The Express.
London, England, 1856-03-28 00:00:00

COLLEGE AT HALIFAX.

OPENING OF A WORKING MAN'S

(Paola ova OWN zaroarza.)

On Wednesday evening a tarp public meeting
was held in the Haleyhill sehool.rootr, Halifax, for the
purp.se of inaugurating the extension of the eventing schools
sat.blished by Mr. Edward Akrnd into an tostitution to
be called the Roby-bill Working Men's College. Mt.
Akroyd, who employ. from 6,000 to 7,000 workprople in
the wonted marshes:inn, has already dens mach to sopple-
meet the educatosal provistoas oft 4 Factory Acts, having
established not merely day-schools for boys and girls in con-
'melon with his indls, but having added tr these an infect
schoJl, end even.ag schools for young men and women. It
is gratify irg to know that nob generous sod liberal exer-
tions for the benefit of those in his employment t are been
attended wi.h great success. Upwards of 1,400 indes,dnals
are now is attendance on the various schools m►intained by
Mr. Akroyd ; and the Dr re extended in..ti.ut on now to be
entranced will, it is hoped, give to the system ..1* education
for the working des es a still greater development, and
afford an 'sample for general halvah n.
About mix hundred persons were present at the meeting
on Wedondsy, Mr. Ackroyd presiding. On the platform
were the Rev. Dr. Booth, Chairmen of the Society of ;
Mr. W. E. Forso. r, Bradford; Mr. John Hoye Show,
end Mr J G. tt, Leeds; Mr. E. B. Wbeatl. y, blirtiad ;
Mr. J. St nsfad, and Mr. J. Wste.house, Haifa: ; and
other band, of eduoafion in the neighbourhood.
Letters were read by the CHAIRMAN from Mr. Wstkios
th. inspector of act o is fur the disiiict, and other gentle
men, regretting t' sir inability to be present. Mr. Watkins,
in his letter, maid be eympansised heartily in this mov.ment,
and tel., r. d ILA% if .La aspetiment were well carried out,
it most ba productive of much good, at a time and in a place
where it was much vented.

The upon was then read by Mr. Anderson, the school-
'neater. It set ad that Mr. Mend's educational Wabash.
menre at Haley-hill were three t'ay sehuole, for boys, girls,
and arrant., retpecti rely. and two ev..ning @chat., 003 icr
young men and the other for young women. A, present,
the day tc tools contained 220 boys. 240 girls, and 300
infants; and the evening schools 100 yowler men and 60
young women—making altogether ninny 1,000 pupil., ex-
clusive of a considerable number receiving reltgrons in-
struction on Eirndayr. Tho day.schoc:s for boys and
with had been for some years in operatios, harmg
ores establisbrd for the instruction of children in the em-
ployment of Mr. Mr tycl, such children b•hig compelled by
law t r aut ad half a fay at school. It was found, however,
that msny of those woo obtained employment at eight years
stage were awry unable to read, and with a view to
remedy this evil, the in'ent eel o I was established a year
sod a half ago, to that the parents might no longer have
en excuse ter allowing their children to remain uneducated.
The experiment had worked most efficiently sad sue-
rcasfully ; end the ogee of the enduren attending
had ranged from three to eight. No attempt had
been made is develop precocicus iotdlt c, or to
bang about great attainments; but all the children were
ere -gronaded in elementary reading and arithmetic ; their
le • one were varied by harmless amusements, and they were
subjected to a moderate, but not severe, discip'tae. Agi oil
moral toss was sought to be infused into them, and it was
hoped that by these mesas a hater clan of children would
be pr. p and for the higher schools. In the day schools a
bty might a-quire a fair knowledge t f every branch of
ilea' instruction by the time he was thirteen years of
age. The qnestion the' awe, what wan to be done after-
wa-dste preserve these yos,lis from evil influences? It
was hawses the ages of toineen end twenty %hetet aracten
were developed and prssions acquired sway, and when the
maior:ty of young men de-'ded on their tunnel voca,ions.
It was therefore m' admirable to aid them In form lug their
judynnenr• of men lad things, to meal tots tam correct
mire' and social principles, and to enable them to ext,ad
their general information, as well PI to acquire a more
perfect loquaint•ace with inch specific subjects as
might be useful to them individually. Roving this
in view, the evening schools were established about
a year ago, to give elementary instruc•ion to
such as required it ; and instruction in geo-
metry, algebra, natural philosophy, and French, to this.
who would ave'l themselves of it. The average weakly
attendance had not been so large as to answer all expecte-
'ions, but ss considerable improvements had recently been

mad; its the mar ligament of a:boll, it was hoped tt:at
better melts w..uld appear in another year. Many
young men bad shows, by regular attendance throughout
the peer, the importance they attached to the w. rk of
*elf-improvement. Taking a general view of the appli-
sums available fir educational purposes in this district,
it would appear that, for the fettle r extrusion of educe-
tioa in the factory districts, two things were requisite—the
general establishment of infant setnols, where the rudiments
of elementary knowledge might be impart. d to all chit :ren ;
and the general establishment of evening school,, conducted
by c impetect trained mestere, under government inspectors,
and aided by government grants. A complete course of
elementary instruct on, in the beat eines of the word, would
be thus afforded to the working c 118.41., and attended with
the best ninths to the community at large.

The Cumulus then contiOned—in addition to the
number of pupil. attending at these soluols, I may mecum
that then sr, 500 at my mills at Copley, making altogether
upwards of 1,500. (Hear, Lear.) The statemeat in the
report that the smiling school has not been so successful es
was anticipated, I can wily explain, without -my dis-
wigwamc to ouroelvse in the experiment. Whin the
wheal was first opened, we depandet alined entirely on
pupil teacher., sod I was happy to observe a fair sprink-
ling of adults is 'h. first 'Wenn., but they afterwards fell
efi somewhat, prebably from limlag a teacher not so en-
periesced—althmigh very willing and sealous—as they de-
sired to be pieced under. I must here express my obliga-
tion for the assistance of my friend, the Rev. Mr. Holmes,
is starting that institution. I have size, obtained the able
services of Hr. Anderson, who -e report you have heard
read ; sad I hope we may in future depend on a much
greater a sasses of In order the tester to secure
that monis, I ham proposed to tuned the schf ol into an
evening collegees many soups men have a dislike to the idea
el going to • school. What is the object of en iastitatioa called
a college? Colleges were instituted by oar forefathers,
aided by the government of their day, in oid.r to prepare
yoang men of the middle and higher glasses for the future
Elitism, of life. Da you thick it is less oftener, for yoseg
one of the workfog claws to be prepared for the Dualities of
life thus it is ler thce of higher station to be so ? The oc
supetioa of the labouring man does not comet, se formerly,
is mere bodily lab ; be has weed to be a mere machine.
Formerly you had a ineckienic--my, for instance, in the one
of filiag—oosatently grinding away, day by de, and year
by year, without any hope of impnving hie position ; but
now he gate a sr lhactiog mediae to relieve him of all that
labour, and sa ell the c ccupatioss of this coon, ry • trained
intellect has become more or lest requisite. (Hear, hear.)
Aid let me rentod you that the labouring men of thin
country are far behind thine of the contincut, net only in
taste, but in intellectual skill and intellectual attainment..
It is to remove this inferiority, sad raise their condition,
that I am aow attempting what bee been attempted years
ago by the origimaton of mechanics' institution,. Me
chartiee histitatiess have somewhat failed in their
porpoise, and I am glad that my friend, Mr.
Waterhouse., one of their principal prometere, is hem
tonight, se he may perhaps p tint out to us some of
the saaseecif failure. It may have been because thou* is-
stitudoes were so entirely dependent on themselves, and
were sot subject to the advent ages of inspection; and per-
haps in the attempt tomato them selfeepportieg the great
majority have failed. because they were compelled to titer
fir the amusement f f the member, instead of eadesvcating
to Jarrow that infotmation. I em proposing now to
remedy that state of Wogs, end to offer large advantages
to working men, by the establisbmeat of a working man's
college. I will read the bill which has been Wed. giving
a short sewn, of the ejects prowled. end the meaner
in which it la prop, ied to wry them out. It is as follows
With a view of amain tx the working claws the mesas
of self-improvemeat, and t s engraft epos the present fac-
tory erten a wise of oduaties to be continued from the
age et 11 years, et wllech it sow doom to mamboed, it is
proposed to extend the evening school (established at
Haley-hill a leer age) into an tristitotioa to be
called The Raley-1141 Working Man's College.' A
committee of practical men, skilled in their particular pro
halms and trade*, will mercies a pawl superintend/am
over the toilette. The mum of it structne will include the
(Allying nehjisets: Reading, writing, grammar, geography,
uithantie, algebra, geometry, machsairs, anosuratiom,
diming (as applied to the arts of lades ry), Ac. As far as
peceible the insumotion will be made to hear on handiereft
tr ides." We don't intend to teach aeons how to chip
Woks of stone, sr to strew Sheenier@ with the shavings from
a empennes bench; bat we wish to give whist men
some knowledge of drawing; and to give the mechenie or
the carpenter a general knowledge of mechasice and the
laws of motion, as well as to raise and extend their general
laformaioe. if Ooossiosal lectures will a'se be delivered
on literature, an the various branches of natural philosophy,
on chemistry, and on the occupations of the worlds(
eases@ la the mighbourhcoi. The elegem will meet
every evening, except Saturday and Sunday, from
seven to nee o'clock. Terme of membership ;—Slammer
mane (from April 1 to Sept. 30), Id. per week, Of is. per
quarter ; winter steam (from Ott. Ito March 31). 21. per
week, or 1. rid. per quarter." The teens of this is that,
when a permit has been working in the f.ctwy all day,
from six in the morales till els at nighe—tan hours a day, it
is rather herd to doyen, en days in the wash, two hours
more to in-door occupation. During the summer eesaoe,
therefore, I will only oak these learn.e to attend the school
UMW dap a week ; end for the Tommie' three days I am
rasher anxious that they should subscribe to a recreation
fund whisk we have la view, and take the some pains with
their bodies es with their naiads, eadeavouriag to acquire
health sad strength by out-door enemies. Ia conclusion, it
is stated further that, " To encourage pitmen ream and re-
veled/ of attendsuce, a askant of 'Wv,r medals, not to
owed six, will be awarded amthelly ; end for proficdeary
is stadia other prime will be manned " That
will pecesme en sauna' examisation. Yon will probably
hear more on the stoject of itharaisatioes f•ota a gentlemen
when I em proud to sae here on my ripbt bend—Dcctor
Boole, ohs chairman of the Sidi ty of Arts is London.
(Cheers.) It is a subject on which Me it math better in-
lowed than myself, and I theretre leave him to tell you
what is the object, of that association, and bow far they pro-

pose to meet the waste of eyeshot elegem sad wealdim INV. II
collegeS is oar fancily districts. There is ewe distisectiee
feature is this Working Mash College, of whisk I am deeply
seeeibie col the impoituce. It is that of impressing otos
the members sowed religious miasmal mictipleo. I would
ocie roe, working men, to lo .toted, and to. whit ere
the first 'midtown of success in life. 1 speak to you, also,
se an employe myself; and I ash you. what employer pre-
tends te ewe oy men whom he pant trust? Empleyen ,
materially look eat for men who wish faithfully to discharge;
their duty; sad if man intends to be faithfal to seas, be mast
fist dimbaree hie dote toiled. Without soar I have buds i
deproderc t on the right principle of any was. (Amiens. )
Bat I should moo carefully abstain feast tatting any
surrey-minded view of the sohject, or from nuking this
Mutat os the moans ref c mural, mere d, mein." know.
ledge. 1 should endeavour to look moray to geseral prin.
cipMe, ay ddieg anything which 'Motu had 'forkful men
to suspect th a there was as ides of making Proselftelltr 527
pettiessee else of doctrisies. (Cheers) New. my *rinds,
I have I,id before you sonsetbine of my views and caper'-
enc.; but what I ens do is but a it fle. At the best, ft is
restrained to a a rm. district ; bet, feelirg as I do the Is-
pirterce of this que.tion of education, I tut semose to ex-
tend whet is dote here, to 'educe others to follow my es•
emp:e, sad sill more to place doe .tion on a Rostra and
(road intieeit e which may be carried out all of r the
country. (Chr. ) What is done now in the factory di,-
trim re to al, hotfoot • p moos, compulsory education,
gad stet, else Coo. At y ■ ere aware, no nialloweer sae
employ any child at los he first &wads school from 2} to 3
belie ry s ty. Is that /Asaitaly edema oa ? (Hear. hear.)
Attie, we hove a m eyeshot system of itspecti ,ts ; and I be-
litre we are •cl very much to that systa m of Memo
tins, end the lad i• tee ton by the local inspectors, hr the
high menders' of education in M. factory distri, tit (Cheers.)
Is It °king at Lord John Rasse.l's plea, I find M p- roes
to attend to all per • of the ouistry pretty much the semi
sy.tem, that we byre here. I think he is perfectly right is
• deteo ; but I must steeds say, I wish he w old burg
mhos ports of the enentry up to ear standard, and b fi re he
Mira= fact ry children re maigiog at school to the op i f
16 years; hen use I think it is wipe, first, to coerce the
best educated Messes of toe woke, rommesity. and to in-
Wet • still beerier tan op is them. It is ant desirable to
being all other parte of ohs c matey up to our obeli of psr.
hefts. (liter, hue.) It le rather a heavy tan on the
irking wen, that he attest' hove to pay for the euppqrt of
hi. child •hist atimbaol, r its 13 t' IS. or, what is the fame
thief:, to low the Mouse it would bring bits, .Roasting to
some 71.0. 81 ■year pr bahly. But if, instead of inking
the het ey population to semis at sch • ol from 13 to 16, he
mule rwein trite tee hassle, sad get them to be able to
reed bites the see of 8, then you cies make much gusher
y ropers; and I bate the authority sad experience of Mu
ochorlauster, Mr Aide sct, ro spout ma in 'eying that a
child who Items In tied before he is 8 lotus cf age,
will be mei more advanced, even at 13, than one who
begintesty at 8, end remains et 'Much till 16. For my owe
part 1 em seedy to accept any a land megabits.' rye
tens of Mutation, whatever imonuniesee it might isnot
on lapel( la.dadmly. (Cheers.) One other sohli ea I
must tough cpni before I s t down. When we eadeavonr
to Dries forward this question of education on any ere li-
aised system. we ars always mot by the try of "Volun-
taryism. New, were 1 to propose entirely to lupus tile
voluntary ellette I should en doubt lay myself oven to very
cossiderable censure, bat I pet p-an rot to imposed@ bat
go 501 tiereent it, and to supply its deficimeier. Sorely I
have u row h right to talk on the odentery system se may-
body ? (Apples...) Probably I have done es much 6 r it
as many of throe Rho talk so mach about it. (Hear, beat)
Awl the noels of my eeptienee ls not to mike me sell
sofileient cm 'h t point, bet ow the err t'siy to make me
folly more ousei me if the shorteomiegs of that system,
mid to make nsit eneviee d that, sales. you make • more
searching and vietrass system, you moot make any im-
pussies mom Ow mein of ignorance we eau before
ws. Gentlemen way bring forward whatever tables
they like, ahoet Mutat'. n in this country, bet
I lot ve coestmily soder my own eyes, more or less, exp. -
liters of the lest r omit of the purl I do not mean the
mere disability to reed and write, tor r isdirg and writing
Sr. 'buoy the lupe:cents to gala farther koewlielme.
Yea might as well tell me that a esspester, whew a pleas is
pet feta el. head, knows therefore bow to plate a piece of
word, as sty teat reed's, and writing ere @decades in
themselves. The oby•ct of ruction is to enable • mu to
gels infornottim, to etilame his views, aid merest his pre-
Judie,. (Het r, hear.) Many of yon who ere present ate
musts of Mindful attending this school, and of that elms
whew' wit &elect to attend oar tuning schenle, and I appeal
M you—sus yea disposed to take your share IS this great
weak ? For let me tell you, year fr ends con do bole se
*tithing foe tom enters yes do something for youreelors.
Osly eight pars have peer el away since tee wrest question
wee hr ngbt pr eminently before the people i f this country.
At that time publie opiates was not rite. Now comes the
e.lvanrirg tide, gni I tell thou see— be they who they
may—who resist telt tide, it will overwhelm them and drive
them hefore it. No sweet of mejulics or of oboists.
adherence to deems will stop its coarse. Bet if yen.
working man of England, do sot ems forward to aid is
• wi ex shirk is to benefit yes sad your children, you may
hare to wait sgsia a number of year, before tot quoit n
will he ready for action es It is sow. I have Derbies mire
to add than to actual to the parent. to induce their children
who are above 13 year fig. to attetd et r evening mho'l..
The proper ace fir self inst rovement, after oil. is above 13.
Up to that time ins tare merely teethe children tie mesas
of gaining Mimes lion, end if we tan trim into them the
desire t e impure* Memoir's, end raise • Heber true
snoops them, we shal i'o a pest gore I lulu this
matter in your halide, and I hip. fir • pooi molt. (Hsu.)
The Rev. Dr. SOOn gest aldruaed the meths, sod
was reeeived w th great applause. He said—Tire first no -
lotion has bees pat into my hands t i loop er, and is as
follows t —'t That It is ch. Stehle to extend the institotios if
el tots to the waking elem.'. and to esgeaf up to the
present lector, system a coon, t f ethic alien to be teenaged
from the see of 13 yenta, at Whites it closes at pretest, to
manhood, in order to remote working met in early lite for
their future osculations, by the arquoioo of the souseary
stleinmests, sod by the inculcation of rig-.'prie Cobs."
I be re bees invited to be peewee here twiey, and to tilts a
part is the lesugeration of the Welting Man's Camp.. I
have responded with mach pl. &'n e to the ismit-tios of
7111, chairmoe, because I believe it in in this disatios,
beyond ell relieve, in which the native ?Moor of mind and I
emergy of chanyer which distinguish the people of this
sesstry Can 1.4 most successfully developed. To me a m'-
asbctus'eg
phrw, we have ebnadseee of roe material
of the very but gustily. The Question is, how may it he
turned to the test accorost ? Now, I know it has Mien
been mid that men have attained, at d do attain, to emit
gems is tedious walks of life ; but the &roomette titter ell,
is wood far nothirg *Mem they who we it coil i now Met
watt toes mule have bees deteriorated by education Had
Nudes
tiosably have bees locked upon as a man of greet capacity
end bowmen' poise, and it might even he seed, • firee
whet a clever ass our nelphbour Is ae Nestle it, who
sever received say educators." Had Watt sever loused
ehtmlstry, or read whet Sleek bed written es the sub-
ject of latent hest and the protettiee of stem, we might
bays bed to wa t logger 'or the improved Mess engme.
New if there be say elms of perms whose 'almost it is to
Meow what has begs elesady dose la their specialty it ie
that of inventive mechanics. How many imitates. men
have wasted their bur, their Inn/its, and their money fa
discerning end perteitine whit bad been already disco•
mired end toter clod over ',aim and again. I need not sp ak
to yin her, of the bateau's's' and bettetir g isdoences of
mental culture. They put it very lo a indeed who say it
°eget to be esceuragoi busses it keeps you from the gin
shop. So would a fit of sickness or a broken leg. It is
somethieg better than Oft. Now It is sometime said by
men who do so t well outsider what they say, that physical
hinter icespacitmet a man fir mental exettion. You might
Past as will sty Mot a mas's fingers get tired M emu he
has walked • long &ranee. No • theft eilebett he a greater
=titmice. To a man er gaged .11 the day in bodily ezettioo
ft is a positive pl to sit still sad reed • book, or hoar
a lecture, or limes to a piece of etude. The retools is
obvious, be sits still Mc inn his nsureemi are fatigued, bed
he reads or thisks beeline his naiad hat been um-
employed. All this, however, you know, and you
do not regain to be told It. It oily, how.
ever, be more listened's to you to leers what
the Society of Arts in Load**, with which I Impost to
be coesested. Is pureeing to do for the advisement of
decease. We lamed, if supported by the good' plates of
the °Poetry, and Decked op by the sere illation cf the 400
isetitutioes in solos with our society, to est oldish periodic
Slailkinatinra, and at thus ezaminatione tt grant money
prises, tMcod apenisomeets, when placed at our
dispnsel—
se is the ewe of Mots give. to as by ler. Jobs Wood, that
liberal sad c mildest friend of odecatioe—and certificate..
New, some one may say, what Is the use of examieatioos ?
mesaiaatiom will not teach a men—a man aunt have the
knowledge brims be comes up for examination; and if he
has it &tread,, how is ft bettered by petting es 'emir atone
sod having bits of peter celled cortibeetes gives to h m ?
New, I Willow/ ow. a ere, end I will make ft vie, ogre ash'.
espyotitior. Beppu see of yes hod his pocket fell ,
grasser mace sugget. of flee gold from Asstrelle, end that
be west abut the shops of the town, cffering his noggins
he baser How maim of them, do yes thmk, be w told
dispree of ? Why, perhepe, rot one. One sea would me I
they were bra a, at ther that they were washed ever with
geld, an r that they looked site, but Mee things
we,. often delightful. But if we suppose ear friend
With the nogg te to take them first to the
mist, sad pi them damped as scv, reigns, w th oar b.
ruins, Queee's lac. impress d no them, de you heogit•
our (deed • °old hate say diHnslty is pen toe with them ?
1 rather think he wield, like moot ms, emphaio of the mere
velli las to ilty with whir% be Wald do it. Just in the
MI6. Wan. Mottos pots the stump arm • see, it tells
yes whether be is pod or sem. Mau metal. His prize is
his imago, his outificate is his topsumiptios. Again, we
is &seater w.y, exessisaibm will filter identity.
Lid fit mina. • mos t a have rattled prefomodly any soh-
jest, to have ma le himself a thorough nester of gay breach
of kaowledge—llnw is be te have hi knowledge tested ,
NSW is he to Mt w that he is sot • am prefeader to know-
ledge ? It is a 1 very well le my that knowledge is its own
teat reward. Bet why should we espect llamas sitars to
be Won disinterested is the p r men than is the •etc h ? They do sot set is this way at the suivirtitise.
The men who ties wished sad moulted home-
ledge, hat every legibly gives hies for nuking
bb simehtkiswe knew.. I retire forget that oars
of the meet wiedeal stateemmielses this coaatry
ever pndased was (if my mown foes not de-
test,* me) • weave,. I Mean Th mat &WM....
TM preload sequireweets is the .orient memory end
beets, of aOWO of the Yoltabire
collies ef sequins, knowledge were far greater Mao at

proses!, here heat made the satejest et philosophies' epees-
ia-soa. I earnestly tope that we la Ueda* shall bare the
opprteeity slimed as of plactiag before the world the
mints of rose of you, sad of rewarding by sobought sad
cenureltaseable bosoms, your permit of knowledge under
difficulties. (Loud applause )
Mr. W. B. FOZOTIS itIOCtIIII the 106010ti0O, sad Mr.
J. HOPS Strew, tf Leeds, eapportird it.
Ili 'impieties wee thee pat sad carried sucasissoasly.
Mr. Gorr %oval the seemed resolutioa, briefly eapreisleg
his cordial approval of, mid sympathy with, the ispetimeet
eadertakee br Mr. Maori. The resolution erea— That
as iestiestke be formed, t, be ksowa as the Haley Bill
Working ltaa's College."

Mr. Nifacinuotesoreraded the resolution, remarking
th • the progress mode during the last 30 peon might en-
title the 19th ceritary It be looked upon meth* golden Alp of
easewirm; for the hoilities end taproom, Wets the mods"
of instruction offered to the lower dames, bad la a great
degree resaavral the disedvanteige wider which the poor
man stood, u c leper .d with the eich, is respect to the ac-
quirement of lueowledge.
Mr. RICHARD Canna (who was introduo. d 1 y the
Cheornian ea one of the t. Commit-elf of Pr ct.cal bleu "
who were to have • supet;sttadesce c f the ww Intl tu-
lion) sopyorttd the resolution, and "spewed his conektie.a
the; the establishnent of iaetit•foos of this Cl•SI would
afford an opportunity of reeipiwal inteteteree between
tune who des-red to be height and those who were capable
•-f teething, which mechanics' epithets" had not provided.
(Aeolian.)
The resolution was carried unenlmosalv.
Tte CHAIRMAN thee called upon Mr. B. B. Wheatley, a
pretense who heel shows the dap lateen he took in the
...lien of the laboteriag el.nes, sad his spar atoy with the
ant degraded, by the ins-1:stloa of reloiniatiry scl o la.
(Cheers.)
Mr. IVIIRATLIT (If Miefiele) was received with loud ap-
plause awl moved the forwent' twolution t. Tt at tt•
re-Aniline be advertised in eke newspaper., in order to
'newton end p.OMOM toe formation of miler institution'
ele-when."

mt. oTAXIIriLD, NO lading tile Ilk felon, sees If W '
o'As rea.ions is reply to a steadies speaker, in viod,c .tioa
of the coarse adopted by the ROMs Mechanics' Institution,
the purchase of periooi :ale and the opening of a no we .rooss
hov.og been forced upon it, la min to p the absolute
decline of Its 'tins:time, sad the absence of pepalar Mi.-
o.t. (Apple's,)
The resofatioa was carried saanimosely.
Mr. 8141/3101111 moved the fourth resitutios That than
fillowiag be appointed s general committee of sisnagesatut
•o elect as esrestive:—Mince, Richard Carter, H. C. At
kiss Barrowby, H. 8. Bare, R. &Mather, 1 2WO,
Thomas Midgley, &edema, Lewis Child, Themes Cord-
irgley, Edwin Taylor, Themes Walker, John Dl'Laren,
W fillies Cockroft. outage W.lens, Samuel Weintinsee, Jobs
Haley, Dealel Dobson, and William Loa/bottom."
The R•e. Mr. Hosts, etcondell, and 'he it.v. Mr.
Otocsoos supported, the resolution, which was carried
sitaaimossly.
the proceedings Weimar d with a vote of thanks to the
chairmen, passed with load icelansaionr.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADMIRALTY, MARCH 27.—APPMNTMENT.—Lieu.
Vilma (sdditioosl) D. B. Ors (ISA), to the V.e:ory, 101,
flag ship, ot Portsmouth.

PORTSMOUTH, MACH 27.
The Black Eagle, ateyaeht, retaroed from PLet land
Reads I. to last night with the Pint Lord of the Admita.ty,
Sir C. Wood, and the &aim Sea lard, Bear•Adminl SIT
M. P. F. Bethel/7. They remained oe beard for the night,
sad this monde, larded aid pecosseled to London by the
'rely *spur ware.
The wto e of the gontoat thane Is 'spitted at the
Motserbeak either to-night or to.mormw, with the dist.
'inapt ship. Colima% 80, and &ampere% 72. The War-
den?, 4, strew despatch vr. eel, ravaged to Spithead late
last 81. ht from Pt r 'rad Road.. She tame into harbour
to day to 8h up with o»I lo order to get the wlr le of
rte gusto its ready by the 18th of April I'm the great in.
%adios, iris reyorted the dockyard, have beta ordered to
work two helm pit day extra.
The steam entry ,rt Victoria boa sailed to-nay to embark
800 ors for the Cnrata. _ _ _

Tb r !twist', ream tteeeport, baa bees orderol to•dty
teetotal' 500 sea for the Crimea.
The Tree, store *hip, has 'Lied V-iey fir the loath 031 tit
of America with atone.

T. Ch►roa, ►►row grutbrat, offload to frog Ills
rstw..M.

TM Couleur, 6, piddle his ate, Captein Cliff ,rd, hieing
completed her refit, had her c spews "ICJ nted tt-day,
and went oat of btrbovr, and joined the Baltic fleet.
CHATHAM, limiest 27.
The depot of the Net Regiment bee received en
order from the Bone Oulu!" to proceed term eradiate
!terrain to the tamp at Aldershott on Fraley, Anril 4,
The de; of coasts," of via compeatee, end numb. re 600 men
of ell nuke. The besd-onarters ere stationed at the Pule"
in Greece.