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he was quite as impressive and uaunortal an image as he oould have'been to the students of his class or the 43 omrades of . bis jovial hour * , The tendencies of such a temperament are obvious enough ; and his faults arose Irom the indulgence " of those tendencies . A few words from * frkodly tetter < tf Scott '^ vratttteB wfren Wilson was a < cwfid « t © Cw "his professorship , -will sufficiently ind ^ caie tn e okture trf hi s wealrt * esse ana may stawi formal « i * e ce « wui » we are , disposed 4 © offer . < You must .- « tf * oojw / writes Scott to Mr .
Lockhart , * recommend to Wilson great temper in liis canviasyfor wratfi will do bo good : After all , he must- leave oC sack ; opnrge , and tt * e deaoljr aw si gentleman . i )« gh . t ! to ^ p , other w ^ e , pe <» i > te will coni pare his present ambition to'thaihof jSjr % artgr ©* $ "» £ when he wished | o feecomeajwlge . ^ Oar present rices « re tnatie fche ^ whips to « eo « rge us / 'asHiar says , for ^ I ^ mise Vlrttt coi ^ ww ^ rfy fetanif ifl the way of his nomination ? I trust * it vlll take place , and give ftko- the conaie&esige < ftrl ftawiinciP which are all he wants to make , him the first man of the
Age . ' He 4 ad ^ et , ei ^ eiion :. aBdAt was not very iang after that- he jaad CJaafrife" * £ bm peek mere * een one morning leaving a tavern in Ediribiirgh , haggard ' and red-eyed , ^ bears ^ « adL exhausted ; -not only the feeble Campbell buHihenittgiiy Witsoa—they having sat i $ te-o .-titei 9 T . twenty- ? o * rr Vours , discussing poetry and wine jbofhe top of their bent : a remarkable : spectacle in connexion with the moral philosophy ' chair in anyiuiiversity . But , if the constituents of stick An offite crave . & J , uhu Wilsoa lo fiU it , tfa « 7 mpst- ^ eiu ^ vitii aUhie liHbaities about 4 iimw ¦ "Bis moodte were as various as those of the mpQw nature he adored . ! In . J&iiL when , i& tf&vetf ' M thus
-w-orH wjatf in the 4 ark about the Seoieb . WjMel « , ; fte w « fl in excessive delight at receivingJSroift " ^ Jfc * . taidiaw tbe bvidenge " jftfci * Colonel M » noeriDg y ^ Scott himself s and deep in proportion « ra « kUngacief when he saw that geniai mind g <»« g ^( mt : . ¦ 'Wie trembling of his mighty voice when , he paid hia tribute ito Scott ' s feenim aab the ^ uiiieane&tiBg « f $ er tiis death moved every 4 sewt 4 pretest * "He coald enter iptd . ite spirit of lake scenery deeply with Wordsworth when floating on Windermere at sun-¦ set ; and he could , as ite see by Moore ' s Diary , imitate Wordsworth's monologues to admiration ! . under Jhe . lamp at a jovial Edinburgh supper-table . ' He could collect -as strange a set of oddities about
turn tihere as ever Jofeasoa or JPielding -did In their City loggings , ; « nd be « oiulij wander alone fw > ^ week along ; the tsaiit jtoeamn * * && Jby £ be jkumhi taiii tarns of Westmoreland . He could proudly lead ; She regatta from Mr . « oiton '« , at &torr '« , * g * j £ MIral of the "take , ' ^ m ^ . ^ m ^^^ m ^ M ^^^ Sonthey , aad others ,. and Abed an . kitel&ctiiaisiin « hine as radiant as that ¦ wlweh glittered lipoto "Wii * - < deronere ; and he ^ tf ^ d'fe > r ! blalithe felling of '^ ytfrjees at EUeray , and shroud 'Hmself in its damp gloom , 'wlien its mistress was goae , leaving : a Jte ^ uest of melancholy which be never surmounted . The ^ grace and gentle goodness' of his wife were bound about his heartstrings ; and the thought of her was known and fell ; " to underlie aTT Tils "taoods from the
time of her dearth , © he lovjad Eiteiay , ^ tnd trees . about it , and ho allowed not a twig of them to he touched , till the place crew too mossy anti mournfal , 4 ind then he parted with it : He was toOcn beloved in that neigaboturbooq , inhere lie xoet Srith kindness whatever was gennwe , ? rb 51 e be repulsed and drained all flatteries and aflectitipns . Every old boatman and young angler , every lioary slrepfrerd and primitive dame among the hOls of the district , knew him ¦ and enjoyed h , i | i presence , 'He vbi a * te » dy and genial mend to jpaor Hartley CoWMge for a long course of year * , He made others happy by being « o intensely happy hi < n # elf , wjien his brighter moods were on him . J 2 e fe& , and < e « joy « d too , intensely and paid the penalty in the deep melancholy of the close of his life . He could not chasten the exulter «
ance of his love of natnxe and of genial human intercourse ; and he was cot off from both , long before hit death . The sad spectacle ° wtts witnessed with respectful sorrow , for all vtho had ever known aim felt deeply in debt to him . He underwent an attack of pressure on the brain lome years before Ma death } and ea . access of puratasU closed the scene . "
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DEATH OF COLONEL ( GORDON ,. Colonel Gordon , of tbe Royal Artillery , died im a railway train , some three weeks ago , between London and Crewe . In consequence of information received his friends had the body exhumed , and caused an inquest to be held upon it , ¦ when somo remarkable revelations were made . It seems that the Colonel was travelling toy third class to Aberdeen on the 15 th March . In another compartment of the carriage "vvas a drunken mam . This person belm-ved very offensively to all present ; and at Stafford he cot ont , brinEinc » n . wht-n
the inspector roughly refused tatake the card , and rushing iotO ; -the c » rci * ge , seized koii . on the Coionel j » ^\ Mm out ! 'Hie i » spe « t « r . / BtrAck him and pusLed bim ^ ani jn » t $ W drunken man into the « actia ^ sen dii ^^^ nducl ^ ff mth hitn . Coloael Gerdon Was greatly eatStfd . Heamke ^ trie two , gentlemen for their jiatnes , rintead ^ g to « atniaoalbe inspector for an assault . But lie se « med to ia ^ aalee ^ and presentlj bis iead fellibriKard ,. « Jie of t * e psftsenm ^ s caugbtj him—Ire was dead . Sawiaer * the , inapectQr «* f lT « ddy 4 i ^ e conductor , declined ( that the man . was no * Zmnki ^ t : Co 1 « m 4 ( Qtordoa did ¦ u < 4 flffiar bis * xx £ lz Q *» t he dia ojBfr creat resistance : and £ hat . as the train « as lat « . It van '
necessary , 4 o , ^»» 9 rne ^ in 1 g * ^ - it « t « Bt « i The sojpenni « Ddca ^ ( Kf t& 9 Sta&fd p ^ Cpe said tte jnan agpeaml 6 > jM sobw , f'V j » lk « d ^ to the . cauojige with JwsnSwdi ia ps pockets i S 5 r ^ John IMfoll ,, iavag inaip ' . a , | MM / xooro ^ yn ex » uup « tipa , Asckr ^ d t 3 f « t jfche tltdoSel ( died iron ^ a n « G ^ plianflif ^ the heart ; aqr sadden ftiatrmff ^ t wojja b&Oital fio cause death . A verdict of n Manslaughter vag / jrab ^ x ^ ^ aiu ^ &Muiaaiip- ^ . , . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' . ¦' . ¦ J .: : " : Swa ^ era ^ ljrt . wapae ^ t ; « f « s tried « l Caster on Thurauiaj , « id f a ^ ttrtj j » f i « ifi ( IBm . JowSeal . . wji ^ we , * b * t Cpjoiiel ^^ OB . tjn j ^^ iiyA , ^^^ ^*! # te ew qtBureit # h 5 ch to » k jabw ^ WJoujS& ipii e / aa *^ , i
he returned , four pint bottles of porter , in order to sustain himself in his disgraceful position . At length his ftsllowpaHsenjjors could bear with nim no longor , and one of them complained to the inspector , who prevented the drunlcard iiom ciiLciiu ^ i \ m t com partment again . But , strange to siiy , ho insisted on putting him into the compartment m which ( Colonel CiorJon and two other gentlemen were sitting . Colonel ( jordou and tlie . se peraoua objoctod , the former oflfaruig hiu card and saying he would tako all the responsibility . But
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THE LA 2 SOft 9 HHlE LABOUR-BATTLja . . ¦ 'I v ., » . ot ¦> , .. '< " .. - ' : ' „ ¦ ¦ J ?« # fcpi ,. ^ Wa 4 » J . ; I wibh to conrect a slight wror urbiiela iaadveriently elippw ! int » toy ^ r * ospow 3 e « c « l ast wfiek , and " HeB ) w . uuwjLUM&nea . 4 ) onnv iCr ( 1 souie Tp | JOJpposv 'that ^ . ^ pMvii ^^;^^ !^^ M - . in aafiaS of ' ^¦^^ I fe ^^ l ^^ ^^^
« j * * a roqff » ^ . JRE ^ Cdiiw ^ e a * t 3 ^ £ fl * at $ t ift ^ ri the township of falvood , ltliott ^ : dk » ely « 4 jacent i * o P « sto « fcf ' > J I-4 k » nnt 3 av ^ e « a ^^ r 0 M ^^^ jtt ^ . facl | « sy 8 elf , " 4 > r # ieiirizio | iEbii ) ibn «« f < « peo-atr ss ^ ediews wMiin t * ie-tcrvnwhl p is eiearly Buch a stretefc- ^ 1 Tnajisterifil ' autaiority « s - < 3 ov } d ieot ^ be ^ ' wipfKMrtea'iif the operatives chose to try the qnestion ; Irftt it is ; jgeihapsv / Hiprthy . of notice as testifying 1 the . extrB « Q 0 BJixiety ; of t ^ eTJniaaiflts to act within ^ he ^^ _ . ^ e j ^^^ & JJty ^ duripg tiw -r ^ ek exhihi ^; ai ^^ rkabl § falliiig off- ^ 51 per » oa « only liarwig been iaaported up to the ti » eat whici Inrrlte , of wnommbont 39 are fit for
tfee wiilt . © wiirjjr the aame period £ persaaahare been « ent baek ^ ain to Belfast , - and « to Manchester . -1 bave * Ue reason te tfelieve # riat » ostx > f the agents employed by trie Association have 1 > eea rccalte < i Itua flange of tactics is probably refcr-;» l # ^ ^;^ % ^ 8 )? f *^ h /; to : ^^ l | . l ? # ^ h *^* j pii # m « w * .- ^^ - . M'WSti * ItwiHMini'Hr aiMinni timfi mnr """' oTixmaft incurredjh gpocagia ^ ; ti | e ( n s -w > d > econdljr ,, the pr « r # l ^ ace pf an * xp <* 4 atM * that the bad state of trad © will force down wa ^ e » in « tfaer lasts « £ the district , k > t at -any ' rate compel tbem to work abort
time , and thus etittse a wfthfeftwal of the pecanfary support aSbrded to those on strjlca It cannot hideid be disguised that the W $ h pficw of l ) reau , and conseapeotly of money , added lt > tbe « ir * paxap ,, te ; v : er ae *^ chefteK 4 nark # l aaaif thlf state of things continue much looser , the only rc » ource laft to the operatiyei wiU be to gire vraj for a time to tibe . terma of iiwir late en ^ oper ^ aptm the underttending that idkenr ev « r trade fehall amend thejr « hall have « n « dv « ac or veise that favourable opp » r * tinrty « f oontifming the battle . If they were to aflopt thi » polVty ^ 5 t is not likely that they vould be eompefled to resort to this alternative : for whatever may be the Teault , the
nishedsri ^ jaote license from the focnW ^ mjSS ^ ^(*>* Uv « i ; Aea ^ r to «« r * JbTS ^ Ae l ^ e Sp a ^ oSS ^^^ ttteppfi ^ e ; . - ^ J et at deflaacetbose S ^ Sitf ^ ceedii ^ j ^ tt tike ^^ Iwid , so Jn ^ seiaiWIly ^ Sl SKS ^ * ¦ ¦**» ' iJ ^ !!»**» WW « . « f ^ . . # n ^« ijieiuaifpf
clf « oani < rf . Healtll titat the tiata « C tbe jbbauffrants 1 «< TO * l » dc < irtamrotfccr 4 « mM » api ^ owriat ^ t » ibe * e «* 6 Mi < # wbrtigrant H ««< b , WKSTSWiadl ft ^^ actiVBiirterfencnce of tt » board . Upqn tittB . withallstoftbenon ^ ni ^^^ ' ^ 5 ** 2 ??>*^** &t ** 'mmm mtgmtr . J ^^ tt th * c » o « n clerk , - and legal « dvis « e ( rfv awMwiUfn ' ¦ Awwyriiriion ; f . ... /¦ . ¦ ¦ - , . ^ J ,: i . * i , i ri > ui ' . s . s ! , nx » «>/ : » £ J 5 i -
• < - The notice T « ucriaar « 41 ^ r ^ 2 eadta ^ io « mai to tiio 'traa&smen ' and ^ ini ^^ . t ^)^^^ ^ :- ^ Sfe ^^^^^ i ^ iM ^« J «|^^«^ them pers 6 *» - lifccljr . tt i awwifif nftinniiS ^ frciii the' mahufactarers and' ftij rnmi ' litiJij l . uC ' ' iujj -4 iatw » , althcwgii « ««« wri « d tte names of ojne MiWy iii « ucwti « per «^ w ^ ^ ppoiirtfed « n-
r ^ iaar ^ awier ^ andahouW b ^^ tnjurts ^ ito ^ eoare iwtsfcclipcc ^ agionljr ^ hF f ^ eir h | rii ndiiriti trw : j » mT station « roua cotn «» nd , ta « reject Miattmtioriiof both parties . I ftar , ^ w . r ^ tb ^ tfce prwint itate of feeling among the » aori&ctwrei » to » iB * ^ at no » e < f { afttm vnMiatW acoeptfefl by -them , andltaiow- of
sonao who , strong in the receipt of ^ ttwir . ^ d . , per loom , and | d . por 4 roina ^' 3 B § mi' ~ 4 & , M 0 m $ SSL ^ : 'a % eft 9 Ml of the ^ mmu ^ wwwaHaa ^^ , ^ Tp ta t « e preset time . ^ thii . aggsnBgato mawn ^ « iaw appcoaciie * « i , O 00 t With gTMil £ M * % ht the Bmckbura peopio iargire « ftryipffo «; 4 Mi « t ^ ii ^« iiyoj ^ rfctgn of each we *' « « absortotian to ne « t ^ MMiwiMbuitiidn fortheEaitenreek ' slwUday .
masters have had Jar too . much of this strike wantonly to give tbeir operative * a pretext for resorting to another . Thus , will tbi « lamentable » trMggie not be utterly tJ » rownaway ; for it will teach both disputants , that the only ; aure road to prosperity lie * in friendly- rattier tban boBtiie combiaaticnv Iftjat trade is bad throughout the Cotton District there cannot now be anjr reasonable doubt . Rumours are very rife of a reducdoa of the ^ agea at Stockport to the terutfl of ttajr last , and twro of the Blackburn mill * are now running » hont time , jt fegre ^ t to state that the feeling manifested by aoote x > f the mastery tovrards tthe lev hands who fall away from the Union and become " knobsticks , " is not of a nature to tempt others into following their example . The rule of the Association appears to be , that no operative who has been on stnke shall be received
by any other than the master who previously employed him . Th « other day , a man , growing weary of idleness , selected a mill which seemed to aim to pay the beat rate of wages , add applied for and received employ meat there . JBut when the former employer heard © f the circumstance , he wrote to the owner of that mill , and demanded thart the man should be discharged . Both © f these gentlemen are niemjbers of the A , »« ociatk > n , and , although the man is u first-rate hand , he was actually discharged , and , having forfeited the support of the Uniou , has no other resource bat to accept per force the terms of hia former employer . To such a pitch ia this carried , that in most of the mills of the Associated Masters it ia impossible for an operative to get employ , unless rceogniBed as one of the former hands , or fur-
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• 'THE GJBEAT M £ aSK $ fQW 5 SJ 83 L 1 fP 35 $ 8 a& TifERB haaijeen a trial at the . Ki 0 g 8 ton 3 * ai ^ lW » weefcof jprft * triptereji \ , ajfjt orij « n , MpcouM q £ ^ Mceof the questions at issa ^^ utjan *^^ W lw rank ^ of the partie 8 and tlie length of Die tt ^ l . It b ^ f ^ n ^ turifty J befo » . % » n ^ ar | j » ranavAjB ^ Q •¦ j ^ .- ««^ Wr * ftW ^ tota ^« o ^ , » p ^ j ^ pe cC aa wii | ipM | p *»; sta » p 4 the Wp % who ( vwe % . ^ om ^ S ^^ m ^ my ; A « 4 the ^ uc ^ wn lt ^ jury iirwld he ii ^ a « fioii , io decide vWH& ^ a&M&MfamS ^^ a The imJ
gwww ^ ra ^ nt m ml M * S »«* ^* m& impeached alt ^ eth . er the uraEdity of tie ino ^ nmejit , And the grounds stated in support of that 8 uggea ' tlon >« pj « U ! ed to be , neat , that at * he time tb . e wiU wa » ftxecutjftd tk » duchess , fr « m bodily ( safering and illness waa ) oottift , a aUte . to enable her to execute such an instrument ; ' aoii ^ jBeoonqQk , ' thataho Sli d . Jheea iadncsd to ejteoube it ^ y undue ju ^ improper inumee exetpciaad over ber ! by the duk ^ , b « r busbaqdV at » , pemod whoa sh « was not in a ^ tot ^ to reust Atuihioflueaoa . 6 ir IL ^ Bnati g&r ( whp vrm ( spejcul ^ riaMpM ) ,, SwatWMit GhauaelV Mr . lyillei and ^ . ureion . of tbe h » n , cerr b » r , « ppear « d for tfee pfcijntiff * . The . At * ornejr- ) Geoor »( , Mr . Bram ^ ftH , Q : t 3 ^ Mr . flovill . and MruBcchfoit Clark , ware « oiw 8 « l for the defeadantfl .
Iu opening the case Sir Frederick TThel % er saia , the Dolce o "Mancliaster had been fcrcad to take these proceedings , Mid if , ia doing justice to the case , family circumstances , which it were tetter to keep from the public , were dimlged , he would not bo responsible . As far as the duke was concerned , be had no interest in the will one way or the dther . Dr . verity , the firat witness , told the main story of the will . He £ &id lie had know * the late duchess before aao was Carried . In 1848 she wo at Tunbridge Wells , and Dr . Verity was there also . TJi « duchess then ej&nre&sed anxiety about the conduct of her sons , Robert and Frederick , and said she did not know how to make ier will , "I must
trust it all to the duke , fur if over there was £ trofi rna , n he ia one . " Shortly after the duchess was takes jjl , M B-rompton , the sent of her mother , and removed thence to Kimbalton Cuatlo , the paternal estate of the Dukes of Manchester . Here she grew worse . Dr . Merrion and Mr . ) 3 ur 3 t attended her . She wtis soon able to transact basineea , and as her malady progressed her nund becamo olearer . Dr . Verity spoke to tUo duke about tl » o will . 1 'ke duke said there h " wilL
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of Apri ^ ¦* . 1954 . ] ! faai /^ EAPE 5 . ^^
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Leader (1850-1860), April 8, 1854, page 319, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2033/page/7/
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