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( passport was made ont ia tbe same of William Smith . ' Loujs Philippe at _Newhavan
_Cems all you kings and rulers , And yoa to whoa belong lhe lives and goods of nations , Come , listen to my song ; "gar better than ell sermons The times unto you preach , Then hearken to the lessons , The wisdom thst they teach ; Oh J ' tit an » _irfol story , This talt they school you with , How one ef you , a week since , Wei changed into a Smith . This king was in bis palace , AU In his Tuileriea , And much he dapped his pockets , And much he felt st case ; Sow telling ap his millions ,
Now musing bow hod won By villany and tricking A Mr gdom for hit sen ; 3 "fo cruel chance of tripping Hi « old thoagbts troubled with ; Hi little dreams ot changing In one week to a Smith . _-4 A , how he'd cheated hii people ! How be the fools had dine "Who , making hia their menarch _. Had dreamed their freedom won , Sad dreamerd in cTsangjcgralers , They changed their ruling tou , That what the Bourbon failed in , The Orleans ne'er would do ; All this he think * and chuckle * His silence mingle with ; Old man there ' s yet a future—You jet msy ba a Smith . He reckons op Ms winnings
f 7 itb cunning smiles and glee , -September Jaws safe gagging The press he swore to frea ; -Select—kmght-np elections , — Chambers that placemen fill , — . * f _* he r _^ ht to grumble pending TJpea Ms royal will ; Oh , why . ha people ' s growlisgs Should he _concera bim witb ? 3 _as be not forts _« d hsy enets ? Who'll make of him a Smith f _HIb thoughts ara of the dinner , '' _Theri _' * joy above his frown , — _Sogeaud will-Sesh bis bayonets , — _Bugeaud will hew them down ; A hundred thousand sabres
Aud dripping all their blades , — Ah , faith yoar smile has _meaning King erf tbe Barricades J ** £ et sure soma mocking dt > ril , Year thoughts , ia busy with ! _^ nd tr ait _m ? , king , bVs tneering To think of yon as Smith . A day has gone;—the sunshine Peers coldly ttrough each pan 8 -Of that old Bourbon palate , And there ' s onr king again ; Sis yesterday se stormy Has sleepless _saide his night , But still he * trusts to shuffles To end _ihe matter right ; "For Ho i * , for & moment , _Guiio-. ' s be « n parted with ; . Knaves will themselves be duping , _Ho'll knew it when he ' s Smith .
* * s _** he ham—the rash of thousands—The rising city ' s roar , — Kotre Dime tho tocsin ' s ringing , St Aatoiae _^ _s ones mote ; fhe Boulevards thick are piling _Tfcfeir _barricadts fnU fast , — Tha Nationals—thsy waver , — Tbe _tiae _- _a faith—will ll last ? Thiers;—Barrot;—bVs crownles *;—« All's gone ;—they ' re settled with The old knave and bis ruling , And Louis _FaMpp &' a Smith , A _sarry cab is flying , — For near St . Cloud he's bound ; For alms among the soldiers His old hat's gomg round ; Sew _comeast week of dodging _.
Of dread that they'll coneiema His kingship to tbe mercy That be bad shown to them ; Now , mUllxHis , crowa aad whiskers And few all parted with _. He steams towards _Hswhaven _, A Mr William Smith . Oh , well this awful story Kay shock _eceh royal ear ! And yet I trust its warning To _alliipasiiDg clear ; The moral you'll be drawing Frca tbis my tale of France Is plainly , king and rulers , Step out , my crowns , advance ; Or incomes , thrones and whiskers
You'll , friend , ba parting with For pilot coats aad Claremonts And passports filled witb Smith . W . C . _BZUKST _, -Osborne Plaee , BlackSeatb .
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LINES OH TH 2 PRESENT HOTEMENTS How hope onto the human heart A gladdening rsy hath lent : The clouds that bung black O ' er its _fa' -ur _* track _. By the dawning light are rent . Clear in the . distant horizon , A _gatheringflase appears ! And tyrants gaze At the reddening _blate _. While their souls are filled with fears ! Full well tbey know the time is near , * r 7 hen oppression ' s reiga mnst yield . ; When the growing might Ot truth and right Shall shiver their _brasen shield !
Long , long with _^ egr « efat _* oa '» chain * The suffering masses they ' re _prsss'eJ , — Hock'd at their woes » TiU their spirits rose And gnshM from their _madden'd b « 3 St 8 _, From land to land now the spirit sweeps , Like the rush of a mighty sea : The despots quake , While tba masses wake Te the cry of _LiBEa-ri ! As tbe early sun , with enlivening beams , Swires the _frsiifol p lain , Lo , the march of truth BriEgs back earth ' s youth , And freedom wakes again !
Hellions start from that torpid sleep , Which with their lives began ; And prosperous _peteo Gives rich increase Tethe arts that ennoble man . Then each , for all , ond all for eaeh , 'The banner waves _unforl'd , On _equity ' s base They seek to raise The dynasty of the world ! Thai every man ia every clime , \? U 1 live w bless bis birth j When _Iabeur's name Gives equal claim
To the blessings of tbe eaxtht ¦ While virtue like the dawning moro , Shall slKd a hallowed leaven ; And _wbitpsring love , In every grove , Hake earth a dream of heaven _. Let _reignlflff power not leek to crush . Progression ' s peaceful band , Lest goaded on By untold wroBg They grasp the burning brand I For who can tell , In that hear of strife—When angry passions range-Bat wrongs long nursed _Jfay intl . igce . nt burst , And make a dread revenge I
Profusely human blood may flow , Till it reddens the tranquil sea : —• Stilt _oppression ' s name Shall bear the shame , Down to posterity ! AHd sages wiU pointto thatdreadfnl time , While the hero * 6 _ealelj sleep , And teach their youth This lasting truth , — Tnatasue _seuifWereap . David _Kkox , Glasgow , April , 1848 .
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THE RESPOND TO LIBERTY , Arouse from yonr thraldom , both Saxon and Celt , Norlong _= r be branded as slave , And swear bv the tortures jourkmdred have _, fe tt , _Tbzt ths hour fcasarrlved _foifmeblowto be dealt , Tben strik ,- it , 'tis worthy the brave . Has tbe stream of vitality dried in the vein ? The fire ceased to burn in the _saelT Hare we _su _= k so degraded throug h _secern and ThaS _^ aev er can rise to our manhood again , Responsive to liberty's call .
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Say , why should we eon _ard-like seek but to trace , ExUteaoe in bondage sod shame ? Shall we bid the fair spirit her image efSwe , And linger on still ia eternal disgrace , Unworthy of honour or _feae t Hark , hark , even now to ths _acholng scand , Resounding from valley to bill , It rides on the whirlwind , encircling _areand , The nations of Europe ia tyranny found , — TJp , up , then ! We will ! Ay , we will ! We respond to the call for our spirits hare felt , Great God ' . ' tis a message from thee , And we swear by the tbreae , before which we bave knelt , Thatthe Countries thou _gavestto flown aud Celt , Shall alone be enjoyed by _thefne . JoHH S & _ELTvK _,
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Easter term opened on Saturday , when tbe grand jury found true bills for seditien against Messra O'Brien , Meagher , and Mitchel , and they were placed under a rule to plead in four days . Haw far these parties ar « likely to bs intimidated by guch proceedings , may be learned from the following extracts from the United Irishman , which we take from tbe Moekikg _Chhosiclb ef Monday , and which very truly remarks— There ia not tke slightest abatement-ia ita ( the _Usirun Irishman ) tone of treasonable defiance . On the contrary , it is more violent and determined than heretofore . ' The extracts are from a letter of Mr Mitchel , to Lord John _Russell ' _- —
'Ton heard Smith O'Brien on Moniay last , amidst the bowlings of yonr Parliament mob , deliver Ireland ' s defiance - . —think you this man will shrink from your new-made London ' felony , ' or be gagged and frightened by your ' bills' with their huge mob majorities ? But , perhaps , yoa imagine it was a mere display of individual contumacy _, or piqued vanity ?—my lord , in every word , every _ayllable _. every title that O'Brien promised or threatened on Monday night , be knew that he was uttering tbe inmo < , t"thone hti and feelings , the _cordial hatred and defiance , of five million hearts -, and it shall ba made good to the letter . No more fortunate event bas happened for Ireland than your selection of William Smith O'Brien nnd Thomas Francis Meagher te be
treated as degraded _crimioaltor dangerous _lunatics , because -chey are precisely the men who . will not blench before your judge ? , your bayonets , yoar jories , or yoar gibbets . _? "hat the people want to see in their leaders is individual heroism ; is the determination to do themselves wbat tbey incite others to do ; and seeing that , I believe they will follow , though it were to tha gibbet ' s foot or the cannon ' s muu ' e . ' See , now , wbat it is yon bave undertaken to do ! First , ta crush and frighten men who have taken upon tbem a _taisk like ours , moved by such motives , stirred by _suoh paesions , sustained by suoh determination , as I bave described to yen . Second , to stay discontent and disaffection by shutting the mouths who utter what all think aud feel . On this latter
point I ana surprised that your lordship ' s well known learning aa a _' political economist has not aided you . There is a demand , a brisk and increasing demand , for treason and sedition ; yon know demand ( sea Adam Smith ) creates s _Supply . If the _TJmted _laxauiivt be removed , others will be found to famish the article in any quantity that may be needed ; and indeed , I hereby advertise to all enterprising ' Jacobins , ' that in Ireland there has been opened an altogether boundless market for this kind of ware : that the article wanted ib of ihe coarsest _and strongest kind ; that ornaments _' snd trimmings ( as brilliant humour or tender _poetryjare not absolutely necessary ; all thnt is required beiHg good , sound , hearty , _bonafide sedition , plain military instructions , sharp incentives to rebellion , strong treason , and thorough going felony without benefit of clergy .
• However , my lord , as you bave undertaken this task—as yon have " deliberately pitted this British 'law' _against the Irish nation , there is one Utile matter I should like to arrange with yon . I have already broached the subject to my Lord Clarendon ; bnt there is no use in talking to him—he is too hopelessly committed to bad company , and involved in evil course " . I mean , of coarse , the packing of tbe jury . Tour rordfhipi however , is tbe author ofa work on the British Constitution , aBd also ( perhaps yoa forget it , as most ether persons do , but I assure you that yen are } of a memoir of Lord William Russell , your distinguished ancestor . It ia _tasiuly for the sake of refreshing yonr memory ( and the public ' s ) upon the subjeet of this memoir , that I have
chosen to address my present letter ta your _lerdship . Tou had great zeal thirty years ago . fer ' eongtitii « tional liberty , ' and all that sorb of thing , ( yoa aa / forget it , but I do assure yen that yon had )—and yon tell , in tbis memoir , with becoming indignation , how tbat the Court , when it intended to shed tbo Mood of the popular leaders , cheated the elt « ens of _linden of their _rights , and got hole ! ef the appointment ofthe sheriffs ( his villany was only temporary Is _London- it is a permanent institution of state in Dublin _\ , and how the _Csnrt ' soon had an opportunity of making use of their new power ;'—how , ' _having shed the blood ef Colledge , the Court next attempted the life of Lord Shaftesbury' ( vol . ii ., p . 6)—bow the « ity was thronged with troops to intimidate the
people ; and how Roger _L'Estrange , in tbe columns of the Obskktatok ( which was the name the Times then went by ) , declared that a _citisan ' s sknll was bnt a thin ? to try tha temper of a soldier ' s sword upon '—( vol . ii ., p . II ) . Yeu further narrate , mylord , hew that when the bloodhounds at last pounced on Lord Russell , ' after the examination was finished , he was gent a close prisoner to the Tower . Upon his going in be told his servant , Taunton , that he wan _aworn against , and tbat they wonld have his life . Taunton said be hoped it would not be in the power of hi > enemies to take it . Lord Russell answered yes , the devil ie leese _( _meaniae that the sheriff had his
instructions ) . Frem this moment he looked on himself as a dying man , and turned his thoughts wholly to another world . He read much in the scriptures , particularly in the psalms' ( vol . ii ., p . 25 ) . ' Truly , it was time for him ts make his goul I But the trial came on . asd ' upon calling over the names , Lord Russell challenged no less than _oneand-thirty , a fact which can hardly be explained , ' Fays _yoar"Iord 8 hip , 'bnt by _sapposing that some pains had been taken by his enemies in the selection , ' ( p . 40 ) . Your lordship may say that . But all his challenges were of ao avail : his enemies had selected too skilfully ; and they murdered him on
Towerhill . 'Id the act of I William and Mary , annulling Lord Russell ' s attainder , it is recited that he was connoted by means of ' _sadao and illegal returns of jorors . ' . , . ' It seems , then , tbat there was packing of juries in those days—a horrible scandal , when ; practised in England , _ard againBt eo amiable a nobleman ' Bat does not your lerdship know that all these eBoraitie ? , and worse , are regularly practised in Ireland down to the present day ? Do you not know that in Dublin the sheriff is always the creature of the Ci « wn ? And that he is created for this express
purpose ? Do you net know that your faction—I _mtan the English government—never got one verdict agaiBSt a political offender , Bave from a well snd skilfully packed jury ? And that in the only case where they did not pack ( ti ' z ., Tbe Queen againBt Dnffy , tried two years ago ) , they failed _ignomimously . . * Tho reason why theydid not pack the jury lathis case was , that they had been _thoroughly ashamed and brought into disrepute by the monstrous fraud practised in the framing of thejury to try O'Connell and the repeal conspirators a short time before . They thought they could not repeat thafc triek bo goon _at-ain ; so they foolishly admitted tbreefof the national party into the box . . . .
' I know , my lord , you will not commit that mistake _again . I do not quote these j assages from your lordship ' s _bjok in the expectation thatany silly weakn ess will prevail to make yon gWe ns a fair trial , I hope I know my place better : we are mere Irish ; and I hare not the presumption to imagine that we are entitled to as fair a jury as the noble British martyr , Lord William Russell , I have set these things down , therefore , not because I hope to produce any effect upon vou , bat because I know this letter will be read by ( or read to ) at least a hundred thousand men . ? Of _eonrsa yon Trill pack the jury against us , merely beeause all the world knows you dare not bring ns to trial before sn impartial jury of our countrymen . If you do , it will be the last criminal prosecution in Ireland at the suit of * Our Lady the Qaeen '—as indeed , in any case , I trust it will be the
last . * It matters little now whether you pack or do not pac k . Whatever kind of trial jou select-a fair one or a _fraudulent—a trial for misdemeanour , or a trial for felony ; or whetheryou drop juries altogether , and try grape-shot , I tell yon that yoa are met . The game is _a-foot ; the work _isbegUB . Ireland _hasjaow the * _British'Empire' by the throat ; and if she relax her gripe till ' tbe _monstfr is strangled , may she be a province , lashed and starred for ever . Amen . * I remain , my Lord ,
• John MncHEii . Mr MiTciren also continues his military instructions under the head of 'Our War Department . ' Here are a few illus trations of the nature of these lessons _Pjt _& uoled by the _AloBNiKG _Chkosichs ; 'No . ST— _Draixiso ( cokjikued ) —We have ex p ] aifi £ d how lines of _pikeimfS should charge on _infan ' _. rv . Unless the pikemerf are well disciplined , or antes a good prize is to be , won , such as a park of field artillery , or baggage , dr ammunition _wagons , protected by cavalry , a charge on the latter shonld KU be _tezarded . If they are fools enough to sit SkXill on their horses , and wait for you charge on them at once , aa on infantry ; with this _differ-So _? _£ e ranks of the _nikemtn should close _: up-the Ss of the front rank should _DOetevated to the fro of the necks of the horses , or the breasts of to _riders-the points of the second rank Bhould be pushed forward on a level with the chests of the _horses-and S _^ _of £ w V * _should be tout far _traa
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the first and second rank , as far before the first rank as possible , just as ia charging infantry the pikes of the secosd are throat between the men of tho first rank . But a charge en cavalry , except on their Sank , from a cross street , er read running at an angle te their _lieeof march , er ether ambush , will seldom be possible . Cavalry _always eharge . Their great strength is in tke impetus- of the gallop . To destroy them , it ie only _nteessary to drill pikemen to go thraagh the forms of reception with grace asd effect . ' Tc-Rkcritb _GATALBTkr-Diflpcse your pikemen in linen , at least throe _raaka _desp . The front rank should ) drop on the left knee—placa tha butt end of their pik « s ( waich , for this purpose , and to _balanea -the head , should be armed with a ferrule of iron , _reuadid to a paint ) en the ground at the knee , or
behind the knee , if the pikes be av « r Jong—and slope the _ehsfts forward , so aB to _briBR tho points to a level with the riders' breasts when charging , The second rank stand Immediately over the rank _kneeling , and throw their pikes forward at a level with the horses' chests—the third rank close up , and throw their pikes forward between the files © f the Beeond rank , en a level with , er a little more elevated than , the points ef the second rank . Here is a human chevaux def rise impregnable to cavalry . The pikemen all should stoop the shoulders somewhat , and throw their bodies forward a little , 8 s as to sup * port with t-heir wh » le weight the pike poiBt , and to allow musketeers and riflemen to play _frun behind . 1 Pikemen should receive cavalry ia line , only when their flanks are completely covered—as in a road or street . In the field they should form into squareeach side three or four , or more , ranks deep—the front rank kaeeling , and ths second and third rank
disposed as we have shown _above—musketeers and riflemen in the centre . Hollow squares—that is _quarea of pikemen , each of the sides of which should be at lea 3 t three , and not more than four ranks deep —are the best ; they allow _fire-arnn te play from the eentro , which squares of greater solidity do not . Perhaps the following are tbe ' plainest and easiest directions to form them : —Draw ua your body of _pikewen , in _oommen , twelve ranks deep . Let the three hindmost ranks wheel full round—march farward ag many paces as there are men in tho rank , and halt—let the six middle ranks wheel also full round-the thtee ranks then foremost wheel in line te the left , pivotiag on tha left flank . When this operation is fully performed , ? let the other three ranks ( of the six centre ranks in column ) wheel to the n > h _» , _tiroting on the rght flank—musketeers and riflemen fall in , the sides elose up , and your _squire is complete . A little prastice , and thia can be all done in half the time necessary to write it .
' So much for cavalry . Artillery must be captured in a rash , and among the _earriages all order is impossible , Tbe only role is , spike away everything but the horses and guns .. Iu this sort of _fightio- ? , and ia every melee , as when regular infantry club their muskets , all roles are imposible , and uselesseverything depends on courage and activity . After the first rush , however , the pike should be grasped in the oentre , snd your enemies spiked right and left , or knocked down—or otherwise a _; ot rid ef . Two or three men fer every gun , or _aratannition carriage , sbould seize the honea' heads , snd run them off , while pike-men cover the left , and right , and rearso as to prevent their recapture by a charge of cavalry ,
'The man who pulls his trigger-without being sure of his aim gives strength to the enemy . Mind that ! 'To take sure aim , ths same general rules are applicable both ta smooth bores and rifles , allowance being made for the sights in the Utter , and for every man ' s experience of hi 3 own barrel . Wo give a few of these rules ;—'I . At hundred and fifty yards aim for the centre ef your enemy ' s fi _^ nre , at one hnndred or less , at hia breast ( unless your gun throws hieh , ) whieh you should avoid by reducing , and thereby savins * , the powder—never at his head . At a horseman moving quickly past yon , never reBt your gun—follow him for a seeond , till yeu get into bis gait of going , and then prefer firing at him after he has passed you , when moving tff , and never fie at him when he is exaetly opposite to you—that is , when your line of aim is perpendicular to his line ef progression . ' 2 . Be sure yo * see your man plainly over the nail before you nail him .
' 3 . B'ing your gun to bear by the strength of your right arm ; throw as little weight » s _possib ' e on your _lefr , nntil you haTe covered , and are about to steady your aim ; then grip bard witb the left band , draw the elbow a little in , and tighten the mmeles of tho left arm . Linger as shortly on your aim as possible . ' 4 . In firing at a standing figure , or figure moving full front towards you , raise vour aim from hia feet to the level of his breast—and steady . ' 5 . Frem the moment you raise the gun to the shoulder till you havo fired , hold yonr breath tightdo not _resprre or inspire ; if you do , ten to one your enemy may aet expire . ' Ram your ball heme—let your rod hop on it , before you consider it leaded properly . If a gun he not properly loaded , it is mere ehance . ' These short rules we recommend to all rifle o ' ubs and musket and carbine men . Next week we shall have other fijatters to treat of . ' Tbe Nation ia equally determined in its tone .
The Freemak _' s Jovrwal , refeiring to the Repeal debate in the House of Commons , says : — ' Ose great _difSenlty will be removed by this refusal to entertain the question of Ireland ' s right to make her own laws . Men—men who have imnho d and the sense of dignity which it confers—will henceforth for ever abstain frora coming before the British _parliament in the character of suppliants . The last petition to an English parliament for a repeal of tbe union bas been signed : wither the slavish hand that ever signs another ! Ret the coward _tongue tbat would counsel snch degradation ! The Rubicon has been passed . Henceforth our path lies in another d r ction . '
GHASD MMOSSIRATIOK OP _BEPBAIBRS . On Saturday a grand soiree took place at the Music Hall , Abbey-street , whioh was _erowded to excess in every part . The hall was tastefully adorned with _evergreens . Thera were rows oi tables alorg tbe room , at either side of wbich sat those who had purchased tickets . They were _abundant'y supplied w ' nh tea and coffe _/ , ha . The table on tho p _' atform was desorated with vases of flower ' , and a service of china and _decanteis well replenished . Over the chair v ? ere two _lar _^ e flags . One of them the flag _berne before the 1 st regiment of Irish Volunteers ; the other an Irish tricolour with a lart-e shining * pike' at the top . The mottoes were : ' The Volunteers of 1782 ; ' ' Welcome home , Deputation from
Franee . ' On an orange and green flag , ' Ireland ' s Truest Patriot , W . S- O'Brien , M . P ; ' ' Ireland ' s Legislative Independence ; ' ' Repeal and No Surrender ; ' The Qneen , Lords , and Commons of Irelandt' The mest conspicuous members on the platfo m were Old Irelanders , but with their moral force principles completely evaporated , as they seemed to vie with tho Confederates in the spirit of _Republicanism . _Shertly after eight o ' clock , Mr Smith O'Brien entered , ace-. mpanicd by Mr Stritch , Mr Duffy , Mr Joseph H . Dunne , jun ., and Mr Doheny , all of whom , except Mr O'Brien , appeared fn ths military costume of the defunot ' 82 Club . On the motion of Sir Simon Bradatreet ( an Old Irelander ) , the chair was taken by Mr Stdtch .
After the circulation of the cup which' cheers but not inebriates , ' the _GHdinMAir rose _. and proposed 'The health of the Queen of Ireland . ' In prefacing ; the toast , he said they would appeal from the Imperial Parliament , which had scornfully rejected their claiBJB i to the _Quees . He hoped sho would ba alive to her ewn best interests , and that she would become acquainted with the important truth tbat the stability , perhaps the existence of her empire , depended on her granting an immediate repeal of the Union . The Chaibmah gave the next toast , ' The People . ' Mr _Fbasbb ( the celebrated ironmonger , ) beine called upon to respond , eaid he felt prond at being called _uoen to speak lo the toast of the DOOple ,
particularly so when one of Ireland ' s _Bflbleat sons was arraigned that day a 3 a criminal . He believed the power of the Irish was never rightly fathomed till they laid hands _opon hka , ( Vehement cheers followed this Bentiment ) Before they anaigaed for sedition , they should first have removed the cause of such sedition . All ( he Repealers required was the repeal Of tbo _Legislative Union , they should have that , they would not ba satisfied with less . ( Cheera . ) The Chairman next gave , * The Legislative Independence of Ireland , 'with which he coupled ihe Memory of tbe Volunteers of _1782- ' The _Chaihmah then gave , amid vociferous cheering , ' The health of Ireland ' s uncompromising representative , Mr Smith O'Brien . ' the trades
Mr O'Dohoqhub , secretary to committee , then read an address from that body to Mr © 'Brien . Mr Barrt then presented the hon . _gentlem' _-n with the flag before-mentioned , inscribed with the words , Ireland ' s truest Patriot , ' _& o , Mr _FBiSER desired to have the volunteers' flag of 1782 lowered from the place it _oempied , BO that he could _tormaily present it to Mr O'Brien . The hon . gentleman accepted these flags , and bowed to the individuals who severally presented them . A harper , on an elevated p latform _behind the chair , _plavedsnmo appropriate airs , wfeieh excited great enthusiasm . An amateur bind _was also in attendance , which , on Mr O'Brien cweamg forward to the front of the platform struck , ap ' The _ccaquering hero . '
Mr O'Buiks made a lengthened reply in the _cwirse ef which he said : A por tion of tbe assembly wero pledged to " carry out certain _opwalioasin _thocQuntry -one of which was a National Guard , or aa array of _vohmteeijsonSiS . ( Cheers , ) He was happy to see that Old Irelanders acted upon the _suggestion given by the Confederation , tbat -every man in this country should provide himseU w . th some weapon . He was glad to perceive that too advocate s of moral fore ? did not think ii _suffi ' cient to controul bad men . He did not regret that xbe Orangemen ( though it msy appear a paradox , ; n-ere arming , and that Sergeant _Warreii ' a call was being responded to . As to the formation of a National Guard , ho an _ui _% _Mmiejs of , tho deputation had _wea pains
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to ascertain the formation ef the French Ka-« e a > t-rard . aad , if he was not in prison , he would submit in a few days his views on the ? j " J ****** - alluded to the flag he held in his _flsno , and expressed his convietion that though he might be oon 6 ned within thp walls of a prison in a few days , that fU g would ba borne before a regiment of velUBteers of this eountry ia 1848 . He said he had not the opportunity of practically entering upon ? _W _zeroise , but there was nothing which any 4 un . _WM d ' P 03 ed to do he was-not prepared to GO , ( _vheera , ) He would ( _ismmnnm as a nrivate .
• il . _u en _tto _sood-willt q £ hia comrades he m i- u u p , aced itt _cowmaud of a _regimeat , ever which , tbat ( meaning the _v-lunteers' flag ) would float as-a standard . ( Cheere . ) H then alluded toth * council of 300 . and said the objection raised against it by astute lawyers had boon _rataovecV . All sections of _Repeaters were anxious for its formation , and nothing was required but a defi _« iite system of ofganisation . He then _expressed a desire to have additional _eJhbs formed in Dublin . (/ The Seoretary informed him there were five organised ! since he left Dublin fiur Paris . ) He said every knob ef Repealers
ought to form themselves inte local olnbs . He then caationed- them against secret organisation , which always _proved a failure . Ho next urged upw them tne importance of abstaining _fuam intoxicating liquors . He then besought thepasaaiathrouah the country to eultivate the land „ so , as to provide what waa called a good _oomtniBsariat . ( Cheera . ) He _tneoi animadverted upoa Judgj Crarapton ' _s address to the Jury , and said ihu he ( Mr _Q . * Brien ) was actuated b y purer motives than ever animated hia tJuage urampton ' _s ) bosom . The honourable gentleman concluded a very long address amid vociferous eheers .
The CHAinMAN next gay . * , " _-M . _ssrs Meagher , O _trorman , Hollywood , and the remainder of tbe deputation to France . ' ( Vehement cheering . ) Mr _Mbaoheii came forward amid deafening cheers , and said though a trne bill "bad bees found _again-it hira , he intended to apeak his true _ssntiiaenta again , ( _Caeew . ) He referred t » the _receptioa Mr O'Brion met within the Ilouse of Commons , whore he stood alone ; but by _eroosine the Channel he ( Mr O'Brien ) stood encircled by millions who had sworn to give effect tb the words which he uttered serosa the table
of the house . ( _CheeriBg ) The people of Ireland turned their backs upon the English House of Commons , and looked towards thoir own , the gates of whioh , if necessary , they would break down with an armed hand . ( Cheers . ) He wishsd to say those things before the termination of their trial and before the passing of the bill whieh was in progress through Parliament . ( He held in bis hand a very showy flap , of green , white , and orange . ) The white , he said , being a symbol of _lasting anion between the orange and green . He hoped tho hand * of Protestant and Catholic would not only be clenched but elevated , and that if a bloody _struggle ensued , England would behold in the centre of that flag the red hand whieh struck ber down on the p _)» ii , s of Ulster . He
concluded with a prayer that _llaavca might bless the vengeance whioh that social union would be sure to kindle ! ( Here the harper played the Battle of tha Boyne' amid great excitement . ) The _Chairmas next prepoaed ' The French Republic ' Mr _Josbfh H . Dunnb _responded . He said , ho was sprung from the peHple—offered his sympathy to Mr O'Brien , Mr Meagher , and Mr Mitchel , with whom he was happy to fraternise , aid to suit thc ao tion to the word , he cordially Bhotk hands with them _, lie said that if the right of petition was denied to tbem , and the few remaining privileges of the constitution taken away , he ton would gay with Mr Meagher , ' Up with the barricades , ' and invoke the God of Battles . ( Vehement cheers . )
TheCiuiRMAH again rose and said , though it was not right to speak of men upon their trial , yet he would ask tbis meeting for their verdict . ( Loud cries ot Not guilty . ' ) Mr MiicniiL then replied , and pointed tothe _brifiht ebining pike blade at the top of the flag before him , and expressed a hrpa to see it glittering over a forest of pikes . ( Tremendous cheers . ) He said as long as he had a tongue or a pen he would practise the duty efineu ' eating disaffection to the English government . ( CheerB . ) He did not care it ' thay neglected the _registry provided they did not neglect the rifles . My friendB ( said he ) that glittering pike head before ine risealike amorniug star in the dark *
ne . ' .. The Chairman proposed the' Republic ol America . ' Ar M'Ghbe replied with his usual elequence , in the OOHKe of which he eaid , he never ? aw during his residence in the States , children without a home , nor men and women begging for bread which they could not obtain . Mr Doheny next addroraed the _meeting , and expressed his determination to violate tbe Act ef Parliament at present under consideration . ( Cheera . ) He said he would joyfully submit to the hulks , and leave his wife and childrcB to his country , provided that country succeeded in the struggle ; and , if not , he had no wish to lire fer wife or children . ( Cheers . ) The meeting broke up al twenty . five minutes past twelve in good order .
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THB LATE CHARTIST _OEMONSTRATIOIf . — -THB ABUTIfG . — THB 8 IATB PROSECUTIONS . —GBAKD SOIREE . —THB _PBOTESTAMT _BKPBAI . EBS . — GOVERNMENT PREPARATIONS . —FAM 1 NK AND _EXTERMIHATION . ( From our own Correspondent . J Dublin , 17 th April . Contrary to the fears of legions of wellwishers , and to the hopes of many malevolent enemies on this side of tbe channel , thegreat Chartist demonstration efthe 10 th has passed away
without giving our tyrants an opportunity to wr _* ak their vengeance on tbe people , and quench tbe fl ime of liberty in the bloed of slaughtered thousands . It 18 a subject of congratulation that the Chartist millions demeaned themselves in a way to disappoint their blood-thirsty enemies ; and secure tbe ultimate success of their projects . It is also a cause of national pride that Mr O'Connor ( a ' mere Irishman , ' and an inveterate and professed foe to the British government , ) should be able to maintain his honourable position as Chieftain of British millions .
There is little of particular interest to record ofthe by-gone week in Dublin . _Events , no doubt , seem hastening with railway speed to a crisis and nobody can tell how soon an explosion may happen . The people , all over Ireland , are * preparing ! ' The blacksmith has a busy time of it making pikes , and ' dovag up' old rusty swords and bayonets , _whilat in every distriot , not yet under the restrictions of the Coercion Act , the gunsmith and armourer are plying a lucrative calling . Tho government should _pau-e in their ' gagging' career . Every man in Dublin is armed already . Pikes are being manufactured in every lane and alley . Tbey are exposed for sale in many a stall and shop , and nobody now seems surprised at _eeeinp them in the hands of the very urchins in the streets . I have seen hundreds of them . _Terrific-lookin fr _things they are , and in tho hands of Ken sworn to ' use them , ' they must be fearfully destructive .
The government k are bent on victimising Smith O'Brien , Meagher , and Mitchel . On Saturday , thoso gentlemen appeared to answer to their _recoamzanoes at the Court of Queen ' s Bench . They did not come in procession through tbe streets as had been anticipated—consequently there was little excitement on the occasion . An immense crowd , however , had cellected at the Four Courts , who cheered the travergers lustily as they came up . The jury is composed principally of the most bigoted Tories in the city—but two or three Liberal Catholics and
Protestants are in the number—not one Repealer ear . Nationalist . True bills for uttering ' Brditious _uad inflammatory speeches , ' on the 15 th of March last , _ars found _aj-hiDst O'Brien and Meagher , whilst to ' make assurance doubly sure , ' two bills for publishing seditious articles in the _Uhitbd _IisisnM . v » aro found against poor Mitchel . He will pay ' Black Mail' or the Devil ' s a witch ! Mitchel , however , is not a fellow to be terrrifled at trifles . Two jears or so in the' _Btone-jug' cannot drive _thestubbono Northers from the battle ground . As the song espressos
it' He did it before , And he'll do it again , ' Mitchel may go to a prison , but the _fla-a © whioh he has been fanning these three months , w 31 lbe quenched < niy ia the blood of two millions of Irish patriots » It will not be quenched at all 11 It . will blase redly , and fiereely , and gleriouB ' y , over _thsimias of _tyrana _? and oppression , aud usurpation . Hfc will bum fito ever . The traversers do not retain _ooaasal at tfce appseaefeing trials . Each bas his _resgeetive solicit _©^ bnt they defend _themselves . Maj » heaven _defeat the right . Mneh excitement _fe expected _duvtog the trials , and it is said that government arf > already adopting steps to secure _tha-vindication _of-= of' iaw . ' outside , as well as _insie / ey of the Court efQucen'a Bench . You know what 1 mean .
Tk > s & _iVse Riven to ttt » French deputation , came off ia the Princess Theatre , Abbey-sireet , on last Saturday evening . It _wa » a splendid , affair ; 600 _voX down to dinner , whilst the galleries , and every oth « portion of the building , were filleel to overflowing . Hundreds of ' fair women' mingled amongst thousands of ¦ _bravs men , ' to do honour to the . noble fellows who represented _frelarfil in sunny 'Francs as woll aa in green Ireland . The _apaches , the toa ? _ts , ihe _bt-aring of tho numbers _preaont , betokened * ao surrender , ' and showed the B & vernEient
that _eoeroion and prosecution nre now no go' in Ireland . It was pleasant to 9 ec the ' fraternisation ' of parties on that _ocoasien . _^ Many of the _lfading members of the Repeal Assooiacwn sat at the board with the chiefs of Young Ireland ; shook hands cordially with their antagonists , and mingled their shouts for Ir _^ h independence and an Irish nations It was a grati ying speetaole—nay , ib was sublime . I may say that now there is sn end to 3 l ! rivalry be . _tween _Rapoalera in Dublin . Particular individualmay still hold on the old ground -, self interest may operate , ih some few _instences , against a _uniyeWl
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fraternisation—but , no matter—Young and _OW Ireland aro bow owB . They are all Irishmen , bended _together for Ireland ' s cause . A * po-tion of the Protestants of Ireland—and a Ian !® port ion ef them , to?—areabeutto form _iheniseiwaintoa - Protestant Repeal Association , ' and will hold their first meeting in this city immediately . What particular line of operation these men roein to pursue , is not yet known , but it is certain tbat , _befoue long :, the Green flag' will be surrounded by _legions of Protestants and Presbyterians , as it was in 1782 _» This is glorious . Everything looks brilliantly in the vista , which opens wider and wider on Ireland's political horizon . We will soon see our country ' a 9 ihe ought tobe— need I add wbat that means . ? :
There-is a report here that a deputation from the Cbartist Convention is about to come to Dublin to tell their brother Democrats in this country how they ' push along' the great highway to human freedom in England . Tbh 13 right ; Irishmen were too _longtkept blinded on tho principles and objects of Chartism . They are now ready to hear what their Saxon brethren have to say . ; : lrishmen and Eneli ; hraeahav « been too long strangers to eaoh other . Let them unite . Let tbem know each other , and they _nmst fee good friends . Welcome , the gentlemeH ofthe _etartist _Deputation . * _SOjOWVthroats will _ehusr their arrival in the metropolis of Ireland . More soldiers are _crowding into Dublin . There are now-12 , 000 _red-ceata in this- city . 4 , 000 men or ratherdess formed the _Btrcngph- of our garrison in ordinary times . We have now treble tbat force , and the cry still is— ' They come ,, they _eome . '
, The accounts from the ' interior * bring fresh intelligence of deaths by famine and pestilence . The work of extermination goe 3 on bravely tje _> The landlords- are clutching up all thay c & n get ,, and whereall is gone , the unfortunate tenantry are sent adrift on , the world . The ; _tioe of emieration flows rapidly . Everybody who _oan amass sufficient means ts _defoay the expense is _ejuittinR his native country . _Thousands quit the different Irish seaports every day in the week . The spring operations in the _meantime , are progressing cheerily . A great breadth of _potatoes h already , planted , and _high hopes are entertained that tbey will do . again in Ireland . The Catholic clergy are fraternising with the peopio . They , too , are disgusted with' agitation . '
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ADDRESS OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION TO THE PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND .
Fellow Cohntriue?-, Tbo Social Condition...
Fellow _Cohntriue ? _-, Tbo social condition of the people of England has been Ion- ; neglected ; the rights of labour arid the duties tt property have been seldom reasoned upon ; and when tbey have been _discussed , it has , in too many cases , been for party PUT' _ses , and with a view to political ascendancy . It is a decree ot very anaient date , thit ' man should earn his bread by tho awrat of his brow . ' The justice of such a decree is proved by tbe necessity tor labour . Man stands , in his relation to the material world , as _controller , to a given extent , of all the elements of individual and national greatness ; and Great Britain is _pre-etainently the leader of European _nntions in industrial production ; but it is a lamentable _feature
in the progress of her civilisation , that an _mcreasa cf wealth within the state has been followed by an _incioase of misery to her laborious _citizens . And , _whilst all tbe secondary interests _arising trom labour have received tbe attention of the legislature , and he protection of the Uw—including law interest , Church interest , East and West India Docks , dra ;; and , whilst men in their social relations in life have been inclined te admire the products of the skill and ingenuity of our working population , they seem to have neglected tho physical welfare ofthe _labsurers ; and , _though an increase of wealth bas given an in crease of _oomforts and luxuries to a few , the following evidence will convince you that it has in no way tended to promote the weliare and happiness of _tha producers .
From a mass of information now before us we quote the following documents from parliamentary reports : — Table _showingr tha Comparative _Mortality of _diff jrent Clauses composing- the Population of Large _Totrns and Cities with the Average Age at Death ,
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S _. ! 2 a Sob' <">_» _M-S gfl * & 13 Nature of Namo of Place , _s _^ _-s _i-- _^ _f- _-5 - „„„„ , . „ _= §/* _Sa _» ' _^ ftb Years . Years . Years . _Tru-o ib S 3 28 Miners Dtrby 49 88 21 Agriculturists Manchester ... 38 20 17 Manufacturers Baltem Union ... 81 23 K ditto _Bethnal _Groen 45 26 16 ArtU & liS Leeds Borough 44 27 19 Manufacturers Kendal Union ... -45 89 34 ditto Liverpool ... 85 32 15 Commercial Coantjr of Wilts M 48 33 _ABrieullurillta Do . of Rutland 82 41 38 ditto
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Time and space do not allow us to write all we know of the people— but we regret to be compelled to state that we have personally known many deaths from starvation ; that our experience teaches us tbat the English werlcinar people are rapid ' y declining in physical strength ; that vagrancy and disease are on the inorease ; that myriads of families in the localities which we represent , have no visible means of living ; publio works in many cases are closed , and ail trade suspended—language fails us to describe the misery and _wretchednees everywhere _manifest .
We do not now wish to discuss all the causes that have conduced to bring about the present state of English society , ss such a wish would imply the necessity of an inquiry into the organisation and circumstances ofthe entire community ; but we do desire to impress upon your minds tbe great truth , that il tbo producers of wealth are not cared for—if they are to exist as the mere hewers of wood and drawers of water , whilst others possess the wood and drink the water , anarchy , confusion , fever , and death will stalk triumphant through the land—that the continued neglect of the interest of labour will sap the foundations of nation- *] greatness , and in the end be ruinous to the true interests of all .
The responsibility between a government and a people should ever bo well understood , and we wish to address the government in plain language , on matters affecting their _interests , in common whb the true interests of the people . Unfortunately the existing government of England has increased the national expenditure , and has shown an almost uniform determination to protect the intereBtB of the rich , and to overawe the people by physical force ; topunish rather than protect the poor ; to trust to party ascendancy rather than a developement of our natural resources ; to decrease rather thau increase the _representative principle ; to take from the people tbe last remnant of English _, 'iberty . We are aware that _frenn the associations and education of the members of the Houses
of Commons and Lords , they live apart from the people , and inform our legislators that in the- cellars and hovels inhabited by our brethren—in the workshops and factories—in tho cluba and in tat * streets , the poverty and discontent is universal j . and that wc recommend the English government to- consult the _working men in England , on all questions _affecting the social condition of society , and endeavour- to-eon suit tho truo interests ot labour , aa the _paraewust duty of _government . We are anxious to secure peace andi _protesjlaon to all ; we respect life and property , aBd call on ali classes to think of ths- destinies of this great peopk >; and we would especially caff , oa ths memhers of the present parliament , and her Majeaty ' _s-miaiaters , to
take good 1180 . $ 'What they do ; toremembe ? that life , without an enjoyment of the requisite * of hum--n sustenances , is more tobe feared than _dfeath ; that there are _limits to the endurance of _hmaan wrongs and neglects ; that civilisation , in its psssent form , is to many tosre cruel and insufferable- ' jhan the most rude _exwireiice of savage barbarity . We are of the people _^ , and know the people , anei again warn the existin g government tctake good bead what they do . Th _% t _eJespile of our _-saming they _refuse to care for the ? _aeople—to acknowledge their _w ' ghfcs—to legislate fer- their interests—that the pressnt unhappy was of
interests , may become a war of classes , and that , the 1 breaking up of tha family ties , and local associationsi tbab bind _society _together—aea-y lead to unpleasant i consequences . If the _rulera eJF our land sti ' , li eon-I tinue to legislate on narrow aad partial policy _^ in pre-¦ ferenee to an _> _acknowledgement of great pi _^ _ciples I we will _regret their foU'tetj , and crimes , and mourn over their- _ignorance ; _adi while we _suffia » _-from the ignorance- of ethers , we- will use our in 8 _uence to change the institution * of the country ,, to create a more _Wealthy public _SsJad in Great Bril & in and Ireland , and _seeure as aa heirloom to _gpaterity , _privilegea and comforts , whieh wo know _^ 3 . be our rights , but _unhappily do no's _eiijoy . Scientific _InaliimSion , April lltK 1848 .
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_ATTEMrrsn , Suicide cf Tom _Stbblt :, ' ths Hbad Pacificator _^ - On Wednesday evening , an attcmnt _atsuicidewasmadeon Waterloo-bridge by _&& _Stet-le , better knc , wn as ' Tom Steele , O'Connell ' ahoad paoi ' ficator . ' It apprars that < he unfortunate gentleman mounted one of the _saats on the upper side of the _bridge and instantly f lunged head _forenvsafc from the third arch kato the _viver , but a watmrman , who was creasing the river in a boat , _succc-adr'd in _rescuing hun . lie _wai immediately taken t » Bow-afreet police station , and from thsr . ee to King ' s Collego Hospital , where he at present remains . Whilst in the receiving room of Iho hospital he expressed a wish to be removed ( 0 Peel ' s C ' _olFec-houso . He also said tbat ho had acted very foolishly ia not _waiting till it wasderk _, a-5 then he o < : uld have dene the business < ffeotually _. He did not _stafe what had induced him to make an attempt upon his life . Mr Steele formerly _psasesfed ag _03 d estate in Ireland , bul" hs ? latterly _bCOU il l _" 6 . . * duced _circmnjrtane 69 _'
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" T OE NATIONAL CONVENTION . " ~ > MONDAY . April 17 th . 1 Ib _theafeswea of _JrfrM'GsATH , Mr Cm « nm } , fren 3 Edinburgh , was called te the chair . I Mr Clark read a letter from Dublin calling npoa _Sto O'Ci . titwr to atlond a meeting in that city to support the Charter en Easter Monday ; and a variety of letters from various parts of the country , approving of the _owduet of Mr O'Connor and the _Convention en Monday , the 10 th . THB _r-BTITIOJf . _MrvCiAKK said he was _anxfeus to call thc _atteniion-of tne Convention to the report of theconimiltetf ef the HoK 8 e of Commons on the subject of the national petition . It was represented that _tbafpetitiois
wasi-an attempt to itnp « se upon parliament , and therefore it required some explanation should be given ? .. Ho believed that all petitions presented to ihe Ilouse of _Caramons wera inspected by a conv mittee . appolBted for that purpose . Now , in the present instance , tbo principal part of tho _signatures were net obtained until Friday _ano > Saturday before tho meeting , therofore it was impossible to count them . Petition sheets from L _«*> ria were stated to contain B & 000 ; Manchester , 170 , 000 signatures ; which was taken for granted to be oorrect , and be believed the numbers were correet . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr Feargus O'Connor made his repert of the cumber of . signatures from a written statement which was _haaded to him shortly before he went down to parliament , _tberc-ft > rffhe could not be blamed . It was impossible to prevent improper names being placed to public petitions , and with respect to
inde-; _< . nt signatures , he felt confident tbat they wera Sized by enemies of the Chartists . Delegates could not _fee-respoBsiblo for names attached to a petition . He _believtdsimilar charges might bo brought against every publio petition * hieh had ever been presented to parliament . Tbere _mi _^ ht have been some negligence on t _' e-part of those persons who prepared and _conduoted < tbe petition , but thero was no criminal misrepresentation . ( Hear . ) A great error no doubt bad bees made ot tbe number of signatures to tho _petition , and therefore he thought they o _.-ght not to be ashamed to _acknowledge it . They hsd not wilfully made a false representation to parliament , » nd t * aert &> i * 1 a _rae _? _ed for a _eomaitteo of inqu _i ry . Several _dolfgatets staled th » y were of _opiniea thore must be seme mistake on the part of the committee of the Hense of Commons , and expressed a wish tbat they couJd got the petition back again ta examine it . ( Hear , hear )
The- resolution tbat a committee be _appointed to dram up a statement with respect to toe signatures to the petition , in ere ! er to set the public right as regarded the conduet of members of the Convention , was agreed to by a majority of 14 to 4 . Mr Clark , Mr Wheeler , and Mr Graham , were _ntMCftinated to draw up tho statement . Mr _Julias _Harnst read the following document , whioh tailed forth great chewing : — »» TTiHen . » _M tips ahd PRO ? s &? Y _tioTfiCTIftW 8 CIETT _. It iran _rtaolved at a public _niMting belli at the _Seves Stars , BarlM- G _* t » , on Friday Evening , April 14 . 1818 , That tbe _houienoUers and inhabitants at t the town of _Sotting am , then _present , do agraato enrol _theuooc-lreff as a Lif * and Properly Protection Society , for the following _rousons _, and holding tba subjoined _u'jecta ra tUo : —
l » t . —To prov > in the most emphatic manner tbat we * repudiate with _indignktioa nnd abhorrence tbe intentions , objects , and acta of all rioters , ibievea , pickpockets , _stiopliftu-s , and incendiaries . 2 _aet . —To calm tbe _opprebensions nnd do away witb ih » _slnroa of all _raaisufacturer * , merchants , _xbopkci-pere _, and tho middle class generally , by _affording a » peedy sad » £ _T * et ' * o protection to their property in mills , _rascbinerjr Warehouse * , shops , dwelling houses , & o ., etc . 3 rd . — To save tbe town of _Nottingbura from tiie _greaft exponso of summoning and _anoaring in _tpeoial constables , as well as to do away _r > ith tbe vast loss end unnecessary trouble ) attending fucli service ) . 4 th . —To avoid any possible _reason _forgiving _riseto ths amnion thnt the people ef _Noitingbaai desire to disturb the _ps » c _» , injure tbe propurty , or assault thep » rswis if tbe middle classes .
5 th . —To 8 ocur » by tbe maintenance of peace , law , and order , ia all public _mertings held in Nottingham _,, the inalienable rights of ths British people to assembler together in all propsr _plaews , and s . t all seasonable hours _» to consider and _discuss their grievances , and to _pstiiioa for tho lomoral of the same by _legislative means 6 ib . —That as tha highest legal authorities proclaim ths undUputed right ef all Englishmen to possess anif use arms , ne _forthwith agree to provide ourselves with _, defensive arms at our own individual expense , and for the _protection of life and propurty , belie » iD _£ tbe bsms tt > be in strict confermity _witii the customs and laws ot our country , 7 'iJ _, " -Th « t W » sbaU bold _osrselves in _readiness to acB with the authorities iu anv case whon an attack is mads upon the _property or lives of the middle or _working classes , 8 'h , —That all meeting _* of the society Bball be public . Chabi . es Huberts , _Cbuirman ,
All persons desirous of being enrolled as members of ths _soclsty can d (> SO any Monday _evening from eight Until teu o ' elook , at the Seven Stars , Barker Gate , where every information can be ubtained , A report was delivered from the _Registration C'Hnmittee , after which the following resolution waa adopted : —* That tbe Election and Registration * . Committee shall consist of twenty _rnembera _; the fivot members of the Executive Committee , and fifteen persons elected at a publio meting to ba holden in the metropolis ; any member _ah-entins himself fron * three _eonsecutne meetings to be disfranchised , unless ho shall give a valid reason for so doing , ' The Convention then adjourned . WEDNESDAY . _Apbji
19-The Chairman ( Mr M'Grath ) read a letter , _giving an account of holding of large meetings at Macclesfield and Northampton , at which ) resolutions , in support ofthe Convention and the Charter , and _denunciatory of the Whigs and their Gagging Bill , had been unanimously adopted . TUB NATIONAL _ASSISBLY . Mr CocnnANH moved , ' That Ajrs ' _iiro be authorised to return a delegate to the ensuing National Assembly . ' Mr S ft irron second ed the motion , Ca-ried unanimously . TUB CHARTISB- _FfiTOTIOy .
Mr Clark reported from the- Committee whiebbad been appointed to inquire intoth _« number ot signatures to the monster petition * that they could not ascertain whether the number of signatures stated bythe Ilouse of Commons as- aiffissd to the petition , or the number Btated by those _wbawere entrusted * _witbt the getting up ofthe _petitioni , wss correct . ( Eear . t The only plan that could , be- , adopted to _assertaitt that would be tor the _Uouse-nf Commons to consent to the motion of F . Olfjonnop ; and appoint & select committee of inquiry . Iu _thsabaence ofthe petition it was impossible to _say . _r-n' w _& ioh side the error lay-They culd not form . any correct opinion on the subject . The committee _appointed by tbe _Cosvention consequently had declined _dwing up any report . POSTPONKME « _-SiOEVEIiaaU « 'SAL A _83 BUBIir .
Mr T . _Clarhs . said he haa o _^ _erved frora aa answer given hy . _- Sir _Gv ( Stfry , aa to a proposed precession of Mr _CJliarles Gboltcrane , oa Easter Monday , that it would be impossible , that any memorfc > t cot he-Queen or the governments , could be presented _r-ext week , In consequence ef' ike _Enster _rfC' s _^ and that the House of _Oommons-sionld aW be adje-arned . Ho thought , therefore , thai _itheyought to p & stpone the _meeting of the _National ! _^ _saenibly for a reek , when ministers would againitlfi in town , and parliament have _ref-urned its sittings . _Iletuereforaaioved chat the meetine of thei Rational Assembly should be postponed from the _2 S 4 b of ; April _untiiiMonda _^ tha _latofMay . The-motion ha « aff keen seconded , Mr _MinviKiB . _NSUftgasted tbat it wcsld bo as well that She dr . _lesak' _-sfooaa the country should come up and agitate London *
_ ... After some _oonweirsation , Mr _Wr 4 _&* ii . ** R said b . 9 was of opinion , tha * the _Conventioo _n might lay down _tJie _niannir _i-siwbfit-hjthe AsEeinbly . should _piesent the memoriak . ' Mr \ Ci , ar . _& t _& _evB _^* _^* _Coaveaiioa had no rijjafc ! to arrango _Tihe- _business for a _lars-ea-body . ' Mr _SniBSiiH . _considered that the , memorial . should 'be _presentseiiby a procession , andha would therefore move as aa , _amendment that _tljey should Bieet © a the 24 th _raeiavnt , in order to arrange the _fouxae ttt be pursued 1 , with regard to _s-achiftaocession . Mr _C-psanANB seconded - \ 3 . e amendment , as the I only _asguflSKat in _favour oi _the-saotic-n was , _thas Sic G . Gr * y wonld be out of _h-w \ .
Mr- _SaxMrxDS _snpp <> rt ©| i the motion for various reasouaj not because Sir Q , Grey would be- out of towB , but because ho thought they themselves could _, text week be better orapioyed in _rcoatM g their _varioua constituencies ,, and mutually exchanging i opii [ uou 8 . After _thospeovaien of _legislation _£ ir G-. ; Grey hadjust given , theia _, by which they weie liable i to transportation Kw _awaking their minds , they i should never mentiioa his name but with _eyecrarioa ,. _aithe C _^ _s'Lireashi O * 23 A 8—the Narv » _e _$ -of EntLmd . ( Cheers ) Hu _feuugbt that , thusu elected o : i tfood Friday sheuld _baae _' tinie to see whether , if _tiu-y used independent _le _^ uapo , the country were prepared to . go to any _exte-nt iu their supppr _^ _fctwausfC , if so , he would be _prseared to use any language he _misht _canaidef _notary , regardless c-f all _twn < _i-qnenqes , _eventhouskaesubjecfo _l binaelt to tran _« Mirtflti © n . for _seveiaTt-ars . or for life , hut he would not do so unless _fce ' _iad an assurance ? roa the people tnatthey would a ? port him to the last extremity .
p Mr Uraiuu but ported tlw jtraenoinent . lhey ouoW not to undo what had toon douo by tho whole _C- _^ eplion , _«« d he _thwdil it was time there should be no more la isi _** g , bu _* . ticy should set about ' " Mr CnrtD _suppo-isd the motion . Tiiey had to _sro -whether their countrymen would submit to live in misery or be bravo _enous-h to fight fpr _tlier rights . [ Ie _wrfs told _tlieie Wis another alternative , namely , tn be _transported . Now , ho dil not recommend Dfrhtiag _, but he would rsi _- . hei- be hung ov t » ur . _sporteii _ttmi starve * , if he found , h ' . wever , that ho wis not _SUjparUd I y _theoounliy _, he would not go forward . Mr _lUasM wished to ask if tLey had . _f-jstla io
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 22, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_22041848/page/3/
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