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JANUARY 1852.

ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN GOLD MINING
COMPANY.

(Incorporated pursuant to 7 and 8 Vict.)
Oflices—No. 11, Adam-street, Adelphl.
Capital, 50,000/.,
In 100,000 Shares of 10s. (fully paid up) each.
No Shareholder will be liable beyond the amount of his Shares.

TRUSTEES.
Charles Herbert Cottrell, Esq., Hadley, Herts.
George EninlOU Green, Esq., Emmott Hall, Lancashire.
James Harmer, Esq., Ingress Park, Greenhithe, Kent.
CH/URBAN.
GEORGE EDWARD COTTRELL, Esq., James-street, Buck-
ingham-gate ; and New-square, Lincoln's Inn.
VICE-CLIAIRMAN.
FRANCIS DENNIS MASSY DAWSON, Esq., Victoria-
square; and riodeuildings, Temple.
DIRECTORS.
John Barker, M.D., Richmond, Surrey.
Symeon Taylor Bartlett, LL.D. Cambridge.
Jonathan Falder, Esq., Pcnrith.
Charles 'Bucks' Esq., Birmingham.
Joseph George Parker, Esq., Warminster.
Sir C. S. Rumbold, Bart., Argyll-street, Regent-street.
RESIDENT DIRECTOR IN CALIFORNIA.
Captain Sir Henry Vere Huntley, R.N.
BANKERS.
London and County Bank, Lombard-street.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Coombe and Nickell, Bridge-street, Westminster.
SUPERINTENDENTS IN CALIFORNIA.

James Maconochie, Esq. J William Godfrey duct, Esq.
SECRETARY (ad interim).
Mr, George Frederick Goodman.

This Company being now completely registered, the Directors
take the earliest opportunity of laying before the Shareholders a
statement of its progress and prospects.
It may be confidently asserted that no Company was ever brought
before the public with equal prospect of speedy and successful
results.

S AM

The prompt assistance afforded by the Shareholders to the Direc-
tors, and the perfect confidence in the management displayed by
them, have enabled the Directors to take such steps as must ensure
an enormous dividend within a few months.
Sir Henry Huntley, the resident Director In California, has been
in that country five months, and the course adopted by the Directors
for carrying out this enterprise results from the experience obtained
by him during that period. The instructions given to Sir Henry
Hunt ey were, in effect, that he should make every possible Inquiry
relative to the state of the country, the tenure of land, the com-
parative merits of the different quartz veins in the several districts
of California, and after mature deliberation to advise the Directors
as to their best course of proceeding, and to take such measures as
would enable them to carry out his views as speedily as possible.
Following these instructions, he has secured for the benefit of the
Company, sufficient lands for all mining parposes ; but he is clearly
of opinion, that for the present, at least, it is not desirable to under-
take mining operations, bat to crush and amalgamate quartz to
he supplied by those who are possessed of mines, and have raised
the quartz. With the assistance of some gentlemen of great
experience io geology and mining matters, he has inspected and
tested a great variety of veins in the Mariposa, Nevada, Grass
Valley, and other districts, and has come to the conclusion,
upon sound reasons, that the vicinity of Grass Valley and
Nevada City, is that which affords the greatest advantages for car-
rying on our enterprise. He has, therefore, entered into an agree-
ment with some American gentlemen, who have formed a company,
and have opened, and, to a considerable extent, worked a vein of
quartz, distant about three miles from Grass. Valley and Nevada
City, and about thirty miles from Sacramento City, to crush and
amalgamate the quartz to be raised from the mine opened by
them. By means of machinery, he has already crushed
and amalgamated considerable quantities of the quartz sup-
plied him from this mine; and the result of his operations
has been to satisfy himself that the vein is of a full average
richness, and that the locality otters many important advantages in
the way of water, fuel, means of transit, &c., &c. Ile has, there-
fore, entered into a formal agreement with that Company, which, in
a few words, amounts to this: he is to be supplied by them with as
much quartz as his machinery shall be found capable of crushing;
the quartz is to be deposited at the mills free of expense;
he is to crush and amalgamate it at his own expense, and
he gold produced is to be divided equally between the owners
of the vein and our Company. Formal and legal agreements
for carrying out the above arrangement fairly and honestly, and
without any copartnership, have been entered into. Steam-engines
and machinery estimated to crush about thirty tons of quartz a day,
with fends sufficient for putting it in motion, have been placed under
the control of Sir Henry Huntley; and, unless some unexpected
delay has arisen, the machinery is now actually at work, and a
return will be made about Christmas next.
For the satisfaction of the existieg shareholders of this Company,
and without wishing, in any manner, to deteriorate from the merits
of other Companies, the Directors are desirous of calling attention
to some of the more prominent advantages possessed by this Com-
pany over others now in the field. Shareholders in other Companies
must mainly rely upon reports sent over by persons interested in
selling the mire;
Director and his practical Assistants on the spot, whose only
we rely upon the reports of our own resident
interest is to give us facts. The Directors of other
Companies generally base the estimate of the value of
their mine upon calculations founded on experiments
upon a few pieces of specimen quartz, sent over to this country for
the express purpose of advertising the commodity offered for sale to
the British public; we found our calculations upon experiments
tried, during several weeks, on quartz raised from the mine, and
crushed and amalgamated by our own Superintendent, and with our
own machinery and apparatus. Other Companies propose to
incur the expense and risk of carrying out mining operations
upon their vein, before the quartz arrives at their mill, and, should
their labours prove successful, they must then pay out of their
profits large per-centages for obtaining their leases, and large royal
ties to their lessors ; whereas we have secured as much quartz as
our machinery
as that of any other company, unfettered by any per-tentage or
is capable of crushing, the title to which is as secure
royalty. The half of the produce to be paid by this Company to the
parties who supply us,
free of expense, wills the quartz, being in fact
merely equivalent to the dividend upon the outlay of capital ex-
pended in raising the quartz, and lodging it at the mill. All the
new companies, unlike this, must be a considerable time before
their arrangements and machinery can be ready for carrying out
their schemes—this Company alone is actually at work.
The paid-up capital of the Company will not exceed 20,0001. An
almost certain estimate of the produce of our machinery can be
formed, and, from the calculations made, the Directors confidently
anticipate being able even at the most moderate estimate, to afford
a dividend of 200 per cent., at the least, within the next twelve
months. According to the data furnished to us, the quartz which
we are now working yields upon an average 4d. per pound, or 1/.
173. 4d. per cwt., or 371. 6s. Bd. per ton; and, as we can crush and
amalgamate at least 20 tons per diem, that would amount to 7461.
13s. 4d., or 3731. s. Bd. per diem as the share of this Company.
By the peculiar arrangements this Company has made, based
upon practical experience, the economy in working expenses must
necessarily be such as to render the current outlay most trilling.
In case circumstances should induce the Directors to alter the
system now adopted, and lead them to undertake mining operations
of their own, arrangements have been made securing four distinct
sites, most carefully selected for their eligibility for mating pur-
poses, and Sir Henry Huntley has on the spot Cornish miners who
went out with him, and who Ilave voluntarily retendered him their
services.
The gentlemen who formed the Provisional Committee of this
Company, have added to their number several gentlemen possessing
the acquaintance and entire confidence of a very large body of
Shareholders in the provincial districts. To add such mon to the
Direstory was due to those Shareholders who have in fact estab-
lished and nobly supported this Company. Measures will bo taken
for further augmenting the Directory, and a Special General Meet-
ing of the Shareholders will be convened fur the middle of January.
In conclusion, the Directors beg to offer their best thanks to the
Shareholders tor the uniform support they have received, and they
pledge themselves that the affairs of this Company shall be con-
ducted with the most rigid economy, and with the sole view of for-
warding the interest of the Shareholders.
it'he Directors beg to call the attention of Shareholders particularly
to the fact that, from the system adopted by this Company, it can-
not be affected by the question now agitated between the holders of
leases and Colonel Fremont or his agents. The district selected for
the operations of this Company is far removed from the tract claimed
by Colonel Fremont. The difficulty arising out of the many points
now raised relative to the tenure of land under leases, had been long
known to and was maturely considered by those having the control
of the affairs of this Company, and was one of the reasons which in-
duced them to pursue for the present the course they have, and not
to incur certain heavy expenses with doubtful results.
The Directors trust that Shareholders will approve of the prudence
of the course they have adopted.
rrospectuses may be had upon application at the offices of the
Company.

Now ready at all the Libraries, In 3 vols.,
SLICK'S NEW COMIC WORK,

" TRAITS OF AMERICAN HUMOUR."
" A new book, by the author of ' Sam Slick,' causes some stir
among the laughter•loving portion of the community ; and its ap-
pear.dice at the present festive season is appropriate. We hold
that ft would be quite contrary to the fitness of things for any other
hand than that of our old acquaintance, the facetious Judge llalibur-
ton, to present to us a Christmas dish, and call it ' Traits of Ameri-
can Ilumour.' But even without the recollection of Sam Flick to
evoke the spirit of fun within us, we should have been forced to yield
to the racy humour of these 'American Traits. Dip where you will
into this lottery of fun, you are sure to draw out a prize."—Morning
Post.

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ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
St. James's.
The PRIZE QUADRILLE, awarded to Mr. J. R. 'Patton, of the
Royal Horse Guards (Blue), will be played every evening by
Laurent's Celebrated Band. Principal Cornet-a- Piston, M.
Boulcourt.

Doors open at Eight o'clock. Dancing to commence at Mne, and
terminate at half-past eleven.
Admission—ONE SHILLING.

SEASONABLE FESTIVITIES.
At this festive period of the year the following unrivalled dis-
coveries for the TOILET are called into increased requisition,
namely—

ROWUNDS' MACASSAR OIL,

for creating and sustaining a luxuriant head of hair,
ROWLANDS' KALYDOR,

for rendering the Skin soft, fair, and blooming.

BOWL AND3' ODONTO ; or, PEARL DENTIFRICE,
for imparting a pearl-like whiteness to the Teeth, and
ROWLANDS' AQUA D'ORO,
a fragrant and spirituous Perfume, an essential accompaniment to
laces of public amusement and crowded assemblies.

GRAVESEND STAR PACKETS.
Fore Cabin. Saloon.
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„ Gravesend and Blackwall and Woolwich Bd. .. • • Os. 104.
Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .... Os. 84.
go other Packets call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Purilcct Piers.
The rackets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting).

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OBSERVATIONS.
It happened but lately. as I took a walk,
My cars were saluted by confident talk ;
The pith of what passed in a street conversation
I mean to deliver in faithful narration.
A tradesman stepped out and his neigbour addressed,
Nis income last year had improved, he confessed ;
His business had yielded little more, he admitted,
But from long tailors' bills he was safely acquitted.
He had visited MOSES and SON'S clothing mart—
Had proved it was matchless for neatness and art ;
But the saving was such in the course of the year,
As left him in pocket a fifty pound clear.
A mechanic who laboured from morning to night,
And planned and devised to his uttermost might,
Said his children were fed and better arrayed
Since the whole of their clothing by MOSES was made,
But this was not all, he had sent them to school,
As
e:earning was useful in handling a tool ;
Yet
no poorer had been since that he projected,
The cost had been cleared in their dress, he expected.
A n
ohleman's mansion stood out from my way,
Its splendour induced me attention to pay;
The
servants attending would form a great mass,
Yet each in new livery this morning did pass;
Their master as courteous as old English days,
To every department his own notice pays.
When questioned on taxes and cost he replies,
My deadeg with MOSES all that now defies :
The cost is discharged, the taxes defrayed
By the constant reductions he offers in trade,
While to every observer it must be quite plain,
That in point of appearance I every way gain.
Pleased with my ramble, my notes I was scanning,
Nor felt the cold winds on every side fanning ;
They could not affect me, from my knee to my throat
I was safely ensconced in a warm Witney coat.
For this coat I'm indebted to MOSES'S power,
To make it, to trim it, and sell it much lower
Than any one ever
Though inventions improve could t,hlnikaittihtnenessaehdaafyress,
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It 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all commtMicating.
London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,3,
and 8. Bart-street, all communicating.
Bradfbrd Yorkshire Branch. 19, Bridge-street.
Sheaseld Branch, 36, Fargate.
aTaielors, Clothiers, Ratters, Hosiers, Furriers. Bost and Bhoe-
mTih.."::aangd General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen.
Fist`nurouE,establlalmients are closed Prom sunset Friday to sunset on
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who has exclusively, and for many years, devoted his studies to the
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tage by all those whose constitutions may have become debilitated
through secret practices acquired in Youth, or by the excesses of
later years, whereby the pleasures of life are marred, the objects of
marriage frustrated, and existence itself rendered a term of unceas-
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isAYs tronz TO till Tw i and tiCan Six till Eiiht,

EQUITABLE FIRE and NATIONAL LOAN
FUND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES
26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
DIRECTORS.
t*T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman.
*W. A. B. Bennett, Esq. *John Moss, Esq.
f*Hugh Croft, Esq. t*John Rawson, Esq.
tJ. Elliotson, M.D. F.R.S. *John Shaw, Esq.
f*Geo. Fuller, Esq. t*Edmond S. Symes, Esq.
*Ralph Gough, Esq. ttClement Tabor, Esq.
t ICilliam Kennaway, Esq. t.roseph Thompson, Esq.
tSir Arnold J. Knight, M.D. f*Augustus Vigne, Esq.
*Sir A. W. Hillary, Bart. tSainuel Walker, Esq.
*M. C. Maher, Esq.
* Fire. t Life. t* Both.
EQUITABLE FIRE OFFICE. Capital, 500,0001.
(Incorporated under 7 and 8 Viet., can. 110.)
The Policy fielders in this office are respectfully intermed that the
Christmas Renewals, are in the hands or the several Agents of the
Company, and should be paid on or before the 9th of January.
The Equitable Fire Office, by a constant analysis of its own
exnerience, from time to time, adopts such rates of premium as the
nainre of the risk justifies; and with this view an annnal investi-
gation is made into each class of risk, and a return of fifty per cent.
of the net excess, made to all classes of Insurers whose policies have
been in force tbr three years,
Farming Stock insured at 3s. per cent. without the Average
Clause.
Losses are made good without deduction or discount.
NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICE. Capital £500,001.
NEW LIFE TABLES.
On the Withdrawal Table the assured is entitled, by simple en-
dorsement, to receive an immediate advance of one-half the amount
of tile paid annual premiums, without security or deposit
of the policy ; or half-premium for the whole continuance of life. On
surrender one-half of the annual payments will be returned.
Life Annuities granted, also Deferred and Contingent Annuities.
The terms of the Society are peculiarly favourable.
The present annual income of the Society from premiums exceeds
70,0001 ; the amount covered by the policies of the Society is up-
wards of 2,250,000/. ; and the reserve wont applicable to future
bonus to the assured, amounts to 95,502/: 14e. Od.
Prospectuse?, and every information, may be obtained, on applica-
tion at the Office, or to any of its Agents.
W. S. B. WOOLIIOUSE, Actuary.

BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS.
The following testimonial is another proof of the great effi-
cacy of this medicine :
" 157, New Bond-street, London, October 12, 1850.
" Sir,—ln acquainting you with the great benefit which I have ex-
perienced by taking BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS,
I feel that I am but performing a duty to that portion of the public
who may be similarly affected.

STRIKE IN THE IRON TRADES.
An aggregate meeting to (use the terms of the notice,
which was headed " Employers' Strike,") of the work-
men in the various branches of the iron trades was held
in St. Martin's-hall, Long-acre, yesterday "to consider
their present position, and to devise means for the future."
The platform and body of the hall were filled, but not to
over-crowding or excess, by a body of men who had
mostly the appearance of respectable mechanics and arti-
sans, and the general aspect of the meeting was very
grave and serious, there being a complete absence of any-
thing like " enthusiasm " among the auditors of the
speeches. Some police wore in attendance, but there
was not the smallest occasion for their services. Some
Chertists of minor note were prowling about, and one
of them was taking notes of the points made by the prin-
cipal speakers; but the meeting did not recognize them
in any way, nor did they attempt to address it. Lord
Godorich was among the persons on the platform, and
remained till nearly the close of the proceedings; and
Mr. A. Vansittart, Mr. A. Lewis, Mr. T. Hughes, and
Mr. Le Chevalier were also present.
Mr. J. CROMACK: was called to the chair, and apolo-
gised for his inadequacy to fill so high a post. He
was only a hard-fisted British mechanic who got his
living by his labour, and had very little opportunity of
improving himself, so as to address them; but they would
take his earnestness as proof of his sincerity in the cause
of his brother-workers. Ele hoped they would enter
most earnestly into the cause, and in that great struggle
which was purely for the elevation of their own industry'
and of those unfortunate brethren who were at all times
unable to obtain employment inconsequence of grievances
which they all knew, and were determined to redress.
Ho felt sure they would be ultimately successful.
Mr. USHER moved the first resolution:—
" That many of the employers ag Leeelpn and Lulea-
shire having closed their Worksahops, this meeting is of
unjust, and particularly op-
pressiveto us©
labourers, and pledges it-
self
d obtaining subscriptions in
opinion tthoae t
vneo theirrny .
m exertion
conductemrbtieo non-members
ia inns
behalf of all who are thrown out of employment."
wpueebkliscillgnoconnexion with an tlaey little expected to
tom© When
atgbaeign
un-
fortunate event which affected the commercial interests
of the whole of the British dominions. Having met
such opposition from their employers, the men were now
determined to go through with their work peaceably;
met
before three
the
but at the same time with that energy which had ever
characterized the acts of the trade.—(Cheers.) A fort-
night ago they regretted they had not among them a
number of employers to discuss the question, that the
public might come to a correct judgment as to whose
acts were just, and now, he was Proud to say, they had
many employers there—men who had accumulated a
little out of their earnings, and who were now deter-
mined to work for themselves, seeing that those for whom
they had laboured so long and beneficially had taken up
so hostile a position against them. Their employers
had " waxed fat and kicked, and it was now for the
public to come forward, and support those who had so
long laboured for others. The work must be done, and
who where to do it but those who had done it for
years, and who were yet willing to perform it? The
work men were now the only medium between
the purchasers and the producers.—(llear, hear.)
They could do the work better, because the men would
be working for themselves, and they would be now sti-
mulated to use their ingenuity, which a few had bene-
fited by hitherto. His belief was that many useful in-
ventions would now be brought forward, which would
have been given to the world long ago but that a few
only would have reaped the benefit.—(gear, hoar.) If
any employer disputed that their demands were just,
let him come forward, and they were willing to argue
the question with him. The workmen did not wish to
be compelled to labour from six in the morning till ten
at night, when thousands were wandering over the
country in search of employment. When the masters
strove to compel them to undergo this labour they alas
pealed to the public, which always sanctioned that which
was just and right. He was confident their cause would
meet with success. There were thousands who would con-
tribute one day's wages to those thrown out of employ-
ment, and he said to those who were placed in that posi-
tion, " Fear not, we are young—we feel we owe you a
duty, and we will work bone and sinews in your ser-
vice. You have secured for us a position in society, and
you shall not be crushed."—(Cheers.) That they were
not mere serfs the masters showed by the importance
they had attached to their acts, and they would now
compel the employers to use them as they ought to be
used. Thank God, all the masters were not so desirous
of throwing the men on the charity of the world, and
for them they must work industriously and earnestly,
but, at the same time, the society would protect those
who had been sacrificed by a few. They who expected
to crush them would have more to meet with than they
bargained for. The men occupied a position equally
strong as theirs, and they were determined to exercise it
to the last. Let them be of good cheer. They would
cling to each other and "the least o't, the waist o't, wad
anely be to beg." It was delightfal.tolt, -130W'efrat•
that, there were men with thousands wh ould assist
the workmen. They were now working For those who
should come after them, and they were determined to
leave the world better than they found it. In conclusion,
he called on thorn (in the words cf a recent song) to
" have filth in one another."—(Cheers.)
Mr. POTTS seconded the resolution at some length.
Mr. NEWTON, who was greatly cheered, spoke to the
resolution. They had kept the promises they had made
of discretion and moderation in all their transactions.
The papers which at first had opposed them by mere
words, had now condescended to argue with thorn, and
he could not find it in his heart to rail against them; but
there was one to which he must allude—the Weekly Dis-
patch—(llear)—or, rather, to the article in that paper,
written by Sidney Smith.—(oh, oh!) Ho bad in that
article called them " a band of paid agitators, who lived
on the earnings of workingmen." That room full
of working mechanics, who knew what their pay was,
could answer the charge better than the council.—
(Hear.) For himself, ho could say ho never had re-
ceived ono farthing in his life for advocating any cause,
that ho never was the paid lecturer of anybody, that ho
never had sold an opinion for gold in all his life, and he
challenged Sidney Smith to come forward and say the
same—that Sidney Smith who was a paid lecturer of
the Anti-Corn-law League—who was a paid secretary
of the Electioneering Committee of London, a report
of whose bribery and corruption was contained in
the work ho held in his hand, who had assisted Baron
Rothschild in spending between 30,000/. and 40,00 W.,
who had amassed a private fortune, and had retired to a
private residence—(Loud cheers)—who was paid as se-
cretary to another body to put on the registry those
who agreed with him in opinion, and to pot off those
who differed from him. Sidney Smith was a paid secre-
tary to the Customs' Committee, ho was a paid writer in
the Dispatch, and, as a professional paid secretary,
generally, he had been in the market for many years
past, and now the employers had purchased him.—
(Loud cheers.) If the workmen had wanted such a
man they could have had him too, but they relied on
men like George Usher and himself, who had worked
in the trade from 14 years of age till a few years ago,
or they might have outbid their masters and have ob-
tained the sorvicas of Sidney Smith. After some fur-
ther remarks, the publication of which would be libel-
lous, the salacr proceeded to say they had been
enabled to take a stronger hold on public
feeling in consequence of the arguments that had been
adduced in this case. He denied that the three de-
mands set forth by A
" --micas" had ever appeared in any
docoment or programme issued by the society, and he
defied any one to say they had ever made a request or
sanctioned a request that the labourers working ma-
chines should be discharged.—(Hear, hear.) It was a
fraud practised on the London employers to say so, and
they had been led by statements of this kind, and by the
assertions in the letters of "Amiens," into a
combination
against their workmen.—(Cheers.) The Times had from
the beginning taken up the question with great zeal, and
had favoured them with more leaders than any body of
workingmen had ever been able to extract before, and,
though it had lately railed against them, it had now be-
gun to attempt reasoning the question in what fashion
he would show them. The Times Smithey would give
the reason why the masters should not ive way to
—®
society's demands in a very few words. g
It was this :
" They cannot do so, because by such an act they
would forfeit the indispensable rights of employers to
make their own terms for labour in an open market."
Why, the masters were complaining because they could
not got men to accept their terms! The society did not
deny the employers to get what men they liked, on what
terms they liked; and if the masters only claimed the
right to employ their capital in employing g men on such
terms as the men would accept, h
Ivey not employ them
on the terms the society and the men proposed?—
(Hear.) That was all the society claimed. But there
were some doctrines put forward in that article in the
Times which he could not understand, though that might
either be the writer's fault or his own,
It
said—
" The known and natural value of labour regulates the
value of the manufactur©d commodity in the markets of
the world,"

You shall not get a job done by the piece instead of par-
celling it out, in day work, for though both you and the
men whom you select may be gainers by such a bar-
gain, those shut out from. the job would lose.' "
Now he wanted to know how both master and workmen
could gain by the same transaction ? —():Tear, hoar.) If
it was not for the advantage of the master it must injure
the men, and the reverse held equally well. Ha con-
tended that the workman had no right to put six days'
work into three days. Labour was not intended to
work a man to death; it was given to employ his frame.
not to deteriorate and demerit it; and if they gave him
piecework till his physical energies were exhausted and
ho was driven to the gin-palace instead of to the study,
they did not give him the privilege to which he was
justly entitled. He confessed they were desirous of di-
viding the wages given to 30 among 20, if it could be done
with justice. The great fault of these newspaper writers
was, that they cared for none but those who were in
employment. The society, on the contrary, cared for
those who were out of employment. He knew the
best workmen in the trade who had been compelled to
walk the streets in idleness for twelve mouths while
others were working seven or eight days a week.—
(Hear, hear.) The Times went on—
" Having explained why the masters must needy be
firm, we will now state why the men should yield. They
should yield because their objects aro absolutely imprac-
ticable, and wholly inconsistent with the natural laws of
society. They wish to secure the engineering trade from
all the drawbacks to which every trade is liable as science
advances and population increases. Increasing popula-
tion brings more hands into the market; advancing
science makes the call for them less. Planing, slotting,
and shaping machines' are instruments for superseding
skilled labour in' shaping, slotting, and planing. "
If their agents were " absolutely impracticable," there
was no fear of their carrying them.—(Cheers and
laughter.) The masters need not be afraid. But what
a monstrous doctrine was it to teach that science and
population in their advance should increase the draw-
backs on the employment of skilled labour!—(Cheers.)
If that were so, why insist on any sanitary regulations,
why erect barriers against famine, disease, and loss of
life? why regret the loss of the Amazon? If the in-
crease of population was to have the effects attributed to
it by the Times, better would it be to keep population
down, and Waterloos and bloody fields, where life was
lost, must be beneficial to mankind.—(dear, hear.) ;The
Times said it was the duty of employers to produce as
cheaply as they could, but he said it was their duty to
do so, not by lowering the wages of workmen, but by in-
creasing the amount of the product. The Times further
said, in another part of the leader, which effectually re-
futed the commencement— _

" As regards the withdrawal of the notices, there is
no room for meeting half way. Mr. Newton's folly must
be at once and unconditionally repudiated. We see the
men are publishing resolutions' in defence of their in-
tentions. Let them simply, by withdrawing the notices
in question, abandon their project of organizing labour
in other forms than that which it naturally takes. This
much is all the, is needed to remove obstacles otherwise
insuperable. Then, having made this sensible disclaimer,
let them represent to their employers—what the em-
ployers aro quite prepared to acknowledge—the good
effects of regular hours, and such an arrangement of
business as will leave the workman with a reasonable
leisure in the evening."
What did that mean? Why, that the employers would
give them all they wanted if they would give up all that
they 'asked.—(Cheers and laughter.) If they would
withdraw the notices they had served on the employers,
the latter would be in a position to remove " obstacles
otherwise insuperable." Well, let the employers give
them a guarantee that they would do as the Times said,
and the thing was done at once. The men had not made
the request for the sake of making it, but that the trade
might be in a better condition. They would at once
withdraw the requests on the guarantee that the em-
ployers should give them what they required. He did
not [believe, as the Times said, that instruments for
" slotting, planing," &e., were to supersede labour; they
were rather instruments to save labour—to enable
works which had been performed by excessive labour
to be executed by machinery, and not to take away the
labourers' means of existence.—(Cheers.) If the
Times succeeded in establishing its principles they could
not wonder if the working classes set their faces
against the increase of population, and the advance of
science. He did not believe that either had the tendency
described. When the workmen became more intelligent
they would see the use of the principle of self-improve-
ment. The position taken by the employers towards the
workmen would force the labour classes to reconstruct
the regulations between them and the employers. The
steps already taken were not to be relaxed, but were ra-
ther to be advanced, and they should follow the example
of their brethren over the water, and subscribe their
money and tools to concentrate them in some place
where they could carry out a proper sub-division of la-
bour, and not for the benefit of others, but for the ad-
vantage of themselves. They were willing to submit
their work to the principle of supply and demand, but
they were not to give seven days' work for six days'
wages.—(Hear.) They had never demanded an in-
crease of wages, but a decrease of the number of
those out of employment. But the employers
had refused to come in contact with them, and they
had discharged the men of deputations who had
gone up to them. Individual remonstrance was indivi-
dual suicide, aed the worst thing in the conduct of the
employers was their tracking a man from one situation to
another till they had driven him from the trade or out
of the country. He could give them instances of what
he alluded to—there was a kind of conspiracy which
pursued a man from town to town, and employer to em-
ployer. The men had not sought a strike, nor had they
struck. even now, but they would resist tyranny where-
ever it appeared, and, when they had no other redress,
they had determined to right themselves. Thu moral
aspect of their position was just; they had now no more
to do with their employers, but every ono would rely
on his own honest exertions. They were prepared to
appeal to the public for those who did not belong to the
society, and to support them, not for two or three,
but for twelve months and longer, if necessary—
(Cheers)—till such time as they had established
their own means of employment. Among the 12,000
workmen
on the society were the best and most
skilled and industrious men in the trade. How could
their places be filled up by unskilled labourers? The
masters must have them—the labour of the country could
not proceed without them. If only one workshop was
successful it would show the practical character of the
scheme, and there would be a suffieient inducement for
them to raise a large amount of capital by their united
contributions. Working men would no longer make
overtures and concessions unless they felt them to be
right, for they had self-respect and dignity as well as
their masters. The society had 25,0001., a part of
which should be at once devoted to their objects; and
they had been offered a large establishment, with ma-
chinery complete, for a part of the purchase-money
down and the rest to be left as a charge on the building.
The number out of employment was much less than the
society had expected. In Manchester they were only
650—(Cheers)—in Preston but 20—(Hear, hear)—and
in London there was not only a number of men still iu
employment, but several employers had conceded the
demands of the men, and he believed there was great
regret among many of those who had joined the body of
employers, for they knew they would he compelled to
withdraw from this combination and to settle the dispute
by concession.—(Hear.) The Bristol men had just
done what the council of the society wished—they said
they would go on. Mr. Slaughter was a good employer,
and they would have no piecework or overtime till the
contest was settled. The council wanted every district
but London and Manchester to do the same. Let them
leave the matter in their hands. Not more than 2,000
men of the society were out of work, and there must be
10,000 in work; and less than one day's wages would be
able to provide for those out of work. The utmost mo-
deration must characterise all their proceedings; the
employers did not want to immolate them all, but they
would dearly like to lay hold on some few, and make .
them responsible for the rest. There west be no " ket-
tiag." Let the masters picket their clubs if they liked;
they had commenced already, and the clubs bad been
picketted with policemen; but they were quite welcome
to enter, and listen to what they pleased, while the
masters held their meetings with closed doors; no police-
men were there, and even the press was not ad mittsd—
so that they could not hear one word of the bickerings,
disputes, and dissensions that prevailed there. The
speaker concluded, amid loud cheers, by reiterating his
advice to the men to be peaceable and moderate.
Mr. BRADDON proposed the second resolution, which
was as follows:
" As a means of removing the evils which beset the
conditions of working men in relation to !he unjust eep-
duct of employers, we recommend the principle
. ofteg
self-
employment on a co-operative basis; and meeting
d opinion that workshops should immediatelybe. t
com-
menced by the workmen themselves, in order
,that the
business of the country may be proceeded
with.carried out
He stated that the principle had already
successfully at Greenwich,
ea tion had been
de-
termined to extend it, and an
and the men been
there wore
ence work to-
formed
in Southwark,d rs to the
which woulda °°1034
morrow. The men at Greenwich had
foror
orders
to ex-
thhe
tent of 2501., and were negotiating
As a proofs e
e
amount of 2,000/ more.—(Cheers.)
labour, ho °
Co.''e, was not
profits made out of the working would
mention that fifty years ago Dfaudsala and
in existence, and now they valued theirh capital, work-
ar, ear.)
shops, tools, &c., at 1,500,0001.—(Lie
Mr. J. REID, 1
•11 seconding the resolution, said he did
not thoroughly understand. "the principle of self-cm.
ployment on a co.eperativr? basis," which had been
forced upon their notice. come Seemed very s enguine
in carrying it oue and he hoped__ they might not be dis-
appointed, bet they should well consider how it wetild.
work in detail. There was, however, no alternative left
if the employers thought tit to stand out and say they
would not receive the workmen in
inoffensive, into their employment.
The programme issued by the society was in itself ex-
tremely simple and but, as an honest men,
he was bound to say. that, from what he knew of the
rules of iSona?
_establishments, he thought at the time
some opposition would bo offered by the em-
ployers, but no one over contemplated that
they would have arrived at the present crisis. It
became the working man now to consider how they
should extricate themselves with honour and credit
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' had been
otofldlaboovuerr?
supply and demand, and thati there
' and'--( C overh9 ° rs
was 'no natural
value for labour at all.—(Cheers and. laughter.) The
Times had established the principle
againautl 1 a
thategh t eirt. )
that the
working man's labour was to be sold, just
like pigs and sheep at Smithfield, by the salestnau, But,
if a salesman went through the country and bought up
all the pigs'aud sheep there, and then, in order to en-
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culous thing for the butchers who were purchasers to say,
" These are not all the pigs and sheen in the country,
and we will not buy them from you?"—(bear, hear.)
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to Smithfield ourselves, and, as you refuse to purchase fir
us, we will buy for ourselves, ‘
as we have a right to do?"
But hero were men who said, lf you attempt to maka
any provision for the future—i you do not give all, wo
will not deal with you at all." Then the public must
servo the employers as they would servo the butchers in
the case he had supposed. Instead of diem being " a
known and natural value" of labour, he contended the
value of labour was regulated by the conventional usages
established by society. The Tunes said—
" The Amalgamated Society say to their employers,
`You shall not execute your orders with '2O men if the
work eau be 0 arranged as 10 PrOvlde Wages fur 30,

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to his comfort—little imagining for what purpose he was
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it would appear that, so far as she was concerned, the de-
termination was suddenly put in execution,—Berkshire
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masters to submit to what they considered a dictation on
their part. He had been most anxious to see the matter
a; subject of amicable reasoning between masters
and men, and, had that been done, they would have
settled the London trade for many years to come. The
masters had no right to look out for any future pro-
gramme, or to suppose E uch would be issued at any
future period. If the masters had met their men the
trade of London would have been freed fur many years
from those they termed " platform demagogues." He
remembered on former occasions the men had been
treated with the greatest courtesy when they waited on
their masters, though appearing in a hostile position to
them, but now, unfortunately, they had got a person for
their secretary who stood between them and the men,
and whose works and writings were calculated to excite
feelings of hostility between the two.—(Cheers.) Carry-
ing out that resolve, and speaking of it in an abstract
sense, were two very different things, and they must get
out of the position in which they were placed; for to
live in idleness on the industry of others was what
they detested. He was sorry the employers had been
so indiscreet as to turn out men who they knew had
nothing to depend on—(Cheers)—the very men whom
they had been praising. as independent, but whom they
now forced to depend on the society. The masters, by
acting so, had dune the very thing they wished to
avoid; they had forced the men to union, while it was
union they sought to destroy.—(Hear, hear.) They
showed the men union was the only thing to tall back
upon whenever the employers took it into their heads to
turn them out on the world, and shut their gates upon
them. It appeared that the principle of the resolution
had taken a wider tone than he had imagined, and that
there were men of capital, as he was told, who seemed
disposed to embark in the cause of the society, and
would give ten thousand pounds as a bond, while a large
company in Lancashire were also ready to assist them.
—(Cheers.) The question had, therefore, taken a greater
hold on the couptry than he had expected, but he hoped
that they would well consider the mode of carrying it
out.—(Hear, hear.)
An OPERATIVE from the body of the platform claimed
leave to say a few words. It would (as we understood)
be suicide for him to join them, though he wished welt
to the cause. He was not a society's man, and at the
same time he was not willing to accept work against
their principles; but he had no money, and if he did not
work he could not live.

The CHAIRMAN explained to the meeting at large the
appeal of the preceding speaker, which was not audible
in the hall, and then informed him that, under the cir-
cumstances he had mentioned, the society would assist
him.—(L)ud cheers, and cries of " lle is not the only
one.") Others who were placed in the same position
would be also entitled to relief from the society's funds.
The resolution was then carried unanimously.
The meeting broke in excellent order after the usual
vote of thanks for the chairman and "Three cheers for
the Press."

A crowded meeting was also held at the Goldsmith's
Arms, Southwark-bridge-road. Shortly after 7 o'clock
the chair was taken by Mr. John Laing. He stated that
the meeting had been called for the purpose of laying
before them what had been done in that district with
regard to carrying out the co-operative principle.
There had been two or three such associations started on
that side of the water, and their desire was to amal-
gamate them all into one, so that their interests
should not clash. Tho Southwark branch had been in
treaty for the premises of Messrs. Horton, but ho was
sorry to say that they should be unable to obtain them. 11
Ho was one of a deputation had that day waited
upon the Messrs. Horton's man of business in the hope
of concluding the terms on which the premises should be
taken; but when ho stated the object for which the pro-
miees were required ho was plainly told that they wcnld
not be let to any parties who were connected with the
Amalgamated Society of Engineers, although ho pre-
viously expressed great willingness to let them. Mr.
Laing stated that ho firmly believed this was owing to
the interference of the masters.—(Hear. hear.) They
had, however, other premises in view; and one em-
ployer had offered to do any amount of boring and
planing for them that required the assistance of powerful
engines.—(Hear, hear.) It was necessary to state that
in this movement they were assisted by some capitalists,
who would take the premises and be responsible for the
payment of the rent, and would advance money for any
amount of stock they might put upon the premises. In
the progress of their work, also, as it advanced, these
gentlemen would be prepared to increase their advances
of money, because, as they expended labour on any
raw material, its marketable value was enhanced, and
that they considered was a good security fur any money
they might require. At the same time, those capitalists
would be bound not to take advantage of the position of
the men, and would not withdraw their capital so hang
as the moderate interest of ai per cent. continued to be
paid upon it.—(Hear, hear.) Ike wished it to bo under-
stood that they did not intend to dissociate themselves
from the Amalgamated Society. They went hand in
hand with that society, and so soon as the general rules
of the Central Association should be drawn up this as-
sociation would merge into it and become a branch asso-
ciation. They had received several cffsrs of work, and
their prospects altogether were must encouraging. Of
course they could not commence until they had premise=,
but he had every reason to believe that as soon as they
could state the place for orders to be sent to they
should be able to find work fur a number of their mem-
bers.—(Cheers.)
Mr. MONCIIR irquired how they were to govern the
management of their funds?

Th-e STCRETARY, in answer, read the rules, which,
however, ho said were only provisional. They may be
thus epitomised:—Rule 1. The name of the moiety.
Rule 2. Authorising the raising of 3,6501. or more in 11.
shares; no person to take less than 5 nor more than 25;
deposit of 4s. per share; no shareholder allowed mere
than one vote. Rule 3. Providing for appointment of
three trustees, a secretary, and five committeemen to
carry on the business in conjunction with the general
manager." Rule 4. Mr. J. Laing to be " general mana-
ger," to conduct the working department, act with the
committee appointed by the shareholders, and be re-
sponsible to the trustees for all money received; his
salary to be two guineas per week. Rule 5. The three
trustees to be appointed by a general meeting, ono to act
as treasurer, and in their joint names all moneys to be
invested, they to advance money to the manager through
the medium of an order from the general secretary,
signed by a majority of the committee. Rule G. Secre-
tary to attend all meetings, &e. Rule 7. Committee to
meet once a month, or oftener; books to be always open
to their inspection; one to retire every quarter. Rule
8. The business to be carried on in the name of the
manager, the profits to be divided as follows:-50 per
cent to form a reserved fund, and 50 per cent. divided
among the shareholdrs; no dividend to be made while
in debt. Rules 9, 10, 11, and 12. Appointing general
meetings, mode of allotting the shares, and of making
calls.

The CHAIRMAN said it would be seen that the entire
management would be under the control of the share-
holders. The reason why they had determined to con-
duct the business in the name of one person was that
those gentlemen who for the last two or three years
had been labouring to improve the condition or the
working classes by establishing co-operative shops and
stores, had found that one powerful element of success I
had been in conducting the business in the name of one
person.
Mr. G. DAVIS said that they had only commenced
their association on that night week, aed they had al-
ready got 27 shareholders, six of whom had five shares,
and one ten shares, and the deposits were all paid up.
Mr. CROMACH spoke to the advantages of co-opera-
tive associations. Lie had himself joined a co-operative
bakery, and within the last two years they had paid 75
per cent. upon the money invested. Adt
not
te same time
overworked
they had paid their men' proper wages. They had
closed their bakery on Saturday evening and
opened
i it
again on Monday morning. They had
their men, and had sold their bread at a half
aPeIl
ecaohnlinsh,xed :iwthitihn
their the oreled
c own trade,
and ho was happy to say that it was going ir last three
halfpenny per
ue w
loaf cheaper than competing bakers. s also con-
nected
months
a
on most eatis-
tGreasconewic society
yh
in established within
factorily.—(Cheers.)
Several other questions having been asked and
answered,
Mr. MoNc7R announced his intention
shares, and several others followed. of taking twenty
On the motion of Me. J. Nu his example.
DAVIS, the following resolutionEST°, seconded by Mr. G.
to:—
That in was unanimously agreed
~ That in the opinion of this
amalgamate the whole of meeting it is desirable to
the co-operative societies formed
in this district under
one head."
The receipt giventerms:— for the deposit was in these

" Received from Mr. - the sum of -, es
deposit for --- shares in the Co-operative Associa
Lion of Engineers, &c."

ANSWER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL TO
LORD INGESTRE'S ARBITRATION PROPO-
SITION.
Yesterday the following communication, in answer
to the letter of Lord Ingestre, which appeared last week
in our columns, was forwarded to the Noble Lord by Mr.
Allan, secretary on behal of the Executive Council of the
Amalgamated Society of Engineers, &c.:—
" General-office 25, Little Alio-street,
Whitechapel.
" ufy Lord,—l beg to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter of the sib inst., in which you state that hav-
ing been applied to for your consent to become a trustee
of a fund to enable the workmen to set up in business
for themselves, you have recommended a settlement
of the di3pute by arbitration, The Executive
Council of the Amalgamated Society desire me to express
their thanks for the interest you have taken in the dis-
pute between them and the employers of operative
eugineer, and to state that they havo made a public
declaration of their willingness to intrust their case to
arbitration, and have written directly to the Masters'
Association to the effect that, if they are desirous of
seeing a deputation—one from the council of the An3Bl-
gamated Society would wait upon them. The first of
these they have not noticed; the last they have refused.
We, therefore, believing that there is nothing left for us
but self-employment, have determined upon adoplog
that course, and this, I hope, will be a sufficient apology
to your Lordship for any gentleman who, on our tic-
count, may have solicited your hauls as trustee.