New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-14

zeal ingenuity to make effective pumpIngengne ~
MI IN KiIIngworth, which for nearly twelvemonin'
had been Intellectually work 70 pump the water rom
the nine George Stephenson took the machine 20
pjeces, made in ii such repairs and changes % az
thought necessary, and when zll was ready, seated
himself UPON H. and declared be would not eave X t'
the ri. was cleared> He kept his word, and IN t''e
more than day, sent the worknen down where tney
had waited 70 get for nearly year. tbs was his irs
great success, and was followed by The Invention OF
the safety lamp in which, practically, he preeeaed
SIR Humphrey Davy, though ignorant OF the ehein''
theory on which the lamp was constructed linen
came bis many experiments in the ouiding OF ioeoo
tives and their application 10 the IRON road making
hin the father Of that system of loeomo'lon wnen nas
20 completely changed the mode Of communication oy
land all over the civilized world and almost reSreed
commerce.
George Stephenson, though self-made man, ana
one Of the most remarkable the world has ever seen,
never forgot that semsde very apt TO &c only
taIcmade He never forgot how much Of energy and
intellect be wasted in his youth in going bhndfy over
Ground which others had tTodden before him, and
wbose failures and successes might have been avail
able 70 him had he had access 20 books. The expert
eee and culture which he wanted and for The want OF
which he suffered, he determined to give his son. Such
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within bis limited means to give the boy be provided,
mendinp his neghbors clocks and watches and shoes
and cutting out their garments in the evenings after
NJ. dsv's work was over. that he might procure the
funds for this conscientious and noble purpose And
he stimulated the lad study by studying with nm,
reouirpe him 10 master and repeat the contents OF the
! hooks which be was permitted to BRING
away with him from the Literary and Philosophical In
10 he a
There st stands over the door OF the cottage at Kill
Iugyorth, which the family occupied, sun-dia, made
bv The Joint efforts of father and son. which was the
wonder of his fellow -coa-men. The date upon 1t IL
:. August Ilth, MOCCCXVI.' " He need 20 observe
10 his son says his biographer " good drawing or
plan should should always explain itself; and placing
drawing OF an engine machine before the youth,
he would saw. There, now describe that TO me- the
arrangement and the action" So the two studied to-
oeber and thus the mind of the boy trained till he
was l wears Old when he apprenced as an under
viewer of coal mine Two or three
| years la,er. when the fathers mind was
/ occupied in the Improvement OF the locomo-
tive engine. about which the was quite en-
thusiastic as himself and which was subject OF
constant discussion between them, be deter nined TO
give him further opportunity of study and cent him
for a single term to the University Of Edinburgh
dwell on the origin and these early incidents IN the HE
of Robert Stephenson because they are not so well
| known as the events of his subsequent career the
great works of engineering in the construction OF rail-
roads and bridges, which have made him famous, and
because the very humility of his early life, IN such
striking contrast with all the associations OF The scene
of his final resting place. p inevitably remembered
Mr. Stephenson died on the 18th instant. He was
undoubtedly the foremost engineer of all the world,
and has left behind him stupendous works OF ms
deysng than any other who ever lived. TWAS
! thia that killed him. His brain overworked, and
| had worn out his body. He who could SO well
calculate the friction, the aud tear, the requisite
| balance the endurance the power, and the limit OF
power in machines made with hands, failed 10 reckon
Alright the subtle influence Of mind over that more
complex mechanism to which, when once stopped no
human skll can restore a sing he throb. gentleman
who knew him well told me that eighteen months ago,
| he saw him in consultation upon some question
connected with his profession and that Mr.. Stephenson
then com,ained OF an oyer-wrought BRAIN Unhappiy,
be could not stop thinking until death released him.
His funeral, strictly speaking private one, as
Il was conducted by his friends; but it public in
this-tbat thousands of his feow-subjects gathered
together TO render his memory the last sad testmo-
NAL of and regard for his public services and
his private worth and that the portals of the burial
place of kings were thrown open receive bis mortal
| remains 1t was desired that the funeral cortege
shond pass through Hyde Park; but this could only
b. done by consent of the Queen The permission
was given, with an assurance from her Majesty that
she fully symTathized with the public in the sorrow
felt at the los of one whose death looked upon
public calamity. Among the applications to be pres
eut AT the funeral in the Abbey-for which, 70 avoid
too great a crowd, tickets issuedwas one from
a workingman on the South Eastern Railroad, who,
some years ago. drove the first locomotive engine that
ran from London to Birmingham, with Robert
Stephenson standing at his elbow. Thus the great
and the humble honOred him alike.
| The body was carried in q hearse drawn by six
horss, and followed by fourteen mourning coaches, to
each OF which were attached four black horses, 30
exactly allie that any two of them would have made
perfect match. The procession wound along beneath
the Dobe Of Hyde Park and along the banks OF
the beautiful Serpenne, entering Piccadily at the
Apsey House gaie and through the streets OF the
| West End till il reached the Abbey. Its course was
between two and three miles in length, and al along
It's route the way WAS lined with thousands Of pect-
tors; thousands more were collected at the Abbey
gate and sfll other thousands, who were admitted by
ticket awaited within the walls TO witness the inter-
Iaent The presence of snch crowd within the ABBEY,
expecting in silence and uncoveredt the approach ofthe
funeral, was very impressive. The central space Of
I the nave was kept clear from intrusion by rope
stretched around it; and in the ases and chorisers the
assembled multitude, clothed almost universally in
black, stood silently, or moved noiseessly about.
Nothing heard, cave the distant hum of the busy
city without which sounded here ike sad and con-
fused murmur. Here, as well among the mourners
IL. L.