Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-20 00:00:00

yourself of a vice or

far more co

indulged in than it is to refrain in the
You are alt aware that the great object a

is to traizi,up a set of men as odic

rd. that

be Conway

marine of superior attainments, and to make them both
officers' and gentlemen. Now, there are very feW officers
indeed of the present day Who have enjoyed the ad-
vantarres which you possess—not only. in learning, as
you do, an education which will peculiarly qualify you
for your future career, but in having, as you 'probably,
will, such strong inducements and encouragemen
tinually before you ; for I 'feel sure that. (

;xy,g9tle-

man connected with this institution will feel

aili'the

greatest Satisfaction, but . almost the pride of a parent
the day the first boy educated. on board- the _Conway.
Obtains his first command; and with such feeling enter-
•tained by so many shipowners, it will indeedhe your
own faults if with ordinary ambition,, and ryou ,be
sober; be steady, and be vigilant,: you a.. net obtain
every step in the, rank of promotion as fast :as the law
and the rules of the service Will
,adroit of it. It will
entirely depend upon yourselves, and I do trust you will
.prove that, you 'appreciate the, efforts being made for
-your ',Own improvement and advantage by
,the many
gentlemen who now surround yoU, and that all the care
and, pains taken with you by. Captain 'Powell and Mr.
Dobson is'net 'thrown away upon you. We hoped, to have
becr(faioni:ed:t6=day with the presence of a nobleman
"'whO' sten% pre-eminent for the support, erwOuragement,
and countenance which he lends to every object tending
to the advancement and-education or enlightenment of
the people, I meati;LOrd Stanley ;I- but we have reason
to hope, on another similar- occasion, to see him on
board. The committee had ..erinestecV his Worship the
Mayor, whom We have the honourto have on our
t0..c10, us the favour-of presenting the prizes .on
the. present ..occasion; but his enmagements • were so
numerous that, much tos•his ,regret, le was obliged to
refuse ; _but, in his absence,' I am sure :you will agree
with me that no more fitting gentlenian could be found,
than. Mr. *Brocklebank, not only because-I believe he is
the largest shipowner in Liverpool,lif not the kingdom,
but because he is' one of our committee, and .hot_ taken
a great interest in :the welfare of the schools. •

. 7fr. Bnocw.nixic; before proceeding to distribute
the prizes,. said he felt himself on that 'occasion placed in
-a very,novel position—one in which he did, not •antici-*
pate, .a few: hours before,' he shdold :be • placed, and .he
did not believe !that he possessed any qualifications
Which entitled him to that honour. • He shouldnot
have ,presumed to have" taken, it had it not been • that he
had-a very ardent desire topromote, as far as lay
power; the-iiiterests•and success of that institution. It
-was an experimental institution ; it --Was the only insti-
tution, he believed, ,:'of its: kind that. existed in the
United.: Kingdom.; , and :he! had indeed the greatest
desire that' :it • should be carried out to a suc-
cessful 'termination. (Applause.) When .he had
the honour of appearing at the opening of the
ysehool, there 'was smiething • like , fifteen or . sixteen boys
ileirolled On the ..books, but .he saw :now no less' n
.2iiiniber than fifty ; and he didinot think if they searched
Amy would. find a more; intelligent looking or more
. wailOrlike set of boys -anywhem- •.(Applause.) . And
when' he fold them; that' this hiid been attained in the
course of less 'than" five months, he thought they must
• see that the institution had been exceedingly successful.
(Hear, hear.) On the opening of the sehOol he had the
honour:of addressing a few words of adlicelcithehoys
on the principles by which" he conaidered :it, necessary
their tonditet should be governed, and 'froth the reports
he'had read from the 'commander and the, master of • the
vessel, visa very. happy to- think that to; nlmorit :the
fullest extent 'those, principles had been: acted Upon.
{Hoar, heart) : It. was a seam of gratifidation to
.him, as - it' must ,:be to the parents of the boys,
that they 'had been industrious and had progressed in
intellectual and physical attainments for that was the
bestproof that they appreciated the exertions 'ot:the
emnmander and 'master of the ship, :and likewise the
exertions of -those gentlemen . *ho•had givi3n their
valuable time, their anxions thoughts, and ;also their
Money for the kucoessful'oarryirig out of the institution.
(Applause.) Having urged upon the boyi the necessity
oftherir taking advantage of ,the'opportunities theY;had
of fitting -themselves for professions which they.'had
determined:to adopt,' Mr; 13rocklebank, isaid he did-not
know whether it was in his province or not to say'a
-Word tali:is:brother shipowners, and-brother merchants
on that Occasion,' but he felt that they had not yet got
that efficient support to which that institution was so
fully entitled. (Hear.)' It was not he was sure from:want
of a desire' on their part to support- such an institution, .
but it was, he thought,* to' a certain extent, the want of
a knowledge that such an institution eXisted; and if his
words were read by his brother merchants, he hoped
they would be the means of inducing them to open their
hearts and their purseS for the purpose "of fostering, what ,
he considered a Most valuable institution." (Applause.)
It wainn institution for the putposo.of fitting boys to
take' charge Of property'to an' immense =omit at ice,
when they and others slept comfortably in their' beds at
honie. He fhonglit;'therefore, that it 'was iruperative -
upon merchants
,and shipowners to ,come forward and
bring that institution' to' a state of the' grpatest perfee-
tion possible, not only by their means; but likewise by

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credit of e,stablial

and others, who paid a visit

the, aaspciation -was G
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n ,I)roule, who was

)ULB said, that while the boys in after-

) thank their own c

1, they would also have to thank the merchants ai
gentlemen who had come forward-. to• support them
their endeavour 'to establish that institution; and th