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New Zealander, Volume 7, Issue 492, 1 January 1851, Page 4

ED VOATXON.

MERCANTILE ACADEMY AND GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

WH. BARRY having been nearly . twenty years employed as Principal conductor, and Teacher, m various establishments, under the Board ot National Education, is well as in other public and private Seminaaes,— begs, most respectfully to announce, that, tosponding to the kind solicitude of his friends, lie will resume the duties of directing the study of Youth, in the acquirement of the several branches of English literature, on Monday, the 6th of January, 1851, in those commodious, healthy, and eligible premises, in Albert Street, near its junction with West Queen Street, directly opposite the late residence of Dr. Philson. The situation possesses the additional recommendation of being on an eminence, in the midst of ample play grounds, and of commanding an extensive view of the harbour and surrounding

scenery. _ ' W. H. B. anticipating his pupils to have passed through the preparatory training of the nursery and Infant Schools, submits the following course, viz : — Writing, according to the modern improved system, combining elegance with facility. Grammar, Geography, Arithmetic by contraction, mental calculation, and the ordinary process. Book-keeping by single and double entry. Algebra, Mensuration, Land Surveying, and the Mathematics generally.

W. 11. B. in respectfully soliciting a portion of public patronage, (in addition to the usual professional promise of endeavouring to merit it by assiduity and care) would invite attention to the advantages derivable from instruction personally imparted by the Academician ; such a course being calculated in no small degree to facilitate progiess, and is productive ©f stronger and more lasting impressions, than visually results, or can be reasonably expected from the monitorial or mullum-in-parvo system. And the necessity of a piudential discretion in the mode of conveying instruction, ivhich, to be effectual, should be alike compatible with the developpment of capability, and diversity of temper. To the due consideration of these essentials he will sedulously apply himself. W. H. B. will, in addition to the ordinary duties of the School, (with the concurrence of the parents and guaidians of hi& pupils,) devote the latter school-hour of each day, Satuidays excepted, to the instruction and inculcation of the rudiments and first principles of Music ; being an essential branch of education, in the proper sense of the latter term. As an Art, which may subsequently be acquired, it contributes effectually to the refinement of the feelings, — while, as a Science, it affords an intellectual enjoyment, and tends in an eminent degree, to develope and strengthen the reasoning faculties, rendering every other mental acquirement mote easily attained. Terms.. Thirty Shillings per Quarter. Payable, weekly, monthly, or quarterly, in advance.

MUSIC SCHOOL.

Practical and Theoretical.

W. H. BARRY, from a lengthened and active experience in the Art and Science of Music, in the Army in capacity of Band Master, and in the first musical societies of the second capital of the British Empire, is enabled to offer to the students, amateurs, or other votaries of that universally admired and highly intellectual accomplishment, an opportunity for attaining its acquirement, such, as perhaps, has rarely occurred here, and which the rising musical taste of the community , would seem to require. W. H. 13. will therefore devote the evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, from five o'clock, to the practical instruction and use of any wind or stringed instrument, without exception ! W. 11. B. would propose to occupy the evenings of Tuesdays and Thursdays, in lessons on Theory, by lecture and illustration, commencing at the earliest rudiments, thence progressively, with the view of preparing for the formation of a Thorough Bass Class, of arriving at the knowledge of harmony and counterpoint, and ultimately composition. An early application will be seen to be necessary, as the class being formed, and in progress, cannot be expected to retrograde, or suspend its advancement that those who subsequently enter may arrive at the same degree of forwardness. Persons who may have made some degree of advancement in the Art, either vocally or instrumentally, and, who may not yet have acquired proficiency as Timeists, will perhaps do well to avail themselves of the present opportunity of remedial gratification. Terms. .Practical and Theoretical Courses collectively . . Four G uineas per Quarter. Payable weekly, monthly, or quarterly in advance.