Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-26 00:00:00

TIONOR ARY "MEMI3V.IIS.

J. C. Ewart, Esq., M.P.
William Brown, Esq.
The Mayor of Liverpool.
The Chairman ofthe Mersey Docks and Harbour Board.
The Chairman of the Shipowners' Association.
Dr. Lyon Playfair, C 13. F.R.S., &c.
Captain Mends, R.N.,,e.8.

COMMITTER

James Beasley, Esq., Chairman.
T. D. Anderson, Esq. Captain John Norman.
Captain J. Anderson. J. Palmer Palmer, Esq.
Ralph Brocklebank, Esq. Captain Walter Paton.
James Bea.sley, Esq. Robert Rankin, Esq.
Captain John Clint. ._ , S. G. Itathbone. Esq.
Captain W. 0. Campbell. Captain S. steed.
B. Darbyshire, Esq. Captain B. Sproule.
S. B. Graves, Esq. J. A. Tobin, Esq.
Charles Holland, Esq. - Captain C. Touzell. -
Joseph Hubbaelz, Esq. Captain J. Thompson., ~,,
W. .L.Lamport, Esq. Captain IL J. Ward. ' g
Captain D. B. Morton. Captain J. Watkins. -,..
Captain Henry Ponsonby, Treasurer.
Captain Charles Powell, Commander. . .
THE COMMITTEE of MANAGEMENT are prepared
to receive Applications for the Admission of Boys on Board
the School-frigate CONWAY, now moored in the Port of Liverpool.
The Boys will be regularly and carefully instructed and trained in
all the duties of a first-class ship, and the practical use of nautical
instruments. They will be' taught the ordinary branches of a
sound English education, French, such mathematical instruction as
is mecessary for a proper knowledge of the piinCiples of navigation
nautical astronomy, and the theory and practice of marine survey

Boys are not received under the age of Twelve, or allowed to
remain longer than Three Years... They are not enrolled unless
able to Read, Write, and perform the Rules of Simple and Compound
Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division; nor until
passed by the Medical-Officer of the Ship, and approved by the
Committee of Management.
The Relatives of Boys are required to find their under clothing
and shoes, but all the outer clothing for dress and'exercise is pro-
vided by the Committee.
The Committee, on each Boy's course being completed, will
endeavour to procure him a situation on board a ship, the owners
of which are l'nown to them.
Boys are csligible for admission upon the fo;:iowing terms;—
let. The eons of deceased or•destitute seafaring
(so far as the funds of the InStitution. permit) by the votes ofPKet of the vessel—doners being
donors and subscribers to the su men are admitted
eutitlect to one vote for each ten ",6tiineas given, and subscribers to
one vote for every guinea anr:„..aly subscribed.
2nd. The Committee re
:eive applications for the entrance of
boys, whose parents ..r immediate relatives are unable to pay
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wholly for their edu
annual payment
3rd. Boys v

.ation, on an eutrlnce

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'parents or friends pay 45 gulneas per annum, or

in case their 'Path era' (if living) are, or (if (lean) nave oeu.t, —..,—....
or Officers I t. •
• n .fie Merchant Service and Members of the Mercantile
?:I,‘aerine `l,
oer;ice Association of Liverpool, 35 guineas per annum.
lajje. PP:yments obe made half-yearly, in advance.
,0,1-11 'APPlications must be made on the Forms of the Committee
i:`".:11, with copies of the Rules and every other information, can
'''., obtained front the Commander on board the at the
Rooms of the Mercantile Marine Service Association, Conway,2o, Water-
street, Liverpool, or at the Office of the Secretary, 4, Chapel-
street, Liverpool, where donations and subscriptions in aid
of
Sep the
scheme will bo received. BEN. J. T, ,
4, Chapel-street, Liverpool.