New-York tribune., 1868-01-31


~ LONDON, Jan. 10, 1863.
A very large audience assembled last night in
the theater of the Royal Institution to hear Prof
Tyndall who opened the first course with lecture
On Faradav as n Discoyerer" A considerable num-
| Der of distinguished persons were present, among
whom were Profs Huxley, Frankland. Delarue,
Since, DR.. Sieyeking, Sir Thomas Watson, Dean
Stanley. Matthew Arnold Frederick Pollock. and the
invariabe Sir Roderck Murchison. Miss Burdett
Contts fine-lookng intellectual and rather pretty
Young woman in full evening dress, entered alone
at the reserved door and, taking her seat among the
savans, was received with much attention. Sir
| Henry Holland occupied the chair. Dr. Tyndall
began his lecture two minutes before the normal
hour of O. and for once is his life continued speak
ing until ten minutes past 10, during which he fasci
mated his hearers by eoquence unusual even with
him His object he said was not to present an ord
nary biography of Faraday, but to give them some
image of him as scientific worker Incident
ally however he related many anecdotes OF purely
personal interest. Believing, lie SAID, with Car
| lyle that n wise never born out
of n family of fools no had once asked
Faraday if his father mother bad been persons oi
any unusual ability aud he (Faraday could not re-
member anything showing that they were. Iroios-
sor Tyndall read letter from Mr.. GasSot faradays
friend of many years, in which he stated ,hat ne
often saw Sir Humphrey Dayy VINO was IN IN 'o PuItry Iap'
on his way to the Royal Institution over winch no
| lDavy) then presided One day Ddvy SAID TO fepys
IL have here n letter have just received IRON u
| youth named Faraday, who Is binding books some
where and he bcgs that will help HIM 10 get ont o an
employment that ho dslikes and INTO a place WHERE
he may study science; now what can 90 = On,
said Pepys ''set him to wash bottles. If he rs good
for anything he will be glad to do that; II ho IL not
willing il will show he will not do for YOU" must
give him better work than that" said Davy, smiling
He at once employed young Faraday about ms labor
atory and the youths ability soon mado HIN DaVys
assistant. In letter to DE la Ryc OF Geneva, fah
day said that his first scientific attIaclioh Mhs
obtained from, reading some books he was plhu-
ing, and particularly Mr. Marcos C9hHoIsio, ~,
on Chemistry" He once took hIm ~ yhdalg 70
the little closet in bOOkbnders establishments OF
Banforl-st where he worked as apprentices Ihey
asked woman there who had preceded the present
master and next who had preceded that one and 30
on. until after five owners had been hamed' QUO
| said: The one before him was Dir. Eb0ld ne was
the master of Sir Charles Faraday" Iaraday blush
ing. said: There IS no such person. iIio W"n'a" @
was much delighted at finding who her VISITOR was
Faraday was married III lo2l; III lots Ie n'auo at
entry i'll his diary on the anniversary OF tnt eNer
which the lecturer quoted IL was touching tiDute
| to his wife In his relations 10 his wife," Said Dr
Tyndall, "Faraday added chlvary 10 aHccllonn'
He also alluded in touching terms to the kindly rela.
| tions which existed between FaradaY and the oiu
man. Anderson, who, for over 40 years was an as'la
tant at the Royal. and, during the greater part oi
| that time of Faiaday. Referring TO his methOd oi
work he SAID Faraday would hardly eyer trust INN,
| self TO reason on experiment winch he hau not
seen Ills mind had the force and the neXibl'y oil
| river. He maried--as all wise men miist.the ih
| dncliye and deductiye methods about when ne ne
! CTyudalD feared mnch nonsense ls talked. re
wGnd hold himself back from fastening To make
theory for fact and in electricity diskcd 10
use the words current pose. Se. pr'lu'o @ w., ,','y
implied theories about electricity when were not 60
tabIshed. He loved Science tor lt5 oN lllthS
| sake. An anccdote was related Of how dislln-
| g1ishcd party had collected once III Oxford to WI
ness the eciting of a spark frOm magnet by fhf1
! day under novel conditions While every one was
wondering at the thing that was done pcah oi iho
University sand d" sOrry for H., then moving
gravcy to the door, he turned amd sad again. IN
decd am very sorry for It: II VIII put lr" arm III
the hands of the incrndLiry," The lecturer went
through very elaborate account of the earlier dls
covrrirs OF tnraday. particularly th"'" when over
throw tho Noliaic theory. iio nolrI now 'hIo.gh
all Faradays aim was purely scientific: his electric
lights were now blazing along the coasts, his wires
stretched through the air. and he had helped the
world III many practical ways; bnt me never though,
| of practical" ends in the limited sense, ami
| if he had his discoveries would never have bcti
| made. In his character there WIS The neat oi
| . volcano under the gentle eAlel'oi,' Vne 1ta
| ho had. by self-discDlinc. connected tho
volcano into central glow ana u never D,iiat "u'
into wasting passion. lie was democrat III MS "e-
| famce OF unworthy authority, but most fccrrant
where reverence. was due Among me Questions ,i
| fonccp suggested by Ncwtons belief that one body
could never act upon another wllhout something
intervening between them DR.. IIhdhll thought
that the limitations of faraday were ~ TIE direction
of pilOSopic inquiries such ~ this; but ho Had ts
with hesitation, for all is inquiries lay on the shau-
owy verge of human knowledge. ~ the conclusion
of this eloquent lccturc-at several points oi which
| the Professors voice slightly quiyered-au image oi
Faraday was bought before tls ~ lac was when how III
health i'm 1911 he sa upon the shore at BnghtOn
gazing OH the sublime prospects Of that Nature who
never did betIay the heart that loved her" Ile
was afterward taken tO Swiizrrand. When ~ IN
| teilachen he daily watched The ndil-nakeTs at Their
work; and there hc wrote III ms dlai{' i ioHe M 10
see the smiths making nails. love all that relates
| TO slnthies; my father was a smith"
The second lc turc Oh the same subject - 10 I've
| given next Friday. The scheme oi tile Royal lnstI-
tuition between This and Easter, comlGi9es, Ale lee
tures from Mr.. larrar, On Public school Educa.
| finu." Prof IuXl,y " On the Aninnls which most
| nearly intermediate between Binds and Reptiles;
| Prof. Roscoe "Nanadum and its Compounds;
Mr. Mayou, "On Macbeth and Hamlet, OF the two
greatest efforts of Shakesprares genius; Mr vernon
IIarcOur g On the ways III which ChclncaI ActlvhS
take place" DR. Carpenter and others, Tor the Friday
evenings Series of lectures during the week are to
| be- given by many of the same gentlemen, and be-
! side them the Yet unlmbered =" Development qlles-
tiOn, is to through twelve lectures 10y Prof. Eos,
ter Sir John Lubbock is To give four on Savages."
| whom he believes the first families of humanity
Prof. Grant gives four Astronomy, as bearing on
the theory OF GIayItat,cn PTof Ban dGalS IN ioT .
tell us of Historical Portralture III all times ana
| countries"
| The movement for n compulsory system Of educa-
ton is making progress, while the impulse toward
system which though not compulsory, shall open TO
the people at large the Of instruction now de
MED them. irresistible. Out of this latter may or
may not spring the compulsory policy. Mr.. Loves
assertion of the necessity of educating our future
masters, which in his mouth was bitter eplgram
| has become political maxim with the men of both
parties who do not prefer, the Tory leaders and
some haltng Adullamites do, to control future eec,
| tiOns by intimidation and bribery. The Educational
Conference at Manchester was "a meeting of men who
are both eminent and earnest, and the DRIFT OF the
speeches and resolutions was al toward colnpu
sion though no rIoiu'le % IN terms m pnnGsia % @
| Bruce, introduced into Parliament last year.
which was, not compulsory. is accepted
policy yet the Conference III demanding It's reintro
ductOn requests its authors 10 make "such modica
tions as may be deemed desirable in conference with
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