The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-27 00:00:00

MR. COBDEN, ON NATIONAL EDUCATION.

Mr. Cobden has delivered to the Mechanics'
tute at Barnsley, a speech on National Education, which
presents a happy contrast with his recent oratorical effort'
0/ si sic °rank I It was impossible to enforce the ha'
vantages of education by arguments sounder or better
adapted to carry conviction to the minds of the audience
he was addressing. As a point of private interestl
a point of public policy—as a point of honour it behoved
the mechanics of England to look around them, lest they
should be overtaken in the race upon which their
very existence depends. We want education as
curity for the preservation of our political liberties.
the people are to be admitted to political power tytele
must be educated for the performance of the trust. "
want education as a security in the march of social Pre;
gress. "Take, for instance," said Mr. Cobden, " sanitatil,
reforms. Why do our people, many of them live "?
filthy places, which are continually generating disease
You may say, 'lt is our poverty.' But then our povvii?ookr
often comes from ignorance and our vices, for our Ed The
are often the consequence of our ignorance." '"-The
tion, again, is a half-way-house to temperance.
find the
way to make the people temperate is to
ceL
rational amusements instead of sensual indulges
Take, again, the ease of the " strikes"— of the Pvesea
0,
differences between masters and workmen. Thie,,,":(ier
is the result of ignorance. "When men come te
and
stand the principles on which the rights of
the rights of property depend, they will not
matters in such a bungling way as that which bring
much misery on all parties concerned." So on through.
out. The want of education meets us at every Orli:
and, if we do not look well to it, we shall be quick
outstripped in the race by the inhabitants of the Stategt
—an old by a new country.—Times. s7gttle.e their

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, OCT. 26.

The royal dinner party yesterday including the 101 g
of the Belgians, the Duchess of Brabant, the Duchess °',
Kent, the Duke of Brabant, the Count of Flanders, the
Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Brabant, the Lady
in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de
Speth, the Belgian Minister, the Austrian Minister and
Countess Colloredo, the Earl and Countess of Clarendoe,
the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Count Gustaf;
de Lannoy, Colonel de Moerkerke, Baron Prisse,
apd
Monsieur Ricken.

The Band of the Scots Fusilier Guards attended
the Castle and played during dinner.
_rfar
Her Majesty's private band was in attendance aA--
wards and performed the following selection :
Overture, "Marco Spada" Auber.
Fantasia, Flute—Mr. Richardson Richardson.
Selection, "Le Prophete" Meyerbeer•
Airs de Ballet, "Gustave"
The Queen and the Duchess of Brabant drove leo
this morninc, in a pony phaeton ; Colonel Hon. Charley
Grey attended on horseback.
Prince Albert, with the King of the Belgians, the
Duke of Brabant, and the Count of Flanders, went fde,
shooting, attended by Lord Camoys, Colonel ViTYI
Count de Lannoy, and Colonel de Moerkerke.
The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred went out °P
horseback, attended by Mr. Gibbs.
The Princess Royal, Princess Alice, and Princess
Charlotte of Belgium, took a drive yesterday aftern°'no
in an open carriage.
The Belgian Princes and the Duchess of Brabant Pr turned from London at seven o'clock last evening. L.,0 The Countess of Desart has succeeded Viscouni' Canning as lady in waiting to her Majesty.
Lord Catnoys and Lieutenant-General Sir F. Stott have relieved Lord de Tabley, and Lieutenant-001°-
Hon. R. Boyle as lord and groom in waiting.
The Duke of Cambridge and Prince William of gee
s° are expected to-day on a visit to the Qualii The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone left the Castle
forenoon for London.

.0 'of
Sir Charles Hotham had an interview with the
xir.
Aberdeen yesterday, at his official residence in Dowels street.—Captain Elliot had also an interview with '
Noble Earl.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer returned to 0°62
yesterday morning from Windsor Castle.
Sir Wm. and Lady "Molesworth arrived last eve'
at their residence in Eaton-place from Bodmin. ter
Despatches were received at the Colonial-office Yesdie
day from the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope,
"-
Mauritiusi,and St. Helena.
Despatches were sent yesterday to the Goveroo,. of
•
Gibraltar.

DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A 'GENTLEMAN AT
TOO
BRIDGE-HOUSE HOTEL, LONDON-BRIDGE. Yeeterptiot
morning, about Dine o'clock, the most intense exciten3
was occasioned at the Bridge-house Hotel, iu conseque„ "ce
",c.
of a report that a gentleman had committed self-destr'ut
tion, which proved to be a most melancholy fact.
.41a-b°
that time, from what has been allowed to transpire'ar
report of a pistol was heard to proceed from the bg
1041
room, and on a man entering he found a gentleman 1111
shot himself through the heart. An alarm was inetgar
raised, and messengers were dispatched for medical s,
sistance, when Messrs. C. and B. Muriel, aurge;3l3l
promptly attended, but the unfortunate gentleman
aid expired.
Of. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH WALES mil fel
—An inquest was concluded before Mr. J. Lovegr°.
at the county hospital, Gloucester, on Tuesday, on lisb"
of the body of George Wood, who died in that estab
i 1
went from injuries which he bad sustained upon thiso'co
of railway. It appears that the up express train Sty,
Carmarthen to Gloucester left Chepstow, on the '0
at 1.56 p.m., beingo
six minutes after its time. The '
does not stop between Chepstow and Gloucester 1"- /4.0
„1-en 011*
seven miles), and was proceeding at a rapid rate
the line near Newnham, when the deceased, pet
standing close by the side of the up rails of tir., leg
was caught by the steps of the carriages, and u;toitig
broken. He was conveyed to Gloucester, and re
opt
to have his leg amputated, he lingered for snrn?ninecb
and then died of the injuries which he had ens"-f itA. good deal of evidence was taken, in consequenofouth
having transpired that the Newnham siganal at themtior
of the tunnel was not visible at a distance. The 040
of the train, John Brown, deposed that the triu'roileo
proceeding at the rate of thirty-six or thirty-seven
an hour ; and having observed the man on the '1
ef°
It
stopped the train, though he could not do this b 0
_,
0
had passed through the tunnel and beyond Ne"ai
station, and he expressed his opinion that the 84%60:
not sufficiently far from Newnharn to allow the 7.0°
driver to pull up when the train was
going at thirty
to forty-five miles an hour; so that if the signal vras
to stop at Newnham, he could not have done B,°: th 0
,
jury, nowt.vei, considering that the signal had iverdic
case nothing to do with the accident, returned
of "Accidental death." ser
JUDICIAL SERVICES.—The pensions for 4,,dic..
vices are beyond the military and naval se
see
Last year the amount was 42,2641. There a!,..pers.
retired Lord Chancellors on the list of pool"