The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-01-22 00:00:00

j'4ltviN HALL SCHOOL,
%Nye FOR TRH
41'ION OF ONE HUNDRED RESIDENT PUPILS,

Under the Superintendence and Tuition cf

RESIDENT MASTERS

1,,,,ei
141ast:„AL—JOHN lIRINDLEY, LL.D., formerly Second
t.,le)e 6-12.fwthe Grammar School, Brig, and Head Master of
1, E../.,'!. . inford Hospital Endowed.scimol,Morceqershire.
, 31,.k. "!:cCx pm, —lhe Rev. THOMAS ' INGHAM,
vrf,e_r_in
j.
4RsIsT,, Fellow 6f St. John's College; Cit ge.
A 7.0.N.4t,ir CLAssicAL-.3lAsrta,-- ' Y ARDY MlDDLE-
^SsisT';'°,&., Foundation Schola razenose College, Oxford.
),_Of the'''r M 111
-1E2% ASTER—TI-10.MAS no DGE,
IRaci,p,Qx.,l‘olYAaslTAB9tlitiv ACA
UNGER.ylVoolwich.
IGS,STI OF MU AN._ ASSISTNT FOREIGN MASTER-
-110,,,... Sal ANT 10 SAPID, Graduate and Associate of the
,0, !wade of Music, London ; and formerly Pupil of the
ioxim-setarv_ato es of Paris and Naples.
01111,1 1, L MASITER—C. F. HOLT.
h11h.....,AT10N, SURVEYING, AND ENGIMERINO DRAW-
c4OpEssitiOMAS 'HODGE.
Pity„ a OF CHEMISTRY AND EXPERIMENTAL PRILOSO-
.4 JAMES 3ICAULEY. .. . • .
l'jl 4t : G—M r EDGAV eWdatSirtrzt Matters.
este ;
S()1,1:o SUR.GEONS—Messrs. GEORGE .anru JOB HARM-
.I,I Chester.
tt 3:e Present Vacation will terminate on WEDNESDAY, 23d
T4'aiiiarv.
•vin Hall, Chester, Dec. 27, 1.849.

CIRR,„ •
.IFICATE, AT THE ANNUAL EKA.MTNATION, 1849.
t4l'atical Examiner, S. PARKINSON, M.A., Senior Wran-
i, b Fellow, and Tutor, of St. John's College, Cambridge.
(4 Tar !.log• the last few days I have examined the senior pupils
School in Mathematics, both viva voce and by
in Papers; and I have great pleasure in being able to tea.
`tiry row the result of the examination, 'to the highly satisfac-
i''arieeft! of the school in this branch of education. The ad-
ett slate of many of the pupils, whilst it shows the excel-
t,hitt 2Portunities they enjoy at this institution, shows also
doe
certainly profited greatly. therefrom.
h• several Unlink the Principal is warranted in forming
teioa ';,Pectations ; and there are a few who promise to distin-
ept 141eMselves in their future career, and will, I feel confi-
r
ellect high credit on the place of their early education.
" S. PARKINSON,
" Fellow of St. John's. College, Cambridge.

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Lat,,llar Certificates from Examiners •in Classics, Divinity,
gze.

iltAtx =T, THE SANTRY
th COMMERCIAL, AND CLASSICAL SCHOOL,
DUBLIN.
1141 S Establishment is situated in an elevated and
llllblitnnB•ealthy locality, three miles . north of the
.City of
ealth ,and is furnished with every requisite for securing the
It ~comrt of the Pupils.
tPtlipilian and endow Establishment. and its great object is to
lest a thoroughly sound English, Commercial, Mathema-
trsetad Classical Education, on terms within the reach of
besnoai moderate income. It is under-the centrol ot the
„'atli,lll;able Incorporated Society of üblin for promoting
.A%s Protestant Schools, and • . ich Society appoint its
`vitil and defray a large porti. of its expenses, and exercise
,:tlleaPt superintendence o its management.
Lte („ftnistitution is exclu- ' .ely Protestant, and
Instructhe advan-
ceir 'Weekly Nisitat, s and Catechetical ion by the
utlve ent Clergyma . the Parish ;t whilst it is made impera-
gal,eZni„th,e Dart • the Master to rain the Children, at all
.cza the pr' ciples and habits of moral and religious duty.
Attendances nese. which happily is of rare occurrence, Me-
and Medicine are provided without charge to
t,,t,lC`thel'lind all. School requisites in the English Department,
,ti out e,xception of those required at entrance, are furnished
euarge.

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TERMS. Per Quarter.
tb.i_l N'eht,,ip,,cluding Science, with Board and Washing.l 0
(?)
ii;4tr,“ re_quired
Paelich' (10.
Pour Bono(1°. . , .
)t Srthirers, with English and Science
0t,4 eirmation may be had by applying to the Rev.
%11... r Alin'Secretary, 55, Aungier-•street, Dublin; or
....`,„,..2..111V DocKaaikv, Principal, Santry.

"4 that the Signature of the proprietor, -" G. C. Serjeant,
SF is writtemon the Government Stamp.
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Rheumatismßheumati ut
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te4t4i7,4lMY Which are being daily received are thefollow
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hpoi.4t, and being deprived of rest, I was persuaded to
41, nibrocation. and have the pleasure to say that after
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4tri `jv° Years have passed, I have no return af the disorder.
Sirs gratefully yours, EDWARD NOYES.

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toqk, Morleu's Held, Strand, 18th August, 184 G.
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leave hitherto hada prejudice against flaying recourse
tNerer f'sad medicines, but as I have for years been
.a severe
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cf,; "Le Most eminent Physicians of London and Paris, I
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tot p aelee'lld if the publication ot this testimony can induce
Ived • Pt of the salvation you offer, I Shall feel that I have
vaiu•—With many thanks, I am yours,
HENRI 'V ILLENNBVIS.

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Nin ten, . been several weeks confined to my bed by Gout
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as m, not a part from my head to my feet free from
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NOTICE.
FRENCH CONSULATE,

•
No. 4, India-buildings,
IN consequence of the INCORRECT RUMOUR
that the French Government has su essett•the necessity
of PASSPORTS, warns Travellers •g to France, that they
expose themselves to difficul • in not being provided with
such document.
The present occas" is taken to remind them, that the
charge for aPa rt, which formerly was Ten Shillings, is
now reduced ive Shillings.
January 18, 1850.

LIVERPOtL SAILORS' HOME REGISTRY AND

SAVINGS' BANK

HER MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY THE QUEEN,

PATRON..
HE ANNUAL MEETING of the MEMBERS
1 of the LIVERPOOL SAILORS' HOME REGISTRY and
SAVINGS' BANK will be holden on Tuunsriwy next, the
23d instant, at Two P.M., at the Office of the East India Asso-
ciation, Exchange-buildings, for the purpase of RECEIVING
the REPORT of the COMMITTEE for the past year, and
transacting other business.
BY ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE.

The Treasurer begs to acknowledge the receipt of the
following Donations, namely.—
DONATIONS.

William Brown, Esq., M.P., (2d donation,) per Jaa.
Aikin, Chairman £250 0 0
John William Gibsone, per James Tyrer, Treasurer 25 0 0
Francis Alexander Hamilton, per James Tyrer,

10 0 0

Treasurer
John Holmes, Esq., Mayor, a proportion of money
left to him and his brother, the late Henry
Holmes, as residuary legatees, -6 late Mr.
Matthew Hayes, for many y master of a vessel
in the West India trade Jas. Aikin, Chairman 500 0 0
Captain James 'Killick d donation,) 6 6 0
Henry Lawrence, ey-street 5 5 0
Rev. H. M'Neile .D., further proceeds from the
sale of a se on, per Chas. Cotesworth, Vice-
Chairman
River Pla Association. fines, per James Tyrer,
Treasurer 3 3 0
A Liverpool Shipowner, per J. P. Younghusband 5O 0
John Taylor and James Cooper, owners of Tempo-
rary Sailors' Home, (annual donation)
Jamieson, Brothers, and Co., being money forfeited
to them
Stewart,Kerr, part proceeds of the sale of a View of
Liverpool, drawn on stone by Lady Beaujolois
Bury, for charitable purposes, per James Tyrer,
Treasurer
Royal Mersey Yacht Club, per Henry Melling, Hon
Secretary
Sundry small sums

5 0 0

5 0 0

SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB

A T the ANNUAL MEETING of the SUBSCRL
ll_ HERS to the SCHOOL, held at the Institution, on
Thursday, the 17th day of January, 1850,
The Rev. A. CAMPBELL in the Chair,
• . .

The Report having been read, and the Treasurer having given
the Statement of the Accounts,
It was resolved,—That the Report be adopted, and, with the
Statement of Accounts, be printed and circulated, under the
direction of the Committee.
It was resolved,—That the Committee, while accepting with
regret the resignation of their late Treasurer, William Lassell,
Esquire, beg to present to him their best thanks for the able
and faithful pertOrmance of his duties during a period of seven
years, and to express to him their high appreciation of his
courtesy, at all times, to themselves, and of their own personal
esteem for him.
It was resolved,—That the thanks of this Meeting be given
to the Officers. Chairman and Committee, for their_ services
during the past year; and that the followin,* Gentlemen be the
Officers and Committee for the eLsuin r
• Rev. A. CAMPBELL, Prent.
Mr. RICHARD RATI E, Chairman.
Mr. ARTHUR TH SON, Treasurer.
Mr. EDWARD NNER, Secretary.
Mr. HARM D BANNER,} Auditors.
Mr. WN .I`CRAciatN,
Rev. Themes B , • Mr. R. R. Rathbone,
„ James rth, - ,
' , William Grape!,
„ Maynard, Sir .1. S. P. Salusbury,
Mr. William Lassen, Mr. Robt. Hutchison,
„ E. Gibbon, Jun., i „ Adam S. Gladstone,
„ J. Mawdsley, „ Froste,
„ C. B. Banning,
Sir ARNOLD J. KNIGHT, Consulting Physician.
Mr. JAMES BARTON NOTTAOE, Surgeon.
„ R. LLOYD, Dentist.
„ JAMES RHIND, Teacher.
AUGUSTUS CAMPBELL, Chairman.
The Chairman having left the Chair,
It was resolved,—Thitt the thanks of this Meeting be given
to the Rev. A, CAMPBELL, for presiding on this occasion.
EDWARD BANNER, Secretary.

ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S D

TO THE EDITOR OF THE

SIR,—In 1848, I published some statistics showing I
the state of my district—as concerns its population.l
education, religion, and morals. I shall be obliged by an inser-
tion of the table in your paper.
The former statistics were framed upon information gleaned
from actual visits paid by myself, accompanied by my Scrip-
ture reader (the only helper I then had) to every house in the
district, and the corrections are the fruits of a second and
similar visitation. I 'find that the population has increased
from 9,336 to 9,558, and to its spiritual and moral destitution I
again wish to dire"ct attention.
I am anxious particularly to call attention to the Parish
Schools, which are, I sr' sorry to remark, in a very inefficient
condition, in consequeLce of the wretchedly dilapidated s' ate
of the school buildings. This is the more lamentable, as in my
first visitation I ascertained that St. Bartholomew's district
parish contained 956 families, with children sufficiently old to
attend school; and that, out of this number, the children in
235 families received no education whatever, whilst the children
in 236 others attended Sunday Schools only..
Upon these facts I based an earnest appeal for pecuniary
assistance in carrying out my plans for the erection of new
schools ' • in these, however, I have, I regret to say, been unsuc-
cessful, for I have hitherto been unable to obtain a proper site.
My only resource lies, therefore, in improving the present
school-house, which it is proposed to effect by raising the roof,
repairing the boys' school, and enlarging and improving the
buildings in other respects. To effect these alterations, the
sum of .4'500 will be required ; and I trust that those who know
the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and feel for the spiritual
wants of their poorer brethren, or who are interested in
spread of sound Scriptural education, will afford us their nd
assistance in the present urgent necessity.
Donations will be thankfully received at the Bank o essrs.
Attwoods, Spooner, and Co. ;by the Churchwar ns of St.
Bartholomew's; and by
Your obedient and obliged servant,
WILLIAM DUNCAN LO , M.A.,
Perpetual Curate o t. Bartholo

Chester
Mold ..

LIVERPOOL DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY.
THE COMMITTEE regret that the depressed state
of the Funds of the Society obliges them to make an im-
mediate and earnest appeal to the Public on its behalf. The
income of the Society. derived from Annual Subscriptions,
falls far short of what is required for its efficient maintenance,
and the Committee, in making this appeal to their Fellow-
townsmen, are confident that it will be met with the same
liberality and promptitude which they have invariably expe-
rienced on former occasions.

PRESIDENT.
The Worshipful the Mayor.
VICE-PRESIDENTS.
Venerable Archdeacon Brooks, M.A.
Rev Augustus Campbell, M.A.
John Moss. Esq.
John P. Heywood, Esq.
TREASURERS.
Theodore W. Rathbone, Esq:
R. W. Waddington, Esq.
SECRETARIES.
Robert L. Carr, Esq.
Rev. Richard Appleton, M.A.
' Office, 4, Queen-square.
The following Donations have been already received :
s. d.
Corporation of Liverpool lOO 0 0
Messrs. A. Heywood, Sons, and Co. 25 0 0
William Brown, Esq., M.P. 2O 0 0
Mrs. and the Misses Rigby l5 0 0
James Starkey, Esq
Miss Heywood, Rodney-street
Thomas Ripley, Esq.
James. Moon, Esq.
Theodore W. Rathbon sq 5 0 0
Richard Rathbone,
A Friend, per Rev ohn Stewart ' 5 0 0
The Misses Yat , Farmfield
15 16 0I The Misses ollinshead 5 0 0

Mrs. Ric Rathbone 3 0 0
W. H. ggins, Esq. ‘•
A Young Lady, per Treasurer 3 0 0
Messrs.Segar and Co.
Bryan Smith, Esq ' 2 0 0
Miss Pritt
•
Messrs. Joseph Fletcher and Co.
Miss Barton
'
Henry Tate, Esq. 1 0 0
F., per James Shaw, Esq
Part of a Debt of a'4s owing to the late Gilbert Hen-
derson, Esq„ left anonymously on the desk of his
office, per Arthur Henderson, Esq.

SPECIAL NOTICE

TO SECURE THE ADVANTAGE OF THIS YEAR'S
ENTRY, PROPOSALS MUST BE LODGED AT THE
HEAD OFFICE, OR AT ANY OF THE SOCIETY'S
AGENCIES, ON OR BEFORE IST MARCH.

COTTISH EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY.
(INCORPORATED BY ACT OP PARLIAMENT.)
Edinburgh-26, St. Andrew-square. London-61, Moorgate-st.
His Grace the DUKB of BUCCLEUCH and QUEENSBERRY,
President.
LOCAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR LIVERPOOL.
CHAIRMAN.
Thomas Chilton, Esq., Merchant.
DIRECTORS.
Thos. Martin, Esq., Merchant Wm. Oxley, Esq., Merchant
1
David Cannon, Esq., Merchant f Hilton Halhead, Esq., Merritt
Medical Officer—James Petrie, Esq., M.D.
TOTAL SUM ASSURED
•ANNUAL REVENUE
ACCUMULATED FUND
View of the progeess of he Society
Amount „4" Annual Accumu-
I Assure, : 1 Revenue. I lated Fund.

At Ist March, 1837
Do. 1843
Do. 1849

462 £26,993
,707,716
' 64,000
3,067,376 114,106

X 56,115
227,755
496,555

Th• WHOLE P► ITS belong to the Policy Holders, among
whom they are ocated every THREE YEARS. It is therefore
impossible f any Assurance Office to afford greater advan-
tages.
A roli for .1000 effected on Ist March, 1632, is now in-
creased o J 61429, and other Policies in proportion.
ROUT. CHRISTIE, Manager.
AGENTS: _

LIVERPOOL.. HENRY DAVIES, Sharebroker, 5, Dale-street
f And( rsons and Thorburn, Merchants.
Manchester .. lEdward Corbett, Surveyor, 2, Princess-street
John Hostage, Solicitor.
Anthony Dillon, Banker.

STRICT, BIRMINGHAM

LIVERPOOL STANDARD

P.S.—A s•cond Scripture Reader has just commenced his
labours in my parish. 1 have made myself responsible for his
salary for three months, and now appeal earnestly for special
subscriptions to enable me to employ him permanently in a
district which contains 9,558 immortal beings. The following
donations have been received and promised towards the objects
of my last end present appeal:—
Her late Majesty the Queen Dowager (for Schools) .410 0
The Right Hon. Earl Howe.
George Harvey, Esq. (for increase of Curate's salary)
The London and North-western Railway Company (for
n

Schools)
James Taylor, Esq. (for Schools) 5 5
The Rev. William Duncan Long (for Schools) 5 5
The Messrs. and Misses Swain (for Schools).
J. F. Ledsam, Esq. 5 0
W. Chance, Esq., jun
The Rev. J. Riland.
The Misses James 5 0
R. W. Winfield, Esq. 5 0
The Rev. W. Dalton 4 0
A Lady, by ditto 1 0
The Rev. J. Casebow Barrett 3 0
Samuel Hemming, 'Esq. (for Schools) 3 0
The Rev. Thomas Rawlins (for Schools).
Captain antrMrs. Moorsom (for Schools) 2 0
Robert,Braithwaite, Esq., and Mrs. Braithwaite (for
BSc (fols) 2 0
B avidson, Esq. (for Schools).
ollected at St. Augustine's Church, Watling-street,
London, after sermon by the Rev. W. D. Long (for
Schools) 9 2
T. P. M 2 0
Lieut.-Colonel r Plendeleath
_._ . . 1 0
.. .

Collected by Mrs._Beck (for Schools)

—....__ .
Collected by Mr. Storer '(for Schools') 0 10
Ford Fenn, Esq. (for Scripture Reader) 2 2
The Rev. William Duncan Long (for Scripture Reader) 2 2
Mr. J. D. Massingham (for Schools) los. 6d.
25, Islington, Broad-street, January 19, 1850.

BANK OF LIVERPOOL
THIRTY-FIFTH DIVIDEND.
_ _

THE DIRECTORS of the BANK of LIVERPOOL
do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE to the PROPRIETORS,
that they have declared a Half-yearly DIVIDEND, at the rate
of £8 per Cent. per Annum, on the increased paid-up Capital
of the Company, (being 10s. per Share,) from the Ist of July
to the 31st December, 1849; and that such Dividend will be
payable at the Bank of the Company, in Water-street, on and
after FRIDAY, the Ist day of February ne Ween the hours
of Ten and Three on each day.

Dated at Liverpool, this Bth of January, 1850.
By order o Board,
JOSEPH LANGTON, Manager,

Each Proprietor expected, (if required,) on' applying
for his Dividend o produce the Certificate or Certificates of
his Shares. _ _

The Transfer Books will be closed until the Ist of February
inclusive.

LIVERPOOL MECHANICS' INSTITUTION,
POPULAR LECTURES.
SPRING SESSION, 1850.
►fIHE Session will be OPENED TO-MORROW,
I (WEDNESDAY.) the 23rd current, by Dr. G. H. JACKSON,
of Bury St. Edmund's, who will then deliver the First of a
Course of

EIGHT LECTURES
ON THE HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE AGES,

which will be continued on the 26th and 30th current, and on
the 2nd, 6th, 9th, 13th, and 16th February next--
ttrerte.tmetrc
This Course will be followed by oth rs on the different Epochs
ry, so arr as to afford, during the
of subsequent Histo
Sessi6n, (which will exten e e close of May,) a consecutive
View of the History o World, from the great irruption of
the Northern Nat* into Italy till the present Period,
The Lecture mmence at half-past Seven o'clock.
A Syllabus ill be ready before the opening of the Session.
A Prospectus of Terms, &c., in every department of the
Institution, may be had on application
Mount-street, January 18, 1850

W. NICHOL, Secretary

WATER INQUIRY,
BEFORE ROBERT STEPHENSON, ESQ.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that. in accord-
ance with the suggestion of Mr. ST...sett-EN-sow, a BOOK
IS LYING in the TOWN-CLERPB-OFFICE,,Town-hall. in.
which all Parties who desir give EVIDENCE before Mr.
STEPHENSON, are desir orthwith to, enter their NAMES,
with their respectiv RESSES.
B er,
WM. SHUPFLEWORTH, Town-clerk.
Town-ha ,170 January, 1850.

AT a MEETING of the WATER COMMITTEE
held on MONDAY, the 14th January, 1850,

PRESENT, •
JAMES PROCTER, Esq., in the Chair,

&c.,

,
Resolved,—That the Town-clerk be, instructed..p.mnerally to
procure and lay before Mr. STEPHENSO ' Evidence as to the
Supply of Water from the Local ces ; that Mr. Gage be
retained to explain his views give evidence before Mr.
STEPHENSON; that the T -clerk be further instructed to
put himself in comm ation with the Vestry-clerk or Soli-
citor to the Paroch. ommittee, for the purpose of procuring
and arranging t vidence first allt,ded to, and that the Town-
clerk do repo on the4ividence to be submitted.

„.--Tatitded-from the ProCeedings.
SHUTTLEWORTH, Town-cierk
Town-hall, 14th January, MO.

SCHOOL- FOR THE INDIGENT BLIND,

A T the GENERAL MEETING of this
ri CORPORATION, duly convened and held at the INSTI-
TUTION, 18th January, 1850,
WILLIAM BROWN, Esq., M.P., in the Chair,
A Report of tbe state of the Funds of the Charity having been
read and approved of,
It was resolved,- -That the Annual Report be published as
speedily as possible.
Moved by Mr. JOHN SMITH, and seconded by Mr..
WCRACKAN, and

Resolved,-LiChat the Thanks of this Meeting be tented to
William Brown, Esq., M.P., the President cr-The Venerable
Archdeacon Brooks, Mr. James Aikin; I 1 illiam Earle, and
Mr. Laurence R. Bailey, the Vice- ents; to Mr. Thomas
Mills, the Treasurer, and to th ev. Edward Hull, M.A., the
Chaplain, for their attention he interests of this Institution ;
also to the Physicians, t ,urgeon, the Visitors, the Auditors,
and the Committee f a attention they have bestowed upon
the duties which' ye devolved upon them ; also to those
Ladies and Gen en who have presented Donations in aid of
the Funds of tills Charity. _

.~Moved by Mr. GEORGE G. HORNBY, seconded by Mr. Ro-
BERT HUTCHISON, and •
Resolved.—That the Venerable Archdeacon Brooks, the Trea-
t urer of the Institution, the Chaplain of St. Mitry's, Mr. Earle,
and Mr. M'Crackan be appointed a Sub-Committee for carrying
into effect the removal of the School and Chapel to the Land in
Hope-street and Hardman-street.
Moved by Mr. JOHN C. JACK, seconded by Mr. F. S. HULL,
and

Resolved,—That the thanks of this Meeting be presented to
Mrs. Benn, Captain Lempriere, R.lsL, and Thos. Bunter,
Esq., for excellent Piano-fortes presented to this Institution
for the use of the Musical Pupils.
Moved by Mr. THOMAS MILLS, seconded by Mr. H. K.
CLAY POLE, and

Resolved,—That the thanks of this Meeting be presented to
Messrs. John Smith and E. T. Kearsley, the Chapel Wardens,
for a Donation of Five Guineas, usually paid for keeping the
Warden's Accounts.
The Chairman having vacated the chair, it was moved by
Mr. EARLE, seconded by Dr. LEWIN, and
Resolved,—That the thanks of this Meeting be presented to
William Brown, Esq., M.P., for his able conduct in the chair.
The following officers were appointed for 1850 :

PRESIDENT:
WILLIAM BROWN, Esq., M.P.
VICE-PRESIDENTS :
Rev. Augustus Campbell, M.A. Mr. Edward Parry
I Mr. John Lockett. Mr. James Lister.
TREASURER . Mr. Thomas Mills.
COMMITTEE :

Mr. James Aikin.
Ven. Archdeacon Brooks, M.A
Mr. Laurence R. Bailey.
Mr. Harmood Banner.
Mr. Charles B. Banning.
Mr. Robert Benn.
Mr. Robert Benson.
Mr. William Bennett.
Rev. Thomas Bold, M.A.
Mr. Charles B. Buchanan.
Mr. H. K. Claypole.
Mr. John Clow.
Mr. William Earle.
Mr. William Eaton.
Mr. Abram Gartside.
Mr. Adam S. Gladstone.
Rev. Edward Hull. M,A.
Mr. George G. Hornby.
Mr. Frederick S. Hull.
Mr. Robert Hutchison.
Mr. John C. Jack.

Mr. Roger Lyon Jones.
Mr. E. T. Kearsley.
Robert Lewin, M.D.
Mr. William M'Crackan
John M`Naught, M.D.
Mr. Walter F. M`Gregor,
,Mr. J. L. Minshull.
Mr. Samuel Minshull.
Mr. Jaques Myers.
Mr. John Nicholson.
Mr. William Oxley.
Mr. John Parratt,
Mr. Frederick Peel.
Mr. Allan Potter.
Mr. Edward Rushton.
Mr. Fletcher Rogers.
Sir John Sainsbury.
Mr. Henry Steele.
Mr. Henry Stubbs.

Mr. Arthur Thompson
Mr. John H. Turner.

r ror
PROPRIA QUA: MARIBUS..-It is curious too, and wor-
thy of a passing remark, that women have achieved suc-
cess in every department of fiction but that of humour.
They deal, no doubt, in sly humorous touches often
enough; but the broad provinces of that great domain are
almost uninvaded by them ; beyond the outskirts, aed
open borders, they have never ventured to pass. Compare
Miss Austen, Miss Ferrier, and Miss Edgeworth, with
the lusty mirth and riotous humour of Shakspeare, Ra-
belais, Butler, Swift, Fielding, Smollett, or Dickens and
Thackeray. It is like comparing a quiet smile with the
" inextinguishable laughter', of the Homeric gods ! So
also on the stage,—there have been comic actresses of in-
comparable merit, lively, pleasant, humorous women,
gladdening the scene with their airy brightness and glad-
some presence ; but they have no comic energy. There
has been no female Munden, Liston, and Matthews, or
Keeley. —Edinburgh Review.

SYRIAN COURTSHIP.—It is customary in the East for
these arrangements to be made by the parents of the bride
and bridegroom ; but this did not suit my ideas, and I was
determined to select a bride for myself. Accordingly I
went to my friend H. Khoojah Habib Giammil, a liberal
and enlightened gentleman. He allowed his beautiful
eldest daughter to hand me the sherbet, and the moment
I saw her, as we say in the Eastern language, " a thou-
sand of my vertebrae got broken, and she took my heart
with her when she left the room. I knew I was a favourite
with her father and I returned home, resolved not to
delay making my proposals. I told my father the state
of my heart, and requested him to take a diamond ring
and a fine white handkerchief, the emblem of betroth-
ment, to the father of the damsel, and entreat him to
allow me the joy of being bethrothed to his daughter
Martha. . . . My beloved father. in his kind way,
took my message, and with a beating heart I waited for
the answer. In about an hour be returned, and said,
smiling, " Assaad, all thy affairs seem to go smoothly,
although they may be conducted in an irregular way ; thy
father-in-law was amazed at thy message, but he is sure
that God will bless thee, and he will be glad to see thee."
I called immediately after, and no sooner entered the hall
than all the young people disappeared ; for it is custo-
mary, when a damsel is betrothed, on no account to let
her see her future bridegroom. After all, this is a mock-
ery, for it often happens that when the bridegroom elect
has left the house, the mother and all her daughters
crowd to the windows to see him pass. Apparently un-
conscious of the presence of the young lady, I entered
the room as if merely to see her mother, when Martha
ran to a corner and turned her fare towards the wall ; but
to my delight I perceived that while her mother was talk-
ing to me and could not see her, she turned to look at
me. I found the mother quite in my favour, and I took
care to make my visits chiefly in the day time, when the
father was'out, as I feared his gravity would not tolerate
my visits to the lady's apartments. One day I chanced to
go when he was at home, and found the young ladies
with him. I hastened in before they could run away, and
was delighted to hear him tell Martha, when ,she was
making her escape, " Oh, nonsense Martha, you do not
mean it—it is all hypocrisy, you had• better stay." She
nevertheless retired to the inner apartments, but her
father's words encouraged her, and she began to look
through a small hole in the wail of the divan where her
father and I were sitting. The next ti-ze I made her a
present of a penknife, which enabled her to make the bole
larger ; and I took care to sit opposite to it, so that she
might see me. This was when I made my evening visits
to her father, with other company, as in that country
most visits are made at night. In my day visits j saw
herself, and thus broke the ice for other brides and bride-
grooms to follow. I have since learnt that her father did
lactually consult her respecting my offer, and asked her
c wsent. She had a very superior mind.—A Voice from
, Lebanon, by Atiaad y Kayat.