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in the good opinion of my friends, and on every oc-
casion had the satisfaction of knowing that my pro-
fessional services met the approbation of those who
were capable of appreciating them. Judge then,
Gentlemen, what must be my feelings at this. mo-
ment, when I am called upon to answer to a charge,
which, if substantiated and brought home to me,
Must for ever degrade me, not only in the scale of
society, but debase me as a man. The charge itself
is of a complicated nature—the guilt double—cold
and heartless inhumanity towards those who never
offended against me, together with the monstrous
proposition to an honest mind to become the accom-
plice in crime. Did my reproving conscience but
whisper me that there was the slightest ground for
such an accusation, never should I have dared to
have stood up in the face of so many honourable
men, and attempted to palliate an offence of so dark
a nature ; but hating myself as much as I should
have been justly hated by others, I never again
would have ventured to appear in society. But I
now dare to present myself to you, in the perfect
consciousness of my innocence, and deny most so-
lemnly the base intention that has been imputed to
the letter written by me. I trust I shall be able to
preserve a mind sufficiently clear and unruffled, so to
detail to you the circumstances under which this let-
ter was written, that you may be able to arrive at a
right and fair interpretation of that paper, which has
given such offence. I feel confident that I am ad-
dressing myself to those whose candour will induce
them to listen to me with patience ; whose penetri-
tion of mind will see each fact with clearness, and
whose integrity of spirit will decide in justice.
" In October 1817, I had four soldiers of the 64th
Regiment under my care at Chatham ; they had for
a consider ible length of time been afflicted with
ophthalmia, but were rapidly improving. During a
temporary absence of mine, they were removed from
Chatham, by an order from the present Secretary at
War, and were placed under the care of Sir William
Adams, contrary to the usual rules of the service,
and without the authority of the Commander in
Chief. Remaining under his direction for some
months, they were at length reported as fit for ser-
vice. They were then sentf in consequence of this
report, to the Isle of Wight, on their way to join their
Regiment at Gibraltar, and, on being inspected by
the Medical Officeis there, were found to be unfit for,
service. They were consequently sent to Chatham,
preparatoi y to their appearing before the Chelsea
Board. They arrived at Chatham, on the 11th of
December last; but they were not taken into the
Hospital, as they did not require medical treatment.
On the I‘2.th of feinaaiy, I received a note from Mr.
Reid (the Secretary to the Medical Board), apprising
me that Corporal John Philips and Private John
ryke, of the 64th Regiment, were expected from
Chatham to pass the Chelsea Board. I was after-
wards desired by Dr. Gordon, the Professional As-
sistant to the Medical Board, not to take those men
into the hospital, but to allow them to go before the
Board at Chelsea. 1 was feather instructed to direct
the attention of the Commissioners of Chelsea College'
to the state of the eyes of those men, and to explain
to them the nature of their cases. Thus, you will
perceive, Gentlemen, that those very men had been
patients of mine; that they had, as I humbly con-
ceived, been unfairly removed from under my care,
and placed in the hands of Sir William Adams, an
Annie Practitioner.
." They were likewise the only soldiers that had
been thus abruptly taken from the supetintendance
of the Army Medical Department, and consigned to
the care of another.
" It was then, and has since more than once been
whispered, and insinuated, that this Gentleman had
been able to effect what the Medical Officers of the
Army could not accomplish.
" It was soon afterwards that I wrote the letter
that is now the subject of this prosecution—a private
confidential letter, freely and carelessly written to 0
most intimate friend, with whom I had long corre-
sponded. I had no thought when writing to hint of
disguising a feeling, or of coldly measuring the lan-
guage in which it was expressed.
" I had been taught to think that letters were such
sacred depositaries of a man's thoughts, that they
never were to be violated, except under most impe-
rious circumstances. I have read of letters being
thus intercepted and copied in a case of high treason,
when rebellion was threatening the existence of the
State, and when absolute necessity compelled the
Government to resort to such means to save the
eountry.—But I believe it to be somewhat new in the
annals of jurisprudence, civil or military, that the
mere scribbling of a private note to a friend, in a jo-
cular manner, should be deemed of such importance
that the note should be intercepted and transcribed,
and the writer of it arraigned to answer fur its con-
tents. I had always been led to suppose, that it was
from the guilt or innocence of the mind that the act
itself took its complexion ; but here a jest takes its
station in the criminal code, and a smile itself is made
the subject of prosecution.
" If our private transitory feelings, breathed alone
in the ear 'of friendship, are thus t 4 be dragged to
light, false colouring lent them, and then to be
brought against us as damning proofs of a guilty and
nu-principled mind, I ask where exists the man who
through life has been so coldly guarded in all his
thoughts, words, and actions, as to say that he is safe
from such a charge as is now preferred against me?
No, no one is sate. There is an end at once to all
confidence between man and man, and an utter an-
nihilation to the unrestrained intercourse of friend-
ship. But I inost solemnly, on my word of honour,
do declare, that when I used those words, which have
given such offence, I had no evil thought or wish
upon the subject ; my only feeling, perhaps unguard-
edly expressed, being, that knowing these men did
not requite treatment, I was desirous that Mr. Dease
should not interfere with them, that when they came
up before the Board they might be seen by the Board
in their true light; and that when suffered to con-
duct,themselves as soldiers will do under ordinary
circumstances, it might be evident that they were not
fit for public service, as they had been reported. I
was acting, I conceive, but fairly towards all parties,
isk thus drawing the attention of the Commissioners
of; the Chelsea College to the state of the eyes of those
and it is within his Lordship's knowledge that
oplaStadmic patients hoe been exhibited to him, both
previously and subsequently to their undergoing
surgical treatment by Sir William Adams, more par-

titularly when they had before been under the cure
of Array Surgeoins.
• 44 Andl do as unequivocally and as distinctly dis-
avow, and in terms as strong as language will allow
me, repel the base, unmanly, and inhuman purpose
that has been attributed to me, of coldly and delibe-
rately seeking to injure those, whose afflictions it
was my duty to have relieved, and of insulting my
friend, by asking him to become a participator in
my guilt. If this letter was really interpreted as re-
plete with mischief, and was as abominable and as
malevolent, to use the expressions of Messrs. Powell
and Marshall, of the War-Office, why, I may be
permitted to ask, was it allowed to proceed free on
its destructive errand ? Why were weeks and weeks
suffered to pass away, and no notice taken of it? It
reached its point of destination, and no steps what-
ever were adopted to prevent its baneful influence,
which will be proved in evidence. Lord Palmerston
then, was convinced in his own mind that these was
nothing serious or criminal in the letter, or he could
not have suffered it, I repeat, to have proceeded to
its destination, without giving directions to the Com-
mandant of Hospitals to prevent the mischief which
has been since said to be likely to have accrued from
it. What was its effect upon the man whom lam
charged with intending and endeavouring to persuade
to be guilty of a neglect of duty ? Ile read it in
the very same spirit in which it was written ; he saw,
that from its style, it was never my intention so
grossly to insult him, as seriously to ask him to be-
come a villain. But this you shall hear from his own
lips. You shall likewise hear what construction other
respectable men, long acquainted with me, would
have put upon it, had it been addressed to them.
But had I ever entertained the design that has been
imputed to me, can I be supposed to be so totally
devoid of all sense, as to send a letter with such
a tendency, open and undisguisedly, through the
War-Office—to the very point of all others where
detection was unavoidable, and punishment certain ?
No man would have so acted were he not an absolute
idiot, or from a consciousness that he intended no-
thing serious or criminal. When I was informed,
after the lapse of some weeks, that a letter of mine.
forwarded through the War-Otfice, had excited
great displeasure, I immediately wrote to the Secre•
tary at War, in the most respectful manner, request-
ing to be allowed an opportunity of explaining the
obnoxious passages ; hut no answer whatever was re-
turned to this application. I feel I was undeserving
of such treatment; and anxious to remove any sus-
picion that might attach itself to me, I waited on Sir
11. Torrens, and solicited an investigation into my
conduct. I was referred to the Secretary at War,
from which period nothing transpired till the 11th
of May last; when, upon a motion of Mr. Grant's
for the production of papers relating to the Ophthal-
mic Hospital, the Secretary at War took occasion to
inveigh in the strongest terms against my conduct—
reading to the House garbled extracts from my let-
ter, straining every passage to my disadvantage, and
impressing the House with the idea that I had been
guilty of every thing that was base and dishonour
able. If at that moment it wai the intention of the

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Secretary at War to put me on my trial, was it, I
may ask, either fair or consistent u ith the first and
commonest principle of justice, thus to inilaence
men's minds, and prejudice the world against me ?
And if he did not intend thus publicly arraigning
me, was it, I ask, generous to seek to blast the repu-
tation of a man who had not the power of repelling
the attack that was made upon him? Flom that
moment, both publicly and privately, has my name
been held up to censuie ; in the common journals
my character has been assailed and my cause pre-
judged, and no means allowed me till this moment
of repelling the insinuations that have been thrown
out against me. By the delay that has taken place,
in being permitted to clear my aspersed character,
not only have some of my most serious engagements
of life been blasted, but I have been deprived of the
means of my defence ; General Officers under whom
I have served, and who had expressed their readiness
to conic forward, and bear testimony to my charac-
ter as an Officer and a man, have been obliged to
leavi• the country ; yet still have I the satisfaction of
having their sentiments under their own hands, and
I feel justly proud in being able to lay before you
such letters. I will take the liberty of reading to you
a letter from—"
Ellere Mr. Lindsay offered to read certain letters„
which, however, it was determined by the Court,
should be afterwards given as evidence.]
" Such are the feelings with which I have hitherto
been received in the world by men of worth, integrity
and rank (you will perceive that I here speak on the
supposition that the letters I ‘‘ ish to introduce have
already been read) ; and I trust by your judgment of
this day, I may again be permitted to walk abroad
in society with the same untarnished reputation I
have hitherto enjoyed, and he again restored to the
good opinion of mankind. If it should be thought
that I have been too unguarded in any expressions I
might have used in a private correspondence, I hope
my length of service, the strong testimonies that you
have heard and will hear to my character, what I
have suffered in my mind from anxiety and suspense
since first this matter was brought forward, and more
particularly the absence of all criminal intention, will
plead my excuse, and expiate the error of sending a
private letter through a public channel. In your
hands I now repose what is far dearer to me than
life or fortune—my character. Nothing farther re-
mains to me but to thank you for the patient and
impartial manner in which you have heard me,. and
if, at any time, I have expressed myself too warmly,
attribute it not, I beseech you, to disrespect, but to
the anxious and agitated feelings that, in a moment
like the present, press upon and almost overwhelm
me. On your judgment I securely rest, confident as .1
I am that it will be the result of a candid inquiry,
and founded on the strictest principles of justice."
A number of letters were then put in and read.—
One from Major General Sir Thomas Bradford con-
tained the following expressions :
" I regret very much that my being obliged to leave Eng-
land will prevent my attending the Court Martial, to express
personally what I most readily do here, the high sense I enter-
tain of your professional abilities, and of your conduct as a
Gentleman."
A letter from Sir Lowry. Cole spoke of the defen-
dant in these terms:
" During the four years you were attached as Staff-Surgeon
to the division I commanded in Spain and France, your ictlve
attention to your professional duties, and Gentleman-like con-
duct, claimed my warmest regard and respect; and Ism sorry
Ito understand that you should, from inadvertency, write asy

thing to induce others to suppose you capable of acting contrary
to your character and reputation.'
One from Dr. Kenny, Director-General of Hospi-
tals, in Ireland, described the conduct of Mr. Lindsay
during the time tlat he was on the Irish Establish-
ment, in nearly the same flattering terms ; as did one
from Sir Jam es M'Grigor. A letter from Sir Wni.
Williams certified that Mr. Lindsay had always been
most gentleman-like in his manners, and as an Officer,
he (Sir W. Williams) had had reason to admire hs
humanity, when he was severely wounded at Fuentes
d'llonores, but more especially he had had occasion
to observe his zeal in the attendance which he gave
to the many patients afflicted with the opthalmi a of the
13th Regiment. The following letter was then read
from Colonel Gordon, of the sth Dragoon Guards:
" Birmingham, July 24, 1819.

" Dena T INDSAT-I shall not inquire for what purpose you
are anxious to have ray opinion of your conduct whilst you
se:rved in the .sth Dragoon Guards, and have only to hope, that
the pleasure I feel in giving it may be augmented by hearing it
can render you any service.
" During the time you were in the sth Dragoon Guards, your
conduct as an Officer and a Gentleman met with the highest a-
1 probation from every member of the corps.
" In your situation as Surgeon of the Regiment, I Thel parti-
cular gratification in stating the very general approbation your
unremitting attention to its duties always procured you, and
assure you, I have frequently heard my pliant and much-la-
mentud friend, Sir William Ponsonby, speak in terms of high
commendation of your zeal, humanity, and attention, particu-
larly after the battle of Salamanca, on which occasion he re-
ceived the most gratifying accounts of your exertions.
" I beg to add, that I perfectly recollect, after the battle of
Llerena, where you had a good deal of employment, hearing
'Major-General Le Marchant (who commanded our Brigade)
speak in the most marked and handsome manner, in approbation
at the unremitting attention and feeling you displayed towards
the wounded on that occasion.
" The approbation of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Prescott
(who commanded the Regiment at the time of your conduct,
both public and private, you obtained in the tullest extent.
" Believe me, very sincerely yours, &c.

"To O. Lindsay, Esq. S. S." -
One dated Guernsey, from Major-General BAYL EY,
contained the following expressions:—
" In making you this communication, I cannot omit adding,
that the professional knowledge of this Officer has proved of the
greatest benefit since he has been here, not only to the Military
of the Island, but to all classes suffering under complaints of the
eye, to whom he has been most humane and indefatigaLle in giv-
ins his assistance. I may say, that many people owe the pre-
servation of their sight entirely to him."
Mr. Dease being called, expressed a wish to state
uninterruptedly what he knew of the two men, Phi-
lips and Prke, who were mentioned in the charge
before the Court. In August 1817, he was ordered
to Chatham to examine the eye.; of four men, of the
61th Regiment. and report upon their cases; he did
so, and these four men were placed under the care of
Sir William Adams, at York Hospital ; there they re-
mained for seven or eight months, when Philips and
Pyke were reported as fit to do duty, and o:dered to
join their regiment, while th(s other two were dis-
charged by the Chelsea Board as pensioners. Philips
and l'yke were accordingly sent to their regiment at
the Isle of Wiz) t, but there they were found unfit
for duty, and being invalided were sent to the depot
at Chatham. Upon their arrival at Chatham, he (the
witness) found at Isis 11.2alth-invection that these men
sequired no hoci,itstl treatment, and this wag enrolled
in a book by his Assistant. Ile thou,Ot those proper
cases to be shewn to the Commander-in-Chief, as
they were the first cases taken out of a military Offi-
cer and plated under the care of a civilian (Sir Wil-
liam Adams). Therefore, he drew up a report of those
'cases, and forwarded it to the Army Medical Board.
In consequence of this report, Mr. Lindsay was di-
rected to draw the attention of the Commissioners
of Chelsea College to the state of those men's eyes.
These men were afterwards discharged by the Chel-
sea Board as pensioners. At the time witness de-
cided that these men did not require hospital treat-
ment, and that nothing more could be done for them,
as Sir Wm. Adams had already done all that was
practicable, he had not received the letter alluded to
from Mr. Lindsay. When he did receive it, his con-
struction of it was, that it was meant jocularly—that it
was mere badinage.—Upon being asked by the Court
how he could reconcile what he called the jocular
meaning of the accused with his deliberate arrange-
ments to have the men alluded to so examined by the
Chelsea Board, and to have the business managed
with so much secrecy ? witness answered, that it ap-
peared Mr. Lindsay's object was, that the state of the
men, upon:their arrival in town, should appear in their
true colours; that their arrival should not be known
to Sir William Adams, until they were examined by
the Chelsea Board, as well as shewn to the Comman-
der in Chief and the Secretary at War. If the wit-
ness had conceived Mr. Lindsay's letter to bear the
meaning imputed to it in the charge, he should have
considered it as the greatest insult. The men alluded
to were not under Isis controul at Chatham ; and
therefore they might go about and drink like other
soldiers. But he might have ordered them into the
Hospital. Witness never returned any answer to the
letter alluded to; nor had be, according to his recol-
lection, addressed any letter to Mr. Lindsay since
that was received. The phrase of " a proper vascu-
lar cornea," used in the charge, he considered as a
vulgar cant expression; but Mr. Lindsay's meaning
in this passage he understood to be that the vascular
cornea should be palpable to his Royal Highness the
Commander in Chief and to the f.ecretary at War, in
order that they might see the state of the disease.—
All eyes that had been afflicted with the ophthalmia
were subject to the vascular cornea, or redness, when
any excess was indulged in or cold caught. Me-
dical examiners could see the disease without such
vascularity, but by ordinary observers the disease
would not be discovered without it. Hence he ap-
prehended that Mr. Lindsay's wish was, that the men
alluded to should be brought to town without the
knowledge of Sir W. Adams, who might put them
into the Hospital, where, through two or three days'
confinement and care, the redness would be removed.
In point of fact, Sir William had these men after-
wards so placed in the Hospital, and the vascular cor-
nea was removed before these cases, were exhibited to
'the Commander-in-Chief. Mr. Lindsay's suggestion
of secrecy to him, he understood to proceed from
'his knowledge that he (witness) occasionally corres-
ponded with Sir William Adam's Assistant.
Sir J. M•Grigor, Drs. J. Forbes and Arbuthnot
bore testimony to the character of Mr. Lindsay. Dr.
Forbes also stated that upon seeing the letter from
which the charge was extracted, had been quoted by
Lord Palmerston in the House of Commons, he being
stationed with Dr. Dease at Chatharn, assisted that
Gentleman in looking for original of that letter,
but could not find it.
Colonel Christie, the Commander of the Invalids

at Chatham, bore testimony to the character of ',1,.
Lindsay ; stating also, that a Staff Surgeon
controul over Invalids who were not in Iluspiahad
The defence being closed, and the DEpt:TY Jcnrt
ADVOCATE declining to make any .i"
were excluded, and the Court procee.;cA in !I 6:'d.5
liberation. Its decision is not likely to be m.,kk
lic for a month or five weeks.
This trial appeared to excite consideralA
as the Court was crowded during its contin

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We return this day to the subject of the disttessai
the working classes, particularly in the Manufacturil
Districts ; and we do it with increasing contidme.~
not in the correctness, only, of the principle Vnich
we have beet pressing on the attew ion of the mac
for years, for of its truth a:id efficacy we haveln,
been fully persuaded; but with increasing contidese
in the impression which we have produced by oa
perseverance, and in the final s ktory cf pliy;
and moral truths over the prqf•ssession, piejuiik
and error which has but too long held sway, not (31,
in the minds of the selfish and covetous, but evet
men otherwise well iaformed, and of whore hum.
nity and justice it would be ctucl to entertain even
suspicion.

That, in a manufacturing cornmonity, the first
leading principle which should guide every opera..
is, the maintenance of the workmen, by Nrhuseltho
the fabric is prepared and finished for the marke,.
one would think, self-evident, Were we tut come
by the mi!.ery ~,•c we around us, to admit
fact, that these valuahle labcnn-ers are air. utely
duced to .t state of statvation—a state to ti,
never could have been reduced, had not the his!
mental principle to v,-hich we have alluded taxa
sight of. Therefore, however obvious the princi.
may be to cool and candid minds, dispo,ed to inv.
tigate facts, and open to conviction, having this •
deuce before us of the strong hold which optesi
and, we assert, destructive principles have. obtaiv.
on the public mind, it cannot but prove use
press upon the consideration of all, the evil anal Jls•
surdity of false commercial principles, by tlamis

tenance of which Master Manufacturers are

raged to run as rivals in a race in which the prize
to be won by starving the workmen.
Were any Miller whose physical power (his Ni
stream) for keeping his machinery in motion, v
only equal to the working of one pair of stones,
endeavour to drive two pair with the same pm
need we ask what would be he result ? or well
to divert a part of the power to some other me
would he still expect his mill-stones to grind
same.quantity of corn ? The application is en!,
We may talk as we will of our Machinery ; our r
Mill-stones that grind all our fabrics into form;
the market are our working classes, and the pho
means by which they are kept in motion is the
nance afforded to them, which is the real 11101

power. Reduce this below its proper ratio and
immense machinery of our Commercial and Max
facturing System must eventually cease to trove.
For a time men may blind themselves so ccalplo
as not to see this inevitable result, and this &cal
circumstance which needs only to be put in a Frot
point of view to remove the delusion. Where
employer is permitted, without restraint, to ref:
workmen's wages, even below the amoula rectri
for absolute sustenance, when one man is vim a
(that is, by starvation rendered unable to work,;.ll
finds no difficulty, owing to the present evil s7stel
to hire another to supply his place, and to be an
out in his turn. Now let us substitute horses fore
in our argument, and th'z'a ask, what would bey
result malt were any man to work regularly cut ei!'
horse the labour of sixteen hours a day,
corn only sufficient for six Afarrs sustensuce, becal
forsooth, the price at which he chooses to Eel
work performed by his horse will not afford tso
corn? Every one can "give the answer: the
must die ! and a new one must be found to 41
his place. But here comes the difference, axis
one that greatly concerns the public. The me
that kills his horse by over-labour, must piu
into his own pocket for the money required to IN
another : he cannot go into the next field and tit.
horse tit for his purpose, which has been reverie
expense of other people. But the wicked woad,'
' who kills his man Gil starvation, supplies his pNI
a new one that has been reared at the expc!st i2f
He is, by the prevalence of the present system,
ally made, though he may not have yet perceivd.
' a participator in murder;—or, if the poet f'm
creature does not absolutely die in his liancs, a •
rubber, by sending the dying man to a WOrkl*li'l
bac, fedileiitathaes cixtplevnosuel
do f
boethienrsa: wny hpei crsoh in• s to
o be
twa.,

:o his neighbour's grass-field to
his neighbour's cost.
-king as it must be to every
but a faint picture of the enor-
hich we wish to see rooted up
is Press can and will eventually
en hithertc, for the conveni-
aking of onc employer and one
Lt the effects Foduccd by the
i of whole classes of employers
such deadly poison. We say
stein is so pecvalent, that such

some measure, its enormities,
Ives, whirleki into die common

tic...pi:tors in cruclties %%Inch
freni th is pillow.—Let an
:urer CIIC2 indol!.;e in the idea
rklll.il of theiriist rcccurrerrre
itidet....‘c'.l his nciolliour iii the
tliis id ...a and actually pay

ir their labour than at c neces-
:e ;—let this take place, and his
t the means by which he is un-
e same ril;ht (but neither more
limsell with tcwking animals,
,f the community, as often as
.nds—having the same privi-
murder, he will consider him-
'eJice, a he calls it, to have re.
als to save himself from ruin,
!xpense. Thas the system of
iii wi:;in3: labourers Are made
plenty ; and the whole frame
Is are threatened with subver-

engendered iu the minds of
acts of the most crud injustice.
nt on this part of the subject.
:he counteracting convictions
begun to operate, and which
e a remedy to this part of the
we now labour. Two days
Readers a most sensible letter
anufactarer perfectly accord-
w'oich we have long advo-
.ne additional aid of our con-
al extensive circulation, and a

Crew principles are rapidly
:her proved by another letter
u, and which we copy from
with two accompanying
establish the important fact
Manufacturers are now con-

!rierit is gained by reducing
level ; and not only so, but

Is result from it. The final
now be anticipated with con-
e Press shall continue
e co.rect views on this most

'OR OF THE TINLES.
lui,elf the lamentable extremes to
is and the adjoining Cauntiet have
and also tha extreme misery which
ly acted upon. You will probably
that the distresses which the lower
. so much from a want of employ-
wages that arc paid to them for that
to will be surprized when I tell you
tfaeturers are of opinion, that this
i, unnecessary, and that no good,
i:. That we are labouring under a
el by our excessive over-trading,
of; but you may rest assured that
er extreme folly should have occa-
to the lower classes. lam sorry
- more fully into the subject. If it
ituation of the lower classes in your
t topic cannot now be discussed), I
the information in my power; and,
ince upon the information I shall
to you, that I am, and have for
in the three branches of the cotton
old printing; and I hope I have not
of what has been going forward.
esent state, that the extreme low
me avarice of a few manufacturers,
feeling for their servants, and who,
log any commercial distress, impose
• bui den upon the poor weavers :
reduced the wages, other manufac-
mailc to bear the competition, are
follow them in the reduction. As a
opinion that wages should not be so
t sent you a copy of a Declaration
:table houses in the trade; the mere
which declaration prevented a still
This declaration will convince you,
which I can now say, what ought
wish, that you may think it proper
Paper, in recommending to the
urrence in the advance of the wages of
.o avert thereby an evil which we may
: seriously to feel and regret.
haste, your very obedient servant,
C. S."
" June 16, 1519.
Calico Manufacturers, sincerely regret
riled to reduce the wages of the Wea-
and are exceedingly sorry to learn that
been made by some Manufacturers,
eavers, and the detriment of those
t wages; and nee do declare, that it
tendon to pay car present rates, aid to
the state of the trade will permit.
. CHEM.:WAY, Blackburn.
ITCOINSON, Bury.
mitt and Gtovret, Blackburn.
tows: and Co Preston.
UNNEV. and SONS, Blackburn.
James ROSTRON, Edenfteld.
Haslingden.
:ZASDALE and Soes, Bury.
d SHORROCK, I)arwen.
lEtenstas, ::.nd Co, Bury.
ROSTRON, Holcombe.
a and Baternzas,Bury.
mon, PEDDLK, and HOTHIRMLL, Preston.
-.s, Blackburn."
, approve of the above declaration, and
system of paying such extremely low
:bour is injurious to the tradeat large.
(Signed)
Thomas Peel and Brothers
Hargreaves and I'ugdalu
4-others Fort, Brothers, and Co.
Charles Swainson and Co.
Holt,Wilkinson,and Gartside
'ton B. E. and J. Wilson
s Thomson, Chippindall, and Co.
John Lome and Co.
I. K. Geill and Co.
A. T. S. Potter
Robert Turner, jun. and Co.
Simpson, Fox, and Co."
:0-printers, who are the principal pur-

ewor .-- •
hose into his
• rrt.tit 1;s strength at his n(
11.1 i) statement. shocking
lit nit c 1 present., but .J
,sate sy•tern which
(‘
io %%Inca r.ic p (Nit; l're.
~:up. NVe have been h
cum s:eaki,nl
• But look at tue
operation of ‘‘-
..1. field producint,,, such
k ' •-• for ti:..ti:..syst:m
ryi,031,.; a, st:r.t..
• ~,j••• of themselves,
,
, and :nude pa: t
dtive slecp Ire:
Manufacturer
er,al led to under
•—let him act upon L
,
.• ... linnet pities fur tnc
.:,ven for sustenance ;—I
tail 01 soon discov it the ;
and Irt...ing th,2san-.
.:) to stypli hintsel
at 11:t.• Coreit-e of tlic
or want fre,h hands—
• tomotenetsrl tenets
in/ , tint!
in .41/-t/eyeirce,
Me same merits tc
at as hose expel)!
.Js itself, till w
midst of plet
~.•titutions are
. • s.i..coutents eng,
h) acts c
,•7. :it I'.-CWllt 011
.• f,;,lists the c
a have I.h.gu
•'‘• • to,. ice a rl
. • •e: +.•••:.i,:11 we
•
on.; item
. • •., • Ma:m.l;l
• wu
the ac
. ;LI,: an ext
That the)
•••• tartaer
wail sul.j iu, ar
murinn:!„
Lc) estal
•,•.n l)erietit
~es below level
It: ;ball re,
uniph :nay now
'ence. cs et:L:l;y i; tl)e
tot r.i, 51i lan ci;(,::ate COt
pi :
TO TUE EDITOR
-4:—l r• pcet with yourself
-.lthe lore: slassss in this line
t,4 by the Reformists, and al
tes-liugs so easily acts
;:sLaware as myself, thet tl
.dour under are not so to
;a font the very low wage.s
lent ; hut perhapi you will
reaotenths of the i‘latitifactui
bei.ction of wages is or
zuch evil, results from it. TI
.. ay distress, occasioned by
re but too wall aware of; bu
: is no necessity that our exts
'seep severe suffering to lb,
I hr.: not time to enter more
with to trace the situatim
(and a more importmt topic
at any time give you all the in
you may lc some reliance
you, I will now state to yo
ty years, been engaged in the
pinning, weaving, and pri
an inattentive ohsi reer of wh
I will timely for the present
are occasioned by the arm
KTM quite destitute of feeling
spun expeciencitig am
sr: unequal share of the but de
allow men have once reduce
finding themselves unable
•irued, reluctantly, to follow
that it is the general opinion
really reduced, I have sent )
,1 by the most respectable h
cf tots preparing of which
• . redaction of wages. This
than any thing farther which
lure; 'and much do I wish,
:asp a portion of your Pape
a general concurrence
;thr .....savers, and to avert tl
Nair have hereafter seriously
I are, Sir, in great haste, you.
" Preston, July .49.
(Copy.)
'r. the undersigned Calico
• we have been compelled to r
• to ;he present prices, and are
further reduction has been
• c treat injury of the Weaver.
wish to pay the present wags
th interest and intention
:he same as soon as the s
" Mantle and G
JAME% DUTCIIINSI
Dc I.• PRYIKE aI
.loin SWAIWSON a
ROBERT TURNER
10111 ar.d JAMES
J. Ilovcs, flask
HICRAID TEASDA
aksurcsa and him
1101VAILTH, IlAkl
.1011 N ROSTRON,
W. GRANT and
FLEETWOOD, PED
W. FtEcncs, B 1;
Te, the undersigned, approl
•isionten, that the system
s for inanufacturinz labour i.
(.Sig
Ilreenway and Potter
ma, Sandifi et
'try Tialding aal Erothers
Bat kern at. 4 CO.
noel :dada), in I Son
^tam :me Thos. Anderton
i • tterwsrih and Brookes
ddisli, 1:; oohs, alld Cu.
'0,114, k and Son
Lrael Burtim and Sons
•ri and Cullini;woeth
'
'we are Calico-printer
of Calkoes.