102 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1818. [Aug. 



grave is often the welcome asylum 

 of his woes. His children ! — but 

 let us draw a veil over the scene, 

 our streets exhibit their cadave- 

 ous and decrepit forms, and any 

 attempt to describe them would 

 be impossible. 



" Let it not be understood 

 that we attach blame to our 

 employers as applied to these 

 calamities ; they are, perhaps, in- 

 separable from the very nature of 

 the employment, and our masters 

 may lament, but cannot redress 

 them. All we ask is a fair and 

 candid investigation into the 

 grounds of our complaints, and 

 we are confident that both justice 

 and humanity will decide in our 

 favour. 



" We solemnly declare as men, 

 as fathers, as loyal subjects, and 

 well-wishers to a constitution 

 the spirit and letter of which will 

 not countenance any thing like 

 slavery and oppression, that we 

 cannot obtain with the greatest 

 possible industry the common 

 comforts and necessaries of life, 

 at the present low prices ; to 

 labour hard is not an easy task, 

 but to labour hard and want is 

 impossible. Let our masters 

 consult their own hearts, and as 

 the seat of justice and humanity, 

 they will not long hesitate to 

 grant our just request.'' 



Letters from Riga state, that 

 by an unanimous resolution of the 

 Nobility of Livonia, the servitude 

 of the peasants is abolished in 

 that province, after the example 

 previously given by the Nobility 

 of Esthonia and Courland. This 

 resolution will be laid before the 

 Emperor Alexander for his ap- 

 probation. 



12. Dresden. — According to 



an annual ordinance, the execu- 

 tion of which has lately been 

 desired by the merchants of 

 Leipsic, the Jewish merchants 

 frequenting the fairs were pro- 

 hibited from having open ware- 

 houses in the principal streets 

 and quarters of the city. The 

 revival of this ordinance having 

 excited complaints, the King 

 ordered the superior Chamber of 

 Commerce to inquire into this 

 subject. The result has been a 

 decision of his Majesty to sup- 

 press this ancient ordinance, as 

 not suitable to the present state 

 of things, so that the Jewish 

 merchants frequenting the fairs 

 at Leipsic shall henceforward be 

 allowed to hire and keep ware- 

 houses in whatever part of the 

 city they shall think fit, and to 

 sell there during the fairs, both 

 wholesale and retail. 



13. Brussels. — A very severe 

 ordinance has just been issued at 

 Milan, relative to the press. The 

 following are the principal articles : 

 — No book can appear without 

 the permission of the Censure; 

 even catalogues must be ex- 

 amined ; a special commission 

 must be obtained to reprint books 

 already published in the Austrian 

 monarchy. Dedications cannot 

 be admitted to the Censure, 

 unless they are provided with the 

 authorization of the persons to 

 whom the books are dedicated. 

 No subject of his Majesty the 

 Emperor and King can have a 

 book printed in a foreign coun- 

 try, without having submitted it 

 to the Austrian Censure. 



13. Mndri(].—T:\\e Pope has 

 granted a Bull, a long time 

 solicited by our Ambassador at 

 the Court of Rome, on the sub- 

 ject 



