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of purpose without uniformity of practice in scholastic duties ; and we shall rejoice to think that we have taken warning betimes , when we see these schools flourishing and children brought up in 'the nurture and fear of the Lord . ' And pardon me if I still retain the impression of my old calling in life , and thank God that he has vouchsafed to touch our heart with this admonition , and so to avoid His judgments ¦ — 'Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones ; for I say unto you , that their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven . '" The Prov . G . M ., after paying a brief and merited mark of respect to the Vicar , whose exertions were beyond all comment in commencing this noble project , concluded

by alluding to the gift of the trowel , as follows : — " You have presented me with an instrument of our Craft , which I will immensely prize , and I cordially thank you for it . I shall take it home and deposit it in a conspicuous place in my house of residence ; and I will direct that it be handed from me to my son , and to my son ' s son ' in perpetual generations / as a valuable ornament and as an excellent tokenan ornament for its surpassing workmanship , which does honour to the silversmith —and a token , that as it spread the well-tempered mortar on the foundation stone , so may the well-tempered mortar of the prophet be spread by means of this school on the great edifice of humanity , which shall rise generation after generation from the-people of this town . " ( Loud cheers . )

The schools which are to form a portion of ten , proposed to be erected in Newcastle , in accordance with a proposition made by the worthy vicar , and which has been warmly seconded by the inhabitants , have been designed by Mr . G . Wallen , architect , of Newcastle ; and the building has been entrusted to Messrs . Gibson and Stewart . Both before and after the ceremony , the children were regaled with substantial refreshments .

About four o ' clock , the ladies and gentlemen , who had taken part in the ceremony , sat down to an elegant cold collation , provided at the Assembly Booms , Westgate-street . The Mayor of Newcastle occupied the chair ; the vicechair being ably filled by the Under-Sheriff ( J . Fenwick , Esq . ) , the Sheriff being unavoidably absent from indisposition . At the head table were the Mayoress , the Lady of the Yicar of Newcastle , Mrs . Br . Headlam , Miss Walton , Miss Clayton , & c . The excellent hand of the Northumberland and Newcastle Yeomanry Cavalry , stationed in an ante-room , boomed forth appropriate airs in the course of the evening .

At the conclusion of the repast , the health of her Majesty , Prince Albert , Albert Prince of Wales , and the rest of the Boyal Family ; the Bishop and Clergy of the diocese , responded to by the Bev . Dr . Davies , Bector of Gateshead ; the Army and Navy , acknowledged by Capt . Weatherly , having been drunk with all the honours :

The Bev . E . C . Ogle rose to propose a toast . He said , that had not been to him a common day , beginning and ending merely with the usual occurrences of life , but had been a day which had opened up to him sources of satisfaction , which he should not speedily forget . He had found himself associated with the Mayor and Corporation of Newcastle in one of the greatest works that man could put his hand to . If their fellow-creatures had souls to be saved , then they must feel that

they had been engaged this day in promoting the noblest ot man s work—namely , making preparations for the education of the child . By education he did not mean merely writing and reading , for these , after all , were only the instruments of education , and might be used against it ; but he meant , that sound moral training , which would enable the child to grow up into a man of good , sound principles , wherewith to meet the attacks of the knave and the infidel . Associated in this work as he had been this day with the Mayor and Corporation of this important town , he had very great pleasure in proposing their health as a toast . ( Applause . )

The Mayor responded ; observing that he scarcely remembered any day in his life the proceedings of which had afforded him more heartfelt gratification . He had given to this scheme all the assistance in his power ; but he hoped , in a very short time , to have more leisure to lend his Reverend friend the vicar a little more assistance . In nothing should he be more willing to co-operate than