The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-29 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS.

The half-yearly court of this valuable and flou-
rishing institution was held yesterday, at the London
Tavern; Mr. Mastarman. M.P., in the chair. Mr. Geo.
Moore, Mr. Hananiah Teape, Mr. J. L. Boothby, Mr. J. R.
Cuffiey, Mr. Blake, Mr. M'Cullock, Mr. C4unton, and
other friends of the charity were present.
The following report was read and unanimously passed :
It always affords the Board of Management pleasure to
meet the governors and friends of the institution, and on
this occasion especially it is gratifying, inasmuch as there
are some communications to announce of a pleasing charac-
ter. The governors will be delighted to learn, in the first
place, that during the put six months, 3,000/. have been
added to the building fund, making the total amount sub-
scribed for that special object 14,000/. To obtain this success
however great efforts have been required. Since the
court last met different deputations from the board of ma-
nagement have visited Leeds, Bradfield, Huddersfield,
Halifax, and Shefiield, and Rotherham and Wolverhamp-
ton, to advocate the claims of this institution, and especi-
ally to solicit aid en behalf of the building fund. By this
means alone 2,4001. have been raised. To the gentlemen
compering these deputations the board of management con.
mire that a great debt of gratitude is due. At much per-
'opal inconvenience, abandoning their own private affairs,
and sacrificing for a while the comforts of their own homes,
these gentlemen, at the request of the board, departed on
their philanthropic expeditions, and with a real
worthy of their cause, and an assiduity be-
yond all praise, devoted themselves to their mission.
An account of the disbursements of the institution for the
last six months is given in the financial statement submitted
with this report. The number of children in the establish-
ment at the present time is 132, consisting of 81 boys and
51 girls. The board regret that, owing to the want of space
at Wansteai, they have been obliged to limit the number
of candidates to be admitted this election to seven. They
look forward with great anxiety to the time when the new
building will be completed, as they will then be enabled to
be more liberal in their admissions. The board would
hasten on to state what progress has been made in regard
to the new building. The governors are aware
that the land at Pinner on which it is proposed
to erect the new building was purchased from the North
Western Railway Company, subject to the contingency of
procuring an ample simply of pure water. A trial to de-
cide this matter has recently been made resulting in a
satisfactory manner. A shaft 32 feet deep has been sunk
on the site, and thence a galvanised pipe carried through
the different strata into the chalk formation. A temporary
pump has been inserted, and it is ascertained that a supply
of water equal to 20,000 gallons per day can be obtained.
The quality of the water has been tested by
Dr. Jesffreson, and is pronounced to be quite free
Irons all organic impurities, as well as all me-
tallic cempounds injurious to health. Some of
the principal builders are now preparing to send
in tenders for the erection of the new building; and so
soon as these are received, and the contract with the suc-
cessful competitor completed, the work will be immediately
commenced. Every effort will be used to have the build-
ing finished and fit for occupation by this time in the next
year, and no pains will be spared to keep the outlay within
the estimate already announced. It remains for the board
of management, in conclusion, to express their grateful ac-
knowledgments to the friends of the institution, both in Lon-
' don and throughout the country, for the liberal manner
in which they have met the appeals made to them on behalf
of this chanty. The board have been exceedingly anxious
to avoid the evil of burdening the institution with debt,
and thanks to the liberality of the commercial world there
is now little prospect that this evil will be incurred."
After the usual routine business had been gone through,
Mr. GEURGE MOORE proposed a vote of thanks to the
chairman, which was unanimously carried, after which an
election of seven children took place, the result of which
will be seen in our advertising columns.