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

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November 29 was a joyous, end will be a mernor-
a'ile day in the parish of Marton, in C'eve.la -d, near
1 iddlesborough, Yorkshire. On flint Cay the foun-
dat n-stone of the buildings, to comprise a good
sc pool-room and a master's house, was laid, with
he&ening so'emnity. A short service was selected
by the Vicar, tLe 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 (hay-
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
depositcd 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 he 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, Erq., of Guiebo-
rough, the honorary secretary. After the hundredth
palm 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 friends and kind
contributors to the institution attended 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 finished.
The contractor for these is Mr. Matthew Bowser, of
Stockton on-Tees. The superstructure will ba
pro-
ceeded with in the spring of next year. Within
little more than two years two other hie, octant works
have been completed in this village :—First, an ex-
tension (under the management of J. 13. Rudd, Esq.,
with the advice of Mr. K 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 restoreeion
begun in 1843, and making 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, archie
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 Merton,
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 13Lh year of the
reign of Queen Victoria. Thomas Musgrave, D.D.,
Archbishop of York ; Ed. Churton, M.A., Archdeacon
of Cleveland ; W. 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.ci of Regent street, London,
architect. " Glory be to. Thee, 0 Gad, alone! Thy
way is in the sea, anti,. Thy paths in the great
waters."--Psalm lxxvii.'ll.

GREAT EXHIBITION 01' TIIE INDUSTRY 01' ALL
NATlONS.—Contracts have been entered into between
the Society of Arts and Messrs. James and George
eMeinday (tontraotorg for ntiblie works) for carrying l. llt
the project of his Royal Highness Pane° Aib..rt, Pre-
-1
sident of the Society of Arts, to establish an exhibition
of the works of art and industry of all nations in 1851.
By the terms of the indenture, which was signed on the
7th ult., the Messrs. Monday undertake, without any
security, to carry out this unprecedented exhibition
solely on their own responsibility, and to inziemrify tho
Society of Arts from all the expenses and liabilities con-
nected with the execution of the design. They agree to
furnish 20,0001. to be appropriated as prises to the
most deserving exhibitors, and to erect a capacious
building, calculated to cost 50,000/. alone, and the
site of which will be provided by her Majesty's
Commissioners of Woods and Forests. If the receipts
from subscriptions towards the object of the exhi-
bition and from the charges for admission to the
public prove sufficient, all the funds advanced by the
contractors to be repaid, with interest, at the rate of five
per cent. ; and if a surplus remain the Messrs. Munday
will receive two.thirds of it. Since the indenture was
signed modifications have been effected in its conditions,
in order further to protect the public interests, by his
Royal Highness Prince Albert. The conduct of the
contractors throughout has been so much to his Royal
Highness's satisfaction, that Colonel Phipps has ad-
dressed a letter to Mr. Drew, of Guildford, the Messrs.
Munday's agent, by command, expressing his Royal
Highness's sense of their public spirit and confiding
readiness, in their original acceptance of the contract,
and of the same feelings as exhibited by them in the
present much altered circumstances of the undertakin,g.
We understand that a Royal Commission for inquiring
into the best mode of carrying out the exhibition will
shortly be issued, and is likely to consist of heads of
parties and interests, members of the late and present
Administrations, representatives of agriculture, art,
science, mechanics, and manufactures. It is proposed in
addition to nominate any number of local commissioners
desirable to represent all interests, both at home and
abroad. A copy of the agreement entered into between
the Society of Arts and Messrs. Munday may be in-
spected at the Society of Arts, John-street, Adelphi.
ROYAL NAVAL FEMALE SCHOOL.—The half-yearly
examination of the pupils took place on Tuesday, the
18th inst., at 'the school on Richmond-green, in the pre-
sence of the lady patronesses and other friends of the
institution. The examination was conducted under the
superintendence of the Rev. J. D. Hales, the clerical
visitor, assisted by the teachers of the Teflons branches
of eduettion. Professor Brasseur, of King's College,
kindly undertook the examination of the French classes.
The pupils were examined in Scripture, Scripture His-
tory, French, geography, arithmetic, chronology, mui.ic
with thorough bass, repetition of poetry, &c. Tho
drawing classes were also examined as to a knowledge
of colours, and the effect of their combination. Alto-
gether the examination was of a very testing character,
and such as to give satisfactory evidence of industry and
ability.

BAD NEWS TOIL TUE RATS.—A grand battue
against the rats in the sewers of Paris, which are al,out
1.10 leagues in extent, commenced on the night Of Ss
turday. The result up to this time is said to be toe de-
struction of 250,000 rats, and it is expected that by the
Ist of next month the number will have reached
600,000. The municipal authorities aro of opinion that
by making tour battues a year Paris will be rid of these
destructive vermin. Several plans of destruction were
made use of by the different brigades of sewermen, but
that w frch was found to be most successful was the
placing a large leather sack in which a large piece of
mutton tallow was placed—a dainty of which these ani-
mals are very fond—at the corner of each sewer, and
towards which the animals were driven. The quarters
which furnished the greatest numbers were the neigh-
bourhood of the Halles, the streets near the Seine,
the markets, the rue Pascal, and the Faubourg St.
Marceau. The Union, in givng an account of the
uffair, says:—" The 250,000 rats were all of the grey
Norwegian breed, except from 500 to 600 black
or English rats. Two of these animals were put
as.do by the men as a curiosity, to be presented
to the collection of animals at the Jardin des Plantes.
From the extremity of the tail to the tip of the nose
these two rats measure fifty-one centimetres (nearly
twenty inches English). Their eyes are read, like those
of white mice, and their coats are as black and glossy as
the silk on a hat. The ferocity of these an'male ii
Inch that one of the Norway rats was literally ilev,aired
in ten minutes by the two English rats above mentioned.
The animals after their capture ware all taken to th • Ile
des Ravageurs, where they were killed and skinmd, an
operation that was not effected without much danger.
It is said that some demur has arisen on the pint oft so
glovers of Grenoble, who had offered to take all the rats'
skins at the rate of 100 f. per 1,000, they having discovered
a means of rendering them available in making gloves.
It appears that they had calculated on the num or
reaching 100,000, and are now alarmed at the imm. t se
increase in the number: but as they have entered int) a
contract it must be fulfilled. It is said, however, that
more advantageous propositions have been made by a
Mr. John Warton, a rich leather dresser of London,
who is nut alarmed at 100,000 more or less, and it is
thought that he will be the purchaser of the lot. The
municipal authorities having raised the bounty from 50f.
per 1,000, the sum given last year, to 100 f., the sum
per head for the men will be twenty centimes."—
Galignctni.

EFERMENT —We understand that the Lord
Bishop of London has presented the Rev. Thomas Jack-
son, Principal of the Training College, Battersea, with A
Prebendal Stall in St. Paul's Cathedral