The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-07-04 00:00:00

GUM AND

THE affairs of the Liverpool Licensed Victual!
ciation having, through prudence, frugality, and good ma-
nagement, been so far successful, a portion of its funds has
been devoted to the ereetion of an edifice, in which aged and
infirm members of, the trade may find an asylum, in which
to pass their declining years, and where the orphans or
children of decayed members may find a shelter, and
receive a substantial education. The building devoted to
these praiseworthy objects was formally opened yesterday
by a bazaar, devoted to the exhibition and sale of works
of art and taste, including paintings, drawings, embroi-
dery, and other fancy needle-work, together with an inter-
esting collection of natural and utificia/ curiosities; the
proceeds of the bazaar to be appropriated in aid of
the objects of the asylum. The bazaar and exhibition are
to be continued throughout the week. The arrangement of
tile pictorial department having been entrusted to Mr. J.
Morgan, of the York Hotel, was carried out in his usual
styk of good taste, while the deeorative arrangements
generally were under the direction of Mr. Crum„ from the
establishment of Mr. Aid. Ben.uett, the latter gentleman,
with his customary liberality, contributing several beauti-
ful speeimens of iron-castings. The exhibition, also, eon-
tains some admirable specimens of electro-plate from the
establishment of Messrs. Elkington, of Birmingham.

Asso.

The building, which has just been completed, is in all
respects commodious, and is well adapted to the purposes
for which it has been erected. It occupies an eligible situ-
ation at an angle of the West Derby road, on the Liver-
pool side of the , Zoological Gardens, and has a tastefully
laid out, though petite, lawn in front, and is furnished
with suitable play grounds. The building is in the Eliza-
bethan style, and in the form of a crescent. In the centre
is the institution itself, having two gable fronts, and ample
depth backwards to afibrd the amount of eccommodntion
required for the residence of the secretary of the institu-
tion, Mr. Grist, and his family, a schoolmaster and school-
mistress, and eighty. children of both sexes. On the left
side of the entrance is a noble board-room,
.extending the
entire depth of the building. The other rooms on the
basement story are intended for the school-rooms and sit-
ting apartments for the schoolmaster and mistress. The
story above contains the apartments for the use of the
secretary, and spacious and well-arranged dormitories.
The kitchens below are very ample in size, and excellently
fitted up. The front or cooking kitchen is provided with
one of the Cheltenham grates and ovens, and is a very
superior apartment of its kind.
. The two wings of the crescent formed by the building
consist of twelve cottages, or almshouses, six on each side,
and each cottage intended to accommodate a married couple,
Who
.have been engaged in the victuallers' trade, and been
unsuccessful in laying up a sufficiency, for the future.
These cottages are models of comfort and convenience.
In front, entered from a neat porch; is a good-sized par-
lour,* what, in, some of our rural districts, is called a
" a forehouse.". At the back is a small kitchen, with oven
and grate, cupboard accommodation, &c., amply sufficient
for the wants of a small family. Over-head are two good
bedrooms. The out-offices are very commodious; and the
entire building is open both at the back and in front. The
architect is Mr. Nish, a young gentleman in Mr. Picton's
office, who drew the plans of

services gratuitously.
THE OPENING: ADDRESS TO THE MAYOR

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Dock Committee and Councillors Godfrey, -Wags
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R. C. Glardner, and .31r. G. H. llori,Thr,
been nrepared for oresentont--

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TO THU WORSHIPFUL; THE
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,IJCK LLOYD.

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tion hid the grateful opportunity afforded to then), on the
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