The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-04-16 00:00:00

TQyHE PARISHIONERS OF LIVERPOOL.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
S it appears that you have determined to appoint a
_t3l. DEPUTY GOVERNOR of the WORKHOUSE, as
assistant to Mr. Hardman, I beg leave most respectfully to
offer myself to your notice as aCA N DIDAI" r the SITUA-
'T'ION, and to assure you that, if ap of ed, it shall be my
strenuous and unremitting endeavour discharge to the best
of my ability the serious and respousib e duties which will then
devolve upon me.
Of my qualifications for the office it would ill become ME to
speak, nut perhaps I may be permitted to observe, without in-
curring the charge of presumption, that having myself been
bred in the school of adversity,—having, indeed, passed some
of my early years as a pauper in a Parish Workhouse,.—hav-
ing been left an orphan at the age of six years,—my condi-
tion there and during the arduous struggles of my subse-
quent life, has, I trust, taught me to compassionate the suffer-
ings of my fellow-creatures,—whilst my experience in the army
will enable me to maintain that order and discipline which are
indispensably necessary to the well-being of such au establish-
ment as the Liverpool Workhouse.
Should you honour me with your choice, I shall always en-
.deavour, on the one hand, to promote the comfort and welfare
of the persons committed to my charge, in every way compa-
tible with the nature of their situation ; whilst, on the other,
it shall be my study to do so at the least posiible expense to the
Parish.

Most respectfully soliciting the honour of your suffrages,
I remain,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your most obedient Servant,
JOHN SHIPP.

(Superintendent of the Nightly Watch.)
Liverpool, April 11, 1833.

The following letter has been handed to us by a friend of
Lieut. Shipp's, and, as it reflects credit on that gentleman, and
on the commissioners of the watch, we give it insertion. It
was addressed to the Commissioners of Watch, Lamps, and
Scavengers, at their meeting on Friday last.
GENTLEMEN,—A great number, of my friends having ad-
vised me to offer myself as a candidate for the situation of
Deputy;Governor of the Liverpool Workhouse, and having
yielded to their wishes, I feel it a duty due to the Commis-
stoners of this Board, from whom I have received every mark
of kindness and liberality, to explain my reasons for having
done so.

Gentlemen, I am now in my fiftieth year, having on my
person six ball wounds, two of them in the head, with the con-
stant exposure of heats and colds, and the incessant and ardu-
ous duties of my. present situation. The constitution thus
exposed, at my time of life, cannot be expected to last many
years, and, therefore, I most earnestly hope and trust that my
endeavour to obtain a situation more suitable for a person of
my habits, and time of life, will not be considered either pre-
sumptuous or ungrateful. Should there be, however, a single
Commissioner belonging to this Board, who does think that
there is even a shadow of either, I will this moment relinquish
my application for the new situation.
have the honour to remain,
Gentlemen'
•
Your obedient and humble Servant,
•
JOHN SHIPI',
Superintendent of the Nightly Watch.
April 12, 1833.
The Commissioners informed Mr. Shipp that they would
not throw any obstacle in the way in endeavouring to better
his. situation. Many of the Commissioners afterwards promised
him their support and votes.