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

CORRESPONDENCE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD'
" STII,—I am led to ask the aid of your spirited c°,'
lumps, whilst I direct the attention of our metcael
body to the memorial of the Liverpool postmen, whieh't,
am informed, has been forwarded by the worthy eqo
master here to the proper authorities, and who has, 01;f
accustomed urbanity, handsomely recommended it
consideration. Pending that period, it may not he etrii
wiee to state, more generally than has vet appeared
your paper, the extreme peculiarities of their situatiovi
They have to rise at hdlf-past five in the morning, win''
and summer. and make three deliveries per day, Sayan,
included. Thus called upon, they can scarcely be said 1,
asi;ute r e
andal
have any relax.fon until seven o'clock in the evening'
Their pay is but 20e. per week, and out of this pittael
surely merits
great coat for bad weather. -1"•
they have to find shoes and clothing, and few, very fen,uwt;
cape,them,v eymichapenourr, t a
trustw onroutiiycel,mfd.yr theyof me are,fact's)a
nd it tg e
fact worthy notice, that ut of the defalcations in tb
Pestoffice department, few, scarcely ens, of the poste"
A Or
are prosecuted, the principal defaulters being in-e°o,
clerks. This is a fine trait in the character of these Me;
since poverty is a sore tempter to many. Our Custow4
end Corporate servants, of the lowest grade, have no Oro
lengthened and trusty duties as these men, and yet
better paid. .
Since the passing be parliament of Rowland Hill's cei
popular act. reducing the postage of the general mal,
letters to Id., whatever distance they have been convey
~4
the epi-tol.iry correspondence between mercantile ens
private individuals—rich and poor—young and old 70
been immeasurably increased,—and the duties that v
deicu
upon the deliverers has been, of course, proportionateo
augmented, both in trouble and responsibility, whilelef
the sometime, their wages are greatly het w the aver7i,
amount generally awarded to persans from whom are 4,
quired equal exertions and fidelity. It is obvious el?
however small the postage on paid letters, their safe re
prompt delivery is as laborious as if the h:gh rates oe,iot
still entant; and to receive a postage on the unPai''bie
two-pence, equal, or nearly so, on the average, in trourif
and delay to the collecting and accounting for as 019,r
shillings. The conduct of these men, and their demeto,°r,
to those on whom they have to call, is not the leas reap p.
ful on this account, and I therefore trust that the me b 1
rial mentioned above will be taken into the faronll,ol
consideration of those to whom it is addressed, in theibil
and Christian feeling that " the labourer is worthy of
hire."

" I am, Sir, your constant reader,
HOMv.

" Abercrombie-rquare, December 218!, 1844:

DEFRAUDING TOE ODD-FELLOW'S 50D1ET7....-00
Saturday, Henry Seddon was found guilty, before d
Recorder, of haying, by means of a false certific9te
the death of his wife, when sue was not dead, ohtlbii
the sum of £lO from the Odel.fellow's Society of
town. He was sentenced to imprisonment and hard lab"
for five calendar months.
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CHRISTMAS GlFTS.—There are perhaps few ow the
which present more difficulty in the selection than d
choice of that very appropriate token of affection n.OO
esteem, a Christmas Gift. The Annuals at one t'vit
offered a highly eligible mode of conveying the expres7l
of our sentiments, and we were surrounded with a li°s,eti
Nowt, Gores, and Souvenirs, which have now 17,0 p,
aesy and become cxtinet. In this clifficulty, we are -re,
pity relieved by toe ctuicc o! the various and elegant Pstl
parwi•-ns for the. Toi'et invented by Messrs. Rovil'`',:foi
and SONS,,,%osil:iCiihi;:tbl7t?,itilild.:eCuiali et
to the
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