The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-11 00:00:00

POST- ,F.FICE GRIEVANCES.

A Portion of the Post-office auxiliaries, who
attended on Friday and made a statement of the
unjust treatment to which they had been subjected
by the Post-office authorities in suddenly reducing
their wages from 16s. per week to 10s., again
attended yesterday at the Mansion-house, and
handed to Sir R. Carden, who sat for the Lord
Mayor, the memorial they had agreed to present
to the Postmaster-General upon the subject of the
grievances of which tbey mp
colained.
Sir R. Carden read the memorial, which com-
menced by setting forth the steps that were to be
taken before it was possible to obtain the appoint-
ment of auxiliary in the Post-office. In the first
place, they had to attend at the office and fill up a
number of printed forms; they then had to give
theoames of two respectable housekeepers, and also
that of some clergyman, as referees ; to all these
parties forms were sent, which were required to be
filled up. The men then have to undergo a series
of searching inquiries, as to whether they were
married or single, whether they were in debt, &c. ;
"they have then_to procure a certificate of their
birth ; then to undergo an examination by the
medical officer of the Post-office, in company with
their own medical man, whose fee they have to pay;
and after all this they are required to undergo an
examination before the Civil Service Commis-
sioners as to their qualifications in reading, writing,
and arithmetic; and lastly, supposing all the fore-
going requirements to be satisfactorily complied
with, they are required to attend before a justice of
the peace and make oath that they will perform
their duties with fidelity; they are then eligible to
be appointed to the post of an ' auxiliary' in the
Post-office, at the salary of 10s. per week." The
memorial concluded by a statement of the specific
grievance before alluded to, which was that they
had come to London upon the express understand-
ing that these wages were to be made up to 16s.
per week by extra duty until they were perma-
nently appointed ; and that at a moment's notice
they were told that this extra duty would be taken
from them, and that they must keep themselves
and families upon 10s. per week; and it prayed the
Postmaster-General to take the matter into his
consideration, and prevent the proposed reduction
from being made.
Sir R. Carden, after perusing the memorial, said
it was a very respectful and proper one, and he had
no doubt it would be attended to.

The spokesman of the party said the men would
be very much obliged to him if he would send the
memorial to the Postmaster-General for them, as
they were afraid, if it was merely posted, that it
would not be delivered to him.

Sir Robert Carden said he could not believe this,
The Postmaster-General must already be aware
from the newspapers of the application that had
been made by them, and it would be much better
for them to address the memorial to him themselves,
and he had no doubt that it would reach his hands.
He then inquired of the applicants whether they
were all still continued in the service of the Post-
office at the reduced wages of 10s, per week.
The spokesman replied that they were.
Sir R. Carden then repeated that their better
course would be to address the memorial to the
Postmaster-General, and he at the same time ob-
served that, after the immense deka of trouble they
had been obliged to take to obtain the appointment,
they certainly deserved some consideration.

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