The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-24 00:00:00

A CONGRESS OF SHIP-BUILDERS.

A series of meetings of ship-builders and of gen
Omen interested in naval architecture will be held
in London next week—on Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday, the Ist, 2d, and 3d of Marsh—at the
Society of Arts, John-street, Adelphi, for the pur-
pose of inaugurating the new Institution of Naval
Architects. On Thursday and Friday, morning
and evening meetings will be held each day, at 11
a.m. and 7 p.m. respectively, and on Saturday, a
morning meeting only, at 11 a.m. At the first
meeting, on the morning of Thursday, the Right
Hon. Sir John Pakington, G.C.8., will preside and
deliver an address to the institution. The speech
of the right hon. gentleman will be followed by the
reading of papers by the Rev. J. Woolley, LL.D.,
Mr. Scott Russell, and Mr. Grantham. Iu Mr.
Grantham's paper, which will treat of the strength
of iron ships, the case of the Royal Charter will b.
elaborately investigated. At the evening meeting
of Thursday the Earl of Hardwicke will preside ;
and at subsequent meetings it is expected that the
chair will be taken by Mr. Sidney Herbert, Lord
Clarence Paget, and Mr. 11. Corry. On these oc-
casions numerous pi afessional papers will be read
by Mr. Joseph Maudslay, Mr. White, of West Cowes,
Prof. Airey, Astronomer-Royal, and other distin-
guished gentlemen. A paper on chain cables, by
Mr. Lennox, the manufacturer of all the chain cables
used by the Admiralty, is expected to excite much
attention. The celebrated wave-line theory of ship
building will also be described; and as every paper
will be discussed, the meetings will doubtless possess
very great interest. We are informed that the at-
tendance will not be exclusively limited to members
and associates of the institution, but that other
gentlemen interested in the progress of the royal
and mercantile navies will have tickets furnished
them by the secretary to the institution, whose•
address is 166, Fleet-street, London.

OPENIN6 OF THE GROTTO-P.4SSAG_E
RAGGED-SCHOOLS AND REFUGE.

Yesterday the newly-erected schools in Grotto-
passage, Marylebone, were opened by the Earl of
Shaftesbury, in the presence of a large number of
the ladies and gentry of the district.
The noble Earl took the chair at three o'clock,
and amongst those present were the Rector of
Marylebone, the Rev. E. J. P. Eyre, the Hon. D.
Kinnaird, M.P., Lord Radstock, Sir John and
Lady Anson, Mrs. R. Hanbury, Mr. Joseph Payne,
Mr. W. S. Maxwell, &c. The meeting having been
opened by prayer,
Mr. MAXWELL stated the objects, and entered
into a detail as to the progress of the institution.
Its effect had been entirely to alter by improvement
the character of the neighbourhood. Between 300
and 400 poor boys had been reclaimed from vice,
and had become industrious and useful members of
society. A new building was indispensable, as the
old one was falling about their ears. Although the
subscriptions had been liberal, they had been in-
adequate to defray the entire cost of the new build-
ing, and the institution itself required support.
The Rev. E. J. P. ES RE and Lord RADSTOCK
urged that there was no class in the country which
deserved such great sympathy from the wealthy as
the poor, friendless children who partic d Schools
Refuges. The latter were not only. preventives to
crime, but of economy to the nation ; for whilst
every prisoner cost £4O per year, the country could
be saved more than half that amount by aiding
these institutions, as a poor boy could be brought
up to industry, and by example and teaching, be
rescued from vice, at a cost of from £l5 to £2O per

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The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, Mr. JOSEPII PAYNE,
and others offered addresses, the children were sub-
sequently regaled with tea and cake, and the
c3mpany having inspected the close.hese
interesting proceedings were brought to a