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philosophy, and of et, unparalleled before or since ;
it may not be the idea of an empire, like Rome, which
'ossessed in itself all the eminence of the world ; it
y not be an idea merely of splendid patronage or
surpassing discovery. No ShaksP ere then may
string the lyre, no Newton may measure the heavens ;
but it will be rather an idea, when judicious enlight-
enment will pervade almost every community, and
when liberal and refined accomplishments shall distin-
guish every family.—(Loud cheers.) 'What I want
you to feel—what I want you all, if any of you here
have not joined it—what I want you all to join' such
an institution as this for, is to make you feel
how much each of you singly may do to aid this great
censummation.—(Cheers ) I know that the enemies
of mechanics' institutes and of popular institutions
generally have been apt to say that they have a
tendency to make the mechanics and working men,
whom especially they are intended to benefit, puffed,
presumptuous, conceited, and discontented. All I
can say is, that if they do so, they fail singularly in
their purpose, and fall full short of their aim. It ap-
pears to the that there are two principles upon which
we must mainly rely for success in any attempts to
raise and regenerate mankind. The one is to have a
very high opinion of what we can do, the height to
which we can soar, the advance in knowledge and in
virtue which we may make—that is ambition as con-
cerns our capacities. The other is to have a mean
opinion of what we at any time know, or at any time
have already done—that is humility as concerns our
attainments. The ambition should be ever stirring us
up to the even and steady development of righteous
principles, and, where the opportunity presents itself,
to the performance of noble, meritorious, and nasal-
• fish actions. Humility should ever keep in view that
there is a sphere of life, however humble—no round
of duties, however unexciting, which any one of you
may not enliven and elevate with qualities besides
which the successes of statesmen and the triumphs of
conquerors are but poor and vulgar.—(Cheers.) I
believe there is no eminence to which man may not
reach, but be must reach it by suborning all unlawful
impulses, and by subduing
is a general craving in the all mean ambitions. There
human mind for greatness
and distinction. Thetis gre I
greatness and distinction,
am thankful to think, within the reach of any one
to obtain ; but the greatness and
,omuz.ction must not
he without you, but within —(Loud cheersl ' should be sorry to appeartoYatua.ke this opportunity—
as some persons do—of preaching what might be called a sermon, but I feel so fervid an interest in the
welfare and progress of the great body of my coun-
trymen, that I cannot refrain a
iueu
from enjoining them,
even while I would invite them t() full enjoyment
of all the rich resources and all the
sures of this our variegated world,
never to toe h Poe la lose-
hold of religion. I do not mean that youd
necessarily associate with those stiff and narrowedu
persons who so confine the ethereal spirit of religion -
but 1 feel assured that it is the source among man-
kind of all that is great and lovely, and that without
it all would be painful and joyless. Under her
sacred wing you may securely resign yourselves to
all that is improving in knowledge, or instructing in
science, or captivating in art, or beautiful in nature.
The Architect of the Universe, the Author of Being,
such as .Christianity represents Him, cannot but ap.
prove of every creature that He has made developing
to the utmost extent the faculties He has given him,
and examining, in all its depth arid mystery, every
work of His hand. Shut up the page of knowledge
and the sources of enjoyment from the multitude
because some have occasionally abused the blessed
privilege! Why, the very same argument would
consign every man and woman to a cloister, because
the world and active life are full of traps and pitfalls.
—(Hear.) No. Pre-eminent and supreme as lam
convinced religion is, yet to make her so in the con-
victions and hearts of men, I feel she must discard
all timidity—must front every truth in the full blaze
of light, and sympathize with every pursuit
and every impulse of the race. I may thus
briefly shadow my reasons for thinking why
no person ought to frown upon mechanics' in-
stitutions. I do not wish to attribute to them any
exaggerated or imaginary value—l do not hold them
forth as singly containing the elements with which'
we should hope to regenerate modern society, but it
is because I believe them calculated happily to chime
in with the existing wants and prevailing dispositions
of the times—to afford opportunities for improvement
and development in quarters where they would not
otherwise be found—to promote innocent recreation
and blameless amusements, and generally to assist the
progress of mankind. It is on these accounts that I
thus venture to recommend them to your cordial
sympathy and your active assistance ; and, with this
hope, I will conclude by moving " That me-
chanics' institutions, having for their object the ad-
vancement of the people in solid and useful education,
deserve the support of all classes interested in the
welfare of their common country."
After some more speeches, the motion was unani-
mously carried, and the prcceedings terminated by a
ball.

[PRICE SD.

THE LATE WRECK OF THE YACHT

OWEN GLENDOWER.
On Thursday a meeting of the committee of the
Royal National Institutims for the Preservation of
Life from Shipwreck was held at the offices, No. 20,
John-street, Adelphi ; Thomas Wilson, Esq., late
M.P. for the city of London, in the chair, supported
by Captain Sir Baldwin Welker, R.N., Surveyor to
the Navy, Commolore Sir Thomas Herbert, R.N.,
Captain Davies, R.N., of Penzance, Captain erning-
ham, R.N. (who had come up expressly from Ports-
mouth to attend the committee), Lieutenant-Colonel
Colquhoun, R. A., Captains Ellerby, Perrott, and
Preston, and James Peake, E.“zi., Royal Dockyard,
Woolwich.

After reading the minutes of the former meeting,
sanctioning the establishment of life-boats, &e., at
Penzance, Sennen Cove, Bride Haven, and St. Ives
(involving an outlay of some hundreds of pounds,
and which makes the total number of life-boats be-
longing to the society 24), it was unanimously re-
solved, " That in appreciation of the humanity of
Captain Hein, of the Russian barque John, and of
the gallantry of Thomas Larkin, his mate, on the
occasion of the late wreck of the yacht Owen Glen-
dower, off the Arran Islands, they be presented re-
spectively with the silver medal of the institution ;
and that the five men who accompanied Larkin in the
ship's long-boat in going to the rescue of the owner
and crew of the yacht, be rewarded with one sovereign
each."

The silver medal of the institution was also voted
to Richard Pearce, REq , of Penzance, for his former
frequent valorous and perilous intrepidity in the
rescue of numerous lives from ►hipwreck on the coast
of Cornwall.

To William Hood, captain of the Seaton Carew

life-boat, the silver medal of the society was likewise
voted, in appreciation of his noble conduct in having
gone off to wrecks in the boat on 32 occasions, and
rescuing with his crew 120 shipwrecked persons
since the first es,Alishment of the boat in 1823.
Hood, also, receives a pecuniary reward from the
local committee every time of going afloat in the life-
boat to save life.

VV
The gallantry of five labourers in the employ of
Mr. Moberly, of the alum works, Sandsend, near
Whitby, was substantially recognized by the com-
mittee by being rewarded with one sovereign each, in
consideration of their having gone off in a common
coble to the reFcue of a poor fellow who was seen
clinging to the side of the sloop Friends' Goodwill,
which bad been capsized near Whitby during the ter-
rific storm of the 26th ult., and whom they reached
as be was washed off, and only in time to grasp his
hand as
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understand
that
sinking
Wethe institution, as soon as its
f allow it (and we regret to, learn that its
income is greatly
inadequate for its philanthropic
objects), contemplates placing either a life boat or a
life-preserving apparatus on all the dangerous points
of the coast. During three days alone of the latter
part of last month 98 shipwrecks took place on dif-
ferent parts of the coast !

NEW ZEALAND COMPANY.—An adjourned general
meeting of the proprietors of this company was held yester.
day afternoon at New Zealand House, New Broad-street, Mr.
G. Lyall presiding in the absence of Mr. Aglionby, M.P.
The usual formal notice having been read, the chairman said
that the reason of these constant adjournments was to avoid
the expensive process of convening a special meeting every
time. The directors were now endeavouring to come to
some final arrangement with the Canterbury Association and
their creditors, but at present the negotiations were not suf-
ficiently far advanced to be laid before the general body of
the shareholders for their sanction. There was reason to be-
e
lieve that these matters would be favourably adjusted within
a short time, so as to enable the proprietors at their next
meeting to take a comprehensive view of the present position
of the company's affairs, and their relation to the Govern-
ment of this country and the legislature of the colony. The
meeting was then adjourned for a month. It is understood
that, in answer to the circular issued by the directors inviting
the shareholders to
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