The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-12-28 00:00:00

to this Institution that, in addition to the pupils

maintained in the house either wholly or partially out of
the funds of the Charity, day scholars from the children
of the poor are admitted, and these, in common with the
others, are provided with dinner, which is served in a
large room adjoining the school-room. Here deal tables,
and forms of scrupulous cleanness, are laid down the
whole length of the room ; and the duties of laying and
clearing the tables, and keeping all clean and in order,
are performed by the female pupils. We may also men-
tion, as an interesting circumstance, that the laundry.
maid, a very intelligent and trustworthy young woman,
is herself deaf and dumb. The floor above is divided into
large bedrooms, one for each sex, in which the pupils
sleep on neat iron bedsteads, a teacher occupying a bed
in the same room. They are very lofty, well ventilated,
and appear to be admirably adapted to promote the
health and comfort of the children, no better proof of
which can be needed than the fact that since the early
part of the year, when the children had the measles most
favourably, no case of illness of any kind has occurred in
the establishment. The children attend school from ten
to twelve o'clock, and again from two to five o'clock ; and
in the interval they dine, and recreate themselves in the

playgrounds.
With reference to the means by which the Institution
is supported, we may state that, according to the account
of the Treasurer, ARTHUR THOMPSON, Esq., furnished
at the last Annual Meeting of the Subscribers in January,
the expenses of the year then concluded, amounted to
£lOB2 Os. 4d., including £llB Is. for painting und re-
pairs of the building. This was raised from the following
sources :—Annual subscriptions, £485 Ils. 6d.; donations
and legacies, £176 7s. 3d. ; interest on bond and balance
in the bank, £l5 95.; and repayment from pupils, £4OB
ss. 2d. ; being a total of £lOB5 12s. 11d., which aug-
mented the previous balance of £5l 19s. 7d. to £55 12s.
2d. At that time the Institution had £3OO invested, and
since that time it has been enabled to invest £4OO more,
arising from a legacy of £5OO, left by Mr. W. LASSELL,
the late Treasurer of the Institution.
The President of the Charity for the present year is the
Rev. Rector CAMPBELL, and the business is conducted by
a Chairman and Committee, with Trustees, Treasurer,
Secretary, and Auditors, a Consulting Physician, a Sur-
' geon, and a Dentist ; so that the wants of the pupils in
every respect are efficiently cared for, and one of the most
afflicted classes in the community restored to their position
as members of the human family.

It is highly creditable to the people of Liverpool that,
up to the present time, this Institution has been main-
tained in its efficiency, its annual resources being adequate
to the demands upon them ; but it will be observed, by the
foregoing statement, that the margin for contingencies is
a very narrow one, and that its position as a permanent
Charity will only be really satisfactory when the annual
subscriptions are sufficient for the expenditure, and the
Committee are thereby enabled to invest donations and
legacies for a Permanent Endowment Fund. Nor is the
appeal made alone to the people of Liverpool, for children
are received without reference to locality, their only qualifi-
cation being their heavy affliction, and their being within
the required age, between seven and fourteen years. In
the sketch of the history and objects of the Institution,
which has been recently published, it' is stated that the
proportion of the Deaf and Dumb to the whole population
of the United Kingdom has been estimated to be two
individuals to every three thousand. It should, however,
be borne in mind that the proportion is greater in large
towns ; and that, perhaps, nowhere is the demand for aid
more pressing than in a great commercial port to which
so many flock in search of business or employment.
There needs little to be said to excite that benevolent
spirit which is proverbial in Liverpool. Many a hand is
open to give where the want is manifest ; and it is with
this object alone that we call attention to the Liverpool
School for the Deaf and Dumb, as one among the many
charities of the town which is especially deserving of
support.

BANKRUPTCY COURT, YESTERDAY.—Richard Head-
land, glass manufacturer, St. Helen's, came before Mr.
Commissioner Perry on his adjoured last examtnation,
and after considerable discussion between Mr. Tyson,
who appeared for the assignees, and Mr. Dodge for the
Bankrupt, he was allowed to pass his examination.
ST. THOMAS'S, TOXTETH.—A congregational tea-party
was held in the school-rooms belonging to this church, on
Tuesday evening last, when upwards of ,100 persons were
present. The evening was agreeably enlivened by addresses
from the Rev. J. 0. Powell, the incumbent of St.
Thomas's, the Revs. T. C. Cowan, T. Gardner, and J.
and by some well-selected anthems and
CBhrdisstlmeya, s
y.'runs, which were very well sung by, we
ar
believe, some persons from the Church of the Blind and
by the choir of St. Thomas's. It would appear that the
congregation of this church is increasing every half-year.