The Express.
London, England, 1858-10-18 00:00:00

(Stamped Id. Additiosa) [TWOPENCE.

0.1.701 D MIDDLE-CLASS EXAMINATIOYB.-
AWARD OP OEBTIPIC4TEB,I7 LIVERPOOL.

At one o'clock oft &hurley a very numerous Ms-
minnblage of ladies and gentlemen met in the Large room at
Bt. George's Hall, for the purpose of witnessing the award
of prises and °emanates to the sucesseful candidates at the
moat Cited Middle-Chas Examination. The Earl of
CARLISLE took the chair; amongst those on the platform
we the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., Lord Inges-
t», the Right Hon. W. Cowper, the Lord Bishop of Chemise,
and other distinguished members of the National Awarde-
d°, for the Promotion of 9 udal Science.

The Bight Hon. W. B. CIL' Derroma, in leegg a voted
thanks to the Universities of Oxford and Camheidgy and to
the Bev. Dr. Thompson and Mr. Hedie , the examiners at
the Liverpool exerniestin, rode the follrwleg remarks :
My Lord Carlisle, ladies, end patismen, the rinelpal pur-
pose of this great orehig .has, as I cameive, been already
accomplished ; for the principal purpose, in my view, has
not had reference to the greet body of the feent
inbad-
tenfa of Liverpool who compose this net easesebl
y
interested as they are in the pest oceesiom—but has bad
reference to those young person Ili" is the spring time 01
their lives, have cane here, not to sad to receive the re-
wards of their past labours, se to her words of enCOGrag.'
meet and of insertion, which ere to stimulate them in their
future course. Those weeds, I rust, bath been damply is-
graven on their hearts, for they hen sews, with every ad-
vantage that instruction could reelliVe, from on of the
mast distinguished and as IMIU as wed the most
omelet in stationt_of all the of her Majesty- (Her.)
But somethlig renaine to end t bin under-
taken to propose es yen a reselatine by which, If you adopt
it, you will express our petters le the Virginity of Oxford
for having organised a system of l examinations through.
oat the country, which has for its object the benefit of the
connemity at ergs, Er esprally of dos middle thesis of
our fellow-sthisets (Her, hrs.) Now, my lord, I most
say tee word ein the chanter In which I appear before you,
although I say it with relocemos, because too meth, by tar,
has already been said, through the partiality of otherapsaliers
upon that subject. I must forget, as far as I can. my con-
nexion with the University of Oxford, for, upon the react
oceseice, 1 say it, ladies sad gentlemen, in deep sineatity, I
am risking to you as one of yourselves. (Chien.) Arrested
with the town of Liverpool by birth, and by • thousand ties,
I tea that I should have deserted the most sacred of duties if
I had felled to take the opportunity which your kindness has
afforded me of speaking forth to you the convictions of my
heart upon • subject like the subject of to-day, with which,
unless I am greatly mistakes, so much is involved of what
ortoerna the welfare of this peat community. I trust you
will agree to expires your thanks to the University of
Oxford for the pains they have taken, and the readiness and
promptitude with which they have moved, In order to meet •
crying national want. (Hear hear). It is sometimes
thought—and perhaps not without reason—that it is in the
nature of inch bodies to be tardy in meeting theisigencies of
the day ; and, undoubtedly, their spirit to—and their spirit, I
may venture to say, ought to b•—• spirit more anxious about
the reality and security than about the rapidity of their pro-
gram. But there has been, I may talutopon me to met, la
tardiness upon the of the riverside" at least urn the
present occasion. Hear,( hear). From the bosom of the
universities themselves presided the impulse—the very
first impulse—which led to this great movement; end the
kneel and corporate action of the nalvendtise ascended
sad gave form to that impulse at the very ardor 110111111118
which its moat ardent irked" could hen dared. (Hoer,
hoer.) Well, now, ladies and genders, I rut we
feel that the gift which has bees offered to me in this
matter is a real gift—that these examinations ere to Os a
real and substantial good. (Hear, hear.) There are soma.
perhaps, who re sceptical upon that subject. There are
some who will tall as, and tell us truly, that • primly dis-
interested love of learning, • love of learning which needs no
spur or incentive from without, but which is led forward by
the intrinsic charms and peas of the subjet, that that
is the love of learning which is most truly valuable. This
may be so in the abstract • sad thin have bra masa in
which poverty itself has Yroved sic lamerreoeitable obstacle
to that thirst for insonotiom which in either Omen of less
material development, led man from the very sad' d the
earth to the sources where knowledge was to be soothed.
(Hear, hear.) But we ere to consider the wants sad the
exigencies, the dangers and the temptations, d the parti-
cular age in which we live ; and I appeal to you whether
It is not true that, in • time of pgteusatt commercial "uter-
i prise, sad of rapid commercial de.ebpmsut, there is such
as inoresse of the danger that all the higher saphatiotis
of our nature will be overborne that It becomes um, as wise
ens—es practical men—to seek the aid of every intro-
mentality which may rest o• in keeping alive that culture
of the human mind and of the human intellect which has
dens so much for this country and for Christendom ; which
so greatly omnibus* to the adornment and enjo aisle of
life, sod without which no great society rut its
higherand moat sacred duties. (Hear, hear.) The system
of examination which has bean orpared Is ao
Those who come from the universities have bed lose=
sacs upon that subject ; and if you are told that ths 'diet of
=slition is Introduce en ungsmereas rivalry into the
to
of youth—it you are told that dm stimulus given to
schools will lead to the neglect d the mums of the pupae in
order that thaw may be more thee and peter opportunity
hi the higher cultivation of • dinned few—lf you
are told, as you are sometimes barely, but erro-
neously, told, that the odset et repetition is to
gin an undue preposidetemes to the intellectual,
as compared with the moral, eleresats of character—rely
upon It that those who speak from an muspriance which has
extethed now over coteries will tell you that you may
'ably dirties from your minds at ones all such apprehen-
sions. (Hear, hear.) I say, dankly sad feralrely, that
there is nothing more generous than the sentiments which
ere inspired Into the breasts of youth by the rivalry such as
that to which I am now referring. It is in itself essentially
Incompatible with selfish ideas and objects. Learning is
not a limited quantity in inch sense that he who obtains it
rums his neighbour to kiss it. On the contrary, every one
who obtains It becomes • standard-besrer for °than ; and
the treason to which he invite them to • treasure which is
aeceptable to all mankind. Meer, her.) Aad as to
schools, ladies and genthmen, depend upon it that the is
en Idle epprebension; sad that the schools which Fey the
gnaw' attention ter their bet boys will, as a general
rate, pay the greatest attention to all their boys.
(Her Mr.) As to the apprehended preponderance of the
fatillictual over the moral qualities, I will nature to say to
those who make such en otortice, that they are under an
error as serious as tea well be oceosived ; for if there is one
fact me genially and conclusively established than another,
by examinations of the teachers of youth, it is this, that dill-
and the self-denial which diligence evolves, are in
themselves a rat of moral cuddle, no Isle thee the promise
of Intellectual distinction. (Hear, her.) Bet, now, ladies
sad gentlemen, these an topiceproF white others may
perhaps enlarge with pester y. I must, however,
✓ay a few or in explanation the mein sonaliereticia
which indoor me to urge this resolatios on yes arks I
sus in this resolution, and in the subject to which it relates,
not the close and conosomatics of the eninhastices

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(not, beer.) They mew thee
be •
the smaspey of the rich. (Raw, hoer.) They we
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width it thaesphout the whole ef greet shied
cammalty.
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aad the advantage ad the couvry. (Hem.) had that Met
they Milled. (Haar, hsee.) Go beak to the periods wheu
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whines h wee het hew Ismdmai.the lthigAlwthed,
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peek Mica, the callo Adam dime el so well and
tidy may it be said, la stheethe n their lady , that
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sawary, we sae thee he twourd matades thee wskaareldes
thee pelbsmed oath, mot isprisat tided, mad most the-
liar hid enthesollll Nffilld la the maim their utility hat
b.. masa to Ow -di. They have educated the dairy,
mese, dohs bath pellend • post =theft theeeestry.
i'llerse amid the posese mrabw—elmom the who*
the sees dear lifth smithy. They hisatedusawid
the Oldie pet el de mom meths her, het that hum the
whets el their ddy. We haw be Seem* met dome et maw
who are set aompied ta the aesepay to whisk I have m-
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united is seamy eammuthise ; awl Pleemise was rases
the het of oomemmiel aides at the may time whoa it geve
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pool must of necessity kg behind in reference to those m-
oth' which do so much to refine and ekvalethehninen mind,
and which lam the principal subjects of our ocniddiration to-
day. And permit me, ladies and gentlemen, to say that, if
I have spoken strongly on the subject of competitive exami-
nations, and been sanguine in my expectations of beneficial
remits from them, I am free to admit that I have perhaps
something in the nature of local sentiment, withal s
because I feel assured that in any systre leircOl
competition that may be established—and provided
that it be • fair and open system—South Lancashire
and Liverpool will hold their own. My lord, in urging on •
this meeting that they should bail the mania& whisk his
called us together to-day, and should consider the present
proceedings se only the very beginning of what is henceforth
to be accomplished, I do so because I feel that those pro-
aeedfags ptotnise the renewal and the re-establishment dark
Walton between the old universities of the country sad the
great commercial and manufacturing communities of the
country, which is not, indeed, altogether in abeyance, bat
which has been feeble, which has been languishing, and
which requires to be re-invigorated and restored. The
universities cannot afford to dispense with the aid and moral
Influence which they would derive from striking their roots
deeper among you. They are at present engaged, almost
entirely, although not exclusively, in providing education for
the rich—for • clam which will, If the universities did not
provide it for them, contrive, in virtue of their riches, to
pro-
vide it for themselves. We desire to sae them providing
education for those who are not able to provide it, at least in
IY highest form, from their own resources. (Hear.) Your
p has been pleased to connect my name with that of •
great poet, whose works, by us and by our children, must
always be held In honour. May I be permitted to refer to
see representation of that great raster bard ? He tells us
that the army of the Trojans marched with noise and ok-
moor because they were ill- Resorted and ill-combined; but
that the army of Greeks marched in silence and with order,
awaiting the word of command born their °Moore, because
they had one besrt and one spirit within them. We happily,
in Reiland, Ns, fa ne email memento, even now—and I he
that, as years roll ca, we shall see it more and more—the
reslisation of that noble feature of the Greek army which be
the model of every greet, happy, and peaceful community.
I entertain a sanguine hope that the universities, finding
this disposition existing, will not be wanting either in skill
or promptitude in adapting their arrangements to the exist-
ing wants of the community ; that they will so frame them
as to enable the youth of Liverpool, and of other places
similarly circumstanced, to resort to them for the benefitof the
training which they give without making a sacrifice of those
years which it is impossible for them to devote to the
pursuit of learning without • departure from the
ateoluts and necessary purposes of a commercial
community. All this we have before us in hope, and in
prospect it forms • pleasing picture; end depend upon it
that if we will only, in detail—each in his own private circle,
in his family and in society—endeavour to give it effect, there
is nothing contained in it which ressonable men may not
hope to see speedily achieved for the benefit of the country.
(Hier, hoer.) The work, allow me to may, is one which, if
ancerisfelly carried on, will be not the least important of the
peribrmanose of the remarkable age in which we live, and
will mintribens, in modes sad degrees, fer more than any
among us eau now distinody reckon both to lacrosse female
end virtue, sad likewise to the maintenance of
sad the discharge of the duties of England, as one
cifilery lineman among those nations whichlend the
obese of dean.= la the world. (Applanes.)
The malice wee Lordseconded INGEBTRR, and
=by the Rev. Dr. HOMPSON, on behalf of the
to
University, and by the Bishop of CH arm, on behalf
of the University of Cambridge.
The Right Hon. W. COWPER proposed a vote of thanks
to Lord Carlisle, which was seconded by Mr. RILEY; and
aim • brief rspouse from the noble chairmen the proceed-
ings

.4 CHURCH-RATS DIFFICULTY IN PRASTON.
About three years ago Preston perish church wan
rebuilt mean eateemin scale mad at met anew Recently
the edifice has been domed, owing to the discovery of dry rot
In the timber of the door and its supports. The surveyor
employed by the wardens has estimated the sum re-
quint' for repairs at about 4601. To raise this a church rate
has been neorted to by the select vestry, which is composed
of twenty-four members, of whom eight are appointed by
the corporation of husks for the middle division (the town-
ship of Premien), sight by Sir Henry Bold Hoghton, Bart.,
as lay rector of the bares division ; and eight for the higher
division are self-elected. The select vestry met on Monday
last in the vestry of the parish church. The Mot was utterly
unknown to the mass of the inhabitants, the vestry having
been called in the old-fashioned manner, by a simple notice
affixed on the church door, signed by two of the wardeneof
the middle dividing only, instead of by a majority of the war-
dens of the whole pariah. Of the twenty-four members there
were fifteen prams, including the mayor (Mr. J. Humber).
The Rev. J. Owen Parr, vicar, attended, though not • mem-
ber of the vestry. Considerable difference of opinion pre-
vailed. Objection was taken to the notice as illegal, but It
was °vended. In order to avoid imposing • church rate, •
voluntary sabseription, an appeal to the pewholders, and •
hamar, were bovinity recommended, but the vicar urged the
levying ef a rate as the middle division aloes, which was
mainly interested in the maintenance of the church, and the
mayor moved the imposition of • rate upon Preston alone, for
the sum of 4601. On a division, five voted for It, and four
against it, and ids were neutral. The rate was carried by
only a majority of one, and the churchwardens were in-
structed to prepare the necessary rate-books. It is urged
against the legality of the rate that the vestry had no right
to exempt the oat townships from Its operation ; and,
secondly, that there was no rate laid, because the law re-
qoires that " the major part of the vestry " shell sanction
ir, whereas it was only carried by • majority of one. Five
out of the fifteen voted for it, and of the five four are repro-
sentedne of the out-townships, while the fifth invariably ob-
jects to the payment of any such impost in his own case. It Is
thought that the churchwardens will incur serious difficulties
in its collection.