The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-13 00:00:00

SOCIETY of FRIENDS of FOREIGNE.RS
IN DISTRESS.

YESTERDAY, at noon, the annual meeting of the ex
lent local charity for the Relief of Foreigners in Distres%
was held at the Clarendon-rooms. J. B. ',Lori),
the
the MaYor, who had been: specially invited, occupied
chair, and amongst the gentlemen present
Mr. Meugens, the Belgian Consul ; Mr. G. A.
316.:1!
the Danish Consul ; Mr. 0. Burehardt, the Ps'—
Consul : and Mr. Stows, the Baden Consul, with serer*3
W. Kunhardt, J. A. Bencke, 0. Burchardt, F. Bosi'Dr.
Prange, A. Arends, George Holt, A. Newlands, all"
Behrend, &c. we oe..
The MAroit said it afforded him -conSiderable plea
to respond to the invitation which had been given
to take the chair on that the annual meeting of the Soc.%
of the Friends of Foreigners in Distress. From thebe
experience which he had had" in the position in which
was Placed, he felt that that society was a
and relief, not only to the chief magistrate, but ?.,:rthe
the community at large. (Applause.) It preverac-,siwg
community from being imposed upon by impostors P3' the
through this great port, which was the highway to
other
United States, and he might say to almost every oaswes
part of the world. No doubt there were mallYculd
which both the chief magistrate and the community "well
gladly relieve if they knew the circumstances under iv
_bt
that appeal was made were founded on truth. thMs
that their society was beneficial to the town, at:cing
with great pleasure that he attended that day. old
himself received in foreign countries great courtepr_to
hospitality, on personal grounds also he had great pes"
in presiding (applause). „pa as f°l.
Mr. KIINIIIRDT, the honorary secretary, great belle::
lows, THE REPORT. ends Of
In presenting the second annual report to the fa este
this society, the committee are thankful to be tible Or
that the apprehensions which are entertained by
its ultimate success have been entirely dispelled. de
Considering the gradual progress our society haS 02..„414e
evidenced by our treasurer's account, we may safelyc°o7tbsi
that it has recommended itself to the charitable puDiristis,
town as a suitable channel for their benevolent and Cb de,
sympathy towards those for whose benefit it was solooB -
sired, and at last established. oe:Stiti
The entire income of the society, as derived both fr
scriptions and donations, amounts this year to the n'rpo,
.4529 Is. 3d., which, as compared with last year's aj; the
shows an increase of £154 Os. 3d., a result for W
.tios
society is mainly indebted to the treasurer's untiring now
to swell the tide of this liberality. The balance nowstaq
amounts to .4'251 12s. Bd. A com r tive table will e wrtbt
it,
public to tom an estimate of the stte of the society,
judge how far it has carried outthea object for which iv
originated:—

Subscrip- Persons 3
Donations. lions. relieved. f
1652.....e126 12 0.. '248 .. 798 with a stun 302 8
1853.... 182 1 3.. 347 .. 1114
A table, as usual, has been prepared. classif
cants according to their nationality. A remarkahl
will be noticed in the number of Germans, couserprofion•
the increasing celebrity of Liverpool as a port of ea-, (rots
But, according to the rules of the society, cases srisln, calf
this circumstance are dealt with csutiously, and reliere.,ents.
Inhere the distress has been caused by unforeseen acct
On all occasions the committee have endeavoured to of
the experience made with regard to the dispensing • lieu
°
and avoidel money grants as mach as possible, in gt!,,
which board and lodging, passages •by rail or stew lni egal
were provided in preference, and thereby a gOOO
rap ancy and imposition effectually checked. [belt
Your committee has the pleasing duty of express,..'"nasif,
best thanks to Mr Emil Springmann (of the firm of L"for gulf,
ying 11..ecarpePolle
and Co.), formerly Austrian consul in this toWnt„diogr
valuable addition t•) the means of this society, by tor to ag
our treasurer the sum of 16s. 3d., received in9,.,at
Hungarians, whose Interests he so successfully rePtiistir
when Austrian consul that they readily complied with
sire of contributing towards the funds of the socielY.,s 000*
'I he committee, consi•tering the increasing delna,°",.•
upon them, would earnestly appeal to the public
abU
tinuation of the liberal support hitherto granted, eu
them to afford relief to so many pressing wants.
Mr. J. A. BENCKE, the treasurer, then read a sn over,
of the accounts. There was £lOO balance ear-„s sou,
from last year ; there had been £347 subscrint',.°'-eiveu
£96 donations received, together with the 05fisace5
from Mr. Springman. He should state the circarn seal'
in which the Hungarians had subscribed the la loss s
They were shipwrecked, and sustained a great:4l, theft
losing the goods and effects which they carried rr":10-lar"
He believed that a steamer had run down the vess`„,ht 0,
was carrying them across the ocean ; and they hr°,,,-/n
action against the steam-packet company, from over'
obtained reparation, and it was part of the sum s 0 r ) ,
that they had paid over to the society. (Anidaw-oe.uded
the debit of the society there had been £21016s e.slrsistall'
in relief; loans granted, £67; passages paid, £24; 7 office,
secretary's salary £55 10s. together with rent %AOC,
and there was with cash on hand and at the .etY
a balance altogether to the credit of the s° two°
£251 12s. Bd. He wished to say a few
the subject of that balance, lest it should be,,thoist'
that they were too affluent, and required too littieuaisace
ante. It should be known that, although their
now was £251 odd, in the beginning of Oetohe'opeal
funds were so low, that on one occasion, when an s`allo
was made to them by some shipwrecked Pers°llvilliell
returned in the Isaac Wright from New York, two,
vessel had been disabled on the Irish coast, 200A0agli
who were foreigners, applied to the society; and `7l;iigt°
the agents, Messrs. Baring and Co., were quite Wytioll
provide for those passengers berths, and forwaws
out, gentlemen would all know that the provision,so
plied on board those vessels were very meagre, and N,,„tie,
sufficient to carry people comfortably across the .St_i'''re the
The society, therefore, was applied to, and so low we' to
funds, that the committee could not'permit thern_%l' oaf
words
otigbt
grant' more than £lO. Fortunately, Mr. J. of f tbe
the assistant-secretary, called upon the friends,oled
to
society for further subscriptions, and h wT:ETS di.v
collect £3B in addition. They, thereforee , 110,• . .
clothing and that sum was. laid out in extra-provisios_,_
ti
and medicine ; and, with a trifle of ready mo
those 200 unfortunate individuals were sent on their en
tination. (Applause). Then they had others, as h3r;os
Charles Crooker, who were relieved as the society's tr_l',ol
permitted. To show the meeting how their funds '"e of
in September, suppose they took the present balanetot
£251, and deduct from it last year's balance of £10°,..,01
would leave only £l5l ; and it should be borne in 7005
that the balance of last year was a portion of donate
which it was agreed should be laid aside to form airfoalci
nent fund from which they could derive interest, wide,lued the
give steadiness to their income; and it was still Intel" aria's
it should be so applied. Then there was Mr. Springln £ol'
donation of £B5 to be deducted, which left them onlY oat.
Then there were £2l of subscriptions and donation.sd 011
standing, which were doubtful, and were not 13,13 aaa,
recently. New subscriptions amounted to £6,1 '1'0(10
new donations £2l Bs., making together £B3 150•
not been for this new relief, their funds would ba,.l`" fro°,
at a very low ebb, for it was that and the donatrh,„DieP,
Mr. Springmann, which put them in the position 101
they now stand. He (Mr. Bencke) advocated at _it'd gel'
meeting that their donations should be put aside,n-pu tl3eJf
' for a fund for the establishment of a house, in irlu`„at
could receive distressed people, who might be in. W73.45°'
lodging and necessary food ; but, since then, theirio4or
tant secretary had made an arrangement with .;:rtios
house keepers of the town, who would receive those,oagiag
for from ls. to ls. 6d. for 24 hours, giving their
at tad
and two or three meals a day. He was sure the,a ad'
with an establishment could hardly do the s°,atlftr
therefore, what he advocated last year he no lens lose'
cated. Mr. Bencke then resumed his seat amid ailes. to
A series of formal resolutions, for which We
refer to the advertisement, were then put and ,"
The report and statement of accounts were ad°Pt;:a
vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Edmund Mol3'ne‘re re'
his services. The president and vice-president N_c_',,,ittee
appointed, an honorary secretary elected, and a cc''
for the ensuing year chosen. TY('
the .ce
Mr. F. PRA.NGE the vice-president, said, that, ,
,;.5
Mr. Hirsch, at theend of the year, had resigtied Pr°
t
as honorary secretary, and he proposed that thelotir
thanks should be given to that gentleman for the of tJie
ing zeal which lie had shown in the discbarge
onerous duties of the office. Mr. Prange said, that ocre,
who recollected the small beginning of the sociellti°
aware that it was principally owing to the represe.ooo 10,4„
and exertions of Mr. Hirsch that the foundatidistre';
laid for it. At the German church, so much .ty Oriie
came under his observation, that he felt the neeesfliatt',,,
society of this kind, and he therefore set about it; anuThetre,,l
result of his labours had been they might gather froracobe",„
surer'sstatement. (Applause.) Hehadthoughtitin_ &LAO,
upon him, his time was so occupied with" his other
to resign the office. This was a loss, but the loss dye PP"
from MT
Kunhardt having kindly consented t° tbe
place. The motion was carried by acclamation. vs to 0-
Mr. GEO. HOLT then proposed a vote of than the 1.50
officers and to the gentlemen who had served ondatY
mittee. On them devolved the most importanteharld
administering the funds, that, whilst they disPeu gay 6'311
they should suppress imposition.—This also
by acclamation. Ofbetbe
The business of the meeting having thus hee°,lo 0- re.
Mr. BURCICARDT moved that the best h,‘16,0 in e„t
meeting be given to the Mayor for his kd"araglach
siding. He expressed gratitude for the
altogether which the society had received,7 (APP sure
the Mayor had given so excellent an exarati he lc 'ndiS.
The MA.YOR returned thanks, and o'llo the I pre"
they would agree with him in regrettingtoynenf, pica
position of their president (Mr. Edmund do. .1„,'"boal
vented him from attending the meeting tba_,u d one " for
they. had a valuable president (applause), esteelord
the inhabitants of the town looked upon wi-hat rl3°
his kindness in promoting the pursuit of W
charity. The meeting.then broke up-
relnirsaaot
THE LADIES' charity ball will be held on ii-.;nage
the 29th instant, in the Town-hall, under the Pa'
the Mayor. -e.slP-4
.„„4. end of •Slieb
THE INHABITANTS of the Inv-bat
-
have memorialised the Watch Committee alici As-an
Car Committees to remove the omnibus-stand ""
si
street to Castle-street and North John-street.
week sec 0,
REASON FOR A STRIKE.--We have this froro4l
written notice to leave sent to a cotton roastyis a Ife
operative in his'employ, and the reason assigned to FOO,
one. The notice was as follows Sir, 'IT, 0,1654 0
you notice that I shall • leave your employmeni.
gii
et another
(osviegnrloedok)_er
who
LIVERPOOL ACADEMY. —lt is not even
England that 'can afford the working-classesc fill iii%
and tas" p
portunity for high mental gratification did el, tAI
jog,
—•" esditoffnerejut Pilot.
tion'of paintings at the Academy's • the ele•
the reach of all; both by day, and also in 0
provement as is now offered them by the
08p:tele:trio woo-
We trust they will embrace the present Opp
See Advertisement• the tAr- tbe
Tun Towrr WAITERS have petitioned ,
complaining that several public servants ernpl<„ reeeT.,
Town-hall, the markets, &c., each of whom is
in
of a fixed salary from the Corporation funds,,a;eitst;
habit of entering into additional special engapc, seri°
the capacity of public waiters, and thus making
infringement upon the privileges of the paitiOneNurs%
RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT BLICICBURN-°l4 tact
night, as the Lancashire and Yorkshire ranvitio
from Bolton to Blackburn, which arrives at
place a few minutes to nine, was proceedina:.7, rrt
Darwen-street Bridge to the Blackburn stlT°.the
near the points it came into violent contact with 1310alest
Lancashire train to Preston, from Manchest% at 9 0.
&c., which should leave the Blackburn stat?a_... CPA
p.m. ; but, owing to a dense fog, it was rather .I,._tf bafey.
siderable damage was done to both engines, tv`!..oo 699
being destroyed ; no serious damage. however,
tallied by the passeuLeri in either train.