, 1875-04-10


but tho rage" sud nentfnns inch}ehlnlIS that ho
Ind funntl IN nltn, nh'o tnnu for this place an
jccinror-IInmphroy Davy." "'rio first iutcr-
viou Of Uavy with connt 1snmfolti," aayA atr.
Bcckcr, "waa not very agreeable 70 tho Young
cl,etnInt tilcN In lhs 22tt year. Tin intonacly
iuycni1o air Of tho cantlilatn, hin n!ost provil-
chi maunorb. and alIght Cornwnll accoilt, aui-
feed 10 reduce tho gacial Count 20 lower tom
iy Davy obtained rcEmlnton Ia glvo q fow lor-
turcs on tho properties or gascH. This, how
o7cr, was an!lfcc1t A. tho first ln?tnre tho fari,
ty md ingenious combination of Ills ideaa. att
winch they wero o1ron.,lodt enchanted tho fow
win canla 10 listen to tito young lecturer, III
when, ttey found united tho power nf raetsY,
oratory, md philosophy. Tho Reconf lortuFe'
ran,ovod to tho lnr,!o ntnphithcn.re, whittier hin
fervid gotins. niia IN Ramo dc"ren hfa youth Anl
Eoo'l luokH. lsow immcnso audiences. THO
ladlca were charmed by tlIc handsome yol1n:
os LIS oscs, which they tleeIascd wcrc 'mado for
aomctrng besldes ;'ori1g over crnctblcH.'"
Davy wns appointed to tlla Chntr Of Chemistry
in 1907. Which ho !ica until 1915. liis la4t lee
snro was delivered oil April =. 1879, 'lhr Hnn1-
wichc'l bosweon Two tunIncntous osentn III hia
lffe.-hla elevation to hnlghthnpa OH the 9Th.
n,ul Ills marriage to strH. AIrltc, widOw Of
largo fortune, On tho 10Th.
The sa,oe year that Davy hecame con1ec.o'
witt, tho Institntion. Pr. Young wna clccto'l
psoiessur Of Natural Philosophy. Tbin eminent
uclolur WIS o,Io Of tho fow individuals wl1o
l,ayc developed from MI Infant PRODIGY in.u
BRILLIANT adult. At tho aga Of 2 I)r. iounE hal
spout both EnElial, aud Lasi,l ocur, -of WHICH,
to our tnltef 10 1t said. lu could not understand
II word ntll at l,,o at:o Of u le Ind learEod
Gseok, Latin, Fracl, ltaIias'. Hebrew, Persia1i.
atul Aral1c. .'Dn roarh.ng mana cs.ata lie
was nh ACCOMPLISHED lngu.st. u briliaut matle-
n,atician, n boiauyt, n gi'ful ln,ln!cian, 4 noat
turner, autl daring citcus fsor." .
I.ito tt,a rest oE tho world. Dr. Young uns
enrprssad II the youthful appearance Of bis col
worry agreeable aud very Intelligent young INN.
aud we haro extremely alternating conyatsn-
tionH Of Ut evening Iii. principal defeet-as
rhiloaopler-.t. Tint 10 dons not sn'oko."
Institution vas nal.ou Of whom, Dabb2ge gives
All amusing aueclote relative to biz presentation
st Court. Dalton wan tluakcs, aud ref1eea u
wear Il sword, III isl1lspenGato appenlapa Of
tho roho Of t,oetor OF Ciy,l Law, becauxs ot
;ta color, tcaGlct being forbidden to Qna]sert.
Fortunately, tho troublesome Professor waA
colnr-bnl mud The objectionable garment was
wrapped about him, wlliio no mention waH uaae
to him OF Ito Thinning l.so. Tho quiet Doctor
hapE cnctl 10 tnEe to tito 0wt,, md actually
it for several days. III The streot, utGrlY uncon-
acious OF the neuaastott la brilliant appearance
aou. bis friend 1t Court, vas N great an,.ety
oyer Tho result, md poor Dalton s3aH madu
to rehcarso the ceremony frnm beginning
10 ond. Finding tho caauccA In favor of . jnur
nas 10 preuont'erate, Das,baga VAS III n dreadful
"taliuR" ou the oyentfnl day. but, contrary to
expectation. tho King addressed q few rornar1s
70 Dnlsop. WHO replied appropriately, a,d tho
Alarming ordeal waa silccesstnlly over.
During tho years 1spi-5.o, the Toy. Sydney
Smith octured before tho Institution on n.ornI
te lscl,1rcr sa.l Of himself: II dill not lno7g
word abont moral philosophy, but wanted caoo
10 furnish ny. housc. My n,,cce.s wan pro-
large, and regularly received tho eloquent divine
with unaffected authnsiaAnl.
At tho .Eo Dnvy vacated the Chair Of Chem
Istly, the original p;nn OF tho 1loyal Institution
had experienced I'LL cntiro alteration. and
tro.n popular tcl,ool Ut technical science
1t had changed tnto pInco OF Instruction
for tho higher classes. Tho mantle Of DAyy fell
upon Faratlny, who, pono dozen gcnrs aftor TIM
Laboratory, and in 1871 ono Of the regulnr Pro-
ferhord. At tito present dug praf. 1ynt1all con-
fetA scarcely leas rcnowE upnn tho Society than
did Davv anil Fnraday In their tlmc.
The n0ynl lnHtitution las, III addition to its
IcctHreu, nl0ael-roon, q NawspapDr-fooIn, r.
roatiing-roo1l, and library Of jJ. 100 yolutuoH.
Tue coAt Of nlembcrahila IL 5 sulmeaa admission
fca mud EnineaB annual nsacbemcnt. Stvc al
couases Of AFTERNOON lectures arc given during
each Beasou, and m evening mertng ia hold
every Friday. According to Dir. Iockcr, "ThiH
weekly n1estlnE tI wonderful combination Of
Bc!onco md society, pEysioa mud fashion, albeit
once In n willis 4 printer Or photographer mar
ages to obtain peisnisRon to t(n,e on Tho a.col-
lence Of hs warc3, etd to thus llysrtao hinlaclf.
Nevertheless. i'll spite OF MI occasional drawback
Of this kiut tho Frllav eyering lectures Rso nj
D''ic!ea1!y high class 10 ploaso all but purely
Mr. Eecker giyos IN equally Interesting lis
tory Of fourteen dEovNnt aonntlio institutions
in London, Aihd Mt nuo.h0e ttnle we shall tRke
from him s1otchoa Of tho mozt prominent OF