Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-20 00:00:00

COLLEGI ATE INSTITUTION

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES'.

The astrietrion of Pr iv , on the close of the
midsernmer examination of tO,e pupils of the Collegiate
Instirteioro Cork place x esterday, in the presence of
a numerm, gathering of -heir rel,tioos a•-di fiends.
The chair was occuped 11 the Rev. Rector Camp-
bell ; and among the die- riyin-n and gentlemen nrc-
sent were--R-v. Dr M'Neite, R v. J. S. ffesysen. Prin.
cip7,l of the Institutin. ; R s. Mr. Broderick. of Oxf'ord,
who COLlc]tic`ei the ci-sscal examination ; Rev. Mr.
Fall- on, Rv. Mr. Harker, lieu. Mr Lowrenee,
Rev. Mr. Whie, Mr. therchoeo-dcn Woodruff, Mr
J. K. Roo- thwaite, Mr. CotweilLr Mellor, Mr. W.
joroo, &e. matbernatheil ox intnatioe was coeducit.d
by P.otess r II of Trinity College, Dubie.
The CHariimaer s ;id :—I ern very happy, my vonng,
fiends, re he eel' gale to m--.t )ou :it this our half-
yearly divrih,tion ef p iz s, end to have the opportunity
of xpresaing tOe deep interest which I tale • in your
weir ,re tedividuie y. as y nng whese nur-
ture and edirelli,ion ie 'he Lent it is my duty
to pro o- te by ...very means la my eowe,, aed, at the same
time, to express tne iro reasieg hoerest—he continual
g i'eerst—wioce I t i•-! the welfare of the
Colegike Irioittoiou ; now, for a log cioarse of
years, has, by the bl,-ssieg a G. d, by the 1,-.l;ours a our
friend, the PrincipA ano his nole and valuable assistants,
been of immense bee:fit to this greet cenimurety,
which, by Go :'s gra,o aret rn: icy, :yin, I hope, coottnee
to be of irnmeuse beoeti; to it for years yet to come. I
value it as coretnunic,itieg, to the pupils the highest d- free
of Fit cutar ‘veitill it is necessary ler them to
receive, co:rib:Doi with religioes teaching of the
Marco of Englao2—a teaching which we value, not
became it is teua! lug of an Est,blishei Church, but
beceuse it is a teaching in strict c -nforrnity with the pure
and undefiled Word of Get—(cheers)— because it is
fetrolee upon the Scrptures., an! in strict conformity
thereto. (Bear, bear.) That is the reason we value the
teaching of rb Chureii of England, and that is the reason
why we con,ider the Church of England to he the hiroeurk
of the Pro estont Ite.:Orin.tioo, and value it accordingly.
(Hear, hear, and c', ._.u.) Thai; ttae'ii:'g is comanvicited
to the pupils in this Inseioei,ei, tied we may
thank God if, is ; and I trust that its prosperity
will lest as long as that pure and undtfiled religion
forms part of it. (Hear, hear.) lam hi.,ppy to say
that it is prospering in every way—increasing in
numbers, and th;t, it addition to other honours which
have been gained by its pupils, tlFre bete a been four
of them who have attained the high honour of first clots
at C,anbritlee, two at 'frinity College, and two at So.
John's. That is rii.oasr: satisfactory, and I trust that all of
you who are intended for the University will look forward
to that gratifyieg, fact, and ibat it will act as a stimulus
upon yoa te ehosin sijnilar honours ; but tor that greater
portion of you who do not intend to go to the University,
there still i-ernaius a vast amount of good sound teaching,
and I true, Oho allot yeu will benefit from it to the very
best of your abilities. It is not my intenion to trespass
longer upon your time, and I shall now call upon the
Priocipid to dis,6'ettte the eriz• s. (Applause.)
The itev. Mr. HowsoN sail that the exliFdtion for the
year was that which 'ooze: the name of Dr. M'Neile,
Vaij S-1.'3 hit:lto:if present -to bestow the honour which
four.ditioa Upon the successful
Dii OCCZSiG:IS like the present, at the close of
a severe end protract, d ex.itnnatiou, the feeiegs both of
those who bad Erten ia the examination and those who
hae corteucted it wi-re sometimes very mixed, and so it
wee thd7 iety. they sympathised most cor.dafly
with ale. illewords, who h d been justly elected to the
exhibition, they also sympathised with Mr. Raweloe, who
hue pass :d a mest.excelleat examination, and who would
have ebtainel the honour if Mr. I.,:dwards had not been a
little supetier, though OecEediy suecrior. In conclusion,
the rev. geetiethan ed ed oa tile R,v. Dr. Mblieila to
present the exhibition.
The Rev. Dr. MoNLILE s.tid that he would first read the
report of Pr't'LsA.)r Hatielitoe
and thei iiiviTe Be)iferice
sion t f toe t%e-Ofr, ieetjui:cioa
lessor Haught,n, led c-.,ntlucleil. The rev. gentietro:n
then read the report, watch spoite most Lifily if the
ability diso:ayed by the puplis of the insOtution in the
last examieatien, add !he high range of s:urlies pursue,
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The Rev. Mr. Baormaarcx, the classical examirer, spoke
in the sentie terx.s of the character of the examiaatiers,
which, he said betokened the utmost diligence both on the
part of the masters and boys. lie declared that the
Papers which were submitted, particularly in compesition
and divieity, were equal to those exhibited at arty public
school or university, and that the system of ha institution
was supetior to that of Eton- or any other large public
school; because, while, like that of Etor, it tended to
develop and strengthen the character of the pupil, it also
combined the advantages of the Christian home.
The Re?. Dr. Nl•Nanat then preserned the exhibition to
the successful candidate, Mr. 'l'. J. Edwards. He said
that he might tell him a little story aboat the exhbitioa,
not to insgcify himself (Dr. M'Neile), but to remind the
exhibitor of the character belonging to what he had got,
and to zoquest that be would sustain that charac'er, and
'would do or say nething inconsistent with the principle
• upon whieli the exhibition was to tilled, and for which
alone be (Dr. MiNeile) valued it. Thee were aware that
he bad too many cells for domestic education neoa him
to be able, to afford, from his own funds, the large rum
of money nreassary for founding the exhibition and
scholarship that boie his name in- the inaitu'ion. They
did not proceed from his private funds, His hearers
would recollect that at a petiod not very many years ego
in this town, there were two great questions afloat; one of
them invoi-ved the Pretestaatism of the Reformed Church,
in oppositien to the aggression of home; and the other
involved questi rl of religiers education in enteetonism
to the infidi liberalism aith u hich they were aFaailed when
the mania of tbe Reform Bill ,vas ueon the Tavel C:unc
By the help of the supporters of that Protestantism, and
that religious education, it pleased God to enable him to
take t..ch a port in the town as was resp.a-u-led to by the
Pro,estato Church of England part of he community, by
laying a tom of money at Lis disc= whic'r, it was his
great joy and privileoe to lay at the disposal of the
Collegiate Institution: for the inundation of those prizes ;
—(- het•rs)—and, therefore, if the written history or the
exbibhien could appear upon the slight me!eerial
the exhibitor had received of it, he wrath? tied theta
" Pretestaet ism and scriptural iret,-ection in oil
schools. He would find there two of tie grand bulwarks
of their safety in this country, and of their preiervatioe
in all . hote blessines of civil and religious liberty, wbict,
many were highly enjoying who had ung,-atefully for-
saken the foundations on which they were erected. He
hoped that Mr. Edwards in his university career would
net be drawn aside by any new-f-'art;zled notion: either
on the one baud to temporise with Dome--with those
Tractarian `tenth-met`, who were draeging their church
back to ibe ggarly elements of mediaavat arehitechire
and taste, ins:ead of the spirituality of the glorious Son of
God ; and on the other, that he would not.be entangled
in these New England sephistries that would throw ataay
regard of all creeds, and make it light and trifling
what opinions a man beld----Jews, Turks, Infidel, Papise
all alike. Why was the Church of England worth ere,-
tearing for, and why was she maintainee ?—why was she
encowed, but because the truth, she told were founded
upon the weed of God, for which they should br ready to
live and die? (Applause.) His hearers might fancy that
they were now beyond the reach of the application of the
old proverb, " a little learning is a dangerous thing." They
would allow him to eay that otuch learning, except under
certain circumstances, was a dangerous th,ng. They woald
allow him to say, in an assembly convened in honour, of
learning, that !earning—cr what was commonly understood
by learning—cxcept under certain chcamrtancers—was
dangerous thing. He said that advisedly. Suppose that be
was addressing a ouniber of boys who h el charge of canners,
and that be said to them, "Those guns are dung, reus
things," would be be sming against the proper nee of thos-
implementsia proper hands? No; but he would be saying
that it required a military training to use those implements
srighte and what military traitfingt was to the use of
runs of all sorts, religious priociple was to the use of
:earning, and without that principle, learning was as dan-
ferous as was•the use of guns without military training.
He was prepared to maintain that thesis, and thoro:h
here were soma who thought they could overthrow all his
arguments and put beim down, he had never aet met ore
cho could do so , n that po'nt. (Cheers.) The intellect
fallen man was infidel, AO a cultivated intellect, without
in awakened cont.cience was dangerous to man, not usefu .
rhe devil wigs a fallen intelligence, and an educated man
without religious principle was a fallen intelligence. After
in eloquent admonitien as to his future course is life,
he rev. gentleman presented Mr. Edwards with the exhi-
)ition, amid enthusiastic applaese.
The distribution of the prir,i3 then took place.
ollowing is the list :

giiIVERSITY WINOIMS OBTAINED BY FORMER
PUPILS DURING THE Yt.ARS 1856-7.
lighy, J .......Secorad Wrangler, January, 1866.
Second Smith's Pi izeman, January, 1856.
Fellow of Ttir....y College, Cambridge, Octo-
ber, 1°66.
Assistant Tutor of Trinity College, October,
1856,
Vcbster, T._ „First in Moral Sciences Tripos, Carn'oridg,,,
February, 18.56.
icvins, A. P....Fe110w of University College, Durham,
November, 1856.
l.awdon,J.ll...,First.class Node; atione, Oxford, November,
1856.