The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-01-24 00:00:00

RAGGED SCHOOL TEA PARTY.

LAST night an interesting tea party, supplied by the libe-
rality of Mr. Joseph Hubback, the secretary, was given
at the Soho-street Ragged Industrial Schools, to the boys
and girls who have passed through the institution, and
been hired out into service. The festival, which is an annual
one, took place in the girls' school-room, which was deco-
rated for the occasion with paper festoons of variegated
colours. Tea had been provided for about 120, and some
of the children who were in attendance had come for the
purpose from a distance. Each was expected to bring a
testimonial of character from his or her employer, and it
was gratifying to find, under the circumstances, that these
were generally of an encouraging character. It may also
be worthy to state, that the circulars of invitation had
been printed in the establishment, which now has under
instruction about 130 pupils. Mr. Mansfield has evidently
formed a very favourable opinion of the good effected by
the schools. He has sent to it several juvenile delin-
quents, nearly all of whom have turned out well. One
was sent last week, and another yesterday. The party
was of a very interesting character, and the children, who
were all orderly, neat, and clean, were, we believe, ad-
dressed in affectionate speeches, abounding in good prac-
tical advice, by the Rev. Mr. Carter, chaplain of the
Borough Gaol, the Rev. Mr. Moore, Mr. Hubback, &c.
There was one very pleasing and remarkable feature in
the evening's proceedings, the presentation to Mr. Hub-
back of a handsome gold-chased pencil-case and pencil-
holder, the spontaneous subscription of the children we
are assured, the movement having been originated by the
boys, from pure gratitude, and without any suggestion
from their teachers. The pencil-case bore, in very neatly
engraved letters, the inscription—" Presented to J. Hub-
back, Esq., by the girls and boys who have obtained
situations from the Industrial Schools, Soho-street,
Liverpool, 23rd January, 1854." The presentation was
made by Mr. J. B. Orriss, the respected and efficient
superintendent of the schools.

APPOINTMENT OP ROMISH CHAPLAINS TO PRISONS.—
The recent measures taken by the Government for the ap-
pointment of Romish chaplains to the prisons throughout
the country has, amongst the Protestants of this city,
produced no little excitement, and we find that a public
meeting is to be held on Monday to protest and adopt a
memorial against a proposal so unconstitutional.—Man-
chester Courier.

FIRE IN DALE-STREET.-011 Sunday morning, about
one o'clock, a fire broke out in the shop of Mr. M. Good-
man, tailor and draper, Dale-street, a few doors below
Manchester-street. It was discovered by the policeman
on the beat, whose attention was attracted by observing
a dense volume of smoke issuing from the door and
shutters. He raised an alarm, and the family, consisting
of Mr. and Mrs. Goodman, the servant, and three children,
had barely time to escape by the back way before the
flames, which raged with great violence in the shop, had
communicated with the front room on the first floor. The
fire brigade, with the new reel, under the direction of
Mr. Superintendent, Hewitt, and the West of England
fire-engine, were quickly on the spot, and, although at
that time the shop was nearly gutted, they succeeded in
subduing the flames in a few minutes. Had the fire
remained undiscovered a short time longer the adjoining
shops would probably have shared the same fate, the joists
communicating with them being found to be on fire. As
it was, the occupants were much alarmed. Mr. Goodman
had only been in the premises about three weeks, having
removed to them from Park-lane. The whole stock of
clothing and drapery was destroyed. Both the house and
property were insured, the latter in the Phoenix-office, to
the extent of £3OO. The cause of the fire has not yet
been positively ascertained, but is supposed to have origi-
nated in the chimney, and communicated with the shop
through a hole in the flue, which, under the previous
tenant, had been made for the pipe of a stove kept in the
shop. This hole, instead of being built up, had been
merely papered over ; and it is no unreasonable conjecture
that a fire in the chimney ignited the paper, and gO caused
the whop to be speedily in flames.