The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-11-09 00:00:00

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_DISTURBANCE it ETON COLLEGE

A considerable degree of otisasinest *se elicited
daring the last *elk, in tdnevileence df certain in.
dicatiOns of a 'rebellions Cad refractory spirit
among the boys' at Eton' College. For ieve4
sal days they kept the town in a state of uproar,
sod in their own Immediate quarters did Mile sorties
mischief, as cell as offered the grossest indignities to
Dr. Kate, the bead of the College. At first it was
apprehended that all sebordlnatlon was at att end,
sled that it would be impossible for the business of
the Walhalla's to pOnosed: by the firm end deeisisel
conduct of Dr. kosteillisirever, aided by the ether
Muter', and by makieg a proper -tesample of tome
of the amender% peen was restored, end on Sstur.
day the whole of the school bad relined toe proper
Newel their duty.
Fee Dine time beck, the senior lads of the College
harlot arrived at that age *hen coercion of say sort
bemires hiksouel and what pleasure bas More at-
trections than atedy,.have thought proper to. emend
their excursions beyond those bounds which the prv•
dean of their superiors bad find as the limit of their
walks. Being tbss beyond all Contrail, sere that
of their o*n fancy, they gave met to their lateral
inclinations, and spelt the !thirst allowances; made
them by their patents, in the most espessive as welt
as dangerous amusements; nth as benting,.shooling,
driving, and sports of a like desetiptiOn. Keate
was perfectly aware that lime practices 'fisted ; bet
such was the tenacity with which the boy* kept each
other's secrets, that be could sever bring home a
charge of this description againseany one individual,
although be was (pile satisfied who theoffenders wertia
Repeated instances of this sort having come Within
his knowledge, without being able to correct what be
t.found to be WI incretstng evil, he determined to exert
lent authority with which he was empowered, end
which he deemed essential .to the intervals of those
entrusted to his care. To this end he issued an order
that the boys should " lock up," that is to say, retire
to the houses is which they boarded end lodged, and
nut be seen out afterwards, at fire o'clock.-athe hour •
having formerly been sic. This. by the ienitor loom
was considered en unjustifiable innovation upon their
liberties. A strong sensation of discontent became
manifest throughout the College; sad, at lilt, ton
individuals, the nephew of Mr. Meiryit, M.P., and
the son of Mr. Justice 1161royd, refused, when di•
rected by Dr. Keefe, to retire to their dames (the
houses of their landladies) at the lime stipulated by
the oew regulation. Dr. Kettle, upon this direct
opposition to his authority, lost no time in wtitinF
to the parents of the young mutineers, desiring that
they might be removed-tram the College, preferring
.rather this gentle mode of proceeding than haviog
ethane to the more serious sentence of expulsion. 3to
-Sae was this condect from producing a salutary effect,
that it only acted like oil upon fire, and elicited*
more alarming flame. The boys assembled together
tumultuously, and seemed resolved upowcninmitting
some desperate act, by which they thought they wookt
he enabled to recover their supposed ascendancy. Tbe
first step of this description was of a private nits
and consisted of an attack upon the desks end
benches in the school, many of which, after siesta
fall, were torn up and destroyed. 'I'M, was Ms+
seared lobo the sea of a few; and a suspiciees chit.
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nounceti the reel delinquents. W; noises of these
offender., we understand are, White, Pitt, May,
and Jackson. Against these, Dr—Kest, epon find•
ing their guilt confirmed, proanunced, sentence of
earalsion ; after which he addressed the whole school .
on the impropriety of their conduct, and impressed a.
hope that the severe esample he had made would
have the effect of inducing them to return to those
habits of order sod regularity which the esistence of
the College demanded. One of the gout Its who wits pre.
sent, named Palk, brother to Sir Lawrence Palk, an..
swered in. an under, but audible tone, " never ;"
and he toe shared tbe•fate of his former companions,
being likewise sentenced to be espelled. The op.
roar now became more serious. The school re.
sounded with exclamations against the injustice of
Dr. Kest.; and matters went so far that he was
pelted with eggs, and otherwise insulted. More
mischief was done in the school, and several pane; of
glass were broken. This imprudent intemperance of
course led to a new 'mirky, and two more were
added to the list of those espelled, namely, the.
Messrs. Elton, major and minor, thus making in ail
seven expelled, and two sent from the school. Des.
ing the ensuing evenings, up to Friday night, there
11 wee a good deal of mischief done, such as pushing
down walls and breaking windows ; but this, at
length, by the establishment of proper watchmen,
was finally stopped ; and the severity to which Dr.
Keate has had recourse will, it is trusted, have the
effect of preventing the recurrence of similar acts of
insubordination in future.

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SODDEN DEATII...—J. H. liorrowes, EN. one of
the Magistrates of Marlboroech-street Police-Offices
attended the Office on Friday, and apparently as
well as usual ; having occasion to go into the City oh
business, be was there attacked with a giddiness la
the bead. and was taken home in a chair; and es•
pired within 24 boors. He bad been subject to rhea.
cultic alfectieo ; this, added to an attack et an apo.
.ploctic imbue, hastened-his disselatfon.
. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE Saturday night.* young
wiliest was sitting on one of the seats at the Strand
IPide• of • Waterlou.brldge, crying, end tearing her
cletkon, and appeared to be under gong mental de.
'augment. A mob assembled round her, but they
could get no answers to their questions, eaceptiog
tbat a man bad robbed •her of her shawl. She at
length took an opportunity of going down the steps,
to Orme herself is the cheer ; .wben a mae at lb;
bottom interrepted hot, Jon shish eke fell foto hist..
ries. &female at Reath recognised her, aid mid she
had loomerly livgd as iherriset io respestahlg families ;
but being oat of place, ibe went to lodge in Arundel.
street, where getting In •debt.with bet landlady, she
had stopped her clothes, end refitted her admission,
in consequesico she was compelled Is resort to pro.
Eiletion, le which state she had here about three
weeks, bat fees so disgusted with. her new mode of
life, .thee she was resolved to commit feticide. She at
leagth accompanied this female to a publlc4oese 14
c6erl46-street, Covent•sergen.

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