The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-08-04
Improvements I'm lhe Condition of
MOI kfnkm men.

We lately noticed rs au suspicious sign OF pro.
gress Great britain the spectacle lately present
I'd at Brmipg ham, when The whole population
ceisprated the inauguration, by the Queen, of the
Peoples Park and Museum, spieud,d mansion
AID estate purchased Tor purposes Of inteiec tnal
AUD ply sical improvement by the combined re.
apuIces vi The manufacturers and wOI kmeu of that
areat hive Ut mechanical industry, an enterprise
with which, in the language Of London paper.
Iths Queen herself eit priae ia being associated
The same journal pa, 8, that OF late Years The
Norklusnen Of England have learned their own
impoI tancs a BODY, and that section of the
comn.unity has mort largely benefited by the spread
OF eaucai,on, or msdt SUCH rapid advances in In.
tetsesuai progress. " Cali The attea tion of our
own mech nice to the remarkable me- eneot now
making Sy the worhingmen OF England for their
intellectual Improvement, AID to The TACT, stated
by the Lonaon Journal from which Ne ouote
HAT ..tne operatives are no longer hands, bur IN
asiixeut msn, With cultivated minds aud practis.d
rsasou,ns powers, aud employers have ceased TO
DO Nero tack masters. On both sides there ia
csarer perception vi their joiut and several inte
rests Imam prevailed IN the last ssueratioa ar m
speak nioIs correc.iy, there Is n mutual cou..u at
ttnat they have Lnt allu the same lrterestu A
s.Ilkins rssnit ii this iuplosed state Of things
crasas, almost W.. xamlied IN severity, through
winch Engand, as wvli Us this country has lareiy
pas.ed. ane wide .pieaa distress which has fallen
nssyily On misius aud anuiacturiug districts
hss NOT produced the sLghtest distai bance Of the
pub,Ic peacc, IN n rcgon where, thirty years ago.
\ similar Of things would have ied to DANCE
rows r,vIs. The ksgt,sn operatives nave acquired
knowledge enough satisfy them that a war be-
tween capital aud labor must he mutually de-
ST. motive, aud also ~ perceive the true causes of
GsiAu,asy IL Which kiI glasses were involved This
aulees 10 worthy tue attention vi the Capitalists
And mechanics vi America, and ask this former
especially, when they called upon TO contribute
their aid towards Mechanics Institutes TO initiate
the w,se and liberal encouragement given 70 such
enterprises by the Queen ala aobiity Of England,
and TO r. ect whether the Intervals Of all elasses
are not equally advanced by every snsasure which
hss in view the nteIiectusl aud BaorAi eievstiop OF
working ussnf
rhe iendsn Weekly Timts states that the car
z.n,.,s nnd jotsefs VI LondOn gecently held q
~ ..sne q kxsssr lssit, - which u was resolved
- 49, ths nAstss bsldeSs sud other employers
I. - sssAs 70 rsdses Tbs hours 81 lsbos from ten
- - nam day, withoet reducing the existing
- 81 vaxes. fhs Tinss advocates their csuse
ssh sa,ility Ths memorial urges that the Increase
= .svsina1ss spd the intrsductioa Of machinery
rsesise So arrangements and ~ better scu.Ilx..
go q ~ hours VI labor They urge thar the |
AessGas derived from the extensive use Of mach.
n1sy eaxht - bs shared With the working ciss.es.
- ~ nnAe " exercise civiiixing iasus acs ~ |
aGbs1ies soEs leisure to the mAssss 70 promoas
thotf iatsiisesssl, sestsl ssd moral improvement
3he1imss rsco@nsnds rhs workers. in sfl tr.d1.
- oeespssions N Engl4td to joia In II. short
49, psssAsnf, sad ssys Il \ inpesibls % ever
Iohasss ths insrssss Of hsppissss 70 the whols