The Express.
London, England, 1856-03-13 00:00:00

LONDON, THIJRBDAY EVENING, MARCH ii, 1858.

MEETING OF TICKET-OF-LEAVE MEN.

A mooting d ticket-of-leave sea, mooned by Mr.
H. Mayhew, the math nr otlaCle Leber owl the Lamm
Poor,was h. Id at the National Hall, Hods re, let eves's&
with the view of effordieg to perms of the elm who are
Nokias to hod a reformed lite as opeortanity of @Otis, the
diffieultien they have to *coat*, in their endear inn to
obtain an boort livelihood. About afty members of the
bed, rounded to Mr. Maybsw's ler tenon. The men were
admitted on promoter their tithes of leave, and were re-
quired ns eutraice to All op the onlumu of a register, set
nog forth their saes, their oval &hone, the offences for
which they wen lest eonvicteJ, their sestenci a, aid the
amount of inetractioe they had rev. rely receive-d. Prim the
information thee collected it appears that ns' y three out of
the fifty most were above the age of 40, the lure los'
juicy ranging between 18 and 36, the highest ages of all
being 68; that they el nsieted of Waterers, hawkers costar-
mongers, blacksmiths, stoimakers, e ousters, 114 other
beadier attains; that their previous prisisernetti
varied from two year.' imprisonment to heroes years'
trupp-visties ; and that more they eats balf of them
bad bees ethessesil elbow at day achoole or Bueday schools.
Sespeatist tbet the mem wniald be sawilling to attend if
the polies present* themselves either la the bell no at Its
estrum, Mr. Mayhew took the rreeastios to apply before-
haod to the Mungelltan Commissioners ea the mageet.
The sethotities at ante sanded t the runlet thus made to
them, and sot a esteem ilanstable was permitted to overawe
the inottieg.
Mr. Mernsw quid the proesediege by emphasis( at
some leettb the ct for which he bad called thus toge-
ther. He was eaucau, he said, that the public shoald be
made better &ululated then it was with the condidna and
the aspirations of ticket-of-leave saes. He bad himself
trusted sad tried mu of them in varicose ways, sod bed
never bus wrasg.d coo farthing by them, and he
whited unity to feel es strosgly persuaded se be was
that there wee a latest k of good left I. everyone
of them, however degraded, which only required deve-
loping to raise them to the unities which all mast de-
sire to see them All. Haag, described the ware of the
ticket of leave mom and eulogised its istroduase,
Mayhew proceeded to tost-ne that It had wilted meet
successfully, inasmuch u statistical ?genres proved that oely
6g par out. of the total member of tieke's of leave treated
between C3aotember, 1863, and December 31, 1866,
(sanely 4,612) had bees followed by relapse& on the put of
their reolonsta into their former teems; whereas the
averts* properties of the re-committal. within the united
broaden was 33 per cut. of the satire umber of crimson
tried. Various otentelse, however, istenceed to cheek the
benefits that meet otherwise Am from the resent change.
Among these were the roving end uasettled habits of the
men, which indi.poeed them for steady mutinous employ
meat. To do anything effectual fee their pavement
amelioration, society must as tar es possible work la teens.
am with their nature. sad act la opposition to It. Is this
re pest street trading aff,rded a good outlet for their in-
dewy, requiriast ea it did no **Manta of character fru
thoo who embarked le it, sad .11 that they wanted was a
little otosh-messy to start with. The formation era safety
whisk shat @Moho owe help them ie the work of self.
amities momst dedreale, sod the establishment of strut
markets goodeutednader pr. per rundetione, tarp'', with
lodging b eastsad other acmes, would oleo be of militia'
mrviee towards the same r d. After some ohs r remark,
Mr. Maybes invited several adios woe to ascend the plat-
form, mod express their opiate* as talks beet mode in shish
their ease might be assisted.
The lint to mom 'bienniums was a young man of neat
and compantively respecteble appeenece, who K. sled to
be karma to the rat by the nun of" Peter." With great
flimsy and remarkable pee paw y of eapreniss be proceeded
to serrate hie owe past castor. Howie& be said, hoes
tsar ese rtsd for eaves years, be was seat to 'Milbank Prism,
wham he was put to the tailoring beams. Being feed
of bolts, he wee enabled while there to improe his pre-
vious edaceden, end even begs. to "tackle" algebra.
After the lapse of fourteen mouths he wort to Portsmouth,
where he was employed In wheeling looms from
mrising till sight. employed
the whole of ken noise-
flement his urpeteal tourer of uziety was 10%4
was to become of him when he should be liberated.
He applied for tensed sad eacuregemect to the
apple's, but that gestleman teased to do anything for him
intl.ts he becomes sommusisant, a thing which he was
ea wag pussaieutbraaly to destine. He anomdet better
with the sewed elergyman of the prison, who wee a Mae
of more liters' Ideas than his predecessor; and be fre-
quently expressed to him his f are that so other resource
w.. open-to km, on regaining his liberty, but to return to
London, sheens be had bees drat Unopened, and that,
being a market eau end well known to the pslice, and
having no shouter tot ffer as a enmity to any employer,
be +wad And work, but must go beck to thieving is
save himulf from starvation. (Applause) When tc'sesed
he bad 61. 13s. in his pocket, end when he got to Boat!-
amp on the officer of the panel erobliehamet, in wban
rompasy he war, kincly offered him a drop of brandy. His
took a little, shish, aa he bed not to ted spirits for four
years before, immediately got into ha head, ari that lath the
help of • glen or two more afterwards, he became quite in-
toxicated, and suet ell ha mosey the nen night, and not
oaly so, but be tr t locked up no" the butals. (Laughter.)
At least, if he did notarize it ell himself, somebody else at-
sated him to spend it. (Renewed laughter.) Arriving in
London without • farthiag and without • faired in the
world, with so 'lnagua of employment, sad with so one,
If he wanted a meal, to say, " Here it It for yea." what
was a Mel to de ? Before he could bring himself to thieve
he walked the streets is • vain starch for work for three
months, until he were out two pair of oboes, and grew
sea/dated from :having nothing:better to oat than a bit of
breed sad a berviag. Is this dawn= state of Wage he
met with his old associate., and for a period of two @soothe
I. did very well as far as lassey wan, for be wade 61. or
64 • week, nit, however, was earned by precasts wafels
be sincerely disliked; but then, if the rah* wield est
allow him in Now U. by hammer eseme, irbat wee • waste
dot This seem, se miOt have bees scents& seas led to hi.
apprebenaios,and he sus nateneed 6e anew mire nimbi'
I. Comment, which aspired sift him Nemlay. Emeteg
that this naseusg was to be kid, le bed eagerly emesiled
it, In the Isse 114 it would moult fa same gammon
bestalt to hen sad these like him, who were struggling
mod the great et illStuities and severest mew
tan M becese bsssst ..hors of merry.
bear.) if allestatii.the tones en Getty elZ:tr.
V2warneseeived ire Me be wee at that aseawne la a
In whitish@ met knew where to got Ide abet
meal Maliest earellegb s bet If the esseemeseessa
eat by apensine art
by the beauslemlegsffiemen who
had seem !award AM seeming in their ember wise*
mallead. ham that ties forward he wee delormised set
agde Opel ble bled te my Mehemet mem. (Clam)
The WO spadent wee • meteneeeger, of about if pen
seer. see nibs' diminutive stature, who geld that, beams
been left ea allies WWI °sly tea yew ell, be task ie IMF
leg ammo Meet the seem ie get • belegs but elm
• mew eels le See way, be OM MN Ms =if
..Pirm.„.60,,, Mee, slib whom be ems a
sat be reams posse lemsperbales el Newest*. Tares •
rates me mesa meads et Me sesame teem pawed at the
LM ef Wiette. sued elms seethe mete d Pommes*. Ns
wee weed to take the Ilimsomeed TIM le Cr bet net
Wise is else tke bypeselle he sebesed
be Mama le Limbs see trseedidirtwo a ewes weeks
1. heaeoheim eel sebillebbe. wedsmoles through
Teelbeirost, Weesmiesser, ens dee, tees plasmas tease
te sed weated to womb his task, vital wee full of
dame, Mews Whey said he wee a
deksbef leave mae
=Wt be had asseathies ass tent heaestl; by.
dm slew Om te kek Ws he seek he west to the
pelee meet Is Oak seabeey, sad Inelmse es men the
mselelielb Digo be Geste say • weed se ble wades abet
the Imeelmest be bed mole 4, the lasgeaMO mobs dist.
sailed lam " and retell Mat be bed bees
mry Mabee sad sassy. Imbed Mt Iblosben seder wee
algemosisse, es what he hod to my die bleeel.lbe megir
Wet eleobsiat out, Oh, you me se beelast Mew. sad a
eselety—if tire deeemme of Mails Maw eif your
Wire tale
lowish Tee ;" sa4 se ble weed* obie met.
essoriblas Meet ssadtog him toe' quad" keessimept
of asart, he eleasght is beet se "h et it." Ogissbtor.)
Nevem berm semesideg et sheemelting wile -et bre Imo
of Night, alibeeigh nee mem" Se emble lam le get
• Same, he met tried se gat weals Om Noe at Noesh.
empire. he
Maytag se Owes be hid Be the west
es•le Derbp Se eagle beldmine se elemetbs, mad he
when
se Isterelow • giggesleele M *et tows, whom
be ease to emit elm M Weise be* le Lembo. This
geademes wade seersely Mimi lb tele sad thought lam
• resmeed elaviss. Aar/am press at Derby, et whom
he Mhos tole begged elms, gars Ms b. At length he
essebedi Lasees is • valet sibereMe mate, sad by the help
el ids wwis Wont lets the searkst 'gala. He am did
beast, althea Chatham twelve m ,retie begat aarraL HI.
trade lioness isre low for the lest shit woke, sad \Out
managed M °Ma • snit." but Nesse Gee be woad
sew go leek sole to thimble. (Chess.) He was sot
meek at • taker g sad 'twofers be would .sly add that he
hoped the kiwi gentlemee who had mites op their wage
would walking to exert thesamha Nib
Eatery wee dose to give SW play se the lmed
Mem Mee. (Asidasse
A menessams sent Bedewed the eseemblege, i
similar matisiese se the hardship sedersd al&
Si wee see, kweime, se Olaf as them whe sm. so
shies his etersties le had Modeled = li
wale, sad was saw «rain • lbw& At
the game time be wee seisms to be presest le show his
sympathy ter the beep of as be gleam he belmere. mese
ledlvdsei meeseem of which he Maw le be et Ms -SINN=
resod doom by the beembet dieiress.
Aa elderly maa,wko desegibed himself sea dock labeterer,
neat reeked his sale of ethisey. He had bade, be NW ilta-
nutted of robbers et the Old Halley, am= siwe:bsti to 14
rare tememetalissi dibeeel merely lamost. Ile bed

r basement to Milbank, to Woolwich, and to Gibraltar, and
et the letter plus was seljeette4 to Use harshest Vestment.
Fielding west os there tri before daylight rill late s 1
sight. 21. 10e. oat of these. cf 41. 14s 6d. allowed
aka on leaving Gibretor was strived to pay tik pasesas
hunts. lie hid worked for 16 or 16 months at the docks,
bet he was n iw out of work, and did not know how t i get
• !Msg. No man is Leedom bad ins mon 'root& than
he had.

--TlMinext 'piker, a blacksmith, afflicted with lameness,'
thee narrated his experience, bitterly inveighing against
bentalities which, he alleged, were practised at the Dart-
rum Penal &tabheliostat, where, he added, the rankling
seem of irjastme rendered the refounation of the inmates
hir4lll.
MATIIIII closed the proesedisp by Wirral the
men that be ereald endeavour to firm a committeee phi-
lastbropia geotlemes, with the view of establishing a moiety
and raising • food for their eseonragesent. At the same
tine, he impressed es than the nem silty of their alerting
themselves In their owe behalf, and 'bowleg to the world,
by their gcod behaviour, dist the efforts made by others to
aerie them would not be wh-lly throws away.
The singular lIIIMusg, whisk was of the most Orderly
sherveter, then quietly dspersed.