The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-29 00:00:00

Oct. 29,1844.

;AILORS' HOME, REGISTRY, AND SAVINGS'
BANK.

A public meeting, for the purpose of promoting the
establishment, in this port, of a Sailors' Home, Registry,
and Sayings' Bank for "seamen. was held in the Sessions-
"llse, at one o'clock on Friday- There was a very nu-
eMereus attendance, among whom were a considerable
'RAY of the leading merchants and shipowners. The
Meeting was convened by the Mayor, upon a requisition.
The MAYOR, in opening the proceedings. expressed the
great pleasure he felt in having assembled the meeting,
and his conviction that, if the objects in view were carried
611 f, they would be materially advantageous to the class
whose interests tlo y all deeired to promote. He had that
mo; ding received a note from Sir Howard Douglas, highly
ai_Peroviez Of the purpose for which the meeting was being
115,111; and he bras sure that if Lord Sandon had been aware
iT what was taking PL."' he also would have expressed
'PProation of the subjeeL .doe
already done so upon a His Lordship had, in:
poureele occasion, as was
weld'/ known to the members of the proeleionial"°479-ittee.
". ADAM lionoaoN moved the first resolution, which,
sreurthe others, will be found in our advertising columns.
a " fleeting related to the social and morel condition of
,ra-s of community whose claims to earnest con-
ration
the
and no arid deep sympathy no man would dare to deny,
Man be inclined to dispute. To 'their valour end
buuLtrePiditY' to their energy and enterprise, we owed much ;
what had been the return made to them ? What was
atheir. social and moral condition in this extensive country,
lenrdelabutthiist ourwas
native town ? They had a borne, to be
" upon the deep ;" and how few of them
were there who knew anything of the comfort, the cottli-
,Aeethe security, or the sanctity of a home on shore.
lane s') They returned from time to time from foreign
s into the bosom of their own country, but they re-
.e":ll:ll..ed to be pillaged, and plundered. and ensnared, and
into by harpies who were ever watching to get them
laadlaboriously
'at° their Power, and then they were robbed of all they
earned. Besides this, they were exposed.
tumoral temptations, to which, from their peculiar m-
e Instances they were rr. o-t likely to be a prey ; and he
Weald
long ask what was the reason these evils had been so
heeg Permitted to exist in this town ? It was because the
andlie had not been sufficiently alive to their magnitude,
the, bemuse of the shipowners not daring to encounter
eon— without the support of the public. They must not
sh ceal
from themselves that the public bad a right to
tailor in the responsibility of the neglect with which the
and they
had been treated ; for they were our fellow-men,
Tittlethey were our fellow-countrymen, although they had
tr. to do with any of our national privileges. Some-
thing, however, bad been done with regard to making pro-
eelalen for their religious worship; for between 25 and 30
sears ago a fleeting chapel was established by the Dis-
eaters. The Mariner's Church had since been opened
those of a different communion, end he rejoiced to
thinknstituttt i timable bleesings had flowed from those
inestimable
the sailors -of the port. To make these
eenefits still more useful, there wanted a home for seamen
/then they returned from a voyage ; and, after supporting
h t e
ct.e'ainis of such an institution by a variety of considera-
aB, Mr. Hodgson concluded by grim:big the resolution.
'lrt stems seconded the proposition, and congratu-
ated homerchants of Liverpr ol that the day had at
len.th arrived when this important sul'ject was about to
Meet due consideration. Mr. Hodgson had alluded to
the Painful details of the routine duty which daily en-
-44. Red-his (Mr. Rushton's) attention, in which the claims
e the rights and wrongs of sailors formed a very large
f'erwoPortion. A sailor, as had been truly observed, had
of the endearments of home, and when hc arrived
er°rn sea in a port like Liverpool, the dock quays were
Waiting for his landing. The moment he put his foot
roalhore he was in their arms. Being destitute of ready
°eY, a loan was procured from the tailor on the secu-
rity r
° the boarding-house keeper, who mortgaged his
-.tY the first quarter of an hour after he went to his
abitation. Ilewas charged extravaeantly for his food,
tviere eemPtaVon that could he found was placed within
t 8 grasP, and, when the period had arrived at which he
eceived ins
witchwes. a
)11131l t
the to I. was gone u
. The boardin
'o g-houee
eeP" tting-bouse receive his
-t es' which were shared with the slonseller, and thus
Poor sailor was deprived of all. And this was not all :
ente,urther advance was made to tire sailor; he was again
aee.raged to go on in his reckless end dissipated career,
n the course of a week re- ten days, he found he had
totialternative presented to him by the boarding master
that eel turnini, out in the street without his clothes,
Which
the were held as security for the new debt. He was
yessa turned naked into the street to pet on board any
coulTgni4 to sett—any ve, set where the largest advance
tort us obtained, and two menth's labour was thus
Th;egag''d to be given to tie se people again. (Herr.)
fare' ille property of sailors was frequently lost to theta-
Oe by false and fraudulent wills being produced.
bli8•Lall these grounds he strongly recommended the este-
Mel"- "of an iestitution like te on p
e proose d, where
pro Pallor would be provided. for and have his interests
NaterlY wetched over.--The resolution .was carried.
see • Alezer proposed the next resolution. entering, in
tads cours
cortte of -a lon address, into a great number ot de-
-I,oBlected with the intended hotitution, and ex
to winkg' in a powerful manner, the frightful treatment
h a seaman, unknown and without friends, was nee-
inaeiseprilY liable in a.port like Liverpool, where no public
the'-'"uti°ll existed. lie congratulated the meeting upon
tin Immediate prospect of its operation. The Corpora-
•nelli,heade given the land, rind before he entered the meet.-
ound that twenty genilemen had put down
.their
°I. £lOO each, sere at for £5O, on of whom signed
at dij ti,a uthers for smaller amounts. /le had no doubt
ttalci°ghaving the approbation of the Corporation and
undo °el' Committee, and the support of the public, this
would rise rapidly, and be a most valuable
adpion to our puerc institutions.
'tr. WILLMAN! POTTER, in seconding the resolution,
o‘ecentioned that-the most painful circumstance that ever
when
to him in the conduct of mercantile affairs, was
the pay-day carne of a ship returning from a distant
,I?°Yuge, which ought to be a day of joy and gratification.
The knowledge that as the men received their money, the
Place was surrounded by people lurking about for the sake
of ariiiistering to their extravagance—if not for actual
plunder. And after his receipts hod been completely ex-
hausted, he was obliged to pledge his clothes, for the
means of entering upon a new voyage. Whatever remon-
sttorathe,.ces and counsel he (Mr. P.) had occasionally given
en thetyht imiedualreelyesdvfalle ability men,
and show this institution, he hoped, audn
ashort for the wlalibu
A t oft
better examp e,
other.. Until it had been
trie
udldheprwouese bsuorteh
tohteiey ahnaddt
no
right to give up the case as a hopeless one. (Hear. hear.
Mr. Potter then directed attention to a bill introduced
in. to'parriarrient last session, which proposed that the ma-
rill.ne.4' funds at the different ports should be consolidated.
Pmeasure, be said, would be unjust to the Liverpool
ItetY, which now kept about 1500 people from the
2,!'sigh, and hid a fund of £50,000. Other ports in yeti.
a`T psrts of England, well a proportionate number of
fr,men, had not a twentieth part of that amount, there-
la it world be a manifest injustice to throw the funds
siellier. The resolution was carried.
er.:l,ne -Rev Minn M'lellinee, on rising, was received
it:EllArrnendous applause. After a few opening remarks
Ai he he peid a deserved compliment to Mr. James
4'll, the rev. gentleman read a long list of pt4ticulars,
jet which it appeared that the first and ironed ate ob-
blots of the Institution would be to provide for seamen
eh a'rd., lodgiug, and medical attendance. at a moderree
exerse• He then continued as follows :—lt will not be
11.„--it would, indeed, not be tolerated, and I am
la-rl'ePY to think it is not at all necessary that 1 should en-
.gee uPon all these points, I will confine myself to some
we ral observations on particular and important points.
tiere are, of. course, unwilling to excite any needless hos-
th. 'n any class, and therefore I think it desirable, in
44-1 rst instance, to call attention to the matter of board
howVging, which form a specific part of our plan.
te seer Capacious the intended plan may be, and I hope
se.
oeie it contain several hundreds, yet still the number of
th: Pet who can be received as inmates, compared with
vt.“l.U. her frequenting the port. must, at the largest, be
'mall proportion • and we have no wish to with-
the4w:et:rem iespectable and d properly-kept loci ing-houses
sandevi:sl
i:e(litrees,nr,whl,Lorl.Tve already made acquaintance with
It is no part of the plan that the
.gier7eLages to be derived from the savings' hank and re-
'the e' et car acter should be confined ro the inmates of
thhril:e. This will be open to all; arid, therefore, I
,4Pectabiir; we have good reason to expect that really re-.
°ltie 1°4114,-house keepers—teen who wish to corn-
-alit] lee true benefit of the seaman with their own fair
---..o4,,gitlniate profits—will hail us as allies—(hear, hear,)
cions' co-operate with u-a, instead of harbouring suspi-
It veil, endeavouring to thwart our benevolent. designs.
Leen' be their interest so to do. There is, indeed, a class.
M pre „)°lll we must calculate upon hoetility, because, sir,
tower.:l' of fact it is impossible to take any efficient step
to seesetile ine;noveinent -of
ours character or condition of
to tee e.e'eiti without placing lves in direct antagonism
allade evil and mischief of the men I now allude to. I
luelie``.' those designing mer, returningided abandoed women,
nirn wait to e'ns stamen,
to entice
the Line cravings of his animal passions to plunge into
,4druee,eiretroxysrus of licentiousness and the brutalities of
`tile's, until he is either robbed of his wages, or in-
ad it in a:manner akin to robbery ; and, when he
to he'll, slid his clothes and watch have found their way
:toresk Pawnbraker for the satisfaction of the lodging-
'eerier eePer, then to cast him out upon the streets to the
t:.e I,o,mercies of some shipping master, who exacts on
lem re'atgege of Jack's next voyage before he will pass
and eh atuPper and get him once more afloat. (Hear,
that We'rS•) I said abandoned women; and when I used
t!'eir do,:d,, I meant the expression as descriptive rather of
(Ilara,,i,r2c4 able. condition than as reproachful of their
titled °tPoor, unhappytes I they too have been
the a
dues_ uandoned by their heartless,. mean, detestable se-
the 'B' (Loud cheers.) it is he seducer, especially
tan lerl,tiernan—falstly so called—(hear, hear)—he who
th, "Et does -a
n turns y high fur his loathsome indulgence, and
11416'1'e-he it islwaY 111 neglect and distrust from his helpless
hear) Ile
h our stree who is the manufacturer of harlots —(hear,
Is who degrades to the condition of a harpy
bee _ 0 eats the creature who, but for him, might have
eespec7tibriament and blessing to society as the head of a
rTetare c.famiLLY—(great applause)—he it is who thus
\voles s "deep ditches," says the Scriptures,
ferliyeb. les ! and whenth
rine" "'ln rocks and reefs, for the shipwreck of our ma-
fully gallant tar, who has success-
tr raved the dangers ofeehe deep, the toils of pro-
h acted stor
elle re, les, and the vicissitudes of Antipodean climes,
Itistiel'iiined, he exhibits in his history a melancholy
ellon of one of the most instructive passages of an-
te! th "'story. Hanibal,. w.itb his sable host, were safe in
%re ewkruog.egsedness of their Alpine passage. Hardships
o ea....." I ome to them. Precipices to be plunged
tb mountains to be scaled—ravines to be crossed.—
e cultivar et •
e°ll% but (7 their energies and nerved them for vie-
-441141 indulaePue was their ruin • the soft syren lap of
gear, hear.)
jiN an
easyg
porcee
web
their discipline, and made
s.y watching, calculating foes.—
indeed desire earnestly to pro-