The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-08-04 00:00:00

Lord JAMES O'B

hands to reply; he could not, however, spin a long

it would be permitted, address himself to the Chairman
and those who surrounded them. for they hAft

d not omit

—to educate their sailors; and from his own experience,
he would say they would be found more grateful to their
Queen and their, country, and more useful in their general

capacity ; an

necessity requ

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by urgently pre

g on m

oander concluded
advantages they

would derive from throwing their fullest support into
such an institution as the Sailor's Home, and proposing
" The Mayor and Corporation of Liverpool," 'which was
rapturously drunk.

The MiYon, on rising, said, amidst considerable
confusion, that he felt himself physically unable to
make himself heard. He returned his sincere thanks
on behalf of himself and the Council, for the hearty
manner in which the toast had been given.

The CHAIRMAN said in submitting the next toast be
would wish it to be distinctly understood that no political
feeling was connected with it. They had met for one
object, and their desire was to steer clear of all political
purposes. He gave "The Members for the County."
WILLIAM BROWN, Eiq., M.P., replied, but so great
was the confusion that it was impossible to obtain his
address. He, however, noticed the royal visit, and the
benefits that would be derived from the establishment of
a Sailors' Home. At the close he proposed the health of
a lady who was second tb none in Liverpool, and who was
ever foremost in forwarding by her bounty the establish-
ment of institutions beneficial to the town—" Mrs. Aikin,
the lady of the Chairman."

Mr. -Amu.; called one of his sons to reply.
Mr. AIKIN, jun., then rose and stated the gratification
he felt at the honour they had done bis parent. That day,
had been the most joyous he had ever spent, and that
hour was, he believed, the happiest of his life. He could
not but admire the course his father had pursued, and his
conduct shaved to him a duty he should never desert.
He returned his sincere thanks for the honour they had
done his father.
Mr. AIKIN, sen.—Your mother.

Mr. AIICIN, jun., amidst loud laughter and applause,
stated that he had expressed his feelings, and whether for
father or mother they were alike fervent.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed "The Members for the
Borough," which was drunk with three times three.
Lord SANDON then rose amidst the most enthusiastic
applause, and stated the unmixed gratification he felt at
being present on such an occasion,--a gratification that
was increased by his having been one of the first to
forward the establishment of a Sailors' Home in London ;
and though Liverpool was in the wake of London in its
establishment, he felt convinced, from the interest evinced,
it would not languish here, but would, ere long, surpass
all others, for their preparations were on a more extended
scale. The seamen of England were the wealth of the
nation ; and by educating them they would advance their
interests, and with their interests the interests of the
country, and their determination to effect the object was
shown by the walls and waters beaming with life and
loyalty. H '-lt satisfied t' Nt if V--

e fel, _at— oa, __ere was any object
common with all, it must be the Sailors' Home. (Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN next proposed " The health of Edward
Rushton, Esq.," who had always proved himself a true
friend and protector to the sailor.

In returning thanks for his health being drunk, the
worthy magistrate (Mr. Rushton) was most enthusiasti-
cally received. He begged to return his most sincere
thanks for the generous terms in which the chairman had

been pleased to propose his health to the reception of his
fellow-townsmen; and he returned his most fervent thanks
for the mode in which it had been received; for he hesi-
tated not to say that there was nothing which could re.
ward a public servant more gratefully than the expression
from public servants that he had not been unmindful of
the trust confided to his charge. He believed that there
was no class on board a ship—indeed he was sure that
there was no greater curse in his course than the sea at-
torney—he meant the litigious sailor (hear, hear). But
he believed that the sailor would be less litigious, and that
the masters of mercantile ships would give less cause for
litigation when they were well informed of those wise pro.
visions which he was glad to say the had

.anglish laws
made for the sailor ; the assertion of all his rights, and
the performance of all his duties. Amidst the vast
mass of sailors which frequented this great commer-
cial emporium be had to decide multifarious dis-
putes ; but it gave him great pleasure to say, that
the great majority of those disputes arose out of a misap-
prehension of the relative duties of the sailor and master,
and not out of any litigious or nefarious spirits. (Hear,
hear.) He who knew, therefore, from seven long years'
experience, what the routine of discipline in mercantile
ships was, had witnessed with great pride the hearfelt
sympathy and exertion of their friend, the chairman, to
procure the establishment of the great institution the
foundation of which they were that day met to celebrate.
(Loud and continued cheers ) Because he had always
thought that from the establishment of that institution,
not only would follow the protection of the sailor from
nerils worse than those at sea. but because there

would-follow from it a perfect confidence on the part of
the sailor, that the laws of England were consecrated for
his protection, and that if his duties were fairly, honestly,
and steadfastly discharged, the sailor had no greater friend
than the English laws. (Loud cheering.) He (Mr.
Rushton) had long contemplated the giving of a donation

to the Sailors' Home, and that donation, if rightly un-
derstood, would be as good as gold to some—he meant to
prepare for immediate publication, divested of all law-
yers's language—which, valuable as it might be to some,
was yet unreadable to others—an abstract of the Mer-
chant Seamen's Act divided into two beads, the first, the
most important, the sailors' duty; and next, the remedy
which English laws generously, wisely, humanely, af-
forded him for any infraction of his rights. (Hear, hear,
and applause.) _ He meant not to spin along yarn, but he

hoped to have the work ready for the Sailor's Home in the
course of a very few days; and after its publication it
would be the fault of sailor and master if the compara-
tively few complaints that came into his court were not
greatly reduced by these means. (Hear, hear.) He
hoped the public would see in this disposition that he
was mindful of the great obligations which all English.
men owed to the maritime service of the country. He
sincerely hoped they would see, in what had taken place
that day, that the general body of the people of England
hailed with special regard everything which conduces to
the comfort, the convenience, and the morals of the sea-
men (loud cheers). They bad long been taught to rely on

They knew that the true characteristics of an English
seaman were to be sustained in the thoughtful daring of
Cook, the prompt heroism of Nelson, and the patient
caution of Collingwood (vehement cheering). They were
proud to own those of their countrymen who had eistin.
guished themselves, and to the remotest period of time
the heart of every Englishman would beat with emotion
at the ever-memorable saying given out at Trafalgar—
that England expected every man to do his duty (loud
applause). He felt that each bosom must reflect at the
present meeting the great glories formerly achieved.
Though he knew and felt that in the presence of the victors
of a hundred fights it did not become him to say much ;
he hoped that their future heroes might not have to pass
through the perils and to endure the trials and misfor-
tunes which others had endured—trials, perils, and mis-
fortunes inseparable from a state of war; but, on the
contrary, he hoped that the national flag of England might
evermore be the emblem of an invincible peace. Mr.
Rushton resumed his seat amid loud applause.
The CHAIRMAN afterwards, in a highly complimentary
speech, in which he paid a just tribute to the eloquence
and the efforts of the Rev. Gentleman, in behalf of the
Sailors' Home, and the amelioration of the character and

condition of the sailor, proposed " the Health of the
Rev. Hugh 111'Neile."

Mr. M'Neile's name was received by the tars and all
e company with a most enthusiastic burst of applause.

,nough Jack's lungs
heir own good tried