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      ¦ BTc shall be glad to receive Reports of Progress ** Lm Managers or Secretaries of Co-operative \ Hod . ti « M and Stores , in England , Ireland , Scotland and Wales . « av WORKING TAILORS' ASSOCIATION , THb LONDON . a CHAPTER TOWAKD THE ASSOCIATIVE

      HISTORY . THE PROMOTERS . flow P » human nalure is a * ' sguisea' and fofignn'a in . aMo-tr . roat competitive strife for the means of ex-1 . * ! We cannot ksow each other . Selfishness for 181 jnakes us tarn the darker side of our natures upon ert olfcerj and we judee accordingly . la this murderous ^ a te of comiieuiion the devil is sure to come uppermost , - bein ' z the * proper elerurntof evil . In blind antagonism ttar the bosoms of each otiwr . e « d hate each other , * I £ ,, n . ; t credit each other for tV . e good there is within ! a " a this is inevitable white every roan ' s interest is against

      ' j j . j s brother , —* here a man rises on the fall of hu t if w . « a" < J lheir ra ' * s 5 l 5 s fclevalicn - II is a state ° * otter « P ' sioll l SIM * U der elopes us uttsrly repulsive . Ah I hen « awake in the li ^ ht of a better and a fairer day , we tLllsee what fratricides we have heen , what tragedies we * " perpetra ted in the gloom . Those children whose i nder life > crushed from their young hearts in eoal-• nes and p estilent manufactories , and who are used up , Sat Eng land may boast of the superiority of her manufac-T ( chich , like the grape-vine fed on blood , yield a rfie ' r pro duce ; the ? are flesh of our flesh , my brothers , i of ihe same humanity , with you .

      * Th ose thousands of working men who toil from cocK -crow CT til siarlish * , on l » e scantiest pittar . cp , who have no other tenure of existence than that of toil and suffering , and who , bv thousands , are crashed out of life in a parish bastile , — the y are tar hrcthtrs I And those poor girls who cannot ; 5 t starvation , and are driven to the daik midnig ht streets and lanes to stll the nsras of Love for Bread—they are our sisters ! What a fearful waking will that be for Society . Mc ti . in » s it is awsrs of its ttrrible retribution , and is deierttin ^ »» slumber on in the fo rlorn hope at avoiding it In sucbasia ' . e . wbataiervc ! that the poor and destituteihe outcasts of soeielv , do not htlevethatthereesist adozen

      men who by their virtue , cau save the modern Gomorrah of Vhe aristocrat } ? Tinee j ;« s a < o , I « ould not have believed there existed scions them such hearts as I have since found , Jieating wi : h the puiseof the rnilhons . —such men es the * 'Promoters" of the present Co-operative Movement . And having known them 1 cannot but make "warm mention of them , and do all that lies in my poser to let ray fellow working-men kaow that there are such . la ft / w word ? tbrse are the chit-fa of the Christian Socielists , as I haw lsown them . Prof sjor Maurice , a true and noble Democrat , a most loveaMe raan , whose nature is full of heroic s- "i ' -sacr . 0 c ? . Tiie Rev . Charles Kiogtl-v , a Charlist , xihoss soul is ever restless with a seraphic purpose of

      < rioi ? lie is a man ever-yearn ' n g and ever-workinsr , hy tongue an < l lien 3 ^ the emanc !{? a' -ioa of the masses . Mr . J . M . Lunlow , a barrister , and a " arge-hrained , largehear ted Il » pnM : can , whom Milton m i g ht ha ? e rejoiced in far his friend ; and last of those I shall mention , though there sre others worthy to be nasied with them , Mr . Thomas Hughes , an excellent roar , generous , high-miuded , and roMe-EaturerJ , such , an one as Stikespeare might have ailed " a fellow of infinite j-s » , " but a most serious wo » k * r witha ' . Tluse ek-h , and the fr : end 3 who gathered round then ? , had lung had iheir convictions rf the oneness and brotheihood o ! humani- . j ' , and that they were in this world to assist in its work , not iielieving in any code which charters one dais to revel in j : oaip aad slothful luxury , creating not a grain of sreaUh frosa the cradle to the grave , -while millions sre doomed to toi , suffer , and to Jack the necessary means of existence . In accordsnee with such convictious

      they l : ad ever sought to do all they cnu'd possibly accomplish to ameli-jrate the distress of the fiw . They had left tteir splendid mansions and lordly halls to teach in noisome dirly , rsgg « I schools . They bed shared and shared their wefil ' . h with the pour , until the conclusion was forced upon Ihtsi thai iod . scrira \« ate almsgiving "was in many cases merely a premium to idleness , and that fortunes nrg ii be spent uselessly in such a vr * y . They then cast about for some other means of astisiiug the veritable "woikir . g class , and they thought that if they could assist them to their own self-help a great thing would be accomplished ; but how to get at the working men was a very important point . They believed that the mind of the working classes lay among the Cfcartists and Scculists , they being tuirkers , and far in advance of working men generally ; bnt these , of all others , were precisely the men who looked with the greatest suspicion on them and their intentions .

      I beliere onr friends , the Christian Socialist ? , can testify that they had infinitely greater difficulties in getting at the working class than we should have in getting at tbe greatest aristocrat in the nation . So strong and obstinate are the prejudices of working men . Several times had Mr . Lndlow to visit Walter Cooper as he sat sewing on his shopboard in the dingy old house in Fetter Lane , before he was admitted into the sanctum of sympathy . And when . the Rev . Mr . Maurice proposed to get up Conferences with working men , to discuss their wrongs and remedies , he was asked , Can you bear to be scouted as a Priest?—can you bear to be told the naked troth of your class ?—can yon bear opprobrium , contumely , and insult ? and the answer was , — 11 We think we can bear anything in such a cause . " Noble * ords ! And they have borne and suffered much , even

      without a murmur . Let us not forget , Working Men , that these " Promoters of Association" have stepped from their ranks —the inheritors of rank , wealth , and learning—to fight the battle of trampled Libour in its contest with Capital and Competition . They have braved the attacks of a press devoted to the interest of the moneyocracy--tue threats and persecutions of enemies—and the falling off of friends ; and when the Statesman and the Legislator were shrinking terribly aghast at the evils they could not cure , and stopping their ears to the cryinsy miseries of the poor , because thej had no remedy to ' offer . sn . ve , as Sir George Grej told ; the bakers , "They must submit to the grinding tyranny of Capital , atd die out , for tnere was no help for them "Or a 3 Sydney Herbert proposed as a nostrumTo relieve

      , the choked land and its starving millions , by exporting some 2 , ( 109 of the poor destitute seamstresses of the best character to one of our convict colonies , where they might retrieve tbe lost nobility of their poor crushed natures ' in nohr wedlock xnxh England ' s cast-out criminals . Let ns not forget I say , that these men replied— " But there is other remedy and help for them ! " And like men strong "Hue truth , bravely set about realising the schemes they cbenshed for the redemption of labour , and of making ^ nnshanity a tangible and practical fact , and not a mere tantalizing name . I propose writing what I have to say on this subject m five letters , short and easy . In my next I ^ ill treat of the ia nuch of the Experiment and its Errors at starting . * Gerau > Masset .

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      Shaw ( seah Oloham ) Co-operative Store . —A friend and a member of this body writes to say they are doing well . a . jT in Febnwry . 1851 , and since that time have snared four quarters * profits Tiie profit on the first quarter , after paying five per cent ou all deposits , was nine-pence in tie pound ; on all members purchases the second quarter , tutrteen-pence ; third quarter , ten-pence ; and the fourth ^ farter , eighteen-pence . Sales the first quarter were from twelve to fourteen pounds weekly ; they now average thirtysix pounds weekly . They number seventy-three members . At the commencement they did business only tbree niehts in the -week ; they low open six nights ; deal in all kinds of grocery and drapery , have a commodious shop , but must make it larger , as the business is rapidly iaceasing . They have no bad debts , as all their transactions are for

      ready money . Our fnend concludes his interesting letter with an exhortation to other working-men to follow their eximple . i ' tTMocin . —The co-op « rative store which had been ftandtd here , by the exertionjs of Ca ;> t . S at d the lev . \ Jr _ Jj has , we sre sorry to say , failed . Its Mecft cTs were drawn from a class sn low that the struggles ot co-operation were too ' severe for their feeble strength . of I- T member of the trades writes : " The employers ° » operauve eneineers comp ' ain that the tools used ia ihe manuf acture of steam-engines are bo expensive that over-time } . „ ecBfflr / t * oIhav e been very bu « y in making a lathe at mK « f' r , tllat I " tend to make another . These are £ 5 ° MfuI . twis . and will perhaps work as well { at least ) J-. S ?* * !* ork as thrt do lor the employers of

      fcria ! - » nslnecrs ; and * lf Ulak * ng them and finding maalln j i ake lhem our own « tneD perhaps we miy be rawed to do what we will with them , so as we do n « t injute < £ f' ~ Aright g . od example . zafin r l 0 F abl « -bi » ibd Paup « bs . —The mitiobli ^ ° u Darden of snpportibg . the unemployed poor , by j"po 5 thern , iisfaras possible , to provide for themselves r ^ io od and raiment , in pUce of idly wasting an immense emnln Li t e and si ? ew ftroushout the conntry , while the sunnnrf \ industrious . and the well-doing are made to vport that force in idleness , is a subject which common ^ seems at length to be forcing oa the attention of the s « nn ™ '"""" S houttnc country , iu sp'teof allthefinef ... r ,. ? > enU against ir . mainlv bastd on the drpad o of

      hSb * ^ esults - The reproductive employment pauper attain r . l IBVe lm" adrocated . w now engaging the 'a&tion . ! I ecl « B ? a «* d others , of all religious denom'nancpinfc Manchester ' ^ re steps are . being taken to 'stoI I a cban 8 e in » he poor law , or its administration . C ™ ' ? Papers on remunerative labour . —The Builder . bodT w J ™ Leagce - —The second meeting « if this oa Tu * ^ held a t the Craven Hotel , Graven-street , Strand , E . v » , ? evening , April 27 th . The attendance was good . Eto , ' ^ T ' 1- « occupied the chair . Arthur Bromiley , ^• Jedtorf » P * per on "Prop ° ls for an experiment , in-^ tW » B and dlustrate the leading principles of After whi » ' j " . was listened to with great interest . Cp ^ j . * »« 8 ion ensued , lleesn . Seale , FJeming , "'" eyfakino hant ' . Watts . I « Chevalier , Cooper , and Bro-Jtqn ' ire £ aw » n- n ln lL Ifr having been said that it would ^ b wini . « W » Ush a community , Mr . Cross said ^ Moer » n , i make one Q { 30 ° P » t d ° wn Ws £ 1 . < WO . B ueman announced that a fine estate within ten

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      miles of London was being negotiated for , for Communistic purposes . ThenextmeetingoftheLeaguewiH be held on Tuesday evening , May Hth . - rnilea of London was beinsr neBOtiat , prffnr . fnr f ! nrhmnnistin

      ing PARIS CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS . That precious correspondent of the " Times , " who carefully ignores the existence of Associations in Paris , unless ho has something to record to their disadvantage , calculated to dishearten the Wends of the associa'ive principle , has again raised his croaking boding voice , and says . " The experiment of operative association does not appear to have succeeded so far 8 s the case of the tailors ( called the Reciprocite , established rue Coqheron ) is concerned . " He then proceeds to quote a discouraging statement from the " Siecle , " and adds , " It is very probable that the parties in question are heartily sick of the S cialist experiment , and would he delighted to he again employed by the' infamous capitalist . '"

      This has calle-l forth a reply from Mr . W . Coningliam , of Brighton , who is well calculated to speak on the subject , as he has taken the greatest pains to ascertain the real condition of the Parisian associations , and their results , and visited most of them many times . In his reply of the 26 th ultimo , Mr . Coningham remarks ; " The failure of these associated tailors may be ascribed to the fact that the most lucrative portion of their customers is now exiled from France . Bat having recently visited and carefully inspected-a number of the more important of the manufacturing associations in Paris , I beg leave to assure you that many of them are in a highly prosperous condition . The block-tin men , for instance , with eighty working associates , in the rue de Bondy ; the armchair manufacturers , with 110 working associates , in the rue Ciiaronne ; the piano-forte makers , with thirty-two

      working associates , in the rue St . Denis ; the associated tna ? ons , with thirty operative members , in the rue St . Victor , and very many others . The superiority of the moral and physical aspect of the associated workmen is very remarkable . Ail those with whom I conversed assured me that nothinc would induce them to give up their prest-nt siatc of Eelfindependence . But these joint-stock societies of working men , founded upon the " principle of self-emp joy ment , have already discovered that the delegated authority of a more permanent executive ( the managing committee } is indispensable to the practical efficiency of representative government , however democratic . Those I have mentioned are m- 'dels of good order , sobriety , and industry . Several of them exhibited and sold their wares in the Great Exhibition , and have since received and executed several orders from Manchester , Birmingham , and the north of England . "

      The Central Co-operative Asrency is progressing rapidl y and safety towards the accomplishment of the work for the performance of which it was established . The Stores in the provinces become every day more convinced not only of the propriety , but also of the great advantage , of doing thebusiness through the Agency . Tise partners and trustees have decided upon tiking much larger and more central premises , so that they may be vnableu" to manufacture largely si c ' i articles as they are now in many eases compelled to purchase from the makers , such as cocoa , pickles , &c . Such premises were expected to have heen secured last week , but a disappointment has taken place for the present —before long , hewever , premises of the description desired will , no doui't , be obtained . The Agency have now prepared , for those who may need them , a set of rules for the formation and management of Co-operative Stores , as well as a model plan for a ret of arciurit books so as to secure , aB far as poss-. ble , uniformity , and accuracy in the Co-operative business .

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      DEPARTURE OF MR . FEARGUS O'CONNOR , M . P ., FOR AMERICA . ( From our Liverpool Corrcspondait . ) Tliebon . member for Nottingham left Liverpool on Saturday last for Xew York , b . v the British aud Xurth American Company ' s steam ship Europj . A Commission of lunacy had betn threatened , and though unq / ie-ti manly the mind has suffered cjns ^ darabiy , sufficient jutLnieat remained to jn . int tnt very c ' early what ihe re = ult"f a contest , such as Uiat « ou ! dT ) e . On Fiiday lastilr . O'Connor arrived at LUeriiool ; bis prcst-ncc lieinp known to very few beyond the d-unesiics at ihe Qn en ' s Hotel , whf re he jiut up . On tuatniiht , Mr . O'Connor ieti : ed to bed early , and shortly before in id-. i . lit , the company win weiem tie commercial ro-m , were astonished at beholding a m fest hfeh apparition enter the room « iJi a lighted c . in . lle . ' L . « ok , 'escUiimedoiie . ( ajuniir member t > f a llauche < ter ciiton-brofccr ' s h-. u e , ) ' Look , iherc ' s » ghost . ' All eyes were pointed in the direatioa of the d-. ior ; aud there

      , sure enough , was eith ? ir the fcle ! t ^ r the real presence , in his ui ; ht dress , of the representative of Nottingham . The waiter had an inkling of how mutters stood , and Hr . O ' Connor was re-condncted to his chamber . On Saturday morniug , having given orders to beawakeued at half-past eijjlit , some niends called at the hot-1 at that time , and found that he had beea up and was off aboat an hour before . He had proceeded directly on board the Baropa , although the Satellite tender , with the oiher passvngtrs for tiiat steamship , did not leave the landing-stage until past eleven . The tender k .-ving conveyed tbe passengers and their l > ig-S ige on hoard the Emopa , returned for the mails , which were p : accd on board about half-past twelve . By this mode tiie writer of the present notice , who had loug known Mr . OConnor , went aboard to take leave otHm , previous to his gutting the shores of England , probably for ever . Mr . O'ConnorrecosniEedtnewriler . ana

      after shaking hands with his wonted cordiality , began a COnversa . toon upon old timef , beginning with the period when in Caltliornestreet he poured forth his eloquence on behalt of his countrymen and advocated the Itepeal of the Union . Soon , however , he wavered ; there was no mistake , there could be no mistake ; the former lustre ofhiseje assumed that filmy ttate which evsry one who has seen the workings of incipient , rather than decided or confirmed abergatton , must be familiar with . lie rambled , about Lord John Russell and the presen t session ; then took up mt . jects wholly unconnected , and in the brief period " allowed for the writer ' s stay on hoard , had entered upon twenty different matters without a resultant point to any one of them . The bell rang for the Satellite and the Europe to part company ; we left Mr . O'Connor in the splendid saloon of the steamer , and , after another farewell , re . turned on shore , bidding Uncle Sam be good to him for what , in daj s of yore , he had done .

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      OPPHESSSION OF THE MINERS . TO TIIE EDITOR OP TEE STAB OF THEKDOM . Sm , —H must have heen gratifying to all Trades' Unions and the wooing ciassei generally , that , a'ftaueu the' Northern Star * passed from the hands of ihe former noble proprietor into those of other par : ws . yet still the interest and welfare of their order has been equally cared for and studied . It will be a further gratificationaow to learn that , although another change ha 3 come , sull aw they guarantee * , huth by profession ana previous at quain . tance that ihe interests et the working men will have the fullest possible consideration and defence . Ilaving taken the ' Star since it * first appeamnce , and belnK fully convinced that the colunms rf the S : ar of Freedom' will accept , .-nd that freely , the communications relative to the tyrannies and oppressions practised U on the poor colliers , I make no other apology , but forward joutfee following for insertion in your next issue : — A few weeks ago the workmen of Bairington Colliery had notice from their employer that a reduction of twoptnee per ton' would take place for hewing the comIs . When the time arrived , however , the men demurred , and would not work at such a reduction . Thi «

      took the master by surprise ; he evidently calculated upon their ready submission . Nothing daunt * d . he prncuie : l : i Lit of lazy fellows , wJ . o , annea with sticks , and he , himself , prepared with fire-arms , iroceededto « ject a certain number of the norkraen from their dwelling houses . In this also , he was foiled , for the rashness of bis o-vn < fficials urged them to attempt breaking the beads of the workmen , who were standing quietly by ; but , who having been attacked , defended themselves ia good earnest , so that the attacking party had t j beat a h : isty retreat As a last resonree , an express vasfent to Newcastle for the tniiitarv , and the cry raised , that Ihe pitmen had commenced a riot , &c \ , by which aid the emptojer succeeded in his fell purpose to eject the workmen , their goods and chattels into the highways ; and there , under the canopy of Heaven , they , wi : h their vires and li ' . t ' e ones , had to seek shelter from the inclemency of the weather , a * id but for tbe humanity and charity of their fellow workmen , sad results would have happened . Fer tents and coverings were procured , and every available texture bronshr , to riretectthe wires and children which the heartless employer had no mercy for , nor unto whose cries would he pay the least attention . .

      Sir , this , the usual course taken by the t mplejers in this district is , beyond a doubt , a harsh one , and as the public press has teemed from time to time with the accursed Landlord licctment in Ireland , wliat becomes of our English sympathy f r such cruel proceedings , when we imitate f o closely the Irish example . ? Hut ? £ ""! £ S" pass t " r lhe P resent . a ™ anxious to draw attention to ttie _ liOllKTy workmen the absolute necessity of sircngthecine their own hands , and by a firm and active union , destroy or prevent the masters having the power so ant with fuch * crueltv towards them . * Themoaeofhiri 8 gfhe colliers here is by monthh contract with anmtual agreement , that previous to any alteration of prices . &c twcnty-eigbt days' notice must be given on either side . Now , in ihe casein question ( as in almost all others which arecontinuall ac curving , ) Ae employers irive notice for a reduction of twopence per ton for hewing be coals and should the workmen not comply , the tirst tlung done is to turn thi m out ol the houses they occui . y and nt ™ m ! rr ? - * Terfiil l t ™ T t 0 C 0 I "P el lI 'e workmen to go in « 5 «» n ? £ etll 7 * ; ^" > ^ S ^ eral union is again called into existence _ there is hardly a chance left for the working collier but to obey hw employer's behest . Hence I would thus plainly , throuch l P ^^ 'P 6 - ' 11 »« theminershere and elsewhere

      ^^ I' ^ . ^ , ttat wages although very low at present will still become lower , and thehttie independence and freedom left by the masters will be cribbed and curailed until nohingis left hut a system of slavery and ofserf . lom . worsei than Egyptian bondage , 6 r the vassalage which formerly esisted in this country . In all d-sput&j abaut wage , the employers beat the workmen either by the want of fortitude on the pan of the workmen thenuelte * , or by the time-servinc snrp - ng labourers everywhere to be found . At the Bsrrington Colliery , the ' men lme wonhonourand credit by the unanimity which has jire-Hrw ! ir ir ™ - ? man llas left 'heir rank * , a . dthe 3 m . « 3 mt * cf 1 ? "es h ! ITe aEBiBted liherally in bringing food of alldescnpuons to the outcasts Uxvould d » your heart good , Mr . ri « ' w 7 tne ? S the . f " ' al of wt-loao - s after cart-loads of provi . swns . besides a considerable amount of cash ; so that , to all an . pearance they could , tand out the siege f * many weeks to conf /? »« h Sain ^ f k * % '"»«• ' "at « end rat scouts to ma part j and by dint t , f lies and fa ! se s-atements , biings from Scotland a few hands , whohowever . now they Lave discorered their error have all proamed toreturn . and I trust that they will beinsteumentaf n

      On Saturday last the miners now in union held a delegate meet , insat Mr . Jude's Ducrow Inu Newcastle , and amon BsTotl . er tl Koluuon , agreed to was one to hold apuWJc flemo . utra . ion on tl ! e Black i el , on Saturday , the 5 tb of June next , of which further notice wil ! be R . ven through your j . mrnul . when itis wnectod hat all the true hearted men of Uie two counties will maL it theirduJv ta be present The seara n , « o doubt , from Xortn and ffl Shields and 3 andertan 4 . mil also he pr « ent Thus ft U ^ tended to take advaotace of the fine wesitber . and have an organisation of the miners w « . rtby of thf , mmc . Brother miners , comeboW y for ward to the rescue , nnd all is secure . J ¦ - 1 am , joura respectfull y , PSi-The master at Barrington Colliery having ^ uhStwd a frcJi sealer . f prices , I shall notice the same in y < mrnext and show that the aggr ^ te loss to the workmen will not be " e " ihan toZ 43 ; to 5 s . weekly .

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      Thb Great Metropolis — hi Lond on , ererr man is bo suhraerped 111 the multitude , that he who can hold his head hig h enough out of the living mass to be known must have something of remarkable buoyancy or peculiar villaDy about him . Even parliament , except to a few of the leader ? , U no distinction . The member for the shire is clip ped of his plumage at the moment of hi * entering that colossal poultry-jard and must take his obscure pickings wi » h other unnoticcable fowl . r Sheffield —Mr . Toulmin Smith has withdrawn . The democratic committee , on Wednesday , resolved to press forward vigorously a requisition to Mr . HadfieW . That requisition is now in progress , and it is said is signed by 1 , 000 or 1 . 209 electors .

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      553- Our Friends will oblige by forwarding reports of Chartist meetiogs , and other Democratic proceedings .

      CHARTISM . PROPOSITIONS FOR TIIE CONSIDERATION OF THE DELEGATES ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE CONVENED BY THE MANCHESTER COUNCIL OF THE CHARTER ASSOCIATION , To be held in the People ' s Institute , Hey wood-street , on Monday , Way 17 th , 1852 . —1 st , That Ihe objects of the National Charter Association shall be , as heretofore , ( 0 obtain l > y strictly legal and peaceable means , the enactment of the People's Chsrter in all its entirety . —2 nd , To consider the best means of establishing a more efficient organisation of the Chartists throughout the country , and effectually destroying the unhappy dissensionR existing among the members of the different loe : ilities .-3 rd , To decide upon the policy , which , as , an association , we ought to pursue , in reference to othersections of Political Reformers . —4 th , Totake into consideration the propriety of electing a paid Executive consisting of three persons , and to decide on . the duties they

      wiHbavetoperform , together with and the amountofrernune ' ration to be paid them for their services . —5 th , to determine upon some moJe of concentrated action and national exertion far obtaining the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , with alt other expatriated patriots , whether English i > r Irish ! —Cth , To consider what co rse the Chartists ought to pursue at theforthcoming general elections ' . —7 ih , To devise the best means of paying the debts of the Association , ro that the New Executive may enter on its duties free from pecuniary embarrassments . Brother Chartists—These are , in our opinion , the sub ' jects which ought to occu y the serious attention of the Conference ; and we hope t ! e delegates who may attend will endeavour to obtain ( ho fullest instructions from their constituents , so that not a single locality may have to complain that tho opinionn of its members wore not fully ascertained or their views fairly represented .

      In conclusion , we earnestly request thb whole of tho localities to comrrence tho receiving of subscriptions for tho Conference Fund , and transmit the same to Mr . Edward Ilonson , Uiglian-straet , Edward-street , Oldhamroad , Manchester , who will faithfully account for , and publish , the same . The Council respectfull y suggests that tbose localities e . ectmg aud sending delegates pay thtm such wases as may be agreed to , but that the whole of the railway fares for third class carriages be paid from tbe Conference Fund , so that the expenses may be as nearly as possible equalised . Signed on behalf of the Manchester Council , Wm . Grocoit , E . G . Lrwh , G . Bailey , Edward IIooson . Business Committee .

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      MEIBOroUIAN DELEGATE COUNCIL . The nsiial weekly meeting of this body was held at the Finsbury Literary and Scientific Institution , Lewester-nlacr . Latle Saffron Hill , on -Sunday afternoon , April 25 th .-Mr James Fisher was called to the chair . Mr . Wheeler brought up tho report of the O'Connor l-und Committee , and stated that a second edition of that df . y s paper announced by " Electric Telegraph " that Mr FearguB O Connor had left this country for America , to avoid the Commission of Lunacy which it was said was to 1 I 3 j ' J report havin S been received , it was resolved :- " That collecting sheets headed with the names •** _ .- —¦»• ¦ ---.. — i « uvu unit me miiiico

      * . ° of Messrs P . p Iliggms , S . Sttight , and W . Drake , as Trustees ; Mr . J . Sewell , Treasurer ; and T . M . Wheeler Secretary ; be issued forthwith . The Observation Committee reported relative to the propositions of T . S . Duncomhe , M . P ., for tho formation of a new People ' s Party . " The committee had adopted two resolutions . First , to the effect , that the shortcomings m Air . Duncombo s propositions were alike impolitic aiid unjust . The second , a determination to adhere to the principles contained in the People ' s Charter , whole and entire . It had also resolved : — " That a public meeting should be held at the British Institution School Room Cowper-strcct . City-road , to which meeting Mr . Duneombe h .-. d already been invited . " The report was received and adopted

      Messrs , A . Wood and E . Jones resigned their seats on the " Observation Committee , " not having time to devote to its duiie ? . And Messrs . Finlen and A . Grant were elected to fill up the vacancies . Mr . E . Jones said it was reported that Smith O'Brien and other political exiles had received a pardon ; therefore the deputation had refrained for the present from waiting on the Minister to intercede for their unfortunate brethren , The names of several candidates for the representation of the metropolis in the Manchester Convention , were handed in . Mr . Farrah and his brother delegate for Cripplegate , averred that tho majority of the Metropolitan Chartists were opposed to such a Convention being held , and quoted a variety of statistics to show the truth of their averment . Mr . Farrah ultimately moved : — " That the resolution for holding a Convention at Manchester be rescinded . "

      Mr . Straxton seconded the motion , which was opposed by Mr . Wheeler and others , and lost by a considerable majority . Mr . BoxiiKKthen moved for the appointment of a committee and collection fund , to defend all who mi ght henceforth be charged with the utterance of sedition . Mr . A . Grant seconded the motion . '" ' ¦ Messrs . Farrah , Wood , Wheeler , Snelling , and Mills opposed the motion , as being , > nt present , impolitic . and inoperative . Mr . Butler withdrew bla motion , Mr . Muts brought forward a proposition to the effect-That all history proclaimed the voluntary principle bi-st to support a public cause ; that henceforth , cards of membership be iss-ued on that plan . " : Mr . E . JdsKa thought this would be in accordance with " J jo Property Qualification , " but that such questions should be loft to the forthcoming Manchester Convention . Mr . T . M . Wheeler could not agree with the voluntary principle . Representation and Taxation should go hand-inland . .

      The motion not haying been seconded fell to the ground . Mr . STttATToa , in giving notice of motion on tbe subject of " Democratic organs" said , he was glad to Red the reporter of the "Star of Freedom" present ; and he would no * ask what principles that Journal an'd Mr . Jones ' s ' proposed paper were to be conducted on ? ' ¦ Mr . Jones rose and gaid his paper would be rteor"anof Chartism . ° - The Reporter of the " Star of Freedom" said , his presence was a proof that their proceedings would meet with all due attention . Mr . Jones had said his proposed paper would be the organ of Chartism . If so there would be two of i / icorgans of Chart sm , as the "Star of Freedom" would follow the example of the late "Northern Star , " and be no t only the organ o ( Chartism , but of the whole Democracy . The Council then adjourned .

      The following Resolution was passed at the Hoxtoti and . St . Luke ' s Chartist Locality on Thursday last : — "That we , the members of this locality , think ihe resolution come to by the Metropolitan Delegate Council , with respect to the Manchester Convention , unwise and impolitic , seeing that the Chartist Party are not in a position to support such a Convention , and think it would be much better if the Delegate Council had summoned the Chartists to elect nine persons to act as an Executive , till they were in a position to support a Convention . " Our Delegate was also instructed to move the . following on the Delegate Council : — " That this C-mnoil call a great meeting of Chartists to be held in Banners Fields , Victoria Park , at such a time as the Council think fit . "—I remain , yours , Oswald Daolet , Secretary .

      STocKrom . —The members of this locality held their usual meeting on Sunday last . Mr . Glithoro in the chair . Mr . Houghton was elected delegate to the meeting to bo held at Royton , on Sunday , May 9 th , 1852 . The following resolutions were agreed to : — That wo Bend one pound out of the funds of the Association towards the People ' s Paper , aHoutbeing snnt out by Mr . E . Jones . " "That the iwsiung of the placards sent by Mr . Harney , announcing the change of Editor and name of the Star , ' be also paid out of the funds . " "That we hold a camp meeting on Sunday , May 2 nd , and that Messrs . Chambers and J . G . Clarke , of Manchester , and other gentlemen be invited to address the meeting . " The following persons were elected as Council for the next three mon hs : —Charles Citte Wm Benfold , Samnel Winterbottom , Charles Glithero , Joseph Wood , Joseph Houghton , Henry Owens ; Thomas Mathor , treasurer ; Thomas Clews , secretary ; to whom all communications must be kddre ? sed , 10 , Higher Hillgate , Stockport .

      Shbtfiblp . —Mr . G . J . Hol yoake delivered three lectures m the Hall of Science , Rockingham-street , on the 27 th , 2 bth and 29 th of April . —Subjects : "A new development Of the principles of Freo Enquirers . " "Why do the Clergy avoid discussion , and the Friends of Reason seek it ? " And "Mazzinion tho duties of Democracy , and the reply-of Louis Blanc " The audiences were numerous and respectable . That hand of feminine heroes , the "Woman ' s Rights Association , " are alive and stirring in the noble cause of woman ' s emancipation . They have succeeded , in engaging the services of . Mrs . H . Tracy , the American Bloomer , for three lectures on "Dress Reform , " " Inequality of the Marriage Law , " and " the Political Rights of Woman , " to be delivered on the 3 rd , 4 : h , and 5 th of May . They also intend having a Tea Meeting on " the 3 rd of May ,. when that indefati gable and true Knight of this new chivalry—Miss Anne Knight—w to he ' present / ' A second meeting of the friends of Mr . Kydd has taken nlam

      m the Democratic Temperance Hotel , when it was found that they had not the funds necessary to carry that gentleman to the poll ; therefore , the idea of his nomination iw abandoned . Toulmin Smith has returned , and the . rt'quUitiontoMr . Hadfield still goes on . Rumour says it num . ber g 800 signatures ; this same informant says , likewise that the League has interfered to prevent Roebuck from being ousted . Your faithful and fraternal ' ; . CoRRBBP OKDBKr . Bury . —A correspondent from this plnce informs ns that 'i j ° r ^ 8 ion of Fa ctory-workers took place on Tuesday at Kadcliffe . There were 2 , 000 in the procession . They hare been thrown out of employment by a combination of the masters , whose names they carried on placards The greater portion consisted of females . Thig is . their philo-* u * l 7 J " u never S ive in to the masters' prices they had nothin g when they were working ; they eet nothing now , and were they to return to work they would get nothing ; to , upon the whole , tbey may as well remain out .

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      ZgrThe Secretaries of Trades' Unions anrl aVi '' t ' bodieu associated to protect and advance 1- f rests of Labour , will oblige by folwarc | Z ^ T of Trades' Meetings , Strikes / and oflSfS ?" tion affecting the social position of the W 01 W Classes . . S FROM TIIE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OP tup AMALGAMATED SOCIETY , TO THEIR MEMIivnq AUD THE TRADES IN GENERAL . "AMBERS Fellow Members , —At a meeting of the General Exe cutive Council , which was attended b y five Delegat es from Manchester , Oldham , Bolfon and Rochdale , held r , n rl ? . 22 nd of April , 1852 , for tho purpose of deliberntinirnnon the present dispute between " tho Operative Engineers and their Employers , the following resolutions were adopted : —

      " 1 . Resolved—That in consequence of the present position of our affairs in relation to tho dispute , this meetirir is of opinion that those of our members who may be compelled to sign the " Declaration" should not be excluded . " " 2 . Resolved—That the General Executive Council recommend the necessity of making a levy of half a ( j av g wages on all llie members in work , for the purpose of supporting those out of employment in consequence of ' the present dispute . " " 3 . Resolved—That any member neglecting to pay the levy of half a dny ' s pay , the same shall be placed to his arrears of contributions , subject to the approval of the next Deleir . ' ite Meeting . " " i . Resolved—That the non-society men receive theiv fair share of support the same as formerly . "

      " 5 . Resolved—That in the opinion of thiB meeting hostile resistance of Labour against Capital is not calculated to enhance tho condition of the labourer , we therefore advise , that all our future operations should be directed in promoting the system of sulf-employment in Associative Workshops , as the best ' menns of effectually regula ting tho conditions of labour ; and that this resolution be submitted to our next Delegate Meeting . " The Executive- ' Council in publishing tho foregoing resolutions think it necessary to accompany them with a few words of comment mid observation—They frankl y and unhesitatingly make the avowal that in tho contest between capital and labour ; the Utter has been defeated . Whatever hopes were entertained that the worker mi ght successfully assert his rights hy an open and avowed resistance 10 a

      tyranny of the most despotic kind , they have faded before tiie immense power of wealth and the determination of its possessors to lie absolute and unconditional masters . However we might have relied upon the truth of our cause and the justice of the effort to elevate the industrial position of tho artizin—to have conciliated and convinced our adversaries , and to secure us extended support , wo have found by bitttev and dear bought experience that mere right—right unsupported by strength—truth " discarded from power , may be beaten down and trampled upon by rich strong-handed wrone . Nothing that we could do has been left undone . No effort that it was in our power to make has been spared . We have invited discussion nnd criticism—we have challenged controversy—we hare fearlessly laid b : ire before tho world our motives add our

      purposes—wo have invited the verdict of public opinion wo have offered to submit to arbitration—wo have endeavoured to rouse the Trades of England , those who areas much interested in the result , of our struggle as ourselves , to united . iction . andat last wo have offered concessions as great as could honourably bn made , and withdrawn our circuFar of the 24 th of December , 1851 , but all without avail . Help we have had , but not . to a sufficient extent , to enable U 3 to continue the buttle—sympathy hjis been awarded to us , but our op ; oncnts , great in tho world of wealth , were cnabli-d to command the most influential portion of the press—hope that we should triumph has made thousands of hearts lieat high—but they belonged to those whose voices were not heard in the world- ^ tho workers of the country , and they were comparatively powerless . Though all the histoi'V of

      the strife wo have nothing to reproach ourselves with—nothing to lvgret but the want of success . In " the last extremity when we had given up , all ( hat could bo conceded , the Employers' Association still maintaining their determination to suffer no man to work unless he would admit his own slavery and degradation by Bi » nin <* their infamous , declaration , it became necessary tc- tnke some steps to avert the crisis . We must submit to inevitable necessity . Tho poor man , without funds to fall back upon , is dependent upon labour for life . In tho midst of all tUe wealth he has created for others , his only ri « ht is to toil when he can got leave for a bave subsistence- ^ Ie is an infant in tho grasp of a giant , to whom he must perforce submit . We cannot ask any man to become a pauper or

      starve . We cannot say to the nrtizan , let your wives « row haggard and your children pale and thin , and ragged , nnd your hearts cold , till misery past endurance forces you into tho poorhouse where social affeotions are violated by the law which attaches degradation to relief . We cannot command absolute self-Bacrifice . Between two evils we are compelled to choose the least . The proposals contained in the above resolutions if they are adopted , as we doubt not theywill be , will place those members who continue in the society , nfter having signed the declaration , in a position not to violate a moral truth , however reluctant they may feel to submit to such an act of tyranny—and in the prospect of this change we say that we will not exclude any member who now si gns the Employers' " Declaration" to obtain bread for himself and his family .

      "We are aware , that honest men may feel an instinctive abhorrence of doing what may subject them to the slightest imputation of acting conscientiousl y . But wo think that this honourable scruple need not prevent their continuing in the Society if this be done . We think that any one may justly consider his present position to be one of moral cora » pulsion which has no , t ; the stringent obligation attending a freely made agreement . / We hold ourselves and every man who , unwillingl y puts his hand tothut detestable document , which is' forced upon lis , to be as much destitute of that power of choice which should precede a contract as if a pistol were at his head and ho had to choose between death und degradation . ...

      Our future efforts must bo constantly directed to prevent the . possibility of such a catastrophe again occurring . How , bhall wo set about the work of preparation for a coming time ? There is but one way—we must co-operate for production . The events of the last few months have directed the attention of working-men to Co-operation , and inclined them to it moro decidedl y than years of prosperous iutlustry could have done . . Perhaps a greater good is to come OUt Of present evil , than could have been in any other way brought about . We have learned that it is not sufficient to accumulate funds , that it is necessary also to use them reproductively , and if this lesson does not fail in its effect , a few years will see the land studded with workshops belonging to the workers—workshops where the

      profits shall cheer and not oppress labour—where tyranny cannot post an abominable declaration on the gateswhere the opportunity of working is secured without the sacrifice of all that makes work dignified and honourable . Then , indeed , the artiziin may successfuily as ? ert his claims to be treated as . a man with thoughts and feelings , instead of a machine , And if the emiilfiyers , seeking to wrong him , close the gates of the factories , he will not then stand in forced idleness , consuming the accumulations of past years , but with doubled energy he will turn to the factory and there do the work of the couiitiy , without the unnceded help of others .. " That is a consummation devoutly to be wished , " and if we set about the task with only tho same earnestness , good faith , and patience as have been brought to bear upon our past movement it will be accomplished .

      So ; much for the past and the future . With respect to the immediate , present—we hope that those who are in work and those who at once procure employment , will not refuse or even hesitate to support those who are less for . tunate , whether society men or non-society men , till labour is found for them . It is beyond the power of tho employers to induce upright men to disregard those obligations into which they have voluntaril y entered . We hope for the reputation of our trade , that tho half-day's pav will bo cheerfully aecordnd—we hope for tho considoration of those honest independent men who have largo families dependent upon them for support , and who still with irresistablo loathing refuse to sign tho atrocious declaration .

      That done , we must organise for the future—assisted as we have been by the . advice of men who take a deep interest m the promotion of working mens' associations , and have counselled the abandonment of all attempts to ( leal W \ th capitalists in a spirit of hostility—and given it as their opinion that nothing but creating a new relationship , between . capital and labour can effectually elevate the condition of tho toilers of society , we must progress in tliose principles , and wo hope that our next delegate meeting-will lay down the bivsis of our future permanent prosperity . ¦ * , Immediatel y on receipt of this circular each Secretary is instructed to convene a meeting of tho members of his branch , so that its contents may be made generally known to the members . ( On behalf of the Executive Council , ) .

      t «« 7 o- r '; nr iV ¦ ' ¦ "• M Allan , Secretary . London , 2 o , Little Ahe-street , Whiteehauel . . ' . April 26 th , ' 1852 . «* •' ¦ ¦ fhor T -ITi nm 'i » b ^ riptiohs are to be forwarded to S ? ' Office , the Post-office Orders to be - made P « ynf . ! ri viX w " V Rt th « w hite « hap « , l Office , and the letters of . a d . vj . ee to Mr , JameB Potls , 25 ,. Little Alip . sirept Allpartie 8 remitting .. money are requested osenditso that it may arnye , every Tuesday at . latest By carrying 2 hlo cS [ v -f . e '" ent Jt WU 1 Cnable theConnSto rLit each locality . their proper proportion ' s of money in time to pay their unemployed members on the Thursdays . . « . m .. f ;* >' . P ? rtionlarly requested to forward His iri

      may » Be ueport not , inter than the Cth of M'iy *™ yaHyjeport , and the propositions for the Delegate meeting are in-theharids of ihe printer , and thev will bo issued in the course of eight or rinednys ' W A

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      LATEST FOREIGN NEWS . HONG KONG DESTROYED BY FIRE . DESTRUCTION OF HUNDREDS OF LIVES . Tho following news has reached New York by way of San Francisco . Tho barque William Watson arrived ye .-terday , sixty . i- ys . from Hone : Kone . hrint'incr intelligence of a moss

      been lni t clty is consumed . Hundreds d lives have baiqueb ; inea V f- m CWSp ! l !) crofficellils been ikstT 0 ?" - Tlle of thei veVwf * ^ l n " « ' « " dependent 0 : 1 thu officers Tho fti-n „ e fow lwtinulars which wo subjoin , menced ^ tbo Clrir \ 1 " lbe 2 < itl 1 "f December , » .. d comditv amoni »« i , > i , nn ! U > ' It » i » road with fearful rapu communic ated to iTr ho " * «> f tho Ohinese , « nd soon fectly resistless . ' ' ot' cilv » becoming pernuItrSShodtfj ' , ?' ™ ™ dreadful - T , nel of an English rc » iniM , ? i . T- aHOfil ' t ; lilie ( l - O " e CoI ° - belonging to lior JJri » a 11 ? i \ i ? nmM > Also a Lieutenant killedIVtuo fallLgtiSn ofTf * " ' ^ Um ] li ^ blown up . AwrgSiuto Sntrs , T ° w ! licl ' ll ! lli Iieen fate . l l ? maildl "'« eis met a similar

      All the printing offices were destroyed w ' i \ ft r * edifices and public buildin gs in Hong Komi U ' ° finCst of ^ u SK ^' ' * prMu * fuVt ! - 1-ticul . s

      TURKEY . A telegraphic despatch from Z : ira , of the IStli of \ rr ; i states that Omcr P . isha . had sent an officer to ScptVi-i-lrn superintend the disarming of the Ihyahs of Alln . ih ir was expected that the Albanians would resist . MALTA . British Sympathy with Tyrants ! , A letter from Malta , in the " lltsorgimento" of Tuvin 01 the 21 st , of April , status that Sij , 'uor Oattuvi , : v Imvytone smger , now « t La Vcletta , having sung tho lollowimr versus of Metastasio : — °

      Al-valoro d ' un Romano ,... . Tutu Italia soraera . I All Italy will rise on witnessing " tho valour of ; i Roman ) , some poluical refugees , applying those verses to tho present time * , threw him an Italian ' tri-i : oluured cockade , v ^ auun picked it up , fixed it to his bioist , and continued 10 sing in the midst of the most enthusiastic applause . f f ° , . ° followin g day , the superintendent of police sent tor him , imtl told him Unit if he repeated the offence , ue must expect to \ m expelled tho island .

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      THE DOWNFALL OF ROSAS . . BATTLE OF MONTE CASEROS . From a private letter printed in Uie " Titnps , " we five ttie following graphic account ; of the downfall of the South American Dictator : — "On Saturday , tho 31 st of January , tho vanguard of llosass army , consisting of some G . OOO men , was com . pletely routed hy a small number of Urnuiza ' s troops on the fields of Alvarez , near the brid ^ o of Marque * , about ; twenty miles from here . The next day ( Sunday ) Rosas led us troops from their encampment of Santos Liigares ( four leagues from this ) to a spot midway between tho village of Moron and the former pW , little more than a league from each , and there awaited the approach , of the enemy , who was advancing straight towards the city from the bridge of Marques . ° P , m !^ f ? 2 l " , ' ' OOps nn Suill ! 1 . V afternoon f ™ n ^ ir on . campmDiitat Santos Uv&ns to a spot distant lvo : n it about a f » f m ii '; C r ' 7 r S " 1 " J ° » Mrtndjy , the 2 nd , mid that evening he formed hi « line of battle . It wivs drawn up on tlio ed » e of a geiitle slope , just raised above tlie sunoun . ling lyvcl cmintrv !

      It is computed that ho hu . l from 20 , WO 10 25 . IM 0 mentf all arms . Most of these , especially the cavalry , were new levies . Jiavnijr been taki-n 1 ' rom iheir favmR only n . s ' sw months bafore - sonief wof theinfnntry , tspeciall . v the ' bliiclss , who fought well ' had ! ona boon soldiers , lie had nearl y 103 nieces of artillery but tiny were badly managed . His old cavalry , to tho number of 13 , 500 men , h .. d beun statioutd in dctuchmsnts along the river bmk to the north of the province , and , having boon tal : cn id detail had nearly all been cnt off or dispersed by Urquiza ' s troops duiin » their in » reh ; so that onl y about 1 . 000 crossjd the briilga of Marquv s under General I ' acheco n . few d : iys befow tho baitle . " Rosas ' s line exteiulo'l fyr about two miles on the edj ; e of a Kentle slope—cavalry on the wings , infantrv in the centre , artillery m front and between the intervals . Tliere ' is not a tree or house on the tie'd of battle except a house of brick and mortar , with a tower , cal ' cd Monte Cawos , which f . mned Rosas ' s extreme ri » ht , nnd which he occupied in force , and a round pigeonhuuso , of bi ' ick , about seventy yards from it . His arrangements were very bud ( his

      centre ar . u ! cit being evidently without support ) , for he had no knowledge of strategy , as lie himself confessed , and he was so demented that he refused to take the advice of any - > f Ins generals , some of whom told him that he must lose the battle . Urquiza with a force of from 25 , 000 to 28 , 1 ) 00 men , from Entrerios , Uruguay Corrientes , Santa Fe , and Brazil , arrived from the neighbourhood , of Moron on the evening of Monday , and bivouacked at a distance of about two miles from the enemy . At daylight on Tuesday morning he drew up his men in a line , opposite to llosas ' s army , on the edge of an opposite slope , at the distance of abuut a mile , lie was inferior in artillery , but much superior in the quality and discipline of his troops . The cannonading began at daylight , and was heard in town . Urquiza commenced the battle by outflauking with h s cavalry Rosas ' s left , which waa completely turned and . vouted , and some of these gentlemen came eatly into the town giving out that the battle was lost , while their comrades were still fighting . While this was going on Itosas s left Urquiza ' s centre and left , composed of Brazilian and Oriental infantry , crossed the valley and

      took at tho point of the bayonet the two house 3 which formed the strong positions on Rosus ' s right , while \ Jrqui 2 Vs cavalry on the lefi completely sun-ouncUd the whole of llosas ' s rightthus both his wings were turned . The envulry fled , the infantrv and artillery made a stand for it short time in a new position towards their formur U'ft . lbut it was only for a very . bricf space . Surroumledon alUidcs , they surrendered or fled in all directions , and the rout was complete . It was difficult to gather exactly how long the battle lasted . The real fighting becim probably about six a m ., and ended near twilvo . Rosas was on the tower of tliehouEe for some time , aud then in the field ; at length , seeing all was lost , he 'ook to flight , and , thanks to a very magnificent horse , and tho dust and smuke of the battle , he succeeded in getting into town . Aftorrema iiK for some timo in tlie outskirts , he i-ame into Jfr . Gore ' s : ( the British Charge ' s ) house ; about four o ' clock and remained till two at night , when lie accompanied Mr . Gore as his orderly , in the jacket and cap of an English Marine , and tvithoutshoes nv stockings , and with his daughter Manuelito in man ' s clothes , to

      the beach , where the boat of a French merchantman took him off to the Locust , which immciliat Iy got » p her steam , and conveyed her precious burden to the flag-Miip , the Centaur , lying about tin ea miles off . Such was the inglorious exit of the South American tyrant—a dictator whose power was more absolute than that of the Russian Autocrat , or of any earthly ruler . Such was the issue of the buttle of Monte Caseros , in which , it is said , upwards of flll . OQO men were engaged , a larger number , pc haps , than ever assembled in America on one field since the days of tl-. c Aztec princes . The results were—the complete dispersion of Vlosas ' s cavalry , the capture of all his infantry and artillery , his own ruin , and the freedom of the Argentine Republic . Of this large a-my , it is not thought that niore than 200 were killed and GOO wounded on . ' bath sides . Urquiza having givi-n strict orders to make prisoners , but not to kill except in case of rcsUtame . The cavalry of the conquering army pursued the routed enemy close up lo the city , but they did not enter -t . The troop * pass-d the night in Santos Lugnrcs , a toTin of soldiers' huts , built by Rosas iu 183 G , ami headquarters were established at Rosas ' s quiutao ! ' Palermo .

      " On Wednesday morning , ' at eijjht o ' clock , a body of Urquiza ' s cavalry came to the fort , to whom Manzilli surrounded the city , he himself , to the intense disgust < f everybody , giving tho signal of exultation fov . the downfall of Uosas , his brother in law and henefactor , by crying out , ' Long live Urquizi ! Death to ihe tyrant Rosas ! ' The cavalry thm turned and went out again to headquarters . About ten o ' clock the town seemed to be in a state of great ferment , caused b . v a report that the soldiers were sacking it . It appeared that some of the routed cavalry had remained in the outskirts of the town during the night , and at daybreak had com . menced breaking into the shops iu the parts remote from the centre , and stripping them of their contents , alleging that Manzilla had given them authority to pl'indcr . About nine o'clock the marauders began to come into the centre of the town ; some were really UrquizVs soldiers ; others , the great majority , were Rosas ' s men , who had assumed Uiqirza ' s badge ( a pi ? ce of white calico passing over the head and shoulders , worn above their n d coats the only distinction between the : opposing troeps ) . The frightemd

      people , supposing that they were really Urquiz i ' s men , and that h > had given them license to pil ' age , and faring that if tbe resisted murder would ho added to rubbery , offered no opposition . The locks of many shops were blown off by the musket , and the contents carried off In two of the principal streets th « ve was scarcely a silversmith ' s shop , in particular , which was not ransacked . This went on for some time , aud it looked as if the town was going to be sacked , when about eleven o ' clock the American marines , at tho door of their Consul , shot down two men v \ ho were pillaging a shop in their ncighbournoail . Then the tide began to turn . Uiquiza nominated Dr . Lopez . President of the Chamber of Justice , once governor for a short time , a man of more than seventy , and universally respected , 'Provisional Governor , with full power * to form a provisional government until the representatives of tho province could be assembled to form a regular government Lopez also issued a decree , requiring the militia to reassemble at their

      respective guardhouses and patrol the streets . Another decree denounced thepunishment of death to all found robbing . About twelve a division of Urquiza ' s men , which Lopez had written for , came . into the town , and the effect of all t'lese measures was immediately apparent . The militia and many foreigners patrolled the streets , and every man or woman whom they found robbing was immediately seized , bound , and conducted to the I ' olteia , wheve he or she was allowed a quarter of an hour fur consideration , and then shot . : Any who attempted to escape were shot down in the streets . ( This lasted till the Thursday night ; and it is supposed that upwards of i « 0 men and women thus expiated their crimes . ) It was an act of fearful but necessary severity , for , bad the mischief been allowed to go on unchecked for another hour , there is little doubt but pillage and murder would have been universal ; the soldiers , encouraged bv impunity , and maddened by drink , would have hesitated at no crime , and the whole city would have been plunged in misery . is short

      . "Urquiza a man , rather stout , about fifty , dressed with great care , with patent leather boots , &c .-rather more like a aanay thnn we expected to see ; the expression of his countenance is rather determined than benevolent , and more animal than intellectual . . . "On Saturday the 14 th , F . and I , ncctmpaniedby an Italian gentleman named Pellegrini , rode 'out to the battle-field . The giound for some miles in the neighbourhood of the battle-field was strewn with relics of military clothing , either stripped from the dead and w mnded , or Castaway by the fug ' iives ; bayonets , gunstocks , and barrels , scabbards , pjeirs , faid cuirasses were also ' lying about in great numbers . Of these we brought home several , and I have a cuirass , several bayonets , &c , as memorials oi the greatest battle f . ught iu America in modern times . About ltlt ) dead bodies in all ( Buenos Aj roans , for the Brisilian * and Urquiza had removed theirs ) lay in different directions over the field . About ' fifty bodies of those who had been killed in defending ihe house of Monte Caseroslay in front of it , having been taken out . Consider- ! and smell

      ing . the lonir time that had chipped , their appearance werenot so badas would bo supposed . Human hair and gore , covered the steps lending to the tower of the house , and these . were very , of fensive . Cannon balls , bullets , and a few discharged rockets ihowed ' where the line had . been , but , excepting that the grass w . 13 entirely trodden down , there was Htto to show tint so many men had there ' cont nded . We returned to town through the encampment of Santos IiUjares , which was now entirely deserted . Urquiza ' s men had broken into every house , and robbed it of every thing they cou'd make availablo ; all the doors were thrown epen , the officers ' papers covered tho flwrs , the prison ( La Crugia ) . the dread of the whole country , trom the many dicda of atrociy committed there , was entirely open-the prison records ljing about the floor , the gaoler ' s book , containing the date of admission and fate of the prisoners ; and among them that of the priest and his mistress who were shot in August , 1818 , ( which entry I saw )—tbe irons with whi h the poor prisoners were fettered for years—all lay scattered , to be taken by any one who pleased , tor the whole place wa * give ' u up to destruction ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 1, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1676/page/5/