The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-25 00:00:00

W. R. Ord to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Thompson, re•
tired on half-pay; Second Captain W. B. Marlow to be
Captain, vice Ord; First Lieutenant R. S. Beatson to be
Second Captain; First Lieut. rant S. Freeth to be Se-
cond Captain, vice Marlow; Second Lieutenant J. M.
Grant to be First Li(utenant, vice-Freeth, March 18.
DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
John Pritchard, builder, Li Shropshire.
BANKRUPTS.
_ _ _

John Chrisp wine and spirit broker, Great Tower--
street, to su:rer.der, April 4, and May 9, at half-past
twelve, at the Court a Bankru)tcy. Alsager, official
assignee, Birchin lane ; Trehirne and White, Barge-
yard-chambers, Bucklrrsbury.
William Hodges, hide anti thin dealer, King's Head-
yard, Duke street, Bloomsbury; April 1, at one, and May
2. at eleven, at the Court of Bot.kruptcy. '1 urquand,
official assignee, Old Jewry -chambers ; Furnival's
Inn.

Samuel May, watch manufacturer. Myddleton-street,
Clorkenwell, April 11, at one, find May 6, at half-past
twelve, at the Court of Bankrurtey. Groom, official as-
signee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street ; Thwai:cs,
Lyon's Inn, Strand.

Thomas Overend, rnahter, Walcot-square, Surrey,
April 4, at two, and May 7, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. -13,11, official assignee, Coleman-strt et-
buildingr ; Milne and Co., Temple.
William Elworthy Jarman, confection r, Exeter,
Alt it 4 at one, and May 1, at eleven, at the Exeter
District Court. Ilernaman, official assigner, Exeter ;
Stogdon, Exeter; Keddal and Co., Lime-street, London.
Charles Martyr, linen draper, Durham, April 10, and
May 8, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District
Court. Baker, official assignee, New casile-upon-TYne;
Abbott, Charlotte street, Bedford-square, London;
Thompson, Durham; Bennett, Manche: ter.

Jatnes Jones, fellinonger, Clwster, April 3, and May
1, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Bridger and Blake, Lon-
don• wall, London ; Dodge, or Grocott, Liverpool.
Matthew Coffee, victualler, Liverpool, April 4, arol
May 2, at eleven, at the Liverpoot District Court. Bird,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Hohne and Co., London ;
Booker, Liverpool.
John Riky, merchant, Liverpool, April 11, at eleven,
and May 9. at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court.
Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Bridge and Blake,
London •wall, Landon; Dodge, Liverpool.
William Lediard. coach-rroprietor, Wellington, Sa
lop, April 11, at eleven, and May 9, at half past eleven,
at the Birmingham District Court. Valpey, official
assignee, Birmingham ; Harrison and Smith, Birming-
ham.

Benjamin Robinson, draper, Burton-upon-Trent, Staf•
fordshire, April 5, at half-past eleven, and May 9. al
eleven, at the Birmingham Dis;.rict Court. Christie,
official assignee, Birmingham; Richardson, Burton.
upon-Trent.

CONFERENCE Ot TRADES'
DELEGATES.

(Continued from our Third Edition of last night.)
When the Chairman had concluded reading the above,
he suggested that the Secretary should read his report,
which he did. The substance of it was to the effect,
that this meeting was called in order to carry out a better
and more perfect organisation of the working classes
than now existed ; and the object to be effected by this
new and perfect organisation was, to enable the work-
ing classes to insure a better defence for themselves
against oppressive monopolists and capitalists. This
suggestion was made in consequence of the Committee
feeling deeply impressed with the great necessity that
existed for a good and clear understanding existing be-
tween the employer and the employed ; and in order to
secure the latter from acts of injustice and oppression at
the hands of the former. But great caution would be
necessary to be exercised in the formation of the laws
and rules, in order to avoid serious i takes made on
nes
former occasions. Every inducement was recommended
to be held out to individuals belonging to tiler trades
who had not yet joined, to do so, in order that all should
make common cause ; and every support should be given
to that portion of the public press that should give the
fullest and most impartial reports of theproceedings of the
meetings. The report conclude d by recommending a total
abstinence from the discussion of political topics.
The report was unanimously agreed to.
Mr. WILSON, boot-maker, and member of the Com-
mittee, next addressed . the meeting. He said the Com-
mittee had instructed him to suggest that they conceived
that the best line of proceeding fur this meeting to adopt,
in the first instance, uould be to appcint a secretary ;
and, in the second, to appoint a sub-Committee, through
whom should come to the general Committee, arid
thence to the meeting, all suggestions made by indi-
vidual representatives.—(Hear, hear) Every one in
this meeting should admit the necessity for this line of
proceeding from the knowledge they had of the past.—
(Hear, hear.) It was also most dosirable that a good
understanding should exist between the working classes
and those upon whom they were dependent.—(llear,
hear.) With these observations he would conclude by
saying it afforded him great pleasure to move that Mr.
Thomas Barrett be elected secretary.
This proposition was also unanimously adopted, and
Mr. BARRATT having returned thanks,
The CHAIRMAN said he conceived that the suggestion
of the Committee, that had come through Mr. Wilson,
namely, to appoint a Committee in the first instance,
was a wise and prudent course, and the one by a hich the
trades were most likely to benefit their cause.—(Hear.)
Mr. ROBSON, ladies' shoemaker, begged leave to be
allowed to suggest that as a means of raising a discus-
sion by which to ascertain the feelings and opinions of
the delegates now present, they should be called on tea
say what suggestions they had to offer before the Com-
mittee be appointed.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. RATRAY, calico-printer, Crayford, Kent, said he
had been sent there not so much for the purpose of offer-
ing any suggestions, as to listen to those that should be
offered by others ; but from what had already taken
place, he would respectfully recommend that the admi-
rable address of their chairman should be printed and
distributed amongst the members, for he conceived it
contained the gistof all that they wanted for a beginning.
—(Hear, hear.) He looked upon the address as an im
portant public document, and if his suggestion should be
adopted he would send some of them to Scotland and the
North of England. He would suggest that 1,000 copies
be printed, and that the report just read be printed with
it, as had been suggested by a member.
Mr. JONES, representative of the fustian cutters of
Manchester, said, there appeared to him to be some differ-
ence of opinion as to whether the address should be
printed or a discussion entered upon first. Now, he
could not see why both could not be done at once and
the same time.—(Hear, hear.) It appeared to ham that
the one was not at all inconsistent with the other.
The address contained many very valuable, practical
suggestions, and, then efore, it could not be too extensively
distributed amongst the trades.—(Hear.) Then, with
regard to the course to be pursued in discussing sugges-
tions, he would recommend that an alphabetical list be
made out of the representatives of the trades, and that
the chairman should read out the names from that list,
and, in doing so, should call upon the representative
whom he named, to • state what were the views and opi-
nions of those whom he represented.
The question was then put that 1,000 copies of the
address be printed, which was agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN said he then held in his hand a list
similar to that mentioned by Mr. Jones, though it was
not alphabetical, and he could easily go through it ; but
he would, at the same time, say that it appeared to him
to be the most useful course to appoint the committee at
first. Whether that committee wars to be a select one, or
" a committee of the whole house," as they said in Par-
liament—(A laugh)—would be for the meeting to deter-
mine •, but, if that committee should be appointed, they
would have the address and report before them, and
having taken both into consideration, then they could
meet again, say to-morrow, or the next day, and that
would appear to him to be the more fitting time to raiss
the discussions alluded to.—(Hear, hear.) If that sug-
gestion met the approbation of the meeting, perhaps
some member would propose it.
Mr. ROBERTSON, bookbinder, had great pleasure in
making the proposition ; and, in doing so, he begged to
say he quite concurred in the views of the chairman. He
was aware that there were in the room representatives
from Bristol and other places who had suggestions to
make, and if these were first made to the committee,
when the committee brought up their report would be the
time to raise a discussion upon it.
Mr. DUNNING, bookbinder, begged to second the
motion. lie conceived that this course would afford the
Committee an opportunity of a'certaining how far the
suggestions of the delegates, and those of the Chair-
man's address, and the report. could be carried out. As
to the printing of the address, he believed there could be
no second opinion upon that, and the fact of the print-
ing was an admission that it had been adopted.
A DELEGATE suggested, that as the Chairman called
the names, each delegate called should state what aas
the number of the trade he represented, in order to
ascertain the strength of each body.
Mr. DUNNING, bookbinder, having then been called,
said he represented 600, and they were of opinion that
their discussions should keep clear of politics, except
when the proceedings in Parliament compelled them to
do so.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. REED, engine-maker, said that very little time
had been allowed the trades to st lid representatives there,
and therefore in calling over the nem( s of those now
present, the number should not be taken as a criterion
by which to jadge of the feeling that genet ally exi:ted
amongst the trades in the country on the question that
had caused this meeting to be convened.—(Hear, beer.)
He knew many trades in the country that were not at
all aware of this meeting, or they would have attended,
and therefore this meeting could not be fairly called a
meeting of the representatives of the trade in the country
districts.—(Hcar, hear.) lie deemed it necessary to
make these few observations in order that a contrary
impression should not go forthl to the world.
A DELEGATE said he came from teheffield, and could
say that but very few indeed of the trades there had
heard of this meeting, and those only a few days ago ;
and since that time be had been going round to the
other trades, but had not been able to complete giving
notice ; therefore if the names called out were to be
presumed as the representatives of the locality he came
from, there would be but a mere fraction of tee trades
of those places represented.—(Hear.) There were three
others with him here, and they represented about forty
different tradea.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. SPURR said he had come there as the represen-
tative of eight different trades in Huddersfield, but they
bad heard nothing of this meeting, and could not there-
fore be expected to be present.
Mr. BLAcKRURST from Sheffield said, that not one-
fifth of all the trades in combination had sent dele-
gates to the conference ; and he should object,
presentt,there-
there-
fore, to any detailed account of the delegates
being given as if the representation were a fair and com-
plete one. He suggested that the reports of the various_
m d
delegates be deferred till to-morrow; and that the tiumsseinogf
eeting that afternoon should be occupied in men..
other preliminariesliecessary to this great move t