The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-06-16 00:00:00

MEETING OF MERCANTILE ASSOCIATIONS

A meeting of the associated bodies of this town was held
on Monday afternoon, in the office of the East India and
China Association, for the purpose of taking measures for
the future protection of property from fire. There was a
large attendance of 'gentlemen. William Brown, Esq. was
called to the chair.

CHAIRMAN having briefly explained the object of the

Mr. TODD said that they had met to take a retrospect of
the past, nor to indulge in regrets as to the immense loss
which had been recently sustained in this town by fire, for
that would be an useless expenditure of time ; but they had
met to provide for the future, by the adoption of remedies
which were now indispensably calved for. One remedy
which, at the outset, suggested itself, was the support of the
hill which the Council were applying for in Parliament. The
Fire Bill was introduced into the House of Commons but,
notwithstanding that, the warehouse-owners were deter-
mined that it should not pass until they had tried an experi-
ment. " Let another fire take place," say they. " and we
will try if we cannot extinguish it." Well, another fire did
take place, before any experiment could be tried under the
Water Bill, and then the warehouse-owners, in their mag-
nanimity, said, " Oh, let us go on with the Fire Bill again."
The advice was complied with, thus showing that the ware-
house•owuers were the masters of the council, and that they'
(the merchants) were completely at their disposal. It wa:4
time for them to free themselves from this servitude. The
warch

se property of this town was no doubt large; but the
property that was stored in those warehouses was much more•
valuable. He should estimate it at £20,000,000, and if any
given period could be fixed upon when the warehouses were
emptied and righted, he should say that property of the value,
of £60,000,000 passed through them ; and yet a mere sec-
tion were to dictate what regulations were to be in force. and.
in feet, to have the whole of the owners of that property at
their mercy. It was time that they should free themselves
from this dictation ; and the first step towards it should be
the sending up of a petition from that meeting which repre-
sented the commercial bodies of Liverpool, begging of the
legislature to pass without delay, not the hill of the council,
but a bill emanating from that body. He therefore said,
that in any bill which the council went for, and which re-
ceived the support of the associated bodies, the classification
of goods, and the removal of the buildings in which hazar-
dous trades were carried on, should be provided for. They
asked for power to remove from the neighbourhood of a
warehouse, containing, perhaps, £lOO,OOO worth of property,
a small building not worth more, probably, than £lOO, end
the returns of the occupier of which were not more than £2OO
a year, giving him co►npensation for the loss sustained by re-
moval, and that only. As to the necessity for classification,
he thought it was needless to enlarge upon that, after the ex-
perience they had had. (Hear, hear.) The speaker them
pointed out the present position of the Fire Bill, and pro-
posed, that the meeting should agree to petition the House
of Commons, seconding and enforcing the prayer of the pe-
tition from the Council, sent on Saturday.
Mr. JAMES BALLY seconded the motion, which was
agreed to.
Mr. TODD said, that he had had a conference with the
Town-Clerk and Deputy Town-Clerk, and it was proposed.
that several new clauses should be introduced into the bill.
Qne of these suggested clauses was to the effect, that every
porter should, as the condition on which he was employed,.
submit to be searched before entering a warehouse, if that.
should be thought necessary. It might be said that this was
an infringement on the liberty of the subject; but it was not,.
if it was done with the porter's consent.
The CHAIRMAN.-1 have it done now.

Mr. W. RATHBONE thought it would be better to avoid!
going into details then, and to appoint a committee of that.
body to see what the new provisions were, and what the bill
would be in its complete form.

The CRATRMAN said that he had that day seen the Mayor,
told him of the meeting he was about to attend, and asked.
him for a copy of the bill. The Mayor's reply was, that it
bad been so altered and mutilated that it would perhaps mis-
lead them, and suggested the propriety of their appointing a
committee to co-operate with the Council Fire Committee,
by which means they could suggest anything which, in their
oponion, was requisite or desirable. if such a committee
was appointed, they might probably get some useful clauses
introduced, and some obnoxious ones removed.
Mr. lia-runoNE seconded the motion for the adoption or
the petition, which was agreed to.
On the motion of Mr. JAmlis FOWLER, seconded by Mr.
J. B. BRANCKER, a committee, consisting of the following:
gentlemen, was appointed :—Messrs. Brown, Todd. Filcher,
Wrigley. Gladstone, C. S. Parker, Tobin, Healing, and
jun.

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Mr. TODD then said, that at the suggestion of a gentlemaa
well known to them all, he should propose, as the delay in.
parliamentary proceedings was very great, and as immediate
remedies were requisite for this alarming conjuncture, that

they should, either by memorial or deputation, call upon the
Lords of the Treasury and the Commissioners of Customs to
adopt immediate measures for rendering warehouses, both in
their construction and management, more secure. fle should
therefore move the following resolution :—" That in the opi-
nion of this meeting a deputation of merchants should be
sent to London, in order to suggest to the Lords of her Ma-
jesty's Treasury, and the Commissioners of her Majesty's
Customs, the absolute necessity of enforcing, in all ware-
houses, sheds, &c. used for the depositing of bonded goods
within the port of Liverpool, such provisions as shall secure
the proper classification of merchandise, and such rules and
regulations for its receipt, delivery, and custody, in bond, as
shall, as far as possible, tend immediately to remove many of
the well-founded objections which are entertained by the di-
rectors of fire insurance companies to the present syst••:rn of
warehousing in this port, and to provide as well for the effec-
tual security of the merchant as of the revenue."

_
After a long conversation Mr. Todd agreed to withdraw his
motion.

Several other propositions were brotight forward; but,
after a long discussion, the Chairman suggested an ndj urn-
ment, to allow time for the East India Association to consi-
der the subject ; this was agreed to without opposition, and
thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting ad-

Greenwich is described by the old Elizabethian chronic ters
as a " peerless place." The revolution of time has brought
it to its former state again ; for, since the late accident. it
has been as pierlcss as before. Greenwich may now be eau-
'lterated as one of the Sink-ports.—Punch.

LLECHES.—The following has been handed to us for
insertion :—" Well, my good woman, how is your Mt.:-
band ?" asked a chvinist in a sea-port town in a remote
part of England of an ancient dame. " Oh, sir, we've had .a
weary night with him, poor !Mill!" Why, did you apply
the leeches, as I ordered ?" " Yes, sir, but oh ! my poor
husband, I. thought he would have died a .taking 'etn. You
see, sir, we couldn't get 'em down. He did try, and try, and
try, but they did stick all across his throat, and I made sure
he would be strangled. At last, he did manage to swallow.
one; but will you believe me, sir, we couldn't get down.
another. 'Twere all of no use to go on in that way ; hut I.
knew he must take 'em, as you ordered, sir, and so I chop-
ped up Cother five into nice small pieces—ant then 'twere
a.
terrible job again—l were up with him nearly' all the night,.
and at last he got 'em all down but one, and ro I fried that
there last 'un, and he took that 'un too. Ali, but sir, he had.
a terrible night of it, poor man."—Bath Paper.

EXAMINATION AND DELIVERY OF PRIZES
TO THE PUPILS IN THE LIVERPOOL COL-
LEGIATE INSTITUTION.

The first half-yearly examination of the pupils in the several
schools in the Liverpool Collegiate Institution, took place
on Tuesday last, with the most satisfactory results ; and on
Wednesday the scholars who had most distinguished them-
selves were presented with prizes in the presence of the ReV.
the Principal, the Mayor of Liverpool, Mr. Rector Brooks,
Mr. Rector Campbell, the Rev. Dr. Tattersall, the-Rev. F.
Barker, and a brilliant assembly of the principal inhabitants
of the town and neighbourhood. The capacious lecture-
room of the Institution was, indeed, quite tilled. The front
of the raised dais was appropriated to the boys who were to
be the recipients of prizes ; and to the right the remaining

pupil:: were placed. Their appearance was deeply interest-

A. few minutes past eleven o'clock the chair was taken by
the 'Rev. Rctor Brooks, and all tie pupils sang the chant
Venice, exultemus Domino, in which they were joined by the

auditory. After this,
The Rev. CHAIRMAN delivered the following address :
Boy's: Before 1 proceed to the business of the day, I must be
allowed to express my regret at the absence of our respected
Diocesan, the Lord Bishop of the Diocese, to whom it would
have fallen, in his office of visitor to these schools, to pre-
sent the prizes which are this day to be given to those Pupils
who have distinguished themselves by their proficiency in
their studies during the last half-year. In his absence it has
fallen to, my duty to supply his place. Ido so with great
regret, because, I cannot but feel that had he been here him-
self, not only from the situation which he holds in the diocese,
but also from the general respect and esteem in which he is
held, he would have performed it much inure efficiently than
lam able. It is a source of great satisfaction to the Com-
mittee to be informed by the Principal and the other masters
who superintend your education, that they are satisfied with
your general conduct during the last half-year—that you
hare conducted yourselves, generally speaking. with great
propriety, and that you have paid attention to those studies
which are so essential to your future progress in life. You
are now upon the point of leaving the school for a short time,
to take your first vacation, and the ceremony of this day
naturally takes place at this period. With regard to the
prizes themselves, I find that we are indebted to several gen-
tlemen, who have been great contributors to this Institution,
for having-supplied us with the means of presenting to those
who are roost wort-by, a handsome testimony of theirs and
the masters' approbation. The first I see upon the list, is
the name of Lord Francis Egerton, (hear, hear,) who has
contributed a-prize of ten guineas, to be given in books to
the boy who has most distinguished Moist If by his proficiency
in. the Upper School. (Hear, hear, bear.) In the second
school—or Middle School--I find that Mr. Potter, a mer-
chant of this town, who is entitled by his subscription to a
scholarship, instead of presentit, it to one of his own con-
nections, or friends, has, very kindly, thought proper to pre-
sent it to the master, to he given to the boy most deserving
of it in the Middle School. (Hear, hear, hear.) That is an
annual scholarship. which entitles him to a free admission
into the Miiddle School ; that will become vacant each year,
and is to beheld for one year, as that the boy who has been
the successful candidate upon this occasion does not neces-
sarily retain it unless he chews equal zeal and industry in his
purstiit of k nowledge. (Hear, bear.) In the Lower School
we have two scholarship.: given by Mr. Edmund Molvneux,
another me rchant in the town of Liverpool, who by his
subscription is entitled to four scholarships in the Lower
School, and he has given the whole, the whole four,—two
only coming into play at this time, but it will be so arranged
that one of lis scholarships shall fall vacant every year. In
addition to these there have been some prizes given in
divinity by 'the Principal, and one in mathematics by the
Rev. Dr. Bo oth ; there are some others also given by some
of the other masters, and the remainder by the Institution.
(Hear, hear., I shall now proceed to the delivery of these
prizes; and 1. shall request the Principal to present to me
the first boy he has to put-forward.
The Rev. 'Ar..l. CoNYnuAste, Principal of the Institution,
then introduced Master Adam S. Ferrer, (son of the Rev.
Mr. Ferrer, 'Wesleyan Minister, and Supelintendent of the
Liverpool North Circuit.) mentioning to the Chairman that
this youth had eminently distinguished himself.
The CUAIICMAN then addressed Mr. Farrer thus :—Farrer,
I have the pie: tsure of presenting to you the prize of ten guineas
which LOrd rraticis Egerton has given to the best boy in the
Upper School;—to be presented in books. I have also the
gratification t 4 present to you another set of books, as the
prize in Divinity ; and I find by the record which the Prin-
cipal has put into my hands you are also entitled to a prize in
History. When I say entitled, I mean so far as your merits
go; but in consequence of the rule of the Institution which
will not allow any one boy taking more than two prizes, that
one will go to the boy who has been second. This, however,
does not detr act from your merit. I have great pleasure and
satisfaction in. holding you up as an example to the rest of the
school for the ir imitation. It is a matter which must be very
satisfactory t A your friends, and to yourself also, that upon
the first occasion you have been contesting you should have
carried away no less than three prizes. (Hear, hear.) I un-
derstand it is.. your intention to pursue your studies, after you
leave school, in the University of Oxford. You will there
enter upon r wider field of competition ; there it will require
all the energies of which you are master to keep up the cha-
racter which. you have obtained here ; and I would dismiss
you with this single observation, that you must recollect that
you have rat only your own character to tnaintain in the
University, but as one of the most likely, and as one of the
first boys tent leaves this Institution and)goes there, yon will
have the character of the Institution itself in your hands:
(Great applause.)
Mr. Facrer then retired amidst loud cheers, in which all
his fellow-scholars heartily joined.
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The PRINCIPAL then introduced Andrew Wilson to the
Chairman_

The CHAIRMAN, addressing this young gentleman, said:
Wilson, you, too, I find, have by your diligence obtained
two prizes in your class. You have obtained the first prize
in the second Blass,—the first of the school prizes, and you
have also obtained the mathematical prize. It must be very
gratifying to you, and to those connected with you, to find
that your course has begun so favourably. I have great plea-
sure in presenting these prizes to you, and I hope they wig
be a stimulus to your future exertious. (Loud cheers.)
The PI INCIPA L next introduced three boys, named
Gotithwaite, Smith, and Tatham, of the third, fourth, and
fifth classes.

The CLIAIRmAN addressing the youths said, Gonthwaite,
of the third, Smith, of the fourth, and Tatham, of the fifth
class—l have to congratulate you also upon your having
obtained in your respective classes the first prize in history.
You are among the junior part of the school, and you cannot
be expected to have done as much as those who have larger
experience and more mature age. It must, however. be
very gratifying to you to have succeeded in the competition
in each of your own classes; but you must remember that to
keep your place will require the exertion of all your industry
and of all your energy. You will have others to contend with
who will tread upon your heels; and it is for you to keep
that place in the race which you have established for your-
selves at the commencement. I have great pleasure in pre-
senting to each of you the books which are the prize for your
industry, and for the distinction you have secured to your-
selves. (Cheers.)
The PRINCIPAL then said the next pupils who had dis-
tinguished themselves were in the Middle School; and the
first prize had been awarded to Joules Seddon, who was
twelve and a half years of age. (Applause.)
The Cl/AIRMAN, in addressing the young gentleman,
said—James Seddon, to you also I am not to present a book,
but a certificate granted to you by the Institution upon your
obtaining the scholarship which has been founded by Mr.
Potter. This is a distinction which does you very great
credit. I understand t hat half the school are older than your-
self; it must be, therefore, by superior diligence and atten-
tion to your studies that you have obtained this distinction.
I hope you will value it as you ought ; and I hope also, you
will take care it is not wrested out of your hands so long as
you have the power of presenting yourself for it. I hope you
will not slacken in your exertions, but that, having obtained
it upon the first occasion, will be such a stimulus as shall in.
duce you 10 take care you will keep it now you have got it
(Loud cheers.)
The PRINCIPAL then► introduced
class

Webster, of the third

The CHAIRMAN said, Webster, you present your.
self to claim the :need of your exertions in receiving two
prizes, which I have great pleasure in presenting to you—
the one for your examination in the divinity department of
the schools, and the other for your general proficiency in the
3d class. Both these prizes have fallen to your share on the
Present occasion. I hardly know in what way I can address
You differently to the way in whiehl have addressed ,hose
before you. You stand here, having gained a character which
I hope you will maintain so long as you remain in the school.
It is very gratifying to those who are connected with all the
boys who have received prizes to find they have commenced
their career well; and I hope and trust, though they cannot
perhaps always be expected to maintain the exact position
they have now gained, they will not, any of them, slacken
in those exertions which have placed them in the situation
which they now fill. (Cheers.)
The PRINCIPAL then called Hornby, of the fourth
class, whom he descrilml as a very promising youth.
The CHAIRMAN said—You, Hornby, I understand,
have come up before your turn. in consequence of your hav-

ing succeeded not only in obtaining the prize for general pro-
ficiency in the 4th class, to which you belong, but you have
also obtained the first mathematical prize in the school,
which has been presented by Mr. Brown, the head master
of the mathematical school, for general competition. Tide
is very creditable to you—that you should have obtained
it; it is creditable to you that several of you should have ob-
tained two prizes, because it really does show your general
attention to your studies—that they are not confined to one
particular branch, but that your general attention to study
is such that you will find in future life most necessary if you
wish to maintain the position you have arrived at here. It
is, Vsay, very creditable to you that, being a boy in the 4th
class, you should succeed in the general competition for the
first mathematical prize. Ido not know whether you are
intended for the University or not; but having gained now,

and obtained, the first mathematical prize, I Would observe
that should it be your lot to go to the University of Cambridge,
you will find there a wide field for carrying on tho,,e studies.

which you hare commenced with so much credit here—that
you may look forward, should it be the case that your pro-
gress at the University be the same, to he ranked among those
distinguished charhcters who have earned to themselves so
much honour in the country. (Loud cheers.)
The PRINCIPAL nest introduced Wilkes, of the second
class, the successful competitor for the historical prize.
The CHAIRMAN addressing Wilkes, said to him, I have

the pleasure to present to you two sets of books, the one for
the first prize in your class, and the other for the general
historical prize. Now, I would observe, that history is a
study which is very important for those boys whose desti-
nation in life may be generally supposed, from the station
they hold here—that is from the station in which they have
been placed here by their parents. I find you are from the
Middle School. In these times of general knowledge there.
is hardly any branch of it which is more desirable for per-
sons in your class of life, than to obtain a thorough know-
ledge of history. It will give you a knowledge of ►nen as
well as of facts; it will enable you to form accurate judg-

ments of passing events, to compare them with former times,
which is always a pleasing study, and may be made exceed-
ingly useful. I would advise you, therefore, to contiune the
pursuit of it, for it will be a source of great gratili^-'
yourself—not only as a means of obtaining '
also as an amusement. (Loud Cheers.)
The PRINCIPAL then put fort-
Pearce, Overend, ilaram, Thomas Gibson, Benson, and
Leather, whose progress he briefly described.
The Cum tt.mAN.—To you, boys, I nu) also to present the
books—the volumes—that arc allotted to you for your pro-
gress in your different classes, and for having placed your-
selves at the head of them in the examination. you, Pearce,
have not only done that, but I see you have also obtained
the first French prize. Now I understand that in the study
and as the whole learn it, your corn-
of French there is as much competition as in the other
branches, because ail the boys learn it; it is a branch that is
generally taught, therefor, it is not liLe German or Italian
field, consequently'
whichiietit r7hrayficiLh:ma,r,tit Jet.
you have inure
merit in having placed yourself at the head. I hope all of
you will remember that this is only the beginning. of
career—that as you place yourselves now, so
wore
will be
expected from you; you will he looked up to ns an example
to the rest, and if you wish to continue in that honourable
distinction you have already acquired for yourselves, you
must use your utmost exertions to retain it. your
(Loud cheers.)
The PRINCIPAL next put forward— Roberts, the suceess•
ful competitor in the Lower School for the first Molyneux

.t ion to

knowledge but

td five boys, name

holarehip, and for the Divinity prize, given by the Rev.
the Principal of the Institution.
The CHAIRMAN.—We have now gone through the two
upper schools, and got to the lower one, and I would make
this observation in starting, that though there are three
difivrent schools, and the lower school comes up the last, yet
there is .the same distinction and the same merit due to those
boys who have distinguished themselves in the lower school
as to those who have distinguished themselves in the upper;

because you will remember, boys, all of you, that in the exami-
nation which you have now gone through, and the places )ou
have gained for yourselves in the examination, the merits
are all comparative. You have contended with those who
ought to have the same degree of knowledge with yourselves ;
t he competition is the same relatively in the different schools,
though the subjects which are embraced in the examination,
of course, are higher the higher you go in the schools. Still,
however, it requires the same exertion upon the part of yOu
boys in the lower school, to place yourselves in a command-
ing position, that it does in any of the boys in the upper schools
to take the lead in the;r schools. I have to present you first
of all, therefore, with this certificate, which is a proof that
von have gained the first scholarship established by Mr.
Edmund Molyneux, and also with a book for having obtained
the first prize in your school in divinity. The scholarship is
a substantial reward ; the hook is more of an honorary one—

both are equally creditable to your exertion. I will not say
to your talents and abilities. because those are things which
are not dependent upon yourself; but I say to your exertion.
It is not always the boy who has the best talents that con-
trives to place. himself in the highest place: it requires a
proper exertion of . those talents to do what you have done,
and I hope you will continue in the same path. (Cheers.)
The PRINCIPAL then called up Atkinson and Yates.
The CIIAIRMAN.—I have the pleasure of giving to you
this certificate. You, Atkinson, it seems, have obtained the
second scholarship established by Mr. Molyneux in this
school ; and to you Yates, I have to give a book for having
obtained the first historical prize. It is creditable to you to
have placed yourselves in these distinguished situations. I
hope you will not forget you have been there, but that you
will use your utmost exertions to keep the place, and not
to allow others to pass you in the race. There .are many
who will contend with you. I hope you will secure what
you have already obtained. (Great Applause.)
The PRINCIPAL then called up Johnston, Gaulhoon,
Butler, and Rimier, and introduced them to the
Chairman with a few observations.

The CHAIRMAN said—You four boys, I have to present a
book to each of you, for having placed yourselves in the first
examination at the head of your respective classes. You are
all very young. You are beginning well, and it is always a
happy thing when the first step is right. The prize is an en-
couragement to yourselves to proceed in this way, to inspire you
to exertion. You find what attention to your studies has
enabled you to do now, and with that knowledge you surely
will not allow yourselves to go back. Your motto always
should he " forward !" (Cheers These are the last prizes
which I have to present; but I understand that there are
other boys whose names will he read over, who, though they
have not succeeded in obtaining the first prize in their classes,
have yet had a large proportion of relative merit, and have
been placed in the second degree in their respective classes.
To them, therefore, I would observe, and indeed I would
make the observation to the whole of those who have suc-
ceeded in obtaining prizes upon the present occasion—l would
observe to them, that they must not expect to hold the place
they now occupy, unless they can keep up the same attention,
the same industry, and pursue their studies with the same
zeal, which they have hitherto done. (Cheers.) The com-
petition is now a large one, for I find from the return made
to me that there are in the schools novibefore as 445 boys, in
addition to which there are 200 in the evening school, with
which we have nothing to do now, making altogether 645 boys
receiving education within these walls. And in that number
of 445, you must all of you remember that there are many
boys who, if they do not go forward, will be treading upon
your heels—there are many boys, if they have that whole-
some ambition which is most desirable in all whoare commen-
cing to gain knowledge, what they have seen this day, the dis-
tinctions they have seen given to several of their 'school-
fellows, will urge them to additional exertion to pass you in
the race, and to take your places from you. Now this is a
competition you must expect will be always going on ; and you,
therefore, who have obtained prizes must remember that you
may have greater difficulty in holding your situation during
the next half year than you have had now. The system of the
school is getting more and more matured; the numbers, we
trust, and have reason to believe, will be continually in-
creasing. The field of competition, therefore, will be wide,
and unless you exert yourselves, you must not expect to
remain where you are. I would, therefore, urge upOn
you the greatest diligence in your future studies. You
are now going to retire for that relaxation which it is
necessary that all minds should have at certain times,
to enable them to do justice to those pursuits in which
they are engaged ; and you will, I trust, return to
your studies again, with the determination to exert every
nerve to hold the situations you now fill. (Cheers.) To
you boys who have not been successful in the present con-
test, I hope you will not allow that to act as any disappoint-
ment, but that it will rather operate as a stimulus to your
future exertions. It is within the reach of any of you to
distinguish yourselves, if you earnestly apply to your stu-
dies. You must remember that talent alone will not do it.
No doubt, among so many, there are varieties and degrees
of ability and of talent ; but, like everything else in this
world, distinctions of different sorts, and powers of different
sorts, are spread abroad in different degrees; and it very
often happens, it very commonly takes place, that a real
exertion of industry and of attention will do more than talent
itself, for talent, like every other gift of God, may be thrown
away. (Bear, hear.) I would here make one observation,
which I neglected to make in opening the business of distri-
buting the prizes, and which is particularly gratifying to the
directors of the Institution to be informed of—and that is.
that I cannot speak too highly of the state of discipline—a
state. of discipline that will lead on to better things. There
must be a well-regulated mind to ensure a boy success in
life ; and there must be a well-regulated system to ensure
success in schools like these. lam very happy, therefore,

in having to report from the masters, that they are thoroughly
satisfied with the state of discipline—that it is quite equal to
what they could possibly expect. (Hear, hear.) There has
not been a great time for progress; and the first quarter was

one in which necessarily a go-od deal of confuaiontook place
in arranging the new schools ; but I understand they have
been most satisfactory, and that the examination which took
place at the end of the quarter has fully answered the expec-
tations the masters had formed. Upon this I think 1 may
safely congratulate you and the. publie_at large on the esta-
blishment of this Institution, as a great experiment, if I may
use the term : it is provided to meet a great desideratwu ; it
has been the means of providing education for all the differ-
ent classes of society in this great and populous town. Not
one of them is shut out; and therefore it only remains for
those who are wise, (I ern speaking of parents,) and who
have the interests, the real interests, of their children at
heart, to ;take advantage of it. It is not in many of the
towns in the kingdom where they have the same opportn
nity ; and I hope that, whilst you boys will not slacken in
yonr exertions here, they will not be slack in securing their
children the advantages which an Institution like this has
the means of commanding. (Loud cheers.)
The PRINCIPAL then read over the names of those boys who
had distinguished themselves in the examination, although they
bad not gained the first prizes. Each pupil stood up and made

. •
an obeisance as his name was mentioned by the rev. gentleman.
In the Upper School, the Rev. Gentleman said, there were
several who had not obtained prizes there in consequence of
the small size of the classes, but who had yet done extremely
well, and to whom therefore the Institution would, in some
cases, present certificates that they had acquitted themselves
well, and that they had honourably distinguished shemselves.
Among these were Hodgson sen., Hodgson jun., and Booker.
There were also the following additional prizes in the Upper
School,—namely, the Second Divinity prize to Wm. Jones,
and the Second Historical prize to Samuel Smith; also the
French prize to Duncan, and the Writing prize to Edward
Cumming. He. now came to the Middle School. In the
Middle School the first prize had been awarded in the first
class to W. Davidson ; in the second class to Wilks, but
which could not be given to him, in consequence of the rule
of the Institution preventing any one scholar having more than
two prizes. The second prize in the third class to Skerrett ; in
the fourth to Smith ; in the fifth to Hebson ; in the sixth to
Baylis ; in the seventh to Hall ; and the eighth to INl`Connan.
The following boys would also receive certificates of having
acquitted themselves creditably,—Conway, Leake, R. J.
Taylor, M`Quie, Widdowson, and Orme. He now came to
the extra prizes in the Middle School, which he had not men-
tioned before. For the Mathematical and Arithmetical prizes
there were four names.—Leather, sen., 3, Roberts, Hitch-
man, and Brownhill. In the French prizes, besides the first
already mentioned, there were C. Baldwin, Rogers, and
Abbott; in the Drawing prizes, Harbord, Bell, Grindrod,
and Bailey ; and in the Writing prizes. Ilaram Wilson,
Pearson, and Inman. Mr. Wilson and Mr. Fiume had
kindly granted prizes for superior proficiency in English and
the Classics, which had been adjudged—the Classcal prize to
C. Seddon, and the English prize to Harbord. Now he
came to the Lower School, and he read the names of the
boys who had gained the second prizes in the first class, the
second Historical prize, the Arithmetical prize, and the
Writing prize.—The Rev. Principal then retired amidst much
cheering.

The CHAIRMAN then said—Now, boys, before we con-
clude the business of the day, I. should wish to say a few
words. I have principally confined my observations to you.
They have principally related to you, and to your conduct ;
but we must not allow the day to pass, and I should not be per-
forming the duty which the Committee have delegated to me,
if I did allow it to pass, without calling to your recollection,
and bringing to. your attention, the great advantages which
you enjoy in these schools, in the talent which has been se-
cured to you by the Committee from the masters who have
been !Aimed over you. Their time has been devoted in your
improvement.; their talents have been exercised for your
good ; and they have shewn an earnest zeal in the discharge
of their onerous duties by the regular attention which they
have paid to you, and even by the institution of prizes them-
selves, in order to promote among you that wholesome
competition which ought to exist in all schools. The com-
mittee, therefore, would not think that the duties of the day
were well performed, unless they offered their grateful ac-
knowledgements to the Principal and to the masters generally
—(loud cheers)—for their attention to the schools and to 1.
you. (Renewed applause.) And I would observe, as to
yourselves, that the greatest proof that you can give of the
obligations which you are under to them for instructing you,
and teaching you, and bringing you up in a way which will
make you creditable membersare of that large society in the
world t
you intoa can
passing from school,—the best re-
r
them is by an attentive observation
hikyeou to
of all they require, anti an earnest and due diligence in re-
ceiving the instructions which they give to you. (Cheers.)
The Rev. the PRINCIPAL then said, it had been suggested
to him, by the worthy chief magistrate of this great town,
whose presence there represented the feeling entertained by
the public of the usefulness of the Institution—(cheers)—that
he (the Principal) should express, in the name of time other
masters in the first place, and likewise in the name of the
whole institution, the gratification which they felt towards
the reverend the senior Rector of this town for having so
kindly performed the duty of supplying the place of the
Bishop of the diocese on this occasion. It would not be for
him (the Principal) to speak his sense of the manner in which
the Rector had performed that duty. (Cheers.) There could
but be one feeling upon that subject—(hear, hear)—and he
would, therefore, simply offer him their warmest thanks,
and, perhaps he should add, the thanks of every person
present—(hear, hear)—for the manner in which he had dis-
charged the duties of the office. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. BROWN, the Head Master of the Middle School,
begged to second time proposal of the worthy Principal, and
in so doing, added his testimony es to the exceeding
good
conduct which had prevailed in the schools during the
past
half year. The conduct of the boy's had given great satisfac-
tion to all the masters.
The motion was carried by acclamation.
Mr. Rector BROOKS :—]laving; occupied so much of your
attention already. I would say but a very few words more,
particularly as „lords myself. I have to thank you for the
testimony which you have been pleased to bear to any little
exertion of mine up?n the present occasion, and to assure
you that from the first
.institution of these schools I have
taken a lively and carnes.t. interest their success ; and every-
thing which I have xvial.:3ed since their commencement
leads me to hope amlexpcct that the great object with which
they were originally founded will be ultimately carried out.
(Cheers.)
- The Rev. time PaIN CIPAL then said the proceedings would
conclude according to time tilmmer in which they were com-
menced, by the pupils:chaunting To Deans
This ven,table.hymn was then chaunted in an impressive
style, after which Mr. Rector Brooks dissolved the meeting,
and the vast assembly dispersed, highly gratified with the
proceedings.

The prize books presented to the successful competitors
cousisted of standard English works; they were all superbly

bound, richly alit, and on tlia.vhfck of each, was attelegant
design, beneath which was. inscribed the appropriate motto
of the Institution—" Non seltitii ingenii verum etiam vir-
tutis." Inside an impression from en engraved plate was
placed, on which were the words. ",This prize is presented
by the Liverpool Collegiate InstitutiOn, to
1843."

REPORT OF THE EXAMINERS

The following is a copy of the official report of the Exa-
miners :

UPPER SCH 00 T
GENERAL PRIZI
THEREV.THE PRINCIPAL'S 1 ISt t
DIVINITY PRIZES. - - -
LORD FRANCIS EGEI
PRIZE ON TEN GUINEAS
THEPROFESSOROY MATHE-
MATICS' TERM PRIZE IN to Wilson, Andrew
MATHEMATICS
THE Ist HISTORICAL PRIZE
(given by the Rev. the to F•lrra.r, A.S.
(transferred to Pr
Principal).
THE 2d HISTORICAL PRIZE
(given by the Rev. Dr. to Smith, Samuel.
(Booth .
THE PRIZE FOR PROFICIEN-
CY IN FRENCH LITERA-- to Duncan.
TURE (given by M. Bellon)J

FIRST CLASS

SECOND CLASS

THIRD CLASS

FO U RT TT C T. A

FIFTH CLASS

Adam S

Ito Farrar, Adam S

CLASS PRIZES

Farrar, A. S

f WiNon, A
1 (transfers
Go.utliwnit

Samuel

Certificates of Proficiency and Diligence during the
half year were awarded to Hodgson, sen.
jun., 2dus ; and Booker, 3tius.
The Prize in Writing to Cumming, jun

MIDDLE SCHOOI

The successful candidate for the vacant POTTER
SHIP was declared to be James Seddon.
THE PEW'. THE PRINCIPAL'S
to Webster.
DIVINITY PRIZE
THE HEAD MASTER'S MA- 1 .0 tiornn .
y.
THEMATICAL PRIZE
..

Tun HISTORICAL PRIZE
MR. WILSON'S CLASSLI

to Wilks

MIL. HUMP'S ENGLISH PRIZE IO

FIRST CLASS.

'earce, I

2nd. WilK
Webster;
j Ist. Hereby_
1. 2nd. Smith, T. J

THIUD CLASS

; (
3kerrett, Ci

FoUILTH CLASS

FIFTY! CLASS

SIXTH CLAS,

5 Ist. Fannin.
2nd. Hebson
Ist. Overend
1 2nd.
f Ist. F
12d. Hall

SEVENTH CLASS

EIGHTH CLASS

MATHEMATICAL

METICAL PRIZES

DRAWING PRIZES

Leather, A

itkRITI-1- 2d. Roberts, i
3d. Hitchman.
4th. Brownbill.

Il,dt.
tealtib.oard

1 3d. Grindrod, J

flst. Pearce.
2d. Baldwin, (

FRENCII PRIZE

L3d. Rogers, J
lAth. Abbott.

{lst. Harem, Alfred
11. Wilson, W. J.
3d. Pearson, J.
4th. Inman.

WRITING PRIZES

Certificates of Proficiency and Good Conduct were awart.
to Conway, Leake, R. J. Taylor, M'Quie, Widowson, Ore

LOWER SCHOOL
FIRST MOLYNEUX SCHOLAR. Roberts.
SECOND Do. Do. Atkinson.
~FiIREV.THE PRINCIPAL'S? Roberts.
DIVINITY PRIZE s
FIRST HISTORICAL PRIZE .. Yates.

FIRST CLASS
SECONTD CLAS,

CLASS PRIZE

Roberts

3 ohnston

rurRD

Goulboon
Butler.

FOURTH CLASS

FIFTH CLASS

Rirnme

Boz's NIGHT THOUGHTS.—A dark and drear

people nestling in their beds or circling late about the,fire.
Want, colder than charity, shivering at the street corners;
church towers humming with the faint vibration of their ton-
gues, but newly resting from the ghostly parchment " One;
The earth covered witi a sable pall as for the burial of yes
terday ; the clumps of dark trees, its giant pinnies of funeral
feathers, waving to and fro ; all hushed, all noiseless, and in
deep repose, save the swift clouds that skim across the moon.
and the cautious wind, as, creeping after them upon the-
ground, it stops to listen, and goes rustling on, and stops
again, and follows like a savage on the trail. Whither go
the clouds and wind so eagerly? If, like guilty spirits, they
repair to some dread conference with powers like themselves
in what wild region do the elements hold council, or where
unbend in terrible disport ?-3/artin Chuzzlewit.

THE BUM AND THE LAWYER.—TiIe, fOBOWinc.• 'curious
anecdote is related in the Cheltenham Examiner, of a gen-
tleman of time legal profession practising within the circuit of
that town, who was more conversant with the theory of

flnents than with Arebbold's Reports or Blacksto.
Commentaries. Being sorely pressed by the relentless di

who wished to present certain loving epistles from Queen
Victoria, he was regularly run to earth in his two-pair. back,
which he denominated Pantile lodge. There he rested,
setting the fates and John Doe at defiance for a considerable
time. though they knew very well where the ;acne lay, yet
failed in every atteumt„ uppn him. To all kind messages
the reply of the scout was "Gone into the country." PreSents
from the country sent as a ruse were returned, imlited "Gone"
" Run away," " Not found," and other equally agreeable and
satisfactory solutions of the problem. The tender of a couple
of six and eightpences, so dear to lawyers' eyes, was virtuously
resisted; our hero bore this state of siege with a constancy
which had done honour to General- Chasse himself, and the
bailiffs were regularly at fault. Matters continued in this state
for vome time, when one day, shortly after noon, a gentle-
man—a wealthy grazier in appearance—country-built ton,

broad brim, and abundance of broad cloth—was seen walk-
ing leisurely up street; he stopped short a door with
the word " Office" tly.n.eon, knocked, and his Inquiry of the
scout, "Mr. within ?" was responded to by the usual
answer, " Gone into the country." " Dear me, that's un-
fortunate; I wanted particularly to consult him (and pulling
out a neat bundle, hound with .red tape) ; but perhaps you
could write to him, if we cOUld get an answer to-morrow ; if
not, I must go over to Mr. " Stop a minute'," says
the scout ; " I'll just take the brief to the upper'Office, and
our manager shall look it over." " Oh, oh (thought the
grazier) ; here we are, are we ?" The parcel was put into
the hands of the scout, who immediately posted up to the
office. In the twinkling of a bedpost, the grazier had eased
himself of his ponderous boots, and was creeping tiptoe up-
stairs; and, in a moment more, a gentle tap on the shoulder
convinced Mr. that he was unearthed at last, and the
brief required very brief examination. That very night Mr.
removed from Pantile lodge to very fashionable and
commodious apartments in the county town. So, it seems
sometimes the oldest birds may be caught with chaff.

IRELAND IN MO.—Soon after his arrival from France,
King James met his parliament in Dublin, on 7th May,
which was composed of Papists, who were slaves to his will,
many of them descendants of the forfeiting persons of 1641,
who had no freehold estates in the kingdom, and made many
fine promises to them. The parliament, recognised the title
of King James, and declared King William an usurper.
They repealed the settlement of 1662, under which many
thousands of Protestants had purchased possessions, and
were now suddenly deprived of them : this was violently pul-
ling dawn the palß of the law, in a manner never

fore heard
It wounded nn-

of-among the professors of Christianity
tional faith, and stabbed public eredi
at home, and defrauded him abroad

t—nroke the merchant
—ruined the farmer, and

impoverished the mnnufactur
mob, deprived the Protestants of all their
and the parliament deprived them of all their la

ove,ble estates;

mews, which they had wonderfully improved. By this act
King James seemed to justify the grand Irish rebellion in
1641 ; and this was followed by an act of attainder, which ex-

ceeded the proscriptions of Sythi!

need of rebel-

lion no

,ess than

83 clergymen, and 2,233 gentlemen, who were
traitors, and their estates coati

II declared

ated or plonderet;

connel had £20,00( _ _
estates, and the King the same per month. Many hundred
of poor persons were murdered in cold blood by the popish
soldiers, while the rich were robbed of their estates, and th
popish priests enabled to collect the tithes, which we
able by papists. The _lrish parliament sat only f►
May to 20th July, and yet, -
destroyed the settlement of
testant clergy from their livi

year granted

in) out of the confi,scaieC

by expelling the Pro-
And the laity from their in-

heritanees-Lthey would hate-Ireland independent of Eng-
land, and wanted to repeal Poyning's act of 1404. Public
robberies were committed under the name of five guar-
terings, and, though protections were sold to the Protestants,
they were disregarded by the Papists. The University of
Dublin was turned into a garrison, and all the public schools
in the kingdom given to Papists, who likewise seized upon
all the Protestant churches. The Protestants were at length
forbid to assemble together on pain of death, so that it seemed
determined to hang one-half of them and to starve the other.
But while they silf.ved so much from the parliament of
Ireland, their protection was not neglected by the parlia-
ment of England, who made Irish affairs a considerable
article of their proceedings.—Old History.

The Auckland Times is described as being " printed in a
mangle," and a strange piece of typography it is accordingly.
The "sole editor and proprietor, Henry Falwasser," while,
in the meantime, taking to himself the humble cognomen of
the " Old Lady of the Mangle," expects daily his own press
and materials; when, doubtless, the old lady will dispose of
her mangle, and purchase something more useful fur a print-
ing office. The style of the Mangle is quite sui gesieris. It
may be observed, that the occasion of is being printed by
such a machine is stated by the editor to have been the at-
tempt of the local government to stifle public opinion, by re-
fusing the proprietor the use of the only printing inatedals in
the settlement, those of the government, as soon as it was
perceived that the Times was determined to be very inde-
pendent in its strictures on public doings and inisduings.
The phrases suggested by the peculiar circumstance arc very
.

amusing—" Westop the Mangle to announce the arrival of
the St. George."—" The Governor will repent having driven
us to the Mangle," &c. We have only room for one charac-
teristic description :—" Full many a time and oft have we
laughed over the distresses of Mantaliiii and his maiwle, as
depictured by the inimitable Boa—we did not think this pro-
cess would so soon fall to our turn—nevertheless any one. of
our subscribers, who is desirous of satisfying his curiosity,
may call in at High-street and see the Times MANGLED. To
here and there one, such as are steady and careful, we might
entrust the task of mangling their own copy, but the process
is a nice one, and must be as warily performed as if the ' es-
sential juice of the pine-apple' herself were standing over the
performer. Poor Mantalini used to grumble very distaste-
fully over his mangle, and nothing but the threatened alter-
native of enlisting, and all the horrors of pipe-clay and paste-
blacking, as could keep him steadily to his duty ; but we have
no such fastidious distinctions : we consider our mangle an
ingenious and an honourable triumph Over us contemptible
and sneaking attempt to stltla the press as ever was perpe-
trated ; and when we are enabled, by the arrival of the Sham-
rock from Sydney, to return in triumph to the full-blown
honours of a Columbian or an Albion patent, we shall part,
almost with a tear of regret, from- the ponderous revolver
which has so efficiently mangled our sheets, and other people's
would-be despotism, at one and the same time. The typo-
graphy embraces. Sometimes within a single paragraph, almost
every specimen in the printer's book. Brevier, nonpareil,
large Roman, and italics, mingle together to give force ;Ind
variety, not only to successive syllables of the same word;
and the want of the small k, in particular, obliging the printers
in every place, to make use of the larger Roman K, adds
strikingly to the appearance of the page, even although the
compositor may be said to be thus reduced to play for ever
upon the same KEY.

THE APPROACHING POLYTECHNIC EXHIBITION
AT THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.

We have'been favoured with a preliminary peep into se-
veral of the principal rooms in the Collegiate Instituti6n
appropriated for the approaching grand Polytechnic Exhi-
bition—to be opened on Monday next,—and from what
we have seen, we may safely state that it will be, as a whole,

the most extensive, varied, and interesting that has as yet been
Lot up in any provincial town, and not perhaps excelled in
essential points by the most celebrated " galleries" of art and

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