r 100 homeless boys, a
home for 35 working lads, a club for "old boys" trained in the
institution, and the central offices of the Society. After the address
had been read, the Prince of Wales thus spoke:--

"Lord Jersey, Ladies, and Gentlemen,--In thanking you for the
address which you have just read, allow me to express to you,
and to this great assemblage, the very great gratification it
gives both the Princess and myself to be here to-day, to take
part in so interesting and what I may also call a most important
ceremony. You are well aware of the deep interest and solicitude
we take with regard to all classes of the community in this
great Metropolis, but we claim that we take especial interest in
what concerns the well-being and the welfare of the working
classes and of the poor of London. It is therefore a great
gratification to us that I should be afforded the opportunity
to-day of laying the foundation stone of a home to be called
'The Jubilee Memorial Home,' in commemoration of the fiftieth
year of the Queen's reign, and, at the same time, I rejoice to
think that this building is to be named 'The Shaftesbury House,'
as a memorial of the great and distinguished philanthropist
whose loss we must always and shall ever deeply deplore. Most
sincerely do we hope that this home may be the means of bringing
many of those waifs and strays always existing in so great a
metropolis as ours; we trust, too, that they may have such an
education and training that, as they grow older, they may be
able to go out into the world honest and respectable citizens,
and have an opportunity of gaining their livelihood. I thank you
again, Lord Jersey, for this address, and assure you that it
gives us the greatest pleasure to be here to-day."

The stone was then well and truly laid, and his Royal Highness was
presented with the trowel. A paper was laid by the Prince upon the
stone, and Lord Jersey announced the gift of L50 from his Royal
Highness, L30 from Sir Robert Carden, and other donations. "God bless
the Prince of Wales," and the "National Anthem" were then chanted. The
Royal party left amidst enthusiastic cheering. A large number of the
boys from the country homes were present, and from the training-ships in
their sailor costumes.

CONSECRATION OF TRURO CATHEDRAL.

_November 3rd, 1887._

The foundation stone of Truro Ca