Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-07-15
Academic Csnp<lllleu.

clause in the bin which required high qualification,
in 'ho'e seeking emPlO,mSnt in the India service:
was uely glad to hear the noble lord lord S,aniey
who proposed the amendment, exprss approval
the general principle Of part OF the bin Twas glad
bd not surprised at IT, FOR i what should expect from
young man oi his spirit aud ability resent
CT seaienieal competition (liear, hear) But mus,
say do join with tue aon uea,oes Tor Hdderminster In
feeling some surprise the in which that part OF
the plan has been spoken OF by noblcman of great em
nenec president OF the Board Of Control and Gov
enor Geneta OF India and OF very dsn ushed ability
statesman. IL understand the opinions imputed TO
NOBLE lord he thinks the proficiency young in
pursuits which constitute liberal education oaly
INDICATION that he Is likely IN after life to make dsn-
guslei hgure, but that positively raises presumption
that IN alter life he will overcome in those contcsts
wh!ca thea take place. understand that the noble lord
sol opinion that young men gaining distinction in such
pursuits are likely To billiards and utterly unit
Tor the contests OF active life aud not hat the
noble lord did not that IL would be make
hg or cricket test % fitness than liberal education
must IL seems to that there better
proved by immense of evidence AN experience
almost unvaried than ths-tha who them
selves in their Youth above their contemporaries
competition almost always Keep the end OF their lives IN.
they have gained in the earlier part their career
This experience Is so vast that should expect TO
hear one question to hear denel that arsenic
poison, that brandy il ntoxcing Take the very sim
pest test Take down in library Cnabrdqe Clen.
dIT. There you have the list honors for
Look at the list OF wrangler and Of Junior opnes
and Twill venture To say that for who has after
life sin hnse nong the optimes YOU will
mud 20 among the wrangcrs Take the Oxford Calendar
look at the list OF hrs,ci,ss aad compare With
an equal number OF in the third class and s.y
IN which list find the slory Of who have d;sin
cshcd themselves in after lite. But no, our history
full OF instances which prove this acg (Iesr heir Look
at the church, the Parliament the bar. Look TO The
Parliament from ;he time when Parliamentary government
began in this county the DAYS OF Mon,agu
and ST. John TO those ct Canning AMI Peel. You need
not stop there but dosn the time OF Lord Derby
and my right hon friend Chancellor Of the EIcseouer
(iiear, hear.l Has At not always been the case that
The men who first in the competition OF the schools
have been the rst in the competition Of life. Ie.r hear>
Look also to India The ablest who ever governed
Ida Warren Hisiings and lie not in the first
rank at Westminster (Checr) The ablest civil servant
ever knew in India Sir Charles Metcalr and was he
not man OF the hrst standing at E,on The dis
ngushe1 member OF the arstocricy who ever governed
India Lord W elles-y What his Eton regulations
What was his Oxford reputation! (Hear heart Bat
must meUtioa-l cannot reisin from mentioning auothc.
noble and distinguished Governor General few d,y-
ago, while the memory of the speech to which have
alluded still IT, sd in any mind, read in the Nasr
CdnidbrgieseS very eloquent and classical ode which
the University Of Cambridge rewarded with gold medal
The subject the departure Of the house Braganza
from Portugal for Brazil The young poet, wLo then
only H. described in very lioraan language and versiG-
cation the departure OF the hee aud pictured the great
Portuguese navigator Vasco de Cana the great Po
usuess poe; Camoeps lowering the armament which
convey the fortunes OF the Portuguese monarchy
to new hemisphere aud with pleasure, not altogether
unmin ce with pain, read the bottom of that compo
ion the name Of the Hon. Edward Law, of S. Johns
College. | ! saw with some considerable Meas
that the of Lord Peterborough may bc sd.d
TO the loay list Of those distinguished Who in carly
YOUTH have. by eminent accidental success given an al
curry OF the distinguis,d part which they were
to play and could not but feel some and some
surprise that ncbemIn honourably dsting uished in
his youth by attention those studies should In his ma
rcg years have desceadci language respcctir.
them which think would have better the lips OF
Ensign \O-hcI;on the captain in Swiit's poem who
says
Your Novels aud B,uurchs. aal o.nurs and siuf.
by George they don't signify this pinch of snuff;
To give young gentleman right education
The armysthe only good school in the naioa"
lugh,er) The noble lord seemed from his speech TO
entertain that opinion. "A laugh)
MY schoonas;er called me Ounce and fool
But at cuffs was always the co:k OF the school"
loud laugh;er But il recollection of his own earl,
acadenncal uiuuphs did restrain the noble earl from
using this language should have though, that his 6li,
pieiy would have had that effect should b,y. tboug
that he would have remembered how einineHily splendid
the agademical Of that geat and
ed magistrate, the late Lord marlborough and As I
have mentioned him. will say tina. # there bc in tbi
worida trying test OF the fitness Of for the Compel
Iion OF active life, and OF the strength aud acu,cness d
their practical faculties it be found in the contests n
the English bar. Look Lord Mansfield. Lord E,doa
Lord StOwell, Sir Weary Gibbs, Lord Trnderdrn and
LJrd Lyndhurs. Take either the Common Inn or III,
equity oar The present Lord Chief Baron was senior
Nranger NT. Biron Anderson vas senior wrancer:
Mr. Justice Maulc senior wrIngcr Mr. IA.
Baron Parke cnueptly distinguished AZ the uuyrs:
~ for his mathematical and classical attachments; Mr.
ron Piatt was wranEer; and Mr. Justice Coleri l--
was one OF the most eniHent Of his tine at ford
Then take tue equity bar. The Lori Chancellor wa
a wraugler; Lord Justice Sir George Turner was high
in the list of wrauglers; al tie three Vice.Chan.
cellors were wranglers; Sir Ltncelnt Shadwel wa.
wrangIer aud very distinguished scholar; nv
friend SIR James Parker was a high wranplcr and
distinguished mathematician. Can suppose that il "a
by mere accident they obtained their high poons l.
possible not u believe that these maintained through
Ami &. "a,
answer TO these instances that you can point-as
is desirable you should he able poinI-to two or tire.
men Of great powers who having neglected the sruyrJ
When they were young have exeted themselys
to retrieve lost time, aud have sometimes ovettakcn and
surpassed those who had got far in ADVANCE of themY O
course there are such exceptions; desirsbe it is that
there should be, and that they should be noted in order
10 encourage men who, after having thrown asay their
youth from .yy love of pleasure NAV be inclined N
throw their manhood after it in despair; but the general
rule H. beyond all doubt that which have laid dosn I,
il histhat those who distinguish themselves mo-.
in academcA competition whea they are Young are the
men who in after life, distinguish themselves most in the
competition Of the world. Now If this be 90 canno,
conceive that ssud be justified in refusing to Ini
the advantage Of such test. ] know there are gen.
tlemen who say-ior it has been said" After MI
this test extends only to mans Intellectual quac tor,
and his character quite important as hi. n,esc,u,
qualifications. readily admit that his character
as important his Intellectual qualifications. lint
thatcy yon have not quite certain a test Of mans
character As OF MS intellectual qualifications Surely II
there two qualifications YOU want man IN r,.:css
and which II Is very important he should posse.s-snd II
you have test by which you ascertain the prc.nr
OF the one qualification, hut decisive test v which 20
ran ascertain the presence Of the other-your 6e.t
course 70 use tie tc't you have and leave A. little
you possibly cnh {" chance This argument would seem
uhihsWerable unless 'e person should Fay that the ci-
cumstance OF mans superiority IN acaderncal connect
ton raised presumption that lie was interior in prae
cal Judgment and manly r,ctitude but If that can IA.
shown ihen the consequence would 60 great deal fur
Their THAI the rejection Of my right hon friend, pro
posa IL would go to this that he must reconsider tbe
whole system Of English education and remove our bows
nom those places where they are trained to s;uie, which
have deleterious effect upon the charlsier. Uicnr
hcar) N'''''
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under the auspices Of the Southern Baptist Missionary
Board respecting the moral and religious Prospects IL
Bowen spent time sierra Leone the Eritisb Colon
Tor liberated slaves, and tesfes degree Of sdvarce
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