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      Ra * onT ^^ F ^^ ^^^^ Red ^ iich J ^ N&He Makers - ' ¦ ^ Smith ^ Rochdale Carpenters Crabbed Stockport Blea ; hors ' : Unsworth - _ . Card room Operatives Deyanny StNinian ' s Nail Makers . Jenkins — Four branches of the Sheffield Knife Trade Bawkaworth ~ jj Btoomhead Wolvcrbampton Tin p 1 p , Vq Workers EUiott " _ ~ Stuck locksmiths Blakemore Wmslow Ilamlloora weavers Bentley Warrington Glass cutters Tomkins S « e : nton Frsmeworkknitters Wooley StaffordsaiiePot . Do . „ . ^ teries Da . Humphries

      The following members of the Central Committee als ^ took their seats in Conference , by virtue of their office : — . ¦•¦ : Mr J . Buck " , Carpenter , Vice-President Mr Allen . Tin-Plate Worker Mr F . Green , Morocco-Leather Dresser . Mr Robson , Ladies' Shoemaker Mr Williamson , Tin-Piate Worker Mr C . Mayne , Carpenter Mr Cloughan , Coal Miner Mr Jacobs , Cabinet-maker Mr Gouidin . Makor-up Mr Blythe , Carpenter Mr Linegan . Iland-loom Weaver Mr Lynn , Carpenter

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      . SJWWV ., UuvWWV ^ OT ^ n ^ ArtTWVWWAAnjUVVVUVJUUWV ^ ln ^ ( Fromour Second Edition of latticed : ) THURSDAY , Ma * 20 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Clergy Offences Bill was after a brief discussion , read a second time . The Naval Prisons BUI , and Naval Service of Bcji Bill , were severally read a second time . At its rising , the house adjourned for the Whitsuntide holidays until Friday next . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Mr T . Doncohbb presmtoa a petition from the coal-miners of England and Wales , complaining of the track sjstem , and praying for the appointment of government inspectors . Colokul and Briiish Spikits . —Mr Hom ' TT moved for leave to bring in a bill for assimilating the ware , housing privileges on Colenial and British spirits , and another bill to permit British spirits to be rectified in bond for exportation , and to permit rectified spirits and compounds to be warehoused for exportation .

      The Chasceimb of the Exchequer opposed both motions , on the ground of their interference with tilt revenue , and on a division both motions were loit ., Poor Laws Adhimstbation Bill . —The adjourned debate , on the motion for the second reading of the Poor Laws Administration Bill , and Mr Ferrand ' s amendment , was resumed by Mr Henley . A protracted discussion followed , in which Lord J . Rosbell and Mr Disraeli were the principal speaker * . The latter gentleman argued that parishes should not be under metropolitan

      control . He did not object to the proposed new commission on the ground of patronage , or of any supposed increase of the power of the Crown , Wcaose he was of opinion that the power of the Grown had decreased , was de . creasing , and should be increased ; and he believed that were the power of the Crown greater , the condition of the poorer classes would be much better than it is . He , however , objected to the Bill before the House , on the groand that it would perpetuate that metropolitan con . trol of which he so much disapproved , and he would , therefore , vote for the amendment .

      On the motion of Mr Boethwick the debate was again adjourned . The House rose at two o ' clock , ( Fnm our Third Edition of last week . ) FRIDAY , Mat 21 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Mr Ferrand presented a petition from John , the father of MaryDatvson , now suffering imprisonment under the sentence of certain magistrates for quitting her employment , leaving her work , in the mill of a manufacturer at Keighley , unfinished . The petition set but the various facts of the case , and prayed inquiry . The hon . member gave notice that immediately after the recess , when the petition was printed , he would bring the case , which was one of extreme cruelty and injustice , before the bouse . Mr Sfooneb moved the adjourned debate on the first reading of the Seduction and Prostitution Suppression Bill . Colonel Sibthobp opposed the bill .

      After a short discussion the hill was read a first time . The other orders of the day were disposed of , and the house adjourned for the Whitsun recess to Friday next , the 28 th instant . Adjoubned Debate . —Poor Laws , The debate was resumed by Mr Boethwick who opposed the bill , as did also Mr B . E = cott , Mr Wabley and Lord J . Manners , Mr P . Miles , Mr Villiers and Sir J . Graham supported thebill . . The house divided—For the second reading of thebill 218 Against it , 42

      Majority for the governtment 176 The bill was read a second time .

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      FAMINE RIOTS ON THE CONTINENT . Pobks . —The riots in the grand duchy of Poaec still continue . On the 12 th of May a riot took place in the town of Witkowo . Un the 9 th , at Gnesen , the mob plundered about thirty shops , notoitustand ing that a battalion of infantry was garrisoned in the place ; on the same day a similar outrage was committed at the town ef Irzeraiszno , two miles from Gnesen . Rogowo and Czarnigewo were the scenes of the like outrages . In the villages for two miles round , the mob , provided with clubs and and sacks , came into Wilkowoas early as four in the morning into the market place . A general riot being feared ,

      fifty burghers were ordered out to maintain the peace . But when they saw a crowd of nearly one thousand persons assembled , they thought it prudent t > withdraw . A scene of plunder then commenced amidst the shouts of the populace , a number of cart . ' containing potatoes were surraunded and pillaged , as well as several bakers' shons . The police did all in their power to appease the tumult , but for a long time without success . They did so at last , and troops having come to their assistance , several arrest * were made . Disturbances have also taken place at Marienwerder .

      Ghent—Order has been at last re-established in the above city . The Menage ? de Qandoi the 16 th inst . states that on the Place d'Artevelde , the troops were attacked by a crowd of determined rioters , and were obliged to fire on them . Several persons were wounded . A proclamation , dated May 18 , announced that the military were ordered to make use of their arms in ca 3 e of need . Another proclamation ordered all cafes and estaminets to be closed at 6 p . m . It appears by the Metsager that ; 11 factories in Ghent have entirely stopped work ; that 25 are at work only during a portion of the week . and that only 7 are on full time . « < .

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      Ibish Confederation . —At Cartwright ' s coffeehouse , on Sunday last , a very interesting discussion tcok place on the state of parties in Ireland . The secretary read an article from the Dealt / News of Friday , which was ably commented on by Messrs Martin Ryan , Reardon , Sullivan , and M'Cartby . Mr Braceland , of the Golden-lane confederates , addressed the meeting . He was happy to see his old friends again . ( Hear , hear . ) The article just read had taught them a lesson ; it taught them that the Whigs were about making a death-struggle in Ireland , but he hoped the working men would take a lesson by the activity of their enemies , and be up and doing . What did the people of Ireland ever get from the Whigs ? Under Earl Grey were they not the bitter oppressor !

      of the people ? and , at this day , were they not treated worse than dogs ? Had not the mother to go out and dig her husband ' s and her children ' s graves ? Under the Whigs every good man wai banished . from Ireland who dared ] to be politically honest . He believed great truths would come out . They had banished the man who was now doing good for the English people . It was not the fault of the English people , if Ireland were cursed by the Whig faction ; the leaders of the Irish people had chosen them , but the English people had no voice in the matter . The people were starring , dying—murdered ; yet had they land enough ? Political economists did not care how the people fared , so that they could get their exports made up , to make a show in

      figures . The rich had no feeling for the poor—the government had no feeling for the poor—and it was idle to think that they had any other object in view than the selfish aggrandisement of their own order . The present lord-lieutenant , whose name was VilHers , was rewarded by the title of Clarendon for his services , or rather vices , ia Portugal . He was one of the most crafty of his erder , and must therefore be esteemed a fit and proper person to delude the Irish people . The whole system was a mockery . Mr B . delivered a very argumentative and able address , and was much applauded throughout . Mr Waddick followed on the same sideand ably reviewed the

      , history of the United Irishmen , following { the patriotic footsteps of Wolfe Tone through Franco , America , and Holland ; minutely contrasting his noble disinterestedness with the sordid acts of the sham-patriote of the present day . He sat down much applauded . All persons wishing to address the meeting ( as the right of all is admitted ) are requested to be punctual in attending early . Chair taken every Sunday evening , at eight o ' clock . lhe American papers say Mr Caleb Lyon , the distinguished Oriental scholar and translator of the Persian poet Hafiz Of Lyondale United States , is Consul at Shangae , China .

      A letter from Dresden says thit 40 students of tho University have been severely punished for having been present at the meetings dangerous to the state and public order . A Kendal paper mentions that a pair of redbreasts have built their nest in a kitchen , and appear wholly undisturbed by the inmates , upon whose table they frequently perch during meals .

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      t i > i , t . * i ,. n i -. t ; ^ VELLpW ^ jSOClETY . |/; if I ; ¦ t * ' - "" *"" ¦ ' _ VICE CB'JnCELIOR'S COURT . ^ TDKaDlT , Mri 25 tfii Cj . ooon v . Ratcxiffk . —Important Decision . --T % hVil ' -m this case was filed by Elijah Clbugh , J . ' Todd ; J . Slater , J . Wakefield , and G ; Cooper , on behalf of themselves and all other members of the Loyal High-, land Laddie Lodge ' of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows , except the . defendant ? , against William Ratcliffe and 13 other parties , the governing body of the association , and also the officers of the Manchester and Salford district of the Bociety , alleging that the plaintiffs had been illegally excluded from the lodges , and praying a declaration that such exclusion was illegal and void , and that the plaintiffs were entitled to the benefits of the association , and of a sum of £ 148 8 s . 4 d : by the bill alleged to be standing in tho Manchester and Salford Savings-bank in the names of the defendants Whitham , Findlev . and Heratd , as

      trustees of the Highland Laddie Lodge , subject to the conditions existing in the society ; before such exclusion ; also praying an injunction against the application of any part of that . sum except for the . benefit of the plaintiffs and all other members of the association ; for an account ; and also for an injunction against the transfer of that sum till the further order of the court / The original bill was filed on 1 st February , 1847 . to which all the defendants "filed a demurrer for want of equity and want of parties , ant that demurrer was on the 4 th of March allowed , and leave was given to amend the bill . The bill was amended as it now stood , and the defendants put in a demurrer for want of equity . Before the filing of the original bill an injunction was obtained ' to restrain the transfer of the £ 148 33 . 4 d . On the 6 th of May instant the demurrer was argued , and the case now stood for judgment . ? , Mr Rolt and Mr Roundell Palmer argued the demurrer ; Mr Russell and Mr Hargrave supported the bill . ; His Hononr said In this case I have to dispose o f a demurrer to an amended bill , filed aftera demurrer to the original bill had been allowed with leave ts amend generally . The present demurrer was argued in the course of last term . The only cause of demurring specifically assigned upon the record was want of equity . I wish , in the first place , to say , that I feel g ome difficulty upon the question whether the bill is free from the objections upou which Lord Eldon proceeded when he allowed the demurrer in the case of "Lleyd v . Lorine . " It is not , 1 think , superfluous to add , that I doubt whether the contract of partnership , if that is the proper term , or of association for mutualassistance , or however itahould bedesignated ,

      which is the foundation of the suit , is not shown by the bill to be a contract so circumstanced , but the principles and rules of common law cannot be considered as sanctioning it , or that a court of equity is bound by statute to recognise , it . I do not suggest that , abstractedly , such a contract , such an association , is otherwise than morally laudable ; but if , from the number of persons concerned in it , or for that reason and others , the contract or engagement is of such a nature as not to enable any of the established judicatures of the realm to deal with it beneficially or usefully , or to act upon it efficaciously , without doing injustice , is it the duty of the court to acknowledge an agreement of that kind ? It may be conceded that for every civil wrong the law of the land

      provides , or ought to provide , a judicial remedy . But it is inconsistent with this concession that the court should decline to recognise a contract creating , or affecting to create , interest and claims of which the powers and means confided by the law to the courts do not enable them to provide for the regulation , enjoyment , or protection , — or that , with reference particularly to cases of this specific sort now before me , the law , among whose oldest institutions is the power of incorporation , with ample means for the government of bodies corporate , and among whose provisions of later times , which the changes in the habits of society have seemed to render expedient , are the ) statutes relating to friendly societies , -the law , which gives facilities for such

      associations , should not pernvt the adoption of every course , or every mode of effecting a laudable object , of a nature rather public than merely private , for effecting which it has provided- means of a particular kind under wholesome regulations , —I doubt , as I intimated , whether upon such considerations such as these the association which the bill brings before the court is not within the province of the court , and does not fall within the observations of Lore Eldon , to be found in pages 462 and 470 , 475 and 477 . of Mr Russell ' s report ef the case of "Vansandan v . Moore , " unless there is any statute , and certainly I am not satisfied that there is' any , that ought to be considered as making a material difference in the

      plaintiffs' favour . I am not sure that the members of an association such as that described , so far as there is a description of it in this bill , must not , upon civil questions arising , be left , in the words of Lord Eldon , •? to regulate themselves by a mutual understanding and by a moral rule , without judicial interference , where Parliament has not assisted them . " An impression , indeed at once of the moral and civil advantages capable ot arising from the societies called " Friendly Societies , " and of the inefficiency or insufficiency of the institutions of the country , without the aid of Parliament , to afford them , unless incorporated , stability or protection , produced , Isappose , the l ' riendly Societies Acts ; of which the members of the Association now before me

      iiave not thought fit to avail themselves ; although it is probable that it might have been placed under the protection of these acts , and if it had , the complaint of the plaintiffs , and those for whom they profess to < ue , could by means of those acts have been easily , cheaply , and safely redressed . Without that , ' it ought to be said , in the language of Lord Eldon in " Beaumont v . Ridgway , " " the objects of societies such as these are of a nature which no court of justice can execute . " It may be suggested that the statutes 33 George III , chaptsr 54 , and 35 George III ., chapter III , recognise the legality of an association such as this , although not having enabled itself to claim the privileges conferred by the le ^ is' ature upon friendly societies . The enactment of

      cue 33 rd George III ., c . 54 , which does not profess to be a declaratory act , commences by providing that " it shall and may ; be lawful to and for any number of ^ persons in Great Britain- to form themselves into and establish one or more societies of good fellowship for the purpose of raising , from time to time , by subscriptions of the several members" and so on : and although I do not forget the preamble of the > ct , nor the provision of the second section , beginning , " norshall any such society which hath already been established , " yet I am not , I repeat , convinced tbat it was the intention of either statute , in the ca * e of any society that should not entitle itself , by the means particularly specified , to have the benefit of the enactment , to be cognizable by the civil

      judicature , if independently of the two acts they would not have been so cognitabie . But , asluraing ia the present instance the cantract of tho association stated by the bill not to be illegal , —assuming it to be one the existence of which is not unfit to be recognised by a court of equity , —assuming that the principles of Lord Eidon ' s decision in " Lloyd v . Loring" create no difficulty , the question still remains whether a case is stated by the bill which , were the case to go to a hearing upon the bill as it stands . — -the facts alleged and charged being without addition , diminution , or variation proved or admitted—would entitle the plaintiffs to some relief , within the range of relief specifically or generally prajed ? If it would not , the demurrer ought to be

      • illowed . Now , first , as to the declarations of right asked . It would not , I apprehend , be inconsistent with the rules relating to the jurisdiction of the eourt to make the decree asked and nothing else ; to make the declarations asked would not belong to the functions of the court . In cases wheicthe decree sought is a declaration of right alone , or an inj unction alone , it would not be correct ; and I suppose a decree which contained a declaration of right and an injunction and nothing else , would not be correct . When , therefore , in what I am proceeding to say , I shall use the term " relief , " I wish to bo understood as meaning relief-bey ond a mere declaration of right . Next , as to the injunction or injunctions asked . The sum of £ 148 3 a . 4 d .. or that as to

      which a permanent injunction is asked , and so far a 3 it extends to more , relief is asked in terms , I conceive too vague and too general to be grented . With regard to the £ 148 3 s . 4 d ., its amount , when the number , variety , and extent of interests to which that Bum is alleged to be subject are considered , must be thought very slight and trifling . This , however , is not all , because conceding or assuming that there may be cases in which an injunction may be proper without any other relief , without u view to any other relief , without the supposition that there is any other relief , the present , 1 apprehend , is not one of those cases . I do not conceive that upon the record an injunction could be proper without any view to other relief , and without the

      supposition of there being other relief to be granted . What other relief could be granted upon this record , or given only as stated in the bill ? Beneficially and usefully , I apprehend , none . For , as I conceive , thi court does net possess the capacity and means of acting efficaciously so as , avoiding injustice , to do justice , for tke purposes or any of the purposes for which the bill seeks to put it in action , under the circumstances which the bill states . The prayer beyond the declaration of right and injunction or injunctions asked is this , "that an account may be taken of the property and funds olthe said lodge , and that the rights and interest of the plaintiffs and all

      other persons therein may be ascertained and declared , and that all necessary directions may be given forgiving full effect to such rights and interests , either in manner aforesaid , or by repayment to the plaintiffs of the amount in which they shall be found to be respectively interested in the said property and funds , " and the prayer then ends with one fov general relief . The bill must , I think , be understood aB denying a dissolution of the society to have taken place , and also , probably , as not seeking a dissolution ; nor , as I apprehend , in a suit constituted as this is , relating to an association of the description stated on the record , can the court put an end to the association or break it up , or control the governing

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      body or undertake the regulation or : . aan » V . ii * ir » tion of the proceedings and concerns asjshe proceeding ? or concerns of such an associatipn mu » $ deregulated arid administered ; ' Aiid . if aU ' indiv jj ^ interested were added as parses to th ^ oil ' j neither would the suit be maijageable , nbr ' v ' nether i t is so or not would the matter be fended . * J « i bUl being ' for relief , and Ihot stati ng ' foots , tb < i proof or admission of ; which , without imore being dorie , bught in the actual atate of parties upon the bill to be a ground ot relief , or part of the relief specifically prayed , ' or some relief not \ nr consistent with th-. t part of the bill . That description is , I apprehend , applicable to the present bill . I allow the demurrer , but without costs . Leave to amend has been once given ; but I think in a case such as this is it would n 6 tbe ; right to give leave to , amend again . I may " add , " that although' I think a conclugion aeainst the bill warranted by principle and by

      authority , and , if I may speak of myself , notat variance with any decision which I have had occasion to pronounce in any other case , it is a conclusion at whioh I have arrived not without hesitation , and of the correctness of which I am not confident , neither am I sure that I ought tohave ' given the leave I did to amend , or that upon the occasion of disposing of the demurrer I went into the case so fully as I ought to have done . The mischief caused by this , however , cannot have been considerable . The case as it stands now , upon principle , is one of some importance , although the bill does not , in my view of it , render necessary the decision whether the association is or is not unlawful at common law , or is rendered criminal or unlawful by statute , as has beenstrongl ) argued by the defendants , upon which , if I had formed , I should decline stating any opinion ; nor do I decide whether the absence of the Attorney-General upon this record is material or immaterial ; correot inform or . substahce , or incorrect .

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      CHARTIST MEETINGS IN LANCASHIRE . Buiinlkt . —A laree meeting was held in the Tern , peranco Hall , on Friday evemug last , to hear an address from Mr Ernest Jones on the Land and the Charter . Several questions were asked after the lecture , which being answered to the complete satisfaction of all parties , a vote of thanks to the lecturer was carried by acclamation , and , after a like compliment to the chairman , the meeting separated , highly gratified with the results of the evening . Todmobden . —A very full meeting ' was held in the Odd Fellows' Hall on Saturday ' evening last . . Mr Ernest Jones delivered an address-on the ' political and social movement of the people , and the land and tithe monopoly of the State-Church . Mr Jones was hailed with great applause throughout his address , and was honoured with a unanimous vote of thanka at the conclusion of . the lecture .

      'RocmuiK . — SThe Chartists have just held a glorious meeting in their great room , in Yorkshirestreet . Long before the 'appointed hour the room was filled to overflowing , and hundreds were turned away from the door ? , unable to effect an entrance . Mr Edward Mitchell was called to the chair , and addressed the meeting in a very effective speech . The Chartists of this town , of either sexj maintained their old reputation for vocal talent , and sung some of the admired Chartist hymns in a style that could not be surpassed in any town in England . The

      Chairman then introduced Mr Ernest Jones , who addressed tho audience far nearly two hours on the position , prospects and duties of Chartism in the present crisis , —on the advantages of the Land Plan , and analysed the positions and politics of its opponents , amid the hearty approbation of an intelligent and most attentive audience . This was one of the most important meetings that has been held here for a considerable time . Twelve new members joined the Land Company , and Chartism has proved itself well on the alert in Rochdale .

      Central Registration and General Election Committee . —At the meeting held' on Wednesday , May 26 , Mr Stallwood read a letter he had received from Charles Cochrane , Esiq ; , enclosing a cheque for £ 5 , towards defraying the expense of the late Crown and Anchor meeting for the repeal of the rate-paying clauses . The secretary announced that he had received a letter from ¦ the men of Halifax concerning the ensuing election for that borough . Metropolitan Committee . —On Wednesday evening , May 26 . Mr J . Milne in the chair , the O'Connorville plate , elegantly framed , was awarded to Miss Salmon , the standing highest on the poll . The meeting was adjourned until Tuesday next ; Somers Town . —At a meeting of the members of this locality held at Mr ' Duddridge ' s , Bricklayers '

      Arraj , Tonbndge-street , New-road , Mr William Farris in the chair , on the motion of Messrs Lucas and Page , 4 s . was voted to the Veterans * Orphans ' and Victims' Committee . Mr John Hornby , oneof the most active arid esteemed members of this loca lity , having purchased the allotment No . 7 at O'Connorville , attended to take his farewell of big brother members . It was unanimously agreed that the sub-secretary , Mr John Arnott , be requested to draw up a brief address expressive of the warm and cordial thanks of the members for Mr Hornby ' s unwearied and energetic exertions in the cause of Chartism . It was al .-o agreed tbat the said address be written on parchment , handsomely framed and glazed , and presented to Mr Hornby , as a small tribute of respect for his honest and upright conduct .

      Thk Chartist Sunday . Boat Trips to Grmctord . —The first Excursion for the Summer season will take place on Sunday morning next , May 30 . The boat will leave Paddington Basin , near the Bridge , at the usual time . Tickets to be obtained of Vincent Pakes , 22 , Hereford street , Lisson-Grove ; and at the Coach Painters'Arms , Circus-street . Tower Hamlkts . —Mr P . M'Grath lectured at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green , on Sunday erening , May the 23 rd , to a crowded audience . The metropolitan delegates were instructed to support the holding a public meeting in London against the present Poor Laws . The committee appointed to draw up a plan to assist members obtaining a prize in the ballot of the National Land , Company , on taking possession of their allotments , reported progress . ' Tke discussion thereon was adjourned .

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      MARYLESbNE . —A Cibk « tijah in Troi'bm . —The Rev . Jonisph Summers Brockhurst ; . who at'the station ' , house stated himsolfto baa clergyman of the Established Church , was placed at the : bar before Mr Long , on-thefollowingcharge . —It appeared fromthe evidence that between twelve and one o ' clock in the morning policeman Wonnan , il 63 S , found the prisoner committing a / nuisance at the door of thehouse of Mrs Longman , in South . woodJane , Higbjate . ' nrid on the constable > desiring him to desist , he struck him on his breast , and said he would lick him as he had licked one ofthellornsey men a short time ago , The policeman' sprung Iris rattle , ' and Donoran 77 S , came to his aaaistance ; wben the prisoner promised to walk quietly to the station , but he had not

      gone' far before ho attacked Donovan al 6 O , and kicked him down several times , andWorman as well , and his conduct was altogether very violent and resolute . In answer to the cbarge , the prisoner denied having assaulted the , officers , ' and said he considered he hnd been roughly treated by the police , who had improperly interfered with him , as he wqb Buffering from a complaint which had compelled him to net as he had done . Mr Long said the case was ono which he felt it his duty to deal with severely . The accused bad called no witness to rebut the evidence of the police , ' or to prove the defence he had set up , and . his position in society , instead of being apallatloa , was an aggravation of the offence . Without giving him the opinion of paving a penalty , be should send him at once to the House of Correction for a month . ;

      OUILDHALL .-A vz&t Candid Picktockkt . —Two well known London " conveyancers , " nnmed' Sepplicg ' and Smith , were charged with practising their old gnme of picking pockets . They were watched down Ludgato . hill by one of the city detective force , and on coming up to a crowd of persons who were viewing some' processlen , Smith managed to whip a handkerchief out of a gentleman ' s pocket , Seppling acting as a cover . Smith —Now , Mr Policeman , which pocket did you say I took it pu t off Constable—The right hand one . Smith—Now , it just shows what a false-swearing man you are , for it was the . left one , ( Laughter . ) Mr Alderman Sidney—You are both remanded , so that the gentleman who owns the handkerchief may attend , when no doubt you will be transported . ;; ¦ ¦ ' : ¦ -

      WESTMINSTER . —Savage Assault . —John Gorman , Dennis Gorman , Jumea Coffer , and John Gilbert , four powerful Irish labourers , were charged with having , in connexion with several others not in custody , committed the following desperate and murderous assaults ; and Ellen Gorman and Catherine Gorman were also charged with assaulting the police , and attempting to rescue the male prisoner * . Matthe * Minter , a labourer employed on iteamboats , whose face wbb dreadfully disfigured , and who was so much injured otherwise as to be scarcely able to # etinto the witness bax , said—I went to the Flask , in Edury-square , on Monday eveniag , and sat down in the taproom for about five minutes . On leaving I wished one of the prisoners good night , but had no sooner done so than the male prisoner Gorman jumped over the table

      arid kicked me dreadfully en tho head arid body . I contrived to get out and returned with two policemen , when they beat me again , and I crawled out , or I should have been killed . Mr Gregory West , York-strset , Westminster , after'describing the first part of the assault , said—When the young man was down John Gorman and Gilbert kicked and jumped upon him . Brown , the landlord , immediately sent for the police , but before they came with his messenger the young man ( Minter ) who had contrived to get away from the prisoners , returned with two constables , ¦ On their entering the room the prisoner Coffer fUivat one of them in the most savage manner , ' grasped him violently , and seizing a quart pot struck him on th « head with it , A scene then ensued which beggars description . They were all in such fierce conflict that it

      is impossible to -say what occurred , The officers were s » cut and wounded that it was impossible for them to take th « prisoners , but a great force having at last arrived the prisoners were overpowered : James Hubbard , 122 B said—On arriving at the Flask with Minter , who had marks of having been much beaten , he pointed out Coffer as one of the men who had ill-treated him , when Coffer immediately jumped over the table and struck him violently in my presence ; I immediately laid hold of Coffer and said I should take him to the station , when he replied , " You can ' t ; and now I'll give it to you . " Dennis Gorman then came behind me with a quart pot and wounded me severely with it on the head . I turned round to defend myself in theb < . st way I could , when CofL-r jumped on the table and kicked me several times on the

      back part of my head , and T aUo saw him kick another constable , 1 SG B Coffer also struck me several times with his fists , and Dennis Girman struck me repeatedly with a quart pot , and I was also struck several Wowb with a poker or iron bar . Tho iron bar , which was square and of considerable thickness , with sharp edges , was produced , nnd was marked with blood . There were also several quart pots exhibited , buttered into various forms by the violence with which they had been used . Mr Broderip ( pointing to the battered quart pots produced ) : Were the pots bent in that way by iutticting the wounds f Witness : Yes , and in striking the constable . The prisoners were committed , and this witucsses wcro bound over to presecute the prisoners at the Central Crimina Court . '

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      Twenty more missionaries have been recently ap pointed and designated by the American Board o Commissioners for Foreign Missions . Mary Ann Lamb , sister of . the late Charles Lamb , author of " The Essays of Elia , " died on the 20 th in 8 t ., aged 83 . A New Zealand paper lately received from Wellington , is printed . on blotting paper , as no printing paper could be found in the colony . A Waterfprd piper states that no nettles or water cresses can now bo found in the neighbourhood of Dungarvon , as the starving peasants have devoured all those plants . A few days since , the Roman Prince Livio Odescalchi paid tho ranseru of the duchy of Bracciano , which had been in pawn since 1803 , and re-assumed the title which had thus been pledged for more than forty years .

      Among the designs for the London Army and Navy Club , is one by Count D'Orsay , who has hitherto been unknown as an architect , although his statues have acquired him considerable reputation as an amateur sculptor . Madame Parepa ( an Englishwoman , and sister of our eminent singers , Messrs E . and W . 11 . Seguin , ) is engaged as " priraa donna assoluta" at the Carignano Theatre , at Turin . A fire broke out at Rorainick , on the 20 th April , which in a short time reduced to ashes fifty-eight houses , amongst which were some valuable public buildings , the Episcopal seminary , the school , the tribunals , &a

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      COKN , &c . Review of the Bnrmii Corn Trade . —The extraordinarily fine weather which has been experienced since the commencement of May has worked a very great im . provement in the appearance of the growing crops . The Lent-sown corn is everywhere looking splendid ; and though the wheat plant is still backward , its general ajpect is healthy and promising . It is not surprising under these circumstances that buyers of grain should have exercised increased caution in their operations ; and no stronger proof can be giveu of ths shortness of stocks than the fact that prices have continued to advance when so materi il an alteration for the better has taken place in regard to our future prospects . That the wheat harvest will be Inter than usual—however auspicious the summer may prove—is more than probable , but at present

      there exists no other cause for fear . Tho continued firmness shown by holders can , therefore , only be accounted for by the supposition that the quantity remaining on hand is reduced into so narrow iv compass as to lead to the belief that greater scarcity than that already experienced is likely to be felt before the next crop can " be ready for consumption ; and the extent of tho foreign supplies is , therefore , likely to have u more direct influence on the future course ot the trade than any other event . * * AtLiverpooUon Tuesday there was a largo attendance of distant buyors . ' and the transactions in wheat were ou an extensive scale , at prices fid per 70 Ibs above those current on that day se ' nnight . ( in Friday the Liverpool market was again well attended , but wheat wns quoted 2 d per TOtbs , and flour Is per barrel lower thtm in the beginning of

      the week . The accounts from the lending towns in Yorkshire describe the wheat trade as huring become less animated , the very high valuo of the article having led to an extensive use of substitutes ; still prices rose from 2 s to 3 s per qr both at Leeds aHd Hull on Tuesday . At Wnkefield , on Friday , business was decidedly dull , and the advance of the previous market day was not supported . The reports from Bristol , Birmingham , and other western and norfh-waetern markets , are of a firm though riot of a lively character ; and , with a contracted demand , a rise had nevertheless , it appears , been established on formitr rates . At tho leading shipping ports on the east coast the excitement seems also to have in some degree subsided ; but little or no increase haying taken place in the deliveries from the growers , thctehdency of priccshas continued upwards .

      Foreign Corn Trade . —From the Baltic the reports are of much the same character as before ; in ninny parts of the iuterior ot Germany serious riots appear to-have taken place , owing to the scarcity and liigh prices of provisions ; and at all the Lower Baltic ports stocks of grain appear to be completely exhausted . At Duntzic , however , a fair quantity of wheat was still left on hand on tho 15 th instant , and good supplies were arriving from Poland , as ; however , great scarcity prevailed in the latter country , it was deemed probable that a portion of the corn originally intended for Dantzic mi ght be detained . The weather appears to have been of a similar character on the Continent as with us , ard the growing crops are generally well spoken of , particularly in Holland and in Belgium , where prices have consequently given way mor or less , In the French corn markets business scemi also to have been influenced by the fineness of tho weather , and by . reports from Havre we learn that quotations of both wheat and flour hud shown symptoms of giving way .

      Maiik-lane , Monday , May 24 .-CoNsinEBABtK Pall in Prices . —Fresh up to . day n very moderate quantity of wheat of home produce came to hand , coastwise or by land carriage and sample . The show of grain being larger than for some time pnst . the attendance of buyers both town and country by no means large , the country markets coming considerably lower , the favourable state of the weather for the growing crops , und the absence of foreigm orders , produced consuk-rublu heaviness in the English wheat trade , and to effect sales the factors and holders were compelled to submit to u decline in tho quotations obtained on . Monday , last of from "Six to Seven Shillings per ' Quarter , " and a large portion of the supply remaind unsold at the close of the market . The largo arrival of foreign wheat above notice d induced much caution on the part of the millers in etiectin purchases .

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      . On tlie whole , a good business > vua passim ? ' 11 X 7 " — - at a decline in the ' currencies of last wet * ' « tl , niclei Shillihgsper' < & # & . » IPreyiouS g 1 ^^ R in bulk at a further rcdubtiori ' in value . Wo ! hlir" 8 ° « small quantity ; of English barley on offer , ' but < h Vl 9 J forcign , was : tolerably , good .. .-A fall of from ' is to 9 ct qr . ch . eaqer ; took place . ; , The supply ; . of , inalt »»« ' small , nevertheless the malt trade was in a * Tet 5 pressed state , and to effect sales Is to 2 s per * money we ' re accepted . ; ' The ' quantit y of oats orinffi ; ' lesg by no mean s large ;' yet the ' oat trade was in a v » ^ pressed state , and the eurrencies ' declined 6 d to 1 st , In beans very little was doing « t Is to 2 s per n ? i

      u »««"' 'i ., jlviiv , , OUIIUilt , Olfl rpil flA to 100 s , newred 98 s to 103 s ; old white 95 s to lOiif ° ditto 99 stol 08 s , Norfolk and Lincoln old red SfiVf , ?! old . white 90 s to 95 s . —Rye COs to 03 s . —Barley fff ! i- » 45 s to 48 s , distilling 55 s to 58 s , malting 58 s to 60 s " m n Brown 75 s to' 77 s , pale 73 s to 77 s , Suffolk and Norfi . i ' i »! to 79 s ,-Bcans ; Tick 47 s to 52 s , pigeon 50 s to L Peas : white 68 s to 60 s , grey and ' maple 55 s to 57 s _ n ! l " * English feed 32 s to 38 s , Poland S 8 s to 40 s , Scotch ? , i 37 s to 38 s . ~ Flour : Town made 78 s to 83 s , Es « ei «! a Kent 68 s to 73 s per 208 lbs . FOREION .-Free Whw * Dantzic . and Konigsburg 90 s to 105 s , Mecklenbur e ' ? J ; to 95 s , Russian 70 s to 90 s . —Barlej : grinding 47 sto'Z malting 50 s to 57 . —Beans : Egyptian 42 s to 43 s- ( h , c Russian 33 s to 31 s .-Aracrican flour .. ' 80 s to 5 ? 6 per

      Mabk-Lake , May 26 . —The weather continues ssfi n * as couW possibly be wished for the growing crops anfl under its influence , and that of the recent large arrivals ! millers act with the utmost caution , and the offers ti \ m generally made for wheat this morninsr were so low th « J factors refused tolistcri to them , and consequently bnt little business pnssed . Oats , were a better sale thk morning , at a slight reduction upon Monday ' s rates Barley , beans , and peas , nominally the same as last quoted . . . al Leeds , Tuesday , May 23 .-Our arrivals of wheat are moderate . ' -The general depression of the trade in tha article noted at the close oflnst week is followed to-day by a reduction of 8 s to 10 s per quarter , and very littli business done . . . -.- ., • Richmond ( YoBKs ; rinK , ) May 22 . —We had an unusually large supply of wheat in our market to-day , much larger than there was any demand for , and the prices about a smiling a bushel lower than last week . Wheat sold from 12 s to 14 s ; oats , 3 s 6 d to 5 s 6 d ; barley ; 6 s 9 * to 7 s 3 d Beans , 7 sto 8 s . ..-..-. ¦ ' .. ¦¦¦ .. . '

      Liverpool , Monday , May 24 . —The Liverpool Corn Mar . kcthas been very lanuuid during the last two or three days , partly from the influence of the splendid weather , of the last fortnight , partly from the opening of the Baltic and the Danube , and partly froir . the smaller purchases of millers and others from the interior . Prices have taken a downward turn . , CATTLE , &c . SsHTnmtD , Monday . May 21 .-The . arrivals of beasts fresii up this morning from our own grazing dist ricts were sessonably good , and of excellent quality , especiallT those from Norfolk and the western arid Midland coun . tics . The attendance of buyers was by no means numerous , owing to which and the prevailing warm weather the beef trade was . not so active as on Friday last on which day beef advanced in value quite 4 d per Stts , yet the currene . es obtained on this day se ' nnight were firmly supported in every instance , the primest Scots readily producing 5 s 4 dper 8 Ibs , and at which a good clearance was veadily effected . From Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire we received about 1 , 000 Scots , home breds . andshorthorns ; from | the western and Midland counties non

      1 nT . nn ' /"" • , onSl &c- ; from other parts of Engiland 800 of various breeds ; and from Scotland 38 » horned and polled Scots . The numbers of sheep were on the de crease , yet the mutton trade was somewhat inactive at about last week ' s currencies . As nearly all the sheep are now out of the wool , it must be observed that our quota ! tions solel y refer to those shorn . The best old downs were sellin g at 5 s Sd per ' fifes . From , the Isle of Wight about 300 lambs came fresh to hand , and the arrivals from other quarters were tolerably good . The lamb trade was firm at fully Friday ' s advanced rates , the best quali . ties producing 7 s per 81 bs . The veal trade was verv steady at last week ' s prices . In pigs only , a moderate business was doing , at about stationary , figures . Of foreign arrivals there were on sale to-day about 250 beasts , 380 sheep , 120 " lambs , and 20 calves , the whole of which were disposed of at full prices . '

      Coarse and inferior beasts 4 s to 4 s 6 d , second quality ditto 4 s 8 d to 4 s lOd , prime large oxen 5 s to 5 s 2 d , prime bcots , &c . 5 s 2 d to 5 s 4 d , coarse and inferior sheep 4 s 6 d to 4 s 8 d , second quality ditto 4 s 8 d to 4 s l 0 d , prime coarse woollsd sheep 5 s 2 d to 5 s 4 d , prime south down ditto is 6 d ™ 5 s 81 , large-coarse calves 4 s 8 d to 5 s 2 d , prinuysmall ditto 5 s 4 d toSs 8 d , large liogs 4 s to 4 s 8 d , neafsmall porkers 4 s lOd to 5 s 4 d , Iamb Cs to 7 s per 8 Ibs to sink the offal . Suckling calves 2 us to 30 s , and quarter old store pigs 18 s to 22 s each . Scabcitt ok Cattle . —During the last five or six years both cattle and sheep have suffered from a varietv of diseases , by which their numbers have been greatly thinned . This evil has been aggravated by the total destruction of the Irish pigs , consequent on the failure of the potato c .-op . The result of the failure has already been to produce an extraordinary scarcity of supplies , and greatly to raise the price of butchers' meat , and the same causes threaten to raise it very shortly to a higher point than has been known since the war .

      POTATOES . BoROUGn and SpiTitiiELDS . —Since Monday last about 320 tons of potatoes have come to hand from Holland . From our > wn ; coasts the arrivals have been small . The best parcels are in moderate request at full prices ; but all other kinds are a mere drug . York reds 240 s to 2 C 0 s , ditto Regents 24 « s to 280 s , ditto Shaws 208 to 220 s , Lincoln and Cambridge Regents 209 s to 270 s , ditto Kidneys 2 flos to 220 s , Dutch 120 s to HOs . WOOL . London , May 24 . —During last week the importB of wool into London were extensive , viz ., loO bales from the Cape , 220 do from Montevideo , 90 do from Hamburg , 439 do from Port Beaufort , 2 , 400 do from Sydney , 2 , 600 from Launceston , 1 , 500 do from Hobart Town , and 500 do from various other quarters . In the private contract markets very few transactions have taken place in any description , and prices are with difliculty supported .

      COTTON . Livebpool , Monday , Stay 2 t , —The sales to . day amount to 6 , 00 ft bales , 2 , 0 'i 0 of which are for export and on speculation . The market is very firm , and an advance of Jd per Ib has been obtained on all classes of American ; There is a general feeling of confidence among the holdersof . cotton .

      STATE OP TRADE ; Manchester . — During the earlier part of the week there existed a rather better inquiry for several descriptions of goods and some of the lower , numb h of yarns ; which , on some concessions being made by sellers , led to a fair extent of business . Since Tuesday , however , this inquiry and disposition to do business have to a considerble extent subsided , and the market during the last few days lias again been characterised by extreme stagnation . Buyers with ready cash at command ( of which there are very few indeed ) have it in their i . ower to operate to very great advantage at present , so urgent is the necessity for realising sales in cash . Printing cloths and orty-inch shirtings sufivr very jjreat depression . The home-trade is almost at a stand-still , any transactions eftueted being only for immediate need , and consequently on the most limited scale . This is no matter of surprise , when the daily diminishinR resources of the population are taken into account . It is supposed that many willowners who are at present going short time will not resume working after tho holydays .

      Rociidaie . —There has been little or no improvement inthe demand for goods . Leeds . —less business has been done this week , both at the warehouses and at the cloth-halls , than during any week of the present year . In some instances manufacturers are reducing the amount of the ' -r productions , and should a change snon take place for the better , it is to be feared there will be great distress amongst the operatives . Halifax . —The demand for yarn has greatly fallen off ; and a great deal of machinery is running short time , with the prospect of more mills followiug the example . Very little wool of any kind is changing hund 6 . IIuddebsheld . —We have again had a very flat market . Manufacturers make bitter complaints , and several mills are working half time .

      Bradford . — Wool . —T . he disposition to buy woolhas not in the slightest degree increased . Yarn . —The business ! doing for home consumption is steady . Pisces . — There has been rather more business done during the week both by . the German houses and American ! . In prices we do not hear of any alteration . Nottingham . —Lace . —We regret to say there is no improvement to report in this trade . Hosiery . The heavy K'loom pervading the trade , if anything , 1 ms increased the last week , and is now extending to all the branches . LEiCESTER .-Theve is sttll u . great stagnation of tradf , and an immense number of workmen in everj branch arc out of employ .

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      street , llaynnirket , in ' the City of Westminster , at toe Office , in the same Street and Parish , for the iroprietor , FEAUGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., aud pubhsbe U by William Hewitt , of No . 18 , Charles-street , Brandon-street , Watworth , in the palish of St . Mary , Ke » - I ngton , in the County of Surrey , at tlo Office , iio . i » i Great Windinill-slreot , I ! ayaiarkot , in the City of" «»** luiustju ' . ; Saturday , May , 18 # .

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      LIST OF DELEGATES f OF THK 51 TIOSALASS 0 CIHIOS OF tJSIIED TRADES , ASSEMBLED IK COSFEEEKCE AIBIBULNGHAil . iTie Mowing list came to . hand Joo late to be in serted at the head of theaibye report . ] Ashton # Hingemaketa ' $ : ' Mr Pilling Belper * Framework fautters Rodgers Do . Horse nail makers Whitohurst Bmlage Framework knittera Few BirmiuHham Tin plate workers Hall Bromsgrove Nailers ;? Nowell Bury Builders ' Parkinson Charleston Fowerloom weavers Pollett

      Clitheroe Do . - do . Sherwood CraiUey Chain makers Forest&Chance Do . Nail forgers * Adams Darcey Lever Winers Martin Deuton Hatters Ward Derby Framework knitters Corden Dcdlcy Horse nail makers Rollason Dufield Silk glovers Shaw Edinburgh Type founders floUira Farrington Cotton spinners Berry Glasgow Boilermakers Nicholson Greenock Da . do . Peacock and

      Hollytown Miners Cloughan Keighley Woolcombeg Enimett Kidderminster Carpet weavers Baylis — Do . Sweetman — Do . Gardner Leicester , Oadby P ^^' f ^ Messrs Winter . « d ^^^ STS" andBuckby London City boot men Mr James — Do . No . 2 . Greenslade — Do . women ' s men Ladd — Broad silk weavers — — Carpenters by union Diamond Lancashire Block printers Wilkin Lonton PotterieaCrate makers Walker — Do . WiltunA Barn Lougliborough Framework knitters field Waccletfield Silk dyers Briggs

      — Weavers West Manchester CoareeCot . S pinners Mr Weedon — Weavers — — Pr . Hangers AStrs . Peel — Tobaceo-pipellakera — — Wire Workers — — Silk Pickers Bailey — French Silk Power-— . loom Weavers __ — Small-wareWeavers ' — — Ladies'Shoemakers — — Bobbin Turners — . — Tailors Parker — Shoe Binders — — Silk Small-ware Wra . —

      — Ditto — — Winders — — Fustiau Cutters Patten — ' Bricklayers Hugh 33 — Painters Shields — Plasterers Ryley — Ditto Leonard — ' Plumbers and GIms . Taylor — Silk Pickers Moss — Twist Bleachers Munroa

      Mansfield Frame-work Knitters Booker — Silk Ijiot Hands Backwith Nottingham Shirt Drawers Ross — No . 1 Silk Glovers Barber — Do . Carnell — Lace Makers Wilson — Sawyers Vickers Oldham Joiners Pollard Opecshawe Uoarse Cot . Spinners Taylor OrrelK Nail Makers Dickinson « ndleton Power-loom Wm . Pellett

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      OP TOITBD SHADES . * , iC <* &wdfromtoriapaie . ) .,.. ' . ; , 1 Thtosdat , M * t 27—T . ' S . Buncombe Bso V - Mr . PA * K » brougbtup the report of ti > « j ' ^ l . mittee , appointed to draw on " ¦ " ' - '< Aect CoXar ' : ' .:- ¦ ¦ . - ¦' . , rtgulatibp . ' afbr the n » - aKenwn * Of « lstt ! ot , COaMnittees ; ^ ne report was re C-feived . A discussion bf . sonte U ^ gth took place on the Brsl propositions— * "•' " .. ' .. *• that Rale 28 th be repe ^ led an a the following sub-: stttutedJ- 'Trade 6 » tfal ' jns in the A « sodation may form district comraiKs- eg . compoied of one delegate from each body , and the Cmtnitte * thus formed shall appoint a secretary ' ^ ttch . Secretary shall become a member of the Central Comro ' . rtee , to deliver their opinions or advicem witine if necessary , except in cases of importanceand difficulty , when they shall attend in person , iu London ( whea summoned ) , to superintend the business of the A « 3 ciation . ~ " .

      Mr Bcsn said , as tbe proposition of the Select Com . Slittee now stood , tho possibility was ' that they rroald have such a number of district secretaries , that their expenses would absorb the -whole of their fuuds . He iqmteconcurred in the propriety of making these district secretaries a portion of the governing body , bat it wan ^ absolutely necessary tha t there should be soms check on tie expense tbat might arise in cossequence . Hr J&cobs said if the resolution was carried in its present shape , they might have meetings in London viithinthe present year , composed of district secretaries much more numerous than this Coaferecco itself . Bnt besides the

      objection on the score of expense , the proposition was open to Mother grave objection . It was subversive of the principles of Democrstitfgoveniment : These principles required that the governing body should bs elected by the people mt large , bat by this proposition they had the power to make returns , to create a body , the number and power of which might ultimately overwhelm the Executive elected by that Conference . Mr Clocqhik suggested as a proviso , that each district secretary should have 500 of hit own trade , and at least five other trades . Mr Jesikiss thought that the restriction ought to be more stringent . He was of opinion that one district secretary was quite sufficient for the whole of Scotland . Mr Jakes said that Mr Cloughan ' s proposition was at least a very aristocratic ene , and dissented ? torn the proposition of Mr Jenkins .

      HrBccEBT was of opinion Jhat much of the expense anticipated might be avoided by confining the consultation of tbe Central Committee , nith the district committee to correspondence alone . MrlEXTLErdid not see any necessity for district Comznitte . sata ]] . ItwM inaocn ' more simpl e , direct , and economical plan for such trade to communicate directly with the Central Committee . if r Tatloe said that if they had not had a district committee in Manchester , the districts would have been entircW broken np .

      The CiuuutAS said it appeared to him that the great objection to the proposal of the select committee was the probability-of too great a number of districts , and consequentl y of secretaries ; bat he thought the difficulty might be obviated by leaving the formation of the districts to the Central Comraittee , who , with the map ef Great Britain before them , and the number of members of the Association in each district , could form them accordingly . For instance , they might be able to join two or three counties together in one district , where the members were few ; and in Lancashire , where the members might amount to 10 , 000 . one secretary for that county would be specially required . By the proposal before the Conference , they mkht have 500 secretaries , and swallow up the ¦ whole of the funds of the Association . Mr Passes said that though in the discharge of his duties as chairman of the select committee he had brought up the report , he was individually of opinion that district committees were unnecessary .

      MrEMHOTTsaid that the whole of the difficulty experiencedby the Conference arose from their meSdlin with the districts at all . ( Hear , hear . ) He was entirely opposed to all such interference . HrHcHfHRiEs entirely dissented from that opinion . He was convinced that district committees were the very life and sonl of the Association . ilr Godldeh could fully confirm all that had been stated , as to the value of district committees ; and he thought that the Conference should take into consideration tbe propriety of investing them with greater power * than they at present possessed . They ought to have the same powers of mediation as were confided to the Central Committee . He went farther , and said thatthey should also hare the power of sanctioning strikes , without previously appealing tothe Central Committee .

      Mr Bootes , of Mansfield , was prepared to give his most hearty support to any proposition which would have the efitet of increasing the number of the district committees , and enlarging their powers . MrDEAS , of Nottingham , supported the district committees . Mr I * b » , of London , said all that was asserted by the advocates otthe District Committees might be conceded without its involving the consequence of their being connected with the Central Committee , or their secretary paid by it . If there was a necessity for a Committee in any district , let all the trades in that district appoint their own Committee and secretary without reference to the Central Committee at alL ( Cheers . )

      The Ceaibmajj said he would divide the resolution into two parts and take the sense of the Conference on the first proposition— "Trades' Unions in the Association may form District Committees composed of one delegate from each body , and the Committee thus formed shall ap . point a secretary . " The question on being Urns put was carried without dissent . The Chairman then said that the remaining portion of the resolution appeared to him to be altogether unnecessary . The very object of theappointmentof a district secretary was to correspond with tbe Central Committee , and , if needful , to give his personal assistance when required by the Executive . Afterashortconversation the latter portion of theresolntion was , by leav . e , withdrawn .

      Mr Pabkek then « aid that the turn the discussion had taken , and the decision just come to , rendered it necessary that the Report bi revised to bring it iaaccordanci with that decision an 3 he , therefore , begged to withdraw the rest of the report and to ask leave for the Committee to sitagain and report ] to the afternoon sitting . Repor t withdrawn , and leave granted accordingly . The Conferemce then took np the next business on the paper , " The election of officers . "

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      ( From the Gazette of Friday , May 21 , ) Tfiomas Hun-ell , Billcrtrav , Essex , licensed victualler-Edward Palmer , Great Surrev-street , Blnckfriars-road , agricultural iigent—James Caleb Whittenbury , Greenwich , builder—Shute ltarringtun Woody , I ' enchurchstroet , civil engineer—William Craft , Spring . street , Paddington , fishmonger—Edward Keelcr , Canterbury , dealer in glass—Charles Paddmi , Tower Marsh , Lambeth , elothei salesman—Robert Iliblrin ? , Ketton , Rutlandshire , stonemason—James Henry Jliickey , St Heleu ' s-place , liishopsgate-strcot , merchant—John Thomas Groves , Millbrook , Hampshire , set-d crasher—Louise Roelants , Argyll-street , Regent-street , milliner-David Wood , Whitechapcl-road , Birmingham , warehouseman— John Sugden , bradfoid , Yorkshire , butcher-John Marland , Marrick , Yorkshire banker—Jamos Thomas , Swansea , grocer—John Hill * nd Gcorgii Hill , Exetor , builders—Anthony Norvall , Liverpool , painter-Thomas Taplin Cooke , Manchester , bill vender -Henry Webb , Stafford , denier in porter-Samuel Beardslcy , Slater , Nottingham , wine merchant .

      ( From the Qasttt * of Tuesday , May 25 . ) Charles Hall , ' Uxbridge , grocer—William Judd , Kensall new-town , Middles-, x , builder—John Darby , DorseUuens , Dorset-square , horse dealer-James Andrews , Binstead , Isle of Wight , coal merchant-Jatnes ' Whitbr , Lvnu , grocer-James 15 ut ! er , SaH ' ron Walden , Essex , upholste ^ r —William Hands , Whitmore-roiul , Ilozton , baker-Uobt . Brew , Mary-street , Kingsland road , wine merchant—Charles Cleaver Knight , kindport , Hampshire , draper-Edwin VVinsconi , Southampton , pastrycook— William Pearce , Southborough , Kent , grocer—T . Carter , Heading , jewcllei ' -Itichard Sergeant , Aluidstone , oilman—Jamas Ad

      Williams , \ VhitcvhnpeUro : id , cane dealer - Bryniiig - lington aisd Edward Jones , Liverpool , tailors—Robert Still , Liverpool , merchant-Edward liurne , Livei'i > oo ' > slater—Joseph Wilkinson , . Birkcnbend , builder-Ji « n Hogg und Thomas Wuodhouse , Preston , cotton manufacturers—duties Samson , Churlton-upon-Medlock , Laicashiro , brewer—William Aslnnore , Birmingham , carrier —Suimu'l Beavtlsley Slater , Xoltingham , wine merchant—John foster and WUHnm Davy , Leeds , flax sp inners-John llincnclitte . Wnkeneld , vnrrier—Hnnsel Balwl . u « m * cester , grocer—John Wile . ' , Wotton-under-Edgc , Oloucel * tershire , builder—Thomas Avaut , Dawlish , Devonshire upholsterer . .

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      Cooke ' s equestrian company are now in Manchester in a state of pecuniary embarrassment , aad are making a final appeal to the public . The Portsmouth theatre was last Friday sold to government , to make way for a contemplated extension of tbe infantry barracks . > Several of the Frenoh journals publish , the following as a communication : — " Prince ' Jerome Bonoparte , eldest son of . the youngest and last surviving brother of the Emperor Jerome , Ex-King of Westphalia , lately died at Florence , aged 33 . The lambing season in the northern Highlands hai been unfavourable . , ¦ " ¦¦ u The disturbances in the Grand Duchy ef Posen have assumed a threatening appearance . - » t belonging to a carrier residing in a village SniW " " cMiD S aix rabbits as well as her own two kittens . It is the intention of the Liverpool wlicitora , when attending eourt , to wear their gowni .

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      forthcoming meetinus . An important Public Meeting will be held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern , ou Wednesday evening . June 2 nd , at eight precisely . Cmppi , kgate , ~ A meetirg of the members will take place on Sunday evening next , at six o ' clock , at Cartwright ' s Coffee-house , Redcross-street . Dn M'Douail ' s Route for the ensuing Month : Shineyrow , Monday , May 31 ; Easington-lane , Tuesday , June 1 st ; Thornly , Wednesday , ' 2 nd ; Caasop , Thursday , 3 rd ; Q , uarntcn-hill , Friday , 4 th ; Bishop Auckland , Monday , 7 ch ; Old Shildon , Tuesday , 8 th ; Darlington , Wednesday , 9 th ; Stockton , Thursday , 10 th ; Middlesbro ' , Friday , 11 th ; Stokesby , Monday , 11 th ; Stockton , Tuesday , 15 th ; Redcar .

      Wednesday , 16 th ; Ihrtlepool , Thursday , 17 th ; Chester-le-slreet , Monday , 20 th ; Birtley , Tuesday , 21 st ; Sunderland , Wednesday , 22 ud ; South Shields , Thursday , 23 rd ; Newcastle , Sunday , 2 Cth . The various sub-secretaries and friends are particularly requested to make the necessary arrangements for the doctor s meetings on the days appointed , as there will be no departure from the time appointed , and also bear in mind that the dootoi ' s travelling expenses will have to be paid to him . Hull . — The Chartists will meet at the Ship Inn , Chureh-lano , on Sunday evening next at six o ' clock . MAxcnESTEtt . —1 meeting of the shareholders of the , People ' s Institute will take place to-morrow , Sunday , at two o ' click in the afternoon , on business of importance . ;

      Norton Foloatk . —Mr T . Clark will lecture at the Pewler Platter , on Tuesday , June the 1 st , at eight o ' clock . ^ Rochdale . —On Susday evening next , Mr R . Marsden , of Preston , will lecture in the Chartist Room , Yorkshire-street , at six o ' clock . Tower Hamlets . —A general meeting of member and shareholders of the ^ WhittiHgton and Cat branch , will be held on Sunday evening , to receive the report of the Local Allottees' Committee , and in support of the O'C » nnorville Tea Tray benefit for the victims . Chair to be taken at seven o ' clock . Thb Veterans' Orphans' and Victims' Committee will meet at the Land Office , 83 , Dean-street , Soho , on Wednesday evening next , at half-past eight o ' clock , when all the delegates are requested to attend .

      Thr Central Registration and General Election Committee , will hold its next meeting at the Assembly Rooms , 83 , Dean-street , Soho , on Tues- 1 day evening next , June the 1 st , at eight o ' clock pre * ! cisely . . . j The Metropolitan Committee will meet at the same timeanil place . Tbe secretary of the National i Co-operative Benefit Society will also bs in attend- ance to enrol members .

      Printed Bv Dougal Ll'gowan. Of 1g. Great Windmill-

      Printed bv DOUGAL ll'GOWAN . of 1 G . Great Windmill-

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 29, 1847, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1420/page/8/