The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-21 00:00:00

MB POS7 OFFICE.

The letter-carriers and sorters, the detail of whose
grievances in the Times some two years back made
a considerable sensation in the public mind, appear
to have done very little since then towards obtain-
ing redress. Last night they called a public meet-
mg at Exeter-hall for the purpose of again attract-
ing the notice of the Post-office authorities and the
Legislature. The meeting was crowded with letter-
carriers and others connected with the establishment
at St. Martin's-le-Grand—Sir George Bowyer,
M.P., taking the chair. The report of the com-
mittee appointed by the men to wait on the authori-
ties and state their case showed that for more than
a year past the men had been memorialising and
sending deputations, but with scarcely any result
beyond official acknowledgments, or vague answers
that their complaints were under consideration.
The report of the Commissioners appointed to
examine into the system of pay, promotion, working
hours, &c., at the Post-office, was supposed to be in
favour of the men's requests ; but it was not, and
has not yet been, laid before Parliament, as the
Chancellor of the Exchequer stated that " The re-
port had been referred to Sir Rowland Hill, who
was the life and mainspring of the establishment,
and who had given his views upon the matter in
the shape of a minute which had raised a desire on
the part of the Commissioners to sustain their
statements, and therefore until their supple-
mentary report was produced the Government
could not act upon it." This answer, of course, ex-
cited increased murmurs and distrust throughout
the service, which were not lessened by a return to
the absurd system of promotion by seniority with-
out promotion from classes. The report stated that
the secretary of the committee, having, at the re-
quest of the men, written to the public journals
contradicting two paragraphs put forward to the
effect that the men were perfectly satisfied with.
what had been done for them, was for this offence
suspended till he wrote an apology, though his sus-
pension certainly only lasted four days. After this
there was longer delay till April last, when up-
wards of 1,200 men signed an address to the Post-
master-General, again praying for a speedy con-
sideration of their case, to which an answer was
returned that his lordship's recommendations had
already been sent to the Treasury, with a request
that an early answer might be returned. Nothing
further having been heard, the men decided that it
was useless to wait, and accordingly met last even-
ing to pass a simple resolution, in the form of a
petition, praying for an examination into their
grievances by the members of the House of Commons.
The authorities at the Post-office were, of course,
most strongly opposed to the men attempting to hold
any public meeting, and to endeavour to check it to
the utmost the following notice was posted in the
chief and all large district offices in the metropolis:—

" APPLICATION.
" Any application from a sorter, letter-carrier, or other
officer, in z eference to his duties or pay, or any communica-
tion he may desire to make relating to official matters, must
be addressed to the Controller of the Circulation Depart-
ment ; and if the applicant be dissatisfied with the result,.
he may appeal direct to the Postmaster-General. But
every officer is strictly forbidden to make any such applica-
tion or other communication through the public, or in any
way except in the manner just described ; and should any
irregular application be received, the officer in whose behalf
it is made will be subject to a censure or other punishment
proportionate to the extent of his participation in the viola-
tion of the rule."

The proceedings last night were brief and almost.
formal. Sir G. Bowyer made a few observations
to the effect that the men had been driven to ap-
pealing to the public to obtain redress of their
wrongs. This was a right which belonged to all
Englishmen, and to stigmatize it as insubordina-
tion was both unjust and cruel. He hoped, how-
ever, and in the very few remarks which some of
the speakers would have to make that night they
would be guarded, temperate, and patient in their
statements, and do nothing which might even seen
to justify the dislike of the authorities to public
appeals of that kind. In the very short speeches
which were then made by variom of the letter-
carriers, the Rev. Hugh Allen, the Rev. Mr.
Keedey, and others, it was urgently stated that
the men's claim° were just and reasonable, and
such as. under a more liberal administration
of the great revenue the Government derived
from the Post-office, would have been conceded
had been slightly rased,
were old men. A slightly dif-
sealidoorpted among the sorters; yet
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more than six years in the Post-office, yet upwards
of 400 men above him must die or leave the service
before he would be entitled to 265. a week. The
proposed measures, instead of calming would in-
crease the agitation which prevailed throughout all
branches of the Post-office.
Eventually a resolution was carried,. amid tre-
mendous cheers, praying for a Parliamentary in-
quiry into these Post-office grievances, especially,
with reference to the system of work and scale of
wages and promotion.
The proceedings closed with an enthusiastic vote
of thanks to the chair.

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HEA TRF,-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, J. B. Ettekstone.
Tfl IS EVENI NO, the performances will commence with
the Comedy of THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. Chas.
Tiuckstone, E. Villiers, Rogers, an. ; Mrs. Wilkins,
:airs. C. Mathews, and Miss E. Weekes.
Followed by THE ADVENTURES OF A LOVE
LETTER. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews.
And THE GALICLA.N FETE.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris.
THIS EVENING, TItUTH AND FICTION. Supported by
Messrs. F. Matthews,Widdicombe, Shore, Cathcart, Garden;
Miss C. Leclercq, Miss R. Leclercq, and Miss M. Harris.
Followed by HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Fechter. Sup-
ported by Hermann Vezin, Ryder, Meadows, &c. ; Misses
Fi eath, Elsworthy, and R. Leclercq.

jEW THRATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.-
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
Reproduction of "The Colleen Bawn. " The Adelphl

"Census" every Evening.
THIS EVENING, the successful new Farce, entitled A
TURKISH BATH. Mr. J. L. Toole. Mr. P. Bedford.
After which (212th time), THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr.
D. Boucfcault, D. fisher, Billinzton, Falconer, Stephenson,
C. J. Smith, Romer, Howard, Ward ; Mrs. Boucicault, Miss
Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley.

To be followed by a new apropos Sketch, THE CENSUS.
Messrs. J. L. Toole, Eburne, Romer, C. J. Smith ; Miss
Kate Kelly, Miss E. fhorne, and Mrs. Chatterley.

Doors open at halt past 6—Commence at 7.

CANTERBURY -HALL CONCERTS
AND FINE ARTS GALLERY.

EVERY EVENING,

Two Grand Selections from celebrated Operas. including
Verdi's new Opera, THE BAL MASQUE (first produced
in England at this Establishment), with a Chorus of Forty
Voices, and upon a scale unequalled'at any other Concerts.
Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Greville, Mr. Herbert, Signor
Tivoli, Mr. Bernard ; popular Solos on the Cornet-a-piston,
by Mr. Levy (the first performer of the day); the Brothers
Conrad (in an entirely original entertainment on the double
rope, not to be seen elsewhere); continued success of Mr.
Wood and his talented little Son. _ _

The Comic Department oomprises the following•favourites
—Mr. Marshall, Mr. Hollingsworth ; the NERVES, by
Messrs. Harvey and French ; and Mrs. Lawrence.
Musical Director, Mr. JONGHMANS.