The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-04-19 00:00:00

n'as now in Australia. While at school he was an ordi-
nary lad, neither above nor below the ordinary run. He
,Was attentive and orderly, and that was all. He had gone
(0 Australia, and was now at the bald diggings, where he
wrote to his mother in Liverpool. He writes :—" My
dear mother, it is a long time since I heard the ould pray-
ers," (meaning the prayers of the Church.) He says :
Tim and I go once a week into a lone place and read
the prayers. Tim reads the prayers, and I read the les-
linna• And that is all I have heard of the prayers for
any months." And surely it was not an uninteresting
sight to see one or two lads in that country, and in the
amidst of such society as that in which they must necessa-
tiiy mingle, voluntarily making a sabbath for themselves,
and going into a retired place for the purpose of reading
the prayers and the lessons. (Applause.) The lad winds
lip his letter in a curious and characteristic way, which
he did not think he could communicate to them, except
!::$ such as were familiar with Irish character. He says—
And now, dear mother, if I succeed—which I hope to
40--for a little while, I hope to come home and bury ye
daeently, after all." (Roars of laughter.) That being
the kindest wish he possibly could express to his mother.
The Rey. Doctor then, at some length, expressed his
gratification at the declaration of ministers not to support
4 merely secular system of education ; pointed to a ible
education as the only source of true knowledge, and B
con-
cluded by expressing cordial good wishes for the school
and the church.
At the conclusion of Dr. M'Neile's speech, the company
adjourned to the Infant School-room, where in the mean-
time the children had assembled, having previously assem-
bled at the old schools in Beau-street, and proceeded in
procession to the new building. The firing of a cannon,
at eleven o'clock, was the signal for the procession setting
?nt nn its agreeable journey. The little people, who nutn-
tiered in all 550 or upwards, presented a very nice and
~reditable appearance. Prayers having been read by the
curate of St. Augustine's, the children were addressed
by the Reverend Incumbent, who stated, in the course
ofa his remarks, that there would be a party specially
bishop
the childreh on the evening of Friday. The Lord
lahoa then, in a moat lucid and agreeable address,
counselled the children to be grateful to their benefactors
and to make the best of their daily attendance at the
school. His lordship also presented to the children a
colt
girls former
Pl° of flags—one for
tetdhebbyoyf and. another for, the
Ir. John Smith, and
the latter bY Mtss H. Rowlands. These banners
liens
most tastefully adorned with suitable illustra-
tions an passagestonf
ttripture. The children listened
very intelligently e address of His Lordship, and
were enthusiastic in acknowledging the kindness of
the donors of the banners. The reverend incumbent, on
the part of the children, acknowledged both the address
the presents, and stated that the children had re-
ca.ently subscribed for a testimonial to Mr. Roper and Mr.
Whitley, as a testimony of their gratitude to those
gentlemen for the interest they had exhibited in the
schools. The children, who had previously sung a hymn,
then joined with much spirit in the patron's song, a little
Piece appropriate to the occasion, and the proceedings ter-
minated with the National Anthem, in which the children
were j3ined by a selection from the band of the Kirkdale
Industrial School. The appearance and performances of
this band, which is under the leadership of Mr. Davis,
rated considerable interest. In the afternoon we be-
ve the children were regaled bounteously with buns.
_fl With reference to the presentation from the children, we
Rderstand that a silver inkstand was presented to Mrs.
hitleY, and a silver cup to Mrs. Roper : the ceremony
olc place on Friday evening, the children having deputed
'',le,Work of presentation, in the one case, to the mistress
the infant school; and in the other, to the mistress of
the girls' school.
h.ere will be a tea party, we understand, this evening
new schools, Salisbury-street, at which, it is antici-
f,l-!9, addresses will be delivered by the Revds. Dr.
iNeile, J. Jones, W. Pollock, and other clergymen.