them of so many representatives of liberal education and its broader
views on matters of public interest. To the Headmaster it must be a
cause for rejoicing and thankfulness that the labour of his life had been
saved from a sudden and unfortunate conclusion. To him and his assistant
masters, the parents, and the boys, by whose loyal adherence the time of
trial had been happily passed through, their congratulations were
offered. He proceeded to read the address, which was received with much
applause by the townspeople. It is a handsomely illuminated document, to
which between sixty and seventy names are attached; the terms of it are
as follows:

"_To the Rev. Edward Thring, M.A., Headmaster, and to the Assistant
Masters of Uppingham School_.

"Gentlemen,--We, the undersigned residents in Uppingham, have great
pleasure in meeting you with a hearty welcome on the re-assembling of the
school in full numbers in its native home, and gladly avail ourselves of
this opportunity of conveying to you our congratulations that the period
of anxiety and trial through which you have so successfully passed has
clearly demonstrated the sound principles upon which the school has been
conducted, and which have raised it to its present eminence as one of the
great schools of the country, and have won for it the confidence of
parents in all parts of the kingdom, many of whom have entrusted their
sons to your care at Borth, and are continuing that trust now that you
are returning to your homes.

"We desire also to express our sense of the courage and enterprise
manifested in removing the school from Uppingham at the time of the
anxious crisis in February, 1876.