The Express.
London, England, 1858-08-06 00:00:00

INAUGURATION OP THE BROTI
KEZORLIL AT SALFORD.

The effort to raise a memorial to the memory of
the late Joseph Breehertoe, M.P. for Seaford, resulted is •
salwertptioa mounting to 2,6601, out of which it wee de-
trained to Mae a statue in the 'Per Park. The oast of
this stator, which had been completed, end was inangersted
"Mayday, leaves • rhinos of B)i., whkh is to be invested
maltase
with the Intention of artlylog areall game& to the
of book, for do Piel Perk Free Liken, the
Working More College, sad for the Pendielon Merman'
Institute. The statue le • Mama fell I=.ll=
Maze, modelled by Mr. Nob* end ert by
eta sad Ceram, of the Pwaties-wortre, Leanest. The
stelae is &beat 9 feet 6WM high, air the Moms* is
Making. The otwanowy Of inengerstion drew together a
greet amber of perms, those who had Ma invited
assambling the needing-room attached to the library
at Peel Park, where they were addressed by the Mayor,
Mr. Witham Haw', and by the Lord Mobs, of Iloarobootor.
There, were the bodies matimes of
Salta* neid =slhreaung J Poser, ILP., Mr.
Haeshaw, M.P., Sir Enmesh Mr. Robert Boma,
Mr. Riolutrds, Mr. does, and the Rev. Hugh Stowell.
Amongst the etreagere was Mr. Thome'', M.P. for Wolver-
ham
Thepton.
statue fronts the The complay Minded may ladies.
wall entrenesgatee to the patit.
and is withis a shoat dieters off them. The inscription ea
the face of the pedestal Joseph Broths-mu, the that,
aad for upwards°, 24 sectaries years the faithful, repress-
Mee of the borough of Salford in the House of Comma
Bons May 22, 1783; died Jut. 7, 1867." Oa the park side
of the statue ere the words uttered by the hon. gentleman on
a memorable meal= in the Howe of Commons —" My
Mites court not in the rant of ay poressicas, but in the
kerma of my mar"

PRESERVATION OP LIPS PROM 811IPIVILECZ.
A meeting of the Royal National Lifeboat Insti-
tution was held yesterday at its home, John-street, Adel-
phi-Captain lAMBIRT PILILOTT is the chair. There were
several other members present.
Mr. Lewis, the secretary, having read the minutes of the
The
meeting
The seocnd smiles clasp was voted to Henry A. Hamilton,
Seq., of Balbriggan, to whom the silver medal of the insti-
tution was presented for previous exertions is saving life
from shipwreck, la admiration of hie gallant condom in
resetting, at the imminent risk of his own life, a lady who,
with himself end three other perms, had been thrown out
of a boat off Kingstown, on the 21st ult., when • fishing.
meek oasts tato collision with the boat. The lady whose
Ills wee thee aterelhilly saved being desirous of recording her
rstitude to God, has offered 3004 to the National Lifeboat
Imetration, to station as edditional lifeboat on the Irish
coast. The society has already lifeboats on that coast at the
followlsg plums. Omomsport, mar Belfast, Drogheda,
Slurries, Wicklow, Arklow, Cabana Ardmore, Yougbal,
Ballycouon, and Westport. There are twenty-three other
dangerous places in Ireland which Require lifeboats, but to
provide which the limited remetross of the society are qaite
Madequate. Lest yew 173 venteis were wrecked on the Irish
coast, accompanied with the usual great loss of hle
A reward of 64 10s. was also voted to the crew of the
Lytham lifeboat, which belongs to the institution, for putting
off I. her with the clew of rescuing the crew of the schooner
Mineral, of Barrow which during a heavy gale of wind was
wrecked off South Port on the 25th ult. Fortunately her
Drew. who had been ell night in the rigging, had been pre-
virmily rescued by the Southport lifeboat.
A reward of 61 was likewise era ted to a boat's crew of
Mt tea for patting off and , at considerable risk of
ilk three out of Ave perm= whose curragh during squally
weather bed base off the coast of Donegal. The
metirwee at the thee la taking the men acme en
the ma, w a sudden
of uall mum on and tad
bar. Two the ma were drowsed
seems mold mach them ; but the two others saved
frewrit&all by the promptitude end galhlNj of the
boars mew. _ _

A reward of 61. 10s. wee also voted to the crew of the
tubular lifeboat of the institution stationed at lihyl, for put-
deg off in her with the view of rendering sesistance to a
smack which was observed to have sunk some distance from
the elation, and to have her crew of twit old men in the
rigging. The lifeboat was with much promptitude launched
and proceeded to the wreck, but Wore her arrival the smack's
crew had been taken off by another boat.
• reword of two sovereigns was elm voted to Alexander
Fitt, a fisherman, in testimony of his gallant conduct in rev
cuing, at the peril of his own life, • boy who, with his father
and another men, had been upset from their flaking boat
during a gale of wind off Findochty, on the pout of Banff.
It appeared that they been out all day in a small boat fishing.
They ware returning to the shore under ail, when a sudden
squall upset the boat. One man swam ashore, another at-
tempted to do so, bat unfortunately sunk to rise no mare ;
and a third, a boy ten years of age, clung to the boat. Alex.
Flat having observed the seedikeit, nn amity a mile till he
opposite the drifted boat. He than instantly undressed
ahlfn.:elf and awam off to it.
The meeting decided to bring into ormasziola with the In-
stitution the three liklessis mist comelnionelenos of the
Tess Bay Lifeboat Secisiy. Loud Mimi sommittess derive
considerable adventsge la assusileg the ismives with the
National Institution, LesmnoL se the alder* of each life-
boat-station Is secured, and a uniform egoism of management
established.

Aiknew sire seed hem the Dake of Malakoff
saiwese winkles fa drawings wrbich the Malta-
nos hied iimemtled through Ihme to their respective cowries
of the lihboat az.d traesporting carriages, now aucceesfully
red by the society on the maim of the United Kingdom.
home interesting reports were also read hom the Boulogne
end Dunkirk Weboat and Shipwreck Societies. in which
the cordial co-operatics of the National Lifeboat institution
of Great Britain was aoknowledgal. The designer and in-
spector of its lifeboat had mores time since visited both
soolinise, which had given them a hearty reception, and
which had decided that some of their lifeboats should forth-
with be altered to Mr. Peake's plan. Additional good life-
boats are musk needed an the French coast, where, notwith-
standing its great extent, hardly any lifeboats are to be
Errand. Surely such a state of things only requires to be
property reprieeseed to the Emperor of the French.
It wee merle* that the leakages had, daring the cer-
met , paid nearly 6,0001. in founding new lifeboat
and maintaining others in estate of efficiency.
The comminse therefore earnestly appealed for additional
support to esablediest to continue successfully their heroine
operations.
The prossediezp Oben Mead.

OPENING OF A MINING AND MECUANICAL
Bottom. AT WIOA X.—A school of a novel character, but one
ealoulated to be of great mine to the miners and mechanics
Maw town sad neighbourhood of Wigan, hat lately been
established in esiesezion with the Mechanics Institution
Mlle* tows, foe **wpm of giving lemons to the classes
of workpeopis above-mentioned, in mining, mechanics,
mineralogy, geology, and chemistry. The idea of the
of a wheal of this charmers was Snit thrown out by
ISCIUt Has. IL Cardwell, M.P., of Ellerbeek, to Mr.
Charley, one of the moo-presidents of the Militate; and
this idea was acted upon by several gentlemen connected
with the Institute, who convened their friends in the
mining interest la the neighbourhood, and these friends
owes forward liberally to setablish a laud for the payment
of a newer ferstahe Eavarament department of SCiallOS and
art. Dr. Lyon Piaz ir came down trom LOII4IOX to the in-
stitution, at Its at the end of lett year, and the mom-
any prelimioarieswere then arranged. Mr. Birkenhead, the
onvCrappabted to the °Moe of master of the school,
aadi
P:9Perstimavening lmtto,ribeey otai:indgeit'vtezwitalsg 7.017.".1
"Why we eat and what we eat," to a large number of mem-
bers and friends of the inetitnte. Many gentlemen con-
nected with the *Minim of the neighbourhood, so well es
James Dielteame, Eeq., inspector of mines for the distriot,
weritresent, to ell of whom Mr. Birkenhead's ap-
peared to give satisfaction. The establiMunent of schools of
this saws in the seining and manufacturing distrkts of
Lancashire will doubting be of great benefit to the working
alress ; and it is hoped that they may be made the
imam of oh* mend sad nodal edvagoosnomt.—Meachestsr
Goariirs.

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ILOPOSED EXTENSION OF TEE WEST-END OF
LONDON LND CITSTAL PLUMS RAILWAS.—This 0301-
pia, hays, tt le add, taken pa for the early aoconaplish-
mod of as important metro n Ilas It I. Wended to
start by ajeaetios With the Violet& Station railway IS the
north aide of the Thames, es as to make we of tho proposed
Victoria Railway Bridge across the Tim, for soothers ber
and oleo to give amen to all railways en the north side or
Lasko, the Great Wombat bobsled, to the Pimlico
toria batiss, Wastminisr, Tin lies would pus slow
Iter
th. MP& ad the Thaw, iagtoa Coast, s
„ ad
illiVder. end joist ail the Donbas sad pled
weatea rsibrrys. Tbe railway has been bid out by bin.
Hamilton F the isgisser to the West-end Rellysy
Cbdivult, Th. sad Nottiag-hill rasideats
il“.• lias, be *old with!' bill-sa-hosr's ride of the
iesdoineduedea. by the lalsabitento Uortbffu district,' of
k'rr4Ssi Falsest sad a proportionate sorb, of tin. will be