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proteistion from the Company forthis publication; to whom ithali due submission it is inscribed,
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CONTENI S. AEdres from the Association V Bath, Gub the
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THE Editor is aware of the dissicut ty of the
subject in Which he is engaged, When heconsiders the diversi ty of opinions, interesis, and connections, among so large a body of men as that of the Ashciation in a reform of the Trade. Thisconsideration suggests he may give offence to sonae individuals amongst them, though not in the least intended by him. He fallers himself common sensewill justii y the assertion, at least frona the intentionos it, as that would in sol ne degree be clashing with his own interest; but smould it be the case, it is too late toretra ' his promise to the Committee, of laying hefore the Association the most necessary matterrequired to a reform in the profession. ΥOu Will not, it is presumed, expect that the Editor of this publication siould give his private opinion on matters of law, regar ling the righis and privileges of the Barbers Company, aS not comingwithin his province; he there re deems it not his duU, in that particular; but rather simply to ar-B range
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range and compile copies of letters patent, charters, acts of partiament, and by-laws relatiVe to the com- pany, for your inspestion ; together With the rules of the association, and articles between masters and journeymen, lar the better regulation of the lalter ;agreeable to the promise of a former Committee. It may not be altogether unnecessary to give sonae reason sor the necesJty of a reform in the
trade, to bring it bach to iis original institutionand regulation ; though many of the asiociation areat ready in possession of the facts The most oppressive of those growing eviis in
the profession is that of teaching servants and other persons the most lucrative branch of the trade of abarber, &c. Withoiit serving a la fui apprenticem ipto it, Whereby more than a third part of the emo luments that Mould arisse to the profession are pre-
vented, by their dressing ladies and gentie mens hair in the capacity of servants; besides, many so taxaghthave aster ards assia med masters of the trade, at a
se POUnds expence, and the regular prosesibrs, bysuch praetices, are injured in their interest, and degraded as a communi ty : Those adi in direct opposition to the statute of the gist of Eligabeth, whic his here recited, for the information of the reader,
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having been an apprentice as is asoresaid, mali or will become a j ourneyman or hi red by the year; upon patia that every person Wittit gly ostending or doing the contrary shail forfelt and lose, forevery deflauit, forty millings for every monili. 'Numerotis academies have been opened for theabovesaid puri osse of teaching servants and others, and pompotis haradbilis are given to decoy the ignorant, With information that ladies matri and valet de chambres are taught to cui and dress hair in perfection, in the space of one monili, for trivial sums, and ladies to dress their own hair in a few testans. Eootmen advertis e their return frona finishing their studies in France and Italy ; and one, more confident than the rest, exhibiis his Gorgon head drestes against the wali of his house, as a specimen of hisiose in the display of his halr-dressing abilities. But, were this the worst we could say, the trade comparati vely speal ing) would suffer litile si omthos e genti emens ab ilities. It is those who have a reputation in and a legat right to the profession,
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tices.' Pity it is that such men mould fati so lowto grasp a litile present gain, and sacrifice every idea
in that respect of principie and honour, having nei ther conscience to Dei, nor smanae to blum, butWilfully seela the ruin of the trade, and perhaps inend that of their ownt The Committee, gentiemen, have been indefatigabie in their labours to bring sorward a rei orna of
as might have been Ypected ; but it has has penedio them, as is generalty the case with the most active persons in large communities : Discontenta ad aspersioris have been industriousty spread, to the discredit os sonae whose sit uations have renderedihem the most active in the bustine sis; with reflections that the society's money has been mis applied, or squandered away : such a charge being Verylan fati , without an investigation of the matter, is
me may give it so sost a natiae ;) neverthelelis, every subscriber is at liberty to scrutini Ze the papers relative to the whole transactions of the different committees, of montes recei Ved and expended since the Commen ement of the association ; and whicli, the
Editor is persuaded, is done, it will be satisfactory tothose who have pressi ded in the chair, by their refu-ting such a charge ; as every transaction of their's was
Those are suci, of the trade as have withstood every enti eatyand solicitation of the association, since their fit si cominen ce-ment, to desiit froni se notorious a practice as that of teachingi ei sons to dress hair, Without betna regular apprentices.
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by consent of the committee, Which will malae their Uprighinesse appear more conspicuous ; smould that be the case, intimation and disti ust os a different tendency wili set With a bad grace ora the face of suspicious persons and bold calumniatorS. Honest men will never be asraid of havin their conduet put to the test and it must be the gloryos every man os principi e to have his character cleared up, that it may mine the brighter. The Editor never conceived that he should have been obligated in this publication to Vindicate his o nor any other person's concludi, who has had thehonour to be at the head of the association ; but hewistes to evince the missed, to clear up the doubisCs others, to frustrate the machinations of the suspicious, and stop the longues of the licentious.
To sicli of the association who have confideiacein the rectitude and disinterested nesse of those hau ingi assed the chair, and of their promoting the prosperity of the trade-the Editor, for himself, and in thenam es of his brother Chairmen and the Committee, will e ver thin E it a duty to bear a grate fui sense of their good opinion. To whom ali due res pedi is ascribed, By their obedient and devoted servant,
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HE science or trade of Barbery has ever been distinguismed in ali polite nations with martis os approbation, in both antient and modern times. The Greelis and Romans have regarded iis proses sors; the French and Germans to this day pay themthe sanae res pedi ; and former Κings and Queensos England have honoured them with their particular attention, by granting them privileges, exemptions, and other immunities; meming thereby afavourable opinion of their utility and conse
The nobility in generat, of refined ideas and liberal sentimenis, have ever, retained the sanae jud gement of them, and trealed them with that res pedi their rank in lise deserved; but they a re compelled to O n, it has not alWays been so ob- strved by others in generat. The happy period isnear at hand, Whicli promisses a fairer prospeci. The Master, Wardens, and Court of A Tistants of the Barbers Company having, in their His dona, determined a generat reform in the trade, and tosuppori those righis and privileges granted them
It appears hom a jus ground of reassen, that when nature'swants are supplied, ornamenting the human figure is the nexi attended to; particularly that appendage to the person called the human hair, whicli, both for cleanlinesis and giving a races ut appearance, may be stiled iis native beau ty.