The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-04 00:00:00

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1)08ed that they had done wrong, the tribunal before whom
ate)jahad to go, at once said to them, " Come, give up your
tiertill ate," and they were thus prevented from going to sea
lie, It Was
retured, and that, sometimes, was a very long time.
lowennsidered that was a great act of injustice, and such as the
thatett criminal in the land was not subjected to. (Hear.) As
t4ll/45 a period when most of the members of the House of
ken.'''',,nna were disengaged from business, and, as their own
I,ro"'"ers were amongst them, he did think that it was a very
tl,efer time to move in the question, with a view of getting
thltt pievances redressed. It was the boast of Englishmen
tithttnY the constitution of the country each man had a
kiliji,° a fair trial. The Chinese poisoner was allowed that
.ntellag„,e bef°re he was condemned ; then, he asked, why, if
)tarit-,"1, ma as that wee allowed the privilege of a fair trial,
kr, (I'M it Was forbidden to the British seaman. (Cheers.)
tl,;,sitilt,licti Went On to describe the formation. of the officers
ilo4s t'n by the Board of Trade to preside over the invest.iga-
Pets, tato casualties and wrecks by the masters of British
; the fact was, the son of a nobleman who could date his
apinrisce from the most remote period tothe present time,
did :„"se boast was that his ancestors nor himself never
IN
.1 work, and he hoped they never would ; the next
ItTrYer from Australia, and the third .was an old
Boman "dge. He asked whether such men as these were
liettl'etnt to inquire into and decide upon such important
ttiefle:a as they were sometimes called upon to do. lie then
they' alißded to the injustice to captains of withholding
11o3ece.rtifleates when they had once got them into their
lier"n, when many of their owners would entrust
set 4.°411 the charge of another vessel, and concluded by
treatedlg the resolution, which was carried amidst the
t enthusiasm.
ti Charles Holland came forward to move the following
~'4lece.?'' '!"--" That a petition to Parliament be drawn up,
'4l the foregoing resolutions, and that the borough.
towhees be iequeeted to present the sme." . He said he did
krtitt; 4nY motive why one belongings to the mercantile com.
:444'1 theuld have been called on to mover or second, a
;°4td:''''' at that meeting, because, after what they had heard
'illy ,Y' it Was quite apparent that masters of vessels were
,wilil:,'ltneetunt to deal with the case before the meeting, and
‘lter'beY had so well and clearly developed to the assembly.
":11t0),"ear.) One of the notions, perhaps, of calling on
41111) ;ay a few words, might be that it was desirable for a
Ithe,-,°f the mercantile community to bear testimony to
Potitin"' been so ably put forward, and also to the present
kni: i't 'thich the act placed the gentlemen in the merchant
'Pillja (aear hear.) So far as he was able to express aonf.
h 0, le.
,selitt„ '-, most fully conceded that the commanders
[„Bails tne mercantle navy, had fully kept pace with the
0t)1Z148 made in the last century. (Applause.) And
'tle;`'4 (ttiriever great and beneficial the. physical changes had
,"% ng that period, the manners and morals of the
Nell es were snore than equally augmented, and
''4 a 1440 satisfactory. (Renewed applause.) It
10 eliiAgroas injustice to be told in the position
ehel; commanders of vessels were now placed
I ith go a trial by such a tribunal .as that
e Rd
go
ker "'s now constituted to decide on their case—even
tilltt heaartedeident.
.(Eear, hear.) All they required wag
ttn" as ~-'1:1 justice, and that was their inherent
.t.e--c.aglishmen, for they should be tried by a jury
ti't_otii lva equals. (Hear, hear.) He illustrated.th!.t
,'' 1t0,,0f, his observations by stating that a captain in
Atite_,' Navy called. forth a cook to be tried on the
j'At!iiii'Lec,k_; -the. cook objectA, and when the captain
Oe',. nis objection,. to
Will
a reasonable c.mrse ?-
i'the'" )He replied, i you have a jury of cooks
tit barter deck to try me ? " (Cheers and laughter.)
,Wlt„`„l't present case, in his (Mr. Holland's) opinion,
er •e
t:'ici hen. more apposite, the more so, as there
1,4 iLa.i,:%vant whatever of juries totarry) He
any
one that might i
trusted the
Lassos Lassos (1 an offender. (Fleas, he
:te„, would not be allowed to remain long in abeyance, and
i'VICe(I the Board of Trade would be so constituted that it
y„.441 1,11:4, be a Board' of Trade in name, but in reality.
N: n) He would ask if it were not a farce to have a
;ntf„u'ought to trial before such gentlemen as they had
hip,". that day ? Two of the gentlemen spoken of knew
41 °F the merits of any case brought before them,
itttkk-i third assumed the position of a public pr.osecutor,
kitaiii,°,g into account cases, the features of which must
It Ne'Y new to' him. (Hoar, hear.) This was, in
jii4tit:: 11.'s) mind, grossly injust, and oughtd
in
tli!bg ',Bel• (Applause.) The only motive he had
Neil,- the proceedings was to see that the gentlemen.
hetstii,``)., should have and possess the same toleration as
111,4tteuJeets. (Cheers.) They had now
.arrivad at a
iletleehtl„ct, they would accamplish their object, because
t4altosl --r4 Was a fair and just one, and they had a right
„
V ' thole demand--(hear, hear) —and he had no doubt
!41%)14111,,inatter would be properly laid before the House
tt„ °Sebiuns, as it would be, they would obtain the
i.' le „ e redress which they demanded. When the bill
1t,41e p,PNress through parliament there was a sort of
tj'il '°trtise made that certain objectionable provisions
o,' e remedied, but after that the bill passed into
~,,,`etilLall its present' impurity. (Hear, hear.) No one
r'stiitsi-` ttP and say there was want of talent in the mei.-
~,`'ll)ss ,41no—(no no)—and therefore they ought to have
;Nti.te.l-eltr.ii their ow, n. (Hear, hear ) He thought, by a
'Peo, °!t, the House of Commons would not deny. them
ll
fttlle, 'frights, and urged on them the necessity of acting a
tkr,'ht : `elteers ) He then proposed the resolution.
"ti 1 ain
41, leers,)
the resolution, which was unani-
' Y ad°Pled seconded
1, Keil, I •
had tm,7• 8. Atkins pointed out the great improvement
011 ~,--'en place in the conduct and the character of all
hi 4tile„-,`'''ected with the sea, from the time when it was
,''tliea.' all a sailor loved was his " grog, his
k, the rt' and his 'bacca." How different it was
kik', t, Present day, when they had the sailors'
0 od,
and eir reading rooms, and other things, to improve their
baorals, and he did not know of anything that would
Itotitg'cater tendency to facilitate these improvements than
eqbation of a mercantile marine association. He on-
'illat ay l'tcmires the adoption of the following resolutione i—
% At' association be formed in Liverpool, to be called
I,l%.:.cantile Marine Service Association' (in which the
itt °tel." of shipowners anti all interested is invited), having
tt Ptc;t, to take every legitimate step to elevate to their
iirtZilili"nn the officers. of the mercantile marine of ]the
ii 'ngdow
ii, ,y,,, .
and to promote the interests of the service
i to
G. T
:t4 Akit -anzam, in seconding the resolution, called
kill th em and sailors to come forward and lend their
• 1114e"e formation of the society, which he believed
1;4.. 1, great benefit to all.
lyitilly
'.'lle supported the resolution, in which he said
i: it. the°fleurred, and urged upon the
,shipowners to
et thle, e'r support. He pointed out how the property of
l, ale,
was exposed to danger, and the necessity
tolti! t,'IR Men of experience and ability in charge ot
l'"e'Nels. He at' ted his conviction that it was
elei ibie e 4 .
ly y rte for a captain of the Royal Navy, who was
th.auo „llainted with the routine of a man of war, with
ka: he ",o_4, to be capable of judging of the merits of a
ttletebluight be called upon to decide, in which the
'4,L,tietien.."'rged might not have perhaps more than 30,
e'4e it:. that with the great improvements that had been
1114,14110tber countries, that'three men to every 100 tons
tt‘;the",,lent to navigate a vessel. He concluded by stating
yailti ''aard of Trade would only be conferring an act
is tle:' by transferring the existing powers to the
4,apt4-i'3e Board. The resolution was adopted. .
t,,inPs lII' .1. Ward next moved—" That the following
Vedir, e appointed as a committee to carry out the
cp the resolutions, and to frame rules and regulationssociation and to decide u p _
etitio ason its mode of
k(, Rtii4ll„' and that and
the meantime the subscrip ion of
11 ira shall constitute membership : Captains James
11:41,b • 0. Campbell, James Stalker, W. E. Betts, W.
111'tis 1„.1(1 Cook James Smith, James B. Atkins, John
11,, 11414 ivi.4l. R. Cumming. P Cory, Robert Watson,
lilt p, Samuel Reed, George Harem, G. Loutit,
It 1.1,4, se-rda'll, J ,hn Howard, W. H. Thompson, George,
)ik'i'v4 ;i" 4. Ord, with power to add to their numberi.'
'10;s leir; stated, that having been connected
alwayswith t lae-
kloiii,llearlY life, 'and as once a captain
dwas
14t1htell felt, although he had been a lan sieanforthe
tti tqld th3rtars deep interest in the merchant service,
lit,''prltee-hei4refao're ani-:forward, as he always would do,
tlkhi4edittlt,4oips ailtii seconding the proposition, said he
litia't e, ttl'at it wOuld be only fair to concede the same
Vt's',llle captains of vessels as to other persons of the
le,' owl!, by allowing them to be tried by a. jury ofs
Wetly shelass, and he thought that if the subjec
with
41rsii-;:`' rigourously agitated, that they should, le
14ter.1.'ee of the society that had just beenformed,
lii -,ll,,reant.
let,ii4tittlhrle Tatillinson suggested. that a memorial con-
-44 ao t °Pinions of the meeting should be at once
, y f.
l'4ll ° the Board of Trade, in order to delay the
:ti te q„ waiting for legislative enactment.
`tt.b4l th'lttaan thought that that subject had better
_be_
. Thtt toetise°tumittee, whom, he had no doubt, would
arse " recommendation.
had `l• roselution was then put from the chair, and
‘tNa),ltekr whicha vote of thanks was passed to the
'Beingut) briefly acknowledged the compliment, and
S eparated.

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