The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-10-12 00:00:00

'TILATION OF PLACES OF WORSHIP

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAND
SIR,—I visited' St. Silas's Church yesterday; an
great credit is due to the trustees for the selection th
made in Mr. Cordeaux. Indeed, the people of Livery,
beyond expression indebted to the Trustees of St. Jud
the eminent ministers they have brought against us.
is one thing, however, connected with St. Silas's whic
I will feel greatly obliged by your making known.to thi
tees through the columns of your excellent journal—t
the great want of ventilation in that church. Yeste...,
should say there were at least 1200 people there, and yet not
one opening for ventilation. Now it is a fact not generally
known, that a man, to be healthy, requires one gallon of air
that has not been breathed before, every minute of his life,
in order to carry on the process of oxygenization of the blood
necessary to keep it in a pure state. Air that has been once
breathed becomes impure, because containing carbonic acid,
derived from coming in contact with the blood in the lungs,
and because the oxygen it did contain, or the greater part of
it, has been absorbed by the blood in the lungs. You will
see from this statement, although it is not so minute as I
could wish, how necessary it is to have a change of air con-
stantly being supplied, especially in places where a number
of people are assembled. Indeed, the want of this is one of
the principal causes of the great unhealthiness of large towns.
It really is a thing that ought to be attended to in places of
worship. There are many in this town so uncomfortable
from this cause, that it is a constant source of complaint
amongst the congregations. I may mention as the worst of
these, perhaps, All Saints and Christ Churches. These two
are frequently almost intolerable from their great want of
ventilation. On the other hand, there are some admirably
ventilated ; for instance, St. Jude's, St. George's, and S
Augustine's, Everton. These are ventilated at the for
affords the necessary change of air without st
gregation, the warmer air rising and going
being supplied by passages provided for the purpose and
the church. I will thank you if you will publish t
marks, or the purport of them, believing that,
stances the attention of the trustees being called t
feet, they will at once do all in their power to ren
am, Sir, your most obedient Servant

ut, fres

AN OLD FRIEND

THE STEAM-SHIP FORTH.—This fine ship, Capt. Fayr
R.N., Commander, (one of the fourteen vessels that
constitute the West India mail fleet,) is approachir
completion in her internal tittin
very splendid and substantial yes,

and is in every r

sea towards the end of the present month. Another of the
same line of mail ships (the Clyde) is also in the Trafalgar
Dock, taking in her engines. The following is an extract-of
a letter from C. R. R. Duncan, the first officer or lieutenant
of the Solway, another of the line, dated Greenock, 6th inst. :
—" We are all very busy- down here, fitting out with the
greatest despatch. There are five of .us in the Greenock
Dock, namely, the Tay, Tweed, Dee, Solway, and the Teviot.
The last named was launched yesterday, and, in the opinion
of your humble servant, is the handsomest ship of the fleet.

Three hundred men are at work on all sides of me."
stated that the first of this noble fleet, which is destir

form a more rapid and intimate connection be

country and our West India colonies than has hitherto been
enjoyed, is to sail from Southampton ; but the superiority of
this port as a mail station is so obvious, that we trust the
mercantile community and the Corporation will vet effectually

bestir themselves to obtain an alteratiou of the preseu
rangement.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT—TWO FISHERMEN DROWNED.
—On Thursday forenoon last, a fishing boat belonging to
Broughty Ferry was upset obout three quarters of a mile off
the harbour, in a sudden squall of wind. The boat imme-
diately sunk from the weight of her cargo and ballast, and
left the four men on board to struggle in the water. Wm.
Gaul and Alexander Lorimer were enabled to support them-
selves until assistance arrived, the one by an oar and the
other by a fish box. The other two were not so fortunate,
the one seized the rudder and the other the tiller, but these
were of so little service, that after struggling for a short time
to support themselves, both disappeared.—Scottish Standard.

HINT TO POLITICAL DISSENTERS.—The following is
from the " Voice of the Church," published in the time of
Charles I.:—".You way never expect less of loyalty, jus-
tice, or humanity, than from those who engage in religious
rebellion. Their interest is always made God's. Under the
colours of piety, ambitious politics march, not with the
greatest security, but applause as to the populacy. You
may hear from them Jacob's voice, but you shall feel they
have Esan's hands."

LORD MELBOURNE NOT IN OPPOSITION.—AIthough Lord
Melbourne, on changing his seat from one side of the House
of Lords to the other, avoided the place usually occupied by
the leader of the opposition, the public did not take the hint.
The corn-law repeaters of Glasgow, fancying that his lord-
ship was in opposition, intrusted to him the charge of
the memorial they addressed to the Queen requesting her
majesty not to prorogue parliament before it had taken the
working of the corn laws into consideration. Hereupon his
lordship became alarmed lest the onerous duties of an oppo-

sition member should devolve upon him, and he embraced
the first opportunity to disclaim the character. On Thurs-
day evening, Lord Brougham having designated Lord Mel-
bourne as " the noble lord at the head of the party in oppo-
sition," the ex-Premier rose to disown the imputation—to
protest against assuming that he was in opposition, as a
breach of order. It is bare justice to this calmninated noble-
man, to correct the erroneous impression that seems to have
gone abroad respecting him. It ought to be made generally
known, that Lord Melbourne is not in opposition to the ad-
ministration of Sir Robert Peel.—Spectator.

WINDSOR, SUNDAY NIGHT.—Her Majesty, who until
that time had been in the enjoyment of her usual health, felt
somewhat unwell last evening, and in the course of the night
was so much indisposed that it was considered necessary to
require the presence of both Dr. Locock and Sir Jatues
Clarke. They were, of course, immediately in attendance,
and the former has not left the Castle since. This morning,
Her Majesty was much better ; but, although she had ex-
pressed an intention of remaining for a few days longer at
Windsor, orders were issued for the Royal Household to pre-
pare everything necessary for Her Majesty's reception at
Buckingham Palace to-morrow (Monday). Considerable
bustle, as may be supposed, was occasioned by this sudden
determination, but at a late hour this evening the former
orders have been countermanded. In ordinary times this
would have excited no attention, but at a period when an
event upon which the feelings of the nation are so deeply ex-
cited may be almost hourly expected, every movement in the
Castle is regarded with the utmost anxiety.
THE SEPARATION CLAUSE.—The truth of the following
affecting story is attested by the Rev. Mr. Mosse, chaplain to
the Chelmsford union, who cites the case from his note book:
—" 1838, Jan. 17th. This day at Chelmsford, and find a

feeble old man, (Cumbers, whose wife is in Waltham-house)
added to the sick list. The being parted from her, after
having lived together from 40 to 50 years, so distresses and
enervates his mind as to render him almost listless to any
exhortations to resignation, &c., which he interrupts with
ejaculations such as these :---` If the Lord took her from me,
I would say, be it so.' It sits hard and heavy upon me.'
When you go to Waltham, sir, if it be not too much trouble,
would you bring me word how the poor woman does ?' &c.
This I instance as a painful example of the unhappy effect of
the separation clause applying to the aged and infirm. But
what was the sequel? On the 18th the old woman died, and
the bereaved husband lingered uneasy and dissatisfied till the
23d, when he also resigned his spirit, about the time the last
rites of the church were being performed over the remains of
his lamented partner."

imPosTou.—A series of very ingenious impositions have
during the past week been played off, upon the shipowners
of Hull, by a young man of about seventeen years of age, five
feet six inches in height, stout made, good looking, an hav-
ing a very nice set of teeth. He appears to be well acquainted
with the Cape of Good Hope, Sydney, Calcutta, and Canton,
and, having found means of gaining information of a private
nature respecting various ships, he waits upon their owners,
professes to have received some very late intelligence, vary-
ing from the most trifling mishap, perhaps safety, to the
sudden death of a beloved relative of the party addressed ;
and, possessing considerable ease of manners and expression,
he manages, under the representation of some emergency
in which sailors are or may be placed. to borrow a sum of
money, insignificant in each particular case, but amounting
together to something valuable to him. With his booty it is
believed he left this town by railway on Saturday last ;
whether he proceeded north, south, or west, we have not yet
heard. London, Liverpool, Newcastle, or indeed any other
port, would present an open field for his sadly misapplied
abilities. We are sorry to say, that at one house he was pre-
sented with some recent Sydney papers, which he will doubt-
less know bow to apply to his nefarious purposes. The youth
is, beyond mistake, a sailor, and much sun-burnt. He wore
in Hull a broad gold girdle round his hat, light shoes with
large ribbon ties, striped shirt, open at the nee'

erc-hief knotted_ on the bosom, sailor fashior

and necb
—Easter

Counties Herald.

A MAN KILLED BY A TOBACCO PIP:.
inquest was held at the Cumberland Head, City-road. be
fore Mr. Baker, on George Jolliffe, aged twenty-nine, a
shoerr.aker, of Graham's-buildings, St. Luke's, whose
death was caused in the following singular manner. It ap-
peared according to the evidence of Mary Jolliffe, that on
Tuesday night, the 21st ult., she was following the deceased,
her husband, home from a public-house in Twister's-slley,
St. Luke's, when he accidentally trod upon his boot lace,
and fell forward to the ground. He was smoking a short
tobacco pipe at the time, and when he arose, he had ;great
difficulty in pulling it from his mouth, but she did not then
know, that it had been, by the force of the fall, driven into
the flesh, and that a piece of it had remained there. The
following morning he ate a hearty breakfast, and in a short
time afterwards was interrupted at his work by a pain in his
throat. The pain increased, and recollecting the circum-
stance of the accident, be went to Bartholemew's Hospital
where his mouth, which was much swollen by this tiro.
lanced ; but he was not even then certain of the cause
pain. Tuesday last she took him to St. Luke's workhot,
where he was immediately received, put to bed, and attended
by the surgeon. The swelling in the mouth and throat gra-
dually
increased, and on Thursday last he died of strangula-
tion. Deceased, at the time he fell, was intoxicated. Mr.
Thomas Rance, the workhouse surgeon, said, that he opened
and examined the deceased's head, and without much trouble
found, in the back part, near the throat, a piece of a tobacco-
pipe, about two inches in length. That was sufficient to
cause death. Verdict, " Accidental death."—Blanchester
Guardian.

—Saturday an

MORTAL COMBAT.—A circumstance occured near Cum-
nook, a few days ago, which might have been attended with
fatal consequences, only for the presence of mind of the
individual in danger. It appears that Mr. Climie, fleshes,
Cuninock, had occasion to drive a bull to a farm steading
about four miles from Cumnock, where it was to be killed.
The animal became " raised" on the road, and it was with
much difficulty that it could be got to the end of its journey,
where it was placed in durance vile in the barn. It contrived,
however, to make its escape thence by butting the door off
its hinges; and rushing out, it entered a field of standing corn
near; and, in an infuriated state, ran about among the grain,
doing it a good deal of damage. A number of people gathered,
and arming themselves with sticks and such other weapons
as they could make available,tallied out to secure the enraged
animal. This new annoyance ouly,served to madden it still
it entered the barn_
more, and retreating towards.thiffouie,
yard, and ran at a man' named 'Stleimm, who was working
about the stacks. Straehdrn endeaVoared to make his escape,
but the bull followed him closely,. and at last drove him into
a corner, where he stoat the mercy of the furious animal,
and in momentary' expectation of being transfixed on its
a s horns.thebull
Pd loweredoyiden its Providentially be had a hay fork in his hand
and,.
head
to make the attack, with a;hope-
less, but desperate effort, he struck it with a happy aim on
the forehead, and laid it dead at his feet. The party in pur-
suit arrived at the same moment, and with one accord fast-
ened on the prostrate animal. Their aid was, however, un-
necessary. One of the prongs of the fork had perforated the
brain, and caused the animal's instantaneous death.—Ayr
Advertiser.