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1547. YOUTH, :HEMIST. intelligent as 'HbUSE y of two per- A. 8., at the ERS, frog astham. EEHOLT, UM. _ RRDI NO, 46y )0, Invest an Society, la, cap. 110, tuarterly or giving six PUBLISHING IN MONTHLY VOLUMES, HISTORY HISTORY OF EUROPE, from the commencement of the French Revolution to the attle of Waterloo. By ARCHIBALD ALISON, F.R.S. A New Edition. Handsomely Printed in Crown Octavo, price Gs. each Volume. The concluding Volume will comprise a copious index to the Work. By the same Author, THE MILITARY LIFE OF DOCKS ' JOHN DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH, WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF HIS CONTEIyIPORARIES, willing to 'NT, on the pool Pocks, R ANNUM One iiOltineBW,PricelBs., Illustrated with Map and Plans ott Battles, &c. PUBLISHING MONTHLY, IN PARTS, THE ATLAS TO s, Esquite, rpool. ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE. Illustrating. the Campaigns, Battles, and Sieges, during the period embraced by the History. 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Asa general newspaper, THE COURIER will equal any in the metro polis — containing an unrivalled summary of all the news of the week, Political, Commercial, Agricultural, Clerical, Legal : Naval, Military, Literary, Dramatic, and Sporting, and no pains will be spared to pl a ce it i n th e front ranks of the British Press. Quarterly Subscciptions, 6s. 6d., payable in advance, by Post ce order, to PETER SIMMONDS, Esq., .6, Barge-yard, Buck lersbury, I.:ondon. Immediate application is absolutely re quisite to prevent disappointment. No Liability whatever is attached to Subscribers. AGENT FOR LIVERPOOL : MR. CHARLES WILLMER, 19, SOUTH JOHN-STREET. TO FARMERS AND CATTLE DEALERS. JAMES and BENJAMIN VENABLES, Newgate Market, London, SALESMEN of LIVE and DEAD STOCK, 7 1 11 be clad to receive Consignments of FAT or LEAN CATTLE %o be Disposed of, Slaughtered or to be Slaughtered, or Sold in ne Market. Any person wishing to transact business in - the 40 0 ve line, will meet with every attention, and their Money r eturned immediately after the Sale. Direct to us, Newgate Market; or to Messrs. POCKLINOTON kid CO Smithfield, London. FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, PRICE Is. 13d. PER Box. lIHIS excellent Family 'PILL is a Medicine of long-tried efficacy for correcting all disorders of the Sto tnach and Bowels, the common symptoms of which are Costive ness, Flatulency, Spasms, Less of Appetite, Sick Head-ache, Giddiness, Sense of Fulness after meals, Dizziness of the Eyes, Drowsiness, and Pains in the Stomach and Bowels: Indiges tion, producing a Torpid state of the Liver, and a consequent pactivity of the Bowels, causing a disorganizati preparation e f unction of the frame, will, in this most excellent by a little perseverance, be effectually removed. Two or three ;uses wiil convince the afflicted of its salutary effects. The s tomach will speedily regain its strength; a healthy action of t he liver, bowels, and kidneys will rapidly take place; and in stead of listlessness, heat, pain, and jaundiced appearance, , Irength, activity, and renewed health, will be the quick result CI Taking this medicine, according to the directions accompa 'ling each box. ',ids, these Pills are particularly - efficacious for Stomach C oug h s , ' , ld Armes Shortness of Breath, and all Obstructio ns o f th e Unary Passages • and, if taken after a tuo frequent indulgen ce 't table, they quickly restore the system to its natural state of tet ose. ersons of a FULL HABIT , wh o are su bject to Head-ache, G iddiness, Drowsiness, and Singing in the Ears, arising from great a flow of Blood to the Head, should never be wthout t b miein, aS many dangerous symptoms will be entirely carried of Y their immediate use. For FEMALES, these Pills aremost truly excellent , removing ` l l obstructions, the distressing Head-ache so very prevalent with the sex ; Depression of Spirits, Dulness of Sight, Nervous 'tffections, Blotches, Pimples, and Sallowness of the Skin, and , ive a healthy and juvenile bloom to the complexion. To MOTHERS they are confidently recommended as the best ~_medicine that can be taken during pregnancy; and for children of all ages they are unequalled. n , As a pleasant, safe, and easy Aperient, they unite the recom mendation of a mild operation with the most successful effect, d require no restraint of diet, or confinement during their :Me. By regulating the dose, according to the age and strength L't the patient, they become suitable for every ease, in either Z,X, that can be required; and for ELDERVY PEOPLE they , 1 11 be found to be the most comfortable medicine nitnerto -- oepared. „Sold by T. PROUT, 229, Strand, London. Price ls. lid. and r,_ l4 . 9d. per box ; and also by Wagstaff, Howell, Apothecaries' ntmany, Roberts, Scholefield, Bird, Gerard, Mucklow, Car ,,mr, Rowland, Ross and Co., Alpas, Troughton, Liverpool ' • "indley, Fletcher, Davies, Platt and Son, Topham, Worrall 'pester ; Pickton, Warrington ; and by the Vendors of Med Ones generally throughout the kingdom. „Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe Lgnie and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London, "Q the Government Stamp. RUPTURE. COLES'S PATENT TRUSS is universally admitted to be the most effectual instrument now in use for the re. Hernia and cure of HERNIA. The pads resist the descent of the tternia when stooping or coughing. The following opinions Ore selected from a list too numerous for insertion in a single advertisement _ _ _ We are unanimous in the opinion that Mr. Coles has at signed such a degree of perfection in the adaptation of Trusses, t hat they can be worn almost from th e bi r th, let the species of p educible rupture be what they may—that they effect a greater ~c urity to the patient, and with considerable less inconveni i l lee than any other Truss."—New London Surgical Pocket "%lc—Sherwood and Company. IN " This is the only real improvement in the construction of a ss that ever came u nder myinspection. , ._ George Birkbeck n.D. John Borthwick Gilchrist, Esq., friend ddoifstohi4ry justly the doctor's: eve Mr. Coles a handsome testimonial of his case, which t c. c i o h snt li y e . ‘ 4 .Yl3—" I may add, that this tru l y scientific yititles the inventor of such an instrument to univers a l '* l lce." ," The pressure upon the ring is not merely equalised, but riusts itself, without inconvenience to the wearer, to the dif 41ent attitudes in which the body may be placed."—Wm. Pos. Brande, Esq., Journal of Science, Literature, and the 'rts, of Royal Institution. ~." That man who has the ingenuity to const ruct an instill- Zent which is calculated to alleviate so large a portion of human t l!ltering will ever be considered by me to be a great public tgaraeter.”—Edmd. Belfour, Secretary Royal College of 'Orgeons. k: They make a more uniform pressure on the ring th an the 0011 -and-socket pad can effect."—Sir A. Cooper, Bart., F.R. S.— "his Treatise on Hernia. d_ The varied positions of the body in stooping and coughing Su, not alter the position of the pads, nor displace them"— lomas Callaway, Esq., Guy's. • It is my firm conviction that his trusses will he found more 7acious than any at present emiiloyed."—Henry Earle, . F.R .S. They are the best trusses that have ever yet been got up." Aston Key, Esq., Guy's. L I consider these trusses calculated, beyond every other iust I have seen, to cure this disease in its earliest and simplest -4, l.' 3 —Gideon Mantel], Esq., F.R.S., 19, Chester-square. j.„ ), lanufactureel only by Mr. CQUA Truss Maker to the *res t s ;,;„ GREAT FIRE IN MARKET-STREET, MANCHESTER ; 7ENTIRELY CONSUMING A LARGE SQUARE OF WARE HOUSES, OFFICES, AND SHOPS. TN the last great Fire in George-street, Manchester, 1 nine large Houses had their Books burned in Iron Safes, Closets ssith Iron Doors, Wrought Iron Fireproof (?) Safes, Sze. &c. &c. ; and again on the above recent occasion, a great number of parties have.suffered the same calamity. The only Safe which brought its contents uninjured out of the burning mass being the one, lluded to below. " Mamehester, August 13th, 1847. " GENTLEMEN In the late Fire in Market-street, which entirely gutted the entire block of buildings of which my Ware house formed part, I have sincere pleasure in informing you that my books, together with a quantity of valuable papers, watches, &c., were preserved uninjured in one of your Fire resisting Safes, which I strongly recommend to the public. " I am your obedient servant, " THOMAS HAIGH, Woollen Merchant, " New Brown-street and Market-street. " Messrs. Milner and Son." fir a t „ tram itte t iOA T,,.. M . . w a p t a n yfinlly - don Instead lf - d h =trg; the evaporating principle of the Safe. Near to it a large Wrought Iron Fireproof (?) chambered Safe, full of valuable Books and Documents before the Fire, was found to contain nothing but tinder and ashes after it 1 In the numerous accidental Fires and experimental tests which Milners' Safes have been exposed to—every description of Safe in use—Fireproof (so called) or otherwise have been burnt out beside them, confirming the recommendation of the scientific and practical authorities Who have tested them, and the Patentees' during seven years' active wor ki ng o f th e i r patent, on a rapidly extending scale, have spared no pains nor cost in effecting improvements, by which they are enabled to pledge themselves at all times to supply the most complete and secure depositories for Books, Documents, and Valuables ; in cluding the strongest Wrought-iron Safee, Closets, and Doors in the World, lined with their unequalled Fire-resisting Cham bers. Out of upwards of 20.000 of their Safes in use amongst the Manufacturing and Commercial Houses of Great Britain— the class best able to appreciate their value—numerous cases of exposure to accidental fire have occurred, from which Thomas Milner and Son select the following as instances, in which they are of opinion that no other Safe than their own would have preserved its contents unburnt. Fire at Mr. J. Blackaller's Ship and Chandlery Store, Spar ling-street, Liverpool; a strong and fierce Fire; Safe most severely burnt outside; contents unsinged. Fire at Messrs. J. and W. Walkers', the extensive builders, Birkenhead ; buildings entirely gutted, everything burnt in them, including the contents of large Iron Safe and drawers, standing besides Milners'; the contents of Milners' uninjured, and in use now. Fire at Messrs. Garniss and Co.'s, Park-lane; a very strong fire; again the contents of Milners' Safe the only thing saved on the premises. _ _ _ Fire ;it Plimsaul Brothers'. of Plymouth ; a very extensive and destructive fire; a large iron Safe covered with brickwork with double Iron doors burnt out; Milners' entirely preserving its contents. Fire in Queen-street, Glasgow; a great number of Safes and Closets burnt out; no books saved throughout the buildings excepting Messrs. S. R. and Thomas Browns', in Milners' Safe. Milners' Fire-resisting Safes, Chests, and Boxes, s u it a bl e f or a ll classes of Buildings, impregnable Locks and Cash Boxes, at the Works, 50A, Lord-street and Cable-street, and Show. oom , 15, South John-street, Liverpool. Dec 21, 1847. 19.63 VubltrattOlts. MERLE D'AUBIG . NE'S JOURNEY IN 1845, On3lst December, in one vol. Bvo, price 125., GERMANY, ENGLAND, AND SCOTLAND ; OR, RECOLLECTIONS OF A SWISS MINISTER. By J. H. MERLE D'AUBIGNE, D.D. SIMPKIN,MARSHALL,andCo.,London; OLIVER and Boy D, Edinburgh. THE BRUNSWICK CLUB. WHITEMAN'S BRUNSWICK HOTEL, RESTAU RANT, AND BILLIARD ROOMS, HANOVER-STREET, (Near the Railway Station.) • rp H E BRUNSWICK CLUB (Conducted by a Committee of Annual Subscribers) WILL OPEN ON FRIDAY, THE 33sT INSTANT. The object of this Club is to furnish respectable TRADES MEN, CLERKS, and others, after the fatigues of the day, with the relaxations of Literary, Scientific, and Interesting Amuse ment. TEA, COFFEE, AND OTHER REFRESHMENTS, ON THE MOST MODERATE TERMS. NEW AND CAPACIOUS ROOMS . . have been expressly erected for the purpose, supplied with an extensive Assortment of LONDON, LIVERPOOL, AND PROVINCIAL NEWS PAPERS, AND STANDARD LITERATURE, ENfAVENED BY BILLIARDS, BAGATELLE, _ L HESS, GYMNASTIC EXERCISES, AND A VARIETY OF RECREATIONS On the scale of economy this Club possesses features pecu liar to itself,—SPACE, LIMIT, and VENTILATION and gives advantages to its Members which no other Club in the town can o f fer. NO BETTING ALLOWED, AND NO FEES TO WAITERS. The following Subscriptions entitles every Member to all the advantages of the Club:— . Twelve Months lss. Six Months Three Months ss. • _ Payable in advance. _ A glance at the Programme will show that the Proprie tor relies for support upon a numerous Subscription List. Members wishing to join are reques.ed to leave their names and addresses at the Bar of the Hotel, previous to the2Bth inst. after, the Entrance•will be 2s. 6d. . The Club will he open frOm Five nutil Eleven. Entrance from Fleet street, or Hanover-street. W. E. W., grateful for the liberal support be has hitherto received, has the pleasure to announce to his Friends and Pa trons that he is now enabled to REDUCE his Scale of Charges in the Restaurant: ,AN ORDINARY DAILY .4 T ONE O'CLOCK, .its. A D,nner of Fish and Tripe every Wednesday and Friday. LONDON "NATIVE" OYSTERS PER SCORE, IS. 6D. BED AND BREAKFAST, 2s. 6D. WARM, COLD, AND SHOWER BATHS, is. EACH. ,ATRC KNIVIZQ 'l3flIlNTc QIATS rix ACC DAWBARN • • AND SON, 110, BOLD-STREET, LIVERPOOL, TAILORS, ROBE AND HABIT MAKERS, ALSO, AGENTS FOE THE REGISTERED PALETOT OF LLAMA CLOTH, E G very respectfully to announce that their Esta blishment is now replete with a most extensive and well-selected AUTUMN and. WINTER STOCK, and that they have commenced active preparation for the present as well as the approaching Season. They also beg to direct general attention to the plan upon which their business is conducted, viz.,,-Very moderate prices combined with every excellence of material, for prompt cash payments. The REGISTERED PAT.ETOT is Fashionable either for Riding or Walking, and is made from a fine LLAMA WOOL LEN CLOTH, which, together with an unassuming gentle manly appearance, has secured the highest patronage in the Metropolis. PRICE OF PALETOTS. Registered Paletot of Llama Cloth, lined with SILK 21 Guineas. Ditto Ditto- lined with ALPACA 2 „ Ditto Ditto milled LLAMA CLOTH 3 11 The Paletot D'Ete, weighing only a few ounces 1 THE ABOVE PRICES ARE THE SAME AS AT THE PATENTEES', LONDON. DAWBARN AND SON, 110, BOLD-STREET, LIVERPOOL, TAILORS, ROBE AND HABIT MAKERS. 11IIE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY London, 345, Strand. September lit, 1847. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAPH The works of the lines for commercial cdmmunications, be tween the places enumerated below, embracing a system of telegraphs for commercial purposes only, and distinct from that reserved for the special use of railways, being so far ad vanced as to admit of their completion by the commencement of the coming year, the directors think that the time has now arrived when it becomes their duty to make known the ar rangaments which they contemplate for the accommodation of the public. Stations will be opened in central situations in the principal towns, whence messages and dispatches will be forwarded to. .and received from all the other stations of the Electric Tele graph Company. In order to give to merchants, bankers, manufacturers, and all connected with trade, the greatest possible amount of in formation, a room will be reserved in each of the company's stations for subscribers; in which will be received, tabulated, and exhibited, all intelligence of commercial or public interest ; for instance— Ship Lists from the various ports. Share Lists from the various exchanges. Prices Current. Stock Exchange Lists. Corn Markets from the various towns. Prices of Live Stock, &c. &c. &c. In London, a Central Station, suited to the importance of the Metropolis, is in course of erection in the immediate vicinity of the Bank and Royal Exchange; in this station the whole tele graphic news of the country will be concentrated and forwarded in every direction ; and here, as in other towns, a roo a will be reserved for subscribers. The subscription to these rooms will be two guineas per annum, paid in advance, which will entitle subscribers to the right of entrance to all the subscription rooms of the company, including the central station at London. The foregoing details some of the advantages of the commer cial telegraph to subscribers, but the requirements of the public in general will be provided for by the establishment of offices which will at all times be open for the reception and transmis sion of messages and dispatches, while messengers will be kept at the various stations, by whom dispatches may be sent to any part of the town where the communication has been received by telegraph at the company's station. Subscribers' names are received at the Commercial Telegraph Office, where any further information may he obtained. The following are the towns to which the commercial tele graph will be first extended : _ _ London Barnsley Peterborough Chelmsford Margate Wakefield Yarmouth Ipswich Ramsgate Leeds Huntingdon York Deal Halifax Hertford Darlington Dover Rochdale Manchester Newcastle Folkestone Hull Leicester Berwick Canterbury Maidstone Derby Edinburgh Northampton Tonbridge Nottingham Glasgow Coventry Gosport Lincoln Scarborough Birmingham Southampton Chesterfield Bridlington Wolverhampton Winchester Sheffield Stamford Stafford Dorchester Bradford Norwich Chester Bristol Wisbeach St. Ives Liverpool Gloucester Lowestoft War Rotherham Cheltenham Cambridge Colchester. J. LEWIS RICARDO, Chairman. MAKE NOTICE, that GOUT and RHEUMATISM 1 are neither of them external diseases, but that each are seated in the blood, therefore the bad state of the blood is the cause of gout and rheumatism brought on by heats and colds. To use external applications will only remove the malady to the vital parts •, BOUCH'S HERB DRAUGHT allays all inflam mation, soothes the nerves, and gently purges the blood, by which means gout and rheumatic sufferings are safely and speedily cured. This medicine is of a very wholesome ten dency. J. Siggers, Esq., 6, Newcastle-street, Strand, is referred to as having been a great martyr to gout. Mr. Davidson, 44, Clarence-garden, Regent's-park, despaired of ever being cured of rheumatism, but was effectually restored by the Herb Draught, which may be obtained of B. llnuch, 48, Crescent street, Euston-square, and at Edwards's, 67, St. Paul's Church yard; Hannay's, 63, Oxford-street; Barclays, 95, Farringdon street ; Sanger's, 150, Oxford. street, London, and sold by most Patent Medicine Vendors. Price, per bottle, 2s. 9d. and 4s. 6d. AOENT FOR LIVERPOOL : MR. LATHBURY, 40, CASTLE-STREET. GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENERATOR, FOR IMPROVING AND PROMOTING THE GROWTH OF HUMAN HAIR. If you are in want of that Beautiful Adorn ...o.f afthP P of_Human_Hair,._ obtain through the post, or of any Wholesale or Ketaii Chemist, Druggist, or Perfumer, an 115. bottle of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENERATOR. This is an Essential Spirit drawn from Aromatic Herbs and Flowers (grown at his Herbary Highgate), which has been long known to the nobility and gentry by whom it is highly appreciated for its manifold virtues, too numerous to set forth in an advertisement, but maybe read in his pamphlet, in which, the bottles are enclosed. Each pamphlet has the signature of WILLIAM GRIMSTONE, Mer chant, Herbary, Highgate, and will be found at page 11, under the copy of Airs. Weekley's letter to the Editor of the Times Newspaper, 7th of August, 1846. This pamphlet is forwarded through the post on receiving two postage stamps. And the AROMATIC REGENERATOR can be forwarded throngh the post on receiving a Postoffice order for 45. 6d., 7s. Bd., or 125. —which includes the postage with tin case. The Its. size con tains four of the 45. A few of its virtues, as thousands can now prove, are that—it produces eyebrows; moustaches; whiskers ; new head of hair ; and new hair on bald places. It cures all diseases of the human hair. It is acknOwledged by all medical gentlemen to be the only specific that will cure Porrigo Decalvans, and cover the bald places with a new growth of Nervous Head-ache cured by using a few drops on the crown of the head. Fainting-fits cured and prevented by using twenty or thirty drops on the crown of the head. Repeat it until relief is oh tabled, and the patient will be relieved in fifteen minutes. The foregoing will. I trust, oe sufficient to prove the efficacy of my Regenerator, which I now offer to the nobility and the public; and I emit merely add that every kind of grease or oil should be avoided, if you wish a New Growth of Hair. As those matters are thrown off by our constitution. no oil or grease can enter the skin, and, therefore, is both objectionable and useless. As to its power of producing a New Growth of Human Hair, it is ridiculous to imagine any greasy unction will penetrate the pores ! Grimstone's Aromatic Regenerator is absorbed in a few minutes. Sold in triangular bottles, at 45., 75., and 11 s. each; and for warded by post, at 45. 6d., 7s. Bd., and 125., case included, for money orders only,—this size containing four of the 4s. bottles. Sold only wholesale at the Herbary, Highgate, and the fol lowing Agents:— Liverpool—Ross and NIGHTINGALE, Chronicle -office ; Mr. PARRY, Grocer, Higheeld-street ; Messrs. JONES and Co., Paradise-street. Manchester—Mrs. LERESCIIK, Advertiser office. Wolverhampton—MANl:ma, WEAVER, and Co.. York —BOLTON, BLANSHARD, and Co. Grimatone's Herbacious sold b an authority from the Lords of the Treasury, I6 t h February, 1825, to William Grimstone. Sold packed in tinfoil, encircled with a lobo], signed by the inventor, at 6d., ls., 25., 45., Bs. each by all Tobacconists and others, and by - Chemists and all Medicine Vendors. Sold under the protection of a Government Stamp, for Cure of Gutta Serena, Opthalmia, and Nervous Headsche,i nclosed in a Pamphlet of Genuine Testimonials at ls. lid.,sts. pd., 4s. 6tl each, stamp included. To all persons suffering from Asthma or Pulmonary Diseases, Grimstone's Mitisli Herb Tobacco. Sold in Packages .11$ 15. Ltd., !2-`,:.ed., Alld fit, Ct.l. cAch, etp...Tp ineuded. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. MISS WILSON, of N 0.3, SANDON-STREET, Falkner square, begs to inform the Families in the Neiebbourhood that she can receive, after Christmas, a few YOUNG LADIES, in addition to her present number of Pupils. Cards of Terms and References may be had on application to Miss WILSON. 3, Bandon-street, December 20th, 1847. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. YOUNG LADIES may acquire Mr. Thompson's FASHIONABLE style of Writing during the Vacation. YOUNG GENTLEMEN also may receive a Course of Les sons in Mr. Thompson's COMMERCIAL style of Writing. The Pupil is detained only one hour each lesson. Private, or in Class. MR. AND MRS. THOMPSON Give Lessons as usual to Adults, in the Fashionable and Com mercial styles of Writing, also Arithmetic, Mental Calculations, Short-hand, English_ Grammar, Reading, Spelling, Housekeep ing Accounts, and BOOK-KEEPING BY DOUBLE ENTRY, - - containing the general principles and partiCular rules now used in the mercantile houses in Liverpool. The Pupil is thoroughly instructed in a variety of extensive and diversified transactions, including Purchases and Sales, Goods on Consignment, Shipments Abroad, Joint Adventures. Making Insurances, Partnership, Posting and Balancing the Ledger, Balance Sheet, &c. For Cards of Terms apply at the Establishment, NO. 8, CLAYTON-SQUARE. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. .els' PREFERENCE SHARES, MAKING THE AMOUNT CALLED ..elp PER SHARE. IN aecordance with the terms on 'which thdse Prefer ence Shares were issued, HOLDERS of these SHARES are required to PAY, on or before MONDAY, the 10th January. 1848, a CALL of FOUR POUNDS per SHARK; to either of the undermentioned Bankers : LONDON Messrs. Glyn and Co., Lombard-street. LIVERPOOL Liverpool Borough Bank. BANGOR MessrS. Williams and Co. Interest at the rate of Five per Cent. per Annum, will he charged on all Calls remaining unpaid on the said 10th January. By order, GEORGE KING, Secretary. 61, Moorgate-street, London, 12th Dec., 1847. EDINBURGH, LEITH, & GRANTON RAILWAY POSTPONEMENT OF MEETING. NOTICE IS HEREBY GlVEN,that,in consequence of pending Negotiations with the Edinburgh and North ern Railway Company, the MEETING of the SHAREHOL i, DEItS of this COMPANYjs HEREBY POSTPONED from By or der of the Board. - ALLEN GEORGE FIELD, Secretary. Edinburgh, Leith, and Gronton Railway Office, 1, Abercrombie-place, Edinburgh, 11th December, 1847. TARIFF OF THE ORIENTAL DIVAN, INCE the opening of this Establishment, the Proprietor, founding his knowledge on the past, has created a complete revolution—the ordinary cook has been changed for the London professor—the wines of usual vintages have been supplied by rich Amontillado, and fine full-flavoured Ports; the Champagnes, too, are of the choicest brands—the Brandies unequalled—while the British Spirits, Whiskeys, and Gins, direct from the first distilleries, are such as will bear compa rison with any extant. OPINIONS OF THE LIVERPOOL JOURNALS. "The elegance with which it is fitted, the promptitude and neatness with which everything is served up, render it the most fashionable restaurant. —Standard. " THE RESTAURANT, CLAYTON -SQUARE.—We have no doubt the promises which Feeney makes to the ear, he will, unlike Macbeth's Witches, keep both to the ear and to the hope."— Mercury. "The dinners and suppers cannot be excelled for variety, or lowness in charges.—Albion. _ _ " It consolidates the reputation of the proprietor as a caterer for the public.—Mail. " Suitable to all classes ; the wines are of undeniable quality." —Times. TUE FASHIONABLE RESTAURANT, CLAYTON-SQUARE.—A restaurant fitted up in the Oriental style, possessing very su perior accommodation."—Albion. LIST OF PRICES. Joints to cut from, with Salad and Cheese Ditto from Cold ditto A Dinner of Hot or Cold Meat from Joints Lunch. Ham or Beef Sandwich Small Steak, with Potatoes Dinner ditto ditto s. d. . 1 6 . 1 0 . 0 10 . 0 6 . 0 8 . 1 2 . 1 4 . 0 8 . 1 2 . 0 8 . 0 10 . 1 3 Dinner ditto, with Oyster Sauce... Small Chop, with Potatoes Dinner ditto ditto Two Stewed or Broiled Kidneys and Potatoes. Small Veal or Mutton Cutlet, &c. Dinner Ditto Welsh Rabbit Cup of Coffee Ditto with Toast Potted Shrimps, per Pot Tarts of all descriptions, 3d., 4d., and 6d. each. . 0 6 ... 0 4 ... 0 6 .... 0 6 DINNER OF SOUP, JOINT, CELERY AND CHEESE, FOR EIGHTEEN PENCE! ! 1 BOTTLED WINES. In Quarts. Pints. Half-pints. Fine Rich Amontillado 4s. Od. 2s. Od. Is. Od. Old Crusty Port Rich Fruity Claret 7s. od. 4s. 04,. Sparkling Champagme Hock . __... And other celebrated Wines, &c. CELEBRITY OF THE LONDON OYSTERS. The acknowledged superiority of the London Oysters, and the difficulty of obtaining them regularly even in this great commercial town, has induced the proprietor to arrange with one of the first Fishmongers of Biilinsgate, from whom he daiiy receives AN ABUNDANT SUPPLY OF THE NATIVES; but, as all the Liverpool Journals have eulogised them, Mr. F. submits their recommendation rather than his own : _ " A dish of the finest Oysters we ever remember to have seen or tasted ; we can Tionestiy recovim'end them."—Mercury. "We can safely vouchfor their fine condition and excellent -favour; bater cannot certainly be had in London or else where."--Standard. " FERNY'S ORIENTAL DIVAN.—We have seen, and, what is far better, we have tasted, some of the London Oysters which Mr. Feeny, of the Oriental Divan, Clayton-square, is now (laity receiving from London. We recommend our friends to pay the Divan a visit, and judge of the Oysters by their size, freshness, and delicious flavour. They cannot form any but the most favourable judgment of them."—Journal. LONDON OYSTERS RECEIVED DAILY. 7a. per Barrel, or Is. 4d. per Score. A PRIVATE ROOM FOR DINNER PARTIES. DAILY BILL OF FARE Is of the most recherche description. Sours, including Turtle and a variety of others. FISH, according to the market supply. From Oxe o'Clock till Seren.—Joints and Poultry of every de scription are served with dispatch and care. Roast and Boiled Beef, Saddles and Haunches of Mutton, Boiled Leg of Mutton and Caper Sauce. Roast Turkey, Boiled Rabbits and Onion Sauce, Le Petit Patty, and various Cotelettes, and En trees to order. Sweets, &c. Observe that the Signature of the proprietor, "G. C. Serjeant,') is written on the Government Stamp. SERJEANT'S LOTION, the only effectual Remedy against Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout Sciatica, and Lum bago. Sold by the Proprietor, G. C. SERJEANT, No. 7, Lo vell's-court, Paternoster-row, London; and by all Vendors of Medicine. Price 2s. 9d. per Bottle. The astonishing success which has crowned the application of this external Medicine in the most hopeless and deplorable cases, when the unhappy sufferer had despaired of ever gaining even the least relief, and this after the ablest advice and every ether means had completely failed, most justly entitles it to the attention of the afflicted. This excellent Medicine, so universally esteemed, is unat tended with the least danger or inconvenience; hundreds have experienced its happy and salutary effects since it was first introduced; and such are the properties of this invaluable Specific that persons labouring under the most distressing Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, and Lumbago, and rendered thereby incapable of assisting themselves, have been relieved in a few hours. Sold by Pendlebury, Rnssell•street ; Titherington, Oxford, street; Hogarth, Great George-street; Fisher, Bold-street; C , oupland, Parker-street; Gerrard, Oldhall-street ; Pa/tinsel:, New Scotland-road; Neal, Scotland-road; Simpson, Scotland road, opposite St. Martin's Market; Mackow, Vauxhall-road; Britten, corner of Pale-street and Haymarket; Smith, Great Homer-street; Cox, Fox-street ; Gillard, Richmond-row; Low, Islington; Walker, London-road; Parry, Christian-street; Wagstaff, Great George-place ; Priestley, rd-street ; Smith Woodside. Prier ; Warertree SERIOUS INCREASE IN THE RATE OF MOR TALITY, AND EXTRAORDINARY STATE OF THE ATMOSPHERE. The Registrar-General for the Metropolitan Districts has given, in his last return, the following as the morta ity for the last three weeks, viz., for the week ended Nov. 27th, 1,677 ; for the week ended Dec. 4th, 2,454 ; and for the week ended Dec. 11th, 2,416. The usual weekly average for this period is only 1,046. The in crease of last week above the average of the season is, therefore, 1,370 weekly, or 130 per cent., whilst there is a decrease of only 38 as compared with the greater number of deaths in the preceding week. The principal diseases to which death is attributed have been, in the three several weeks, zynzotic, 415, 638, and 783; diseases of the respiratory organs, 634, 994, 913; typhus, Av., 91, 136, and 140; influenza, 36,.136, and 374 ; pneumonia and bronchitis, 366, 649, and 593. The return gives, along with the above facts, a state ment of the very low range of the barometer during a portion of the period embraced, and the unseasonably high range of the thermometer. On the Ist December the reading of the former was high, being at midnight 30,237 inches. It descended, with only one slight rally, until on the morning of the 7th it was 28,381 inches, which is lower than any reading since the memorable 4orm of January 13th, 1843. After the 7th it gradually ascended. The total decrease in the five days and one hour to the 7th, when it was at the lowest point, was 1,855 inches. This change of reading is the greatest since January, 1843, after the storm, when, from the 13th to the 19th, the reading increased 2,341 inches in five days and twenty-one hours. Variations of temperature equally extraordinary oc curred within the corresponding period. On the Ist of December, at nearly noon, the thermometer, which during the preceding night had been as high as 50 deg., sunk to 40 deg. At lit had risen again to 50 deg., where it continued until 4 p.m., when it began to decline, until at midnight it had reached 38 deg. On the 2d—a cloudy day—the temperature increased until at midnight it stood at 56 deg., without any further decline than one degree during the night. On the 3d—also cloudy—the tempe rature was high until 8 p.m., after which it sank to 41deg. On the 4th it increased until 1 p.m., when it was 50 deg., it which it continued until after midnight, when it de clined to 24 deg. , 5 min. On the sth the highest tempe rature was 47 deg., and the lowest 37 deg. at 11 p.m. It ose from this time until 7 a.m. on the 6th, when it was lac 53 deg. At midnight it had sunk to 41 deg. The 7th vas cold, and little change all day. On the Bth it rose from 32 deg. in the morning to 41 deg. 5 min. at 1 p.m., Ind decreased to 31 deg. 3 min. It then rose gradually through the rest of the day and night, until, at 1 p.m. on on the 9th, it was at 56 deg. .5 min., having risen.2s deg. 2 min. in eighteen hours. From 2 p.m. on the 9th lOU 2 p.m. on the 11th, the temperature kept nearly uniformly high, the difference being only between 50 and 54 deg. After 1 p.m. on the 11th it declined, until, at midnight, it Was 38 deg. It will be seen that, during this period, the temperature has frequently been: higher in the.night than during the day, contrary to the usual rule. The How singular fa rthe a bove results. meteorology of th e p er i o d, as compared with that of the corresponding period of the five years since 1841, gives similar atmospherical phenomena are con nected with the increased amount of disease prevailing, we leave it to medical men to determine. Should they be tlkt_inducing cause of such disease, a similar inotase in the rate of mortality to that above noticed will proba bly be found to have prevailed in this district, as similar phenomena have been noticed at Preston by Mr. Holden, and in this town by Mr. Chadhurn. optician. EXAMINATION OF THE CHILDREN AT THE NORTH CORPORATION SCHOOLS, YESTERDAY. A very interesting examination of the North Corpora tion Schools, previously to their breaking up for the Christ mas holidays, took place yesterday, in the presence of the Chairman of the Education Committee, Edmund Moly neux, Esq., and several members of the committee, with A number of the local clergy. His worship the Mayor was also present shortly after the commencement of the proceedings. The first part of the establishment visited was the in fants' school, in which we found 150 children of both sexes assembled, some of them very young, and all very clean and neatly dressed. On the entrance of the visiting gentlemen they were saluted by the young scholars, and the business of the day commenced by Miss Pemberton, the mistress, asking a few questions, as to the purpose for which they were met together, which were replied to with wonderful tact and accuracy. A prayer was then recited by them, and a hymn sung by the little creatures in excel , lent tune and time,—their youth considered. They were then examined in Scripture history, in which they acquit ted themselves very satisfactorily ; and after another hymn, and an examination in the outlines of geography, a portion of the History of England and the pence table were sung, after the system adopted in inent schools, with very pleasing effect. This part of the proceedings terminated by the children singing "God save the Queen." After a few words of eulogy to the children and teachers I trom the chairman of the education committee, and the Rev. Mr. Dover, his worship the Mayor paid a very flat tering compliment to Miss Pemberton, the mistress, who, although she had only had the entire management for the past half-year, had succeeded in bringing the school to such a high state of efficiency. We may remark that the parents and relatives of the children, a number of whom were present, seemed to take great delight in the progress of their little ones. The boys and girls' school was next visited ; and after prayers had been said, the 15th chapter of the Ist Corin-- thians was read by the head boys, who were subsequently examined by the Rev. G. Dover a 3 to the chief doctrines and truths enforced in it, in which they acquitted them selves very satisfactorily. Mr. Alderman MOLYNEUX here announced that both the Mayor and Hmself were compelled to leave, and con gratulated the boys upon their excellent reading, hoping that the examination which they had gone through would show them the advantage of reading to understand. He expressed himself glad to see so many present. His Worship the MAYOR also expressed his pleasure not only to see so many of the children present, but their parents as well, and was glad to see them taking so evident an interest in the proceedings. After a few remarks as to the advantage of education beginning at the proper point, he stated a very interesting fact bearing upon the subject. He bad recently, he said, had to visit the Borough Prison, in which he found a great number of prisoners composed of young persons of tender age, like those he saw before him. He had to question them all, as to the education which they had received ; and the reply of the majority was that they had received none. It gratified him to find only one amongst the number who had been brought up at a school where Scriptural teaching was made the basis of education. _ _ The Girls' school was next examined, and the scholars passed through the ordeal with equal credit to themselves. We were pleased to notice the neatness of the whole, and especially to see amongst the most proficient a few who might almost be called adults, as such a fact tends to shew, on the part of themselves and their parents, a growing sense of the value of education. Mr. Dover, having to leave at this stage of the proceedings, addressed to the children a few valuable remarks, impressing upon them the importance of their making the most of the opportu nities of education then within their reach, to enable them to pass with credit and advantage to themselves the active life they would soon have to enter. Above all they should salvationin thisproceedingswiseunto school, which were pro longed further, reflectea great credit upon both the male and female teachers, We observed particularly the copy books and specimens of the sewing of the girls handed round to the parents—of whom there were a great num ber present—which appeared to give unequivocal satis faction. During the course of the examination the following song was.very pleasingly sung by the girls and boys : THE STORMY WINDS. Hark how the rain is falling, And loudly roars the blast; What torrents pour Shut to the door, And close the shutters fast. On such a rough and bitter night, How pleasant 'tis to know We have here, Nought to fear, When the stormy winds do blow. Oh I pity the poor sailor, And all who cross the seas; What fears are theirs, What toils and cures, While here we sit at ease. May they in safety reach their port, Nor wreck nor danger know; And on shore, Fear no more, When the stormy winds do blow. COLLISION ON TEE RIVER: STEAMER SUNK.—On Sunday morning, about eight o'clock, the Flambeau, steamer, left her moorings at the Albert Pier, for the pur pose of proceeding to sea : the Wirral, Woodside Ferry boat, was at the same time coming from Woodside, and, when little more than half-way across the river, the two vessels unfortunately came into collision. The Flambeau w as struck, or struck herself, on her larboard bow, and was so much injured that she rapidly filled, and shortly afterwards sank. The Thomas Stanley, steamer, which was lying near, drew her moorings to avoid being drifted against, and, before the vessel went down, took the crew on board. The Wirral, which, strange to say, had not sus t a ined the slightest i n j ur y. a tt ac h e d a rope and towed the disabled vessel, in hopes to reach the pier, but did not succeed in conveying her far before she sunk, and totally disappeared. The event of course caused consider able consternation amongst the passengers on board the Wirral, but it is consolatory to think that from the un toward event not the slightest personal injury ensued. The Flambeau belongs to a company of small capitalists aid had latterly been extensively employed as a steam tug. We have heard the most conflicting statements as to the cause of the collision. The crew of the Wirral affir m that at the time, their engine was stopped and the helm put hard a port. The crew of the Flambeau of course maintain that the other party were entirely to blame.—Yesterday afternoon active preparations were !made to raise the Flambeau from her watery bed, where if she remained she would form a dangerous obstruction to the navigation of the river. Flats had been employed in the morning to weigh her up; but when the tide rose the chains passed under her gave way, and a tide was conse quently lost. At four o'clock yesterday even ing four flats (two on each side) were alongside of her awaiting the flood tide for the same purpose ; and two steamers were at hand to tow her if she were got off into shallow water, or a place of safety. No portion even of the rigging of the vessel was visible. She had sunk oppo site to the north end of the Albert Dock Warehouses, about three hundred yards from the outer quay, and on the outside of the N.W. part of Pluckington Bank, where the rater js deep even at the lowest ebb of the tido. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION-ANNUAL DIS- TRIBUTION OF PRIZES. Yesterday the annual Christmas distribution of prizes to the pupils at the Collegiate Institution took place in the lecture theatre of that establishment. The interest. ing proceedings of the day were fixed to commence at twelve o'clock, but • long before that hour the spacious building was crowded with ladies and gentlemen, the friends and relatives of the pupils. Additional interest was given to the meeting by the announcement that our esteemed diocesan, the Bishop of Chester, would preside on the occasion. The body of the hall was reserved for the pupils and the galleries for the spectators. During the interval between the opening of the doors and the commencement of the proceedings, the organist to the institution executed with great effect several well known compositions upon the organ, including the halle lujah chorus, &c. &e. A little after twelve o'clock the Rev. Mr. Conybeare, the principal, followed by the Lord Bishop of the diocese, came upon the platform. The right rev. prelate, on taking the chair, was received with loud and long continued marks of applause. He was supported on his right by his Worship the Mayor, and the Rev. Rector Campbell ; and on his left by the Rev: the Principal of the Institution, and the Masters of the Middle and Lower Schools. On the platform their were also several of the clergy and gentry of the town. The " Venite" having been chaunted by the pupils, The CHAIRMAN rose, and said that after a long inter val, as it seemed to him, he was happy once more to meet them again. The assembly which he then saw before him reminded him of former similar occasions when he had been amongst them, and when he had taken great interest in their proceedings ; and from what he then saw around him he did not feel less interest on the present occasion. It showed to him that that great institution stood as high as ever in public estimation, and excited the same interest in Liverpool as it had always done since its foundation. He was, indeed, glad to find it so, but the satisfaction which he felt did not cause surprise, be cause he knew the institution to have been founded upon a principle which would insure stability. It was erected upon no sandy foundation, but upon those principles which both history and experience now told them were the only principles upon which all educational establish ments should be founded—on the principles that religion should form the staple of all education. (Loud cheers.) He did not mean to say that religion should be the ex clusive education to be given, but it should form the prin cipal part of education—the basis upon which all educa tion should be formed. (Loud cheers.) It should not be like the languages, or geography, or something added to the rest of various branches of instruction, which might be omitted if desired, but it should be the tissue running through the web, which could not be dispensed with. It was the principal part of education, and if it was not included as a leading feature the great purposes of education could not be served. (Cheers.) What was the great purpose of education—m a n's future destination, to prepare him for that state of existence which he was to undergo hereafter—there could not, he thought, be a doubt of that being its great purpose; they should take care, therefore, .not to educate them for the present world, but for immortality. (Cheers.) He was not there, nor would that be the place, to undervalue education which applied to the intellect. It would not be proper to deprecate all the various branches of education, but unless religion was made the basis, and ran through the whole, the most im portant part of man, which was his spiritual condition, would certainly be neglected. Teaching the business of this world was like the vernacular and the acquired in education. The vernacular might be said to be en tirely of this world, but the acquired, if properly directed, would look to higher ends. They would therefore see the difference between the vernacular and the acquired. He regretted that a system of education was in some degree pursued in the country where the principles of religion were excluded, and it was therefore a subject of much congratulation to his young 1 friends before hiM that they w e re n ot u n der the influence of such a system. If you, my young friends, (said the right rev. prelate,) are immortal beings, and if the present life, as compared with eternity, is as a grain of sand to a mountain, surely the consequences of cultivating the in tellect alone, and neglecting that which refers to the spi ritual part of man, must be serious indeed, for you are doing that which is temporal, and neglecting that which is eternal—you are educating for time, and not for eter nity. These reflections are, I think, obvious enough. I regret to find that the observations I have made meet with an illustration in the recent loss this institution has sus tained in the premature death of your late vice-principal. I did not know him except by reputation. By reputation, however, I knew him well, and I can tell you that at that place in which the intellect and religion is most cultivated he stood very high in the esteem of all, and in the university in which he received his instruction he received some of the highest rewards which that university could give. ( Great applause.) In the full enjoyment of such a reputation, and in the full enjoyment of his talents, he was appointed to a situation in this place, and the friends of the institution naturally looked forward to the benefits to be derived from his appointment. Sud denly, it pleased God to send illness upon him, and in a few weeks after teaching here, he was borne to the grave deeply lamented by those whom he had instructed. Here, then, you see an illustration of the principle of spiritual education. He had had a good education, but now what does it avail him—what is it that he at his university gained prizes, and was looked up to by his teachers as one of great learning and talents ? This is now all forgotten. But one thing is not forgotten. In the forgetfulness of his having deeply cultivated a naturally superior intellect, we recollect that at the same time he was ever a faithful disciple of God and his Saviour, and ever wished to teach others to do what he himself did. (Cheers.) In this example, though dead, he speaks to you. Already has he done so by the advice which, as I understand, he dictated to you upon his death bed, and you may, I hope, be impressed by it with the feeling that that which is said in the hour of death enables us to judge of it seriously, and conveys to us lasting impressions. (Cheers.) Whilst in the midst of life eternity seems to us like a distant range of hills. We look at them through a num ber of intervening objects, and are surprised to see how high they are when near them. But take away the inter vening objects, and you see the mountain as it is, yet you see nothing but what was there before. So with regard to this life. Its business and duties are but the interven ing objects between us and eternity —a sort of mist which prevents us from seeing it. But when death comes, the mists are dispelled, and we, see eternity as it is—we • all then see its importance, and yet it is really nothing but what it was before the mists were removed. Like the mountain which was no higher when it was seen more clearly, so eternity is no more than what it was before seen by death. Keep it then constantly in view in all your transactions, and you may rely upon it that it will prove to you the only thing precious in this life and in that which is to come. Let the vanity of all human intellect and acquirements persuade you to begin life as you would wish to end it—as I fervently wish all may end it—with eternity in view. I have been led to make these remarks from the melancholy circumstance to which I have alluded, and I trust the lesson it teaches will long remain upon your memories. We must now proceed to the more immediate business of the meeting. (The right rev. prelate resumed his seat amidst loud and long con tinued applause.) The Rev. PRINCIPAL commenced to read the prizes. The first was the senior divinity medal and prizes in the upper, lower, and middle schools. [The names of the successful competitors will be seen in the full list of prizes subjoined.] The Principal called the several competitors upon the platform. The CHAIRMAN, in presenting the prizes, observed that he could not lose the opportunity of observing that the first prize was an illustration of the truth of that to which he had alluded—the importance of religious educa tion. It was for the study of divinity. The subject chosen was a most important one, being Paley's Evid ences of Christianity. No book had made a greater im pression on the public mind than that had done. It had silenced infidelity, and though they might sometimes hear of unbelievers', he thought there were no argumentative unbelievers; and if there were any who unhappily were induced to read any of the works of an unbeliever they would find that he wrote without knowing his subject, and was intirely ignorant of the principles of Christianity. A great difference had taken place in men's minds since the publication of that book, within the last 50 years, and he congratulated the pupils on the study of such a work. (Cheers.) The PRINCIPAL then called upon the platform the suc cessful candidates for 7 -the. prizes, in the three schools. The CHAIRMAN congratulated all three competitors on the fact of having thus early obtained distinction, and he trusted it was only the prelude to future distinctions in the course of their lives. The subject to which their studies had been directed was the history of Louis XIV. There were many useful lessons in that extraordinary his tory. In no other history, perhaps was to be found a more striking illustration of the evil consequences of the bad government of the people. The evil effects of a de mocratic government were bad enough, but in the history they had before them they had the effects of a despotic government, which were certainly not less evil and de structive to the welfare of a country than a democracy. They saw from that history what a despotic monarch could do when not controlled. The reign of Louis XIV. was a remarkable career ; it showed despotism in its worst form. He trusted it would teach them to value our own form of government, which was neither despotic nor democratic, but a government in which they would recognize the greatest security to all classes. One great lesson which the study of this monarch's history would teach them was the folly of ambition. He seemed to have had ino object but that of personal aggrandisement, and yet, what was the result of the closing days of his life ? All was disap pointment. Such would ever be the result of such an am bition as his. He trusted they had drawn such deduc tions from the study of his life, and that it would induce them to admit our own excellent form of government. (Cheers.) The PRINCIPAL next called the fortunate competitors for the Senior Mathematical Medal (R. H. Hart). and prizes. The CHAIRMAN, in presenting the prizes, said he con gratulated the pupil on having distinguished themselves in so important a branch of learning. It was one which, when properly cultivated, improved considerably the gene ra l mind. There was no age in which mathematics were of greater importance or more useful to the possessor; than the present. He (the Chairman) hoped they would derive all the advantages which their studies were capable of con ferring. (Cheers.) The PRINCIPAL raid there were two of the pupils which he now had peculiar pleasure in calling upon to receive the reward of merit. They were from the middle and lower schools. Perhaps his Lordship was aware that amongst their regulations, they had two nominations, under which the pupils might be transferred by merit to the higher schools, without additional charge. He then called upon the platform, Master Bowman from the mid dle, and Master Holden trout the lower school, THE CHAIRMAN, in addressing them, said he must take care not to contradict himself in the advice which ha had just' given them to guard against undue ambition_ He did not wish to discourage them, but still he must warn theta not to be too ambitious by reason of their present success. Those who most possessed talents na turally rose above their fellows. They must pursue the improvement of those talents only for their own and others' benefit, and must bear in mind that advantages overstrained might reduce them lower than they were before. Several other prizes having been awarded, — The PRINCIPAL again rose, and said he had now fe call up those who had had prizes awarded them clear circumstances different to those who had preceded theta. They were prizes for those pupils who, not having this opportunity of attending the day schools, belonged to the evening classes. He considered them entitled to a doubba mark of merit. (Cheers.) The CIJAIRMAN observed that it gave him peculiar gratification to present those prizes. They were, doubt, less, very deserving of them. Their time during the day being employed in business pursuits, it was gratifying to find that.they were disposed to improve their minds whets the toils. of the day were passed. The laudable feeling shown by them in this would, he hoped, be a blessing and satisfattion to them• in future. (Applause.) The "Jubilate" was here sung by the whole pupils, _ _ accompanied on the organ, and several of the company joining. The extra prizes in the different schools were then read over by the Principal, and the masters of the middle and lower schools respectively. His Worship the MAYOR then came forward, and said that since he came to the meeting he had been requested to discharge what he could not but regard as a most agree able duty. He had to move a vote of thanks to their worthy diocesan for taking the chair on the present occa sion, and for the uniform kindness he had shown to, and the interest he had always taken in, he welfare of the Liverpool Collegiate Institution. (Loud cheers.) He should be doing an injustice to his own feelings did he not take that opportunity of expressing the gratification he felt at the remarks which had fallen from the Lord Bishop on the subject of education. That gratification was equalled only by the delight he felt that day week at the observations on the same subject which, had come from the judicial bench—from Mr. Baron Alderson. When. they knew that Baron Alderson had been the first man both at classics and mathematics at the university, it must be to them a source of peculiar delight, when they saw hint coming forward—having himself drunk so deeply in the classics—and saying that education without religion was unavailing, and even an evil. It was a pleasing corrobo ration of what they had that day heard from his lordship. (Hear, hear.) He would conclude by requesting that the best thanks of the meeting be given to his lordship the Bishop of the Diocese. (Loud and long continued cheers.) The Rev. the PRINCIPAL said that it was quite unnecessary for any one to say one word in favour of the resolution which had been proposed by the Mayor ; but, in gratitude, he felt bound to express his thanks, in the name of himself and all the masters in the institution, for the uniform kindness of the right rev. chairman. During the present year it had been by some feared that his con nection with them was in some danger of being separated, and that he would go to another diocese, in consequence of the alteration caused by the new see of Manchester. Now that the subject was settled, they were delighted at his remaining amongst them, and lie hoped lie would preside over them for many years. (Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN, in reply, observed that he was sure their excellent Mayor was sincere in the observations he had made when he spoke of the interest which he (the Chairman) took in religious education. He must be insensible, indeed, of the - most essential part of the duties of his office if he did not attach the greatest importance to religion being prominently mixed up with education. In such a town as this, where its youth might hereafter occupy responsible positions in public life, the principles of religious education could not be too often inculcated ; and that was one reason why he had always taken such an interest in that institution. It had been a great gratifica tion to see what he had seen, and hear what he had heard. The prizes awarded for attention and success he was de lighted to hear read. He congratulated the principal of the institution on the display which had that day been . . made. He felt sure he lied satisfied all interested---both parents and children—in his conducting of an establish ment which must necessarily give him much trouble and anxiety. He trusted the scholars would make the only return they could make, by following the lessons of advice and instruction offered them; and, by so doing, they would be making that return which their teachers alone desired. (Much applause.) The National Anthem was then sung; after which, the meeting broke up, and, in a few minutes, the long gallery of the institution was densely crowded with the specta tors who had been present, the at traction being the exhi tion of the drawings of the pupils during the past year. There were amongst them some clever specimens of art which did great credit to the pupils. UPPER SCHOOL PRIZES.—CHRISTMAS. SPECIAL PRIZES. Senior Divinity Medal,—A. Hunt. Senior Historical Medal,—J. J. Ridley. Senior Mathematical Medal,—R. H. Hart. CLASS PRIZES. Ist Class,—T. Webster. 2nd Class,—J. J. Ridley. 3rd Class,—J. Bottch. 4th Class, W. B. Jones. sth Class,—C. Wilson. 6th Class,—J. R,avrcion._ _ Preparatory Class,—J. Bristow. Names of those who have obtained Certificates. — Rogers, Wm. Jones, Nixon, Edward Jones, R. Peel, Hosking, Gardner. EXTRA PRIZES. Divinity Prize, given to the sth Class by Mr. Under wood,---J. Rawdon. Mathematical Prize to the Junior Division 4th Clan, given by Mr. Dixon,—J. Woodhouse. Extra Prize to 4th Class,—E. Jones. French Prize, given by M. Sears,—G. Booker. • MIDDLE SCHOOL PRIZES. SPECIAL PRIZES. Divinity Medal,—J. Rigby. Nomination to Upper School,—T. H. Bowman. Historical and Geographical Medal,—W. J. Wilson. Mathematical and Arithmetical Prize,—W. H. Abbott. Mathematical and Arithmetical Certificates,—.T. Leitch, A. P. Wren, C. G. Walker. French Me dal,—W. J. Wilson, French Certificates,—Thomas Bowman. Drawing Medal,—W. H. Abbott. Drawing Certificates,—James Lindsay, R. Claypole, Bunbury. Penmanship Medal,—T. Eyton. Penmanship Certificates,—Roose, Royclen, Johnson, Barber, Webb. CLASS PRIZES. Ist Class, Potter Scholarship,—W. J. Wilson. Certi ficate,—James Roberts. 2d Class, Prize of Books,—C. Ireland. Certificate,—. P. Arthur. 3d Class, Prize of Books,—W. H. Pearce. Certificate, —A. P. Wren. 4th Class, Prize of Books, J. L. Bowes. Certificate, — E. Bunbury. 7th Class, Prize of Books,—H. Derbishire. Certifi cate,—W. Barber. Bth Class, Prize of Books,—J. Hesketh. Certificate,-- Certificate,—Samuel Cross. Prize for Singing at Sight,—R. Bowman. Certificate, —G. Moult. LOWER SCHOOL PRIZES. SPECIAL PRIZES. Senior Divinity Prize,—Thomas Lowe. Nomination to the Middle School,—John Hidden. First Historical Prize,—W. E. Harder. First Arithmetical Medal.—William Houlding. First Penmanship Medal.—John Halden. CLASS PRIZES. Ist Class, Ist Molyneux Scholarship,—John Wilson. Ditto, 2nd ditto ditto,—Chas. P. Maddock, 2nd Class, Ist Prize,—William Betteley. 3rd Class, Ist Prize,—J. W. Sutton. 4th Class, Ist Prize,—W. B. Jones. sth Class, Ist Prize,—l. J. Sowerby. 6th Class, Ist Prize,—R. Sinker. 7th Class, Ist Prize,—Thomas F. Woodward. ward, J. H. litidgson, Jas. White, Jas. Buckley, Rd. Betteley. EXTRA SPECIAL PRIZES. English Composition,—A. P. Kirby. Open to the lst and 3rd class, given by the Head Master. Mathematics,—John Halden. Given by Mr. Graham. 2nd Class,—Thomas Whitby. Given by the Head Master. 3rd Class.—J. H. Hodgson. Given by Mr. Bogue. 4th Class,—Fredk. Miller. Given by Mr. Bogue. EVENING SCHOOL PRIZES. Mathematics, J. Hudson ; English, .L Hallam ; Arith.; metic, Thos. Jones ; Penmanship, R. Wynne ; Figure Drawing, Thos. Campbell; Ornamental Drawing, Johnt Roberts; Mechanical Drawing, Henry Bridge; Architec— tural Drawing, Thos. Jackson ; Naval Architectural Drawing, George Hodgkinson. 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