The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-12-23 00:00:00

MUSICAL FESTIVAL.

Receipts, 183 G, . £8,908 Expellees, 1836, £6,412
Receipts, 1833,. £7,972 Expences, 1833, £.4,812

Divided amongst the charities, 1836, £2,300
1833 £2,900
1830, £2,000
The increased expences of last festival ore chiefly owing to
the oratorios being held in St. Peter's instead of St. Luke's
Church, and to making the communication between the Ball-
room, in the Town-hall, and the Underwriter's-room. The
choir in the church was also much more numerous than upon
former occasions.

LIVERPOOL MUSICAL FESTII
committee have divided the sui
charities, and that it has been di
ner:—

VAL.—We understand that the
in of £2,300 amongst the public
listributed in the following man-

Infirmary £BOO
Dispensaries 4OO
Northern Hospital 2OO
Blue Coat Hospital
Provident Dis. Society 2OO
School for Deaf and Dumb 100

Moorfields School £5O
Caledonian School. 5O

Irish School..

Welsh School • 50
Ophthalmic Institution 50
Refuge for the Destitute 20
Female Penitentiary 2O

School for the Bliud. 5O

Lathes' Charity........... 50

LADIES' CHARITY.—The annual ball in aid of the funds of
the Ladies' Charity takes place at the Town-hall, on Tuesday, the
27th inst. Mrs. Augustus Campbell acting as lady patroness and
Mr. F. Haywood as president.—Mr. P. Stubbs furnishes the
quadrille bands, and a military band will play in the vestibule.
We are glad to hear that Mr. Phillip Jennings, son of Mrs.
Jennings, of Willow-street, Owestry, distinguished himself on
his entrance at St. John's College, Cambridge, by gaining a
scholarship on his first sitting. Mr. Jennings is the first pupil
that has gone to college from Owestry School since the appoint-
ment of the present head master, the Rev. Stephen Donne.—
Salapian Journal.
THE WELSH Co uucti.—We understand the Welsh residents
in Liverpool intend holding• a public meeting to petition parlia-
ment for a thorough reform in the Welsh Church, particularly
providing efficient Welsh pastors, a snore equitable distribistion
of revenues, and to better appropriate them to the spiritual and
moral wants of the people. The Welsh resident iu Chester in-
tend also to follow their example.

Mr. E Bitows.—This gentleman (who is decidedly the first
flute player in this part of the country,) intends giving a con-
cert at the Templars' Hall on Wednesday next:—We under-
stand that it will be very extensively patronised, not only on
account of his merits as an insrumental performer, but from the
estimation in which he is generally held.
WAVERTIIER NATIONAL tiCEIOOI.S.—On Tuesday next the
children connected with these schools will dine together. This
is the first instance in which the boys and girls will have jointly
artaken of the treat provided fot them under t helpatronage of the
ladies of Wavertree. The annual examination took place yes-
terday, when the pupils acquitted themselves to the satisfaction
of the audience, and evinced considerable improvement in those
branches of knowledge in which they are instructed.

RUNCORN.—Few places in this part of the country have made
more rapid strides in the march of improvement than has the
small but thriving town of Runcorn, nor can we sufficiently ad-
mire the public spirit of its inhabitants, for within the last few
years it has risen from a petty insignificant village to a place of
considerable traffic ; indeed it may be said that few places pos-
sess the natural advantages that Runcorn does—situated on the
estuary of the river Mersey, its new and spacious docks afford
protection and accommodation to a considerable portion of the
coasting trade. from Ireland, Wales, and the northern. ports of
Lancashire, whilst at the same time they afford convenience to
the barges and other craft trading along the canals of the Duke
of Bridgewater and the Old Quay Company, both of which ter-
minate at Runcorn, and thus add materially to the bustle and
interest usually attendant upon a sea-port ; nor can Runcorn
he said to be very far behind in her internal improvements, for
though her public buildings may not he numerous, they are
nevertheless respectable in point of architecture ; we particu-
larly notice an elegant new chapel, lately erectedby John Tom-
kinson, Esq:;.,of Liverpool, the National School, the Town
Ball, the venerable Parish Church, Brunswick Chapel, and last,
though not least, her two cloud-capped columns, yclept chininics,
(and which it niay be proper to add completely answer the end
they were intended for, viz., to carry off the noxious gases and
effluvia front the two soaperies ;) the population, too, is rapidly
increasing,, and several new streets are laid out, and new houses
are in canna of erection ; the projected improvements are quite
in cliaraCtei with the port. A new church is about to be built,
and we see: notice is given to apply for an act to incorporate a
Gas Company. We confess it has often struck us as
sordething surprising that such a company- had not been formed
il?mg ago. That Runcorn is a healthy place may be inferred from
toe vas ful visiwes of its medical men, who complain bitterly that
there is no epileMicolojever—timPs.pr them ars lad.