Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-11 00:00:00

[ADVERTISEIIENT.]

FRIENDLY SOCIETY REVELATIONS

thee society.
main facts
A meeting of the officers and friends of the Royal Philan-
thropic Society was held on Monday night, at the offite
of the society, Finch-street. The Secretary, in opening-
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called to inquire into certain false and malicious state-
mcieo £3 in twenty-
ments which had been circulated with the view of
another society, and were two in number. The follow-
the placard. Michael McHugh entered his father-in-law
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six weeks from the time of his entrance. The father-
in-law died on the very day twenty-six weeks after he
had entered the society. The son-in-law thinking himself
entitled to the funeral allowance, made application to the
secretary, who told him that he was not entitled to the
allowance, as his father-in-law was two days short of being
a half member. Such was the subject ofthe first document,
to which was appended the son-in-law's mark. There
' was also a postscript to the effect that, after belonging
to the society for some twelve or thirteen years not one
penny was received on the present occasion. . The
secretary, after reading the placard, proceeded to ex-
plain how the case really stood, which, he said, was as

ibllows :--The father-iti-law, J. Hutt, was entered into
the society three years ago by his son, and was again

entered by the daUghter some twenty weeks previous to
his death. The claim of the son being a just one, was
paid, that of the daughter not being valid was refused.
He produced the books of the society, by which
that the twenty-six weeks were
at the time of Hutt's death. The

it ' was apparent t

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second placard related to Barbara M'Coombe, and
bore her mark. It stated that the society had
refused to pay a just claim of £l2, giving instead only
£6. Mrs. M'Coombe was present at the meeting,
and, in reply to the secretary, most distinctly de-
nied having affixed her mark to the document, and
added that the. one read to her was of quite a different
nature. The secretary said that by f

;he entry made at
the time of the man's entrance his age would, at his
death, be fifty, in which case £6 was the proper
allowance. Even now, if sufficient evidence could be
brought to show that the man was younger, he was

quite willing to pay the balance. He thought it was
most unjust and dishonest for any society to take advan-

(IT of a woman's ignoranceby makingher sign that which,
The placards having been published
,e thought it but justice to the society and the public
chat the refutation should be published also. He
thought that such infamous documents could only have
originated from spite, and he would warn the public to
he on their guard against any society which had recourse
or blackening the character of an
t y like the present. After some further dis-
a refutation _of the placards_ was drawu up,

she did not believe

3 such schemes fc

h. the meeting