The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-21 00:00:00

R. _ROEBUCK AT .111IDDLE,%130ROUGH.

MIDDLESBOROUGH, THURSDAY.
Last evening a large meeting was held in the
Odd Fellows' Hall, in this town, to commemorate
the opening of the New Mechanics' Hall.
E. S. Cayley, Esq., M.P., and- Henry Pease, Esq.,
M.P., briefly addressed tho meeting.
The Chairman next introduced Mr. Roebuck, who
was received with loud and prolonged applause.
The cheering having subsided, he said—Mr. Chair-
man, ladies, and gentlemen, as I have to speak to a
resolution, I will first ask the secretary to be kind
enough to read it to you for me.
The SECRETARY (Mr. W. Taylor) then read the
resolution, which was as follows :—" That this
meeting rejoices in the success which has attended
the erection of the Middlesborough Mechanics' Hall,
and still iincourstges the committee to endeavour to
make the institution keep pace with the progres-
sive tendencies of the age, and invites all classes to
give it their cordial support."' (Cheers.)
Mr. ROEBUCK then said,—Mr. Chairman, ladies,
and gentlemen,-1 know what a Yorkshire welcome
is, the fact of the matter is, I-ail almost a York-
shireman myself. But we have now met together
for a great purpose—we are motto celebrate the en-
deavour of a great portion of our countrymen to
forward their own education and the educa-
tion of those around them. A greater object
could not be proposed to any man than that;
and allow me to tell you, and I think I have
some experience in the matter, that the object
you wish to attain will go further to promote
your own individual happite4s-Ihan any other
which you can attempt to pursue: There is this
difference between intellectual and mere sensual
pleasure—and recollect these are things you should
set before you—the pleasure derived from the
senses gets nauseating, but that which is derived from
the intellectual never palls. I put the sensual plea-
sure first, because it serves only for the present, and
pleasure is not the result hereafter ; but that is not 1
the case with intellectual pleasure. What I would
wish to point out, then, particularly is, that you
hare within your own grasp the means of promot-
ing independently your own happiness. Some time
ago I recollect reading the account of the meeting
of a mechanics' institute, at which a great man pre-
sided and distributed prizes—I speak with un-
feigned sincerity—l mean Mr. Disraeli. (Hear.)
I was both puzzled and struck by an observation of
his upon mechanics' institutes; a subject upon
which, I thought, no man endowed as he was would
have touched upon. He said the great object which
working men ought to have in view in connection
with these institutes was to raise themselves above
their own condition. Now, my opinion of a me-
chanics' institute is somewhat different. My
opinion of a mechanics' institute is, that it gives
you intelligence and intellectual knowledge, which
is not intended to raise you above your condition,
but make you happy in it. (Cheers.) If you ask
yourselves the difference between these two objects
—it is illimitable. Any one man who hss raised
himself from his former humble condition by, intel-
lect and by knowledge is one among many millions.
If you give knowledge to millions you make thorn
more happy ; and therefore your great object. should
be, not to raise men above their condition, but to
give them the means of being happy in that sphere
in which they move ; and that object, I believe, is
attained by mechanics' institutes. You weanlmen
from that which makes them, I was going to say,
worse than beasts, but that would be a libel upon
creation, for animals never get drunk ; and there-
fore I say I use that phrase, it weans them from
the pothouse. That is one of the objects which
mechanics' institutes ought to have in view. We
want to raise men in their individual condition, and
make each man the means of his own happiness by
making him the means:of his own enjoyment. Now,
then. there are two views you may take which will
render them a great benefit to society. The one is,
that they will make the man in his individual
sphere a happy man, and will make him, as a
member of society, a more deserving member.
How, thez, can they do that ? Why, as I said be-
fore, by helping him to be the means of his own
instruction. If he goes night after night to the
mechanics' institute, what does he gain ? He gains
knowledge, he gains, instruction, and weans him-
self from indolence and from sensual indulgence out
of doors. He makes himself a good father, a good
son, and a good member of society. By what means
does he do that ? Why, by the instruction which
he gains within these walls. Perhaps there are
few who have known more, or who have had
greater experience in that class of enjoyment,
than myself, because I have it always, and de-
sire no other. I would say this, that intellectual
enjoyment is that which is most comfortable,
and from which mankind can derive more enjoy-
ment than from any other. Two men go abroad.
The one man in walking about sees nothing. Ho
looks before him, wants to get to the end of his
journey, and sees nothing, and when he gets home
he speaks of it being a very dull road. But here
is another man goes out on the same journey, and
he is a student of geology, botany, or some of the
other sciences ; and every step he takes teaches him
something; he learns a great deal, and every step
he takes is the means of enjoyment. Will some
one follow him home ? I follow them both. The
first goes to his house and says, " This is a very
dull place ; that was a very dull journey I had, and
I think I will go to the pothouse," and to the pot-
house he goes. The other man goes home and
takes down his book ; he finds his wife at home,
his cottage is neat, everything is prepared for his
reception, and in short, lie finds home to be a place
where he can enjoy himself. He takes down his
book, and induces his wife to come and listen to
me, and we are mutually benefited. gI
mdaon that, and why should not every
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not prevent a man from attaining intellectual
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and to
power and intellectual knowledge, even though we
work 12 hours a day ; and my honourable friends
behind me will bear me out when I say that we
often work a great deal more—(cheers and laugh-
ter)—and yet we have time to instruct ourselves.
I do not believe that there is that labour now in
'this town of Middlesborough, that labour in Eng-
land, to unfit a man at the end of his day's labour
for intellectual enjoyment. I go to bed often
early in the morning, and when I get up there are
letters from all parts of England, Europe, aid the
world. These I have all to go through, and I have
also to read the daily journals to see what is going
on in the world.
Then, when Parliament is sitting,
I have often to goon committees, where I have to sit
until four o'clock, when 1 go home to
dinner, and after that often sit until two
o'c!ock in the morning for the sake of honour.
(Applause.) And yet you would think very ill
of me if I did not instruct myself. Well, then, I
say to you working men, do not talk to me about
your labour, for mine is equal to yours. I remem-
ber receiving a deputation of working men some
years ago at Nottingham; they introduced them-
selves as working men. I said, " Well, I am a
working man myself." The spokesman seemed
astonished, but I added, " the only difference be-
tween us is that you make ribbons for women's
bonnets, and I make books for the inside of their
heads." (Cheers and laughter.) Is there, my
friends, anything in a working man's life to prevent
him from acquiring knowledge—the means of in-
tellectual enjoyment, in preference to physical,
which would render him amenable to the great ob-
jects of justice, knowledge, and benevolence, and,
make him different from the mere brute, sunk in
the depths of sensual enjoyment—a drunkard, care-
less of the right, and unworthy to pursue it. %% ell,
then, sir, why do I take the trouhie to come a dis-
tance of between 200 and 300 miles to Middles-
borough ? Why, because I think that there is no
cause so great as that of the education of my coun-
trymen. (Cheers.) They have been pleased to
place mo in a high position. I am their represen-
tative in Parliament ; but nothing that I can do
there will be a fall discharge of the duties imposed
upon me if I do not seek to promote that which
would conduce to the education of my country men.
Therefore, when you, sir, spoke to-day of your hum-
ble efforts, and thanked me for coming to aid you,
I said, " Your efforts are not humble, and do not
overrate my coming down, because there is no duty
so great to a man who has been placed in my posi-
, tiun as that of promoting the education of the peo-
ple." I have great faith in my countrymen, and
when Mr. Cayley spoke of my being a true-hearted
Englishman, he never spoke a truer word. (Ap-
plause.) It has been my fate to have a wandering
foot ; I have gone over the world, I have seen men
in various climates and in various conditions of life,
and I have returned home a more fortified and stern
Englishman than ever. I do not believe in those
men who calumniate England. Depend upon it, we
are a light to mankind. It is not a vain-glorious
feeling that makes me so,but a strong thorough-going
experience which makes me say that in England
we have that which every man ought to look up to.
We are governed in a way that no other country in
the world is governed, and we sot mankind au ex-
ample such as no other people set on the face of the

earth. We are happy—we are free—we are in-
eructed—we are generous. Why is it that we are
so ? It is because the various classes of society have
a good understanding with one another. Ido not
believe in any man who sets one class against
another. For me, I consider myself to belong to no
class, and think my honourable friends on my right
and left will understand me when I say so. (Cheers
and laughter). But this I will say, that if you would
put your finger upon any one thing -which dis-
tinguishes this country from any other, it is that
the great, powerful, and rich, eonsider themselves
bound in dutyto educate, to guide, and to provide for
the poor. What have we seen ? In the days of our
ancestors, I mean those who have had forefathers
—(laughter)—there was not that intercourse
between the rich and the poor that exists now. They
had not then any intercourse together. But now
what do we see ? We see young noblemen, gentle-
men of what is called genteel birth, associating with
and going and lecturing to working men. That,
my friends, is a great sign of the times. N'othing
gives me more pleasure than to see Lord So-and-So
• lecturing to working men, nothing more pleasing
than to see young Mr. Buxton going as he did on a
recent occasion to argue with working men, and
that too on the subject of strikes. That was a
courageous thing, but it was not Mr. Buxton's
courage only,it was a sign of the times. Do you
think that he would have done that in the time of
our grandfathers ? I think not. He would have
turned upon his heels, or rather not him but his
shadowy forefathers, and said, " Those fellows, they
must be kept down." But now it is thought fit to
argue the matter, and you endeavour to go through
their minds, not through their bodies, and the great
object is to lead men to the right by force of rea-
son, not by means of brute force: My friend the
chairman said he was overpowered by the presence
of thiee members of parliament on the platform.
Well, do you think you would have had three
members of parliament a hundred years ago?
(Laughter.) I mean if such a meeting could have
been formed, Not a bit of it. (Renewed laughter.)
We live in great times, and Middlesborough is one
of the wonders of the age in which we live. I have
heard something about your growth. Well, Middles-
borough is a great fact ; but I do not know what
you will say when I tell you that I never heard of
it until my friend, your secretary, wrote to me.
Well, then, as I said Middlesborough, is a sign of
the times. We go rapidly a-head, and what our
grandfathers would have thought unworthy of
them their grandsons do, and they find that they
take the right method of governing mankind. We
now see to the educating of men, and training them
in the right way by building mechanics' institutes.
This much marks the change in public opinion upon
that subject. There are here two knights of two
different shire: to do you honour on this occasion ;
as for me, I am but a simple borough man.
(Laughter.) And besides that, they are your na-
tural leaders, the one being the member for year
own division of Yorkshire, and the other for the ad-
joining county. But when 1 speak of leaders do not
misunderstand me. I do not mean that they govern
you by making you swear as they swear—not one
word of it. The gentlemen on my left hand conic
here ; they employ their capital and their know-
ledge, and this benefits the great body of their
countrymen. They do not ask you to obey them,
but to promote your own interests, and by so doing
you next promote the interests of your country. I
believe that the great body of those whom I am ad-
dressing are working men. My belief is that the
time will come when the working men of England
will see that their interest lies in being
instructed ; that they will make the me-
chanics' institute their college, and that every
town may have its Oxford and its great professors,
its teachers and lecturers, those men who endea-
vour to guide the intellect and create feelings with-
in your minds, arising from the instruction you re-
ceive, and that enjoyment you receive in this way •
will be very different from that which you receive •
from the beer barrel. (Cheers.) I believe that
that time is coming, and nothing gives me greater
hopes of it than the scenes I have seen to-day.
Well, truly, as Mr. Cayley has said, it has been my
lot to travel in the United States, where towns
spring up like mushrooms. The sun goes down
over a wide extended plain which to-morrow, when
it arises, is covered with a town. Well, within 10,
I am told within 25 years, there was only one single
house here, the site of which was pointed out tome
to-day, and now you have a population of nearly
20,000 inhabitants. You have within your reach
the means of that great increase of power and in-
fluence—l mean that most hard and toughest mate-
rial, namely, iron. You have iron on the one side,
and coal on the other, and you only want energy
between the two, and you will be a great people.
(Cheers.) How are you to get this ? Why, by for-
tawearing all the base deteriorating pleasures that
arise from every sensual enjoyment. If you will
put faith in mechanics' institutes, if you will seek
the instruction which is there communicaetd, you
may not raise yourselves in material wealth, but
you may gain the means of making yourselves
happy. Now there are remarkable instances
in our own times of what may be done by
intellectual energy. I can point out one notable
example, viz., Geo. Stephenson. (Applause.) That
man, by means of his own intellectual power, raised
himself to great wealth and distinction. Well, but
it is impossible for the great body of working men
to attain to his position. But there is another man
I would wish to point out to you, who is not so well
known as Stephenson in England, but he is one
whose example is well worthy of imitating—l mean
Hugh Miller. (Cheers.) That man was originally
a stonemason, and by his own energy he made him-
self one sf the greatest geologists of the present
time. Unfortunately, both are now dead. Stephen-
son has gone to his long home, so has Hugh Miller;
and though you may not attain the position of Ste-
phenson, that which was attained by Hugh Miller
is within the reach of you all. Every man may
make himself an instructed man, and may make in-
tellectual enjoyment the great end of his life; and
he is the example I would place before you. Let
those lessons I have been endeavouring to inculcate
sink deep into the hearts of the working men of
England. Now, sir, I think I have well nigh tired
you. (No, no.) I would ask you to believe me when
I say that there is no habit productive of so much
real enjoyment as the habit, acquired in early
youth, of reading. Let your object, then, be to
get a few works for yourself, and then seek toin-
crease the library in connection with the institute.
I have lived a pretty long life, and I have gone
through some struggles in my time, but my great
pleasure has been retiring from the world and get-
ting my boo!.c. You may not always be on good terms
with a friend, but a book never quarrels with you,
never turns sulky ; you open the book, and find:its
calm white face always ready to give you instruc-
tion. No matter what happens, it is always the
same, and therefore I would say to the working
man, always strive to fall in with a good book.
Do not look right and left for something to amuse
you so long as you can go to the library. If you
have not a book of your own, you can get one from
the library of the mechanics' institute, and you can
take it home and read it to your family. By so
doing you will promote your own happiness and
take more and more pleasure in reading. I would,
therefore, say that those who have endeavoured to
gather together the means of raising a mechanics'
institute at this early period of the history of your
town have been the greatest benefactors of the
town. It will be the means of your entertainment,
and will be a great moans of education: Depend
upon it there is nothing by which you can do so
much good to the country, no way in which
you can so much benefit the race, as by dis-
seminating amongst the men among whom you live
intellectual enjoyment ; and, therefore, I congratu-'
late you upon the rise and progress of your
mechanics' institute, and my hearty prayer is, that
it may continue to prosper as it has done. (Loud
and prolonged applause.)

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THE DISCIPLINE OF THE NAV".

A " Naval Officer," in a letter to a contemporary,

says :

We are thoroughly awakened to the necessity of
raising the navy to the highest state of efficiency,
and many admirable steps have been taken in the
right direction, by establishing training ships for
our naval cadets and boys, by providing a reserve
of naval volunteers, &c.; but in ono most important
point there has evidently been of late a falling off,
instead of improvement.
I speak of the interior discipline of our men•of-
war. During the past year many cases of most
serious breaches of discipline have occurred in our
ships—a thing formerly of very rare occurrence, and
almost unheard-of in the French navy, where far
more attention is paid to the interior discipline of
their ships than with us.
It is most necessary that strict discipline b• main-
tained and implicit obedience paid to all lawful or-
ders in a man-of-war. Without this no ship can
be in an efficient state. The day is now past for the
preservation of discipline by terror, and the indis-
criminate use of the lash. The question is—How is
the present state of things to be improved without
any increase of severity in the treatment of our
sailors ?

All commanding officers in the navy are well
aware that the interior discipline of a man-of-war
depends in a very great measure on the good con-
duct and example of the petty officers, and also on
possessing a thoroughly active and efficient police.
It is on these points—the position and treatment
of the petty officers and police—that great altera-
tion and improvement are necessary. One reason
for the falling off of discipline is, doubtless, the
very insufficient • number of junior officers, in
consequence of which the petty officers are
obliged to perform the duties formerly intrusted to
mates or midshipmen, and, unless they aro in a
position to command the respect and obedience of
the mon, it is evident the duties they have to super-
intend will not be performed as efficiently as under
the eye of an officer.
In the army the non-commissioned officers are in-
valuable in the preservation of discipline. They are
looked up to and treated with great respect by the
men. They perform many responsible duties,
which in the navy can only be intrusted to officers,
and how rarely do we hear of a private quarrelling
with or striking a non-commissioned officer, or of a
sergeant disgracing himself by drunkenness or
breaking leave ?
Now, turn to the first-class petty officers in the
navy, who, as regards rank and pay, are in the
same position as sergeants in the army. It is most
important that they should be a body of men in
whom great confidence can be placed by their
officers; that they should be men who can be
thoroughly trusted to take charge of a deck, a
boat's crew, or party of men on shore without an
officer ; that implicit obedience should be paid them
by the men ; that they should as a body endeavour,
by every means in their power, to preserve a high
tone and good feeling among their shipmates ; and
that, especially in case of any ill feeling or discon-
tent among the crew, they should at once step
forward and make it known to their commanding
officer.

All executive officers in the navy know that, as a
body, the first-class petty officers do not answer to
the above description ; that it is very difficult to
find among them men who can be thoroughly
trusted with the command of a party of men without
an officer; and that drunkenness, fighting, and
especially breaking leave, are far more prevalent
among them than among the non-commissioned
officers of the marines or army.
Why should this difference exist between the
conduct of non-commissioned officers in the sister
services ?

The reason is this :—ln the army the sergeants
know and rightly value their .position ; they
feel that they are treated with the consideration
due to their position ; that most responsible
duties are intrusted to them ; and that much is
expected from them, By messing and living to-
gether good feeling and dependence on each other
are promoted, and they aro prevented from being
biassed by the opinions and conversation of their
subordinates.

In the navy there is no distinct system laid down
for the treatment of the petty officers. In some
ships they are treated with more consideration and
granted more privileges than in others. Instead of
living and messing together, they are scattered by
ones and twos among the different messes of 15
and 20 men, and are thus far more liable to iden-

tify themselves with the feelings and opinions of
their messmates. They are not made to feel the
responsible nature of their position, and that in a
great measure the interior discipline depends upon
their good conduct and the example they set to the
ship's company.
I propose that fixed rules should be laid down by
the Admiralty for a uniform system to be observed '
in every ship with regard to the treatment of the
first-class petty officers. Let them mess together ;
grant them leave whenever it can be done, without
regard to the 'Wed periods of giving general leave
to the men ; but never allow any petty officer to be
received on board from leave, unless sober. En-
force a strict obedience to all lawful orders given
by them as to those given by officers. In fact, let
them and their subordinates know and feel their
position as petty officers is one of great responsi-
bility, that they will always receive the strongest
support in the performance of their duties, and that
to them you look for the greatest assistance in the
maintenance of tke interior discipline on board.
Place them in their proper position, and you will
soon find them as trustworthy and efficient in the
performance of their duties as the sergeants in the
army.
It is, of course, necessary that a responsible man
should be placed in each mess, but the numbers of
second-class petty officers and leading seamen are
amply sufficient for this purpose.
Secondly, with regard to the most inefficient
state of the police in the navy.
The police of a line-of-battle ship consists of one
master-at-arms and three ship's corporals.
The master-at-arms, or head of the police, ought
to be a most honest, trustworthy man, and possessed
of great nerve and tact, for he is placed in a most
responsible and unpopular position. He is intrusted
with the supervision of the entire ship's company.
All complaints from the men pass through him ; he
keeps a record of every crime committed and of
every punishment inflicted in his ship. He ought
to be thoroughly acquainted with the character of
every man on board. In fact, so multifarious are
his duties, and so highly important a point is it to
secure a thoroughly trustworthy and efficient man
for the position, that no pains or expense should be
spared by the Admiralty to establish and secure
the services •)f a sufficient body of thoroughly effi-
cient men, as heads of police. What is the fact at
present ? From the small pay (i4l) a-year, and
anomalous position of a master-at-arms, it is most
difficult to get men thoroughly equal to the task,
and commanding officers are frequently obliged to
take men whom shortly after leaving port they dis-
cover to be worthless and untrustworthy. The
ship's corporals, who are generally old pensioned
marines and sailors, are, as a rule, most inefficient
in the performance of their numerous duties.
I propose that a permanent corps of police be
at once established in the following manner :—Let
every master-at-arms at present serving afloat who
can produce a certificate of three years' good and
trustworthy conduct from his captain be at once
raised to the position and pay of a warrant-officer.
It is found that in small ships where masters-at-
arms are not allowed, the sergeants of marines are
very efficient in this position. I would therefore
allow a limited number of sergeants who can pro-
duce a certificate of three years' good conduct afloat
to volunteer for the position of master-at-arms. Let
them serve for one year acting, and if at the expi-
ration of that time they produce a certificate of
good conduct and efficiency from their captain, let
them be placed on the permanent list. As tothe ship's
corporals, retain all those under 40 years of age with
a good character, and pension off the rest. Fill UP
the necessary vacancies by allowing a num-
berlimited,(and
privates with five years') good conduct of corporals in the marines with three
volunteer for the position, and when once certificateatr
of master-at-arms is raised to its proper strength
let all future vacancies be filled up by selection from
yehselitsot
thelet her i
ship's
staff of corporals.poli police
V once appointed to her, in
the same manner as warrant officers and seamen
gunners are at present. For line-of-battle ships let
one master-at-arms and four corporals be appointed.
sicle at
ten a ship is commissioned
For frigates one master-at-arms and three corpo-
rals ; and for all vessels carrying more than 150
men and less than 250 one master-at-arms and two
corporals. You would then possess a thoroughly
efficient and trustworthy police, which would be
hailed as a very great boon by all officers in the
navy.

THE RIGHT HON. M. T. BAINES.—WO (Leeds
Mercury) are happy to state that Mr. Baines's health has
considerably improved since last Saturday. On that day a
favourable change took place, and as the improvement has
continued daily, hopes are now entertained of his recovery.

The Ariadne's trial of speed at the measured mile,
with her altered screw, was yesterday postponed,
owing to the rough state of the weather, it having
blown a gale from S.S.W. the previous night and
the forepart of yesterday. Towards noon the wea-
ther moderated. The Melpomene drere for some
distance during the gale, but in the morning got up
steam and took up a safer position.
The Princess Royal, 91, screw, is having her
boilers taken out in the steam basin at Portsmouth.
They are to undergo a thorough repair. The ship
is to go into the dock vacated by the Nelsoa,:9l,
screw, in the old fitting basin, should that vessel
be undocked during the next spring. It is stated,
however, that since the order was first given it has
been discovered that the admission of water to the
basin in the present state of the alterations will
considerably retard the works (the three docks
being each lengthened, and the bottom of the basin
being cleared from a portion of the mud collected
there), and it is hoped the basin will not be opened
until the following spring, when the injury it
would then cause would be comparatively trifling.
Comamnder IL J. Raby (V.C.) was yesterday
commissioned by the Lords of the Admiralty to
transfer his command from the Weser to the Alecto
sloop, which latter vessel will be taken_ up on
Monday by the master rigger, and is ordered to be
completed without delay.
Mr. Francis 11. May, master of her Majesty's
screw steam guardship of Coastguard Hogue, 60, at
Greenock, Capt. John Moore, C. 8., yesterday ar-
rived at Woolwich, in command of 26 seamen and
stokers, for the purpose of taking charge of the iron
paddlewheel steamer Harpy, newly fitted out,
and repairing for service as tender to the Hogue,
under orders to navigate her round to the Clyde.
Two hundred ablcbodied continuous service sea-
men, paid off and granted leave of absence from
the steamships Conqueror, Princess Royal, aid
Centurion, arrived at Woolwich yesterday at the
expiration of their allotted leave of absence, and
were entered on the books of the receiving ship
Fisgard. Fifty of the men were despatched forth-
with for service in the flagship Nile, at Queens-
town, and 50 were to be forwarded to-day to Ports-
mouth.

Notices have been posted at Chatham Dockyard
that seamen and marine pensioners arc required for
the Castor, 36, and Brilliant, 20, which have been
commissioned at Chatham for training ships for the
Naval Cost Volunteers.

Complimentary salutes were yesterday exchanged
between :he Prussian frigate Arcona, bearing the
broad pendant of Commodore Sundewald, and the
Victory, 104, bearing the flag of the Commander-in
Chief at Portsmouth, Admiral W. Bowles, C. 8., on
the occasion of the gallant comtnodora assuming
his present rank.

The examination of candidates for shipwrights'
apprentices at Portsmouth dockyard will take place
on the 24th and 25th inst. ; and that for factory ap-
prentices on the 26th and 27th inst.