Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-11-19
MISCELLANEOUS J, READING. ]
SPEECH-MAKING.

! We observe that on q .lste occasion Lord
Palmerston extricated himself with an slac-
rity wonderful in man of his years, from
the delivery of q speech which he was sud-
denly called upon to make, and in which, it
was hoped, he would disclose his views Of
public affairs. One of the London CORES
pondents says: - -
Lord Palmerston, following the example
of some other political chiefs, has been max
ing himself generously conspicuous at Leeds,
Mechanics institute and Literary Society,"
His lordship, accompanied by Lady Palmer
ston and the Hon. W. Cowper, arrived in
Leeds towards evening, and great crowd
which met him were very anxious to get a
speech out of him; in fact, they called upon
him for one, but his lordship, regular old
soldier in these matters made no sign until
he saw bis carriage ready to receive him,
when, with that happy tact which he posses.
ses, he struck out There wac an old say
ing, good old saying, thatit was good to
welcome the coming and speed the parting
guest Here a lusty cheer responded, and
eager faces clustered together, and anxious
ears were open for wonderful opinions on
foreign policy was expected to fall from his
lordship's lips. Now" continued his lord
ship, my Leeds friends have been very
kind in their sudden reception of me, and
perhaps they will be equally kind to make
lane through which Lady Palmerston
and n. yself can get to our carriage, A
roar of laughter and cheers followed this
speech, and the crowd Immediately fell back,
and his lordship handed his wife to his car
riage, and drove off,"
In late address at a Mechanics Institute
in England, Lord Palmerston said: as,
IF were permitted to give to the work
ing and industrial classes a single word of
advice, | should say this: Whatever your
calling in life may be, learn fully, deeply
and completely everything that bears direct
ly on that calling. Cheers. Make your
selves masters of everything that will tend
to help you in that particular sphere of in
dustry But don't confne yourselves to that.
Cultivate your minds by acquiring as much
knowledge as you can on as many subjects
as you can. You will learn but little of
EACH but that little of each will make an i'm
portant aggregate in the main, and every new
branch of knowledge which you enter into,
every addition made to your general stock
of information, will improve the faculties of
your minds, just as various exercises improve
the powers Of the body, and will make you
more skllful, more able, more clever in the
performance of your particular duties than
if you were skilled onl y in that particular
and simple branch"
CoLLEGIANs AS SAILoRs.-Captain Kilmer,
of the ship Othello, tells good story. It ap-
pears that his crew is composed mostly Of
some college students in the interior Of New
York State-all intelligent young men of
wealthy families, and are treated very kindly
by the captain and his officers. While off
Cape Horn on her passage out, she encount-
cred very heavy gale, accompanied with
hail and snow; and after lying to for many
hours under close reefed main-topsail, it
became necessary to take in even that sail.
All the "boys" we're slowed below, in the
forecastle, when the mate: went. forward
and sung out: "Come on deck all of you,
and furl this main-topsail." Surprised, af-
ter the lapse of few minutes, in not see
ing the crew come up, the mate again went
forward and said: fyou don't comeup en-
deck soon, this topsail will blow away"
call right, Mr., Sherman" was the reply.
"Please tell the captain that we have conclu-
ded to letthe old topsail blow away, and 'csH
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