, 1866-02-13

WHICH HAS ClIaTacCeTiSeu the TWO years
of your mayorality, only makes il one OF
many acts of generosity which call for
their recognition and while on the one
had they desire especially to name the
willing manner in which you have rem
dered aid on this special occasion (rhe
Inauguration of the MaccIesield Volun-
tecr Fire Brigadr(, they have on the
other TO look gratefully back to past oc-
caSlons when local rejoicing, at which
time The social and hearty kindness of
the Lady MhyoresS and your Worship he
came the theme of general congratuIa-
ton and we may rejoice that during a
time Of great depression here, and when
the difficulty was certainly felt in obtain
ing funds for the celebration of so auSpl-
cious an event as then devoIved upon our
local authorities, there was one at their
head who Ivy example, precept, and per
sonal energy led til" way, and VIGOROUS
y aided every effort for the develop
ment of good feeling and general %rejolc-
ing. The voluntary movement which
now has to recognise and + joitc in the
patronage of your Worship, originated in
the important fact that with a population
Of go, 900 in the town and vicinity, there
was in case Of fire little help that could
be made available, q truth which has in
seve al late instances Only been too pal
pable. The handsome Offer Of Il first
class fre-engine from the liverpool ami
London Office, when solicited, immrdI-
aitly gave rise TO the idea of d brigade
being formed for lis working. On this
being announced the men were at onca
forthcoming, and with the additional
requisites will form a working staff and
machinery creditable to The Town. The
aid from other Fire Offices already ten
dered along with The uniform good feeling
with which the movement was II ccjvcd,
has encouraged The brigade to cou>Ilera-
bic outlay upwards of $500, but even
with this they are not content, aud look
forward to the general subscriptions fund
GS the warrant for their Immediately or
dering one Of the most perfect fre-cscapes
of the day. For while the destruction of
property may be depIored, how much
greater is the cause for sorrow when life
becomes "a sacrifice 10 this mighty element
OF destruction. Accept these our thanks
for your willing aid, and our congraiuia-
ton that this movement has marked one
Of the years of your chief maji>tracy,
and while you will all JOIN with US in the
earnest hope that our services may not
be required for years to come, you will
rejoice with US in the fact that MaccIes-
field has been SO highly favoured in its
preservation from so destructive an ele-
ment. We conclude by recognising the
handsome manner in which the Corpo-
ration had at once supplied the wafer and
funds at their disposal, and hope that you
may long remain "a powerful influence in
that body, and a blessing 10 your native
town."
The Mayor said, in undertaking the
duty of christening The engine, he would
take, the opportunity of thanking The
gentlemen OF the Volunteer Fire Brigade
for their kind and hearty expression of
good will towards himself aud the lady
Mayoress. He agreed with the address
that a town like Macclesfeld, containing
a population Of 10000 inhabitants, ought
to he we'll supplied with the means of
extinguishing fires. They had trusted
10 Providence, and had reason TO be
thankful that the town had escaped so
we'll from the ravages of that destructive
element. Cromwell used to saw to his