The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-10-22 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL INSTITUTE

On Saturcia, lasts a public meeting was held at the
above institution for' the purpose of presenting to the
pupils of the day and evening schools of the institution
scholarships, prizes, medals, and certificates; which had
been awarded them at the examination h'eld by the
directors, and also of the examinations of the Society
of stete, the University of Oxford, and the Department
of Science and Art. The platform was occupied by the
principal gentlemen' connected with the institute. Sir
John Bowring presided. In P. G. Heyworth, Presi-
dent of the Institute, Mr. Wm. Bitssris, with his brother,
Mr. James Brown, from America, thh' Mayor of Lan-
caster, Messrs. T. M. Mackay, George Holt, Cs T..Bow-
ring, W. Rathbone, George Melly, I. Hadwen, ay dunk,
S. T. Hobson, A. Holt, Charles Holland, R. Shell, S.
Smith, Revs. S. A. Steinthal, W. C. Stallybrass,
Griffiths, and Boucher ; E. S. Samuel, R. Johnson, R. W.
Ronald, C. S. Samuel, Professor Elliot, Armstrong, 0.
Williartiss Minsky, S. Thornely, J. Jenkins, Macllveen,
Finnic, &d., Mr. Cariss, the secretary, were also
present. The body of the hall and the galleries were
filled by the pupil's of the school and their parents.
Sir Xonss- Bownino, upon taking the chair, was
loudly cheered. He said that he felt it a great honour to
Preside at that meeting, and then spoke at some length
upon the' *life of competitive eXaminations, which he
said formed the mist, characteristic and admirable part
of the institutions of China; whose population, he should
inform them, represented orre-third of the whole human
race; and the interest which that population took in
these matters had begun, certainly, to be felt every-
where ; and he saw in this locality an exhibition which
brought his thoughts back to the regions which he had
lately left. What he wished for China was that that
country should have the means of instruction which we
have here,—what he wished for England was that the
sane passion for distinction should impress the universal
mind, especially of the working classes, which he found
in what comas called the Celestial, flowery land. (Great
applause.) Ile had lived for some years in a province
the' Viceroy of Which ruled over more than thirty
millions of human inhabitants, and it had been more
than once his fortune to' see the rush which took place
into the provincial capital when the students came there
to strive for those handing by which they reached the
highest dignities of the State. No man could be elected
to office who had not gone through a severe competitive
examination; and persons of the loss'est origin were
invested with power—which he did not say they wisely
exercised—but they were entrusted with a power Which
in the monarchies of Europe we had no example of,
because he had known of a viceroy who could boast that
he had cut off 100,000 heads. (Laughter.) This was
in the province of Kwangtun. There was no family so
poor which did not send its most hopeful youths to
the seminaries of education. In that province at
least there were two millions of scholars ; 9,000 were
selected who came to the' provincial capital, and of
those 9,000 the nuisiber selected was only 70. We
might well consider what the competition was; but he
could give them no idea of the delight which spread
through a family, through a clan, through a district, when
any distinction was conferred upon a /outh belonging
to them ; yet, he must be allowed to say that the most
distinguished of those men would be honoured with the
greatest amount of popular glory. [Here Mr. William
Brown entered the meeting, and was received with loud
cheering ] Sir John Bowring proceeded. He was glad
to see that they paid honour to the man who represented
the principle of which he had been speaking. (Loud
applause.) It was our ride and privilege, as English-
men, to have more information, applicable to the daily
uses of life, than others possessed. The Chinese had
no such hooks 'as we possess, but their system of
education was admirable. Still, there was nothing
could compare with England, in the past, the present,
or the future. (Hear, hear, and loud applause.)
In the past nothing was to be found bat comparative
progress, and in the future the culmination of knowledge.
(Applause.) He was delighted to find, by the prize-list
which he held in his hand, evidence of the judicious di-
rection given to popular studies : he saw a reference to
hand-writing. In that respect we were behind the Chi-
nese, who would not receive a document a single character
of which could be spoken of with animadversion. He
was sorry to say that this, which seemed an unimportant
matter, had been too much neglected at home ; but it
had fallen under his observation that Lord Palmerston
had refused a number of despatches, on the ground that
those who chose to write should write in a manner to be
read; and he wished them to be re-written. (Laughter
and applause.) He saw no reference to orthography.
He was sorry to see that. Some years ago, when a
young countryman had been sent to him, he gave him
the word " candle " to spell, and he spelled it,
thus "C, a, e, double 1." (Great laughter.)
Sir John proceeded to observe that commerce, after all,
was the great contributor to civilisation. A great man
had said that peace has its victories, greater than war;
but he (the speaker) said that the conquests of commerce
were more splendid. more beneficial, than all the deeds
of any conqueror who figures on the pages of history—
(applause)—and he said so especially with such an
exemplar before him, a man so eminent in Liverpool—
he referred to Mr. Brown. (Applause). The merchant,
and the merchant's clerk too, ought to be well in-
structed : he might have to have intercourse with great
varieties of men ; and he (Sir John Bowring) rejoiced
that the great value of the modern languages was better
understood. Ancient languages represented antiquity ;
but the most important to us were the latest and the
new. (Applause). Now, remarkable changes were
going on. Barbarous languages were giving way ; and,
referring to the English tongue, the speaker said that
it was by far the most widely extended and generally
understood; for in every clime of the world there might be
some person found who understood it. French was next
in point of value, and with Spanish we should be able to
go over the whole American continent. He had known
children of six or seven years of age who could speak
several languages accurately, and if we used our ears,
'omitting the difficulties of grammatical construction.
why should not men do so with equal ease. He should
encourage and recommend a study of the language of
China, for it was the language of nearly one-half of the
human race ; for a person going there with this know-
ledge would make his fortune in a very few years if
his character was good, his habits sober, and he
possessed the necessary perseverance. Sir John then
proceeded at some length to dwell upon the advan-
tages of the various branches of learning for which
prizes were about to be distributed. Mathema-
tics he spoke of as inducing accuracy of thought;
and after a few passing words in reference to the value
of the decimal system, said that, in respect of the Fine
Arts, the Chinese were noted for their grotesque pic-
tures, as well as for some beautiful specimens of paint-
ing. But there was generally an incongruity in their
compositions. He had, for instance, once gone to see a
picture of a horse, which was fifty tun ,s larger than the
stable which he had to enter. He concluded an excel-
lent speech by drawing attention to the value of the
prizes which he was about to distribute, and by praising
the diligence which the pupils must have shown.
The Snennwtv, (Mr Cariss,) then called each of the
pupils to the platform, when they were awarded their
prizes, by Sir John Bowring, who addressed each of
them in a most kind and affectionate manner, urging
upon them the necessity of diligently attending to their
studies.

LIST OF PRIZES AND HONOURS
Awarded to Students of the Institute, in the Lecture Hall of
the Institute, on Saturday, the 20th instant, by Sir John
Bowring. who presided on the occasion:—
EXHIBITION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, VALUE ONE
HUNDRED POUNDS.
Contributed to the High School by James Yates, M.A.,
F.R.S., &c. This prize has been awarded to Edmund Brown
E•vart. The examiners were : In Mathematics, Professor
Elliott, and in Greek and Latin. Rey. W. F. M`Callum. A
similar prize is offered for comp..tition in July, 1861.
TWO EXHIBITIONS FROM THE C,,MMERCIAL SCHOOL TO TOE
lIIOH SCHOOL.
These are awarded to the pupils in the Commercial School
who take the first and second places in the local examinations
of the Univer ity of Oxford. The exhibitioners this year are :
I. William Hughes ;2. Richard Hughes. William Hughes
having left school for business, the directors have conferred
the exibition thus vacated on James W. Alsop, to mark their
satisfaction with the distinguished place he obtained among
the junior candidates at the last Oxford. Examination, viz.,
the rank of second in the kingdom.
EVENING SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS.
The Evening School comprises a five years' course of instruc-
tion in reading, writing. arithmetic, grammar, geography,
history, English literature, algebra, geometry, trigonometry.
The Canning Prize (instituted in memory of the late Richt
Hon. George Canning), is awarded to the one who most dis-
tinguishes himself in the fifth year's examinations.
The Examiners were, in grammar, geography, history, and
literature, the Rev. Professor Cranbrook ; and in arithmetic,
algebra, and geometry. Professor Elliott.
Fifth Year's Class. Exhibitioners : English history, geo-
graphy, and English literature, Frederick Smith, Canning
Prizeman. Arithmetic : John M. Small. Algebra and geo-
metry : James Barrow. George H. Nielson obtained honour-
able mention in English literature.
Fourth Year's Class. Prizemen : James Barrow, Thomas
Chesney.
Third Year's Class. Prizemen : Edgar Hawkins, Charles
Wilkinson.
Second Year's Class. Prizeman: Thomas Partington, Richard
Woodruffe.

GOVF.RICMENT senoor. OF ART.
Prizes and Honours Awarded by the Department of Science
and Art, at the Annual Examination, 1860.—Examinations in
drawing, painting, and modelling are conducted yearly at the
Liverpool Institute, as in all the Government Schools of Art in
the kingdom, by one of her Plajesty's Art Inspectors.
Ladies' Morning Classes.—Cational Medallion : Miss Munn.
Local Medals: Miss Pow, two; and the Misses Astlev, Bore,
Collins, Parker, and Tadd, one each. Honourable Mention :
The Misses Bennett and Bore. Prize Studentships : The Misses
Pow and Tadd. Second Grade. Prizes.—Freehand : Miss
Bore. Perspective : The Misses Bore, Dicker, and Pow.
Model Drawing: The Misses Gaskell and Pow.
Evening Classes, Central School---Local Medals : James
Barnes, William Gammage, Richard Greenless, and John
Norris Honourable Mention : J H Standen Prize Student-
ships : J S Goepel, Edwin Guthrie, TM Lindsay Second
Grade. Prizes: Freehand: James Barnes, Herbert Guthrie,
James Morrison Geometry : Herbert Guthrie Perspective :
Jackson J Carter, James S Goepel, Edwin Guthrie, Richard
Hartley, and Thomas M Lindsay Model Drawing : Abraham
T Coates Memory : Edwin Guthrie and Thomas M Lindsay
High School of the Liverpool Institute---Local Medal:
Richard Jump First Grade Prizes : Charles R English, John.
D Fletcher, Thomas Howden, Lewis K Jones, Lord John San-
derson, Thomas E sanders, Francis E. Smith Fair : Richard
H Borst.; William Cushing, James Lucas, Samuel A Lucas,
William Maddock, John H White
Commercial School--Local Medal: Edward Davies First
Grade. Prizss : Edward Chester, Thomas Haw, Samuel H
Leer William Sibith, George Unwin, John 1) Williams. Fair :
Alfred W Brook, William Saxton, John Winchester Second
Grade. Prizes : Freehand : Owen Williams. Good : Alfred
Carroll, David Greenall, Leycester II Greaves, Edmund Tay-
lor. Model Drawing : Leycester H Greaves
Blackburne Houre School---First Grade Prize : Mary B
Jones. Fair: Laura A Dawson
Harrington School. Stanhope Street---First Grade Prizes :
Robert Edwards, Ellen Gill, William Lace Fair : Charles
Allcot, William Jones. The following younger pupils have re-
ceived prizes for exercises in drawing on slates, viz :---Ellen
Gill, Ann Evans, Eliza A Camera-,, cha,^s Davison, Charles
A;lcott, Robert Edwards, Walter \V ilson, William Lace,
William Jones
Hope-street School.---First grade. Prizes : William Blam-
hied, William Itopley, Thomas J Kelly, Ernestina Wienmann.
Fair : Henry Ellis, Louisa Ellis. Slate Drawing Prizes: Alfred
Bryce, John Hughes, Frederick Stubbs, Wiliam Hopley,
Frederick Fowell, Henry Aemonn, James Rigby. M•Wieherly,
Louisa Ellis, Emma Looney, Ellen Hunter.
Hibernian School.---First grade. Prizes :Wm Howarth,
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Anne J Jones, Fanny Wilson. Fair : Ellen Christian, Mary
Greenlees, Elizabeth Jones, Martha Nickson, Dorothea Sheen.
Slate Drawing Prizes : F Keeley, G Freeman, Wm Howarth,
3 Bachelor, E Stephenson, S Francis, J M'Donald.
Mount-pleasant Schoos.---First Grade. Prizes : Francis
M'Murrie, John E Manning, Benjamin Richards. Slate Draw-
ing Prizes : Francis M'Murrie, John Manning, Robert Jame-
son, Maria Dobson.
South Corporation School.---Slate Drawing Prizes : Mary
Elizabeth Robinson, Mary Ann Thomas, Sarah Neil, Mar-
garet Pollock, Ellen Devcline, Jane Clare, Julia Stembridge,
Emily Williamson.
Schoolmasters' Mistresses', and Pupil Teachers' Class.--
Second Grade. Prizes.---Geometry: John Parry, Mount
Pleasant School, and George Taafe, Harrington School. Good
Freehand : John Smith, St. Saviour's School ; Wm Rowlands
Hope-street School. Geometry : Thomas B Robinson an,
Mrs Jenkins, South Corporation School.

-UNIV-ERSIT..Ir. OF OXFORD.

The following pupils gained honours at the Local Examina"
tion of the University of Oxford, held at Liyer,pool last July :--
Senior Candidates: George Richard Henderson, second Class
in Chemistry and third class in English History.
Shakspeare's
Henry VIII., Johnson's Rasset as, Geography, amt Mathematics.
Richard Hughes, second class in Natural Philosophy and
Chemistry, and third class in Shakspeare's Henry VIII.,
Johnson's Rasselas, Mathematics, and Mechanics. William
Hughes, second ass in Mathematics. Mechanics, Natural
Philosophy and Chemistry, and third class in English History,
ShaksPeare's Henry VIII., Johnson's Rasselas, Political
Economy and Law, and GeographT.
Junior Candidates—First DiViSlOll : James Wilcox Abort