The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-12-19 00:00:00

FRIENDS OF FOREIGNERS IN DISTRESS

plaz third annual meeting of the Liverpool Society of
tli.oeada of Foreigners in Distress was 'held yesterday,in
b.elarendon-rooms. The chair was occupied
rs.
A° gink Eacb, Ben and there were also present b3les.s
Atc,l4.---, J. A. ke Boehtlingi, Frommell, Bossi,
w.,,,,Kunhardt Lemonius,Mullens, Pictet, Prange, Stoess,
Dielhatto,
sate 111 Avon on taking the chair, expressed the great
keett.action he 'experienced 'in preiiding over the annual
it of such a society as the present, which: useful as
irdniist be in any place, is peculiarly valuable in a town
`.(e
werpool, where strangers from every quarter. of. .the
deg' are to be met with. Such a society, in his opinion,
he sled well of the community, and, as chief magistrate,
Do:4o great pleasure in lendingit any assistance in his
in:emte It was calculated to be of great value in prevent-
successful attempts of 'impostors, and must be of
hassistance in ascertaiiiingthe claims of really need-
e and deserving applicants. Onlooking over the report,
Ge,,,,was in some degree surprised to find that so many
(eutbfil emigrants had received assistance from the funds
for -;,75 society, as he understood a society exists at Berlin
~—,tentigating the condition of intending emigrants, and
oth-"log aid where that was aavisable. From this and
" causes, he had beer. 'led to believe that, in most int-
'lira, German emigrants were generally of a class p.?
'dot;bY to require the co-operation of this society. No
travel't however, contingendes might arise in the course of
l, and accidents might occur by which parties might
17, unexpectedly reduced in circumstances ; and, in the
-eatigation of such es, the society was efficient and
.inable, and, as he had already said, deserved well at the
hands of all classes. As those present were gentlemen in
ablen"' _ toone
eould,
to whom the business part of the day was vain.
instead of occupying more of their time,
calkr. the secretary to read the report.
Boggs then read the following
IMPORT
In presenting' to their subscribers the third Annual Report,
the Committee have the pleasure of stating that the Society
As
active in distributing relief during the present
income 1.11 he seen by the treasurer's accounts, the entire
derived both from donations and subscriptions
tintsi to .e.llB 125.. snowing a decrease of about '24 138.
,Laver last year. On the other hand, the
iresources have materially inCreased,,nOtonelyaarini dtaheunTmn bietar
af applications larger, but many of the cases have been of a
mare distressing nature than previously. The total amount
IpDliided in relief is £3Bl 15s. 4d., showing the enormous
uhVae over last year of .el7O !Ss. sd. The balance in hand
ThiealNi of November was £ll3 ss.
Series °f life
principally 'to the high prices of all neces-
erois.„", during the last twelve months QS to the large
last' ration
and immigration to and from America ; and,
ErigiYa'. 'P Political events, which have cast upon the shores of
from :.t:ll„large numbers of 'Russian and Polish ;tea's, flying
them 7rarY conscription, which perhaps more heavily upon
to
ei an 'man Christians. It will, ,be satisfactory
Z**--9!•tulahacribers to hear that the largest portion of the ex-
IT.. re tias been incurred in 'the first half year. Since
this ate has been much decreased ; and it is hoped that
fereigner efs rill not be so severe as last, the arrivals or
S eing now smaller.
I;oo,f_aY also be added, that as the Society becom:atsteer.
di7.11.4nd. has, it is hoped, successfully relieved many
e
of (1,7 -s, It attracts the attention of a greater number,
Itnishi....ng. :alit undeserving-poor. The.difficulty o di t
d You are
netween the two classes is thus incre
thai;_iaat People who live by begging scieri lose 2)1 sense of
ps,defitir, nil attain a degree of proficienc) in the art of im-
be successfully
J,npon the charitable public, which,
Cc: on the part of
thoweji requires a great deal of.
rnost ,7,00 undertake to answer theirvriegqiluasensttos.
LTivheerpfoaocit,tahoadt
that the applicants are total stranger
weeks, or even only
4 few d5nY of them have only been a few
we ha ars, in England, is one of the mosteTitoou osutrliffiinctiumltaietes
ofconnectiont
vto contend with. Thanka•
with several sister societies established
clip he large towns of the kingdom,and to the
L
in,sier, Bradford Hull, Glasgow, and Edinburgh,
such as soiriddoinn, inMaannY-
'efati ' . the Com.
of valuable information
e exertions. of our assistant secretary, • .
eb
'as been put In possession
Th: has enabled them to detect many impostors.
• instead free board OM- Committee have adhered to the principle of giving as
agile ,as Possible relief in money, providing
er
by railway,
too!, indging's, several passages !so for some time
by steam
Provisions, and clothing; they
. have a
tatn-nunued the practice of granting loans,
. except in a few
nd quite
Lav", where the applicants are well known,. because they
found it a source of great loss to the Socie
~etojodnctive of good. The amount granted amounts to about
1,,! and the amount recovered to about •
heni•rants 266 more
than"el
*applications have been 301,ordpr.to„
6relieved is tios,
of t year. The total amount p
In mei) were helped to proceed
.to America.
aY apwhich professes
for a Society t
bot ar a large number This,
tlitstsg'! do anything for emigrants
cthink -that the money
spent tao, nevertheless your Committee except in cases of great
c"IY thoser purpose was well.employed for Rims assisted
shot_ who, after paying their passage, themselves
cleat of money to buy provisions, or bedding, .or other arii-
Ssdjelliaite for a sea voya
assistance
fogs`e grossly improvident people to apply 'for ,
age, and trust thatiliey have. not
tg alaigration. This observation. of course, does not eipp..y
part. ew cases, where part of the passage inoney WaS paid tor
a4les who had come to Liverpool with the mecessary means
enracigrate, but have been deprived of them through unfore•-
tetnotheeurit=int ass of applicants consists of persons
b,etkr_ fling from Americacl ; some of them parties who have
n unsuccessful, and who, after losing or spending the
them,
money they had brought out, return home. Most of
"em, however, are men who, not being sailors, have been
ill to go on board of ship in that capacity, and have been
111-used and robbed on their passage, when found incapable
Of doing their work.
The Committee have found that, notwithstanding the
expense, the most advantageous course for all parties was to
send them back to the continental port nearest to their own
country, assisting them mainly to reach their home, where
they have a chance of earning an honest living; whilst if they
had remained here, there was great danger of their becominn.
4 constant harden to the Society, or taking nuil
to disre t 1"e
Practices. The passages provided for people returningtoathe
continent have been 189, at an average cost of about 18s. apiece.
Anon,
_e ( ass of applicants worth noticing are the women
children left behind by emisTants During the stammer
Willi
have had several instances of families coming to England
Llthe intention of emigrating to America, but without
ire,t!ate means, when the fathers have gone forward alone,
n,..ng to the public to keep their families. One remarkable
ileat,_ nee is that of a woman with three children, who was
tenerted by her husband in London, and who, after having
e in search of him to Edinburgh and Glasgow, came to
ThverPool, and discovered that he had sailed for America.
Socirty sent her and her family back to Hamburg!).
itss"ldow, a native of Germany, of 80 years of age, arrived
waZi_eAmerica, ith her daughter, without any means, and
A ;lilt to Roue' dam by the Society, a.t an expense of .12.
er case was that of a noman, with her daughter, who
loaf tit:firm-reeked on her way from this port to America, and
the
s died tlie
who aen in child. On her return here she lost her husband,
hospital. Shewas sent back to Hamburgh at
Ar,,,J‘_ iely's expense; the journey for the two cost aboutsos.
, family of (mar adults and three children suffered
flip on the coast of Ireland, and returned to this port ;
Soc,were kept for some time in the workhouse, at the
'NP,'zi,e, and at last they discovered in Manchester
Upon ..rtends I,lin took charge of them; the amount spent
1•41,r7:0n was ..63 16s. 2d.
scriafter having attempted to give. to the suls-
t,olll,l'' 411 account of what has been done during the
• year,
ieep earnestl-
y reuest them to continue, and, if possible, to
*f.iti,egaae, their subscriptions; and trust that they may say,
rod.ic"at transgressing the limits of modesty, that theexpe-
e they have acquired, and, to a certain extent, paid for,
Letterag the
Past three years,
will enable them to distinguish
tgiu better between the deserving and andeserving poor.
"eirs'eallnittee cannot close this Report without returning
tn
righxest thanks to the head-constable, Major.Grei7,. for e
assista e he has rendered them by kindly granting
1)-atice nofe police-officer during the sittings of the
tati;;;."llmittee for adispensing relief; thus materially facili-
°,(l4; tmsiness which was previously impeded by the cis.
glocointduct of those applicants who had ben
timerefused,
consequence, have attempted from to time
leis itut:',date the assistant-secretary whilst in the discharge of
Air v.
i',clLE after reading an abstract of the accounts,
oiwn the subscribers. generally the advantages which
est e -crue to the society if each of them would use his
if Th. lertions to secure the adhesion of new subscribers.
war done, he felt assured that the benefits would
in
the a: '137 manifested, and the diminution perceptible
41,pe 'alai income of the society would soon not only .dis-
mal‘r,ysbut be converted into asurplus.
„I-RANGE moved the first resolution (which, along
in (10'ne others, will found in our advertising columns.)
cothetning. this, he remarked that the labours devolving on
mittee were very
onerous, and also very imPor-
ihNoailld he
end ggest
theiu r ass's'
fled that the subscribers generaily
tam ininvestigating casco of Ap-