New-York tribune., 1875-07-02
PERSONAL.

Mr.. Richard Smith of Tie Cincinnati Gazette
ia to deliver the Fourth July grafton at Clifton tho
place OF his residence.
The Rev. II. NJ. Gallaher, formerly of Brook
lyn aud recently of Elizabeth, j.. has accepted
call to the Calvary Baptist Church OF New-HaVen.
at recent book sale in London tine copy
OF the first edition OF the works OF Thomas Aquinas.
printed Mt in l57O71 brought $3.50 IL was printed
On yelum and was the dedication copy to Pope Plus ",
who sent IL To Spain as git to PhIlp H., whence IL was
taken by the French
The University Of Pennsylvania has been
bountihly blessed by generous bequests lately The
last one from Mr.. Reese Wall Flower, who died
recently at Darby Penn and consists OF an estate valued
applied to the erection and maintenance or an ODserya
giyer at Darby. will undoubtedly be erected In the
Park.
Queen Vctoria's cousin, Count Gleichin, has
taken up sculpture profession, and is now engaged
OF Alfred the Great which Is to be erected at
the Kings birthplace, Vantage, by Col. Loydlindsay,
VI. r. The figure will he Of colossal size, and has one
hand resting bittleaX-the other holding roll OF
parchment The Count, being Of royal lineage has the
privilege of using studio building when forms
part oil St. Jancss Palace.
1t sounds anomalous to hear of a lady
of Arts. bat that is what three female students
at GirtOn College for Women at Cambridge, England,
have shown themselves entitled to bo called. They
passed papers OF general examinations FOR the degree
of A. T. possessed of such merit as to qnally them f0r
hrstclaSs. Their Miss Eliza Bakero or Bristol,
Miss Alice Barbara Beham niece Of Miss NJ Bcltham-
Edwards. novest and MIss Annie sana Wallis,
daughter OF the Rev. j. Wallis of Brlxton.
This is the wicked way in which The Bali-
more gazette relates recent editorial change: sowing
to the unforeseen financial embarms TO The S.
Louis Times that yoracous chroncer of things that
happened GEO. Alfred IO"nsen'l, mas seIdptd ihc
t. Louis dust from his broSans, anu again become
guerrilla III journalism. George wirhis a hasiDls pen,
but alas not for hiln IL the gicrng hatcho not for
him the lorshng cherry tree lie does It so easy too.
The Rev. Mr.. Spurgeon of London attained
Tho. 18th A .fiOy of tle
friends OF the stockwe Orphanage, charity OF Mr.
spurgeons Society, held that day, at which the
Earl OF Shaesbury presided In his brief speech the
Earl said lie was glad preside for it gave him op
portunity of meeting their worthy pastor for whom he
had real respect, and whose bolncss, humanity Chris
tlny, and nagincent heart were devoted 10 the ser
vice Of God. That his birthday and ii was also the
anniversary OF the battle OF Waterloo; ana the CON
0cror OF Waterloo oted himself TO the service OF his
country and 10 the defense of the liberties Of England so
might they thank God that Mr SpurgcOn had born
into the world 10 sustain the war against sin and Satan
When he inquired about some good youth he was often
men, aui he hoped that his Ike would be the record OF
new victories.
DR.. Samuel Osgood suggests, in letter to
The BoSon Adrertis,r, that the windows of Memorial
Hall, at Harvard College, be made to represent history
and theology, wed as the conspicuous nen Of later
times "If such graduates Prescott, Claiming, and
the Wares e says are 10 he represented upon those
windows, why not allow them generously to rcprc7cnt
history and theology in comprehensive way, and to be
associated with all who have done good service to Christ
and the Churchi Why not give to science language,
10 philosop and to poetry a similar representation
and make this noble building show 10 the eye the
loysil scholars and scholarship that the University las
nuiturrdi of James Walkers friends have been
discussing the best way OI remembering An, and II Is
well suggested tnat window hearing the figures Of
Plato ~ acoraS, ard of Ralph CudNOrth, Henry
More, Joseph Butler, would tly tdne his name and
welcome 10 its side other names OF our students OF
philosophy equally Just AMI truthful Why not accept
tnis h lar enough to claim or share Of the old classic
sages and especially of English academic fathers and
brothers. and Harvard from certain prov inclal
stctalansn by expressing tho fellowship ict by her
men with the great scholars OF Odd Cambridge, non
the days of Cudworth and Newton to COlerldse and
Maurice &"
OTTAWA, July lion. Mr. Mackenzie, Pre-
micr Of Canada, who ia aysit TO Scotland, has
been rendered the freedom Of Edinburgh well that
of Dundee.