The Express.
London, England, 1860-09-11 00:00:00

posr-omcs GRIEVANCES.

A portion of the Post-of oe auxiliaries, who
attended on Friday and modes statement of the unjust
treatment to which they bad bees subjected by the Post-
office authorities in suddenly reducing their wage. from
Pta per week to lOs., again sttentled yeatenlay at the
Yassfes-house, and handed to Hiss B. Carden, who sat
for the Lord Mayor, the memorial they bad agreed to
present to the Postroaster.General upon the subject of the
grievances of which they complained.
dir R. (Orden read the cuemonal, which tommenoed by
setting forth the steps that were to be taken before It
was possible to obtain the appointment of auxiliary
in the Post-ollice. In the first plus, they had to attend at
the office sad fill up a number of printed forms •
they than had to give the names of two respectable
housekeepers, and also that of some clergyman,
as Worms ; to all these parties forms were sent, which
were required to be filled up. The men then have to un-
done a eerie' of searching inquiries, as to whether they
wets 'serried or single, whether they were in debt, kc. ;
"t have then to procure • certificate of their birth ; then
M ergo an examination by the medical officer of the
Post-offlos, is company with their own medial man, whose
fee they have to pay ; and after all this they are required
to undergo ea examination before the Civil Service Com-
missioners, ea to their qualifications m reediest, writing.
and arithmetic ; end lastly, supposing all the foregoing re-
quirements to be satisfactorily complied with, they are re-
quired to Wend before a justice of the peace and
make oath that they will perform their duties with
fidelity ; they are then eligible to be appointed to the
pint of an ' auxiliary' in the Post-aloe, at the salary
of 10s. per week." The memorial concluded by a statement
of the epecifie grievance before alluded to, which was that
they had emu to London upon the express understanding
that these wages were to be made up to leis. per week by
extra duty until they were perniauently appointed ; and
that at a moment's notice they were told that this extra
duty would be Liken from them, end that they must keep
themselves and families upon 10s. per week • and it prayed
the Postaieder-General to take the matter Teo, his con.

Zierstioa, and pnivsuTtlia proposed noductionKom being
ma.le. . .

t3ir R. Carden, after perusing the memorial, said It was •
very respectful and proper oast, and he had no doubt it
would be attended to..

The spokesman of the party said the men would be very
much obliged to him it he would send the memorial to the
iNortmaster.General fur them, ss they were afraid, if it was
merely posted, that it would nut he delivered to him.
Mir Ito bort Chrrden said he could not believe this. The

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pipe., of the application that had bees made by them, and
it would be much better for {hem to address the memorial
to him themselves, and he had uo doubt that it would reach
his bawls. He then inquired of the applicants whether
they were all still motioued I. the service of the Peet-ofiloe
at the reduced wages of 10s. per week.
spokesmen replied that they were.
Sir R. Carden than repeated that their better course
would be to address the memorial to the Yostrnaster-
Genera, and he at the acme time observed that, after the
immense drool of trouble they had been obliged to take to
obtain the appuistmeat, they eertaialy deserved some con-
sideration.

Tas Frets AT TEX RAWIWZX COUNTINS RAIL-
WAY. —We have been requested to publish the fol-
lowing official account of the ere which °warred
on Sunday et some premises belonging to the East-
ern Counties Railway Company "Sir, I beg to
sequoia% yen with tire following occurrence which happily
was bet attended with say serious ixiosequenc.m. Teeter
darienefterwase hawses the hours of four and five an ma-
be gin the open space willed the Fields belonging to
title essapaay, aearidrick-lane, is which empty package, are
pieced, Seek fire. Osage unknown. The wood work of the
shed wag EISEVIIIk sad the empty packages together with
three mom la the &dd. One engine only ounce to the
spot, We, however, was not need, the fire having been
prortersel put out by banes ritioe=ereine the abundsat
abundsat
theith
pes reeintly leldg down by Mr. Sinclair,n cion eOer
peny'h essineer.—l ens, J. Owns Secretary."
aoassert was given by Kra F. West at her seat
at Newhada w Lymingion, la Hee* last week, in aid of
the shit ea wooded Sillies. The performers announced
were t loeariette. Monists Jobelfoniut, Ifaq., Moon.
Galway, arid
ifiEvaith, Mrs. Yana, Miin
West. sad and Bade. The Rittlez:
Led West, lady Minard,_ lied the Maws
Mr. Iteetrask, tad Kn. sad Mdse Roebuck, Captain
Mai& Harry, 'Weed Lady Bosh, Kr. Laing, M. P., sad
She MAY" of wen ewaseset the subaoribere to
She
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by Mame lisle, with amen aopieme.