The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-30 00:00:00

the constructiun ef the Sheffield and Lincoln line; but his prefer-
ence is ncc3rdi‘3 it from a consideration of its superior importance
to the o.,untr), al;,1 na public grounds. Thinks that a line from
Gainsborou;;:i to Retford and Sheffield would not be compatible
wilt oil, tor, ugh 'Jaw try and 'Fla:hill to Mr2ffield.
Mr. 'Wilmot, ai_y::tit to the Duke of Newcastle, attested the
accuracy of the last witness as respected the importance of the
Sheffield and Lincoln line to the districts it proposed to traverse.
Mr. Charles Hickson, a malster and land valuer, at Worksop,
deposed to the importance of the Sheffield and Lincoln line to the
trades he represented.
The Committee at a quarter before five adjourned till to-morrow
at noon.

NATIONAL TRADES' CON-

FEREN CE.

SECOND DAY, JULY 29.

(Continued front our Afternoon Edition of yecterday.)
"3. That in cases where the members of the organised body
are less than 150, they shall be at liberty to 'mite with another
organised body or bodies of the Association similarly situated,
for the porpose of sending a delegate or delegates.
" 4. That all Delegates to Conference be paying members
of one of the societies they represent.
"5. That an annual session of Conference shall be held on
Whit-Monday, in such town and place as may be determined
upon by the Conference or Central Committee, and such Con-
ference shall continue its sittings so long as is requisite for the
transaction of the business brought before it.
"6. That the Central Committee shall have the power of
convening a special session of conference when it shall appear
to a majority of at least three-fourths of the Committee, that
such a session is necessary, or upon a requisition of at least
one-third of the members of Conference. In case the Cen-
tral Committee neglect to call such special meeting on such
requisition, the requisitionists shall have power to call it them-
selves. Not less than fourteen days' notice of all such special
meetings shall be given to the delegates.
"7. That one month previous to the assembly of the annual
Conference, the Central Committee shall cause to be prepared
and issued a business paper, or programme of the matters in-
tended to be brought under the consideration of the Conference.
Such programme shall be laid before the various trades, to
enable them to give instructions to their delegates thereupon.
But the Central Committee shall have the power of intro-
ducing subjects not included in the said paper, if agreed upon
by three-fourths of the Committee, and such as appear to them
torequire the immediate attention of the Conference. Notices
of special sessions shall include the business for which they ore
called.
" 8. That the Conference shall have power to make and re-
vise the laws of the Association, subject to the following regula-
tions :—No fundamental or important law shall be repealed or
altered, without at least six months' notice having been given of
such intended repeal or alteration, and it shall be concurred in
by at least two-thirds of the Conference. Similar notices shall
be given of all intended additions to the laws, and such addi-
tions be similarly approved of. To elect the Central Committee
to fix the salaries of the officers of the Association, and gene-
rally to transact all such business as may come before it.
" 9. That members of the Central Committee may sit and
speak in Conference, though not elected as delegates, but in
such case they shall not vote.
" 10. That the delegates shall be elected to serve in Con-
ference for twelve months, or until the next general election.
" 11. That within one month previous to Whit-Monday, in
each year, the Central Committee shall issue their precept to
those trades entitled to send Delegates, requiring them to
proceed, within fourteen days after the receipt of the same, to
the election of a delegate or delegates to represent them in
Conference for the ensuing year. And such precept shall be
signed by the President and Secretary of the Association.
" 12. That each of the said trades shall, seven days previous
to Whit-Monday, cause a return to be forwarded to the office
of the Central Committee, certifying the delegate or delegates
elected to represent such trades, and such return shall be signed
by the chairman of the meeting at which such election was
held, and by the secretary of the trade.
13. That, if any Delegate, by absence or other cause,
should become, in the opinion of the trade, unfit to continue its
representative, the said trade may declare the office vacant.
" 14. That, on the death, resignation, or removal by the
trade, of any Delegate, the president and secretary of the trade
by which such delegate was elected shall certify the same to the
Central Committee, which shall forthwith issue their precept
for the election of another to supply the vacancy.
" 15. That no salaried officer of the Association elected as
delegate to Conference by any trade shall vote on questions
personally affecting themselves.

CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
The following rule for the appointment of the Central Com-
mittee were then agreed to :-
Ist. That the general executive power shall be vested in a
Central Committee, to be chosen annually by Conference.
On the rule referring to the persons who were to compose
the Committee being proposed, a lengthened discussion arose,
and the following resolution was then proposed and carried:—
" That the Central Committee shall consist of a President,
Vice-President, and eleven others. The President and the
Vice-President to be elected without reference to their con-
nexion with any Trades Union, but the eleven others to be
bona fide members of a Trade Society."
The Conference then adjourned till ten o'clock to-morrow.

Mr. Thomas Duncombe left the Conference a little before
twelve o'clock, being obliged to attend in his place in the House
of Commons at that hour; and Mr. Evans, Delegate of the Pot-
teries, took the chair in his absence. Mr. Duncombe pro-
mised to preside again at ten o'clock to-morrow.