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    • CHARTIST ANNUAL CONVENTION ( Continued from trnr If tat. menVit nnncv I
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      *^^ :: .. France . ; . , T 7 . F ssscH ^ fW ^ rrThe extraordinary irritabilito JjsB ^ a ^ of aelW p « pOT * ith regaid-to jwlanawem only equalled hy that of the French \ j £ v &i ' $ L Dnmflnt ,. aa . displayed :. inaf ( roeea 8 ' © f Such theDtom gi ? es : » M-report , instituted bv G « ieral Tom Thamb . against M . -RoqwoW the SSnr . tf ^ -Itahe to YadeKBSSgS Qe as the tife of anew fan * . « The EBrifch " . ^ 3 CounsellorJtanusat , "had this General T « a ^ nnib dressrf asAapoleon , in order toUmw ridi-^ Bponthe . memory of the great jBamdwm they jared during hs life tone ,- and it is th » GerieKd j ^ Thnm b Trtonow daresina French Court to tomplain of bemgaggnered ! ' ? . Surely the force of frncK caa

      ^ s maaness nofttrtter go ! . THBF oBBHtsnioss . —Tlerenoitof the committee apoa the aimrag of flie fortifications of Paris appears jfihe J ^ ft ^ of . Smday and is-of greatS . lie report labonra to quiet the apprehensions ofthe « od people of Fans with regard to fee detached fsrts , ly showing that they do not in any sense comyxsA the etty , which is beyond their * range , and dnch they do not even overlook ; and , byway of ^ ditionaleomfort , they are reminded that although TineefflHS contains 500 pieces of cannon , yet no one pa dreamed of any harm comi ng of them to the Parisians . The cannon for the wall is to be kept at Bonrges , from which place there will be a railway in a few years , affording means of aronrot transnm *

      when necessary . The saillant parts of the wall are to be defended Jjy a newly-invented gun , called the toumJxuUT of 80 , calculated to throw masses of p , pe to aftonsandyardswith the greatest precision . Between tnt ^ ratt and the forts ftere will be ntuner-Ibk field works for- covering the roads and villages , supporting the external operations and sorties , main Simng provisions for those corps who mMitbe obliged to take refuge under the walk , for providing artillery for menaced points , all which will require a powerful central reserve , but which will be made the subject of a special law . There is , in fact , no tad . to the vista of pleasant demands remaining in sore for the contributors to the budget . The whole g thus summed up : —

      -UHUMEKT OF SAFETS . 94 bastions , at the rate of 7 pieces per bastion 658 -UOUSIEXI OP MFEXCE . I awnts of attack , 33 supplementary pieces per front * 198 Ifcto , ditto , 20 mortars of 15 per front l ^ n

      CESTRAl BESEBVE . Pisposable pieces , &c . ... 130 2 ( i iieW batteries 120 Total armament of the wall ... 1226 ABMAME-VT OF TOHT 8 . Each fort is to be so constructed as to be capable rf maintaining itself against the enemy : — Pieces of Cannon 1 . rort de Cnanmton ... ... 70 2 . ... Vincennes ... ... 117 3 . ... Nogeht 55 4 . ... Eosny 56 5 . ... Noisy ... ; .. 57 0 . ... Komainorla ... a <\ \ ,. ... nomamona ... 49

      ... 7 . ... Aubervilliers ... fiG S . ... East of St . Denis ' . " 3 S 9 . DonW" frovm of St . Denis ... 52 10 . ... »» Hriche ... ... gj 11 . ... MuuntValerien ... 79 v > . ... Issy Qi :: t . ... Vauves 45 14 . ... Montrouge ... ... 43 19 . ... Bicetre ... ... 60 i « . ... Iviy ... ... ... " 70 Total armament of forts ,.. 982 Fw the defence of the forts pieces of sixteen are tkcen , because of their range not being equal to the vail of Paris , aud so far unserviceable to the enemy , sknM any ofthe forts be taken . The guns for the inaanient of safety are to be of cast iron , those of die armament of defence in bronze .

      PORTUGAL . The following , from the correspondence ofthe &raM , throws some light upon the present state of Potosal , and the efforts now making ; to overthrow tie infamous Cabral administration : — .

      Ijsbox , Araa 2 L—The Cortes were closed yester to by the Queen in person . This ends the' period &r which theDeputies were elected , and now general tktions are accordingly about to be proceeded to , ibe result of which now appears more doubtful than ii did some time ago . The Government , it is true , an still exercise great influence through the local anhoritics and parochial clergy throughout the nmntry , but it is very questionable whether the w $ e , groaning as they are under the load of their feed burdens , can be easily persuaded to lend their support again to the very administration by whom those burdens have been hud upon their shoulders . The obligation of keeping faith with theforeign creators , to meet the payment of whose . clainWtJie

      aw taxes have been imposed , is of course a conside ration of not the slightest weight with the nnthinkne multitude . —[ And very properly too ! Ed . JK , S . 1 -and it is therefore likely that many who before racd for the candidates in the interest of the present -iverament , will , in the approaching contest , be toaed ovej . to the opposition by the lure of relief 1 Iran taxation , which the latter are constantly hold agoiit , and which signifies pretty clearly that if they aeegetinto power they intend to throw the chums tf twagn bondholders overboard . —[ Good sagain ! to . a . s . J—This inference may appear unjust , but 1 fed nvsdf warranted in it By the consideration of | m tot fibrious fact , that it is only a whitewash of Hat « ort tliat cnuld enable them to fulfil their

      pmm of relief to any material extent The ad-T erewesof the Government , moreover , have adopted J r « ii of operations well calculated to promote their 3 rt «« . A central committee in this city , holding « 5 lawtiugs at the house of Viscount Fonte Arcada , ™ counting among its members men of first-rate wHinies and considerable influence , transmits its ' -fu-rs to the numerous provincial committees , who ^ u scud out their emissaries in every direction to Mtfu . lv , as it were , a crusade against the Cabral adomistration , and inflame the existinir feelings of dis-(«* t « it by all means , fair or foul . [ Success to them !] llms one system directs the whole , and union , it is * al Kiiovrn is strength . The Santarem committee , £ ii : c 5 i has been one ofthe most active in its exertions sonlie common cause , has put forth a very powerful fc « to the electors ofthe countrv at large . It is iwwr tf

      a the conduct of the present ministry , and J » aitatbs upon them are rendered stall more forcible V 1 ! k- temperate language in which they are couehed . - ^ this dotament is Hkely to produce a strong im-Fftsmi on many of those ' to whom it is addressed , Ji extract or two , by way of sample , may be of into-[" to those of your readers whose breeches pockets areconeerned ui tlie stability of the present Govern-^ nt-viz .: The ministers , who now for aboutfive eas nave had the management of public affairs , « we been cou > iautly proposing all sorts of operations ^ aversions , each of which in its turn was to | j * u the complete organisation of our finances ; but U 1 » promised organisation never arrives , and in its 1 a wc have at every moment proposals for new JMw and new tases . * ? Tlie assessment wiae new ' personal contribution' has been calcu"• Wl Ultftll flip nnnnc nf acrnonlfnml ntwjnnn In 1 SIII

      *« uoi has since fallen immensely . This is unjust ; ltn what is infinitely more so is that the unpaid con-JWiutKHB of defaulters in one year are to be charged « uie other contributors in the assessments for the ^ 0 ^ . * * The Cortes , as the dav of ^ luUon approached , got through their tasks with }« hurried carelessness of schoolboys , just about to *« t loose . BotJi chambers , on the application of jj * Uovernment , voted 20 contos a year for the 1 rince Royal , and half that sum for the Prince Don '« ds . - Considering that they are scarcely breeched , 5 that the elderenjoys tie Braganzaestates , worth «^< -ast £ 12 , 000 per annum , many people think that ^* ( xm ntry might as well have been spared this addia burden , for some time at least . "

      SWITZERLAXD . lif tersfr ' m Zaridl oitiui ^ « tt- state that the \ h £ * « teed on that day . Most of the foreign saoV . ^ 41 eft for Beme ' butthe F « nch AmbasiZ ™ " ¥ Sardinian Minister had repaired to thai t « -i " r . ae intention of spcading a few days in " •»« wn . flieDietouthe 2 lst 4 » adgivenfuUiiower n&w ; T ^ , ^ > sbandpartly , or entirely , the troops tlem 1 J *** serrtce ; or , if necessary , toreplace <« ri . m f re ^ m case Puolie P ^ c 6 should be S £ mc - nac ? d b ^ illegal acts , to devise such aanw r ? ^ 1 ^' ^ deem expedient for the maintethe ^ i \ J ! u er « n *« w » qniBily , either by deposing of Wftii - orciesMow un « lerarmsorcallingoutothers . fttart "f , d < Bin S a « Mress was delivered by M . diiarv ' it » f nsidcutof tbe Wet- : " The Extraortou 5 i , ji ? " as « ° ucraded its labours after having 01 * rf *! / 3 ™* 11 * 1 " 1 of its resolutions , as wellas the Wed miriuture . tne Vorort . The Diet , assem I'l « asant ^ " * "nniediate impression ofthe mostunexei ( emj ^ a lts . . and in the midst of the strongest In •„ _ - . . 1 * vYjlllinty Ifl "fhnTitiTilln-ttiirtji An /] nnrntiMbl

      wnsidettKi pnWic I * ** with the assistance of a ^• wation " 3 nued force " Now tha * ti « e moment of J' ^ t WY , ' ? Wflat resards does it cast on the Tlj is ' hkl ! a ^ ^ tini ents will it looktothe future \ attt ^^ wK undoubtedly , done but little , w aninmeat ^" of a S ^ number of persons , the limits nfli / a nf ^ e enthusiasm , overleaping °% thehunW- ex 5 st > ng law , would desire to obey «»^ iderS ^ onsof fteir 0 ™ heart , and unjustly attbutenotori " * individuality , to which they Off , but « lili 3 " mentsandsvmpatiiie 3 , liketheir H Wer ^ ^ entireh-berVof wilL The Diet ^ Sinarvsni ^ ??^ mucll » « *•» real and not "" n d . andir ^ ^ P ^ We action be borne in * ai find a , hL- ^ tt ^ " all confidence that it ^ mandit ^ T ^ ? ^ PP * where it may » here it lSiJ ^ dly and confederal attention ^ nefitofTS * ded v ma 5 re 8 dng "anner for the Iorthepacif £ « ln ^ » f jmfortnnate men , and 100 atpW . n ^^ 'hole country . The hori Pn » ent « far from beingfreefromthoseclouds

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      S W ^ ; that have been lashed into fury by the storm of passions which has burst over the confederation , are not yet calmed down . However , the salutarv influ . Zf ^ vt ' lf T ^ ' tUe sll"rt int erval dunng which the Diet has been sitting , to diminish men's annexes ; it will stiU continue to « S ? S te " ?^ citizens a « animated Tlftl ^ dete "nination en ergeticall y to oppose wfnf ^ dKWte J agai ^ SSSal order ; " and S the tS ^ ^ conlederated bodies show an inclination to alleviate as much aspofflible the disquieting condition of so many wretched men . If , as is my firm opimon , the members of this high assembly conV Ppsed of urfluential magistrates of all the cantons , sliare ui this conviction , and separate with the intention , of using every excrtion . for the purposes I have

      just stated , lean then venture to hope that the most dangerous crisis is past , and that at the opening of the ordinary Diet we shall be able to regard the iuture witt greater security . Thanking you ; gentlemeni for . the indulgence with which you have meted royentrance on the eminent functions with which myiellow-citizens nave iaveatedme , I now declare ^ E ^ he & roro ? tted indefinitely . " M .-Neuhaus , the first deputy of Berne , then returned thanks to the president , in the name of the assembly , for . the able and impartial direction which he had given to the debates . " It is with full confidence , " said the non . deputy at the termination of his speech , "that tne Bnt , in separating , leaves the direction of aftairs in the hands of a directory so firm and enlightened ! well convinced that it will make use of its position to j maintain the peace and dignitv of Switzerland . "

      Accounts from Lecerse ofthe 23 rd state , that a gvvat number of persons had been condemned by the council of war to live years' imprisonment for not wiving answered the call to arms , and fa- kavhv joined the free corps ; for which latter offence , moreover , they are to be tried by the civic tribunals . The commissioner of Lucerne , and those of Berne , Soleure , Bale Campagne , and Argovia , have concluded a treaty for the liberation of prisoners on condition of an indemnity fixed at 330 , 000 f .

      UNITED STATES . Liverpool , Satcrdat . —There are four arrivals from New York to-day , namely , the packet-ships Europe and John It Skiddy , and the Sheffield and Adirondack , all of which left New York on the 1 st , and arrived here within a few minutes of each other , bringing advices one day Liter than those by the last steamer . They ^ do not communicate any intelligence possessing special interest . The Michigan Legisla ture had adjourned ; the public works remain without improvement ; the preservjition of the public faith is unprovided for ; and the interest on certain

      bonds will not be paid when due ; the state tax has been raised half a mile on the dollar to meet the increasing expenditures of the Legislature and the state Government ; the weight of domestic debt and the millions of unrecognised bonds in Europe still hang over the state without an effort at adjustment . The Louisiana State Convention has advanced considerably in the formation of the new convention . We may mention that nothing further or definite had transpired with respect to the intentions of General Almonte , and that there is no later Mexican or Texan intelligence . The commercial advices are merely later by afew hours than those previously received .

      Livdrpooi , Moxday , Apml 28 . —We have seven days' later news from New York supplied by the arrival of the packet-ship Independence . There is no political intelligence of any or the least importance from America . The folks at Washington are all busy in a war pf office-seeking , the poor President being , as usual , worried to death by shoals of applicants seeking to be appointed to little snuggeries . General Almonte , the Mexican ; Minister , had sailed from New York . '• ' !"' Mr . C . A . Wickliffe , the Postmaster-General , is represented as being on his way to Texas , as confidential agent of the administration , to aid the Charge < fJJiuV « , Mr . Donaldson , in persuading the authorities and people of Texas to accept the terms of annexation offered by the joint resolution .

      Loss op Shtppixc—In the American papers we have sad accounts of losses of shipping . We have often alluded to the severe losses that have been experienced during the last fall and winter ; but we had no idea that the disasters had been so numerous as they are . Besides the great number of vessels that are lost we have now a list of forty-one vessels that are missing , all , or nearly all of which are probably gone ; and among them-are two packets from Liverpool . Most of'those vessels saileim September , and were no doubt'loEt . iu the treinendottS rgale ; of October ^—a gale' which ' commenced ' nil the £ ay ^ if Mexico , and extended to the : shores , of Europe : Besides the loss of property the loss of life must be very great ; if we average fifteen persons to each vessel the number will be 765 .

      Prospects op Assbxatiox—The friends of the immediate and unconditional annexation of Texas are becoming exceedingly alarmed at the prospect that Texas herself may refuse to be thus annexed . The articles so extensively quoted from one or two of the Texan papers , in opposition to annexation , taken by themselves alone , would scarcely warrant the conclusion that this hostility was either very general or very decided among the people . The President of Texas has long been known to be opposed to the proffered union , and the Register , in which appeared the first of the hostile articles upon the subject , is his organ . But it has always been understood that the Congress of Texas , which represents more directly and truly the will of the people , was as ardently in

      favour of annexation as President Jones was against it . So far indeed , has that body carried its enthusiastic espousal ofthe measure , that it has refused to receive a few petitions that have been presented in opposition to it . But it is becoming evident that there is a deeper and more formidable opposition to annexation in Texas than that which arises from the personal feelings of the Executive . The Texas Register , in the article expressing its hostility to the proposed measure of annexation , declared that Texas was " secure in the enjoyment of peace , and in the speedy acquisition of acknowledged independence . " The 9 e and other declarations of similar import seem to give colour to the presumption , that a recognition of the independence of Texas has been

      proffered by Mexico , provided she will maintain her independent position , instead of becoming part of the American Union . That Mexico , notwithstanding her repeatedly declared intentions to reconquer herreyolted province , may see , in the present posture of affairs , reasons for making such an offer , seems not at all unlikely . It is now sufficiently evident that she must lose Texas . All hope ofagain subjecting that country to Uer dominion must by tnistnnehave faded away . She has only , therefore , now to consider the practical question , whether the boundary ofthe United Statesshall be advanced to the Rio delNorte , and thus the way be opened towards California and the Pacific , orwhetherTexas shall exist asaweak but independent nation between Mexico and the United States , not

      powerful enough of herself to conquer Mexico , but offering a barrier to the dreaded designs ofthe United States . There certainly can be but slight doubt as to which of these alternatives she would choose . In effecting this arrangement , theservices ofthe English and French Ministers may have been employed . It is well known that they haverepeatedly been tendered to both Texas and Mexico , for the accomplishment of this object—namely , the termination ofthe war , aud the full recognition of Texan independence . Mexico hitherto lias rejected them , because she persisted in her intention of subjugating her revolted province . The imminent peril of annexation , whereby it will be lost to her for ever , with the exposure , too , of her other possessions , may easily have induced a

      changeofconduct ; audshe may now be as eager to accept as hitherto she has been to reject the proffered good offices of the European Powers . Should this prove to be the case , and should Texas accept the recognition of her independence , she , of course , is lost to tile United States beyond recovery , and the whole project of annexation must fall to the ground . It is very easy to clamour against this "interference" of France and England with the affairs of this continent , and itmay be difficult to acquiesce in its propriety ; but it certainly is not easy to find in it any cause of serious complaint , much less of war . If Texas declines to come into the Union , it is her own act—one which she has a perfect and undoubted right to perform . The motives which induce her thus to decide are

      matters with which we have no concern . Every nation pursues thatconrse which she deems most conducive to her interests , and this case forms no exception . —New York Courier and Enquirer .

      TAHITI . News from Tahiti has been received to the 23 rd of November . Five French vessels of war were at Tahiti , together with several , guard vessels , and the strictest martial law prevailed . The natives generally remained in arms in the moumtains . The French were erecting numerous fortifications . The dwellinghouses of the natives and foreigners , without distinction , had been seized by the French and appropriated as hospitals for the sick and wounded . It was reported ; that a battle had been fought , in which the French sustained a loss of 60 killed , and the natives about 100 . All the munitions of war and other supplies were strictly prohibited from being landed , and the coast was strictly guarded to prevent any infracion of this order .

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      CANADA . M , i «? w ¦? -i a " P ^ Mng Particulars of Lord Metcalfe s closing the first session of the secend Canadian Provincial Parliament , after the ZZ phshment of more actual business than anv PSs ' session m the province . . . *> " »««» The Breakisq-w op the Ice in Canada wm « tohave been attended with sad requite Such ha ^ been its movement over the falls of Niagara accompanied by a strong north wind , that ffiSS river hasbeen completely blocked up . TaekKfS 2 nd within a mile of the falls , was forty fZTigh ' andto ? T ?' rf the ice eTC 1 ? thuVon the d& iKst ^ 'f ? and tewiston has been swept ^ ofi , with the contents ofthe storehouses . At S ^ " ?}^ ^ * CTer / «» ^ the wharfs , and the steam flour-mill has gone with it . The damage all round is not far from 100 , 000 S .

      : ¦ _ ¦• GREECE , « i ^\ *^ : » ° R . ~ Athens letters of the 10 th fW ^ ePt'on that theanniverS aiy of the declaration of breek independence was celebrated on the 8 tlvbv a mere rengiouscereraony , in the church of St . Ireneus , and a general illumination at night . The most sinister rumours have been circulated for some days The Opposition was to have seized on that opportunity to attempt a coup de math , andthe military precau tions the authorities were obliged to adopt in consequence of those reports likewise tended to maintain the uueasmess prevailing in the public mind . Every thing , however , passed off quietly

      EGYPT . n ; frt S ^ r F ^ aticisu—Alexasdria , April G . ~ Si 2 S •? ¥ f rf tlreadful affi » r took place ??« 2 f f 5 ' ^' ^ paralle 1 ' ««?* ' « tllc times of the most cruel persecutions of the Christians . f auu a detailed account which will certainly be read in Europe with horror and indignation . This melancholy event has excited indignation among -the Europeans living in Egypt , and anxiety and terror among the Levantines and Christians . For some time past the hatred of the governor to the consular agents manifested itself by continually increasing extortions every day . He brought forward new and groundless demands and pretensions with regard to the proteyis , and even the subiects of the

      several consulates . 1 believe that several reportshave been made on the subject . Our agents opposed in some measure by the vi * inertim , but this only increased the anger of the Bey , and the ill-will of the people and the Sheiks increased in the same manner JNow came the anniversary of the Prophet ' s birth-day , lhis day , in then-eyes , required a victim ; and , according to custom , they sought for one , not among those whom they moat hated , but among those who , like the an in the fable , have no protection except their own innocence and helplessness . A poor Copt , above sixty years old , with a white beard , worked in an establishment for peeling rice he got into a quarrel with an ass-driver employed in the same establishment . After a short altercation , the latter went to the covernor . and a < . « ,, 0 . vi « , »

      other of having ridiculed religion and the prophet . Without further ceremony , he was immediately seized by kawasses , and brought before the Mchkemeh . lliis soiled court of justice , the president of which is Ah Cafagia , the great sheik of Damietta , heard the evidence of the . ass-driver and another tellow who had joined him , and caused the unfortunate Upt to receive in the first instance 500 blows with date staves , which were bought with his own money ; so , it is said , the law requires . The poor fellow , so mangled , and loaded with chains ,- was conveyed to a dungeon . Yesterday , the birthday of the prophet , all the sheiks repaired soon after sunrise to the governor in the divan . . The ' diseussions were tuen carried on with closed doors , and a report was spread that the question was put whether the prisnouiu

      soner not be burnt alive / But fear of exciting too much the anger . ofthe Viceroy deterred the assembly from carrying this project into effect ; they therefore resolved that the poor prisoner should receive another thousand blows with the staves , should be gagged , and with two dogs bound fast to his sides , be placed on a buffalo . with his face to the tail , and so carried through the whole town . A frightful scene ensued . After lie had received the thousand blows on his back and the soles of his feet ,-he was placed , as above stated , on the animal ' s back . But this was noteiwugh i they tied- a wooden / cross-tohis "ac ^ an d- on his : breast a tablet , on whici was insenbed the sentence , surrounded with threats against the Christians . After covering his face and Ma

      whole body with the most disgustingfiltb . thevile procession , consisting of several ' thousands of the r efuse of the population , prot ^ ed'JoirSJa ^ . - ' across uie ; c ( uarterl () f the Christuvn ^/ thenbyjtae bazaars . ^ thro ^ gfr the chief streets' ofthe town , amJdefcttfi } fQ ' c e ^ yavai ^ c ^ ofihemsb / f ^ wiU ' Ao ^ ttempt to describe the torments * of , the unhappy sufferer during the six hours that he was so carried about the town . I have not the courage to do so . I only observe that the furious multitude vied in treating him in the most cruel and contemptuous manner . Though a shawl was bound r ound his neck , the two ends of which were held by a man , one on each side of the bufialo , he fell off four or five times like a dead body . At the harbour , about a hundred steDs

      tr am the divan of the governor , a man , who was employed in caulking a boat , dipped his brush into the boding piteh , with which he daubed his back , the mob loudly applauding . The houses of the consular , agents were attacked with showers of stones as the procession passed by . The windows of the Sardinian aud American vice-consuls were broken . The shop of M . Panajotti , an Ionian , under English protection , suffered great injury , and in the course of the day above twenty persons were move or less illtreated . But enough and more than enough of the melancholy picture to show to what a pitch the shameless fury of these wretches is raised , and how by the connivance of the authorities it has reached the highest paroxysm . — . Aujs&ttr-sffc Gazette , April 24 .

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      FIFTH DAY—Feidat , Aprii 26 . Mr . M'Grath resumed the chair at the appointed time . On the motion of Messrs . Shaw and Webfc , a deputation , consisting of Messrs . Cuffay and Skews , was appointed to wait on Mr . Duncomhe , to ascertain when it will be con-Tcnient for that gentleman to present a petition on behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones . ' j £ On the motion of Messrs . Bairstow and Munday , it was resolved : — " That the best thanks of this Convention are hereby given to Messrs . Sewell and Harris , the auditors for the past year . " On the motion of Messrs . Goodwin and Shaw , the above gentlemen were re-appointed for the ensuing year Mr . Bairstow moved , " That a national petition be prepared for presentation to the next Parliament , praying that the People's Charter may become the law of the land . " Mr . O'Connor seconded the motion .

      Messrs . Clark , Doyle , and Skews ably supported the motion , and it was carried unanimously . Mx . Sorman moved , "That this Convention is impressed with the necessity ofthe Chartists of Great Britain establishing Cooperative Stores ^ as a means of ameliorating their present degraded condition ; and that this Convention strongly recommend the adoption of these Stores wherever practicable , as an auxiliary to the attainment ofthe People ' s Charter . " Mr . Bairstow seconded the motion . The motion was supported by Messrs . O'Connor , Webb , Skews , and M'Grath , and carried unanimously . Mr . Hornby wished to ask a question of the Convention , namely— " Was William Sherratt Ellis a member of the National Charter Association previous to the Staffordshire outbreak !" Mr . Bairstow , of his own knowledge , could answer " the question in the affirmative . The Convention here adjourned for dinner .

      AFTERNOON SITTING . On Mr . M'Grath resuming the chair , Mr . Cuffay , on behalf of the deputation to Mr . Buncombe , reported that that gentleman was of opinion that any petition , to be of benefit , should not be presented until the latter end of the present or the commencement ofthe next session .

      PLACE OF MEETING OF THE NEXT CONVENTION . Mr . Doyle moved that its meeting should be held at Leeds . The motion was seconded by Mr . Skews . Mr . Bairstov ; moved that it should be held in Nottingham , and was seconded by Mr . Cuffay . Leeds was ultimately fixed upon . On the motion of Messrs . l-avis ana Webb , it was re . solved that— "The Executive continue their sittings in London . " Mr . Bairstow then moved tlie adjournment of the Conveution , to give time to the land committee , the address committee , and the other committees to proceed with their labours , which was agreed to . SIXTH DAY'S SITTING , Saturday , Apml 26 th . Mr . M'Grath took the chair at the appointed hour .

      It was movedb y Mr . Cuf&y , and seconded bj Mr . Munday— 'fThattheclaimsofMr . John Richardsbereferred to the newty-elected Victta * Committee . " The motion wu carried unanimously . ' ' Mr . lCttffiiy ' then moved— "That each memoer ' ofthe national Charter Association contribute one halfpenny per month to the Victim Fund . " Mr . Davies seconded the motion .

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      Mr . T . M . Wheeler feared that tlie regulation would be found impracticable . Mr . Goodwin could not support the motion . Members would not pay , unless there were victims who required suuport . He , thought the matter had . better be left to voluntary contributions , ^ - ?^ i » would support the motion . . Mr . Cuffay replied , and his motion was carried unani . mously . ; . Mr . Davies mbved- « That the balance in hand , after paying the Convention expenses . be handed over to the Iterative . " This was seeonded . by Mr . Skews , and carned unanimously . / —

      , „ ,. NEW CABI ) S A ? . BACKARREARS . ' . Mr . Shaw raoved- « That-each / delegate , on his return to his respective district , useWutm ' ost influence with his constituents to . pause them . to payroll arrears ; also to tause them t 0 . immediatelytake out new cards , handbooks , isc ., that . the . debts , of the Association maybe liquidated and the offieev 9 ' pay pDrmatiehQy secured ' . The motion waa , 8 econded by Mr . Bairstow , and carried . " At the afternoon sitting , ar . ' Wheeler read the following petition on behalf of W . Si Ellis , and which the bon . ' vention recommended for adoption generally : — : '

      To the HonmttMe the Commom of Great Britain and Ireland , in Parliament assembled . " '" ' ' ' ThePjUtiovipf the Inhabitants of . " . Hum ^ shbwefli .-iThat . -WilUam ^ herrett Ellis was in the year 1842 convicted , at the assizes of Stafford , of the crime of arson , alleged to have been committed during the riots which then prevailed ; and the said W . S . Ellis was sentenced to transportation for twenty-one years . That up to the time aforesaid his conduct was irreproachable ; that he possessed the confidence and esteem of all with whom he was acquainted . Your petitioners would , with all respect , remind youv Honourable House that the conviction of the aforesaid William Sherrett Ellis was based on the dubious evidence of a single individual ; and that various circumstances induce in the miuds of your petitioners the conclusion that such evidence was procured at the expense of honour and conscience , to ensure his sacrifice .

      lour petitioners would likewise urge on the attention of your Honourable House thefactthat , during the period of his expatriation , his conduct has been most exemplary ; that he lias a wife and family who , in additiou to the most Poignant mental anguish , are enduring the keenest privations in consequence of their bereavement . Under these circumstances , your petitioners fervently appeal to your Honourable House , to cause an-address to be presented to . her 3 Iajesty , praying the exercise of the Royal clemency for . the restoration of the said William Sherrett Ellis to his country and disconsolate family : and your petitioners , as in duty bound , will ever pray , &c . THE COMMITTEE ' S REPORT ON THE 1 AND . Mr . T . Clark brought up and read the report in question . » Mr . O'Connor , in an able speech , elucidated the matter , and moved that it be received and discussed clause b \ clause .

      Mr . Munday seconded the motion , which was agreed to . On the motion of Messrs . Bairstow and Davis , the following was adopted : — " That the best thanks of this Conference are given to the late Executive Committee of the National Charter Association , for the praiseworthy and efficient manner in which they performed the duties of their important and responsible office . " Mr . M'Grath made a suitable response . I ¦ Mr . Bairstow brought up the report of the address committee , which was unanimously , adopted . the Convention of the Industrious Classes to tlie People ofthe United Kingdom , "

      inends and Brethren , —In bringing to a termination the important deliberations of the Convention of 1815 , we once again feel compelled . to prepare , to caution , to counsel , and to quicken you to obey the high behest of Liberty . " The mandate " Go ' onward ! " is the utterance of the spirit of the sge , spoken in thunder tones , that ere now should have roused you from your present state of deathlike torpor . How do you justify your callous supineness in the grand . struggle of Labour ' s Right against Capital ' s might . Are you contented } Do you find no ground of complaint in the existing anomalous interests and arrangements of our social system ? Will you silently submit to political degradation and slavery . Can you ,

      while in the act of producing every uuit which swells the amazing aggregate of wealth , see around you the famishing fatlievluBs , ^ tjie heart-rent ' widow , and the sinking OperatiTCi-wth ^ utcompuiictiou for past apatbjy-with ' - oiit earnest resolves to devote ' every' energy to the great causeof yourgpHti ^ al and socialr . edemptipnl "We wish toimpi ^ gsrayouihrconviotioritliat thd present interval of comparative ^ prosperity" > ym : b ' e transicnt " inae ' cd . Peel and ; hiBCoUe ^ es , ivm . ;« 6 ! ' !^ lnP 1 y with the . rde-: ? nanus ^ nstic ^ o rwiir th a ^ concede ydu ^' rights , ; p , nt il ^ by iintiriii ^' r exertion ; you : ; wring > them frdm their g » 8 p . vYpttjinusfcwin your owtf ' salvatidn ; no ^ iass ^ Baye your owu ;\ vill ever fight out the battle of Labour against Capital . Depend , therefore , on yourselves alone .

      We have prepared a plan , which wo now submit tn your earnest attention , for facilitating your location on the land . The land being the raw material of all wealth , it is essential you should practically be convinced of the inestimable value of its possession . We trust you will carry out that plan in every locality where the Chartist standard hag been planted . It offers to you a means for the accomplishment of the People ' s Charter , and immediate 3 ocial amelioration at the same

      time . We also submit to you a plan for the formation of Chartist Registration and Election Committees in every borough and county . The battle for the universal enfranchisement of your class must be fought before the revising barrister in palish vestries—in our local meetings—and on the floor ofthe House of Commons ? We wish to give our movement a serious , fervent , and influential aspect . We must be feared by our enemies , ere we can succeed in vanquishing them . Form , therefore , in each of your localities a small neuclus , around which shall rally , in a short time , a m . 08 t formidable opposition to the political jobbers who have so long kept you out of your rights .

      We also , recommend to you , most strongly , the formation of co-operative stores : wherever established under efficient directory they have been eminently productive of profit to the shareholder , and of cheapness to the purchaser . You are compelled , under the existing system , to uphold a host , of shopkeepers , whose every energy is employed to blight your prospects of social and . political redumption . As soon as possible , withdraw your support from your , deadly enemies .. If you can only . raise £ 1 , begin with it . If your earnings are small , spend them to the best advantage ; if you must go to a shop , support your friends , and give not your foes the power by which they keep you in perpetual misery . .

      To the Trades , we say persevere ! Tou have a bold and efficient leader in the House of Commons : follow his councils . To your movements we yield our heartiest support ; while we beg to direct your attention to the fact , that , yO | ir industry can never be permanently and effectively protected until you have a bona fide " representation in Parliament . In conclusion , we entreat undivided efforts in banishing division from our ranks . Lend no ear to the secret calumniator— cultivate brotherly feeling with each other . A national petition will be got up for presentation on the first night of the assembling of the new House of Com . mons . Remember the- exiled patriots—recall them by your unanimous voice . Let every town , every village and hamlet , send up its petition , praying their return . Supjort the Executive—back them by following out their recommendations : and may the time soon arrive when the Charter shall be hailed as the law of the land !

      The London members , with the addition of Mr . Stallwood , were appointed to act with tho Executive , as the committee for elaborating the Land PlaH . A vote of thanks was then passed by acclamation to the chairman , and the Convention dissolved . [ The following is the report ofthe committee appointed by the Annual Chartist Convention to arrange and perfect the details of the Co-operative Land Society , unanimously agreed to at a meeting held on Wednesday , Apvil 30 th , at which meeting the whole ofthe committee , with the exception of Messrs . O'Connor and Davis , were present . ] RULES A » n REGULATIONS OF THa CHARTIST LAND CO . OJERiTIVE BOC 1 ETT , To consist of an unlimited number of shareholders . Shares , £ 2 10 s . each . To be paid in weekly settlements of 3 s . Gd ., Is ., and upwards . ( Meets of the Society .

      To purchase land on which to locate such of its members as may be selected . for . that purpose , in order to demonstrate to the working classes of the kingdomfirstly , the value of the land , as a means of making them independent ofthe grinding capitalists ; and , secondly to shew them the necessity of securing the speedv enactment ofthe " People ' s Charter , " which would do for them nationally , what this fociety proposes to do sectionally the accomplishment ofthe political and social emancipa ^ tion of the enslaved and degraded working classes being the peculiar object of the society . Meant .

      Good arable land maybe rented in some ofthe most fertile parts ofthe country at the rate of 15 s . per acre , and might be bought at twenty . five yean'purchase—that is , at £ 18 16 s . per acre ; and supposing £ 5 , 001 raised in shares of £ 2 10 s . each , this siim would purchase 120 acres , andjocate sixt y persons' with" two acres each , besides leaving a balance of £ ' 2 , 750 ; whichi would' give to each of the occupants £ 1516 s . 8 d ., £ 30 of which would be sufficient to bi $ da commodioug amdcontfortableMtftageon eacb ^ allotment ; one-half of the remaining £ 16 16 s . 8 fl . would be sufficient to purchase implements , stock , 4 c , leaving the residue as a means of subsistence for the oe-

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      ive Shillings and feixpenee per < gt : arJc »' cuiiaut until hisallotment produced the necessaries of life . These allotments , with dwellings , might te hated for ever to the members of the society at an annual rental of £ 5 each , which would be below their real value . The gross annual rental would thus amount to £ 300 . This property , if sold at twenty years' purchase ( which would be far below the market value ) , would yield to the fuuds of the society £ 6 , 000 , which sum , if expended in a similar manner to the first , would locate other seventy-two persons on two acres of land , provided with homes . These seventy 4 wo allotments , sold at the rate of the first , would bring £ 7 , 20 Q ; and this sum , laid out in the purchase of """• Sl """"" roJ S "* "' " * " ¦ "" " ¦

      other land , building of cottages , &c ., at the original rate would locate m and two-fifths persons . -These 86 twofiftns ; allotments , if sold , would realise £ 8 , « 34 8 s . j and withfltifcamounttof capital the society cbuld locate other lOa . ouerBixthrpmons . These 103 one-sixth allotments ; , would produce £ 10 , 817 , 3 s . 4 d . ; and the last named sum ; - expended as before , would locate 128 oneithird persons . Thus the . original capital of £ 6 , 000 , would more than double itself at the fourth sale : and soon in the same . rates . The benefits arising from the expenditure of the funds in the manner above stated may be seen at a glance in the following summary ;—

      mn •' .... ¦• £ . Purchase . Locate . iOngmal capital , , . 5000 . 120 awe 8 « ftpersons .-First sals produce , G 00 O 144 f ) 72 . aOi Second do . 7200 172 " 88 do ' Third do . 8034 8 s . 206 „ 103 do ! Fourth do . 10 , 317 3 s . 4 d . 246 „ 123 do . Continuing to increase in the same proportion until the tenth sale , which would realise £ 37 , 324 , and locate 372 *

      persons . Thus the total number which could be located in ten sales—which , if tlie project be taken up with spirit might easily be effected in four years—would be 1923 persons ; in addition to leaving in possession of the society an estate worth at least , in the wholesale market , £ 37 , 32 . 4 , which estate could be resold , increasing at each sale in value and capability of sustaining the members , until , in the space of a few years , a vast number of the " surplus labour population" could be placed in happiness and prosperity upon the soil of their native land , and thus become valuable consumers as well as producers of wealth . 1 . —Membership .

      All persons are eligible to become members of this socicty , by taking out a card of membership , and a copy of these rules , for which the sum of fifteen-pence shall bo paid ; one shilling to bo an instalment of the share . 2 . —Government of the Society , The government of the society to be vested in a board of directore , consisting of a president , treasurer , secretary , and four others . 3 . —Qualification for the Board of Directors , No person shall be eligible to become a member of the board of directors who is not at the time of election , and has been for three month s previeusly , a paying member to the funds of this society . i . —Mode of electing the Hoard of Directors . The board of directors to be balloted for annually by the members of the society . 5 . —Duties of tlie Board of Directors .

      It shall be the duty of the Board of Directors to transact all tlie monetary andottwv business of the society ; and when the sum of £ 5 , 000 is subscribed , to purchase a suitable plot of land , containing , about 120 acres , which shiill be divided into 60 equal allotments , erect tlie necessary habitations , and furnish each allotment with the required implements , stock , &c . They shall then apprise the members of tlie society , aad instruct them to select , by lot , occupiers , to whom the several allotments , with the buildings , &c , shall be let at a rent of £ 5 per amium , ' on a lease for ever . They shall then effect a sale of the land , buildings , &c ,, at tho rate of twenty years' purchase on the rent paid , and carry the proceeds , after defraying unavoidable expenses , to the credit of tlie society , to be again employed in the purchase of more land , the buildl ing of more dwellings , tlie purchasing of stock , ic , to be again divided in allotments to the members , and so on in continuity , .- • ¦ G . —Appointment of Trustees and their Duties .

      . Ihe members at the first general meeting shall appoint five persons as trustees , whose duties shall be to keep a cheque against the general treasurer of all monies placed by him in the bank to their names and credit ; and when the Board of Directors shall , in accordance with the rules of this society , be cognisant that there is £ 5 , 000 in the said bank , they shall notify the same to the general treasurer , whose duty it shall be to make application on their behalf to the trustees of the society , requesting their sanction to the withdrawal of the same . S'T . ^ Appctint ^ itfQeriral Auditors and their Dulkt . Two auditors shallbe ' appointed by the members ofthe various district conunitt ^ eB ,. whose duties shall be . to audit tie accounts of ' -the society . : ,, .

      f ¦ ' ¦ ' ' .: ¦ ^ -T ^^ -. o / ' ^ W ^ Committee ? . ' ,: ¦<<} : . "• • ¦ ¦ ' , 'f : J 8 ^ . t . Con ^ t ^ B /^ j ^ ting . of ^ n ) 9 TfltO : nine ; peA ( 8 on ? . rshjfl , £ e . ch ^ ¦ lp <^ tieS ;^^;^ ey 7 aajfibejj |^ nfc (; : Not ioe : off . in ' oli ' - ielection , with , their names and address , shail be jforwarded ; to the secretary of the Board of Directors . Localities not having a sufficiency of members to elect a District Committee , may appoint a eec-ciary Bnd treasurer to transact their business . 9 , —Duties of the District Committees , To collect subscriptions from the members ; to assist the Board of Directors when required with their advice ; and otherwise exert themselves in forwarding the objects of the society .

      10 . —Appointment of the District Secretart / and his Duties . A secretary shall be appointed by tho members of tho District Board , and his duty shall be to register the names of the members of the district , to keep account of the income and expenditure , and conduct the correspondence of the district . He shall also transmit to the general secretary , along with the £ 2 remittance of the treasurer , a clear specification of the names and the amount of the money paid by each shareholder .

      11 . —District Treasurer and his Ditties . A treasurer shall be appointed by the members of the district committee . He shall keep a correct account of the receipts and disbursements of the shares in his district ; and remit to the general treasurer the receipts when they amount to the sum of two pounds . Notice thereof to be forwarded to the general secretary , : 12 . —^ District Auditors and tfteir I > Ht >« 8 . Two auditors shall be appointed by the members of each district , whose duties shall be to audit the accounts of the district once per quarter .

      13 . —Selection of Occupants . The selection of occupants for the allotments to be by lot from amongst those who may have paid up their shares , in the following manner . The central committee to issue as many tickets to the localities as there may be shares paid up . The prizes to be regulated in proportion to the number of shareholders in the locality . The local boards shall then call a meeting of all shareholders , who have paid up their shares , and decide by lot who shall be holders of the prize allotments . If the capital of £ 5 , 000 shall have been raised prior to a sufficient number of shares being paid up , the lot shall take place amongst those who may have paid the highest sums . :

      14 . —Certificate of Payment of Shares . When a member has paid up his sliare , he shall be furnished by the general secretary with a certificate in the following form : — Certificate of Chartist Co-optrative Land Fund Contribution . No . ¦ Value £ 2 10 s . We , the undersigned officers of the above association hereby certify that John Jones , member of the Nottingham branch of the above association , has paid to the above fund the sum of two pounds ten shillings , for a share in the said association .

      Witness out hands this third day of November , 1845 . ¦ , General Secretary . 15 . —Time allowed for paying up Sham . Subscribers at Is . per week 1 year . Bitto 6 d . do 1 $ eavs . Ditto 3 d . do 4 years . ^ Members not having paid up their shares within the time specified , to pay a fine of threepence per week until the rule be complied with . All arrears , with fines included , to be paid up within three months after the expiration of the above-named time , or the money they have paid in shall be forfeited to and for the use of the members of the society . 16 . —Disposal of Shares .

      Members wishing to dispose of their Bhares may do so by giving . notioe to the district secretary . . He shall immediately notify the same to the general secretary , with the name and address of the party to whom the share may be transferred . In the event of the death of any mem- , bcr , the share will be transferred , in accordance with the directions in his will ; or , in the event of his dying intestate , be transferred to the next of kin . Members leaving and neglecting to transfer or dispose of their shares , such shares shall become the common property of the society . 17 . —DefrawA of Expenses .

      The expenses consequent upon the formation and con . ducting the business of the society , to be defrayed by a contribution of 2 s , upon each share , which . contribution will ( in most cases ) be paid by the wwkly instalments in the following manner : —A , subscriber of one shilling per week wiU , in one year , have paid £ 212 s , , or the share and the 2 s . expenses . The sixpenny and thr « epennj subscribers in like manner , no deduction , being made on the £ 210 s . for any incidental expenses . ¦ ¦ "¦• i 8 . —Appoinimnt oj'Arbitrators . ' At the first general meeting of the members of the 80-' cieiy , five pewQngfhallbe elected as arbitrators for the settlement of any disputes which may occur between the society and any of its members , none of which arbitrators shall be directly or indirectly beneficially interested in the funds ofthe tociety .

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      19 . —Selection of Arbitrators . In case of any dispute , not less than three of die siiUY arbitrators shall he chosen by ballot , f « iwhicti purpote ' the names of . the arbitrators Bhal ibe written on ft pitie ' e of paper , and place : ! in a tax / or glass , and the three whose names are firtt drawn out by the complaining party , or someone anpjintcd by each party . shaU lie the nrbi-U'aioi's to decide ( In- mutter iu-uivpuiu , ami liiva- a « ai'i > shall be final , ami all expenses at ' tumlinj , ' the arbitration shall he paid as inav be fixed bv their iKvisio 1 ...

      Note . —According to the derision-oi' tin- l « te National Convention of ell-legates , ' assumbled . iAin'il -i > r . imk in London ( by whose authority ( Ms plan is iii-. >; iuuiuluit 10 tl je public ) , the Kxccutive Cyminittci' tit" tiie National Charter Association of Great Britain—vi / ., I'lii ' lip M-Gratb , Uiomns Clark . Christopher Dovlu , l ' airgus- O'Connor , and riwinas Martin Wheeler , are aypointed-, 0 board of nS "" ^ lateild tIle management of the society until J 000 members are enrolled , when the directors shall utity the tame to il . eOkiiict cummin ** a-. ulinMruct hem to summon the whole of the shareholders to dec ? . . board of directors , treasurer , aud other , officer * and , if , necessary , to revise these rules . By the decision oHhe same Convention , William Prowling Ko ' . vr " E < q ¦ solicitor , was appointed treasurer , to whom all ' momVs ' ' must be remitted , addres « ed to . the care of F . O'Connor ' Esq ., 340 , Strand , London ; and ' notice « f the simie must besentto-the secretary , - Thomas M . Wheeler , £ :. '¦ ' Strand ; to whom all-communication ' s affiTap pUca ^ . j ' . "" for information must be addressed . " - . ' " .. '' .

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      • : ¦ ¦ v - 'Ma-. ' ' ¦ ¦ ' \ . :- ' ¦ ¦ - ' ;• The Tubs-outs at ] $ jq { K& » O . a ; Afpndny last a miinei-ous meeting of dek ^ 5 Jaties iafld--OTher 8 vcohnucted with tlie Iron trade , -Tjva&keld in * the Irjeb room at the flare , and . H 6 M ' dslhii ,. Bo ] i » n s <; veet ,. ¥ ury , lekv tW ^ to'tlwtutn ^ ut'bf MiWwTigliti , ^ ueinm-s , " 'M echanics , Moulders , Smiths , arid Boilerniakejrs . There were delegates from' three adjoining counties , when it was unanimously resolved on , - that the caiise of the men being out at Bury should be sent to the Northern Star newspaper . It m ' as stated that the reason of the . present strike was , that tlie masters lsaApassed aresomtum that before they engaged any new hands they must bring a " quittance paper " from their late ' employer . In consequence of that

      determination meetings were held in various partsNif Lancasliire , Yorkshire , and Cheshire , when it was generally agreed to establish Protective Societies . The rules of the Trades' Associations arc to the eil ' ect , that if the masters take any undue advantage against any workmen , in tlie Union , the whole of the trades at that shop shall strike . The men at Messrs . Walker and Brothers , . Bury , agreed that they would not work any overtime until tlie " quittance papers " were abolished . The masters thereupon po . sted up notices , sotting forth that on and after the Cth of January , 1 S 45 , the Millwrights and Engineers should work more time than they had done previously for . the same money . It was then agreed on , by the various Protective Societies , that the Messrs . Walkers ' -

      handsshould notsubmit to the new regulation , asitin reality amounting to a reduction of wages . Themen , therefore , to the number of upwards of 350 , turned out on the Cth of January last : and they yet remain on strike ; but are willing to work at the sa me rate of earnings , and onthesame conditions ,: as they did when trade was not so brisk as it is at present , it was the opinion of the delegates that a great many hands would be wanted in various towns after Whitsuntide , as it is well known the season is now open for goods , such as machinery , ic , for exportation . The committee also stated that , in consequence of paid agents going to various places under . the pretence of engaging hands , by falsely stating there was no turnout , there was every neccssitv for the workmen of

      distant places to be on their guard . The committee of the turn-outs sit daily at the Hare and Hounds Inn , Bolton-Htrect , Bury . It was agreed to by the delegates that a report should be sent to the Northern Star paper weekly . Votes of thanks wcce uiven to the editor of the Star , the delegates , and th " e chairman , and the meeting separated . —By order of the Committee , April 20 th , 1845 .. Hyde . —On Monday last , a rather novel scene toek place in the Hyde Court-room . For some time past , the " knobsticks" working at Dukinlield have tried to irritate the turn-outs , in order to get them to commit breaches of the peace . ' . 'The , men , however , passed a resolution amongst' themselves , uot to retaliate . On Wednesday , one of tho "black sheen "

      committed an assault on one of the turn-outs , without provocation . The assaulted party consequently took out a magistrates ' , summons . : Tlie case should have been heard on Monday ; but the moment the complainant entered the Court-room , the masters ' attorney handed . a warrant to a policeman standing by , who immediately took tho poor fellow into custody . The case , under the warrant was called for , when the masters ' . , attorney said that it was one of those cases where the turn-outs , fearing that a warrant would he taken out against them , took advantage by procuring a summons first ; but in all cases of this kind , the wan-ant took precedence of the summons . He therefore requested that the warrant case should be entered into . Mr . Gill , clerk to Mr . RobertB

      , rose to speak , when he was asked if he was a solicitor ? Uponlus answering in the negative , he was told that lie could not be heard . Mr . GUI , however , persisted , requesting that the case might be adjourned until next Monday , inasmuch as Mr . Roberts , who was specially retained in tho case , could not sooner attend ., "Mr . Gill also remarked that the . sunimons was takeh put' on' the \ yetlnesday previ ously ; while , in the ' other ¦ case ,- '; as Mi . Roberts * client was ' ' coming- into ? ' courtrhe ' was' arrested iii . locked up . The magistrate considered '¦ i f- to fe his duty to postpone .. the ; case : until riext ^ Monday : ' and observed that it was a strange proceeding to arrest a man when he had come into court to have a case heard .

      Du . vfiOMiiE Testimonial , Cexiiial Committee of Trades , &c , Parthenium Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' slane : Mr . J . Grassby in the chair . —The following sums were received -. —Messrs . Bushby and Mitchell , Chelsea committee ( third subscription ) , £ a 13 s . 6 d . Per Mr . Edward Sutcliffc , on behalf of the local committee of Sowcrby and Layland , 10 s . ( second subscript ™) . Mr . William Young ' s hook , per Mr . John Cleave , 11 s . 6 d . . Ver Mr . Farrer , 4 s . McBsra . C . Ilarman and Daniel Grove , on liehalf of the Baskcttnakers of London , attended , and presented £ 0 as their quota to the testimonial . Mr . D . Pett , on behalf of the Queen ' s Head Society of Carpenters .

      meeting in Acton-street , bray ' s-inn-road , also handed in £ 0 . Per Mr . Manning , from tho King ' s Arms , Marylebone-street , 4 s . 2 d . The Committee earnestly request all collectors , officers of local committees , district committees , and any other person or persons holding cash on behalf of the testimonial , to remit the same to the general secretary , or treasurer without , delay , in order that the Central Committee may close its labours on the 4 th day of June next ensuing . The Central Committee meet for the purpose of re . cciving contributions , and transacting other business , every Wednesday evening , from half . past eight precisely until half-past ten .

      Bolton Powem . oom Weavers . —A delegate meeting of the Powerloom Weavers of the Bolton district , was held at the Crown Inn , Dcansgate , Bolton , on Sunday , for the purpose of considering the best means of keeping up the wages of that body ; and also of crashing the many petty , but at the same time grievous and tyrannical restrictions which have been imposed upon them . It was thought that a union , ft National Union of that numerous body , would greatly contribute , to this desirable object . .-The meeting agrecd . that an address should be , got . up , and circulated in , the . immediate distripLof JBolton , showing the importance of the subject tp . tlie ,, public . Before we can say any thing to other towns by , way of admonition concerning it , we ouglit to be able to boast of having done something , ourselves .. However , while we are making the attempt , we . hope they will not look on with coolness , but , like , us , at leastiRy to do something . By order of the committee . —Bolton . April 28 , 1845 .

      Barxsley Linen Weavers . — A meeting of the Linen Weavers of Barnsley was held in the Odd Fellows' Hall , on Monday , when that spacious building was crowded to suffocation ; Mr . Richard Taylor was called to fill the chair . He . read over a number of letters that had been received from Mr . Sherrard , of London , and * afterwards read the placard calling the meeting , whish was to petition Parliament in favour of Local Boards of Trade . The meeting was severally addressed by Messrs . Grimshaw , Garbert , Minfield , and Vallance , who all spoke in high terms of the advantages of Boards of Trade . The resolutions having been adopted , a vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and the meeting broke up .

      Impoktant to the Miners of Lancashire . —The committee chosen to investigate matters of dispute between tho employer and tne employed , have been eminently successful in many places , , by . amicably arranging matters between the coal masters' and their men , to tKe satisfaction of both parties ^ . They have amicably settled the disputes that existed ' . between the men and their masters at Burgh . and / Coppp . Collieries , Chorley ; between Mr . Rylance , of Wigan , coal proprietor , and his men : also a difference that ' existed between Mr . Blaisdale , coal proprletpr , bi Hindley , near Wigah , and his men . Tlley lia ' v ' e also

      arranged , to the satisfaction 01 both parties ) a difference that' existed between Mr .. Blunders ' a . geiit and the men at Moss Colliery , . Ambrose-wood ^ ommori ) near Wjgah ; and also a difference between Air . : Robert Brown , coal master , of Westhoughton , near Boltpn , and his men ; as well as one between Mr . William Ilaigh , of Block-lane Colliery , Oldkani , and his men ; The Miners' Union is in a prosperous , thriving condition , and a better spirit is prevailing between the masters and their men throughout the county of Lancaster . —W . Cheetjiah , E . Kershaw , R . MinsH , the Committee of the Miners of L ' ancashire . i ¦ ¦ ¦ . ,

      Lanc . 4 bhirb 'M . INXBS . IsreiMcascE . ' ^ ' The' next generil delefiiatemee ^ n ' g of iUncjishire Miners ' 'WU ' bottom , Bowhng-green Inn , CMnocKigreen , S Chorley . Chair to be teken . at eleven o ' clock iiK forenoon . There will also be a public meeting , whkl other gentlemen . The levy , including general contribution , is 2 s . Id . per member .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 3, 1845, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1313/page/1/