The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-02-20 00:00:00

and an elevated a christianized standard of morals to appeal
to, in all, I am altogether confident as to the result of our ap-'
peal. This institution cannot be ueglected. We have heaid
lately of many cases of desperate disasters. Let us endeavour
to imagine the consequences of having no such Institution as
this. They cannot be even glanced at in thought without
causing a shudder. What! no refuge for the helpless victims
of sudden and fracturing calamity! 0! sir, the impoverished
portion of this town adjoining the docks and canal, would then
present more than the bloody and terrific image of a neglected
field of battle. The shrieks of the falling, the moans of the
expiring, the lingering agonies of the maimed and mutilated,.
putrefying to an untimely and neglected death, under the
beams of that sun, which, at the same moment, would be light-
big us to our daily round of unnumbered enjoyments ! No,
no, it may not, must not be. Neither can the private hahita-
tations of the wretched sufferers meet the exigencies of the case.
0 ! if we could show you some of those scenes of retired
misery ; where the gentle hand of brotherly kindness never
enters; where the voice of compassion never ministers even the
cheap mitigation of sympathy; but where, in the dteariness of
neglected solitude every dire visitation wears a face of sublime
horror; where famine is the consequence of arrested toil, where
the covering of the helpless sufferer, his only covering from the
penetrating cold of such a .season as this, is bartered by his
afflicted wife or daughter, for the last needful support of their
existence; where the very source of tears is dried up; where
deepdespair extorting the language of impatience, perhaps of
imprecation, adds to the horrors of dying sickness the aggra-
vated features of revolting blasph:my—then, then you would
say with us, take, 0 ! take the poor creature to the hospital
and when we answered, the hospital is full already, we want
more beds, we want larger, much larger premises, and fur this
purpose we want inure money—then, instead of the cold calcu-
lation in the head which lingers, loth to part with the extorted
guinea ; we would see the warm unieliberating profusion which
does justice to the emotions of the heart. (The Rev. Gentle-.
man sat down amidst loud cheering.)
Mr. LEWIS MOSELY rose to second the resolution. Under
ordinary circumstances he should have placed himself in that
conspicuous situation under feelings of great embarassment ;
but to attempt to follow so brilliant, so eloquent, so luminous
an appeal to the feelings, the heart, and understanding of
man, as they had just heard, was, indeed, a task which he
found of more than ordinary difficulty. For bim to attempt.
to expatiate on the God-like attributes of charity, when so
many gentlemen were present, who, from their calling as
well as from their education, were more fitted to do so, would
be an unnecessary act; but still there were some few points
which struck his mind, which. called for imperative- attention
from all. They had the means at their own doors of succouring
the needy, and of feeding the hung
,and -of administering
suitable nourishment in cases of deb.!' ‘11; but where were the
poor to find the great comforts, and the //radical application or
a well organised hospital? Where would they find the easy
couch prepared, or the careful nurse in attendance, or the
skilful hand of the practitioner ready at band to administer the
required relief ? This the poor could not have unless by an ap-
plication at the hospital, which, he trusted, would be made suffi-
ciently capable to afford it. As a native of Liverpool, mixed up'
in its busiest scenes, and watching its progress with no little
satisfaction, he had seen institutions of every kind increase in
number, but that description of institution they were met there
that evening to give their aid to—he hoped their powerful aid.
The ordinary barriers of the town had been broken down ; the
enterprize of its merchants, and the industry of its inhabitants,
formed a phalanx of trade which had greatly increased its popu-
lation; yet had they gone on for years increasing in population,
and increasing in every thing that hazarded life, and yet had
remained content, to within a period of three years ago, with'
that God-like institution, the Infirmary of Liverpool. The ne--
cessities of the case became urgent, and a few gentlemen met'
together for the purpose of establishing the Northern Hospital,-
and the wonders it had done since had only shown them how'
far its teal utility had exceeded their most sanguine anticipa-
tions. He was quite sure, this being the case, that the inhabi-
tants of the town only wanted their attention drawing to the
fact, to enable the reverend mover of the resolution, and himself
to obtain their assent to it. They were not pledging the-meeting
to carry the resolution without a moral conviction that tfie public:
and the meeting would really enable them to carry the object
they had in view. (Cheers.) lt was quite true that the institu-
tion was in debt, and he hoped it was equally true that the inha-
bitants of Liverpool were determined to get it out of debt. It
had been stated that the hospital made up, with difficulty,
86 beds. When he told them that these beds were constantly
full, and that they were obliged every day to refuse admittance
to those who required it, they should make every exertion to
increase the number of beds to 10th This would enable them
to give great additional aid to those who required it. The
making up of 100 beds would, also give a character to the hos-
pital. It would enable it to give a certificate tomedical students
who might attend it, and thus make it an object for pupils to,
get admittance, and by this means the aids of the hospitalvould
be increased. The Rev. Gentleman who had preceded him, had
commenced his observations by saying he would practise first
and give his arguments afterwards. He could not take a leaf
out of a better book, or learn a moral more correct or more con-
sistent with his own feelings. He hoped that it might stimulate
them to let their hearts and hands go together for good; he'
begged, in the name of the house he represented, to present the
hospital with 50 guineas. (Loud cheering.) They would be-
lieve him that he did not do this through ostentation ; but lie
did it from a strong conviction, that unless every man would
put his shoulder to the wheel, to enable the hospital to do the
good it could do, they would not get gentlemen together again
for such an object. (Hear.) Ile concluded amidst loud ap-
plause by seconding the resolution, which was carried una-
nimously.

The Rev. Mr. Buonicom rose to move the next resolution
" That a'snbscription be forthwith entered into, in order that
the committee may be encouraged to proceed in their benevo-
lent work." The Rev. Gentleman spoke at considerable length
in furtherance of the object of the meeting, going over similar
ground to what the preceding speakers had done. He beseeched
the meeting to take time by the forelock, and to administer to
the wants of those for whom the institution was established,
" 10. dav, while it was called to-day."
The 'Rev. Mr. JosErHs seconded the motion, which wet
adopted unanimously.
Mr. Alderman SHEII. then moved the following resolution—
" That this meeting regrets that the covorate body, acting un-
der their present powers, are precluded from assisting the hos-
pital with a donation or subscription, and which makes it more
necessary for those who are free from such difficulty to come
forward to its aid." He explained to the meeting, that by the
municipal act, the town council had no power to. devote the-
funds of the corporation to any other but a municipal purpose,
until they had a surplus in hand, which, he was happy to say,.
might be soon expected.
The Rev. Mr. MARTINEAU seconded the motion.
The Rev. Dr. EWENS moved—" That the Liverpool press be'
his charity,
of this evening
requested from time to time to make known to its readers the,
usne
and that the report of the committee
a t
be inserted once in each of'
the newspapers."
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Mr. GEORGE CROSSFIELD, a member of the Society of Friends,
seconded the motion, which was unanimously adopted.
It was then resolved—`That the thanks of this meeting be
given to the Mayor, for the promptitude with which he met the
wishes of the committee that he would preside on this occasion,
and the able manner in which he has filled the chair."
The MAYOR trusted he should be always ready at the call of
his fellow-townsmen to come forward in aid of any work calcu-
lated to alleviate the distresses of their fellow-men. One class
of persons gave their time, another gave both their time and
money, but there was a third class who seldom attended such
meetings as those, and who, rolling in wealth, seldom contribut-
ed anything, and whose hearts they could not reach. He hop-
ed, however, that the press would reach them, that the press
would put the case strongly before them. He begged the gen-
tlemen connected with the press to remember, that as they were
stewards, so would they at the day of account have to give an►
account of their stewardship and their responsibilities.
The meeting then broke up shortly after ten o'clock.