The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-11-04 00:00:00

NEW CHURCH IN STAFFORDSHIRE.

The following is a description of the justly admired new
church at Hanshill, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, built
and endowed at the sole expense of Herbert Minton, Esq.,
who has also erected a handsome parsonage in connection
with it. So spirited an undertaking we scarcely ever beard
of, and we hold up as worthy of imitation. In these days
of dissent and opposition to church principle, it is weil that
such a noble instance of generosity should be recorded,
The form and arrangement is that of the simpler of the
ancient parochial churches, consisting of a chancel of good
proportions, a nave, aisles, south porch, and western tower
with spire. The style is taken from the later specimens of
the early English, in which the window tracery consists
principally of circles, as those in the nave of Lichfield
Cathedral. The details are carried out in a plain and simple
manner, but the general proportions of the building and their
similarity to those of the majority of ancient churches, give it
a more ornanientalappearance than is frequently obtained by
much more elaborate workmanship.
The external beauty of the church is also much increased
by the boldness of its site, and by the exquisitely appropriate
tint of the stone of which it has been built, and which is pro-
nounced by almost all who have seen it to be the most
suitable which could possibly have been selected for the
purpose.
The spire is of light and elegant proportions, and is a most
conspicuous object from almost every part of the surrounding
country.
The interior is perfectly open and unobstructed by galleries,
excepting a very small organ gallery projecting slightly beyond
the tower arch. The nave is fitted up with open sittings with
carved stall ends, and the chancel is left entirely free from
any fixed seats. The nave has a simple but elegant grained
roof, with a good clere-story. The most striking features,
however, in the interior are the tile paving, and the ceiling
and painted windows of the chancel. The paving throughout
is of encaustic tiles, made at Mr. Minton's manufactory,
in imitation of thi se used at cathedrals and ancient churches,
consisting of symbolical, ornamental, and heraldic devices;
and for beauty of execution and arrangement, and for variety
and richness of pattern, exceed, it is said, anything of the
kind which has yet been executed. Those in the chancel
have a rich orange enamel upon the inlayed patterns.
The ceiling of the chancel is of a multangular form, divided
by wooden mouldings into panels, which are fitted in by tiles
of a rich blue, studded with stars of gold, in imitation of the
decorated ceilings of some early churches, and when seen in
combination with the enamelled floor and the stained win-
dows, presents a richness of effect seldom attained in modern
buildings. The windows in the chancel, five in number, are
entirely filled virith stained g' ass. The general patterns are
of a simply ornamented kino, in accordance with old windows
of a corresponding date, but the tracery contains symbolical
devices, those in the eastern window bearing reference to the
Holy Divinity, and those in the side windows to the fotr
evangelists. These windows have been executed by Mr.
Ward, of London, and may be considered to be amongst the
most successful attempts at the restoratiou of this beautiful
art.

The pulpit and font are stone, and are very ornamental in
their design ; the former is attached to the chancel pier, and
the latter is placed near the sou,b gorch entrance. The altar
table will be of stone, inlaid wi. h rich Mosaic; and an organ
i§ now being built by Messrs. gewsher and Fleetwood, of
Liverpool. A commodious and appropriate parsonage house
has been erected on an adjoining site, which groups in a very
agreeable manner with the church.
The church was c msecrated on the 7th October, by the
Lord Bishop of Hereford.

The purchase-money of the Cowdray estate, which has
been recently bought by the Earl of Egmont, was upwards
of £300,000.
EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY.—The ad-
journed general meeting of the proprietors was held on Friday
last at the Shoreditch station. Mr. Henry Bosanquet having
taken the chair, alter some general observations on the state
of the undertaking, proceeded to give an outline of the pro-
gressive increase of the traffic on the 174 miles of the line now
open to the public. In 1840, for 15 weeks, the receipts were
£10,455, for the same period, £14,990; and in 1842, £17,455.
The report states that the revised estimates of 1841 would be
exceeded by the sum of £200,000, arising from slips on the
line, land, compensation, &c. The receipts for the half year
had increased 25 per cent._ over those of last year, leaving a
balrinc, of £11,208, applicable to a dividend of 4s. per share.
The traffic for the half year amounted to £22,924 ; the dis-
bursetnents to £12,058. The increase of expenditure in the
line between Brentwood and Colchester was £46,000. Satis-
factory arrangements have been made with the Northern and
Eastern Company relative to the toll upon goods, and the
short passenger traffic. The directors had thought fit to op-
pose the construction of the Norwich and Yarmouth line in
Parliament, as it was proposed to run through a district into
which the Eastern Counties Company were entitled to extend
their line. The chairman, in reply to a variety of questions,
stated that the directors had no data before them to lead them
to the conclusion that the revised estimates would be mate-
rially exceeded. Mr. Braithwaite, the engineer, in reply to
inquiries from several of the shareholders, stated that, with
fine weather, the line might be opened with a single line of
rails, for goods' traffic only, in three weeks from the present
time, and entirely opened for passenger traffic before the ex-
piration of thre.t months. After considerable discussion on
the general prospects of the undertaking, a vote of thanks
was passed to the chair, and the meeting, which was a full
one, dispersed.
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SALE OF BREAD.-^,-The public are now fully aware of the
existing law in reference to this important subject, and it is
to be feared that in consequence of their ignorance, or their
not availing themselves of the simple but ample mode of pro-
tection conferred on them, they are frequently severe suf-
ferers. By the act 6 and 7, William IV. cap. 37 (1836), all
the old and conflicting laws are set aside, and one uniform
law is now made for the whole empire. The following is the
outline of the leading provisions of the statute, which it is
right the public should know and observe :-
1. •••
Bread may be made and sold of such weight and size as
the bakers or sellers shall think fit. But,
2. Bread shall be sold by weight only under the penalty of
403. for es ery offence. (Thus, peck loaves and other measure
loaves, are prohibited.) But fancy bread and rolls are ex-
empted from the necessity of being weighed.
3. The weight shall be only according to the avoirdupois
standard of 16 ounces to the pound, and the several gradations
of a pound for any less quantity than a pound ; and for every
deviation from such uniforth weight, the offender is liable in
a penalty of £5.
4. Every baker and seller of bread must have on or near
the counter a beam and scales, with proper weights, in order
that all bread sold by weight in the presence of the purchaser,
under t'ae penalty of £5 for each offence.
5. All bread carts are to have the like weighing apparatus,
under the like penalty.
6. All adultration of bread is punished with a penalty of
£lO, and all loaves not made wholly of wheat must be marked
with the letter M, under a penalty of £lO for each pound
weight offered for sale.
Any person may prosecute for the penalties. It is thus
seen that the public ought to purchase bread in the same
manner as beef or any other commodity, by seeing each loaf
weighed when purchased, and that the weight be actually what
it is represented, according to the imperial pound or its pro-
portions, and none other.

!NOV:DIARY FIRE NFAIT Lurrr.—We r; Bret to have lo P
record a revolting instance of the diabolical crime of in-
cendiarism, committed on the farm of Mr. John Foster, a
highly respectable and opulent farmer residing at Great Carl-
ton, a village about seven miles from Louth. On Monday
morning, about ten o'clock, a man galloped into Louth shout-
ing " Fire, fire." It soon became understood that the whole
of the contents of the stack-yard of Mr. Foster's farm, in-
cluding nineteen stacks, barn, &c., were being rapidly reduced
to ashes. An attempt had been made on the previous day to
destroy the premises, but the fire was discovered act' extin-
guished before it had reached any head. There appears to
exist no doubt whatever that the fire on both days was the
act of an incendiary; and the second, which has proved so
destructive, was commenced in a part of the stack-yard the
most likely to cornmunicate with and destroy the whole. The
produce entirely destroyed is five stacks of wheat, containing
from 25 to-30 quarters each ; five stacks of beans, two of peas,
two of barley, two of oats, three of hay and seeds, and one of
straw ; buildings—the barn and stable, the walls only of
which remain. The damage done is estimated at £l,OOO to
£1,500. Mr. Foster was insured in the Norwich Union,
but only for £Boo.—Globe.
HOAX EXTRAORDINARY AT CIIELTENIIAM.--SOMe in-
genious but mischievous wag played off a well matured and
too successful trick upon a great number of the principal
tradesmen of this town, on Wednesday morning last. Let-
ters were received by that morning's post, requesting a large
assortment of the various articles in which the different par-
ties deal to be sent to Springfield House and East Court,
at Charlton Kings, on the London-road, about two miles
frorn"Cheltenham. Accordingly all was bustle and activity,
and each outvied his neighbour in endeavouring to make the
best display before this new patron, and, as they all no
doubt imagined, wealthy and aristocratic customer. Wealthy
he must be, from the largeness of his favours, and aristocrat
was plainly to be deciphered in the style of his writing, and
the perfect nonchalance exhibited in requesting " the best
articles to be sent to my mansion." Forgetting " that all
is not gold that glitters," and that " wise men look before
they leap," they, good easy men, punctually attended to
their written orders; and loading porters, carts, and flys,
with all that mortals can require for their temporal neces-
sities, despatched them to the "mansion of Mr. Crump,"
on arriving at which they found that Springfield was not ca-
pable of containing the goods they intended to stow within
it ; and that East Court was not the court where they were
wanted—in fact, they found they had been hoaxed. One
tradesman had an order for some guns; he, however, wisely
studied the benefit of his health by quietly walking, unen-
cumbered by those deadly weapons, up to enquire what kind
of guns were wanted, when he found, as be expected, that
none were required ; the lady of the house telling him that
the place had been like a fair all the day. One tradesman
took a fly filled with hats, for which, on his arrival he found
no heads. Another. took his best pair of horses, but no
riders awaited their arrival. One sent two barrels of oil;
another several dozens of wine, which no one came forth to
pay for or drink. Loads of china, linen drapery, grocery,
and in fact almost every other description of goods were sent
up, the road being literally thronged with trucks, carts, and
porters. The most strange part of the affair is that a
stretcher for the dead and a hearse were also ordered; the
latter duly appeared, waving its sable plumes, before the
gate. All is vain conjecture as to the originator of this suc-
cessful and novel kind of hoax; but if he ever is discovered,
he will require the hide of a rhinoceros to escape harmless
from the rage of his dupes.

gz)otptung fittriltyt tc.

VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING.

(SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.)

EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, c!rc.
Neptune, C M'Donald, Ogg Calcutta, W & J Lockett
John Laird, Nde St. Croix, 270 Hong Kong. Bolds & Starkey
WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA.
Coeur de Lion, J M Kendall, 352 Demerara, W Fisher & Son
Esquimaux, D M'Farlane, 161 Trinidad, J Poole & Co
UNITED STATES.

W & J Tyrer

Shakspeare,G Henderson, 657 New Orleans,
EUROPE.
Emerald, G Dugdale, 150 Civita 'Vecchia, Eshelby &Co
Wisbeach, J Buf ham, 231 Hambro', Bahr, Behrend &Co
Adeona, D Jamenean, 115 Malta, G Y Fishley
George Glen, R. M'Bride, 227 Marseilles, Eshelby & Co

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