The Express.
London, England, 1850-10-29 00:00:00

LAlsollt AND TIM POOR.

Lit evening a public met tiog was held at St.
Manila's 11.11, L .mr-scre, for the purpose of ensidering the
'lateens% contained in as aria. which appeared ia the
Mown, Chronicle on the 4th ins'., purporting to be • de-
acriplion of the noes and condition of the person employed
by hewn. Nicoll sad Ca. of Reg. it-street, is reference to
the mention system; and to &moistest* by evidence that
"sweatiog," or the "domestic system," as it is sow termed,
is "rill • emus* of dialioath•bresking, vise, and domestic
misery to the eat innate perms employed under It ;" and
also to consider the h• at memos of remedying those evils.
lII.NUT MAYHEW, Esq , barns taken the chair, said
—hears piaci e.,mg to deal with the Manumits contained
is the article of the Morning Chronicle, "I may observe
that I wee the special correepoodent of that Sourest for the
metnipoliton district; and I say also be known to you se
the originator of an inquiry consermlog the condition mid
the earrings of the verities cleans throughout England,
which ntject I proposed to the proprietors of the Morning
Chronicle, though 1 am now no Inger the misspend's% of
that sentinel. It is my ditty to dewy the authorship of
the article jest reed to you; and besides which, the tailors
theneelves have come forward to 'lndicate their position. I
lift a working man myself, and am not the paid sdvccste Cl
sap pony wnatever. (Cheers.) When I read that article
in the Morns.) Cheoni. le, I could not understood P. Then
woe the lie given to everything that I ► id put forward ; ead
ladies that ti he the case, I wrote to the editor, requestiog
it to be dated that I was not the writer of the article in
gumbos—mad what was the Insert? NJ; they would do
meshing of the kind. (U. see, sod erue of titiarne.")
Is the first plaos the article rates, that " piece work" is
man better fur the working mea than " labouring under the
master;" that the " family nat. le," the inkiest of wine
sate children hdp to ears titter musty pittance is a
"glorious thing;" sad Mewlse the mots 'mignon we en
employ the better, so thst there are, to pei,st of tact, the
"pion week wheal," the " d.miestie testate, the " family
nu m; aid the "foreign swam." .ughter.) le the
)ear 1844 the making tailors insiPutrd an inquiry at the
West End, by which it was found that 677 men inn week-
ir ;in small rooms, with upwsras of roves mesas is essak
nertmest ; sod it wee mules qaently discovered at soother
similes Jewelry is Bt. GM's, hat UN avenge was 16
Per tuna@ ; 1,000 male fest of air Is awassery to the
eastern of min, sad this is the qientity allowed to
each wiener is the kingdom, whilst to Bg. Mks% the
supply was 600 sable feet altogether ; when.. the sweeten'
insensate at the west end is 10th pa perms. ("Shama.")
me of the workmen et the west end are is each a state
that they are glad to mos porting of the artistes of work fog
" 'riag in inlesunt weather. Let say man as.. with
LA (the &airmai) ewe day, sod he would pledge himself to
show then each mesa of misery as should Wilts terror into
elk Mesta (Cheers) Ike chairman nelliond at great
hatch to draw • kightful pieture of the evils arising from
th. Mtn spawn an , d eoncloded amidst load cheers.
Ile PRIOR, the* mew d the Int resolution as follows:
"lost the feels peodaried by the correspondent of the
CAroniele in kis letter em the condition of the tailors
WL ti ioa, sackr the head of Lsbour and the Pow,' are
had nishle, asd that the sweating' or ' dmeestie system,'
as it is now termed, is still the warp of Sabbath breaking,
and &tongs misery, to the misfortunate persons
swig-) ed ostler it, and that every representation to the
(.4....ey is totally devoid of truth, and put forth fir the sole
!MU?' S. of piffles inferior articles into public notice to the
Wltti ot the honist tradesman, and the destruction of the
rite of labour."
311. ELLIOt', in a short but energetic speech, wended
ootaitign, which was put by the chairman, and carried
two CJII.
lie:Akan from the body of the ball here asked
' 11,1". Nickell paid leas weals to writhing men by the
Piste " than the west 01 tke tailors in London.
The CiliklßM t7i saki that the fair estimated price for
rita work was Si. per
.boor, and when it was announced
ts•nn.Nicoll only allowed their hands If i., the &Ha-
mt nett em.ly be seen. (Shame.)
*V; BARTON now proposed the seat resolution : " That
aukt"ative or domestic system' is slice opposed to
cad _Aoloncy Ono religios,frous the 'videos, afforded o men
;Zs:llth wothiog togither small sad badly-ventilated
t all Lure Sundays es wall aswork days, the same
I°l'l4'• 4'4 bribe bide' oom, hospital, workshop, and ketches.
tfwl Wadden arse
reared im the metropolis of Chris.