The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-01-22 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL INSTITUTE.

The annual me ting of the members of the Liverpool
Institute was held in the Institute, Mount street, at seven
o'clock last night. The meeting was opened in the Lecture
Hall, but, in cousequence of the very limited attendance of
members, was adjourned to the Board room—a much smaller
apartment. The chair was taken by Thomas Thornley,
Esq., M P.
The Secretary, Mr. Astrup Cariss, read the annual report,
of which the following is a digest :

" This report only embraces ten months, viz , from
March Ist to December 31st. Your directors have the
satisfaction to state that during this period the Institute
has been eminently successful in all its departments. At
the close of the year 2,444 persons were connected with
the Institute. At the corresponding period of the pre-
ceding year the total number, counting 600 life members,
was 2,196.
" The receipts between March Ist and December 31st
(exclusive of the girl,' school and Ladies' College, which
are subsequently reported), amounted to £2,797 9a lid,
and the payments to £2,149 2i ld.
" The transocions of the whole year have yielded a
satisfactory surplus. The balance due to the treasurer
on December 31st, 1855, amounted to £1,048 15s 3d.
On December 31st, 1856, £625 3s, 10d. was owing to him."
A number of donations of books were then acknow-
ledged.

" The attendance in the evening school has increased
greatly since 1853 ; and last quarter it wa4 greater than
it has ever been since 1849, the number on the respective
class rolls being as follows:—English classes 94, writing
154, arithmetic 163, mathematics IG, draTing 141, adult
60, French 41, German 10, Spanish 10, Latin 5, dancing
10 ; total, 71G. . . .

" A phonetic class, under the gratuitous instruction of
Mr. Youngbusbard, had been in operation.
"The satisfactory progress of the Government School of
Art is highly creditable to the masters, Mr. Finnie and Mr.
Pugh. Two of the students, Alexander Banner and James
Barkimper, have gained art pupil teaeherships—prizes which
indicate a high degree of proficiency. The school of art
comprised, at the close of the last quarter, in all, 674
students.

"Arrangements are in progress, under a committee
composed of members of the Town Council, and of the
managers of this and the Collegiate Inst-tution, for exhibit-
ing a collection of choice specimens of ornamental work
purchased by government on the breaking up of the Great
Exhibition of 1851, the loan of which has been granted for
this purpose by the Department of Science and Arts. The
exhibition will ba held in March, in the rooms in Post
Office Place."

" THE HIGH AND COMMERCIAL SCHOOLS

"A great increase has taken place in the number of pupils
in the high and commercial schools. The number of pupils
in the high school last quarter was 83. At the correspond-
ing period of the previous year it was 70. Eighty five
pupils have entered the school this quarter. In the
commercial school there were 529 pupils last quarter, being
an increase of 39 on the number at the corresponding quarter
of the precediPg year.
" The girls' school was stated to be quite full and working
well."