Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-21 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE. in do not hold ourselves responsible for.de opinions of our correspondents.] FOGS AND FERRIES-THEN AND NOW. TA TIM EDITOR OF TRE NORTHERN :DAILY TIMES. fint,—l am a resident in Cheshire, .and one of the victims of the latesl, improvements in the management of Woodside-ferry. Formerly we laughed at the sup posed hardships and dangers of crossing - the Hersey— never dreamt of wasting an hour by waiting for a fog to clear up, or a gale to go down—nor ever doubted the prudence of trusting the careful, experienced men and good boats Woodside provided some time-ago. In those good old times winds blew and waves rose as recklessly of our right of way by the ferry as .in more modern times. But then the boats were fit forgheir work, and the men knew their duties and did, , their best,—and rarely, if ever, was any one deprived of -the means of going to his business or his home, though perhaps at the cost of a shower of spray and. a little playful pitch, and toss from the heaving bosom of -the Areied Mersey. That state of things has been " improved" away of late by the substitution of a pleasant stateaf uncertainty as to whether a bit of a breeze may 13e :or not a fatal blow to one's hopes of home for the night,,or work far the day. Now, if the weather be a little rough, no one can be certain whether or no lie will be able to get over the ferry and go home that night. In those good old times, also, there were ,such things . . as fogs—real fogs—when, the men at the bow and wheel could not see the captain on the paddle-box. In these days the practice was to keep four boats on duty at Woodside Ferry, one at each side of the. river., landing and receiving passengers; always waiting the arrival of the crossing boat before starting on a voyage; and a fourth boat, kept ready with steam up for emergencies— to relieve a crew, and give opportunity for coaling—so that the re g ularity of the passage might never be inter rupted. In those days the boats crossed the river at very low speed, " ease her," and "'stop her s " often giving boatmen and passengers a chance of 'distinguishing every mind signal in the neighbourhood. A. clear 'bell- on board each boat was struck with regularity,' and nobody feared real danger. Fogs were uncomfortable and caused delays, not lengthened. interruption nor accidents, except, perchance, to some one of the piratical craft from Runcorn, whose skipper neglected to keep his mate tinkling her frying pan with the rolling-pin. But the "latest improv@nents" have changed all that, the number of passengers has increased, and during foggy weather there has grown up a tacit understand ing' that only one ferry-boat ought to be at any one time crossing the river, and that one should belong to -Wood side. Formerly, the Seacambe boats, having a separate landing on the . Liverpool side, were rarely stopped by fog, but since the one landing-stage has been used in common by all'the ferries, and alyoodside boat starting off at high speed sunk a Seacombe boat, the Woodsides: have had all the fog duties to perform. • The practice now .seems to he to keep but one boat at work, sometimes two, rarely three; such . a thing as a reserve boat. is 'Supposed to be mythical. The conse, nuence is frequent accumulation 'of passengers waiting to cross, and no boat for them. Then dangerous rushes to secure a passage, unusually overcrowded boats, and Which overcrowded boats - generally cross at full speed, or nearly full speed, under the deafening din of protracted fog screaming. On Friday night last, the climax of these improve ments was reached. The boats ran very irregularly during the day at long intervals, but coming from sight of landing-place to sight of landing-place in ten or twelve minutes, which is not very far from the- full. speed, at least the old boatmen would have thought it a dangerous speed, unless they were sure all was clear. About eight o'clock in the evening, they ceased to attempt to run any more ; and, though the - commisioners an nounce the ferry plies without intermission day and night the year round, no attempt was male to resume the traffic until late the following morning. I saw that the fog comparatively cleared off about nine o'clock—lights and objects were plainly-distinguisl able at 200 yards distance. About eleven o'clock some' thought they could . see across the river; I am certain that about that hour lights and obj;'cts were plainly discernable upwards of 500 yards distant. lam in formed by many that frequently during the night the fog was hardly more dense than what is called hazy weather. Thensands . can testify that never beforein such -weather was the communication cut off ; and, yet, no ferry-boats crossed the river that night from eight o'clock 'until near six o'clock on Saturday morning. The Landipg-stage was crowded-Lthe excitement,, anger, and astonishment expressed, was great. The place, was, at one time, like a winter Pandemonium—ladies and children, o ld men and young men, lingered in the refreshment-rooms, under the shed, or wandered about the piers and Land ing-stage, from five o'clock in the evening, through the dreary hours, till near. the daWn of Morning. I say from five o'clock, because I know strong fearless men were unable to, get on board, through the rush and struggle of the wearied 'crowds, who desperately strove to get on board the boat at: hat hour, and the two following boats. Had the crowd then have known that the boatswere to cease running,. I hardly doubt some lives would have been lost in the - strUggle and confusion. I cannot attempt to report the aggregate amount awl extent of fatigue and inconvenience, the anxiety and in jury to health suffered by th ousan d s , or the sickness of heart of those trembling wives and relatives throughout that night, caused by an unprecedented and,utterly un expected freak of the "modern improvement" of the Woodside Ferry. If it was dangerous and improper to permit the Wood side ferry - boats to ply during that night, those 'boats ought never to be permitted to attempt to cross the river in any fog or thick weather. People who cannot submit to this arralternent must, change their residences or occupations. - - December 19, -1859, ' Ox•cox, LIVERPOOL WINTER ASSIZES. CROWN COURT, v ESTERDAY. (Before,Mr. Baron MARTIN.) ASSAULT . AND RIGHT OPWAY7--GREEN THE YOUNGER V. YATES.—This case was resumed yesterday morning. His Lordship addressed the jury, and explained the law in reference to rights of way.: The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff-,damages 40i. with the right of wax. DISPUTED ACCOUNT. —RIGSON Y. HETHORN the plaintiff in this 'case is a'plesterer, carrying on business in Salford, and the defendant an independent gentle man residing near Manehester. In January of this year the defendant having - erected a house, the plaintiff entered into .a contract , to perform the plastering for for £lO, 13s 2d. Some extra work was performed for - which the plaintiff by the present action. claimed £5O 17s gd. Mr. Ovens conducted' the plaintiff's case, and Dr. Wheeler was concerned for the defendant. The 'case occupied a longtime in hearing, and the result was that ,a verdict was given by consent to the defendant. DIS3IISSAL OF A COMMRnoiAL TRAVELLER.--MELLIS V. HORNBY. AND Co.—This was an. action brought to', recover - damages by Frederick G eorge ;Wallis, a corn mercialtraveller, against the defendant s , MesSrs. Hornby and Co., tobacco merchants, Leeds, for dismissal from. heir service without proper notice. Mr. Kaye was the' counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr.,Overendi Q.C., for th 4 defendants. It appeared that about Rebrilitry last the: plaintiff was engaged as traveller for the defendants, at -a salary of £loo,per. annum,. With - expenses paid, and at the end of five years an inereaselof XlO was to be given. The plaintiff started on his first journey soon after his engagement, mid his services were continued for seven months, at the end' of which time he was summarily dismissed, on the ground that he had failed to .correspond with the firm at stated periods, and for not sending a weekly balance-sheet. 'This was shown to.be the result of,press of businass,.fal net of any neglect onl the part of the plaintiff. During the period which the plaintiff was employed by the firm, he took orders for, and remitted the sum of, C 10,718 to his employers. Verdict for ,he plaintiff, £7l 135..4d. BREACH or CONTRACT.—ROBINSON V. JoNns.—This was an action brought to recover damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff, in consequence of a breach of a contract he had entered into with the defendant. Dr. Wheeler cond uc t e d th e plaintiff's case.• The plaintiff is a car owner, residing in Dennison-street, in this borough, and the defendant is a car owner in Birkenhead. On the 6th of September the plaintiff bought a cab from the defendant for £l7 55., and paid him a small sum as earnest, at the same time stating to the, defendant that he would not take the cab that day, as , his stable.waa'not ready to receive it, When the plaintiff went to remove the cab, he found that it had been re-sold. It was shown that the plaintiff had made a good bargain, and that he was really at a loss by the contract being broken.' The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff--AhmageS £7 10s. FALSE IMPRISONMENT.—BRUNT V. WHITWORTH.— This was an action to recover damages for false imprison— ment, to which. the defendant pleaded—first, tot guilty ;• and secondly, -a justification. Dr- 'Wheeler was counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Overend for the defendant. The plaintiff svgs a farmer, residing near Manchester, and sold a considerable portion of the produce of his farm in Manchester. He was also in the habit of going 'regularly to Rochdale fortnightly cattle- market. The - defendant was,also a farmer, and lived about two miles from Rochdale. On Monday, the 18th July last, the plaintiff was on his way from the cattle fair In Roch , dale, and he had occasion to call at the house of Mr. Coates, to square some accounts. When he went to Mr. Coates' house, be found that , that gentleman was sick, and after settlieg his business with him up stairs, he went into the ,kitehen, where he saw the defendant, and and the inspector, of police for Rochdale. The defend ant then said, -" This is the man. Do you-recollect selling me two . -eaves for £lB, about two yens ago ?" The plaintiff said •he did not remember, whereupon the defendant gave theplaintiff into custody, charging him -with obtaining , metey by frand,"as the cows .alleged to have been bought 4iad been driven off by some. one else than the defendant. The plaintiff was taken to the station, where the defendant signed his name to the charge,.and the plaintiff was locked up for twenty-four hours, until he was enabled to communicate with his friends, and 'he was admitted to bail. When the ,ease was brought before the magistrates, it was dismissed. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, e.,5. NISI TRIUS COURT. (Before Mx. Justice WILLES.) BEOWN v. DAVIES.—The hearing of this case was resumed yesterday morning. The witnesses for the defendant were cross-examined at great length by the learned counsel for the plaintiff; and the trial resulted in a verdict for, the defendant. , :NAPIER E. WARD AND ANOTHER.—The plaintiff, in this:action was Mr. Napier, owner of the Rhyl steam boat Lion, and the action was brought for the purpose of recovering damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff's boat, through carelessness on the part of the officers in charge of the defendants' boat Sea King. Mr. James, Q.C., and Mr. Raffles were for the plaintiff; and Mr. Monk, Q.C., and Mr. Brett for the defendants. From the statements. of the witnesses it appears that, on the 12th of September last, the Lion arrived at the south end of the Great Landing-stage about one o'clock in the day. At that time the ebb tide was running very strongly ; and the Lion was about to take up her berth in the proper position, when the steam-tug Enterprise came suddenly past, and the Lion, consequently, stopped her engines for the purpose of avoiding a collision ; and while the engines of the plain tiff's vessel were stopped the Sea King was observed coming from the north end of the stage. According to the rules that are laid down by the Dock Board, the vessel which arrives first is to take the headmost berth. The Lion was pro ceeding to take this headmost position when she was stopped, as stated above, by the Enterprise. As soon as the captain of the Lion noticed the Sea King coming towards his (Lion's) berth, he hailed her, but she con tinued to steam nn and endeavoured to pass between the Lion and the landing-stage. The consequenee was, that the paddle-box and bulwarks of the Lion were damaged . to the amount of about £24 Bs. 9d., besides which there were the expenses of surveying ad the hire of another boat, which cost the plaintiff £6B. The morning after the accident the plaintiff was called upon by some persons connected with the Sea King, and they offered to repair the Lion at their own expense. The plaintiff, however, refused this Offer, and had the boat repaired himself ; and it was to recover the expense to which he had been put by those repairs that he had brought this action. For the defence, it was 'argued that the whole affair was an accident, and not owing to any • carelessness on the part of the defendant. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £45 lls. sd. SII ERTFF' S COURT.—YESTERDAY. , (Before Mr. ASHTON CROSS.) . BREzinCIL OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—HEYWOOD v. BLEAKLEY.—This was an action brought by the plaintiff, Esther Heywood, against John Bleakley, the defendant, t) recover damages for a breach of promise of marriage, to which the defendant had put in no plea. Dr. Wheeler appeared for the plaintiff —The jury having been ern panneled, Dr. Wheeler addressed them to the following effect : It was for them to decide the amount or damages to be awarded the plaintiff, for a' breach of promise of marriage on the part of the defendant. The defendant had' admitted a breach of contract by not putting in any plea,'and it would be for them to say what was a reason able sum to be paid to the l a dy.. It was needless for him to tell them that cases of that kind varied exceed ingly, according to circumstances, and some of them involved very great consideration, but in the case that was to come before them there were circumstances in velved -of a very unusual character. His client 'was not a young woman who - " had the world before her to choose." She had arrived at that staid and mature period of life. that her hopes and position were fixed, and when there was nothing for her but to console herself to her position, and.bear herself respectably in that position. She was the daughter. of poor but humble parents, and was in the habit of getting up fine linen, by means of which she was enabled to. maintain her respectability. The defendant was the son of a farmer • having a considerable farm at Prestwich, near Manchester, and the plaintiff also lived at Prest wich. The plaintiff and defendant had been engaged for upwards of twenty years ' and it Was very Mimi). 'to the credit of the plaintiff th a t she had; during that lone series of years, remained faithful to her plighted troth— looking forward to the day when her hopes were to be realised. Doubtless, it would be asked why the defen dant had not marr i e d her. -He (the defendant) was of opinion that it trould be better for them to wait until the death of his mother, and she good soul (and they all knew what good souls women were in matters of that kind) consented. Years Tolled on, 'and he (the de fendant) continued to visit her and renew his promises to her until the month. of August of the present year,. when to her great surprise he married another person, and a month or two before that time his mother had died. 'By that marriage the defendant had acquired a considerable accession to his means. There wasune circumstance. which he thought right to mention. Many long years had .gOne by since the engagement took place,.and of course they were both much younger at that time ' • and unfortunately for ,the- plaintiff, she . somar/ or 18 years ago, was the -mother of a child, of which the defendant was the father. From ,the time the child was born up to the present, . her character had, been unimpeached ; and she had been anxiously looking forward to the day. when the defendant would place her in such a position that she could look upon that child with such feelings as only a respectable wife could. He should call her sister before them, who would tell them the whole. story ; and when they had heard the evi dence, he would ask them to put it to their minds and hearts what damages should' be paid the plaintiff. i The defendant was a man of means, and was likely, to succeed to his father's property, and had sacrificed his solemn promise, and outraged the plaintiff's feelings: —Ann Heywood, sworn, said—l am the sister of the plaintiff, and we both live with her mother at present. Mr. Bleakley, the defendant, is a farmer near Prest wich, and his father is a farmer there, and he manages his father's farm. In addition to that, they cart coal, and kept' teams of horses to let out. They are ,very well off 6leed. The defendeait and 'my . sister have known ea,..1 ot h er f or twe n ty-two years.- I remember her courtingt On frf e, n irnt t fi h oir e ab b tow e: et i n n ft u oy ing. They have been engaged been e e n ac li h vi in the habit of coming u-trwotori five 3 , ' ea r m s . on ths and His ago:mother was Ilealwaysh wasa s received as my sis.-tor'sli t to, house, • i tire husband. He. said I cannot take you until riy mother's death, as she will not have no ave any ... will make you one, but then r 1 . a comfortable woman. She never courted with any one else. He married about a month . or six weeks after his- mother's death with a lady of some property. My sister has a son by the de fendant, and he is about eighteen years of ae . m, sister has taken that very much to heart — (crying). / This closed the ease.—The learned Assessor.then said the only question that the jury had to try was as to the amount of damage the plaintiff had sustained'in conse quence of the defendant not marrying her. In cases of that kind they were allowed to look at the circumstances of the defendant, because she was entitled to recover for'thc loss of her establishment which she would have had if she had married the defendant, as well as for in jury . to her feelings in consequence of the defendant's refusing to marry her. They were to give fair damages, and not vindictive damages such as would make an ex ample of the defendant. The jury found for the plaintiff, damages £2OO. EXAMINATION AT THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION, YESTERDAY. helalf-yearly examination and distribution of prizes, prior to the Christmas holidays, took place at - noon yes terday, in the large hall at t'le Collegiate Institution. Notwithstanding the inclen en` state of the. weather, the attendance of the relatives and friends of the pupils was fully as numerous as on previous occasions ; and; of course, there was the usual amount of enthusiasm on the part of the scholars themselves. The Lord Bishop of Chester presided,; and on the platform were—his Wor ship the Mayor, T. D. Anderson; Esq. ; the Rev, Dr. M'Neile, the 'ey. C. W. Lawrence, the Rev. W. D. Appleton (chaplain of Eirkdale Gaol), and the Rev. J. S. Howson, the principal of the institution. The proceedings -were opened by the'boys'sinzing the Christmas hymn—" Hark, the Herald Angels Sing." The following-is a 'list of university and other honours obtained by former pupils during this year : Widdowson, T,, 25th Wrangler, Cambridge, January, 1859; Arthur, P., 2nd Class Classical Tripos and Senior Optime, January, 1859, Good Condiict Prize to commencing Bachelors ; Wainwright, F., Scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge, May, 1859, Greek Testament Prase •, Shaw, Greek Testament Prize-, Trinity College, 1859; Edevards, T. J., Ist Class, Trinity Col lege, Cambridge, May, 1859, and Prize.; Sinker, R., let Class Trinity College, Cambridge, May and December, 1859, Prize, and L 25 additional ; Ist Class. Trinity College, Cam bridge, May and' December, 1859, Prize ; Moore, J. B. G., Open z'cliolarehipo St. Petpr's College, Cf.mbridge, November, 1859; Rawdon, G., Ist Cla, s Moderations, Oxford, December 14th, 1859; Archer, F., Ist Class Trinity College, Cambridge, December, 1859. EXHIBITIONERS.—Wainwright, F. (Canning), Trinity College, Cambridge; Edwards, T. J. (M•Neile), Trinity College, Cam bridge; Sinker, It. (Gladstone), Trinity College, Cambridge ; Lobley, J. 'A., q. (Masters), Trinity College, Cambridge; M•Neile, E. H., All. (Masters), Trinity College, Cambridge. SCHOLARS.—Pater, J. S., Leigh; Moore, J_ Si., Holme ; Loblev, J., Brown; Sergeant, Sandon ; Appleton, H., Gregson. The Right Rev. CHAIRMAN , on rising to address the boys, was loudly cheered. His Lordship said—My friends,C my kind friend the Principal has invited ;me again to the distribution of the prizes, and I am very happy that my other engagements have not prevented me having the pleasure of being present ; for I wish by my presence to show my approbation of the principles on which this institution has been, and continues to be, ,conducted. And wish to show, my friends, my friendly feeling towards the principal and to his able staff of assistants in the several schools, and I wish also to shave my hearty goodwill to all the scholars of all the three schools. (Applause.) lam glad to be invited among you, for my own motive in coming, over here is to show my true and hearty goody ill` towards you boys ; and I am glad that we have the great honour and great gratification of seeing here . to-day the Mayor of Liverpool who comes to do you the same honour and to show the same good will. (Cheers.) Now, these prizes which we arc going to distribute by and bye, in a very little time, are the reward of Merit. They are the reward of real proficiency that has been 'ascertained by fair examination and fair competition among yourselves: • Those of you who have been brought into competition together for, those prizes have all h a d the same advantages in the school- 7 1mi have all been inatrucied by the same teachers, in the same subjects, and at the end you had a' fair field and no favour. I am sure you will feel amongst yourselves that there has been no partiality—that there has been an honest in tention to give the prize to the best candidate, and the prize having been carried of fairly, I. am equally sure that you are all ready ~with generous hearts and cordial voices to cheer the winner who has carried off the prizes. (Applause.) •He has done the best, but I hope very many of you have done well.- I hope that many of you have pressed very closely on the heels of the winner, and that many of you have done what deserves great praise, and I would say also that I hope all of you have done what deserves some praise; because if every one does his best he deserves praise, and I hope you have all got that praise. (Applause.) Now, all this that I have been speaking of lies in yourselves —in the institution itself. There are drawbacks, it is true; . but there have been always such incentives as these to winners—incentives 'to generous emulation amongst yourselves. But there are getting every day more and more incentives—incentives springing up ex ternal to the institution itself. And . just at this very time there has been going on in Liverpool a set of examinations conducted by representatives of the Uni versity of Cambridge, and open to all scholars from all schools. Now, I myself am an old Cambridgeman, and Lain very .glad that,, that university takes the part it does in the movement, and particularly that it has sent clown, as it did last' year, to the examinations that took place two of the most eminent and most poPular of all its members. And. I hope that my friends in Liver pool will understand and appreciate the conipliMent that Cambridge has paid to them by selecting and sending down such men for the purpose. Well,' - I have spoken of Cambridge, but don't let me be narrow or partial. Let Oxford have an equal share of praise ; because Oxford takes, from time to time, its turn in these examinations, and sends down also distinguished men from its own university to conduct them. Both Universities deserve equal praise for this. Now, this new system of examination, my young friends, opens to you a wider field of competition than you had before ; not merely among your own class-fellows and school fellows, but amongst the pupils of other' schools also. It is a kind of general challenge to you, and'l make no doubt that some of you have accepted, and will, in times to come, accept this challenge. And, I think, there is little doubt that you will come off with credit from the contest when it ends. I hope that will be so, so that it may hesatisfactory to your principal and masters, Who have taken so much pains with you here; and that it may -gratify your -own parents and friends. (Ap-s plause.) But, with regard to your principal, I cannot say how much I admire the activity and energy of his mind. has time , for everything.. pays very careful, very able, and very efficient attention tp all the pupils of this great institution, and yet we knew that he has found time to make some valuable contributions to the literature of our age. (Applause.) That great work that he produced in conjunction with his prede cessor Mr. Conybeare—on the travels and epistles of St. Paul—is a work that will be a permanent addition to . our stock of sacred literature for all time to come. But not only in that undertaking has great labour been bestowed, but from time to time your priacipal finds leisure _to communicate to the public his sentiments and opinions on ninny, matters that occupy a first place in the affairs of the kingdom at the present day—in particular on all questions con nected with the progress of education; • qUestions on which he is so well qualified to express an-opinion from what is the only sure guide in forming an opinion— practical experience. Mr. Howson lies • just now printed and published a peer relating to these Oxford and Cambridge examinations of which I have been I speaking. lam not-going to enter into any discussion of the paper, or of the particular suggestions which he has made in it for improving these examinations. It is a very valuable paper, and, I make no doubt, will re ceive very great attention in the quarters to which it is , more particularly addressed:. I will limit myself to, two observations upon it,. and no. more, and the first is to say that I entirely concur with him as to one great point—that is, as to the importance `of assimilating the examinations of the two universities to each other as nearly as is practicable. And I say this for this 'very plain reason. In any school there can only be one general course of study for all the scholars of that school. You cannot pick out a boy here, and train him specially for the Oxford examination, and a boy there, and train him especially for the Cambridge examination. You must have a general system for the school at large, and in which all are carried forward together ; and this being so, it is quite clear that it is most important that the results awl fruits of this course of study should be brought fairly and fully to' a test by those university examinations, whether they be the Oxford or the Cambridge. But to do this—to secure this object s it is very evident that th ere oug ht to be a general agreement between the twanniversi :ties as to the ,principles and rules by which their examinations shall be conducted. There ought to ,be as nearly as may be one common standard recognised by them both. On this point, I certainly concur with what your principal has expressed inlais pamphlet, and I hope it will receive attention from both universities: I should rejoice if it does. Everything that .draws Oxford and Cambridge more together into friendly relation is a great advantage to them both, and to the country 'at large through them. The other point on whiCh I will say a few words is this, The most material point of difference at present in the Oxford and Cambridge examinations is the manner in which religious knowledge is estimated in the two. Now, this is not an occasion on which I can advan tageously enter into any explanation of my own views on this very important point of difference. But I men tion it specially, for a reason that does specially apply to the present occasion. I do hope from my heart that religious instruction will always be a part of our school education in England. I hope religion will always be an e l ement i n t h e sc h oo l. I th i nk that is a Christian principl e , and I think it is an English feeling, -and I hope it will ever be so. I have said this over and' over again in Liverpool, with more particular reference to the education of the children of the poore—more. par ticularly with referenceto-them; because they cannot be, :expected to receive much •religious instruction at ;their' own bsimes. . Their parents cannot give it to them. ;But speaking here, where there are some parents present Pr9vulence- has placed in a very different rank of life—placed in stations of affluence and comfort, and 'who have themselves -been blest with all the advantages of educatione—l would respectfully say, niy friends, to.yolf, -that while I hope the schools of this institution, and all the schools in Liverpool ' and all the schools in my -diocese, -will be, and ever continue to be,- schools of religious `in struction, yet, let:me respectfully say that the best school hosf religious instruction for your children is your own home. (Hear, and applause.) The Bohol may do- its part--;-ought to do its part, and no doubt will. do its part, but home must do its part also, and,that a greater part. I look back, myself, with pleasure' to my own school days, and to:my early days in the University of Cambridge. .I cherish the remembrance of my teachers, and. of the benefits which I received from their instruc s . tion, and from their encouragement; but how much • more deeply—:with how much more of tender and of sacred -feeling—do I cherish the remembrance of .my parents, who first and always trained me in the principles of Christian faith and hope principles which, ~however imperfect they may be in me, I yet 'know to be the greatest treasure, - the only real treasure,. is my heart. ` friends, may your children speak of you thus when you are gone, and God grant that mine may_so speak of me. (Applause.) His lordship said he would now start into what was perhaps the real business; and one great pleasure to him was to see the list of scholars who had gone from this institu tion, and during the past year .had gained honours and distinctions in those two universities of Oxford and Cambridge. There was, first -of all, the ,name of Widdowson, who was in the month of -January of the present year 25th wrangler at Cambridge-s-that was to say, he was in the.first class of mathematical honours at Cambridge. And-he might say, without disparagement of Oxford or any other place, that there .was no univer sity in the world in which' mathematical studies were carried to a .greater pitch, if they were carried so far, than at Cambridge. But -Oxford-men would take - no' offence if they heard him say. that to be in the first-class' of mathematics at Cambridge was a great honour, and' did imply areal knowledge of that abstruse and difficult , branch of science. Then came the name of Arthur, who was in January of this year in the second-class .classical tripos and senior optime. ,This was a - very honourable' distinction ; and he had also had in Trinity College the good - bouduct,prize to: commencing bachelors.. That was a different kind of thing from proficiency in learning; but if: he (his lordship) was a frier)), or 'relation of the youth, he should rejoice more-in' his getting that prize than at his getting all the literary and scientific . prizes. (Applause.) Well, then came the name : of Wain Wright—a Liverpool name, for which everybody had great respect. lie had gained a scholar ship at Trinity College e Cambridge, in May of this year. Now, this wsas the largest college at Cambridge ; compe tition was the most ditflcult; and to *gain a scholarship there was regarded at the University as a very great honour. Besides this, he had got the prize for passing the best examination' in the Greek Testament—a branch of knowledge which he was happy to say both Universi- - ties certainly eacouraged. Then came the name of Shaw, who had also got a Greek Testament-prize at' Trinity College. Then there was. Edwards ; he was at the summer of this year in the first class ;of Trinity College, Cambridge ; ' and he bad got a prize - of -£25 as a reward for .his merit. Then there was Wilson, who was first class .at Trinity College, Cambridge, and had got a prize s, and there, was Moore, who had got an open 'scholarship at St. Peter's, Cam bridge; where the competition must live been very difficult, for, although the college was hot large, the competiti©n was open. He had dealt hitherto with Cambridge, but he new came to Oxford cases. Mr. Rawdon had . gained the first class of moderations at Oxford. In another year and a-half he would have to go through a second examination, and his, lordship hoped he would have made that proficiency that he 'would :be able to carry "eff the first prize at the second stage. (Applause.) 'And then there - sdas 'Archer, who was ' in - DeceMber in the first 'class at Trinity -Cellege, Cambridge. Now, he had great pleasure in finding ten names'Which during the past year had, like a donstellae tion, shed back lustre on . the school where they received their education. Ile hoped all the scholars now present would , do the same ,when they went ofit, whether to Universities or professions or 'commerce—he hoped they wouldreflect back credit to the place where they had received their education. That would be,. the real grati fication to their parents, and the real gratification to their toasters. (Applause.) His lordship concluded by calling upon the principal to address them. • • - The Rey. J. S. Howson, who_ was. ;;seated with pro longed cheering, commenced by observing that, since his lordship began to speak, they had "just heard that two others, of their boys were in the first class at St. John's College. (Applause.) For what his lordship s had said on the great importance of 'assimilating, as far as practi cable, the Mord and Cambridge schemes of local exa mination, he was very much' obliged to him ; and every . . Master in the building was much obliged to hini. They' all felt that this was a.matter of momentous importance. If the two schemes were so assinoilated that the prepara tions for the Cambridge examination was the-preparation for the Oxford one, and 'the preparation for the Oxford • . examination was the preparatien for .the Cambriclge.exa 7ainatiOn, then they would 'have a continuous action exerted in the schools which :would be extremely helpful lin organising and strengthening all their arrangements. (A-pplause.) But if they, „were acted on by fits and starts-e-first training a. boy for Oxford,,. ape then for• Cambridge, ,or, what would be. Worse, training half a class for .oxford. and the ether half for. Painliridge— their. school work - would be ; disorganised rather than assisted. lie was much obliged; indeed, that his lord- . ' ship should have said the . words which ,they :had just heard Land he was persuaded, coming as they did from one who had not only a large experience in the work of a diocese, but a very high and eminent reputation in the University of Cambridges—he was .persuaded that the words which had fallen from his lordship with so much weight would fiat - vert - pOseverfully upon the universities themselves. A very few, words would be enough to. express all he desired to 'say on two - subjects, which' . were not at all connected with one another. One, was a military subject, and the 'Other was a pecuniary subject.' The military feeling seemed to haves pervaded every teighbourhood and almost every mg. We were a very peaceful 'people. We were so. _fond of peace that We were determined to give every diScouragement to other nations; if they avere at all disposed to break the peace.. Hence our rftle volunteers.. Wherever we went, we heard Of our iitlemen, :Yester day afternoon he had the pleasiire' of being on board the Cenway, on an interesting occasion, . when the first prizes were distributed to those young sailors who were 'under training for the merchant service ; and regret was expressed, as was quite natural,' that the Mayor could not be present ; and the reason, was something or other connected with these riflemen. Now, in this - biiilding itself, every evening in the week except e und ay, there was a large number of those volunteers at drill ; and the whole suite of the loWer rooms was so 'many parade 'grounds. 'Amon,g those young men who met-here—and fine young .men they were—was a number of old pupils of this in stitution? 'and something, had been said about firming a Volunteer Rifle Corps, which shoal(' 'bear the name - of the institution. This had met with considerable favour 'on the part of the directors ; and he wished to say that' it would be extremely gratifying to him, and the masters generally, if such a scheme' could be carried into effect. (Applanse.) He would .now pass 'to the pecuniary subject. , Something .was always paid at 'these ' meetings. 'about the honours abtained at the • UniveePities by the pupils there, and he ,was glad' there was always something very respeotable to say. `They' had all heard with gratitude the comments which the bishop 'had been goo 4 enough 'to :add to the list;; but he was not quite sure'that enough was known about. the' yely great pecuniary emoluments which the univer sities of Oxford and Camhridge held out' to energetic and persevering students. Among those scholarships and prizes which their own pupils had obtained, there were many whose aggregate value, amounted to: £lOO, £2OO, £3OO, or even more. He was not suretltis was generally known. One of the two examiners—they were the Dean of Ely and Mr. Campion—one of the'examinerstold him the other day ithat, under the, new regulations, at Cams bridge, the .amount, which the.-university had to give every year in emoluments of that .kind to students of ability, good emduess e and industry,. amounted to about £20,000. Now, he thought these figures were as likely to be . understood in Liverpool as in any other - town ; 'and - he hoped what had been said would net aka, stimulus to the pupils here assembled, and be an encou ragement, to many families where the number of boys was large, and the, income rather precarious. He did not say these things to encourage either a love of war or a love of money; but there was such a thing as yi.udenev—pruarxe in defending oar own country— ptndence in, devising the - best ,course of education for the boy or the young man. He did not say that any of them by going to uniCersities would make a large fortune, any more than itthey joined a rifle corps they would all become field-marshals. But still there was such a thing as prudence, and he did hope that the suocess• attained by the students here and the new arrangements, would- encourage a great many to enter upon that career which,• though it did not lead to great wealth, undoubtedly led to honourable independence, and to great opportunities of usefulness. (Applause.) His Lordship then proceeded to distribute the prizes' as Sollows ' 1 , UP-PER SCHOOL. CLASS PRIZES. CLASS.. PRIZE. , MIL. TIPICAtE. Clasnics. Mathematics , I. ' Pater. • Pater Pughe, K. M. IT Moore, J. M. Dickson Cleave!', R. S. III; Hin'clley: Carlisle - ' " • 111. Mod. - Sergeant. ' Hutton IV. { IV. Mod Rodgers, R.Rodger. A. • . •mrapa.nca. V. • VI. • , • . ' Burrill Vernon. VII., • Douglas Holcombe.. •VIII. ' - - ' " Butler ' Preston. • - SPECIAL PRIZES. Brooks' Divinity Medal Pater, J. S....Tinling. ' Senior,History „ Senior French, Junior French . • Whittle Lafone. G. rman Drawing, Freehand ' " • Busby" • Dickson. M•Knight. , . . „ Perspecthe Aked, W Honeyburne. Rodger. Sutton, S. _E. „ From the Round ... Cleaver, R.S Mellor, A. , • Michod, C. J. • . Moore, C. J. Writing 7 Peel, E.-S. transferred to Lawrence.. Jones E. J. ' _ Peel,.'lT. J. _ Mich&l, J, —Farrer. • Roberton. Holcombe. • • Preston. EXTRA PRIZES. DONOR. ' ' EDEJECT. ' PRIZE. ' Institution Greek Verse Statham, G. Vice-Principal Junior Arithmetic Brown, G. Old Pupils• ... ....... ....English Essay • • Pater, J. S. iii, Vittoz - For French tippleton, W. Mr. Hart' ' • For Good Conduct 'Holcombe. Mr. Balls Latin Grammer Dickson, W. MIDDLE SCHOOL. • - , . eia,sS. - ' • •et,tss PRIZES: CLAES CERTIFICATES.. 1. - 11. - Eastwood - Jones, Jos. 13: 111. IV. ...(Upper) Cooper, W. II Fenton, E. IV. ...(Lower). Finlay, W. 11. Nicholson, E. V. VI. VII. IX. VIII. " ' Buckley, H Rcadhead, T. ir Divinity Medal : . Browne A. F. ; ,1- Pendlebury. Nomination to Upper School : . Bradley J. . - Pater Scholarship : * Browne A. F. transferred to Evans W. Ist Tyrer Scholarship : . Procter C. J. 2nd Tyrer Scholarship : .Williamson J. - W. Liklory and Geography Medal : * Nicholls W. G. ; + Pearson R. 1). .Maihematical and Arithmetical Priie : Beadle ; + Brailley J., Bell, Brown T., Wilson JAI. C., Hind G., Baker. French Medal : 0 Browne A. F. ; + Quirk W., Eastwood, Howe, Fenton, Pinldy W. H. Penmanship Medal : 0 Schwabe ; t Oath W. 8., Thompson, Lee, Whittle, Harris C., Pugh, Black' W., Braithwaite, Fall, Brammall. Drawing Medal : Bradley J. ; +Evans W., Eshelby, Quirk W., Collens, Brown 8., Finlay W. IL, Wilson T. R. Perspective Prize : Bradley J. ;• + Schwabe. Principal's Prize for Analysis : Rowe; E: H. Dr. Nevin's Prize for Chemistry : Rowe, E. 11. ' Head Master's Prize for French (7th Class): (- Hulse, W. ; e Beyer,•lL E. • Mr. J. H. Cox's Prizes for French (sth and (3th Classes) : a Wade ;Lewis, E. M. 1. Pugh ; Dawbarn, W. Y.. Special Prizes. + Special Certificates. LOWER SCHOOL. Nomination to the Middle School Thomas T. G. First MolYneuX scholar Thomas T. G. Second „ Martindale J. T:, ' • tranSferred to Maris A. E. CLASS PRIZES. CLASS. PRIZE BOYS. - CERTIFICATES. I • The MelyneuX Scholars • • 11.... Hallam W. E Grundy C. B. 111... Whaley J. . Medcalf J. 1V ... Jones W Quail J., Rider T. F.: Mails G. J Beckett W. J Skinley J. A. L. VII.. Widelicombc A. F 1 11`Clure W., EroWn T. G. VIII. Smith V. F. Laidman C. T. IY ... Rayner F. C. . Tato J. • • SPECIAL PRIZES. • SUBJECT.‘ P.RIZE BOYS. CERTIFICATES. Divinity, (Brooks' Medal)...Thomts T. G. Maris A. E. - liintory ,Dunsford F. .XlcDowcll, A., Wright J. Arithmetic (Medal) Maris A. E. Thompson, L.. Thompson R. Jones J. E. , Cassidy J. Writing (Medal) Parry W. Tasker J., Rogers - II Drawing—Perspective (Medal) ~.Maris A E....Michad P. 11. Freehand (Medal) ..... ..Michod P.:H....Wright S. P., Class N. Elliott, F.A. Class lll.,liewsorn T. EXTRA PRIZES. PRIZE. Grammar and Ana- I Thomas T. G lysis, Class I Grammar and Ana- Quail J Principal lysis, Class IV IleadMaster I Mapping from Me- McDowell A,....Dimsford F. mory, Class I Mr. Swan ... Divinity of Class' V :Malley E. S.... Parry R.' General Improve * Mr. Harper ' t ment, Class VII Maelure W....8r0wn T. G. Mr. Hunt... Divinity Hughes J WRITING CERTIFICATES.—CIass W. E., Laidtnan, Brown, A. ; 111. Gracie, A., Jones, J. T.; IV. Foster, W. D. ; V. M'Comb, H., Hore, J. J. • VI. Jones, E., Trenton, W., Lea, R. ; VII. Banister, 11. ; VIII. Hallam, 11. P., Wil liams, C. ; IX. Rayner, R C. MAPPING CERTIFICATES.—CIass I. M'Dowell, A., Thoma?, • T. G., Warner, J. •, ll* Wright,'J. P. ; 111. '.lleacalf, T. ; IV. Jones, W., Rider, T. F. ; V. Maris,' G. J. A. ; VI. Bishop, W. S. P., Skinley, J. A. L. '•. VII. }lore,- G. E., M. J. S. ; VIII. .)Vebster, A., Hallam, H. P. ; IX. L'oyd, L. DONOR. CERTIFICIATE Principal ... EVENING CLASSES AND SCHOOL OF- ART.. SUPJECT. PRIZE. CERTIFICATZ. Model Drawing J. Galloway A. de Rome. Perfipective Freehand • R. 2ii`Cullodh W. Hilton. Architectural. Drawing Owen _ Latin Arithmetic Writin g .A. Hazelwood J. Shields. .D. R: G M : C lra w -ey ...1 F. R. S p u e te e li t. ff. .Forshaw His LORDSHIP said he was desired by the head-master 'to present a prize to J. Lobley, who had successfully passed through the Oxford examination recently held in Liverpoel. (Applause.) His lordship in presenting to one of the junior boys a copy of the Life7of Stephenson, said the subject of the biography was one of the most eXtraordinary men that had ever lived in the world. Born in a most humble condition of life—none could be more so--God had,blessed hint with very great gifts of understanding, and a disposition to use those gifts with vigour, and labour to improve them. 7By great perseverance and indomitable energy, Stephenson raised himself to the-, piunacle of fame. His training, beset by almost inextricable . difficuitifs gave him a wonderful habit of •self-reliance and s'elf-dependance on the power of his own mind, in the particular pur suits to which he directed it. And here he would tell his young friends that there were two kinds of self reliance and self-confidence. There were many men— particularly young men—who had very little under standing, very little knowledge, but had an unlimited. amount of self-confidence. They would listen .to no! advice from others and thereby made themselves ridi culous and contemptible. But there was another kind of honest!self-reliance, very different from that to which` he had alluded, where men had good understanding, solid knowledge, and knew what they. were doing, and persevered in that ; although other men did not encou rage them, they would succeed in life. No one encouraged George Stephenson. People said that his railway schemes were 'ridiculous, and could' never be carried into effect, but Stephenson lived to see his. schemos carried out, and we had lived to see the immence benefits that they had conferred upon society. Such was the greatness of that man of lowly birth, who raised himself by his perse verance in turning to account the gifts God had be , stowed upon him. Let that be a solemn lesson to his young friends. (Applause.) The prizes having been distributed, The Rev. J. S. HOWSON said, in' justice he was bound to• sat that Mr. Cox, the master ,of the Middle school, had been absent for a considerable time from illness, but he was glad to say that he belleied Mr. Cox would be with them after. the Christmas holidays. (Loud cheers.) Of course there had been a great deal of additional work thrown on other shoulders, and he begged to express his extreme gratitude to all the masters of the middle school, for the remarkl. 7 cheer fulness and efficiency with which they had di: rilmted amongst themselves, and discharged the dude, of the vacant office during the time of difficulty. ~Lotul applause.) He believed nothing had been neglected, and to Mr. Finlay in debted. (Applause.) _t s. h iv e D y E s w were much Esq.,mueh wasn f one Week to cucou- His Worship the at P y h ar o e r,:T u ub . rs p e r l o loudly cheered on rising. He said; Ladies and gentle men, I have a double duty to perform to-day--the fist is in my official capacity to thank his lordship for coming twice to Liverpool in rage, by his presence, two of the edueational estabijsh moats of the WWI, alla the Ilat is ) as - 911 e of the laieq governors and directors of the institution, to-thank him :-on behalf of my colleagues, and, for you and for m yself individually for his continued interest in thisinstitutio u + and; for his kindness in presiding over us on-the present occasion. (Applause.) ,It.gives me very great pleasure to do both these duties, and also to be present on this ace' sien. I believe I may say with truth that the institutio n was never in so prosperous a condition as a t preseu e rr and the governors and directors feel that they owe ill" very much to the unwearied exertions of their able Pr: ls : cipal and to the - other masters. (Appl ause :) A prize' giving day at a - large 'school has always appeared t ° me one of !the most interesting scenes that can ha wit nessed. Time passes so quickly that I can ahau" fancy - it was yesterday that I took part'as one of you d ° in a prize-day- in a very large school. Some boys 171 , 11 , 0 have not got prizes may be a little e nv i ous a t th o se lc°, I have got a great many, and I sc ar c e ly wo nd er ht tha t fact, but as the. Dean of Ely said the other morniugr e all cannot be senior wranglers, and all cannot get prize; but all can do their best, and all can do their dutY .' , Allow me to say, as one who did not carry his classic* studies so far as I now wish I had done, arising from peculiar circumstances=allow m e , a s suc h hn one, to sus to those who doubt whether the study of the dec d languages . is of any benefit to those who do not car') their classical studies very far, I speak from experienc e , when I say that I have felt it a ver y g r ea t b ene fit ut" only to understand my own language, but others , to o ' As a commercial man, I would say I think it would be of _very great advantage to many young men abort to enter upon a commercial or t ra di ng , and not up on a professional life, if they remained at school s year. or tsVolonger. It would not, tam sure, interfel with their advancement in commercial, pursuits, and * believe it would be a very great benefit to them in after life—an opinion which, I believe, is shared with me 1 1 the principal and other masters of this institution. 1. have very great pleasu re i n moving t h e b est thanks °f this meeting to his lordship for coming down and Pr e ' siding over us on the present occasion. (Loud cheers.), The Rev. Dr. M‘Neree was received with enthusiast ic ' i cheering. After alludi ng - t o th e he ar t y c h eers of t 5; boys he said that he had b een reques t e d t o s t a te tha t the Rev. ReCtor Campbell very much regretted h l ' inability to attend on account of the severit! of the weather. The rev. doctor proceeded to say—And now, my young friends, I lo s t ; very great pleasure i n , i nvi ti ng you aga in express your cordial thanks to .the Bishop for his kir''•;.," ness in so frequently comin g among y ou , an d now ag'i r - on this !occasion. (Appl a u se .) A n d I mus t say tfr myself that on no f ormer occasion have I ever hear,'", even from his lordship, anythi ng w hi c h I f ee l so high" deserving of gratitude from my own h ear t as a 'fatio i r' as .whatl heard from his lordship this morning. 1 entreat you my young friends,. and my Christian trio', who are here and who are p aren t s —l d o a ff ec ti o natc', , and earnestly entreat -you to bear in mind what his lot; ship said about domestic education. And let entreat you, dear boys, to give kind attention, willioc attention to the efforts made at home to train :i , minds in the •knowledge, and love, and fear of u You hear on every side that without religion the he`. - education, will fail of attaining the best objects in vie w ,; and you have heard to- , day, from the highest hal f authority now athongst us, or th a t y ou are ever lik,: to hear it from, that the pl ace t o c o mmence suc h e duc"; tion is at.home. (Hear, hear.) My lord, I hope 5: 0 will bear with me 'whilst, for the, edification of 0 4 , children, I read a_passage I met with a day or two 3 0 in an address, from a cle rg y man i n th e diocese of g e l , ford. He had been v is iti ng th e nor th o f Irelan, e " short time apes, and aubsequ en tly - - a dd resse d a 13. ' e meeting at "Newport, in Monmo u th s hi r e, i n w hich t e told what he saw co ncern i ng a sc h oo l that visited in Ireland, in a t own th a t I am very w ell quainted with myself. He said :—" One Saturday 0 '; ing, as I was going by the Presbyterian Church, I e r the door open; and. I looked'in.' - Inside I saw an in n a door, and I heard from within the voices of little child) praying. I listened and heard words like these: their God, have mercy on these poor boy s , so sorr y for tl i i , a l t sins. 0 God, comfort these boys, so un h a ppy '• down'thy hand, 0 God, and lift them up, and 11° . I . ; them what Jesus-has done for - them.' I opened the di dfea there were six boys inside, three kneeling with ta 1 backs towards me, and three othe r s standing by, t "ibe praying. I said to them,- ‘--My dear boys, what is e a matter ? " 0 sir,' said one of them, o three u vho are kneeling are so-anxious about their soulse r ' o e we are praying for them.' I said ver y s'eiously, yeti found comfort, my dear boys ?! Yes, sir, we t" „ s e . have been very anxious about our souls too, but we t re e now found peace through Jesus; and we want these t others to be as happy as we are ; - so we had lea lia e come here and pray as soon as schOol Was over.' three when. the school was dismissed, and it was 00 ' a half-past four. There, on a fine summer's aftern had these little boys been an hour and a half in er 3 ),,,,s and reading the Word of God. Where else would find three boys kneeling down and praying for o °,o selves, and three Others so anxious about then t i t ig to stay with them and pray for them also ?" ii e g ase a strange scene indeed a blesSed - scene. (th hear.) Let me add - to this a fact that has ree e . ho t Come to my own observation. I saw a p r ivate ' la d kept - by a boy who is now at Harrow School. li e oo si entered these pious prayers in that book-s-writtell as at Iseveral things that he was ind u ced to p ra y for wi „ a l' a tif the least reserve, not supposing for a moment th 3 a o o s one i would see them. I found in .that book exPretio, of this kind; " 0 Lord, help me in writing : my verses ;" " O'Lord, help me to remember the PA' 0 1', the Greek verbs ;" "0 Lord, help -me to keeP irs t e temper ;" "0 - Lord, - help me to play er' -c h o `, most(Laughtert.) Now my , dear • boys don't: laugj, ft: It is one of the perfect specinie u ;ee t real prayer that ever came under my notice, fer . , ob i *as really interesting to the boy he had made V ila o', ject of petition to his Lewd and Saviour. There l e , 0 0 unreality about this. The desires of his heal' sv as it 3 written down in - systematic - order to make his 1 tlis t known to God. Consider this in connection with most touching, most tender, most affecting portic 4 ;: e tia Bishop's address to you - at - the opening of this ni o c• a it; -to his lordship's tender allusion to his homey e• his first experience of religious instruction at 1 : 1° , ' be cO l hope his lordship's most excellent remarks will b, culated to be of great advantae to those who 1 11 ',,1 f them when they hall have been printed. I hes: w u , ft is to think earnestly' of what alas been said. ). 111 , with the most affectionate 'feelings, most war n a sfof most cordially excited, that I second the inotie oon ed vote of thanks to his-lordship for his kindness in amongst us to-day. - (Applause.) The vote of thanks was passed by acclamatio n. co ne His LORD ;;HIP returned thanks for the kind , a e sf they had giVen him; but; he thought, their, tlqinToessr, also . itistly - due to the Mayor, both for his ki r ' l laali b d eomipg amongst them, and for the respect in Tee 0 , 04, was justly - held by all classes in, Liverpool. 1, to v e also propose that they should express their the? , 00 to M‘Neile, and the kind friends who had atten d : eu. platform. s • The Th Rev.e proposition Dr , w N a n s responded p t o h n e d n e s d a with ivi s e : cheer` t° before we sing "God save the queen," that 1 t , c to confer practical as well .9.§, cordial thankituW_iii, n pal way .in which you will do : it, will be, d holidays, in addition, and in connexion pao your amusements, make little prayer meetingd Ain yourselves, to ask help in your verses, a s u urs laYVS grammar, and in your temper, - an in rt_ Don't forget that story. I should be rejoiced ~ feel .i thanks I would feel it; -and the mayor w° aecuj and the bishop would feel it—if We heard 1, a fett,', spirit pervading the pupils of this institution• f c hid be felt.. all over the town) saying,—" What a blessing has come upo those t 'ilear boys." (Applause.> s log' a, 'oined in • e tc The Audience and sthe pupils then j . a eo, " God save the ,queen," and the proceeding ter ~tio t il 7te r. THE Rova.n:CnARTER.—A further asnrs l i6 has been-recovered from the wreck of the Royal'hars r -Dr .4 i 176 . On Saturday, about 15,000,,comprisingp t and everybondYu:le;os and sovereigns. On Sunday, 1 her in , id dust, sovereigns, and several portiona,oriei iVt, ceived- at the bank hem the wreck ts and 2lbs. ares s _, s p e ett BRUTAL ASSAULT ON THE CAPTAIN OF o ti A of On Saturday - night last, between the hour' veas el i m ov o 7 rupees, and a shilling. The total w h e as ight e u o ' n collier and twelve o'clock, the captain of a a 1/1 lying off Woolwich, was proceeding tower „ ta x lg t fr w o o m m G en r , ee w n h avi o c k h i , loe w k h e e d n b h hn e wdoaswns,tiaduddeniiiilifi.,jaitt"esd. selo.sf; of severe wounds' with some sharp inst . ?' ~m_'- e h e e a rla ea , presumed that the fellows were alarmed 7,:„ e o_c,e r ye the captain for assistance and the soulatod, 0 0 1)S - 11 01 0 footsteps, as they ran off without conit ci lo as a e on:',;', On the arrival of the po l lee the sufferer se nt a ye:.„ to the nearest 'house, and a surgeon wa. the I°l 'll o °l o d f res a se s d eri t o h u e s w n o a u tu n r d e s . , 'employed in attempting to apeareheed tut' llnforttinately with9Ut woo, o ne of which, uuldvecr_s s ubs: l g a , ba t ' of police _ _rfoffer, NORTHERN DAILY TIMER. Wednesday, - December 2L 185 . tork A 144 ?t it , 11 t4 ;-, kit/ 1 4 4 ,