The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-08-24 00:00:00

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and, above all, that, so far is the Public
,ted by the faithful preachers of
eals made to them are, from

God's 'Word, that apt

time to time, suc

Such has been the case with respect to the efforts
of Mr. Conor to provide accommodation tq the
worshippers in his district; and, more than that,
to the thousands who never thought of God. A

temple has been reared; and is to-morrow to be
opened. We trust that the erection in question
will be a blessing, as it must be, to the neigh-
bourhood; and that especially it will be such to
those-who have originated and promoted its erection,
Would that other clergymen, like Mr. Conor,
would. originate similar good works, and that their

state does not do its duty, Indiiduals might sup-
ply the deficiency. At the present moment we
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enthusiastic labourer in the good cause—the Rev,
Henry Marlen—is endeavouring to consummate a
similar work in a district at present destitute of ac-
commodation for its inhabitants. The gentleman
in question is in anticipation of being able to erect a
church inhis district, and is endeavouring to convert
the present limited Sunday school rooms into a
tqmporary place of worship. We trust he will be
successful. This and all similar efforts ought to
meet with the support of a Christian public.

THE question is now becoming mooted in every
circle—What are the health committee doing to
compel the abatement of the nuisance, created by
the emission of smoke from the chimnies of steam-
ers on the river and manufactories in the town ?
They have had full powers to effect this desirable
object since the first of January last, when the
Health Act came into operation. They have
realized considerable benefits for the town under
other provisions of that act, The closing up of
unhealthy dwellings ; the better cleansing of the
streets ; the removal of impure and offensive
matter from our houses; the procuring of a
more ample supply of water—all these and other
requirements to promote an improved sanitory con-
dition of our town have been attended to, with
Bard to expense.
wonted quota of

Our ferry steamers still emit the
smoke, defiling the waters over which the 3
annoying the passengers which they carry,
rendering our numerous river promenades, which
under other circumstances would be the resorts of
thousands of our health-seeking population, loca-

atmosphere not imprevgnated with impurity

In Common with the
any reason why the requirements,
Act of Parliament but of the

, we are unaware of

not only of the
wish

nmunity, w

this nuisance abated, have not been ca

Tied out.

There is no practical or scientific difficulty of any
moment to be encountered. It cannot be urged
that—as in the case of the owners of the cellars
and court houses which we have insisted on being
closed up—anything resembling a charge of op-
pression could be urged against the health corn-
mittee for insisting upon the act being fully observed.
Steam engines, it has been proved, can consume
their own smoke, or rather be so constructed as to
make no smoke. The cost of the alteration re-