The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-14 00:00:00

The Late Professor Boole, F,B.S.

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One
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One of those men known to a limited circle, h A
within that circle the object of an affectionate rei,
spect approaching to veneration, died suddenly °es
Friday last. The Professorship of Mathetoat`i
which Dr Boole held in Queen'sCer
would not of itself make the holder celebrated, see
e
the works which he published from time t° tll
dealt with such abstruse questions of mathemallve,
and metaphysical inquiry that they could be aPPref
ciated only by a few. Those who were capable ot
understanding their value held them in the bighetti
estimation, and will look upon the premature dead
of their author as a grave loss to the world d,
thought. The yet smaller number who were "0
witted to the privilege of Professor Boole's fried
ship will grieve that they have been separated free,
one, intercourse with whom was a source of iestreof
tion and delight, whcse far-reaching Povers. cf
thought were exercised on the subtlest problel%,/,
philosophy with a precision and energy rarely she big
in any inquiry, who united to the extent of ,
mathematical learning a width of culture which Pored
served him from the dangers of isolated studies'e
who threw over all the charm of an uriconse'e
simplicity before which pretension was abashed' re
The earlier years of Professor Boole's; life Weo
spent in the neighbourhood of Lincoln, and it 11„18
during his residence at Lincoln that he first base pd
known by his contributions to the " Combridge!'il%
Dublin Mathematical Journal." The great abil;ls
shown in those papers led to the high expeetatnie
of his future career, and these expectations!,;3o
further heightened by the publication of ;0
MathematicalAnalysieof Logic. Those interests sly
the progress of these studies were,therefore,eiecerre
gratified when they heard, little more than 10)1.4
since, that Mr Boole, although not a member of P
of
University, had been chosen to be the Professergt
Mathematics at Cork. The post was one which 0,0
Boole was eminently fitted to adorn, and, at the erne
time, it gave him better opportunities of Pursu he
his favourite studies. Soon after his appointment tbe
received the honorary degree of LL,D. from
bed
University of Dublin ; and in 1854 he publissti•
the first fruits of his Professoriate in "AD e toe
gation of the Laws of Thought, on which gsa
founded the Mathematical Theories of Logic -00.
Probabilities." The subject of this volume WaeiCl
tinued in a memoir in the Transactions of the •""f
Society of Edinburgh, " On the Combination et
rci/
timonies and of Judgment," and soon attercr °jell
when he was elected a Fellow of the Royal See,,-cri
he resumed the subject cn a p !per " On the l'"
h 010
of Probabilities," read before the society•
he Phi
19i1 of June, 1862, and since published LO3
losophical Transactions. In the meanwhile he 'Do
his work on "Differential Equations," vatielldge.
become a class book in the University of Cnnibri oti
He was engaged in the preparation of a secod
edition of this work at the time of his deaths
T, doff
he siaent part of his last summer vt.cation in
sod
ransacking the treasures of the Royal Soeiet/ „per.
the British Museum, that his book might be os
feet as possible.
bear°.
An untimely death has put a stop to hie -a tod
They were undertaken in pure love of scieneetico,/
with no thought of winning honour and ree° •
Prig'
but their value was recognised throughout then to
dom, and by the foremost mathematicians °oted
Continent. But Professor Boole, though ade
its
student of exact science, recognised the 111DOlt
scientific method. Nowhere arc these liroilee the
greater clearness defined than in his work 6'030
"Laws of Thought," which has been Wee prO4
deemed an undue extension of matlaernatie..a--01'
ceases. He, himself, delighted 'Equally in -roe
matics, in poetry, and in metaphysics, and °leader'
of his knowledge was in each of the widest der°
His acquaintance with the literature of the rtat
world was singularly extensive. He Woe &ilia
lover of Dante, and it may not be deemed more
to mention that he esteemed the" Paradie° .
than the "Inferno '—and if the width 0f hio
ture was great, no one can road " s --e face--
Thought" without being struck by the Pr°— orite
religious spirit in which he worked at his fa cleat
studies. But the quality which, perbarhi 001
rate"
marked him out from his fellows was an 1 arablerisep.o
modesty such as he once described as P
at atO ci
from a pure devotion to truth." It isas ~„earc
be ars-
was unduly shy or retiring, but thatbe Atte s
absolutely insensible to his claims 1113°11 topiliee
tion of others. Death has checked the deve • gift°
f his
of his character here, but the memory 0- °
by tse
b
and graces will be jealously preserved evy va
has left behind, and most of all by Ji Wi.,se hie
children now sorrowing. The immediate ea"
death was an effusion upon the lunge.

'' 13LoUNT TEMPEST." B
The author ohrisof
the Rev. J. g• Vei- f
this nova is well known as '°,ll:re
popular men of the present day. posse ct` jed
pulpit discourses attract cra,W.. to
congregations,
vole,—" o
oratoricall
ps 0. — , , ,
be
igisrte,gnations, and his readings and lectures never
fells
.;(1 to with satisfaction by his auditors, l'ir i„li3rotio
now
Tempest'
appears in the character of a novelist. ' '',. It
has is a novel that cannot fail to be saccessfo' itto,
all the requisites for making it so, lt is wall, Bfiir vro•
and carefully worked out. The principal events ti" 'tile
bably be recognised by some as having occurrod lli, of
circle of a well known family is Lancashire, t'Aottifel;ey
course, they have not baen literally adhered £O.
141 r ~,, ale
tells his tale admirably. The story is one that jaolvP
reader's attention throughout."—Observer. loosiollOP
JUSTICES' JUSTICE. the Spalding f•J''' aor
last week, before the Rev Edward Moore, chalAritia93lo,lo,
A. Howard, Mr Thomas Parker, farriser, 137118 P apt
f to
charged Francis Revell, aged 63, with •Atearivg a,., too l‘•
of wheat ears from his field while the corn Was
''''„oitica
Revell is a man of respectable appes:,ance, and has r' for,
in the locality 32 years. Respectable witnesses can:00o.
ward to say that they believed him tq be all bl',,,eB,rdia,"
Convicted, 10 clays' inaprionwpv,. _____olo(hirevlfr
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AND

t'IMAIST'A.CIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK,

The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of
the Ceylon Company was held to-day. The report
of the directors, submitted for adoption, stated that
the accounts showed that the profit resulting from
the operations of the past six months may be justly
estimated at £14,200; out of which the directors
recommended that an interim dividend at the rate of
10 per cent, per annum, and a bonus of 21, per cent.
On the capital paid-up on the 30th of September,
41nounting together to 10s. 6d. per share, be de-
clared, and made payable, free from income tax, on
the 17th inst. The proposed payments would
absorb £9,870, and leave a balance of profit amount-
ing to £4,330 unappropriated. The reserve fund
had been credited with interest at 5 per cent., and
When the premiums on the new shares allotted in
India were added, would amount to £22,650.
There was no alteration of importance in th e
foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon.
About £91,000 in gold was taken into the Bank
Yesterday.

The British and Californian Banking Company
have made a call of £2 10a per share on the capital
stock, payable on the 25ta of January next,

Two O'CLOCK,

At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Renter's
Telegram, the 3 per cent. French Rentes were
66f. 25c. Firm—inanimate.

The English Stock Market has been subjected
(0 Some slight fluctuation today. In the morning
the Funds were at an improvement of k per cent.,
but soon afterwards a relapse occurred, and quota.
tiona have gone back to last evening's values;
Consols being 891 for money, and 891 11, for the
account. The New Threes and Reduced Annui•
ties are 884- ; Exchequer Bills, ss. die.; and
India 5 per Cents., 1021
There has been very little animation or fluctuation
in the Foreign Market. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862,
are 7111 ; do. Consolides, 461 475; Mexican, 296
; do. New, 271 ; Greek, 221 23; Spanish Pas. I
stye, 311 ; do. Certificates, 131 14 6; the Confe-
derate Loan, 60 62; the Egyptian, 1 pram.; and
the Danubian, 1 die. to par.
In the Railway Share Market a firmer tone is
generally apparent. Midland have improved £1
.1,08; North Western and Metropolitan each 11 55.;
J'ancashire and Yorkshire, 15s. ; North Eastern
Merwick), £1; Great Western, 10s.; and Great
Eastern, ss.
The Foreign and Colonial lines remain very in-
htive at about previous quotations.
Por Bank and Miscellaneous Shares there con.
tilaries to be a very limited inquiry with little
l'ariation of importance to report in price. Al-
liance Bank realise 37 t; Imperial Ottoman, 161
17; London and South African, 22; Hudson Bay
,e)tripany, 161 ; London Financial, 24=1 ; and
4ational Discount Company, 151 y.

ERITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
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solii••..,.s.l,..sii•tts Sji

Th© abundance of capital afloat in the discount
'arket, and the belief that there will be only a
`small enquiry for it on commercial account after the
lapse of another week, when the preparations for
the liquidation cf the annual accounts will, in all
likelihood, by that time be fully provided for, have
fed to the conclusion that the directors of the Bank
of England will, at their weekly court tomorrow,
reduce their official minimum. The idea, however,
is not very generally shared in, because it is as•
lamed that till after tte New Year the requirements
of the enercantite community will be stimulated by
'their pajments cn revenue recount. Notwith-
standing these cohflicting opinions, the quotations
for money have been exceedingly easy to-day, as
the discount establishments have shown some
araiety. The terms charged by brokers for three
months' securities have been 6i 7 per cent., while
txceptional transactions have been reported at 6;
18 per cent.

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