The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-12-05 00:00:00

otipring rising to stations of respects

'haps superior

at heart for the welfare of the G

establishment and those employed in it. (Cheers.)
Mr. JOHN Moss next rose, and in a very feeling address
proposed the health of the workmen of Crewe, together
with that of their wives and families, and expressed his
opinion that there was no earthly blessing comparable to
that of domestic happiness.
The calls upon Mr. Samuel Holme to ackowledge this
toast, on behalf of the workmen, were loud and vehe-
ment, when fhat.gentlemen presented himself.
Mr. HOLME commenced by saying, that since he had
arrived at Crewe that morning, he had been asked to pro-
pose the toast which had just been given with better effect
by Mr. Moss, and it was his intention to have done so had
he not been anticipated ; but, as he had always been iden-
tified with the mechanical arts, and as he was not ashamed
to avow that he had worked at his trade in earlier days,
he cordially responded to the wish of the workmen of that
establishment, and as they should never want an advocate
if his services were necessary, so did he now in their
names, and in that of their wives and families, return
thanks to the directors and visitors for the cordial and
feeling manner with which they received the sentiments
so well expressed by Mr. Moss. The spectacle around
him was splendid and remarkable, and he would seize the
opportunity of making a few observations connected with
the occasion which had assembled them together.
(Cheers.) He thought that few things could be more
magnificent than a railway train in motion, and conveying

ere wer

tables at

with rapid security fronaplaceto place its hundreds of

pasmigers. it any smug coma exceed 1.,
jestio vessel, which, despite the winds and the waves
maintained its gallant course, and with convulsive throbs,
but victorious power, set at nought the combined attempts
of the elements to bar her progress, (Loud cheers.)
Both were impelled by the same mighty and mysteriously
simple machine, and both exhibited the triumph of the
motion of mind over the inertness of matter. The mighty
conquerors who had founded kingdoms by the sword had
passed away like the closing water around the keel of the
passing ship. Their victories had been transient; but the
great riumps of mechanical skill had proved to be
durable, and had exercised a permanent influence whether
for good or evil—he doubted not but for good—on
the destinies of mankind ; and compared with such
triumphs as these, the victories of Alexander, of Caesar,
and of Napoleon sank into insignificance. (Great cheer-
ing.) What were the triumphs of the steam edgine ? It
set in active motion ten thousand times ten thousand
looms and spindles—it pumped out water from the depths
of the deepest mines—it came to the assistance of man in
the production of almost every fabric, and not only in their
production, but in aiding him to transplant them from
place to place : and for the advantages of commerce, to
connect us with distant nations, and pith every shore on
the earth's wide-surface. (Al plaus-..) In vain the moun-
tain presented a formidable obstacle ; the tunnel pierced
the mountain's breast, and the tzailway train glided through
it with speedy flight. The river interposes; but it is
spanned by the lofty viaduct, and the traveller at his ease
is unconseious that such a barrier exists. (Cheers.) And
even the ocean itself, when lashed into fury, ceases to
conquer when man calls to his aid the sublime discovery
of James Watt. (Loud and long continued cheering.)
And he thought that he should not be doing injustice to
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, it was the ma-

Ano yet, magnificent as was the steam engine; whether
locomotive or stationary, it had a most anomalous and
This THE DINNER. suspicious character. It offered no prejudices, and all
was provided by Mr. Horne, of the Mersey Hotel, men claim it, yet it cannot be considered a member of the
thtirltQwn, and although intended for the workmen, and temperance society altogether, for it is exuberant with
Ilany,,,,\rnilies and friends, was most sumptuous and sub- spirits. (Laughter.) And yet, anomalous as it appears,
The beef of
buttod England was pre.eminent, both even Father Matthew may patronise it, for it drinks no.
f,"tati,lo boiled, the general feast included all the thing but water. (Laughter and cheers.) It possesses
ii:.,°1130,.a15, and many of the delicacies, of the season. power like a giant, yet it is docile as a child—and moves
fo"° be4rY kitchens, with immense boilers and apparatus, and stos at the will of its director. It is unruly in one
~, Constructed for the occasion; and " mine host" hand, butt iis tracioNe in z.nother. It offends no one by
:eali,4,-sPecial convenience in the large ovens for the an- its politics,—yet it is monurehical in its majesty, while it
-Phin't eif metals in roasting his superb joints. At the is democratic in its effects. (Applause.) It is essentially
Ire ,-,i`e" hour (two' o'clock) the assembled hundreds a Conservative—(hear, hear)—for compared with the old
„...11enen'itted into the banquettinz-room, which was re- stage coaches, it conserves with wonderful fidelity the
i.44Pres:l4„t,With dishes of various viands.. One table was lives and property of all who submit themselves to its
fthe 1. 'aid for the abstinence portion of the assemblage, guidance and government; and yet, strange as it may
rop, middle of which was a decorative urn, with an ap- seem, no man will venture to stand up here and deny that
eekia--"e device We never saw a more orderly or better- it is a complete radical, and that it does not belong to the
Were set
of rn meet at the convivial board. They movement party. (Shouts of laughter and cheers.)
Ittid, ----to the nunmberof shoot 500, neatly, and we may It was this wonderful machine that the splendid erection
!bighteete,?lly dressed • and so far as demenour went, in which they were then assembled was intended to pro-
ki,i4eatree,..,' he, addressed by the subsequent speakers as duce; and every man in the establishment, who forged
.a
t'"est -"Le" The hand hayed lively airs, while the bolt, turned a sciew, or worked at a lathe, was contri-
tl;shin(l thBebrlndished their " boarding pikes and cutlasses," buting his portion, however small, to aid that wonderful
ueruolishion of good things was rapid and asto- developement which was destined in its effects to change.
t'l4 The dinner being given to the workmen, their almost the surface of the globe. (Cheers.) But this led
esid;toediate overseers of the works were appointed to him to remark, that as the steam-engine consisted of
ts,e4ao-i• M. ALLAN, principal superintendent of the many parts, some brighter and more important than
k‘thorii'ves, occupied the chair, and Mr. SYKES, next in others, yet all forming one wonderful and harmonious
ved the vice chair. Supporting the chair we ob- whole; so was the establishment which they were that
etor the Rev. Mr. Appleton, the Rev. Mr. Cooke, day met to celebrate. (Hear.) There were the direc-
21elad: °f Coppenhall, and a number of other gentlemen, tors, the secretary, the treasurer, the agents, the con-
tilitaclNing the heads of the establishment, the master ductors, and the porters, all forming one chain, and all
bqiir who had been employed in the construction of essential to the general welfare. And in the works, there
Otteh., ~'ngs, and several other gentlemen from Liverpool, was the manager, the foreman, and the various grades of
coirtnnth-sler, &sc. The directors partook of refreshments mechanics, the head to direct, the hands to execute and
Will tied Part of the works, bat immediately afterwards to labour. Here was the true
insuresrnciple—the gradation
rthe general as and several of them (as and subordination always to success. (Hear.) In
egtbh- "ind) addressed them.
e usua,ern. . a nation, a municipality, or a large employ, .subordina-
sittsi,s„ I loyal toasts were given,.and drank with tion and the rular.gradation of authority is essential
te 'Re Gr'ic demonstrations. " Prosperity and perpetuity not only to -the positive comfort of all classes! but to
carve d
with
Junction Railway" was then proposed and their very security; and those are not the real. friends of
totit„. thunders of applause. the workman, who would destroy subordination, and de-
s. chairman of the directors, returned thanks precate obedience as servility and degradation. (Loud
usable' li eLr and brother directors in a speech of much cheering.) Nature itself teaches the doctrine of grads-
„t,sne stated that the company had found it ad- ton and order. There is a chain of gradation from the
coat phi " remove their great works for the whole line to highest intelligence down to the stone. In the botanical
e ing te, ; that the men around him had, no doubt, by world there is a regular gradation from the noble oak,
of 4, a%"_,ere. dissevered many ties of kindred and affec- which waves its branches amidst the solemn grandeur
oreuePrived themselves of many of the enjoyments of the forest, down to the lowest blade of grass upon
11',,e-etor;PoPulous localities • but that: he and his brother which we trample. (Loud applause.) And as it is
4,41)}, anxious to make them as comfortable and in the physical, so it is in the moral world :. subor-
haiTire,o"ay within their power. Time was however dination is an immutable law of the Almighty, which man
thl• t° mature all that they contemplated in their be- cannot abrogate. (Cheering.) .It was a.source of satis-
t, hoped before long to be enabled to establish for faction that the Directors had there provided means, not
Oa • e 0 hoped
modious and well plenished library and news- only of intellectual enjoyment, but of religious and moral
ha Aterfo assured them that the directors enjoyed no improvement. The Church, the Schools, the Newsroom
14'1,9 gratification than to see them comfortable and were there ; and this was as it should be—for_ he heldo
•••--Nio
ta, other have but room to give an outline of this and that no man had a right to use the murles and bones f
pa addressesall of which were received with the his fellow-man for purposes of gain, without at t same
ThePte,llr°lls applause, time adopting those means, and supporting those este-
vet.' C. T`-'hairman and °Directors " was next given, and blishments, which conduce not only to his intellectual
tljoole&•avvrenee, chairman of the Manchester and Li- and moral improvement, but to that of the offspring fur
11
j,,altOmPanv ably responded. He humourously said which he has to labour. (Hear.) In doing so, he would
‘"ekl-est i'„u„gh not' their chairman, he was one of the force the conscience of no man, for to his own Master
elt,gigle""'s " amongst the directors of railways. He must every man stand or fall ; but be. would provide
Loe a gratified to meet so fine and orderly a-bodv of sound moral and religious instruction, in the hope that
e
trusted that under the able guidance of Mr. all would see the necessity of availing themselves of it.
mi,llchief engineer, and Mr. Trevithick, the esta- (Hear, hear.) In again acknowledging the compliment
ttt4blye,t would flourish. for every thing was so ad- paid to the workmen, (cries of "Go on, go on,") he felt
Alo:)tt4let'lanaged that the very name of having lived at a paramount wish that the great Company which had that
at .„
h e a Passport and character to etery man ern- day provided such a magnificent entertainment, ?nigh
li"ld destiny throw him elsewhere. (Cheers.) continue to prosper; and he added to it the mostsimnnrlet
vtst'deti t'adies of the Education Committee, who have hope that every workman on the establishment g
tatthneat ° the instruction of the children of this place," there reside in comfort, and progress in everything that
g'ven, and was abler responded to by a gentle: could make life either happy or desirable.
.Mr. Holme
the ladle name we did not obtain. It appeared that resumed his seat amidst long-continued cheering.
sh, eki 21 far and near, had attended to the children Mr. NUGENT, one of the workmen, and but_ .a
s_youngo.
cti,rt,9:l„eat manner, and at great sacrifice of time and man most ably returned thanks on behalf of. his hp
/to -i'd)ers'i' all weatbe;s • and the schools were conducted mates evincing a degree of talent and feelinghighly
e,,-; and Christian manner. He hoped the ladies honourable to them and to himself as their spokte..e.mmawnith
I,,their-r favour them as visiters, as he could not ex- " The Visitors who had that day honoured h
Ikes. 14.°_ntinued attendance at so great a sacrifice. their presence" was the next toeas .
expressing his gratifi-
-104 that nrs, Esq., also responded to the toast. He Mr. HEnnisrwrcN ably
feeling between the
Itittli work:" near and dear to him had assisted in the cation at the exhibition,, of kindly
rehhe and that he felt assured that the ladies, until masters and his fellow-workmen." He paid a high
'l`h "eis ved hy competent local teachers, would con- compliment to Mr. Lock, and auguhrd that all connected
e heaitgkoodn labours, at whatever sacrifice.
was ti :g Nil.. LOCK the head erwineer of the com- twoitbhetphleeaCsendniwpaitnhytwheoiurldlotereafterhave still more reason
iiiitteeh f0,.-:htlidrunkQvith g;eat applause'. and he addressed T.'ie he.alths of " Mr. Norris, Resident Engineer, and.
k tion,„ "I as fellow workmen" in a speech of Mr. Trevithick, Locomotive Superintendent," were then
'44 o' flce and feeling He congratulated them on coupled.
tt t th„, ristratio
tti44eq't nof satisfa.ction which their emloyers Mr. BRAITHWAITE POOLE said that the Company
.that Ye exhibited in affording them a holiday; and were much indebted to Mr. Norris for his exertions (ex-
pop 11`11y I,` great works were to be accomplished, they tra-official) in the arrangements
ti's'e achieved by bringing the intelligence, the entertainment. of and decorations for the
Nel'e ittn "e, Perseverance of British workmen to.bear Both Gentlemen returned thanks in an effective man-
of the
' their hands, if not entirely to their minds, ner ; but the crowd became r dense at the top of
—9ebted for that wonderful engine, the " loco- room that we could not distinctly hear Mr.. Trevithick,
articularly when
'l,!llo.^lticsieich had effected so wonderful a change on the who was, however, loudly applauded
e,l'Oetiotiteti ti of the country. The works and the line he announced that the Company were aboutp to establish
s.fire to ~ ley. were connected were quite equal, if not a news-room, library, and club,. for the use of the work-
ed s than YY in the kinwdom and he knew of no finer men. He also highly complimented the ladies
children,
r the
ker, atta. n, those
Ined 0- ..or the Grand Junction Company. The interest they
.had taken in the education o f the
4 aphrq the freillbe line, the comfort afforded to passen- and their anxiety to supply all the wants of the labouring
eeiato eucial from accidents, was also well known population.
4114 the engineers who managed the en- Mr. WORSDELL stated, amidst much applause, that he

it the r
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e. (Cheers.)

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