I am an inhabitant of the city of London, and my trade is that of a printer. I was bo

I am an inhabitant of the city of London, and my trade is that of a printer. I was born in 1794, and have consequently reached the age of fifty-five. I have been employed in printing ever since I was a boy, and have been employed in several different establishments, but have now been for many years employed in a large printing-office in the Strand. I have never been absent from my work, except during a fortnight’s illness, which was in the summer of 1846. I have never had any other than day-matches, and have never been subjected to any pressure of time. I have never had more than sixty, and never less than forty, hours of power per week. I have never had any deduction from my wages, on account of deductions from the