The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-20 00:00:00

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CAPTAIN COOK'S MEMORIAL
SCHOOL.
November 29 was a joyous, and will be a memos..
day in the parish of Maron, in C'evelaid, near
Middlesborough, Yorkshire. On that day the fowl.
dation-stone of the buildings, to comprise a good
school-room and a master's house, was laid, with
becoming solemnity. A short service was selected
by the Vicar, the Rev. Harrison Taylor, from the
Book of Common Prayer, a prayer appropriate to
the interesting occasion being added. A leaden cy-
linder, enclosing one of metal, both air tight (hav-
ing within them a plan of the ground and buildings,
as well as a list of the subscribers), and an air-tight
leaden box (containing the current silver and copper
coins of the present reign, and a large copper-plate,
on which was a commemorative inscription), was
deposited by J. B. Rudd, Esq., in a cavity within
a large stone immediately beneath the foundation-
stone, which was then laid by the Rev. J. A. Park,
who afterwards placed pro forma on the foundation-
stone the deed by which be gave the site of the build-
ings, and the garden and ground attached. A printed
copy of the inscription on the plate had previously
been read aloud by T. T. Trevor, Esq., of Guisbo-
rough, the honorary secretary. After the hundredth
psalm had been sung, the benediction was feelingly
pronounced by the Rev. William Good, the rural
dean. The mallet used in laying the foundation-stone
was formed out of an old oaken beam, removed during
the restoration of Marton Church, in the year 1843.
Notwithstanding the coldness of the weather, many
of the neighbouring clergy and other frian Is and kind
contributors to the institution atte-ided the ceremony
and adjourned afterwards to luncheon at the vicarage.
The workmen had a dinner provided for them,
and Mr. Rudd gave the children a treat at the
small old school-room. In honour of the great cap-
tain, the pride of his native village, naval national
flags were hoisted on the groundwork, and the
whole proceedings were interesting and well-arranged.
A drawing of the elevation of the west front of the
building was exhibited at the vicarage. It will be
an ornament to the village, and attractive to passers.
by on the road from Middlesborough to Stokesley.
On account of the approaching winter the foundations
only are in progress, and they will shortly be
The contractor for these is Mr. Matthew BiswkrivorT:
Stockton-on-Tees. The superstructure will belero•
ceeded with in the spring of next year. Within
little more than two years two other isnl ortant works
bare been completed in this village :—First, en ex-
tension (under the management of J. B. Rudd, Esq.,
with the advice of Mr. R C. Carpenter, architect), of
the much-admired Norman Church, by the addition
of a south transept and south aisle and another arch,
westward; thereby nearly completing the restoration
begun in 1843, and snaking the church again cruci-
form in shape, and of the same dimensions which
it had in or previous to the year 1630, that date
having, at the late restoration, been discovered under
the comparatively recent plastering. And secondly,
a considerable enlargement of the vicarage house,
upon a plan furnished by Mr.Cuthbert Brodrick, archi-
tect, of Hull. We subjoin a copy of the inscription
referred to in our account of the foundation of the
school. Happy shall we be to hear of this publica-
tion of the late proceedings proving advantageous to
the undertaking, by inducing many, hitherto ignorant
of the project, to befriend it by their contributions,
as the funds at present raised are not sufficient for the
due completion of it :—" 'Train up a child in the way
he should go, and when he is old he will not depart
from it.'—Proverbs xxii. 6. The foundation-stone of
a parochial school for ever in this parish of Marton,
Cleveland, Yorkshire, for the general education of
children according to the principles of the Church of
England, now established, is laid in the year of our
Lord and Saviour 1849, and in the 13th year of the
reign of Queen Victoria. Thomas Musgrave, D.D.,
Archhishop of York ; Ed. Churton, M.A., Archdeacon
of Cleveland ; IV. Gooch, M.A , Rural Dean ; H. Tay-
lor, M.A., vicar of Marton. This school is erected
by public subscription (Rev. J. A. Park giving the
site), to perpetuate the memory of Captain James
Cook, R.N., who was born in this village of Marton,
Oct. 27, Anno Domini 1728, and performed many
eminent public services for the benefit of his country.
After twice circumnavigating the globe. and adding
many lands to the empire of Great Britain by his
discoveries in different parts of the world, he was
killed by the natives of Owhyhee, in the South Seas,
Anno Domini 1779. Rev. James Allan Park, M.A.,
of Marton Lodge, rector of Elwick Hall, and hon.
canon of Durham Cathedral ; the vicar of Marton
(Rev. Harrison Taylor, M.A.), and John Bartholo-
mew Rudd, Esq., of Tolesby, in Marton, barrister•
at law, being the first managers of the school. J. W.
Parrington and Watson Dixon being churchwardens ;
R. C. Carpenter, E-q , of Regent street, London,
architect. " Glory be to Thee, 0 God, alone! Thy
way is in the sea, and Thy paths in the great
waters."—Psalm lxxviii 11.