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      Notice.-Smce The Law Department Ef Theab...

      inventory . Before _rjroceedmgfurflier , " _oare some eomfflnnii » tion vdth the landlord , and ascertain exactly _hoirthematterstands . - ¦ * _flsKUCCS . —There evidently must be a power in your _Society to expel members , who do not conform _them-^ _jlres to the roles ; and if yon have not been already _exp _iUedhyaformalresolution of the society , there is little doubtif you continue refractory , and ' _refuse . to _glp , the declaration , bat that they will expel you by a formal resolution . If , therefore , you wish to continue B member , you had best sign the declaration .. ¦ .. ;** _fuviD R- Moxgas , Merthyr . —If the Jews are natural 0 jrn subjects , no objection -whatever to their becoming members . _faoxAs _TATtEBSiii , Burnley . —1 . The pensioner may i _$ i without losing his pension . 2 . _TbeycwbebaBotedforbyafamilyticketiiftiken

      in their jomt names . _njosGE Williams , Stepney . —I _* _iD inquire , and give yon an answerinthe next Star . Times Kctteb , Burnley . —I have read C . Hartley ' s _will—-afcat is the question that arises on it ? « Cot . Doncaster . _—lhave received the copy of thewill l _^ nd it sha ll have an early attention . rflBS Cooke , _Cossiy . —Give me the name and address of the lord and of the steward , aad I will try if I cannot obtain justice for you without a mandamus ; at the «« ne time , however , I think it would be advisable that _Teu should infonnme ofthe nature of yonr claim , and tbe grounds upon which you rest it , before I write to the lord orthesteward . ( l j ., Burnley . —I suppose he refuses because he is _saare that , under your agreement with your landlady , shepavs the rates . Ihave written to bnt send

      _j _^ BitsAiiisos . — Mr Terry ; me the abstract which jousay you have , and I shall _^ _enbs better able to proceed with yonr case . _y _^ Dncteufield . —Yonr father . I should think , must Vve soldthepropertytoMr _Astley , which , most likely , je had a right to do ; and if the ' sale was a fair one von cannot get the property back . _Erenif it was not a ¦ far sale , yet , such a length of time has elapsed since it _^ _fss made , there wonld not seem to be the least likelihood of yonr recovering possession of it Yon cannot _mie the society you speak of show their writings or _titJe-deeds ; nor can you summon the steward . Yonr _fcther appears to have sold the property , and by doing so has deprived you of it ; a case common enough In _moitfornuies . I think , however , that the steward or _jismaster ought to satisfy you that your father received j & irprice for what he sold ; and thus remove your uapression that he was treated unfairly .

      _jists Mobbison . —If you can prove by receipts or other . _, rjse that the landlord of the Lord Kelson received your money merely as a trustee for tbe purpose you mention _, von mayproceed against him under the Small Debts * id for the recovery of it ; and the other members ofthe clah may do the same . ¦ _jgos . _Shephabosov . — There bemg two claimants of your rent you may file a Bill of Interpleader and pay the rent into court ; but as this would be an expensive process , the claimants may possibly agree that the rent maybe laid out in Exchequer Bills or paid into some respectable Bank , to their joint account , till they have _settled their dispute . With respect to Mrs Gant-. ' case it would appear that upon her husband's death she became entitled to her dower or thirds ont of the property _devised to Wm "by his father , and having obtained a _judgment for her dower , the course to take is by _applying to thesheriffto put her _injpossessionof her dower . l / vongivemeMrWainman ' s address I will write to

      _5 , B _^ Manchester . —The legacies may be recovered . Give _jbb James Todman ' s address and I will write to him . _jsins Gnx , Manchester . —The poetry shall appear as yon as possible _, _jt Hammebsiey , BOston , acknowledges the following sans for " Daddy Richards : _"—The Wolverhampton riartfcte , 3 s ; J . Lewis , Is ; a Friend , Is .

      _WSCZLllKEOCS . _^ Dronx Fock-acrk Shabehoiseb , Ashton , may jave his font- acres without ballot by payirg for them , ssimay build a house to bis own taste ; he must pay forthe land _beforepnrchased , and will receive his four teres at the price it costs the Company , but need not piv for his house . I trust members will see the advantsseof this department in its proper light : thus , ten pawns nisi to purchase the land out , and . say , p .-iy _« . i 0 each for four acres , making £ ? , 0 " 0 , and which stun ideatoasnm we had ready for purchase , would re aace the price upon a larger estate than we could othernfce purchase by perhaps ten per cent ., so that the money of the rich would be helping the poor ; and let it Is _Tsmembefed that without this £ 2 , 000 additional , we coald not purchase so much land . Surely this is no _injust ' ce . but a very great good . _Thejoint note should be

      renewed . —r . _O'C . _-feii . Questions . — All letters on legal and other matters not post-paid , will net be received . Some have been _chargedls ., some 6 d ., and of course refused . "We don't wast one law for the rich and another for the poor . E . J . P . —As he intends visiting lowbands . in Whit-week , can have all the information he requires . _Ttechase or Estates . —Mr O'Connor begs to say , that the Bank of England conld not purchase all the estates of which he receives advertisements , and yet all are anrions for their own fancy , and some send me advertisements of estates leased for thirty , forty , and fifty years . —F . O'C . _BrCoBBrrr , Leek , Stafford _^ _iunre . —lord Brougham never was a commissioner under tbe New Poor Law . Lord Castlereaghwas Foreign Minister at the time he committed suicide : The Dnke of Wellington was Prime "" fillister frorp 1827 to 1830 . Heneverresisnedthe office of

      Ceamander _. in Chief , because he never held that office before now ; he held the place of Master-General of the Ordnance-office , under the Liverpool Administration . Lord Hill , we believe , succeeded the Dnke of York as General Commander-in-Chief in 18-27 , and held it till his death . The Ten Boors * Bill will come into operation as soon as it is passed ; the Ten Hour ? clause IBIS'S . £ . _>' icholso ? _i , "Winlaton . —Received . Thomas Gat , "Wakefield . —Stamps will do . Auxasdeb GBAjrr _. Edinbuvgh . —Received . V . Dakeeces _, Isle of Man . —Theshiliing wasnot received . Conldyonforward a copy of "The Miners' Petition V The three-halfpenny worth of trash came to hand . If fie fellow is " mad , '' be has an assassin-like method in _i his madness . Fear of the gallows alone prevents him using the knife instead of the pen .

      J . _fisHEB , Bradford , Wats . —Tbe six post-stamps for the District Committee for Poland ' s Regeneration have come to hand . _f ee Poets . —J . Harkness : Next week /! J . Butler : Some of the pieces shall appear as soon as we can find room ., B . J . M'Geoghegan : Under consideration . W . Gnttree : _Xoroom . * Dos * r tob wish too hat set rr !"—The following letter , headed "Rumoured League Generosity , '' appeared in the Morning Post of Wednesday : _—Srs , — Save you heard the report that Mr Cobden has written to his friends at Manchester , requesting that the sum subscribed as a public acknowledgment of his services in procuring the repeal of the Cora Laws may be _applied to the relief of his distressed fellow-townsmen ! lithe report be correct ; so beneficent an act will contribute , more than bis " unadorned eloquence , " to

      hand down his name with honour to . posterity . Though opposed in opinion to Mr Cobden , I am sure you will feel with me that such disinterested conduct cannot be too generally known . —I am , Sir , jour obedient servant , Crns . May 17 . Thi _Biiiot fob tbe _O'Cossoxtille Tea Tbat- —To & Chartist R £ _Ke . —VAanizi When the above project was first thought of , we anticipated that a sum sufficient to purchase a fonr-acre share in the Land Compiny foreachof the victims , wonld be quickly realised ; but are sorry to say that np to this time we have not -received sufficient to purchase s single three-acre share . These facts are a disgrace to the great bulk of the Chartist body , who , whilst they justly clamour for a fair remuneration for their own labour , leave those veterans who have devoted s life-time to secure their rights , and those widows and orphans who have

      become victims for their sakes , to pine in misery , want , and destitution J Ask yourselves , should such things be ! How can we expect men of talent to fight the battle of right against might—labour against capitalwith no other prospect before them than a reception in tbe accursed Bastile for themselves and families , as a _rewsxdfortheirusefuUervices ? It is preposterous fer us to complain ofthe injustice we suffer , whilst we are aajzat to those who hare devoted their time , talmt , and attention to our cause . Have professing Chartists , like the generality of professing Christians , no end in view bnt their own person ! interest ? if not , tbey milunderstand the holy principles they profess . Practical Chartism is practical Christianity—torender assistance •* We it i * required , bnt more especially where itis due . Are we not indebted to tha victim for what fh »; have attempted to do for ni , and for the light and knowledge they have diffused amongst us ! If so , let us blot out "the ford stain which onr apathy and indifference has fastened upon at . A good opportunity is now offered "to those who have it in their power to contribute a

      trifle towards placing their victims in a comfortable position , and to do which would be an honour to the Chartist body . "We again implore all who have it in their power to aid us in this holy cause ! We well know that the depression of trade , combined with the enormous price that food has attained , renders it utterly iapossiblefor badly paid workmen to contribute 6 d . ; but We are confident thatexclusive of these , there are thousands who ( if willing ) could readily accomplish the < _esired object . "We have received hut one subscription -from Manchester , the great emporium of Chartism ! _fnm Liverpool , and from the greater number of districts , nothing at all !! To what is this criminal _indifference attributable ! We cannot refrain from blaming tbe leading men in most localities ; they have been earnestly entreated to place the project and its _importince before their meetings , and we feel confident if taey would comply with this desire , a great sum could Jet be realized . We hope they will give us tbeir assistance , and proceed to the good work . Thokas Amosd , Secretary .

      P . S . —Post office Orders to be made payable to Thomas Almond , trunk maker , Bilston ; and all letters addressed to Joseph Linney , High-street , Bilston . _"tethvaation of Subscriptions for the Tea-tray Ballot , onto Wednesday , May 25 th . —C . Findlay , London , 1 subscri ption ; Eliza Bra J , do ., 1 ; J . Bridgewater , Oxford , 7 ; Y . Z ., Birstal , 2 ; T . Taylor , _Stoke-Subam-3 on , 2 ; Thomas Crother , Halifax , 2 ; G . Halliband , Suneaton _. 2 ; 3 . Messiter , Codford _, 2 ; T . Lazenby , Wakefield . 7 ; J . Gaskell , Hyde , 1 * >; H . H . Hayter , _Wandsworth , S ; J . White , Leamington , 3 ; J . Hone , _^ obury _. io .

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      The Announcement Of Any Names For Tbe Bi...

      The announcement of any names for tbe bishopric w Manchester , or ofthe other new sees , are prema-* ° re—the arrangements net being yet in form for any decision or selection . „ „ _ . An enterprising citizen" of the State of Maine J _^ s ofiered to tale the war by contract , and reduce -ne Mexicans to complete submission per naif the _Sstjoated " appropriations ''—pidangsinduded . The latest advices from Cyprus allude to the appearance of loeusts in that island . Among the new institutions which it has been pro $ _& d te establish in London , is a Ladies'Literary _Institution , which proposes to amuse its fairmemj * ra with " music , crotchet work , millinery , dress "Hong , lectures , comiersaxioni , _andteapartiea _. _•'

      Death Of Daniel O'Connell : Thernmonrof ...

      DEATH OF DANIEL O'CONNELL : Thernmonrof _O'ConneH ' s death , which we gave ' in our third edition of last week , from one of the Paris papers of Thursday , has been since confirmed Thegreat Agitator died at Genoa onthe 15 th of May * His obsequies commenced from the moment of his decease , and were _continued with princely pomp . His kcart . enclosed in a silver urn . has been taken to Rome ; _hisboJyvnll be brought to Ireland , where , no doubt , a public funeral , on a magnificent scale ! will take place on its arrival . * Daniel O'Connell was bora in 1774 , at Carhen situate about s nib fromthe present post-town of of

      n 1 . „ v _^ f * at _thhe _^ d o / the _barbour Valentin . niscMdhoodand boyhood passed at this birthplace _Hfefr _"" _&* * S 0 I *> etunes of consider * _fifr _OTotfaer . _Matarxee O'Connell , who . being childless , adopted his nephews , Daniel and Maurice , and took , in a great measure , the charge of their educa tion upon himself . At the age of 13 Mr O'Connell and his brother Maurice , a year younger than himself , were sent to the school ofthe Rev . MrHar nngten , a Catholic clergyman , at a place called Redington , in tlie Long Island , two miles from Cove .

      Subsequently Daniel and his brother were sent to the continent . At first they studied at St Omert , and _' subsequentlyat the English Collegeat Doaay . On the 21 st of December , 1783 , the two _O'Connells quitted France for England . As the English packet boat passed out ofthe harbour , Daniel and his bro ther eagerly tore out of their caps the tricolour cockade , which the commonest regard for personal safety rendered indispensable to be worn by every one in France ; and , after trampling them under foot , flung them into the sea . It is understood tbat at an early age he was intended for . the priesthood . Bnt it is difficult to imagine any one more incapable than he was of maintaining even those outward signs of holiness which are generally observed by the ecclesiastics of his persuasion . An overflow ef animal spirits rendered him ,

      not merely a gay , but sa obstreperous member of society , and his riotous jocu larity acknowledged no limits . All Idea , therefore , of his becoming a priest _. if ever seriously entertained , must have been abandoned before he reached the age of 19 , for he was then devoted to anything rather than the service ofthe altar . Dare hunting and fishing wereamongst his darling pastimes ; and these means of relaxation continued to fill his leisure hours even when his years approximated to three score and ten . From 17 to 70 the energy of his intellect and the ardour of his passions seemed to suffer no abatement . A large and well-used law library , numerous liaisons , a pack of beagles , and a good collection of fishing tackle , attested the variety of his tastes and the vigour of his constitution . Before he had completed his 20 th year he became a student of _Lincoln ' _s-inn .

      fie returned to Ireland before the rebellion , and when that event took place , he joined the yeomanry in support of the Government . Again , in the time of Emmett ' s rebellion in 1803 , he once more took his place in " the Lawyers ' Corps . " In'hi 3 28 th year be married his cousin Mary daughter of Dr O'Connell , of Tralee . He first appeared in public in the year 1 S 02 , in Dahlia , as a petitioner against the Act of Union ; but it was not till the year 1809 that Mr O'Connell came prominently before the public as an active agent of the Roman Catholic party , and

      distinguished himself in the defence of Mr Magee , tbe proprietor ofthe Dublin Evening Post , pro secuted for libel by the Government . The history of the years widen elapsed between the _developement of Roman Catholic agitation in 1809 and its signal victory in 1829 discloses just thus much respecting Daniel O'Connell : that he was sometimes the mere mouthpiece , and occasionally the ruler , guide , and champion ofthe Catholic priesthood , and that he maintained a " pressure from without , " which caused not only the Irish but the Imperial Government to betray apprehension as well as to breathe vengeance .

      In 1815 occurred the celebrated and fatal duel with Mr _D'Esterre , a member of the Dublin corporation , which Mr O'Connell called " beggarly . " D'Esterre fired first and missed . Mr O'ConneH' s shot lodged in his adversary's thigh , who fell mortally wounded and died in a few days . It is not the fact that he at that time " registered" his celebrated " vow" against the use of duelling pistols . On the contrary , he engaged in another affair of honour before finally abandoning the dernier resort of bullets and gunpowder Mankind with one voice applauded his peaceful resolution the moment it was announced , but they were equally unanimous in condemning the license with which he scattered insult when he had pre viously sworn to refuse " satisfaction . " In a few months after the death of D'Esterre , he . was about

      to fight Mr ( now Sir Robert ) Fee ] , and he was proceeding to Ostend for the purpose , when he was arrested at his hotel in London . On the visit of the " bloated Leviathan , " George the Fourth , to Ireland , Mr O'Connell tookan active part in hailing his arrival . On the day of his embarkation , the Agitator , at the head ofa Catholic deputation ; presented him with a crown of laurel , which was received " _withsuSicientgraciousness . " In 1823 the Catholic Association was formed , aad the question of " Emancipation" made great progress . In 1823 Mr O'Connell declared himself willing tosive np the forty-shilling freeholders—willing to sacrifice the humblest of his countrymen forthe sake of the highest—to limit the democratic power in order that the aristocracy of the Roman Catholics should have seats in Parliament , and silk gowns at the bar . The famous Clare Election took place in July , 1828 , on the 5 th of which month Mr O'Connell

      was returned to Parliament by a large majority of the Clare electors . He lost no time in presenting himself at the table of the House of Commons , and expressed bis willingness to take the oath of allegiance , bnt refusing the other oaths he was ordered to withdraw . Discussions in the honse and arguments at the bar ensued , and agitation throughout Ireland assumed a formidable character The long demanded concession wasatlength obtained . The Roman Catholic Relief Bill was carried in the session of 1 S 29 , and in April of that year Mr O'Connell was re-elected for Clare , and enabled to take his seat without swallowing the objectionableoatha . After the death of George the Fourth he withdrew from the representation of Clare , and was elected forthe county of Waterford . In 1831 he sat for his native county , Kerry . He was afterwards representative of Dublin from 1832 till 1836 , when he was unseated before a committee ofthe House of Commons . He

      then took refuge in the representation of Kilkenny ; but , at the general election in 1837 , he was once more returned tor the city of Dublin , and in 1841 for the county of Cork . Mr O'Connell had a seat in the House of Commons for 18 years . In 1831 , Messrs O'Connell , Steel , and Barrett , were brought to trial , under an indictment , which charged tbem with holding political meetings , contrary to the proclamation of the Lord Lieutenant ; they pleaded guilty , but escaped punishment . The Anti-tithe agitation soon after threw the nation into a frenzy , which seemed to alarm Mr O'Connell , so that he agreed suddenly to a compromise , by which the clergy lost , bnt the people did not gain . His command of the" 0 'Connell _taiTgave him great influence in the time ofthe Melbourne ministry . To

      reward such important aid , the greater portion ofthe Irish patronage was placed at his disposal . Thereturn of the Conservatives to power in 1841 , was the signal for tbe revival of the agitation for the Repeal of the Union , which had been extensively agitated some years previously . The history of the " monster meetings" and the trial and sentence of O'Connell and Ms associates , together with the reversal of that sentence by the House of Lords , will be fresh in the -recollection of our readers . His latest tergiversations in support of the Whigs and the consequent conflicts with "Young Ireland "have been recorded almost weekly for tbe last few months preceding his death . The popular influence , as well as the moral courage , of the old Agitator sank under the pressure of his youthful and vigorous assailants ; then came the famine , the falling off of " the rent , "

      thb audiences at _Conciiiation-hall _. and theindefinite postponementof Repeal . Successfully to contend with these disasters wonld have demanded the energy of O'Connell ' s early days ; but old , infirm , and brokenhearted , he was incapable of a manly struggle or a dignified retreat . The rest is already told . Only afew words more are necessary . In the course ofthe last fifteen years he has had controversies with all sorts of people , and was charged with sundry crimes , public and private ; with having taken bribes from the _millowners of Lancashire , to speak against all short-time bills ; with having , in his old age , seduced and abandoned more than one frail member of the fair sex ; with having neglected and oppressed his tenantry to an extent which justified bis being described as one of the most culpable individuals belonging to the vilest class in all Europe—the middlemen of Ireland .

      His abuse of tbe English Radicals ; his foalmouthed calumnies against the Women of England ; his denunciations of Feargus O'Connor , who took his place in the affections of tbe English peopl » , only need to be enumerated ; the reader ' s -recollection will enable him to fill np the outline : His treachery to the Chartists , and unmanly exultation at the slaughter of the followers of Frost , earned for him the unextingnishable hatred of the working classes of England . But enough ; although he never spared a fallen enemy we desire not to emulate bis bad reputation . Posterity will justly but inexorably pronounce the doom of his character . Indifferent to nobler objects of ambition , he devoted herculean energies to the acquisition of tribute from his _starving countrymen , and bestowed upoahis descendants the remnants of a mendicant revenue , when be might have bequeathed " them an honourable name , secured the happiness of his countrymen , and gained the admiratioa of mankind .

      Beceipts Or The National " Co ' Operativ...

      BECEIPTS Or THE NATIONAL " CO ' OPERATIVE XjAND COM FAS Y . FOB THE WEEK ENDING MAY 27 , PER MR O'CONNOR . SECTION No . 1 . f BABES . Marylebone - _*• ° Stalybridge .. £ 5 0 0 Glasgow j _» 0 4 0 Deronport ., HI 6 Monmouth .. 0 6 0 Newton Abbot .. 0 1 0 S . L . B . .. 0 3 0 Calais .. „ 3 12 44 Burnley , _Lawson 0 _* 0 Dundee „ 088 Radford .. _« M Huddersfield .. 013 0 Nottingham .. 0 3 0 Crieff .. .. 0 3 6 Hull .. .. 0 3 0 _Asbton-under-Lyne 0 2 0 Birmingham , Ship 0 1 6 Cheltenham .. 0 2 6 Plymouth .. 0 12 0 Colne .. „ o 7 0 Bacup .. .. 10 0 Holmfirth .. 0 1 0 Sowerbj Helm .. 1 lo 0 Birnderland .. 0 . 3 0 Todmorden M 010 0 Lbn ; ton ., o 1 6 Manchester .. 1 10 8 Hyde .. .. 0 5 0 Worcester ,. 0 4 6 James Dixen .. o 5 0 JMJ & _Oi

      - SECTION No . 2 . Shoreditch .. 0 10 Ledbury ., 8 1 0 Marylebone 14 0 Todmorden .. 010 0 Glasgow . .. 010 0 Manchester .. 4 3 6 Ledbury « 0 13 Worcester .. 413 , 0 Barrhead .. 1 10 0 Pewter Platter .. 010 6 _Ti-rerton » 1 12 0 George Terrey .. 0 4 6 George Martin .. 0 10 Deronport .. 16 6 Bury .. .. 3 0 0 Newton Abbot .. 219 2 Lynn , Scott _.. 18 8 Norwich ,. 476 KadcliffeBridge 5 18 4 Walsoken .. 0 2 6 Chorley .. 12 0 Calais .. ., 2 19 U Burnley , Lawson 19 0 Dundee ,. 0 7 4 Rochdale .. 038 Kirkaldy ., 116 Hindley .. 019 0 Torquay „ 1 6 0 Devizes .. 0 6 0 Crieff ., —09 6 Radford .. 0 1 2 Ashton-under-Lyne 0 5 0 Nottingham .. 811 0 Congleton .. 0 5 . 0 Smethwick .. OS 6 . Cheltenham .. 14 6 Hull ,. .. 0 3 0 Peterborough .. u 16 8 Birmingham ( Ship ) 0 2 6 Sunderland „ 14 0 Plymouth .. 0 9 0 Longton „ 0 2 6 Birmingham , per Hyde ,. .. 0 9 6 Goodwin .. 010 0 Edinburgh ' ..... 066 Leicester , Astill 10 0 Kidderminster .. 3 0 0 James Stevenson 0 10 Belfast ,. .. 012 6 £ 63 16 6

      SECTION No . 3 . Shoreditch .. 1 6 10 Henry Scale .. 5 4 4 Marylebone _~ 2 18 StAustle .. 0 . 70 Glasgow .. 656 Stocbport .. 10 0 0 Ledbury n 2 10 5 John Barton .. 0 6 4 Reading .. 5 0 0 New Radford * .. 5 4 6 Allen Harper .. 0 5 0 Richard Wilkins 0 6 4 _JohnWilshire .. 010 0 J . H . - M 010 0 Reuben Glover „ 10 0 Thomas Holmes 0 2 G Barrhead .. 10 0 Thomas Cook ., 010 0 Stoney Stratford Pewter Platter „ 15 0 ( Watson ) .. 110 0 Bermohdsey .. 010 0 James West , jun . 0 10 0 Thomas Richard' Tiverton ... 0 8 0 _sonamdEdward James Patterson 10 0 Powell .. 0 2 0 Westminster .. 0 2 8 W . L . .. .. 014 Thomas Cooper 0 2 10 Mixenden Stones 5 0 0 George Burnley 0 210 Stalybridge .. 5 0 : u . Teigmnoutb 5 0 0 Winlaton .. 218 0 Bury .. ' " „ 316 7 Parkbead .. 13 3 Lynn ( Scott ) .. 0 7 6 Dorking .. 500 A . S— , Doncaster 0 5 0 James Wrigley .. 0 . 2 6 Marple .. 616 2 Deronport .. 8 0 4 Monmouth ... 1 8 2 _Sutton-roadAnx . Chorley .. 2 17 6 iliary ... 0 9 4 Stoke Kochford 2 12 4 _Stow-on-the-Wbld 4 19 6 Burnley , Lawson 3 7 0 Newton Abbot .. 6 IS 2 John Ranee » 5 4 4 Derby „ « ' 10-0 0 Wm . Tweedy .. 010 0 Tulicoultry H 8 lo C Henry Smith .. 0 6 0 Bradford « 5 0 0 WmMoody 0 3 4 Norwich 210 4

      . .. . „ James HiU .. 0 3 6 Waisoken .. 0 6 o Thomas May .. 4 4 4 Calais .. 8 1510 } Wm . Tipper - 0 2 0 Dundee .. Slo n Wm . Hodge H 0 5 0 Long Row , Belper 2 ll i Rochdale .. 111110 William Taylor 0 3 4 Silas Rossiter .. 010 0 ' North Shields .. 10 3 Mary Ann Moss 0 2 6 Eirkaldy .. 1119 0 S . W . and Co . .. 7 1 4 Huddersfield .. 4 7 0 Hindley M 0 1 4 Torquay .. 9 14 0 Hexham .. 17 0 Richard Smith .. 10 0 Devizes „ 16 1 1 Crieff .. .. 170 Radford _"» ' ( 1111 Mary Smith .. 0 50 Nottingham M IB 14 3 Ashton-under . Smethwick .. 518 8 Lyne ., ... 13 2 2 Hull .. _. .. 11 12 9 Congleton .. 6 9 2 Birmingham ( Ship ) 6 IS 8 Cheltenham .. 11 14 8 Plymouth .. 816 4 Colne .. .. 0 19 6 Kilbarchan M 2 0 0 Edmund Allen .. 6 10 0 Clifheroe .. 9 5 0 Peterborough .. 1 16 e Fenton .. 213 6 ; Abingdon .. 0 It 6 Birmingham , Good- Uolmfirth .. 0 7 lo win .. 215 6 Long Buckby .. 116 Leicester , Astill 4 0 0 littleborouga .. O lo 0 Merthyr ( Mor- Sunderland .. 12 9 6 gan ) „ M 2 0 0 Longton .. 1 611 Bacup _h ., 4 0 0 Hyde .. .. 310 ll Upton ., .. 23 O 8 Amos Hughes .. 0 iu 0 Middlesborough 1-90 Edinburgh .. 018 6 Newent .. 10 0 Belper .. .. 0 4 8 SowerbyHehn .. 310 0 Hamilton » 2 0 0 Clifford .. 10 0 _Holytown .. 0 7 0 Oawaldtwistle „ 10 1 4 Kidderminster .. 2 0 0 Accrington .. 5 0 0 Belfast .. .. 0 3 0 J . Battenshaw .. 0 2 4 Wm . Whitworth 0 6 4 Ledbury .. 1 11 2 Andrew Whitworth 0 6 4 Henry Schofield 5 4 4 Philip Whitworth 0 6 4 Todmorden .. 6 0 0 Jchn Whitworth 0 4 0 W . S .. C . .. 0 5 0 William Reid .. 0 7 6 Manchester .. 17 5 4 Wm . and Chris-Worcester .. 23 18 8 tonberReid .. 0 1 4 J , Armitage .. 5 4 4

      £ 478 3 3 } EXPENSE FUND . Glasgow N 0 o 6 Henry Scofield .. 0 2 0 Ledbury .. 0 2 0 Worcester .. 3 14 John Wilkinson 0 10 W . BrentnalI , BeIperO 0 6 _Radcliffe Bridge 0 2 0 Parkhead .. 0 3 6 Marple .. 070 Norwich .. 020 Stoke Rochford 0 2 0 Calais .. .. 0 4 0 Jblin Ranee „ 0 2 0 North Shields .. 0 3 0 Thomas May .. 0 2 0 Kirkaldy .. 0 16 Hindiey „ 0 2 0 Torquay . .. 0 10 0 Devizes .. 056 Congleton .. 0 2 0 Nottingham .. 1 6 9 Cheltenham .. 018 0 Hull ... _M 016 3 Abingdon .. 0 4 6 Birmingham ( Ship ) 0 . 2 0 Long Buckby .. 0 1 6 Plymouth M 0 2 0 Sunderland .. 0 4 0 Upton „ » 0 12 0 Belfast .. 0 11 6 John Armittage 0 2 6 Edward Neale .. 0 2 0 £ 10 17 10 TOTAL LAND FOND . Mr O'Connor , Section No . 1 ... 18 13 01 Mr O'Connor , Section No . 2 ... 63 16 6 Mr O'Connor , Section No . 3 ... 478 3 31 Expense Fund , „ „ , 101710 £ 57110 8

      Fob The Bank Sums Previously Acknowledge...

      FOB THE BANK Sums previously acknowledged 2 , 360 3 2 For the Week ending the 27 th May .. .. 142 3 0 £ 2 , 502 6 2 T . M . _Whekmb , Financial Secretary . RECEIPTS OF NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Croydon .. 0 2 0 $ J . G ., Greenwich 0 10 Cheltenham .. < 010 0 Hand-book „ 0 0 2 Bermondsey .. . 0 _78 £ l 0 104 REPAYMENTS TO MR O'CONNOR ON ACCOUNT OF DEBT DUE BY DEFENCE FUND . Tiverton .. 0 7 6 George Terry .. 0 10 MrBearman , Hal . Mr Hurry , 2 nd stead . i 0 2 0 Subscription .. 0 10 £ 0 11 6 RECEIPTS OF THE VICTIMS' COMMITTEE . Todmorden .. .. .. .. .. - 0 3 10 C . Doile , Secretary . The Balance Sheet is nowissued andin the hands ofthe sub-Secretaries : any person desirous of receiving a ' copy of the same can have one by sending three Postage Stamps . Ebbatom . —The sum of 2 s 5 d in last weeks Star , from Bermondsey , should have been £ 2 5 s .

      The Crops In Turkey Are Said Tq Promise ...

      The crops in Turkey are said tQ promise a very abundant harvest .

      Ems Ci Fleet Sibeet. —A Fire That Caused...

      Ems ci Fleet Sibeet . —A fire that caused considerable alarm broke out at 110 , Fleet-street , occupied by Mr Mecham , trunk-maker . It originated from some unknown cause in the first floor back , used as the kitchen . Engines quickly attended , and by setting one machine to work the flames were soon extinguished , the damage , considering the extent of the premises , not being _rery great . The crops in the southern departments of . France are said to promise an unusually abundant harvest . The mackerel fishery has begun with . favourable

      auspices , and is expected to prove very productive . A murrain is very prevalent among the cattle on the Scottish and English borders . The Prussian government have appointed a commission ta revise the laws affecting the rights and rivileges of the Jews . Not a single prisoner is now confiined in the county gaol of Merionethshire . The Norwegian government has suspended the import duty on barley , rye , oats , buckwheat , and maize , until the 30 th of August .

      The government of Wurtemburg has ordered an inquiry to be made into the quantity of corn and potatoes in the kingdom . The Athtncsum states that Prince Albert intends to devote a room in the new tower at Osborne to the reception of collections illustrating the geology ofthe Isle of Wight . It is said that in Normandy and other parts of | France speculators are buying the growing crops of wheat , though this mode of forestalling is expressly forbidden by the law . Mushrooms would seem to be early this year , for many provincial newspapers mention that fine _disheB of them have been gathered . » A letter from Dresden says that 40 students of the University have been severely punished for having been present at the meetings dangerous to the state and public order _.

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      TRADES ' MOVEMENTS _j , YS RAMa _9- * nrAii , ' EbiNBrjROH .-On -Tues-% _! _% _? _$ V ° iree _™» _teW _° y the district committee of the National Association , in the Recbabite _M-Sa m _. _^ ° » rof , Mr Jacob ' s visit to Scotland as _SSK _^ _Wj _^ - The testimonial was such f ia £ ft ? hi * 4 _*» tto Sire , being the people's _ASJm _?? * . ° . rk ? _? f their own _immortal _bai-d , LBS _** £ W _? UVotes _^ A 1 , an Cunningham , _fef f , ilf i x 1 g -jwa-pfion :- " Presented to iLtr ?; t rf ? S ' w b ? . . "P _^ ates of the Edinburgh district of the National Association of United Trades forthe protection of Industry and Employment of Labour in Mines , Manufactures , and Agriculture , as a token of theiresfceem for . the able manner in which of

      _f- _™ . _i r ? t , t , e ( l _^ e principles the _abe-ve _association and fulfilled his mission with credit to himself , and justice to the body who employed him . Signed on behalf of the Delegates , E . _Hollis , Secretary > -Mr Urquhart , currier , presented the token of respect with a well-written and suitable address . Mr Jacobs , in accepting the present , returned thanks to the delegates , trades , and company present , hoping he might ever ueserve their respect , and be enabled to return their kindness by his best endeavours to serve " _Sf-W Sa , IBed { |! re _™ Ye the grievances of which the r poet sarcastically sung , and enable the working claps to enjoy a fair share of their own productions , to establish a . natwnal association , if possible , a universal association ,

      " That man to man the world o ' er , May brithers be , and a' that . " After a song by one of the delegates from the presented book , Mr Cloughan , miners ' , delegate from Holytown , was introduced , and in an excellent' address set forth a few of the present operations of tbe association , and sat down loudly cheered . The remainder of the evening was spent in songs and recitations , executed in good style by several members . Third Anniversart of thb London Journbimen Bakers' Provident Institution , instituted for providing a certain support to those afflicted by sickness ; an asylum aud relief for the aged and infirm , and their wives , and widows and orphans ; and district houses for the accommodation and mental improvement of the members . —This festival was celebrated by a publi ' c dinner in the magnificent hall of

      the Freemasons' Tavern , in Great _Qiieeii-street , on Thursday evening , May the 20 th . B . B . Cabbell , Esq ., M . P ., was called to , the chair , supported on the right . and left by C . Cochrane , Esq . and T . Napier , Esq . About 150 aat down to dinner . Aftir a profusion of loyal rubbish came the toast of the evening , " Success to the London Journeymen Bakers Provident Institution , " whioh , from what we gleaned from the chairman , has been established nearly four years , and enrolled ( including masters and men ) 500 members . The next sentiment was , " Charles Cochrane , Esq ., and all friends ot the Institution : "this toast was drank with three times three , and one cheer more . Mr Cochrane rose amid renewed acclamations , and responded in an eloquent and facetious speech , and concluded by giving "TheLadies , "

      which was followed by " The Press , " ' _« The _President and Treasurer of the Institution , " " Success to the National Provident Institution , and health and happiness to our chairman and iriend , Benjamin Bond Oabbell , Esq . M . P . " .. In the course of the evening it was announced that B . B . Cabbell , Esq . M . P . had given a donation of £ 10 10 s , Charles Cochraue , Esq . of £ 5 5 s , T . 'Napier , Esq . of ' £ 5 5 s and Captain Clark £ 1 Is . Progress of the Operative Bakers' Movement for Shortening the Hours of Labour and ins Abolition of Night : Work . —A public meeting , numerously attedded , wa » held in the Assembly-rooms ofthe Horns Tavern , Kennington , on Saturday evening , May the 22 nd . Charles Cochrane , Esq ., the candidate for , Westminster , was unanimously

      called to the chair amidst loud cheering , and said he accepted the honour they had conferred on him with a great deal of p leasure . The journeymen bakers were truly the victims of bad circumstance ' s , cooped up in the bakehouse , and at all times at the beck and call of their employers . He need scarcely state that it was utterly impossible that any class could suffer more than did the journeymen , bakers . This was not only their cause , but tbe cause of their wives and families ; and it was theirduty to profit by every circumstance that offered to remove the load of evils which oppressed them , not by a resort to violence , but by coolly and dispassionately resolving to persevere until every semblance of tyranny and oppression shall cease , and thus convince their employers they were in every way worthy to bB treated as men .

      { Loud cheers . ) There was no class of operatives , save the bakers , that could not' caloulate on some time which they could call their own . . ( Cheers . ) " Opera _tivesdo not generally work , more than twelve hours daily , out of which they were allowed time for meals , and why should not that useful man , the baker , be equally well treated ? ( Loud cheers . ) But , alas the baker commenced his toil when most other ope * rative 3 were retiring to rest , viz ., at ten' or eleven o ' clock at night . _, ( Hear , hear . ) . Mr Cochrane here showed by his practical knowledge of the bakehouse , his thorough earnestness in thegobd cause , and ably illustrated his arguments by showing how the _twenty-forr hours were spent'by a journeyman baker . He next proceeded to show the great evils inflicted on the employers and the public

      by this over-working of the men . ( Applause . ) In many cases the men could not " pitch in" before seven o'clock in the morning , and was obliged to rise again before eleven , ( hear , hear , ) which he contended was net sufficient time to give that rest the human frame required . ( Hear , hear . ) They frequently heard lamentation over the condition ofthe black slaves , but what was their condition as compared with that of those white slaves the operative bakers of England ? ( Loud cheers . ) The former worked but a moderate number of hours , had a sufficiency of good food , suitable clothing , and medical advice and medicine found them when necessary . Not sbwith the operative baker . But the slave could not be resupplied without purchase , whilst the latter ' was attainable at the competitive labour market almost

      without money and without price . ( Immense cheering . ) Even the Sunday , which was a day ofrestand recreation to most operatives , brought nothing but renewed toil to the journeyman baker , and how galling must it be to him to have to resume his labour ofa Sunday evening when other operatives are about to enjoy the sweet air of heaven , with the wives of their bosoms , and the children of their mutual love . ( Great applause . ) He was happy to announce that a nobleman who took a deep interest in their affairs , had submitted their case to her majesty ' s ministers , and from hia great influence the beat result might be anticipated . " ( Cheers . ) He was also grateful to learn that the master bakers had expressed their approbation of the movement . For himself he could only thank them for their

      patient hearing , and assuretheni that he should be at all times ready to assist the operatives in their attempts to free themselves from tyranny and oppression , ( loud cheers , ) and again he repeated he could not see why millions of English money and'Engiish sympathy should be sent to emancipate black slaves on the shores of Indian rivers , whilst so many white slaves existed at home . ( Prolonged cheering . ) The secretary having read aletter from B . B . Cabbell , Esq . M . P . apologising for non attendance , and promising to attend on some future occasion _. stated that in consequence of her Majesty ' s order to have nothing but seconds flour used in the royal household had caused the working man ' s loaf to rise an extra halfpenny , by using the very flour that would be otherwise consumed by the working man . He had made this known to Lord' Robert Grosvenor ,. and he was happy to say , the use of the best bread was now

      resumed . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Webber , & master baker , and the well-known Radical reformer of Lombard-street , came forward to move the first resolution , and said , the profits arose in the baking trade , not from the largeness of the capital sunk , but from the amount of labour wrung from the journeyman , and" recommended working men , who- were great consumers of bread , to have it _weighed , _especially the bread they had from chandlers' shops . Mr Williams and Mr Sutton ' addressed the meeting ; the latter in one of the most eloquent and _taleeted addresses it was ever our fortune to hear . Resolutions in favour of shortening the hours of labour , and abolishing night work * were then _usammousJy adopted , and , on the motion of Messrs Wedge and Montgomery , a vote o $ thanks was given by acclamation to the Chairman * who responded , and the meeting , after the enrolment of a considerable _number of _members , was _dissotv ed .

      Strike at Bacup . —At a meeting ; of Power-loom Weavers forthe yurpose © f taking _iato consideration the proposed reduction by Messrs _Aitkins , of two pence halfpenny per _shilling , it was agreed that no man or woman should commence- work at a reduced price . After the strike had continued nino days the masters turned the mill-bands out . Hitherto the hands on strike have met with considerable support . We trust that that support will be continued uu \ _Si the hands are victorious in their just struggle .

      'Death Caused Throughdissecnon.-Rlt Will...

      'Death caused _throughDissEcnoN .-rlt will ne in I the recollection of our readers that the late Harvey Leaoh , the celebrated gnome fly and man monkey , left orders that after bis decease his body should be given to Mr Liston of University College Hospital , for disposal . _^ Mr _Liston handed the body over to his most intimate friend and companion , Mr Potter , for dissection , who , whilst engaged- in his labour , pricked bis finger with the lancet . This caused little care beyond placing his hand in a sling for a day or two . but on the third day Mr Potter was attacked with fever—abscesses formed on his ' band , which

      extended up the muscles of his arm a ' nd over his chest , causing great agony ; death _eventually put a period to his sufferings , and on Saturday hi 3 remains were interred in the Kensal-green _cemetery . A Kendal paper mentions that a pair of redbreasts have built their nest in a _kitchen , and appear wholly undisturbed by the inmate ? , upon whose table they frequently perch during meals . The great comet of 1 . 264 and 1556 is expected b astronomers to _reappear at the latter end of this or the commencement of the following year . March 10 , 1818 , is , considered the most probable period . •'"" . . •• ¦

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      CONFERENCE OF THE NATIONAL ASS 0 _, CIATION OF UNITED TRADES . BiBBiwoHAH , _MosDAi , _Mai _Ur-lhe sittings of the Annual Conference of Delegates of the 8 ational Association of United Trades commenced this day in the Hall of Science , _Lawrence-street . Th * Central Committee were enff _^ _ed during the morning in receiving the _eredcntiaU _orthe delegates appointed to represent the various trades _comprhed In the Association , and at three o clock in the afternoon , the chair was taken by T . 8 . Ddncombb , M . P . ' A full list of the delegates , which arrived too late to appear here , will be found in onr eighth page The _Secsetabv ( Mr Barrett ) , having read the list of delegates ,

      The Hon . _Chaibman , who was received Tfith loud applause , in opening tbe proceedings , » aid , before th « y pro . ceeded to the important business which , they had assembled to transact , perhaps they would allow him to say a few words , as to the past proceedings , the present pasition , and the future prospects of this Association . ( Cheers . ) At the last Conference at which . he had tho pleasure of being present , the only real decision come to was , whether an experiment of an Association for the Protection of Labour and the Employment of Industry , should be made or not . That Conference decided in the affirmative , and it _waa for tho present Conference to say whether that experiment had been fairly made or not , and whether , from the experience of the past year , It was proper to proceed farther with it . They would presently hear the . report of ihe proceeding of the past year read by the Secretary . Thatreport was an elaborate one , and , thereforo , he presumed , would be the more welcome , to . the Conference , as affording what heeould

      say was en accurate statement ofthe business which bad been done during the past year , and the manner in which the executive had discharged their duties . It would be for tbem to say whether they approved of the manner in which their services had been performed : bat , at all events , ho felt It his duty to state that , it was his belief they had at all times been animated by tbe moat earnest desire to promote the interests of the Association , andto serve it to the _bestof their _abilitj . —( Hear hear ) The report would show that they had duty endeavoured to settle such disputes as had occurnd during ' the year , on the principles of the Association . In many instances these disputes had been settled by media _, tlon alone—( cheers )—and in other cases , where that had failed , the ' parties had been set to work by what was termed the Sister Association for the Employment of Labour , though , he must add , that they were so by means of the funds of that Association . ( Hear . ) There were now from 120 to 130 members of various

      trades thus employed . ( Hear hear . ) He was happy to say that in numerous cases they had succeeded by mediation alone ,-and without further difficulty or expense . In others the show of preparation , orrathorhe should say the actual preparation , to set the hands to work , had been sufficient to induce the masters to give way . In the carrying out of its objects the Association had been exposed to much obloquy and . mitre _, presentation , and ho himself bad come in for his share of that obloquy . Parties had come to him and said , " What does this Association mean ? Do you mean to dictate to the employers what wages they shall pay , the hours they shall Work , and , In fact , create a despotism ofthe men which they must obey V His answer to these questions had been , "It is not the Intention of the Association to dictate to any " one , but to

      protect ourselves . " ( Hear , hear . ) He believed that there was no law or statute in existence to prevent them from doing that ; and if they continued to proceed in a legal , peaceable , and constitutional manner , heeould not doubt of their ultimate success . They had seen attempts to put down trades unions in various quarters made by influential individuals . They had all heard of the Warrington combination case , in which the men were arraigned upon an indictment about 130 feet long , and contained so man ; counts that the Judgo who tried the case himself declared that he did not understand it , and that it was impossible to condemn men upon such an indictment and such evidence—that was one _specimen of the animus of these parties . ( Hear , hear , ) Then there was the case of Mr ' Overend , which he had the honour of bringing before the House of Commons .-

      —( Cheers . ) Mi Overend was the great magistrate in Sheffield for trying combination cases , and the charge was that his decisions were invariably against the men and in favour of the employer , but whose decisions were fortunately generally quashed on appeal . —( Hear , hear . ) He only referred to those cases for the purpose of showing that tbat Association might be placed in the same position . They might have a Mr Overend to meet , and the words introdriced into that Act rendered it impossible for a Trades' Union to escape , where the law was administered by 8 uchmen . For instance , the _woid " uioleBt " was used—a word of such a wide signification , and capable of such varied constructions , that . it was ridiculous to use it in cases where the prejudices oi the different classes ' of society were so active . He trusted that when they returned to their respective districts again , they

      would be on their guard against any violence , threat , or intimidation , and hebolievedthat ' they would , by such a conrse , the more certainly succeed in obtaining the great object they had in view . It was almost unnecessary for him to offer that advice to a body which had already in practice acted upon it , but when he saw the determination of the magistracy , and of certain persons in power , to put down trades' unions , he could not doubt but that this association which was a concentration of these unions , and which if it succeeded in fully carrying out Us objects , and perfecting its organization , would , in a very few years , comprise within its fold all the other unions in the kingdom . He said he could not doubt but that such an association would have to meet such men as Mr Potts , of "WarringtoB , and Mr Overend , of Sheffield , and tbey must prepare themselves fer doing so ,

      by a careful observance of the law , and by placing _tmmselves in such a position as to prevent such men from injuring tbem . —( Hear , hear ) As to tho present state of the Association , they would find , as he had stated , they had a considerable number of men at work . They were set to work by the other association for the employment of labour , and it would be for them , after a careful investigation of all the circumstances , to say whether they would not take means for a closer ama _l gamation between the two associations , In fact , as he bad stated , the men were set to work by the funds of this association . The closer union of the two , or the consideration whether tbey should proceed on thepresent basis or not , were most important questions , and which would require thtir best consideration . _Thej would then have to review the past proceedings ofthe

      Central Committee , and to state whether they approved of them or not . The next question would be the necessity of making certain alterations in the existing laws . They could not be too careful in making any changes ih the laws of the association , nor Bhould they be proposed unless they were Justified by a sense of duty , and defended upon the ground of personal experience of their working . The changes suggssted by the executive rested upon these grounds , and would , he had no doubt , receive their best attention . ' The other questions which , would occupy their attention would be the election of tht now officers for the ensuing year ; the fixing of the place for the next meeting of the Conference ; and lastly , So hoar any complaints against the administration of tho Central Committee from trades ' who might consider themselves aggrieved by their decisions . To such complaints , and

      to the business in genera ) , he trusted they would give a fair and impartial thought . That while they avoided any unnecessary waste of tis-t-e , or the use ofi unnecessary words , recollecting that they were sitting there at the expense of their constituents , they _wouldjai the same time , without haste or precipitancy , _dotheinwork in a fair spirit and deliberate manner . As _cbaimnas , he had no wish to hurry them , and wouldgive _evervf opportunity for the impartial consideration of every question , subject to the condittonhe had _iiafiidentally mentioned . He was satisfied that they would do so , and also that if they a ' _etsd in that spirit _DoeSa business would . b » brought to a satisfactory and successful _conclusiosi ( Cheers , ) He congratulated them upon the hopeful . asp » ct of their affairs , and as a- _spetinaen of the _feelings with which thc-ir proc . _ediags were regarded ; would conclude by reading an extract of a letter he had just -received from the weavers- ot Accrington ; The writer / said : — " We . have

      to _con-jratulate yo * on the vast auioant of good Pais association has effiieted . Wo have-no *; , itis true , to any extent effected an advance in wages . The causa is the unparalleled commercialdcpressioB with which this country is now _contesting ; but the seductions _thalhave been _prevented by tine influence o £ _our association are deserving of all _pwise . The best , of all is that the _reduotions thus _prevented are _t _. _helaBGua _«•] _ls benefit , So far as we have seen a , * conciliatory _sakit and calm reason havo always bee » brought to _bean-wo questions of dispute , which we think ean alone beneficially set disputes about wages at rest , We have bees , prevented frora bavin * _tlie-plea _sureoiTsendiRga _delegate to Conference , by circumstances unforeseen and oxerwhich we h & d no control . The association at present is doing well as regards the weaversj who number about 500 . " The hon . chaisman restained his seat amidst loud applause . The SE _08 ETAM read tlie following

      BEPOBT . " The Cent * _al Committee have much pleasure in meeting the delegates ofthe Association in Conference assembled , and in submitting to them a report of the transac _tions of the-past year . They heartily congratulate the Conference upon the general and substantial success which has crowned the efforts of what may be still Justly termed our infant Association , and upon the extent to Which a knowledge of its principles and objects is now spreading among the trades of this country . " Tbat success is tho more gratlf _> ing when it is remembered that the machinery and organization of the Association are altogether novel , and that there was , consequently , a want of experience on the part of those to whom its working and direction was entrusted ; a defect which _oould only be supplied by zealous aud un ; remitting industry and attention , to master as speedily as possible the structure , capabilities , and best mode of directing the new Association .

      "These natural difficulties , which are incident to the formation of all new societies , have , in the case of this Association , been materially augmented by the number , variety , and magnitude of the transactions which , at so early a stage of its existence , claimed the attention , and occupied tbe time of tbe Central Committee . They have had to superintend the machinery for extending the Association , and of perfecting its internal . organization , at the _sime time the numerous cases of dispute , botween trades belonging to the Association and their employers have required constant exertion , In the two-fold capacity _ofmediators and superintendents . That errors should

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      occur under such circumstances it- is but natural to e «« pect , aud tbe Central Committee wo . 'iid have been more than human had they entirely avoided ' them ; , but they believe that a close observation of a ) l the l' _^ ts will pro ts them to hare been at all times actuated by" a slnc'era desire to promote the best interests of the _A'sociaton , and to carry out its objects in as strict accordance with the _constitution-andiaws as the circumstances iu WMcb , they have beenplaced would permit . : : " Obioik and 0 _BWST 9 or tbs _Assocu-ric * _"" , —It may be useful , as affording » means of judging of _thernpidity of its progress , to revert to the origin and objects of this Association . The first meeting to consider the propriety of its formation was held ift » London on Easter Monday , 1845 . It was resolved by that meeting that an Aotocjju tlon should be formed , and a provisional committee * was appointed , to whom the preparation of the constitution ) and laws was entrusted . Tbe diaft plan was subrafctted _* to another delegute meeting in the month of inly of fflat ? year , and after full consideration- was finally adopted ) with _vnrioua amendments , as the- constitution of tba _*

      iwhd >; 'i ' ue ibrmation of such association originated in a deep and _widespread feeling on the part of the trade * that the system upon which they _had'hitherto acted for the defence of their rights , and the protection of their order , was inadequate to tho objects in-view , and that the time had como for a new mode of procedure , bj which the energies tf all the trades might he united , and brought to bear upon the important * obj ; ect of im . proving the position of the industrial classes" Similar efforts , e » iginating out of _eimilar feelings , had been previously made , but without a » y > _guneral or permanent _saocess . The great objeet ire the -present instance was to discover the causes of such ! ' ftvMure , to avoid them , aad at the same time to _discoverta- principle ef action which should be more efficacious in _* f uture _* -

      "This was done in the case of our Association-by the abandonment of the old mode of eonducting-3 trikeei . bj adopting the principle of united instead of _seotionalexWB _.-tion ; and that after mediation had failed to- _settle-dis-, _putes , the partiesobliged to leave their _employers-shouUsi wherever practicable , bo given reproductive employment ' instead of heing sent on tramp or kept idle , to the great * , ' loss of the Association , aad their own individual loss * and demoralization ,. , ' "Of course it was | to be expected that the adoption of * t plan so different from , what the trades had been'accustomed to , combined with the novelty of the machinery .- off the new Association , would require some time for

      explanation on one hand , andcoaaideraiion on the otben It . was not to be hoped tbat-anything like a real and po < -itiv » organisation could take place until the subject had beenfully canvassed and understood , and hence the conferenceof last year , held at _Manthester , a _fev > months after > th « adoption of the plan , and while the Association was comparatively little understood , could not be taken _either--as a test of its actual progress , or its future permanence . " What could not then be predicted has now beers _, settled , The progress oftbe paBtyear has Demonstrated ) that in proportion as the principles , objects , aud _machinery of the Association are made known and understood * _^ _, the disposition to join it extends among the various tradesof Great Britain .

      " At the last conference the . trades represented wera . ' 32 , with an aggregate number of 12 , 775 members . Im reality / however , owing to the short time tbe Association _^ had been in existence , and the wantof a thorough _understanding of its character on > tbe part of the trades , these r could not be _callod _toiuijMe-members of this Association , the great majority were rather friendly enquirers , with a > disposition to join the movement , should their enquiries prove satisfactory , " Measubes ' fon _ExTEND-ufo- tbe ASSOCIATION . —Some ¦¦ of tbe measures resolved upon at that conference were meant to promote that general knowledge ofthe nature '; and objections of the Association , which was felt to be soessential to the realisation . of the main _object—viz , a , general union of the Industrious classes . The Central . Committee , fully appreciating the importance of this _., portion of their duties , have- zealously endeavoured to

      give enect to the resolutions of the conference . On the 18 th of August , 1846 , Mr Jacobs was appointed as the first regular missionary of the Association , and subsequently Messrs Peel aud Parker were added to the staff . In addition to these general missionaries the Central Committee appointed Messrs Winter and . Buckby local missionaries and agents for Leicester and its vicinity ; Mr Sean , in the same capacity , for Nottingham and its neighbourhood ; Mr Dunnof Sunderland , for that tows andneighbourhood ; Mr Lene ' gan , of Wigan , for . that district , and Messrs Shackleton and Town for Keighley and vicinity . To tbe exertions of these general ancUocal agents must be added those of the members of the Central Committee , who have been constantly and actively occupied in visiting trades in various parts of the country ,, and also attending public meetings for the purpose of . nromiting the extension of the Association .

      " The result of their operation has been that the Association now includes 111 trades , and numbers on its books 36 , 137 , of whom 32 , 318-are paying members , and constitute the real availablo strength of the Association . The Central Committee are explicit ou this point , because an over-estimate is injurious- to all parties—to the Committee , by inducing them , on . false calculations , to enter upon struggles for which they , are not prepared ; and to the members , by causing them to anticipate results which the real strength of the Association renders it impossible to realise . "It would not , however , be presenting a fair and full view of this part of the _subject if the Central Committee were not to state , that as * consequence of the out-door agitation , carried on by the Missionaries of the _Assoeiation , there is every probability of an immediate and large _accession of numbers and strength . Some of the trades who sent representatives-to- the first and second delegate

      meetings hi London , were- afterwards induced , from various causes , to desist from a further active connexion with _che _Asioeiatioh . Timo , a better understanding ot its nature , and the proofs-it has already given of its efficacy , have produced a . great change of opinion among many of these trades ; . and it may be confidently anticipated that they will again rally round tbe standard which they were among the first to raise . Besides these old _colabourers , manynewtradeshavehadthesubject under consideration for some time , with every prospect ofa decision in favour ofthe Association .. As the knowledge ef . the . Association extends , its organisation becomes _moraper-. feet , and its resources move ample , there can ibe no . doubt but that it _wilLseouro from the entire industrial body of this country . that , cordial support which its . universal character and . eminently beneficial objects deserve . It may in fact ,. _asiadesign , become a Grand Uational Mutual Assurance Company of the Trades of Great Britain and Ireland .

      '' ENUMERAXion . -oEv _<* Ua £ B » —It would ocoupjf ~ tOO . n-m . eh .. time , and be out of place in » document of tt-ia _. _descrip-.. tion , to state the particulars of each case in which the -. Central Committee have been called upon to interfere ... .. A brief enumeration of these cases and _theis general _» _V - suits is proposed , in order , to give an idea of the . _extendi of the _operationsdurhigjthft past year , and of „ the . effi ( f acjy of the principles ofthe association as compared with . the- ? methods heretofore resorted to , iorthe purpoae . of _s _ecaf _.-ring justice to the working man . The cases in wh _' . ch th > Central Committee _havabesn successful _tajs . yepr are as-. follows : —

      "DBNBjGH . _SHoiMASEBSi — The _mea _^ in this , lowai struck for an advance of wages . 1 'he employers se . h ( _iite _> . the Central Committee a , statement of pw . es p _^ _wnie _^ differed materlally . frorait & at sent by the men , A momhajr ofthe Central Committee was therefore sent . to Denbigh * with _instructions-to . atttt upon such fasts as . _peMonaliiw' . vistigationmight estaalash . Upon _exwiningthemos / a statement of , prices ,. _ha-fcu ' nd that it was not sQ _. _muohij ltt advance , as an equalisation of wages _required ,, audi t' he establishment of a minimnm price for _description * of _workj _Herevinedi 4 a * Hst , andtook . it '" the employ . _¦« , who decJar « d , _theiif-iatention of resisting it . _T-Jw-na ? nci . -pal employer , of , _thftttown , with about fifty _msn ,, ah * rk , was induced the _aaxt day to sign , the men ' s . staJStf aent ,

      bat tbe . other * . » ti 3 i held out . The deputation , u % r urned to Loadoni andi obtained the sanction ofi ih & _Central Comn-dtteeto . settShemeh at work , He _wroSfctoDicnbigh , desiring , that bob a man should leave tha . town as , in a few days , b _* would be there with _tlje . _laaterial to give every , raaa employment . The m _# _* _, _iamediately made this let-sir public , and :-he effect of , its _publicatiVi was , that _uwt morning _thawboleoS-the masters _signed the s ' atemfiafr , ending the dispute , aad _gjidag tbe mon alii they asked fer . The result was to place .-them _ia-a very ; superior position to that , they prtvlonslg ; _occupied ; beZ cause , though the nominal advance . , was smalt , it abolished all intermediate rates . -Rue , eo . _* are coat ol thin ! greBt victory was £ 27 , 1-53 . 6 d .

      "TSM _CaHEION _K _& _UUEEBS . _(^ _OOOftAND ) _, _—CauwJiMi and St Ninians are neighbouring towns , tha principal trade in each being , nailmakiag . Better wages were given in St Ninians than _atCajnakm . On application from the men at the latter place ,, tfco Central Committee sent a deputation to the masters , the result of ; v » hosa mediation was na equalization . oi wages In the town . , Ho- " . TWEM .. SHQEMAK _* ia _3 _.. —The employers , in _ttiis town were lathe habit cf , paying . what wages they pleased , so that when the- men toots their work " home they did know the amou # they had to _recui-e . They therefore proposed to tha , employers a list _oftorlce-s to be generally signed and _aciadi upon . This lis _' i was at firs * refused , hat upon a _daputatlon being seat : ' f r 0 jn the Central _Qemmlttee with , instructions to oab t ) ' , e men to ' work Sot the Association in case the _mastess refused to . sign _tbfe statement , tjjo point at issue wnp , w _. nceded . and the list adopted .

      " _waoicoMB _* BR _% or _CoLtuiceTON . _—vTTb e woolcombers . in the town became members of the , _Association , upon learning which , tbey were dischargedih _. ' y their employer . Upon being _inSturmed , through the , Cr . ntral Committee * that tbey wmjjd be employed by _tJift Association , he re quested then * to take their com } ' * , and to go . to work _, again , " Th _^ _"Ropemakies op _1 * x * bbpooi . —Nino of th : a body were discharged in _consequence of thoir connection with this Association . _Xlw , y were supported by the Central Committee until _fchey got work . "Bikuinqham Smaia Wabb "Weavsbb . —A reduction waa offered by one enrployer . The Central Committee effeeted a satisfactory settlement by mediation .

      " Sos _» ET Btocs Pbintirs . —A dispute occurred as to the price for printing octagon shawlB . Through the mediation of tho . Central Committee , tbe master a length agreed to -give tbe price asked by the men . Several other very important cases to this body have come to an equally satisfactory termination , throu _; h IU moral _influence of the Association . " _Ox-o-io Shoehakks . —The most respectable em . ployora in this city save notion , In Wwoh _la-5 _, of their

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 29, 1847, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_29051847/page/5/