The Express.
London, England, 1859-10-25 00:00:00

TEE BUMS IN 711 BUILDING =ADA

An aggregate meeting of the operatives in the
building trades was held last eyries In tit. Martin's-hall, to
manes • report from the members of the workmen's confer-
ghee of their proceed*. since the last pub& meeting held in
the same plass some three weeks ego, and to make known
certain facts in connexion with the present position of the
negotiations between the masters sad men. Thre was • very
large attendenes, the body of the hall end galleries being
crowded to every part. Mr. Hasa, Chairman of the Execu-
tive of the Amalgamated Engineers, was voted to the chair.
The CfthisMaN, having stated the purpose for which the
meeting had bean called, observed that there had bees many
subjects introdeced into the dispute which really had no ecu-
menism with it. The principal of these was the teform ques-
tion, end wend writs. in the newspapers had awed
thet the comes take, by the workmen was calculated to
impede the promeas of reform for several years to come.
Fez one, he could not understand how, if the operatives in
the building trades had Dimwitted an error in judgment,
that circumstance should have impeded the progress of re-
form. Instead of their proceedings being en argument
spinet the extension of the suffrage, It was one of the
steepest reasons that could be advanced favour of it. If
they Judged of the electoral body of England by the shameful
disclosures at Wakefield and at Olouoester, and he believed
many other borough. were quite*. bad, it was impoeaible to •
find a more corrupt body of elec:ore than that by which the
franchise was now enjoyed. Confess the electors of Wake-
field and Gloucester with the building operatives of London.
Fur the maintennace of a principle the operatives bad sacri-
ficed, upon the average, 11. a week for fourteen CAMSCCUtiVO
weeks; while the electors of Wakefield and Clionoster bed
received without blearing money bribe. to send persons to
parliament as their repreeentetives, whom they knew well
were wholly unfitted to be there. He contended that the
conduct of the London building operatives proved that the
working elms.. were far higher in principle. hie more freer-
ruptible, and therefore for wore fitted to exercise the fran-
chise, then navy who were far above them in station. lie
trusted that the working tom, not only of London, but
throughout the kingdom, would support the operatives of the
building !rodeo in resisting that badge of slavery, the "odious
document," which if they had been content to accept in the
sense in which members of parliament and town councillors
accepted the oaths, or clergymen of the church of England
subsribid to the Thirty-nine Articles, they might have
eerily ems ix a week. (Hear, beer.)
Mr. Forfeit (the secretary) thee proceeded to report pro-
gress. At the last meeting, on the 30th of September, their
objets was to show to the master builders that it was their
prerogative to place at the head of affairs whomsoever they
thought proper. They had appointed •coeferenos to con-
duct their affairs', and to carry out, if passible, the object
they had in view to a sucoseful Seam Since thee, Mr.
Ayrton, the member for the Tower Hewlett., had presented
himself at the Pewter.' Anne, and ',Mired himself as the in-
strununt of mediation to adjust the points of difference be-
tween the workmen and the masters. (Mr. Potter here de-
tailed the course of the negotiations betimes Mr. Ayrton and
the executive committee of the Cambia Association
of Master Builders.) The four propositions agreed to
by the conference were rejected by the executive
committee, who submitted certain counter prepositions of
their own, viz., the withdrawal of the strike at Users. Teel-
lope'., the abolition of certain trade practices, and the re-
vision of the trade rules by some ex chancellor or a retired
judge. (Shame.) The conference subsequently drew up
five points., differing in same resent Mom them which bad
been previously eubmitted by Mr. Ayrton on their behalf—
(these propositions were read by Mr. Potter, but having
*heady published them we think it unnecessary to reprint
them)—but which also were rejected. Tu meet the wish of
the master builders in reference hi the revision of the trade.'
tukitt, in their now propositions it was suggested that if they
were to be revised it should be by the Court of Queen's
Bench, which wee the highest authority, the meet impar-
tial, end the most likely to do justice as between
the master and the workers°. (Hear.) This, however did
not twit the master builders, who must have my Lord
Brougham or my Lord Lyndhurst to say whether the
rules and practices objected to were fair and legal or not.
(" Shame," and " We won't hove them.") Bat he mked,
after what Lord Brougham had said the other day at Brad-
ford with reeked to the disowns' of the working men to as-
sume power' of doubtful Heist, which often led to breaches
of the law and after what he said about machinery and
strikes—whether it would Le resemieble or right to submit
their Wide rules to hie revision ? (No, no.) He @eked was
the opinion of such a men upon such a subject likely to be I
impartial, or were their rules ever likely to be of any
benefit to them alter coming from the bands of
such a man ? (No, no.) Their prevent prospects wire
bright, else what [moot that long het of nurse that had suc-
cumbed—Melon, Jay, Leer. nce, and seers amongst the
most eminent roaster builder.? (Cbeers.) It meant that
the workmen must succeed if tool onlyeemaieed true to
themselves. The provincial towns would aid them, and
'hovels the dividend paid this week was email It would not
long remain eo, for they would find subscriptions flowing in
from all quarters to matt them until they entered the ,hope
again safe/sand independent artists. They had been told that
10,000 bad resumed work under the document, and 3,000 more
under it sea " shop rule." Why that wee 3,000 more than the
whole number shutout. (Cheers and laughter.) Bat if all these
men had sensed work, how was it that they did not see the
great pulite buildings that were under contract prearessing
(Hear, hear.) He said that three were not 2,000 who had
signed the declaration in any tone, and the masers made
up their returns of the 1111.11141 n by includit g all the men
they had at work on country johe. li. urged the lock-outs
to try and hear with their privations& little longer, and to boar
is what that it was not money but • principle they were
streamline for. If they did not " lick" the associated mes-
tere now they would in the end, and he was satisfied teat be-
fore twelve mouths were ovrr they would re-enter the shops
sot only without the, declaration but under the nine hour..
(Greet cheering.) He &detest them in future to form a fund,
by subscribing thy Id. a week, which be said world amount
to 1001. a week, 4001. • month, mid 26,0001. a year—[epos
what system of aritometic Mr. Potter makes up this seaml
total be did not explain)—and that each rued should be de-
voted expressly for the defence of the trades and their support
I. future straggles. Let them show In this way that they
respected themselves, and the mute» would rapes them ;
that with truth a fund at their tack there would be no more
attempts to compel them to give up their trade societies. He
concluded by mein recommending firemen and salon as the
certain msana of ewes.
Mr. Facer, a delegate from the conference to the pro-
-I:nces, reportd the smelt of his mission la the wastes end
north-waters districts, where be sold not the building
trades only bet the whole of the industrial seseanalty
were with the movement, sad were reedy to unite end &ma-
gamete with the betiding operative.. He had attended
public meetings is Reading, in Oxford, in Lanatagtaa,
Warwick, le Birmingham, Wolverbemptoe, etostbridge,
Glonewtsr, evapeot, Wtstvo.euper.blent, Bath, Bristol,
2xell (where teem was a sub-sub agent el Ms. Balk's,

imaerrearteg to sedate linen to engage with the London
mennene), Plymouth, Tevlstock, and Devonport, and every-
wham hind sympathy for the lick-one. It wee true that
He subseriptioas from the province. had fallen oil within the
lair taw weeks, bat that wee is consequence of the state.
meats In the press, that the battle wee as good es won.
But the battle was not yet woe, and nothing
was more dangerous then overweening confidence.
Be urged the necessity of these in work redoubling their
anhemt end concluded a long speech by den
Lod iOirm, Lord Shettesbury, Lord Itarlstork7cll
saes who were supposed to take the ride of Ibe mestere;
and, slier thereon the authors of the odious document with
onsplissy against the rights of the working men, and with
Wm In their drive to glut their umpire appetite, with the
blood of broken hearts. the oases of the dance refined to l
die lieghtzer-Oeneral's report se resulting from the strike,

rahwiSmd tico followingieoletion:—..7fbat, the Master
Builders' Ascristion having refused the provable's, sub.
mitred by A. S. Ayrton, Esq., M.P., sad eli other attempts
on the part of the men et reconciltatioe, determining .till to
abide by the odious document, this meeting appeals to the
public for further support to enable the men to continue to •
snoossaful lame thew noble resistance to that infamous pro-
dnotios."
Mr. BROWN, another delegate to the provinces, seconded
the resolution, and gave a very similar repast of the result et
Northampton, Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Manchester,
Liveepoot, Bolton, and other manufacturing towns of the
midland and northern counties.
Mr. Ostroanit, also • delegate, supported the resolution.
He found that, during his absence, one of the masters, Mr.
Farley, a plasterer, of Weetbourne-grove, had conceded the
nine hours; and so far from coding It detrimental to his
interests, had stated that it had enabled him to oomplete his
connect. with satisfaction. lie %mood that they would
adhere to their demand of the withdrawal of the odious dom.
meet, end nine hosts, sod no surrender. (Cheers.)
The resolution was then put and carried amid loud
eheerfag.
A vote of thanks to the chairmen concluded the proceed-
ings.
It ins stated by the seconder of the vote of thanks that •
scheme was under consideration foe raising capital to enable
the Conference to entry on building works, severs' offers of
work having hem made to them if they could undertake LL
The following is the list of payments made by the Con.
been for the pest week to the look-oom end men on strike :
Mae. £ a. .
Trollops's men at 12.1. sal Ss— 110 60 0
Masons 360 .... 81 0
Bricklayers 6BO .... 101 10
Carpenters
Peewee 6BO .... 110 6
Painters
Woolwich am
Mom aswpes 6O .... 710
No. !Lap, isbemrs 340 .... 42 10
N 0.2 a a 132 .... 18 10
No. 3 I. 0
No. 4 f t w
No. 6 „ „ B2 .... 10 6
N 0.6 t a
No. 7 „ „
No. 8 /V ft 34 .... 4 6
No .9 • 1.1 •
No. 10 ,
No. 11, pill at Woolwlak
No. 12
No. 13 ,
NOIL-1100lay Jaclyn, paid at
the Mitre B2O .... 77 10

Nowaocipty labours*, paid at
Woolwich
Stone polishers

6,789 .. 6899 16 6

CO/MOTION OF A NOTORIOUS OFFENDER AT
SOUTIfeIePTON.—At the Southampton Quarter Sessions, on
Thursday evening, Chas. Horatio Fitzherbert, • sinister-
looking men, 64 years of age, wee indicted for housebreaking,
and stealing three gold watches, the property of James Man-
ning. The prosecutor is a mate-h.-maker, cerryiing on business
la Hanover-buildinge, Southampton, and on the evening of
6th September the prisoner was observed looking into the shop
window. A smash was Immediately heard end the prisoner
arse seen to makeasnatch at • treyful of gold watches through
the plate-glass window which he had broken ; but bet.re he
could decamp with the plunder he wee seized by Mr. Martin,
a tailor, residing opposite, and was handed over to the cus-
tody of Sergeant Ralfs, of the borough police force. He then
dropped two gold watcher, end a third was found close to
the shop window. The jury convicted the primmer. Mr.
Brewer, the governor of the Southampton gaol, heeded to
the mart a written confession made by the gri-
mmer, which we subjoin " Southampton Gaol, October 4,
1869.—5ir,-1 beg to state, in the yam 18h3 1 was tried at
Rewind*, London, in the name of Thomas Smith, in May
MeMone, and sentenced to two years' imprisonment, for
privately stealing in a dwelling-boom In the year 1832, in
April, at Ntargate, London, I was tried in the name of Henry
Smith, and capitally comic: ed for • burglary, end sentenced to
death. After waiting a few weeks my Nominee was com-
muted to transportation for life. I was sent to Van Diemen's
Lend. I obtained a canditionel pardon in the year 1936. I
returned to this country. In the year 1838 I was tried at
3Ndatons, in the county of Kent, in the name of Thomas
Kerrigan, July sessions, end received a sentence of twelve
months for housebreaking.—Charies Horatio Fitzberbert."
The learned Recorder (Mr. flotirke) said this robbery had
been committed with drmizemnorre of great audacity, and it
appeared from the prisoner. own oonfeeelon that the punish-
ment had been unavailing that be bad received as nUmerooll
previous occasions. He le hayed that he should he doing the
town of Southampton and the ounery considerable service by
removing the prisoner fora lengthened period from nay con-
tact
with honest men. He therefore sentenced him to be
kept in penal servitude for the term of ten jean..
EXTRAORDINARY SOICIDE.--An ioquest was held
het week helm the borough coroner, at Bo ucot% on the
body of Richard Welker, landlord of the Beehive Inn; Mr.
Thomas Steal, foremen. The deceased wee only recently
' married to Mrs. Welker (Rogers), the landlady of the Bee-
hive Inn, and within the last few weeks the license of the
home had been transferrei to him. There is reason to be-
lieve that be had another wife living when he married, and
that Mrs. Wmker (R.qgere) had discovered it. This preened
Upon hie mind, and the fear of punishment for the Mime of
bigamy, should • charge be pleturred against him by Mrs.
Walker's Meads, affelorml his mind to deeply as ultimately to
force him to the taking away of his own lite. The act was a
very desperate one; the bed on which the deed was committed
was an ordinary French bedstead, end the handkerchief with
which be hung himself was tied on the knob of the tootooard.
He meet hays deliberately thrown himself from the bed in
order to aNiomplish his purpose. The jury were horrified
with the eppearanee of the body, the fre.e being decker than
that of a negro. Tbejury, after • abort deliberation, returned
a verdict of " Pilo de re." The ioquest occupied four hours.
The body was buried ate quarter to twelve on Monday night,
by the polka, without prayers or smoke, in an mimicked
piece of land in St. Nicholaa' churchyard.
A MADMAN'S FREAK.—Just before eight o'clock
=Monday melee, a man in the garb of a sailor entered
the shop of Mr. Chamber., wstohmeker, in the Market-place,
Warminster, aid solicited alms, which Mr. Chambers, peeing
that he was en able-bodied man, refused to give him. Upon
this the beggar walked outside of the shop, and deliberately,
with his fists, smashed two panes of the shop window, mat-
tering in all directions the various articles therein exhibited.
Mr. Chambers rau out, as did also some of his neighbours who
had heard the crash, and found the man standing in front of
the window, without attempting to abecond ; one of the neigh-
bours Leggin to remonstrate with him, and received for his
trouble • heavy blow on the brad,whieh sent him staggering.
By this time emend persona were attracted to the epos, some
of whom enured the offender, who became quite infuriated,
cursing Red eweelling awfully, and struggling most violently;
nor was it without some little rough usage that he was
'mined until the police arrived, and conveyed him, still swear-
ing and struggling, to the swum. On searching him, •
paper was found on him certifying that be had beim an in-
mate of Maidstone County Asylum, and was discharged on
the 10th inet. as cured. He is s native of the Caps of Good
Hope, and has servedseveral years in the nave. He attributed
his insanity to the effects of a sun-stroke. The unfortunate
man wee when off to the county ea) lom at Devisee on Wed-
nesday morning. The damage sustained by Mr. Chambers
smounta to above N. Ws.
AGRARIAN OUTRAGE IN SLIGO.—We regret to
announce that the tranquillity of this county has been dia.
turbed by an outrage of a very dating character, and which,
if prompt and vigorous measures of repression be not taken,
may be followed up by the Colniniesion of those crimes which
have Maimed other counties, and rendered life and property
insecure. The outrage to which we refer is the posting of a
notice upon the hall-door of Temple-house, the seat of R. W.
Hall Dare, Esq., threatening him with the fete of Jessup.
The megistrete•usembled at Quarter &Woes, oe Thursday
last, retired to consider the wismares which should he adopted
with a view to the Wateren of the authors of the outrage,
when, we understand, • representation to the government
was agreed to, stating all that is knows respecting the
dhow, and reoommending the offer of a suitable reward. It
is to be hoped that therm immures will result in the discovery
sod oonviolion of the perpetrators of the mama—Sounders'
News Jeffers _ _

•
•SHOCKING MURDER IN GeLwer.—A terrible
Csims was perpetrated at Sinters, on Monday lest. It ap-
pears the unfortunate deceared bed been attendiag the fair of
the above town, and, we generally is the CAW, commenced
drinking in the evening. At Lunette's public-bouts be wee
met by ems three or tour other men, when, unhappily, was
begun the quarrel which terminated fatally. Whilot the de-
mand woe returning home is the company of bin father, be
was 'wield by the partite wit► whom be bad the dispute,
and ►y use the unfortunate victim was struck with a atone in
se fearful s manner se to cause elmeat instantaneous death.
As inquiet was bald on the body the following day. when
the Jury returned a verdict of "Wilful murder" against two
wow, narard Hynes sod SUkelly. nom parses tewo
setorrlinftly apprehended and committed to pile:al.—Galway
rialiestor.