The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-09-03 00:00:00

LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF ST.
BA.RNABAS'S GH URCH SCHOOL.

Yesterday the foundation stone of St. Barnabas's
Schools eras laid by 'tire Rev. Rector Brooks, on a large
'piece df ground adjacent to the church, and situated at
the corner of Greenland-street and Flint-street. The
ceremony was conducted with all the solemnity and im-
pressiveness beconiing so interesting an occasion. A
procession was foensed about twelve o'clock. at-the Church
of'Dngland Schools in Cornwallis-street. In front walked
the male and female children belonging to the Blue Coat
Spool, headed lby the juvenile band belonging to that
'establishment. 'Next was borne a large and handsome
white flag. surrounded with a light blue herder, which
was beautifully worked and painted for the-occasion by a
'lady belonging to the congregation of St. 14arnabas. On
-one side it represented Samuel in the attitude of prayer,
with Christ's celebrated command underneath—" Feed
my lambs." On the other side was an open Bible, with
the Saviour% equally well-known remark of " Suffer little
children to come unto me, and 'forbid them not." Then
followed the Rev. Hector Brooks ,and 'the Rev. Rector
Campbell, the Rev. Thomas Nolan, A. 8., incumbent, and
the Rev.faristopher A. Graham, curate of St. Barnabas's,
the Rev,. William Falloon, the Rev. Drummond Ander-
son, the Rev. F. Parry, the Rev. R. Davis. the Rev, F.
Barker. and the Rev. Messrs. Gibbons, Whiteley, Hig-
gins, Stewart, Cordeavax, .Bold,Cowen, &c. A large body
of the-members of the congregation and subscribers to the
undertaking brought up the rear, among wham we no-
ticed Mchard Harbord, John Sothern, John B,ittain,
G. Barnsley, Tbos. Robinson, Thos. Wilkinson, J. Munn,
T.'Clare, W. Mann, •D. Clarke. E. Richards, J. F. Von
Bach, R. Ramsey, J. Easton, C. H. Parnell, T. Green,
Epqrs., &c., the Churchwardensof St. Barnabas's, Messrs.
Thus. Wagstaff' and JOhn Laurence, and the Building and
General Committees. The procession, which was followed
by-crowds of persons, after having been formed in Corn-
wallis-street, proceeded along Pitt-street, Great George-
street, Great George-place, and down Greenland-street to
the selected spat-of ground, where an immense number of
ladies had assembled, -and were accommodated with seats
en a raised platform, for thepurpose of witnessing the in-
teresting ceremony. The day was one of the most beau-
tiful which could have been selected. The sun shone forth
in all the brilliancy of his-meridian splendour, and every
'countenance-bore witness of inward joy, which was expe-
-rienced at being presentonaso auspicious an occasion. On
all sides union jacks were-displayed, while, above all, was
surmounted a large 'flag, -on which was emblazoned the
spirit-stirring motto of "'Church and Queen."
The erection of the schools will cost, we understand,
£1,532, exclusive of the land. for which the sum of
£1,050 has been paid to 'Miss Morgan and Mrs. Sander-
son, the proprietors. The architect is Mr. Arthur Holme,
who has gratuitously furnished the working drawings and
other plans, and thus saved the committee an additional
expense of at hail £l3O, for which he is deserving of the
warmest 'thanks of the 'committee, and the congregation
generally. It is expected that the building will be com-
pleted by-the lst of February next; and as it will be the
only choral scheo' for that extensive and populous dis-
trict of 'the town, we hope that it will be as extcm=ively
useful as its mc:t ardent patrons desire. It will be ca-
pable of accomnelating no fewer than 700 children and
as it will consist of three stories, the first will be appro_
prfated to-the instruction of the infants, the second to the
girls, and the third to the boys.
When the whole of the procession had arrived upon
the ground., and everything was in readiness for proceed-
ing with the important business of the day,
The Rev. Mr. NOLAN took the silver trowel, manufac-
tured !or the occasion from the hands of the senior church-
warden, and addressed the Rev. Rector Brooks, with pe-
culiar force and eloquence, in the following beautiful and
appropriate terms. He said :—Mr. Senior Rector,—The
pleasing task is assigned to me of congratulating you (for
1 know you feel it to be a matter of congratulation) upon
the happy occasion for which we are assembled, as well as
to thank you in the name of the congregation, committee.
wardens, and minister of St. Barnabas' Church, for that
act of kindness you are about to perform, in laying the
first stone of our Sunday and daily male, female, and in-
fant schools, calculated to accommodate no less than 713
children. Many reasons concur to make you the fittest
person upon whom this office should devolve ; yet it is not
youehigh position as Rector of this important parish, and
the respect and gratitude with which your name is regarded
throughout, and beyond the extent of it ; nor yet the fact
of your being a trustee of the church to which the schools
are attached, and the kind and ready co-operation you
have afforded at all times, in every matter affecting the
' interest of our church; there is a : tronger motive even
than any of these, which decided us at once upon asking
the favour which you have granted, of coming amongst 415,
and presiding over the proceedings of this day. I mean.
sir, this,—that ou have already sown the first seeds of
this undertaking, when
in February, 1843, in conjunction
with our dear friend and brother, your co-trustee, the
Rev. Hugh M'Neile (who absence from town we regret,
while we gratefully remember Ins, services on that and
' other occasions), you preached in St. Barnabas' Church,
in behalf of the object that this day has advanced so far
towards its completion. No two names could more
suitably be associated in any educational effort than his
and yours. by whose means principally, supported as you
were by, I believe, your respected colleague, and by all
the brethren of the town, the battle of scriptural eduea-
tion was fought and won, not merely for Liverpool, but
for the entire of England. In your presence it were' pre-
sumptuous to insist upon the advantages of set iptual edu-
cation in general, and church education in particular; but
of this we are persuaded that the most effectual mode of
securing the temporal interests of our children and adults
is by attending to their spiritual concerns first ; the
happiness even of this world is best promoted by teaching
`` the kingdom of God and his righteousness," trusting
in the promise that " all other things will be added unto
them.". And the most effectual way of training up loyal
subjects to a Protestant Sovereign, is by making them
cordial and consistent, and enlightened members of a scrip-
tural church. Vie are taught, Sir, that it is a good and
-pleasant thing to be thankful; and it well beet:meth us to
be thankful, for whom the Lord has done so much in the
matter of these schools; he has raised up friends and be-
nefactors for us too numerous to be mentioned in detail;
but yet without being insensible to the kindness of those
whose names W 3 omit, there are some to whose generosity
and well directed zeal, we cannot forbear making more
particular allusion. To the Reverend the Hector Camp.
bell our thanks are due for the interest and sympathy he
evinced towards us throughout, in the committee of the
Church of England School Society and elsewhere. Mr.
Edmund Molyneux and Mr. Charles Jones are too well
, known in Liverpool as patrons and promoters of every
rood work to require even the humble tribute of our
thanks for their kindness to us, kindness, that we feel it
to be as much out of our power to acknowledge, as to for-
get. It is only an act of simple justice (would that we
were in a condition to do more) to Messrs. Arthur Samuel
and James Holme to acknowledge with deep thankfulness
our sense of their gratuitous professional ser'ices, what
they have done already, furnishing the working plans,
specifications, &c., &c., and what they have so. kindly
consented to do until the work is complete, superyttend-
Scc., ervices that, were they to be requited ac-
cording to even a moderate scale of ordinary remuneration,
would be underpaid at 150. I speak not of the estimable
wardens and committee of management, for I include them
with myself, in returning our thanks to you, sir, and
Mr. Campbell, to the friends already named, and the
generous public of this great town, by means of whose
liberality this work of ours sands ncivv on the point of a
happy, and, I trust, with God's blessing, auspicious com-
mencement. May the Lord repay it tenfold into their
own bosoms, and may they find their rea art' in the peace
and blessing that, we trust, this school will be the mules
of dispensing throughout this neighbourhood. And now,
sir, in requesting your acceptance of this emblem of the
office you are called upon to discharge, permit me to add
the humble tribute of my own personal acknowledgement
of the kindness and courtesy experienced at your hands.
ever since I had the privilege of being enrolled amongst

the honoured brethren of this town. You will look op=
it with pleasure in after days, as recalling your own past
in the work of to-day ; and you will look up from it frith
thankfulness to God, wbo hath led us through difficulties
and obstacles, and placed us now on the brink, we trustt
of a speedy completion. And now, sir, wishing you
earnestly much peace and blessing, praying that wog may
be abundantly endowed with that wisdom that comet!'
down from above, in whose right hand are length of days
and happiness, and in her left hand riches and honoizr;
that you may be blessed in your own soul, in your family,
and your people; that your last days be your hest days;
that your declining years may give you a long foretaste of
that bliss and blessedness that is ensured for those that
are God's dear children through the redemption that is is).
Christ Jesus, I comply with the request of our committee
and beg of you to take in hand the pleasing office you
have so cheerfully consented• to perform. And, " now,
may the God of peace sanctify you wholly, and I pray
God your whole body, soul, and spirit may be pr&.erved
blameless until the day of the Lord Jesus.'

The trowel presented to the rector was of massive silver.
and was exe( u ed by Mr. Mayer, of Lord-street, in a
style of workmanship far surpassing anything of the kin"
we have ever before witnessed. It bore the following in-
scription, neatly and elegantly engraved:—

" Presented to the Rev. Jonathan Brooks, A.M., Rector, an
the occasion of his laying the foundation stone of the schools la
connexion with the Church of St. Barnabas, Liverpool, Sept. 11.
MDCCCXLIV., Thos. Nolan, A.M., incumbent. nos, Wagstag
John Lawrence, churchwardens."

The Rev. Rector BROOKS having accepted the trowel,
replied to Mr. Nolan as follows :—I feel myself, in the
first place, sir, bound to express my thanks for the very
kind manner in whieh you have requested me to take upon
myself tae 'office this day assigned me. But, when peak
ask it as a favour, I am sure I consider the obligation ties
entirely upon the other side. I look upon it as a high
privilege—as a most gratifying privilege—to have beep►.
employed in such a work as we are this day commencing,
and to. he selected as a person qualified to lay the fitst
stone of a building which, I hope, will be the means of
both the temporal comforts and spiritual ad,
vantages of a large body of the population of this great
town, and teaching the rising generation not only their-
duties in time, but their hopes in eternity. Sir, I, like
you, do neither think this the appropriate time, nor the
fitting opportunity, to attempt to say anything upon the
general subject of education ; and, indeed, it is a. subject
which has been so frequently discussed, and, in roy opi-
nion, so finally settled, that it is almost useless to talk
about education itself. She great object we ought all te-
have in view is to give it a right direction. Now, sir, your.
and I, and those friends whom I sre assembled around.
me, and, 1 hope I may say—indeed I believe I may say-
the great majority of the population of this country, feel
that they can find the right direction within the pale of this
Established Church. They do consider that the Established.
Church of this country is founded upon pure and scrip_
tural principles—that it is her object to inculcate those
principles to as great an extent as her means will allow.,
and that her only regret is, that the population has in-
creased in such a rapid manner that those means have
been crippled far beyond what her own wishes would de-
sire. lam one of those who believe that places of wor-
ship, even when they are multiplied—and 1 only wish
they were multiplied to a far greater extent—are incom-
plete, unless they have a school attached to them; and it
is one of the happiest results of the way in which educe._
tion has been made the general subject of discussion, that
there is hardly a clergyman attached to the Established.
Church who does not think it as incumbent upon him to
have a school as a place of worship itself. Why, sir, we
are taught that we should instruct the whole population
of Christ's church. We are not to confine that instruc-
tion to those adults who are able to receive it at our
hands from the pulpit; but it is our bounden duty.—and
we are met in the performance of that duty,—after having
gathered the sheep into the fold, to look also to the lambs
—that we endeavour to bring them up in true Christina
principles—that we endeavour to instil such principles
into their minds as may lead them.to fill the different sta-
tions of life with creditto themselves, and benefit and ad.
vantage to those around them, and that a just, honest
and sincere discharge of the duties which they owe
to their God, to their Saviour, to their neighbours,
and all these with whom they are bound by social
gations, is the best way to secure their happiness
and comfort here, and to lead them at last to that
rest which is reserved for the people of God. Sir,
I have before said that I had the greatest possible pleasure
in performing the office assigned me this day ; but I eau-
nat do so without expressing my earnest congratulations
to you, and to those who have been acting with you, on
the way In which you have overcome difficulties, sur-
mounted obstacles, and, at last, have been put in the way
of completing-a "labour of love " of such great impor-
tance to this extensive and populous district. To you,
sir, and to those gentlemen who have so kindly acted
with you, I consider the paesh of Liverpool is eminently
indebted. You have been pleased to mention a certain-
number of names, whom I tun happy to recognise as al-
ways taking the lead ioevery work intended to promote
the kingdom of God on earth ; and it is peculiarly grati-
fying to think that their example should find so many
followers in this populous town. Sir, I shall not longer
detain you from the work of the day, but proceed now to
perform the office which you have assigned me; and I
humbly pray that the blessing of Almighty God, which
has accompanied it hitherto, may bring it to a final ter-
mination, and that it may for ever tend to promote his
righteous work upon earth!

- - -
A bottle containing the STANDARD of last Tuesday,
the Mail of list Saturday, and the A/bintt of yesterday,
together with several of the present coins of the realm,
was then placed under the foundation. So also was a
brass plate, bearing the following inscription .
a St. Barnahas' Schools, for the education of the children of the
poor in tqe principles of the Christian religion, in accordance with
the tenets of the Church of England.. The foundation stone a
these schools was laid on Monday, the Second of Sept., A.D., 1844,,
by the Rev. Jonathan Bmoks, A.M., Senior Rector of Liverp....,4
Thomas Nolan, A M., Incumbent of St. Barnabas' Church ; Chris
topher Alexander Graham, A. 8., Curate; Thomas Wagstaff, John'
Lawrence, Churchwardens; Arthur Bill Holme, Architect; Alex-
ander little, Robert Anderson, Builders.—' And all thy Children
shall be taught of the Lord and great shall be the peace of thy.
Children.'—lsaiah liv. 13."

The Rector having then laid the stone, striking it at the
four corners with the mallet, and using all the other
customary ceremonies.
The Rev. Mr. NOLAN offered up the following prayer,
composed for the occasion :
Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 0 tlioniss-
finite and eternal Spirit proceeding from the Father and the San,
in thy name, Father, Son, and Holy Ohost, three persons and otse
God, we commence this great undertaking: thy blessing we invoke,
that thou would'st present us with thy most gracious favour, and
further us with thy continual help. Gracious God and Father we
acknowledge with humble thankfulness thy goodness and mercy,,,
which bath followed us hitherto in this work : grant that as it as -
now formally begun, so it may also be continued and ended in thy
name, and ever tend to promote thy glory : out of the mouths of
babes-and sucklings vouchsafe to perfect praise in this place: grant
that many children may be taught to know thee here, in the Gos.
pel of thy dear Son, to know thee, the only true God turd Jesus
Christ whom thou halt sent Merciful Saviour, suffer little child-
ren to approach thee here, and thou Spirit of Holiness descend
upon them from on high, that many from out of these intended
schools, from generation to generation, may be finally accepted of
God, being washed. justified, and sanctified by the name of the
Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. Here, 0 God, we ask $
blessing upon all that shall be engage I in the future working otT
these schools : bless, we ,beseech, the masters and monitors, 't
teachers and children that are to assemble in this house: :Wets
also our friends and supporters, those especially who haie be,
friended us hitherto, through whose bounty aud.zeal, owing to thy
goodness, we hare teen enabled to advance thus far, Mass.!,
Heavenly Father, we humbly beseeeh thee our Sovereign Lady
Queen Victeria, her consort, and her children, endue thenlZl``22
thy grace, and make her a blessing to this kingdom:
nProst. Le.
God, all the Institutions, civil and religious, at homeut.ictrir
of our beloved land: Bless also, we pray thee, u
preserve her from every taint of error,b keep e p hershr
obpass, tram-
p ground of the truth amongst us
.1,31 her Bishops,
Deacons, especially our own His op, en
with'ministcrs wit
righteouShess and truth, and make thy chosen people joyful:,
:k•ren et her from her enemies: `. destroy her_not for a blessing 1.9 iitf
her : strengthen her.stakes and enlarge her borders, that her sound
may go forth through the land ; come ye children hearken unto
me, I will teach you the fear •of the Lord.' " Bless the &air
brethrcn and friends assembled with us here to day, especially thy
dear servant who has „just now commenced this good work : save
us from accident or injury, even to its completion. Mark us with-
thy blessing that our heirts may rejoice, when we give glory to thee
where alone the praise and the glory is due: prosper thou the work
of her hands upon us. 0, prosper thou our handy-work through
Jesus Christ our only mediator anti advocate, or hope an a trust, •
our strength, and our Redeemer. Thy mercy; gracious Father, we
entreat, thy Spirit we invoke, upon the death and merits of thy
dear son is our only reliance: his words also we adopt, when we-
sav as he bath taught us—Our Father, &c.
The Rector then rronounced the blessing; and ttte .
children of the Blue Fchonl, who had opened the proceM-
ings of the day, by singing the •hymn commencing with •
the lines—

" Let children hear the mighty deeds,
Which God performed of old,"
closed the ceremony by also singing a hymn of
" Lord of Heaven, and earth of ocean,
Hear us from thyc right abode."

The Blue School band then struck up the National'
Anthem ; and the whole of the children proceeded to the
residence of tile Mayor, at Aigburth,•where they hild been
previously invited by his Worship, and where they par-
took of his kind hospitality. His Worship was unavoid—
ably prevented from being present at the ceremony.
The vast assemblage of spectators separated at the
same time, half-past one o'clock.

Monocco.—The population of the Morocco.enrire is
variously represented. Jackson prefesses to have had
access to the Imperial Ilegisters, and gives the following
as the result;—City of Morocco, 270,000; City Of .Fry.
280,000; city of Mequinez, 110,000 ; other cities, 135,000;
rivinces, 13,01.000.—T0ta1, 14,886,000. There is evi-
d ntiv great exaggeration in this statement. More recent
t,avellers have set thwn the population of the city
Morocco as 30,000, and the other towns in proportion.
Another writer is of opinion that the entire population is
not beyond 5,000,000. Perhaps 6,000,000 is nearer the
truth. The plain between the Atlas -mountains and the
sea is between four and five hundred miles in length; an 4 -
the bighcA peak of the chain is 13,050. In 1547, as. Arabian chief, of the race of the Schireffes, ascended the
t-nrone, and his posterity still rules.
VOLTAlRE.—ltemernber the prophet and precursor of
that great reformation. itecal his person so softly appa-
relled, his residence so detcatcly furnished. See hint in
his study. it is hung with the portraits and needlework -
of sovereigns. His portfolio is full of their correspond-
ence. Ile is proud of nothing so much as of being a gen- •
tleman of the chamber. Fie delights to compare Louis
the Fifteenth to Trojan. He will not bow to God, but Ise
cringes to Madame Pompadour. He receives a rensiets
through her influence. lie is enabled by her boor_'
display the ostentation he delights in; He cLorCts out
every day in a gilt coach with four horses. Ile insists
upon the inhabitants of Ferney calling Wm Men-
. seigneur." He despises and tramples on " the canaille."
The main offence of Christianity, in his eyes, is,-hat it is
a religion of the people ; the chief fault of the apostles, • vvx.•;-
that they were not gentlemen. Yet this luxurit.us
who sapped all the authority that was above rod all IPA*:
faith that was beneath him, could write about Cie t y r *Kai j'7' ,
of monarchs and the evils- of their sway
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