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not being a certificated teacher resident in the town at the time, and we 
perceive by a report lately issued, that, at the examination held in the 
school last June, thirty-three out of thirty-eight students passed in phy- 
siology: of these twenty-eight obtained “Queen’s Prizes” (including 
James Smart and Charles Taylor, to whom bronze medals were awarded) ; 
and out of twenty-four students in zoology, eleven passed the examina- 
tion, and three secured prizes. 
All these young men owe their success and improved culture to the 
philanthropic exertions of Mr. J. H. Beale, a member of the committee of 
the school, who undertook the task of instructing them without any 
prospect of pecuniary remuneration ; and also to the zeal and energy of 
Mr. James Cadbury, the secretary, and one of the originators of the 
school. 
A second branch of Science has been added, — a class in chemistry being- 
now gratuitously and worthily conducted by Mr. J. Id. Beesley,* an 
analytical chemist in the town, who has placed his laboratory at the 
disposal of the students for the purpose. 
In connection with the Banbury Institution we must not omit the 
mention of Dr. Acland, of Oxford, who has taken a deep interest in its 
formation and in the movement generally. 
Another thriving little institution is the Science School at Wigan, where 
classes arc established under the direction of Mr. E. II. Birkenhead as 
teacher. This gentleman held, before November last, no less than seven 
Government certificates of the first-class, in physics, geology, &c., and 
two of the second-class in chemistry, &c.f Our readers will not be sur- 
prised to hear that the pupils of so proficient a teacher were all successful 
at the last examination, none having entirely failed, eighteen having 
obtained “ Queen’s Prizes,” and two, silver medals. Mr. Birkenhead is 
now also installed as Lecturer on Geology at the Liverpool School of 
Science. At Wigan, the institution owes its prosperity in a great measure 
to the active zeal of the Ilev. T. F. Fergie, the incumbent of Ince, near 
that town. 
At Liverpool, a school has been established, as already stated, under the 
most favourable auspices, and we have very good grounds for expecting 
that it will prove a successful and thriving institution. The active support 
and sympathy of the Lord President of the Council, the head of the 
Educational Department of the State, seconded by the eloquence of the 
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and of other eminent men, could not fail to 
impress all classes of persons with the importance of the movement, and 
to enlist their warmest sympathies ; whilst the munificence of such men as 
Mr. William Brown, Mr. Graves the late Mayor, the President of the 
British Association, and other gentlemen resident in the town and neigh- 
bourhood, has rendered permanent that which might, without such aid, 
have been but a temporary boon to the important town of Liverpool. The 
school commenced its operations early in December, with about 140 
students (including many qmpil-teacliers who have free admission to the 
# Since this article was written, Mr. Beesley has taken a first-grade 
certificate. 
f He now holds nine first and two second-class certificates, 
