The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-06-22 00:00:00

CHESHIRE AND WALES

THE BISHOP OF ST. ASAPII has made the liberal dona-
tion of £l,OOO for the purpose of being invested, the
annual proceeds thereof to be devoted to the support and
maintenance of poor widows.

BANGOR AND CAHN ARVON RA ILWAY.—We understand
that the Government inspector, Captain Galton, went over
this line on Wednesday, and that it will shortly be opened
for traffic.—North Wales Chronicle.
BIRKENHEAD MODEL YACHT CLUB.—The first race is
fixed for Thursday next. The course determined on is
from the flag-ship at Monk's Ferry Hotel to a flag-boat
off Eastham, thence across to a flag-boat off the Hercu-
laneum Docks, and thence to a flag-ship off Monk's Ferry.

THE CLAUGHT ON PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION has
issued an address to the electors of Liverpool and Bir-
kenhead, calling upon them to support only those can-
didates at the ensuing election who will withdraw all
support from Rome, and maintain inviolate the church,
the throne, and the constitution.

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.--Traffic for the
week ending June 13,1852.—Chester and Holyhead Main
Line : Passengers, £1,499 9s. sd. ; parcels, H. C. and
D., £76 19s. Od. ; goods, cattle, &c., £52515. 11d. ;
mails, £575. Mold : Passengers, £35 3s. 3d. ; parcels,
H. C. and D., £2 3s. 10d. ; goods, cattle, &c., £B4
4s. 6d. Stearn-boats : Passengers, £4Ol 16s. 11d. ; parcels,
H. C. and D., £23 ss. 10d. Total, £3,223 4s. Sd.

THE BIRKENHEAD CONIItfISSIONERS.—A special gene-
ral meeting of this hoard was held on Tuesday, for the
purpose of laying the usual annual township rates. It
was resolved unanimously, that the improvement rate
should be is. 6d. in the pound, and the lighting and
watching is. Some discussion took place as to the sewer-
age rate, which it was proposed should be 6d. in the
pound, (2d. higher than last year.) This was ultimately
carried, and the board adjourned.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT IN CHESHIRE.-011 Wed nesday
forenoon last a shocking accident took place at Wood-
church, Cheshire. It appears that William Sweeney, 14
years of age, was employed on the farm of Mr. Ellison, at
Woodchurch, and on the morning named was assisting to
feed a thrashing machine, when he was accidentally
caught by a portion of the machinery, and in an instant
his body was drawn in. Mr. Ellison's son, who was on
the spot at the time, quickly threw off the strap of the
machine, otherwise the boy would have been crushed to
pieces. As it was, the unfortunate boy presented a sad
mutilated spectacle, his right leg below the knee being li-
terally smashed to atoms. Nearly an hour elapsed before
it was possible to extricate him, and by that time he was
nearly dead from loss of blood. He died shortly afterwards.
FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR TRANNIERE.—On Wednesday
last, an inquest was held before Henry Churton, Esq., at
the Mersey Hotel,Tranmere, on the body of Peter Roberts,
Esq., of Dacre.park, Rock Ferry. On the previous
Saturday, Mr. Roberts, who was about 76 years of age,
and an invalid, accompanied by three of his daughters,
proceeded in a car to visit a friend at Kenyon-terrace, and
returned by way of Holt-hill. The horse took fright.
At the foot of the hill, opposite the Queen's Arms, an
empty timber-carriage was standing ; and the driver
attempted to clear this, but, in so doing, the horse, which
was unmanageable, rushed at full speed into the shop of
a confectioner, smashing everything before it, seriously
injuring itself, and breaking the car. The driver was also
badly hurt. Two children, who were just coming out of
the shop, were dreadfully injured, and one lies still with
scarcely any hope of recovery. Upon assistance being
procured, it was found that Mr. Roberts, was in a state of
insensibility, and the ladies were very much hurt about
their heads and faces by the violence of the shock. Upon
Dr. Stevenson visiting Mr. Roberts, he found that gentle-
man labouring under concussion of the brain. He con-
tinued in a state of insensibility, from which he never
rallied, but died on Tuesday morning. His daughters, we
are happy to state, are convalescent.

SEACONTBE-HOUSE SCHOOL.

CONDUCTED BY THE REV. DR. POGGI

On Wednesday evening, the 16th inst., the annual distribu-
tion of prizes to the pupils who had distinguished themselves
at this scholastic establishment during the past year, took place
in the School-room at Seacombe-house. These examinations
have been held regularly since the establishment of Dr. Poggi's
school, upwards of four years ago.
The spacious school-room was densely crowded with a most
respectable assembly, including a very large proportion of
ladies. Among the gentlemen present were the Rev. R. Wilson,
D.D., Rev. A. Hume, D.C.L., LL.D., &c., Rev. E. Roberts,
M.A., Rev. Thomas Carter, M.A., Rev. Thomas Nesbitt Irvine,
A. 8., 'Major Robinson, George Brown, Esq., J. J. Godfrey,
M.R.C.S., Captain Lidson, Captain Green, George Kendall,
Esq., George Pol lex fen, Esq., W.F. Smith, W. Darlington, Esq.,
H. Kilshaw, Esq., J. Hall, Esq., G. Holmes, Esq., W. S. New-
man, Esq., I. Cook, Esq., T. Blackburn, Esq., J. Radford,
Esq., &c., &c.
The Rev. EDWARD ROBERTS, M.A., incumbent of St. Paul's,
Seacombe, was called to the chair, and commenced the business
of the evening with prayer. In his brief address he observed,
that education was beginning to be daily more and more asso-
ciated with religion, which ever ought to be the case, since it
was the development of right reasoning which, being the basis
on which true religion was founded, demanded the highest pro-
cess of the rational faculties to which any man could attain.
The chairman then called upon the Rev. R. Wilson, D.D., of
Chelsea, (late fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge,) dean of
the Royal College of Preceptors, of which corporation the Rev.
Dr. Poggi is also a member, to declare the results of the
examination.

Dr. WILSON stated that he had spent nine hours on Tuesday,
and upwards of seven hours on Wednesday, in examining the
pupils in Dr. Poggi's school, and that the examination had em.
braced as wide a field of subjects as could well be applied to the
consideration of the youthful mind. The numerous prizes,
after strict competition, had been awarded for history, sacred
and profane, for geography, English grammar, Latin, Greek,
arithmetic, Euclid, algebra, French, and drawing. Dr. Wilson
made some observations in connection with education, a few of
which may be enumerated. He cautioned parents against
being too anxious about the mental development of the intel-
lectual powers of their children, observing that the powers of
the mind, as well as those of the body, grew by slow degrees,
and hinted that the duration of the oak was in proportion with
the slowness of its growth. He also urged upon parents, many
of whom were present, the paramount importance of teaching
their children the habit of self-dependance, excited and sus-
tained by the principles of a sound education. He observed
that in the progress of life, unless a person had self-dependance
he must sink in the scale of society, instead of bounding, like
a cork, on the billows of human conflict, to which all must find
themselves exposed, sooner or later. Dr. Wilson further re-
ferred to the importance of learning Euclid, as the best means
of improving the reasoning faculties, and stated, as a reason
for this opinion, that geometry dealt with truth about which
there was no room for debate or difference of opinion, adding
that Christianity had ever flourished best in those regions of
the globe where Euclid was well studied. He lastly recom-
mended the following names for first-class certificates from the
College of Preceptors :—C. Jones, C. Alexander, A. Laurie, 0.
Slacke, A. E. Brush, R. Brush.
F. H. Smith was mentioned as worthy of particular com-
mendation to the " Royal College of Preceptors," and that,
should he continue his studies, lie will soon entitle himself to a
special certificate, as he obtained a first-class one last year.
For second-class certificates, W. Slacke, C. Webber, W. Ager.
Dr. Wilson mentioned the following pupils as worthy of
special commendation :—J. Kenyon, F. Asbridge, H. Thorpe,
H. Ager, G. Pollexfen, W. Eshelby, F. Forster, W. Hall.
The Rev. CHAIRMAN then called upon several of the pupils
to recite extracts from English, French, Latin, and Greek poets,
which they delivered with much taste and feeling. The recita-
tions were preceded by an Essay on Milton, composed and read
by Mr. R. Brush. _

'Next followed the distribution of prizes, when each successful
competitor answering to his name stepped forward with blush-
ing smiles to receive the reward of his youthful application,
which the Rev. Mr. Roberts bestowed with appropriate words
of encouragement to traverse the glorious regions of philosophy.
The Rev. Dr. Abraham Hume moved a vote of thanks to the
chairman, and expressed his great satisfaction at the care
bestowed upon the pupils in Dr. Poggi's school. The Rev.
Thomas Carter, 'M.A., seconded the motion, which was carried
with great applause.
The pupils then sang " God save the Queen" in very good
style, two of them accompanying on the piano-forte and violin.
The interesting business of the evening thus terminated, and
the youthful spirits broke forth with numerous "three cheers"
for the chairman, their worthy and diligent instructor and his
lady, and others whom it pleased their own unrestrained feel-
ings to honour. The company appeared highly gratified wi
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2d ditto ; S. Gillies, 3d ditto ; F. H. Smith, Ist Latin prize ;
C. Webber and W. Slacke, 2d ditto; H. Thorpe, 3d ditto; C.
Alexander, Latin and Greek Composition ; R. Brush, natural
philosophy; It. Brush, Ist class arithmetic; W. Garrett, 2d
ditto; W. Eslielby and A. Smith, 3d ditto; 0. Slacke, Ist
Greek prize; A. Laurie, Ist class sacred history; W. Alter, 2d
ditto; C. Alexander, Ist class algebra; (. Vollexfen and A.
Smith, :d ditto ; C. Alexander, Ist Euclid; J. Kenyon, 2d
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