The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-06 00:00:00

TSB LiTS BARON Dl OOLDMID.

Our obituary of last week included the name of
Bona de Gol4heda, better bows ta the City ea Mr I. L.
Golinaid, when be low/ held • diffittnituishod Paid= as
• capitalist wed es we of the pillars of the

commirdal world. For tam than melt a century
las was identified with all then dwelt aitlePthea of
the day. Hawes amongst the original .directors of the London
Dais, the Globe Insurance Continental Gaa, Brasilia&
Maim, New Zealand, and oaten, compsedas; and lie varied
knowbego, his Judgment and emeritus, unihined with his
Tan poonahry remoras, gays him past indoence at the
amend hands. Ow se lila meet sfaseirtil enterlwhies Wig
tens segolialisa of ths nattleensat cd the debt due from the
Brendan pmernment to the kingdom of Portage]. He wu
wideded in this Important bairn In more than seven
years, and the amp, patience, and ability he displayed in
bringing it to a snimandal dens ware duly aoknow.tadpd by
the QOM& of Portugal, who 01111Sied him a Baron et that
kingdom, as well aa by the Postmann bondholder*, who
preamted him with a magnificent and costly tostinsaralat for
his sashes.

Hat theiSsid of Sir Irmo Golden:titre activity as a peddle
meows' not limbed to the City nor to mosslary transactions.
♦ mu of awake mirimosta and of ouldvalnd Mem ha woo
eves reedy to prawns learn and science; and there I.
warmly a haw' sects whom rise ides back to a period
lunging over the Met Oily or dirty yens which he did not
andet to Wow tab big. At ea *sly period at his life be
became emulated with the Duke of Sages, Lard Holland,
Sir Samuel Romilly, Sir Lunde and Lord
Brougham (the only 'arriving member el that noble
brotherhood); and his service, and his puns were eheertally
devoted to the advancement of the benevolent schema with
which the names of these philanthropists me so honourably
idendided. It wu his privilege to share in the biome
for the emancipation of the segues, the establielunent
of Mechanics' Institutions, the improvement of the con-
dition of prisoners, set on bat by Mrs. Fry ; the
formation of the Society for the Mules of Useful Know-
ledge, end, in but, In every attempt made within the bet half
century for the social and intellectual advancement of the
masses. Though conacientiourly mambo' in the obeervanoe
of the Jewbh ritual, he wee one of the most tolerant of mem
end did not permit sectarian prejudices to sway the Les
*melee of hie benevolence. He was a eappaier of all the
(imitable institutions of the nietropoth as well aa of the
OMUltillS In which he hell estates, and be did not consider it

inconsistent with his opinions as e Jew to assist be providing
spiritual consclation for persons of caw anode. When an
application was made to him a few yew ago by his tenantry '
at Brighton for the sale of a piece of lead for a church, he
met the question by a free gift of the land required, and he
also contributed handsomely towards the ornamental put of
the church.

The establishment of University Cottage was also mainly
owing to the exertions of this worthy man; and his movites

ere 11;mdsomely ecknowledged in the kit annual report of
the council just Issued, end from which we [make the fel•

*win extract : "Amoagst the moat mrincesitle of the oir-
temetances connected with its annammosenent and progress
ere the teal with which the Baron, then Mr. (bidet:lid, co-
operated in founding the institution, end the aerrieewbke he
tendered by making the aoquisititn for the she for ;be al-
ine at his own risk, and that of his two coUeegnea Per

twisty-eight years afterwards he continued an active men-
bee of the math, and during maay of three years he dr
voted much valuable time to the service of the oollege, said
testified by word and deed the lively hamlet which betook
In its prosperity, and hie bighappreciatioa of the opportunitks
forobtalaing extended liberal education which Itbdopensdlo
all theses without distinction of creed. But the most
'Widmer evidence of his favourable sentiments towards the
colleges were the ardour with which he sasieted is the 'stab'
behment of its hospital, sad the personal merriest he
rendered whilst he 611 d the office of treasurer. The charity
is indebted to him for contributions to a large amount, and
for

Ilte Writs trldelt be Imo con-
ferred ea the aline sad WOW ontnot WI to be bud in
lading remembrance."

Mr. Golbintil wee the Bret among his community who
actively took up the emotion of the removal of Jewish dis-
abilities. He committed his exertions on the subject lea.
rsedistely after the passing of the set of 1829 for the relief
of the Roman catholic°. At his reqaest, Hz. (afterwards
Sir Robert) Grant introduced Into the Rome of Comatose
in 1830 a bill for the alteratkm of the oaths affecting the
Jews. Similar measures were parsed through that house by
large majorities In 1833, 1834, and 1836, but failed is
Ow Rouse of Lords. During all this period, 31r,
Goland/ took • leading share is stimulating

the exertions of the parliamentary supporters of re-
ligions freedom. In his latter days be continued to
feel the liveliest Interest in the en** end was fond or
showing to friends hts long corraspendenos relating to it
with Lord Holland, the Marquis at Laxaliewse, Lord Bex-
ley, Sir Robert Oran•, Mr. O'Connell, sad the other states-
men attsehed to the cease.

Biz Isaac Goldamld Was bora la L...., Jaa. Is, ITTS.

Hs was crested tarnist by lb. wormiest in 441, and
wss the first Jaw on whom that thieves contursd. Hs was.

Fellow of the Royal, the Osolwisal, end inlay other edema&
smiled*, and vas intimately squinted with the leading
litterwii of his time. He renewed the order of tho Tower and
sword from the Queen of Portugal, the order of the Rose
from the Emperor of the Brazils, end the order of the
Hediklif from the present gotten. He he. lett large and
valuable landed estate@ in Hampshire. Kent, Sussex, end
Haddlertii, and be la succeeded in his deb by hie eldest eon,
Kr., now Sir Prances Henry Q.C., who wee born
Ma 1,189 e.

CAMBRIDOZ ASYLUM TOR SOLDIZRS' WIDOWS .—.
The eighth snarl sooting of the eaboaribre of this moiety
was held yesterday, at the Vatted Storks Istitutks,
Whitehall, to receive the sport of the committee, to eles
two nineteen, end on emend toulass. General Sir Jobs
F. Burgoyne, But. 0.C.8., wee celled to the chair. Mr.
J. R. Monition the sicreisty, read the report of the com-
mittee, from whirls It appeared that the number of soldiers
widows in the asylum st Kinestea-cs-Thentre was 39, all of
whom were thru in the sejoynest of good health sad no
death had occurred in the asylum daring the post Melva
inceths. Fif ern rooms etilkreasained untarnished ; elaht of
theme tweeted by the late Limat.-oeneral Sir N. Thorn,
would be required for as sissy widows of non-oommiasiona
caters end privates of the Bea, but so arrangement had yet
been come to with General Thorn's smuts as to the
maintenance of the eight widows. The bell is aid of the
fonds of the asylum, held at Willie's Rooms in Jane las,
reabed 2631.17 e. 6d One-fourth of he sylum, as originally
had bans erected. but the committee looking at the
?Tit% national as. call upon the public to meant theme
to completing sad firmly establishing the institution as ed.
gin illy proposed for the benefit of one widow, at least, from
every regiment end battalion of the British army. The is-
come of the inesituiion for the post year was 1,6621. 14s. n.,
end the espondi ore 1,6361. 13.. 3d. The report haring been
Weed to, the committee for the ensuing year was elected.
Two widows out of thirty .oce candidates wen, then elected
inmates of the asylum, and the proceedings terminated in the
soul manner.

LONDON SOCIETY FOR TUE PROTFCTION OF
Tone° Forauss.—A petformanm of Raydn's celebrated
descriptive curate, The &aeon.," will take place at
Exeter-hall ea Tuesday evening next, under the patronage
of hie Royal Mahal= the Prince Cowart, on behalf of the
funds of this society. The names of the artistes, whom ger.
vices are gratuitous, flu nigh a guarantee of mellows; mad
the band and chorus will be effickut, numbering nearly 700.
This society is the of y one in existence °relatively devoted
to the reolamation of those young females wht, boom under
15 year. of age, have either fallen into vim, or who have
bowl Mooed to it. Nose of the inmates are employed either
In needlework or other work from the public, but are con-
atantly mimed in the Irma= duties 'opined upon them by
the discipline of the establishment, the object being so to
educate the mind and prepare the hands that in furore life
there may be the power to earn • onboiatoooe, sad
the menial, moral, and rellgiou• energy to retist
temptation and sin. The whole establhihment Ia
one of an educational character. For six hoary each
day the inmates ere Wight in weary branch of an ordinary
d quite equal to that received in the Nation=
British and Fora Slottools. Each female, ix tall, Is
praetioally taught in acediework, sad everything that reltes
to domestic economy, sad Is thus quelifled to occupy ea he-
porteat position in future life. The swiely 11,11 been la
operation 24 years, sad has been histrumeatal to okays
nearly 600 infamous doomm,, where the young have barn ea-
"_. !Ned to sin and sad it has laved upwards
700 ettildren from the pro 6 atistodant up= a life of vise
sad depravity. we alas doom that the sauna! fattiest I.
00 I'4 held at the Lagoa Taves an the llth fait., Lord
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