The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-31 00:00:00

Dec. 31, 1844.

MERCHANT SEAMEN'S FUND.

un Friday, a meeting of the masters and owners of
ves.sels belonging to this port was held at the Under-
writers' C
the ommittee-room, pursuant to the act regulating
ingMerchant Seamen's Fund, for the purpose of appoint-
teen persons as trustees of the monthly mom y pay-
alibeies a.t this port, and for the management of the S, aman's
PottPeirtaL There was a considerable attendance, and W.
AIR, was called to the chair.
read „‘-'IIMAN stated the object of the meeting, and
j,„., ',le account, from which it appeared that on the Ist
tiVarY, 1844 thcre was a balance in hand of £642, and
pawthe total receipts for the past year were £9,237. The
p of £7,750 had been paid in pensions, and the other
Payment arnuonted to £527, leaving a balance of £960.
the
admission of seamen, widows, and orphans, durieg
;31ii,.ast year had caused an increased expenditure of
Were 18s' Lie then stated that thirteen of the trustees
to t eligible for re-election, but two had to be appointed
he Place sof Mr. Lyon and Mr. Willis.
The thirteen were re-appointed, and Mr. W.
'4!"ldbach and Mr. Bulley in place of the two named.
The CHAIRMAN then called attention to other matters,
brnoill had at the close of last session of parliament been
th.,/flglit in for altering materially the administration of
fund for the future, and the adoption of which would
,lririously affect the shipping interest of this port. The
d. here was larger than that of any other port in pro-
t*ton to its extent. Liverpool, in fact, bad 2-7ths of
he Whole capital, while its shipping was in the proportion
bof aof that of the whole kingdom. This accumulation
apen arisen from economical management, some casual
to Lle, and chiefly from the better collection made, and
?ea great extent derived from ships employed in long men
Who voyages. It was right that the Liverpool seamen
and
were exposed to the vicissitudes of foreign climates,
„, d became sooner worn out, should have a higher rate of
nilsions from their own accumulated contributions. The
~at the Parliament did not propose this, but the throwing
Lue whole receipts and capital of all the trustees into
6;le, and to make a scale of peusions,—for seamen under
in Years of age when worn out, £4 a-year,—and exceed-
nagd63, £B. It also proposed so give a gratuity to widows
teder and over 45 years, but children were entirely omit-
Hefn and Mr Atherton bad made a calculation, and
ed that if this scale prevailed (and had for the last
t'll
wo Years) the interest of their capital of £2,000 would be
letifficient to meet all the pensioners admitted in that time,
tnaThig their large receipt of £6,387 during the past year
e;saastver all the previously granted pensions, which were
th,stant droping off. He believed that, supposing
distributed
scalely to be pprevailing now, two-thirds of the money
istributed among the pensioners on the Liverpool list
Iteuld have to be dispensed in various parts of the coun-
rY• The ground for the alteration was that a seaman
sailed frornvarious ports in his life, and that he probably
Raid to the port which bad these accumulations during
pia
early part of his life—that he then went to ports which
wears worse provided, and tnat his claim, being on the
,ee where he last served, was made on a poor fund,
believed
he had been contributing to a rich one. He
sou the contrary was the fact, for men sailing
le foreign voyages, where they were proved to have
wo k than on shorter ones, very seldom left
I,:'erpool to go into coasting ports, and that the re-
grrse was rather the case • and therefore this particular
3).eud did not exist. Beside, there was no port in
lie lob there was more employment for men disabled at
po) but capable for other service on shore, than Liver-
keeping°l they all knew that the business of watching and
abships was for the most part performed by dis-
b„e" seamen at this port. Now, the bill required that[a
se u, before he bea claimant, should have paid the merchant
tbara, an's duties for not less than fifteen years, of which
ditet2ast nine months should be within tee yars of the
ai.; of his application for a pension, whereas, ine the admi-
Ira ration of the Liverpool fund, no such restriction was
wolp d,
se but if a man had been at sea and subsequently
tit'ed on shore his claim was continued.
twe7 a calculation made, in place of £5OO being paid in
36 Years to seamen admitted, under the new bill only
T 4 'would have been paid, and the same results would
hee taken place in the case of women and children.
ha fund fund had been humanely administered, yet the fund
the admitted of all the claimants being provided for to
eei extent of about £7OOO a year. The increase of re-
Of Pta this year was £6OO, and he thought the same rate
adr.bsions might be continued, if they were allowed to
elister their own funds as hitherto. He suggested
that •
Oet the shipowners and shipmasters of Liverpool should
tacitly admit of the change, but make a remonstrance
parg,,?vernment to have the fund of this port preserved se-
sh;,7• As the Liverpool shipping was equal to k of the
gEte'„P'ng of the whole kingdom, this would form a fair
ye "nd for asking the government not to bare tbe Li
14)001 fund mixed up with the funds of all the other
geoer• It seemed to him that the bill was opposed to
the, Policy, because a seaman, when abroad, knew that
t was a fund in Liverpool for his wife and children;
pmt
fall
upon in case of accident. This tended to keep the
bai" steady, and attached him to the p
toort and the ship
ofl,the tendency of the bill would be throw overboard
these considerations, and to deprive him of all ground
preference.
ta,.4r. ROTHERHAM said, the difference in the expendi-
a.:e under the new bill (£5OOO. a year), would become a
D-e'h on the arish of Liverpool. The mode of giving the
tb:ailDns here tended to attach seamen to the port, and
hi- Pension to his widow and children was a premium on
8 Morality
After further applications, Mr, J. N. Wood said
some
that if they were deprived of this fund, it would make a
'Luerenee of 2d. in the pound in the rates of Liverpool.
lk„After a long conversation, a committe consisting of
aMessrs. Potter, Rotherham, Kendall, Gibb, Tomlinson,
peleY, Tyrer, Cotesworth, Chapman, and Dixon, was
Sdpoln.wted t? place themselves in communication with the
tow, rensera Association, as well as the authorities. of the
it is probl'e,e,ting the provisions of the proposed bill, arid
be th au'e that a public meeting of the inhabitants will
e result.
A CL,

siI'ASSIFICATION OF THE POPULATION OF
pr,'„ BARTHOLOMEW'S DISTRICT, LIVER.

yealtle following classification was made in the present
by the curate of St. Bartholomew's district, with
wre.vicvf to direct the attention of the public to the
Doehed and destitute condition of the population of that
betrt'io nof the town of Liverpool. The district comprises
„r_ween ten and eleven thousand inhabitants, half of whom
ee; Roman Catholics. The wretchedness and poverty,
Itree•ciallY of those that dwell in the courts and cellars,
any Indescribable. It is only by actual inspection that
oie,,,ldequate notion can be formed of their real state and
graenstances. If, as all must acknowledge, it is a dis-
to (I; I° any civilised community to allow human beings
it is ag out their existence in such filth and misery, surely
40,1:91101 mole so to a community like Liverpool, where
peri' IMmense resources, arising from its corporate pro-
tera' ,are appropriated and expressly intended for the
tie al good and improvement of the town. The pliy-
St and moral deterioration of the population inhabiting
far Bartholomew's district, caused principally by the want
thePtePer sewerage, drainage, and effectual cleansing of
4t4tstreets and courts, as well as by the over-crowded
e of their dwelling-houses, no fewer, in many instances,
heub three or four distinct families living in the same
tve„se, surpasses anything of the kind that the writer has
he' witnessed in any other part of Europe. except Italy.
Of :ever deplorable their condition is, still a great deal
POii3t"df might be done among them even in a religious
with of were the clergymen of the district supplied
tiee„ Pecuniary means to relieve their bodily wants and
ltaytities. They very much regret to be compelled to
Dot, t they have not at present any funds at their dis-
-444 to meet the numerous cases of distress that con-
distr,Y apply to them for relief, as spiritual pastors of the
broa et- No religious impressions can be expected to be
of ZUced on the minds of a people living in such a state
litteZiral degradation, except their bodily wants be first
IPealtis9 to. The present appeal, therefore, to the
Poe,,ler classes of the community in behalf of their
vainer
brethren, will not, it is to be hoped, be made in
todiv'utta,, Rut especially is this appeal Tade to tho.se wealthy
toed;ls that carry on very extensive works in the im-
tailh`ate neighbourhood of the church, as soap-boilers,
bEtv'eera, ironfounders, and starch-manufacturers, and who
IloythPot hitherto. with one honourable exception, done
tiori ing to assist the ministers in their strenuous exer-
'4 to alleviate the crying distresses of the poor.
tlite,e compiler has drawn up his report with great mi.
eacCeas, giving the returns under a separate head for
Pie, Street in the district; but as by this method it occu-
lt iweonsiderable space, we have taken the liberty to throw
elet:l° tand, we believe, form, which shows
re the result more
rkY, with equal correctness :

and, we believe, with equal correctness :
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0 ZII ' 6 Ft;t;" 1 . 7.4) "i
72. C a— 1 9, .1. ‘..5. 2 0
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,_ reh ,
n•oteBt Of higland 46 2 59147! 35064 97 70 173 0 529
"18tri '
~,tSantse o f woe whorship attend
28 1 3 0 0 21111131 37 160 1 2(3
Ito
er
Atrik 8 28 0 0 6 1 610 14 35 :38 0 138
ttn 4ters°es Cath li
0 0 0 0 0 0 t'o 0 0 0 1
114" Ina • kit It Fringes, i. e ,
4.-3?.ild hanjrnp)o Catholics
039,8 5 5, 21 17 0 85
_.,..a...e...101int-riatemsteants. 9
o 0 0 1 i 411 6! 9 o 10 0 41
No
lerlt; notice is taken in this report of the number of dis-
til .hg
Lper,„_and Roman Catholic families that attend their

ANP notice is taken in this report of the number of dis-
esppirig and Roman Catholic families that attend their
;rig Fetive places of worship. As regards the few dissent-
Alitivlllcilies that live in the district, most of them regu-
oltttend their own places of worship ; but of the Ro-
n,',ttolic families, it may safely be asserted that no
"ortiVilan one-third of them, if so many, attend public
l'he'P ca the Sabbath day.
014 Fu rate of St. Bartholomew's (the Rev. Evan
1,4 0) la deserving of much credit for the care and labour
ttlr bestowed. in the preparation of this statement.
t Nit,ust his example will induce others to take up the
4'4 sf° that we may have similar returns for every dis-
• o
4 the town. A general view of the population of
°t oter,.P°l, drawn up upon this plan, would be a document
considerable interest and value.

ite.gbant
At b RY.—A public-house, No. 61, Walnut-street,
tfr'''eairj Miss Mary Williams, was robbed on Tuesday
ht't tpa" °f a cash box containing £32. The robbery was
e use by two confederates. One of. them entered the
."411 hat half-past five, took his station at the bar—thea
'nc,),( being then upon the counter—and called for _
tiBh"` ale. Whilst he was drinking it, the other entered,
Ic-ali.l._?oln adjoining, from which the bar can be seen,
Tor a quart of ale. Miss Williams incautiously
t `',43 the cellar to serve the last customer, anddduer-
t,
gitape,, aosence other had secured the bnx, an d
"ted,:witbnut emptyng his glass. His confederate fol-
gbci then the robbery was discovered.