The Bee-Hive. — 1872-07-27 (London, England)

IRE INTERNATIONA L.  The first annual congress of tlie BritMi section of the International Workitar, Men's, • Association commenced in Nottingham on Sunday. "Citizen" Thomas Smith of Nottingham, presided, and " Citizen " Alexander Clarke, of Liverpool, filled the vice-ehair. Delegates were present from'all the principal towns in the country, and from Australia and Germany. The report of the Federal Council having been read by the secretary, a loug discussion ensued on the revision of the rules of the Council. The first subject brought forward had reference to the representation of labour in Parliament. A motion by "Citizen' Hales, a resolution was unanimously carried to the effect that, whilst the Congress recognised the fact that the social emancipation of that working cldsses was the great end to which their efforts should be directed, they also recognised that it was necessary to take political action to workout that etnaneip 'than, and therefore pledged themselves to establish a distinct labour party, creating an agitation based on the principles of the International, and to carry out the same. The snbject of Education produced a resolution in favour of obligatory, gr at uitous, industrial, and secular instruction.  • The Congress re-assembled in the West-end Club House, Nottingham, on Mondny morning, under the pres.deney of Citizen Alex. Clarke.  Citizen Heys intro luced a report from the Financial Committee, stating that the Imiiks had been well kept and the money had been well spent. Alihou.rli mean 4 had been somewhat narrow in the past, the increased rate of subscriptions in future would place more infiney in the bands of the Council, and am financial affairs generally were in a Hatitifact iry state. Citizen gales and Clarke thAn introduced a number of resolution 4 which had been drawn up by a committee appointed for that purpose, embodying the political prograiutne of the association, and which havin; been discus-mid, and some of them amended were passed cur follows : •  That political equality, based upon adult suffrage, with provisional represent& ion, he adopted ; every person to be eligible to fill any office in tho State; the nitionalisation of toe hold; the abolition of all bereditaly titles and pavileges ; the abolition of the office of justice of the petite; religious equality ; the diestahlishment and dia.. endowment of all State Churches, and no money to be Voted by the State for any religious purpose whatever; that the national bank issue be catublisbed in lieu of -all other banks; equality in editoition, and a thorough system of national, ,oblig 'tory, and induetral education.  A resolution passed yesterday, referring to Federal Government, was also iuserted in the is platform." Citizen }Liles (London) moved, and Citizen Lessner (Loudon), seconded. That an exteuti%e committee be appointed in Manoheeter to inaugurate and carry out agitation In favour of this programm4. After dinner sums resolutions in reference ' to the labour question were introduced and passed. The first recommended working men to form trades' unions, and affiliate theuiselves with the International Society, murder to oppose international combination of capital The other resolutions expressed the opinion of Congress in favour of the abolition of k•ystematio overtime, and recommended the limitation of the working day to eight hours. They further recornm.iuded trades' sooieties to take immediate political action, and invited them to join the new labour party, and pledged the Congress to use their best endeavours towards the establishment of a universal strike fund, contributed to by the workers of all nationalities. It was further resolved that the only way of making strikes unnecessary, and lock-outs usi-less, was to do away with the capitalist unwilling to grant the just requests of the workman, by applying the surplus funds of trades' unions to production. On the motion of Citizen Hales, it IVIS resolved:— - . . _  That while we admit the necessity of strikes as a weapon to be used against capital, yet we look upon them only as expedients; the true end of all social reforui being the total ab.ilition of the present system of capitalist production, with wages-paid slavery, and the substitution of associated effort in lieu thereof.  Some other busiuess of an unimportant character was disposed of, and the proueediue terminated.  In America the Presidential campaign has commenced in earnest. Senntora cunktilig and Sherman have addressed meetings in Nor York and Ohio respectively in iii'vour of , General Grant.  EIGHTEEN CARAT GoLn.—Beautifolly imitated, Ant dei)ing detection, in the NEW GOLDkNIII