The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-28 00:00:00

THE NINE HOURS MOVEMENT.

The follmring memorial has been addressed to
the members of the Central Sanociation of Master Builders :
"Conference eg v .. •, • Trades, 11, Rochester-
CT*
the M-
imes of .47"9""'".1 you •tous a mane.
Moe ores &Wee! ,is to Was hours per day.
maldsgillibe b d oar &die Tor the nine
Laura themenet, we are 01•116114 that &newsman] and
impartial medderatipm of the. sable*. Waco you to
• come to the medasise 164 latereste as employers will
not be injariorady alhAof by the ocmossion of the
nine hours been to the Annemel and respectful soli-
'Meeks of the masa Mimed in your establishment.
,Oa the other hand, we are sennily confident that the
modifies of the watinnim-phy mom aid' Mk&
lecTeally, leripmely improved tiroagh the effects el •
lezzsomeil (a this conviction we are
by Qs IMillie of similar inductees of duly
is Wherdepareasals of bfteery. In London, and generally
thruaghout the .Mitedisele. the. Warne and warshoussona
hate agitated for • vary mamble shortening of the
bows of work Their efforts have been completely sac-
mental, and the result has beta en imams pin to the
mon, without the slightest km to the Manaus. On the
metrary, the establieliseset et better aud Mirth* fee limp
between the empleymn and the 04111111 boa"leut only
cendased to the peeler coed 2 al the parties,
bet has else hese peed of no • men peenniasy
advaatype to the emplems. The egisemaim Milder's home
at toff ere at hest as may the dark's and ware-
hosemiede, the diMeiee between his hems and his place
of work ti to gored longer. hi Agin to mental hi:previe-
wed as sum& lie need peeks, led the claims of his
tesea.y to his puma sapariatembece as obvious sad
mail. These, era
el
few of the memo whiok
we done el year essidenitims bray la milldam
to Sees, we hive urge the malted loedadpy oI the a
Mena& the reduction of deny toil in every Wamh al am-
pleyment ; the widlsopiaad arid coastently
cramp of the working °Wow for a *Aber in=
and ambewmaral conditioesialateT at arinsees the inn
i
mom , end, in the y shoo-
t:de et eisaidisbaliai la this ebbs for et Mem. the
metal
impreemesat, be far as the epormihs beldam are era-
mask waist a ellidadisa *Ms boas of toil sad ilia
t="11I. Mr pet, as wail se as the pail of our
6ellasines tinoe the cosatekaot to mess the
al the pee set 'Lotion until the boos of the
ainsXhee" me" has hem aeesded. This last fact we submits
to yew atteatisa, net is say boastful or Meat spirit, but
lad yea should be so far deceived as to imagine that the
spersttre builders are to In diverted from the demand for
the 'nine bows movement.' Rest assured that the deter-
misatioe to snore this amelioration of our conditioa is too
deeply rooted in our hones for any amount of resistance to
tent us from our purpose, and that the chief effect of any se-
verities to which we may ben exposed in eonaequence of this
=will be to deepen our attachment to the cause for
we have suffered, and strengthen our resolve to per.
sewn in our agitation until sumer has crowned oar an-
deseaars. In washiske, pedant/in, we hive only to add
they next to the triumph of the cause to which we are de-
eded, our chief desire is to witness the establishment of a
egy friendly baling between employes and employed.
t the convictive that the granting our present de-
r mind will be powerfully conducive to this most desirable
mesh is one of the reasons why we now ash you in the meat
earnest and respectful menace In concede this reduction in
the hours of our daily toil.
" On behalf of the Conferezioe of the United Building
halo, yours respectfully,
" 010. l'orria, Secretary."

rAay comuryza.

SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE METROPOLIS.

This committee re-assembled on Friday, Mr.
Sotheron-Patecout in the resin
Mr. W. J. Wilda, paopristor of an hotel in the Hay-
musket, wee examined by Mr. Denison, Q.C., for the pro-
moters of the bill. He stated that he bad been concerned
for the last fourteen years in the enancial management of
theatres. Up to 1853, the price charged for gee was 4s.
per thouesaal feet. In the beginning of that year the com-
pany which "applied the Haymarket Theatre sent an Intl-
' matioa that the trice would be raised to le. 6d. That was
the London Company; the directors of the theatre refused
to give the advance, and transferred the supply from the
London to the !ignitable Company.
Mr. Puniest principal lib/arise of the British Museum,
wssnest examined. Ile said there was a great deal of gas
need at the Museum. He believed the Imperial Company
supplied it. He had cause of complaint for being charged
more than his neighbours. Whenthe Museum was enlarged
16 additional lamps were required, for which the company
charged bi. se. per Lama per annum. He was told this was
too much, and be found the parish were charged only 5/ per
lamp. On his complaining of that the secretary of the
company wrote to him, stating that the reason of the
difference in pries was owing to the fact that the perish
paad 3,0001. ler pie, whereas the Museum paid only 2064
The lamps at the Inseam were in the nature of pablie
separated from the street only by the rellinet
Mr. Kintree, oneaged tit 10600-tere of Ho Wel'"wad
oublie li.hte. wart vv. a•
was sopplied by
the Phomix ;a /South Ilseropoliten Compasies So was in
favour ei Umbel now before the committee. The public
light, had ass raised within the last few years, and then
WAWA epos, but not so low as when competition existed
Wagon the different companies. He was of opinion
that. 1,2. e dries fat pa named in the bill, 4..
would be enfilaient, et least in his district
per
the "din " took plow the South Metropolitan
Oesopay were able to cave 12 per cent on leakage alone.
awing to time being now fewer mains.
Mem-examined by Mr. Richards for the gas companies—
Camberwell had not contributed anything to the promotion
of the bill, bat he believed they would do so on his recom-
mendation. He had hoard that legal optown had been
given against the power of vestries to oontn ute money out
of the mutes for that purpose, but he did not think they
would trouble themselves about that. (A laugh.)
Mr. Oreenwell, vestry clerk of Marylebone, also gave
evidence of the enhanced price charged for pis since the
"districting " commenced. The only alternative the parish
had was either to pay what the company demanded or not
to take the lights at all.
Mr. Wilkinson, town clerk of Walsall, stated that thew
there, which was in the hands of the corporation, was mid
on a raduated scale of from is. 4d. to is. 10c1. • the publics
lamps were only St a year ' • the price of coal maid was
per ton ; the value of the residuum was sheet 60 err la pee
cent.
Mr. Watson, gas manager of the Olympic Thesere, stated
they had frequently to complain of the insufficient supply
of pis. It was his duty to test the pressure. He found it
very unequal. He considered the pressure ought to be
12-10tha before the gas entered the meter.
Mr. Thighlolll now stated that he thought he had called
sufficient witnemes to prove the case for the promoters of
the hill ; and after a short conversation between the leading
craned on both sides as to the course which it would be
most convenient to adopt in brinf4facirward the cue of
the pa companies interested in the '
The committee adjourned over the temtide holidays

Tax QUINN AND THS ENGLISH /WWII MADE.
—ln consequenee of the resolutions passed at the late
public Meth% 10 regret Mr Majesty to patronise English
ribbons, and thus alma* at lead temporarily, the dis-
tress saneed by the Enoch treaty, various ' t. COMMOIIIOII lUDS
base taken pawn batman the Vicar of Fit Michael's and
hacienda! parties, and the result is, that gnoimens of
bribbons from some of our best manufacturers will
forwarded to London for the Quess'aZieotion, when it
is herd aid Wheal that, M her Ma is pleased to
Maglish ribbons. it will sinsi at least for a
the Ciovestry ribbon trade.— emositry Standard.
To Sis Moirox Par*, M.P.—A
merles el it le is Mpossested is July to Mr Morton
Fa* M.P., gorillas. emineared with the Fast Suffolk
rdy and district through which the line passes.
dalal
will be made at the Royal R
of Rotel,
off Lowe.
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