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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. AT BEDFORD HOUSE, 22, CHURCH-STREET, Will he found the best selected STOCK of ECONOMICAL AND VALUABLE FURS ever offered to the public. The Proprietor will guarantee them FULL THIRTY PER CENT. LESS THAN LAST Y AR C S PRICES, all being the imports of the present season ; nd, in consequence, not only much cheaper, but more de cable on account of their entire freedom from any injuri received during the summer season. Ladies, on inspection, will 6nd REAL SAB E BOAS, made from the choisest Skins, from 325. 6d.; SQUIRREL DITTO, from Bs. 4d.• FRENCH SABLE, LYNX, CHIN CHILLI, FOX, B EAR, ERMINE, MARTIN, &c. &c., in endless variety, and equally cheap. Large-size Squirrel Lock Capes 6s. 10d., usually sold at 14s. Fashionable Muffs, of all Furs, Shawls, Capes, and Mantles, with and without Hoods, in every novel design. STERLING GOOD IM ITATION SABLE BOAS 2s. lOd. CHILDRENS' FURS. CEO. LINDLEY, PROPRIETOR, Late of Commerce House. Bedford House, 22, Church-street. IHE Undersigned have ON SALE about tsyfogsheads of excellent EAST INDIA PALE ALE which they can Ship in twenty-four hours' notice. - MAY and ATKINSON, No. 7, Goree. 23d October, 1840. WILLIAM EDWARDS, WINE AND PORTER MERCH NT, 24, NORTH JOHN-STREET, LlVErti"o . WINES - of the most esteemed Vintages, in Wo d and Bottle. LeCoq Freres (Cognac) FINE PALE B ANDY, Vintage 1P29 ; in Cases of one dozen Bottles or two gallons. Superior LONDON and DUBLIN PORTER, in Pints and Quarts. geb3 vubiltationo. BOOKS JUST PUBLISHED, Sold by WAREING WEBB, Bookseller and tationer, 9, CASTLE-STREET, MVERPO L MOORE'S (Thomas) POETI CAL WO KS, new edition, vol. I. MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK. vol 1, with Sixty Illustrations, by Cattermole and Browne. ELLIS'S British Tariff, for 1841. DRAMATIC WORKS of WYCHERLEY, CON GREVE, and FARQUHAR, with Lives by LEIGH HUNT. HAGHE'S Sketches in Belgium and Germany, Coloured and Mounted like the original Drawings, in Portfolio. BREE'S Railway Practice, Working Plans, &c., in the Works of celebrated Engineers, Second Series. HAYES'S Conveyancing, fifth edition, 2 vols. CHITTY on Bills of Exchange, Checks, Notes, &c. ninth edition, enlarged and improved by Hulme. PORTER'S Revenue and Population Tables. tom' BOOKS, STATIONERY, and PAPER, on the most advantageous terms, for Exportation. THE PROTESTANT ALMANACK. FOR 1841. Will be published on the sth of NOVEMBER, in a Book and Sheet. PRICE THREE -PENCE EACH. CONTAINING a Record of the most important His torical events, relative to the origin and rocess of Papal usurpation, persecution, idolatry and corr ption, from its rise to the present time, together with a ost accurate Tide-table for London and Liverpool, also Tr. ch useful and instructive information of the utmost value o Protestants of every denomination, compiled by Jos PH CRISP, of Liverpool. The great encouragement given to the publication of the " Protestant Almanack for 1810," although brought out under every disadvantage, has determined the compiler to spare no trouble or expense in the design and arrangement of his Almanack for 1841. The Sheet Almanack will contain beautifully executed Wood Engravings of THE MARTYRDOM OF ARCHBISHOP CRANMER, HEAD OF BISHOP RIDLEY, MASSACRE OF ST. BARTBOLEMEN, HEAD OF BISHOP LATIMER, SIEGE OF DERRY, DERRY TESTIMONIAL, &C. &c. As nothing but a most extensive sale can cover the heavy outlay upon so cheap a work, the compiler sincerely trusts that every good friend of the cause will use his endeavours to extend its circulation. Published by HENRY PERRIS, Church-street, Liverpool, for JOSEPH CRISP. Sold by F. BAISLER, 124, Oxford street ; Protestant Association, 2, Exeter Hall, Strand, London; J. PRATT, Bridge-street, Manchester; D. BLEAK LEY, 35, Lower Sackville-street, Dublin. Advertisements for the Cover of the Book Almanack, (of which a circulation of 20,000 may fairly be expected,) received by Mr. J. CRISP, Church-street, Liverpool, or Mr. F. BAISLER, 124, Oxford-street, London. 'MEV' , WORKS, PUBLISHED and SOLD by HENRY -LI PERRIS, 6, CHURCH -STREET, LIVERPOOL. THE OXFORD TRACTS. This day is published, in demy Bvo. price 75., Dedicated to the Rev.:C. G. T. Driffield, M.A., Vicar of Prescot ; the Rev. R. P. Buddicom, M.A., F.A.S., In cumbent of St. George's, Everton ; the R Thomas Tattershall, D.D., Minister of St. Augustin s, Everton ; the Rev. Thomas Byrth, D.D., F.A.S., for of Walla sey; the Rev. John Jones, M.A., Min' rof St. An drew's, Liverpool ; and the Clergy o meet at the Vicarage of. Prescot. AN ESSAY ON THE CHURCH, wit particular refer ence to " THE TRACTS FOR THE TIMES. By the Rev. JOS. JONES, M.A., Incumbent of Newchurch in Winwick. Author of " The Claims of Religion," " The Book of the Heart," " Human Responsibility," &c. Lyndon : Hamilton, Adams, and Co. ; L. and G. Seeley ; J. Hatchard and Son ; and Rivingtons. E LIVERPOOL UNITARIAN CONTROVERSY. A VALUABLE ADDITION TO EVERY THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY. Lately published, in one volume Bvo, cloth boards, price 145., lINITA.R 1 LtN ISM CONFUTED ; a Course of Lectures, lately delivered in Christ Church, Liverpool, by Thirteen Clergymen of the Church of England. EXTENSIVE CARPET AND FURNITURE WAREHOUSE, HANOVER-STREET, LIVERPOOL. THOMAS BRANCH RESPECTFULLY announces, that he has CONSTANTLY en SALE, At the HANOVER ROOMS, A particularly extensive and valuable Stock of Elegant and Fashionable CABINET FURNITURE, Of every description, manufactured in the first style of ex cellence, from the best Mate • , s, INCLUDING DRAWING-ROOM SUITES, of eal and Imitation Rosewood, IN CIRCULAR AND OBL G LOO, Work, Flower, Card, Occasional, Writing, Sofa, and Fancy Tables, What Nots, Chairs, Couches, Sofas, Tea Poys, Cheffoniers, Canterburies, Fire Screens, &c. MAHOGANY FURNITURE, In Sliding-frame and other forms of Dining Tables, Pedestal and Cellaret Sideboards, Single and Winged Bookcases, Secretaires, Cheval and other Screens, Single and Double Wardrobes, Ladies' Wardrobes, with brass rods and arms, for Dresses, Trafalgar and Balloon-formed Chairs, Card, Library, Loo, Invalid, Sofa, Snap, Pembroke, Ladies' Work and Screen Tables, R unn i ng Side-t a bl es , Couches, Sofas, Children's Chairs, Cots, and Cribs, Chests of Drawers, Night Commodes, Bedsteps, Bidets, Hat Stands, Boot Racks, Music Stands and Stools, Canterburies, Hall Chairs, Butler's Trays, with Stands, Foot Stools, Cheffoniers, Quartetto tables, Dressing-tables and Basin-stands, Rising Sideboard Tables, Gentlemen's Library or Office Tables, Double and Single Knife Boxes, &c. RECUMBENT INVALID CHAIRS, Elegant Lounging, Library, and Devotional CHAIRS, FOLDING SOFA AND CHAIR BEDS, JAPANNED. STAINED. AND FANCY CHAIRS, In the greatest variety ; Four-post, Cottage, Conopy, French, Dome, Camp, Nursery, and Press BEDSTEADS, of every form, In Mahogany, Birch, and Painted Woods ; Feather BEDS, Hair, Flock, and Straw MATTRESSES, PAINTED CHAMBER REQUISITES, Of all descriptions, In Wardrobes, Chests of Drawers, Toilet Tables, Basin stands, Towel Airers, &c. Elegant CHIMNEY and DRESSING GLASSES, A VARIETY OF BEAUTIFUL ITALIAN SCULPTURED ORNAMENTAL FIGURES VASES, URNS, EWERS, &c., Also, a very diversified Stock of BRUSSELS, DAMASK, VENETIAN, KIDDERMINSTER, and JUTE CARPETING, Embracing the most Modern Patterns, of excellent Manufacture ; TURKEY AND BRITISH HEARTH RUGS. A great variety of beautiful PRINTED DRUGGETS, In the newest and most admired taste ; Crimson, Drab, Green, and Mixture DRUGGETS, BLANKETS, Figured FLOOR and LOBBY CLOTHS, Of all dimensions, for cutting to fit Rooms, Halls, Lobbies, Shops, and Ships' Cabins,' INDIA AND ENGLISH MATTING, flack Hair Seatings, of all Widths, &c• ke. SCOTTISH CLAN TARTAN SALOON. mmR. PRINGLE respectfully informs the Ladies of Li verpool, that, from the greatly creasi demand for Clan Tartans, in Shawls, Scarfs, and Dresse he has just re ceived from Scotland a splendid choice of e finest Fabrics manufactured there, and will continue receive a regular supply, weekly;; thus ensuring to his friends the best choice of this fashionable article in Liverpool. EMPORIUM for FOREIGN and BRITISH SHAWLS, 56, BOLD-STREET, NEXT THE MUSIC-HALL. THE ROYAL PALACE OF NAPLES. (AFTER PROBATION.) THE KING HAS EXPRESSED HIS ENTIRE APPROBATION OF THE FOUR GORGEOUS CHANDELIERS, made on the Largest Scale known in this Coufifty, and co?sup plied by the PROPRIETOR of GLAS G OW HOUSE . J. C. WOOLFIELD, who has the honour o announcing the above, is also proud to state that h e g p th e l argest an d best EIGHT-LIGHT GAS CHANDELIER OW in Liverpool, viz., the one in the Royal Bank. J. C. W. gives Estimates and Drawings for PALACES, MANSIONS, and PUBLIC BUILDINGS (for this country or abroad.) J. C. W. informs Parties having purchased Chan deliers direct from the Makers, that he will supply them with the same Articles to match at the same Prices, and in general for less. Chandeliers of any design can be made to match, FREE OF ALL EXTRA EXPENSE, AT GLASGOW HOUSE. An elegant Assortment of CHANDELIERS on view at mo derate prices, viz., from £2O down to £3 only. All Articles warranted, and exchanged if not perfect or approved. WATER SLIDE CHANDELIERS on the best construction known. Chandeliers made to Slide. Ditto repaired, and made equal to new, of a superior Colour, only to be done at the Manufactory, GLASGOW HOUSE, CHURCH-STREET. October 22, 1840. NEW LITHOGRAPHIC ESTABLISHMENT, 1, BRUNSWICK-STREET, CASTLE-STREET. ABOVE THE ALBION BANK, LIVERPOOL. MACLURE AND MACDONALD, LITHOGRAPHERS, DRAUGHTSMEN, ENGRAVERS, and ORNAMENTAL PRINTERS to the Queen, Glasgow, re ectfully announce that they will OPEN the above Estab shment on MONDAY next, in conjunction with their frie Mr. ALEXANDER MACGREGOR, who, during the ast three years, had a principal charge in their Glasgow House, and whose talents as a Lithographer are of the first description, whom they have assumed as a partner in this concern, and under whose management the business in Liverpool will be principally conducted. The demand in Liverpool for superior Lithography, from its universal application to Mercantile and Ornamental pur poses, has induced them to open this branch, while the cele brity their Glasgow Establishment has attained, united to their unceasing and persevering efforts to maintain and in crease the reputation of the Art, assures them of meeting with that distinguished preference they have so eminently obtained in Glasgow. _ _ _ The business will be carried on under the firm of MACLURE, MACDONALD, & MACGREGOR ; and, every department being filled up with artists of the first reputation, will ensure promptitude and superior excellency in the production of every order intrusted to them. ____ _ APPRENTICES WANTED for the various departments. Those for Drawing and Writing will require to lodge sped mens, and none need apply unless they display a decided taste for the Art. October 19, 1840. CUNTENTS : I.—The Practical Importance of the Controversy with Unitarians. By the Rev. FIELDING OuLD, A. 8., Incum bent of Christ Church. 2.—The Integrity of the Canon of Holy Scripture main tained against Unitarian Objections. By the Rev. THOMAS TATTERSH ALL, D.D., Minister of St. Augustine's, Everton. 3.—The Unitarian Interpretation of the New Testament based upon Defective Scholarship, or on Dishonest or tin candid Criticism. By the Rev. THOMAS BYRTII, D.D., Rector of Wallasey. 4.—The Proper Humanity of our Lord Jesus Christ. By the Rev. JOHN JONES, M.A., Minister of St. Andrew's. s.—The Proper Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ proved from the Prophetic Scriptures. By the Rev. JAMES HAL DANE STEWART, Incumbent of St. Bride's. 6.—The Proper Deity of our Lord the only ground of Con sistency in the Work of Redemption. By the Rev. lIUGH M`NELLE, M.A., Incumbent of St. Jude's. 7.—The Doctrine of the Trinity proved as a consequence from the Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ. By the Rev. DAVID JAMES, Minister of St. Mary's, Kirkdale. B.—The Atonement Indispensable to the Necessities of Guilty .71tm ; and shown to stand or fall with the Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ. By the Rev. R. P. BUDDICOM, M.A., F.A.S., Incumbent of €t. George's, Everton. 9.—The Deity, Personality, and Operations of the Holy Ghost. By the Rev. J. E. BATES, M.A., Assistant Minis ter of St. BJide's. 10.--The Sacraments practically rejected by Unitarians. By the Rev. H. W. M`GitaTii, 8.A., Rector of St. Anne's, Manchester. 11.—The Nicene and Athanasian Creeds explained and defended. By the Rev. ROBERT DaviEs, M.A., Minister of St. David's. I2.—The Personality and Agency of Satan. By the Rev. lltynx STOWELL, M.A., Incumbent of Christ Church, Salford. 13.—The Eternity of future Rewards and Punishments. By the Rev. WILLIAM DALTON, M.A., Incumbent of St. Paul's. Wolverhampton. A SUPPLEMENTARY NUMBER to the Lectures on the Unitarian Controversy, containing General Title, Pre face, and Contents to the Work. Any of the above Lectures may be had separately. so may b e hd, A LETTER TO THE AI REV. J. a HAMILTON THOM, containing Strictures on some Remarks in his Sermon, enti tled, " Christiany not the Property of Critics and Scholars ; but the Gift of God to all Men." By the Rev. THOMAS BYRTH, D.D., F.A.S., Rector of Wallasey. Second Edi tion, price Is. sewed. The SCRIPTURE DOCTRINE of ATONEMENT. A Sermon preached in St. Augustine's Church in Passion Week, 1840. By the Rev. THOS. TATTERSHALL, D.D. Bvo. sewed, Is. 6d. TRIPLICITY. 2 vols. post Bvo. cloth, 16s. " This is decidedly the most original work that has ap peared for some time. The design of the author is to illus trate the doctrine of a divine Trinity, by tracing a triplicity of character not only in Scripture, but in every part of the na tural and moral world."—Liverpool Courier. London : Hamilton, Adams, and Co. WORKS BY THE REV. HUGH M'NEILE, M.A., INCUMBENT OF ST. JUDE'S, LIVERPOOL. I—Seventeen Sermons, preached at Albury. Third Edi tion, 12m0., price 7s. cloth. 2.—Lectures on the Jews. Third Edition, 12m0., price 4s. 6d. cloth. 3.—Sermons on the Second Advent of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Fourth Edition, 12m0., pike 4s. 6d. cloth. 4.—Letters to a Friend on Seceding from the Church. Foolscap Bvo. price 3s. b.—Lectures on the Church of England, delivered in Lon don, March, 1840. Fine edition, Bvo. cloth bds., 6s. Cheap Edition, Is. 6.—The Character of the Church of Rome. Second Edi tion, price 9d. sewed. 7.—Danger cannot reach—Now is' the Time ! A Sermon preached on behalf of the Liverpool Mariners' Church Society. Price 9d. sewed. B.—The Proper Deity of Our Lord the Only Ground of Consistency in the Work Oi Redemption. A Sermon preach ed in Christ Church, Liverpool, in 1839, Bvo. price ls. 6d. sewed. _ 9.—Jezebel a Type of Popery. Being a Speech delivered at Market Drayton, December 19th, 1839, 12mo. price 4d. sewed. In the press, and will appear in a few days A new and beautiful edition of M'E\VEN ON THE TYPES, with a Preface by the Rev. HUGH M'NEILE, M.A Incumbent of St. Jude's Church, Liverpool. Foolscap Bvo ,. cloth boards. THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY. In the press, and will be ready in a day or two, The SERMON preached before the above Society, at S. Augustine's Church, by the Rev. THOS. BYRTH, D.D., F.A.S., on the Duty of Civil Rulers to Provide Religious Instruction for the People. Liverpool: HENRY PERRIS, 6, Church-street; and HA MILTON, HATCHARD, and SEELEY, London. To be published on the First of December, THE PROTESTANT ANNUAL FOR 18-11.—Post Bvo, elegant, EDITED BY orocco CHARLOTTE ISs. ELIZABETH. Dedicated to the Bishops and Clergy of the British Empire, as the rightful Guardians of our Protestant Institutions. This Work is not only of national but universal interest, being devoted to the support of our Bible Christianity and Protestant Institutions. It consists of/Original Articles, in Prose and Verse, from Contributors of the highest talent and. soundest Christian principle; among whom we may men tion the Revs. Dr. Chalmers, Hugh M`Neile, Edward Bick ersteth, Robert INlontgomery, Dr. M u i r, J. Cumming, and the Author of " Essays on the Church," together with G. Finch, Esq., Miss Stodart, Miss Barber, and other distin guished Writers of the day. Among the Illustrations, de signed and engraved expressly for this Work by e mi Ar tists, are origi na l and striking Portraits of the R e - u „ h M`Neile, by Robertson, and the Earl of Win isea, by o p ll Phillips. London : F. BAISLER'S Protestant Depository, 124, Ox ford-street, and HENRY PERRIS, Liverpool, by whom Sub scribers names' Will be received, who will secure early im pressions of the Plates, ST. GEORGE'S READY-MADE LINEN ESTABLISHMENT, 75, LORD-STREET. D DODGSON, n. announces the op ing of the above, 1. • with a select Assortment of HOS RY, GLOVES, STOCKS, Ready-made LINEN, &c. He begs respectfully to call the atte ion of Gentlemen to the CORAZZA SHI r, so noted for the beauty of its fit. P. D., jun. having devoted his attention for several years to this particular department, he doubts not of giving satisfaction, both in STYLE and WORKMANSHIP, to the most fastidious. A supeaior As sortment of DENT'S GLOVES, SCOTT'S LAMBS' WOOL HOSIERY, WELCH AND MARGETSON'S STOCKS. MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT REPOSITORY. No. 191, LONDON-ROAD, ATWO DOORS BELOW THE BLIND ASYLUM.) . THOMPSON begs to inform is Friends and • the Public, and also Visiters of iverpool, that he has constantly on Sale all the NEWEST lUSICAL PUB LICATIONS, both -Vocal and lnstr mental, as soon as published ; also, a choice Stock Elegant PIANO FORTES, splendid Double-action ARMS, by Erat and Co., Guitars, Flutes, Violins, Steel ows of the best French manufacture, and all kinds of Military Instruments ; several fine old Violins and Violoncellos, of the most celebrated Makers. PIANO•FORTES lent on Hire. Military Bands fur nished with Instruments on the shortest notice. Music copied. Instruments Tuned, Repaired, and taken in Ex change. A regular supply of New Music weekly from London. P.S.—The Trade supplied with Cases for Instruments of every description, and Covered Strings, on the shortest notice. *** No connexion with any oth9/ House. L()ST, Yesterday, between St. P i ts Church and the Site of the Collegiate Institution a Gold Short-sighted GLASS.—Any Person who has font it, and will bring it Co Mr. PERRIS, Church-street, will receive a suitable Reward. SOUTH LANCASHIRE CONSERVATIVE i ASSOCIATION DINNER AT 'EWTON. FRIDAY, the 23rd OCTOB ,R, 1840. LORD SAN DON, Member for Li rpool, Chairman. A LL CONSERVATIVES who 1 ave not yet secured 271. Tickets for the dinner are res , ctfully informed that arrangements have been made to continue the issuing of Tickets till Twelve o'clock Tii is MOttN IN G (Friday), at my office, No. 10, Exchange-alley. _ RICHARD DAWSON. N.B.—A SPECIAL TRAIN will start from the Railway Station, Lime-street, at Three o'clock precisely. A correspondent of the Morning Herald suggests that Campbell's fine stirring song " Ye Mariners of England," which has lately been set to music, should be sung at our theatres and convivial meetings in the metropolis, as a set-off against the Parisians in the Marseillaise Hymn. The senti ments in that truly national composition are pec u li ar ly adapt ed to the present times, particularly in the event of war. EXTRAORDINARY PRODUCE OF POTATOES.—Mr. Phipps, of Tower, near Mold, planted this year, two ordinary sized potatoes, weighing about three-quarters of a pound, cut into nine pieces or sets, which small number of plants produced the enormous weight of 36 pounds. The name of this species of prolific vegetable Mr. Phipps does not at present know, but will endeavour to find out and propagate the same, for the benefit of his brother farmers.—Chester Courant. SUMMARY VENGEANCE.—At the late fair held at Win canton, a wax-work figure of Courvoisier, the murderer of the late lamented Lord William Russell, was exhibited for the gratification of the curious in such matters ; among the visi tors to the show was a person named T. S.—, of North Cadbury, who, on observing the figure of Courvoisier, asked who it was, and on being told that it was the murderer of Lord William Russell, he solemnly declared " that he would knock his head off, for that such a person should not be kept at Wincanton." The man made no more ado, but absolutely inflicted the threatened thump, and, sure enough, off tumbled the head of the Swiss murderer. This zealous guardian of the good name of Wincanton, however, had to pay the sum of 10s. 6d. for the assault committed on the unconscious body of Courvoisier.—Bristol Mirror. THE NASSAU BALLOON.—Mr. Charles Green intends* next summer, ascending from Dublin in the great Nassau aialloon, if th e current of air be favourable, pass i ng over preparing forw that tphreeshsoald A s • n, , land with out descending, and ultimately making his descent somewh ere on the continent of Europe. Mr. Green ono ti r t k tnl y a h e i r s o s r t e a s t o i ol resolution and oo o f w e tryingh e iis reason p rep the voyagtfrom the new world to the old, across the Atlantic, as soon as he shall have constructed the kind of balloon which will he necessary for the purpose.—Limerick Chro. nick. The magistrates of the Dunmow sessions have decided that persons coming from a distance for the purpose of attending divine service at a place of worship, of which they are regu lar members,„Are " travellers" within the meaning of the act, and may be accommodated with refreshment at a beer-shop or public-house during the hours of divine service in the parish church. A NEW FEATURE.—At the Hereford Musical Festival, a new feature was introduced by the conductor in Handel's celebrated chorus, " All we like sheep. At the conclusion of this chorus the time was gradually relaxed, and the voices and instruments were all subdued to " pianissimo." The critics were in raptures at the beautiful effect it produced, and the splendid idea it gave of the subject. GRAND EDUCATIONAL MOVEMENT. LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION-STONE OF THE LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION. Yesterday was a proud day for Liverpool, and, in reference to the paramount cause of sound Scriptural education, we may add a proud day for England; for on it was laid, under the auspices of a vast congrega tion of the nobility, clergy, gentry, and innumerable friends of good government, order, and religion, the foundation-stone of a noble edifice, to be called THE LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION, " for the education of the commercial, trading, and working classes" of this great emporium of commerce and the surrounding country ; in which, as stated in the pro spectus of the establishment, " instruction in the doc trines and duties of Christianity, as taught by the United Church of England and Ireland, shall for ever be communicated, in combination with literary, scien tific, and commercial information." We have supplied below the rules of the Institution, which embody interesting details of its objects, the mode of government, the privileges of members, and the nature of tuition to be imparted to the respective classes of students. We need therefore but briefly ad vert to the origin and prospects of an establishment which has already, by virtue of its intrinsic merits, taken inseparable hold of the public mind. It had for many years been a subject of deep regret to all classes attached to the venerable Protestant Church of our fathers, in its constitutional connexion with the State, that while educational schools were rising amongst us on all sides, where dissent from the doctrines of that church, or the more baleful errors of Popery, were industriously disseminated,—or where religion being systematically excluded, the pupils were left on the wide and dangerous ocean of chance,—it was lamented that while this was going on, there was no seminary in which the sons of true churchmen could receive an education based on the doctrines and prin ciples in which they had themselves been nurtured. Impressed not less with this fact as regarded the tem poral and spiritual welfare of those nearest and dearest to them, than virtuously alarmed at the spread of error, and even of infidelity, as regarded a great mass of their fellow countrymen, a number of highly respect able and influential individuals proposed the present institution ; and it was hailed by many of their fellow townsmen with an enthusiasm which gave augury of its indubitable success. The prospectus was issued in October, 1839. It proposed that the instruction to be given should be divided into three departments :—The first school to include " the classics, English litera ture and composition, geography, civil and ecclesiasti cal history, modern language, mathematics, natural history and philosophy, chemistry, drawing, and every other branch of useful learning ;"—the second school to be on a more limited and less expensive scale—em bracing, however, " the various requisites of a sound general education," so as to enable the pupils to enter upon the business of life with advantage to themselves and the community; and in addition to these an eve ning school " for the instruction of those whose edu cation bad been comparatively neglected in early life," —" the exercises in each school to be commenced and terminated with prayer, and the reading and exposition of the Holy Scriptures to form a portion of the daily business of the schools." The prospectus also set forth the mode of management by a committee of the subscribers, • the appointment of masters who are uni versity graduates, &c. On the 6th of January of the present year (little more than two months after the issuing of this pros pectus) a general meeting of the subscribers took place, when the gratifying announcement was made, that notwithstanding the commercial pressure of the times, the sum subscribed up to that time was upwards of £10,000! That amount, as will be seen by the list below) has since been greatly augmented. It was also announced that the Lord Bishop of the diocese had expressd his entire approbation of the plan on which the committee had acted, and his willingness to under take the office of visitor to the institution. From that period to the present the funds conti nued to increase, and the institution to become more and more generally approved of. The committee ex erted themselves to procure a suitable site, and even tually purchased a plot of land in Soho-street. Plans for the building were advertised for, calling forth the first architectural talent of the country; and from the designs sent in, one admirably adapted for such an institution was selected. In order, however, that so splendid an edifice might be seen to advantage, that plot was abandoned in favour of a more eligible site in Shaw-street, Everton, which has the advantage of being more open and airy. The greater distance from the town generally, as affecting the convenience of the pupils in the more humble walks of life, will, it is stated, be compensated for by the establishment of branch schools at the Church of England free schools, at the north and south ends of the town. It should here be noticed that some details con nected with the establishment have not yet been en tered into ; amongst which is the terms of admission of pupils to the several schools. It is, however, we learn, in contemplation to make such an arrangement as will render the institution accessible to the children of the middle classes, as well as those of the highest individuals in the community. A Principal is to be appointed to superintend the whole, with the power to appoint or dismiss the professors and masters. It is also stated that all these will be remunerated by a graduated scale of fees, regulated by their success in their respective departments,—so that talent and assi duity will be the more effectually incited. The reader will be the better enabled to appreciate the objects and merits of the institution, by perusing the following RULES AND REGULATIONS. NAME. No. 1. That the name of the institution be " The Liver pool Collegiate Institution,—for the Education of the Com mercial. Trading, and Working Classes." OBJECT OR DESIGN. 2. That the objectOr desi g n of this institution be, to " pro vide for the inhabitants of Liverpool, an education suited to their wants, upon the most moderate terms, and at the same time to maintain indissolubly the connection between sound religion and useful learning ;" and for this purpose, " Instruc tion in the doctrines and duties of Christianity, as taught by the united church of England and Ireland, shall for ever be communicated in combination with literary, scientific, and commercial information ; and with a view to the permanence of the institution on this basis, all the officers, professors, and masters, (except the teachers of Oriental literature, and the foreign modern languages,) shall be members of the es tablished church." OF TIM SCHOOLS. 3. There shall not be less than two day schools and an evening school. 4. The course of education in the first day school, shall in clude the classics, English literature, and composition, geo graphy, civil and ecclesiastical, modern languages, mathe matics, natural history and philosophy, chemistry, drawing, anti such other useful learning as the committee hereinafter appointed, shall from time to time determine. 5. The course of teaching in the second day school, shall be of a less extended kind, and on a less expensive scale, but shall embrace such requisites of a sound general education, as shall enable the pupils to enter upon the business of life, with advantage to themselves, and the community. 6. The course of teaching in the evening school, shall be arranged with a special view to the instruction and improve ment of students, (more particularly of those who may leave the day schools of the institution to engage in business ;) in the mechanical arts immediately connected with their seve ral employments, and in the scientific principles on which they are founded ; and provision shall be made in it to enable young men to pursue particular branches of classical, mathe matical, and commercial knowledge ; classes shall be or ganised for the study of navigation, geography, nautical as tronomy, naval architecture, civil engineering, chemistry, natural philosophy, the arts of design, modelling, the modern languages, as w e ll as f or th e commun i ca ti on o f suc h o th er learning as the committee shall deem proper from time to time to introduce. 7. The exercises of each school shall be commenced and terminated with pr a y er , at wh i ch t h e attendance o f every pupil will be required; and the reading and exposition of the Holy Scriptures will form a portion of the daily business of the schools. setp iwoaxitBoirds.oti consisting governmenttee;hacnesptgourrreosesf rielecteddts pres i den t , enotnabevoifylisurei C O NSTITU T ION.out- omfn4rart:ethhdliseesel clergy, fl n oeeen s f fir t gg i cov t e u vi,rce t smer o :ne n peorxrre shall enct vice-presidents a v rc(no e oa dfsmtet professional shde thirty six sn n tt tyea) men and gentlemen, tradesmen, and mechanics, of the town of Liverpool. OF THE PATRON, PRESIDENT, AND VICE-PRESIDENTS. 9. Whenever any of the offices of patron, president, or vice-president, shall become vacant, it shall be filled up by the life governors, who shall likewise add to the number of vice-presidents all donors of £5OO or upwards, who may pos sess the qualification required by the second rule. OF THE VISITOR. 10. The visitor shall be always the bishop of the diocese. He shall have full power at all times to inspect the schools, and inquire into the nature of the instruction carried on therein, both as to its religious and secular character, and suggest to the Committee any improvement that he conceives can be adopted in them. OF THE TREASURERS. 11. Two treasurers shall be elected annually by the Com mittee. They shall keep an account of all monies received or paid on account of the Institution, but shall not make any payments without the authority of the Committee, ex pressed by the signature of the chairman. AUDITORS. 12. Two auditors shall be appointed annually by the cm mittee, who shall examine the accounts of the treasurers, and report the correctness of the same, or otherwise, to the com mittee. OF THE LIFE GOVERNORS. 13. The. life governors shall elect seven trustees, to whom the whole landed and other property of the Institution shall be conveyed in trust, for the application of the same at all times for the purposes before mentioned ; and they shall from time to time till up any vacancies occurring in the num ber of the said trustees. 14. They shall also fill up from time to time any vacancies that may occur in the offices of patron, president, and the vice-presidents. 15. They shall also, once at least in each year, fill up the vacancies that occur in their own body, as well as those which shall occur in the committee as hereafter mentioned. 16. They shall meet twice at least in every year, viz., on the first Monday in April, and the first Monday in October, and further shall hold such special meetings, as may from time to time be necessary ; and at such meetings, the sub ject only for which they are called shall be entertained ; and no new law, or alteration of an old one, shall be adopted, unless agreed to by two-thirds of the governors present, nor unless twenty-one governors shall then be present. 17. In case the life governors shall omit to fill up the va cancies, as herein mentioned, for the space of twelve months after they occur, the power of doing so shall lapse to the visitor. OF THE COMMITTEE. 18. The committee shall have the general care and ma nagement of the Institution. They shall appoint, and when they see occasion, remove, the principal, secretary, and other agents and servants of the Institution. They shall de termine on the number and nature of lectures to be given in each year. They shall point out to the principal the course of education to be pursued in the schools, in conformity with the principles before stated, and they shall decide on the number of assistant masters necessary to carry it into effect. They shall determine the amount of salary to be paid to the principal and his assistant masters, as well as to the secretary and other necessary agents and servants ; and shall make such arrangements for their continuance or re moval, (the assistant masters excepted) as may seem best to them. They shall likewise determine what lecturers shall be appointed, and the amount of their remuneration ; and they shall fix the sums to be paid by members, as well as by the scholars of each school. They shall have power to alter or revise existing laws, rules, and regulations, and frame such new ones as may seem necessary for the wall-being of the Institution and its future government, upon the funda mental principles set forth in the prospectus, subject never theless to the approbation of the life governors as expressed in rule 16. 19. They shall meet once at least in every month, but shall not proceed to business unless seven members be present, at which meetings, all questions shall be decided by the majo rity, the chairman having a second or casting vote beyond his vote as one of the committee. 20. They shall appoint sub-committees out of their own body, for special purposes, and invest them with such power and authority as they shall deem necessary. 21. They shall determine on twelve of their number, in alphabetical order, and chosen as nearly as possible, from each class of persons of which the committee is constituted, who shall go out the first and second year, after which the said number shall go out by seniority, but the parties so retiring shall be re-eligible. 22. Besides the meetings already named, they shall hold special meetings, whenever required to do so by the presi dent, any vice-president, chairman, deputy chairman, or treasurer, or by any five members of the committee, of which special meetings five days' notice shall be given, and the purpose stated for which such meeting is called, and it shall not be competent to discuss any other subject at such meeting. _ 23. The committee shall have power to call a meeting of the life governors whenever they think expedient, of which seven days' notice shall be given. OF THR PRINCIPAL. 24. The principal shall be a clergyman in priest's orders, M.A. at least, of the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge, or of Trinity College, Dublin. He shall undertake the theo logical department of the institution, and deliver lectures on the evidences, doctrines, duties, and institutions of christia nity, including the constitution, articles, homilies, liturgy, and catechism of the church of England. 25. He shall follow the directions of the committee, upon the course of education to be pursued in the schools, the number of masters to be employed, and their remuneration, and shall engage them, and when necessary, discharge them, without the interference of the committee. 26. He shall conduct the principal correspondence respect ing the educational part of the institution. 27. He shall not take any private pupils, nor engage in any permanent clerical duties, unconnected with the institution. OF THE SECRETARY AND ACCOUNTANT. 28. The secretary and accountant shall be appointed as before stated by the committee, and shall give such security as they shall require. He shall summon all meetings of the governors, committees, and sub-committees, and record their proceedings, receive the various monies paid at the in stitution, and dispose of them according to the directions of the treasurers. He shall keep accounts of the receipts and expenditure—conduct all correspondence connected with the financial and economical departments, and render such assis tance in the correspondence connected with the educational department, as the principal may require. PRIVILEGE OF DONORS. 27. A donor of.£ -; 26 --- sfiall - 13e entitled to nominate one scholar to the first day school. A donor of £5O0 —to two nominations in the first school, and one in the second. A donor of £7so—to three nominations in the first school, two of which shall be for life, and one in perpetuity. A donor of £looo—to four nominations in the first school, two for life, and two in perpetuity. Should any donor prefer nomi nating to the second school rather than to the first, two nominations to the second school shall be deemed equivalent to one in the first. The students so named, besides a free admission to the day schools, shall enjoy the same privileges of attending the lectures and evening classes, as may be assigned to life members. 28. Donations of £lO 10s. by a gentleman, or £5 ss. by a lady, shall constitute them members for life, and entitle them to free admission to the lectures and evening classes. 29. Those ladies who may contribute £lolos. or upwards, and £25 or upwards, shall be styled honorary life members, and a division of the lecture hall will be especially reserved for their accommodation. The following is, up to the present time, a list of the donors and their respective donations, from which it will be seen that the institution is stamped with a degree of respectability second to that of no public establishment for educational purposes in the king dom : DONATIONS. John Gladstone, Esq £750 0 James Lawrence, Esq. Josias Booker, Esq 250 0 Lord Viscount Sandon L M.P. Robertson Gladstone, Esq. William Potter, Esq l5O 0 John Moss, Esq. Lord Viscount Sandon, M.P. Cresswell Cresswell, Esq., M.P. lOO 0 The Rt. lion. Lord F. Egerton, M.P lOO 0 W. E. Gladstone, Esq., M,p lOO 0 Thomas Gladstone, Esq. Thomas Bright Crosse, Esq lOO 0 Rev.A.Campbell,A.M. Rector of L'pool 100 0 John Kilshaw, Esq. I . Churchwardens 1 100 0 Wm. Wright, Esq. 1. of Liverpool 1100 0 Harry Gordon, Esq. James Procter, Esq lOO 0 Samuel Holme, Esq. ' James Holine, Esq Robert Rigby, Esq Charles Groves, Esq. ............ Joseph Cooper, Esq Joshua Edwards, Esq .. Charles Horsfall, Esq John Grantham, Esq .. 100 0 James Aspinall, Esq. Edmund Molyneux, Esq lOO 0 Charles S. Parker, Esq lOO 0 John Rigby, Esq ...... William Jones, Esq. James Tyrer, Esq. (Bootle) lOO 0 W. P. Bushby. Esq. William Gregson, Esq lOO 0 William Nixon, Esq. ................ 100 0 James Davies, Esq., Maryland -street . 100 0 R. C. Gardner, Esq. ................ 100 0 John North, Esq ................ 100 0 Thomas Murray, Esq lOO 0 C. W. Jones, Esq William Danson, Esq. John Fletcher, E5q..... • •100 0 Thomas Ripley, E5q..... Charles Cotesworth, Es q , lOO 0 William Preston, Esq. Henry Moss, Esq. Jonathan iligginson, Esq George B. Irlam, Esq. John Taylor, Esq. Thomas Wilson, Esq. (Low -hill) lOO 0 Charles Lawrence, Esq lOO 0 George W. Gurden, Esq lOO 0 William Shand, E5q........... James Phillips, Esq.loo 0 Richard Griffith, Esq Joseph N. Walker, E5q.......... A Friend, per John Rigby, Esq lOO 0 John Neilson Gladstone, Esq lOO 0 Henry Copeland, Esq. Richard Moon, Esq. Thomas Harrison, Esq. lOO 0 Henry Christian, Esq. William Woods, Esq lOO 0 Abram Gartside, Esq lOO 0 John Shaw Leigh, Esq. lOO 0 Elias Arnaud, Esq. lOO 0 Thomas Sands, Esq. Robert Semple, Esq. John A. Tinne, Esq. Thomas Littledale, Esq lOO 0 John Campbell, Esq Robert Woodward, Esq. George Blake, Esq lOO 0 Francis Shand, Esq. Wm. Cook, Esq lOO 0 Rev. Jonathan Brooks, M.A., Senior Rector of Liverpool. .. . Rev. F.'Barker, A.M Rev. Hugh M'Neile, M.A. Samuel Newton, Esq. (Croxton Hall) 5O 0 Wm. Brown, Esq. (Richmond-hill) 5O 0 Adam Hodgson, Esq. ...... Thomas Eccles, Esq 5O 0 T. T. Glazebrook, E5q......... John Marriott, Esq Thomas Nixon, jun., Esq.. 5O 0 Joseph Lyon, Esq Robert Livingston, Esq 5O 0 Benjamin Sadler, E5q......... Henry Hill, Esq 5O 0 Henry Ripley, Esq Thomas B. Horsfall, Esq 5O 0 Charles Inman, Esq. Christopher Bushell, Esq 5O 0 John Eccles, Esq. .............. Henry Ste e l, Esq Samuel Sandbach, E5q...... Jeremiah Chaffers, Esq 5O 0 James Pownall, E5q......... Thomas Moss, Esq 5O 0 Cottingharn Moss, E5q..... Gardner Boggs, Esq... William Tapley, Esq. ..... George Grant, Esq. 5O 0 1. 0. Bold, Esq.. ............... Thomas S. Rawson, Esq 5O 0 Rev. Thomas Tattershall, D.D. •• -• Rev. R. H. Formby, A.M• Joseph Ackers, Esq John Holgate, Esr ... ~ sq 25 0 Edward Honey, Esq.. ...... Charles Boutflower, Esr .... •• • 25 0 -., —I . ... 21, 0 William Tyrer, Esq. ............ 25 0 Francis Fost er , E sq . ................ David L. Hy n d e , E sq . .......... Robert Clay, E sq . . 25 0 .............. - . Thomas Bold, E sr .... 25 "0 ..... . .., George H. L a wre nce , Esq. .......... 25 0 J. B. Lloyd, Esq 25 0 W. B. Pre sco t t , E sq . 25 0 John Hand, Esq 25 0 W. W. Willink, Esq George Kendall, EN .. .. Thomas Chilton, Esq. I Richard Sanders, Esq. Richard Fry, Esq. Stanley Percival, Esq.. James Gerard, Esq 25 0 Harold Littledale, Esq. Major Joseph Brooks John Clover, Esq. Robert Ledson, Esq 25 0 N. D. Bold, Esq 25 0 Daniel Neilson, Esq 25 0 Robert Bickersteth, Esq 25 0 'William Houghton, Esq 25 0 Rd. Houghton, Esq. (Great Nelson 4 ) 25 0 J. J. Starkey, Esq. T. W. Wainwright, Esq. G. W. Crooke, Esq. Christopher Rawson, Esq 25 0 James M'Grem b or, Esq. Thomas Royden, Esq 25 0 E. Jackson Kent, Esq 25 0 Rev. J. A. Wilson, M.A.10 10 Rev. Thomas Bold, A. 1 '.1 John Leyland, Esq lO 10 W. J. Roberts, Esq. Thomas M. Gladstone, Esq lO 10 Win. Holden. Esq R. W. Waddington, Esq lO 10 W. H. Waddington, Esq C. J. Waddington, Esq lO 10 E. G. Deane, Esq Joshua Fletcher Lace, Esq. lO 10 Leonard Addison, Esq John Parry, Esq lO 10 Archibald Finlay, Esq. John Page, Esq Richard Willis, Esq. 10 10 A. W. Powles, Esq. W. J. Brown, Esq. Henry Moore, Esq lO 10 Thomas Parr, Esq... Thomas Atkinson, Esq Thomas Muncaster, Esq lO 10 William Keats, Esq. H. H. Statham, Esq. lO 10 George Withers, Esq lO 10 James Steel, Esq. George Linnecar, Esq lO 10 Joseph Yates Ashton, Esq lO 10 Henry Perris, Esq lO 10 Thomas Stuart Gladstone, Esq lO 10 R. Al. Beckwith, Esq William Brocklebank, Esq. E. Powell, Esq. James Tyrer, Esq. Thomas Branch, Esq lO 10 John Payne, jun., Esq lO 10 W. G. Lecte, Esq lO 10 Thomas Lewtas, Esq.. John Rigby, Esq. (York-street) George Beley, Esq. lO 10 . John Ellison, Esq lO 10 King Ellison, Esq lO 10 John Briscoe, Esq. lO 10 Samuel Wilson, Esq .,.. . 10 10 James Long, Esq. Henry Dirks, Esq lO 10 Arthur Newling, Esq lO 10 James Bold, Esq T. H. Bowman, sen., Esq lO 10 T. H. Bowman, jun., Esq Robert John Bowman, Esq. lO 10 Williath Hynde, Esq. A Friend to Education according to the Articles, Homilies, and Liturgy of the Church of England, per the Rev. T. Tattershall, D.D lO 0 Rev. R. P. Buddicom, M.A 5 0 Rev. T. S. Bowstead, M.A.5 0 John Eve-ard, Esq 5 0 F. A. Hamilton, Esq.. 5 0 John Barton, Esq 5 0 Miss Gladstone Mrs. Bolton, Storrs. Miss Christian.. Miss Hilton lO 10 Mrs. Thomas Brooks .'. Mrs. John Payne, jun. Miss Evans Mrs. Gregson Mrs. I. 0. Bold Mrs. Jos. Yates, Ashton Miss Batley LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION STONE The funds for the establishment of the Institution having at this length reached an amount which justified steps being taken for the erection of the structure without further un necessary delay, yesterday was appointed for the laying of the foundation stone. Had that simple ceremony alone been performed in a comparatively private manner by the immediate friends of the institution in Liverpool, without any accompanying celebration, the event would have been hailed by thousands of the right thinking portion of our busy community ; but it having been announced that it would be preceded by a sermon by the Lord Bishop of the diocese, and followed up by a grand entertainment at the Amphi theatre, which would be honoured by the presence of many of the nobility and gentry of this and other counties, to gether with the elite of our town ;—when this became known, the excitement became great and universal, and the occasion was looked forward to as a grand jubilee, demonstrative of the growing triumph of those principles which have placed this country in her present proud position, and which have tended to spread religion and civilization over the habitable world. The committee availed themselves of the noble feel ing thus displayed, and assiduously strove to make every arrangement that could add solemnity to the ceremony, or enhance the blameless enjoyments of the day. The anxiety to obtain tickets to hear the sermon, to witness the laying of the stone, or to listen to the eloquent addresses of the distinguished individuals at the Amphitheatre in the evening became intense, and far beyond the means, though within the will, of the directors, to gratify—the accommoda tion at each point, though extensive, being altogether inade quate to the demand for places. Tickets to the church were distributed gratuitously, as were those (for ladies exclusively) to the ground ; and sad were the disappointments, particu larly in the latter instance. The tickets for the dinner were sold at a guinea each ; all were disposed of, to the full com plement of the guests that could be accommodated ; and double the number could have been sold had the " house" (large as it is) been sufficiently spacious to contain them. The tickets for the boxes (for ladies only) were sold at four shillings each, including refreshments, and so great was the demand that all were quickly taken up, and on Wednesday morning, the committee decided, with a view to gratify as many of the gentle sex as possible, to issue 2s 6d dtickets, for the admission of ladies to the lower gallery, which commanded an equally rapid sale. No stronger proof of the avidity with which the tickets were sought, need be adduced, than the fact that yesterday noon, on the Exchange, the sum of one guinea was offered for a lady's four-shilling ticket. The following description of the building is drawn up by a young gentleman who has had means of studying the design. and is, moreover, possessed of considerable architectural taste By the terms of the instructions, the competing architects were restricted to the Tudor style, not only because it was considered to be the most appropriate for such an institution, but because the town does not at present contain a single specimen worthy of consideration belonging to that period, of which King's College Chapel, Cambridge, and King Henry the Seventh's Chapel, Westminster, are such inimi table specimens. The first premium was awarded to Mr. Elmes, of London, a rising young architect, of great talent. It seems an extraordinary circumstance that he should have successively carried away the first premiums in this town for St. George's Hall, the Assize Courts, and the Collegiate Institution. The two former were in the Grecian style, the latter in the Gothic; and it may truly be said, that in both he has established a fame for purity of taste which will endure as long as the buildings themselves. In his design for the Collegiate Institution he has preserved a simplicity of gene ral outline, and kept the parts large and few in number, by which, although not so rich in ornament as the best samples of the Tudor period, owing to the insufficiency of the sum allowed, a grandeur of effect is produced which cannot fail to strike every beholder, and the eye dwells with pleasure upon the coup d'exil. The principal front presents, in the centre, a lofty arched recess, supported on either side by oc tagonal turrets, the lower part of the archway being occupied by the entrance porch, over which is a balcony and a parapet, pierced with quatrefoils. On either side of this centre is a range of buttresses and lofty four-centred windows, affording light to two stories : the façade is terminated with slightly oriel projecting wings, with rich and lofty windows. The effect of these entirely relieves the design from its otherwise ecclesiastical character, and stamps it as collegiate. Th e y also form a connecting and very appropriate link between the ecclesiastical and more domestic examples of the period. The whole is raised on a lofty basement, which gives height and importance to it as a public building. The parapet is embattled, and in the wings it is finished with a rich pro jecting canopy, and statue in the centre. The internal arrangements of the building will be extremely simple, con venient, and well adapted for the purposes of the institution. A corridor, the whole length of each floor, affords an access to the various class-rooms on either side, and is approached by a grand central staircase, as well as by one at each eud. The building is upwards of 96 yards in front by 70 feet deep. Behind is placed the theatre, which is an octagonal building, capable of accommodating upwards of 2000 persons with seat room, and no individual in it will be at a greater distance from the speaker than 45 feet. It is divided into three por tions, namely, body and two galleries, and each of these di visions can be approached by separate entrances. Behind the theatre is a spacious music -room, capable of being thrown into the theatre or shut off at pleasure, in which it is intended to erect a powerful organ, superior to any at present in Liver pool. There will also be musical class-rooms adjoining, as well as apparatus-rooms, a iaboratory, &c., well adapted for the purposes of the lectures, which it is proposed to give in the theatre. Beneath the theatre are capacious dining-rooms, kitchens, &c., for the three schools. The attic floor of the main building contains large rooms for the purpose of a museum, picture and sculpture gallery, as well as apartments for the drawing-classes of the institution, all of which are ample and conveniently lighted from the roof. The school rooms are so arranged that each school will he kept totally distinct from the others, as well as have a separate entrance to that portion of the theatre which may be appropriated to its use. The donations already received amount to £12,000. The expense of the erection and its interior fittings, the purchase of the land, and other contingent ex penses, will require a sum of, we learn, £30,000 ; but two-thirds of that amount will be sufficient in the first instance ; and the demonstration of yesterday gives us the strongest assurance that long before the " rearing" we shall have the gratification to announce that all the " shares" in this admirable institution are taken up, and that (even in the absence of all mercantile specu lation) they are, amongst " good men and true," at a large premium. Our noble representative Lord San don, has, we learn, doubled his subscription towards the funds of the institution, and we trust that before we have to close this our report of the day's proceed ings, written seriatim, we snail have to announce that others have " done so likewise," and that a near ap proach has been made towards the full amount of the funds required to carry out, to its full extent, " the generous purpose in the glowing breasts" of the origi nators of " The Liverpool Collegiate Institution." PROCESSION FROM THE TOWN-HALL. The nobility, the clergy, and gentry and other friends of the institution began to assemble at. the town-hall at half-past ten o'clock, and were received by his worship the Mayor with his accustomed attention and urbanity. There were present, Lord Stanley, Lord Sandon, and other noblemen, a large number of clergymen, dear to their respective flocks, and a still larger amount of the most respectable and influential merchants and traders of our modern Tyre. The anxiety to witness a pro cession composed of individuals who, distinguished in rank, were necessarily few in number, was great, .aid the whole continuous line of Castle-street, Lord-street, and Church-street, became crowded with spectators. The British ensign was hoisted in front of the town ball, and several British flags, streamers, &c., were dis plaved from the buildings on either side of the streets. The occasion being more of a solemn than a festive nature, no attempt was made at display ; but the effect was not the less effective and impressive. The Mayor, with Lord Stanley on his right hand, and Lord Sandon on his left, headed the procession, which consisted of thirty clergymen of the town and neighbourhood, and fifty gentlemen, amongst whom were many of the first merchants of the town. They passed along the west foot-walk of Castle-street, and the south foot-walk of Lord-street to St. Peter's Church—around the whole quadrangle of the enclosure of which, dense crowds had assembled. We need scarcely say that the greatest decorum was observed throughout, and that, party or political feeling being merged, the procession was regarded throughout with that respectful attention, which men bent on a conscientious purpose for the general good, will ever command from true-hearted Englishmen. The Church, in front of which were many splendid equipages, had before the arrival of the procession been pre-occupied almost to the exclusion of the gentlemen forming the procession. THE SERMON. The congregation at St: Peter's Church was extremely numerous and highly respectable. His worship the Mayor, Lord Francis Egerton, Lord Stanley, Lord Sandon, &c. &c. were present, as well as an immense body of the local clergy. The singing.by the pupils of the Blue Coat Hospital, and the performances on the organ, struck us as peculiarly excellent. During the time that the service was read, the Lord Bishop of Chester sat, together with the Rev. Jonathan Brooks, the senior Rector of Liverpool, at the communion table. After the service, which was read by one of the curates of Liver pool, The LORD BISHOP OF CHESTER having ascended the pul pit, delivered an impressive prayer. He then selected the sub ject of his discourse from part of the 19th verse of the 3rd chapter of the Lamentations . , of the Prophet Jeremiah : " Lift up_ your hands unto God for the life of your young children." His Lordship then delivered the following sermon : Such was the council of the prophet as he looked forward to the desolation approaching the Jewish people, under the power of a victorious enemy. In all public calamities we feel especially for the helpless ness of infants ; and that distress, by which none can be un moved, falls with especial severity upon parents in conformi ty with the wise dispensation which has given to parents an instinctive tenderness for their children. But, as that instinctive tenderness is not confined to a season of impending danger, like that which, when the pro phet spoke, he had in mind {is threatening Jerusalem, so, nether, indeed, may the prayer lie so brief. It is, in truth, the prayer which every parent is disposed in his heart to offer in the moment of gratitude in the moment that a child is born into the world; and it is a just object of prayer that the life which has been given might be preserved. \Whether a child be considered as a fruit of that mutual love, which a gracious God has ordained to sweeten the cup of life, or be considered as a requital of suffering, or as a recompense of long anxiety or care—in whatever light it be regarded, the laudable desire is, that the child may live to reward its parents, that it may be preserved through the weakness and accidents of infancy, and grow in strength and wisdom. These feelings, implanted in the heart, we need not and we cannot restrain. If they ever fail to operate, their operation is only checked by some violent, unnatural, counteracting cause. Yet, if we look forward beyond the days of infancy, and consider the progress of the lite for which we pray, we find something beyond this natural life, for which every wise pa rent will lift up his hands to God. For, what is the natural life alone and in itself ? To the rest of the creation is im parted together with the natural life, all the powers that it is designed to have. The case is otherwise with man ; it is his peculiar character that his powers may be improved and en larged. With the faculty of improvement comes the duty ; and in this, as in other things, the duty neglected is followed by an attendant penalty. The natural man, unimproved by cultivation, and without understanding, is compared to the beast that perisheth ; for, " that which is born of the flesh is flesh ;" it is tainted with the corruption which the sin of Adam entailed upon his descendants ; it is " of the earth earthly :" all its tastes are low and degraded. We find it so in too many, and we judge of it from what we find. Those whose thoughts have never been raised above the things which their eyes see and their hands handle—they perform the na tural functions of men—their animal powers are fully de veloped ; but those powers which alone distinguish man— by which he holds his rank in the scale of creation have ne ver been brought out and extended. These men follow their blind appetites, they fulfil the desires of the flesh and the mind, but they know not the purpose for which life was granted them—they know not him in whom they live, and move, and have their being. Such is the unhappy state of multitudes ; and of course, were we to look at them with an eye of reason, or judge by the clear eye of reason, or judge by the clear light of revela tion, we might feel disposed to say, once more, it would have been good for them if they had never been born. And here let all parents reflect upon the responsibilities which they had incurred. They have bestowed upon their children an existence. That existence' may be a curse, and not a blessing. There are countries where parents, having given birth to a child, will expose it upon a bleak and barren heath, with no provision for its food, no protection from the elements, and no defence from ferocious animals. A brighter light has shone upon us, and taught us to shudder at such enormities. Yet, is it a less evil, or should it be accounted a lesser crime, to be the author of the being of a child, and then expose it unprotected by parental duty, undisciplined in the way that God has prescribed it should walk in, in the dangers of a world like this, so filled with temptations, so abundant in iniquity. I come now to speak of a second species of life, grafted upon the animal life, which greatly exalts the nature and character of man. You will perceive lam speaking of the intellectual powers. When God created man, he made him in his own image, after his own likeness. This, as we know, must relate to the intellectual faculties—to the power which the mind has of learning and knowing—of thinking and reasoning, of judging and comparing. It is in these faculties that man differs from the beasts of the field. By the possession and the improvement and the exercise of these powers, men are raised above their fellows, they are exalted in the opinion of the world, are praised, admired, or envied, or enriched, and it is far more that they are enabled to benefit their species, lessen the evils of the world, and to increase the mercies that belong to them. It might justly be, therefore, a parent's prayer, that intellectual life should be added to natural exis tence, ; that the Lord should put into the minds of their children, as he did into the mind of Immanuel, the spirit of instruction, that he would be pleased to give them under standing. It is upon this conviction that we ask for the divine bless ing upon that institution, which is to take its beginning from this day. We do not undervalue secular learning. On the contrary, we desire to extend it, to advance it, to diffuse it upon every side. All knowledge must be sanctified to the better fulfil ment of those purposes for which man is created, that it may render the man more useful to himself, and more valuable to those around him ; and in proportion as the gospel stand ard of knowledge is raised, the whole community gains a step in the scale of being. Still, it is a humbling thing that all, in spite of intellectual learning, we must be forced to say that, at any moment, all may vanish ; for what is our life ? It is even as a vapour which appeareth but a little time and then vanisheth away. Man springs up and is cut down like a flower, at the very season when he has become most worthy of praise and ad miration to his contemporaries, and when he is most able to be useful to others. At that very season it may happen, nay it does happen, so commonly as scarcely to sxcite surprise, that man returns to his earth, and all his thoughts perish. A breath of wind may fever the brain that should command intelligence that should instruct mankind, and should leave eloquence and knowledge to future ages. But it is a still more important and more awful truth that intellectual power, raised even to its highe s t use , i s no t mora l power, and that he: who is the wisest of the wise, in man's judgment, may be lower than the simplest in the sight of in finite wisdom. The proofs are abundant. The man who may have instructed or delighted his fellow-creatures, who in ge nius or in talent may seem fittest to command the world, may be a slave to his appetites and passions. It is an universal truth, " his servants are ye whom ye obey ;" and it is a hu miliating fact that the lord of the intellectual world is too often the slave of sin. Still more surely do we find that the cultivation of the intellectual faculties alone does not impart to men that knowledge which alone is truly precious —the knowledge of himself, the knowledge of his Maker, the know ledge of his Redeemer. What shall the wisdom of the world profit a man, without.that wisdom which is unto salvation Man is soon gone from his place upon earth, and his body is mingled with the dust from which it came, and what becomes of his intellectual part, that sublime and imperishable soul which God breathed into him ? That does not expire too ; it returns to God who gave it; it retains its existence and its consciousness ; and there is only the more to account for in his sight, because "where much was given much will be ex pected"—an account must now be rendered of that talent which was only lent, and it must be received again with usury. Parents, seek to direct your children's minds, and you will do well. A noble testimony is given to day that we consider it an imperative duty to provide for such cultivation. This ought ye to do, so that ye leave not the others undone. Be very mindful of the comparative worthlessness of mere intel lectual advancement or earthly knowledge. What will it avail in the end? .What would it avail if God were to say unto thee, according to the words of the parable, " my son, this night thy soul shall be required of thee ?" What would those things profit which thou hast provided, those mental qualifications which have begun and ended with this present world ? But I proceed to show, in the third place, th a t th ere i s a life of which mans nature is capable, compared with which every other endowment sinks into insignificance —a life which ennobles the natural life by all which infinity can add to it, and which is exalted above intellectual life, as far as eternity is exalted above time. Such is the spiritual life. As " that which is born of the flesh, is flesh, so that which is born of the spirit, is spirit ;" and where it exists it is known by its effects, and is discerned by its tongue. Supported by the natural life, and united with the intellectual, still it is distinguished from both by characters of its own. While the natural man knows not, nay, rejects the things of God, the spiritual man seeks first the kingdom of God and his righteousness. 'While the natural man follows the appetites and passions belonging to him, and satisfies the wants which he has in common with the brute animal, the spiritual man mortifies the flesh, with the affections and the lusts thereof, and brings them into sub jection to the will and commandment of God. The intel lectual man rises higher than the natural,'the mind is superior to the body, anti lie has cultivated the mind: but lie must not be confounded with the spiritual man. The intellectual man seeks knowledge for the pleasure which attends it, or for the temporal advantages which it may procure him; whilst the spiritual man seeks a higher and a better knowledge, and for a greater purpose—he seeks acquaintance with God, that he may partake more and more of his grace and holiness— may conform to his character, and to go on to be " perfect, even as his father, who is in heaven, is perfect." With the natural man, as with the man whose mind alone is cultivated, whilst his heart remains unrenewed, this world is the great object. Temporal gain, professional advancement, the good opinion anti the praise of men, this world, in short, and the timings of the world, hold perManent dominion over the mind. —The spiritual man is not insensible to earthly things, or to man's opinion ; he desires "to provide things honest in the sight of all men ;" he is thankful for the mercies which God may give him richly to enjoy ; but with him these are not the primary, they are secondary, in his pursuit, because they are secondary in his desire. Like David, he sets God always before him. Like Paul, he lives not unto himself, but unto him who died for him. He does not pamper and indulge, but mortifies his members, which are of the earth, amid sets his affections on timings above. He is led by the Spirit, and does not fulfil the lusts of the flesh, knowing that if we live after the flesh, of the flesh, we shall reap, but that we shall find if we, through the Spirit, do mortify the deeds of the body, we hall live. This, then, is the life which should be first and chiefest in the mind of every wise and pious parent, when praying for his children with which God has blessed him. lie will lift up his hands unto the Lord, that the spirit of him which raised Christ Jesus from the dead may dwell on them; that they may put off the natural man, escape the corruptions of the flesh in the world, and put on the new, the spiritual man, after the image of him who created them : so that when Christ, who is their life, from whom they derive this spiritual life, shall appear again, in power and great glory, they also may appear with him, and be partakers of the kingdom for which he has prepared them. Such will be the fond and fervent desire of every parent who has himself been brought to discern natural things from spiritual, by the grace of God shining into his own heart. For what shall tLe natural, what shad the intellectual life avail, unless the spiritual life he superacided ? "What shall it profit a man if he should gain the whole world and lose his own soul?" And as this will be the subject of the parents' chief di sirs, so will it be the subject of their first and latest prayer ; be !ause it is not with the spiritual life as with de natural ; it does not come within their own control or power. Parents, i t the ordinary course, bestow the natural life upon their ren, and afterwards they can also greatly promote their intellectual life. By the use of certain means they can calculate upon their excellence in human learning, - and their expectstnits will not often be disappointed ; but with regard to spiritual life the case is very different; " as the wind bloweth where it listeth, and ye cannot tell whence it comela and whither it gcetii, so is every one that is born again ; he is born not of the will of the flesh nor of the will cf twin, but of Gcd." We do not, therefore, presume to say that when we provide religious education we can secure a religious principle; but we provide that religion shall be the ' basis of education, because it is that which, :n educaton, we value most, aed because we know that unless it is inculcated we cannot expect to have educa tion at all. Though the gift of God, he bestows it through certain means. Though the work of the Holy Spirit, there are agencies through which the Spirit acts, and those means and agencies we mean to employ. Sometimes, indeed, like the wind, to which it is compared, it baffles our exi•ectations, and disappoints our hopes. We cannot trace its course, though we cannot be mistaken in its effects. We know there is a spiritual life, for we perceive its vital warmth, its heavenly breath, its godly motion; but we may finally venture to defeat the Divine Spirit that brought out such g wonderful existence. But the means by which the blessing of spiritual life is commonly vouchsafed arc clear and manifold, and they are means which we may confidently use, because they are means which God has himself appointed. The history of the Israelites acquaints us with the means. The Israelites were enjoined to teach the commandments of God diligently to the people ; to bring them up in the know ledge of the Scriptures. And these things are written for our example, on whom the ends of the world are come. Thus has God shewn the important obligation of training the young in the wisdom of righteousness, to cherish spiritual life within them by Christian instruction and. Christian educations..se , Therefore I may justly say, of you, my brethren, who are assembled to day for the purpose of promoting Christian education—to those especially may I say, who have provided the means by which it may be more generally diffused, that it was in your hearts to do this to the honour of God's name. It is well it was in your power. It is well it was in your hearts to secure, us far as in you lies, that the young persons growing up around you may grow up in the principles of that church which is the pillar and ground of the truth, —that church which is the appointed instrument through which men may become wise unto salvation through faith that is in Christ Jesus. And great indeed will be the blessing, if God should in his mercy vouchsafe to us that a work commenced in his name, and designed to fulfil his will—" I will take pleasure in it and 1 will be glorified saith the Lord." Great will be the blessing if, whilst our natural life which is here invigorated, the intellectual life is here cultivated, the spi ritual life being part of it, by the author of every good and perfect gift. For truly, brethren. we cannot reflect upon education, without remembering the frailty of our beings , without remembering how soon all education may become vain and unprofitable which has not extended to the world beyond the grave. How often is it with the young as with the flower of the field ! It blooms for a short day, and beau.! tiful is its bloom ; we love it the more because we know bow soon it may pass away. Suppose then, and if the supposition were not too often realized how many aching hearts might be at ease—suppose one whom you had loved and fondly che- . rished should be early stretched by that hand which no fist can stay or skill avert, and the most reluctant eyes first see that his days upon earth are numbered. You have watched his natural life, and it was right to watch it, fur life is a gift that deserves all care. Now God asserts his sovereigntY' and the time is come when the natural life can be preserved no longer. You have cultivated the intellect, and this, too, so well, that as a fond parent you may have delighted in the development of mental power, or as an admiring friend you may have anticipated a successful progress towards the ho nours by which science and talent and learning are rewarded. Now the thought occurs, and before us is the remembranc' , " there is no knowledge or understanding in the grave." • But when, through the blessing given to Christian ethics' tation, the youthful heart is brought to a knowledge of his God and Saviour, a new life, as it were, springs up within him, even a life of God in his soul. Principle is introduced which proves to the natural man, that he should follow what soever things are honourable, and just, and true, and lovely, - ; a principle which enlightens the intellect, which looks beyond things seen to things unseen, which walks by faith and not by sight, as seeing him who is invisible. And when the grave closes over so much youthful promise , that, which to the unwise, seems to be death, is in truth, en entrance to immortality. The soul has been educated for that bourne to which it must belong. The spiritual life has been begun, and the spiritual part now released from the incumbrances of a carnal nature, and soaring towards know ledge beyond the reach of mortal intellect, is aspiring to region° of perpetual light, to the company of spirits made perfecto and to the presence of that God, in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life. Who would recal the spirit back , that it may be disciplined in the things which pertain to this present world ? My brethren, some of those for whom an institution is, now prepared, in which education is to be the handmaid et religion, some perhaps of those, except through the instruc tion so received, might have nothing to raise them above the life of animal nature, to bring them to spiritual knowledg e ' These may be enabled, through the agency which is beret employed, to rise higher in the scale of humanity, to ing un t above things tempo ra l t o thi ngs e t erna l, t o p u t o ff the C° l ' rupt nature, and become partakers of the divine nature , to be renewed in the spirit of lo ve , an d h ereafter in t i me Presenc e i of himwho sits upon the throne, an d o f t h e lamb, t h e y 111" declare of you, " this educ a ti on i s f or e t ern it y. " Now to God, &c. The Right Rev. Prelate then pronounced the blessing, and the congregation dispersed. Divine Service concluded at one o'clock, and the whole of the noblemen, clergy, and gentlemen who had attended, im mediately afterwards assembled in the front area of that admirable institution, the Blue Coat School, where several of the directors of the foundation, and many ladies, wetr e also present. The names of the most distinguished indivi duals present will appear in our report of the dinner. Suffice it here to say, that the area presented a most animated sr pearance, and that the persons of the noblemen, dignitaries of the church, and other distinguished individuals, as they conversed together, were eagerly sought out, and respectfulif remarked upon by the assembled throng of spectators. PROCESSION TO THE GROUND. Soon after one o'clock, the procession moved to wards the scene of action from the Bluecoat School the route being up School-lane, along the end of Ha nover -street, up Ranelagh-street, Lime-street, Com mutation-row, Islington, to Shaw-street. It was pre: , ceded by a beautiful large silk " Standard of England, carried on two poles, with the inscription in gold, " 1 4) r God, our Queen, and our Country." Next came a well-built stone waggon, on which was carried the ve ritable " foundation-stone" of the new building, weigh ing from two-and-a-half to three tons. This was drawn by five strong and stout English draught horses, one in the shafts and four (two abreast) in the van. 00 the " stone" were seated six fine-looking youths, three at each end, with white leather aprons bound with blue, and who, though juvenile, will doubtless become► on the completion of their apprenticeships, " true and accepted masons." The four occupying the corners of the vehicle carried handsome national flags. The middle youth in front carried the silver trowel, which was to be presented to Lord Stanley as `• master mason" of the day. A very beautiful and capital flag bearing a perspective view of the new institution followed. Then came the Block Makers' flag, with the Liverpool Arms. Next were the male children of the Blue Coat School, in their peculiar and uniform attire , all so arranged that they appeared like a juvenile regi ment of equal stature. They looked remarkably well , and the modest manner in which they comported them' salves, while they kept time in marching, was a theme of general admiration. They were followed by the M a yor's state carriage, in which were the Lord Bishop, Lar d Stanley, the Earl of Wilton (we believe), and his worshiP the Mayor. Then came the clergy of the town 01 neighbourhood, in canonicals, about sixty in number, and behind them a long train of gentlemen, walking generallY four a-breast, and numbering, as nearly as we could esti mate, about one hundred and seventy. Several carriages with ladies closed the procession. Throughout the whole line dense crowds were assem bled, Hags were displayed from many of the houses, the windows and balconies of which were crowded with spectators. As noticed in reference to the first proces sion of the day, (that from the Town Hall to the Church), there was no attempt at what may be termed popular dis play ; yet the utmost respect was evinced by the specta tors, many hundreds of whom after once seeing the whole, ran off by crossing streets to take another and another view. LAZING OF THE STONE. At about a puarter past two o'clock the head of the procession reached the ground. The site of the intended erection is on the east side of Shaw-street, near to its southern extremity, and about twenty yards south of the railing enclosing the high ground on which stands St. Augustine's Church. The " land " (one hundred yards fronting Shaw-street, and running eighty yards back), bad previously been excavated to the extent of the building' leaving, from its hilly position considerable heights on the north-and east sides, on which many hundreds of persons obtained a good view of the proceedings, though but comparatively few could hear the eloquent and feeling addresses that were made. The area of the principal building will be 275 feet by 65, and the theatre 90 by 90. We may add that there are 2000 yards of land in reserve, for future purposes. The immediate site of the building, and many hundred yards of the land around it, held thousands of spectators► and presented a scene at once animated and affecting• The whole line of march, from the end of Moss-street to the church of St. Augustine, with the exception of a nor' row space in the middle, was thronged ; and when it is considered that there are but few houses in this quarter, and a large space for standing room, the immensity of the assemblage may be guessed at if it cannot be defined. We should think—but this is a rough guess--that there were present in the street, on the site, and in the neighbouring fields, from eight to ten thousand persons. The brass pieces of artillery belonging to the House of Industry were placed in a field between the site 8 Everton-road, and when the procession " hove in sight a feu-de•joie was fired which shook the very welkia , and, at first, shook also the nerves of the ruder as Wel l as the feebler sex. 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