The Express.
London, England, 1859-11-04 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, Nov. 3.
ALL SouLs CoLLEGE.—Mr. Edmond Warm,
8.A., scholar of Sink' College, was to-day elected to the
vacant fellowship at All Souls College. There were seven
medidates.
ABROGATION OP THE THREE WEEKS' RESIDENCE. AC-
QUIRED coo THE M.A. DEOREB.—Ina 0011TOCEliCSI holden
this day, which was numerously attended, the statute re-
Lersirielg three weelu* residenoe before proceeding to the
of Master of Arts was abrogated, there being a large
majority foe its abolition.
EISLER COLLIOII.—The election of scholars. exhi-
bitioners, Bcc. at this college, for which there are nearly forty
candidates, him not yet terminated.

VAUXHALL-BRIDGE COMPANY. An adjourned
court of the proprietors was held yeeiterday at the
Tavern, Eishopagate-etreet ; the Rey. Thomas Hill
in the chair. The account current from 25th April to 24th
October showed the total receipts (including talsnce brought
forward from former account, 1.6131. 13e. 4d.) to be 6,6331.
34. Ild. Total payments (including dividends paid to the
proprietors, 3,0381. Ge.), 4,3091. Os. 10d., leaving • balance at
the bankers of 2,224/. 3s. Id. The report stated that the
compan continued to hold Exchequer Bills for 2,0001. Tbs
essrved fund In Three per Cent. Consols amounted to 3,9711.
le. 10d., and the unpaid dividends to 2931.35. The tolls
taken during the last six months amounted to 4,6751. cls. hI.
In the correponding period of six months lest year the re-
ceipts were 4,9331. 14e. 93., showing a decrease of 2.501. 10s.
The remit of the audit justified the directors in reoommend-
ing a dividend of 12s. per share, free of income nix, to be
payable on and after the let day of December next. The
report was unanimously adopted, and the dividend declared
in conformity with the recommendation conrsined therein.
The appointment of two new collectors of tolls was confirmed,
and the seal of ISe corporation ordered to be ailed to each
appointment.
A CLERGYM ot BURNT IN EFFIGY.--On Serif-
' day night last an effigy of the Rev. John kl'Allister, incam-
bentof Scotby, was bored upon Scotby green, amid the
firing of guns and pistols. The reason assigned for these
extraordinary proceedings is, that Mr. M'Allister bits ren-
dered himself obnoxious to some of his parishioners by pro-
' emitting two of hie domestic servants for petty larceny ander
the rircametatioes reported last week. Ws are informed
that the rat. geet6oll.l2 was hooted through the village when
on his way to the ringing class, which upon bring counted
was found to consist of himself only, the choristers having
absented throtaelves for the reasons above 'Merced to.—
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LONDON PRIDAIY, NOV. 4.

Ma. Dishist.t's speech at Manchester on Tuesday
evening was thoroughly characteristic of the speaker,
No man can jump from his own shadow. and the
advice the right hon. gentleman gave to the mem-
bers of the Associated Institutes was in fact but the
relies of his own experience. Having to address •
youthful end excited audience on the work of self-
education in which they were engaged, he naturally
reverted is thought to his own early experience, to
the impulses that animated his own youthful
career. Nlr. IftsaArtf's master pension has ever been
ambition—the desire and determination to force
his way through all difficulties to the foremost rank
of place and power. His advice, therefore, to young
men naturally is, "Be ambitious; don't take •
" depressed view of your position, but aspire, excel,
" advance." The right hon. gentleman has gained
the object of his ambition. He has succeeded In
what seemed at the outset a most desperate enter-
prise. He is now • leader in the imperial assembly
that once laughed him down. He naturally, therfr
fore, believes in success, and fearlessly asserts that it
is within the reach of all. The unsmeceadul sea
necessarily the negligent, the indifferent, and the
undeserving. Having carved hie way through all
obstacles to the very position he originally deter-
mined to occupy, he repudiates the notion that
" life is a lottery," and reiterates with peculiar
emphasis the ancient maxim that will is fats-
The means of his own success, in addition to un-
faltering self-confidence and resolute self-assertion,
have been mainly the prompt and dexterous use of
opportunity. He his found the advantage of keep-
ing a sharp look-out, and his advice to the mechanics
of Manchester accordingly is to watch their oppor-
tunity, and seize it quickly when it come*. It is
sure to come,and if it finds them ready they will grasp
the great prize of life—success. Meanwhile, adds
the right hon. gentleman, recurring in thought to
his own eventful experience, " What a source of
" interest and excitement is the continual prepare-
'. Lion for the inevitable occasion." In a word, he
generalises the principles of his own career, and
offers them as a "science of life." According to his
view of the matter, life is • game of dexterous and
daring moves, in which whoever will may become a
successful player.
This is all very well se far an it goes. The pro-
cess of self-culture is an arduous one, demanding
no small amount of energy and patience.
The attention of the most ardent students
will sometimes deg, and even the most diligent
may grow dispirited at the obstacles which beset
their path. Every encouragement, therefore, should
be offered to sustain the efforts of those who engage
in the work. And the prospect, nay the absolute
assurance, of direct material advantage is no doubt a
powerful stimulus. But, after all, the philosophy of
success affords but • very imperfect science of life.
Mere worldly success is a very poor and limited
aim in any direction, and above all in the
higher direction of selteultare. here, at all
events, there are otner aims besides setting on
in life equally direct, and far more important. The
aim of education is not only to foster • love of
kaow:edge, to cultivate the understanding and refine
the taste, but to promote the habits of self-discipline
node:lf-control which see essential to oar moral well-
being. Worldly success no doubt often—most com-
monly, indeed--accompanies these habits, but it is
not the sole motive of their cultivation. There are
higher objects in life than social advancement which
every serious-minded man will propose to himself,

If, indeed, he determines to sacrifice every other
porpoise to this one, he may, and no doubt will,
succeed ; but the science which teethes the miss
of exch success scarcely needs serious expositioo,
and is certainly not worth learning. Is Hassey,
Mr. l Itsaatxt acknowledges all this. He refeft la
his speech to the higher purposes of education ; hat
the refereime is rather • cold sad cursory one, and
he hastem to dwell on the more practical and
material aspect of the subject. W. should
scarcely attach much importance to the peculiar
stream thus laid on the lower motive were it not so
thoroughly characterist,c of the speaker as to be is
fact an unconscious confession of the supreme imper- •
tante he himself attaches to it. Mr. Disk sett is a
worshipper of success. It has been the one aim el
his life, and he has eacriAced almost everything to
serum it. This is the secret of his strength and
hu vre.iltoem, the explanation of his successes and
hu failures. It explains why he is • skilful party
(sailer rather than a great statesman, why hie
successes art purely parliamentary, sot is any sense
popular or national. His ability extorts a certain
amount of admiration from all parties, but he
has never itecurcd the attachment eves of his own
&Cowers. Something more than a dexterous use of
opportunity is cc:cowry for the. I'arty success
must be turned to national accouat if it is to wean
anything like real popular sympathy. And Mr.
M.Litt.! has never shown a capacity, scarcely
'ten • disposition, for this higher work.
Hs succeeds from his dexterity, bat his

emcees is sterile, because it is • means to no end.
He is, perhaps, the first leader of • great English
party that has pursued success purely for its own
sake. Fixed principles and a detail* policy ham'
hitherto been considered essential to a great states-
man, but Mr. DISRAELI considers them unnecessary.
Aid he has the rare courage to say so. The present
autumn has been selected for the public expel.
lion of this latest gospel of progress. The
right honourable gentleman is so triumphant
that he deems it no longer necessary to conceal the
fundamental principles which have guided his pri.
vats and public career. He explains his maxims of
action as an individual and as a party leader. The
advice he gave to the mechanics at Manchester is
exactly the same in substance as that which he gave
to the Conservatives at Liverpool. To the mechanics
he says—" Aim at success, that is the supreme
" purpose of life, and you may succeed if
" you will." To his party at Liverpool
his language is neatly explicit. He says
in effect, " Yon have hitherto been hampered
" with traditional delusions which have impeded
" you in your path to power. You have fancied
" that principles were memory to your existence,
" that you had something to maintain, something
"to defend. Nothing of the kind. Principles are
" wholly unnecessary to party organisation and party
" success. They are, in fact, • hindrance rather
" than a help. Your great aim should be, not to
" maintain a principle or pursue • policy, but simply
"to increase and multiply, and to follow your
" leader." This is frank and courageous, and has
moreover the merit of being strictly true. This
is Mr. lltsaxeLl's science of life, in other words,
his philosophy of success, OA applied to party
erganimition and management. We can only say
of it what Sir limas GIIAIIAII said of his
Reform Bill, that it is " too clever by half."
And we are disposed to believe that, in the long run,
it will share the fate of that unhappy measure.