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THE NORTHERN STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1848.
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1>HE ILLUSTRATED LONDUN NEWS for.[[Saturday, April 15th, will contain the Mowing
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TO TAILOKS . By approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria , and B . R . H . Prince Albert . NOW READY , THE LONDON ASD PARIS SPRING AND SUMMER FASHIOXS for 1848 , 0 V Messrs BENJAMIN READ and Co ., 12 , Hart-street , Bloomsbury-square , near Oxfordstreet , London ; and by G . Bebgeb , Holywell-street , Strand ; and aU Booksellers , an exquisitely executed and superbly coloured PRINT . The elegance efthis ^ Print excels anj-teforepaUifihed , flceompaniedwitiithe Nsvrest Style , and extra-fitting Frock , Riding Dress , and Hunting-Coat Patterns ; the most fashienable dress Waistcoat Pattern , and an extra-fitting Habit Pattern of « he newest and most elegant style of fashion . Every particular part explained ; method of increasing and diminishing the whole for any size fully illustrated , manner of CuttlHg and Making up , and all other information respecting Styl e and Fashion . Price 10 s . post free 11 s . scientific of for
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COLLIVEB'S COMMERCIAL COFFEE AND CHOP HOUSE AND READING ROOMS , 2664 , STRAND , LGrDOJf . L ,. J COLLIVER returns his sincere thanks to Ins . Friends and the Public at large , for the support he has received at their hands during the last ten years , and hopes , by strict attention and civility , to merit a continuance of their patronage . J . C . also begs to state that having lately made extensive alterations and improvements in his premises , he is now enabled to afford additional convenience without extra charge . A Commercial Coffee-room upstairs , with every facility for Travellers and Visitors from toe country . The House is situated in the very heart of the Metropolis , in the centre of the Theatres , near the National Land Office , and Public Buildings . Omnibuses pass to and from all the Railway Stations , to meet the Trains , every five mieutes . . Beds , is . to is . 6 d . per nipht . All other charges squal ' y moderate . SO FEES TO SERVANTS
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PORTRAIT OP PEARGUS O'CONNOR Esa .. M . P-i T MABTIK informs his friends and the Cnartistbody . generally , that he has reduced the price of his lithoirraphic full-length portrait of their Illustrious Chief to the following Frice : —Prints , Is ; coloured ditto , 25 . 6 d ! Also , a beautiful lithographic portrait of W . Diion , late of Manchester , now one of the Director * , by T . Martin . Price—plata , Is ., coloured , 2 s . PEOPLE'S EDITION . To be had at the Noethees Stab office , 16 , Great Windmill-street , Havmarket ; at tbe Office of the National Land Company , 144 , High Holborn ; Sweet , Goose Gate Nottingham ; Heywood , Manchester , and all booksellers n tie United Kingdom .
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THE LAND . TO BE SOLD , the RIGHT of LOCATION , on Tyro Acres , one Rood , aad twenty-eight Perches , atMin-Bter Lovel , the Advertiser n 6 t being able to settle his af . fairs to take possession . For Particulars , apply ( postpaid ) to Samuel Foster , ¦ ffig b , near Pershore , Worcestershire .
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THE LAND . TO BE SOLD , a FOUR ACRE ALLOTMENT , ¦ on the Snig ' s End Estate , which will shortly be ready for Location . The above Estate is of th » best quality of Land , and conveniently situated to severalgood Markets , ¦ with good Roads . Letters containing terms , and enclosiagpostage stamp , to be addressed T . Z . ( care of John Kelly ) , 229 , Deans-Kate , Manchester .
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PEOPLE'S HALL , LOVEDAY-STREET , BIRMINGHAM . "VTOT 1 CE , —Attfee Adjourned Meeting of Shf . reholderg , X \ held in the Hall , on Wednesday , April Sfe , 1848 , the following resolution was unanimously passed : — ' Resolved , That the Share Register Book remain open for Paid-up Sharehelders only , to sign , till May the loth , so as to give those shareholders who do not reside in Birmingham an opportunity of securing their Sharei , and also those Paid-up Shareholders living in the town , ¦ who have not at present come forward . ' All Fatties not complying by theabov £ date , willforfeit their shares . The Committee will sit at the Hall , for issmrg Certificates , on Tuesday , Wednesday , and Thursday evenings , frora Eight till Ten o'Clock . None but gbarebelders will be allowed to take out shares , by paying £ 5 Premium to the Society . By Order of the Committee , John Nzwhocse , Sec . All Communications to db addressed for John Newhouse , ! o , Court Hospital-street , or Suelhouse-lane , Biraiaeham .
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Alta "Wzatsrs , —On Saturday , tha 25 th March , Messrs W . and J . Drygdale , Boll Mills , Alva , gave notice to the weavers employed in iheir factory that they intended to reduce their vrage 3 from seventeen to forty-one per cent , on the various kinds of goods manufactured ] by them . The weavers , of course , agreed not to submit to any snch rednction without a struggle . In order to enable themselves to cohtend successfully against the proposal of the Messrs W . and J . Drysdale , they resolyed to appeal to all engaged in the woollen trade in the district . A public meeting of the operatives of Alva was held ia con-Kquence , and it was unanimously agreed that the weavers employed in the Messrs Brysdale ' s factory , should leare tbe said factory as soon ss their weba rere finished ; and that all these who were working
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Price 3 d . ON MONDAY NEXT WILL BE PUBLISHED , ( Forming 32 large 8 ro , pages , ) A VERBATIM REPORT OF THE 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 , Northern Star Office , Great Windmill-street ; J . Watson , Paternoster row , London * , Abel Heywood , Manchester ; and all Booksellers in Town and Country .
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% re I iboold be 6 OTIJ to b » » party to getting up a pro * T ^ sioj , sna then ilirinb from the comequences . It ^ . "Jnvintenfioatosttead the meeting , ( ffear , hear . } It ^ ? ojiB rsntioato C 8 jae ^ own to t * 16 Hoo 5 eoi Commons « ! ; & the procession , but the procession will pass ever S yjjuinstsr-bridge ; and it will be my daty tonssall mypower * . sb I bsTe hitherto dene , to prevent the ^ tettinflection of the peace . ( Cheers . ) Sir Jaki « Gsahah : I desire , te say one or two words words en this occasion . The honenrable gentle-2 j 0 ] jSS jnit sat down has said , and truly said , there e pTi ctaeuts in favour of the coarse -which he Is about to take . I understood him , however , to say , that in J . S 1 S , when I had the hononr of filling the situation of gome Secretary , that the honourable member for Fins , ta rj- . ^ ho , at that time , I think , presented s pstiiioa ciost numerously signed on ihe part of the Chartists , presented it io a manner identical Kith the plan pro-MsefltB be adopted on Monday next .
Alderman ThoKMdK : Sir , IroEe for the purpose of expressing the astonishment with which I heard the honourable member for Nottingham declare that he had not attended meetiEgs for the purpose of promotisg this assemblage of the people , and that he had no idea pf any disposition to break the peace . Hr F , O'Conho * : So public meetingB . Alderman Tbokpsos : Does the honourable member -einember the meeting on Monday nigh * , at the coffeehouse in Cripplegate ? [ loud cries of ' hear , hear , 'in jh « midst of which ] Hr F . O'Cosso * hastily rese aad said : Sir , I went ^ oai tbif house to a tea partj of some dozen or so , ttattrasaU .
Aldtrssn Tsohpsok : I am awar « that it was not a " pcbiic meetiEg- " I have here in my hasd a report of fcil ipeecfc [ loid erieg of ' read , read , ' ; communicated through a person of the utmost respectability , and oa frfccm I can plac » perfect reliance , aud let she house mark the costrast between the honourable member ' s speeches in this honse and eut ef it Sir , it wasnot a meeting of the Irish confederated delegates ; and the fconenrab . le member said ' they must pat down royalty , and all titles as in France . Remember iSe iota of April . It would be a glorious day . ' Such p-sj tks speech of an honourable member , Sir F . O'Cossos—Iitpeat , en my hononr , I declare before God , that I never mentioned titles on the occasion ; asdto the best of my belief , never mentioned ' rsu ' ee . It is notorious that I have always beea against repahlicaniEiD . I Challenge the sldtrman to prove this gpeecb , which has been trumped up . He had < 5 eaounce 3 date than eny other man in the kingdom the American form of repBblicanism .
Hr Huh saiS that it tos of the utmost un . portfiBCe for the honse not to allow its attention to fe 3 diverted towards what toot place at meetings held out of door * , fat they were all arcare how liabla snch proceedings were to misrepresentations , jjemoers ought to be more guarded in receiving and repeating such statements . Tbr government ought ia partituLir to be very reserved in acting upou anyinformaton save that which they proceed npon affidavit , Sir D . L . EvAKShad never yet been found on the side of those who would restrict public meetings of the people ,
6 U * he tras pound to say en the part of his constituents , the Inhabitants of Westminster , that there were e ' renm . stances which rendered the contemplated procession of JTondaT a peculiar case . He could assure the kouse that not only had there been great alarm created at those comparatively snail meetings , but also that numbers of his constituents had suffered materially In thsir business . He concurred "with the con . member for Cockermouth that the hour was come when every honest man—( cheers ) —vras bound to declare whatside he was prepared to take . In that spirit he -was prepared to state that he gavs his ¦ willing assent to the measures adopted by the
governsneat . Mr J . O'CoskelX . hoped his countrymen , particularly snch of them 35 might be contemj laiing the taking part in the Keneinaton-coiamon meeting , would not be led away 1 > t the hna . mtmber for Nottingham . He ( Mr O'Conneil } hoped they would take the warningriven by their btst friends in Ireland , and hare nothing whatever to do with , the meeting . LordJ . Rceseix said : The hon . member forj > ottingtam had told the house that he did not intend that this procession shoald come to the Housd of Gammons ; feut we find it stated in a printed notice , signed bj three persons , who , I suppose , belong to the partr in favour of this petition— ' We propose that a great metropolitan demonstration shall accompany £ he $ eople ' s prayer to the door of the House o £ Commons . fHear , hear . ) I quite admit that there are occasions to interfere
Trhsn it is unnecessary tor the government , ana enforce the strict letter of the law ; thtse are fames Of singular peace and quietness . But a contrary course must be taken ia times of great disquiet and alarm , and Iput it to the house whether the present tiae is not such ? ( Hear , hear . ) The hon . gentleman ( Mr O'Connor ) mu 5 t know that recent events have rai-ed guilty designs and guilty copes ; and in prope rrioa to these , hare been alarm and terror experienced by the peaceable and loyal 3 ubjects of Her Majesty . The hon . gentleman tells US himself that he is reproached and reprobated , and for -what ? ( Hear , hear . ) Is it for 2 DJ dislOjal COBdUCt ? Is it for any behaviour worthy of a man or a member of parliament ! Is it for expressing his attachment to the monarchy ? ( Hear , hear . ) No , said the hon . member , the political society with which he consorts reprobates Tiim because he is in favour of a monarchy and against a renublic . ( Laughter . ) The government have thought that the law is against the intended procession , and feel it their fiutv to warn all the loyal and peaceable subjects Ofherilajt 5 tjagair . stit . ( Hear , hear . ) Sow , sir , has iren ? There &
there not been sufficient warning s sr three days before that announcement for holding the saeeting , during which interval the hon . gentleman , and even- one else , can reconsider their decision . ( Hear , hear . ) The \ may have thought that the procession would * not he illegal ; they may have thought that it w » uJd not be a transgression of the letter ot the law , and that custom and precedent would have autliorbed them in erpeeting ttatsucb . aprocession would have been permitted . They now know that the governmsst has declared the meeting illegal ; they are now aware that the notice of such a meeting has produced terror and alarm among her Majesty ' s subjects ; and is it not , aen , taeduty of the hon . gentlemannot tOJOUlin SUCh a . procession , but to tell them , asdihe may tell them with truth , that their petition will be received with respect , and that a fair opportunity will be afforded for the calm fiiaCUSion of tte people ' s Charter . Let him advise them to proceed properly and constitutionally in their efforts to have the prayer of their petition conceded , and not by illesal means endeavour to terrify and overawe the delibtrations of Parliament . ( Cheers . )
Sir K . Feel iaia , he recollected no act of the govern meat of 1 S 43 which ought to fetter _ t ] ie discretion of her Majesu' minist * rs . He knew it had been said that there TFere occasions in former years when processions of the people were allowed io approach the Honse of Commons . But that was onlv by indulgence ot the executive government , The present was the time when the government inisht properly express its intentions ; and , he must say that considering the circumstances of the times , as well foreign as domestic , and taMng also into regard the state of the public mind at present , if 100 , 093 people were to be permitted to parade the streets , it was impossible to foresee the consequences , and , in his opinion , the government had act ^ a wghUy in taking the course they bad done . _ . _ _
Teeasos asd Sedition Bni . — Sir G . Gket then moved for leave to bring in a bill for the better security of the crown ani government , to apply equally to the trdted Kingdom , the principal feature of the measure being the substitution of the punishment of transportation for that of death incases enumerated in the sristing- acts , but not comprehending the crime of compassing or designing the death or imprisonment oftae sovereign , and the imposition ef the penalties impssed 6 j tkebilltoalleuch persons as should , by open advised speaking , compass , imagine , or promote the said trea-Bonable designs . After some debate , in which the latter prcposltionwas condemned as a gaggling clause , and calculated to interfere with the discassion of political subjects , the house divided , when the motioa for leave to firing in the bill was carried by a majority of 259 , tJie ntimfcers being 2 SS to 2 t . [ We eball g ive an acconnt of ihu bill , and the debate npon it next week . ]—The landlord and Tenant ( Ireland ) Bill was read a second time after some discussion , and referred to a selectcommittee . The Mutiny and Marine Mutiny Bills were reported , and the house adjourned *
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Hcddzssfiild , April 10 th . —In ponformity with the recommendation of the Convention , we have this day feeld a public meeting for the pnrpese of pledging support to the Contention . —Mr Joseph Barker was elected to take the place of the present delegate if arrested . LotGHBSBocsH . —The meeting of Chartists at this place on Sunday was attended by about 5 , 000 per-3 on 3 . It lasted about two houre , and then dispersed in a peaceable manner . SHEmzu ) . —A great meeting ttm neld here on Monday evening , in Paradise-square . Notwithstanding a storm of rain , more than ten thousand persons attended . Mr Coancilior Ironside wa 3 in the dhair . Resolutions , in support of the CoarentioBi were unanimously passed .
Teb Mikek 3 asd tee Costestios . — We , the miners of the Wo ^ dkouse Lodge , agree to give one 82 illiog eaeh . to the rapport of the ^ National Conrention , making a total of ten shillings and threepence- And we call upon oar brother miners through tfie countrj to follow our example . —Wit . Closb , eeeret&ry . BiBffiUfSHAH—A large meeting of Chartists was hflld on Monday , ia the People's Hall , Loredaystreet , and was prodded oTer by Mr Town-Councillor Baldwin . The speakers condemned the government for their interference with the aeeting at XenBJE £ ton Common , and passed a resolution of confidence in tneir delegates to the National ConTeniiion . _
Maech or CHJLRnor os the Welsh Hills . —A most enthusiastic meeting was held in BlaenaroD , Konmontaghlre , °° Wednesday evening , April 5 fch , 'or the adoption of the petition of the People ' s Charter The ch * ir was taken by Mr Dayid Phillips , and * ne netition was proposed and read by Mr Edward Howell . Mr Thomas Griffiths , scheolmaeter , seconded its adoption . Mr Jonei , of Newport , supported it in a neat and long speech of Welsh and EBgliin . It ^ as unanimously adopted . The petition h&a been numerously frigBed , and oar mites towards the support of the Comention , will be duly forwarded .
BniT . —On Monday last , a very large meeting was &olden in Union-sqnare . Mr Bowker presided , lbs meeting was addressed by Messrs Roberts , Rantin , Bell and others . Resolutions , in support of tha ( Jhsrter and petition , ^ rere unanimously adopted RocHDiis . —On Sunday , April lGth , Mp Rantin will lecture in the Chartist-room , Yorkshire-street , when & subscription Till be made for the defence of &e Irish patriots . Chair to be taken at six o ' clock . Those parties who haT © received subsoviplie-n * for fchs C onvention , aw requested to bring them in at tnree o ' clock on Sunday afternoon ., and persoas wkhing to called Bub / eriptionsfor t > je Convention , may be provided witibft ofes a £ thr J abOY 6 time and place .
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a more effectual aid to the progress of real p olitical freedom , than any other course they could have adopted . Under pretence of being very lenient , they , in reality , proposes change in the law affecting sedition , which , if it should ever be enforced in this country , would render existence in it intolerable . With one hand they offer a boon of no value whatevernamely , the abolition of Capital Punishments incases of constructive and other wire-drawn definitions of treason , commuting these into transportation for life . While , with the other , they aim one of the most insidious blows at the heart of British liberty , that ever was attempted by the worst administrations who have preceded them . At present sedition is
punishable with line and imprisonment . One would imagine that these two penalties were quite ^ severe enough for what is , at the best , but a . very vague , conventional , and cameleonlikeoffence . The difference between " sedition ' and "sound political opinions , " we suspect , can onl y be accuratel y 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 the time may choose to construe into sedition , is for that 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 tha 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 Jhim or destroy his influence . Through the medium of the Press , he can still speak to the minds and hearts of his 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 of the 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 be at the discretion of the Judge , from seven up to the whole period of the offender ' s natural life ! In short , they wished to declare that what has heretofore been a misdemeanour in law , 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 the Bill , they most indecently and unconstitutionally suspended the forms of the House , in order to hurry it , if possible , through several stages in one night , and thuB infliot one of the most detestable and tyrannical measures it is possible to conceive , upon the country , without its being able to resist it . But the ancienr spirit of Englishmen—thank God . '—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 Wood , are not yet forgetful 01 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 the Minister in this gross and unwarrantable attack © n the liberties of the 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 . This 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 a 9 the most deadly , as well as dastardly enemies of the right 3 and liberties of the people .
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J . Moobhouse . —Pour members holding the same number of chares can avail themselvos of one ticket . Family ticket made right . Mr 0 . CoMNoa ., Ludlow . —Received . Mr Gabkett , Ktighley—We will pay carriage . W . Caow . —Not room . To thb Chabtists of Hancbbbter Brother Chnrtiati , —My explanation to your question in the Noktiiern 4 Stau of last Saturday week , is , that I haro neither received aor beard of jour secretary ' s letter until Sun . day last . Is appears that your secretary , Mr Ormersber , did duly forward your inritation te me , and directed it t # the care of Mr Wm , Brook , Leeds , according toiny request , but it did not reach me or I should have attended at Manchester . I am , yours truly , 45 , Adelaide-street Bradford . Geo . White .
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MEETING AT LAMBETH , RESIGNATION 07 BK 0 NTKRRB O ' BRIEN . On Sanday an aggregate meeting of Chartists wag held at the South Chartist Hall , Lambeth , to consider the necessary arrangements for the demonstration . Mr SmaJl took the chair , Mr O'Bbien said , —Gentlemen , I was told that I ought not to come here to-night , aud was strongly urged to remain away , but I disregarded those persuasions , and refused to aot upon that advice , for I was fully determined that what I had always been I would ever remain—that I would never deBert the people , and that I wooJd never fail to act up to principles which I had publicly avowed , and to which I
conside * ed myself unalterably pledged . I haTe conae dotra to-night for an important pnrpose—for the purpose of resigning a trust . ( Here ^ the Bpeaker waa saluted by a volley of groans , which prevented him for a considerable time from continuing his address . ) I havetonighfc to resign the trust which I am not in a condition to carry out . I never deceived the people . I never made professions which were not sincere . I never undeetoek duties which I was either unwilling or unable to perform , and I will not deceive them now by retaining 3 trust to which I cannot give my undivided adherence and support . To the National Convention , now sitting , I was elected % delegate , but I have not , during the last three days , attended the deliberations of that Convention , Seeing that the Convention was composed for
tho mOBfc part of men from districts in which the people were in a most dreadful condition —many aofailly starving—hearing from one delegate that the people who had sent him to represent them were many of them reduced io the miserable pittance of one penny a day—thai ; in other places men with large families could only obtain four or five shillings a week—I came to this conclusion , that in times of stirring excitement as the present , a Convention elected nnder such circumstances was likely to go too fast—to be hurried beyond the proper line of prudence , and thus to come into collision with tho government . Great interruption having taken place , Mr O'Bbibn resumed . $ I 3 Dy of the delegates aaid that they had been Bent up to the Convention to exert
their best eBdearonra to obtain the Charter for which tho working classes of this country had long been struggling , and that they would not return to their constituents until they had succeeded in obtaining tue Charter . No oae lias a right to thrust me unarmed against a government which is effectually armed and fully determined to put down any demonstration that the Chartists may attempt to make , One of my reasons / or coming here to-night was in oonsequence of a proclamation , signed and pat forth by the Convention , and said to be unanimous , but I was sot present , and therefore did not sign it . My leason for not going there was , that it was deemed to be advisable * that all their proceedings should be carried unanimously , and as I ceuld sot
agree to-any of their propoBitiosa 1 would nob be a party to throwing the apple of discord amongst them . I believe the delegates in that Convention are actuated by the bast motives , they are actuated by the purest , most generous , most noble feelings . So help me God that is my belief . But then : con * victions are different from mine , and have been so from tho first . That is the reason why I cannot Xct with theDh A general disturbance here rtfftso , the meeting in the moBt determined manner refusin * to hear from Mr O'Brien any further explanation . —^ dr Watkiks moved that Mr O'Brien ' B resignatiaa should be accepted . This resolution having been setonat-d vras carried without any dissent . Several speeches were delivered , i » nd the meeting , which lasted till paat eleven o ' clock , terminated with a yotc t h ank 3 te the chaitman .
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BRUTALITT OF THE POLICE . TO THE IDITOB Off IHE HOBTHEHN STAS . Mr Editor , —Having been on the Lambeth side of the water en MoneUy last , on rather particular DUftineiD , which was of the greatest importance to ate , aad not for a moment sopposing that , as s peaceful anbject , I Tvould not be allowed to pasa over Westminster-bridge to my place Of residence—fcnt snch wan the fact—I need isaroely say that I was astonished to find that even by remonstrance , end giving a knowledge of my bueineBB , wkeu I endeavoured te nrgs the neccBoity of my paBBicg , na I was limited to time , and toy return to that time wn » of the utmost oenetqueneo . All this was to no par . pose . One psllcemaH Baid , Go to the otbe / bridges / I replied , I am given to understand thay are oil topped . ' He replied — 'Go Bbout yeur business , jou cannot pass here , and that ' s enough . ' Besides all
thit , being pushed and shored from one to the other , with the most infamous epithets possible to bo romited from the lips of any human being . I say , sir , that tnlu Is most provoking to a eitisen to be interfered with by theBe mon—men whom wo have to pay out of our hard eaxalngi . Wtslksfhen I was about ( 0 loavo this formid able array , whit did I sob ? Ona of them whom I took to be a sergeant , gave tho wero of command to disperse the mob , and besr ia zniad this tras no mob , but a gntd eolkction of peopU , in conspquoncQ of the Btoppege of the bridge . Well , I Bay , these men ran forward and made use of their -wenpono , and , cs a matter of course , whoever got the weight of one of them , went down . There eould net be leas than from twelv * to sixteen l&nocent men treated in thU way , and amongst them was one poor old mac I shall nerer forget it , he vrtts lifted up and carried away without his hat .
I then raade my way to tbe Suspension-bridgo , and on arriving there , I found , another body of police , nnd where , after considerable difficult y , I , in company with Others , effected a passage over , and made tho best of my way home . But , sir , this is not oil ; 1 b tho ereawg I went out to look around me , and going down Charingcross , I overheard a gentleman , ' who , from his appoaronco , I took to be one of , '( be commissioners—at all events , an officer of some rank , Bay— " It ' s o great pitj jou can ' t get hold of a dozen of the leaders of this rabble , and split their heads open , and that would frighten tha others . ' Policeman , 'That ' s what we want , but I am sorry to bbt no can ' t gat an opportunity—we can ' t get u plea for making the attaofe . In this strain they continued , while I remained within thctt hearing . I have the honour to remain , sir , Your very obedient humble servant , John Sto-hoeon . 52 , Deronshire . sJrept , Queen-square , April IS , 1818 ,
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THE CHARTISTS . TO ? HB EDITOR OF TBB KOUTHEEK STAB , Sra , —I have been , like many others for a long time , labouring under a great mistake as to the real demands of the Chartists , T Have been led 16 understand that the Chartists generally consisted of men who were too idle to work , and therefore undeserving—ignorant , end not worth listening to—and delighting in the disturbing of the peace of well-disposed persons . These eiparte state , mentis , created prejudices , and being supported by the press , induced me to conceive a bad opinion of them ; tut 0 / late more notice than usual having bees taken , ot thoir proceedings , I resolreii upon attending a meeting , at the National Hall , where I heard Mr Skslton and others speak to an assembly , widely differing from the descriptions I had before received ; and having perused several numbers of the Nobthkbm Stas , my eyes were
opened still wider as to what the CbartiBtsreally were ; and now it is that I see the justice ot their demands , and the error that I , as well as others , have been in in neither looking at , or thinking of , toe identical source from whence the calamitous state in which the working classes of Great Britain are , arises ; being a misrepresentation of ihe people in Parliament , owing to the candidatea and electors coming under tbo head of Property Qualification , ' and consequent )/ the government of this realm being confined to them alone . And while the people ( I mean the working classes ) have no representative In Parliament , H Js clearly evident that their national wonts and privileges will be unattended to , and their whole interest and benefit passed over in profoffnd silence . I subscribe n > ypc ) f to be , one who will support their cause to the very death . Thr Ligh ' b Wheip .
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THE MAETYRS . ^ fr P . ' OConnor moved an address to the Crown praying that the Royal clemency might fee extended to Frost , Williams , and Jones , and all political offenders . Mr Wakley seconded and supported the motion , in common with Mr Hume and Mr Aglionby , Mr S , Crawford , Dr Bow-ring , and Mr Gardner , it being opposed by Sir George Grey , Mv C . Morgan , and Sii-David Dundas . Colonel Thompson thought the present an inopportune moment for bringing on the motion , which would have been more properly made a week ago or a week hence . On a division the motion for the release of Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis , was negatived by a majority of 68 , the ] numbers being 23 to 91 .
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Macclssfield . — - 'Li berty , Equality , and Fraternity . —An impovtant demonstration took place , on the Parsonage-green , on Saturday evening the lat of April . About ten thousand persons were present . Resolutions for the combination of Englishmen and Irishmen to obtain Repeal , and the Charter were carried amidst the utmost enthusiasm . An address of congratulation was adopted to the French people , and a delegate appointed to the National Convention . The principal speakers were Messrs Leaoh , Treanor , and West , of Maoclesfield . Preston . —One of the most enthusiastic meetings that was ever held in this town , took place in the Temperance Halt , < m Monday night last , April 10 th . Mr Livendlehurst in the chair . Resolutions in sup - port of the Convention , and denouncing the tyrannical conduofc of the government , were unanimously adopted .
w Mamohrbibr . —Mr Finegan will deliver a lecture in the People ' s Institute , on Sunday , April lQ ' . h . Chair to bo taken at Bix o ' clock , p . mj . LErcESTBR . —All ahareholders of the No . 1 branch lire requested to pay their locaJ and general expenses . The secretaries will sit nest wetk , from seven till nine , every nigut . ,
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Tower Hmins . — This persevering locality baa held two monster meetings in furtherance of the cause , viz , on Sunday afternoon , , in Bishop Bonaer ' s Fields , Victoria Park . H . Wander May was called on to preside , amidst the enthusiastic plaudits of the dense mass wbo congregated . Addresses were delivered by Ernest Jones , J . Savage , R ; Drake , and a Grenadier Guardsman , which were cheered . Also on Tuesday afternoon , on Stepney Green , whera
there could not have been less than 7 . 000 to 8 , 000 persons preaenfc . The talented and patriotic H . Mander May presided ! 1 'bia gentleman ia highly esteemed in this district . Addresses were delivered by Ernest Jones , Fusuell , 'Williams and Kitby . Mr Jones and Mr May were cheered as they left the Meeting , which quietly separated . There ia to be a monster meeting held on Sunday afternoon , at three o'clock , en Bishrp Boncer ' s Fields , Victoria Park , which will bo addressed by Ernest Jones , G . W . M . Reynolds , and II . Mander Mar ,
Barnsley , April 10 th Ooe of the largest meetings that ever took p lace in thia town was ieJd this day , when a resolution was adopted to SHpporfc the Convention , and condemnatory of government infarferenee with the demonstration wWch was to accompany the people ' s petition to Parliament . The meeting was one of the most spirited that was ever held in Barnsluy . The people manifested a determination to have the Charter at all hasards . The resolutions were supported bj Michael Seagrave , John Iieary , Robert Garbutt , and Bane Gill . John
Shaw ( the chairman , ) was elected delegate to servo in the Convention , should government seize the present delegate . Kendal —A meeting to petition Parliament for the People ' s Charter was held recently at this place , in the OddFellow 8 ' Hall The meeting was crowded to excess , and the greategj order and attention was paid to the difforert speakers . Tie people seemed fully impressed with the value and iroporlaace o £ gaining their rights . The petition was unanimously adopted . Mr Lund was then chosen delegate to the approaching convention in London , for thia district .
HioH-WTceuBE . —On tho 5 th instant we'held a Chartist tneetina int the centre of thia town—estimated numbers 1 , 000—which considering tne amount of the population was a famous gathering . The meeting was addressed by Mr C . Bolwell , delegate from Bath ; and W . P . Gaakill , Esq ., of Lane-end , near Wycombe . After tbe meeting we adjourned to the Temperance CcfiVe-house , and there and then formed a Chartist Association . Chartism is wonder * folly spreading in this neighbourhood . MANIFESTO OF THE LEICESTER MEMBERS OF SHE
NATIONAL CHABTBR ASSOCIATION . Innoceigary thlogg , unity ; in non-esBenlialp , liberty ; ia all Ibicga , charity . We , the members of the Association , in pablic meeting assembled , wish to make known our conviction that the time has now arrived when the real friends ef reiorm of all classes must unite for the political and social redemption of our beloved land . The various expedients resorted to by the different shades ei ^ formers Laving all signally failed to procure that bappinessfor which they wereintendecl , itnow becomes all classes to unite with the millions to obtain tha enaetoeet of ' the Charter' as the law of the land , which will secure ' the rifihta of labour , ' and thus resder the nation ' happy , prosperous , and frse . '
we offer no apolegy tor the past , although many , and very grievous epithets have been applied to us , such as ' destructive ? , levellers , ' and the like , but which we throw back with contempt upon those vile slanderers—the Press ; whose interest has been to keep their readers in perfect ignorance of the moral worth and virtue which does and has existed among this class of genuine reformers . But although we offer no apology for the genuine 1 CbartiBts / yet we are not ignorant of tiw enormities of Bome of its professed friends ; and in order to convince the public that we are the real friends of' peace , )» w , and order , and havefcv 0 U ¥ motto find practice * tke folio wing beautiful Btntiment , ' Liberty , Equality , and Fraternity , ' we deem it right to make known the line of policy by which we shall in future be governed , 1 st . We sra determined to agitate by all legal means to make the Charter the law of the land .
2 nd . That we will not bo deterred from thia righteous pursuit by any grade of reformers , unless they are capable of convincing us that some addition can be made to our Charter by the adoption of a Land op Labour sell * me > superior to the one proponnded and carried out by Foargus O'Connor . 3 rd . That we cannot afford to part with onr leaders —Duncombe , O'Connor , and others , un ^ ss men better qualified for . such an important trust can ba shown te us . 4 th . That we are quite sure the ' nation's weal' haa been deferred by all grades of politicians in their sectional and degullory novemtnta ; 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 the Chartist body ; and that any individual or Bection acting contrary to tha constitution , will be discountenanced .
6 h . That we are willfng to fraternise with all cla ? Bea of the cemmunity upon the preceding conditions , on the broad principle of the ' rights of man , ' recognising only intellectual ekiil and moral worth as the true distinctions for public men , without respect t © grade or station . Oth . TbatBhou . d an union take place on th 6 . above conditions , we will at once admit in our councils an equitable number of tbe property classea to share With the industrious in the regulation of our future movements for the pplitic » l and social emancipation of our couniry . Thos . Bbedham , Chairman . Wm . BRADSwoETn , Secretaryt National Charter Association Room , Hill-street , Leicester , Ma * eh 27 , 1848 . MEBSRS 1 IITCHEL , O ' BRIEN , AND UEAGHER .
BiRNBi / SY . —In accordance with a previous announcement by placard , a public camp meeting took plaoe in ttis town on Barebones , at tiro o ' clock on Sunday week , for 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 there could not be less than seven thousand persons present . Mr John Shaw , an English Chartist , was called to preside . " He said he felt a degree of satisfaction , which h « never experienced on any former ocoa&ion , to see before him such a mass of Englishmen and Irishmen determined to battlejagainst their common en < mienthe Whig government— who trampled on tlis eae ? ed rights and privileges of the people of England ,
Ireland , and Scotland . lie never entertained any of those national or religious prejudices againet bh fe'low-nian , which had up to the present time militated against tbe interest of the people ; his opinion was , that when an iDjury was dene to any person , the whole people Shopld consider themselves injared , and act accordingly . —Mr F . Mirfield , an English Chartist , proposed the first resolution , as follows : — 1 That this meeting hail with delight , the fraternisation of tbe democracy of thia country with the Irish , people , who have for centwie 3 been kept dividedby cratty tyrants and hypocritical knaves , in order to forward their own baae purpose ; that we believe tbe only effectual means to accomplish the liberties of Great Britain and Ireland , is by a determined effort
on the part of the people of those countries , whose interests are identical to combine together , and take their affairs into their own hands . This meeting therefore pledges itself to ute Ha utmost endeavours to create a friendly feeling between the people of England , Ireland , and Scot * land , with a view to obtain England for the English , Scotland for tha Scotch , and Ireland for the Irish . ' He delivered an excellent address , in the course of which he stated thaCif the Whig ; government tried to carry their threats into operation , toe Cburthts would oppose them to a man . —Mr M . Segrave , an Irish Chartist , seconded the resolution . In the course of his speech 10 proved that tbe people of both countries bad one
common enemy to contend with—namely , tha da « soendanta of the Norman brigands , who plundered tbe > Saxons oi their natural inheritance—the land ; and then invaded Ireland , which they likwise pillaged . It was they wao had oown tbe seeA of Awcowl , s * d created prejudices in che minds of Englishmen and Irishmen against each other , by adopting the tyrants raotto of— ' Divide and Conquer . ' At this stage of . the proceedings tbe rain began to fall in torrents , with occasional flashes of lightning and loud bursts of thunder . It was accordingly suggested that the meeting adjourn , when more thatt a thousand voices thundered forth— That if all the rain in the Heavens should fall , they would not separate until tbe proceedings were finished . ' — -Mr B . Gill , an English Chartist ,
delivered a very eloquent address in support of tha resolution , which was carried by acclamation . —MrT . Bates , an English Chartist , proposed tbe second resolution as follows : — ' Tlmt this meeting feel highly indignant at the conduct of tbe tyrannical * Whig government , who have ever manifested a desire to crush the growing spirit of liberty , by arresting the principal leaders 0 f | the Irish people , and by that mtans hope to perpetuate their nateful tyranpy » nd mHgovernment throughout Ihe United Kingdom . Resolved , therefore , ' That we adopt an address to these brave patriots , in order to testify to them that we fully appreciate their noble conduct : and we Wreny pledge ourselves to assist our Irith brethren by every
possible means in our power , to accomplish , their inde « pendenca , and at the same time effect our own liberty . The above resolution tob eeconcd by Mr K . <* uDn « L and ably supported by Mr P . Mooney , an « -KepeaI Warden , but now a member of the Irish Democratio Cofederation . The resolution was put from the chair , carried un . iniraously .-The address was read by Mr M . Fiannigan , and was seconded t > y Mr O Leary , and . supported by Mr P . Hoey , all Irish Democrats , and carried by acclamation . —Each speaker addressed the meeting at considerable length , ft ) id < s&s loudty cheered . At tho conclusion of the proceedings , which lasted two tours and twenty minutes , every one pre sent was drenched to the akin . Never was there aucb
a spirit of determination manifested ia Barnsl&y before . It was agreed that the meeting stand adjourned till next Sunday at two o ' clock , a . a the times are bo eventful .
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IRISH DEMOCRATIC CONFEDERATION . This body has held crowded and enthusiastic meetings on Sunday and every evening during thepast week . On Sunday evening the following resolution was adopted : — ' That this meeting consider it the duty of every person to attend the meeting at Kennington Common on Monday ; and aht ) recommend all good and true men to do the same for tbe attainment of their just and inalienable rights . ' The following resolution was also unanimously adopted , together with a resolution , that— 'The secretary
should send a copy of the same to Alderman Thomp . son . ' ' That the . speech of Alderman Thompson in the House of Commons , relative to the lea party held in this room on the 10 th instant , is a tissue of false hood 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 the worthy alderman himself ; nor will we believe otherwise , unless the honourable and worthy alderman contradicts this statement . This meeting is 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 us in 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 . Jappealed to the meeting against this vile attempt at falsehood ; he hoped their president would lay it befare 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 , Williams , and Sharp were thec placed in nomination to fill up any vacancy that mi ^ ht occur . Mr . Clancy was declared duly elected .
On Tuesday night a numerous meeting took place without a single notice being given ; at eight o ' clock the room was filled , Mr . Joyce in the chair . Mr . Cezer read Mr . Smith O'Brien ' s speech ia tbe house . The following resolution was put from the chair and unanimously adopted : — ' That in the opinion of this meeting the 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 think ! think 1 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 the Prince of Wales gave to his father George III .: ' Sir / said be , ' I could have saved your American colonies for a shilling ! ' ' How ? ' said his majesty . ' I would have bought a rope , ' said tbe prince , ' and have hanged Lord Bute and Lord North ; and thus would I have saved your colonies . ' Mr . Bezer followed in good style . Mr . Smythe moved tbe following resolution , which was unanimously adopted . — - 'That this meeting views witb feelings of indignation the gagging' bill oi the "Whig ministry , and solemnly protest against this bill becoming the law in this country , '
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . 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 enough 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 tho abtract , to all its Inhabitants , Instead of listening to their demands , and showing ( if that be possible ) where they were unreasonable , or their concession inexpedient or impracticable .
the Government took & htoi terror , under the influence of which they did their best to pvoduce a civil war in this country ; 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 his finger ends so severely . It may suit the purposes of the Times to deal in unfounded alarms , and to excite a war of classes , but his Lordshi p 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 they had achieved a victory on Monday . Another such will ruin them both . Their Proclamation was disregarded . Their construction of
the law was despised , and set at naught . The Working Classes asserted their right to meet and hold their Procession , and having done so , gave to the Tpper 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 by . the Times , and the course which the Government , acting as its
puppets , took with reference to the Demonstration of Monday , has caused the other classes to think and enquire . We do not fear the result ; a result which 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 ! 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 polite circles . Now it is tbe theme of every tongue , in every class of 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 ifc 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 that , from henceforward , there will be no rest , no retrogression , until the great p rinciples of political equality are inscribed aslw upon the Statute iiook .
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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/vm2-ncseproduct1466/page/5/
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