milies,
have attended divine service within its walls. Let us, then,
hope that the children also may receive the benefits of a good
education and religious training, and that these schools may
fulfil the object for which they were built.

"In this part of London there are so many poor that good schools
are especially needed, and as these schools are not intended
exclusively for the children of seamen, they will probably be
most beneficial to the neighbourhood at large. Allow me to thank
you for the way in which you have listened to the few remarks I
have made, and to assure you that I feel deep gratification in
being present to-day at the opening of these schools. I have,
before sitting down, to propose 'The Health of the Lord Bishop
of London,' to whom we owe our warmest thanks for the kind way
in which he has come here to take part in the proceedings of
this day, when he has so many other and important duties to
perform. As I know that he has another pressing engagement in a
short time, the fewer words said the better. I therefore call
upon you to drink the health of the Lord Bishop of London."

NEW GRAMMAR SCHOOL AT READING.

_July 1st, 1870._

The good people of Reading are said sometimes to have grumbled at being
neglected by Royalty, their town being overshadowed by its proximity to
the Royal borough of Windsor. This notion was effaced by the splendid
events of the 1st of July, 1870. On that day the Prince and Princess of
Wales, with imposing state and ceremony, visited the ancient town, in
order to lay the foundation-stone of a new school, which was to be the
successor of the historical Grammar School, at which Archbishop Laud was
educated, one of the masters of which, Julius Palmer, was martyred
during the Marian persecution, and which in recent times had attained
high celebrity under the scholastic reign of Dr. Valpy.

The town was in high festival for the occasion, and distinguished
company assembled to meet the Royal visitors. When the Address had been
presented by the Mayor and Town Clerk, giving a summary of the history
of the school, and the purposes of the new undertaking, the Prince
replied:--

"Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,--I desire to return my cordial thanks
for your address, and to assure you, on the part of the Princess
and myself, of the pleasure it affords us to visit a town so
conspicuous in the pa