The Express.
London, England, 1857-02-03 00:00:00

THE UXEMPLOTED AND THE WORKHOUSES.

At eight o'clock last evening a very crowded meeting
was Lail at the Institute, 22, Wietonntreet, Camden-town,
for the per of receiving the reports of the deputations
that had attended the various paritha after the meeting in
Smithfield. Mr. John Brim again occupied the chair.
Mr. Bent, shoemaker, said be was the party entrusted with
the deputation to St. Toners.. Workhouse, where they
were refueed teller. They then went to the magistrate, where
they were interned, that if refund relief, an officer woe to
go 1.1 with them to the workheme. That of told the
relieving °finer that the mm wive to be relieved. There
j were eight hundred of them, and they were detained three
bourn. Some time after this he was called in, and wee told
that the men had come in the wrung time and they moot
come in the morning i but the men were informed that they
would ell be relieved excepting those that had refused to
work at breaking donee They had to wait some time, sect
the married men got a 41b. loaf, end the angle once a 211 e.
leaf. Home of them, however, only got a small piece, which,
en befog weighed, was found to be es.
Mr. John Thom. Beane and Mr. Long, house-painter, cor-
roborated the former statement.
Mr. Machu, painter, then said he headed about 150 men
to fit. Luke'm Workhouse, where they obtained eilmittance.
Ho told the pariah othoora he had been out of work for three
months, daring that time be and the family had lived
by pledging article.. which be bad bought out of hie nun-
ON'T'll work, and shoeing at the time thirty duplicates.
The result was that be got an order to break stones the
next day, as did many Ohm, but se that did not fill
their stemache, or their wives', they went to the Wonthips
street Police Court, and after some difficulty they saw Mr.
L'Eyneourt, who gave them one shining each out of the
poor-box, on those who had tickets promising that they
would go and break stones. (Chan.) He tnoted that aB
who promised would go to the etoneyard, which would net
hold one luarter of them and they would all get relief.
Mr. Gnteths, tinplate-worker, who serempinied the de-
putation to St. Luke's, corroborated this stellement.
Mr. Crabh, plasterer, wed lee took ow* MOO to WTI-
Mono Workhowle, where they wee rams by three ent-
ails at the doors, and after rebates ante convenience
between Mr. Tebbe, the relieving caw, and hireself,thg
went to the police-court, where Mr. Broughton, the ..
mate, told thee, they must (entombs the workhouse rules,
and take relict on the ono day, or go ea the next for some.
After they left the men ameed to go he Ye morning far
relief, and if cell id on to break dame ay mold do so.
Mr. Reinke, grainer, then gave 4 thu=sissiirthe dspais•
tion to bboreditch Workhouse. The alierwY
they should all have mbar, and thsyhel sons sad ma
order given theta to break stones at ftlerilen*mm a barbel
—(leughke and cheers)—but that mien slaw that they wee
Englishmen and willing to work. (Oboe%)
Mr. W. Cunningham corroborated the lad valor, after
whit
Mr. Robert Brown, bricklayer, said he woe entrusted with
the deputation to St. Andrew's, Ilaboth, and was told that
they would relieve all those outride, but he most bring his
wife and family into the house. He went out and wa look-
ing id his companion. coming out with their 41b. and 21b.
leave., when a gentleman came up end aaked him if he was
willing is work,and on receiving an mower in the affirmative,
he gave him a job for 26e. ((been.) Out of the 103 who
went to the home 76 were relieved, and the net will be to-
morrow (this day.)
Mr. newton, Librium, made a similar statemeut thereto
rag on application to the Lambeth workhouse.
Mr. Parkinson, carpenter, of the Bethnal-great prieh,
was glad to my that in his pariah they were tented letter
than men had been in MOM(' other parishes. The Angle mom
lied a 21b. loaf, and the married men a 61b. leaf. (Brunel
Mr. Thomas Beeves. of Whitechapel, reported that wlwa
they did not get relief they went to the Thames patios ass%
where the kind magistrate gave them a 51. note, to in
divided, one shilling to the married, and the single=
pence or tenpence, ait could be. Between 100
went to that perish.
Throe time three cheers were given for the worthy taw
giortrates et the Thames cud Wind:tip-meet police eriela.
Mr. llibbort, plasterer, In giving hie report Isom Rost-
ntioNter.. tenth said they were told they bad sew the
wrong eniebt day. Ile had an order given him to go In,
and he would go in if he could net get work.
blr. blunt, glazier, gave in his report from Islington.
The Chairman havieg ;Ahmed those aseembled as to the
propriety of their maintaining order, the meeting separated.