The Sun.
London, England, 1826-10-11 00:00:00

APPEAL to the PUBLIC from the LETTER-
PRESS PRINTERS of the METROPOLIS.—At a time
'ben so many appeals eriepade to the benevolence of the Public
by bodies mote numerous and perhaps more important, though
iertainly not, individually, more distressed,-4reat reluctance is
felt by the Committee acting for•the Journeymen Printers of the
Metropolis in ioliciting for their unemployed and destitute fellow-
workmen any portion of the.Pnblic sympathy. 'lt is not the wish,
Prither would it be the province, of this Committee, to advert to
the causes which have led to the present embarrassments of trade;
they will, however, take leave to state, that on no branch of indus-
try has the pressure of the times fallen with greater severity than
on the Printing Business. Every effort has been made, and is
slow snaking, by the Journeymen• in employment, both in Town
and Country, to lessen the calamity which has befallen their Bre-
thren, by a Weekly Subscription out of their scanty earnings;
but the amount thus collected, proving so very inadequate to meet
the pressing and increasing demands, they are constrained, uri
‘villinlYi to adopt this. their only resource; of laying their Die-
'Teases before a hu:naue Public, and of supplicating. its generous
' aid ; Without Which, nurithers of their 'most deserving Brethren
past endure, it is feared for mouths, all the evils which poverty
can possibly inflict.
Although this Appeal is addressed to the Public at large, in the
hope that some individuals, from motives of humanity, will step
forward to their assistance, the Journeymen Printers are conscious
of no claim ou general sympathy stronger than that of urgent dis-
tress. They venture, however, to appeal to the patriotic feelingS
of their Countrymen:—to such its consider the Press a powerful
engine, not merely in the diffiSsiou of Knowledge, and advance-
ment of Science, hut also iithhe 'preservation of Public Liberty--
that they will allow those feelings to operate in favour of the Men
Who minister in its service, and who now unfortunakiy are coin,
pelled to implore their succour.
To the Literary portion of the Public they wish particularly to
address themselves, with becoming humility, in this their season
of adversity ; most of whom are doubtless aware, that for some
time after the introduction of the Art, the profession of a Printer
was as illustrious as it was profitable; but whether front the in-,
roads made by Nlachinery,—the general .diffusion of Education,
which readers learning no mark of distinction,—or from whatever
ether .cause,--eertain it is, the operative Printer is net at all cope-
mar, in,point •of remuneration, to that of the commonest handicraft
workman, They 000fidently cherish the hope, however, their
claims M protection will still be'reeognizeil by the lovers of Lite-
rature, and 'that the humble instruments of ushering into the world
ihe productions of Genius and Learning, will not be suffered to
perish Withourassistance.
The Committee cannot omit to notice, in terms of pride and
thankftilness, the liberal donation which has been sent to a Sub-
scription now raising in Bristol and its neighbourhood for the Dis-
tressed Printers, by a celebrated Female, an ornament to her sex,
and to the Literature 'of the Country—most serviceable will it
prove to the objects of her bounty—more valuable as an example
for imitation.
The Committee gratefully announce the following Donations
and Subscriptions received since their list Advertisement. They
regret the necessity of again most urgently soliciting the assistance
of the Public, the number of distressed Applicants remaining un-
diminished, and there being no prospect at present of the least im-
Proveinent in Trade. •

At a Meeting of the Trade at the Crown Tavern, on Wednes-
day') the 27th September, to receive the Report of the Committee,
the following, among other Resolutions, were unanimously passed :
" Resolved, That the Thanks of the Meeting be given to the
Proprietors and Editors of .the Town and Country Newspapers, for
their gratuitous insertion of the Appeal and Advertisements; and
for their generous and powerful recommendations to the Public of
the claims of our distressed Brethren.

" Resolved, That the very cordial Thank, of the Meeting be
conveyed to our Brethren in the Country, for their strenuous and
efficient exertions in furthering the humane object of the Subscrip-
tion."

The Committee, in returning their sincere acknowledgment!
for the following Donations and Subscriptions received during the
last Two Weeks, most respectfully beg-to state, that the number
of 'Applicants, during the above period, have considerably in-
creased, And that they shall be unable, without the continued
liberal assistance of
.the Public, to afford that relief which the
wants of so great a portion of their profession, added to
proaching dreary season, oo urgently crave.

Committee-Room,
Three Herrings, Bell-yard, Ten
' 'Amount already advertised
Two Weeks' Subscriptions
tors and Pressmen (in
Metropolis

iple-bar, Oct. 10, 1826.
- £1,257 16 6FI.
from Composk •
mploy) in the

- - 41 I I 6
Mr. T. Thompson, £. s. (I.
Nit' C. Forbes, Bait Proprietor of the
1/I.P. per- 11Ir. Leicester Chronicle 1 0 0
M‘Millan ........ 10 0 0 Journeymen Printers
Mr. Mittillan (Id do. ) 1 0 0 of Nottingham (sth
Charles Baldwin, Es 2 10 0
donation)
Bridge-at. (1.
Black- Ditto Sheffield (7th
friars., ........... 30 0 0 ; donation)
Apprentices at Mr. Truro, Cornwall :
Baldwinle,for Coin .-
Mr. J. Caithew 1 0 0
positors ......... ... I 0 0 Mr. T. R. Gillett
Mr. Whiting 51. and Mrs Heard 0 10 6
Messrs,Messrs,Whiting Mr.. Polyblank • •(I '7 6
~,, and Winston, 51. 10 n o Mr. J. Brokenshire 0 5 0
ti• Woadfall, Esq. ... 4 0 0 Mr. J. Pearce, Fat
The Book Committee, mouth
Conference Office, Mr. J. Ellis, ditto 0 2 6
City-road, per T. 02 6
Cordeaux .... A Friend
..... 1010 o D. Catrlyon 0 5 0
Dlr. G. H. Davidson, E. Edwards
Ireland-yard 1 0 0 Journeymen Printers
Mr, J. Matobeton(2.ti on the West Britoilo 15 0
xirtial'ati b„")
ulforti ....... 1 0 0 Apprentices on ditto 0
'"v. •5 0
„, . J.
...... 0• 5 0 Journeymen on the;:'
W. per Mr. Warne 1 0 0 Cornwall Gazette 0, 10 0
WW.
J. Povali, Red Apprentices on ditto • 0 3 0
.
tl.l.kon-atreet ......... 1 I 0 Apprentices at Mr. 0 7 6
martin, Esq. Bei- Carthew's
gate, per the Ex- Apprentices at Mr
0 2 6
pe4r4'iller ............ - 1 0 0 Polyblank's
tlis Committee for Con- Sundry small donations 0 10 6
ducting it Benefit at the Co- Per Messrs. Shaw.
burg Theatre:-..-
1,,. Plymouth, Devonport
pTeefds of the House 45 Iti 0 and Stonehouse :
-.nor of the Sun, Pet Subscriptions from
lin.t; ”. G. Smith 2 2 0 Employers l5 3 6
Theatrege,'Cobug Ditto Friends 0 14 0
Ai.. ~. ... . ... .... 1 1 0 Ditto Journeymen •3•19 . 0
%Nacholls, printer, Ditto Apprentices .• • 2 11 °
e. 44.
Air. ,o 4 court ..... 1 I• 0 Per Messrs. Cowie and Strange.
t. ,7a,be. (2d d.„,) 0 10 0 John Wilson Croker,
Air. Exeter Exeter ......... 0 2 6 N. M.P 5 0 0
r• Hurrild, miler- A. B 0 2 6
Dakar (24 don.)., 1
Mr T . . " 0 Per Mr. Phillips.
• awl, ihtto ditto 0 10 0 J. F. ....ti ' 0 5 0
Mr. Hamblin, tivigair ...,.
Loaf-rourt,garlick. X. 'Y. z.
hill ....... .
.......... 6 1-0 6 Mr. Wirition, Parnham 1 0 0
Air. Whittaker
TheJournernen Prin- Per Mr. Limbird.
tern of Bristol, per :Alr• T. V. Hall, prin-
tez)Mktidstox
• Mr. W. Fry (2d 6 0 0 Mr.Bl A.San'sittin'"l°.:.e.d.f.).. ..
donation)
Clunnicle Office,Wolf Journeymen aud Ap-
verhampton . 3O 0 prentices .of the
Journeymen and Ap- Maidstone Journal llll,l Gazette Offieeti 30 0
Prentice, of the
_Cheater Courant.., 2 0 0 Journeymen Printers
A. B. Esq. Chester, • of Rochester, Chat-
per Mr. Pullen ... 010 0 ham, and Strood llB 6
Subscriptions will be gratefully received by the Committee, who
attend every Monday and Tuesday Evenings for that special pur-
Po,aes at the Three herrings, Bell-yard, Temple Bar, where they
WIN be happy to give every information, and where their Accounts
sell System of Management will be open to the inspection of thou)
bynevolent individuals who may feel dialysed to aid their cause.
.Subseriptiona will also be received at the following places:._..
lessee. Cowie and Strange, 60, Paternoster-row, and 24, Fetter-
"lll Messrs. Shaw and Sons, Printers, 137, Fetter-lane, Fleet.
tt,r.yet Hetherington, Popular Eneycloptedia Office, 30,
!!"angsgate-street,Holborn ; Mr, Wharton, Bookseller, WalwortlaL
Tati,near the Montpelier Gardena ; Mr. Monkhouse, Grove House
bi,vern, Camberw ell ;: Mr. Thomson, 109, Fetter-lane ; Mr. J.
ir'ggv, Flageolet Maker,- 75, Parsons-steeet, Itatelitf-highway ;
street'r Cable, Iron Founder and Stove Gette Manufacturer, Ray-
, Clerkenwell ; Mr. Hart,- Iron Founder, Wych-street, Drury-
tna ; Roes* Shoe and Star, St. Dunstan's, Fleet-street ; and by
13roptietors of all Gauntly Newspapers.
Bele" All Letters addressed to Mr. R. ..lones, Three Herrings,
141d* Will bit thoukfully ieceived and punctuttlly attended to..

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