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      Ikquest On The Body.—Trursday.—Mr. Wakle...

      _^ murdered . " A poHc cman came into the house and p _, nled _mc _^ c out . 2 _] _jVeatlfo / llj < jeo _** ge-street _jjajry Ha * l € Sa *™ , _Jduu He is a leather-dresser , and _MjhUS _baudsMnie _^ _^ GrouL li 0 U 0 khnOfF _Trhat _xants . herehe lives . He lives somewhere in the Mr . Groutis , or _^ his rent eyery weeb j _^ _eoontry- _m mr _hns-bandpays . The furniture be-¦ _fenow wha _^^ - _^ _^^ ra the nouse when the man lo T -ui cime , hu t I did not see them there . Palmer _aad vcm' _^ _j _^ _t sue said nothing to me . They came _^" _' t ten -minutes to eleven , and in about seven " 5 a . * v ]| j licard Palmer cry that a woman was murdered , m a V \ raii for assistance . The man ran past me in the _* ° „ _^ d pushed me aside . There was no light that ~ 1 ' _wtaa sce Wnl by ' ° r the Ugl , t Was in the lis said nothing when he ran past me , and I did

      t know him sA an . 1 Knew ihe woman well . She _-Tj-ed wi * * , uc a , wut nve or six months . hut I had not " * _jjpj . _sjnce she lef t me , some time ago . Her sister _nted to come to see her while she was with me . She did not live vdth any man while lodging with me , neither did anv wan come to see her . She was a quiet sober _onian " I never saw her intoxicated . She never told ine that auy oue had threatened lier life . I do not know Tr _j , _ere she lodged after she left me . I do not suspect anv one , nor from wbat I have since heard do I suspect « nv one , excep t fhe person who was ivith her at my house . 1 do not know thc man wbo is suspected of bavin * murdered her . I never saw him before the night hi question . He rapidly passed me hi the passage , and _flashed me aside . I caught hold of his coat , which from the feel I should think was velveteen .

      The husband ofthe deceased was then called . He is a respectable-looking man , between forty and fifty years of 35 c , and was much affected . He stated that his name was James Brothers , and tbat bo was employed by Messrs . Tratt and Hatfield , upholsterers , 19 , Lower Brook-street , in the capacity of porter , and that he resided with his two daughters , at 8 , George-court , Grosvenor-square . He slid the deceased ' s name was Mary , and her age about forty-six . I have been separated from her fifteen or sixteen years . I am not quite certain as to the time , but I could ten by tbe Marlborough police-sheet . Mr . 3 Hlls—Did yon know where she lived within the last six months ? Witness—I do not know exactly . Somewhere , 1 believe , in tliis neigbbourliood . Mr . inns—When did you see her last ! Witness—I bave not seen her for the last eighteen months—perhaps two years . My children have not seen or spoken to her for seven years .

      Mr . Mills—How did you know the deceased was your ¦ wife 1 Witness—Her sister came and told me tliat she had been murdered . She was in the habit of seeing her , and had been sent for . Mr . Mills—Do yoH know if any one bad threatened te do her any injury ? Witness—No , Sir , I do not . Mr . Mills—Have you any suspicion of the person who _murdcrc-d her ? Witness—Kb , not in the least . I saw the body on Tuesday—itis the body of my wife —( Here the witness was much affected , and tears rolled down bis & ce . ) He-add hi <; daughters , whom be bad brought up were fine women—that the one was nineteen years of age and the other twenty-one . Mr . Wakley—We wfll not ask you anything more ; vou had better retire . The witness then left thc room ,

      Jane Crook , the sister ofthe deceased , was the next witness examined . —She said she was a married woman , and resided at 55 , Seymour-street , Buston-square . Mary Brothers was my sister—the only one I bad . The last time I saw her alive was on Saturday , at No . 2 , Churchcourt , between five and six o ' clock , on my return home from market . That is not for from the place where her bodv now lies . A woman named Ann Scoones was there . Xo man was there . I do not Aunt she was Bring uilli any man . I had seen her more latterly than for some rears before . I saw her frequently in the month of October last .

      Mr . Mills—Did she tell you that any one had threatened her life f—Witness—She told me that a man whom she had lived with a short time before , but whom she had left , owing to some quarrel they had had , had threatened her , and that she was afraid to go out for him . She said . she had been Tery uncomfortable with liim . I said , " I wonder , Mary , you can content yourself to live in the way yon do . " Mr . Millt—Do you know tbe name of that man . Witness—She said his name was Mellen , I am not certain of his Christian name , but I think it was William . 1 did not know what he then was , but I haTe since heard that he was a smith . Inspector Haynes said that person _wae taken into custody : but , on examination , he was found not to be the man suspected of murdering the woman . The . witnesses who saw the man with the woman on the night of the muider liad positively stated thathe was not the man .

      The examination of fhe deceased's sister was then resumed . — "When 1 saw my sister on Saturday , she did not say she ivas living with any man , and , as I have said , I do not believe she was . Mellen was the man whom she was afraid of . I believe she had done something which she ought not to have done , and they had quarrelled . Henry Oldham was next examined . He said he was a cutler , at No . 10 , High-street , directly opposite the house \ u whicli thc inquest washeld- The knife lying onthe table , I sold on Monday night , about ten minutes to ten o'clock , as near as I _canrecoHec , to a man who came into _thc _^ hop and said " What is the cheapest small _carving-knife- you have ! " ** 1 said , *• ' I wfll serve you directly . " I took out three knives and he purchased one of them , for which he paid one shilling . 2 fot another word was

      uttered by hiin . He did not remain longer than three minutes . As he passed down the shop he was proceeding towards the door with the knife in his hand , which I thought somewhat extraordinary . I bave no doubt _« f the knife being the one 1 sold . I ground the edge of the kuife , and wrapped it in paper , and he left the shop . 1 did not notice him particularly , but be was about 3 feet 4 or 5 inches in height . He had on a dark coat , dirty trousers , and a bat I think the coat was cloth , but I am not _positi-re about it . His age I should tliink from 19 to 21 , and he spoke like a youth . I did not notice whether he had any whiskers . He was of a rather sallow complexion , and liis features were large .

      He had no gloves on . I think I should "huow hun again . He was sober , and did not appear at all excited . I never saw the man before . He looked a low character , as if lie lived in the low part of St . Giles ' s . He had a dirty appearance _altogether . It struck me as extraordinary when he wanted to take the kuifc out without anything on it . I have the corresponding piece of paper tliat the kuife was wrapped in . It was brown . paper , with some writing on it The man bad on dark trousers . My daughter was standing "beside me at the time , and took particular notice of bun also . I saw the man who had been in custody , but he was not tbe man who purchased the knife . He was much stouter .

      John James Allen , 159 E , examined—I am a constable at the Geoi-ge-street station . On Monday night 1 was hi the gateway in George-street , three doors below the house where the murder was <* ommittcd . It was then a quarter to eleven o ' clock , and 1 heard thc door open , and saw a man run down past me towards Broad-street , but ou the opposite side of the street There was light enough from the lamp to see him . He was about live feet six inches in height , ne had a cap on with a peak , hut I wouia not say whether it was a cloth cap or not Hehad on lightish coloured trousers . I should know hhn again , but would not like to say what his features were . I tliink I have seen him before in this _nughbourhood . I am positive it was a cap , but will not say whether it was a

      sealskin cap or a cloth one . About five or six minutes after the woman Palmer came to mc , and said— "Gome here , noliceman : here ' s a woman been stuck _atMi-s . Hall ' s . " I heard no alarm , and the woman Palmer came very quietly indeed . Palmer said tbe woman was bleeding very much . I told Mr . Inspector Rawley tbat there was Sometliing \ W 6 _iig below , and Willis and 1 went there . In the _passive there were three or four women , and on entering tiie room we found the woman on the floor with the kuife sticking in thc wound at the back of the neck . It was in about jive inches . I tried to pull it out lightly , but found it stieViu- ; fast , and I was obliged to pull it out with a jerk . She _-ivas not dead then , for she gave a sort of smile , aud I ran for the surgeon . Mr . Simpson was not at h-jin _? , and I ran for Mr . Fitzgerald .

      The coroner here stopped tbe inquiry by observing that all ihe witnesses had been _examined , and tliat nothing further would be done this day . Tbe inquest was accordingly adjourned . Amhtio . val _Pabiicclabs . —Friday . —Immediately after the adjournment of the inquest , thc body of the murdered woman , Mary Brothers , was removed from thc house , No . 11 , George-street , by direction of the coroner , to St . Giles ' s workhouse , in a shell , in order that a post- mortem examination might he made , prior to its iutermeut . During the whole of yesterday the police were using extraonlinarj' exertions to trace out the murderer , and for this purpose upwards of one hundred men , in addition to the detective force , dressed iu _nlain clothes , were distributed in various

      parts ot the metropolis and Its suburbs ; all the low coffee-houses , beer-shops , and public-houses , have been visited , to ascertain if there was any one in them answering to the murderer ' s description . The murdered woman , it appears , is a native of Wales , born at Haverfordwest . Her maiden name was Davis , that being the name of Mrs . Prout , her mother ' s first husband . The last time the deceased saw her husband was about eighteen months since , when he was attending a funeral furnished bv his employers , Messrs . Pratt and Hatfield , at St . Giles ' s church _, _^ _otwitlistanuuig the solemnity of the occasion , she _jrahed at him and tore the skirts of his coat off . The examination of the bodv was performed List night by Mr . Fit- _* gerald _, in the presence of Dr . Kenny and onc or two other medieal men , but tiie result has not transpired . Another rumour st ates that an nnportant clue to the diseoverv of the murderer of

      _JVlary Brothers has just been communicated to _Super"tnteiident Pearce , of the F division , at the Bowstreet station-house , -who considered it of so much importance as to start immediately to follow up the mquiry . The unfortunate woman was well known as a constant frequenter of the various coffee-houses and public-houses in the neighbourhood of Covent- <> arden-inarket , which are kept open all night for the convenience of the salesmen , porters , and others frequenting it , and are the resort of the dissipated of both sexes . She was generally in a state of ebriety , wandering about from house to house picking np a scanty supply of food and drink from the charity of the persons she met with , taking occasional repose , aud wandering for many nights in succession , destitute of a bed . A man answering in many particulars the description of the supposed murderer , has frequently been seen in her company

      Ikquest On The Body.—Trursday.—Mr. Wakle...

      on terms of loose intimacy , and has been heard , on more occasions than one , to make use of threats against her . He was employed as an occasional porter in the market , and , since Monday night , has not been near his usual places of resort . The unfortunate deceased was a very intelligent woman and this excited much sympathy in her behalf for her fallen condition , and her countenance bore traces of considerable former personal beauty .

      APPREHENSION AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE MURDERER . Saturday Mossing . —The apprehension of the murderer of the unfortunate female , Mary Roberts , alias Tape , was effected shortly after five o ' clock last evening , by Mr . Superintendent Pierce , of the F division , and his identity fully established . The individual in question , who , on being taken into custody , gave Ms name as James Connor , aged 21 , is an Irishman , and , with one exception , fully answers ihe last description which j was circulated as " the correct description ofthe murderer : — He is 21 years of age , five feet five inches high , very pale sallow complexion , thin face , long nose , very dark hair , no whiskers , or verv little , black eves .

      sometimes dresses in a fustian jacket , dark trousers , black hat or cap with peak . At other times in dark velveteen shooting jacket and dark check trousers . Has the appearance of a costcmionger . " The exception is bis age , as it is stated that he will not be twenty years of age until next November . From information received by Mr . Superintendent Pierce , he has for the last two days had strong suspicion that thc perpetrator of the murder had secreted himself at no great distance from the vicinity of the spot where the crime was committed ; and acting upon this impression , and some peculiar facts which had privately come to his knowledge , he , shortly before six o ' clock last evening , proceeded to the house No . 15 , Bcltonstreet , and inquired if there was a person residing

      there answering the murderer s description , but , being answered in the negative , he said he had strong reasons for _searching the place , and , accompanied by some of bis men , the inspector proceeded to effect this , and in a back apartment found the man Connor , who , the instant he saw the police , gave himself up , and he was at once conveyed to the station-house in Bow-street . As soon as possible after Connor ' s apprehension information was despatched to the E division , and Mr . Inspector Rawley , accompanied by Mr . Oldham , the cutler , of High-street , and his daughter , and the two females who live in the house , No . 11 , George-street , as also the woman with whom the murderer spoke after purchasing the carving-knife , known as " Irish Biddy , " proceeded to the station-house in Bow-street for the purpose of speaking to the prisoner ' s identity . Mr . Oldham and his daughter were first shown the

      accused , and the instant the child , who is exceedingly intelligent , caught a glimpse of the prisoner , she exclaimed , " Oh , father , that is theman , I ' m sure . " Mr . Oldham was of a similar opinion , and he was the more convinced that he was right as thc man Connor had on a fustian and not a velveteen coat , and which he had previously declared his belief was the case . Mrs . Hall , who stated at the inquest that it was too dark for her to sec him , could not speak positively , but the woman Palmer and Irish Biddy identified him without hesitation . The prisoner , who was exceedingly taciturn , was then locked up , the charge having been entered on the police sheet . It is said that he resided with his father at the house where he was apprehended , and that he was a porter at a silversmith's in Long-acre , but nothing definite on this point has transpired _.

      The SurrosEED Murder at whittington , xear Chesterfield . —Ixquest os Hawksley . —The inquest on this wretched man was held on Wednesday week , at the Commercial Hotel , Chesterfield , before a highly respectable jury , of whom R . Daniel , Esq ., was foreman . Having been sworn thejury proceeded to the House of Correction to view the body , which lay in the day-room , where the prisoner had been confined . The body presented little appearance of the violent death to which the prisoner had resorted . The countenance was placid . In the window lay the Prayer Book which he had used : it was open at a _Jiart where some leaves had been torn out . A leaf ay partly over one page , and a pair of spectacles on the other . A mug containing water stood near the

      book . Just before the time when he must have committed suicide , he asked for water , but It would appeal * that he drank none , or very little of it . In the yard to which the prisoner had access , there are words in the prisoner ' s handwriting on three ofthe stones . Part of this writing was observed on Monday , before the committal ofthe prisoner , but no particular notice was taken of it then . It appeared to have been written with a piece of brick . On the stone nearest the door werethefollowing words : — " Joseph _Hawksley is not gilty of this charge god bless my wife and chilrdren dear I never shall be thought nothing of no more Mark Siddcl . " It will be remembered that at the examination , Mr . Holliiigworth stated , that on the loth instant the prisoner

      charged a person named Mark Siddall with having committed the murder , hut that on the following morning he denied having said so . The second stone bore the words—" The Lord pritect them aU . " The third stone was inscribed— "I cannot live in this place no longer . " And the words appear to have been written subsequently to the others . Alter the evidence—which "was very immaterial—the Coroner said it * was quite clear that the prisoner had been committed on a capital charge , and that while in these circumstances he had destroyed himself , no ( the coroner ) had long felt that a coroner ' s jury were not the proper judges of the nature of insanity . The barbarous verdict of felode se had fallen almost entirely out of use . Such a verdict would not only send

      the prisoner to his grave as a murderer , deprived of Christian burial , but stamp _disjpr-aee upon his wife and family . The consequence of such a verdict would also be that the whole of his property , both that which he possessed in liis own right and that which he possessed in the rig ht of his wife , would be forfeited to the Crown . It was impossible to tell what were his feelings when locked up , and committed for trial on a capital charge , nor what effect that fact had upon his sanity . If , however , the jury did not see cause to return a verdict of insanity , there was a middle course * thev could find that " there was no evidence as to his state of mind when he destroyed himself . " Rather than bring a case under the barbarous law

      of felo de se , by which the body had to be buried between nine and twelve at night without the rites of Christian burial , juries had very frequently strained a point . It was seldom , indeed , now-a-days , __ that they heard of a verdict of felode se . By finding a verdict that there was no evidence to show the state ofthe deceased's mind , be thought they would satisfy the public . That , he thought , would be a proper verdict . It was , however , for their consideration , as was also the question whether they would require further evidence . The room was then cleared , and , after about half an hour ' s deliberation , the jury returned a Tcrdict that the deceased died , & c , but that there was no evidence as to . the state of his mind at the time .

      Fatal Shipwreck . —During the storm of Wednesday night last , a vessel , laden with wheat , was wrecked near the point called the Monasteiy at Moher , in the west of this county . The captain and five men wereon board , all of whom , it is melancholy to relate , have been lost . From papers that were nicked up on thc sea , it is thought the vessel was bound for Greenock , or that the captain ' s family resided there . At the time of the occurrence the vessel ivas not more than 300 or 400 yards from the shore , but owing to the darkness of the night , and a strong wind blowing from the S . W ., it was in vain

      to expect assistance . After having been dismasted , she sank within view of the land where she lies . Some of her buckets were driven on shore , but it is surprising that they were not marked with the name oi the vessel . It is likely thatthe parts of tlic wreck referred to in the following communication belonged to the vessel : —Some fragments of a vessel , with the greater part of the mainmast , were thrown in at Liscaunor , in the west of this county , on Thursday night and Friday morning . The word Lucy , painted on a portion of the timber , would induce the belief that such was the name of the vessel . —Clare

      Journal . Destructive Fire is _Shtalfields . —Thursday mousing , soon after three o clock , a veiy destructive fire , whieh was nearly attended with fatal consequences to the inmates , broke out at the wholesale watch and clock manufactory belonging to Mr . Joseph Tuckfield , situate at No . 1 , Church-street , Spitalfields , within a few doors of the parish church . The premises wero rather extensive , being five stories high , including the basement floor . A person passing in front of the building was the first to make the discovery by perceiving smoke issuing from the ground floor windows . An instant cry of "fire" was raised , and after considerable trouble the inmates were aroused from their slumbers and made sensible ofthe great danger to whieh they were exposed . This , however , was not accomplished until ihe flames had laid hold of the whole of the ground

      floor and a great portion ofthe staircase , thereby cutting off all means of descent in that quarter . The residents were therefore obliged to retreat to the top of the house , but after some trouble , they succeeded in escaping to the adjoining house and thereby escaped uninjured . Several engines speedily arrived , but the fire continued to rage most furiously , forcing its way into the adjoining house , No . 6 , in the occupancy _' of Mr . Huitson , and the attic over Mr . Price ' s , No . 8 , which were also enveloped in flames . The firemen continued to Labour without the least intermission until half-past five o ' clock , when they at last got the mastery over the fire . By that tune the flames had extended throughout the whole range of premises wherein they began , destroying in their progress the wholeof the valuable stock in trade , furniture , and other effects . Thc total damage is very large .

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      April 5 , 1845 . THE _NORTHERN STAR . 5

      Nottingham.—A General Meeting Ofthe Co-O...

      Nottingham . —A general meeting ofthe Co-operative Society , held at Dorman's Temperance-house , Clare-street , will take place on Sunday evening next , at six o ' clock , Mr . _M'Grath ' s Route for the ensuing week : — Saturday , April 5 th , Cainpsie ; Monday , 7 th , and Tuesday , 8 th , Kilmarnock ; Wednesday , Barhead ; Thursday , Busby ; Friday , Hamilton .

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      House Of Lords, Iwav, April 4. Lord Bbou...

      HOUSE OF LORDS , IWav , April 4 . Lord _Bbougham presented petitions from the same parties respecting whom petitions had been presented by Sir John Easthope , in the House of Commons , on the previous eveuiug , _complainirig o £ their having been Impr isoned in Leicester Gaol , and kept to hard labour , for non-payment of costs upon a warrant issued against them for poor ' s rates , amounting only to a few shillings . The noble lord dwelt strongl y on the illegality , as well as inhumanity , ofthe course pursued by the Leicestershire magistrates , and said he felt confident that , on inquiry and finding the facts to be true , his noble and learned friend on the Woolsack would feel that these magistrates were not fit persons to remain in the commission of tbe

      peace . The Lobd _Chancellor said lie would cause inquiries to be made , and would be governed hy the result of those inquiries as to whether it was proper the magistrates should remain in the commission .

      THE OEEGON TEKBITOBr . In reply to a question from the Earl of Clarendon respecting the present position of the question between Great Britain aud the United States , relative to the Oregon territory , The Earl of Aberdeen said tbat the question was a very natural one , considering the recent address of tbe President of the United States . It was , however , tobe _recoUected that that address was not an official message to Congress , and did not carry with it the importance which would in that case attach to it . The subject was not one immediately pressing , for before the existing arrangement could be terminated the consent of Congress must be obtained to give one year ' s notice of such termination . He still believed that matters would bo brought to a satisfactory conclusion . Her Majesty ' s "Ministers believed that this country possessed rights with respect to the Oregon territory , clear and unquestionable , and those rights they were fully prepared to maintain .

      The Property aud Income Tax Bill led to some discussion , iu which the Earl of Bipon , the Marquis of Lansdowne , lord Asbburton , lord Stanley , lord Monteagle , the Dulce of Richmond , Lord Brougham , the Marquis of Normanby , and the Earl of Radnor took part . The bill was read a third time and passed , and their lordships adjourned .

      House Of Commons, Friday, April 4. The O...

      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Friday , April 4 . THE OREGON TEBEITOKT . On the motion for the going into a committee of supply . Lord J . _Iluss-iLi , called the attention of the house to that portion of the address from the President of the United States relating to the Oregon territory . It was asserted by the President that the title of the United States to this _territory . - was clear , and that it would , therefore , be occupied , and that the institutions of the United States would be ultimately extended to it . The noble lord gave a history of the discovery and colonisation ofthe Oregon territory , and of the negociations which had taken place in reference to it ; and contended that our right to the territory should not be given up because of a blustering announcement by the American President ,

      He felt the di & culties of the case , and how little a Minister could say on the subject ; but having stated the nature of our right to the territory , he would leave the matter with confidence in the hands of the Government . Sir It . Peel was not surprised that the noble lord should have taken this opportunity of expressing his opinions on tbe subject , and would say that since the accession ofthe present Government to office they had negociated with Mr . Tyler respecting the Oregon territory . Unhappily those negociations were not concluded before Mr . Tyler quitted the office ; but though be had no official information on the subject , he thought it probable that those negociations would be continued . Notwithstanding the President ' s inaugural address , he thought he should not

      despair of their renewal , nor of their being brought to a favourable issue . Should it prove otherwise , he would not objectto lay before the house all the documents relating to the Subject . He must , however , express his regret that the President of the United States , contrary to all usage , should have referred to any other settlement than an amicable one , and still more at the tone and temper in which he appeared to have made that reference . As the subject had been thus brought before them , he also would state , on the part of the Government , that we too had rights in respect of this territory—clear and unquestioned . Thoy fstill desired an amicable adjustment , but should their attempts be exhausted and their rights invaded , they were both resolred and prepared to maintain them .

      Lord J . Rcssew , said , that after what had fallen from the right hon , baronet , he would leave the matter altogether in the hands of the Government . Mr . _Waklev then rose , in pursuance to his notice , to move for a copy of any warrant or warrants sent to the Postmaster-General by any Secretary of State , directing the detaining or opening of any letter or letters addressed to or written by air . Duncombe , a member of that house . The hon . member in bringing forward his motion took a review of the former debates on the subject , and contended , tbat if Ms motion was not granted a deep-rooted and extensive impression would be created throughout the country that the Government was acting in a very discreditable and tyrannical spirit to liis hon . colleague . Mr _Williasis seconded the motion . Sir J . Graham , in resisting the motion , made use of the same topics and arguments which he had employed on former occasions .

      Mr . Hume and Mr . M . Milnes urged Mr . Wakley not to divide , although if he did so they would vote with him . Dr . _IJowBiNC defended the character of Mr . ' Mazzini from the imputations cast upon it on a former evening . He had known Mr . Mazzini intimately and confidentiaUy for many a long year , and was therefore acquainted with his moral habits and conduct . The contemplation of such a crime as assassination could never have entered into a mind so pure and honourable as his . Colonel -Wvmdhaii defended the proceedings of Sir 3 , Graham . Captain _Bebk-ai . Osbobne asked whether Sir J , Gra _« ham would be content to remain silent after the charges which he had brought against Mr . Mazzini on a former _evtning , and after the complete refutation which had been subsequently given to those charges ?

      Sir J . _Geahjm had already stated that in his opinion doubts still hung over this transaction of Mr . Mazzini . If he could be satisfied tliat he bad done injustice to Mr , Mazzini , he should be most happy to render him the fullest reparation ; but until he was so satisfied , truth required that he should not retract his assertion . The house then divided , when the motion was negatived by a majority of 73 over 22 votes . The house then went into a committee of supply on the army and navy estimates , the discussion of which occupied the remainder of the evening .

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      LAMBETH . Mondat . _—Busgubt . — Edward Sullivan and John Murphy , two notorious characters , were charged before Mr . Henry with burglariously breaking into tbe Gun Tavern in St . George ' s Fields . Mr . Charles Pitcher , the landlord of the Gun Tavern , in Lambeth-road , deposed that on Saturday night at twelve o ' clock he closed his bouse , and having secured all the doors , as usual , retired to rest . At about three o ' clock on the following morning he was awoke by a violent knocking at his front-door by police-constable 69 L . He hastened down stairs when he found the bar-door open and the things strewn about , and it was evident that the place had beon regularly ransacked . He missed his great-coat and a musical snuffbox wliich he had left safe in the bar when he left it shortly after twelve o ' clock , and observed that thc cellardoor , which had also been closed , was open . He admitted the police by the front door , but by that time the thieves had made their escape . —Police constable 69 L deposed that between the hours of three and four o ' clock on

      Sunday morning he was on duty in the lauibetli . road _, and on passing the Gun Tavern observed a light inside ; this being uuusual he listeuedfor some minutes in . front , when , he heard something hard drop on the floor , which he had no doubt was the lock of the bar door , when forced off , aud also hearing footsteps , he at once suspected that there were thieves in the house . Of tliis fact he was confirmed by observing a mark which he had placed on the cellarflap removed , and he in consequence whistled , when police constable L 125 came to hun . He was then returning to the house when he saw the prisoner Sullivan with his head above the cellar-flap , but the moment he observed them , he drew it back , and so closed the flap that neither he ( witness ) nor his brother officer could move it . Sullivan at that time had no hat on , and he ( witness )

      saw him so sufficient as to he able to swear positively to his identity . Other constables came up at the-time , and suspecting the thieves would make tlieir escape by the back way , he desired them to go round to tbe rear , in the Westminster-road . At this time Mr . Pitcher opened the door and admitted him , when he went into the cellar and found , as he had before suspected , that the prisoners had effected their escape by the back . Witness , with tbe assistance of a ladder , got over eighteen walls , many of them over ten feet high , and which was the only way whieh the prisoners could have made their escape , and was told that two men were in the custody of his brother officers , and on their way to the station-house . He ( wituess ) then went to the station-house , when he saw both

      tbe prisoners , when Murphy addressing him said , " I hope you'll make it as light as you can when you get before the magistrates . " Sullivan did not say anything , though witness had observed he had seen his head over the cellar-flap . He returned to search the premises of Mr : Pitcher , but did not find anything ; he saw , however , that tbe place had been ransacked , and that the gas had been turned on in the bar . Mr . Henry Price , an engineer , residing at 10 , Lambeth-road , said , that about four o ' clock on Sunday morning he was awoke by the violent barking of a small dog , and on getting out of bed he saw the prisoners climb over seventeen or eighteen walls , some of them ten feet high , and the agility with which they managed to do so was trul y surprising . The prisoners were remanded .

      Tuesdat . —Cutting and _Woundinc—James Herbert , a journeyman shoemaker , was brought before Mr . Henry for final examination on a charge of cutting and wounding William Gurling with a shoemaker ' s hammer , in so serious a manner that bis life is still in danger . From the statement of the prosecutor , whose head'was bound up , and who appeared in a very weak sickly state , it appeared that the prisoner , who was related to him by

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      marriage , had latterl y become much addicted to drink . On _lluirsdaj- midday last lie returned home much the worse for liquor , When some words arose through his being backward in l _, is « nt , and _witness told him he should at once pay the arrears due , or leave the house _, llie prisoner became much excited , and in his rage snatched np his large hammer , with whichhe gave witness tiro violent blows on the left side of the head and temple , _Snn ° " _^ l'm - arm * _^ tUCn " * WS eSCa P e to '" the house . The prisoner , who said he had scarcely anv recollection of what he did , was fully committed for trial on the charge of cutting and wounding .

      GUILDHALL . Wednesdat . —Robberi . —John Mattiam , a porter , was finally examined , charged with stealing six pieCes of merino , and other goods saved from the fire at the premises of Mr . Newton , in Gutter-lane . Mary Ann Chapel , a young woman who cohabited with the prisoner , and James Dolan , a tailor , lodging at No . 22 , Old Bailey , in whose premises thc goods were temporarily lodged , were charged with receiving the goods knowing them to be Stolen , Tho evidence was extremely long . Mathani earnestly endeavoured to get Dolan off , and _loudlv proclaimed him an innocent man who ought not to be _' eommitted . Mr . Alderman Copelaiid said he thought there was more in Matham _' s anxiety to set Dolan free than met the eye . He committed the prisoners for trial .

      _MARLBOROUGH-STREET . Thursday * . — The Becekt Hobbbrt of Plate is w " , _" * „ _^ r _^ . T BB _«' . butler in the service of Miss Wynn and Mrs . Shipley , _oftfo . 104 , Piccadilly , was brought up tor tmal examination , charged with having stolon an immense quantity of plate intrusted to his care . —The prisoner was in the service of Miss Wynn aud Mrs , Sim-lev . Who jointly tenanted tho _housein _1-all-mall . The prisoner had been about seven years in his present service , and no suspicion was entertained respecting his honesty until last week , when , on the occasion of a dinner party , the discovery was made that the plate _, principally belonging to Mrs . Shipley , was missing . —

      ine lion , _luciiard Rowley , of 47 , Berkeley-square , stated , that his mother-in-law , Mrs . Shipley , lived at No . 104 , _PiccadiUy . A quantity of plate now produced by several pawnbrokers , and upwards of £ 500 in value , was liis mother-in-law ' s property , and had been intrusted to the care of thc prisoner in his capacity of butler . Some other articles of plate wore the property of witness ' s brother-in-law . Thomas Smith , footman to Miss Wynn , said the articles of plate then shown to him as having been pledged by the prisoner were the property of his mistress , and worth about £ 50 . Most of the property was produced by the pawnbrokers with whom it had been pledged . The prisoner , who declined to say anything in defence , was fully committed .

      CLERKKNWELL . Wednesdat . — Shocking Destitution . — A wretchedlooking woman , with three half-starred-looking children , applied to the magistrate for assistance . In addition to the three children mentioned , the poor woman had an infant at her breast . She said she lived at 67 , _Turamillstreet , Clerkenwell , and that her husband was a smith , but being unable to obtain work in London , he left them that morning to look for it elsewhere . Previous to his departure they had all suffered the severest privations , and when going - he left her the last three halfpence he possessed , with which she purchased bread for her children * . that was all the foodthey had apon that day . She applied to Clerkenwell parish , but the officials at the workhouse refused to do anything for tliem . They must all starve if the magistrate did not interfere . —Mr . Combe , upon this statement , despatched a messenger for one of the officers , and Mr . Bennett , the relieving officer , attanded . — Mr . Coillba asked him if he knew anything about the case

      ?—Mr . Bennett : I was present when she made the application to the overseer , who could not attend to her application because she was a married woman , and because her husband was not with her , otherwise both would have been received into the workhouse . — Mr . Combe ( to the woman ) : Where is your husband ?—Applicant * . I don't know , sir ; he left me to look for work . —Why does he not apply with you for relief ?—He said he would rather starve to death than go into the workhouse . —Mr , Combe said it was evident from the miserable appearance of the family they were in great distress . The parish was bound to receive them , being destitute poor in the parish , and the parochial authorities could then look out for the husband . The poor creatures must not be allowed , to starve . —The magistrate directed Duke to accompany the family to the workhouse as soon as thej * all had a good meal . —The poor woman " thanked the magistrate heartily , and the officer took them to tho Acton coffee-shop , where they were supplied with a substantial meal .

      WORSHIP-STREET . Wednesdat . —A young man , 21 years of age , named Edward Barlow , by trade a bookbinder , was brought up on a warrant before Mr . Broughton on Monday , charged with liaving been concerned with others in committing a violent assault upon Mr . Samuel Vincent Phillips , a clerk in the Bank of England , and residing at Barnsbury-park , Islington . —It will be recollected that two young men , named Carter and Herbert , were charged at this court on Wednesday with participating in this assault , and that it appearing from the evidence that the chief injuries the prosecutor had sustained bad been inflicted by the man who had then escaped ( the present prisoner Barlow ) , the man Carter was fined by the magistrate in the sum of 2 i / s ., or in default of payment to undergo six weeks'imprisonment in the House of Correction , and the other prisoner , Herbert , in the sum oflos ., or a fortnight's imprisonment .

      —Having so recently published the evidence in thc former case , arising out of tho same transaction , it will be unnecessary to say more than that the prosecutor ( who still wore a shade over his left eye ) repeated the testimony he had before given , and in addition stated that on remonstrating with tbe prisoners for insulting him , he told them that if they did not desist they should get the worst of it ; that a regular encounter ensued between them , which lasted ten minutes ; that the prisoner fell from one of his blows , and that when the fight was over he ran after and coUared the prisoner , whom he struck twice . He also stated , that thongh the youngest of the men ( Herbert ) as sisted the others and annoyed him very much , he was not struck by Herbert . In other respects the prosecutor ' s evidence was the same as that he had before given ; but he caUed in support of his statement three witnesses — two _gb'ls , named Ellen Tunbridge and Susan Emery , and a boy about fifteen years of age , named Richard Henry , whose evidence ivas so very contradictory upon _' soine ofthe principal facts ,, that it was extremely doubtful whether Carter , on whom the heaviest

      fine had been before imposed , or the present prisoner Barlow , had inflicted the cluef injuries the prosecutor had sustained . The prisoner , in answer to the charge , said , that he and his companions had all been drinking , and that while crossing the fields they met the three young women , whom , after some conversation , they offered to take to the theatre ; that the girls laughingly ridiculed their offer , and that they ibrew their aims round tlieir necks and kissed them , but tliat they meant nothing more than a joke , and" that the girls took it as such ; that the prosecutor accused him of throwing tbe stone at liim , which he did not , and on lus denying the action , the prosecutor " pitched into him right and left , " and offered to fight all three , onc at a time , lie denied striking the prosecutor either ofthe principal blows he received , being five yards off atthe time ; and , though he had certainly struck him , he had himself been so severely beaten by Mr . Phillips , that although nearly a week had now elapsed , he still had a serious contusion on the eye ( whieh the prisoner exhibited ) . Mr , Broughton sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine of 20 s ., or in default of payment to be committed to the House of Correction for six weeks .

      MARYLEBONE . _TntmsDAT . —Extensive Robbebt bt a Ladt ' s Maid , —Ann Furner , who was remanded from Thursday , the 20 th ult ., upon the charge of having stolen bank notes , aud other property of different descriptions , to a considerable amount , belonging to the Hon . Colonel Finch , C , Hyde Park-gardens , was again placed at the bar before the ltting magistrate , Mr . Long . The particulars of what previously transpired have already appeared in this paper . The property recovered by the officer was produced and identified , and thc prisoner was committed for trial .

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      Out Of Losdon.—A Special General Meeting...

      Out of Losdon . —A special general meeting of members will take place on Tuesday next , at eight o ' clock . Cm * Chartist Hall , 1 , _Turkaoaik-lane . —The public discussion will be resumed at half-past ten o'clock on Sunday morning next , April 6 th . In the afternoon , at three o ' clock , the Metropolitan District Council will meet for dispatch of business . In the evening , at seven o ' clock , the directors will throw open thc Hall for the public discussion oi * questions affecting the well-being of the industrious wealthproducers . Somers Town . —Mr . J . Sewell will lecture at the Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridgc-strcet , New-road , on Sunday ' evciiing next , at eight o ' clock precisely . Camber . well axd Walworth . —A meeting will be held at the Montpclier Tavern , Walworth , on Mondayevening next , at eight o ' clock precisely .

      Clock-house , Westminster . —A public meeting will he held at the above house ; on Sunday evening , to elect a delegate to the ensuing Chartist Convention—chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . Chelsea . —The members of thc Chelsea locality are requested to meet at the Cheshire Cheese , on Sunday , April Cth , at eight o clock , on business of importance . Tower Hamlets . —The General Councillors residing m the Tower Hamlets are requested to meet at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnalgreen , on Sunday evening , at six o ' clock . Bermondsey and _RoTHEnrnTHE . —At a public meeting of the members residing in this locality , Mr . Law was nominated as a candidate to the ensuing Chartist Convention .

      Ihe -LiBEBrr of Thought . —A soiree of the friends of Mr . Thos . Paterson will be held atthe Hall of Science , City-road , seven doors from Featherstoncstreet , on Sunday , April 6 , 1845 , for the purpose of presenting him with the amount publicly subscribed as a testimony of respect and approval for his eminent services in the cause of free expression of opinion ; and , sympathy on account of his fifteen months ' imprisonment in Perth gaol . Sentiments will be spoken to by English and forei gn advocates of religious liberty . Tea on table at five precisely- . Tickets mav

      be had ot Mr . Holyoake , 11 , Woburn-buiklings , Tavistock-squarc ; Mr . Hetherington , 40 , Holywell street ; Strand ; Mr . Watson , 5 , Paul _' s-alley _, Paternoster-row ; Mr . Stewart , 23 , John-street , Tottenhamcourt-road ; at the Social Institution , 5 , Charlottestreet , Blackfnar _' s-road ; at the Social Institution , High-street . . Whitechapel ; at the Social Institution , _Goswell-road ; and at the Hall of Science , City-road . South London Ciiartist Hall—Mr . Candy , of Birmingham , will lect ure at the above Hall , to-morrow ( Sunday ) evening .

      The Chartists of Lambeth and Southwark ave _jested to meet at tlic South London Chartist Hall , _to-moriw ( Sunday ) evening , April 6 th , at ten Marylebone Locality . —A members' meeting will take place on Monday evening , April 7 th , at the Coach-Painters' Arms , ' Circus-street , New-road .

      Out Of Losdon.—A Special General Meeting...

      Chelsea . —Mr . Wheeler will deliver a lecture at the Cheshire Cheese , Grosvonor-row , on Sundav evening . The subject— " British freedom compare ' d with American slavery . " Tlic chair to be taken at eight o ' clock .

      Birth. Registered, On The 25th Of March,...

      BIRTH . Registered , on the 25 th of March , Feargus O'Connor Barnard , son of Susan and Benjamin Barnard , menibeas ofthe City of London locality of Chartists . DEATH . At Sheffield , on Thursday , the 2 Ttli inst ., Thomas Booker , a Whig victim of 1840 , and an inmate of Northallerton Gaol . By his own desire he was interred by the side of the martyr Holbeny . The members of his trade and numerous Chartist friends

      followed his remains to their last resting-place . He has left a widow to deplore his loss , her position being a most painful onc . During her husband ' s fatal illness she received a small allowance from the parish ; but sinoo his death , tho miserable relief has been withdrawn , and she is told by the unfeeling guardians that she must break up her home and enter the bastiie . The deceased was a staunch and untiring Chartist , and a member of the Association at the time he was taken ill . His death is lamented by all who knew him .

      National Confe Ren Ce Of Trades.

      NATIONAL CONFE REN CE OF TRADES .

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      ( Continued from our last . ) FIFTH _DAY—Satl-rdav _, _JIabch 23 . T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., resumed the chair at ten o'clock precisely . After some little discussion on points of order , the amended Reports was put , and agreed to unanimously . Mr . Wm . Evans . Chairman of the Committee to draw up the outline of a Plan of Organisation , brought up tbe Report of that Committee . . Report o / the Committee lo Expedite the Business of the National Trades' Conference . Tour committee , having taken into consideration the resolutions and the general feeling of the Conference , beg to state that , from the limited time allowed for their deliberations , they can do no more in the elaboration of a plan for the organisation and government of the Society than offer a few suggestions for the guidance of the Central Committee , whose formation the Conference have already decided on . 1 . That the object of this Society be the raising of two separate funds : one for the purchase or rental of land for the purposes of the Society ; the other for the purpose of supporting Trades' strikes . 2 . That the fund for the purchase or rental of land be raised by a general levy of one penny per member per quarter . . 3 . That the Central Provisional Committee of this Society be made up of one member from each organised trade of London , with the exception ofthe President .

      4 . That the selecting of this Committee shall be made by the several societies of the London district , and have power to act until the next meeting of Conference . 5 . That a levy of sixpence per fifty members be laid on all the Trades of the Association , for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Committee ; and that when the same is expended , the Committee have power to call for more . 6 . Thatthe duties of the Committee be to elaborate a code of laws for the government ofthe Association , agreeably to the resolutions of the Conference ; and that the same be so formed as to admit of enrolment under tlm Friendly Societies' Acts . 7 . That a secretary be elected , whose duties shall be to attend every meeting of the Central Provisional Committee of the Association , and receive communications from the provincial branches of the Association . 8 . That the salary of the secretary be fixed by the Conference .

      9 . That in each town , if practicable , a Committee of Delegates be appointed , whose duty shall be to communicate with the * " Central Provisional Committee all information relative to Trades' proceedings , together with the number of paying members , rate of wages , Lours of working , number organised , & c 10 . That in all strikes , where the parties are desirous of receiving tho assistance of this Association , application he first made to the Provisional District Committee and if thought worthy of support , to be reported to the Central Provisional Committee for their final approval . 11 . That should the Central _Committee decide on a strike in any ofthe Trades of this Society , they shall be empowered to make a levy , or levies , equal to the necessity of the case , on every member of the body . 12 . That the next General Conference of this Society take place in London on the first Monday of the coming August . "Wm . Evans , Chairman .

      The Chairman made several important suggestions relative to the report brought up by Mr . Evans . Mr . Fleming thought the suggested plan would not be allowed to pass as the rules of a Friendly Society , by Mr . Tidd Pratt . They had agreed to the formation of a general . Society , and to the formation of a general Central Committee ; which committee could ouly he prouisional He did not like the _etcclusiTicncss of the outline just submitted ; it would shut out some highly useful and wellinformed men . They had agreed to certain well-digested leading points , and he thought the business might be fairly left in the hands of the Central Committee . ( Loud cheers . ) ¦ Mi-. Bush wished to call attention to one part of that outline—the land fund . It was proposed to make this compulsory on all trades . This Be could not coincide with . Mr . Cornish thought the Conference had the power to adopt or reject the report .

      Mr . G . White said he hoped thc Conference , after electing the Committee , and keeping them at work for four or five hours , would not now stultify themselves by throwing overboard the acts of their own duly appointed servants . If they did , in bis opinion it would be one of the most foolish things they could be guilty of . He thought the report should be read paragraph by paragraph _. The Chairman read the first paragraph . Mr , Blackhurst considered the proposal an impracticable one , and that its adoption would impede tbe progress of tbat great object the Conference so much desired . He had no doubt when the Trades saw tbat the . projected Society was likely to be a natien . il one , and formed on a just basis , thousands would join it . He thought ( hat several of the recommendations contained in the Report

      were premature ; the sums required by such strikes as were there projected could not he vaiscd even in Sheffield , where Trades' Unions ivere compact : a difficulty presented itself , from tbe large sums required when a strike was rendered imperative . He would therefore propose the following as an amendment : — "That the Central Committee be now appointed by this meeting , to whom shall be entrusted the duty of carrying out tbe various propositions agreed to by the Conference ; and further , that they shall cause to be printed and circulated among the Trades such plans as they may decide upon , for consideration , previous to t ? ie Conference to be held on the last Monday in July , in London , for the final confirmation of such plans ; and that in the interval the delegates now ptcsent shall endeavour , by all legal means , to prepare their various Trades for giving effect to the same . "

      Mr , Blackhurst having agreed to withdraw his amendment for the present , the Chairman put the first and second paragraphs of the Committee ' s Eeport _, ivhieh were negatived . The Chairman said , in respect to thc third proposal in that Report , he thought the Conference should appoint the Central Committee , and uot leave it for others to do . This was but just to liimself , whom they wished to act as president of such Committee . It was but just to their C 0115 titllClltS liKeuiSO . — Oil the third paragraph being about to be put , Mv . Fleming suggested that this was the time when Mr , Blackhurst _' s amendment should be proposed . He then read tbe amendment as previously moved by Jlr . Blackhurst . Mr . _Mooney thought the agreeing to sueh amendment would prevent his bringing forward the sbort-liouv question .

      'Ihe Chairman said tbe delegate was mistaken . He ivould have the opportunity of submitting that , or any otberproposition . Mr . Dunning could not agree that any one hut paying members should he members of the Central Committee . He certainly would take an opportunity to test the Con . ference on the subject . Mr . Cox thought that such a _resoluion would be very exclusive , Mr . G . White said the amendment contained an insinuation that working men could not do their own business . He thought the working men understood their own business best , and to them it should be left , Mr . Skelton supported the amendment . Mr . Wartnaby supported the third paragraph of the Committee .

      The amendment was then put , and declared to be carried . The Chairman was about to put it as the main question , when Mr . Bush sai ' he could not consent to have men on the Central Cointi . ittee who were not bona fide members of Trades' Societies . . The Chairman said this question could be raised when the members of the Committee were proposed . Mr . Bush said he must press his motion at the pre . sent time . The Chairman observed , that in its present shape it would prevent any country delegate being elected . Mr . Bush would withdraw the word " London" from his amendment , which was then about to be put , when Mr . Cornish wished to know if there were any present who were not paying members of societies ?

      Mr . Lloyd Jones thought this was the tunc to settle the question in dispute , as to who should , or who should not , be qualified to act on that Committee . One member ( Mr . Dunning ) said there were persons present " who did not belong to us . " " V- ho were us ? \ Vhv there appeared to be parties present wrapped up in a ' sort of aristocratieal dignity , merely because they were Trades' Unionists , Now , his trade had sent him there to represent their sufferings , They wanted a better organisation , one in which they could take part , as the old system had proved of no service in carrying out their objects . For his part , his sympathies were with the Unionists . He bad been aU bis life amongst them , mid had some idea of what was wanted , Thev wanted the

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      support of all , both those that were m union aud those Hist were not . How could they obtain such support ? By acting on a broad , comprehensive spirit , and by discarding from their minds the little jealousies and puerile distinctions that had worked so much mischief . . Ought they not to take help and aid wherever they could get it ? Was there n man that did not feel proud that Mr . Dun . combe , their chairman , had come among them ! And yet the motion now made would exclude that gentleman from a position where he could best serve them . He called on the Delegates to set their faces against such a narrow , contracted spirit . Let the foundation of the projected Union be broad and comprehensive , and there would he some chance of the superstructure being la accordance .

      Mr . Perry had been sent there by a body who bad been out o £ society , hut who were desirous of again uniting ; and he hoped they would be afforded the opportunity . The amendment of Mr . Bush was then put , when the Chairman declared the Noes had it . —A division was called for , when seventeen voted for the amendment , and thirty against it . The 5 th paragraph ot the Committee's Report was then put and negatived . Thc Cth paragraph ivas also put and negatived . The 7 th , with a few verbal alterations , was put aud agreed to . The 8 th recommendation , that respecting the General Secretary ' s salary , was then considered . Mr . Williams proposed " s . per day as salary . Mv . Gardner seconded the motion . Au amendment was proposed tbat it be 6 s , It was arranged that the salary should be two guineas per week .

      It was understood that the Secretary would only be appointed until July next . Some other business , relative to the mode of conducting the business of the new Society , was brought forward and adopted . Mr . Booth , Sheffield , moved— " That the question of Strikes stand over until next Conference . " The new Society would not be prepared with funds until that time "; and until they were so prepared it would not do to engage in them . Thc hour for dinner having now arrived , the Conference adjourned . Afternoon Sitting . The chair was resumed at two o ' clock . DISCUSSION ON STRIKES . Mr . Firth supported the motion of Mr . Booth , which was put and carried . The llth aud 12 th paragraphs of the Committee's Report were put , and negatived . THE _CENTBAt COMMITTEE .

      It was proposed— "That the number of tbe Central Provisional Committee be nine . " The motion was adopted . The following persons were then elected : —J " . Skelton , Shoemaker ; J . S . Sherrard , Weaver ; J . Wartnaby , Carpenter ; 3 . Firth , Plasterer ; G . A . Fleming , Hatter ; Joshua Hobson , Editor ; W . P . Roberts , Solicitor ; James Rattray , Block Printer ; T . S . Duncombe , M . P . It was _alao resolved that five should form a quorum . Mr , T , Barratt was unanimously elected General Secretary . WAYS AMD MEANS .

      Mr . Fleming then brought forward the account of rc « ceipts and expenditure attendant on the convening and holding of the Conference , and concluded by moving the following resolution : — " That each delegate who has not already doneso , be requested to forward to the Gene * ral Secretary elect ( Mr . T . Barratt } the sum of one penny per head for each person he represents , within one month from this time . " Mr . Skelton seconded the motion . Ml * . Lloyd Jones remarked on the cordiality non- prevailing between those in union and those out of union . ( Laughter . ) The motion was carried unanimously . Business being now ended , and Mr . Duncombe having left the chair , aud Mr . * Webster having been called to it ,

      Mr . G . A . Fleming in an able speech proposed a vote of thanks to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., for the greatservices he has rendered the working classes on all occasions , and especially for the able and strictly impartial manner in which he had presided over their deliberations . The motion was seconded by Mr . Rattray , and carried by the repeated acclamations of the " whole house , " Cheer following upon cheer . Mr . Duncombe rose , amidst enthusiastic cheering , and said : _Gantlemen _, although you must be almost tired with having heard my voice so frequently during , the past week , yet I cannot refrain from expressing , the pleasure I have felt in presiding over your deliberations . When Mr . ' Drury , some months ago , asked for my opinion as to the propriety of holding such a Conference as we have bad . I at once answered , that from my limited

      knowledge of the machinery by which Trades' Unions are managed , I could venture to give no opinion that should carry weight with it , upon the subject of : an improved organisation and consolidation of the various national Trades ; but if such an object was required , I said / _itiieto of no course ( excluded as the working classes are from the Parliamentary franchise ) better calculated to give _effect to thai object than that the wise and _wCito'is / rom oK parts ofthe empire should , meet by delegation at a Conference in London , where , co-operating with the metropolitan trades , they could endeavour to devise such means as should not only obtain protection to ihe sons of toil from that oppression and persecution of which they have so long aud so justly complained , but should also tend to disabuse the public mind of those prejudices which are now so industriously encouraged against every

      combination but that of capital and of power . Gentlemen , what I have seen and heard in this room . has convinced me that the working classes toe elected-tke " wise and virtuous" as their representatives , and that the time has arrived when the working classes can do their own business . I agree with Mr . Fleming , that a new era for the working classes has arrived ; and the just claims of the working classes must be attended to , aud their grievances redressed , if the Government wishes security to continue to the upper classes . ( Loud cheers . ) I do believe that if the working classes meet in Conference a time or two more , - as you have now done , they will create such a public feeling in their favour as will be irresistible . ( Hear , hear . ) No just man who has heard the statements delivered here but must admit that the wealth-producers do not enjoy a fair share of tiie wealth they create . ( Loud cheers . ) I believe these statements are a fair sample of the grievances borne by

      the working classes ; and a fair inference of the effects of profit and loss maybe drawn from them , You have agreed tosomegeneralleading andimportant propositions ; you have elected a Committee to carry out your objects ; you have faithfully aud honestly done your duty . It now remains for the Committee to do theirs ; and when you meet in July next , I have no doubt the Committee will be prepared with sueh a plan as will tend to make England what she has often been boastedof being— "The envy of surrounding nations , and admiration of the " world "—( Loud cheers )—hut which designation , under present circumstances , is amorkery and a delusion , ( Hear , hear . ) I must again beg to repeat my great gratification in having had the high honour of presiding over your deliberations ; and I can only state tbat my humble services , whether in or out ot Parliament , shall be very much at your disposal . ( Tre _« mendous cheering . )

      It was then moved , seconded , and carried unanimously , " that this Conference be now dissolved . " The delegates shook hands very cordially , and parted in tlic best of Ming with eaeh other .

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      BANKRUPTS , ( From FHday ' s Gazette , Anvil i . ) John Foulton _, High-street , Portland Town , marblemason— Thomas Dingley _, Stvutton Ground , Westminster , draper—John Currie and Louis Elize Seignette , Mincinglane , City , merchants—Richard George Ward lud John Ferry , Newgate-market , meat-salesmen—Alexander Horatio Simpson , _Biack-friar's-road , engineer—William Giles , Brighton , boarding-house-keeper — Charles Day , Actonstreet , ( iray ' s-inn-road , chemist—Joint Lampard , _Staubope-stveet , Clare-market , printer—James Knight Cot . tercll , Glastonbury , Somersetshire , grocer—Samuel _Par-, kei _' , IHdder , Fleot \ vood-on-Wyrc , Lancashire , slate-dealer —Henry Hartshorn , Shrewsbury , plumber .

      DIVIDENDS . April 25 , J . Bohn , King William-street , St , _Marthi-uUi tbe-fields _, bookseller—April 25 , F . B . and W . Stacey , Lawrence-lane , Cheapside , warehousemen—April 25 , J . T ., Nash and J . Tomlinson , jun ,, York , mustard-manufac hirers—May 1 , II . Lewis , Haverfordwest , cabinet-maker- — April 25 , T . Berrldge , Manchester , tobacconist—April 30 B C . Evans , Manchester , banker—April 29 , R . Greeuwoodj _, Bradford , Yorkshire , bookseller—April 25 , J . Crisp , Liverpool , auctioneer—May 1 , T . Coleman , J ., J . B ., and T .,

      Varwick And Cheltenham Junction Railway Company.

      VARWICK AND CHELTENHAM JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY .

      The Allotment Of The Shakes M This Compa...

      THE Allotment of the SHAKES m this Company win ; take place on Wednesday next , the 9 th instatit , on or * before which day all applications must be made . Holders of Shares in the Coventry , Bedworth _, andl Nuneaton , and the Coventry and Leicester Junction : Lines , will be entitled to one share in the present _under-, taking for every three held by them in either ofthe two _» former , provided they make application , and produces _tllOU' Scrip to tho Secretary , at the Office of this Company , No . 3 , Church-court , Old Jewry , London , before the ; day of allotment . R . HARTLEY KENNEDY , Chairman . London , 4 th April , 1845 .

      To The Engineers, Millwrights, Mechanics...

      TO THE ENGINEERS , MILLWRIGHTS , MECHANICS , SMITHS , ANDIRON-MOULDERS . OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . AS AN Advertisement has appeared in the Liverpool ' . Mercury , and also in a Preston paper , of last Saturday _, the _S > L > th inst ., stating tlmt any Operatives of thes above-named Trades may have employment for a fixedX term , by applying to Messrs . R . "Walker and Brother Engineers and Founders , of Bury , Lancashire , we hereh _* f caution tbe operatives ofthe above Trades , that there ias a Strike at tbe above Firm ; and also at Messrs . Walker Smith , and Hacking , machinists , of the same place " and , as tbe Men are contending for privileges that ever ™ Operative _Mc-rtianic should he in possession of we trust * that none of ow _Fellow-workmen will be base enough toe lure themselves uuder such degrading circumstances . By order of the Executive Council of tha Prot « etlv « Society , Bolton , March 30 th , 1845 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 5, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_05041845/page/5/