The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-24 00:00:00

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711 E LADY STUDENT QUESTION-WHO
STOPS THE TRAY?

It is fortunate for mankind in general, and for
English mankind in paiticular, that we are in e
position to prove that Miss Garrett's failures arc
not all due to masuline malignity, but that in fact
she might by this time actually have been reading
for her " Bachelorship," but for the incorrigible
action of her own sex. The proof is this :—Almost
two years since Miss Garrett applied to a London
medical school for admission to attend lectures. The
Dean of the school thought she ought to be ad-
mitted, sounded the students, and found that there
would be no opposition there, and then using all his
influence called a meeting of his colleagues. There
were eight in town who had votes, and the Dean
knew that three beside himself were determinately
in favour of the lady ; the others he was not so sure
about; but on the doctrine of chances be thought the
admittance was nearly certain. The night of meeting
came, and Mr. Dean was voted to the chair. Now, said
he to himself, all is right, for if we vote equally for
and against, I have the casting vote. The business
commenced, but to the chairman's annoyance two
difficulties occurred; the four doubtful men were as
one against the admission, while the staunchest of
the four for the admission did not make an appear-
ance. The chairman, to gain time, asked every man
to speak ; for himself he spoke twice, now earnestly,
now amusingly, but it was of no avail ; time would
fly, the defaulter did not come, and vote—vote they
must. " Gentlemen, the question is—Shall Miss
Garret be admitted a student of the school ?" " For
Miss Garrett"—nree. "On the contrary"—Four.
Motion lost, and meeting breaks up Dean very
down at mouth, and Miss Garrett once more on the
tender mercies of the hard world.
Reader, dream not that the story is ended, you
are quite mistaken if you think so, for the cream of
it is now to come. On the morning following the
meeting, the Dean, after a melancholy night, has-
tened to his energetic and yet defaulting colleague.
"Friend," said the Dean, sharply, " why did you
not come last night, your negligence lost us
the vote ?" " Nay," replied the defaulter, " don't
he angry ; sit down, and I'll tell you. The fact is
I meant to come, for I believed in the cause, and I
actually had on my hat and gloves to start, when
my wife asked where I was going. She didn't
want me to go out in fact, and so I had to show her
the necessity for my presence at the meeting, and
to urge that, as a chivalrous man, I must go. Will
you believe it ?—On my honour, no sooner did I
finish, than she opened on me as she never did before.
A woman going to study anatomy with men stu-
dents, and I voting for it ! If I did it she would
quit the house, and'—" We leave the rest ; simply
recording that the gallant Professor got such a
sound rating from his better half, that he was driven
to retire back to his slippers, and to give up poor
Miss Garrett to her fate. The Dean heard the nar-
rative and melted. " This is clearly a case," said
he, " for the women themselves, and may be your
your wife was right. One woman's opinion is as
good as another, of course, perhaps better."—Soctial
Science Review.

MYSIERIOUS AFFAIR.

A singular story formed the topic of conversation
last week in Dublin. It is stated that a young
lady of high respectability, daughter of a well-
known merchant in Dublin, left her father's re-
sidence early on Tuesday afternoon for a walk..
Not returning home at the hour- at which
she was expected, her friends became un-
easy for her safety, and their anxiety in-
creased when hour after hour passed with-
out any tidings of her being received. Search was
of course, made, and persons sent in various direc-
tions to endeavour to discover some intelligence as
to what had become of her, but it was not until late
in the evening that she was discovered by one of the
servants, who found the young lady tied hand and
foot to a tree in her father's shrubbery, her mouth
being so completely gagged that she was totally un-
able to cry for help, or utter a sound. She was, of
course, immediately released, and conveyed to the
house, but it was some time before she was restored
from the condition of exhaustion to which she had
been rpaeopa On recovering, she stated that while
walking through the grounds she suddenly net two
men engaged in talking to each other ; that the mo-
ment these parties observed her, one of them fol-
lowed her, and asked her had she heard any of their
conversation. She replied in the negative, but this
they evidently disbelieved, as they proceeded to
drag her to a tree, to the trunk of which they bound
her securely, and, having gagged her, so as to pre-
vent her crying for help, they decamped, first cau-
tioning her that if she valued her life she would not
disclose to any person what had occurred. Beyond
tying her to the tree and gagging her they did not
offer her any molestation. The state of terror in
which the lady remained until discovered by the
servant may be readily imagined. It is stated that
her father subsequently received an anonymous
letter warning him to take no proceedings to pur-
sue the matter further, as, if he took any step to-
wards discovering the parties, his daughter would
be shot. It is surmi,ed that the parties were con-
nected with the murder of Mr. Braddell, and that
one of them was Hayes, and that they feared that
the lady had overheard sufficient of their conversa-
tion to point out who they were.

The distribution of prizes by Colonel M‘Murde,
Inspector-General of Volunteers, to the successful
competitors in the 19th Middlesex Volunteers
(Working Men's College Corps) took place on Satur-
day evening at Westminster-hall in the presence of
a very numerous attendance of spectators. Lieu"
tenant-Colonel Bathurst, the commandant of the
corps, in a brief address congratulated the regiment
upon the advantage which was conferred upon teem
by the presence ofColonel M'Murdo, who had kindly
undertaken to distribute the prizes that evening,
not as a matter of official duty, but as a proof of the
interest he felt in the groat Volunteer movement.
The report of the musketry instructor, Captain
Williams, showed a satisfactory improvement in
the musketry practice and a considerable increase
in the number of those who had gone through the
entire course of preliminary musket drill. Colonel
M'Murdo then addressed the corps. He said he had
much pleasure in attending there that evening, tot -
only because of the high esteem with which he held
the 19th Aliddlesex, but because he had desired an
opportunity, which was then afforded him of seeing
the whole of the corps—he meant not only the
fighting men but also friends and supporters of
the Volunteers. (Hear, hear.) It had often oc-
curred to him when inspecting Volunteers that,
much as the country owed to those who served
actively in the ranks, it owed much mere
to those who supported them. With regard to the
object which had assembled them that night, be
observed that he hid heard with the greatest sails-
faction the report of Capt. Williams, showing the
great progress the members of the corps had made
in musketry drill, and he could fully appreciate the
great advantage they had derived from the filet •
that their musketry instructor was one of their own
officers of volunteers. It was one of the most remark'
able facts connected with the volunteer movement
how officers came forward to carry their wen
through their drill without pay, and simply froLn,
love of the service and their country's good, an
Capt. Williams was one of those officers. (Hear'
hear.) Before proceeding to distribute the prizes he
thought it was only right that, in his position as
Inspector-General of Volunteers, he should impress
upon them that, however important it might be that,
they should be good marksmen, and that they sheltie
fully understand the value of the beau-
tiful weapon with which they were armed, he Wes
.
jealous lest they should imagine that a knowledge
of the use of the rifle was the all in all of education
for soldiers in the field. He could assure them that
was not so, because without training, drill, ova tla
knowledge of their officers and non-commission
officers, no general who might command them in the
field could have any confidence in them, whatelere
might be their efficiency in rifle practice. The est
of the rifle was, doubtless, a most important pa.ra
of a soldier's education, but without efficielleYtici
other respects they would be of no use in the fie' ;
Ile might naturally refer them to examples of war
and more particularly to that war which was eeeer
• ea
ring in our own time. They were all acquatet 0,
with the events that were recounted in the nevlB
papers, but he was sorry to say that he was uns,'tlo
to perceive from these accounts any good likely w
arise from the horrid, stupid, unnatural war nel4
raging in America. Battles were fought appareet:o
upon no intelligible principles, and, if he were d,
make an observation applicable to those he Wag 9 a
dreesing, it would be that if every man who boltse 0
at -Ball's Run had been a highest class marksniro
he would have bolted all the same. There °of
nothing in the dark moving mass of stupid erneeo,
which constituted that war that could afford thoo
instruction or information. It was true that 4
strategical movements of two leaders, Jackson 'co
Stuart, were exceedingly admirable, and formeog
contrast to the other operations of the eonteuu'ire',
forces—a contrast such as forked lightning Old
sented to the solid, heavy thunder cloud. Ile cvies
rather refer them to some of those great bat ,40
which were fought in old times upon intellict
principles, and, in order to prove the truth of sv
he had told them, that skill in musketry wastO eto
that was required from a soldier, he would refer Oleo
to the battle of Austerlitz. Upon that occasion to.
contending forces on each side were about 70,1/he,
The great Napoleon, with the prescience which ~,,e.
longed to a great general, perceived from the tet
tion of the march of the allies that they were w 0
to turn his right flank, and he disposed Ws
et b° foie
army to meet that movement. The night
acing
the battle the reports of his advanced guard h sir
confirmed his suspicions of the enemy's desige'lliell
poleon issued a remarkable proclamation,
in ri the
he pointed out to his soldiers the error tchie eso
allies were about to commit. He did so becansobd
had confidence in his soldiers that they wwi heated
his orders and the orders of their officers. Ile lea
them as friends, and when at night he rode along
the line the soldiers lit bunches of straw as an to
mination in honour of their general, crying %or
" We know what you are going to do t° iged
row, and we are prepared to do it. De 10004
out of danger and trust to us." The next le°
had
t
the allies made the movement he had expected fitv
Napoleon at the proper moment sent Sc'ei"et,
he
20,000 men against the enemy's centre, sc.ll
defeated, and then changing front to the r1g60,000
mediately doubled up an opposing force ef.,,jogt°
men. In that battle victory was not entirelle; goo
superior musketry. One principal cause "Wst tett°
discipline, which enabled men to be brough 00 t/0
proper place, and concentrated their fire Ojos:
most important points. Reverting to thesea
diate business of that evening, he exPreetirolle,o
gratification at learning that out of 683 e it
members of the corps, 423, or nearly tWfotrect
had passed through a course of musketry
of pes:
tion, and he hoped that in the course olee
A Or 0(
year all the members would have passe' eats
the course, and thus fulfilled the requirernpleec;
a good soldier. Of another requirement, ei joloW,
in the field, he could speak from persona oofe,
ledge us highly satisfactory in battalieni,joislio
ments, although he had not seen them i° 5
lit OA
ing. The remaining great requirewe to any,
discipline, which consisted in obedienena eoot
confidence in their officers. To officers tierce the
5
commissioned officers he would say " Desur outlet
obedience and confidence by learning Y:ct of yo
eot
thoroughly, and thus command the resP sure t-
ot
men." In the present instance he Was e
don 010
would be done, and, indeed, had been
the/ tOd
nothing could be done too well, and
nt cnalo
cient private soldier than an efficient _ 0 p
the
recollect that it was much easier to become °l3-ajog
officer. (Cheers.) The gallant Colone
I._ 0
ceeded to deliver the op
Cup an a 6
ners. The Company Challenge
500, CO°
Medal, for the highest score at 200,
6th CoroP3elaateef
yards, 5 shots, was won by the
od'
Challenge Cup ,ce
marks). The Regimental Ch
bo'" 14. a r,
Medal, for the highest score under the
,4 .6
IP of
prizes to the respecti 6„.jac
ditions, was won by Captain William:,
by ispo
,Trhheosmeapsrlighzeusweeer.e presented to the corps tea e
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The prizes amounted COP
elt°
80 in number, and comprised rifles, t
5 (grlete
tankards, stetuettes, books, &c. Compaq oaf,.
Sherwood) was fortunate and skilful en
.° •yocyo
carry off eight out of 22 battalion priz.eb'pro so,: a
winner, as he received the reward ef hes 5 eon',
from the hands of Colonel IVOlurdo, Nc.e.. grtl,
with loud cheers by his comrades, o°rd/13:gist's.;
tifying testimony of the good feeling,veo VIA
among the corps. Cheers were then
i'
for Colonel M.Murdo and for Lieutenarri_eeeclillg
Bathurst, with which the interesting p °
terminated.

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.roill dof ont) on the 18th. It was undulatory, in tll°., 00
Ii E. to W., and lasted 20 seconds• The siqhr
slightlyr_ clouded, and the thermornetar stood at 31 f'':yo
in
the
hilE COD Flsll.—The cod in the sea, as the! 0
river, is of so voracious a nature that he will bit° be'
t 1)
fore him.
mlnayaccoomd.edisnhhvviesilgvha7n,gand whenever it i 4 °et,eo
by the writer in October, 1854,
a pound weight (quite fresh), three whole herrings/IIft:Of
thseervoevinetereonfLooudndasiirai3O
dab,d a piece of a bullock's hide, two large crabs, abon' oer
buttons
prawns, a large piece of chalk, and four tr°oo
I In another, caught four days later were
7 aOO
whitings, a horse.naackerel, five crabs, two polypi Oe . tilo
mones), and shrimps ad libitum. So eccentric indoea 0 1;0
cod in his diet, that, during a long aututnn and willtecill
wea10r.....,
of the
the writer amused himself with making
the singular COAteuts of 8017:10 a the Asli taken hi Oa'
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