The Sun.
London, England, 1817-11-26 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL JOURNALS.

We have resumed our Extracts from The Leicester
JGarnal and Midland Counties General 4dcertiser
of the 21st instant, conceiving that the following
Letter, though addressed to a particular body of
men, is equally applicable to others of a similar
description, wino may he misled by their own
Passions, or the artful incitements of seditious mal-
contents. We hope, however, that the conduct
of lite EMPLOYERSIiaS been misrepresented, or,
exAggerated, though it may indeed
be inferred, from the advantage of local knowledge
which the Editor of the respectable Journal,
Nylitinee the Letter is taken, must possess, that he
would-.l4ardly have inserted it unless it bad some
froutrlaliwn.

TO THE FRAME-WORK KNITTERS OF. THE TOWN
AND COUNTY OF LEICESTER.
• Fer.cow WORKNIEN,-The sufferings you have
undergone in consequence of the spirit manifested
by some of your Employers, must have made such
a powerful impression upon your, minds as will
not be easily eradicated ;•they are too fresh upon
yotir recollection to snake it necessary for us to
recite them :—we need not tell you, that previous
to the late exertions, though you laboured 16 or
18 hours per day, your only inheritance was the
istueliings of hunger, and to hear the cries of
your Children for Bread. It is to your honour,
that you bore your suffetings, during this painful
retiod, without violating the Laws of your coun-
try ; and thank Eleavvn• for those generous
friends, who viewed with pity your wretched si-
tuation, and who have, by their noble exertions,
-alleviated your miseries. To prevent a recurrence
of •your calainities.ought to be thc.object of your
.greatest solicitude ; to prevent an evil front over-
taking you, will he far better than the most sue-
.Ctiful exertions to get s-eit of it :—some of your
Employers, forgetting the shame attached to their
former conduct, ate again eudeavouring to bind
.upon you the most cruel yoke of bondage ; al-
ready have they thrown a considerable number of
'hands out of employment, because they will not
submit to a reduction of wages :—and we are
•sorry to say, that some houses have succeeded
in :educing the wages of their Workmen to an
•.alarining extent, while they openly declare, that
'they shall not keep them at work a moment after
atteir Olders are completed. This novel system
in the Hosiery Trade will be continually throw-
ing hands out of employment, and consequently
.plunging them into distress. As you thus see
that these houses conduct their business upon
.the must selfish and unfeeling principles,, it be-
hoves Ott to use every Legal and Constitutional
Means to counteract their mischievous tendency :
• your Opponents amongst the Hosiers are
_daily
iiirreaing, one of your otos' powerful Advocates
has placed himself foremost in the ranks of your
• enemies ; not only has he reduced the wages of
his workmen—hut he has also raised the rest of
his Frames !--another, who made himself con-
, spicoous by a pompous advertisement, respecting
tThrking a handsome advance on Stocking Makers'
Wages, was the very first Hosier who set aside
.• the statement. To support the hands out of etn-
- ployment, in such circumstances, would be such
• an heavy expellee upon the Public, that could not
-be borne ; and-if it could would be of no avail—
you have, therefore, np alternative, hut to sutler
- every privation, or become your own manutac-
turers ; to the latter roposition you will readily
accede, and it remains with you to determine,
• whether you will manufacture in separate socie-
ties, or make it one public concern, as your welfare
and prosperity is ietimately coenected with your
decision upon this point. By manufacturing se-
parately you will encounter a number of difficul-
ties which you may otherwise avoid; you must be
aware that you cannot purchase your unwrottght
materials at so cheap a rate with a small quantity
of money as von can with a larger, besides, hay-
• lug a considerable number of persons to conduct
your business, when one or two would be suffi-
cient, would be a double expense i it is very pro-
• bible also, that one society would be underselling
Another, which would lower
,the price of the ar-
ticle. By making it one general concern your
capital might be employed to the best advantage,
your business conducted with less expense and tar
better ; and iesteml of undeiselling each other,
you would be able to render each other an essential
service, as it might happen that a considerable
nrenher of hands would he out of employ-
ment in one society, while there would not
be any -out of employment in the other
sociuites, in
.which case, if the funds were
united together, that society which was in distress
would be easily supported. To have a warehous4
established by your own subscriptions, to go to
for employment when you are in distress fa; want
of-it, must he a source of the greatest consola-
tion, it will relieve you from those corroding
and anxious tears which have tormented your
laeoon; you will be able to look upon your off-
spring tvith satisfaction and joy, knowing that
• you will be able by your own industry to provide
fur their necessities ; you will follow your occu-
pation with cheerfulness, as you Will be certain
of receiving the reward of your labour ; nor
would the present generation only rejoice io'an
institution like this, but it would confer blessings
upon thousands yet unborn. You cannot stiffer
as a body without causing others to suffer also, so
your prosperity will diffuse general happiness and
• prosperity arbund you.. There are some of the
hosiers, and we would hope a considerable num-
ber, who possess the feelings of humanity, and
would willingly give a fair price for their work,
' and who would be happy to see that comfort and
contentment were the constant inmates of the
poor man's dwelling ;71et such hosiers have the
first privilege of purchasing your goods, that they
may have-no cause of complaint against you. We
would enjoin import you a continuance of that
peaceable conduct and submission to.the laws,
which has hitherto marked your conduct, and
hope you will look on unto that kind Providence
who always hears the cries of the oppressed, and
who will in the hour of distress taise you up

merans and Powerful friends to succour and sup-

Port you.
N. R.—lt is intended sliortly to publish a list
of the prices given, with the names of both mas-
ter artd workman.
THOMAS ROWLETT, ChaCrnaan.

THEATRICAL REGISTER.
Performed Last Night.
THEATRE RoTAL, DRCTRY-LANE.—The Deprave Opera: Cap-
tain Macheath, Mr. T. Cooke ; Polly, Miss Byrne. After
which, The Falls of Clyde. .
THEATRE ROYAL, CovENT-GAnnEN.---The Cabinet.: Prince
Orlando, Mr. Brabant ; Floretta, Miss -Stephens. After
whielt, The Father and his Children.

MAILS.

ARRIVED-1. Malta, 1 Guerniey and Jersey, 1 Waterford.
DuE—l France, 1 Lisbon, I Gottcuburgh, 1 Holland, 1 Haw-
burgh, 1 Dublin, I Wat,Tford.

STOCKS

Bank L. Ann. 20 13-Ifalis 21
Indis Stock, 24f
India Bonds... ‘...985. 995. pr.
Ezell: 13i115.. . 10s. 365. pr.
Gins.. fur 0pening........641
EYTON, Stock-Broker,
rnhill, and Lonibard-street.