| Content Description | Refers to a meeting called by the butchers for 'mechanics' in the dock, which might, they suggest, have restored peace; however, the butchers destroyed the chance to restore 'Tranquility' as only one of them turned up and told 60 labourers that the butchers needed several weeks to sell off their stock; labourers ask why the butchers mock them in this manner and suggest they 'Consider the awful Period!' [the recent riots]; they warn that the butchers should consider their personal safety and property as well as the public peace and the suffering of the poor; suggests that they relieve the plight of the poor by lowering the price of meat and flour; they warn 'Let us see what TUESDAY will do', and advise the butchers to follow the good example of Dartmouth.
Bill ends by saying it is on the behalf of the 'Artificers, Workmen and Labourers of the Dock Yard' and lists their names.
Originally enclosed with Pl C 52/169. |