The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-24 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD;
" am led to ask the aid of your spirited fag
lumns, whilst I direct the attention of our merciA
body to the memorial of the Liverpool postmen, wlitolt,
am informed, has been forwarded by the worthy itb
master here to the proper authorities, and who hasOcfot
accustomed urbanity, handsomely recommended Ittio.
consideration. Pending that period, it may not bei
wise to state, more generally than bas vet appeareu.oo,
your paper, the extreme peculiarities of their situs,"ter
They have to rise at half-past five in the morning, 'lof
and summer, and make three deliveries per day, Su'.' t 0
included. Thus called upon, they can scarcely be Oro,
have any relaxation until seven o'clock in the eve"lnce
Their pay is but 20s. per week, and out of this pitt9ool
they have to find shoes and clothing, and few, very fe'f'eit
them, can raise a good great coat for bad weather. ;11 •
case, then, surely merits notice, for they are, in 1.8,.c:90
veryimportant and trustworthy body of men ; and!' lot
fact worthy notice, that ut of the defalcations 10, ett
Postoffice department, few, scarcely any, of the Olaf
are prosecuted, the principal defaulters being in' 0,
clerks. This is a fine trait in the character of these s°,,gt
since poverty is a sore tempter to many. Our Cust°,,ll
and Corporate servants, of the lowest grade, have no: otS
lengthened and trusty duties as these men, and ye'
better paid.
Hill yeti
Since the passing by parliament of Rowland Hill g sof
popular act, reducing the postage of the general 1055,,eth
letters to ld., whatever distance they have been cm.1,1e1006
the epistolary correspondence between mercant",so/
private individuals—rich and poor—young and old 01•9
been immeasurably increased,—and the duties that.delocli
upon the deliverers has been, of course, proportlol!te,•l
augmented, both in trouble and responsibility, Wht rafg
the same time, their wages are greatly below the eye fr
amount generally awarded to persons from whom smog,
quired equal exertions and fidelity. It is obvious gal
however small the postage on paid letters, their safe ere
prompt delivery is as laborious as if the high rates rod
still entant; and to receive a postage on the tneopb!
two-pence, equal, or nearly so, on the average, in troll;
and delay to the collecting and accounting for es 00'
shillings. The conduct of these men, and their decoes ect'
to those on whom they have to call, is not the less resPeor
ful on this account, and I therefore trust that the 111.,01/!
rial mentioned above will be taken into the facT'ejOr,
consideration of those to whom it is addressed, tiit V
and Christian feeling that " the labourer is worth); "
hire."

" I am, Sir, your constant reader. MO.
Hpl"
" Abercrombie-square, December 21st, 1844.

DEFRAUDING THE ODD-FELLOW'S SOCIET.f.iO
11)11
Saturday, Henry Seddon was found guilty, bele.
Recorder, of having, by means of a -false certificBV
the death of his wife, when she was not dead, obttAl
the sum of £lO from the Odd-fellow's Society (Lbe
town. He was sentenced to imprisonment and bard
for five calendar months.
14 hi
CHRISTMAS GlFTS.—There are perhaps few °0
td
which present more difficulty in the selection 1133 so,
choice of that very appropriate token of affectiolitio,
esteem, a Christmas Gift. The Annuals at olieeoiol
offered a highly eligible mode of conveying the ext,450.1
of our sentiments, and we were surrounded with a
13.joux, Gems, and Souvenirs, which have now Pllid
away and become extinct. In this difficulty, we ante rf:p
pity relieved by the choice of the various and elegty,..;
paraqins for the Toilet invented by Messrs. R°"fferl
and So.Ns, ,hich cor.stitu'e the most appropriate
that can po,tibly be tendered to the Fair Sex at t" 01,
e uliar season. We allude to their incompa.„llP, ;eye;;
MACASSAR, for the Ilair ; their matchless NA:d
unrivalled for its effects on the Complexion ; an
valuabie OnosTo, for the Teeth and Gums.