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      DAiGJ THE FACTOR ? BELL ; t n for ihe swords of former time 1 Oh for the men lhal bore them !; men . armed&rriglitiflieysto ^ saMime , " AB dtjr . nte cn ^ ed beSw d ^^ ^^ « Then onward , the greeubamw rearing , " Go flesh ererj sword to the hilt ; On ornate is TiftueanaEimr ,. : Ontbeu ' s is the oaxon and guilt . * u _ . TostMoqm . « Tt is as nmA * * " ** of a jfcople to rebel against a - "ILt ^ Dse of Commonsas against * Ijrannicalpnnee . 1 ^ ISmoKECHis tTorj ) . .

      iT * tmehaTe a petition , signed by 500 , 000 fighting men , rr rte prayer he ^ that they are determined to fight ; $± affinal fcSe a . Kepwl of ^ e TJmon . ' -DA > . EL { TC-ossni- ^ .. - . , . « AIv arm is jet young enough to wield the sward in decree of Irish liberty . '—Disni . O'Coxnell . J £ T CHHDRE 5 , I have given you tvro quotations from jfoOKE , the poet , who was pensioned by the trhitfa from O'Coxsell , the Liberator , who

      pensioned his family and his relatives upon the country ; and from LordBoLUTGBROKE , a high lory ; and what do you think would be my ftte if , in this reformed age , and these days of enlightenment , I was to propound such seniiments ? But , as I struggle : for your order , and not for myself—and as there is one law ibr the rich , " and another for the poor—and eren one law . . for those who defend the rich , a nd another law for those who defend the poor T should be transported , were I to give

      expreEsion to such sentiments . - My children—after a storm comes a calm , and after a calm comes a storm . The British Minister has , hitherto , based bis policy upon your ' satisfaction - * Me bjs strengt h [" was iased ; and is based , « P ™ J ^?^ & § te WK ^ ti&u&ttmy& ^ nteaai npon ' yoni ' dependence-nay , uponjour sla-Tery * and this does not more apply to the support of Teel and his party , upon certain oecT-ons—o £ &e Protectionists upon certain other occasions-rihan it does to the support of a portion of the Free Traders , when they presume that their interest * are at stake .

      If the Protectionists propose any measure which is calculated to benefit your order , the Peelites and Free Traders will join the government in opposing it . ^ If the Free Traders propose any measure which is calculated to benefit your order , the Peelites and Protectionists ¦ will join with the Government in their opposition . Thus you will see , that you are governed by the whim and caprice of faction , and not by policy or State requirement . 3 Iy children , I never give a Tote which is repugnant to my own feelings , or opposed to yonr interests ; and , therefore , as an independent member , I command no influence whatever in the House of ,. Commons beyond the power I possess of representing yonr mind and feelings there , of which the House would otherwise remain in utter ignorance .

      As a good thing can never be too often repeated , let me here give you a list of the ninety-six members who voted for Mr . Hume ' s motion on Tirarsday weei , and from that you will be able to form an estimate of the present system of representation . Here follow the names of the minority of ninety-six who voted for that motion , with the amount of population they represent . SiSIE . PLACE . rOPU . Idau-, H . E . Ipswich 24 , 600 Ate , B . A . S . Cambridge 23 , 456 jMionby , H . A . Cocfcennouth 6 , 420 Alcock , T . Surrey ( East ) 447 , 742 Anderson , A . Orkney & Shetland 61 , 065 Armstrong , R . B . Lancaster 14 , 339 2407

      5 w , M . f- Derby S . Berkeley , Hon . H . F . Bristol 123 . 18 S Berkeley Hon . C . L . G . Cheltenham 31 , 207 Blewittj ' R . J . 3 Ionmouth District 17 , o 96 Bouverie , Bon . E . P . Enmarnock 38 , 373 Bright John Manchester ' 240 , 367 Brolherton . J . Salford 66 , 624 Brown , J , P . Knatesborough 5 , 382 Caulfield , J . 31 . Armagh ( County ) 232 , 393 Clay , James Hnll 65 , 670 Clay , Sir William Tower Hamlet 3 419 , 730 Clifford , H . JL Hereford Jb ^ 7 . Cobden , Sichard York ( We 3 fc Rid . ) I , lo 4 , 924 Collbs W . "Warwick 9 , 124 Cowan ' C . Edinburgh 136 , 692 Carrie , R . Northampton 20 , 637 Devereux , J . T . "Wcxford ( Borough ) 11 , 252 D'EyncourtBt . Hon . n

      , . __ G . T . Lambeth 197 , 412 Duke , Sir James Xondon 320 , 702 Duncan , George Dundee 63 , 825 Buncombe , T . S . Jlnsbury 265 . 043 Ellis , J . Leicester 50 , 365 Etans , Sir De Lacy Westminster 219 , 930 Evans , J . Haverfordwest 8 , 582 Ewart , W . - Dumfries 22 , 327 Pagan , W . Cork 80 , 729 Pol , W . J . Oldham 60 , 109 Gibson , T . JL Manchester Grattan , H . Heath ( County ) 183 , 823 Greene J . Kilkenny ( County ) 183 , 349 Grenfell , C . P . Preston 50 , 332 287463

      Ball , Sir Benjamin Jfnrylebone , Hardcastle , J . A , Colchester 17 , 532 Harris , R . Leicester ftTT « Hastie , Alexander Glasgow 2 o / , o 92 Histie , Archibald Paisley 43 , 125 Headlam . T , E . Kewcastle-on-Tyne 69 , 430 Henry , A . Lancashire ( South ) 850 , 548 Hejwortb , Lawrence Derby Horsman , E . Cockermouth — - Humphrey , Alderman Sonthwark 143 , 620 Jackson W . ] Jewcastie-under-Lynel 0 , 033 Rating , K . "ffaterford ( Co . ) 172 , 971 liershaw , J . Stockport 50 , 154 Eing , Hon . P . J . L . Surrey ( East ) ——

      lushington , C . Westminster — M'Cullagb , W . T . Dundalk 10 , 782 M'Gregor , J . Glasgow Measrher , T . "Waterford ( City ) 23 , 216 Slarihall , J . G . Leeda 151 , 063 Miner , W . M . E . York 30 , 152 Mofiatt , G . Dartmouth 4 , 663 Molesworth , Sir W . Southwark Jlowatt , F . Penryn , &c . 12 , 160 >' u < : ent , Lord Aylesbury 56 , 761 O'Brien , Sir T . Cashel 7 , 086 O'Connell , Maurice Tralee 9 , 562 O'Connell , M . J . Kerry ( County ) 293 , 680 O'Flaberty , A , Galway ( Borough ) 17 , 275 51441

      O'Connor , F . Sottingbam , Osborne . R . Middlesex 1 , 576 , 616 Pechell , SirG . B . Brighton 48 , 567 Peto . S . JI . Norwich 60 , 982 Pilkmgton , J . Blackburn 30 . 1 S 6 Power , Dr . Cork 773 , 398 Seyno ! d 3 , J . Dublin 232 , 726 Bicardo , J . L . Stoke-on-Trent 67 , 798 Roebuck , J . A . Sheffield 109 , 597 Sadlier . J . Carlow 9 , 012 Salway , CoL Xudlow 5 , 171 ScholefiefyW . Birmingham 181 , 016 Scully , F . Tipperary 435 , 553 Smith , J . B . Stirling district 27 , 730 Sirickland , Sir G . Preston Stuart . LordDudley Marrlebone Sullivan , M . Eilkenny 19 . 0 H

      Talbof , J . H . Kew Boss 7 , 543 Tancred , H . W . Banbury 7 , 199 Tenison , E . K . Leitrim 155 , 297 Tennent , lLJ . Belfast 75 , 308 Thompson , Co ! . Bradford 66 , 508 Thompson , George Tower Hamlets Thomely , T . Tyolverhampton 92 , 913 Tilliefs , Hon . C . ditto ¦ ff akley , T . Knsbury Tifawn , J . T . South . Shields 22 , 942 Ivilcox , B . M'Ghie Southampton 27 , 490 TViHianH , J . Macclesfield 32 , 523 "Wilson , M . Clitheroe 11 , 324 Wood , W . P . Oxford ( City ) 23 , 658 IELLEBS . Hune , J . Jlontrose 43 , 172 ^ almsley , Sir J . Bolton 50 , 163 11 , 475 , 195

      - ^ w , when you read the above ^ -when Jon Sai -fcgfr jitfle more than a seventh of the -House of Commons represent nearly half the population of the empire , and when you find ^ e little benefit which you can expect to de"re , even from the votes of those representing ] sore than three fourths of the population of i"is empire—what , I ask yon , have yon to « pect from the present system ? 1 have asked you , over and over again , what benefit you would derive from a . reduction of « a millions a year in the taxes of the country , ^ ess you had th ' ecoHtrol of the exchequer j ™ country % I must keep facts before you , "Offerer tiresome the repetition may be ; and ^ ergfore let me remind yon , that estimating

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      the population of Hie empire at thirty millions , and estimating each family at five , the reduction of ten millions a year , would be 6 s . 8 d . a head , or £ 1 $ 3 . 4 d . a family--ibat is , if you bad your share of it ; and estimatij ^ the working days at 300 in the year , thiafreduction would amount tdilittle ' more than- a penny a day for one person ^ while you may rely upon it , that thereduction in . your , wages would amount to morethan twopence , tbi'eepence , or fourpence a day ; and , therefore , what I have here endeavoured to keep in" view , is the fact , that your order will gain nofbenp fit until the tax payer is the law maker . ' ,. , , -

      Jfow -will any man tell me what . benefit ; an operative and his family would derive ftpmcthe abolition of the tax upon tobacco , tea , ; Bagar malt , bops , or any of those commodities "whtoh ^ if cheapened , would butlead to the greater disp pation of the working classes ? What benefit would the poor man derive from the abolition of the window , tax ? Not a particle ; -nor fromanyoffhetaxesthatl have mentioned . For rely upon it , that as long as wealth preserves the ascendancy . over labour , the wealthy man-will ' reduce , the . \ wnge 3 •« £ ithe labourer -in aigreater proportion than the taxes , npon the laboaret ' s-luxuries , or . necessaries of life , are

      reduced . ' , I have frequently told you , that legislation in this country was not based npon justice , or upon domestic feeling , hut rather upon foreign consideration . Up to the present time , the Special-Constable President of France , has played with the French people like puppets , and the English Government relied upon his co-operation and support , as the means of preserving what they ludicrously term English satisfaction . But , alas , the weeping , the wailing , and evil foreboding of the Times , with reference to the result of the recent French Elections , will teach them a wholesome lesson .

      The representatives of the people are designated by that organ as Socialists and Revolutionists , whUe pity is expressed for those termed Moderates . But , surely , if the laws and institutions of a country are to be based upon the will of a majority of that country , we have no right to interfere with the exercise of that will , to denounce or repudiate the princip les which it seeks to acquire . What would the English press say , if the press of France was to denounce a Whig Government , and its policy ? Would it not designate it as insolent and impertinent ? Is not the limes aware that the French neople understand their

      position , and are capable of preserving their interests better than the "Times ? '' And , however the Government may rest upon the support of this broken reed , you may rely upon it that the result of the French Elections will have a greater effect upon the English Government than all the gatherings of Protectionists , Parliamentary Reformers , and Chartists . You may draw some slight conclusion from the alteration that has taken place in the Stock Exchange pulse of England , even upon the first announcement of the probability of independent Members being returned from Paris , as there the pulse of England has materially declined .

      Let me now show you the folly of a Government opposing the fair and legitimate demands of the people , and you will learn it from the following short , but pithy , afad significant report of the proceedings of a Parliamentary and Financial Reform Meeting , extracted from the " Daily News" of Thursday ; and from the resolution , carried unanimously , you will see that it embodies the whole of the " PEOPLE'S CHARTER " : —

      MEETING AT nETHNAL-GREEX . Last evening , the second public meeting fer the present year , of the Tower Hamlets Parliamentary ana Financial Reform Association was held at the Woodman , Bethnalgreen . The chair was occupied on the occasion by George Offor , Esq . The Chaibmas , in opening the proceedings , said the meeting had to consider amatter of deep importance affectinjr . their social welfare . Hitherto , the land alone had feeen represented , very few of those of the working classes , upon irhom the burden of taxation was imposed , having any roicein the House of Commons . It seemed a singular , but it was nevertheless an undeniable feet , that the poor man who boug ht a pound of sugar , had to pay exactly the same amount of duty upon it as the rich occupier ot the soil . The consequence was , that the poor man , who had a wife and five children , was paying seven times as much as

      the rich bachelor . The only means the working classes had of rectifying this unfortunate state of things was by extending the suffrage , and empowering every man of adult age , nntainted by crime , to have a vote . He himself had seven votes , and he considered it most unjust that any individual shouldhaTeraore than one , andthatpersonssuperior to him in industry should be dispossessed altogether of the franchise . He , moreover , held it to be unjust that the Tower Hamlets , possessing a population of 4 ( 10 , 000 inhabitants , should only have two representatives , while " much smaller legalities possessed an equal number of members . He expressed a hope that the time was speedily arriving when electoral divisions would be made , when all parts of the country would he equall y represented , and when it would he placed out of the power of parties in the House « f Commons , to bamboozle the people by giving protection to land . ( Cheers . ) . . _

      Mr . J . B . Maskau . proposed the first resolnbon , to the effect that tue meeting was of opinion that the present system of electing members of parliament , based as it was upon the exclusion of the people , and the predominance of tho few , was radically vicious ; and in order to abolish such system , a full and free representation in the Commons House of Parliament was of paramount importance , and should be earnestly enforced . Mr . J . Bishop seconded this resolution , which was unanimously carried . Upon the motion of Mr . Davis , the meeting , impressed with the necessity for carrying out the foregoing resolution , pledged itself to assist the Tower Hamlets Parliamentary and Financial Keform Association . The usual vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman , and the meeting separated .

      Uo \ r , in the above resolution you will find that the meeting advocated a full and free representation of the people , in the Commons House of Parliament But , my children , what would you have said of me , and what would you not justly have said of me , if vanity or ambition on my part had justifisd this party in denouncing Chartism and the Chartists , and in assisting the Government in persecuting us ? O ur greatest folly has always been in preserving antagonism , to secure personal popularity at the risk of the national cause . I told you , that those Parliamentary Reformers would at last take a pluuge into the gulf of Chartism , if we did not , by our folly and violence , throw any impediment or obstacle in the way , and now you find the truth of my prediction verified .

      My children , it is my intention after Easter to make a tour of England aad Ireland , as I think I can render tetter service to your cause out of the House of Commons , than in the House of Commons , as at present constituted ; and while I hope thoroughly to cement the minds of both countries , I will undertake to say , that no man shall suffer legal persecution , and that no man's family shall suffer hunger , starvation , and sorrow from my folly . I have , for the last five years , devoted my time to the establishment and carrying out of the Land Company , because it was my desire and my wish , to show to the indnstrioug

      classes , what the social result of Chartism would be ; and however it may be reviled by ungrateful ruffians , it has sown the seed of social hope , and the technicalities and quibbles of the law , have not shaken the people ' s confidence in the Land , however they may have been able to arrest the progress of my plan for a time . As you will see by my tour , it is my intention to be amongst my constituents at Nottingham on Thursday next ; and as I consider myself to be their servant , and not theirmaster , it is my intention to ask them for leave of absence , for the purpose of once more raising the Chartist spirit in this cduntry j and much as I have been abused ,

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      I shall , be prepared and ready to ^ meel ;; my assailants and yours upon every platftijrOT / v ' -Tour Faithful Friend and . ? ; - Uncompromising Advocate , Feargus O'Connor . .

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      coul 4 mist the united and intelligent democracies of England , Ireland , and Scotland , marching on ¦ $ * £ < f i 8 ai ? , this common enemy—oligarchial andi&ristocratical dominion ? Let this truth once tal * P " } Ireland , and the "United Kingdom "as it ^ roalled—will find itself ripe for a change . KuiersAave too long governed the world with a strong hand , solel y because they have been able to set race against race , and nation against nation , but in this . nineteen th century a voice has gone forth , encircling the earth with its echo , proclaiming the fraternity of nations ,- and the ¦ brotherhood of mankl £ ; * e enthusiasm with which Mr . O'Connor and-his colleagues were received by the Dublin meeting , is evidence strong as possible that the

      inaane nivte ot Uelt to Saxon urfiut dyingout ; and it ib highly creditable to Mr . O'Connor , that , with his strongXJeltic feelings , and oppreBsedas heand his i family , have beeni by Saxon rulers , that ho hasinanfuI 1 y , ?^ oted his mean s , time , and talent to the establishment of fraternal intercourse and democratic association between the two countries . '¦ . ' , ? A marked feature of the meeting in Dublin , as distinguished from former political gatherings' in that country , was the absence of what , in England , is known as " Squireenism . M or ignorant pursoproa'd dictation . . The man , and not the money ^ bag ^ iwiB the staple , on Tuesday weekvh Even . at this day ^ the ACdnne ^ staWishment-M ConoiHation ^ aH ^ Ws dmded ifito * aratihis ^ mo . d 9 Mon-of . tl 1 o ... different , classes .- each beinsrDroV

      videdforjn proportion- ^ &ihe amount of its donation—care being taken to perpetrate the distinction of classes , by separating the " froize" from tho " broad cloth . " But , to all appearancea , that institution has worn itself out , and seems to be at present bankrupt in everything but a stock of the most delectable native assurance , which enables it to do a trifling business in a small way . The oratory there , is stale , flat , and almost unprofitable , even to the " eldest son , " who exhibits weekly , and is completely so to those unfortunates who have , to go there for their penny 8-worth . Tho pride and power of Conciliation Hall is " gone by , " and , like the Monster Meetings , to which it owes its existence , in the future history of Ireland it will be recorded as a Monster Humbug . The reader must excuse the vulgarity of the expression , as it has been employed simply for its

      expres-. The meeting on Tuesday week was the first assemblage of people in Ireland for an avowed , an intelligible democracy , and , as such , may be taken as the commencement of a new era . True , some of the speakers were not very practical , but they were equally earnest ; and although , at present , they appear to lie at sea , as to the mode of operations , as they proceed in . thoir agitation , tho necessity for practical measures will make itself manifest , and the contingency wiil then have to be provided for . At the . commencement , they must obviously oontent themselves with scattering their good seed abroad with a generous hand ; and in a genial soil like that of Ireland—preparedas it has been by the

      ploughsnare 01 crueuy . ana tyranny—it cannot be long in taking root ; and when it buds forth blossoms , it is to he hoped that it will be tended with a care that will preserve the fruit for the use , behoof , and benefit of the trodden-down children of industry . A good commencement has been made ; the metropolis has been set in motion ; let the provinces follow the example set them by the citizens of Dublin—and let the announcement be energetically made , that henceforth , the governing faction shall have to contend with the united democracies of England , Ireland , Scotland , and corruptionists will straightway commence about setting their houses in order , so aa to be prepared for the revolution which must follow . Ireland ' s strongest point is the weakness of

      the English government with its own people—and as skilful generals invariable attack thoir enemies weakest positions , so , if the leaders of the Irish movement be wise , they will not fail to make the most of English alliance , and English , disaffection , as I feel assured they may both be turned to the best account for the interest of Ireland . Mr . O ' Connor , I believe , has determined of making a tour through Ireland and England during the ensuing summer , with a view of promoting a union of the veritable people of both countries ; and once having succeeded in doing so , should he not live to accomplish , more , he will then be able , in his own favounto language , to say , " that he has left the world better than he found it . " . ' JJarohllth . *¦ .--.. - ^ - - < g . > e ^ Miussian . .

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      PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASCOCIATION . This body met at their office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , on Wednesday evening , March 13 th , when the whole of the members were present , viz .: —Messrs . GK W . M . Reynolds , E . Stallwood , J . Arnott , OK J . Harnev , J . Grassby , T . Brown , E . Mills ,

      J . Milne , and W . Davies . Mr . James Grassby was called to the chair . Mr . Araott was unanimously elected secretary , and Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds , treasurer . Correspondence , requesting cards of membership , and remitting cash , &c , &c ., were received from Aberdeen , Bradford , Belper , Cheltenham , Merthyr Tydvil , Newcastleupon-Tyhe , Sheffieldy South Shields , &e .

      The question of the best means of organising Chartism , was then taken into consideration , and it was resolved , " That the office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , should be open every day ( Sunday excepted ) , from nine to twelve ; and on Monday evening , from seven to nine , for the convenience of working men , who may wish to apply personally for cards , or to pay in contributions , or obtain information respecting the movement , &c , &c . ' "That the Hall of the Literary and Scientific Institution be taken for the following six consecutive Tuesday nights , for public meetings . "

      " That each agent or sub-secretary , bo requested to communicate immediately , to the secretary ( John Arnott , ) at the office , 14 , Southampton-street , stating the number of cards received by them , the quantity taken up by members , and to remit cash received by them for such cards , &c . " "; That the agents , or sub-secretaries for the metropolitan and suburban districts , be

      especiall y requested to communicate with the secretary , setting forth how many enrolled members there are in their several localities , as it is the desire of the Provisional Committee , so soon as there shall be a sufficiency of localities comprising twenty members each , to re-etablish the Metropolitan Delegate Council , aud thus set the whole metropolis and suburbs in motion for democracy . " .

      The glorious news of the triumph of Democracy iu the Paris election was reported , and hailed with expressions of enthusiastic delight . ' ^ Mr . G- . W . M . Reynolds gave notice that he would move an address to the country next week , He also announced , that accompanied by Mr . Feargus O'Connor , he had accepted a brief democratic mission in support of the National Charter Association , and that , they would be in Bradford , on Sunday , the 17 th Halifax , on Monday , the 18 th ; and Sheffield , ' on Tuesday , the 19 th . The committee then ad journed until Wednesday evening next .

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      Sheffield . —A general meeting of Chartists was held in the Democratic Temperance Hotel , 33 , < jueen-street ,. on Sunday evening last , to consider the propriety of reorganising the Charter Association . On the motion of Mr . Higginbbttomj Mr . Renshaw was called to tho chair . After briefly stating the object of the meetiug , the following rosolution was unanimously agreed to : — " That this meeting do form itself into an association in conjunction with the National Charter Association , as organised by the late Conference . " After the reerirolment of members , tlie following persons were electedjis the general council : —James Mitchell , Aaron Higginbottom , John Craven , Joseph Caklwell , ; John Sewavd , Nathaniel Robinson , John Wallis , Jamea "Whalcy ; Thomas Renshaw , president ; M-Ambrose ,. Buckley , treasurer ; Charles CIcgg , nuancial secretary ; George Cavill , corresponding secretary ; Thomas Hague , librarian . On the motion of Mr . George Cavill , 100 cards of membership were ordered to be sent for . It was

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      also announced that the next meeting would be held on Sunday evening next , when Mr . Buckley will deliver an address on tho prospects and policy of an union of the English and Irish democracy . After a vote , of thanks to the chairman , the meeting was adjourned . Cur CHinnsT Hall and Atheiwbcm , 26 , Goldenlane , Cripplegate . —We regret to learn that the friends of this highly useful institution are somewhat pecuniarily involved , in consequence of the expenses incurfed in its construction and fitting up . We understand that a hencfit night will be . held at the Royal Albert Saloon , City-road , on Tuesday next , the 19 th inst ,, with a 7 * . . relieve those friends from their pressing liabilities ; and we trust that the democratic cnuse , combined with the moderate charge for admission , the atrractive bill of faro , and the popularity of the of

      place amusement , will induce our numerous friends in the City of London , Pinsbury , the Tower Hamlets , and South London ; to rally round ¦ ¦ the brave lads of Cripplegate , crowd the Albert Saloon on the occasion , and thus secure to the democratic cause , ( that : truly valuable building , '' The City . Chartist j Hall and Athenpeum . " , . .. '" i $ Lxvugjt . ~ -i& a ^ meetife of members , held on AfoiMay ^ enihg , . lpjtHi forking ' Man ' s Hal !;( the follo ^ in ^ erBons w > re sleeted to ' servo as Council , ! oft ; th £ : e' ^ Smith /' Th ^ rna / Mitchelj 'Johu ' Culpah ; George Walker , KichardMitchel , Joseph Blaybroughi John Sherry ,: president ; John Edwards ,. ; 'Secretaryi ; William Maude ,. treasurer ; George Webber , corresponding secretary . All communicationsfor . tho Halifax' Chartists , to be , addressed to George Webber , corresponding seerotaryj 7 , Range Bank , Halifax . ¦ . . * ¦ < ¦ - ¦ - ¦ -

      LivKitPooL . —A meeting of members tooh place in Mr . FarreU ' s Temperance Hotel ,, C 2 , Richmondrow , on Sunday evening , at which it . was . agreed : — " That successive meetings should be held on Sunday evenings , at seven o ' clock , for tho purpose of affording an opportunity to the old and sincere friends of the cause , to ' come forward with their wonted support ; and also to all others who may be desirous of assisting in the accomplishment of political reform . " South London . —At a meeting hold at the Ship and Mermaid , Snow ' s-fields , Bermondsey , the following resolution was carried unanimously : — " That as the grievances of the Provisional Committee were settled , that we join the National Charter Association . Twenty-four new members enrolled their names , after which a council was elected ior the conducting of business . " .. \

      Dehktend and Bordsley District , Birmingham . — On Monday last , the members held their usual weekly meeting at the Swan , Warwick-street , Mr . llensham in tho' chair ; when resolutions were passed , " that there should be a meeting of district delegates convened as early as possible . " Mr . Thompson delivered an address on the Rights of Labour , '' which gave general satisfaction . Thanks were jriven to the chairman , and the meeting separated . Macclbsfield . —At a meeting on Monday night , at Mr . Thomas Jones ' , Mr . J . Wheston in the chair , after the usual business of the society had been transacted , the sura of 10 a . waa handed in for the Honesty Fund . The members . are exerting themselves , and hope to send a goodly sum next week . Chartist Re-okganisation . —At a delegate meeting held at Staleybridge . last Sunday , it was unanimously agreed to send the following address for insertion in the Northern Star : —

      ADDEESS OF THE SOUTH LANCASIIIBE DELEGATES , TO TUI RESPECTIVE LOCALITIES OF SOUTH LANCASHIRE , Brotueu Democbats , —At a time when the forces of Chartism are scattered and isolated , it requires more than ordinary energy and perseverance to bring into one concentrated focus the slumbering embers of democracy . It requires the firm determination of all true and veritable Chartists to sound the tocsin of action , in order that the democratic mind of the country may be brought to bear upon a government who declare that the people do not desire reform . To prove this a libel upon the people , we call upon you to declare by your representatives in the next delegate meetiug to be held in Manchester , on Sunday ,

      April 7 th , 1850 , that you do require reform , and that too of a sweeping character ; and that you will never rest satisfied until the People ' s Charter , whole and entire , is made the law of the land . You ) the Chartists of Manchester , Stockport , Staleybiidge , Ashtou , Duliinfield , Mossley , Mottrum , Glassop , Oldham ,-Water Head Mill , Drojlesaen , Eccles , Kbyton . IloUinwood , Bolton , Bury , Hochdale , Middleton , Hejwood , Hyde , Failsworth , and Todmorden , we . trustwilL ^ esponitojtoii . oaUjn that spmt ' which was wont to animate yo # ' ftrm ^ r esel'Ub % sr ' T Tfu ^ h 5 f ; that ' ohi ? efforts in the cause of truth nnd justice will eve long be crowned with complete success , We remain , Brother Democrats , Yours fraternally—The Delegates Assembled . Samuel Cooper , Chairman ; John Jackson , Secretary Thomas Storor , William Hill , James Williams , "William Schoiield .

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      ing address of the chairman , for whose honesty and enthusiasm ^ he had ifche ' gfeatesfc ^ reipecCiAnd Q now for . the affiursi inthe . House of Commons ; ho porceifed ^ tha't the last relic of barbarism—the m ock monarchy of Ireland—the Lord-Lioutenantcy—was about to be abolished ;' erery good man would rejoice at this . ( Loud cheers . ) It was nothing but a piece of idle empty gew-gaw , kept up for" the purpose of finding place and patrpnago for the lawyers , or for tho pauper aristocracy of Ireland . ( Cheers . ) The next question was , Mr . Cobden ' s motion for . reaucing the expenditure to the standard of 1835 ; and , th r j t 0 al J » that under "Victoria ' s mild reign , tne budge ^ had increased by the enormous amount 2 Lr \ , milll 0 . - ( Hoai-, hear . ) ffow Mr . Cobden was a Financial Reformer . He knew that at Manchester ho had declared himself a Parliamentary

      Reformer as well ; but then he was before an assemhi rflf » u , ? u - nly Chartists , "fc othertimes , he S ? m 1 f r ? Ubl ^ hil" ? elf t 0 Dush Parliamoi . tary . Re-« £ ??' .- 5 ™ , lt may ' had dono the PeoPte %° ^" if th ° ° th 6 r ni S - ( nea' - > 1-ear . ) -But why should such a wasteful and lavish expenditure of the people s money bo spoken of in such honied words ? Was it that the cotton lord of to-day hoped to be tho noblo lord of to-morrow ? ( Loud shouts of "Hoar , hear . " ) As regards Mr . Ueikeley ' s motion for the Ballot , only 121 voted in its favour ; the arguments used against it were , that , it was un-English ; but there were other things un-English that received great patronage from those who refused the Biillot . Had not John Williams stated in the House of Commons , that 1 , 000 electors of Westminster had abstained froin using their franchise on this account ? Did not this show the

      neccssityof the Biillot ? It remained for the people to take these matters up , and be true to themselves , and the ministers would ultimately bend to the public voice . ( Groat cheering . ) t Mr . Vbrnon , in sccondiug the motion , said he must confess he was not . one of those who would wish to see the little Charter carried ; he would prefer waiting until the people were prepared , b demand and enforco something more . ( LbM cheers . ) He thought ., it' important that the people Should understand thehvsooialrights ; not asa qualification for the franchise ^ , but that they .-mightt < . fciie better apply ,-pOliticrtl rights / when- they had them . ( Hear , hear . ) They , hadnow . a Provisional

      Committee , in which he did hpt > think there was any danger of a uplit , ami in ^ whom . ho thou <; ht . ; 'Uie people might place implicit confidence , and t ' hpy should rally round that ' committee in order to ir&ke its efforts successful , and the first step should Be'to enrol their names on the books of the Charier A 35 Ocifttion , and thus place the committee in a po » i « tion to know on whom they had to rely , when (; the struggle comes—as come it must . ( Great cheering .. Mr . Verrion then mride a spirited appeal tb ; t | ie people to do their duty ; . all depended on theni whether they should have tho Charter in two years , or whether they should wait twenty years .. Herpsumed his seat loudly applauded . : . ' a ;

      Mr . A . M . Ward dissented both from Mr . Vernon and Mr . Reynolds . He would not refuse the liffile . Charter , and he could not consent to sendinQtftemen to the scorching dimes of Africa . ( Cries of " Where have they sent Mitchel , Frost , Williams , arid Jones ? " ) ' , " . Mr . RETxotns having replied , the resolution ' was put and carried unanimously . : ' " - A vote of thanks was given by acclamation to the chairman , and tho meeting dispersed , evidently delighted with the triumph of free discussion , and . the great progress making in the Democratic cause . ^

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF THE X 7 NITED KINGDOM . • . f "lie who allows oppression shares the crime . " - - ' '¦ ¦ . .. -... ¦> Brother Democrats , — -In my former letter I endeavoured to show you the characters of some , of the scamps who appeared to give evidence on the late trial , " O'Connor versus Bradshaw , " and the truth of which has been fully confirmed by the men of Derby , Leicester , and Scotland . Withrespecttp the tools taken from Nottingham , it is only necessary for me to say that the Mr . Brown ; cordwainer , who gave evidence , is the same individual who purchased a three-acre allotment of a person of the name of Cox , and took possession of the same at Snig ' s End , when , contrary to the rules , he obtained aid-money , and lived for several months , paying no

      rent . Sickness wiling upon him , Ins eldest son wished to retain possession of the allotment ; but to this the father would not give consent , which quite unsettled the son , and caused him to enlist as & soldier ; the elder Brown sold tbe allotment for £ 25 > and , after recovering his health , again offered £ 30 for it back . Iu his evidence , ho said he . had been deceived , and his expectations had not been realised . From the above facts , his evidence is untrue . Thie other evidence from Nottingham on the part of the defendant , proved nothing ; they merely stated that Mr . O'Connor , in his speeches before his election , promised . to locate the members within a given period . " But every man possessed of common sense must . « -know , thai neither Mr . O'Connor , or any

      other man could buy land , erect dwellings , and furnish aid r inoney to , ocoupantji ¦ unless the . means , pert ff *! ^*!^*^^^^^ that their A 2 I 2 s ., £ 3 18 s ,, or £ 5 4 s ., would put them in possession of two , three , or four acres of land , without other aid ? The whole of the evidence brought forward failed to prove one single act of dishonesty against Mr . O'Connor ; while the great fact still remains , that the Judge would not receive the evidence of Mossrs . Gray and Finlayson , who would have indisputably proved his honesty . Even the Jury could see this ; but a " Verdict far the Defendant ; " was recorded notwithstanding . Is there an unprejudiced person who can read their

      verdict without coming to the conclusion , that' the intention of such a jury must have been to do their share towards " ruining him with expenses V It remains to be seen whether the hopes of tyrants will be realised ; but if the men of England are what I tako them to be—haters of oppression , and lojreri of justice—they will , as with the voice of one inan , denounce such a system , and furnish the means to dofend Mr . O'Connor from all his enemies , both open and covert . Shall it ever be recorded against Englishmen that they stood tamely by , and suffered the only man of his class who came forward to help them , to be sacrificed ? Hoping all will do their duty , I remain , yours truly ,

      James Sweet . Nottingham , Marcli 12 , 1850 .

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      lKiSLAtfD AND ITS DEMOCRACY . TO THE SDITOR-OF IHB NOKTHERN STAB . ' Mr . Editor , —After a slumber of more than half-a-centuryj there is at length heard froin the "land of the , west , " the sound of the lon ^ stifled voice of . democracy , asserting its claim to the righta ( and dignities of manhood ; -Us power to save a brave and persecuted people ; its ability to provide for their physical and mental requirements ; and alsp its capacity ' s , ; to unite "vvith the master hand of genius . tlie " name of Hibernia , once more on the scroll of nations . ! Tiiat-it may be able to do all this , is ; the feryiMLt'hbpe ^ of all good men and true patriots . wh

      ¦ a ^ hose o view Ireland from the outside , afid' who judge of its people from the ! rude * and unculturpl specimens whom ruthless despotism has driven from its famine-stricken andper-j secuted ^ shores ; to find refuge in •; BtrABgS * apji distattfeilands , are ^ ut ^ Uifitted'tS ' form an eritimateof them , and arrive at conclusions upon ex-pake , evidence . To know Ireland as she really is , justice requires that she shall be viewed upon a larger scale , and in relation to all her material and mental resources ; and if regarded from these points , it will be discovered that she has qualifications which fit her fora future , both great and brilliant .

      The effortwhich the democracy there , is , at this moment making , is the surest and truest sign that the nation is possessed not only of a soul , but also of an intellect pure and giftedj and which- has neither been impaired nor destroyed by those late occurrences of death and slaughter , for which tho annals of barbarism cannot exhibit a parallel . The proud spirit of the people , bowed down by unequalled misfortunes , has not been broken , but has lived even against hope ; and in the times coming , it will lend animation to courageous efforts , from which shall result victory to the oppressed .

      Had it not been for the false teachings of able , but , I fear , unprincipled leaders , that democracy , which is now but a child lisping the first accents of democratic truth , would have long since grown to the herculean dimensions of a giant , before the thunder of whose voice foreign rule would have fallen , and domestic oppression would have vanished . The past , however , dark and gloomy as it has been , has not been

      without its value—its moral is an admonition against misplaced confidence , so glaring that all who run must read . Self-reliance , and moral independence , are the lessons which it has taught ; and the quick perceptive faculty of Ireland , having been once awakened to its reason , it will , ere long , reflect forth a light which shall illumine the whole land , and which shall guide the nation to greatness and independence .

      The meeting in Dublin on Tuesday last is the most novel and startling occurrence in the modern history of Ireland . For , although that country has been the scene of meetings and agitations of unprecedented magnitude for the past thirty years , the ends at which they aimed were partial and inoperative , because , with the exception of those of 1848 , they purposely excluded the rights of the masses of the people , and were , in the main , mere pretences , for the purposes of faction ,, and the aggrandisement of individuals . The " meeting' on Tuesday last , however , was of a different character , and had for its object the two-fold purpose of making Ireland a nation , and the people freemen . It was convened openly and avowedly as a democratic assemblage , and

      the inalienable rights of man to self-government , was broadly and fearlessly asserted . It was called together , too , not by the magnates of the land—the prestige of whose names has , heretofore , been supposed necessary to lend dignity , and . even utility ,. to a meetingbut its originators were nearly all of them of the industrial orders , and many of them the men of " no property , " but who are the'principal creators of all . . property . Nor was the meeting less novel and gratifying from the appearance thereof Air . Feargus O'Connor , and his colleagues , Messrs . M'Grath and "Clark ; and the cordiality of their reception was important in the highest degree , as it spoke the desire for union with maligned and persecuted English Chartism . How proudly must Mr . O'Connor have felt when his warm-hearted

      countrymen , with an united acclaim , greeted his presence amongst them with a " Cead mille fealtha , ' * as an injured exile , to whom , after all , his native land was the fondly-cherished spot , round which his affections were twined , and which banishment and ingratitude had not severed . Methought—for I was present—that I could perceive his eye lit up with the fire of benignant forgivene ' ss for past injuries , and his bosom heave with emotions that those only experience to whom home lias been a stranger , and gratitude a rebel . When ho rose to speak , the large and compact mas 3 presented a picture resembling the watcM of the Atlantic , when

      agitated by the angry elements , differing , however , as it was set in motion by the boisterousriess of heartfelt applause ; and when it settled down , the silence that ensued was that of reverence and respect . Never did I see the popular tribune to greater advantage , and I have witnessed some of his greatest oratorical feats . His majestic figure—the beau-ideal of the leader of a people , of whose daring impetuosity he is a most truthful embodiment—as ittowered over the more diminutive persons of those by whom he was surrounded on the rostrum , and the impassioned tone of his bearing brought forcibly to my mind a passage from one of the Irish Poems by Emily Herbertand entitled " The lament of

      , O'Connor , the last King of Ireland , " orr the occasion of that monarch having been deserted by his titled followers , who went over to the English Kingflenry;— [ Or I the last left of an heroic race , Thy freedom restore thee—their power efface , I know it—I feel it—its passed from my liand , The crown rf my fathers , my kingdom , my land , ¦¦ . Thou isle of my dotage , bright beautiful spot , Let me bless tliee , tho' lost , ere I weep for my lot . There stood the " last left " of a race , a descendant of the last of Irish monarchs . and the representative of afamily to whom persecution for Ireland ' s sake has been made a familiarity , and to whom Ireland

      owes a debt which she never can pay , and which she has not yet been permitted even to acknowledge . There he stopd , not like his royal ancestor lamenting the unfaithfulness of his liegemen for their connexion with the English , but as the representative of an illustrious and heroic lineage , and also -in the capacity of the representative-elect of the English democracy , in whose name he was urging upon his countrymen to unite . with the English people , as the surest method—by their aid—of ridding themselves of Saxon misrule . Surely there never was position more anomalous , and yet one so true to the spirit and philosophy of the present age : How much does it not speak for the democracy of England that they have not permitted the . prejudices of aristocratic birthcountryor creed to weigh with them in the

      , , selection of a chief arid representative . ' His speech was a masterpiece for the occa-ion—bold , but temperate—independent , but conciliatory-counselling union amongst . Irishmen themselves , as the firstand indispensable step towards the accomplishment of the objects ' . of - tho meeting . Mr . . O' Connor s own mission , as a politician , he thus briefly and pithily described : — " I have been struggling night and day from tho period when I left Ireland , up to the present moment , in order to associato and ; , weld the minds of England and Ireland , so that the power of the aristocracy and the oligarchy may be trampled in thedust . " Should Mr . O ' Connor he instrumental in realising such an union , short indeed will be the tenure of that power which is , ; at this hour , a severe . affliction to both countries . What force

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      A CROWDED AND ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING , CONVENED BY TUE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OP TUE ' NATIONAL CUARTEH ASSOCIATION , Was held at the Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , Fitzroy-ssquaro , on Tuesday evening , March 12 th , to discuss the Proceedings in Parliament . ¦ The members of the Provisional Committe were loudly applauded as they came on the platform . Mr . Edward Miles , of South London , was unanimously called to the chuir , and said : He thought litttle was to be expected from Parliament as at present constituted , and the Charter would never be obtained but through the people , by spreading its

      principles far and wide . He conceived it better to be engaged in disseminating social knowledge , than to be quibbling about small measures of Parliamentary reform ., ( Loud cheers . ) He would now call on Mr . O . W . M . Reynolds , to move the following resolution : — " That this meeting views with indignation and disgust the conduct of the House of Commons , in refusing to diminish to any really effectual extent the vast and intolerable burdens imposed in the shape of taxation upon the industry and labour of the people ; and it expresses its conviction that justice willnover be done to the great masses of the population until the Charter shall have become the law of the land . " . ..... Mr . R . BYN 0 LD 3 on coming forward was loudly applauded , and said : Asa member of the Provisional

      Cominmittce , he felt it his duty to state that he meditated only a peaceful and constitutional struggle . Looking at Continental affairs , he hud great hopes that the elections in France had terminated in favour of the glorious Socialists and Red Republicans —( tremendous cheering)—and if his hopes were well-founded—which he believed they were—nations would rise again , and Franco would not long be disgraced by tho presidency of Monkey Buonaparte . ( Loud cheers . ) In this event , a great chango must speedily ensue at homo , ( Hear , hear . ) Lord John Russell and Sir George Grey , in speaking on Mr . Hume ' s motion for Parliamentai-y Reform , acknowledges the superiority of the Charter ; this appeared courtinij the vox populi . ( Cheers . ) Yes , they were

      watching the piogres 3 of events in France .. ( Hear , hear . ) -The failure of revolutions had been alluded to—but he denied that continental revolutions had failed-i-tbey had brought forth fruit in abundance . Universal Suffrage had never failed . After the outburst in France , at a time when the people had been deprived of public meetings , and when they were thus suddenly called on to elect 900 men , they had , even under such adverse circumstances , elected men who had formed a constitution as far superior to ours as a guinea was to a farthing . ( Loud ohoers . ) One of the points in it made the very President liable to impeachment , and , consequently , responsible to Universal Suffrage . ( Hoar , hear . l How did Louis Buonaparte obtain his election i Why , by declaring himself a Red Republican and

      Socialist ; and as . a proof that lie was so , pointed to his work , written when a prisoner in tho fortress of Ham , and to his visits to Proudhon ant ) Louis Blanc , and by his declarations in millions of placards , that , if elected , he would carry out the principles of Red Republicanism ; well , what did that prove?—was it the failure of Universal Suffrage ? No ; but the scoundielism 0 / Louis Buonaparte . ( Loud cheers . ) Well , at its third test , candidates came forward and said , " Tho . Republic is established , we accept it , we shall now feel it our duty to ' uphold Republican principles and institutions . " -Under suchpledges many had obtained their return ; and no sooner had they got fairly seated , than they became the greatest tyrants and

      despots that ever disgraced civilisation . ( Hear , hear . ) . That was no proof of the failure , of Universal Suffrago ; but the host test of ' the nonfailure was , that notwithstanding their jevidont inclinations , neither Monarchists or Imperialists'dared inako an attempt to' constitute either a King or Emperor . ( Great applause . ) ' That the'people had not been more successful was not to be attributed to their ignorance , but to their ^ magnanimity and mercy . ( Hear . ) But , in the event of another continental revolution , ho , should Jjkp to see . all those tyrants ; who wore crowns , mitres , or titles , sent to tho wilds of Africa , to ex plate . their crimes—Uoud oheers ) -so that theymiglit no more infect misery and oppression oh maukind . ( Repeated cheers . ) This little episode lie had been led into by theopen-

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      TO THE CnARTISTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN . Brothers , —We , the members of the newly organised Chartist body , meeting at the South London Chartist Hall , Blackfriars-road , believing that the Provisional Committee , elected by the Conference , which sat in London in January last , have violated the first principle and foundation of all liberty , in calling together tbe men who formed that Conference ( their functions having ceased . with the issuing of the plan of organisation , ) and voting themselves competent to do that which no defunct body had a right to do , without first appealing to the whole of the members , enrolled under the new organisation , for their sanction . Secondly—They have violated that same principle in allowing that

      defunct body , conjointly with themselves , to elect new members to till tho vacancies in tho Provisional Committee , that duty belonging only . to the enrolled members of tho now organisation , while the majority of the elected , and electors , were not members of that body , they havingnot taken a card of membership . Thirdly—In extending the period of holding office two mouths beyond the time fixed by the Conference , called together in January last , by tho votes of the Chartist people , at public meetings assembled , for that purpose . Fourthly—In passing a law , violating one of the most useful laws of the new organisation , which pledged us to assist all Reforms , as far as they went , via still going for the wholo Charter . Each and all of " these things have the Provisional Committee , ' tfjth the full sanctiou of the" majority of the mien who formed the self-elected Conference , done , which met in Johnstreet , Tottenham-court-road , on Wednesday

      evening , February 27 th , 1850 . . We , the enrolled Chartists of Southwark and Lambeth , do hereby enter our protest . against the whole of that evening ' s proceedings of the Provisional Committee , and all those men who sat in that mock Conference—and declare that they violated the rights of the people to a greater extent than did the French Assembly in their interferencu with tho Roman people—they only having violated a law pledging them to noninterference with other nations , while tho Committee have struck at the right of free election , etc . We further declare , that we do not recogniso any ot the five men placed on that Committee , and call , on Messrs . Clark , Dixon , and M'Grath to resiirao their offices , until tho Committee shall have , called on the enrolled members of the body , throughput the countrv , to elect a now one ( the same men being eligible for re-election . ) The men agreein < r with the new organisation , nnd praying for Ha support , being the only persons eligible for that

      pur-JOSG . \ ' Wo do not believe the wrong done was done intentionally by tho Provisional Committee ; hut ; i wronfh . is been dbnp , and we hope the Chartist bod y will claim that it bo rectified ' , for we , who comp lain of the injustico of governments , should be jusfc ourselves . . ¦ ••••• Signed , on behalf of the Chartists of -4 Lambeth and Southwark , It . Side , Secretary , pro . Urn .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 16, 1850, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1565/page/1/