The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-09-20 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Slll,--1 have heard from very good authority that the Radi-
cal and Unitarian faction in this town, feeling, I suppose, the
necessity of weakening the effect of the splendid demonstra-
tion of conservative feeling at Newton, have resolved on the
desperate course of inviting Lord Melbourne and Lord John
Russell to a public dinner at the Amphitheatre. But the thing
will be a miserable failure. Do the poor creatures suppose that
they can muster a sufficient number of supporters respectable
enough, or I should say, foolish enough to purchase tickets for
such an occasion ?. The imprudence and the infatuation of the
reckless Unitarians and Destructives are certainly boundless;
but this, I think, is a step rather beyond the possibility of suc-
cess. At all events it is to be hoped, that in compliment to
their illustrious guests, they will not forget to invite a certain
literary lady, together with the Swiss Giantess.—Yours, &c.
12th September, 1836. B.

THE DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAND.4RD.

S I 11,—AtIlldst the violence and rancour of party spirit, amidst
the almost universal hatredwhich political animosity has aroused
among us, amidst the discordant sounds of divers conflicting
.opinions, the mind turns with pleasure to contemplate au object,
in the promotion of which all may unite, and, being united, may
promote, in some measure at least, the happiness of our fellow-
men. lam led to make these few observations in reference to
the above society:--a society In which men of all parties, of all
religious and political opinions, are jointl3x, endeavouring to do.
good to their fellow-creatures. . Four months have now passed
since the annual meeting of the Provident Society was held,
and during. that space of time I am not aware that more thane
two public journals (the Albion and Chronicle)
brought it before the notice of their readers. Ni Vu
this
this in-
be the case I know not; but so it is. It cannot
h- oiler, or that
stitution is less deserving of our support than an)e•
or
its endeavours in promoting the welfare of the
but more
htyhis ta"hhoauvld
friends
; are slack-
ened, nor yet, I trust, because it has fewer
n
perhaps from a dislike to bring are cramped from
the position of a society whose endeavours. not need putliing in
the want of means. Sure lam that it does .
nefyu.lness. The good it
it too often before the world in
but Ir need hardly
ohradse r
alreadyto provedn itsne greatiis
kno%nnd
to
on car e a se.iantgmuas
townsmen, it would be seen to a
.only
support; when I
assure you that, if it had but aghfra ii,criei sirnhentaupornpeiansort:taftulatlnhteeieet
sioseufst
greaterpapmo r
whichtg ot
aov
ieulrdar
9'32, only amount
11l a share of
morrequiree
g etnoe'breelwuetilllitwyo.rkvedudtoerbtrhitei
to 300
fiwnhdenitsi vseiseitoitrse,
during the
firstslat year.. h
d in 1829, tl •
When' establis e this society had much labour
sttheeadpoootr Islciagnbdeeerni n
g encouragedtheni in gin,to saveand
xinpsetrniaednenefsonnemmbaering
Since that date up to the present it has abundantly
before it.
a state of destitution. The deposits in
in'lcrolittelynss i;tned to £7OO, and in the last to £12,870;
theirptl
ehrtovvi
fiend,
.hgs
hard
titsdhy.
their
eiaarars vast
:a:umiitnnii
thus at once showing.what may yet be done if we can only get
a siffficient number of visitors. Here, sir,-is the great difficulty
in which we are placed. The visitors were fewer last year than
during.the one before, and, unless it improves in this respect,
the society's means of doing good must continue greatly cramp-
ed, and its efficiency very much impaired. Since the com-
mencement of, its labours vagabond pauperism has been gra-
dually diminished; our streets no longer present the sight of
half-starved beggars; they are persuaded to strive and "to
labour honestly, and get their own living, and to do their duty
in that station of life into which it hath pleased God to call
them." Iley are encouraged to lay by for the time to come,
and to provide for their households. The depositors are urged
to send their children to schools rather than suffer their morals
to be corrupted by allowing them. to waste their early years in
imbibing habits of vice and irregularity ; and they themselves
are urged to depend more upon their, own honest exertions to
support their families than upon the, too often mistaken, charity
of others.
And yet a society calculated to effect so much
•sir, to learn
with very inadequate support. You will grieve,
that the subscriptions also during the last year. only amounted to
good meets
present situated,
Thus is the -District Provident Society £1,076. 95., of which £394 were paid away in premiums alone..
the ateltisfaction which
and I would earnestly press upon all
ly and effectively
con-
fer upon others by generous .
greatly wanted, more
would arise to themselves and the great heniteitdhienyaws'oeudldesceornv:
lug a society, Visitors especially are

particularly' those kind females whose time is not wholly OCcu;.:
pied with other matters. I.say females," becattte lam quitc
persuaded that they are better visitors than gentlemen, siraply„,
:apprise, froth the faCt of their being better qualified to enter
into all those. little family cases and atkietiek which the poor
have so frequently to, beer up against. I need not tell them of
the happiness which flows from the consciousness of doing good
Co others, nor remind therri.of their Master's command in the
parable of the .good Samaritan, "Go and do thou like Wise."
Haling said thus much, I.muSt conclude; leaving, the case in
Your hands, who. are so much- better able to advocate the so-
ciety's claiMs than my htitiable abilities will perutit me todo;
and, hoping that you will soon press the subject ypon• the con.
sideration of your readers,.l remain, sir, yours, Ste.
Liverpool, 16th September. 1836. AMBULATOII.