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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, LCTOBER '25, 1867.

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OND ON AND NORTII-WESTERN
RA I TAVAY.

article I slid' take away with me will increase the
plelsurable feelings I shall exp..,rienco ou looki ag
back to the ceremony we have so recently wA.-
nesseil. (Loud applause.) I beg in conclusion to
retu n my sincere thanks, an 1 to drink all your
healths. his lordship resumel his seat amid much
applause.

ALTERATION' FOR NOVEMBER., 18G7.
The Train leaving Euston at 11 2U a m. will be discon-
tinued, and Passengers for -Belfast, Fle:Awood, Preston,
Liverpool, Chester, North Wales, Holyhead, Lancaster,
Carlisle, and Scotland, will be conveyed by the Train
leaving at. 11 0 R.lll.
The Train leaving Euston at 12 20 noon will start at
12 0 noon, and will convoy Passengers for Northampton,
Leamington,- Birmingham, Wolverhampton. Stafford,
Shrewsbury, Hereford, the Potteries, and Manchester via
Col wich.

Mr. S. R. GRAVES, M.P., then rose anil
lord, ladies, and gentlemen, there is still one more
toast on the list, and the Mayor has been gool enough
to ask me to propose it. It is fit before we separate
to-day that we should at least connect this meeting
with the ceremony in which wo all joined in the
morning, which was of so interesting and import-
ant a nature, by drinking " Success to the New
Souther❑ Hospital." It has been thought
that the present was a very inauspicious occasion on
which to lay the foundation-stone of that building.
There can be no doubt that clouds do hang over the
commercial atmosphere of this town ; but while, on
the one hand, that may possibly lead to the idea
that a postponement was desirable, as the present
time was inauspicious ; on the other hand it shows
that, whatever are the circumstances which sur-
round us, Liverpool is not unmindful of those social

'Pilo Irish Mail Train leaving Euston at 7 15 a.m. will
call at Crewe instead of Stafford.

Tho new Morning Mail leaving Euston at 7 30 will con-
vey Passengers for Derby, Leicester, Nottingham, and
other principal stations on the Midland Railway.
The Trains leaving Easton at G 15 and 9 0 a.m. will, in
consequence of the alterations on the Midland Railway be-
tween Rugby and Leicester, cease to convey Passengers
for stations on the Midland line.

The Trains leaving Birmingham for London at 3 40 and
4 5 p.m. will ba united, and will start from Birmingham at
4 0 p.m., being duo at Euston at 8 5 p.m.
For consequent and further alterations see Time Bills.
NV. CIWKWELL, General Manager.
Euston Station, October, 1807.

obligations which attach to her as a great commu-
nity (applause) ; that however disturbed our feel-
ings may be we never allow our attention to be
distracted from those who are dependent upon us,
and more especially those who look to us to relieve

them in the time of their suffering and pain. (Ap-
plause.) I feel certain, from my own experience,
that there need be no fear with regard to the funds
still required for the completion of the institution
inaugurated to-day. I can assure you, from the
knowledge I have of the liberality of this town,
that whatever you want will be immediately and
generously given. (Applause.) Allow me one
word before I close to express how greatly the plea-
sure of this day has been enhanced by the visit of
the noble earl, and by the presence of his countess.
(Renewed applause.) The work we have been en-
couraging is specially woman's work, for where
there is sickness there is the ministering angel—
(hear, hear) ;—and I was rejoiced to-day, as I am
sure the whole town was rejoiced, to see by her
beaming countenance throughout the ceremony that
has just been concluded the interest that Lady
Derby takes in this valuable institution, and I have
not the slightest doubt whatever but that the town
generally will fully agree in what I now say—that
the visit of the noble earl has been greatly enhanced
by the presence of Lady Derby. (Applause.) I
will now ask you to join with me in wishing cordi-
ally, earnestly, and sincerely, " Success to the New
Southern Hospital," and I will couple with that
the name of the President, Mr. George Henry
Horsfall.

Mr. G. 11. HORSFALL, in acknowledgment,
said —Mr. Mayor, my lord, ladies, and gentlemen,
as President of the Southern Hospital for the
present year I rise to respond to the toast Mr.
Graves has so kindly introduced to your notice,
and which you have so cordially received. I think
that both you and your distinguished guests will
have heard sufficient to-day of the Southern Hospi-
tal, but I should be doing an injustice to the feelings
of my colleagues, as well as an injustice to my own
feelings, did I fail on this occasion to thank the
noble earl for coming amongst us, and to thank him
more especially for his liberal and unexpected dona-
tion. - (Applause.) I think it augurs well from the
remarks of our friend Mr. Graves that we need
have no fear as to the carrying out the erection of
this building. (Hear, hear.) While thanking his
lordship for coming here to-day to lay the founda-
tion, stone of the new hospital, I may be allowed
also to express the thanks of the committee and
also my own thanks to the Lord Bishop of the
diocese, and to the other distinguished visitors who
have come amongst us. Also, sir, I should wish to
say how deeply the committee of the hospital feel
your kindness, not only on this occasion, but when
you first introduced this matter to the council.
(Hear, hear.) I observe, Mr. Mayor, that the toast
which Mr. Graves has proposed is the last upon
the list ; but taking a hint from that honourable
gentleman, perhaps, Mr. Mayor, I may be allowed
to propose a toast—namely, the health of Lady
Derby and the other ladies who, by their, presence
to-day, have evinced their interest in our new
hospital. In proposing that toast perhaps I may
be allowed to couple with it -the name of the Hon.
Mr. Stanley.
The toast having been duly honoured,
The Hon. FREDERICK STANLEY' said--Mr. Mayor,
I must confess to you that I* was -utterly taken by
surprise in having my name connected with the
toast, and I .am, perfectly certain that you will be
ready to overlook any imperfection on my part in
the manner in which I may express, on the part of
those for whom I have to answer, the thanks they
feel for the compliment you have just paid them.
It must have been to all the other ladies who were
present, as well as to Lady Derby and those who.
accompanied her, a source of gratitude to find that
in laying the foundttiou stone of this hospital you
are only extending the work of an institution which
has been of the most beneficial service to the
crowded neighbourhOod in which it is placed. I
am sure I only express the feelings of all the
ladies who witnessed the ceremony when lay that
it was well carried out from beginning to end.
(Applause.).
The party then broke up, and immediately after-
wards the noble earl and his distinguished party
drove away from the Town Hall for Knowsley.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Oct. 24.

A meeting of the Catholic University was held
yesterday in the church attached to the institution,
Stephen's-green, for the purpose of distributing the
gold medals awarded to the successful students in
the last Session, and at the same time to inaugurate
the 14th Session of the University. As this was
the first public occasion on which an answer could
be given to the statements made on behalf of the
Queen's University, it was one of no ordinary im-
portance, and might naturally have been expected
to attract an unusual share of public attention.
Other inducements also were not wanting to insure
a larger attendance, provision having been made for
the performance of vocal and instrumental music
at intervals during the proceedings. A stranger
entering the sacred edifice must have been struck
by what at first would seem singular and even re-
pugnant to his conception of the aspect and cha-
racter of a collegiate ceremonial. The church is
an oblong building, as devoid of any pretensions to
architectural taste as the inside of a narrow fiat-
topped trunk, which it resembles in shape. A gallery
extending completely across covers nearly one-third
of the whole space. The light can hardly make its
way through a series of short and narrow windows
running quite close to the flat ceiling. The walls
are striped to a height of about 20ft. with marble
painting in different patterns in dark green and
other gloomy colours ; above tht'so stripes aro two
rows of paintings illustrating Scriptural subjects,
the lower row formed in arches containing each
three figures, and the upper row representing
scenic views upon a large scale, with a number of
figural enclosed in broad rectangular panels. A
fringe of gas jets runs along the top at each side,
and supplements the scanty light which is admitted
through the windows. Under the gallery lines of
seats extend across the church, and at right angles
these were placed rows- of chairs along the
wall at each side. Immediately oppOsite- the
principal entrance, which opens. upon Stephen's-•
green, is the altar dais, Approached by stone steps.
on each side, with a baluStode in front between,
surmounted by a candelabrum at each end. Per-
manent_seats_ were placed for the rector and pro-
fessors of the college- around the dais. -A deeri
aim= curtain concealed the altar, wht9ll wai ill a