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THE RKIUBS OF THE _VOLZB . . At Cologne , on the 26 th . the news _havrng _oeen spread that Prince _Cztrtoryski , tha leader ot _™ e last Polish revolution , with MM . _ChrzanowsKJ , Morawski , Bvstrzmeweki . and _Czaplycke Balmm , had arrived on their _journey to Poland , an _mtmhlj Ot eight hundred or one thousand men took placeaimost simultaneously , for the purpose of _awnruuf tne prince of the sympathy of Germany for Polish _na-Lnality . The meeting , bearing the German flag , proceeded to the Wiener _Gasthof . where they _met the prince , and h aving been addressed by him , retired . with great cheering . Prince Czartdryski addressed some parting words before he kft for Poland , to the inhabitants of Lolotme , in which he stated that his object was to _establish ' afree Poland—Poland without privileges , and _dcmacratic . _'
From Aix _h-Ccapelle , under date Mirca 2 G , WO learn that the burghers were assembled for their meeting this morning . News was brought that Prince _Czartoryski , with several other Poles , had arrived at the station , on their way from _Taris to Posen . This foil like an electric spark upon the as-Eembly . All reached the station and . t ffered tbeir congratulations to the heroes _.. f freedom and nationality . Er _Neuiliens expressed ths ardent wish of the burghers of _Aix-la-Chapelle for the restoration of Poland . . ' All hail to Poland , ' loudly re-echoed aa the tram rolled along wkh the nobis hearted champions , for their _cauntry and for liberty . Lelewel , the democratic leader , had preceded the above persons . Masses of Poks ce-ntinue to arrive on their way to combat against Russia .
Posen , Makch 20 . —In a proclamation to the Prussians , the Poles say : — ' The time is past when bayonets _covemed tbe world , and if your minds be not quite _disturbed by theperpetual falsehood amidst which yon live , tell your King there is but one means of savinc his honour , and perhaps his throne ; itis to pnt an end to the injustice in virtue of which he _keaD _* us _Drisonera . It is still ni 3 re to avert a great malediction . If you do notact , jour children will be the victims , for falsehood cannot stand against truth . The _dsy of judgment ia at hand . Dawn is already appearing , aad many symptoms announce it . Prussians ! Germans ! we entreat yon to look at them , Do not suffer yourself to be Bwayed by fear aad ansietj ; on the contrary , be swayed by truth and justice . The result to you will be glory , peace , and Btrenetb .. '
Poses , March 23 rd . —The action of the Prussian author ities is suspended , and their funotions nre executed by the magistrates . Nevertheless , the greatest order prevails . Flags with the Polish colours are hoisted on every house , and the people __ wear the Polish and German cockades in _cor-junctioa . The military have evacuated the city ot Posen and retired into the citadel . The arrival of seven of the liberated Poles created a paroxysm of enthusiasm . The horses were taken from their carriage , and their place mpplied by yonng students from 'he Gymnasium . The town waa illuminated through the night .
. . _^ A letter in the Schlesecher _Zeiiuks of the 23 rd ult ., confirms farmer _reports of tha _SanOBntFatiOn Ot a large army of _Rassian troops _clese to the frontiers of Upper and Lower Silesia . They consist chiefly of Cossacks and Circassians . The same paper _a'so confirms the rumours current of disturbances in the Russian part of Poland , _especially at Warsaw .
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REVOLUTION IN POLAND . DESTRUCTION OP WARSAW . _Bektjk , Monday Night . —Warsaw is in open revo lntion . On Thursday last the inhabitants rose en masse , and murdered several hundreds of the Russians . Thetraop 3 fled to the fort , and from thence bombarded the town . Warsaw is in ashe 3 . < "kn . _Sobieski , formerly a captain in the Belgian ar tillery , is here , asrl is ordered to procure 200 pieces of cannon at any _prica . To-morrow the Prussian-Polish legion departs irom here , at the King's expense , in a special train . Tbey will be accompanied bv a great namberof students .
HUNGARY . A letter from _Presburg of the 19 th ult ., as quoted in the Cologne Gazette , of the 26 tb , speaks of the pescable revolution which has been effected in Hungary . iThe power of the Conservative aristocracy is broken . All rights and duties of feudal servitude have been abolished by a decree of the Hungarian Diet , sitting at Pesth . A letter in the _ScHwinrsHER _Merkcb ofthe 2 Srd , states tint the inhabitants of Lichtenstein ( the smallest German principality ) have also had their _resolution ; they have captured their governor ( l-and voit ) , and hold him in durance vile .
SPAIN . Military law i 3 again established . _^ The Gazette contains _rtrjal ordonnances suspending the Cortes and abolishing time _bargains at the Bourse . The troops which were being concentrated on Barcelona have received _orders to _proceed to Madrid . Men _] _s minds are in great agitation—a spark is all that is required to 6 efc everything on fire . A rumour is current thatthe whole ofthe mountain of Lampourdan ia in full insurrection . UNITED STATES . —MEXICO . The following has reached us by the Ocean Queen : — _Borios , March 11 . —News has reached from the south , by electric telegraph , since the sailing of the steamer , that [ the treaty with Mexico had been ratified by the senate . There were only fifteen dis * sentient
votes-ABDICATION OF THE SICILIAN THRONE BY TSE KING OF 1 SAPLES . We have received from our Paris correspondent a despatch , dated Thursday , eleven ait , containing the important intelligence of the _abdication _' of the ibrone " of Sicily by Ferdinand , King of Naples . DENMARK . EEPOETED _DT 3 A . TH OF THB KING . — . _A . LI . _T 3 GBD _COHXEKCEHENT OF _HOSTUITIES BETWEEN "DESMARE AND THB DUGHIES . Kiel , ' March 2 S . —News _ho 3 arrived of the com-Beucement of hostilities between the Germans and Danes at _Frederic-Stadt , which town is now ba rains . At Hamburg , on Tuesday evening , intelligence had been received that the King of _Denmark had been shot , and that the castle of Rendsborg had been taken by storm .
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LATEST FOREIGN NEWS . _Noekser Star Omen , Saturday morning , April 1 st . FRANCE . _Thrsax _^ ning demoi rfrai ra have taken place against Girardin _, editor oi tne Fresse—a villain , who is trying to _write down the Republican government : ao _fionbfc hejs wellpaidforit . _iAPfe « er _5 now ' proscribed bythe voice of public opinion . BELGIUM . The' Belgian Legion' has been roHted by the Belcian troops , an d * great number of the poor fellows killed . ITALY . S 5 ? Ar ; AtlOS 0 ? _SICUA * _rROtfKArLES . —YBHICB A REPUBLIC News has reached Paris that the King of Naples has abandoned his Sicilian sovereignty . We are _as-Bsred of the arrival of intelligence , announcing that Venice hss declared itself a _Republic . The Austrians _ars completely driven out of Lombardy . __
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THB TEADE 5 ' DELES ATE MEETING AT THE BELL , OLD BAILEY . We have received an address fr « m the delegates—I & _tensf a the boar an * _wuut of space , precludes its insertion ' . !_ j week . 'We give the resolutions . 1 st . That as skill and labour are admitted by all to * D 3 the primary _egeats in . the production of capital , it follows , as a com & queace , that the compulsory idleness in which & large portion of the industrious classes are * kept , il an unbearable _eril t _» _themgflves , —alarming to the pe & csable and well-disposed , — . ruinous to the national resources , —aad , If not speedily _remedied , most lead to crime and anarchy . 2 _nfl . That it is a primary duty of the government to introduce measures that will immediately secure employjaest and education for all who require' them , with ft _guaranteed sufficiency efthe _necessaries and comforts of life to each .
3 rd . That as Great Britain and Ireland " , contain a _Bnperabendanes of land and other materials , as well as Skill aad capital to profitably employ aad comfortably _Eupp ° rt several times the present number ef the population , the gOTeratnerit shonld introduce a bill establishing gelf-snpporting home colonies , -wherein the surplus labour of the eonntry might be employed , and the social condition of the workers _permanentlyfimproved . 4 Xh . That for the just protection of labour , _sLabeur-Protecting Board ba eitablished , the members ef _wbfeb shall be elected by the working classes , and in virtue of their appointment ba entitled each to a sitting in the _gooseo ! Camaonf , ( _the president being a mamber ofthe cabinet , ) as the _represeatatives of labour , aad the guardians of it » rights ; _ '
5 th . That the trades of London should respectfully but _Snnly aemand of the _LegislatuM , first to extend the "Elective Praneaiss to every man of _twenty-ono years of age , of eonnd mind , nncontaminated by crime ; secondly , feat taxation should be equalised , by substituting for all other taxes—n » matter their character—a graduated property tax ; thirdly , that a currency bo issued by the goverament based on the credit of tbe nation , and equal to the wealtk offered Jn exchange ; fourthly , that a measure should be passed to protect tha labouring classes from the existing unequal system of competition fro ® _toreignmannfuctnresand felon labour , each trade bainf called upon to determine what amount of work ? omac > aStttuteafft _- trday , slaboar , and the law _affixwg open that _uaouat a _frir remuneration .
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( Frem our own Correspondent . ) IHE CONFEDERATES . The meetine of the Confederates on the 20 th ult ., at the North Wall , called forthe purpose of congratulating the French , and telling Royalty a few plain truths in the shape of an Address to the Queen , was a trulymagnificent gathering , notmerely on account of the vast numbers who attended , but on account of the manly enthusiasm displayed by the people , and the bold , straightforward , uncompromising tone of tho different gentlemen who addressed the assemblage _. Indeed , until I witnessed the display made on this occasion , I did not even dream of the vast strength and organisation of the' Young Ireland ' or genuine national party in Dublin . I did not imagine this body possessed a tithe of the confidence and popnlarity which wss manifested towards them on that occasion . It would appear that the principles
of the Confederation are taking firm root amongst the artisans and working classes of Dublin ; and it is as plain as noonday , that the Conciliation Hall folk must accede to the popular will , or they will soon be utterly abandoned and utterly powerless in Ireland . Almost every man now admits that temporising , or mate-shifting , or ' agitating , ' or yarnspinning , will do no more in this country . They feel that grass , or clods , will not rout that obstinate John Bull from his tenaciously-maintained position on the neck of Ireland , They now come to the conclusion , that it is time to speak to the stiffnecked old villain in the raond imperative , and tell him to ' take himself loff' forthwith , or the people will start up in good earnest , and try what can be effected by fierce and long-provoked and justly indignant millions , with arms in their hands , and firmly resolved to rescue their country , and be revenged of their tyrants , or perish in the attempt .
The meeting this day waa held in the open ground to the rear of Sinnott ' s hotel , near the North Wall . An immense platform was raised , to which admission was had by ticket , and crowded , on which I noticed Smith O'Brien , John Mitchel , T . F . Meagher , Richard 0 'Gorm * mf E $ q ., 8 ? n ., Richard O'Gorman , jun , Charles Gavan Duffy , Thomas- D . Avey _Magee , Samuel Gordon , Egq ., and all the leading members of the Confederation . Hundreds of the most respectable members of the trades ' union were on the platform also . I likewise noticed some of tho Conciliation Ball goers , and some ofthe members of the Dublin Corporation . Thera were
no banners , nags , or music—tbe only _diistnetive badge I noticed being a rosette of green silk , worn by many of the gentlemen on the platform . I will not dwell on the speeches ; they were of the ' right sort , ' and just suited to tbe emergency of the time . There was no flattery , coaxing , _norlHp-toyalty slang . The people have had too much of this trash , and on this occasion the dose was net repeated . The speakers- uttered their sentiments like men in ' tarnest , ' and their vast auditory ( numbering at least 20 , 000 men ) heard their word * like men determined to have 'Ireland a 3 she ought to be , * or dye hergreeB valleys with their hearts' best blood .
A deputation to bear the address to Paris wag nominated , and tho great meeting separated peaceab ' y , cheering vehemently for France , Republicanism , Repeal , and Ireland . There wss no disposition to riot or disorder , though Lord Clarendon had a strong body of the 74 th Highlanders stationed on the balconies and roof of tbe custom-house , by which the multitude had to pass on their way to and from the place of meeting . Dublin , March 27 . —Mr John O'Connell received to-day two significant hints that ha is not going fast enough . An address to the Queen , proposed by Mr John O'Connell and drawn up by him , waa laid before the meeting ; but , _being opposed , waa ' referred back to the committee . ' Upon the second occasion , a phrase used by Mr _Leyno having been misinterpreted into a recognition of the morality of violence , was cheered accordingly , Mr John O'Connell rose to vindicate the '( fundamental rale' ofthe association , and was loudly hissed .
Government , it is rumoured to-day , is in possession of information of a very serious character , not less than the spirit of disaffection among the constabulary . COMIKG EVENTS CAS * IHEIS SHADOWS BEPORB !—EFFECTS OP THB ABBESTS . —IHB BEGIHKING OF IHE EHD . Ddblik , March 28 th . I write this time hurriedly , and with uneasy apprehensions about' coming events . ' Whilst the tide of revolution rolls over almost every State , —whilst thrones are being levelled with the dust , and kings and tyrants made to feel that after all they are but mortals , this little nook of Western Europe hears the voice of the mountain nymph , -Liberty , ' and says , she , too , must _beisDEFEKDEHi and a hatioh .
This is bold talk , but it is what is now spoken by every one who is not interested in maintaining the whole regime of British misrule , or the almost equally fatal and disgusting delusion of ' moral force ' warfare against ascendancy , and 'legal' and ' _constitutienal ' agitation for what is always coming , but still invisible on onr _horison . But Irishmen are now ' in earnest , ' or they are the veriest swindlers and poltroons under God ' s broad sky . The opportunity has arrived , —they are preparing to _seizj it , —if they do not , may they be slaves for ever .
1 long had my doubts of'Young Ireland , ' and I did not hesitate to express them before the readers of the Star . I believed tbem possessed of a good deal of talking talents , —I knew many of them wrote well and truly of Ireland ' s wrongs and of Ireland ' s _dutt , but I did not think them capable of workikg . Niw , however , I have good hopes of my country , for her touxo men are resolved and whl bleed , or make irelasd a nation . I write hurriedly , and with a bounding heart , f cannot describe what is going on here daily , but everything tells of extraordinary events _teing just at hand . Your readers have heard of the arrest of Smith O'Brien , T . F . Meagher , and John Mitchel , of the Usited _IifcraniiAN . Such an event is not new in Ireland , but it has worked already wondrous effects _UD-n the length and breadth of the land .
I saw these gentlemen as they marched through the streets to snd from the head police ofnee . I saw the' leaders/—I saw the people , —who followed them with clenched teeth , and straining eyes , and wrathful hearts . I heard their cheerinp and their Ianguage , and Iiaid tbat in truth this was * a great day for Ireland . ' D'Olier-street is nearly half a mile from the head police office . I followed the traversers ta the council rooms of the Irish Confederation in that Btreet , and it waa a stirring sceneithat procession of angry citizens through Dublin . Each of the ' conspirators' addressed the _erovrd from the windows of the council room . Smith O'Brien spoke first . It was a speech , * short but sweet . ' He said he was happy—ay , more happy than ever , —on that day . He will not shrink from tfee coming struggle .
After him came John Mitchel , ef Thb Uhitbd Irishmah . He is rather feminine looking , but still a handsome fellow of thirty or so . His long brown hair overshadowed his pale face , but his eye flashed as he spoke , and he avowed himself a mortal enemy to England . John Mitchel is the boldest Bpoken man I ever heard . If any man was ever haneed for a rebellious heart , he deserves the rope richly . I hoped however , a more honourable deatiay awaits this brave young Irishman . Next came Thomas Francis Meagher ,. He is a handsome young man of about eight and twenty , He smiled on tt _& crowd , and though the words he spoke I were but few , they electrified many a heart . He is a magnificent speaker , and if he lives , will yet be a glory bo his native land .
ThiB was a great day indeed . Itwas sorely the 'beginning of a glorious end . ' Nobody now cares for Coercion or Proclamations , or British guns or Saxon swords . Ireland will try the game ! Ten to one she wins , if the disunion aad treachery of some of her sons do not betray her once moro and rain her hopes forever . The _gdveramenUn tha interim , are making the most active preparations for the suppression of the national will in this country . Our earrison is
trebled—there being eleven thousand _Boldiers at present in town , mostly English and Scotchmen : The castle looks more like a besieged fortress than the residence of the representative of royalty , —of a monarch ' beloved by her people . ' The gates are locked at Bunset each evening , though , hitherto , it was not _enstomary to close them against the public till half-past ten o ' clock . The enemy is indeed uneasy ! They know the people are now is earnest . They affect to ridicule the pablio voice , but . no matter ! '
Smith O Brien , T . F . Meagher , and R . O'Gorman , Jun ., Esqrs ., are gone to France to present the address of the _citis-ens of Dublin to the French , and to oongratulste them on their _glorieus straggle against tyranny and misrule . Every day wei have meetings of the citizens and trades , both of Old and Young Ireland . Reconciliation is the order of the day . There is no more skulking—at least , amongst the lower classes . People make no secret of their intentions ,- ' sedition' is spoken openly . Every sight the streets are promenaded by groups of young men Hinging revolutionary songs , and the police havea busy time of it dispersing the crowds who nightly collect round the different reading-rooms and newspaper offices . Everything tells that something is coming . ' Everything augurs thata great dag for Ireland is rapidly dawning .
The meeting at Conciliation Hsll on Monday , proves that the reign ofthe woral force humbug is at an end . The crowded audience were enthusiastic for _resistance . At a country meeting on Saturday , held in Galway , which was attended by nearly all the wealth and intelligence of the district , ' a petition fir Repeal _wasadopted with onl y three dissentientB . A trades and _citizen political union has been formed in Kilkenny . An _immtnsa meeting web holden , which was attended by the mayor . The speeches were ex ceedingly' physical , ' and the cry for' pikes' wa 3 unaninwu . 3 . Extensive _} reparations tare being made to meet any outbreak that may take place . On theother hand the people are arming . A dreadful struggle will in all likelihood shortly take place . The spirit of _disaffection is said to be rife amongst the consta * Infer '
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LONDON CONFEDERALISTS . Ibish _Deuooiutio Confbderatioh . —Thia body held a public meeting on Sunday last _. atCartwright ' _s , for tbe pnrpose of electing a delegate for the ensuing Conference , and transacting other important business . The palcry local powers having suspended , or rather deprived , Mr Cartwright of his billiards license , and the Democrats having outgrown their puny shell , arrangements are being made , and will be completed in a few days , for tho opening of a commodious Hall or Assembly room . The chair was taken at eight o ' clock by Mr Williams , who briefly addressed the meeting . Mr Bezer , in an able and eloquent speech , proposed the following resolution , which was seconded by Mr Martin , and unanimously adopted by the meeting in solemn silence ,
upstanding and uncovered : — ' Resolved , That , in the opinion of this meeting , the tono _> spirit , and objects of the weekly newspaper called the United Irishman is prominently worthy tbe strenuous support of every earnest Democrat ; and furthermore , this Confederation hails with extreme satisfaction aud delight the prosecution of Messrs O'Brien , Meagher , and Mitchel , by the base , bloody , and brutal Whig government of this country , considering that such prosecution _isasteppiog-stone towards the desirab ' e attainment of Ireland ' s nationality ; and this meeting hereby pledges itself , by solemn oath , to do all that lies in its power , individually and collectively , by moral force , if practicable , by
physical force , if absolutely necessary , to obtain Ireland for tho Irish , and England for the English people , based upon the divine and glorious principles of Liberty—Equality—Fraternity ! ' The meeting was subsequently addressed by Messrs Gannon , M'Carthy , Joyce , Clancy , Sullivau _, Reardon , Smyth , Johnson , and others . Several of the detective spies were present , and received a tolerably tmmistakeable set of instructions for their employers relative to their future conduct . Mr Charles M'Carthy was declared duly elected as delegate to the ensuing Conference . Several members were enrolled , and 13 s . 6 d . collected towards the necessary expenses of tho delegation , after which the meeting broke up .
A Tea Party and Ball will be held on Monday , the 3 rd of April , for the benefit of Mr Cartwright , to which several _advoeatea of Liberty , Equality , and Fraternity . ' will be invited . A few of the friends of Ireland met on TueBda ' y evening , ihe 2 _lst ult ., at the original Portman ' _s Arms , Orchard-place , _Portman-square , to form themselves into a Confederate Club , Mr Bailey in the chair . Mr _Comminga was appointed secretary . A committee of seventeen was elected . It was resolved , ' That the Club be called the United Irish , on the Confederate principle . '
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THE LONDON REPEALERS . An overflowing and almost suffocating meeting was held on Tuesday last , at the FarriDgdon H » l ) , for the purpose of expressing sympathy with the _proscribed Irish patriots . Mr T . O'Mahony presided . Eloquent and energetic speeches were delivered by Messrs Daly , Lindsay , Wilson , _M'Leiri , Maher , Conway , Fitzgibbon , Loonly , " . Kenny , Dowliog _. and others . The resolutions breathed the most determined spirit of resistance to the government , and of resolution to obtain repeal , and something more . Most Crowded and Enthusiastic Meetings have been held of the several clubs of the metropolis . Union with the Chartists is the order of the day . Rifle clubs are said to have been formed , and are daily gaining strength . In the event of any attaok upon tbe Irish people ; by the government , there is likely to be warm work in this country . Uniok is Strkkgth . —A meeting of the Repealers of Westminster , and the friends of Ireland , will be held on Monday _evening , April 3 rd , at _Goddaj-d ' s Temperance Hall , CartereUtreet , Broadway , Westminster . MbetIkob ofthe Irish Confederation for the ensuing week : —Sunday evening—Green Man , _Berwick-street ; : Victory , Newhaven-street ; Druids ' Arms , Greenwich . Monday evening—Assembly Rooms , 83 , Dean . street . Tuesday—Old Portman Arms , Orchard-place , Marylebone . Wednesday and Friday—Assembly Rooms , 83 , Dean-street .
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MANCHESTER AND SALFORD CONFEDERATE CLUB . One of the most enthusiastic aad nutneroua meetings ever held in the rooms of this club , took place on Sunday evening , when the leading articles from the Northern Stas , Nation , and _Uniihd Irishman were read , as were the entire proceedings at the various meetings in Dublin during the past week , eliciting repeated bursts of approbation and delight . At eight o ' clock , Mr P . Feeney , preBidect , was called to the chair , and the meeting was addressed at great length by Mr Dunn , who moved the _admiaion of many new members ; deolared his adoption of the prosecuted opinions of Messrs O'Brien , Meagher , and Mitchel ; said he had purchased for himsolf a gun withaspringbayonet , as he thought all men , _atsnoh a momentous crisis , should be armed ; and returned
thanks for the honour done him in calling him to the cbair at the late demonstration . He concluded by moving a vote of thanks to the numerous members of Conciliation Hall , who had so-operated with them on the late occasion . Mr George Archdeaoon seconded the resolution , and exhorted all to work together _, lie then read a resolution , sent'to the committee for the demonstration here , by thelrish Confederation , expressive of their thanks for the invitations sent to them , and declaring that no earthly power should ever induce them to regard their noble allies , the Democrats of England , with any other than , the friendliest feelings . He next alluded to the resurrection of Poland , and said Ireland could not now despair . He adverted to the bursts of rapture in the meeting , when the . speeches of their brethren in
Dublin were being read , and said he hoped these important speeches would make the due impression on tbeir minds . Mr Murray subsequently addressed the Confederates in his usual energetic manner , as did Mr Bennett and Mr Hegarty . After which Mr John _Coulan briefly spoke , declaring tbat he joined that night because he thought tb . 9 time for action had arrived . Irishmen had led forlorn hope parties in various parts of the world , and were well able to accomplish their own liberties at home at this mest opportune and auspicious moment ; aud he had confidence in them that they wonld do so . For his part , he would give them bis address , and would be . at home when wanted . Before the meeting separated
the chairman stated that their address to the French people _WfW carried over to Paris by Mr Meagher , and was _engrossed on parchmeat , and splendidly mounted with their tricolour—orange , green , and white . He also stated that the Irish deputies would pay them & visit on their return , and he trusted would be well Sitisfied with their reception . The meeting separated at ten o ' clock highly pleased . On Monday evening a very large meeting of Chartists and Repealers was held . Thc speakers strongly advocated the fraternisation of the two people , the necessity of arming and thelutilityof a National Guard to accelerate the obtainment of the Chartist and Repeal .
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Meeting on Stepnet-Grkek . —A large open air meeting was held on the above spot on Tuesday last , at three p . m . Messrs Dixon , Vernon , Ernest Jones , M'Grath and Bezer , addressed the meeting . FOBTHCOMIKG CHARTIST MEETINGS . —A public meeting will be held on _Kennington Common , on Sunday , April 2 nd , st half-past two o ' clock . The Walter Scott locality will meet on Sunday evening . —A meeting will he held on Sunday evening , at the Coach Painter ' s Arras , Circus-street , New-road , — _Towaa Haulms . —A Ticket Benefit at the City Theatre , Norton Folgate , on Wednesday evening ,
April 8 'h , te defray expenses attending the Demonatration . —IlAMMBRflMiTH . —The friends holding petition sheets for this distriot are requested to return Ihem to Mr Stallwood , 2 , Little Vale-place , on Sunday moraingnext , April 2 nd . —Election os Delbgates . —A pub . io meeting will take place on Clerkenwell Green , at twelve o ' clock , on Monday next , to eleot three Delegates "to the National _Convention . A publio meeting will be held oa Blaokheath on April 4 th . —On Tuesday evening a public [ meeting wili be held af the Institute , John-street , Tottenham Court-road , which will be addressed by several members ofthe Convention .
Thb Charter . —The Exiles . —A public meetine will ba held on Wednesday _evenlag nest , April 5 th , at the New St ; Pancras Vestry-room , King _' sroad , _ Old St Pancras-road , for the purpose of adopting petitions to the House of Commons , for the enactment of the People ' s Charter , and the _restoratioa of Frost , Williams , and Jones . Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., Messrs Ernest Jones , M'Grath , Clark , Leaoh , West , Kydd , and Donovan , and other members of the Convention , will attend and address the meeting . Chair to be taken at seven o ' clock .
_Westuiksteb _Local !!? _^ 83 , Dean-altfeat , March 26 th—The members of this locality are requested to meet at 83 , Dean-street , on Sunday next , April 2 nd , at seven o ' clock , on business of great importance . Mr Skelton will leoture on the ' Condition of the Poor of England . Somers' Town—On Sunday evening next , Mr Philip Henry Martyn will lecture atthe Bricklayers ' Arms , Tonfefidge-street ; New-road . Subject ' The Rights and Duties of Governments . ' Shinbt-kow . —A general meeting will be held at the house of Mr Thomas Watkine , Mill Pit , near
Shiney-row , on Monday , April 3 rd , at seven o ' clock in the evening—A subscription has been entered into here on behalf of Mr Thomas Donbleday . _Subscriptions will ba received in aid of tho above , by Mr Thomas Watkins , up to April 3 rd , when ifc will be transmitted to the proper quarter . By order of the committee , Richard Davidson , Thomas Watkin , Joseph Blakey , Thomas Blakey , secretary . —The National Petition lies for signature at the _following places : _—MrSweathsra , publican , Broom-hill , _Hatton-lane ; Mr James Wa _^ on _, Old _Penaner * , Mr Thomas Watkins , Mill Pis j Mr Thomas Blakey , Shiney-row .
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LARGE MEETING IN JOHN-STREET . g _* wnw A dense and enthusiastic meeting was called bythe Executive in this hall , on Tuesday evening Issfc , to _taKto consideration tho rights of labour . Mr Vernon was called to the chair , and said , he considered !* a mere waste of time to dwell on he nolo ts ofthe Charter , or even on thepomt which tbey had met to consider-the organisation of labour , forfuntil the sovereignty of the people was establisued _. lt was _aonsenaa to suppose that they could _eifect the slig htest _amelioration-in the oond _. tion ofthe working classes . ( Cheers . ) For his part he was _dis-^ _nafoH _^ _f . hP . ide aoforesentinga petition at a _* l ; i-
_was all a mockery and a ferce-for they knew very well that the members of the government would never-Sent to grant the _Peopled . Charter , and herefore he thought that they should give the House of Commons just one hour to consider whether they would grant it or not . ( Loud cheering . ) If they _faid ' yes / very well ; and if they said ' no , they should retire to their district meetings and decide what they were to do next day , ( Loud cheers . J Mr Dixon ( from Manchester ) took ( _XCeptiona at once to the speech of the chairman . He had beard many fiery speeches on previous occasions , and it was all very well for them to clap their hands and huzza ; but when the 'day' came , where werethey ? —they were to ba found in their beds fast asleep . ( No , nr .. 1 Ho could never sanction any proposition that
would lead the people into danger . It was madness to talk of organising an insurrection , and demanding an answer from the House of Commons in an hour . ( Disapprobation , and cries of ' quite long enough . ) The Deople of this eountry were not in a fighting posture , and it would take far more than anythingthey had suffered vet to make thera fight , ( Loud disapprobation . ) Nothing could justify an appeal to arms until every moral means had been exhausted . He concluded by moving a resolution to the effect that , as labour was unquestionably a source of wealth , and the working man ' s only capital , it should form tbe first subject of legislative care , and they should never ceaae their endeavour until labour was fairly represented in Parliament .
Mr Robinson , a Chartist youth , rose and made a very able and spirited speech , calling on the Chartist youths to help their fathers in the coming struggle , and not to let tbeir grey hairs descend amid chains to the grave . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr John Skelton rose and said , in order the better to impress the meetim ? . he had written an address for this occasion , which he would read to them . Tbe tenor of this address was a strong denunciation of _physioal force , ridiculing the idea of the people being able to fight , and to contend with the government . Mr Skelton had proceeded to a considerable length , amid the loud disapprobation of the meeting , when he broke off from reading his address , and made extempore remark 3 , shortly after resuming his
Mr Handley rose to repudiate the fallacious doctrine broached by the last speaker . In the course of a talented address—full of spirit yai sound sense , he expressed his hope and his conviction that another winter would not pass over his head before he had his rights . ( Loud cheers . ) He had had enough of last winter . ( Hear , hear . ) He trusted this would ba a good petition , but he trusted it would be the last one . ( Hear , hear . ) If this were rejected , they would require something moro than mere petitions . ( Loud cheers . ) . . .
Mr Ernest Jones on rising was greeted with protracted cheering and said , he cordially disagreed with many remarks that had fallen from some ot the preceding speakers—remarks not calculated to promote peace , but to paralysejenergy . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr Skelton has told us that the power of mind is to subvert despotism—so it will if rightly used—itis as to the use we differ . The people are marching en the high-road to progression , bat across the way class rule has built a cold stony wall of monopolies . Now then , let the people stand before it and think ! let them look atjit and say in their minds : ' you naughty wall , you ought to be lying low , you oughn't to be there—why don't you tumble down V Do you think that will clear their road ? No ! Bnt if their * power
of mind' tells them to take a piekaxe , aud a mallet , and crowbar , and break the rotten barrier to atoms , then the highway to liberty will aoon be clear . ( Tremendous cheers . ) Because I advocate a physical organisation , I do not advise a physical outbreak—I advise it that we may be prepared against a _physical attack on the part of government . ( Hear , hear . ) Surely , if yon are men of peace , the mere possession of strength don't make you kick up a row . Because there is power in your arm , you would _' nt knock the first man down you meet , but itis well to have that ? ower to knock him down if he _strikesyou . ( Hear . ) Tell , then—therefore 1 advocate organisation . Without it , a people ia a mob ; with it , it becomes an army . I trust and believe not a blow need be struck
in England . I believe it , because government are so contemptibly weak—but should all moral means prove of no avail , then you will have made up your minds what to do . ( ' Yes , yes ') I believe that in such mements physical force comes like an electric shock—that it requires no telling ; I weuld not give a straw for a movement created solely by a few leaders—it must be indigenous * , racy of the pesple ' _s hearts ; but it is the duty of all good men to prepare the soil for its reception—to lay the wires , so that when the electric fire flashes from high heaven , it may not be lost in an unmeaning tumult , but , guided by the links of organisation , Btrike home to its goal . ( Immense applause . ) I advise & physioal organisation—because 1 know what the people are
determined to do , should moral means fail . If then they are compelled to have recourse to extreme measures at last , is it not necessary that wemuatbe prepared for tbem ? A pretty business ifc would be , when driven to that extreme to find ourselves unprepared .. ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Now , then , is the time to prepare , it is too Iato in the eleventh hoar , when oligarch _y may have surrounded us on all sides , and organisation be rendered _impoisible . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Dixon tells us wo are " not fit for this organisation . Why not ! Have we wooden legs or cork arms . ( Loud cheers , and laughter . ) He tells us the people of England are not yet of that mind . Then all England is one great lie ! Then the men of Northampton lied , when they told me yesterday
they were . Then it was a lie on Oldham Edge—it is a lie ia this hall to-night , for they tell us they are ! ( Great applause . ) Why all England must have entered into one great conspiracy , forthe sake of deceiving five or six unimportant individuals . No ! sir , I believe the people are prepared to pronounce the mighty fiat—to ring the . inevitable knell of slavery . I should be a guilty man did I say so Without well-grounded conviction . For the evil that might come , I should be in part responsible _^—the widow and the orphan would have a right to curse me—bnt , before heaven , I believe that we stand upoa the threshold of our rights , one step , were it even with an iron heel , and they are ours ;—I conscientiously believe the people are prepared to claim tne Charter , then I say : Take it and God defend the right ! ( Loud cheers . ) No more martyrs , no more heeatombs offered to Mammon . Every year , every
day brings its fresh victims—claims its social martyrs—why should they perish , when you can prevent it ? Why should you suffer one hour longer than you need ? ( Great applause . ) Do not _' think I speak in intemperate zeal , 1 have well weighed our position . Rashness is one thing , cowardice another , I do not say our leaders should raise a false excitement , but they should not damp a fine enthusiasm . ( Hear , hear . ) That Is not the way to takfl a fine army into the field , their generals saying , 'I ' m afraid of the enemy , I think you are no match for him ! There he is , but I think you had better turn round and sneak away . ' _( _Loudl . eheers and laughter . ) No ( friends , w ' ell steer the light course—we won't be intemperate and hotheaded—but we will be determined-we'il respect the law , if the _law-makers respeetus—if they don't—Franco is a Republic ( Tremendous cheering )
. .. Mr M'Grath rose amid loud cheers , and said , I am delighted at witnessing the unity of purpose , the oneneB 3 of sentiment , wbich pervade this splendid assemblage . I think I discover here to-night the re _« vival of that spirit which triumphed at Runnymede , and Which in the sixteenth century dashed to ruins the powerof a ruthleBB tyrant . ( Cheers . ) Let that BDitit be disseminated , let tho masses be quickened with it and Britain ' s liberation from oligarchic _bondageiissecured . ( Loud cheers . ) The lateness of the hour would prevent him saying much , besides they had listened to so many speeches replete with reason and argument , adorHed with wit , and warmed with eloquence , that a few minutes would suffice for him . He waB the only _member of the Executive on the lew _nimscn iu
platform , and he _nounu Bay « - _™ words as to the coarse the people shonld pursue in these eventful and critical times . ( Hear , hear . ) That the Charter must become the law of this country he felt the firmest conviction ; everything looked bright and auspicious , every day gives an impetus to the movement , or removes an obstacle to its progress ( Cheers . ) Nothing en earth can prevent the triumph of democracy but the people ' s apathy , er their leaders' rashness . ( Hear , hear . ) Both are alike to be feared , both are alike to be guarded against . There is a growing , healthful spirit abroad , which must be nurtured , fostered , ani strengthened , till the proud oligarchy of Britain quails before it . ( Cheers , ) Now , or never , is the time to win freedom , Some of our friends attach little importance to petitioning : on . this point he dissented from them ; he
did not , however , think that the Charter would be ceded to mere petitioning ; so long _as _^ they _aaaumed no other position or bearing than thai of beggars , the beggar _' _sportion—contumely " and contempt—would be their lot . ( Hear , hear . ) The value of petitioning was , that it evinced in one form , the popular will , and in the present instance , he hoped that ifc would show Whigs and Tories , and all the worthless brood that fatten on the rottenness of corruption , that _fit-e millions of Britons will no longer be _Blaves . ( Cheers . ) The petition would no doubtb 9 rejected , their Con * vention would then be prepaied to tell them what next to do . ( Cheers . ) Discussion on ulterior measures wasprematunejustnow , that was the province ofthe Convention , he was prepared to go aB far as any man living , but the _jieaple too must be resolved and prepared . ( Cheers ) lie < did not judge of London i by the enthusiastic tends sd _satriota now before
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bim , ho woald form his estimation of their patriotism from the demonstration of the _10 ; h of April . ( Cheers . ) Let no effort be spared to make that a great snd memorable day for Chartism . Every district will have Hb place of rendezvous ; _theifrienda of liberty will then form in procession and march to Kennington Commoni and from thence proceed with the nation's prayer to the door of Parliament . We wish you to go from this place , and talk to your friends and _neighbours ef your rights ahd wrongs . Talk to them of our proceedings , talk to them of the National Convention and tbe stupendous procession of the 10 th of April ; ' _alittle leaven leaveneth the whole ; ' let each resolve to do his duty , for let this lesson be deeply graven upon your minds— ' That God only helps those who help themselves . ' ( Loud cheers . ) The meeting then dissolved , after a vote of thanks to the chairman , and three enthusiastic cheers fer the Charter , and groans for the ministry .
Through The Charter To Justice.
Through the Charter to Justice .
Soldier And Citizen.
SOLDIER AND CITIZEN .
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TO THB OPPRESSED OF EITHER CLASS . Friends , —The essence of _class-governmenfc is exclusiveness . That of popular legislation is fraternity . True to their instinct , the governing classes havo divided the population into castes and sectsthe smallest being always the most devoted to their interests . Between these , individual pride and mutual jealousy have been engendered—each seeking to obtain a larger share of ptivilege than the other .
Privilege ia iu the gift of government—therefore each crawls more abjectly than his neighbour to the footstool of power , asking for an advantage over those less forward . Government thus pulls the leading strings of its political puppets , playing a few off against the rest ; and as long as it can maintain invidious distinctions , so long will it have the bayonet of one Englishman against the breast of another—and be able to stop a people on the highway of progression , crying : ' Stand and deliver , Poor rates and taxes V
Be it ours to break through those barriers of exclusiveness—to unlink the chains of prejudice—and inculcate the truth that ' all men are brethren , ' but not in the government sense of the word , which divides mankind into its chosen Cains , commissioned to Btrike down peaceful Abels when , they are worshipping at the altar of Liberty . As it has wisely been the endeavour of Democracy , not only to obtain sufficient power to change a bad system , but also to prepare the public mind thus that it shall be able to substitute a good one in its stead ; so it must further be our duty to show to all sections of the community , how their just
interests are identical with those of the working classes , and how the people are in truth prepared to act up to their expressions of fraternity , by alleviating the position of those whom faction has but too often placed in antagonism with their brethren . Permit me , then , to bring under public consideration , the condition of an oppressed and honourable member of the community—that of the soldier—so that when the Charter is the Law of the Land , the people may be prepared to legislate for his benefit , and even now to bring the mighty force of public opinion to bear upon bo important a subject .
As the son of a veteran of the Peninsula and Waterloo , I have had many opportunities of witnessing the life of the soldier , of estimating his character and learning his grievances—and I bave arrived at the conclusion that unnecessary hardships attend the first—thatthe second is not duly appreciated —and that the last call for immediate and prompt redress . I solicit your attention to some of the more salient grievances under which the soldier labours .
In the first place , I object to the very mode of his enlistment . Government boasts that we have not the conscription , that there is no military pressgang , and that their army is highly favoured above the navy . Let us test the truth of this assertion How often is not a man enlisted , after being enticed to the tavern , made . dmnk , and then deceived with the fatal shilling ? It is not fair to inculcate a vice and then take advantage of the weakness you have caused . It is a cheat—a pitiful cheat .
Again , do they say . we have no military pressgang ? Non-employment , contempt , oppression , misery and hunger are their press-gang , —these force the young man from the affections of his heart and the home of his childhood ; and again we say it is not fair to take advantage of the wretchedness bad laws have created , to make men shed their blood in defence of those very laws . Another grievance of which I would remind you , is the low estimation in which government holds the soldier as a member of society . They sav :
' He is a machine . The people say : He is a man . The political and municipal rights of the citizen are denied him ; and who , I ask , ought to bejn the full enjoyment of those rights , if not the menwho are to risk their lives at a moment's notice in defence of the institutions of their country ? Again , their social position i 8 _* wrjustly lowered . So much so , that , in London , it is only recently the guards have been permitted to enter Kensington Gardens , as though they were below the level of every pickpocket who may make it his resort .
I further object to compulsory periods of service , as not only unnecessary for discipline but injurious to the efficiency of the army , since one volunteer is worth two reluctant slaves . In his barrack the soldier i 3 subjected to inconvenience and discomfort . Even decency is outraged by making a man and his wife sleep in the same room with other soldiers—as at Leeds and other places . Surely those _ojught to have the comforts of home , whose supposed duty it is to guard the homes of others 1 But what shall we say to a system that degrades the soldier below the level of the heast of the
fieldwhat shall we say to the lash ? How an enormity like this can be tolerated I am at a loss to conceive . How can government take one portion | of the community and debase it below all the rest ? They dars not flog even the swindler , the thief , or the assassin , yet they presume to lash the . British soldier I Thank heaven ! public opinion has come to his rescue ; it has achieved something in this matter , and reduced the number of lashes . Let the honest working men of England raise their voices still louder for their brethren in the army , and abolish the infernal system altogether .
I would suggest that the period of service be voluntary , —and as every soldier has been enlisted by the ' throne and the altar , ' not by the people , — for the people , not having the franchise , had no voice in the matter , though it is the people who pay the soldier every farthing of his pittance , and furnish every article of his equipment ; since , I say , it is the ' throne and the altar' he bas served , the throne and altar should give him his reward in the shape of a cottage , and four acres of crown land or church land , whenever he quitted the service with credit to himself ; while infirmity andw « uuds , that place labour beyond his power , should be relieved , not by a pittance in a military bastile , nor by _out-door relief at a lower scale than even the labourer's starvation wages , as at present , but by a pension to gladden the cottage home of the citizen soldier .
. Again , in the disposition of promotion , service , and not money or birth , should have precedence . Now , the longest purse obtains the highest promotion , —true to their vile money system that taints every branch of our legislature , whether military or civil . Now , the unfledged scions of the aristocracy are taken from the school or the drawing room to play the martinet over the veterans of the Peninsula and India . Or the son of the city haberdasher is commissioned to tyrannise over those gallant men who have sacrificed their health and blood to open markets for his father ' s wares . To remedy this , let every man serve in the ranis , —away with aristocracy and moneyocracy in the army , —and let every non-commissioned officer have a right to promotion by _seniobity to the highest grades of the service .
¦ These are some few of the changes and improvements I would suggest in reference to our soldier ; . Sons and brothers of the people , with the people their interests are identical , —these reforms classgovernment wiil never grant—these the people are prepared to enact . The time is past when the soldier can be made a tool of faction , since many governments are now trying to use him as a blind _nstrument of their vengeance against outraged nations ; and as foreign armies have spurned the mean office of hired executioners , so may the British soldier feel that he is a part of the people ; so may the British people endeavour hy all honourable means to elevate the position and remedy the grievances of the soldier .
I have the less hesitation in making the above suggestions , feeling convinced that they are not my opinions alone , but the prevailing sentiments of the British Chartists . A 6 fine of whom , I subscribe _myself _iitend of Justice to all , Erkesi Jones *
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- REPUBLICAN BANQUET . On Monday a large namberof Frenchmen , resident in this metropolis , held a festival at F reemasons * . hall , in celebration of the recent revolution , and of the establishment of a Republican Government in France , Besides the French , there were present a largo number of Germans , a considerable body o { Englishmen , . and numerous natives of Switzerland Spain , Italy , Poland , Russia , and the Scandinavian countries . Altogether nearly 400 sat down to din * ner . The festival waa denominated * Banquet des _Republicans Franc _/ _iis , ' the ticket of admission being headed by the words wbich form the moito of the French Republic , — ' _Liberty , Egalite _, _FraterniteV Beneath the gallery , which was occupied by ladies , was suspended a couple of tricoloured banners one of which bore a similar inscription to the above '
and the other had emblazoned on it the words ' L'Union des _Peuples . ' It was curious to see in thia splendid hall , decorated , as is well known , by numerous effigies of royalty , a body ofthe most ardent Re . publicans , assembled for the purpose of expressing exultation at the triumph of their glorious principles . The President of tho banquet , 'Citoyen Vaoher _, ' voted by show of hands into the chair was immediately looked down upon' by a colossal statue of tbe late Duke of Sussex , which stood close beside him . Alter the banquet , Citoyea _Massol one of a deputation recently seal ; to Paris to convey the adhesion of the French residents in London to the Republic , g » Ye an account of his mission and of his reception by the members of the provisional government . With respect to the state of Paris he observed that false
many rumours had been circulated . Society had been represented as resting on a > volcano ready to burst , but this was not the case . Paris was never more tranquil—never more grand than at the present moment —( applause )—though there existed , it waa true , a financial crisis , and money was wanting . He observed that the ' classe laborieuse' possessed power now , not because they had taken it into their own hands , bnt because they were at present the more moral class ; adding , that no labourer was to be seen intoxicated in Paris ( Loud cheering . ) With respect to the clergy , the _peopk fraternised with them in the mass , and ho had witnessed the planting of a ' tree of liberty * in Place St Snlpice , at which fifty clergymen assisted and blessed the tree . M . Massol resumed his seat amidat loud cheers .
M . Milanta , a French priest , next addressed a few werd 3 to the company . He was loudly applauded when he _^ said that he Was firmly devoted to the Republic without any arrierepensee t and that he desired to see fully developed the Christian prinoiple of * Libert 6 , Egalite , and Fraternite . Formerly ho had seen liberty afraid of religion and religion afraid of liberty . That was because they did not understand each other , but now they would advance cordially together . The first toast , ' A la Republique _Frangiise , ' was then given . It waa received by the company with , the greatest enthusiasm , and with cries of 'Vive la _Libertfe' The Marseillaise followed , ably sung by Citoyen Salabert , the whole company joining in chorus : Tho next toast was ' Tho French Provi .
sional Government , * and the third _was'Au _Peuple -Anglais , ' which was hailed with loud and protracted applause , certainly manifesting , in a very marked manner , a good feeling pn the partof the company present towards the English people amongst whom they reside . Citoyen Bourra addressed the company , adverting to the expulsion ofthe English workmen frora France . He said that all present deplored tbat act , which arose from a mistaken combination on the part ofsome French workmen -against the English workmen ; but all present protested against it , and the provisional government also protested against it . As true Republicans their principles forbade thera to treat any foreigner as an enemy —( cheers)—and he felt bound to add , that such of those present as had been driven by _political causes to seek a refusa
in this country had been treated with kindness and sympathy . ( Cheers , ) The next toast waa , * La Nation _Anglaise , ' which was likewise received with the same universal applause as the last toast , and with repeated cries of' Vive _L'Angleterre ! ' Vive Ie Peuple Anglais !' Captain Aokerley responded and Baid : —The generous sentiments , Monsieur le President and Citoyens , expressed towards the workmen of the British nation , I am proud to reply to in your native language , as , being personally connected with a French work of general usefulness , namely , —* Tho Shipwreck Sbpiety of France and Europe . ' Rest assured , Citoyens , that , notwithstanding past
prejudices and hostilities , the two _neval services of the French and English fleets are equally and profoundly animated towards the good cause of their relatives on shore . The Bailors being urged by a rivalry to uphold the noble Republic of France and ' share and share alike * when hard run for provisions , and , at the same time , maintain ) even for example ' s sake , the most effective discipline , and thereby render , by orderly conduct , a happiness and stability for the whole human race . The surest pledgo for the preservation of ihe peac 8 of the world is through fraternisation of two such powerful nations , based upoa one fixed principle , that the voice of the people is , and must be considered as , the inspiration of God . ( Great cheering . )
[ Mr Harney ' s ispeeoh ia in type , but press of matter has compelled its withdrawal ] An Italian gentleman , named _G-uadini _, then gave ' The Pope , ' as the first reformer in Italy . Several sentiments followed , including the ( future ) republics of Germany , Poland , and Belgium . A toast te' Ireland ' and the health of the president , concluded the proceedings . __ Besides the ' Marseillaise , ' several other revolutionary _lyrios were excellently sung ia the course of the evening , including the celebrated ' Chant du depart , ' and ' Mourir pour la patrie . *" The greatest order and harmony prevailed throughout the evening .
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LOOK ON THIS AND ON THIS : PRANCE . —The government PICTURE , attempted to prevent a publio meeting . Ouizot * laughed immoderately , ' when Odillon Barort- A T _rrtt Atw _^ Prc . aented _, , imptaebment Utti , A 1 Bttii AIH . of ministers . A fe w hours later , despite 100 , 000 men of regular troops , 83 , 0 _i _< 0 National Guards , Lord John Rus- r | j ? of torts , and couatiMj artillery , Louis Philippe run out l _. j i , at a back door , Ouizot hid im SEIL has declared , the bottom of a street cab , and THE REPUBLIC and THE in the House of _CHAUTER were proclaimed ia
_, AUSTRIA . —On hearing of Commons , that it the French revolution , Metternich issued a Proclamation , „ .. . i ;„« . „„ designating it as insane , conwas not hlS mten- temptible , anddisgraceful-anrl breathing vengeance againsttion tO _introduce a _prance and 1 Italy . A _fendaya ' later be and the Imperial dukes _D'li _* _- ,, _Tear . a _„ V , r , rr were obliged to run a _* ay in dis-BUi ior ivepeaimg gUise > an < i the people have possession of Vienna . the Katepayini ? _PObANB-RUssiA .-cra . r - ' ° cow is a Republic—Warsaw is .
i r At _n revolution—St Petersburg ia clauses of the Ke- commotion . BATARIA . —The king reform Act . fused-some trivial demandshe has been obliged to ask thepfjpple lor mercy , grant all tbey chose , owed his life to their clomency , and at last abdicated . PRUSSIA . _—Theldngleaguedi with Russia and Austria tocruth democracy . His _troops _, are beaten , he is whining for mercy , and offers even Poland freedom .
WIRTEWBERS .-The king refused to grant freedom of thcr Press—he has been forced tr > grant tbat and liberty of speech , abolition of the standing army , UNIVEB 8 AI , ARKAMBHX OF THE . _FBor-fcE , who are still claiming more . SAXONY—HANOVER . —Thfr people are stirring and the-Kings are begging them to accept roncessions . _WIEHAR - BADEX _*—NASSAU-HESSE . DARMSTADT — HESSE CASSEL . — The Princes resisted tbe gatherings _, of the people , aad thoy havebeen forced either to run away oryield to every demand .
SICILY . —The people have * beaten the king ' s armies , _resisted the most murderous bombardments , stormed bis fortB _, and won complete _independence . K ASSAU . —The LuUc refused to listen to his subjects' demands . They immediately rose —stormed the Arsenal—tbe » armed—ho _nas escaping by a back door , when a blacksmith curried him back — and hegranted all that was asked .
LOMBARD ? . —The _paoplft have driven the Au 6 trians out ol nearly every town—stormed their forts—taken their governors—and proclaimed _independence ,
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Globe and _Fbiehds . —Mr Ernest Jones will lee » ture at the Globe and Friends , _Morgan-sttreet , Commercial-road East , on Sunday , April Snd , at seven o ' clock in the evening . A general meeting of tha Globe and Friends branoh of the National Charter-Association wiil take placo at six o ' elook . It is expected that every member will attend . _WWimrjmmmiKt _* mn . _v _~ -mm _mmiMHi _^ mi ii ti _^™»*~ ia * Mm * mimmm , ima
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 1, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_01041848/page/8/
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