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The public schools of England have always been
one of our national boasts. Endowed with a libe-
rality that does honour to our ancestors and re-
markable for the number of distinguished men
which they have produced, our public schools have
always been regarded with honest pride by the
body of the public, while those who have passed
their own youthful days under their shadow natu-
rally look upon them with a kindly interest. As a
great part of our legislators and leading men in

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—Daring the storms the silent land, and no survivor could possibly enter
of the past year 1864 the boats of the National Lifebaat more fully into the merits of the departed. In his
Institution have saved 432 persons from different wrecks on
our coasts. The Institution also expended £19,531 148. sd. remarks last night Lord PAL3IERSTON commented
In the same period on lifeboat establishments, in addition to
granting £1,569 as rewards fbr saving 69S shipwrecked per- upon the loss which the country had sustained. As
sans by its lifeboats, ani other means.
The Committee of the Institution earnestly APPEAL to he truly put it, Mr. COBDEN " occupied a prominent
the rublio for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the
continued heavy demands on the Institution's 110 lifeboat position both as a member of the House and as a
establishments. member of the British nation." It is thus that his
Contributions are received by Messrs. Willis and Co.,
'Terries and Co., Coutts and Co., and by all the London
,and death is certainly felt by all classes of the corn-
Country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq.,
at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi. munity and all shades of politicians. It is not until
a great man has departed from among us that we
-can rightly estimate his importance or enter
into his merits, and thus it is with RICHARD
COBDEN. Doubtless his most intimate friends
and warmest admirers would hardly ' have
accorded him the high place which his
death has showed that he possessed in public
esteem and regard. Lord PAL3IERSTON remarked
upon the " honesty of purpose" which characterised
the departed, and in this expression also he received
the approving testimony of the House. Many
could not agree with with Mr. COBDEN'S extreme
views and particular tendencies, but all differences
are now forgotten, as Lord PALMERSTON admirably
explained it, when we think of the great and im-
portant services he rendered to our common
country. Mr. COBDEN, more than many distin-
guished men of the day, has impressed his character
upon his generation, and associated himself with
those important changes which will mark the pre-
sent epoch and make it conspicuous to futUre
times. Lord PALMERSTON spoke the simple truth
when, in summing up the epitome of his career,
he said that Mr. COBDEN had carried into
" practical application" the theories of many
distinguished minds, and aided their reception by
masterly efforts, and, above all, by his " forcible
and Demosthenic eloquence." There were several
who were also instrumental in carrying these prin-
ciples into effect, among whom the late Sir ROBERT
PEEL is prominent, but it is greatly to be ques-
tioned if in this generation our country would have
witnessed the triumph of free-trade principles had
RICHARD COBDEN not come forward. It must be
borne in mind that he worked in the night, and
when the day at last dawned, others pressed round
to help him ; but there was a long struggle to go
through before success was reached. Having put
his hand to the plough, he did not look back, how-
ever, but rather glanced forward to the distant but
NING, THE IRISH TIGER. Mess a.
Eburne ; Miss K. Kelly. desired goal. Lord PALMERSTON alluded to the
lIE HUNCHBACK. Julia (16th time), Miss honours which he offered to Mr. COBDEN after he
,x 1 by Messrs. George J. rdan, Swiubourne,
tshley, Eburne, J. L. Toole ; and Miss 11. had been instrumental in framing the Treaty of
STEEPLFCIIASE; or, In the Commerce with France. A baronetcy and
Tool', raul Bedlord ; Miss K. Kelly. the rank of a Privy Councillor did not, how-
ever, hold out any inducements to the
%E.—EASTER MONDAY, mind of the great Reformer, and he preferred to go
'duced a Drama, entitled THE on in his unaided and independent course. Still it
Mr. Feent, r will pwrforin the
e open dilly from Eleven till is to
Sthe credit of the Minister who paid this com-
pliment to so distinguished a patriot. Finally,
S S'S THEATRE.
air. Geo. Vining. the noble lord concluded amid the loud cheers of the
by Mr. Da:id Fisher, House, by declaring that Mr. COBDEN was " emble-
'lDDLE-STRINGS.
Mcs=rs. Dion Bowl- matical of our Constitution, since he rose to emi-
Fisher, D. Murray ;
nenco by his own exertions and the vigour of his
Y. mind, and that while his name was for ever en-
graved on the most interesting pages of history,
'EATRE. not one in the House but would feel they had lost
`)orough.
Mr. Par- one of its proudest ornaments, and the country had
WHITE been deprived of one of her most useful servants."
s dames Mr. DISRAELI followed the noble lord in offering a
tribute of respect to the memory of the departed,
whom he lamented as having gone from among
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them in " the ripeness of his manhood, and the
full vigour of his intellect." The right hon. gentle-
man never appears to greater advantage than when
he is alluding to the merits or mourning the
loss of a political opponent. He takes a compre-
hensive view of the case, and soars far beyond the
petty limits of party feeling and the narrow bounds
of conventional prejudice. Mr. DISRAELI has truly
said in one of his works " a great man is one who
affects the mind of his generation," and judging
by that standard, Mr. COBDEN is assuredly great,
for none of the political celebrities have done more,
if so much, to influence and impress their country-
men. Mr. DISRAELI was enabled to pass a correct
opinion on the parliamentary career of the departed,
for he was in the house when Mr. COBDEN entered
it, and thus had had ample opportunities to follow
and mark his energetic efforts. The right hon.
gentleman made a rapid summary of the
chief characteristics of Mr. COBDEN'S style, and
laid great stress on his unrivalled 'powers as a
logician, and also his gifts as a debater. His
moderation he also adverted to which indeed was a
distinguishing trait in his character. The friends
and admirers of Mr. COBDEN must be pleased with
the earnest eloquence of Mr. DISRAELI'S speech to
his memory. He said that Mr. COBDEN had re-
ceived the consideration of the two leading countries
of the world. The right hon. gentleman alluded
to the many losses which the present Parliament
has sustained in the deaths of so many eminent
members, but, as he truly mentioned, they have the
consolation of knowing that their memory remains
and their " opinions will be quoted, their authority
appealed to, and their judgments attested." This
interesting speech was fittingly concluded by
the declaration that Mr. COBDEN was one
of those who are independent of dissolu-
tions, the caprice of constituencies, and
even of the course of time. " I believe," said
the right hon. gentleman, "that when the verdict of
posterity is recorded, on his life and conduct, it
will be said of him that, looking to all he said and
did, he was, without doubt, the greatest political
character the pure middle class of this country has
yet produced, an ornament to the House of Com-
mons and an honour to England." Mr. BRIGHT'S
few words were most significant ones, but the hon.
gentleman's deep emotion could hardly allow him
to address the House. He said that he must take a
future opportunity of testifying to the merits of his
friend4but that " after 20 years of most intimate and
brotherly friendship, he little knew how much he
loved him until he found that he had lost him."
With such a sorrow as that experienced at the seve-
rance of such a tie all must sympathise, and Mr.
BRIGHT has the happiness of feeling that his friend
was appreciated, and his memory is honoured where-
ever his name is mentioned. It may be said of him
his mourners are two hosts, his friends and foes ;
and, furthermore, two countries unite to do him
homage. The French papers speak admiringly and
regretfully of the departed, and one of them appears
in mourning. Surely Mr. COBDEN could not have
desired a better offering to his memory than that
which has been paid to him by all classes, and will-
ingly accorded by those among whom he held so
prominent a place during his distinguished career.
It may truly be said that the House of Commons
last night mourned him as a departed friend, and
that by common consent he received those tokens of
respect which, more than rank and title, are the best
trophies of the success of the living and the best
tribute to the memory of the dead.