Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-29 00:00:00

WALLASEY CHURCH.

The handsome new church at Wallasey, dedicated
to God in honour of St Eilary, was consecrated yes-
terday, by the Bishop of Chester.

Onkthe Ist of February, JtM 7, the old churn's of Wallasey
was burned to the gronnd, and now all thatremains of it is
the .tower. Liverpool :and its neighbourhood is not rich in
archaeological remain; andritvas with universal regret that
the •old church had thas passed away. :It was no architec-
tural; gem, the old church,; dt breathed :not the pure and
"-n--ei-ic spirit of the •early•Gothie period ;its lines had not

fallei in pleasant places.i.lithad replaced what, from th
mouldy stones dug from its 'walls, had been a liner
It had been erected daring that period of architectural dark-
nossmhich Gothic architects-are pleased•to• designate by the
term the debased style era, ::and had been tincturcd up in
moresecent times ; yet was the-old church of Wallasey dear
to many an old inhabitant efithe village.elosc by, and many
who.have lived there no more, for association linked the old
pile -with many a venerable -event, and .threw a halo of
gloryz,over what was actually architectural, deformity itself.
The old church has been raised.to the ground, and nothing
remains but the old tower, that tower.on which many an
eye has glistened withiOnd•delight as they descried it in the
distance, after an interval of months or ,years—for it has
lungzexisted as a landmark toJhe homeward voyager—and
willove hope, do so yet; for theurh a Tnn01ii4.;,..,,+

somee.ditiee has arisen :alongside :of it,.receivizig and worthy
of the admiration of everyone, let us not forget our old
friends. It may interfere with-some of the:best vkws of the
new church—what of that ? In others :it enriches the
Allow its dumb eloquence to speak; listen- to the

tiip.g dialog

that goc

A.m., a u.ns Luiu ui ancestry
world willingly allow one of them to be lost right of? Who
thati.tc.n boast of such a possession would,destroy his gallery
of family portraits ? Who would.btun his ohlrmusty parch-
ments.? No one who has a spark of poetry within him.
That old tower speaks of nearlyoOt centuries. It stands
on one of the oldest foundations in England. Arming ;1,

auuuiutuuteu toe vestiges of a church which
existed before the close of the Saxon nsonarehs,,ere Harold's
crown had encircled the brew of the _Norman, and through
various :changes has come dawn to the present time. Shall
we level this tower to the ground, and grind its stones into
the dust? No, perish the new, rather. than by doing so a
thousand f^" should be d'

sight the other ---.....0 lona memories sli, ~ aissipated and destroyed,
leaving the last named house
prisonerWe Masterton in. On Repair its battered walls, strengthen its tottering buttresses,
sh asked prosecutor to
take off his jacket, and, at the same time commenced a vio- an
old age. d lei the green ivy throw its mantle of beauty over acomely
lent assault upon him, and knocked him down, the other
The pew church was begun fourteen months ago, -and is
prisoner assisting him. The surgeon of the Northern Hos-
erected on a piece.of glebe land to the northward of the old
pital stated that the prosecutor had received a very severe; churchyard, containing more than an acre of ground. The
lacerated wound on the nose, and it would be some time north boundary of the :'present churchyard is removed, and
before it was better. Welsh was committed for trial, and the whole
thrown into one, which will be levelled and sawn
Masterton was discharged.
AN AUSTRIAN LAW R•rrrm.....”•• ft.......... .., ' with grticß vri+h frv.,,,,11,,,-1 ...Al --_, _1 _. ~

_--. --.....,............‘, .A.J. w 1.3 .1.1.11/BINT l; HARGED WITH BEGGING. •..tosa b ""0, rill. , -1-uveuect waIKS wnnling clown to the vari-
ous entrances. It was at first detertniued to erect the build-
. —CURIOUS CASE.— An exceedingly intelligent looking in,
young man, named Oscar Drometsky, who, it appeared, is on the old site, and drawings were made by the Messrs.
Hay, to whom early application was made, incorporating
an Austrian, was placed in the dock, charged by Mr. Hart- the old tower with a new design of increased dimensions.
man, secretary to the Society for the Relief of Foreigners In the report .by those gentlemen, accomp ing their de-
otherin Distress, with calling ,upon a number of lawyers and
signs, they sayculties of the cir-
: "In reviewing the di ffi
gentlemen in the town, and. receiving several sums. of ,

...Janson, barrister, was called in
ipport of the charge ; and he stated that on Tuesday the
quer called upon him„ and stated that he was a law student,
f Prague, and a son of an Hungarian
added that he was in, distress, and
u-ary assistance for abOut ten days or
heard from his friends in Prague
which he conducted himself, and th
,w which he displayed, he (Mr. Dan,'
ewath.--

Lwadire or tee site, as well as that pro-
posed by this design, in connexion with the increasing
and growing importance of this parish, more so at the
present than at any former
.period of its history, certainly
not less so because of its vicmity.southward. to that -part of
Cheshire whose interests are now amalganiated with Liver-
pool, and together with the recently erected church, at New
Brighton as an offshoot frnm the nvi4h or mother church.

y of

district judc

wanted a Effie tempora
a fortnight, until h

From the manner
knowledge of the law

we, with great' def

presented himself

amittee should not take

at once into thseir consideration, the propriety—if not neces-
sity—of erecting an entirely new church' on the glebe lthid
northward and parallel to the present, having a massive cen-
tral tower, nave, and aisles, with transepts and deep chancel,

also with choir and

MILL
er adapted to such a site, at once worthy of the
_ ...ince of the parish from its celebrated salu-
..,,lnurban residence' in connexion with the over-
-Jig scat, of commerce, and equally worthy as the pro-
genitor of ita:graceful offspring at New Brighton.
"In the event of this last view being entertained, we
should recommend, that the present tower be substantially
repaired and used as a bier-house and bell-tower for the cur-
few and funerals, leaving a portion :of the adjacent walls on
the north and east angles as natural buttresses. This,
sheltered with the ivy, would at once become a most pic-
turesque object applied to a legitimate use."
By order of the committee, the design thus shadowed
forth in the yeport was drawn out and at length decided on ;
the working_ drawings were prepared, and building opera-
tions commenced about the middle ot:May last year, erected
in the geometrical decorated style.
The church, is what '-
r.,.hancel with north and
:outh porch, transepts,'
• The extreme lengt
The nave:

prospective impo:

Ueda cross- church, consisting of
th aisles, nave with aisles, and

nd massive tower over the inters&
tion. is 130 feet,' by, 85 feet, the extreme
width. separated fidin the aisles with, an arcade
of foUr bays,'is 65 feet long, by 23 feet wide; the aisles
same length,and 13 feet 9 inches wide: transept, 80 feet
6 ineheg, from nbrth, to south, and 21 feet wide ; the tower,
25 feet 6 inches spiare ; chancel, .of three bays, 38 feet long
by 21 feet wide ; the aisles, of two bays, 25 feet long,. by
15 feet.wide. It accommodates nearly. 1,000 worshippers.
inolncriva . _ _

, and has cos

£6, 000,

The ground falling rapidly towards the west end, a large
flight of steps leads up to the west door, as well as to the
south porch, which occupies the western bay, leaving room
for, a small window next the end .

sue west door ; --a five-light
in with stained glass by Wailes, of
fills up the chancel or east end ; the north and
south transepts are. each ,in the- lower end occupied by two
two-light windows,- with large marigold window above, thus

window-, goi

iug considerable and appropriate varietyiu the four re
While the nave aisles are lenntn. th

arms of the build
to the chancel are

-light wind.

sentmg a rich grouping of effective features as° viewed from tl
east, north-east, and south-east. A clerestory of - segmeni
headed two-light windows extends from west to east ; ti
nave aisles having three-light s.egme,nt-headed windows, ar
those of the chancel two-light pointed ones ; the tower rise

and transepts, supported at the angles with hu4resses,
pierced on each side with two two-light pointeil wind,
and surmounted with enriched cornice and battlements,
a flag-staff ins 'the, centre ; at' the north-east angle is

was ably and ;feelingly performed iv-Mr. Best. The irs,
Lesson was read by the Rev. Mr. lierbin, vicar of Liscett
and the:Rev. Mr. Green, of Wallese.y, read the second .LOSSOR.
ne Anthem was Ps. cxlvii. 12, 3, 4. The -ilAerd
Eshop,preached au impressive ,11.• Taloqucni, from
Matt..xxi.,- I& Ile spoke in he h i.,?,•!-,ost.o,:.'.egistic t. • .of the
incumbent: 3f New Brighton. Ile bad the ,i;reat sat
Ihree.Yeasem.o, of con.secratingthai ehurph 5.„4
prayed for, God's blessinc, upon his 6i
church was., otrnamented,ebut not mox.. .
:Amity did not consist in mere outward fa
union, and the communion of the saints

Loce...;sful litinistry

Ch

is love,
'r,

y thr
tasq litad 14cA
. _

It Was, Ix
that, on]

pressure open the liberality of the pari
mouths afterwards, the parish chrl-c.i,
4egtroyed.4y lire. lle did not wt naspair.of the lib,irality
ref the neighbourhood ; and in that feeling lie had net been
disappointed. If, for a while, ia, little jar had intprrupted
the harmony of erecting the present edifice, he was sure,
as it had
,paused away, the only feeling which remained
was one of joy that the present _House of God had been
erected. He then alluded, very judiciously, and in aery
chaste language and neat classical expression, to the
tower which still remains of the old church, the only
wreck of the fire as being, and having long been a land-
mark to the mariner into a 'haven of rest and safety ; so
might the present edifice be a guide and beacon to the .sons
and daughters of the Church,, into the eternal haven and

of Tv a:

ifferenoe

adie autiw of private, family, and congregational wor-
ship. He thanked the churchwardens, Thomas Bouch,
ani Dr. Alfred Parr, for their exertions, and relied upon
their good jaclgm2nt in discharging the duties of a "diffi-
cult„ delicate, and invidious office," and he felt certain that
they . _

ay, universe

--------• co vuay autprusw.lie peroration, Me 15161143 p
concluded his address, and the Affertory was proceeded
with to defray the remaining debt, As named 1 '
ship, of from,:one to two hundred pounds. -11
then commenced to celebrate the Hay Commt
service was well attended and the cluirch quite it.i.
Bishop and clergy afterwards adjourned •to the Rectory
4

his I.ord-

liordsTlip
Lon. The

BRITISH MEDICAL
Yesterday, the members of ti
second general meeting at the Medical In
pleasant, Dr, ,Pose presiding. The me(
rously attended.

ASSOCIATION

held their
m, Mouut-

Dr. MARKLAND moved, and Mr. ANDERSON seconded,
a recommendation of the council, to the effect that
a voluntary contribution of ss. in the year from each
member be sanctioned fcr the liquidation of A debt of £3OO.
Dr. EDWARD Snmi thought it useless to propose such
an arrangement, as, the debt could soon be liquidated with-
out having recourse to such means.

JULY 29, 1859.

The proceedings of the Master Porters' Committee were
then read and confirmed, on the motion of Mr. Arnold:
A. letter was read from Mr. Gordon, chairman of the