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      This Ion ? anticipated Conference , which has been looked forward to with , so ranch interest , comtS £ . i ££ SJu % M ? Sf , New Hall-street . Application had been made to the c omaiifrfoaers who have control of the Town-HaH to allow the Conference to be holden in that bHiiding , but the commissioners are a self-seleced body and labonrinj ? under the absurd fear that the ; »

      Conference waslitely to be of % dangerous character , they refused to allow the nse of the Hall . It is dne io the members of the Town ' Council , however , to state , that they did not sympathize in this proceeding , no fewer than 43 of them haTing signed & memorial to the commissioners , rrquesting them to graat the u ? e of the Hall , aad others of the body would hare signed the document , had they been at iome when calkdnpon . Under these circumstances , the Conference , as we hare before stated , was held in whs * was formerly the Mechanics' Institute . a

      The Delegates began to pour into Birmingham on Monday morning , and by eTening upwards of SCO had armed . Among the number was Mr . O'Connor . Th c ir names and the towns they represented , will be feund below . The Conference excited much interest in the town , and throughout the Eittir . £ 5 , the building was crowded outside by persons arsxious to bear the proceedings , gome of whom succeeded in obtaiaing admittance . The Delegates were admitted ' on the production of their cwaential ? . Business was announced to commence at ten oxloek on Tuesday morning , at which hour ihe majority of the Delegates had assembled . The following 13 the order of bnsicess determined on , prfricus to the arrival of the delegates , by the conEcil _ of the Complete Suffrage Union , and presented in the form of a Programme to each delegate , "With , his caTd of admission to the Conference .

      HORNING SITTING , TUESDAY . DECEMBER 2

      TEN O'CLOCK . 1 . —The Council to present the list of the members of ike Conference . 2 . —To appoint a chairman and secretary . 3 . —To appoint an election Committee to investigate and decide oil the claims of any persons for admission as delegates , "whose names may not be mentioned in the list . i . —To adopt resolutions declaratory of the principles of the CtrJeicnce , and the Lode of deliberation to he pursued in coiisideriEg the main business to be fcrrnght ucccr discussion . 5 . — To appoint sn Executive Committee to consider this pio ^ raniKie , and to "whom ail matters to be brought before ibe Corfererxe t-Liill be submitted , and "Who jfcill decide upon the order to -which ill business shall be introcucted .

      t " . —To rx the hours of meeting , and adopt other Xecniatioiis for order . At the first meeting of the Executive Committee , to be htM immediately afitr the close of this Session , all documents ¦ which are supposed to tmbody the necessary devils for yrciiwg * -c : the principle * of Complete Suffrage , must be placed in their hands .

      EVENING SITTING . 7 . —The Conference to proceed to prepare a Bill , seturiri * the equal representation of the whole people , the dJscnssicn beirg taken as in a committee of the vbole body . 5—To read the Bill , "when prepared , a second time . The same thall not be tattn to have received the adoption of the Conference , unless carried as a whole on its Rcond reading after amendment in Committee . 9 —To determine "what member or members of Parliament shall move for leave to tring in the Bill in the House of Commons .

      ATIERNOON SITTING , THURSDAY , DEC . 23 . 10 . —To consider a Plan for nn Orgar / zed System of Public lleetirss , cne object of which wil ] be to maie an Appeal to the Electors of the United Kingdom to Tote on ]; for Parliamentary candidates "who will support the principles embodied in the Bill adopted at this Conference .

      FRIDAY'S SITTINGS ' , DEC- 30 . 11 . —To adopt an address to the people of England , or . sev-ral of the subjects mentioned in the Circular convening the Conference . 12—To consider any ether matters legitimately falling "within tie limits for discussion &t this Conference , prescribed ty the address confining the Conference . JOSEPH STURGE , President « f the Council . The following is an extract from the Address of the National Complete Suffrage Union , dated September , 1842 , in constquerce of "which the Conference was determined upon .

      As we have been appointed to mate arrangements for the dJiirg cf a Conference , to cocsider the details ef-senHal for the carrying out of the principles on which the Natioral CoEplets Suffrage Union is founded ; and as cur paramount object is to effect a -union bcltceen the middle and working ( fatxi , to secure the jud a >< d equal Tepresaicuion of the m 4 o <> people , -we tt » k it tj-nr finty to submit such propositions for the consideration of the CosfertEce as may be be ** premotive of that end . We therefore submit the following propositions for the consideration of the Conference , which we c&ll upon von , the Reformers of the United Kingdom , to elect :

      1 . To determine on the e £ scn £ al details of an Act of Parlianrent , necessary for securing the just iepresentation of the whole adult msJe population of the United "Kingdom ol Great Britain and Ireland ; such Act to embrace the principles and details of Complete Suffrage , Equal Eketorial Districts , Tote by Ballot ^ >" e Property QoalificaticD , Payment of Members ? and Annual Parliaments , as adepted by the first Complete Suffrage-Conference , held at Birmingham , April bvh , 6 th , 7 \ h , and 8 th , 1 S 42 . 2 . To determine "what Members of Parliament shall be appointed to introduce the JBfll into the House of Commons ; and in what manner other members of ^** Bouse shall be called upon to support it 3 . To endeavour to ascertain how far the friends of

      unrestricUd and absolute freedom of trade will unite with us to obtain such an Act of Parliament on their being satisfied that tire newly acquired franchise will he used in favour of such freedom of trade . A . To dtvise the best means for obtaining competent Parliamentary Candidates , pledged te on principles ; the mest tffectnal means by which assistance may be Tendered to them in all electoral contests ; and the best means for registeriEg the electors" and nGn-electora t&oughoui the kingdom "who may be disposed to promote our objects . 5 . To consider the propriety of calling upon the municipal electors to adopt immediate measures for ¦ eccricg the election of inch men only to represent them ic their local governments , as are known to be favourable to Complete Sufirage .

      6 . To call upon our fellow countrymen seriously to consider the great extent to which , id various ways , they TriJIir ^ Jy co-operate with their oppressors ; " ascertain how far they may be disposed to prove their dfcTction to tLe cause of literty , by refusing to be used for the purposes of war , cruelty , and injustice , and ptjfecnlarlj by the disuse cf intcxicatiug articles . 5 " . To trr-ress an opinion as to the « 5 uty of the people fitviEs their countenance and support to all those who

      ffifiy srfirr frcm espousing their canseg . To r ' fctermiEe the best legal and constitutional dears for energetically and peaceably promoting tb > e tove o > jects ; for checking all kinds of violence and Co . xmotion by -which the enemy triumphs ; for dissfciain ^ t / ug soured political knowledge ; for spreading the priri V' *^ i-f bobriety , peace , snd ~ toleration throughout the c . ^ Btry , and by every just and virtuous means prcpari . * £ the ps-ople for the proper exercise of their political * nd serial rights .

      S . To i ^ evise meauB for zsi £ xng a . Naticnal Fund for the purpose of promoting the sbove objects , as well as to protect all persons who , in their peaceful prosecutes of tL = m , £ tail become victims of urjust laws or despotic orr . lnL tees . WE lEZRXi'OW ABflSE THAT PtBLIC MEETINGS bE called i » Y Advebtisimznt OR PlaCaed , cr-: > o > oi less ihan koir clear days' ;< ot ] CE IS XVLI ; ^ ToAVN THEOVGJIOLT THE KINGDOM ,

      S * -yi 1 l > 0 IHE I > HA 7 JlTJk > TS TO El £ CT REI-BE 5 E > --z ± -ri \ - £ . < to hold a National Cokerence at B : kVi > --r ...: :, o > " Tce ^ dat , the 27 th of Decesi-BEH , l . jj , }<_ , B THE ^ IBPOsE OF pKLI'ARl > G A tlLL " / u i . E 5 USMIITKD TO PiKLUJIEM , YOU iECtil-... IHE JL 5 T liEPBESEMATlO . N OK THE " *^ OL- t- ' til-E ; AND FOR DETEBMINJNG O > " SVfU fliri ' r . " I ^ AI , A > D COySIlitTIOXAl MEA . NS ¦^ JI atTIl- t 11 10 i £ COJl £ 1 U £ Law or THKSE S ^ LMS .

      "We k . v « - furit *» to request that two Eepresentativef ^ Bent frcm ta ' ch ^ && smaller towns and boroughs , bavk g less -j ^ .. ^ iohabitants , End fonr from the aiger on&s , cxeepW ^^ ^ ° ' Edinburgh , Bir-1 ^ iDthim , Manchester , fii «« gow , and Liverpool may 184 ox Representatives , *** n 0 mo . re- .,., „ ,,, _ Thai one half of the R ' eJKaentativeB shall be ap-P <^* d bj the Electors anJ bail by the Non-elector * The meetir ge for their election ^>* e bel *?* & * " ^ both dfissfc . can agree in having - « S ***> BepreeentaUvee * D « en at one meerJug , which we motmOf lecommend 5 J ivrhere they do not bo agree , tl >* t" ° da f ^ J ™* w interfere with each othii - » meetL « 5 »* otherwise tte «« aon will be void .

      Shat should the wrthorhiea interfere- « " » " •!* ¦ ^ « ai conititntiaal right of puhlk mBC& * g > *> »• » f ^ rea u >; meeting from bring hid * , * ¦* && * »«* » be made ont , recommending Cfndidatt * . froni •»« « MJ , « di list , to b « puMiely notified , ^ left in Ztz ^ l ttw JatlBf the grerter number of ^ P »» - " ¦ 2 J ° . *• deckrod duly etooted . Jrt the pueeg ^ Bdiog repreeenUtiTSS mike « ^^^ Wb f « denying their expense .. , Hat u our Irith , brethren an prohibited , by exclo-»« tod oppreasiTe J » wb , from sending representatives r ?*^ a Conference , we especially in * ite , » nd will ™[ e M Tiatora , aU who apprtrre of the object of the ¦ ff taig , and -who dun the conldeiiee of the people of weonabr .

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      Dunng Monday evening , no small Ehare cf amrzement was excited ami-ng tbo delegates who were flecking in from all quarters , and wbo respectiTely repaired , according to arrangement , to the Complete Suffrage Rooms for tickets , to find that large numbers of the Chartist delegates were refused tickets without auy reason being assigned for the refusal—other than that the Courcil deemed them ineligible to receive tickets-In this condition were the delegates from Manchester , from Sheffield , from Arbroath , and about seventy ethers . The delegates met at the New Inn during the afternoon and evenirjg , The Fpirit of indignation rose pretty high , but business-like calmness repressed its fervour ; and it vnis determined that those of the Chartists who were admitted should make at once , and

      in the outset of the proceedings , a dead stand against this tyrannous proceeding . And as , after all , there were quite enough of thtm against whose election vo pretext of dispute could ba manufactured to carry a little wholesome sense of fear inio the Council , they -wisely determined to make a show cf generosity in not contesting the tickets ; and towards night intimation was received that ticke : s would be given to all , and that the Council would noimmaid the Cuijcenct to admit the parties ol-jected to at oeco , ai-d in a body , by a vote ; except some few cases , which were to be reserved for the decision of a Ccmmittte . In consequence e > f this arrangunent , most of the ebj ^ cU-d delegates again applied for and received tickets either iate on Monday nigLt or early on Tuesday morning .

      The delegates having then assembled in the building before spoken of , about eleven o ' clock , r The Rev . J . Spehcer , of Hinton Charter House , Bath , rcse amidst cheers and said , that a sufficient number of personB were present to commence the proceedings . Their first business would be to elect a Chairman , and , at the request of others , "without puihng himself forward , he rose to nndtrtake the r . nty of moving one . There were there assembled , a treat number of thinking men , perhaps every one of them actuated by different-motives . 8 cme of them piol . sbly had come from " some cause and some from another , but he believed there wss one thing upon "which they "were all agreed , namely , that the present system of repreaen . tstion of this country was a bad one . —( hear , hear . )

      They , all thought that whatever reform they tried to obtain , they would fail , so long as the system continued in its present shapt ;—ibtar , hsar . ) if they had tried . to effect a rtforin , either in church or in state , —if they tried to lower the taxes—if they tried to improve the condition of the coloniesif tbey tried to preserve peace- acd put an end to waror whatever they tried to efffct , that which connected them with the representative system seemed to be broken—( bear , hear . i The people could not have their due tfftct in the House of Cemreous , and , therefore , they wished to change the system . In order to accomplish this , the grar . d thing to be aimed at was to efivct a thorough union of the people—ihear , bear , and cht-era 1 They came there to consider how far tbey

      oould agree , and not- wherein they differed . —( hear , hear , hear . ) They must allow every Kan to be honest in hlB opinions , and if he expressed those opinions with fraj-kceES and honesty , they must agree to ^ give him a fair hearing , and to listen to him with evcry maifeif'ri-spect—only claimics" for themselves the right to hold their own opinions—ihear , hear ) . That liberty which they conceded to others they must certainly maintain for themselves , and "whilst they deprecated the possession of nnwoitby motives , they must net charge any others with beirg so actuated until thtir own actions convinced them of the fact —( hear , ntar ) . They must have that "charity which hbpeth all things , " and so long as a man conducted himself honestly , they must regard him as an boDonrablt ; upright man —( hear ,

      btari . - It wculd be their dHty to elect a Chairman •* ho wcuid fairly hold the balance between all parties , and ¦ who -would be . no respecter of persons . In proposing Mr . Sturge , fce thought tfcty would all acree with him , from his past history , that they had a sufficient guarantee that he possessed these qualifications—ihear , hear ) . He ( Mr . Spencer ) would trespaw upon their ritttntlrn for a few moments , in alluding to what that past history h&d been , & » it appeared to him to be connected in a very important manner with the present movement . 3 Jr . Stnrge was first known to the world , as a public character , in his determined opposition to negro slavery . He sjw there a great evil ; he went , at his own coBt , to the place where a-avery existed . He went into the West Indies , and he there Ba"w , with his own i-yes .

      the horrible cruelties perpetrated by the slaveowners upon their poor unoffending victims . He came back to England and lectured in various pirta cf the country , and the first time at which he ( Mr . S . j had the pleasure of . "meeting him was at Derby , where be was then directing bis philanthropic efforts to the destruction of that iniquitous system , by arcuBing public attention te a sense of its enormities . Mr . Sturge had lived io see his txtrtions crowded with success , and slavery was abolished in the British dominions . But then he "was told , ard very properly , that there was slavery at home—that there were white slaves as well as black ones . He , therefore , felt himself bound , in common honesty to effect its overthrow , and he had arrived at the conclusion , that the only mode by

      which that could be effected was to reform the representative system , ana to give to every man , who had arrived at the years of maturity , and was untainted by crime , a voice is the making of those laws by which he was governed , and by vrbich his bappiners , morally and physically considered , was so materially affected—( cheers . ) He directed his attention to the country in ¦ wbidi such a system of representation existed—the Tnited States—( hear , bear . ; He had travelled throughout the extent of the country . He had investigated the state of society there . He had made himself acquainted with the cheapness of the government . He had seen the peace and good order and general content "which prevailed among the citixenB , and then be came back to EDgland , and determined

      to devote his energies to the establishment of a similar system bere —( cheers ) . Mr . Sturge believed it would work weir for EDgland , as it bad done for America . He had convinced himself of . it by facts and by testimony ; and hence be had come home determined to do all that lay in his power to procure a full , fair , and free representation of the people—( cheers . Then the question arose , how was be to do thiB ? There had been systems proposed which did net go far enough ; and he believed that the great object to be aimed at was to move the classes that had the votes . The grand thing to be aimed at was to get the co-operation of those who had the power of sending men to Parliament—( hear , hear ) . Others might labour for the promotion of partial representation ; Mr . Sturse had felt it his duty to labour for

      nothing short of complete representation ; and , without saying anything of those who chose to differ from him , he had determined to co-operate in this peaceful warfare " , if he might so describe it , in which they were engaged— ( cheers ; . He had introduced the narrow end of the wedge by proposing the plan of Complete Suffrage , and he thought , that if he could couvinee men of religion and men of influence , that the principle was a sound arjd true one , he should get Complete Suffrage , and that all that could be desirable for the people to possess , or that they had a light to demand , would follow its enactment—ihear , hear , hear ) . 1 % was true that , at one time , Mr . Sturge was

      wishful to argue one pxiint at a time , and to convince Others , of the unreasonablene&B of requiring Six Points at a time , but when he was convinced of the necessity of those Six Points beints conceded , he was not slow to adopt them , as he had done , ene by one , and . after the most mature consideration of their necessity to secure good Government , said to establish peace and trarquillity amongst allclafsee—schters ) With such a past history as this , therefore , he regarded Mr . Sturge as the very best man in the kingdom to act us their " chairman—( hear , hear . ) He had great pleasure in proposing BIr . Sturge to fill that responsible and important effice , and fce hoped the meeting would be unanimous in favour of his election —( kear , hear ,

      and cheers . ) Mr . F . O'Co > ' > ' 0 » was received with loud applause . He said he b * gged leave , most cordially , to second the proposal of MrT Spencer , and he did it , not only lor the reasons already stattd by that gentleman , namely , that he would give satisfaction to the . Conference—but be did it also for the purpose of giving satisfaction to t&e country at large—( hear . ) At the same time he trusted that the meeting would not allow , or that Mr . Sturge himeelf wonld not allow the proposition to be made out of time , because in the programme he observed that the first thing was to present to the Conference a list of members . Now whether It was thought

      necessary to appoint a chairman before that was done , might be a question , as the second proposition in the programme was far * that object For himself he did not think that it Bgni&ed mneh which was done first , and , upon the whole , he waa inclined to think that it would be better to appoint ft chairman in the first instance— ( hear , hear . ) He entirely acquiesed in every word which had fallen from Mr . Spencer in proposing Mr Sturge u rh » iwpnTi f and he hoped and trusted that then -wonld be an wanimoM -rote npon the ouertion , » nd that ft wonld be a preoanor to that unanimity which , be hoped , iro « ia n »> k all their proceeding *— ( cheer * . )

      Mr Wilkjksoh , of Exeter , then proceeded to call for a kbowof b * nd * in favour of Mr . Spencer "* proposition , which mi cawied aDanlmontlr , »» d wnffrt wnsidenble cheerio * Mr . W . said be bad the proud satisfaction 0 ! witaeiring so . » " ?* haimony in a meetin * cafled for the dkeuffion of the mort vital * nbjecta connected -witn the liberties of the country— ( hear ,

      nAft . Pi Mr . Sirbgb , on taking the chair , w greeted with enthtuiartic and prolonged cheering . He « aid he rose » o the pxweat occasion with swre tbaa neual embami-

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      ment He trusted that the manner in which the motion had bee :: carried was a favourable omen of the progress of the cause . He certainly felt himself altogether unworthy of tbe encomiums passed upon him , but as far ;; s be was identified with tbe great question they were met to advocate , he trusted the unanimity shown waa a very favourable harbinger of its final success—( hear , hear ) . "With reference to the remark which Mr . O'Cunnor had made , as to a slight alteration in the programme , it was , perhaps , necessary to state that it had been considered advisable , under all the circumstances , that the Chairman should be elected , and be believed that by doing so it would facilitate their future proceedingsihear , hear ) . Before they proceeded to the business immediately before them , perhaps he might be allowed

      to say that no reasorable effort had been left untried to obtain the same room in the Town Hall , iu which the last Conference met- That building , however , was under the control of a , self-elected body , who seemed so afraid of the progress of this peaceful movement that tht-y had adopted more stringent msajurea than be believed was ever resorted to in any Conservative town in England , to prevent their holding the Conference there—ihear , hear . ) But to show that this feeliEg was not participated in by tbe rate payers , he held in his hand a memorial , signed by forty-three members of the Town Council against this arbitrary proceeding , and which would have been signed by a greater number of that body had the parties been at home when they were called upon . As he conceived the credit of the

      town was at stake , "with regard to this refusal of the commissioners , he would take the liberty to read the memorial before they proceeded to business . [ Mr . Sturge then read the , memorial , which e"fpr * tfied- "tb « opinion of the subscribers that the deliberation * of the Conference were likely to be eminently chkractetiaejl by peactfnlness , philanthropy , and national impprtcnte , and prayed that the use of the Town "Ball Blight be granted ] This memorial , the request of which was refused on Friday last , left tbe council no alternative ; but to engage the building in which they were then assembled , ami he hoped , therefore , that their friends would txcuse the inadequacy of the accommodation , it being the only suitable room which conld be obtained for the occasion . Having said thus much with regard to their place of mating , he begged to say , that although ho

      was particularly anxious that they sh « uld proceed to business , and not to make speeches , yet he believed it would be right for him to trespass for a moment or two with reference to the particular position in which they now stood—( hear , hear . ) Some of them , and himself am on g the number , had been fnquently applied to by their neighbours of the worki : g class to assist in the movement to obtain for them complete justice in the representation . Some of them had at first declined to take part in such a proceeding . First , because it was cwxidered that the Universal Suffrage party had a suCcient number of able leaders in the field ; aud secondly , because it was said that there was identified with the term Chartism , something so prejudicial to tbe minds of the middle classes and to the great proportion of the electors , arising out of certain incitements which were said to have been used in favour of

      pbjs . 'cal force and violence—that there was no probability of their being able to carry the middle classes along with them—ihear , hear . ) Now , he iMr . S . ) waB one of those who was happy to Kar his testimony to tbe fsct that there was as great a numbt-r of men of peace amongst the honest Chartists as in any other body of politicians in the country —( loud cheers . ; At tbe tame time , he was bound to acknowledge that there were at one time expressions made use of , and acts resorted to , which g ; ivo some grounds for the opinionsjto wtich he bad adverted . But , he added , it was the duty ef every one , in a bold and ¦ uncompromising manner to advocate just legislation , however he might condemn or disapprove some of the means others might think it richt to adopt—( hear , hear . ) It

      ¦ vras with those views , and on this principle , that tbe Complete Suffrage Association had commenced its labours . Its principal ohjtct and its principal efforts had been directtd to in - . uce the electors , and those who had the power , willingly to grant full justice to their unenfraucbised frllow-countrymen—( cheers . )—The Council were feound together in a solemn league to pursue this objict by peaceable , legitimate , and constitutiocalmeans only , and the successtbat they had met with encouraged them to hope , that by forbearance and argument tbey might be able to break down that barrier which so unhappily existed between- classes whose interests were inseparably identified by * some circumstances which had occurred during Uje last few years — ( Htar , hear . ) At the former Conference the Six

      Points to vrhkh reference had been madefy his friend Mr . Spencer , had been adopted . ; . Hejgfer -8 iwgc could confirm tne opinion stated ^ 1 ^ TH ^ Rpencttr , that every one of those points was ft&rtled , not by prejudice , but by reason ; and be was « rti » fled that any irspariial person who happened to be present , and who beard the arguments advanced , could not help £ oing away with the impression that all prejudice would be removed from Ibe minds of the opponents of the friends of the people , and having iuvited the closest investigation aud scrutiny into every act of the council , he ( Mr . Sturge ) thought they were entitled to credit for honesty , until the contrary ccnld be proved against them—( Hear , hear . ) But at the same time be wished mest explicitly and

      unequivocally to say that the council could not , either directly or indirectly , agree to Buy compromise whatever of their peaceable pricciplts . He was one of those who , whpn he saw persons in high station , like Lord John Raesell , accused in bis place in the . House of Oommons of having arrayed one part of the population in arms against another—when he saw both the leading parties in the state united in inducing young men to go on a murderous crusade against the Chinese and the Afghans in India—the cost of which -was to be paid " out of the bard earnings of the labouring classes —when he saw the leading political journals vieing with each other In scurrility and falsehood—he repeated , be wbs not one-of those who was disposed to judge harshly , if so tad an example should happen to have

      followers . If there were any present ; therefore , who had pursued the course \ o which he had alluded , and who now saw it was wrong , and who , by deeds as well as words , . would prove in future they had seen their errors , he hoped the past would be buried in oblivion—( hear , hear . ) But he wished most emphatically to say , and in doing so he was quite sure be shonld express the feelingB of every member of the Council , that they could nfat unite with any one who would in any way encourage any species of violence for the attainment of thejr great object —( hear , bear . ) As the Conference had shown him this mark of kindness by placing him in the chair , he would , to the extent of his feeble abilities , endeavour to do impartial justice to every delegate present ; and , should any circumstances arise ( which , however , he did not anticipate ) to induce him to resign the arduous situation , let the

      Conference be assured that he should do so with perfect good feeling—( hear , hear . ) He was one of those who thought , whether this Conference effected the great object they had in view or not , that their principles must ultimately tiiumph , because they were bused upon the eternal principles of truth and justice — ( cheers . ) He believed the next bnsiness before the Cuufcrence was the election of a Secretary , aud before that question was put , be perhaps might be allowed to make an allusion to th « gentleman whom they had in view—( hear , hear , bear . ) His friend , Mr MoTgan , had devoted a great deal time of time in workirjg out the details of both this and the preceding Conference , and he ( Mr . Sturge ) would venture to say , that if the Conference elected him be would save them much expence in fees , as well as a considerable saving in point of time—( hear , hear , and laughter . )

      Mr , GiBr > JV £ B , Manchester , begged to propose Mr . Morgan to fill the office of Secretary . Tbat gentleman had filled a similar office at tbe last Conference , aud no m&n could have discharged the arduous duties of the office in a more efficient way than he had done ^—( hear , hear ) . Moreover , Mr . Morgan was a legal gentleman , and as some members of the Conference were supposed to be somewhat illegal , or that their proceedings tended to illegality , Mr . Morgan ' s advice might be of some service to them in restraining their democratic enthusiasmwithin reasonable bounds—slaughter ) . The Rev . Dr . Wade , London , seconded the proposition , which was pat from the Chair , and nnanimouaJy carried .

      Mr . M * R « an begged to tbank the Conference for their kind expression of feeling with respect to himself . He shonld be quite ready to devote whatever time and abilities he might have to the service of the Conference —( hear , bear ) . He believed his first duty would be to announoe tbe names of the parties constituting tbe assembly . Tbe Chairman said that It would be extremely desirable , when any delegate rose to address » he meeting , tbat be would announce bis name and the place he represented . Mr . Pabbt , "London , understood that Borne gentlemen claimed to have a right to sit in this Conference in conaeqa . enoe of being member * of Ibe but Conference , but who would not have » vote . What regulation waa proposed to be adopted with ratpeet to them 1

      Tbe Secrktart apprehended th » t then wu no gentleman pretest who tni not aware that the credential * of some of them had not been received . In all cues in whlcb tbey baft been received the patties bad ft right ta be present and to take part in tbe deliberations . He bed to present a list of persons which bad been marked No * 1 » who constituted tbe Conference . It was a very lengthy one , and Included the ' names of individuals who represented all shades ol Reformers , fie had also to present cuother list , No . S containing the names of persona -whose appointments aa delegates were irregular , but hi respect to them tbe Council recommended their admission by a -rote 0 ! the Conference—

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      ( hear , bear ) . The whole of the credentials having p ^ sstd through his bands , it Was found , that a very grtat many of tbe delegates were irregularly appointed . He might state , that wherever those irregularities were occasioned by mere matters of form , and there was no apparent violation of the spirit of the invitation , the Council bad felt themselves justified in placing the names in list No . 2 . But where there was a violation of the spirit of the invitation , the Council placed the names in list No . 3 . There where a number of townB in which elections of delegates had taken place under circumstances so entirely at variance with ¦ wha t the Council considered both the spirit and the letter of the invitation , tbat they had determined to reject them altogether , and they wished to have the opinion of a committee , chosen by the Conference , as to the mode in which such cases should be disposed of . The list No . 1 , against which there , was no ' objection whatever " , would , of course , be received first .

      Mr . J . Ho 11 S 0 N , Leeds , suggested that each delegate should rlso as higfname was called—( htar , near ) . Mr . J . ARRAN , of Bradford , begged to say , in the outset , that fce objeoted to the distinction of lists . He considered tbat the , Council had no right whatever to say who should constitute that assemblage and who should not . That right he apprehended rested with the Conference and 'with no other patty —( loud cries of " hear , hear" ) . Mr . Houson said , that if he understood the secretary right , there were three lists of persons ' . to ' ibe read . One containing the names of persons about whose election there was no doubt ; another , with respect to whom thero was boom doubt jand another whq * e names bad been objected to altogether . What the , ftrtincil proposed ta the Conference to do was to pass a resolution , declaratory ol their oplnlen bow they thoughtsvich cases ought to dealt with—( hear , hear ) . ¦ '' . '/?'

      -. Mr . © "Connoii understood Mr . Arran ' s objection to be that the disputed lists should not be decided by the list No . 1- ( Hear . ) . _ ' . Mr . Auran maintained that every delegate had a right to Uke his seat in the Conference , until it should ba decided that he had no right to be there . ( Hear ) The Chaikman believed that there was no desire whatever to keep a single individual out of the Conference . But the Council having taken upon themselves the responsibility of inviting their friends from the country to nieot on this most important occasion , it -was thought right to lay down curtain rules which should be acted up » n for the maintenance of proper order

      They were fully aware that , under the circumstances , it was poa « ible that those rules would not be strictly complied with , and they felt tbat as a Council they were bound to the country to be guided by thu spirit of the invitation in the lists they niude out— ( heir , hear . ) There was great difficulty in arriving at a . ' correct state of the facts , because they itiust be guided , in a great measure , by enpurle evidence ,. iand they were desirous , on that account , thiit the-Conference should appoint its own Committee , in order to determine whether the parties objected to ought to form part of the assemblage or not —( hear , hear ) In the responsible sitaation io which the Council felt themselves placed , they must , to a certain extent , be bound to tbe rule they had laid

      C . O'WI . ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ .- ¦ - . ¦' : ¦ ¦ ' , ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Mr . O'Connor waa of opinion tbat the Question lay in a nutshell . The council of the Compibte Suffrage Union iBwied their writs to certain towns to send dele-Kates to tbe Conference . Thep he thought tbat tbey must take as pn ' mu ' facie evidence of « person ' s being elected , the credential signed by the Chairman , who was returning officer—( hear , bear . ' ) . ' It would . be impossible to rfcjtct . the parties in the lists 2 and 3 , upon nitre ex park evidence going against the decision of tbo returning < , flker , because his was the only

      evidence they had as to tbe validity , pf'the elecVion . He thought it would be better if the secretary would state the nature of the . evidence upon which the council hail rr jetted the delegates , so tbat the Conference might be put in poBsesaion of the nature of the . objection —( bear , hear . } . ' ' - ' . ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ ' ¦'¦ ¦ :. The Chairman said that the only objection he bad to such a course being adopted waB , that if each case underwent discussion , the best part of their time would bu consumed , and the most important part of , the business left unfinished . '

      Mr . CLANCY . Brighton , decidedly objected to be tried in the manner proposed , and for this reason , that bis constituents had Sent him there not to be tried by a ju ry * or a class , but by the whole Conference —( hear , hear . ) If his name was placed in list No . 2 , be was confident there were certain parties in list No . 1 , the illegality of whose election he could prove —( hear , hear . ) Was ftialr that he should be tried by parties in such a situation?—v « . ' NW . noi " j < . ; ¦ Mr . colquuoui */ of '« &sgow' ; dDseryed , tbat on tbe most minuta examination of the ; case , he found that there was not the shadow of objection to some delegates to whom cards bad been , refused the previous night—( bear , hear . ) On the other band , he had seen men with hia own ejes , receiving cards , who bad no earthly

      title to them , if tbe address issued by the council was to be carried ont —( hear , bear . ) Jt was an easy matter for persons at a distance , having some spleen against him , to protest against the validity of bis election ; but as a party sent there by the people of Glasgow , he maintained tbat all matters affecting the legality of elections should be decided by the whole Conference , and not by a part of it If they acted npon tha plan pointed out by the Chairman , they might disfranchise whole towns , and he begged to ask , whether they were prepared upon the representation of one sided evidence to commit such an act of injustice ! -0 r were the delegates to sit with their hands in their pockets whilst the committee decided upon the validity of these elections ? He thought not .

      Rev . T . Spex « er thought that there was a great misapprehension of what bad been said before the meeting by the Secretary . He ( Mr . S ) was present at tbe meeting of the Council on the previous night , and he conld assure them there was no wish on the part of that body to prevent a single delegate taking bis seat on that Conference if he was legally entitled to do so—( bear , hear . ) The Secretary had already stated that the Council recommended the admission of the names in list No . 2 , by a vote of the Conference , and in order to carry out that recommendation , he begged to propose that such parties be forthwith admitted aa Slumbers ot the Convention—( hear , hear . ) Mr . O'Connor seconded the motion . Mr . Hobson proposed the foliowing amendment : —

      " That this Conference be constituted of all the delegates who have been appointed by the people in their several localities , and who have presented themsolveB at this board to take their seats ; any party having objections to urge against the elections of the delegates , such ) objections to be made either in open Conference er before a Committee to be appointed . " Mr . Akran seconded the amendment , and in doing so , he begged to state that he for one did not imagine that any delegate would come there without the shadow of an election , or with a wish to impose upon the Conf « rence—( hear , hear . ) He bad no-such suspicion , either with reepect to the Complete" Suffragists or the Chartists . ¦¦

      The Rev . Mr . Hill should support the amendment , and be did so trusting that he should receive credit for not being disposed to cast any unworthy slur or suspicion on the gentlemen composing tbo Complete Suflage Council . He fully appreciated the candid disposition manifested by that council in recommending the admission of the gentlemen in list No . 2 , He was quite ready to admit tbat that might have been done , as had been intimated by the mover to save the time whicb perhaps might otherwise be spent in useless , exciting , and vexatious inquiries . He was desirous to appreciate and respect the feelings which induced the Council not to press &uch inquiries . He was willing to give them creditfor the best feeling in the matter ; and he was only anxious tbat they should evince it by avoiding whatever could be otherwise construed by the most captious . He thought it would be ' much more desirable to admit the naaie 3 in liBt No . 2 , aa a matter of right , than as a matter of courtesy—( cheers ) .

      The Rev . E . M tall , of London ; thought there was no necessity for going fur into tbe question . If those delegates who bad supported the amendment would consider for a moment how far their principle carried them , and might have carried the Council of tbe Complete Suffrage Union , had they been disposed to do evil , ; be thought they could at once accord wittrthg resolution which bad been moved by Mr . Spencertnaseconded by Mr . O'Connor . Tbe Council had called a Conference of delegates from various parts of the kingdom . They bad laid down certain rules , according to which they could judge whether those delegates were really representa tives of the persons whom they represented to be—( bear , hear . ) They wished to have a bonajide Conference and not merely a nominal one —( hear , bear . ) The Council , then , had laid down certain rules , which

      would be a test of admission to the Confeienoe , and by which they would judge—whether the delegates bad been sent by tbe people or not , whether meetings had been fairly called , and whether they were » o consti tuted as that tbe choice of the people should be sent there—( hear , bear ) . Now , if the Council new ta sot entirely and exclusively on the letter of their pmiou instruction * , there irere aome persons they would reject Bat they proposed no snob large measure , but that all who had been lntlnded in lilt No , a , should compote tbe Cenfarenoe , bettering that the election hod been Ion * fide > and that the rules bad been vio lated rather in letter than In spirit —( bear , hear ) . If the Council bad not acted in this manner they might themselves have filled tbe Conference with , delegates of their own choosing , and thus have carried things , as tbey pleased —( bear , hear ) . : Mr . J . Williams , of Sunderland , was of opinion that if the election of delegates bad taken place in con-K v ' ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦" ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' - ¦; ¦ : . -v : ^ . ' ' : "

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      formity with the invitation of the conncil , he maintained that at present no gentleman had a right to take any part in the proceedings but who could clearly bb proved to have been elected in conformity with the regulations of the council—( bear , hear . ) Mr . Davis , of Hawick , remarked that in' all disputed elections of the House of Commons , all tbe parties took their seata in the House , until they wore disqualified by a committee appointed to try the merits of tbe case—( hear , hear . )

      Mr . Spencer wished to e s tate that the principle alluded to by the previous speaker was the one on which the Council were disposed to act , and to allow the delegates to take their seats until the committee had decided against them . - They desired that the committee to be appointed should even compose a considerable majority favourable to the individuals whose c ? aims were disputed— ( hear , hear ) . If they committed an error , they wished it to bo on the side of letting the delegates in rather than of keeping them out —( hear , tear ) .

      Mr . Hobson conceived that it was an invidious distinction to apeak of lists one , two , and three . What was the precedent in euch matters ? The return of the Returning Officer was the qualification of a person to take his seat iu the House of Corumons , until he was petitioned against , and that petition had been formally investigated—( bear , hear . ) What would they say if , whan the" House of Commons met , and that on 9-third of the members were petitioned against , the remaining two-thirds should put the one-third oat of the door , while they seated themselves ?—( bear , hear . ) The delegates bad no right to deoido upon the Hot No . « , without evidence . They bad no evidence to show that the elections had been conducted-in an irregular manner . He maintained that all delegates who presented themselves ought to be admitted , on the prima facie evidence that the Chairman was the best judge of the validity of the elections —( hear , hear . )

      Mr . Spencer said if it would save time , he was quite willing to withdraw hie resolution—( hear , hear . ) Mr . PATRICK Biuewsier , of Paisley , considered it was not competent for any individual to withdraw a motion without the consent of those who had supported it . . ! v . _ . ' : ' . •¦• • •• •¦ . . . v ¦¦ ¦¦ .. . . ¦• ; . ¦ ; •" After a desultory conversation between the movers and seconders of the two propositions , Mr . Spencer withdrew his motion , and that proposed by Mr . Hobson , being put as the original one , was carried by a large majority . ; . ' - Mr . All » right tlien read over the list of delegates present , and the places thty represented . The list is as follows : —

      Airdrie—Wm . Brsdic . Ahrwick—Josh . Forster , Green Sat Cottage , ' Alnwick , ' ' Kev . Joseph Price , Binningham , James Atkinson , Birmingham , S . Haycock , Weodcock-street , Birmingham . Aberdeen—Jas . H . Wilson , Jno . Mitchell , Archibald M'Donald , and Wm . Ghilton , Birmingham . Arnold . —Alfred Anthony and Wro . Salberi Anderston— Patrick O"Higgina and Wm . Parfees . Arbroath—Chas Crawford ^ Abm . Duncan , Peter Higgins , Wm . Thornton , and F . O'Connor . Barrhead—Wm . Cotton . Belper—James Tickers . Blackburn—Wm . Beesley , Accrington , Rev . Wm . Hill , Leeds , and George Morton , Birmingham . Barnsley—John Vallauce and Frank MlTb ' eld / Bath—Key . E . Spencer , Hinton , and John Hopkins , '¦ - Bath . !' ... . ¦• , - . ¦ ¦ ' . • . ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦

      Bromsgrove—Matthew Hall , and Henry Prosser . Bury—ThoaK' ay ^ Stanley-street , and Edwd . Murless , Park-atreet , Birmingham . Bilston , —Benjamin . Skicimore . Bradford—John Smithi Peter Driver , John Arran , and - Josh . Hammond . ; . Bridpbrt—Charles ' 'St ' urge , Birmingham , and Charles Clarke , Bath . Banbury— B . Cockwlll . R . K . Pbilp , and E . French . Bridgewater—Thnnias Hill , and F . J . Thompsou . Birmingham—Arthur O'Neil , Tboiuas Parkes , F . O'Connor , George White , John Follows , and John Horsley . Bradford ( Wilts)—GK Rolf , Q . Lueman , Birmingham , and Josh . Gardner .

      Bristol—A . Allbright , J . Palmer , J . JohnBton , C . Chard , T . Simeon , H . Onion , R . H . WiHiamsv and John Newman . Brighton , -G Brooker , L . T . Clancy , and W . Feest Baaford ( New )—T . Rowland and J . Harrison . Campsle—Con Murray , Glasgow . Cradley—Jne . Blarichfield . Cambridge—X . Woods , R . Thnrlbom , JnO . Winfleld , / Birmingham , and Jno . Hunt .-Carlisle—Walter Thome and Geo . Richaidson . Cnparr—Wm . Morgan . ' .: ' ¦ ., . '¦ Crediton—Jon . Burridge , Saml . Irdwell , Bath , Edwd . Miall , London , and Wm . Iqvett , ditto . : : Cheltenham—Wm . Hollis , Cheltenham , Wm . Milfion , ditto . ¦ . " ¦ . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' , ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦/• ¦¦¦ : :. ' - ¦ . ' :- ¦¦ " . ¦ - •

      Cirencester—Thos . Taylor . Ceres—A . Albright and Rd . Dell . Chalford—B < i . Workman . Coventsy—Peter Haye and J . Starkie ^ ¦ Deansball—Jan . Adams ,. Summer-lane , Birmingham . Dumfermline—J . p . Rodger , Glaagow , and Andrew Fleming . = ¦ ; Dierby—Q . Stevenson , Derby , Jno . West , Herbert Spencer , and Saml . Pendle . Dundee—O . J . Rowland , Dundee , and William Da-. ¦ - vidson . '¦'¦ ¦'¦ - - ¦¦¦ ' : - . . . ' . ¦ • ' . " ¦ . ' ¦' . ' •;¦ . _ . ¦ - . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ' Doncaster—Cha . Buckley , Doncaster , Thos . Wright , and Arthur Albright , Birmingham . Dartmouth—Cbas . Walker , Dartmouth . Damfriea and Maxweltown— -i-Huraphery .

      Devizes ^ G . . Aoshe , Revd . Q . Weatley , Cbas . Watson , and Wm . Akerman . Dalkeith-Jno . Thomaaon . __ Kxeter—W . J . P . Wilkinson and E . Davy . Edinburgh—Rev . Dr . Ritchie , Edinburgh , Bt . Lowery , John Dunlop , Henry Rankin , and Josh . Sturge , Birmingham . East Wemyss—Jno . Brown , Birmingham . Elderslie— C . Tharp . Forfar—B . Qukley , Birmingham , and . William Cooper , ¦ •¦' ¦ ditto . - . - . :: . . - ¦ : ¦¦ ; . ' , . ¦ ' . ' . ' ' . ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ' ¦' ¦ - - Falmouth—Isaiah Pnniphrey , Edgbaston , Birmiog&am . Frbme—W . P . Roberta , Bath . Glasgow—Thomas Ancott , James Moir , James Adams , Samuel Kidd , and John Colquhoun .

      Galashlela—Rev . Robert Blair , Galashiela , and John K . ACtne . . ¦ . ¦ .. ¦ . ' , . ¦ . ; ¦ Greenwich—Charles Finch . Gatehouse—Robert Somers . Greenock—George Robcrteon . Great Bolton—James Lord and George Scott Hammer 8 nnth- ^ -WilWam Watkins Wynne . Hebden Bridge—James Mairthy , Birmingham . ; Hanley—Moses Simpson , Pall-mall , Melton , and James French , Newcastle . Hull—William Webster , Edw . Preston Mead , Daniel Moloney , and William PadgeV Hawick—Thomas Davies . Halifax— Edward Taylor , Birmingham , and Benjamin Rushton , Ovenden . Hamilton—Archibald Walker .

      Huddersfleld—James Shaw , Thomas Veevers , Edward Clayton , and William Cunningham . Ipswich- ^ Henry Tincent , William Fraser , IK M'Pherson , and Wm . Garrod / Jedburgh—Patrick Brewater , P . iisley . Kettering—Ren . William Robinson and Edward J , en-¦ . -Unson . '¦' , . ¦; . '' : ' , .: .-. ' ' -. .-. . . . ' ¦ ¦ . KUmamock—William Cotton , Birmingham . Kirkaldy— Joseph Cobley , Birmingham , G . B . Haynes , ditto , B . Beesley , ditto , and Dr . Glover , Edinburgh . Kendal—William . Stutely , Birmingham , William Harrison , ditto , Joseph Perry , ; ditto , and Joseph Gendner , ditto . Keighley— Joseph Firth . King ' s Lynn—John Field , Birmingham , F . Evans , ditto , Joseph Corbett , ditto , and Jamea Fowell , Lynn .. " ; ;> . " ' . . / . ¦ .: Kirriermuir— J . Peterkin . ¦ " . ¦

      London—Sonthwark—John Maynard , John Rose , Jna Kelsey , and John Fussell . Lambeth—J . G . Dover , . John Sewell , Henry Ross , and J . B . Brown . Finsbnry—J . Knight , J . Cluer , J . Campbell , and H . Hetheritigton . Mary-le-bone—J . H . Parry , T . Lucas , R . Buchanan , and T . M . Wheeler . Tower Hamiets—Dr . Wade , W . Rpbson , P . M'Grath , and Qi Wilson . Westminster ^ -J . Skelton . J . Christopher , R . Ridley , and W ' . Clarke . City—Edwin Mantz , and Chas . BolwelL Lye Waste—J . Sturmey . Llverpoal—B . M'Cartney , W . Jones , T . Smith . H . ¦

      ¦ : Jones , C . Gwilliams , and S . Cowan . : Leedsr-T . Fraser , W . Brooke , J . Hobson , and W * ' ¦ . ; Barron . : ¦ ' ' . '¦ ¦ " - : : ¦ . . ¦'¦ ' . ¦ . ¦ : '•• V ¦ Leslie—Joslah Pumphrey , R . Picken , and J . B . Eonson . : . ; ' ¦¦'¦' . ¦¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ .. . . # ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' . ' ¦ - : - ' Long Bntbby—John Eyre . Loughborough—J . Skevingon . v Leieesier—T . Cooper , J . R . H , Balrstow , J . Dolly , and ¦ R , Jackson . ' :. ' - .: ' ' ' . - - ¦' . ¦ ¦¦¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ . ' . ••' . ¦' . ¦• ' ¦ Mansfield—Smith Xyndon , and Rev . Wm . HilL MarkJncb—Wm . T » Uls , and Rd . Jenkinson . Market Harborough—R Wbiteman , and B . Carter .

      Mellubam—J . A . Lander . Mcrthyr Tyddl—Wm . Miles , and B . Habard . ; Maryhill—J . Gardner . Manchester—J . Leach , C . Boyle , W . Dtxson , J Lane , P . M . Bropby , and T . Railton . Newark—R . ColUna and J . Saundors . Newbnrghr-J . C . Peifijr andS . FoX Neweastte-npen-Tyne—J . Sinclair , F . O'Connor , T Wlleke , A . Foswll , J . S . CWmore , and W . Hof ¦ . ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ klw . - . ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ :: . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ :: ¦ ¦; ¦ . ; . ' , "' . . ¦¦ ' ¦

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      ¦ J r ^^ u > ' cS&tft & Newport , Isle of Wight—T . Pierce . Nottingham—S . Bean , T . Beggs . W . H-Moit , nndR . » Morrison . , , ; : ¦/ ., NorthwicU—J . DJIbn , and G . Green . Northampton— . 7 f-Tb . 6 rn . Oldbury— W ; Bal ) . ' ; Oldham—F . Lord , J . Greaves , John W « s . ir , and J . Crowder . Pollockshaws—Charles M'Ewan . Paisley—Patriek Brewster , R . Cbchrane , Joseph Cot *

      bett , and-W . C . PatrisoD . Preston—W , MattinsonandR . Marsden . Renfrew— Henry Sanamn and Patrick Brewater . Redditch—Wm . Parbes . Rutherglen—W . C . Pattison aad a M'Ewau . ' ' Rochdale—J . Taylor , * Royton—Jas . Mills , and T . Lees . ' * Reading—G . Goodrick , L . Hey worth , J . Vines , and H James . ¦ ' -. ' ^ ¦" . ' . ¦¦ "' . Radford—J . Sanncferp , — Rowell , and John Wilmoti Sudbury—Rev . T . Swan , G . Lambert ^ and R . Wrigfit . Stroud—S . Paul . j Stewarton—Rav . W . Stokes . Strathavon—F . O'Connor aud Q . White .

      Stputbridge—T . H . Morgan and J . Chance . " Selby—Edward Barley . ; Stockport—T . Clarke and J . Atkinson . : Stirling—Rev . H . Solly . Southampton—F . Cooper . , '; - . ' Saltcoats—J . Henderson and . J . P . Raid . Sunderland—J . Sturga , W . P . Roberts , ; J . 2 hompson , and J . Wiltiams . Salford— Robert M'Farlane . Sutton-in-A 8 hneld—W . Oliver and W . Parker . Stonehouse—W . Inglis . Shutford—T ; P . Wrench . Salford—F . W &"en . Smethwick—W . Hackett and M . Gilbert . South-Shields—D . Potts and Charles A < = hton .

      Sheffield—Riehard Abbott , S . Parkes , G- J . Harney , and W . Beesloy . ¦ Trov , bridgjs—J . Watts and P . Roberta . Tonbridge—D . S . Rowlinson . Todmorden—J . Fielden and H . Shephard . Tauuton—W . Braman and W . Harrison . Towyn— 'Griffito E ? aus . Tolcross—P . O'Higgins and L . Pitkethly . Tale of -Ijeyen—Con Murray . West Broniwich—J . Powell and G . Wilkes . Wednesbury—H . T ) anks and W . Thnnjasnn / YVarwtck .-K / . French , J . Green , J . Shepos t ^ , and J Sexty . ; . .. . , - , ' '¦' . ¦ ; . ' ¦ ' . •; .- . ' . : ; . _; , r ' 1 " . * . vi Walsall—J . Crow , A . Aitkens , J . Griffiths , and j Mason .

      Wellingboro '—W . Gent and J . Robinson . Warrington—B . A . Di'omgool and J . D . Stevenson ^ Worcester—Robert Hwdy , H . Stone , CJ . Shirpe , antl J . Hawkina . . . / ' ¦ ' /* ?¦* Wootibridge—J . F . Taylor . . • ' .- r ¦" Westbiiry— -W . Taylor and J . Collins . .. ¦ ^ ^ Wooto ! i-um ! er-E / ige— J . Batler . ' . -. ' . '¦ * ' ti \ ' West Kilbride—J . Eames and J . Gibbons . 4 Wooldale—J . Hobson and the Rev . W > Hill . A person here presented himself at the table and announced hin . self as a delegate from London ; but stated that lie believed his credentials ' bad ' - . bfigg

      Withholden by the Ciiairaian of the public meefcjn ^ which elected , him . and consequently ^ would not be f ^ rlb ^' omiu ' We did not catch the name . * ? ' ~' : *? $ *} The SE « ii £ TAiu announced that all the credentials ; : which bad been received , were upon tbe table . H £ course tb $ Council . could not take any notice of mere newspaper reports . . . ^_ ^ ' ' f ' : Z Mr . Hobson said that a novel case had , a % isen ^ whic& ^ would require to-be iealtwith . A delegate ' . oftStp | : b 4 nvself tq take bis seat , who stated tbat be bad . been duiy . elected at a public meeting , but that the Chairfiuui of ^ tho meeting had withheld hfs credentials for ^ tn * e pur- ^ pose of depriving him of his seat What . stepg ' -Wjeiigi the Conference to tike to remedy such a defect as that ? 1 Mr . ' HiiVi . N-CENT , of London , suggested the appoint- * ment 6 f -a cfinimittee to consider tbe disputed cases .

      Mr . Pa RRr , of-London , proposed the following resXK lution— " That a committee , . ' consisting of the foUpwh ^ j gentlemen , shall decide on the admission , qj ? nejliption ^ jf . such pereons as shall present themselvWjftf'ffdmission to this Conference about whose election there may be any dispute : —Mr . Newton , Mr . Booker , Mr . Roberts , Mr . Wilkinson , Mr . Moir , Mr . Follows , and Mr . Robinson . " In moving this resolution Mr . Parry expressed himself of opinion that the decision of the committee should not be founded upon mere technical objections , but on the principles of common sense , and that con * struction which an enlightened judgment of all the circumstances of the case would furnish . . '¦ ' : ¦ Mr . Craw-ford seconded the motion . f

      TheRey . W . Hill was of opinion that the number to constitute the committee should be now settled , but that the names of the persons should be left , not to any body of individuals , but to the Conference itself . - H& proposed as on amendment , " That a committee of nine perapns be now appointed to whom the examination of all disputed elections , and all application for admission , for which no credentials may have been received , shall be committed . " r The amendment wai seconded by Mr . Hobson , Mr .-. Vijicbni thought the question was one | of | con siderable importance . When the Committee was appointed , he thought tbey ought not to allow individuals whose elections were supposed to be illegal to take their Beats in the Conference—( heari hear , and no , no ) .

      Mr . ParkT thought that tbe Committee must be guided by the rules under which theConference wM ^ rrij nallyformed . They could not setup a rule or tne ^ r own and admit parties who had no credentials to pro * sent —( hear , hear ) . . «¦'¦" * ' Mr . Vickers , BeJper , considered . it extremely desir * ablo tbat the elections should be p ^ tCeCUy legal ^ thtRA wise parties mfght find their way into the CohfereUoefjgpt spies , and is no other character— - ( hear , hear ) . ' * The SECRETART thought that no notice should be taken by the Committee of any objections to elections Which were-not protested against by the inhabitants of tbe places whence tbe delegates purported to come . ' Mr . Miall also supported thia view .

      Mr . Dixos said that it bad come to bis knowledge that there were parties in the building who bad never been elected by a public meeting—( hear , hear ) . " Of course , the inhabitants not knowing anything about * &uc £ t elections , cauld not protest againt them —( hear , hear ); Mr . Duncan wished to say that if there was to bo the invidious distinction of lists , he hs / l a serisus , ob-j j action to make to number one . He stood there * as the only legal representative of Arbroath , andyethewaiplaced in list No . 3 , and men who had never been elected at all were placed in No . 1—( hear , hear ) . - A Delegate stated that there were six towns Inwhich objections had been made , and he knew one in- * dividual who had made objections which would sham « : every Christian and Englishman —( laughter ) .

      The Key . Mr . Swanm objected to tbe -invidious distinction of lists , because he thought it looked too muck hke aristocracy . He thought they ought to guard against anything which might have the appearance of class legislation—( hear , hearl . After considerable discussion , the amendthent WflB . put and ctrried by a large majority . The Conference then proceeded to the nomination , of carties to constitute the committee .

      After about twenty persona had been nominated bj different parties , the Chairman said be had no wish to fetter their proceedings , but be Wduld put it to them whether tbey bad enough of nominations to select froml He feared much time would be occupied in voting fox so many , and he hoped , therefore , that unless some one had a particular wish for some person not yet nominated to be on the Committee , tbey would as soon aa possible devise some means of electing the nine from tba number proposed .

      The Rev . W m . Hill proposed—•• That the namei of the respective parties nominated on the Committee be put into a hat , and put to the meeting , in the order in which thny are drawn out , and th&t the nine persons having- 'the most votes be tae Committea " Mr . J . Hobson seconded the motion . The Rev . Patrick Brewster moved , that the following gentlemen be tbe Committee :- £ Bev . T . Swans , Mr . T . Hill , Mr . J . H . Pany ; Roy ,. Wv ^ obinson , Ml . W , Hollis , Mr . C . Booker , Mfc IM& « tlilP . Mr . Jobs

      Cluer , and'Mr . James WiJMaj !^ r ^ 'T ' ' j Mr . Albrjoht seconded the motion . ' -, This . motion . was followedi by much dlsapprobatloa from almost the entire meeting ; it being-contended that tbe parties to be obosen aa the Committee , ought to emanate from the Conference generally , and not from an individual . Most of the delegates proposed by Mr . Brewster , refused to be elected in such a manner . Mr . Brewster was here asked whether he wonld withdraw his proposition , and that gentleman having replied in the negative ,

      Mr . O'CONNOR said he had no alternative but to propose a counter list , and the names ho should offer to the ntitice ot the Conference were—Rev . W . HUI , Mr . Joshua Hobson , Mr . W . P . Roberts , Mr . Jamea Moir , Mr . J . Colquhoun , Mr . G . White , Mr . Tbomaa Davis , Mr . Thomas Kidd , and the Rev . ; T . Swann . A Delegate secoudedjthe nomination . The Rev . Dr . Wade , the Rev . T . Swann , and many other Complete Suffrage Delegates condemned the course adopted by Mr . Brewster , and recommended him to withdraw hia proposition . . An amendment was proposed by Mr . TvTaouMO * , ef Sunderland , and seconded by Mr . J . MiTciiEit , " That the names of the persons noaiuated be put into a bat and tbat tbe first nine drawn out by the Chairman be the Committee . "

      A Btormy . discussion followed , which ended by Mr . Brewater agreeing to support the amendment of Mr . Thompson . The two lists were , then withdrawn and the Conference went to the vote as between the amendment and the original resolution . Mi . O'Connor and Mr ., Ziovett were appointed tellera ; and the number for the amendment was 118 , and for tb * original motion 147 . The amendment , therefore , inn lost , ^ ^ and Mr . Hill ' a motion cairied . . After the decision of this queition , ihe Confecenet rose at four o ' clock until six , a vote of thanks having been previously moved to tbe Cuairm&n foi bis « on ^ Ml daring tbe proceedings .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 31, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct917/page/1/