The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-06-18 00:00:00

LOCAL MEETINGS.

WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.-Mr. Roskell presided at
the weekly meeting, on Wednesday. A letter was read
approving of the establishment of a dispensary in Toxteth-
park. Instructions for powers to enable the board to
make an advance to Mr. Watson, surgeon, in considera-
tion of his services, were agreed to,—the same to be for-
warded for approval to the poor law commissioners.—lt
was agreed that a building in Mount Vernon-street should
be taken as a place from which to dispense out-door re-
lief, provided it could be got for £23 a-year. A letter was
read from Mr. Chalmers, a medical officer of Everton,
complaining of his salary being reduced from £BO to £6O
per annum. After a rather angry discussion, it was agreed
that the larger amount should be continued.

HEALTH COMMITTEE.-At the meeting of Thursday, it
was agreed that the inspectors of lodging.hhuses should
be allowed the gratuitous use of the public baths. The
report of the medical officer, as to the mortality in the
town was favourable. A communication was read from
Mr. William Earle, who, after lamenting the want of fore-
thought exhibited by the authorities in not making timely
arrangements for providing proper approaches into the
town, suggested that the present was an excellent oppor-
tunity, which, might never occur again, for widening
Srnithdown-lane from the extremity of the borough to
Parliament-street. Messrs. Hornby, Bennett, Langsdale,
and Rimmer, were appointed as a sub-committee to in-
quire and report on the subject.—Mr. F. Ingle applied for
permission to appropriate premises in Freemason's-row to
the reception of dead horses, for a period not exceeding
two hours for each animal.—Refused.

ST JUDE'S NEW ScHooLs.—On Tuesday evening a
numerously-attended meeting of St. Jude's Church con-
gregation was held in the school-room, to take steps for
the immediate erection of a large and commodious school-
house, capable of accommodating nine hundred children,
including residences for the master and mistress. The
Rev. J. Lowe, incumbent, who occupied the chair, stated
the inadequacy of the present school accommodation for
the increasing wants of the district, and also the plans and
estimated cost of the proposed erection. It appears that
a site has been obtained in the immediate vicinity of the
church, and that the total outlay w;11 be about £2,C00,
towards which it is expected the Lords Commissioners will
contribute about £5OO. Resolutions, appointing a com-
mittee and pledging the meeting to use every exertion,
were moved and seconded in interesting addresses by the
Rev. Drs. Carpenter and M'Neile, Messrs. J. W. Pilcher,
Cotesworth, Adam Hodgson, Milner, Batty, &c. At the
close of the meeting collecting-cards were delivered to
numerous applicants, and we are glad to hear that £4OO
have been already raised.

Docx CommrrrEE, THURSDAY.—At the suggestion of
a member, the report of Mr. North, solicitor, relative to
the subject of fires and lights being allowed on board ves-
sels lying in the docks, was read. The report stated that
the Dock Committee had no power to alter or modify the
law, except an act of parliament was obtained for that
purposd. By an act 51 George 111., sec. 1, the use of
any light was prohibited under a penalty of £lO for each
offence. Subsequently alterations had been made, by
which, in some instances, a lamp might be used for any
space of time by procuring a license, which was granted
on a certificate being obtained from the harbour-master,
who required satisfactory reasons for so doing. It was
thought desirable that the public should be informed of
their legal position ; and after the report has been referred
to and considered by a committee, it will be published in
extenso. A communication was submitted, requesting
that, as it was intended to establish a line of packets to
sail from Baltimore to this port, a berth might be appro-
priated to the company, which would facilitate the despatch
of their vessels, and enable them to be punctual in their
sailings ; referred.
BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—On Tuesday last the
first meeting of this body since the recent selection was
held, Mr. Laird was elected chairman.—The following
committees were appointed :—Lighting and Watching :
Messrs. Gough, Coulson, Hughes, Lightbound, Milnes,
Mills, Pike, Pritchard, Stevenson, Tyler, and Bailiff.—
Finance Committee :—Messrs. Rae, Barbour, Watson,
Bryans, Greene, Razenscroft, Tyler, Hughes, Gough,
Mills, and Pritchard.—Road and Improvement :—Messrs.
Pike, Barbour, Bryans, Cole, Colson, Golbourne, Mills,
Pritchard, Stevenson, Watson, and Hughes.—Health
Committee :—Messrs. Bailiff, Appleton, Barbour, Cole,
Golbourne, Lightbound, Milnes, Mills, Stevenson, Tyler,
and Gough.—Markets Committee :—Messrs. Appleton,
Bailiff, Barbour, Cole Golbourne, Lightbound, Mills,
Milnes, Stevenson, Syler, and Gough.—Ferry Committee:
Messrs. Greene, Appleton, Bailiff, Milnes, Rae, Ravens-
croft,Watson, Cole, Lightbound, and Colson.—lt was
agreed that the Parliamentary Committee should consist
of the Finance Committee.—Mr. Greene proposed :that
the General Board should meet at seven o'clock in the
evening, instead of half-past nine in the morning, as at
present ; but as the motion could not be entertained
without notice being given, Mr. Greene withdrew it, and
gave notice of it for the next general board.
SELECT VESTRY.—A meeting was held this day week,
Rev. Rector Campbell in the chair. A complaint was
made by Mr. Hodson that the town was inundated by
Irish paupers, who were brought over by the steamers at
4d. a head. The chairman said that the only power they
had over the steamers was to prevent an overnumber of
passengers, but they had no control as regarded the fares.
A communication was read, signed by two of the officers
of the parish, to the effect that the steamers from Dublin
and others ports in Ireland had recently brought over fax

beyond their complement of passengers and cattle. No
actual delinquency has, however, been yet proved. Mr.
Earle said that detective officers should be appointed to
await the arrival of the steamers, After some further
discussion the following resolution, moved by Mr. Earle,
and seconded by Mr. Woodruff, was passed unanimously :
It appearing that the steam-boats are bringing over
a greater number of passengers than allowed under the
regulations of Captain Denham, resolved that the parish
authorities appoint a sufficient number of effective tem-
porary inspectors, to attend every steamer which arrives,
for the purpose of taking the number of passengers she
con bring ; but that at least two officers are in attendance
at each steamer, and whenever the number exceeds the
regulations, that steps be immediately adopted to take
such measures as the law may authorise to correct the
evil."
HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE.
—The eighth and last meeting of the session was held in
the board-room of the Collegiate Institution, on Thursday
evening week, W. Williams Mortimer, Esq., in the chair.
Five gentlemen were elected members of the society,
making the total number of gentlemen elected during
the session upwards of seventy, exclusive of the Lord
Bishop of Manchester, the Chancellor of the Duchy of
Lancaster, and four other peers. Among the presents
laid on the table were a large number of interesting anti-
quities, specimens of Roman, British, and Medimval glass
and pottery, encaustic tiles, vases, a model of a stone
coffin, &c., &c., from C. Roach Smith, Esq., F.S.A.,
hon. secretary of the Archaeological Association ; curious
casts of Celt moulds, including the quadruple mould
found in the Isle of Anglesea, and described and figured
by Mr. Pidgeon in the Archceological Jourual, the
British and Roman map of Yorkshire, &c., from Albert
Way, Esq., hon. secretary of the Archaeological
Institute; a plaster cast of the very curious and elegant
Roman antefixa, preserved in the museum in the Water
Tower, Chester, and lithographed sketches of pavements
recently discovered in Chester, from James Harrison,
Esq., of Chester; maps and plans from the chairman;
the large and excellent print of the sculpture on the tym-
panum of St. George's Hall, from J. Buck Lloyd,
Esq. ; the Catalogue of the Cheetham Library, Manches-
ter, from the trustees, and other volumes from J. Mather,
Esq., Mr. Mayer, F.S.A., &c,

COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.

ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES

The half-yearly meeting• for the distribution of -prizes, •
consequent upon the•examination of the pupils, was held
on Thursday, in the Lecture-hall of the Institution.
There was a large attendance of the parents and friends
of the pupils. The chair was occupied by the Lord
Bishop of Chester, who had undertaken the delivery of
the prizes, and on the platform were the following gentle-
men , amongst others :—The Mayor, J. Holmes, Esq., Rev.
Rector Campbell, key. H. M`Neile, D.D., Rev. D. James,
Rev. Dawson Turner, Rev. D. Barry, Rev. F. Ould, Rev.
H. Hampton, Rev. W. Headley, Revs. J. Cordeaux, R.
Davies, D. Stewart, Minton, Dr. Hume' V. W. Ryan,
Mr. A. Hodgson, Mr. E. Molyneux, Mr. J. Booker, Mr.
Charles Inman, Mr. C. Groves, Messrs. J. Campbell, C.
S. Parker, J. N. Walker, Jerdein, Wm. Jones, J. Mun-
caster, Edwd. Jones, &c., &c.
The proceedings were opened by the singing of a hymn,
" Be with me Lord, where'er I go."
His LORDSHIP said he had great pleasnre in meeting
them again on that occasion ; in meeting so large an
assembly of the friends of the institution. He had also
pleasure in meeting his young friends belonging to the
school, and from old recollections of his schoolboy days,
he could share in the pleasure they must feel on such an
occasion. He had great satisfaction in hearing that the
institution was at the present time in a most prosperous
state, and that during the last twelve months there had
been a gradual increase of numbers in all the three
schools. (Cheers.) It was a gratifying proof that in
proportion as the institution had been tested by experi-
ence, it had proved to have been valuable in its results,
and he felt a confident hope from what he knew of the
principles of the education given, and the general arrange-
ment of the schools—that in proportion as the institution
was tried by time, and its advantages became more gener-
ally proved, in this town, there would continue to be a
growing increase in the number of students. There had
frequently been comparisons drawn between the relative
advantages of public and priva•_e education. In public
education, no doubt, there was the advantage of stimu-
lants and incentives to study and exertion ; there was a
tendency to draw forth what private education did not
accomplish, namely. those generous sympathies natural
to the period of youth, as well as to form a manly spirit
and an independent character. All those were, no doubt,
great advantages on the side of public education. But
then, on private education, there was the holy in-
fluence of domestic example and domestic affection,
which could not be enjoyed any Where but at home. In
many cases in this country, parents in the condition of
those he saw before him had to make a choice between
these two classes. They were either obliged to send their
sons to a great distance, and at great expense, in order to
obtain for them the benefits of a good public school edu-
cation; or, if they retained them at home, they were under
the necessity of contenting themselves with a very in-
ferior system of education. Now, ho thought that the
'inhabitants of Liverpool, by means of that institution,
(the Collegiate,) and the schools of the Royal Institution,
had the advantage of combining both those classes of
benefits, and obtaining for their children an .education
equal to the best which any of the public schools in En-
gland could give, and at the same time they were able to
retain them under their own inspection and care. (Ap-
plause.) He did nob know that, were lie :au df
Jutr,,,,vi, lie ,eetu nave inure gratification than to. be
able to say he, had in the town such an institution.
There were, however, other proofs of the success of the
institution, and of its being in advance, for he had seen
from the newspapers that the M'Neile exhibitioner had at-
tained distinguished classical honours at the University of
Oxford, an institution where he could truly say classical
literature was carried to a greater extent, and taught in a
more systematic form, than in any other place in Europe,
or he might say the world. He understood, also, that the
same young gentleman bad obtained distinguished mathe-
matical honours. Such triumphs, he need scarcely say,
were highly creditable to the institution where the young
man had received his education. His lordship then re-
ferred in complimentary terms to the Rev. H. M'Neile,
whose liberality had originated the exhibition bearing his
name, and called upon the pupils present to exert them-
selves dilig,eatly, in order to attain the same honours
which had marked the progress of the youth to whom
allusion had been made, so that they might be an honour
to any sphere of life which they might be called upon to
fill. He concluded by expressing a hope that the insti-
tution would draw around it more and more the feeling of
the inhabitants, and that the young gentlemen would
gratify their parents by gaining similar honours to those
acquired by him who had so prominently distinguished
himself at the university. _ _

The PRINCIPAL said, in allusion to Farrar's success at
Oxford, that if any thing was wanting to make the satis-
faction it had caused complete, that want had been sup-
plied by his lordship's coming among them, to make good
news mom pleasant by his manner of publicly announc-
ing it. He also thanked Mr. Dawson Turner for his
kindness in leaving his own business, in order to be pre-
sent on this occasion. The intelligence received from
Oxford must be gratifying, not only to Dr. M'Neile,
to whom the bishop had already alluded, but to Mr.
Conybeare, to whom so much of the credit of Farrar's
success must be given ; for, of all the pupils who had left
that institution, hardly one could be mentioned whose
studies had been so personally and intimately superin-
tended by bim. To the schoolboys of the present
generation the event had, of course, been gratifying ; and
no doubt they had been benefited, both in body and
mind, by a fine bright day in the month of June, during
which their hours of enjoyment had been pleasantly asso-
ciated with the thoughts of our ancient universities.
(Applause.) The gratification, also, had doubtless ex-
tended to many of those who had been concerned in the
first foundation of this institution : for such an event
tended to show that the establishment of an upper school,
directly connected with the universities, was not a mis-
take. but a wise addition to the original plan. After
alluding to the other instances of success obtained at
Cambiidge, during the last few days, by pupils of the
Upper School, lie said that the time was now come for
another exhibitioner to follow the progress of his schoolfel-
lows. He had great pleasure in calling up -Webster to
receive the Gladstone Exhibition.

The Rev. Mr. HEADLEY, of Oxford, who had been
engaged in the examination of the pupils, stated that the
result of the examination was such as to afford the highest
satisfaction to himself, and he doubted not to all the
friends of the institution, as to the scccess of the system
of instruction pursued.
The following is a list of the prizes:—
UPPER SCIIOOL PRIZES.

SPECIAL PRIZES.—Junior Divinity Medal, J. K. Glazebrook;
Certificates, A. P. Kirby, and T. H. Killick, and E. EdwardS.
Junior Historical Medal, A. P. Kirby,; Certificate, D. W.
owse. Junior Mathematical Medal, R. W. Barrett; Certifi-
cates, T. Whitby and R. Leah. •
. .

CLASS PRIZES, Ist Class (Egerton Scholar)—ThomasWebster.
2nd Class, Edward Jones; Certificates, W. Tattershall and E.
G. Dunn. 3rd Class, James Hamer Rawdon ; Certificates, H.
T. Hosking anti T. Lomax, and P. Callan. 4th Class, D. W.
Prowse; Certificates, W. M'Cormick and T. Whitby. sth
Class, T. Booker; Certificates, J. Peel and 'F. 13ouch. 6th
Class, F. B. Fairclough ; Certificates, Statham and D. Glynn.
Class Prize, Preparatory Department-7th Class, E. H. M‘Neile,
Certificates, T. Bartlett and W. Bartlett. Bth Class, Peter
Whiteley ; Certificate, Conor.
EXTRA PRIZES.—Latin Verse, Ist Class, T. Percival; given
by Mr. Howson. Chronology, Joseph Jones; given by the
Principal. Chronology„ D. U. Prowse and J. C. Jones; given
by Mr. Dixon. Divinity, 1). Glynn (for abstract of sermons);
given by Mr. Underwood. Arithmetic, Peel; given by Mr.
Underwood. Spanish, Prowse anti St. Leger; given by the
Principal. French, Ist Prize, G. Dunn. Prize for Appli-
cation and Good Conduct, R. Peel; St. Leger and Jago to be
honourably mentioned. Ist Certificate, I'. Callan, 2nd Certifi-
cate, Potter; given by M. Sears.

MIDDLE SCHOOL PRIZES.
SPECIAL PRlZES.—Divinity Medal, Towns and Preller equal;•
Nomination to Upper School, P. Arthur; Mathematical. and
Arithmetical Prize, P. Arthur; Mathematical and Arithmetical
Certificates, E. Rogerson, J. Jones, W. Rogerson, R. Jones;
French Medal, A. Richardson; French Certificates, P. Aithur,
and Wren, Bowman, Roxas ; Drawing Medal, J. Lindsay;
Drawing Certificates, Evans, Parkinson, Johnston; Penman-
ship Medal, A. Richardson; Penmanship Certificates, T. T.
Smith, T. M. Jones.
CLASS PRIZES.-Ist Class, Potter Scholarship, transferred
from Wren to James; Certificate, transferred from James to
Towns; 2nd Class, Prize of Books, 1). Maddock; Certificate,
H. Wilson ; 3rd Class, Prize of Books, (liming; Certificate,
Boyd; 4th Class, Prize of Books, Cockbain ; Certificate, Uns-
worth ; Gth Class, Prize of Books, R. Jones ; Certificate, Swift;
7th Class, Prize of Books, Cooper; Certificate, C. Rummens;
Bth Class, Prize of Books, J. R. Lewis; Certificate, Thomson.
Ist M'Neile Scholarship, Hughes and Wolff equal ; 2nd Ditto
ditto; Strong; Head Master's Natural History Prize, J. S.
Jones and Bland Equal ; French Master's Prize, Dixon •, Cer-
tificates for Divinity, Hesketh and W. Preller ; Certificate for
a good examination for 2nd M'Neile Scholarship, D. Wood-
ward.

LOWER SCHOOL PRIZES.
SPECIAL PRlZES.—Divinity Prize, T. J. Edwards; Certifi-
cates, Sutton, Clapham, J. Smith, and Barclay. Nomination
to the Middle School, J. Fletcher. historical prize, F. Wain-

TIE LITE IPOOL :TrANDAith,

wright ; Ceitificate, P. Martin. Ist M'Neile Scholarship, J.
Davies; Certificate, F. Wainwright. 2nd Ditto ditto, F. Wain-
wright; Certificate, J. W. Sutton. Arithmetical Medal, T.
Butler; Certificates, Carnes and Mattinson. Elocution Prize,
Stanley Cross; Certificate, J. W. Sutton. Penmanship Medal,
E. B. Christian; Certificate, C. Alderston. Drawing Certificate,
S. Cross.

CLASS PRIZES.-ISt Class, Molyneux Scholarship, F. W.
Wharton; 2. J. Pottitiry. 2nd Class, Prize, R. G. Gordon ;
Certificate, E. B. Ctistian. 3rd Class, Prize, J. E. Briant ;
Certificate, W. J. Alderston. 4th Class, Prize, E. Catchpole;
Certificate, C. H. Alsop. sth Class, Prize, J. Nicholson ; Cer-
tificate, J. Hore. 6th Class, Prize, R. Holmes; Certificate, W.
Bell. 7th Class, Prize, H. Jones ; Certificate, J. Findlay. Bth
Class, Prize, E. Tinker ; Certificate, Reding. 9th Class, Prize,
J. W. Tyrer ; Certificate, S. Nicholson.