Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-15
and offered the following resolutions, which

and offered the following resoIuliohsJ WHICH
were adopted =
Resolved, that the thanks of this corporation
are due and are hereby rendered to Mr.. Salisbury,
for the ability fidelity, and disinteFestedness with
which he has served It's interests for the wisdom of
his counses, and for the graceful amenities which
have characterized his administration"
"Resolved, that we offer him In his retirement
the assurance of our cordial personal regard, and
our heartiest wishes for the health and happiness of
his remaining years"
Hon. Alex. II. Bullock was elected president of
the institution, Mr., F. H. Kinnicutt was elected
vice president, in place of Gov. Bull lock, and
DR.. George E. Francis, and Messrs. VIM. H.
Jourdan, and James S. Rogers, were elected
trustees to fill vacancies. The board of invest
ment for the ensuing year is composed of the
president, treasurer, and secretary, ex.o6feio,
and Messrs. Benz. Walker, Sumner Pratt,
Charles A. Chase, and John D. Washburn.
FATHER NUGENT's LECTURE, last evening,
at Mechanics hall, on "NObody's Children" did
not draw very large audience, but the numbers
in attendance were treated to a very entertain
ing lecture, on a subject deserving the con-
sideration of every humane person. Mayor
Earle presided, and with him upon the platform
were Bishop 0'Reilley, President Clamp, and
other officers and students of Holy Cross college.
Father Nugent began by stating that the grand
est school for human instruction was in one of
the largest prisons in England, where were per-
sons of every variety of character and descrip-
ton to be studied of the 10,530 children
in one of these establishments, 6,7O0 had
come under his charge, with the object
to reform and restore to society as many of
them as possible. He took the ground that it
was our duty to check crime in the bud, to
strike at the root of the evil by reforming and
taking care of those from five to fifteen years of
age, sand then their after life would be easy
to regulate. He gave graphic picture of the
crime and misery of children in larger cities,
saying that in London there were 10000 under
fifteen knocking about the streets in the most
destitute condition, and $4,000 in Liverpool, and
a like proportion in Manchester and other cities,
in the destitute, awfully terrible and homeless
wandering state of "nobOdy's children" the re-
clamatiOn of whom it was the object Of his life
and labors to bring about.
In this mass of unfortunate humanity were
the germs of genius and talent run TO waste,
which if utilized would revolutionize the world,
morally. The speaker gave many pathetic and
humorous descriptions of instances coming UNI
der his knowledge and charge, where the most
singular talent had been manifested by youthful
adopts at play acting song singing, newspaper
and other vending, in the streets of London
aud Liverpool. Richard the Third and other
plays he had repeatedly seen acted by youthful
performers composing troupes ofactors from this
class, the recital of whose perambulations and
deeds of crime, committed TO keep them from
starvation, would bring tears TO all eyes. Father
Nugent's affecting statements of his experiences
with little fellows whom he had been the means
of rescuing from their perilous condition
and restoring to respectable relations in
society, were listened to with great
interest and attention. He seems to be specially
adapted for his great work, whether in deeds Of
practical charity and benevolence among this
benighted class, or in power of expression and
eloquent appeal for the waking up of his coun-
trymen and Others to a participation with him in
his glorious aim and misson-the caring for the
hundreds of thousands Of little ones in the large
cities of both the old and new worlds, for whom
nobody else will care. In describing one of
house of refuge and night asylum in
Liverpool, which he established six years
ago. he stated that during the year 1867 he fur
nished in it 40, 900 suppers and gave $500 nights
lodgings. They had in it large shoe factory,
printing office, and other kinds Of mechanical
operations carried on by the inmates. The boys
divided their time between work and schooling.
The speaker closed with an eloquent appeal to
his fellow countTymen of the Emerald Isle, y
which furnished much the largest proportion of
the suffering little ones sought to be aided, to
extend to him their countenance and aid in this
enterprise. 1t was his immediate object here to
find homes at the south or elsewhere for such as
he or Others had been the means Of reScuing
from depravity and vice in the cities of the old
country.