The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-09-06 00:00:00

INTERCEPTED LB.TTER !

A certain London paper has for some time been delighting
its erudite readers with extracts of letters written by certain
tubordinate agents of Don Pedro, or Don Miguel (it matters
not which,) and their emissaries in this country. In point Of
diction these letters arc curious enough; but neither in diction,
nor in point of information are they at all equal to the very
elegant epistle which has found its way into our hands. Our
letter we admit is not written on Bath post, rose scented, and
gilt edged, fur, in good faith, it savours of baying been in some
pothouse broil, and smells rank of porter and tobacco. It is ne-
vertheless a sensible letter, and worthy of these enlightened
times. Here it is ;--

" Kirkdale Jail 11 Septr 1833.

"Gentlemen Brothers

" frite to you from this beautiful place to congratulate you on
your great success in the Union and to tell you that you have
many friends heer. Jack Thomas who coined heer a few days
ago brought some of the placards with him and they are so Mo-
dest and the frazeologey is so Temperate that we have clubbed
20s to support the Union which we have got in a One Pound
Note so as it may be got out safe. We are hall glad to hear
that You are so sanguinary of your purpose, for you have nothing
to do'but to stick out firm till next summer and you are sure
to beat employers.
It is a grate pity the public bodies and all the gentlemen wont
help us. Confound em, they are a set of asses. But we'll
teach them better before long. As one of our cirkulars tould
them "they are hily culpable and deserving of being ceverely
chastised." 'What bizuess Has any gentleman to know how
much is work was to cost him ? If we allow them fellows to
know too much we shall be obligated to work again, and that's
what none of us intends You knows, and no man has a rite to
Work and be the slave of another man. Is not all men Hequal,
as Tom Paine says? Is there not men in our Union as Clever
and Telligent as any of them fellows what Wants to control us ?
Stick to the union I say, there's nothing Like union. It is
the only way to get our beds and traps out of the hands of the
Rascally pawnbrokers, and compel a Hignorant Public not To
bild at all. Stick to It I say! The parish will Be like to keep
us, and the hoyerseers have sent a great many slupes to pen-
man Mower to fetch stones for us to break next winter, so we
shan't want work.

I wishes You'd Take care that this Money does not get spent
in heavy Wet. There's one or two of the Committee does no-
thing but swagger, and drink all day, and if they gets bacco
that's all they Care for, for they don't mind whether any of the
junior brothers gets anything or Not, so as they gets plenty of
swig.
This here is a very pleasant place, and we are very happy
grinding our Own corn, what they make the skilligalee off, only
Mr. Ainas is Tighter than master was, but any thing For mee
rather than submit to work and be trampled upon like a slave
in Swizierland. But as the Manchester lads tould the Master
joiners, " we wont be sattisfied as afore with a barren victory."
Every boil:1y here says that The plasterers are a sett of Dungs,
that there placards and letters were not half spirited enough;
but they'll pay for it if the masons get the Day. We'll sus-
pend them chaps and shelf them for 12 mouths, as we did their
Too masters at Manchester. lam
Gentlemen brothers
of Lodge No 1 District 2
yours always at command
(Signed) Bob Cox.
Noto Beney
I wish you'd till our Nelly to heave a loaf over the
wall tomorrow with a Tickett stuck in it for mee. Heave it
over that wall next the river, and jist tell Foord to strike my
name off the Prowl as I think I shant pay no more to the
union when I gets bout.