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      What Shall We Do With The Pope And The B...

      the Roman Catholic population would find the _^ lesiastieal organisation of their church pro-Tided for in a way which -would call neither their own loyalty , _jior the allegiance of their clergy into question ,-Theonly conceivable reason for snch definite relations not having , been established before , j is to be found in the Protestant bigotry , which I prevented their enactment at the time the Emancipation Bill was passed . All who were nossessed of Political _forerii-Tif . _riispernnl «* the Roman Catholic populatiori -would find the

      the time must . come when the Papal Church would not be content with toleration but claim unfettered spiritual and ecclesiastical freedom . To ignore the existence ofthe _spisfoTil Head of that Church , _vas , in fact , to invite ibe so-ealled aggression which has just taken plac £ - A concordat would have _presented the _appointment of bishops , unless with the sanction and _ponsent of the British _Government , and all _canbpforpoftficaf excitement would have heen obviatea .

      But the Protestant agitators will tell us that the Queen , us the head of the English Church , would then have formally recognised what , as , in that _' capacity , she is bound to believe , —an erroneous , idolatrous , land damnable religion . The answer is , that she has represented at her court the head of the Mahometan religion , which is to Christians of all denominations , at least equally damnable and erroneous . We do not see why she should recognise a Turkish and refuse to receive a Popish Ambassador .

      _\ That we think disposes of the-reli gious objection . But werepudiate entirely any considerations of that kind in this question . It Is with us purely one of civil liberty ; and had St not been so , " the whole course of events , since 1829 , indubitably demonstrate , that resistance , on the Sectarian ground , is nugatory . Dnring that period Roman Catholic prelates have been formally recognised and given precedence to both in Ireland and our . colonies . To take back these concessions would be as ungracious as it would be dangerous , and it xemains to be proved that we ought to refuse on this side of the Irish Channel what we have

      sanctioned on the other . If a Papal Hierarch y can wield ¦ any where a Teal sway over the people , it must be where the members' of their Church constitute the majority , or the great bulk of the population , not where they are a small minority , watched , checked , and controlled by a powerful and an active public _Opinion . ' ~ - - - One thing is clear , we cannot revoke our

      past concessions . Backwards we mustnot go : fo ' stand still is impossible . Legislation , in an enlightened , statesmanlike , and temperate spirit , suited to the new circumstances , is demanded ; and the establishment of diplomatic relations , and a concordat , applicable to the _t _iectiUar relative position of the _. two parties , aljjggara to offer the only dignified , effective , _snfcpermanent termination to a controversy , -which may otherwise be fraught with fearful consequences .

      The Roman Catholic Population Would Find...

      DECEMBER 21 lrV » f \ ' - ' _~ l ; iii : _- _' - _*''*¦'*¦ - ' - ¦> V r i mi " " _^" ' I ¦ -- _, _ , __ , O

      - O'G0nnor Defence Fund. The " ' Ilt&Ron...

      - O'G 0 _NNOR DEFENCE FUND . The _ilt _& _Ronse Ho our appeal has so & r been _?\ c _* ' a gratifying nature . The _IkterVreceived at this ofiice prove that Mr . O'Connor ' s position has excited sincere and wide-spread sympathy , and that with proper arrangements , that sympath y will show itself in deeds commensurate with the occasion . . System and organisation , however , are necessary in such cases ; and , as this is one which .: especially demands prompt exerlion , it has been considered advisable to issue a circular containing the facts briefly staled , together with directions as to the course to be pursued in the various localities . . The circular is so brief , and so much to

      the purpose , that we subjoin it , merely adding our earnest request , that its suggestions may be immediately acted . upon , throughout the length and breadth of ( he country . ""Northern Star" Ofiice , London . . By the recent deciapn _^ _. of . the Court of Queen ' s Bench in the ' . _cage ; lof . O'Connor / v . Bradshaw , F . O'Connor _^ Esq ., 3 J . P ., has been saddled with the costs of two . protracted and expensive actions at"taws \ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ A Select Committee of ihe House of . .

      Commons , after the most _' ample investigation into the affairs of " The National Land Company , " pronounced its proceedings to have heen conducted throughout '" ' bona-fide , " and added , that the personal character . of Mr O'Connor , in relation to it , was unimpeachable and unimpeached . In the face of this Report , Mr . Bradshaw , ( the Editor of a Tory journal published at

      _Ifottingbam ) , accused Mr . O'Connor of personal dishonesty in relation to the Company . . An action for Libel was immediately commenced , which terminated in the Jury returning - a verdict grossly inconsistent with itself and with the facts , namely , " that the libeller was justified in bis charges , but that there was no ground whatever for any personal imputation on Mr . O'Connor ' s honesty !" - "

      * ' The Judge , in summing up , acted the part of a hostile partizan , and misled the Jury into giving a terdict , which threw the entire costs of the action upon Mr . O'Connor . ¦ That gentleman tried the question again , ly moving for a new trial iu the Queen's Bench . The case was re-argued at great expense , but , as . the " Times" expressly states , file Judges " shirked'' tbe merits ofthe case in a " cowardly" manner , and refused a new trial on quibbles—again subjecting Mr . O'Connor to all the costs . This is hut the last of a series of proceedings ,

      all of which indicate a determination on the part of G overnment , and the law authorities , to deny justice to Mr . O'Connor , and to refuse turn either redress for . wrong done , or protection against injury . . The object is to " ruin him with expenses , " as advised by Lord Melbourne years ago . He has spent his life and fortune in the cause of the people , and has never travelled a mile iior eaten a meal at their expense . $ All who sympathi se with ah honest hut an oppressed man , are called upon to come forward liberally , and contribute to sustain him

      in this unequal content . ' _a- «*» _ivt _« _ip _Itisreq _lstedthatyou _wiUimmediatetytake _Bteps to form a Committee in your _^ town , te canvass for Subscriptions ., IVwould be ad _visable to divide it into Small distacts , to appoint * collector to each , to announce that _^ Subscriptions will be collected sunultaneously on a given day , thus , showing , by _ooe eeaeral and hearty effort , that the peop le will lot allow their advocate and champion to be Metimised by Legal Frauds and Governmenta l Chicanery . ,. „ . ' _Tjpon app lication to this office , collecting hooks , and every information that may be tiemSary , will be forthwith supplied to all who are desirous ef assisting in this good

      ! It is recommended that a , per centage on the amount collected be allowed to all who undertake that - duty ; the amount of such _| eV _Rentage to be fixed by the local _Com-^' funds should be remitted imm _^ iately ( per _Posi Office Order , ) to Mr . Wilham SSer % Great Windmill-street , Hay-S t , with a list of Subscribers ; and a due Wfu 5 acknowledgement will appear in the " Northern Star '' each Saturday . , " A long pulka strong pull , and a pull altogether ** -- _* now or never . _^ _J-wc gj _, - . WnUAM BlDEB .

      - Tsexps. Of Cohvicib.—Thwe Convicts Und...

      - Tsexps . of CoHviciB . _—Thwe convicts under seniJu * of transportat ion for _tojeaneMh , _^ _tv « _Biidwioh 26 . John Thompson , 23 , and Jfc £ l « Web £ r . _nJ _subceededinrLliagtbeiv _es-SjSm the convict est ablishment on Dartmoor & _£ _&**¦ nave nut sinw been heard of .

      • M0nii8 Reiji^T"^^ Fob Tm Webk Endtte T...

      • M 0 NII 8 _REiJI _^ _T" _^^ Fob _tm Webk ENDtte Thursdat , _D _* CBMBJ _( B 19 IH , 1850 . POB THE TIE HONESTY _FffND . _DECEIVED AT NATIONAL LAW ) AM ) LABOUR BANK . v _™ _t _^^* -Pres *<»* *• .. - W 0 0 Mrs . Place , _Paddington .. 0 1 0 Manager ofthe Sank . ** i ' 0 _JohnDennia .. ** i ? . " _w •• * _* ¦ loo _5- _- - ** :: George Wash .. " " o l 0 . MflHlTn _ln " n "" _' n \

      _TT P a _r . _BECETVED BY W . JUDEB . n . K . s ., Coventry .. 0 10 _£ _£ * h _^ anpri 9 , Dudley ' * 023 a . Uutts , Dudley " _^ 0 10 W . Derail , Dudley * " " n i n G . Carter , Dudley . " " „ 1 0 J . _Massey , Dudley " n o ft W . KanWn , Dudley . " * ' _S 0 9 Sarah and Joseph Dmm , Dudley ' " * 0 1 2 i Snob , Dudley .. .. 0 0 2 * Messrs . Baflton , Dagnall _, and Pemberton , St ' Helens .. mm 0 3 0 Wy . pprJ . PlMt .. ' . ' . ' 0 19 6 _G-E Bury St Edmunds .. .. 010 J . Edie , Eincaple . .. m % 0 10 J . Taylor , Stour Provost .. "" 0 10 W . Hoare , O'ConnorviHe .. . 0 2 6 Operatives at Shaddow WorkBj Carlisle *" " 0 7 0 Dinting Tale print worksnear Glossop S _^

      , , per Lomas : .. .. .. 0 14 10 J . Stephenson , Cullea .. .. 006 A Friend , Cullen .. _\\ 0 10 A Friend , Putney .. \[ 0 1 0 G . Cooke , Melton Mowbray .. . * 0 5 0 J . Hill . Botherham .. 0 16 J . Gardener , Sheffield .. ** o 1 0 _EmmettBrigadejMerthyrTyilTil _. per J . Morgan 0 6 4 Tiverton , Chartist and Land Members , per H . _„ - _ } - , ' .. .. Old 0 Crayford , near Dartford , per J . Wilson .. 0 15 6 _^ _f r _J feavers - Holmfirai , per H . Marsden .. 0 6 4 W . J . Weaver , Snig _* 8 End .. .. 0 10 W . Blackford . _SniPs End ; . 0 10 J . Faulkner , Paddmgton .. 0 0 6 Messrs . A . Docker , J . Bridge , J . Whitehead , " ¦ and J . Walker , meeting at _Garrick-head ,

      Stockport .. .. .. 100 T . Martin , _StafiTora .. .. 020 Cinder Hills , near Halifax , per U . Hinchcliffe .. 0 5 0 H _^ _ifax , _jj _» U . Bjnehcliffe ... ... 150 B . Landiford , Moss-side , near Bury .. 0 10 W . 6 eal _, Banisley . " . .. 006 Preston , per J . Brown .. .. 0 3 8 C . Epworth , York .. .. 1 10 0 ilessrs . Sturgess , Wilshire , Blunden , and Steward , Winchester .. .. 0 3-6 F . J _.. B . O _. W . G _.. W . T ., andC . J . W ., Airdrie 0 3 6 W . Hyde , Yeovil .. .. 020 J . Hayes , Yeovil .. .. ., 0 2 , 0 Messrs . Bawden , Drum , CoUard , aud Buckingham , South Molton .. .. 0 1 10 Royton _. perB . Horsfall .. .. 0 8 7 Eccles _, per W . Gregory .. ' .. 0 13 2 Hulme , per W . Foster ' s book .. .. 0 14 0 Hulme , per E . Hooson ' s book .. .. 0 12 0 Sliaw , near Oldham , a few Chartists , per J . KoVmson -- n n _noDinson .. 0 12 0

      " .. ., Prescott , per J . Beaumont .. .. 0 4 9 J . _Mojes _, _HillenQ , _Inverkeithing .. 0 10 C . Stacy , London .. .. 006 _Messrs . Mitchell , Russell , and Henderson , Jarrow , Gateshead .. .. 026 Messrs . _Finley , Byron , and Naylor , Highom , Derbyshire .. .. .. 090 MUlbridge , Littletown , and OsseU , per C . Fisher 0 5 0 Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. - .- ¦ - •• 12 3 H . Davis , Freemasons' Coffee-house , Sheffield . street , lincoln ' s-inn-Field 3 .. ., 0 2 0 N . £ . Albutt , and T . Covington , _Islington .. 0 2 0 Georgie Mills , per T . Median .. .. 0 9 3 Paisley , per J . Ronald .. .. 0 6 0 Askton-under-Lyne , per J . Taylor .. 1 10 0 J . Lewis , Lantwit Varder - .. .. 0 2 6 Messrs . Holmes , Talbury , and Collins , Cheltenham ' .. ' - -.. .. 0 3 0 Lincoln / per J . _Budd .. .. 0 S 3 Mount SorrelLperH . Jarratt .. .. 0 5 0 K , B „ Portaferry .. - .. 0 2 6 R . Srtinger , Sandbach .. .. 0 10 A land Member , Leicester Branch , No . 1 ,

      residing in Wales .. .. .. 020 _Houmgwoofl _. perJ . _Ilayner .. .. 0 13 7 Messrs . Perry , Howard , Brown , Camelford .. 0 2 0 Mr . Shirley , Maidstone .. .. 0 1 0 Mr Ludbury , Maidstone .. .. 0 10 E . Wells , Maidstone .. .. 020 T . Wells , Maidstone .. .. 0 10 Whittington and Cat , perH . Bloomfield , Bill St » mo 6 d and Cash 2 s .. .. 0 2 6 Mr . Thomas Chauner .. .. 0 10 0 Mr . _ThomasShaw .. .. 0 10 Mr . Thomas ... .. .. 010 MissHughes .. .. 0 10 0 Mr . Roberts .. .. .. 0 10 0 Charles Londwin .. 0 7 0 JamesColery .. .. .. 070 Mary Mathews .. .. .. , 0 6 0 Master Thomas .. .. ... 0 10 0 . EECEIVED AT LAND _OFHCE . W . Temple .. .. ., 010 £ -3714 9

      Md&G-Tjp Of The Lanfi Company. ' Becixve...

      mD & G-tJP OF THE lANfi _COMPANY . ' BECIXVED BX WM . BIDEE . £ s . d . H . R . S ., Coventry r .. .. 0 . 10 Messrs . Railton and Pemberton , St . Helens .. 0 10 Mary Peters , St . Helens .. .. 0 0 6 G . Howells . HaneUy .. .. 0 10 J . Stephenson , C'lUtn .. .. 0 0 6 Messrs . Brook , Froughton , Oates , Cooper , Ripley , and Parkinson , Dewsbery - .. 6 5 9 F . Whiting , E . Whiting , and B . Whitford , Putney . .. ' .. ... 016 J . Bill , Botherham .. .. 010 J . Gardener , Sheffield ... .. 0 10 Tiverton , Chartist and Land Members , per H . Land .. ... .. 0 10 0 Crayford , near Dartford , per J . Wilson .. ' . 0 16 W . J . Weaver , Slag ' s End .. - .. 0 10 R . ' Sandiford , Moss-side , near Bury .. 0 1 . 0 T . Acklam , Barnsley .. .. 0 0 6 _MissTja _^ Barnsley .. .. 0 0 6 Mrs . Green , Barnsley .. .. -806 J . Crosslahd , Barnsley .: ' ' .. 0 . 0 6 Preston , per J . Brown . .. " ... 0 8 10 C . Epworth , York .. .. 0 10 0

      W . Wilshire , Winchester .. .. 0 0 6 Messrs . Hyde , and Hayse , Yeovil .. 0 2 0 Bath . Friends , T . BolweU .. ' .. 113 0 Harwick , per H . Dove .. .. 0 7 0 Prescot , per J . Beaumont -. ... " 0 6 0 Edward Kennedy , Parkhead ' .. .. 0 10 J . Mbyes , HiU-end , InTerkeithing .. 0 10 B . Hndd , Hockley , _Bfrmingham .. 0 2 0 C . Stacy , London ... .. 010 C . Tinley , 'Hignam , Derbyshire .. .. 0 0 6 Bath , Messrs , J . _Kicholls , J . Chappell , andG . Kicholls .. - _,. .. 030 MUlbrigde , Litietown , and Ossett , per C . Fisher 0 7 6 Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. ... 0 2 6 J . Faulkner , Paddington .. ... 010 Mes 3 _rs . Trew and Everett , London .. 0 10 J . Ronald , Paisley .. .. 0 10 T . P ., Cheltenham , per J . Hemmin .. 0 . 1 . 0 Messrs . Buckingham , Wostton ; and Leader , Cheltenham .. .. .. 030

      Messrs . Stringer , Moulton , and Butterworth , Sandbach . .. .. .. 0 3 0 A Land Member , Leicester Branch , residing in Wales .. .. .. 030 _HoUinwood , per J . Bayner .. .. 0 2 9 _Messrs . Howard and Brown , Camelford ( 2 nd snb . ) .. .. .. 010 G . Cable and H . Brewer , Chelmsford ( 2 nd sub . ) 0 10 Mr . Shirley , Maidstone .. .. 0 10 Mr . Webb , Maidstone .. .. 0 1 0 Mr . Ferguson , Maidstone .. .. 0 1 o E . Wells , Maidstone .. .. 010 Gorebridge , Seven Paid-up Members , per B . Donaldson ., .. .. 0 7 0

      _BECEIVED AT LAHD OfWCE , Mr . Walsh ... .. •• 0 1 0 W . Temple .. .. - 0 10 £ 7 5 4

      For The Hungarian And Polish Refugees. R...

      FOR THE HUNGARIAN AND POLISH REFUGEES . Received by W . Rides . —Mr . Ainswortb , London Is—Preston , per J . Brown 1 b—Harwick , per H . Dove 2 s _54—Plvmouth , per J . Rogers 5 s Cd -Preston ,- Claytons' Fonn . dry , per 3 . Wixon 26 s—Mr . Alger , Cheltenham 6 d—A Few _frieHds , Stoney Wood , near Aberdeen , per J . Taylor , remitted through Mr . Lindsay 5 s . FOR . MACNAMARA'S ACTION . Received by W . Ridzb . — Nottingham , per J . Sweet 6 d . N . B . —The monies received _. by John Arnott will be acknowledged , next week . - '

      National Land And Labour Bank. Christmas...

      _NATIONAL LAND AND LABOUR BANK . CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS . This Bank will be closed to tne public from Pour p . m ., on Tuesday , the 24 th instant , and will be reopened at Ten a . m , on the 28 th instant , when all letters arriving between _theBe dates will be answered . By Order , 20 th Dec ., 1850 . . Thojus _Pbice , Manager .

      Rbpeal Of Jhk Wlvdow :Tai.-Ron Wednesday...

      _Rbpeal of jhk Wlvdow : TAi .-rOn Wednesday _M-enine a meeting of deputations from various metronoliten parishes was . held at the . _Conrfc-house , Sarylebone , for the purpose of procuring the re-Sof the window tax .-Mr . J . A . _Nicholay pre-Sd , and opened the business : on which they were ! Kv showing the _oppressive-character of the tax , _fndSSt _pressur _^ the middle c asses , and tb _^ _3 t y ofit 3 repealina _sanatory pointofview . _SdTthf metropolitan members done their duty last would all in their different localities tell those _^ gen tlemen that if jfaey were not present _^ on _^^ 1 ing occasion the measurei _witfhlwg

      wW _betore parliament , they might take their departure for good . He hoped the Chancel or of the _Exche _^ quer , having a large surplus , would give up the tax at once with a £ oo & grace , and . not _coWP-Jl tne people to make hun do M .- _* After a few wor dsfrom Mr . Healy , Mr . Soden moved the first resolution , pledging the meeting to _uso every possible nw " to obtain the immediate repeal of the tax , wnicn was seconded-by Mr . _Geeain , and oarried unanimously . —Mr . _Geesin moved the second resolution , to . the effect that the deputations from each of the metropolitan parishes should wait npon tbe Chancellor of the Exchequer as soon as possible after Christmas , to urge the' repeaJi luich was seconded by Mr . Dyer , and carried _UBAniftwuBly . ; * f /_

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      The Provisional Committee Of The Nationa...

      THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION Met on Wednesday evening last , at their Office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand—Mr . Jame ' _a Grassbyin the chair . An unusual amount of correspondence was read , consisting chiefly of votes of confidence in the late Executive , and disagreeing with tlie Manchester Conference . Messrs . Blake and Kelley , appointed by the Emmett _' s Brigade , Mr . R . H . Bloomfield , by the Whittington and Cat locality , „ and Mr . S . Reynolds , by the Crown and Anchor _loofc- _'fty * to inspect the votes received for the Executive Pommittee , were present , and save in the

      following u 8 toe result of their scrutiny " : — "We _report- that we have found the votes to be kept correct ; _' tA , _atfifty-: three localities' and one hundred personal votes have been received . The poll stands thus : — V 1 . —G . W . M . _Reynolds 1 , 805 2 , _-G . J . Harney „ _W 3 . —Ernest Jones .. ; ........,.. * _*» _W 4 . —John Arnott . * 1 . 505 5 .-F . O'Connor . ' ... 1-314 6 .-G . J . Holyoake l _. 02 _* 7 . —Wm . Davis , , .. *» 8 8 . —James Grassby 81 i 9 . —John Milne 709 . 10 . —Thornton Hunt . W 7 10 . —Thornton Hunt 707

      11 . —Edmund Stallwood 63 G 12 . —John Fussell ........ „ ' , „ 611 13 . —Edward Miles 515 14 . —R . Le Blond 45 G 15 . —W , J . Linton 402 16 . —T . M . Wheeler ; ....,.. " 350 17 . —John Shaw 326 18 . —J . B . Leno 94 19 . —A . E . Delaforce ... S 9 20 . —J . J . Ferdinando 59 21 . —J . Finlen ...,., 44 T . Brown having resigned , the votes received on his behalf are omitted . "We certify , that the above is a true , faithful , and correct statement .

      •• Stephen _Rbtnoius , ' Jacob Bukk _, f R . H . Bloohfield , * ' John Kellby . " The Committee then adjourned to Wednesday even ing , Jan . 1 st , 1851 .

      Somers Town. — Bricklayers' Arms, Tonbri...

      Somers Town . — Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridgestreet . On Sunday evening , owing to the thin attendance of members , the voting for the Executive Vas postponed until the ensuing Sunday . Mr . Wheeler brought the case of Ouffay before the meeting . Great sympathy was expressed , and steps taken to attract public attention to the subject . Waerisgton . —A few democrats have formed an association in this town , and Mr . George Mantle , of Manchester , attended here on Sunday evening , when the following resolution was adopted : — " That this meeting expresses its entire confidence in the Executive Council , for the able manner in which they have struggled to establish the holy and eternal principles of democracy , arid we pledge ourselves to

      support the same by enrolling into a locality of the National Charter Association . " A . _members' meeting was afterwards held , when the eight _meinbera of the late Executive ' were elected with the addition of Ernest Jones ; thirty-ohe votes were polled .. O'CoHKOHViLiB . —The members here _^ having proceeded to tho election of an Executive , the following persons stood highest on the poll : —Messrs . Wheeler , O'Connor , Reynolds , Harney , E . Jones , Shaw , Arnott , Stallwoed , and J . Fnssell ; tho first receiving thirty-one votes , and the last fourteen . They , also unanimously decided , that the first duty of the Executive ought to be , an endeavour to heal

      the breach at present unfortunately existing in the Chartist body , and _thusT prevent our' enemies triumphing through our disorganisation . Chemeo tam . —At a meeting of members and friends it was resolved : — " That we consider the calling a Confereuce so early as the first of January next would be injudicious , and we believe it to be prerogative of the Executive to determine the time and place of meeting ; but our decided opinion is , that London would he the most appropriate place . We do not agree that the body called the' Charter League , or the members thereof , " * should take any part whatever in the affairs of the National Charter Association .

      Lower Warley . —At a delegate meeting held at Lower Warley , delegates were present from the following places : —Lower . Warley , Wheatley , Sowerby , and Mixenden Stones . It . was resolved : —" That we are in favour of a Conference being held in January at Manchester , and , if held , we are prepared to send a delegate . " " That we have the greatest confidence in F . O'Connor , Esq ., and that , we think ; he ought to have all the help possible . We have begun the good work , and hope that it will not end until he is clear of the virtuous Bradshaw . "

      Rochdale . —Mr . J . Leach , ' of Manchester , lectured on Sunday last to an attentive audience , arid gave general satisfaction . At the conclusion , a collection was made for Mr . O'Connor ' s Defence Fund . — ;—A ' public meeting of members was held on Monday evening for the purpose of considering the _forthcoming'Conference . Mr . O'Connor ' s letter was read from the Star , and other reports . After a lengthy discussion , the following resolutions' were unanimously adopted : —*• That we , the Chartists of Rochdale , still adhere to cur former resolution that a Conference be held in Manchester as speedily as possible . " " That seeing it stated in the Northern Star of last Saturday , as a recommendation from the' men of Manchester , for discussion in the

      forthcoming _Conference , ' Co-operation , whieh is so successfully carried out in Rochdale and other places , ' we , the Chartists of Rochdale , are firmly of opinion that co-operation is injurious to thoobtainment of the People's Charter ; we , therefore , call upon all localities to instruct their delegates not to allow _any'ism' to be mixed up with the agitation for the People's Charter . " Bradford . —At the usual weekly meeting held' in the Democratic School-room , Bradford , on Sunday , December 15 th , Mr . J . Firth ,, of . Leeds , delivered an able lecture upon the Pope ' s letter . After which the council met to further consider the question of a Conference . The debate lasted some time , and the following resolution , proposed by Mr . E ,

      Smith , and seconded by Mr . George Clayton , was unanimously adopted : — " That we , the Council of the Bradford branch , are still of opinion that a Conference to assemble in London at the ' time of the great National Exhibition will be of immense benefit to the democratic cause , seeing that the world will be represented in London at that time , and that the justness of our demands will be made known over Europe , ; and the honourable manner with which we advocate their adoption . We also believe it will be the means of destroying the influence of a vile and corrupt Press , which has always done its best to misrepresent our principles , and calumniate and vilify our able advocates . At the same time we believe that the present is

      pregnant with mighty coming events , which will betray folly in the democratic party , if we neglect to turn it to our advantage ; we are , therefore , of opinion that a preliminary Conference ought to meet in Manchester , at t he time recommended by Mr . O'Connor , to determine upon the policy to be pursued ; this course will , we hope , be the means of settling all differences , and of uniting the democratic party once more in a firm bond of union and mutuaigood will , which alone can make our labours truly effective . " - Manchester . —A special meeting ( called by placard ) was held on Sunday afternoon in the large ante-room ofthe People ' s Institute—Mr . John Sutton ib . the chair . Mr . Sutton stated in a clear and concise manner the reason why they were

      called together . ' After which Mr . n . Nuttall moved the following resolution , seconded by R . Shawcross : —¦ " That , in the opinion of this meeting , the Council have acted strictly in accordance with our opinions ' since they have been elected , and we urgently entreat them to pursue the Bame policy , fearless and regardless of the abuse which may be heape'd upon them , and we pledge ourselves to support them to the utmost of our abilities . " Proposed by Mr . James Leach , seconded by James _Alcbck : — That this meeting fully approves of the resolutions passed at the _Councirmeeting on Monday evening , December 9 th , and is resolved to render the Council every assistance , to carry out the spirit of the same . " Mr . Donovan moved tbe William Foster

      next resolution , seconded hy : — " That this meeting call upon the Council to fix the time when the Conference should be held in Manchester , as we believe that to be the best means of preserving the cause of democracy from the ruin and destruction now impending over it . " On Sunday , December 15 th , Mr . Edward Cropper Clark lectured in the People's Institute , in bis usual eloquent style , and received the thanks of the meeting . — '¦ — --On" Monday . evening , December lCtb , tho usual weekly meeting of tho Council was held in the ante-room of the People ' s Institute . ; After transacting local business , the following resolution was unanimously agreed to : — " That , in accordance with the foregoing resolutions passed at o _ononini members meetine . the Council fix the last

      Monday in January ( 27 th ) , 1851 , for . holding the Conference in Manchester . " A programme of business for the Conference will appear in the _forthem Star next Saturday , December 28 th . Noitinoham . —Eagle Tavern votes for the Executive ? - _Feargus O'Connor , . Esq , _M . P ., . Ernest Jones , Esq ., G . J . Harney , & W . M . Reyno _* _- _^ to , T . M _Wheeleri J . Fussell , J .. Arnot , 0 . J . Holyoake , W . J . Linton . Seventeen votes . AsnTosrvm -n-Lrs-. —Enclosed we send a Postorder for the sum of £ llls ., 6 d . for the benefit of _« _L _nnnoarian and Polish Refugees . As promised

      last week , we send a more detailed account of tne rehersalat _Ashton-under-Lyne . The income was £ 7 Is 6 d . _' and the expenditure £ 3 Is . lid ., which _im deducted from the income , leaves £ 3 19 _aL 7 d , Sffi f _amtlVen ; £ 1 6 s . _d left in the _nandsS tua Committee , _towwda _estaWiahi . ng the

      Somers Town. — Bricklayers' Arms, Tonbri...

      Democratic Library . Wo have sent £ 1 Is , 6 d . out 01 tne _Ashton account , leaving a balance , sent last _* ?** _$ of 5 s . ; with : the . ' balance of . the Oldham _rehersai , 16 s ., together > with _; a _^ donation of 10 s . _Sd . from _* heDireotor 8 bf _^ he : Wo ' riihg Man ' s Hall . ¦ _- ¦ -... ' .. ¦ : . - _; . > : _! :. ; - . V _'" . _Cambbrwem . and _Waivwomh . ' > -- \ A meeting ; was held on Tuesday ; _December 17 th , at the Rose and Crown , Camberwell-ro ' _ad—alT ;¦ ' ?> Harrison in ; the chair—when the following resolution was adopted : _-- _,, That we agree with Mr . F . O'Connor that the Conference be held on the 1 st of January , the _memhJT

      _oers present having unbounded confidence in Mr . O'Connor ' s judgment . " _Bebmondsev . —At . the usual weekly meeting held at the Ship and Mermaid , Snow ' s-fields , a subscription list was opened for the Defence and Honesty Fund . Mr . Edwards was appointed treasurer ; Messrs , _WilkinB , Miles , _Sniggs , Percy , and Pearcey , were appointed couheilmen for tho next three months . After the settlement of the votes for the Executive and the _" transaction of other ' business , the meeting adjourned till Tuesday evening next .

      Co-Operative Stores." On Tuesday Night A...

      CO-OPERATIVE STORES . " On Tuesday night a public meeting was held in Blagrove ' s Concert-rooms , Mortimer-street , Cavendish-square , to consider the plan of the _Co-operairt ' ve Stores , as a means of assisting the ostablishmeu't of working men ' s associations . " E . y _^ _NsniARi Ne ' ale , Esq ., " who was called to the chair " , said the meeting ; was held for tho purpose of _endeavouring to draw public attention to a system which , . in his own honest conviction , would prove the easiest that could be adopted , and which , when set in _operation , ' would be the most efficient in practice , for the improvement and amelioration of the condition of the working classes . The plan

      to which he referred was a mode of association by which those persons who were favourably disposed toco-operative efforts might do for themselves what they now did for others . The reasons in favour of these establishments might , be stated in very few words . It was not an easy matter to embark in the business of production . Even in individual cases it required the combination of capita ] , labour , and talent , to secure success . A co-operative productive establishment would have precisely the same difficulties to struggle with as individual tradesmen had to secure customers for themselves alone . But they would have to struggle besides that with other difficulties . ; They could only be established . by persons of large means being _willing to advance the

      necessary capital apd means , or has had been the case iu Paris , by the resolution of the workmen themselves beginning in the midst of the greatest _lisadvantages _, and resolutely bearing all these , until at last their perseverance and endurance enabled them to triumph and establish themselves in business . It' would not , in the present state of opinion , and the law in this country , be always practicable , or easy to find persons willing to advance the means , or to find persons capable of exhibiting such resolutions and foresight . There was also this difficulty , that in order to the workmen placing himself in . the position to . benefit ultimately , he must first give up the situation he now holds . It was no slight thing to resign present for

      problematical future employment and _suMstonce . ( Hear , hear . ) But hone of these things happened in establishing co-operative stores . , They had only to look around and see the numerous articles ' they were daily consuming , and on which they all expended a certain amount o ' their income , to find tho N materials for such stores . Every family consumed a certain portion of butter , bacon , cheese ; grocery , flour , < fec , weekly , and . they knew not only _wete large profits ' charged by those ' who-supplied the customers , but also that the articles were adulterated . Now the simple idea of a co-operative store was , that the consumers should , agree to set Up an establishment of their own , that they should buy what they , wanted in the wholesale market , and

      appoint some one to deal the . articles _ out as they were required ; they-, would soon acquire a . knowledge of the actual cost , both of the articles themselves ; ' and the mere actual cost of distribution . Any profit above that would be received by _themselves ; tbis plan required . nothing but the co-operation of the ! consumers , nothing but the expenditure for themselves of tbe sums they , now spent with others . Nothing could be more evident than that a saving . would accrue , and it was equally clear that it would guard against adulteration , because there could be no motive for persons to defraud themselves ., ( Hear , hear . ) They merely

      bought for themselves , and sold' to themselves at first cost , the best articles they could possibly .. obtain for the money they were disposed to spend'in purchasing them . ( _Heari ) There was , however , this further advantage in these _Co-foperative Storesi that the successful development of the system would give those associated the power of employing any persons they pleased . ( Hear , hear . ) They would , in fact , create a market of their own , and might supply it from what source they thought proper . This had heen alread y done to some extent by the establishment of several working men's association ' s ! such as that of the shoemakers in Hoiborn . AU that was wanted for such an

      establishment-was customers . The development of these stores would ' siipply them , They need not stop at shoes . Clothes , furniture—all the articles , in fact , they were in the habit' of daily using—might be supplied in the same manner ; and thus , in prop or tion as the system extended ' , tho working classes would become their own producers and distributors . ( Hear , hear . ) Here , then , he thought , were the means through which , by . simply turning into a new channel the present resources of the working classes , they . could effect a great and practical improvement in their own condition . ' ( Hear , hear . ) The adoption arid extension of such a plan would enable them to raise themselves , arid ultimately to become their own producers , by beiDg , in the first place their own distributors . ( Cheers . )

      Mr . W . Cooper then moved the following resolution , which , being seconded by . Mr . J . Shorter , was unanimously carried : —' . ' That while the resources of Great Britain are sufficient to secure the comfortable maintenance of its population , the condition of the labourers is insecure and miserable , those in employment receiving often inadequate wages , and the unemployed suffering the extreme ot wretchedness . That this state of things is caused by a misapprehension of the economical law of demand and ; supply , from which has arisen the present-suicidal competition , and that the best remedy for these evils is to be found in an equitable arbitration between demand and supply , by the means of co operative action among the people . "

      Mr . Lloyd Jones moved . that The London Cooperative Stores , being calculated to promote this equitable arbitration ' between producers and consumers , deserve the support of all who desire to abolish the evils from which many suffer so deeply . " In supporting the resolution , he . said that according to the French journals , working men ' s associations were the sole beneficial result of the Revolution of 1848 In Paris there were , some time ago , between 500 and 600 , and they were increasing so rapidly that it was then expected they would speedily numbe 1 ; 000 . At Nantes a co-operative bakery had in six months baked upwards of 470 , 0001 b of bread , the profit on which was rather more 'than £ 114 . From ApriH 5 thto October 19 th , business bad been

      done to the extent of £ 2 , 200 . He was' happy to add that these stores were spreading in this country ; There were establishments of tho working classes both for productive and . distributive purposes , " in tbe towns ' of Manchester , Oldham , Rochdale , Ashtpn , Hey wood , Saddlewortb , Bradford , Bolton , Bury , Macclesfield , Milnrow , Bacup , and other-towns ; He had tt . e week before last visited many of these establishments , and he found they were making great progress . At Rochdale there were 700 working men subscribers , or 700 families clubbing their means to buy at wholesale prices and sell to themselves at retail prices , and then putting the difference between the two into their own pockets . They turned over every week between

      £ 400 and £ 500 , and had last week added a butchery . They had also a factory and a flour mill , and in fact the great success of these store ' s was beginning to excite considerable alarm arid opposition among the shopkeepers . At Heywood there were 400 subscribers doing a large business . At Bacup there was another large . establishment , which commenced under somewhat curious circumstances . It originated in a strike of some factory hands , who finding , alter a protracted resistance , that the shopkeepers sided with their employers , started with a capital of 7 s . 6 d ., and now , besides their large stores , they had a factory with 140 pair of looms at work , and were new building a large , house . ( Cheers . ) These stores were not open during the day , and a great saving in expense was

      therefore effected . In fact , he found the _sunjecc was being moat earnestly taken up by the people of Yorkshire and Lancashire . In London they had commenced stores / which , besides saving profits to the subscribers , would become the wholesale agent of these provincial establishments , and thus be able to take a position in the wholesale market which no individual tradesmen , however wealthy , could do . Mr . Jones entered into elaborate details as to the constitution ofthe society , a « d its m 0 d _% of doing business , the responsibilities of those connected with it , and its legal position , which appeared to give the utmost satisfaction to the meeting . Mr . J . ' Doutuwaitk seconded the resslution , which was unanimously agreed to , and the meeting separated , after passing a vote of thanks to . the chairman .

      National Election And Registration Com M...

      National Election and Registration Com mitiee . —This Committee met on Wednesday evening last at the Chartist Office , 14 , Southamptonstreet , Strand . Messrs . Blake and Hunmbell having been appointed to . audit the accounts , tho Committee adjourned to Wednesday evening , January 286 . 1851 ,.

      National Association Op. ' United Teades...

      NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OP . ' UNITED TEADES . : T ... S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., President . Established 1845 . '

      ... : - " put _justitia . " _bininliimfe _p _^ _i _! _8 _ible _, _fol _, the w _<»** ns classes , by com-StS t hem" _> _lves . to raise , or keep up the general _thL _nX _L V ' _? M _^ _-y _besaid that this would be a thing not to be punished , but to be welcomed and rejoiced , Stuart Mill . ¦ Wo last week fell into an unintentional misstatement , and as at all times it is our desire that these reports should be records of facts , and facts only , we at once take the opportunity of correction our mistake . 6

      ' We stated , that on Haines and Lawley ' s cases being adjourned , upon a legal quibble raised by Perry's attorney , and for which he got a sharp rebuke-, from the . magistrate , that Mr . Perry , rather than submit ; his case to a magisterial decision upon its merits , had paid them the wages demanded , and 2 s . 6 d . for their loss of time . It now appears that this , statement was only partly correct . ; It is quite correct as to Lnwley , but not so as to Haines , But we think it would have been as well for the credit of all parties if it had been as we stated .

      We do not profess to be learned in the law , but it does strike our inexperienced minds , that this magistrates' law is something like _Shakespenr ' s " Crowners quest" law , so eloquently discoursed on by the learned Dogberry . We are daily more and more confirmed in our opinion , that there is no such thing as justice to be obtained for the working man in these local courts of justice , as they are called . : Let us take Lawley ' s case . Mr . Perry was summoned for refusing to pay the market price for some articles which Lawley had just finished , he being at the time under a written contract ( for they are not agreements ) to work for Mr . Perry for a term of years . This , fact of the agreoment was alluded to ( perhaps somewhat unnecessarily ) by Lawley ' s attorney ; the magistrates asked for the agreement to be produced . The pettifogging answer was : "We have not been served

      with notice to produce it . " Now , our unlearned viow of this case is this , that Perry was summoned to show cause why he refused to pay the market price for his labour , and if there was an agreement existing under the provisions of which he could bar the claim of the complainant , the onus was upon bim ( Perry ) to prove it in evidence , and failing so prove it , to suffer the consequences of his error . Lawley had nothing to do with the agreement , it was not , and never had been in his keeping , was no part of his case , and how , or by what rule of evidence he was to be required to call upon the defendent to produce it , to be used , if at all , againsthimself , _surpassesourcomprehension . Perry , the case hoing adjourned , in the iuturval , pays Lawley ' s demand , with 2 s . 6 d . for his loss ; of time , but leaving him minus the fees of the court , cost of summons , service , & c . This is the sort of justice meted out ¦ to the working man in provincial towns .

      : Haines . case is , if possible , still more monstrous for its violation of all the rules and praticces ofthe superior courts . ' . The agreement was here also Mr . Perry's sheet anchor of defence , if he had nny . Ho alone professed , or ought to have professed it ; in fact , he did profess it , and practiced it only a few months ago—produced it in that same court , and by its production , and by . that alone , was enabled to obtain the-committal of Haines to three weeks' imprisonment and hard labour , in Stafford gaol , for absenting himselftwo mortal hours frcm his work , Haines being at the time in attendance in that court to perform one of the most _important duties of a subjeot and a citizen—to give evidence , if called upon , in favour of the oppressed .

      In this first case of Haines it suited Mr . Perry to find the . original agreement , what no . other , man could find-. In the-second , it suited Mr . Perry to lose the agreement , what no other man could lose , because no other man possessed it .. He therefore in the last instance proffers to lose it , and sends his foreman ( M'Naughton , ) a foreman of yesterday , and the agreemeut of eight years' standing , to swear to its contents and purport . Haines , o ) course , gives his evidence ofthe purport of a document to which , he was a party , and to the peculiar contents of which his memory bad been so recently and so painfully refreshed . The two witnesses were at variance upon points , which nothing but the document , or a sworn copy of it , if really

      lost , could _deterniind . The Solohs ofthe Bench decided , that as the witnesses on either side contradicted each other , they should dismiss the ca . se , and adjudge each party to pay his own costs . Here again ,, in all our legal simplicity , we ask by what rule of evidence was thep ; r _» l > . testimony of Mr'Naughton taken , as to the contents of a uochment , which did exist a very short time since , ami does exist now , and could be found if ic was looked for—and . if really lost , a copy , the correctness . oi ' which could have been sworn to , was-there in court ? Upon what principle of war or reason was the man ' s evidence received at all ? If the agreement existed it ought to have been produced ; the losing of it was to the loss cf Of him who ought to

      have taken care of it , and produced it in his- defence _^ If it was really and irretrievably lost , that is , if it no longer existed , then there was an end to it , and the case and Perry was out of court . We must think , and we say it with perfect respect to the magistrates , that in both of these cases , we will not say a perversion , but a denial , perhaps , on their part , unintentionally , but still a denial of justice has rather taken plaGe . But we should like to know if upon the occasion that "learned luminary , " Mr . Perry ' s attorney , the concoctor of these same , agreements , was . the " Magistrate ' s Clerk , " for whoso skill and experience in common law practice Mr . Perry ha 9 so profound an admiration ; we are not certain upon this point , but if 7

      it be as we suspect it is , thenthere is a key to unlock the whole mystery . The " Magistrate ' s Clerk " was adjudicating in his own case , and simply , by a little legal finesse , preventing the . only valuable feature to his client of his bantling , the agreement being magisterially strangled . Oh ' . let us reform tbe magistry , let us bave none but paid magistrates , barristers of a certain standing , untrammelled by prejudices , unbiassed by local " influences . Our local unpaid magistracy is the opprobium magnum of our provincial jursprudence . Men are elevated to the bench for their wealth , and not for their legal knowledge , and they then become the cats-laws ' of small pettyfogging local attorneys , yclept " magistrate ' s clerks , " who are too frequently found prepared to trim their legal opinions to suit their private clients in possession or expectancy . We know of no reform which the working man so much needs as this . With' these remarks , which we hope

      our members will not think oat of place , we dismiss Mr . Perry this week with merely this remark , that we do not learn that the unhappy man ' s position is ' a whit improved . He is incurring a world of expense and trouble to coax and wheedle some , to threaten and coerce others of bis hired men , who have run away from his tyranny to return to their chains . In some instances he has succeeded ; we believe very few , - but in most of these , after a few days or a week , tbey are off again . The fact is they will not work for him . " Tou may drag a horse to the water , but no power can make him drink . " Let us advise you , Mr , Perry , tbat as your past policy has been so eminently unsuccessful , to change it for a kinder and a better . Men naturally revolt at coercion—you , yourself , are a strong living instance ; you cannot bear to be coerced to act justly . Then how much less can yoa expect that men will be coerced to suffer oppression . Remember , sir , the fable you introduced at one

      of our interviews , of the two chimney sweepers racing their donkeys ; the one , suspending from the end of a broom stick a bunch of carrots before the animal's nose ; the other trying the persuasive properties of a stout cudgel . You remember who had the best of it . We told you , upon that occasion , that wo backed carrots against cudgels at any odds . We do not think your cudgels have been so . very successful . There is much sound philosophy in these old fables ; they wore written , sir , for our instruction , and we think iEsop was a wiser and better nian than Alexander .

      We have great pleasure in announcing the adhesion to this movement of the Engine Drivers and Firemen of the _Donoaster station of the Great Northern Railway ; -we trust this is but the precursor to a similar step by the whole of that most useful and important body of men . The recent case on the Eastern Counties , niust surely have shown them the absolute necessity of arming themselves by union against the leviathan power of their employers , and of the utter inadequacy of mere local _or-partialcombination to protect them from tho injustice of the Gooche _' s and M'Connell ' s ofthe Railway _interests There is no class of men who are more entitled' to consideration and fair treatment than these , there are none upon whose sobriety and good conduct such vital interests depend , there are none when oppressed , or threatened with oppression , have so strong a claim upon

      thepublio interest and sympathy , for tho safety , the very \ _lives of the travelling portion of the public , are dependent upon the faithful and skilful performance of their perilous and arduous duties . There is _nothing better calculated to make men faithful , and to keep theia sober and contented , than kind treatment . There is nothing so well adapted to induce and enable men to efficiently perform their duties , than making them _consoious that they are appreciated as . their importance deserves . We believe that . at the next half yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Eastern Counties it will-Tie proved by . the most convincing of all arguments , of the false economy which the Directors of that great interest have pursued to the most important servants on the line . But in this ' . as in aU other cases , the fault i ~ not bo much with the Directors as with the men . The former have I no better right to fix the wages of their Engine ; Drivers , than the latter have of fixing the amount . of ta . 8 far « which . tu _« _Diwttors shall charge the

      National Association Op. ' United Teades...

      public who . ride in their oarriages _* Each of . these i parties possess a distinct right , and each maiii ' tain ' s i j " right by the degree . of power they possess _, fh _^ 5 ° ! i "es a unity of power by combination ' , binations B _? 0 unity of p ( ? wer for wkDt ot c _* " _nJdltrd- - _- _, ' -- caP 129 , gives to all classes iW _^ - of worki" & _'«••»• the right to combine for their protection , for tbe protection of 1 _vVfff ! ' * ¦ ¦ d of tn _<» ° ™ les and regulations by which they choose to sell their labour . The soundest lawyer at present holding a judicial appointment , the late Baron Rolfe , but now Lord Crankworth , most distinctly confirms this opinion , m his celebrated summing up , in the case of Jones and Potts , tried at Liverpool some years since . We should like the working classes to study this law , which we term the MAGNA CHARTA OF LABOUR . William Peel , Secretary . . 259 , Tottenham Court Road . ' _MWWMMMMMM

      Walsal , Monbat. . A Public Meeting (Was...

      _WalSAL , _MONBAT . . A public meeting ( was convened by handbill ) of the Harness Platers , Filers , Brass Dressers , Castors , Metal Smiths , and others , to hear addresses fro m Messrs . Green and Winters , on the principles of the United Trades Association . Mr . John Chaw , an old veteran in labour cause , was unanimousl y elected to tbe chair .. Alter a fewbrief remarks he called upon Mr . Homer , of Birmingham , lo state the position of their trade , which he did in a concise and lucid manner , much to the satisfaction of the meeting . . Mr . Griffiths , a very intelligent working man , addressed the meeting at some _iensth on the

      advantage of the union , and the disadvantages of disunion . When in union they received for plating a pair of harness 2 s ., when not in union 10 d _.- , and a mastor . had said to him , that if sbe trade : would support itself by union , he would support them , but if they neglected that tbey must expect to be crushed , to meet the " spirit ofthe times . " ; .. ¦ __ Mr . _Winters next addressed the meeting at considerable length on the the origin of the association , and gave a lucid explanation of the laws they were called upon to obey , as well as setting forth the rationality of their proceedings over those of trade societies , which was listened to with marked attention .

      Mr . Grben commenced by saying , he was glad to see so numerous a meeting of the working classes , to consult together on the best mode of protecting their interests , and showed the superior arrangements of national union over local to protect tho rights of the people . Tbe effects of competition was being severely felt , and unless they united together its . runiou 8 tendency would engulph the masses in one common vortex of ruin . Mr . Roper of the Lamp Tavern , a brown sadler , spoke of the advantages their society had received through being in union . Thoy had been in society for eight or ten month ' s , and with the national union about . four _,. and during that period they had been enabled to achieve , three important concessions on the part of the employers , which he hoped _, would prove as beneficial to . them as it would to the workmen . " In the first place , they sought to reduce

      the working , hours from twelve to eleven , which tbey accomplished ; secondly , ¦ from eleven to ten , which was also conceded ; thirdly , that the system of _bringing into the trade any but-legal apprentices had also been gained , and he had no doubt , ere long , that they should have , piece-work instead of day-work . ; These he considered important cases , and if the meeting agreed with him , he had no fear [ ofthe benefits they . would derive from joining the United Trades , and he should feel a pleasure on any occasion to assist them , and would give them all the aid he could . ( Cheers . ) .-Messrs . Pearce and Homer then addressed the ¦ meeting ; after ,, which _; Mr . Griffiths , a harness _platei-, moved the , folio wing resolution : — " That we , as a body , unite ourselves into one society , for the purpose of joining the 'United Trades Association for the Protection of Industry . ' " Carried unanimously .

      A committee , secretary , and treasurer were then appointed , from the harness platers , brass dressers , filers , curb makers , metal workers , harness forgers , aud snaffle makers . Nearly . fifty members paid their first subscription , and after a speech frqm _. the chairman , and a vote of thanks ,, the meeting dispersed highly pleased with the result of the' whole proceedings . ;

      -*»•-—R— . • •= The Weavers Strike At Bi...

      - _*»• - —r— . • = THE WEAVERS STRIKE AT BINGLEY . Many of the readers of the Northern Star will be » ware that the _weavei-3 in the employment of Messrs . _Jonoa , Sharp , and Sons , of Albion and Prospect Mills , Bingley , ( amounting to 250 ) , struck svork on Wednesday , the 30 th of October , in _consequence of their employers wanting them to attend to two looms in place of one ; and further reducing their wages from fivepence to twopence per piece . After > protracted struggle of nearly seven weeksi the employers have at length yielded to the

      demands of the operatives . Many public meetings have been held during the interval , two or three at the request of Messrs . Sharp , to see if they could not compromise tbe matter with the operatives ; however , on' Monday forenoon , December lo , when the operatives had assembled in the Odd Fellows Hall , to receive their wages from the committee who had managed the strike , Messrs . A . and W . Sharp attended , and tried to induce the operatives to resume their work , by granting a portion of their demands .

      Mr . James Leach was appointed to take the chair , and he requested the operatives not to come to any hasty decision , nor to be content with a half victory when a complete one was just within their grasp . After a stormy discussion , Messrs . Sharp at last stated , they were willing to grant all that the operatives wanted , but added , " we would have seea yeu in the moon before we gave it , if you had . not compelled us . " Accordingly the operatives who had not already got work elsewhere ; went to their old places on Monday afternoon . As there was £ 22 in the hands ofthe committee , and as _ilr . W . Anderton , and other large manufacturers ; had given notice of a reduction , a public meeting was held in the Odd

      Fellows Hall , on Tuesday evening , to consider what _, was to be done with the surplus money , and whatcourse was to be pursued with respect to Mr . Anderton . The room , which is a very large one , was crowded in every part . Mr . John Green was called _, to the chair , and maile a short introductory speech ; : congratulating the operatives on the victory they had gained . Mr . E . B . Wildman moved the first resolution , thanking the clergy , gentry , and shopkeepers , for the liberal support they had given in the past struggle . Mr . Jons _Robinson seconded ifc . The resolution was supported by Mr . Thomas Holt , in an able speech . He understood some of the " manufacturers were going to disoharge all their male weavers ; if they did so , and the women were united , the women themselves would be . too strong for them . Married women had no business to be at the mill at all , and bei doubted not but tbat they could find better work for the single ones at home .

      They must trust to themselves and help themseLves . The clergy , , & c , of the neighbourhood had supported them , but they must now , when they had the chance , make such provisions that when -another struggle came they could altogether support themselves . The working classes ; were too apt' todesert their leaders , but he hoped that'if any of the leaders of this strike were jfei _,-6 e , o . ute . d _,.-then- fellows would manfully suppoit _this' jri .,: ; ,- _^ . _; , "" . . . Mr . John Smitiimoved the second . resolution , thanking the working classes , for , { ltbJBir _Igeneroiia support . He said the _subscripUonsNirom different parts of the country had rapidly increased since the commencement . The subscriptions in the last week were more than any they had . had before . Hefelt confident that the country was at last awakened . to a consciousness of-its duties , and determined , to nobly assist those who demanded . their just remuneration for their labour . '" _, Mr . Wm . Emmott seconded the resolution . ;

      Several of Mr . _Andertdri ' s _weaver then gave an . account of an _interview " they , hail with him con .- ; cerning his proposed _reduction . _7-V ' . " Short addresses we ' re delivered by Mr ; . ; John Robinson and Mr . Joseph Wood . ; . _.- . . " ¦" . ' ' . A deputation , consisting ofthe Chairman arid Mr . John Smith ,. was ordered to wait upon Mr . Aud ' er ton again . ''¦; " . ' . '" The £ 22 remaining in the hands of the Committee was ordered to be used in establishing a local union j and in assisting in Mr . Aridertoii ' s weavers , should a strike be necessary . : i ! ' After votes of thanks to the Chairman and tho Committee , the meeting " separated .

      Turnmill-Street.—At A'Ijnjbbting. Of The...

      Turnmill-street . —At a ' ijnjBBting . of the- council on Wednesday , the 18 th— _Wjlmmii ; the . chair-r thanks wero _votedto Messrs . " F . ! _- _< 0 'Oonrioi :, ' .. E . Jones , and Yf . Rider , ' for .. the service " rendered by them to the fifty-six Refugees _^ and also to Mr Kydd , who Had promised to lecturbon _tlie _Papal question on " Sunday evening ( _tomorrow ) , at : the Fraternal Home . Mr . ' Luhn reported that tho proceeds ofthe concert at tho'Rock _Tarerh , should not have been paid to Mr . _Ai-notti" until consent had been given , arid tbat ' instead of being paid , oyer , to the small _niii-fv . it _bucht ,, at least , to have , been

      fairly divided . ' The rent being'due on quarter day , it was hoped thatI the friends _^ of the Refugees would provide them _^ h . _the-r present _lodgmgs ; _-fofc a short _tirno lohae ' r The Literary : Sooetyr would gS _^ _hSS- _^ _W _^^ - _¦«* % _* Amerioa Clothes , shoesr and- blankets , are much needed , and tKetcbinmittee would be glad to hear of any wbrkrwkich' the men could perform , and will waif upon frienua _^ _s ' o disposed . The meeting " wasad journed , - . _^ v ' _« , , ¦ . _.-, Thk _Elsciric _TjjyBaRAPB . —The electrio tele graph wires are brought down' to the Brighton terminus , and the electric telegraph will , it is _expeotedj he shwtly _^ w full operation ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 21, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_21121850/page/5/