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Mr. VYNER replied: Sir, I am far from concurring with the honourable gentleman in his opinion, that the inland watermen are, by their profession, in any degree qualified for sea service, or can properly be called seafaring men. All qualifications for the service must consist either in some knowledge of the arts of navigation, or in some familiarity with the dangers of the sea.
Land forces may be hired upon emergencies; but sailors are our own peculiar strength, and the growth of our own soil; we are, therefore, above all other regards, to attend, if I may use the term, to the preservation of the species. Mr. VYNER next spoke: Mr.
The Post Office is situated on the south side of Lombard Street, near Stocks Market. It was the dwelling-house of Sir Robert Vyner, in the reign of King Charles II. The principal entrance is out of Lombard Street, through a great gate and passage that leads into a handsome paved court, about which are the several offices for receiving and distributing letters, extremely well contrived.
R. T. Vyner was one of the first who scientifically treated on this point, and taught us that 'clay is not by any means an objectionable soil to build a kennel upon', although so many pseudo-sportsmen are frightened by the very name of it. He enters at once into his subject.
VYNER answered: This word, sir, which the learned member has by his wonderful diligence discovered in the statutes, may perhaps be there, but in a signification far different from that which it bears at present.
What I have suggested to you is mad quixotism at the best, and at the worst well, do you recall what happened to poor Vyner, who was held for ransom by Greek brigands? They sent a rescue party instead of money, and " "Charles Vyner was a friend of mine," said Monty quietly. Fred began to look extremely cheerful and Will nudged me and nodded.
Pauline Vyner, the central figure of In Her Earliest Youth, a sensitive and speculative girl, marries without love a man who has saved the life of a child to whom she is much attached. In tastes and intellectual bent the pair are almost without anything in common.
Mr. VYNER then spoke: Sir, a definition of a seaman is so necessary in a bill for this purpose, that the omission of it will defeat all the methods that can be suggested.
In this market Sir Robert Vyner, Bart. and Alderman, erected a marble equestrian statue of King Charles II., standing on a pedestal eighteen feet high, and trampling on his enemies. The public buildings in this ward are Salters' Hall, the churches of St. Swithin and St. Stephen, Walbrook.
This group comprised men such as Wilfrid Blunt, Lord Lytton, Philip Currie, Hamilton Aidé, Frederick Locker, Clair Vyner, Sir Baldwin Leighton, and others, all of whom had in them a natural appreciation of poetry, while some of them were poets themselves.
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