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FRANCE . _nEt _( _Fbesch Foo ' 1 _S ? . _extraordinaiy imiabilif _}* i _goq _^ _gospicion of the liners' papers with regard to lanSndseem only equalled by that of the French oea _& ate M . Dumont , as displayed inaprocesB , of ichthich the Debuts gives a full report , instituted bv nf _^ _enoa _^ P _% _P _O _^ x _^ : _^^ P _** _** _. the _pricTrtmri ctor of the Theatre des Varietes , for using his ne Um as the title of a new farce . " The English , " a Qd * Counsellor Dumont , "had this General Tom _ittTn-flmBi b dressed as > apolcon , in order to throw ridileu )/ _de-flpon _* : mcm 5 _? fl , e great man whom thev ued & aed during his hfe tune , and it is thi s General _© _*]?<© "Thumb who now dares in a French Court to ¦ npllain of beingaggnevedr Surely the force of no
rUp W _^ _on-stm ** madness can further go ! Tm The _FoR-nncjnoxs . —The-reportof the committee on ' m _& e _armeag of _toefortmcations of Paris appeare _thtjjiibe Moniteur of _bimday , and is of great length _, leilhe report kbours to qmetthe apprehensions ofthe od ecod peop le of Pans with regard to the detached rts , ion s , by showing that they do not in any sense com 3 S & j » in d the city , which is beyond their range , and hid « hirh iliey do not even overlook ; and , byway of _idit _^ didoual comfort , they ate reminded that although ine _rmeennes contains 500 pieces of cannon , yet no one ¦ er per dreamed of any harm c < nnin | of them to the ai _j-ari-aans . The cannon for the wall is to be kept at _ooi _Keai-ges , from which place there will be a _railwav
_iin a ia a fewyears , . _* iffoi * ding _ meaiis of prompt transport i _5 i « _5 icn necessary . The saillant parts of the wall are nob to be defended by a newly-invented gun , called the _rf-Mii _tatumrolitskr of 80 , calculated to throw masses of -gnu , _|* rape to a thousand yards with the greatest precision . IBet Between the wall and the forts there will be numer kiik { lis field works for covering the roads and villages , _ijupj » Bpporting the external operations and sorties , main-ItJM taming proviaons for those corps who might be i ( . Mi o bliged to take refuge under the walls , forprovidin ; rati _-atillerj for menaced points , all which will require a _jl _*** powerful central reserve , but which will be made ; jbe ji » subject of a special law . There is , in fact , no i end rod to the vista of pleasant demands remaining in ! itoi { tore for the contributors to the budget . The whole is _f is thus summed up : —
ARMAMENT OF SAFETY . $ i ( il bastions , at the rate of 7 pieces per bastion CSS AEStAMEXX OF DEFENCE . 6 {} fronts of attack , 33 supplementary pieces per front 198 D Mao , ditto , 20 mortars of 15 per front ... 120 C _* _"WTRAl , RESEBVE . _f pisposable pieces , < _fce 130 •? 50 field batteries _jon Total armament of the wall ... 1220 1 _BJUMESI OF FORTS . Each fort is to be so constructed as to be capable i tf maintaining itself against the enemy : — Pieces of Cannon 1 . Fort de Charcnton 70
2 . ... _Vincennes ... ... 117 3 . ... Nogent 55 4 . ... Romy 56 ' : ... Noisy- 57 ft , ... Romainorla ... ... 49 7 . ... _Antemfliers 66 8 . ... East of St . Denis ... 38 9 . DonWe •" Town of St . Denis ... 52 \ 0 . ... LnBriche _, 61 11 . ... Mount Valerien ... 79 12 . ... Lay 64 13 . ... Vaaves 45 14 . ... Monfjouge 43 1 , 5 . ... Bieetre ... ... 60 Id . ... Ivrf 10
Total armament of forts ... 982 For ihe defence of the forts pieces of sixteen are _fhwen , because of their range not being equal to the -nil of Paris , and so far unserviceable to the enemy , { hoald any ofthe forts be taken . The guns for ihe amament of safety are to be of cast iron , those of the armament of defence in bronze .
PORTUGAL . The following , from the correspondence ofthe _Ikrald , throws some light upon the present state of Portural , and the efforts now making to overthrow the infamous Cabral administration : — Lisbon , Afhu , 21 . —The Cortes were closedyester daybythe Queen in person . This ends the period _jer wluch the Deputies were elected , and now general _tk-ctions are accordingly about to be proceeded to , * k result of which now appears more doubtful than h did some time ago . The Government , it is true , _nu-stUl exercise great influence flnough the local _nuuwrivics and parochial clergy throughout the _wuiitry , bnt it is very qnesfionable whether the pple , ¦* roaning as they are under the load of their
focal burdens , can be easily _persuaded to lend their support again to fhe very admimstration bvwhom those burdens have , ' oeen laid upon their sliiulders The _obligafiqi of keeping faith with the foreign crelutors , to meet the payment of whose claims the Ww taxes have been imposed , is of course a considci-aiton of not the slightest weight with the unthinkiiig raulfitudc —[ And veiy properly too I Ed . N . SJ ] —au-1 it is therefore likely that many who before _vi-ted for the candidates in the interest of the present _GoveniBieut , will , in the approaching contest , be coaxed over to the opposition by the lure of relief wm taxation , wliich the latter are constantly holding » at , aud which signifies pretty clearly that if they tiM' get into power they intend to throw the claims
u _lon-ign bondholders overboard . —[ Good again E » . - V . * _" _** . ]—This inference may appear unjust , but _Ifcelmysclf warranted in it by the consideration of lit vot obvious fact , that it is only a whitewash of thai > wt that could enable them to fulfil their _jrauBes of relief to any material extent . The _adraaries of the Government , moreover , have adopted _aflau of operations well calculated to promote their _ta-A-es . A central committee in this city , holding _iKaectnuis at the house of Viscount Fonte Arcada , ha counting among its members men of & st-rate abilities and considerable influence , transmits its _vrAm to the numerous provincial committees , who a ? ain _-snd out their emissaries in every direction fo {• reach , as it were , a crusade against the Cabral
_administration , and inflame the existing feelings of _dis-(• "litcnt by all means , fair or foul [ Success to them !] Thus one system directs the whole , and union , it is well known , is strength . The Santarcm committee , ¦ i luc-h has been one ofthe most active in its exertions for the common cause , has put forth a very powerful address to thc electors of the country at large . It is a review ofthe conduct of the present ministry , and _*** ¦ attacks upon them are rendered still more forcible bj lie temperate language in which they arc couched . -Is this document is likely to produce a strong _impirssion on many of ikose _' to whom it is addressed , « n extract or two , by way of sample , may be of interest to those of your readers whose breeches pockets are concerned in the stability of the present
Government—viz .: " The ministers , who now f or about five pars hare had the management of public affairs , cave been constantly proposing all sorts of operations and conversions , each of which in its turn was to * J *« t the complete organisation of our finances ; but ais promised organisation never arrives , and in its ¦ _j-cad we have at every moment proposals for new _•^• as and new taxes . ** *** The assessment _w the new ' personal contribution' has been calculated upon the prices of agricultural produce in 1 S 42 , _j-hii-h has since fallen immensely . This is unjust ; 'tit what is infinitely more so is that the unpaid
_contnbations of defaulters in one year are to be charged to thc other contributors in the assessments for the following one . * * * The Cortes , as the day of _dissolution approached , got through their tasks with joe hurried carelessness of schoolboys , just about to ' * let loose . Both chambers , on the application of tne Government , voted 20 contos a year for the _i'rince Royal , and half that sum for thc Prince Don _i-etvis . Considering that they are scarcely breeched , and that the elderenjoys fhe Braganza estates , worth at least £ 12 , 000 per annum , many people think tliat the countiy ought as well have been snared this additional burden , for some time at least . "
SWITZERLAM _) . letters from Zurich ofthe 22 nd ult . state that ihe biet was closed on that day . Most of the foreign _Minu-tcrs had left for Berne , but the French _Anibas-^ r and the _Saralnian Minister had repaired to _J-nwra _^ _^ h _fl , intention of spending a few days in _«¦« _toivu . jj _, c D \ et on the 21 st had given full power «<• the Vorort to disband partly , or entirely , the troops _* ° m thc federal service ; or , if necessary , to replace ntni br others , ' and , in case public peace should be ** noudy menaced by illegal acts , to devise such _aeaMii-es as it misbt deem _espedient for the mainte" _^" oce of order and tranquillity , either by disposing of _" ' - _frderal forces now under arms or calling out others . Je f ollowing closing address delivered by M . — " _viuauiauui ? _** _vj ...
P was p - _« _,: ; _--, -c-- ' n _«> w , _»» . » -.. » . r 8 _En , ihe President of the Diet : — " Tlic Extraor-« inarv Diet has concluded its _labonrs after having „ " _" ¥ tlle execution of its resolutions , as well as thc \ _fl ° ? Umi > _^ _e _> rort * The - ° ' _aisem-•« i under the immediate impression of fhe most _un-^ fant results , and in the midst of the strongest _"" _^ ent prevailing in thepubh * cmind , endeavoured tx y _^^ hx the pnblic peace with the assistance of a _seisa - _^ fe armed force . Now _tiiat the moment of na « Uon _•* s eomc vaai regards does it cast on the TV' v ** wtat _sentunents will it look to the future ? _Sf _^ _iSh assembly has , undoubtedly , done but little , ¦ * k ! . _" to 1- * ie " _de'r 5 ef a great number of persons , ¦ _tt-L _; _a " ¦ -. ne -news vi a , gi * c _& -. ' _uuiuuci vj . _reiauua ,
*} ,. ° [ . * umated with a noble enthusiasm , overleaping _oXft _^ of tJie easting law , would desire to obey _Cmr--7 _M irations of their own heart , and unjustly _^ id er the iet as an individuality , to which they h _^^ _n _^^^ anentirelibertyof will . The Diet itt * _L . ; n , ~ l perfonned much , if fhe real and not _tmln _^ Z mere of its _posable action be borne in " * _f YS _^*» admitted in all confidence that it _dem-inj _•» - _^^ _-ission and support where it may _^»? it , and a friendly smd confederal attention _benefii f - mteroed » 3 d _™ a presang manner for the & _vt \\ * JBrea * number of unfortunate men , and job al P _^ _-- _^ - _® of the wh ole eountry . The hori-1 Present is far from beingfree from those clouds
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which are the precursors of a tempest ; the waves tnat have been lashed into furv by the storm of passions which has burst over tbe confederation , are not yet calmed down . However , the salutarv influence of time has contributed , in the short interval during which the Diet has been sitting , to diminish men s anxieties ; it will still continue to exercise its mfluence , if the authorities and citizens arc animated with the tern determination energetically to oppose au _dience directed against legal order ; and if the hearts ofthe confederated bodies show an inclination to alleviate as much as possible the disquieting condition of so many wretched men . If , as is my firm _opunon , the members of this high assembly composed of influential magistrates of all the cantons
share vn this conviction , and separate with the intention of using every exertion for the purposes I have just stated , 1 can then venture to hope that thc most dangerous crisis is past , and that at the opeuuv of the ordinary Diet we shall be able to regard ° thc future with greater security . Thanking you , gentlemen , for the indulgence with which you have •" _reeted my entrance on the eminent functions with ° which my fellow-citizens have invested me , I now declare the Dietto be prorogued indefinitely . " M . Neuhaus , the first _deputy of Berne , then returned thanks to the president , in the name of the assembly , for the able and impartial direction which he had given to the debates . " It is with full confidence , " said the
hon . deputy at the termination of his speech , " that the Diet , in separating , leaves the direction of affairs in the hands of a directory so firm and enlightened , well convinced that it will make use of its position to maintain the peace and dignity of Switzerkvnd . " Accouxis lEosi _L-ocerjjb of the 23 rd state , that a great number of persons had heen condemned by tbe council of war to five years' imprisonment for not having answered the call to arms , and for liaving joined the free corps ; for which latter offence , moreover , they are to be tried by the civic tribunals . The commissioner of Lucerne , and those of Berne , Soleure , Bale Campagne , and Argovia , have concluded a treaty for the liberation of prisoners on condition of an indemnity fixed at 350 , 0001 .
T OUTED STATES . Liverfooi , _Satcrdav . —There are four arrivals from New York to-day , namely , the packet-ships Em-ope and John R . Skiddy , and thc Sheffield and Adirondack , all of which left New Tork on the 1 st , and arrived here within a few minutes of each other , bringing advices one day later than those by the last steamer . They do not communicate any intelligence possessing special interest . The Michigan Legislature had adjourned ; the public works remain with out improvement ; the preservation of the public faith is unprovided for ; and the interest on certain
bonds will not be paid when due ; the state tax has been raised half a mile on the dollar to meet the increasing expenditures of the Legislature and the state Government ; the weight of domestic debt and the millions of unrecognised bonds in Europe still hang over the state without an effort at adjustment . The Louisiana State Convention has advanced considerably in fhe formation of the new convention We may mention that nothing further or definite had transpir ed with respect to the intentions of General Almonte , and that there is no later Mexican or Texan intelligence . The commercial advices are merely later by afew hours than those previously received .
Liverpool , Moxbat , Aprii , 28 . —We have seven days' later news from New York supplied by the arrival ofthe packet-ship Independence . There is no political intelligence of any or the least importance from America . Thefolks at Washington are all busy in a war of office-seeking , the poor President being , as usual , worried to death by shoals of applicants seeking to be appointed to little snuggeries . General Almonte , the Mexican Minister , had sailed from New York . Mr . 0 . A . _Wickliffe , the Postmaster-General , is represented as being on his way to Texas , as confidential agent of the _administration , to aid the Charge _tVAffaires , "Mr . Donaldson , in persuading the authorities and people of Texas to accept the terms of annexation offered by thejoint-resolution .
Loss of _Smrrixc . —In the American papers we have sad accounts of losses of shipping . We have often alluded to the severe losses that have been experienced during the last fall and winter ; but we had no idea that the disasters had been so numerous as they are . Besides the great number of vessels that ase lost we have now * list of forty-one vessels tliat are missing , all , or nearly all of which are probably gone ; and among them are two packets from Liverpool . Most of those vessels sailed in September , and were no doubt lost in the tremendous gale of October—a gale which commenced in the Bay of Mexico , and extended to the shores of Europe . Besides the loss of property the loss of life must be veiy great ; if we average fifteen persons to each vessel the number will be 765 .
Prospects of Axxexatiox . —The friends of the immediate and unconditional annexation of Texas arc becoming exceedingly alarmed at the prospect that Texas herself may refuse to be thus annexed . The articles so extensively quoted from one or two of the Texan papers , in opposition to annexation , taken by themselves alone , would scarcely warrant thc conclusion that this hostility was either very general or verv decided among the people . Thc President of Texas has long been known to be opposed to the proffered uniou , and the Register , in which appeared the first of thc hostile articles upon the subject , is his organ . But it has always been understood that the Congress of Texas , whicli represents more directly and truly fhe will of thc people , was as ardently in
favour of annexation as President Jones was agamst it . So far indeed , has that body earned its enthusiastic espousal ofthe measure , that it has refused to receive a few petitions that have been presented in opposition to it . But it is becoming evident that there is a deeper and more formidable opposition to annexation in Texas than that wliich arises from the personal feelings of the Executive . The Texas Register , in the article expressing its hostility to the proposed measure of annexation , declared that Texas was " secure in the enjoyment of peace , and in the speed y acquisition of acknowledged independence . " These and other declarations of similar import seem to give colour to the presumption , that a recognition ofthe independence' of Texas has been proffered by Mexico , provided she will maintain her
independent position , instead of becoming part of the American Union . That Mexico , notwithstanding her repeatedly declared intentions to reconquer kerrevolted province , may see , in the present posture of affairs , reasons for making such an offer , seems not at all unlikely . It is now sufficiently evident that shemustlose Texas . Allhopeofagainsubjectingthat country to her dominion must by this time haye faded away . * She has only , therefore , now to consider the practical question , whether the boundary ofthe United Statesshall be advanced to the Rio delNorte , and thus the way be opened towards California and the Pacific , or whether Texas shall exist as a weahbut independent nation between Mexico and the United States , not powerful enough of herself to conquer Mexico , but
offering a barrier to the dreaded designs of the United States . There certainly can be but slight doubt as to which of these alternatives she would choose . In effecting this arrangement , the services of the English and French Ministers may have been employed . It is well known tliat they havercpeatedly been tendered to both Texas aud Mexico , for thc accomplishment of tliis object—namely , the termination of the war , and the full recognition of Texan independence . Mexico hitherto has rejected them , because she persisted in her intention of subjugating her revolted province . The imminent peril of annexation , whereby it will be lost to her for ever , with the exposure , too , of her other possessions , may easily have induced a ehangeofconduct ; andshe may now be as eager to accept as hitherto she Los been to reject the proffered
good offices of the European Towers . Should this prove to be the case , and should Texas accept the recognition of her independence , she , of course , is lost to the United States beyond recovery , and the whole project ofannexation must fall to the ground . It is very easy to clamour against this "interference" of France and England with the affaire of this continent , and itmay be difficult to acquiesce in its propriety ; but it certainly is not easy to find in it any cause of serious complaint , much less of war . If Texas declines to come into the Union , it is her own act—one which she has a perfect and undoubted right to perform . The motives which induce her thus to decide are matters with which we have no concern . Every nation pursues that course which she deems most conducive to her interests , and this case forms no exception . — New York Courier and Enquirer ,
TAHITI . News from Tahiti has been received to the 23 rd of November . Five French vessels of war were at Tahiti , together with several guard vessels , and the strictest martial law prevailed . The natives generall y remainedin arms in the mountains . The French were erecting numerous fortifications . The dwellinghouses ofthe natives and foreigners , without distinction , had been seized by the French and appropriated as hospitals for the sick and wounded . It was reforted that a battle had been fought , in which the rench sustained a loss of 60 killed , and the natives about 100 . All the munitions of war and other supphes were strictly prohibited from being landed , and the coast was str ictly guarded to prevent any infracion of this order .
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if . ac , > , anadia » P P crs hr ' S particulars of Lord Metcalfe s closing tne first session of the secend Canadian Provincial Parliament , after the accomplishment of more actual business than any previous session in the province . Thb Breakixg-up of im * Ice in Canada seems to have been attended with sad results . Such has been its movement over the falls of Niagara accompanied by a strong north wind , that the Niagara river has been completely blocked up . The iceonthe 2 nd within a mile of the falls , was forty feet high > In the rapid courseof the ice everything on the docks and wharfs at Queenston and Lewiston has been swept off , with the contents ofthe storehouses . At voungstown it has cleared off every house near the ™ . and the steam _flour-niffl has gone with it . Ihe damage all round is not far from 100 , 000 dols .
- _•^— _^* ; GREECE . —f _g _^ _pf' _^ " ubeek I . _VDEPESDENCE . —Athens letters of the 10 th ult . mention that the anniversary of the declaration of Greek independence was celebrated on the 6 th' by a mere religious ceremony , in the church of St . Ireneus , and a general illumination at ni ght . The most sinister rumours have been circulated for some days . The Opposition was to have seized on that opportunity to attempt a coup de main , and the military precautions the authorities were obliged to adopt in consequence of those reports likewise tended to maintain the uneasiness prevailing in the publie mind . Everything , however , passed off quietly .
EGYPT . _MtrssntMA !* Fanaticism . —Amxju _* dbia , Apbii _. 6 . — On the 2 l 8 t of last month a dreadful afiair took place at Dameitta , which has no parallel , except in the times of the most cruel persecutions ofthe Christians . 1 add a detailed account which will certainly be read in Europe with horror and indignation . This melancholy event has excited indignation among tho Europeans living in Egypt , and anxiety and terror among the Levantines and Christians . For some time past the hatred of the governor to the consular agents manifested itself by continually increasing extortions every day . He brought forward new and groundless demands and pretensions with regard to the proteges , and even the subjects of the several consulates . I believe that several reports have
been made on the subject . Our agents opposed in some measure by the wis inertia , but this only increased the anger o f the Bey , and the ill-will of the people and the Sheiks increased in the same manner . Now came the anniversary of the Prophet ' s _bh-th-day . This day , in their eyes , required a victim ; and , according to custom , they sought for one , not among those whom they most hated , but among those who , like the ass in the fable , have no protection except their own innocence and helplessness . A poor Copt , above sixty years old , with a white beard , worked m an establishment for peeling rice : ne got into a quarrel with an ass-driver employed in the aune establishment . After a short altercation , the latter went to the governor , and accused the other of having ridiculed religion and the prophet .
Wrthout further ceremony , he was immediately seized by kawasses , and brought before the Mehkeineh . This so-called court of justice , the president of which is AU Cafagia , the great sheik of Daraietta , heard the evidence of the ass-driver and another fellow who had joined him , and caused thc unfortunate Copt to receive in the first instance 600 blows with date staves , which were bought with his own money ; so , it is said , the law requires . The poor fellow , so mangled , and loaded with chains , was conveyed to a dungeon , Yesterday , the birthday of the prophet , all the sheiks repaired soon after sunrise to the governor in the divan . The discussions were then carried on with closed doors , and a report was spread that the question was put whether the prisoner should not be burnt alive . But fear of exciting
too much the anger of the Viceroy deterred the assembly from carrying this project into eflect ; they therefore resolved that the poor prisoner should receive another thousand blows with the staves , should be gagged , and with two dogs bound fast to his sides , be placed on a buffalo with his face to the tail , and so carried through the whole town . A frightful scene ensued . After he had received the thousand blows on his back and the soles of his feet , he was placed , as above stated , on the animal ' s back . But this was not enough ; they tied a wooden cross to his back , and on his breast a tablet , on whicli was inscribed the sentence , surrounded with threats against the Christians . After covering his face and his whole body with the most disgusting filth , the vile procession , consisting of several thousands of the
refuse of the population , proceeded directly across the quarter of the Christians , then by the bazaars , through the chief streets of the town , amidst the incessant savage cries of the mob . I will notattempt to describe the torments of the unhappy sufferer during the six hours tbat he was so carried about the town . I have not the courage to do so . I only observe that the furious multitude vied in treating him in the most cruel and contemptuous manner . Though a shawl was bound round his neck , the two ends of which were held by a man , one on each side o the buffalo , he fell o ff f our or five times like a dead body . At the harbour , about a hundred steps from the divan of the governor , a man , who was
employed in caulking a boat , dipped his brush into the boiling pitch , with which he daubed his back , the mob loudly applauding . The houses of the consular agents were attacked with showers of stones as tlic procession passed by . The windows of the Sardinian and American vice-consuls were broken . Thc shop ot M . Panajotti , an Ionian , under English protection , suffered great injury , and in the course oi the day above twenty persons were more ov less illtreated . But enough and more than enough of the melanchol y picture to show to what a pitch the shameless fury of these wretches is raised , and how by the connivance of the authorities it has reached the highest paroxysm . —Augsburgh Gazette , April 24 .
Chartist Annual Convention
CHARTIST ANNUAL _CONVENTION
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( Continuedfrom our last iveek ' spaper . ) FIFTH DAY—Fbidat , Ar an 25 . Mr . M'Gratii resumed the chair at the appointad time . On the motion of Messrs . Shaw and Webb , a deputation , consisting of Messrs . Cuffay and Skews , was appointed to wait on Mr . Duncombe , to ascertain when it will be convenient for that gentleman to present a petition on behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones . _-SJOti the motion of Messrs . Bairstow and Munday , it was resolved : — " That fhe best fhanks of this Convention are hereby given to Messrs . Sewell and Harris , the auditors for the past year . " On tiie motion of "Messrs . Goodwin and Shaw , the above gentlemen were re-appointed for the ensuing year . Mr . Bairstow moved , " That a national petition be prepared for presentation to the next Parliament , praying that the People ' s Charter may become the law of the land . " Mr . O'Connor seconded the motion .
Messrs . Clark , Doyle , and Skews ably supported the motion , and it was carried unanimously . Mr . Dorman moved , " That this Convention is impressed with the necessity ofthe Chartists of Great Britain establishing Co-operative Stores , as a means of ameliorating their present degraded condition ; and that this Convention strongly recommend the adoption of these Stores wherever practicable , as an auxiliary to the attainment ofthe People ' s Charter . " Mr . Bairstow seconded the motion . The motion was supported by Messrs . O'Connor , Webb , Skews , and M'Grath , and carried unanimously . Mr . Hornby wished to ask a question of the Convention , namely— "Was William Sherratt Ellis a member of tbe National Charter Association previous to the Staffordshire outbreak V Mr . Bairstow , of Ms own knowledge , could answer the question in the affirmative . The Convention here adjourned for dinner .
AFTERNOOH S 1 TT 1 XO . On Mr . M'Grath resuming tbe chair , Mr . Cuffay , on behalf of tbe deputation to Jfr . Duncombe , reported that that gentleman was of opinion that any petition , to be of benefit , should not be presented until the latter end of the present or the coinmencemeut of the next session .
PLACE OF MEETING OF THE SEXT CONVENTION . Mv . Doyle movea that its meeting should be held at Leeds . The motion was seconded by Mr . SkewB . Mr . Bairstow moved that it should be held in Nottingham , and was seconded by Mr . Cuff 3 y . Leeds was ultimately fixed upon . On the motion of Messrs . Davis and Webb , it was _resolved that— " The _Ersccutr . c continue their sittings in London . " Mr . Bairstow then moved the adjournment of the Convention , to give time to the land committee , the addre ? i committee , and the other committees to proceed with their labours , which was agreed to . SIXTH DAY'S SITTING , Satordat , April 26 tli Mr , M'Grath took the chair at the appointed hour .
It was moved by Mr . Cuffay , and seconded by Mr . Munday— " Thatthe claimsof Mr . John "Richards be referred to the newly-elected _Ticrhn Committee . " The motion was carried unanimously . Mr . Cuffay then moved— " That each member of the "National Charter Association contribute one halfpenny per month to the "Victim Fund . " Mr , Davies seconded the motion .
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Mr . T . M . Wheeler feared that the regulation wouhl be found lihpracticabie . Mr . Goodwin could not support the motion . Members would not pay , unless there were victims who required support .. He thought the matter had better be left to voluntary contributions . Mr . Webb would support the motion . Mr . Cuffay replied , and his motion was carried unanimously . Mr . Davies moved— " That the balance in hand , after paying _tlw Convention expenses , be handed over to the Executive . This was seconded by Mr . Skews , and carried unanimously . NEW CABDS AHD BACK AMlEiSS .
Mr . Shaw moved— "That each delegate , on his return to his respective district , use his utmost influence with his constituents to cause them to pay up all arrears ; also to cause them to immediately take out new cards , handbooks , < fcc , that the debts of the Association may be Uquidated and the ofiicers _' pay permanently secured . The motion was seconded by Mr . Bairstow , and carried . . At the afternoon sitting , Mr . Wheeler read the following petition on behalf of W . S . Ellis , and which the Convention recommended for adoption generally : — To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland , ii * Parliament assembled . The Petition of the Inhabitants of
Humbly _showeth , —That William Sherrett Ellis was in the year 1812 convicted , at the assizes of Stafford , of the crime of arson , alleged to have been committed during the riots which then prevailed ; and the said W . S . Ellis was sentenced to transportation for twenty-one years . That up to th « , time aforesaid his conduct was irreproachable ; that ie _possessed the confidence and esteem of all with whom he was acquainted _^ Your petitioners would , with all respect , remind your Honourable House that the conviction of the aforesaid William Sherrett Ellis was based on the ditbions evidence of a single individual ; and tbat various circumstances induce in the minds of your petitioners the conclusion that such evidence was procured at the expense of honour and conscience , to ensure his sacrifice .
Your petitioners would likewise urge on the attention of your Honourable House thc fact that , during the period of hi 3 expatriation , his conduct has been most exemplary ; that he has a wife and family who , in addition to the most poignant mental anguish , are enduring the keenest privations in consequence of tlieir bereavement . Under these circumstances , your petitioners fervently appeal to your Honourable House to cause an address to be presented to her Majesty , praying the exercise of thc floyal clemency for the restoration of the said William Sherrett Ellis to his country and disconsolate family : and your petitioners , as in duty bovmd , will ever pray , Sic
THE _COMMITTJRE ' _S REPORT ON THE I , A » D . Mr . T . Clark brought up and read the report in _queS ' tion . Mr . O'Connor , in an able speech , elucidated the matter , and moved that it be received and discussed clause by clause . Mr . Munday seconded the motion , which was agreed to . On the motion of Messrs . Bairstow and Davis , the following was adopted : — " That the best thanks of this Conference are given to the late Executive Committee of the National Charter Association , for the praiseworthy and efficient manner in which tbey performed the duties of their important and responsible office . " Mr . M'Grath made a suitable response . Mr . Bairstow brought up the report of the address committee , which was unanimously adopted . Toe _Conwnfiono / tfte Industrious dosses to tho People ofthe United Kingdom .
Friends and Brethren , —In bringing to a termination the important deliberations ofthe Convention of 1815 , wc once again feel compelled to prepare , to caution , to counsel , and to quicken you to obey the high behest of Liberty . The mandate " _Go'onward 1 " is the utterance of the spirit of tho age , spoken in thunder tones , that ere now should have roused you from your present state of deathlike torpor . How do you justify your callous suphieness in the grand struggle of Labour ' s Right against Capital ' s might . Are you contented ? Do you find no ground of complaint in the existing anomalous interests and arrangements of our social system ? Will you silently submit to political degradation and slavery . Can you ,
while in the act of producing every unit wliich swells the amazing aggregate of wealth , see around you the famishing fatherless , the heart-rent widow , and the sinking operative , without compunction for past apathy—without earnest resolves to devote every energy to the great cause of your political and social redemption ? We wish to impress on you the conviction that the present Interval of comparative " prosperity" will be transient indeed . Peel and his Colleagues will not comply with the demands of justice ; nor ivill thoy concede your rights , until , by untiring exertion , you wring them from their grasp . You must win your own salvation ; no class , eave your own , will ever fight out the battle of Labour against Capital . Depend , therefore , on yourselves alone .
We have prepared a plan , which we now submit to your earnest attention , for facilitating your location on the land . The land being the raw material of all wealth , it is essential you should practically be convinced of tins inestimable value of its possession . We trust yon will carry out that plan in every locality where < he Chartist standard has been planted . It offers to you a means for the accomplishment of the People ' s Charter , and immediate social amelioration at the same
tune . We also submit to you a plan for the formation of Chartist Registration and Election Committees in every borough and county . The battle for the universal enfranchisement of your class must be fought before the revising barrister in parish vestries—in our local meetings—and on the floor ofthe House of Commons . We wish to give our movement a serious , fervent , and influential aspect . We must be feared by our enemies , ere we can succeed in vanquishing thein . Form , therefore , in each of your localities a small neuclus _, around which shall tally , in a short time , a most formidable opposition to the political jobbers who have so long kept you out of your rights .
We also recommend to you , most strongly , the formation of co-operative stores * . wherever established under efficient directory they have been eminently productive of profit to the shareholder , and of cheapness to the purchaser _. You are compelled , under the existing system , to uphold a host of shopkeepers , whose every energy is employed to blight your prospects of social and political redemption . As soon as possible , withdraw your support from your deadly enemies . If you can only raise £ 1 , begin ivith it . If your earnings are small , spend them to the best advantage if you must go to a shop , support your friends , and give not your foes the power by which they keep you in perpetual misery .
fo the Trades , we say persevere ! You have a bold and efficient leader in the House of Commons : follow his councils . To your movements we yield our heartiest support ; while we beg to direct your attention to the fact , that vopr industry can never be permanently and effectively protected until you have a bona- fide representation in Parliament . In conclusion , we entreat undivided efforts in banishing division from our Tanks . Lend no ear to the secret calumniator—cultivate brotherly feeling with each other . A national petition will be got up for presentation on the first night of the assembling of the new House of Commons . Remember the exiled patriots—recall them by your unanimous voice . Let every town , every village and hamlet , send up its petition , praying their return . Support the Executive—back them by following out their recommendations : and may the time soon arrive when the Charter shall be hailed as the law of thc land !
The London members , with the addition of Mr . Stallwood , were appointed to act with tho Executive , as the committee for elaborating the Land Plan , A vote of thanks was then passed by acelamation to the chairman , and the Convention dissolved . [ The following is the report ofthe committee appointed by thc Annual Chartist Convention to arrange and perfect the details of the Co-operative Land Society , unanimously agreed to at a meeting held on Wednesday , April 30 th , at whicli meeting the whole ofthe committee , with the exception of Messrs . O'Connor and Davis , were present ] BUlES ASD _BEGOUTIONS OF TH _3 CHARTIST 1 AND CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY . To consist of an unlimited number of shareholders Shares , £ 2 10 s . each . To be paid in weekly settlements of 3 d , fid ,, Is ., and upwards . Objects ofthe Society .
To purchase land on which to locate sueh of its members as may be selected for that purpose , in order to demonstrate to the working classes of the kingdomfirstly , the value ofthe land , as a means of making them independent of tbe grinding capitalists ; and , secondly , to shew them the necessity of securing the gpeedy enactment of the " People ' s Charter , " which would do for them nationally , what this society proposes to do sectionaUy : the accomplishment ofthe political and social emancipation ofthe enslared and degraded working classes being the peculiar object ofthe society .
Means , Good arable land may be rented in some of the most fertile parts of the country at the rate of 15 s . per acre , and might be bought at twenty . five years' purchase—that is , at £ 18 15 s . per acre * _, and supposing £ 5 , 008 raised in shares of £ 2 lOe . each , thia sum would purchase 120 acres , and locate sixty persons with two acres each , besides leaving a balance of £ 2 , 760 , which would give to each of tbe occupants £ 4 $ ids , 8 d ., £ 30 of which would be sufficient to build a commodious andcomfortable cottage on each allotment ; one-half of the remaining £ 15 16 s . 8 d . would be sufficient to purchase implements , stock , & c , leaving tbe residue as a means of subsistence for the oc-
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cupant until his allotment produced the necessaries of life . These allotments , with dwellings , might te leased for ever to the members of the society at an annual rental of £ 5 each , which would be below their real value . The gross annual rental would thus amount to £ 300 . This property , if sold at twenty years ' purchase ( ivhieh would be far below the market value ) , would yield to the funds of the society £ 6 , 000 , which sum , if expended iu a simitar manner to the first , would locate other seventy-two persons on two acres of land , provided with homes . These seventy-two allotments , sold at the rate of the first , would bring £ 7 , 200 ; and this sum , laid out in the purchase of
otiier land , building of cottages , Sic , at the original rate , would locate 8 fi and _two-fifths persons . Theso 8 G twofifths allotments , if sold , would realise £ 8 , 631 Ss . ; and with this amount of capital the society could locate other 103 one-sixth persons . These 103 one-sixth allotments , would produce £ 10 , 317 3 s . 4 d . ; and the last named sum , expended as before , would locate 123 one-third persons . Thus the original capital of £ 5 , 000 , would more than double itself at the fourth sole : and so on in the same rates . The benefits arising from the expenditure of the funds in tlic manner above stated may be seen at a glance in the following summary : —
£ . Purchase . Locate . fOriginal capital , 5000 120 acres 60 persons . First sale produce , 6000 144 „ 72 do . Second do . 7200 172 ,, 86 do . Third do . 8634 8 s . 206 „ 103 do . Fourth do . 10 , 317 3 s . 4 d . 216 „ 123 do . Continuing to increase in the same proportion until tho tenth sale , which would realise £ 37 , 324 , and locate 372 *
persons . Thus the total number which could be looated in ten sales—which , if the project be taken up with spirit , might easily be effected in four years—would be 1923 persons ; in addition to leaving in possession of the society an estate worth at least , in the wholesale market , £ 37 , 324 , which estate could be resold , increasing at each sale in value and capability of sustaining the nienibors , until , in the space of a few years , a vast number of the " surplus labour population" could be placed in happiness and prosperity upon tbe soil of their nntive land , and thus become valuable consumers as well as producers of wealth .
1 . —Membership . All persons are eligible to become members of this society , by taking out a card of membership , and a copy of these rules , for which tho sum of fifteen-pence shall be paid ; one shilling to be an instalment ofthe share . 2 . —Government of the Society . The government of the society to be vested in a board of directors , consisting of a _president , treasurer , secretary , and four others . 3 . —Qualification for the Board of Directors . No person shall be eligible to become a member of the board of directors who is not at the time of election , and lias been for three months _previously , a paying member to the funds of this society . 4 . —Mode of electing tiie Board cf Directors . The board of directors to be balloted for annually by the members ofthe society .
5 . —Duties of the Board of Directors . It shallbe the duty ofthe Hoard of Directors to transact all the monetary and other business of the society ; and when the sum of £ 5 , 000 is subscribed , to purchase a suitable plot of l » nd , enntainine about 120 acres , which shall be divided into 60 equal allotments , erecc tne _necessaiy habitations , and furnish each allotment with thc required implements , stock , & c . They shall then apprise the members ofthe society , aad instruct them to select , by lot , occupiers , to whom the several allotments , with the buildings , Sic , shall be let at a rent of £ 5 per annum , on a lease for ever . They shall then effect a sale of the land , buildings , Sic , at the rate of twenty years' purchase on the rent paid , and carry the proceeds , after defraying unavoidable expenses , to the credit of the soeieiy , to be again employed in thc purchase of more land , the building of more dwellings , the purchasing of stock , Sic , to be again divided in allotments to the members , and so on in continuity .
6 . — . Appointment of _JVustees and their Duties , The members at thc first geucral meeting shall appoint five persons as trustees , whose duties shall be to keep a cheque against the general treasurer of all monies placed by him in tlte bank to their names and credit ; and when the Board of Directors shall , in accordance with thc rules of this society , be cognisant that there is £ 5 , 000 in the said bank , they shall notify the same to the general treasurer , whose duty it shall be to make application on their behalf to the trustees oftho society , requesting their sanction to the withdrawal of the same . 1 , —Appointment of General Auditors and their Duties . Two auditors shall he appointed hy the members ofthe various district committees , whose duties shall be to audit the accounts of the society . 8 . —Election of District Committees .
District Committees , consisting of from five to nine persons , shall be chosen by the members in the several localities where they may be resident . "Notice of such election , with then * names and address , shall be forwarded to the secretary of the Board of Directors . Localities not having a sufficiency of members to elect a District Committee , may appoint a secretary and treasurer to transact their business . 9 . —Xhuies cf the District Committees . To collect subscriptions from the members ; to assist the Board of Directors when required with their advice ;
and otherwise exert themselves in forwarding thc objects of the society . 10 . — . Appointment of the District Secretary and his Duties . A secretary shall be appointed by the members of the District Board , and his duty shall be to register the names of the members of the district , to keep account of the income and expenditure , and couduct the correspondence of the district . He shall also transmit to the general secretary , along with the £ 2 remittance of the treasurer , a clear specification of the names and the amount of the money paid by each shareholder . 11 . _—jPjsfi'iet T- _* c < i 8 m _* er and Ins Duties .
A treasurer shall be appointed by the members of the district committee . He shall keep a correct account of the receipts and disbursements of the shares in his district ; and remit to the general treasurer the receipts when tlicy amount to the sum of two pounds . Notice thereof to be forwarded to the general secretary _.
12 . —District Auditors and ( heir Duties . Two auditors shall be appointed by the members of each district , whose duties shall be to audit the accounts of tbe district once per quarter . 13 . —/ Selection of Occiipaxils , The selection of occupants for the allotments to be by lot from amongst those who may hare paid up their shares , in the following manner . The central committee to issue as many tickets to thc localities as there may be shares paid up . The prizes to be regulated in proportion to the number of shareholders in the locality . The local boardB shall then call a meeting of all shareholders , who have paid up their shares , and decide by lot who shall be holders of the prize allotments . If the capital of £ 5 , 000 shall have been raised prior to a sufficient number of shares being paid up , the lot shall take place amongst those who may have paid the highest sums .
14 . —Certificate of Payment of Shares . When a member has paid vip his shave , lie shall be furnished by the general secretary with a certificate in the following form : — Certificate of ChartiBt Co-operative Land Fund Contribution . No . — Value £ 2 10 s . We , the undersigned officers of the above association hereby certify that John Jones , member of the Nottingham branch of the above association , has paid to the above fund the sum of two pounds ten shillings , for a share in the said association . Witness our hands this third day of November , 1845 . . _, General Secretary , 15 . _—jTi'me allowed for paying up Shares . Subscribers at ls . per week 1 year . Ditto 6 d . do 2 years . Ditto 3 d . do 4 years .
Members not having paid up their shares within the time specified , to pay a fine of threepence per week until the rule be complied with . All arrears , with fines included , to be paid up within three months after the expiration of the above-named time , or the money they have paid in shall be forfeited to and for the use of the members of the society . 16 . —Disposal of Shares . Members wishing to dispose of their shares may do so by giving notice to the district secretary . He shall immediately notify the same to the general secretary , with the name aad address of the party to whom the share may be transferred . In thc event of the death of any member , the share will be transferred , in accordance with the directions in his will ; or , in the event of his dying intestate , be transferred to the next of kin . Members leaving and neglecting to transfer or dispose of their shares , such shares shall become the common property of the society .
17 . —Defrayal of Expenses . The expenses consequent upon the formation and conducting the business of the society , tobe defrayed by a contribution of 2 s . upon each share , which contribution will ( in most cases ) be paid by the weekly instalments in the following manner * . — A subscriber of one shilling per week will , in one year , have paid £ 212 s ., or the share and the 2 s . expenses . The sixpenny and threepenny subscriber !! in like manner , no deduction being made on the £ 210 s . for any incidental expenses . 18 . — Appointment of Arbitrators . At the first general meeting of the members of the societv five person _» shall be elected as arbitrators for the society and any of its members , none of which arbitrators shall be directly or Indirectly beneficially interested in the funds ofthe society .
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19 . —Selection of Arbitrators . In case of any dispute , not less than three ef the said arbitrators shall be chosen by ballot , f * iwhleh purpose the names of the arbitrators ahal lb * written on a piece of paper , and placed in t \ nx , or glass , and the three whose names are first drawn out by the complaining party , or some one nnpointed by each party , shall be the arW _: trators to decide the matter in dispute , and their award shall be final , and all expenses attending the arbitration shall be paid as may be fixed by their decision .
Note . —According to the decision of the late National Convention of delegates , assembled" April 21 st , 1845 , iu London ( by whose authority this plan is propounded to the public ) , the Executive Committee of tiie National Charter Association of Great Britain—viz , PhilipM _' Grath , Thomas Clark , Christopher Deylo , Feargus O'Connor _,, and Thomas Martin Wheeler , iare _appctoted a board of directors , to superintend thc management of the society iintp 2000 members are enrolled , when the . directors shall notify the same to the district committees , ami instruot them to summon the whole of the shareholders to elect a board of directors , treasurer , and other officers , and , if necessary , to revise these rules , u , the decision of the same Convention , William _l _' llmti _«« Huberts , Esq ., solicitor , was appointed treasurer , to whom all moni _*** . musibereniittcv ' , addressed to tin-cave of F . O'Conr .. _" _-, Esq ., 340 , Strand , London ; and notice ef the same nit--: be sent to thc secretary , Thomas M . Wheeler , : : " , Strand ; to whom all communications and _apprii-:, Uuns for information must be addressed _.
The Turn-Octs At Bury.—On Monday Inst A ...
The Turn-octs at Bury . —On Monday Inst a numerous meeting of delegates and others connected with thc Iron trade , was held in the large room at the ITarc and Hounds Inn , Bolton-street , Bury , relative to thc turn-out of Millwrights , _Engineers , Mechanics , Moulders , Smiths , and Boilermakers . There werc delegates from three adjoining counties , when it was unanimously resolved on , that the cause of the men heing out at Bury should be sent to the Northern Star newspaper . It was stated that the reason of the present strike was , that the masters had passed a resolution that before they engaged any new hands they must bring a " quittance paper " from their late employer . In consequence of that
determination meetings were held in various parts of Lancashire , Yorkshire , and Cheshire , when it was generally agreed to establish Protective Societies . The rules of the Trades' Associations are to the effect , that if the masters take any undue advantage against any workmen in the Union , the whole of the trades at that shop shall strike . The men at Messrs Walker and Brothers , Bury , agreed that they would not work any overtime until the "quittaiicoj > apei * s " were abolished . The masters thereupon posted up notices , setting forth that on and after the 6 th of January , 1845 , thc Millwrights aud Engineers should work more time than they had done previously for thc same money . It was then agreed on , by the various Protective Societies , that theMcssrs . Walkers '
hands should not submit to thc new regulation , as it in reality amounting to a reduction of wages . The men , therefore , to the number of upwards of 350 , turned out on thc Cth of January last : and they yet remain on strike ; but are willing to work at thc same rate of earnings , and onthesame conditions , as they ditlwhen trade was not so brisk as it is at present . It was the opinion of thc delegates that a great many hands would be wanted in various towns after Whitsuntide , as it is well known the season is now open for goods , such as machinery , & c , for exportation . The committee also stated that , in consequence of paid agents going to various places under tlic pretence ot engaging hands , by falsely stating there was no turnout , tliere was every necessity for the workmen of
distant places to be on tlieir guard . The committee of thc turn-out s sit daily at thc Hare and Hounds Inn , Boltou-strect , Bury . It was agreed to by the delegates that a report should be sent to thc Northern Star paper weekly . Votes of thanks were given to tho editor of the Star , the delegates , aud the chairman , anil the meeting separated . —By order of the Committee , April 29 th , 1845 . Jbltbt _* . —Ou _Muiniitj- laot , _« _vnilmr novel scene toek place in the Hyde Court-room . For some time past , the " knobsticks" working at Dukinfield have tried to irritate the turn-outs , in order to got them to commit breaches of the peace . Thc men , however , passed a resolution amongst themselves , not to retaliate . On Wednesday , one of thc " black sheep "
committed an assault on one ofthe turn-outs , without provocation . The assaulted party consequently took out a magistrates' summons . The case should have been heard on Monday ; but the moment thc complainant entered the Court-room , thc masters ' attorney handed a , warrant to a policeman standing by , who immediately took the poor fellow into custody . The . case under the warrant was called for , when thc masters' attorney said that it was one of those cases where the turn-outs , fearing that a warrant would he taken out against them , took advantage by procuring a summons first ; but in all cases of tliis kind , the warrant took precedence of the summons . He therefore requested that the warrant case
should he entered into . Mr . Gill , clerk to Mr . Roberts , rose to speak , when he was asked if he was a solicitor ? "Upon liis answering in thc negative , he was told that he could not be heard . Mr . Gill , however , persisted , requesting that tho case might be adjourned until next Monday , inasmuch as Mr . "Roberts , who was specially retained in the case , could not sooner attend . Mr . Gill also remarked that the summons was taken out on thc Wednesday previously ; while , in tho other case , as Mr . Rooerts ' client was coming into court , he was arrested and locked up . The magistrate considered it to be his duty to postpone the case until next Monday : and observed that it was a strange _procccdin" to arrest a man when he had come into court to nave a ease
heard . Duxcombe _Tkstimoxial , Cextrai . Committee of Trades , & c , Parthenium Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' slane : Mr . J . Grassby in the chair . —Thc foUowing sums were received : —Messrs . Bushby and Mitchell , Chelsea committee ( third subscription ) , - £ 3 13 s , ( 3 d . Per Mr . Edward Sutcliffe , on behalf of the local committee of Sowerby and Layland _, 10 s . ( second subscription ) . Mr . William Young ' s book , per Mr . John Cleave , 17 s . Cd . Per Mr . Farvcr , 4 s . Messrs . G . Harman and Daniel Grove , on behalf of the Baskctmakcrs of London , attended , and presented £ 5 as tlieir quota to the testimonial . Mr . D . Pefct , on behalf of thc Queen ' s Head Society of Carpenters , meeting in Acton-street , Gray ' s-inn-voad , also handed
in £ 5 . Per Mr . Manning , from thc King ' s Arms , Marylcbonc-stvcct , 4 s . 2 d . Thc Committee earnestly request all collectors , officers of local committees , district committees , and any other person or persons holding cash on behalf of the testimonial , to- remit the same to the general secretary , or treasurer without , delay , in order thai the Central Committee may close its labours on thc 4 th day of June next ensuing . The Central Committee meet for the purpose of receiving contributions , and transacting other business , every Wednesday evening , from half . past eight precisely until half-past ten . Bolton P _owebloom Weavers .- —A delegate meeting of the Powcrloom Weavers of the Bolton district , was held at the Crown Inn , Dcansgatc , Bolton , on
Sunday , for the purpose of considering the best means of keeping up the wages of that body ; and also of crushing the many petty , but at the same time grievous and tyrannical restrictions which have been imposed upon them . It was thought that a union , a National Usios of that numerous body , would greatly contribute to this desirable object . The meeting agreed that an address should be got up , and circulated in the immediate district of Bolton , showing the importance of the subject to the public . Before we can say anything to other towns by way of admonition concerning it , we ought to be able to boast of liaving done something ourselves . However , while we are making thc attempt , we hope they will not look on with coolness , but , like us , at least try to do
soMETniKG . By order of the committee . —Bolton , April 28 , 1845 . Barnsley Linen Weavers . — A meeting of the Linen Weavers of Barnsley was held in the Odd Fellows' Hall , on Monday , when that spacious building was crowded to sufioeatum , "Mr . _"RictoaYoTaylo-r was called to fill thc chair . He read over a number of letters that had been received from Mr . Sherrard , of London , ami afterwards read the placard calling the meeting , whieh was to petition Parliament in favour of Local Boards of Trade . The meeting was severally addressed by Messrs . Grimshaw , Garbert , Minfield _, and Vallance , who all spoke in high terms of thc advantages of Boards of Trade . The resolutions having been adopted , a vote of thanks waa given to the chairman , and themeeting broke up .
_Important to me Miners of Lancashire . —The committee chosen to investigate matters of dispute between the employer and tlic employed , have been eminently successful in many places , by amicably arran"in ° * matters between the coal masters and their men , to the satisfaction of both parties . Thoy have amicably settled the disputes that existed between thc men and tlieir masters at Burgh and Coppo Collieries , Chorlcy ; between Mr . Rylance , o f Wigan , coal proprietor , and his men : also a difference that existed _batween Mr . Blaisdale , coal proprietor , ot llindley , near Wigan , and his men . They have also
arranged , to the satisfaction of both parties , a difference that existed between Mr . _Blunder ' s agent and thc men at Moss Colliery , Ambrosc-wood-common , near Wigan ; and also a difference between Mr . Robert Brown , coal master , of Westhoughton , near Bolton , and his men ; as well as one between Mr . William Haigh , of Block-lane Colliery , Oldham , and his men . The Miners' Union is in a prosperous , thriving condition , and a better spirit is prevailing between thc masters and their men throughout the county of Lancaster . —W . Cheetham , E . Kershaw , R . Marsh , the Committee of the Miners of Lancashire
. Lancashire _Misers' _Intelligence . — The next general delegate meeting of Lancashire Miners wil be held on Monday next , at the house of Mr . Rosbottom , _BowVing-greeri am , Charnock-green , near Chorley . Chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . There will also be a public meeting , whieh will be addressed by W . P . Roberts , Esq ., and several other gentlemen . The levy , including general con « tribution , is 2 s . Id . ner member .
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