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- - wa some Information, quite new 20 yun
susFett as to the manner in which thinrs are Fef-
mtied TO b managed in lie public schools Of Eng
land. have rad much il my lie concerning the
custom q beging and aoggings-of sub-tutots
ana monitors. 6e- in the English Schools, but ICON
- WAS. until rseently, utterly ignorant Of The
iaet inAt such aeeds As that send you, were not
only perpetrated, but actually sanctioned por-
ton, regular feature Of the English Schocl system
II seems that these revolving instances of juvenile
barbarity hare multiplied sos rapidly Of late, as 10
attract the attention and call forth the ensnre bf
the press upon them, hut they do not seem, yet,
insure their reform.
think, when you have read the account which
send, you viii conclude that no better system
could be devised by the Wit Of man. for the mama
facture Of trannscal, brutal and cowardly men, cat
Of the youth Of England
HARRow is not behind Rugby in contributing ma
terials for the condemnation Of the public school
system Of tagging and aogging, Our readers lately
had their attention directed 70 curious sequence of
brutalties which took place at Rugby, and which
we were most particular in charging upon the sys-
tenn not upon the Individuals
Recent events st Harrow form most luminous
commentary our remarks.
The Earl OF GALLowAy's son, it appears, during d
game of football reproached boy named HoLNEs,
with unfair play the latter acknowledging the jus-
tice Of the reproach BY desisting from thu condut
which called forth the remarks. Just after this took
place an elderbey, a monitor, named PlArr who
was engaged in the game, came up to young SrEW-
ART, the Earl's son. and in reference to what had
taken place between him aud HoLMEs, said, He
(HoLxEs) was not behind any more than Eou were,
you are ALWAYS behind To this double accusation
of lying and unfair play young STEWART replied
with very natural irritation @You know nothing
about it BY that remark you show either Jour total
ignorance Of the game, else your desire to cheat
The rest Of the story is best told in SrEwARgs own
words, narratng the conduct of PLAT:
IL, fNo2fn
day morning, after breakfast he sent for me to his
room, and told me that he had sent for me TO whop
me for my impertinence yesterday. Upon which
told him that had not been imPertinent or at any
rate il | had the remarks had made were in con-
sequence Of his speaking as he had done 10 lie
then told me that that had nothing whatever to do
with it, and q copy his remark verbatiml said
may say anything tlke on the football ground, and
you have right, whatever il is to contradict me-.
So said sdf you say what is not true shall Ger
tainly contradict you; but he cut me short, and
told me to stand out and so told him that shoHld
do no such thing; upon which he said, "A suppose
you know that you must either take my whopping
or you will be sent away from the school II so told
him that would not take IL and left his room and
called at DR.. Naughans who however was engaged
then, and was told to call at few minutes before
one In the meanwhile, Plat had been to Or. Wang
han and told him about it. When ! saw DR.: Naua-
ham, he was excessively kind, and told me that lie
was exceedingly sorry that should have got intp
a mess with any Of the monitors and that as far rs
he heard was 10 blame in what had said, and SD
he should advise me to take the whoppinE as there
was no cowardice in taking anything from legal
power And so ! went AWAY with the determination
oftelling Plat that would submit, and begging his
pardon. He however, anticipated me- and sent for me
to the monitors library directly after dinner, where
lie told me what he had said before insthe morning,
and asked me if / had altered my determination ~
told him that | had and that would submit He
then gave me thirty-one cuts as hard as ever hh
could across the shoulder-blades, with cane more
thanan inch in circumference, which he paid Is cd.
for and with such force that he had to stop almost
every cut TO bend back the cane, il was $50 curled
with the violence Of the blow Lalmost tainted dur
ing it but cannot help being glad that managed
TO get out of the room without making the slightest
movement to show him that felt his brutality.
STEWART was Immediately taken off to the surgeon,
wi pronounced that in the whole course Of his life
he had never witnessed such a brutal and unmanlj
outrage. The boy was sent to the sick-robm where
lie remained until Sunday. His was swollen
from the effects Of the blows four inches above its
natural size
PLArr's own words as evidence Of Dr.. yAuGHASs
appreciation of the carrying out the yindetye reso
buttons of the former Il went 10 Dr.lNAtGHAN, be
says in letter to his father Baron PLATf, to ASH
his advice lie perfectly approved of all had done,
and even refused to see STEWART upon tile subject
until asked him as favor TO me to do sd in order
that might give nm every chance of clearing him+
self Upon PdughGn's advfce punished STEwART BET
fore the monitors in the afternoon. The phnishmenk
| inflicted upon him was not so serere as'I have
known to be inflicted for sllgkfer oteRces.n i
Something still remains to be told. Baron PLATrs
the father Of the monitor, writes to Drl NAUGHAy
and protests against the punishment Of his son.
1.-The facts as they now stand" says the Judge in 4
letter to the Master satisfy that mylsons conf
duet was uaerceptonabie.
What think you Of that for specimen pf British
IN
think you of that admirable rHead-rAaster, DR..
Vaughan who was so excessively kind as to adj
wise submission TO this whoppngr think
You of the brdre youth who administered it, and
above all, the brave youths father, who himself
Judge administrator of the British LAW, regard
ed his sons tyrauncal and brutal conduct as gaerA
ceptionable.l' oh, if it he'd only been higgef box
who had been reported 10 the British philanthrot
pists as having been moderately thrashed for kpock-
ing ont a horses eve or riding one 10 death, how
their indignation would have boiled over and their
humanity have exhausted itself in scurfilous epi-
thets against the wicked slave BREEDERS
For week or two past, the British fleht was AMI
chored within twenty miles of this place and many
persons ffom here availed themselves of hhe oppor4
tunity TO see it, Admiral Sir Charles Napier has
made us two or three visits, and on Saturday last
had the honor of dining with him at BIr. BuchauI
ans the English minister (dont confound him with
Mr.. Buchanan at LondnnlD The cpmmandet
Of the British Baltic feet, is gentleman the six
tyninth year Of his age, but to all APPEARANCE, as
stout and hearty need be. lie is about the size OF
our excellent friend William Grove, Esq and is not
entirely unlike him Gin appearance, except that, in
place Of the benevolent conntenanee of the latter
gentleman, the admiral has rather hard features and
a stern expression of face The place assigned me.
Eat the dinner table, (your place in this part Of the
world isdssigaed you, upon all occasions, and you
must be careful not 10 take any place that is mol
assigned you y WAS on the left hand Of the Lion
-.
versing with and listening to him during the two
houts and 0 half which the dinner lasted found
him intelligent, afable and agreeable, and quite dis
posed to talk, particularly about our country and
people. He spoke much, and asked me many questions
about the United States; he in the British fleet
at the taking of Alexandria during the late war,
witnessed the capture of Washington City, and the
famous battle of the White House, &c. He gave
me some amusing and Interesting incidents Of those
DAYS and among other things he described certain
marvellous achievements performed BY the Baltimore
Clippers which be said he had never vet seen
cqualled by any other vessels. Why, SIR be said.
ssihose fellows were the most daring rastals ever
saw in my life; assure yon they seemed 10 no
more for Us than if they bad been Wild ancks and
could dive as well rs fly, They would sail near rs
and past u.s. and around us If tnuntiHE 10 at
tempt to capture them; which, indeed we often did
but We might Just as well have undertaken 10 cap
ture the sea-gulls However We did catch one Of them
She wns a little TOO daring and by undertakings
certain DauuuNEt kNHicu sStf Snalltc utsttlutu AT
length, but which am not sailor enoughto give to
you) = she got aground and we got her. she was
SPLENDID model splendid craft, assure you she
was perfect beauty &c.
\ Amer while, Is had anticipated, our converse
ton turned upon the subject Of slavery, the English
like 10 talk upon that subject. The admiral asked
me If did not believe il would soon Be abolished in
ihe Southern States ofonr Union. replied that /
hoped and believed not shatII thought lis abolition
much less probable now than il had ever been that
IL slnrahnlder Ed firmer grasD months slare