Saturday, March 25th. An Athletic Club has, we believe, been formed in every College, in connection with the University Committee. The following gentlemen were elected on the Committee of the College Club, at a Meeting held in the Rev. W. D. Bushell's rooms. A. D. Clarke, Representative in the University Committee. W: H. H. Hudson, President. K. Wilson. H. Watney. J. Payton T. G. B. Poole. M. H. Marsden. F. Andrews vice K. Wilson. The College Sports were held on March 9th, and the following is a list of the winners: Consolation Stakes. (mile) Pritchard. The College unfortunately did not win any event in the University Sports, but obtained several seconds. Mr. Doig was second in the Walking Race, doing 7 miles in 15 seconds over the hour. He was beaten by Mr. Chambers of Trinity, who accomplished the distance in about half-a minute less. Messrs. Morgan and Pitman each won a heat in the 100 yards. Mr. Barker was second in the Long Jump, and Mr. Osborne in Throwing the Cricket Ball. Messrs. Barker and Warren were among 5 ties for the second place in the High Jump. Mr. Barker and Mr. Osborne were selected to compete with Oxford in the inter-University Sports, in the Long Jump and Throwing the Cricket Ball respectively. Mr. Osborne was second, being beaten by Mr. Gray of Trinity Hall. The officers of the Lady Margaret Boat Club for the present Term are: President, E. W. Bowling, M.A. Treasurer, H. Watney Secretary, M. H. L. Beebee The crews of the 3rd and 4th Boats for the 2nd Division Races, were composed as follows: The Lady Margaret Scratch Fours were rowed on Friday, March the 24th. Five boats entered, the following crew proving successful in the time race: 1 W. R. Fisher 2 J. M. Collard 3 F. Andrews R. G. Marsden (stroke) F. Marshall (cox.) The University Boat is now in training for the annual race at Putney. We are glad to find that the College is represented by two of its members, Mr. H. Watney being bow, and Mr. M. H. L. Beebee, two. There appears to be more hope of success than for the last four years. The following is the result of the division during the present Term: races of the second At a general meeting of the St. John's College Cricket Club, held in the Rev. W. Bushell's rooms, the following gentlemen were elected as officers of the Club for the ensuing year: President, Rev. W. D. Bushell Treasurer, E. Miller Secretary, A. C. Skrimshire 1st Captain, C. C. Cotterill Room for three additional wickets has been added to the practice ground. .. The Committee of Editors wish it to be distinctly understood that the insertion of an article by no means implies their acquiescence in the opinions contained therein ;—their sole rule of selection is to insert that article, which, from the thought it exhibits, or some other merit, shall appear most deserving of the reader's attention. RICHARD COBDEN. Obiit, April 2nd, 1865. "His life was gentle; and the elements So mix'd in him, that Nature might stand up, FEW events in a nation's history cause more consternation and grief, than the sudden death of one of its eminent men. If that eminence has been gained on the battle-field, memories of foes defeated, and victories won, serve to immortalise the honour and bravery of the departed soldier; but if the foes defeated are ignorance, poverty and vice; if the victories won are conquests over prejudice, superstition, and error, then great indeed is the consternation, and overwhelming the grief, which the decease of the Poet, Statesman, or Philanthropist spreads throughout the land. The news of the death of Richard Cobden fell upon the country with a startling suddenness which prevented us at first from fully realising the irreparable loss we had sustained. We "knew not how much we revered him until we found we had lost him." Richard Cobden, the son of a Sussex farmer, was born at Midhurst on the 3rd of June, 1804. Placed in business at an early age, by his integrity and zeal he at once gained praise and approval. Becoming connected with a large Manchester firm, from being the employed, he eventually became the employer, and was in the receipt of a considerable income. But his active mind was not satisfied with success in business. He was born a politician, and by reading, travels, and observation, he strove to fulfil his destiny. As the successful Manchester manufacturer he became convinced of the unsoundness of the policy of the country on Commercial subjects. Identifying himself with the reformers of the time, he joined the "Anti-Corn-Law League," of which he soon became a distinguished member. Elected for Stockport in 1841 and afterwards representing Huddersfield and Rochdale, for nearly four and twenty years he devoted himself to the labours of Parliamentary life. His health, never at any time good, was greatly impaired by the amount of exertion he bestowed in the energetic furtherance of schemes for the public weal. Anxious to denounce with his forcible eloquence what he believed to be the uncalled for extravagance of the Government, he forsook that rest and retirement, so necessary for the preservation of his valuable life. The effort was too much. Surrounded by his friends, Richard Cobden succumbed to the attacks of his fatal disease, and "one of the manliest and gentlest spirits that ever actuated or tenanted the human form" returned to the God who gave it. His last thought was for his country, and he may truly have been said to have "sacrificed his life on the altar of Patriotism." The career of Cobden admits of a two-fold division-the waging and winning of the two great contests of his life. It is by the energy and determination with which he successfully opposed the Corn-laws that he will chiefly be remembered by posterity. It is unnecessary here to trace the indomitable perseverance and passionate oratory whereby he aroused that great agitation which compelled the abolition of the unjust tax, which had stopped the progress, and checked the commerce of the country for so long a time. "His grateful countrymen will remember him as they recruit their exhausted strength with abundant and untaxed food, the sweeter because no longer leavened by a sense of injustice." The latter portion of his life was devoted to the carrying out of those principles of Free Trade which he so long had desired to see established. Notwithstanding the determined opposition he met with, he believed that the success of one nation depended to a large degree on the prosperity of the others; and working on this principle he concluded the once much abused Commercial Treaty with France, the unquestioned success of which he was spared to see. Objecting to monopoly and protection of every kind, he strove for a future, when nations should freely interchange |