The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-16 00:00:00

MACAULAY : THE A UTHOR.

His style charms, especially the educated, b14,11$
fulness of knowledge apparent in every line. Pir
metaphors and illustrations are drawn from Wei;
merable sources, and are all equally pregnant 1010
instruction. He tells us that "he frequently
at a distance from all books and all advisers ;
" he trusted to his memory for facts, dates, Ven
quotations," and that " he sent his manuscripts i;
the press without reading them over." As 110
after-dinner discourse was said to be print!,
they must have been without erasire or amen
ment. None of his works have any Ina";
of defect or any appearance of having bee.
written in haste. Apparently, he never took
pen in his hand till he was quite sure 20
every word he meant to say; and from Or
moment of beginning he rushed on like a CO
queror. His style is clear, because he is alws
certain of his thoughts. e never doubts, and
never vague. Ho goes straight to his object, $1,1,,,
writes as though he were giving the word of
mand. He is never affected, is untainted by c°",
ventional cant, and gives things their proper name o;
He speaks even bluntly, and sometimes verges f
coarseness. His writing resembles the rushed,
cavalry, not the ambling of a gentle lady's lite, ji
It is dogmatic, positive, overwhelming. Withs'll,
is very musical, and never tires. It is always frPe&
He was perhaps the best read, the most leafy
Englishman of the age after the death of Sir Ja,
Mackintosh, and he was one of the greatest mastel
coofmtlpiearEatnigvelilsy young,
h language u
tt hbaet
beavde rduosneed
a itg.reHatell;
of work. True, he lived three years longer than
Shakespeare, but in quantity the result of his lahot!i, „
is far greater than that of the most illustriow'
of our poets. He started into public life a OP'
roughly educated man, and seems to have takol;
nothing in hand which did not succeed. F°l4l
years nearly he worked continuously and succeo;
fully, and, combining quantity with quality: /i
,;
doubt whether any man ever wrote so much and II"(
well. He was one of the most remarkable molt
letters who have appeared in our country.--"J"-
Leader and Saturday Analyst.

SINGULAR FRIENDLY SOCIETY

CASE.

•
On Wednesday last the committee of the 1.?!cl;'
dingtou Union Beneficial Society met at the 10';
corn Inn, to investigate a charge brought agabr,t4
member, Mr. Henry West, a carpenter, and par"
clerk of Upper Hey ford, of " breach of the rule!)
by officiating at a wedding while on the funds
the
the society." Mr. Calcutt (the chairman of lisPe
Woodstock Board of Guardians) presided, and tt'i
committee-men present were, Messrs. Baker, DOT
H. Franklin, C. Mason, W. Woolgrove, W. Eo6'
J. Hoperaft, A. Hoperaft, W. Hoperaft, W. Kopf
craft, jun , and Bennett. The chairman stated tbili
Mr. Hoperaft had seen the man who was married
upon the occasion in question, and that the fact °I;
Mr. West's officiating was proved, overruling
objection that some one present at the weddil
ought to be called to prove the alleged breach. 00
21st rule states expressly that a sick member "she
not transact any business" during illness. bi,
West had been paid up to the Saturday night Pr
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viously to the wedding, but his allowance for the
week, of which the Monday in question was the
second day, had been refused. On the part of th
accused, it was urged that he had not wilfuw,
broken any rule. or retarded his own recovery,,'
that he had during his illness engaged au agriC'
tural labourer to perform his Sunday duties, an
that being unable to obtain that person's servi.e,
on a week-day he was compelled to act as he did,
,
that he was sufficiently convalescent on the Sus
day to go to church twice, though not equal to t",
task of chiming the bells and making the responaci'
that he fulfilled one of the duties of a parish off"'
but did not, in the usual meaning of the word"
transact business on the Monday; and that the riro
fusel of the chit to pay, and his neglect to try to ellt'
force the allowance for the week in question, brour.,
the charge to an, end.—Mr. Henry Luing
called to give evidence as to the usage of a siraii;
club of tradesmen at Bicester. Ho said—" I asito
carpenter, nnl palish clerk at Steeple Barton. 'Ol
1852 and 1853 I was laid by for three months fr°as
a severe hurt to my right hand ; during all
time I received allowance from my club
j;
although I did all work pertaining to my office °A
Sundays and on week days, except chiming Is
ringing the bells, and digging and filling e,
graves. The rules of my club, which I pr3dtlet"
prohibit the transaction of business in illness; busi
although the officers of the society were infort?,,
by me as to my doings, they raised no questit7i,
and paid me my allowance punctually and unhetv
tatingly." The room having been cleared of strlitit,
gers, the committee deliberated nearly an 11°4,
When the door was re-opened the chairman Ash
‘• We are unanimously of opinion that Mr. ri
has broken the rules, and we expel him."—Gre
Chronicle.