The Express.
London, England, 1865-08-29 00:00:00

Mit POTTER AND THE TRADES UNIONS.

The awing delegate meeting of the trades 01
Loodon wee held last evening at the Bell Inn, Old Bailey ;
Mr. MMus= (of the Carpenter.' Society) is the chair.
There was a larim atteedanon
The report stated that the directory debt had been paid
off, and the calmed now stood without any encumbrance to
embarrass their future sotto... The efforts of the council,
in sroojitection with the councils of Glasgow, Sheffield, and
other towns, foe the repeal of the penal clauses in the
Muter. and Workmen Act, were now in a fair way a
proving *fleetly*. The question of establishing conailatkin
and arbitration courts was considered to be one of great
importance, and it was essential that every trade should
seriously welder the whole question, sod oppoint &delegate
who would be at his poet when called upon to discuss and
to determine us to the course to be taken to bring
it to a setisfeeiory adjustaient. fa reference to strikes
and lookouts, the council strongly urged the ne-
cessity of a geoeral meeting of the reprseent.tives of
the trades to determine the mode in which the difficulties of
such emergencies should be met, and to effect this object
each society should appoint a delegate for twelve months,
to attend to the duties of delegate meetings promptly when
called upon. As regarded the Staffordshire strike, the
council could not refrain from stating their convicting that
the terms for arbitration offered by the Eirl of Lichfield
and atiospied by lb. masters bad been rejected by the men
in consequence of the glowing promieesot support held out
to them night alter night at the irresponsible meetings con.
veiled by Mr. Potter.
Mr. Alum, secretary of Amalgamated Engineers, moved
the adoption of the report, which was wooded by Mr.
PALMXII.
Mr. Lavre (fieetetv of Painters) moved as an amendment,
that the portion of the report which impugned the conduct
of Mr. Potter be omitted.
This baying been supported by several speakers,
Mr. Ponca himself said he believed there were honest
men In the room, but they had been brought for a purpose.
(Great interruption.) He asserted that the meetings held
la Bonverientreet bad resuscitated the Trades Council.
(Disorder.) A proof of the unpleasant position of the
cooped lay in the feet that the last meeting of its members
wise UM privately, is a room of the tavern is which they
were Dow amembled. He denied haring convened the meet-
ing referred to, and he thought it was unfair of the trades
to condemn him for an act which he never
committed. He asserted the report wee false
I. it. contents. He never received a peony for
his services on the occasion of the strike in the iron trade.
Whatever bad beep the diameter of the meet legs to which
the term "irresponsible" had been need, there could be
no doubt that they had proved a grand success. Toe meet-
ings of the council only consisted of threw mod fours. He
begged of the meeting to expunge the paragraph refieotiog
no him, and he had no doubt that the idea conceived was
for crushing him.
After • most excited diseussioe the amendment wee put
and negatived, when the motion for the adoption of the
=pad wee carded.

ROYAL NAVAL RESZETW—Mr. James Teulon has
been appointed lieutment.
GALLANT CONDI:ICI OF A YOUTH. —On Saturday,
yonon, as tbe visitors at Whiteman were betides, a
uog lady, namei Landon, had a very narrow emape from
befog drowned. She ventured beyond the usual limits, and
was elorrhd out by the receding tide • but a youth nomad
W. Nicholson', au &headset upon the Lathing macbioes, cie
hearing the alarm, at mos dashed into the sea on horn-
book. The lady was being rapidly carried oat to we but
the daring youth pushed hie horse to the moms. For
few minutes nothing could be seen but the head of the
home and foes of the boy. After swimming some dingoes,
be saw the body of the lady, end seizing her by her hair, ,
drew her to the shore, where iromediste.sesistmee was res.
deed. Site wee removed to a house near the beach, and
otter Wee hewn wasteitored to eonicionsoess, mid re sow
quite recovered. Thom who saw tee aceideet all my that
smarter or more aellsot act has been seldom ems, sod (or
the credit of humanity It should have honourable mention.
—Northers-Daily Dzprese.
SOLWAY JUSCTION RAILWAY. -- The half-yearly
Tau Pori-orrice.—Savings banks will be opened meta( of the rhombolders was held at Aucan 00 B,turday;
en Friday. the tat of September. at the undwzroettionod Poet- it,, A. Breeden is the chair. The channel), is :nosing
*doss :—Keglsed : Leadenhall-street, EC.: 177, New the adoption of the report, described the arrangements
Cross-road. S.E. • Pop !pr, High-Moen, E. St. Game's- tbat bad been made for the prossoation of the works on the
Wows. N w• ; Brompirli, Sheffield; ("MO.'S' line, which, if the weather moved lair, sad DO ugh:
two ye west's
road, Sheffield ; Wicker, Sheffield. Ireland : Kentaro- arsonists:Joe occurred, would be completed tothe ars
ham, Dublin. Os the lit of September, and thenceforward, epeodied by the directors. One strong feature of the noder-
mosey orders will be hailed at all moony order offices is taking wee abet whoa it was completed there was a toad%
the Hated Kingdom nu the office at Constantisople, at of 2011,000 toes per annum reedy to some upon it. Their
OMB MSG ratceof chugs and coder the same readmit's' ban wont. enlace the arisen mar which that hags had
es those already is force with respect to Gibraltar and to ward, la one rose 22 mine, sad is moths:cam 17 miles.
Malts. Nosey orders will also be issued at Constantinople There was so reams why that traffic should not pass over •
en al massy-ceder officer la the United Kingdom- Bad- the lire from the first day of Its systems. The stomp:row
lend :
_Moesporder offices will be opened= the same &kw firsta ot the West Commissioned lime by the greet com-
ic Lando% and the suburbs at Bishop's•rood, Victoria.pMiiima.rrany 'Jai she &Lys, Jagctioa but
NAL ; Dextemstrest, Iftle-wed New-tows, N.B.► the directs's would torsi wet" the program tbe
street, E.O. ; Osateebery.4o4 Melds-hill. W. • 041 premed bills through lir. :met DNS, vies.Harbourdane. Camberwell, S. ; noway-rhaji. • leitstieh. ihalowne of the eoseperry, aseeerbd the adoption el the
tows-red (No, 149), N.W. ; Slarelreet, Walibametew. report. He maid the veers! work,
thought the Modest
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lawn A Watley-order oleos will be °pelted at the owe date toss agreed go. mid otherferual bushier leiveng been tram.
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