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London, England, 1851-12-31 00:00:00

DECEMBER 31 1851.
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PLAYS, Glossarial Notes, an Histo: ical Introduction and Life, the
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" Alexander Von Humbold grasps universal nature, Alexis Soyer
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—Sun.
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[-MAP CATHOLIC NEWSPAPERS.—The
First Number of the Three Days a Week TELEGRAPH,
price 4d., will be published in London 011 Saturday next, January 3,
1852 ; and the First Number of the WEELILY TELEGRAPH, price
3d., on the same day, January 3, 1852.
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CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
cop OPAL POL YTECIIN IC INSTITUTION.
Lecture by George Barker, Esq., on the Ballad Music of Eng-
land, commencing with his celebrated Entertainment, " An English
Christmas," every evening for a fortnight, except Saturday, at Eight
o'clock.—Lecture by J. H. Pepper, Esq., on Ward's New Sub-
marine Lamp.—Lecture by Dr. Bachhoffner on the Philosophy of
Scientific Recreation.—Numerous Prize Mack's, Works of Art, &c.,
from the Great Exhibition will be explained by Mr. Crispe.—Opti-
cal Effects in Dissolving Views, Microscope, Chromatrope, &c.—
Diver and Diving Bell, Bse., &c.
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The Foreign Secretary who has served under many Ad-
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is giving a different reason for the separation. Some attribute it to
the turn of affairs in France, some to his Marylebone friends, with
their address and resolution and his matte answer, some to a
personal difference With Earl Grey about rs which do not
come to light all at once, but the fact of his Lordship's separation
from the rest of the Cabinet is much regretted by many. We are
naturally sorry to part from old servants, and there are some ser-
vices which cement parties together stronger the older they be-
come. Of this kind of service is that rendered by E. MOSES and
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stem
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37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LOEDON.
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County Court. •

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

Henry Blitz, a person who spoke with a foreign
accent, was brought before the Lord Mayor in the cus-
tody of Spittle, the officer, upon the charge of having
committed a forgery upon the London Joint-Stock Bank.
Mr. Tilson appeared as solicitor to the bank. The
prisoner was not defended by a professional man.
Mr. T. M. C. Kay, cashier of the London Joint-Stock
Bank in Prince's-street; said—The prisoner presented
the cheque I produce for 336/. on the 22d inst., at the
counter, at a quarter past 12 o'clock. It purports to be
drawn by 11. D. Wells and Co., who keep an account at
our house. I asked the prisoner what ho would have,
meaning in what way the cheque should be cashed? lie
put down a paper, which I produce, containing the
words, " A 2001. note ; rest, gold." The paper of the
cheque is one of our forms. We know to whom the num-
ber was issued. I asked him from whom he came ; and
his answer was "From Mr. Simpson's, Spital-square."
lie was then given into custody. I detected the cheque
as a forgery.
Mr. Robert T. Wells, a partner in the house of 11. D.
Wells and Co., Deptford, wood dealers, said—We keep
an account with the London Joint-Stock Bank. Ido
not know the prisoner. The cheques was not drawn
either by my brother or myself, nor was it written by
the authority of either of us.
Spittle, the officer, said—l was sent for to the Lon-
don Joint-Stock Bank and saw the prisoner in the
manager's room. Ile said that he had advertised for a
situation about a fortnight, and that on the 19th he
received in answer a letter of which the following is a
copy:—

"Dec. 19, 1851.

" Sir,—Abort a fortnight ago I saw in the Times A.
B.s' advertisement. If ho should be still disengaged
and would call to-morrow morning at ten o'clock at
Water-lane, Thames-street, he would hear of some
employment that might suit A. B.' will have to
inquire of the waiter for Mr. Simpson."
lie said that he called accordingly at Water-lane on
Saturday morning, at ten o'clock, and saw there a per-
son who represented himself as Mr. Simpson, and de-
sired him to call sgain on Monday, not being then dis-
posed to enter into any arrangement; that he left his
references with Mr. Simpson, and called on the 21st
inst. at the Shin Tavern, and inquired for Mr. Simpson,
and was told by the
.waiter that the gentleman was not
there ; that he then came out, and, on turning the
corner of the street, he mot the person whom he had
seen on Saturday as Mr. Simpson, and who said he was
very busy, and the prisoner must accompany
him to the Corn Exchange, in Mark-lane; that
he then received five sovereigns from Mr.
Simpson, with directions to take them to the
Bank of England and get a Si. note for them, and that
if he should be asked for wh.,m it was, he should say
" for Mr. Simpson, 7, Spital-square;" that he obtained
the 51, note andlools it to Mr. Simpson, avhc,thaaa-gave
him the cheque produced; and also the pieect-ef paper
which had been written upon, and directed him to take
them to the London Joint-Stock Bank. The prisoner
further stated that he had made no arrangement with
Mr. Simpson on the Saturday as to the kind of duties ho
was to perform. I went with him to the Corn Exchange,
and we looked for Mr. Simpson, but could not find him,
and I afterwards searched the prisoner's lodgings, but
fouud;nothing relating to this case. I found a pocket-
book upon his person containing memoranda and four-
teen duplicates.
The prisoner—l am quite innocent. It is like a dream
to me. Ho told me to go and get the money. I supposed
it was to prove my honesty, and he told me to bring him
the money to the Corn Exchange.
The LORD MAYOR consented to remand the prisoner
for a few days, and the prisoner, whose explanation
seemed to excite surprise, but not at all to allay suspi-
cion, went from the bar protesting his perfect innocence.
Peter Prosser Corregan was charged with having
robbed his employer, Mr. Thomas Rolfe, of Great St.
Helen's, Bishopsgate, wine cooper, of 351.—Committed
for trial.

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ECLIPSES IN 1852.
Jan. 6. Total eclipse of Moon, visible -at Greenwich,

ECLIPSES IN 185:..
Jan. 6. ...otal eclipse of Moon, visible at Greenwich,
begins 4h. 21m. morning; total 6b. Gm., ends at Bh.
Jan. '2l. Partial eclipse of Sun, invisible at Greenwich,
begins sh. 33m. morning, ends Bh. 52m.
June 17. Partial eclipse of Sun, invisible at Greenwich,
begins 2h. 56m. afternoon, ends 711. 2m.
July 1. Total eclipse of Moon, invisible at Greenwich,
begins lh. 37m. afternoon, ends sb. 14m.
Dec. 11 Total eclipse of Sun, invisible at Greenwich,
begins. lh. 26m. morning, ends sh. 55m.
Dec. 26. Partial eclipse of Moon, invisible at Greenwich,
begins 11h. 33m. morning, ends 2h. 32m.

THE LONDON GAZETTE, Dec 30.
At the Court at Windsor, the 26th day of December,
1851, present, the QuEen's Most Excellent Majesty in
Council. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint
the Right Honourable Granville George, Earl Gran-
ville, to be one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of
State, his Lordship was this day, by her Majesty's com-
mand, sworn one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries
of State accordingly.
WINDSOR CASTLE, DEC. 29.
This day had audience of her Majesty :
His Excellency Monsieur Alexandre Colonna Wa-
lewski, Arr.lxlsaador from the French Republic, to
deliver a letter from the President of the French Re-
public, accompanying a present of tapestry from the
French nation en the occasion of the Great Exhibition;
and the Baron do Brunow, Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Emperor of all
the Russiap, on his return to England after a temporary
absence: to which they were respectively introduced by
the Earl Granville, her Majesty's Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 29.
Corps of Royal Engineers—Brevet Major Alexander
Gordon to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Here' retired on
full pay; Sec.ind Captain Edmund Ogle to be Captain,
vice Gordon; First Lieutenant John Williamson Lovell
to bo Second Captain, vico Ogle; Second Lieutenant
William Coles Phillpotts to be First Lieutenant,- vice
Lovell, Dec. 6.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 29.
Royal Regiment of Artillery.—Gentlemen Cadets to
be Second Lieutenants—Thomas Bland Strange, vice
Piers, promoted; Francis Lyon, vice Luce, pro-
moted; Markham Le Fer Taylor, vice Demo, pro-
moted; Raynsford Cytberus Longley, vice Pasley, pro-
moted; Ed ward Keate, vice P. W. L'Estrange, promoted;
Thomas Wright Blakiaton, vice Burt, promoted; Arthur
Lister Kaye, vice G. F. L'Estrauge, promoted ;
Jones Julian Smith, vice McTernan, promoted ;
Eardley Maitland, vice Irvine, promoted ; Maurice
::Fodwarf.t...edeW,Volser, —Tice Laseelles, —promoted
Wil ism *lll.ra. "Nuirovres, vice Grylts, promoted ;
John Lardner Clarke, vico Ellis, promoted; Algernon
Purling Joy, vice Champion, promoted; Henry Thorn-
hill, vice. Higgins, promoted; Arthur Thornton Grat-
wicke Pearse, vice Dames, promoted; Thomas Priaulx
Carey, vice Carpenter, promoted; William Francis
Walker, vice St. John, promoted, Dec. 17.

• • ______,
Corp of Royal Engineers—Gentlemen Cadets to be
Second-LicutEnants, with temporary rank—Alfred
Georgo Goodall, vice Murry, prowoted; John Mervin
Cuteliffo Drake, vice Hoare, resigned; Edward Re-
nouard James, vick Ranken, promoted; Charles William
Townsend, vice Do Vere, promoted, Dec. 17.
[This article is substituted for the one which appeared
in the Gazette of Friday last.]
Commissions Ligned by the Lord-Lieutenant of Fifeshire.
Juhn Anstrather Thomson, Esq., to be Deputy-
Lieuter ait; Roger Sinclair Aytoun, Esq., to be Deputy-
Lieutenant; James Tounsend Oswald, Esq., to be De-
puty-Lieutenant, Dec. 17.
Commission by the Lord-Lientenant of Lancashire.
3d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia
—Robert Montague liornby, Gent., to be Ensign,
Doc. 23.

WHITELULL, DEC. 20.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Christopher Hill
Gates, of Lutterworth, in the county of Leicester, Gent.,
to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of
Chancery.

BANKRUPTS.
Edward Henry Firminger, and Peter Beare, mer-
chants, Lime-street, City, to surrender, Jan. 6, at one,
and Feb. 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Johnson, official assignee, Baainghall-street; Marten,
Thomas, and Ilollams, Mircing-lane.
Caleb William Elliott, gtccor, Aylesbury, Jan. 12, at
two, and Feb. 10, at one, at tho Court of Bankruptcy.
Groom, official assignee, Abohurch-lane; Cotterill,
Throgmore street.

John Kirby, miller, Buckingham, January 10, at one,
and February 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basing-
hall-street; Nowbon and Evans, Wardrobe-place, Due-
tor's. common s.

John Barrell, grocer, Billericay, Essex, January 10,
at half-past eleven, and February 7, at one, at the Court
of Bankrupty. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Harrison and Dobree, Hart-street, Bloomsbury.
John Furniss, woollen cloth manufacturer, Diglee-
bridge, Yorkshire, Jan. 13 and Feb. 3, at twelve, at the
Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds;
Robinson, Iluddersfield; Bond and Barwick, Leeds.
James Forster, filter merchant, Liverpool, Jan. 14 and
Feb. 3, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Ca-
z3nove, official assignee, Liverpool; Lace, Rigge, Roscoe,
and Myers, Liverpool.
George Islam Fligginson, dealer in cattle, Everton,
Lancashire, Jan. 9 and Feb. 6, at eleven, at the Liver-
pool District Court. Bird; official assignee, Liverpool;
Rymer, Liverpool; Dimmock and Burby, Suffolk-lane,
London.

Charles Lucas Richard Wilkinson and Edward Bond,
calico printers, Manchester, Jan.ls and Feb. 5, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Lee, official
assignee, Manchester; Slater and Heelis, Manchester.
Robert Peel, ironmonger, Blackburn, Jan. 12 and
Feb. 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Fraser, offi3ial assignee, Manchester; Blair, Manchester.
Ralph Darlington, money scrivener, Wigan, Jan. 13
and Feb. 11, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Slater and Heelis,
Manchester.

DIVIDENDS.
At the C...urt, Basinghall-street.
A. Lyon, Saffron Walden, Essex, draper, Jan. 17, at
half-past twelve—C. Snelling, Graceehurch-street,:City,
hairdresser, Jan. 17, at ono—T.:Rut herforil, Agnes .p lace,
Waterloo road, merchant, Jan. IG, at eleven:--A. Jopp,
Cornbill, City, ship insurance broker, Jan. 16, at halt-
past eleven—lL D. Mercer, Church-passage, Bishops-
gate-street Without, silk merchant, Jan. 17, at one—A.
G. Gaudiana and B. St. Clair, Great St. lleltdi's, City,
merchants, Jan. 17, at half-past twelve—H. Ford and
W. Reeves, Leaclenhall-street, City, ship and insurance
brokers, Jan. 16, at elevau—D. G. Foster, St. John's-
squire, Cletkenwell, ironmonger, Jan. 20, at eleven—
s. G. Fryman, Rye, Sussex, nine merchant, Jan. 20, at
eleven.

PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.

E. E. D. flast, Aldermanbury, merchant, Is. 5d., on
Monday, Jan. 5, or any subsequent Monday within six
months, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr.
Carman, Aldermanbury.
F. Adamson, Bond court, Walbrook, City, merchant,
25., ou Tuesday, Jan. 6, or any subsequent Tuesday, be-
tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Vermeil,
Basinghall-street.
G. C. Searle, Tyndall-place, Islington, apothecary, 2d.,
on Tuesday, Jan. 6, or any subsequent Tuesday, between
cloven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, BAsinghall-
-2 , street.

Dart and Brown, Bedford-street, Covent-garden,
coach lace manufacturers, 2s. Gd., on Tuesday, Jan. 6.
or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at
the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-street.
M. Nunn, Rrgent-street, Oxford•street, lacoman, 23.,
on Tuesday, Jar. 6, or bry subsequent Tuesday, beim-en
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-
street.

R. Sheppard, Norwich, commission agent, 11d., on
Tuesday, Jan. 13, or any subsequent Tuesday, between
eleven and two, at the office of Air. Pennell, Basinghalt-
street.

H. Canning, Broad-street, merchant, lz. 41, on Tues-
day, Jan. 6, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven
and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-street.
W. Storror, Southampton, upholsterer, 23. 21, on
Tuesday, Jan. 6, or any subsequent Tuesday, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, 13asinghall-
street.

R. Pegg, Brighton, wine merchant, Is. Bd., on Tues-
day, Jan. 6, or any subsequent Tuesdsy, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Penaell, Basinghall-
street.

T. Tappenden, Friendly-place, Old Kent-road, tailor,
2s. 81., on Tuesday, Jan. 6, or any subsequent Tuesday,
between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell,
Basinghall-street.

J. Bairn, Wisbeaeb, Cambridgeshire, draper, 55., on
Tuesday, Jan. 6, or any subsequent Tuesday, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-
street.

J. Latham, Howland street, Fitzroy-square, piano-
forte manufacturer, 25., on Tuesday, Dec. 30, or any
subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-street.
L. Alexander and W. Bardgett, Old Broad-street,
merchants, 2d., on Tuesday, Dec. 30, or any subsequent
Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Pennell, Basinghall-street.
W. J. Robert, Camberwell, clerk in the Castom-house,
Is., on Tuesday, Dec. 30, or any subsequent Tuesday,
between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell,
Basinghall-street.

C. gcarfe, Hall-street, City-road, timber merchant,
35., on new proufs, on Tuesday, Jan. 6, or any subse-
quent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of
Mr. Pennell,-Basinghall-street.
J. Scott, sen., North Shields, shipowner, 78. 61., on
Saturday, Jan. 3, or any subsequent Saturday, between
ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne.
W. Gray, Sunderland, draper, second dividend of 4d.,
on Saturday, Jan. 3, or any subsequent Ssturday, be-
tween twelve and three, at the offise of Mr. Baker, New-
castle-upon-Tyne.
R. Miller and A. Street, Lancaster, builders, 3s. 6id.,
on Tuesday, Jan. 13, or any subsequent Tuesday, be-
tween eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Pott, Man-
chester.

G. Harden, Preston, joiner, 51d., on Thursday, Jan
8, and every subsequent Thursday, between ten and ono,
at the office of Mr. Lee, Manchester.
Hindes and Derham, Leeds and Dolphinholme,worsted
spinners, second dividend of 4s. 2d., and first and second
dividend of 7s. 6d., on new proofs, on Tuesday, Jan. 6,
or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at
the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds.

NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Babinghall-street.
J.-Drewi Haupt-on My, Oxfordshire, paper maker,
Jan.-20, al two—it H. Cuming, Lamb's Conduit•street,
bookseller and stationer, Jan. 21, at ono—D. French
and A. Sands, Coal Exchange, and Chatham, Kent, coal
factors and merchants, Jan, 23, at eleven-4. P. Whit-
more, Hackney, draper, Jan. 21, at half-past ono.
In the Country. -
L. Luscombe, Llaudulph, Cornwall, miller, Jan. 22, at
eleven, at the Court, Plymouth—E. T. Deeming, Man-
chester, hosier, Jao. 20, at twelve, at the Court, Mau-
chester—T. B. Brown, Handswortb, Staffordshire, blister
manufacturer, Jan. 20, at one, at the Court, Birming-
ham—J. Whitworth, Leeds, millwright and ironfounder,
Jan. 22, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds.

THE OPERATIVB P,ioINEERS AND
THEIR EtT
lIIPLAgIw-S .
The Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Ma-
chinists, &c., held a public meeting lesasight at the
Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street
the present state of the iron trade, and the position of
the society in relation thercto;" or, as'-was indicated
in another handbill, publicly to contradlit certain %.3.•
sertions put forward by the employers, and set them-11
selves right with the public. The hall was crowded.
Mr. J. MUSTO, the Chairman of `the Executive
" to discuss
Council, having been called on to preside, briefly
opened the business of the evening, and said th
consequence of statements which had appeared in the
papers, it was deemed advisable that .a public meeting
should be called, to give the executive council of the
society an opportunity of explaining to the public the
position in which the society stood, and the proceed-
ings that had been taken. Mr. Newton would give
that explanation.
Mr. NEWTON, who was received with loud cheers,
said that their proceedings, as at first adopted, were
not perhaps intended to engage so much of the atten-
tion of the public as they had done, nor would the
council have forced themsAves forward as they now
dii, but for .misrepresentations of their objects and
intentions. The combination of employers started
it Manchester was either mist( ri I.ty the statement of
Messrs..llibbert and Platt, of Oidliam, or was based
upon known truths; out cwnoination was formed
upon the ground that workmen of Messrs.
Hibbert and 'e ',.., do an act of injus-
tice to their employers. In. matter had been dis-
cussed in the newspapers, and the society had been
represented us insisting—(l) upon the abolition of
systematic "overtime," and (2) the discontinuance
of " piece-work ;" (3) with claiming that the masters
should at once and without reserve discharge the
class of persons engaged in and long trained to the
working of self-acting machines, and employ in their
stead mechanics, members of the union ; and further
(4), according to " Amicus," " the council were pre-
pared to advocate an equalization of the rate of wages ;
to lend themselves, in fact, to an agitation for a trial
of the ingenious doctrines of M. Louis Blanc:'
Now, the first two of these propositions were the
propositions of the society.—(Hear, hear.) The
third was never made by them, and the intention at-
tributed to them of equalising wages was as foreign
to their objects and general opinions as anything
could be.—(Hear.) They disavowed all intention of
removing any persons at present in employment—
(Hear, hear)—thcre was nothing in the present
proceedings of the council that expressed or im-
plied any such intention ; they had never asked for
the removal of a man from a machine, who was
working at it, who had earned a title to work at it
by the time he had been employed at it ; and, so far
from the opinions of their members being against
those men, they had fostered and encouraged them.—
(Hear, hear.) But here it would be necessary to
refer to proceedings some months ago. There was in
May a dispute between Messrs. Hibbert and Platt and
their workmen, who demanded the abolition of over-

time, and asked for the discharge of a certain number
of men they called illegal men, and he (Mr. Newton),
at the request of the workmen, went down to mediate
in the matter. Ultimately Mr. Platt agreed to the
following propositions :
" 1. That in future all planing, slotting, shaping, and
boring machines, at the workshop of tho undersigned,
bo worked either by mechanics or apprentices, to be
taken up by them as they fall vacant.
"2. That the labourers at present employed upon
those machines be not unduly interfered with before
Christmas, 1851, when the machines shall fall entirely
into the hands of the mechanics; but if any of the
labourers are discharged, or the machines otherwise be-
come vacant, the vacancies shall be filled up by the
mechanics as they occur.
"3. That Michael Benard have taken from him all
authority over workmen in our employ, and that all
illegal hands be discharged; we further say that we dis-
approve of the practice alleged against Benard, and
pledge ouriadves that they shall not again be repeated."
Systematic overtime was also to be abolished. But
Mr. Platt said, that though he was content to agree
to these resolutions, he had no guarantee that the men
would make the same conditions with other employers;
and he wrote out another articles—" That if the ma-
jority of legal shoos in the same line of business refuse
to concede the aboVe requests, at the expiration of
three years from the date of these resolutions, the
question be again open for discussion." So that be
actually made an exaction from the men that they
should force these resolutions upon other employers.
—(Cheers.) He (Mr. Newton) left Oldham with
the distinct understanding that the agreement was to
come into operation at Christmas.--(Hear, hear.)
The question of overtime was settled in Manchester
on the Ist of November, before this agitation on the
part of the employers was raised against it.—(Hear,
hear.) The combination of employers was in conse-
quence of Messrs. Hibbert and Platt knowing that
the agreement was to be fulfilled at Christmas,
and the object was to prevent its being fulfilled.
Whether it was to be fulfilled or not was a question
only for the Oldham men; it was not a question for
this society.—(Hear, hear.) He had written to Mr.
Platt, a fortnight ago, representing that he was not
treating his men fairly in identifying himself with the
combination at Manchester, and Mr. Platt answered
that he approved of the document at the time,
and should have carried it into effect, but that
the workmen had broken it themselves in July
last. The men in July made some resistance
on the ground that the condition had not been ful-
' filed which related to Benard, who was a sort of
middle-man, taking a quantity of piecework and em-
ploying his fellow-men to do it—what the tailors
would call "a sweater"—(Hear, hear)—he was most
despotic and tyrannical, and Mr. Platt had said the
system should not continue.—(Hear, hear.) But the
society had nothing to do with all this, and had never
taken part in the proceeding. He himself attended
at Oldham in his individual capacity to try to pre-
vent a " strike," which must be attended with so
much misery.— (Hear, hear.) The question was be-
tween
Messrs. Ilibbert and Platt and their workmen ;
the society were determined not to be dragged into
the dispute.—(Hear.) They disavowed all attempts
to remove men from machines ; they bad no such in-
tention. Their disposition was to make common
cause with such men, and assist them, rather than
they should be thrown idle upon he world.—
(Hear, hear.) Neither had the society any in-
tention to try to equalize wages themselves with the
agricultural labourer.—(Hear.) What they sought
was a fair opportunity for every working man, as far
as practicable, to use his labour.—Hear.) They de-
sired to make it less precarious by regulating the
work there was to be done.—(Hear, hear.) As to
identifying themselves with Socialists and Com>
munists, they had no connexion with any political,
social, or religious party, and they advocated their
own views, not because Louis Blanc advocated
them (is he did), but because experience taught
them that it was necessary some change should be
made in order to elevate their social condition.—

(Hear, hear.) What, then, was it that they asked ?
That overtime be abolished—time worked over and
above six days per week of ten hours per day (or,
at least 58i hours per week), which they held as a
principle to be the proper time to labour when there
was labour to be performed—(Hear, hear)—and they
held that a man ought to be able, by six days' labour,
to earn sufficient to keep himself and his family.—
(Hear, hear.) The society did not ask for a reduc-
tion of those hours, but only that a man should be
allowed to leave his work when his days' labour was
done. The present practice of working overtime
was an evil physically, morally, intellectually, and
socially. The workmen felt this fifteen years ago,
and held meetings about it, and an agreement was
come to as to the rate of payment for overtime. It
was not uncommon for men to work for weeks to-
gether from four or six in the morning till ten at
night.—(Hear, hear.) A man could not do justice to
his employers at such hours; his health was injured
by it ; a number of men were left idle through it;
and the workman bad no opportunities of
improve-
ment.—(Hear, hear.) Why, but from the long
hours of work, had mechanics' institutes proved
such a dead failure ?—(Hear, hear.) But Mr.
Scott Russell said that the men were not forced to
work overtime.
But indeed, they
hear.) If a man declined,'
he was immediately dis-
charged.
—v-A(UT
ear, hear.) That was compulsion ; he
saw on the one side of him excessive labour, and on
other starvationi; There were scores
refused to work
who had been d
The workmen found that
overtime.—(Hear, bear.) they
individual refusal was individual sacrace, and that it
must be general; and they had comet o that conelu-
(Hear,
Russell had
—12,000 of them.—(Cheers.) If Mr.
s!niinfluence enough with the employers to have his as-
sertion put into general practice, he would hear no
more of this agitation with regard to overtime ; for all
that was asked was that men should be at liberty to
decline it if they liked, and not punished for working
only six days a week.—(Hear, hear.) Then as to the
other question—piecework—the public thought that
every man had a right to make the most he could of
his superior ability apd expertness. Granted ; piece-
work was not objected to, but only the manner in
which it was now carried out. Let it be done by con-.
tract between employers and employed, as in a con-
tract between them and their customers, and no man
would object. But a piece of work was brought into
the workshop, and A man was told he must do it for