The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-06-27 00:00:00

SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY,

The anniversary of the various schools connected with
the established church was held on Wednesday. The
children, to the number of about 16,000, assembled shortly
after ten o'clock, and walked in procession through
Church-street, Lord-street, and Castle-street, to the area
of the Exchange. The streets through which they passed
were thronged with spectators, and the neat and cleanly
appearance of the children, with their orderly demeanour,
was the theme of general remark. Some very neat flags,
on which were inscribed the names of theparticular schools,
were carried in the procession. The children of the Blue
Coat School, who are such general favourites amongst our
townspeople, took the lead. At the Town-hall the chil-
dren were joined by his Worship the Mayor, several mem-
bers of the Council, and a number of the local clergy ;
and also the corporate officials bearing the regalia. The
procession then moved on to St. Peter's Church, where a
sermon adapted to the occasion was preached by the Lord
Bishop of St. Asaph, from the sth chapter of St. Luke,
and the sth verse :—" And Simon answering said unto
them, Master, we have toiled all night and have taken
nothing : nevertheless, at thy word I will let down the
net." The collection, whichis usually made on the occa-
sion, amounted to £55. The following statement will
show the number of children in attendance at the various
schools :

Sunday
Addi-
tional.

Infanta 1 Total

Schools,

Boys Girls

Girls Boys Girl s Boys , Girls

Blue Coat Hospital
Female Orp. Asylum
Old Church
Hunter-street
St. James'
Weis° Charily
Kverton & Kirkdale.
Mill-lane .
St. Mark's

250 100
129
110 112
160 100
1701 150
230 110
200 145
145 100
90 95
127 127
112 126
129 98

2501 100

1 1.. 129
5 86 40 202 157
• • .. 160, 100
Oi .. 1801 160

• • I 72 50 302 160
6, 60 54! 280 205
12, 38 47, 193 159
20, 70 50 180 165
40' 65 63 222 230
401 .. h . 134 166
31' 104 90 263 212
831 70 61' 285 208
32 86 66 311 288
58' 96 106 281 356
140 100 110 450 443
75 160 90 383 304
28 100 80 304 236
7, 88 76 160 174
8 71, 86 158 106
70 .. 166 158
98 86 70 376' 363
94, .. j .. 901 94

St. Andrew's
St Paul's
Edge-hill
St. Jude's
St. Augustine's
St. John Baptist's
North Ch of England
South Ditto
r St. Bride's
St. Catherine's
St. Luke's
St. Mary's, Kirkdale
Christ Church
All Saints' Church
Mariners'
St. Bartholomew's
St. Clements, Wind
St. Simon's
St. Barnabas'
St. Silas'
St. Martin-in-Fields
St. Thomas's, Tox'th
St. John' s
W Derby Workhouse
Liverpool Industrial

176 114
205 190

165 1921
240 193

1231 1391

170 128
70 91
75 62
84 88

30 22: 110: 90 320 272
60 70, 110 90 330 273
100 20. 164, 150 264 300
15 30 120, 110 295 286
25 26 60 40 220 141
50 60. 60' 60 237 206
65 50, 159 111 445 351
80 50 . , 160 170
19 13 144 106
138 97. 628 475

130
160 146
135 76
127 86
221 190
130 120
125 93
490 378
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THE Two REFORMATIONS

On Friday evening, a lec-

titre was delivered in St. Mary's National School, Kirk-
dale. by Dr. Serjius Loewe, of the university of Dorpat,
on the first reformation under Luther, and last night a
second lecture on the recent reformation in Germany.
The attendance was highly respectable, and the chair was
taken by the Rev. D. James, who introduced the doctor
in suitable terms. The doctor drew in his opening re-
marks a truthful picture of the deadly effects produced by
Popery, which he said could not be understood in its true
character in this country, where it assumed an aspect
which puts the unwary off his guard. The true features
of Romanism could only be seen by visiting Roman Ca-
tholic countries such as Spain, Italy, Poland, &c. He
then referred to the causes which led to the reformation,
viz., the state of things in the
,church which became the
more oppressive the longer it lasted ; the unlimited power
of the Popes ; the great wealth and extensive landed pos-
sessions of the clergy and monastic orders ; the endless
imposts levied in the name of the church ; the pride and
insolence, coupled with the grossest ignorance of the
clergy and the monks ; their infamies, excesses, and
crimes, &c. The lecturer then went on to notice in
graphic terms many of the superstitions and impostures
of the middle ages and the scenes of wickedness which
took place during the pontificate of Leo. X., whose char-
acter he set before his audience as drawn by a Ro-
mish historian. The impieties and frauds connected
with the sale of indulgences were also narrated, as
proving sufficiently the gross venality of Papal Rome;
these roused the indignation of Martin Luther, whose
mighty spirit broke through the system and worked its
way with every new step to a greater degree of freedom
and independence. The power of his language and ac-
tions produced an electrical effect on the whole of Ger-
many and the civilized world. The doctor then vindicated
the character of Luther from the misrepresentations which
have been urged against him, and placed in their true light
the various occurrences which took place ere the reformers
were freed from the trammels which Popery had laid upon
them. In his second letter the doctor related the im-
portant events which have recently taken place in the
Roman Catholic Church on the continent. The lectures
were listened to with earnest attention. At the close, a
vote of thanks moved by the Rev. D. James, and seconded
by John Walker, Esq., was heartily accorded to the lec-
turer.

TIDE TABLE

EVENCI.I HORT. 1

HOLYDAYS, ETC

June. h. m. h. m. ft. in.
Tuesday.... 27 732 8 7 14 6
Wednesday.2B 838 9 9 15 4
Thursday .. 29 937 10 2 16 11
Friday ....30 10 28 10 53 17 11
Saturday .. 111 17 11 41 18 4
Sunday .... 2 - 0 3 18 8 2d Sunday aft Trinity
Monday.... 3 025 046 18 7

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