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      Nottce.—Since The Law Department Of The-...

      inventory . ' Before proceedingfarther , have some communication with the landlord , and ascertain exactly i » w thematter stands . _Hbbsicos . —There evidently must be a power in . yonr sorietyto expel members , who do not conform themselves to the rules ; and if you nave not been already expelled by a formal resolution of the society , thereis little doubt if you continue refractory , and refuse to sign the declaration , but that they will expel you by a formal resolution . If , therefore , you wish to continue a member , you had best sign the declaration . . Charles Allisoh . —I have written to Mr Terry ; but send me the abstract which jousay yon have , and I shall tfcenbebetter able toproceed withyourcase . Jasks _Moaaisox . —If you can prove by receipts or otherwise that the landlord of the Lord Nelson received your

      money merely as a trustee for tbe purpose yon mention , _jou may proceed against him under the Small Debts ' Ac tfor tbe recovery of it ; and the other members ofthe club may do the same . Thus . _Shepmkdsoy . — There being two claimants of your _reutyon may file a Bill of Interpleader and pay the rent intocourt ; but as this would be an expensive process , the claimants mav possibly agree that the rent maybe laid out in Exchequer Bills or paid into some res pectable Bank , to their joint account , till they have settled their dispute . With respect to Mrs Gants * case it would appear that upon her husband ' s death she became entitled to her dower or thirds out of the property _devised to him by bis father , and having obtained a judgment for her dower , the course to take is by applying to fhesheriff to put her _infpossession of her dower . If you give mc Mr Wainman ' s address I will write to

      miscellaneous . A Dutiful _FouS-acrk Shareholder , Ashton , ma ; have his four acres without ballot by payirg for them , and may build a house to his own taste ; he must pay for the land before purchased , and will receive his four acres at the price it costs the Company , but need not pay for his house . I trust members will see the advantage of this department in its proper light : thus , ten persons wish topnrchase the land out , and . say , p . _iy _jESOO each forfour acres , making £ 2 , 050 , and which sum . added to a sum wc had ready for purchase , would re duce the price upon a larger estate than we could _otherwise purchase by perhaps ten per cent , sothat the _iinoney of the rich would be helping the poor ; and let it be remembered that without this £ 2 , 000 additional , we -could not purchase so much land . Surely this is no injustice , bnt a very great good . The joint note should be

      renewed . —F . _O'C . lEG At QrjESTlOXS . —All letters on legal and other matters not post-paid , will net be received . Some have been _charged Is , some 665 ., and of course refused . We don ' t want one law for the rich and another for the poor . _U j p . _—As he intends visiting Lowbands in Whit-week , can have all the information he requires . Pcbchase or EsTATES .-Mr O'Connor begs to say , that the Bank of England could not purchase all the estates of which he receives advertisements , and jet all are anxious for their own fancy , and some send me advertisements of estates leased for thirty , forty , aud fifty vears . —P . O'C . The Poets . —J . Harkness : Xext week . " J . Butler : Some of the pieces shall appear as soon as we can find room . R . 3 . _M'Geoghegan : Under consideration . W . Guttree : No room . Dos _" r too wish _ron hay « et it !"— The following

      letter , headed "Rumoured League Generosity , " appeared in the Morning Post of Wednesday _j _ Sib ,- _^ - Have you heard the report that Mr Cobden has written to his friends at Manchester , requesting that the snm subscribed as a pnbric acknowledgment of his services in _procuring the repeal of the Corn Laws may be ap . . p lied to the relief of his distressed fellow-townsmen ? If the report be correct , so beneficent an act will con--tribute , more than his " unadorned eloquence , " to hand down his name witb honour to _posterity . 'Though opposed in opinion to Mr Cobden , I am sure von will feel frith me that such disinterested conduct cannot be too generally known . —I am , Sir , your obedient servant . Cms . May 17 . IHX Ballot tor thb 0 _'ConuoavitLE Tea T » at . —To lie Chartist PuBUe . —Friends : When the above project

      was first thought of , we anticipated that a sum sufficient to _parcbase a four-acre share in the Land Company foreachof therictims , wonld be quickly realised ; but are sorry to say that up to this time we have not remred sufficient topurchase a single three-acre share . These facts are a disgrace to the great bulk ot the Chartist body , who , whilst they justly clamour for a fair remuneration for their own labour , leave those veterans who nave devoted aBfe-time to secure their rights , and those widows and orphans who have become victimsfor their sakes , to pine in misery , want , and destitution ! Ask yourselves , should such things "be * How can we expect men of talent to fight the cattle of right against might—labour againstcapitalwith no other prospect before ihem than a reception in ¦ the accursed Bastile for themselves and families , as a

      _Tewardfortheir usefulservices ! It is preposterous far us to complain ofthe injustice we suffer , whilst we are Unjust to those who have _denoted their time , ial- tit , and _attentiou to our cause . Have professing Chartists , like the generality of professing Christians , no end in view bnt their own personal interest ? if not , tbey misunderstand the holy principles they profess . Practical Chartism is practical Christianity—torender assistance where it is required , but more especially where it is due . Are we not indebted to the victims for what they have attempted to do for us , and for the light and knowledge they have diffused amongst us i If so , let us blot out the foul stain which onr apathy and indifference has fastened upon ns . A good opportunity is now offered to those who have it in their power to contribute a trifle towards placing their victims in a comfortable position , and to do which would be an honour to the Chartist body . We again implore all who have it in

      their power to aid us in this holy cause I We _trell know that the depression of trade , combined with the enormous price that food has attained , renders it utterly _impossiblefor badly paid workmen to contribute 6 d . ; but -we are confident _thatexclusive of these , there are thousands who ( if waling ) could readily accomplish tbe -desired object . Wehavereceived but one subscription from Manchester , the great emporium of Chartism ! From _Liverpool , and from the greater number of districts , nothiog at all !! To what is this criminal indifference attributable * We cannot refrain from blaming -the leading men in most _localities ; they have been earnestly entreated to place the project and its importance before their meetings , and we feel confidentif they wonld comply with this desire , a great sum could yet be realized . We hope they will give us their assistance , and proceed to the good work . 7 _hojms Alho . to _, Secretary .

      p . . —Post office Orders to be made payable to Thomas Almond , trunk maker , Bilston ; and all letters addressed to Joseph Linney , High-street , Bilston . Continuation of Subscriptions for the Tea-tray Ballot , up to Wednesday , May 26 fh . —C . Findlay , London , 1 subscription ; Eliza Bray , do ., 1 ; 3 . _Bridgewater , Oxford , 7 ; Y . Z ., Birstal , 2 ; T . Taylor , Stoke-Subamdon , 2 ; Thomas Crother , Halifax , 2 ; G . Malliband , _Suneaton , 2 ; 3 . Messiter , Codford , 2 ; T . Lazenby , Wakefield , 7 ; J . _Gaskell , Hyde , 1 _»; H . H . Hayter , Wandsworth , 3 ; 3 . White , Leamington , 3 ; J . Hone , Banbury , 10 .

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      Romaxce Is Real Lrra.—One Of The Rural P...

      Romaxce is Real Lrra . —One of the rural police apprehended ayonog Irishman on Friday 7 th inst ., for stealing some shirts from a farm-house in Craigaisb , Argylesbire , where he had _Joihjed the night previous . He gave his name as Tom _M'Lean , from near Deny ; buton his way here en route to Inverary , gave hints of his intention to _change both name and sex , and actually proved to be a lady in tights ; and , from her own statement , is the same Ann M'Lean , from near Derry , who followed her " soldierladdie " from that place to Glasgow , in male attire—got enlisted in the same regiment ; bnt on her sex being discovered , was sent to the right-about—on which she took to work in and about _Glasgow , and on the harvest-field , & a , and ultimately joined the Cambria

      Steamer , in which she twice crossed the Atlantic as cook ; but on the last homeward-bound passage she -was sent before the mast , in consequence of which she left the ship , and found her way to this quarter , and engaged herself to a countryman of her own , who i In the stoneware trade , with whom she served a cartman , boatman , or _basketmaa , and sharing hes teA with the other boys . Wearying of this lifealsor she decamped , in the absence of both master and mistress , taking with her a well-stored basket ot glasses , _which she sold at low prices through the country , ttti she perished the pack . She then enlisted at Inverary . where , after a night ' s carouse and sood

      _lOuginsp , the party found themselves minus their recruit in tbe morning , she having managed to make ier escape , but has now been apprehended for the above theft . She goes over her history since she adopted the tights ( now twelve months } without a _Ulush , and with the greatest flueac / . She is rather a good looking boy , five feet six inches high , ruddy complexion , with jet black locks , about nineteen years of age . Jrish Tom turning out a gal , has created a great deal of merriment and astonishment here , particularly to her old master and mistress , with whom he was a great favourite for the six weeks he lived with them .

      The announcement of any names for the bishopric of Manchester , or of the other new sees , are premature—the arrangements net being yet in form for say decision or selection . An " enterprising citizen " of the State of Maine lias offered to take the war by contract , and reduce the Mexicans to complete submission per half the estimated appropriations "—piciingsincluded . The latest advices from Cyprus allude to the appearance of locusts in that island . Among the new institutions which it has been proposed to establish in London , is a Ladies' Literarv

      institution , which proposes , to amuse its fair members with " music , crotchet work , millinery , dressmaking , lectures , conversazioni , and tea parties . " Every kind of fruit is setting well this year . Even the apricots and other kinds of early fruit , which might have been expected to hare suffered by the coldness ofthe Spring , give promise of a good crop . A cat belonging to a carrier residing in a village near Whitehaven , is now suckling six rabbits as well as her own two kittens . lit is the intention ofthe Liverpool solicitors , when attending court , to wear their gowns .

      Sereral of the French journals publish the following as a communication : — " Prince Jerome Boneparte , eldest son of the youngest and last surviving brother of the Emperor Jerome , iix-King of Westphalia , lately died at Florence , aged 33 . Cooke ' s equestrian company are now in Manchester in a state of pecuniary _embarrassment , and are making a final appeal to the public . The Portsmouth theatre was last Friday sold to government , to make way for a contemplated extension of the infantry barracks .

      R D£Atfl Of Daniel O'Connell. The Rumour...

      r D £ ATfl OF DANIEL O'CONNELL . The rumour 01 _P'Connell _' a ' death , which we gave in our third edition » f but week , from one of the Paris paperaof Thursday , _nSSbeen since Confirmed . The great Agitator died at Genoa _oSthe loth of May His obsequies commenced - from the moment- of his decease , and were continued with princely " pomp . His heart , enclosed in a silver urn , hag been taken to Rome ; his body will be brought to Ireland , where , no doubt , a public funeral , on a magnificent scale , will take phv » on its arrival . Daniel O'Connell was boru in 1114 c , at Carhen ,

      situate about a mile fromthe present post-town of Cahirciveen , at the head of the harbour ot Yalentia . His childhood and boyhood passed at this birthplace , with the exception of visits , sometimes of considerable length , to Darrynane , then theseat of his father ' s elder brother , Maurice O'Connell , who . being childless , adopted his nephews , Daniel and Maurice , and took , iu a great measure , the charge of their education upon himself . At the age of 13 Mr O'Connell and his brother Maurice , a year younger than himself , were sent to the school ofthe Rev . Mr Harrington , a Catholic clergyman , at a place called Redington , in the Long Island , two miles from Cove .

      Subsequently Daniel and his brother were sent to the continent . At first they studied at St Other ' s , and ' subsequently at the English College at Douay . On the 21 st of December , 1793 , the two O'Connells quitted France for England . As the English packet boat passed out of the harbour , Daniel and his brother eagerly tore out of their caps the tricolour cockade , which the commonest regard for personal safety _rendered indispensable to be worn by every one in France ; and , after trampling them under foot , flung them into the sea . It is understood that at an early age he was intended for the priesthood . But it is difficult to imagine any one more incapable than fie was of maintaining even those outward signs of holiness which are generally observed by the ecclesiastics of -. his ' persuasion . An overflow of animal . spirits . rendered him ,

      not merely a gay , but an , obstreperous member of society , and his riotous jocularity acknowledged no limits . . All idea , therefore , of his becoming a priest , if ever seriously entertained , mast have been abandoned before he reached the age of 19 , for he was then devoted to anything rather than the service of the altar . Hare hunting and fishing were amongst his darling pastimes ; and these means of relaxation continued to fill his leisure hours even when his years approximated to three _ssore and ten . From 17 to 70 the energy of his intellect and the ardour of his passions seemed to suffer no abatement . . A large and well-used law library , numerous liaistns , a pack of beagles , and a good collection of fishing tackle , attested the variety of his tastes and the vigour of his constitution . Before he had completed his 20 th year he became a student of -Lincoln ' _s-inn . .

      Ue returned to Ireland before the rebellion , and when that event took place , he _joinedthe yeomanry in support of the Government . Again , in the time of Emmett ' s rebellion in 1803 , he _ence more took his place in " the Lawyers' Corps . " _Io his 28 th year he married his cousin Mary , daughter of Dr O'Connell , of Tralee . He first appeared ia public in the year 1802 , in Dublin , as a petitioner against the Act of Union ; but it was not till the year 1809 that Mr O'Connell came prominently before the public as an active agent of the Roman Catholic party , and

      distinguished himself 49 . the defence of Mr Magee , tbe proprietor of . the Dublin Evening Post , prosecuted for libel by the Government . The history of the years which elapsed between the develepement of Roman Catholic agitation in 1809 and its signal victory in 1829 discloses just thus much respecting Daniel O'Connell : that he was sometimes the mere mouthpiece , and occasionally the ruler , guide , and champion ofthe Catholic priesthood , and that he maintained a " pressure from without , " which caused not only the Irish but the Imperial Government to betray apprehension as well as to _breathe vengeance .

      In 1 S 15 occurred the celebrated and fatal duel with MrD'Esterre , a member ofthe Dublin corporation , which Mr O'Connell called "beggarly . " _D'Esterre fired first and missed . Mr O'Connell ' sshot lodged in his adversary ' s thigh _. who fell mortally wounded and died in a few days . It is not the fact that he at that time " registered" his celebrated " vow" against the use of duelling pistols . On the contrary , ho engaged in another affair of honour before finally abandoning the dernier resort of bullets and gut'powder Mankind with one voice applauded his peaceful resolution the moment it was announced , but they were equally unanimous in condemning the license with which he scattered insult when he had previously sworn to refuse " satisfaction . " In a few months after the death of D'Esterre , he was about to fight Mr ( now Sir Robert ) Peel , and he was proceeding to Ostend for the purpose , when he was arrested at his hotel in London .

      On the visit of the " bloated Leviathan , " George the Fourth , to Ireland , Mr O'Connell took an active part in hailing his arrival . On the day of his embarkation , the Agitator , at the head of a Catholic deputation , presented him with a crown of laurel , which was received " with sufficient _graciousness . " In 1823 the Catholic Association was formed , and the question of "Emancipation" made great progress . Iu 1825 Mr O'Connell declared himself willing _tO'iveup the forty-shilling freeholders—willing to sacrifice the humblest of his countrymen for the sake of the highest—to limit the democratic power in order that the aristocracy of the Roman Catholics should have seats in Parliament , and silk gowns at the bar . The famous Clare Election took place in July , 1 S 28 , on the 5 th of which month Mr O'Connell was returned to Parliament by a large majority of the Clare electors . He lost no time in presenting himself at the table of the House of Commons , and expressed his willingness to take the oath of

      _allegiance , but refusing the other __ oaths h < was ordered to withdraw . Discussions in the hous < and arguments at the bar ensued , and agitation throughout Ireland assumed aformidable character , The loHg demanded concession wasatlength obtained , The Roman Catholic Relief Bill was carried in the session of 1829 , and in April of that year Mr O'Connell was re-elected tor Clare , and enabled to take his seat without swallowing the objectionable oaths . Aftei the death of George the Fonrth he withdrew _fron the representation of Clare , and was elected for the county of Waterford . In 1831 he sat for his native county , Kerrv . He was afterwards representative of Dublin from 1 S 32 till 1 S 36 , when he was unseatec before a committee of the House of Commons . H < then took refuge in the representation of Kilkenny but , atthe general election in 1837 , he was once mon returned tor the city of Dublin , and in 1841 for th < county of Cork . Mr O'Connell had a seat in tin House of Commons for 18 years .

      In 1831 , Messrs O'Connell , Steel , and Barrett , were brought to trial , under an indictment , which charged them with holding political meetings , contrary to the proclamation of the Lord Lieutenant ; they pleaded guilty , but escaped punishment . Tbe Anti-tithe agitation soon after threw tbe nation into a frenzy , which seemed to alarm Mr O'Connell , so that he agreed suddenly to a compromise , by which tbe clergy lost , bnt the people did set gain . His command of the" 0 _'Connell _taiT ' _gave him great influence in the time ofthe Melbourne ministry . To reward such important aid , the greater portion ofthe Irish patronage was placed at his disposal . The return of the Conservatives to power in 1811 , was the signal for the revival of the agitation for the Repeal of the Union , which had been extensively

      _agitated some years previously . The history of the " monster meetings" and the trial and sentence of O'Connell and his associates , together with the reversal of that sentence by the House of Lords , will be fresh in the recollection of our readers . His latest tergiversations in support of the Whigs and the consequent conflicts with " Toung Ireland" haYe been recorded almost weekly for the last few months preceding his death . The popular influence , as well as the moral courage of the old Agitator sank under the pressure of his youthful and vigorous assailants ; then came the famine , the falling off of "the rent , " thin audiences at Conciliation-iiaU _. and theindefinite postponement of Repeal . Successfully to contend with these disasters would have demanded the energy of

      O'Connell s early days ; but old , infirm , and brokenhearted , he was incapable of a manly struggle or a dignified retreat . The rest is already told . Only a few words more are necessary . In the course of the last fifteen years he has had controversies with all sorts of people , and was charged with sundry crimes , public and private ; with having taken bribes from the millowners of Lancashire , to speak against all short-time bills ; with having , in his old age , seduced and abandoned more than one frail member of the fair sex ; with having neglected and oppressed his tenantry to an extent which justified his being described as one of the most culpable _individual belonging to the vilest class in all Europe—the middlemen of Ireland .

      His abuse of the English Radicals ; his foulmouthed calumnies against the Women of England ; his denunciations ef Feargus O'Connor , who took his place in the affections ofthe English people , only seed to be enumerated ; the reader ' s recollection will enable him to fill up the outline . His treachery to the Chartists , and unmanly exultation at the slaughter of the followers of Frost , earned for bim the _unextinguishable hatred of the working classes of England . But enough ; although he never spared a fallen enemy we desire not to emulate his bad reputation . Posterity will justly but inexorably pronounce the doom of his character . Indifferent to nobler objects of ambition , he devoted herculean energies to the acquisition of tribute from his _starving countrymen , and bestowed upoB his descendants the remnants of a mendicant revenue , when he might have bequeathed them an honourable name , secured the happiness of his _countrymen , and gained the admiration of mankind .

      The Crops In Turkey Are Sua To Promise A...

      The crops in Turkey are sua to promise a very abundant harvest .

      Heceipt3 C? Thb ..Katflqkaiygo. ^ Operat...

      HECEIPT 3 C _? THB .. _KAtflQKAiYGO . _^ _OPERATlVS _£ _A * n » : COMP ANY . 5 _: . _^ _^ OB _, TOB WE _££ ; 5 ND _^»; _iAT 27 ; _„ ' i ; _^' ''" _"'' " FEBMRO'Cbtiti 0 & . \ _; "" - ' .. ; SECTION No ' . _l . "' , '' ' .. _" '" ' IHABM . " Marylebone » 40 2 0 Stalybridge .. £ h 0 0 Glasgow „ 0 4 0 Devonport „ 'lllo Monmouth .. 0 6 . 0 Newton Abbot .. 0 10 S . I 1 . B . - .. 0 3 0 Calais _i . 2 12 4 _i Burnley , Lawson 0 4 0 Dundee .. 0 8 8 Radford „ 0 2 4 Huddersfield . .. 0 13 0 Nottingham ... 0 3 0 Crieff .. : "' .. ' 0 8 6 Hull " .. ' .. 0 3 0 _Ashton-undeKLyne 0 2 0 Birmingham , Ship 0 1 t > _~ Cheltenham .. 0 2 6 Plymouth .. 0 12 0 Colne .. .. 0 7 0 Bacup .. .. 1 0 0 _Jlolmfirth .. 0 1 0 SowerbyHelm ., 110 0 -Sunderland ...... " 3 ° Todmorden « . 0 10 0 , longton .. ** IS Manchester ., , 1 10 8 Hyde .. .. 0 5 0 Worcester .. 0 4 6 James Oix _« n .. ° ° °

      £ 19 isei SECTION No . 2 . Shoreditch .. 0 10 Ledbury .. * 1 ° Marylebone .. 1 4 0 Todmorden .. 010 0 Glasgow ., 010 0 Manchester .. 4 3 b Ledbury .. 0 1 3 Worcester .. * 13 ? Barrhead .. 1 10 0 * Pewter Matter .. . 0 10 6 _Tirerton .. 1 12 0 George . Terrey .. 0 4 _« George Martin .. . 0 10 Devonport . ..... . « Bury .. .. 3 0 0 Newton Abbot ... 2 19 i Lynn , Scott M 1 . 88 Norwich .. 4 7 0 RadcliffeBridge 5 18 4 Walsoken .. 0 2 6 _Chorley .. i 2 0 Calais .. .. 2 10 11

      Burnley , Lawson 1 9 0 Dundee > . D . J * _jtochdale .. 0 3 _« Kirkaldy .. 1 1 _« Hindley : .. 019 0 Torquay .. 1 _« \ _Deyizes .. 0 6 0 Crieff ... .. 0 9 , 0 Radford .. 0 1 2 Asbton-uuder-Lyne 0 5 0 Nottingham .. 811 0 _Congieton ' .. 050 Smethwick .. 0 5 6 Cheltenham . i 14 0 Hull .. .. 0 8 0 Peterborough .,. 0 16 0 Birmingham ( Ship ) 0 2 6 Suuderland .. 1 4 0 Plymouth .. 0 9 0 longton . ., 0 2 0 Biruiiueham , per Hyde .. .. 0 9 C Goodwin .. 0 10 0 Edinburgh .. 066 Leicester , Astill 10 0 Kidderminster .. 8 0 0 _JamesStfijenson 0 1 • Belfast .. .. 0 12 6

      : ¦• - ¦ . - _X 63 16 6 SECTION No . 3 . Shoreditch .. „ 1 6 10 Henry Sesile .. 5 4 4 Marylebone ' ., 2 1 8 _StAustle .. 0 7 V Glasgow .. 6 5 6 Stockport .. 10 0 0 Ledbury ., 2 10 5 John Barton .. ' 0 6 4 Reading ... 5 0 0 New _Radiurd ' .. 5 4 6 Allen Harper .. 0 5 0 Richard _Wilkius , 0 6 4 John Wilshire .. 0 10 0 J . H . .. .. 010 0 Reuben Glover .. 10 0 Thomas Holmes 0 ' 2 6 Barrhead .. 100 Thomas Cook ,. 010 0 Stoney Stratford : ' Pewter Platter .. 15 0 ( Watson ) .. 110 6 Bermondsey .. 010 . ( I James West , jun . 0 10 0 Thomas Richard . Tiverton . .. 0 8 0 son aud Edward . James _Patterson 10 0 . Powell .. 0 2 0 Westminster .. 0 2 8 . W , L . .. .. 0 14 Thomas Cooper 0 2 10 Mixenden Stones 5 00 George Burnley 0 310 Stilybridge ., 5 0 0 Teignmouth .. 5 0 0 Wiuluton „ 2 18 0 Bur ; .. u 316 7 Parkhead .. 13 3

      Lynn ( Scott ) .. 0 7 6 Dorking .. 5 0 0 A . S— , Doncaster 0 5 0 James rfrigley .. . 0 2 6 Marple ,. 616 2 Devonport ... ' 8 0 4 Monmouth „ 18 3 _Suttou-road Aim-Chorley .. 2 17 6 iliarjr" - .. 0 9 4 Stoke _iiochford 2 li 4 . Stow-on-the-WoId 4 19 6 Burnley , Lawson 8 7 0 NewtonAbbot .. 8 15 2 John Ranee . ill Derby-.. .. It 0 0 Wm . Tweedy ,. 010 0 Tillicoultry .. 810 6 Henry Smith .. 0 6 0 Bradford " .. 5 0 0 Wm . Moody „ 0 3 4 Norwich . ., 21 _« 4 JamKSflill „ 0 3 6 Walsoken .. 0 6 0 Thomas May .. 4 4 4 Calais .. .. 8 1510 j Win . Tipper ,. 0 2 ODuudee .. 2 _lo a Wm . Ho 4 'e .. 0 5 0 Loug Row , Belper 2 li 4 Rochdale .. 11 11 10 William Taylor 0 3 4 Silas Rossiter .. 0 10 0 North Shields .. 103 Mary _Aun Moss 0 2 * 6 Kirkaldy ,. 11 19 0 S . W . and Co . .. 7 1 4 Huddersfield .. - 4 7 0 Hindley „ 0 14 Torquay .. 914 0 Hexham .. 170 Richard Smith ,. 100 _Derizei „ 16 1 1 Crieff .. .. 17 0 Radtbrd .. U 11 _Hnrv Smith .. aha Radtord .. 1111 _Hnry Smith . 0 5 0

      • _, Nottingham „ 1814 3 Ashton-under . Smethwick „ 518 8 Lyne .. .. 13 2 2 Hull .. ., 1112 9 Congieton .. 6 9 a Birmingham ( Ship ) 6 18 8 Cheltenham .. ll 14 8 Plymouth ,. 8 16 4 Colne .. ... 0 19 6 Kilbarchan M 2 . 00 Edmund Allen .. 0 10 0 Ciitheroe .. 9 5 0 Peterborough ., 1 16 a Penton „ 2 13 6 Abingdon .. 0 It 6 Birmingham , Good' Holmhrth .. 0 7 10 win .. 215 6 Long Buckby ,. 116 Leicester , Astill 4 0 0 littleborougn .. 0 10 0 Merthyr ( Mor- Sumlerlaud „ Vi 9 6 t > ani » n 2 0 9 Longiou „ 1 oil Bacup ., „ 4 0 0 H ; de .. „ 310 U Uptou .. „ 23 0 8 Amos Hughes .. 0 to 0 Middlesborough 19 0 Edinburgh .. 0 18 6 Seweut „ ¦ 10 0 Belper .. .. 048 Sowerby Helm .. 310 0 Hamilton ... 2 0 0 Cliflbrd „ 10 0 Holytown .. 0 7 0 OswaldtwisQe „ 10 1 4 Riuderminster .. 2 0 0 Accrington _.. 5 00 Belfast .. .. 0 3 0 J . Battcnshaw .. 0 2 4 V m . Whitworth 0 6 4 Ledbury .. 1 11 a Andrew Whitworth 0 6 4 Henry Schofield 5 4 4 Philip Whitworth 0 6 4 Todmorden ... 6 0 0 J . hnWhitworth 0 4 0 W . S . C . .. 050 William Reid .. 076 Manchester .. 17 5 4 Wm . aud Chris-Worcester .. 23 18 8 tonher Reid .. 0 14 J . Armitage .. 5 4 4 £ 47833 $ EXPENSE PDND . Glasgow „ 006 Henry Scofield .. 020 Ledbury ., 0 2 0 Worcester .. 3 14 John Wilkinson 0 I Q TV . Brentnall _. _BelperO 0 6 Radcliffe Bridge 0 2 0 Parkhead .. 0 3 6 Marple „ 0 7 0 Norwich .. 0 2 0 Stoke Bochford 0 a 0 Calais .. .. 040 John Ranee « . 0 2 0 North Shields .. 0 3 0 Thomas May .. 0 2 0 Kirkaldy .. 0 16 _Hindiey .. 020 Torquay .. 0 10 0 Devizes .. 0 5 6 Congieton .. 0 2 0 Nottingham .. 16 9 Cheltenham .. 018 ( I HuU .. .. 016 3 Abingdon .. 0 4 C Birmingham ( Ship ) 0 2 0 Long Buckby .. 0 16 Plymouth ,. 0 2 0 Sunderland .. 0 4 0 Upton .. .. 0 12 0 Belfast .. Oil < John Annittage 0 2 0 Edward Neale .. 0 2 C £ 10 17 11 TOTAL LAND IUND . Mr O'Connor , Section No . 1 ... 18 13 OJ Air O'Connor , Section No . 2 ... 63 16 6 Mr O'Connor , Section No . 3 ... 478 3 3 i Expense Jb ' und ... ... 10 17 10 £ 571 10 8

      Fob Thb Bank, Sums Previousl Y Acknowled...

      FOB THB BANK , Sums previousl y acknowledged 2 , 360 3 2 For the Week ending the 27 th May . .. .. 142 3 _,, p _, £ 2 , 5 Q 2 _ 6 ; 2 T . M . _Whseiek , Financial Secretary .

      Ueceirt5 01' Hailosal Ghartek Associatio...

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      Repayments To Mr O'Connor On Account Op ...

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      sub-Secretaries : any person desirous of receiviug a copy ofthe same can have one by sending three Postage Stamps .

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      « .- um . es ou mar , worn Bermondsey , should have been £ 2 5 s .

      Fire In Fleet Street.—A Fire That Caused...

      Fire in Fleet Street . —A fire that caused considerable alarm broke out at 110 , Fleet-street , occupied by Air Mecliam , trunk-maker . It originated from some unknown cause in the first floor back , used as the kitchen . Engines quickly attended , and by setting one machine to work the flames were soon extinguished , the damage , considering the extent of the premises , not being very great . The crops in the southern departments of France are said to promise an unusually abundant harvest . The mackerel fishery has begun witb favourable auspices , and is expected to prove very productive . A murrain is very prevalent among the cattle on the Scottish and English borders . The Prussian government have appointed a commission to revise the laws affecting the rights and rivileges of the Jews .

      Not a single prisoner is now _confiiued in the county gaol ot Merionethshire . The Norwegian government has suspended the import duty on barley , rye , oats , buckwheat , and maize , until the 30 th of August . The government of Wurtemburg bas ordered an inquiry to be made into tbe quantity of corn and potatoes in the kingdom . . ' ¦ The Athenceum states that Prince Albert intends to devote a room in the new tower at Osborne to the reception of collections illustrating the geology ofthe Isle of Wight . ' . . . ¦•¦ " It is said that in Normandy and other parts ol France speculators are buying the growing crops or wheat , though this mode of forestalling is expressly forbidden by the law . Mushrooms would seem to be early this year , tor many provincial newspapers mention that fine diBhes of them have been gathered .

      . . A letter from Dresden _sajs th it 40 students of the University have been severely punished for having been present at the meetings dangerous to the state and public ordir .

      . ;., ' .. .. Trades' Movements. ; .;>.,...

      . _; _., ' .. .. TRADES' MOVEMENTS . . _;> ., , * i , ' UkitED Trades' _Festival , _"EDiKBTOfln!—Oii . _Tues-¦ d » yeTenihg ' _- _-aWl _>« ' w _« ' _heid'by ' the ; distriot : com _mittee of the National _AssiioiatioB , in the _Reehabite _t / hapel , in honour of Mr Jacob's Visit' to Scotland as Missionary of the Trades . The testimonial was such a one that Scots delight to' give , ! being " the people ' s edition of the works of their owh ' i ' ft ? m _«> rtal _.-bard , Robert Burns , " with ' _notes by Allan _Cunningham , bearing the following inscription ' : —" . _Pivsehted to _MrS . Jacobs , by the Delegates of the ' _Edinburgh district of the _NationalAsaociation ofUnited Trades for the protection of Industry' and Employ men ! , ol Labour in Mines , Manufactures , ' and Agriculture , _fis a token of their esteem for the able ' m ' anher in which

      he has advocated the principles , of the abeve association and fulfilled his mission with credit to himself , and justice to the body , who employed him ; Signed on behalf of the Delegates , E . Hollis , Secretary . "—Mr Urquhart ; currier , presented the token of respect with a well-written and suitable address . Mr Jacobs , in accepting the present , returned thanks to the delegates , trades , and company present , hoping he might ever deserve their respect , arid be enabled to return their kindness by his best endeavours to serve the cause which aimed to remove the grievances of which their poet sarcastically sung , and enable the working class to enjoy a fair share of their own productions , _toestabljsh a national , association ; if _pos-Bible , a universal association

      -, "That man to man the world o ' er , May brithere be , and a' that . " After a son ? by _^ one of the delegates from the presented book , Mr Cknighan , miners' delegate from Holytown , was introduced , and in an excellent address set forth a few of the present operations of tbe association , and sat _jdown loudly cheered . The remainder of the evening was spent in songs and recitations , executed in good style by several members ., Thihd Anniversary of the London Journeymen Bakers' Provident'Institution , instituted for providing a certain support to . those afflicted by sickness ; an asylum and relief for the aged and infirm , and their wives , and widows and orphans ; and , district houses for the acoommodation and ' mental

      improvement of the members . —This festival was _celebrated by a public dinner in the magnificent hall ol the Freemasons' Tavern , in Great Queen-street , on Thursday evening , May the' 20 th . B . B . Cabbell , lisq ; _, M . P _., was called to the chair , supported on the right and ' left by C . Cochrane , Esq . and T . Napier , Esq . About 110 sat down to dinner . After a profusion of loyal rubbish came the toast of the _evening , '' Success to tho London Journeymen Bakers Provident Instil titibn , " which , from what we _gleaned from the chairman , has been established nearly tour years , and enrolled ( including masters and men ) 500 members . The next sentiment was , " Charles

      Cochrane , Esq ., and all friends ol the Institution . - "tin ' s toast was drank with three times three , and one cheer more ; Mr Cochrane rose amid renewed acclamations ' , and responded in aa eloquent and facetious _speoeh , and concluded by giving "The Ladies , " which was followed by "The Press , " " The President and Treasurer of the Institution , " " Success to the National Provident Institution , and health and happiness to our chairman and iriend , Benjamin Bond Cabbell , Esq ; M . P . " In the " course of the evening U ' _-waa announced that B . B . Cabbell ,. Esq . M . P . had g iven a donation of £ 10 10 s , . Charles Cochrane , Esq . of £ 5 69 , T . Napier , Esq . of £ 5 5 s , and Captain Clark £ 1 Is .

      _PaooREssiip thb Operative Bakers' Movement for Shortening the Hours of Labour and the Abolition or Night Work—A public meeting , numerously attedded , ' was held in the Assembly-rooms ofthe Horns Tavern , Kennington , on Saturday evening , May the 22 nd . ' Charles Cochrane , Esq ., the candidate for Westminster , was unanimously called to the chair amidst loud cheering , and said he accepted the honour they had conferred on him with a great deal of pleasure . The _^ journeymen bakers were truly the victims of bad circumstances , cooped up in the bakehouse , ' and at all times at the beck and call of their employers . He need scarcely state that it was utterly impossible that any class could suffer more than did tbe journey men bakers . This was

      not only their cause , but the cause of their wives and families ; and it was theirduty to profit by every circumstance that offered to remove the load of evils which oppressed them , hot by a resort to violence , but by coolly and dispassionately resolving to persevere until every semblance of tyranny and oppression shall cease , and thus convince their employers they were in every way worthy to be treated as men . ( Loud cheers . ) There was no class of operatives , save the bakers , that could not caloulate on some time which they could cal ! their own . ( Cheers . ) Operatives do not generally work more than twelve hours daily , out of which they were allowed time for meals , and why should not that useful man , the baker , be equally well treated ? ( Loud cheers . ) But , alas

      the baker commenced his toil when most other operatives were retiring to rest , viz ., at ten or eleven o ' clock at night . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr Cochrane here showed by his practical knowledge of the bakehouse , his thorough earnestness in the good cause , and ably illustrated his arguments by showing how the _twenty-forr hours were spent by a journeyman baker . He next proceeded to bhovv the great evils inflicted on the employers and the public by this overworking of the men . ( Applause . ) In many cases the men could not " piteh in" before seven o ' clock in the morning , and was obliged to rise again beiore eleven , ( hear , hear , ) which he _contended was not sufficient time to give that rest the human frame required . ( Hear , hear . ) They frequently heard lamentation over the condition ofthe

      black slaves , but what was their condition as compared with that of those white slaves the operative bakers of England ? ( Loud cheers . ) The former worked but a moderate number of hours , had a sufficiency of good food , suitable clothing , and medical advice and medicine found them when necessary . Not sowith tbe operative baker . But the slave could not be resupplied without purchase , whilst the latter was attainable at the competitive labour market almost without money arid without price . ( Immensecheerins . ) Even the Sunday , which was a day of rest and recreation to most operatives , brought _nothing but renewed toil to the journeyman baker , and how galling must it be to him to have to resume his labour of a Sunday evening when other operatives are

      about to enj y the sweet air of heaven , with the wives of their bosoms , and the children of their mutual love . ( Great applause . ) He was happy to announce that a nobleman who took a deep interest in their affairs , had submitted their case to her majesty ' s ministers , and from his great influence the best result might be anticipated . ( Cheers . ) He was also grateful to learn that the master bakers had expressed their approbation of the movement . For himself he could only thank them for their patient hearing , and assuret liem that he should be at all times ready to assist the operatives in their attempts to free themselves from tyranny and _oppressien , ( loud cheers , ) and again he repeated he could not see why millions of English money and English

      sympathy should be sent to emancipate black slaves on the shores of Indian rivers , whilst so many white slaves existed at home . ( Prolonged cheering . ) The secretary having read a letter from B , B . Cabbell , Esq . M . P . apologising fornon attendance , and promising to attend on some future occasion _. stated that in consequence of her Majesty's order to have nothing but seconds flour used in the royal household had caused the working man ' s loaf to rise an extra halfpenny , by using the very flour that would be otherwise consumed by the working man . He had made this known to Lord Robert Grosvenor , and he was happy to Bay , the use of the best bread was now resumed . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Webber , a master baker , and the well-known Rudieal reformer of Lombard-street ; came forward to move the first

      resolution , and said , the profits arose in the baking trade , not from the largeness of the capital sunk , but from the amount of labour wrung from the _journeyriian , and recommended working men , who were great consumers of bread , to have it weighed , especially the bread they had from chandlers' shops . Mr Williams and Mr Sutton addressed the meeting ; the latter in one of the most eloquent and talented addresses it was ever our fortune to hear . Resolutions in favour of shortening the hours of labour , and _abolishing night work , were then unanimously adopted , and , on the motion of Messrs Wedge and Montgomery , a vote of thanks was given by acclamation to the Chairman , who responded , and the meeting , after the enrolment of a considerable number of members , was dissolved .

      Strike at Bacup . —At a meeting of Power-loom Weavers for the yurpose of taking into consideration the _proposed reduction by Messrs Aitkins _, of two pence halfpenny per shilling , it was agreed that no man or woman should commence work at a reduced price . After the strike had continued nino days the masters turned the mill-hands out . Hitherto the hands on strike have met with considerable support . We trust that that support will be continued until the hands are _vietm-ions 'n their just struggle .

      Dbath Caused Through Dissection.—It Will...

      Dbath caused through Dissection . —It will be in the recollection of our readers that the late Harvey Leach , the celebrated gnome fly and man monkey , left orders that after his decease his body' should bu given to Mr Liston of University College Hospital , tor disposal . Mr Liston handed the body over to his most intimate friend and companion , Mr Potter , for dissection , who , whilst engaged in his labour , pricked his finger with the lancet . This caused little care beyond placing his hand in a sling for a day or two , but on the third day Mr Potter was attacked with fever—abscesses formed on his band , which extended up the muscles of his arm and over his chest , causing great agony ; death eventually put a period to his sufferings , and on Saturday his remains were interred in the _Kensal-green eemetery . A Kendal paper mentions that a pair of redbreasts have built tbeirnest in a kitchen , and appear wholly undisturbed by the inmates , upon whose table they frequently perch during meals .

      The great comet of 1264 and 1556 is expected b astronomers to reappear at the latter end of this or tho commencement of tbe following year . March 10 , 1818 , is considered the most probable period .

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      CONFERENCE OF _.. TIIE NATIONA L , ' _ASSO-.. _^ _-riCIATIONOFUNITEDTRADES . . ¦ - _¦ . ,. Bi ' shinohamJ -Mondai , _, Mat , 24 . —The sitting * of : the An nai _. Conf * rencfc of Delegates of the National _Association of United Trades commenced this day in the . llall of Science ,,, _Lawrence-street . ; _The _Gentral Committee were engaged during the morning in receiving the cre-• . _^ _K- ? _•*? delegates . appointed to represent the various trades _comprised in the Association ,. and at three 0 clock , in the afternoon , tho chair was taken by T . S . Dcncombe , M _. P _., ., A . full list of tho _. delegatcs _, which arrived too late to appear here , will be found in our eighth page . The _SECEETABrdfrBurret t ) ,. having read the list of _dolegates ,

      ' The Hon . Chaibkan , who . wna received withloud applause _, in opening the proceedings , said , hefore th « y _proceeded to the important business , which , they hud asserabled to transact , perhaps they would allow him to SBy a few words as to the past proceedings , the presein _pasitiori , and . the future _prospeets of this Association . ( Cheera . J At the last Conference at which he had the pleasure of being present , the only real decision come to was , whether an experiment of . an Association for the _Protcctioii of Labour and the Employment of Industry , should be made or not . That _i Confs « nco decided in the affirmative , and it . was for the present Conference to _» ay whether that experiment had been fairl y made or not , and whether , from the experience of the past year , it was proper to proceed , farther with it . They would presently hear the r ' epDrt of the proceetHng of the past

      year read by the Secretary . Thatreportwasanelaborute one , and , _thereforo , he presumed , would be . the mo » e welcome tothe Conference , as affording what be could say was an accurate statement of the business- which had been done _^ during th * past jear ,. and the manner in which the executive had discharged their duties .. It would be for them to say whether they approved of the manner in which _theifserviees had been performed ; . but , at all events , ho felt it Ui duty to state that it was his belief they had at all . _timey been animated by the most earnest desire to promote the interests oif ' the Association , andto serve it to ' the _bestof their aoilit } ' . _ ( Hear , hear . ) The refortwould show that tbey . 'had duly endeavoured to _^ settle such- . ' . disputes' i , » had eceurrtd during the year , on tbe principles of the Association . In many

      instances these disputes bad been iettl « d ' by media _, tion alone —( cheers)—and in . other cases , where that had failed , the parties had been set to work by what was termed the Sister Association for the Employ _, ment of Labour , though , he must add ,, that they were so by means of the funds of , that Association . ( Hear . ) Ther _^ were now from 170 ' to ISO members of . _various trades thus employed . ; ( Hear bear . ) He was happy to say that ' in numerous eases they had succeeded by mediation alone , and without further difficulty or expense . In others the show of preparation , or rather he should say the actual _preparation ,. to set the hands to work , had been sufficient to induce the masters to give way . In the carrying out of it ' s objects the Association bad been exposed to much obloquy and misrepresentation , and he himself had . come in for

      his share of that obloquy . _, Parties had come to him and said , " . What ' does this Association mean 1 Do you mean to dictate to the employers what wages they shall pay , the hours they" shall work , and , in fact , create a despotism of the men which they must obey ?" Hisangner to these questions had been , "It is not the intention of the Association to dictate to any one . but to protect ourselves . " ( Hear , hear . ) , Ho balieved that thero was no law or statute in existence to prevent them from doing that ; and if they continued to proceed in a legal ) peaceable , and constitutional manner , he could not doubt of their ultimate success . They had seen -Attempts to put down trades unions in various _quarters made by influential individuals . They had all heard of the Warrington combination case , iu which the ' men were arraigned upon an indictment abaut 130 feet long ,

      and contained so many counts that the Judgo who tried the case himself declared that he did not understand it , and that it was impossible to condemn men upon such an indictment and such evidence—that was one _specimen of the animus of these parties ; ( Hear , hear . ) Then there was the case of Mr Overend , which he had tho honour of bringing before the House of Commons . — ( Cheers . ) Mi Overend was thegreut magistrate in Sheffield for trying combination cases , and the charge was that his decisions were invariably against the _msu and in favour of tbe employer , but whose decisions were fortunately generally quashed ou ' appeal . —( Hear , hear . ) He only referred to those _caseB for the purpose of showing that that Association might be placed in the same position . They might have a Mr Overend to meet , and the words introduced into that Act rendered it impossible

      for a Trades' Union to escape , where the law was administered by such men _. For instance , the w ' wd . "molest " was used—a word of such a wide signification , and capable of such varied constructions , that it was ridiculous to use it in cases where the prejudices of the diff . rent classes of society were so active . He _truttad that when they returned to their respective districts again , they would be on their guard against any violence , threat , or intimidation , and be _bsliered that they would , by such a bourse , the more certainly succeed in obtaining the great object tbey had in view . It was almost unnecessary for bim to offer that advice to a boily which bad already in practice acted upon it , but when bo saw the determination of the magistracy , and of certain _peraous in power , to put down trades' uniens , he could not dcubt but that this association which v > as a couccntrutioa of

      theBe unions , and which if it succeeded in fully carrying out its objects , and perfecting its organization , would , iu a very few years , comprise within its fold all the other unions in the kingdom . He said he could not doubt but that such an association would have to meet such men as Mr Potts , of _WarringtoUj and Mr Overend , of Sheffield , and they must prepare themselves fer doing so , by a careful observance of the law , and by placing themselves in such a positional to prerent such men from injuring them . — ( Hoar , hear ) As to the present statu of the Association , they would find , as he had stated , they had a considerable number of men at work . They were set to work by the other association for the employment of labour , and it would be for them , after a careful investigation of all the circumstances , to say whether they would not take means for a closer ama '

      gamation between tbe two associations .- In fact , as he had stated , the men were set to work by tbe funds of this association . The closer union of the two , or the consideration whether they should proceed on the presunt basis or not , were most important questions , and wbich rould require their best consideration . They would then have to review the past proceedings ofthe Central Committee , and to state whether they _approved of them or not . The next question would be tbe necessity of making certain alterations in tbe existing laws . They could not be too careful in making any changes i n the laws of the association , nor should they be proposed unless they were justified by a _tsase of duty , und defended upon the ground of personal experience of their working . The changes _suggested by the executive rested upon these grounds , and would , _hshad no doubt , receive

      tbeir best attention . The other questions wbich would occupy their attention would be the election ot tht , newofficers for the ensuing year ; the fixing of tho place for the next meeting of the Conference ; and lastly , to hear any complaints against the administration of the Central Committee from trades who might consider themselves aggrieved by their decisions . To such complaints , and to the business in general , he trusted they would give a fair and impartial thought . That while they avoided any unnecessary waste of time , or the use of unneces . sary words , recollecting that they were sitting there at the expense of their constituents , they would at the _satm time , without haste or precipitancy , dotheii-woik in a f air spirit and deliberate manner . As chairman , he had no wish to hurry them , and would give every opportunity top the impartial consideration of every question , subject

      to the condition he ha » l incidental _^ mentioned . He was satisfied that they would do so , and also that if they acted in that spirit their business would be brought to a satisfactory and successful conclusion . ( Cheers . ) He congratulated them upon the hopeful aspect of their affairs , and as a specimen ofthe feeling with which their proo . edings were regarded , would conclude by reading au . . iixtraet of a letter be had just received from the weavers ef Accrington . The writer said : — " Wa have to congratulate you on the vast amount of good this as . suciation has effected . We have not , itis true , to any extent effected an advance iu wages . The cause is the unparalleled _commercial depression with which this

      country is now contesting ; but the reductions that hare been prevented by tbe influence of our _association are deserving of all praise . The best of all is that tbe _reductions thus prevented are the labourers' benefit , So far aa we havestena conciliatory spirit and calm reason have always been brought to bear on questions of dispute , which wc think can alone beneficially set disputes about wages at rest . We have been prevented from having theplda . suraofscudinga delegate to Conference , by circumstances unforeseen and over which we had no control . The association at present is doing well as regards the weavers , who number about 500 . " The hoi , chairman resumed his seat amidst loud applause _. The _SscKETiitl read the following

      _REl'ORT . "The Central Committee have much pleasure in meeting the delegates ofthe Association iu Conference assembled , and in submitting to them a report of the transactions of tbe past year . They heartily congratulate the Conference upon the general and substantial success which has crowned the efforts of » hat may be still justly termed our infant Association , and upon the extent to which a knowledge of its principles and objects is nowspreading among the trades of this country , "That si'cccss is tbe more gratif . ing when it is _remembi-red th : it the machinery and organization of the Association are altogether novel , and that there was consequently / a want of experience on the part of those to whom its working and direction was entrusted a defect which could only be supplied by zealous and unremitting industry and attention , to master as Bpeedily a 3 possible the structure , capabilities , and best mode ol directing the new Association .

      "These natural difficulties , which are incident to the formation of all new societies , have , in tke case of this Association , been materiall y augmented b y the number , variety , and magnitude of the transactions which , at so early a stage of its existence , claimed tho attention , and occupied the time ofthe Central Committee . They have had to superintend the machinery for extending tht Association , and of perfecting its internal organization , at the _sime time the numerous cases of dispute between trades belonging to the Association and their employers have required _cotutant exertion , in the two-fold capacity of mediators and _luperiutsnientBi That errors should

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      _oiiHiir tinder su ' eh " clrc ' i _^ 8 tonces i * i _» . btit natural , to ex . pert , anil the Central _CbmhuMe" would have been mord than human _hftlJ they entirely ' _avoids them ; but they believe that a close _Ou- ' _^ vation of all the facts will pro Ye them to hare been at all i _! . ** actuated by , . ft _einc'srj desire to promote the best _imtJ'trt * of : tho ; _Associaton , and to carry out its _objects in a » 8 _v ' . ri (! t accordance with the constitution and lows as tbe clreu ' . 7 n 8 _tanPts ia which , tbey . bave beenplaced would permit , . _; . : : *¦ : . _- ¦ ' " Origin _jmd _© _bjicts of tub Assoe _> ATioK . » _-It may

      be useful , as affording a means of judging of the rapidity of its progress , to revert to the origin and _objicts of this Association . The first meeting to consider the propriety of its formation was held in London on Easter : Monday , 1846 . It was resolved by that meeting that an . Associa . tion ' should be formed , and a provisional committee wa » appointed , to whom the preparation of the constitution and Jaws was entrusted . Tbe draft plan was * _ubnutted to another delegate meetl » g in the month of July of thai year , and after full consideration was finally adopted .. _ui . ' ., ; r : _ou » amendments , . as , the constitution : of tho

      new body , ' , •; ' _/ . » . " The _formatJow of such association < originated in a deep and wide . _spread feeling on the part : of the trades that the system » pots which tbey had hitherto acted for the defence of their _rlKbts ,. and tbe protection of their order , was inadequate- to the objects in view , and that tbe time had come foe a new mode of . procedure , by which the energies _ofati the trades might be . united , and brought to bear upon the important _oVject of im _« proving tbe position of the industrial classes ¦ . "Similar tfforts , originating out of similar feelings , had been previously made , , but without any generator permanent success . Tbe' great objict in tho _pressnt instance was to discover the-causes , of such failure , to avoid them , and at the same-time to discover a principle ef aetion wbichshould be more efficacious in future .

      _.-. " This was done iu the _cas »< vf our Association by the abandonment of the old mode . 'of conducting strikes , by adopting the- principle of _unitedtiostead of sectional exer . tion \ and that after mediation had . failed ; to settle disputes , the parties obliged to leare Sbtir employers should wherever practicable , bo given reproductive employment instead of being sent on tramp or kept idle , to the great loss of the Association , and thehr _e-wn individual loss and demoralisation , - . " Of course it _wtgjto be expected _trtiat the adoption of a plan so different from what the trades had been accustomed to-, combined with the novelty oS the machinery of the new Association , would require wsae time , for

      explanation on one hand , and consideration , on the other . It was not to be hoped that anything liko _^ _renl and po-itirs organisation eould take place until the-subject had been fully canvassed and understood , and _henovthe conference ol last year , held at Manthester , a fer' months after tbe adoption . 0 / the plan , and while the Assuaiatiou was cow . paratively little understood , could not' te taken either as a , test of its actual progress , or its futuce permanence . "What could not then bo predicted 1 has now been settled . Tbe _progress of tbe paBtyear ha * demonstrated that in proportion as tbe _principles , objects , and machinery of the Association are made known and understood , the disposition to join it extends among tho various trades of Great Britain .

      " _< _lt th « last conference the trades represented were 32 ; with an aggregate number of , 12 , 775 members . In reality , however , owing to the short time tbe Association had beeu in existence , and tbe want of a _thorough uuder * _stuuding of its character on . the part ot the trades , these could not be callod bona jidemembers of . this A _^ ociation , the great majority were rather friendly enquirers , with a disposition to join the movement , should their euquirics _prove-satisfactory . " MxAS . UBE 8 . Foa _ExTEMHMe the _AsflociATioH . —Some of the measures resolved upon at that conference were meant to promote that general knowledge of the nature nud objection * of tbe Association , which was felt to be so essential to the realisation of the main object—viz , a general union of the industrious classes . The Central Committee , fully appreciating the importance of this portion of their duties , have , zealously endeavoured : o

      give effect to the resolutions of the conference , Ou the 18 th of August , 1816 , Mr JacobB was appoiuteu as the first regular missionary of the Association , and subsequently Messrs Peel aud Parker were added to the staff . In addition to these general missionaries the Central Committee _appointed Messrs Winter and Duckby local missionaries and agents for Leicester and its vicinity - , Mr Dean , in the same capacity , for Nottingham and its neighbourhood ; Mr Dunn of Sunder ) and _, for that town and _neighbourhood ; Mr Lenegnh , of Wigan _, for that district , and Messrs Shaokloton and Town for Keighley aud vicinity . To the exertions of these general and local ag . _nts must be added those of the members of the Central Committee , who have been . constantly and actively occupied in visiting trades in various parts of the country , and also attending public meetings for the purpose of promiting the extension of the Association .

      " The result of their operation has been that the Association now includes 111 trades , and numbers ou its books 36 . 137 , of whom 82 , 318 are payiug members , and constitute the real available strength of the Association . The Central Committee are explicit on this poiut , btcuuse an over-eBtimate is injurious to all parties—to the Committee , by inducing them , on false calculation * , to _ei _; ter upon struggles for which they are not prepared ; and to the members , by causing tbein to anticipate resmts wbich the real strength of the Association renders it impossible to realise .

      ''It would not , however , be presenting a fair and full view of this part of the subject , if the Central Committee were not to state , that as a consequence of the _out-coor agitation , carried on by the Missionaries ot the Association , there is every probability of an immediate und laige ucce sion of numbers and strength Sume of the trades who sent representatives to the _awt and second deb gate meetings iu London , were alter wards induced , liom various causes , to desist from a further active connexion with the Association , Time , abetter _understanding of its natuie , and the proofs it has already given of its tfficucy , have produced a great change of opinion among many of these trades ; audit may be confidently

      anticipated that they will again rally round the standard which they were among the first to raise . Betides these old _colabourers , many new-trades liave had the _sunject under consideration for some time , with every prospect of a decision in favour ofthe Association . As the kno » ledge of the Association extends , its organisation becomes more perfect , and its resources r _.- . ore ample , there can be no doubt but that it will secure from the entire industrial body of this country that cordial support which its universal character and eminently benefit ial objects dr . serve . It may in fact , as in design , become a Grand National Mutual Assurance Company of the Trades of Great Britaiu and Ireland .

      . ' Encmebation or Cases . —It would occupy too much time , and be out of place in a document ol ibis description , to state the particulars of each case iu which the Central Committee have been called upon to interfere . A brief enumeration of these , cases and their gemrnl re . suits is proposed , in order to give an idea of the extent of the operations durirg the past year , and of the efficacy of the principles of tbe association us compared with the methods heretofore resorted to , tor the purpose of _securing justice to tbe working man . The cases iu which the Central Committee have been successful this year are as follows : —

      "Dbnmgu _Shoehaxeis . — The men in this town struck lor ud advance of _wages , Tbe employe' b sent to the Central Committee a statement of prices paid , which differed materially from that sent by the men . A member of the Central Committee was therefore sent to Denbigh , with instructious to uct upon such facm as personal in . _vistigatiou might establish . Vpun examining tbe wen ' s statement of prices , he touud that it was not so much au advance , as au equalization of wages required , aud tho establishment of a minimum pi ice for descriptions of work . He roviBed the list , and took it to the employers , _whoduclarud their intention of resisting it . The principal employer of the town , with about fifty men at work , was induced the next day to sign the men ' s statement ,

      but the others still held out . The deputation _returned to Loudon , and obtained the sanction of the Central Committee to set the men at work . He wrote to Denbigh , desiring that not a man should leave the town _ub , in a few _dajs , he would be there with the material ' to give every man employment . The men immediate ;* made this letter public , and the effect of its publientiV 1 was , that next morning tbe who ! e of tho masters _signtid the statement , ending tho dispute , and giving the men nil they asked for . The result was to pluce them in a very superior position to that they previously occupied ; because , though the nominal udvanco was small , it abolished all iutermedtate rates . The entire cost of this great victory was £ 2715 s . 6 d .

      " Thk Camelon _Nailmakebs ( Scotland ) —Camelon and St Ninians arc neighbouring towns , tbe princi pal trade in each being nailmaking . Better wages were niven iu St Niniuns than at Camelon . On application from the men at thelatttr place , the Central _Commitue Bent a deputation to the masters , the result of whose mediation was an equalization of wages in the town . _"Holtweil _Suoemskebs . _ The _employes' iu ' _this town were in tbe habit of paying what wages they pleased , so that when the men took their work home _thsy did know tbe amount tbey had to receive . Tbvj therefore proposed to the employers a list of prices to bo generally signed and acted upon . This list was at first refused , but upon a deputation being sent from the Central Committee with instructions to set the men to work for the Association iu case the masters rtfusod to sign the stRtetuent , the point at issue was conceded , and the list adopted _.

      " _Wooloombsub of CoLLOMrroK . —The woolcombers in the town became members of the Association , upon learning wbich tbey were discharged b / thtir employer _. Upon being informed , through tbe Central Committee , that they would be employed by the Association , he requested them to take their combs and to go to _woi-k . again , " The _Ropemakebs or Livebpool . —Nine of this body were discharged in consequence of their connection with this Association . They wero supported by the Central Committee until they got work . "ltiBMiNotiAM Smail Wabe Weayebb . —a reduction was offered by one employer . The effected a satisfactory settlement by

      " Surbei Block Pbimtebs . —A to tho price fur printing octagon mediation of the Central length agreed to give the price asked vernl other very important cases to to an equally satisfactory moral influence of the Association , " _OxrosD _Shoemakss , —The ' ™ plovers in th iecitj im w _^ ia

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 29, 1847, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_29051847/page/5/