The Express.
London, England, 1859-12-13 00:00:00

DASD DZ. DEIONARDB AND THI BTAIZZ

Lord St. Leonard' proposes that the declaration
should no longer be acted on, and that to lien thereof
,amr
to the following effect shall ba printed, Mimed, and g
sad hung up in army shop, Ice., where all may see It. "It
will re
sad
says, "no signature sir any remmterfoll or
number, and of worse it haves the workman's liberty of
quitting his employment untouched. it it aelcaoling, and
it is mutual. It binds both masts> and awn. And Jumpers-
tion would not be limited to the present time.' It is as
follow* :

Tilts law affecting maatera and workmen was framed
with a jean, regard to the interests of the working man.
The act of parliament (6 George IV., cap. 129) which
repealed all the former laws relative to the combination of
workmen, states the; oombinations interfering with the free
employment of capital and labour are Injurious to trade end
ommosroe, dangerous to the tranquillity of the country, and
'RTC%ty to the interests of all who an concerned in them.
lject of the am is than declared to be to snake provi-
sion as well for the security and personal freedom of indivi-
dual workmen in the dispose' of their skill and labour as
for the security of property and pencils of mestere and
employers.
Toe act then mikes the following offenom punishable
by imprisonment not exceeding three months, with or with-
out hard labour—viz.. Where any person shall by violence
to the puma or property, or by threats, or by intimidation,
or by molesting, or in any way obstrucdog another,—
" 1. Faroe or endeavour to force any journeyman, manu-
facturer, or workman, or other person to depart frem his
hiring, employment, or work, or to return his work before
it is finidted.
" 2. Or prevent or endeavour to prevent any journeyman,
manufacturer, workman, or other person not bang hired or
employed, from hiring himself to, or from accepting work or
ployment from, any pets= or persons.
3. Or for the purpose of forcing or inducing any other
person to belong to any club or association, or to contribute
to any common fund, or to pay any fine or penalty, or on
amvunt of hip not belonging to any olab or association, or
not having contributed -or baring refused to contribute to
any acorn= fund, or to pay any fine or penalty ; or on
account of hi. not having complied, or his refusing to com-
ply with any rules, orders, reoolutiona, or regulations made
to obtain an advance cr to reduce the rate of wages, or to
lessen or alter the hours of working, or to decrees' or alter
the quantity of work, or to regulate the mode of carrying on
any nuusufacturs, trade, or business, or the management

4, Or shall force, or endeavour to force, any manufac-
turer or person carrying on any trade or burliness to make
any alterations LEI hi mode of regulating, managing, or car-
rying on such trade, manufacture, or banners, or to limit his
number of apprentices, or the number or description of his
journeymen, workmen, sr servants.

.--.ilititeatp;il;;;l"----
.. 1. That any persona may meet together for the sole
purpose of consulting upon end determining the mie of
wages or prices upon which the persons ream* at suds
meeting, or any of them, shall require or demand for his or
their work, or the boors or time for which be or they shall
work In any manufacture, trade, or bnsinees; or may enter
into any agreemett, verbal or written, among themselves, for
the ramose@ of fixing the rate of wages or prim which the
parties entering into such agreement, or any of them, shall
require or demand for his or their work, or the hours or time
for which he or they shall work in any manufacture, trade,
or business.
Thiarelstes to the moo. _ _

" 4. The lake powers are conferred upon the master in
=to consulting upon and fixing the rate of tinges or
and the hours or time of working—each elms, masters
and men, are subject to the same law.
" By a later am, 22nd Victoria, asp. 34, passed to protect
the working man, It is provided that no one, whether in
actual employment or nor, shall, by reason merely of his
entering into any agreement wait any workman or other
person or persona, for the purpose of fixing or endea-
vouring to fir the rate of wages or remuneration at
which they or any of them shall work, or by reason
merely of hi, endeavouring peaosably sod in nameable
manner, and without threats or intimidation direst or
indirect, to persuade others to mane or abstain from work,
in order to obiain the rate of wager or the altered hones
of labour so fixed or agreed upon, shall be deemed or taken
to be guilty of ' molestation or oh/emotion' within the
meaning of the former at, and shall not therefore be enb-
ject to prosecution or indictment for conspiracy. But it is
provided that nothing contained in this later set shall author-
ise any workman to break or depart from any contract, or
authorise any attempt to Indira any workmen to beak or
depart from any contract.
. . .

Bach le the law which Made both claims. The modem
swept he obligations without reserve, end pledge themselves
to obey it both in letter and spirit. They hew set forth the
provisions of the hits of lament in order that every
workman may be inf of the law which binds him.
The law itself, the masters find, lays down the trait roles
both far them and their men; they, therefore, have with-
drawn the declaration originally requited from the men, and
&Militate this paper. It done will bind the workmen who
have already made Or accepted the original declaration—
ell will be placed on the same footing. There will be no
distinction between than mw at work and those who may
resume work. The =satire, in the spirit of peace and
goodwill, require nothing of the men but the seine obtdieeie
to the law se they themselves ere ready to ray. The law
itself, and nothing more, bat nothing leer, shall become the
Redo of Trots. . . _

" The simple object of the masters to, that, according to
the law, they and their workmen shall be free to make what
agreements they please, without the interference or coercion
of any other persons. With chat object the soceptanoe of
employment wit: re this paper is hang up will be considered
to amount to an admission by the workman that he is not at
that time, and toe declaration that daring his employment
he will not become bound to any rules or customs winch do
or would deprive him c r his tallow workmen of their free
liberty to accept and continue or to relinquish employment
upon such terms as they think fit.
_

"Freedom of action will place every men according to hie
remit, but the motto of both man and mestere ahould be,
' Let lahmr be unebatkled.
"I have the btnonr to be, air,
" Your obedient ae.vent,
Boyle Farm, Dee. 10." " Bt. LSONARD6.

A telegram from Basle rays, " The Grand Duke
Ferdinand IV. of Tuscany has arrived here ha the strictest
Incognito. TIN Grand Doke, it ea expected, will tinkle in
Franco during the sitting of the congnes."
TUB CITY ALDERMEN.—The following is a cor-
rect het of the aldermen ot the City of London, as they now
stand on the rota, acetwding to priority of elechun, with their
respective ages, the wards which they represent, and the
companies to which they belong : Aldermen Bir P. L.urie,
Kt
land,sB4:3l M, Aidersgate Ward, SA Company ;W. T
~ P.. 62, Biohnp Goldsmith.
agate, Gosmiths' ; 8. Wawa,
E$ 68, ridge Without, Weavere' ;J. Humphrey, Req., 65,
Akfgate, Tallow Chandler.' ; Sir G. Carroll, Kt., 75, Can-
dlewick, Spectacle-makers' ; Sir J. Doke, Bart., M.P., 66,
Farringdon Without, Spectecleemakers' ; 81r J. Musgrove,
Bart, 65, Broad-street, Clothworkers' ; Thom. Challis, Esq.,
64, Cripplemate, Butchers' ; Thee. Sidney. Req., 64, Bd-
lingegate, Girdlere ; Bir F. Moon, Bart,, F.8.A., 63, Port.
soken, Stationers ; D. Itialomons, Erg., M.P., 62, Cord.
wainer, Coopers' ; This". Q. Fionir, Seq., 68, Tower, Beer-
v.v.' ; SS R. W. CarCeo, Kt., 68, Dowerate, Catlin' D. W.
Wins, EN., 58, Walbrook, Innholders' ; The Lord Mayor,
F.R.A.S.. 66, Conshill, Ciockwakers% W. Cabin, Bat.
▪ 68, Lengbourn, Fishmongers% Sir H. iluggerldge,
Kt.. 45, Castle R.ynard, Inithoblere' ; W. A. Her, Ego.,
39, Qurethithe, Spectacle-maker ; W. Lawrence, E.q., 41,
Bread-street, Carpenters"; W. 8. Halo, EN., 68, Colemen-
street, Tallow Chandlers'; It. S. Phillip., Esb.:4B.lFarrinflt-
don Within, Spectacle.makers' ; Gabriel, Seq., 48,
Vintry, Goldsmith.' ; W. F. Allen. Ety., 43, Cheap, Sta-
tioners' ; J. J. Medd, E.g., 67, Lorissre; C.
Lander, Esq., 69, Barebthaw, Whcelarlehti ; and Jea
Abb., Req., 45, Candlewick, Blsokeneitite'. Mr. Russell
Gurney, Recorder, is 65 11:14f. of age; Mr. Chsfsbers, Cow-
men Seejeant, 45; Mr. ken, Judye of the Sheriffs' Court,
38; Mr. Brown Senior, Marshsi, 75, and, ems thedes+hat
the Bwordbearer, the oldest among the sfflosrs of the rkfPo-
ratios.
CHXBTERROtten COMMEMORATION. Yesterday
the Founder's Day was celebrated with more than usual
Mat. Divine service wes performed in the ancient chapel,
the eermon being preached by the Bishop of Locdon, who bra
recently been elected a governor. Afterwards the annual
anti in in Latin was delivered by Mr. Albert Eden Seymour,
fn the presence of • large number of Certhusians. In the
evening a dinner took pima in the large hall, under the pee-
-1 @Weary of the Venerable Arcbdescon Hal., the Blaster, the
onward■ on the occasion being Lord Justice Turner, Sir E.
A. R. Lenhesere, Bart., the Rev. T. Collins, 8.D., the Bev.
8. R. Carter, 8.D., the Rev. G. R. Jelf, M.A., and Mr. T.
A. Btosie. Several excellent speeches were delivered.

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