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Now that the question of the corn- it seVat rest se !m
we trust, for ever, the general and n Uttilqll4-ir.Tarilife,.!
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the gratitude of the public be most app • tßivlde
most substantially manifested towards ti E 'Cobden
That to him, far more than to any ether individual, the
repeal of the corn-law is owing, no man doubts, what-
ever may be his opinions on the general question. On
this point Lord George Bentinck and the editor of the
Morning Post are perfectly agreed with the members itOd
the organs of the League ; and we have now the testi-
mony to the same effect of men holding intermediate po-
sitions between those two parties. Sir Robert Peel, in
addressing the House of Commons on Monday evening,
paid the following just and well-turned tribute to the
talents and the services of the Hon. Member for Stock-
port : _ _ _

" I said before, and I said truly, that in proposing
those measures I had no wish to rob others of the credit
justly due to them. Now I must say, with reference to
lion. Gentlemen opposite, as I say with reference to
ourselves, neither of us is the party which is justly
entitled to the credit of them. There has been a com-
bination of parties; and that combination, and the in-
fluence of Government, have led to their ultimate
success; but the name which ought to be associated
with the success of those measures is not the name of
the Noble Lord, the organ of that party, nor is it mine.
The name which ought to be, and will be associate'
with the success of those measures, is the name of a mar.
who, acting, I believe, from pure and disinterested
motives, has, with untiring energy, by appeals to reason,
enforced their necessity with an eloquence the more
be admired because it was unaffected and unadorncl;
the name which ought to be associated with the success
of those measures is the name of Richard Cobden."
To this estimate of the services which Mr. Cobden
has rendered to the cause of free trade, Lord Palmerston
expressed his hearty assent ; and the loud cheering
which it elicited from all parts of the House, proved the
general concurrence of the Members. Such being the
unanimous opinion of all parties in reference to the im-
portant share which our highly-respected fellow towns-
man has had in bringing about the happy result at which _
we have now arrived, the question recurs—ln what way
are his invaluable services to be acknowledged ? And ,
here arises a point of some delicacy. If Mr.
Cobden was, as many people have asserted, and
many more believed, an opulent man, of course
some public testimony of respect, in the form of a statue,
or a service of plate, or the erection 4Lansnit„,„pnbile,-
institution, might have presented the most appropriate
means of testifying the gratitude of his fellow-country-
men. But it is absurd to speak of Mr. Cobden as an
opulent man, in the general and ordinary acceptation of
the term. When he first devoted his best exertions to
the great object which he has now so successfully ac-
complished, he was still a young man ; he had been but
a few years engaged in business, and granting him to
have been succeesful, as we believe he was, he could
not have done more than lay the foundation of a mode-
rate fortune. Since that period, his time, his labour,
his thoughts, have been entirely engrossed by the pub-
lic object to which he had devoled himself, to the utter
neglect of his private affairs ; and we feel quite con-
fident that he cannot have done anything to increase his
property.
We are quite aware that these are details which may
give some little pain ; but it is necessary that they
should be placed fairly before the public, who might
otherwise greatly misunderstand the grounds on which
they are about to be appealed to for contributions to a
testimonial, intended by its promoters to be in some de-
gree worthy of the great services which have been
rendered. Mr. Cobden has devoted seven or eight
years of the best years of his life to the attainment of a
great public object ; he has disregarded his private inte-
rests, neglected a business by which he might have ac-
cumulated wealth ; and the question for the considera-
tion of the public is, whether they will permit the
pecuniary loss which he has incurred in their service to
be borne by himself, or whether they will step forward
to indemnify him. If we know anything of the spirit
which actuates, not merely our fellow-townsmen, but the
supporters of free trade throughout the country, they
will not subject themselves to the charge of ingratitude
on this occasion, but, on the contrary, they will show, by
their contributions to the testimonial, that they desire to
see Mr. Cobden placed in at least as good a position as
he might have fairly expected to occupy, if he had
employed his time and his talents in the accumulation
of wealth, instead of devoting them with unparalleled
energy and success to the service of his fellow-country.
men.

We feel it necessary to state that for the preceding
statements and remarks we alone are responsible. We
have received no suggestion from, and held no communi-
cations with, any other parties on the subject. What
we have learned, as we stated on a former occasion, is,
that a number of gentlemen of all shades of opinion in
politics have determined to set on foot a subscription for
the purpose above named ; and that a meeting on the
subject will be held to-morrow at the Town-hall, when
the Mayor of Manchester is expected to take the chair;
and we feel no doubt that the proceedings will be such
as to do credit to those who take part in them, and to
show that they are no less inclined to subscribe their
money to acquit themselves of a debt of gratitude, than
to secure a prospective advantage.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONI*N.
On Wednesday the annual distribution of prizes in
the faculty of arts and laws, to the successful students
in the various classes of the above college, took place in
the theatre of tile institution.
George Grote, Esq., presided, and was supported on
the platform by the Earl of Auckland, Sir Charles Lemon,
Bart.. Mr. C. Wood, M.P., Mr. D. W. Christie, M.P.,
Dr. Bowring, M.P., Mr. Warburton M.P., Sir J. L.
Goldsmid, Henry Maymouth, Esq., 'Mr. Hatton (late
M.P. for Dublin), Mr. 11. C. Robinson &c.
Professor De Morgan, the dean of the faculty of arts,
read the report as to the state of this department of the
college. The number of students in the faculty of arts
and laws were 206, of which number twenty-nine were
in the schoolmaster's class, and the conduct of the
stu lents generally had been highly satisfactory.
The Chairman then proceeded to distribute the prizes
to the successful candidates as follows:
MATHEMATICS.—Professor De Morgan—Higher se-
nior class prize, Henry Matthews, of London ; lower
senior class prizes, equal, D. Charles Davies, of Wales,
and Charles E. Conder, of Clapham ; higher junior class
prize, L'ecles S. Ashton, of Darwen ; lower junior prize,
A. Young, of London.
LATIN.--Professor Long—Senior class, first prize,
Henry Matthews ; second prize, Wm. Colfox, of Mid-
port ; junior class, first prize, John Agnis, of Foul-
mire ; second prize,• William Maines, of Fellows of
London.
GREEK.—Professor Malden—Senior class, first
prize, Henry Matthews ; second prize, Wm. Colfox,
junior first class prize, equal, W. M. Fellow and John.
Agnis ; second prize, Charles E. Conder.
llnnanw.—Rev. D. W. Marks, teacher—Prize, W.
R. Stevenson, of London.
ENGLlSH.—Professor John Taylor—First prize, Chas.
Algernon Bowring, of London ; second prize, Henry
G. Willmott, of Liverpool.
FRENCH.—.Professor Merlet—Senior first class prize,
G. Rusher, of London ; second class prize, E. S. Ashton;
junior prize, D. C. Davies.
ITALlAN.—Professor Pepoli—First prize, Andrew Ha-
milton, of London; second prize, E. S. Ashton.
GERMAN.—M. W. Wittich, Teacher--Junior prize,
W. B. Randall of Southampton.
COMPARATIVE GRAMMAR. Professor Key—First
prize' Henry Matthews ; second prize, R. B. Hayward,
of Colchester,
Hisrom—Professor Crasy—Prize, John Agnis.
PHILOSOPHY Or MIND AND Locic.—Professor Hop-
pus—Prize, Walter Bagshot, Langfort, Somerset.
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.—Professor Potter—Senior
prize, Robert B. Batty, of London ; junior prize, D. C,
Experimental—Firstlal v Davies ; second priz e ,p
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near Wakefield ; second prize, Robert W. Long, of
Clapham.
DRAWING.—Mr. J. B. Moore—Prize, Frederick
Warren, of Kentish-town.
ARCHITECTURE.—Professor Donaldson—First year's
course, fine art prize, Benjamin J. Benvell, of Londr-2
science, prizes equal, J. P. Boyce, of London, J. Law-
rence of London ; second year's course, fine art prize,
John P. Siddon, of London ; science, T. G. D. Allay-n,
of London.
CIVIL ENGINEERING.— Professor Lewis —Prize, J.
prize, W. ll_ratfueurloorf
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Lawrence
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_surveying prize, W. Drer, of London.
BoTANy._Professor Lindley
Junior class medal,
W. D. Wilkes, of Salisbury.
ZOOLOGY.—Professor Grant—Medal, Soorjo Coomar
Chuckerbutty, of Calcutta.
ENGLISH LAW.—Professor Marshman—First course
prize, Henry Matthews ; secoud course, first prize, P.
Lenaghan, of Antigua, ; second prize, Wm. Bellingham,
of Southwark ; third course, first prize, H. Matthews ;
second prize, Edward Bromley, of Gray's Inn.
JURISPRUDENCE.—Professor Hargreave—Prize, Fran-
cis Wm. Brady, of Dublin.
The distribution having concluded.
The CHAIRMAN delivered a long address, and expa-
tiated on the advantages which that college afforded
for the study of the higher orders of literature and
science.
On the motion of the Earl of AUCKLAND, a vote of
thanks was awarded to the Chairman, and the proceed-.
ings terminated.

THE BOROUGH OF FALMOUTH.—FALMOUTH, JUNE 28.
--J. W. Freshfield, Esq., of London, late solicitor to the Bank
of England, has announced himself as a candidate for the
suffrages of the united borough of Penryn and Falmouth, at
the next ensuing election.
AWFUL THUNDER Siroum.—On Monday, the 22d,
one of the most terrific thunder storms visited the neigh-
bourhood of Sawrey ever remembered. Soon after noon
thunder was heard in the distance, and rolled almost continu-
ally until about five o'clock, when the storm began in earnest.
The wind blew a complete hurricane; the air, for an hour
and a half, seemed iu one electric flame, and the thunder
cracking without intermission. So near the ground was the
electric fire, that all who went out in the roads and amongst
the houses in Sawrey, felt just as if they had received a shock
from a strong electric machine. There were six young wen
standing together, who were all brought to the ground at
once, and yet without sustaining the least harm. We are
sorry to state that a cow belonging to John Sharp was killed..
It would almost appear that the cow had been lifted from the
ground and then thrown down upon its back, for the home
wero stuck into the ground up to the head. There was not
a mark upon the animal, but its body was swelled as bard as
a drum. The great fury of this dreadful tempest (strange
to say) did not exceed a mile square, and while the lower
part of Esthwaite lake was foaming under the liraricane, thee
higher part was calm as a mirror ; and
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Bowness, Ambleside, and all the stirroundmr_
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lasote.nly like an ordinary thunder-storm,— restinaogreland
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