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    • JUST PUBLISHED, VBICE SIXPEHOB.
    • Leicksjtbk,—Most important mef tings were held in Leicester, on Monday fast, which it has beea utterly impossible to do justice to tbis week. We
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      Parliamentary Review. If The Legislature...

      "Whig Premier has evidentl y made up his mind to stop legislation and provoke a fight . The grievances of Ireland are nothing to him . The shortest cut to the tranquillity of that country appears to be , in his estimation , through the slaughter of its inhabitants . Certainl y , it is a summary way of getting rid ofthe " surplus population . " But blood thus spilt has an awkward facility of springing up in future harvests of revenge and hostility , not unfrequentl y fatal to those who caused it

      to be shed . We have no hesitation in saying that if a civil war takes place in Ireland , that the Whig government which has obstinately refused all legislation of a conciliatory or remedial character , and which has , at the same time , proclaimed its deterruination to put down , by armed force , the internal disaffection arisingj from its own misconduct , will be alone responsible for all the blood that may be shed , and the loss of property which may follow such an event .

      Air Horsman , by dint of constant importunity , has at length shamed both Sir R . Peel and Lord J . Russell , into the confession that something must be done to reform the Ecclesiastical Commission , to which we have more than once referred . The way in which the Bishops have misappropriated the funds , and evaded the distinct intentions of an Act of

      Parliament , would , in the case of a poor man , be termed fraud and swindling . But to the

      The Jewish' Disabilities Bill , which was introduced at the beginning of the Session , and which , as it was intended to let into Parliament Baron Rothschild , one of the Premiers colleagues tor the City of London , we might have imagined would have been pushed forward somewhat briskly , has shared in the general paralysis . On Monday night it turned up , after having been lost sight of for some time , and , after a preliminary discussion , went through committee . It has still to pass the ordeal ofthe Lords , and if all we hear is true , it is possible that it may founder in its passage through that Chamber .

      April 8, 1848. The Northern Star. *

      April 8 , 1848 . THE NORTHERN STAR . *

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      Hlsceiiaseops, The National Petition.—A ...

      HlSCEIiASEOPS , The National Petition . —A correspondent who signs himselt ¦ late of the Slst Regiment of Foot , ' says : —* I would suggest the proprietj of erery Chartist in Great Britain ( who can afford the expense ) , being in London on the 10 th , and to join the procession ; and also , that a . memorial be presented at the Home Office , ia behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones , to ba accompanied thither by the said procession . I wonldfnrther suggest that all Chartist householders , residing in the metropolis , should allow themselve to he enrolled as special constables , to keep the peace and preserre good border , and so dispense with the government bludgeon men . T . Woonnousz , Stockport . —Yes . The Cosisg Revolution . —Prom a long letter signed ' ilercator , ' for which we have not room in full , we give the following extract : —* Gota any of our manufacturing towns or villages , and there yon will find

      thousands upon thoa = auds , of our best ana most industrious artisans starving for want of employment ; and ia many branches ofthe staple trade of this country , even when employment can be obtained , the workman cannot earnmore than 6 s orys perweek , andoutof this pittance , he has to maintain a wife , and probably a large family !! And while the country is in such a otate as this , caused by class legislation , our "Whig rulers , alter having , as is always the case , emptied the Exchequer , are trying to put the screw on the middle classes , knowing fall well , thatthey ( the middle classes ) will throw the entire burthen on the workiag classes While the operatives are enduring sufferings almost unparalleled , the Guizot of England is indulging ia the most lavish expenditure — to say

      nothine t . f the immense sums paid every year to placesen and hangers on , who never did , nor ever will , render any service to their country . And is this state of things to be endared any longer ? Are the working classes to be plundered of their last penny , by a Liberal "Whig Ministry , and suffer thi infliction in silence ? No , let our rulers beware in time ; let them grant such reforms as are necessary for the salvation ofthe people ; let them retrench and economise the esoendtture ; let tbem grait equal laws , and equal privileges , and all may yet bs well . But if ministers follow their present insane pulley , they will , and ought to be made answerable , for the scenes of bloodshed , which wfll ere long blast our once peaceful , prosperous , and happy isle . This statement may startle some , and be laughed at by others . lint let these trifiers and scoffers attend the

      gatherings of the oppressed and starring operatives , and they will find that a sp'rit of the most determined revenge has taken cwaplete possession of those , who a short tirae ago were the advocates of peace and order . Let them remember that there is a point in suffering , beyond which endurance is a crime , ay , of the blackest character . Let them remember that tke peoplehave before tbem , the glorious example of a successful resistance to tyranny and oppression ; and 1 st them also remember , that the middle classes are nearly asmmh discontented as the hulk of the people ; and if amid warnings like these , our rulers do not immediately introduce such measures as wiU satisfy the people , let them prepare for a day of retribution , which most assuredly is not far distant . —Mebcator-& K BKOMSH 'MaRSEILLAIsE . '—I have been thinking that the Democrats of England are rnncb behind ; those of France and other nations , in not having their national democratic anthem . Whv have we not our * Democratic

      Hymn * as our French brethren have their' Hymn ofthe Girondms , ' and the' Marseillaise ? I think that if the Chartist Executive Council would take up the matter , and offer a small prize for the best lyric that could be produced , embodviag the sentiments of tbe people , there are many poets in England who would' string their lyre' to such a theme . " What do you think ofthe suggestion ? I remain , yours , A Republican . [ Very good . Ed . N . S . ] Coenkall . —A correspondent asks ' cannot some attention he paid by the Executive to Cornwall , by way of sending an scent ? A large field is open therefor labour , and would doubtless prove worth attending to . Hr R . Bdseett , Edinburgh . —Mr Watson , Queen ' s Headpassage , Paternoster-row , supplies the works you mention . W " . S ,, Beading . —We know nothing of the note . Anti-Humbug . — The contribution is one shilling annually . If shillings , are sent addressed ^ to G . J . Harney , Norther * SiABomce , cards will he sent in return . "SOBSCMFTIOH JOE LOSS OF ClTTLE AT 0 'GoKJCOBYH . Li :. s . d . James Swaffield ... ... 0 6 O Kedrup ... ... 0 6 Bolton , per Heyes ... ... 6 8 Brighton , Flower ... ... 4 0 Oldham , Hamer ... ... 5 0 Ashton-under-Lyne ... ... 1 ° 0 Tllartin ... ... ... 1 0 W Penny , Hyde ... — OS W Darrant and Brothers , Stratford-on-Avon ... 2 0 Thomas Abbott , Manchester ... 0 6 Walsall , per Perkins ... ... 2 G Lincoln ... ... ... 1 0 Bacsp <¦ . , „ . •¦ 5 5 £ l 19 7 Bilston , per Linney ... ... 4 2 Walsall , per Perkins ... — 2 6 S & incoln ... ... 1 9 Bacup ... - « - 5 5 Romford , Herbert ... — 5 6 "Wltharo , Fish ... ... 2 6 Heading , Wheeler ... ... ^ 1 Leadgate , Grogan ¦ ... « - 2 4 __ £ ! 10 6 Thojus # amiv WHselee . Theabove is the list of names which was omitted last week , as the sum only was announced . SnasCBiPTioKS . —The following is a list of subscriptiens received by me from different localities , in order to liquidate the debt of Mr Barro v . —Thomas Eanki . v , 59 , Ravald-street , Lloyd-street , fOl & ham-road , Han . cfcester . s . d . Bolton , per Mr Piekvanee — „ . 10 0 Todmorden , Stansfield ... ... 18 0 Littleboroug b , James Coupe ... 3 0 StagshUl , Joshna Taylor ... _ 4 e WaUingborougb , L Watkln ... 1 0 Bilston , MrHammersley ... ... 7 6 HaoclesSsld , Mr J Leech ... ... lo 0 Stockport , Thomas Davies— . _ 10 8 Droylsden , J Dawson ... ... 3 o Nottingham , J Sweet ... ... 5 0 Oldham , Hamer ... ... 10 o Eatcl fie Bridge , J Eowker ... ... 5 0 Haslingden , H Green ... ... 4 0 Dorsetshire , J W - 2 o e Preston , J Brown ¦•• — J e Smethvrick , Mr Allen ... 5 ° £ 5 is o Thomas Hankin respectfully solicits those localities that have not yet remitted their quota to use their best efforts to do so with as littk delay as possible . The O'Conkob Medal . —A correspondent suggests tbe wearing of the O'Connor medal on tbe 16 th of April . T . Dowkie , Bangor . —Thanks for the report . Press of matter has compelled the exclusion of the speeches . T . B-, BirstalL—We have not room . There is na use talking at such petty tyrants . If thepcople areprepared to take justice they may now obtain it , and strike terror to the souls of all such wretches . S . T .. Stratford , Essex . —Your letter is very well written but has the vice of containing nothing practical . Mere generalities , appeals for * union , ' & c , < fcc . are but words lasted . Any future communications , whether reports or other wise , shall have our attention . jjt Tout letter sb . aU appear as soon as we can find room for it . . ,. . . To THE Men or Abeedeek . —I want immediate instruction a 510 'whether I am to come to Aberdeen to be r . wjrpnt at the monster meeting or remain in London . — pK J . Seibeon , M . C . * S" In reply to several pplications from several ¦ ecie ties of Odd fellows , e beg to saj tliat the proiision . ¦

      Of The Bill Proposed By Hr O'Connor, Wil...

      of the Bill proposed by Hr O'Connor , will embrace all and , therefore , it becomes tbe duty of all , who desire , the protection of their funds from their officers , to send in their petitions at once . To the Editor of the Xoetbben Stab . —Sib , —I beg te contradict a false statement which appeared in the Stab of the 18 th , in a letter , signed « William Holmes , wherein he states that I dismissed him from my service in consequence of his having become a successful allottee on the land ; the fact is simply this , on account of tbe great depression in the trade , and having upwards of £ 280 . worth of lace by mo from the machine which Holmes worked , I judged it advisable that the frame should stand , and it has not been worked at all einea he left me , whieh is a fortnight since , last Saturday ; add to this the fact of my having known of his connexion with the Land Plan from the week after he first entered my employ , and you and the public will , I

      think , see that it had nothing to do with his dismissal . Your insertion of this will oblige , Sir , your obedient servant , Geobge Lasgfobd . Lenton Sands , March 21 . W . B . Robinson . —We have not the copy of MrKydd's sprech . An Old-Scbscmbek . —' The Jacobin of Paris' shall reappear in the Stab . The Bbitish Bakkeb . —From a long letter from a Dis . senter , complaining of an article from the pen of that precious public instructor , Dr Cantwell , on the French Resolution , we give the following extract : — 'In political faith I am a republican Chartist , and in my reli-- gioHS belief , a Protestant Dissenter , and feel no hesitation in stating that if all' Protestant Dissenters' fully understood the principles which were enunciated by their Lord and Master , they can be nothingmore or less than Chartists of the deepest dye , Christ was a sterling Chartist , and I challenge any parson to prove the contrary . Alibis acts , teachings , and preachings , were purely democratic , so were all the followers of Him ,

      tbat is to say , His Disciples . "Will any one try to refute this ? Christ was a despiser of Kings , and a hater of Tyrants . I trust , Mr Editor , that you wiU set about teaching this body ( theparsons ) , orthodox manner the they ought to pursue in interpreting the sayings of tho New Testament , as I am convinced that the majority of them have not the slightest knowledge of doing so . M y reason for troubling you , is to draw your attention to an article in a late number ofthe Bbitish Banner , on the * downfaU of Louis-Philippe . ' I am certain that every real Christian at heart , must glorifyjGod for that tyrant ' s overthrow , because he did not reign in tbe fear ofthe Lord , and also did that which was eoit in His sight . I do most emphatically condemn the remarks of the learned doctor , as tbey are not at all Id accordance with liberty or his preaching , neither do they breathe the spirit of gospel truth ; they are altogether at variance with the true spirit of Christianity , and espe . dally of the creed professed by Dissenters . Andrew Helville teld James the Sixth of Scotland , that ho was neither a King , nor a Lord , nor a head , but a member .

      Receipts O? The Natiostax. Law» Compakit...

      RECEIPTS O ? THE NATIOSTAX . LAW » COMPAKIT , FOR THE , "WEEK ENDING THURSDAY , APRIL 6 , 1818 . PER MR O'CONNOR . ISASE 8 , £ s , d , Reading n 3 0 0 Bury Coulter .. 10 0 0 Wilmslow „ 1 16 0 Newent .. 4 18 3 Woolwich , Richmond M 1 1411 Crombie H 0 5 8 Southampton .. 4 0 0 Birmingham , Halifax „ 9 5 0 Goodwin „ 3 13 0 Corbridge „ 2 0 0 Kilbarchan .. 12 6 Busby n 410 0 Bridlington Quay 6 18 0 Glasgow . M 4 2 6 Birmingham , Littletown SlOlOi Brindley ., 16 0 Kerrcasfle-upon . Barnsley « 10 H 6 Tyne ., 8 6 6 Cheddington „ 2 10 6 VTelton .. 0 15 2

      Barnoldswick . 8 3 0 Clayton "West M 1 18 2 Camrais « 5 9 6 Yarmouth M 5 8 0 Linlithgow .. 1 7 6 Ely 9 0 2 Hetford „ S 5 0 "Warwick „ 4 2 0 Falkirk M 2 6 4 WhitSngton and Romford « 2 12 0 Cat 5 11 11 Daventry „ 41111 William Crow .. 0 2 0 Ledbury .. 1 0 2 RohtCrow „ 0 2 0 Central Rossen- Wm Thatcher H 0 10 dale .. 10 O 0 ChasFentou .. 0 1 o Raisnick „ 10 0 Jas A Smith ,. 0 3 1 late Lock „ S 6 O Mary Ann Elliott 2 12 a Edinburgh .. 5 0 0 John Pomeroy .. 0 7 0 Lambeth .. 0 15 6 Lanceioy Toy M 2 10 0 Parkhead .. 3 14 0 John Toy .. 2 10 0 Mottram „ 15 0 0 Ann Maria Moss 0 10 Astley ,. 3 0 5 John Latham „ 0 6 4 Marple ,, 5 19 6 Thos Latham M 0 7 0 York .. 2 0 0 "William Francis Rochdale ,, 1 17 6 Cherry ,. 0 6 0 Tewkesbury -, 0 8 6 Geo Loveridge „ 0 2 6 SomersTown 2 7 0 John Edward Limehouse , B H 676 Bannell .. 080 Manchester .. 12 18 10 George Hnghes Leicester , Astillu 5 0 0 Chatwin .. 0 5 0 Mewbury ., 15 0 6 Thos Cork u 0 5 0 Oxford „ 2 7 6 Wm Lute „ 0 10 Nottingham , Geo Hall .. 10 0 Sweet ., 513 6 John Heffernan 0 10 Banbury .. 1519 § Thos Collings .. 0 5 0 Birmingham , "Wm Wilson .. 010 6 Goodwin ., 5 0 0 Geo Waterman * 0 3 4 Clitheroe .. 4 0 0 By Byrna M 0 2 0 Liverpool - 10 15 9 Ann Broad u 0 0 6 Korihamplon .. 7 0 0 ' WmBdtrelfc ¦ -... 0 2 6 Thrislington ., 9 9 0 Jas Smith „ 0 1 . 6 Tavistsck .. ' 2 1 0 "Win Crow .. 0 2 0 Birmingham , Robt Crow .. 0 2 0 Ship „ 4 14 0 Wm Thatcher „ 0 10 Inverkeithing ¦¦ 1 14 10 John Quarter-Plymouth » 6 116 man .. 0 5 0 Keighley .. 10 0 0 William Thomp-New Radford ~ S 12 3 son .. 0 5 0 Bradford , York 3 3 0 Sarah R Salmon 6 Hull .. 12 10 10 Harriet Towers . 0 Torquay M 8 18 0 Ann Maria Moss 0 Mells . Corpe .. 3 6 0 Foster Gordon- 1 0 0 Burslem » 12 ! 0 Felix Hunt - 0 10 Alva „ 15 19 0 William Baillie . 8 16 Markhiuch ., 1 / 6 Hamilton .. 1 15 0 £ 339 15 Qj EXPENSE FUND . Reading .. 7 0 0 Tavistock .. 0 2 0 Wilmslow ~ 1 12 6 Plymouth « 14 0 Kilbarchan .. 0 4 0 New Radford .. 0 6 6 Bridlington Quay 0 14 0 Hull « 0 11 4 Barnstaple .. 0 1 ft 0 Torquay .. 8 5 0 Long Sutton .. 0 5 10 Mells , Corps .. 0 16 Campsie .. 0 13 0 Burslem .. 1 11 0 Linlithgow M 0 12 6 Newent .. 0 16 Retford u 0 6 6 Riclnhond u 0 10 Falkirk ., 011 0 Southampton „ 10 0 Romford .. 0 5 6 Halifax .. 0 15 0 Ledbury .. 0 8 0 Busby .. 0 10 0 Rastrick w 16 6 Glasgow H 0 5 3 Lake Look „ 0 2 0 Littletown « 0 9 1 * Edinburgh .. 0 6 6 Newcastle-upon . Parkhead .. 0 6 0 Tyne .. 1 13 6 Astley .. 0 10 0 Welton .. 0 10 Marple . 10 6 Clayton West .. 0 10 Glo = sop .. 0 8 0 Ely ' » 1 0 2 Rochdale .. 0 5 6 Warwick .. 0 16 LimehoHse , Bruns- Whittingtonand wick Hall 0 2 6 Cat .. 076 Manchester .. 2 7 2 MaryAnn Elliott 0 1 0 Oxford .. 0 4 0 John Pomeroy .. 0 2 0 Nottingham , Henry Sullivan 0 16 Sweet n 2 10 2 Thos Collins „ 0 2 0 Banbury M 0 11 0 Geo Waterman .. 0 2 0 Clitheroe .. 1 0 0 William Board .. 0 2 0 Liverpool « 1 16 0 John Hickman - 0 3 0 Northampton , John H Fox Mnnday .. 8 0 0 Young u 0 1 6 Hamilton M 0 5 0 Alva „ 0 4 0 £ 45 13 0 £ Tofcal Land Fund ... ... £ 399 15 OJ Expense Fund ... ... 45 13 0 i Rules ... » 0 6 6 £ 445 14 1 Bank ... ... ••• 37414 8 £ 820 _ 9 _ 3 Wa , Drxoir . Ceeistophes Doile , Taos . Class , ( Corres . Seo . ) Philip M'Gbath , { Fin . Seo . ) RECEIVED AT BANK . Manchester » .. 2310 0 Padiham , Power Loom Weaver Association „ ISO 0 0 Liverpool , Clarence Co-operative Society •• 4 14 8 Barnstaple , Auxiliary Bank « .. 200 The Mountain Bant of the National Land Company , Yorkshire » « 2 0 0 T . Pbice , Manager . RECEIPTS OF NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Gregory , Belper « 0 16 Northampton u 0 5 0 Bradford » 0 5 0 Ipswich ., 0 10 0 Mr Burke .. Oil Bolton „ 0 10 0 Mr Simpkin .. 0 10 Plymouth » 011 0 Minster ijovell .. 2 10 0 Mr Tanner t > 0 4 0 Petition Sheets .. 0 12 5 Ladies' Shoe Todmorden .. 0 10 0 Makers .. 0 2 0 Birmingham .. 10 0 Marylehone H 0 5 4 Cheltenham .. 10 0 Mr Temple M 8 10 Bilston it 0 5 0 Mr Martin M 0 3 6 Dartford .. 0 10 0 Betford „ 0 10 Three Old Guards , Portsmouth M 0 6 8 Shoe MiU .. 0 2 3 MixendenStones 0 12 0 Cupar Angus .. 0 15 0 Basington Lane 0 5 0 Chorley .. 0 3 0 Dartford .. 0 12 8 Railway Labourer 0 0 6 Leicester ., 016 10 Two Friends Wigan .. 0 2 0 Sacriston .. 0 16 Mr Rogers „ 0 S 0 Bnckhaven .. 0 2 0 Wallingford .. 0 4 0 Longton , Work- TowerHamlets- 0 15 0 ing Man ' s Hall 010 0 Alva .. 10 0 Mr Potter « 0 2 0 Collected at John Bnckby - 0 18 Street „ 15 4 Brighton 13 0 Lambeth „ 0 14 6 Barford ~ 2 6 0 Aberdeen „ 2 0 0 Kottiogham .. 2 0 0 Stockport H 019 0 E Richardson .. 0 2 0 Sowerby Helm ... 10 0 Glasgow t . 0 19 0 Falkirk „ 010 0 Bath ~ 10 0 Hamilton . .. 10 0 Hebden Bridge .. 0 9 0 Leigh .. 8 5 9 Edinburgh .. 1 10 0 Tjldesley .. 0 IS 2 Mr Derbyshire .. 0 0 fi Collected by W Barnsley .. 0 10 0 Brown .. 0 5 9 llr Cuffay .. 0 5 0 Middleton - 0 7 G Newcastle « 1 10 0 Richmond ., 0 4 0 Ledgate .. 0 8 4 Newbridge , Gla-Leicester .. 0 10 0 morganshire .. 0 10 0 £ 38 10 9 f „ HiHr ' sa DBFEKCE OF KK o ' COKKOE ' S SEAT IK PAELIAMEHT . Sleaford .. 0 2 9 Norwich .. 1 0 ll Hexham ,. 0 9 6 Mr Duff .. 0 19 Bradford .. 0 7 1 Sutton-in-Ash-Somers Town field a 1 0 0 iandCorcpany Darwin O 6 3 and Chartists 0 18 3 Hollinwood .. 0 7 O SO .. 018 Clackmannan ., 6 4 C Collected by Mr Hawick .. 0 2 0 Smith .. 0 10 9 LongBuckby .. 011 6 J L Quarnley Sheffield M O 11 2 Oldham .. 0 2 6 J Cheetham M 0 1 0 Edinburgh „ I 8 8 j 11 7 7 £ C . BOIlBi Secretary ,

      Important Notice. Each Branch Secretary ...

      IMPORTANT NOTICE . Each Branch Secretary of the National Land Company has received with the balance sheet , one of the usual quarterly return sheets ; but instead oi returning thereon the payments for the quarter ending Marjh 25 th , 1848 , they must enter , alphabetically , the names of all members of their respective branches , vsithout reference to sections , with the total amount paid by each from the commencement of the Company until the 25 th ult ., distinguishing Land Fund from the Expense Fund . Secretaries requiring more paper than the sheet sent from the office , vfill provide themselves with it , and rule it similar to the printed sheet . Each return must set forth , in writing , that it is made out from the commencement to the 25 th ult . The Directors hope that each Secretary will promptly perform this duty , and that the returns will be sent as soon after the 25 th of March as possible .

      The National Petition. A Public Meeting ...

      THE NATIONAL PETITION . A public meeting called by the Association of-Fraternal Democrats waa holden on Tuesday evening last , in the Farringdon Hall . The hail was excessively crowded by a most enthusiastic assembly . A large number of Irish Repealers were present , and they were moat enorgetic in their applause of every patriotic , fraternal , and determined sentiment uttered by the speakers ; At ei >; ht o ' clock , Ernest Jones , delegate to the National Convention for Halifax , was called to the chair , amidst loud and Ions-continued cheering . Ebnbst Jokes was called to the chair amid great acclamation , and in one of his truly brilliant speeches introduced the business of the eveningconcluding , after a lengthened address , by introducing Mr Harney , ( fee .

      Tha following waa the first resolution moved by Julian Harney : — Whereas it is a notorious fact that the government ol these countries , —commonly called * The United King , domof Great Britain and Ireland , ' —exists only for the protection and aggrandisement of the privileged classed represented in tbe legislature ; whereas the laws are enacted for tbe benefit ofthe rich and tho plunder and oppression of the poor ; whereas tbe existing'system ' it upheld by fraud and force , and is , therefore , directly opposed to the principles of truth and justice ; and , whereas , that legislative swindle , miicall . d tbe Reform Bill , by excluding six-sevenths of the adult male population from tbe possession of fiieir inalienable political rights , constitutes tho mainstay of the enormities above recited

      \—Tbis meeting hereby resolves to adopt the National Petition requiring tho immediate enactment of the People ' s Charter ; and should that petition be rejected , this meeting appeals to the people of Great Britain and Ireland to take other and efficient means to enforce compliance with tbeir just demands . Julian Harkbt delivered a very lengthy speech , contrasting tbe wrongs of the poor with the crimes of the privileged classes . In the course of his speech be said : The Times of Saturday last , in a whining , fraudulent , and lying article , unblushingly asserts the atrocious falsehood , that wherever the sway of the English government is acknowledged , there legislative justice is enthroned , and rational liberty secures general happiness ; if there is an exception ,

      it is Ireland . But the Times asserts , that even Irish evils are the consequences of the vices of the Irish character , and not of English rule . ( Cries ol 1 false . " ) Yes ; the writer ia the Times is a liar . J . II . then showed the atrocities of the English system at home and abroad . The state of Ireland proclaims , fcrumpet-tongued , the deep damnations ol that system so vilely applauded by the felon Times . If it were as true as it is false , tbat all the evils of Ireland spring from the vices ofthe Irish character , why attempt te govern such a people in spite of themselves f The Times admits that English government has failed in Ireland ; why not , then , let the people of that country try Irish government ? ( Loud cheers ) It i § , however , na longer a question whether the

      English government will let' Irishmen have justice—they will * let' themselves ! ( Thunders of applause . ) The bullying Times now whines— ' A grave ccptet may be at hand , we deprecate it ere it comes . ' Only a week ago , how different the toae of this bully 1 Then , Mitchel , and Meagher , and Smith O ' Brien , were assumed to'be objects of acorn and contempt . ( A voice , Three cheers for Repeal ;' three thundering cheers were given . Another voice , ' Three cheers for O'Brien , Meagher , and Mitchel , ' again the building shook with the roaring cheers and stamping of the people . ) Every word said by Mitchel and his brother seditionists we adopt . Theii holy'hatred to English aristocratic rnle we share ( Thunders of applause . ) The millions who in seven

      centuries have perished in Ireland , the victims of fraud and tyranny , —the millions of murdered victims recently mowed down by famine , —the thousands still dying day by day—these appeal to us from their graves to efface the stain from our national name by proving to the world that , the people of England do not participate in the crimes of their rulers . By every sentiment of manhood we are bound to jiata those rnlera . They have oppressed us at home , and excited against us the hatred of every other people . The world has been taught that this is a free nation , and , therefore , not unnaturally we have been confounded with our rulers , and made to share the odium of their crimes . "At this very time they are exciting against

      us a worse feeling than hatred—contempt . Other nations breaking their fettera—bursting their chains —pouring out their blood for liberty—curbing or casting out their tyrants—look to us , and judging of us by the vile press , conclude that we are perfectly content with the present system ; content—so say the vile newspapers—to truckle to Mster John Russell ' s insolence , who in : the midst of revolutions—* tbe wreck of sceptres and the crash of Himw . ' assumes the airs of a CoMRr , and declares that he has no intention to repeal the ratepaying clauses of the Reform Bill . My God , how the nations must wonder at , and despise as ! Bnt shall we not cast from us this humiliation ? ( Cries of' Yes , ves , ' and roars of applause . ) We tell Mister

      Johnny Russell that we mean to repeal the Reform Bill itself . ( Renewed cheering . ) Next Monday we shall preve to the world the falsehoods ofthe English press . We shall prove that we are not content to hug our fetters when the slaves of every other land are breaking theirs . ( Loud cheers . ) There are two dangers to guard against , rashness and weakness . Any rash act next Monday might launch us , not into a revolution , bnt into a row , more fatal to our character and moral standing than even to our nercone . We most have no ' rows . ' On the other hasd , we must have no weakness .. It i p not for me to anticipate the Convention , but ray voice is in unison with that of my constituents , for no more petitioning . ( Great applause . ) I would , however ,

      make one other last appeal , not to the house , but to the Queen . I would have the people send to her a memorial , demanding tbe ousting of the ministry , and the appointment of men who will make the Charter a cabinet aeasure . Let the delegates of the people demand to see the Queen in person—to present the memorial without any of the tomfoolery of bag-wigs and Court swords . If this last appeal ia treated with contempt , of course , the Convention will do its duty—always provided the people are prepared to do theirs . ( Applause . ) I must protest against the idea , if entertained by any one , of dissolving the Convention on the presentation of the Petition . I must protest against any' feed' at Highbury Barn—it will be time enough to feast when we

      have something to rejoice over ,-and can invite all tbe people to share in the festival . ( Great applause . ) If the Petition ia rejected , it will be the duty of the Convention—if supported by the people—to declare itself permanent until the Charter becomes ths law ofthe land . ( Enthusiastic cheering . ) The hour has struck , and this is the hour for us to strike for our liberties . Behold , in every land , the nations rising to the life ot liberty , Behold Young France bursting the manacles of corruption and the fetters of force , and establishing on the ruins ot monarchy and the wrecks of privilege , the _ empire of the Proletarians , and the reign of Equality , Liberty , and Fraternity . ( Great cheering . ) Behold the Germans bringing their kings and princes on their knees to learn the first lesson in revolution—ay , , only the first lesson ; we have only seen the beginning in Germany . ( Cheers . ) Behold the Italians destroying foreign tyrants and wringing liberty from

      domestic rulers . ( Applause . ) Behold Poland re-appearing from the tomb , as yet swathed in her bloody shroud ; but , even now , that shroud ia being torn from her limbs by the Lands of liberated Germans . ( Great applause . ) The resurrection of Poland has taken place . Kosoiusko ' a fall shall be avenged—Konarski's tortnres shall be atoned for . The sword of Poland , aided by the swords of France and Germany—ay , and England too , as eoon as we are fiee —( cheers)—shall be sheathed in the heart ot the Russian despotism . The Russian , like the Austrian empire , will be rent asunder , and the doomed , damned despot of St Petersburg , shall be sent to seek the hell he merits , amidst the triumnhant roar of liberated nations . ( Immense applause . ) Englishmen , Irishmen , and Scotchmen , our fraternisation is tbe surety of our victory . We have but to march together , and we must , we will , win our liberties . ( Enthusiastic and long continued cheering )

      Mr West , delegatefor Stockport , seconded the resolution and said : The time had now arrived for short speeches and active work . He had had the high honour to be returned for Stockport , to represent the independent men of that borough at the Convention now sitting in this metropolis . Tho men of Stockport were determined to send no mere petitions to the legislature . The time was not far distant when the sons of toil should reap some of the benefits which they were continuall y sowing . They had been compelled by class legislation to work harder aud eat less . But they would now see whether they could not eat more and work lefs . ( Loud cheers . ) LordJohn Russell said , thatthe credit or the country must be kept up , They would take a lessen from ,

      The National Petition. A Public Meeting ...

      the past , and Irishmen , Englishmen , and Scotchmen , must unite , and keep their eyes open , and not allow Ireland to be a doomed country . But tbey must unite and level the aristocracy of the three countries to the dust . Little Lord Johnny Russell said he would put the Irish people down . That put him in mud ot a little man of great consequence in btockport » who sworniniiBa special conttable , who ordered a huge navigator to move on . The navigator took up the special under his arm , and was in the act of walking away with him , when little great special says- ' If you don ' t put me down , I'll take you up . » ( Loud laughter . ) Wow , Lord John Russel was something like that little great special ot btockport . The Irish people would let the ministry feel their strength , should there be occasion for it It ia the , fault of the people H tbey endure class legislation much longer . Why . the working classes

      were one thousand to one of all the other classes put together , Did they not refresh tho ranks of the army , navy , and polhe , from the ranks of the peopie , whom they turn into machines of branny to oppress us ? Let them , for the future , g ' et their machines elsewhere . Well , they were going to prosecute Mitchel for instructing , in the United Irishman , the Irish people m the art of street fighting . Why do not the government instruct its Attorney-General to prosecute the Times , lor showing how the rocket and the . howitzer can be used in clearing tho streets by the military ? And , again , has not the Times instructed the people m the same art ? Have they not lauded to the skies the bramnd heroic conduct of tho brave women ot Palermo and Milan ? ( Loud cheers . ) The

      Convention , to a man , were determined to stand against the bloody government , and to adopt the prosecuted opinions of O'Brien , Meagher , and Mitchel . ( Loud and prolonged cheering . ) And they are determined to petition the parliament no more , and tbey will wait the decision of the people . The Tiuaa says , tke shopkeepers are loyal . ( A voice ; Not all . ) He agreed with thatory—not all . They had shown their power in the late attempt of L'rd John Russell to impose an additional income tax . The mercenary middle class hold the power in their hand . They have got the representation in their hands . They have got tbe jury bos , and they are the guardians of the poor ; and possessing , as they

      do , this power , they use it with the utmost rigour against the working classes . ( Shsme , ) They place themselves between the landowner and the farmer , between the farmer and the labourer , robbing by immense profits , and grinding to dust the . ri ghts of labour ; and from tbia misapplication of power , the whole burden of taxation tails solely on the people , who produce the wealth . Who tilled the land I Tbe labourer—take away that labourer , and the wealth produced from the land would cease . So with the mills—and so with the mines—take away the means of setting the mill in action , and the pnfit realised from it ceased to its grinding owner . Take away the men that descend into the bowels of the earth to

      explore them , and that land would be a wilderness . Is it not right that the labourer should enjoy the first fruits ? It is to see a change in the present alarming state of things that I am for a revolution . I should ( ike to see capital and labour placed in its proper position ; and that we ought to get rid of the name of masters , for it ia degrading in ever ) sense of the word . They may be our employers , but not our masters . ( Hear , hear . ) Lord Ashley has sent a letter to the Times , stating that he was glad to hear that the people in the country had enrolled themselves as special constables . I have never heard of such things in Stockport . Any person attempting such a thing would be kicked around that town by the men who only earn 5 s . per week . The women of the north are determined to have the Charter , and they are ready to take the place of the men who are out down , should

      it come to that . ( Loud cheers . ) I am not one who desires bloodshed , if we can get it otherwiee . The mea of the Convention know their labour . ( Loud cheers ) The people of the north are determined to cease working in the pit in the event of their . not getting the Charter ; and if they do I warrant that these tyrants will soon have to blow cold fingers ( Loud laughter and cheers . ) They may call this sedition , but these are times to try men ' s souls . They have tried our souls—the men would rather die than starve . I was at one time reduced to a state of starvation—my family crying for bread—I had none to give them . I feel tor the men ' s state—and Oh ! God are they thus to prefer dea'h to starvation . ( Cheers . ) At > d those men deserve to die who will submit to such a state of things , and will not speak out . ( Great cheering . )

      Mr 5 . KyoD ( delegate for Oldham ) , in a lengthy , argumentative , and eloquent speech , which excited thunders of applause , moved the adoption of the following resolution : — That this meeting having heard tbe blood-thirsty determination of the government as expressed by Lord John Russell , last nighf ia the House of Commons , to crush by force the movement of tbe Irish people for national liberty , r % lit , and justice ; hereby denounces Iiord John ItiHsell and his colleagues , as tbe encm . ' es not less of the English tbau the Irish people , and tbis meeting solemnly pledges itself to co-operate with the people of Ireland against tho infamous government -rvulch alike oppresses botb nations .

      Mr Adams , the . delegate from Gltsgow , said Scotchmen were proverbial fur caution , but as regar d * 3 tbe position of Ireland at the present time , the men of Glasgow had duly considered the question most cautiously , snd he was desired to state by his constituents , it at they would not stand silently by , should the govnrcment proceed to violence and bloodshed in the sister country . He seconded the resolution . Mr Commings ( the delegate for Edinburgh ) said , he wss mist happy tbat I etween the Lish Repealers and the Chartists in Edinburgh the unanimity existed . Fraternisation was tbe rrder of the day , prejudice had been long thrown to the winds ; and the men of Edinburgh were determined to stand by Ire land in the event t . f her having to struggle with de-potle power . The resolution was carried unanimously . Mr Edwin £ ill moved the adoption of the National Petition .

      JMr T . Daly said he had great pleasure in seconding the resolution , adopting the Nationa ' Petition for the Charter- A member of the council of the Irish Confederation he was glad to behold the feeling thst existed throughout the meeting in favour of Ireland's parliamentary independence . Mr Da'y then dwelt at great length on a case that had lately taken place at Gal way , of a person named Conolly , who was indicted furaheep stealing , an tntmirv was instituted in his calami it was found that the man had undergone the most unparallded destitution , it was stated that his wife had eaten the flesh of the legs and feet of a child , the child was exhumed , and the

      statement was found to be true ; tbe man was discharged—was such to be tolerated ? __ ( ' No , no . ' ) The Irishmen in London were determined to bo up and stirring , and 'Come weal , come woe' they would stand by Ireland ; already were they arming , and it was to be hoped that the Chartists would stand their ground . The Irishmen would , and they were determined to do their duty if required , and they march on Monday under their own Green Banner . Now that the Union between the two countries had been effected—no opportunity ought to be lost . Let the " Chartists do their duty—the expatriated sons of Erin would do theirs . The petitisn was carried unanimously . Mr G . W . Wheeier moved the next resolution .

      That this meeting recommends to the country that in e ? ent of tbe demands contained in tbe National Petition being rejected in Parliament , tho people shall instruct tbeir delegates to d < dure the Convention permanent , until the Charter becomes the law of the land ; at the same time affording such support tb the Convention , as will enable the delegates to enforce the adoption & f tbe Charttr . Mr Bebzbb seconded the resrlution , which was unanimously adopted . The mating then dissolved .

      The People B Cuahter And Ko Suurender. —...

      The People b Cuahter and ko Suurender . — A . demonstration and public meeting will take place on Monday next , April 10 th , at twelve o ' clock , on the Market-square , upon the event of the presentation of tbe National Petition to the House of Commons . VVwking men , —attend and show to oppressors that since there is no comfort in the cottage , there ought to be none in the mansion or the palace , and that you never mean to rest more , until you are in full possession of your political rights and social privileges . N . B .-The friends of the Charter are requested to attend the adjourned meeting upon the Racecourse , on Sunday morning next , at ten o ' clock . , Faimwobth . —Mr James Cooper , of Manchester , irill lecture in the Old School , Pole-lane , on Sunday evening , April 9 tb , at six o ' clock . Subject : ' The social and political influence of the French Revolution . '

      Tower Hamlbts . — -A public meeting will be held in Bishop Bonner's Fields , Victoria Park , Betbnalg reen , on Sunday afternoon . April 9 th , in support of the People ' s Charter . Several delegates to the Convention will attend and address the meeting . Hull —The cour . cil of the Chartist Association will sit every evening during the sittings of the Convention , to receive subscriptions in aid of the delegate , and report progress . A daily paper will also be read . All persons are invited to attend , at the Ship Inn ; Church-lane , at seven o ' clock . Stockport . —The secretaries of the South Lancashire Chartist local lecturers' plan , and all others having communications for the Chartists ef Stockport , will please to address them to Thos . Webb , , 41 , Chester-gate , Stockport .

      LouannoROuan . —A Chartist camp meeting for the Midland Counties will bo held at thid place on Sunday next , at two o ' clock , when the sons of toil in the counties of Nottinghamshire , Derbyshire , and Leicestershire are to shake hands , and pledge themselves to ' freemen live or freemen dio . ' Dr M'Douall , with others , will attend and address the meeting . MouKieoRREi .. —A meeting will be held here on Sunday next , at ten o ' clock , which will be addressed byDrM'Doiwll ,

      The People B Cuahter And Ko Suurender. —...

      rma ^^ w-TjwyiaMiwnHHfmHMJUmwHmisM i ^ wir ^ TO THE SOLDIERS OF 'lHE BRITISH ARMY . Brave , noble , and devoted men . Te who have , by your indomitable valour , made the nations of the earth acknowledge your superiority—ye who have caused even your enmies to admire—to eulogiseyour daring deed *; permit an old campaigner—one that has tasted the pleasures , encountered the hardships , and braved the dangers of a military life , bath at home and abroad , as a cavalry eoldier , to address you on an all-important subject—the present state of the affaire of this nation ; and whether or not you are to act as the blind instrument of tyranny , to perpetuate oppression , or to shed a brighter halo around your already highly honoured name , by coalescing with tbe people , like tbe soldiers of France , in the impending struggle for freedom .

      Comrades ( for I still mutt call you so ) , as 1 have a cwrect knowledge of your feelings , of the disaffection which pervades your ranks , occasioned by the diabolical treatment you have to endure without even daring to murmur—allow , me then , to controver : an accredited opinion entertained to your prejudice by the generality of civilians , namely ; that you would exert yourselves in defence of thac government , which treats you not as rational men should be treated , but as machines ; mere automatons ihat must move , speak , ay , and think , by the insolent orders of your officers .

      Comrades , I totally deny , and steadfastly affirm , that such would not be tho eaaa in tha event of n general demonstration ; and certain am I , that . if such an occurrenco takes place ( a consummation devoutly to be wished for ) , that you will fully bear out the opinion which I have formed of you . I will here ohserve , that civilians have arrived at such con elusions , from the fact of your being always brought out to quell any partial rising , or foolish riot , that may occur where you are stationed ; but they do not know how unwillingly you go to perform such dirty work—work only Ot tor policemen and special constables . They seldom give . you the credit you deserve for your lenity on all such occasions . They seem to forget tbat you spring froa ,

      and are a portion of , the people ; that your fathers , brothers , end friends , form the masses that are now firmly r . solved te burst tho bonds of tyranny , or perish in the attempt . They cannot imagine ( when or a visit to your native land ) , with what pleasure , with what delight , you look upon your boyhood ' s home , and the friendsof formerdays . No , comrades , they know not these thing's , because they nave never experienced them—but lean fully appreciate your feelings , for well I know that ynu would joyfully hail any event which was to put freedom within yonr grasp—which was to relieve you from the

      tyranny of your proud , imperious , aristocratic masters . Comrades , let me impress upon your minds that the death knell of despotism is sounding on the continents and soon shall you hear it resounding through these isles . Then , comrades , when you shall see the toiling millions assembled in their might—when they shall rise on masse , and sternly demand their undoubted birthright—freedom ! then shall you prove to the world , that you are truly worthy ol being called the defenders of your country , to the dismay of the tyrant and the oppressor . I am , Comrades , yours very faithfully , John H . MACKii .

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      Stockport . —The monthly meetine of this locality will be held on Sunday next , at the Hall of the Lyceum , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . Nottingham . —At a mcctine ofthe Chartists on Monday night , a letter from Julian Harney having besn read , the following resolution was passed unanimously : — ' That in the opinion of this meeting , provided the Charter be not immediately passed into a law , it will be the duty of the Convention to declare its sittings permanent , until that ebject is

      accomplished . In order to carry out the above object , we pledge ouwelves to render all the assistance in our power , both pecuniary and otherwise . ' A requisition has been presented to the mayor to caU a public mceling on Monday next , at one o ' clock , for devising the best mears to obtain the People ' s Charter ; he declined , but ihe reguisionista hare called the meeting . The mayor informed us he had received a letter from Sir G . Grey , stating he had been in formed that muskets and pikes were btiog purchased in Nottingham to a very great extent .

      Dosdee . — The quarterly meeting of this branch of the National Land Company will bo held on Monday , the 10 th April , at eight o ' clock in the eveninsr , in their meelins-house , Piillar ' s-clo ? e , Murray-gate , Salpohd—The monthly meeting of the Sal ford branch ofthe National Land Company , will be held in the National Chartist Association-room , Great George-street , on Sunday afternoon , March 9 th . Chair to be taken at three o ' clock . Also members are requested to pay their local levies . Sus » khlam > —A general meeting of the members of the National Land Company will be held on Monday , April 10 tb , at hilf-pasfc seven o ' clock in the evenin ? , at the house of Mrs Smith , No . 5 , Numbers-Garth . Stockpom . —Mr E . C . Clark , of Manchester , will lecture here on Sunday evening next , at six o'clock .

      Birmingham . —A district delegate meeting will take place at the Ship Ins , Steelhouse-lane , at two o ' clock on Sunday ( to-morrow ) . Sunderland . —A general meeting of the Chartist Association will be held ou Sunday , April 9 th , at hall-past six o ' clock in the evening , at the house of Mrs Smith , No . 5 , Numbers Garth . Notiikoham . —A meeting of the friends of Mr O'Connor will be held at the Seven Stars , Barker Gate , on Saturday evening , at seven o ' clock . NoTmoiiAM . —The next meeting of thelaad members will be held at the Neptune Tavern , on Sunday evening , at seven o ' clock . ;

      Hyde . —A camp meeting will be held on llaughton Green , on Sunday , April 9 th . The following gentlemen have been invited , and are expected to attend : —W . P . Roberts , Esq ., Joseph Barker , Esq ., Messrs Stora , Pilling , Fitzpatrick , Trayner , Leach , and Candelet , will address tbe meeting ; Chair to be taken at one o ' clock in the afternoon . Denton —The adjourned delegate meeting will be held at the Cock Inn , Denton , on Sunday nest , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . Rossendale—The members of this branch ofthe

      National Land Company are requested to meet on Saturday , the 15 th instant , at the Swan Inn , for the purpose of raising the local levies . Wolverhampton . —A general meeting of the shareholders of the Land Company will be held at Mr Dallow ' a large room , Black Boy Inm florae Fair , on Monday evening next , the 10 th lust ., at seven o'clock . Manchester . —The monthly meeting ef the Manchester branch of the National Land Company will be held on Sunday morning , April dlh . Chair to be taken at nine o ' clock .

      Just Published, Vbice Sixpehob.

      JUST PUBLISHED , VBICE SIXPEHOB .

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      PORTRAIT OF FBARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ,, M . P ., TM ARTIl * informs bis friends and the Chartist body . generally , that he has reduced the price of his lithographic full-length portrait of their Illustrious Chief to tho following prico : —Prints , ; is ; coloured ditto , 2 b . ed . Also , a beautiful lithographic portrait ofW . Dixon , late of Manchester , now one of the Directors , by T . Martin . Price—plain , Is ., coloured , 2 s . PEOPLE'S EDITION . To be had at tha Nobthebn Stab office , 16 , Great Windmill-street , Haymarbet ; at tbe Office of the National Land Company , 144 , High Ho ' . born ; Sweet , Goose Gate , Nottingham ; Hey wood , Manchester , and all booksellers in tbe United Kingdom .

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      Leicksjtbk,—Most Important Mef Tings Were Held In Leicester, On Monday Fast, Which It Has Beea Utterly Impossible To Do Justice To Tbis Week. We

      Leicksjtbk , —Most important mef tings were held in Leicester , on Monday fast , which it has beea utterly impossible to do justice to tbis week . We

      Will Try To Enmpetsate Our Leicester Fri...

      will try to enmpetsate our Leicester friends m our rext number . Nottingham . —On Sunday last , a great meeting " , attended by 20 , 000 persons , was hold in the Forest , and addressed Ur . Macdouall . The meeting afterwardsmarched in pn cession through the town . Ha addressed a meeting of the middle classes on Tuesday night , wi'h excellent effect .

      ADEBESS OF TUB PEOPAE © F HACCLISFIELB In public meeting assembled , to tbe people of France . Brethren , —Sjnipalhy is tho strongest tohd of anfoa between individuals , and also between nations . Congratulation is tte best encouragement to patriotic effort . Vf e desire , brethren , to express our symj aihy in yonr struggle against tyranny , ' and to congratulate jou on tbe successful issue of your heroic and devoted- conduct in tho hour of peril , and after your triumph was complete . We thank you for the irapuUo you have givtjj to democratic principles throughout Europe . Tbe victory you have won is not for France alone , the world n ill emulate your example ; aud with a well organised Republic ia France , it will be impossible for despotism to maintain its footlsg , even in the remotest corners of the world .

      VTe thank you for tbe example you have given us ofthe power of right , when opposed to tbe fraudulent and mercenary power of might , For eighteen yours yourgo * vcrnnacnt has beea a monstrous , a magnificent lie—tho comfort of despots all tbe world oyer . Beneath Its shade every evil tblng has been flourishing with constantly increasing luxuriance , and ? hen neighbouring nations bare beheld tbe result of frenchmen ' s- former Struggles ( or liberty , tbey have felt the cold chill of despair run . ning through their veins , and they have asked from tho depths of their despondency , 'Who can hope for freedom , while tbe foot of tho tyrant is on the neck of Prance ? ' We thank you , Frenchmen , for having lifted this load of despair from our hearts . You have

      encouraged it to a more active and determined energy , ia demanding our rights as Englishmen and Irishmen , and wo will never abate our exertions until the government of the British Empire , is based upon tbe three glorious principles thatform tho symbol of French Republicanism —Liberty , Equality , Fraternity . Brethren , the sympathies ofthe British and Irish nations are with you . The world ' s hopes are csntred in you , we believe you will not fn'eify our expectations , By your institutions baaed upon Equality , by justice at home , an honourable recognition of your duties towards other nations , may yoa realise the ardent hopes we entertain of you , and may lbe more than doubtful glories of impt rial and imperious royalty be dimmed , darkened , and lost in ths pure and tasting splendours ofUNiV £ asiL Repcblicanibm .

      Signed , on behalf of the meeting , Thomas Leech , chairman

      TO THE LBADBBS OF THE IRISH PEOPLE . Esteemed and Patriotic Gentlemen , —With feelings of the deepest anxiety , tbe people of Barnsley , in public meeting assembled , testify to you their admiration of your heroic resolve to rescueyoor country from British usurpation and thraldom , which has entailed upon her centuries of persecution and suffering , reducing the people to the most degrading slavery and wretchedness , preventing tbe resources of your fair and fertile land , till at length we behold her the victim of famine and pestilence , which has , in one year , consigned a million of her people to shroudless , and in many instances to cc-ffinless gravis ; causing tens oC thousands to nee from the scenes of horror and desolation to seek tbe rnsans of existence in foreign clime ? , which nas denied them ia the land of tbeir birih .

      Gentlemen . —The destinies of Europe are maturing every where we bbbuld the p « op \ e riving in tbeir majesty , asserting tbeir inalienable rights and privileges . Tho good seed sown bj Pius the Ninth is producing a glorious harvest . The bright sun of freedom shines propitiously over the face of Europe ; the long oppressed and persecuted people are rising in tbe majesty of their power , trampling in the dust the usurprd potter of kings and potentates . Shall the men of England , Ireland , and Scotland remain quiescent , with arms folded , mere spectators of the glorious struggle for freedom , which ia now animating the universal lovers of liberty ? No , Sirs , forbid heaven ! the tocsin ia already S'up . ded , the alliance of tho Democracy of the United Kingdom is already found , and soon shall the baugh nnd insolent rulers of tbis country find it diWgerous , TDUCb longer to resist tho juet demands of an oppressed and united people ; let them ponder on the fate of a Guizot and a MeUrnich . and take warning by their ignominious downfall and banishment .

      Brave patriots , v » e tender io you our warmest congratulations for fhe heroic stand yeu sre now making in tho defence of your country ' s freedom ; go on in God ' s name in your glorious struggle—unfurl the Green Banner of Erin—and let millions of Irishmen register their vow before Heaven , that they will stand by you until you accomplish the independence of your country . In conclusion , we tender to you the fervent aspirations of tho people of Barnsley , in public meeting assembled on tbis holy day , hoping the time is at hand when freedom and happiness will be tha reward of the united Democracy of England , Irelnsd , and Scotland .

      Signed ob behalf of ( he meeting ' , John Shaw , Chairman , Exetbr . —A meeting of the members of the National Charter Association was held at Mr James Webbfif Havill ' a Temperance Star Hotel , 92 , Porestreet , on Monday the 3 rd of April , For the purpose of effecting a more complete organisation of tha Chartist body in this city , and also for the appointment of proper officers . A general meeting will held on Monday evening next , at eight o ' clock , atfc above named place , to take the matter into consideration .

      LocoHinKGtJGH . —This place is maintaining its character of 1839 and 1842 , being resolved to do its utmost to secure the liberties of the people and the rights of labour . A few have constantly held converse with each other , but till Shrove Tuesday bat little was done publicly . On that night Mr Skevington addressed the people , from which time a steady progression has been going on , Mr Skevington frequently addressing the people . lie likewise visited Sheenshead , which led to getting 3 335 signatures to the National Petition . On M-nday , April 3 rd , Mr Skevinaton and Mr Dean , addressed , in the Lough * borod Market-place , an assembly of from 1 , 000 to 2 000 people , and announced tbat tbe following night Dr M'Douall would attend and address tho

      people . This announcement was received with loud cheers . On Tuesday the town was full of excitement . In the morning the soldiers were sent hora the barracks in detachments so that they might pass through all the main streets . They assembled ia the Market-place , and went through gun and sword exercise , to the great amusement of the children , buk tbeir guns were pointed at the bank , and wenfc ' click , ' which caused some fear for the banker , for as Paddy said , they might go oS loaded or unloaded . One circumstance caused a laugh : —After the soldiers had been again formed in detachments and sent back the road they came , a boy found one ot the stoppers which he delivered to Mr Skevington , who seeing the sergeant major who had staid behind took and gave it him , for which he received hia thanks in the presence of the people . As the time drew nigh .

      for the meetine , parties from the the villages kept coming into the town , and it waa evident that s splendid demonstration would take place , and such , was tho display that it was acknowledged that never before had auch a display of the people ' s oowtr beea exhibited . Mr J . Skevingttn , mem * er tit the Convention of 1839 , ai . d who has retained the confidence of the people with whom he lives to the present time , was called to the chair , and in a few remarks introduced the worthy doctor , who delivered one of hie usual eloquent and powerful speeches to an assembly of 4 , 000 , who repeatedly cheered him ; at the close of his address , the people had a procession round the town , and then returned to the Market-place , when Mr Skevington addressed them fcr a ehorfc time , when cheers were given for Mr Skevington , the doetor , and the Charter , and the assembly quietly dispersed .

      South London Chartist Hail . —At a meeting of members of the National Land Company , held at the above Hall , on March 20 th , it was resolved : — ' That the members of this locality and the friends of Mr Gathard generally , do enter into a subscription to assist in placing him upon his location , he having been the first secretary to the Land Company . ' Subscriptions will be received by the secretary , A . Side , 5 , Pepper-atreet , Union-street , Borough , and at the Hall , on Sunday evenings , from six to seven . It ' "as reached ;«» 'Tnat Mr R . II . Side be the land agent for the ensuing quarter ; also that the mem bers meefi every Sunday morning for the future from halt-past ten to twelve , for discussion , and in the evening from six to ' seven , to receive money . ' CovoTRTA public meeting for the adoption ot

      .- the National Petition , took place on Monday , April 3 rd , at St Mary ' s Doll . On the motion of Mr It . Hartopp . Mr George Wood was called to the chair ; and after expatiating briefly on the objectj of the meeting he called on Mr Richard Hartopp to propose the first resolution in support of the Charter , which was seconded by Mr W ; M . Ho * seiu , and ably supported by Mr M'Grath . Mr John Farm proposed tbe adoption of the National Petition in a most able and eloquent manner ; seconded by Mr W . M . Pritchard . Carried . The hall which is capable of containing fourteen hundred , was almost filled to suffocation . The rabble of the Tory parly were employed to prevent us from passing our resolutions ; but such was the spirited determinntlea

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 8, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08041848/page/5/