The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-02-27 00:00:00

NEW CHURCH AT EVERTON

We observed the other day the walls of a new and spa-
cious church quietly rising to the height of the window
sills on a piece of ground at the upper end of Sackville-
street, Everton, the foundation stone of which is to be
laid to-morrow, at one o'clock, by Charles Inman,
EQq., on which occasion the committee are to present him
with an elegant silver trowel, in approbation of the ener-
getic and active interest he has taken in this work. The
lately green fields of Everton are now thickly covered
with small property, containing a dense population, un-
provided with either church or chapel accommodation.
This church, to be named St. Peter's, will nearly form
an equilateral triangle with St. George's and Christ
Church, Everton, built by the executors of the late Mr.
Horsfall. It is arranged to accommodate 1,200, most of
which will be free for ever. The floor will be laid with
red and blue tiles, and the whole of the benches will be
loose and uniform with each other. The architecture is
denominated middle pointed, and the church is divided into
a lofty nave, with clere-story, north and south aisles, with a
finely proportioned choir and chancel. The organ aisle
is to be formed on the south side of the choir, and an
elegant spire 150 feet in height is building at the west
end of the north aisle. The extreme length from easr to
west is 4.5/ yards, and the breadth from north to south
22 yards, exclusive of a large north porch forming the
access from Sackville-street. The amount of the con-
tracts for its completion is £4,102. Mr. Hay is the archi-
tect, and, judging from the engraving in our window, we
do not hesitate to state that he has fairly surpassed any
of his former productions, and produced here a specimen
of ecclesiastical architecture equal to any of those so much
boasted of by our Roman Catholic contemporaries,
keeping it, however, strictly Protestant in its character,
adaptation, and arrangement. We have frequently had
occasion to congratulate this gentleman, and the church-
men of our town, upon the success of his past efforts.
We believe we may now say of Mr. Hay that he has
already planned and superintended the erection of a
greater number of churches than any of his professional
brethren ; and while his designs are throughout of the
most chaste and classic description, they combine with
these qualities economy in cost—an important element in
an era when we find it so difficult to find the means, and
the state refuses to assist us, of providing for the vast
amount of spiritual destitution which surrounds us.

FATAL CART ACClDENT.—Yesterday morning, while a
carter named Morecroft was sitting on the shaft of his
cart, then in motion along Wapping, he fell off, and the
wheel went over him, injuring him so severely that he
died soon after. It is said that he was under the influ
ence of drink at the time.

IRISH BEGGARS.—A great number of Irish people were
brought up on Friday, charged with begging. One old
man had £4 upon him, and several others had smaller
sums. Mr. Rushton committed them for twenty-one
days, and ordered the money found on them to be appro-
priated to their maintenance in prison. Several of the pri-
soners, however, consented to go back to Ireland. Mr.
Rushton ordered them to be sent free of expense.
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CAUTION TO BUILDERS.—John Moore and Thomas
Carton appeared on an information laid by Mr. John
Jones, building surveyor, for neglecting to build sufficient
privies and cesspits for the use of the occupiers of two
houses now being built by them in Smithdown-lane.
Notice to that effect ,vas served upon the former on the
13th of December last, and upon the latter on the 9th of
October last. They pleaded poverty, and were allowed a
month to complete them.