CHILDREN’S TEA AND CHRISTMAS TREE.- On Thursday, January 3, the past and present scholars of the Board School, to the number of 130, together with a few friends, sat down to a tea arranged by Mrs. Brearley. The large schoolroom and a classroom were comfortably filled, and the children did full justice to the good things set before them. Afterwards, they were grouped, and allowed to indulge in those round of games that children know so well and play so heartily. Even the visitors could not refrain from joining them. An interval was called, and buns and oranges distributed. Towards the close of the evening, the scholars, assembled round the Christmas tree, and the infants, under Miss Gregory, sang an appropriate song. The tree was decorated with suitable toys, and the infants, girls and boys, respectively received their gifts from the hands of Miss Pike, Mrs. Whiting, and Mr. Grant. Mesdames Jones, Osborne, Whiting, and Miss Pike presided at the tables, and the following ladies assisted:- Mesdames Powell, H. Panter and West, and Misses Cowley, Compton, Day, Gregory, Rainbow, and Harris. – Mr. Richardson, the chairman of the Board School, proposed a vote of thanks to the teachers, and the children responded with three hearty cheers.- Mr. Brearley, the master, replied on their behalf. The singing of the National Anthem brought to a close a very successful and enjoyable gathering. The expenses very defrayed from the proceeds of the children’s concert given so time ago.