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THE NORTHERN STAR. _ , _—=fc.„. J^»
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JUST PUBLISH ED, T» EVOLUTION IN PAK1S. ^^aluU atom.t of li KevoU ti.-n in France, wntatw. g a to ^ ^ AM,_
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TRE NORTHERN STAR , SATPRBAT , MARCH 25 , 1848,
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THE PARIS PROLETARIANS. REFORM OR REVOLU...
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SHALL WE HAVE T HE CHARTER ? Let England...
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THE SWORD DRAWN. The usurpers and oppres...
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW. While the spirit o...
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The Session is getting towards faster. W...
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„£ •u Z Ir "~A ™e ti "6 of this district...
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RfiCiiXPTS a2T THE WA I'kQN&i* Isfc'Jii
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RECEIVED AT RANK. Bilston, from tho Hone...
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DEFENCE or MB o'COSSOIt'S SEAT IK V4BLUM...
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RECEIPTS OF NATIONAL CHAHTEB, ASSOCIATIO...
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_ £7 1 5 CVgU ' IftW-L'U FOR THB PnOSECl...
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FOB FROSECnilON OF BiEAfOBD MDBDEI1 CASE...
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IMPORTANT NOTICE. Each Branch Secretary ...
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Metropolitan Delegate Committee, March 2...
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&,u iUuOers oc aDoiTesuunoer rc, t We in last
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I^jg" We promised in our last a lull rep...
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C O RRE S PONDE N CE BETWEEN MESSRS. COC...
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Osborne's Hotel, Adelphi, 10th March , 1...
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The FRENcn Revolution.—A mo9t nHmerous a...
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The Northern Star. _ , _—=Fc.„. J^»
THE NORTHERN STAR . _ , _— = _fc . „ _. J _^»
Just Publish Ed, T» Evolution In Pak1s. ^^Aluu Atom.T Of Li Kevou Ti.-N In France, Wntatw. G A To ^ ^ Am,_
JUST PUBLISH ED , T » EVOLUTION IN PAK 1 S . _^^ _aluU _atom _. t of li _KevoU ti .-n in France , _wntatw . g a to _^ _^ AM _, _
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is Causes , _Inciuems _«»— " _—' fflo { Gmztlt and _, cation of L . _™* _M » li . p _^ _rll- v a BAMtlSTE * . _Prica trimnp hcftbe _PojMtar C-use . Windmill-Sixpence . So _** t _»» St « 0 _££ . _kw . cleave _Bhoestrtet , London ; _w , _- , _™" ' f * t . . _Manch ester , Abel , _Hey-^ . _^^ _SSSaShl _\ o . _n-d Country , to _^ t _'^ _JJLhould _beimmea . _Hte - 7 * _ent .
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— „ 1 IT ( 1 K FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq .. M . _P . _^ ° M _ARTR fnW W" Mends and the Chartist body T _^ ral T _*» t he h _»» _«•*¦«** { hc _^\ ce ° r \ j ! * ' fnhirfaHJenrth portrait of their _IUoitrious Chief _^ So _« in"Sc e _^ Prints . 1 . : coloured ditto , _26 . 6 d . to tbe _roiiomiij , i pEOpLE , s EDITI 0 N . To te had atthe Northern Stab office , 16 ,, Great "Wiiid-J _& treet , _Upmarket ; at the Office of the _liatumal l _„„ d Company , ' 144 . High _Ha'lioni ; Sweet , Goose Gate , _yo'Uc- 'TO ; _ileywood , Manchester , and all _bookseUers in the United Kingdom *
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TO TAILORS . By _approbxt-on cf Her Majesty Queen Victoria , and H . R . _H . Pr ince Albert , NOW READY , _mflB LONBON AND PARIS SPRWfl AND SUMMER . I _FISIROXS for lS _48 . bv Messrs BE . VIA . _UIN KfaM- . _™ _aC , X V _VRrt-street . KloomsbuTV-s _^ _wars , near _Oxfordtrlt _£ _**•« and l . _y O . BU _^ tR , _HolywelUtFOCL _fuperblycoWed PRIST . The « let _? rn « "" _-f _^* excels _snT _' _-brforepublished , _accewpaineawitutne _** west Style and _entr-v-fitHug Frock . Riding _'Bress , and _Sant-S _£ _cS _^ ei _x , _*; the most _fesfctanaWctlKSS _Wwrtooat _rAten . _a _^ J an _extra-fitting HiWl P _^** n of theTOTOt Sd mo t _^ _Want style offasfcfem . E « sy _yartwalsr part _CTlSS-d * method of _incrcstap and _dinumsMjs ' the _S _tiw » : _« fullv illustrated , manner _oivuttiag _^ dll _^ _ng up . and all « twr _iilftrmation _rejecting Style a rri Fashion . _Triee res . post tree Us _£ _faD andCo . ' s new fefcrtiifir _svstenw . f C _^ tin ? for _lS _^ dTwd will _smewedo-cvwrjihins '»*;* _» tan _* _J _S _^ conceived . AU the _PhKss are _numbere d and _lettered andon thc _scaleofEicHteenlneaes . _Vholesize 24 . before attempted , contain _^ t _^^^ f _^ _Sf *? _rt-Particulars , post free . Patent Measures , with full _^ _nlafatSn _sl the feu _SwB _^ t _Infficrtar , _fot-ascer-Sp _™ por tion and _dkproitfrtion , _illustrated with _S _aml price ; e . _VAXmtsrit , Measure ( all _regisHTed _^^ _ul-Loudon ; _Ld all Booksellers . Post office K " _? Za Post StampS , _'tdkvn _as . CaSh . Habits performed for the Trade . Busts for ¦ _fitttnp Coats on ; Boys _fi _.. Ws Foremen proyided . — _Instructions in cutting _l _Se . for all ki & U of Style and Fathion , which can be accomplished in an incredibly short true .
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CO _LLIYER'S COMMERCIAL COFFEE ! A 3 J _> CHOIHOUSE AND READING ROOMS , 266 $ , STRAND , J LG COLLITER returns his sincsre thanks to his Fr i _end and _theJHiblie at tape , for the fupport he r n _T receive i tt their hands dttriuc * e . last tea years , _™ l h _. _nes by strict .. Mention and civility , to merit a _^ _minulnce _^ f heir _. _tftronaRe . J . < - • also begs to state . _tnathHvius lately made _ntcasire alterations " » xvrownui ,. " : " his _premises , he is BOW tnabled to dffi . ru * _addit _" on _:. l cofcveiiienee \ rithout _* * it . -a _Chavge . * _rCMimercial _Coffteruom upstairs , with eyery facility for Travellers and _Visitors from the country . Ti e _nnnle is situated in the very heart uf the Metropolis ' in the _centred the Theatres , near the _M _. _ioiia land Office , and r » Wic _BaiMtup . Omnibuses p » m u > and from all the Railway _Status , to meet the Xrains . _' _^ sris _' to _" _-. 6 d . _P- _-,,-ht . Another charges « qual y moderate . SO "FEES 10 _SEU ANT * * * Phrase to observe -the -Address , COLLITER . » COFFEE HOUSE , 2 tcl , STRAND ( opposite the Angel Botel ) .
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TAXES ! TAKES ! _TAiUS ! This d _:. yis . publ _* . shed . price *' .. urr _* _nje . _ABUD-ET OF TWO TASES _ONLIM-A STAMP _TvX , with the _Lepacy Duty Equalised and extended . Real lr .. _; ,, rtv : a P , OPEltrY CAN , applied \ T % _Realised Pro _^ iy _. _^' a an Equitable Proportion on _^ London : Effingham _Wilson , Publisher , 11 , Royal _Exchange .
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T U r , r . Colli ' , _aTWK / . cr . s _certificate «> tho National Land Conn-any , eligible for ths Ballot . P j . _^ . if \ v letter ( pre-paid ) , to J . C _. atE . Scholey ' s , Slldcate , _Peterborough .
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NATIONAL LAND AND CHARTER « . HANDKERCHIEFS . Price-is . each , and may be sent by pest for 4 s . 4 _d . T HE above is a Rich Satin _Brusstls , for a mail s neck , _ thirty-five inches snuare , with tricoloured border and _jilain _' areen middle . , entirely c-mposed of the best China siih , soft shuts and warp . Alio the LADIES' IUKDH . EK . C 11 IE 1 " , _eighteen inches square _, price _: s . < d ., by _p-osf' s . U'd .. bc-uutifully _figured with the _Bose , Thistle , and Shamrock , forthe border , interspersed ¦ with _p-oups _i . f barleycorns iu themidd . ' e , with theCharter and Lav . d shield at _ex-ih corner , t e -whole surrounded oy a fringe of one and a . half inches ; this handkercbiei is _composed of fine Italian _fiik . Tile advertiser is a nine years * Chartist , and a Land member from the _commencement , who _respectully _solicits the support-of his brothers and sisters iu the « ause . . -ii .-N . _B . —To prerent an inferior or spunou ? article ocrig Offered to our Imdv , I _' iev can be had _ealy on application at tte Office « f the * _fc _' aiiviial L _~ nd Company , IH , High Solborc , London .
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TO TUE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . _Bsotuebs , —An set of magisterial tyranny- has _depvivjd our _awoeiutif . n of a place of meeting . Mr E . ogersha _' - _b-rendepriredof his license . I trust lie \ _rili _rec-yer it . It wou'd bs _disgraceful in the government or magistrates to punish him for onr acts . Tne Fraternal _Demccra _' s _fto not court persecution , _Jbtit they do not uar " J . We are ready to vindicate onr _rkhts in anv _s _^ _e . _ia . The German Society is also deprived of a place of TaePtili ;' . Up to this time , th 3 Council have bsen unable to _ibt-iin a hall for the _-aiial meetin ? on Monday next . -Should a suitable place be obtained we _wiil endeavour to apprise jou of it , by sending announcements to : _'ll ths Chirtist _lecaUiies . I summon , tits CmncU to assemble -it the _Northihs Star _ofiL-e , at half-past seven o ' clock , ou Thursday _evecins _ntrt . Every Councillor will exert himself to obtain -accurate information us to public places of meeting ; dimensions of halls , the nights they are disengaged , snd terms for meetings . Salutation and Fraternity , G . JcLIAS IJA 3 _SET . Satnrdav , March _^ th .
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HrDDERfTiELB . —A special general meeting ot tbe _disJr ' _ct will be he'd on -Sunday next , 26 th inst ., at Iff Joseph _Ibbe- _^ on _' _-s Temperance-hole ! , _Buxtonroad , at two o ' clock _p .-ni . to consider the propriety of sending a delegate to the forthcoming Convention , Busy . —A public meeting will be he'd in the Court Soom behind this Albion-Hotel , on Monday , the 27 : fc . ' f _° the purpose of _electing a _dele _^ _te to the _KatiGiiri ! _Convention , when ihe foilowin _^ _persvns -will a _£ dr ss the _ratretini : —Mr J ; : nies Leach , of "Manchester ; Mr Tatt < rsa !! , of Burnley ; and Mr BelU of Heywood . Ch _.-iir to be taken at seven o ' clock . A ' idgzst . —Mr B . _fCnshtoa wi ! l lecture at this place oa _bunday _, Mareh 2 %± , at six o clock in the _evening . E _^ ' : T » ir- —Mr _Cl-irk will attend a public meeting atthe a . hu ~ e _ulice . r . n _ifondav _evening next .
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GLOi-cErCP . it . —MrCiaik will attend a _publicraeetjn _? as _tu _^ P . b . _ive place , ua . Thursday evrniu _^ next . _Socrit _L-cr . _o ;; , - Chartist _JEald , 115 , Blackfriar * - roi'I . —A _b-inyfic , in _ruppijrtof the above spacious _buildirir , width is _entirelr _Jcepi open , for _Ch-ir'isf _purDf-s " _s , by . rfi ? exer * ion 5 ot a low working raeD , wiil be bed in _tti-3 _sbove _fiail , on . Monday , April 3 d . The _entertainraeiiiii provided wil ? _i- _' _kje . concert and baii , in addi _' -ion to which our br . vher . ar sic ter who may _h-. ve the _JT'Cd _forr-tsas to her ; d rhe poll on the _occasion , _« _- "'! be presented with a f _^ andt nine _coloured plate of _Fearsus O'Coanor , Esq ., ? . I . P .,-oaperbly framed _acd _glss _^ d ; _and-the brother or sister , the lowest on the poll , -wili be _pret . _eotftd with a beautiful inlaid tea-caddy . _1-aartist hails should be supported ; Democratsatton « L _» - _* i" ? e are _gratifctd £ . t learning that the Teetotal _Deniscrats bave resolve-id to hold meetings in this hall every Friday evening . This is a section of the Democracy that " has loLg _wanted a _rallying coiat .
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South Loxdo . y _Ceastht Hall , _—AInQ'Brien will _Jeciuiein the absve hall , on SunAa ? evening ; next ., ** V 5 areli 26 : h . at _eight o ' clock . . _Subject : — ' The "French _K-v _.-ilntion . A Public Mekti . nc- of the Co-operative L < _8 'ue _Tvlll take _P'ac-.- on Morjd _± j evening cexi " , iu the _Farlinedoii Ilall , Snow-hill ., at eight o'clock- , tc-takeinto _consideration r . _cr-sc of _magisterial oppression . - Sooth . L _^ _Da . v _CHiasasc Halt ,. —The members will mect . on Sunday lmrning , at _half _. pagfc ten . to organise fo ? the _forthcomiEg demonstration . The _yonng men & f London are _recuaated to meet os Sun-Say _morningxs half-past tec , to farm a Young Men ' s Ass ociation . _Whittingtos asd Cat . —A geaeral meeting of the Chartists of the . above locality wifi bo held on Sunday evening , at eight o ' clock preeisely .
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Siep . _vet _Gkses----A public _mee-iiag will be held en this spot on _Tuestay next , at three o ' clock in the afternoon precisely , to petition Parliament for the People's _Chatter . Messrs Julian Harney , Ernest Jonc ? _, and Vernon ore invited to attend , and _expsctcd fa address the meeting . Camberwell and _Walwobtk . —Nominations for the ' ensuing Convention : —Messrs' James Grassby , " William _C-. _ffij , and William Tapp . _FESiosviLte . —The branch feJd at the _Wiieatpheaf , Chapel-street , Fentonviiiev _3 _* ill meet on _Taesd iv _evenins next .
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Trades' Delegate _Meeiisg . —The third meeting of Trades * delegates will be held at the " tM' IEn » Old Bailey , on Thursday evening , March 30 _ik- at seven o ' clock to receive the report of the committee _affe" - mgthe depressed state of trade , and the nJi _' -ans to r « jwy tlw ? amo . _Everj trade _Kooistv in the m £ tro-0 ? bVT _^ T _- arl _- _wWed to appoint two _<^ 8 - Bv o ' J _^ J _^ _- bsi _? Sof the utmost importaL : ' « . # 7 _«? rder 0 f _tjjg _cQm _^ _iKee _, fi . Edwards , president .
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JU _| ST PUBLISHED , rBICE SIXPENCS _, I HO . XV-. OF " THE LABOURER , " - C 0 HTAIKINO 1 . The March of Freedom , a Foem , by Ernes Jones . 2 . Insurrection ofthe _WotkiDg Classes . . The Origin of Swiss Independence . 3 . Tno Poor Man's Lecal Manual , 4 . Tho Romance ofa People . 5 . The Wolf and the Church , a German legend with an English Moral . 6 _. National Literature , Russia ; being another black page in the history of Nicholas . 7 . Last Dying Speech and Confession of an _Ex-Kinff . 8 . The _Imprisoned . 9 . A Lessen to Tyrants . 10 . The Pirates' Prize . 11 . Literary _Rtview . tetters ( pre-paid ) to be addressed to the Editors , 16 Great Windmill Street , Haymarket , London . Orders received by nil agents for the " Northern Star and all booksellers in town and country .
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IMPORTANT PUBLIC MEETING .-l * he _* FRENCH SOCIAL REPUBLIC and MISREPRESENTATION of the " TIMES" _Newspaper . In consequence of the insane attack on _Social "« n , - r misrepresentation o _? f & e Times , in its leading aiaicle oi the l * Jth inst . respecting it , and the - _^ _bnous , human « , and _vrrtuous social _rero _' ation in France , I hereby osll a PUBLIC MEETING , to be beM in the Literary Institution , _Jehnstreet , TtfKenham Court Road , < _oa _FMSikY 2 ith inst ,, at _eight o _' _cleck precisely , when an ADDRESS to the PROVISIOA a"L ! trO _?* ERN MENT _« OF ! J ? PuA * rfCE will be proposed , and an explanation of English Socialism will be given , and the ignottTice of _thtj-wrlters in the Trass _and'Otlier jour rials frill be exposed _, _Idndon . ' March 17 . 1848 , ROBEHT . OWEN .
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T _^^ _O-i _^ CRE ALLOTMENTS AT LOWBANDS . The premium required for _tfiose allotments vr hichMr * 0 * Conrior is empowered to sell , is 50 / . each , _'to-cover all .
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LAND COMPANY . IMPORTANT . fnTepiytothe person who has purchased a four-acre allotment from Mr Dewhurst , I am _arrthoriseil by the Directors to state that the rales of the Land Company do not sanction a transfer of shares without the knowledge and concurrence of the Directors , and therefore * all _eurihbargains are void . T . _Ci-aIik , Secretary .
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THURSDAY , _Makch 23 . FROST . WILLIAMS , AND JONES . BOUSE OF COMMONS . —Mr _O'Coxsor has just given notice of the following motion for Thursday , the C : h of April : 'That a humble address t ) _3 presented to her Majesty , praying that her Majesty may ba graciously pleated to grant her H / _iyal pardon to John Frost , Z . phaniah _VTilliams , _rTilHam Jones , and all other nolitical offenders .
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THS OHiBTEB HID NO _ _SUEIENBE 1 UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE . VOTE BY BALLOT . NO PR O PERTY Q UALIFI C ATION ANNUAL PARLIAMENTS . PAYMENT OF MEMBERS . E Q U A L ELECTORAL DISTRI C T S
Tre Northern Star , Satprbat , March 25 , 1848,
TRE NORTHERN STAR , SATPRBAT , MARCH 25 , 1848 ,
The Paris Proletarians. Reform Or Revolu...
THE PARIS PROLETARIANS . REFORM OR REVOLUTION . The Proletarians of Paris have again earned for themselves the admiration and gratitude of the people of every land . The " three days" of February-saw them combat and conquer the spy and soldier-propped tyrant , who , less than ei ght and fort y hours before his utter overthrow , uttered the vaunt— "I am so safe in the saddle nothing can unseat me ! " Vain boast ' . The peop le rose in their might , and every damnable _engine of tyranny fell before them , A throneless _king proclaimed the weakness of despotism , and the omnipotence of Democracy .
AU Frenchmen are now Republicans , forthe Republic is an accomplished fact , which even Bugeaud and Soult , Thiers and Barrot , Berryer and Larochejacquelin accept , because nonacceptance just now would be rather awkward . But all professed Republicans are not Democrats . The bourgeoisie and political _intrigaers have no _liking for a practical realisation of " LIBERTY , EQUALITY ,
FRATERNITY . " Certain practical measures , intended to realise equality in the National Guard , excited the hostility of a portion of that force . This , however , was rather the pretext than the real reason for the menacing demon titration of the Guard on the loth inst . That demonstration was mainl y directed against Ledru-Rollin , on account of his circular to the _Revolutionary Commissioners .
That circular will be found at _length in our sixth page . Let our readers " Mark , learn , and inwardl y digest . it . " When they have done so , we doubt not that they will unite with us in declaring that circular necessary and praiseworthy - , honourable to the Minister who draw it up , because a _pledg-a of hi-- sincerity and devotion to the veritable people . In every department , in every city and locality , large or small , thane are swarms of corrupt villains , who oppressed the people , proscribed Republican _princi ples , and supported ihe overthrown tyrant , as long as he remained
atthe _luileries . Ihese -double-faced knaves , while hating- the Republic , have no objection to fill Republican offices . , although , if the chance offered , they would betray the Republic tomorrow to any royal rascal who would pay them for their treason . These scoundrels _Leilr-u Ilollin orders the Commissioners to turn out , and put honest men , sincere Republicans , into tbeir places ; and at the same time to enlighten the people preparatory to the coming elections . The intriguers , thereupon , raise a-cry of" dictatorshi p / , " reign of terror / ' & c , and ask " Is there no Charlotte Corday to assassinate 'Ledru-Rollin . " "
On the 37 th of March the peopfe rose in their _aioral mi ght , and , two hundred thousand strong , marched to tiie Hotel de Ville , to manifest their confidence ic the Government , and their determination to _uphold Ledru-Rollin . The bourgeoisie were taaght their littleness ; the intriguers were ] silesed ; the conspirators were confounded . Glory to the _Proletariaru-Jo f Paris , they have saved the Republic ] The work goes bravel y on . Germany is revolutionised from end to end . Princes ar * flying , thrones are perishing . Everywhere the oppressors of nations yield , or are overth rown . Reform or Revolution " is now the order of the day .
How long , Men of Great Britain and Ireland , How long wjji farry the damning stigma 01 being the only people in Europe who dare not will their freedom ? Patience 1 the ' hour is nigh ! From thc hilltops of Lancashire , from the voices of hundreds of thousands has ascended to Heaven the oath of union , and the rallying cry of conflict , -Englishmen and Irishmen have sworn , to have The CjiAUXErt and Repeal , or _YjysLa . Repubuqve ! "
Shall We Have T He Charter ? Let England...
SHALL WE HAVE T HE CHARTER ? Let England answer . On the 3 rd of April the Convention is to mr _, yr _^^^ y aujure the people not to kt it _sefpan _& e until ihe Charter is obtained , 'fhe delegates are now being elected . We trust , as _the number is so limited , the consti' -u enc _^ _- \_ be . i ar _„ e _and that mi ghty open . _^\ T demonstrations will be held for their ele ction— -not sneaking hole and corner meetings . . We trust that London will make the _meeting for the Election a demonstration on a ' . suitable senile , a foretaste of tbe national proct _^ _sion-. worth y of the Metropolis . It should , f or this purpose , be an open air meeting .
London r ind the coantry must be well organised ai id agitated between this and the IDES OF' APRIL . The Ides of March subverted a . despotism once—the Ides of April may do so yet , and < dire will be the _responsibility of : _tfcose men who dare to throw cold water on the fine _enthusiasm of the people . Miserable generals would those be who tell their-army they have no confidence in them , and . do not believe tbem capable of doing tbeir duty . We trust we have none such— to inspirit and to cheat on is the duty of every honest tman ; -no battle was ever won b y saying , — ' - I think I shall lose it 1 " We are happy to find the gallant men of the Tower Hamlets are active in tbe field .
God prosper them and every gallant heart Honour , too , to the heroes of the north , who are mustering their mi g hty p halanxes . We see proofs on every hand tbat the true spirit fires the hearts of the people . Let it not be cheeked or cramped . "Within tbe bounds of due discipline it must work ; but those bounds must not he drawn b y pusillanimity any more than hv rashness .
The Sword Drawn. The Usurpers And Oppres...
THE SWORD DRAWN . The usurpers and oppressors of these islands have determined to risk their last stake * They have commenced the _tfame of persecution in Ireland . Informations have been sworn , and warrants issued , against Meagher , Mitchel , and Smith O'Brien , IvI . P ,, for " sedition . " Good . The day is at hand when the people will issue warrants against Russell , Clarendon , and SomerviUe , " for hi gh crimes and misdemeanours / ' something worse than " sedition . " Oi course , in spite of such crawling wretches as John O'Connell , the people of Ireland will do their duty to the proscribed patriots . Englishmen , see that you do yours-They who permit oppress io n , sbaro the crime . ' "
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . While the spirit of Revolution is marching over Europe with giant strides , and ancient despotisms , that seemed framed to last for generations to come , _vanish—Lik' > tne basel- pk fabric at a vision , it is curious to mark the singularly tame , monotonous , and negative character of the proceedings in the British _Legislature . ' Whether it arises from the pre-oecupation ofthe minds of both Ministers arid members by the ast ounding events which crowd so fast ou the he , els of
eaeh other as iilmost to exhaust the faculty of wonder , and concentrate all _feelings in the _question , " What is to come next V or whether itis owing to tbe deliberate adoption of a ' cautious and prudent policy , which aims , in these exciting times , to add as little as possible to the excitement , and maintain , as far as in them lies , the status quo , we have not the means of _deciding . Perhaps it may arise from a combination of hoth * causes . One thing is quite certain , that there exist , in various sections of the population in this country , as many revolutionary elements ns are to be found
in any other country whatever , llie agricultural peasantry of England would be proud to change places , so far as the command of material comfort is concerned , with the rural labourers of Austria Proper . The revolution there , has not been that of hungry bellies , but of the middle and educated classes against the systematic re p ression of free thought and speech , by the veteran statesman and diplomatist who , at the close of a life , during which he has virtuall y ruled Europe by mean * of an elaborately constructed despotism , has been driven from power , and compelled to
witness the destruction or his handiwork as easily as if it had been a spider ' s cobweb . Our manufacturing population , and artizans generally , are little better off—if at all—than the tillers of the soil , with their nominally smaller wages . All the industrial classes , in fact , are ground to the dust by the _piessure of a false and injurious system of political economy , and an insane misapplication of our productive powers . The reason wh y the deep and general discontent , which prevails among them , does not break out in open revolt against a system which thus crushes and oppresses them , is , that thev havebeen educated by their political
leaders to a full appreciation or the means which tbe constitution of this country provides for securing their objects , whenever they themselves are sufficiently united and in earnest to make efficient use of them . Until then , they know , any mere sectional movement would he a failure . But the day is not far distant when the masses thus educated , and united by n common sense of wrong , as well as an enlightened perception that their interests are identical , will speak to the Government and " laissez faire'' Political Economists in a voice of thunder , and the Dagon set up by theie Philistines , will i \ Al as hel plessly as its prototype .
But it is in Ireland that the first rising against this _monstrwus state of thing's will take place . There all the injustice , the misery _, destitution , and desperation , engendered b y the system , have been full y developed and concentrated . Four millions out of eight are either perennially paupers , or in a state scarcely a degree removed from pauperism . The other half of the population feels the reaction of such a mass of destitution in a thousand injnrious ways . The moral and political atmosphere around is poisoned . Capital keeps aloof . . Skill is paraly sed—the labourer is . stricken by the curse of forced idleness , and the soil tlr . it would support ten times the number in comfort and prosperity , is doomed to artificial sterility . And for what , is till this ?
Why should so deep , so dark a doom rest over an Island which God has blessed with his choicest natural gifts ? Are the interests of a few landlords , or over-gorged mortgageeusurers , to weig h against tbe lives and happiness of a whole nation ? Heaven forbid Yet we do not see from what quarter emancipation and regeneration is to come , except from a resolute determination on the part of the people themselves , at all hazards , and at any cost , to throw off so grievous and oppressive a yoke . If we mistake not , that resolution bas been arrived at , and the leaders only want a fitting opportunity to show their determination in deeds .
From the English Legislature and Government they have nothing to hope . Not because there is any real or serious indisposition . to assist in improving the condition of Ireland , in Parliament , but simply because it is ignorant —utterly ignorant—of the means b y wliich that improvement is to be effected . Hence all attempts , with that view , are complete failures : —whether b y the lavish expenditure of millions to meet a famine crisis , or by feeble and futile measures to grapple with acknowledged abuses . - Such is the relation of Landlord and Tenant . The fact is , that those who make these crude and incoherent efforts have
no _con'oreiiensn-e or statesmanlike view ofthe real position and wants of Ireland , They aim at reconciling and maintaining two tilings totally _incoTnpatible—the continuance of the present territorial system in Ireland , and the comfort of the people . The first must be destroyed before the other can bo secured . Everything tfiathas transpired in the House of Commons , not only this week , but during _thisfsession , with reference to Ireland , has
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. rone to _demonstrate the utter incapacity of the British Legislature to deal effectually or beneficially with Irish subjects . That incapacity does not exhibit itself in one party alone , but in all . Their prejudices and interests all tend to mislead and blind them and if Ireland is ever to assume that position among nations , which her natural capacities entitle her to , it must be through the independent and unfettered exertions of her own people , aud tbeir freelv-chosen Representatives in an Irish Parliament . Eng land would gain immensely by that measure . The 30 , 000 soldiers we have now to maintain to garrison tbat ill-fated country , mig ht be disbanded . The cost ot the miserable mockery of Royalty which is now
maintained at Dublin , would be * ? cut off . f * _sav ings would accrue in a thousand ways from the Repeal of the Union , and the Irish people relieved from the oppression which now turns their blood to gall—from the obstructions wbich prevent the app lication of tbeir energies to . _internal impro vement—would betake themselves to those occupations which would rapidly give us , on the other side ofthe Channel , a nation of free , prosperous , and happy men , instead of an oppressed and down-trodden mass of paupers , whose wailings rise up to Heaven against our misgovernment , and tbe snectacle of whose misery secures for them the sympathy , fur us the hatred , of every other free country .
These observations may serve to show that , however calm on the surface matters may be with us ; there is an underground swell , which is hastening us on towards the breakers and rocks a-head . If we bad bold and skilful men at the helm , ' . the collision and the consequent loss mi g ht be averted , but , alas . ' we have onl y the Whigs ! Nobody else seems to be desirous of taking their p laces in these perilous times ; they know the fact , and with the arrogance , fatuity , and disregard ol public opinion , which ever characterises their conduct , when they haye the ball at their foot , they persist , night after nig ht in dragging Parliament through the mud and mire of a true Whig puddle .
The Session Is Getting Towards Faster. W...
The Session is getting towards _faster . What has been done ? Literally nothing . For nil practical purposes the business of Legislation has been brought to a stand-still . Everything ; in reality , has had to give way to the monster blunder ofthe Session—the Budget , which reminds us of nothing so much as the nitty repl y of the link boy to Pope , when he used his customary exclamation : — "God niend me ! " — "Mend you ! * ' retorted the urchin : — " We'd _wmiiftr make two new ' ene-. ' ' It is
beyond aU power of patching or cobbling ; the vices and defects of its original structure can never be removed , and it will remain to the end , with all the pains that may be bestowed upon it , another added to the many previous specimens of the financial botching which has ever distinguished the party . Every successive debate upon it brings forth a new blunder . At all points it is assailable , and _e- 'en its authors find it almost impossible to say a good word for it .. The most they urge in its favour amounts to this : —that a Budget of s _« . me kind or other must be passed . There is no
time to make another now , and so tbeir abortion must be voted as the only choice . Itis to be voted , not on account of its merits , but its dements . Its chief recommendation is its inequality , injustice , and oppressiveness . Because it has all these vices , it is urged that it will force us all the sooner to something better ! Such is a specimen ofthe apologies which Sir Charles Wood and Lord John offer in favour of this most unlucky of Budgets .
iheir whole time , and that of their under _, strappers , is taken up by apologising for its defects . Sometimes it is to confess to a substantial error , like asking too much Incometax—at another time—as on Monday lastthey plead guilty to a blunder of form , after they have proposed the wrong resolution , and elaborately justified themselves hy urging , for the _fiivt time , the Queen ' s prerogative , to preclude the House from dealing fairl y with the question .
In this course , as wen as in the determination to maintain an unnecessary large expenditure , we regret to say the House of Commons appears to be prepared to support Ministers . For Mr Hume ' s motion , that 38 , 000 men for the Navy be substituted for 43 : 000 , as moved hy Mr Ward on Monday ni ght , onl y 38 members voted , 347 members _jriving their vote for the larger number . In like manner the attempt to put a -check upon ministerial extravagance , and to compel a speedy revision of our whole system of taxation ,
by granting the Income Tax only for one year , was defeated hy a large majority . The inquiry whether we should have extraordinary taxes in a time of peace , or institute a searching inquiry to see whether our expenditure cannot be reduced , has never been entered upon in earnest by the House . That duty has , perhaps properly enough , been remitted to two committees ; but , in the meantime , why does the [ louse prejudge the question , and grant any votes , whatever , until the reports of these committees arft li ' pfore it ?
Let tins fact be borne in mind , whatever the Times may say about our poverty , the resources of the empire have not dried up . The money collected from the people has not been diminished—the sums paid into the Treasury have not decreased —on the contrary , they have increased ; but at the same time official _extravagance , ever growing , has engulfed them all , and cries for more . The Government has wantonly and profligatel y wasted the resources of the nation on all sorts of jobs . Year after year , as one person called for an increase in the Army—another in the Navy—another
proposed a Commission to inquire into this , and a fourth to _inijuirc into that—have these additions been made , and Commission after Commission been appointed , swelling up the Miscellaneous and Army and Navy Estimates , atthe rate of about S 00 : 000 / . a year ever since 1837 . Both Mr Gladstone and Sir J . Graham , confess to this tendency to extravagance on the part of all Governments . Mr Gladstone , while giving ; his qualified support to the present Government , said , " it was absolutely necessary , in consequence of this tendency , that the estimates should be _vigorousl y overhauled and cut down , every ten years or so . '' Sir J , Graham ,
on Monday night , repeated the statement . Without imputing any corrupt practices t » those in office , " There was , " be said , ' a desire on the part of the heads of _departments to have them in what they considered a high state of efficiency , regardless of expense , which rendered periodical supervision and reduction absolutely necessary ; " and he pointedly rebuked Mr Ward , who misrepresents the men of Sheffield , for the extravagant and pugnacious tone of his speech in introducing the Navy Estimates . Mr Hume , also , truly said that Mr Ward seemed to glory in his extravagance , and to be in love with the policy which led to an increase in the riMt . ional burdens .
I 5 oth legislators ami ministers had bettor beware in time . Let them look at France and be wise . Reduction of taxation—reduction of expenditure—abstinence from plundering tiie industrious _classes'for the benefit of the idlers , by means of legislation , must be honestl y set about by Parliament , if it means to avert similar consequences to those which followed a loiig course of financial extravagance in France , or a still more terrible effect of such _mismanagement—the permanent impoverishment and debasment of the people .
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„ _£ u Z Ir " ~ A _™ e " 6 of this district tonic place at tho _oflicc 2 , Little- _vale-place _. on Sundav mormn _. , March 10 th , ftlr Stallwood in the chair " ; _dtJriiiW ' _- _' 1119 _' _* be _takei * by _tws S tlVf _^ t- 9 S _- *? r t 0 Qbtain a 8 mai » y _sisnaturcs i ° _nSh , ! i _? ? _P ° a ( or _the _^ op le _'» Charter ns _FM «; . _^ W'Ption was then commenced for the allottees at O'Connorville , who had been deprived lOy aeatW of their cattle , when 2 _j . was collected . _wr f . _ E dwarda also handed in—for Registration Committee , 2 d , ; for & eneral Charti . it agitRtion , 2 d , mi hoberfc _, for registration , 3 d , Several sums were received for the Bank , and _haj and clothes olub , and tae _meetlngadjouvced ,
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Received At Rank. Bilston, From Tho Hone...
RECEIVED AT RANK . Bilston , from tho Honey Club at Mr Linney ' s 3 0 0 Preston , the _Proceeds of a Tea Party , tor the benefit of the parties balloted from Preston -. .- .. _^ 11 3 71 Ilaworth , the Woodland Lodge , Nol 95 , of tlio Grand _Uritecl Order of Odd Fellows i .. 10 0 0 Levlaiid . _Tfn _Iiidev _^ _'dent Order of Reclubites , ' Pri _. _icof the Village , ' Tent _N'o . 1 , 064 10 0 0 Birstal , Received from H Summerslull , _Pub-Scerctavy to the l . ittletowR ( near Leeds ) Branch of Land Company , _fv _> v Joshua . Stainthorp , Coal Miner , Birstul , near Leeds ,. .. .. 20 0 0 T . PiiicE , Manager .
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Receipts Of National Chahteb, Associatio...
RECEIPTS OF _NATIONAL _CHAHTEB , ASSOCIATION . Kirkaldy .. 0 2 0 Lambeth .. 0 2 0 J Jones _,. 0 0 6 Lour Sutton „ 0 2 0 J P _.-. shley „ 0 0 6 S Rebeck .. 0 0 6 II Pashley .. 0 0 G Minster Lovel , Lincoln .. OHO p r W Boss .. 2 10 0 Barrhead .. 0 17 0 Collected at m _? etr . n ,, 010 ings at " ohn-Friend .. 0 0 6 street ., 2 16 11
_ £7 1 5 Cvgu ' Iftw-L'U For Thb Pnosecl...
_ £ 7 1 5 CVgU ' _IftW-L'U FOR THB _PnOSECl'TION OP THE PR 0 PniET 0 E 3 OP TIIE MANCHHSTEH _EXAMiiMiU . Burslem .. .. .. 050
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FOB _FROSECnilON OF _BiEAfOBD MDBDEI 1 CASE . Edinburgh .. _« 0 12 13 C . BorLE , Secretary .
Important Notice. Each Branch Secretary ...
_IMPORTANT NOTICE . Each Branch Secretary of the National Land Company has received with the balance sheet , one of the usual quarterly return sheets ; but instead of returning thereon the payments for the quarter ending- March 25 th , 184 S , they must enter , alphabetically , the names of all members of their respective branches , ivithout reference to sections , with the total amount paid by each from the commencement of the C ' _omnciny "" til the 2 . 5 th
_lustiuit , distinguishing L'vnu Inmu tvoni tiie Expense Fund . Secretaries _reijuii-iiiir more paper than the sheet sent from the office , will provide themselves with it , and rule it similar to the printed sheet . Each return must set forth , in writing , that it is made out from the commencement to the 25 th inst . ' The Directors hope that each Secretary will promptly perform this duty , and that the returns will be sent as soon after the 2 oth of March as possible .
Metropolitan Delegate Committee, March 2...
Metropolitan Delegate Committee , March 23 od . —Mr Taylor in thu ciiair . Mr J ones gavo ia the report of hw _delegation to the Provisional Government of France - , _recuived with _th'uiUs . Mr M'Grath reported that the _sub-comiiiitfcee had _engaged ( he _Highbury Barn Tavern for a dinner on the _Jft-eseniiUiou of the National Petition : report received . The committee _ro-asserubled on Thursday evening , March 23-d . Proposed by McB » sseU , seconded by _MrAliiiuf _, 'Thatevery locality in London ho / da public meeting previous to the Presentation of the _National Petition , to adopt a petition to tlio House of Commons and also n requisition to their _representative in parliament , requesting him to support the niotiou of ftlr O'Connor for tha enactment of the People's Charter . Carried .
Nomination op ( Jandidatus prom the Localities . —Somers Town ; Child , FusseU , O'Hi g _^ _ins . —Oambonvell and Walworth ; Cuffiy , Grassby , Tapp . — _Westminster ; Grassby Milne , Cuffay . —City and Fins ' _xtry ; Tapp , Child , CufiAy . —Bermondsey : Bassett , Kydd , Tapp . —Pentonville ; Jones , West , Kydd . _—W-iUingion and Oat ; Drake , Cuu ' _ay , 0 _'Hti . 'gins . —Pewter Platter ; Tapp , Shaw . Cu ' r ' uy . —Globe and Frionda ; Shaw , Jonos , Child . -- Sir Walter Sott ; Jones , Illinr / swotth , Tapp . — Emtnott _Brigade - , Harney , Jones , Trebilcock . —South London ; Harney , Skelton , O'Brien . —Barley Mow ; Jones , Rider , Tapp . Tapp , 0 - , Juno ? , 5 ; Cufi ' _ivy _, 5 ; Kydd , 3 ; Child , 3 ; Ilin _^ _iRS , 2 ; Grassby , 2 ; Shaw , 2 ; Harney , 2 ; Fussed , 1 ; Milne , 1 ; Basset , 1 ; West , l ; Drake , 1 ; IUings _\ _vorth , 1 ; _Trebiluock , 1 ; O'Brien . 1 : Skelton . 1 .
iowEit Hamlets . —At a meeting of tho Agitation Coramittee , Mr Kirby in thecoair _, reports from the various localities were received on the _propriety of baying a benefit to pay the _expend attending the presentation of t / ie National Petition . A theatre lias been obtained for a ticket _b-juefiton Wednesday , April 5 ih : pit and box tickets only will bo Admitted' The _Agitation Committee of thc Tower Hamlets will meet at the Globe and Friends , Aiorgau-streat , Commercial-road , on Sunday afternoon , at half-past four o ' clock precisely . Sooin London _CnAKiisr Hall . —This looality has nominated Julian Harney , and _Mi'Ssis Skelton and _O'Brioi ) . as delegates of the Convention .
Nottingham . —A meeting ot tho mends of Mr O'Connor , will ba held at the Leopard , Derby-road , on Saturday evening , Chair to bo t » _lwn at seven o ' olock . —A public . meeting will be held in tho Guildhall , on Monday evening next , at seven o ' clock , for the _purple * , of electing a delegate to the National COuVetttiOB . , ___* _uwi
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I^Jg" We Promised In Our Last A Lull Rep...
I _^ _jg" promised our a lull report _^ f the all-important popular demonstration in Lane .- . ghire _, held on the 17 th , 18 thi and 19 th inst . t ' o carry out our promise we engaged a special _reporte r to supp ly lis with a verbatim account of all that was said and done . To our great mortification , the only pdrtion of the report received up to T hursday was Mr O'Connor's speech at the meeting in the Free Trade Hall . We were , therefore , thrown upon the Manchester papers as our onl y resource . — Ed . N . S . _ij _® - An overwhelming press of watter compels us t _» withhold several communications , ( some of them in type . ) We will _bn-iir up » 11 arrears next week _. The _Fbatern-al Democrats . —Monies received darine Julian Harney's absence from London will be acknowledged in our next . The _Brighton and other candidates will be elected at ntit Monday ' s meeting . Females may _snrn the iVationnl Petition . K . Kankine . —Next week . To Parties _seniuno Petitions . —The Directors particularly request that all Petitions be left open at both ends , and addr _js « ed as follows : — To feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., i H , High Holborn , Petition . London . Thsy also desire that no more Petitions be addressed to Mr Clark , as he is not yet a member c > f _Parliament , and that nothing more than the above address be written on the outside ot Petitions , as other matter renuerB theui liable to tbe charge of postage . T . Clabk , Cor . See .
C O Rre S Ponde N Ce Between Messrs. Coc...
C O RRE S PONDE N CE BETWEEN MESSRS . COCHRANE AND O'CONNOR . 40 , Leicester-square , "Wednesday Afternoon _half-pafet five-March 15 th , 1848 . Sir , * M y attention has just been drawn to a letter signed hy you , arid , inserted in the Northern Star , respecting the late intended public meeting' in _Trafalgar-s-qiiare , on Monday , the 6 th inst . After censuring my conduct , which you . are at perfect liberty to do , you proceed as follows : — lf Now , Old Guards , if you have confidence in me , after a « uatter of a century ' s struggle ) you will not allow the mischiefmaker , or the coward , and . therefore , the _bragirart , to mar our glorious objtct . " May I request the favour of your informing me at your early convenience if such terms are intended , directly or indirectly , to apply to me or my conduct . Awaiting your reply , I have the honour to be , Sir , Your obedient servant , Chaki . es . . Cochrane . To _Feargus O ' Connor , Esq ., MP ,
Osborne's Hotel, Adelphi, 10th March , 1...
Osborne ' s Hotel , _Adelphi , 10 th March , 1848 . Sir , In reply to your note of last evening , I beg to say that I never cover my sentiments in inuen ' dos . fi I had meant the terms referied to in your note to appl y to you I should have done so in such a way as would not require explanation to show my meaning . What had reference to you in my letter was plain and unmistakeable ; itwas a charge for not having discharged a duty which I thought , and think , was imperative , and if you had been in the habit of reading the Northern Star , you would find that in every case I name the parties referred to in my letters , and assume all the legal and personal responsibility . The terms , then , to which you refer , were not applied either direct ]} ' or indirectly to you , or any single individual , but rather to the general course pursued by many extravagant spoken cowards , who brought woe and desolation upon the poor , and discredit to their cause , in the years 1 S 3 Q and 1842 . 1 have the honour to remain , Your obedient Servant , Feargus O'Connor . " To Charles Cochrane , Esq .
The Frencn Revolution.—A Mo9t Nhmerous A...
The FRENcn Revolution . —A mo 9 t _nHmerous and enthusiastic wetting was held at the South London Chartist Hall , _BiaekfWars-road , on Monday evening , March 20 ; b , to _liesr a report from the delegatea who were recently deputed hy the Chartists of London , to wait on th-. ; provisional government of France , to congratulate tho French people on the triumphs of February , and the establishment ofa Republic . Mr Stallwood was unanimously _ca'led to the chair , < ind said they bad met for the purpose of _hearing a report from the _delegates who were recently deputed to Paris . lie had some very doleful , mournful news to gi _« e thera respecting the continent . Sure he was they would be much grieved to learn that thatmost excelient . exenipkry , _libertr-lovinff Prince ,
Metternich—( laughter)— had quitted the Ministry of Austria , not by his own will , but perforce of the people . ( Great cheering ) He had another piece of awful news-. The third edition of that evening ' s paper announced that that pious , wise , discreet , just , and humane friend of toe people , his most gracious Majesty , the Emperor of ail the Russia _* , was no more . Now , if this unfortunate news shonld prove true , why , those wicked Poles would rise again , and , perchance , they might follow the bad example of Franca , and proclaim Poland a Republic . ( Loud _hunter , and _choets ) As _regards England , he vecommended tbem to divide the cities , towns , boroughs , villages , and hamlets , into streets , _&? ., for tlio " _uuroose of visitimr every house to obtain si !* na _«
_tures to tke proposed National Petition ; thus making labour light by dividing it amongst them , _an-J at th- same time eliciting the opinion of every person iathc iand on the great question of the People ' s Charter —( loud cheers)—and by this means ensure such an expression ot public _feeling in its favour as shall ensure i's adoption . ( Great cheering . ) He had now muoh pleasure in introducing Mr _Erncsc Jones , one of the recent delegates to Paris , who on rbing was greeted wiih the most hearty and prolonged cheering . He _gav-. \ a vivid description of the .-eenes in Paris on the arrival ut' the _deputationiiiie _burucitss m : _WA _rtt ' . _eiidiiis ; the funeral cortege of the heroes y ho spilled their blo . ni for their country , at lbs _biirricaOc _;) , _duiiiig the three daya of February , and who \> c . _- v carried with so much honour te tho
column of July—thoir cordial reception by the _provisional government—the hiah and gratetul terms in wbich the French government , spoke of English Onanism and Chartists , ar : d _tiiey had evinced their . _incertiy by adopting tbo ' Chit-fur' for the election of the National Assembly . { Great cheering . ) lie described the fraternity and kindness ot sentiment existi !) ' : _between vhe citi ? s . si : 3 ot France and the _Guartista _i . f _England ; on _^ of tbe French leaders had gone so far as to say , ' Should oppression even drive ihe Enelish Chartists to war tiiat he would become an Euf ' iiah ' citizen for the nuuco and _tight withtlicui ' —( great applause)—refuted ths base slanders raised against that pure , _spotless patriot , Ledru-Rollin , and declared that those _charges were nothing more or less than an attempt at counter-revolution by the
moincd classes of r ranee , vliicu had been met hy ene working classes and true representatives of Paris , wbo had assembled two hundred thousand _strong , in defence of tbe provisional government , liberty , equality , and fraternity . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Air Johes resumed his seat amidst the most entliusisatie and _prcJonged cheering . Air Small moved a vote of thank to Messrs Ernest Jones , Julian Harney , and Philip _MGriith , the delegation to Paris , for their services iu having faithfully represented the English _Cuartists , which was seconded by Mr Side . The Chairman , previous to putting the question , _apol-gis _^ i for the absence of Mr Harney , and for Mr M'Grath . who waa present , but prevented from speakisg on _account of excessive hoarseness . The resolution was tbi . n adopted by acclamation , Mr Jones responded and moved a vote of thanks to the chairman , whieh was carried _unanimously , followed by thcee cheers ; tbe meeting was then declared _diiRnlvpd _.
_Buckihirn . — Oao of the most respectable crowded , and enthusiastic meetiugs ever held in Blackburn , took plate eu Monday evening , in the Theatre , Ainsworth-street . Mr Thomas Speatman being called to the chair opened tho _meeting in a speech replete with the fundamental doctrines of Democracy , and introduced W . P . Roberts , Esq . our esteemed advocate and representative , though no 6 M . P ., who was received with unbounded applausej He expressed tho great delight he experienced at meeting the working classes , and gave a general outline of the French Revolution , and referred to the National Petition as being probably kicked out of the nouieonce or twico rao _.-e _, but would ultimately kick itself in . Thc Land Scheme aud Land and Labour
Bank were next noticed . He declared hi 3 _intention to come again at tho next election and COQteat the borough , and retired amidst a burst of applause , which _conSiiiuev _) some time . Mr R Marsden proposed , and Mr Baker seconded , a resolution of congratulation to the French . Three cheers were given for tho _Charier , Mes 3 rs O'Connor , Ernest Jones , a'jd the Land Scheme , and a vote of thanks and three cheers to the chairman , and tho meeting quietly _separated . P . S . Tho meeting " , though _respectable . was attempted to ba put a stop to in a most shameful manner by those obliging gentlemen the police , who were kindly asked if they knew the cause of the Frenoh revolution : from this they Bneekingly took til © _lliat and retired , frustrated in their vile attempt
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 25, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_25031848/page/4/
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