The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-30 00:00:00

THE CIVIL SERVICE COLLI.7GI3.

For some time it has been felt by many thit an
institution was requirel for the education of the
sons of those engaged in the Civil Servic.c of the
Crown. A 1 trge ntinnl):3r of these gentlem in con-
sequence formed themselves into a provisional coin-
mitttec to promote this oltje !t, au I to collect (*mut;
for carrying it out. It is calculated that the cost Of
providing a suitable building for 5)) scholar 4- in-
cluding houses for masters, hall, chapel, &c., would.
be about £40,000 ; but it was proposed to erect
accommodation for 200, so that the building could
be enlarged, when requisite. Subscriptions fort his
purpose arc therefore sought from past and prese4t
members of the service—from those who have held
high office in the State, an..l others--it being in-
tended that, as to current expenses, the cillege
should beself-supporting ; and 4t is estimated that
£l5 per annum will be a remnlerative charge Tor
education.- Itis also-PrfiAbltrantait the Sons of
gentlemen unconnectetNith thc civil Service at a
somewhat higher rate, arid the system of education,
is to be of a first-rate character.

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was largely and influentially attended.-
The chair
was taken by the Right Hon. Earl Russell, K.G.,
president of the New College and ; among those
present were the Right Hon. the Earl of Shaftes-
bury, K.G., the Right Itin. Earl Granville I' , '
the Bishop of Oxford, Mr. Milner Gibson, MT "
Mr. J. Stansfeld, M.P., Sir Roderick I. Murchison,
Bart., and many others.
Earl GRA:WILLI: proposed the first resolution—
" That it was expedient to establish a school to pro-
vide for the sons of civil servants a sound and liberal
education on the most liberal terms, to be called the
Civil Service College. He said he had been requested
to move the first resolution because some of the
members of the present Government, who were to
have been prescnt,had been preventedfrom attending,
and als.o because be had for many years been con-
nected with the educational department of the State.
The Civil Service had of late years been much con-
solidated. Its members had learned to co-operate
in many ways, and he thought there was no danger,
but great benefit, in these co-operation. It was im-
possible to exaggerate the service rendered to the
country by the members of the Civil Service. lle
himself much enjoyed many friendships he had
and Ong them. He considered the system.of exami-
nation had been of great value in raising the aver-
age character of the service. One result of these
examinations was that all posts were more oven
than formerly, and it was quite natural that the
civil servants should be anxious to secure for their
children such instruction as was proposed to be
given in this college. He was glad to see that the
plan proposed comprised very liberal provisions.
The college was not to be confined exclusively to
children of members of the Civil Service. With re-
gard to the price proposed, he believed it was
founded on the experience of the Catholic schools.
Some time ago he had had. to make inviry on be-
half,of a young gentleman, his, stepson, Sir John
Acton, and he had been struck with the.low prices
charged in the Catholic .colleges. Some of these
gave a first-rate education for in per a,nnuni.
The Earl of SIIAFTESIMRY seconded the resohition.
Ile had no claim to speak here as a civil servant,
for, though he hal served the Crown, and was still
in sonic sort in its service, he was not of their body,
but as one of the public at large he was deeply in-
terested. The public at large had a vital interest in
the question. The Civil Service, as well as the Civil
Service of India, had always preserved a high cha-
racter. They were highly esteemed all over Europe.
To take one impOrtant point—when did English
civil servants betray secrets ? (Cheers.) lie had
heard of political agents who, after having been
successful in every other Court in Europe, had been
baffled in their attempts to induce English civil
servants to betray their trust. (Cheers.) He was
glad to have the opportunity of seconding the reso-
lution. _

The noble CHAIRMAN then put the resolution,
which was carried unanimously amid loud ehecra.
Mr. MEASON, honorary secretary, produced let-
ters of apology and of concurrence in the object of
the meeting from the Duke of Marlborough, Lord
Dalhousie, Lord Dufferin, and many others;
and
Mr. WOODCOCK read a letter from Sir C. E.
Trevelyan highly approving of the plan proposed.
The Bishop of OXFORD proposed the second reso-
lution, that the Right Hon. Earl Russell, K.G., be
the president of the Civil Service College, and that
the Duke of Marlborough, the Earls of Shrewsbury,
Shaftesbury, Dalhousie, and Granville, and a long
list of noblemen and gentlemen, be vice-presidents.
In the course of his remarks, his lordship said he
thought they ought to fight against the cram system,
as those who passed in this way were not always the
most efficient servants. (Applause.) He had great
hopes from this movement, and he asked if they
could have a more hopeful name for that of presi-
dent than that of Earl Russell.
Sir R. I. MURCHISON secondel the resolution,
which was put to the meeting by Sir lf. RYAN, and
passed with loud applause.
Earl RUSSELL, whose rising was the signal for
loud and prolonged applause, said he accepted the
responsibility of the office, because he had always
felt, and had more than once expressed it in Parlia-
ment, that -while there are those who have all the
excitement of Parliamentary debate and the reward
of Parliamentary distinction, there are others who,
in a different position under the Crown, really fur-
nish very often all the materials by which much of
this distinction is obtained. (Cheers.)
Mr. STANSFELD, M.P., proposed a resolution con-
tinuing the provisional committee, which was se-
conded by the Hon. G. C. TALBOT, and passed
unanimously.
Mr. C. WALPOLE, chairman of the committee,
moved that a council should be hereafter appointed,
which was duly seconded and passed. In his speech
he took occasion to thank the noble earl for pre-
siding, and called upon the meeting to endorse his
words, which they did by a tumult of applause, to
which Earl RUSSELL briefly replied.
Thanks were voted to Sir Roderick I. Murchison
for grantirr, the use of the Leeture-hall, and the
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The N.tion slys :—.livige Undcrwth3tl imB de-
venturo to say has no equal in the annals of • justice fur
livered a charge at nielotiond to the gt•and jury, which we
Lotharios"—mo:;l, of t'
mellifluousness and irrelevancy. After giving a horrible
account of the character of the rebellion, he drew a still
more horrible picture of Richmond AS it v.-as, from which
trite it appears that the pulpits in that city ly.doro the war \Vero
"the past" of the cite 'l'6
childrenUied 141:eyre "full
-gErtl,
nagtoay;"
pronounced "atheistic," and expressed
~ its material and moral future would ' be broufrht
into harmony with the falubrit • • hope Ytlu'tet
of its climate, the
poetic beauty of its scenery, and the mnguific

of Ps

water-power!" lle then pasted on to an eulogy on Thad-
deus Stevens, whom ho rated "above Clay, Pus, Pitt, and
Cicero," and, after a glowing eulogy On his contiscation
schemes, came down in one fl.vp to the'every- day, u:;eful
topic of the exclusion of negroes from the i:treet-cars,
which ho dismissed in one sentence. Of Judge Under-
wood's legal abilities we know nothing ; his 103%titY it is
impossible to doubt ; but wo are quite sure that the cans;t
both of justice and good government woald be se•rvecl if too
fountains of his eloquence could be sealed up." -
An old dog at Rockport, 16 years old, delibe-
rately walked into the water nud drowned hitaself. "-
[ recent heavy ta►x kid upon his race is supp,
been the cause of the .(10.4.

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