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      inventory . Before pwceeaingfurthvT . lave some commninaition tdth the landlord , and ascertain exactly jjowthematterstandj . . Bebsi ccs . —There evidently most be a power in Jonr society to expel members , who . do not conform themselves to the rales "; and if yon have not been already eIpel ! edby a formal resolution of the society , there is little doubt if you continue refractory , and refuse to -riin the declaration , but that they will expel yon by a formal resolution .. If , therefore , you wish to continue a member , you bad best sign the declaration . . - - Patib B- Mobojls , JTertlijT . —If the Jeira are natnral born subject ? , no objection whatever to their becoming members . ' Thomas TiTTESSAit , Burnley . —1 . The pensioner may join without losing his pension . ' . __ . «— Br f « r « TW « eBHlmp- * irthJ , liave some com-

      2 . They can be ballotedforby a family ticket , if tslcen in thdr joint names . Geobge Whxiaxs , Stepney . —I will inquire , and give you an answwin the next Star . Jakes Nutcw , Burnley . —I have read C . Hartley ' s willwhat is the question that arises on it ? ~ W . Coy . Doncaster . —I have received the copy of the will —anditstiallhaveanearly attention . Johs CooKi CossEy . —Sire me the name and address of the lord and of the steward , and I will try if I cannot obtain justice for you without a mandamus ; at the same time , however , I flank it would be advisable that yon should infbrmme of the nature of yomr claim , and the grounds upon winch yon restif , before I write to the lord or the steward . G . T ., Burnley . —I suppose he refuses because he is aware that , under your agreement with your landlady rates

      - she paTS the . Chislcs Amsos . —I have written to Mr Terry ; bnt * end me the abstract which yon say you hare , and I shall then be better able to proceed withyourcase . . K ., Duckenfield . —Tour father . I should think , must have sold the property to Mr Astley . which , most likely he had a right to do ; and if the sale was a fairone you camwt get the property back . Even if it was not a fair sale , yet , such a length of time has elapsed since it was maSe , there would not seem to be the least likeli hooa of your recovering possession of it Yon « annot make the society you speak of show their writings or tile-deeds ; nor can yon summon the steward . Your father appears to have joW the property , and by doing so has depr ived you of it ; a case common enough In aiost famines . I think , however , that the steward or Sis master ought to satisfy yon thatyonr father received atairpnee for what he sold ; and thus remove yonr impression that he was treated unfairly .

      JiXEi Jhhkisojc . —If you can prove by receipts or other trise that the landlord of the Lord Kelson received your money merely as a trustee for the purpose you mention , yon may proceed against him under the Small Debts ' Ictfbrtherecoveryefit ; and the other members of the club may do the same . Thos . Shephasmos . — There being two claimants of your rent yon mat file a . BUI of Interpleader and pay the rent into court ; but as thU would be an expensive process , the claimants may possibly agree t ^ at the rent maybe laid out in Exchequer Bills or paid into some respectable Bank , to their joint account , till they have settled their dispute . With respect to Mrs Gants' case it would appear that npon her husband ' s death she became entitled to her dower or thirds out of the property -devised to him by his father , and having obtained a jjudsmenfforher dower , the course to take is byap p'vinj to thesherifftopnt her injpossessionof her dower . IfyougivemeHrWainman ' s address I will write to

      • R . B ., Manchester . —The legacies > nay be recovered . Give me James Todman ' s address and I will write to him . -Eoins Gm , Manchester . —The poetry shall appear as soon as possible . - 3 Jr Haxkebhet , Bilston . acknowledges the following sums for "Daddy Richards : "—The Wolverhampton Charti ' . ts . Ss ; J . Lewis . Is ; a Friend , is . vucztunxoc * . . . A Dcnm Pocs-acbk Shabehoideb , Ashton . may have his four acres without ballot by payirg for them , andmaybuOdahonse to his own taste ; be must pay far the land before purchased , and mi ! l receive his four acres at the price it costithe Company , bnt need not pay for his house . I trust members will see the advantage of this department in its proper light : thus , ten persons wish to purchase the land out , and . say , pny £ - * H > each for four acres , making £ 2 . 050 . and which sum

      added to a sum we had ready for purchase , would re dace the priceupon a larger estate than we could other , -wise purchase by perhaps ten per cent , so that the money of the rich wonld be helping the poor ; and let it teNmembered that without this £ 2 , G 00 additional , we could not purchase so much land . Surely this is no injusfce , but a very great good . The joint note should be renewed . —F . O'C . Xecal Qcestioxs . —All letters on legal and other matters not post-paid , will net ba received . Some hive been charged 1 « , some Gd ^ and ol course refused . We don ' t want one law for the tich and another for the poor . B- J- P- —As lie intends visiting LowbantU in VThit-week , can have all the information he requires . 'Poschase oj "Estates . —Mr O'Connor begs to say , that the Bank of England could not purchase all the estates of which he receives advertisements , and yet all are

      anxious for their own fancy , and some send me advertisements of estates leased for thirty , forty , and fifty years . —F . O'C . . " 3 . Cosbitt , Leek , Staffordshire . —Lord Brougham never was a commissioner under the New Poor Law . Lord Castlereagh was Foreign Minister at the time he committed suicide . The Duke of Wellington was Prime Minister from 1827 to 1830 . Heneverresignedtheofficeoi Comm : « nder-in-Chitf . because he never held that office before now ; he . held the place of Master-General of tte Ordnance-office , under the Liverpool Administration . Lord HQI , we believe , succeeded the Imke of Tork as General Commander-in-Chief in 1327 , and held it till his death . The Ten Hours * Bill "ill come into operation as soon as it is passed ; the Ten Sours" claim in 1848 . 2 . Nicholson , ' vrinlaton . —Received .

      Thomas Gill , Wakefield . —Stamps will do . Alexasdes Gbast , Edinburgh . —Received . W . Dashixs , Isle of Man . —Theshiliinjr wasnot received . Conldyon forward a copy of "The Miners' Petition I " The three-halfpenny worth of trash came to hand .. If tbe fellow is " mad , " he has an assassin-Iffce method in his madness . Fear of the gallons alone prevents him using the knife instead of the pen . J . Pishef , Bradford , Wilts . —The six post-stamps for the District Committee for Poland's Regeneration £ have come to hand . The Poets . —J . Harkness : XextweekCJ . Butler : Soma of the pieces shall appear as soon as we can find room . E , J . M'Geoghegan : Under consideration . "W . Guttree : Ko room . DOS '! TOO WISH TOU KAT SET IT ?"—The following letter , headed "Humoured League Genwofitj , "

      appeared In the Mormag Post of Wednesday : —Stt , — Hftvsjoa heard the report that MrCobden has written to his friends at Manchester , requesting that the sum subscribed at a public acknowledgment of his services In procuring the repeal of the Cora Laws may be ap . plied to the relief of his distressed fe ; iow-totm $ men t If the report be correct , « o beneficent an act will con . tribute , more than hii " nnadorsed eloquence , " to hand down his name with honour to posterity . Thangh opposed in opinion to Mr Cobden , I am xnre you will feel with me that such disinterested conduct cannot be too generally known . —I am , Sir , your obedient servant , Cms May 17 . Tbs Ballot fob ths O'Cossosyillx Tea Tsat . —7 b the Char&t Ptffic—Friends : When the above project -was first thought of , we anticipated that a sum sufficient to parchase a four-acrs share in the Lind

      Coxapiny for each of the victims , would be quickly realised ; bat are sorry to say that up to this time wa have not r < - » eived snGcientto purchase a single three-acre share . Thess facts are a disgrace to the great bulk o ! the Chartist body , who , whilst they justly clamour for a fair remuneration for their own labour , leave those veterans who hare devoted a life-time to secure their rkfcts , and those widows and orphans who have become victims for 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 battle of right against might—labour against capitalwidi no other prospect before them than a reception in the accursed Bastile for themselves and families , as a TOrardfortheirasefal services ? It is preposterous fw H 3 to complain of the injustice we suffer , whilst we are ¦ unjust to those who have devoted their time , tait-nt , and atteatioa to our cause . Have professing Chartist ' ,

      like the generality of professing Christians , no end in view bat their own persomal interest ! if not , they misunderstand the holy principles they profess . Practical Chartism 13 practical Christianity—tnrender assistance wh * re it is required , bnt more especially where it is due . Are we not indebted to the victias for whst tbay have attempted to do for us , and for the light and knowledge they have diffused amongst us ! If so , let ui blot out the foul stain which our apathy and indifference has fastened npon us . A good opportunity U 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 hanour to the Chartist body . We agrain implore all who hire it in their power to aid us in this holy cause ! We well know that the depression of trade , combined with the eaorarras price that food has attuned , renders it ntttrly imposdhlefor badly paid workmen to contribute Sd , ; but ws are confident thatexclusive of these , there are

      thousands who' ( if willing ) could readily accomplish the desired object . We have received hut one subscription from Manchester , the great emporia . 11 of Chartism ! From Lirerpojl , and from the greater number of diiu tricts , nothing at all !! To what is this criminal indifference attributable ! We cannot refrain from blaming tie leading men in most localities ; they have been earnestly entreated to place the project and its importance before their meetings , and we feel conSdentU they would comply with this desire , a great torn conld jet be realized . We bops thej will giro ui tiieir assistance , and proceed to the good work . Teams Alxosd , Secretary .

      r . S . —Post-office Orders to be made payable to Thomas Almond , trunk maker , Bilston ; and all letters addressed to Joseph Linney . Hig ^ -strest , Bilston . Continuation of Subscriptions for the Tea-tray B » Uot , op to Wednesday , May 2 Mb . —C . Findiayi London , 1 tubscription ; Elixa Bray , do .. l ; J . Bridgewater , Ox" , ford , 7 ; T . Z . ; Birstal , S ; T . Taylor , State-Snbam-* on , 2 ; Thomas Crother , Halifax , 2 ; G . Malliband , Kuneaton , 2 ; J . Messiter , Codfarf , 2 ; T . Lazenby Waiei 5 dd , 7 ; J . Gaiksll , Hyde , 19 ; H . H . Hayttr , Wandtworth , 3 ; J . White , Leamington , 3 ; J . Hone , Btcbury . lO .

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      The annotinoemeDt of any names for tba bishopric tf Manchester , or of the other new see 3 , are premv « re—the arrangements not being yet in form for My deckion or selectiOB . An " enterprisine citizen " of the State of Maine ««» offered to tele the war by contract , and reduce the Mexicans to complete submission per half the fctjttated " appropriations "—pickings included . The latest adTices from Cyprus allude to the apfearance of locusts in that island . Anumg the new institutions which it has been pro-S " ! t » establish in London , is a Ladies' Literary institution , which proposes to amuse its fairmemoers with " music , crotchet work , millinery , dress""^ gi lectures , cmvenazimi , and tea parties . "

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      DEATH OFJJANIEl , ^ O'CQNKELL . . . The rumour of O'Conneli ' s death ; which m M » in our third ediKon of last week , from one of the Pans papersof Thnrsday , has been * in £ SJL ?? ThegreatAgitatordied . it Genoa onthe i 5 ? hofMat ' Hisohseqmes commenced from ^^ themoS of hU decease , and were continued witt priS SoniD ^ SSSS SH ESSiSBpStB ^ y ^^^ Mi ^ WMm ^ - ^^ DEATHOF DANIEL O'CONKPtt

      ^ . a dopted his nephews , Daniel and Maurice , and S > ma 8 ^ " «« wi fl » ch arge of theS edS and wRLSrtF ^ ** ¦ » Mf ° 'Connell and "is brother Maurice , a year younger than himrii * Were n L *? . ? 8 ch 0 ° « f *»» W MrHaV nngten a Catholic clergyman , at a place called KedingtoD , in the Long Island , two miles from Uove . ¦ ¦ ' : . Subsequently Daniel and his brother were sent to the continent . At first they studied at StOmert , and subsequently at the English College at DoHay . 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 indisnensable to bewnm hv awn

      one in France ; and , after Sampling them under foot , flang them into the sea . It is understood that at an early age he was intended for the priesthood . Bnt it is difficult to imagine any one moreincapable than he was of maintaiaing eren those- outward signs of holiness which are generally observed by the ecclesiastics of his persuasion .. An overflow of . animal : spirits rendered him , net merely a gay ,-but an Obstreperous member of society , and his / riotous jocularity acknowledged no limits . All , idea , therefore , of his becoming a prie 3 t , if ever seriously entertained , must have been abandoned before he reached the age

      of 19 . for he was then devoted to anything rather than the service of the altar . Dare hunting and fishing wereamongst his darling pastimes ; and these means of relaxation continued to fill his leisure hours eren when hisyears approximated to three siore and ten . From 17 to 7 ° the energy of his intellect and the ardour of his passions seemed to Suffer , no . abatement . A large and wel ! -iised law library , numerous Gcrifons , 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 stadent of Lincoln ' s-inn . .. ¦¦ .. ¦

      He returned to Ireland before the rebellion , and when that event took place , he joined the yeomanry and supported the Government . Again , when it became in the time of Emmett ' s rebellion in 1803 . he once more took his place in "the Lawyers ' Cohb . " In his 28 th year he married his cousin Mary , dau ? h'er of Dr O'Conriell , of Tralee . He first appeared in public in the year 1802 , in Oablin , 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 a ; ent of the Roman Catholic partv , and

      distinguished himself in the defence of Mr Magee , the proprietor of the Dublin Evening Post , prosecated for libel by the Government . The history of the years which elapsed between the devel' . pemeat 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 of the 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 br-athe vengeance . ;

      In 1815 occurred the celebrated and fatal duel with Mr D'Estcrre , a member of the Dublin corporation , which Mr O'Connell called " beggarly . " D'Esterre fired first and missed . Mr O'Connell ' ashot 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 rime " registpred" his celebrated " vow" against the use of duelling pistols . On the contrary , he engaged in another affair of honour before finally aban dnniRg the dernier raort of bullets and gurpowder . Mankind with one yoice applauded his peaceful re * solution 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 inonth 3 after the death of D'Esterre , he was about to £ « ht Mr ( now Sir Robert ) Feel , and he was proceeding to Ostend for the purpose , when he was arrested at his hotel in London .

      On the visit of the "bloated L 9 viathan , " , George the Fourth , to Ireland , Mr O'Connell took an active part in hailing his arrival . On' the day of his einbirkation , the Agitator , at the head of a Catholic deputAtion , presented him with a crown of laurel , which * was received " with sufficient gracionsnesa . " In 1823 the Catholic Association was formed , and the question of " Emancipation " made great progress . In 1825 Mr O'Connell doclarea himself willing to live np the forty-shilling freeholders—willing to sacrifice the lowest of his countrymen forthesake 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 fairions Clare Election took place in

      July , 1828 , on the 5 th of which month Mr O ' Connell ( van returned to Parliament by a large majority of the Clare electors . * He lost no time in , presenting himself at the table of the Bouse of Commons , and expressed his willingness to take the oath of a ! 'e _ iaace , bat refusing the other oaths he was ordered to withdraw . Discussions in the house and arguments at the bar ensued , and agitation throughout Ireland assumed a formidable character . The long demanded conception was at length obtained . The Roman Catholic Relief Bill was carried in the session of 1829 . and in April of thatvear Mr O'Con .

      nell was re-elected for Clare , and enabled to take his seat without 3 wall 6 wing the objectionable oaths . After the death of George the Fourth he withdrew from the representation of Clare , and was elected for the county of Waterford . In 1831 he sat for his native county , Kerry . Ha was afterwards representative of Dublin from 1832 till 1838 , when he was unseated before a committee of the House of Commons . He then took refuge in the representation of Kilkenny ; but , at the general election in 1837 , he was once more returned tor the city of Dublin , and in 1841 for the county of Cork . Mr O'Connell had a seat in the House of Commons for 18 years . '

      In 1881 , Meara 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 . The Anti-tithe agitation soon after threw the nation iato a frenzy , which seemed to alarm Mr O'Connell , so that he agreed suddenly to a compromise , by which the clergy lost , but the people did not gain . ^ Hi 3 command of "O'Connell tail" gave him great influence in the time of the Melbonrne ministry . To reward such important aid , the greater portion of the Irish patronage was placed at his disposal . Thereturn 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 bigotry 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 jof the Whigs and the consequent conflicts with " Young Ireland " have been recorded almost weekly for the last few months prescding 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-hall . and theindefinite postponement of repeal . Successfully to contend with > I

      these disasteis would have demanded the energy of O'Connell ' s early days ; bnt old , infirm , and brokenhearted , he was incapable of a manly struggle or a dignified retreat . The rest i 3 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 ose 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 individuals belonging to the vilest class ' in all Europe—the mid-Uemen of Ireland .

      His abuse of the English Radicals ; his foulmouthed calumnies against the Women of England ; his denunciations « f Feargus O'Connor , who took his p lace in the affections of the English people , only need 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 him the - ( inextinguishable hatred of the working classes of England . But enough ;

      although ne never spared * 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 upoa his descendants the remnants of a mendicant revenue , when he might have bequeathen them an honourable name , secured the happiness of Lia countrymen , and deserved the admiration of maakind .

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      . RECEIPTS Of THE NATIONAL COOPERATIVE LA ^ D COMPANY . •; --: ; . ^ V-C . -r ! - ¦ ¦ - : ''¦ - ' ' ¦ - ; " ' ¦ - ; ¦ ¦¦¦¦ : . ¦ ¦ •"" - ¦ " ' ' ' ' v v piuMB o'consoh ; . ¦ " ¦ v ' ¦ ' - ¦ ¦]¦"> ' '•;¦ : SECTION No . 1 . ¦' : ¦•¦' . • - " * ' ¦ " ¦ ¦¦ ¦' , " '"' " » HAme » . - ' * ¦ * ¦" ' "* : ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ Marylebona' « * ° 2 ° Stalybridge .. £ i 0 0 Glasgow M 0 4 0 Devonport „ 1 11 6 Konmoutu . < 0 $ 0 Kewtou Abbot .. 0 10 8 . L . B . .. P 3 0 Calais „ .. 212 4 J Bu rnley , tawaon 0 * O Dundee „ 0 88 Radford „ () 2 4 ' HuddersfieW .. 0 13 0 Nottingham .. 0 3 D Crieff .. .. ' . .. 0 3 fi Hull .. , .. 0 3 0 Ashton-under-Lyno 0 2 0 Birmingham , Ship 0 1 6 Chelteuham „ 0 2 6 Plymouth . .. 012 0 Coine .. „ 0 7 0 Bacup .. .. 100 Qolmfirtb „ 0 1 0 Sowerby Helm .. 1 lo 0 Sumkrland ,. 0 3 0 todmorden H 010 0 Longton .. , 0 19 Manchester .. 1 10 8 Hyde .. .. 0 5 0 Worcester .. 0 4 6 James J ) ix « n .. 0 5 0 _~ Z-i ^ - . .. ^ - :- ; .

      £ 18 l 3 Uj SKCTION Ko . 8 . : ' : Shoreditch .. 0 , 1 0 Ledbury „ 8 10 Marylebone .. 14 0 lodniorden « 010 0 Glasgow .. 010 0 Manchester . > 4 3 6 ledbury .. 0 1 . 3 Worcester ... 4 13 0 Ban-head .. 110 0 Pewter Piattcr .. 010 6 Tiverton „ . 1 12 0 George Terrey ., 4 6 George Martin .. 0 1 0 Devonport .. 1 6 6 Bury .. „ 30 0 Kewton Abbot .. 219 . 2 J « ynn , Scott w 18 8 Norwich .. 4 7 . 6 RadcliSeBridge 5 18 4 Wahokea ... 0 2 6 Cuorley .. 120 Calais .. .. 2 V > U Burnley , Lawton 19 0 Dundee „ 0 7 4 Bochdale H 0 3 8 Kirkaldy .. 1 1 6 Hindley .. 019 0 Torquay M 1 « 0 Devizes .. 0 . 6 0 Crieff .. n 0 9 , 0 Badford « 0 12 Ashton-under-Iyne 0 6 0 Nottingliam „ 8 11 O Cougleton ... 0 5 0 Smethwick .. 0 5 6 Cheltenham' „ , 1 4 C Hull .. .. 0 3 0 Peterborough .. " ' 0 16 I ) Biriningliam ( Shlp ) 0 2 6 Suuderland .. 14 0 Plymouth ~ 0 9 0 longton .. 020 Birmingham , per . , Hyde .. .. 0 9 . 6 \ Goodwin .. 0 lo 0 Edinburgh .. 0 6 6 Leicester , Astill 10 0 . Kidderminster ,, 8 0 « James Stevenson 0 1 Belfast .. .. ill S . , JEi » l $ 0 , ¦ :- - ¦¦ , SECTION No . 3 . Shoreditch .. 1 6 10 StAustle .. 0 7 0 Marylebons M 2 18 Stockport „ 10 0 0 Glasgow ... 6 5 6 John Barton .. 0 6 4 Ledbury . .. 2 10 5 Newltadibrd .. 6 4 6 Rsading .. 5 0 0 Kichard Wiukins 0 0 i Allen Harper .. 0 5 0 J . 11 . .. ' .. 0 10 0 John Wilshire .. 0 10 . 0 Thomas Holmes 0 2 6 Keuben Glover .. 10 0 Thomas Cook ,, 0 10 0 Barihead M 10 0 fenter flatter .. 1 0 0 Stouey Stratford , Bermundsey .. 0 lo 0 ( Watson ) .. 110 0 Thomas ltichard-Jainis West , jun . 0 10 0 souandKdward Tiverton .. 0 8 0 Powell .. 0 2 0 James Patterson 1 0 0 W . L . .. .. 0 14 Westminster , .. 0 2 8 Mixeudea Stonas 5 0 0 Thomas Cooper 0 2 lo Stjijbridge „ S 0 0 George Burniey 0 a 10 Wiuiutun .. 3 18 0

      Teigumouth .. 5 0 0 Farkhead .. 13 3 Bury .. „ 816 ' 7 Dorking .. 5 0 d Lynn ( Scott ) .. 0 7 6 James rfrigley .. « 2 ti A . S-, Doncaiter 0 5 0 Devonport .. 8 0 4 Harple .. 616 2 Suttou-roadAuxiionmouth .. 18 2 , iliary' ... 0 9 4 Charley .. 2 17 6 , Stow-on-the-Wold 4 19 a Stoke Uochford 2 12 4 . Newton Abbot .. Sli 2 Burnley , Lavnon 3 7 0 Derby .. .. lo 0 0 JohnKance .. 5 4 4 Tillicoultry' ,. 8 lo 6 Win . Tweedy .. 010 0 Bradford ~ 5 0 0 Henry Smith ... 0 6 0 Norwich .. 2 lo i Vim . Mood f M 0 3 4 Walsokeu .. 0 6 0 Janus Hill .. 0 3 6 Calais .. . 8 15 i 0 i Thomas May .. 4 4 4 Dundee .. 1 lo a Wm . Tipper .. 0-2 0 Long Uow , Helper 2 l i' 4 Win . UoOje .. 0 5 0 William Taylor 0 3 4 Uochdale .. 11 11 lo Norch Shields .. 1 0 3

      Silas Kossiter .. 0 10 O Kirkaldy .. 1119 0 Mary Aun Uoss 0 2 0 Uuddersiie ' . d .. 4 7 0 S . W . and Co . .. 7 1 4 . Toruuuy .. 9 U 0 Hindley „ 0 1 4 Richard Smith .. 10 0 Hextmm .. 17 0 Crieff .. ... 1 7 0 Devize * .. 16 1 1 Mary Smith .. 0 5 0 ttadfvrd .:. ; ... 1111 Asutou-under-Nottinsham « 18 H 3 TLyne .. .. 13 2 2 Smethwick .. 5 18 3 Cougleton .. 6 9 2 HuU „ ' ¦ .. H 12 a Cheltenham - ll U 8 Birmingham ., 6 18 8 Collie .. ., 0 J » V Wj mouth .. 8 16 4 Edmund ' .. 6 lo u Kilbarchan ' .. 2 0 0 Veterborough .. 116 e CUtheroa .. 9 5 . 0 > Abiugdou .. 0 U c Fenton .. 213 6 llolmnrth .. 11 7 ill Birmingham .. 2 , 15 6 Long Buckley .. 116 Leicester , Astill 4 0 0 LUtleborougu . .. 0 lo 0 Merthyr ( Jlor- Suhderlana .. 12 9 ti

      ganj .. .. 2 0 0 Lougton « ' 1 6 11 Bacup .. . .. 4 0 0 Hyde .. .. 810 U Upton .. .. 23 0 8 Amos Hughes ; . 0 U 0 Middlesborough 1 9 - 0 ¦ Ediuburgh .. 0 18 6 Newcn ' t .. 1 0 0- Beluer .. .. 048 SowtrbyHelm ., 3 10 0 Hamilton .. 2 0 0 Cuffosd .. 1 ' 0 * 0 ' Uulytown" .. 0 7 0 OswaldtwisUe .. 10 1 4 Kidderminster .. 2 0 0 Accrington .. SO 0 Belfast .. .. 0 3 0 J . Battenshaw .. 0 2 4 Wm . Whitworth 0 6 * Ledbury .. 1 11 2 Andrew Whitwortb 0 6 4 Htnry Schofield 5 4 4 Philip Whitworth 0 6 4 Todmorden .. 6 0 0 Jchn Whitworth 0 4 0 W . S . C . .. 0 5 0 William Keid .. 0 7 6 Manchester „ 17 5 4 Wm . aiid Chrw-Worcester ¦ ¦ > ¦ .. 23 18 8 topherReid .. - 0 1 i Henry Neale .. 5 4 4 J . Annitage .. 5 4 4 . . . - ¦ . ¦ ¦ . £ 478 3 8 J SIPENSE FD 2 CD . ' Glasgow „ 00 6 HearyScofleld .. 0 2 l > Ledbury „ 0 a 0 Worcester .. % ' V \ John Wilkinson 0 1 0 William Brentuall 0 0 Badcliffij Bridge 0 2 0 Parkhead .. 0 3 6 ilarple .. 0 7 0 Xornicli .. 0 3 6 Stoke Bochford 0 2 0 Cabu .. ., 0 4 0 John Ranee " .. 0 2 0 North Shields .. 0 3 0 Thomas May .. 0 2 0 Kirkaldy .. 0 1 0 Hindiey .. 0 2 " 0 * Toriiuay .. 010 6 Devizes .. 050 Congleton .. 0 2 0 Nottingham .. 16 3 Chelteuham .. 018 0 HuU .. .. 0 16 4 Abingdou .. 0 * 0 Birmingham ( Ship ) 0 . 2 , 0 Long Buckley .. 0 16 ¦ Plymouth .. 0 a 0 Sunderland .. 0 4 0 Upton .. „ 0 12 0 Belfast ... 0 11 e John Armittase ¦ 0 2 0 Edward Neale .. 0 i 0 £ 10 17 10 . TOTAL LAND TUNS . . . - . Mr O ' Connor , Section No . 1 ... 18 13 0 J Mr O'Connor , Section No . 2 ... 63 16 6 Mr O ' Connor , Section No . 3 ... 478 3 .. 81 Expense Fund .... ... 10 17 10 £ 67111 1 FOR THE BANK . Sums previousl y acknowledged 2 , 360 3 2 For tli Week ending the 29 th May . , . .. 142 3 0 £ 2 , 502 6 . / & T . M . Wheelzb , Financial Secretary . UECEIPTSOF . KATIOJIAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Croydon .. 0 2 0 ^ J . G ., Greenwich 0 1 0 Cheltenham .. 010 0 Hand-book ,. 0 0 2 Bermondsey .. 0-7 S £ 10 10 ^ REPAYMENTS TO MR O'CONNOR ON ACCOUNT OF DEBT DUE BY DEFENCE FUND . Tiverton .. 076 George Terry .. 0 1 0 Mr Bearman , Hal- Mr Huvry , 2 nd stead .. 020 Subscription .. 010 £ < L }} . 6 RECEIPTS OF THE VICTIMS' COMMITTEE . Todmorden .. .. .. '"' " •» . - ' $ 3 H C . Doiie , Secretary . The Balance is now issued and in the hands of the inb-Secretaries -. any person desirous of ; receiving a copy of the same can have , one by . sendiug three Postage Stamps . * . .

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      Fire is Fleet Sibeet . —A fire that caused coc siderable alarm broke out at 110 , Fleet-street , occupied by -Mr Mecham , trunk-maker . It originated from some unknown cause in the first floor back , used as the kitchen . ^ Engines quickly attended , and by getting 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' with favourable auspices , and Is expected to prove rery 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 rivilegesof the Jews .

      Not a single prisoner is now connmed in the connty gaol of 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 has ordered an inquiry to be made into the quantity of corn and potatoes in the kingdom . The AthtncettM states that Prince Albert intends to devote a room in the new tower at Osborne to the reception of collections illustrating the geology of the Isle of Wight . It is said that in Normandy and other parts b France speculators are buying the { trowing crops of

      wheat , though this mode of forestalling is expressly forbidden by the law . Mushrooms would seem to be early this year , for man ; provincial newspapers mention that fine dishes of them have been gathered . By the depression of trade in Manchester 30 , 000 persons are totally deprived of work , and tfficu us "Jnany more only partially employed . The great comet of 1264 and 1556 is expected b astronomers to reappear at the latter end of this or the commencement of the following * year . March 10 , 1818 , is considered the moat probable period .

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      ^^^^^^^^^^ fc ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ m ^^ MM ^^^^^ fc ^ TRADES ' MOVEMENTS . ¦¦ . Uwibd TradbV Fmmi , ; EDiNBOROii . ^ On Tues ^ -X £ £ 1 ' « Vee was held by the'dlstrtdt' committee orthe National Association , in the ' Itechabite Ohanel , " > honour of Mr Jacob's visit to Scotland as Missionary of the Trades . The testimonial was such a one that Scots delight to giye , being the people ' s SffiK ? -D Work 9 ^ their own immortal bard , . ¦^ bert BnriBi" with notes by Allan Cunningham , Deanngihe following inscripti on : — "Prea « nted to Hfff ^ f ^ ° , V by tbe Del ° ga « es of the Edinburgh district of the National Association of United Trades for the protection of Industry and Employment of Labour in Mines ; Manufactures , and Agriculture , as a token of their esteem for the able manner in which

      he has advocated the principles of the abave association and fulfilled his mission with credit to himself , and justice to the body who employed kirn . Signed on behalf of the Delegates . E . Hollis , Secretary . "_ Mr Urquhart , currier , presented the token of respect with a well-writteri and suitable address . Mr Jacobs , in accepting the present , returned thanks to the delegates , trades , and company present , hoping he might ever reserve their respect , and 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 aung . and enable the working class to enjoy a fair share of their own productions , to establish a national association , if possible , a universal association . ' r

      ' That man to man the world o ' er , May bnthers be , and a' that . " After a song by one of the " delegates from the presented book , Mr Cloughan , miners' delegate from Holytown , was introduced , and in an excellent aildress set forth a few of the prekent . operations of tbe association , and sat down Ipudly cheered . , The re ^ tnainder of tho evening was spent in s ' orius and recitations , executed in good style by several members . Third AsNiVKKsArrf or thb Lonbom Journeymen Bakeus'Provident InsTWimour , instituted for providing a eertain support to' those afflicted by s ' u .-kness ; an ssylum and relraf for the aged and infirm , and their wives , and widow and orphans ; aa& district houses for the accommodation and mental

      improvement of the members , —This festival was , celebrated by a public dinner in tfie magniticeiit hitH p ! the Freemasons ' Tavern , in Great Queen-street , on Thursday evemg , May the Mb . B . B . Oabbel , fcsq ., M P ., was called to the chair ^ supported on the right and left by C . Cochriwie , Esq . and T . Napier , Esq . About 150 sat down' to dinner . After a profusion of loyal rubbish came the toast nf the evenin ? , "Successto the London Jousneymen ' Bakers Provident Instil utfiw , " which , from what we gleaned from the chairman , has been established nearly tour years and enrolled ( including masters and men ) 500 members . The nextsentiment was , ' ^ ClharlesCochrane , Esqi , and all friends ot the lnstitBtibh : '' this toast was drank ' with'tbree times' ! three , and one cheer more . Mr Cochrane rose amid

      renewedacci araations , and responded in as eloquent and facetious-speech , and concluded by giving " Tbe Ladies , " which was followed by "The Press , " "The President and Treasurer of the Institution , " " Succes » to the National Provident Institution , and health and happiness to our chairman and tr ' end , Uerj min Bond Oabbell , Esq . M : P . " In the course 0 / the evening ; it was announced that B . B . Cabbell , Esq . M ; P ; had given a donation of £ 10 10 s , Charles Cochrane , Esq of £ 0 5 » , T . Napier , Esq . of £ 5 5 s , and Captain'Clark £ 11 ? . . . , Progress of ihb Opsrative Bakbus Movbmesi for' Shortening ins Hours of Labour and the Aboution of Nioht Work—A public raeetirii . numerously attedded , wai » held in the Assembly-rooms of the Horns Tavern , Kennihgton , oh . Siturday

      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 pleasuro . The journeymen bakers were truly the victims of bad circumstinccs , cooped up in the bakehouse , and at all times at thei beck and call of their employers . 'He heed scarcely state that it was utterly impossible that' any cliss could suffer more than did thejourrieyinen bakers . . This was not only their cause , - but the cause of their ' wi ^ es and families ; and it was their duty to profit bf every circumstance that , offered" to remove the loud of evils whieh ' oppres ; ed them , hot by a resort to violence , but by coolly and dispassionately resolving to perse vere until overy semblance of tyranny and oppiessibn

      shall cpase , and thus convince their employers they were in every way worthy to be treated ' as men . ( Loud cheers . ) There was no class of operativi s , save the bikers , that could not calculate on some time which they could call their own . ( Cheers . ) O pera tivesdo notgenbrallT 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 ^ ala s ! the baker commenced his toil when mo 3 t other ope * rative 3 were retiring to rest , viz ., at ten or eleven o ' clock at nisht . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr Cochrane here showed by his practical knowled ^ o of the biik ehnuse . his thorough earnestness in the good cause / and ably illustrateU his arguments by showing how the twenty-fovr hours were spent by a journeyman

      baker , He next proceeded to auow the great evilinflicted on the employers and tlie' public by this over-working of the men . ( Applause . ) In many cases the men could not " pitch in" before seven o clock in the morning , and was obliged to rise again before eleven , ( hear , hear , )> hich he' contended was net sufficient time to give that rest tinhuman frame required . : ( Hear , bear . ) Tin y frequently heard lamentation over the conditionI uf the black slaves , but whit ' 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 medica l advice and medicine found them when necesWy . No : sowith the operative baker . But theslavecould not

      bercsupphed without purchase , whilst the latter waattainable at the Competitive labour market almost without money and without price ; ( Immense cheerin " . ) 'Eventhe Sun Jay , which was aday ofiestand recreation to most operatives , brought nothing but renewed toil to the jo ' irneyman 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 interes ' 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 baiters

      had expressed their approbation of tbe movement . For himself he could only thank them for their patient hearing , andassuretheni that"he should be at all times ready to assist the operatives in their attempts to free themselves from tyranny anil opprcssian , ( loud cheers , ) and again he repeated he could not see why millions of English money and English sympathy should be sent to emahcipa'e black slaveson the shores of Indian rivers , whilst so many white slaves existed at home . ( Prolonged cheering . ) The secretary having read a letter f rom B B . Cabbell . Esq . M . P . apologising for non attendance , ' aad 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 ha ! fpenny , by using' the very flour that would be otherwise consumed by the working man . lie had made this known to Lord Robert Grosvenor , and lie was happy to aay , the use of the beat bread was ^ now resumed . ( Loud cheers . ) - Mr Webber , a master baker , and the well-known Radical reformer of Lombard-street , came forward to n . ove the first resolution , and said , the profits arose in tho baking trade , not from the largeness of the capital sunk , but from the amount of labour wrung from the journeyman , 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 Mont , gomery , 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 . . ¦ ' ; :

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      CONFERENCE , OF ( THE NATIONAL ASSO , ; CIATION OF UNITED-TRADES . !

      BiBHiKon 4 H > MpjiDii , Mai 2 i . —Tlie sittings of the Annual qonferenct of Delegates of the National Asiociauou of United Trades commenced this day in theibU « crS' ^ r ! n « . 3 treet . Th . Cuntrul Committee d ^ tiih o ^ ftiTf ¦ ¦*• ' mOminS in receivln 5 ' BWSS . t ? L ! 88 tei ! "PPO'ntea to rupresant the h eo'cS iVtr ^ in th 8 A-iociatlon , - m , d at vZ m ™^? * " ™'** ** »*» b J ¦ JKrr- ( MrBwett ) ' ^ S ; H r

      The Hon . CH * IBUAk , who was receive . 1 with loua ap plause , in opemng the proceeding , , saia , bofo Z pro ceedod to the important bu 3 i , le 8 . wbic ' th ^ S at sembled to transact , perhaps they WOuld » lloW him to wyo few words as to the past procwdingB , the present p » sition , and thefutore prospects of this Association . ( Cheers . ) At the last Conference at which he had the pleasure of being present , tho only real decision come to was , whether an experinwnt of an Association for the Protection of Labour and thu Employment of Industry , thould be made or not . That Conference decided in tb « affirmative , and it waa for tbe present Conference to suj whether that ospcrimerit . had beeu fairly nr » deornot « nd whether , from the experience of the pust year it wm proper to proceed farther with it . They would

      presently hear the report of tbe proceeding of the pa » t jtnt rend by . the Seeretarj . Thartreport was an elabbratu one , anfl ,, thereforB , he presumed , woul d , bo the more welcome ; to the Conference , as nitordinj what he could say was an accurate statement of tbe business which had wtn T dUrinKthepB 3 t Jear > Raa ^ manner in wli Ui the exeoutive had discharged their dutieg . It would bo for them to say whether they approved of the manner in which their screes had be Jp / rLmed ; but , « rl ^ ^ aU tin ^ -8 been animated by themojt earMStde 8 , re te , promote the . teterests of . be AsVcS wdt ^ erveit t ^ heb . atof tbeirabilit ^ - UIearher ?^ 8 ur 1- ° T that **>¦ ' ^^ endeavoured fear the

      , on- , pnwwple . of the Association . I « many instaucea tbeso .. d $ 9 jmtes . had been , eltl « d by meaiaturn nlone-- ( oheer »>—andJn oU » w caaes , where that had failed ,, tbe parties had been aet to work b y what waa tenrasd the Sister Assooiatwir for the Employ , nunt of Labour , though , ho must add ; that they were 16 by meaisrof the fttnds of that Aesociation . ( Hear . ) There were now from ; 130 to 130 members- of various ( trades thus employedv OHear hear . ) lie was-happy to ; saj that in numerous aases they had ^ lucceeded by I mediation aloae , and without further difficulty , or cipeuse . In other * theslww of preparation , or rather he should say the actual . preparation , to » t tbe hands to weirk , had been sufficient to . induce the mastere togivo way . In the carrying out of its objeota the Association

      hod keen . . . expoeedi to- much obloquy and misrepresentation , and he himself bad come in > for hi * share of that obloqpy . Parties had oomu to him aad said , " What , does- this Assoclationmeau ! Do you mean to dictate tO' tbe employers what wages-the ; shall pay , the hours they shall work , and rin . fact , create a despotism of the men which they must- obey ?" ilif ananer to these questions had been , "It is not the intention of the Assotiotion . todistate to any one , but to protect ourselves . " ( Jlear , hear . ) . IU Uslieved that there 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 bjr i n fluential individuals . . They hud all heard of the Warrington combination case , in-which the men were arraigned upon an indictment about 13 i ) feetlong , and contained so many counts-that th « Judge 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 . ( Htouyhear . ) Then there was . the case of Mr Overend , which-, he ' had- the honour of bringing , before , the Houso of Commons . ( Cbeers . ) Mi Orerend was the great magistrate in Shettield for trying combination , cases-, and tli « - charge wus that his decisions were iuvariarly against the men and in favour of . the employer , but whose dweisiant were for .

      tunately generally quashed on appeal . —( Hear vhear ) He only referred to , those cases for the purpose of showing that that Association might be placed in the same position . They might have a Mr Overend to- meet , aad the words introdHced into that Act rendered it impossible for a Trades' Union to eicapo , where the law was admiuis . teriid by sueh men . For instance , the word " molest " iras used—a word of such a wide si gnification , and ca pable of such Taried constructions , that it was ridiculous to nve . it ' in . oases where the prejudices of the different classes of society were so active . Ho trusted that when they returned to their respective districts again , they would be on their guard against any violence , threat , or intimidation , and he believed that they would , by such a course the more certainly succeed in obtaining the great

      object they had in view . Ii was almost unnecessary for tins to offer that advice to a body ¦ which had : already in practice acted upon it , but when he saw'the : determination of the magistracy , and of certain persons in power , to put down trades' uni » n » he could not doubt but that tlii » association wiiich was a concentration of these unions , and which if it sveceeded iu fully carrying out its object * , and perfectiug in organization , would , in a very few , years , comprise within its . fold all the other unions iti ' the kingdom . He said he could not doubt but that such an association would hava to meet such men as Mr . Potts , of WarringtOH , and Mr Overend , of Sheffield , and they must prepare themselves fer doing so , by a careful observance ol . the law , and by placing them-• eivei in such a position iis to provent such men from

      injuring thtm . —( Hoar , hear . ) . As to the present stato of the Association , they would find , as he had stated , they had a considerable number of men at work , . They irereset 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 meaus for a closer amalgamation between the two associations- In tact , as he aad stated , tho men were set to work by the funds of thU association . The closer uuiou of the two , or the consideration-whether they should proceed on the present , basis or not , were most important questions , and ivhich . would . reqnire their best consideratiou . They would then have to . review the past proceedings of the Central Committee , and to stuto whether they approved

      of them , or not . The next question would be tho necessity of making certain alti-ratious in the existing laws . They cuuld . not be too careful iu making nny changes in the laws of .. tho association , nor should they bo pro-| iased unless they were justified by a teuse of duty , and defended upon the ground of personal experience . of their working . The changes suggested by the executive rested upon thtBo grounds , and would , hu had no doubt , receive their best attention . The other questions which would occupy tluir attention would be the election ot thb new officers for the ensuing year ; the fixing of the p \ ace for the next meeting of the Conference ; and lastly , to hear Atiy complaints . against the administration of the Central Committee from trades who might consider themselves aggrieved by their decisions . To such complaints , nnd

      to the business 111 general , he trusted the ; would give a fair and impartial thought . That while the } avoided any unnecessary w » sto of time , or the use of unnecessary words , recollecting that they , were sitting there at the expense of their constituents , they would at the samt > time , without haste or precipitancy , do their work in a f « ir spirit and deliberate mauner . As chairman , he had no wibIi to hurry them , and would give erery opportunity fur tbe impartial consideration of erery question , subject to the condition he ha * i incidentally mentioned . He was satisfied that they , would , do to , and also that if they acted in that spirit their business would ba brought to a satisfactory and successful conclusion . ( Cheers . ) He congratulated them upon the hopeful a » p « ct of their affairs , aud as a speciwen of the feeling with which their [ iroc-ediugs were regarded , ¦ would conclude by reading au nxtraci of a letter lie hud just received from' the weavers « f Acerington . The ¦ writer said : — " Wa have

      to congratulate yuu on the v « st amount of good this association has effected ; W ° « luivanot , it is : true , to any txtent effected an advance iu wages . The causa is the unparalleled commercial depression with which this country is uow contesting ; but the reductions that have been prevented by the influence oi our assoviation are deserving of all praise . The best of all is that tbe reductions thus prevented sro the labourers' benefit . So far as we have men a conciliatory spirit and calm reason have always been brought to bear en questions of dispute , which we think ean alone beneficially set disputes about wages at rest . We have been prevented from having thepl « asure of sending a delegate to Conference , by circumstin * cos unforeseen and over nhiuli we had no control . The association at present h doing well as regards ' the wearen , who number akout 500 . ' , ' Tho bon . chairman resumed bis seat amidit loud upplauie . ¦ The S *« aK * inr rand lh * following

      REPORT . "Tbe Central Committee have much pleasure in meet * ing the delegates of the Association in Conference asiera > bled , and in submitting to them a report of the . transaction of the past ysar . They heartily congratulate the Conference upon the general and substantial success which has crowaail the efforts of what may be still justly termed our infant Association , and upon the extant to I which a knowledge of its principles and objects is now spreading among the trades of this country , " That awcew is the more gratifying when , it ii re . membired th-. it the machinery and organisation of the Association are altogether novel , and thut there vias , consequently , a want of experience on the , part of thwe to whom its working and direction was entrusted ; a detect which could only be supplied by zealous and unremitting industry and attention , to master as speedily as possible the structure , capabilities , and best mode of directing the new Association ,

      "Tbe 8 enutural difficulties , which are incident to the formation of all new aocietiei , hnvo in tVie case of this Association , been materially augmented by tha number ! variety , ana magnitude of the trausactioas which , at 10 early astasteof it * existence , claimed tho attention , and Occupied the time of the Ctntrali Committed . Thoy Lav * had to superintend the inaehin . ery for extending the Association , and of perfecting iu iuternnl organizatlen , at the s < ime time tha numcroun cases of dispute between trades belonging to the Association ' and their employers \ have required couitant exertion , in the two-fold capacity ' ofmadlatgrs and ittP « ti&tend « nt 8 t That erron - ghould

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      o n ? H ? n" *' ciroumstoMBVlt ^> ut'WuM ^ e * ^ ^ : "S *>^ - ^ . M' ^« lK # » , wo ^{| ( h ( iTe . bBin- ' inM « ( han human had they entirely artWed them ; but " the * beHsve thufa . dose observation of oil the tacts will pro vo them Sa have baen at all times actotted by a sincere desire tff promote tho best interests ' of the Assbciaton arid to catty out its objects in as strict acobrdance with the constitution and laws as ' the circumstfencesia which they have Iwenplaced would permit , : " Obioih * hd © Bjscrt or TnK Mtooin tiott . —lt may be useful , as aifordiiig a meaus of jud in of the rapidity of its progress , to revert to tho origin and olijicts of this Association , l ^ e first meeting to consider the propriety of its formation V 733 held in London on Easter Monday , 1845 , It was iresoiv ' e'd ' by that meeting that an AssOclation should be formed , and a provisional committee was appointed , to whom the preparation of thu constitution and Jaws was entrusted . The draft plan was submitted to another delegate meeting in the month of Jul y of that year , and after full consideration was fiually adoptad with various amendments-, as the constitution of the new body . " ¦ T he formation of such association originated in % deep and widespread feeling on the part of-the trades that the system upon which they had hitherto acted for the defence of . their rights , aiid the protection of their order , was inadequate to tha objects in view , and that the time had corns for a new mode- of procedure , by which the energies of all the trades might be iiniteJ , and brought to bear upon tho important ol ject of im « proving the position of the industrial classes " Similar efforts , originating out of similar feelings , had beeu previously made , but without any general or permanent success . The ' great objiet in the preson * instance was to discover the causes of such failure , to avoid them , and at the same time ' to'discoyer a principle of action -which should be more efiicasious-in future .

      " This trjii done iu the caae of our Association by tha abandonment of the old mode of conducting strikes , by adopting the . principle of united instead-o ? sectioual exer « tion ; anil that after mediation had faiied to settle diaputc » i the parties obliged to leave their employers should wherever practteable , be given reproductive emplovmont instead of being sent on tramp or kept idle , to the great loss of tho Association , and their own individual loss and demoralisation , ' ' , ' ¦ ' * Of cou-fsu it wasjto be expected that the adoption ofa plan so - different from what the trades kad beeu accustomed to ; combined with the novelty of the rSichinery of the new Association , would require some time- for explanation on one- hand ' ,, and consideration on tho-other . It was not to bo hoped that anything like a real and positive organisation could take place until the bubject : had been fully canvassed and understood , aud hence the conference of last year , held art Manthester , a few months-after the adoption of- the plan , and while the Association was comparatively little understood , could not be token either

      us a test of its actual progress , or its future pernjanance . " What could not then- be predicted has now been settled . , T'ijf progress-ofiths past year has demonstrated that in proportion as tho principles , objects , and machinery of the Association are made known and understood , the disposition toJoin-it ex-toads among the various trades of Great Bjitatm , " ' "" At'the last ' conference . ' tfaa trades represented wera 32 , with an aggregate , ; ' hum b ' w of 12 , 775 members ,. In reality , however , owing to the short time the Association bad been iu existence , and the want of a thorough uiderstanding of its character on ; the part of the trades , these could not be callod ioiiajwlf members . of this Association , the great mujority were ratber . f «« ndi y enquirers , with a disposition to join the movement , should their enquiries prove-satiafaetory .

      MBASOSlSa . FOR . EX . TENDllKJ . 3 SE ASSOCIATION . —Some of tha measures resolved upon- at that conference were meant to promote that general knowledge of the nature and objections of the AsBociation ) . nhich 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 thU portion of their duties , have zealously endeavoured to give effect to-the resolutions of the eonfureuco . On the 18 th of August , ifllCj Mr Jacobs waa appointed as the first regular ' missionary of the Association , aud subsequentl y llaisrs Peel and Bsrker were added to the staff . In

      addition to these generalimisMOiiarieotiie Central Committee appointed Messrs Winter and Buckby local missionaries aiid agents for Leicester and its vioin'ty ; Mr Dean , in the same capacity , for Nottingham audits neighbourhood ; llrDuhn of Sunderlahd , for that towcaudneighbourhood ; Mr Leriegan , of . Wigan , for that . district , and Messrs Shankleton and Town for Keighley and vicinity . To the exertions of these general and local ag .-nts must be added thoso of the membera of the Central Committee , who have been constantly and actively occupied in visiting trades ia various part j of tho country , and . uiso attending public meetings for the ' purpose 1 of promiting the extension of the Association .

      ' " The result of their operation lias-been that the Association now includes- III trades ' , and numbers cm Us books S 6 . 1 S 7 , of whom 32 , 318- are paying members , and constitute the real available strength , of the Association . The Central Committee are explicit 011 this point , because an over-estimate is injurious to all panics—to the Committea , by inducing them , on false calculations , to enter upon struggles for which they are not prepared ; and to th « members , by causing them to antisipate results which 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 CentraiCoramitteo were not to 3 tate , tliatasa consequsuceofthe out-door agitation , carried on by the MiBsionarieabfthe Association , there is every probability of au immediate and large accer-sion of numbers aud strength . Some of the trades who sent representatives to the first aud second delegate meetings iu London , were afterwat-ds induced , from various cause s , to desist from a further active connexion with the Association . Time , a better understanding of its nature , and the proofs it has already given of its efficacy , 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 . Betidei these old colabourers , manynewtradeslmve had ihcsubject under consideration for some time , with every prospect of a decision in favour of the Association . As . the knowledge of tha Association extends , its organisation becomes more perfect , and its resources more 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 , beneficial . objects deserve . . It may in fact , as in design , become a Grand National Mutual Assurance Company of the Trades of Great Britain and Ireland . '

      "Esdmebation of Cases . —It wouldocciipy too much time , and be out of place in a document of this descrip . tion , to state the particulars of each case in which the Central Committee have been ' called upon to interfere . A brief enumeration of these ' cases and their general results is proposed , in order to give an idea of the extent of the operations during tbe past year , aud of the efficacy of the principles of the association as compared with the methods heretofore resorted to , for the purpose of securing justice to the -working man . The cases in which the Central Committee have been successful this year are as follows : — ¦

      "Dbnbigh Shoehakebs . —• The men in this town struck for an advanco of wages . The employers sent to the Central Committee a statement of prices paid , which differed materially from that sent by » ho men . A member of tbe Central Committee was therefore sent to Denbigh , with instructions to act upon " sueh facias personal invistigation might establish . . Upon examining the men ' s , statement of prices , he found that it ty ' as not so much ans advance , as an equalisation of wages required , and tha establishment of a minimum price for descriptions c £ work . ' He rovised thelist , and took it to the employers , who declared 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 London , 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 88 , in a few da ) s , he would be there with the material . to give ' every man employment . The a ** immediately made this letter public , and the effect of hs publication waa , that next movnins tbe whole of tho masters signed the ' statement , ending the dispute , and giving the meu all they asked for . The result waa to place them ina . very superior position to that they previously pecuoied ; because , though the nominal advance was small , it , abc « liahed all intermediate rates . The entire coat-, of this great victory was £ 21153 . 61 I ,

      I "Ths Caheloh Naiuukebs ( Scotland ) .- ^ -Camelon and St Ninians are neighbouring towns , the . principal trade In each being " nailmaking . Better wages were given iu St Niniana than at Camelon . Oa-. application from , the men at the latter place , the Central Committee sent a deputation to the masters , the result of whose , mediation was an equalisation of wagea iaithe town . " QoLTffEU . Sboemakebs . — The employers in this , town were in the habit of paying what wages they pleated , ao tbat when tbe men took ' . heir work lioine . tbay did kobw the amount they had ij recfilre . They therefore proposed to tbs employers a list of prices to bo generally , signed and acted upon . This list was at itet refused , but upon a deputatiuiVMngseut from the , Central Committee-with instruciio ^ s to aet the men to I work for the Association iu case the masters refused to si gn , the statement , the point atissuu was conceded-, and the list adopted .

      " WootcoauKBS 01 Collumpson . —The woelcoaibers in the town became memberi of the Association , upon learning whicu they were disoliargeil by tluii ? employer . Upon being informed , through the Central CoDiuiUtee , that they would be employed by tho Association , he requested them to take tlwir combs and to . go to work , again , "Tbe Ropemakeks or Liverpool—Nine of th $ » body were discharged in consequ-nco of their connection with this Association . They weru supported by the Central Committee until they t ; ot work . "BiBMiNonAK Smau . Waub Weaveus . —A reduction I was offered by one employer . The Central Committee effeeted a satisfactory settlement by mediation .

      " SoBBEt Biock Pbinteb 8 . —A dispute occurred as to the price for printing octagon shawls . Through the nifldtotiou of the Central Committee , the master a length agreed to give tbe price asked by the men . Several other very important casM to this bod ; have come to an equally ¦ satisfactory termination , throujh tha moral influence of the Association . " ' ¦ " Oxpobd SHOEMiKSBS . —Tho most respectable em-I p lovers in ibis citjr jare notlcflj in Mm « 1 j last , of tUeir

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      A DEFScirvK Gaxiv * . —A fire , which had it not been so opportunely discovered would doubtless have proved of a mo 3 t disastrous character , was found burning at Beal ' s-whart , Mill-lane , Tooley-street , Southwark , the property of Messrs . 0 . and G . Griffin . It was caused from somedefectin thegas-pipe , which set fire to the under part of the flooring in B warehouse . Owing to the timely assistance . afforded tha damage done was comparatively inconsiderable . The firm is insured in the Sun , Alliance , Imperial , and Phcenix offices . . . . ¦ . .

      Food Riots . —A . detachment of troops marched from uemlenhis Castle to IJoUton on Friday , to vo . press some anticipated disturbances . On the previous day a gang of miners at Stithins stopped a waggon load of bread , belonging to Mr Teaimo . mayor of Konn , aud atolo its contents ; ' J l

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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/vm2-ncseproduct1420/page/5/