The Bee-Hive. — 1873-09-13 (London, England)

THE LONDON TRADES COUNCIL.  The quarterly meeting of the delegates of the trades societies affiliated to the London Trades Council was held on Saturday evening at the Bose Tavern, Old 13ailey ; Mr. "Warren in the chair. The chairman, in opening the proceedings, said he was pleased to see so many trades represented, proving, as it did, that the London societies were becoming alive to the necessity and importance of having a Trades Council through which their power and influence might be made manifest when occasion required. The great success which had attended the recent demonstrations against the Criminal Law Amendment Act was in a measure due to the organizing power of the Council. Ile might here say that, unless in the meantime the Government did justice to the trades unionists by repealing and amending all the existing penal class legislation against them, a demonstration upon a much larger scale would be held next year, and the unionists would vote against every candidate At the next election who upheld the present unjust system. Ile had to announce that since eau. the last meeting the Societies of Amalgamate Tailors, Cane Dressers, Portmant Makers, and d  . , postal and telegraph servants, had become affiliated to the Council. 31r. Monteith, of the Philanthropic Coopers' Society, rftported that after a few weeks: stake the society had been successful in their struggle with the employers. ,AU the expewiers, a the struggle had been borne by the society, without having sought the aid of any other body.  Mr. Shipton, the secretary, reported from the  Demonstration Committee that the. expenditure on account of tho .Whit-Monday trades' demenstra. tion against the Oriminal Law Amendment Act amounted to the sum of £2BO, towards Which £228 bad been xeceivea by sale of tickets and programmes, and by voluntary grants front societies. A detailed balance-sheet of the receipts and expenditure.was under audit, and would be ready by the end of the _month, before which time it VMS expected :the money to be received from those societies who bad not yet voted grants would meet the existing deficiency. He also reported that the receipts by the Council on account of the Agricultnral Labourers' Union Fund had been £245, of which LIGG had been expended, leaving A balatice Of XlS.itt the bands of the treasurer. He further reported tha _the Council's receipts on account of the Gas Stokers' Rolief and Defence Fund had been 4269,0 f which £24,5 bad been expended. The delegates then proceeded to consider theproposal emanating from the Sheffield Trades Council for a federation of all the trades councils throughout the kingdom upon the basis that no assistance should be rendered to any society during a strike or lock-out unless it belonged to the federation. Several. of the delegates argued that, in view, of the recent organisation entered into by the large employers_of labour in the loading trades and manufactures, a federation of the trades councils was an absolute necessity. Others contended that the queetion was too important to be first discussed by a large delegate meeting before any opinion had been expressed upon the scheme by the +Donnell. Eventually it was agreed that the consideration of the question should be adjourned until tho next meeting.  A deputation attendcd from the lacemakers of Nottingham, and stated the facts connected with their existing strike for an advance of wages from 3s. 4d. to ss. per day of ten hours. A resolution was adopted that the deputation receive credentials from the Council authorising them to apply to the London trade societies for pecuniary aid.  Mr. B. Taylor, President of the Peterborough IDistrict Labourers' Union, who is also a Poor Law Guardian, on Friday last took the whole of the union children, numbering upwards of 100, a trip to the seaside, Skegness being the place visited. The children thoroughly enjoyed their outing and heartily cheered their benefactor.  It is stated that the Bavarian Government has prohibited Bavariaz students of theology from frequenting the German College at Rome as long as that establishment remains under the direction of Jesuits.  A man named Doonan has been committed for trial to the next Dublin assizes for the murder of a woman at Bellaghy. He struck her on the bead with a slayne, or bog-cutting instrument, inflicting injuries which caused death shortly afterwards.  The Directors of the Bank of England, at their Court held on Thursday morning, separated without making. any alteration in the rate of discount.  The Duke of Edinburgh has arrived in town 'rim Scotland.  tsthphoeleeenefsb(n>:;n this medicine will save Inally