The Express.
London, England, 1856-12-29 00:00:00

THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS'

SCHOOL.

ANNUAL DINNER.

The gamma banquet, as of the most clistinguiehea
and Important that take place fa the Lead.. Tame, bid.
fair to acquire • literary as well as beeeveleat nontatlea
theme' the celebrity of the laillividesls annually selected
M the preddeacy. List you the mum of Chuhts Diane
emonted the dieing-room, and athe present comain it was I
Sir B. B. Lytton whose auto formed the groat attnatioa
el the bill of fan. Neat year, we appose, the regime of
" Vanity Fab" will be lavaded, sod the groat hamearist
M the age Melted to advocate the Maims of the little orphaas
of Pismo. This selection of mlebritto to preside am their
maul festivity does the Commercial Travellers gnat
limes!. Other orgentests of charitable banquets labour
seder the delusion that elormosysmy guineas canard be
mimed oat of relactast pockets without a lord is *biased
to kelp the soup ; sad even is the last eltretaity, • gasping
Lord Mayor Is Wood to est me Maser .Wore" rather
this that the chair should be without a lord of mum Mad.
Bat the Clemmetelal Travellers, with better judpeeet,
Met up the realm ef Masbate, end eadeatrom to prawn
mem mm who has me& ea hapeasioa to his ago to
prig& at their maul festival. The leambea has
hitherto beam completely omoodal, as as Amity
diver h half so eroded, as after-diaaer speeches are
half se geed, mid meter' are the heads of guests feud
mime emphatkolly to be, " Opt as day to molting charity.°
The beeriest of Saturday main was so aneptioa to the
pastel rale, ma upwards of three head red embalm eat
dorm I. Mame • and • masificeet 'attribution was eel-
Meted, the able l'ifeumi of Mr. George Moore, the treasurer,
amused the gratifying iatelligauce that all sepeases
building, the., had bees dewed off, and the oily thing mw
required was to add • few hundred pounds to the .nasal
lessee. It appeared that is the short specs of eleven
yean they had purchased 26 sass of lead at Maw, for
2,0001. ; bed built • *lambi 'Meal for Amt., the total
expense of the whole, laeludies law *apses's, &c., Wag
26.0471. They had sow 90 boys sad 46 'Oh is the school,
sad to-day tea boys sad two girls would be Wed to the
number. They bad ea mewl Moose of 4,0001. • year, aid
• low headzeds Mors would satisfy all ileaseisl require.
meats sad amble them to 11l the Mese. The ask wee
takes at mix o'clock by by Edward Hahne Lyttee,
empported by the heads of nearly all the great warehousieg
item is the 'metropolis. We lathed moue the guests Mr.
Sheriff Meehi, Mr. Omer Moen, Mr. Cramp**, Mr.
George Boatlidge, Mr. W. B. Bawl, Mr. BMWs's,
be., Ike.

Aber the anal loyal toasts,
The Cwaisount to prepoideg the tent el " The Army
sad Nam" said air,
be would simply etve *enemies to
two helms sad ass nevleties. lib first hops as., tbat it
night lie lose before our gallant inentryine awe gelled
tato seine genies, sad his mond woe, that wltsseneti
night be so tilled epos they would only hive is ssa
Dialed their nestles to
wer, tad Rot mann the lissist-
int if inside et holm awed sad prolueed drisileg.)
His esavisties was that at all tines their gallont
don would unit the setae sensation alias had elways
the elders of Alma sad Iskersasee, sad whisk
Meiss:spnbisal with the paint sad Int ssitaned
os-
dttssas globose who had boss the sewpanne et Sillaato-
pd. (CuO
The toast teas &oak with lead sheen.

TM Cmaisdait seat mus"ed ^ Prosperity to the Cow
menial Trairellen' School, sad fa so doing add—l call
epee yes to rejoice Is the prosperity of that instituting ea
behalf of abikl we ere sow seenabied. la a neitibbeerien
semitsy emir
as anemias have been made at what t=blie::
" fraternity ; ' bet they have biebted epos ate
diet Wm with the imputative soodition of nudity, to the
SUS ligamos of fratenafty laterally was to beteg all the
Melba to ea eireal etandard of ane, by analog dawn the
plat Pabst mid memplies down the little Metier. That
pmssmiswa dimed so somarkatile that It brought the mistime
teak undilimileeintepode that et this day yes meld samply
utter the map soms of ihateralt la the stunts of Path, whit-
est seem MO brake sputa yes far sere big
bashes iummittlag yes to prima. (Layette?) New, is
Weed we keys not atearatell to establish tratrtaity epee
the same phm. Far hem suentes the damns, that all
ma ape aqua, we are Midas to adusewledge three inequa-
lities at lifs and ethilities Pith reader it the ditty of a
rasa who dais Iderelf eareSsetably masted at the to M she
Mika to load a Wilms had Mir diusessed bossism wive
iambi etherwise mend et Po SDP ("Bray" abssisa
newton ear brotherbeeds hen bees ssesseefel, bemuse
the PP which salts. Pm is sot • rep of sead—(haral-.
bate theft Pala whish Made hostt Mimi sad p =
to dither by Bats of Mem eserameles sad
amity. (Chien) Not Is *see myelitis moue Moored, te
oar eye sad seamy that that rose beillailme wblsb IPS
everawbere Maid *mead as, an Puma he tbs sMpis
sad dhiesseseted ebjeet of done pod, aweses=t
M eye • vie boa the wevltheme, to dries
• famelpahems, sad 'palm ay to it sa Maireedie mew
la Mb. We ere esderearieg to Mr/ OBS &NO Oriblise
ef immity at • time when is some ea V the oder me
d Ih. etre were to provide to *be Abbas of
▪ sod to rid to the adult who asp @Beady bed
M.sd the lows of the seastry • skis.. of sedressedes.
awl • derby peeped of ea Maas livelihood Is the
Oistian. Now, I de net step to pane er to Piths, mush
Mr a essdess that se of • bralassat sad
mereihil policy bet I de say that gnat ears most be
Mims, or elm I; will be rather as Ptomain this she to
be Pe Nei et Mos. (Beer, beer.) Bat natant" th,
dillies of bib ire ought sot to he wed wane of
des tie ilia of this. who bad " tek %bob
armaray fa their merry 's geed." (A brae.) Therefore It
beim ell Marl ma of ibis losimised to be op sad
Pusses, to order to nines that Mime ef derby weld
wady Minis be teelsbleked widoe Matt ear
aladar ms to . belies as to be ay
ad chesty, i air to sir the dine of was who,
=they my be banks dews by adversity, have both
awl lessilsts membess efesolety ; sad to provide
Sr them a home am loader, ea Peonies mask better,
eel a moth mere resift ibis these width the prths
dead taw may hem the emseladas ef Pyles to Ms
thossuled bat lathestira oliplas. (Chew) That is the
Ow cyst el this soden, whisk w Medi to MI be NU
Lasit=tt. (Cbsed) We my well be proud of our
ad wedges, sot may Imam d stair "PIA sad
=tmad IM emendel Wise Mid be relied
ie as sib% aid ids ear iris the MIAOW
of de weak bath tie me. isedig ad sewed err,
*et porgesimbes sere Mimed limilterturi tithe*/
war* Meow bed the mum of the drirresi. It Au
bees sib by the sysseasig sal, smi imiestrathle pow
lies of the idlers or this esesey that we have Issadmi
stut IthAtatione-oaselbleiseds, ead h
Mie pse=
am at easo le es
bid ail mob gm Is was
mere apoispire t Gerrie tie We °embroil Tim
ethos. did (Chan) Well, we ted d bid pia
la wild dm of misty es* Army he mote essoolthi the
!us% Bon a wWL •PlTltett PPM, MA be a
mom duns, Men • re's anima. ei istopelej is to
• oseilsar sf his employer, Med imbile ef beim
elibrally rakes emir sad rob a the Masi= of
year f Ted the skim of in sites emidleally
useful should, by the plower, death or disablisp dimes et
se* pima% be times spa the wail without hinds se
PUMP" ad tem tee, as • time Mee Ms pd PPP
mothremssemy steam le tothelog at bar bust. sed mesh=
le bur orwthe beim a mid; of ibe Jed
Jaamhea whoaef rift maid Weed be ii=diesd
direr te orbs. Memo.) Tele society, lopver, doss
awe is &temp M mid to thses Middles as Hoes.
dose Pi direr hmessereely borer .11 that phi
Irairopy in mid tv the roger of the lie ; that
It ass self w child Irma Jaeger, bat la the
quality sad the sdesstiva whenit bedews, It re-
wards the beim ef Ow presto (Cheers.) I lean Melted
with peat peeress per the impasse if the atria
basewei at you aid, ad 1 rejews se see It se Sherd eat
serpseber for ; Miss If pee have • siaadssi dedesaties
seri esiiittey Is its imam yea wean asks se
dime% or et best 1917 lids, betwsea **add of the
Maims sad Id einblo pug ef the rood Mosel
ds vsessassery. Now yea ekeAire% emedles
es year bra regabilso, at the end fen yam esil
them useli the ese el Me m. Tea bre deeded • lees
Mind of tea yeses, wish you mad 11l ap lib may if
ern bid is sic. Ti. esieffy teas tie ffesee
*bps whiffs will adapt to the strabismal Mid
they am to ester, bet oho then likelierbe•sthus, weyek
MI made der, r day rho ism to aid b we
pissed eellitersset of *be body gibe IsmaW NMI
the you we resolved that tee dais shell
per Mk • derresio ego. Seem ad rinds Mid
to asks as adre we owe the ellipses of the weed,
ad ear Mae, is sir to Planta MP, rad lie
Midis el ell sash seelos of trees", ea wily to dB
ematry bat apse w osaileem Ti. threbre ISO
owl, Is deoldtra that a hula eettlAs of All pen of
demise ill be muted by the study of thaw aria
prestiosily metal thet samosas of Pt
=Zere:l la the latereksase of the Pats of est
esmaterse—l mesa Irma sad Vase. Lad I OM
It is set did sere reities, ad for • yem
id wpm, us Mr did lo stay el dole
Merest ems tarsi is Lei. Not Urn mei

'to predict that los will he able to vie with academia
sad mho* purely elassital ; or that los will tura oat very
prednitel Leda ethelen, but partly bemuse Leda is the
mad key watch modern languages se en formed la some
wenn from It, but priscipally became then M so modes
Impugn which makes so meth deemed epos the observes;
sat reflective faculties, whisk, whet comes roused, may be
applied to ell other pupae. hereafter a that Latin lan-
guage which soutane within its very grimmer all that eye-
mein of clops mitosis; which is as useful to the latter.
etaadiag as logic Mall, but whisk, unlike the rules of logic,
are adapted to the comprsheasion of childna. To this
mart solid nervation I is plowed to see that you have
Wed other lighter aecomplidtmeats, sash as MUM and
drawing. Not that d rawly g Itself is • sere accomplishment,
it is also a useful en to nesose engaged in oomomsnial sad
maaufesturias anotimins sad traosactiosa. I think that
my Mead lir. Moon would tell ma that a plug man who
was able to give a clear eks'ah with his pencil of
some felons or paten la maaufesture, Easy dispam of
them mach beam than he meld postibly do by words,
let Idea Mks what time he plessed is espousing them
sad therefore would his services be of greater vales to hii
employer. Mums, too, is owe of these sesomplishamate,
the penult of which demsods no estravegases, and the
indalgesos Ice which bequeaths@ to remorse. (Chars) I
am sot surprised to dad that your theory of oder:ahem beers
W test of pretties, sad that commensal beams whisk have
takes some of your pupils are always reedy to apply for
ethers. (Cheese.) Nor am I surmised at Ohs *masses
rapidity with whoolt you have established this lastitution
upon so solid • heals. Lead has ben purchased, schools
oremed at • opt of more thou 25 0001., sad you have a
reserve feed of 13,0001. harmed in goverment santrities,
sad all this he. be.. amompliated la the space of ten years.
I sea set, I say, surprised at your sumer. lus never stir-
nisei at what Bookshops& effect it they Uwe hit play.
(Obese) But tkie exertions of the saes by whole this
'sheet he bees established does call for ear most cordial
edeletties. Bose a former ameba then were eose regret-
ful outhethe that the number of oommereial travellers
smog our ashourtbera was not ismer. Let us hope for
better dew Be elms entity as ever motet to have more
than • Ileftsfa proportion of that slats swags, its
subareas. It le highly to the credit of the gnat body
of esseersist travellers, however, that two or three
theme room the. are tassel mbeeribers to the Wel-
. Mies. Mt it thee wee sot ewe eassureel traveller who
isheribed.thle is. title= would is so degree be is.. worthy
iseifez There are ail dna of worthy venom left de-
ii ar=t.
ws lot provide • hams sad • refuge for them t
Leek yeadeaApoiatiar to the gallery at the end of the room
whom thembeldreu of the school were 'Medial), what does It
i moNat leme sr to you who are or who are set ntocribers ?
It to sesosh that we have dose our duty—have set as
sass* sd that duty, wad made dear to muses seam the
advastape whisk art amiss from fellowiag is She course
shish we have empaesseed. (Cheers.) Bet each as heti-
tattle deed sees it, will sever west imessuese uses
tiseithe envy es the trade of this gnat . Whin
we hews. we life iato wheels, sad the
Wte ad la theaghttel Wellies's, we ass this
ISlMilt:=
tan whet be the post melt of our isheeth
was Mel "What Is the sae et year fte
of stesseheep ?" Tee oldisesohst eseMerr
es ewe= 1151 elleiher, fad seed, " Wirt 5 the see of
• soweets What I" NU peuss mess se esa say whet
meleselle thiseerie may he made. sr what light may yet be
difased seer the earth by the eepolof a siee&ohild. (Cheers )
At the meet I am Sow swung, this IhMMuYM is ye.
pees Me thee bases nab for the bled
et hones life—thoroughfares is whisk thiryliellara;
fair see shiest., If we teach be elk the papas t
etseablies er falling. Bet seer let as hope that, le •
seastry se free as the air we breaths. every thmengbfere
hes 111 upward slope to fame sal feetses, shish may be
noshed by the ere et the seises sad the useserisa.
Test Nisei nay pease yithessohese sad WNW elm
resere—eselt nee have ems free Idler three of ,
edthetes. end • meth lower else ed seal Illebythee ties 1
yes Med. sod you asp altesely have year this is
the/Wee sod oreseeste of society. This I will restart
to sellelpse% that the day will come, and some saws, yet
merag in ho see it, whoa tho shalt whisk I sew 211 will be
eseepted by ammo rasa who has ,is.. tato wealth and mi-
asma Is @misty, having been educated la your mhos's—
(slisses)—ami thee, ham the lips of that we, sone
sigheis. *Miami,' will leer that Math which au,
serer he is. Wes told, that not mere safely dies
the harvest sprig hem the C4ff seed tea de the rases of
era who ssetals, essobil, sad s_ta We. eyes, free
the paws of laullierses aid rinse *Ma ere mews is the
huts of shildree. (Load sal lei sestlesed slurring )
Is essolusios, the hos. heresse ailed spas the son-
easy to drisk " Prosperity to the Osessnisi Travellers'
Oohed."
The tout we &ask with the pelmet pueblo oaths-

Area; tbe other toasts drook were the Charms'," pro.
posed by Mr. Borman.' ; the health of Mr. Moors,
the Tresearm " (eh% la replying, stated that the mama
Mame of ths imnitstlen from tsaded property sad sub-
seriptheas amenated to 4,0001., sad that it present there
wets la the salsa aisety-suse bele sad forty.siz girls,
wbi nuebar would be thersseed ea Meaday met to 100
boys sad Ifty-twe Orb) ; sad " tke Preoldnat, Vim-Prod-
deals, sad Trustees el the Commsraial Travellers &boob,"
proposed by Mr. T. Canaan's, M P.
Ilebseriptions wen saseuswed la the sour of the maths
Is the amount of MOW.