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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-22 00:00:00

are of much greater

Dalhousie esta►-

settled ^

..cs, the former were originally so
to make it necessary for the owner, in

-e event of his sgeiceodipg to the Earldom of Dalhousie,
tt4 zeiinquish them, the prescnt Lord Ite. nmure,
shortly after the death of his father, the rot peer;

obtained an act of l'ariiament to set aside this inconireJ

nient stipulation.
An artist in Paris has made a discovery which will
effect a complete revolution in the manufacture of
cabinetwork. lie has found a means of rendering any
description of wood so soft that it will receive an
impression either of the most varied sculpture or the
most delicate chasing. The Wood is then hardened tti
the consistency of metal) while the inapt essiolis rcttiaiil
perkt. The artist has already completed some splendid
sculptured articles, such as picture frames, inkstands,
chests, and liquor-stands. With the introduction of
this new art, it is expected that articles of household
furniture will be considerably reduced in price.
A most fearful accident occurred on Wednesday to a
Mr. Ttilloch, a trateller for a Scotch distillery, on his
attempting to enter one of the compartments of a rail=
way carriage whilst the train was in illation; The
unfortunate man seined hold of One of the carriages, but
the steps being slippery; he was hurled back oil to the
platfortii, the wheels of the train catching his feet. He
was dragged on tO the line, When the train passed over
causing instant death. tie *as fearfully _ _

Lord Palmerston's secretary hat returned the following
reply tO the memorial froth CoVeritry, praying that a
new bi:liop,ie tiii4ht Ne 'ereated in the dioeeSe bf
Worcester :--"I am desired by Lord Palmerston to
acknowledge the receipt of the memorial from the clergy
of the diocese of Worcester, which accompanied your
(the archdeacon's) letter of the 10th instant, and
inform you that there are no means of creating a new
bishopric, even if it were desirable to do so."
A large manufactory in Batley, near Manchester, was
totally destroyed by tire on Thursday last. The pro:.
prietors, Messrs. COMA brothers) ale ilisitred tkith
the Royal Liverpool and Manchester fire offices. The
damage is estimated at £l2OOO,

4.* Our Paris Correspondent's letter of yester•
day had not arrived when we went to press.

CHRISTMAS

OLD WlNTER,—hoary, dim, bare and shivering,
—now spreads his chilly white mantle over the
face of nature. The biting blast of bleak Decem-
ber sweeps over the open heath and whistles
through the wiry, frost-bespangled and snow-
laden trees. The benumbing influence of this
dreary month creeps through every cranny 'of
door and window: All living breatni•et shrink
from the bitterly piercing cold and seek shelter
under cover of their innermost retreats. Yet
there is something about this dark season that
throws forth a gentle yet decided and alleviating
effulgence, and which gladdens the heart and
stimulates the sentiments into gay &Stitity and
niirtliftil glee: Lite a solitary 'star into Cold
blue firmament, lighting the benighted towards
their desired haven, Christmas comes during this
winter weather,—bright, jovial, and free,—to
cheer the heart and comfort the spirit with those
holy aspirations and social enjoyments, which we
owe chiefly, if not wholly, to that glorious system
of ethics and religion, of which He was the
founder, whose birth that great national and
ecclesiastical festival is designed to commemorate.
As the gladsome star shone forth at midnight
upon the anxious shepherds of the East to mar-
shall them the way to Bethlehem, so, during these
blighting nights of cold and miserable darkness,
Christmas makes its appearance to raise our
drooping souls and cheer our fainting hearts; to
light them on their way to uplifting hopes and
invigorating joys. To the enlightened and devout,
the grand annual celebration of the festival of
the Nativity must ever bring comfort and joy.
If the interests of society are the same as the
interests of christianity,—if the enlightenment of
modern life, of which we so justly boast ourselves,
is- only the enlightenment of christianity, how
gratefully and solemnly ought we to strive con-
sistently to commemorate the birth of its founder.
While we crouch towards the blazing fire
and heap on fresh fuel—while we gladden our
hearts with the cup of kindness and cheerfully
spread the board of generous hospitality—while
we rejoice in the ornamentations of the bright
holly-berry, the green laurel leaf, and the once
sacred misletoe bush—while we burn the Yule
log and offer unstinted wassail—While we joy-
fully bring in the boar's head " with garlands
gay, and rosemary" amid the pleasant music of
the Christmas carol, inspiring warm emotions
and bright thoughts—shall we not also acknow-
ledge the duties which necessarily and properly
accompany the honours and privileges of Christ-
mas-day? • • -

But what of the poor, the hungry, and the
naked, whom. the blessed Founder of our holy
religion never forgot ? Shall they not also
rejoice on Christmas-day P Shall we joyfully do
honour to the birth of Him who " continually
went about doing good," and yet neglect the
poor whom He left to us as a perpetual legacy
that- we.might exercise towards them some mea-
sure of that unbounded' charity which He set forth
for our example ? Shall we deny our faith and
turn .our religious festivity into a mockery and a
delusion ? It is difficult, perhaps, for the sons
and daughters of plenty, who never knew want,
to form a just estimate, of the sorrows and suffer-
ings of the destitute. But let them try to realise
the anguish of the outcast and forlorn, that their
-compassion may be moved to acts of mercy
befitting this hallowed season. Behold the widow
and the-- fatherless, unsheltered, ill-clad, and
unfed, shivering and starving in the snow, and
looking only for death to relieve them of their
load of misery and woe ! Behold the aged and
infirm, the young and the unprotected, who can-
not. help themselves, and whose only trust is in
Heaven and on the cold' hand of legal charity.
Shall they mourn, and pine, and perish, un-
thought of and uncared for, while the more
fortunate and opulent on that great holiday sit
down amid every luxury to boards that groan
again with all the good things of life ?
Writing in this strain the leading journal
says :

Christmas always brings its clients. The genial old
man whom we delight to picture at the head of the
festive board or on the throne of the fireside, ruddy
though grey-bearded, and jolly though in years, sur-
rounded by two or three generations, has a portion of
his heart left to spare for the drooping, half-naked, and
more than half-starved objects who are holding out their
hands and uttering the plaintive accents of distress at
the kitchen door. The naked and hungry are as neces-
sary to the season as. its holly-berries and its mincepies ;
and, if you would have luck for the next twelvemonth,
or at least that internal happiness that is better than
luck, you must do your duty to some of your suffering
fellow-Christians. Last Christmas, if we remember
right, it was the mass of labourers and their families
gathered by the sudden demand for the new docks and
warehouses in the far east of the metropolis. This
time it is a very old story, as old as Godiva, but with
great variations. The silk and riband weavers of Co-
ventry are actually starving in such numbers and so
utterly that we almost fear to state the figuies, lest
the case should be thought hopeless, and moderate
people should hold back their charity for more manage-
able distress. The working population of Coventry dis-
trict is estimated at near 60,000; and, as in the least
distressed part two-thirds are out of work, have been so
for a long time, and will be so for many weeks or
months, it follows that more than 40,000 sufferers are
appealing to us for food, fuel, and, no doubt, clothing,
at this dead and cold season. It is a fact that ought to
be remembered every time we sit down to a Christmas
party, or fill our pews at church with the young folks
from school. It is a season for sacrifice, and Christmas
must have its offering, as on its first day, and as the old
painters drew it. Don't we see even the poor shepherds
bringing their lambs and their poultry, and the kings
bringing their gold, incense, and spices, to a humble
family in a stable ? That is a picture for all time.
The great original is rehearsed every year at our doors,
not in shows and mysteries, but in sober realities. The
Lord of the season always sends his representatives to
receive our homage and our offerings, •
Whatever, in a national aspect, may be the
requirements and righ4 of the unfortunate dis-
trict above re
ref P-a a to, it is clear that it stands in
need of the most generous consideration and
.aaritable care. It is not less certain, however,
that we do not need to go any distance from our
own doors to discover ample opportunities for the
worthy display of those graces and liberalities
which best adorn this festive season. In this
great town there are, unhappily, hundreds and
thousands who know nothing of voluntary charity,
and whose hands would gladly open to receive
the gifts of those who think lightly of the boons

which are within their power to confer upon the
poor. Let every respectable family of means
resolve to provide for at least one needy family
in their neighbourhood, and see to their Christ-
mas jovialties, and we shall have a really "merry
Christmas;' At this inclement season much
good is to be date by a little well-timed bene-
Valente, We do hot heed to go to Coventry,
There are plenty of needy acid Stakiitig, and
willing recipients of charity, in our own great
town. Where the heart is willing, A way will
soon be found to testify its charitable inclination.
Let the rich see to it that Christmas, at least, is
a Universal and joyous holiday,---worthy of the
great Occasion it is designed to celebrate.

PRESENTATION TO MAJOR DE BENTLEY

A few cf the leading members of St. ColumbalS
Chtirthi Pleasatit-strect; met in the vestry on Thursday
evening. last, Mr: W. S. Wright in the chair, who,
addressing Major de Bentley, commanding officer of the
51st L.R:V.; Said that the object of their present meeting
being. td hitti With tinOddths; together Witki.
small token of their estetni tor him, arid the initalliabib
services rendered by him since his coming amongst
them, called upon the Rev. Mr. Hunt, their incumbent,
to rea4 the address as folio Ns
Major G. M. C. de iientley, Commanding Officer of the 51st
ltopil Albert Rifle Volunteers.

Sin,---2n regtiesting Sou to accept the accompanying copy
Of the Word of (Jodi we are sure, however small the pecuniary
*One, yhu will riot rkifuSe It as the spontaneous offering of a
fe* friends, ;cud that the idreeious truths which it contains will
render it of hiort •ralne in yeitr eyes than a far more costly gift.
diatiV df thege trtithi Ott *ill be reminded by the position
you do 8i iob i*itv tii l 3
you are engageci In a stninio.:. noble noble volunteer movement ror one Of /.°t".• 1414t41)
-*hike Vakinlt part in the
von may never forget that
h
enterprise, In you are called
under Christ's banner agains the world, and the devil,
and to continue His faithful soldier and servant until your
life's end ; above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith
you shall be able to quench all the firey darts of the wicked,
and take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit,
which is the Word of Clod (Eph. vi., 16 and 17).
Si on behalf of the dollen by four of the members.
The Re*. W: R. HUNT, incumbent, in presenting the
address (*Welt wits Written iti a most elegant style,
ornamented with gold and eoloured letters, in a suitable
frame), said that it gave hitt great pleasure in doing so,
because he felt convinced it was what it stated, a spon-
taneous offering of his friends ; and he could say so
from his not having anything to do with its origin. He
also thought it his duty to thank Major de Bentley for
the invaluable services and support rendered to the
church, when much needed, by him when churchwarden,
and also his father; who furnished the plate and principal
deboratiens fol thb Ufa;
A Bible, which was did lioi4lid iii k iii6st
elegant and costly style, ornamented with Clasp, ac;; I
which his name is engraved, and inside an inscribeu
memorial, was also handed to

Major nn BENTLEY, who, in a very feeling and
appropriate reply, thanked them for their kind appre-
ciation of his services, which, he said, were not calculated
to call forth that feeling which they manifested towards
him that night; what he had done was but his duty as
Chriatiaii:
After a vote of thinks to the ladies; the chairman, and
the incumbent, the meeting broke

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES AT THE
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.

The interesting proceedings in connection with the
distribution of prizes to the successful pupils attending
the Collegiate Institution, Shaw-street, took place
yesterday, in the large hall of the institute, in the
presence of a brilliant and numerous assemblage of
ladies and gentlemen, comprising the friends and parents
of the youthful students, and many others interested in
the well being of this admirable seat of learning.
On the platform we observed the Lord Bishop of the
diocese, the Right Rev. Dr. Vincent, the Bishop of
Mauritius, the Very Rev. Canon M'Neile, D.D., the
Rev. J. S. Howson, the Principals of the College, Col.
Mountsteven, and several other distinguished members
of the military profession, besides a large number of
clergymen and ladies.
The students mustered in considerable felfee, and
throughout the proceedings lustily cheered their coz
competitors, as each received the well-earned reward of
his toil and application.
His lordship the Bishop of Chester, who, on rising
to address the audience, was greeted with loud bursts of
applause, again and again repeated, said that the Prin-
. cipal wished him to address a few kind words to his
young friends particularly, and he had great pleasure in
doing so. He was glad to see so large a number of
pupils of the school present on that occasion, and many
friends of the institution who were assembled to do
honour to the. day, some of • whom were well known to
the youthful students;. they were honoured by the
presence of a Russian officer, and also of several dis-
tinguished officers of her ajesty's service—Colonel
Mountsteven and a gallant captain of the royal navy
amongst the rest. (Hear, hear, and applause.) He
felt quite certain that they would welcome the presence
of the distinguished gentleman who occupied the position
of officer in the Russian service, and he was sure that
they would give him a hearty reception, whether
he came engaged in the concerns of commerce, or
whether he came, as it seems he did, a military
officer in the service of his sovereign. (Cheers)
He Would say also that he was sure that every one of
them would cordially welcome a friend, on his right
hand, the Bishop of Mauritius. The speaker recollected
that When he himself used to come year after year to
attend the examinations, the Bishop of Mauritius was
one of the most efficient teachers and masters in the
school. (Hear, hear, and 'applause.) His lordship used
to take a very deep interes;; lrithe
-management of the
maid
r--
institution, and exerted himself
..Mery much iv ...
the interests of those committed to his care ; and he (the
Bishop of Chester) was gladto--findthat the recollection
of his name was still honon.re,d •amongst them. He
would, no doubt, fuldress'a few --kind words to them on
that occasion, which -he-.hoped ;would be received by
them with, that enthirsiasnrwith which they- received the
mention of his wank (Hear -hear; and applause.) He
should say that hec ongratulaied his friend, the principal,
most heartily. upon, -the:Jipurishing condition of the
institution-, Its. proiperitYhad-ai9t only continued, bift
it had. increased. (Hear, hear.) He saw that the
number of .boys in the three- schools was greater now
than it had ever been. (Hear, hear, and applause.)
And he also saw from the -list-•that .he held in his hand
that a greater number of the pupils-of the school than
hitherto had had during, the 'past ;Year Very great and
distinguished state,stes bi the, Universities of Oxford and
Cambridge:----.(hr, "heir—' and loud Cheers,)—but more
especially in Cambridge. He mentioned Oifordi although
he had merely glanced- liie eye down the succession of
names that:, appeared en the, list, and probably there
might be, in some cases, instances where an Oxoniafi
would seem to have distinguished himself. But he
should say that in most of the names he read on
the paper before him, the preponderance was most un-
doubtedly in favour of his favourite old Aimee Mater,
the University of Cambridge. (Hear, hear.) Amongst
the list of names of gentlemen who formerly paced
through the halls of the Collegiate Institution, but who
had during the present; year received university distinc.
tions, and crowned Owir..hrows with university honours,
he saw first the name of .T. J. Edwards, who had, last
April, obtained a scholarship in Trinity College, in
Cambridge. (Loud applause.) It so happened that this
was the largest college iuthe University of Cambridge,
containing no less than 400. students; and it was a
great credit to 'this young -gentleman, and a great
honour to the college In -Which he had graduated,
and in which lie received his education, that
he should have gained so high a mark of distinction.
(Hear, hear, and applause.) Mr., R. Sanker had ob-
tained a first-class Trinity College priie in Cambridge,
in the general examination in June,' in this year, which
was also a great honour- and. reflected great credit on
the young gentleman's abilities, as well as on the school
from which he hed•reinoved to the University. (Hear,
hear.) He also gained a University Carus Greek Testa-
ment priie, which was given beeause he was well able
to construe .the Greek Testament in the, original lan-
guage, and -t4;-auswer many abstruse and critical philo-
logical as well as biblical questions that would arise out
of the subject. He, moreover, gained a college Greek Tes-
tament prize, and the Dealtry Prize, which was connected
with it. Thus they would see that this talented alumnus
of Cambridge who formerly pursued his studies in that
very institution in which they were then convened had
triple marks of honour. bestowed on him, each of which
would redound to the credit of any scholar. The next
name he saw
.was that of Mr. B. Wilson, who had gained
a first-class prize in Trinity College, Cambridge, at the
public examinations held there in June, and also a
College Greek Testament prize. Then he saw that of
Mr. J. A. Lobley was first in the first class in Trinity
College (Cambridge) at the June examination ; and he
also saw tho name of Mr. E. H. M' Bile, as being in
the first class in the same college. The ven. speaker
recollected many years ago when the youth whose name
he had just mentioned used to come up to that plat-
form to receive the first prize which he had won so
frequently in that school. He yet remembered
the bright, sunny, smiling, and ruddy face of the juve-
nile
student, his head just peering over the table at
which lie stood to receive the tribute that was so emi-
nently due to his youthful abilities and intense applica-
tion. (Hear, hear.) He had not relaxed in his efforts,
or in his study, bat vim acquirit eundo, with each
revolving year he gained fresh impetus, and won
increasing laurels, doing credit to himself, and being a
satisfaction to his father and mother. (Loud applause.)
He pursued a course of good conduct in the school, and
was successful; and he was now following up that line
in another place, and, with God's blessing, he would in
after life reap the benefits, and add increasing honour to
his name. (Continued applause.) There was also the
name of Mr. J. B. G. Moore, who had gained an open
scholarship of £6O in St. Peter's College, Cambridge, in
Nov., 1860, and he was in the first class in June, 1860.
This sum of money was no doubt a very substantial aid
to a student, but it was not its intrinsic value that
should be so much looked to as to the worth of it as a
-recognition of the recipient's perseverance and abilities.
(Hear, hear, and applause.) Messrs. J. C. Brown and
Rounthwaite had also distinguished themselves by being
in the first class in St. John's College, Cambridge. At
the examinations in June Mr. Fairclough had also gained
a distinction by being in the first class in Christ College,
Cambridge, where he obtained a scholarship and the
prize for modern history and international law. (Ap-
plause.) His lordship spoke in enthusiastic terms of
this college, with which so many endearing associations
of his student days were so closely linked. It had been
a home to him, and often and often he went back in
memory to the happy hours he spent within its academic
walls. He was glad to find that the Collegiate Institu-
tion supplied such a large number of students to Can-
bridge, of which he spoke in eulogistic languagea.t
had
although a Cantab himself, or as a man
passed his collegiate course at Cambridge,
friendly
wished always to speak of Oxford with
actuate
feelings—with those feelings which should.t hs
_till he
Not-
withstanding this, he felt proud that
a student when speaking of a sister unitvheersibtyay. Ns
wohta-
autegciaamteblindsgtiet.utHione
hadaequsi roe
well
e ltlh
distinguishede r education
themselves a t he
i it.
was also glad to hear of the ill
efficiency of the school, and
The pupils had done themselves
great credit by the way in which and the school very
they had acquitted
ocfreas thl:sg e p
attendingr o sper t yIl
themselves in those local examinations that was, .at
different periods of the year, held both by the University
of Oxford and .the. University of. Cambridge at Liver-

pool, and other large towns in England. (Hear, heat,
and cheers.) In those local examinations during the
past year, he was gratified to see a fact, whioh he hoped
the reporters would take a note of, namely, that the
Collegiate Institution at Liverpool, during the whole
year, stood, in those local examinations of Oxford
and Cambridge, at the head, in point of success, of all
the schools in England. (Loud and prolonged cheering,)
And not only did it stand foremost, in point of subeess;
at the head of all the schools, but it was more than
double the school that stood second on the list. (Hear,
hear, and tremendous applause.) He rejoiced, and he
was sure his friends around him rejoiced also, in that suc-
cess, because it did honour to the boys, and also bee:-
it was the best practical proof of the -- ' "se
. - management
of the school. (Ano--
. It was a proof that the
Prur..l;4l and his staff of masters did their duty well.
and ably, and efficiently. (Hear, hear, and continued
cheering.) He hoped that the same spirit would, con-
tinue to be manifested, and more honour, would every
year be added to the institution: (Cheers.) Tie dlB6 re-
joiced in the increasing inimber of the scholars, as it
showed that the people of Liverpool knew how to value
that institution ; • and he wished to say a few words, to
impress upon them of what great and immense value
the institution was to the good old town. (Hear, hear.)
For many years past they had been making great and
very successful efforts in all the large towns, but in no
town more than in Liverpool, to raise the standard of
education among the masses of the people. He rejoiced
at and no one could more heartily do so than he did,
as he thought it would ultimately achieve great good,
He did not mean to say that great intellectual attain=
ments were always accompanied with good moral prim,
ciples in every individual. Alas ! some of the very
greatest names in the roll of literary fame were sad
examples to the contrary; but he said this, that as a
general rule, intellectual cultivation Was iii itself
ble to moral improVemetit. (Hear, heat, and applause.)
But fat more than that, With far more confidence he
said that education, when based as in this country
pity it was based upon relicrion.
ment which the "a 3 tne great instru-
, • - providence of God had placed in
soelr power fdt cultivating the moral character of ,the
opulation: (Cheers.) tilt the Itiote inithediate object
he had in Vie* kkial hi thit=he td glioyr his
young friends present how important it was, when the
education of the lower Classes Was thits ediitilitially oil
the advance, that the education of the higher and middle
classes should riot be suffered to go down—(hear, heL7),
—or in any manner allowed to retrqgiacte. (Hear, hear,
and applause.) As a matter of course, when many of his
young friends whom he then had the pleasure of address-
ing, left school, and grew up to be men, they would
march off into the different callings in life that may
,be
marked for them, whatever they might be; no doubt
some of them would ge to the university and
enter intO the literal profession, and some of
them Would, in that town (which afforded such
ad ttcellent opportunity for it) engage iii piirsdits of
commerce, and some of ,theni wOilld betake theaiseArea
to useful and resPOtalite deciip'atA.enS; and a ,ipp",d
egueation would be eri4led, to pokfOciii their duties
1/fitli 644, it-Ad at large. (Hear,
643 gild 0166.) Now, he did riot mean to say that
ho one but a man of education could perform these
dutieg,—it would be going too far and speaking too
widely; but he said without any hesitation that ceteris
paribus, natural abilities, and all things being equal, a
man of education would always perform the duties, of
his station, whatever they might be, more efficiently,

more easy, and more gracefully than a man without
education could perform thetn, (Hear, and applause.)
Education helped to abatice a man on in life, and make
Ms prospeeta more cheering. If such were the ease,
thhii. how excellent an opportunity the boys attending
that institution had presented to therm of acquiring a
sound practical education, which Was in every respect
good, so far as the teaching of the Collegiate Itistittition
was concerned. The people Of tiirerpodi had in their
own town as good a sthool as could be found in any
part of the kingdom. (Hear, hear.) They had no
necessity to send their children away from under the
parental roof or from under the guidance of the parental
eye, or from tinder the all-blessed influence of the
parental heart. This was one great advantage possessed
by the Collegiate Institution, that the boys, without
having to go a great distance, had the opportunity of
receiving a good education, as it were at their own doors.
He hoped, therefore, the value of the institution would
be properly appreciated by the people of Liverpool. His
lordship then addressed some kindly words of monition
to the youthful students, and impressed on them the
necessity of their paying attention to their studies, and
acquiring proficiency in the various branches of learning.
to which they devoted their, attention. He hoped that
they would not be backward, but take ekairiple front the
great educational moVement *hich was taking .o.nee
amongst the lower Classes, Eddeation essential to
to their iiseflilliess; their inhenee, their respectability,
and their dignity itl after life; and he hoped, now that
God *as Pleased to give them the opportunity, they
vootlia avail themselves of it; for if they let it pass by with-
out advantage in the sunny hours of boyhood and youth,
that golden opportunity could never again be regained.
He had received a letter from their principal the other
day, accompanied by three beautiful little .addresses,
which had been delivered by him in that institution,
and which he hoped they bad all attentively perused.
One of the addresses was on drill, the other on
and the other on prayer. With reference to the first of
these subjects, in an educational point of view, his lord-
ship considered that drill was highly commendable as an
auxiliary in training the boys, and was very useful in
making them acquainted with military tactics; and it
would teach them how to bear and deport theeaSehresi
not only as soldiers, but as gentlemen. (Hears hear.)
It was a great advantage, so far; but still he should say
that the drill in itself was but a still', dry sort Of thing,
if it did not help to imbue theta *ith 'a
Maitiali
spirit. He then spoite Of the great Voliinteer move-
ment, and lauded it in thn highest terms, and he con-
sidered the good weaning from it incalciliable. He
concluded alt tlbquent address by urging on his youthful
audience to commence and end all their labours with
prayer._ _ _

- The Prino;;;:i of the college read the list of prizes as
e•-, •
....opined, and as the name of each successful pupil was
called out, he walked to the platform and received from
the hands of the venerable prelate who presided over
the meeting the reward of his toil, amidst the hearty '
applause of his fellow students :
CLASS PRIZE?.--1. Classics, G. H. Statham ; mathematics, E.
R. M. nigh: 2. Classics, Hindley ; mathematics, Laidman. 3.
Classics, floneyburne ; mathematics, Ho'neyburne. 3. Mod.
Classics, J. G. Makin; mathematics, G. Brown. 4. mathe-
=tics, W. Appleton. 4. Mod. Mathematics' Salkeld. 45. •
iilathematic4, S. B. Sutton. 6. Mathentatich, Holcombe. 7.
Mathematics, A. Healey. S. Mathematics, It. Dawicarh.
SPECIAL PRIZES.—Brooks DiVinity Medal, R. M.
_Pughe ;
Senior History, Cordeaui; Senior FreneTt, "Ottley transferred
to Moore ; Junior French, Ca* transferred to • German,
A. Ramsay; Dra*ing:(l) Free) *d, A. Statham; (2) Perspec-
Are, Seigeant; (3) Froth tfig Refund, Sergeant; Writing (1),
S. peel transferred to Menlove; (2), J. H. Butler trans-
ferred to Preston; Vice-Principal's Junior Arithmetic, W.,
Appleton'.
EXTRA PltlZEs.—lnstitution : Greek Verse, P. J. Ramsay.
: Fnglish Verse—" Dante," G. H. Statham. Mr.
Latin Grammar, Ellrodt. Mr. Hart : Good Conduct,
C. J. Rowe. Dr. Nevins : Chemistry, Gillespie.
The following is a list of the young gentlemen who,
in their respective classes in the Upper School, obtained
the number of marks placed opposite their names,
showing their proficiency in classics, mathematics, French,
and drawing:—
G. H. Statham, 7; P. J. Ramsay, 6; J. M. Moore, 10; K.
M. Pughe, 10; Cordeaux, 17; Maynard, 18; Cleaver, 16;
Laidman, 8 ; Hindley, 7 ; R. H. Dickson, 8 ; F. J. Mich6d, 8;
Tarbet, 16 ; C. S. Carlisle, 16; Irving, 20 ; Honeyburne, 3;
Sergeant, 8; A. D. Carlisle, 8 ; A. Statham, 15; J. W. Pughe,
13; P. G. Jones, 17; Lafone, 18; 5. G. Makin, 4;
15 ; Yeats, 10 ; Ferguson, 19 ; G. Brown, 15 ; Martyn, 26; A.
Ramsay, 24; Owen, 31; Menlove, 10; IL J. Peel, 20; E. S.
Peel, 29; Ottley, 26; A. S. Brown, 13.
In the Middle School the prizes were awarded as
follows
CLASS PRIZES t Class 1, W. G. Nicholls ; 2, W. H. Finlay ; 3,
W. Jones 4, Hind; 5, Chambers ; 6, W. L. Williams; 7, I.
Zones; 8, H. Daly; 9, Caldecutt ; 10, R. Daly; 11, F. Hutton.
sPrent PRIZES : Divinity Medal, T. G. Thomas; Nomina-
tion to Upper School, W. G. Nicholls; Potter Scholarship,
C..n. Cook; Senior M'Neile Scholarship, J. B. Jones;
W. H. Finlay ; First Tyree, J. Williamson; Second, H. R.
Smith; History and Geography Medal, J. B. Jones; Mathe-
Inatical and Arithmetical Prize, It. Pendlebttry i French Medal,
Harvey; Penmanship Medal, Barlow; Drawing Medal (Per-
spective), Newman; Drawing Prize (Model), C. H. Cook.
EXTRA Pauses: .Principal's Prizes (Analysis), Scholetleld;
Senior Classical Master's Prize for Latin, W. G. Nicholls;
Chemistry Prize, W. G. Nicholls; Head Master's Prize for
German, Phillips •, Mr. Whitelaw's Prize for English Compo-
sition, Richard Willan•' Mr. Kerr's Prize for French (Junior),
Lovntdes ; M. Vittoz's Prize for French (Senior), H. Davis.
In the Lower School the following is the prize list :
Nomination to Middle School : A., McDowell.
M'Neile Scholarship : R. Thompson.
Senior Molyneux Scholars : Ist, A. McDowell; 2nd, R.
Thompson. •
Junior Molyneux Scholars: Ist, under ten years of age, E.
D_ White; 2nd, under nine years of age, E. P. Saul.
CLASS PRIZES : Class 1., The Senior Molyneux Scholars;
11., W. Makinson ; 111., J. G. Maris; IV.. A. Lunny ; V., A. F.
Widdicombe ; VI., G. Wilby ; VII., T. Hughes; VIII., C. H.
Ashton; IX., T. C. Clarke; X., V. E. Quaile.
SPECIAL PRlZES.—Divinity (Brooks' Medal). C. B. Grundy;
History, R. Rea; Arithmetical Medal, R. Thompson; Writing
Medal, W. Rogers; Drawing (Perspective), W. Wright;
Drawing (Free-hand), A. McDowell.
EXTRA PRIZES.—The Pricipal • Analysis, It. Rea. The
Principal : General improvement and good conduct, J. Taylor.
EVENING CLAssEs.—English, G. Morgan; Mathematics, T.
Watson ; Arithmetic, W. J. Johnston ; Writing, R. H.
M‘Dowell ; Figure Drawing, W. W. Laing ; Perspective
Drawing. J. Ashcroft ; Freehand Drawing, J. Galloway ;
Architectural Drawing, W. Davies.
The PRINCIPAL said that he had received a kind note
from his Worship the Mayor of Liverpool, who expressed
his regret that he had been called away to London, and
consequently he was prevented from attending, to take
part in that day's interesting proceedings. (Hear, and
applause.) He spoke of the kindness of the Bishop of
Chester in attending on that occasion, and he was sure
that the gratitude of the pupils to his lordship for doing
so was proportional to the heavy fall of snow with which
the youthful snow-ball throwers had been favoured at
the present time. (A laugh.) It was owing to the
inclemency of the weather that many persons were pre-
vented from attending the Collegiate on that occasion,
though, indeed, they could not complain of the number
that were then present. He bore testimony to the
importance of the volunteer movement, so far as it
affected the corps which was formed from the yOuthful
pupils of the Collegiate.
The Bishop of MAURITIUS then addressed the audience,
and said he rose to perform the very pleasing task of
proposing a vote of thanks to the Bishop of Chester, to
whom he felt indebted for the very kind Auanner in
which he bad spoken of himself. He always remem-
bered the happy days he spent in the Collegiate Institu-
tion, and in the far distant region of Port Louis his
thoughts often reverted to the early scenes and cherished
associations connected therewith. (Hear.) , He said
that nothing gave him greater pleasure than to hear the
enthusiastic manner in which some of the Collegiate
boys spoke of that school in a foreign land—they con-
sidered there was no seat of learning equal to it.
(Hear, hear, and loud applause.) He then spoke
of the endearing memoirs of school-boy days, and
described the half-sorrowful, half-Pleasureable thrill
that pervaded his bosom when, under a cloudless
sky of a Mauritian evening, he heard some English
sailors sing an old plaintive ditty, of which the follow-
ing was a stanza, and which brought to his mind many
tender and pleasing memories of the past :
Oh, don't you remember the old village school,
And the master, so kind and so true?
The Bev. Canon WNEILE, in rising, was received
with loud applause, and said that so far as the resolu-
tion was concerned which he rose to second, they had
saved him all the trouble, if such it might 1P.3 called, of
making a speech, for they carried it unanimously. He
did not wonder at this, for a vote of thanks should be
cordially accorded the Bishop of Chester, While the
Bishop of Mauritius was talking of the old village
school, he himself was thinkiug what a strange thing a
school is—everything grew old, but the school never
grew old. He then alluded to the subject of drill and
volunteering amongst the boys and young men of the
present day, and considered it was highly commendable
so far, but caution -should be taken lest it degenerate;
.into an abuse. He also gave some practical advice to
the students.
The 'Bishop -of Chester returned thanks, and gave
hie benediction to the audience, which then separated,

CHRISTMAS : PAST AN D PliEStgt—THE
FESTIVITIES,---THt MARKETS, &c:

, .
) • TWeiVe Moons hae Caine, have passed; havegone;
) the world has turned or; de the learned
would say, revolved.Bii. ite aids, and Old Christmas
has mite vain made hie appearance,: Arid is about
claiming -oar attention to his #1,14TA1,.t. QI;LI
CAnisTitAel What magicItes 41onceriled in there two
words and How the Misty curtain of time is raised up
de we formally, or thoughtlessly, or thoughtfully utter
the sentence that ha§ to charm and ills to pain
••-
-.ever the blessed sun-light of Christianity sheds its
hallowed influence, and that is all over the planet called
the great globe itself. Christmas ! we do not know
how it is, but there is a sort of spell conies over us when
we hear of thee ! Old and young grave and goy the
father's heart and the mother's Rite eipand at thy
approach. The sister's • pride ..and theßrother's
PP
breathe benisons on thee;, Old tatlici Clitistnias, The
little; thing, in, the nurse's. lap endeavours to
breathe gilt a "happydhristmas r' and although it be
eiteritally the bleak, and, dark; and. leaffese time of
year, Booth, does it not well adeord. With all the niany
charms it imparts to our Warni hearths and happy
lionle-
steads ? What care we for the wild wind that whistles
over the moor, or the howliug tempest that lashes the
mighty eternity of waters that roll incessantly about our
globe ? Not a straw; Old Christmas:is come again, and
we cry huzza, huzza, to welcome him. To be sure, trees
are verdureless and hedges bare ; fields are no longer
redolent of' nature's sweetest flowers that whilonie filled
the Wandering tep.nyis With deliadtis perftinfe. The
flowers are asleep, but only gathetinq fresh vigour for
the hew day that will shortly daWn on Tile trees
are- only tatching;, like pod , Serititielk rev at
their dst *lien called it were otherwise it
ifehld Tail to. oe Old Christmas time. Spring-time has
its -beauties, summer its
brown auiumn its
golden
and then what remains for winter ? why
Old Christmas, certainly ; and we shall give long odds
'on him against the whole of the other three quarters
put together I April, with its
_gentle, balmy evenings,
and-showers like young maidens tears; May, with ,its
flowers and' fragrapee, like, the Iloilevnio4n happy
liah ~une;.i'vttli its sort of eribdueeh gay- daYdrilaina
a,tid filly, With its Matured top-of-the-hill sort of life-
tithe, cannot compare withgentle, good, kind, benevolent
old December, which ).4u9W2th.

the time
When the Christmas chime
Is a merry sound to hear.

Talk of the dark days before Christmas—pshaw ! why
man thou art truly a dotard. Dark days, indeed ; not
at all, they are the brightest in the sphere of thy
imagination. Turn that spark of human electricity that
yet remains coiled up *ithin thy ariOierit breast, and
telegram (shrieking innovation, *e adniit, is telegram) it
over the terratjueous globe of thy fiteniOry, and set us doWii
as Hollanders if you doii't all the days before
the most effulgent of thv, pilgriniage Oh, youthink so,
dq,fitt idd664 ? We thought so too, old gentleman, and
notwithstanding thy opthalmic-intellectual wayward-
ness we shall convince thee, and make you pronounce a
verdict of guilty on yOurself, without the slightest
recommendation to mercy. Mercy on us, and amen !
What are we talking about ? Christmas undoubtedly—
merry, hearty, jovial, social, benevolent, open-hearted
Old Christmas. Good grandfather, therefore, we give
thee welcome, for thou comest at the appointed time,
not in questionable shape indeed, btit in thy sober-
suited livery of other times, if not of better days. Thy
face, good relative, is not much blanched, but another
nick is added to thy furrowed brow ;, thy hoary,head
has not lost one or its long flowing belts, but seems to
gather strength as thy march is diisiarcti arid again we
bade thee welcome And has tithe rated With thee
old "gittenor since last *e met? Ali, father, thou art
right : how has that. great travelling caravan dealt with
us ? Yon are astonished when we say that the world
has grown honest—marry, come up, I trove ! Yes,
indeed; there was only the usual number of suicides,
the same quantity of elopements, divorces increased to
about ninety per cent. on former census. Oh, you don't
wonder at that, don't you?—mutton chops rather smaller
in extent and larger in.money figures—of the new cop-
per coin—than at your last visit—America showing
dreadful symptoms of hydrophobia, : and the French
Emperor decided traits of lucid intervals. Yes, that's
all the foreign news. Oh, very well, t haVe Atety
inclination to oblige you and be as tortimunidatiVe as
possible, but I hate politics and figures, but I Confess
I'm very fond of tropes for all that because, more
pathetic, and although
. .

.
I Isve the mtle, evWliiio •
lu.tht
ti lle the Welds are gay with,flolieri
joy 16.d01A everytliing,
.vet the winter, when the fall of night sets in almoit
before the day gets out of its cradle, has charms for me,
and none more so than the rapturous fleeting hours that
pass like lightning about thy own day, jolly Old Christ-
mas. I am content; let us sit down here by this
blazing hearth and commune with the past. Oh, my face
is the zame, aye, but look at it now

And full many a.year cone by,
Befare care the brow had wrinkled,
Ut sorrow limed the dyd;
You think this appliCablc hi ail MottAls Td he It&
it is, and every One. *hd tads these lines May take it
more or less to himself, df herself, or themselVes, or the
whole of theft 'tis trite; honbured father; that .this
hearth is not less chterftif, rior ace the Wes tesS b'righ't
than at your last Arisitatidn bite hth, ritatiY you
found desdlSte and deOe'ited Yes, yes, I ant aware it
must he sb hitlitr, yet I cannot choOse but Ce 9. That
tafe--Worn looking lady in deed blael hadki darlrig boy,
the:pride, the hope, and the `stay of lier faMilY7-alas he
is riot beside he-t- he illaddenine: wild strife of the sea
wave elosid (Wei hirii, and the billows `were his Winding
stieets, whilst

Another's shroud was the bloody rain,
And the thunder smoke of the battle plain !

And that beautiful girl, you remember, the family lived
only in the sunshine of her happy face, and the solian
harp-like melody of her voice. She too, has passed,
and her eyes that vied with little stars are for Byer closed
--i-that voice, which spell bound one
With aspirations high
At if rttshofpneis'

PaSsed mdsically*,
is for ever pushed in the cold, dark, oheerless vault of
everlasting sleep. That old Man, toe, with long, grey
hair, floating to and fro in the evening breeze, .mark
him. He has outlived his span ; and you good father
Christmas wafts no SOla'ae to his heaVing NAM: You
have seen his fireside in the by-gone times : you joined
in his mirth; but do you now mingle with him in his
misery ? Nay; I upbraid thee not : 'tis only the way
of the world; like Job, he had sons and daughters, and
maidservants and manserVants, and flocks and herds,
and these brought him flatterers; but when the spoiler
carne and deprived him of his substance, the world's
sycophants fled from hiM as from a plague, and only left
himself, a wreck, behind ; and you have only followed
the example, father, that's all. That shivering, quarter-'
clad; and almost whole-starved boy, and tiny girl, with
quivering limbs and Apttittied eyes, that ,Might, Without
profanity, be likened to the heaven's own blre—these
once sat round the fire with you, old father, at your
festival. Where art then who looked do them then
With delight ? Where art thou who mined IVith them
in their innocence and glee? The Unmarked graves in
the lonely corner in yon burying place answers, " here."
Sad pictures, you say, father : truly, they are ; and
then, 'seeing that there must be alwayS these shades,
why lament them ? Well, father, I cannot choose again
but weep. Still
The sceptered king,
The burthened slave,
The humble and the hitig,hl;3/. die;
The rich, the Poor,
The. base, the brave,
in tilist without distinction lie.

No ; Y don't thinirtherei;conS;iaifoninthat : for there
is a vast dift'erence between a living beggar and a dead
king. Well, I don't care if, for the nonce, I doff this
dismal and melancholy mantle, and take your arm into