The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-06-18 00:00:00

June 18, 1844.

THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.

RALF-YEARLY DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.
The half-Yearly distribution of prizes, in this most ad-
mirable institution, took place on Friday, in the Lecture-
room of the building. The middle and upper galleries
were crowded to excess with parents and friends ot the
Pupils, and amongst whom were many of the leading
families of the town, The body of the room was devoted
to the scholars, and the platform was also filled. Amongst
tthose present we noticed the Rev. J. Conybeare, the
rieneiPal ; the Revs. Dr. Booth and J. H. Brown, Vice-
4"lociPals ; the Rev. J. J. Higgins, the Rev. Hugh
e_ll`lieile. E. Molyneux, J. Booker, R. Harbord,
Nlimeaster, Shaw, S. L. Trotman, Booker, Esqs.,
arc., &c.
At seven o'clock the Rev. J. Brooks, Senior Rector,
and Chairman of the Board of Directors, took the chair.
oieuTbnetieuroceedings of the day commenced by the pupils
g the Venice exultemus Domino.
The Rev. CRAIRMAIq then proceeded to address them
to the following effect: —Boys of the Collegiate Institu-
tion Schools, I have great pleasure in again meeting you
for the distribution of prizes to those amongst you who
have distinguished themselves by their industry and ex-
ertions during the past half-year; and I can assure you
the Only regret I feel is the absence of our respected
biocesan, who, upon the last occasion of a similar nature,
was kind enough to preside, who has been prevented by
his other important avocations from doing the same now,
but who, I hope, will present himself again to you on
same future opportunity. Since I last had the pleasure
f meeting you, several exhibitions have been established
In the schools, which will, I trust, prove a strong in-
centive to your future exertions. I shall now state to you
those which will have to be contended for in future years,
and I shall commence with the upper school. In this
school there are no less than four university exhibitions ;
the first to take place at this season in the next year.
These are, connected with the upper school, and they are,
therefore for the universities; and as the usual time for a
!°°ng man remaining at college is between three and
four years, the manner in which they are to be pre-
sbee ntedhasbeen so arranged, that one shall be vacant to
contended for every year. The first is established by
ling rev. friend near
me the Rev. Mr. M'Neile. (Cheers.)
It was determined by a number of his friends that a tes-
timonial should be presented to him, and he thought he
-ootild not make use of it more gratifying to himself and
More generally useful to the town at large, than by con-
'fleeting it with the Collegiate Institution. (Applause.)
He has, therefore, divided it amongst the three schools-
-establishing in the Upper School an exhibition amounting
in value to the annual interest of £1,000; in the Middle
`School two exhibitions, amounting to ten guineas each ;
and two in the Lower School, which amount to the sum
necessary for keeping the boys in the school. (Loud
.6
Cheering.) The first time this exhibition to the ni-
v will be brought before you for compe-
tition, ill be next year, and for those boys who have
entered before August in the present year. It will beopen
to any of the three universities, either Oxford, Cambridge,
or Dublin. The annual value will be what the inter-
est of £l,OOO will make, and we may calculate on its
being about £4O. (Applause.) The next is one esta-
blished by a gentleman, who, from the very commence-
ment of the institution, has shown himself to be one of its
kindest friends. I mean the elder Mr. Gladstone. (Loud
cheers.) He has already presented the institution with,
I believe, £l,OOO, for its various purposes, and he now
establishes an exhibition of the same amount. That will
be contended for in the year 1846, this time two years ;
and it will be open to all boys who have been in the school
previous to February, 1845. The next is an exhibition,
not of positive amount in money, but of the annual value
of £5O a-year, which will come into play in the year 1847,
for those who have been in the school before August, 1845,
established by the masters of the institution. (Trenien-
tdaokne in
scheering.) It shows the lively interest that they
Your advancement. The fourth exhibition is one
arising in part from a sum which was the surplus of a
fund raised for the erection of a statue to the memory of
an illustrious man, who was formerly one of the represen-
tatives of this town in the House of Commons—the late
Right Hon. George Canning. (Loud applause.) There
was a sum which afforded a surplus after all expenses of
amounted to £350,
erecting the statue bad been defrayed, which, I think,
and this the committee handed to the
the te Institution to found an exhibition, to be called
--nmog exhibition. The present Lord Canning,
anxious to bear his testimony to the merits of so near a
reaeli
setidmeto, has himself made up the sum to £5OO. Other
Persons have also added to that sum, so that it is now
exbibitionl!,ooo, the same as the M'Neile and the other
And here again I feel it my duty to bear
tnestirnony to the liberality and disinterestedness of your
ixt;iay, for although
yettheir exhibitions would not come
determined to corn-
they have
napreondettecetheir subscriptions immediately, and to devote the
geoud °f them to the increase of the Canning exhibition.
ITeepooi
cheers) We shall, therefore, have the town of
connected, by this institution, with the names
on
mentioned to you. It will reflect no little credit
un its inhabitants, and I hope those young men who may
those exhibitions will do nothing to tarnish them
when they present themselves to the University. (Loud
R•Plause.) There is another resolution of the Board of
eeeetors which has taken place since we last met, and
which has the same object in view as the establishment of
Pie exhibitions, that is to encourage merit, so far as lies
in their Power, in all the schools. (Cheers.) The reso-
ution is this: It will be open to any boy in the lower
schoollatect who chooses to work his way up to the upper
pro, and through that, if his parents should think
Per, to the niversities. One boy in each half year,
from the lower or middle school, if a boy is found de-
rrvine will be moved up to the school immediately above
fitn-:-that is. from the lower to the middle school, or
root the middle to the high school, and the charge made
to his parents, for his education, will only be the price of
the school which he leaves ;—(loud applause)—so that if
there be a particularly talented boy, who may in future
times distinguish himself among the worthies ot his coun-
try, an opportunity will thus be afforded him of future
success. (Continued cheers.) There cannot be more
than six at one time who will be allowed this privilege. I
sincerely hope we shall find that number. (Cheers.) I
think I have now stated to you all the information we have
to give you. I trust it will prove a stimiklant to your fu-
ture exertions; and now, with the assistance of the Prin-
cipal, I shall proceed to distribute to you the prizes which
have been awarded.
A lone and interesting ceremony then commenced, of
distributing to the boys those prizes which their merits
had won for them. The Chairman, in handing the vari-
°lts books and medals to the successful boys, made apt
and appropriate addresses to them, giving to each their
proper meed of praise. Our space, however, will not allow
fteco indulge in the topic, merely remarking that it re-
Thest nn
small credit on the boys and their instructors.
too first pupils of last year, by their application and
talent, Occupy Their - etIPY the same honourable station this year.
e_ eames, as well as those of the other boys who gained
"onours in their various classes, will be found at the close
of this report.
e CHAIRMAN in his concluding address to the boys,
eepeiauree:iithat in his preceding observations he might have ap-
most tOjeell''
to dwell more particularly on the upper school, and
it had "r°tnthe splendour' f those endowments with which
favoured during the past year, might
. seem al-
and eclipse the other schools, but those in the middle
the low schools were equal, nay, of still greater value
unanbi;r the Peer. (Applause.) After mend _ming the
of scholarships, and endowments to the schools,
state,
prizes,
nseehporooceeded to observe that although a few out of the
f IS had been presented by the Board of Directors
h the yet he was extremely happy in being able to
attte, oe them
a,,,
i the satisfaction the Principal had felt
Pear, general conduct of the boys during the last half
s) (Loud Cheers.) He had informed him (the Chair-
that that the advancement of the schools generally had
ftiezireteerxseeeded that of any previous half year. (Continued
•) That was a very gratifying thing to those who
an interest in the establishment of that great institu-
that such should have been its results ; and he be-
Plieved he might say, without fear of contradiction, that it
esti surpassed all other institutions of a similar kind in
the kingdom with regard to the rapidity of its success.
(Tremendous cheers.) They were then only in the
commencement of the first part of the second year, and
(Cyet there were 713 in the day schools under education.
ontinued cheers.) He must not, however, allow his
.congratulations to be confined to the boys present. He
would extend them to their parents and to the vast masses
of the population of this great town at large. (Cheers.)
To the boys it was a fortunate circumstance that there was
such a place as that its which they were taught their duty,
and to their parents it was of the greatest importance
that there was an institution like that established to
which they could send their children to be educated.
(Applause.) He had no doubt they had seen during that
Morning amonest the boys several who would
libranch off
in all the different situations and stations of life
—some
into the higher, some in the lower grades of society ; but,
'whatever might be their position—whether their future des-
tination might be the senate—whether they should become
Members of the learned professions, or afford by their
exertions as merchants strength and stability to the coin-
caerce of the country, or whether they engaged in trade
e atll svere taught that one thing, without which, whatever
be the
future destiny in life, every other kind of know-
Zvieegs of ne importance at all—a knowledge which
very principle upon which that institution was
and undefiled religion. (Loud cheers.) He
themsel
merely t were taught there that it was not sufficient
pertaining learn their duty—that they must not only make
yes
a. acquainted with the Bible and everything ap-
were en I° it, but they must also be taught that they
of life cart its sacred iufluences into whatever station
itself, might be their future lot to fall. Knowledge, of
kind ' unless it
wee., be founded on such a basis, was of that
only se''en they were told in the book of Christianity
.edifiethr7,, red
,_ to " puff up." It was the " knowledge which
infititee•
at they must carry away with them from that
the „ -I°ll and he was satisfied from what he knew of
thatiittlraiP!es upon which the institution was conducted
Would ll4 be offered to them. That was
.whet they
It Y
away with them when they left the institution.
them be their best guide through life, and would teach
4nd ,„") look beyond the present world to the only safe
Moti-dr,e, Comfort whenever they were removed from it.
itt this 'lPPlause.) The change which had taken place.
jog. pr,es_Pec! during the last few years was most gratify-
treat "--!eucation seemed to have forced itself upon the
tore, mass
~ of the people more than ever it had done be-
lled au he was happy to find the great increase which
,teligi 'en place in the number of schools based upon
kehen°, and connected with the established Church.
had t!‘rse) This showed that a great portion of mankind
sadthe all with the importance of religion,
eate'lei.agreed in one point—that it was of no use to edu-
religio`n all unless they educated upon the principles of
to No' (Cheers.) The boys present were then going
A the relaxation of the holidays, and he sincerely
at it atoduleY would enjoy themselves, that thay would do
beeoree eratelY, temperately and as becae boys who had
acquainted with a' certain portion of religious