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London, England, 1867-04-17 00:00:00

The Lonioh Tailors.

Last Tuesday a letter was sent by the committee
of the London Masters Tailors' Association to the
operatives' committee, declining to proceed any fur-
ther with the united committees of the London and
Amalgamated Societies, iu the drawing up of a time
log for the whole country, but expressing the will-
ingness of London employers to treat with the Lon-
don men alone. After consultation with the council
of the Amalgamated Society at Manchester, the
London men decided npt to separate themselves
from their provincial brethren, and the following ulti-
matum was sent by the Loudon Employers' Com-
mittee, requesting a definite reply by Monday even-
ing, the 15th inst. :—" April 11. Sir,—Your letter
of the 9th inst. has been fully considered by us, and
the new position taken up by your committee is a
complete departure from the arrangement come to
for the settlement of the universal time log. We
have therefore to request an answer by Tuesday
morning, the 16th, to the following:--Whether you
are prepared to carry on the negotiations for the
time log on the same basis a's that you originally ac-
cepted, viz., by the united committees, or whether
you are prepared to accept the log of which we fur-
nish you a copy. If you cannot fairly arrange the
matter we shall have no alternative biit to enforce
the log now sent in.---Yours obediently, M. LAW-
RENCE, Secretary of the Tailors' Association.—To
Mr. Goodwin." The committee and delegates of the
men met yesterday at the Green Dragon, Soho, for
the purpose of receiving the reply of the employers
to the above, and deciding on the necessary steps to
be taken. The following letter was read by the
secretary :—" April 16. Sir,—ln reference to your
letter of the 13th, we have to say that we are as sin-
cerely desirous as yourselves for the arrangement of
a time log likely to end the present unsettled state
of affairs. We have already expressed our decided
opinion that this cannot be brought about between
ourselves and a mixed committee of London and
country workmen, it being plain to us that the latter
can only negotiate on the basis of the amalgamated
time log, and equally plain that nothing of the kind
will be accepted or acted upon by the London
trade, except upon compulsion. We regret that
our refusal to attempt what we hold to be an im-
possibility is likely to lead to an antagonism we
would gladly have avoided. We must lead you to
judge for yourselves of the course you propose to
take.—Yours truly, J. GOODWIN, Secretary of the
Masters' Committee.—To Mr. M. Lawrence."
Along.discussion ensued, and it was resolved that
a circular be at once sent to the employers contain-
ing the new time-log, with a request that those
willing to pay by that log should send in a reply
by Saturday next. The firms not replying in the
affirmative will be struck on Monday morning next,
on which day an aggregate meeting of the trade is
to be held at the Alhambra Palace, Leicester-square.
A levy of 2s. per man per week was ordered through-
out the country to meet the expenses of thestruggle.
The number of men that will turn out on
strike will, of course, depend on the replies to the
above circular, but it is expected not to exceed
2,000. The two delegates sent over to Paris by the
London men returned home on Monday evening.
They report the strike of the journeymen tailors in
that city as progressing most favourably. About 60
large employers have given way during the past week,
and of the 15,000 men who struck fully 5,000 have
resumed wcak M the advanced rate el wades.

The strike still continue; and the railway com-
pany are every day getting more confidence that
they will soon be able to supply the pbees of th
malcontents. The men l•omt of the ample support
th:7 are receiving, which they say is cheerfully
given. Communications promising them aid come
in flora all quarters. The following is a copy of an
important :mile: sent by the Midland delegates to
one of the chief officers of the Midland Company :
" We have been requested by the Midland men,
and enginemen and firemen of other companies, to
ask if you or the Board of Directors are aware that
Mr. is using his best endeavours to supply the
North-Eastern Company with engine and firemen ;
and positive cases have come under our notice of his
success off the Midland. Also, in every shape and
way, we hear he is assisting them to get through
this unhappy disaster--which they have by tyranny
and oppression brought down upon themselves. If
this course of• action is not at once withdrawn,
we cannot answer for the Midland enginemen or
firemen, who will positively join the great body
of our own calling throughout the coun-
try, and by a _united movement (the rrecise
character of which iS tiOw under contemplation)
bring this unhappy and unfair struggle to a close."
The Leeds Branch Society has received an inti-
mation that the following circular has been sent all
over the country by the committee of the Engine-
drivers and Firemen's United Society :
" 13, Brydges-street, Strand, W.C., April 15. i

"Dear Sir,—ln order to sustain the North-
Eastern men during their present struggle, the
Central Committee have decided that a general
weekly levy be made of 3s. upon each driver, and
2s. upon each fireman. You will therefore please
to call a meeting of your branch immediately, and
take steps to carry the resolution of the Central
Committee into effect.—l am, &c.,
"J. OSBORNE PUTLEY, General Secretary,
pro T. Taylor."

The great event of yesterday was the hearing be-
fore the Leeds magistrates of the charge of leaving
work without notice, preferred on Monday and ad-
journed until yesterday. At twelve o'clock the in-
vestigation began in a crowded court, and before
several magistrates who attended specially for the
purpose. Mr. Ferns, solicitor for the complainants,
opened the case at some length ; and Mr. Roberts,
of Manchester, appeared for the defendants.
The case of a driver, named JOhn Binns, was
taken first. He had on Wednesday last been
driving between Leeds and Ilkley, and during the
day he returned to Leeds, pulled the fire out of his
engine, and left it uselesi. Mr. Ferns said that
Binns on being remonstrated with by Mr. John-
stone, the locomotive superintendent, said that he
did not intend to work any more, that he was a
union man, and must do as the union directed, and
that as they were out he should be out too. Mr.
Johnstone asked him if he had any complaint to
make, and he said " No, but they have at Darlington ;
faith has not been kept with the men there." The
defendant had been in the service of the company
since 1819. At that time his wages were 2s. 6d.,
and now they are something like 7s. a day. Mr.
Johnstone, Mr. Ferns said, would prove the hiring,
and, in fact, it could scarcely be disputed with re-
spect to a man who had been employed- since 1849.
The agreement was a verbal one, and being for a
month's and not for a twelvemonth's notice, no writ-
ing or stamp was required. Tne defendant's admis-
sion that such were the terms would be proved.
The ninth general regu!ation was to the effect that
no servant be allowed to absent himself from
any duty without permission from his superior
officer, nor quit the service of the company except
after giving the required notice ; ip_ ciaser•he quit
without notice, his wages to bedivieited, and he
be liable to be prosecute 3 for breach of con-
tract ; station-masters, engine-drivers, and fire-
men to give one month's notice, and other servants
two weeks' notice. By leaving the service of the
company, this man and the rest had entailed on the
company immense injury, and given great annoy-
ance to the public. The company felt it their duty
to defend their rights, as the men bad a right to
stand up for theirs. Recently the men had Conceded
to them alterationsfbf time and increased wages.
There were met fairly, and • were so well satisfied
then that they entered the service again. But on
Wednesday night last, at. 12 o'clock, a number of
them informed the superintendent that there was a
conspiracy to stop the whole of the working of the
line from point to point next morning, in order to
drive the company into an acceptance of their terms,
be they what they might. He must, however, do
the men credit—he was bound to do it, and he had
been requested to do it,—not a disrespectful word or
gesture was used by any of the men towards Mr.
Johnstone. Mr. Ferns then proceeded to call wit-
nesses. The first was—
Mr. Johnstone, who proved that the terms agreed
upon in 1819 were a month's notice on either side.
Ile said when Binns told him he should work no
more till they got the matter settled, he said he made
himself liable to be sent to prison. Defendant to
that replied, " There are so many of us, you can't
send us all to prison."
Cross-examined by Mr. Roberts, Mr. Johnstone
said the men had not complained to him that they
had worked 21 hours at a stretch. The defendant
drove the Harrogate express. The men had never
complained that they did not see their children from
Sunday to Sunday. He never heard of such a
grievance before the men struck. He had lately
received a written document from Mr. Fletcher, one
of the officials, which stipulated that the work
should be 10 hours a day. He did not recollect that
any special agreement was made in 1855.
Mr. Hugill, on of the company's managers, pro-
duced a book which contained Binns' signature to
the agreement he made in 1819.
Mr. Roberts addressed the jury at great length,
contending that the dispute was virtually at an end,
for the men only wanted what other railway com-
panies had cheerfully granted. He contended that on
various grounds the magistrates had no jurisdiction,
and was proceeding to call witnesses to prove that
the agreement with the Darlington men bad been
broken, when the court ruled that that would be
irrelevant.

The magistrates then retired, and after some time
they decided that, there had been a valid contract
between the defendant and the North Eastern Com-
pany, and that the defendant had no reasonablecause
for breaking it. They were of opinion that they had
jurisdiction, and convicted the defendant of the
offence. They reserved the punishment to follow,
in the hope that the dispute would soon be at an
end; and, in the hope that it would be a means of
effecting a reconciliation, they adjourned this and
all the other cases to the 22d May.

There is no alteration in the position of affairs as
regards the northern section of the railway. The
managers are getting their traffic restored as rapidly
as they can. Several of the drivers who turned out
have applied to be set on again, but they have been
absolutely refused until after a meeting of the direc-
tors on Wednesday. As they are at present advised,
the managers are disinclined to have anything more to
do with them. All the engine-drivers on strike at the
Tyne Docks have received notice to quit their houses
in a week. More goods trains were run yesterday,
and there was an increase in the quantity of mine-
rals sent to the Tyne Docks and to the iron works
on the Tees.

THE FIRE BRIGADE ACT.—At the Session-house,
Westminster, a number of persons were summoned under
the Fire Brigade Act, by the Metropolitan Board of Works,
for fires occurring on their premises. The lion. Mr. Pori'
sonby presided. The fines were from ss. to £1 ls. brsome
cases the Engine Brigade were refused admittaaCo to the
premises on which the iireS occurred.

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FLORENCE, April 12.
At
of Deputies, Signor •.Rata ;Fa made the following
speech : Gentlemen,— In presenting ourselves be-
fore you we are deeply-impressed with
the gravity
and. difficulty of our position. Now that the in-
dependence of the nation is happily secured
the time has arrived when we ought seriously
and resolutely to occupy ourselves with our sit nation
at home, and apply remedies to evils which cannot
he attributed to any person's fault, but whicli are a
necessary and inevitable consequence of the great
ertnts that have been crowde I into the short period
of a small number of years. We must provide the
settlement of our finances and the reorganisation of
the army. We ought to pry:wide ftir than promptly,
with a firm hand, and without any hesitation.
I,lvery d, lay would be fatal—any hesitation might
compromise our future. Towards this object, gen-
tlemen, and to the part incumbent upon the Go-
vernment in this difficult task, our cares and our
efforts will be principally directed, and we shall
be all the better able to devote ourselves to its
execution, because, being free and independent of
any sort of engagement abroad or at home, we may
occupy ourselves exclusively with the necessity
arising out of our domestic position. It is
not my intention to explain to you now, in
detail, all the measures the new administration in-
tends to introduce or to submit for your approval,
in order to attain this object within the shortest
possible delay. Such a detailed account can neither
be prepared nor brought forward within a few hours.
We are also of opinion it is better to act than to
promise. We do not hesitate, however, to declare
at once that in the measures we shalt successtveli
, propose, we shall take as a basis the rules laid down
a few days ago in the august words uttered by his
Majesty, and received by the nation with general
satisfaction. We shall take note of the bills that
were brought in during the preceding Parliament
upon divers very important subjects, such as the
system of public accounts, the organisation of the
central administration, and the system of collecting
of taxes; then, profiting by the profound and con-
scientious examination these measures have rela-
tively undergone in the bureaux and in committees,
we shall hasten to bring them again before Parlia-
ment with suitable modifications. In proposing to
you these latter, we shall keep essentially in view
the object of simplifying administration, of better
securing•the collection of the taxes by rendering it .
still less expensive, and of more efficaciously guaran-
teeing the future of public officials, whose position
appears to us the more deserving of being secured
because we have now decided upon requiring from
them the exact and strict accomplishment of their
duties. Another bill, already prepared, and which
will soon be laid before you, is that relating to the
organisation of our army. It will be the more in-
dispensable and urgent that Parliament should
hasten to take this bill into consideration, because
upon its approval may depend not only the future
and the strength of an institution which is no less a
guarantee than a glory for our country, but also chiefly
the means of determining how far shall be. carried
the reduction and savings to be introduced into mili-
tary estimates. For our part, we engage henceforth
that in the examination and discussion of this bill we
will introduce and admit all modifications calculated
to render expenses less heavy, without compromis-
ing the efficiency of the army and the safety of the
state. An administrative committee is considering
.the organisation of the provinces and communes. A
bill will be laid before you upon this subject in the
course of the session. I need not say that it will be

inspired by principles of the widest decentralisation,
and by the idea of giving the communes and pro-
vinces their full autonomy by emancipating them
from all governmental interference, while subject-
ing them to legislative arrangements calculated to
guarantee the interests of thegoverned from all abuse.
The Government has already promised to bring in
the budget for 1868 before the close of next month.
We have firmly resolved loyally to keep this engage-
went. As for the estimates for the current year, now
'under examination by a committee elected by your-
selves, while expressing upon our parts the most
_ardent wishes that it mm terminate its labours as
soon as possible, we feeLeoutideilt that with regard
to reforms it may deem oTipnrturif_s, and may think of
proposing, it will call us to its aid, in order that
we may examine and discuss them together. Like
the committee, we are imbued with the necessity of
introducing the utmost and strictest economy, and
we shall willingly consent to every saving reconcil-
able with the inevitable exigencies of the public ser-
vice. The debate upon the budget in Parliament
may thus be made easier and. more simple, and the
rules observed in that for the present year may be
found applicable to the budget of 1868. if it
were possible to obtain the approval of the two bud-
gets almost simultaneously, a desire we have strongly
at heart would be fulfilled, of the wish, namely, of
at last entering upon the normal path, and of avoid-
ing the very serious inconveniences to which the ad-
ministration is subjected when it is compelled to
operate with provisional budgets. The approval of
the budgets alone will no doubt not be all that is re-
quired to meet our financial wants ; other measures
are also indispensable. It is impossible for us to
state these at present, but they will shortly be laid
before you with the greatest care by the Govern-
ment. A prominent place among them will be occu-.
pied by bills referring to the liquidation of ecclesias-
tical property, to a system of regularising the great
public works guaranteed by the State, and to credit
institutions—all objects of considerable importance.
intimately connected by essential conditions, a set-
tlement of which will impart an energetic impulse
to the activity and economic prosperity of the coun-
try. The rapid picture I have just traced of the
measures indispensable to us, and which ought to be
sanctioned without delay, displays but too well
all the difficulty of the undertaking for which we
prepare. The consciousness of these difficulties
might have caused us to hesitate, but their very exis-
tence strengthens us, and gives us courage in face of
the hard trial we have.to surmount. Itstrengtbens us,
because we are persuaded that in the presence of the
needs of the nation, and when it is required to provide
for the wants of the country, all party differences
will always vanish from among us, and our deli-
berations will be inspired by one sole and general
thought—•love and devotion to Italy. Therefore,
gentlemen, we reckon for the accomplishment of
this task upon your frank, loyal, and efficacious co-
operation. We feel confident that, thanks to your
assistance, many difficulties will not fail to dis-
appear, and that we shall find it possible to attain
the aim we have in view. We shall thus show
Europe that the Italians not only know bow to
conquer their independence by constituting them-
selves a nation, but that they also understand how
to preserve and consolidate it by providing for their
orgOnisation at home."

FIRE AT MANCIIESTER.--AR extensive cotton
waste store, five stories high, in Primrose-street, 3fan-
chester, belonging to Mr. Whalley, was discovered to be on
fire yesterday morning. The fire :woke out in the third
story, and before the fire brigade could extinguish it that
and the floors above were destroy-ed. The stock altogether
was valued at nearly £3,000, and the damage is estimated
at £1,500. • -
By a minute of the 3d of April the Lords of the
preserve
revenue.
Treasury have sanctioned a change in the examina-
tionthe through
of the baggage of passengers arriving from the
Continent, which it is hoped will much reduce the
one of the sur-
inconvenieuce, and at the same t,me
sufficient protection to the interests Of the
all
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mitted to be removed
at once.

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sensation of singing noises in the tte.td is entirely removed.
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THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE,
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton.
Attraction and Novelty for the Holidays.
On EASTER. MONDAY, April 2?nd. will be produced an
original Com, dy i rams, in Four Acts, end kd T
GREAT CITY. by Andrew Halliday, with new and charac-
teristic scenery.
To conclude with the Farce of TIIAT RASCAL JACK.
Commence at Seven.

THEATRE ROYAI, HAYMARKET,
Sole Leemee and Manag-wr, Mr. Bucket ,ne.
TBIS EVENING, PERFECTION. Mr. Kendal and 31Ies
lone Burke.
Atter which, at 8, AS YOU LIKE IT. Messrs Rowe.
Compt.o, r'arren, Chirpymime, Rogers. mark, Braid, Vin-
cent, Weattiersby, &c ; 31esdamcs Scott- Siddons, lone Burke,
(337(lney, &c.
Followed by the Ist and 3.1 Scenes of the 4th Act of
ROMEO AN u JULIET. Mrs. Scott.Siddons ; Mr. Rogers.
To conclude with SHOCKING EVENT. _4. Mr. Compton.
Commence at Seven.

OYAL -
LYCEUM THEATRE.
ItSole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Pechter.
On EASTER MONDAY, and during the week, BAM-
BOOZLING. Mr. E. t'rice and Miss Kate Bdshop.
Alter which, at 8, Tif 14: DUKE'S MOTTO. Mr. Fechter ;
Me srs Jordan, Emery, Price, Widdicombe, Eitzpatrick.
Evans, Dalton, Nevthound, And, rron, licynolds, Vivian,
_Bennett; 31isses lienrade, Elswortny, Grattan, and Carlotta
Leclercq.
To conclude with a Divertissement, composed by L. Espi-
nosa, entitled THE RoUSED SAT R. with L. Espinosa,
Wile. Soph,c, and the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vininit.
Tuts EVENING, at 7, No. 1, ROUND THE CORNER.
Messrs. J. G. Shore, it Forrester.
Followed by, at a quarter before 8, IT IS NEVER TOO
LATE TO MEND. Character* by Messrs. Vining, F. Vil-
liers. C. Verner. J. G. Shore, S. Calhaem, H. Forrester, R.
Thorne, 11. Mellon, C. 11. Fenton ; Misa Page and 3liss
Katherine Rodgers.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
New Management.
sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Manager, Mr. IL %Sig/al.
TH IS EVENING, LAVAT ER. Messrs. Clayton, Stusrt.
.Murray, and Charles Mathews; Mesdames Harris and
M Palmer.
Followed by THE LIAR. 'Messrs. C. Mathews, Addison,
U. J. Jlontagite and Horace Wigan ; Mrs. Charier Mathews
and Miss Stephens.
Atter which, A ROMANTIC IDEA. Messrs. G. Vincent,
Addison, D. Murray, and Charles Mathews.
Doors open at halt-past Six; commence at Seven.

-THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
T EVENING. at 7, ICI ON rARLE FEANCAIS.
Mr. J. L. Too!e and Mr. Billinvton.
After which, at 8, LOST IN LONDON. Messrs. 11.
Neville. J. L. Toole, P. Itedf ,rd, Ashley, Eburne ; Miss Neil-
son, Mrs Billington, and Miss Seaman.
To cOnclule with TETE STEEPLECHASE; or, in the
Pigskin. Messrs. J. L. boole, Biltington, Stephenson, ,tc.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Mouageress, Mrs. Swanborotmh.
THIS EVENING, at 7, SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES.
Messrs. Parselie, Belford, F. Robson ; Misses Hughes and
Newton.
At ter which, M
the Burlesque, ESMERAL ; or, The Sen-
sation Goat. es+rs. Thorne and Jame,D ;A Mesdames A.
wanborough, E. Holt, and Newton,
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