The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-05-21 00:00:00

EXHIBITION or 1851.—The execution of a model of ti;e
docks is finally decided upon, and will be proceeded with
immediately. The Rev. Mr. Howson, Principal of the
Collegiate Institution, has volunteded to deliver lectures
explanatory of the various descriptiobsof articles imported
into this town. In furtherance of thy' Proposed case of
imports to be prepared for the exhibition, the Earl of
Derby and Messrs. Brown and Shipley have each con-
tributed £lOO towards our local fund.

NORMAL TRAINING COLLEGES.—On Friday the Rev.
Francis Close, of Cheltenham, delivered a lecture in the
Music-hall, on the subject of normal training colleges in
general, and of the Cheltenham college in particular.
The audience was not very numerous. The rev. gentle-
man delivered a most interesting discourse, in which he
showed the great necessity existing for a general system
of education, based upon a thoroughly biblical and religi-
lous'foundation. There were 250,000 professed thieves
in England,tlrained in crime from infancy, and £2,000,000
were annually expended in endeavouring to cure the great
national sore arising therefrom, which could only be cured
by means of education, given by persons being trained as
professional teachers. Having glanced at the defects of
the existing systems of education, and the total absence
of proper qualifications in the teachers of the elementary
schools, and shown the absolute necessity of educating
the educators of the people, be then explained the ad-
vantages of the Training College at Cheltenham, and the
benefit which would result to teachers from attending
there, and finally concluded a most able and interesting
lecture; upon which the Rev. Henry Carpenter moved a
vote of thanks to Mr. Close for his kindness in addressing
the meeting.

SHOCKING SUICIDE BY A SPANIARD.—On Thursday
a young man was found lying dead on the road leading
from the Old Swan to Broad-green, nearly opposite the
mansion occupied by Mr. Chalinor, the report of a pistol
having attracted attention to the spot. The deceased
turned out to be Capt. Suabe, a young man about twenty-
five years of age, and a native of Barcelona. It appears
that he came to Liverpool, a short time since, to purchase
a ship for his brother-in-law, an opulent merchant in that
city. He had been stopping at Mrs. Harrison's, in Can-
ning-place ; and, having purchased the ship Timothy
Horsfall, was preparing to return in her to Spain in com-
pany with some ladies from Manchester. For the
purpose of expediting his departure, he had placed ample
funds in the hands of a firm in this town to
fit out the ship, &c., and went to Manchester, on Tuesday,
on business. From Manchester he wrote to a relative
here enclosing:a locket, a lock of his hair, and a £5 note,
The first was to be sent to his sister, the second to his
mother, and the third was to be retained by the receiver
of the letter as a reward for his trouble. He was last
seen alive at the Old Swan, inquiring for the residence
of some respectable Catholic, and was directed to Mr.
Chalinor's, but he did not enter that gentleman's house.
Deceased is described as a modest and intelligent man,
and the cause of the rash act is not known.
THE CHORAL SOCIETY.—The forty-eighth anniversary
of the Liverpool Festival Choral Society was celebrated
at the Collegiate Institution, on Thursday evening, by an
oratorio. The performance was under the patronage of
his worship, the mayor, who was present during the
greater portion of the evening, and sat with the Rev. the
Principal of the Institution, in the front seat of the dress
circle. The theatre was by no means crowded, though
the attendance might be considered good. The selection
consisted of Dr. F. Mendelsshon's " Lobgesang," (hymn
of praise.) " The Transient and Eternal," an ode, trans-
lated from the German of Kosegarten, and Handel's
Jubilate." As usual Mr. George Holden was the con-
ductor. Mr. Chas. B. Herrmann was the leader, Mr.
John Richardson performed on the organ, and the prin-
cipal vocalists were Mrs. G. Holden, Mrs. M`Dougall,
Mr..Ryalls, Mr. Armstrong, and Mr. G. Holden, Jun.
In the solo parts Mrs. G. Holden, Mrs. M`Dougall, and
Mr. Ryalls obtained repeated, and well merited, marks of
approbation : the clear silver like voice of the former,
and the mellowy softness of the latter, were particularly
effective in the beautiful ode : this was indeed a sweet
performance, both 'as regards the instrumentalists and
the vocalists. In the Jubilate, Mr. Armstrong was
afforded an opportunity of displaying the power and com-
pass of voice he possesses, and also of proving that these
essentials are in him supported, by that pure taste which
is demanded in sacred above all other descriptions of
vocal performances.
NEW CHURCH AT EDGE-HILL.—On Friday, the
foundation stone of a new church, in Crown-street, was
laid with all due ceremony. A large concourse of ladies,
gentlemen, school children, and others were present, and
numerous flags and banners gave the site and neighbour-
hood a most animated appearance. The procession
moved from St. Mary's Church, Edge-hill, headed by
the school children and the committee. The Lord Bishop
was attended by the Mayor, and followed by the Venerable
Archdeacon Brooks, Rector Campbell, and a large num-
ber of the clergy of the town and neighbourhood. The
silver trowel was presented to the Lord Bishop by the
Rev. Frederick Barker, who, in an interesting address,
gave a history of the origin of the building, and the pro-
gress of the funds to complete it. It was to be dedicated
to St. Stephen the martyr, aid to be devoted to the in-
creased spiritual claims of the neighbourhood. Fifteen
years ago, there were but about 900 inhabitants in Edge-
hill district ; now there were about 8,000. An adequate
church was, therefore, wanted, additional to St. Mary's,
(his own church,) in which the free accommodation was
circumscribed. The new church would accommodate
1,000 persons ; 500 of the sittings would be free, and 100
others let at a low rate. He deservedly complimented
Charles Groves, Esq., for his pecuniary aid and assistance.
The people of Liverpool (not residing in Edge-hill) had
also contributed £2,000; the poor had made their penny
contributions; and the ladies had already raised about
£7OO. The entire contributions were about £5.500,
which would be apportioned for the land, the building,
the endowment, &c. Contributions had come from even
' Paris, Geneva, and India. His Lordship said he had felt
great pleasure in accepting the invitation with which he
bad been honoured. The line of streets through which
they had passed in procession that morning proved how
greatly the district had been changed from its state, as
described by Mr. Barker, fifteen years ago, and suffi-
ciently showed how greatly church accommodation was
needed. Happily the necessity had been most nobly
met; and the funds requisite for the erection of the
church appeared to have been most promptly raised by
means of voluntary contribution. In this respect the
present generation was following a good example of
former times. It was by free acts of voluntary Christian
bounty that all the ancient churches of our country had
been built. But there was this difference : wealth was
then in great masses in the hands of the few ; now it
was generally diffused. One of the first official acts
which he had the satisfaction of performing was to conse-
crate a church entirely built by the Christian liberality of
a family, in memory of a departed friend, and as a memo-
rial to his honour; generally speaking, however, we must
now look to the combined efforts of many persons co-
operating together for such achievements, rather than to
great separate acts of individual munificence on a large
scale. The right rev, prelate referred, in complimentary
terms, to the liberality always displayed by the merchants
of Liverpool ; and hoped that the new church would be a
blessing to the neighbourhood, and that the doctrines of
the Church of England would be preached there in the
simplicity of Gospel truth. The bishop, clergy, and lay
friends afterwards partook of luncheon in St. Mary's
School-room.