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      a country can be made universally beneficia until its advantages are justly appreciated , and aDxiously longed for by all ; and that those advantages are based upon the right of every man to live in the sweat of his own brow—in his own castle—upon his own labour field , surrounded by his own famil y , and protected by his own laws . Now those who . know me best will tell you that I am not a cniel man , a profligate , or a dissipated man ; in fact , that I live frugally and abstemiously , and that my heart would sicken at the slightest act of cruelty . This you are to look upon as the bond of union __» ...... T _____! ii « a

      between us , and as the assurance that I woul ( a thousand times rather perish than be marred in the pod-like scheme of releasing your wive 3 and little children from the abodes of pestilencej famine , immorality , disease and death , and placing them in their own paradise . But never mistake me ; never misconstrue my intentions , my invitations , or injunctions ; and when I attach more importance to the possession of the Land , as my ulterior object , and your ultimate acquisition , I repeat it now , as 1 have told you a thousand times , that I look upon the immediate question of the Land as a single drop of water in the ocean , when compared with' the acquisition of

      THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER . Old Guards , I am not a time-serving patriot , or maudling trickster , tfiio would gild my show-box and present you with fascinating allusions , in order to screen myself from the greater danger consequent upon the pursuit of the greater object ; and I now repeat my ofttold tale , that whereas your confidence and my energy and perseverance can realise hut the miniature of the Land Plan , the Charter of

      your rights will realise the full-length picture ; and I feel assured , that without trenching upon any just or legitimate right of any mortal , I could , in les * than three years , locate every working man in England who chose it , in his castle , on his free-labour field , were it not for the fact—the damning fact—that tyranny sees the necessity of supporting a monopoly , which compels the poor to create wealth for the rich . k-

      Is it too much , then , to ask every man who can write his name , to sign the petition for the Charter of his rights ? Or , is it too much to ask those who can write , to . write the names of willing subscribers , who cannot write themselves , but who may attach their mark to their names ? Old Guards , seethe altered state of Europe ; see the fact that by the 3 rd ot April , the blessings of free institutions , not only in France , butthroughout the continent of Europe , will have been developed ; gee what support that fact will give to your supporters , when half a million of men—of living men—shall accompany the minds of five millions , demanding their freedom , to the door of the House of

      Commons . Old Guards , don ' t mistake me—you will find meresolute , but prudent ; you will find me brave , but sufficiently csutious not to damage the workof a whole life , or todestroyjthe hope that your confidence inspires . Don ' t give ear to the coward brawler . Those were the first to desert us when danger threatened , and now shall we trust them again ? Old Guards , the tocsin sounds . The day of Chartist resurrection has arrived , and notwithstanding the flood of tyranny opposed to us , we start from the ' vantage point at which we were arrested by despotism . We have not fetteated—we never did upon any occasion .

      " God helps those who help themselves ;" and believe me , Old Guards , when I assure you that I will be no party to any compromise ; that I will not give myaesenttoa single retrograde move , as my conviction is confirmed , that no one but the Labourer can represent Labour . Sbow to the shopkeepers that they are as much labourers as yourselves , and that their rewardfor industry depends upon your requital for labour . Ask them if the unpaid , unwilling idler , or the pauper in the bastile , are custsmers at their mart ? And ask them what feelings in common they can have with others , save those upon whose requited industry they live aiid draw their profits ?

      Old Guards , it will b 8 a proud day for me when I march at the head of the mind of England , followed by the sinews of England , in procession to the House of Commons , for I will allow no man to go before me ; and my position will be still prouder if , instead of sixteen able-bodied men , that it required to move your petition last time , it requires thirty to do it now . Old Guards , let us draw wisdom from the difficulties of others ; and mark me , and mark me well , when I tell you that the great difficulty of the Provisional Government will be

      found in the fact , that whereas labour is guaranteed to all , the appliances of despotism have not allowed the mind of the country to be previously directed to the source from whence labour was to be supplied . Now we are in a different position ; for give me half a million of men on Friday night , and I will find work at free and remunerative labour for every one of them by the following Monday ; and if free labour is once protected by laws made by the labouring classes , that code would never tolerate one single assault upon the guaranteed rights , property , or privileges of any other class .

      Old Guards , in next week ' s " Star , " I will give you a clear and simple manifesto . In it I will show the source from which labour may draw its reward without trenching upon the rights of others , and whereby the poor would be made rich , the rich richer , the intellectual more honoured , and the industrious more respected . And , if I am able to prove these things clearly to your improved understanding I shall be justified in demanding your countenance—your aid , and suppert in their accomplishment . And should England consider my demands equitable , and should sophistry be unable to prove their injustice , then the responsibility conseqaent upon refusal will rest upon the head of our opposents .

      SIGN ! SIGN' ! SIGN !!! . then , and let no passing excitement divert you from this duty ; and rely upon it , Metropolitan enthusiasm is sure to be in proportion to the extent of provincial resolution .. In jnext Saturday ' s " Star , " the Executive will publish instructions as to the time ef electing delegates , the number of delegates to be elected , and the electoral districts by which they are to be elected .

      Once more 'assuring you of my find resolution to hold my legitimate position as your trusted leader ; and exercising the just and constitutional privilege of my office , I ask you not to allow our holy purpose to be marred , retarded , or stopped / by treachery , imbecility , or folly . There is no value in confident , if it is to be a dead letter . ; , there is no honour in rank , if it . is not sustained by the soldiers as long as the officers are prepared and determined to perform their duties bravely , prudently , and honourably . I remain , Your faithful and uncompromising friend , Feargus O'COJWOK .

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      Middle ? : —Mr Shackleton will lecture at thie place oa Sanday , Mareb . & > at six o ' clock ia t ° evening .

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      AN ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF PARIS , ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION , . BY THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS , Febramry 28 tb , 1848 . BY THE METROPOLITAN DELEGATE COliaiTTEE OF THE CHARTISTS OF LONDON , February 29 th , 1848 . BY A GREAT PUBLIC MEETING OF CHARTIST WORKING MEN OF LONDON , March 2 nd , 1848 . "All Men are Brethren . ' ' "Equality , Liberty , Fraternity . " Heroic Citizens , — The thunder-notes of your victory have sounded across the Channel , awakening the sympathies and hopes of every lover of liberty . We hasten to express to you our "congratulations , and to thank you for the glorious service you have rendered to the human race . By your courage and magnanimity , your heroism and devotion to princi p le , you have consecrated the sacred right of insurrection ; the last resource of the oppressed—the last argument against oppression .

      You have hurled from power a cruel , corrupt , and tyrannical government ; you have punished a perfidious king for his black treason to the principles which he pretended to adopt when placed at the head of the French nation in 1830 ; You have exhibited a spectacle of unparalleled heroism , and thereby set an example to all the enslaved nations of the earth . Honour to those noble soldiers who refused to turn their arms against the people ! All honour to the troops of the National Guard who so gloriously fraternised with the defenders of Liberty I

      The fire that consumed the throne of the royal traitor and tyrant will kindle the torch of liberty in every country in Europe . ' 'As magnanimous in victory as heroic in combaf , you have exhibited in the moment of triumph a spirit of clemency altogether unmerited by the miscreants who conspired te drown your liberties in a sea of blood ; but mercy , undeserved by the vanquished , reflects the more honour on the victor .

      But dutyito yourselves , your children , and mankind , will demand the pitiless punishment of conspirators , or pretenders , whether belonging to the now . fallen despotism , or calling thtmselves " Legitimist , '' or " Imperialist , " who may attempt to gratify their ambition at the expense of your liberties . Justice also dictates that the dependent relations of the fallen patriots , and the wounded , should have pecuniary compensation from the cenfiscated property of those enemies of the people w hose Iive 3 you have magnanimously spared . It is not for us , Citizens , to presume to ad rise you , but you will permit us to express our hopes as to the course you will pursue to secure your victory , and > consolidate your hard-won liberties . We hope : —

      That the people of France will unite with you , in decreeing the eternal abolition of Monarchy , and the institution of a Republic . That the French Republic shall be based upon the equal sovereignty of the entire people , guaranteed by a compact which shall includethetwo all important principles of the Constitution of 1793 ;?—Universal Suffrage in the choice of the Legislative Deputies , and the > doption or the laws by the direct vote of the people in the primary assemblies . The right of all citizens to possess arms ; the eligibility of all to serve in the National Guard ; the right of public meeting and

      association , and complete freedom of the Press . And the penalties of high treason to be enforced against all who may dare propose an infringement of any of the above , fundamental rights of man and of the citizen , The sublime acts of the Provisional Government in its first days of power have already impressed us with the conviction that our hopes for your welfare and glory will be completely realised ,, If your glorious chiefs persevere in the course they have commenced , they will win for themselves immortal fame , and for their country the conquest of the hearts of the people of every land .

      Should kings . and oppressive government ? , unmindful of the lessons ef tbe past , dare again to league against France , and make war upon your liberties , assure yourselves , citizens , that the nations will not , this time , follow the banners ot their tyrants . No ! they will march on your side , for your cause is theirs . You are the advanced guard of Freedom ' s army , and we can assure you that the British people will never sanction a fratricidal war against their brethren of France . Accept our fraternal salutations , and our earnest wishes that the French Republic may triumph over all its enemies , and become a model for the imitation of the world .

      . " Vive la Republique . " Signed bj the Executive Committee : — Philip M'Grath , Fkabgus O'Conhor , Thomas Clabk , Christopher Doyle , Thomas M . Wheelbb . Signed by tbe Secretaries and Members of tho Committee of tbe Fraternal Democrats . G . Julian Habmey , } Ernest Jones , > Great Britain . Charles Kien , ) J . A . Michblot , France . MET } G «

      H ST ' } s ^ land . SStSEL-bo , } & »««* . Louis Ooobsei , Poland . P . Bluem , Russia . Signed 07 the Metropolitan Chartist Delegates . Samuel Bbewsbton , Thomas Lucas , John Staples , C . Babb , Henrt Child , Thomas Coventor , John H . Bbadjoed , Aljbkd Fbhhbll , Gbobgb WlLKS , WlLMAM TaNNBB , JoHIf TaYLOB , WlLMAM B . KiMPLEr , Jamss Bassett , Edwabd Marshall , William Allno tx , William Biggs . William Tapp , Secretary . Signed on behalf of the Great Public Meeting , WitLrAK Bixou , Chairman .

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      Trb West Riding Dbleuatb Mketiko will be held on Sunday , March 5 th , in the Chartist-room , Post Office Yard . Weatgate , Wakefield . Mr Samuel Etdd will deliver lectures as fol Iowa : —York , Wednesday , March the 8 th ; HulJ , Thursday the 9 th ; Driafield , Friday the 10 ih . Lbeds . —Mr George White will deliver a Ieoture to morrow evening , at half-past six , in the Bazaar . Subject : —The French Revolution . ^ Little Town , neab Leeds . —The Land members are requested to attend a general meeting , on Sunday , March 5 th , at the house of Mr Charles Brojlf , upon busineBB of importance , connected with the branch . Chair to be taken at ten o ' clock in the f ore-Hoon . A public meeting of Reformers will ba held at the Red Chapel , on Sunday , March 5 tb , at two o ' clock in tbe afternoon , when the political topics of the day will be discussed .

      Bilston . —A public supper will take place in Mr Linnej ' s large room on Monday evening , March 20 , in honour of the departure of Mr Richard Jones lor Minster Lovel . Whittikoton and Cat—A general meeting of the members of the above Land branch will be held on Sunday OTening , at six o ' clock , on very important business . Manxhksieh . —Mr John Rolinaon will deliver a lecture in tho People ' s Institute on Sunday , March 5 th . Chair to be taken at six o ' clock in the evening . A member ' s meeting of the National Charter Association will ba held at two o ' clock iu the afternoon .

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      FRENCH REPUBLIC . Eqiumty , Liberty , Fit at sanity . ' A densely-crowded and moaf enthusiast public meeting , convened by the committee of the Sooiety of Fraternal Denivora . t < i of all Nations , * as hold at the German Society' / i Hall , Drury-Iune , on Mmdky evening , February 28 ih , to oftVr the ' fraternal salu ' tations of the Democrats and Chartists of the rnefroi polis , to their heroic bretnren of Paris . IIundratiB went away , unable to obtain admittance . William Djxon , the late candidate for tho repregentatiOR of Wigan , wa 3 unanimously called to tho chair ; but before business csmmenced . threo timeB three cheera were given for the French RepubliCj ' and three times for tho 'People ' s Charter . ' Spontaneously , the meeting then broke out singing the ' Maraellaise Hymn / which was again followed by shouts of ' Vive la Republique , ' and tremendous cheering for the People ' s Charter . Julian H o rnby , as secretary , read the following communication , which excited tremendous cheering : — THE ASSOCIATION DEHOCilATIQUE OF BUU 8-SELS TO THE FttA . TEftN . \ . L DEUOCHATS ASSEMBLING IN LONDON .

      We received your letter of December last , the propo . iaU contained in nhicb concerning the Democratic Con . grsso of all nation a aa ' i the establishment of a monthl y correspondence between your society end ours were immediately taken inta consideration . The propositions of holding the first Democratic Congress here in Brussels , with a viow of calling ; the aeeond in London ; the first C > ingre > s to ba called by our society for the anniversary of tbe Belgian revolutioa in September next , and the programme of business to be prepared by tbe committee of this society ; these propositions were ogread to unanimously and enthusiastically , The offer of entering into a regular and monthly cor . responltnce with our society waa equally hailed with the greatest enthusiasm . Wo now proceed to give you en abstract of our pro . grew nmi general situation ,

      The otate of our society is as prosperous as can yon . glbly bo desired , Tbe number pf our members 1 b In . creaBing weekly , and tho iater »« t taken by the public in general , and by the nrcrktag classes in particular , in our proceedings is equally on too increase . the best proof , however , of our progress is the Into reit excited In the provinces of the country by our move , mentr From the most important towns of Belgium we have received summons to send del < gates for tho purpose of etiibliebing democratic locietias similar to ours , and keeping up constant relations with the metropolitan association .

      We huTO given to these appoals out immediate atlen . tlon . We seat & deputation to Ghent to call a public meeting with a view of establishing n branch society . The meeting wa « exceedingly numerous , and received our deputation , conkistiog ef members belonging to se veral nations , with an enthusiasm hardly to be described . The foundation of a democratic society was immediately decided upon , and the nnmes of membors taken down . Since then no have reoolved from Ghont the news that the society is definitively constituted , and baa held u second meeting exceeding the first in numbers and enthu » iasHi . More than three thousand citisens wore present , and , wo are happy to say , they mostly consisted of working men .

      We cens'der tbe ground gained at Gbeat as & meat important progress of our cause in this country . Ghent Is tbe chief manufacturing town of Belgium , numbering above ft hundred tbsmand inhabitants , end beiag in a great measure tbe centre of attraction for tho whelo labouring population of Fl&nders . The position token by Ghent is decisive for nil working class movement of the country . Thus we mny accept the adhesion of tho factory workers of that Belgian Manchester to tho revival of a purs democratic movement , as implying and foreboding the adhesion of the generality of the Belgian proletarian * . We hope to report in our next farther progress in other towns of the country , thus arriving by-and-by at tbe reconscitution of a strong , united , and organised democratic party in Bolgium .

      We entirely share in the viow which in your recent address to the working people of Gre&t Britain » nd Ireland you have taken of the question of' National De . fences . ' We hope that this address will contribute In a groat measure to the enlightenment of the pooplo of England as to tho question who ore their rerltabl * enemies . We have equally seen with great pleasure tbo stops taken by tho mass of the English Chartists to arrive , at last , at a close alliance between tbe Irish pooplo and that of Great Britain . We havo seen thai there is a

      bsttsr cbauce now than ever before to bvsak down that prejudice which prompted ths Irish paople to confound in one common hatred tbs oppressed classes rf England with the oppressors of both countries . We hope to » &e very shortly united in tbe bands of Feargus O'Connor the direction both of tbo English and the Irish popular movement ; and we consider this approaching alliance of the oppressed classes of both countries , uudcr tbe banner of democraoy , as a most important progress of our cause in general . We conclude by offering to you our fraterasl

      salutations , The Committee ov tbe Absociatiok Dbhocbaiiqdb . L . Jottband , Cbairmnn . E . Maes , Yioe . Proiideat . A . Picabd , Art ,, Secretary . B russels , 13 th February , 1848 . Jain . it Harnkt next read a paragraph from ths Teleoraph , announcing the rumoured death of Louis Philippe , and added , ho hoped fluoh was not the oase , for if he lived a short time longer , he would witness the downfall of monarchy all over E a rope . ( Tremendous and long-continued cheering . ) He also read the Chancellor of the Exchequer ' s annoaacoment to the Hause of Commons , ' that he did not intend to Dress the resolutions relative to the

      addition to the Income Tax , and that the tax itself would only be continued for three years , instead of five , as first intended . ' ( Shouts of derisive laughter , and much applause . ) The Chairman said—It was one of the pwiudest moments of his life to be called on to preside over such a meetin ? . The revolution that had just taken place in France , was not only interesting to the French people , bat to the whole world . ( Loud obeep . ) And it was only necBBaary for tho English people to use their energies with discretion , to win their own liberties . ( Great ohcering . ) The

      revolution that had just taken place , was an apt illustration of the saying of the great Lafayette , ' Th » t for a nation to be free , it is sufficient that the will it . ' England had something approximating to liberty of speech and the right of public meeting . ( Hear , hear . ) The Chancellor of the Exohequer had begun t'j tremble . This very nigbo he had declared that in consequence of ihe exoitement he did not intend to proceed with his resolutions for tho increased Income Tax . ( Cheers . ) Tbey had mot to-night to sympathise with men of all nation ; , admitting , as they d > di the great principle that ' All men are brethren . ' ( Loud cheers . )

      Charles Kbbk , in moving the first reselution , said , tbe events of the last few days bad shown that the factions of monarchy , aristooracy , and the money bags , wished to rule by brute force . ( Hear , hear . ) But those eventa had also shown that the engines of war could not b 8 wielded without men , and that those men were sometimes worthy of the name ' Brethren . ' ( Loud cheers . ) Had the people generally the knowledge that the earth and its produce belonged to them , they could not , nor would not , be humbugged for a single moment —( hear , hear )—but the priests had deluded them , telling them to look for happiness ia other worlds . ( Loud shouts of hear , hear . ) This veil of prejudice and superstition must be removed from the people ' s eyes . ( Cheers . )

      The men who possessed eapital ( which waa only surplus labour ) , set the people to work , and kept them hard at it , until they had filled the warehouses to overflowing ; and having thus glutted the market , turned round upon them and told them they had no further occasion for their services ; thus waB com petition created , wages reduced , and destitution and starvation induced amongst the sons of toil . ( Loud cheers . ) But they had n , et to-night to celebrate a glorious revolution—a revolution which , if carried out , must put an end to such a state of things , and which , in the words of Charlea Mackay , loudly proclaimed ' The world shall yet be tree 1 ' ( Great applause . ) lie moved the adoption of the following resolution : —

      " That we , Democrats of several nations , adhering to the great principles that , 'Whenever a , government violates the rights , of tho people , insurrection is for tho people , and for every portion ot' the people , the most sacred of rights , and the . most indispensable of dutifes , ' hereby express out fraternal exultation at the victory gained by the heroic people of Paris over a perfidious , tyrannical , and bloodstained government , ou tbe evef-Riorioua 22 nd , 23 rd , and 24 th of Febraary . " Carl Sohappbr , -who > on coming forward to second the motion , was received with enthusiastic cheering , iisked , was there a man from Scotland-yard present , or a spyfrem ths Austrian or Prussian ambassador ? If there was ^ , ho truotedthey would take back all they heard , 0 . 3 tbey wished it to be proclaimed in the ears of all tjvaats . ( Loud cheere . ) The Tklkgeaph of thj ? , evening ) MA them that the acts of the pro-

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      visional government bad been well received in all the provincial towna of France . On events that must occur would depend the stability of republican institutions in France , and he appealed to them for i beir decision . For his part he would cry— ' Vivela Rwubiique . ' ( Tremendous cheering . ) If any body last . Monday had said Louii Philippe would be a refuse in ono week—and that the Duke de Neraoura would bo a miserable cowardly outcast , leaving jiio wife and children behind him to the mercies *> f an enraged populace , he would not have been believed . ( Groans tor tbe coward . ) Nobody kaew wherd Louis Philippe waa , but he ( Carl Schapper ) belsived the old sinner possessed some courago , and Shat he had taken a dose of poisoo , a i _ t __ ii n • • * t

      and no doubt an mquest would be held and bring in a verdict of'Temporary Insanity / ( Load cheers and lauKhter . ) Ifowever , France wasja KepuWic , aoftnowledging the great truth that—* All mew are brethren . ' ( Immense cheering . ) And when John Bull , who < 7 as a calculator , read the declaration of the republican government of France ,, and knew that government returned to the packets ot the people tho million of money that Louis Philippe used to have , John would begin to look into affairs at home . Rumour said that war w is declared against Austria , Ho , for cne , would be most happy & > become a citJEfn soldier , and if there was a Prussian apy from the ambassador here , let him- go back and tell bia

      master , that if the French did not go to war with Prussia , that he ( Carl Schapper ) rwa 3 a German-, and that the Germans would go to war against their tyrants , ( Great applause ) Tfcere must bs a German republic—a Prussian republio—an Austrian re * public—a Polish republic—ay ! and a Russian one too . ( Tremendous cheering . ) And then the English government would grant the People ' s Charter—1 legally , peacefully , and constitutionally . ' ( Shouts of derisive laughter , and great applause ) Ho was happy to see men of all nations come forward and fraternise with thorn . They held out the hand to all except the tyrants , and against them he declared war . ( Tremendous cheering . )

      The Chairman then introduced Ermest Jones , who , when the applause had subsided , addressed himself to the great question of the day for England , the effeota of the French Revolution en the latter country , and , amid , the most enthusiastic applause , adverted to the duties of tbe English people , and the course of tbe rising agitation . He believed , as in a f . rmer case , the French revolution would make the tour of kurnpe ; and ridiculed the idea of despotic prerogative in n < les patio crown , saying : —I can scarcely imagine how autocratic crowns were first invented . I fancy that when the devil was a sick baby , cutting his first

      horn , his mother must have invented crowns , bayonets and mitrea / as toys to quiet him . ( Laughter . ) But the age of monarchies has passed—the era of republics has arrived . The book of kings is fast closing in tbe great bible of humanity . ( Enthusiastic cheers . ) Why . a republic is a plant not peculiar to France—it has grown elsewhere too—ay ! even in the cold atmosphere of England , it has flourished with a Cromwell and a ilarapden . ( Long oontinued cheering . ) The speaker then analysed the weakness of the government , and the strength of the popular caaee , and concluded by exhorting his auditors to leave no honourable means untried for the

      obtainment of the Charter , The resolution waa put and carried amidst thunders of applause . [ Pre 3 s of matter compels the omission of the remaining speeches ] Thomas Ciakk delivered a lengthy speeoh which excited much applause , andcoacluded by moving the following resolution : — " That we ofejl upon the people of Franco to second the heroio patriotism of the inhabitants of Paris by establishing a Republic , based upon the principle of a veritable equality ; we earnestly hope that the enslaved nations will imitate the example of Franca ; and if kings league against our French brethren , wo trust that the holy alliance of nations will march on tbe aide of the French Republic , to the universal overthrow of despotism . " Edwin Gill seconded the resolution , which was unanimously adopted with loud cheers .

      Julian Barney , who was received with great applause , then imposed the adoption of an' Address to the Peaple of Paris . ' Tb . e ' AdJresa waa received with great cheering , and J . H . ' s speech excited thundere of applause . Philip M'Gbath , in a lengthy and eloquent speech , in the course of which he was enthusiastically cheered , seoonded the motion . Tbe address waa unanimously adopted . [ The Address , which was adopted on thesame evening by the Chartist Executive ; by the Metropolitan

      Chartist Delegates on Tuesday evening ; and Dyan imraenae publio meeting of several thousands on Thursday evening , is given in a preceding column 1 A motion was adopted , authorising the committee to take tbe necessary steps to ensure the presentation of the Address to tho people of Paris . A vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and singing of the Marseillaise , aDd rounds of thundering cheers for the French Republio and the Charter , concluded this most interesting meeting . We regret having been compelled to abridge the report .

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      FRATERNITY OF NATIONS . Wsstuimstbu . —Mr Ernest Jones lectured in Deanstreet , us Sunday evening last , to an overflowing auditory . Subject : ' How are the people to get bread V Mr Hutohina was moved to tho chair , and the lecturer was grerted with the marked approbation of a moat attentive audience , At its conclusion , Mr Jones informed bis auditory that numbers of the Frenchmen resident in tbe metropolis were that evening assembled in the German Hall , Drury-lane , and exhorted them to go in a body and congratulate them , R 8 a mark of fraternity and admiration of the new Republio . The proposition was received with enthusiasm ; nearly tha entire meeting marched in a bsdy to the German Hall , where they were received with loud cheering , and the proceedings were continued until midnight , stirring addresses being delivered by Carl Sohapper , Julian Harney , Ef nest Jones , and others .

      Ghbat Excitement . —Impromptu Meeting . —The ' Moderates' who had called the meeting flt the Crown and Anchor for Tuesday evening last , suddenly abandened their intention , when they found the feeling of the working men , and great crowds arrived during the evening at the doors ef the Crown and Anchor , which were closed . Some of these , who were aware of the situation of the German Hall , immediately repaired thither , and the Germans , in a trne spirit of fraternity , gave up the hall to them . When we arrived , we found the place full , and great enthusiasm prevailing . Wai . Dixon and Ernest Jones delivered spirited and truly forcible addresses , that were rapturouslyreceieved . ThoMeJropolitan Chartiatsare beginning the good work . London is up and doing , and nothing can stop its onward progress .

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      A SONG FOE THE PEOPLE . BT ERNEST JOHKS . [ klr—Thi Brave Old Oak . ) A » ong to the men—the working men , Who long la their chains huve sighed , 'Neath tho usurer ' * frown—and lord and Grjwn , And the ohurchman ' s greedy pride . There's strength in our bands—and onr fate ' s in our hands ; If we knew but to uue our power , Tbe foul-class rule—of the knave and fool , Needn't last for a single hour . Then down to the dust—with titled lust ,

      Aad down with the gold king vile . For the world shall see—that we will ba froe , And free be the gUter-isle ; In the days of old—when hearts beat bold , To ths flap of Freedom ' s wing , The dust at our feet—was the winding flheet , That wrap t a headless king , Are we happier now!—No ! the millions bow , 'Neath a yoke ton times more black : Ten times more strong— we'll march along , And drive tho vermin back . Then down to the duet—with titled lust , And dowe with the gold king vile , J ? or the world shall see—that we will ba freo , And freo bo tbe sister-isle . Do they think we ' ll stand—with an Hla hand , And starve , while they gorge their fill t They yet may wake—to their grand mtotake , And find there are men hero still . Wa seek not strife—and we value life , But only when life 1 b free ; And we'll nb ' erbe slaves—to idle knavea , Whatever the coat may be . Then down to the dust—with titled lust , And down with the gold king vile , For the world shall see—that we will be free , And fi-on be the sister . ialo .

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      TO THE EDITOR OP THB NOKTIXKRV STAB . SiB" -Demosthene 5 , in one of his snoet powerful vh ! Hp » pics to tbe men ef Athens , declared that' though tftr Bastion bad many orlli to complain of , ai contributing to ' 39 enslaveoiont of the peopl ''—that they wer * quite in 9 igaU ( leant in comparison to one—which yt . is the corruption of their public speakers—who rboose (»»?» hs ) to telfcyon what is pleasing to ths fancy , rather than U'cfot to * jeur country . ' And , sir , I certainly do think with hin » tbat , considering the very great influence ef mind over mini ; that , whenever the public speaker * er prcus of a country ia corrupt , that every other evil a people may endure , sinka into nothingaessbffor ? it . You will use , by the following letter to tho editor of the Homing ASvert ' ur . that I sought to correct , what I wlshen might have ) been found an error on * bcport of tbe reporter , nndfbr that purpose sent It . corrected in the mildest language , e < j > thit , by acknowledging it in hht paper , he might haveavoided the conclusion to which every honrat man may now come too—vis ., that ho ia one of the ' corrnpted speakers . ' which may veil ba denounced qb the ( treat curse of a people—and nbn , seeking upon every occasion to mislead tbo publio mind , becomes tbe wilful insitru * mont of bla country ' s mlafortUHei , and by whose meaM tbe best interest ! of toe nation are destroyed . ' TO THE ZDITOB OF THB MOBHINO ABVEBTI 3 EB-,.

      • gig—x havo for years Bern a constant render ana afmlrer of your ver j valuable Journal , for tbe very candid end honest mnnnor In which , at all times , you report tha opinions of publio men upon publio questions ; and tha reariineos which you hava ever evinced to correct a mistake ( whenever ft has appeared ) , to the roasoa why I . venture to trouble you at the present time . ' In your notice of the debate upon the Window Tax of taut night , you rtaoe the hon . number for NnttinghAm ( Mr Fearyus O'Connor ) in a wry extravagant p »» ltitn before ths public , which Btruok me to forcibly , that after reading your remarks attain , I frit that there mutt ba something wrong either ia his ri-marks or yours . Your remarks mak ? him to say , '' Firebrand * though he had bo « n denounced , he would tell the noble l ° rd at the head of her Majesty ' s government that his proposition was » o unpopular out of doora , thatevery cripple would BheuWer his cru ' eh against it , and that he would become a Toluntasr in the cause , ' Now , sir , thia in altogether a mistake , not of yonra , but of the reporter , for in comparing hit report with that of the CTironicte &nd Times , the error Is at once perceptible . I have , therefore , troubled yea with tha latter part of the last paragraph , from tho Chronielt , which , if you wilt lake the trouble to compare with tbe Timti , yon will find to be quite correct ia point of argument . These were his words , and I think your reiders will easily perceive , that they- manifest anything but the spirit which your report would oonvey . ' The nohla lord ought to look to tbe peaceful feellegs of tho people of this country , hot , at tbo same time , he might rely oa their support in tho bnnr of danrer . Though he ( Mr O'Connor ) waistigmatised as a ' firehrand , ' a destructire , and a revolutionist ; he would be ready to go farther than the right hon , member for Tamwortb , is telling the noble lord , that even the oripple would shoulder his crutch ratb'r than hava a foreigner to interfere in the affairs of thia country ^ and , for his own part , he was ready to become a volontaer , though ho would not serve as a mercenary ia re » sistinj : foreign aggression . ' I gathered from thl » , 8 h % that there was uo necessity on the part of the noblo lord at the head ef her Majesty ' * government , to increase the taxation of the country ; for that , if justice wer « done to ^ ho peopl e , tbey wouia become the mo « t effi . dent defeSpo of tbo empire , and shat even a cripplt would nop hesitate to fight for so good a cause as tb » defenoo of bis country ' s ri ? htj . I cannot ennesiva then , sir , how this mistake could happen on tha pare of jour reporter . I feel Bstlofled it w »» not de iuaeJ , and I think , as F ? ar £ UB O'Connor hag the conSdonea of a vary great portion of the working order * , tbat a great injustice is dene to them ( he beins thoir rev / esentative . ) by the false impression such a report must leave upon society . How different is this to your notice of his speech upon that occasion . Trusting that you w ' -Il insert tho nbovein justice to Mr P . O'Consot * , uad tha working orders , I beg to kubicrlbe rayeolf , Youri respectfully , ' Jouw Sksstob , ' 24 , Cecil Cour > , St Martin ' s Lane . ' This then Is all that we ever got , or ever- shall Ret , from a corrupt prnsj . In us there is no « a simrlo virtue ; we , who seek to establish justice , socially and politically , ara treated ai unworthy of notice ,, except to be . falsified upon every occasion when it uuita- them to do bo . Ah ! well , they have the ' rope , ' it will soon bo round their necks . < f . S , ' .. mii'Tnt ¦

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      Onward , and we conqaer 1 Backward and ws'fall ! f US PEOPLE'S CHARTER ASD NO SURRENDER !

      TO THE OLD GUARDS .

      Comrades , i : r Events are dailf occurring , and circumstances are so crowding around us , that , aa one whom you have Ion ? trusted , and acting in concert with your Executive , whom you also trust , we have deemed it ^ our duty to take council with you as respects the direction of the mind of the country . I have always told you that there are three stages in agitationthat the first is the creation of public opinion ; the second is the organisation of public op inion ; and the third is the direction of public opinion . Fn the state of English representation , the first process—namely , the creation of opinion —was a period of justifiable excitement—when calling crimes by their proper aames , was held as a , notification for the law ' s oppression . I am not one of those who ever has , or who ever ¦ will , criticise nicely , or judge harshly , the excited and burning language of men suffering from oppression , although I have been made the scape-goat of those miscalled crimes ; while , as I have before , I shall now caution voh against the admission of a class who were the most enthusiastic when fiery ^ words insured popularity , but who were the most cowardly when they were called upon to bear that responsibility which Tyranny felt itself stron . ? enough to stamp upon them . Neither in our present movement must crimes he glozed over in nice legal language^—murder must be called murder , injustice tyranny , and oppression , sin .

      Uld ( iuards , to preacn a long sermon to you would be an insult . You are oppressed ; you are unjustly dealt by ; you are governed dike slaves ; and the day has arrived when , by « proper direction of the improved mind and active genius of the country , you may right yourselves ; and to this end , we have decided that a Convention , to represent the Chartist principles and Chartist mind of the country , . shall be held on Monday , the 3 rd of April , and that the National Petition shall , after your deliberations , be presented on Monday , " the 10 th of April . There is only one circumstance which gives your Executive pain , in being compelled to name this earlier day than was originally intended , and that circumstance is the impossibility of our leader , T . S . Dunsomhe , presenting it to the House . Had it been possible to make arrangements for an earlier meeting of the Convention , the Executive would cheerfully have done so ; but we feel the responsibility of our position , consequent upon the much that is expected from us , and , therefore , . we would not have felt ourselves justified in marring the national purpose , by not allowing sufficient time for the expression of national opinion through the monster petition , which this time , I trust , will receive fiVe million signatures , and will go to the world , not only as the opinion of England , but as the -RESOLUTION , THE FIXED MIND OF ENGLAND , directed to the one great and all--aborbing point , the accomplishment of

      THE IMSUfLiiSS UUAKTiSK , ' without deduction or mutilation ; and all that is now required to secure this guarantee of England ' s greatness and industry ' s protection is courage , resolution , and perseverance . France has nobly tluown off the chains of despotism , and in order to show to the world the opinion of France , as to the rights of industry , a working man has been appointed to a place in the Provisional Government , and the right of the labourer to have employment found for him by the governing body is guaranteed . Now this is the most valuable result of the last revolution , inasmuch as I feave ever told you that I would not give three straws for any change of government , or of constitution , which did not guarantee this natural right . And / in order to prove to you that the withholding of this right is the last link in the chain of despotism , I would remind you that in the Times of Wednesday , this one provision in the programme of the Provisional Government has been selected for repudiation and reprobation . The article , however , is laboured ; the article is weak and washy , and is but a poor and fragile barrier to oppose to the flood of pablic opinion , now ^ set in ; and if ever the day should come , when the refusal of legitimate rights and privileges ghould lead to the demand of a large surrender of rights and privileges from other classes , the Press of this country , and the Press alone will be chargeable with any ebullitiou of public feeling which may arise from withholding those legitimate rights . The Pres 3 of this country has been not only the most deadly enemy to liberty , but has beep the most deadly enemy of the r ights and privileges of those classes which it professes a desire to uphold . And , as I have told you a thousand times , the detention of every right you demand is consequent upon the ignorance of those classes by whom the Press is sustained and deceived .

      © Id Guards , tmnd well what is going on around you now , and from it draw your own conclusions . If a paltry meeting is got up by the middle classes to oppose the Income Tax , or to forward any project of their own , every word of every fool is reported in their Press , whereas , scores of enthusiastic , bold , and splendid meetings have been held in the metropolis to congratulate the French upon their emancipation from despotism , and yet not a line has been reported ; hence , I look upon this treachery . a 8 the cause of the tyrant ' s ignorance , resistance , and perseverance . As yet we have heard but little from the Sister Isle , where passive obedience and nonresistance have been the pampered traitors ' watchword , ' , but I should not feel at all surpr ised if ihe moral-force paupers should sympathise with the deposed , tyrant , and tender -their physical assistance to their Saxon opprsssors : if that commodity will sell best that will be their SHOW SAMPLE OF POLITICS . Old Guards , the passing scenes of danger ¦ are as nothing compared to the stifled scenes of Irish misery , where one million of tyrannymade paupers have been consigned to the cold grave , while the land of their birth is calling for their labour . Old Guards , my position now is strengthened , and I should blush to destroy the unbounded confidence which you place in me , by using it for other purposes than your regeneration and entire deliverance from bondage . Outside 1 have laboured with you , and , thanks be to God , before I got in I have been enable ! to familiarise you with the social change which is to spring from political freedom—a ' change which , without violence or bloodshed , -will be secured fay the people ; and this " great fact "proves to yon the value of my oft-repeated , assertion , that no change in '

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      Witham . —Mr William Bunton , of Cambridge , will lecture in the Literary Institute of this town , on the evenings of Monday aad Tuesday next , tho Ota and fthofMnrcb ,

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      Glvqow .--A genera ! meeting of the members of this branch of the National Land Companv . wa 3 held in the Dyers'Hall , on Monday week last , to take into consideration the best meana of raising money to defend Mr O'Connor ' s Mat in Parliament , when it was unanimously resolved ,. ' That the secretary commence to take down Hie names of persona willinff to 3 i » b 3 cribe , and that tise sheet lie iipon tho table for two other meetings , to afford members not present an opportunity of giving theirmile , and Wat other friends of the Chartists may have an «> PP » rtunityofdoingso ; also that Bheets be left with Mr Georce Ross and Mr James Moir . and that a persons be requested to leave with these aaiJ *** Um ** their subscriptions as early as possible . ' Hie . committee ot the Charter Association announced that they had taken a hall for three years , at a rent ot £ 63 a year , in the mosi public part of he t 0 ™^ L _ within a few yards of tho Cross , by which , JS ^^^ S . thev expect to make Chartism once fffjQg ^^ m able in Glasgow ; and as the Land Co » ®^*| p % ) 8 arranged to commence a branch oi the -ty ^ A . OTOg Labour Bank , that it was necessary thoyg »« # b respeotable place of meeting . Tho merotftt W fflEJej ^ p U seemed to coincide in the views express i wll *® -y LJp to willing to co-operate in the undertakii& VM /« i * & , ( jjp Lj * most harmonious meeting a vote of P | p ' 4 $ f ^ W f * W . given to the chairman , and , all dapattWAp ;^®;^ ^ Si hopes of the future , ^ VyV ^ Vv ^**/ a

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      'The pood that raetl So die with them , Tho bud remain nfter tiiefo , So let it bo with Csasar . '

      Minster Lovtf , Fvh . 27 th , Deae Habhet , — Tbe immortal bard proved his thorough feowledtro of mankind , generally , when he penned the abort- profound sentence , more sspecfalJy »* t time rtfvrrvii zn , wbso many artful and designing knavesmndouse of th ? Mfrntg with which nature endowed them , and ltd tbe people , astray from tfee right path . Unfortunately , in our day , there ar 9 but too nanny such knarec , who , nndrr th ' » mask of love and affection for tbo working community ,-their rights ond interests , endeavour , nevertheless , tcf destroy , or rather prevent theohtainment of the former ^ and a true knowledge of the latter . Thank ; , eternal & thsDkjr , however , to tbe good and true spiritB of thin ago ^ ot ilemo 97 Stlo mind aoS onrrard progress , tbe mi ^ lt has been taken eff , ami tbe people rea these pretenJeS friends are their most bitter enemies . It 1 * ,. dear Harney , congellng to tbe true patriot to know that ihertf are very many glorious exceptions to thornle laiJ do war < V by Shakespeaw ; t 6 t wo flnrf the aoblo and * irtu 6 iul ®^ sctJoaa of a few ,-s ( t all ' events , of tJioie who hiiregona ' •"'^ c to ilaup—the eteKlal'sleep— ere our tfme , still live in tha ' j *\ k be&rt and BouloPttio toiling" millions-, nnd their cooil ^ work * ore held in veneration . Tbis brings me to a pain- - ful and distressing oscarrenco , vis ; : the sadden death of George Ullnea Tow&fcy , who died on tbe 14 th »! t .. bit own house , which bte built , odd upon nf » own land ( a-portion of the Minster Estate ?; , which Be purchased from our General oufof the Baviajrs'of yes ™ ef honest ; industry , Mr Townlay «•*» well known to-very many of nay CliartisJ brethren , in' ttbnchester , as n mscere aadt crathnalaitic lover an < 5 snpp ' ofter of ouTglbrfocB prinoi » pTit . and was ever ready srHh his presence am ? pecuni--. Kty ataifltance , when neceanor' / , to totrord ' thera ; nni tftmgh ho did not appear promluontly upon' thv public platform , he did what war an onsential initff wayworfced privately and steadily amongst hit Divmeroaf frrenSs , endeavouring to eneonwgo them by raaioio , and Ms own example , to eetfe for ifiis egt&bliehoieut of those prijtcip ? e « , without which tbere . $ iyrn « f , thera'aeTOrwilt be , pence , plrstr , or national happiness ; Re wn » borne to his last rtviog placet ( Minster 5 ^ ioro ! t-7 » ril , ) : byar ^ peota , blebody of his t > rotb > rtrade » v men . anti not » f » w of lbs lobobiinnti of tbe vi ) H > j ?< :, who iefpty deplored tbe demise of their toe and' benasft wsrtsd brother . Ptaco bo with him ; for'ha was , indeed , > ne of the true otamp efN . 'tore ' s Nobles . By inserting tbe above in your next Saturday ' s 3 r . iB , fou will confer a favour upen . Yoars Fratern ally , O ; D 0 YE 3 . XKii

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      la i i i i i mij ^ jfllm' * I * » in THE IRON DISTRICTS . —MERTHYH TVDYT& . Sib , —Ob perusing theco'umNS of the Stab ef Saturday week , I obaerve 4 an extract from' the MoBurao Chbomicle , treating at some length on' the morals of tbe working men of the iron and mining districts of Glaraorrfanshire , and also en their extravagant mote of living . Now , as Merthyr U considered the main sea $ of the iron rrorki of Wales , I consider it a- duty I owo to my self and my fellow working men , to rofutn that b » S 9 and unfounded report of the Chbonictb . Prdbablj I am better acquainted with the m-rali and rnofla of Hvinjf 6 ? the wfli > kl& # men of ( Ma dUtrict , being rmn of that order myielf , than tha Rev . John Griffiths , itta vicar of Anerdnre , who furnished the cemmlDsloners- with hie false and calumnious report . Wby don ' t tbe reverend Ijontlerofin endeavour to procure larger hounex for the people , then the intermixture of tbe Bexes jnny not b » such a stain oa their characters ? Now , a word about tbe melted butter . If thia said Mr Lingen , tlio commissioner , will come down here » nd take a wee !; to go round the workmen ' s house * , and not to the parsons' , X will go with him , and I will engage he wiU'fim ! in cix » teen cassi oat of eierj twenty , thnt n salt herringbroiled and some slush of tea , and that very commonly without sugar , is the principal rnenl after a day of toiS in the scorching heat , In the fir « work , or in an unwboleiome atmosphere underground , But T Din of opinion tbiBBBid Rsv . J . Griffiths is in tbehaMt- Mivluff rather greasy himself , Tbere was a very pious motho * dint in tfais place appointed to go round irith tho < om > missioner to show him nil the parsons' houacB .- Thisperson will sell hia father to pleaie a imrson . Malt Mill-square . David R . Hobg-m * . . . _ _ . iT ^

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      TRUIMPH OF NOTTINGHA-M . On Wednesday , the Speaker informed the Hou se of Commons that " he had received a gositauuication from the Solicitor of the Petitioners , Willi * im Key and John Smith , stating iliat it ^ as not their intention to proceed with {] , Petition against Mr O'Connor . Thu ? , purity of election has triumphed . The men of Nottingham have not lost their victory , and ihe town has been spared what would have wn equal to an invasion from the time of

      issuing the writ to the declaration of the poll . 5 ir O'Connor , though Eeated , has not yet done stith the treacherous originators of this assault , of whom Smith antf Key were the mere tools . Hurrah for Nottingham !

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      Mr O'Connor's Seat]

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      Y ' ' THE yp ^ XI ^ o . LONDON 7 SATORDA , MARCH 4 , 1848 . ^ SSSSSSSS ^ ^ i » t if \ t \ nrnn T ^ LT FP T ^ O m \ T /~ 1 TT 11 II Tiff "f t \ r t s * t

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 4, 1848, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1460/page/1/