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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-23 00:00:00

real object of education; they will not Identi'y education with
instruction, or believe that it is possible to educate the miad without
educating the ch ire :ter. Thi‘, then, being the great problem—how
at the same time to educate the mind an:l the character—twu broad
duff rences pr. sent th -mselves in the method of dealing with each of
those elements. In educating the character, for instance, it is possible
to aim merely at strengthening it ; and for this purpose it is
difficult to imagine a better means than the daily knocks and rube,
the constant collisions of intellect and temper, in our public schools—
a means less powerfully when most of the goys, as here, live under
their parents' roof. Bat there is another side to tliis picture, and
those only who know the number of ch 'ranters that are spoiled,
deteriorated, and wasbed in the process, can judge of the price that is
paid for this benefit. On the other hand, we m3y aim at improving
and moulding the character for good ; and who can doubt that it is an
advantage, and not an injury, to the character of boys, when to the
active a:11121°n and struggle of which I have spoken, are aided
the shfceiiing and purifying iniluanc2s of an English Christian
home ?" _ _ _

Mr. Broirick proceeded to spealt of certain advantages which he
thought we poesossed here, in reference to Intellectual training also,
especially in our effort to c imbine " a large amouht of general
knowledge and historical illustration" with excedence in c mposition.
But the length of this address would perhaps be too great if I were to
travel beyond the religious an i moral asp sees of education, ant enter
up on details connected with instruction. Closely 8330 lat 3 I with the
moral advaetage of which I have spoken—that, namely, which results
from he proximity of ho no ani school—is another which I regard o f
o insiderable moment. When boys are brought together in large
numhers, and kept for a long ties away from their homes, the
occasions of receiving harm from one another are evi tautly multi-
pl ed. The danger of corruption in a school is not in working
hours, but in play hours; not, jadee I, in downright honest
play—l wish there ware more of that here—but in vacant
hours, in idling and loitering. Hence arises the necessity
in such schools as those to which I have referred, of that int rn tl
government, that exercise ef delegated power, among the boys
themselves, which has been the sneject lately of such fr, qnent
criticism. Very fooliah things are often said on this subject. It seams
som.dimes to be forgotten t 'at there must be big boys in every large
school ; that they cannot b 3 divested of their influence ; and that
they will de either harm or good to those who are beneath them
He ce It is evideatly the part of wisdom to make use of this power,
which exists whetleer use will or not, and to turn it to good acc enet,
instead of suffering it to run will. And tee upper boys in a school
must be very lose indeed if they are utterly insensible to the feeling
of responsibility and of generous care for those who are younger.
But still it must be remembered that even good I oys are imperfect
characters ; that their 'dews of right and wrong are often very arti-
ficial ; that their imp ices are vehense it ; and that it is quite
unreasonable to expect them to have the mature judge:tor of men.
Hence it is to me a great CAUSO of satisfaction to have to deal with a
system in which the occasions of harm are comparatively few ; vrh; re
Vie influence of the masters are compared with that of the boys is
very great; where the op on ground, if I may so speak, is somewhat
narrowed, so as to limit tee opportunities for boyish tyran y and bad
example - aid yet not too much narrowe I, let me add, for the sucees-
ful exercise of a hig't tendons bility and a most salutary influence.
I cannot leave this sobj set without a ;dressing a word more e pee:ally
to the senior boys of the upper school, who have always been to me.
ever since my present datiessbaean, a source of comfort and support
Yon are tho-cs who are directly looking forward to intelle etu 1 dis:iac-
lions elsewhere. You aro our ale -est link with the universities.
Again, it is towards you that tee promotions Its the institution tend.
You are coespicuoasly before the notice of all below you. Your
characters, when you leave us, will de good or ha: n to the school
where you have beet educated. Your charryters, even now, at the
present moment, have a greater loft tenets for good or harm than you
can easily caleueate. Bemembee toil—and the rem irk app ins
equally to the seater boys of the Middle School and the senior boia of
the Lower—that the general moral level of a scho3 it almost always
below the moral level of the highest and most distinguished. boys.
And now, having come dawn from general remarks on education,
and having begun to do what is perhaps more natural to me—hevlng
began to addre is myself d rattly to the boys—l will conclude in this
latter strain. I hope that the notice of this 22nd of Octoher, however
it may be observed, wit do something year by year to promote
an esprit de corps, partly among all the members of the institution,
and p trtly among the boys of each of the three separate schools. 'FLe
spirit of union among those who have been educated at the same
place is a thoroughly good aunt valuable feeling, and likrythin g
s valuable which tends ntioceatly 'to promote it. For this reason it

is, among others, that we s) he irti'y desire, in the Upper Szboo , tin
success of the Crie'mt Club, and are grateful for the establlihment of
the Old Pupi Priz If eacd of the other two schools, tie Middle
and the Lower, could have its cricket eub, it would be an equ 1
source of pleasu e tO There is, ho never, the Choral Union of
former pupils of thwe two sehouls, which, if wis,li condurted, will
not be without valuable results, butte in reference to the present and
the future.

[n these thine, as in more important things, oar proper coarse is

to look forward, and to hope for continual inoprov,ment. Our
annals hither.o have bee -I brief. I I other institutions, on the
Founder's Day, they speak of William of Wykehain, of Edward VI,
or of Qa:ten Elizabeth. In our case, the very foundation-stone was

laid within the reign of Q seen 'Victoria. I cannot, than, speak to
you of the duties of keeping tuotarnishe 1 the honour of an ancient
name ; bat I can speak to you, and do spoak to you, of th 3 duty of
earning an honourable name for future generations to preserve. It
is indeed delightful when we can think with pleasure and pri oa
the past. Bat there is a peculiar elasticity of spirit when we think
of the future. I believe there are many persons wao, if the choice of
a long foreign journey were before them, would rather go t) America
Ulan to Greoce or Egypt. Great as is the charm of ancient associa-
tions, great as is the benefit of studying history where it: was acted.
yet to some mints there is an overpowering attraction in the enter.
prise c f subduing new weals, in the problems of new conditions of
society, in the possthillies of the iodeln'te future. Today I feet its
if I could sympa hi-se with such a preference. Such feelings are
natural to Live pool and to its Collegiate I istitution. Looking thus
to the future, may we so labour in the pramt that God's blJssing
may rest on our work, and that, though our canoes may be for-
gotten on earth, many g neratious may look back with thankfulness
to the founding of these schools. Th 3 hymn 'which has been chosen
for our morning prayers this week expresses well elan sontitnent with
which I have dts!red to end this end tress

A charge to keep I have,
A Col toglordy ;
A n over-dying soul to save,
And fit it for the sky;
To serve the present age,
My calling to fulfil,-
0 may it all my powers engage
To do my Master's will !
The Principal again rose and said Mr. Lla !stone had kind', pro-
mises him to address the boys, (Cheers.)
The Right Hon. W. E. GLADYTONE then came forward, and was re-
ceived with enthusiatitic applause. slle said—Mr. Principal, and
Gentlemen, I scarcely know how to address you who are the prinzi-
pal portion of my and ence ; I cannot call you follow-townsmen,
for you aro not Liverpool men yet—and I em hardly a Live-poot
man—but I was once what you are now, I was a Live pool
boy, and, therefore, if you will allow me, I will call yon fellow town-
boys. (Hear, heir, and cheers.) And I cm assure yen, cordiaby,
that that name is no more than a faithful and trustworta; sign of the
in.e-est-which I earnestly feel in your welfare, and of the satisfaction
a d pleaiure which ,t gives nie to cone among you, and to witness
the resolts of the devoted labours of those who are employed in
giving you ins'ruction. (Greut cheering.) I have but 'ittle to
say to yea, for the limitation of ray own time is, ie point of
fact your best security th it I will not unduly trespass upon your
patience. But my first duty is to congratulate yon, sir, upon what
we have seen here to-day. There is no station of lie more honourable
or more arduous than such a station as you fill, and none, I may
ainth confidence say, a, lilch gives to those who fl 1 it a stronger cla m
upon the sympathy and support of the community. (Cheers.)
Bee iuse, although your labours are not unrewarded, yet they are
labours which severely t ix the energies both of mind and hod; ; and
they are labours which the reward, substantial as it is, Is one little
appreciable to ',tiller minds. I trust, sir, tact you may always
continue t receive that which, after the favour of the Almighty and
the approval of your rwn conscience, I hive no doubt you most
value, in part, Indeed, the rew.rd of future distinction, but, above
all, the reward o' the gratitude and affection of your boys; and
certain I am, from the signs I have seen, that the relation which
subsists between them and their to :chars is not founded
on the vulgar and false idea which schools o'
a certain fas'iiim once brought, u :happily, into vogue,
but that they are the relations of paternal care on the one bend, and
oE confidence, admiration, and affection upon the other. (Hear,
hear, and cheers.) Yen have ree,inded us today, sir, of the
youthfulness of this institution. I think you have said that the e
schools were opened in the year 1843 —that is to soy that hey are 14
ye are open, or, in other words, I believe I am correct when I say that
they have come to years of discretion. If this be so, the results
w ich they hive produzed i i this early stage of their min rity are
such as to give great premise for the future. (Hear, hen•.) It is
true, undoubtedly, that you have but little of—the gores of memory
upon which to feei. But even apart from the stores of memory,
which are such a precious portion of the inheritance of mankind, the
stores of hope, its spring and its buoyancy, are tnongh, I am con-
fi tent. to excite and to sustain you in the performance of your duty.
You have, I trust, hefo ao you, sir, both personally and as the
reptesentative and symbol of this great institution, a long career or
constantly increasing and accumulating honour ; a ripe
manhood, answerable to the vigorous youth of the
college over whets yen have presided, and a green old age—such
as is tha happy lot of mmy institutions la this favoured country
a green old age of which it is the doubts characteristic that it has
attained a full in jority of wisdom, but has lost nothing GE its primi-
tive and original vi four. (Msers.) Now, sir, I am ashamed to
venture so much as a single remark upon the sabject of education,
which yen have handled so ably and so wisely in the discourse we
have heard from you ;land wh never remarks I do venture to make
must be ma le under fear of the fatal progress of the hand of that
clock. Bat one word, sir, I shall venture to say. and it is no more
than jastice to you, considering that I have taken the liberty cf
coming among you to-day. I do not enter into the question which
you have opened, the most important question between what is called
the public school system of England and sehoole coudueted upon the
bas's of this great institution, which do not, as a general rnle, imply
the removal of the boy from the paternal roof. But, I think,
we can sit feel that the differences of the.e institutions are
admirably suite Ito the differecoq of character, and that both th

school which Is founded upon 'ghat you term the public school sys_
tem, and likewise a college of the 'eture of that over which you pre-
side, may find ample and abundant scope in the education of the
)oath o: Fng'and ; and may each of them, by its own proper func-
tions, satisfy a want which it would be I.npeseible for either of them,
if it stood alone, to supply. (Hear, hears and cheers.) I have no
dou4t, sir, that you borrow largely from those ancient and venerable
institutions that sacred fire, if I may so term it,. which has so long
burned at their altars. Nor have I any more doubt, on the o' her
side, that these institut!ens have much to learn from you, and that thnt,
like Wise, they will le ern. Thus, through the medium of your career,-
and:your experience is institutions like this, they will prncticaliy and I
experimentally learn the nature and the direction of these changes and
extensions which they ehou'd make in their systems, end how and
when to apply those changes. And if it be the characteristic of change
in the edusational establishments of this country, that it is oi dinarily
clew, yet I think we are entitled, on the other hand, to say that it has
bsen almost invariably sure and safe. (Hear, hear) The test of that
snren so and safety is, that we hare never perceived a di,p isition to
recede from the ground which hasonce been made, or an unwise and
h ley adoption of experiments, the abondonment of which, after they
hal been ad opted, must naturally shake the confidence f the youth
of his country in their teachers, and ia the institutions where they
are educated. (Hear, hear.) Sir, I cordially rejoice at the success
which has attended the manner in which ex; carry on the ulster:of
ancient ch.sseal twining with the other imnrtant accemplishments
which ale demanded by tee specifie wants of the age, and by the
vasious requirements of the many classes which cone within year
range. 'cordially rejoice that a disposition to adopt those extensions
is now felt-1 venture t speak most confi neatly for that ins.itutieni
with which 1 have the honour of being connected—in the University of
Ox`ord, and I believe in the University of Cambridge, and that they, ^
with no unreluctant and no laggard hind, will b 3 found cooperating
with you, and Isudiag you all that is in their power of support and
asistance, viewing you not as enemies, no: as rivals, but as co-
operators and friends in th it great work in which you are all
engaged. (Loud and continued cheers.) What we have see a an I
heard convinces me, if I had need to bra convinced, that the work of
tenth ng i, here pursued with an olij act of ambition to the master
not with the mere view to the means if making daily bread, not with
the mere view to temporary popularity, but under the deep conviction
that life is a serious ani earnest matter, that tee daily duties to he
done by us all, by every one of you who are now gro sing up, as well
as by us who a- e engaged la its labours and its battle, that these
d. ily duti. s are matters of record before the Eternal 'throne, and
that, as there is nothing more misera'ale thee the deet tuition of a
human soul and its degredation, so upon the other hand
there is nothing in all the creation of God more
glorious theta the training and developenaent of a human
soul in all its powers and its capacities to answer the
purposes for which the A mighty has sent us into the world. (Loud
cheers.) I rejoice to think that this institution will Le, as I belie e,
a very impoltant means of strengthening the connection between
Liverpool and the ancient Universities of this country. I ',ever
COlll3 —1 fr nkly own 1 never come—late any of the great seats of
in lusty and enterprise without deeply wishing that that connection
could be strengthened and extended. It would be for the benefit o f
isSth parties. The Universities cannot affor 1 to loose their ho d
upon pl ices such as Liverpool aid Manchester, and with t'.e greatest
aspect I likewise say, that Liverpool and M melaester cannot afford,
without great detriment, to see the destrec' ion of their connection with
the Universities. (Hear.) Tue old UM ver sities of the con it ry stand i a
an altered ;osi ion. They have uo longer a monopoly of the learning
and accomplishments of civilised life. Many of the most dis-
tinguished men, many of the most accomplished men are, and
will be reared from this time forward, as they hare now
Lean fora venal generations back, and, perhaps,. in' an inereasins
degree, ap .rt f ono the ancient universities. At the ea ne tme, I
think, cin impartial observe,. Ain see that the ancient universities
hare laid their f nandations both broad and deep in the so :lel life of
th s sou itry, and that fora long period—tong, long after the youngest
of us has laid his bones in the grave—it probably will at 11 remain
true that Oxford and Cambridge will be to our children as they have
been t r our forefathers, the great fountain-head of mental cut, ure
the pattern and the standard after which others who mean to do well
may be content in a great degree to copy. ( Hear. hear.) Now, sir,
we knot that in a cas of this kind every th ng depends upon the
question - How high do you hold your standard ? According to the
hair ht of the highest educated body will be the relative height of
those which are bent all it Whatever seizes Oxf rd and Camb. idge
will rai-e also a school of this description. Whatever lowers Oxford
and Cambridge will lower it. And if from them are to fl ow forth,
as I ',relieve, the moot atuadant cf all the fertilising streams of human
culture, for a length of time to come, then, I say, it is an honour, an
ornament, a- d a benefit to Liverpool, to see foun ed, by the energi ,s
of her own citizens, an hatitution like this, which tends to place the
flower of her youth in a closer and snore vital connection with the
ancient Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, (fleas, hear, anti
cheers ) But, upon the other hand, I trust that there are none of us
hero prese at who believe that there is any natural, any neeessa y.
antagonism between the pursuits of commerce and the pursuits of
learning. (Hear, hear.) At no period of the world in which civili-
sation has flourished have there been wanting citied which have
exemplified, in the most signal manner, the felicitous union
between the pursuit of learning and the ent rprising spirit of
commerce and of trade. There is nothing either in the inc. eas-
ing character of commerce, in its demands upon time, or in its
influences upon mental habits, which ought to separate between
those who pursue it and the love either upon the one hand of their
religion and their duty, or upon the othsr hand of literature and of
tiroas enabling pursuits whiando so much both to sweeten the cap of
life and iikew se to exalt its intellectual and moral tone. (Haar,
hear.) Now, sir, if, as I hope, the infiu ,nco of the Universities may,
through the meals of this and other institutions, flow forth more
largely into these great and powerful centres of activity, enterpr.se,
and influence, so, likewise, we should all join in the hope-that the
Universities may find it practicable to associate themeelyes 'gore
largely than here ofore with what may be called the training of the
great middle classes of this country. (Hear, hear.) I participate,
sir, heartily in the satisfaction, which I doubt not you have felt, at
seeing the Universities during the present year, and I might almost
arty at a moment's notice, but, certainly, with a heartiness of spirit
whist' soul I not possibly be mistaken, offer to pl ice thems IVei at the
bidding and command of those who, like yourselves, are
cutesy-curing to organise a plan whereby education not given in the
univers ties ihemselves, m neveriheles: ba brought to the test, and
may receive the stamp of merit from the authorities connected with
those Universities. (Hear, hear.) I heartily wish well, sir, to such a
seh mr.e. There is one other subject upon which I may yenta oto
say a word, because it is a subject of importune even in Islverpo I. I
say even in Liverpool, because I have no doubt that there is no place
in the country which is more independent than Liverpool, so far as
the c,mmerciel classes are conce: ned, of demands upon the pubic
Ferace for employment. Suce is the rapid extension of commerce,
fur Liverpool has go adruoled its population within the time I have
know I it, that it absorbs in its own service all the eoergiss which tan
possibly be made available for the purpose. At the same lime, I
dare say it may happen to any one among yea to loole forwasd t
emp'oyment in the public service. 1 cherish rho hope that we may
yet see the public service put upon a footing much mo -e favourable to
industry aid education than it has bee hemtofore. (Cho -re.) It
is not satisfactory to my mind, that we should go begging foe public
o'fices. Public offices are not to be cons' lered as f ivours bestowed
u on individuals, but as opportunities offered for rendering arduous
and vinuable services. If there are opp srtunities opening for
arduous and valuable services, the conferring of them should not b 3
made a matter of favour. I know that, from the rna ure, it is, in a
great many cases, quite impossible to exclude the element of choice
an the element of favour. That which is called patriot ase may be
a curse and a plague to the comma city, as up on the whole, I rather
incline to think it is; but it cannot, from the nature of things, be
altogether got rid of. But I bele- e much may be done towards
getting rid of one portion of the evil, and that is, getting ri i of it as a
condition of entratc r into the public service. (He r, hear.) The
system of patronage has beef most rigidly apeled to the e .t.ance
into the public service. Any one who has a son to get into the army,
any one who has a son to get into the navy, any one who his a
son whom he wishes to mitee a clerk in a public office, ore lauding.
wai er n the customs, and so; forth, fled that it isles matter of
begging, a matter of political influence. I say this with great
respec in the presence of another member of parliament, a gentle-
man who, I dare say, has had as little to do with these chi :go as,
fortunately, I Lave had myself. The entrance into public offices
ought to be, as, far as practicable, entirely severed from peal teal
it fiuence, evict I do trust that the day is comirg when the different
s Elide in the public se *vice, that is to say, offices to bi taken upon
first en ranee 1..t0 public service—l do not speak of promotion because
merit canno be ascertained in the case of prom rtion by means of
such an exeminalen—but I do trust that the day is coming when, so
far as regards entrance into the public service for }clang men, nearly
every office which can be na ned will be held up in the face of the
tount,y as a prize to the best candidate who offers himself to win it.
(He hear, and the rs.) That will, iu my (pinion, be a great and a
happy day for education, amidst all the difficulties which atend the
eutTe.t, when we can see, as I really begin to believe we shill see, for we
are making progress towards it, those offices offered at premiums
and rewards for the honourable exertions of these boys, who, -having
distinguished themselves by talents, character, and conduct in their
schools, feel that their natural career lies in the direction of render-
ing service to their country as holders of public offices. (Ch ers.)
Now, sir, 1 feel that I have run out the limits by which I must be
bound upon this occasion, and, as I have said, I should be reluctant,
after what you have so well dons upon the subject to-day, to detain
you any longer. I shell only therefore sy, that I hope thess
disjointed retnatks which I have laid before you may serve, if they
serve for anything at all, to prove that my interest in this inAituloa
is a cordial and sincere one. I shall only say one word more before,
I corchele, and I will tale for my text a name which at the present
moment is enema of great popularity and great eminence. There
Uhl remains in some quarters the vulgar Lotion that there
is a sort of natural antagonism between corporal and
mental excellence. Now, sir, I trust that corporal education will
never be forgotten in this country, and that the pursuit of manly
sports will always receive the countenance and encouragement not
only of the boys who are to engage in them, but of the masters who
ars re ponsible for the welfare of the boys. (He -r, hear, and loud
cheers.) But with reference to the subject I last opened, the' eis a
yourgre hard
-woof
rckainntg
studiousstillabr boy,
abroad to tio
althoughff he i
ectthas very fittyour
to t bookish-boy,andsi
plead with his book in his hand, yet is not fit to grapp`e with the
active labours of life. There is much, Or, of this canna still abroad
which should be removed, to prepare for the proven of a more

liberal system with regard to the examination for entrance into the
public service. Well, now, I have selected an' eXample from a very
rec .nt authority. It is extracted from the Atlisnoutys one or two
weeks ago, and relates to a man around whose nalim is perhaps
concentrated at the present moment more of pnblie interest than.
around any other name—l mean General Havelock.Nheers.) It appears
Mr. Principal, th.t General Havelock Is a Charter-house- man, and
the writer in the Atheneeu-n—l ca' not be responsible for the autPen-
Sicily of the story, otherwise than thst I find it here a d qsvote it—
states, which after all is nit ritogether improbable, that when Gen,
Havelock was at the Charter-house he tad a nicknsme, and that
nickname was " Old Floss " (Loud laughter.) Now there are very
grief scholars here no doubt, but I am not quite sure whether there
one any in those schools who could, at this momen', by dint ofitheir
itelologicNl attainments. be Wile to make out what the meaning of
" 0:d Floss" is. (Lan3hter.) Bet still we can get at it. It appears
that F. Old Floss " is an abbre, i dion, al I a very reasonable one, with
the addition of the pr. 11. x old, of the term " philo other." " This
pet name will be remembered by C trthusiana, whose me i•ory can go
back some 40 years or more." Now, what was the character borne
by General Havelock, who has betel distingu"shing him se f by enter-
prise, courar, activity, constancy, dog;ed and dauntless resolution,
n a degree elual to that of any man whom England hack produced
during the century ? (Cbaers.) Why it was this—Old Carthusian s
may not have forgotten a Fantle an I thoughtful lad, who used to stand
boo dug on while others elated, ant wh se generally meditath 0
manner plocured. for him the name of "philosopher," subsequently
dim ni,hed to "Floss," and ccessbonally:a7 Vied as "Old Floss."
That young and gaulle philr sopher is a soldier, at whose name the
hearts of Englishmen. beat with hone,t pride. Old Floes of the
Charterhouse, is Havelock, the hero of Cawnpore. (Loud cheers.)
With these weds I shall conclude, wishing to you prosperity oil
behalf of this instltation,ln everyone of its pursuits, and in each one
of its departments. (Loud cheers, amid which Mr. Gladstone
r 3811171'd his seat.)

The Principal called for three ch3ers for Mr. Gladstone, and the
other strangers who had kindly responded to his invitation, wlfeh
were euthasiastically given.

The proceedings then terminal Id.

EXTRAO2DINAI Y CASE OF MISTAKEN

IDF,NTIfY.

At the Marylebone Police-court, London, on Tuesday. John Pro-
bert, who w a remanded from the previous dtk., was again placed at
the bar, charged with being concerned ima rebbo-y of watches an
go d chahs, to the amount of £10). Mr. Grange appeared far the
p (Aeration, and Mr. ll3rring for the pris.iner. It will be rem mb•irad
that the prisoner was remanded in order to enable him to produce
testimony as to his character, and also to etta dish an alibi Mr.
Herring said the clergyman t l wham he alla led toe day Wore was
unable to• attend, but that after hearing the o her evidence the
magistrate weld C)1113 to no one • c nclasion than that the prisoner
was en'ire'y inno:ent of the oTnice with which he was charged, and
would immediately order him to be roe ased wlthaut the sl gbtest
t 'int on hie character. George Prize examine 1 by Mr. Henry : I am
a, fir cor and butcher at Llanfethsrien, in Moira 'ntleshi e, and
wag f3rm3rly in the service of the present Dean of Llandaff. I
have known the prisoner two years and a half intimately, and was
acqn iinted wide him fire years pravionsty. His character has been
mo,t unexceptionable. He held the otil:a of road surveyor two years
ago, and hl is at present co teeter of land and aeses led taxes under
the crown. His moral character is most exe-llent, and he has been a
c m•tant .ittendant at ehu 'ch. 1 am not ve'y often in tie hob t of
killing a balioctt ;bit I did kill one oa the 24:h Septemb Sr last. I
saw the prisoner the day following, ant delivered some moat to him.
I have not soli a bullo k sloes, then, and therefore clearly rec )11ect
the trantA:tion. I was in the habit of on the prison sr every
Feday, an 1 c ailed on lain oa the 2nd cf October last I saw him also
oa the following day (the cloy wh'n the robbery wan committed)
betw e a tilt hoary of 8 and 1) o'c'oek in the morning'. He was
then driving a flock of sore? to a field cal'ed the " Lietland."
We had a conversation on that occasi in. Ths prisoner is a very
wealthy as well re an upright man. T was made acquaints
with the cireamelanze of his arrest by a telegraphie message
sent to his w fe, at who,e req sett I have attended. Cross-examined
by Mr Grange o I received no message fom Mr. Herring. I recollect

the cireueost ince of ki lin; the bn lo2k so particilarly be:.ause I hal
chidti bore on that d iy. (I..aorghi-er )—lleary Evans examin .d by
Mr. Herring: I sin a se:la ot of the primao's, and have been in h s
em doyment since the 5111 of Jane la3t. I slept and hat my moils in
the house. I saw him every night aid m rrn n; I modeet the
F .st-day, and the pris seer giving me orders to mek some cider.
On the Friday be bre I saw him at lie he about nine o'cl Irk. On the

latter oi rasion he gave me some farlior order about the viler about '
putting it into hogsheads. Toe w tnes3 was not crest-examinee.
Mr. Broughton: There is nothing very extrao dinar: abo it a farmer
making ci ler, or ordering it to be put rata hogsheads. How do you '
know about the day s s wall ? Witness : B cause it was the Saturday
before the Fast- day.—Cessolini Lloyd eza :lined by Nit*. Herring : Tam
a servant of Mr. Roberts, and en'ere 1 his emiloyment on th • last
Monday of July. Duri,,g the whole of the time since then till Wad•
nesday last, whe s he came to Lon lon. I saw him every morning and
night. lie steptin the house, which I knew, be -aura it was my duty
block the doors, and in going to my oivn room I had to pass through
my master's and mistmss's bed room Mr. Grange sail he would not
ask 'his witness any questions. By Mr. Broughton : I heard of my
master being taken into c istody by telegraph. lie was at home
on the Satur lay before the Fast day. Mr. Grange sai I the magis-
trate was aware of the circnmatsnces under which the prisoner was
taken into custody, and that the girl to sk upon herself the whole
respell iihtlity of the aot. His client was not to b'am .. Mr. Herrin; :
W 3 will see how that is, and whether there was any property at all
loot. Mr. Grange then contended that there ware grounds
sufficient to justify the charg a against the ace lied, and sa d
ho was not at all prepared for the alibi that was set up.
Thou there was no vindictiveness on the pert of Mr. Straits
whose property was stolen. Mr. Bingham : There can be ne vind c-
tiveness when there is no pert knowledge. I may ray, I never
saw a case in which an alibi was got up with so much spirit. T sere
was no worse spared, and no zeal was wanting to obtain suthci nt
eridenee. With respect to M. St-arlth, no doubt h 3 felt sore a', the
loss of his property; but. as I have already rem arkel, he cannot b
supposed to be ac sated by any vindielve motive in them otter. As
reaards the evidence, I have no hesitation in sayio; I never harda
wiiners give his t istimony better than P 'lc 3. I think there is net
the slightest shadow of doubt as to the evidence of tae wit-
nesses this day. end I will therefore discharge the prisoner.
Phis announcement war received with cheers by a crosded
court, which demonstration, however, was speed ly sup-
pr.issed by the worthy migi.strate, who remin lei those
proaentth at they w ore in a court of joivica and not a the t e.
Stradth hare made a st itoment to the effect that he ha l been
threatend with law p oceo !hogs. Mr. Herrin; : Which moot assure diy
you will. Mr. Strad h then proce:d id to state that ho wad perfectly
sati,fiad at present as to the innocence of the prisoner, that he had
declined chargiag him at the sta•hm, and that farther he had endea-
voured to dissuade the servant girl fro n giving him into Cu itody.
Mr. Brolght° a stated that he had Received a letter from the rector
of the parlrh, in which Mr. Probirt reatdoit. givicg him tho big e t
char ict-ir. This terminate the proceedings, in a ease which may
yet be clod as one of the most remarkable instances of mistaken
identity an rzcord.

AN AUSTRALIAN DssrEstano.—M-tlyille, the corvi f, who
some time hick gained noto iety by leading a band of other
convic s in an uttack on the guars whilst embarking for
the lu'lr at M ,Ihourne, in which some lives were lost,
and who was condemned for that offence to solitary con-
firemen', havi' g committed a violent attack on Mr.
Wigtle, the governor of the central pot at Melbourne,
and been ile'airel in a cell loin a d mht as to his sate
of h's mind, committed suicide by hanging himself. His
ins.nity was proved to be a sham ; and it is supposed
that In hal expected ho woald be placed on his trial
(or the attack on the governor, and that he had. therefore,
d,terminet: to anticipate justice. 111 e wrote, with a lead
jrrcil, upon the walls of his Gill, an in'ima inn of his
intention to die by his osm hand. A verdict of felo de ac
was returned.
G .ivaitrim BST PATRONAGE.—Lord C Aisle has just
male an app inlnent which, miraculous to say, has
elicited the warmest encomia its of the Conservative jour-
nes, notwithstanding the inaospieinus fact that the geniis-
man favoured by the I ish Executive is a member of the
Rom .n Caih l'c Church. The Fvening Mail in- naticiog
the elevation of Mr. Michael BUrris, of the Connaught
bar, to the record irship of Galway, says :—" A hotter ap-
pointment could not possibly be made. Mr., Morris is a
gentleman of firs'-rate atilities, an able lawyer, a ripe
and accomplished scholar; and, from the assidui'y with
which he devot, s himself to his profession, Cher; cannot be
the slightest doubt that, if spared, he will ins day rise to
the highest eminence'. Mr. Morris is a Raman Catholic,
but rover lent himself to the base and wotth'ess p,rtv
who by adopting agitation as a trade have set a barrier
between th:rnsalstes and all good eit's .ns. Oa the con-
trary, he always stood by his 'order,' and, while Trying
all due eb Terence to the dery of his religion io spiritual
matters, strcogly and successfully struggled against ttn-ir
undue interference in polit;cal aft.irs. We wish Lord
Carlisle would give us frequent opportunities of speaking
in such terms as these of his eppeintmemts."
IMPORTATION OF IRON, COPPER, A ND BMW. INT.) FlittNcE,
Duns; Fife.— the Paris Moniteur oc Tuesday publishes
an imperial decree, admittMg into France, duty free, cast
iron,, bar iron, sheet iron, angle i •on, bar ',tee], and rolled
capper or alloy of coppe-, imported from ftreign coun ries
as raw material, and eestined for re-exportation after
haling, hem convered by French manufacturers intu iron
j ships or iron boats, macninery or engines t i be used either
J on railways or in any branch of manu-acture for which
those metals are rainired. The advantages of this per-
mission are rely to be enjoyed by those ironmasters,
war.ufacturers, or builders who have actually received
foreign orders for the articles into which the metal is to be
manufactured. Certain formalities are prescribed in order
to ob'ain this exemption from duty. Bar iron, to be
entitled to this privilege must be at least 458 mitlimelres
in the width, multiplied by the thickness, in list, or 22
millimetres thick each way, if it be squared with four
sides ; 15 millimetres in diameter, if cylindrical, The
importers must undertake to re-export they 3 materials, in
their manufactured form, within six morAbs. 01 l iron,
also, from foreign steam vessels, unde:gling repairs at
French ports, may be admitted, duty free, on these con-
ditiota.