Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-20


the rule is Il rule Of brute force, and either the
despot in power will exile half his subjects or
will be deposed himself. This school, so famous
through the rule of DR.. Arnold, maintained
high reputation under DR.. Temple. 1t instructs
some 450 BOYS and connected with it are five
exhibitions, tenable four years at Oxford or
Cambridge, ranging from 940 to ESQ per an
mum. While DIR. Temple was head-master, the
school was full and the best possible spirit eX-
listed among the boys. His social opinions en-
couraged many wealthy dissenters to send their
children to the place, and it was with something
like CONSERVATION that the reverend doctors
promotion to the biShoprc of Exeter was heard
by this division of the parents. Gradually the
school had become the training-ground OF the
Broad-Church laity,-the result, no doubt, OF
the influence of the head-maSters. This fact,
Notwithstanding the trustees of the school on
whom the endowment-amounting to 1850
per annum-is invested, are mostly conserva-
tives. believe that during DR.. Temples reign
they met more than once TO discuss the proprle-
ty of dismissing him; especially did they en-
courage this notion at the time of the publica-
ton of the essays and reviews. They were de-
TERED however by the singular prosperity of the
school and the harmony that reigned there.
Dr. Temple once out of the way, their chance
arrived. To the concern of the liberal party
throughout the universities, and to the surprise,
| think, of scholars of all sorts, one Rev. DIR.
| Hayman was chosen, a gentleman whose only
title to distinction appeared to be the profession
of high tory principles in politics and extremely
narrow views in his churchism. The election
was said TO have been effected by a majority of
| one only but it was enough for the mischief to
| ensue The parents of half the boys were
| greatly disheartened the other masters in the
school were panied and anxious; the boys them
selves-the sixth form, that is-were nettled, for
the appointment seemed like a reflection upon
the retiring chief Once installed, the head
master of Rugby has all but absolute power.
| Foundationists are admitted by him, and an APP
peal TO the trustees is reserved for few cases
| only. Dr. Hayman's installation was the COM
meucement of series of troubles. One mas
| ter, greatly liked he dismissed, and another
would have shared the same fate had not the
| trustees interposed. Dr. Hayman is described
| as not only deficient in learning, but as wanting
in temper, and in fact as possessing none of
those rare characteristics required for one in his
| peculiar position. Things went on from bad to
worse, until short time ago the boys in
| the head masters school attempted to
| ''bar him out" Stories came to me
from the boys of scenes in which the
| gas was turned off, the passages blockaded with
portmanteaus, and the doctor threatened with
flood of water if he did not come to their terms.
| The emergency may have been eXtreme-seeing
| that DR.. Hayman was compelled 10 send for the
| very master whose dismissal he had been seek
| ing to obtain, to restore something like order.
| The meeting oyer,-a terrible list OF punish
ments began. Ono boy-I am told he is an
American-was expelled; Others were allowed
to "leave" the school, and the brutal punish
ment of floggiug was inflicted on several. The
| fright of the rest OF the parents may be
| imagined. Expulsion from public school is 4
| drawback through life. 1t sets against youth
| at the universities, and even meets him as an
| obstacle in the various offices of the state.
| Every father and mother felt that their son
| might be next involved, and they dreaded the
postal delivery in the morning. Thank heaven,
| the hubbub occurred so near to the Easter holi-
| 1n1yl Vln hove rn mo- oil q homes
| it is possible for the parents to keep them there
| without any injury. Among the gentlemen
| whose sons are at Rugby are two or
threeEmembers of the government, and many
| members of parliament. Without exception,
so far as / can see, they call for the removal of
| DIR. Hayman. The friends of the latter reply
that this cannot be unless-l place equally lucra-
| tive to the one which he resigned for Rugby-a
| place that is worth $4,000 year-be found for
| him. They suggest that Mr.. Gladstone should
| give him a post in the church. Observe how
poor Mother church is still regarded as a refuge
for incapabesI But though a service might be
rendered great public school, | doubt if the
premier will allow it to be at the expense of the
establishment, and so the matter rests. If DIR.
Hayman remains, the school may lose its dis
tinctive character altogether, and be used by
lower class of boys; possibly he may overcome
| the feeling against him and learn wisdom by eX-
| perience For the moment, the commotion in
what may be called the educational world is in
tense | may add that there are at Rugby thir-
teen classical masters three mathematical, TWO
modern languages and one natural philosophy.
Nearly every one of them petitoned the trustees
against Dr. Hayman, and the trustees have at
last decided upon special inquiry.
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND SEALs.-There
comes from Newfoundland story that creates
in some particulars the sensations arising from
new discoveries in gold and diamonds, not to
mention petroleum. After lapse of more than
twenty years of general unprogressiyeness and
poverty the dull city of St. Johns was aroused
on the morning of March 30th, by a report that
gladdened every heart and sent thrill of eX-
| element over the whole island. A steamship,
| the Nimrod, belonging to Job Brothers & Co.,
| was said TO be in the bay, awaiting wind enough
TO bear her into the harbor of st. Johns, as her
boilers were unavailable, the bunkers being lit
orally stuffed with seal skins. On her arrival it
| was learned that her precious cargo was $4,000
seals-the largest number ever known to have
been captured. We quote from the correspond
| ence of the New York Sun: The captain of the
| Nimrod says he left ST. Johns harbor on the LIST
| inst, and with favorable southwesterly breeze
| behind him, steered northward. After sailing
through clear water for several days he struck
ice on the 18th of March, Owing to a severe gale he
was obliged to lie to forty-eght hours, after
which the ice was found to be broken up, and the
Nimrod could steer in the probable direction
of the mass of the seals. On the 18th, st. Pat
rick's day, the watch at the mast head gave the
welcome cry "Seals ahead, y whereupon the fire
men were ordered to quicken the fires. In an
other hour the Nimrod was an island amid an
ocean of seals. In six days afterward she was
loaded, and bore up for home. The excitement
that prevails here can only be estimated when
you consider what must have been the furOre on
the discovery Of gold in Australia and Califor-
mia; for certainly this is the Golconda of the
| North Atlantic this year. You will also take
| into account the wretchedness of our condition
for the past fifteen years. which fact will render
us the more joyful, while You must not forget
| ourindependence in spite of the misery OF our
| people in rejecting the terms of union with
Canada. What haul Canada would have out
| of us this year had she caught us in her net! A
| few hours after the arrival of the Nimrod, the
steamship Hector hove in sight. Yet few
| hours, and we learned the amazing fact that she
| carried with her q 500 seals-an amount
| that in old times would be considered
| a fairy-land tale. The captain of the
| Hector announces that in the ice off which he
loaded he communicated with more that fifty
| sail of vessels, all loading or laden. The mer
chants of st. Johns are compelled to extend
| their premises and build temporary watts for the
/ rendering of the enormous quantity of oil con-
| signed TO them. In the harbor of ST. Johns
there are now eleven arrivals from the seal fish
| cry, and their average catch is q ,000 making
the extraordinary total of 231 900 seals-more
| than the entire catch of any one season; though
! over hundred vessels are yet TO arrive in st.
| Johns. In Harbor Grace the success of the
seal hunters has been equally great. The total
| catch of four steamships now arrived at that
port exceeds 100000 seals, while $50 vessels be-
longing to that port are yet to be heard from.
Each steamship carried about 500 men, and all
will maze another trip this seasonal fact never
previously known. And yet the wages and
| share Of each seal hunter may be est imated at
| $500. And this has been earned since March l.
You may expect cheap furs this year, and no
dearth Of oil for your machinery and manufac-
| tories.
ANEoDoTE OF DANIEL WEBsTER.-It is well
| known that the late Daniel Webster was man
| Of luxurious tastes and expensive habits, which
| frequently brought him into pecuniary difficult
ties Apropos of this friend sends us from
Washington the following anecdote, which we
do not remember to have seen in print; A
western gentleman, shortly after the great
statesman's death, inveighed seriously, to
mninnl friend 4Inco h Iitc r.,ol