The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-06-18 00:00:00

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'The annual meeting of this school, and prize-giving to
the successful pupils attending it during the past, year,
' took place on Saturday in Hope-hall, Hope-street. The
Rev. Rector Campbell occupied the chair, and there
were present the Rev. Dr. Hume, the Rev. J. S. How-
- son, the Rev. Thomas Moore, .and 'other, gentlemen,-as
well as a numerous attendance of pupils and their lady
friends.
A hymn having been sung,
The Rev..CHAIRMAN rose, and, after congratulating
those present on the propitious state of the weather,
said :--I rejoice that the annual statement for the last
year presents so favourable an aspect. It is a source of
infinite satisfaction to me that this girls' collegiate school
has been established, and that it has ,progresised so
favourably since its establishment. I deeply regret that
such institutions have not been 'established much more
extensively, particularly in large towns, and that the
Church has not been sufficiently alive to her .duty in
this respect as en authorised • teacher of the people.
Where the fault has lain, it 'would not become me
particularly to say on the present occasion,. Perhaps
we are all of us to blame for neglect of duty in this
surest—the clerical as well as the lay. But I must take
leave to say, that the whole blame ought nat to be laid
upon theclergy, because upon us a particular responsibility
rests, so far as teaching the people is concerned. 'We
can do nothing without the help of the laity,—it is abso-
lutely essential towards the extension of the tburch, and
without their pecuniary aid and personal e..0-operation we.
must not be blamed. This, however, may be said of
such an institution as this, that it only, requires the co-
operation of the parents who can subscribe, towards its
management, because unless it is self-supporting
it cannot be properly efficient. Such institutions
as this ought, therefore, to be made as far self-supped-
ing as possible; they ought not to be gratuitous, except
perhaps in their original establishment, when a certain
outlay is required. When I talk of
.the church as the
authorised teacher of the people, 'I speak of it as not
enforcing its teaching upon any , one, but, offering its
teaching, to all. That is the duty, of the Established
Church—to offer .to teach the Goel, to teach chris-
tianity to the whole people ; and it is lamentable to
think how inefficient the Church of England is from the •
n-a.at isf fur carrying Ant that grPat_ and noble end,
, because it is a very great miatakc to zay that the Churoh
of England is rich. The Church of England, including
the laity, is no doubt' the richest church in the world,
but then the laity ought to be doubly alive to 'their
responsibility, and not throw the, responsibility upon
that abstract thing, the clergy of the church. They are
the church, and they .ought to contribute funds for
its extension. There is one other observation that
I would make with regard to the church as a teacher
of the people, and it is this,— that the church,
in order to become peculiarly. that teacher, must
• open its arms as widely as possible, consistently with •
principle, for the comprehension of the whole .people.
We must not compromise principle, but as fee, as
we can, we must open the doors as wide as possible,
so far, at least, as the question of education is con-
- cerned. Such is done in this institution. We offer
every facility that we conscientiously can offer to those
who do not absolutely belong to the Church. We offer
them the means of religious scriptural education—the,
pure Protestant principles of the Established Church.
And if anything could increase my attachment to the
church'established in these realms, it would be my love
for her as the great bulwark of toleration. I believe
, that the religious liberties, of this country are more
secure by the continuance of the establishment, than by'
any measure that could possibly be adopted. • I
venerate the Church of England on that ground,
and I have been.. very much struck : lately by
the language of a distinguished nobleman who
visited us not very long ago in order to advocate
a church mission to Africa—l allude to Lord Brougham.
We may differ from that noble lord on very many points,
,but this much must be said of him, that during the
whole course of his distinguished pareer, he has always
• „ borne witness to the value of the Established Church,
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and, the clergy, in the promotion of education. he
time was when the clergy had no great xeason, perhaps,
• to admire him, but I always respect him for the willing
testimony he bore to the clergy in promoting national
education; and recently, in his place in the House of
Lords, he bore noble testimony to the ,value of the
Established Church. He says :—" There was no hosti-
lity on the part of dissenters, personally, to the church
if there was, he should be, the last, man to allow the
dissenter to participate in the advantages of the
endowed schools. The Church of England was publicly
distinguished by all the good qualities which could do
honour to the ecclesiastical character, combining, as it
slid, the Evangelical and the 'Calvinistic elements, while
at had over both the high advantage of a limited
monarchy, of embracing in its constitution the cause of
moral freedom—equally adverse as, that cause was to
the ordinary despotism of some countries •and the
popular tyranny of others." And be then qaoted the
language of an individual who was well known
Vsheistserd—and said he very well remembered Dr. S.
rebuking a member of his own sect who had made an
attack on the Church of England. " Not one word
more," said the doctor; "because, although we may
differ from them as much as do the Presby-
terians of Scotland, I shall never hear anything
- said against such wise and tolerable neighbours.", I
hind it my duty to make these few remarks, because in
thisVirls' Collegiate School' we endeavotir to conform
to the law which I have laid down—that we offer to
teach all who are willing to avail themselves of it—
forcing the conscience of none, and admitting every
liberty of conscience that we possibly can without a
compromise of religions principle. lam very happy to
see you here to-day. I apologise for having trespassed
at such length upon your time. I will, therefore,
now ask Mr. Howson to proceed with the distribution
of the prizes. (Applause).
The Rev. J. S. Howson then offered a few observa-
tions. He said that although there was no direct
relationship between the Collegiate Institution and the
Girls' Collegiate School, yet there was a community of ,
interest. With respect to the operations of the Girls'
13chool during the past year, he might say that they
had sustained a great' loss by the death of Miss Lee,,
the superintendent, and he 'could not allow that
'occasion to pass without bearing testimony to the
seal and indefatigability she had displayed in the
discharge of her duties. She had great difficulties to
encounter, but she succeeded in bringing the school to a
high degree of prosperity. He also alluded to the
manner in which the other teachers had exerted them-
selves during the past season. As to
_funds, he was
happy to say that the balance-sheet showed a sum of
between £2OO and £3OO in favour of the institution.
The school was in an excellent condition, and the con-
duct of the pupils was good, except in a very few
instances.
The prizes were then distributed. The, following is
the lilt :

PRIZE LIST. .
FIRST CLASS.
gIIBJECT.
Edwards NAME.
Louisa
Eliza Asc rpri,p,tureSchool.
Rev.p° DONOR.
BW. W. Law-
Ma
ry Woodhouse Rerve.4Tce.. Moore.
Jessie Bird . . ........ Seheol
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Ast uct
Gissassaar &Arithmetic.Eunie
JecaoWnigeowarptibo.e.usnnego.ti7—Sehoo .
...Rev. Dr. Hume.
Reading I. .
History
"1„ * GwgraPhY AnniSarahe
Miss Morison "
Reading & Recitation—Annie Tonge
Miss Lace.
Industry and General
Improvements ......... Elizabeth tills
SECOND CLASS. ._
Ist Scripture ............ Lucy Cooper School.
2nd „ Amelia Spriggs ' Rev. C. .W, Law_
rence.
Ist Conduct Ellen Saul. School.
History & Geography Matilda Leatherbarow..School.
Grammar Annie Holden Rev. J. Howson.
THIRD CLASS.
Scripture Finella Hunt:. ............. School.
2nd Scripture ~Annie Gal Rev.'W. C Law-
rence.
Coaduct Dora Colquhoun • ' School.
History &Geography—Mary Bedell. School.
Reading & Recitation Louisa Bedell Miss Teagle.
*Needlework Margaret Benyon ' Miss Lace.
FRENCH.
Ist Class Alice Tasker ' School. ,
2nd Class Maria Dawbarn..... ....... School.
3rd Class, Ist Prize Dorothy. Walker Miss Cookesley.
3rd Class, 2nd Prize ...Amelia Fox Miss Cookesley.
PREPARATORY.
Ist Scripture ............ Ada Bird RevJ.S.Howson
2nd Scripture Emma Robinson • Rev. T. Moore.
3rd Scripture Sarah Whittaker Rey-. T. Moore.
Ist Conduct Charlotte Thompson School. „ .
2nd Conduct Annie Pendlebury School.
Grammar Catharine Garner School.
lilfriilng Anne Lloyd School.
N eed 1 ew or k Hannah Benyon Mies Eyre.
The meeting was afterwards shortly addressed by the
Rev. Dr. Hume and the Rev. Mr. Moore • after which
the National Anthem was sung, and the proceedings
terminated with the benediction.

THE VOLUNTEER REVIEW AT CHESTER.

On Wednesday afternoon a grand review will take
'place at Chester, on the occasion of the presentation of
a silver bugle to the Chester Rifle Volunteers by Lady
Louisa Brooke. Invitations have been sent to all parts
of Cheshire and Lancashire, and it is expected that
nearly 5000 volunteers will be present under arms.
Colonel the Hon. Thomas Cholmondeley, Lieutenant-
Colonel of the Ist Cheshire Militia, will be in com-
mand; and the inspecting field officer will be Colonel
Richard Wilbraham, C. 8., assistant adjutant-general of
the North-western district. The effective brigade will
consist of twenty companies divided into two battalions
of five hundred men each. The event will be one of
the grandest and most brilliant that has occurred in
connection with the volunteer movement in this part
of the country. Special trains will run upon the
Airkenhead Railway for the convenience of the
public; and volunteers in uniform will be conveyed
along the line of railway connected with Chester, at the
rate pf a single fare for the double journey; No doubt
there will be tens of thousands of spectators on• the
ground if the weather prove favourable. , A grand
stand will be open to the public at fixed charges.
On Saturday evening the companies of Captain
Cadell, Captain V. King, Captain • Chambers, and
Captain Nicholson, of Cheshire, and the Ist and 16th
Lancashire Volunteers assembled at Birkenhead-park,
for rehearsal preparatory to the review. The companies
were put through their evolutions by Captain Cadell,
assisted by Major Hamilton, of the• 15th Lancashire, as
major; and we have no doubt, if the whole of the
companies at Chester will perform the various move-
ments with the precision which characterised the
volunteers on Saturday evening, the review will be a
great success, and worthy•of the volunteer movement in
every respect.