The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-06-18 00:00:00

June 18, 1844. THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION. RALF-YEARLY DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES. The half -Yearly distribution of prizes, in this most ad mirable institution, took place on Friday, in the Lecture room of the building. The middle and upper galleries were crowded to excess with parents and friends ot the Pupils, and amongst whom were many of the leading fa milies of the town, The body of the room was devoted to the scholars, and the platform was also filled. Amongst tthose present we noticed the Rev. J. Conybeare, the ri e neiPal ; the Revs. Dr. Booth and J. H. Brown, Vice 4"lociPals ; the Rev. J. J. Higgins, the Rev. Hugh e_ ll `lieile. E. M o l yneux, J . B oo k er, R . H ar b or d , Nlimeaster, Shaw, S. L. Trotman, Booker, Esqs., arc., &c. At seven o'clock the Rev. J. Brooks, Senior Rector, and Chairman of the Board of Directors, took the chair. oieu Tb n e ti e u roceedi ngs of the day commenced by the pupils g the Venice exultemus Domino. The Rev. CRAIRMAIq then proceeded to address them to the following effect: —Boys of the Collegiate Institu tion Schools, I have great pleasure in again meeting you for the distribution of prizes to those amongst you who have distinguished themselves by their industry and ex ertions during the past half-year; and I can assure you the Only regret I f ee l is th e a b sen c e of our respected biocesan, who, upon the last occasion of a similar nature, was kind enough to preside, who has been prevented by his other importa n t avocations from doing the same now, but who, I hope, will present himself again to you on same futu re opportunity. Since I last had the pleasure f meeting you, several exhibitions have been established In the schools, which will, I trust, prove a strong in centive to your future exertions. I shall now state to you those which will have to be contended for in future years, and I shall commence with the upper school. In this school there are no less than four university exhibitions ; the first to take place at this season in the next year. These are, connected with the upper school, and they are, therefore for the universities; and as the usual time for a !°° ng man re ma i n i ng at co ll ege i s b e t ween th re e and four years, the manner in which they are to be pre sbee ntedhasbeen so ar rang ed, that one shall be vacant to contended for every y ear. The first is established by ling rev. f r i end near me the Rev. Mr. M'Neile. (Cheers.) It was determined by a number of his friends that a tes timonial should be presented to him, and he thought he - ootild not make use of it more gratifying to himself and More generally useful to the town at large, than by con 'fleeting it with the Collegiate Institution. (Applause.) He has, therefore, divided it amongst the three schools -establishing in the Upper School an exhibition amounting in value to the annual interest of £1,000; in the Middle `School two exhibitions, amounting to ten guineas each ; and two in the Lower School, which amount to the su m necessary for keeping the boys in the school. ( L ou d .6 Cheering.) The first time this exhibition to the ni v will be brought before you for compe tition, ill be next year, and for those boys who have entered before August in the present year. It will beopen to any of the three universities, either Oxford, Cambridge, or Dublin. The annual value will be what the inter est of £l,OOO will make, and we may calculate on its being about £4O. (Applause.) The next is one esta blished by a gentleman, who, from t he very commence ment of the institution, has shown himself to be one of its kindest friends. I mean the elder Mr. Gladstone. (Loud cheers.) He has already presented the institution with, I believe, £l,OOO, for its various purposes, and he now establishes an exhibition of the same amount. That will be contended for in the year 1846, this time two years ; and it will be open to all boys who have been in the school previous to February, 1845. The next is an exhibition, not of positive amount in money, but of the annual value of £5O a-year, which will come into play in the year 1847, for those who have been in the school before August, 1845, established by the masters of the institution. (Trenien tdaokne in s cheering.) It sho w s the lively intere s t th a t th ey Your advancement. The fourth exhibiti on i s one arising in part from a sum which was the surplus of a fund raised for the erection of a statue to the memory of an illustrious man, who was formerly one of the represen tatives of this town in the House of Commons—the late Right Hon. George Canning. (Loud applause.) There w as a sum which afforded a surplus after all expenses of amounted to £350, erec ting the s t a t ue b a d b een d e f raye d, w hi c h , I t hi n k , and this the committee handed to the the t e Institution to found an exhibition, to be called --n mog exhibition. The present Lord Canning, an xious to bear his testimony to the merits of so near a r e a el i se t i d me to , has himself made up the sum to £5OO. Other Persons have also added to that sum, so that it is now exbibitionl!,ooo, the same as the M'Neile and the other And here again I feel it my duty to bear tnestirnony to the liberality and disinterestedness of your ixt;iay, f or although yettheir exhibitions would not come determined to corn they have napreondettecetheir subscriptions immediately, and to devote the geoud ° f them to the increase of the Canning exhibition. ITeep ooi cheers) We shall, therefore, have the town of connected, by this institution, with the names on mentioned to you. It will reflect no little credit un its inhabitants, and I hope those young men who may those exhibitions will do nothing to tarnish them when they present themselves to the University. (Loud R• Plau se.) There is another resolution of the Board of eeeetors which has taken place since we last met, and which has the same object in view as the establishment of Pie exhibitions, that is to encourage merit, so far as lies i n the ir Power, in all the schools. (Cheers.) The reso ution is this: It will be open to any boy in the lower schoollatect who chooses to work his way up to the upper pro, and through that, if his parents should think Per, to the niversities. One boy in each half year, from the lower or middle school, if a boy is found de rrvine will be moved up to the school immediately above f itn-:- that is. from the lower to the middle school, or root the middle to the high school, and the charge made to his parents, for his education, will only be the price of the school which he leaves ;—(loud applause) —so that if there be a particularly talented boy, who may in future times distinguish himself among the worthies ot his coun try, an opportunity will thus be afforded him of future success. (Continued cheers.) There cannot be more than six at one time who will be allowed this privilege. I sincerely hope we shall find that number. (Cheers.) I think I have now stated to you all the information we have to give you. I trust it will prove a stimiklant to your fu ture exertions; and now, with the assistance of the Prin cipal, I shall proceed to distribute to you the prizes which have been awarded. A lone and interesting ceremony then commenced, of distributing to the boys those prizes which their merits had won for them. The Chairman, in handing the vari °lts books and medals to the successful boys, made apt and appropriate addresses to them, giving to each their p r oper meed of praise. Our space, however, will not allow fteco indulge in the topic, merely remarking that it re- The s t nn small credit on the boys and their instructors. too first pupils of last year, by their application and talent, Occupy Their - et I PY the same honourable station this year. e _ eames, as well as those of the other boys who gained "onours in their various classes, will be found at the close of this report. e CHAIRMAN in his concluding address to the boys, eepeiauree:iithat in his preceding observations he might have ap most tOjeell'' to dwell more particularly on the upper school, and it h ad "r°tnthe splendour' f those endowments with which f avoured during the past year, m ight . seem al and eclipse the other schools, but those in the middle the low schools were equal, nay, of still greater value una n b i ; r the Peer. (Applause.) After mend _ming the of scholarships, and endowments to the schools, state, prizes, nseehporooceeded to observe that although a few out of the f IS had been presented by the Board of Directors h the yet he was extremely happy in being able to at t te, o e them a ,, , i the satisfaction the Principal had felt Pear, general conduct of the boys during the last half s) (Loud Ch eers. ) H e had informed him (the Chair that that th e a d vancement of the schools generally had ftiezireteerxseeeded that of an y p rev i ous h a lf year. (C ont i nued •) That was a ver y grat if y i ng t hi ng to those who an interest in the establishment of that great institu that such should have been its results ; and he be- Plieved he might say, without fear of contradiction, that it esti surpassed all other institutions of a similar kind in the kingdom with regard to the rapidity of its success. (Tremendous cheers.) They were then only in the c ommencement of the first part of the second year, and (Cyet there were 713 in the day schools under education. ontinued cheers.) He must not, however, allow his .congratulation s to be confined to the boys present. He would extend them to their parents and to the vast masses of the population of this great town at large. (Cheers.) To the boys it was a fortunate circumstance that there was such a place as that its which they were taught their duty, and to their parents it was of the greatest importance that there was an institution like that established to which they could send their children to be educated. (Applause.) He had no doubt they had seen during that Morning amonest the boys several who would li branch off in all the different situations and stations of life —some into the higher, some in the lower grades of society ; but, 'whatever might be their position—whether their future des tination might be the senate—whether they should become M embers of the learned professions, or afford by their exertions as merchants strength and stability to the coin caerce of th e country, or whether they engaged in trade e atll svere taught that one thing, without which, whatever be the future destiny in life, every other kind of know- Zvi e e g s of ne importance at all—a knowledge which very p rinciple upon which that institution was and undefiled religion. (Loud cheers.) He themsel merely t w ere taught there that it was not sufficient pertaining learn their duty—that they must not only make yes a . a c quainted with the Bible and everything ap were e n I° it, but they must also be taught that they of life cart its sacred iufluences into whatever station i tself, might be their future lot to fall. Knowledge, of kind ' unless it wee. , be founded on such a basis, was of that only se ''en they were told in the book of Christianity .edifiethr7,, red ,_ to " puff up." It was the " knowledge which i nfitit e e• at t h ey must carry away with them from that th e „ - I°ll and he was satisfied from what he knew of that i i t t l r a iP!es upon which the institution was conducted Would ll4 be offered to them. That was . whet they It Y away with them when they left the institution. them be their best guide through life, and would teach 4 nd ,„") look beyond the present world to the only safe Mot i - d r ,e, Comfort whenever they were removed from it. itt thi s 'lPPlause.) The change which had taken place . jog. p r , e s_Pec! during the last few years was most gratify treat "--!eucatio n seemed to have forced itself upon the tor e, m ass ~ of the people more than ever it had done be lled au he was happy to find the great increase which ,teligi ' e n place in the number of schools based upon kehen°, and connected with the established Church. h a d t!‘rse) This showed th a t a grea t p or ti on o f man kind s ad the a ll with the importance of religion, eate 'lei. a greed in one point—that it was of no use to edu religio`n all unless they educated upon the principles of to No ' (Cheers.) Th e b oys presen t were t h en go i ng A the relaxation of the holidays, and he sincerely at it atod uleY would enjoy themselves, that thay would do beeoree eratelY, temperately and as becae boys who had acquainted with a' certain portion of religious 10. tence of the Writ ourt was tubers of he Chief entered 'ned bre- General, Napier, Crown the only was Sir I do von ords 111 3, if the writ of 1 behalf have a >lieitor- stated, nature ith him eau to fault as court d to be against tement mnsel) a mere urged rgment Jq you 'urther essing s coi ir him made rid to I. y the pro hans, egree ave a night they ed to knowledge; and he trusted they would return to school with a fixed determination to pursue their studies with activity and integrity. (Loud cheers.) The reverend gentleman concluded by observing that the lectures dur ing the past half-year had been more successful than any previous halt-year, and that the arrangements were made for continuing them on the opening of the schools, when they would be comrcenced with the opening of a new organ by Dr. Wesley. (Loud cheers.) The Rev. the PRINCIPAL wished before the proceedings were concluded, to express on the part of the masters of the institution the deep sense of gratitude they felt t?- wards the Reverend Chairman, for the kind manner in which he had perf armed his duties on that occasi n. He, therefore, proposed a vote of thanks to him. (Cheers.) The nev. H. M'NEILE, who was received with the most deafening applause, said, it afforded him more than ordinary gratification to second the motion proposed by the Principal, that the thanks of the meeting should be given to the Rev. Chairman, for his kind and most effi cient services upon that occasion, and in doing so he hoped he should be excused if he availed himself of the opportunity of saying a few words more, in order to call still further attention to one particular feature in the day's Proceedings, which he thought ought not to pass without one cheer more. The Chairman had told them that the Principal had expressed himself highly gratified with the conduct and progress of the boys during the past half year, and he (Mr. M'Neile) thought the boys must be highly gratified with the conduct of the Principal and his assistants in the management of the schools during the last half-year. (Loud cheers.) The establishment of one magnificent exhibition ; the manner in which it was done; the early period in which it was to he brought into operation, in order that its income might increase another fund ; all this showed that they were teaching con amore, not merely as a task to obtain a salary, but with a zest for the work, and he was well satisfied no work was well done unless the person doing it had a taste for it. (Applause.) Now this conveyed to them a proof that their masters were entering upon thework with a good taste--with enthusiasm. (Cheers.) He was not afraid of that word, though some people were, and he hoped his dear young friends present would all enter upon their studies with enthusiasm, for it would be of no avail if they merely did so in order just to get through their tasks. They should endeavour not to make a mere A B C of it, but to know it as well as Mr. Conybeare himself. (Loud cheers.) He hoped they would excuse him for adding a few words more, calculated to encourage this taste for their work. (Cheers.) He called upon them to consider what that work consisted in. They were engaged in examining God's work in nature, man's work in history, man's discoveries of the operations of nature in the adaptation of the m to th e em bellishments, comforts, and improvements of society and science, and the communication of man with man through out the world in languages. On this latter point allow me, said the reverend gentleman, one word, calculated to convey to your minds evidence on that best of all books ' to which the Ch a irman h a s ca ll e d y our attent i on. Y ou will observe that man's communications are threefold— with his fellow -creatures, with external nature, and with God. Man's communication with God is the same throughout the world, Wherever faith is, communion by faith is the same throughout all the world. Man's communication with external nature is the same in all the world. He hears the same—he tastes the same—he sees the same—he enjoys nature in the same way all the world over; but his communication with his fellow man is not the same all the world over. Whence is this? How does it come to pass that the analogy fails in this case? While he communes with his God, and with external nature, in every clime it is the same; but when he com munes with his fellow man it is not so. Something has happened to disturb the unity of language which has not happened to disturb the unity of nature, and the unity of communion with the God of nature. How is this? Let those who deny the history of the Tower of Babel answer the question. Let them account for the confusion of languages in any other way than it is accounted for in the Bible. (Loud cheers.) Here, then, in all your studies of languages, you are adopting the proof of revelation— that revelation which is the basis of our schools. (Cheers.) I am proud to say that the founders of our institution, throwing aside all the new-fangled plans of modern libe ralism, concocted in order to please everybody, have maintained God's word as our foundation—as our only rock on which to build, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ as our comfort here, and our only hope of salvation and happiness hereafter. (Loud cheers.) The rev. gentle man concluded by putting the motion to the meeting, which was carried by acclamation. The CHAIRMAN thanked the Principal and the Rev. Mr. M'Neile for the honour conferred upon him, and assured those present that the only regret he felt was his own deficiency in not being able to perform the duties of his office in a more able manner. (Loud cheers.) The proceedings closed with the national anthem. UPPER SCHOOL. REGULAR CLASS PRIZES. CERTIFICATES. Class I.—Farrar, Adam Storey Duncan—Hodgson. Class 2.—Wilson Andrew Booker—Burdon. Class 3. { 1• Ridley, Thomas H. Mallaby sen.—Ridley jun. 2. Mallaby, Joseph • Hollingworth—Jones. Class 4. 1. Buckley, Francis T. Dutton, J. R. { 2. Campbell, Arthur Class s.—Dixon, Hallam Moore W. Jones—Bland, jun. Class 6.—Peel, Robert St. George—lrvine. Preparatory Class.— J ones, Edward—Dean, Charles—Cotes worth, Owen A. SPECIAL PRIZES DECIDED BY SEPARATE EXAMINATION. Senior Divinity Medal Farrar. Senior Mathematical Medal Wilson, Andrew. Senior Historical and Geographical Medal None deserved. Junior . • EXTRA PRIZES. Divinity Price for the Junior Classes... Redish, J Professor of Olathe- J Redish, matics Prize 1 Jones, Edward Stewart 1 Equal. - - French Prize. Given to Edward Stewart Jones. Booker, Josias. MIDDLE SCHOOL, PRIZES. CERTIFICATE. Class 1 . f 1. W.G.Wilks(Potter'sScholarsh. } E. A. Pearce. - 12. James Seddon . 2. f I. Thomas Webster }C. Birch. Class 12. J. W. Hebbl,thwaite Class —f 1. Thomas Dornby . 12. J. Legett . IJ. Rogers. 1. G. Smith Class 4. 12. R. Shorthouse Class 5. { 1. L. Lawson }W. IL Fisher. 2. James Lightfoot , a f I. W. Bolton Jones Class — 12. W. Inman { 1. A. Leather }C. E. Dixon. Class 7 (1) 2. C. C. Deane 1. T. Spence 1 J. W. Pennington Class 7 (2) { 2. J. Rigby Class 8 (1) { 1. T. N. Buckley . 2 G. Orme Class 8 (2) { 2. 1. E. W. Plumpton } C. Jones. E. Prichard SPECIAL PRIZES. .._ ... Ist Divinity Medal J B. Harbord. Head Master's Mathematical Prize .. .. Thomas Horntry. Historical and Geographical Prize for Seniors W . G Willis. Do. Do. for Juniors A. Leather. English Prize (given by Mr. Hume) .... G. smith. Classical Prize (given by Mr. Wilson) {l. J. B. M'Quie. French Medals 3. L, Lawson. 1. W. Sillitoe. 2. James Inglis. Arithmetic Medals 4. E. Timewell. 5. 1. James Bell. , 3. W. S. Taylor. I. AV. Williams. 2. James Bailey. Writing Medals 4. E. Battersby. 5. H. Wale. Drawing Medals .. LOWER SCHOOL, PRIZES. CERTIFICATE. , fl. Owen. ist Molyneux Scholarship. Class '' 12. Shaw. 2nd Ditto. 1. Johnston . Class 2. { ~ Davis 1. Brellain Class 3. {2. Watson Class 4.-1. Marwood f 1. Harper. Class '• 12. Overend , .1 . 1. Musker Class v• 12. Rimmer } Herbert. SPECIAL PRIZES. Divinity Adams. Wickliffe. Ist 114,tory Yates, E. Milton. 2nd Do. Atkinson. Ist Arithmetical Medal .. . Woodward. 2nd Do. Hodson. Ist Drawing Prize Fowler. 2nd Do. Williamson. Ist Writing Medal Haley. 2nd Do. Richardson. Ist French Adams. 2nd Do. Leders. 3rd Do. Hackett. MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. DELIVERY OF PRIZES. The annual examination of the pupils in the schools attached to the Mechanics' Institution took place last week. The exa mination lasted two days, commencing on Thursday. The Rev. H. Longueville Jones, of Manchester, late fellow of Mag dalen College, Cambridge, conducted the examination in the classical and mathematical departments of the High School. On Friday evening a general meeting was held for the pur pose of distributing the prize testimonials, prior to the com mencement of the midsummer vacation. Thomas Blackburn, Esq., President, was announced to take the chair, but he was unexpectedly detained, and Mr. Wm. Rathbone consented to preside. A number of appropriate pieces were recited by differ ent pupils with great correctness in delivery and demeanour, alter which the singing classes performed two or three easy vocal compositions in very good style. The boys in the Lower School then, through the chairman, presented their respected master, Mr. Wllveen, with a handsome mahogany writing desk, as a token of their esteem and regard for his assiduous and zealous efforts for their mental and moral improvement. Mr. M'llveen, in a brief speech, acknowledged the compliment paid to him. The prize ce , tificates were then presented by the chairman to the respective candidates in both schools, Mr. Hodgson reading over the qualifications of each. Following this, a list of consi derable length was read of the pupils who, though they had not obtained certificates, had honourably distinguished themselves. HIGH SCHOOL. Prizes were adjudged to the following pupils: SENIORS. Upper Fifth Class.—Peter Eyton, classics, English, philosophy, and writing; John Forster, classics, English, and philosophy; John Mathews, English, mathematics, chemistry, and drawing; Phillips, chemistry, writing, and drawing; William Tomlinson, classics, English, mathematics, philosophy, chemistry, writing, and drawing ; Robert Clark, classics, French, mathematics, philosophy, chemistry, and writin g; Samuel Davieson. classics, French, mathe matics, philosophy, and chemistry: Roscoe Jevons, mathematics and philosophy ; Alexander Geddes, classics, French, philosophy, chemistry, and writing, Lower Fifth Class.—Joseph Heap, mathematics, philosophy, chemistry, drawing, and writing. Upper Fourth Class.—Walter Wilde, English, French, philoso phy, and chemistry; Edward Ferraby, classics, French,philosophy, and chemistry. Lower Fourth Class.—E. Bramwell, classics, French, and che mistry ; Robert Ronald, classics, English, French, mathematics, philosophy, and chemistry ; William M'Audrew, classics, English, mathematics, philosophy, chemistry, and writing : William Webs- THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. ter, classics, French, mathematks ; philosophy, writing, and draw ing; Richard White, writing, arithmetic, and drawing; Henry Bogie, drawing; Thomas Clark, classics and French. JUNIORS. Third Class.—H. Roscoe, English and arithmetic; F. Braith waite, French, drawing, and writing. Second Class —B. Ronald, Eng ish and arithmetic ; William Livingston, English, arithmetic, classics, and French ; Hugh Bing ham, English, arithmetic, classics, writing, and French. Upper First Class.—Charles Tomlinson, English, classics, French, drawing, and writing. Lower First Class.—E. Robinson, English, arithmetic, and clas• sirs: W. Robinson, English, arithmetic, and classics; Alfred King, English and classics. PREPARATORY SECTION OF THE HIGH SCHOOL. ENGLISH DEPARTMENT. Third Class. —Robert Banning, Charles Banning, Louis Davies, Clairles Davies, Joseph Closson, Hatfield Nicolson, Joseph Hiles, George Pearson, Robert Rankin, John Worthington, Richard John son, Archibald Tomlinson, Thomas Laylaud, and George Upton. Second Class.—Swainston Harrison, William Henderson, Frank Lyon, Percy Palmer, Johnstone Bennett, Robert Jones, and Wm. 011erhead. First Class.—John Robinson. George Clare, Wm. H. Picton, Charles Walkinshaw, George Webb, and John Verly. LOWER SCHOOL. The following are the names of the pupils to whom certificates have been adjudged. These are the highest honours of the school. John Tomkinson, Frederick Leyland, Wm. Henry Jones, Joseph Norman, James Scution, Matthew Le wtas, Wm. Smeathers, Charles Burns, George Barton, Thomas Briggs, Thomas Hughes. Joseph Hanson Mee, John Dunning, Stephen Walmsley, William James Harris, Walter Purdie, Robert Mills, John H. Williams, Richard Darby, John Routledge, Henry B. Lee, Edward Hughes, Anthony Galletti, Henry Jackson, Thomas H. Williams, James Wylie, John Thomason, Charles Thompson, Richd. Bentley. PRESENTATION TO THE REV. 11. CARPENTER, BY MEMBERS OF xis CONGREGATION. At a numerously-attended meeting of the congregation of St. Michael's Church, held in the School-room, Nel son-street, on Wednesday evening last,—Mr. Tollitt, one of the churchwardens, in the chair,—a handsome silver tea and coffee service was presented to the Rev. H. Carpenter. The principal articles bore the following in scription : " Presented to the Rev. H. Carpenter, A.M., Minister of St. Michael's, Liverpool, by members of his congregation, as a token of their Christian love, and as a testimonial to his faithfulness in preaching the' truth a, it is in Jesus.'—June Ist, 1844." The following are copies of the address and answer : ADDRESS. " Liverpool, sth June, 1844. " Rev. and dear Sir,—'We, the members of your con gregation whose names are hereunto attached, request your kind acceptance of the accompanying service of plate, as a testimony of our affectionate esteem for you as our Minister in Christ, and of our gratitude for that faithfulness with which your Heavenly Master has ena bled you, from the first hour of your coming amongst us, to declare in all its fulness the Gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ ; and which many of us, and many now no more, but whose memories are dear to us, have indeed found to be the power of God unto salvation. " The circumstances which have now given rise to an expression of our sentiments, so gratifying to ourselves, are briefly these. At the close of the month of January last, a letter was addressed to our respected churchwar den, Mr. Tollitt, of which the following is an abstr ac t : " 'Liverpool, Jan. 29th, 1844. Sir,—Although I am unknown to you, I am a very old member of St. Michael's Church, and I may not he long spare d to hear the Word of God explained. I wish, therefore, before my last change shall come, a small token of my gratitude to be given to our excellent and worthy minister, the Rev. Henry Carpenter, for his faithfulness in preaching the Gospel of Christ, our only Saviour and Redeemer, as the way, he truth, and the life.' I know many wish to give their shillings." I think all the money you can get should be put into a purse, and then presented by you to Mr. Carpenter, as a small token of his people's love for his zeal for God's glory and the salvation of -inners." I enclose half a five-pound note, and shall send the other half as soon as I find you have begun the good work, which I pray the Lord may prosper.' " • I remain, sir, with sincerity, " ' A VERY OLD MEMBER.' " This excellent letter was followed in the course of February by another, enclosing a further sum of £5 for the same purpose. Some delay arose in the first instance in carrying into effect the object of the letter, from an unsuccessful endeavour to discover its author. Thus it has only been within a few weeks that the subject has been brought under the notice of your people. " In uniting with the writer of these letters, we heartily adopt his sentiments as our own ; and it is our earnest prayer that you may be long spared to minister amongst us an unadulterated Gospel, stedfastly to maintain, at a time of much apostacy, the faith once delivered to the saints,' and those pure principles of our national evan gelical church, for which her revered martyrs poured out their blood even unto death. " We cannot conclude this address, sir, without ex pressing our sympathy in Mrs. Carpenter's lengthened illness, and our happiness that she is in some measure restored to health and usefulness. May her valuable life be long continued to her family and friends. " Finally, we would say, reverend and dear sir, the Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel.' " We remain, reverend and dear sir, " Faithfully and affectionately yours, " On behalf of the subscribers, (Signed) " JOHN TOLLTTT, Churchwarden, "To the Rev. Henry Carpenter, Minister of St. Michael's Church." ANSWER. " St. Michael's, June sth, 1844. " My dear Friends,—lt is with feelings of no ordinary gratification I receive the affectionate address which you have this evening so kindly presented to me. For your expressions of regard for myself personally, I hope, I feel thankful ; but, I freely own, I feel still more thankful for the testimony, which this address affords, of your approval of the great truths of the Gospel, to teach which has ever been the object of my ministry among you. To a minister of Christ seeking to save those that hear him,' it will be at all time a source of gratification to know that his flock entertain a just value for the distin guishing doctrines of the Gospel. But in days like the Present, when doctrines, repudiated by our church, are taught with much confident assertion indeed, but with no scriptural proof, it is doubly gratifying to know that almost all the. laity of our church reject these dangerous novelties, and are resolved to stand by those principles of Protestant truth, of which, for three centuries, the church of this nation has been the best bulwark and the most distinguished guardian. That you, my dear friends, share in this jealousy for the maintenance (to adopt your oven expres3ion) of an unadulterated Gosp el, is and will be a subject of rejoicing with me. In this lam not, I hope, actuated by anything so insignificant as a paltry party spirit (from which I desire ever to kee p clear), but by the high and solemn consideration, that Gospel truth, as enunciated by our Reformers, is the great and only instrument for sanctifying and saving the soul of man. Where such interests are at stake, every faithful shepherd will rejoice when his people deliberately express their at tachment to evangelical truth. Such joy your address of this evening has awakened within me. " The letter you introduce into your address, and which gave rise to your present kindness, is to me peculiarly pleasing ; because it seems to proceed from one who has derived profit from the preaching of the Gospel. I hope we may yet come to be acquainted with the name of this unknown friend, that 1 may tender to him the same thanks I now offer to yourselves for your generous and costly present, and the affectionate expressions with which it is accompanied. - - " I shall prize your gat for its beauty and intrinsic value, but far more shall I prize it as a memorial of your undeserved kindness to myself, and of your affection for the scriptural truths, which, for more than seven years, I have endeavoured by the grace of God to inculcate among you. " For your expressions of sympathy in reference to Mrs. Carpenter's health, accept, my dear friends, her thanks and my own. We trust that this recent and unlooked-for demonstration of kindness on your part, will excite a livelier concern in both our minds for your temporal and spiritual welfare, and that the substantial record of your affection we have this day received will serve as an incentive to bind us, and our children after us, in firm attachment to evangelical truth, as the sure basis of personal, domestic, and national happiness in this life, as well as of everlasting happiness in the life to come. That the truth as it is in Jesus' may become increasingly precious to you all, and that you may all know from happy experience that it is the power of God unto salva tion, is the fervent and united prayer of us both. " And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the Word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. (Acts, xx. 32.) " Believe me, my dear Friends, your affectionate Mi n i s t er , " HENRY CARPENTER." DOCK COMMITTEE.-TRURSDAY. Present, Messrs. Nic o l, H o lt , H olmes, Smith, Moly- Rroßtmullaney, Sal‘nidoboanc,h,shlNalniddd,letAoink,in,ChEilvtoann,s,Boalndd, ne o n y r d e n T , Tobin. A shed, twenty feet long, was ordered to be erected on f sh t h o e ul T d r i a t fa b l e ga n r e D e o :s c a k tr . y the it tw north-east ordered qu thata of to remove a ship when either loading or discharging, a ship wishing to discharging into the ianostiTake way for dock-master should be at libe r t t o d o so, Providing there was another berth ready, the ship seeking the accommo dation to pay the expense of their removal. The salary of John Fry, clerk to the North Harbour_master, was increased from 7s. to 18s. a week. A letter was read from Sir John Hall, of the St. K a _ therine's Docks, London, on the Inland Bonding Bill . He said—" Unless your attention has been lately called to this bill, allow me to invite it, and if the Dock Committee concur in opinion with me on some of th e objectionable principles thus sought to be introduced in the warehousing system, I beg to suggest a com munication to the members for Liverpool to oppose it." After stating that he would endeavour to get the consideration of the measure postponed, Sir John pr o _ ceeded—" Although the proposed bonding privilege is to be confined to goods for home consumption, the effect must be to transfer to warehouse keepers in Manchester the rent upon goods which the dock and other warehouse keepers in Liverpool and other of the outports are legiti mately entitled to. If this bill pass, what shall prevent Birmingham and other places applying next session for similar privileges. The principle once admitted I know not where the measure is to stop. The warehouse system was avowedly introduced to encourage the transit trade, but the proposed measure would be a new feature, adopt. ing the right of bonding for mere purposes of credit or 'duties, which from circumstances have been merely i li a. dental." Mr. EVANS thought it very foolish for the inland towns to wish for any such power, for if they had the liberty to morrow, they would exercise it only to a very insignificant degree. He would not notice it. He would offer no op position at all to it. It would be unavailing, and it would be very ungracious on their part. He had not the slight est expectation that bonding would ever go on to the ex tent that Liverpool or London would in any way feel. Mr. AIKIN said, that as it would not affect the interests of the trusty he did not see how they could interfere. After some further conversation, it was resolved that the committee ought not to move in it. The CHAIRMAN stated that the dock receipts -during the last week had been £15,443 13s. 10d. ; being a much larger amount than was ever received in any one week, and considerably more than double the receipts of the corresponding week last year, which were £7213 Ios. sd. That, in some measure, had arisen from the long preva lence of easterly winds. Mr. EVANS supposed that the members of the commit tee had read the evidence as to the Wallasey Docks, and he would move as the result on his mind of what he had been reading, that it was not desirable to continue their opposition to the Wallasey Dock Bill. Mr. AIKIN said he had read the evidence very carefully, and had come to precisely the same conclusion, and begged to second the motion. Mr. EVANS said one of the reasons was, that the Lords of the Admiralty and the Lords Commissioners of the River had made up their minds on the subject. He had had that information from the best authority. The CHAIRMAN said that would have the effect of withdrawing the vote of confidence in the Parliamentary Committee which was passed last week. Mr. AIKIN said not in the slightest degree. That ♦ote was come to before the evidence was placed before the committee. Mr. EVANS asked if any answer had been received to the letter to the Admiralty ? The CHAIRMAN said he believed not. Mr. EVANS said this confirmed the information he had received. The CHAIRMAN said they might put what construction they liked upon silence, but he did not think the matter was settled when Lord Harrington, the First Lord of the Admiralty, had consented to sit on the committee in the Lords. Both the Wallasey and Liverpool Dock Bills had passed the standing orders of the House of Lords. The votes were then taken, when there appeared for the motion, four ; against it, thirteen : namely, for the motion, Messrs. Evans, Holt, Aikin, and Bulley ; against it, Messrs. Middleton, Moon, Chilton, Bold, Tobin, Sandbach, Smith, Holmes, Royden, Trotman, Molyneux, Shand, and Nicol. The CHAIRMAN said the Liverpool Dock Bill was op posed in the Lords. Mr. MOLYNEUX.—By the Commissioners of Birken head ? The CHAIRMAN said Mr, Jackson and Mr. Laird stated that the Commissioners of Birkenhead never opposed the bill. In opposing it, thty did so as Liverpool mer chants. Mr. EVANS thought the sub-committee ought to put the general committee in possession of all the materials for judging of the matter. The plans of the Wallasey Docks ought also to have been placed before them. The CHAIRMAN said the plans were there : they bad only arrived that morning. Mr. AIKIN.—Of course they have been before the sub committee. The CH A I RM A N.-1 believe not. Mr. AIKIN.—You surely never would oppose plans you never saw. The CHAIRMAN.-0, I have seen them very often myself. The committee then proceeded to financial matters. LOCAL NEWS. QUICK DISPATCH.—On Wednesday, the sth instant, the ship Lydia was berthed in the Waterloo Dock, and within 37 hours discharged a cargo of above 400 hogsheads of sugar ; then went into the Graving Dock for repairs ; and by Wednesday, the 12th inst., had taken a full cargo for export on board, and sailed next day. SMUGGLING.—On Tuesday, George Gottfried, and and Frederick Meras, Prussians, were charged with smuggling from on board the Frederick, in the Brunswick Dock 61Ibs, and 301bs respectively of leaf tobacco. They were each convicted in a penalty of £100; but Mr. Rushton stated that as they were foreigners, and this was perhaps their first offence he would recommend their case to the lenial consideration of the Board in London. FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.—A crowded assem blage met in the Music-hall on Friday evening, to hear a statement from Dr. Cunningham and Mr. Begg, of Edin burgh, regarding the position and prospects of the Free Church. Considerable disappointment was felt when it was announced from the chair that these gentlemen had not yet arrived. The auditory were, however, unwilling to adjourn, and listened to addresses from the chairman, (Rev. D. Fergusson), Dr. Raffles, Mr. Gardner, Dr. Blackburn, and Mr. Welsh. EDUCATION OF NEGRO CIIILDREN.—A very respect able meeting of a branch of the Society for the Advance ment of Education among the Negro Children of the West India Islands was held, on Friday evening last, at the Music-hall. Adam Hodgson, Esq., was in the chair, and the meeting was addressed by the Rev. Mr. Lawrence, the Rev. Mr. Ewbank, the Rev. Mr. Reynolds, and the Rev. Hugh .51'Neile. From the report of the secretary, it appears that the society had received, last year, £loB in Liverpool, a larger sum than had been collected by any other branch. FALSE PRETENCES.—John Wright, beerhouse-keeper and shipping master, was on Wednesday charged, before Mr. Rushton, with obtaining money from several seamen on pretence of finding them ships. The prisoner had a placard in his window to the effect that seamen were wan ted for the schooner Margaret, about to sail for the coast of Africa. The prisoner charged them ss. and 10s. each for shipping notes, and said the vessel belonged to Mr. I. 0. Bald, but on inquiry no such vessel could be found. A vessel of that name had been chartered by Messrs. Bold, but had sailed ten days before. The prisoner was re manded. ROBBERY FROM A WAREHOUSE.—On Wednesday, a the Police-court, James Cosgrove was charged with steal ing 981 b. of currants, from a warehouse, in Kitchen street, the property of Mr. A. Mongredien. Some men in the adjoining yard had, on the previous Monday, ob served a hole in ihe wall of the warehouse, and some cur rants strewed about it. On the following evening the pri soner was seen coming out of the yard with a bag on his back, and was detained. The bag contained the quantity of currants stated. The prisoner said he was carrying it for a man who had given him a shilling far his trouble.— He was committed for trial. DRIVING VEHICLES THROUGH THE STREETS ON SUNDAYS.—On Tuesday last, William Welsh was sum moned before Mr. Rushton, for driving his whitechapel through Great Crosshall-street, opposite the Welsh inde pendent chapel, on Sunday afternoon last, during the hours of Divine service. It appeared that the place of worship alluded to was amongst the chapels and churches res, ecting which the Mayor caused notice to be given a short time ago that if parties should drive along the streets in which they were situated during the hours of Divine worship on Sundays, they would be liable to a penalty. Mr. Rushton said the full fine was 405., but the defendant must pay 20s. and costs. It behoves us always to be on our guard, when alone we should watch our thoughts, when in society our tongues, and when in our families our tempers. Indeed, upon our properly guarding the last depends much of our social happiness and domestic comfort, taking care to counteract that continued irritability of mind which is the precursor of ebullitions of passion. But our mental disposition is so intimately connected with our physical condition, that what is frequently considered ill-temper, or peevishness, is in reality but the result of a derangement of the diges tive or other organs of the body, and requires medicinal not mental remedies. To such we recommend with con fidence " FRAMPTON'S PILL OF H EALTH," as being cer tain in its effects, and gentle in its operation. THE NOTE ROBBERY.—Francis Trapps, the person concerned in the robbery of .£lOO ❑otes, was again brought up, and the following evidence produced as to another of the £lOO notes stolen from the District Bank. Mr. Blease, cashier at the Custom•hou , e, said he recollected prisoner coming to him on the 28th of May, and asking him for change of a £lOO note. He said it was for Lither land, Davies, and Co., and that it was to pay dues. The prisoner at his request, marked the note, and signed James Croskell on the back of it. He (Mr. Blease) ob tained the change, and handed it over to the prisoner. The witness identified the prisoner when shown to him amongst others, at the Bridewell. Mr. Mather, recorder at the Custom-house, gave the number of the note re ceived from the prisoner ; it was No. 16,694, and was identified as being one of those stolen from the bank on the 28th ult. The prisoner was fully committed for trial at the borough sessions in July next. UNJUSTIFIABLE ACCUSATION.—On Thursday a gen teel-looking man, named Charles Hunt, a clerk, was brought before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of assaulting and annoying Mrs. Alice Thomas, who keeps a respecta ble house in Russell-street, where the prisoner, a married man, had lodged for twelve months. It appeared that on Wednesday night last, while in a state of intoxication, be had broken into her room, and behaved in so violent and outrageous a manner that she was obliged to give him into custody. Mr. Owen, for the defendant, proceeded to put questions to the complainant with a view to insinuate or prove that defendant had not for a long time slept in his own bed ; but Mr. Rushton stopped this unmanly course, for if a man were guilty of what was insinuated, nothing could add so enormously to his crime as to come into court and declare it. He believed it was a foul libel on the female, and ordered the prisoner to find bail, himself in £5O, and two sureties in £25 each. IMPORTANT CORN CASE.—In the case of Barrow v. Arnaud, Lord Denman delivered judgment on Tuesday. The defendant is the collector of customs at this port, and the plaintiff a corn-merchant in the same place. Upon the Thursday next, after the Friday on which the Sliding Scale Act received the royal assent, Mr. Barrow applied to Mr. Arnaud to sign a bill of entry, for the admission of a certain quantity of wheat. The day of the applica tion was that upon which the first weekly average was to be made by the controller of the corn returns, and it was made by him upon that day, but not t ransm it te d to M r. Arnaud until the following day. Mr. Arnaud not having any certificate of the average under the new act, demanded the duty which would be payable on the repealed statute ; and as Barrow contended that the latter statute (the 9th George IV. c. 60) having been repealed, no duty would be payable under it, he refused the demand of the duty, upon which the defendant refused to sign the bill of entry, for which refusal the plaintiff brought the p resent act i on to recover damages for theinjury which he had sustained in losing a market for his wheat. The case having come on for trial at Liverpool, the jury found a special verdict, which embodied the facts of the case as we have men tioned them above. The only question for decision was, whether the legislature had not in the Slidi ng Scale Act omitted to make any provispn for levying the duty upon the importation of corn during the six day s w hi ch inter vened between the day upon which that act obtained the royal assent and the day upon which . the first weekly ave rage was to be made under its provisions. The judgment upon the verdict was given for the defendant. CHILD FOUND.—Early on Saturday morning last, a new-born child, cold and apparently dead, was found by some workmen, lying on suave shavings in an unfinished house in Thomas-street, Birkenhead. It was removed to a dwelling-house in the nei2hhourhood, by Mr. Vale, surgeon, who was providentially attending a patient, and by persevering means animation was restored. The mother has not yet been discovered. LISCARD INFANT SCHOOLS. —The examination of the pupils at this school took place on Wednesday last. The attendance from the neighbourhood, including the Rev. J. Tobin and lady, was exceedingly numerous, and they all appeared to be highly pleased with the progress the children had made, and the general and scriptural intelli gence they displayed. The school is under the manage ment of Miss Wells, to whom the greatest credit is due, and now contains upwards of 100 pupils. all of whom, though few of them exceed six years of age , s h owe d so ' clear a knowledge of scripture, and repeated their lessons with such credit as to astonish every party present. On Friday they were regaled with a plentiful supply of tea, bunloaf, and coffee. LIVERPOOL SYMPATHISERS.—The first attempt on Monday evening having failed, a second meeting of per sons who choose to call themselves " the friends of civil and religious liberty," was held on Tuesday evening, in the Amphitheatre, " to take into consideration the subject of an address to the queen, for the discharge from prison of Mr. O'Connell and the other traversers, until the writ of error be decided by the House of Lords; and also to sympathisewith those gentletnen under their late extremely severe sentence." There was a pretty numerous attend ance, including some females, but except that the as sistance of Wm. Blundell, Esq., of Crosby ; Thos. Weld Blundell, Esq., of Ince ; Nicholas Blundell, Esq., of Crosby • and Edward Chaloner, Esq., had been obtained, the leaders were the usual Clayton-square worthies, ex cept Colonel Williams, an Irish physician, yclept Sir Ar nold Knight, some Rotnish Catholic priests and laymen, and a sprinkling of the members of the Anti-corn-law League. As a demonstration the exhibition was con temptible. The proceedings closed about nine o'clock. PAVING AND SEWERAGE.—At a meeting of this board on Thursday, of applications for the breaking up of the flags, alterations of the pavement, &c., were read and disposed of. Permission was g r anted t o drain the stag nant water, which was described as a great nuisance, on the east side of crown-street, into the sewers, on condi tion that the sewer was paid for whenever the land was built upon. An application from parties connected with Salem Chapel, Brownlow-hill, requesting that the street, opposite the chapel, might be macadamised, was read, and the work ordered to be executed. In consequence of its broken condition. the asphalte on the footwalk oppo site Renshaw-street Chapel was ordered to be taken up and re-placed with flags. Mr. Jones, the proprietor of 113 houses in Salt ner-street. applied to the commissioners to adopt that street. Mr. Cunningham, the surveyor, having reported that the street was not properly levelled, and that the water could not be drained off unless a sewer were made, it was resolved that the commissioners would not adopt the street until it could be drained to their sa tisfaction. Several complaints were made that various parts of the town were not properly watered, when it was resolved to summon the watering c;. mmittee to take the subject into consideration. On the motion of Mr. Glad stone, a letter was directed to be sent to the Commis sioners of West Derby, pointing out to them the dis graceful state of Prescot-street, from Moira-street to Moss street, and requesting that it might be macada mised, so as to make a continuous macadamised line to the Monument. On the motion of Mr. Cooper, a similar letter was directed to be sent to the Toxteth-park Com missioners, respecting the footwalk from the Catholic chapel to the Parish-office. EASTHAM AND ITS ATTRACTIONS.—There are few sweeter or more delightfully situated places in this locality than Eastham. which is within half an hour's sail of George's Pier-head. It has long been a favourite place of resort for the denizens of this crowded hive, where they inhale the pure breeze, and participate in the picturesque scenery of a finely wooded country. The view of both shores of the river, with Liverpool in the distance, is commanding. In addition to its attractions as a watering place, the ancient village of Eastham, a mile from the ferry, is an object of interest. Within two or three miles of this lovely spot stands the family residence of the Stanleys, one of the oldest and most highly respectable aristocratic families in the kingdom. The present young baronet, Sir 'William Massey Stanley, is one of the most popular and respected landlords in the country, idolised by his tenantry, and a finished specimen of an English gentleman. Coming recently into possession of the family estate, he seems anxious to study the comforts of all around him, and one of the improvements which cannot fail to be appreciated by the public, is the erection of a noble, stately pile, as an hotel—an excellent substitute for the old unsightly building on the margin of the ferry. The new building, which is now open for the reception of visitors, is not exceeded in the comforts of an hotel by any similar establishment on the river. Previously, the attrac tions of Eastham were somewhat impaired by the want of accommodation at the old house—a defect which for the future will be effectually remedied. The sitting, dining, and bed-rooms are noble and capacious, and there apl.ears every disposition on the part of those now in possession to furnish the public with the best cheer at the most mo derate rates. During the summer months a band will play on the lawn, and the fine gardens attached to the house will be thrown open to the public. Some improvements, we understand, are contemplated in the management of the ferry ; a better class of steamers are about being placed on the station, and the regularity of their running may be depended on. Upon the whole, under the new manage ment, this once favourite place of resort—the Richmond of Cheshire—seems likely to rival the glories of its former popularity, and the public owe deep obligation to Sir Wm. Massey Stanley for the public spirit which he has evinced in the erection of the new hotel. THEATRE-ROYAL.—Monday last being the closing night of the Theatre-Royal, Mr. Webster addressed the ' audience between the pieces. He said—" Ladies and Gentlemen—On the close of this our first season in Li ' verpool, both Madame Celeste and myself feel deeply grateful for the more than ordinary success with which our endeavours to please you have been crowned, a greater number of persons having paid to enter this theatre since Christmas last than was ever known during the pal miest days of the drama here within the same number of consecutive nights. Our only motive for entering upon the lesseeship was, that so noble an edifice, devoted to the drama, should not be crushed, as we were insolently told, never to rise again ; and, as , we can prove it may be kept open profitably, we conceive we have achieved our point. The suddenness with which the whole affair was arranged threw us into considerable difficulty in the formation of an efficient company, for we found nearly all the provin cial performers of any repute in settled engagements. In this dilemma we were fortunate enough to secure a por tion of a talent sent adrift by the wreck of theatrical spe culations in London, and the chief part of those ladies and gentlemen presented to you have passed what is deemed the highest ordeal and come off scatheless. With regard to ' stars,' the position I hold in the metropolis enabled me to promise largely, and there is not one pledge we made at the outset that we have not more than redeemed. The present state of the theatre, compared with its pre vious appearance, and the manner in which we have placed the various pieces on the stage, will, I think I may presume to say, prove how regardless we have been of outlay. I assure you, Ladies and Gentlemen, profit was less our consideration than the raising th e fallen fortunes of this dramatic temple ; and however my metropolitan station as manager may be, I feel it is not more honoura ble than being associated with Madame Celeste in the di rection of the first theatre, in one of the first mercantile towns in the world." Mr. Webster then expressed his gratitude to the press, (with one exception,) and con cluded as follows :—" Everything that can be done shall be done to secure a continuance of your approbation. And again thanking you, in the name of Madame Celeste and every member of this establishment, for your distin gui-hed patronage , until the 15th of July next, I most re pectfully bid you farewell." MEETING OF THE BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS. — A special meeting was held at the Town-hall on Tuesday evening—present. Messrs. Case. Hide, Horner, Bentham, Adamson, Cole, Green, Sudlow, W. Jackson, J. S. Jack son, Appleton, Watson, and Brownrigg. Th e newly elected members subscribed the usual declaration on taking their seats. Mr. Bentham, in moving that J. Deane Case, E sq ., should be re-elected chairman of the Board, eulogised the conduct of that gentleman. Mr. W. Jackson seconded the motion, which was unanimously, carried. Mr. Case feelingly returned thanks for the honour done him, and the kind manner in which it had been conveyed. After alluding to the rapid advancement of their rising town, he expressed his conviction that no , thing could now arrest its progress, and that, although it was as yet but a branch of the mother town opposite, it bid fair to rival it in due time. So long as he remained amongst them he would have great pleasure in giving any services in his power for the advantage of the community. He then took the chair, when Mr. Cole moved, and Mr. Pim seconded a motion, that Mr. W. Jackson be re elected vice-president. Mr. Jackson thanked them for the honour, and hoped his next year's services would be as beneficial to the township as those he had been enabled to render it in the past year. With reference to Liver pool, which they had never found an unworthy parent, all they wanted was to take their fair share of those com mercial advantages to which, from their locality, they were entitled. He complained at some length of the op position they had met with froth parties on the other side, and also in Birkenhead, to their Improvement Bill, which, however, had now received the royal assent, the whole of the clauses of their opponents having been thrown out. He had to report that the Birkenhead Docle Bill had passed the third reading of the House of Commons ; that it bad been read a first time in the Lords, and he expected that it was that very day on the standing orders for going into committee. He was compelled to leave that evening for London in order to forward the measure—a mea sure that be entertained no doubt, before his return; would receive the royal assent. (Cheers.) Much money had been thrown. awapby the Dock ,Trustees of. Liver pool in opposing it, and they had put the townships of Birkenhead to great expense; but the funds of the town ship were not, exhausted; they had sufficient funds still, ' the bill through, cost what and were determined to , carry it would, and let the time be• lengthened out as much as it could. (Hear, hear.) In conclusion, he trusted that they would set an example to the nation of what a young 1 township could do, by guarding against the errors of other towns, and deriving all the benefits of the experience of the past. (Cheers.) The several committees for the year were then appointed. Mr. .Jackson said he should submit at the next meeting what portions of land they ought to offer for sale—so that the township might partici pate in the sales and improvements going on. The Ferry Committee submitted a recommendation that a reduction should take place from the Ist July to the following scale: —For one year, Li ss. each, and 10s. for every additional person ; for six months, 17s. 6d. each, and 7s. 6d. for every additional person; for three months. 125."6(1. each, and 5s for every additional person. After some unimpor- 1 tant conversation the board adjourned. , CHILD DESERTION.—A poor emaciated woman, named Moran, a widow, was o❑ Tuesday charged, before Mr. Rushton with having deserted her child, a boy of only about three weeks old. It appears that she lived with her mother and sister in Milton-street, where she was deli vered. On the precious Wednesday, she took out the child, and placed it on the lobby of the house of Mr. John Smith, publican, Brownlow-bill, who sent it to the Work house. The prisoner's sister said she missed the child, and on asking about it. was told by the prisoner that she had sent it to the Workhouse, upon which witness said that was right, as it would be better there than they could do for it. The prisoner, she said, was very poor; she had nothing but what she got by sewing and it was very difficult to get any work. Mr. Rushton said the. witness had acted most improperly in abetting the prisoner to abandon her child. She ought to have advised her to apply for parish relief for its support. Had the child perished, they might both have been committed for mur der. As it was the prisoner must be committed for trial. EMlGRATlON.—Englishmen are usually unwilling to quit their fatherland, but they appear fast losing that ho nourable spirit of nationality. Thousands of Irish, Scotch, and English emigrants are pouring into the United States, a foreign country, subject to foreign laws, while a colony of their own empire, where the institutions of the mother country prevail unaltered.—where the soil is productive and labour receives its full reward, because there is a large demand for it, and where the climate is acknow ledged to be the finest in the world, is overlooked. We allude to Western Australia, so replete with natural sources of prosperity, which are only delayed in their effects, by the inadequacy of the population to turn them to due account. We are, however. glad to find that Mr. Alexander Andrews, of 14, New City Chambers, and Mr. J. W. Hodge, of 11, Warnford-court, London, have vo lunteered to give every information on the subject of this very eligible colony, and we hope that the public mind may soon by this means be fully disabused. SELECT VESTRY MEETING. —At the fortnightly meet ing, on Tuesday, the senior Churchwarden in the chair, an application from Mr. John Taylor Crooke for leave to take a copy of the poor rate laid in November 1843, with the payments up to th it date—he paying any expense in curred—was refused. By the Workhouse return, it ap peared there were 1,618 paupers in the house, costing 2s Old per head, amounting to £166 17s Id. In the cor responding week of last year there were 1,659 inmates, at an expense of is 64-d per head, amounting to £127 17s 7d. showing a decrease of 41 in number, and an increase of 64d. per head, and £3B 19s 6d in money. The out door expenditure for the fortnight ending Bth instant was £773 6s Bd. which relieved 7,002 cases; for the compara tive period of last year there were 6,691 cases relieved at an expense of £744 17s, showing an increase of 311 cases, and £2B 9s Bd. in money.—There was a slight increase of fever cases in the house. but otherwise the health of the inmates was not materially altered. A letter was read from the Poor Law Commissioners, confirming the regu lations made by the vestry and Mr. Clements for the go vernment of the medical department. In another letter the Commissioners said they had no power to sanction the recent vote of the vestry of a retiring pension of £9O Per annum to Mr. Nightingall, the late surgeon. —Mr. Mellor and Mr. Whitby were appointed members of the Committee in the department relating to illegitimate children.—Mr. Gray reported that various sums had been received as reimbursement for the support of a lunatic female. One sum for this purpose (of £150) had been discovered in the hands of a gentleman near Latham. through the activity of Mr. Rowland, visiting officer of this town.—Adjourned to the 25th instant. EXCISE INFORMATIONS.—On Tuesday several infor mations by gentlemen connected with the Excise were brought before the notice of the court. Patrick Trainer, who lives in Boundary-place, Windsor, was mulcted in the penalty of £5O for having sold spirits without a license.—An information was also laid against Edward Middlehurst, for having in his pcHsession an illicit still. The charge was preferred by Mr. John Woodruff, import surveyor, who stated, that on the sth of March last he received information that an illicit still had been dis covered in an empty warehouse in Brooks'-alley. He went there, and seized a still which was regularly set up, and which would hold some forty gallons. There were seven tubs and other utensils, and 140 gallons of wash in a state of fermentation, which, on being worked up, produced 26 gallons of proof spirits (whiskey.) The whole were taken to the Excise-office.—William Heath, who occupied houses, Nos. 6, and 8, Back Beau-street, was convicted in the penalty of £2OO for using an illicit still—Ann Hughes, who lives at 164, Burlington-street was convicted in the penalty of £lOO for illicit distilla tion. Eliza Dillon, living at 152, Dale -street, was fined in the penalty of £5O. for having on her premises an illicit still, and Mary M'Donald (to whom, it was shown, the still belonged, and who had been several times pre viously convicted) in the full penalty of £2oo.—Daniel Macerlain, alio lives at 13, Stewart -street, was convicted in the penalty of £5O, for selling spirits without a license. On the 3rd instant, an officer of Excise went out and pur chased two glasses of whisker, for which he paid 4d. The defendant, it was stated, was an importer of eggs, from the sister isle, and was in the habit of improving his trade by bringing over a " drop of the crathur." HIGH COMPLIMENT TO SAMUEL SANDBACH, ESQ.""". On occasion of a recent visit of our respected townsman, S. Sandbach, Esq., to his estate in Denbighshire, he was met on the borders of the property by a numerous body of his own and the neighbouring tenantry, accompanied by two bands of music, and many of them bearing flags and banners with various tasteful devices. The arrival of the carriage was hailed with hearty cheering, and the procession, headed by the vicar of the p ar i s h, rece i ve d with every demonstration of respect their worthy landlord and h's lovely daughter. The vicar then addressed Mr. Sandbach on behalf of the assemblel tenantry, expressing their grateful sense of the benefits they had derived from their connexion with him, from his kind and liberal con duct as a landlord, and from the extensive mid judicious improvements effected and still in progress on the estate, which had given employment to so many of the indus trious population of the neighbourhood. He added, that while they could not but regret that other engagements had prevented him from becoming a permanent resident among them, they bad much cause of thankfulness that lie was so worthily represented by his excellent son, who, with his amiable and accomplished lady, had given so many proofs of the kind interest they took in the welfare and improvement of all around them, and more particu larly by the constant attention they bestowed on the school, where, by tae liberality of the family, upwards of 100 children were blessed with the means of acquiring a sound and useful education. Mr. Sandbach replied in a very feeling manner, thanking them most cordially for the very gratifying proofs of their attachment which he had just seen and heard, and expressing the satisfaction he felt that his endeavours to ameliorate the condition of those over whom -he had, in the course of Providence, been called upon to preside, had been so universally ac ceptable to them. He had no other motive in entering on the duties of their landlord than to prone ote their and his own happiness, by cultivating the most friendly relations with them, and he might add that since he came into pos session of the property, the whole revenues were expended in improvements, to promote which still further he pur posed to introduce the most approved Scotch system upon one of his farms, which he hoped might prove a " model farm" that would lead to improved methods of cultivation. The tenantry afterwards took the horses from the car riage, and drew their landlord and family through the pretty village of Llangerniew, and along the park, the road at various points being decorated with triumphal arches of branches and flowers, to the mansion of Hafodunas, where the evening was spent in dancing on the lawn, and other rural amusements, to which th e hospitality of the mansion added no little zest. SAINT MARTIN'S CHURCH SCHOOLS.—Tuesday last being the day appointed for laying the foundation stone of the schools attached to St. Martin's Church, divine i service was performed at eleven o'clock, n.roductory to the ceremony. About twelve clergymen were present, and at the conclusion of morning prayer, the choir headed the procession from the church to the contiguous site of the schools, chanting a psalm. When arrived at the ground prayers were offered up and the 127th psalm was sung. The Rev. Cecil Wray, incumbent of St. Martin's, then addressed rector Brooks, at considerable length, requesting him on behalf of the congregation of the church, as rector, and in the name of the clergy present to lay the first stone of the school— a building to be dedicated to the honour of Almighty God, and to the training up of the children of the district in the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England. He ex pressed his thank fulness to Charles Groves, Esq., and the other contributors to the undertaking. He im pressed upon the inhabitants of the district present that the schools to be erected were for the whole popula tion—of all classes and parties without religious distinc. tion ; that all would be welcome to the instruction given„ for the ministers were put in charge of the whole popula tion by the Bishop, to seek for Christ's sheep that were scattered, and at least to offer a religious education to all. In giving this invitation to dissenters (whether Protes tant or Roman Catholic) as well as the members of their own church, he did not promise to teach the different systems of,error that claimed the title of Bible religion; nor would he sup press any doctrine of the church for the satisfaction of those who were content with what - they called our common Christianity. They would:telith the scriptural faith of the Church of England only. Besides the Bible reading in the school; the children would also hear two chapters and the appointed psalms solemnly read to them in , the daily morning vervice. Nor would they neglect the prayer.book. The holy scriptures would be explainid according to the catholic teaching of the Church Of England. Being episcopally ordained, they would not separate doctrine from discipline, and would carry out faithfully the whole system contained in the prayer book, and all its rights and ceremonies, fasts and festivals, even to the utmost. The Church of England possessed higher claims than any other . of the surround ing sects , and taregain the affect ions of -the mass of the people they must support the distinctive doctrines of their Church, boldly declaring it to be the true Catholic Church of this-country. It only required the sy stematic ttendance of the cle rg y t o render these scho ols more efficient than those of thedissenters, and from the situa tion of the building the euperintendence would be easy. Their course would be to teach the children to be trust ful, humble, and obedient,--dutiful to their parents, self denying, and charitable to rector congratulated Mr. Wray on the commencement of so. excellent a work, and proceeded to lay the stone, saying.: —'!-In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. We lay this first stone`of a:building to be erected to the honour of Almighty God, and for: the education of the children of this district in the doctrine and discipline of the Church: of England. ,Amen."- A - prayer was then offered up", that the-Lord would bless thettrh, for erta the re st king, aft er which the procession returned to th e church, of divine service, chaunting the Ps alm .— The Tl224,lvßayref oMan ser- mon ;was preached by theßev . T . V . Man cheater, from the Bth ch a pter o f the first epistle o f P aul to the Corinthians, and thee firs t v A er t se t i he close puffeth up, but charity edii sermon, the prayer for the church militant was offered up and a collection made. al. ce to or it 1 this from may ;rest the aned ition rgh Seen ions the yor ose ,ri ter 3st