The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-08 00:00:00

BONNET'S SILKS a LYON.—Every Article of
commerce takes its title either from the inventor or
manufacturer, and the more perfect the production the
gr,ater is the credit which attaches to the originator.
BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of identifica-
tion in ; but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex-
pos,d by the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by
Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street.
The following interwoven mark may be seen at the end
of each piece :--:" b 1 anufacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie it Iy on
et a Injurieux." We4r guaranteed.

-LIFEBOAT SER LES. Di.r,ng the recent
heavy
gales. some of the boats of the Royal Na'ional
Lifeboat Institution have been instrumental in rescuing the
crews of the tollowing wrecked vessels :—Schooner Theophi-
lu of Aberdeen, 5 men ; barque Tarnworth, of Norway, 17 ;
schooner Northern Lights, of Preston, 4 ; pilot boat, of St.
lve., 7 ; schooner Anion, of Workington, 4; schooner Gipsy,
of Drogheda, 4 ; smack Saucy Jack, of Inverness, 1 ; barque
Marietta, of Lisbon, 1 ; fishing boat, of Filey. 2 ; Tenby
fishing boat, 3; and barque Providence, of Dantzic,7. Total
lives saved, SS. The lifeboats also assiste lin bringing safely
into port, with their crews, consisting of 29 men, the Italian
brig Camoglino, the schooner Sir Colin Campbell, of Whitby,
the schooner Guilia, of Palermo, and the ketch Snip, of Am-
sterdam. The lifeboats also went off in reply to signals of
distress on fourteen oceasions, but their services were not
ultimately required. The amount of reward p yid for all
these services was £2lll.

The Committee of the Institution earnestly AP PEAL tone
public for ASSISTANt.,E to enable them to meet the con-
tinued heavy demands on the Society's 125 lifeb iat estab-
lishments. Contributions are recelvtd by all the London
and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis,
Esq., at the Institution, If, John-street, Adelphi, London.

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA,
COVENT-GARDEN.
Under the Manazement of Miss Louisa Pyne and
Mr. W. Ilarrison.
THIS EVENING, for the 14th time, Balfe's new Opera,
BLANCH N: DE NEVERS : Miss Louisa Tyne, Miss Anna
Hiles, Miss Emma Heywood; Messrs.W. H. We►ss, H. Cord,
A. Cook, A. at.Albyn, C. Lyall, J. Rouse, and W. Harrison.
To conclude with the Second Act of THE DESERT
FLOWER.

Conductor, Mr. A. Mellon.
Doors open at half-past Six—Commence at Seven

TIFTEATRE ROYAL DRURY- LANE.
Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform
the Farce of BEAUTY- OR THE BEAST. Principal cha-
racters by Messrs. Addison, G. F. Neville, Barret, Spencer,
and G. Weston; Mrs Edmund Falconer and Miss it. Leclerq.
After which, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFRED.
Messrs. I-helps, Ryder, Rayner, Meagreson, Ward, Spencer ;
Miss Eburne, Miss E. Atkinson, Miss Leciercq, and Mrs. E.
Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss tatter, Miss Cicely
Notf, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift.
Followed by MY II ii:ART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS:
characters by Mr. 3. Neville, Mr. G. Weston, Mr. Warde,
Mr. J. Marris ; Mrs. C. Melville, and Miss ilartleur.

THEATRE ROYAL HAYNIARKET.—
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, SILKEN FETTERS : Measrs. Chas.
Mathews, Chippendale, W. Farren, Howe, &C‘ ; Mesdames
C. Mathews and M. Harris.
iClijarles,
Followed by T FIE GOLDEN FLEECE. Messrs.
Mathew, Compton,Weathersby,itc.; Mesdamesr C. 3r
L Keeley. Griffith, &c.
Followed by COOL AS A CUCUMBER. arr. C. Mathews.
And MY HUSBAND'S GHOST.

Commence at 7.

oyAl. LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Sole 3lanagrement of Mr. Pechter.
BEL DE NIONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated
Every Evenanc• until further notice.
TEIV, EVENING, the Comeclietta, by W. Gilbert, entitled
UNCLE BABY: bless s. Widdicombe-, J. G. Shore, Charles ;
'Miss P. Le.dercq, and Ctrlotta Leclerr.q.
After which, at Eis•ht o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love
Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian
Chronicle," by Mr. John Brourt,am. Principal charac-
ter by Mr. Pechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles,
ltrom,fh,,m, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford,
Collett, Andrews, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, 31 rd.
Lee, and Aids Elswo tl Jy.
Doors open at half-past 6—commenoe at 7.

LEAH.-EVERY NIGHT,

BATENIAN.—LE AIL—THIS EVENING,
1 the 60th appearance of the great Tranic Actress, Miss
BATEMAN, in the character of L NAIL In consequence of
the un bounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso-
nation of the priccipal character in the new Five Act Drama
of LEAH has been attenued. Mr Arebstet• begs to announce
that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further
notice.

IV'EW THEATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI.
Mole Pronrlcator and Manager. Mr. B. Wel:Ater.

TIEIS EVENING, at 7, TIIE TRAGEDY QUEEN : 3lrs,
Stirltrig.

At 8, the New Drama of LEAH : Bth week of Miss Bate-
tnan, supported by Messrs.Artnur Stirling, R. Phillips, Ml-
lington, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne ; Miss H. Simms, and
Mrs. Billington.
To oonclude with TIIE IRISH TIGER: Miss K. Kelly
and Mr. btephenson.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. IV. EI. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, MIRIAM'S' CRIME. Messrs. Gco.
honey, Porsche, Belford, Turner, Miss K. Saville, and Miss
Manners.
Follower] by (13th time) PATIENT PENELOPE ; or, The
Return of Ulysses. Messrs. honey and Fenton ; Mesdames
Swanborouoi and Simpson.
Atter which, 31r Nk.NV PLACE. Mr. A. Wood.

Commence at 7.

OYAL SADLER'S-WELLS THEATRE
Manageress, Miss Marriott.

THIS EVENING, the suceessful new Play, by Westland
Marston. Esq., entitled PURE 3lessrs. E. Pnelps,
IT. Mar4ton, D. 11. Jone-i, W. D. Gresham. S. Perfitt ; Mies
Mandiebert, Mrs. B. White, and Miss Marriott.
To conclude with TILE BRIGAND: Mr. D. 11. Jones, Miss
Mandlebert.

Box-office open from 11 to 4.

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We learn from the latest intelligence that the ill-
ness from which Lord ELGIN was suffering had nut
up to that date proved fatal, although there was too
much reason to anticipate the worst results. We
may still hope against hope, until we actually hear
of his death, but in any case we fear the services of
a valuable public servant are lost to England. The
appointment of Sir JOHN LAWRENCE to the impor-
tant post—vacant in any case through Lord
ELGIN'S resignation—has given universal satisfac-
tion, and his immediate departure for the land he is
so well qualified to govern was a wise and neces-
sary step. There is no fear that he will prove
unequal to the responsibilities of his post. His
natural capacity, his high principle, and his
lengthened experience of the people whom he is
called upon to govern, all combine to fit him in an
eminent degree for an office in which individual
character is more tried than perhaps any other.
But however well suited Sir JOIIN LAWRENCE may
be, mentally and morally, for the high position he

HIGH 'WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
TUTS DAY.— Morning, I Ih. 58m.—Afternoon, h. m.
s o-KORsow.- Morning, 12h. 27m.—Afternoon, 12h. 50111

has suddenly been called upon to fill, he, like his

The Weather--• Sun Office, Dec. 8, 1863.

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THERMOMETER.

This day at Two o'clock

Barometer-30.15.
; moderate, and cloudy.

predecessor, is mortal, and will be physically sus-
ceptible to evil agencies. The rapid succession of
deaths of men in the prime of life, the successive
loss of three Governors General, in one case the
vice-regent's death following closely on that of his

loved and honoured wife; the death and illness of
financiers and Statesmen, the terrible mortality
among our soldiers in times of peace, all combine
to call our attention to the question, and bid us
consider whether the conditions of Anglo-Indian
life are unnecessarily fatal. It is scarcely

fair to count the loss of such men as
HAVELOCK among the sacrifices to the climate. The
terrible work and anxiety might well have proved

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fatal to a younger man in a more temperate zone ;
but the quiet residents in cities ought surely not to
die at a rate commensurate with the risks of the

l'°1)04, TUESDAY, DEC. 8, 1863.

It 19 not by - --0--- --
the lines of any means in pleasant places that
either the brother or the father of
H.R.H. the .t.. t:"88 of WALES have fallen—now
that they hayea
of Z
one the throne 'aed, almost simultaneously, the
resece, the other the throne of
Denmark. Each. ha
Then
at once to a crown
and to a difficulty.
c will both, we feel satis-
fied, acquit the aiselvesnoweatitably in dealing with
the troubles th.ey have
tut encounter at the very
outset of th 2i: reigns.
exceeding
are of
such a mag&Ande and of such
complica-
tion, that, i'd dealing with them, the
uding
utiwwinsicovereigns
must niiells exercise the most
and
persistent vigilance. It is true
thng
Darai,,h Government has just now resolved upon
u the
revoking the famous patent of the
a(lth of plaont
Nlevch—and that, having so resolved, the fist
Step
rar,y be regarded as already taken towards%
settle-
raent of that terribly protracted dispute about the
twin, or even as they might be cal;ed the Siamese,
Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. Still, however
hopefully the well-wishers of Denmark and of Ger-
many may look forward to the future, in
consequence of that wise and temperate deci-
sion just resolved upon at Copenhagen, it
is impossible not to bear rather painfully
in. recollection the fact that, though a first step, it
is after all no more than a first step in the direction
aimed at. Even, if admitting that much has been
done by this sagacious and moderate ' -
decision—lt
must be confessed by even the most sanguine that
more, fr,r more, remains to be done, later on, before
an', definitive
: settlement can be arranged
for _
‘ close being put at last
to these long sustained Lt '.
sehitswig,Ruis scussions in regard to the
tein difficulty. The revocation of
the 4t;, of la
tory, that it
ist 'March is of itself so far propitia-
suc,a, it
can
hsa.rteriiite manifestly,—a concession. As
ezeytdod otherwise than tend. to miti-
gf.te the anger
the chief part, if not
throughout
Danmark throughout
sweep, of the Gernaanie ethroughout the whole wide
onfederation. Ho stilities,
that yesterday somed
inevitable, may now once imminent and
Possibty
tempted to say will now probabi
YWe pre even
be rendered
unnecessary. A pacific arrangement is, beyond a
daubt of it, on the cards. Diplomacy'
rate, with some prospect of success enda.Y, at any
, ; tvour to
effect vv:aat appeared, until now, alot,e ~i
Table of
accomplishment by force of arms.

battlefield. If England is to send some of her bes

men to India, if she is to provide the head to plan,
the heart to feel, the hand to execute, she must at
least see that they are not sent as sacrifices, that in
appointing a man of ability, character, and position
to a high Indian office, she is not at the same time
signing his death-warrant, or at least compelling
him to take a last farewell of health and all its
blessings, when he touches the fatal shores of the
Hooghly. It has been asserted on good authority
that there is no reason why the climate of India
should, under favourable circumstances and with
due precaations, prove so disastrous to Europeans.
Many a man has lived to a good old age there, and
some parts of the country are especially salubrious.
By an unfortunate combination of natural and arti-
ficial causes, the seat of government is notoriously
unhealthy, and to their enforced residence in
Calcutta during the greater portion of the year the

illness of the leading men in India is openly earl-
b ed• Though it lays claim to the proud title of
the
City of Palaces, it is anything but palatial in
its surroundings.
: Situated on marshy ground, ill
drained, . in
suchnd ill supplied with water, it is placed
poisonous
to the native town that
the
oisonnati:Beexhalations produced by the habits
of the
to be a tniz::mong whom cleanliness appears
unknown,
render the air fre
quen tly pestileuti-
A balmy and temperate at-
mosphere would anon
become intolerable if decaying
carcases and other putriti
matter were allowed to
taint the breezes. Alueh
moreß and bad airin a hot climate on a
marshy eoil are such evils ndatrous,
and bad water are enough to produce
.a pestilence.
e .
Londoners know by unpleasant experience some of
the effects of a fetid river, but they ,411 hardly ima-
gine what those effects must be under r,
a tropics;
sun. Happily for the metropolis,
residents were not dependent on Father Thunts
for their water, but possessed a luxury unknown
to
the inhabitants of Calcutta in a pure and plentiful
supply drawn from other sources. It is then in
conditions that under any circumstances and in any
climate would be most prejudicial to health that
our statesmen are cs.iled upon to undertake the
duties of their weighty and anxious office; to go
on in the routine path with incessant toil, continual
mental application, a:nd the burden of a heavy re-
sponsibility. Even i:f natural strength of constitu-

ion enable them to withstand the pressure, or

In reference to the difficulties spew, of
as

timely retreat to the hills avert fatal results, the
insidious evil has prdhably materially affected their

sSR having already to be encountered and coped
Iped
Ethe mostg. JAY and CO. have now on show '
unique and perfect assortment of with by the youthful King of the Hellenes, they
BONNETS, are of a character so exquisitely delicate as to
In Paris, and brought
which their 3lanager has selected
back with her to this Est ,blishment. be nothing less than matter for the profoundest
247, 249, 251, Regent-street.
--, regret. And they are difficulties that have
arisen in this wise. The selection by the Greek
nation of the Boy-Prince who is now, under the title
King GEORGE 111., their reigning sovereign; the
selection of this youthful saiou of the houac of Sou-
derburg-Glucksburg to the throne rendered vacant
by the summary expulsion from it of the ex. King
OTIIO (of Bavaria)—it is well known was mainly
decided by the knowledge on the part of the Greeks
themselves, that, in the event of such a selection,
England was prepared to cede at once to Greece the
whole of the long coveted archipelago of the lonian
Islands. At the mament, however, when M. 'I'RI-
COUPI was on the point of signing in the name of
King GEORGE, and in the interests of the Greek
nation, the formal Treaty by which Great Britain
wou'.d have undertaken to transfer the lonian
Islands to the Kingdom of Greece—it be-
came painfully manifest that there was to be
coupled with the cession of those islands a certain
intolerable condition by way of most humiliating
preliminary. The fortifications of Corfu were to be
razed to the ground. The Young KING was to
stand pledged by the terms of the treaty to their de-
struction. In other words, his name, at the very out-
set of his reign, was to become historically identified
with an incident, as we have said, intensely humiliat-
ing to the amour propre, to the honest self-respect
of the Greek nation. Almost, as a matter of course,
M. TiticouPt at once declined to become in any
way a party to such an engagement as that—an
engagement that must inevitably anger the Greeks,
and as inevitably, by so doing, jeopardise the main-
tenance of their newly-chosen Sovereign's reputa-
tion. In the difficulty of the sudden hitch that has
thus awkwardly arisen in the negotiation of the
transference of the lonian Islands from England to
Greece, we observe that it is quite seriously sug-
gested, suggested by no less an official autho-
rity than the organ of the noble Vis-
count at the head of the British Government,
that England should come to the relief of King
GEORGE 1., of the Hellenes, in this his very dis-
tressing dilemma, that England should come to his
relief at once at this most anxious moment—How,
is it asked ? By, with all convenient speed, setting
her hand to the task of destroying those fortifica-
tions at Corfu, the destruction of which aro deemed
to be an essential accompaniment of the transference.
Now, for our own part, we cannot for a single instant
believe that our so doing will relieve King GEORGE of
Greece from his dilemma. We cannot but think that
his name will then still be very painfully and
hazardously associated with an act, most untoward
as the earliest incident of his reign, an act of
humiliation which, while he will no doubt be spared
from the anguish of performing himself, that is by
his own Government, that Government of his will
at any rate have the discredit of having permitted
-or rather it should be said more plainly—meanly

best lesson which learning can bestow is to teach
humility; no one who right:y comprehends the
wonders of the universe will fail to recognise his
own comparative insignificance, and the same prin-
ciple applies in some measure to a nation. It is not
being puffed-up and conceited that will raise any
land to the pinnacle of greatness, or sustain a people
in the day of trouble and the period of trial. This
has been manifested most strikingly dining the late
calamitous period. Lord HARTINGTON said with
correctness that they have not exhibited some of the
qualities that less cultivated nations have done in
their position when put to a similar trial. Most im-
portant lessons may be learned from these refiec•
tions, and some of the chief foundations of a stedfast
course consist in the mingled influence of fortitude
and meekness. Self-sufficiency may strut its brief
hour on the stage of prosperity, but never can sup-
port the chill blasts of adversity, nor enable
its possessor to meet reverses with dignity.
The young cannot be too much impressed
with this all-important truth, and no culture wili
make them fitted for the uses of existence if it does
not render them at the same time self-possessed,
and moderate in their pretensions. Lord HAR-
TINGTON brought the subject back to its original
place by inquiring how and in what manner could
the best and purest education be given. He held
out as an inducement that institutions of this kind
enabled many persons to obtain a sound knowledge
of their own language, and if they acquired a taste
for the study of the great masterpieces of our
country, they would be preserved, to a considerable
extent, from anything that was " base, ignoble, and
iniquitous." The remarks o❑ Lancashire, in the
fearful ordeal to which it has been subjected, were
replete with taste and feeling of the highest order.
No one can deny that the suffering has not been
unmitigated, since it has called forth the expression
of sympathy which, real and earnest, is one of the
greatest blessings of humanity, and also it has
exhibited so many traces of heroism that our
country has good reason to be proud of her sons,
who have been tried by a severer test than any
past experience has exhibited, and gone through
a sharper struggle than any war that has been
waged on the battlefields of history. Lord HAR-
TINGTON concluded by drawing a sort of parallel
between the prostration that had fallen upon us,
and the reviving prosperity which the Northern
States now boast of. There can be no doubt it is
an illusion, and will soon show the instability of
their expectations. When this crisis is past we
may better appreciate our strength, and at all
events its sources will be more lasting, while they
will inevitably begin to find out their weakness,
when all their seeming wealth and power will vanish
as the baseless fabric of a vision. There is no
merit in not preparing for the emergencies of the
events that common sense must foresee, and the
recklessness of such a course will entail inevitable
losses of a sad and serious nature. Lord HARTING.
TON'S address will be found to contain some solid
information, and some lessons of political wisdom
and moral reflections, that will be sure to produce
beneficial effects upon those to whom they were
communicated. They may be led to think for
themselves, without which no learning can profit
them, and to seek to avoid the errors which they
may fell into. The fruit of the tree of knowledge
may be sweet or bitter as it is wisely chosen, and
the secret of the selection is worth knowing. At
all events, the teachers of wisdom will inculcate the
doctrines of self•control, and the benefits and bless-
ings of instruction can never be manifested in a
higher or holier manner than when they enable
heir recipients to meet the calamities of life in a
spirit that looks beyond and above them, certain
that they cannot be overwhelming if they leave
untouched the feeling of self respect, and secure in
their final discomfiture in so far as concerns their
victory over the better part of our nature.

healths and has exposed them to a risk which
may be considered as uncalled for and unnecessary.
In consideration of these facts it has been sug-
gested in many quarters that it would be wise to
remove the seat of government from Calcutta to a
healthier city. There is no absolute reason why the
Governor-General should hold his court ou low
ground, in a country whore low grounds are, under
present conditions, notoriously unhealthy. The
question of salubrity should be one of the very first
considerations, and there is no reason why a spot
should not be selected situated on higher ground,
in a more temperate ciimate, vet ich should combine
all the advantages of Calcutta with others which
Calcutta never had. There is nothing in the posi-
L tion of Calcutta which renders the thought of such
• a transfer particularly inconvenient or injurious to
[ the public service; in fact, nothing can be more
. injurious than the rapid succession of deaths which
may well deter men of independent position from
accepting offices for which they have to pay with
their lives. This matter is well worthy of the
attention of the authorities, and would be a sub-
stantial benefit to all concerned. In the meantime,
as this is not an affair to be settled in a day, let
what can be done be done towards improving the
condition of Calcutta with the least possible delay.
It may not be feasible to change the climate or
raise the soil, but at least all the dangers
may be modified. It is surely possible to enforce
some sanitary regulations to compel the natives to
bury or burn dead bodies of all kinds, to establish
a system of something like drainage, to lend every
assistance to the irrigation schemes which pro-
mise to supply Calcutta with good and pure water.
Whether or no it remains the seat of Government,
Calcutta will probably always continue to be a
place of English residence, and therefore the time
and money expended in rendering it less un-
healthy will be far from thrown away. Th© sums
expended on public works will not be begrudged
in either country; and whatever labour and skill
can do to mitigate the evils of climate and situa-
tion ought to be forthwith done. Drainage is cer-
tainly possible there as elsewhere, and the proper
steps should be at once taken. Sir ARTHUR COT-
TON undertakes to carry a liberal supply of water
to the tops of the highest houses in Calcutta. Why
does not the Indian Government encourage and
forward his plans, instead of turning a deaf, or at
least an unwilling, ear to them ? The works at
the Godavery have proved so marvellously remu-
nerative, although incomplete, that there is no ex-
cuse on the ground of expenditure; but even if the
outlay were never to be repaid in cash, it is time
that our statesmen should learn to reckon national
health and vigour among a country's most precious
possessions. We trust that Sir JOHN LAWRENCE,
warned by the fate of his three immediate succes
sore, will speedily look to these matters, and that
the official staff, both at home and in India, will

help instead of hindering him in such endeavours

In nothing has there been a more marked change
'or the better in the aspect of society during the last
en years than in the interchange of iJeas and the
mingling of classes. The schemes set afloat for
education have been most fruitful in bringing about
this happy result. Not alone have the institutions
that have sprung up through the length and breadth
of the land been productive of benefit as regards
their immediate object, but they have been potent
agents in approximating interests and attracting
various ranks by the spell of a common influence.
The aristocracy have been most active in many
directions in aiding and assisting the great work
of education. 'The starched proprieties of an
earlier generation would have been amazed
and incredulous beyond measure had any prophet of
their days foretold the changes time would bring,
that their immediate descendants should meet
in conclave with the children of the sons of toil,
whom they then regarded as almost without heads,
and join in some degree in that community of feel-
ing which knowledge and learning can alone im-
part, the mighty levellers of the pride of the acci-
dents of birth and fortune, and the glorious
uplifters of the humble and the poor. No one who
does not study the subject in all its bearings can
sufficiently appreciate the importance of such
unions, temporary as they may be, and the interest
imparted to such assemblages, uneventful and in-
consequent as they may seem to a cursory glance.
Last Saturday Lord HARTINGTON spoke at the
annual meeting of the East Lancashire Union of
Mechanics and Literary Institutions and Evening
Schools ; as many as one thousand attended, and
prizes were distributed, the recipients having
selected their own volumes in a manner
which did great credit to their discernment.
The resolution which Lord HARTINGTON
moved was a very significant one, and is
worthy of attentive consideration :—" That the
number of scholars attending the evening classes
throughout the Union, notwithstanding the unpre-
cedented distress which has prevailed during the
yeara 1862-3, affords abundant proof of the perma-
nent attraction which a well organised and efficient
system of instruction has for the young men sup-
ported by manual labour in this district." A more
satisfactory statement could not be endorsed than
the one put forward in these words, and it needs no
great skill in divination, or very sanguine estimate
of events, to declare that by adopting such a course
the individuals referred to are doing their best to
overcome the evils that have been brought upon
them, and to rise superior to the depressing in-
fluences that have assailed them. No better way
is there to resist the temptations and overcome the
dangers which the chances and changes of this
mortal life may occasion, than to fill the mind with
useful knowledge and to cultivate the faculties and
refine the intelligence. These labours may be toil-
some, and the result not so swift or manifest as
might have been expected, but what portion is
gained is a sure treasure for the possessor. He has
a storehouse for the exigencies of hereafter that
nothing can deprive him of, and he is more fitted
to bear the inevitable ills that fall to the lot of
humanity. The noble lord, in moving the re-
solution referred to, remarked that it would
he as idle nowadays for a man to clothe himself in
armour, and ride about for adventures, as to seek
for any one who would contradict the assertion that
education should be widely diffused. He then
made some very pertinent observations on the pecu-
liarities of the Northern States. There is great
truth in the summary that is heie given of the result
of the sedulous instruction that is so rife in the
New England States. The reason here adduced is
a valid one, that the children are not well
trained. They are taught to admire what is
" large rather than what is good, and, above all,
what is American more than what is anything
else." This is perfectly correct, and it has been
shown how lamentably these notions have worked,
and what deplorable consequences they have en
tailed, now that the theories are being put into
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Practice. Also, the press in America exercises a
very
aa
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