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THURSDAY , < to « ' The Conference met this taornia ? , & i ajus o ' clock , Hr F . Green in the chair . . „ , . Wr Parker brought up the report of the feeiect Cotnmities oa appeal 0 ** ^^^ the nta " ber , and included appeals fern Chtheroe . the plasterers oi MiBcbest ^ . tfee twirt-blMchen o ^ Man . chester * nd ths block-printers of the vale or L * yen . tT ^ w ^ osa the Select Committee reported u fir ^ S S view * ken by the Central Comm ittee , InTLnSrmed its decision ? . The blastfurnace woi " cSherton were referred to the new Ceovrsl Committee , as deserving of reconsideration ; and that ot the frame-work knitters of Sutton-in-Ashfield , was remitted to tbe board of directors of the Assnciationf-wthe Employment of Labour .
On tie question that the report be adopted , a conversation arose on tha case of the block-printers of the V a ' e of Leven . Mr Rdsssu ,, th- } delegate for that body , said that he ' and bis constituents were perfectly ready to act in accordance with tha law , and to DDw to the decision of the committea of Conference _ on their case . At the same time , he was of opinion that twenty eizht of his clients were , under the law itself , clearly en iykd to a'iraent for two weeks . The whole f-ura Claimed bv the block prnters was £ 133 : the snnnnfc he to f claimed as clear y due , was . £ 26 12 s . Besides this , there were sis of the membsrs who had been , oat of employment a very long time , and it was considered they had a claim also .
This claim was , however , resisted by several delegates , who gave a different reading of the law under -which Mr Russell claimed , and contended that the safety of the Association 11130117 depended upon the Iaws . being in all cases strictly acted upon . The report was unanimously adopted . Tha Conference then proceeded to the election of lh 3 Central Committee for the ensuing year . The SECBEiAEr read letters from Bermondsey , Leek , fleckmondwike , Merthyr Tydvil , and Wolverhampton , apologising for inability to send a delegate , and expressive of a unanimous desire for the re election of the whole of the present Central Committee . Froa Manchester . Mr J . W . Parker was nominated . No ether candidates having been proposed , Mr Green left the chair and retired with the rest -of the members of the Committee aad Mr Parker .
Mr Lxkzqas was called to the chair during tho election . Mss * ra F . Green , Humphries , Williamson , Peel , Bobsm , Winter , and Parker , were declared to be duly elected as the Central Committee for the next twelve months . Mr F . Gbsss , on behalf of his colleagues of the Central Committee , returned his sincere thanks for the honour they had done them by re-electing them to office . He should have great pleasure in resuming efhee with them , and sincerely congratulated the Conference on the wisdom of its choice . ( Hear ) Mesira Shackloton , Lanepn , Lindsay , and lsherwood , were elected to fill any vacancies that may occur in the Committee during the 3 ear . Mr T . Birratt was re-elected Secretary , after s lenethened discussion .
T . S . Dincombe , Esq ., M . P ., was then re-elected Pres ' . deat of the Association by acclamation , amidst prolonged and enthusiasticcheera , and the Conference adjourned , at oae o ' clock , At the afternoon meeting , Mr Firs said he was of opinion that the Conference oaght to take into consideration the means of making some provision to aid Hr Shackleten in obtaining an honest livelihood . Bis position as a member of the late Central Committee wou'd nece-sariJy involve great difficulty in his again procuring employment in tha district ef Yorkshire , from whence he was brought to serve the Association . The object of his raising the question vas to show that the Association was based upon justice , and tint it would support in a substantive Banner ibjse who might be exposed to persecution , or called ugon to make sacrifices in consequence of laving taken an active part in the business of the Association .
Mr Lindsay said he felt as much as any member of the Conference for the persons placed in Mr Shackleton ' s position , and would go as far in his efforts to aid them . Bat , at the same time , te must caution the Conference against favouring the notion that beewse an individual took an active part in their af . fairs , they , were therefore bound to support him in all eircumstanees afterwards . Mr Bess suggested that a separate fund should be created fir the support of such cases . Mr Feel aireed with that suggestion , but at the same time he was of opinion that if the proposed ^ reek ' y report of the A-isociation secured the large circulation tint might fairly ba expected , the profits arising from its sale might to a greatextent ba appropriated to this object . In the present case , however , It was neeassary fur the Conference to come to a spedSc vote on the subject , a ? the Central Committee kadno power to award any pecuniary assistance unless in accordance with the laws .
After a debate , in which several plans were propose ! it was ultimately resolved to recommend the ease of Mr Shacklstin to the Central Committee , as erne which they were called upon ti consider , with the "view of finding employment for him in tome way or ether . Tha Conference then proceeied with , the proposed Situations in the laws It wa * resolved;— ' That each member shall take from the Association a copy of its rula * . value 2 d . ; a contribution , card , value Id . ; an ornamental card , J alne 21 . ; to ba issued yearly ; and the funds arising from snch source , after defraving the expenses of printing , < fca ., shall constitute a fund for relieving persons who ma . y be deprived of employment , in con-Eeqnenceof giving evidence against their employers , either for prosecuting cases under the Truck , Arbil feation , or Ten Hours Act ; or may be discharged fe advocating the principles of the Association . '
Also , ' That the quarterly accounts shall be attested by an auditor , an acknowled ged accountant , sppointed by the Annual Conference , and countersigned by the general secretary , asd is * aed to each feade - within tweaty-one days from the date of the eaarterly date cf the returns from the trades ; and further , that the accouatant report to the Annual Conference of the manner in which the accounts are kept ' The next question was the foltewlng proposition : — 'The levy of 2 d . in the pound having beea found stterly inadequate to meet the claims and cover the expenses of the Association , each member shall in
future contribute a weekly levy of Sd . in the pound on fcs or hir average wages ; two-thirds of which sum Shall be especially appropriated to the payment of thsee members whom the Central Committee , by its Bastion , may hare pronounced eligible to the pecuaiary tenants of the Association . And to prevent in future the inconvenience and disappointment occasioned by the irregular remittance of the levies , in ssany cases unavoidable , a fund ef £ 1 000 bs kept as a reserve , to obviate the consequence arising from guea irregularities ; and that the Central Coramittee ah & Jl not sanction any fresh application until the aforementioned reserve fund of £ 1 , 000 shall have been subscribed '
Mr Pabe and Mr Bcex objected to any increase in ga paymentj . It was considered by the trades in teen- district , that they were already sufficiently Mr Peel said the funds of the Awodathn dorine the past year had failed to meet all the cm * . ^ j ^ appeals had been made to the Central C-. rr . rrMn Much of this was no doubt & ttrr ; u > v ,: <; f » -be , WTtfched state of trade . But s / , m * weijjb 1 m „; . 1 ¦' „ fie given to the opinions of those who were ' . I o-. ini- n that the present rate of contribution wa * r . * . t caoabie ot conferring the benefits on tbe trade ? which the Association proposed to do . The hither paid trades , especially , had many of them held back from the . Association under this impression . They did n '» : Ifceiieve the
Association could realise its promises . Us would add , that , in fact , the proposed addition , ¦ was raere / y re-imr . oiing a contribution which had ! been taken off by tha last Conference , but ia a more 1 convenient ^ facta for tbe members to pay . The only 1 way by which they cauld hope to secure the genera ' l ladneponof the trades , was to produce a feeling of 1 confidence among them , and as to the proposed ! amount of the contribution , he contended that there 1 never waa a trades union in this country , even of a 1 separate trade , which had carried on its business ' with eo spall a levy on its members as this Associa-\ tion . The cotton-spinners , and many other trades ] bad a much hi gher rate of contribution , and he was 1 satisfied that it was in tbe power of their members 1 by a prudent economy to pay such a sum .
Mr Parker could not concur in the resolution pro-3 posed by the Central Committee , to wbich there were 1 great objections in the Manchester district . Instead icf increasing the contributions of the members , he 1 thought it would be advisable to continue the present 1 gnbscnptiOES ^ ad exact an entrance fee of threepence < or sixpence from each member , on admission . That j iystem was found to answer very well in other trades , s and many of them had asked him the question what ( the entrance money was , and seemed astonished when i they learned there was none . He begged to move 3 an amendment to that effect . Mr ^ Likdsat ' seconded the amendment , as he felt « certain that his constituents would feel very much « dissatisfied with any increase of the contributions .
_ Mr Willuksor said it was absolutely necessary , j if the trades were to feel general confidence in tbe a Association , or if the Conference wished to infuse i fresh blood into it , they must take some decided steps 1 to improve its financial cendition . The proposition ( of the Committee had received the most oarafol eonsederstion , and they ware of opinian that it was the 1 « M 3 t . convenient and just method of raising the 1 requisite supplies . Allusion had been made to the ifaw paid trades . Bathe would state fearlessly , that t the opposition to libera ^ . icontributions came not so isinch from them aa the high-paid trades ; and , in eeoadasioii . -he-woald rshiind the Conference , that the i Sentral Committee oonld' only disburse tie funds nappliel to them brfta trades ; anljhat if tnesa
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fnnda were not { supplied . * hey must expect to have the iamo kind ef appeals from parties who had apppaled for assistance without getting it , simply because the Committee had not the means . Mr Rcsskll said that when be looked at the scale Of allowances which the Association proposed te give in return for the contributions" paid by tha members , ha was forcibly struck with their disproportion , and must express his opinion that no conference or central committee ccu'd carry out that scale . lie believed that the moral feeling of the trades required ts be improved . There was too much selfishness among them . They wished too large returns for the payments they made . lie believed that it was impossible to carry out the objects of the Association unless they began by supplying it with adequate
means . Mr Burn considered the great error of the past policy of the Association had been its commencing to give pecuniary aid or support before tha = £ 20 . 000 fnnd originally agreed to had been collected . It was not so much a series of small victories for the trades , which this Association should achieve , aa one great and effectual triumph , which would not only show the financial strength , but the moral influence which it could bring to bear upon any particular q cation . Ha spoke far his own body , a low paid trade , whe n ha said that it was utterly impossible for them to pay nnre than they did at present , but they would be ready to pay for five or seven years , if necessary , in order that a fund might be raised to nnke a great moveme t for the improvement of labour , and especial ! v by means of employment for the surplus labour of the trades . ( Hear , hear ) That was the great source from which alone they could secure a r'a' and permanent victory for labour . Looking at the present
pnsitien of the Association , however , bethought the proposal to raise the levies was most inopportune . The large amount now owing to the Association was a proof either that the trades were unable or unwilling to pay the existing rates . The first was , in his mind , the true explanation , and therefore he must oppose the proposixion . The amendment of Mr Parker would , he believed , be very useful , aud to that he should give his support . Mr Holmes said there had been negleotsomewhere in not making the Association sufficiently known to the higher price trades . If this were done , he was satisfied there would speedily be found a large accession of numbers and money , The recent and still existing depression of trade , however , induced him to believe that the Committee had chosen a bad time to make the advance . It would be ill received by men who were now struggling with great domestic privation , and he should certainly vote for Mr Parker's amendment .
Mr Sekios suggested that a vigorous agitation would supply greater funds , and he was anxious to impress on the Conference the necessity for sending out lecturers . Mr Lekbgih supported the proposition of the Central Committee . From his own experience among the miners of Lancashire and other trades , he was convinced it was a conviction the Association could not ray the scale of allowances with the present rate of payments , which prevented them from joining it . As a means ef producing confidence in those bodiea , he should vote for the increase of the payments .
Mr Reesos suggested that object might be attsined bj reducing the allowances instead of raising the payments . If for instance they reduced the scale ten or twenty per cent ,, and maintained the preheat payments , the Central Committee would then ba more able to meet the demands upon them . Mr Garbctt was of opinion that until the piincip ' e of giving support by means of employment instead of supporting strikes , which was the original intention of the Association , was fully carried out , it was impossible it could fulfil the expectations of its founders , and would in fact be very little better than the old trades unions . To that point every energy should be directed . Mr Tailor knew that if the proposed increase was agreed to , two thirds ef the members in the town of Sheffield would withdraw , lie should , therefore , support the amendment of Mr Parker .
Messrs Jackson , Isherwood . Nuitaix , and Seep-EEnn , having spoken , the resolution of the Committee was negatived , and an amendment that an entrance fee of 3 d from all earning 10 s and under , and fid from all earning above 10 s be in future paid on admission , was carried . The Conference was proceeding with the consideration of the rules when our dispatch was sent off . FRIDAY , Jcse 16 . The Conference sat till half-past six o ' clock last night , and after sending off our dispatch , discussed th ? following sectien of the proposition of the
Central Committee , as to tha funds for supporting tarnouts , which was not included in the adverse vote of the Conference on the previous part of the proposal of the Central Committee . That to prevent in future the inconvenience and disappointment occasioned by the irregular remittance ef the levies , in many cases unavoidable , a fund of £ 1 , 000 ba kept as a reserve , to obviate the consequence arising from such irregularities ; and that the Central Committee shall not sanction any fresh application until the aforementioned reserve fund of £ 1 , 000 shall have been subscribed . The resolution was unanimously carried .
The Conference proceeded to the consideration 01 several amendments in the laws proposed by District Committees . Those of the Paisley district were rejected , and the sitting then closed . On re assembling this morning , at nine o ' clock , two letters were read . froEj the Hon . President , Mr T . S . Buncombe , acknowledging the receipt of reports of the proceedings and expressive of deep interest in tbe sffairs of tbe Association . Mr PsEL & aid it was of the utmost importance that the Central Committee should have some specific data on which to calculate the arrears of the trades to the funds . Under the present system , and with the great variation ot numbers , considerable inconvenience was experienced . He therefore moved , ' That each trade be held responsible for all arrears incurred by its members ; tbe last number sent up to be deemed the number of such trade assessed to the Association . '
This motion after some diseusnon , was agreed to , and the Conference adjourned to one o ' clock . At the afternoon sitting the first bueiness taken up , was the following proposition from the Central Committee : — Mr Robson eaid , it would be remembered that at last Conference he moved a resolution expressive of the desirability of a closer amalgamation of the two A ? E 03 iations . Acting opon the advice of their Hon ; President—he had , however , withdrawn that propsshiOD . The inconvenience of the division had continned to be experienced , and Mr Duncombe himself had now consented to the junction of the two . They were all convinced that the old system of strikes was futile—and though they did not expect to be able immediately te put an end to all strikes .
they were anxious to do so as fast and as far aa possible . ( Hear , hear . ) It war , however , a matter of general experience that former attempts at jointstock operations had been unsuccessful among the trade ? , at least to a very gieit extent , and for himself he confessed that be did not see at present hew they could make that principle in their own association commercially successful . He did not mean te affirm that it might not become so in future , but at present the real question for them was whethfiP they would pay £ 100 or £ 1 , 000 to persons to walk about in idleness , or use that sum for employing them in such a way as to return at least a moiety of ths sum thus expended . ( Hear , hear . ) And ultimately the profits accruing from the different industrial operations in different branches of industry ,
would cover all tbe expenses of thia great association . There were membeison the Board of Directors who were not members of the Association , and had no interest in the Employment Association , except the . -mall sum they might bave subscribed as shareholdere . To ebvia te these inconveniences it was now proposed to wind np the affairs of the other Association , to purchase the shares af individuals and local trades , and to vest the whole management in the Central Committee , in order that prompt and successful action and open and satisfactory accounts might be secured in future . ( Hear , hear . ) At a more advanced stage " of their plana it wenld be
prudent to take steps for procuring such an Acti All that hitherto occurred proved that the principle of self-employment was the only one that could effect the objects they had in view , in consequence of the novelty of the principle and the machinery , and partly through the inexperience of working men in purely commercial matter ? . They were , however , now surmounting these difficulties . They had established good relations with severalcommeroial houses in London , and there was no doubt but that , in future , if the proposition was carried , that a great and growing source of revenue and of moral influence would be opened up to the Association .
Mr Parker seconded the resolution with great pleasure . It never was intended that the Employment Association should bsceme a mere investment for individual capital and individual profits . ( Hear , hear ) Of course , he understood the Committee proposed to settle with the individual shareholders on just and honourable terms . ( Hear , hear . ) The plan , as he understood it , was to apply the funds upon the speculative principle , and he was certain that if thia was done judiciously , and the proposal of the Committee acceded to , they would very shortly see the best results . There wdt one pbiut he would notice , which was , that the Association was already shareholder to the
a extent of £ 2 ; 700 . It had thus already the largest interesfrnfrthe success , and , if the whole management was vssted-in the Committee , and the other shares bought up > ' though they might not be able to make them all lords at once , yet , if the trades only gave the Committee time enoagh , and at the same time that aid and support which such plans fairly demanded , he was certain that in the coarse of a few years they would reap an ample and substantial retKrn , because the plan afiardedthe only effectual means of dealing with that surplus labour , which was the primary cause of all reductions of wages . ( Hear . ) Mr Likdsay said , his constituents in the North of Scotland were in favour of the principle of eelf-em .
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ployment . They had not hitherto supported the Association , because they did not know enough of it to feel confidence in it . lie might mention , in oonnei . ion with the subjeet , that at a soiree given to celebrate tbe joining of the trades of Aberdeen with the National Asseeiation , it had been resolved to form an 3 t 0 ) Ciation to rent land , not with the view of piv IDg employment , in case of strike , but to give work to members of trade s when they could not , from the nature of their tride , find employment . The plan had hitherto worked very successfully , and , with Mr Parker , he felt that the principle offered the only chance of emancipating labour from the thraldom oi the oresent system .
Mr Bobn supported the resolution , which was highly approved of by his constituents . They were anxious te have some more detailed explanations of the pe sit ion and operations of the Employment As sociation , and had ina'ruoted him to move for a select Committee to inquire into it . Mr Johnston asked Mr Parker if he could give the particulars oi the interesting experiment at Oldham ? The spinners of Lancashire were a numerous bsdy , and had spent an enormous sum in the attempt te resist reductions , and he wished that the principle of employment sould be carried out .
Mr pABKBB replied that he was not in possession of any of the details . The matter had come under hia notice in a recent number of the Manchester Examiner . While he was on his legs , however , he might state that the principle had been acted upon by the authorities at Warrington , during the recent depression of trade . The women and girls were set to work in making up goods in workshops , and the men were employed on pieces of land , hired for the purpose . This had , he believed , materially reduced the weight of the poor rates ; and it afforded , at least , au illustration of what was meant . Mr Lbneoan supported the resolution . Several other delegates having addressed the Conference , the motion was then put and carried unanimously amidst great applauee . Mr Born then moved that a Select Committee of the Conference be appointed to investigate the affairs of the other Association , and report thereon .
Mr Goclden said tbe resolution they had come to rendered such a Committee unnecessary , they would get the management into their own hands . He begged to move an amendment— ' That the Conference do recommend that the affairs of the . Association for the Employment of Labour be wound up and dissolved . ' After some discussion the amendment wascarried . Mr Pkel then rose and said , the resolutions they had just passed were of the greatest importance . He had now the duty of laying before them an elaborate
plan , which had been prepared as a means of carrying out the principle of self-employment . He could not do better , he believed , than by reading the document in which that plan waa set forth . Mr Peel then read tbe plan alluded to , from wbich we take tha following extracts : — 'The Association for the Employment of Labour in Agriculture and Manufactures , was established for the' the purchase or rental of lands , whereon to locate and employ the surplus labour of the Association , in such manner as shall be most conducive to their own welfare and
that of the Association ; and , secondly , for the erection or rental of buildings for domestic and indus trial purposes , in such localities as may be beat suited for these purposes , and the promotion of the general interests ef the Association . ' By a vote of the Conference of 1846 , it was determined that a fund of £ 20 , 000 , for theae objects , should he created by a levy of 21 . in the pound on the wages of members ; but hitherto that resolution has never been enforced , and the Reserve Fund has , therefore , not been commenced . The time has now come , however , when the objects of the Association must not be per mitted to remain a dead letter , or a theme of abstract sacculation . We must bs up and doing in earnest . We , therefore , propose that , if sanctioned by the
next Conference , an Employment Fund of £ 50 , 000 should be immediately formed ; the subscriptions to bs invested in a bank during the time of collection , in tbe names of three trustees , and not to be withdrawn unless by the authority of the Annual Conference or a Special Conference summoned for that purpose . Such fund to be held sacred for reproduc tire objects , and to be applied to no other purpose on any pretence whatever . The trustees we suggest , are—Thomas Wakley , Esq ., the excellent colleague of our honourable President in the representation of Finabury ; Sbarman Crawford , Esq ., the honest and highly respected member for Rochdale ; and John
Fielden , Esq ., whose exertions , both in and out of parliament , for the reduction of the hours of labour , and whose well-known and well-tried sympathy with the working classes bave ensured for him the confidence and respect of every working man . By this means the first great object in the collection of such a fund will be attained , namely—the security of the funds , and the certainty of the application to the purposes for which they are collected . We propose , aise , that the fund should bo completed in two years from the commencement of its collection , and that thereupon practical measures to carry out the plans we have indicated should immediately be begun .
Internally , we would liberate these establishments from all dependence upon the money market or the capitalists . The whole produce of the establishment —whether agricultural , horticultural , manufacturing or handicraft—would be deposited in public stores . All the commodities not produced either by the establishment itself , or by the other establishments of the Association , wonld bs purchased direct in tbe wholesale market ; the labour of each individual in the establishment should be fairly estimated ; and , after deducting for the rent of his dwelling , garden , & , 3 ., and a fair proportion for expenses of
management , the remainder sheuld be paid in a paper currency , receivable at the stores of the Association , snd exchangeable into any kind ol goods he might require for the wants of himself and family . Any surplus of sueh money in the possession of members so employed , or located , might , upon their leaving the establishment , be changed , at the option of the directors , into the common currency of the realm . ' An interesting discussion ensued , which terminated in the unanimous adoption of the plan , amidst prolonged cheers , and other demonstrations of enthusiasm .
SATURDAY , Jcke 11 . The Conference eat till half-past six o ' clock last night . After sending off our report , Mr Lbneoan moved 'That this . Conference , having adopted the motion of the £ 50 , 000 to be employed in land and manufactures , do become members forthwith , and pledge ourselves to do all in our power to promulgate the principles involved in that plan . ! The resolution having been seconded was unanimously adopted . It was then resolved , — 'Thatthe Central Committee be instructed to take such measures as they may see necessary to prevent the wages of any workmen being deducted , under any pretence , form , or
custom , and to make the offence of payment of wages in goods , tools , machinery , « fcc , or under other pretences , a penal one . ' A conversation took place as to the financial state of several trades , and their arrests to the funds of the Association , in consequence of the depressed state of trade during the last year . It was proposed by some members to strike off their arrears entirely ; but the proposition was resisted by other delegates , on tho ground that , if tbey did so , they would have hundreds of similar applications next year . It was ultimately resolved to refer the consideration ef several of the most pressing cases to the Central Committee .
Mr Nuttall brought under the notice of the Conference the case of 125 members of the Association at Bacup , who had bean compelled by a strike of their trade to leave their employment . They were the minority of the trade , and notwithstanding their own efforts , and that of a deputation sent by the Central Committee , to prevent a strike , and to procure an amicable settlement of the dispute , such was the excitement and determination ot the majority of the trade , who were not connected with tbe Association , that they had been obliged te come out with them , for fear of worse consequences . Not having the sanction of the Central Committee for this step , they were ineligible to support , and were inconsequence suffering great privations . A collection , leviedfrom the public , afforded them about Is . per head a week only .
Mr Lbitegan moved ( after some discussion as to the beat mode ol meeting the case ) that this Conference is of opinion that the delegates , oh their return to their several districts , should use their best endeavours to collect moneys in aid of the Bacup trades ; and , farther , that the Central Committee should do all in its power for these poor men , with whose case the Conference deeply sympathises . This resolution , which was seconded by Mr Pare was carried . After transacting other business the Conference adjourned .
In the evening the whole of the delegates took tea together , in the room in which their sittings are held it being the last evening they were likely to spend together . Mr Russell , of the Vale of Leven , was called to the chair ; and the utmost harmony and kind feeling characterised the whole of the proceed mgs , which appeared to be highly gratifying to everyone present . ' ' The Conference met , according to adjournment , at nine 0 clock this morning , Mr F . Green in the chair . Un the reading of the minutes ,
MrLKNEOANSftid it would be observed that they had yesterday rejected a proposition from Holy town tnat at least two members of the Central Commit-* for the past year shall be re-elected . Since then ne had been giving the question more serious consideration , and he was strongly of opinion that they ought to secure as much permanence in the Executive Committee as was consistent with a due control over the affairs of the Association by the members at large , through their representatives . When they look at the extensive and complicated affairs ot the Association , it became evidently their duty to provide b y law against the possibility of its management being by any unforeseen state of popular feeling thrown entirely into the bands of aew aad inex-
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perienced persons . He , therefore , begged to move that the word ' rejected , ' appended to that resolution in the minutes , be erased , and the word' adopted " substituted instead , Mr Parkbb supported tho resolution . Mr Ishkbwood and Mr Gotjldbn opposed the
mo-Mr Robsoh said , thit the principle involved ia the motion was not opposed to annual Parltomente , or the great principles of democracy . If it was , it should not have hia support . That Conference was , in fact , the annual parliament of the Association , and was a deliberate and legislative body . But the Central Committee were in a very different position . Their duties were to administer the laws , and carry out the instructions of the parliament . Now though Parliaments ought to be elected at certain periods , they did mt find that either in this country or in America the executive ministry was so elected . They retained office bo long as they possessed the support of the majority of the legislative body . In railway companies , which were more analogous , they found that a certain proportion of the directors
retired annually , subject to reflection . This plan united continuity ol management and popular control . There were many philanthropic persons , who , he was persuaded would come forward to aid them in carrying out such plans ao they had now resolved upon . It waa the intention of the Central Committee to appeal to such men as Lord Ashley , Lord Manners , and others of a similar character , who had made the social condition of the working classes their peculiar study , and to invoke their assistance and influence in working out theae views . ( Hear . ) But unless these parties saw that the management of large funds was entrusted to bodiea so constituted as to give a proper guarantee for experience and consistency of operations , they would not be likely to assist the plans of the Association . Mr Rcsseli . supported the motion , and
Mr Lindsay said , he was expressly instructed by his constituents to do so . The motion was carried , with only two dissen-The Secbbiart then read the following letter from the president ;— Over Norton , Juno 16 , 1848 . My dear Sir ^—I have tbe pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday ' s date , Informing me of tho flittering manner In wh ch the Conference had done me the honour to require the continuance of my bumble services as president of their Association for the ensuing year . I receive aloo with satisfaction tbe list of officers
elected to serve on tbe Central Committee ; ana as I una it composed of gentlemen who , in my opinion , have heretofore most efficiently aud honourably discharged their duties in tho eamo capacity , I shall feel obliged by your communicating to the members of Conference that I have no hesitation In ogaia co-operating with those they bave elected ; and , approviag aa I do of the votes that Conference has passed , I place myself , & s far as my health will permit , and my humblo abilities can avail , now , as hitherto , at the command of the Association . I have tho honour to remain , Mj dear Sir , yours faithfully , TnOMAB S . DONCOHBB . To Mr Barratt , Secretary , & o „ ic . P . S . —Excuse haste to save the early poet .
Mr Rumell again brought up the case of the Vale of Leven block printers . After briefly re-stating tho facts , ho concluded by moving that tbey be granted £ 20 to aid in defraying the debts incurred daring the turnout . The motion was lost . Mr RusBBLii then moved that the claim for two weeks' aliment , according to scale , be referred to a select Committee , consisting of Mr T . S . Duncombe , Mr Parker , and Mr Peel . This motion was also negatived .
On the motion of Mr Bcbn , it was resolved , ' That each member of thia Association pay one penny per quarter towards creating a fund to protect thoae members who have been made victims for advancing theiutereat & of this Association , tho said fund to bo held sacred , aad the Central Committee to have the power of applying it to the support of such eases of persecuted members , according to their discretion . ' Mr Lindsay then brought under the notice of the Conference the case of the shoemakers of Inverness . A union had been fermed in that town ; a deputation waited upon tho masters with reference te an advance of prices , to which they agreed , but afterwards they said the advance was made under intimidation . The men were seized , tried , and sentenced to various periods of imprisonment .
A vote of sympathy was agreed to , and Mr Lindsay was instructed to visit Inverness , on his return to Scotland , to explain the course which the Central Committee had taken in this ease nt the time it occurred , and also to explain te them , and the trade of that town , the proceedings of the Conference and the plans of the Association . Mr Rob 30 n then rose to bring forward the question of a labour league , as proposed by the Central Committee in the business paper , and , in doing so , read that portion of the address of Mr Duncombe is which he objected to several oi the propositions , on the general ground that all government interference was calculated to cripple the independence and selfreliance of the people . The Central Committee , in deference to the opinions thus clearly expressed by their president , had come to the resolution to withdraw the whale of the propositions for the labour
league . Mr Goulden must express his regret at this course . He admitted that the Central Committee had quite enough to do in carrying out the other business of the Association , but he must state that this portion of the business was very popular in Manchester . He regretted the necessity for withdrawing it , but trusted that some steps would ba taken by the Central Coramittee to carry it out in spirit , at least . Mr Paiikbb said he had a declaratory resolution which , he believed , would meet Mr Goulden ' e view . It was as follows : — ' That this Conference recommend to the Central Committee to instruct their lecturers , agents , < bo ., to prepare the minds of the working classes with whom they may come in contact , for the paramount necessity of rendering all the assistance in their power to enable the Central Committee to carry into effect the following propositions : —
To cause the employers ia trades , wherever prastiea * ble , to provide properly lighted and ventilated workshops for those employed by them , in order to do away with the middleman and sweating system , and prevent tbe numerous evils arising from work being done at private houses . Regulation of tho hours of labour in all trades , with a view to equalise and diffuse employment among the working classes , so that some shall not be overworked , while others are starving for want of employment , Tbe employment of the surplus labour ef the country by the government in useful government works , such as the reclamation of waste lands , improvement of harbours , deepening of rivers , & c Sanatory regulations of a general and comprehensive character .
The appointment of a minister of labour to superintend the carrying out and practical operation of these various measures , for tho improvement of tho condition of tho Industrious classes . He quite agreed with the Central Committee in the course they had taken , because he believed that it they carried out the plan for the organisation of Labour , which they had passed yesterday , they would bave quite enough to do . By the resolution he now proposed , they would , to a considerable extent , effect the objects intended by the Labour League : Then lecturers and agents would be usefully employed in preparing the minds of the people at large for a general , movement , in the direction indicated , at some future time .
Mr Garbott confessed he waa somewhat astonished at the withdrawal of these propositions . If it had not been for their appearance on the businesspaper , he , for one , would most probably not have been sent to that Conference . He attached great importance , for instance , to the proposition for sanatory reform . ( Hear . ) It was a subject whieh closely and deeply affected the working classes , In Liverpool , for instance , he found the average duration of life among the working classes was from nineteen to twenty-two years , while in the middle classes it was from forty-two to forty-six years , more than double . ( Hear . ) As , however , the resolution , proposed by Mr Parker , would enable the Central Committee to agitate the questions alluded to , he should give it his support as the next host course , after the formal withdrawal of the resolutions on the business-paper .
Mr Parker said , that the passing of his resolution would , in fact , add tho objects named to tho Association for the Protection of Industry , and enable it to petition Parliament , and in other modes create a public opinion on the subject . After some further discussion , the motion was unanimously adopted . Tho following motions were unanimously agreed tot-That the thanks of this Conference ars hereby given to the Central Committee and the General Sscretary , for their ardent devotion to tho Cause of Labour , aud their cxertlom to carry out tho objects of this Aibociation . That the thanks of this Conferencs are hereby given to our worthy President , the friend of Freedom and Labour , T , S . Duncombe , B-jq ., M . P ., with an earnest wisa for his speedy restoration to health .
This motion waa carried with every demonstration of respect , amidst prolonged cheers . That a vote of thanks be given to tho press , especially to tho Morning Adverthsb , Nobtuebn Stab , and Nobth BaiTisn Bxpaass , for the reports wbioh have been given of tho proceedings of thia Conference . That this Conference tenders Ho best thanks to Mr P . Green , for his gentlemanly , honourable , « nd Impartial conduct as the chairman of this Conference ; and further , that thia Conference highly approve of hU conduct in connexion with the Central Committee , and express a hope , that be will long continue to promote the interests of the Association ; Mr Gbbbk returned thanks , and the Conference broke up at ene 0 clock .
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FRIEKDS wmuiENEMIES . TO THB BMTOR OP THK NORTHSRK STAB . Sib , —In passing along BUhopsgate-st reet-wlthout OO Monday list , I was rejoiced to observe at a shop-deer , painted en a board In very large letters , tbtMionlog' The People ' s Cborter recognised and fully supported at this shop . ' Now , sir , I think it Is high time the people should know their friends from their enemies , and therefore beg moat earnestly to call upon evry tradesman favourable to the People ' s Charter to do likewise , that thoy maiy thereby he known , If this plan was carried out it would enable thousands of Chartists to support those tradesmen whe aro willing to do them justice , but wbo , at present , do not know where to dad tbem ; and this would speedily bring the ' special' shopooraoy to acknswledge that every man , however humble his station , has an equal right to a vote with thomielves . June 16 ih . A NoH-EtEcroa . [ Injustice to this tradesman our correspondent should have given us hisname andbusiness , —En N , 8 . ]
The Necessity Op Tradesmen Doing Justice...
THE NECESSITY OP TRADESMEN DOING JUSTICE TO THE WORKING CLASSES . TO THE RETAIL TRADERS OF ENGLAND , BY ONE OF THEIR OWN ORDER . Beotheb TaiDEBMEH , — Permitted , through the kindness of the Editor , to address you on a former oocasion , I should not again obtrude myself upon your netlco could I see any probability of a movement taking place for the improvement of our future prospects . The eapltalisti , having made everything snug , appear to have shut the door and bolted themselves in . The meebanlcs have long rallied round their Trades Unions . The labourers , like the children of Israel . flock around the leader of their affections , and anxiously await possession of the promised land—even tho travellers who call to solicit our orders bave a society of their own . The fable of the Bundle ef
Sticks certainly would appear to have been written for us elone , In theae ( lays of combination I cannot think out interest so secure aa to need no protection from inch a source . A few men of colour amongst us have earned for us the unenviable title of' shopocrats' which , to my mind , is ebout one degree more contemptible than that of aristocrat , because we ought to know better , the tamo excuse for ignorance and prejudice iu tbem cannot bo made for us . It is juat possible that many of the aristocracy know nothing of tbe state or feelings of tbo produciog olesses , and if they do , are rendered eo caileos by the education and bad principles the ; Imbibe at the Universities that In after life , with tbe assistance of their spiritual advisers , and by reading their bibles upsidedown , they are generally enabled to humbug themselves
into the idea that all the poverty and distress in tbe world is extremely proper , end that God and not them , selves is the author of it—take for instance , that most impudent piece of national blasphemy , the great fish dinner-day for the failure of pig-vlctuale in Ireland , But with us it is quite a different affair ; if any can be found amongst us who do not sympathise with both the politically and socially degraded position of the productive classes , I have ne-hesitation in ascribing it to a detestable and brutal despotism : —a union amongst us would give expression to far different feelings to those which characterise those unworthy members of our trade , kuowa as shopocrats ; and this alene should induce as te unite ; but there are other reasons whlcb , by some , may be deemed more important ; amongst them I may name ,
1 st , Political influence ; 2 nd , The command of the whole . sale markets ; 3 rd , A vast amount of general Information relating to the trade , botb io town and country ; 4 th , The means for the expression of our opinions as a body ; and if that opinion was dictated by a loveof justice and mercy toman , and of honour for the laws of God , it would win for ua the respect of all , and the affectionate regard of those whose good will to us is bread . Up , then , you men of cities and large towns , remember that six knarea la a garret-concocted- the most stupendous hambug of the present century ; see , therefore , what an equal number of honest men can do in a good cause . There is an awkward question , that classes are putting to one another , in these shaky times , it is this—of what use are you ? If put to as , I suppose our answer would be
something like the following : — Our business here ia to facilitate the transfer of goods from the hands of the maaafscturer , Importer , or merchant ( front whom they can only be had advantageously in largo quantities ) , to the hands of the consumer , who requires them in small quantities , charging for our time and labour In the shape of profit that which gives us the means of living comfort , ably , though frugally , and providing forage . This is ell vro can , in strict justice , claim ; and now , reader , ii you are one ot those unfortunate wlgbts , tied down to an overgrown retailer , who from his capital can buy over your bead , and who screws and sqaetxes you down , In order that you In your turn may screw and squeeze your poorer customers out of first-rate price for a second-rate article , by having tempted them to owe you a few shillings , which
you in turn owe to your employer ( for I will not call him your merchant or manufacturer for ho is neither ); if ¦ uch , I say , reader , be your position , for Heaven ' s sake get out of such a disreputable one without delay— -it only wants union , halr-a-doiea so situated , by uniting , mlghtfree themselves In leas than six months and establish communications with first-rate wholesale houses . But to do this you must be honest to yourselves and your customers . Tou must not attempt to make the poor man's ready money pay for the rioh man ' s credit . The poor man may take credit for a week , the rich is offended with less than a year . It may look big to be a purveyor to Sir Tom Somebody , or Jack Nobody , E ; q ., and a £ 50 or £ 100 acceptance looks flattering , but It Is the dirty coppers over the counter that makes the tUl look amiable
and keeps the pot-boiling . Stick to the fustian jackets and they will stick to you—do all in your power ( and jou can do much ) to raise them politically and sociallynever rest until . you have , emancipated yeur old and worthy friends wbo have supported you io long—do not be ungrateful to ft class ta whom you owe so much . Isdlvidualiy you can do little—united you can raise your . eelvee and them to permanent prosperity ; on your heads be the consequences if you neglect your duty . And now a word to my .. old friends , the producers . Never patronize a shop with a host of assistants behiad the counter , those poor fellows are as badly used as yourselves , they are slaves , most probably for life . Some will tell you you can bay more advantageously at a large establlsmept ; but an active , intelligent tradesman with an apprentice ( if economy is used in his family ) can afford , if he is honest , to supply you quite ei well , if not better ; snd what ought to be ef serious consideration to
you is , that with the latter you do not directly encourage those who hold the whip over you . Never go into a dirty-looking shop , the people are lazy snd you cannot afford to pay for their idleness . Do not encourage a man when you see his wife or children about the streets in 6 aery , or when you hear the strumming of a piano in his house in the day time , for he or his family will come to the workhonse and you will have to support him there , and you need not let him spend your money first . Do cot support & subscriber to the Wbkelv Dispatch , for he will be a fellow of no . principle , and will be sure to cheat you . Weigh , measure , and test every article you purchase , and you will give the fair trader & chance . I need net request that if a union , such as I propose , should be formed that you will glvait your undivided support . Sincerely wishing yeu success , I remain vtry gratefully yours , A ClTIBEK 0 » THB WoBLD .
Hints On Political Economy-Financeand Or...
HINTS ON POLITICAL ECONOMY-FINANCEAND ORGANISATION FOR THE OBTAINMENT OP THE CHARTER , TO THS IDITOB OF THE NOBTHEBN STAB , Sra ,- —The poor landholders with the small sum of five pounds per year arising , from a capital saved in the course of a long and arduous life of drudgery , are frequently the victims of ministerial robbery . Servants whose rigid economy enabled them after years of toll to get a little money—the poor frujalising hard working man—ths pallid clerk with a large family—the stingy bare-boned milliner , aad tbe squalid dressmaker , whose prudence told thorn to save and make no alliances—' . he poor orphans , snd widows of deceased parents or husbands , with their sole dependence' In the funds , have
frequently been trapped by the spaciousness of governmeat securities , and have fallen alike the victims of a well-organised conspiracy , ' conceded by men already teeming with riches , and who execute their purposes without the least regard to mercy or compunction . More than one-third of the whole of tbe funded proprietors do not derive an Income of more tban five pounds per year from funded securities , and theae poor people are told that if any changes in the goesrnment should lead to more liberal institutions , the first offset will be the plunder of their humble depeadance . This is only a part of tbe political system pursued by tho aristocracy in the government of this country .
In the eyes of a minister , either Whig or Tory , political economy means that the working classes shall work tho fleah off their bones , —earn a great deal and live upon a little , and give up the remainder with pious resignation to their aristocratic masters . The currency question is , as to how money runs , or the running of golden sovereigns' into the pockets of bloated bishops and u dissolute peerage . Finance means taxing the multitude until their stomachs are empty and their bones bare , aad bribing the House of Commons , while tho press and cultivated classes conceal tha robbery of the people by the aristo oraoy . Finance every now and th » n sends thousands ot hands adrift upon society whenever a screw becemee loose under its rotten and fictitious system . The failure of tbe potato crop deranged this system , and eight millions of gold taken
were from tbe circulation and sent oat of the country ; the merchants and manufacturers oonld not get their credit kept up , and failure , to tne amount of twenty . eight millions occurred within a few weeks , and so brought ruin and desolation upon thousand . TbU lending andborrowlug system alone makes ¦ penal constables of the middle classes and illiterate tradesmen , and corrupt voter , at the hustings This system exacts more subjection from the masses than police or milltBry ,-than shells , grape , canister , aud congreves . But when it is once understood it will crumble to the dust its Ingenious supporters . Why is it that the middle classes are not with the mechanics and the other working classes ; because they are bound hand and foot to their bankers , brokers , millers , merchants ma . aufftoturerg , warehousemen , brewers , distillers , and who are all mosey lenders In their way , whether it ia gold
Hints On Political Economy-Financeand Or...
or flour , g in or tmr , tallow or tea , all « «*?»•»• bound in turn to the Bank of England , and the sola bank to the aristocracy , whe lend them their spare cash out Of the taxes of tbe people . The middle classes . ta . d between the aristocrat WUr and " the wwklttg tt & ll . The former are everlastingly In operation upon tbem , whilst tho latter bave nev . r yet used their power so as to be felt by them . No shopkeeper or small tradesman can keep up his eradlt orpavmonts with the ciane » above mentioned without the support and assistance of the working man . Withdraw that from him and ho becomes nothing . Here then is power which tha working man has over the special constable , In tho Tower Hamlets , Finsbury , Msrylebone , Westminster , Lambeth , Southwark , and Greenwich , thle class can ba crippled in no time . The like can he done in all tho great towns throughout the country in less than * x months , unless tbe class join and subscribe to emanciclasses from the
pate themselves and the working tyranny of » proud , wealthy , and gorgeous aristocracy . What bave the middle classes te thank the aristocracy for ! Do they obtain cheap justice ! Can they get their just demands paid by unwilling debiers , or their housea or lands , if they have any , from dishonest tenante , except upon terms so exorbitant as to amount to a denial Of justice ! Contrast the collection of taxes with tha collection of debts and rents : Are they not thwarted Wbich ever way they turn by eipenslve and corrnpt institutions ? Are there not traps artfully laid , and pita deeply concealed , to prevent their onward progress to power or independence out of their indefatigableindustrjt Are they not as freeholders deprived of their votes by tho trickery of the rotten borough system , aad the te . nant . at . will clause ? Their coarse , then , is plain ; they should jolu the working classes until tbe barriers erected against tbem are swept away , that they may take their place as freemen in the land of their birth .
All the power , riches , end honours of the country are in the bands of tbe aristocracy , whilst tbe great mass of the people have nothing . Their wealth , although so few , amounts to four thousand millions , while tbe whole national debt amounts to eight hundred millions , which in principally owned by about 280 , 000 persons , the most of whom are poor . The late Marquis of Hertford , from whose Irish preserves every branch of the Royal Artll . lery Is principally manned , and who would on Monday week y . ave cut down the people of England as blades of grass fall before the f cytho , could afford to let his Swis . valet take c . ff £ 169 , 060 , and allow one of his foreign mis . tresses £ 8000 a year ; notwithstanding , this person left of personal property two millions , and landed estate * worth foer millions more , making in the whole six mil . lions , One hundred persons of this class could be found to pay the national debt la full , and thas restore to the leaders their legitimate property .
In the very centre of this extraordinary wealth rail , lions have been starved to death , and millions more are on their way to the same bourne ; or else they mast to * main a burden upon the industrious classes , nearly as poor as themselves ; and so will this system be con . tinned until murmuring sounds , like those which precede a mighty volcanic irruption , indicate a coming power whieh must , sooner or later , bear down with irresistible feroe these powerful and tyrannical remnants o { barbarous ages . The Wesleyans , insignificant in number and anything but rich , can raise eighty or ninety thousand pounds per year to propagate their principles—they keep their ministers fat , sleek and hippy , and in all other respectslooking well to do in the world—they build colleges ,
and have otherwise organised in a moaner worthy of imitation , They often collect the penny a week , five shillings—ten or twenty shillings a year , by tbe aid and enthusiasm of pretty yoang women . Tea and coffee help them more than gin , beer , and tobacco . Small tracts and missionary adventures in the East , or among the FlBtnoscs , and bair-breadth escapes from tbe fangs of cannibals , who contemplated a rich feed over the re . mains , do wonders among tho women—the money flows in , tbe coffers fill , until at last they have become some , body In the state . Through their business connexion they get a great deal of money from all the other sects , whilst they themselves give nothing ia retnrn . Let thia example be followed , let all the coorts , alleys , and by . streets be hunted up , and where there are no Onanist class
leaders , let one settle down and become an ardent pro . pagandlst , and when the tens bave been got together , let them call oa the butcher , baker , grocer , cheesemonger , shoemaker , tailor , publican , linendraper , aud all tho others with whom tbey deal , and who cannot live with * out them—and not only ask them to wbite their adhesion to their cause , but to sossctrBE to tbe fund wbich is to propagate their principles , Then the same trades * men must be made to ask tbe miller , brewer , distiller , warehouseman , banker , & c , for subscriptions for the same purposes , and tbe thing mast prosper . Be as active as the ragged . fiehoolmen and ^ the heme missions in the propagation of principles . Every model house which is new building is to become a barrack for tbe confinement and subjugation of the young men ef the working classes , where espionage can be easily exercised upon their habits , and where they are to be drilled into tbe most slavish submission to the aristocratic proprietors or the million * aire employers ; for poor they must remain until the end
of their days . The workhouses have become a refuge of the idle aud dissolute—of a vile and reckless lazzaronl . and 8 garrison for soldiers . Let ten Chartists electa leader—let there be ten leaders to one hundred men , all of whom are to know each other well , where they work , ami their moral character . Let tbem cultivate a knowledge of their political condition over tea and coffee and small tracts . Lot one thousand men form a double cohort , having one hundred leaders , and let the hundred leaders elect a half-dozen ef bead advisers . Let them be taught ia tens to lift their legs up and put them down again with rapidity and precision . Let news come with esse and rapidity from a circumference to a centre , and orders go from a centre to a circumference In the same sasnner aa in Scotland-yard or in tbe Post-office . Then , when thousands can be mide to respond with telegraphic rapidity to the stroke of the magic wand , it is then that despotism will disappear , and the rights of man be finally and for over established .
London should be the battle-ground of principles j it is here where the parties can meet each other face to face . It is in this lordly city where the responsibilities can be most easily found . The rich domains of Blooms * bury , Si Pancras , Marylebene , 8 t George ' s , Westminster , Chelsea , Hyde Park gardens , and other ecclesiastical valuables , are good securities . The lordly owners would as well think of bombarding these rioh preserves , at they would think of granting vote by ballot , universal suffrage , annual parliaments , tqus \ electoral districts , no-proporty qualification , and payment of member * . These can be had , but care must be taken ia the selection of parties who are to treat for them .
A Woskino Man . [ We were obliged to suppress the commencement of this letter—Ed , N . S . J
To The Female Chartists. Ladiks,—I Have ...
TO THE FEMALE CHARTISTS . Ladiks , —I have presumed to address you , at this very critical season , on a toplo as interesting to you as it is dear to me . The hour has at leegth arrived for action . All the energies of human nature most bow be brought to bear , so as to bring about a sure but victorious result . The celebrated poet , Otway , says , in one of his master tragedies , that ' Woman can do much , if that she's in * cllned ; from the depths of tbe direst evil to the pinnacle of the greatest good . ' So say I . Woman can do much , and much is now required at her hand . If , ladies , yeu have the will and the sacred cause at heart—• be up and
doing . ' Delay not a moment . M y siacere advice isform yourselves into localities , and meet night after night for this purpose . The females of the Tower Hamlets are nobly doing their work ; also , the female * at Leicester and other places ; so ought the women Se every town in the kingdom , and I do really think they will . Therefore , form your local clubs' for the pur . POBO of considering and adopting those means whereby you may be most useful in the struggle of regenerating tho social and political reform so necessary te make you and yours happy and contented . If you desire to free yourselves from bondage , and benefit the whole human .
race , you must make every sacrifice to build up the sacred temple of liberty and fatherland ; or by your neglect and apathy , bequeath to your offspring an in * crease of degradation and mlssry . Therefore , be opeedy , and prove yourselves worthy of being wives , mothers , and daughters of Chartist men , and by timely and mature consideration , devise plaus ; fully and substantiall y to bear a metto like that of the Tower Hamlet females ' Live with our men ; die by , or for them . ' The fallowing resolution , whlcb was carried unanimously at the first Female Chartist meeting , should be carried and adopted at all your clubs . It runs as follows : « That , in order to unite the bonds of the sacred canst of Chartism still stronger , wo propose publishing a list of all the trades , names , and residences of Chartists that we may alone deal with them , and thus enrich each other , and not put weapans Into the hands of our enemies to injure and destroy ourselves . '
Carry this resolution out to the very letter , and yoa will not only add lustre to tho cause , but will deserve the hearty wishes and cordial approbation of all Rood men Xoure , & o „ H . Mander Mat , President of the Female Tower Hamlets Chartist ' Society .
Ingenious Swindle At Liverpool. —A Styli...
Ingenious Swindle at Liverpool . —A stylishly , dressed man , who gave the name of John Ogden , was charged with obtaining money by false pretences . Mr Levi , silversmith , Elliott-street , Liverpool , stated that the prisoner called upon him on Saturday af * temoon , and offered a parcel of gold for sale , whioh * S j \ u a . sora P R chinawaro . The gold metal stood the acid test , and considering it to bo genuine , he purchased it , giving 45 shillings and a tin * ia payment . Upon subsequent inquiry . it turned out that what had been sold as gold was merely » composition , with a sufficient overlaying of leaf gold to make it pass the teat . Seveial other cases were mentioned against the prisoner , and it was also stated that there was a gan g of moa going about engaged m tbe traud . The prisoner , who excused himself by . saying that the property was not his , was committed for trial .
A Disserted Smp . -TJnder date Hamburgh , June 14 th . we have the following : — ' The brig Ferdinand , Oaptain Groot , arrived at Port-au-Prince from Liverpool , states that , in latitude 36 5 i and longi . ii ! » 7 40 , 8 heMl with an abandoned ship , named the Mary , of Liverpool , p > inte * green , and so covered with barnacles that she must have been leng deserted , . W ^ ki * * * ° u "" fikMw of the weather , it waa impossible to board her . '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 24, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_24061848/page/6/
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