The Sun.
London, England, 1826-09-29 00:00:00

DIST itXstr) LE" TER PRESS-PRINTERS.
APPE
-T
AL to the E. BLlC'from the LETTER-
PRE ,SS PRINTERS of the METROPOLIS.—At a time
when so w Any appeals are made to the benevolence of the Public
by bodies more nurfierous and perhaps more important, though
certainly r sot, individually, more distressed,—great reluctance is
felt by th e Committee acting for the Journeymen Printers of the
Metropoli .s in soliciting for their unemployed and destitute fellow-
-workmen any portion of the Public sympathy. It is not the wish,
<neither would it be the province, of this Committee, to advert to
, the caw as which have led to the present embarrassments of trade;
. they Nv' ill, however, take leave to state, that on no branch of indus-
try hat s the pressure, of the times fallen with greater severity than
•on the, Printing Business. Every effort has been made, and is
now making, 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
tits pressing and increasing demands, they are constrained, un-
willingly, to adopt this their only resource, of laying their Dis-
'tresses before a humane Public, and of supplicating its generous
Aid.; 'without which, numbers of their moat deserving Brethren
runiSt endure, it is feared for months, all the evils which poverty
teanyossibly 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 on general sympathy stronger than that of urgent dis-
tress. They venture, however, to appeal to the patriotic feelings
of their Countrymen—to such as consider the Press a powerful
< engine, not merely in the diffusion of Knowledge, and advance-
neut of Science, but also in the 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 unfortunately are com-
pelled to implore their succour.
11'o the Literary portion of the Public they wish particularly to
<address themselves, with becoming huzility, in this their season
'of adversity ; most of whom are dlesbtless aware, that for some
;tin: after the introduction of the Art, the profession of a Printer
was as illustrious as it was profitable ; but whether from the in-
:roads made by Machinery,---the general diffusion of Education,
which renders learning no mark of distinetion,—or, from whatevir
other cause,—certain it ia; the operative Printer is'net at all supe-
rior, in point of remuneration, to that of the commonest handicraft
workman. They eoeEdently cherish the hope, however, their
claims to protection, will still be recognised by the lovers of Lite-
rature, and that the humble instruments of ushering into the world
the production* of Genius and Learning, will not be suffered to
perish without assistance.
The Committee cannot omit to notice, in terms of pride and
thankful's," the liberal donation which has been sent to a Sub-
ncriptinanow raising in Bristol and its neighbourhood for the Dis-
tressed Printers, by a celebrated Female, an ornament to her sex,
' sold to the Literature of the Country--most serviceable will it
prove to the objects of her bounty--,more valuable as an example
4r imitation.
The Committee gratefully announce the following Donations
and Subscriptions received arnee their last 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 bring no prospect at present of the least im-
provement in Tiede..

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Committee-Room,
Three Herrings, 'Bell-yard, Temple-bar, Sept. 28, 1826.
Amount already advertised - £l,OBO 16 9id.
Two Weeks'. Suk,scriptions from Composi- •
. tors and. Pressmen (in employ) in the
Metropolis, - - - 72 2 3
.£ s. d. .e. 1. d.
Messrs. A. Wiltron and Mr. Noble, Booksel-
Sons, Type,found- ler, ditto
are, e
Glavii.ow 21 0 0 Per Messrs. Cowie & Strange.
Messrs. Gv., & Balnel 0 0 0 Miss Holes, No. 18,
The Rev': 0. Town- Regency - square,
send, of Durham Brighton
and . Northallerton 5 0 0 W. C. Walker 0 5 0
• The rAtev. 11. J. Todd, Per Mr. J. H. Af-
F tector of Settring- fleck, on behalf of
ton, Y0rk......... 5 0 0 the Trade at New-
.:J. Murcott, Esq. War- castle-upon-Tyne :
wick-square
Messrs. Smith, Son, Dent
and Co. Borough 2 0 0 Compositors & Press-
. Mr. Ruffy, Budge Row, men in employ of
(2d Donation) ... 1 0 0 ditto
Mr. Coachman, Throg- Edw. Walker, Esq
morton-street 2 0 0 Courant Office .... 2 0 0
Mr. W. Law 1 0 0 Compositors & Press-
Mr. T. Payne, Morn- inen in employ of
ing Post 1 1 0 ditto
Journeymen in the CM- Compositors & Press-
employ of Mr. Tho- men of the Tyne
rogood,type-founder 1 0 0 Mercury Ol9 0
Mr. Roberts, Duke of Messrs. T. and J
Wellington, Shore- Hodgson, Chroni-
.diteh ... . ........... 1 0 0 cle Office
P. T. W. per Mr. J. Compositors & Press-
Limbird, Mirror men in employ of
• Office, ,-,itraad 1 1 0 ditto
U. 11; iskivtnarket, per Mr. Marshall's Office 0 5 6
Mr. Fenwick OlO 0 Mr. Boag's ditto Ol2 6
C. Lambert, George, Mr. Stephenson,
((2d Donation) .... 0 'lO 0 Gateshead
A, few Members of the Mr. John Downie,
' c,
Foremen Tailors' Newcastle
Club, held at the Mr. James Finlay,
Queen's Arms Ta-
bookseller
I 1 0
Mr. John Sykes, do. 0 2 6 vern, St. James's-
street • .0 12 0 Mr.Akenhead's Office 0 3 0
Mr. Aldis
.c. M.
J. Thompson 0 7 6 Messrs. Preston and
A Friend
Wm. Coster .
Printers of Derby, per Mr. Edgar, do. . O2 6
Mr. Aukland
A Country Composi- Mr. John Annandale,
for .. .
Mr. W. Alinihull, Printer and Pro-
Mr. Emerson Charn-
prietor of the Lan-
Mr:l • ley,.Gar Booksellerre Garrett......
t .....
....
01
51
00,
caster Gazette
Printers in employ of Messrs.Swinbornaand ditto
Anonymous, from 1 0
Subscription ....•• 1
Kirby Lonadale (F. Office do.
It ) ................ 1 0 0 Mr. Chaplin, do.
Mr. R. Deck, :Printer, Office do.
rpswich ............ 1 0 0 Gazette Office, do 0 5 0
Journeymen Printers Mr. Hooper, do O2 0
of Nottingham (4th ' Per Messrs. Switiborne and
Donation) ....... ... 1 0 0 Walter.
t oinposi tors of the
Advertiser & con- Rev. W. Marsh 1 0 0
W. Keymer, Esq.
rier Offiteit, non-
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1.7 Captain Dickens O5 0
Compositors of the 6 Mr. J. Taylor
JournalOffice,Lon- Rev. P. Baylis
donderr Rev. Edward Crosse 0 10 6
y
Rev. It. 11.8. Smith 0 5 0
The Proprietors of the
RockinghamOffice, Res ,
Hull
1 0 11Al.r.i1.1."..2:41:1.1;711. ... .... :....... °CO
522 6°6
Do. Advertiser Office, 1
Hull
... ..
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0 2 0
Journeymen Printers
of ditto ..... ,
Mr. J. Hutchinson, Miss Hedge, per Mr.
ditto ..... .0 7 6 Luff ............... 010 0 Mr. T. Topping, do. 05 0 Miss Freeman, d 0.... 02 6
s
Mr. J. Jubb, ditto... 0 0 Mr. T. Luff, de. ... o 5 0
Messrs. Lesberry and Mr. N. Taylor, per.
8014110 P, BOA-' Mr. Mattacks O2 0
binders, ditto O5 0 Mr. Armsteed, d 0.... 01 0
Subscriptions will be gratefully received by' the Committee, who
attend every ,Monday and Tuesday Evenings for that special pur-
pose, at thenree lierringh, Bell-yard, Temple Bar, where they
will he happy to give every information, and where their Accounts
and System of Management will be open to the inspection of those
benevolent individuals who may feel disposed to aid their cause.
' Subscriptions will also be received at the following place/ :
Messrs. Cowie and Strange, 60, Paternoster-row, and 24, Fetter-
line ; Messrs. Shaw and Sone, Printers, 137, Vetter-lane, Fleet-
Street; Mr. Hetherington, Poplar Encyclopaedia Office, 30,
Xingsgate-etreet, Holborn; Mr. Wharton, Bookseller, Walworth-
road,near the Montpelier Gardens ; Mr. Monkhonse, Grove House
Tavern, Camberwell ; Mr. Thomson, 109, Fetter-lane ; Mr. J.
I:4gri, Flageolet Maker, 75, Parsons-street, Ratcliff-highway ;
‘4l'. .1. Cable, Iron Founder and Stove Ovate Manufacturer, Ray.
tirset ; Clerkenwell ; Mr. Hart, Iron Founder, Wych-street, Drury-
lseeg, ';
Horse Shoe and Star, St. Dunstan's, Fleet street ; and by
7* l't,°Prietora of all Country Newspapers.