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THE NATIONAL CONVENTION . ( Coptinued from the First Page , ) Mr Thomas Clark , in rising to submit a pro * gramme , said , they had not taken steps as regarding ulterior measures ; feeling that they were the Executive not the legislative body , one individual m ight from a platform offer a recommendation , and bs alone responsible for such a recommendation , but had the Executive done so , the whole-body would have been involved . The National Petition would show the numbers desirous of being represented , and then it was for the country to say what next steps should be taken ; and perhaps you would wish to know what steps we ( the Executive Committee ) would
recommend . The House of Commons was only one of the estates of the realm , and hence we should recommend thst a memorial be presented to the Queen , praying her to dissolve the llouse of Commons , and call to her councils men who would make the i / harter a Cabinet meausre , urging that one outof seven have no right to tax l he other six . They first then appealed to the Commons , tho ropreaoutativea of one seventh of tho people . We ceuld not recognise the Lords , hence we pass them by , nnd go to the monarch ; and let them , like the Americans , issue a manifesto , giving the representatives ofone-seventh the opportunity of wiping off the stain and stigma that now rest upon them . 1 hey proposed that this memorial should be adopted
at simultaneous meetings to be held on Good Friday ; and he hoped they would make a good day ' s work of it . ( Loud cheers . ) They nroposed that delegates should present those memorials to the Queen , and then he hoped to see a delegation of at least 500 persons , They wished to see quiet , determined , and earnest measures taken , as this was better than enthusiasm . The Executive Committee would not shrink from any responsibility this course might entail . Tbe Executive Committee thought the sitting of the present body should not be permanent , but that in the interim the country should be agitated from one end to the other— ( hear , hear )—and that another Convention be held to carry out the measures now recommended . ( Londcheers . )
Mr O'Brien gave notice tnat he would submit a motion to the effect— 'That this Convention do perform its legitimate duty ot presenting thepe ' titionj and that being the representative of asmall fraction , that a body representing the whole people shall be summoned to take ulterior measures to carry the Charter . ' Mr T . Clark then formerly moved the ^ rst . proposition on his programme . ¦/ : Mr G , J . Harnet said , he thought it would be advisable to get the programme and Mr OvBrien ' s motion printed , and put in the hands of themembers , and the discussion take place thereon to-morrow . They were so important , that he conceived this should be dene , so that each member might understand them . Mr Claek assented to the suggestion . Mr Kidd rose to submit a motion relative to the
issuing an address , tie was aware that many commissions were in existence , but he thought that if Lord John Kussell , really knew the state of the people , he could not treat them in the way he did . He would mere the following resolution : — ' That an address expressive of the condition of the people be drawn up and submitted to the people . ' Mr CuMMiiius seconded the motion . Mr T . M . VYheeibr suggested that the motion should stand over until the programme was considered and settled . Mr John Weit said , the question was a very important one , and ho eould not but think tho government and the middle classes were ignorant of the * State of England question ; ' they ran away with the idea , that we wanted the elective franchise for power ' s sake , instead of as a protection for eur industry .
Mr Wild said , he wanted an address as reach as any one—bnt thought it premature ; he wished a alight delay—say two days—he would movean amendment to that effect . ( Mr Astsn seconded the amendment . It being now five o ' clock the Convention adjourned THURSDAY MORNING—April 6 ih . Aa on previous occasions , the galleries were crowded , and hundreds assembled around the doors of the hall . Mr M'Grath took the chair at nine o ' clock , Mr Ktdd , in resuming the adjourned debate , said , Mr Wheeler thought his _ motion premature , whilst be thought , if anything , it had been delayed too long .
Several delegates here rose , and expressed a wish to speak on the subject . Mr Kvnn waved his reply for a time . Mr Whebleb requested Mr Kydd to withdraw . Mr Ktdd declined . Mr J . A . Fussell said , the address proposed would give great satisfaction to hia constituents , and he believed it was well calculated to do a great deal of good , showing the real state cf the operatives . Mr Aston said , although he thought that the
general distress of the operatives waa well hnown , bat , as ignorance was pleaded , and aait was pair culated lo do much good , he , therefore , cordially supported the motion . . Mr Cuffat opposed the address ao being entirely uncalled-for and unnecessary . The working classes knew that distress prevailed—the middle classes knew that distress prevailed , too—it was but telling thorn what they knew already ; and besides , tha money of the Convention should be dealt charily with .
Mr Frank Mibfjeld said , he thought an address should be issued , although he thought the distress was known , and hence , he wished the address to recommend simultaneous meetings on Monday next , and he wished that some such sentiment should be contained therein as— ' that it was necessary that the whole country should be up when the Petition was presented . " MrM'CinTBV said , he supported the amendment as being best calculated to cause the provinces to be acquainted with the metropolis , and vice versa . Mr Stevsbs said , the country would expect some address , but , for himself , he thought the time for bringing it forward was rather premature . As to expense , he believed the people would sacrifice one meal of porridge cheerfully , to defray the expense of this delegation .
Mr ErwEST Jones said , ho rose to support the motion of the delegate for Oldham . The delegate for London had said it was useless to draw up this address , because the working classes were aware of the misery thry felt themselves—granted . The middle classes were aware of it also—granted . But they ought to be told , that the Convention was aware of it , too , and meant to matte it one of their chief considerations . ( Cheers . ) Here was the great strength of the Convention—that they were not
merely political innovators , but social reformers as well . ( Loud cheers . ) It was , therefore , necessar y one of the first acts should be to prove this to the world . ( Hear , hear . ) A delegate had said , after Monday was time enough . It was not ; for this very address might influence many who would fear to jom us on Monday . Aa to expanse , let not the Conveu * tion fear . The country ' s work was about to be done , and they would be ready to supply the means , now talk had changed to work . ( Cheers . ) Mr Cochrane said , he would advise Mr Kydd to withdraw his motion until the other subjects were discussed .
Mr E JosEsros © to support Mr Kydd ' s motion , and said , he believed tbat tbey should present such a mass of matter , disclosing such an amount of human suffering , as the men ot the metropolis were in entire ignorance of . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr T . Clark said , the only exception he took was , that Mr Kydd ' s motion had not , been the very first business introduced ; he was sure it wonld materially strengthen any ' proceeding wa might ulti * mately take , and hence , he had much pleasure in supporting Mr Kydd ' s motion . Mr E . Jones begged to read a letter he had just received , bearing on the point , strongly recommend * ing some such address .
Mr Glsnnistbb had much pleasure in supporting Mr Kydd ' s motion . '"'' Ji . " Mr * 0 wcHM said , ho never had greater pleasure in supporting any motion , and believed , if the real condition of the people were known that many ofthe middle and upper clashes would bs induced to render their support in the movement for their enfranchisement . Mr O'Connor , at this moment , entered , and was received with great eheering . The amendments were , with consent , withdrawn .
Mr Petbie said , he believed the motion wes calculated to do an incalculable amount of good . ( Hear . ) Mr Cobden had recommended that expenditure should bo confined to the limits of income . The go . vernment had commenced at tho wrong end , reducing clerks and leaving the comfortable officers untouched . A meeting had been held in Plymouth , to congratulate the Queen on the birth of a princess , when the working classes had attended , and reminded the Mayor that poor women bad not the" means of getting a sufficiency of water-gruel . The motion was then put and carried unanimously , and a resolution that a committee of seven be ap « pointed to carry out the same . { Messrs Kydd , West , Adam ? , Wild , Graham , Marsden . and Leach , were appointed J
Mr O'Connor moved that a petition he drawn up by a committee , and signed by every , member of , the Convention , in favour ot Frost , Williams , Jones , and all political offenders . Carried unanimously . A committee , consisting of Mr Dixon , G . W . M . Reynolds , asd B . O'Brien > were appointed for that purpose . Mr T . Clabk then rose to submit theprogramme of the Executive Council : — Programme of business submitted ly the Emutive Committee to the National Convention .
1 st . —That , in the event of the National Petition bein ? reje & ted by the Heuse of Commons , that this Convention prepare n National Memorial to the Queen to dissolve the ereseafc Parliament , Gad « aU
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to her council snob ministers only as will make the People ' s Charter a cabinet measure . 2 nd . — This this Convention agree to theconvoca tion of a National Assembly , to . consist of delegates appointed at public meetings , for the purpose of presenting the National Memorial to the Queen ; and adopting such other steps as they may deem advisable to secure tha immediate establishment of the Fee * pie's Charter . 3 rd —This Convention call npon the country to hold simultaneous meetin gs on Good Friday , April
21 st . for the purpose of adopting the . National Me morial , and electing delegates for the National As-S 4 thf—That the National Assembly meet in London , oa Monday , May 1 st , 1818 . Mr Clark , having read the above , moved the first paragraph on behalf of the Executive Corn-Mr O'CoNNor was opposed to addressing the electoral body , and thought the programme had better he discussed as a whole . Mr O'Brien toekasimilar objection . Mr Clahk took his scat as delegate for Bristol . _
Mr Whselbr seconded Mr Clark ' s motion for a memorial to the Queen . Mr Adams thought no arrangements of this sort should take place before the arrangements were made relative to the presentation of the Petition . He wished to go with the majority , and was prepared to do so , even to the scaffold—( cheers)—and moved an amendment in accordance with his speech . Mr Cuffay , aa chairman of the Demonstration Committee , said , all and every preparation was made for the procession , nnd presentation of the Petition on Monday next .
Mr O'Cohhor reported that a carriage was prepared at Snip ' s End , for the conveyance of the Petition , and another lor the delegates so thattheincon . venience of persons carrying tho Petition , experienced on the last occasion , would be obviated . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Adams withdrew , with consent , his amendment . Mr T . M . Whbelek . proposed that an address be issued to the shopkeepers of London , stating that they had no danger to apprehend from the procession on Monday ; that they were in favour of , and determined to protect life and property ; and that _ they bad no intention of a collision with the constituted
authorities . This was seconded , and , after a few words from several delegates , it was carried , with only two dissentients . The discuss ' on oa the programme was again re " sumed . Mr Clark presumed , that if any delegate hid amendments to move against tbo propositions embraced in the ptoisramme of the Executive , thia was the time to move them . Mr Cotfat said , he considered the programme one of serious import , and wished to submits an amendment , tothe effect , 'That as the programme had not yet been printed , it should be done prior to a discussion taking place thereon . ' Mr Clark again etated that be could not get it printed in time . Mr Cuffay ' s amendment not being seconded ,
Mr G . W . M . Reynolds said , ha did not rise to give a factious opposition to the Executive Committee , but must confess he was astonished when he heard the programme read—as many had expressed a determination to have the Charter before the Convention broke up—and on hearing Mr O'Connor ' s magnificent speech yesterday , he mentally exclaimed ' Thank God , we shall have no more temporising . ' Yet we had the temporising policy of the programme . Why , appealing to the Queen , was like appealing first to the Lord Chancellor on tbe bench , then to the same Lord in Privy Council ; and the Queen had been applied to on behalf of starving Spitalfields Weavers , and her answer was she had no funds . What ? i no funds out of
£ 360 , 000 . per annum . He was sick of procrastination , and he repeated tbat such rejection would be a declaration ef war . Mr Reynold * moved : 1 That in the event of the rejection , the Convention declare its sitting permanent , and declare the Charter the Uw of the land . ' Mr William Cuffay seconded the amendment , he should take the ejection as a declaration of war , and be prepared to go to war accordingly , and the Executive should be prepared , to lead on to liberty or to death . Mr J . B . O'Bbi & h said / at tke risk of any unpopularity he should venture to oppose both programme and amendment . He was opposed to any further petition , er memorial ; but he thought before they
declared the sitting of an assembly permanent , they should have the sanction of the great mass of the people , instead of a fraction , aa now ; thus , for instance , be was elected by some two thousand outof two millions of persons in thia metropolis . And it should be known , that there were many Chartists , and others , going for the principles , that were not represented here , having no confidence in either him * self or Mr O'Connor ; he would therefore move an amendment , to tbe effect tbat the present Convention confine itself to presenting the petition , and that a National Assembly be called instead ; then , come what may , it should declare its sittings permanentand go oncome weal eome woe .
, , Mr Lowest seconded the amendment , as bis constituents were not yet in favour of violent
ulterior measures . Mr O Connor said Mr Cuffay was a good Chartist , but he emphatically denied tbat he or the Executive wished , by any means to impede the movement . He came now to the most important of all questions . And _ here let him repeat , that whatever this Convention agreed on , he was prepared to do . ( Loud cheers . ) It waa nonsense to tell him tbat the Executive was shrinking from risk ; they had communication with all parts of the country , and understood the mind ofthe country . He had never failed toned danger , and now declared , in tho presence of tho government reporter , so help him God , he would rather die a martyr than live a slave . ( Tremendous cheering . ) But , be aaid , appeal to the people before you declare the sittings , permanentorganise tbe trades , and others—and meet again on
an early day , and then he cared not whether they memoraiUsed or not ; ay , and on that occasion , in despite of the Convention Act , he would ask the Irish to send delegates to it . ( Great applause . ) He did not like the ideaef making annual parliaments into septennial ones , and he implored them . not to damage their righteous cause by precipitation . Have a National Assembly , all being represented , and he would be prepared to do its bidding . ( Long continued cheering from the galleries and body ofthe hall ) Mr Henri Child aaid , he rose to move an amendment to both questions before the house , at the same time he repudiated the observations made by a former speaker , that the Convention only represented a few . He would move : ¦ - » ' That the question under consideration should be adjourned until after Monday next * , ' which was seconded .
Mr O'CoNNoa said , the Executive would abandon the Memorial . Mr Donovan said , that he did not think tho Conference should abandon the Memorial . ( Hear ! hear !) Mr Clark said , although the Executive aban doned it , he as a member did not , and hence it still remained before them . Mr Donovan said , Mr Reynolds had spoken strongly on making the sitting permanent ; but he should like to know what power they had of doing so ? it would be an act of despotism . His constituents were desirous of having every step taken , and would stand by the decision of the Convention , be it what it may . ( Loud cheers . )
Mr Tattsrsall said , this was the most important question yet submitted ; it was simply this , were we tor war , and if so , had tre the means of supporting it . In . opposition to what had fallen from Mr O'Brien , he contended that they were the virtual representatives of the people , and he feared were aacha Convention to assemble , its time would bo lost in squabbling . ( Hear ! hear !) He recommended simultaneous meetings . If the queathn were left to the lads of Lancashire , they would say , « Wewill fight for it . ' ( Loud cheers . ) He won a move— ' That simultaneous meetings be held on tl e 12 th of April next , and that such meetings shall decide what shall be the future steps ef the Coi f vehtion . Mr Joseph Linney seconded the amendment .
Mr E . Jones moved a further amendment , ts follows : — ' Be it resolved tbat , in the event of the National Petition being rejected by the House of Commons , a memorial adopted at simultaneous meetings of the people shall be addressed tothe Queen , demanding tbe dissolution of Parliament , and the dismissal of her ministerial advisers ; and further , that the said simultaneous meetings shall elect delegates to anew Convention , instructed to sit permanently , until the Charter ia made the law of the land , and that the present Convention continue sitting antil the meeting ofthe National Convention . ' and said , he held it absolutely necessary that in the present crisis no backward step should be taken . If they wanted more members iniheir Convention , that was a reason not to dismiss thoxe they had . ( Cheers ) He was surprised at one of the delegates for London
saym ? they represented small constituencies ; their constituency was the five and a half millions who had signed the National Petition . ( Loud cheers . ) He was also surprised at the delegate introducing party trTfw . t T 9 wa 8 c ? me for measures , not men . He ( Mr Jones ) waa neither an O'Conuorite nor a twoclasses-the oppressor and the oppressed . ( Protracted cheering from hall and galleries . ) The K 5-don delegate had said the recent mov ment onT St Patrick ' s day had failed becauge the " ading men U V Sr ^ H 116 ( Mr Jones ) said ] LiZh * . ? ^ caoso tho P e ° Pk aad looked i ? 5 £ Li ° k *?^ raen' inat ™ of biiidioB dt Sl L JLoud <* eer 3 . ) If this Convention ftSriSL J ™* fr ? , "a duty-weehallhav ,. St £ 2 £ f da m Enetoad-h * all the vermin will M drwn out . ( Cheers . ) He moved Ihia amendment because he thought it necessary to memorialtie M Hueea-aot tba ^ he . oxpwted her oomplhtacce-
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but history must never have to say the ChaxtislB took in b ood . that whichthey might have gained in peace . ( Loud cbeers ) That memorial wonid give time for better organisation-it would show that we were temperate , and the third step should show that we were brave . ( Great applause . ) He moved the amendment , because it was absolutely necessary the organisation should go on instead of going back—grow larger instead of smaller—and the nucleus must be kept in London . The Convention must be kept sitting—and while they ought ( to bo acting in the capital , they might be only electing in the provinces . ( Protracted cheering . ) Mr Clark seconded tbe amendment proposed by Mr Ernest Jones . Mr Stevenson supported the amendment of Mr Ernest Jones .
Mr Lund said , the great question was what should be tho ultimate steps on a certain contingency arising ; for his part he thought they might as well consider what was to be done if the memorial was rejected ; he thought the best way was to appeal to their constituents . Mr J . A , Fussell supported the memorial to the Queen , such memorial to be presented by a National Assembly . A large meeting held in the Birmingham Town Hall , had decided that all means should be taken to secure the object'in view . In reply to Mr Tattersall , he said , the Conference in Birmingham was held for a different purpose from that which the meeting in question had been held , such a
meeting as that proposed had never previously been held . Mi Edmund Jones rose to support the amendment of Mr Ernest Jones . He thought that the best calculated to secure the object tbey all had at heart ; he coald not say he represented the middle classes of the port of Liverpool : but the down trodden oppressed working classes . Mr Shirron said , he supported tbe amendment of Mr Ernest Jones , and he thought Mr O'Brien would see its force . Here would be the simultaneous meetings , and tbe opportunity of such a National Assembly as he ( Mr O'Brien ) desired . He should like Mr O'Brien to withdraw in favour of the amendment of Mr Ernest Jones .
_ Mr Aston also supported Mr E . Jones , as regarded simultaneous meetings . He should be justified in voting for making the sittings permanent , aa his constituents bad given him instructions to that effect ; he should , therefore , support Mr Jones ' s amendment . Mr Adams said he would , with confidence , appeal to the people , and should have no fear of such an event as that of 1842 . He should like to have a body called , in which the Irish would be represented ; he did not wish to gain tbe Charter by physical force , if it could be obtained otherwise ; he would support Mr Clark ' s motion .
Mr Wilkinson eaid , it appeared to him they had not the power of constituting themselves a peraanent body . ' Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof . ' So much had been said abont physical ulterior measures , he had told them that the people of Exeter were a peaceable people . He fell in with the idea that they should have a more extended constituency . He should certainly like to have Ireland represented , and he believed that if proper steps were taken , that many more than five millions of signatures could be obtained to the memorial . He should return , fafter the presentation of the petition to receive Ircah instructions .
_ Mr T . M . Whbblbb said , he did not see much differs nee of feeling , so far as the memorial was concerned , and , as regarded other matters , he thought the amendment proposed by Mr Jones was the best , and he did not like the idea of breaking up until a fresh body was elected . It would be wrong to I are the post of honour in the hour of danger . ( Great ^ cheering . ) He thought , from appearance , a unanimous conclusion would be arrived at . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Bucket said , his instructions were , not to leave
until the Charter was the law of the land . His constituents were so poor that they were not , on the average , in tbe receipt of five shillings per week . He bad once been deceived by the middle classes , and would not be again tbe people had sent him there with strict instructions not to return without the Charter , and tbey had accompanied him on leaving the town by a procession of 20 , 000 persons to the railway . At the station , amid waving of hats and handkerchiefs , the last words that still rang in his ears were , * Do not return without the Charter . ' ( Tremendous cheering . ) He supported Mr Jones ' s
amendment . Mr Glennisibb also supported Mr Jones ' s amendment . MfDavid Thomas said , his constituents had desired him to remain until the Charter was gained , and had sent him for that purpose ; and although they were moral force men now they would soon be converted into physical force men . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr M'Oarxht said , he could not see why another assembly should be called , when the present could effect the object ; he represented the Irish Confederates residing in Ireland , who were to a man Chartists . ( Loud cheers . ) JHe thought tbat five or six millions were a fair representation of the will ofthe nation ; and he argued tbe rejection of tbat will ' s expression , wae a declaration of war , which he and his constituents were prepared to accept . ( Great applause . ) The time for adjournment having arrived , Mr Harnbt read the following letter . —
Gosport , April < fh , 1 S 48 . Sin , —I was informed hy a friend of mine , last evening , andwho is a carpenter worbingin Her Majesty's dockyard , Portsmouth , that an order was received by the officers there , that they are to furnish , hy Saturday next , 1 , 009 truncheons , made ef African oak , to be forwarded to London . The men in the joiners' shop were at work on them yesterday . It is imagined that they are for the specials on Monday next , to bo used against the Chartists for demanding their just rights . I th ought it my duty to send you this communication that tho ' lads' might be prepared on Monday . ( Cheers of derision from ball and gallery . ) The Convention then adjourned . AFTERNOON SIITIKG . Mr M'Grath resumed the chair at half-past two o ' clock .
Mr Dsyle brought up the report and read the petition ef the committee appointed to draw up tbe petition in favour of Freat . Williams , and Jonce , and all other political offenders ; also , the address to the shopkeepers of the metropolis . Mr Dixon moved , —* That the report be received . ' Agreed to unanimously .
KESCMPIION OF DEBATE ON THB PB 0 GHAMMB . Mr Christopher Doyle said , be bad an address to propose , but before he did so , he would , in reference to what fell from Mr Reynolds say , as regards being tired of agitation , he had been an agitator since 1836 . and endured four imprisonments in the cause of the Charter , and , therefore , he might say , he wished the agitation concluded , but before it was , ' he wished to have it terminated successfully . ( Cheers . ) But allow him to say , that he was not afraid of fighting , he defied any one to say that Christopher Doyle , was ever afraid of an enemy , ( Hear , hear . ; He differed with the idea of those
who would ] make this a permanent body , and he thought the addendum he was about to propose wonld meet the approbation -of Mr Ernest Jones . The addendum was— 'That this Convention agree to a provisional committee , consisting of thirteen of its members , to remain in London until such time as the National Assembly were elected . ' Mr Cuffay objected to the addendum , on the ground that it did not emanate from the Executive in their collective capacity . Mr Ernest Jones declined withdrawing his amendment , being equally opposed to the amended proposition .
MrDotLEsaid , four out cf five ofthe Executive had agreed to it , Mr WiiKissoN said , when ha heard some persona talk of guns , pikes , and swords , with such coolness , his blood chilled within his veins . ( Laughter . ) Was it nothing for the father ' s hand to be raised against the son , and the son ' s raised against the father ? He highly approved of the addendum of the Executive Julian Harney , delegate from Nottingham , said he equally dreaded rashness and weakness ; and he believed he would but steer clear of both by giving his hearty support to Mr Ernest Jones's ' amend , ment . He thought they were bound te memorialise the Queen , not that he anticipated the demand contained in the memorial would be granted , but because tbey would thereby put their enemies still further in the wrong . ( Applause . ) If they were refused admission to the presence of the Queen , the people
would not fail to contrast the Cold front of Bucking , ham Palace with the open doors of the Hotel de Ville , where the deputations of the working men were received at any hour of the day by tbe truly national government of France . He agreed with those who desired a fuller representation of the people . He wished the men who had the confidence of the trades of England to have seats in the People ' s Parliament . The elections to the National : Assembly taking place at the simultaneous meetings , would prevent the election of any but known patriots—thoroug h Chartists . He wanted a fuller representation of the industrious classes , but cared nothing for any other class . He desired that the new Assembly should be instructed to declare itself permanent . ( Cheers . ) . He was instructed to vote for the permanency of the present Con . vention ; but he thought that the plan proposed in the amendment was the best . It had been said
t ' . iat a permanent Convention was a dictatorship , but iu times of revolution a dictatorship was often necessary . They would have all the advantages of a permanent Convention by the present assembl y continuing its sittings until the National Assembly met . If the Petition was rejected , tbe Convention should on Tuesday next , appoint commissioners to proceed to the country to prepare the people for the simultaneous meetings . Two or three delegates should be sent to Scotland , one to the border counties , one to Lancashire and Yorkshire , one to
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the midland counties , two or three to the south and west of England , and two or three to Ireland . ( Loud cheers . ) When the simultaneous meetings approached , the Convention might , if necessary , adjourn for forty-eight hours , to enable the delegates te attend those meetings . There should be no breaking up of this Convention until the Assembly met . The Convention must remain ia London , and take advantage of every favourable circumstance to obtain the Charter with the least possible delay . ( Great cheering ) Mr Walter said he would not willingly consent in a dissolution of this assembly until another war elected . He was seat here to obtain the Pennlp ' Charter , and he would do so , even at the aaerifioa J his life , if necessary . ( Cheers . ) ttL » nceot
Mr Wm . Dixoh said he was pleased to find ( W 11 , memorial to her Majesty was likely fobs adftnt & rf Even the Americans had tried that step aa a la ? J resort ; and we could not justly say her Maieatv would not grant the prayer , until such times as thev had made the attempt . ( Hear . ) He thought the addendum proposed by Mr Doyle a wise one Were we to vote our sittings permanent , we should be as great a set of usurpers as were those members of parliament who were elected for three years and made their sittings septennial —( hear , hear ) ' -and hence he was for tbe addendum , and would aet in accordance with what they were sent here to perform , " Mr James Watson said he rose to support Mr Ern est Jones ' s amendment , and was satisfied their constituents would not warrant them in taking rash steps , and Mr Jones ' s amendraen , while it was ' determined andfiir , at the same time avoided rashness . ( Cheers . )
Mr Graham said , a ? he understood Mr Jones ' s amendment , it did not make the sitting of this body permanent . ( No , no . ) Some delegates were pledged not to return until the Charter became the law of the land ; and he could not tee how they could support Mr Jones ' s amendment ' . He thought they had better return to their constituents for instruction . Mr R . Wan said , with most of tbe things before tbe Convention he agreed , as they appeared all to be aiming at one thing . Now he recigaised no
interest save that of the people , and be contended , that in the world at large no interest hut that of tha wholepeople should bo recognised , and therefore be trusted that , tin calling a new National Asa « mbly , hey would uot ppeat to middle , or any other classes , but to the people at large . ( Loud cheers . ) He did not think that a Convention of five hundred was as likely to do so muchgood as a smaller one , consisting of honest hearts and clean hands . ( Heir , hear , and cheers . ) He should on a division vote for the amendment of Mr Jones . ( Cheers . ) '
Mr Cochrane said , there was such a similarity between the two motions , that he did hope one would be withdrawn , to prevent a division on the subject . He had been for twenty years an advocate of the people ' s cause , and had often gained disapprobation by advocating moral a force— and , [ of course , wer a revolution to take phce , the brunt , in a great mea « sure , would fall on the men of London . Tue men in Paisley were constrained to live on a penny a day - ^( shame I)—and really he could nothelp thifikingin pity it would be bettor that a few should die by the sword , than tbat millions should perish of famine . ( Great cheering . ) Mr Hitchin would support Mr Jones ' s amendment .
Mr Ktdd said , if they adopted the addendum pro * posed by the Executive , they would be admitting the right of the body to control the election of any assembly that might be called : and surely , they had as muchrigni to make their sittingpermanent as they had to elect a provisional committee—snd as this Convention had given members permission to go into the country to address public meetings , thia too , would apply to either of the subjects proposed . Mr Cochrane hid asked , how men ! rom a distance were to know the feelings of the men in London ? Hs ( Mr Kydd ) ssiid , remain in London , and you will learn it . ( Loud cheers . ) The ques'ion was , shall we remain , and have fresh blood added , or shall we break up , and allow a new nucleus to be formed ? Me Wilkinson had expressed his regret that wat should take place ; be also regretted it , but it was better to war trith wrong than remain unsil they were compelled to war with each other for the means of living . ( Tremendous cheering )
Messrs Tattersall and Cuied , with permission , withdrew their amendments , in favour of that of Mr Jones . Mr Cuhiongs slid , if the'Petition was rejected , the fee ' . ing would rise so high that he would not be responsible for the consequences . He should support Mr Jones . Mr Frinoh supported Mr Jones ' s amendment . Mr Bolwell said , he was not pledged to take tbe Charter back with bim—nevertheless , bis constituents were resolved to do their duty , and , like others , were of opinion that petitions were becoming useless . ( Hear , bear . ) Tbey would support a memorial , and send up a delegate t ? back it . He had no fear in an appeal to the country ; he believed the sanepers ns would be ag & in returned with an addition of the same stamp to back them .
Mr Smith said , he was happy to see such a unity of feeling ; he had no positive instructions , but had the privilege of voting for what he thought would best serve the cause . He should support Mr Ernest Jones ' s proposition , and he believed the Iri-h people were anxiously looking to this Convention . He = knew the Irish residents in Liverpool were watching it with intense anxiety . ' These were the times to try men ' s souls . ' When he came here he made up his mind ' Come wsal ome woe' to carry out the resolve of this Convention .
Mr Clabk ( of the Executive ) having conferred with Mesarj . Jones and Harney , stated , tha , t the Executive cons 2 nted to Mr Jones ' s amendment , a » also to his suggestions for altering the date of the meetisg of the National Assembly , from the 1 st of May to the 24 th of April , and for declaring the Bitting of the Assembly permanent till the obtain " ment of the Charter . He therefore submitted the programme as amended , thus : — 1 st . —That in the event of the National Petition heing rejected by the House of Gammons , this Convention prepare a National Memorial to the Queen te dissolve the present Parliament , and call ta her council , sueh ministers only as will make the People ' s Charter a cabinet measure .
2 nd . —That this Convention agree to the convocation of a National Assembly , to consist of delegates appointed at public meetings , to present the National Memorial to the Qaeen ; sod to continue permanently sitting until the Charter is tbe law of this land . 3 rd That this Convention call upon the country to hold sirrultaBeous meetings on Good Friday , April 21 , for tho purpose ef adop ting- the National Memorial , and electing delegates to the National Assembly , 4 th . —That the National Assembly meet in London on Monday , April 24 th . 5 th . —That the present Convention shall continue Its sittings until the meeting ofthe National Assembly .
Mr Eenest Jones rose to second tha programmeas amended . He was proud of the unanimity in that Convention . The government reporters wsuld have bad news for their masters . They would tell them that personalities had died ; that self glorification had ceased ; that every man in that Convention was willing to be in the rear rank in the day of triumph , but eager to be in the front rank , in the hour of danger . Mr . Leach said , during tke day severs denunciation had been hurled at the heads of the middle
classes ; now , that tbey had deceived tbe working classes , was true , at the same time they had deceived themselves in the new assembly be hoped to hate many of them with us , the screw was fast bringing them over , and if appealed to , a , great number would he on our side . In respect to Ireland , it had been suggested that you should send delegates thore i he hoped to God they would . ( Loud cheers . ) The announcement that yon had resolved to send me there , to aid and assist in effecting tbe rights and liberties of both nations , would ba received with , heartfelt gladness . ( Great applause . )
Mr O'Brien said , be rose to withdraw his amendment in favour of Mr Jones . Dr Husxbr delivered some general remarks , and expressed himself in favour of the proposition contained in Mr Jones ' s amendment . Mr Frank Mirfield hoped Mr Reynolds would withdraw bis amendment . Mr Rmnoldssaid , he was not the man to cause division and be would at once withdraw his amendment , protesting against the memorial to the Queen . The programme as amended was then put—and carried unanimously . The delegates and people rising and oheerisg simultaneously .
The sittings of the Convention , have now excited such an intense sensation , that the hall is crowded to excess by strangers to listen to the proceedings , so much that the hall has all the appearance of a crowded public meeting . The Convention adjourned at half-past five o ' clock .
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shots and boots , being obrfomly tbe most profitableipar t of the work . Thess men found the work d > n »««"" S ' and the cau « was . the large quantity ° ' j > oot and Shota imported Into loremeii from *» P ^ ° * efeet of which , if continued , would P ~ " ™ " ™ ^*' operatives her ,, who wsuld , in ™™**™<> bo ' ^ jj in tbeir employment to the pending mt ^ *»*• » this emergency , the joumsymen mate a perfectly civil nndreS . il ' otimation to tbe master ., and say that , if ? tt 3 impoVtatiou is coined , after sufihUnt time is llren to dispose of the stock on hand , we will mend no Sore shoes or boats that you get made out of Inverness TheioaroByni'n did not threaten any consequences but ths wittdraial of their services;—and was it to be said
tbat tbey were not entitled to mate thiavery reasonable and proper stipulation as a condition of their future 6 Rgsgement ? All the masters aereed in tbis—that no j ; uraeyman is engaged longer than he takes to finish thepieee theaoa hand . All-that was threatened was what was conceded by the learned csunsel to be the right of his clients —» refuse to take further employment after the piece-work on hand at the t ' me was finished . The purpose of the pannels in tbis threat of refusal is , however , said to render the threat illegal . Sow eould any 0 U 3 doubt the sole and exclusive purpose * to be to protect their own rights and prevent utter ruin to themselves and their families . The other branch of the case referred to Pjlson , who was taken
into Jfceqaeans' shop ns a cutter and for smaller jobs . There was aa understanding in the trade , and a rule established " among the journeymen , which was known to be perfectly well known to the Macqueens at tho time jtbey'employed Poison , that no cutter gets the work of a journeyman inside the shop ; aad that If such work be gmn , the men working for that shop will quit . Hacqueea not only knew this rule to ba established among tV . e Journeymen , but by his emploment ol tbem ia tha knowledge of the rule , he must be held to have sanctioned it , and to have engaged them upon that understanding . Now , what had happpened iu the case ol Poison f that , although only engsged a « a cutter , he pets fee closing of boots , the most profitable branch of the whole work , and the men employed on ths faith of the understanding to which he , was referred , get the drudgery to do merely . Was it not natural , upon this
breach of faith on the part of the master , and his breach of contract with his own cutter , for tbe men to have re . monstrated with Macqueen , and in the event of his not implementing the rule , had they not a perfect right to intimate that their services would be withdrawn ! This was all they threatened to do . Their intimations were conveyed in & quiet , civil , business-like way , and no violence was threatened . The existence of a purpose , even assuming it to be illegal , was not cognisable under the statute , unless such pnrpose were enforced by illegal means ; and , with deference , be ( sir D . ) demurred to the opposite proposition laid down by the learned counsel on this subj ct . After citing severs ! authorities and going over the evidence at some length , Mr Dallas conclude ! en ab ! e addrsss by calling upon the Court , on every principle of equity and freedom of action , to acquit his clients .
We need scarcely add that jadge-jury sheriff , Colquhoun pronounced tbe pannel guilty , and sentenced four of them to two months' imprisonment , aud the fifth to onemonth . Comment on this farce is uaneceBiary . An appeal against the conviction is entered , and will be discussed in Edinburgh , in the course of the present mouth . Thesa poor men must be rescued from the fangs of their vampire persecutors . The opinion of the best lawyers of Edinburgh , is that the conviction Is bad , and will be overruled by the superior court . The mousy must be found to pay the costs . Tbe trades of England will not Buffi * their fellow-slives to pine in a dungeon fer lack of £ 50 . Oae halfpenny each from 25 , 000 individuals will be mora than sufficient . We therefore confidently appeal to tha trades fer their assistance in behalf of these men , aud at the same time to re-affirm their determination io defend their rights of association from all aggression .
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THE FUENCH REPUBLIC . IRISH DEPUTATION . Monday bavin ? been fixed fer the reception of the members ofthe Irish deputation . Mr Smith O'Brien , and the other members of the Irish Confederation , went to the Hotel at half-past three , to present their address . They were received by M . de Lamartine aloEe , none of tbe other members of the provisional government being present . Besides the address of the Irish Confederation , addresses were presented at the same time by Mr R . O'Gorman , jun ., from the citizens of Dublin ; by Mr Meagher , from the Repealers of Manchester ; and by Mr M'Dermott , from the members of the Irish Confederation resident in iverpo . l . The following is M . Lamartine's reply : — & TI 2 EKS 0 P I & EUKD , —
If we require a fresh proof of the pacific influence of the proclamation of the great democratic principlethis hew Christianity , bursting forth at the opportune moment , aud dividing tte world , as formerly , into a Pagan aud a Christian community—we should assuredly discern this proof of the omnipotent action of an idea , ia the visits spontaneously paid in this city to R ? publi « can France , and the principles which animate her by the nations for by fractions of the nations , of Europe . We are not astonished to see to day a deputation from Ireland . Ireland knows how deepl y her destinies , h ? r fufieriugs , and her successive advances iu the path of religious liberty , of unity , and of constitutional Equality ¦ with the other parts ofthe United Kingdoa , have at all times moved the heart of Europe !
. We said as much , a few days ago , to another deputation of your fellow . cin ' zsns . We said as much to all the children of that glorious isle of Erin which tho natural genius of its inhabitants and the striking events ef Its histsry render tonally symbolical ofthe poetry and the heroism of tbe nations of the north . Best assured , therefore , that you will find in France , under tbe republic , a response to ell the sentiments which you express towards it . Tell your fellow-citizens that the name of Ireland is synonymous with the name of liberty courageously defended against privilege—that Ills one common namo to every French citizen ! Tell them that this reciprocity Which they invoke—that this reciprocity of which they are not oblivious—the Republic will be proud to remem her and to pratties invariably towards the Irish . Tell them , above all , that the French Republic is not , and never will be , aa aristocratic Republic , in which liberty
SB merely abased as the mask of privilege ; but a Republic embracing the entire community , and securing to all the same rights ana the same benefits . As regirds other encouragements It would neither be expedient for ns to hold them out , nor for you to receive them . I hsve already expressed the same opinion with reference to Germany , Belginm , and Italy ; and I repeat it with reference to every nation which is involved in internal disputes—which is either divided against itself or at variance with its government . When there Is s difference of race—when nations are aliens in blood intervention is not allowable . We belong to no party , in Ireland or elsewhere , except to tbat which contends forjatUee , for liberty , snd , for the happiness of the Irish people . No other , part would be acceptable to ue , in a time of peace , in the interests and tha passion * of foreign nations . France is desirous of reserving herself free for the maintenance of the rights of all .
We are at peace , end we are desirous of remaining on pood terms of equality , not with this or that part of Great Britain , bnt with Great Britain entire . We tie . Iieve this peace to be useful and honourable , not only to Great Britain and tbe French Republic , but to the human race . We will not commit an act—we wUl net ntter a word—we will not breathe an insinuation at variance with the principles of the reciprocal Inviolability of nations which we have proclaimed , and of which tbe continent of Europe is already gathering the fruits . Tbe fallen monarchy had treaties and diplomatilts . Oar diplomatists are nations . —ear treaties are
sympathies ! We should be insane were we openl y to exchange such a diplomacy for unmetning and partial alliances with even the most legitimate parties in tbe countries Rhlch surround us . "We ara not competent either to Judge them or to prefer some of them to others ; by announcing our partizsmbip of the one side we Should declare ourselves tbe enemies of the other . We do not wish to bs enemies of any of your fellow coun . tryaen . Wa with oa the contrary , by a faithful obser . vance of the republican pledges , to remove all the prejudices which may mutually exist between our neightour * aud ourselves .
This course , however painful It may be , Is Imposed on us by the law of nations as well by our historical remembrances . Do yoa Know what it was wbich most served to Irritate France and estrange her from England during the first republic ? It was the civil war , in a pardon of our territory , supported , subsidised , and assisted by Hr Pitt . - It was the encouragement and the arms given to Frenchmen , as heroics ! at yourselves , but Frenchmen fighting against their fellow citizens . Tbis was not honourable warfare . It was a Royalist propasandism waged with French blood against the Republic . This policy is not yef , in spite of all our efforts , entirely
effaced from tbe memory of the nation . Well ! this cause of dissension between Great Britain and us we will never renew by taking any similar course . We accept with , gratitude , expressions of friendship from the different nationalities included in tbe British Empire . We ardently wish that justice may found asd strengthen ths friendship of rates ; that equality may become more and more its basil ; but while proclaiming with you , witb her ( England ) , and with all , tbe bely dogma of fraternity , we will perform only acts of brotherhood , in wuformity witb our principles and our feeliBRs , towards the Irish nation , 'Tire Ia Repabliquel TItb le SoaveraementProvisoire ! Yive laaertine !'
This address , . which has given great satisfaction Id the press in this country , is looked npon aa a triumph over the Irish party , who were understood io have asked for assistance which M . Lamartine rifeud . jfs owsa ' a amjskss so sse JBBKCH jmii-uy . Mr Robert Owen , who has arrived in Paris as a deputation from the meeting reported in the Stab last week , has issued an address to the people of France , in which he says : — Friends aud fellow-men , —An unpremeditated and tiacontralied event has occurred , preparatory to an entire Changs ia human existence . A change from false Principles-fc > truth ; from ignorance to knowledge ; ( rom poTttty td riihei ; from dlswloa to union : from
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opp ression to independence ; from competition to association ; from war to paace ; from universal distrust to universal charity ; from hatred to kindness aad universal luvs of humanity . I « , uorant and inexperienced men , men of words without extensive national practical knowledge , say that this change is too good to ezpeet from human nature - , that it is impracticable . To them it is impracticable , for they know cot how to effect tbe change . But to say tbat it is impossible , is a libel on tbe reasoning and rational faculties of man , and the power which created them . I know how to effect this change for yoa and the human race ; and I bavo come to Paris to assist the provisional government to prepare to accomplish this gloriou * result , without injury to any , with great and permanent benefit to all , Next month
I shall be seventy-sevea years old , more than sixty of which bare bein , without intermission , and against every kind of opprobrium , devoted to tbis great cause , and during its progress I invented tbe infant school , the mode of educating children and governing adults without punishments , ameliorated the condition of the manufacturing operatives , discovered the science by which to create a superior character for the human race , and superior wealth in abundance for all , and a just mode of distribution . This knowledge , and this extended and singular experience derived from many countries , I came now to give to the French nation , to confirm its glorious victory over the ignorant prejudices of a false and wicked passing away system . ' Universal charity , kindness , and good will , real liberty , equality , and fraternity .
STATE OF THE COUNTRY . Paris continues tranquil , but acccounts ar . rive from the provinces indicating serious disorganisation in the troops , and disorders among the industrial classes . At L'Orient the noncommissioned officers and gusnera were in mutiny against their superior officers on the night of the 26 th . At St Omer disorders broke out on the occasion of a removal of a statue of the Duke of Orleans , and serious disturbances are reported in the neighbourhood ofBrionnes , near Rouen , in a manufacturing : district . The Fressk announces disturbances at Lyons , St Etienne . Rouen , and Foix .
Disorders bad also occurred at Dole , near Besancon . The soldiers of the 13 th and 22 nd regiments ofthe line , on the 30 th ult :, dismissed tha greater number of their officers . One of the ringleaders in this movement had been arrestedthe night before , and hia comrades went to the general of division in command , and demanded the man ' s release . This being refused , they proceeded to the place where he was confined , and , breaking in the doors , set him free . Then taking him in triumph , they proceeded through * the town , singing patriotic songs , in which they were joined by the workmen and idlers of tho place . After being completely masters of the town for several heurs , they withdrew to their barracks ; and when the last accounts left , matters were quiet . A private letter states that they did not , however , withdraw until they had gone to tbe residence ofthe general in command , and broken the windows of the house and dene other damage .
Accounts have reached Paris , of a serious disturbance at Libourne ( Gironde ) , where the military were called out . who , after the people had been formally but ineffectively summoned to retire , received orders to fire on the crowd , whereby six men were killed and fourteen wounded . The people then gave way and withdrew . The accounts received on Thursday morning state that appearances in Lyons were somewhat Jess alarmt ing than they had been . The government had ordered the , manufacture of 43 , 000 ailk flag ! , and 130 , 000 scarfs , which would give some employment to the weavers .
RATIONAL OUABD . Numerous companies of tbe National Guard have elected officers from ranks so low that tbey are literally unable to afford the expense ef their uniforms . A subscription was accordingly opened in the respective companies to defray this expense , bat it appears that , in many instances , such a proceeding - offended the amour propre of the officers elect , and rather than submit to accept the donation of their colleagues tbey e ' gnified their intention of resigning . Under these circumstances , the Mayor of Paris has announced , by proclamation , that the city of Paris itself will clothe those officers who cannot afford to clothe themselves .
The liberty of thepresshas been , we regret to say assailed in the person of M . Emile de Girardra . the editor of the Prksse , one of the most determined and plain spoken opponents of the provisional government , The clubbists , to the number of 3 , 000 , assailed hii bureau , and had him in their possession . That he escaped without personal violence is due to the fact of his having expressed himself to them , in words of much milder import than those with which hia paper has teemed . General Courtais was also of great use in putting down what waa very near being a very
serious riot . They were in possession of tre whole of the offici s of the PRESSE , snd threatened to destroy the whole ol the machinery ; a threat which they would probably have put in execution , but for the authority of Gen . Courtais , and a body of National Guards who accompanied him , and who repre « ented to the rioters , tbat by breaking the presses they would do more injury to the compositors in the office than to M . Emile de GirartliD . The day after not a single Pkbssb was to be seen in the streets of Paris . The clubs gave the motd ' ordre that it was not to ba sold , and it consequently disappeared .
The MoaiiBus , alluding to thia manifestation says : — tn returning from the Rue Montmartre , the crowd which went . t © the office of the Peessb , crying 'Down with the Pbesse ! ' went to theMinister of Foreign Affairs . The young workmen who conducted it were received by the minister . They told him that they had felt great irritation in seeing the Pbesse attack the provisional government ofthe Republic , and compare M . Ledru-Rollin to M . Duchatel , and H . Lamartine to AT . Guizot ; that they bad intended to make a demonstration agaiast that journal , but not to break tbe presses nor to injure persons or property . M . Lamartine replied , that he thanked them for their sentiments , but that he blamed their acts , and that be entreated them to abandon all ideas of
violence against newspapers which do aot share tbeir opinions ; tbat if the opinion ef every oue was free under the Monarchy , it ought for a . stronger reason to be inviolable under tbe Repnblic ; that tbe government replied to attacks by acts , and by saving the country from its enemies abroad aud from disorder ia the interior ; that it would hereafter be judged by its works and not by tbe unjust criticisms er on dits of such or snob a party that it would be giving a foundation to the calumnies against it to employ tbe least moral violence against the liberty of speaking and writing , and that the Republic would even allow the liberty of being unjust towards its government .
Considerable sensation has heen produced by the publication , in a work called la Revue Retrospective , of a document which the conductor of the Ranis , M . J . Taschereau , states to be a declaration made in 1839 , before the Minister ef the Interior . It is a denunciation by a member of a republican association of the part taken by different republicans in the conspiracies to overturn the late government np to 1839 , the date of the declaration . M . lascherean does not give the name of the denunciator , but leaves it to the citizens who were denounced to enter into an investigation on the subject . The journals , however , publish a letter from M . Blanqui , whose name has been so much before the publio lately as president of a republican club which has assumed a dictatorial tone to the government , in which he states that no doubt can be entertained that he is the person referred to by M . Tascheran . He says : — ' This document is a fabrication by enemies who conceal themselves , hut whom I will
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VENICE A REPUBLIC . A republic has been proclaimed at Yenioe . The Civic Guard had their flags blessed by the Patriarch . All knelt when his Eminence blessed the republic ' s fUgs ,-which were conveyed in triumph to St Marco . The Austrian governor has capitulated with the pro . visional government of "Venice , consisting of Corner , Michiel , Medin , Fabris , Avesani , Mangaldo , and Pineherle .
PAPAL STATES . . . By a decree of the Pontifical government , of the 21 st of March , a corps of observation is to be formed on the frontier of the Roman states on the side ef Tuscany , Parma , and Modenai Volunteers for this corps had been enrolled and received on March 22 sd . . . Letters from Rome of the 24 th say that the news from Milan had produced an immense sensation there . The young men enrolled themselves to march to the frontiers as volunteers . The government had
ordered all the troops to march for Bologna . Three battalions ofthe line and dragoons , as well as a great number of volunteers , had marched . The last battalion of fusilera march to-day ; it will be followed to morrow and the following day by other troops and a battery of field artillery . Orders are given to concentrate the troops about Pesaro and Bologna . O ur government will not at once enter into Lombardy , b ?! .. i £ o ? £ - Jft ers of ItaJy need succour , the banner of Pius IX . wdl sooa float in the fields of Lombardy by the side of those of Piedmont and Tuscany . -The Jesuits are leaving every day ; they will soon all have quitted .
The Gasella it IUma publishes a decree by the Minister of War , directing that a corps of operation shall be formed of four regiments of infantry , two of cavalry , three battalions of field artillery , a company of artificers , detached from the corps of artillery ! and twocompanies of engineers . Foreign troops in the service of his Holiness are to be joined with the army of occupation . Letters from Rome , ofthe 28 th nit ., state that the most perfect tranquillity prevailed since the departore of the troops and volunteers for the frontiers . The Civic Guards occupied all the military posts . A subscri p tion has been entered into for the purpose of equipping the volunteers . Tho Pope had sub * scribed 60 . 000 francs , and the religious orders , the nobility , merchants , and cardinals , had also largely contributed . The poor vied in generosity nod p & - triotiiSi with the rich .
Death. At To-Quay, On Ifarcn 25th, Susan Lovecraft, Aged Six Rears, And Hor Sister. Harriet Lovecraft The Oldest And
DEATH . At To-quay , on ifarcn 25 th , Susan Lovecraft , aged six rears , and hor sister . Harriet Lovecraft The oldest and
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youngest daughters of ilrs Elizabeth Lorecraft , widow o € the . late Captain J . Lorecrat't . xJoth daughters were members of the Laud Company , the latter , Harriet , being a successful allottee , drawn in the August ballot . Their remains v / eae borne to theirlast home , Tor Churchyard , by their friends , ehiefly memoarsof the Land Company , and were intered iu ono gravo , on Wednesday , ma ult .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 8, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08041848/page/8/
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