The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-22 00:00:00

No. 17,085. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING SUN,

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION.
LORD FEILDING'S COMMITTEE SIT DAILY at the
BRITISH HOTEL, 27, COCKSPIJR-STREET, Sir GEORGE H.
ROSE, Bart., Chairman.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION.
At a numerous Meeting of the Members of the Senate, held
at No. 55, Charing-cross, on Saturday, the 12th of June, Mr. John
G. Shaw Lefevre's Address having been read, the following Resolu-
tions were unanimously adopted :-
1. That John G. Shaw Lefevre, Esq., from his high academical
reputation, his long connexion with the University, the interest
which he has always taken in the advancement of science, and his
able conduct in various important public offices, has proved himself
eminently qualified to represent the University in Parliament.
2. That the Members of the Senate present at this Meeting pledge
themselves to use their best endeavours to secure Mr. Lefevre's
return.
A Committee was formed of the following Gentlemen, with power
to add to their number:—
The Right Honourable Sir Edward Ryan, Trinity, Chairman.
The Right Reverend Bishop of Sodor and Man, late Fellow of Mag-

dalen. ,
Andrew Amos, Esq., late Fellow of Trinity.
I). T. Ansted, Esq„ Fellow of Jesus.
J. Armitage, Esq., Fellow of Trinity.
It. Baynes Armstrong, Esq., Q.C., late Fellow of St. John's.
The Honourable D. L. Astlev, Trinity.
Charles Austin, Esq., Q C., Jesus.
Charles Babbage, Esq., Trinity.
William F. Beadon, Esq., St. John's.
Ralph Bernal, Esq., M.P., Christ's.
J. E. Driukwater Bethune, Esq., Trinity.
W. H. Birch, Esq., St. John's.
W. Lloyd Birkbeck; Esq., late Fellow of Trinity.
John Elijah Blunt, Esq., Trinity.
The Honourable E. Pleydell Bouverie, M.P., Trinity.
The Reverend James ttrogden, Trinity.
The Reverend W. H. Brookfield, Trinity.
William Brougham, Esq., Master in Chancery, late Fellow of Jesus.
E. H. Bunbury, Esq., late Fellow of Trinity.
George Burrows, Esq., M.D., late Fellow of CaluS.
The Honourable Richard Denman, Trinity.
The Honourable George Denman, Fellow of Trinity.
The Honourable and Reverend L. W. Denman, Magdalen.
Frederick Drewe, Esq., Trinity.
Samuel Duckworth, Esq., Master in Chancery,-Trinity.
Francis Dumergue; Esq., Trinity.
The Viscount Duncan, M.P., Trinity.
The Very Reverend Dean of Durham, late Fellow of Trinity.
Edward Ellice, Esq., M.P., Trinity.
Thomas Flower Ellis, Esq., late Fellow of Trinity.
The Reverend James Evans, Pembroke.
Sir Robert Ferguson, Bart., M.P., Trinity.
The Reverend John Hutton Fisher, late Fellow of Trinity. ,
Frederick S. Flood, Esq., Trinity.
Peter Le Neve Foster, Esq., late Fellow of Trinity Hall.
Franci WanrClinFerE;rqd.,VrTim,,
F. W. Gibbs, Esq., Fellow of Trinity.
Woronzo Greig, Esq., Trinity.
The Reverend John Guthrie, Trinity.
Thomas H. Hall, Esq., late Fellow of King's.
The Reverend Dr. llawtrey, late Fellow of King's.
Douglas Denon Heath, Esl., late Fellow of Trinity.
Robert llollond, Esq., M.P., Corpus Christi.
The Honourable Charles Howard, M.P., Trinity.
The Reverend Dr. Jerrard, late Fellow of Calm.
William John Johnson, Esq., Fellow of CainS.
E. Kay, Esq., Trinity.
John Mitchell Kemble, Esq., Trinity.
The Honourable P. J Locke King, Trinity.
Mr. sergeant Kinglake, Trinity.
Samuel Laing, Esq., St. John's.
R. G. Latham, Esq., M.D., Fellow of King's.
John Halsey Law, Esq., Fellow of King's.
Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq., Trinity.
Sir John Lubbock, Bart., Trinity.
The Right Honourablo T. Babington Macaulay, M.P., late Fellow of
Trinity.
Edward Maltby, Esq., Trinity.
The Reverend H. Melvin, Principal of Haileybury, late Fellow of
Peterhouse.
The Right Honourable Viscount Palmerston, St. John's.
The Viscount Milton, M.P., Trinity.
The honourable G. O'Callaghan, St. John's.
The Honourable Charles Pepys, Trinity.
Thomas Jodrell Phillips, Esq., late Fellow of Trinity.
G. It. Phillips, Esq., M.P., Trinity.
The Honourable and Reverend Augustus Phipps, Trinity.
The Reverend Dr. Prendergast, Queen's.
The Honourable Mr. Baron Rolfe, late Fellow of Downing.
John Romilly, Esq., M.P., Q.C., Trinity.
The Reverend E. S. P. Serocold, Jesus.
The Reverend R. Sheepshanks, Fellow of Trinity.
James Spedding, Esq., Trinity.
The Reverend W. A. Soames, late Fellow of Trinity,
The Honourable W. C. Spring Rice.
The Right Honourable E. Strutt, M.P., Trinity.
Lawrence Sullivan, Esq., St. John's:
Henry Tancred, Esq., M.P., Q.C., Fellow of Jesus.
W. J. Tayler, Esq., Trinity.
Martin Thackeray, Esq., late Fellow of King's.
Mr. Sergeant Thompson, Queen's.
William Pollard Urquhart, Esq., Trinity.
Horatio Waddington, Esq„ late Fellow of Trinity.
W. 11. Whitehead, Esq., Trinity.
The Honourable Mr. Justice Vaughan Williams, Trinity.
W. Page Wood, Esq., Q.C., late Fellow Of Trinity.
John Werlledge, Esq., late Fellow of Trinity.
Secretaries [The Reverend ,T. W. L. HEAVISIDE, Sidney.
THOMAS E. HEADLAM, Esq., Trinity.

Those gentlemen who are favourable to the above Resolutions are
earnestly requested to take the earliest opportunity of communicat-
ing information which may assist in promoting Mr. Lefevre's return
to the Committee, at 55, Charing-cross.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
26, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
with respect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured
It ts, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
feiture of the policy, two•thirds of the premiums paid (see Table);
also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in-
terests to meet other conveniencies or necessity.
Assurances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors
at the annual meeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fifth
bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each
policy effected on the profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

Annual Policy
,Le. E g pre- taken
mium. out in
1

1
Bonus in
addition Bonus in
Assured. Cash.
s. d.£ s d.
243 9 3 112 8 5
218 4 81 99 8 10
192 1 10 86 9 3
143 5 10, 66 8 4
138 14 21 61 17 6
111 6 8, 49 10 0

Perma-
nent Re-
duction of
Annual
Premiums.

Sum the
Assured
may bor-
row on
Policy.

1 rI 1837
I 1838
£ s. d.
74 3 4 1839 1840
1841
1842

d.
18 4 6
15 13 5
13 4 9
9 19 1
9 9 2
7 10 4

IX s. (1.
1494 S 10
445 0 0
1395 11 1

! X
60 1000,

1346 2 3
296 13 4
247 4 5

The Annual Report, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the
office, or any of its branches in the country ; or, on application. will
be forwarded post free.

F. FERGUSON' CAMROUX, Secretary.

THE RETURN FROM SCHOOL
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Hymn's Boy's Cloth Caps • • • • .. •
Hyam's fame for caps is known—
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deduction can be made on any consideration whatever.
Money will be returned to any purchaser should he not approve
of his purchase after seeing the articles at his own house.
The ordered department is conducted entirely distinct and sepa-
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and miscalculated
M One half the world are desolately single, and the other
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bitter the latter. The solitary one Pi
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of caution and worldly prudence
eempresiex
hurry ,
but
the
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not be the only
set-
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mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's
life, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob-
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would be done unto—to live atter nature's laws—and to keep always
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ON THE SECRET INFIRM
RITY ITIES OF YOUTH AND
MATU.
WITH TWENTY-FITE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS.
Just published, Twentieth Thousand,
for 3a.
sealed envelope, price
2m, 64., or post paid, to any address, for 811. 6d. in Postage tamps
direct from the Author's residence.
: A Medical Treatise
SELF-PRESERVATIONon the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity.
Illustrated with Twesety-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy.
Physiology, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs,
explaining their various uses, and functions, and showiog
the injuries that are ioduced in them, by solitary habits, and ether
ei"s!ies• Wit:. Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous
Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of

the Urethra.
London;
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Hy SAMUEL LA.'MEIIT, CONSULTING
Horicoar)
Mairiculated Member of the University of Rdllab _ .r. ,
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Member of the London Hospital Medical
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SURGEON,
CONTENTS 01 THE TEEATIG.
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CHAPTEand 0 bligat4.ons, and on InfelicitouS and Unproductze
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With itsti II
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on the
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Animal Economy; the c`""acealed cause of Debility of the functions
of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of the x _outr, -
mental Faculties. CHAPTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of
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Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—CISAPTIRS 5 and 6. On
the Disorders arising from indiseriminaw Excess, Gonnorheea
Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of `he Urethra.
H WORK.
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Lately Published by the same Author.
THE CASTLE of EHRENSTEIN ; Its Lords Spiritual and Tem-
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Just published, Bvo., price 3s. sewed,
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By ALFRED B. RICHARDS, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, of

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CRCESUS, KING of LYDIA, a Tragedy in Five Acts. 4to.
Price ss.
DEATII and the MAGDALEN, and other POEMS. Fscap. Bvo.
Price 4s. 6d.

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NEW CHANCERY ORDERS.
Just published, in One Volume, price 128.6 d.,
THE PRACTICE OF THE COURT OF
CHANCERY, under the Orders of May, 1845.

Edited by JOHN ROGERSON, a Solicitor of the Court.
"Altogether we can recommend the book as supplying a want
much felt at this time by every practitioner in the Court of Chan-
cery. To articled clerks preparing for examination it will be of great
service as an easy and explanatory elucidation of Orders which
have puzzled old and experienced practitioners.".—Law Times, May
22, 1847.
" This s an exceedingly useful, and, we doubt not, will prove a
very popular work. The book is indeed a most valuable adjunct to
Smith's, or Daniell's Practice."—The Standard, May 28, 1847.
" This work is well timed—the want of such a work as the one
before us has been materially felt, and the equity practitioner is here
supplied with much valuable information and assistance."—Legal
Observer, June 19, 1847.
S. Sweet, 1, Chancery-lane, Fleet-street.

PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE COMPANY.
The whole of the Shares offered to the Public, amounting
with those retained by the original Proprietors to 23,000 having bean
allotted, the Directors give notice that they are prepared to allot the
2,000 reserved Shares, giving to the Tracde as many as they may now
apply for, and the remainder to the Public.
For the information of those of the Trade, who have not had an
opportunity of seeing the Prospectus, it is now published at full
length.

PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE COMPANY.
(Completely registered.)
Capita?. 500,0001., in 25,000 Shares of 201. each.
WILLIAM IVTL"SaftrAint., ,utiu mats.
Sir GEORGE LARPENT, Baronet, Deputy Chairman,
J. 5: Brownrigg, Esq., M.P. Brice Pearse, Esq.
John Cockerell, Esq. Charles Pearce, Esq.
W. F. Cooke, Esq. Charles Ranken, Esq.
David Wilson, Esq., Ceylon.
MANAGING DIRECTORS,
J, P. Wilson, Esq., and J. F, Wilson, Esq.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and CO.
AUDITORS.
Benjamin Lancaster, Esq. Joseph Anderson, Esq.
SOLICITORS.—Messrs. Wilson and Harrison, 1, Copthall-buildings
This Company is formed for the purpose of carrying out on an ex-
tended scale the valuable patent inventions held by Messrs. Edward
Price and Co., of Vauxhall ; the demand for the patent produce being
already equal to the full power of the present machinery, and being
capable apparently of indefinite increase.
The Inventions in .question have been in partial operation for
eighteen months, during which period (say to the 31st December
last) the concern has returned,6o,l6B/. 145., being a profit at the rate
of 2030 per cent. per annum, on the average capital employed, about
195,0001. But as disadvantages under which the concern has been
worked during this period are now overcome, chiefly by the expen-
diture of a large part of the profit in perfecting the machinery, and
also as the standing charges will fall more lightly upon an increased
produce, it is estimated that the per centage of profit on whatever
future capital may be employed will very considerably exceed that
which has hitherto been realized.
It is proposed that the Company should become the purchasers of
the concern for 250,0001. Of this total, 187,5001. will be considered
as the purchase-money for the goodwill, plant, fixed property, and
utensils here and:in Ceylon, and the remaining 62,5001. as the pur-
chase-money for the Patent Rights—forty in number.
Fixed and moveable utensils will be included in the purchase.
Floating stocks of materials, produce, &c., will be taken over at the
values in the books balanced to the 31st of December last. The
manufacturing profits made since that date, and, on the other hand,
the amounts since appearing at the Dr. of " Plant," will be for the
Company's account. The purchase-money for the good-will, plant,
&c., will be paid by convenient instalments out of the funds of the
Company, and will bear interest at 5 per cent. per annum, from the
31st of December last.
The completion of the purchase of the Patent Rights will be de-
ferred until an Act of Parliament can be obtained to authorise the
transfer of them to the Company ; and, he the meantime, the Com-
pany will work under a license, at the moderate charge of 11. 10s.
per ton on the raw material used, calculated as from the 31st Decem-
ber last.
The reason for fixing the capital.so high as 500,000/. Is, that in
order to make the Company one of limited liability, it is intended
not to give to the Directors power of accepting bills or raising mo-
ney in the Company's name, but to pay for the raw materials in
cash, and to send out the requisite funds for working the oil mills in
Ceylon, in gold or East India Company's bills ; and, with the same
view, the purchase of the ,concern will be made upon condition that
the sellers shall look to the funds of the Company, and have no
claim on the shareholders beyond the amount of their subscriptions.
A first call of 51. per share is now payable ; and further calls of
21. each will be payable on the first day of July, and each subsequent
month, till 151. per share in the whole is paid up. Two months'
notice will be given of any further calls, and these will not be of
larger amount than 21. each, nor be payable at shorter intervals
than two months.
It is proposed to limit the dividends to 20/. per cent. per annum on
the paid-up capital. The first quarterly payment will be made on
the Ist of October next. All excess of profits will be carried to a
sinking fund. The books will be balanced yearly to 31st December,
and a meeting of the Shareholders will be held early in the ensuing
March to communicate to them the result of the year's operations.
The qualification of a Director will be 500 shares. The two
Managing Directors will give their whole time to the business, for
which they will receive 1,0001. a year each ; and all new inventions
which may be made by them will be for the benefit of the Company.
The present proprietors are not diminishing their interest in the
concern, as they intend to take among them half the entire number
of 25,000 shares. Their motive for offering the other half to the
incoming shareholders is, that they find the business grown to a
magnitude requiring the capital and machinery of a company. They
expect as large a revenue from the half share which they propose to
retain, as that which they now derive, ander less favourable circum-
stances, from the possession of the whole.
This prospectus will be sent round by post to the present retail
dealers in the Patent Candles, whom the Directors are particularly
anxious to interest in the undertaking. And 2,000 Shares will be
reserved for future allotment among other members of the trade, to
whom circulars may not be sent, but who may wish to join the
Company when made public.
Applications for shares to be addressed to the Solicitors in the an-
nexed form.
London, May, 1847.
To the Directors of Price's Patent Candle Company.
Gentlemen,—I wish to become a Subscriber for
Shares of 201. each in this Undertaking, and I agree, when re-
quired, to execute the Deed of Settlement of the Company for that
or for such less number of Shares as shall be allotted to me, and to
pay the first call of 51, per Share.
I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,

iteference.. • • .. • • • • • • • • • • • •

LEA and PERRIN'S WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE is universally allowed to be the most Piquant,
and the Richest in Flavour, of any Sauce in use, and for Fish,
Gravies for Roast Meat, Steaks, Game, &c., or a zest for Curries,
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The unparalleled success et this Sauce having induced imitations,
purchasers are particularly requested to see that the name of LEA
and PERRIN'S are upon the Label and the Metallic Capsules, as
also to read the Testimonials (which are enclosed with every bottle)
from the residence of Royalty, the principal Club Houses and Hotels
in London, Edinburgh, &c. &c., and from private Families in the
country.
Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Pen-ins, 6, Vere-street, Oxford-
street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester ; Messrs. Barclay
and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwall, and other Oilmen, London,
and generally by all dealers in sauces.

TO LICENSED VICTUALLERS and OTHERS requiring a DE-
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MISES in EXCELLENT REPAIR.
THE NEW SALISBURY ARMS TAVERN
and COMMERCIAL INN, at HADLEY, adjoining BARNET,
and at no great distance from the Great Northern Railway, with ex-
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with immediate possession.
J. J. CLENIMANS has received instructions to submit the above
to Public Competition, at Garraway's Coffee-house, 'Change-alley,
Comhill, on WEDNESDAY, June the 30th instant.
May be viewed, and particulars had, upon the premises of G.
Ware, Esq., solicitor, 33, Blackman. street, Borough, and of the
Auctioneer, Holywell-row, Finsbury-square.

NOTICE.
1 RAVESEND STAR and BLACKWALL
k J PACKETS. Boat and Railway included in one Payment,
avoiding the danger and delay of the Pool.
From the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, at 9, 914,10, 10%, 11, 12,
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10%, n, 2%, 3%, 5,6, 7, and 7%. The TRAINS starting one
quarter of an hour before each of these times.
The New Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 7,7%, 8%, 9%, 11%, 1,
2,3, 4, .5, 6,6%, 7, and 8. Sundays, at 7,7%, 8%, 11%, 12, 1,3, 4,
6,6, 6%, 7,7%, and 8.
N.B. other packets call at the Grays or Greenhithe Piers.
Star Office, Gravesend, May 23, 1847.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU-TION.
The ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY has just de-
posited a complete series of APPARATUS, illustrating the Prin-
ciples of the ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH as now worked on the lead-
ing Lines of Railway. Also, superb Specimens of their ELECTRIC
CLOCKS, ALARUM, &c. Among the various works of interest
explained is a WORKING MODEL of CLAASEN'S PATENT IM-
PRovp.n R.AILwAY. Dr. Ilacbhoffner's LECTURES on NATU-
RAL PHILOSOPHY. CHEMICAL Lmc•ruitzrs u, a. n.
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beautlf,l OPTICAL EFFECTS include the last DISSOLVING
VIEWS, DIVING EXPERIMENTS, &c. &c.
Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price.

IF THE SUMMER, now approaching, should prove
as hot as it was last year, doubtless NICOLL'S REGISTERED
PALETOT, of Lama Cloth, will be again much worn, without any
other coat under it. This luxurious ease and comfort once expe-
rienced is alone sufficient inducement to adopt the same course
again.
Price of Paletot, rich silk linings, Two Guineas and a Half; not
silk, Two Guineas.
114, Regent-street, and 22, Cornhill.

BENJAMIN EDGING-TON, Marquee, Tent,
Flag, and Rick Cloth Manufacturer, 2, Duke-street, South-

wank,

Every hour, every minute of Lord Snowdon's time was now
occupied in preparations for the reception of the royal party
* * Edgington was summoned in the tent and marquee
department."—Love and Pride, vol. 11, page 77.
➢larquees and tents with boarded floors, and tastefully lined,
suitable for noble and royal parties, or fetes of the most extensive
and brilliant character, may be had at the above establishment. A
warehouse, 208, Piccadilly. Address, at full length, Benjamin
dgington, 2, Duke-street, Southwark.

ICE.—FISH.—In the prevailing scarcity of provi-
sions, it is not generally known that fish is the most economical
and nutritious article of food; JOHN SWEETING, therefore, calls
the attention of the public to his supply of FISH, unrivalled in
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LITERATURE.

_ILEA FOR SCHOOLS ; addressed to the Dis-
senters of England and Wales. By Jelinger. C. Sy-
mons. Price ls. 6d Ridgway.
CATHOLICITY IN THE DARK AGES ; ad-
dressed to the Catholics of the United Kingdom. By
an Oscstian. Price 6d. Dolman
A great French writer has said, that only once
every seven years, the English people are free ; not-
withstanding the falsity of that assertion, it certainly
happens that once every seven years, or oftener, as
the case may be—that is to say at everygeneralelection
—the consciousness of their constitutional liberties
and privileges is more forcibly brought home to them.
They have then a personal part to
play in the admi-
nistration. At other times their attention is chiefly
occupied in pondering upon the acts of the Govern-
ment, or watching the proceedings of the Parliament.
Then, however, the tables are turned—the framers
of their laws become the candidates for their favour
—by the exercise of the elective franchise they find
themselves the makers of Parliaments, and, conse-
quently, of laws and Governments. At such a time,
then, almost every individual is
personally called
upon to bear his part in contributing to the well-
being of the community; and, consequently, at such
a time more especially it behoves every individual to
reflect, deeply and dispassionately, upon the va-
rious merits of the various measures chiefly affecting

that well-being. Many such topics now engross
public attention, one of' which, and one of the most
important of which is, undoubtedly education. This
subject is just now more particularly, brought before
us by the simultaneous appearance of the two pamph-
lets above mentioned. Two pamphlets essentially
different in their individual characteristics, but al-
most similar in their object. Each is addressed
to a large and important, body ,of the people,
each very earnestly demonstrates the inestimable
advantages only to be obtained by education. Yet,
though bearing this general resemblanee,they are, as
we have said, essentially different in mai- particulars.
Th,ttntil.autdosetyt a
_most. fri4Atagirit by a
to the Catholics, by one, and apparently not the least
zealous of themselves. The first exhorts the Dis-
senters to avail themselves of the advantages which
the liberality of the Government holds out to them ;
the latter exhorts the Catholics to seek earnestly for
a concession of those advantages which, though con-
fessedly their due, that same Government has hither-
to withheld from them. Almost as a necessary conse-
quence from this difference in their structure, there
results a manifest difference in the style of these two
pamphlets. The address to the Dissenters, though
containing some striking and beautiful affirmatives of
the blessings of education, is chiefly devoted to a
detailed exposition of facts, and a series of arguments
and examples ; while the exhortation to the Catholics,
though also based upon facts, and strengthened by
arguments, is written in a most animated and even
impassioned style —it is earnest with the heart's
eloquence. The object of Mr. Symons's pamphlet—the
" Plea for schools" is briefly described in the title-page,
which premises that it " sets forth the dearth of edu-
cation and the growth of crime, and proves the fallacy
of Mr. Baines' statistics ; showing, likewise, how the
new scheme respects religious liberty, and how Dis-
senters, by rejecting grants, are causing the evils
they charge on Government." This object is very
effectually carried out. After demonstrating—what
now hardly needs to be demonstrated the vast
number of persons requiring instruction, and
the little facilities which exist for afford-
ing that instruction, Mr. Symons maintains
the futility of placing too much reliance
upon the voluntary principle, extols the advantages of
the Government scheme, and supported by arguments
of Mr. Dunn—himself a dissenter—declares it to be
in no wise prejudicial to the rights of conscience.
Consequently he concludes by exhorting the dissenters
—who, he says, " have identified their name with
some of the worthiest triumphs principle has ever
accomplished in this conntry"—to avail themselves of
the assistance which is now offered to their accept-
ance, and thus co-operate in obtaining " the noblest
victory philanthropy has yet to win," namely, the
education of the great body of the people. That
this appeal may be responded to, we sincerely trust.
It seems, indeed, hardly possible to conceive a con-
trary expectation if we take into account the immense
importance of the subject at issue, and above all the
immense—the imperative—necessity which exists for
unanimity in such a cause. No fable had ever a
truer moral, or one more full of practical utility, than
that of the " Bundle of .Sticks." What can an indi-
vidual achieve ? And what can a multitude not
achieve ? The enemies of popular liberty are well
aware of this, when they assume the motto--"Diviser
pour regner ; and the Mends of the people are well
aware of this when they triumphantly proclaim
"Union is strength !" Let us trust then heartily, and
may we dare say confidently, that this most decisive
and propitious moment may witness the concordance
and co-operation of the various members of the body
politic in the obtaining for themselves and for each
other the inestimable blessings of education. Hitherto
each class has sought chiefly—if they have sought at
all—to obtain assistance for themselves alone ; but
by so doing they are far from furthering their own
interests. Mr. Macaulay has emphatically declared
that "no man can contribute to the cause of educa-
tion and not derive any advantage." " This of the
highest importance," he adds, "to all classes and all
denominations of men, that education should prevail,
because, every man's interest is bound up in the
common security and prosperity of the whole nation.
I say it is just as much a matter of common interest
as the defence of our coast." Churchmen, Dissenters,
Catholics, all classes and all sects, are, then, con-
cerned in furthering the diffusion of education, not
only among their fellow-worshippers, but among
their fellow-Christians and their fellow-countrymen.
Each may and should contribute to the welfare of
all—•

" More powerful each as needful to the rest,
And, in proportion as it blesses, blest."
Speaking of the advantages which it indirectly con
fers upon the whole community, Mr. Symons very
justly observes—"
Education spreads moral fertiliza-
tion widely abroad. The kindlyinfluences of softened
hearts, and the mighty example and incentive of
mental acquirements apart even from the direct ap-
pliances of the philanthropy they stimulate and
empower, leaven society, and diffuse the very life-
blood of improvement." Speaking of the advantages
which education directly confers upon individuals, the
writer of the second pamphlet describes its object as
being "to elevate into honest tradesmen and industrious
artisans those who may otherwise become outcasts
and criminals, and to send to the plough and the loom
thousands who, if unaided, must inevitably go to
the hulks and the scaffold."
Prefixed to the remarks upon education, in this
pamphlet, by an Oscotian, is an article upon
' Catholicity in the Dark Ages," in whichthe heavy
charges so often brought against the Catholic Church,
middlea promoterages ,
of being peculiarly inimical to the enlightenment of
the multitude, and of having been in a great measure
ofr the
e of fairlyt ‘h 'e refuted
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cce by
yioa
sr
earnest exertions t ignorancefoi,e
preser-
vation the
tion of some among the many arduous labours, and
sim.prpolseeceunutimonerao-f
of learned works, and thae
learned
inquiries. Such a retrnapont IS naturally in-
teresting. The most staunch opponent of the Church
of Rome, if duly sensible of the advantages and the
pleasures attending a classical education and an ac-
quaintance
with the authors and heroes of antiquity
cannot assuredly refrain from experiencing a senti-,
ment of gratitude towards those to whose extreme
veneration for learning we are indebted not only for
the erection of our noble universities, but for the
preservation of the most valuable, or rather invalua-
ble, portion of our literature. If the subject-matter
of this article be thus interesting in itself, it is ren-
dered doubly attractive by the earnest eloquence with
which it is written, and the ardent spirit by which
it is pervaded. There is something peculiarly fasci-
nating in enthusiasm—it is delightful to read any
composition, even if it advocate opinions entirely at
variance with our own—even if it maintain theories
from which we totally dissent—it is delightful to
read any composition really written con amore.
Elaborations of argument and embellishments of
style are comparatively unattractive ; they may,
perhaps, arrest the attention or please the
fancy; but to touch the heart of his reader,
the author must speak from his own. The
writer of this article has most certainly done so.
His heart is evidently devoted with an entire devo-
tion to the Catholic Church—a church so peculiarly
attractive to enthusiastic natures—and the vivid lan-
guage in which he expatiates upon her merits and
extols her attractions is evidently but a faithful trans-
script of the real feelings by which he is animated.
He looks hack with boundless gratitude and affec-
tionate reverence on " the memory of her desolate
labours during the darkness of the mediosval cen-
turies." He contemplates with exceeding exulta-
tion " her perennial beauty and eternal adolescence,"
and he exhorts with earnest, and even indignant exhor-
tations, his fellow Catholics to unite together in an
endeavour to obtain for the poorer members of that
church those blessings of education to which, from
her past labours in the cause of learning, he considers
her to be peculiarly entitled. But amid the lavish
encomiums bestowed on the Catholic Church, we are
faith gratifiedno invidious comments on the
f
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no religious antagonism, no bigoted sectarianism.
Both articles in this pamphlet bear evidence that
their writer is one, who, as a Catholic, is zealous for
the welfare of his church, and as a citizen, is anxious
for the amelioration of all his countrymen. The
paper on " Catholicity in the Dark Ages" commences
with the following very felicitous comparison, which
fully evidences the tender affection which the author
bears for his spiritual mother :
" Jean Paul Richter—romancist as he was, poet as he
was,lphilosopher as he was—loved one little book of memc-
randabetter than the libraries of Alexandria or the Vatican.
Dirty, dog's-eared, blotched with ink, and filled with
crabbed writing—that miserable volume was more pre-
cious to him than the most golden manuscript. He
prized his treasure more than did Alexander, when he
enclosed the Iliad in a casket encrusted with jewels :
Richter enshrined his Iliad in the recesses of his loving
memory. And was it not, so to speak, an Iliad, an epic
of a human heart—that book ? that book in which were
enumerated the vigils of his dead mother, when she
toiled, secretly, night by night, at her spinning-wheel,
to earn home and bread for him ; that book in whose
blurred characters he heard, as it were, the beatings of
that dead mother's heart. Yes, Jean Paul Richter loved
that little book with a filial tenderness that was sancta:-
fied by death. In all his after greatness, when the glory
of his song was carolled in the garden-crofts of Ger-
many ; when his name had become a household world in
his fatherland ; when in the palace, in the homestead, in
the city, in the wold, in the dell, in the mountain, in
every crevice and corner of that great country, he was
recognised as one of the royal children of nature, the
thoughts of Richter would revert with a supreme pen-
siveness to the records of that volume ; he would muse
over the endurance of those lonely labours in the mid-
night ; over that unrepining self-sacrifice ; over that
bygone poverty ; and, alas 1 that bygone parent. And,
thinking of these things, ho would weep ; earnestly,
ardently, gratefully, passionately, he would weep.
" Such a memory, and such a book as Jeaa Paul
Richter had, I have. But the book I speak of is History,
and the mother I speak of is our holy church.
" What the mother of Richter suffered during the
nights of a few winters, our spiritual mother suffered
throughout the nights of many toilsome centuries.
our spiritual mo. trer- 'f-d-Ftve lalt.n;7lier son,
for generations of her own children, but for generations.-
of aliens, and heretics, and infidels."
As we have already said, this article is of a most
interesting character ; the style is not only remark-
able for the impassioned fervour with which it is
animated, it displays also, and in no mean
degree, the varied beauties of composition,
and the evidences of erudition. It is not enough to
have said that the author evidently speaks from the
fulness of his heart, his ideas are not only genuine,
but are always clothed in beautiful and appropriate
language. His writings combine the lavish embel-
lishments and high finish of the most elaborate style,
with the fervour and freshness of a most natural and
•unstudied one—a combination not very frequently to
be met, but which, in this instance, imparts to a
written essay somewhat of the forcefulness and vigour
of oratorical eloquence. After showing how, when
the incursions of the barbarians had overrun the whole
of civilised Europe, and "all the landmarks of learn-
ing were sent adrift on the ocean of ignorance," the
chefs d'oeuvres of the classic writers were sacredly
preserved in the monasteries—and not only preserved,
but perpetuated; for many of the denizens of the
cloisters were -wont, it appears, " each day to tran-
scribe, with extreme care and extraordinary beauty
of penmanship, from the Greek and Latin manuscripts
treasured up in their libraries"—our author proceeds
to tell us why they were so treasured, and in so doing
he gives in a few brief but emphatic syllables, an ad-
mirable synopsis of the different peculiarities in the
various styles of the classic writers, followed by an
earnest panegyric of the most celebrated monastic
writers. This passage possesses such general interest
that we subjoin it for the benefit of our readers.
" The plenary sympathies of Catholicity extended
even to the profane achievements of an idolatrous race.
Virgil and Homer were treasured up by the priesthood
of the One God, although Aneas and Achilles were the
worshippers of the demons of mythology, and they were
treasured up because of the genius by which this now
innocuous pantheism was there encompassed. Horatius
Flaccus and Anacreon, despite their panegyrics upon
drunkenness, were preserved, because of the music of
their bacchanalian verse. Catullus and Ovid, although
marred by the wantonness of their imaginations, were
rescued from oblivion because of the dainty intonations
of their metre. Terence and Aristophanes were che-
rished because of their matchless drolleries and sar-
casms ; Juvenal and Persius, for their satires upon
depravity ; Sappho and Pindar for the pathetic ardour
of their inspirations ; Demosthenes and Tully, for their
impassioned eloquence ; .2Eschylus and Ilesiod, for the
sublimity of their conceptions ; Propertius and Tibuilus,
for the sweetness of their elegiac strains ; Plautus and
Martial, for the incidental refinement of their wit ; Eu-
ripides and Sophocles, for the graces of their diction
and the grandeur of their declamatory rhythm ; Pliny,
for the amplitude of his investigations ; Democritus, for
the beauties that sparkled out in the very ghastliness of
his merriment ; and even the dismal but bewitching Lu-
cretius, for the natural flowers of poetry that sprouted
through the chinks of his sterile creed, and bloomed in
the wastes of his desolate materialism. Beyond all these
imaginative classics there were the voluminous creations
of the so-called historians ; there wero Tacitus, and
',ivy, and Herodotus, and Curtius, and Sallust ; there
were the profound and picturesque narratives of Poly-
bius and Thucydides ; there were the descriptive com-
mentaries of the accomplished conqueror, the great Ju-
lius; there were the fabulous chapters of the Argonautic
expedition by Apollonius Rhodius, and the kindred me-
mories of Ammianus Marcellinus, Diodorus, and Dio-
ny sius of Halicarnassus ; and all these did the discern-
ing ecclesiastics garner up at a period when, but, for
their interference, the manuscript originals would have
been fuel for the baking of a kid or the kindling of a
casual bonfire. For the riches of antique literature,
therefore, mankind is indebted to the reviled wearers of
the cowl and of the girdle.
" But the intellectual assiduity of the monastic orders
was by no means restricted to the multiplication of the
copies of compositions that had already been produced
_wonderful as such a manual undertaking was in itself.
The clerical scholars were originators as well as perpe-