The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-16 00:00:00

to face the enemy to the extent it had done in former
wars, but I may challenge the w rid to deny that the
navy ably perto-med its duty, a silent and less ostensible
duty, perhaps, but still the dn'y which it wag called upon
to do in supporting the army directly and indirectly.
(Hear, hear.) I should not forget that the mercantile
marine of the country also deserve the greatest possible
credit for the way In which the transport service was
coadacted. (Hear, hear.) My gallant friend on the
left will corroborate see when I say that it was of the
greatest possible use in bringing troops to the point of ac-
tioa, and alio in assisting that distinguished body,
called the naval brigade, before Sebastopol. (Cheers.) I
beg, gentlemen, once more to thank you, and I thank you
meat sincerely, for drinking the health of the gallant pro•
fessiou of which I am an unworthy member, but which is
Bested in the hearts of all the people of Great Britain, and,
I trust, always will be so. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) I
may be, perhaps, permitted, as I shall not have another
opportunity, to say one word, and it shall be one word
- only, to express the great gratification I have felt in
being able to be here upon this moat interesting occasion,
and to bear my humble tribute of gratitude to the distin-
guished individual —for distinguished he is, and distin-
guished he will be—(cheers)--.for his noble liberality in
fo-warding the interests of what has become, and pro
perly has become, one of the great social questions of
the day, namely, the education of the people. (Cheers.)
I felt an additional gratification in seeing the institution
inaugurated as it was to day by the eloquent prayer of
the right rev. prelate who sits near rne, which shows that
the education given there will be based and founded upon
the Scriptures and upon Holy Writ. If the education in
secular matters thus goes on accompanied by, or rather is
preceded by, a corresponding advancement in •religious
matters, and having the assistance and co-operation of
religion, I am sure that the intellect which has been given
to us by the Almighty will be properly invigorated to
support the progress of the nation. (Cheers.) Gentlemen,
I beg leave to thank you for the kind manner in which
you _have heard these few observations, and once again to
return you my warm and cep dial thanks for the honour
which you have done the profession to which I belong.
Earl Talbot resumed his seat amid loud cheers.
The health of the Earl of Burlington, who was prevented
by circumstances from attending the celebration, was then
drunk.
The- Chairman again rose and said—My Lords and
Gentlemen, I now approach with some diffidence the toast
of the evening, because I feel my inability to do full justice
to it ; but I ask you, gentlemen, to do an act of justice to
yourselves as well as to-the distinguished individual on my
right hand. (Hear, hear.) For nearly fifty years, as a
Liverpool merchant, his name, has been amongst us as a
household term, and he is yet spared to crown a long and
active life by a princely act which is an example to others,
and which will perpetuate his nam% to future ages. (Loud
cheers.) I claim Mr. Brawn as one who sprung from the
middle classes of life—as one who was 'early7cist on tha
ocean of business ; and most manfully, molt skilfully, and
most honourably has he played his part. (Hear.) He is a
proof of what may be effected with individual enterprise,
with individual honesty, and with individual integrity, in a
country which is blessed with free institutions, where every
man is permitted to reap the fruit of It's industry, end to
employ the fruit of that industry for the purpose of blessing
his fellow men—(hear, hear) —by extendirg the benefits of
education, and in promoting those numerous institutions
which, blessed be God, under the Christian principles of
England are scattered broadcast over the face of our land.
(Cheers.) Eminent as he has been as a merchant, with
transactions which have partaken rather of a national than
of a local character, he stands out in bold relief amongst
those eminent merchants, amongst that'galaxy of commer-
cial men, of whom Liverpool may indeed be proud ; and,
thank God, we have numbers' of men of that character
amongst us—of that talent, and of that benevolence—
(cheer ) —who, by their enterprise, have sent their ships to
penetrate into every sea, and whose sails whiten every
clime; they have been the means of connecting us with
distant lands, and they have been the means of giving
employment to our manufacturers by their enterprise i 3
exporting the manipulations of England to other countries,
and importing the raw material which makes our chimneys
in Manchester to smoke, and which affords employment
to the labourers on our quays. It is such men who have
raised this port from being a mere fishing village into an
emporium of worid-wide eel. brity. (Hear, hear.)
Unassuming as my friend is in his private capacity, he
has been selected to represent us, as I once before ob.
served to another audience this morning, this great
manufacturing district of Lancashire, in the Imperial
Parliament, and faithfully and honourably has be per-
formed the duties imposed upon him. (Hear, and cheers.)
Of his personal mnnificence you have to day had a
striking example, and therefore you are judges of him in
this respect quite as well as I am But just as that
princely merchant Guy has connecte I his name with
London in the hospital be has founded, and just as
George Heriot has connected his name with the magnifi-
cent educational establishment of our 'modern Athens, so
will the name of Mr. William Brown—(enthusiastie
cheering)--"so, I say, will the name of Mr. Brown be fur
ever connected with L'verpool ; and future generations
will pi oe, to the magnificent establishment of which this
day the first stone has been laid with cheering, and will
remember the b 3reficient founder, and bless him for his
benevolence. (A oplause.) Gentlemen, it needs no words
—it needs no graceful terms—to tell you the estimation in
which he is held by his fellow-townsmen, (Rear,. hear.)
't he assemblage which I see before me, and which has been
brought together for the purpose of doing him justice, and
doing him honour, is far more eloquent than 'the most
burning words or thrilling thoughts. (Hear, hear ) Gen-
tlemen, we are about to present to that institution a
portrait of my excellent friend by Sir Jahn Watkin Gordon,
and there is a well-known sculptor, Mr. M-Dowall, present
at this moment, who will be much more familiar with the
lineaments of my friend than myself before long, because he
is to execute a statue of him. (Cheers.) The por-
, trait is to hang within the building of which he is
the founder, and the statue is to stand among
the distingui hed men whose statues are to occupy
the niches of this magnificent hall—(cheers)—a tribute
of respect from the corporation and the town ; but
although we shall possess that portrait as, a memorial of
him, and though this statue will stand in one of those
niches to convey to future generations the lineaments
of him whom we have this day assembled to honour, yet
I trust that it shell be long before we part with the
original—(hear, hear, and great cheering)—and that it
may please God in his bounty long to spare him to us,
that he may still employ his great wealth in blessing
others, with the full knowledge that that blessing will fall
unon his oso head a hundred fold, (Cheers) Gentle-
men, I know that my excellent friend loves not the
la gu tee of eulogy, and still the proceedings of th's day
compel me to use P. (Hear, hear.) I will; however, say
no more beyond this, that I now call upon you, with
one hand and with one voice, to do justice to our
eminent towesman. I simply propose to you the health
of Mr. Wm. Brown, and I call upon you to do pis ice to
it standing, and to drink it with three times three.
(Applaus•.) .
Tae toast was drank with the honours claimed for it,
and the hall rang again with the cheers of the company,
the strains of the band being heard over all, playing the
fine and truly apprapriete 01l air of the "Fine' Old
English Gentleman."

Mr. Brown's rising to respond was the signal for another
burst of cheering, which was again and again renewed for
• some minutes. When silence was restored, he said :
Mr. Mayor, Ladies, My Lords and Gentlemen.—lt is
impossible for me to be otherwise than embarrassed and
nervous, to find myself thus unexpectedly honoured in
being asked to this magnificent banquet by my. fellow-
townsmen, to mark and commemorate the occasion
which has brought us together, and still more so from
the very flattering manner In which you, Mr. Mayor,
have been pleased to mention my name. I am not vain
enough to suppose that I deserve a tithe of what you
have said. (Hear, hear.) Laying the foundation stone of a
Free Library naturally turns our attention to its educa-
tional advantages—Olear)—lnd I trust all those • who are
desirous of improving their minds, and who, in our pros-
peroas town, I hope, are not a few, will attend there, as
knowledge is of the first and last importance to make useful
and respectable members of society. (Cheers.) Nothing
contributes more to an individual's happiness than to
endeavour to make himself master of his respective cal—
ling, and to cultivate a taste for scientific and literary
pursuits. (Hear, hear,) When we look around us, and
see the advantages that arise from them, it is the duty
of us all, in our respective walks of life, to aid them as
far as lies in our power. (Cheers.) No age of the world
has been more productive than the last hundred years, of
that talent and that genius which have conferred the
most important benefits on mankind. (Hear.) Taking
into view our commercial advantages arising from our
mineral wealth—a climate most favourable to continuous
labour—and our perfect freedom of action under a con-
stitutional government—(Load cheers)—l see no end to
our onward progress, if we avail ourselves of the advan-
tages we possess. (Loud and prolonged cheering.) The
more we advance the greater field we find for further
advancement The more we know the better we see our
way to obtain further knowledge. (Hear.) I have no
pretensions to be a man of science or a man of letters,
but I hold in the highest estimation men who employ those
talents with which they are blessed. for the benefit of
their fellow nian.• (Hear, hear.) ' Our quays and our
docks would cut a poor figure without the aid of the
botanist, the chemist, the mechanic, the engineer, and
many others who pursue useful and philosophical pursuits,
which are every day making progress towards greater
perfection. And we must all feel greatly indebted to
those noblemen and gentlemen who are endeavouring to
reconcile those unfortunate and unhappy differences of
opinion amongst religious sects that have hitherto
prevented a harmonious unison for the general education
of the people. (Hear, hear.) Let us hope that those
difficulties will soon be surmounted. When we consider
the intelligent arrangemedts of our transatlantio friends

who have accomplished that end, and the care taken by
'them for the education of every class, it can create no
surprise on reading the reports of the Royal Commis-
sioners who were sent out to their Industrial Exhibition
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information and many mechanical improvements. (Hear.)
We must exert ourgelees in this honourable competition
to preserve our caste amongst the nations of the earth, by
having an equally well educated people. Science has
already done much for us. It has made that giant power
Stearnsubservient to the use of man. I may say to bridge
the ocean and set at defiance both the winds and waves, and
has furnished this little Island with a manufacturing power
which could not be accomplished by the unaided•manual
labour of the two Chinese empiresi or 000,000,000 people.
But what are we to say of a power which oan carry a
message for us at the rate of 188,000 miles in a minute.
It is not impossible that means may• be found to make it
a still mere powerftfl agent than steam. (Hear, hear.) I
hope
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as thought. It is clear we live in an age of progress.
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The Times announced the other day that it is probable we
ellwbeas
shall not be dependant on raising silk worms for the
production of that valuable raw material, as it has been
discovered that it is in the leaves of the mulberry tree,
and can, by a chemical process, he obtained from them
to any extent. (Hear, hear.) If this di,covery can
be carried out with economy it may make a complete
revolution in the use of cotton, by,the sulestitution of silk,
and we may see our females clothed in robes that added
to the dignity of a Roman Emperor. Discoveries of this
kind fill us with wonder and amazement. They are due
to advancing science, and I think clearly point out that
there is yet an immense field of enterprise open to the
world. (Cheers.) / The long peace we had from 1815 to
the commencement of the late Russian war, was, no
doubt, extremely favourable to human progress. Let us
hope that our difficulties with China may be of short
duration, and end in an honourable adjustment of our
differences, and that peaceful commerce will continue to
extend and carry Christianity and civilization to every
part of the habitual•globe. We cannot but feel ourselves
in an enviable position, that it has been our good fortune
and our destiny to plant the Saxon race, with our language,
our laws, our literature, and our religion, in some of the
most rising countries in the world, who feel an honest
pride in acknowledging our paternity—where family
differences never should arise to disturb that good under.
standing and harmony which now happily everywhere
exist, and which it is the duty of all to cultivate and
phrpetuate. (Hear. hear.) It is impossible for me to sit
down without again assuring you. collectively and
individually, that I duly appreciate the honour you are
conferring on me. So long as nivel shall ever look back
on this day as one of the most happy and most pleasing of
my life, and I again beg to sincerely thank you.
The honourable gentleman reeutned his seat amid the same
demonstrations of respect and enthusiasm with which he
was greeted on rising.
The' Chairman then gave, " The Members for the
County," and coupled with e toast the name of John
Cheetbam, Esq.
Mr. Cheetham responded. He said, having long been
intimately connected with his honourable friend Mr. Brown,
in that distinguished position, he might be allowed perhaps
to speak to that of which he knew of him as their repre-
sentative. (Hear, hear.) He knew no gentleman holding
the position of member in the House of Commons who
sought more anxiously to promote the interests of his imme-
diate constituency on the one hand, or to forward the
interests of the country on the other hand, than did Mr.
Brown, (Cheers.) At all times he (Mr. Cheetbam) had
received from him the greatest assistance, kindness, and
sympathy, and they had ever been united in promoting
the interests of their constituents: (Cheers.) lie Con-
gratulated his honourable friend hat he had thought fit to
extend his benevolence in the direction in which he had
now done. There were many useful and excellent modes
in which a man might benefit his kind, Ha who struck
off the fetters of the slave and defended the liberty of his
country, was a benefactor of his kind ; but he was the
noblest of all benetactors of his feliowmen who sought
to elevate intellectually, morally, and religiously, the
condition of his fellow countrymen. (Cheers.) He
congratulated his honourable friend, too, that be had
determined to be his own executor in this matter—(hear,
hear)--and that he had taken the best means which- a man
could possibly take to prevent the institution from being
misused by placing it in the hands of the corporation ;
because in the hands of the corporation, who were the
elected representatives of the citizens of the town, it could
never be misused, unless by gross negligence on the part of
the people. (Hear, bear) He who travelled amongst the
noble remains of the ancient republics of Italy, must often
have been struck by the magnificent monuments which they
had left behind them ; but he thought his honourable
triend eclipsed them ail, for while those of ancient times
left nothing behind them but the magnificent palatial
structures in which they themselves lived, his honourable
friend, Mr. Brown, had no chosen to erect a magnificent
building that it might be known where he resided, but to,
erect a palatial structure for the elevation of his fellow
citizens—a structure which will perpetuate his memory
through all future generations. (Cheere)
The Chairman then proposed the toast of " The Members
for the &rough." He observed that they had been tried
and h-id been found assiduous in their public duties, and
useful to the community. (Hear, hear.) Of the senior
member he had very little to say. Ile had given hostages
to society. They knew him and respected him, and they
knew that he would serve them well (Cheers.) His
friend on his left hand (Mr. 'Joseph Christopher Ewart)
was equally assiduous,'and would serve them, he had no
doubt, just •as well. But he had one little fault to find
with Mr. Ewart, and ho would state it frankly. He charged
his honourable friend with not paying his " town dues"—
(laughter)—he did sot mean the town dues which were the
subject of discussion in another place, and which were
held by "musty parchments"—(hear, and laughter)—
but he meant dues which were held by indefeasible
and prescriptive right—dues which he ventured
to say neither house of parliament, powerful though
they might be, would venture to dhicuss. He alluded to
the "dues," which belonged to and were the property of
a most powerful corporation—a corp Oration compared
with the Corporation of Liverpool was but, a thing of
yesterday—he meant the corporation of the "Lancashire
Witches." (Cheers and laughter.) The non-payment of
of those dues was the only fault which he could find with
his honourable friend--(latighter),—and he thought it
right to state it in the presence of the thousand bright
eyes which then beamed on him with pity. (Laughter.)
He was sure they would exhibit to his honourable friend
that pity which the tender sex only could exhibit, and
that they would be perfectly ready to hear his confession
upon the charge which had been brought against him.
(Hear, hear.) He (the chairman) could tell him from
practical experience that if he had a pair of those bright
eyes to cheer his beautiful pavilion at Naw Brighton, it
would make his winter nights pass more pleasantly.
(Great laughter )
The toast was drunk with all the honours.
Mi. T. B. Horsfall, on rising to respon 1, was 'loudly
cheered. He said—Mr. Chairman, my lords, and gentle
men, it was arranged that I should in a few words
acknowledge, not only in my own behalf, but on behalf
of my honourable colleague (cheers) the honour-you have
done us. Whether he will permit me to do so now is
quite another question. (Laughter.) But, sir, it has been
jnstly remarked that the events of this day are of a moat
iiiteresting character—interesting, to you, gentlemen, as
your presence here amply testifies—interesting, I am
sure, to every inhabitant of this town—(hear, bear)—and
interesting also, I am sure, to every friend of literature,
and to every friend of education. (Cheers.) And, Mr. Chair-
man, it was from that knowledge that there are m aly such
friends here, strangers, indeed, in Liverpool, but illustrious
in the walks of, literature and public life which induced
my honourable colleague and myself to come to the
agreement that we would no: interfere by any lengthened
observations, so as to prevent you having the privilege of
hearing those who are not so frequently accustomed to
address you. (Hear, hear) But, Mr.' Chairman, I
know that I should wrong the feelings of my honourable
friend and colleague, and I am sure that I should deeply
wrong my own, if I did not j tin in that general
expression of gratitude to Our excellent friend, Arr.
Brown—(bear, hear) —for the noble donation which he
presents to this town (Cheers.) I would only exeress
the hope, sir, that others would be found to walk in his
foe'steps—(hear, hear, and cheers)—tbat those who
are blessed with wealth may be blessed also with equal
liberality of heart.. (Cheers.) Sir, I should now, I think,
sit down ; but there has been deputed to me an honour to
which I was in nowise entitled—the honour of proposing a
toast to you, which I am well assured will be received with
the greatest cordiality by every gentleman in this building;
and when I tell you that toast is to the House of Stanley—
(great cheering)—l am sure you wi I receive it with that
respect which is due to the present and prospective heads of
that illustrious house. (Cheers.) I, am sure, sir, it will
be received by every one with that cordiality, and with that
admiration of the conduct of the Earl of Derry and Lord
Stanley to which they are so justly entitled, (Hear, hear.)
It would not be a fitting occasion on which to bring
forward the records of the history of the House of Stanley
in respect of the honourable position in which
it at present stands, and has for centuries stood.
it would still less be a fitting occasion to allude to the
political career of the Earl of Derby, or of my Lord
Stanley, bat I am sure it is a fitting occasion for Liverpool
gracefully to say to the son that they entertain the
highest respect and regard for .his illustrious father—
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natural history, now known as the " Derby Museum."
(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Sir, I will only venture to
express one hope—a hope in which lam sure
every one in this building will join, and that
is that the illustrious head and the illustrious heir of the

house of Stanley may long be spared. n?t as mere beret
tary ornaments to our constitution—(cheers)—but spared
to ad.!, as I am sure they will, wisdom to oar legislature,
and to exert their best energies for the prosperity of °I
country. (Cheers.) I beg to propose " The Helve °
Stanley." (Applause.)
Mr. Joseph C. Ewart, who was greeted with entbnsi;
astic cheers, acknowledged the compliment which had
been paid to him in conjunction wirh Mr. Horsfall.
pleaded guilty to the charge brought against him- b y thei
Chairman, but maintained that he had always held himself
as deeply sensible of the attractions of the Lancashire
witches; and were it not for the number of bright eyes
before him he would confess that it would afford hire
satisfaction to take rank and distinction, like the
Chairman, as a married man. (Cheers and laughter.)
The toast of " The House of Stanley," was the"
drunk standing, with every honour.
greeted. He said Mr Chairman, my Lords, and Gen' fe
Lord Stanley, in rising to respond, was most warp 11
men, I am afraid my friend Mr Horsfall must ha
found the same fault with me that the deputy roar...,
has just now found with one of your borough members
(laughter)—but whether I %have of or have not paid
"town dues" is that sense, I hope I know how to Pae,
the debt of gratitute which I owe, and must feel, to so 7
an audience as this, upon such au occasion. (11°,,ak,11
hear.) Gentlemen, I could at no time hope t► for
myself head by all, even by the maj city of those limo
1 now address ; but the truth is, that at the preZent„,es,)
I have rather parted company with my voice. (Ling"-_;„ •
I have lost it in a good cause; I have lost it in cheery
your townsman and my neighbour, Mr. Brown. (Ghee°.
Gentlemen, it is with more than common pleasure that
rise upon this occasion to respond to such a toast. -A-Inu'lir
the raroily which I stand here to represent, and the tn°7.
whose guest I. .have the honour to be, there has existed for
several centuries an intimate and unbroken conneetil
(Hear, hear.) If we are) to go back to those old titres, ,_
believe it is now something' more than 500 years, nearje
one twelfth of the whole recorded annals of t d
human race, since an ancestor: of mine obtain
a license from the Crown to emieettle and fu° tis/7
a house, the site of which lies somewhee• ',„gle
not exactly where buried amongst the croWderi 4'7.4/
and buildings of this vast comniercial capital. There ol•st
be some vanity in such reminiscences of past times, bte
I think, standing here, I may be permitted to say tts,
no one could more rejoice, no one could more exult in tb
present greatness and glory of this town of Liverlt°°;
than those to whose forefathers was commit el the charge e
of watching over its early -and sill undeveloped infan2e%
(Cheers.) Gentlemen, we are told that society )0 '
present day has changed, and in some respects it iS ci;
Our improved means of communication, and to,
rapidity with which transit Is effec'ed
one part of the country to another has n°ne
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much to dispel local prejudices, and to destroy provie
he'fre.
peculiarities ; but though they may have destroyed r,..
tudices and diminished peculiarities—though they may bond
fused, as it were, the various elements of the empire into "."-
similar whole, I do not believe that these characterisn
of the present times have destroyed—l do not believe t ,
,hey have materially weakened those ties of local sea°
ment, and local sympathy, which, founded upon col tatbl7.
interest in the present, upon common reminiscences in
past, upon mutual reciprocity of friendship and gee
offices, play so important and so valuable a
in our social system. (Hear, hear.) At least I koor
that in that political arena of the House of Commons Wu
my lot is chiefly cast, We wh o come from Lancashire, 11',
withstanding araey diversiles of public opini°ll
conduct, whatever may be the political rank in ethic"
serve are apt to look upon one another with feeliegs
mutual friendship and respect. (Cheers.) We are pros t
and justly proud, of the intelligence and acivity of a
section of the population amongst which-we are elan' 1,
(Cheers.) We are proud, and we may well be puntcl' be
the vast influence which this connt,y exercises over to
councils of the state. (Chet rs.) We are proud, and it >t
a reasonable pride, of the more than common proportf
of eminent men whom Lancashire, in the present Csnt,nerd:
has contributed to the national service. (Chee s.)
gentlemen, I think the ceremony which we have
to day shows us that we have something else of wllie%se
may proud. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, with what wi'd be
before us, it would be not merely an injustice, it wont A s
°he!
not merely a calumny, it would be an absurdity "
contradiction of a palpable fact, were any one to say, nd
the commercial men, the commercial interest of Enit,talo.-
are less public spirited, or less patriotic, or less dint,_
terestei in national affairs, than any class in the onro!eti
nity: They..have never hesitated when occasions vrrie,'ii
in peace and war sometimes arise—they have never 11„,e,
tated when occasions call for it, to sacrifice their Pt
interests to the general advantage of the country. (Ches,'_;),
They have notonly not shrunk from taking upon therasele'us,
the burthen and responsibility attaching to themeeueo
:hey have gone out of their way to bear a ber_i;
which no other person could have laid upon them, and
undertake responsibilities which they might fairly and ho,
ably decline. (Cheers.) There are other gentlemen, Ili
and believe manyt'possestors of wealth like Mr. Brown,
regard that wealth as a trust, and who arc willing, more
less, to use it for the public service. (Hear, hear.) 13,, „eh.
the peculiar advantage of those whose prosperity is Of
own creating, that they are enabled—being completely Ear;
witnessed
from the claims which custom and society impose in the °Le,
of inherited fortune—being more the masters of what tut'
possess, they are enabled, if such be their pleasure.,
contribute far more largely, and more directly to the reSO'res
ments of the public. (Hear, hear.) This, gentlemen,
.'
great advantage, and nobly that advantage has been seel;orele 6
(Cheers.) I will not weary you by repeating. what in one
of words or another has been said a hundred times to °se
I will only repeat in public what I said just now to kis
Brown in private, that I envy him his feelings on
occasion (loud cheers), and I will add that though, as "or
all know he is well acquainted with the best rneanso
investing capital to advantage, I believe he will find de,
this last investment is the best which he ever Isa
(Cheers and laughter.) The town of Liverpool r°,l‘,l,
thank him for having contributed what will be befell its
in future ages one of the principal ornaments, ° eat
streets. The friends of education may thank Mr° ois
having given an impulse to the cause which pu's to silo
the comparative apathy both of individuals and of. Poo
bodies likewise—(bear, hear, and cheers —but Pend
men may thank him, and England may thank Ha), "fee
it is to this that I attach the greatest importances of
giving to those who are not' possessors
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wealth, to the poor and to the Labouring classes of 10
country, a signal proof that wealth is valued by those Aid
desire to possess it, not as a means of pleasure, not a- or
instrument of luxury, but as one means among mall.,
obtaining the respect and gratitude of our fellowcitiacnoo,
(cheers) —as one means among many of alleviating '
hard duties, and that envy which a country of occa%,..
distress, and of unequal fortunes will inevitably arsod
(hear, hear)—as one means among many of doing goodr
permanent service to England, and of promoting weSeste
gresslve improvement of mankind. (Hear, hear.), day
tlemen, if a gift like that which we are tbn'ice
celebrating, had been obviously dictated by any bat
ambition, you would accept it with thf -t
I.,',lvard•
con would feel that the giver
had
his
hough
If again it were a posthumous benefaction tit bad
creditable to the donor, you would feel that
°"3;gbut, as
or interest to serve, excepting, indeed, the wish
been made at no sacrifice of present enjoyment' t
object
you are well aware that Mr Brown has no ep.rsona
Whit
of
apprehend, is felt in all generous minds—the Will, the
honourably connecting his name with the history t,
community amongst which his life has been passed—t7:.sch
hear)—l hope he will live to witness the enjoyment w"ifire
celebrating this day. (Cheers.) Gentlemen,
many thousands will derive from the gift which 'ls 0
some allow
her
has been made to an institution with which a In° ailed
of my family had some connection, and which is ;ere of
uthleacrainagnottilliaetlptehxeptr
the "Derby Museum." lam afraid _it is in P°o„``,f, of
magnitude very unworthy to be eompared toetheeetion
Brows,atb
that cooP
; to sil•
and connec'ed together, in the annals of this po to
(Cheers) Gentlemen, before I sit down let me "Per-esible
you in my father's name, his regret that it was lotebieb
for him to be present. (Hear, hear.) The cause l° ""„eoce
we have all been speaking is one to which no OM- f
p‘s
wesasinagrathteo gureati"' led
can do more than justice, and I can only esPr— bare
sincere regret that you should not have been able t°
his advocacy instead of mine. (Applause.)
Mr. J. C. Ewart, M.P., proposed the next toast. repo
he said was the health of a right honourable gen.'-00,
oeati ,
who had long been identified with the cause of ed feel
and one whom he and every individual present tunas'
very great gratification at seeing among them. ('‘,2e-he
It was the health of the'right hon, gentieman—sch°4'fils
hoped, on that occasion, he might be allowed to Call
right honourable friend—Sir John Pakington• ions,
and prolonged cheering.) When they 1 oked at lard fee
countries of Europe, which were far-less celebrate
the
enterprise than this country, and when they aa9r
cause of education spreading in these countries rn a
this
;
far more gratifying than had been the case in bole
country, they could not help feeling some degree of s, od,
at the state of ignorance which prevailed in Bogi:oed •
(Hear, hear.) It was stated by, he believed, eor
Granville, in a speech made by him in the sO°`B of
ce
Lords, that by the late census there were five millions I
children in England between the ages of 6 and 16jess
whom two millions were at school receiving more or
sad
education ; one million were at work ; nee
two millions were neither at school nor at work. d
three millions of children, between the ages of fivend fa
fifteen, did not attend any public school at all; a. so
their own town of Liverpool, he deeply regretted,
na-ner
inhabitant of Liverpool, to sa that upwards of .5"
cent. of the poor children of they town did not attend

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