who cultivates them in the scale set but 11111 l happiteetes.
Now, there is this remarkable elitferetwee be tn. en the
t. 41 in which we live and the ii/1101 which passed before
us: we have great discoveries tout inventions Wade worthy
the inkdleet and intelligence of temple who now live ; we
have in these days Keen the inventions of railways, which
have facilitated the communicatien between towns and

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countries--which to ud, as it were, to render Eitroope hone
great city, and to router upon 01l 'lotions &ow mivatitagros
of rosy c.nuuluuicution which heretidon• were esijopol
by the inluthitatits mruute tower. Wt. IMt I. V 4101104
the power of steam tir the nusigatii in 11l OW wide IbrAl4ll.
We have thereby briiiight countries 1111.iirl'f to Inch oilier
which hitherto were divided by Nuwytre of uniny
Wei LlCCelepellied by grriat perils wail dangers. %%4: have,
likewise, in our time, hail an invent' --tine of the ruoibl
splendid triumphs of hauuaul 141.11i11/6, 100C1111011; it Wee uul tile
result of ;ircilleitt, lint of bilmsions investigation—l mesa
the electric telegraph, an inventiiin which brings the moat
distant pacts the world within • ter of each other,
tool whirl. will probably sit no distant pr ri,Nl enable us to hold
ciiiivertsitii in with our fellow•siihjeets iii India as quickly as
air could du le•roluti.re LriNceu 00411 ill urkiiiining rooms.
Former kigeS have also had their great and important in-
ventions and aim...liveries—the magnetic needle mid the art
vf pri&itW 4 M usatupla. tautitvwdvt ttLw, which though

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apparently an instrument of more rapid destructi :in, yet
gave civilisation security and protection against barbarism.
But though there were men in those times of great know-
ledge, who made those wonderful inventions, yet in that
former age education was confined to the few. Now, hap-
pily, knowledge is at the command of all. Books im-
parting instruction of every kind are accessible at a vice
which places them within the reach of all ; and these me-
chanics' institutions enable the working classes to profit hey
the exertions, bodily and intellectually, of those who are
the investigators and acquirers of knowledge. (Cheers. )
The mechanic has now e opportunity of acquiring the
result of those exertions without even stirring from his
home He has now likewise the means of applying to his
own purposes all that knowledge which men of deep
science have gained by extensive study, either in chemistry,
mechanics, or other useful knowledge. lie is enabled to
profit, at a small expense, by those investigations which
have been so laboriously pursued by others. The centem-
pietism of these things mule, I think, raise the mind of the
mechanic from the paltry, low, and vulgar consideratione
which tend to draw away his mind from his devotion to-
wards that great beneficent tieing from whom he derives
his present existence. If these institutions are advanta-
geous to the middle age of matt, so also are savings banks
invaluable establishments for des{ • g age. There is hop
maxim for life more valuable than this That a men
should make to-slay conducive to to-men-ow'. In other
words, that he should be willing to forego the enjoy meet,
the temptations, and the allurements of the time present,
for the purpose of laying up a store which may ensure to
him comfort in time to come. (Hear, hear.) That is a
maxim no less conducive to his comfiest and happiness in
this world, than essential for his well-being hereafter.
Those who act upon this maxim will find themselves com-
fortable, wealthy, and respected. Those, on the other
hand, who are careless of to-morrow, and think only of to-
day—who waste in riot and extravagaisce or any needless
pleasures those means which ought to be laid by in store
for the future, will lose the respect of their neighbours,
and that which is a much greater loss—their own respect
for themselves. (Cheers.) Nothing can be more calcu-
lated to encourage this habit of forethought, foresight, and
providence than these savings banks. I trust that the
effect of this establishment in this town will be 9.8 good
and as beneficial as similar institutions have proved in
other places. I trust that the workman by hiss skill and
industry is now in receipt of ample wages, and that, in-
stead of squandering iu drunken dissipation, or any other
momentary indulgence, a large portion of his earnings,
he will be induced to lay that portion by for the future
support of himself and family. Depend upon it that if
once the habit is acquired—when once a
exercise providence and foresight by laying by a little day
after day, and week after week, thus accumulating a store
which will assist him when a rainy day conies, and when
age and infirmity incapacitate% him from the same
activity us heretofore—when once that habit has been
gained, he will find it a source of pleasure as well as ad-
vantage. And he will find it the source of pride to him-
self, knowing that he has been accumulating a little stock
for himself, that he will be a far better and far inure
respectable member of society than he would have been
if he had spent daily and weekly in riotous extravagance
those means which ought to have been otherwise used, and
might have been more advantageously laid by. ( ('her's.)
I look, therefore, upon this institution as one perhaps of
greater Manet than any which has ever been brought
together under one roof, because it makes provision for
a Mall's course from infancy to the most advanced age.
There is UM topic un which I may be permitted to address
to you a few words. There is oust addition still wanting
to complete this institution—l mean a achuol for the girls.
It is well known that the education of women is of the
greatest importance to society. Men may has indeed the
rough stones on which the fabric of society is built, but
women are that finer cement without which those rougher
ingredients would not tied order or consistency—without
which there can be no beauty and no form—no lasting
and useful endurance. (Loud applause.) Wu all know
the important influence which is exerted by woman upon
the welfare of man—whether it be in the capacity of
slaughter, sister, wife, or of mother—therefore, indepen-
dently of any regard to the fairer sex—for lam persuaded
that those whom I now address feel this regard in the
strongest degree—the most selfish considerations would
lead us to endeavour so to mould the conduct of the
rising portions of the female community that they may be
as well adapted as it is possible for good training and
instruction to make them to perform the various duties of
their lives, in the capacities of slaughters, sisters, wives,
and mothers. (Cheers.) I therefore commend to your
consideration, although it forms no part of the institution
now about to be established—to your anxious and earliest
conaid-rati.ei. the establishment of a Ohl' school ut
Mel-
bounie. (Cheers.)"
Aft sr tile ceremony a collation succeeded, and, the
health of Lord Palmerston having been drunk, a
third speech was elicited, devoted chiefly to a glorifi-
cation of the intellectual progress of the age, and
the wonderful results which had accrued or were to
be anticipated from the spread of knowledge
" To any person who has been conversant with public
affairs there cannot be anything more interesting, and
nothing, I am sure, can be more important, than to assist
in the development of the intellectual progress of the in-
habitants of the country. It is a subject of ride to every
Englishman to feel how awakened is the spirit of the
country to objects and matters of this kind. And when
we see everywhere endeavonrs spontaiwously made by the
population of every district to cultivate their own minds.
and to prepare the ground for the cultivation of the
intellect of the rising generation. it is a contemplation
which is not only gratifying to every lover of his fellow-
man, but which is peculiarly gratifying to an Englishman,
because he feels that thereby we are laying the surest
foundation for the prosperity, for the greatness, and for