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_SunCd _" rnhartist Procession and Meeting on Mon-* h « m _£ < r oftbe Xational Convention ; The Pro _gyr-Srfji _g _jjeetinir on Kennington Common ; The r _^ / T : n '' land & rtiSe * 5 . _^ kof ? ° > i e « rRns O'Coanor 1 M . P . _ l _^ _Z _® of the Xalional Guard , at Pans . _3 lecW > _vnftheAbD « Lacoraau-e . , „ _farff * 31 - _" _Nation Exhibition : _Iwht of the Cross . ' Sn _^^ i . t _< ant The Captive . By Fisher . 1 _& rion in Italy : Volunteers Leaving Borne ; the C _^ ffict _^ nrri S of St . Matthew , City-road . > sff ?\ _Sr _Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway ; _vancfle- _* _*^ _. _ „ __ . number ; Great Grimsby Jiff _Sfpfcnr _^ que Kuins of Thornton College . " _^\ _ti _™ i Foreign , and Colonial Intelligence ; and
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_* — " _^ JUST PUBLISHED , nt _tttIOS IS PARIS . A narrative of the recent R _* l , , Mi ti « n in Franca , containing a full account of 1 incidents , and"Effects _, together -with the _Abditj WBS- * . - Jhflivpe , _tna faUof Gnbot , and the cSnon 01 _popniar Cause , —By a Basmsteb . - Pries _jrisW" ° v _THSE . _vSi-AB OSce , 16 , Great Windmill £ SpeD i 7 . ndon- _TVatson , Paternoster-row ; Cleave , BhoeiBRl ' ' " _kolywell-nreet - , Manchester , Abel , Hey-1 _* V , _JS all booksellers In To- * mand Country , to * °° ' all orders should be immediately sent
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To voicb of the : people : T a SDPPLEME 5 T TO ALL NEWSPAPERS . - _TnVP'rt _* _K * _lV ? . eUj ' _' « " _^ _raP" 306 . stamped , Bt C EAKI _* _* I 0 HT ' _9 _' i _Pt-EET-STBEET , Commenting on the 2 _Jnd April , 1818 . . , _« _datm-aav , April 22 nd , uniform with * The Voice ASO , sa _tstnra » . £ f _^ p eopIes / lire RIGHTS OF INDUSTRY , Ko . 1 , - i . _fnnrinued Monthly . Price Threepence , unstamped . To be Son : Charles Knight , 90 , Fleet-street .
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IP so , send 0 » e _Snttuve and a Stamp to 0 . Y 7 IL _^ _gl _^ _W _^ LIS , 1 , Bell ' s Buildings , _ffesSr _^&« i Salisbury Square , London , US */ _£ _! - _—& _^ _S _^ tt and receive by return ( witbt _ W _fmir ) VlM \ ont fail ) BRANDE'S _EK-* _Np _^§^ 1 j _^ 3 | AMEL for filling the decaye d Hi ! _r _^ _ST ms _*§§ = _? spots . An instan t and _per-Hlk f / W \ _M Jf _^ Jj _maneut cure . Charged by \ fii _» _vJi " l / ly _^ _S- / Dentists ts . 6 d . Enough for _Xgyii & ig- — _-gg _ijWj !/ three Teetb . One Thousand _^ fflr _^^^ Boxes posted _vreeHy . Agents _^• _S _& gsSe _^ wanted .
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TO TAILORS . By approbation of Her Majesty Queen "Victoria , and S . R . H . Prince Albert , SOW BEADY , THE LOSDON AXD PARIS _SPRTNG AND SUMMER FASHIONS for 184 S , bv _Jfessrs BENJAMIN READ swi Co ., 12 , Eart-street , Bloomsbury-square , nearOxfordsti _^ tt , London ; and by G . _Besses , Holywell-street , Strand ; and all Booksellers , an exquisitely _execsted and _scperWy coloured PRINT . The elegance efthis Print excels 3 ny beforepnWished , accompanied with tbe Kesrest Style , and extra-fitrir _. g Frcck , Riding Dress , and _Hunting--Co-it Patterns ; the most fasMonaDle dress Waistcoat Pattern , and an extra-fitting Habit Pattern of > " he newest acd most elegant style of fashion . Every particular part explained ; method of increasing and diminishing the vrcole for any size folly illnstrated _, manner of Cutting and _liaVirsg np , and all other information respecting Style and Fashion . Price 10 s . post free lis . for
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COLLITER'S _COMMERCIAL COFFEE AXD CHOP _HOIT- ? E AND _BEADING ROOMS , SGSi _, STRAND . LGFDON . T COLLIVEH returns his sincere thanks to hi ? J . Priends and the Public at large , for the support he has _received at their hands during ihe last tea years , and hopes , by strict _tttention and civility , to merit a continuance of their patronage . 2 . C . also begs to state , tbat hating lately made _extensive alterations and im provtments in his _premises , he is now enabled to afford additional coEvenience ¦ without extra charge . A Commercial _Coffte-roomuj stairs , with everyfacility tor _TiOTt-J . ' ers and "Visitorsfrom the _CODDtry . Tie _Bonse is _siluated in the very heart of the 3 _fetropolU . in the centre of the Theatres , near the Xational land OSee . and Public Building ; . Omnibuses pass to and from ail the Railway _Stations , to meet the _grains , _ererv five _miuutes . Be ' d =, is . to is . 6 d . per nkht . All other charges equal y moderate . XO FEES 10 _SEETANTS
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POK 7 SA 1 T OF FEARGUS _O'CONKOR , Esq ., M . P ., _Tji _MABTiy informs bis friends and tbe Cnartistr / _ody A . generally , that he has recuced the price of his _hthoiirapbie _fall-lent'th portrait of their Illustrious Chief to tht following price : ~ _-Prints . Is ; coloured ditto , 2 s . Gd . A !* - *) a teaut ful lithographic portrait of _^* _. _DitOD _, a : e cf Manchester , now one of the Directors , by T . _iTania . Price—plain . Is ., coloured , 2 s . PEOPLE'S EDITION . Tobe had atthe Nobtheb . v Stak office , IS , Great _Wiiidnill- ; treet , Hayrnarfcet ; at the Office of the National Land Company , " J 44 , High Holborn ; Sweet , Goose Gate _NottisEbam ; Heywood , Manchester , and all booksellers Tl the tjnited Kingdom .
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THE LAND . rfO BE SOLD , the RIGHT of LOCATION , on Two i . Acres , one Rood , and twenty-eight Perches , at Minster _Lotel , the Advertiser ne > t being able to settle bis _affzh-z to _talse possession . For Particulars , apply ( postpaid ) to Samuel Poster , IWck , near Pershore , Worcestershire _^
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THE LAND _, rro BE SOLD , a POUR ACRE ALLOTMENT , on 1 the Snig _' s End Estate , which will shortly be ready for Location . Tbe above Estate is of the best quality of Land , and conveniently situated to several good Markets , vrith good Roads . Letters containing _t-srms , and enclosing postage Stamp , to he addressed T . 2 . ( care of John Kelly ) , 229 , _Deans-? _afe . Manchester .
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PEOPLE'S HATX , _iOVEDAY-STBEET , BIRMINGHAM . ¦ _JVIOTICE . —Atthe Adjourned Meeting of _Shareholders , 1 \ held in the Hail , on Wednesday , April St-, 1 S 4 S , the following resolution was _unanimously passed : — ' Resolved , That the Share Register Boot remain open for Paid up Shareholders only , to Sign , till May the _I"'th _, . - ¦ j as to eire those _Slaveholders who Co not rerids in _Birmingham an opportunity cf securing their Shares , and al ? o those Paid-up Shareholders Irving' in the town , who have not at present come forward . ' ...... All Partii S not _complying by tbe above date , vr ijlforieit their shares . The _Cctnuntfee will sit at tbe Hall , for _issmr-g Certificates , on Tuesday , Wednesday , and Thursday _evenings , from Eight till Ten o'Clock . None but S & areioluers will be allowed to take out shares , cv paring £ S Premium to the Society . By Order of the Committee , John _Nxwbodse , Sec . All Communications to be addressed for John _Newioose , l 0 , Court Hosiitil-Street , or Steelhouse-lane , _Birmingham .
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Alva _Weatees . —On Saturday , the _Zoin March , _Messrs W . and J . _Drysdale , Br . U Mills , Alva , gave notice id the weavers _emplojed in their factory that they ir . teiic ' _e' 5 to reduce tbeir wages fr < _-ni seventeen to iortyene per cent , on tbfi _TarioDS Mods ot gonds -manufactured by thtm . The weaver ? _^ of course , agreed not to submis to any such reduction -without a s ' _rui-gle . In order to enable _tlumselvea to cobt « id successfully against the proposal of the Messrs W . and J . _Drysdale . they _resolved to appeal to all _SPgaaed in the ¦ woollen trade in the district . A pubiie meeting of the operatives ot Alva _wa 3 held in consequence , and it was _unanimously agreed that the weavers employed in the _Messrs iirysdale ' s factory , should leave the said factory as soon as tieir webs
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. „ ,.. . -, .- : J . _US-T- "PU'BEiS ' _HB'D , " _tMCBSIMSHci , " HO . XVI . OF " THE LABOURER , " C 9 _NTBKTI _, _1 . The _MarseSlaitt and _Jfotirirpour laFatrie , trans . lated by Ernest Jones . 2 . Insurrections of the Tforirisg Classes . —Tho Hussites . 8 . The Poor Man ' g Legal _MaauaL-The Law of Riot . i . The Boy ' s Song . 5 . The Pirate ' s Prise . ( _Conduced . ) 6 . The Parting Guest . 7 . The Romance of a People . 8 . Oar Charter . 9 . The Healmonjrers—An Irish Sketch . 10 . The German Youth . Letters ( pre-paid ) to be addressed to the Editors , 16 3 _reat"ffindmill street , _Haymarket , London . Orders received by all agents forthe " Northern Star " nnd all booksellers in town snd country _.
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JUST PUBLISHES , ( FHHbrm with the " _Lxbobreb" Hagasine , ) m Price ei . ; l A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON SPADE HUSBANDRY , being tha results of four _yekrs' experience . Bl J . SlLtETT . ' _M'Rowan and Co ., is , Great _Vtaomai . street , London and may be bad of aU booksellers .
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_Ju 3 t Published , _price One Penny , A LETTER by _Fsisous O'Cohhox , Ess ., M . P ., 'TO THE RICH AND THB POOR ; To those who Live in Idleness Without Labour , and to those who are Willing to Labour but Compelled to Starve . ' Price 2 s . per 108 or 18 ? . per 1000 . C * | 17 rUT HAY BB DONE WITK THREE ACRES V f OP LAND ' Explained , in a Letter , by _Fbaeqcs _O'Cohkos , Esq ., If . P . To he bad atthe Office ofthe National Land Company lit , Hi gb Holbora .
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Now Ready , a New Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS To be had at the Northern . Slat- Office , 16 , Great Wind mill Street ; and of Abel Heywood- Manchester .
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Price 34 . ON MONDAY NEXT WILL BE PUBLISHED , ( Forming 32 large 8 vo . pages , ) A VERBATIM REPORT OF TllE PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION , Including full particulars of the Meeting at Kennington Common , and the proceedings of the People and the Government on this momentous subject . _fl-brf / ieni Star Office , Great Windmill-street ; J . Watson , Paternoster row , London ; Abel Heywood , Manchester ; and all Booksellers in Town and Country .
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PORTRAIT OF THE POPE . A portrait of the Reforming Pope , Pius IX ., has been engraved , and will be issued with an early number of the _Nokthekn Star . It has been copied from a wonderfully correct and much-admired statuette , and the engraving has been executed in the most finished style . Specimens will he in the hands of our agents next week , and due notice will be given of tke day on which the plate will be issued .
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THE OHABTEi . AKB _U SURRENDER UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE . VOTE BY BALLOT . NO PROPERTY QUALIFICATION ANNUAL PARLIAMENTS . PAYMENT OF MEMBERS . EQUAL ELECTORAL DISTRICTS
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IHE NORTHERN STAR , SATF / BDAY , APEIL 15 , 1 _& 8 .
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_PARLIAMENTARY _REVIEWS Ministers and Members have been at last frightened out of their inactivity , but , _uniortunately _, like all panic-stricken people , they have done exactly what they ought not to have done . Things were bad eneugh before , and they have made them worse . The People of England demanded the practical enjoyment of those Political Rights which the Constitution of this country guarantees , in the abtract , to all its Inhabitants _! Instead of listening to their demands , and showing ( if that be possible ) where they were unreasonable , or meir concession inexpedient or impracticable ,
the Government took a fit of terror , under " the influence of which they did their best to produce a civil war in this eountry ; and if the People and their Leaders had not been more enlightened , prudent , and loyal than their rulers , they would , undoubtedly , have succeeded . Lord John has been , on several occasions , led into serious scrapes by believing In the " raw head and bloody bones'' stories which are concocted by the remarkably- fertile imaginations of the romancists in Printing House Square ; but this time he has made the greatest blunder of all . Surely he will in
future act like the wise child , and dread the fire which has scorched Ms linger ends so severely . It may suit the purposes of the limes to deal in unfounded alarms , and to excite a war of classes , but his Lordship may rest assured , that the Minister who can be led by the nose by such councillors , is not far from being _ignominiously driven from office , amidst the universal execration and contempt of all parties . He and the Times talk as _though thty had achieved a victory on Monday . Another such will ruin them both . Their _Prowamation was disregarded . Their construction of
the law wns despised , and set at naught . The Working Classes asserted their right to meet and hold their Procession , and having done so , gave to the X _' pper and Middle Classes a proof of their wisdom , and respect for life and property , which , when the moment of excitement has passed away , will raise them and their leaders high in the estimation of those classes . Let us hope that it will prove the precursor to a cordial union between them ! That event
seems more likely now than it did last week . The excitement caused hy the limes , and the course which the Government , acting as its puppets , took with reference to the Demonstration of Monday , has caused tlie other classes to think and enquire . We do not fear the result ; a result wbich will be immensely hastened by the discussions which , in future , will take place on one phase or another of the popular demands , in the House of Commons . Yes I The Times and the Government have
given Chartism an immense impetus . Last week it was a tabooed question , carefully excluded from drawing rooms , parlours , and p olite circles . Now it is the theme of every tongue ,, in every class ef society ; and though at first there may be misstatements and mistakes , truth will in the end prevail . Last week it was almost hopeless to think of the question being discussed in Parliament . Now it has a night—a Government night—specially conceded by the Premier for its consideration ; and other
Members have intimated their intention to bring forward separate points of the Charter in detail . What does all this prove ? Why , that the seeds that have been so long sown and germinating in the bosom of the public , have , under the genial influence of the thunderstorm of Downing-street and Printing Housesquare _, suddenly shot up into life and strength ; and tbat , from henceforward , there will be no rest , bo retrogression , until the great principles of political equality are inscribed as law upon the Statute Book .
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Ministers are helping / _orwardtbis ., consummation in every possible shape . The new Treason and Sedition Sill , which they have _introduced under tne influence of fear , will prove a more effectual aid to the _progress of real political freedom , than any other course they
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could have adopted . Under pretence of being very Iemeni _/ they , in reality , propose a change in the law affecting sedition , which , if it should ever be enforced in th s country , would render existence in it intolerable . With one hand they offer a boon of no value _whatever—^ namely , the abolition of Capital ; Punishments in cases of constructive and other . wire-drawn _definitiens of treason , commutipg _thfese into
transportation for life . \ Vhile , with the other , they aim" one of the most insidious blows at the heart _of-British liberty , that ever wa & Jittempted by the worst administrations wW have _preceded them .. At present sedition is punishable with rine and imprisonment , One would imagine that these two penalties were quite severe enough for what is , at the best , but a vefy vague , conventional , and cameleon likeoffence- The difference between , "
sedition and " sound political opinions , '' we buspect , can only _. be accurately explained by the witty definition of the terms orthodoxy and heterodoxy . ¦ " Orthodoxy is my doxy , and heterodoxy is another man ' s doxy . " Anything which the ruling powers for tbe time may choose to construe . into sedition , is for thai time sedition , and at a period of panic , it is wonderful with what unanimity judges , counsels , and jurors , can discern dangerous and wicked meanings in the most innocent words .
But thc Whigs are not satisfied with mere fine and imprisonment . You may put an inconvenient writer or speaker in jail , and keep him there , but that does not silence ihim or destroy his influence . Through the medium of the Press , he can still speak to the minds and hearts of hia fellow men , and kindle those sentiments of love for liberty which no brute force can subdue or eradicate . Therefore the Whigs—the Whigs , be it remembered—the party whose watchword'has been , "Civil and
Religious Liberty all over the world "— " The freedom ofthe Press , like the air we breathe , if we have it not we die "—this very party proposed to substitute transportation for the punishments formerly inflicted for seditious offenders . The period of transportation to beat the discretion ofthe Judge , from seven up to the ' whole period ofthe offender ' s natural life In " short , they wished to declare that what has heretofore been a misdemeanour inlaw , shall in future be felony , and punished as such ! They went further—aware that such an atrocious
violation of all the fundamental principles of the Constitution would be met by one universal shout of execration , if they gave time to the country to express its opinions upon tbe Bill , they most indecently and unconstitutionally suspended the forms ofthe House , in order to hurry it , if possible , through several stages in one night , and thus inflict one of the most detestable and tyranniciil measures it is possible to conceive , upon the country , without its being able to resist it . But the ancient spirit of Englishmen—thank God I—is not dead . The men who can boast of being the descendants of
those who won the right of free speech and publication by heroic struggles and the shedding of their own blood , are not yet forgetful of what is due to so noble an ancestry . There yet remain among us some recollections of John Milton ' s glorious "Defence of the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing ; " and the consequence has been , that in spite of a slavish majority being found ready to back tbe Minister in this gross and unwarrantable attack on the liberties ofthe people , a small , but determined minority have so far prevented its becoming : law , and
compelled Lord John to give way to the extent that the obnoxious clauses , as to " open and advised speaking , '' shall only be temporarythat is , for three years , litis success should encourage the opponents of the Bill to persevere . The disgrace of such a measure being made a law , should not be inflicted on the country for a day or an hour . It is , as we know by sad experience , much easier to get a bad law passed , than to get rid of it afterwards , and therefore we counsel the most determined and unyielding hostility and opposition to it .
Meanwhile , whether it passes or not , the mere fact of its having been proposed , fills up the measure of Whig iniquity . It will not only powerfully accelerate their dismissal from power , but , in connexion with other deeds , stamp them for ever as the most deadly , as well as dastardly enemies of the rights and liberties of the people .
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_ _ZS ~ Now that Parliament haa assembled we rnust , as a general rule , exclndelengthy communications ' unless rep _» rts ( vied , written ) of very important meetings . Reporters , writers of letters , and Chartist and Land _sub-srerefarics _wilii therefore , oblige by making their communications aa brief as _poa _sible . We shall be glad it some of our _correspen _denta will try to improve tbeir writing ; and shal thank others , who might do so , to let us have their reports , & c , before Thursday .
PUBLIC MONIES , We request all Sub-secretaries , and other _persons who may have occasion to send public monies to theMetropolis _, to pay attention to the following direction * : — _Slonies for the understated purposes must be addressed as follows : — Payments for the Northern Star . Mr William Rider , 16 , Great Windmill . _gtreet , Hoymarket , London , _National J _* tnd and _labour Bank . ' The Manager of the National Land and Lab onr Benk , No . 493 , New Oxford Street , London . ' Rational Land Company , ' The Directors of tbe National Land Company , No 4 4 , High Holborn , London . ' Natiorial Charter Association . Mr Thomas Clark , No . 144 , High Holborn , London .
Central Registration and FZetlion Committee . 'Mr James Grassbj , No . 8 , Noah's Ark-court , Stangate , Lambeth , London . ' National Victim , and Widows and Orphans Fund . lir John Simpson , Elm Cottage , Waterloo-street , _Camberwell , London . ' For Mrs W . Jones . Mr John Simpson , Elm Cottage , Waterloo-street , _CamberirelJ , _Locdon . ' Metropolitan Chartist Ball . Air— . Tapp . No ., hi , Finsbnry Market , London , ' Defence of Mr . O'Connor ' s Seat in Parliament . ' Mr Thomas Clark , No . Hi , _High _Holbarn , London . '
Prosecution of the Manchester Examiner . ' Mr Thomas Claris , . , High Holborn , Loudon . ' The Sleaford Case . 1 Mr Thomas Clark , No . 144 , High Holborn , London . The Fraternal Democrats . ' a , Julian Harney , No . 16 , Great Windmill-street Haymarket , London . ' United Trades' Association . Mr Barratt , No . 11 , Tottenham Court Bond , London . ' ¦ _ggr Monies sent con _t rary to the above directions will not be acknowledged . V Private letters intended for Mr O'Connor , and sent to this ( ffice , must be marked _'^ _"T * f : Correspondents are requested not to trouble M O'Connor with letters , reports , & c , intended tor the Stab : nor with any letters that should be
addressed as set forth above . J . MooBBorjSE . —Four members holding the same number of shares can avail themselves of one ticket . Family ticket made right . Mr C . Conkob , Ludlow .-Received , Mr Gabkett , Ktighley . —We will pay carriage . W . _Caow . —Not room . To tbe _Cbabtistb or Makchestbb . —Brother Chartists , —My explanation to yonr question in the Nobthebn Stab of last Saturday werir , is , that I have neither received Hor heard of your secretary ' s letter nntil Sua . day last It appears that yoursecretary , Mr OrmerBher , did duly forward your invitation to me , and directed it to the care of Mr Wm . Brook , Leeds , according to my request , hut It did not reach ineorr should have attended at Manchester _, lam , yours truly , 45 , Adelaide-street Bradford . Geo . White . E . K ., Derby . —We know nothing ofthe report you speak 06
Holbeooe Mook, Debbyshire.— A Camp Meeti...
Holbeooe Mook , Debbyshire . — A camp meeting was held , at which Mr George Harrison delivered an address to 4 , 000 people there assembled . On Monday , the lOtb , a meeting by adjournment was held in Belper Market-place , at wbich Mr Harrison addressed the middle and working classes oa the present and future prospect of- the people , to an audience of from 3 , 000 to 4 , 000 people , at which resolutions in support oi' the _Convention were adopted . . BwsToir . —Large meetings bave been held here irst _support of the Nsxtiqrial _Convention
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IRtSH _DEMOCRATIC CONFEDERATION . This -body has held crowded and enthusiastic meetings on Sunday and everyevening during the past week . On Sunday evening the following resolution was adopted : _ < That t „ i . _raeeting consider it the duty of every person to attend the . meeting at Kennington Common on Monday ; and also recommend all good and true men to do the same for tho attainment of their just and inalienable rights . ' The following resolution was also unanimously adopted _, together with a resolution , that—' The secretary should send _s copy of the same to Alderman Thompson . ' ' That the speech of Alderman Thompson in
the House of Commons , relative to the tea party held in this room on the 10 th instant , itatime _offakehood and slander against the honourable ¦ Member for Nottingham ,-furthermore , this meeting is of opinion that the respectable spy , as stated by the worthy alderman , who attended our meeting on Monday , was . no less a personage than thc worthy alderman himself ; nor will we believe otherwise , unless the honourable and worth y alderman contradicts this statement . This meetingis also anxious to acquaint the worthy alderman that it is the intention of the committee to apply to him , on a future day , to aid in
us procuring the Guildhall , to discuss with the worthy alderman the principles of the People ' s Charter Mr . Clancy , as chairman of the meeting on _Monday _^ _ppealed to the meeting against this vile attempt at falsehood ; he hoped their president would Jay it before a proper tribunal . Mr . C . then proceeded at great length to urge the propriety of going to Kennington Common on Monday * and was followed by Messrs . M'Carthy , Smythe , Williams , Sharp , Joyce , & c . Messrs . Clancy , _WiHiams , and Sharp were then placed in nomination to fill up any vacancy that might occur . Mr . Clancy was declared duly elected .
On Tuesday ni ght a numerous meeting look place without a single notice being given ; at eight o'clock the room was filled , Mr . Joyce in the chair . Mr . _llezer read Mr . Smith _O'Bren ' s speech in the house . The following resolution was put from the chair and unanimously adopted : —' That in the opinion of this meeting tbe Whigs are determined to uphold at all hazards their old system of misrule , oppression , and wrong , and it is therefore the duty of all lovers of liberty to thiuk ! think ! think ! and silently ask themselves , how long shall such things be ? ' Mr . M'Carthy , in a very able and eloquent speech addressed the meeting . Mr . Clancy followed . The gagging bill , perhaps , would be law to-morrow ; he would give her Majesty the same advice as tbe Prince
of Wales gave to his father George III .: ' Sir , ' said he , ' I could have saved your American colonies for a shilling ! ' ' How ? ' said his majesty . « I would have bought a rope , ' said the prince , ' and have hanged Lord Bute and Lord North ; and thus wouid I have saved your colonies . ' Mr . Bezer followed in good style . Mr . Smythe moved the following resolution , which was unanimously adopted : —' That this meeting views with feelings of indignation the * gagging' bill of the Whig ministry , and solemnly protest against this bill becoming the law in this _countrv , '
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. i BUT ? FAXIT Y Ol ? THE POLICE . TO THK EDITOR OP THB NOBTHEBN STAB . Mr Editor , —Having betn on the Lambeth aide of the water on Monday last , On _rtithtV particular _CuainBSB which was of the grcateat importance to me , and notfor a moment supposing that , as a peaceful subject , I would not be allowed to _paBs over Westminster-bridge to my plfloa of _residtnciv-but such was ths fact—I need scarcely soy that I was a & _tonished to find that even by remonstrance , and . giving a knowledge of my business , when I endeavoured to urge the necessity of my passing , us I was limited fo time , and my return to tbo » time waa of thc utmost consequence , AH tbis was to no _pnrpoaoi One policeman Baid , Go to the other bridges , ' I _replied , I am given to understand they are all _BtopFe-3 . ' He replied — ' Go about jour _buglneBJ ,
jou cannotpasB here , and that ' s enough . ' _Bosidta all thi » , being pushed and shored from one to the other _, with the most infamous epithets possible to be vomited from tbe lips of any human being , I Bay , sir , that this is most provoking to a citizen to he interfered nan t > j these m « n—men whom we hare to payout of our bard earnings . Well , when I was about to leave this formid able array , what did I see ! One of them whom I took to be a sergeant , gave tbe word of command to disperse the mob , and bear in mind this waa no mob , but a great collection of people , in consequence of ihe stoppage of the bridge . Well , I say , these men ran forward and made use of their weapons , and , as a matter of course , whoever got the weight of one of them , went down . There eonld not be les ** than from twelve to Bixtetn innocent men treated in thii way , and amongst them was one poor old man . I shall never
forget it , he was lifted up and _carried owny without his hat . I then made my way to the _Suspension-brldge , and on arriving - there , I , ound another body of poli ; e and where , after considerable difficulty , I , in _compjoy with others , effected a passage over , and made the best of my way home . Bot , sir , this is not all ; in the evening I W ' . _nt out to look around m » , and _jroing down Cbatingcross , I orerhi ard a ' gentleman , ' who , from his appearance , I took to be one of _Jthe commissioners—at all events , an _fcificer of soma rank , say— " IPs a great pity JOU can't get hold of a dozen of the leaders of this rabble , and split tbeir heads open , and thai would frighten tha others . ' Policeman , 'That's what we want , but I am sorry to say we csn ' t get an opportunity—wo can ' t get a pita for making the attack . ' In this strain they continued , while I remained Within their bearing . I bave the honour f o remain , Bir ,
Tour very obedient humble servant , John Storoeom 52 , _Devonshire . _street _Queen-equare , April 12 , 1848
Tbe Cbaiitists. To Thb Editott Or Tub No...
TBE _CBAIITISTS . TO THB EDITOtt or TUB NOBTHEBN STAB . Sib , —I have been , liko many others for a loDg time , labouring under a great mistake as to the real demands of the Chartists .. I have been led to understand that tbe Chartists gemrally consisted of men who were too idle to worH , and therefore undeserving—ignorant , and no ! woith listening to—and delighting in the disturbing of the peace of well-disposed parsons . These exparte Statements , ereated prejudices , and being supported by the press , induced me to conceive a bad opinion of them ; but of late more notice than usual having heen taken of their proceedings , I resolved upan attending a meeting , at the National Hall , where I heard Mr Skelton and others speak to an assembly , widely differing from the descriptions I had before received ; and having perused several numbers of the Nobthebn Stab , my eyes wcre
opened still wider as to what the Chartists really were ; and now it is that I sec the justice of their demands , and the error that I , as well as others , have heen In _laneiuurloelfinjrat _* , or thinking of , the Identical source from whence the calamitoUB state in which tho working _classeB of Great Britain are , arises ; being a _misrepre . _sentation of the people in Parliament , owing to the _candidates and elertorB coming under the bead 0 f ' Property Qualification , ' and consequently tbe government oi this realm being confined to them alone . And whiletbe people ( I moan the working classes ) have no representative in Parliament , it is clearly evident that their national , wants and privileges will be unattended to , and their whole interest and benefit passed over in profound silence . I subscribe mypelf to be , one who will support their cause to the very death . The Lion ' s Whelp .
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.—A District Delegate...
Newcastle-upon-Tyne . —A district delegate meeting of the National Chatter Association will be held on Sunday , April 16 th , at the Patent Slip House , Jarrow , at two o'clock in the afternoon . N . B . —The secretary begs to apologise for the error in last week's Stab ., on the above matter , but begs testate that he cannot properly account how the error occurred . Oxdham . —Ob _^ Sunday ( to-morrow ) , Mr George Archdeacon , an Irish Confederate , will lecture in the _forking Man's Hall , Subject : 'The best means of obtaiainc political freedom for the people of both England and Ireland . ' Hmwood . —A diBtrictdelegate meeting will be held in tho Chartist room , Hartley-street , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at eleven o ' clock , am ., when the following localities are requested to send delegates : —Bury , Bacup , RossendaJe ,. Rochdale , and Radcliffe .
_Macclbsfield . —' Li berty , Equality , and Fraternity . '—An important demonstration took place on the _Paraonase-green , on Saturday evening the 1 st of April . About ten thousand persona were present . Resolutions for tho combination of Englishmen and Irishmen to obtain Repeal , and the Charter wero carried amidst the utmost enthusiasm . An address of congratulation was adopted to the French people , and a delegate appointed to ths National Convention . The principal speakers wero Messrs Leach , _Treanor , and West , of Macclesfield , Pkestos . — One of the most enthusiastic meetings that waa ever held in this town , took place ia the Temperance Hall , on Monday night last , Apr » 10 th . Mr Livendlehurat in ( the chair . Resolutions m support oi the Convention , and denouncing tha tyrannical conduct of th & government , were unanimously adopted .
... .. _WAifOHEaraE . —Mr _Finsgan will deliver a lecture in the People ' s Institute , on Sunday , April 10 th . Chair to be taken at sis _oWock , _p-. m . _LBioaaiBtu-AUBbarehoWerBottbe No . 1 branch are le _^ _UGBtfltito pa ? thefr local and general expenses . The , secretaries will sit next week , from seven till _nip . e , every night . ,. , ,. Lest * . —In conformity wiibthe recommendation of the Convention sitting in London , » meeting ot several thousands waa held at noon on Monday , m . tie _Baiaar .
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Tower Hamlms.—This Perseverine Locality ...
Tower _Hamlms . —This _perseverine locality _oaa held two _monBter meetings in furtherance of the cause , viz ., on Sunday afternoon ( ! in _Bishop Bonner ' s Fields , Victoria Park . II . Mander May was called on to preside , amidst theenthu 8 ia 8 tic plaudits ofthe _dVnso mas 3 who congregated . Addresses were delivered by Ernest _Jodos , J . Savage , R . Drake , and & Grenadier Guardsman , which were cheered . Also on Tuesday afternoon , on Stepney Green , where 'here could not have been less than 7000 to 8 . 000 persons present . The talented and patriotic II . Mander May presided . This gentleman is highly esteemed in this district . Addresses were delivered by Ernest Jones , _Fussell , William-sand Kirby . Mr Jones and Mr May were cheered as they left the meeting , which quietly separated . There is to be a monster meethui held on Sunday afternoon , at three o ' clock , en Bishop BonEer ' _s Fields * , Victoria Parle , which will be addressed by Ernest Jones , G . W . M . Reynolds , and II . Mander May ,
Babnslbt , April loth . —One of the largest meet _, _ings that erer _toi-k p lace in this town was he'd this day , when a resolution waa adopted to support the Convention , and _C'lidemnatorr of _govomiaent _intcrforenooMith the demonstration wbich was to acoompany tte people ' s petition to _Parliasinnt . The meeting was ono of the most spirited that was ever held in Barnsley . The people manifested a deter * initiation to have the Cbarter at all hazards . The resolutions were supported by Michael Seagrave , John I . eary , Robert _Gnrbutt _, and Bane Gill . John
Shaw ( tbe chairman , ) was elecled delegate to serve in the Convention , Bhould government seize the present delegate . Kendal - » A meeting to petition Parliament for the People ' s Charter-was held recently at thia place , in tho Odd-Fellows' Hall . The metting waa crowded to excess , and tbe greatest order and attention was paid to the differert speakers . The people seemed fully impressed with tho value and importance o * gaining their rights . The petition waa _uniinimously adopted . Mr Lund was then choaen delegate to the approaching convention in London , f or this district .
_thou-Wtosmbk . —On the 5 th instant we held a Chartist meeting in tbe centre of thia _tnwn—estimated numbers 1 , 000—which ensidcringthe amount of the population was a famous i / _achering . The meeting was addressed by Mr C . Bdwell _, delegate from Bath ; and W . P . Gaskill , Esq , of Lane-end , near _TiVycoQibo . After the meeting we adjourned to the Temperance & _ff-e-bonse , and there and then formed a Chartist Association . Chartism is wonderfully spreading in this neighbourhood . MAN 1 _FSSXO OF . THE _lElCEStER MfcMjJBRS OF JHE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . In necessary things , unity ; in nan -essentials , liberty' in ali things , charity .
• We , the j nernber _3 of the Association , in _pablic meeting assembled , wish to make known onr conviction that ( he time has now arrived when the real friends of retorm of all _classes must unite for the political and social redemption of our heloved land . The yarious expedients resorted toby the different shades ei reformers having all signally failed to procure that happinessfor whioh they were in tended , it now becomes all classes to unite with the millions to obtain the enactment of ' the Chart- r' as the Jaw of the land , which will secure ' the rights of labour , ' and thus render the nation ' happy , prosperous , and free . ' We offer no apology for the past , although many , and very grievous epithets bave been applied to us , such as ' destructives , levellers , ' and the like , bnt wbich we throw back with contempt upon those vile slanderers—the Press : whose interest has been to keep their readers in perfect _it _>* a < ttatiC 8 of the moral worth and virtue which does and has existed among this class of genuine reformers . ¦
But although we offer no ar . olo ? y forthe genuine ' Chartists , ' yet we are not ignorant of the enormities of some of its professed friends ; and in order to convince the publio that we are the real friends of' peace , law , and order , ' and have for our motto and practice , the following beautiful sentiment , ' Liber *}* , _Equality , and Fraternity , ' we deem it right to make known the line of policy by which wo shall in future be governed , 1 st . We are determined to agitate by all legal meanB to make the Cbarter the law of tbe land . 2 nd . That we will not be deterred from this righteous pursuit hy any grade of reformers , _unless they are capable of convincing us tbat some addition can be made to our Charter by the adoption of a Land or Labour scheme , superior ( o one propounded and carried ont by Feargus O'Connor .
3 rd . That we cannot afford to rnrt with onr leaders —Duncombe , O ' Connor , and oihers , unless men better qualified for such an _impcrtant trust can be shown to os . 4 th . That we are quite aura the ' nation ' s weal' has been deferred by all grades of politicians in thoir sectional and desultory n ovementa ; and we now declare , that we will not hold ourselves responsible for the acts of individuals , or _sections of ' _individuals , who go contrary to the rules of Iho Chartist body ; and tbat any individual or section acting contrary to the CODEtitilt'on , will be discountenanced . 5 h . That we aro willing to fraternise with all classes of the community upon the pieceding conditions , on the broad principle of tho ' rights of man , ' recognising only intellectu . il sluil and moral worth as the true distinctions for public men , without respect ta grade or station .
Gth . Tbat shouM an union take place on the above conditioES , we will at once admit in onr councils an equitable number of the property classes to share with the industrious in the regulation of our future movements ' . or the _pclifical and social emancipation of our couniry . Thos . _Bekdham . Chairman . Wm . _B-unawoBTU , Secretary . National Charter Association Room , Hill-street , Leicester , March 27 , 1818 . MESSRS MITCHEL , O ' _SMEN , AND MEAGHBR . Barnsley . —In accordance with a previous an nouncement by placard , ft public camp meeting took place in this I _o- _^ n on _Barebones , at two o ' clock on Sunday week , ior the purpose of adopting an address to the above _distinguished patriots , whom the Whig government are about to prosecute . A few
_minutes after the appointed time taere couid not be less than seven th _usand persons present . Mr John Shaw , an English Chartist , was called to preside . He said ho felt a degree of satisfaction , which he never experienced on any former occasion , to see before him such a _maesof Englishmen and Irishmen determined to battle _] _against their common enf _miesthe Whig government— who trampled on the sacred rights and " privilege 8 of the peoplo of England , Ireland , and Scotland . He never entertained any of those national or religious prejudices _aaainst his fellow-man , "hich had nptothe present time militated against the interest ofthe people ; his opinion was , that when an injury was done to any person , the whole people should consider themselves injured , and aot accordingly . —Mr F . Mirfield , an English
Chartist , proposed ibe first resolution , as follows !—'That this meeting hail with delight , _tbefraternisa . tionof the democracy of this country with the Irish people , who have for centuries been kept divided by crafty tyrants and byp _* -critical knaves , in order to forward their own bane purpose ; tbat we believe the only effectual means to accomplish the liberties of Great Britain and Ireland , is by a determined effort on tbe part of the people of those countries , whofe interests are identical to combine together , and take their affairs into their own hands . This meeting therefore pledges itself to use Us utmost endeavours to create a friendly feeling between the people of England , Ireland , and Scotland , with a view to obtain England for the Ehslisb . Scotland for tbe Scotob , and
Ireland for the Irish . ' He delivered an excellent address , in the course of which ha stated " that _^ if the Whig government tried to carry their threats into operaiion , tbo Chartbts would oppose th » m to a man . —Mr M . _Segrave , an Irish Chartist , Beoondtd the _resolution . In the course of his speech he proved that the people of both countries had one common enemy to contend with—namely , the descendants of the Norman brigands , who plundered the Saxons ot their natural inheritance—the land ; and then invaded Ireland , which tbey _likwise pillaged . It was they who had sown the seed of discord , and created prejudices in the minds of Englishmen and Irishmen against each other , by adopting the tyrant ' s motto of— ' Divide and Conquer . ' At this stage of the proceedings the rain began io fall in torrent !* , and loud bursts of
with occasional flashes of lightning thunder . It was accordingly suggested that the meeting adjourn , when more than a thousand voices thundered forth— _< That if all the rain in the Heavens should fall , they would notseparateuntil the proceedings were finished . ' —Mr B . Gill , an English Chartist , delivered a very eloquent _address in support of the resolution , which was carried by acclamation . —MrT . Bates , an English Chartist , proposed the second reso * lution as follows : — ¦ Tbat this meeting feel highly indignant at the conduct of the tyrannical "Whig government , who have ever manifested a desire to crush the _growing spirit of liberty , by arresting the principal leaders _otjthe Irish people , and by that naeana hope to perpetuate their hateful tyranny and _misgovemment throughout the United Kingdom . Re-Bolved , _therefore , ' That we adopt an address to these brave patriots , in order to testify to them that we fully appreciate their noble conduct f and we hereby
pledge ourselves to assist our Irish brethren by every possible means in our power , to accomplish their independence , and at tbe same time effect onr own liberty , Tbo above resolution was eeconed by Mr R . Garbutt , and ably supported by Mr P . Mooney , an ex-Repeal Warden , hut now a member of the Irish Democratic Defederation . The resolution was put from the chair , carried unanimously . —The address _vraaread by Mr Mi Flannigan , and was seconded by Mr _O'Leary , and supported by Mr P . Hoey , all Irish _Dtmoosats , and carried by acclamation . —Each speaker addressed the meeting at considerable length , and waa loudly cheered . . At the conclusion of tho proceedings , which lasted two hours and twenty minutes , every one present was drenched to the skin . Never was there such a spirit of determination manifested in f _arnsiey before . It was _agreed that the meeting stand ad-, jouraed till next Sunday at two o ' clock as the tunes are bo eventful ,
Tower Hamlms.—This Perseverine Locality ...
Oi-DHAM -A _public meeting took , place on Tuesday evening _'ast in the . Workingman ' s Hall , to heai the report of the proceedings of Monday , the 10 th . instant . Mr K . Bell _vms called on to preside . The following resolutions were unanimously passed . Proposed by Mr t . Lawless , " and seconded by a person in thebedy oftfie ; _Hally- 'VThat this meeting views with feelings _^ f ' regret and indignation , the bill now pending : ' in Parliament , introduced by Sir George Gre _^ believing it to be unconstitutionaland _subversivejb'f the rights and privileges of British subjects _proposed by Mr Grimshaw , and seconded by Mr . Ti Wild , ' That itis the opinion of this meeting tliat Mr O'Connor ' s conduct on Monday was truly praiseworthy , in acting wiih such caution , petseverance , and firmness , and that he is entitled to
the best thanks of this meeting . ' There could not have been less than 2 , 500 persons present . Mr Daly proposed , and Mr Kelly seconded the third resolution : — ' That we , the United Repealers and Chartists of Rochdale , are determined never to rest satisfied unlii we have gained Ireland for the Irish , and England for the English ; forty-seven years' experience having convinced us that the act called the Aet ol Union , effected by fraud and treachery , has been found inefficient in producing that happiness which every nation ought to enjoy . * If was then resolved that ihe meeting should stand adjourned till Monday next . A vote of thanks to the chairman , and cheers for the Charter , Repeal , O'Conror , and Sharman Crawford concluded tbje proceedings . '' : ' _£ »'
Rochdale . —A public meeting was held in this place on Monday evening . Mr Thomas Livsey wag unanimously called to the chair , and delivered au interesting address , which was loudly applauded . Mr Mitchell proposed tbe first resolution in favour ofthe Charter , seconded by Mr Doyle , a Confederate , ' and carried unanimously . Mr Melbourn proposed ; the second resolution , seconded by Mr _Moulds , in favour of memorialising the Queen in the event of the petition being rejected . _Paislev . — A most important meeting of the electors of this town took place on Tuesday last . The committee that got up the meeting consisted of the magistrates and members of the town council , with other electors . They brought forward a
resolution approving of an extension of the sufirage . Mr M'Ghee thought it was not definite enough ; however , they agreed to put the resolution to the meeting , and it was unanimously carried . They then considered how far the Suffrage should 08 extended . The Charter was moved by . Mr M'Ghee _; Mr Brown moved an amendment for Universal Suffrage ; on the vote being put the motion was almost unanimously ' carried . A petition is to" be sent to Mr Hastie for presentation , signed by the provost in the name of tbe meeting . Provost Murray , Bailiie Coats , and Nairn , MrSterret , J . P _., Mr Galloway , J . P _. ) , were present ; so you will Observe that the Charter is all but carried in this place .
Greenock . — » A public meeting was held on Mon day evening in the 'Mechanics' Hall , to ' protest against the _^ tyrannical and outrageous course pursued by her Majesty ' s Ministers in tbeir attempt by proclamation to prevent the free exercise of public meeting and procession in London on the presentation of the National Petition . ' Mr . John Neilson , on taking tbe chair said , no interruption had ever before been offered in presenting a petition to the House of Commons ; it was interfering with their rights ; but it was perfectly certain , as Feargus O'Connor said in the House of Commons , that although they should shoot him , it would not
prevent the Charter being made the law of the Iand > ( Great applause . ) A bill had been brought into the House of Commons to prevent their meetings ; and it now seemed a crime worthy of death to speak of anything like the Charter . Mr . George Miller moved tbe first resolution , expressive of their indignation at and contempt of the conduct of the government , in attempting to suppress the free declaration of public opinion * . their undoubted right of meeting and walking in procession * , and their conviction that this was an unconstitutional aggression on their right , as it had never hitherto been acted on _^ ? Mr . John Harris seconded , and Mr , Burrell supported the resolution . Mr . Peacock moved that the
meeting express their entire approval of the policy pursued by the Convention since its sittings commenced , and their earnest desire that the same course might be continued ; also that tbey pledge themselves to render all the support in their power for tbe consummation of their long desired object — tbe People ' s Charter . Mr . George Deanston seconded the motion , which was supported by Mr . Alexander M'Phedran and carried unanimously . Three cheers were then given for Feargus O'Connor , the chairman , & c , and the meeting broke up . The hall was quite crowded , and tbe proceedings were conducted in 3 very orderly way . —Greenock paper .
Bkrr \* -Edgk . — _Fkaxermsation . — - Tbe usual _weekly _mteting of tins branch of the _Actional Charter Association , was heid at _thehousa of Mr Jarae 3 Roid , painter and glazier , Berry-Edge , on Sunday afternoon last . Mr lteid introduced a deputation from the _United Repeal and Young Ireland _AsBtcialinn . The deputation intimated that they had been instructed by their association to offer their adhesion to the cause of democracy : and also , tbat the two associations ( Repealers and Chartists ) , might henceforth be considered as one fraternity . Mr T .
Carr in reply , hailed this event with pleasure , and hoped that it was but the precursor of a oappier eprch in the history of loth _conntib s . The deputation was received with _threa hearty rounds-of applause . A tea festival will shortly beheld to cele brate the above event . Out door mettinp will bB luld in this locality every Saturday evening , during * the summer season . The first meeting being held this ( Saturday ) evenirg . The membera of the Association are _requested to be present at the usual meeting , on S * mda _\ attemoon , at two o ' clock .
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MEETING AT LAMBETH . KE . _'IONATIOW OP BBONTERnE o ' _SMBN . On Sunday an aggregate meeting ol Chartists waa held at the South Chartist Hall , Lambeth , to consider the _necesfary arrangements fer the demonstration . Mr Small took the chair . Mr _O'Bbibh said , —Gentlemen , I was told that I ought not to come here to-night , and was strongly urged to remain away , but I disregarded those persuasions , and refused to act upon that advice , fori was fullydetermined that what I had _alwajs been I would ever remain—that I would never desert the people , and tliat I would never fail to act up to principles which I had publicly avowed , and to which I _considced myself unalterably pledged . I have coae down to-night for an important purpose—for the
purpose of resigning a _tfust . ( Here [ the speaker was saluted by a volley of groans , which prevented him for a conBiderabte time from continuing his address . ) I have to night to resign tho trust which I am not in a condition to carry outi I never deceived the people . I never , made professions which were not sincere . I never undertook duties which I was either unwilling or nnable to perform , and I will not deceive them now by retaining a trust to wbich I cannot give my undivided adherence and support . To the National Convention , now sitting , I was elected a delegate , but I have not , during fhe last three days , attended the deliberations of that Convention , Seeing that the Convention waB composed for tbe most part of men from districts in wbkh
the people were in a most dreadful condition - many actually starving—heating from one _delegate that the people who bad sent him to represent them were many of tbem reduced to the miserable pittance oione penny a day—tbat in other places men with arge families could only obtaiafouror five shillings a week—lea ma to this conclusion , that in times of stirring excitement as the present , a Convention elected under such circumstances was likely to go-too fast—to be hurried beyond the proper line ol * prudence , and thus to come into collision with the government . Great interruption having taken place , Mr O'Bbibn resumed . Many of the dek gates said tbat they had been seni up to the Cohvention *> o exert their best endeavours to obtain the Chatter for a
whioh the working classes of this country had long beea struggling , and tbat they would not return to their constituents until they had ; succeeded in obtaining the Charter . No one _haiTa right to thrust me unarmed against a Roverntaent whieh is _effeotnally armed and fully determined to put down any demonstration that the Chartists may attempt to make . One of m * y reasons tor coming here to-night was in consequence er a proclamation , signed and put tortn oy _^ Convention , ' and wid to be _« nwmo ™ « but I was not present , and therefore did not sunin . My reason for not going thera _* m , *™ 2 £ _Jed 2 S 5 deemed to be advisable that all their P _^ _edinga . _wu k » _nn-i-w unanimously , and as 1 _ceuia not
r _& n ! ve _^ Z _Agates in that Convention are aetwttd by the best motives , they aro actuated by 5 ? " west , most generous , Boat noble feelings . So help me God that w my . belief . But their convictions ara different ftom and have been from the first . That is act with them . A general the meeting in the most to hear from Mr O'Brien —Mr Watkins moved should bB accepted . This _conded was carried speeches wero delivered lasted till past eleven o ' thanks to the chairman been
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mine , so the reason why I cannot disturbance here arose , determined _mannepwfusin _^ any f » rth _* _jrgi _^|| a _^ onT _' _s that Mr 0 ' _& iejfpj _® 5 _^^ ida ; _* _resoIutSfa Ka _** _M _|^ eJn 'ie > _r , without anyr _^ a |!) 1 _^ . j _^^ r _^ 7 , and th _^ _- _^^^^ lc _&^ _-i cliick , t _ermrT _^ te _^^ a _^ _-v _^ _sL--i . _cUrlX _X- _^ _VM V wmm _«^ n mine , ana nave so tbe reason why I cannot iral disturbance here arose , _letotmiaedmannw _^ ifflimr _,, _»•& _u any _furtberj-i _^ li _^ _aSrs % s _resolutipiKayfflftHbeijn , se > v ,. _<** _¦> flout anyt _^ _yM _Mffifffi .. _& _v . 4 , kbA _\^&^ mmi . . _^ h . ck _, temi _^ _tH _^^ tcL _^; _U _gj _# feSh *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 15, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_15041848/page/5/
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