The Express.
London, England, 1850-03-29 00:00:00

=BUNG OF MIKI:ROPOLITAN TAILORS.-
THE SWEATING SMILE.

Yeeterdep, m public emetics of Metropolitan tillage
was held at tee Linden Timone Reanimate sheet, for the
purpose Of befogs.* bens* the Chewy, beekert, merebeets,
mad the abbe, the evils efgendreed by the .lop. aerate(,
sad naidollease system la the teeiheieg weds, to. &winches
Mks' it bee es the hook au, and of she neje*
Prwitiffe Pallned he the g.wr reepeetteg seetresta and
pekoe Weser • etc also apetitint parliament to great •
semeahlen gelmealry hall dm *heal, morel, and Olken!
soedfden of ii. operative Weis of L sad to saveati-
gate the sankatry state of the bememwerlong system. The
elan was eseuosed. by Ms. Altbeemais Stoma; ht.P.
Ti. CHAIRMAN, to °peaks( tee pruesedisap, cheetvad
that he Wee siblisles to put the meeting in of his
views resprodng the destination whisk , sad which
wee is loudly eemplaiset of. TM sealed was as adding-
ntere as std.; the linemen of the community at
large, Imam he mould net view it se simply seasoned with
the tailerleg doss el London, fee ite realfisatiows rzteaded se
• meek wirier agea. (Haar.) He had hese lad te Weans why
there should be more destitution as there was la • ell es
slaty leased tor weeny as the at City of Leaden. Ou the
one idea, re hid the meet spikinfell mememesta el wealth
in the simpel plasm kir nee WNW sad aerobes% sad
semod el buboes, want. the OW. we bad the neat vreetedied
abe' el veiny sat The Winans amount ci trade
is the City skewed that we bad the mesas or
wealth width" our power if we knew how rightly to &we
bete It. Tear* were meaty-aims beakers in Loaded'
who changed so 1. se thee 934,000,0001. seethe'
per sesame er about 3.000.000 k per day. Tie
ellweaseuity seemed sot to be ill-led, for WO live ad dead
met sold* Rewrite sod finiitlAnd seatoally was enameled
at 270,810 0001 M., (ivies 131111., of meet per amnia to every
iedteminal of the two maker of the popelatiom. (Hear.)
Why, tua should tiers be great demitetiom tenon
lad mat ad petitioned parliament, eamplandas of • system
wake was working very great distress in their team. Taey
were somplaining of the sweating or muldimmaa system.
They had alluded on several celesioss to easel eminent
Irma; bet be would bossed' et Wm to (:feud their
views beyond their own immediate bunko, and mot to
peen wine the anger of eoatempt at hada/duds forams',
or supposed to be toremest, is epooldiag the pee. at system.
Let th. is rest assured that tee blame did not rest se mien
with ledeneloals or the systole es to the calms which had
led to the seising state of tinge Now, tees, eintoo were
ia a great measure attrlbettable to the greatly andaeged
'sasses al &statute persons; mid In the emeiderstion of leis
p,int the bed burdens wince pressed must unevenly and se-
sorely upon thecommusity must Lolls' forgotten. He beli.vcd
that the ureqael pressure et the poor rates bad emit awe to
geogregate the masses together sad to &ire the upper dame
to • eirence, when they could escape the operetrAis of the
rate, than say other impost. Some of the piorest parable-
sere in Lowden were raying tram 26. 101 op to 6.. Of& in
the posted poor rata. The average in 10 of the pooreet
park- awe. 4s. n 1., wbile tee avenge in 10.1 tee richest
was only 9J. is the pound. (Hear, he ar.) le the perk of
Bisbee great the poor rate was 2s. 91. in tee
pouted, while in St. George's, Hanover-square, the
poor rate was oely 61. is the posed. The eousequences was
that (or every 1001. assessed in Bethnal-green, the oecupent
• paid 13f. 12.. pr assns; wile for every 1001. in Hanover
gears the .ecupent pat- el per annum. °leer, hear.)
He was sorry to *ay that the reel, iasteed ul d wog tack duty
—eyespathinee and &deists* the lower classes—were shag..
(bar standing aloe( from toes. It was true that splendid
eltaritable cootributions were given, still he feared that if
ere Went on let • greet number of years, as at present,
the neighs must be, that • fearful division ut classes
email take place in Ibis kingdoms. The total anon., of
peer rata paid is Ettglaed and Wale* fit 1848 we, 7.400,0001
Ti.. keep of criminals for the same year con, 918,0001. Tie
estimated amotiot of coarities, ~dependant of torn two
lases, was between 6,000.0001. teed 7,000,0001. for the same
year. (Heir.) He es. !need that the slop system was pros-
pering became of the low rate of wag.. peed to the work-
people. The result seder this system was something like
ehte : one mu woeked tram Moaday morning to Sunday
eight, serene dine. leans 7 in the morning instal 11 at night,
and received 13s foe his week's labour. and even out ef tact
small sum he bad to &du.' is. for thaniniep and 4s. tor
rest earl • daily cup of coffee. A woman employed in
askew/ shirt wreatlmuds, and worked yard, had only earned
31. per dly. Now, the (overcast at were charged edit
hakes (*directly aided in produces; the present deo esriou
of price, by baying • eutraeued 1.,a rho army clothes(
sad by haring set the grimiesls in the gaols at rink ten tfe
may cloth,.;. ?Isere were 16,000 prim. sere dada is tee
goofs of the kingdom, ..,d out of these about 3,000 were
amp cased is ben, &seal labour. At lb. e naves of Wakefield
sad )ti.bank the almoners interfered ei h the labour er the
anew'. At k they made the soldiers' top coats.
Tee public ought, therefore, to demand of the goverumeut to
put • stop to Use way in which the oral erne (H. are )
He concluded by calling oa the tailors of the metrop dia to
abstain from inteawatoo.., and to act as free men in cuotiou.
ling to demand prepr redress for their gravamen. (Cheers.)
Mr C GOODFELLOW proposed tits first resolution:
•• That this mutter strot.gly deplores the w.d. -*read
seas of destination, misery, and crime eogeadered by the
slop, sweatiag, sad asiodlemea system iu the whine, trade;
• spun whack in at the aeons time ruinous to the booms
tradesman, sad which, if not held le cheek, is canalise, d to
convey disease sad death est.'s's' the highest end noblest
imbibes in the empire, and tetunately es aff.ct the weld beLg
of the eummunity at liege."
H. euateeded that the (ornament was the parent of the
sloe system, std that that- system perpetuated • robbery
upon the seedier,. He read • roe morial from the joterore -
men amyl led by Mr. Seen( Nicoll, in wince they cont.
plaited of the conduct of t it middleman.
Mr. FOWLICR seconded the reselutton, sad, in doing so,
said that the slavery i its amongst the tailors of Lon Jou
was unparalleled in the world, end that they were lit. edly
treated is a woke manner than the common cab horse.
Mr. T. SMITH supported the resolaioe.
Mr. GOW also supp. tied the resolution. He stated that
Mr. Silver, of Corolla', had lately only paid Is. 14d. fer tee
make,* of • handsome cost. He also send 'bat be eel
resently paid • shit on the Sabbsta to Rosemary lane, where
he futtc.4 an unnatunste journeyman tailor, is awr tette
cheerless roes, busily 'ousted in making a been itully
embroidered coat, which would produce him • mere trate;
while his daughter, a beautiful girl of 17, was crouching in •
corner, because she had ne r shilinsents to put on.
Mr. Ueder•llfin rtff MILLARD send he had heard with
great pain the statements wtheit bad two n mare by the seer
ray speakers r.ep sting +ha extent of misery and distress
seating in the metropolis--ratements which were enough to
make the hardest heart feel. He had wintered such of .his
diereses, and could assure the monk* that it was not we-
fined to the aids of the operative tailors *lone. He knew
outs female, for ins.at.ce, waoeadesvoured to eke nut • mi.a
cable esoteric* by foloiegenvelap a for 6J. per 1,000 (Ilear.)
He was happy to say, with reference to Mr. Sheriff Nicoll,
tbat that gentleman had lately 'mentioned that he had es- 11
pended thousands of pounds is enlarge* his premises, in
order that bis work might be reverted within dwrs, sad I
there was no doubt that the kind iateations he had expreseed '
would be care ed out to ihe full meat. He suggested test
the operative* should aopoict • deputation to wait upon the
mestere and mike knows their grievances' and be felt
°pendent that, under such circumstances, Mr. Sheriff Sic II

and all the net of the uterus would secede to the wiwwe of
the nes.

Ms JACKSON also supported the nellution, aid in
doing so re.i.rrod ti mveral eases of appalling misery, of
which the present system bad hems t►e poen& source.
The resolution vies then put, an unanimously adopted.
Mr. C. COCHRANE moved the second resolutim,
follows :

" That it is the duty of the clergy to uphold the moral
and sp.ritual rights ut the eommunity, more sepscially of ,be
working °islets, and that this meeting earnestly entreats that
influ,nual body to exercise its admitted powers to assist in
estimating the eondition of the operative tailtre by die
souragier, as far as p AIWA*, the home-working
system, se destrustive to their social and physical com-
forts sad prejediciel to the MUMS of supporting their
families br their labour, and that the clergy witl entavn the
beceutity of every men bnnicg the night of observing the
Sabberia as • day of rest, which, under the present system
of home-working, the juurreyman tailor is sater:y enable
to do."

Re rspri seed his gratifimtion at heir' able to state chef
the rector of Bt. PAW'S, Covent-gerdee, was about t, ea•a-
blish a registry, sad to give employment to all mill., w.re suf.
terieg and unemployed, whether they were tailors or
other operatives. . _ .

The Chairman kers retired front the nesting, and the
second ebair was tsksis by Mr. SPILIIOI7I.
Mr. CADA mended the rsslutien, which was adornd
ann. eon

—Wu,. J. GOODFYLLOW prcpseed t►e third and last reso-
le' toe as follows

T6i this meeting is folly salvia/led that the only
means of effectually dealing with an evil of melt magnitude
as the slop, sweating, and middleman system is by obtain-
ing the smalon of parliament to a law eompoloory on all
eaploters to have their work done oa Hair own premises,
Including govvranant lilac."
He exhibited two mate—olee • gentleman's and the other a
boy's polka, aad tail that although them would oevegy 21
Wears la the masking, the °genitival would only obtain a
paltry few shillings for their labour.
TM ',fellation was we .ndoel end carried.
A giallo. to the Hume of Commas was tilde adagio',
sod the preeeedicy tertaiaatod with the pasta( of the naval
sew of thinks to dm Chelan...

MAIL MR MADURA:A Millar bu bats isettal
from the PomoMee that mails will be made ms ea Mcv,dey
swiftly', April 1, lor Medeire, 8t Vincent (Cape de V.rd
Wand.), sad Sierra Leone, to be conveyed by her Majesty's
'keep Lily, Wit& will sell from Devonport on Tuesday
tmerairket, ApeU 2. Lenten fee Madeira and St. Visors'
willb: Babb to a ramie of IA 10d. the haftemiter, sod No
bewspapere far both pleas 21. east.. Letters for
Suns Lame will be ekarged 1.. the halt-pare.., bat news.
pears will be mat it... Letters sad new pen for the
please Aim amatiosted, except Sierra Leone, iateaded to he
mat by this mate l, must be specially addressed, " By H. M.
asap Dlr."
UsairoL Ebort, proprietor, of
ISO Of the laritilst parer meaulastarbe is Cierimay, sits.
sad at Nenstadt, Ellserser. 14, ham jest iumated as ia-
sembesuble eatridge pep r. which Use, term " sties
taper," sad whit* is lamoded especially for roofing Wiwi.
t w destined to take she poet or tatee, over witch it him
this MAMA advastawm that it is mot trmple, and is very
iatiammaive. my order of M. Vusd.r Heydt. Minister Of
Trade read Pablie Wake, the Royal Cometissunt of
Belknap hae embattled t stone papa of MM. Ebert
to aviaseest teat., Mem whieh it melte that it Is at the
same time impermeable Sal fireproof The sommtesioa
hare hae 'moot/ rosootaisoda it to the ptasostry ass solwitoto
thelah.