The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-02-01 00:00:00

BEERHOUSES AND SINGING ROOMS.

THE great moral and social evils arising from the preva-
lence of cheap singing-rooms in Liverpool, attached to
public-houses and beer-shops, has led to the formation of
a" Liverpool Association for securing the better regula-
tion of Houses of Public Entertainment." John Crop-
per, Esq., is the president, and there is also an influential
committee, comprising some of the leading Clergymen of
the town. A petition to Parliament is now in course of
signature, and the object of the association may be
gathered from the prayer of it, which is as follows :
" Your petitioners pray your honourable house to grant
to magistrates, or other local authorities, an effective
check over the issue of licenses for the sale of beer; and
at the same time to take out of the hands of licensed vic-
tuallers and beerhouse-keepers the providing of public
amusements for the people, at present undertaken with a
view to the promotion of tippling, by extending to the
whole kingdom certain provisions of the 25th George 11.,
(by which a license is required for the opening of any
place of public amusement, within the cities of London
and Westminster,) and by rendering unlawful the sale or
consumption of any kind of intoxicating liquor in any
place so licensed for public amusement."

It can need but little argument to show the importance
of providing some effectual remedy against the growing
evil complained of; and the difficulty of legislation on the
subject is considerably lessened by an act which partially
meets the case being already in existence for the metropo-
lis, but which requires to be extended to other large
towns.

CREWE.

THE LATE CHARLES LAWRENCE, ESQ.

THE death of this lamented gentleman has been deeply
regretted by the inhabitants of Crewe. As a tribute of
respect to his memory, the ensign was displayed half. mast
high on the church, and the bell tolled at intervals till the
period of his interment. A funeral sermon was also
preached on Sunday last, by the Rev. E. Hastie, curate
of the district, from the words, " The faithful fail from
among the children of men."—Psalm xii, 1. After dwel-
ling particularly on the many benefits which the town has
derived from the late Mr. Lawrence, he noticed the duty
of faithfulness to the obligations which worldly influence
and the possession of the world's goods impose. The late
lamented gentleman was mainly instrumental in originating
the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which, by its
success, gave so great an impulse to the construction
and extension of railways. The town of Crewe, with
upwards of five thousand inhabitants, has sprung up
within the last ten years, in consequence of the London
and Northwestern Company having erected there their
works, which, for the temporal and spiritual welfare of
the inhabitants, and the promotion of their best interests,
Mr. Lawrence ever manifested the deepest anxiety. He
was a steady and liberal supporter of the church and
schools: his donations to the Mechanics' Institution, and
the religious societies connected with the place, were most
munificent. Though his loss is deeply lamented, there
will still be found in Crewe a lasting memorial of those
labours and exertions, which were continued to a period
of life to which but few attain.