The Express.
London, England, 1860-04-04 00:00:00

TO Tit OPZIATIVIC DLIACIIIIIB AND DIEU.

Fellow-Operatives,—Your short-time committee, at this
particular point of your career, are anxious to address a few
words to you. Our cause bee /net beets binned with a great
euccees. and, moreover, ourgooddeleirate, lit. John Waring,
has brought back to Bolton with him most gratifying in-
telligence of the exceeding kinilnem sod 'met-hearted err,
patby which he, while working in our behalf in London and
elsewhere, has met with among all doom of people, both in
the HOMO of C00:111106. and out of it, wherever he has
morel. Vellow.operatives, there is danger in being too
elated with joy, and we wish to warn you to take this most
unexpected swoons gratefully, as it should he take!. We
are informed that when Lord Shaftesbury (who has the poor
man's prayers) heard of the second reading of our bill being
rimed, his loedship immediately wrote to kis friend (add
ours) in the cause, " My dear t'rook,—lat us thank God
for tho great soccer." Now let us take good note of this,
and. instead of triumphing, quiet) thank God. It has
ever bees our wish to act a leeof with the sound
advice bud down in the little book celled " Wrongs which
cry for Redress." We have sever had a strike, and we
have always been dminium to be just to our employers
a. well as to have justice for the employed. Let us
show, by striving more than ever to work well and rem
Indy, that we are anxious to study the interests of the
mutter bleachers so far a. it does not interfere with the
health sad lives of our wive~ sisters. and children. Among
the masters we have many kind friends, and depend on it
if we art rightly that number will increase daily. Do net
let as, by samara of any kind, give our opponents—they
sre nowt only few in number—ea opportunity to argue en am
to injure our good maw. Praiseworthy waded oa our part
is doe not only to ourselves,but to all the kind ladies and
gentlemen who have shown themselves an very good and
earnest is this matter. --We are your faithful friends and
felkar-weaken, the mothers of the Operative Bleachers'
Short-time Committee. !Ocean) PliallCa, Secretary.

CLUB PROMIN'TIONII IY EDlNBrzilli. —On Satur-
day morning several arse wind Edinburgh cluli.maaters,
adjourned from Wedneedis), were resumed at the police-
court before Bailie Ciseryp E. Russell. The cases were
three in number—Mr. James Morris, master of the
Edinburgh Club, Catherineetreet ; Mr. Macarthnr,
of the Southern Club, Infirmary-street ; and Mr. Dougbia
Robert Hunter, of the Edinburgh and Leith Club, Green-
aideetreet, bring each separately charged with contraven-
ing the 14th section of the Portia Mackenzie Act, in so far
as, upon the Fhb March, they refused to admit officers of
police into their houses, said house, being houses where
refreshment. were sold to be coasumedon the promisee. The
offence was in each case libelled se a first offence. The
cue of Mr. James Morrie, of the Edinburgh Club, was first
taken up. Bailie G. E. Russell, who predicted, held that it
was a mere pretence of • club here—that it was • mere
colour for other ; and he therefore found the
ces proven, and ned Mr. Morrie 51, one-half of the
penalty to go to the Maternity Hospital. The court next
took up the charge against Charlie ilacarthar, of the
Southern Club, who was elan convicted, and fined (me-
tal( of the Geo to go to the Magdalene Asylum. Mr.
Douglas Robert Hunter, of the Edinburgh and Leith
Club, was also found guilty of • like offence, and fined
one-half of the fine to go to the Boroughmuirhead
Reformatory.
Tea Muaocit ear CCIIIIIIILLAND.—The name of
the hapless young wnmaa was, it appears, Sewell, not
Graham, and although it was at fiat rtunoured that two
men, and afterwards one had been apprehended. inch Is not
the fa. t. A youo, man name! CYO was indeed examined,
but be completely exculpated himself from any participle-
tion in the derail deed, and no stigma whatever rests
upon him.