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      5a Yihosal Charter Association. 0 Office...

      5 A yiHOSAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . 0 Offices 14 . Southampton-street . Strand . H - Committee of this body held their hel jbeEsc ? , mei jt . ing , as above , on Wednesday d i ^ al weekly - " * ^^ Messrs . Arnott , Damey , ml * em % la ^ ' i ,-ote * £ « read from G . W . SI . es . Jones , andMU ? c . **¦ . wtoj is attend through roofleYBolfc , stating , ™ jj 0 jyoak « being in the S 3 press of ta . " !; !! : Hunt though indisposition mtiountry . and luoru a > ^ Grassby and Feargus re imre ^ nn j ( te » rW absent . A great mass of 2 J 25 XS of * P ^ essive te * W ™ i , ^ i . Mf TnnRs reported that he and John Arnott u ^ Sn Jhe memorials to tbe Queen on behalf of -t ^ Wdfems , Jones , and Ellis , with a note ad-> ; * £ * , W Sir George Grey to the Home Office . fa . The Secretary then read the following letter from < ip < Doncombe , M . P ., written in reply to a note ha t had addressed to that gentleman : —

      u « ' 5 , Palace Chambers , May 5 th , 1851 . ] « Dear Sra , —I shall have much pleasure in see-3 jew Mr . Jones and yourself here on Saturday morns S ? at twelve o ' clock . I should have fixed an earlier fat bat I am sorry to say that I am at the present ( jno'ient confined to my room by illness ; and , with i jejard to the object of your visit , if it is with a * vie * onlv to request me to bring the subject of the ( esiiei Chartists under the consideration ofthe i : borne , I regret that there is ne probability of my ! igiltb being sufficientl y restored to justif y mem ; undertaking , during the present Session , the introduction of so important a subject , although , I i tape , I may be able to support any other member sho shall bring it forward . Perhaps , under these circumstances , it will not be worth your while to

      take the trouble of calling on me . ' * I remain , dear sir , yours faithfully , " Taos . S . Dbkcombe . " "Mr . John Arnott . " John Arnott reported tbat he and John Milne jad examined the bills forwarded by Messrs jpGowan and Co ., and tbey found that the account endorsed « ' National Charter Association , 1846 , ' 4 . 7 , Ud MS" ( from Sept . ' 46 to April ' 48 ) . amounted to « 3 lis . ; and the items included 9 , 000 cards of ineaiberehip , 4000 hand-books , 9 , 500 petition head- ; tn , 4 000 ruled petition sheets , bills for public S itings , & c „ and that on the above Amount , onlf £ 3 4 s . had been paid , leaving a balance due of Committees

      * 61 7 s . ; that tbesecond bill , beaded " rf Sundry Public Meetings , for Placards , B-l / s , i-c , " amounted to £ 24 9 a . 4 d ., and that this amount was incurred ftom July , 1847 , to April . 1348- that the third bill , headed "The Committee of the Metropolitan Chartist Hall" amounted to £ W 9 s . Gd „ on which £ i 18 a . & L bad been paid on account , leaving a balance doe of £ 6 Is . ; that the fourth bill , headed " The Executive Committee of the National Charter Association" ( extending from Feb . to May , 1849 ) amounted to £ 6 3 s ., on which £ 3 Oi bad been paid , leaving a balance due of £ -3 3 s . ; and tbat tbe above amounts , with the balance due on the Convention and Assembly account of £ 7 4 a . C < 1 ., made a total of £ 102 4 s . lOd .

      due to Messrs . M'Gowan and Co . Tbefollowingresolntion , moved by Ernest Jones , and seconded by G . Julian Harney , was then agreed to : _ " That the first and fourth amounts in the above list having been contracted by the Executive C ommittee of the Xatioual Charter Association existing at the time specified , the Executive Committee of the Association at present existant cannot bold themselves liable for the said amounts , the liquidation of tbe same , and the pecuniary affairs connected with them being a matter between the 2 secutivethen in office and the Chartist body that elected tbem ; but , in justice to all parties , the Committee trust that prompt and efficient means will be taken by the country for settling the accounts submitted . "

      The Secretary reported tbat be bad engaged tbe literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , Tottenbam-couTt-road , for a musical and elocutionary entertainment , in aid ofthe Charter Furid , on Tuesday evening , May 20 th ; and that Mr . Henry Thomas Holyoake had secured a most talented comp any of friends , who would give their valuable services on the occasion . The Committee then adjourned to Wednesday ereuing , May 14 th . Signed on behalf of the Committee , Jons Arsott , General Secretary .

      Pabagos Chapel, Bbbsioxdsev.—On Tuesday ...

      Pabagos Chapel , Bbbsioxdsev . —On Tuesday evening last Ernest Jones lectured on "Kings " , Popes , " and Cabinets , " at the above Chapel to an overflowing and delighted audience . Twenty members were enrolled at the close of the lecture . At Ernest Jones ' s lecture ou the preceding Tuesday twelve new members joined . XEwcisii . E-ox-Tr . VE . —A series of out-door meet jags has commenced in this quarter , the first was held on Thursday night , in St . ATckolas-square , the speakers were Messrs . Watson , Charlton , Gunn < fcc After reading the Executive ' s

      ad-, cress , and impressing on the people tie necessity of contributing to the Easter offering , the speakers made powerful and eloquent appeals to the people to unite for their political and social rights , which was warmly responded to by the multitude . The tact was held on Sunday morning , and was addressed by tbe previous speakers . Both meetings Fere well attended , and arc to be regularly continued ; tbe object being to prepare the people for lie - . -reat simultaneous meetings to be bold on the Town Moor . On Sunday evening a very interestinir discussion was held in the ball of the Democratic

      Institute . Subject : « ' The Great Exhibition . " Mr . Cockburn opened the debate by showing that kwocliibeafearful curse ts the working Clashes . He was followed hy Messrs . Watson , Kane , Charlton , & c . Messrs . Murray and Jude , attempted to 5 ?» w that it was a blessing . The large hall was well

      ailed . Hochdaie . —A monthly meeting of members was told on Monday evening last , in the Chartist Uoow . where the auditors brought in the balance slieetfor the last six months . The income was £ 20 los ., expenditure £ 17 0 s . 10 d „ leaving a balance in hand of £ 914 s . 2 d . Tbe following persons were duly elected as council for tbe next three Eonths : —Messrs . J . Crabrree , B . Standeing , W . Beak , W . Reyes , J . Shephard ; It Hacking ,

      treasarer ; andR . Gill , secretary . Afterthefiuancial business was transacted the following resolution was agreed to : — " That we the Chartists of Rochdale , fully agree with the Programme passed by the late Cbuvention , andthat we do not recognise theprcsent Ewcutive until it is elected by the plan laid down in the Programme . " A vote of thanks was given in the Chairman , and the members separated I % bly satisfied . All communications for the Horbdale chartists must be addressed to the secretarr , Robert Gill , 24 , Henry-street , Rochdale .

      JisscaESTER . —On Sunday afternoon last , a quarterly nieetine of the Manchester Chartists was held in the People ' s Institute , Heyrod-sJreet , Aneoats . fhe attendance of members was numerous , and the best of feeling was displayed to promote the policy adopted by tbem . The Council , in its re-election , » considerably enlarged—seventeen members form the Council instead of eleven—the additional six rew members are well known good workers in tbe Saachester Chartist Circuit . After confirming the Oiinates of the previous meetin g , and passing the Saaiicial accounts for April , the following gCntle-Wnwerc unaniuviusilv elected Councilnienfor the

      Cf st three month ? , viz .: —Messrs . James Leach , httiel Donovan , John Sutton , Wiliiam Foster , Hicry Xuttall , Thomas Johnson , Samuel Bradley , * ¦ E ^ twistle , P . Loyd , J . Grundy , T . Cooper , F . haddocks , James Duffy , and James Fitzsimons ; Ssteit Shawcross , chairman 5 James Waiuwri ght , * fisneial secretary ; James Aleock , corresponding sectary , 12 , Byrom-street , Upper Duke- street ^ h ' iilme , Manchester , to whom all correspondence fa" the association must be addressed . luthe ? v coing Mr . Richard Mareden gave a very iuterest-Wg lecture . In his usual plain and argument re style . 4 vote of thinks was g iven to the lecturer , and the "Wetinjj separated , hi gnly pleased with the subject wtbe lecture .

      Sheffieid . —At the weekly meeting ofthe Coun-Mon Sunday , held at the Democratic Temperance a ( jt € ' , 33 , Queen-street—Mr . Seward in tbe chair *~ 4 r . Hague called the attention of tbe members J ° a parasrspu in the JTtK-tfern Star , emanating yto Sh e ffi e ld , whereupon he moved , and Mr . Buck ^ onde-l , tbefo ! Iowin < : resolution , which , on being M from the chair , " was earned unanimousiy : — ajtlng a resolution reported in the Northern Star lining to have been passed at some meeting in rj's ioivn , condemnatory of Mr . O'Connor , we beg ® e jpress our surprise at such stupid snd insane * onct wj , eD ) on y a snort fime a „ 0 a meeting wiel d after the Conference had closed its sitrj ? 5 , comprising the whole of the district , when such resolution was submitted , or even hinted Perhaps for sundry reasons that amidst a scodly anu > e r of membera such idiocracv weald not be

      grated , but would be set down to be both ob- " ^ oua and des tructive to the best interests of jL ° J < H : racy . " Some business of a financial character ^ ' ?? been disposed of tbe meeting adjourned . — similar resolution was adopted at a public ( vf ^ ft W on Sunday last , at tbe bouse of Mr . , g rge Brown , when Mr . O'Connor was invited to i ^ jefn eld at his earliest convenience . i »« f ~ J ° nday evening a public meeting was held tsikt ™ ' 0 Wa-haU » Sheffield , to devise ineass for the tito * ance ° ^ Rcfuge .-s , who now number thai 1 * William Eisner , Esq . was called totfcc QJj *"• The meeting was addressed by Messrs . Osf * ¦ •* fronslde , and Thompson ; tbe Rev . Mr . j tti incumbent of Crook's Church ; and the Bev . ^ ¦ -Woiislil , Unitarian Minister . The raseting final mPer and realised a round sura of cash . A f'teri * ^* Refugees have been successfully jj to a variety of trades , under the superficial t »* D e ^ ' 0 n of 3 ame ° f tte Manufacturers of the B Thanks oeiug voted to the ehaircan , tho

      Pabagos Chapel, Bbbsioxdsev.—On Tuesday ...

      meeting broke up .-On Tuesday ev " ^^ j £ ^ urnment , the CouncU again met , to hear * - asswerrrom the Director ofthe HWlaud BaWway Company , respecting giving our Association a cheap train on Whit-Monday . " Mr , Loy in the chair . The deputation reported favourably . Time of starting , p lace , & c , will be duly announced . A deputation from a number of the admirers of Mr . O'Connor , who have not been immediately connected with the National Charter Association at present , iu consequence of so much rivalry , discord , and division ; but , seeing that a small

      faction ui this town have taken every opportunity to asperse the character of Mr . O'Connor , have held a meeting , at which a deputation was appointed to wait upon the council , tendering their best congratulations , and likewise urging the council to give Mr . O'Connor a special invitation to visit this town , and that tbey would render all their help in getting up a first-rate demonstration to the above gentleman . The council promised that their suggestion should have their best consideration , and the deputation withdrew . The meeting was adjourned to Sunday next . after

      Upperbt , kear Cabusm . —On Sunday - noon last a public lecture wa-i delivered against a " State priesthood . " The lecture and the discussion which followed , demonstrated , to tbe satisfaction Of all present , that a priesthood , depending upon a legislature for its existence , became a source of national corruption . It was proved that the priesthood in America were the sole props of the African slave trade . The room in which the lecture took place will hold about one hundred people . The present occupying tenant was once in the field of Chartism ( about eight years ago , ) since which time be has suffered much local persecution , and domestic affliction ; but he is once more resolved to aid in the political , social , physical , and inte-Jectual elevation of the people . .

      _ , Fissbobv . —The members of the late Finsbury Charter Association which wasdissolved on the 27 tn uft ., met on Sunday last , at the Albermarie Coffee Honae , Albemarie-street , Glertenwell , when , alter mewtt discussion as to tbe best means of promoting the cause of freedom , it was moved by Mr . Dicey , seconded by Mr . Windmill , and carried : — " That a Pinsbarv locality of the National Charter Association be formed . " Several persons enrolled their names , and subscribed towards carrying out that object . Mr . Weeden was elected treasurer , and Mr . Windmill sub-secretary ; after which the meeting adjourned to Sundav evening next , at eight o clock , when Mr . Pinlen will deliver a lecture on the proceedings of the late Convention .

      The Council Op The National Reform Xeagu...

      THE COUNCIL OP THE NATIONAL REFORM XEAGUE TO THE MEMBERS OF THAT BODY ASD THE PEOPLE GENERALLY .

      In tho address prefixed to the programme prepared by tbe Chartist Executive , and adopted by the recent National Convention , the following passages occur : — "The Convention is of opinion , that the best way to enlist sympathy with the Chartist movement is , to show its bearings on the grievances of all suffering c ' asses , that these classes may be taug ht to see in Chartism the leverage of their hopes ; that the best way to impress and weaken class government , ia to show those who yet support it , that the Chartists would do tbem more good than class government can or will afford ; pouring one continuous stream of agitation on class government , from every portion of tho toiling community ; attacking every one of its monopolies ; assailing every one ol its strongholds ; and bteaking them down in detail , even to their foundations .

      .. .. " The Convention is also of opinion , that a political change would be inefficacious , unless accompanied by asocial change ; that a Chartist movement , unless accompanied with social knowledgp , would result in utter failure ; that we ought to enlist , not merely the politician , but the man of business ; that we cannot claim or receive the support of tbe labourer , mechanic , fanner , or trader , unless W e show that we are practical reformers—that power would , be safely vested in Chartist hands—that we know their grievances , and bow to redress themthat the Charter would confer on them a positive , immediate , and permanent benefit , and at once increase alike their comforts and resources .

      " The Chartist body should , therefore , stand forward as tho protector of the oppressed—eacb suffering class should see in it the redresser of its several wrongs—it should be the connecting link that draws together , on one common ground , the now isolated bodies of the working classes—self-interest being the tie best able to bind them to each other . ' " It is , therefore , time thit the self-interest of every one of the oppressed classes be appealed to . Each one of these classes demands a measure of social reform proportioned to its wants : —though various ; these requirements are not conflicting—one right can never contradict another—truth can never antagonise with troth .

      ** To stand forth as the Umtbb of all these isolated , but in fact , homogeneous interests , to weld the millions into one compact mass—to evoke the dormant mind of the country , and thus to launch the gathered power in tbe rig ht direction , is the duty and endeavour of this delegation of the people . " VV ' e commend tbe above paragraphs to the attentive perusal of all who have hitherto despaired of tbe cause of Democracy , Having been for years endeavouring to remove the mass of ignorance and prejudice which has hitherto formed an insurmountable barrier to Democratic progress , we need scarcely say that we hail with delight the promise of co-operation thus held out to us by the recognized leaders of a large section of the Cbartiat body . We have always believed liat the true cause of popular indifference to Chartism was to be found in the profound ignorance

      which unhappily prevails among the people as to the causes of their degradation and suffering , and the means by which their social regeneration must be attained . And therefore when we find not only the Executive , but large sections of the Chartists , through their delegates , instead of indulging in the foolish bombast and violence , which have disgraced so many previous Conventions , seriously turning their attention to social questions—proving their capacity to use the Chatter for the public benefit , by issuing a plan of Reform which , however , defective in certain essential points , is yet far superior to anything which can be expected from any parliament elected by those whose interest it is to keep the people ignorant and enslaved—when we find the Chartist Convention reasoning instead of declaiming in favour of Democratic institutions , — then indeed we feel that the experience of past failuies has not heen thrown away , and that the future is bright with hope .

      As to the programme of the Convention , it is not our purpose to discuss it here . Asa whole , we have no hesitation in pronouncing it to be the best that has ever emanated from any Chartist Convention ; and , as such , reflecting great credit upon its authors . Portions of it are doubtless susceptible of improvement , and the questions of credit and currency have not received the amount of attention to which we think their great importance should nave entitled them . But let us earnestly impress upon all national reformers the fact that , # 3 the great social questions of land , credit , currency , aud equitable exchange have long been famjH ; » r subjects to us . while tbey are new to many

      of oar Ob . rtist brethren , it is a duty especially incumbent upon us to assist , to tbe utmost extent of oar ability , in whatever discussion may take place upon the programme of which these suhjects form s «> important a feature . In conclusion , let us hope that no past dinetomes , no feelings of p ersonal jealousy , no spirit of sectarianism , will deter all real reformers from unitinir to disseminate sound information respecting these social and political rights—a thorough knowledge of which can alone bring to a successful termination the campaign so well and wisely opened . On behalf of the Council , . J . Brostebhb O'Bbiks , President . P . W . M'Xeha , Secretary .

      Discussion Uau,, Shoe Lane.—The Subjf Ct...

      Discussion Uau ,, Shoe Lane . —The subjf ct of debate at this n » t < d place for political discussion , on Fiiday and Tuesday evenings , the 2 nd and 6 th of May , " was the political justice , and the practibiliiy of ihe programme issued by the late Chartist Convenliau . The speakers opposing the programme , though admitting ihe principles of the Charter , were Messrs . Beudaii , Hurst , and T . Clark . Messrs . Leno , Wh ? eier , Stratton , Bloomfield , and a member of the late Ndd-nal Asseably of Prussia , defended the programme . Messrs . Day , Recce , and others equally opposed the Charter and the principles laid do * n in the programme . Considerable interest is taken in tlie debate , -ind most of the leading celebrities oi the present political parties , resident in the metropolis , have been in attendance , and will doubtless take part therein ; tbe discussion was adjourned on the motion of Mr . I * . M'Graib until Fiiday evening .

      A public discussiou took place on Monday evening at the Wilmington Arms , Wilmington-square , Clerkenwell , on the propriety ol tbe Chartist body supporting the Parliamentary and Financial Reform League . Slessrs . J- Fussell , and a number of members of the League ' advocated a junction of the Chartists with their body . Messrs . Lee , Dick , Straiten and Wheeler opposed it , unless the League would adopt the whole of points laid down in the document called the People ' s Charter . Pa- visioss MR toe Capk —Six hundred bags of biscuits have been shipped in the Tanjore , freightship , from the Royal Clarence Yard , Gosport , for tha use ofthe troops at the Cape . She is to call at Plvmouth for a farther quanlity . _ _

      Rsijoiotis EsTABUSHMKsr . —An Irish Roman Catholic ia iy recently entered a convent with a Mim of rconcv execedina £ 100 , 000 , left hy her father . The aioncv has been laid out as an income for the use of the SL »! ers of Chwity , to be employed in relieving the sick poor , and widows and orphans .

      Discussion Uau,, Shoe Lane.—The Subjf Ct...

      Lj — - ¦ 1 1 trr ^ r T . — , ,, — - & £ lAN ^ rn i ^ RYSTAL PALACE AND ITS CONTENTS .

      One of the first impressions produced by an early and partial view of the interior of the Crystal Palace , is the utter hopelessness of observing , in any length of time , all that is worthy to he noted in the infinite variety of its contents . It is , at the same time , an involuntary and almost irrepressible propensity with some , to plunge at once into tho nearest compartment , and satiate curiosity at least with that—others hastily resolve on rambling down the vast expanse , and pausing only at the objects that seize and detain attention . One of the many busy professional observers has calculated , that thirty visits may enable any one of average faculties to see the whole and everything ! Few might repine at a month ' s confinement within an enclosure of

      such amplitude and airiness . Our ticket requires us to enter through a sort of scarlet-draped sentry box , at the southern entrance , under tbe transept . From the floor or gallery at either end , a more striking first view might be gained , but not a more pleasing one ; for here , beneath a lofty translucent arch , are fountains leaping high— - as if aspiring to a roof that itself aspires to the sky—green leaf y Eng lish elms surrounded by such lesser or rarer trees , as the palm and

      cocoa-nut ; as though the vegetable tribes too had agreed to a reunion—a grove of statues —the silken and plumed canopy beneath which the Queen lately sat , though the extemporised throne has been removed to its place - —and beneath all , gaily intermingling with the tropical plants and sculptured forms and sparkling jets d eau , a crowd of ladies , resting awhile on the benches placed in the central spot for their accommodation . No wonder that the aristocracy feminine has mustered BO numerously—the Queen has been here an hour or two before us—and it is the last of the

      guinea pay days . Recovering from the bewilderment of the entry , we observe on either side of ns a fireeng ine—placed there probably for use in an emergency " too frightful to contemplate ;" bnt one of them , "The Thames , " pretty enough to he exclusively an ornament . We have passed through an elaborately-wrought pair of bronze gates , the work of a London house ; and immediatel y before us is a large stand of exotics . Resisting the temptation to penetrate what must be an endless avenue of oriental booths , transported bodily , like the chapel of Loretto from Damascus or Constantinop le , we look from side to side at sculptured figures , which from their position , must be the work of British artists . And here a word

      preliminary , imaginary companion , anent works of art . We pretend to no critical skill . We love art—as a cockney does the countrywe detest critics and connoisseurs . It is fashionable to despise British artists—it may be just —at all events , we shan't be hindered saying that we admire a figure or group , painted , moulded , or chiselled , if it strikes us as lifelike , as realising a recollection or ideal , from fear that it be the production of an Eng lish or an unknown workman . Well , then—look at that " Girl at the Spring , " that " Eve "—Eve the weak , bending to the serpent that coils up to within earshop—then at that "Eve" the unguarded ; Eve sleeping while the Tempter , not serpent nor toad , but a winged archangel , glorious though fallen ,

      "distils his leprous poison . " Bestow an admiring glance on " Beatrice , " on that vow of " Midsummer night" immortals , Ariel , Oberon , Puck , and Titania—rejoice that Shakespeare was an Englishman—recognise an able statesman in " WeUesley , " and a noble Roman in the " Virginias and Daughter , " than which a grander piece is not often seen . The " Amazon and Argonaut" does not strike you as embodying the haste of sisterly love ,. whatever in it of power . Osier ' s fountain next assures US we can construct these things after all , and the " hydraulic ram" shows that we ought . Behind these are other botanic stands , another fountain , and another magnificent pair of bronzed gates . We have mentioned here—in tbe transept—only what we admired of the statues . Now shall we turn to

      east or west ? Thesiehtof an earnest group attracts us eastward . It is the Koh-i-noor . When we can get 10 it , we find a cage hugely disproportioned to the glass case within , and that again to the object it enshrines . We cannot believe it is the " Mountain of Light . We knew its size , but where the expected radiancy ? The ladies , however , are enraptured with it ; and that they may get nearer , we Step aside to moralize on the two notions sterling it is said to be worth—reduce tho sum into weekly wages and quarters of corn—remember how much the Crystal Palace cost , and calculate comparative values . We should hardly advise you to lose the

      tenor fifteen minutes it will take to get a good sight of tbe Koh i-noor . Keeping eastward , we come to tho shield presented to the Prince of Wales by his godfather , the King of Prussia . Then there are some colossal sculptures and castings — Godfrey de Bouillon , Queen Victoria , and a bronzed lion . But let us enter this tentor chapel . It is built to exhibit a painted window , which deserves a cathedral to itself . Dante is the centre figure , with a face more like that , ofthe man who had been in hell , " than any we have ever seen ; Beatrice and Matilda are on either side , and scenes from the * ' Inferno " above them . How beautiful the forms and colours ! It

      must come from the land of Dante— -yes " Guiseppe Bertini , Milan , " is espied in a corner ; and as we turn to go out , a figure of Radetzsky meets us ! There i » , too , a colossal female fi gure which we at first took for Joan of Arc with a glory round her head , but found it to be an allegory done in stone . Here , too , is the Amazon on horseback , attacked by the tiger—so lifelike tbat you expect to see the uplifted spear descend . Upon the side tables , around the columns divididing the national compartment ? , are collections of that ingenious bijouterie in which our continental nei ghbours excel . Observing several empty platforms , and much work of preparation , we push on to where an

      enormous eagle and starry-striped flag tell us of the American department ; but which , alas ! we find sadly unoccupied . But there is one figure which deserves a large area , though itself of small dimensions—it is Hiram Power ' s "Greek Slave . " A sweet and noble form , truly ! beauty in chains . As we have not looked into one of the side compartments—thirty-six on either hand—appropriated to the forei gners , we will abstain in impartiality from yetlooking into the American , Wecallata stand for fire-arms , and receive the courteous explanation of the gentleman in attendance of what we call " arevolver , " but lie more softly " a repeating pistol "—a murderous tube , verily , with its

      six chambers for as many successive charges . Passing up the left sidcj vjo stumble over French and Spanish cannon , and meet a brilliant set-out of famed Toledo blades . Passing on the right up the nave , we come again to the transept . ¦ The Spitalfields silk trophy—a monster mirror , which , unfortunately from iis " fixing , " makes the pillars of the building look as sticks do under water , bent and crooked—an immense piece of mahogany—the Eldon and Stowell statues—two large models of churches ; and one of Exeter hall p latform on an oratorio night—and a statue of Shakespeare which one feels to be worthy tbe original—we meet as we walk up . There are also some

      mouldings in plaster , and carvings in wood , which , whatever their adaption to their purpose , must be admired for workmanship—the wood-carving as done by machinery—several pieces of sculpture , by Wyatt . and two prismatic tower * . The Coalbrook-Dale iron bower—a lofty and elegant structurestands ahout midway . The nave te-miuates with a model of Liverpool—representing very strikingly itsfive miles of sea wall , its vast and crowded docks , its far-spreading , closely packed streets and squares , the whole supported , appropriately enough , on elep hant ' s backs . Against tbe western wall fs another snirror—the largest sheet of place lass in the world ; reflecting , of course in its

      pog sition , an indescribable scene . We observe that over the divisions on either side of us are theWOl'ds , " Cotton , " " Woollen , " " Furs , " and so on ; we catch sig ht of the north of the carriage-row , and hear from further back tbe rattle of the engines that are now in full play . We know that on the south side are Pug in ' s mediaeval chapel , a sculpture-room , and a host of attractions—but Dent ' s great clock , midway from where we stand , tells that it is six o ' clock , aud the bell begins to warn us out—so quickly have three or four hours gone ! As we come down on the right side , we stop with

      many more at De la Rue ' s elegant display of stationary , and find that an envelope-f-Iding machine is at work . Watching closely the process , we observe that from a packet of re . idy-cut but open envelopes tha machine is "fed , "—it takes- one upon a square bed , from which four metal flaps arise and fold down the four corners of the paper ; they releasing it , a little arm with a soft pad at tbe end advances , dabs on the gum , and retires ; the flaps again close and open ; thefolded envelope is taken out by a descending instrument , and slid off to its proper pack-and all in , literall y , a moment J for sixty aro thus executed m a minute .

      Discussion Uau,, Shoe Lane.—The Subjf Ct...

      Sermons A * Ex * .. . „ * w « -On Sunday last the two first of a series w . ° . f „ « for ihe Sabbathday commenced at Exetef rn , ' , V- The powerful organ of the establishment was used for the occasion , and the hallwas crowded in every part . The NnP ^ h 0 f - ? L nwas Preaclj e < J by the Rev . Baptist were alio Am 0 mn - ' hTthe Srst «»« . ™ hor 8 mPntfifn , u ^ , nt 0 the Exhibition , on pay-SoB f thBm „?« , d 09 r , A mm body of police of enS ann . K ° U 8 l , 0 Ut the *?* but the ™ ** ' v e nted " hPLn 5-the Vast , , , eB 8 cf the building , preno ueriod ? M"V * ^ Unanticipated . * At venientlvVll l ^ \ tl ) e Exhibition incon-Ss holt ' a hDUgh , D addition t 0 tfae season here werl t Wh ° mu 8 tered in strong numbers , there were thousands of Ss . visitors . The great ^^ " / f'ractioii through out the dav annearfdf 5

      PrPn 7 h nZ „ " n 00 Si , amond the fo « ntains , the great fo « hern 111 ™* ^\ ref hmcntroom 8 ' Sti » ^ arffiHed iS "' 68 ° f th ( J t 0 rtk * half ° f the ^^ Zln ^ h , enters and packing cases ; and ffi ! ! ^ French and olher P » rt « t ?/^!? . m , ) aSta t 0 freadines 8 - An officii ! order was por ted throughout the building , to the effect that e h . b . tor 6 would be allowed to complete their fittings during the day ; but that any workman who was found not doing his work in the building , would be at once expelled . Some decisive step is obviously necessary to counteract the listlessness of the foreign workmen . °

      On Tuesday a large number of visitors were present in the Glass Palace , and it is said that upwards of 8 , 000 of them belonged to the class who paid uvo shillings each at the gates for their admission . An equal number of visitors , it is stated , paid m the . same way on tbe previous day , and if these assertions aie to be relied upon , the two first days of what may be called the " public exhibition " ( as distinguished from tbe admission of thewealth nnA ' V ticket holl'ers ) must have produced £ 4 , 000 , a noble addition to the funds , and ono that betokens a speedy liquidation of any liabilities that may have been hanging over the Crystal Palace . It is no less satisfactory to know that every visitor seems gratified , to his heart ' s content by an inspection of the wonderful collection wbich the industry of the world has called together in Hyde Park .

      W \Iw( Ftmuttrnttttft. Drtjr "F" Lake. O...

      W \ iW ( ftmuttrnttttft . drtjr "F " lake . On Tuesday evening last the School for Scandal was performed at this theatre . Tlie principal novelty in its production was the part of Sir Peter Teazle , which was performed b y Mr . Ranger , an actor , who , a year or two back , played French parts at the Haymarket Theatre . His impersonation of the character was very successful , as was frequentl y testified by the applause of a numerous audience . Mr . Anderson , in the character ¦ of Charles Surface , displayed hivwsunlability , and his acting was . iiglit and graceful . The entire strength of the company was thrown into the cast ,

      including Mrs , fflisbett , who never played with greater gaiety and spirit . The performance concludedwith apantomime , called Harlequin and Good tyieenBeSS . Tlie plot is founded on the loves of Leicester and Amy Robsart , from Sir Walter Scott ' s Kenihvorth . The opening conveys a pointed satire on the departure of Poor Tragedy—who meets with no clemency from the boards of Old Drury . Tho ghosts of all the departed pantomimes , are summoned by the spirit of John Rich , and each contributes something for the new pantomime . The want of taste for the legitimate drama cannot be charged to the public ( Sadler ' s Wells to wit ) , but to the aristocracy , who obstinately withhold their patronage from the Royal Theatre . Pun , however , is the object sought after , and found in the new pantomime , which is produced

      on a scale of surpassing splendour , and which gave evident satisfaction to the audience . The Messrs . Lauri's were Harlequin , Sprite , and Pantaloon , and Mr . J . Doughty , Clown ; Madlle . P ; ilser is a li ght and graceful Columbine , and her pas were deservedly applauded . The grand operative spectacle of Azael was repeated on Wednesday night for the fifty-seventh time , when the principal character ( Azacl ) was represented by Miss P . Horton . The reception of this acknowledged favourite was most enthusiastic . Her graceful figure and acting gave a reality to the part , and she introduced several of Auber ' s original airs . . This piece continues to be as attractive as ever , and the repeated plaudits reminded us of the first night of its representation . At the conclusion , Mi * 8 P . Horton came . before tho curtain at tho request of the audience . The house was well attended .

      Olympic Theatre. Scribe' S New ' Comedy,...

      OLYMPIC THEATRE . Scribe ' s new comedy , La Bataille de Barnes , was produced at the Olympic on Wednesday evening in an English dress underthe titlepf 2 heLadies' Batth . The title , both in the original aud the translation , is far from happy , as it gives no idea whatever of the subject of the play ; but the play itself is deli ghtful , and loses very little , either by the English translation or by the manner in which it is represented by the English actors . Henri de Flavigneul , a gallant young officer of the empire , having , after the Bourbon restoration , been accused of a lluanapartist consp ' racy and condemned to death , has escaped from prison , and is concealed in the chateau of a relative , the Countess d'Autreval , in the disguise of a groom . Tbe Countess , a young and handsome widow , and her niece Leonie , both Jove Henri ; and the principal incidents are the efforts of the ladies to baffle the search of tile PrftftCt , Who with a

      parly of gendarmes , has arrived to arrest him , and the generosiiy ofthe elder lady in sacrificing her own attachment to the happiness of her young nhve . The spirit of the original is admirably preserved in the translation ; and the piece is got up and acted in a manner which would suffer no disparagement ftom a comparison with the Parisian sta ^ e . Mrs . Stirling was charming as the Countess , and Miss Louisa Howard made ihe innocent naivete of Leonie exceedingly pleasing and interesting . Mr . W . Farren , Jan ., who is raphily improving in his profession , personated the young officer with manly gaiety ; and Mr . Leigh Murray , in the most difficult part of the piece , De Grignon , in whose character the whimsical combination of a really brave heart with constitutional timidity is represented with such consummate art by Regnier , achieved a complete triumph . The play was received with the wannest app lause , and cannot fail to be permanently attractive .

      Queen's Theatre. This Is The Third Week ...

      QUEEN'S THEATRE . This is the third week of a new p iece , entitled Plunder Creek , a nautical nielo-drama from the prolific pen of C . S . Junes , Esq . The plot is full of interest , the scenery excellent ,. and the piece is " well got up . " Tbe dialogue is also good , but we think some liberties were taken with the author , and nonsense rendered which he would not write . " Let not your clowns speak more than is sot down . " Mr . E . Green performed with his usual energy , and was " every inch a sailor . " Tho acting of Mr . Harry Chester , from the Liverpool Theatre , and also of Mr : J . Simpson , was deservedly applauded ; their services will he a great acquisition to the company . The Rcld of Forty Footsteps , closed the evening ' s- entertainments , which gave general satisfaction .

      ROYAL POLYTECHNIC There has lately been deposited in this establishment a very valuable machine for making nets , and is the invention of Mr ; William Mullen , United States , which accomplishes a measure until ! lately deemed impossible , namely , tying a knot iu the centre of two straight cords ; and the knot formed by this arrangement , strange to say , is the same precisely as that made by the fisherman , in which the needle is passed completely through the mesh . We understand that by this contrivance nets of all kinds may be produced at a merely nominal advance upon the raw material , as at present procured .

      Surbei Zoomoical GinnBss . —Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather , which bore a much stronger resemblance to November'than to May , this old-establishf d place of amusement had a very auspicious opening on Monday evening . The lessee , falling into the prevailing idea of tho unity of nations , to which tbe inauguration of the Palace of Industry has given rise , treated his patrons with a grand series of allegorical tableaux-contrasting in pictorial illustration the horrors of war with the manifold blessings of peace . On the borders of the lake which baa successively washed the walls of so many famous cities , ancient and modern , rises the portico of . the Temple of Janusa fanciful and highly

      , ornate architectural study , and on the brazen gates being opened , a revolving panorama is seen , on which the horrors of " gtim-maged war ! ' are depicted with great force and truth of colouring . Towns are seen in flames , fugitives hurrying away on horseback and a-foot , with all the other incidents which form the inevitable sequence to the " pride , pomp , and circumstance " of military glory . When the spectators are sufficiently convinced of the im « morality of bellicose propensities , the Angel of Peace appears aloft , the gates of the temple are closed , and the second tableau . appears with Queen

      Victoria and Prince Albert presiding over the peaceful congress of tbe nations , and surrounded by various type figures representing the industry of the world . The climax is capped . by a brilliant display of fireworks , in which the Caducens figure prominently , and the audience is sent home at a high ternperature of loyal and peaceable enthusiasm . TI 13 music at present is entrusted to Mr . Godfrey , but on the 19 th Jullian assumes the baton , bringing with him , it is said , a repertoire crammed with novelties . It would be injustice to an artist who is invariably successful in catering for the visual amusement of the public if we did not mention that the whole of the pictures are the work of Mr . George Danson .

      Queen's Theatre. This Is The Third Week ...

      NATIONAL ASSOCIATE * ° ^ UNITED TRADES . " T . S . Buncombe , Esq ., M . P ., President , Established 1845 . " mi fosiiiu . " "If it were possible for the working classes , by combiuuu ; among themselves , to raise , or keep up the general rate of wages , it need hardly be said that this would be a thing not to be punished , but to be welcomed and rejoiced at fixuAKT Mill .

      The Central Committee of the National Association of United Trades , in conjunction with a few ri ght-minded working men forming the Central Defence Committee , are engager ? night and day in conveying to the trades of the metropolis , and the leading provincial towns , a thoroug h knowled ge of the merits of the . issue between capital and labour , which will have to be tried at the forthcoming summer assizes for Staffordshire , with all the forensic pomp aud circumstances which a powerful joint stock league of capital can command . In whatever state of

      preparedness we may find ourselves when the dav ot trial arrives , we shall have serious and almost insurmountable difficulties to contend with . We shall have to accept a decision upon the question ofthe ri ght of industrial combination from twelve men selected from the class of our persecutors ; and as such , predisposed b y education and position , to consider tho very name of trades union as synonymous with spoliation and violence . Upon the minds of a jury thus constituted , will be brought to bear all the art , the

      acumen and practised eloquence of the most experienced and popular members of the bar , grown ^ eminent and grey in a long life ' s stud y * of tho science of making the worse appear the better reason ; and to all this may be added the very possible contingency of a presiding jud ge , so deepl y imbued With similar prejudices as to make him forget the impracticability of tho judicial office , in his eagerness to destroy what he may term a most dangerous and detestable confederacy . Such a concurrence of circumstanaes is much

      more than a possibility—they are a very imminent probability . To our persecutors , panop lied behind this powerful array of law and prejudice , we must present the same uncompromising resistance we have hitherto so successfull y done . Our condemnation , with its worst possible . consequences , wonld be by us more acceptable , as it would bo more honourable , than an acquital obtained by a surrender expressed or implied of one jot of our principles . Our deliverance must bo an undisputed triumph of ri ght over might—a full and comp lete vindication of the ri ghts of British industry , as recognised by the statute law of

      the land . We plead guilty to the charge of combination ; but there is no such offence known to British law . To the charge of conspiracy we give an emp hatic denial , impl ying as it does a criminal combination to do unjustl y to the prosecutors . We have never sought to do , nor have we done any act of injustice to the Wolverhampton masters ; we have hat endeavoured to compel them to cease their acts of injustice to the workmen in their emp loyment , and in all we have done , we believe we are legall y ri ght—we know we are morally so . But as the race is not always to the swift , nor . the battle to the strong ,

      neither is justice always concomitant with law . To meet , therefore , with the sli ghtest chance of success this Wolverhampton capitalist consp iracy against our ri g hts and liberties , it is essential that we meet their legal array with one equall y talented and commanding . To enable us to do this , we have felt ourselves justifyed in appealing to pur fellow workmen throug hout the country , and proud are we to acknowledge that , with a few exceptionsour appeal , wherever we have yet had an opportunity of bringing it under their notice , h a ve called forth the deepest sympathy and a very general promise of support , from all classes of working

      men . Indeed so kind and generous has been the reception we have met with , that two solitary exceptions , so little creditable to the intelligence of the house painters of London , scarcel y deserve notice . One of these bodies informed the deputation that they were a legall y enrolled Benefit Societ y , and had no sympathy with strikes , or those who violated the law , and the onl y answer they could g ive to a request to hear a deputation was , a vollev of loud derisive laughter . In the other instance , the deputation was informed b y a

      supercilious little secretary of the aristocracy ofthe paint pot , that they never entertained any subject of the sort , nor interfered iu any matter out of their own circle ; and , of course , even a hearing was refused to tho deputation . Poor fellows ! we cannot but wonder at their intense selfishness , aud sympathise with their excessive i gnorance . We had not supposed it possible that any bod y of working men existed iu this metropolis , who had not yet learned the duty of treating those with whom they may even differ , with courtesy and civility .

      We regret that the time which is available to us between this and the trial , will not allow us an opportunity of personall y visiting even the Metropolitan Trades in their numerous and extended ramifications . We , therefore , hope our members and friends , and all , In fact , who are desirous of maintaining intact the sacred rig ht of combination , will afford us tho benefit of their co-operation to enable ns to overcome this attack upon a princi ple as valuable to them as us . We acknowledge , with sincere thanks , liberal contributions from the Boiler Makers of Leeds , who have also signified their adhesion to the National Association ; also from the G-lass-hlowers of Rotheram , and the Bobbin Turners of Westmoreland .

      We have also received information of an extensive , meeting of delegates of the Trades of Birmingham , and information of an auxiliary Defence Committee , who have fixed their weekl y meetings ' for Wednesday , at the Britannia , Bircball-street , We have at all times defended the principles of tho 'National Association as being strictly within the spirit and letter of the law . Wo have , upon more than one occasion , quoted the high legal opinions of Mr . Knowlea and the present Lord Cranworth , in support of the strict legality of our institution , and we . have now through the favour of Mr . Allen , ' the secretary of the Amalgamated

      Society of Engineers , Machinists , Smi t hs , Millwrights , & c . j the satisfaction of presenting to our members turtherhigh , and undoubtedly very hi gh legal , corroboration of our legality .. The Amalgamated EngineeraV Society , in addition to arrangements for relieving their aick , maimed and unemployed members , have a machinery precisely similar to the National Association , for affording advice and assistance from the General Fund of the society , to their members thrown out of work by resisting reductions in their wages , . or other en . croachments upon their rights as working men , Some doubts having been entertained upon the legality of ; tbeir proceedings , a case was prepared for counsel's opinion .

      We present the case and opinion for tho information and instruction of our members . The question has arisen whether the members of the above-mentioned society are liable to any prosecution or indictment , for conspiracy or illegal and malicious combination , whether actively engaged or not . Connsel ' s attention is particularly directed to the 22 nd and 23 rd rules , which entitle a committee to advise and persuade any member who may apply to them for advice , to resist any encroachment attempted upon either his or their

      wages , or hours of labour ;; and if either he or they are discharged in consequence of following the advice g iven , the committee have power to place them on the funds of the society , as recip ients of 15 s . per week . Counsel ' s attention is then called to a report ofthe case of tho Queen on the prosecution of Jones and Potts against Selsby and others , and to the summing up of Baron Rolfe ( now Lord Cranworth ) clearly in favonr ofthe defendants , and then thejwhole of thepoiuts aro summed up in the following' - 0 CASE .

      Is it legal for men to comoine to resist reduction of wages , increased hours of labour , or other encroachments on their interests , and to persuade others to act with them , provided that neither violence to persons or property , th reats , intimidation , or molestation is wed tr intended t

      Queen's Theatre. This Is The Third Week ...

      ' . "' hether the Bides of the Society are framed accor » " - -nrticulatly the Rules 22 and 23 mid as £ & i & . y * . £ - ** 7 * - » uS >'"'« » , « icitr any , and what liabilities , -

      ANSWER . We ait " ° f ° Pmion , first , that it is legal for men combine , to . * en 3 t reduction of wages , increased hours of labour , or c . e > ieroac / iments on their interests , and to persuade i ,. ' to actwith them , providing there is no violen ce done . P ? * ons or property , and the parlies avoid all titreats ' , ™ 'i nidation , and molestation tvltatioever . — Vide sec . 4 , , / ° co ., 4 cap 120 . Second /}/ , we think 22 a . * 2 S might have been framed with greater certainty ; *' > n oi «* tfatandinq , wc arc of opinion that they are n ° t o ^ jectionobie in ¦ point of laic- , and the members of t . 'C society will not incur any penalties in conforming to tiiem , regard being always had to the law , as pointea 0 llt b y us in answer to the first query . ' A . E . CocKBftfV , Altornetj-tyncral . Samuel Joicb , Barrister-at-i . iw . Temple , April 8 tL

      Wo hopo never agftln te hears doubt expresM ? as to the legal right of combination , and wc trus'S ^ the members of the National Association will seriously reflect upon the invaluable ciiaracier . of this privilege , so indisputably secured to t ' aetn by lawa privilege unknown and unpossessed , to the sameextent , in any other nsitioa of the civilised globe ; and if b y them properly appreciated and' wisely applied , an all-powerful lever to lift them from degradation to h appiness . It is true the law , evsr palous of the liberties vouchsafed' to the people , has hedged it round so closely and carefully , t-fi .-tt its application requires much iudament and

      forbearance ; and it behoves the ise-mhcra of Trades " Unions to be excessively cautious how any ' ; icfc of indiscretion on tbeir part jeopardises , not only their own liberties , and of their oIBcpts , but may lead eventually to a total deprivation of so valuable a privilege . It is unlawful to threaten , intimidate , or molest another . See how indeffiaitc is tie word molest in its si gnification ! We scarcely know of another word in the language so capable of being stretched b y U-gai ingenuity to any conceivable extent . We are ignorant of its precise legal meaning , bat Walker defuses it , To molest , to disturb , to trouble , to vex j and Molestation , disturbance , uneasiness caused by vexation .

      It will be thus seen that to carry out the ri ght Of combination legally , the utmost vigilance and circumspection . are necessary , and in all trades' combination the strictest discipline is essential to avoid these legal pit-f » lls , and hair-breath preci pices , We still believe we have kept within tho law , and tbat we shall obtain a triumphant acquittal . William Peel , Secretary . 259 , Tottenham-court-ioad .

      The Sailors' Strike. A Public Meeting Wa...

      THE SAILORS' STRIKE . A public meeting was held on-Monday last at the Masonic Hall , Great Yarmouth , for the purpose of stating their grievances relative to the " Register Ticket System , " " The Merchant Seaman ' s Fund , or Muster Roll Law , " and for obtaining an abolition of "The Mercantile Marine Act . " Several tradesmen , mechanics , and others , attended , the meeting , which nurobored some 500 or COO persons . On the motionjof Mr . Rotai ,, seconded by Mr . DAVfiy , Air . J . D . Chapman , linen draper , was re ~ quested to take the chair . That gentleman having explained tho object of the meeting ,

      Mr . Bristow , the Chairman of the Yarmouth Seamen ' s Friendl Association , and who had lately attended a meeting at Manchester of delegates from the various seaports in Great Britain , stated to the meeting what had taken place at that Conference , and also read an " Address to tho People o £ Groat Britain , " on the causes and effects of the present agitation and grievances of " the seamen , " which had been prepared by the delegates at such Conference ; after which Mr . Joseph Suoo , a member of the London Seaman ' s Association , moved , and Mr . Benjamin Bristow , seconded , the first resolution , » s follows : —

      " That this meeting views with the deepest regret that the various petitions which have already been sent to both House of Parliament , embodying their grievances , have altogether failed in procuring tho desired effect ; they have therefore , for the last time , drawn up petitions to be signed by this meeting , and all other of the working classes , stating ! heir belief that the present government's care of the seamen , and the working classes of Great Britain , is nothing more than a pretext to continue their arbitrary and unjust tax on the mariner and working classes of the community throughout the British empire , and that such petitions , when signed , he presented to both Rouses of Parliament . "

      Mr . W . E . Davey moved , and Mr . Joiik Ames seconded , - the next resolution , namely , — "That a memorial to her most gracious Majesty be forthwith drawn up , by a committee hereafter to be appointed—such memorial , after approval , to be signed by the chairman on behalf of tho present meeting , respectfully requesting her Majesty , by an order in Council , to suspend the operation of tha Mercantile Marine Act , and to call evidence to the bar cf the House of Commons , for the purpose of showing the unjustness , as also the inutility , of laws foreign to the interest of British seamen . " Mr . John Blow , in introducing the third resolution , said , that it was the duty of all classes to support the seamen in petitioning for the redress of

      their grievance ? , and , after somewhat strongly : inimadverting on the unjustness of the Mercantile Marine Act , showed that it had its ori gin in the fruitful source of injustice—class legislation . Mr . Blow then moved the following resolution , which was seconded by Mr . W . Norton : — " That the whole of the working classes , as well as seamen , greatl y feeling the injuries that all seaport towns experience from the obnoxious Mercantile Mai'ino Act , as also the many privations that tradesmen are suffering therefrom , they are , therefore , determined to assist to tho utmost of their power the present attempt towards obtaining the total abolition of those unjust laws . " Mr . Rotal , in moving the fourth resolution ,

      observed , that it was the duty and interest of all the working classes to assiu and support tho seamen in their agitation for the repeal of the Mercantile Marino Act . lie also showed the injustice of abstracting large sums from the wages of the seamen , under the plea of establishing a fund known as the Merchants Seamens ' Fund , or Muster Roil , from which they receive little or no benefit . He stated that the chief object of the government in requiring the registry of seamen was , to ascertain what force they could command to go to war with other nations to support tyranny in other countries which they wei e not able to support themsel vi s . Mr . Royal then called upon the meeting t- enter into a subscription ; and likewise suggested that a Committee ofthe inhabitants should be formed to raise funds to assist the seamen in their agitation

      towards obtaining a redress of their grievances . Mr . Royal then moved the following resolution , which was seconded by Mr . John Waro : — "That this meeting pledges its support to the seamen in the agitation for the repeal of the Mercantile Marine Act , as also to promotethe accomplishment thereof , by contributing every pecuniary assistance in their power towards obtaining that object . " Mr . J . Cutts moved , and Mr . J . Smith seconded ; "That the foregoing resolutions be adopted forthwith , and that a delegate be appointed to carry and introduce them to the General Conference , to be held at Sheffield on the first Tuesday in the month of June next , and that tbe Chairman of tho meeting do give his signature to the same , to be laid before the sitting members at the above Conferenoo intended to take place at Sheffield . "

      The above resolutions having been respectively put to the meeting by the Chairman , the same wsra unanimously agreed upon ; after which Mr . Qiuni . ES , as an honorary member of the Seamens' Friendly Association , moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman ' , for the able and efficient discharge of his duties at tbat meeting , , which having been seconded , The Cuajbman acknowledged the compliment paid hiif , expressed himself in strong terms on the

      injustice of tlie Mercantile Marine laws , whii-h was of no benefit to the shipowner , master , or mariner ; but , on the contrary , would cause great litigation between master and seaman , and earnestly solicited his fellow townsmen—by peaceable , but persevering exertions—to assist in carrying out the foregoing resolutions . Did it not appear monstrous that masters and seamen are compelled to pay largely to the Mariners' Fund , having no control over the expenditure , the income of which exceeded £ 10000 per month ?

      , A Committee having been formed for the . purposesugsested by Mr . Royal , various contributions were received , and tbe meeting separated .

      Footiibb Extension Op The County Courts ...

      Footiibb Extension op the County Courts t-On Wednesday Lord Brougham ' s bill , which has passed the House of Lords , and is waiting for second reading -in the House of Commons , was printed as altered Van 0 n . alterations have been made in the bill , tho last of which appears to be £ T „ T n . of a c ! f * l , ich would I *™ « S » Sd the Lord Chancellor to appoint ten ; additional iWSTri " - By tl " 9 biU th « SSTS tho Court of Chancery may direct certain accounts » . equity to be taken by the Count y Court judges , and in i nquines they are to have the same power as aufanu Chancery The public rtfte benefited by having such matters taken in open court . 1 here are several provisions to carry out tbe intention ot tho legislature in the transfer ofthe equity proceedings . In future on summonses from County Courts an indorsement is to be made of the debt

      ano costs , and if paid within fen days all further proceedings will be stayed . No cause is to be set down unless a defendant is duly served . A nativb of India has just translated tbe tra ^ tqy f Othello into Bengalee . Othello ' s Cognomen W the Oriental version is Moor Bahadooft

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 10, 1851, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_10051851/page/5/