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    • Halifax District Delegate Meeting, held, in the Working Man's Hall, on March 24th. Delegates
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      Important Notice. Each Branch Secretary ...

      IMPORTANT NOTICE Each Branch Secretary of the National Land Company has received with the balance sheet , one ofthe usual quarterly return sheets ; but instead of returning thereon the payments for the quarter ending Mar .-h 25 th , 1848 , they muit enter , alphabetically , the names of all members of their respective branches , without reference to sections , with the total amount paid by each from the commencement of the Company until the 25 th ult ., distinguishing Lrou fund from the Expense Fund . Secretaries requiring more paper than the sheet sent from the office , will provide themselves with it , and rule it aniilar to the printed sheet . Each return must set forth . , in writing , that it is made out from the commencement to the 25 th ult . The Directors hope that each Secretary vrill promptlv perform this duty , snd that tae returns will be sent as soon after the 23 th of March as possible .

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      Grsscsii-Tioss For Loss Of Oddl's Cow, A...

      grSSCSII-TIOSS FOR LOSS OF ODDl ' S Cow , A-e ax O'COXKOEVILIE . ' ' £ * d Bolton , per Hayes .. .. „ ~ o 6 s Brighton , Flower .. .. „ „ 0 4 n Oldham , Easier .. « , „ .. o s o Ashton-under-Lyne .. .. .. 010 0 G . Kerup _•• - - .. .. 0 0 C James stvameld =. » . „ « o o 6 T . Martin .. .. .. ,. ~ 0 1 8 W . Penny , Hyde .. .. „ .. o o 6 "W . Durrant and Brothers , Stratford-on-Avon o 2 o T . Abbot , Manchester „ .. - 096 i 10 s T . M . U ' HEELtH . i . H . Wheeler Segs to acknowledge the farther sum of £ \ 19 s 7 d for the above purpose—the names shall be I giren nest week . SKZIYEd OF Me RoBSOK , Is , for ihe Fraternal Democrats , on account of Golden , of Manchester . This should have seen announced some time aeo . MB G . Whits . —The CouneU of the Xational Charter Association , of the Manchester locality , call upon Mr Geo . TThiti , Of Leeds , for an explanation for his non-attendance on Sunday week , after having pledged himself to attend . The meeting being greatlv disappointed and dissatisfied , we caU upon Mr George White to explain and free the council from aU blame . —Thoiias Orsesheb , sub-Secretary . 25 Sowxmst , Balston . —All right Ton need not send uct ' il the end ofthe quarter , when the account will be rendered . BsiBFOED and Keighley Agents . —Another supply ofthe p :-rtroit is sent for enclosure , to Mr Cook , Vicar-lane . Bradford . 3 Ir J . ^ Chappex , Bath . —Four shillings and sixpence each insertion . 3 £ r Eeddsw . Merthyr Tjd-riL—We hsrrs not received any frc-ni Dowlais . Tep . ee Old Guabds suggests Prmrose-hill for the place of rendezvous on the morning of the loth of April . I'AMI DC PECPIS . —It was impossible io find room for cur correspondent ' s letter this week . Afstox Distbict . —Mr Wild , delegate for this district , summons a meetinffof delegates—Ashton , Hvde Dukinfeld , Droylsden , Mossier , Mottram , Staljbridge , and O 26 « op—io meet bins en Saturday erenfeg , Anril StD , " at £ ve o ' clock , at the Chartist HaU , Stalybridge . " Satiosai , Victih Fcsd Committee . —The secretary , Mr John Simpson , acknowledges , Is 24 , from Mr Picket ' s took ; CamberweU , for the general fund , for Jtrs W . Jones : from wo chartist females , Slauetiester , 2 s 63 ; from the members ofthe Land Company at Mid 41 eton , 5 s ; llr Wilson , Xorthallerton , 3 s 5 d ; Mrs Eobertson , £ i 2 SEATSH . —In the Stab ofthe lstfa ult ,, Cs from Oldham , per i ! r Warner , ought to have been from Mr Harmer , Oldham . J . F . ArLSZs . —Xo roomjfor the communication . Thenames shall he attached . Z . J ., Charlton suggests that a petition for the Charter should be sent from eathefthe 14 , 000 parishes of England , Scotland , and Wales . ilrB . Drsos , Howley . —The portraits were sent enclosed in Mr E . Clayton ' s parcel , Huddersfield .

      The Fraternal Democrats. A Meeting Of Th...

      THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . A meeting of this association took place on Tuesday last , at the Chartist-rooms , Dean-street , Soho . Mr John Overton in the chair . Ten Brighton Deraocrats and several London Chartists were elected members . After speeches from Julian Harney and Diners , the two following addresses were adopted : — ADDRESS OF THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS , ( ASSEMBLING IN LONDON , )

      TO THE PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN . ' EQ-ALirr , Libsrtt , Fsathrsitt . ' If a battle gained at Paris is a victory achieved for you ,, a defeat sustained at Dublin would be a damage to your cause . The rights of man are universal—as universal should be the determination to defend them .

      The organised usurpation calling itselfthe Government" of this country has entered upon a crusade to crush public opinion in Ireland . Three of the popular leaders in that country Lave been arrested on a charge of sedition , snd it is affirmed by the creatures of " the Government , " that other and " stronger measures" are about to be taken to " put down " the now " alarming" manifestations of public discontent . * Can you , Democrats—you , working men of England , do nothing to avert so foul an outrage ? Yon can . and vou will . '

      You can meet in your tens of thousands , and semonstrate against this insolent stretch . ' of tyrannical power . "With the mighty voice of an united and determined people , you can thunder into the ears ef the oligarchical usurpation that '' there is oppression against the social body whenever any of its members are oppressed ; "Jand that you have the will and the courage toresent and resist that oppression .

      Let us briefl y examine the political and social condition of the people of Ireland . Will the recital be a mere repetition of the oft-told tale of tiger-like oppression and spaniel-like submission ? Be it so . The reiteration shall be inane until the spaniel is metamorphosed into the lion—until the crouching slave shall burst tie fetters of his degradation , and shall stand erect in the majesty of manhood and the consciousness of valour and of worth .

      Politically viewed , we find the millions of Ireland excluded , like the mass of the English people , from all participation in the making fcf . the laws , which , instead of being the source ci consolation and of protection , are theagen-Cies of murder , of famine , and of pestilence . With extraordinary natural advantages arm capacities , we find Ireland a desolated blank in the political geography of Europe .

      Considered socially , the aspect of Ireland is at once revolting and disgraceful to humanity . Some few years since , Tail ' s Magazine , reviewing the social condition of that country said , — "The labourers on the continent do not : fare sumptuousl y every day ; " but their ordinary fare wouli make a perpetual carnival to * the rish potato eater ; " and added , that :: tfce French peasants fatten pigs for home

      consumption , and not to pay the rent of the Cabin and the con-acre . " The wrongs and miseries of Ireland are so notorious that it is unnecessary for us to speak of them in detail . It 3 i & 5 been too truly said , that " Ireland has Eever enjoyed one age of perfect security or peace . She has been the incessant preyj of fkwrd , bloodshed , [ and famine , and England irresponsible for this state of things /'

      In the time of the recent " famine " at least offiillion of souls perished of hunger , and fcunger-bred pestilence . Talk of the anarchy tf insurrection or of revolution ! The anarchy ^ conventionalism—of middle-class and j millionaire " supremacy—is , infinitely more desov * ting , We could easily enlarge the catalogue of ^ eland ' s wrongs , and the crimes of Ireland's ^ lers , but we have said enou gh to stimulate

      we exertions of all true patriots . To your a , J ty , then , men of Great Britain . Declare J ° 'Jr sympathy with the oppressed , and your "aired " of the oppressors . Assemble in your Y 'Ousands , and pass sympathetic addresses to tj intended victims of the governmental pers ecution . If , to day , the oligarchy succeed in p roving the persons , or the power of the 'fish-leaders , will ours be safe to-morrow ? % K . oriceniore . we exhort von to energetic

      *«; wi . ' ¦ fe -itove all , rise and rally as one man , in sup-K't of your glorious Charter . Sign the ^ li-. Tial Petition . Whether that petition shall ' ¦ ~ u . tk : f vou will "LuniLlv " address to your

      The Fraternal Democrats. A Meeting Of Th...

      oppressors , depends upon your will , energy , and . courage . & In every country in Europe . save this , Kings , f rmces , and Aristocracies are hastening to ST .. their baneful privileges , which henceforth are superseded by the universal Kights of Man . Shall this country remain an exception to the general and glorious progress of nations ? > iO ! r ° In Ireland the struggle has commenced ; as yet it is but a strugg le of words , but the day of deeds is nigh . Brothers , we must share the dangers of our Irish brethren . We must help them to wm liberty for both nations , and thereby prove to them that the English aristocracy and moneyocracy are not the People of England .

      * ' WlLn must ripen into DEED , " Signed by the secretaries and members of the Council on behalf of the Association . G . Julian Uarkey , ' . Ernest Joxe 3 , Chables Keen , Edwis Gill , Collis Reysabd , . „ , , „ .,. Hbkht Baiibcup , r Great BntaiD ' Jons Overtok , Hexbt Child ,

      Thomas Lucas , Mase L . Beuele , William Perbieb , \ Vr . Alexander Mulles j * rance - Charles Moli ,, 1 n CllABLES PpAEK !> EHJ Germany . CharlesSchabelitzA o -i t j William Krell , ' | Switzsrland . Peter Hom ) „ ,. GusiavcbLundbbro , J Scandinavia . Louis Oborski , Poland . Fban'cis Ntitrai , Hungary . Phillip Bluhm , Russia . London , March 2 S : h , 1 S £ 8 .

      To The Proscribed Irish Patriots, Messrs...

      TO THE PROSCRIBED IRISH PATRIOTS , MESSRS O'BRIEX , MEAGHEB , AKD UITCHEL . PiTRiOTio Fellow Citizens , — Correspondingly with the persecution of the-vile government , ' is our admiration of your uncompromising advocacy ot the political freedom of your countrymen . Correctly did Mr Mitchel appreciate the courage and virtue of the working classes oi France , in ascribing to them the achievement of the revolution- Wherever freedom has been bat td for , to the Proletarians the chief merit is due . Tbe

      venerable Lamennais , in Lis 'Modern Slavery , ' justly says that' liberty has always been conquered , never is it voluntarily conceded ; and it is remarkable that everywhere has it been primitively owing to the generous efforts ofthe artisan , always the first to claim—the first to obtain it , even at the cost of life . Depend upon it , Fellow Citizens , that true devotion to , and honest direction of , the power and courage of the people , will ensure the triumph of liberty . "With honest leaders an united people may bid defiance to all the despots of the earth .

      \\ hue applauding every expression of your senti-BentS , not excepting those for which you are about to brave the vengeance of 'the law , ' we entreat you to always distinguish between the rulers and the peop le of England . One and the same system of / raud and force crashes the millions of both Islands . Tour enemies and oppressors are also the enemies and oppressors of the English people . The fraternity of both peoples will ensure the deliverance of both . If the British and Irish people march together they will march to Victory .

      Onwards , then , m your career , despite the tyranny of an usurping * government , ' the blood-thirstiness of aristocrats , the calumnies of pseudo-patriots , and the lies of a corrupt press . On yonr side you hare the people , truth and justice , the earnest sympathies of the English masses , and the good wishes of every nation , fiee or struggling to be free . Your enemies—our enemies—have but the faint semblance of power . Of its real strength , we may judge by the glorious results at Paris , Vienna , and Berlin . Here follow the signatures appended to the first address .

      To The Trades Of London. The Forthcoming...

      TO THE TRADES OF LONDON . THE FORTHCOMING DEMONSTRATION IN FAVOUR OP THE RIGHTS OF INDUSTRY . IIBERTr , EQUALirr , PBATEBSirr . F-Eiiotr-jiES , —The time has ai length arrivediwaen all who live by the sweat of their brow shou'd take paitin the struggle for the emancipation and protection of labour , without which we must for ever remain slaves , chained to the chariot-wheels of capital , and bow submissive to the decrees of class-legislation . That labour should haTe no connexion with politics , is a question which , we tbinfci baa been long exploded , and requires no answer from us oa this

      occasion . We think it unnecessary to direct attention to the case of the Dorchester labourers , or to the Masters' and Servants' Bill ; each of which tend to prore that politics is closely interwoven with labour , and that , but for the bold stand made by the sons of industry against that pernicious measureand by whose exertions it was consigned to oblivionwe should now be in a worse condition than the serfs of Russia . Neither is it necessary to mention the ' pains and penalties' of existing statutes—the Masters' and Servants' Act—the Combination Act—and

      others of a like tendency—for the subjugation ot labour , in the passing of which unrepresented labour had no voice , and which laws have consigned thousands of honest men to a felon ' s fare and habitation , Lr daring to arrestthe grasping hand of capitalt and asserting the rights and interests of labour . There are many laws for the subjugation , but none for the protection of industry ; and if the labouring classes cars represented , the eryiag wrongs and woea of our order wonld cease to exist . As it is , we find that when employed , we can scarcely obtain the necessaries , much less the luxuries of life , whilst the unemployed remain a continuous burden on our almost empty benefit exchequers , and thus materially reduce onr half-employed wage- . But 'there are thousands of industrious and able artizans in ths kingdom

      —ay , in this metropolis—totally without labour , living in wretchedness , pestilence , and starvation ; and whojhaving exhausted every resource at their dispesal , are forced to bog the cold charity of a poorlaw bastiie . The heart-rending position of the sons , of toil in Ireland stands without a parallel ia the most despotic nations of the earth ; ragged penury ia driven from ita hovel to perish by the wayside , and the cofBnless graves show thevalue at which capital estimates labour . But harrowing as are the scenes that are daily being enacted in the sister country , we cannot shut oar eyes to the fact that we are fast approximating to the same dreadful situation , nnless , by onr united efforts , we boldly stem the torrent of class-legislation , which will otherwise engult us in its baleful vortex , and d . luge the land with misery , devastation , and ruin .

      Fellow men , the present convulsions of Europe prove that the working classses are alive to the importance of representative labour , and in many states and countries they have obtained bloodless > ictories by boldly and firmly making their demands . In France the enfranchisement and protection of labour was the first and most prominent act of the provisional government , and a working man forms one of that government ; ther ? , within seven leagues of this country , an artizanis supposed topossesa intelligence , is summoned to deliberate upon the interests of his class , and is acknowledged to possess political rights , and this too , without the slightest encroachment on the rights of others , Universal Suffrage being the basis of that government , and the representation of all classes , — the enfrachisemenfc of all —the disfranchisement of none .

      On Monday , April 10 th , a Monster Petition for tbe enfranchisement of labour , by the enactment of the People's Charter , will be presented to the House of Commons ; this petition , it is contemplated , will receive five millions of signatures and bh conveyed to the house , supported by a procession of 500 , 000 persons . Let , then , the traders of London do their duty on this occasion , and swell the train of Labour ' s sons , headed by their officers , with the banners and signatures of each trade . Let them prove , by their intelligence , that they are worthy of liberty—by their order , tbst theyiare deserving of it—and by their nrmness that they are determined to obtain it . Let « Peace , Law , and Order' be the motto— 'Onward and we Conquer' be the motto—bearing in mind , that , for a nation to befree , it is sufficient that she wills it . Tour own interests—your children 8 benefit—and the nation ' s weal demands this small sacrifice at your hands . In the meantime , sigh , sign ,

      SIGX . , ' England expects that every man will do his duty-The time and place of meeting will be given in the Star , and unnecessary expense need not be incurred by those trades who have no banners . ( Signed on behalf of the Trades'D emonstration Committee , ) TsoKis Hawsok , President . "W . H . Niceolsok , Secretary ' 12 . Curtain-road , Shoreditch .

      Coxuce.—The Members Of This Branch Will ...

      Coxuce . —The members of this branch will meet , en Satnrdav ni ;> ht , April 1 st , at seven o clock , and every alternate Saturday night , at the house of Mr Thomas Faatherston , innkeeitr . m . . „ South Loxdok Charh .-t Uali . —Mr O'Brien wiH lecture in the above hall en Sunday evening next , April 2 nd , at eight o'clock . Subject : ' Tha Revolutionary Movement in Eurcpe . '

      The French Nation Andthenational Associa...

      THE FRENCH NATION ANDTHENATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES . The Central Committee being desirous of using every occasion to advance the great cause they have so rcuch at heart , embraced the earliest opportunity which the late extraordinary movement in France offered to them , to take such steps as appeared calculated to add dignity to the movement , and bring ifc more prominently before public observation . Tkey , therefore , deemed it their duty to send an address to the working classes of France , in the

      name and on behalf of the National Association , expressive of their sympathy and admiration—at the rare combination of unequalled courage , dignified , magnanimous generosity , which has as pre-eminently distinguished their late noble , and happily successful struggles to burst asunder the trammels of a base and perfidious political despotism , and at the same time the galling oppression of a grasping and insatiable moneyocracy . The attention of the trades is invited to that address , published in the Northern Stak of March ISth , and alss in the current number of the monthly report .

      No official answer has yet been received by the Committee to that address ; but they are happy to find , from the following paragraph extracted from the Times newspaper of Wednesday , the 29 ; h ult ., that the address has been received by the French government , and has been deemed of sufficient importance by the president and members of the * Commission de Gouvernement pour ! es Travailleurs' for acknowledgment , through the medium of the Parisian press . In the French news of the Times oi Wednesday , it is said : —

      It was understood that an address had been received by 11 , Louis Blanc from the Eiecutive Committee of Great Britain , for the Protection of Industry , and for the Division of Agricultural and Manufacturing Labour , of which T . S . Duneombe , M . P ., is the President , congratulating the French people on their late victory , and expressing a desire to have a leagus formed between tho working classes of the two countries to forward their mutual interests . It declares that the present is the hour i " or action ; that the organisation of labonr ists-Bential tO tbe Well-being Of the Working roan in both countries ; and concludes by calling on the French , now that they have the opportunity , to maintain that principle firmly , as being the death warrant of the sjattm of ep pressiou which has hitherto existed !

      We give it as our opinion . most distinctly , that this is indeed the hour for action in this country as well as in France , if the working classes are ever desirioos of being anything nobler than wretched tools and serfs to the arrogant and heartless capitalist . It remains now to be proved whether the wronged , robbed , and insulted helots of Great Britain , are prepared to make one determined effort to burst their bonds asunder , or tamely , hopeleasly , ignominionsly , to hug their chains , and bow their willing necks for the iron heel of capital to trample on . The noble-minded working men of Paris , justly relying on thesacrednessof their nause , undauntedly braved the hundred thousand bayonets , the frowning batteries , and the various other efficient appliances , so considerately prepared for them by the amiable son of Egalite , nob'y daring , they achieved an almost bloodless victory .

      If the working classes of Great Britain are really desirous of rising to the condition of free wen , they possess within themselves all the elements of freedom . There is an organisation formed , by and through which the means which they possess , may be so directed as to accomplish much , though not all that js necessary to place them . in ^ ^ tbeir proper position .

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      TUP ? Ifl ¥ FHFIT lliti fflU V tiffllifll , THE CHARTER AHD HO WRENBEB UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE . VOTE BY BALLOT . NO PROPERTY QUALIFICATION ANNUAL PARLIAMENTS . PAYMENT OF MEMBERS . EQUAL ELECTORAL DISTRICTS

      Halifax District Delegate Meeting, Held, In The Working Man's Hall, On March 24th. Delegates

      Halifax District Delegate Meeting , held , in the Working Man ' s Hall , on March 24 th . Delegates

      Present—Elland, D. Hirst, T. Taylor; Hal...

      present—Elland , D . Hirst , T . Taylor ; Halifax , J . Culpan , E . Ilodson , J . Foreman ; Warley , John Wood ; Midgley , R . Thomas , J . Greenwood ; Sowerby , T . Woodheuse , W . Stonecliffe ; Bradshaw-lane , J . Summersgill ; Mixenden Stones , R . Bancroft . Thomas Taylor in the chair . The following resolutions were unanimously passed : — 'That a camp meeting be held on each successive Sunday , throughout the district . ' ' That the next camp meeting be held at Elland , on Snnday , April 2 nd . ' 'That the Sunday night meetings throughout the district be suspended for the convenience ofthe camp meetings . ' 1 That the district secretary correspond with the West Riding secretary , respecting the West Riding demonstration on Good Friday . —J . Webceb , district

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      i » . luitao © MOa wooo wxHoor " The hustinga espences have not been paid yet , but we have made enquiry and our share will be about £ 15 . , All communications must in future db aaaresseo to Broad Guards , Carlisle . John Lowry , Secretary . Mr West has delivered highly successful lectures at Hartlepool , Durham , and Darlington . ; Heivtood . — Mr ' . Candelet lectured on Sunday last . Dr M'Douail addressed an immense meeting in the Market-place , Newark , on Friday week . At the close of this address the people marched through ' the town . Flimouih . —A few days ago Mr T . Clark addressed an enthusiastic meeting of the Chartists of this locality .

      Tiverton —Our Tiverton friends , who vers supposed by some grumblers to enjoy amonopoly of our columns , have of late been utterly neglected . We must new bring up arrears . On the 17 th of February a crowded meeting assembled at the Golden Lion Inn , to celebrate the people ' s member ' s birthday . The chair was taken by Mr Quick , who propesed , « The health of Julian Harney , E * q ., wishing that he may long live to see many returns of the day , and may BUeceBg attend hia every undertaking ; and ere many anniversaries of this day have rolled over his head may he be not only our virtu al , but

      our formal representative . ' The toast was enthusiastically drank with three times three , upstanding and uncovered . A number of patriotic songs and sentiments followed . The meeting separated at a late hour , highly delighted with the evening ' s entertainment , and more determined than ever to use every means in their power to secure the return of Mr Harney at the next ejection . Our next communication is from' A Tiverton Chartist / who , indignantly commenting en the arming of the middle classes ,-and the brutality of the enemies of the people , asks , ' Are we English Democrats to ba the only parties not prepared ? God forbid ! And also

      I say , forbid it O'Connor , forbid it Harney , forbid it Jones , and , lastly , forbid it the people-1 believe our enemies in the provinces are quite as ready and aa willing as those in London , so let us be prepared , for the political horizon has a very threatening aspeetat the present time . Letfctir cry he , ' A vote and something to defend it . ' Some few weeks since , within a few days of the visit of Mr West to this town , a few of our friends applied to the mayor , to grant the use of tie Town-hall for our friend to give two addresses on two succeeding nights , one on the subject of the

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      Rational Land Company , ' and the other on the People s Charter . ' Alter some consideration he consented that we might have the use of ( our own propert ;) the fown-hall , upon certain conditions , which were , that political matter should not beintrodnced , which of course was at onee forbidding anvaddress on the Feople s Charter . The mayor also stated that he would not , at any time , grant the use of the hall , for political or party purposes . Thus we were obliged to give up the meeting on the Charter in that place . Again applied to the mayor to grant the use ofthe people ' s propert ) to us , and this time we presented a requisition signed by a considerable number of inhabitants , with a request that he would grant the hall for a meeting of the inhabitants , to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning

      parliament against tho Irish Coercion Bill ; but he refused , and no meeting was held in that place . Subsequently th 2 town was placarded , announcing that a requisition had been sent to the mayor , requesting him tocaU a public meeting to consider the propriety of petitioning parliament against increased taxation . The meeting was called for twelve o ' clock , an hour , it is well known , at which not many of the working classes could attend ; but putting all inconvenience aside , we managed to be there just after one o ' clock , our dinner hour . On our arrival we found that a letter had been read ( written , we believe , by Mr Fervis , M . D ,, to Lord Palmerston ) against the po icy ot the government . That gentleman has always been one of his lordship a committee men . On looking roundwho

      , should we see in the chair but that same individual , the worshipful mayor , who had denied the use of the same place , and told us so many times that he would not grant the use ? f it for any political or party purposes . A motion fot the adoption of a petition was then brought forward , when Mr Rowcliife , town councillor , made some observations on the system , taxation , and mode of government . After which , a gentlemen from the opposite side oi the hall , proposed an amendment , which was ultimately withdrawn . A friend of ours moved a se > cond amendment , when the worthy chairman said it waa too late ; but our friends were determined to have fair play , and persisted in it . The amendment was as follows : ' That this meeting seeing the

      injustice towards the working classes in calling this meeting at an hour when they cannot attend , do resolve that this meetinc now adjourn till six o ' clock in the evening . ' The chairman denied ever acting unjustly . He was answered by Mr McNeile , in his usual straightfrrward manner , stating the circumstances I have already named ; alter which , Mr Madgin got up , quite warm , and denied that there waa anythisg of bad feeling existing on the part of the middle classes towards the working classes ; he added , that if the amendment waa persisted in , it would have , the effect of destroying the petition altogether . As there would not have been time to get signatures after the meeting was over , we consented to withdraw it ; but it was a good treeting . It showed the middle class our power .

      The next communication reports the energetic efforts of the men oi'Tiverton ; to make the petition for the Charter truly ' National . ' It at ' , the same time reveals the ridiculous terror of the people ' s enemies . It having been determined on that a public meeting should ba held to adopt the National P « tition , a requisition was again presented te the mayor requesting the use of the Tewn Hall . On its presentation , this precious | specimen ofthe shopocracy ( Mr Snell , ironmonger , grocer , sadler , & e ., ) requested a day or two ' s consideration . This we knew well waa to confer with the other magistrates , whose tool ho is , Well , sir , we waited on him again at the time appointed , and ; again were denied . We then inforraed him that we should hold a meeting in the open air . We Accordingly got 6 Ut l & rge placards , informing the

      public of the unjustifiable refusal of the hall by the mayor , and calling the meeting on Angel Hill , at six o ' clock in the evenin ? , of Friday , the l ? th nit . Well , sir , you would hardly credit > hat took place , in the interval between the posting of theplacards and the time of meeting . It forcibly ^ reminded me of the quotation , * Vain man , dressed in a little brief authority , plays euch fantastic tricks before high Heaven as makes the angels weep . ' The authorities of the town , with a zeal worthy of a better cause , had several , meetings , and dispatched one of their menials for one of the-obnoxious placards , and that rascal , not having patience to apply to the right q-iarterfor one , mounted a wall and tore it doivn . We got scent of thisjand soon found him ; he acknowledged he had don © so , and said the magistrates had

      sent him for one , and that if we would let him have another he would put it up in its place . The next thing they did was to swear in a posse of special constables , and it is a well authenticated fact that tho magistrates communicated with the employers of the lace-hands at the factory , with the view of preventing the hands from attending the meeting . And on the day oi meeting it was currently reported that the yeomanry had received orders to holdthemselves in readiness at an hour ' s notice . But it was ' no go , ' we had [ eommenced , and were determined to finish it . You may suppose , sir , that the inhabitants were excited , and that a good meeting would be the conssquence . It was so . The business commenced by selecting Mr Rowcl' iff } , town councillor , to preside over the meeting , who read the placard and

      introduced the subject for which they were assembled , and gave the Whigs a well merited castigation for their taking office upon the plea of' Economy and Retrenchment , ' and violating their promises afterwards . He finished by introducing Mr F . Dew , who read the petition , and made some yerj able comments on it . He concluded by moving the adoption of the petition , which was seconded and carried . It was then very near dark . A person proposed the adjournment of the meeting to the large room ofthe Half Moon Inn ( which was arranged previously ) , it being secscded " and carried the meeting adjourned . All the time , air , this open air meeting was going on , the ' specials' were in full muster at the town hall , and the magistrates having some method in their madness thought proper to keep them there .

      But to return , the meeting in the large room was a bumper , and 1 think upon the whole the best we have had in this town since you were here . Notice was given that petition sheets would lie for signatures on the tables , the people as they arrived went to work , and soon s . goodly number of names appeared . Mr Rowclifi'i ? , the chairman , addressed the meeting here , and several working men , excited by the success of tbe evening ( so far as it had gone ) , arose and addressed the audience at some length , with much credit to themselves and a good effect upon their hearers ; nineteen joined the association . Your health was drank , sir , with acclamations , as was also Mr

      O'Connor ' s .. A vote of thanks was awarded to the chairman , andthe meeting separated . What made this meeting more important ( or at least—to be thought so ) was the fact , of the principal business being conducted by working men . We are canvassing the town nightly in parties for signatures , and intend to continue this in Tiverton and its neighbourhood to the last hour . „ , „ , ... [ The monthly report spoken ef by Mr Tremlett , jh his letter ot March 21 st , I have not seen . I beg the gallant men of Tiverton to accept my thanks for their patriotic exertions in the good work of our country ' s regeneration . Forward , Tivertonians ! ' Now's the day , ai ; d now ' s the hour . '—G . Julian Harney . ]

      Merthyh TrDVii . —No sooner were the placards out for the announcement of an open air meeting , than tha shopocracy were stunned , as if with an electric shock ; magisterial special journeys to the lord-lieutenant of the county immediately followed . The military stationed here had orders to be ready for action at a moment ' s notice . All the police , some from distant parts , were arrayed . Between ten and eleven thousand assembled at the meeting ; police spies were in abundance , accompanied by the magistrate ., !^ Henry Thomas , a sworn constable , was voted to the chair . A resolution in favour of the People's Charter , was proposed by Henry Gill , seconded by

      Matthew John , supported by William Gould , and carried unanimously . The petition was proposed by George Morgan , seconded by William James , asuccesssul allottee , and carried unanimously . David Thomas was voted to be the delegate to the Convention . It is probable that a public meeting will be shortly called , to put the restrictive system into operation , and to determine what shopkeepers shall be supported . The standard to try them by will be the People's Charter . At the conclusion of the meeting three cheers were given ior the French Republic , threafor Frost , Williams , snd Jones , and three for Feargus O'Connor .

      The Chartists and Land members of this town met on Sunday evening last , at the branch office of the Land Company ; the large room was crowded to excess . ^ Mr G . Morgan delivered a spirited address , reviewing the noble and patriotic victories of our continental brethren . The working men of this town are anxiously waiting for tbe day for them to demand their liberties . Our petition is a bumper . NoiriKGiuii . —Dr M'Douail delivered an address in the Market-place , in this town , on Thursday evening . ^ March 24 th , to a very largo and enthusiastic meeting . After the address bad been delivered , the doctor ^ announced to the meeting his intention of marching through the town in procession . The meeting then formed eight abreast , and paraded tbe principal streets of the town , singine , ' Spread the Charter , and , at various intervals , shouted' Vive la Republique . ' The procession returned into the Marketplace , when the Doctor again addressed them for upwards of three quarter ' s of an hour , after which they quietly separated .

      At the usual weekly meeting of the members of the National Charter Association , meeting at the Seven Stars , Barker ' s-gate , the following resolution was unanimously adopted amidst the greatest enthusiasm : — ' That we , the members of tire National Charter Association , meeting at the Seven Stars , Nottingham , at a general meeting of members , have read with great pleasure the means taken for the emancipation of that unhappy country , Ireland , but never with greater ^ pleasure than upon the present OGeailion , after reading the Mt and energetic manner'in which the leaders hav . e shown the true position of their country , and , in onr opinion , the only means by which her liberty can be obtained . And whilst we heartily concur in the steps they are taking for the emancipation of their country , we pledge ourselves , as a portion of the working classes of England ,

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      to aid them by all the means in our power to obtain fer Ireland her just and inherent rights ; tohurl from power a contemptible , selfish , and class-made government , by whom slavery has been upheld from time immemorial . Tunbbidge Wblis The Chartists of this place and its vicinity met on Saturday evening last , to celebrate the French Revolution , and after partaking of an excellent sapper the chair was taken , when the following resolutions were put and carried unaniraously : — ' That the thanks ef this meeting are due to the Democrats of Paris for their heroic condact in establishing a republic in France . ' * That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Provisional Government , for the steady course thoy are pursuing to ameliorate tbe condition of their fellow-men . ' The speeches were of the most democratic tendency , and spoken with much earnestness and warmth , breathing a pure spirit of liberty .

      Padiham . —Progress pf Chartism . — On Sunday last the Chartists held a public meeting in the Odd Fellows'Hall . Mr William Wilkinson was called to tbe chair . The meeting was address * d by several speakers , andsixtysixnew members were enrolled . A subscription has been entered into for the Convention , and £ 1 . lOs . 'has been already subscribed . The petition is going on well also . The Committee willrreet at the Odd Fellows' Hall , on Sunday next , at two o ' clock in ths afternoon , to fake in subscription money for tho Convention . The Chartists of Padiham will meet every Sunday afternoen in the Odd Fellows' Hall , Public meetings will also bo held in the above hall every Sunday evening , to advocate the principles of Charistn . Doors open at two o ' clock every Sunday afternoon , and at six in the evening .

      Bbom ; obovb , —A highly respectable public meeting was held here on Thursday last , called for ths purpose of adopting the National Petition . Mr Matthew Uayle was called to tho chair . The petition was carried unanimously . Bbadford—On Sunday a meeting wns held at Uilstead Moor , noar Bingley . The chair was taken at two O ' clock , the rain at the time coming down heavy , and tho day very hazy . Mr Reedy , of Ke ellley , was called to preside , Messrs Alderson , Town , Nuttall , Smyth , and Firth , addressed the meeting , which consisted of 12 . 000 persons . Resolutions were adopted in favour of ths People's Charter , and a re solution ^ Calling a West Riding delegate meeting , to be held in Bradford , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at ten

      o ' clock in the forenoon , to make arrangements for holding a scries oi public meeting . * , to sympathise with the people of Ireland , and remonstrate against the prosecutions now commenced . The good folk of Bingley were determined to be prepared to protect the lives and property of her Majesty ' s loyal subjects , against the inroads of those awful Chaitiata , aild swore in 250 special constables , whan lo , the specials turned out to collect subscriptions , Jo defray the expense of tha meeting , and none shouted more lustily for-tbe Charter . Tho meeting passed off with the greatest order , and many who had come to witness the destruction of the speaker ? , went from the meeting whole hog men , determined to have the Charter .

      Baspord . — A branch of tbe National Charter Association has been formed here . The petition is progressing rapidly . MAKcnE'TEu , —An overflowing , entlnwiaatic , and determined meeting was held on Sunday last , in the People ' s Institution . MrGrocottinthechair . Messrs Tattersall , Kydd , Leach , Donovan , and Roberts , the people ' s attorney-general , addressed the meeting , The meeting then dispersed , every ; man feeling that the hour of action was at hand . Coxhob . —• Mr John West delivered a lecture here on Thursday night , March 23 rd , to a crowded and attentive audience , © n the principles ot the People ' s Charter and the Land Company . Mr West ' s mission to Coxhoe , is likely to be the means of a great deal of good being done . After the lecture there was a branch of the National Charter Association formed and thirty-five members enrolled . On Saturday night officers were elected .

      Johnston . — At a public meeting . it waa unanimously resolved : — ' That we fovra onv ^ eWes as a branch of the National Charter Association . ' A committee was elected . Voluntary subscriptiors were given to forward the National Petition . This shows the patriotic zeal of the people in a cotton spinning locality . Nuneaton . —At a meeting of the Land members of this branch , for the purpose of formina a branch of the National Charter Association , Mr G . Malliband was called to the chair . Mr David Shaw , an ' Old Guard , ' was called upon , when he made an excellent speech of great length , illustrative of tbe

      principles and objects ofthe Association , after which the following resolution was carried unanimously : — ' That the present moment appears to us the most auspicious that has presented itselt for many years past , for thoroughly organising the Chartist body of this district , we , therefore , deem it our duty to exert ourselves in this great and glorious cause , by this night commencing a branch of the National Charter Association , and hope our friends in the neighbourhood will aid us in carrying out the same . ' A number of persons having enrolled their names , a Secretary , treasurer , and a committee of five were elected from the same . A great number of persons signed the National Petition sheet .

      Halifax . — Gmbious Meetixo . —The Chartists of the Halifax district having detcrnvned to call a public meeting , for the purpose oi electing a delegate to represent theia in the forthcoming Convention , announced a meeting to take place on Skyceat Moor , at five o'clock , on Saturday evening last . A special gatheiing it was ; not less than ten thousand being present . E . Jones , Esq . being put in nomination as the candidate , no other person being proposed he was unanimously elected as the member to sit in the people ' s parliament , for this district . Had we had universal suffrage at the last General Election , the decision of the people would have rendered it quite unnecessary to go to the poll , which is a manifest proof that the turmoil of elections would , in a great measure , be avoided . The following resolution was put to the meeting and carried unanimously : — ' That we , the Chartists oi this district ,

      disagreeing entirely with the principles contained in the budget of F . O'Connor , Esq M . P ., published in the Stah of the 18 th of March , being convinced that matters ol more pressing importance will have to be attended to ; we are of opinion that its discussion by the delegates would be a waste of time , and that the delegate representing this district be instructed to oppose its introduction . ' At the close of the business a procession was formed , headed by the Queen ' s-head baud , and entered into Halifax at the bottom ofthe town ; on proceeding past the barracks they were saluted with a hearty cheer from the soldiers , which were considered symptoms of fraternisation . The procession broke up in Broad-street , in peace and order . A camp meeting was held on the Moor on Sunday afternoon ; the numbers present were considered to be equal to the Saturday's meeting , although the weather was very unfavourable . Each meeting was addressed by native talent .

      ^ Northampton .--Two of the largest meetings ever knownhere were held on Monday last . The first , an open air meeting , was held at two , p . m ., in the Market-place , and despite the heavy rain all the morning , numbers came into the town from the surrounding village ? . Several speakers , including Ernest Jones , addressed the meeting . There was no mistaking the spirit of the people . It was of the right sort . They are up to their duty , and are fully alive as to what is required of the Endiah people in ( he present crisis . This meeting has been a rally , an organisation ofthe district—it has produced a glorious effect—and the men of Northampton will be second to

      none in the great work of liberation . —The second meeting was held in the Temperance Hall . Long before the appointed time the hall was crowded in all parts , _ and so dense was the influx , that serious inconvenience was felt , and sevetal females fainted . At this meeting a last attempt was made in Northampton to preach a submission doctrine—asking the people to be ' patient and resigned . ' —Ernest Jones , in a truly brilliant speech of an hour ' s duration , utcerly demolished their sophistries ;—and established the people ' s right to insurrection when a government violates the spirit of the constitution and the rights of labour . Enthusiastic cheering hailed his address . The good cause shall triumph .

      Great Chartist Meeting , at Wiqan—According to announcement a public meeting of the Chartists of Wigan and the neighbourhood , was held in tbe Orchard School , on the evening of Tuesday week . Mr James Hyslop was called to the chair , and concluded a briefepeech by calling upon Mr Lineigan to read the address of congratulation to the bold people of France . ( Cheers . ) Mr Linnigan then came forward and read the address , which was a copy ofthe one prepared by the Fraternal Democrats , and which was published in the Star ofthe 4 th of March . He was proud to see that the police Mere in attendance , and he was also proud to say , that the Chartists of this country wore not intent upon breaking glass windows , or of destroying property of any sort . ( Cheers . ) He felt assured that that great body could obtain tho Charter without resortirg to physical force—moral force being their motto ; but if that would not do he would not guarantee that physical forre would not be

      used . He then alluded to Louis Philippe and M . Guizot , of France ; they were the persons who had done all sorts of dirty work to keen the people down . They bad been told by some of our aristocrats that the French people were coming ? ltMrf ^ l , imai 0 " ' but those worthies had not told us That Louis Philippe would be blown over-to England . ' He then moved the adoption of the address to the French people , and concluded a Iwf , ^^^ much cheerin g . Mr Thomas Morris , of Hindley , m seconding tho address , said So i ? - A rong advccate fa Peace , in its proper S , a tbe , P re 3 ent tiK » e , he could see nothing tojustity the working classes of this country from making a bol d effort tor freedom . As a workup matt , be considered the adoption of the People's . Charter would remedy every evil under which they groanedan « with whieh , for forty-four years , \ , o had been loaded . He felt convinced that if tbe six points were obtained pcaco and plenty viould ' aa tt & wdw t > i the land . Ho then alluded to tho great victory Which the people , of Franc * h ? , d achieved , and felt

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      graat pleasure in seconding the address whio having been put from the chair , was carried amidst loud acclamation . Mr James . Rigby then came forward and proposed the following resolution :- Jhat ttria meeting being of opinion that all the »««? » £ destitution which affects this kingdom is owing to misgovernment , caused by class-legislation ; and . feeling convinced that the people will never enjoy either comforter happiness by remunerative employment , until every man is represented in Parliament , hereby pledges itself , to endeavour , by ever ^ legal and constitutional means in its power , to obtain the enactment of the People ' s Charter . ' The resolution was seconded by Mr Hancock , of Lamberhead Green , and , upon being put to the meeting , was

      carried unanimously amidst much cheerine . Mr Nicholas M'Cannan proposed the National Petition . ( See copy of National Petition . ) Mr Micbael Segrave , in 3 neat and appropriate speech , seconded the resolution . Mr James Leach , from Manchester , then rose amidst much cheering , in support of the petition which had been read by a previous speaker . Until the contents of that petition bad been obtained they toed not expect any measure whereby the working men might be in the least benefi'ed , butcontinue daily to grow more and more burdened . Now , he would look back to the state of things which had come under his notice for years , and see whether the so-called measures for the country had benefited the working man . When Free Trade was to much

      spoken of what did its instigators say wonld be the results ? ' That it would do away with all evils resulting to the working classes . ' Had it c one so ? We have now had twehe months ol it , and how much better is our position now than it was then ? Nona at all ! Wo are actually in greater distress than at its commencement . He bad thought , ere this , that be should have had a 4 lb loaf thrown at his bead from the effects of Free Trade ; but the contrary pus the result , they would scarcely allow him to have the sight oi one ; he believed that was the case with every working man , and if it was , was it not high time that they should begin to stir themselves and endeavour to obtain another state ct things ? Let the neople of thia country then say to themselves , ' We

      will be free , ' and aid the movement about to be made to parliament for enactment of the * Charterthe whole Charter—and nothing but tho Charter . ' Frsm the effects of all misrule , under which England has so long suffered , what can we expect' but wretchedness ? Who can look at the people without observing the most squalid misery , while the pampered aristocracy are wallowing in every luxury ? About two or three weeks ago ( continued Mr L . ) I went to Dublin , on a deputation , and the scenes that presented themselves to me were horrible . I saw women , with children at their bosoms , without having their natural milk to bestow upon their

      young and tender offspring ; and thousands of these lovely and loved of God ' s creatures are dying from want and hunger in the public streets . Men , in unwilling idlentss , patrolling the town , willing to die rather than live as they do . The speaker then went on to describe the wrongs 'if that unhappy country , Ireland , and called on the people of England to fraternise with their Irish brethren in gaining the freedom ol that oppressed land . Mr Leach concluded a very eloquent speech by requesting the people to observe ' peace , law , and order . ' Mr Dixon was elected delegate for the forthcoming convention . After vetes of thanks to the chairman and Mr Leach , the meeting quietly dispersed .

      Wpeeach . —A meeting was held at the Theatre , in favour of the People ' s Cbarter , on Wednesday , March 23 rd . Mr John Cutman , being called to the chair , introduced Mr Dixon , of London , to a very numerous audience . That gentleman spoke at great length upon the Charter , Tbe following resolution was proposed by Mr Hickman , and seconded by Mr John Finch : — ' That this meeting considers the present Electoral Franchise of this country , which deprives six-sevenths ofthe ma ' e adult

      population of the Rights of the Suffrage , to be urjustin principal and vexatious in practice . We are , therefore , of opinion , that a petition should emanate from this meeting , praying for the immediate enactment of the document called the People ' s Charter . ' Carried unanimously . The petition was then proposed by Mr Rogers , and seconded by Mr Sanders Cheiry , and was supported by Mr Dixon , and carried unani « mously , Three cheers were given for the People ' s Charter and to Mr O'Ccnnor , and a vote of thanks to iVIr Dickson , and the meeting separated .

      Douley . —Sir , you will oblige by inserting tbe following . According to notice wo ivere about to hold our public meeting in the Old Dock , but the magistrates issued a mandate , that tho property was theirs , and if we convened our meeting the military would prevent it . Rather than disturb tbe public peace , we procured the Lancasterian School Room . During the afternoon several addresses were delivered from the window of the Jolly Collier , to an audience of 2 , 000 , although " snow ar , d sleet fell fast during the time . An adjournment then took place to the room , which was crammed to excess , there being upwards of 2 , 000 persons present . Mr William Troule being called to tbe chair . Resolutions were passed congratulating tbe French , the adoption of the National Petition , and calling on the member for the borough te support the seme , Me-srs T . Clark , Linney , Charse , Cock , Fussel ) , and J . Pearson addressed the meeting .

      Swindon . —The work goes bravely on here with tho petition . We have had seme meetings in the villages around thislocalitr . Southampton . —At a public meeting of the inhabitants ofthe borough of Southampton , held at the Guildhall , on Tuesday , the 14 th day of March , convened by a requisition to the worshipful the Mayor , for the purpose of taking into consideration the Extension of the Suffrage . Daniel Brooks , Esq . mayor , in the chair . It was moved by Mr Saunders , seconded by Mr Carter , and carried unanimously : —• ' That this meeting is of opinion that the monopoly of the Elective Franchise by a class is unfair in principle , and injurious in practice ; that in a country professedly of free institutions every man of , and

      above the age ot twenty-one , of soutid mind and untainted by crime , should possess the right of voting for his representative in parliament . ' It was moved by Mr Brannon , seconded by Mr Seward , and carried unanimously ( with the exception of one dissentient : —• ' That this meeting is of opinion that an act should be provided to guard the proper exercise of the Elective Franchise , and to secure the right of voting to every adult male , not disqualified by crime or insanity ; and as this meeting is aware of a bill entitled tbe People ' s Charter , which contains provisions suitable to that end ; it is our fervent wish that the legislature should enact it as the law ofthe realm ; and that the following petition be signed by the mayor , on behalf of tbe meeting ; and that A . E .

      Cockburn , Esq . be requested to present it and to support its prnyer ; aHd thafcB . M . Wilcox , Esq . be respectfully urged to be in his place and vote on any measure affecting the Suffrage . ' [ We have not room for the petition . ] The mayor having left the chair , it was moved by Mr J . T . Tucker , seconded by Mr Saunders , and carried by acclamation : — 'That the thanks eftuis meeting be given to tha mayor for his attention to tbe wishes of all classes in calling this meeting , and presiding over the same . ' Aimondbuby . —On Monday week the inhabitants of Almondbury held a public meeting for the purpose of taking into consideration the cause and cure of the

      present national distress , also to adopt an address to the pesple of France . Mr William Broadbent occupied the chair . Mr Samuel Dickenson moved the first resolution : — 'That we , the inhabitants of Almondbury , in public meeting assembled , view with alarm and apprehension the wide-spreading destitution that every where surround us , and , judging the future by tho past , are convinced that justice will never be doi . e to the working classes until we obtain a complete change in the legislature of our country . ' The resolution was seconded by Mr George Beaumont . The chairman then called upon Mr Charles Booth to move the second resolution : — ' That as all

      the evils that afflict society are mainly traceable te class legislation , we are resolved to use our utmost endeavours to procure the enactment of the Peoplo ' 3 Charter as the law of the land . ' Seconded by Mr Thomas Etchel ? . Mr George Culley moved the third resolution : — 'Tbat ifc is the duty of all men , more particularly the working classes , to aid and push on every institution which has for its object tho dethronement of tyranny and the elevation ofthe people . ' Seconded by Mr C . Booth . Mr Thomas Etchels then moved an address to the people of France , which was seconded by Mr George Beaumont , and carried unanimously . Three cheers were given for tho Republic and the Charter . Stockpoht , —Having been appointed the agent of the National Co-operative Benefit Society , any person , wishing to become members , may do so by applying to Thomas Davis , Now Bridge-lane .

      Lincoln . —A tea meeting look place on the 20 th ult ., when a good company sat down to an excellent tea , provided by Mr Simpson , at the City Arms . Mr J . Budd was unanimously called to the chair . Mr B . opened the business in an appropriate speech , after which the health of our champion , F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., was drank with three cheers . Mr Langwith then addressed the meeting in a splendid speech , which wasreceived with thunderaof applause . After which the health oi Louis Philippe was drunk , and may he livetoseeallthe kings in Europe in a similar situation , without a crown or a wig . Mr Sharp © next addressed the meeting , and ably explained the principles of the People ' s Charter . Mr C . Foster spoke at great length on the onward pro « grass of democracy , and hoped the time had arrived wheoailmen wonld tsko the . »*»«»«»* ^* gave the waggoner , to put his shoulder to the wheel . Eight shillings and sixpence was collected for the Charter Association .

      Bishopwbabnouth . — The Chariialg of Bishopwearmouth convened a public meeting of the inhabitants of the borough of Sunderlan ? , to pass the National Petition , in the lecture room ofthe Athenseum , qb the 22 nd ult . Ths mm was crowded to excess Many , very many , had t & return to their homes that eould not gam admittance . Mr Bruce , a middleclassman , was elected to the chair . Mr Monarch jtm ., proposed the first resolution :- ' That , in the opinion of this meeting , the exclusive possession of political power bytheotherclasses of society , through the monopoly oi the cleptiyc franchise , is tho pwliffa

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 1, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_01041848/page/5/