The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-04-06 00:00:00

MECHANICS' INSTITUTION,
MOUNT-STREET.

HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS SCHOOL is intended to afford to the Sons of
Merchants and others of the Middle Classes Instruc-
tion in the various branches of a Literary, Scientific, and
Commercial Education. It is conducted by EIGHT PRINCI-
PAL and FOUR ASSISTANT MASTERS, who superintend the
Eight following Departments :
ENGLISH LANGUAGE and LITERATURE, Mr.
ABRAHAM HOME, (late of the Belfast Institution) assisted
by Mr. ALEXANDER DUNCAN.
MATHEMATICS, Mr. WM. HARTSHORN, A.M.,
T.C.D., assisted by Mr. JOHN RYAN.
CLASSICS, Mr. JOHM PRICE, St. John's
College, Cambridge) assisted by Mr. JAIL EACE, A.M„
T.C.D.
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, Mr. HuGo REID, late of
the High School and Mechanics' Institution, Glasgow, Au-
thor of Chemistry of Science and Art, Catechism of Heat,
&c, &c.
CHEMISTRY, Mr. W. H. BALMAIN, late Lecturer in
Sydenham College, London, for five years Assistant to the
late Dr. Turner.
FRENCH, Mr. T. E. SULIOT., A.M., assisted by Mr.
ANDRE SEARS.
DRAWING, Mr. WILLIAM JAMES BISHOP, Member of
the Liverpool Academy.
WRITING, Mr. JOHN Gow.
The Pupils change Classes every hour, passing In succes-
sion from one Teacher to another, each Teacher confining
himself to his own Department. As Chemistry is taught on
alternate days, instead of Natural Philosophy, and Drawing
is taught on alternate days, instead of Writing, the Six Hours
of Daily Instruction are equally divided among Six Subjects,
one hour being allotted to each.
DANCING is taught on the Afternoon of Saturday, which
is a half holyday, Terms lOs Gd per Quarter; and various
EVENING CLASSES (besides the Library, which contains
above 7,000 volumes, and Public Lectures delivered Twice
every week) are open, vn payment of 5s per Annum, to the
Pupils of this School.

DEPARTMENTAL PUPILS.
Those Boys who may not wish to attend all the Branches
of Instruction comprised in the complete Course may select
one or more of the Departments on the following terms :
For one Department One Guinea per Quarter ; two De-
partments, 15s each ; for three or more, I2s Gd each ; one
hour being devoted to each department per day.
Attached to this School is a PREPARATORY DEPART-
MENT, under the care cf Four Masters, for those Boys whose
want of the requisite attainments unfits them for the, Senior
Departments.
ARITHMETIC, Mr. JAMES COX, T.C.D.
GEOGRAPHY, KNOWLEDGE OF B.A.OBJECTS, HIS-
TORY, &c, Mr. J. G. DAVIDSON.
ENGLISH GRAMMAR, READING, SPELLING,
&c, M. J. A. LLOYD.
WRITING, Mr. ALEXANDER STEWART.
In addition to the large Library and Museum belonging to
the Institution, the Preparatory Department has a Juvenile
Library and Museum open to the Pupils.
Reports of the Progress and Conduct of the Pupils of both
Departments are forwarded monthly to their Parents and
Guardians. Confinement is the only mode of punishment
employed.
The Quarter-days are Ist of January, Ist of April, Ist of
July, and Ist of October. The Vacations are Six Weeks at
Midsurnmer,.Two Weeks at Christmas, and Three Days at
Easter.
TERMS.—Ten Guineas per Annum to Sons of Members,
that is, Annual Subscribers of One Guinea. Preparatory
Department—Six Guineas per Annum, with Four Shillings
' and Sixpence per Quarter, for the Use of Books, &c. Pay-
ment made Quarterly, in advance.
Some of the Masters take BOARDERS.
** THE PRESENT QUARTER COMMENCED ON THURS-
DAY, THE IST APRIL INSTANT.
LECTURES.—To-moanow. (Wednesday) EVENING, at
Half-past Seven, Professor WALLIS, of London, will de-
liver the Third of his Course of Eight Lectures on ASTRO-
NOMY, illustrated by a large Collection of Diagrams and
Apparatus.
A Donation of Ten Guineas constitutes the Contributor
a Life Member. Annual Ticket, entitling to Lectures, Li-
brary, and Evening Schools, One Guinea. Lady's ditto,
lOs Gd. Sons or Apprentices of Members, ss. Appren-
tices of Non-Members, lOs 6d. Admission to single Lec-
tures, for Non-Members, One Shilling.
W. B. HODGSON, Secretary.