The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-15 00:00:00

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This structure is to be be built on the southwest corner
of the Piince's-park, (about 12 yards back from Ullet-
lane), and will form a high ornament to our southern
suburbs, near Aigburth. The above typographical dia-
gram represents the ground floor, and would have been
more perfect had spaces been left between the small dotted
squares inside (the buttresses) to represent the windows.
We 'describe the building from these drawings as being
built.
The style of architecture is the perpendicular English,
or Gothic, of the 15th century ; with, at the west end, a
handsome steeple, rising to the height of 150 feet. The
entire length of the building is 145 feet ; the width is 51
feet in the body, and in the transepts (which are 40 feet
wide) 124 feet.
The tower is of three stories, surmounted by a spire.
In the west end of the tower there is an ornamental oak
door, forming an entrance to the gallery at that end, with
a crocketted canopy. Over this door is a window, light-
ing the staircase ; and one on each side, enriched by tra-
cery, lighting the entrances. In the centre, above, there
is a clock, with also a crocketted canopy, and a pinnacle
on each side. _ _ _

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Above this is a tall three-light window, divided by a
transom, making the whole, with two mullions from
top to bottom, into six compartments. Over this window,
which is chastely ornamented with tracery, the tower
terminates in an embattlement, enriched by quatrefoil
panels, with open Gothic arches between, which will, no
doubt, present a light and elegant appearance. The but-
tresses are finished by crocketted canopies and plain pin-
nacles. The spire is octagonal, with arched window
openings, topped by ogee canopies and enriched finals, to
correspond with the other spiral portions of the building.
The apei of the spire has an ornament in the form of a
fleur-de-lis, which has a pretty effect as a final.

On Wednesday this interesting ceremony was gone
through, in the presence of a large body of spectators,
who seemed one and all to take a deep interest in the
proceedings. To enable the working classes of the loca-
lity (of whom a considerable number attended) to be
present, the time for laying the stone had been fixed for
half-past twelve o'clock ; and long before that hour par-
ties on foot and in carriages were seen wending their way
through the delightful walks of the park towards the
site, which is at the south-west corner, excellently chosen
both for the future usefulness of the erection, and for its
beauty of prospect. At the hour appointed the Rev.
Hugh M'Neile reached the spot, accompanied by his
lady, with several of his clerical brethren, the trustees,
&c. The rev. gentleman appeared full of spirits, and
evidently contemplated the scene around him with heart-
felt pleasure. Having taken his place, with the stewards,
architect, &c., near the stone,
Mr. SAMUEL. HOLME placed the bottle in the cavity. It
contained the newspapers of the day, a plan of the Prince's
Park, an almanack for the present year, and some of the
coins of the realm. A brass plate, on which were engraved
the day and year of laying the first stone, and the names
of the trustees, architect, and builders, covered the cavity.
The doxology having been sung,
Mr. BICKERSTETH briefly addressed Mr. M`Neile in
handing him the trowel. He said—Rev. sir, in requesting
your acceptance of this trowel, and begging you to lay the
first stone of this church, allow me to congratulate you on
the commencement of the building. I hope your life will
long be spared, and your health long preserved, to preach
the Gospel in this place as faithfully and as beneficially as
you have done in those places in which you have hitherto
preached it.
The Rev. HUGH M`NEILE having here used the trowel,
a beautiful silver one, elegantly engraved and ornamented,
in spreading the mortar, and having then tried the stone
with the plumb, spoke as follows:—Mr. Bickersteth and
gentlemen, I have much pleasure in complying with your
request that I should perform the ceremony of laying the
first foundation stone of the church now to be erected on
this site. Believing firmly, as we do, that the extension
of our National Church, with all her sacred ordinances, is
at once a high Christian duty and the most enlightened
Christian patriotism, it is a matter of great satisfaction to
witness, and of no ordinary gratification to take part in.
the efforts now vigorously made in that right direction in
various parts of our country. It has been well remarked,
with reference to our colonies, and the Christian duty of
England towards them, that whatever is sown in a new
soil, whether it be tares, or whether it be good seed, will
take root and spring forth to an abundant harvest. This
truth England is called upon to understand, and to act
upon, more than any country was ever called upon before.
Our colonies are rapidly growing into great nations, and
upon ourselves—that is, upon the church and realm of
England—it depends, under God, to mould their institu-
tiohs and to fix their principles. And what is thus truly
said concerning our colonies, may with undiminished truth
be said of our suburban manufacturing, agricultural, and
mining districts ; for if our distant colonies are growing to
be nations, these suburban districts are growing to be ci-
ties, and whatever is sown in the new districts, as 1 said,
whether it be tares or whether it be good fruit, will take
root and spring to an abundant harvest (hear, hear, and
much applause.) The disseminators of tares are busy.
The call upon the sowers of good seed is loud. The de-
mand for their strenuous efforts is urgent. Something
must be done. One part of a right answer to that demand
is, the building of national churches. It is only one part.
Fully I grant it is but one part. Other efforts must be
made on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of our fellow
countrymen who will not avail themselves of the churches
when they are built. The aggressive step, the conciliating
manner, the kind, the affectionate, but, withal, the faith-
ful voice of the living visitor must be brought to bear upon
the masses of our uninstrurted fellow-countrymen, to win

SELECT VESTRY.-At the meeting on Tuesday the
medical board reported that on one occasion, recently,
potatoes unfit fog human food had been served up to the
inmates in the medical ward, bat that good ones were
substituted the moment the discovery was made. The
Workhouse
Committee passed a vote of thanks to the
medical board for the attention they had paid to the di-
etary. Mr. Townsend was elected a member of the
Workhouse Committee, in the room of Mr. Peck, re-
signed. Mr. Thomas F. Grimsdale was elected house-
surgeon to the workhouse, by a majority of 17 to 1 over
Mr. Alexander Henry, (the only other candidate, out of
eighteen who went to the vote) at a salary of £l5O, and
apartments out of the house. Mr. Howard Horsley was
elected a member of the vestry in the place of Mr. Black-
burn. In reply to Mr. Houghton, who made the inquiry
in consequence of a paragraph in the Liverpool Standard
the week previous, Mr. Riding said the churchwardens
had made arrangements for visiting Haydock Lodge and
other lunatic asylums in the district, and would make a
report as speedily as possible.

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