funeral, in which the Metropolitan Board of Works took part, assumed a public character. [346] This journal is preserved in the Manchester Public Library (341, P. 37). It was a well-written 16 pp. 8vo, issued, at first fortnightly and afterwards monthly, at 2d. No. 1 is dated July 4, 1840. [347] Minutes of delegate meeting at Manchester, May 12, 1845. An admirable account of this society, founded on documents no longer extant, is given in an article by Professor Brentano in the _North British Review_, October 1870, entitled “The Growth of a Trades Union,” For some other particulars see the _Jubilee Souvenir History of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers_, 1901. [348] Executive Circular, 1846, cited in proceedings in _R._ v. _Selsby_. Two full accounts of the trial were published, viz. a _Verbatim Report of the Trial for Conspiracy in R._ v. _Selsby and others_ (Liverpool, 1847, 66 pp.), published under the “authority of the Executive of the Steam-Engine Makers’ Society,” and a _Narrative, etc., of the Trial, R._ v. _Selsby_ (London, 1847, 68 pp.). Both are preserved in the Manchester Public Library, P. 2198. The legal report is in Cox’s _Crown Cases_, vol. v. p. 496, etc. Contemporary Trade Union reports contain many references to the proceedings. It was noticed as an instance of the animus of the prosecution that the indictment contained 4914 counts, and measured fifty-seven yards in length. W. P. Roberts organised the defence, which cost the Union £1800. The firm in whose works the dispute arose became bankrupt within a few years. See the _Jubilee Souvenir History of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers_, 1901. [349] _The Trades Advocate and Herald of Progress_ was an 8 pp. quarto weekly, price 1d., No. 1 being dated June 1850. The volume from June to December 1850 is preserved in the Manchester Public Library (401 E, 18). An able article by John Burnett in the _Newcastle Weekly Chronicle_, July 3, 1875, gives a vivid picture of the struggle for amalgamation. [350] This was pointed out in Professor Brentano’s article in the _North British Review_, already quoted. [351] The organ of the Executive Council was the _Operative_, a well-written weekly journal, which was set on foot by Newton in January 1851. The price was at first 1½d., and afterwards 1d. per number. The issues from the beginning down to July 1852, probably all that were published, are preserved in the British Museum (P. P. 1424, a.m.). Newton acted as editor, and contributed nearly all the articles relating to the engineers and Trade Unions generally.