The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-03 00:00:00

THEFT FROM A LODGING-HOUSE.

William Scholes, a sailor youth, stood charged with steal-
ing a sum of money from a ship-mate, Richard Elson,
a sailor ' • he lodged in Blundell-street. He said he had
belonged to, the brig Humber, and that he had been
paid off on Monday last, when he received the sum of
£6. 2s. 6d. He put the money into a dressing box, and
locked the box in his clothes vilest. He gave the key to
George Spark, who brought him from time to time such sums
as he wanted. The prisoner lodged at the same, house. On
Monday, he told the witness he had no money ; and witness
gave him five shillings. He was afterwards shown the chest :.
the staple of it had been forced ; the dressing box had also
been forced by a plane iron; and four sovereigns were missing
from it. The prisoner was (he said) a
.carpenter, and had
his tools in the•same room. The robbery was described by
Sparks (a witness,) and he and complainant went in search
of the delinquent, and found him near the Adelphi Hotel,
in the act of getting into a coach. lie was uiven in charge,
and there were found upon him three sovereigns, five shillings,
two sixpences, a half-crown, and a penny. Another witness
spoke to the prisoner being at a public-house and getting
change for a sovereign. He told the last witness he had re-
ceived a letter informing him of his mother's death, and re-
mitting him three sovereigns to take him home. The pri-
soner, on being asked what he had to say in reply to the
charge, said—" I know nothing about it : the money was my
own." He was committed for trial at the sessions.

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FIRST ANNIVERSARY MEETING
OF THE
CHURCII BUILDING SOCIETY.

On Wednesday last, at one o'clock, a numerous meeting
of members of this excellent society took place in the Board.
Room' of the Blue Coat Hospital, School-lane, for the pur-
pose of receiving the report of the committee of the progress
of the society up to the present time. There were about
forty-five gentlemen present, including most of the clergy
and many of the most influential inhabitants of the town
attached to:the cause of Protestantism and the spread of
religious instruction amongst the people.
The Rev. Rector Bnooxs was unanimously called to- the
chair, and,opened the business of the meeting in a brief and
-aPpropriate-aadres He said; that according to the rules of
the societr.they had assembled. :on their first anniversary
'Meeting, and it would be the 'pleasing duty of the committee
to submit to them the report of the proceedings hitherto,
which, he doubted not, they would find to be highly satis-
factory. As yet the society had done but little with respect
to the object they had in view—the erection of Churches were
they were most wanted; yet such had been the amount of
the sUbscriptions, extending in all to £20,000, that they_had
taken preliminary steps for the building of three new places
of worship. Two of these—one at the north, and one at the
south end of the town—might be said to be already going on ;
and a third was determined upon, which they would not have
considered themselves justified in undertaking as yet, but for
the very liberal offer of support which they had received from
individuals favourable to the objects of the society. They
were no doubt aware that the subscriptions of the members
were payable only annually, and, though a considerable
amount of the sum subscribed had already been collected,
the greater part would be required for the erection of the
two churches alluded to ; and the circumstance noticed,
and which he should explain, had alone induced them to
accede to- the application made to the committee for the
erection of a third. , They were all aware that in-the neigh-
bouring hamlet of Windsor there was a dense population,
chiefly consisting of the poorer classes, and who were desti-
tute of religious instruction. It was represented to the
committee that a church in that quarter was essential to
their well-being, and that the cost of the edifice would be
from £6OO to £BOO. The parties who proposed its erection
to the committee, stated that they would subscribe an amount
of £l5OO towards it ; that they would leave the nomination
of the clergyman to the society ; and, further, that if they
required it (in case of contingent expenses), they would
grant them a loan of £l,OOO for two years without interest,
provided they would undertake the building of the church.
The committee, taking this liberal offer into full considera-

tion, did not think thgy would be exceeding their authority in
complying with the request, and the contracts had accordingly
been made. With regard to the church at the south end of the
town, the foundation-stone, as they knew, had been laid last
week ; the committee had agreed upon plans for the build-
ing, and the architect was occupied in making out the plans
and working specifications. This church might, therefore,
be said to be fairly commenced. He might remark of
it that the site was exceedingly eligible._ It would be open.
On all sidei=, and 'have 'brie front to Parliadent=street; and
another to Greenland-street. As it would therefore form a
conspicuous object, it was requisite that the building should
be more ornamental than the intended church at the north
end of the town. It was,.of course, the object of the com-
mittee to give to these edifices a respectable and ecclesiastical
character. That at the north, in NayloiLstreet, would Cost
about £3,200, from which there would be from .E=lo to £5O
of drawback ; that at the south would, from the circumstance
stated, cost- about £l,OOO more. Both would have' spires;
and he trusted that they would not only be ornamental to
the town, but (which was of greater importance,) that they
would become highly beneficial in their respective neighbour-
hoods, by promoting the religious welfare and happiness of
the inhabitants. (Hear, hear.) He should now call upon
the Rev. Mr. North, the secretary, to read the report.
The Rev. Mr. NORTH then read the following interesting