The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-06-21 00:00:00

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CHESHIRE AND

THE ELEPHANT Cooke's hippodrom
Thomas Austin, a kt eper, at Congleton.
THE Chester Cottrint ~scribes the ancient
being at present subject to the most revolting nuisances
in spite of the Improvement Act and the police.
DEMONSTRATIONS have been taking place amonc the
tenantry of A. H. Davenport, Esq., of Capesthorne Hall,
n the occasion of that gentleman attaining his majority.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the
week ended June 12,1853 :—Railway Passengers, parcels,
'C•• £2,787 83. 9d. ' • goods. £1,166 4e. 7d. Steamboats :
£406 Is. 9d. Total, £4,359 15s. Id. Increase as com-
Paredwiththecorresponding week last year, £1,136 105.5 d.
THE BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS, at their first meet-
ing on Tuesday night, re-elected Mr. J. H. Green chair-
man, without opposition. The various committees were
also appointed. To-night a special meeting will be held
for the purpose of laying the new rates.
THE CRICKETERS of the Birkenhead Park School Club,
who are very high in popular favour in consequence of
their recent successes, were conquered in a match on the
evenings of Tuesday and Wednesday, with the Birkenhead
Victoria Club. The total innings for the Victoria was
132 ' • for the Birkenhead Park School, 29.
NORTH WALES AND CHESTER ClRCElT.—Montgo-
ineryshire—Saturday, July 16, at Newtown ; Merioneth-
shire—Wednesday, July 20, at Dolgelly ; Carnarvonshire
—Monday, July 25, at Carnarvon ; Anglesey—Wednes-
day, July 27, at Beaumaris ; Denbighshire—Saturday,
JMnld uly 30, at Ruthin; Flintshire—Wednesday, Aug. 3, at
; Cheshire—Saturday, Aug. 6, at the castle of Ches-
ter—The same day, at the Guild:-.all of the City of Chester.
EXAMINATION

AT SEACOMBE-HOUSE
SCHOOL.

The annual examination of the pupils of this establish-
ment, of which the Rev. Dr. Poggi is Principal, took place
on Thursday and Friday last ; and, on the evening of the
latter day, the prizes were presented by the Rev. E. Ro-
berts, incumbent of Stelaul's, Seaconabe, to the success-
ful cornpetitors, in the Pesence of a very numerous and
influential audience. The reverend gentleman, after
taking the chair, opened the business of the meeting with
prayer, after which he called upon the examiner, Mr. G.
P. Clarke, M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge, to
state to the meeting the result of the examination.
Mr. CLARKE gave a brief statement of the proficiency
of
the pupils in the several subjects of study, and pro-
most favourable opinion on the accuracy and
extent of the knowledge displayed by many of them. He
.
remarked that the two whole days occupied by the exami-
nation,
many subjects,
although too short a time for reviewing fully
.soo,
had given him sufficient opportunitymarny
discovering general ability among the boys, and,
eases, very great powers joined to industry and atitnentiobne.
He therefore entertained good hopes that there would
not fevv who would, by their future career, reflect the
highest credit:on Dr. Poggi and the school to which they belonged.
An English essay on " The Life and Writings of Shah-
'Deere" was then read by A. French after this followeg
'English, Latin, Greek, and recitations, whic
were delivered with considerable taste and feeling. _ s
thenWhe the prizes had been distributed, a vote of thanks
hchaim. moved by Dr. Poggi, and seconded by.
J• 8. Godfrey, Esq., was carried unanimously. Dr. Poggi
thee proposed and B. Galan, Esq., seconded a vote of
thanks to Mr. Clarke. After the pupils had sung a piece,
co
tri,vm,eporOjaeged:obadyy Ise le rp.
arSheppard,ate
e.e .._
ww,earirtetairn-axgcolourspaencidraoeftismaopf plianngdsacnadPem-derachwainnigcailndroaiwl drawing,
hiaabditebde:knketehpeiawalls of the school-room. The
inspection, displayed a neat oaonkds,
manshin.bweahuitcihfulwsetryeleopoefnpefno-r
The following are the names of the boys who had prizes
awarded for good conduct and proficiency :
Captain's Prize
(Charles
ton. 4th Ditto: Fredetricr r Eo'lleibY.
ander. 2d
3d Ditto : John Darling-
Latin .
i Atexander. let Classical: C. Alex-
aHny.deer.Carr, equal. I.# ~, n 3
• ‘-‘ashs, Enasg'liSskillistory : Charles Smith Radcliffe, Radcliffe, and Henry
Ir._!•1
__:2.d D'tto : Joseph Hall. let Class, English Grammar: .
e? 1%..1iy0n. 2d Ditto : E. C. Corbett. Ist Class, French .
dry: %111 0 rt) e . 3tl Ditto : Thomas Allbut. Prize for Ge?me-
-2 eorge Pollexfen. let CUM,
in. 14121110 : Henry Carr and C. E. Corbett, equal. Ist Class,
ati..lernatical: Geography: M. Ashbridge.
C. Alexander. 2d Class, Greek : E. Thomas.
auClass, Arithmetic: M. Ashbridge. 2d Ditto: Thos. Allbut.
Ditto : Eugene Pollexfen. iS'acred History : M. Ashbridge
....13r.
liiisitd6klbert Smith, equal. 2d Class, Algebra: F. Ashbridge.
lallesecl)l4Brarln.ftii;izz_e:: John Radcliffe. 2d Ditto :C. NS 72g: George George Pollexfen. 2d Ditto: Henry
-nr"l'Pe. 3d tea?i: Smith Radcliffe. 2d Class, Euclid: Frank
?oampridge. Prize for Mapping : Joseph Yates. Oil Painting:
Jo Sellars. Good Conduct: Alfred Catterall. Preparatory.
NlTerstment, ist Prize: John Ridgway. 2d Prize, William
COLLEG

lATE INSTITUTION, ABBOTPS
GRANGE, NEAR CHESTER.

___........________. 1n 1 s excellent institution, which was lately removed
from Tarvin Hall to Abbott's Grange, near Chester, was
on Thursday last, the 16th instant, the theatre of a rich
Brindley
intellectual banquet ; the midsummer examination of Dr.
pupils having on that day taken place in the
lecture-room at the Grange. The esteemed principal of
this justly-celebrated institution has made great altera-
tions and improvements in Abbott's Grange. Some still
remain to be made, and, when completed, nothing will
be wanting to make it one of the most comfortable and
elegant establishments in the country. Its position h
very advantageous ; the playgrounds and fields adjacent
are large, the air is pure, and the situation very healthy.
There cannot be any place more fit for the establishment
of a school than Abbott's Grange ; and, when we consider
that Dr Brindley is its proprietor. there is, we may add,
no Public school that can boast of equal advantaffeliLA ,
The examiners were the Rev. G. R.
one
of her Majesty's Inspectors onfdScbT
Tutor
I:
far inesdt . the
John's
oRb
ne i
9.
S. Parkinson, M.A., Fellow
ba
College, Cambridge ; assisted. y_theomfoallsowßionngdgesnptlreamguene:
formerly pupils of the school:—Thomas
College, Cambridge, Senior
formerly
Fellow of St. John's
Wrangler, and First Smith'suA Fellow
emoanf bannivdertshitye Rev
Peter Goldsmith Medd, B. A.,
Col-
lege, Oxford. _

At one o'clock, a large company of ladies and gentle-
men from Chester and neighbourhood assembled in the
Lecture Room, after partaking of lunch. We observed
present, Dr. Ll. Jones, the Rev. W. P. Hutton, Mrs. S.
J. Roberts and party, Rev. Mr. Hewson, Mrs. and Miss
AYrton, Dr. Phillips Jones, George Harrison, Esq., H.
Churton, Esq., Mr. and the Misses Norris, John Hignett,
Raq., and party, the Rev. Wm. Bryans, of Tarvin, Rev. R.
Thomas, J. Weaver, Esq., and party, John Rogers, Esq.,
P. Harrison Esq., E. 0. Taylor, Esq., E. Gerrard ,!Esq.,
Rev. Mr. Ha' worth, Colonel Hilton Ford, Captain Hervey,
i • Dunstan, Esq., J. Price, Esq. and lady, Rev. J. Wil-
liams, Gunton, Esq., Rev. R. Redhead, Incumbent of
Rock Ferry, R. P. Thacker, Esq., and Mrs. Thacker, of
Liverpool Rev. C. Jones, B. Derbyshire, Esq.. Rev. W.
Davies, Rev. F. Bryans, Rev. C. W. Begot, J. Simons,
Llßag Rev. J. Dalton, Erasmus Robertson, Esq., Horatio
oyd, Esq., Rev. T. A. Morley, Rev. Lyon, of Pul-
, Major Sankey, John Medd, Esq., of Stockport,
Rev. P. S. Dale, &c.
Before the proceedings commenced, Dr. Brindley re-
inked to see so many gentlemen present who had kindly
undertaken to conduct the examination, and said that Mr.
Moreton would also have been with them, but that unfor-
tunately the a
Bishop of Oxford had appointed at dy fo
the delivery of the prizes in the theatre ofth St. Tho-
r
mass Hospital, London, where Mr. Moreton ranked
as chief prizeman. The examination was then pro-
ceeded with, and occupied the time until four o'clock.
The several masters then read the reports of the
classes, naming the relative positions of the boys
and their orders of merit. The pupils afterwards as-
sembled on parade, and went through their drilling ex-
ercises under the guidance of Sergeant-Major Hackman.
At five o'clock a vocal and instrumental concert was given
by the pupils, Mr. H. V. Lewis, of Liverpool, presiding at
the organ and piano, and Signor Sapio conductin... The
latter gentleman sang several songs, with his usuarability,
which were deservedly applauded. Dr. Brindley and
the Rev. Mr. Moncrieff addressed a few words to the
boys, who gave three cheers for the doctor, for the ex-
aminer, for " going home," and then hastened from the
lecture-room. The tables and walls of the school-room
were covered with drawings. copy-books, &c., &c. The
tames of E. Dickenson, W. Birtwhistle, R. Hardman,
were conspicuous as the artists of the principal water-
colour drawings. D. Evans exhibited a pretty pen-and-
GIE sketch ; heads in crayons by J. Derbyshire and R.
_riffith deserve notice. There was also a large number
°f mechanical drawings by Rich, Royle, Stevens, Wm.
snumPpwtuaorudes of.
'9,head, and many others, anatomical drawings, &c.
t lity of Dr.
Brindley I inner provided by the hospi !
100 ladies and gentlemen
.sat down to a
pupils of
Lir. ,-, . • n the course f the toasts which followed, rorindley gave the healthethe gentlemen formerly
the school who had been with - of
them during that
(ay, and who. had done the school so much honour bY
Sprague :qttselaY
She place
had. taken in the universities. M. r..
until he vc pupil in the school from an early period handed 19himaanver years of age, when he (Dr. Brindley)
to the assembly, as
of Catahridge. to the tender mercies of the University
man for the was now his pleasure to present him
curresetnior wrangler and first Smith's prize-
'University College, Oxford,
Mr. Mednd, Yfierar.
distin ?*rd.
sit (Cheers). He had next to
class medalist, a Fellow of
Oxford, of equal
Sprague at Cambridge. He occupied a position at
St. Thomas' Hospital, Goldr•
c IT), with that obtained by Mr.
Moreton was a scholar of
list, Clinical Clerk's prize medallist, Cheselden medal-
.e.,ssa
Pr..rizeroan for Reports of Dniasaena, the President's prizeman,
Essay on Medical Science offer" ofvthe Eye and for the
of London. In the thoreticaled b'
the Physical Society
Pwryession, he had obtained m and practical part of his
'jut'lose name had been upon thee honours than any man
alßo Mr. David L • books. There was pre-
Jle Seilior Scholarship
ong. to whom had been awarded
bridge ;
a..., F in Corpus Christi College, Cam-
voull ; "Q e hoped that many boys now in the school
di uto'
inctlons
t,ariret yoesars attain positions of no less high dis-
Mr 8,1.
1712; ehe had named.
d'nl.o.ll4c
to returned thanks for the henote-
la Dr. Brindley
for 1“

The
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judicious care when

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...tso acknowledged the toast.
.mission he would propose a toast
)mmetid itself, he was certain, particularly
;t was the health of Mrs. Brindley,
know ho— - or value

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