5 FEBRUARY 1859, Page 11

On Wednesday next, Lord Shaftesbury, will lay the first stone

of the buildings in Southwark, devoted to the purposes of " New Schools, Read- ing Rooms, Dormitories, Baths, and Washhouses," founded by the exer- tions of the Rector of Christ Church, the true hearted and never tiring ser- vant of Jesus, Joseph Brown. The site is "Gravel Lane "—the high street of Southwark poverty. The company will meet at the parish Church at noon.