The Express.
London, England, 1858-10-23 00:00:00

LOAD JOHN 1081 ILL ON DAOO.IID SCHOOL&

The inauguration meeting of the Ragged and
lodustrial Sc.le at Ardwiek-gnu, Maarimater, was held
yesterday afternoon in the Yenotteuer Town Hell, the large
mom of which wee crowded cat the monks.
Ized JOHN Rommi. took the chair, sad was received
with much cheering. He seld—letthe and Gentlemen,
by the kindness of those vibe have the seausgemeat of
the
liCEschools, I have bees pkemil le the minks of
ecru the shah at this smolom It would have been
better by others who have beta well =formed of
your pmerdtetra, and ben taken part to them from the com-
mencement. Haring the honer to be plead se I am, it will
be, !think, desirable that I should nasalise facts which
are better known to many of yon than they an to me,
bet whibb, however require to be stated on so Important an
coatis se the preseat. I
the
the taming of the new
beedlip which I ham had the imam es see this auraing.
Those buildtngs are of the moot moautodious kind, end fitted
for the reception of the childres whom they are dinbled to
receive. I shoold state, however, that these /egged school@
had their commencement in a society for giving night asylum
to the helpless. Ths condemn found that on Saturday
.ventage many children left, who were totally ignorant and
toe most unhappy state, whom the recommended should be
taught cm the Simday. From this ~sgianiag arose the com-
mencement, now twelve years ego, of a ragged school for the
helpless sad nnprovided children in Manchester. After some
time, sad changing from one building to another, it was
posed to buy the buildings and land at Ard wick
were well fted kr the reception of the school.l 4.1
greet
*Sort was required for this purpose. No lam than • sum of
2,000 i. wee worsory he the purchase. With juncture the
Wise of Moooloostor gave their aid. that charity
end that =stem la the cause of humanity whine always
distingniehn the iodise—(bear)—they nosed • leaser, the
proceeds of whin wen so he. them 1,0001. •MS was still
wandeg; smillby men of suberiptions that auto wee coot-
Omni sad thil• 1,0004 was paid for the land and buildings.
At • rbmantoil sew buildings have been emoted, which I
have mimed to, sad they are well fitted for their
dormitories are exceedingly sky sad com-
fortable,- end there le ample room for the schools. This being
the case, it lea matter of consideration for you, and for
every 000 00000cted with this community, as to what feather
can be done. Now, this building has not been emoted
sad completely Seed up without much further rape= I
believe 1,600/. ia still due, to be provided for on that 0000001-
But while that is the him to be provided for, let us consider
the immense extent of good that is to be done. (Meer, hear.)
I end, according to a statement that has been given me, that
1,273 obildren have been received, from the first common-
met of the schools ; that amongst these were no lees than
600 who weft mulch-.slide, beggars, pickpockets, sweeps,
sad minarets the sheets, that therm& of the education due
hae bean OM end the Industrie' osoupeilons that have been
taught le, that 464 of them have iron to work, omitting 91
removed to the workhouse, and 82 gone to other schools;
164 Me retuned to bag, sad 161 have UR without omfgais
the reason. Therefore, you have at the cemenimmentaelass
ment that 464 out of them 1,273 have be= reseed tem the
Maids, and in many mass, criminal life they we reheieg.
sad have now the promise, if not the assursace, et
good members of society. It appears to me that'll=
nothing in the whole question of education white s O2
unmet as this. It is a question that I think must press
upon the minds of that these children ars tea me
large dean left without jtij@see of say kind. I hansom,
in th alty el Loden, boys Me were out oat the streets, aad
whoaad soother eineeme, if they arid not hold a gentle- I
man's horse, or obtain soma casual employment of that kind,
the neon was Is edeviag in ceder to pay for • night's
lodging. Imbue of thee ebildrat are without any teach-
ing they whiled to supply their wssisoo get &halter for the
night, to get • meal for the day, sad—what is dreadful to
think of living to • country which acknow-
ledges the power, mad the reverence due to the
Almighty, may of them did not even know
the name of Old eel living in that which is pro-
fessedly a Christian gamey, may of them have ma
heard of the name of ChM. It become., therefore not •
I question, I think, of MINI hnesaity and benevolenos, 'but it
beccestm • queen of thdp—thed, as lid be
goes on, ors
should sot show, to our great dine, this prolific anesery of
crime to Whit ear sleets. There is this further to be said,
that the very commenoment of their instruction to those
schools Is the beginning of a better kind of life. They come
in many of them in • most filthy condition ; they are at once
gent to be naked and cleaned, and very soon they have bettor
Moths@ on their backs. Wall, ft is now discovered sad ad-
mitted that ell them questions are closely connected, that the
whole question of social improvement is to be Mau
as a whole. There must be different departneets,
mach as those of the ragged schools are • but the
question of elseakams of the person, the question of a
clean and comfortable home, are closely counseled with
moral improvement and with religions instruction. (Ap-
plane.) In former days, about half • century ago, it was
considered as • work of great beitevolexee to open Sunday
schools, and no doubt that was • great advance at the time
it was made ; but without habits of Industry without the
means of obtaining a livelihood, without clan sea, without
• comfortable home no redly advantageous isaniction will
lay the foundations
of a future harvest. It will be either
seed thrown nos the rookie or seed thrown smog the
thorns, and choked by the pleamer and impair= d the
world. Now all this lam telling you is nothing new to the
we'll—melba( hew to you ; but while our great Miss go
on increasing, while the proportion of the inhatthwats of
those great citiee which live in total ignoninn In
filthy habitation., aid in Witte of vim, =SWIM to ta-
mee.e, is the bounden duty of thaws who are =mates
and Mends of Improvement to repeat the same story, to tell
the 01100 tale, sad me the same arguments, till some Mildest
inroad hem been nide upon the great mese of vice and missy
which nista in the midst of our great and justly boosted
clef/Nation. (Heir, hear.) And now let me touch uron a
pert of the 'abject in whir h that is now stated which I was
eery to isen—vin, ea to the inistanos given by the star.
(Heir.) Whh regard to the general subject of ednostion,
greet as is the 'worm that has been made, there am mien
obsembe vein are almost insupershie to making that educa-
tion lama throughout the 0:01207. Now tor
with reseed to lbe education of children fronAhe „„I In, l
ens
taken 16 or IS, ft is Mod that at about 11 years old boys ass
token Ms the 'Mob in order to work for some small wages
that are glen them, and the prams most naturally, sad
unavoidably to may of them, say, " We mud give 00,
children the chance of obtaining wages by which the family
can be =listened ; we are far too poor to molt the D. 6d. or
11e. 1111. a week that may be tensed in this way." Well, there
lea stop to eduostioa, et • certain age, which is too young
an age to,be a cense which it Is Impossible wholly to over-
come. dome of the best end wised friends of sensation have
mss; they have proposed prism, mud various other methods ;
but I own it appears to me that there is bat use method at
present, namely, that employers of labour—of persons
of so young an age ea that—should feel themselves bound in
duty to promote the teaching and the instruction of these
young persons. It is se obliged= by law up= a certain
Put cif suPklms of labour. Ido not my thatshouldbe too nom others. bat I own I tick the meet
President of the Poor-few Bard, Mr. Nemee wee
right when be said he employed two boys, end be
look core that, Mile he gave than week, My
bad some Mane d= ales,Niel, whist the dieted/ remine,
there la an =stalk r meet eke= the age al 11 or 12.
If you speak still foam et • general eyetem of edetation,
there are the eldealleas Alit are lit by thaw who at pre-
ss= have the elemilia of Ile einkey Iheir be=tamo
ohlage ape& the sales= Thrasiv ef the
church, the Mahn of tbedimmtleg denesetualme, have
be= the mem Ma have bees the ma active, who hen
be.. the limmehet, who Me Matte most liberal of ,
Air messy eel ime la yemelleg the pest cause of 1
edusellea. (Chem) Bet beemanit, soave
se they ere,they em very eg• me to =am of may visa
• ogooadok except that elide they have been Mott is the
bane, mad the Daly einnation viol they think
Mei= Nee, again, gem le a great oloteele; bee la this i
rapeet I will not Mee aow Into the qualm of brew there
°beadle are te be sok I wit. rower, to being you
rood r the meita of the wand wheels lea here I
=hi we roily have us obeedis m a eelare to
eseeisar. la the hot Own, arc =Odra ere Mk= at an
early eisadtaoaz taught OMB Ind% or the mane of
ea rsimg u I ease OM ett, la Ile Mar
Mai= I haw ehedy meeliensi—ia the mpg Mad of
lie tom—the Mem. AIM= hip at Oat which
1M hese melt by the iiildreAmit tide Oen h•• der
mod =mg the Mamba doelus k miens mileles.ow,
that le MA hihnery, I bib= lesve sot a
pausal ta Load= ;
_bat there are mimes mite of that
kind, in which the anbee, b learning a trek odd haring
at the same time Name ta.aoatsa, las Flo" as
me to get an Meat Milberg. Thie. Mk re-
gard to what is oiled the “Idlgisee fighwelty,"
I dent believe in the tagged Maas thee bar WM% be.
say dill:city of anklet: It has been grear4i awe' that
lorlptere inalnellea itoald he given to the