Millennium Project
by Jon Malings
PASSENGERS PER THE BRUTUS
We have just received the following letter, which we publish with pleasure. Something ought to be done in this urgent case, and we hope some good Samaritans will step forward.
TO THE EDITORS OF THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY.
GENTLEMEN,—Your well known humanity emboldens us to address you; your valuable paper has always been an advocate for the poor and distressed, and in many instances much good has been done through your charitable interference.
Feeling, as every humane person must feel, who reflects for a moment on their distressed situation—we allude to the passengers per ship Brutus—we hope you will have the goodness to recommend the necessity of raising a fund to enable those passengers, who have no alternative left but to proceed with the vessel, to provide themselves with the necessaries for the voyage, and subsistence while they are detained.
We shall feel great pleasure in your acceptance of our mite of ten pounds for their relief.—We remain, respectfully, your obedient humble servants,
O. BECKETT and Co.
P. W BYRNES and Co.
N.B.—We shall be able to furnish you with the names of the persons who wish to proceed, and the expense attending their outfit, if you require it.