Serremser 22, 1860.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
a erhere, as & OONA NANOS Of LLAL dafuctive dreinace. See e eal ae aE OD Tnnilliay Gy a oos 
ween, and where, as a consequen: od ips t defective drainage, | latest hour of my li ife my greates st pleasure was still to continue | | Persona stranger: once familiar by common association: 
the most abundant crop was a crop ore 1es. That kind of eal m- | in Cumberland an improving farmer And so OW ellesley, the stately and poieni lipne i o milli: ons. 
pa is d Charles Metcalfe, a boy from Eto; mencing his course 
Tue Rieur Hon. Sir J. T. Core 1 dations S a, ath gh 
certainly they are the ecoeption bs mE vais A h t whatev lect t Tivert fi pi £ n e on “ Public pi n mc the aon aa o the A harna Sie.  Hooghley, and felt them 
have doi he we bt not stand still, I doi believe that i in ‘this from which the followi y t operated on the character, Y, ‘and. it es 80 diel: and deeply 
end of the county—on the area of the Lancashire and York- oap ee ion 
ite 
we: nd a| With regard to Winchester, Harrow, Rugby, and other = e'f was of a kind to geal r the grow so aes rot eo qualities. 
ger amount of en gry: ower, more industrial enter- public schools, their merits were well and widely know | ore course a strong and uncongenial nature might wgprvomigt it, 
prise, and more human intelligence than ever was, in the old | 2nd they had’ reason to be proud of their distinction. He |p but it te nded in itself, with a silent toree, to m: 
world or in the new, genbeaiioated pon the E kon should, ponet confine his remarks and illustrations prin- | to oblige, mos and self- teliti it Helped t to es covey 
But as we know the greater part a the t capital and the cipally to Eton—not merely because he knew more about it | ment of c and dex rity in e ordinary concerns 
part of that energy and enterpris > turned ta ahaire han any other, but partly because he conceived from its size | of life ; to mibkew iben cheerful in Ea ble able in society, 
rather than to agricultural employment. If ou speak of | 2nd composition it was at once the most important and com- | no m4 than to bear their ‘sess ‘gundily and hey vires.h- in eee 
r h g will nic of i poui i i rigin of Eton to F » | tumult and conflicts of public life. In a word, it fostered t 
admit that Taioahho stands eamat a rival; if you talk givi elaborate sketch of the history and character of | assemblage of begged ns which, combined with the EAE sane 
about agriculture (on og ee tb eo ito flatter you), the school, he said thi it Eton and her fellow institutions had | of grity and goodness, constituted the accomplished 
hire h ide: fair and s ctory posi 1 r n 5 | oo. His Inet ords then were—Esto perpetua. 
amongst English counties, 8 stili by adie atl hold an equally PE adapting themselves in form to the changing manners of the | 
eminent and unrivalled p ; but I for one shall n times, but always preserving their identity and spirit. Every | 
satisfied till it does. Wel ie Ti “tities when farm ming is bs ad ae educational institution had its idea—that which, so long as it | . i 
to go through a revolution greater than any which the world | was consistently carried out, influenced all its details. City ha thie ral 
has beter Aes Nea The old time-honoured implements with pe idea rea of Eton was the union of Hope S aid and Mone ARKET, —Britisu FUNDS: Con 
which men i i ini a ai nce 
vnica “ten Dave paces Haha ous by Fong, be in its produce | independence of thought in the eer yd whic tiat ad roi = pets 934 to Pe ne Motley, and 933 to 3 for the 
> g superse 
0 ntio: il has pre he scholars a ir 4 rning. h October; India Stock, 216}; Ditto Five ork 
wer he dpe bags threshing machine, side on level ground, res of. the pee seemed to have their idea founded upon inet Stock, , 1032 to 4; Ditto Bonds, 6s. dis. ; 
ete supersede the sic eklo; and e problera, how much of restrai p 
ave ; 
although 4 Bihari vp oo nt with the mai 
have not made ich 3 Meco ripe ye e warmth of the heart. s to walk nts., nos 
—still the difficulties in the way of j Arii ner cul- | rather than to fly high or far. Safety for all was mage rather | Dutch Four per Cent Certificates, 101}; Mexican 
oi dit 
ties such as time and patience are very likely to zet the better | than excellence for many. These principles, however, ad dmitted í 
of; and 1 do not think it would be ry ra ze Deo pe etier r na A lich os hooh, perbaps, had its merits, Pa md Three per Cents., for Acct., 21% to 22; Peruvian ae 
if one were to here are nen now living who ma; ingland roo! me he j Abas us pare! per ae 74}; Russian Five per Cents., 104 to 
as much a matter of course to till our fields by steam power | 2 School according t culiar Pahoa “Intellect, Spanish Three per Cents., for Acct., 483; prom re H 
as it is a matter of course now to use steam pore to take you | and circumstances, for y The ahd on father of ebom man.’ There | Cer iat, 64 to #; Turkish Guaranteed F 
from place to place. I do not know what may be the result of | Was, it m het be pam ted, for many children, danger in, the Cents., 1014 
these changes to the farming interest, aY We cannot ull | Eton sy Eve SUES men, ‘tiberty on, trembled on the 
of us affora costly machinery, or hid dei ist the most | edge of iconen, and it required great frm discretion, E 
Ld agg of ‘all things—to try n but skill s SH khet a aeto on this Sis i to arh 
ere are some thin which 1. believe, owe far- OMADE xe arity, obedience, too wi rig application of the 
mer who is worth his walt aa can have, whether or is a miod, ao tendency of the Eton tem was make Bank of England. 
e or small farmer, and these are — straight fences, | generous and firm-minded, to tea eft m to exercise his com ISSUE DEPARTMENT. 
crops, ape a draining, and plenty of manure. And, | Mon pods and feel his responelelBly, and to make him Notesissued s. s. «+ £30,073,460 ) Government Debt .. +. 11,015,100 
I take it, if a man has these four things upon his farm he wili | act — er the mone nce of Negi der: shame and emula- Goid ‘ois mad Bullion 7. 155087400 
be able, for the present at least, to hold any tion,—in short, make him a manly boy, trusting Silver Bullion se se s — 
Ne dah ay native or foreign, with which he is tr tikely to how because he was ey This a a favourable pic- geien 
to struggle. Gentlemen, I beg your pardon, because I have ture of the tendency of the Many might fail to be “eaw7s.400 
been talking to you about a subject of which most of those in | influenced by it, but — wae bf aa epa sults. The tradi- B ANKING DEPARTA 
this room know a great deal more than I do; but there is just tions ofan ancient school had great influence panes the working | proprievors Capital.. .. 14,553,000 
one word I may say before I sit down. The reception which |° ts fea; tag» the ,Eton traditi tions were favourable to | Rest f se 3,784,978 oar Dead Weight 
we have met with at Bolton is one of which we ought to be | these results. Eton boys loved their school while there, and Fuolic Deposits (include ty). 
aty and for which we have reason to feel grateful. When I | Would leave happy homes to return to it with none of the usual | “in Exchequer, Sevings cena ecurities 
rove through the town I did not know what was ‘agate’—if I | schoolboy’s che They were often idle, noisy, and not proof | of Nat Debt, and Divi- Gold and Silver 
had not known I should have thought that the Queen was inst temptation—they might desire, but could not easily} dend Acts.) .. .. ». 6,965,466 
coming at bs aye it was wee because Se Agricultural | make their bok faultless; but there were many faults from Hea: Deposits... s. e 13,179,934 
Soci g for the first time in Bolto; a the Etonian was free, in emp at least, bonas he or ven day and other bilis 752,469 PARE a 
an Etonian. After bestowing hig! papon on the system o! £39,235,84 £39, 235,837 
SIR JAME: = Ga AHAM attende A the aes cage teaching adopted at Eton he said it had been commonly | 20th day of Sept., 1860. 235,847 ' Mt, MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. - 
of the East in benani Agricultural Society, at seemed | that Eton boys did we bring i ia ey | g 
X e co titive examination that soun: nowledge o: e 
Carlisle, on: Tuesday, and spoke as follows o lan > and iiho tatics which Eton professed to teach, and the suspicion 
hi Moge pb E n gl A PARER TA got a that there was ái srant th ei in pigs BEA Gazette of the @BAeck. 
01 e one political allusion, as t hin: It w: however, pan ke n within a few years a 4E. erpool, Shi roker— 
rule which prohibited the prsoinetion of polities. As, these reat rat a change had bee but thon SOA. G.Bnooxe, Newport, Sh Shro, Dal TS-E. Burnes, are Cet Maker, H, 
fore, politics were eschewed, and agriculture was accounted a sponding results, as tested in the e and elsewhere. | Hickman,and A HicKMAR, Bilston, Staffordshire, Iron Manufacturers and 
bic he would take up the subjects introduced by precedin This was sn kal ee lamented, if true, oe if there was a aa Dealers—G- F Hoyrmoton, 3 Aone rere Borbugh, Bhot saa 
peakers., He differed from thio chancellor of the diocese, ara principle red in schools than another, it Livery Stable Korom ana Gal pite wi Tpha enie ei Seo 
ad stated that sere statesmanship consisted in nonong that nothing ee be professed m pt pen was shire, Ship Broker -J. Nıcnorson, Live rpool, Currier and Lesthes De 
sad All that he possessed in in the wor! dà was lan nd | formed, and that what was aby should ba, be_ taught wall. W Piekoo, 157, Penghu wo Suret Cien aaant z t and Dealer in Artificial 
ough . to, be 1 Wa acai other aepartme ent of teach to this? | Trunk and Packing ase Maker and Builder—W. READING, Street 
yet the scholarship ip of the pupils | Cavendish Square, Coach Build e Tar, Mottinghass; Y 
ope what it had been, and the compo- | maker, and EE ith—E. C, Warxer, Brewhouse Yard. St. John Street, 
K = and Copia Agent—E. M. Watson, 72, Tottenham 
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who examined the boys for the Newcastle Siora H SEQUESTRATIONS—J, Comnrs, Kilsyth, Mi and Builder 
Minister of “the. Gospel and 
Farmer—J. cuales Kil- 
ote ti se ves ; e did not say that the best boys were inferior | —Rev. G. Goxpox, a Maina, Aberdcenehir 
to differ yey the pan hese PE from one a the repre- | in the TT of metres, but they did not appear to grasp ea 3 baker d sri op, Gikagow,; Jeweller anid 
f A > were e ideas of the great writers as good Eton scholars used to do, Hardware, Merc : 
in composition they eee ree "e De ee and sim- [lie Ale BANK RUPTE s G. A DE aiaa A,<Cantonrons 
the classi of I jan rmanbury, Collar an irt mu! eee . P. DUNN, choster, 
f o it and false brilliance, y Pee could distinguish what Glouces aeuice, once sor Ferdi Elon Brgy Pe ey 
Ree md and | he spoke of; Lucretius would not have been ashamed of Dr. | Street, Islington, Woollen Desper ve A. FRESTON, Meng AI 
1 Keate’s po the ‘Im mortality of the Soul,’ and Virgil | shire, Ironmaster and Gen Shopkeeper, and Stroud, “he 
by great tandowenert | ia the woth te recommend fy them from | would have admired the ine the Bishop of Lichfield. | gftomey-at Pion UE pakay ri Set fb Neen oH anos, Fene hurok 
ese two counties persons qualified to mi estates. | Some might smile, perhaps, nad fink he attached too much | Leads ai tater ten kcpeed iar Sete, LAED TES bt um States, Bradford, 
hen he was cne of the servants of the ¢ Crown, the Prince | importance to these things, but they indicated a less perfect ree tage Rr Heeii, Woking, Surrey, Tailor—G. Hunt- 
Consort asked a to recommend a person capable of managing | command of the language. He did not think this was the | irepo, Great Suffolk Street, Borougb, Boot and Shoemaker — G. C. 
Tea efarm at Windsor. He offered the appointment to one | result of too much etter tion — to other amiss The eee re etter eee nee as e py peT Great York Mewe 
: his own NERA M but the person mpeg saying: in Cum- | boys used to be i iaa aki exes n by the honours they | Baker Street, Portman Square, Hackney Cone h d Cab Proprietor, 
ber and, and he then tooda farm des Dum A to | might gain, Ta the honours for Dren ere pr up for | Horse Dealer—J. Suey, Portsea, Boot aaa S oemakı 001 
PS ertake the duty. left to m of the | ‘good’ and for ‘play’ a the sixth form. The ee. ames Street, Covent Garden, Drury Lane, dong Acre, 
uke of Richmond, in "leader the: Royal Melty greatly | read them aoe oo d class in the former instance, ———— nTa re ma am m S 
eee Ee ted ae erpa vei Sie ore of ae and the sending is ase gey oe Bags the condition 
‘orded a r education in the system of | upon which the half- oliday depende: modern practice * f Í 
joe noni than any college. Something had been said as to the a wever, he thought these The ours R had A made 7 > SPletr opolis and tts Vicinity. 
‘ormation of associations to give perpetuity to the rifle move- | cheap—too ports the reward of good behaviour sponges _ = ‘ é 
ma a Reta gd se oe npon that movement. Asa |good composition; and the boys were conten : 
— e land and of peace, heap- | standard. He thought, too, that the number of a ae io mr Sr. PAULS CATHEDRAL.—The w oe of restoration 
in oft it, Soaks thocehtt had had the effect, ifever the mad | examinations was excessive, “and tended to distract boys from | is going on ae eat “ys m the de fel ency of funds it 
ee ee he would not confident tly as- | regular application. These prizes, however, were Nag ae will b ti Defo a t lated i ts 
making an invasion of this country, — ought thespirit testing results, and were most satisfactory when they Le RP Ue MRC ae beri Pnp K pe ee b 
displayed by oe Leng torn tants had diverted any such in p eceded } by a ag re training of the lads. With telet rence ge Ae are completed. The 
cere ed th ‘tte ‘eas too old - saad giv ve perm aneno | 7 eas sets * pe Ka apene the PEE ee ee $ organ screen has been and a Pe “uninterrupted 
uw @ personnel, rilling of the boys wit! easing interest as some in Eatin: | 
paver ning 2 to give perm and efficiency to it he should | of TOA, Epen A of the school. It was abad time for | aad saat Sia nee obtained from tho gronh, weet 
m m to any well- considered nae kkh bagea ae fee oe the study of the school when as a languis a ot There | door Fick tha e choit, A splendid 
iia dave aae E the Ses oF of ee hig w oan r He Phe a bia igh i: get hi og ary sg nia I sae “peavey hen Se ay al ate palpit yaa to hp zean man 
4 gn roi hool, in t pi now le a5 e Scriptures an 
ake fe attached the Poet rp george to S RA be Bree: t Ae aual hi history, which was in oes degree dwing to the | | Chapter, a me es A henceforth i ocey ~ Place of the 
kind, but to make it-e' mt i ory. | Newcastle scholarship, the influence of which had octane) haba y = e north side of the 
_ The late Kaire on the subject gave cohen Macias hey ol area A thrinihon ut thea school, even to those who might never be in choir, Ah ands ome phi ewe window has also. 
Sy ee a ee ee 
a e poor-law unions. r-law hal ir e that some rents = 1 i 
Ser Cait, ea i eet tae ta | Se et a et eae Company have subs 
eni ighways, an power were o the | tl 7 bas: gsm of are ; 
ee as Apu n Tual be a He SA a whee hem s | plated. decoratii the Me 
ways been favo eto t tu y | nothing Pa to aid in the p uction ofthe rtues they dae ity ni will follow the 
were convivial ful, because there was an assemblage of | desired. Some deliberately and alm N a econ y pe 
ords, _yeom Tinten were all ie the studies of the schools, rather ibeding thelr a faa hae with their charac re li 
_together in a —— ous mee use not | that their first objects were the formation of A E 
tical. The great advantage was, that 1 nota of —_ _ on after lif d the acquisition of good manners 
oa gg X compared from are e e: tim n such cases, were the vi sof bad homes kr an A 
g, if ever there was a year n sae or ools. he sons of suc S very injurious 
draining palpabl the senses and experience of age it | schoo! it was the f to give such bo C. F. ON A, precentor oft 
ered little in Cumberland from | ample warning and trial, but if these failed to send them away, , the organist of St. Pa 
the wet weather, but they might trace the fields which had one would send away an infectious patien kindly as | minster Abbey; Mr. Hopkins, of 
been drained and those which had not bee In the | might be, and with as little disgrace as le, the | Mr. Beer, of St. r’s 
former the crop was f e | removal might not fail to produce a good effect upon the school, s i i 
necessity for draining was now y i e only | while i ld not injure the bow Bi oat bak ht do him the C ie 
difficulty was in g t with spirit and | good. There great wisdom the im, ‘ Learn or | Cai l are under the d 
efficiency. Well, now, I have said much in favour of these | depart.’ In conclusion, he said the s publi fackiogis of riage rehitect, with th ice 
Societies; I must, before I sit down, say one word more. | had a Taare aea P on the English character. itt Pater f Are 
bly this may be the last. If at any time I have said or | have been together at kton, Harrow, Winchester, or Rugby mittee, consisting A 
done anything that has give to any man, I beg | was a tie for life; mi to have been friends there was a Mr. Beresford H a a the vay OY 
his pardo: d to h Iam gone Í ma; arm which made the holiest friendship ‘o holy. Even Mr. C. R. Cock ts and other gentlemen 
forgiven. y | ch re e 
remembered as one who was firmly attached to his native | to have been in the same school, the same class, and the | 4 
Sapte —who, Sizoagh s long itt. life, pes done his best to preserve | same chapeljwas a link which bound together old and REMOVAL OF THE East INDIA OFF a 
improye that property w. he inherited, and that to the | young, great and humble, soldier and civilian, and made ; and account departments of the Office were 
