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    bj which that document might ho **** *> ***** the law of the land . ' _j „ _„ iv > eiriEe it was Mr _Wssx _^^ _^ £ "{ 2301 _^* more « mei « «* { * " _^ _w _n _^ dJ One thing W _WffilS _^ t K ° . was _premising which bad done _tltem jtc tedthB introduc-SfoSta _fflSSSon P _fcyrfil _and moralforce , as _& wK »* _disensi _^ _ns _amorg them , Mr Clabk withdrew his motion in favour of Mr E _2 d ' _mendment , as . it generally reeommcnded tta same policv which he pointed ont in detail . te ™ bWk « M . he tw decidedly ia favour of raoral force , and moral force alone , and he was sa . _tMed that they would be _sufncient to achieve thtir objects ± ¦ 0 i

    . _ .. ., , ,, ., „„„;„„ Mr E . Joses was _astonished thafc the question should have been introduced at all . They were all at _preset mora' * force advocates , because _ifcey felt that thev had slid moral force means to refer * to . -But _ttpi-V thev to tell the government , Thich had its _repoSrs on the P latform , that if _peddled with the _Assemhlv , they were not prepared to r & ist ? Hetad the government tremble at their mora power , and he _Earned them that _though the physical power ef the countrv might at present slumber , it needed but a touch to make it _rushf ort _' _i like a volcano . Dr M'Dodall condemned in the strongest manner the promulgation ofthe notion that the people were nrpnared to resort to physical force , P _MrTsHAw ( Tower Hamlets ) said . Mr O'Connor had done a great deal of injury to the cause .

    After a somewhat warm _discfcfcion . there wereloud cries for the votes a few minutes before five o ' clock , which was resisted by the delegates who had cot spoken -, an 4 > ttbat hour the standing ; _otdera wereeaforced by the adjournment of the Assembly .

    THURSDAY MORNING , Mat 7 ch . Mr Dixosresumed the chair ai nine o ' clock . The galleries were crowded as _asaal . Th » adjourned debate on Mr _Kydo ' s motion was resumed / which was ss fellow :- ' Tbat the document known as the People ' s Charter , is inst in principle 2 nd a fair digest of eur opinions on the question of theFu _6 rage , and every way fitted to torm ths basis oi an enlightened representative _system , and that _ws make the principle ofthe People s Charter known to the public by means of lectures , tracts , public meetings , discussions , registration of electors , sad use every legitimate means in our power to hive the said _document enacted as the basis of the British constitution , aad recommend the pesple to agitate for no measure short of ths People ' s Charter . _CouncillorBRMK _ofLeeds , took hi * seat as one of the delegates for tbat town . PiLLiKo als 0 took his seat for Ashton .

    Mr _Father Kkstw was also announced as elected , but hs 4 Beit yet arrived . Mr _CASDELsr moved the following amendment to Mr K vdd _' s motion as an instruction to the committee to ' embodv in the address . _« That it is the opin _i on of this A ' sssmbly that all discussions of physical and moral force are highly impolitic , as they will cnlv lead to disunion—union , courage , prudence , and Getermicatioa being indispensable to bring this great movement to a speedy and successful termination . Measures not men must and will be in all time cornin ? tbe guiding star of our agitation . That the committee be therefore instructed to embody these sentiaents in the address , and also to state . That his the determination of this Assembly to carry the Charter by all fair and honourable means . This amendment was seconded , and led to a long debate , the opinions being , pro . and c _«» ., similar to those delivered in the afternoon sitting of Wedm _* -

    The discussion having been brought to a close , a division took place—seventeen voting for Mr Kydd's motion , and twenty-six for Mr _Cande ' et ' _s amend-The amendment was declared carried , la order to give the committee time to prepare the address , the Assembly at its rising was declared adjourned uslil three o ' clock . AFTERNOON _SITTING . Mr Djsoj _. _resumed the chair . Dr M'Dotjall mover ! , — ' Thatno person withdrawing motions , amendments , er riders should have the privilege of making a _second speech . Mr T . M . _Whselee seconded the motion . -Carried unanimously .

    Mr T . Joses ssid , the question he was about to _propose had been much discussed in Liverpool , and he believed it must be strictly set down as moral force . It was— 'That this _Asserably call upon the people to abstain from all excisable articles , until the Charter became the law of the land . In Liverpool ale , _plpe 3 , t ? baccO , tea-pots and all were thrown or ready to be thrown aside nntil the people got tke Charter . He believed that these things brought a revenue of twenty millions ; if the _government missed one half ol this , thev would soon be compelled to give the Charter or resign their seats in "Bowning-street . Mr T . Clark _roie to second thc motion , Mr SHiHRes thought it wa 3 too much ti call upon the starving people who existed on turnips _^ to deprive them of a cup of tea—hence , he opposed it .

    Mr _Hakgrsaves said , hs thought that intoxicating drinks had done much harm ; but he could not go to the length of tit-resolution . He should like it to be confined to intoxicating liquors , tobacco , and snuff . He thought , as Chartists , they should set an example to the people . Mr Ixsoix moved , as an amendment , the withdrawal of the funds from the banks , and the giving np the smoking of narcotic weeds , Mr Basset seconded the amendment . Mr Versos wonld support the amendment . He had submitted _something like it from the platform

    himselt . Although h 6 took a higher ground , ae demanded , in tbe _fpirifc of ancient writers , his rights , and hsd no business to beg . He hoped his friend woald _cenfine his amendment fo a run on the bank . Mr Carver said , he concurred in the motion made by his friend Icsoll , and had _experimentalised , and found it beneficial . He thonght it would have a good effect in general . It would show the government teat the pe _3 p ! e were even determined to make sacrifices for the cause's sake , and he thonght more good thoughts arose where there were no fumes of either _feee ? or _tobieco .

    Mr Mathews said , he _ind little hops of the people Obtaining their rights by giving up the use of those _artie ' es . He thought those resolutions were rather a _reftectisn on , than a reflex of , the public mind . He . hoped they would aet as rational men . Tbey would advise a principle , net expediency—not ask it for a week , and then return , bat for ever . He was a teetotaler himself , and had been so for years . He wonld move , ' That it was not the province of this _Af-setnbly fo _recommend any question on basking or total abstinence . ' Mr Child seconded the amendment , and said , he was neither a teetotaler nor a drunkard , but wished the people to live _B 3 _their _fsrefathera did , and brew good wholesome beer for themselves and drink it . Mr Haslet _suggested the programme should be proe _^ ed with .

    MrT . Joses wonld withdraw his motion in favour of the programme . The amendments were likewise withdrawn . Mr Cochrane suggested the first _quet-tlon was OQaey , he believed Mr M'Grath bad a motbn on the subject relative to some defined sum . Mr Be _± cock . said , he thonght the address was intended as the method to give increased vigsur to the movement . Dr _M'BagET _. r . said , he understood that a proposition wonld come from the Business Committee for a voluntary subscription . Mr Vshsok suggested that the plan of organisation should be entered npon . MrT . Joses would second Dr M'Douall '; * motion for a voluntary contribution . Mr _CAavfiB _^ _desiMu to know if thh _contribution _sras sn addition to that in course cf collection in many Chartist localities .

    The _CHAiajLKf said , in respect fo the questions just put , the contribution was not intended to be eanfined to the members of fhe Chartist body , bnt to the public in general , and if they , ia Mr Carver / a distriet . were _collecting already , that was sufficient . Mr M'Gbath said , he believed if thc people were applied to , they would supply the means , bat the Assembly must sub-ait the means they intended for the-obtainment of theCharter . ( Hear , hear . ) Perhaps they might gay ,, that the sum he was _absut to propose was more than could be realised , but he vroold Uke the Land "Company as his data . When

    they had thirty tb . GUS 2 Ed members only enrolled tbe weekly sum sent in amounted to £ 5 , 000 _iper week . "Well , they only expected four acres _oflaud and a _hflusei he , therefore , moved' That a sum « f £ 5 . 000 be raised for the furtherance of the Chartist cause , aad if they were as zealous as had been represented , they would supply tbe amount . He therefore moved that proposition . _MrCaiLDgeeondfdifc . Dr _M'DocAii withdrew : his . Mr Abbs would support the motion of Mr MGratb .

    Mr _CsiracHiii would support the motion , but _thonght it necessary to tell the people what they were Sing ti do with , it , as the people had been _subscrib . ins f r ten years , bat he did not know what results had followed- He thought tbe question of organisation should be proceeded with , and then he would gay whether he would agree to _eall for more money _^ _Mr _^' Grutti said he could not agree io withdraw , » 3 it was in 35 cordance with the programme they had adopted . . , L Mr _Cauacsmt would then move as an amendment , 'Tbat the question of organisation be proceeded Mr Verkos said , he thonght the means , if asked before _arganisatioa , would be week . He thereiore Bapparted Mr Churchill ' s motion . The Address Committee now appeared with the tM eu , tad the discussion was set aside .

    The Address to the-People . The report was brought np by Mr Erxest _JosEf , _xead _, and adopted unanimously , amid lond and rei-

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    terated eneers . The address will be found in another _nattof _ourcolumnB . Mr _Josbs < of Liverpool ) moved , 'That one _tBOu . gaud copies be printed and posted in the Metropolis and a few copies sent to the provincial towns . The motion of Mr Jones was then put and Carried unanimously . . , Mr Vbknok would move , "ft al a sufficient number of small bills sheuld be printed , fit for placing . m _shopwitidows , ' Mr Churchill seconded the motion . Mr Shaw _hadnofcunder-tood , when he voted tbat tbe bills were to -be posted , as policemen tore taem ° M ° ' Erkest Johes said , there was an aetof parliament against that , by wbich any man , policemen or not , was liable to punisbment , and he thonght the unemployed shonld form a committee for _landing sentry on the bills , and getting the police puniBhed by law j

    . _ _. __ . ... -j The motion of Mr Vernon was put and carried unanimously . . „ _« , i „ _j Five o ' clock having arrived , the Assembly adjourned . FRIDAT M 0 RNING < Mat 5 . The delegates met this morning at the usual hour . Reports of the Proceedings . Mr Shaw ( Tower Hamlets ) complained ef amisstatement which had been made in the reports of the proceedings ofthe Assembly , whieh had appeared in the Moenisg Advertiser . He had been made to say that Mr O'Connor had done a great deal of injury to the cause . Now be bad never made us 9 of any words of tbat sort , although he most certainly _thought so , and it was a very strange thing that the report shonld have anticipated him in his opinion .

    Mr Shaw ( Barnsley ) said that he bad received a letter from his constituents in Barnsley complaining of the reports which had appeared in the Nobthkrs Stab , and requesting that a copy of it might bo s n _* - to that paper for publication . Mr Erkbst Joses said , that in order to show the _goed feeling in favour of the movement , he had been informed that the lit'le locality of Alexandria , in Scotland , had sent a Post-office order for £ 4 . towards the expenses ; and he had handed in £ 10 from Halifax . ild ; ourne < _J Debate on raising a Fund . Mr Bassett _suggested that a newspaper should be established to ba the property of the Chartist _Asseciation , and he thought that for this purpose the snm named would not be sufficient _.

    Mr M'Grathiwithdrew his proposition till such time as tfce Assembly should have decided npon the lineof policy to bo adopted for obtaining the People ' s _Gba ter . Mr _Ekskt Jokes thought thatthe _peop'e of this country bad such perfect confidence in the Assembly that there would be no difficulty in obtaining the sum named , if they proceeded with energy , and ' Struck tbe iron while it was hot . ' An address bad been agreed upon , inviting lhe people to assist the movement by their Eubf criptiens . Let them first get the money , and then they should be able to organise

    the movement . He begged therefore to move tbat the question of finance should be the first question discussed in the Assembly , The objects for whieh the money was required would be of greater _serrice in obtaining the money than the mere organisation of the plan of obtaining those objects . He should therefore move , ' That in pursuance of the order of the programme , we proceed to the means _«) f _enabling tho Assembly to give renewed vigour to the movement , and that a ( Otnmittee , in _cenjunctien with the finance committee , be empowered to propound a plan for raising the necessary funds . ' Mr Carvfb seconded the motion .

    Mr T . Clabk thought that the motion of Mr Jones was SB untimely as tbat proposed for a similar purpose by Mr M'Grath , and which had been withdrawn . He agreed with Mr Churchill in the opinion that tbe Assembly ou-ht to be prepared with some definite plan of action . He had propofed one set oi measures , and he certainly thought that those sentlemen who had opposed those plans ought to bring forward some plans , and he looked forward with some considerable anxiety to the production of that mode of proceeding .

    Mr Ktdd was very anxious that they Bhould came to a conclusion as soon as possible on one of the points in the rrograrame , viz , tbe policy to be adopted with respect to other liberal movements , which came short of tbe points contained in the Charter . He was prepared to submit a distinct resolution upon the subject . With respect to the Executive , he believed that the course of policy pursued by that body was deserviog of tbe m-sfc sincere thanks . They had _effected a considerable amount of good , By whose exertions was it that tbey had bten enabled to make a stand upon the _hustinss during the last

    election ? Was it not the Executive ? Was it not that body which called together the Convention , and provided the necessary funds ? He did not believe that there WSS a _riugle individual who woald entertain the slightest doubt of ihe integrity and _Lanestv ot tbe members of tho Executive . He sbould therefore move the following resolution : — ' That we re commend tbe people to agitato for no measure _shor ; of the People ' s Charter , bat at the same time recommend the people to offer pa obstruction to other associations , having for their object the extension of the franchise . *

    In answer te a question put by Mr Harley , Mr E . Jose 8 said , tbat pursuant to the _programme which the Assembly _hzd adopted , it was now the duty of the Assembly to take into consideration the means of enabling the Assembly to give renewed vigour to the movement , and tbe motion which he had brought forward wss founded upon that point in the programme . Mr Haslet , who stated that be did not wish to shine as a public speaker , but to net as a man of business , supported the motion of Mr Jones . Some time mutt necessarily elapse before the appeal fer the fund * could be brought into practical _bearing . It weuld be at least a week before they should be able to go to the workshop to collect the money , and by that time tho _addrers containing tbe line of _pslicy to be pursued would be issued . Mr Wheeler suggested _tlat the word 'finance ' should be omitted from the resolution .

    Mr Ebnssx Joses bad no objection to make the aJtera * i"B ; Mr Ktdd said , that as he did not wish to impedo the _progress of the business , and should therefore withdraw for the present bis motion on tho subject of other associations for obtaining an extension of the franchise . In answer to a question ¦ put by Mr Ad ' ms , Mr Josxs said , that he thought that the sum to be raised could be better decided in commitiee than by the whole Assembly .

    Mr Adams said , that in his opinion the Assembly were fully as able to decide upon the requisite sum as any committee . Unless some large sum was raised , there cou'd be no confidence in the proceedings of the Assembly . It wss necessary to convince the government of tbe sincerity of the people _byapplytnc a test of tbis kind to tbem . It was his opinion that if the people were not prepared to sacrifice l | d each , they were not prepared to bare their bosoms to tke bayonets of the soldiers- ( Hear , hear . ) Great fault had been found by some gentlemen with the conduct ofthe Executive ; he did not believe that they were in the least _dagrea to blame . the fact was

    that they had not had tbe means of taking the steps wbich tbey would have wished . If , however , the sum ef £ 5 , 00 ft should be placed at their disposal , they would be able to carry on tbeir operations with vigour . Every pound of the Chartist money which was spent in tbe agitation of the cause , would cost the government £ 50 at least . ( Hear , hear . ) They had cost the government £ 20 , 000 for their late exhibition on _Kennisgton CommoD , hut he did not believe that it had cost tho Chartist body £ 100 . If the sum of £ 5 , 000 were to be raised , they would soon be able to bring the g & vernment and the _arlstocrs cy of the country to their senses . ( Cheers . )

    Mr M'Gbath jaid , tbat he bad withdrawn _nis motion en the subject , because he thought that tho suggestion of Mr ChHrchill was a reasonable one . vie ., theneoessity of laying down some line of policy before the appeal was made to the country for the money . He had left the room- upon some private _busiress , and upon his return was very much surprised to find the subject again brought forward , and the Assembly now discussing the _questiea . He did not agree in the opinion that it was advisable to leave the committee to decide upon the amount which wai necessary to be raised , because upon bringing up the report , the whole qu 3 _* _tion would be again brought under discussion . He proposed therefore to go into

    _consideration , at once , of the necesssry sum to be raised , and ghould _agiin submit his proposition . They were fully competent to ge into the consideration ot the sum necessary to be raised . He [ sbould therefore move , * That an earnest appeal be made to the people of the United Kingdom , to commence the creation of a fund of £ 5 , 000 , to be called * The Liberty Fund , ' which shall be atthe disposal of the Assembly , for the furtherance of the cause of the _People ' _sCbarter . ' He regretted that any attack should have been made ucon tho Executive . It had been said that the Executive bad done nothing ; the reason they done little , was beeause the peop le did not enable thera t _<> do anything for the movement . Mr Churchill , I _said no such thing .

    Mr _M'GaAin certainly understood him to say so . He also understood the hon . delegate to _ssy that the Executive ought to account for every halfpenny that they had received from the people . The Executive ( had _accounted for every farthing of the money , tbey j had received but little of it for the support of the cause . It was tha National Land Company which had for a long time supported the Chartist movement . The small amount of money which hid been _received , had been expended in the employment of the most talented lecturers they had in the promulgation of the principles of tie Charter . Was not that a f atisfaotory account of the expenditure of th 6 money ? Ifc had also been said that the Chartist body vrere tired ofthe Bx ? eDfeWe , and that their day of doom had approached . He _wouldonIysay . tha . _tif their day of doomhad approached , it had coma without d thonour to them . ( Hear , hear , } Jf it ww _esidthat

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    they had lest the _conSdwice of the people , he for one entertained a vague aolit n tbat they had a little of it left , and be fully believed that ae long as honour , integrity , and devotion to the great and glorious movement , should be respecteel , tbey would continue to m'rit some of that _respeot and consideration which the working portion of th * _popple , he was persuaded , still entertained for the Executive . Mr E . Joses proposed to consolidate hia motion with thatof Mr M'Grath . Mr M'Gbath had ne objection to accede to that proposition ., and should therefore add to his motioB . after the words' _People ' s Charter , ' the words ' _ai-d that a committee fee appointed consisting ofthe Financial Committee , and four other members of the Assembly who shall be empowered to propound a plan for raising the sa d fund . '

    Mr Churchill denied that he had made use of any terms affecting the _charaotcr of the Executive . Some objections had been taken to hie , on the ground that he was a ' new Chartist ; ' ha had boen something else before he was a Chartist , nnd rib doubt he should be something else after ho had become a _Chirtist . Although he was a new Cbartist , be might bs quite as pleasant , though net so heavy , perhaps , as some _otlwr of the delegates . The question now to be decided wai _» , whether they should or should not call upon the people to subscribe without telling them what the money was wanted for ? He should therefore move a 3 an amendment : —• That this Assembly do take up at once the subject ofthe organisation and policy of the Ohartist body . '

    Mr Clark seconded fhe amendment . He thought it absolutely necessary that the people of England should be told wbat the money was required for , and what they meant to do with it , before they _atked for it . There ought to be no mystification about their _proceeding-i , no vague , or indefinite generalities ; but that a straightforward and comprehensive line of policy ought to be marked out to be pursued by the body . Wben such a course was marked out , it was bis firm belief tbat the people of this country would support it . He quite agreed with the opinion so well expressed by Mr Adams , that the man wbo wonld nst subscribe towards the funds , would not bare bis bosom to the military . ( Hear , hear . ) The proposal to raise the sum named in the motion would be tbe best test tbat could be applied ( o the sincerity of the people . Mr M'Grath now asked for £ 6 , 00 _Q _, nnd Mr Churchill said , let ua wait and see what we are to do witb thc money first , and he most cordially coincided in the < pinion of Mr Churchill .

    Mr Bajbstt thought that the _sddress just _issued by the Assembly would give a sufficient idea of the policy to ba pursued ; ha should therefore support the _original motion . Mr Abden supported the amendment of Mr Churohill . Mr Councillor Brook thought that it was necessary to have the funds raised aB soon as possible , and sheuld give his support to the original motion , on the ground tbat tbe ' _services of lecturers were most imperatively required , and the money was wanted to nay those persons . _MrEnsEsr Jones said , tbat if it was understood that the funds were to"be applicable to _thepaymer-t of lec _t urers , he should persist in keeping his motion distinct from that of Mr M'Grath .

    Mr M'Grath said , that it was bis opinion tbat the money sheuld be placed la the hands ofthe Assembly , to enable tbem to give renewed vigour to tbe movement . When they had obtained the money , they could easily lay down the mode of policy for the em ployraent of tuch _tnnds . Mr _Sdisbon and Mr Abbs supported the original motion . Mr Cochrane thought that the address , containing the course of policy to be adopted , should be issued at the same time with the appeal for the money . Mr Pebardv . thought it necessary to define the policy of the _Afssmbly previous to asking the people for the money . " .

    Mr R ; Filling said , that he had been connected with the movement for a number of years . He was connected with it in the days ofPeterloo . He believed that it would be some time before the Charter was made the law ofthe land . The Convention had met , and broken np , and the National Assembly had now met , and unless they adopted some definite fine of policy , which the people of England saw , as well as themselves , _« _as likely ta prove successful , they would say ' The Convention has been gammon , and the Assembly humbug . ' ( Etear . ) They weuld not collect tho money unless they saw some

    plan laid down for obtaining the Charter . In ths year 1842 , he was the sole cause of the ' turn out ' in Lancashire , fhe originator of the whole proceeding , and that _erganisation did notco 3 th ! m Al . If , then , an individual , so humble as himself , could , with the outlay of a single pound , bring about such a state of confusion in Lancashire , Cheshire , and Derbyshire , what might not be done if the people of tbis country would but unite , and raise a laree ausn to carry en the contest ? ( Hear , hear . ) It was his firm opinion that they would never obtain the Charter until they showed themselves , by tbeir union and energy , prepared to take it .

    Mr Arkell moved as an amendment , ' That the £ 5 , 000 named in the resolution should form part of a fund of £ 00 , 000 to be raised by the people . " Mr Strvenson _sroonded the motion ! Mr Counciloi BtiGGS ( Sheffield ) thought that it was necessary to decide what sum should be _raided in order that they should at onco set about raising it in the various districts . Mr Vkbson proposed to increase the Bum of £ 5 000 to £ 10 000 . Mr M'Gbath had ho objection to the alteration . The Chairi . uk was about to take the votes upon the matter , wh ; n Mr Ltnch moved the omission of the words ' National Assembly , ' and proposed 'That the funds should be placed at the _disto _= al ofthe Executive . '

    Mr M'Gbath said , it would be the duty of the Assembly to devise tbe means of employing the money , and laying down the mode in which _itgbould be disposed ef , and in men a view of the case , it would be , in the long run , at the disposal cf the Assembly . The original motion was then earried by a large _majority . Mr Vernon suggested that , in the appointment of tbe members of the committee , reference should be had to those delegates who represented large and populous districts ofthe country . Mr Ernest _Jonbb moved , 'That Messrs Leach , Wheeler , Cochrane , Councillor Briggs , Adams , M'Grath , and Pebardy , should be the members forming the committee . '

    Mr Churchill then moved , That it ba an instruction to the committee that , instead of calling for auy _specific sum , it would be _better to call upon the people to subscribe at least one halfpenny per week _. ' _so as to enable the Assembly to keep up a continuous agitation . He did not believe that either £ 10 . 000 or £ 20 , 000 would be sufficient to gain the Charter , and it was , therefore , most foolish to fix upon any precise sum for that purpose . Considerable discussion took place upon the motion , when Mr Ernest Jones moved , ' That the Assembly sheuld proceed to the _consideration of the next point in the programme . The motion having been _se-ronded , was carried by a large majority .

    Mr Ehsebt Jonks moveda resolution tothe effect That the country should be divided into districts and localities , and tbat the committee in laying down these divisions , should keep in view the lo . calities whicb at present _esist , as well as those places in which no organised Bodies have yet been formed . ' Mr T . Clark considered that it would bo much better , in entering upon the discussion of the new organisation , that they should have a complete plan before them ; and , therefore , if there waB no other organisation to be proposed as a whole , it would be batter to take up the present laws of the Association .

    A short _diECuesion arose on tbe proposition , that tbe Assembly should resolve itself into committee in order to diseuss the question , which was ultimately agreed to ; and Mr E . Jonbb having again moved his resolution , whioh was seconded by Mr Jones , ot Liverpool . Mr M'Grath said , that it would be much hotter , as had been suggested by Mr Clark , that thsy should have a defined plan before them . He did not contend _thitt the old organisation waa perfect ; but , if they took it as the basis of their discussion , they might , with certain amendments , mould it so as to suit the object in view . Mr Adams seconded the motion . There was less fault to be found with the old organisation itself thaa with tbe people , for not supporting it . It was , however , not so perfect , but that it mi ght be improved , and he therefore supported the resolution that they should take it as the _batis of their

    _disn . Mr T : Clark then moved , ' That the name ofthe association be the National Charter Association , and that its objects bo , the attainment of the People ' s Charter by peaceable and legal means . ' Mr _Ersist Joneb objected to the latter part of the _resolution on a point of order . He would remind the Assembly that il had resolved the question of peace or war should not be discussed . Mr T Clabk separated the motion into two , and moved ths first part , with reference tothe name ' Only _, which was seconded by Mr Wheeler , upon which Mr E . Jones withdrew his motion , in order thafc Mr T . Clark ' s might first be discussed .

    Mr Cd & mikg objected to the motion , on the ground that if it was adopted , ifc would be said they were going on the old plan , This would not give satisfaction to the _cauntry . They meant only to wait for a limited time for the Charter , and did not like the idea ef the old lecturing association , bul thatthey _should have such an organisation as would bear down on the government at oace , and urge on the mo-foment vigorously . Mr Rahrim considered it would have been much better to have taken up the motion of Mr E Jones , because every locality was lest fitted to manage its _oun affairs . Ho would therefore more that each

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    locality form a Chartist Association , which shall have the entire _management of its o _<* b affairs . Mr Haslet seconded the amendment , and _supported this view of tho question , In Scotland he kaew the general opinion was in favour of that course . If they were to adopt Mr T . Clark ' s resolution , it would give rise to the opinion , that they were _goin ? to create another organisation fur a protraoted agitation , acd to have lecturers going through the country again . This he objected to , it would be better simply to form an Emergency Committee , to leave the localities to msmaee their own affairs , and not to make a piece of machinery whioh had kept down the movement . The feeling in the country was , that they would not keep up a system of hirehngisra ; they were not inclined to go on agitating for a _lifo-time , and he believed they would briag tho matter to a more ipeedy determination , by leaving the in their own hands . '"

    money „ _. , Mr Chile wished to know whether Mr Harley and tbe Scotoh delegates wished for a repeal between Scotland and England ? Mr Adams replied , that when Mr Child moved for that repeal he would answer the question . Mr Child rejoined , that when they wanted to redress the wrongs of their common couHtry they ought to make oornmon cause , and the man who did not do so was a common enemy , that was his opinioa , and he boldly stated it . Mr T . Jokes agreed with Mr Child , there had been no association for some time , but , _( bad as it was , it would be much worse if they adopted Mr Harley a

    view of the question . Mere local associations weuld lead to a complete _disorganisition . They must recollect that they had to contend with a government _whosa powers were centralised , therefore , if they ment to meet it effectually tbey roust do so by centralising also , and they would beeome tha laughing stock of the country if thoy did not . A national association through the land waa necessary in order that whenever the name of Chartism was heard it should be respected ; but if they said that Liverpool . Nottingham . Birmingham , arid Glasgow were eaeh to become local _associations the movement would Bperdily be destroyed altogether .

    Mr _Haroreaves said , his constituents told him wben he came there they were not desirous of again commencing a protracted agitation , aad did not aieab to wait for the Charter for years but months , and if it was not granted in that time some of thorn were prepared to mske any sacrifice to gain if . At the same time he was in favour of a Grand National Association . Local Associations were very good in their place , but then there must be a directing head to guide that local power into the proper channels . Mr Mathbws said that the covernraent was a cen _: tralised government . If it had not been so it would have been overturned long ago . He wanted , therefore , that they should hare a centralised association also . _ ... _

    Mr M'Lane could not understand wh y his Scotch friends made a proposition for local unions . He bad some knowledge of that country and he was decidedly ' ih favour of a National Association . He knew that to divide their numbers was not the way to increase their strength . The question bad beeh discussed in the locality he represented , and from the decision _iipot ? that occasion he was convinced that a National Association would be more in accordance with tha feelings ofthe people of Scotland generally . Mr Cumming said he did not meau to' sub-divide or disorganise the country , on the contrary , he maant that their organisation sbould be united as a federal body . All these local unions should be so many tributary streams . Such an association , with a sum

    paid nt _oncei according to the address they nad agreed to , would be mach more powerful than the old p _' an—supported by _half-pence and pence . Mr Vernon rose for the puipose of requesting his Scotch friends to withdraw tbeir amendment . They ought to be ns unanimous as possible , and it must be evideht to tbem that to divide the movement into these localised bodies must weaken them . ( Cheers , ) Mr Adams hoped Mr Child ' s assertion would not be believed , when he said that he who _wasnot in favour of a National Association was a common enemy . Could not men be friends to their country who differed from Mr Child ? On the contrary , he said that the men who could not suppose that others might conscientiously differ from them in opinion wa ? a common enemy . He could show that the National

    Association bad never yet been taken up either by the people of Scotland or England ; but the real objection to the National Association was , that it took away the control of the funda from the parties wbo contributed them , and if tbey could show hip bow a National Association could be maintained in conjunction with a full control over the funds , he would give it his support . With respect to the name ho would leave out the word National , and simply call it the Chartist Association of Great Britain and Ireland . The time was c _^ me when they should fnr _^ et all nationalities and look on each other as citizens of the world , and forget at the same timo all the _fenceless feuds and divisions which these nationalities had led to . The Assembly then adjourned at one o ' clock .

    AFTERNOON SITTING . Mr Rankin withdrew his amendment , and Mr Adams moved that national distinctions were inimical to the principles of universal brotherhood , and that the Association to be formed should be denominated tbe Democratic Confederation of Great Britain aud Ireland for obtaining the immediate enactment of the People's Charter , and that it be so constructed as to give the utmost control over the funds _t- > the representatives of the localities . consistent with the general _centralisation of management . Mr Shirron seconded the amendment .

    Mr Kids was altogether opposed te the changing of the name . It was ono whioh had grown hallowed by the very persecution they had endured ; and if they were to change it tomorrow , they would still ba known by the name of Chartists . He thought with tbo Scotch judee , when a man named Thompson , alios Brown , alias Smith , was brought _Ise'ore him for trial , that' the whole family of the aliases was a bad one . ' He should like tohaar gome stronger reason for the change than any thafc had yet been ad duced . Their principles would be the same , and lieir name should continue what it was . He bad noobjectien to their ma ! ing what inprovement they could in the organisation , but he decidedly objected to a chance of name .

    _Mp Henkv said , though he was in favour of the amendment , he did not intend to change the name of Chartist , which was dear to them . Tbey had fought under it for years , and gloried in ifc . All that they intended to change was the term ' National , ' in order that every man favourabie . to . tho Obarter _. might fkht uuder one banner ; by calling it the' Democratic Confederation' they would give every man wbo held the same principles an opportunity of aiding the _movement . They were sent there to take some decided and vigorous measures . He had left men at home whose hearths were cold—whose pouches were bare ; ani they should , therefore , take suoh steps as would give peace and plenty to their homes , and make their cottages what they should be .-Mr Donovan expressed his astonishment at such discussions being raised , especially when ho found thafc there was no objection to the original name . They were thera as Chartists , and Chartists let them

    remain . Mr Cochrane supported the amendment . They proposed no _change of principle , but _merely to form a new Dameoratic Confederation , _bacause the other one had not been productive of the union thoy had anticipated . Mr West said , that if their Scotch friends thought it right to change their _nsttne , ho cjuld assure them that the English Chartists would not chauge their name . It was under that banner they had fought , and under it they would continue to fight . They had done much harm by changing names already . Under Hunt and Cobbett they were Radicals , and when in order to show that they had a decided _poiioy , they embodied tbeir views in _tbe document called tho

    Charter , O Connell nick-named them Chartists . They did not make ifc themselves , but they took it when applied to them , and ifc was now _becoming respected after _strucglinc through oisloquy , and the popular designation of a great party . One _curi'tus thing was , that as fast as they changed their name ether pasties sought to ingratiate themselves _v-ith the people by assuming them . When they were Ra dicals the Whigs were Liberals ; wben they _became Chartists the Whigs styled themselves Radicals : thus showing , when they threw off their old gar . _ments the Whigs took them up . For his own part he meant to fight under the old name , and he consi dered it was derogatory to the dignity of thatAssembly to entertain such a question .

    Mr Child said , he was not aware that tbe Chartists bad oyer disgraced themselves , and therefore lie did not see any reason for changing the name . I ' they looked into history they would find that many of the most honoured names now . were originally nicknames . John Wesley was called a Methodist , by the young students of Oxford , as a nickname . Those who thought with him had taken it up , and retained ifc , as a designation of honour . ( Cheera ) As tbe name ot the Chatter had not disgraced them they would show that they would not disgrace it

    Mr h _. nNEST Jonks said , they had issued an address headed the Charter and no Surrender , ' and adopted as their motto , Measures not men . ' Tbat _was-pro _gressive but now they were going to retrograde and fight not for measures but for mere names , fie wished to take no _ateps _whlh would not help the movement , but at the same time he thought if thev adopted the motion that , though their Scotch friends wi !? , _* i _*' a il _} % _™ M in fut _™ be called Confederates instead ot Chartists . Ifc would be said KM ? _^ th _? . 0 ffl «» t of launching their ship _SlnSdaft _*? _^ rudder ' al _*« _-ed the sails and _t _! f n Ther «* _WeBome fifty men in the House of Commons who eaid that they went for ho pri _^ _ples of the People ' s CharterVt who _sa S they were not _Okartiats . Ho would retain the old name beeause he for one expected to see the Chart r made the law of the and within a jear . The way to do that was to make a good organisation , to _prescnttheir memorial to the Queen , and then to lake auch other steps as circumstance mi ght suggest

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    Dr _M'Douatj , could not _coaaeat to give op the name of Chartist _beouutf _!»**•*« » PP" _« * shrinking from the agitation . He had gone through aU tbe former agitations and endured _persecution and imprisonment under the name , and'he hoped their Scotch Wends would leave the word there , because it had always been the word inscribed on their banner , and he for one would rather die than give it up . Mr CHUROHrcL said , he would like lo know tbe difference between the two names , and if there was uo difference what was the use ef changing it ? They hadbeen before tbe couatry for ten years under that name and were well-known by chat title . Let them ,

    therefore , keep to the name of Chartist unless tbey intended to change the whole policy and principle . Let them keep to it , and glory in the name ofthe Charter , as the men had gloried in suffering for it . Mr Adams said , he did not propose to change their whole poiioy , but to change a portion of the policyand as that was the case , he did not see why they should not change the name also . Dr M'Pouall had said he had suffered for the Charter , but it was not the name of the Charter , but the principles of the Charter , for whioh he had suffered . By his resolution _, however , they would keep by both the name f tnd the principles , but , in order to obviate objections , he would consent to make a alight alteration in Ws resolution .

    Mr T , Clabk said , that if they were all _nnsnimous , he would give ifc his determined opposition . Ue was not aware thafc the name had _stepped any one from joining tham _, and no one good reason could be shown for altering it . If they had disgraced themselves , ho might be inclined to change it , but ai their course had been an honourable courso , a dignified course , he hoped some one reason , of a definite character , would be given for the proposed alteration . As to the proposal for universal brotherhood , he did not see that the name of the Charter Association was in the slightest degree opposed to universal brotherhood . _

    M * _M'Gwrn said , that if they bad been an unbaptieed party , he wonld not have had the slightest objection to the name , but as they had a name , as they had fought and triumphed under that name , he entirely objected to any alteration . Mr T . Clark proposed that it should be called the National Charter _Assechtion . Mr _Adsma now proposed that it should be called the Chartist Confederation . He wished tohwe some simple single reason in support of tbat change , as yet he had heard nothing to justify it . Mr Adams said , he would give one strong _rewon and that was , that aa long as they called themselves tho Chartist Association , it wonld be called O'Connor ' s Association . ( Great sensation . )

    Mr _Hahley said , that was an honest statement . They had heard much of the dignified ceurse ofthe Association . It must tc a very dignified _Associati m , surely , that had only 5 , 000 _membera on its broke ( Cries of * False , ' ' No , no , ' and confusion , amidst which several members rose to contradict the state ment . ) . They bad tviedin . Scotland , in vaia , to get up a natiohafmovement ; but bad failed , from the belief that it was under the control ofa certain individual , who had done all the damage he oould to the movement-Mr Hauoreave 8 protested against these corart attacks . Mr Hablet said , he meant Mr O'Connor in these statements . Mr O'Connor had _promised that he would be there to meet them , and he only hoped that he would come here to hear said to his face what some of the members of the Assembly had to say to him . ( ' Shame , ' ' order , ' and _cdKfus _' on . )

    Mr _Ebsbbt Jo » bs said , Mr O'Connor's character was not the question before the _Assesibly . The Chairman stated , that if Mr O'Connor was there , he could not speak until he presented his credentials to tho Assembly . Mr _Haulet replied , that Mr M Grath had promisted he would be there , and he had as good & right to attack Mr O'Connor as Lord John Russell or Sir George Grey , with respect to hia public charaoter . Mr M'Grath protested against the calumnious attacks on Mr O'Connor in his _abaenoe as altogether unjustifiable .

    Mt Harlby _repeated his attack upon Ml ? O Con * nor , and _upun the association : for his own part , he b _Teved that some of the roan who had been in tbe o ' . d association , hod disgraced themselves , and therefore he wanted the namo changed , to shaw they were going ou a _different tack . He meant tbe whole line of policy to no changed ; instead of lecturing and publio meetings , and keening men going about to make speeches , he wished them to change the name a little , in order to show that alteration in poiioy , but , at the same time , he did net wish any _a'teritton in the _prinoiple of tbe movement .

    Mr Rankin * expressed a similar opinion ; the Scotoh people had no desire to change tbe name , but , it hadbeen said by many people , that they had not joined the movement because Mr O'Connor was its leader , and a barrier to tbe power of the democratic party throughout the country . He was there to speak his mind about Mr O'Connor ss freely as any other toan , And if he Game into that Assembly , if no other member preferred a charge against him , he was ready te doit . Mr Ktdd said , he was a « _tonished to hear people talk about tbe Charter , as if it was to become part of the British constitution next week , and at the same time sneer at the number Of members in the Chartht Association , there might be few men

    enrolled in Scotland , but he knew that country from Aberdeen to the Tweed , and he knewEngland from the Tweed to London , and it was not so muoh the number of names in books thnt he relied on as tee organisation of sympathy , which bound together the masses who were in favour ofthe Charter . ( Cheers . ) Mr West said , he was the representative of one hundred thousand men—of men , not women and children . He and they were proud of the name of Chartist , and they would never give it up . He was glad , at last , that under tho _pressure that had been applied to them , the Scotch delegates had let the _s-eretout ofthe bag , and showed that tbe reason t ' aey wished for another Association was . because

    they did uot want to have Mr O'Connor any longer ai a leader . Bathe would tell them that the people of this country were not ungrateful . They could not , end would not , forget the many services he bad rendered tbem , and the sacrifices he had made ; and although he might now differ from some of them , even if he was sorry they could not forget his many services . He eould afford to say that better than any man in that assembly , for he had differed with Mr O'Connor more than any man there , and especially apon the Free-trade question . But , be cause he did so , was he therefore to blind himself to his eminent _^ dev . fon lo the cause , or convert a differo ice of opinion into a cause of personal enmity .

    Mr M'Gbath said , the reason now adduced was , that the people would not join what was called the O'Connor Association . Why , he never knew that the old Association was O'Connor ' s Association- It would not be difficult to show that the difference between Association and Confederation was merely the difference between Tweedledum and Tweedledee _.-If they meant te make a declaration thafc they weuld no longer have Mr O'Cennor for a leader , let them fairly test the question , and propose a resolution to that effect . But he agreed with Mr West , that the working men of Scotland , and of England were not

    ungrateful ; and he believed that if Mr O'Connor was to hold a meeting in the Town Hall of Glasgow they would give such a proof that hie services were still appreciated by tbem , as would convince even those who decried him in that Assembly that they were mistaken in their present course . ( Cheers . ) If they really meant to convince the people that it was Mr _O'Cennor ' s Association let them make a statement of the faot ; but for his own pari , he had long fought under the banner of the Charter , and ho would continue to hold it up until it waved triumphant over the ruins of chs 3 legislation . ( Immense applause . )

    Mr Lismowleix briefly supported Mr Clark ' s motion . Mr Shirron , who rose under great excitement said he was bound to state from his own knowledge the fatal consequences arising from thafc association . He knew that they had sent men into Scotland who had damned the cause by their intemperance , and he could not endure thit such an _asaociation _' _should be allowed to state that ifc was conducted with dignity . Great interruption , and cries of 'Lot's have it out . ' ) Mr Rahkir . —We shall never have healthy a movement , until our grievances are heard out . ( Cheers , and confusion . ) Mr M'Grath as an offioerof the Association , had great pleasure in calling upon Mr Shirron , to state any grievance whatever against any officer ef tho Association .

    Mr Ersest Jones said , their mslto was , ' Measurcs not M _« n , ' and protested against these charges . Mr Kydd , tbe real question before us is the difference between Association and Confederation . If there are charges to be made , let due notice be given of che m . Mr Rankin ( with great warmth ) we are challenged to bring forward charges , and I demand tha * . I shall be allowed to do so . ( Uproar . ) Mr West declared that if the Assembly was not better conduoted _, ho should tender his resignation and leave tomorrow . ( Here a great number of tho speakers were ou their legs at once , and the visitors in tho gallery took an active part in the com motion , which at length subsided .

    Mr Shirron rose to explain . Ho had no charge to make against the Executive Committee of the Chartist Association . ( Loud cheers . ) He certainly had differed with the gentleman afc its head but be believed hiserrors were those of judgment only , and he _would be happy again to _cooperate with him . ( Ap _» plause . ) At the same time he was bound to do everything in his power to place tho movement on a healthy basis . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr Councillor _Baioos liked _honjatyof _purposo , and gave all credit tothe Scottish delegates , but he would any at the same time , that if Mr O'Connor had done oineteen things well and the twentieth _wronj , they were not to forget tbe good he had dons for _thatone-lapne . He umla tell them that in Sheffield he was the moBt popu-

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    lc ? man that « rer cane to that town . No othtr m _» _u could get together to many of the people to hoar him , and moreover he boIlev « d he was not only the _moit popular man in Sheffield , but in England atso . ( R _?_ ne »« d _applaaiie . ; Mr _Pillins considered tbis tittle _blokming _nmW themselves to belike a quarrel among aietof woraen , _Vslio > when they fell eat let all tbe street know what the ' row was about . If the transaction were known at Atbton the people would fl » y to ut—let us save our _monjy , foe your _jquabblea are nielesg . ( Hear , bear , ) After a _f _.-w observations from Mr Mathews ,

    . Mr Cochrane said that in faot Chartism had beea allowed to slumber for the last two years , until the recent revolutions abroad awakened the Executive . He _belieKd It absolutely nscemry tbat a new ' movement should be _commefioftd . under other men than _eithtr O'Connor , Brewster , or O'Brien , and he supported the change in the name , in order to show tbat the Chartists were prepared to take advantage of the state of the public mind at the present moment , Mr Leach condemned , in strong langaagp _, the waste of time whieh characterised the _tittlncs of the Assembly , and after Mr Arkell , Mr Adams , Mr M'Loaa , Mr Mack-Intosh , and other delegates hsd spoken , the motion and amendment were put , when fourteen voted for the amendment , and the motion fer retaining the orig inal name was carried by a majority of three to one amidst Tenement applause , )

    Mr Wssr gave notice that be would bring under con . _elderatlon the Rtpeal of the Union , in order to give Mr Doheay an opportunity of expressing his opinion upon tbe subject . ( Cheers . ) Oa the motion of Mr T . Ciabk , Messrs , M ' Dmall , Jones , Wheeler , Churchill , In « o ! l , Donovan , and Rankin , were appointed a committee to prepare a plan of organisation and report to the Assembly , whioh ad . journed at the usual hour .

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    _Babhslet . —At a raeetipfr held in George Utley ' _a large room , May 3 rd , John _Wair-wright , Chairman , when the following resolutions were _proptSid : ' That this meeting does not agree with the delegates of tha National Assembly , regarding the conduct of Feargus O ' Connor . Esq . and tbe conducting of tbe _Nobjbebk Stab , believing that that Journal haB given a very fair report of all proceedings connected with the Cbartist movement , whether it be from the various local districts or : fche Convention . ' Moved by Richard ElliflOB . _Wortbro Common , seconded by John _t-eary _, Barnsley ; _Burpwtcd by five or b « individuals of the Association . 2 . — ' That this meeting deprecates tho idea of' Verbatim Reports' being published ih any paper of the National Assembly , inasmuch aa we are

    not prepared with means of bribing any portion ol the _bwe , prostitute , _hireling press of this eonntry . ' Moved by Barno Gill , _aeconded by Michael Seagrave _* . Blackbubn . —A delegate meeting of North Lan . _cashire was held at Nurton ' s Commercial Coffee House , Back-lane , comprising delegates from the _following places .- —Blackburn , Anthony _Armsteadt ; Preston , George Brewer ; Padiham , Joseph Thornton : Clitheroe , Isaac Isherwood ; Burnley , Henry Smith ; Accrington , Henry Hunt Tbdrn r Colne , Robert Tomlinson . The following ; resolution waa agreed upon : — ' That we pledge ourselves to _snppflrt a National Convention of forty-nine delegates . ' _Aftep some _othtr preliminary business tbe meeting was adjourned for a month , and to be held at the Odd Fellows' Hall , Padiham .

    Chartist Misting at Tbwkbsbiibt — On Monday last as Mr O'Connor was on his way to the Chartist Estate , at _BrwnBgrove _, a few of the Old Guards urgently entreated him to deliver an address in a large room which tbey would provide for him on hia return . We sent the bellman round when the _wctkies ceased to toil , and wben the train by which Mr O'Connor _wim expected arrived at the station , the shouts of hundred * who had collected on Ilia platform made the sleepy travellers bounce . Mr O'Connor upon alighting was escorted to the place of , meeting amid the cheers of the whole population . — Mr Kirby , one of the Old Guards , was called to the chair , and in a very appropriate epeech introduced Mr O'Connor . There were many shopkeepers present and the lecturer entered into an able dissertation upon the Labour question and the Charter , proving to the entire satisfaction of his varied audience ,

    _without an _exceptiou , that to the well-paid _laboureralone , tbe crown could owe its security , and every other claes ita _stability and comfort , and after a long address in which those questions were defined so that the simplest mind ceuld understand them , he concluded amid the hearty cheers of the meeting , and proceeded through the dense crowd with Ms mules and trap to Snig's End . And we beg to assure our brethren in other parts , that if th « y _make the same _impression upon the shopheepiag class and the working class that Mr O'Connor has in our heretofore benighted town , the Charter will soon be the law of the land and no mistake . Mr O'Connor haa promised upon the earliest opportunity to attend aa out-door _demonstration here , and then we will let the advanced guard of Chartism in the manufac ( ur _» ing districts , understand that the Old Guards of Tewkesbury and the recraits too , were at their posts and knew their duty .

    _SoDTHAMproN . —A dinner fo commemorate tho event of Mr Middlecombo and family being located on their allotment at Snig ' s End , waa held here on Easter Monday , at the Wellington Hotel , Buglestreet . The room was tastefully decorated with _evergreens , laurels , and other patriotic devices . Our friend Mr Hill was unanimously called to the chair , the ; yice . chair being ably filled bj Mr Goodman . Tbe chairman in a neat speech proposed the toast . ' Labour , the source of all wealth , ' which Mr Saunders ably responded to , in a trimant speech , in the course of which he alluded to the mann . r in whioh the land might be adopted as a source of labour , by the enactment of the People ' s Charter , and sat down amidst

    loud and continued _cheering . Tbe next toast proposed was— 'Feargus O'Connor and the Land Company . ' Responded to b y Mr Carter in a lengthy speech . Mr Carter was loudly eheered . « The Repeal of tho Legislative Union' was Given by ( he Chairman . Mr Malone responded . He waa loudly and enthusiastically cheered . The Chairman next gave— ' The Charter and No Surrender . ' Responded to by Mr Sauuders . ' The Ladies' — ' The Press of the People , ' aad various other toasts were given aud responded to in very appropriate speeches . The ' Marseillaise ' and other Democratic songs were sung , and the company quietly retired to their homes About fifty sat down to dinner .

    Manchester—Mr Joseph Barker delivered a lee ture on Monday last , at the TemperoncehaU , Mather-street , on ' The way to National Welfare . ' He commenced his lecture by showing the advantages acoruing fn m temperance , and that no government , no matter how good , could benefit the drunkard : _J he then explained the law of primogeniture and entail , by whioh the younger branches of the families of the aristocracy were made dependent upon the caprice of their elder brother ; aad that tho younger snobs had places found them , either in the church , the army , or the navy , at tbe expense of tho people . He then beautifully explained the six points of the Charter , and was cheered several times during his instructive address . —An operative _mechanic then

    moved the following resolution : — 'That thia meeting is of opinion thafc if teetotalers would be Chartists and'Char tists be teetotalers , and tbat all who drank intoxicating drinks would be teetotalers and Chartists , and the Charter be law on tho statute book , the welfare of Great Britain and Ireland would soon be achieved , without the _shedding ot one drop of blood ; and that the document called the People ' s Charter is just and right , and _pHght to be the law of these realms . ' ( Cheera . ) Themotionbeingput . it was carried _unanimously . A vote of thanks was given to the lecturer , three cheers for the Charter and the Land Scheme , three for Mr O'Connor , and tor all democrats throughout the world ; also to the chairman , and tho meeting closed .

    Bahs « , bv— _Alarvjeand enthusiastic meeting was held on Monday _evening , in the Marketplace , to heat the report of the late dtlegate , Mr Frank Mirfield . who entered into a minute detail of the _proceedings of the trades in the various districts , as being favourat > e ts the cause of universal liberty—boldly and elfiquently cautioned them against spies , secret meetings , or sectional _outbreaks—recommended unity of purpose and boldness of constitutional action and sat down amidst the most deafening shouts of _aDprobation . Mr Robert Garbut spoke to tbe _suffrase movement for a short time , after which _tbefollovinc resolution was submitted to the meeting by _Messrs Gill

    _Bayne , Peter Hoey , and John Lean- , in able and argumentative language : —* That thh meeting hails wuh delight the political aspect of affairs as exhibited by many of the large towns of this great empire , and look upon the signs ofthe times , as in . dicative that the day of the peoples political redemption draweth nigh , and loudly calls upon all the lovers of universal justice , to increased exertion to make the _Feaplea Charter the law of the land . ' * A unanimous vote of thanks ns then eiven to the ex-delegate , to whioh he replied , by inflicting a severe _castigation upon the the corrupt press , reoommonding the people only to support those papers that supported and advocated the people ' s cause .

    Hull . —At the member ' s' meeting on Sunday evening , Mr O'Connor ' s letter was read , when a discussion took place on the resolution of the Convention in re erence to the National Assembly . It _wai resolved that we request the attention of the Executive , to the propriety of reducing the number to fortvnine m the following form , thatthe number to represent each county be drawn frora tbe number elected in each county , and that instruction be sent to the parties so chosen to at once proceed and take their seats .

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• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 6, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_06051848/page/8/