The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-10 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1867.

denies towards the moral and intellectual eman-
cipation and the brotherly unity of the human
race. Peace and liberty are the watchwords of a
cause which is destined to be crowned with victory,
for it belongs to the happier future of the world.

THE STOCKWELL ORPHANAGE.

Yesterday afternoon the first stones of three of
the homes for fatherless Fops, which are about to be
erected at Stockwell under the direction of the Rev. C. H.
Spurgeon, were laid in the presence of a large assemblage
of the members of his congregation and their friends. It
will be remembered that about twelve months ago a bene-
volent lady, Mrs. Ann Hillyard, whose name was for the
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first time made public yesterday, placed at the disposal of
Mr. Spurgeon a sum of 20,0001. to be applied to the main-
tenance of orphan boys, " with a special view to their
godly education," in the hope that they might in future
years become ministers and missionaries. In order to
carry out her intentions trustees have been appointed, and
they have procured a piece of land at Stockwell, about 21
acres in extent, upon which they propose to erect a
number of houses, each capable of accommodating from
eighteen to twenty boys, as well as a large schoolroom and
a dining-room, to be used in common by all the inmates,
The sum to be paid for the land is about 3,0001., and the
homes will cost from 5001. to GOO/. each. The money given
by Mrs. Hillyard is so invested that it cannot at present be
realised without loss. The trustees, therefore, propose to
retain this sum as the permanent endowment of the
Orphanage, adding to it from time to time ; and for the
erection of the houses and other necessary buildings they
design to rely upon the contributions of their friends and
the public. Their first appeal has been so successful that
they are already in a position to commence the erection of
three houses ; and without waiting their completion they
have taken charge of seven boys and placed them under the
care of a suitable person in a house hired for the purpose.
The Orphanage is intended for the reception of fatherless
boys, who will be received into the homes as vacancies
occur. It is promised that each case shall be judged upon
its own merits, and without reference to any denomina-
tional views held by the parents of the candidate ; there
will be no canvassing for votes, and polling will be done
away with altogether. The plan of erecting separate
houses, each capable of accommodating about a score of
little boys, and each under the superintendence of a
nurse, has been adopted because it will " preserve as
far as possible in a large institution the idea of a
family," and has the additional advantage of enabling
the trustees to proceed with the buildings as their funds
may permit. The coat of the three houses, of which the
first stones were laid yesterday afternoon, has already been
provided for; one is the gift of a lady to celebrate her
" silver wedding," another is to be paid for by a mer-
chant of the City of London, and the third will be erected
at the charge of the workmen of Mr. Higgs, the builder.
The trustees have also received subscriptions which will
enable them to provide for furnishing, drainage and other
expenses; and have already erected n large shed, which
will be available, as it was yesterday, for the holding of
meetings on the ground, and may eventually serve as a
covered playground for the boys.
The proceedings yesterday afternoon commenced with
the singing of a hymn, after which Mr. Spurgeon delivered
a short address explanatory of the circumstances which
had led to the erection of this orphanage, and the present
position of the undertaking, He had only uttered two or
three sentences when the roof of a slight shed upon
which some dozen or two of spectators had taken up their
position gave w;.y, and its occupants appeared for a
moment in danger of getting an ugly tumble. As soon as
it appeared that no injury had been sustained by any one,
Mr. Spurgeon informed his audience that no one was hurt,
at,,ling, " Our friends were told not to get up there, they
did not comedown of their own will, and therefore Provi-
dence has arranged it," an assurance that was received
with a good deal of laughter. Mr. Spurgeon resuming
said that when he received a letter from Mrs. Hillyard
containing her munificent offer by way of answer to an
article which he had written a year ago in " The Sword
and Trowel," his idea was that an 0 or two had been in-
serted by mistake. He did not know wiry she had not
chosen fatherless girls ea recipients of her bounty, but be
believed that she had left them for others. The three
stones of the three houses were then laid, prayer and a
short hymn, so to speak, de eireonatance, being sung be-
fore each. The proceedings were terminated by a grand
tea ; and subscriptions were received on the ground to the
amount of 1,500/. This was in addition to MO/. con-
tributed by the family of the Olneys for the erection of a
brume in memory of their mother.

Her Imperial Highness the Princess of Olden-
bourg, the Princess Thirese, the Prinoes George and Con-
stantine of Oldenbourg, and Count Serge Cher6metieff,
attended by Dr. Steidel and a numerous suite, have left
Claridge'. Hotel for Paris.

The Duke of Leinster left town yesterday for
Carton House, near Maynooth.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Bristol are
st►ying at the noble marquis's shooting quarters, near
Dingwall, Ross-shire.
The Earl of Clonmell has left town for Don-
caster.

The Countess of Jersey and Mr. Brandling have
gone to Middleton Park, Oxon, from vkiting the Right
Hon. Frederick Peel at his neat in Warwickshire. They
will le►ve England for the Continent about the middle of
next week.

His Excellency Lord Lyons left town yesterday
for Arundel Castle, Sussex, on a visit to the Duchess of
Norfolk. We understand that the noble lord goes to
Paris shortly in order to assume his new diplomatic
appointmLnt as Ambassador to the Court of France.

—Lord Stanley, M.P., has arrived in town from
attendance on her Majesty at Balmoral. His lordship at-
tended to his official duties at the Foreign-office yesterday.
Lord and Lady Otho Fitzgerald arrived at their
residence on Carlton-house-terrace yesterday from West
Park, near Salisbury.

The Hon. Frederick Stanley, 111. P., and Lady
Constance Stanley are staying with the Earl and Countess
of Derby at Knowsley.

Colonel the Hon. W. P. and Lady Emma Talbot
are visiting the Earl and Countess of Derby at Knowsley
before they go to Cannes for the winter.

A marriage is arranged between Miss Louisa
Milbank, second daughter of Mr. Henry and late Lady
Margaret Milbank, and Mr. Francis Arkwright, eldest son
of the late Mr. Arkwright, of Sutton Scarsdale.

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The chaplaincy of the Duke of Manchester's
Light Horse Volunteers has been conferred upon the Rev.
Charles Henry Crosse, M.A., of Gonville and Cahn Col-
lege, embrace, curate of Winstanton.
Lord Kenlis, son of the Earl of Bective, has under-
taken to defray the entire cost of restoring the parish
church of Kirkby Lonwlale. It is estimated that the work
will oat more than 6,0001. In acknowledgment of the
munificence of Lord 'Emilia the gentry of M estmoreland
intend placing a memorial window on the south-east aide
of the church.

On Friday last the Rev. Edward Henry Loring,
clerk, M.A., was instituted to the rectory of Gillingham
St. Mary with Gillingham All Saints and Winston and
Windall annexed, in Norfolk, on the presentation of
Elisabeth Harriet Eden, wife of Mr. Henry Eden, of Gil-
lingham-hall, in Norfolk. Admiral in the Royal Navy. On
the same day, the Rev. Thomas Brookes Wrenford, clerk,
was instituted to the vicarage of Watton, in Norfolk, on
the presentation of Mr. George Alexander, of Westrop.
house, Highworth, in Wilts, On the acme day, the Rev.
Rolla Charles Meadows Rouse, clerk, M.A., was licensed
to the p.,rpctual curacy of Southwold, in Suffolk, on the
nomination of the Rev. Edmund Hollond, of Benhall.
lodge, in Suffolk, clerk.

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it is expected that the Convalescent Home
erected by public subscription at Bournemouth, in Det-
estably*, to the memory of the late Lord Herbert, will be
ready for the reception of patients by the end of the pre-
sent month. The home and buildings have been formed
upon Miss Nightingale's plan, Mr. T. H. Wyatt bring the
architect. The buildings and land forming the Herbert
Memorial Convalescent Home have been conveyed by the
Memorial Committee to the governors of the Salisbury
Infirmary in perpetuity. The Earl of Pembroke, the Hon.
William Pleydell Bouverie Mr. Edward W. Hamilton
(eldest son of the Bishop of Salisbury), Viscount Folkestone,
Sir Edward Hulse, and Mr. William Pinckney, of Salis-
bury, the treasurer, have been appointed trustees of the
Home, which stands upon a very beautiful 'mot at Bourne-
mouth, overlooking the sea, with a private road leading
down to it.

THE LATE MR. WILLIAM WALKER.—We regret
to have to announce the death of Mr. William Walker, tho
ancient historical engraver, who expired at his residence in
Margaret-street, Cavendish-square, on Saturday night.
Among the numerous works of excellence executed by the
deoeued artist, the most gener►lly known are the en.
gravir.gs of the " Passing of the Reform Bill," the " Aber-
deen Cabinet," and the "Literary Party at Sir Joshua
Reynolds's." The last-mentioned work must have pos-
sessed peculiar interest to Mr. Walker, who had married
the daughter of S. W. Reynolds, the engraver of all Rir
Joshua's pictures. One of his latest productions. "The
Distinguished Men of Science," the engraving of which
occupied him during six years, and cost him nearly 5,0001.
before bringing any return, is one that must be familiar to
our readers as a remarkable arecimen of that branch of
art.

THE WORKM2I4OB 00NOREES AT LAUSANNE.

On Saturday the subjectsdiacumed were the part of
men and women in society, the education of children, educa-
tion in general, and freedom of education. On the first
point the Congress came to the almost unanimous
conclusion that woman ought not to be considered en
agent of production, and that for physiological and
hygienic reasons as well as on economic and moral grounds,
nothing could justify the employment of woman as an in-
dustrial labourer. On the subject of education, the con-
gress were of opinion that schools should be at the same
time literary and industrial. On the question whether
education should be voluntary or obligatory and given
by the state there was a difference of opinion. The
majority of the French delegates held that the gra-
tuity of education was an illusion, as the cost was de-
frayed from the taxes to which the working classes were
the great contributors. The following resolution wee
adopted : " Considering that the phrase ' gratuitous edu-
cation ' is nonsense, because the expense is defrayed from
the taxes ; but considering that education is indispensa-
ble, the Congress only admits the right of the State to
supersede that of the parent when the latter is unable to
give education to his children. Religious instruction
should be removed from the programme of study."
The last questions discussed were the position and
duties of the State. M. Vasseur observed that at present
the nation seemed to be made for the government, whereas I
the inverse is that which should exist. The government
were a board of directors or managers, who had no exis-
tence apart from society. They should merely execute
the will of the people expressed in laws. The tran-
sport service should not be in the hands of private
persons, but in the whole body of the people. and should
be carried on at net cost, without a view to profits and
dividends.

The principal of capital punishment is repudiated.
On the subject of property in land, the French and Italian
delegates supported tho principle of individual property,
the Belgians upheld that of a common property ; the
English and Germans took more communistic views. No
decision was come to on the subject, which was adjourned
till next year. Brussels was fixed on as the mat place of
meeting.

BOROUOR OP CHELSEA.-THE BOUNDARY
COMMISSIONERS' MBETING.-(THIS DAY.)

This morning Major-General Bainbrigge and Mr.
Nassau Senior, the assistant commissionen appointed by
the Boundary Commissioners for England and Wales, under
the provisions of the Representation of the People Act,
held a court at the Vestry-hall, King's-road, Chelsea, for
the purpose of inquiring into the boundaries of the pro-
posed new borough of Chelsea, including Hammersmith
and one or two outlying parishes.
When the commissioners commenced their labonrs there
were only two or three other gentlemen present, and a
conversation was entered upon in connection with a boun-
dary map which was spread out upon the table. In answer
to a question the commissioners stated that they were not
instructed to inquire into parochial boundaries, and bad
only to deal with the 'imposed borough generally.
In the coons of the morning a few gentlemen interested
in the matter dropped in and afforded the assistant com-
missioners such information in local matters as they bad at
their disposal, and upon this the assistant commissioners
will, in din time, make their report.

We understand that tho Right Hon. W. E.
Gladstone, M.P., has accepted an invitation to attend the
banquet to be given on the 10th inst. at Barrow, by the
directors of the Barrow and Ulverston Railway, on the
occasion of the opening of the docks at that place.
THE LATE PROFESSOR FARADAY.—At the Last
sitting of the Academy of Sciences, M. Dumu announced
the death of Professor Faraday in the following tens:—
" The labours of that incomparable philosopher are known
to the whole world ; but the ineffable kindness, frankn
and ingenuousness of his nature could only be appreciated
by his intimate friends. It is nearly 50 years ago when I
first met Mr. Faraday, and from that time I had frequent
intercourse with him. I therefore had an opportunity of
watching his glorious upwardprogreu, and saw his natural
i and simple modesty increase n the same proportion as the
strength of his genius and the splendour of his services. If
his disooveries have immortalised him, and if he is re-
membered as one of the most fruitful mind' of this century,
he also leaves, to the honour and dignity of science be it
said, the example of a pure life and a noble heart. England
will not be alone in mourning his death."
LORD EEDESDA LE AND TILE GREAT EASTERN
RAILWAY BOARD.—Lord Redealale has returned to the
question in dispute between himself and the Great Eastern
directors. In reply to Mr. Brasesy's letter of the 7th inst.,
the substance of which appeared in the Expros, his lord-
ship makes the following pungent remarks :—" The letter
from Mr. Maynard, the former solicitor to the company,
to Mr. Swift, which is quoted by Mr. Brainy, is a most
extraordinary document. Though ' practically he had
little to do with the transaction, be is quite sure
that no communication was made to Mr. Braseey as
to the purport of the act of BIM.' I suppose that
means that he, the legal adviser of the directors, did
not suggest such a course, and he adds that he ' be-
lieves the fact to be that the officers of the company had
taken upon themselves to assume that the capital and
borrowing powers would cover the expenditure !' This
was their mode of dealing with a parliamentary arrange-
ment relating to the purchase of a railway, and with a
settlement with a contractor involving an expenditure of
between one and two hundred thousand pens& ; and these
are, I believe, for the meet part, the present directors.
These disgraceful statements, however, afford no answer
to the pouts urged bynie, that the consent of the Dunrnow
Company must have been proved in parliament, and that
Mr. Ramsey is the Damnow Company ; and, further, that
the act of 18155 is the only legal transaction that has taken
place between the two companies, and that it is final and
conclusive."

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THE MIGRATION OP AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS.
—The Rev. Canon Girdlestone, in reference to this move-
ment, writes :—" I have now sent away in all no less than
ninety labourers from this neighbourhood (Tiverton) to
other parte of the country. Of these thirty are married
and with families, almost all are doing well, and still in
their own vocation of agricultural Labourers aro in their
new homes earring—the married men from 12s. to 11. •
week, with • cottage and garden rent free, together with
in some cases fuel and other privileges ; the single men
board, lodging, washing, mending, and from Co. to As. •
week. The result of this movement is very encouraging.
Among the labourers, up to this time a rather sleepy, nu.
travelled, and immovable body, a spirit of inquiry and
enterprise has been roused. Many besides those towards
whose removal I have been instrumental have of them-
selves found better wages in distant places. Those who
remained have learnt that a removal to better-paid dis-
tricts is not by any means as difficult a matter at they once
nporeed. The farmers in every part of this neighbour-
have raised wages from is. to its., 9a, and, in some
cases, even 10s. a week. They have begun to treat their
labourers with more kindness and consideration. And
much to their own advantage, as well as ultimately to that
of the Labourers, they have begun to make more general
use of mowing, reaping, and other machinery. In other
parts of the country farmers short of hands have learnt
how easy it is by means of the penny post and
penny-a-mile trains to enlist the services of those
at • distance, and have discovered that it is
well worth their while to do this, at the cost
of giving part and advancing the remainder of the
expense of removal, to be repaid gradually out of wages.
Thus the influence for good has been much more exten-
sive and important than could have been anticipated
from the means employed. This success, though on is
limited scale, has induced me to invite the cooperation of
several influential persons in au attempt to give a more
comprehensive and permanent character to m y own hitherto
unassisted and consequently partial efforts. We have
established at It. Serleants'.inn, London, an institute and
of for the registration of the wants of both employers
and employed. In connexion with this a circular will be
issued monthly, containing a list of the above wants, the
price of labour in various districts, and other appropriate
information. District agencies, with • liberal commission,
are likewise being gradually established in various parts
of the country, both to collect and supply information,
and make known the wants of all parties concerned."
WILL OF THE QUEEN DOWAGER Or NAPLES.—
The Volksfremnd of Vienna gives some further particulars
concerning the contents of the will left by the Queen
Dowager of Naples- That journal says :—" The will of
the widow of King Ferdinand the First has been opened at
Rome. The Queen has ordered that the bulk of her for-
tune shall be divided into as many parts as she has
children. Many of the persons of the court and officers
of her household receive considerable sums. To the
Ligourist Fathers (a branch of the Jesuits) of Naples
3,000 crowns are left ; in case of the suppres-
sion of that community the sum is go to the
Ligourists of Sicily. and should these, too, be sup-
pressed, then it will revert to the House of Hapsburg.
The late Queen appoints as tutor to her son and curator
of his fortune, her brother, the Archduke Albert, with •
provision that the two eons, minors (of whom one is dead),
shall be educated by their uncle. The Princesses Maria
Pis and Maria Ludovica are to go to Austria and be con-
fided to one of their aunts. The testatrix also expresses a
desire to be laid beside the body of her late husband King
Ferdinand. By order of King Francis 11. her remains, as
also those of Prince Gennario, have been deposited in the
Church of the Jesuit Fathers. She leaves as a souvenir to
King Francis • service of porcelain. Besides, before her
death, the Queen sent to him by one of her women • casket,
with an intimation that it contained precious leasers of the
King, his father, and a memoir drawn up by her. This
casket, however, is believed to contain much more than
these papers"
GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, CALEDONIAN-ROAD,
lauNceotr. Number of patients for the week ending
Sept. 7,1,023, of whisk 217 were new owe.