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      ^ 'm ^ T !? qae 8 ts returned - Terdict * of wimi murder "—two of " marisWhter "three "j « fttifiaHehoimcide »^ S ht Ve 7 diets of "accidental deaths . " iTe&nuT W of persons convicted of offences aaainst the Game Laws , from theothof May , 1836 to i £ * « n * >™ * t assizes , o £ ' £ r < £ Mds . xty-fiTe-at quarter and petty sessions , ^^^ rJ ^ tzT ^ z ^ t S tw itk **¦** £ * K JS ^ ^ P ?* majority of these prosecutions and convictions take place in the ES&T ^ dirtriBh ' Tlenumba of convictions in Dorset , in the-course of two year 8 was two hundred and twenty-four . In the East of Yorkshire it was ninet ^ one Wheu the Protectionist landlords attheirnieetings make an outcry about the " increase of crime and rates , it would be well for them to asktheaiselves how far their own pet Game Laws go to swell the amount of vice and its concomitants , of which , they complain . ^ fJ ^ s ^ cts of

      In some way or other laws so purely selfish and grossly unjust—which generate and perpetuate a deadly feud and constant active varfarebetween classes , which convert honest labourers into artificial made criminals , and throw large families into the workhouse—must be got nd of . If Legislators trill not listen to the voice of justice and toraiamty in Parliament , they must be made to feel that they are not , therefore , beyond tbe reach of popular opinion , or above the effects of popular opposition . Mr . Coixett ' s new society offers the and

      peasantry a new powerful mode of attack upon the privileged class . By organising then- scattered strength , and bringing it to the upport of those who , fbrthe time being , may be subjected to the tender mercies of landlord law , they will virtuall y deprive it of its power to injure . The family Trill fare as well with the father in gaol as if he was out of it , and a 3 to the moral stigma , which the mere fact of poaching casts on a man's character , that is , among his own class , never felt . In fact , he is rather considered in the light of a hero than anything else .

      These infamous laws are , in fact , a very forcible exposition of the innate mischief which lurks in all class legation . For the paltry and selfish purpose of providing a few days' or weeks' sport to the members of a privileged class , an attempt is made to perpetuate an incident of barbarism in the midst of a highlyartificial state of society . A war of classes is maintained , in which the original aggressors lave all the advantages of wealth , station

      , legal power , and organised physical force at their back .. Large numbers of honest hard"working labourers are annually degraded into the criminal class ; for though poaching in itself is considered no crime , it too frequentl y leads to a gradual deterioration of character , and the ultimate adoption of a criminal career . The men who ori ginate such evilswho actively perpetrate such iniquities—ought not to escape public censure , and public indignation . . If Mr . Bbight does not in

      Parliament give them a merited castigation , it is to be hoped some other Member will have the courasre to do so .

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      REDEIPJS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY

      Jtor lint Week Esdkg Thursday , Deceubki ! 13 , 18 i 9 . SHARES . Sa . iL £ s . & Central Hossendale 0 10 0 Exeter .. .. 012 0 £ 1 0 TOTALS . land Fund . ; . ... 120 Mattion , G . H . r 7 0 0 Sew Company , 1 4 6 Bouus ditto ?; . 0 10 0 £ 9 16 C

      ?! . Dixok , C . Doyhi , T . Clakk , Cor . Sec . P . M'Goatu , Fin . Sec

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      FOR COSTS OF MACNAMARA ' S ACTION . Ueceived by W . Kipeb . —Mr . Br-ke , London , 2 s . ; A . Porter , Lynn , Is . 2 < 1 . ; Worcester , per J . Harding , 5 s ; Barnsley , per W . Sutcliflfe , 4 s . ; a few Chartists , BlamJford , per T . Sauiiders , 9 s . ; W . Ingles , Glasgow , Is . ; Old Guards , Dalston , yor T . Sovrerby , 5 s . ; John Johnson and W . Mackay , Little Ghilton , 4 s . ; Ovenden , per W . Kuslmorth , 5 s . ; a Friend , Hoffingtvorth , 3 d . ; John Cove , a Foundling , i > erE . S . ; Ci ; a few Friends , MMdleton , near Man-Chester , 2 s . lid . ; E . TV ., London , Is . 61 L ; G . Smith , Capar , 3 d . ; 1 ) . Lithgow , Biggar . Is . ; J . Woodcock , yewton , Cheshire Is . ; J . L ., Sheffield , per J . Cavffl , 2 s . ; Cradley . per J . Copley , 3 s . ; Wingate-grange Colliery , per \ V . 2 fonnan , 9 s . ; A . lonsdale , Manchester , 3 s . ; R . Ilowarth , Groje-street , Hulme , 5 s . ; T . Wair , Norwich , Is . ; W . Atkinson , Liverpool , Is . ; Hastings Chartists , perE Mose , is . ; Gideon Cjpke , Melton Mxnvbray , 6 s . ; Seorsre . Morton ,

      an Old Guard , Rochdale , Is . ; Low Moore , near Clitheroe , per G . Ilobinson , 14 s . CcL ; Belmont , near Bolton , per W . Yates , Ss . Cd . ; G . M . and W . R , Liverpool , 2 s . ; Chartist ? , Ossett , near Wakefield , per B . Simison , £ 1 Is . lOd . ; 2 Jor-¦ JvieU Chartist Association , per C . Springall , ^ 1 ; llull Chartists , per G . Barneti . 10 s . 70 . ; T . B . W . P . and It . IT ., lJaddifie-bridge , per K . Ilamer , 2 s . Cd . ; R . Wood ' s Book , Holme , per T . Siddeley , lls . 3 d . ; T . Field ' s Book , Hulm . ner T . Siddeley , Si ; T . Rober t's Book , Uulrac , per T . Sidaeley , 4 s . 3 d /; : J . Whitworth ' s Book , Huliiie . perT . Siddeley , 5 s . ; Bishop TVeannouth , per W . Dohhie , 7 s . Gd . ; Bradford Land Company , per J . Connell , 7 s . 7 d- ; J . Bell , 24 ansrti : lJ , 2 s . " 6 d . ; . Mansfield Wood ' iouse , per J . Slaney , 2 s . C . JL : Ediuourgh , per R . Burkett , Ws .: Newton Moor , Cheshire , per- 3 . Burgess , S =. 63 . ; Barasley , per J . Lowe , Ss . 3 d . ; Sottiagham , per J . Sweet , los . Id . ; Barnstaple , psrJ . Bowiien , 1 ( . Is . —Receired by T . Cube . —Dorking , 7 s . Cd . ; a few-Democrats , Cs . Id .

      FOR THE AGITATION OF THE CHARTER . Received bv W . Rideb . -Chester , per J . Roberts , 5 s Bristol , per C . Clark , 2 s . Cd . DEBT DUE TO THE PRINTER , ltecelredby \ V . Rides . —Paisley per P . Cameron , 21 .

      FOR WIDOWS OF THE LATE MESSRS- WILLIANIS AND SHARP . ; Reeeivol by W . Rider . —Cra

      NATIONAL VICTSM FUND . Received bv John * Asxott , Secretary . —Crow a and Anchor Uatt ' Locally , 5 s . ; Mr . Kider , as per Star , 21 . 7 s . i '< 3 . .

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      3 IURDSR of a Chiid bt iis iloinER . —Yesterday , at the JIarylebone Tolice Court , Sarah Drake , a well-dressedVoman , about forty years of age , was bronHit up on tbe charge of having murdered her child ! Lew's Drake , aged two years . It appeared , from the evidence , that on Monday week the prigoner ^ ent-as housekee per to F . fluth , Esq ., 33 , Upper Hariey-street . The deceased child had been out to nurse " , and on the Wednesday following a -woman named Johnson took the child to the house , where slie left it , andreceived £ 10 from the prisoner for its keep , leaving a balance still unpaid . —The most important witness \ ras Mary Ann Bridge , who said : At eleven o ' clock last nig ht I searched the her

      prisoner at tlie station-house , and found upon a "old watch and some silver . I asked her what she -was charged wtb ^ hea sbe at first ; made me no answer , bSt presently said tome "ire you a Carried * oman ? ' I told her I was , andhad a large family ; when she said , " Then you can feel for me aid I'll tell - yon ; it ' s all about a child . I asked her if it was a new-born bady , and she answered it was nor that it -was two years old , and she had t ™ °£ IaskedherLowshe came to do such a S ^^' thaCwhenshe said she did not know . A San who had had it to nuKe , and to wfeom . he SeVas afraid of losingher place . She did it ( ali ^ jn ^ tn the h anging ) in a moment * no one else

      iSViesent . Shethenpacked nptuecnuaanu sent it into the country to her sister to get it S , ried ; SSshe thonghtthat she ( Aes . ster ) had sssssMrBisewi * SSSrSSBsaatsftg sss ^ sbs ^ u stated to have cost £ 18 , 000 in erection , and KS toaren ^ harge ot f 10 more than coveS bythe rent paid by the Bankruptcy Courts . ^ O ^ of ' thftfwSooncillors of Bradford ™ laKX shillings , havingbeenfound in the IX " drunk and watte . ^

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      RESOLUTIONS . 1 . —Thaleither thepresent pi-ovisional committee be continued in office , or a new one appointed , to take measure * for the election of the council ; and that sucu election do take place within six weeks from the present time . 2 . —That tke council shall assemble within ten days from the date of its election , and at once proceed to the choice of an executive committee and make the necessary arrangements for the election of the president and vice-president . 8—That an address be issued by this Conference to the nation , promulgating the new Constitution of tlie National Charter Vsim , and invoking the moral adhesion as well » s the pecuniary assistance of those who are favourable to democratic progress . 4 . —That the National Charter Union is established to aid and assist , not to obstruct or mar , the endeavours of all societies whose objects are to obtain the reformation of all or any abuses in the institutions of the country .

      Mr . Reynolds said the Provisional Committee had devoted several nights to the consideration of tliis document . It must be remembered that Chartism , as a corporate body , was dead—the spirit only existed , and this was an attempt to resuscitate that glorious bod }' . ( Hear , hear . ) The election of the several officers would necessarily create excitement , and do the work , in diffusing the principles of Chartism , of many lecturers . ( Dear , hear . ) "When the discussion arrived at that point relative to members' contributions—monthly , half-yearly , or annual—ho would advise the appointment of a select committee , to take that portion of the programme into consideration , as he thought he could show the me . nns of making this not only thoroughly practic . nl but profitable . Such was the programme for their consideration , and whatever the Conference might do with it , he at least thought it would give the Provisional Committee credit for the getting it up , and submitting it for the consideration of that Conference . ( Loud cheers . )

      Mr . Stallwood moved , " That in deference to the Provisional Committee , as well . is to save the time of the Conference , each clause should stand as ' moved ' and ' seconded , ' when read by the Chairman . " Mr . Bnows seconded the motion . Carried unanimously . The first clause was then adopted tiem . con . On the reading of the second clause , Mr . Uttixq asked , was there now a National Charter Union in existence ? and was answered in the negative . v . Mr . Bustly said he belonged to the National Charter Association , and would look upon it as treason to alter the name .

      . . . Mr . O'Connor said vast numbers of persons had pledged their clothes and other necessaries to get to Birmingham to defend the name , and many had been persecuted and prosecuted under that name . The title was more <> uphoniou 9 , and for these reasons he wa 3 for retaining it . Mr . Uiiixo moved , " That the title bo Tlie National Charter Association . '" Mr . Lee seconded the amendment . . . Mr ; BESitEr also expressed his concurrence in it . Mr . Davis agreed with the proposition , because he thought as there were so many parties now adontin" the word "Association , " it would be their society from

      better fbr them to distinguish others of a similar nature . It appeared to him that they would gain many new converts to the cause , if they changed the name—and those converts would be composed of parties who had hitherto kept aloof from them on account of the name they had borne . ( Hear . ) .. . ... Mr Clark thought an alteration of name at tne present time extremely practicable , as the Association was undergoing an entirely new construction , in fact , the Charter Union of the future was not to be the Chartist Association of the past , but , being based upon a different foundation , would be inconsistent with itself if they did not alter the name .

      ( H Mr ? TowsaEXD rose to support the clause as it stood He did so , because the old association had done certain t hings which he need not then mention , but which , he was confident , did not meet with the sympathy of the Chartist body generally . He would not win any future movement under the old name . Mr . Anxun opposed the spirit of the claus » . His instructions were , to retain the name at »"

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      tife tt i K h tll 01 I « lltfowof tho delegates would £ v h-fl nt *? , hcir constituents , ami tell them cSn ti ? anged tho name of the Association , bo-? n Sis L Were L ashamed of wh » t ^ d been done of tffmiT ar hear- ) While he deplored the fate Tho £ „ £ - ° tfnat ? men wh 0 became the victims of was nJoud ^ ^ . ^ "tedness to t he cause , yet he icfafflti * , egloried in the principles winch actuated them m their every action . ( Cheers . ) if i ! l'i ° MV PP 0 Sed the clause . If he voted for v ' p , J n ! ould j . ! lsl » "med to meet the poor men who unlPrtl Sif ° nng fov their ' ^ vocacy of Ch . irtism undei the old name , when their time should expire . Mr . Muse opposed tlie clause .

      vS * m * 0 LDS thought some of tlie delegates bJXSrif Under a delusion in thinking that &odZ g the " amethcy w ° ' destroy the old oil S ' ^ thev mero | y wnnted ^ consolidate to thn £ ¦ U •" general tc ™ - " u » ion - " As me fa . " T ^ T ? hieh h ! ul bcc » '' ° ™ ° « trewUh a f inw « ff Vs 11 ( lmc of tho Association Sschimo , , n tl > UC [ f " ° t 0 the midllle Masses , he sloii c d n ^ S l ) llti } ti 0 n ; and declared ' the ! d the' « P ? % w «« eiftl Committee in drawing he l ' tent p ° " 8 tl uUo " hc had ™«« , was to rouse md byaltaHn ^ ° t ! le P ? 10 of this countrv , n tlie Chfe - ? ^ ' creftte a fresh foaturo sure would i . ^' . ^ fcaturo wWcn » ho was Hear he" ? , be Productive of abundant fruit .

      S-sss r iFSiF- ^ tfsr&n s-sKS ^ stt ^ jssa the ChISst both hSi In gai" ng tlie ri S wJ'Sh szBffi&tts&Zi sesgsss ¦ SSpi ^ Sla 24 £ Oin tt ? rt hoP d " ? ssion ' ifc w « s agreed by once ' thUt tl 10 1 llCstlon should ^ settled at

      ~ ^ SSe nSn ^ tSf '& Cm ^ VT ? Plac ° at the ^ Posal of ° t . he S « uii , Wn « W nosuclltlli "g- I" fact , he cSLTpviSipir ' riarac as lon s as he ^ ' ^ Mr . Hodden would prefer tho word " Union " to ^ K tt ^ a ^ ftflR ^ i jg material difference in the words to 0 m ? J any d i ~ onl ° Ud ad " SCthOm t 0 "tttoiqiS . Mr . M'Gbath said , ho had not heard any one BMglo argument advanced tending to invali d ate tha 0 tett « o under discussion . He confessed hat he had ^ ayaprefc-red the word "Union" to 'Association as .. union . t ] ie ra ]] . Slo ^ Hh - ^ n * , * i h 0 Co ^ ittce wishing to truckle to tho middle class , and to break up the agitation for the Charter , he considered such sup-KK Wi ™ iCUl ° i - 8 aS thcy ( f'o ^ vision 1 Committee ) had done all in their powor to devise he best means for resuscitating a movement for a feft m' . t "' C 1 IsiD « « sound principle ot action into the whole of the Chartist proceedings . Mr . Lakqar would say that , if there were no fiffeiencc between the two words " Union " and ' Association '• why seek to alter it ? ( Hear , hear ) He-would vote against the change . J After some further discussion , clause 2 was put 16 ; n £ itS ° aVed f ° r thC Clil " ° ' " ' ** & " £

      The decision was received with general applause amongst the strangers present , PP « " « ° The CnAiRMAS then put tho 3 rd and 4 th clauses , to which no opposition was offered . On the 5 th clause being put , . . CpiLiss moved : ~ " That no president or nce-prosident , be elected , but that th ? 2 K ? ti £ be governed by an Executive Council " Mr . WiiKiKS seconded it . Mr Bbotmt supported the amendment , as it 1 ?^ ° . Z lace , * , g ? vevni , g i ^ v evof tho

      AssoheapV ) y democratic principle . ( Hear , Mr . Lbb supported the amendment . MnllARNEv would certainly give his vote in fal ^ ' ^ sts ^^ Mr . O'Connor said , ho thought thev would do sident . S tUt ° ^ 'd "hainnJn fJJ p «? « , ^ Mn ^ « ° ffi 8 Said thnt th ^ oTolopemcnt of the machinery of the organisation would » out of p articles of the programme . He thought thev should try the plan for twelve months , and then iff it did not succeed they could throw it overboard

      PrSdJ fl 1 th « y . htul l »«^ toW that tbe liesideiit of Franco had misconducted himself , and that , therefore , to have a president in their A socia ton would bo iinpolitie ; but he would direct their attention to he 1 resident of America in answer to that and ask if his conduct had been inconsistent with the democratic principles of the American government ? ( Hear , hear . ) lie should adhere to the original clause , Mr . Brown could not see any harm in bavin * a president when they . had the power to discharge Mr . Smxwoon supported tho amendment , as ho thought it would bo best to allow tho Council to cnoose their own chairman . Mr . Clark said it required that a vesnmisihl ,.

      person should bo placed at tho head of all societiesa person capable of wielding the emblem of order , and of directing it . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Allsutt supported the proposition of the Provisional Committee . The Chairman then put the amendment , when the numbers wero-For the amendment , 17 ; against it , 11 ; majority against , 6 . 6 The Gth clause , bearing upon the 5 th , was then annulled . On clause 7 ,

      Mr . O'Connor objected to the election ef a Council of thirty-seven men by the ncoplo of London , to sit m London , and to transact the business of the whole country . It would make a close borough of it . People m the country would not subscribe towards a parliament elected only by the peoulo of London . Besides , the number was too great . They could never get more than fifteen out of tho thirtvseven to attend . Mr . Uktxolbs said , tho Provisional Committee had purposely left the mode of election to be decided by the Confercs . ee . Ifo did not think , however , that tho country could afford to send up men to London , and keep them there perpetually ; anil ior that reason the committee had thought it best to confine the election of delegates to London . Mr . Uttiso moved :- "That the number of the touncu be reduced to twenty-one . " Mr . Drakk seconded the amendment .

      Mr . Stailwoou would observe , with respect to the election of the Counil being confined to London , that if they made it a general election throughout the country they would be pounced upon by soverninent for infringing the law . It would be a violation of tho Corresponding Act . Mr . Rettsows said , that if they had thirty-seven in their Council they would have thirty-seven unpaid lecturers , who would work to their utmost , in their various localities , to disseminate the doctrines of Chartism .

      Mr . Clark did not think that the country districts would consent to place all their legislative powers in the hands of the people of London . Mr . O'Cosnor reiterated his opinion , that thivtyseven was too great a number . They would sav •—" What ' s everybody ' s business is nobody ' s business . They would get more present out of a Council of twelve than they would out of the number proposed . They must give the people of the country the power to vote in the election of their Council . Such a course would not be a violation of the Correponding Act . Mr . AlUSutt thought there would not be much difficulty in gettinjj a Council of thirty-seven together m London , as , in 1813 , they had a Metropolitan Council consisting of a niuch ' greater number , and he would say , that he never knew Chartism in London in so prosperous a condition as it was whilo : hat Council existed .

      Mr . Doyle said the Manchester people were rather tenacious of their rights , —( hear , hoar , )—and having always been so , he did not think they wou'i be more reconciled now than they had been before , to abide by anything in which they had not a voice . He could bear witness to the good done by the Metropolitan Council in tiiS , but that good only extended over London itself ; and , therefore , on behalf of the whole country , he would reject any general Council being formed , in the election of which the people generally could not have a vote . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Harney agreed with Mr . O'Connor in the views that gentleman had expressed upon tho subject .

      Mr . Drake would like to sec as many as a hundred framing a Council ; as he considered that the greater the number of which the Conncil were composed , the greater number of stauneh advocates of tho Charter would they have in their ranks . Mr . Davis thought that if they could not g « t fifty-seven men out of their body in London to me « t in London , the glance of their ever obtaining

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      ther ultimate object was very improbable . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Bestley supported tho clause as it stood . Mr . Towssexd : Lot them , at nil events , givo the matter a trial . Messrs . ¦ VI'Ghath and Patien'sox followed . . > Mr . O'Conwok besgod to assure the members of the Provisional Committee that . if they sont the . Constitution" into tho countrfas it stood , they the Committee ) would -bo" laughed at . Near , near . ) " ¦* "" v

      Mr . Cuitu moved : — " That tho general government be au Executive Council , consisting of seven persona . " Mr . Dixo . v seconded the motion . Mr . Reynolds was objecting to tho motion of Mr . Uark as being out of order , when lhe Chairman said that half-past ( en o ' clock bom" the hour at which they had agreed to close tlie deb-itcs , the Conference ' stooil aiijo-. irned .

      TUESDAY EVENING . The Conference assembled at eight o ' clock precisely .. Shortly afterwards , Mr . O'Connor entered , an , d was much applauded . •' - The Chairman having taken liia seat , called aver the names- of the delegates .- when all oMliem , being present ,. ; > .. ; : ^ * .- * - * p * '' " ~ The Secretary o /^ rh 1 ^ SferenTOr ( Miv . Clark , ) read tho mmtiteief the pjjjsSjns evenings" proceedings , which / w ^ ere .. cbn'firn ^^ He .-. then proceeded to read . tw . o ,. 'le . t , tera vho r ^ ' ^ rebeiyed— one from Aberdeen ,.. V . bxp ' rcBsmg- - t | p ^ e ^ e ^ % o pfi ' oplo of that place fo ' . ' soe j a . t ^ pfftu ^^ ' ^ rae ^ l re * r «; u ^ nation drawp-up by . tJio ( Mriftce , ald&ofiod that Mr . O Connor . and Mr . l % So % -w 6 'fifit& ? them a visit , as soqrras . possible , in ordai to resu&j ' tatc tlie Chartist movement . there ;' . ' Th ' e other letter was troni 1 a West Hiding " dclegale m - CetHi *« nBl " d in Ln-idford ( Mr . WilOOx , chairman , ) " expressive of their desire to abide by , and carry out any vieor . ous plan of organisation which tho Conference misiht adopt , °

      Ihe Chairman then proceeded to business , and saw : Iho first question they should discuss was Mr . Utting's amendment upon clause 7 , which was : — lhat the number of tho Council bo reduced to twenty-one . ' Mr . Clark ' s motion * OvlU como next under discussion . Mr . Clark would just read his motion , which ho had altered from the one he proposed the nicht previous , to tho following : — " That tha Council of seven should bo elected by London , and that the LlW'tists of the provinces should be ' empowered to send up members if thought fit . " Mr . Dixon seconded it .

      Mr . O CoN . voRsaid : If they placed tho power of returning members of the Executive Committeo in the hands of the people in the provinces , thev must hnrt pass a resolution that such men should be paid lor their services . ( Hear , hear . ) If they neglected to do that , the men of Manchester , Leeds Newcastle , and other places , would say it was a juggle . Lot them proceed upon the p ' rinciple of universal Suffrage as far as tbey conld , and they would thereby show to tlie world at large that they understood what they were agitating for , and that wi

      « pnncijue was one ot sound practicability . ( Hear , hear . ) Let them not doubt that there would bo sufficient funds to support an Executive . For the people would see the necessity of such a course , in oi \ -. er to keep time with tho ' Protectionist . humbug movement , and the Parliamentary Reform agitation . He had , not many years back , spent £ 00 in oue iQui-JoiLtlie purpose of paying an Executive , — ( clieevs . ) -ana he-ffOHt , d :: do . the . . ^ iilmo again if circumstances requiiaiiC ^ Mr . Clarkpres . ^ Hfemoiiog ^> w ;"'> . Mr . Mills woululiheto scathe distfteTdeWate councils mtho country , the same as unde ' ivthe ? old organisation . : , V .: & ¦¦ .-,. ¦¦ '•¦ ¦ ¦ > ... "¦<¦ .:

      Mr , Milnes did . no . tsee wJiyMr . O'Connor Bhould be expected to . go ^ ound-. tnc country to Vpend his- ' money when . past . experience had , show * n them that individual members would not do thoiV dutv . - ; # Jear * hear . ) ; He would move " that the Counoir consist ot 0 paid members . \ . . Mr . Brown seconded the motion . S . Mr . Collins supported , it . If they had any mx > re than . thvee , he thought too great . a-shaw of pavmenf would fall on Mr . O'Connor ' s shoulder ^ as ' it had done before . ( Hear , hear . )' - • :. • . The Chairman said , if the Executive consisted only of three persons , they must at all cvnnts ™ .

      hne their services to London . ( Hear , hear . )'• ' Mr . Uttixo said , if any portion of the Executive Council were to become lecturers , he would like some gentleman to move the following , as he had alread y one amendment upon the subject befove tho Conference , which his seconder was unwillinc to withdraw-namely , " That the Council consist of seven members ; these to be nationally elected , to be paid ior their services , whose duty it should be to go to meetings , and deliver lectures ; tho remaining four to bo elocteil by London , and to act onlv in London , ami not to be paid for their services , " ' Mr . Hestley would move that .

      Mr . O Cosson understood that the object of the Conference was to create union . He would ask , what would be . tho feelings of seven men sitting together , of whom three were paid for their services and . four wore not ? They would indeed , have a hnppy famil y . ( Laughter . ) As self-interest was the basis of human notion , they would have a continual hubbub in their council—the whole onus being thrown upon the three paid men . ( Ilear , hear . ) x ' So seconder appearing fbr Mr . Bentloy ' s motion , it fell to the ground .

      Mr . Duakb gnid , that the past had taught them a lesson , that the public would not pay for lectures They wanted 100 lecturers , if they could pay thorn ; but they must get the money first , and engage the lecturers afterwards . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Reynolds said , he thought if the people wished for the Charter , they could support a Council of five men ; and if Mr . O'Connor , or himself , or any other individual choosed to act the part of a patriot , it was for that Conference , and the people generally , to applaud him for it , and not to endeavour to prevent the exhibition of true zeal for the future . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr . Stau . wood said , ho would just observe , thai now there was no Provisional Committee , that it and its duties had ceased immediately its report was made to that Confcreace ; and as regarded the questions before them , he knew it was ' difiicult to please all sections of their own party . The letter vead that evening from Aberdeen was a good illustration of that : in that letter it wa 3 stated , that the Scotch would not bo satisfied with an English Conference , or an English Executive , or Secretary ; and suggested that a Scotch Conference should be held , and a Scoth Executive ami Secretary , he appointed and yet , strange us it may appear , they had to the lnte Executive a Scotch Secretary ( Mr . S . Kvdd ) , who was not supported by his countrymen and what

      was more inconsistent . "till was , wiih all this national prejudice they invited a Saxon and an Irishman to come across the border , to raise tho agitation for them . As regards the payment of the members of the Exeeutive , "" he thought this a serious question for their consideration , and past experience did not say much in its behalf ; for his part should Mr . O'Connor , or any other person foci disposed to givo any sum of money in favour of tlie agitation , he should not be inclined to receive it ungvaeiously , as ho believed such things were done with the best intentions ; but , at the s " nme time , ho thought it would reflect the greatest disgrace on tho Cliartist body , whoso supincness rendered anything of the kind necessary . ( Hear , hear . ) He

      feared the numorous Questions before tho Conference would perplex it ; for his part , he thought three tho Lest number for the Executive ; and lie also thought the Council of twenty-one necessary , and highly beneficial , and should vote for both those propositions . After a further discussion of some minutes , The CiiAiM , f . \ sput tho propositions as they stood , when there appeared : —For the original clause , 0 fov Mr . Clark's amendment , 12 ; for Mr . Milne ' s ' 10 : for Mr . "Utting ' s , 7 . Mr . Clark moved— " That the whole government of the Association be vested in the hands of the Executive Committee . " Mr . Davis seconded it .

      The question \ m theu put , when it was carried by ] . 3 too . Upon clauses 10 and 11 being vead , it was unanimously agreed "that the Secretary and Treasurer of the Executive Committee should bo appointed by that body . " Clause * 12 was rendered unnecessary by the substitution of Mr . Clark ' s proposition in the place of clause 9 , Clnuse 13 was agreed to , without any discussion . Upon clause U ,

      Mr . O Connor said , ho thought one shilling was too much for man yworking man to pay down . ( Ilear bear . ) Quick sale and light profit was tho basis of trade ; and for that reason he would move— " That the subscriptions for twelve months should be threepence . " He considered they would then harmoniso their proceedings with the condition of tbe people ; and they would obtain ten times the number of members . This motion not being seconded , fell to the ground , Mr . Davis thought one shilling quite little enough . Mr . Siallwood concurred with Mr . Davis , and said he had known poor Cuttay and other Chartists had

      111 London , ^ Yho gone with one meal per day to contribute to the funds of Chartism ; and any man , with the cause at heart , would do tho same . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Uuixa said , the expenses of cards of membership , if granted monthly for one penny , would leave no funds in the hands of the Executive , Mr . Rev . noibs explained , that if 100 onrda were issued in one month , tho pro&t upon them would be seven shillings . ( Hear , hear . ) Besides , if they issued cards monthly they would bo able to prevent any such slui being thrown upon them again , as they experienced in the case of the National Petition of last year . If they issued 1 , 000 , 000 cards they would fctiQw they could get t&o . names and

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      addresses of that " number of men as bona fide members of the Charter Association , to sign a jwtition which would not be sneered at , as containing the names which police spies had pla ' ced upon their last one . ( Hear , hear . ) v O'Coxxon said , that would' be no criterion as to the prosperity of the Society , as hc himself , some six or seven years ago , had left 2 , 000 tickets in Glasgow , 3 , 000 in Edinburgh , and so on in other places , and he had never been paid for anv of them . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Urowjt supported tlie clause as it stood . - - Mr . Milnk thought it would be well ii $ he ono shilling was paid in advance . He did not like the idea of giving any one the opportunity of speaking at their meetings on payment of a mere penny . His experience told him that there was justice in ihe observation , " That the poor man ' paid , whilst the vicher looking one skulked by . " Uo would therefore move—" ' That the auni stated be one shilling annually . " Mr . Allxutt seconded the amendment .

      Mr . Davis said , if they carried that amendment they would exclude every man from voting in the affairs of the Association , who might l > e able to pay one penny , but not one shilling . ( Hear , licarJ ^ Mr . Doylk thought they c ' oald not liiend thoi ; clause itself . It provided for everything , which ' "* * even the poorest man might wish . It gave an ' " ¦ .. opportunity of paying one shilling , sixpence , or one penny , as circumstances would sennit . / Hoar , hear . ) Mr . M'Gbatii opposed tho amondaient . If they allowed a man -to pay |> y instalments , and disfranchised him till he - -had paid up , it would prove an insurmountable : barrier to the increase-of the Association . ; T ( Hear . - ); .-, V Mr . ffotiMJJ saiil ' / : | . f > . thcy intended to agitate tho a « riculturiiJ :. districts , they must not eapect the farih ' crs'labourers to . pay one sbillimr down at once .

      He ,. supported the clause . , Mr .-llAR 5 KT moved— " That a card of member- ¦ ship bo ' granted for one year , upon payment of one . shilling . Thei ^ contribution may be paid by installments of not ISsw . jtliiin one j&iyiy weekly . The member not to i'eceive . hi& ,. cM-d ' , ' nor to be eligible to be a member of the " Executive Committee until the contribution is paid in full . " He thought much , harm had been done by Chartist Lecturers , and others telling the people that they were too poor to it - contribute the necessary funds . ( Hear , hear ,. )* He , . : did not wish cards to be merely sold , but rnenibwS'J ^ to bo enrolled so that thcy might be a veritablo as- ^^ ' sociation . Ilo would move this resolution a 3-an amendment to both the propositions before tho Conference . ¦ .

      Mr . Aunott seconded the amendment < of Mr . narncy . ; ,. \ Mr . Milnb withdrew . liis amendment . . ; ' Tho Chairman then put the question , when t-hero were : —For Mr . Ityrnoy ' s amendment , 12 ; fov tho clause , H ; majority 2 . Mr . Clauk moved— " That any person paying the shilling by-instalments , shall be eligible to vote in tho affairs of the ' Association , duriii" the time he maybe making such payments . " Mr . Davis seconded it . ' ' ¦ ¦> ¦ A long diseussion took place between Messrs .. Musks , Hooers , Uttino , « tc ., when it was unanimously resolved— " That the motion of Mr . Clark , should be incorporated in Mr * llarncv ' s amend ment . " Clause 15 was annulled by the last resolution of tho Conference .

      Clauses 16 , 17 , and 18 , were agreed to , without discussion . On clause 19 , / £ . . . Mr . IIarnkt said , tliis clause seemed to hn casting reflections upon the character of some lecturers who had formerly , been enqaged in the movement . Mr . M'Grath said , on th ' e part of thoYrovisional Committee ,. that no such thought had entered tho mind v of any member of that body ; and no insinuation wa $ ' mennt in tho clause aguinst any lecturer 1 foftn « r ] y engaged in the Cliartist movement . " " \ , IV Bis then" agreed that tho matter be left to thcX discr ^ on of * lhc Executive Committee . \ pii qiaiiso jj $ , __ ^ Ir . il ^ JNiarpYoposed ?' that the word ' territo-TiSBMrcexnuaned . " which , beineseconded Jiv air .

      • XENOTT , -was carried ^ . .. >; ,.. ' ' . ' "'Clause p , and las ^ -was thpri- ' aVced toi ' Mr . C ^ Aak'said / tfhat , ow ) ng tb tlie ¦ . ' alterations which ^ attfleen 0 dc in tlj ^' Co ' nsJitutfoiiv -sg lfe mittetr by thp ^ vprovisienal- Committee , jt ySs * necessary that ' some of thcirTcsolu ' tions should " bo altered , gh'd they ^ voitM be submitted ^ qftjipm , with such aJfefations as the Commi ( tce might think fit to makgion the following night . ^ The CiiAnuiAS then declared tho Conference adjournea . i ¦ '¦ i - \ ' - . '• f- WEDNESDAY , . EVENING , v . The'Oonferoncohold , 'ifcs tyicd .. nights sitting in the coffee-room of tho ; Literary a ' ftd Scientific Institution , John-Street , -. Fitzroy-squarc , ' at eight ' o ' clock , the Lodge lloom of the "Wheat Sheaf being engaged . . . ' ... The' Chairman having taken nis seat ,:

      Mr . CLAitKrcad the minutes of the provious meetings , which having been connriped , he proceeded to place before them tho resolutions in their -altered state , as agreed to by the Provisional Committee . They had thought it necessary to make the alterations on aceonnt of tho decisions which the Conference had arrived at with reference to various parts of the " Constitution .. " The first resolution read as follows : — " That a Provisional Committee bo now appointed to take measures for the election of an Executive Committee , and that

      suuh election do take place within three months from the present time , and that the Committee consist of nine persons . ' . . < Mr . Reynolds seconded tho resolution , which was carried unanimously . ¦ ' ;"¦¦ ' . Mr . Clark then moved the second resolution , as follows : — " That an address be issued by this Conference to tho nation , ¦ promulgating the new Constitution of the National Charter Association , and invoking the moral adhesion , as well as the . pecuniary assistance , of those . who arc favourable to democratic pvogress . " . ' '' 1

      Mr . Doylk seconded it , and on being put , it was carried tunanimously : — "On the motion of Mr . O'Connor , seconded" Mr . John Arnott , Messrs . Reynolds , Clark , awl Doyle , were appointed to prepare an address to the people of Great Britain . " Mr . Curk then moved the third resolution , as follows : - " Tint the Rational Charter Association will aid and assist the endeavours of all societies whose objects are to obtain the reformation of all , or any abuses , in the institutions of the country . " He thought this would bind them not to provenf ,

      by any influence they might possess ; the emle . wnirs of any society ¦ which had for its . object the enfranchiscment of the wwking classes ' . " ' .. ( Sear , hear .. ) . Mr . Eektley seconded the ve ' sblutioti ^ Mr . Uttino would not Ijke to see tlie /; Ch » rtist 3 obstructing the progress of i \ ny other Association , but lie would , like to see the following addition made to tlie resolution : — " That the X ;; tior . ; vl Charter Association , in refraining from obstructing any Association having for their object any portion of the principles of tl . c People ' s Cha ' rtel ^ do not act with them as ; uv \ cre uivxilinvy . " ' i '

      Mr . O'Coxxon said , if lie thought the resolution submitted io them any such things Mr .. Uttiug was anxious to guard the Association against , l : c should certainly oppose it . ' ( Hear , hear . J /^ Tippoyu that they added : — " That , while thif&itional Charter Association ave determined . 00 U 0 abandon any portion of the Pcopld'a Chnrtor £ i ; hc-3 | * are determined to assist any society Uavir . g for its object any portion of the principles of the cause . " ( Hear , hear . ) / " Mr . Doyle said , ho had express instructions upon that point from his constituents : it Manchcitor , expressing their desire to work v :. ith the Financial and Parliamentary Reformers ; but they would

      not- consent to a junction with iuay Association , which did not embrace the whole W the People ' s Chiwtev . lie dissented entirely tvom these uw sh'uctions ; believing as he did that'by throwing any obstacle in the way of the Reform Leagi ' a they would but be obstructing the causes which they had at heart . ( Hear . ) Though he was a Chartist to the back-hone , yet he thought it would be inconsistent in him to oppose any system whicli would give the vote to between four ami five millions of those who were at present disenfranchised . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr . Clauk then read the- resolution , as amended by Mr . O'Connor . Mr . IIaiixey . would not oppose tho resolution . !!• was anxious that tho Chs-vcist body s ) ioulil-not olstructnny meetings called for- the purpose of promoting the adoption of any part of the Charter ; but he would oppose the pbu adopted by sonic of tho leaders ot tho Chartist movement , nanvsVy—of going to the Parliamentary Reform meetings , and announcing themselves as the representatives of the Chartist body , and proclaiming tho junction of tho latter body " with tho middle closes . ( Hear . ) George Thompson had himself spo&en of the lack of principle in Cobden . Ho wou \ $ votc for tho resolution , but not « pon false groua . is , as it was one thing to refrain from obstruction a movement , and another to go to meetings , asd proclaim the marriage of Chartism with that movement . ( Hear . ) . ( Continued to the 8 tApage . )

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      Mr . Hudson asd iub York akd Berwick Railway . —Mr . Hudson paid to the above company £ 15 , 000 last week , in qu ittance of all claims upon him , except a balance of interest of some £ 10 , 000 , which it is supposed the company \ sill either givo up or divide between them and M >\ Hudson . This includes his bill fov forty odd thousand pounds for the Sunderland Docks . —Ikrapntb ' s Railway Journal . Tub "Wires of the Electro Telegraph beweea Birmingham and London were broken some few days sinw , owing to the contraction produced , by tho frost . A similar accident occumd , ia Manchester , .

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      THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . At the late meetings of this body , more new members have been enrolled . At the meeting held on the 30 th ult ., the sum of 10 s was voted from , the Fraternal Fund , to a distressed refugee from Italy . It i 3 hopad that the members and friends will give their Bupport to tins most necessary fund . On the 7 th inst . it was resolved to hold a Fraternal FestWal to consist of -Tea and Ball , at the John-street Institution , on He * Icar ' aE y e , Monday , December 31 et ,

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      : . . . LET TERS r TO THE WORKING CLASSES LXX . " M& ^ W ft lnfla ««« & *» of ink thinfc ) j mines thousands , perhaps millions , CHARTIST RE-ORGAn 2 ^ TION . Brother Pkoleiariajjs f f ^^^ stavs ^ XW ^^^

      J ^ Ff' y s have ^ 'teessed many attempts to organise the . vorking classes for the adnevement of their political emancipt S S ? 3 . T 7 faiIures ' Jt ia t 0 be h ° p ed that the . attempt now commencing will meet * i& a very different result . ^ h Z measure , depends on the manner in whkESJ leaders shall perform their part in seeking popular support . s Itis imagined Ly some persons , that the coaxing pohcy applied to the % 0 K r ^ , S bring the Charter « troops of friends" from tne ranks of those who , on the 10 th of Awil arrayed their " physical force" against that

      measure ; au < i who subsequentl y , in the iurYboi , wreaked their vengeance on the unfortu-Bate men whose offence consisted in seekintr the Charter . The said " poUcy " may havi already made a few converts , and may make a few more . But it may be doubted that that "policy " will he equally effectual as regards the working classes . To win one of the shopocracy , you must " speak him fair and stroke him canny . " You must tell him that " the people—notwithstanding any reports to the contrary— are really very moderate ; willing to go with moderate reformers as far as they and thankful

      go , for any 'modicum' of help their respectable friends " may he pleased to afibrd ; that the Reduction of Taxes , Separation of Church and State , and Abolition of Capital Punishments , will he the grand fruits of Parliamentary Reform . " Should foreign politics he touched upon , the converting apostle may go the length of declaring " the United States Confederation a model for all nations , and Lamabtine the beau ideal of a revolutionary statesman . " It will he as well to add , that " althou gh the English working classes have their faults , thank God , they have nothing in common with those madmen—the

      Eed Republicans of France , and the Socialist-Democrats of Germany . " But the question arises , whether this " singing-small" method of conducting the Chartist Movement will be as efficacious with the masses . It may he strongly doubted that the enthusiasm of the people will ever again be excited for Parliamentary Reform as it was in 1831-32 , or as for the Charter in 1839 , unless they have previously a clear idea of the social ameliorations they are likely to obtain by moderate , or ultra reform of Parliament . To tell them , that through the extension ( more or less ) of the sufirage , they will he able <•

      obtain a reduction of Ten Millions of Taxestlie banishment of the lords spiritual from the House of Peers—and the privilege of conserving the precious existence of a Maria Manningis hardly likely to so far call up their enthusiasm as to excite them to energetic action in support of any scheme of reform -which promises such results . Be it remembered too , that there cannot be one set of arguments addressed to the middle-classes , and a set widely different addressed to the workers . If tho all-important questions connected with veritable Social Reform , are i gnored in the one case , they must also be in the other . It will be

      found impossible to serve two masters , or that which is tho same thing—to advocate two distinct systems , with any permanent advantage to those who might happen for a moment to forget that in politics as in private affairs , in the long run , " honesty is the best policy . " It may be said that the working classes have already « iven their enthusiastic adhesion to the policy of " Concillwtion" and " Union with the Middle Classes . " " Bear witness , " it may be added , " the great meeting at Drury-lane , and the large meetings at Aberdeen and many other places . " The attendance , and conciliatory conduct of a considerable number of the Chartist body at those

      meetings is admitted . The announcement that Mr . O'CosxoR intended to speak at the Lrury-lane meeting sufficed , as a matter of course , to attract a large number of Chartists . But let not the " Reformers" and their friends "lay the flattering unction to their souls" that their movement has at all penetrated the ranks of the working classes ; always excepting that ever-active section of the Chartists , the men who , undiscouraged by part-disappointments , are constantly on" watch for any eesr sign in the political horizon . The " Reformers" have held great meetings , but with what

      results ! To say nothing of the { by no means contemptible number of ) Chartists who have no faith , and put no trust in the Moderate Reformers ; let the non-political masses be questioned , and it will be soon found how little tliey care for , or think of the " little Charter . " I venture to assert , that tho letters of the anonymous " commissioners" of the Morning Chronicle on the Social Condition of the Working Classes , have created reflection and excitement amongst the veritable people , a thousand-fold more than has yet' been caused by the well-trumpeted agitation of Sir Joshua Walmsley and his friends .

      Chartist "leaders" may , from this fact , learn an important lesson , thatj whether they attract or repel the middle classes , they can hope to win the masses only by taKing up social questions , and showing that veritable social reform—not any mere pottering and peddling with taxation—would follow the outainment of the Charter . There is another point should not be lost sight of , tbe desirability of bringing into the Chartist movement new men possessing influence with sections of the people who , hitherto , havebesn impervious to Chartist appeals . I do not mean " respectable , "

      "right honourable , " and " noble" leaders , although I should be very glad to see them if they came on acceptable terms . I mean the leaders ot the trades , the men of weight and standing in the ranks of industry . It is to bo regretted that steps were not fciken to include a number of trades delegates , or persons by their position representing the trades , in the Metropolitan Conference . I hope it will bo found , three months hence , possible to find at least one or two such men to sit on the Chartist Executive . I take it for granted , that there is no leading Chartist but would be glad to take the post of private for that of captain , if impressed with the conviction that the place lie heretofore occupied could be filled by another with advantage to our

      common cause . Of course it would be—as it always is—necessary to guard against counterfeits . Ihe people of this and every other country , have been too often cursed with the leadership of speculators in politics , and traffickers in popular credulity ; and , unhappily , the race of political impostors is not yet extinct . I have much pleasure in calling attention to a letter from Mr . S . Ktdd in this number of the Star . It will be seen , that Mr . Ktdd proposes to devote his time and labour , two or three evenings each week , for the nest two or three months , to the good work of meeting and conferring with the ill-paid and unemployed of the several trades and callings in this metropolis , for the purpose of learning from the lina of the sufferers themselves , their own

      account of the causes of their social decline , and their own view of the meaSTcres necessary and efficient to cause a radical amelioration of their condition . This self-imposed mission on the part of Mr . KwxD will , if carried ont , form a valuable sequence to the labours of the Chronicle ' s " commissioners "—at least so far as London is concerned . All Mr . Kyod requires is that the working men should afford him opportunities of meeting them , and such opportunities no doubt he will find . As the Chronicle ' s correspondent commenced with Spitalfields , and as the weavers of that district are ( more or less ) organised , they might take the initiative in acting on the proposals contained in Mr . Ktdd ' s letter . His projert deserves , and has the hearty good wishes of 8 L'AMI DTJ PET 7 PLE . December I 3 th , 1819 .

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      CHAETIST CONFEBENCE . % lh ^ el ? gate ? Ja H't ' ofwhom appeared in the STwiJS ^ T i ^ semlJled in the s P » cious ™™ of W » Jrt leaf Tavern ' Hand-court , HighHolaJ * £° . ^ , venin fi- ^ cember 10 th . At eight 0 clock , on the motion of Messrs Zl ^ Js&SJr " Grassby s Mes ^ Tfc ^ ^ T- * ™ Ars ° " SfijiSifit " ^ Boonhara ™ ^ wouteSiw V £ . f trusted that each delegate oXS ^ Sd £ ^ a T ? bledfor the des !» tch precs ^ Th » 5 n" £ ^ theu > * P «» ho 5 ™ uld be 5 S * . w t w ? - aving bcen caIled - and the onthem Sfte f at 1 ™ 6 answeredto their names , *^ XT ^ J \ i SSI 3 - J LiliK al ' STAU . WOOD . ii JcSil ? tl } ° Sltt ! ° 2 ¦ oommenco at eight oclock precisel y each evening , and close at half-plot cuntniorftlt ^ n ^^ that ? ° dclc ? 8 nould ° ctim , , nl ? five minutes m speaking to amoceDtth , OnlytO T u Onceon each question , e . ° - to one ! , tnlT' r h 0 sl TJ allowed ten ™»«« te g to open the question , and five minntna tn v * niv

      fewwnrH UX f ^ Onded thc lnotion . which , after a Sr ^ fffisr- ss a K& ^ r fisaLifsK wrSg » > ShallbD handed t ° the Chairman in The Secretary tlien vead a letter from the Man 2 Kfr W * S >» J Mr : Jack on de ^ » ofl ? LL ?? yletOact , their behalf Mr . ° C . ffiriS , % Seat a Jf tho table accordingly . !^ »? , ?» «» . Chartists of Todmorden , d £ ? l by ! ; Pcrth ' whlch st : lted that they -vere lc £ Shiy " ^^ movemenfc-W a it ^ ZS V . ^ ^ bber , recommenddJLn , ^? r of sen , hm ent and act '> on between the democrats of England and Ireland-a movement soner ltIO ^ ° v , """ T ^ *? mtOrc the Ch artist prisonera and the expatriated victims to their homes thitT ?~~ and th t « t » MkM » g a firm union of the people to causo the Charter to become the law «™ i ¦? " - 51 ? AVas als » wad from Kewcastle-« - , Ty . ne ' & edJ , Hudson , recommending the nout

      "" i ono : UAartut tracts , and the sending out J * l «* u « rs or missionaries , and requesting SsWrt ' B « y «» M » migli bo sent to that vU ? ' ? " ^ < M - Retkoids » on behalf of the Provisional Committee , then read the following programme for the discussion of the Conference -

      CONSTITUTION OP THE NATIONAL CHARIII ^^ ll $ ^™™ ™ to K ^ ss ^ sirasss s ^ fflse&ff constitutioBai ¦* - £ « 2 . ~ -The persons thus uniting their opinions and their moral energies , denominate themselves collectively 'The National Chabtek Umox . j 3—This Association conshts of all individuals who take «™*«| wfc ofmemhersliipands Ubscribe to the fund of the

      t-rhepnnciplestobe promulgated by the Association are those contained m the documents knwvn us the Veople s Charter , and which may be thus summed up —1 Umversai Suffrage ; 2 . Vote b y Ballot ; 3 . Annual 1 ' uriial met ts ; 4 . Equal tlcctoral Districts ; 0 . No Property Quailfic ation ; 6 . 1 ' aidBepresentiitivcs . 5 . —The Association is governed by a president , a vice-president , a council , and an executive committee , with a secretary and treasurer . 6 . _ The president presides at the councU-board , or in his absence , the vice-president .

      £ '—S 16 councl 1 consists of thirty-seven members . 8 . —ihe president , vice-president , and members of the councd are elected annually , and are all unpaid . 9 . —The executire committee consists of eight members five receiving salaries for their services , and three unpaid lne three unpaid members are the president , vice-president , and treasurer , who are members by virtue of their olticcs . The live paid members are appointed hy the council , but not for any specific term ; they retain office in a nuiustei-. alcapadty so long as they enjoy the confidence of

      10 . —Ihe council appoints the treasurer . 11 . —The executive committee appoints the secretary , who receives a salary for his services . 12 . —The treasurer is unpaid , as well as the president vice-president , and members of the council . Tbe salaries of the executive committee and secretary are regulated by the council . In other respects the executive committee constitutes the financial as well as the administrative committee . 13 . —All members of the association are entitled to votes ( personally , and not by proxy ) for the president , vice-president , and council . 14 . —A card of membership is granted for one year upon payment of one shilling ; for six months upon payment of sixpence ; for three months upon payment of threepence ; and for one month on payment of one penny . 15

      . —As any individual who fails to maintain his payments , ceases to be a member of the association , he cannot vote unless ms arrearsbc previously paid up . 16 . —The mode of propagating the principles of the Association shall he by public meetings , hy the circulation of tracts , by the aid of lecturers , and by other leeal means which the council may think fit to adopt . 17 . —At the public meeting called by , aud at tiie instance of , this Association , the most perfect freedom of speech is recognised ; save and except with regard tolangau-e calculated to cause a breach ot the peace or otherwise violate thelaivs . 18 . —For tlie purpose of tract distribution , the metropolis must be divided into districts , and local systems of district visitation must be established . This plan of district visitation will likewise be rendered available for the financial interests of the association .

      19 . —Lecturers will be appointed by the executive committee , with the concurrence of the council , due veeavu beiujf had to the character as well as the capacity of the gants thus selected . 20 . —The National Cdasteb Union- has becn . founded and exists independently of all other institutions whatsotrer , whetherpohtical , social , or territorial ; and it is hoped that ltmaybecomearall ying . pointfor all democratic sections and popular interests , 21 . —An office will be taken to serve as the head-quarters of the association ; and this association will be devoted solely to the business of the institution .

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