The Express.
London, England, 1852-09-03 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1852.

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disenng.)
Mr. W. M. THACIBRAY, who waa mash sheered,
saki—la rising to esesed this nsolutioa, Sir John Potter,
lediei. gstiestes. you will see that my trouble indeed
le but smell. Mk* Smits is so good, and the advocate that
yea ham heard nom it has addressed you with an 'le-
gumes is noble audios Iroarastlnieg, that it is useless for
m. to do segthieg mem than to mond kiln with all my
aesil to Ism the ens Is the Muds of this great fury.
W% Win, emwg the many sanitary
SE metal reams ell* me, aria interested in the pub•
be welfare is sow sides" be posh forward, the great men-
ages of books will set le megiiMed sad we MS to this, as
MI6 as we look to mi. gross ks& le Mgt* or tester, far
hoorditiag oar pow. II lissits de mall% and Asir, sad as
sele—if books do esYslles, ad saliva., mad fortify—if
they do make sons bus. . M us. or toseb us to forgot or
le endure it—if they do some la se hamlets Ms Of happy
traghter—if they do being kith in us dist posse sad that
below of goodwill at whisk Mr. Dicke= she bet now,
which embody who mods Ms books must ham felt has
NM ham asse—(iiiessE—wardy we will sidgemige these
isedisable blomimp to the poorest of oar bleeds, hat
will try, with all oar might, to die,.. ..their cheap bet
precious benefits ewe all. (If the stineated mahatma, of
owes it is sot mg limilmem to speak, sr .ems sly wish
is pommel ft be 111 ImrosMr. These who leas Ow eds-
estad sit this mid city, or of this empire, are
aware that they are is the habit et debating the greatest
literary and political goodie's sines( themselves; that
they have kimono to think sod bloat to aptek mesh
greater than that of sew was whe may be obliged , bk•
myself, to appear for a messent beim you; they have
their poets and their philosophise ; their OSIMOOdOW in very_
much changed from that of a hundred pare ago, when, ff
you remember, Hammitt repremented the idle mossisis es
occupied with "Men Plarmiers." mid they'd mashosie as
having arrived at venlig the history et MS pod appear
tie* who was mode Lord Mayor of Loads. The mambo-
nisi or our dope bays get their Carlyle' to mad, their
Dickens an the shelf, mad their Balsa by the side st
them. (Cheers.) It is now to the very pis to the esp►
dilly poor, that this meson we have before we applies; and
I am sure you will use your endeavour* to set the sr.
pose for which it is intended, and to ears 7 the matials of
your volumes among the cottages, the garret., sad the
anus. lam aware, gentlemen, that in such a vast col
ladies, the sort of works which I am in the habit at
writing can but occupy a very small spew. I knew that
air novels are but what we may call tarts kr the=
whereas history is breed, and science is bread, and
and spiritual truth are that upon which they mast be I.E.
Bir JAMES STEPHEN, introduced as the Prager
of Modern History at Cambridge, said the resolution he
had been called on to propose was the following That
as in this institution special provision has been made for
the working-clause, by moms of a free lending library,
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this meeting cherishes the earnest hops that the books this
made available,will prove a source of pleasure and im-
provement in his cottages, the garrets, and the cellars
of the poorest of our people." At Cambridge, as everywhere
else when educated men are brought together. Manchester
is a name of deep, and even of awful, significance ; feet
here is the metropolis of that Titanic industry, on the
continued mucosa of which England has deliberately pledged
her station and her authority among the nation@ of the
world. (Cheers.) Here are daily exhibited, la the light et
day, miracles which no scepticism disputee—the minas
wrought by mechanism and by capital, in the hands of •
skilful, an energetic, and a united population. Here is the
mainspring of that mighty commerce by which we are
united in the bond, of peace to every kindred, tongue, and
people of this earth. Here is the theatre of that domestic
union where meet in friendly concert, or in generous rivalry,
manual labourers from each of the three kingdoms of our
gracious sovereign—intellectual labourer, from every field
of science which is tributary to art-spiritual labourers from
each of the churches which collectively constitute the
church universal. Here is the sphere of the great and tie.
mendous experiment how physical force in its most fursid-
able aspect may be brought into a glad subjection to moral
force in its gentlest audits kindliest forms. Assuming, with
but little pretension, to assume, the character of
the temporary and monetary representative of that idles-
tams net elf Warning, you will perhaps permit sae to offer
ease aka sclastion es Se the wog is wbiels library
nay be assetjudisiously ailestod tad empte r, if we
W new among us that sententious eggs of soden Greece
who declared that a great book was • peat evil, he would
=sly emend kis nada farther, sal say that a great
was a gnaws Ole MK AM deabden such collec-
tions are not without their iassanalann. It may be ad-
mitted that they tend to a desultory, discursive, and idle
mss el books ; that, as John Bunyan might perhaps say,
they deter many a student from climbing the hill of diffi-
'sky, leaning on the prickly staff of self denial, that he
may gather ripe fruits on the summit, and induce him to
hater in the valley below, where, by turning over count-
less leaves, he may gather a few sweet but barren
lowers. But which is that of all the blessings we
perms of which some similar abuse is not pos-
sible 1 In Utopia they manage these nip better ; but
is this world on which we live we andbegia taking
WWI as they are if we would improve Mass. And doubt-
las a ezpenence assures us that this nide *saber will
be flak by a large majority of pease waft astiestroe-
beismargeLestime ; looking not foe Wain bet aeseedes.
you will c:ierish a bye ea et these who
eider this temple of learning by these pads of delight,
MY will, at least, lad their way to the shone of wisdom.
And nee if it eheahl be otherwien ia earedbig to your
pew
ighattlencitione the mesas set kmosat and Intellectual
yes will have esidereed ea then sea ismatimable
advestage. (Applause.) But there will be ether visitors in
this ebenber ; there will be persons oaselm. kre to satiate
that imeniegainable envies of the soul al lees for exact
kandsdp es MA, sad of aspeshuisive prin•
deka. 'heir wadies will be nutritive,
_beam it will be
systaiiteds. sad nasseative sad assimaileded by meditation
to the posed aver of inn own thoughts and mental
babiteden stared shiest. yea will leaks
to poodebiasaberthe worthiness than to the
member Tube
heat it any be felt. Bat than
atipus !theory late the two libraries of entertaining
stusetel lreowledge, b truly vanadgef the nobleness
slice purpose. This teem dada issr be, and will
M, a palpable and visible neensalny on the Oat of
Fawn Baosa—that text, I km. la ablate &dans that
Se smug divides of beam brake le ad whisk is do-
dged hen the due fladdee et all awl, the sat et
kassisig I plessephy bag silk le the ressam,
pate, to the haagiastioo, end
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kikory. Now, with regard le , there
Ile Wang will&
allemei . Divine
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misuse k this Pak, when they by when the dish. at
blebs is he be math will be able to and thsenelves of the
mem& id disbud Wasp et this kisses, and et my end.
isk awl key Inked Mead. the president ef the ladepea-
dad Osibge ef kis bland. firs
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as to the dries 235 et heels regarding henna 111.Nliber will I aelmpt te say ask respecting
ileesslea division, whin is poetry ; for
win she empressherself k vase er ia prose, whether
the daft sore the charades of the etas drama, or
the sanione. the fain yoke ids, sr , y bre
bees te eney aseetunihr amyskag_ par, naiad.
meld or • ilsees; sad I Awl, When than b lee sae
Wee peak tele mai eel =impala an eneelleat sate.
Wee el the wed* eftbot kind whin it wadi be art &-
doable topiedien I sier ky sae who nod ad, awe Of
bey Main Pra swabs% filksbale k what =met
seek weeks wadi asset My sagleyd. Meer beer.)
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man to trWisid the this, whisk it maybe is Ids power
eastabahnizZle advanaket of ea* eldeste sek. On
onesdiesekeise end ateasQiskedualltex4
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etpods the letie elnee et the ikon sesienliPatiride lasseestag
merrfatedipzeler noes Siege teddy kat we
asompildneat of the payiesy el that
time, when " men *tall no to sad be sia the -earth, sad
knowledge shall be kenesed "—and. therefore, that we
I are appending a great irks ad setembegbe of beam
spTo appaash sue • ebb es salediegbe la • right
it behaves is all lode ear best Tea hew dew yen
beet; you have keeled this Maple of kindalp be the
midst of a milleedle. when sew, as we IMebawd so
nosily, we maid withnigh emt r pann sad hap, bat when
oilseed dreanstaano Nam me to eseal al* en!
Markt Maw The Mks, however is ht Oa bonds ell
Bin whe sans as all ; bisdasse la wish the or
with the panat duty. As the settle brash, addressed
yea said pesemun la sane way to repeat his weeds,
°Prwith inferior authority, would say " key God bless
institution, and reward those by whose humanity it was
devised, and by whose liberality it has bees eroded."
(Great cheering.,
Mr. R. MOHCKTON MILNES, M.P., said—Mr.
Chairman and Gentlemen,—lt will require very little from
me to add to the interesting and suggestive speech you have
had from the professor of history in the University of Cam-
bridge. I heard that speech with especial interest, as being
myself a son of that same great institution. I, too, hare
been In Arcadia. And if I have been re-called by his words
to some other associations, I think that you will allow me
to express them to you as freely as yea allowed him. I,
too, ladies and gentlemen, welly as
time 20 niagnill-
ccat lihrarles.to which our friend the learned professor has
made allu.lon ; and I also remember how very few people
there were la reed them. (" Hear, bear,' and
laughter.) I remember how many piles of books
I have there wen resting In dust upon the walls, which I
could hue wished, and heartily desired to see, in the hands
of the poorest of OUT fellow-men. (lien, hear.) I have
remembered. ton, not without shame, how many of the class
to which I belong possess magnificent repositories of books,
from which hardly a volume ever deecenda from the shelves.
(Laughter.) I therefore will take another line of congratu-
lation from that which has been offered to you. You have
been congratulated, and justly so, on your own munifieseee
and liberality and sound judgment in raising this imam.
tion, in purchasing this noble building, in tilling then
shelves as they are filled ; but let me congratulate yea
on having a population which can read them.
(Cheers.) Let mo congratulate you that the por-
poises of the library aro not limited to your own libe-
rality,
but that they preach at once with a trumpet voice
the intelligence of even the poorer people of Manchester.
It u, therefore, gentlemen, that I congratulate you on
the must occasion, and 1 would say that it is an object
of congratulation not only to you, but to me, and to every
member of the legislature, and to all the people of tla
our common country. Ob, gentlemen, it is not for the te
expound to you the evils and tho perils of conveyed