The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-28 00:00:00

PUBLIC MEETINGS.

OPERATIVE BUILDERS.
Yesterday afternoon a meeting of shopkeepers resident in
the Western District of St. Pancras, was held at the London
National Labour Exchange, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square,
for the purpose of taking into consideration the conduct of ti!,
builders of the metropolis towards their workmen. T.
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Duncombe, Esq. M.P., was unanimously called to the chair'
The meeting was then addressed by several speakers, after
which resolutions were carried into effect, that the meeting i
viewed with deep regret the conduct of the master builders, n
demanding of their workmen to sign the declaration, that they
neither are, nor intend to be members of the Trades ITnion.;
that its opinion was, that such procedure was a prelude of thel_r
intention to reduce the wages of their workmen, and that yield
ing to such oppression would be forging chains for theiasst
necks. In conclusion, the meeting pledged itself to s
the workmen through their struggle, by affording them 01
best assistance and support. A subscription was then entered
into, and the meeting adjourned.

MASTER BUILDERS.
A meeting of master-builders was held yesterday afters of
at the Talbot, Gray's Inn Lane, to consider the best mode °
protecting the working builders against the monopoly estersi
Several
Mr. Lovick, of Red Lion-street, in the chair. Severs
master-builders addressed the meeting, and resolutions were
paised denouncing the conduct of the master builders in re-
quiring their men to sign the declaration—that they did nos
belong to any trades union—as an act of unwarrantable op-
pression, and expressing the determination of the meeting .to
protect such of the operative builders as might be sufferers pt
their refusal to sign it. Thanks were then voted to the Chalt.
man, and the meeting separated.

HOUSEHOLDERS AND SHOPKEEPERS.
A very numerous meeting of householders and shopkeeper°
of Pimlico took place yesterday afternoon at the Flask Tavern;
Ebury-square, to take into consideration the best means °;
assisting the operative builders in their determination not to
sign the declaration relative to the Trades' Unions—Mr"
Moore in the Chair. Several speeches were made and res°;
lutions passed to that effect. In the course of the proccedilt
it was announced by Mr. Taylor that a deputation had weit7Zi
upon Major Beauclerk, who had kindly undertaken to do, siA
in his power to bring about an amicable understanding halves
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the masters and workmen.—( Cheers.) Several subscription
were announced, and the meeting separated.

OPERATIVE BUILDERS.
A meeting of operative builders took place yesterday ever
ing at the Black Horse, Curtain-road, for the purpose of Or
sidering the important subject of purchasing goods in WI:
from those shopkeepers only who would espouse their cause
against the tyrannical proceedings of some of the waste.
builders. Mr. Murell presided. Several resolutions Icel."
ppassed expressive of the determination of the meeting not
urchase goods from any shopkeepers but those who vr° 0
support them in their struggle against the masters, and whowould exhibit in their windows the placards and su'bscriptiT:
boxes which had been distributed for this purpose. The meet
ing, which was very numerously attended, was addressed FY
several persons, after which a vote of thanks was passed to the
Chairman, and the meeting broke up.