PETERSFIELD.
BRITISH SCHOOLS.—On Tuesday last the twenty-second anniversary of the British School was celebrated in the school-room and Congregational Chapel. A very large number having assembled early in the day from Portsmouth, Winchester, Alresford, and the villages around Petersfield, to be present at the examination which was conducted in the afternoon by the kind schoolmaster and Dr. Steward, in the presence of its many patrons. We need hardly say this was successful, as it will appear so evident from past results. At five o'clock the friends and children crowded the school-room to partake of the usual bounties, after which the company repaired to the chapel to hear the report. The chair having been taken by F. Turner, Esq., of London, the Rev. J. Gooby read the report, which showed that the school was in a prosperous condition, well supported, and deserving increased attention; that the income for the year ending May 1st, 1867, was £145 13s., and the expenditure £152; that 220 children were on the school-books, and that 1,498 had passed through the school since its commencement, which, as was afterwards remarked, is nearly the population of the town.—The Secretary then showed that £2O were needed to put accounts straight.—The Chairman made a few remarks bearing on schools In general, and the British School system in particular, after which the Revs. E. Davenport, W. Lee, J. Eyres, Samuel Harding, Dr. Stewart, and Mr. Warren followed these remarks by important suggestions, and happy information of the triumphs of the moral and intellectual advantages of education promoted by them.—The Secretary informed them that he had in his pocket £10 towards the twenty pounds. and the liberal collection made at the doors could have left but little deficiency. The thanks of the meeting were given to the chairman and friends from a distance. Prayer was then offered, and the meeting was brought to a dose.