MEETING OF CORNISHMEN.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1432, 18 September 1878, Page 3

MEETING OF CORNISHMEN.

A meeting of Cornishmen was held last evening in St. Michael's schoolroom to consider the best steps to be taken for making a special gift to the Cornish Cathedral about to be erected in Truro in Cornwall. On the motion of the Rev. Mr Pascoe, Mr J. D. Enys, the convener of the meeting, took the chair.

The Chairman briefly stated t>ie object _of the meeting, which was that Cornishmen living in this colony should subscribe a sum of money to be sent home for the Cathedral at Truro which might take the shape of a pillar, a reading desk, or even a pulpit, to be dedicated to the Cornishmen of this colony. He had received a letter from Mr Chudley of Auckland, who had promised to do what he could in that province and Taranaki, also also from Mr Montagu Smith of Akaroa, and Mr Archer would be willing to act in Timaru. He Bhould also like the Cornishmen on the "West Coast to be communicated with, and with that object he would write to the West Coast papers. Their object was not to receive a large sum, although of course the more they got the better, but to obtain something from every Cornishman in the colony. The Eev Mr Pascoe said he would undertake to get the names of a few residents of the West Coast to act on the committee.

In answer to a question, the chairman stated that over £IB,OOO had already been collected for the cathedral, but that it was not intended to make a commencement till the sum had reached £30,000. It was originally intended to alter and improve the cathedral, but it had now been resolved to erect a new structure altogether. He had himself collected the sum of £2O, arid more had been promised him. Mr Wills, though not a Cornishman, would be very glad to take part in the movement, as he sympathised deeply with Bishop Benson, whom he had known for years, io this movement of erecting a new cathedral. Bishop Benson might be looked upon in the eame light that Bishop Selwyn was in New Zealand—as the missionary Bishop of Cornwall. He would suggest that subscription lißts should bo opened throughout the colony, for the purpose of making a presentation of some special gift. He would move—" That a committee be formed to open subscriptions in all the provinces of New Zealand, with the object of obtaining a gift for the new Cornish Cathedral."

The motion was seconded by Mr Grigg, and agreed to. Those present then enrolled themselves upon the committee, as follows :—Rev. W. A. Pascoe, Messrs Enys, Carnon, Hennah, Grigg, Wills, Eathorne, Rose, and Hill (2). It was suggested that, if possible, the gift ehould be formed of New Zealand material, ■either in the shape of a marble pulpit or pillar of New Zealand stone. It was resolved to communicate with Cornishmen in Otago and elsewhere, and the chairman also promised to write to the " Australasian," suggesting that the Cornishmen in Australia should join in a similar movement. The committee then adjourned until the 25th October, at the same time and place.