The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-08-20 00:00:00

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Nes, and Is, but sh e and inteu r 1 on ester, on Friao 41 4 wo+h.- er 1 , A t ha d A rticles 13 3 ' om of CO reat rarit)' the distill officir =Oren' t the Ralf one of tbe ion of e liscovertr' a 113 els, and n °,l blow 1 1 ° kent. Koper t i , e , mon ° re Ver bef° e frera her • THE EARL OF .DERBY IN GRAND CELEBRATION AT KIREDALE, -On Saturday the 'ceremony' of laying the first stone ;of the Kirkdale Industrial Ragged School and Churcli;was performed by the Right Hog. the Earl of Derby, under• circumstances of extraordinary eclat. The character of the, proposed. institution, and its peculiar features, are so ably set forth in the speeches delivered, as to 'render, - unnecessary . any explanatory - introduction. The buildings, will stand upon an Along piece of land fronted by Kirkdale-road, and bounded on the remaining three sides by l3oundary-streoc, Major street, and Gore-street Nosth. We have been furnished ,by the architect with the - following brief description of the proposed edifice : The exterior fronts of "this building .are plain brick and stone, and have nothing to recommend them but their simplicity and good internal arrangements. The basement floor is planned for a cooking kitchen, which .can be used for a soup kitchen during the winter months, aiithhas a separate entranceironi Major-street. • Adjoin ing this kitchen is a flagged cellar, 'intended as a play room during wet weather, or for workshop when, required. The main entrance to ;the ground floor is from Major-ltreet, to a s chboltoom . Bo - feet.long, 25 feet , 6 inche s wide, and 18 feet high . ; intended also to lie used as a free church for the 'poor of the district. From' this room there is a class-room, large workshop, and a 'storeroom, covered lavatories, urinals, Bre., and a large Play-yard. The upper floor, which corresponds with the ground floor; and which has also a separate entrance from 'Major-street, is intended for girls' schoolroom, class-room, printing shop, and large workshop. The Vuildirigs and yard walls oceupy an area - of about 1,300 Nuare yards, and as it is intended to erect them in as plain a manner as possible, the estimate for: the same, exclusive of land and general fittings, will not exceed - Great preparations had been thade for the ceremony in Kirkdale, and flags fluttei-ed from almost every win dow. Lines of festoons were. also thrown. in several places across the road-; • decorations peeped out, frOm 'every corner ; and the entire neighbourhood bore quite a gala appearance. The various decorationS in the im mediate vicinity of the site were the gift and handicraft _of the labourers of the 'district, who gave this pleasing 'testimony of their appreciation of the objects of the in stitution and of its c benevolent promoters:' The leading employers of the district gave all hands ,a holiday ; and ,there was but one circumstance to mar the general re joicing and spoil the beauty of the tout ensemble—the day was unfortunately' wet, and the rain, which had roared down the whole of the morning, continued with out intermission during the entire ceremonial, and indeed ,for Jong afterwards. , The ro - ads, consequently, were in the worst possible condition, and the' spot selected for ittying 'the first -stone,' eould be. reached Only through mud ankle deep. At this place, with provident foresight, a covered - platform had been erected for the speakers, and within the accompanying enclosure the public were ad mitted by ticket. Those not able thus to secure admission sought out every available . site within earshot,- from which•to witness the spectacle, and take part in the pro teedings : indeed, we observed a housetop opposite laden with working men. The enclosure,. with the exception , of the speaker's platform, was 'unsheltered from the weather, and nothing could be more admirable than the patience •exhibited by each . : indeed, A was a striking .pronfnf the power of eloquence when_exerted on aleart lelttheme ; and not one, we are assured, regretted the *Tit jacket he got in 'listening to 'Lord Derby: A. con sia:_irable space had been• excavated for. depositing the stone,,;to the cavity of which a bottle had previouily been inser:edt containing all the Liverpool papers of the day, th e earre '_rit coin of the realm, and a - copy of the last annual report of the Liverpool Ragged-school Union. This was covered in the usual way, by "brass plate . bearing a suitable inscr: 4 ,7 6 -° 1 - • The-- ground was kept bir a large body of police, under Superintendent Ride, ceded by a draft from the countyconstabulary ; and the ceremonial boaours of the occasion were largely enhanced by Of presence nf Capt. Langton's company of the 12th Arti.llery Voliiteers. These served as .a guard of honour for tRe reception , of his lordship. They were accompanied - by their . band; and lad also two field pieces upon the ground, for the purpose of firing a salvo on the conclusion of the cere monial. Lord Derby arrived from Knowsley, with admirable punctuality, at two o'clock, and received a mast hearty rind - enthusiastic reception from" the people assembled• A procession was then fzirmed opposite to the comraittee room, and proceeded to the around in the folliwing order Volunteers, Capt. Langton's Company. The Architect and Committee. Clergy. The Right Honourable the Earl of Derby. The Mayor. William Brown, Esq. , Venerable Archdeacon Jones. Rev. Canon Stowell. Friends and Others. The Police. . . Amongst those present and within the area we then observed the Revs. T. G. Leigh, S. Howson, H. Lomas, T- W, Newenham, Dr. Hume, Dr. Bartle, J. Freil, Dr. Burton, J. H. Hindley, Cecil Wray, A. Tomlin, R. Tetley, B. Maddock, S. Sampson, R. Dandy, H. Baugh, R. Apple ton, I. Holmes, Ireland, F. Green, and J. Bardsley ; W. Preston, Esq., J. B. Lloyd, Esq., Capt. Gladstone, Lieut.-Col. Bousfield, Alderman T. Dover, S. kearsley, H. Banner, R. Blezard, S. Cope, E. Parker, Capt. Gibbs, A. Hicks, Esq., J. Birkett, Esq., J. Mai wood, Esq., Hugh Pierce, C. Howson, Dr. Whittle, &c. _&c. We should state that notes, expressing regret for absence, had beeh received from the Marquis of Salis bury, Lord Stanley, Recorder Henderson, T. B. Horsfall M-P., J. C. 'Evart, M.P.; F. Shand, Esq., Hon. Egerton M.P., J. W. Legh, Esq:, "M.P., &c. The pupils of the present school were drawn up in a corner of the enclosed area, and the proceedings began by their' singing the National Anthem. The Venerable Archdeacon Jones then offered up the f ollowing beautiful consecration prayer : In the name of the Father; and of the Son, and of *the ; Holy Ghost. . Prevent us, 0 Lord, in all our doings, with thy most gra- ' e lons favour, and further us with thy continual help.; that in all our works, begnri, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy name, and finally by thy mercy obtain ever lasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. • 0 merciful God, who hast made all men, and hatest !Whin that thou hast made, nor woulchst the death of' a sinner, ;but zather that he should be converted and live, have mercy upon all Who are now wandering, like sheep without a shepherd, in the devious paths of ignorance, degradationond sip ;' and so fetch them home; Messed Lord. to - thy - liock;lhat they may be 'saved among the true Israelites, and be made one fold, under one shepherd, Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigned, with thee, and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end .Amett. i tl_ngabty and ever-merciful God, the source of all power and m at, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy, pros per, we beseech thee, this our present undertaking ; yea, prosper thou our hancliwOrk. Behold us assembled together this day in thy name, and in humble reliance on thy approba tion and 4.venr, to commence the erection of a house of mercy, of indu , try, and of instruction for the destitute youthful popu lation of this rapidly increasing neighbourhood. ' In the accomplishment of thy purposes of mercy towards the ' children of men, thou c oudescendest to employ human •instru - Mentality and means which they themselves provide. Deign, we beseech thee, to bless with thy heavenly favouf the means • 41 ?Olit to be provided by the clergy and laity of this place. 1 .i.14 haying put into their hearts such good desires, enable heirr _to bring the . same to good effect ; fo r " except thou build the house, their labou r is but lost that build it." And let, We beseech viee, the zeal and the earnestness which have )1-cAlg4t together t so Many to acsist in.the initiatory rite stone of the project e d e difi c e b e of laying the first fOundatien S token for good that the work ah2al io on and prosper, and that in due time the tonstone shall crown ,the s,t,tperstructure with rejoicing, amid the hallelujahs and prayers of rnuitit - 4cp, crying „ Grace, grace unto it." A n d grant, we beseech thee, that the blessed and happy results of this undertaking m a y hereafter be seen in the extensive eiininution of poverty, igno- Space, and vice, in the rescuing of thousands from miser? , and in the sticcessful training of multitudes of the children •:Of the poor.in;the way that they should go. To this end We entreat thee to pour out thy heavenly bene [diction abundantly 'UP , * 41 who from time to time may bear "lee in this institution-77hether. as ministers cr laymen - 7 whether as trustees, committeemen, or r n anagers -=-that they lay all, in their scieral vocation and rain;ta4-Yr truly and . humbly serve thee, to the. honour of thy name and to'1)-P Felfare of their fellow-creatures. May they ever hold fa,st.,a vie faith, and dyer be . influented by a loving apirlt. Give the t : l a right judgment n al,l things, a spirit of power, and of lov e, c p s j of sound mind. And gua lTd this institution, we beseech dace, not only from The i nroads of 1 Ise doctrine and heresy, but from all bigotry '.: a nd intolerance, and. .from a party spirit. May peaco ancl i roigion and piety, prevail in it, !aPPiness, truth and justices;_ and h 9 promoted by it, for all genci:tions. These an 4 all other pppessaries, for them, for us. and thy in the name and mediation o f ' Whole church, we hnrOblY keg Je sus Christ, our most blessed Lord and Saviour. The Rev. T. MAJOR LEsTnn, 8.A., then presented the trowel to the noble earl. He said-7.-114 I cannot but feel the deep importance of this occasion--an op pa 'don heightened beyond measure, and made :„%p event to be recorded in the annals of the good old town or' ' Liver- P oo l/ by the presence of one whom the country delights to honour, as a distinguished statesman and gifted orator 4t aong its peers. I cannot but feel that while this corn laaading circumstance places me in an exceedingly h onourable and enviable position, of which I am justly Proud; yet, for this very reason, I occupy it in all humi lity/ and would fulfil its duties in all becoming modesty. Y ou come, my lord, I fear at a very great inconvenience, and most cheerfully tbrow the immense attraction of Your presence, and the constraining might of your elo quence upon an object, great, doubtless, in its' inten tion and eternal results, yet comparatively small amid the more gigantic and costlier efforts of Christian bene volence and philanthropy. But, my lord, I can assure You, on the part of the committee whom I have the honour to represent, that in this truly gracious act—noble, Indee d/ as an unmistakeable proof of teal greatness -7 Your lordship has afforded abundant cause for the hearty and lasting rejoicings and congratulations of friends; and . for the admi ra ti on and applause and imitation of It would ill become me to indulge in any • 'engthened remarks. My wisdornis to be as brief as the b'l'eat attractions of the day demand. Bear with me, 14Y la rd/ while I just map out the past—the fondlypresent— thehottee) What hope w (with His smile who alone b uildeth • he the future of this good cause, around which henceforth will gather an, undying halo from the ' g reat event of to-day: The past of the Kirkdale Industrial Ragged School and Church only goes to strengthen and deepen the,testimony 0f,,p1l tinier to the incalculable wisdom of the counsel, "Arise riot the day of small things," and only goes to prove the literal truth of the proverb °make diligentia subpanutifre. Perseverance, has been the principle and strong hope, the incentive to action. Our National Schools receitre and educate the children of our reapectable,, striving working classes; but there were, and there are, my lord; in this district swarms of children who, in the words of Dr. Guthrie,—withoutashoes and stockings-j-- with naked feet, red.and swollen, arid eracked—ulcerated with the cold ; clad in a thin, thread-worn jacket, with its gaping rents —here a leg' out, and there an arm-- beneath a shaggy, bush lof hair ; they show want in their cheek ; need and oppression stare' in their looks= contempt and beggary hang upon many of their backs ; and yet children, they are sharp with intelligence, merry and hearty in their laugh. Brought up they are riot--:rather say dfagisel - upwhose only diSeipline was and is, ,one alas ! too Often, of privation, blo Ws, corrupting example, idleness, and vice. To remedy somewhat this' deplorable state of things—a state of things likely only to feed our gaols and penitentiaries, and crowd our workhouses—four years ago we opened an industrial ragged school, the wisdoin of such a movement your lordship will remember is very strongly recommended and highly approved by My loid Stanley, your noble son, whose unavoidable absence we exceedingly regret, my Lord Brougham; and confirmed by „ the steady practical experience of Major' Greig, Our school" consisted of . but one room, unpretending and homely, as your lordship can testify. There, in that room, with the help of the serip , ture-reader from the Liverpool Society, and under the wise auperintendence9( a devoted and earnest 'mistress, were soon gathered . some 150 of these wild "Arabs." Then came the thought—a church is needed for the parents of these children. The room was duly licensed by the bishop, and there the curate of the. Additional Curates Aid Society commenced to minister, and seek from house to house the, very poorest of the flock. This free school-room church has continued, carried on by his excellent successor, to 'be `well attended by the class for whom :it was provided. The one room, my lord, at length became wholly insufficient to accom modate-the numbers thronging our doors. Another room was added; which-hes , had 'this day the honour of your lordship's presence. From 150 children we have increased our numbers to 350. So much for the past—the present, my lord, demands -a word or -two. Our school-rooms are let too small; the entire absence of a yard is severely felt ; the want of work rooms is an immense inconvenience; -our population is increasing amazingly ou all sides of ; hundreds of small houses are built, and no sooner built than occupied, so that our free ehureh, and indeed all our church accommodation, is daily, beeoMing purely ridiculous—a populatiou of some 16,000, and- chUrch room for, only 2,000 ! As patriots' 'and as churchmen, ss e feel thii a tide in our affairs, as a parish, which we must seize. J. S. Leigh, Esq., (who regrets his inability to be present) gave the handsome site of 500 square yards upon which your lord shipsetalids; another 700 we have bought at a moderate price. A gentleman in the neighbourhood, has come fors ward most nobly and subscribed his hundreds, and others have followed his good example. A large sum has been raised and promised, and our kind architects has _given all, and will give all his skill, time, and trouble as a free=will offering. Now, my lord, how" looks oils future, what kind of prospect have we ? Thank God, bright and hopeful One ; upon which year lordship' his shed no ordinary lustre. Our plan, while it is econ6inical s is comprehensive and substantial. Seeing elearly the urgent and extensive needs of the township, _sve desire to* compass two objects. A large, convenient, well. ordered' Industrial Ragged School the neighbourhed deniands. Indtistrial I say, my lord, for we ;purpose reesivitt,g within the- walls of this school six hundred ragged children—the boys to be taught some homely handicraft; the girls to be instructed (the great want of female education) in the useful branches of plain household duties. 'We hold, my kid, that a child issuing from hence should be fitted in head, heart, and 'hand for that station of life to which God 'Nay call him. In these schools we trust to be able to satisfy the child's coriditions---no A B C without the porridge. To the school we desire to add the church—a most im portant feature-,..-a.free schoolroom church, to seat 700 people, in which, with the kelp of the Additional Curates Aid Society, a clergyman shall oXciate, and have a con rentionaldistrict—a mission church forthe poorest--with a missionary clergyman. Such, my lord, in a few piain words, is the past, the present, and, ,I trust, the future, of that cause for which you have so nobly come, amongst us this day. - .As it can ,sure it will not be uninteresting to your lordship, allow me to state that your most noble countess . and the most noble the 4ferquis of Salisbury, the Right Hon. Lord Stanley, and G. ..kfqiderion, Esq., are the friends and patrons of this cause, ,to who f publicly tender _our grateful. thanks, And, _ suffer me to acknowledge, on the part of the churchmen of Kitisdels, and myself perionally, the many' liberal favours received from your lordship towards the extension and support of our schools and church. And now, in the gables of the committee, subscribers, and friends, I beg to present this trowel, as a very trifling but eipressive memorial of an ev ent which,' by the preaeuee of your lordship, has given untold gratification to the whole Px!ritship of' Kirkdale, and whose working men have manifested their strong feelings in the graceful decorations lining your 1%04 and an event which, I believe, will be the beginning of yet. brighter things for this end of the town, and which we shall ever hold in grateful remembrance. The Earl of Dzisnis said—The close connection which subsists between 'me and this immediate district, and the deep interest I take in its a4Fancemeut and its welfare have appeared to Me to he a sufficient :o,Eti4Ca tiot for my departing upon this occasion froin a rule which I have hitherto found it necessary to lay down to abstain from taking part in any public meetings or attending at any public ceremonies. But it is with the liveliest satisfaction that I have accepted the offer—the request which has been made to me to give my atten dance upon this most gratifying occasion, and, to ,addyeas to those who, in spite of the obstacles offered by the unseasonable state of the weather, have attended upon this eecaeion, 4 few observations ,upon the circumstances which have brought , together this day. But before entering upon that inspor taut subject it would be impossible for me to abstain from expressing my deep gratitude for the more plan kind and cordial , reception which I have met with this day from those to whom I am personally a stranger, but with firm you know I have many in terests in eommon. ,(Neat, tear.) f helieve that in the history of the world no country already poseeffed of so large a population has increased with the same rapidity as this country has increased in the course of the last half century; and thio is the more remarkable becaure • the rapid iacrease which is going on ‘from day to day, and I may say from hour to hoer, is . the egeet #ot only of the excess of the births over the deaths within :the country, bat thc excess of the births against the deaths and beyond .the deaths of that countless stream of emi gration which is constantly being poured.forth from our redundant population, to lay the foundation of future empires, and to add to the , population and the wealth of our widely-extended colonies and of other and friendly states. (Hear.) Nor is there any wore certain test than-a rapid increase of population of the physical well-being of a country; and those who can look back for the same lengthened period that I can, or even those who can look back for a much shorter period of years, must be well aware that, together with . this great increase in the number of the population, there has been at least a corresponding increase in the physical comforts of the great body of the people. (Ifni . , hear.) f do not say— far from it—that among many of the labearing classes there is not much and undeserved suffering ; but this I do say, that taking the middle and the lower classes as a whole, it is inconceivable, except to those who have witnessed it, wh a t a c h ange h as t a ken place in their domestic comforts, in their clothing, in their food, in their habits and conveniences of life, within the course of the last five-and -twenty or thirty years. (Hear, hear.) We have in this well-being of our country great cause for cetsgratulatioh, and #ent cause for thankfulness to Hi m who, is the giver of all good. But if we tarn d e t q h u e a i l r r e e a l ki i g i s e o t i t o s c a o d n v g a r n a c t e ci nle i n e t, ou l r d e o i ti ;( b e. : the popnlation to their from the physical well-be i n g of The truth is, an d the truth m iwnh o r et a thh l ae p tr r o wp g oe S i e n s ht s a O ev o fe view. (hear, hear)-ssthat we are at this ought to be spo ken — moment suffering from the supineness and the apathy of our ancestors. Years ago the vast increase of the popula tion was looked upon, no doubt, with triumph and satis faction, as adding to the power and the wealth of the country, but looked at without a du l e l- a e p d p u r c e a c t iati a o n naoft he great social moral and religious consequences which ;:rust flowfrow the increase of an i ed irre ligious population. (H ea r, 4eer.) I do not say this has been the case universally ; do liCt 44Y this has been the case in many of the country districts where e great increase of population has not taken place, and where there is greater room for the exercise of those kindly sympathies between the upper and the lower classes, which are the surest bend of union between the various classes in this country. But at is in the grea t towns—it is in these great hives of industry to whichour redundant population flock for employm ent, that the influx of population and the increase of buildings, with regard to which you have only to turn your eyes around you, and survey what is going en in this neigh bourhood, have extended to limits beyond the present means of religious and moral saperiutendance 444 instruction. ' In these great towns there is little room, comparatively speaking, for the social interionrse between high and low, between rich and poor; and the immense size of the parishes and the townships, and the immense numbers of the population, baffle the efforts of the most zealous minister, whether belonging to the . Established Church, or whether belonging to those nu merous dissenting sects, of whom, widely as I differ from them, wish to sPe* with all gratitUde and respect for their exertions in the ,causee of - education and religion. (Applause.) But here a poritatiOn; I 'say; has grovri up which has moCked 'at' all oqr efforts, which has de feated all our endeavours, which hasoutgrnwn our means moral and pecuniary, and, although it is quite true that the present generation' is 'aWakening to a painful and active consciousness of this great evil, nd endeavouring to provide a remedy, our :difficulties in doing so are so Mgh the greater the longer the time, which has elapsed ; and we are not encountering now the origin, the first seeds, of a disea4e, but we 'are contending against a systematic 'and well-established disease, gaining strength almost beyond that which we can apply, to prevent it. It is true again that from these causes the vast population in our great towns,, and in the suburbs of those great towns, is growing up in a state of practical heathenism—l am afraid I must say in the indulgence of the grossest sensuality, and in the indulgence of that intemperance which statesmen, judges, and magistrates all concur in stating to be` the predomment cause which fills our gaols and loads tis'with a criminal population. (Hear, hear.) It is true, and it is to the credit of the age, that with regard to the criminal population of this country, a milder' and wiser system of punishment is prevailing. We have learned fo substitute a'. better' discipline for those, sanguinary , scenes which not fifty years ago loaded our scaffolds with victims, and relieved the• population. of the expense of many unhappy crimi nals' lives. Some persons may believe that the present system errs 'in the opposite . direction, and that too great indulgence is a fault of the present system of our crimi nal discipline. But, be this as it may, whichever view prevails, the object .is not indiscriminating vengeance, but it is, if possible, the improvement and the informa tion of the convict. (Hear, hear.) It is painful to see that so far as adult criminals are concerned, so far as those who have long been practised in the habits of vice and crime are 'concerned, the best directed. efforts and the wisest discipline are comparatively insufficient to restore. them to a better state of mind ; and that few, ,comparatively speaking, I fear, of those advanced in life, who have been subjected to this discipline, are really permanently and in heart brought to a true sense of their guilt, and a sincere and earnest refornia tion. - - But .with regard to the younger classes—with regard to those who are not. hardened by crime, seduced by bad example, and induced by idleness and vicious habits' to enter upon a course of crime--a better path has been opened, and a more cheerful prospect may be entertained from those invaluable institutions, which under the name of ieformatories are combining for the young criminal the advantages of penal confinement with a moral and industrial education. (Hear, hear.) Again, for the 'poorest, the absOlutely destitute classes of the community, the workhouse schools furnish no contemptible amount of eduCatien, discipline, and train ing; but there is a elass happily untainted with crime, aboYe the condition of the absolutely destitute poor, yet below the scale of what may be called decent poverty, for whom, neither in criminal reformatories—for which they are •not fitting subjects, nor in the workhouses-Tto which they either are not admitted, or are nnwillingS to' enter—is any provision made; and who, except for the instrumentality of such institutions as that of which we. are ' laying the . first stone this day must grow up. inevitably from idleness' to vice,' and from vice probably to swell the lists of our criminal 'population.. It is for that population, for that portion of the com munity who, - 'as I repeat, are untainted .with vice hitherto, who at home know nothing but the deepest poverty and degradatien, .and who, in too Many cases, see before them nothing but examples of squalid poverty, of, intemperance, and of profaneness4it is for them who with such a home, if home it can be. called,—appear exposed at night and at day-time to all the' idleness and all the temptations of a great dissolute population,. formed •as •it - were - to-be the prey of those who go about seeking whom they may devoar--whoin they may bring into their own paths — s paths of - wretchedness which they have long trodden. - It is of these poor children, many of theta, doubtless, the children of honest, and even for those who are the children of dishonest, parents, yet more the objects of compassion still-it is for them that these well-called Ragged ,Schools—the name is a significant one, and I should he sorry to see it changed—it is for _them, for the young, this well-directed and well-devised charityhas pro vided theip invaluable inatitutions, by which they may be rescued from the fate which would otherwise impend over them, pd in which they may receive in the. strictest sense 'of the word a true, moral, and religious education. (Applause). And when T. use the word e d u cation, I should wish y ou a ll to hear and mind what is the true meaning , of that important word. It is not . . mer e learning to read and to write. , r 6 -; have nothing more to. do with ethication than speaking and hearing haYe. They are thee - inere means by which . sslacation and instruction may be afforded, and accord ing to what yon speak and what you hear s according to what you read and what you write,will be the effect which that elementary part of 'education will have upon the future conduct of the child, and conse 'quently of the man. (Hear, hear.) Nor is it desirable in these institutions that children should be brought up for asstate of society to whin' they are never likely in their future lives to attain, (Hear, hear.) The object of all education is to fit the child, when he becomeS a • mass, fitly to discharge the duties of that station of life in which be is placed--to fit him to be . a good and faithful subject and a useful member of society here, and :worthy, through the mercy of God,' td enter upon a - higher and holier state of existence here after. (Applause.) Wisely, then, in these schools, you do not attempt any very high flights of knowledge, or ;any great expansions of - science. Wisely, most Wisely; do you devote a veryconsiderable portion of each day, not: to the acquisition of mental knowledge only, but to the acquisition of those habits of industry which are to kw the future .means of subsistence of those whom yolu are bringieg up. But you not only provide them ' with a ftithre' iiieUs of subsistence : Admitted into these schools, in which theY nee 4 nOt Pnsh for the rags in whiela they are clothed, bedaiise they are all alike_--admitted into these schools, and taught some industrial calling, and at the same time imbued with .moral' and religious teaching, these unhappy children become fresh beings with fresh con sqeaseess—fresh feelings, with the knowledge that they are , far different, end destined for much higher ends than 'had'ever' enferese into their pmprebension, awl with an amount of Self-reipect `and with'habirs 'ernseful industry which . will secore them,' with the blessing of God, against all the temptations of these callings epon which . they must inter when they quit the shelter of, these institutions. (Applause.) These are tho main objects of the institution of ragged—and more properly and appropriately called ragged and industrial—schools from the yolithful population of our great towns. The institution of these schools, if it went no further, I need hardly say, is an object that recommends itself to the deepest interests; of the inieisters of religion and of all those Whe have'dkhsart the well-being of thor fellow creatures: (Hear, heat.) Biit• this institution prep . dses to go much further, I haye . said, and lan afraid it is a lamentable fact, that of those who are deeply involYe'cl in crime, a small portion only are brought back to habits of virtue and of • religion. But God forbid that I should say that there ii not a vast propor-• tion, of ..the lower classes , of the population who hitherto have been wholly indifferent or alienated 6ons religio#s gings, ppm whom tithe, opportunity, and' example may not, pe i rferm wonders, s r ud bring them home to that flock from which iii 'kenbial They have wandered, and form them 'into a part of that one flock in one fold, under one shepherd, who is the shepherd of rich and , poor alike. It is proposed—more than pro posed; it has been attempted, and not failed—it is proposed to combine .with the education of' the chil dren a room Which shall serve OF the reli/ioqa instruction Of the parents ' of 'the child ren , 'an . of any others who 'may be induced to attend.' I . mean any others in the same class of life, for I trust no advan tage will be taken of this institution by those who hayeliMple nsearis to proyiale fer theipselyes. INt it is intended, and is to a certain extent carried into effect, to combine with the education of the children the religious and moral training of their parents, and to bring to gether a large portion of that population into a church, for • the worship of the Almighty God, which shall be absolutely free and open to...every._ one' "without money and without price." (Applauie.) Now, it is a remark often made, and of painful signifi cance, that even among the respsctable portion.of the working classes—the mechanics of this great conntry-s -there is a Very -large portion who, from various (tenses, never enter • the house of 'Gel ' There is' a large pro . tion'who know nothing of the truths or comforta Of o l u i s n ' te c n a t te l s o th ev er ig e_ en a c re e ,. o u t ? doubt, for service of GOd, Whether of the (a ' e establishedar, Year.} religion, d P th t i r i s , which_ t andhis absence b lio Q s ui t Y ility to religion, and, e lt il t l il b el o ie r ve a ga t, 11 4111 t W i n63 TI apart ;Om what is more common—absolute indifference, s b t " se a nce from and ignoiance;there are two prevailing causes which . according to the principles tend to drive from our churches even the best disposed and most respectable—l will not say of the pauper, but, of the poorest of our population. The one is the appro priatien of the greater portion of the seats in our churChea, and above all, of the best seats by the'richer and 'easier, tO-do classeS,.te the eXclusien of the pnOrer. Man, of to his relegatipq to the Most inconvenient, the most distant, and the most inadequate seats. (Hear, hear.) This is, I ern afraid, an evil inherent in human native, and it is an evil Own antiquity that it filmed greed for rebuke 'on the part of the apostles. themselves. I need not remind many of those who hear me that St., James dis tinctly points to this ungracious and invidious distinction in the earliest Christian Church between the rich and the poor. He notices it not only as a fact, but as a ground for rebuke. - The other cause I believe to be the honest shame of parading the ragged garments in which the poorest classes are clad, in immediate contiguity to the better clothed and richer garments of the wealthier and more easy-to-do population of the parish. Ido not say this is a , feeling which is to be altogether fidienled, but it is a feeling which is not altogether unnatural, and a feeling 'for Which it .is important we ' ought to make every' indulgence and every allowance . '(Hear, hear.)_ , Nor do I, can I, condenin absolutely and entirely, as some persons are disosed to do, the appro priation of particular seats, provided a sufficient amount be se* s apart for those who arc .not able to get separate sittings. On the other hand, I believe it tends to the solemnity, the regularity, and to the ()icier of congrega tional worship. - I am sure it tends very much to ' influence the best feelings when father, and Mother, and'children can enter the house of God with the know ledge that there is a seatato which they can go together 4 0 unitedly with a certainty of being able to get into it to offer li together their prayers and praises to the •Lord of all. ale4i,` .11e4r;) 'I ain far front condemning the ' appropriation of certain seats to those who are well able to -increase the means of the pastor Of a church by paying far that acconstinociati°' provided it is net granted to she exelu ' B ien of those who have an absolutely equal right with, the richest of the rich . to enter and worship God 'in the' parish church, parishioner. (Applause .) deal, not with a mixed a population a which is not for the rich 'but for every But in this have to population,case we we have to deal with • 11 of whom are of the poorest classes, few 'could afford or none of whom rd any considerable sum THE DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, AiTGiTSY 20; ii36o. for separate accommodation for themselves. We are providing means of religious worship for those who are .clad ih rags, 'and' will not he shamed by comparison with the silks and satins of their richer neighbours. , And in' this ease I say it' is most important, not that there should be some free seats, but that every seat in this church. school which .is about to be built should be free to all, without payMent of money and Without payment of price, and that no amount of poverty of clothing, no amount of squalid destitution, should be sufficient to exclude the very poorest of the poor who are willing to enter and worship .God, in whose eves rich and poor are alike, and the dis tinctions of rank and title are as nothing. (Applause.) This, then, is the object for which we are met this day. The liberality of a landowner in the neighbourhood has afforded you a portion of the site on which these ,new buildings are to be constructed—(applause) —and I trust that Christian liberality of the people of this neighbour hood, who can afford it, will not suffer this great work to fail for want of funds. (Hear, bear.) Every great motive which can actuate man conspires to recommend the support and the maintenance of this uudertaking. The peace of the district ; the good order, the sobriety, the cleanliness, the temperance—let me take the lowest motive—the diminution of the burdens which are sins tailed upon the parish by the augnieutation of its cri minal population ; but from this let me go to the higher motives, namely, that duty which you owe to your Christian fellow-creatures, or to those who, if not your Christian fellow-creatures, it is your highest object, and aim to improve and-,to make your fellow Christians as they are now your fellow creatures, (applause,) and that duty which you owe to that God who, as he would not that a sparrow should fall to the ground without his knowledge, would not that one of these his little ones should perish. (Applause.) You, upon whom he has bestowed the blessings, I won't say of wealth, but of competence and abundance,—and how few there are who really can say honestly that they are unable to take anything from their superfluity with oug injuring themselves for the promotion of works of this kind—all of those who value the improve ment of their immediate neighbourhood, all those who value their duty to their God and to their fel low-creatures, I earnestly entreat to come forward in aid of this good work. And yous s = s if I am addressing here any of the poorest of the poor—remember that in the free admission of your children to education, and in the free admission of yourselves to the worship of God, you are obtaining a great and valuable privilege; and that even you—some even of the very poorest—may do some thing by their voluntary offerings towards promoting the service of the church, and defraying a portion of the necessary expense which devolves upon the maintenance of an industrious, painstaking, and laborious minister. (Hear, bear.) It is equally creditable to the clergy and equally discreditable to the country, that a vast amount of the working clergy are labouring diligently, zealously and earnestly, amid many discouragements and much of difficulty, for stipends which does not equal the average earnings of many mecbanics,—ney, which do not equal the amounts which many spend in selfish indulgence. We are proposing that a . church should .be built capable of accommodating from, 600 tq 704 persons, Now observe, if each person who attend the church would pontribute the sum of. One penny weekly, that penny a week will give four shillings and fourpence each in the year ; and five hundred such weekly contributions will give a stipend ' sufficient of itself to securel do not say the properly remunerated— the zealous and devoted services of a minister to -attend to this eberch,. Many ministers labear for much less than a hundred a ye;r, and that sin} would he more than provided by one ,penny per week from five hien vdred persons. (Hear.) One word more before I close an address which I am afraid has been too lengthened already. (Cries of "No, no," and applause.) We are enteringnow upon a work not of an untried character—not a doubtful speculation—not one upon which those who. are willing to hang back may state • as an excuse "We will see how it works. There are very great doubts of its success. I will see. I don't like to be the first. I will see what my neighbours do. (Laughter.) I will see .whtit chance them ia of its doing any good. T have, for my own part, no great opinion of those attempts to improve and educate the labouring classes." (Continued laughter and applause.) This is not an experiment. For four years, under very great disadvantages, in this immediate neighbourhood, this very plan has been tried. It is not the failure, but the success of that plan, which renders it necessary that you should 'take the step which you -are -- called -upon to do this day. (Loud applause.) From an attendance in a wretched schoolroom, in the first instance, of only about sixty children, -you have now so largely increas e d the attendance that a second room his had . to be taken, and in that second room, there has been a weekly ser vice for the 'parents 'Of the children attending th e school, and those weekly;serviCes are crowded to overflowing by those who would gladly come- into the fold if -there' were only room for them to 'be received, and who find here shelter' and rest., for which they have proved, by their presence, their gratitude and appreciation. It is for these overflowing schools for that overflowing church, that we call upon you for fresh efforts,and fresh exertions—we call upon you to provide for that increase which it has been shown will take place, if you will only afford the means and the Ihlchintry for _giving it . fair play. ' We call upon yen, therefore', not to enter upon an untried course, but we call upon you to carry on an experiment which has been in the most suc cessful operation for a period of four or 'five years, and whose augmentation and whose prosperity are accomplished facts. Thenb can be no limit, except the limit of the population, to the means of. instructing and , elevating, and of Christianising . that redundant population. (Ilea; hear.) It is in this woric that I es 4 of all—ribh and poor —to tdke an' interest, arid more especially those who are locally connected with the dis trict, and who have seen the good work done from day to day. It is upon them I call, each in their several degrees, 'to direct their efforts to the promotion of this great work. Do not let us forget who. it was that reminded us in all future generations that the poor we shall have always. with us, and that to them we may do good when we will. You will not dispute the fact that 4r A li the good we can do, an d th e adyantagei vie can confer, none are Nile' tOthei of seating 'the rising generation 'for their appointed station in life, and giving them a knowledge of those holy truths, and of that saving religion, which, after the troubles of this life, will bring them into a higher and holier state Of existence by the blessing and mercy of Him to whom we are bound now to attribute all honour, and glory, and praise, and thanksgiving, for the great work he has enabled us this day to commence. (Loud cheers.) His lordship then descended from the platform for the purpose of laying the stone —a duty which h e per foi*q with great heartineos 41;4 de;:tefitY, takping the stone smartly bre eaeh r ot' the' four Cornets in•lt' style which called forth enthusiastic cheers. ' ' " r ' The Rev. Canon STOW ELL said he felt himself happy in having the opportunity of bearing some humble part in that most gratifying solemnity. Lord Derby had so fully and so excellently stated both the grounds upon sybieh these institutions rest, and the hen;tt a a I,4o4singa: Which 'Might : le' anticipatcd ' frodi' t'h 63, th4t.. hi .he had left little seepd f o r a n y wild might fellOW: e felt, 'therefOre, that brevity shOtild be his stndy, and what he said lie trusted should be pertinent to the pur pose, Anlongst the many Ohristlau and charitable institutions which distinguish these latter times, it seemed to him that there was none that could compete with the Ragged and Industrial School. It was ten times better to prevent than it was afterwards to try to remedy evil. It was better to give the antidote than afterwards to seek to apply the too-late sum • lie sEtw not why tile criminal Oase le tee ry . koms ts _ ao shmild • ever , be 'growing ripeli ns, — in spite ' oft all our efforts- s in spite of all - oni peqal 'peinislmlent-a- ss in spite of all our model prisonsin spite of all our ro ar a t ., tories , were it not there was a leak in the good bld vessel itself—a leak in the vessel of the count r y ; and that leak seemed to hini to be the l arge portion o f unthrifty, unvisited, 'neared for, an uneducated poverty. It appeared to him that these salt never -., had marshes and bitter places in our country 1, Leen fe'rly drained,. Nfp. IT ye.c @ 4}, cflipple4 w i th tlie 'evi at its fbitutain—We had never Otio'sloWn lute the de tlis of tini mischiefWe 'had tried 14'13'41W:tie; tried to abate,' 'but hot 'stop the fountain 'of ' the evil: Whence was the criminal class recruited?, • E r d m th , e mendicant class. Do away with the' mendic,Unt ClaiS, and we did away with the snpnlY 4 ,l l 4. 3.. qtinsidel class and the onlY NM to 44 away with the iliei4akant•clasa 'avenile mendicancy. • was to do away with .1 i., Arabs," as they were stilled, !‘ Of gather these' hate the city," in our villages and te,7 l ls -- -Aring they WO Chtistian iiistitetions, apt 4 FlFe,Rek P'l{l 141 theip, if their ocyn parents syen l and farpt7nrln. g then}up in Lord; t the nurture and admonition of th e aria instead of a constant supply to the criminal ranks, we should have some of the noblest specimens of humanity ; for the little things who grew up to crime, with the quickness and acuteness which fit them to do evil, would prove the cleverest, aptest, and sharpest, if rightly and diligently trained. Flow much of noble.• material was . thrett n , away and lost to the country for the wniii of, suecciv institution as this ; mid never, let U f&get that'it sv El s a the ehaiiiCter Of Divine mere) , to prevent iniliehi e f i rather than afterwards fa punish or redress it. (Hear.) It was a noble charity which send s o ut the life-boat front our shores, when the merchant vessel is foundering there upon our sands, which sent it out to gather up and save a few struggling mariners or passengers in agony, and bring them safe to land ; but . he told th ey th eca was a nobler charity—the charity, ''.'fk , Q4 fc9114 a harbour of refnie!nud places a berieoli irpon the sandbb u ka end ionken rock's to warn off that vehiet frdm 'rain lind'serVe to 'shelter ' them from the 'storm. (Applause.) The reforiniitery; at best, was but the life-boat sent to ` gather some ehiPwrecked criminals' from sinking into rir i but the' ragged and industrial 'school ' l Oll thehaotir of refuge into which thdse little 'barques might ru n, ' and where they Might find shelter and escape the 'sunken rackg, and escape the' threateliing'g.ternis, inq escape the sandbanks, and lip bieuilit' into the safe haVen of a soun d and whelesonie echicatidie. dread '4 ' kid (said the , .„ speaker), fig I will address reySalt to Yen as having large eNperience i n th ese niattera already ragged a n d industrial schools have largely put vagrancy--already have largely drafted off the match sellers, the little chip tribes, sallying out in a morning upon their trade, to pick up . a hying if they could by begging, if not by pilfering and stealing ; a n d the transition f rom b egging t o stealing is exceed ingly natural and easy ; and the poor little things are exposed to temptations beneath which they must excite our compassion; and unfriended , nritaught, and se ta t s io morning prayer uncared-for —unaccuitomed or the evening hymu x‘f praise—unaocuitomed 'to a mo ther's warning —no won derl3eranasion or father's gentle they fell: (Applause.) Nord, instead of that, we often parsed in `and out of our large towns, and sawino little match-sellers—no little g i r l. with' her elbOws through her ragged cloak, trying to hide hex misery. gclierec into We saw few such specimens. The)? the ragged school, and letst frola the sn • • I Vf I.. e reS. O ' the town. The true way to, ,g 4 iid Of pauperism Was 6 stop the fountain head, and gather all the Juvenile v agrant popu latiori :ot . England int o tugged sChooli. This was not the time that ou r Gniernment should talk of abating the amount given'to such schoels. Ae did not hesitate to say that there' could riot he 'a worse P'AileYs a more cheeseluging and unw ise p o licy ; for depend, upo i n it, whatever was spent t e e mendicancy, a cf governitient in preventing Juve nileUvenile criminality, ~. n consequently A , • • . ' would eonle back of the di i n i s em seven-fold into, the coffeTa in the shape , 111 .---,..., c o st of the 'verions appliances for the punishment of crime. What was more, The noblest thing for a country was not to --have the best model prisons, and appliances for detecting crime and punishing it. No, the noblest thing was to - 'get rid of prisons arid police. They were rather the badge of her disgrace than the crown of her honoUr ; and happy would we be when our gaols might be turned into industrial s chools—(applanse)—and our police turned into schoohnaa ters—(laughter, 9,0 applausej— and our magistrates (if they would not' think he was . , •, : degrading them in their Office) - might be turned into Our lay ministers and fellow-helpers with the clergy. (Loud applause.) Why should it be thought an utopian anti cipation' that we should arrive at such a - state Of things —why should we not strive together with one bele and one mind to bring about such a state of things in our own country of England ? Let us never forget that we owe it. to God mid the world that our good old" Country should not go down. It was "iell to strengthen her core and foundations. It was gratifying to see our noble young men as volunteers, comin g forward so freely and bravely to offer themselves for the country's good, in their country's service, whatever peril they might run, and he was not one who thought they would run before a Zouave. (Laughter, and applause,) He was disposed to think that the , good old spirit of English Chivalry, the noble love 'Of country which burns in a Briton's breast, would make Ahem more than a match for the most experienced troops. (Applause.) We did well to defend our country; but there was something more im portant still, and that was to make it worth defending. (Loud applause.) 'We must look to the heart and core of the old oak, that it might still stand the battle and the breeze, that it might stand in the winter time ; and he said if old England be but true to herself, to her glorious institutions—if she be but true in her love and loyalty to the Queen—if she be but true in sympathy among the various classes of the community—not class against class, and man against man ; but class with class, and man with man, from the Queen to the cot tager ; and if pure and undefiled religion were promoted —if the Word of God be the rule of our national assembly, of our cabinet council, of the Queen herself-- if the 'Word of God rules from the highest to the lowest —if we were ,but true to our glorious principles—we had nothing to fear from foreign aggression, we had nothing to fear from our foes abroad. (Loud applause.) If England fell, she would fall front within, not from without—(applause);—but if stood true to herself, if she was sound to the oere, Ave need not fear the tempest. (Loud applause.) Therefore lie contended that th e y were assembled that day for one of the most patriotic as well as most philanthropic objects; and they Were best serving their country and their country's God by serving the cause of the poor and friendless. Those who have no friends at home should have friends all around them ; and all those who had uo parental care should haVe parents in those who love their own children. (Loud applause.) Therefore, be most truly rejoiced in bearing his testimony to the value of this excellent work, lie had a'ragged school in Sallied, heti seen its origin, and watched its p rogress . It had almost put a stop to juvenile vagrancy, and very' largely to juvenile delinquency; and he had no douht that they bad folind the 'effect of theirs already. And look at our poor-law returns, how larely was pauperism diminishing,—look at the juvenile criminal returns, and see how they were diminishing,—and then say were not these diminutions largely Owing to such things as this ? We had every reason to hope that instead of England, as its enemies would tell her—the wish being • father to the thought—decaying, going dawn, losing vigour and strength,—would show that sheswas younger in her old age than in her earlier days —greener in her hoary hairs than in her auburn locks; and with God's blessing upon her; she should never die, but stand while natioyf ; §t and. Then, when shn might give up her account, might. it be gaid : "Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.' (Loud applause.) The rev. gentleman then earnestly solicited contributions towards the insti tution, that it might not be said it was in debt ; but that it might stand, where every honest man ought to stand, "owing no man anything." (Applause.) The working men of Kirkdale had contributed £lOO towards that rod 'work ; so, hl thought, it Aymild be the windiest itigiterfdr We merchants, stiopk4pers, and richer nisi dents, to make up £1.900 more. Mr. Stowell concluded by saying that, in retiring from a prominence which he did not seek, he would just add that he did indeed feel that God had blessed Mr. Lester in making him the instrument of such a work as that. He was sure that his unobtrusive modesty would not make his friends and neighbours less appreciate that patience, that perseve rance, those prayers, and, he believed, those tears which it had cost him to bririg it Omit ; ar i d, as its' geinciaimil stoneliad 'lO4 laid in prayer, might its top stone be brought forth in praise:, and as the ceremony of the day had been conducted under gloomy auspices, as respected the weather, if it had been met at the commencement with showers and clouds, might that only be a pledge that its future course would be bright, and that it would pursue its even tenour through Av, never losing sight' of 10 "glorious purpose,—that Of training op InerLals' tor time' and eternity. (Applause.) And Might that little flower grow up under the sheltering vine of the• National Church, and might the National - Church have many such little'ilowers,— for believe me, working men (said the speaker, in con clusion), whatever faults and Imperfections tha Church of England may have; take' her f or in aTl—in her glorious history in the.past—in her, noble martyr roll— in her parochial system—in her care for the people—in her zeal for education—in her natural tenderness for the least lambs of her flock—tiere - 1.1 no church which you should wish to change the old church for. May she stand in the affections of the people, and not so'nl4o, on the law of the land ; and may she at last, when churches on earth tai;e paased iiiiroy,' lie 'the church of 4 , 1 l athe:rs, iilideV 4:3104;,'wh0 may have brought up most ciildren for the glorious Church Triuniphant ! (Loud 'applause.) • T. D. ANDERSON, Esq., the Mayer, then stepped forward to propose a vote of thanks to Lord Derby. He'said,—Ladies and gentlemen, the Rev. Mr. Lester, the indefatigable incumbent of St. Mary's, Kirkdale, has tendered to Lord Derby your tbanka mid his own for his kindness in coming otnougstis to Tay the founda ti'4l: of qd 'PO ' if - Mtdale Ragged and Industrial school, and far his liberality in giving the site ; and I have no-w great pleasure, on behalf of the inhabitants of this great district, as well as the whole community over which I have the honour of presiding this year, of offering their thanks also to his lordship. I think it is most gratifying to see one of the highest peers of the realm coming here amongst us to aid,.l the ereetioA of a building for the edqptisa , of the, poorest 'dliddien in the land, a nd by. so douig, epilienting the so,ciaf link' whiOb ought to' WA between the highest oncl lowest classes in the land. (Apploase.l This is 4 very great encourageineot to those Who are engaged in promoting sooli works as the one which has called us here together to-day; and I am sure we are rejoiced to see that his lordship takes the same interest in the district which he and his family have so long takcn. It is quite unneces sary for me, gentlemap, to assure you that it is not the first time his lordshirrbr family have shown their interest in the town, and particularly in this neighbourhood,-- in the social, moral, and religious improvement of the people, 1 4 4 1 1 Y proofs am stotold, us, , to which the, 4ev: Mr. Leqer has alluded, b u t I , per h a ps, m a y be allowed to tneutiOt' ;.;iie which may not be known to Many Of ybe — lf 'may' not beiriOwn that the land for the first school 'in the district was land given' 11' his lordship's grandfather, the then Berl of Tr),ect 3 3r. Pilli; school, the Everton and lirlidala' Cc4os i l, was lmilt in 1815, when the nopailatisai Of the district was only I,m. It Is row' vivwds of 40,000, . and that, I am sore, ladies arid geatlemen, will s h ow you the necessity for an increased number of schools, as well as of churches. It would be presumptuous in ine detaining you, after the splendid speech of his lordship; but ten dering him again the thanks of that great community, I can assure him that whenever it can be convenient to him to come down to aid us in any movement for the moral, social, and religious improvemeat, of the people, the people of Liverpool will he always lead y' to, give him a most cordial weiointe.. cLpacl'applElose.) WILLIAM itat4rs, toiq:, seconded the motion, Ito, soidille, 'lei. gr:Lester hod requested him to make his appearance 0.4 the platform, that he might have the houour• of seconding the., vote of thanks to Loid l)erhy 1 and he 'could assure them that he had a lively recollection of the important services which his lordship had rendered to his country;when he initiated a aystem of education which had been productive of the greatest good—he referred to the Irish educational aya- tem. It was the greatest possible, gaa l tifacotion to him ; (Mr. Brown) to en pli. , . inter est 41 . 01, waAnAi4 talieniA , ote education Or the people,' eild`portjeAlarly ratify;', ic! .inel` 'noblemen' of thaligheat distitiCtioskcioing ser a such as hiP;ordShip had considered it his duty to perform tli't day.' gr.. .Liown, who was very indis tiactly lieu , then proceeded h a p p il y t o app l y t h e mora l k t 4, o ,t n 't at 'little work called "The Lost Link," 1 showing how deeds of Christian charity, such as the dis tribution of the Scriptures, tended to, kri,t‘g together the very, highest ivig ou tg l i 10 %4 os society. He was iTiaii gtpvividO .I.4and UEREY, WhQ was again received with cheers, said : ...Ladies and gentlemen : I should content myself wituxussaalag, in a single word, my grateful sense of the eoraal, friendly, and kind reception which I h ave met with to-day; and of the vote of thanks which you have conferred open me for the very trifling service which I have performed, were it not that ; am an'Xiinis not to appear before you wearing harrowed clothes; and much as I am otliged to the Worahipful the Mayor, who s o worthily. presides over this great community, reannot ikanient to accept from him a merit which he erroneously attributed—that to my liberality the institution is indebted flu the land upon which it is founded. For this liberality you are indebted to John Shaw Legh, who contributed a material proportion, the remainder being obtained for the institution by purchase. Gentlemen, if aniilling i could add to my gratification, it l would be that the v o t e ! of thanks, though ila i 'one, resieet undeserved anA exag geratec‘ illgiLaa., be propoied by one. Ito, m,uah respec,ked as the wsirthY'Meyor ; and perhaps. 544 iwkve, that it should be seconded by one knout to this town for acts Of unparidleled'magnificen,ce, and whose charities are as ahtiitd4nt--I belie - fa more abundant than many who Lave ompler means at their disposal than even him. 1 WAlVonly say that this day has been to me a day of very great gratification, and Oaf I have, been, ioxply rapnid, by the cordiality of your receLtr tr Ek o lA tl cl b pk e ewglttieQiiit interest you you take in the 'co l *, for undertaken or tiny little inconvenience I have suffered. (4P8 1 4 1 45e , ) I can assure you that I have nothing more at heart than to see extending more widely and generally the symeathy between the higher and lower classes ; and if it be in my power to contribute to that great object, my efforts will not be wanting—(lond cheers)—but I beg of you to bear in mind that my occupation, of a I , so r much less ' agreeable . character, lastingover eight months of the year (if the present, sesajou ma be taken as an example, the latter will lie he and the duties of attendim to A considerable property, leave me conalugatively little leisure to eater upon un dartal4ngii Or attend at ceremonies of the nature which we liiive witnessed to-day. (Applause.) I thank you all cordially for the kind reception with which you :have met me, and I trust the work in whiek we have been engaged will be productive of as flinch 4e4efit and' per manent advantage to the community as my attendance tiway will lie a aohice of comfort and gratification to 1 me.. (Loud applause.) H `Thethildrep, accompanied, by the band, then, struck up ' "Hurrah for merry England„" , and the company slowly dispersed, the rain, fsqlling in torrents. It is understood that engagements arc. being entered into by the Spanish Ciov.el'Ament for the construction ire, this coAkutry of eight first class war steamers, which are expected to cost little less than i. 200,000. The Spanish Government are, also Xq the English market for the purchase of several thousand loads of oak timber, the con traots, for which stipulate for the deposit of £17,000 caption money. The Times says—" We have much pleasure in announcing that Lord Stanley, of Alderley, Will succeed Lord Elgin as postmaster-general. Lqra Stanley has had long and vfAVW4. otial awl parliamentary experiepe c a, 'au excellent man of business. We trust that in his hands the Post-Oke Xll rd.eein its character, and that the scanda :iyliicl 1).a4 so long disgraced its admio - stration will cease." ~~-. LANCASHIRE ASSIZES. NISI PRIUS COURT. -SATURDAY. GALTOX V. EARLE.—The statement which apPeaied under this heading iuour impression of Saturday •lq.st, was a foolish hoax, wantonly and maliciously furnished to one of our employes by a reporter of a radical con temporary. (Before Mr. BARON MARTIN.) JOHNSON V. HORSFALL, AND ANOTHER.—This was an action to recover compensation for the non-completion of a contract, namely the refusal to accept a quantity of wool which it was alleged the defendant had purchased from the plaintiff. Mr. Manesty, with whom was Mr. Baylis, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Overend, with whom was Mr. Mellish, were for the defendants. The plaintiff is a wool merchant, carrying on business in Liverpool ; and the defendant is a wool stapler, living at Bradford, in Yorkshire. In the mouth of April last the defendants purchased of the plaintiff a large quantity of wool, which they subsequently refused: to accept, on the ground that the bulk was not equal to the sample. Verdict for the plaintiff—damages, £l3 175., being the actual loss sustained by the nonfultilment of the contract. • Shfrric v. Linutax.--This was an action Of ejectment, the defendant being a tenant of some premises in Bold street, Liverpool ; and the plaintiff was the landlord. Before the case was proceeded with, a verdict was taken by consent for the plaintiff. • • MELLOR V. TAMPLIN. —This was an action brought by the plaintiff, the extensive spirit merchant, of this town, to recover from the defendant; one of the firm of Tamplin and Co., shipowners, of the same ploe, the value of a cask of spirits which had been List is its transit from London to Liverpool, in ono of their vessels, the Genoa. Mr. James and Mr. Aspivall were,for the plaintiff, and Mr. Brett, Q.C., was for the defendants. The defend ants pleaded that they were not responsible, and that it was through the imperfections in the cask that the spirits were lost. It was proved that when the eask was handed over to the defendant& custody it was per fectly sound and gctctd, and that the loss had been illPilrred from its not having been properly stowed away in the vessel; Verdict for the plaintiff, for the value of the spirits. ZUCCANE V. BANDANTo.--This was an action to recover the. balance of an account due to the plaintiff, a furni ture broker of .London, by the defendant,, formerly the proprietor of the "Turkish Divan," in Lime-street, in this town. After the case had been briefly opetled, a verdict was taken for the plainti4 for the amount claimed. Mr. Temple aryl Mr. hindniarsh were for the pyt.iqt4 and Mr. James and Mr. Ovens for the defend ant. ROBSON V. ROWEN.—In this case Mr. James, Q.C., Mr. Brett, Q.C., and Mr. Sidgreaves appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Monk, Q.C., Mr. Jones, and Mr. Ovens for the defendant. (a menther (kr the firm of Bentham, Bowen, and 043).' This • was an action brought by, the plaintiff to recover compensation in damages for a wrongful dismissal by the defendants, in whose employ the plaintiff had been as traveller up to the month of April last, and for salary due and money paid. After the case had been heard, Mr. Baron Martin strongly advised that the whole questi,on should he referred to Mr. Banner, accountant,' of this town. Some discussion then to,ol plaee between the learned Feßt!enlell , and She reference was u lti ma t e l y agree d t o , and a verdict' taken by consent for .the plaintiff for £2,000 damages, subject to the reference. DISPUTE A.EOUT THE SALE OF A SHIP.—CHAPIKAN V CHALLIS. —This was an action brought into, the court merely for the purpose of eliciting, certain tacts preli minary to a otlesAc i n of•law being decided. There were no witnesses balled for the plaintiff. The dispute was respecting the purchase of certain shares in the ship Cormorant. The defendant alleged his entire crzwarioe of some agreements entered into by otheeparties, which, he contended, exonerated him froin the obligation the plaintiq sought to fix upon him. £l5O DAMAGES AGAINST THE LANCASHIRE AND .YORKSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY.—III this action Mrs. Sarah Davis, formerly carrying on the business of a confectioner at Bootle, was the plaintiff, and, she claimed compensation for the personal injuries she had sustained through the ear4easuess of the c om p any ' s servants. O n the ith of Stay last the plaintiff left the Tithebarn-street station with a return third-class ticket to Miller's-bridge, being the station nearest to her residence. When the train stopped, it was found that it had w i ned the platform, upon which the, paesen,gera usually alight, some considerable d i iste t nce. The dOor of the carriage was, oseued by one of the Company's servants, and the plaintiff, with much difficulty, aiighted, it being very steep from the carriage to the ground. Just as she had left the carriage, the train was put in motion, and she felt a blow upon her leg, which she imagined was caused by the iron step. With, some difficulty she got home, and a few days after she was Obliged to call in medical aso4aAco, an since that time up to the present she, has suffered eonsiclerahly, being saaree:iy al le to. walk.; and, it was kr those injuries she sought Compensation, havAtv& been thus deprived of fol lowing her evocation, besides having spent all the money she had saved. On the part of the railway com pany, it was attempted to be shown that the accident might have arisen through 'the fault of the plaintiff, as she had not asked any of the servants to assist her to alight, which she might have done, or have proceeded to the next station ; but this latter suggestion, was briefly replied to by the cottrotel observing, "arid have rendered 4melf liable to, a aim for proceeding to a sta -0,94: which she, lied no, ticket." AIS lordship, stav ing surnmecl up the case, the jury returned 'Verdict for the plaintiff: Damages £l6,q, Pad LxNa z. Hopcii.---.This was an action to recover through the carel essness o f the Tally 4 A colt, which, tbia ciefeodaut, had met with such an accident that it had to be destroyed. In this case the plaintiff was a cotton factor of Haslingden, and the defendant was a farmer *living at Masbro', both in the county of York. In the year 1859 the plaintiff purchased a colt from the defendant, and it was allowed to remain upon tht pre.- mises until the 6th of March last, when At top* fright and ran away with a part of a, riate, to. wbicii it had been fastened, and so, ingrel i itself. that it had to be shot. It was Ned, on the Bart of. the plaintiff that the de fendant s had nut taken sufficient care of the animal, which, as be was the keeper, he had a right to have (kw, therefore this action had arisen. Verdict for the plaintiff, damages £lO. The court then adjourned. (Before Mr. Rapp W . 7,4Tx10 RAYNER ANA AN,ox,ricurit u. T.4ATFA,-- , Mr. Pickering, Q.C., send 4r. Jjones. appeared )4 the plaintiff in this avl Q.C., with Mr. Cleasby, were COUP* tb; the defendant. The action was brought by Wall's. A. and D. Rayner, cloth manufacturers, at Rr.ir tick Bridge, Yorkshire, to recover froth the defendant, who is also a cloth merchant * at Leeds, the sum of £57.55., being the Y 10 4 44 et some goods sold by them to the defendant. The purchase and delivery of the goods were achitted by the defendant, but he disputed the fact (sworn to by the plaintiff) that a specific contract had been entered into for a limited credit. On behalf of the defendant a number of witnesses were cAl i kecl igha proved that such an agreement had, bpen entered into, and that consequently the fhpjley, V. 24 P.ot yet due. The jury retired for a, stloxt tixe, and upon returning into court fcjvid, a verdict for the plaintiff. to full amount SPECIAL JURY CASES. BARRETT r. TEE LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAIL WAY COMPANY.—This was an action brought by Barrett to recover compensation for carta.in serious inju ries which h e had susto*4 through the alleged negli gence of the defendants'. servants, Mr. Monk, Q.C., DT. Wheeler, 4.C., and Mr, Williams, were for the plaintitc;, and Atr, Edward James, Q.C., and Mr. Mellish aptleared for the defendants. The plaintiff, a laqiitizr, was, on the 6th May, 1859, in business in Bury, in this county ; he was then a alan of remarkably good health. On the day i t n question, ho had to go from Bury to Bolton_ by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail way. 1 n Ike station at Bury, in order to reach the trc.in fox Bolton, the plaintiff had to cross the rails by which the trains returned, and while crossing he was knocked down, and dragged under the carriages of a train which was then entering the station. He was taken home, and received medical treatment for a consi derable time after the accident; it was two months be fore he could leave the honse, and walk about with any degree of ease. It vo.a shown that from the peculiar construction of the platforms, there being no bridge to cogneet them, and the passengers being consequently obliged to walk over the rails„ that there was no care lessness on the part of the plaintiff; but, a legal objec tion having been raised by the defendants' counsel, his lordship tnled that it was necessary to prove a breach of duty, and non-suited the plaintiff. i BREACH OF CONTRACT.—WILSON THE LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAIIA% AX COMI'ANY.—Mr. Temple, Q.C., and Mr. Jones appeared for the plaintiff in this case, and Mr. Edward James, Q.C., and Mr. Mellish were for the defendants. The plaintiff was Mr. Arthur Busby Wilson, and he had brought this action for the purpose of recovering damages for a detention of his goods, through the defendants' carelessness. The plain tiff is a hat and cap manufacturer, and the circumstances 054 t cz . which the action arose were these : Certain ' uealers in cloth, of the name of Messrs. Webb, being I by one of their partners at Huddersfield, in the month of March last, the plaintiff ordered from him a quantity of cloth, to to sent immediately. The manufacture which the plaintiff carries on is usually required for the spring market ; the articles manufactured are of a fancy character, and are therefore most in demand at the spring season of the year. The cl o th was delivered at the station of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, with directions that it Aaa to he sent to Cockermoath, via CarOortli; aud there was a document (Alice specifyi ng signed at the rail,,w.a.V the consignee and and h i s res idence. Th 9 goods ought to have arrived at c oc k, m p l ith on. the 17th March, but nothing was beard.of. them until the 6th April, when it was aseer taiued that they were at th e M aryport station. For the defendants, it was contended that they bad only acted in accordance with a previous order from, the plaintiff. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages, £BO. The Court adjourned at half-past five o'clock. • ~ ca~:r+ LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-SATuRDAY. (Before Mr. RAFFLES.). THE CHURCH PICKPOCKETS. Charles Patchell. and John Freeman, who were remanded on 'a charge of picking packets in Eldon-street Chapel Wednesday night, were brought up, and in addition to the evidence already published, a lady came forward and reci3g- . iiised Freeman as a person who had his hand in her pociet. His worship sent the prisoners to gaol for three months 'each,' with hard Tabour, as rogues and vagabonds. THE ASSAULT WITH A "SLING-SHOT`." John Mitchell, the boarding-liouse keeper, who stbod . i remanded on a charge of having,Violently assaulted a Prtiss r sian, named Edward Gaultz, with a sli• g-shot, was again brought np. The facts of this case were published on Satur ' diy. Mr. pluck, for the prisoner, produced two witnestes, who stated that the prosecutor had threatened to stab the prisoner, and that the latter only used a small stick in self ' defence. This version of the case, was, however, upset by witnesses for the complainant, and his worship sent the prisoner for trial at the sessions. CAUTION TO SEA STEWARDS. Two young men (brothers) named Nolan, were charged with refusing to proceed to sea, as stewards in the Nova Scotian, belonging to AfessiS. Allen, BrotherS. The prisoners had signed articles to go in the. ship, but at the lust moment they refused to go, without giving any, reason. Mr. Baffles c'pn-: sured , the Conduct of the prisoners, - and adverted toihe loss and inconvenience Which shipowners suffer in consequence of siteh'cOnduCt. Ire sent the prisoners to jail for ,fourteen days. J - Lowever, at a Subsequent part of the' day, Mr. Woods, from the office of Allen, Brothers, attended the court, and said the firm had requested him to say that they .were not desirous: of punishing the men, as all they wanted was to warn them, and caution others from acting so. His Worship then called the men, and said they ought to be very gratepal for the kindness shown them by Messrs. Allen, and he h01).,r it would be a warning to them and others 'in' future. He then discharged them. :: IN A " PICKLE" Charles nankin, James Fairclough, and .Lm Sbanky, who were employed in .the pickle . rarehouso of Mr Robert Thin, Redcross-street, were brou zlit up by ottie.”- 430, on a charge of having stolen a quantity of pickles from the warehouse. The policAnanreceive4 information the, previops evening, that the prisoners were stealing some tinspf pickles, be followed, and arrested them in North John-street, and on searching them he found seven - tins and one battle of pickles on them. The property waii proved by Mr. Joha Williams who is in Mr. Thin's employment, and,the prisoners were sent to jail for fourteen days. PLUNDER IN A PUBLICrHOUSE. . . William Flyen, a tall young man , who said he was a oartrer and gilder, and who had enlisted on Friday, was charged l'or stealing some 10s. in money, a quantity of jewellery and other things, value .£5, from the bed-room of Mrs. Roebottom, " Lion and Lamb" public-house, Dale-street. It appeared that the prisoner had been is the house. drinking during the evening, but was missed from six to eight o'clock. About the latter bonr, the servant girl went into Mrs. Roebottom's bed room, whets she got the person standing at the dressing table. she asked what he was doing there 1 *n4 he replied nothing. She ran down stairs followed by the prisoner, who was arrested and the property found on him. The, prisoner, jn answer to the charge, said he was drunk, and did not know what he V{ as doing. He pleaded guilty to the charge.. HtS worship said it was a pity to see a young luau who bad been brought up to a respectable trade in filial a disgraceful position ; the case was a. bad one, and ha w.lit send the prisoner to jail for four months with hard labour. ROBBERY BY A CAB OWNER. Robert Kennedy, a cab owner and driver, was charged for having stolen £4 belOnging to a sailor named John kl‘Bride. Mr. Cobb defended. It appeared that on Friday the- prose cutor got paid off at the Home, and had some drink.• He engaged the prisoner to drive lave for_ some time, which he did, and finally set hity.' clown in Tithebarn-street,, when a dispute arose O R A -ihe fare, when the complainant paid the prisoner went away. An Irish cattle dealer, named IWAlister, was passing at the time, and saw the pristautt take a purse fl'orn the seat of the car, and put, tj toottnat at the bottom of the car, and suspecting all wee net right, he told a policeman, who followed and arrefdedthe prisoner; and on further inquiry it was a'iteerts,4o that the purse contabfed £4; and belonged to M'Byl,o4, who identified it. Mr. Cobh endeavoured to e ‘ hot t that the prisoner took the purse to hcieti it safe for '4o.elar awned it, when Mr. Baffin said ij•a jury colt 'oe.iieve that they might acquit the prismer, who was sent for trial at the sessions. (Before Messrs. 110IIGHT01!1: awl L. PEEL.) FURIOUS, URITING. Andrew Williams, the 1, Dilworth's Wavertree omni bus, was summoned, gc.;. furious driving, on the road, on. the 6th instant, a i the case being proved, a fine of in. was inflicted% BREACH OF PROMISE Ox' MARRIAGE. BRISTOL ASSIZES. -FRIDAY. co ,s WELCIL. AU, M. Seth, Q.C., and Mr. Thring were counsel for the plaintiff ; and Sir F. W. Slade, Q.C., for the defendant. ' ThiS was an action for breach of promiso of marriage. The defendant pleaded that he had not promised, and that the plaintiff had released to from his engagement. Mr. Smith stated that the plaintiff was a young lady about 24 years of age, the daughter of a respectable farmer. She. kad been adopted by some maiden cousins named Ali l a, who lived in a cottage near Wells. The defendant was a farmer residing in the same neighbour hood, and had lately had £30,000 left him,. Both plaintiff and defendant, taught in the Sunday school, and thus became acquainted. —Am, intimacy sprang up between them, and after some time the defendant took apartments in the hoe of Miss Hill, and went and lived there, and it was evident that they were engaged, ~The plaintiff used to read a good deal to, the defendant, and they sat with their hands clasped together. also consulted her upon his affairs. In th,,; - tatter part of 1858 the defendant became caprickals, in his attentions, and Miss Hill spoke to hinaupon the subject, when he said that undoubtedly he had engaged himself to Miss Cole, but he femed he could not fulfil his engagement, as some former love of his had written to him, and had claimed the fulfilment of a former promise. That lady was a Miss Gray, to 'whom the defendant was now married, but that mar riage had been kept so secret that it was only within a few days that the plaintiff had heard of it. The de fendant endeavoured to. induce tke plaintiff to release him from the engagement, and as he could not succeed he had sent his sister to try what she could do. Miss Cole, however, was very fund of the defendant, and would not give way, The plaintiff had no alternative, and brought her action to recover some compensation for the serious injury she had sustained in consequence of the defendant's conduct. She had lost a good posi tion in life, and had suffered very much, and be now asked the jury to give her such damages as they thought her entitled to. Miss Hill stated that in 1858 she spoke to the.defend, ant and asked him if he had promised to marry Ali as Cole, and he said he had, and at the tirae, he thought he was a free man, but Miss Gray had, written to him and had called to his recollection a, promise he had made to her, and. he should therefore he obliged to break his engagement with Mips Coker he thought it his duty to remain singk via not marry at all. She told defendant he 1,44,1 hat t er go and tell Miss Cole, but he said h e could not do it, as it would hu r t h er feelings. He left the house and ceased his attentions. Miss Qole wus very much distressed in mind, and kept very much within the house, keeping in her room for daysAogehher. She oftentimes felt it even now. Re used . to sit with his arm round.her waist and frequently kissed her. Sir F. Slade then addressecWie jury for the defendant. The sympathy of all k - VsOllA iu these cases generally went with the lady % bill , lac thought that after they.had heard Was atom Like sympathy would be with the gentle man,. Lie thought the jury would be of opiniou that the defeUdaut had escaped from a deep-laid scheme Miss Ogle knew full well that Mr. Welch was engaged to Miss Gray, and she ought not to have endeavoured to place herself in his affectio.its, and to oust Miss Gray: Ladies had a happy \VVit of entangling foolish men. This was a good catc)i for Miss Cole. There were two girls runniug for one man—why was the second horse to win Miss. Gray was the old love of Mr. Welch, hat he unfortunately went to lodge at Miss Hill's, and no doubt there was a great attraction in that house, and that the old ladies rendered every assistanse to bring about a match, fOr there were no Rei:aoli p s so ready at matchmaking as those who lia,d attained a considerable age without themselves bia,Yag tOrmed a matrimonial connection. But tllie 'i as. girl against girl, and Miss Cole had no, r;ght to ecane here and ask for damages, Miss Coke kW written to Miss Welch, stating that her bro,tb,er ° i t Quo time had an affection for Miss Gray, but he ought now to write and tell her he was engaged to another; she felt for Miss Gray, but the letter ought to be written at once Dent think, dear, that I don't feel for both parties, but I assure Ido most sincerely. He ought to write, as for a man .1 to be burdened with two w,ag, too much. I wanted yoklr brother to let me write to, MismGralumyself, but he thi4i;.4 better to write himself,., hope tl , e, Lord will direct limb, th e path he should, go; ;LA that: l ,7, o d will strengthen, auk in his own Koo 4, tie mise her up another. 1 111 . At was alt cat,: Why had she not resigned Welch to 1115 fir l ).,,, love ? She had no right to come here. The herfilessness was on the side of Miss Cole. She wrote him another letter : " Dear Mr. Welch,--Do not be afraid to come and speak your mind to me, Ask God to direct you in the right path. Conic to me to-morrow. In prayer, yours ever, She then had another shot at him in some verses, asking if her bridal dress was to be changed into a shroud. After her attorney had written to the defendant sbe again wrote to him, saying that her prayer was, that God would draw his feet out of the net. "Do you go to church ? Draw nigh, my dear, to God, and He will draw nigh to you." This was impious, and this was written when she knew he was engaged to another. Had she any right to ask a special jury of Bristol to g i ve her damages ? She ought to h ave had some regard for the feelings of Miss Gray. Whatever had happened to Miss Cole she had brought it all upon herself. He an ticipated that that .would be the view the jury would take of it, and that they would give a verdict for the defendant. The learned Judge having summed up, The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, £l,OOO. ---------, GRAND UNITED ORDER OF ODDFELLOWS.—This day, the members of the above respectable body will hold a grand procession, as previously announced. The mem bers will assemble at Wavertree bridge, and, having mustered, will start in procession at half-past one, on the route' to be pointed out. There will be a large number of the brethren —several hundreds—present, and the band of the Ist Lancashire Volunteer Artillery will accompany the procession in its progress. It must be remembered this body is in no way connected with any religious or sectarian community, and, therefore must not be classed with any. In the evening, the various' lodges will dine together at their club-rooms and in several instances balls will wind up the day 's st proceedings; which are looked for Ward to with Wel l,. ARMSTRONG GUNS FOR THE SARDINIANGOVERNII ne. —A remarkably fine specimen of an Armstrong i pounder is at present to be seen at the esta blishmentisone of n o f f r. W. Thomas, S. Anne-street. Thehchare l i i n course of a number of the same descrition w hich .steel Works Coms being forged by the' Mersey I ron a cen t to Mr. Thomas's parry, and which are afterwards carriages.. We establishment to be mounted under stand that the whole of the guns la and are to be g o l! n n , s o i r ri cti e n tie , stion have bee n ordered, by the Governme n t of eau possibly be got despatched to Genoa as so o n k wor rnanship.of the glin-carriages as they ready. The finish an d , Thomas are handsome in the. manufactured by Mr. extreme, and give a eery ready for use. perfect idea of the ap pearance of the Armstrong whengun' AMDENTS. _..,0n Satwday, John Garner, a labourer, re sidiii St. Ma.ry's-terraCe, li tent-street, !f e ll off . a i at No. S. cotton, in a warehouser in Gibralttir- row, pi e o ,c co aikdsustained &severe wound of the fool and contusions —Edward Robinson, a l'abouter, residing in Doe the body . —Edward ent-s'ireet, sustained a fra c t ured leg, by a log of • timber falling:, on him at the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. They were both conveyed to the Northern HospiAl. 3 GREAT FIRE NEAR LONDON-BRIDGE. • On Friday night between 11.iind 12 a fire broke 014 in the extensive premises of Messrs. Hartley, corn and provision wharfingers, in a 'large way of business, abut ting upon the Thames near London-bridge, on the Surrey side of the river, and in the iMmediate vicinity of St. Saviour's Church. The whole building, with all its varied Contras, consisting chicly of grain, hops, bacon, oil, cheese, and the like, formiug a mass of inflammable materials, was almost wholly destroyed in an incredibly short space of time. From - the river two floating en • gines played for several hours upon the burning .edifice, .and frondhe land side fire engines almost innumerable, but with little or no perceptibl e effect, except to the conflagration spreading to, the contiguous .property. The building in which it originated was called West Kent Wharf, and had only been erected two years, at great cost, and was of enormous height. On the west it abutted immediately on a little narrow dock, or creek, which runs up from the liver towards the church of St. Saviour, about midway between Southwark and Lon don bridges, and fortunately it was almost wholly detached from the adjacent storehouses and granaries with which the margin of the river at that point is densely studded. Fortunately, too, the night was calm, or the havoc which the fire must have made, though great enough as it is, would haVe been well nigh incalculable. As a spectacle, it - was remarkably striking, and crowds of people flocked to the spot or watched the progress of the conflagration from the bridges. On the varied mass of architecture on the city side of the river especially it threw a blaze of light the effect of which was singularly picturesque ; St. Paul's, the Custom-house, the Monument, the Tower, Fishmonger's-hall, and the almost countless church spires being brought into strong relief. How the. fire originated it was impossible to ascertain, -.for all- con cerned were more occupied in the vain effort of arresting its progress than in inquiring 'into its cause, and at. present the extent of the mischief cannot be accufately estimated. The whole building is entirely , gutted, and nothing remains but a bare mass of blackened shapeless walls. 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