The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-07 00:00:00

REPORT

The duty has again devolved upon the committee of the
Liverpool Governess's Institution of submitting to you a report
of its proceedings during the past year.
The number of ladies who have taken advantage of the
home during the year is thirty. Several of these were daily
governesses, three of whom are still inmates, and several ladies
who entered in the hope of obtaining situations as resident
governesses would gladly have remained could they have met
with daily engagements sufficiently remunerative to enable
them to do so. It will give pleasure to the subscribers and
friends to know how warmly many of the ladies have expressed
their thanks for the comfortable home they have had, and for
the kindness and consideration of the lady superintendent
towards them.

The registrations are nearly the same as in the preceding
year—having been, in 1854, 147, and in 1955, 148. The
applications for governesses are also nearly the same—having
been, in 1854, 189, and in 1855, 186. Your committee
regret that there has been a falling off in engagements during
the east year, 37 only having been engaged. . .

Your committee have great pleasure in stating that two
additional annuities have been granted during the past year.
One is that alluded to in the last report as nearly completed,
called the " Hoghton annuity," amounting to £18; the other
was raised at the suggestion of one of the subscribers, who
felt so keenly the distressed state of several of the candidates
for the " Hoghton annuity," that he, aided by another kind
and active friend, collected the needful sum, and at the request
of the committee, allowed the annuity to be called after him,
"The Groves annuity," the appointment to which is vested in
the hands of thegeneral committee, and amounts to about £27.

Your commiti:co have granted relief during the year to ten
ladies, to the amount of £36, and have a balance in hand of
£5O 17s 3d.

The :lease of the house in Rodney-street, which has been
occupied by the institution from its commencement, having
expired, and there having been some misunderstanding on the
sulkct of re-engaging it by the year, the committee were
obliged to quit, and have taken No. 76, Canning-street. The
change, they hope, may ultimately prove advantageous to the
institution, as it is in some respects more suitable, and the
tent is lower.

Your committee deeply deplore the loss of one of their most
zealous friends and supporters, by the death of the late Vener-

able Archdeacon Brooks, who was always the first to espouse a
good cause. The charitable institutions in Liverpool will,
Equally with his friends, feel his loss. Your committee earnestly
hope that others will endeavour to forward the interests of an
institution which so good a man strove to form and foster.
Out of respect to his memory, various members of your sub-
committee and others are desirous to raise a sum of money
sufficient to found an annuity of £2O per annum, to be bestowed
ou some aged governess—such annuity to be called ' Arch-
daacon Brooks's annuity." The amount already subscribed is
£2Bl.

Your committee offer their sincere thanks to John Mariott,
Etq., of Beechley, for his kind and liberal donation of £2O, to
he divided between the five unsuccessful candidates for the
Groves's annuity ; to Dr. Nottingham and Mr. Taylor, for
their professional services; to Mrs. Eccles, for a volume of
" The Chemistry of Common Life ;' to Madlle. Talcho, for a
present of French books ; and to Miss Hagan, for giving les-
sons in German to the inmates of the institution.
Your committee, in conclusion, desire to acknowledge the
goodness of Him without whose blessing nothing can prosper,
and earnestly commend the institution to those kind friends
who have hitherto so liberally supported it.
The Venerable Archdeacon Jones proposed the first reso-
lution, which was that the report, together with the state-
ment of accounts, be adopted, printed, and circulated. He
said it would not become him, not having been connected
with that valuable institution until lately, to enlarge upon
any of the resolutions, indeed, his lordship had anticipated
one or two remarks which the reading of the report had
suggested to him, especially with reference to his venerable
predecessor, the late Archdeacon of Liverpool. As the
senior rector of that parish, he was indefatigable in fos-
tering all the charities within it. His mantle had fallen
upon one who would, he (the speaker) trusted, be equal to
the task of doing solely what had been done by two most
active and zealous rectors previously, and he rejoiced to see
him continuing in good health, and trusted that he would
be strengthened by the Almighty to continue zealously
carrying on those objects which he and his former
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year. He regretted that, on many accounts. In thinking
over the constitution of the society, one difficulty occurred
to him—that was to keep up that respect towards the
institution, with regard to the competency of the gover-
nesses. themselves, which was most destrable. In order to
retain a permanent hold upon the public, it was necessary
that the governesses should be, in some measure, accre-
dited. He was afraid that unless the governesses under-
went some kind of examination, and that they were certified
in some way as competent, .a great many persons, who could
not obtain situations in any other way, would come to that
institution, and ladies who required first-class governesses
would find they could not get them there. He urged upon
the meeting the necessity of keeping up, as much as pos-
sible, the high standard of the governesses, and concluded
by proposing the resolution.
The Rev. Rector Campbell said he had great pleasure in
seconding the resolution, and, after what had been said, he
would not trespass further dpon the time of the meeting,
than simply to express the interest he took in that institu-
tion, for two reasona—first, the great excellence of the
object: to which it was directed; and second, because it was
to a certain degree instituted, or, at least, encouraged and
promoted, by his late venerable friend, Archdeacon Brooks.
(Hear, hear.)
The resolution was carried unanimously.
Mr. Samuel Holme said : My lord bishop, ladies, and
gentlemen, it has often struck me that it is not necessary,
for the exercise of eloquence, or, even of persuasion,
' and that we must be accountable, not for their possession,
but for their use, to Him who gave them to us as stewards,h
as a duty, to support every object of true charity and. ene-
to plead the cause of true benevolence. For if
we admit, my for the accountability of man,
if we admit that the silver and gold belong to Him
who gave them, as well as the cattle upon a thousand hills,
then I say we should look upon it as a
volence. Your lordship must not judge,
privilege ratherht an
of the feeling of
institution, by the
the inhabitants of Liverpool towards this
f small number of gentlemen who have attended here to-day,
because it is a difficult matter for men of business to escape,