The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-03-26 00:00:00

VARIETIES.

A PRETTY COMPLIMENT.—" Albert," said ber Ma-
jesty the other day, " do you ever recal our visit last year
to Treport, with pleasure?" "Of course, my love," re-
plied his Royal Highness, " for I can never think of
Treport without thinking of Eu."
There can be no doubt that communion-tables were
moveable and were moved, according to the Rubric; and
sometimes they were made with wheels for that very pur-
pose. The curious old communion-table in St. Dunstan's
Church, in Canterbury, had wheels, which have been
taken away within the last twelve months.—Kent Gazette.
NEVER TOO LATE TO LEARN.—Sir Henry Spel,nan
neglected the sciences in his youth, but cultivated them at
fifty years of age, and produced good fruit. His early
years were chiefly passed in farming, which greatly diverted
him from his studies ; but a remarkable disappointment
respecting a contested estate disgusted him with these
rustic occupations. Resolved to attach himself to regu-
lar studies and literary society, he sold his farms, and be.
came the most learned antiquary and lawyer.
A LUCKY CONVICT.—George Maddon, who was con-
victed at York March Assizes, 1831, for the robbery of
the Doncaster Betting Rooms, is living at a place called
Austen's Ferry, eleven miles from Hobart Town, and is
married to a young woman long settled in the colony,
worth £5OO a year, having got his freedom when only two
years in the country, for finding of the mail bags. He
runs his carriage and a pair of horses.—Extract of a
letter from Wide Bap River, dated 28th lllay, 1843.
TIIE LONDON PERIODICALS.—There are 420 periodi-
cals (from the two and six penny's to the pennies) pub-
lished each month in London. On the average, five die
each month and about the same number are born. A
circulation of 3,000 just pays the expense of a three half-
penny affair which has no cuts and no paid contributors.
The Family Herald circulates 20,000 numbers, and just
pays itself at ld. per number. Punch sells 25,000 at 3d.
per number. It gives £5O a week clear to the publishers,
who are also the proprietors.
REFINEMENT OF LANGUAGE.—In parliament you
must not call many things by their right names. A knav-
ish dunce may be " the honourable and learned gentld-
man ;" the House of Lords is " another place ;" and
newspapers are not newspapers, but the " orinary
channels of information" (as Lord Normanby termed them
on Friday week.) How would this do in private life ?
Tell your servant to" take five of the largest copper par-
ticles of the circulating medium, proceed to another place,
and procure an ordinary channel of information." What
would he bring ?

SCRAPS FROM THE CENSUS RETURNS.—There is a
child in Monmouth called after all the Chartist leaders.
There are three hamlets lying contiguous to each other in
Devonshire, called respectively Heaven, Dell, and Pur-
gatory. The population in each is returned—that of Hell
predominates. One man, returned as having slept in a
barn in Cheshire, on the night of June G, 1841, has the
following significant remark of the enumerator at the
bottom of the page :—" Supposed to have been paying
his addresses to a young woman in the neighbourhood.'

PADDYS' EXPEDIENT FOR REDUCING A FINE.—An
Irish weaver, just imported from the sister isle, took to
his employer in Kilmarnock, the other day, the first cloth
he had woven since his arrival. His employer detected
in the cloth two holes, within half an inch of each other,
and toll him he must pay a fine of a shilling for a hole.
" And plaze ye, " returned Pat, " is it by the number of
holes, to be sure. " " And a big hole and a small one is
the same price? " " Yes a shilling for each hole, big or
little. " " Then give me a hould of the piece, " replied
Paddy ; and getting the cloth in his hands, he tore the
two holes into one, and exclaimed, " by the hill of Howtb,
and that saves me one stilling, any how!
RATES OF MORTALITY.—From a recent report of the
Registar-General, it appears that 100,000 children born
alive, 87.771 are living at the end of the first year in Sur-
rey, 83,734 in London, and only 74,710 in Liverpool.
That is to say-13,220 die in the first year in Surrey,
12, 266 die in London , and no less than 25,290, or fully
one-fourth-part, die in Liverpool. At the end of five
years 79,199, or nearly four-fifths, survive in. Surrey,
68,329, or fully two-Thirds, survive in London, while in
Liverpool the 100,000 is already reduced to 52,198. or
little more than the half of the original number. At the
age of fifty more than one half survive in Surrey, two-fifths
survive in London, and. only about one-fourth survive in
Liverpool. The difference is surprisingly great.

INCORPORATED SOCIETY FOR
BUILDING, &c., CHURCHES AND CHAPELS.

A meeting of this society was held on Monday
last, at their chambers in Martin's-place, Trafalgar-
s'quare.
The Chairman of the sub-committees having made
their respective reports, the meeting proceeded to
investigate the cases referred to their consideration,
and eventually voted assistance to the amount of
£3130 towards the erection of seven additional
churches or chapels ; the rebuilding with enlarge-
ment of three existing churches, and the extension
of the accommodation in eight of the other existing
churches.

The situations where the additional places of wor-
ship are to be erected are the following :—Lower
Cam, Gloucestershire ; Brackmoor, parish of King's
Winford, Staffordshire; Llanguic, Glamorganshire ;
New Radford, near Nottingham; Mosley, in the
township of Congleton, Cheshire; Hazlewood, in
the parish of Driffield, Derbyshire; and at Little
Metros, near Tetsworth.
The churches to be rebuilt are the Westmeon,
Hampshire; Bathwell,Nottinghatnshire; and Honly,
near Huddersfield.
The churches where additional accommodation
will be obtained by enlarging, reseating, &c., are at
Witchen, Ely; Fowley, Hants ; Kirkdale, near Li-
verpool; Tottington, parish of Bury, Lancashire ;
Austrey, Warwickshire ; Ugmaston, Pembroke ;
Full Sutton, Yorkshire; and Upton-cum-Chalvey,
near Slough.
'I he population of the 18 parishes thus assisted is
154,615 souls, for whom accommodation, to the ex-
tent of 25,595 sittings, is now provided in 36
churches and chapels, of which seats 7555 are free.
To this most scanty provision of church-room, 5683
will now be added, including free seats for 4963 per-
sons; thus it will be seen that the present places
contain accommodation for only one-sixth of the
population, while the free seats are only in the pro-
portion of one sitting for 20 persons.
The meeting next examined the certificates rela-
tive to the completion of new churches, enlargement,
&c., of existing churches in several parishes and dis-
tricts. These have been approved. The treasurer
received authority to pay the grant in each case.
The provision of church room in these parishes
previously to the commencement of the works now
reported to be completed was only 2832 seats, 1226
of which were free, while the population amounted
to 11,022 souls ' • but 1920 additional sittings are
now provided, of which 1182 are free and unappro-
priated in perpetuity.
Since the last meeting of the committee forms of
application have been forwarded to 18 applicants, to
enable them to submit their cases to the considera-
tion of the board. Five of these applicants will so-
licit aid towards the erection of additional churches
in populous places.
Thus the great importance of this society's exer-
tions will be obvious, more especially when it is
considered how large an increase of church accom-
modation is provided for the labouring classes,
through the grants voted by it at each meeting. At.
the last meeting (in February) the parishes assisted
only possessed sufficient church room for 9334 per-
sons, out of a population of at least 270,000 souls.
To these sittings more than 4000 free sittings will
now be added, through the aid rendered by this so-
ciety. The extension of accommodation will, how-
ever, be still greater in the parishes which have re-
ceived aid at the meeting on Monday last, and in a
larger proportion of the additional free seats, which
will be 5683 in number, the present open seats being
only 7555 for a population of more than 150,000
persons. These are facts of a very serious charac-
ter, as being so very intimately connected with the
existence of our social and political existence as a
nation.