The Express.
London, England, 1852-10-20 00:00:00

SHEFFIELD SCHOOL OF DESIGN.

The annual meeting of the friends of this excellent
and highly tiourishiog inatitutioe, and the distribution of
prism to the pupils, took place on Tutaday last, at the
MusicAall, under the presidency of his grace the Duke of
Newcastle. The large hell wee well filled by a respectable
SONMIIIIMII of ladies andratleinen.
Mr. WiIIINVIAN, the mastery secretary, commenced the
prommUnge by reading the report
" Nam the last eased report of the mooed a camp/eta
and bigageet cheep hoe taken place in the management
of esheels idiot TM provincial schools have hitherto
been radar the sound sad direction of the masters and
other AMMO if the Lemke school, an arrangement for
slimy maim meetiefeabay. Under,the system at present
dieselmileef deign in the country, that of Lou-
d▪
en en a central authority established
at Iliariborengicierms, entitled The Depiudnient of Pree-
ned Art,' ant brains a component part of the Board of
Teak. The two gentlemen placed at the head of this depart-
' mar have recently paid an official visit to Sheffield, and
tanpreseal thimeselves in every respect satisfied with the
=rmad efficiency of the school, sod assure the
t leafy of the continuance of the present grant,
Mt at Mather assistance, on condition, however, that some
SNP MINIM epeallly be taken by the town to erect a build-
ing seltdis tee the efficient carrying out of the extended
Wanda don •fincmtiow contemplated by government. That
system mheeme the universal diffusion of a knowledge of
art throughout Ike entire population. The mode in which
thie spans is proposed to bi carried out is by the establieb-
Mentar:
insist =ices of the Board of Trade, of eismen-
try thrtragheat the kingdom cash eerie*
eisehaele having ter Us mese a school of deign. Pieced
ee
we are la the mantel a Imp Slid isereasing pepaletion,
we may expos. shortly to sesNismaseimaseheeb spiogiapp.
It will lee the self-evident inee ea haperleat sail responsi-
ble pentisk_will or might to la held by the asalield school
el slily. Me Mewl continues be sissaMisa dm satisfactory
pieta it hes eampied for more years. The debt has de-
mised sestatially ; toe samener of papas matinues
►Mowily the stadia are carried ea In the mese maser as
sai will be readond site b the od-
Mien eta ales ter easar, whisk l& yto establish
tertherfsh. Hitherto seat a dam M mesidered lia-
seassary ; and.. kag es the whoa was merely viewed as
m adjunct to ramodosamoa when form alma prevails,
pimp it was. Bat in soder to mason the marled views
new 41Sterilbed by dia gmermest the setallikhoneed of
the dam lasemes neanserp the misdeal
et the selossigittraidi have hod Of
nbandist mob
pan ear..
the sashes et mink Metahosted mange the
=NA While 1/11.11 aweaded
And the
le them at dos meat et-
a they works at KesitaaegMheara.
des
ement emit the opportunity et espaing the emir
imam Ida whisk they Pepped dr who govelautent la
inaltatingeamemieetisa et dm verbs amt hem the m-
asa, alai oveame mita the ormatry—ea earaiwn
ties eateseleito
ate, Sir O. P.R A., D. Meoli,M.A.,
sad
R. Illedge RA..
ton whose patties M
art amides their declaimgoodlaess regard high ed watt the masa
attendee and respect. Bat be ths opiates of the seven
the met pearling and conelmino teremsny to the mine
sod nadaarry of the school is to be hem' in the wen*
pabibbed most of the Juries of the Ossat Rahaidea—a
toodmmg, bo it resonebreed. 'minx from a tribunal elm.
elthsket
ishAffeeksit=efelled WS of all masa., selattod
wig Valrio4llladdealseleartail
te *sir staeldrralies onthe baserfagentant from
that expert, Class Mdß., p. tit. the semi think any
trlatmasa meessie. enumiess Me Pliant cued report :—" The
hlak it cost mato with rawest to this
At Whimsy free sad hardwase), that in
all the whisk have Mee mode to the. by
the poem weep' leit amp del elsermalas manneeda-
tarps( the oohed et Meigahe Sheadd. sad expreeite of
the high esearthey sedated' et the services it has madered
orammessi am, sad upecasedir to the mamdieteres of
that pima". •
The meeting we the adidemed the Dubs et New.
reeds, Viramet Make, the Mess of the Mayor,
AA. apd an abnibatisa st pipes laving place,
the peoesseap lesminated.