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THE ENGINEERS' STRIKE.
THE OPERATIVES.—(THIS.DAY.)
meeting of the operative engineers of the
metropolis very
sG largew OE
as held this afternoon in St. Martin's Hall,
for the purpose of passing resolutions to strengthen the
position of the men. The chair was taken at one o'clock
precisely by Mr. Thomas Crowmart, a member of the
executive council, supported by Viscount Goderich,
lier St. Andre.
Thomas Hughes, Esq., A. Long, Esq. and the Cheva-
,

The CHAIRMAN said he was a hard-fisted working-
man, and had hitherto found little opportunities to
render himself capable of addressing a meeting like this.
—(Hear, hear.) His heart, however, was in the cause
creatures sincerely resist such no man who wished to
they had mot to support. It was to alleviate the con-
dition of the mechanic, and mitigate the sufferings of the
advanceindigent;his
fellowh e
ea
wasr confident
could .
Ile concluded a
harinefobalnedmsionivepmleenatd.—dr(eHsseahry,
rhegenarn.e)ting
the
meeting
to
aobfaseirrvheeaorridnegr._(inirtis proceedings,
e
a rMr. USHER moved the first resolution, and said the
men were deeply grieved at being once more compelled
to appeal to the sympathies of the public.—(Hear, hear.)
It was not proper, however, that might should triumph
over right, and they had, therefore, no
alternative but to
l ear .) and to give every one
assemble in public meeting like this.—(gear, hear.)
When they last came before the public Some regret was
expressed that the men were unsupported by any
of the masters, but that source of regret did
not prevail on the present occasion, for he
ggle.
had— at length (Hear.) He was
was happy to say some of the masters, who agreed with
them that their demands were just, had come forward to
gladassist
mechanicalt through the t h
engineers
deter-
mined to do for themselves what hitherto they had done
for a few individuals. There was plenty of work in the
country, and the men were prepared to undertake it.—
(Hear, hear.) They bad' no desire to work from
six o'clock in the morning until ten at night,
stru
as the present system rt spired, at the expense
of two-thirds of their own body, who were
forced to eat the bread of idleness, but they wanted to do
a fair day's work for a fair day's wages, and have the
work so distributed that every one should have his fair
share.—(Hear, hear.) Ile was happy to tell the meeting
that the majority of the labouring class sympathized
with this great movement, and some trades had already
agreed to sacrifice a day's pay a week to assist those who
should be thrown upon the world for support by the
unjust step which the masters had taken.—(Hear, hear.)
It was pleasing, however, to think that the men occu-
pied as strong a position as the masters, and the hard-
working portion of the public might rely upon it that the
men would struggle against the oppression of their em-
ployers to the very last.—(Hear, hear.) He concluded
by moving the following resolution:—" That many of
the employers of London and Lancashire having closed
their workshops, this meeting is of opinion that their
conduct is unjust and particularly oppressive to non-
members and labourers, and pledges itself to use every
exertion in obtaining subscriptions in behalf of all who
are thrown out of employment."—(Cheers.)
Mr. JAMES POTTS seconded the resolution, and told
the meeting that they had arrived at the period when
the great question, whether the operative should be
the slave of capital or an independent member of society,
would have to be definitively decided.—(Clear, hear.)
For his part, he had faith in the justice of the struggle,
and he was satisfied that the question would be even-
tually dc,:ided in their favour.— (dear, hear.)
'rho resolution was supported by other working men,
and afterwards put to the vote and carried by accla-
mation.

It was then moved and seconded, and afterwards
adopted by tho meeting, that " as a means of removing
the evils which beset tho condition of working men, in
eo
relation to the unjust conduct of employers, we recom-
mend operative
Comm
principle
oif
mPi
eYn mc
commenced t bon athe workmen
co-operative
basis ; and this meeting is of opinion that workshops
thud theb immediatelye
themselves, in order that the business of the country
may be proceeded with."
This concluded the business of the day; and a vote of
thanks having been passed to the chairman, the meet-
ing, which was densely crowded throughout, quietly
broke up.

THE NEW GOV.ERNOR OF TIIE CAPE.
The successor of Sir Harry Smith in the
(From the Times.)
command of the Cape has been named, and is just upon
the eve of departure for the seat of war. It is Major-
General the lion. George Cathcart, who has been re-
moved from the Deputy-Lieutenancy of the Tower of
London, and is appointed to replace Sir Harry Smith in
Kafraria. The selection, we trust, important
may prove a fortu-
nate one, although there is little in General Cathcart's
antecedents which would seem to mark him out as the
most competent person to fill such a post. We find by
the Army List that he entered the service in May, 1810,
and h
age. Thus far all is well. General Cathcart may fairly
ho asaumed to be in possession of full mental vigour
sad bodily W
peo bwe e' something less than sixty years of
abstract of his services which the Army List supplies,
le ire.
But when we come to turn top he brief
the account epeears somewhat bald and unsatisfac-
tory, with reference to his present appointment.
One might naturally have expected that an officer of
considerable experience in the peculiar species of
warfare Prac:i,ied at the
appointed to the command. The little service that
General Cathcart ever witnessed—about forty years
ago--was entirely involved in military operations on the
largest
paigns to have acted in any other capacity
Cap© would have been
scale. Nor does he appear throughout his
acsaamstaff-officer. In the years 1813-14 Licutcnent
acted AS Aide-de-
Camp to his father, Lord Cathcart, who was present
with the allied armies as a kind of English Commissary.
Ctbtraaitenhfcart, then a very young man,
antzen, Dresden,
Leipsic,
in 1813; and throughout the advance into France, in
He was present at Lutzen, B
the early part of 1314. In 1815 Lieutenant Cathcart
acted as Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Wellington, and
Quatre Bras and Waterloo.
All the military- operations named were, of course, on
the most gigantic scale, ,'. but what instruction could
they afford in the art of bUen-fi-
ghtiog at the Cape?
We can readily conceive that some of our Indian officers
witnessed the battles of
Sveosuthern Africa. The case
go one, considering the mag-
sfkoiurmndishtheesmosfel
seems very different with a Young staff-officer of the
comparatively at home in
great German campaign of 1813. We cannot but notice
nitade of the interests involved, and
themig 'lath havearp
the comparative
disgrace to the British arms which so far has been the
result of the operations.
the appointment as a strange

been superseded
(From the Daily News.)
If the Sunday medium of Government .
rectly instructed—Sir Harry Smith bugossip be nor-
in the government of the Cape of Good Rope by Ma'or-
the Cape, no
General George Cathcart. That the time
hadcomeifor
tho withdrawal of Sir Harry Smith froua
a Permanent peace.
one can doubt. He had in the beginning of his admit
hastily patched up One liafir war without
having gained any security against the recurren eof
another; ho had been deluded into the belief that hie!' ill-
arranged truce was in reality
Whilst his old enemies wore but recruiting,
no unprehension.
giving them fresh grievances to revenge.
erect attempt to degrade the principal Birychhisiheefisn,wdihas:
rashly threat-
was precipitating those hostilities of whieh
ho was as-
suring the Imperial Government he had
vouchsafed to his
And in the conduct of the war ho had suffered a succes-
sion
dotof reversunfor-
tunateesexterminate
at t
the
ey
handbloom.s
of
s Nor,avag e whilstsh©
more sucees-
ful in the internal administration of the colony. For in
the
governmentinterval
a constitution
by foolishly pressing
_,n unnecessary,i
s. ordinances of
very minor importance in the I ~[ ,lve Council—the
elective members of which had beenchosen for the ono
nearreeestftenddthe formationtranquillity of
special object of filling in the details of the constitution,
of which Earl Grey had sent but the outline. Tho time,
it will therefore be admitted by every one,
had fully
come for the Colonial.office to withdraw from the colony
a spirit the gallant old soldier whom, during of national
enthusiasm, it had sent thither to pain
3 -. a momentary
round of popular applause.
mthaisn
Major-General George Cathcart is Sir Harry's suc-
cessor. To this appointment in a_military point of view
BoinibsGa
there is probably no objection. "I:hengh not a young
and
commands of the
well rewarded
the
yseonmae
and
General
hl
iCr3i Cathcart tdhr Caas
painedrat armies
ms
iawejuvenileshohoa have
e the
beenm a j o
confidede r abi;
Whigs to aged invalids. Though a member of an
for its public services, General Cathcart is one of
aris-
tocratic family, which has been unusually
the few English officers who in time of
peace have
studied the 411 nod science of war, Aucl, thQugh