The Express.
London, England, 1858-09-24 00:00:00

THE BISHOP OP BATH „AND WELLS 4.1101V03T

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The navvies working on the Glastonbury and
Wells lino, near Wells (about 300), were on Tuesday last in-
vited to a good dhow of beef, potatoes, bread, and tea, in
the Market-how, width was &wonted with evergreens and
banners. The chair was taken at 6 o'clock by
IProt .0. Everett, Esq.), who, aftar tea, addrieNd
the meths In • istansedsg spank. Lady Auckland,
with eiveial other lades, then geoeseded to dlwribto a New
Testament to owe of the navvies.

The Ciaieffiarsaid tITS4 was coo hot which it behoved
him es thief mmilstrale of the city to mention. The works
amend with the Weds and Glastashary Hallway had been
=en hr three menthe. Many el the men before him
in the e end Troy continua, went to end fro ;
but MM. the abbot the dame not a single cesi of =inau-
dible en s_..etalmoos of them had come to hb notice
ea the (Gssrs)
Tbe of Watt rose amidst load emplanes, and ad-
dressed the mesably. His lordship said dn, were
iniebted to the for essoseteg a work which nag=
so reatsrlay teethe commercial prosperity of the city. What
is • savvy it He bad give his dellaition ef ems :—he was •
man of army boob pat stresgtk, sedan, powers, indo-
mitable pessemsass, strl amtheolbeg sonnies. (Chess.) If
• volley tree la homy, he would MOOD ill it up with •
mounds ; if • sea of grebe OWN eaves his path, ha
thought solliog elf oaks • perms throe& ; if
river ineerrypted lie pessees, be would soon spas
it. In F,•01110 was no snob thing se • " navvy. "
If difficult railway verb was to be reoaptteeoa
thorn they sent am to Itsolismil to Mr. Brolhorwoch
Mr. Rigby, or Mr. Bran" en Wawa lielos, es other Lei-
lent raway controcitess, it, liglibaawn es Mame over
and perform the work. (Vocalism ohasehla.) It was the
same in the Obsess et the time of belles dm war. We
could not take lisbaseopol till English mamas were Bent over
to make a railway from Balakleve to the amp, to convey the
meson to the front. (Testandoss drawing ). The navvy
was • good-tempered fellow. Her (his kodeld,p) was on the
Ibis the other day, and, whilst in eoavereseia s with Mrs.
Hitches. she rid, "The navvies me the ebils et men pos-
sible. None of them ever venture to las met w from my
penniless to drink without asking prank* at id thei=
very thankful tor may little Manse shown MN n."
the navvy wen • good-ostund Mow. He (the .p eeker) was
on the Rae in the coons at lormaden mar thiesity, when the
saddest occurred to two nem through a dig lit ewe of
the sainp. He west into • coda. where the, injored
men bed been carried, and then saw • smog, Miele tioyo
tae, himself severely he* bat supporting his wounded
seem& wilt me hand, sad pew*" tea down bin ira with a the tmelersess et * mune, with the other usl
he (bespeaks') thus palmed the navvies for their mod gla-
d* they moat bear with Mat ilthe told than of two or three
bad habits in which they bieked. Aftee • ban* dry's melt,
the navvy, feeling exhausted, saves for • stimulant, to ob-
bia which be goes to the ferry shop, and there spends hie
siembipim thank The nab day he has no mosey to buy
that bet wid* neatesary to moat his stresgth lie I.
sdeemnd of Nmssif, ashamed to see his fallow-workmen,.
end be met sweep* to get through his labour in a proper
mermer. They a membered Mbs Sightings* who.
paid so muck Mead= In the wounded soldiers in Ms Crimes..
the had mid that the greaten evil she had to contend spinet
there was demehmess. This mil prevailed to • vary great
extent is this sonatry. The clergy mid that druakennese
prevented the speed of she Gospel; the general said it wan
the curse of the ans, ; the doctor said ft Filed the hospitals ;
the jags at the miss said it peopled the pole; the
governor of the lunatic asylum said it was a frontal cause
of inestity; and the gasidian of the poor said it kept up the
wards of the mica. These was another evil he woad re-
mark upon. The "navvy" was a man who often took the
Lord's holy name Si vale,—in fact, he could
utter • sesame without as oath. Now he (the es=
was sum that they would he very ninth shocked if God
mire to bring down that infliction which they often impre-
cated. They were so addicted to the habit that they
did not know whim they did it. He hoped they meld take
It in kind part if be exhorted them to leave of these evil
habits. They had math received • Testament, which he
hoped they would eats care of, for its truth would never
perish—everything around them would. The sleepers they
were laying down would decay ; the iron rails would be eaten
away by ruit ; the stations they were erecting would some
d. fell. There wee only one thing that was disable, "The
Word of the Lord shall stand foe ever." His lordship con-
cluded, amidst peat cheering, by wishing them all • hearty
" Good tight."
The Has. and Rev. Canon Brodriok, the Rev. T. Flower,
and St. George d'Arcy Irvine, F.aq., addressed the meeting.
The Doxology having been emir, chases were given for
the Mayor the Bishop, after which the " navvies"
retired is as excseellagly orderly manner.--4Aarlarne Journal.