IS]!.] Account of the S^'nipathetic Society at Leith. 44f| 
With the writer liimself Ihad the plea- 
jsure of bein^ acquainted when he was 
member of this university, and I under¬ 
stand he now lives upon his patrimoni¬ 
al estate, near Siirewsbury, in rural re¬ 
tirement and classic ieisure, J. Wo 
Ojford, Oct. 6 , 1811 - 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine, 
SIR, 
BEG leave through the medium of 
your widely circulated Magazine, to 
draw the attention of the public to an 
Institution w.hich has existed in this place 
for nearly three years, but has hitherto 
been little known except to a few, to 
whose exertions the country is indebted, 
for an addition to her numerous benevo¬ 
lent establishments. The Sympathetic 
was originally intended to be an Asso¬ 
ciation of Ship Masters, sailing from this 
port, who could not find adriiission to the 
prher establishments already existing in 
the place, owing to particular local re¬ 
gulations, connected with their manage¬ 
ment; but the plan has been extended, 
so as to admit not only shipmasters be- 
longiug to any other port, but also lands¬ 
men of every desenption, and, should any 
of the members enter into the service of 
their country, all the privileges of the 
society are continued to them on tlieir 
paying an additional sum per quarter. 
The following abstracts, will show ge¬ 
nerally the mode of management, and 
that the funds of the society are increas¬ 
ing very fast. 
ARTICIS I. 
Designates the Society the Sympathetic, 
and provides for the management of the funds 
and other matters, by appointing a committee 
to consist of a preses, treasurer, secretary, 
and five other members, two of the latter to 
go out every year. The preses, treasurer, 
and secretary, may be re-elected from year Co 
year, so long- as a majority of the society 
shall think proper. 
II. 
Fixes four stated quarterly meetings, to be 
held on the first Mondays of January, April, 
Jufv, and October, and points out a mode of 
keeping the books of the society, these books 
to lie on the table at the meetings for the 
inspection of the merribtrs. 
in. 
Prescribes a mode of appllcstion for admis¬ 
sion to the society, by letter addressed to the 
preses, to lie till next qu.?rter-day, when the 
election is made by ballot, the person ad¬ 
mitted paying entry money agreeably to the 
following table, producing a certi.ncaie of his 
age. 
YEARS. 
MOKE 
Y, 
YEARS. 
MONE 
T, 
25 ... . 
16 
0 
38 .... 
,^21 
15 
t> 
26 .-., 
17 
0 
0 
39 .... 
22 
4 
0 
27 .... 
17 
6 
0 
40 .... 
22 
18 
0 
28 ... . 
17 
10 
0 
41 .... 
23 
10 
0 
29 .... 
18 
0 
0 
0 
42 
23 
15 
0 
SO.... 
18 
12 
0 
43 ... . 
24 
31 
0 
31 .... 
19 
0 
0 
44 .... 
24 
18 
0 
32 .... 
19 
10 
0 
45 --.. 
25 
5 
0 
<50 
19 
16 
0 
46 ... . 
25 
12 
0 
34 .... 
20 
4 
0 
47 ... . 
26 
0 
0 
3 f} .... 
20 
10 
0 
48 ... . 
26 
3 2 
0 
36 .... 
20 
18 
0 
49 .... 
27 
0 
0 
37 .... 
21 
5 
0 
50 .... 
27 
18 
0 
IV. 
Fixes the quarterly payments of landsroea 
at 20s. and seamen at 30 s. vdth fines in cuie 
of neglect. 
N.B. It Is In contemplation- to reduce the 
terly payments to one half, 
V. 
In case any member enter his majesty's 
service by sea or land, he continues to en¬ 
joy all the benefits of the society, on pay¬ 
ing 40 s. per quarter, during the period of 
such service. 
VI. 
Provides that on the decease of a member, 
five pounds sterling shall be paid to his widow 
in lieu of funeral charges. 
N. R, Formerly this article allowed a membeT 
21 . iO'. on the death of his wife, and 
11 . lOs. on the death of a child, which 
was discontinued, as none of the members 
were really in want in such casts. 
TII- 
Provides that upon the death of a member 
his widow shall be paid twenty pounds .ster¬ 
ling per annum, and that, either quarterly, 
half yearly, or yearly, as she shall think 
proper, and should such widow marry again, 
it empowers the managers to expend tea 
pounds per annum in educating any chil¬ 
dren that may exist of the first marriage, 
viir. 
Any member being incapable to go about 
his ordinary employment, cr being prisoner 
of war, to be paid twenty pounds sterling 
per annum, during such illness or captivity. 
IX. 
No. money to be lent on personal security, 
nor any sums to be voted out of the funds 
towards any other institution, public erec¬ 
tions, &c. or for any political, civil, or re¬ 
ligious purpose whatever, hut applied solely 
to the purposes of the association. 
X. 
Points out the manner in which the trea¬ 
surer is to intromit with cue funds. 
XI. 
Any new regulation or bye-law, to be pro¬ 
posed one quatter^day, and voted upon the 
next. 
Statenienc 
