The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-01-20 00:00:00

TO THE ARTIZANS OF LIVERPOOL AND THEIR
WIVES.

FRIENDS,

I have for some years past longed for an opportunity of
giving to you sound practical information on a most important
subject, one upon a right understanding of which depends
much of the happiness of yourselves and families. You will
find, I trust, such hints on the subjects I am about to lay
before you as will be of much 'service to you. Owing to the
deplorable waste of life amongst the labouring classes, go-
vernment has lately taken the matter in hand, and the report
of the commissioners employed has been of such a nature as
imperatively to call for direct legislation on the subject. If
this necessity for the interference of government has been
imperative as regards the 'ountry at large, it is more espe-
cially so as respects Liverpool ; and, for the information of
my operative friends, I will furnish them with some extracts
from the Report of Mr. Chadwick, secretary to the commis-
sioners ; and, in doing this, I would also urge the subject
upon the wealthier classes of society, for it will be seen by
reference to the subjoined tables that the same causes which
operate so injuriously upon the poor, operate also, although
in a modified degree, upon the rich. Let us now take the
average duration of life, in some town ; and be it remembered
that these tables are not formed by guess, or at random, but
from the register of deaths which occurred, and the actual
ages at which these deaths occurred amongst the various
classes of society; but it would be well, perhaps, to explain
to you, my friends, how these averages are taken, as you
may perhaps say, " Oh, I know plenty of old people here in
Liverpool ; this must be untrue !" Now we will suppose the
deaths that occurred, in any place, for one week, to be ten,
and the ages as follows :
Persons. A flif

UNIVERSITY AND
INTELLIGENCI

_llR\l‘,_*•4

CLERICAL PROMOTION'S.
Rev. George Harrison, M.A., Curate of Rayleigh, Essex,
to the Perpetual Curacy of New Brentford. Middlesex, va-
cant by the promotion of the Rev. John Stoddart, D.D. ;
patron, the Rector of Hanwell.
Bev. Charles Tower, M.A., of St. John's College, Cam-
bridge, Curate of Loughton, Essex, to the Rector,- of chi).
mark, 'Wilts , vacant by the promotion of the Venerable
Francis Lear ; patron, the Earl of Pembroke.
Rev. Thomas May, of Ormskirk, to the Curacy of St.
Mary, Lancaster.
Rev. George Thomas Pretyrnan, LL.B. Chancellor of
Lincoln Cathedral, has succeeded as Canon Residentiary to
the Very Rev. George Goadon, D.D., Dean of Lincoln.
Rev. John Pickleton Power, 8.A., of Queen's College,
Cambridge, to the Curacy of the New Church of Birkenhead,
Cheshire.
Rev. James Dillon Raven, 8.A., of Alagdalene College,
Cambridge, to the Curacy of Deane, Lancashire.
Cranmer, of St. John's College, Cambridge, to
the Rectory of St. Andrew's Ancoats, Manchester.
Rev. George Dowty, L.A., of St. Bee's College, Cumber-
land, to the Curacy of Todmorden, Lancashire.
Rev. A. L. P. Snow, 8.A., of Trinity College, Dul
the Curacy of St. John's, Worsthorn, Lancashire
Rev. John Richards, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Paul's,
Warrington, Lancashire.
Rev. John Roberts, Curate of St. George, and Chaplain
in Ordinary to Lord Dinorben, to the Vicarage of Llanhefydd ;
patron, the Bishop of Asaph.
Rev. F. L. I. Russell, M.A. to the Curacies of Great and
Little Eversden, Cambridgeshire.
Rev. J. Armstrong, one of the Priest Vicars of the Cathe-
dral, to the Rectory of St. Paul's, Exeter, vacant by the
death of the
Chapter of Exeßevter. A. T. R. Vicar), ; patrons, the Dean and
The Rev. John groom, 8.A., of Wadharn College to the Curacy of Padiham, Lancashire.

)sford,