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By His late Majesty's. Rpyal, Letters Patent. WELLS & •MINE 11.1„ MANUFACTURERS 'OF* • IMPROVED PATENT FELT FO:t SHEATHING SHIPS' BOTTOMS, 4'c. FACTORY AT LAMB'S BUILDINGS, BUNHILL-ROW, Office at No. 31, Clement's-lane, Lombard-street, London. ri - IHE present Manufacturers, (who have recently purchased N.. the Patent of this valuable concern,) in re-offering the IMPROVED PATENT SHEA.THING TELT to the no tice of Ship Owners, Ship Builders, Railroad Companies, Builders, and others, deem it unnecessary to say anything with regard to the importance of such a material, as its character:and uses are now so well appreciated, particularly by Ship Builders, that scarcely any ship proceeds to sea without it; and when it is stated, that the Improved Patent Felt now offered does not greatly exceed the expence of tarred brown paper, it may be con fid e ntly expected that it will supersede the use of every ma terial for a like purpose now employed for sheathing Ships' bottoms. The Patent Sheathitig Felt now submitted is made of a much stronger and inure fibrous texture than the Felt hitherto in use, and will bear much greater extension under water in•the work ing and straining of a Ship; and, added to its valuab proper ties for resisting the worm, its compressed closeness nd tough ness of fabric, combined with its evenness and iformity of surface, entirely remove the objections insepa le from the Fairy hitherto in use, owing to the thickness inequality, and *sprYnginess of their material, by which a quil gor puckering 'is produced, very detrimental to the naili and even-wearing of the copper, to say nothing of the risk the nails drawing, from the expansion of the old Felts when turated with water. The felt now offered being entirely free from these serious ob jections, and the copper dressing on it. so much better than on any other, a greater degree of durability and safety . to the cop per sheathing itself, may, by its use, be reasonably inferred. It likewise possesses the advantage of being easily separated after being packed or laid together for any length of time, which is an important consideration in shipping it to hot climates. The price is now reduced to about one-fourth of the cost of the old hand-made Felt, and to less than half the price of the Felts now in use. It is manufactured in similar sized sheets to those (32 inches wide by 20 inches long, and sold at FOUR PENCE PER SHEET. It is also cut into sheets of double and treble the above length, but it can likewise be delivered in a continuous roll of any extent, at the above proportionate cost, and afterwards cot into any lengths required, by which means the number of joints in laying it on. can be diminished at dis cretion, offering an immense increase of security wherever the copper may be rubbed off. A second description of a much thicker quality, adapted for use under Wood Sheathing, Is also manufactured iu any Lengths revireil Nor Baling and Wrapping, the present. Felt is impervious to wet, and Much cheaper than Tarpaulin. For Roofing, Out buildings, Sheds, &c. it excels either Sheathing or Roofing Paper, being far more durable, and not liable to crack with the changes of temperature. Agents for Liverpool : CHAPMAN, CORNFORTH & CO., 2-1, James-streiti NEW INSTITUTION OF THE FINE A rs, FOR THR • • EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS AND SCU TURE BY MODERN ARTISTS, WILL be ready for the reception of CTURES, &c., upon the 20th of March, in the Gall, y, over the Union Ne..vs-Room, Duke-street. The appointment of a Secretary and Manager being yet un decided, they will be announced in a future Paper. March 9th, 838. OCEAN ASSURANCE COMPANY.. triHE DIRECTORS of the above Company Hereby hoe Notice to the Proprietors, that they h e declared a Dividend of •I'wELV SHILLINGS per Rtuire, or the year ending the 31st December last, and that such idend will be payable at the Company's Office, on, or after e 22nd instant, between the hours of Ten and Three each d . Dated in Li ve,pool, ►he Bth March, 1838. By order of the Board, • RICHARD RAWSON, Manager. Each Proprietor will be expected (if required) on applying for his Dividend, to proiluce the Certificate or Certificate's of 'his Shares. The Transfer Books will remain closed till the .2 itlf instant, inclusive. TO THE OF THE LIVERPOOL IN FIRMAR Y. GENTTAMEN,. Bez leave to return you my sincere and warmes thanks for the honour you have conferred upon me, 1 LECTING me to the SITUATION - of APOTHECARY to your belie- Virient Institution, and I hope by assiduity a sedulous atten tion to those duties which will devolve upon e, to merit that 'coullilence which you. have so kindly reposed in me. 1 have the honour to be, Gentlemen Your most obliged and humble servant. WILLIAM BURGESS. Frodxham. March 15, 1838. r iil I.; commissioners in a fiat in bankruptcy, bearin ■ ate ti the 3,1 day of June, 1837, awarded and issued forth ainst LEONARD ALBIN, the younger of Liverpool, in t . county of Lancaster, , wine and spirit merchant, dealer and hapman, intend to meet on the 19th day of March instant, Twelve of the clock at Noon, at the Clarendon _Rooms, So John-street, in I,i y,rpool aforesaid, in order to make a (livid of the estate and effcct•+ of the said bankrupt, when and wh re the creditors 'who have not already proved their debts are to come prepared to prove the same or .they will be excluded the benefit of the s4id dividend; and all claims not then proved will be di§allowed. Sjolicitor. 111 MIN 'l'. BUCKLEY, CHEESE FACTOR a GENERAL PACKER, begs leave to inform hie Friends a the Public, that he has REMOVED from Redeross-street to too e commodious. Premises, No. 42, SOUTH CASTLE-STREET, ere he intends carrying, on Business in' future. He trusts, by strict attentior, to merit a continuance of the Public patronage which he has hitherto experienced. flay ready Packed for Shipping, by an Hydraulic Press. THOS. BRAULE 'CABINET 3fANUFACiukr, -- TIPHoLsTEBY,.CARPET, AND PAPER HANGING , 122, lircrimoNn-now, LivErtPoor.. npums. BRADLEY gratefulty acknowledge the distin guished patronage he has enjoyed frog he Nobility, , - Gentry, and Public in general since his co encement of the above business, and begs to assure therm t tno exertions shall be wanting on his part to merit a cont nuance of their favour. He pledges himself to supply the very best Articles, upon the most reasonable terms, and earnestly invites to a trial of his Goods, convinced that they will be found equal to any from the first establishments in London. - N.l3.—Funerals completely Furnished and Attended. ELLEY and SON, BOOT AND SHOE MANUEAC NV TUBERS, respectfully beg to submit to their Friends and the Public, their LIST of PRICES, which in accordance with their principles they have made such further Red tions in as the state of the trade will admit, withoutdeteriora on of quality, durabilit, or style. WM. ELLE , / and SON gratefully acknowle e past favours, and hope by their superior articles and syst of business to merit a continuance of the same. GENTLEMEN'S S. L lES' 9. (1. Best Calf Wellington Boots 17 I Best Cloth onts Stout Calf Walking Shoes.. 7 I Best Overall Dress Shoes silk lined .... 6 Orders executed for Exportation and Home Consumption. 25, ALBION-BUILDINGS, OLD HAYALkIIKET, And 156, DALE-STREET. TI-IE FAMILY LINEN WAREHOUSE,- 97, BOLD-STREET, / (THREE DOOM BELOW THE MUSIC MALL.) 11C) ' & H. ANDERSON, in announcing to their Friends DMe and the Public their REMOVAL to th above (commo dious Premises, beg respectfully to acknovvfed e the liberal sup port extended to them during the long perio hey have been in business, and hope, by a continued attent - to superiority in quality in every department of their Stock, o give that satis-fac tion which will ensure a continuance of th t favour they have so long experienced. In addition to their own Manufacture of DAMASK, TABLE LINEN, COVERS, SHEETINGS, LINENS, and DIAPERS, R. and 11. A., in order to make their establishment complete in Family Furnishing, have added an extensive Stock of BED-TICK, BLANKET, COUNTERPANES. QUILTS, FLANNELS, &C. Tr'AmitY CRESTS and COATS of ARMS executed in a superior style. Specimens of some of those they have already done, may be seen as above. IDROFESSOR .SW EDOU It'S HYGEIAN , HERB PILLS, for the effectual extirpation of every species and symptom of the SYPHILITIC DISEASE, and tie disorders arising from improper treatutent. Prepared and sold by the sole Prnpri or, at No. 54. SEEL-STREET, LIVERP OL. In boxes at 24. 9d. and Is. 6d. ea . Warranted not to contain COPAIBA, C EBS, or any deleterious ingredient. .With each Box is given a Treatis on Venereal and Syphilitic Diseases, with observations on seminal weakness &c. Stc., containing hints worth knowing by those who are, or h ave been sufferers to this dreadful and devastating malady. Dr. DAV I ESON continnes to direct his attention to those dis orders arising from the too free and indiscriminate indulgence of the passions, which not only occasion a numerous train of nervous reifect ;one ; hilt also entails on its votaries all the ener vating imbecilities of old age. In that distressing state of de bility and deficiency, whether the consequence of baneful ha hits, excessive drinking, or any other cause by which the powers of the constitution become enfeebled, he offers a firm, safe, and speedy restoration to sound and vigorous health. • It is a melancholy fact that thousands fall victims to the ve nereal disease. owing to the unskilfulness of illiterate men, who, by the use of that deadly poison, Mercury, ruin the constitution, and when the great Doctor Swedour became Professor at Ley den University, he conferred an invaluable benefit upon man kind by the discovery of his grand Panacea, for the cure of this deplorable complaint. Never did a discovery excite a greater sensation, it was sought after with avidity, and used with the undeviating success- in the most minute and intricate cases of the delicate complaint, for the cure of which they hare been so long celebrated. The fame of these Pills throughout Germany, caused their speedy introduction into almost every country. The certainly with which they were continually administered can be attested by -inane thousands. In fact, during the long conti nental war they were the inseparable companion and safeguard of the soldier, in all cases where the slightest suspicion of infec tion was entertained. What medicine can be more appropriate than that which has given such general satisfaction ? The Ilyge ian Herh Pills root out every particle of insidious poison, puri fying in their progress the whole mass of fluids. They not only remove the disease, but renovate by their action the different functions of the body expelling the grosser humnura, and in a mariner s() mild and imperceptible as to convince the most seepi ical of their astonishing and unequalled powers. The neither contain mercury nor any other mineral, and may he taken without the slightest suspicion of discovery—they require 'na restraint of diet, loss of time, or hindrance of business. but effect a complete cure, without the least exposure to the patient. At any period when the slightest suspicion may exist, it will be well to have recourse to the Hygeian Herb Pills, for when taken before the disease has made its appearance it acts as a certain preventive, by moving the complaint effectually and secretly. The deplorable state in which many persons have been when visiting the proprietor, from the use of mercury, renders it im peratively necessary to caution the public against that dangerous mineral when injudiciously administered. These Pills should form a portion of all Medicine Chests, by sea and land, and might never to be omitted by any person going a long voyage or jonrney. their properties are such that neither heat nor cold will injure their quality, or prevent the due effects on the consttution. Dr. Davieson will attend daily at his residence. from. Eight in' the mnrvinq until Ten at night, (on Sundays from i jstin., till Two,) wbere he /rives advice to all applicants taking any of his rt.parations„ wiTHouT A FER. Letters (post-paid) enclosing, a remittance ' answered by re urn, and Medicin e s p unc t ua lly t ransm itt e d to any address either by initials or name. N 0.54, BERL-STREET, LIVERPOOL. W. ROBE RT'S, HAIR CUTTER AND PERFUMER, 14, CHURCH STREET, (OPPOSITE THE CLOCK IN ST. PETER'S CHURCH( WROBERTS, in announcing his removal to t e above . commodious premises, avails himself of t s opportu nity with gratitude to acknowledge the liberal iport he has received since his commencement in business; and to assure his patrons that, encouraged by their favour, h will at all times strive to deserve and increase it, by a mpt attention to their commands, and likewise by keeping a choice selection of Articles of the very best quality. mr, R. deems it superfluous to say an thing as to his style of Hair Cutting, or as regards his manufacturing of Perukes — the superiority of the former being 'universally admitted, and the latter, yielding preeminence to none but nature; out coining so near that standard, as almost to defy the scrutinizing eye of the connoisseur, in order to detect them (torn the genuine pro duction of that which art can never excel—nature. imperial Parliament. HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY. Earl Grey, Lord Audley (on the death of his father), .Lord Falmouth, Lord Vaux (Mostyn) and the Marquis of Tweedale, severally took the oaths and their seats. _ . Lord STANHOPE presented petitions fur the total repeal of the poor law amendment act. The Bishop of EXErsit presented a petition from the guar dians of the poor of the Dudley union for protection against the arbitrary proceedings of the poor law commissioners, and the dietary which they sought to enforce. These petitions led to some interesting conversation, in which Lord Melbourne, the Marquis of Winchilsea, &c., took part. The Bishop of EXETER moved for copies of the correspon dence between the poor law commissioners and the Dudley guardians of the poor, &c.; which were ordered. The watermen's act amendment bill was read a third time, and passed.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY Mr. DIVETT reported from the committtee appointed to in quire into the merits of the Tra lee election petition, that John Bateman, Esq., was nut duly elected member for that borough, and that Maurice O'Connell, Esq., ought to have been returned In answer to a question from the Marquis of CHANDOS, Lord Joux RUSSELL said, that while Lord Durham was at St. Petersburg he received the salary or an ambassador; and the expenses of the noble lord, in his mission to Canada, would be paid by the country as the expenses of a special mission. He would receive no salary while iu Canada. The second reading o(the county rates was postponed till the 28th instant. _ Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated, in answer to a question from Lord Ashley, that the factories regulation bill %you'd be intro duced in a few days, but not pressed forward until after Easter. In answer to a question from Mr. O'CONNELL, Mr. P. THorasoN stated, that the English ambassador had remonstrated with the French government on the subject of the new duties to be imposed on time importation of linens into France; and, from the communications which had passed, he trusted that the additional impost would not be persisted in. Mr. HumEthen moved as a resolution, "That the appoint ment of the lion. Mr. Primrose to the office of castier and receiver-general of the postoffice revenues in Scotland, being a person not previously employed in the post-office department, as established by the Duke of Richmond. the postmaster-gene ral, in 1831, injurious to the public service, and prejudicial to the interests of the established clerks and officers in the post office establishment. After some discussion, the motion was rejected by a majority of 173, the numbers being—for the motion 2'3, against it 202. • Colonel Start-16RP brought forward a motion for the reduc dims of the duty on fire insurances, which, after a short discus sion, was rejected by a large majority. The house then went into committee on the army estimates, which were introduced by Lord HOWICK. The noble lord stated, that the actual increase of the estimates of the present year over those of last year was £113,633. Mr. 1 - ILNIE moved. as au amendment on the first vote, that 10,0(X) men be taken off the number of men proposed to be voted for the service of the year. After a long discussion, the amendment was rejected by ,t majority of 121 to 11. Several sums were then voted fur the different branches of the service, after which the chairman reported progress, and asked leave to sit again on Wednesday. Adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY The Earl of WINCHILSEA, adverting to returns regarding the yeomanry, and the discontinuance of his own regiments, spoke of the inequalities of the reductions that had taken place, and inquired whether what bad been done were only - the first step towards further reductions. Lord MELBOURNE answered, without speaking decidedly as to what might be hereafter proposed, that at 'present further reductions were not contemplated; and that, as to the noble earl's troops, they were only reduced because the contiguity of his county to the metropolis rendered the force less re quisite. The Duke of WELLINGTON spoke of the utility of these forces, but admitted that they might have been better distri buted. Earl STANHOPE deferred from Thursday till Tuesday next, at Lord Brougham's request, his motion regarding the Poor Law Amendment Act, &c. LORD GLENEIG moved the second reading of the Slavery Ab,,lition Acts Amendment Bill, entering into detail of the objects of the measure, and the defects :it was intended to remedy. , Lord BROUGHAM complained of portions of the bill, but offered no general opposition to it, as they might be remedied in com mittee. rne bill was eventually-read the second time, and ordered to be committed. Their lordships adjourned till Thursday. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TuEspAy. In the commons there were three ballots—namely for election committees for Carlow, Walsall, and Dublin. _ Many petitions were presented, although, owing to the extra ordinary noise that prevailed in the house, it was difficult to as certain the particulars. _ . . . Mr, CICA WIWI) presented a numerously-signed petition from the inhabitants, merchants, ship owners, &c., of London, com plaining of the coal monopoly, of the interruption of the Thames navigation by the detention of the colliers, &c. Mr. GILLoN deferred his motion regarding the reduction of the soap duty until the 27th instant. Sir E. Kriarenecu. - inquired what would be the amount of salaries under the new bill regarding courts of quarter ses sion, &c.? Lord J. RUSSELL said, not below £40(), nor above £lOOO a year. Mr. II UME again urged the necessity of directing the clerks to note the names of members dividing in election committees; but, as the question is considered one of privilege, the subject was not pressed to a division, Lord J. RUSSELL (in answer to inquiries from Lord Dun gannon) said that it was not intended to propose any extension of the tune regarding the voluntary commutation of tithes; and that where assistant commissioners, already appointed, required the aid of further legal opinion, toey would call in the assistance of a commissioner who could give such opinion. Sir DE LACY EV Ns then brought forward his motion re garding those Spanish affairs in a bids he had been personally concerned. The ohject tie had in view, in moving for papers, was to show that the representations respecting the forces that had been under his command in Spain had been very incorrect. or much exaggerated. To show such fact, he concluded with moving for papers. Sir EL HARDINGE, at a considerable length, and with much point, examined the conduct of General Evans in Spain, and especially in allowing the dogging of troops at the caprice of the officers. He declared the general's conduct to have been herein contrary to the English articles of war, and expressed the hope that he shtould•never again bear of such conduct. As Lord Elliot intended to bring forward a specific motion regard ing the conduct of the legion, &c., he should reserve his opinion till that motion was brought forward. Lord Et.r.roT said he should on an early day bring forward a motion impugning' the conduct and policy of her Nlajest)'s ministers towards Spain. Sir 11. VIVIAN defended General Evans. After remarks from Mr. TENtqvsom EYNCOURT, Captain BoIDERO, Lord PA LMERSTON, &c., the motion was agreed to, and the papers ordered. The Art° itNEY-GEN ER A 1, for Ireland obtained leave to bring in a hill to amend the laws relating to the registration of voters in Ire land. Adjourned. HOUSE OF CONIMONS.—WEDNESDAY. The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. CARLOW (BOROUGH) ELECTION. Colonel WA nn, as chairman of the Carlow (Borough) Elec tion Committee, reported to the house that the sitting member, W. H. Monde. Esq., was duly elected, and that the petition against the said return, and the opposition to it, were neither frivolous nor vexations. MONTGOMERYSHIRE CANAL. Mr. C ivy moved the second reading of the Montgomeryshire (Western Branch) Canal Bill. Mr. CLIVE opposed the hill. Mr. C. W. WYNN also opposed the bill, and• moved as an amendment that it he read a second time this day six months. A discussion ensued, in which - several members took part ; strangers were ordered to withdraw, and thehouse divided, when there appeared— For the. second reading Against it Majority The hill is - consequently lost. - '1 he Combarton ttoads Bill and the Walsall Market Bill were severally read a second time, and ordered to be committed. A number of petitions on various subjects were presented. Lord CASTLEREAGH presented a petition from the high sheriff and grand jury of the county of. DoWn, against the Irish Poor law Bill. The petition was read at length by the Cleik at the table. _ A great number of petitions in favour of, and against, the the Boundaries Bill were presented. Sir C. B. VERB presented 13 petitions praying for the total abolition of negro apprenticeship on the Ist of August next. BELFAST ELECTION. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL said, he had to present a petition from Alexander Montgomery, agent to the petitioners, defending the return of Lord Belfast, and James Gibson, Esq. complaining of demands made by the present sitting members for Belfast, and their agent, for certain expences alleged to have been in curred by them as witnesses before the Belfast Election Com mittee. . . _ ......„. Mr. Sexes was of opinion the house had no authority to re ceive a petition of such a nature. It referred tna question which competent officers were appointed to adjudicate upon. Mr. 1117 ME said he wai of ()pluton the petition otw,ht to be laid on the table, and then any motion on the subject might be made. The Sec A En said it was a question entirely for considera tiOn of the house. Mr. C. W. WYNN was decidedly of opinion that the petition ought to be referred to the proper officers appointed to tax costs on parliamentary proceedings, and that the house had no au thorit7 to interfere. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was of opinion, as the petition prayed for an alteration of the law, it might be received. The SPEAKEit recommended the hon. member to withdraw the petition and give notice of a motion founded on the subject. Re might also. if he thought fit, present another petition, to which the same objection %you'd not attach. After a few nliservations from Sir E. SUGDEN, Mr. HOME, the ATTonNEY-GENERAL ' and Mr. WA KI.Ef. The SPEAKER said he had stated clearly that the expenses before election committees, under the provisions of an act of parliament, must he settled by the proper officers appointed for that purpose. It would be very inconvenient fur the house to interfere with the jurisdiction entrusted to those officers. Mr. tlcsin said the petition was respectfully worded, and therefore it ought to be received. ( Loud cries of " Spoke, spoke," "Order.'') The hon. member for some time attempted to address the house, but the cries of "Spoke, spoke," " Order, order," were so loud that he could not proceed. Sir. J. OWEN rose to order. He told the hon: member to his face that he was out of order. Mr. HUNIR.—The lion; member states what is not correct. : (Cries of " Hear, hear," and " Chair.") He was not out of order, and must call for the authority of the, chair to protect him from the disorderly conduct of disorderly gentlemen oppo site. (Hear and laughter,) Lord STANLEY said the hon. member was clearly out of order. He could not rise to make a motion whilst a question before the house was not decided. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought they were all out of order. The SPEAKER repeated that the better way would be to with draw the petition, for the sake of regularity. Mr. Humx again rose amidst a scene of great confusion. He wished to rebut an impertinent observation of the hon. member opposite. (Order, order, chair, chair. The SPEAKER was sure the hon. rrember for Kilkenny must be aware that he was using language that was not sanctioned by the house. (Hear, hear.) • Mr. HUME.— Well, then, if the word impertinent is unpar liamentary, I will say improper observation. (" Hear, hear," and " Order, order.") The hon„ member attempted again to address the house, but was 'Linable to succeed. Mr. M. 3. O'CONNELI. then withdrew the petition. IRISH POOR LAWS, Lord J. Russsit. said he sh,itald procead with the Irish poor law bill on Friday. On the motion of the Marquis of CHANDOS, certain papers connected with the affairs of Canada were presented. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD BOUNDARIES BILL. Mr. V. StaiTii then moved the order of the day for the second reading of the municipal boundaries bill. Left sitting. MURDER IN THE ISLE OF MAN. On Tuesday, the 6th instant, a court of inquiry was held at Casttetown, by his Honour Deemster Heywood, for the purpose of investigating the charge of the wilful murder of Frank Wil son, founded against Philip Clucas, by a coroner's jury. The Attorney-General, James Quirk, Esq., conducted the prosecii tion, and the prisoner was defended by Messrs. Bluett and Dumbell. The jury having been sworn, the prisoner was placed at the bar, when James Quirk, Esq., acting Attorney-General, stated the case, and proceeded to call evidence in support of the charge. The witnesses were—William Crellin. Jonas Broadbent, Wil liam Hastie, Robert Christian, Ann Gilbertson, John Gilbert son, Charles Cottier, Philip Kinlev, and Doctors Nelson and Moses, whose evidence was, in substance, a repetition of that taken at the coroner's inquest. Philip Calev examined. Is gaoler of Castle Rushen. Re members a conversation which took place between Clucas (after he was apprehended) and the High Bailiff of Castletown, at which he was , present. A remark was then made about a 'pla card which appeared on'the walls, in which Clucas was stigma tized as the murderer of Wilson. He appeared much surprised and hurt, that he should be published as a murderer before an inquiry was instituted. He gave an account of the transaction. and said, that his reason for telling Wilson that he had passed Lee's house, when such was not the case, was to induce Wilson to come on faster, as he was afraid they would be too late for the packet. Clucas has stated in deponent's presence, that they had been in several public-houses, and had had each six.glasses of brandy during that evening, which, he said, was more than he had ever before drunk. The prisoner confessed that he was tipsy, but Wilson was much more so: After they had left Gil bertson's, the deceased became more affected by the liquor, and the prisoner had difficulty in dragging him.on. Several times the deceased fell and brought the prisoner along with him. At last the prisoner was obliged to leave him, and proceed on his way. '1 he prisoner had also stated, in answer to an inquiry at that time, that, on arriving at Liverpool, he went to his old lodgings, but the woman of the house being about to be confin ed, the prisoner could not be accommodated. He then went to another house, kept by a Manxman, in Liverpool, where he obtained lodgings. and work being scarce, he had a hundred cards printed for the purpose of making himself more known among his friends. If he had been guilty , of the crime laid tohis charge, he had plenty of time to make his escape. Thomas Nelson examined. Is a surgeon in Douglas, and at tended the coroner's inquest on the body of Wilson. In con junction with Dr. Moses, he made a post mortem examination of the hody. There were no marks of violence on the head, but on the cheekbone something like a scratch, and a discolouration on the left arm, which might Jesuit -from a fall. There was a wound on the left temple, about the size of a shilling or half-a crown, scooped out, being large inside, perfectly free from dis colouration or extravasated blood. It appeared to have been eaten by rats or weasels. There was congestion of the vessels of the brain, which was very much surcharged with blood. A brow might cause this, but would leave au external mark, which did not appear on examination of the deceased. A slight fall of a drunken man might cause the marks described. There was nothing, from superficial and internal examination, which would leave him to suppose that the deceased had come to his death by violent means, Did not suppose that he had come to his death by strangulation or suffocation, as in cases of that na ture the lungs are collapsed, but the luugs of the deceased were, on the contrary, distended. J. W. Moses examined. Is a surgeon, and assisted Dr. Nel son at the opening of the body of Wilson; has heard Dr. Nel son's evidence read over, and perfectly coincides in his opinion. The stomach was also opened, and• presented a very healthy appearance, having little. in it beyond the juices, which would leave the deceased more exposed. to the effects of the liquor he had taken. . . . His. Honour here asked the Attorney-General, if he had not stronger evidence against the prisoner? The Attorney-General said, that he had several witnesses to be examined, whose evidence, however, was only circumstantial. His H onour then said, that he had allowed sufficient time to collect conclusive evidence against the prisoner, before the trial came on ; but that as it appeared there was no more direct tes timony brought forward than what was given at the Coroner's inquest, he considered that there was no evidence to commit the prisoner. The laws of the Island for capital crimes were most humane, and he approved in cases of such kinds where there was direct evidence against the prisoner, to commit him for his trial at the Court of Gaol Delivery. In the present case, no evidence that had been adduced could justify him in follow ing such a precedent, and, he considered that the course open to the jury wet to acquit the prisoner. At the same dine, he could not forbear commenting upon that conduct of persons connected with the public press, in prejudging the case, by publishing notices so detrimental to the ends of justice, and at variance to all decency. Such conduct was highly improper, and deserved the most marked censure. The jury, without retiring, returned a verdict of Not Guilty, and the prisoner was set at liberty. NATIONAL EDUCATION. At a meeting of the clergy of the diocese of Kilmore, on the Ist instant, the following petition was unanimously adopted. " To the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in this present Parlia ment assembled—the bumble petition of the Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese of Kilmore, " Humbly sbeweth, " That your petitioners are members and ministers of the s E ir s o ta u b s li t s o he p d ro C m hu ot r e th chi e n elxretleannsido,nsoodi true religion and sound as s uc h , are sincerely de knowledge amongst the ignorant and indigent youth of the country. That it is our hearty desire to be enabled to extend the blessings of religious instruction to all without respect of tiersons ; and, for the sake of accomplishing that important ob ject, there is no labour which we would decline, and no sacri tices which we would not make, consistently with our duty as clergymen and as christians. That, as ministers of the Gospel of Christ, we cannot but shrink from the responsibility of with holding, or of couutenancing any system of education which withholds from any class of Christian children that blessed Book, by which life and immortality are brought to light, it being our bounden duty to assert for all their inalienable right to read and to hear the holy Word of God. That your peti tioners are fully convinced that an Education Board, based upon the truths revealed in Holy Scripture, is the only educa tion which can lead to that righteousness which exalteth a na tion ; and they are, therefore, constrained to declare, that in the schools which they are desirous of being enabled to estab lish, the reading of the Holy Scriptures by all children of a suitable proficiency, should be a rule without exceptions. That in all schools such as we contemplate, it would be indispensable that the master should be an individual in whom well grounded confidence may be placed—as one who would not abuse his op portunities to the disparagement of the Holy Scriptures, and the perversion of the youthful minds committed to his charge; and such confidence we do not feel with respect to the great body of the masters who are now administering the System of National Education in Ireland. That the modifications of the National System of Education, lately put forth by the Board of Commissioners, do not at all remove our objections to the prac tical working of that system, but rather increase them, by af fording additional facilities for the propagation of erroneous doctrines, and by the increased exposure of Protestant children to insidious designs upon their faith. That as a body of men in immediate connection with the religion of the State, we feel it not unreasonable to expect from the Legislature the aid necessary to enable us to be use ful in promoting the knowledge and practice of our Di vine religion, and even justified in complaining, which we do with feelings of a profound and poignant sorrow, that the public revenues of a country, predominantly protestant, should he allocated to the maintenance of a system which has been proved by evidence before committees of parliament, to be sub servient to the aggrandisement of the Church of Rome. That while we are desirous to abstain on the one hand from any aggression that could, in the remotest degree, deserve the name of persecution, we are bound also on the other, to abstain from aiding or confederating in the maintenance of ought that we know to be opposed to the Word of God and, as the pre sent system of' national education has a tendency not only to make light of that Blessed Word, but to foster and encourage errors that are contrary thereto—while such continues to be its character, it can never meet with our approbation. 'That the board of commissioners, as we understand them, are themselves are not satisfied with the vast privileges already conceded to them, but meditate aggressions upon other established institu tions for education in Ireland, and aspire even to the power of taxing the people, and of interfering in behalf of their system of education, with the rights of the protestant proprietary of Ireland ; and that the furtherance of such views by the legis lature, we should deplore as a great public calamity. That it is our fixed belief, founded upon long experience, that scrip tural schools, under our own auspices, would be largely attended by children of every denomination, and that if there was secu red for them that countenance from thestate, to which, for every reason, human and divine, they are entitled, a very short time would witness the rapid disappearance of prejudices which would never have risen to its present height, but for a persua sion sedulously propagated by the enemies of the national reli gion, that both with respect to its rights, and with respect to its principles, the Established Church in Ireland does not meet that support from men in power, which it is their duty to a fro! ri it. That in now coming forward to pray for aid to extend the blessings of scriptural education, and to offer this our solemn protest against a system by which the laws of God and true re ligion are injurinusly compromised, we conceive that we are only acting in conformity with that character of guardians of the public morals and spiritual guides of the nation, with which the clergy of the established church are publicly invested ; and that if we were to hesitate or withhold our warning voice from the high councils of the realm, on this momentious subject, we might he justly' chargeable with the reproach of unfaithfulness in the discharge of our bounden duty. That your petitioners„ therefore, pray your honourable house to take the premises into your favourable consideration, and to devise such measures as in your wisdom may seem fit, to enable them to offer a scrip tor;il and literary education to the poor of their parishes, upon principles consistent with the laws of God and with their own ordination vows, and the inviolable obligations of their con science. . . " And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray," &c. CONSERVATIVE FESTIVAL IN SOROPSOIRE.—Busy prepara tions are making in Oswestry for the approaching great conser vative festival, under the superintendence -a a committee of the rtco.c,,hhouring and resident gentry. All the truly loyal and worthily liberal members of Shropshire. the adjoining counties of Denbigh and Montgomery, and others in any way connected !herewith, with several noblemen of unflinching . well-tried con servative principles, are expected to honour the meeting with their Company.—Ten Towns Messenger, ANNUAL MEETING AT THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. On Wednesday evening, at seven o'clock, the annual meet_ ing of the members of the Mechanics' Institution was held at the institution, in Mount-street. The meeting this year presented a different feature to the meetings of former occasions, being held in the theatre of the splendid new institution in Mount street. William Wallace Currie, Esq.. the president, took the chair. He was surrounded by a number of the gentlemen of the town, supporters of the institution, amongst whom we noticed Mr. Joshua Walmsley, Mr. King, Mr. Richard Shiel, Mr. Mnsgrove, &c., &e. The gallery of the theatre was hung round with drawings and designs, the works of the various pupils of the institution ; and on the table before the president were several models, also the work of pupils and artizans con nected with the institution. One, the model of a flight of steps, in stone, erected without support, on the principles of geotiletrical proportion was very beautiful. The PRESIDENT, in opening the business of the meeting . said, owing to an accident, two years ago, he had the honour or • being elected president of that institution; and an accident it was of a graver nature which, the last year, prevented his suc cessor being appointed. It was his great good fortune now to be called on to address them under circumstances very different indeed. The last time he had seen them was six or seven months ago, when they had met to clear the house preparatory to a removal, whbn their prospects were'far different to wha they are at present. A circumstance had occurred which was sufficient to damp the feelings of the most enthusiastic. Now their prospect was changed. Few institutions had ever arrived at a position which promised so much for the future. Beyond the honourable and honorary office which he then held he could not claim to himself any credit for the circumstances which hat! led to the present result, and therefore what he was going to say must be considered as distinctly to apply to the committee, and not as a praise of himself, for he deserved nothing. He con sidered it a very great honour to be elected to preside on that occasion. It would not be necessary for him to enter into any detail on the progress of the institution, as their excellent secretary would read the report, in which all information on that head would be embodied; but he did say this, that, ton_ sidering, the happy circumstances by which they had been enabled to secure the services of the professors and masters whom they had the honour of having among them, and the further support which the public seemed inclined to give, he thought they might look forward to bright days indeed for the institution. He should now request the secretary to read the repot t, after which he should distribute the prizes to the pupils , and afterwards take the, opportunity of saying a few words on the occasion. Mr. 11AncLIFF, the secretary, then read the following report : The Directors to whom you confided the management of this Institution, in laying before you a report of their proceedings for the last six months, feel no ordinary degree of pleasure in being able to congratulate you, not only on the progress which the Institution has made, but also on the high estimation in which it is now held by the public. They feel confident, that after an impartial review has been taken of their proceedings, the difficulties which have been surmounted, and the increased efficiency which has been communicated to every department of the Institution, it will be admitted that they have not proved unworthy of the confidence you reposed in them, and that the Institution is deserving of a still higher degree of public support than it has yet experienced. In the last six months 1119 new members have been ad mitted, whilst only 113 have cease'l to pay their subscriptions, leai-ing an increase of 1336 members. The number of mein bets belonging to the Institution are as follows :- 470 Members for life, 877 Annual subscribers of 21s. each. 210 Quarterly subscribers., 366 Sons of members. 168 Apprentices. 195 Ladies. Total ..2286 The following brief abstract of the accounts of the Institu tion will show its receipts and expenditure ; the detailed ac counts will be printed with the report as usual. Amount received in subscriptions, &c £1532 11 1 Donation from James Muspratt, Esq 2OO 0 0 £1732 11 I Amount due to the Treasurer in Sep tember Amount expended in Teachers' sala ries and the general expenses of the Estatolishinent llO7 1 6 1263 5 2 Balance in the Treasurer's hands £469 5 11 The Directors are happy in being able to state, that in con sequence of the great influx of life members during the last six months, a large sum has been obtained, which they have de voted to the discharge of the debt on the building. The balance remaining unpaid, and which includes the expense of fitting up the schools, and rendering every part of the Institu tion complete, does not exceed £l5OO. Judging from the past, the Directors hope they will not be considered too sanguine in stating, that they expect the same source will, (in three months) supply a sufficient amount to leave the building free from incumbrance. When that period arrives, they earnestly recommend to their successors the pro priety of advancing the sum necessary to constitute a life member to Twenty one pounds, the present subscription of Ten guineas being, in their opinion, too small a sum for the pri vileges which a life membership much confers. With regard to the building land, the corporation has signi fied its readiness to affix its seal to the deed of gift, which will therefore be perfected as soon as a majority of the life members have affixed their signatures to it. A few names are still wanted to make up the number required by the act of parlia ment. It is expected they will he obtained in a few days. The Evening Schools are divided into nine departments, and consist of 465 pupils, under the superintendance of 13 teachers, as follows. THE MATHEMATICAL DEPARTMENT, under the care of Mr. Elliot, Mr. Gerrard, and Mr. Carpenter, consists of 158 pupils. The nightly attendance varies much; and seldom exceeds eighty. This irregularity of attendance is not to be ascribed to indifference on the part of the pupils, as the time the getter portion of them is under the control of others. It is, however feared that some of them cannot offer so reasonable an excuse f:ir theit non-attendance. A cot rect registry of the nightly attendance of each pupil is kept by one of the masters in each department, and patents and masters are earnestly requested to make occasional in quytes about the attendance of their sons and apprentices. The Directors suggest to their successors the propriety of appro priating a moderate sum of money to each department, for the put pose of purchasing books to "he awarded as prizes to those pupils who may have distinguished themselves by regularity of attendance ! and propriety of conduct. nose pupils who have attended the schools regularly have made considerable progress, which affords ample proofs of the skill and attention of the masters. The system of teaching in classes has been partially introduced into this department, and it is hoped when more ma tured that this mode of instruction will prove beneficial to the pupils. The directors feel it to be their duty to express publicly their approbation of the manner in which th e toasters of this department have carried their wishes into effect, and the order and discipline which prevails in consequence are most creditable both to the masters and the pupils. THE MECHANICAL DRAWING CLASS, Hitherto under the superintendence of Mr. AlTherso . n, has lately been pl ace d un d er t h e care o f M r . Charles Ritchie, and now consists of 36 pupils. This class (one of the most impor tant in the in s tit u ti on ) h as no t m ade that progress which was anticipated. One cause has been the great deficiency of work ing drawings as copies for the pupils. The directors have paid considerable attention to this subject, but have found it difficult to remedy the evil, as such drawings as are required are seldom offered for sale. They therefore suggest to their successors the propriety of making application to the proprietors of extensive machinery establishments to give or sell working drawings of pumps, cranes, lathes, mill gearing, and sections of marine and land steam engines, which are of little value to them, but which would prove most useful to the younger students in this department of the institution. Phis class is now attended not only by the workmen and ap prentice of millwrights, engineers, and machine Inakers, but also by the sons of merchants and others who intend to become engineers. These young men being fully aware that a know ledge of the art of mechanical drawing is'indispensahly neces sary to the engineer, are devoting their evenings to the acquire ment of this useful art, and many of them are making rapid progress. The conduct of every Member of this class has been most satisfactory to the directors. THE LANDSCAPE AND PERSPECTIVE DRAWING CLASSES Remain under the superintendence of Mr. Pugh. The number of pupils on the school list is 88—the average attendance 40. The great majority of the pupils in this class are very young, and have but lately become members of it. The master speaks favourably of their progress, and it is hoped that at the next annual meeting some solid proofs of their skill will be placed before the members. THE ARCHITECTURAL. DRAWING CLASS Is under the care of Mr. Cooper, and consists of 21 pupils. The average attendance is 16. he directors regret that they cannot report that this class has realized their expectations. There has been a falling off of 12 members since the date of the last report, and the attendance of the pupils, with a few honour able exceptions, has been irregular in the extreme. The sub committee appointed to examine into the state of the drawing classes have had several reasons for this decrease assigned to them, none of which are of a satisfactory nature. The directors therefore wish to apprise their successors that much remains to be done to make this class what it ought to be, and render it of more consequence in the opinion of the students. It should be evident to the pupils that a competent knowledge of practical geometry, and the beauties and advantages of architectural ornament, cannot fail to raise them to higher positions in their respective employments than they could hope to attain without such acquirements. THE FIGURE AND ORNAMENTAL DRAWING AND MODELLING DEPARTMENT Continues under the superint en d ence o f M r . S e dd on, an d consists of 26 pupils. The average attendance is 14. A decrease has taken place in this class also, and the remarks made of the architectural class apply with equal prop iety to this department. The teacher ascribes the falling off in the number, and atten tion of his pupils to the deficiency in the supply of casts, models, &c. to draw from, which has discouraged the pupils. The direc tors have taken some steps to remove this well-founded com plaint. At the same time they recommend to their successors to make further inquiries into the present state of this class, and to devise some means that will place it on a footing, with the other classes in the institution. In the ornamental department some specimens are placed be fore you, creditable to both the master and the pupils. The directors, however, lament that there are so few who have been deemed worthy of competing for the prizes offered. 1 hey hope their successors will be enabled to give to the next annual meeting a very different report of this class than that which they feel compelled to lay before Non. THE ORNAMENTAL. PAINTING DEPARTMENT Continues under the superintendence of Mr. William Bishop, Member of the Liverpool Academy. At the opening of the new institution, ibis class consisted but of eight pupils. It has since increased to twenty-live—the average attendance about Ilwenty. Although the scarcity of casts and 'node's has operated against this class also, it continues to increase in number. The pupils are principally painters, young men from 1G to IS years of age, who ardently desires to obtain knowledge; there fore their conduct is excellent, and their progress—in spite of 'all obstacles—has been great, as the specimens submitted to Ink meetin;{ fully testify. - - - - It is with great pleasure the directors ale enabled to commu nicate that they• have secured the services of Mr. Bishop, as drawing, master• in the high school. After the Ist of April the whole time of this excellent a rtist will be devoted to this institu tion, and they feel satisfied that the progress of the pupils in the the several departments under Mr. Bishop's care will be such as to justify their choice and the opinion they entertain of his talents as a teacher and an artist. THF. ENGLISH AND WRITING DEPARTMENT, Under the Rev. Mr. Rutherford and Mr Emerson, was establish ed i❑ January last, and has already shown symptoms of becom ing one of the most important classes in the institution. Seventy-eight pupils are enrolled on the school list; the average attendance is about forty. The pupils are taught reading, spelling, grammar, derivations, geography, and writing. '['hey take great interest in their studies, and are quiet, orderly, and attentive. THE CHEMICAL CLASS, Under the superintendence of Mr. John Wilson, consists of thirty-six pupils, who are most exemplary in their conduct and display more than an ordinary desire to obtain a knowledge of the delightful science of chemistry, which has become of such vast importance to this town, in a commercial point of view, and which Mr. Wilson is so capable of conveying to his pupils. This interesting class meets every Thursday evening, and the lectures and instructions delivered on these accasions are amongst the greatest of the attractions which bind the pupils to the evening department of the institution. Mr. Wilson's talents as a teacher have been so highly appre ciated by the directors that they feel most happy in having been able to obtain his services as principal master of the chemical department in the high school, and they trust his exertions will spread still wider a taste for this valuable science. THE PHILOSOPHICAL CLA3, Under the superintendence of Mr. Phillips, has been established too recently and has been subject to so many interruptions in consequence of the ill health of the master that the directors are obliged to confine themselves to the expression of a hope that this class will ere long prove useful and efficient. At present it is not numerous, but the few who do attend have ex pressed the pleasure they have derived from the lectures of Mr. Phillips. THE FRENCH CLASS, Under the superintendence of Mutts. Theodore Eugene Suliot, Principal of the French Department, in the High School, was commenced about the middle of January last; it already con sists of thirty-four pupils, some of whom are rather irregular in their attendance, the others, about two-thirds of the whole, have been punctual, diligent, and attentive, and have made very satisfactory progress. LIBILAIRY. A spacious room has been fitted up as a library; an increase of about 400 volumes has taken place in the number of books since the date of the last report, 2GO volumes of which have been bequeathed by the late Mr. Gillibrand ; the principal part of the remainder have bee❑ presented to the institution by 11. V. Yates, Esq. Several thousand volumes are still wanted. Tho directors recommend their successors to devote about £lOO of the surplus fund to the purchase of books, and they trust to the friends of the institution for donations to supply the de ficiency. The fitting up of the museum has been contracted for. Some valuable presents of speciments have been received, and it is hoped that ere long it will be opened for the use of the members, and prove au abundant source of rational gratification and amusement to all ranks, both old and young. THE LECTURES During the last half year have been very attractive and more fully attended than the most sanguine friends of the institution could have anticipated. The first was a ,nurse of six lectures by William Rider, Esq., of London, on perspective, engraving and painting. The second was a course of ten lectures on the marine and locomotive steam-engines, steamboats, railroads, &c., by Dr. Lardner. The third was a course of eight lectures on chemistry, by Robert Kane, Esq., M.D., M.R.I.A. The fourth was a course of eight lectures on popular physiology, by John Epps, M.D. The fifth, a course of four lectures on the beauties of geographical science, by Mr. John Smith, Lecturer on Education, &c. Thitty.six lectures in all being delivered in the course of four months. _ I o succeed these lectures the directors have engaged Professor Scouter to deliver ten lectures on geology. Dr. Grant, of the London University, is engaged to deliver eight lectures on the history and structure of the rnolluscous and articulated animals, in August next ; and Professor Kane, of Dublin, will follow Dr. Grant with a course of eight lecture on chemistry, as applied to manufactures and the arts. A correspondence has been opened with several other lecturers of eminence, which will be placed before the new board ; and it is hoped they will he enabled to obtain the services of a sufficient number to make this depart ment of the institution as valuable and attractive as possible. Having closed their report of the evening departments, the directors beg to call your attention to a most interesting part of the institution, THE LOWER DAY-SCHOOL, Under the charge of the Rev. Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Emerson, Mr. Rogerson, and their assistants. At the date of the last report, this school contained but 80 pupils. Since that period, it has steadily increased, until the number in attendance has reached 221, whilst, at the same time, the discipline, and regularity of the schools, have been so much improved, that the directors feel pleasure in publicly expressing their approbation of the con duct of the masters. As a still further increase is expected, the directors have caused plans to be drawn, and an estimate made of the expense of fitting up two additional school-rooms, for the accommodation of the pupils; these plans, and estimates, will be handed over to the new hoard. They have appointed an assistant master to the English de partment, a drawing-master has been advertised for, and it is hoped, an efficient person will soon been obtained. The principal French master of the high school, and his assistant, devote 5 hours per week to the instruction of a class of 31 boys in the French language, and as soon as the needful arrangements are completed, the principal of the philoso phical department in the high school, will be enabled to devote one day in each week to those classes which are sufficiently advanced to require his instructions. The pupils in the senior departments, continue to make rapid progress in English grammar, geography, writing, and arithme tic ; the first class is far advanced in the study of Algebra as simple equations, as the pupils are respectful, orderly, and atten tive. In order to reward them for their good conduct, the directors granted them free admission to Mr. Smith's lectures on geogra phical science, and their behaviour in the lecture-room has been a source of gratification to their teachers, as well as the directors, who earnestly hope, that the example given by the pupils of this department, will not be lust on those, who, from the instruc tion afforded to them, should also furnish an example of order,, regularity, and gentleman-like conduct. John Clow,£l4ssqt.o' has placed at the disposal of the directors , the sum of purchase books to be distributed to such of the pupils in the t lower school, as may distinguish themselves dur in g the p resent year, which it is hoped, wilt stimulate them to increased ex - ertion. The high school commenced operations on Monday, the Bth of Jan. last, under the superintendence of seven principal mas ters; fire assistant masters have since been added, and various improvements have been made, which the directors hope will make the high school one of the first in the kingdom, and ren der it still more worthy of the high estimation in which it is held by the public. The period of its existence has been too brief to authorize the directors to speak of its progress, from their own knowledge, they have, therefore, obtained from the principal masters reports of the progress of the pupils, in their respective departments, from which they have made the follow ing abstracts : The English departments is under the superintendance of the principal, Mr. F. H. Rankin, and his assistant, Mr. W. Harts horn, A.M., T.C.D. Mr. Rankin says: Brought into contact with more than 150 pupils unknown to him, he found, that the earlier part of the business of the school necessarily involved much investigation into the previous pro gress of the scholars ; this examination was not limited to the precise degree of their advancement, but extended to their habits of mental discipline, their tone of thought and taste, and what is popularly termed the bent of their genius, where any sign of genius betrayed itself, the form, however, of examina tion was carefully avoided, the actual course of instruction having commenced during the first week of assembling. It would be difficult to impress upon the board an idea of the very remarkable degree of ignorance on every subject connected with history, geography, and youthful literature, which marks the greater portion of the pupils. So general is their inaccuracy in mere reading, and spelling, that the princi pal proposes to put spelling-books into the hands of upwards of one hundred of the boys, being convinced, that accurac y in small things, is the only guarantee for accuracy in great ones. A. few pupils, however, allow a brighter colouring to be given o their corner of the picture, the eldest class, a small, but praisworthy little phalanx, are conducting the advance, in a manner highly creditable to themselves, and it is to be hoped, satisfactory to their friends. These boys consisting chiefly of those whose education had been more judiciously directed, pre viously to their entering the institution, than that of others, had been sufficiently grounded in the simpler elements of English education to justify their being introduced to a course of easy school lectures, on the subject of language. and style, em bracing an inquiry into the general principles of beauty, cor rectness, and criticism. Blair's lectures being the text book, they write recollections of the lectures as exercises in compo sition. Physical, anti topographical geography, occupy the re maining hours. The school is divided into six classes; the five junior classes are engaged in steadily pursuing courses in his tory, geography, and composition. Particular attention is di rected to the principles of grammatical structure, and idioms of our language so seldom thoroughly understood, are carefully explained, their use being made clear, by familiar illustrations. Fe,v studies connected with youthful employments, are so much calculated to cultivate the analytic, and synthetic powers of the mind, as early attention to just, and grammatical criticism, Some of the classes contain between twenty and thirty boys, and each class remains one hour only in the English Class Room. Although, therefore, each receives an hour's instruc tion, each pupil individually can claim but a stout allowance of time and exclusive attention. It is, therefore, it subject for con gratulation that the board has provided a fellow labourer for the principal, especially as many boys stand deplorably in n eed of much exercise in reading. Two months form but a short page in a school-boy's history, but that the last two months at the High School have been well e spent, the principal willingly appeals to the examinations in the lecture room. In a public school some powerful principle lead ingthe to good conductand awakening energy must , exerted—the most legitimate, and at the same time, the most powerful—ap pearsatttich attar/anent the inst s r u n t e u ti e n c n ts . theirof i,he p tsitnuediyp,alanndf the n e English department,. begs to offer as an illustration . of the ad vantages the interestinile in (it' permitted to close their books, after the vantages of this principle, that at three different times have classes, when perrni expira tion of their hour, and at the termination of school, entreated permission to remain with him and to pursue the subject of his ins t r uctions instead of joining their playfellows. C o ntemplating the steady progress of the boys, the principal of this department looks forward to the early introduction of the principles of mental and moral philosophy into the classes. Expansive and enlightened views of our social and moral rela tions, are, in fact, the great ends of education. I n conc l us i on, the principal of the English department begs to 'hank the board for their liberality and their co-operation. assistant, re Mr r THE MATHEMATICAL. DEPARTMENT Is H under ( tp . e n,g Cambridge, superintendence of a Mi his i C uze 8.A.. S g t h John'sport to the oiMoore, 8.A., I.C.D. Mr. Creu ze, i n hi s re I.'rectors, s ay s: " While the principal of the mathematical department is acting in conformity to the wishes of the directors, that he should forward to them a report of the state of his mathematical classes, he cannot but feel gr a tifi e d w i th the return which the progress and behaviour of those boy s w hi c h compose those classes enable hint to make. He is authorized by the experi ence of four the University of Camb r id ge to state that the minds t ? t - s e aerfs even tniti tuition at edu cated men. if not especially trained to the habit of concentrating thought on abstract matters, are found unattained to the reason ing out the truths of mathematical analysis. For him, t hen, to hay.- expected, during the interval of too months, any great proficiency in abstruse calculation from boys, the average of whose age does not exceed twelve years, would only have been to seek certain disappointment, but for him to have found these boys interested in acquiring knowledge generally stigmatized as particularly uninteresting, has exceeded his most sanguine hopes, and has clearly demonstrated that the methods of in struction usually adopted in schools, have been almost the sole cause of such a stigma. Of this the mathematical principal was well aware. He knew that boys experienced no pleasure in NlARcit 13, IS3P, the usual mode of investigating the answers to various prohle s m in arith me ti c ; th e p rocess i s d ry an d mechanical; numbers the . are directed to b e pl ace d i n some particular manner, i pupil is assu r e d th at i f t h e placement for which he was tau g ht , no reason, a n d if t h e diff erent operat i ons, for which he knew no cause, were correct—the answ er w ou ld corres pound with that to the key. red Now it is well k nown t h a t t h ose w hO h ave o nce conque the difficulty of unde rs t an di ng th e fi rs t principles in geom etr y or algebra, beco me excee di ng l y attac h ed to those sciences. cannot, then, be agreeable to consistency, sh%that arithmetic, I:'lhdt7 rules of which are ca p a b le o f b e i ng equa ll y demonstrated, i be the only portion of the mathematics which is to be tal 4 without any regard to reason or understanding, The explatia lion of the rules are f or t h e most part easy to be non'rp e .. hended. And it is certain that the generality of boys can tra ce the processes with facility and pleasure. The interest of the pupils has been awakened with comp l ete success, and the consequence has been an attention to their studies which has scarecly allowed scope for bad behaviour. The philosophical department is under the su p er intenden ce of Mr. Montagu Lyon Phillips. In his rep o rt t o the directo.rs . of the progress made in his d e p ar t men t h e says—Worn the cl , vision which has been made of the p u pil s , it will be seen that there ate six classes; the two first, consisting of boys whose ag es , vary from nine to eleven, attend me d a il y f ront n i ne t o ten. - an" from ten to eleven, for the purpose of receiving lessons tiV e objects of nature and art. N o ver y grea t di s pl a y o f acquire . menu can be expected from boy s so y ou n g as th ose f o rming th e ,' , above two classes, but they ar e e a c h d a y l earn i ng som ething 0 ' which they were previously ignorant. fats That they feel i n t ereste d i n t h ese l essons i s prove d b y the that many of the m are i n t h e h a bi t o f b r i ng i ng me spec imen themselves. I have confined myself with these classes to ob jects of natural history, to a few simple minerals, and to such, productions of manu f acture as I h ave found them ca pable nt understanding, to a f e w o f th e most o b v i ous propert i es of th e air, to a few simple gase s , an d to suc h e l ementary port i o ns of chemistry as I judged would not be beyond their comprehensio n. Fur the four higher classes I have adopted the following course of instruction, viz: mechanics, geology, natural history, an d chemistry. These pupils, when they came, were so generallY deficient in mathematical knowledge that I thought the above the better course to follow, as it allows time for them to Mak e a sufficient progress before proceeding to those branches of 0' tural philosophy which require a greater amount of mathemati cal acquirernents in the student. In geology, I endeavour at the same time that I instruct them in its general outline, to combine a knowledge of mineralogy with the subject. The constant references which are made during these lessons to na tural history, animal and vegetable physiology, chemistry, arid ' other branches of science, through the kindness of several friends to the institution, and through the exertions of the pupils themselves, 1 have been enabled as yet to instruct front specimens. In natural history I have endeavoured to give the pnpils a knowledge of the classification of animals. I purpose to give them instructions in the physiology of the human body, as I aOL provided with a beautiful set of preparations, and every thing which can be needed for such a purpose; this concluded, I shalt follow it up by a course of lectures upon animals belonging to the various classes. I have until the present time been giving the four higher classes instructions in chemistry, but with one or two excep tions their knowledge of the subject was so slight that I have been obliged to commence from the very beginning. I can testify with pleasure to the very good conduct of all these classes, and have been pleased with their diligence and attention. The classical department is under the superintendence of Mr. John Price, A.M., of St. John's College, Cambridge; and his assistant, Mr. James Peace, A. 11., T.C.D. In the report to the directors Mr. Price says—ln presenting this my first report of the classical department, I have first to observe that the pupils in general joined the High School extremely ignorant of Latin, the majority being also unacquainted with the simplest application of the principles of their own language, whilst of Greek not more than six knew even the alphabet, four of whom only were able to translate the Testament. Various Latin grammars having been in use among them, and success depend ing far more (in my opinion) on the industry and skill of the teacher than on the particular books employed, I have adopted the grammar previously learnt by the great majority of them, viz., the •‘ Eton," of which, however, 1 have fur the present ordered the "accidence" only for the use of the institution. I hope to obviate the necessity of learning many syntax rules by keeping short formulce of the main principles of the language constantly before their eyes in a tabular form, whilst my assist ant will be employed in rendering every part of grammar a mat ter of common sense even to the youngest pupils. The want of such assistance up to February 20th was especially felt, owing to the disparity resulti ng f rom our s y stem o f c l ass ifi cat i on; an d, in fact, with our present number, would scarcely be felt at all from any other cause, under a judicious system of tuition, in the classical department. There are now, of our 157 pupils, 135 who learn classics, (of these 14 attend my school-room two hours each day, instead of learning French,) the remaining 22, many of whom are too old to commence Latin with much advantage, are still left, out of 43 who at the first declined classics. And as the 21 converts were made with little or no opposition on the part of their parents, it seems as if our prospectus had held out undue temptation to idleness, prejudice, or caprice, thereby inducing the omission of a most valuable instrument of education, which not only facili tates directly the acquisition of knowledge, but also includes in itself a species of intellectual training and discipline for which I believe no equivalent has ever been devised. At the same time I rejoice that the time allotted to the study of the classics has been so freely curtailed, provided it be found, as I trust it will, sufficient fur all practical purposes. With respect to present progress, I think I may on the whole speak favourably, with due allowance for the circumstances I mentioned at the outset. In the four senior divisions, the ma jority appear to me decidedly improved. The great hindrance in all is the previous want of that systematic instruction in English grammar which our institution offers, and without which our brief classical lessons would undoubtedly be insuf ficient. To those pupils who are grossly ignorant of the very parts or speech in their native language, I cannot impart much solid instruction in an unknown one and, necessity judging by t h fr e om m want y of an an care, my colleague in the English depart ment must have been assistant -master. supplyingthis The study of Greek is at present confined to keeping up the grammar with those pupils who had already commenced. le Latin, the 6th division are reading Cicero de Amicitia ; sth, Cornelius Nepos ; 4th, 3d, and 2d, three different parts of v a lpy's Delectus, accor d ing to their several capacities. The first division, as well as a great number of backward boys, in divisions '2, 3, and 4, are learning the grammar exclusively, I am happy to add that I have reason to he satisfied with the general conduct of the school-room, and that I see within the sphere of my own observation every reason to believe that the most sanguine expectations respecting the high school may, with the Lord's blessing upon our united exertions, be most abundantly realized. The French department is under the superintendence of Mons. Theodore Eugene Suliot, M.A., and his assistant, Mons. Andre Sears. The principal reports, that with the exception of the very youngest the progress of the pupils has been satisfactory, and in many instances highly so. The beginners, who form a great majority, have used a book with an interlineary translation, to prepare their lessons. which they then repeat witkßut books, translating the French which the master gives out. faro English, and that English back again into French. They are now be ginning a regular course of grammar. The more advanced learners are exercised in dictation, conversational phraseology, writing, translations from English into French, and in translating verbally from French into English, (without books,) and retranslating from English into French prose and poetry prepared on alternate days. The writing and drawing department is under the superin— tendence of Mr. Barber and Mr. C. J. Smith. Mr. Barber says, "I can only remark, that from the coin memcement of the classes in January, up to the 26th Februaty,. my instruction was confined to lessons in perspective, in which. department some of the pupils have made progress, particu-• larly the fifth and sixth classes." Mr. Smith says, In the plan of education prefixed to the pros— pectus of the schools of the institution, it is stated that each , class in the high school shall receive three lessons per week in writing and two in drawing ; but the drawing master's inability. to conform to the necessary arrangements has caused some ir regularity on this point, three of the classes having received: four lessons per week, and three, only two per week. The prospectus al,o states that plain and ornamental writing and stenography shall be taught, and as the two last branches. have not yet been introduced, it may be necessary to state the reasons for the omitlien which are as follows ;--Although the: importance of writing must be duly appreciated. by every. one,, at the present day it is so imperfectly taught in many school* that, of the pupils now attending the high school, there are not half a dozen who can write a good commercial hand, or make a pen properly, whilst bad habits of sitting and holding the pen, and of writing in the most scribbling, cramped, and negligent manner, have become so firmly fixed in many of the junior pupils, that it will require much patient labour on the part of the teacher to correct these faults before any thing further can, be attempted. Some improvement is however visible, and the, appointment of the assistant-master will overcome all difficul— ties. Lessons in ornamental penmanship will be given to sucit pupils as shall have made considerable progress in plain writing, which, from its general application and consequent importance,, must always be the primary object in' this department of educa— tion. The copy-books written by the pupils will at the close of each. year be sent home, in order to afford the parents a fair opportu nity to judge of the actual ,improvernent, and it is hopeu that a. comparison of the first and last books of the half year, will give more satisfaction than ao exhibition of those pretty, but decep tive specimens, called Midsummer and Christmas pieces, whigh' are often got up in such a manne r as t o a ff or d b ut very im - ~ per fect indications of the pupil's rea l i mprovement in this impor . - taut branch of education. In concluding their report the directors again call upop . the members of the institution to join them in an expression of gra titude to those friends by whose assistance (unuer Providence). that have been enabled to fulfil the trust which yon !reposed in' them. They feel assured that it is only by the aid of tuich, as this, that that universal diffusion of intelligence and, goofk, will amongst all classes can take place, which is so necessary to render us happy, and aisle to compete with the intelligence'. and enterprise of other lands. It is now for the pUblic to decide; whether this great community shall determine tp linger be.hindi their neighbours, or whether it shall, continue to WO the read in carrying to perfection a system calculated to spread far and wide the inestimable blessings of intellectual cultjyrdion and ge:.. neral information. Mr. Gt..AnsroNE said every person , would.agree wits him as to the prosperity of the instituti.m. Liverpool, the secon d t ow n the k ingdom, had long been without a Mechanics' institution, but they had now got one worthy of the town. Might it go on, and prosper? He concluded with moving "that the report 'which has been read be adopted, and that Use treasurer's accounts pass." Dr. Nicnot.soribrieily seconded the resolution, which was car ried unanimously. The SECRETARY then reed a list o-f the donations which had been made to the institution during t be past year, consisting prin cipally of books. Amongst others were 31 vols. and an iron chest from Mr. John Ashton Yates; a shark's jaw from Mr. Sheil, and a pair of bulls horns from John Hall. Mr. ROBERT MArneitbegged leave to move "that the thanks of the meeting be given to•those ladies and gentlemen who have presented donations and books to the institution within the last half year." Mr. JAMES Ertzv briefly seconded this, which was unani mously carried. Mr. G. MAXWELL said they had heard a very gratifying account of the progress of the institution. They must recollect that it was eminently indebted to the gentlemen who had raised it to its present state. He would move "that the thanks of the meeting be given to the treasurer, Mr. Christopher Hind Jones, to the president and viee-prestuents, for the skilful and success ful management of the affairs of the institution duringthe period they have. had them under their care." Mr. CROSBY briefly seconded the resolution, which was car ried unanimously. The SFCRETA RY then read the names of the president, vice presidents, and the committee for the ensuing year. .President, Mr. James Mullineux; vice-presidents, Mr. Richar d Vaughan: