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Stockport And Technical Training.

STOCKPORT AND TECHNICAL TRAINING .

VISIT OP THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON

r'niiK vfs it of A Merman Do Keyser , Lord Mayor of London , to -L S cokport , tu lay 'he foundation stone of a new technical school , on S tur . isiy ,. t > -c 8 fch inst ., was made the occasion of the fjresitest puhl c demonstration tbat has been seen in that flonrisbing- lnannfatturing centre within the memory of the present generation . The day was regarded as a holiday , and numerous excursions entered the

town lrom ( lifterent parts of Cheshire and East Lancashire . Although l . ofching of a special character was done by the Corporation towards embellishing the town , tbe public spirit of the inhabitants waa fully equal to the emergency . Venetian masts , wrapped in scarlet oloth ,

and ornamented with trophies , were placed in one or two of the princ pal t . horonghfares at allotted distances , connected "with

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individuals along the line of route lavishly decorated the fronts of their premises with bunting . The technical school movement was firsfc mooted in 1886 , and the subject was helped to the front by Mr . L . J . Jennings , one of the members for the borough . The present Mayor ( Mr . Joseph Leigh )

upon being elected , aa chief-magistrate in November 1886 , expressed a hope that the foundation stone of such an institution might be laid while he held office , and in the following month a small bnt repre . sentative committee was formed to decide npon a line of action . Subsequently Mr . S . Gedge , M . P ., at the London Mansion Honse ,

gave the movement a stimulus . Public interest was by thia time fully aroused in the scheme , and a town ' s meeting was called in February 1887 to consider the subject . This was followed by another mass meeting in March , when it was resolved to commemorate her Majesty ' s jubilee by founding a technical and art school . An

executive committee was appointed , and before the meeting closed the Mayor intimated that he and a friend were prepared to start the subscription list by giving £ 7 , 000 between them . This considerable sum so very generously given was augmented by several large sums , such as £ 500 from Mr . T . Kay , £ 500 from Mr . S . Kay ; Mr . T . H . Sykes £ 250 ,

Mr . R . Hammond £ 200 , Lord Vernon £ 200 , and several amounts of £ 100 . The donations promised so far for the building and the endowment are about £ 11 , 000 , and the committee hope to obtain a grant of £ 1500 from the South Kensington Science and Art Depart , ment in aid of fittings and apparatus . A most gratifying fillip has

been given to the movement by the recent offer from Lady Whitworth to give £ 10 , 000 to the undertaking on behalf of the residuary legatees of her late husband , Sir Joseph Whitworth . The Lord Mayor , who arrived from Sheffield on the previous afternoon , was the guest of the Mayor at Bankhall , where on Friday

evening a nnmber of gentlemen were invited to meet him . At about eleven o ' clock on Saturday morning his lordship paid a visit to the Courthouse , accompanied by the Mayor , the Mayoress , and Brother A .. M . Broadley ( Past Deputy District Grand Master of Malta ) , the party being driven to the place in an open carriage drawn by a couple

of magnificent greys . In the meantime a special meeting of the Town Council had been convened , and the members , together with a large number of privileged ladies and gentlemen , were anxiously awaiting the arrival of the distinguished visitor . On reaching the Courthouse the Lord Mayor was escorted by the Mayor ( Mr . Leigh )

to the Council Chamber , where his Worship moved , and Alderman Hallam seconded , that an address be presented to his lordship on the occasion of his visit to lay the foundation atone . The proposition was received with acclamation , and shortly afterwards the Town Clerk ( Mr . W . Hyde ) read the address .

The Lord Mayor , in replying , reciprocated the desire of the Corporation to cement the bonds of friendship which should unite all municipal institutions . Such institutions were now upon their trial , for they had been called npon in many parts of the country to alter their constitution and take upon themselves larger and more

responsible dnties . Those duties , he was sure , would be carried out with the sense of that unity and fraternity which should exist in all those interested in municipal life and constitution . He had said afc Sheffield thafc he looked upon mnnicipal institutions as one of the bwo great ; powers of this country , for to the municipality belonged the

responsibility of defending the rights and privileges of the community . Every citizen waa bound to take his fair share of work for tho benefit of his fellow-citizens ; and in Stockport they had shown the true spirit which every prosperous town required from its sons . As to his work in London , he had had but one desire , to do his duty

and to recognise the tolerant , generous spirit of the citizens who had elected him , a naturalised British subject , to the high position he now filled . For the last twenty-five years he had worked in every department of municipal life , and he would do so as long as he could continue to serve the country of his adoption .

After a few remarks from the Mayor of Stockport the proceedings terminated . A special session of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cheshire was opened shortly after two o ' clock in the Mechanics' Institute , Wellington-road-south . In the absence of the Provincial Grand Master

Lord Egerton of Tatton , Judge Horatio Lloyd Deputy Provincial Grand Master presided , and was snpported by brethren high in the the Craft . The business before the Lodge was of little public interest , except that the Deputy Provincial Grand Master , in alluding to tho Masonic programme of fche day at the Technical Schools ,

referred to the ready disposition on the part of the Lord Mayor of London , himself a distinguished member of the Craft , to perform the ceremony which , unfortunately , the Prov . Grand Master waa prevented from undertaking . On the conclusion of the business the brethren marched into Wellington . road in procession .

Upon the head of the Masonic part of the procession arriving afc the site of the Technical School , after a parade through the c-ntre of the town , the brethren divided to right and left , facing inwards , aod so formed an avenue throngh which the Lord Mayor as acsting

Prov . Grand Master passed , being preceded by the Heralds , fche P . G . Standard Bearer , and the P . G . Sword Bearer , and followed by a Past Master bearing the Ionic Light . The Grand Officers of Eng land , the Deputy P . G . Master , and the P . G . Officers and Brethren then ( allowed in succession from fche rear , and thus inverted fche order of

procession . The arrival of the acting P . G . Master at the site was announced by a flourish of trumpets , and the procession then entered the enclosure . The officiating brethren took the positions assigned to them by tbe P . G . acting Director of Ceremonies and his assistant , and deposited the vessels , & c , borne in the procession on pedestals

placed for their reception . The arrival of the Lord Mayor was the signal for a great outburst of cheering from the many thousands of people who were massed in front of the site , restrained within barricades . The ceremony began

by the singing of the Old Hundredth Psalm , after which the Mayor read the letter from Lady Whitworth , to which we have already referred , and having invited his Lordship to lay the foundatjon-stone , handed him a silver trowel for that purpose , suitably inscribed .