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whence the noise proceeded , when he caught hold of a drowning man , but became so entangled with him that both went down . He freed himself , and again went to the man ' s assistance , and succeeded in bringing him on shore . In August , 1833 , Ellenthorpe rescued a girl , six years of age ; and in November , in the same year , a man in a dark and tempestuous night . He also has saved a feeble old man , 75 years of age , who fell from the packet in a dark night . In September , 1834 , he saved a child , six years of age—also a man who had sunk ; and in May , 1833 , he rescued Sarah Harland , a stout woman , about 40 years of age , from drowning . The silver medal was awarded to Ellenthorpe .
CHRIST ' S HOSPITAL . Saturday , 30 th January , there was a meeting of the governors of this institution . A good deal of interest was excited by the proposition , of ivhich notice had been given , to elect Mr . Montefiore , the well-known Exchange broker , a governor . It was understood in the early part of the day that some opposition would be made to the election of the candidate the ground that he was a Jew ; the appointment of Sheriff
upon Salomons at the previous court having given much dissatisfaction to some of the governors of the institution . Mr . Alfred Thorpe proposed Mr . Montefiore as a candidate for admission , and tendered four hundred guineas , the usual fee paid upon admission . The Rev . Mr . "Wells , the secretary ( we understood ) to the Bishop of Londonstood to the motionIt was admittedhe said
, up oppose . , , upon all hands , that Mr . Montefiore was a gentleman of the highest commercial respectability , and that under other circumstances it ivould be most creditable to have intercourse with him ; but in an establishment like Christ ' s Hospital it was quite impossible that the candidate ' s connexion could be anything but prejudicial . He had no doubt whatever of the sincerity of Mr . Montefiore as to his religious faith . How , then , could a person who considered the Christian religion as a mere
delusion , be consistently elected a governor of an institution established upon strictly Christian principles ? He saw the objection conscientiously , looking upon it in a vivid light , and thought it ivould subject the establishment to ridicule , as well as loss , if the court admitted amongst its governors any more persons of the Jewish persuasion . { Hear , and murmurs . ' ) Mr . Josiah Wilson said that he , as well as every other person conthe
nected with the trade of this great metropolis , highly respected character of Mr . Montefiore , but the very excellence of that character was a security that the candidate could not believe in our faith ; for , if he were a partaker of its principles , it was impossible he could be such a hypocrite as to adhere to the faith which he always professed . The court would , he ( Mr . Wilson ) trusted , reject the nomination , as likely to injure the institution .
Mr . Alfred Thorpe expressed great surprise at the manifestation of an intolerant spirit at the present day , and ridiculed the idea of ascribing to Mr . Montefiore any intention of meddling with the institution , and stated that the hon . candidate had become a subscriber from motives of the purest charity , as he ( Mr . Thorpe ) could testify . The circumstance which led to the proposal of that day was a singular and melancholy one . He ( Mr . Thorpe ) and Mr . Montefiore , in going to Ramsgate one day , became accidentally acquainted with a gentleman
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whence the noise proceeded , when he caught hold of a drowning man , but became so entangled with him that both went down . He freed himself , and again went to the man ' s assistance , and succeeded in bringing him on shore . In August , 1833 , Ellenthorpe rescued a girl , six years of age ; and in November , in the same year , a man in a dark and tempestuous night . He also has saved a feeble old man , 75 years of age , who fell from the packet in a dark night . In September , 1834 , he saved a child , six years of age—also a man who had sunk ; and in May , 1833 , he rescued Sarah Harland , a stout woman , about 40 years of age , from drowning . The silver medal was awarded to Ellenthorpe .
CHRIST ' S HOSPITAL . Saturday , 30 th January , there was a meeting of the governors of this institution . A good deal of interest was excited by the proposition , of ivhich notice had been given , to elect Mr . Montefiore , the well-known Exchange broker , a governor . It was understood in the early part of the day that some opposition would be made to the election of the candidate the ground that he was a Jew ; the appointment of Sheriff
upon Salomons at the previous court having given much dissatisfaction to some of the governors of the institution . Mr . Alfred Thorpe proposed Mr . Montefiore as a candidate for admission , and tendered four hundred guineas , the usual fee paid upon admission . The Rev . Mr . "Wells , the secretary ( we understood ) to the Bishop of Londonstood to the motionIt was admittedhe said
, up oppose . , , upon all hands , that Mr . Montefiore was a gentleman of the highest commercial respectability , and that under other circumstances it ivould be most creditable to have intercourse with him ; but in an establishment like Christ ' s Hospital it was quite impossible that the candidate ' s connexion could be anything but prejudicial . He had no doubt whatever of the sincerity of Mr . Montefiore as to his religious faith . How , then , could a person who considered the Christian religion as a mere
delusion , be consistently elected a governor of an institution established upon strictly Christian principles ? He saw the objection conscientiously , looking upon it in a vivid light , and thought it ivould subject the establishment to ridicule , as well as loss , if the court admitted amongst its governors any more persons of the Jewish persuasion . { Hear , and murmurs . ' ) Mr . Josiah Wilson said that he , as well as every other person conthe
nected with the trade of this great metropolis , highly respected character of Mr . Montefiore , but the very excellence of that character was a security that the candidate could not believe in our faith ; for , if he were a partaker of its principles , it was impossible he could be such a hypocrite as to adhere to the faith which he always professed . The court would , he ( Mr . Wilson ) trusted , reject the nomination , as likely to injure the institution .
Mr . Alfred Thorpe expressed great surprise at the manifestation of an intolerant spirit at the present day , and ridiculed the idea of ascribing to Mr . Montefiore any intention of meddling with the institution , and stated that the hon . candidate had become a subscriber from motives of the purest charity , as he ( Mr . Thorpe ) could testify . The circumstance which led to the proposal of that day was a singular and melancholy one . He ( Mr . Thorpe ) and Mr . Montefiore , in going to Ramsgate one day , became accidentally acquainted with a gentleman