Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-06 00:00:00

ebnartian.

PORTVGUESE.-,-The advertiser wishes to learn this
language. Preferenr.e given to a native. Address, stating
terms to 11'I s. fforthern Times office.
SC EIOLA.B.II.C. —WANTED' to Purchase, in the•suburbs
of Liverpool, or any of tba Northern Counties of England, a
bona fide Day School. Apply, stating full particulars, to "-Beta."
at Mrs. Moore'' 4, Park-street, Liverpool.
GREEBA CASTLE ACADEII.Y,
ISLE OF MAN.
VACATION. TE-RMINATES

30TH JtLY.
Prospectuses Way be had at the °Mee of the Northern Time7:-
LIVERPO-OL RIDING ACADEMY
FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

SADDLE HORSES T•O•LET,
ELIZABETU-STEEET, PE*Bitg-PLACE.
TERMS NEODERATE.-
OTTO SCHULZE

WALTOM COLLEGE, NEAII• LIVERPOOL.—
HEAD-MASTER.: Rev. G. W. BARTLE, T.C.D.
At this Establishment young gentleme3,are prepared for the
Middle Class Examination% the Universities; the-Navy, Merchant's
Offices, &e. The Luties will be Resumed
ON THURSDAY, THE 28r3vJULTi.
Prospectuses can be -obtained at the office• of thin paper, or by
appplieation to the Principal,
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ARkently retired °anr of the Army, just about to take
Orders, wishes for two or more Pupae, of- either sex, to
educate in French, or prepare for the Army or-Civil Service, or to
join, asautor, a party 'proceeding to the Continent,-who may be
desirous-of the advantage of travelling with a gentleman, educated
and accustomed to travel on the Continent; knows French and
Italian;, passed creditably at Sandhurst. Gaid-referenaes and
testimonials-. Address ME, _Northern limes °floe. - 6j)6

THE FRE,NCH LANGUA(E.
. The principles of nature appear so simple, that, many, consider-
ing them acknowledged facts, or undispute:i,truisma do not
deem, them worthy of notete.- Thus,has:-been-rejectetethe fun-
damental law, that the ear alone causes the tongue to move •
- for, had this been duly reheated upon, it musts= at one- period
or another, have led to the discovery of the, true method of
teaching lanr,ouagcs."—Def..
ON 8-: ItAGONOT O 4 Paris), Author of, the "Sym-
bolic Anglo-French Veoabulary," and of the- ‘. Easiest and
Shortest Method of Learning French." The unsucnessfulness of the
prevailing. mode of teaching foreign languages is proverbial ;. and
.what other results can be lookael for, when the teacher in general

considerr himself justified m dAregarding the laws of nattni so tar
as to endeavour to impart sounds, try the mediumbor the e3es,. and
teach theseienecof a language.before the pupil caalisp,its simplest
accents? With such a theory all )11111D.211 devices.ixtust necessarily
,fail; and: hence the, numenou% complaints of wasted tine and
ineffectuaLendeavours, from those who have laboured in vaixt;. and
the general' notion that a hnguage can be acquired only in. the

country where it is spoken:, hence the despair amany.staeras oi
the French.language of eves understanding the rued conversatior

of natives of F

All these deplorable conseogoneee may be obviated by tho•natura
system of teaching languages adopted by Mcns. Ragoniot,
To =cry .ottt the system. in: its perfection, it is desirable that
several members of a family. shoo/A take lessons- together, much
advantage being derived fromnunabers.
FAMMETBS AND SCHOWAS,A.TTENDED. PRITATE•LBISOONS

GIRL'S

Terms for Evening Classes, XI ls. par quarter, two Lessons• a. week

Pak7,;eble in 9~d

The "SYMBOLIC' ANGIO,-FRENCH VOCAAULAILY," Fifth
Edition,partieularly adakted for Sch.ools, &c., approved, and sanc-
tioned for:the nse of the.lnstitutions for the Deaf and Dumb, in
England and France.—'d be had from the author. M. ItAsoNcrr,
and said by all Bookseller*.

Mr. Racosov, Jun., aaends Southport on Wednesday anidSatur-
day. between the hours-0111, a.m., and 8, p.m.
115,, Mount-pleasant, Liverpool.