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      EorgODo : and orderly and citizen-like conduct in this occasion . ( Cheers . ) In my p lace in the house , I told the Ministers that they need not be afraid of my counsels , and that they need apprehend no folly on vour part . Weil , they have not , though they threatened u % interfered with this meeting on Kennington Common . ( Cheers . ) That is one great and g lorious step achieved , and , as 1 have always told you , Chartism , when struck down hy tyranny , rises only to march onwards with renewed Strength . ( Much app ose . ) And now that I have carried into practical effect that social princip le for man ' s regeneration , enabling him who does not wish to work in the artificial labour market , to obtain land of his ovra where he may struggle for himself , and not for others , and where there are none lo

      step between hira and the fruiis of his industry , is not Chartism better worth contending for than ever ? ( Cries of * Yes . yes , ' and cheers . ) Then , seeing the results I have in store for yon . viewing the consequences which must inevitably follow from such a demonstration as this , let me , with the confidence tbat I have preserved order , go down to the house to-nig ht to oppose Sir George Grey ' s treasonable bill , for which I have declared , if no other man comes forward , I will impeach the go vernment . ( Great cheering . ) You , ray friends , will shovr thern we are Chartists , not pickpockets and that we will not jeopardise our cause by a single act of wickei ' n . 'ss or folly . ( Cheers . ) We , at least , have had our meeting . ( Cheers . ) The government have taken possession of all the bridges . You know that I have ail rav life been a man of

      courage , of firmness , and of resolution ; but how should I rest in my bed this night if I were conscious that there were widows awake mourning for husbands slain ? ( Hear . ) How should I feel if I thought that by any act of mine I had jeopardised the lives of thousands , and thus paralysed our cause ? ( Hear , hear . ) How , I ask , would you feel if you were conscious that you had been parties to my death ? TVhat would be our trouble and onr sorrow , how great would be our loss ! These are the sentiments which actuate us all , and , as the Convention have received an intimation fhat the police will not let the procession pass the bridges , where thev guard , the ground , the Executive lw \ e decided

      that you shall not be brought into collision with an armed force . These cars will not be allowed to pass , the flags will not he allowed to be displayed . The Executive , therefore , will , as a deputation , lake the petiiion . I will go to the house to remonstrate against this hinderance . I will present your petition , and 1 will make your voice heard throughout the length and breadth of the land . ( Cheering . ) I ask yon , under these circumstances , through good and evil eport , to stand b me to-day . ( Cries of « We will . *) Will yon obey my counsel , and follow my advice ? (« Yes , yes . ' ) I " will remain among 5 on as a hostage , for , so help me God , I will not desert your cause until life deserts me . ( Loud and

      prolonged cheering . ) You must , however , bear in mind the great responsibility yoa impose npen a stranger in your country . ( A Voice . — ' You are one of ns . ' ) Ycu must not forget the charge devolving upon me . I have spent , in your service , sis sleepless nights ; my breast , at this moment , is like a coal of tire , and I could produce a certificale from a physician to certify that it would be better for me if I were at this instant in bed . But I knew where my p lace was , and I am here ; and now let those who will take my advice , aad act like prudent and sensible men , yet determined to hare iheir liberties and to see the Charter the law of the land , hold up their hands . [ The appeal was readilv obeved , and

      a' monster show of hands on all sides of the speaker followed . ] The petition , be assured , shall be taken down , though not with tha procession : for , if we resisted the government , we should only afford them cause for censuring us ; and , so help me God , I will die upon the floor of the house or get your rights for you . ( Great applause . ) I will strive for yeur liberties and for the proper privileges of the people ; but I will maintain the peace . Large as my-family Is—and you are all my children—I do not wish to miss one from the human feast . ( Cheers . ) 1 love you better than 1 love my own life . I have given vcu proof upon proof of this . I give vou mv days

      and my uighis ; last week ths cause was threatened with poverty , and I proffered to the Convention all the profits of ths Noktherx Stah . to carry out the movement . ( Cheers . ) Will you , ( hen- hazard the life of an individual , and so ruin your hopes ? Will yen not rather arm me by your conduct with strength to resist ihe government plan to shed human blood ? Will you , wheu I have such kindness In store for you , be untrae to yourselves ? You see ( said Mr O'Connor , calling attention to the ear ) how labour fetds i ! s horses . ( ' Hear , hear / and laughter . ) Capitalists ought to feed their labonreis—they are fat enough , and they are fed with the blood tlat is in little children's bodies .

      { Cheers . ) I had some fears this morning that yon might be led astray , bnt now your voices re-assure me ; this pain has goa- from my breast . I breathe freely again , because I am confident in your sense and in your wisdom , and in your resolution to carry this contest to an early issue . ( Cheers ) Good God , my friends , how great will be my power when I rise in the house to ask , « Where is the shop-lifting ?' ( App lause and laughter . ) * Where has been the danger to life and property ? ' I will say thera never was so peaceful a demonstration in any country under such circumstances . ( Loud cheers . ) I have received letters innumerable from all parts of the country entreating me not to allow the safety of the

      movement to be risked by any folly in the metropolis . If you want to kill me , my life is at your command , out to others I will not surrender it without a struggle . ( Great app lause . ) Then there is another thing I wish yen to remember—I don ' t think you could ¦ well spare me just now . ( Cheers and laughter . ) I ¦ wi ll go on with yon , steadily and peacefully , but resolutely . I will present ; your petition to-ni ght ; on Friday there will be a debate upon it ; and nothing can prevent our success if the people do not destroy themselves by intemperance and folly . ( Cheers . ) You may well imagine that I , who have suffered so much for you—that I , who , if beggared in my eld age will be content to go from door to

      i door among my children , established on tneir own Hand , will not shrink now fromrenderingyou further sserrice . Tke whole of my day , tbe half of my night , iis sacrificed to you , ana it gladdens my heart , makes imy iilood babble , and swells my veins , to find so tglorious a response as you now give me in your obecdience and your confidence . ( Prolonged applause . ) 3 Let those of you who think that the Convention liare acted wisely in preventing the flow of bloodsshed among the people hold up both hands . [ The ssujgestion was promptly and enthusiastically iesjponded to . ] I am glad to see this display . I am gglad that you need no fugleman , and that you are so rwell disciplined . Hear your leader—hear your

      ffather : —If you see a man breaking into a shop , do mot stop to hand him over to the police , but knock IMm down at once . ( Cries of 'We will . ' ) Do not llet it be said that one wrongful act was the act of aa Chartist . ( Hear , hear . ) Odillon Barrot was atttacked for not having dispersed the meetings he tcalled , and I myself blamed Mr Cochrane lately , tthat , baring led the people into danger , he failed to jget them oat of it . There is , therefore , a precedent Iin the case , and I come now to disperse yon . You Twill not walk in procession . You must go peaceably Ho your homes , and to show that I am careful of the Mves of all here , as these horses will not be allowed tito cross the bridges , I will give them a gala day ,

      laand let tbem sleep to-night at Greenwich . ( Cheers iSSud laughter . ) I will not forget Ireland in the conisisiderations of to-day . I look upon Ireland and the Urkh cause as I view England and the English clause ; and 1 hold , after the demonstration of toidriay , and the petition which is to be presented , that iitit will be impossible to withhold from Irishmen itrtbeir just rights , justly demanded . ( Loud cheers . ) ! II now breathe freely again , and may God desert rat 'bbut I will rtad the government a lesson in citin g ¦ vrvonr courage and yourresolmion , but in tellingthem

      ; a 3 also of your love for order , and your respect for the llaliw . ( Cheers . ) The police , I am now confident , wwill be unable to take you at a disadvantage . Do : nnot , I say in conclusion , dishonour the Charter , and ttitbongh I be stretched on the rack I will , if neces-KEEarv , smile terror out of countenance . ( Cheers . ) Go © ion , ' conquering and to conquer , until the People ' s ( CEharter has gkriously become the latv of the land . DTMr 0 Connor closed his address amidst most erf Khthusiastic app lause . The hon . gentleman seemed suaiffering from severe bodily . pain , and was evidently ^ exhausted with the effort of speaking . ]

      Mr E . Jones , having been-lnlrodueedbi ? the Chairtmman said , Mr Chairman andrespeeted friends , in ttbtbatcar ( poisting to the magniScentvan opposite ) . — iinin that car are the voices of more than 6 000 , 000 r jvepeopla . There will ba more than G . 000 . 600 sjgua-» u * ures to your petition when Mr Feargus O'Connor ararrives at the House of Commons . ( Cheers . ) You naiaretrTe honour of Great Britain in your hands this Saiay , and you must not soil that honour or injure ihihat cause by a foaffeh colli ^ on or by Wood shed . BHetr , hear . ) Readiest , that : J am what is called „ p . physical force Chartist , . and that' I have not shrunk BUftH " cgming fesre tq-day . But , pf friends , it is use

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      less to attemp t , peac ? abU men as we are , a collisioi . * We have , however , gained one point , . We- have held oar meeting . That is sufficient to satis f y mirboneur —and we won ' t damage our success by any act of rash folly , I tru % t you will listen to the advice of Mr O'Connor , and disperse quietly , not to give up the agitation—( cheers)—buti on the contrary , to await the result of presenting the petition and the debate thereon en Friday next , and that yoa won ' t spend the intervening time in apathy , but that our mee-ings here and elsewhere may grow more tremendous evort day . We must , have numerous meetings between this and Friday . ( Ciieers . J We must stww our force day auer day , and if the House of Commons reject mr petition we will memorialise the Queen I ( Cheers . ) We will have another gathering larger than even this —( cheers )—and our prayers sb . ill be carried respectfully to the foot of the throne . ( Great cheering . )

      Mr O'Connor here gave instructions that the wag . gons should remain in the neig hbourhood until they were again wanted , and that the horses should be taken to the same stables at which they were put up last night . He then said , —I now go as your ambassador to Sir G . Grey at the Home-Office , to tell him that you were determined not to come into collision with the armed force this day . 1 call upon all those of the same op inion to hold up their hands . ( The show of hands was given accordingly . ) But , my friends , there is to he a petition against the bloody-minded bill which has been brought into the House of Commons b y Sir G- Grey , and some of the gentlemen around me will address you on that bill ( A voice . — « Kb more petitioning . ' ) You will petition against that bill , and enable me , in presentingit to use the strongest language I can command against it . ( Cheers . ) And while you are doing your own

      work , don ' t forget poor Paddy . ( Loud cheers . ) . M y family has suffered enough in this cause . My father was tried for high treason five or sis times , and was in prison for seven years of bis life . My uncle is now in the 50 th year of his banishment , and is about lo be made the first President of the Republic in France My brother is Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of a Republic in South America , and I think that I have not disgraced my name . ( Cheers , ) I have never , for fifteen years , spent a day on ray own account , but all for yours . ( Cheers . ) You have more than repaid me for the sacrifices which I have made on your behalf , and , hy heavens , my children , I love you , if possible , more than 1 ever did before .- [ Great cheering followed the close of this speech . Hr O'Connor then descended from the van , and , having made his way through the crowd , left the common ]

      Mr T . Cure then presented himself , » nd siid , I have a petition in my hand which I call on you all to adopt : it prays the House of Commons to throw out tbeinfarnons till which Sir G . Grey baa introduced for the better protection , as he terms it , of the Crown and Government of the united kingdom . Thia measure comes perhaps naturally frca a Russell administration , but it is an insult to every liberal and intelligent Englishman . We propose totfLr this bill every Ie ; ial aud constitutional opposition . They have been speakinst plain in Ireland lately , and suggesting that Lord Clarendon , ought to sail to England and leave the Irish to manage for themselves , and for these declarations , coupled with the direct intimation that England Iwd governed Ireland hitherto with brute force . Sir G . Grey is going to do

      justice to the sister country . He is goim ; to ns > im ? - late the law ftf treason in England and Ireland ; tbatis to say , when a man is hung in this country there shall ba power given to bang another man in Ireland , And this is the only assimilation in the condition of the two people which is contemplated ; this is the great Whig measure for tha pacification of Ireland . I doubt very much whether the little man , who is not strong enough for his place , wjk strengthen his position by passing this bill . It is one of the foulest , most unjust , and most disgraceful measures ever proposed to parliament . ( Cheers ) MrKTDD seemd ed ths motion , which was also supported by Mr Retsolds , and after a futile attempt on the part of a person named Spurr to interfere with the proceedings , it was carried

      unanimously . Messrs M'Grath . Wild , andEroinsD Jones , addressed suJienccs from other parts of ihe common , amidst great applause .

      THE IRISH CONFEDERATES . Daring the delivery of Mr O'Connor ' s speech , a deputation of tbe delegites , consisting of Messrs llevnolds . G . J . Harney , and West , left the car with a view of addressing the Irish Confederates and Democrats who were drawn up at the south-eastern boundary of the common , headed by a handsome ffreen 111 j , containing a harp and tbe words 'Irish Confederation . ' ' Let every man have his own country . ' An audience , which at one time numbered many thousands assembled here , and were not the least enthusiastic portion of tbe crowds upon the common . Permission bavins been obtained for the deputation to speak from the balcony of a window overlookins the common ,

      Mr Daly said , he was glad ihe Irishmen in the me ' ropch ' s had taken this first great step of identifying themselves with the bodyof theEaglish democracy . ( Cheers- ) His friends had advised him aot to bring tbe Irish fl ^ g to that meetinj , because it had been taken down from the ma « t at Liverpool j but they were determised to stand by their Chartist friends in the assertion of the great constitn tional right now at stake . ( Cheers . ) The govern * rrent must recognise the rights of the working classes in England , as they had been compelled to recognise them in France and elsewhere . He becged they would give a warm reception to their friends wh- > formed the deputation .

      Mr Retkolos said , he was delighted to gee tbe Chartists of Eng ^ nd fraternising with the Irish demo-.-rg . ts . Irishmen had suffered from long misrule , and had borne it with exemplary patience . They had been crushed down , and hod shown a majesty of fpirit not surpassed by any nation on the face of the earth . A great agitation was going on in Ireland , and , if it had the voices of the majority of the people , the movement was right , whatever the end might be that was proposed-to be obtained . They did not know how much he admired Mr Smith O'Brien , Mr Meagher , and Mr Mitehel , for their gallsnt csndnct , ( Great cheering . ) For , although he , as sn Englishman , looking at tbe aspect of political affairs , would be sorry to see Ireland

      separated from this country , which wonld then fall down to the position of a second or third-rate power , yet , if the will of tbe Irish cation was that they would have a F . & tionality of their own , they were right in obtain i ng it . ( Cheers . ) Had Irish ambition ever had a fair chance ? Had not the best and brightest spirits of that country been kept . down and deprived of advancement ly the determination of the English arig . tecracy to place only its own scions and placemen in office ? A better behaved class than Irishmen in England did not exist , and it was therefore madness to say there was something inherent in the Irish disposition which prevented them from being good citizen . He was delighted they were there in suoh large numbers . Their cause was benefited by

      numbers , but would be injured by the least outrage ; and he exhorted them to consider themselves as special constables for the preservation of order , and to disperse after the meeting in a peaceable manner . That was the way to show that they were a quiet and orderly people , and that they could be trusted with self-government . ( Cbeers . ) Mr West congratulated the Irish Confederates on the display they had made and on their determination that both England and Ireland must and should be free . The government had taken possession of the bridges—but the people wonld not give them a chance . Their friends on the other side of the water had acted the same wise and patriotic course In

      Dablin on St Putrick ' a-day . Whether Protestants or not , their oppressors had had to keep Lent , for they had had U'i flesh to feed on . ( Lighter . ) Let them to day have the same dish . If Lord John Russell or Sir George Grey would not take this sign of the times , God knew what would be tbeir next determination . ( Cheers . ) The members of the Convention would take their stand boldly and fearlessJy upon the constitution so long as a shred of it remained , and let the ulterior results rest not upon thera , but- upon the beads of those who violated the constitution . They would ask for the Charter for England and Repeal for Ireland , and governments of their own . That was what they wanted , and that was what they were determined to have .

      ( Loud cheers . ) . Mr G . J . Harset , editor of the Northers Star , said the Irish Confederates had presented to the men of England an admirable example of discipline and order , which they would carry into any other struggle : The corrupt daily press would say , that in abandoning tbe procession they had retreated ; bnt they only retreated , as the ablest generals had done , to come again , perhaps , in another shape and another form . This he said , tbat he would never aea n be a party to calling upon the people to come to any meeting -unarmed , to be put down by brute force . ( CheeH . ) ' The government had taken military precautions against their own people , for proposing to

      hold a public meeting and procession , of so murderous a character , that if the French had landed at Dover , and were in full march for tke metropolis , they could not have been more extensive or complete ( Che ? rs . ) Sermons were preached in the chapelg yeiteiday belonging to the barracks , in which the ministers of peace called upon tbe soldiers to remember the words of Wellington at Waterloo , ' Up , Guards , and at them , ' and telling them that they should be prepared to slaughter the people to day . In the reign of Cfiar / es II , whose act of parliament the present ministry had disinterred , Lord W . Russell was sent to the scaffold , and lost his head fer the principles they had metto-dayjto uphold . Now Lord J . Rus ? e ! l , who prided himself upon his descent from this ancestor of his , endeavoured to put down the opinions of tbe peop le . The Coaveetion had exhorted the people to come to the meeting oasrmed , and then they

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      tound themselves trapped on thiazide of the water , and prevented from , returning with the procession , unless they weie prepared to dispute with , tbe armed force in the possession of the bridges . ( Hear , hear . ) There was not a possibility of doing that with success unarmed . Never again would he consent that the people should be brought out of London to K-nnington Common . If they ever met again it should not be on that side of tbe bridges the government should find them . The government werei passing a law by which such men as lnmselt and Mitehel were to be liable to be transported . It' that were the fate that was downed Fir Mitehel that should be his fate to » ( A Voice . — 'They shall transportusall . ' ) Eng . tahour

      lishmen must regenerate this country , or o was not far distant when France and the United States would for ever overwhelm this country . If the sower of England were to continue to be based upon injustice , the sionf-r it periled the better , lie loved England , and would have her to be the home of the happy and the free . After exhorting the people to return home peaceably , Mr Harney proposed three cheers fer Ireland and Repeal , three cheers for Smith O ' Brien , Mitehel . and Meagher , three cheers for the Charter and No Surrender , three cheers for the fraternisation of the English Chartists and Irish Repealers , and three chee ^ for the glorious French nation . All these demands were responded to by tremendous cheering , and the meeting quietly

      diapersed . About a quarter to two o ' clock , ( the delegates having previously separated , ) three cabs were drawn up on the common , and the bales of the National Petition placed within and upon them , properly secured . The members of the Chartist Executive Committee accompanied the petition to the House of Commons , and tlje cabs drove off at a rapid pace , no attempt being made io follow them . TBEACHEROUS CONDUCT OP THE P 0 MCE . BLiCRFMAKS BRinGR .

      . So soon as it becam e known that the meeting on Kennington Common had separated , strong bodies of p dice were drawn up in three divisions acro ? 3 the road , at the Surrey end of the bridge , and in advance of them another division and the mounted police ware employed to clear the street as far down as Stamford-street , all approach to the bridge being for upwards of an hour entirely prohibited . This was not effected without some blows . The people did not appear to understand why they were prevented

      from passing tbe bridge , and frequent collisions between them aad tbe police lb-Hewed . Occaaiona ly the police constables used their truncheons with murderous effect upon the heads and bodies of sucn as were within arm ' s length . Great numbers of the crowd were driven down Holland-street and Stamford-stte ^ , and by degrees the bridge and a considerable po . -iion of Blackfriars-road were completely cleared . Similar collisions took place at Westminster and other bridges , the police acting with their usual brutality .

      TUESDAY MORNING , Apait 11 th . The Convention met at nine o ' clock , pursuant to adjournment , at their hall , John-street , Fitzroyfquare . Mr M'Grith filled the chair . Mr E . Joses moved that a committee bj appointed to draw up a report of the proceedings on the previous day , at Kennington Common , with a view to present to tho public a correct and faithful state , ment . This should not only be placarded over the metropolis , but be sent to every district throughout the country . Mr Ashton , Mr Adams , Mr Reynolds , MrFussell , Mr Kydd , and Mr Tanner , supported the motion , which was opposed by Mr Cuffat , on the ground of the unnecesairy ex . pense which would be incurred to carry it out .

      A considerable discussion followed , but eventually the motion was carried , the vast majorit y of the delegates declaring in favour of the prudential proceedings of the previous day . _ Mr Ernest Jones and two other delegates were appointed a committee to prepare the address , and withdrew for that purpose .

      IMPSACHMBNT OF THE GOVERNMENT . Mr Clark moved that this Convention forthwith appoint a committee of three of its members to prepare a petition to parliament praying for the impeachment of her Majesty ' s ^ ministers for their fli . grant violation of the c institution in employing an unconstitutional armed force to aid them in preventing the people from proceeding orderly and peaceably through the streets of the metropolis with their petition , and by the disposition and array of their brute force provoking a collision between tbe people and the military , and thereby risking the probability of plunging the nation into a civil war . In supporting his motion . , Mr Clark observed that if the procession had proceeded as had berm orieinally

      intended , ths blocd of the people would have been shed by those who battened , and fattened upon the i > eopVs hard earnings ; and it was clear that the foul and infamous government tbat now ruled the realm intended yesterday , on the slightest pretext , to have shed the b ! ot > d of an unoffending people . ( Hear , hear . ) It was stated by a base and calumnious press that the Convention had acted a cowardly part , because they had net given the government an opportunity of mowing them down , and this calumny was setforth in a leading article of tbe Morning Chronicle of that day , in a spirit which neither n fleeted credit upon its author nor on the

      noble lord who was sard to be the proprietor of that journal . The article stated an untruth when it alleged that the Convention proposed to proceed armed through the streets of the metropolis . On the contrary , the fact had been that fifty-two unarmed delegates had put themselves at the head of an unarmed people . ( Applause . ) The c-urse they had taken had disappointed the government , because it had deprived them of their anticipated pleasure of shedding the people ' s blood . For their conduct he held that the government deserved impeachment , and it was tho duty of the Convention to call tor it . ( Cheers . ) With these views he submitted his

      motion . Mr W . Dixon seconded the motion , and remarked he would never be a party to lead an unarmed people into a collision with an armed military or police force . Mr Ed . Jones expressed the satisfaction he felt at the manner in which the mandates of the Executive Committee had been obeyed yesterday by the immense masses of the people which were congregated together . Mr Harkbt rose to support the motion that he might record his satisfaction of the manner in which the Executive had carried out , by their discretion , the proceedings of yesterday . Wben they proceeded to Kenniiagtm Common yesterday they wcra totally

      unarmed . He would never consrnt again to leave London to hold a meeting , and though he would & c-t siy that he would ever be a party to holding an armed meetintr , he certainly would cot go to ona without being properly prepared to defend himself . ( Cheers . ) The press , which was formerly the palladium of liberty , had become influenced by gold , and there was not on ? of the dastardly scribblers who maligned them who had not been heavily paid to write diwn the working classes . ( Cheers . ) Unless the venal press had by its writings prompted tbe government to form these pre parations—unless they had played upon tbe fears of the shopkeepers , tbe people would have held their procession unopposed yesterday . ( Cheers . ) It was a curious fact that the act which Lord John Russell

      was now using against them was an act passed to pus down his own ancestor , Lord William Russell . ( Hear , hear . ) Lord John Russell boasted that he belonged to a house of patriots , but he ( Mr Harney ) considered that he belonged to a house of plunderers , and , until they got rid of their Church property , ( here never wonld be found a patriot among them . He was not convinced tbat Lord William Russell was a patriot , and they now found Lord John making use of an act of parliament , passed to put down his own ancestor for taking up opinions which perhaps be had not honestly adopted , to put down those who , honestly

      maintaining them , were determined to carry them oat . He thought the resolution proposed by Mr Clark ought lo be adopted , but , before sitting , . down , he would tell the government , through their reporters , although they had for a time been suffered to coerce yet they had lost the hearts of the people ; and when the time came that they found themselves opposed to the governments of Europe and America , who were prepared to attack them , and they called upon the people for support in defence ef the government , they would reply , 'No ; defend it yourselves . You re > fused the rights of the people—the people will no longer preserve you in your position . ' ( Cheers . )

      Mr Ltjko said , that though he agreed in the eenti . ments expressed by those who had preceded him , yet as he thought the adoption of the motion could lead to no practical result , he felt it his duty to move , ai an amendment , tbe previous question , Mr Coffav seconded the amendment . Mr Ktdd supported the original motion . He con . tended that that which had been held to be good in France ought to be held good in England , and the manifesto proposed by this resolution would assert that principle . He cordially supported the motion for the impeachment of the present unconstitutional ministry .

      A long discussion , of a very warm character , ensued , in the course of which the original motion was supported by Messrs Baldwin , Wild , Donovan , and Wilkinson . Tha debate , however , was interrupted by the return of the committee appointed to prepare a report of the proceedings in reference to the Kennington Common demonstration on the preceding day . Mr Ernest Jones re ported to the Convention the following draft of the address : —

      IBB NATIONAL CONVENTION TO THE PE 0 PLZ , Fellow Countrymen—The hgal and constitutional rights of Englishmen havo been interfered wlthl The policy of Gulz » t and Dticbatel is transferred to England . We announced aptacefal unarmed demonstration , and we adopted every meas-uto which prudonco could suggest to convince the government of our pacific intentions , and to inspire the metropolis with confidence iu onr proceedings . But how were these proceedings met ! By the revival of an act passed in the time of a libidinous tyrant , Charles the Second , an act 200 years old , long deemed obsolete , and indeed virtually repealed by the

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      B . 1 I of Righte ! Vainly tlld we remonstrate ; the government persisted in its aibitrary , despotic , and unconsti tutioniri coarse , Bnglsni t ^ en ta » to mourn tbo spte tacle of an unarmed and p »» c « ftbl « P'sple , otmoroMed tc rxercise the right of carrying a petition to Parliament , being stopped by tho command of an execrable tatnistiy . Yes , follow countrymen , such is tbo fact ! Oa Monday a process ! id repaired from tho Convention Hall to Ktinnington Commoui where a quarter of a million votaries of freedom were ostemblod . An intimation was tVen convoyed to us that no procession could be allowed to re-cros * the rirar . We f -und tbat we were caught in a trap , that the bridges were closed against us , and that th » tila proclamation ol thegovornm-nthftd been bitckul by warlike preparations ono scale so vn ? t , that it ap . penred as if a hostile artnamunt ef 200 , 000 men wtre about to besltge tbo metropoll * .

      under those circumstances we felt ourselves constrained to embrace one of theee two alternatives ; either to bring an unarmed people into collision with an armed authority , io which tbey would have had to puts the bridges , manned by armed and mounted poticTtncn , guarded by troops , commanded by rlfljroen concealed in the adjoining houses , and bickad by artillery ; or to l » ave tie odium on the government of haviag prevented , by a sanglnuary prohibition , ths exercise ol an un . doubted right . Wo chd > 58 tha latter course , and wo now leave the country to judge of the relative position of the Coavention , aud a government that can only uphold itself bjan armed infringement of tbe British constitution .

      Fellow-Countrymen" The first victory is gained The courage of tho men of London has been testeddespite ths government prohibition , tboyoamo together In such numbers as the metropolin has ne » er before witnessed . Their devotion has been proved by the faotthat thfty unanimously seconded the resolves of the Conven . tion , and not oae act of violence or insult , ou tbeir pan bad sullied tho honour of that glorious day . This has been the first step ; let tbe country prepare for the next . The duty of this Convention will be , ns long aa it lasts , to organise the people for the second and more doclslve effort . Courage aad perseverance , and

      wo shall conquer . Not an hour , not a day , must our energy abate . Wo solemnly pledge ourselves to the great work , and we devote ourselves heart anfl poul to ihe interests ot those who bare placed their confidence in us . The National Assembly will meet on ths 24 th of the month , Tho country must be prepared to support the resolve ef that—the paople'n parliament . We protest against the illegal tj ranny of iho government , We de . claro our determination to resist by every honourable means at our disposal tho slightest iofring « ment on onr rights mfl privileges ; and wo proclaim our Urm resolve tb devote our lives , if necessary , to the glorious aim of establishing the People ' s Charter .

      OnwardB and we copqner—bacltwards and we fall The vile calumnies of tbi . press and the tongues of prejudice , impute to us evil designs against life and . property . We repal Iho foul charge . We rebut the atrocious accusation . We will protect life and property to tbe u'most of our power , and while wa assert the rights of tho Industrious classes , we will not infringe those of any other section of tbe community . On the motion of Mr E . Jones , the address was adopted and ordered to be printed and circulated , theonlv dissentient delegate being Mr Cofpat . Mr Dotle acquainted th « Conven t ion that he had received a letter from Mr Fearing O'Connor , which it was important that he should lay before thera without delay . The letter was in the following terms : —

      Tuesday My dear M'Gratb . —I can just find time enough to writo a few lines , as my chest Is In great pain . Of all the bills ever proposed that of Sir Q . Grey ' s il ths most dsmnoble , Transportntlon for ppeahir . p What a middJe-clnss jory may connidt-r injurious to tke eauseof speculation and labour !—rent assured that is it . Wo bad , I think , fire divisions . I moved the second reading that day six souths , and we meet at twelve today , when , overpowered as I am with pain , I shall ra-8 'st it to the utmost , Last night till near two o ' clock , nnd from twelve to-day perhaps until two to-morrow morning—fourteen hours . Hume polnt « d out en . act to tbe gorernment by which bo says the Convention is

      illegal , and may at once ho laid by the heels . I have read the speeches of all who spoke ' for the preservation of the people ' s llreg at Kennington Common , yggtcrday , with flelij'ht . Theflia-vpyoVnleilniay mourn over our resolve I ara riot only prepared , but I should feel proud , to tak * all tho re » pnnsibUity of sreoring the Charter and tho people '* lives . If a policeman in disguiss or a foetpad had caused a slngli row , the dogs ot war would hove been let loose , and this morning our causa would have been a laughing stock ; and a » we cannot spara any of the Convention , nslc them to allow roe to ap'als their minds boldly In the House of Commons till tbev know the worst . Don't be foolish , for God ' s sake . — Feaugus O'Cowor .

      After forae further routine business , the Conven tion adjourned at the usual hour .

      AFTEROON SITTING . On the business being recommenced , a depu ' ation was appointed , on the motion of Mr Cvttay , to attend a meeting of Messrs Mandsley ' s men , who , a few days since , had refused to be sworn in as special constables , with a view of coming to a resolution not to deal with those tradesmen who had acted in that capacity . The Git airman rend communications from Kingston . Hythe' ( with £ 10 ) , Hulme , Rending , Manchester ( with £ 1 . ) , Bradford , Sheffield , and a number of other places , stating that at public meetings held at tbo ^ e places , resolutions were unanimously passed , pledging themselves to abide by the proceedings of the Convention . Mr F . MiBFiKin stated that he had received a letter to a similar effect from his constituents . ( Loud cheers . )

      TITIC FETITIOX . Mr Clark complained of the speech of Lord Lansdowne in tbe Hou ? e of Lords last night , as misrepresenting what took phce yesterday , in saying that the people had been dispersed by the police aloneand tuat the re-organisatiou of a similar movement was in tbe highest degree improbable . He was sure from the high character of the noble marquis , he would not have made such a statement if he had not believed it to be true , though the fact was they dispersed the meeting themselves without any interference from the police . The noble marquis also stated that the petition had been allowed to be taken down to the house without interruption . Now . that was not true ; but he only mentioned ii that the

      Lord Chancellor might know , through the medium of the government reporters , the sort of people tbey had in the commisBion of tbe peace . The petition it will be recollected , left the Common in three cabi the first cab , with Mr Dayle , and a portion of tbe petitian inside , was allowed to p-issVauxhall Bridge without interruption , but the " other portions , being too large to co inside of the cabs , were strapped cutside . He accompanied one , and Mr M'Grath the other , and on arriving at the bridge they were stopped by the rjoliee , and two persons , with whire ribbon hung at the button hole , calling themselves

      magistrates , whose conduct was most unbecoming and ungentlemanly . He ( Mr Clark ) told them that he claimed the right to pass , as he was conveying the petition to the House of Commons , when one of the ma gistrates not only asked hira who he was to talk of having a rish * . to do a thing , but told him , firstly , that heshould not pass at all , and secondly , that he was a d—d ass . He did not think that ' the Lord Chancellor would tolerate such language in a magistrate , therefore , be called attention to it . The result of the interview was , that he was compelled to make a detour of upwards ot two miles , and go round by Battersea Bridge .

      IMPEACHMENT OF MIKISTEUS , — ADJOUBNED DEBATE . Mr Ahams begged to support the motion of Mr Clark , as tho minister ? , by their Bill of Sir G . Grey , had proved themselves traitors to the cause of liberty , to the people , and to the Crown , and ought ti be speedily brought tojufltica . VIr Fbancis supported the motion . Mr Gumming was in favour of the amendment of Mr'Lnnd , considering- tbe motion of Mr Clarke as idle , useless braggadocio , as their demand that Ministers should bo impeached would only be received by a sneer . He felt they would only be laughed at if they carried euch » motion as that of Mr Clark . Dr Husthb supported the original motion , in opposition to the opinion of his colleague ( Mr Gumming ) .

      Mr Stevenson followed on the same side , impeachment being a constitutional method oi hurlinir from office taen who had broken every pledge . The impeachment would have this effect , it weuld give a tone to the opinions of the people , and their petition would ba followed by hundreds and thousands of others on the same subject . Mr Tawkhsall supported the motion , and stated if they were never to apply to the House of Commons , except when they thought they could do any good by it , they would never apply to the House at all .

      Mr Leach , said it required no great discernment to see that the government must either give way or put down the rising spirit of the people ; and he thought it was also equally clear that that spirit could not be put down . In Ireland , three millions out of seven millions of inhabitants were starving , and yeb tbe appeals of Smith O'Brien were treated with scorn . He implored them never to allow any diviaion between the English and Irish people , or their cause would be delayed , if not lost for ever . It waa clear that there must be a revolution in Ireland , but whether it would be a bloody one he did not know . He cordially supported the resolution , though he knew it would he laughed at in the House of Commons . ( Cheers . )

      Mr Ashton hoped that if tha motion representing the feelings of fiva million inhabitants of the country was laughed at or treated with contempt , that tbey would look to the example of France , and that the same result might be attained as followed the labgh . ing at the impeachment of the Ministers in that country . ( Cheers . ) Mr Hitchen supported tbo motion , and expressed his opinion that tbo principal . difference Jbetween Whigs and Tories was—tiie latter were known to be the open enemies , but thel Whigs ware W 0 H SQ , pre . tending to be the friends of the people ,

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      Mr Lund proposed to withdraw his araendmenfi but Mr Cupfat , the seconder , objected . Mr . 'LnwRi and Mr M'Cartiit supported tbe matfim , t ' le latter speaker contending that it nrould now be impossible to create disunion belneen the working classes of England and Ireland . The people were determined to have their liberties . ( Cheers . ) Mr Waltbr supported the motion of Mr Clark ; fer , however contemptible they might appear to the government , or however Mr Hume might talk of putting down their Convention , they were daterminedtohave their rights . ( Hear . ) Mr GiENWiimv supported tho n , otion , beoauae their resolution of impeachment would be seen by the pea pie , and followed up by hundreds of petitions from all parts of the country .

      Mr Clark replied , and stated thatthemsnlybearing of thut assembly , ( the National Convention ) bad won the respect and approbation of nine-tenths of the thinking population of England . If ho had attached no more importance to the petition than was to be effected by its presentation to the House of Commons , ho would never have wasted the paper on which it waa written ; but its presentation to the bouse would cance their t pinion to bo hoard all over the kingdom . ( Applause . ) Tbe CHAinMAs , in putting tho motion , * ead a letter from the * Washingtm Brigade' of ladies' shoemakers , expressing their confidence in the Convention . The amendment w . w negatived , and the original resolution carried with few dissentients . Mr Graham moved the thank ; of the Convention to the Executive Council , for having dispersed tbe meeting on Monday , which waa carried unanimously .

      BTATB OF THE WORKtJfG CI . AS 3 P 8 . Mr Ktdd . in bringing up a report for an address to the people of England , stated that they & wf re in deep dittre' 8 . onng to tuecommerciat policy at preseotadopted in England , by which foreign manufactured articles wero brought in at reduced duties , while the raw material had a heavy duty . Thus , while the poor man had to pay a high price for augar , tea , coffee & i ., the rich had cheap musical boxes , cheap work boxes , cheap mahogany tables

      , dsc ., to tho detriment of the home manufacturer , whether thoy ever obtained the People ' s Charter or no ,, this was a subject that deserved the serious attention of the . working claases , to endeavour to obtain anroper system for protection of labour . They fiad a board of Trade . snd tneyhad a Board of Control , hut strange to say , while they busied themselves with the question of imports and exports , they never looked into the condition of the hbotvrer , who was ground to the soil by the operation of the csmmercial policy of the country .

      The report , which called upon the working classes t'i unitefor the purposes mentioned by Mr Kvdd , was then adopted , and a report brought bv Mr Clark , relative to the election of the proposed National Assembl y , being postponed for consideration until tomorrow , tbe Convention adjourned .

      WEDNESDAY , Apart 12 th " . ALIENS IS ENGLAND AKD IRELAND . On the sitting of this bod y this morning , Mr Glare , csllrd attention to a conrrraatiVn that had taken place in tbe House of Lords last night , relative toits not being the intention of tbe government to interfere with the National Convention ; and to a Bill proposad to be introduced to give the government power , where it might be deemed necessary , to exclude aliens from this country . Some conversation then took place relative to the oroper means of supplying the various localities with copies of the address of the Convention agreed to yesterday , which rasuited m a resolution being carried to send a copy to each town from whence delegates wer

      THE NOBrflERIf 8 TAK . Mr Fussem . moved a resolution to decline the orlVr of Mr O'Connor , to give up the profits of the Northern- Stab for the support oi the Convention , leaving it to the various localities to support their delegates and find them necessary funds for carryingon the purposes of the Convention . He considered that they ought not to impose ' on the-generosity of Mr O'Connor ; and if the localises could not support the Convention properly , they were not worthy of the liberties which they were seeking to obtain . Mr Mirfin seconded the motion . Mr Cofpat proposed that the oger should he accepted for three weeks , in order to put them in funds .

      After a short conversation , in the course of which it was stated that the Convention would have no ob ' icctmn to receive a donation from Mr O'Connor towards its general expenses , the motion waa carried unanimously , Mr Cuffay ' e amendment not being soeonde d .

      SFECTAIi COiVSTABSBS AlfD THE KEW 6 Fd ? ERS , Mr Stevens made a report from a meeting held in Lambeth last night , at which it wa 9 resolved not to deul with parties who had been sworn in aa special constables , and to withdraw support from all houses taking in the Wjbeklt Dupatcii and the Times . IMPEACHMENT OP MINISTERS . Mr Wiikinson reported from the committee appointed to draw up the petition for the impeachment of Ministers tbat they had not yet done so , wishing to have the opinion of Mr O'Connor as to its legality .

      EXCLUSIVE UEALIKG . Mr Tatiersall having drawn attention to this subject , The Chairmah said , that their policy ought not to be aggressive , but conciliatory , and he should oppegs any resolutions relative to exclusive dealing . Mr EaffEsr Jo . ves begged to say tbat it was not intended to apply to patties who were sworn in to defend their own property , but against parties who vo luntarily took upon themselrea the office of constables to make a slaughter on the people assembled in defence of their ri ghts . # Mr Shaw said , they had been careful to draw the line between those who defended their own propertv and those who put themselves forward to support the government .

      Mr Cufpay . thought that they ought not to be squeamish oh the matter . The shopocracy carried out exclusive dealing , and a tailor in St James ' sstreet had discharged two men who attended the meeting on Monday . His wife was asked if the Cuffa . y who attended the meeti ng at Kennington was her husband , and on her replying in the affirmative , shs was told that herservioeg weuld be no longer required ; therefore , they ought not to complain of the resolution ceme to by the meeting for exclusive dealing . Mr Eknebt Jones suggested that such questions ought to be left to the sense of the oeonle of the districts , and net be agitated in the Convention .

      WATS AND MEANS . Mr Lund moved : — ' That a ommitlee of seven bs appointed to manage the financial affairs of the Convention . ' The expense of attending meetings had hitherto been paid by the delegates deputed to attend them , which ho considered was not justice . He also thought that the expenses of the- delegates for travelling to and fro between London and the places they represented should be equalised from the fends of the Convention for the future . He had no personal interest in the matter , as he considered hi » time of attending the Convention , according to the instructions he had received irom his constituents , was . it a clr . ss when the Petition was presented , and at all event ? , he would not be able to remain in ton ' , don after this week . Mr Graham seconded tbe motion , which , after a few obaervtttions , was unanimously carried , and the committee appointed ,

      SIR GEORGE GREY ' S HILL AND THE CHARTER . Mr Fe-argus O'Connor here entered the room , and was received with loud cheers , at the conclusion of which he rose and said he would address thera for a few moments , as he was going to attend his place in the House of Commons to oppose the Illustrated Whig Treason Bill—( Laughter )—for that was the name he had given it in consequence of the Attorney-General having told Mr Aglionhy that there was no necessity for the insertion of certain words , as they must be judged of by illustration . He had only a few minutes to address them ; and , in the first instance , he begged to congratulate the country and the people at large on their noble , courageous , and prudent conduct on Monday last .

      ( Cheers . ) He had received letters from all parts of England expressing the gratification felt at the conduct of the Convention , and the Executive Council , in not having brought the people into collision with the authorities . They had on that day gained a triumph , for they had held their meeting in defiance of the proclamation forbidding it , because that proclamation was contrary to law— ( Cheers ) —and ho was glad their triumph had not been sullied by any folly of theirs bringing them into collision with the armed soldiery ; for had the sword been once fleshed and they had tasted the blood of the people , the government would have gone on from step to step , until there would have been a perfect rei gn of terror ! The people had thronged that meeting , not by tens , not by hundreds , not by thousands , but by hundreds

      of thousands . ( Cheers . ) Th . e Standard — the organ of Louis-Philippe , the parsons , and the sempstresses—had estimated their numbers as never exceeding 10 , 000 one militaw man had told them , through the press , there were 15 , 000 ; Sir Be Lacy Evans , as a military man , told him ( Mr O'Connor ) that the number was 35 , 000 ; the Times stated that there were from 20 . COO to 50 , 000 ; and the Morning Post estimated thera at from 80 , 000 to 150 , 000 . Now , where there was such a variety of opinion ? from parties all equally capable of forming a judgment on the matter , it was difficult to arrive at a right conclusion - , but the . ' way he judged was this : he took the Town-hall ot Birmingham , ov any other building of which he conld ascertain the number it vras capable of holding , and he then calculated how

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      many such halls could be built upon the Common and the irrefutable conclusion he arrived at was , that there were between 400 , 000 and 500 , 000 people , present . ( ^ Cheers . ) And what could they think of a military man who could estimate the meeting at not more that double what the hall they were thea assembled in could contain ? Now he would speak to them of the nature of the Ac ) of Sir George Greyf which they had been told would go through committee on Monday last , and become law on Tuesday . He went down to the house , and moved thai it be read a second time that day six mouths , and at last they divided whilst he was asleep ; and that day he was going down again to oppoa- ? the

      bill , and , if he stood alone , it should never oswme the law of ihe land if he could possibly help it . Now , be would tell the meeting what was the nature of the bill . It was this , that if he spoke advisedly , or published anything which could be connected with any subsequent act of other partial , he would be liable to transportation . ( Oh , ob . ) That was the way a Whig government wished to put down the constitutional rig ht of meeting , in wnicli they were supported b y a corrupt House of Commons . He was one of those who were gwlij of speaking bolder in his character of a member of parliament than he was in his capacity of a demagogue— ( Cheers ) -aiid he had declared to the house

      that , if ever this biff became law , he would immediately declare himself a Republican . ( Cheers . ) He believed there was a constitutional princip le that would enable him to bring forward a measure once in every year , and he would do so , H this bill was passed , for a Republic . He saw hy some of the newspapers tbat that sentiment was met by ' Ob ! oh I' and a laugh , but he did not hear them himself , and other papers said it was met by ' Hear , hear . * Now he had always contended for a monarchy , subject to that power behind , the Throne—the people , and he maintained that the Throne ought to 1 ) 8 based on the affections of the people , and not on the support 6 ~ f a corrupt nobility . He was now

      again going to the House of ttommnns to oppose Sir George Grey ' s bill , which he would to the death , and he said it advisedly , for after twelve hours in the House of Commons yesterday , and ten hours the day before , his physician had recommended him to have a blister on his chest , , to be blooded , and keep his bed , but he would not do so while he had strength to oppose that bill . ( Cheers . ) Now , then , he declared , that if the bill did become law , he would to-morrow impeach the ministers , notwithstanding all the * Oh ! ob / o ! and laughter' with which perhaps that impeachment might be received . The ministers supposed they had achieved a triumph over the people on Monday , but if they had it would prove , only

      evanescent , and he should not be astonished if , ere long , they found the Queen , in imitation of a King of old , exclaiming 'A special ! my kingdom for a special ! ' ( Cheers and laughter , ) It was the folly of their own people ( the Cliariists ) that had led to the chance of a collision on Monday , for if strong language had not been used on the part of some of those connected with them , there would have been no > resistance to the procession . But out of evil sometimes came good . Tbey had had their meeting , he ( Mr O'Con * nor ) had sat iu the front seat , though he had received hundreds of letters staling that his life was endangered . ( Cheers . ) And he now could see his

      way clearly before him . He would never advise them to bluster , threaten , or , deal in moonshine , but he would tell them they must be wily as serpents , cunning as foxes , mild as lambs , but determined as lions . ( Cheers . ) Though he was thankful tbat they had had no hostile collision on Monday , he was determined that the folly of other men should not again place him in a position with the people whereby their lives mi ght be endangered . He said , that the Irish people had gained a greater triumph by the moderation of the Chartists on Monday , than if 200 or 300 of them had been sacrificed through Ihe conduct of pickpockets , and by which their cause would have

      been damaged , if not irretrievably ruined . He ( Mr O'Connor ) had twice saved the cause by his conduct ; once in 1839 , and now again 1 ( Cheers . ) When Mr Smith O'Brien opposed the Treason Bill , the Minister laughed , but Guizot laughed when he was told he would be impeached , that minister was not indeed impeached , for when he was wanted he was not to be found . He was non est inventus . ( Laughter . ) By their conduct on Monday last they had greatly strengthened their cause , and there never had been heard such a debate since there had been a House of Commons as would be heard on Friday night upon their petition , and he was happy to say that several honourable members had told

      him , tbat in consequence of the conduct of the pesple on Monday they should vote for the Charter ( Loud cheers . ) He had looked with great anxiety on the result of that day , and no one could guess what his feelings would have been had he missed one of his children from the feast the following morning . . He had always said that he could reform tfie drunfearff , that he could reform thel / ar , by kindness , but he never could reform tbe cruel man , and he thanked God that he had never in his life io » flieted punishment even upon a dumb animal . ( Cheers . ) And it would be his great boast when , the Charter became the law of the land , to say that they had gained a bloodless victory . ( Cheers . )

      Then would bis head be crowned with laurel , and every one would be living . in hisiown cottage , tilling his own field , and enjoying the fruits of his industry without diminution , while every idler would be whipped through the streets with a fool ' s cap on his head , they would come forward with greater alacrity than now to defend the state . In the present state of society , every man who ' was idle ought to he as well fed as the man who was at work —> ( cheers)—because they were not able to obtain employment though willing to work . But , when the Charter became law , every man would be employed

      who chose to work , and therefore the idler should be punished . He would not go further , for when he got upon this strain his feelings carried him away to think of the women and the children , aud , if he became too excited , he should be unfitted for tbe discharge of his duties in another though not more important place . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Ernest Jonks wished to inform the hon . member for Nottingham that he had received a letter , stating that he ought to havo received on Thursday last the national petition from Halifax with 4 * 7 , 000 signatures , but from some cau ? e it hxd never yet come to hand .

      Mr O'Connor then retired amidst loud cheering . lUPEAOnUSNT OF MINISTERS . Mr Wilkinson stated that he had consulted Mr O'Connor on this subject , and that that gentlemaa said . ' Leave it in my band ^ . ' At the same time it would not , he believed , be illegal for Ibis meeting te present a petition on the subject . A motion being made that tho report fce received , Mr WnRELEK moved that tke ctmrnittee should draw up tho proposed petition , that the country might see the arguments'fer tke'impeachment , and that they report . to-morrow . morning . Mr 1 ? usiru . suggested that public meetings should be held for tho purpose . ' Mr Adams seconded the amendment . Mr Cuffay moved that the vote of yesterday be rescinded .

      The amendment having be ^ n seconded , tho -vote was put , when Mr Wheeler ' s motion was carried by 14 to 12 .

      MEETINGS IN THE COUNTRY . Mr Habsby and other gentlemen reported from Nottingham , Sutton-in-Ashfield , and Dsrfieln ( near CavHs ' e ) , and Oldham , stating that meetings had been held and resolutions carried io support the Con * vention .

      THE SIMULIAKKOUS MBWISG 9 , Mr Harnbt stated that many persons in the Post Office who refused to take blunderbusses into theil bands , had been deprived of their situations , and that a great number of other persons throughout London had been sworn in as special constables only to save their situations for fear of starvation—though their hearts were with the Chartists ; and if it had been intended to have a revolution en that day ( which it never was ) those men would have been found on

      Reside of the people . The speaker then moved , ia order to be prepared for the rejection of the petition , that delegates be sent to various parts of the coua » try to prepare the people for the simultaneous meefc . * - ings to be held on Good Friday for the election of tbe National Assembly , which would bo called together if tbe prayer of the National Petition was not granted , a committee being appointed to select the delegates and the districts to which they should Mi- M'CiMiiy . Hfioonded tho motion . .

      Several delegates bavins spoken in favour of the motion , in the course of wbich Mr Adams said tbat it was clear , from what the Marquis of Landsdowiiu said ^ that tbo go » emmenB did not intend to put down the Convention ; that thej dare not , though they had declared it to be illegal . Upon this two or three delegates rcse to protest against suoh language of . bravado , as uncalled for and : unnecessary . Mr Stevenson moved that no auch committee be appointed , as the delegates had onl y been sent ** London for a special objoct—thafc of presenting the petition—and had not got funds for any other our- - pose . ¦ -. ¦ " Tho motion was carried with one . dissentient , an $ the cemmittee appointed , . ¦¦ .-. * >

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 15, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_15041848/page/7/