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      Important Notice. Each Branch Secretary ...

      the total amount paid by each from the commencement of the Company until the 25 th instant , distinguishing Land Fund from the Expense Fund . Secretaries requiring more paper than the sheet gent from the office , will provide themselves with it , anrj rule it similar to the printed sheet . Each return must set forth , in icriting , that it is made out from the commencement to the > 25 th inst . The Directors hope that each Secretary will promptlv perform this duty , and that the returns will be sent as soon after the 25 th of March as possible .

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      The Sleaford Case. In This Case, The Gra...

      THE SLEAFORD CASE . In this case , the Grand Jury have thrown out the Bill . In next week ' s Star" we will allude further to their conduct , and the steps taken to procure justice . We doubt not but this case will be brought before the House of Commons .

      The Executive Committee To The Chartists...

      THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO THE CHARTISTS OF THE UNITED

      KINGDOMBrother ? , —The riorum * achievement ofthe noble « hflbjt 5 Dls Of the Frebch eapha ) , has carried con-EkrnatioH into the ranks of the enemies of demo-Crajy ia every land , and in none more than in this island of ours , which abounds in slavery and despifkluu .. Fear , the invariable accompaniment of tyrannv has nowseizrd upon those who have usurped the governmental functions of the country , and as their weakness onsht to be converted into a source of popular strength , the Executive Committee feel it to ba their duty to appeal to yoa to come at once to thoir aid , and enable them to make the Chartist movement a great living raality ! To mate it what it ought to be . and what it must be—the master idea of this age and country ! The Executive Committee have convened a National Convention , to be held in London , on Monday , Aoril 3 rd . IS 45 .

      The names of the towns and district ? , which are to be represented in the Convention , have already been published , and it is hoped that the elections ¦ will be proceeded with in accordance with the instructions given in a former notice . The Executive Committee have resolved that the Katienal Petition , as the will of the sovereign people , shall ba presented on the 10 th of April , and that snch petition shall be accompanied to the door of the'House of Commons , by an immense concsnrse of the people of this metropolis , who will form an excellent snard of tha National Register . The Execative Committee wish to convert the presentation ct the petition into a demonstration of national

      sympathy , and with such view it is their intention to spare no pains to mate such a display of strength as will make the causa respected . In order that the _ Executive may be able effectually to carry out their design they are compelled to appeal to you to provide them with the requisite means . They make this appeal with the more confidence , as they are assured of yonr patriotism , and have the utmost reliance on it . They know yoa will preserve unsullied the honour of yonr cause , and at no time was it so essential that the dignity of its greatness should be developed to this nation as the present . Let us . then , make the grandeur of this occasion vie in sublimity with the moral greatness of the cause , which it is

      meant to subserve . All subscriptions for the National Demonstration must be immediately sent to this office , addressed to Thomas Clark , from whom all infennation can be obtained . By Order of the Executive Committee , Ghbisiothee Dotle , Sec . Office , 144 , High Holbow , London .

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      Oldhah —A* Tbe Weekly Meeting Of The Old...

      Oldhah —A * tbe weekly meeting of the Oldham branch of the National L « id Company the following resolutions were carried unanimously : — ' That six shillinES be sent to aid Mrs W- Jones in commencing soma business , whereby shemay obtains comfortable livelihood . ' 'That five shillings be sent to Mr T . M . Wheeler ,. to aid the individuals who have had losses in the cattle on O'Corsnorville . ' 'That the msrabers ef this branch recomrrend all other branches to cantribnta their mite without delay . ' Truro . —Tbe Land members of this branch , in a meeting at Edward Tregenzer ' s , Pydar street , Truro , on Monday night . March 13 th . resolved to form a Charlist association . A goodly number were enrolled . Officers were e ? ecfed .

      Liscoiy . —At a meeting of this branch of the Land Company it was resolved that a tea party be held on Monday , March 20 th , to celebrate the triumph of Peargas O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., retaining his seat in parliament , and also the glorious victory of our . French brethren . At the close of the rneetin ? , a working man , a member of the Land Company , handed £ 5 Q to the secretary , to be placed in the Land and L-baur Bank , stating , he hoped that would be an esamp ^ to other members to help the branch' in every possible way , as , by so doing , they would help themselves . Ashtox-tjsder Ltke . —At the meeting ofthe members of the Land Company , on Sunday last , it was resolved to send ten shillings to the allottees of O'ConnorviPe , and one pound towards defraying Mr 3 f'DaaU'as election expenses .

      Padihah . — The members of the Power-loom Weavers' Association held their quarterly meetins on Tuesday , Feb 28 th , in the Odd Fellows' Hall , when a resolution was passed . * That the money belonging to the Society ba sent to the National L ^ nd and Labour Bank . ' On the 28 'h of March the committee will forward the snm of £ 100 to the above bank . Aberdeen —The quarterly meeting of this branch of the National Land Company was held in the Union Hall , Blackfriars-street , on Monday , March C : ' a . Mr George M'Intosh , jnn ., iu the chair . After Eorae pecuniary business the following were duly elected officers ofthe locality : —Mr George M'Intosh , Jan ., president , reelected ; Hugh Bryce , v ! e ? -president ; William Porter , treasurer , re-elected ; Robert Robertson , sub-secretary . Committee . —James

      Gilbert , James Maxwell , Robert Reid , Alex . Nicol , tPcomas Thaw . Resolved , — ' That circulars be sent to all those members whs are in arrears with their local expenses to come and settle the same . ' ' That this meetingis o f opinion that Scotland is not fairly represented in Conference , and , there f ore , request that none ba al . ' owed to vote for a delegate to the first Conference but these who have actually paid no their entry money for the first quarter . ' No counter motion beins brought forward . The Chairman declared it carried . Resolved . — * That there be a general meeting of the shareholders of this branch on the first Monday of every month . Some subscriptions were then made for " the Sleaford Case and the O'Connor Defence Fund ; the meeting then dis-¦ 3 j ' . ved .

      Sheffielo . —At the usual meeting of the meinbTs of the LataH Company , the question of ' How can the People ' s Bank ba best forwarded , ' waa gene into ; ¦ when , on the motion of Mr Richardson , seconded by Mr Goddard , the following resolution was unanimously agreed te : — ' That the Directors be respectfully requested , without delay , to issue a large quantity of tracts upon the subject , and that the various branches be called upon to aid and assist in their dissemination , believing as we do . that the time has

      arrived when some such step is- importunately needed ; and farther , we are of opinion , that much larger sums of money would be forthcoming were gome such steps taken as abive described . ' The committee respectfully request that persons holding collecting bocks for Mr O'Connor ' s defence , will bring them in next Monday night . Persons boldins petition sheets , are likewise requested to forward them directly , as the time is drawing near when they will have to be forwarded . By order of the Council , Gedege Cavul .

      Forthcoming Meetings. Noinsghair. — The ...

      FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . NoinsGHAir . — The Eext meeting of the Land members will be held at the Cross Keys , Byard- ! ane , < jn Sunday evesing , at seven o ' clock . A free-andeasy will be htld at the Carpenters' Arms , Mansfieldroad , on Saturday evening at seven o ' clock . Bradford . —The members of the Land Company will meet in their room , Butterworth-bnildisgs , on Sunday , at two o'clock in the afternoon . Bakbuhy —The shareholders and Chartists are requested to attend at the Butchers' Arms Inn , on Monday evening , March 20 th , at seven o ' clock , to adopt the National Petition and transact other

      busi-• ness . Yeovil —The members of this branch of tha National Land Company are requested to meet at their usual place of meeting , on Monday , the 27 th inst , for the election of officers and other important business . The chair to betaken at half-past seven o ' clock in the evening . KB .- Persons wishing to join the National Co-operative Benefit Society may do so by applying to Mr Robert Adams , agent , Duish , Yeovil . MorraiH . —All parties having tickets for the public supper , on the departure of George Johnson ' s

      widow to Minster Lovel , will please to observe that the committee will expect in account to be given in of the number sold bv eight o ' clock on Thursday , & arch 23 rd , at the White Hart Inn , Mottram , Robfc . " rVild , secretarv . N . B . —The surplus ( if any ) will tw given to Mrs JohnEen to enable her to return toner future home . LiTZErooL . —An adjourned meeting of this branch "will take place on Thursday evening , March 23 rd , at He Farrell ' s , Temperance Hotel , 4 , Cazneau-street . Ciair to be taken at half-past serea . o'clock .

      Great Meeting On Kennlngtofl Common. The...

      GREAT MEETING ON KENNlNGTOfl COMMON . The meeting at Trafalgar-square having been adjourned to Kennington-common , on Monday , according at the fixed period , dense masses were seen wending their way to the place of gathering , and long before the appointed hour , an immense assemblage had congregated . The Times estimates the numbers present at 15 , 000 , but there could not have been less than 20 , 000 present . There would have been fire times that number on the ground , had the London Chartists generally attended-hut ' , the meeting having been called by neither the Executive nor the Metropolitan Delegate Council , they were almost entirely absent . Nevertheless the panic that seems to have possessed the government is amusing and significant . The Metropolitan and ^ City

      police were all called out , and nearly 4 , 000 men concentrated around Kennington-common , leaving the rest of London to itself . One hundred police spies in plain clothes mixed with the meeting , and eighty mounted policemen , armed with sabres and pistols , continually rode round the Common . The troops were kept under arms all day . A circular was addressed to the gunsmiths of London , requesting them to unscrew the barrels of all the fire-arms in their possession ; as also to all oilmen not to sell any powder or shot , which the shopkeepers in question agreed to . Special constables were sworn in in all directions , bat these gentlemen looked remarkably white on the occasion ; and the absurd and contemptible preparations of the government excited a great deal of merriment among the meeting , particularl y when it was known that a body of police were concealed in the adjoining church .

      About one o ' clock , on the motion of Mr Dixok ( Director ofthe Land Company ) , Mr Reynolds was called to the chair , a tri-colour waving from the hustings . The Chairman said , after exhorting the meeting to preserve peace and order : —By tbe daily and weekly papers they had been designated as ' a mob , ' as * rifraff / and * ruffians , * but he called upon them to exhibit , in answer to those insults , an aspect of proud defiance . It was impossible that 12 , 000 or 15 , 000 men could assemble without bad characters

      mixing among them , but it was a most dishonest thing on the part of public journalists to dare to stigmatise the working classes as had been done . The aristocracy at present treated them as a mob , the rabble , and thought nothing of them . Let them look at Earl Fitzhardinge ' s meddling with the representation of West Gloucestershire , and Sir G . Grey's attempt to stifle inquiry on that subject because a peer of the realm was affected thereby . Let them look at the great noblemen , three of whom held nearly the whole , of London as their property , and who enjoyed a revenue of hundreds of thousands a year . Let them look at the Sovereign , with her £ 400 , 000 per annum , when the President of the

      United States did the same work for £ 5 , 000 . The Executive of this country cost each year £ 1 , 000 , 000 sterling , while the American Executive did net cost £ 100 , 000 sterling . So , again , the late French ambassador in this country , the Count de St Aulaire , had £ 15 , 000 , hut now the new Republican Charge d'Affaires discharged the same duties for £ 400 per annum . To take a few more cases , about £ 150 , 000 had been spent in embellishing the mansion at Pimlico , because the Royal children could not exist in nursery rooms only 14 feet high , and yet whole families were at present herded together in the dens and cellars of the metropolis , for whose miserable plight no pity was felt bv the government and no money expended .

      Hejdid not object to the Royal family being properly lodged , but he complained of the excessive expenditure , and stated that application was to be made to Parliament for a grant to build Her Majesty a new palace , had not the French revolution broken out . Then the state gave £ 100 , 000 a year to the Queen Dowager—a foreign woman , who had no sympathy with the people of this country , and who spent all this money abroad , at Madeira or elsewhere . Prince Albert , too , had £ 30 , 001 ) per annum out of the country . Besides 1 hat , he had £ 12 , 000 or £ 14 , 000 more as field-marshal , though he had never seen a shot fired in his life , and could scarcely even be said to have played at soldiers . This costly Royalty milst be cut down .

      Mr Williams moved the first resolution for the People ' s Charter . His speech embraced the same topics as that of the Chairman . Mr John Clark seconded the resolution , which was supported by Mr Thomas Clark of the Executive , who was loudly cheered , followed . Mr Ernest Jokes , amid great applause , was then called to speak to the resolution , and said—He

      was not surprised to see so large a meeting , for Sir George Grey had been helping them—he had placarded the meeting , and thus given it additional publicity . Thus every effort to resist them turned but to their advantage . ( Cheers . ) The placard further said , processions at unseasonable hours were forbidden : government were cautious—they had left themselves a loophole for retreat , in case they were beaten . He ( Mr Jones ) would tell them when it was an unseasonable hour : it was wnseasonable when

      they had 1 , 000 men ; it was always quite seasonable if they had 100 , 000 . ( Hear ,. hear . ) He hid just returned from Paris , where he had seen the noblest sight of earth—a free people—and he was proud to stand under that tricolour . But he would like to see it altered—he would like to see in it the Chartist green . ( Loud cheers . ) It was no" *? time to raise that gallant fkg once more—and we might greet it with cries kindred to those that swelled am'd the fo . 'ds of the Gallic tricolour . The French cried , ' Down with Guizot ! ' and that , when translated in plain English , was ' Down with Russell ! ' The French cried , ' Down with the system !' That , in English , was nothing less than ' Down with

      class legislation ! ' The French cried , ' Up with reform ! ' That , in English , meant ' The Charter , and No Surrender J ( Loud cheers !) He knew by the government programme that 100 police spies were in the meeting . ( Groans } He hoped they'd tell every word they heard , and say farther , that the people despised Lord John Russell and his government , laughed at his physical force demonstrations , and were determined to have the Charter , without asking the leave of either Whig or Tory . ( Loud applause . ) He saw the mounted police with loaded firearms , prowling like baffled wolves around the meeting—and he dared them to disturb its majestic order . The police were , as one of the papers

      had said , the cause of all the disturbances , and it was now the people who were keeping them in order ( Hear , and cheers . ) The neighbouring church was full of them . At last the law-church had found its proper level . Like to like 1 The plundering parson and the brutal policemen . There was a congregation worthy of the preacher . ( Loud cheers ) There were the specials too—terrible fellows , who turned white as sheets if three boys with one orange appeared at the cerner of the street . There was the army , too ^ gallant fellows , -who had learned their duty from the soldiers of France , Italy , and Bavaria . ( " Continued applause . ) Who fears , then , to talk of the Charter ? Who fears to tell the

      privileged classes they are knaves , fools , and powerlesa atsms ? We'll tell them so—and act up to it—but we must have no desultory meetings—no splitting of forces . I am glad of the accession of Mr Reynolds , but before he or Mr Cochrane call another meeting , they bad best confer with the Executive , and thus have the support of Chartism . We must have no sectional movement—we must all march as one body for one object—and thus be guided by that truly de ' mocratic authority , the National Convention . which , by representing all Democrats gives all fair play . ( Loud cheers . ) Had this been done in this instance , the London Chartists would have been here to day , and instead of 20 . 060 there would have been 100 000

      stalwart men upon the Common . ( Hear , bear , and cheers . ) Meanwhile , my friends ! whoever you be , I exhort you to maintain peace and order . Tonr enemies are hired to disturb oar meetings—your enemies have tried to injure you , by committing outrage and charging it on jou—refute them by your conduct . Remember , the republicans of France broke something more worth breaking than lamps—they broke a rotten throne . ( Continued cheering ) Thus calumny shall fall powerless from us—while eve " the old objection of ' non-education ' must soon cease , for the government have set up anew national school .

      They have began by teaching the alphabet : police divisions A , B , C , D , E , F . —( Roars of laughter and loud cheers . ) We'll learn our political alphabet froin their collars , and the word we'll spelt shall be tiie Charter . ( Rapturous cheers ) The _ speaker then called on his hearers not to lose their zeal or the pnmd confidence' in their own strength . These meetings were but the drill , and when the Convention met , step by step , they should march to victory . The resolution for the People ' s Charter was then put and passed with thundering acclamations , every hand in that gigantic meeting being raised .

      Mr Dixon- rest to mova the following resolution , and was loudlv cheered . Hesaid , the resolution which had been put into his hands , was one which he per feetlv agreed with , but before he made any comment upon it , he would read it for them-it read aa follows : — That this meeting calls upon the government to give that protection to labour which would secure to the in . dnsttious clasies a ' fair day ' ft w * gw for a fair ob ) a

      Great Meeting On Kennlngtofl Common. The...

      « 6 rk , ' an < 5 to provide employment for avery man who was willing to work . ( Cheers . ) Mr Dixon said—for the last twenty yearS ne" had been straggling for protection for labour . It had been an every day di .-h with him , and be held that if tbe government of this , or any other country , had one duty more imperative than another , it was the duty of seeing that the people's labour was employed upon the natural resources of tho country , and at the same time to take care that the proceeds arising therefrom shall be distributed in such a way , that the labourer shall be paid his full quota , which the resolution says is a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work . ( Cheers . ) But the question is now , what constitutes ' a fair day ' s wages . ' He ( Mr Dixon ) considered it 10 in fact

      was neither 3 s „ nor 4 s ., nor j . per day ; , it was a question whicn could not be settled by pounds , shillings , and fence . In his opinion , a fair day ' s wages was plenty of bread , butter , cheese , leef , eggs , milk , clothing , furniture , bedding , a well ventilated cottage , in fact , eVery thing which his physical wants required . And a lair day ' s work by the decrees of nature was , as much labour as waa conducive to health and longevity ; and leisure to cultivate those vast power * ot mind and intellect with which his Creator had blessed man , so that by the uniting the powers of body and mind , he might speedily enter the true millenium , and be enabled to enjoy the greatest amount of physical comforts for the smallest amount of physical outlay , ( Cheers ) He then contended that the government roust , sooner or later , if th .-. y wished to prevent a fearful convulsion in this country , do what the resolution recommended—find

      a labour field for those who where walking the streets in unwilling idleness . This , he contended , was the imperative duty of government ; if tbe spian <» r lost his wheel handles—if the weaver his picking stickby improvements of machinery on Saturday ^ night , they should nnd him work on Monday morning , or give him the means of subsisting until they did provide for him labour , whereby he might support his family as an independent Englishworkman ought . But , said Mr Dixon , this can never be expected frem a class parliament . If you are desirous of having justice done to the toiling millions , you must unite heart and sonl for the glorious Charter of our liberties . ( Cheers . ) He then shewed , in a clear and unmis takeablo manner , that there was one law for the rich and another for the poor . He instanced railways , & c ; and shewed that in the railway bills every protection was given to land and capital , and compensation awarded to thelandlordandmtVftenaiYeforallthe

      loss they might subtain ; but that so far an the working man was concerned , his labour , his only capitalmightbe taken away . But in the railway bill , there was no compensation for him . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) He then concluded by entreating ot the people to unite for the purpose of producing such a public opinion in favour of tbe Charter , that government dareiiot longer withhold it from the people , and moving the resolution , resumed his seat amid rap . turous cheering . Mr M'Grath seconded the motion . He said , he considered it to be the highest vocation of government to provide remunerative employment for the people . A ( air day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work was an irrefutable principle of justice , and to work it out

      efficiently was the function fcf every government desirous of being a blessing to the people . ( Hear , hear . ) The government that could net effect this was a feeble one—the government that would not do it _ waa a dishonest one . ( Cheers . ) It had been said , over and over again , that the purpose of government was to protect life and property . He had no objection to this definition of government duty , and , therefore , he considered that labour was entitled to all the protection which a wise legislature could award . ( Hear . ) Labour was the convertible property of the millions—the skill of the head and the hands was the commodity which the working man exchanged for food , raiment , and lodging ; and , consequently , they should not only have secured

      to them the most unrestricted sphere of action , but circumstances should be brought into existence which would secure for them a just reward . The creation of these circumstances he considered the legitimate province of legislation . We were told that property was protected in this country ; but what protection had the working man ' s property ' —myriads of whom at the prexent time could not exchange a day's lahour for a day ' s food . ( Hear , hear . ) The enormous plunder which the present system enables fund-lords , profit-lords , and landlords , to secure from labour may be judged from this fact : sis hundred millions ' worth of property are annually produced in this country , four-fifths of which are appropriated by onelifth of the community ; while the four-fifths

      who create this vast ma ? s of wealth are left to pine in penury upon one-fifth of the produce of their owe hands . ( Cheers . ) These are the baleful results of those inhuman principles of political economy which fix tha relations , of labour and capital in this country . ( Hear , hear . ) This state of things should no longer be tolerated . The time bad arrived when determined millions should demand justice at the hinds of parliament , and explode those monstrous principles , which work only to aggrandise the few and abuse the many . ( Cheers . ) Loek at Francegreat , gloricus , and free ! See the boons that Republicanism is already securing herl The first object of the present French government is the weal of labour ; it does not leave the employment of the

      pepple dependant on the working of Adam Smith ' s principles , but at once opens national workshopsthose of Paris alone employing forty thousand workers . ( Cheers . ) That is a foretaste of the grand ultimatum wkich this glorious Republic is destined to realise . ( Hear . ) All honour to the glorious Parisians , who have so nobly begun the work of the world ' s redemption , and may the splendour of their success light the oppressed ef the world to the goal of liberty and happiness . ( Cheers . ) You , gentlemen , like the French , must possess your rights to redress your social wrongs . Now or never is the time to strike the great moral blow for freedom ! ( Cheers . ) The stern demand of five millions of Britons for liberty must be made within the next

      three ? reeks , and who or what is the power in this country that has temerity enough to refuse them justice ? The metropolis never witnessed such a demonstration as we shall exhibit on this Common on the day of presenting the National Petition for the Charter . ( Cheers . ) He was sanguine enough to expect at least one quarter of a raillian of the men of London to take the prayer of the nation to the door of tbe House of Commons —( cheers)—and should the prayers of the oppressed be treated as heretofore with contempt , by the misnamed House of Commons , then they would find that other courses would be defined , which , if pursued with courage and vigour , would lead to that goal where no tyrant dare trample or slave dare serve . ( L ud cheers . )

      A vote of thanks was then moved to the chairm : in , and the immense assemblage separated in the most perfect order . The government were for tiie time relieved from their terrors , and the ' specials began to look a shade less white .

      Meetings Of The Scotch Miners. Airduie.—...

      MEETINGS OF THE SCOTCH MINERS . Airduie . —The colliers and miners of this district have held immense meetipgs , characterised bv exemplary order . A great meeting was held at Whiff let Bridge , which was adjourned to another called at Airdrie the same evening , in ** large hall in Sti > - lin ^' -street . At this meeting , which was imposing in its numbers , a miner , named Lees , delivered an admirable address , of about an hour ' s duration , maintaining that all their social evils were owing to politha ! inequalities ; and from the history ef France siyty years ago , he bade the aristocracy and the

      capitalists take warning in time . He was no friend to outrage or violence ; but when that spirit did break out among the population , it showed to the wealthy on what a treacherous foundation their security rested . To illustrate the condition ofthe colliers and miners , he mentioned that the wages at present only amounted to from 2 < . 2 d . to 2 s . 4 d . a day , being about lis . per week ; and out of that they had to pay at least 3 d . per week for sharpening tbeir pickaxes . If an energetic dfmonstration waf made by tbem , he had no doubt they would be able to effect an improvement in their condition . The greatest alarm prevails among the authorities , and other meetings are to be held .

      Pershorb.—On Wednesday, The 22nd Last., ...

      Pershorb . —On Wednesday , the 22 nd last ., a public tea meeting will be held in tbe Temperance Hall , in this town . in consequence of Price and Davis , two successful allottees , taking possession of their estates , at Minster Lovel , on the 27 lh inat . Mr Christooher Doyle , one of the directors of the Land Company , will deliver an address on tbe ' Peoples Charter and the Land , ' after which , the National Petition will bo proposed for the adoption of the meeting . Manchester . —A South Lancashire meeting of delegates from the following localities met at " hittaker ' s , on Sunday , March 12 th . J . Sutton in the chair : —Manchester , Bury , Bolton , Oldham , Haywood , Stockport , Middleton , Rochdale , Hyde . The following resolutions were passed : ¦— ' That a letter of explanation go to Hyde . ' * That the minutes be confirmed . ' ' That the Directors of the LandCompaay be requested not to place persons belong ing to the

      country branches on the Office List , and that delegates to next Conference pass a law to pre / ent its continuance . ' ' That we hold a great campmeeting next Sunday , March 19 th . at Oldham Edge . Chair to ba taken at twelve o'clock , the following gentlemen to be invited : —Messrs O'Connor . O'll'ggins , Leach , Roberts , Mitchel , Martin Mea ? her , and Smith O ^ Brien , ' ' That the Observation Committee be ten , in future , and shall consist rf [ the following : Messra Leach . Rankin , Donovan , Gutridge , Clarke , * Grundy , Nutt » Jl , Whittaker , Tiffany , O'Heo , and they shall publish an address in tho STAR . 1 That this meeting stands adjourned till next Sunday morning , at ten o'clock , delegates to meet in the Working Man ' s Hall , Oldham . ' John Sutton chairman ; J . O'Hea , secretary . Bitsios . —A public supper will take place at Mr Linney ' a , on Monday evening nsxt , March 20 tb , in honour of Richard Jones ' s departure for Minster Lovel .

      Great Public Meeting Of The Chartists Of...

      GREAT PUBLIC MEETING OF THE CHARTISTS OF SOUTHWARK . A public meeting was held on Monday evening , March 13 lh , at the South London Hall , 115 , Blackfriars-road , to consider the present position of affairs , and to point out a remedy for the prevailing distress existing amongst the operatives ; and , notwithstanding the wetness of the evening , the meeting was most numerously attended . Mr Edmund Stallwood was unanimously called to the chair , and in a speech that was received with great applause , pointed to the numerous bands of

      operatives who had been out of employ for the last four months , and the immense mass of human beings who were not employed half their time , and whose remuneration when employed was most miserable—traced this destitution to class legislation , and pointed out the People ' s Charter as the means of abolishing its evils—recommended great retrenchments in the salaries of « ministers of State , ' judges , and other officers in both Church and State , and the employment of the present surplus hands in the labour market on the lands at present in possession of government ; here , then , is the raw material , the labour , and the capital required in working it . ( Rapturous eheerW . )

      Mr Thomas Clark , in coming forward to move the first resolution , was greatly applauded , and said , he was amazed and quite shocked at their chairman , who had asked the very impious question , whether they could not do without bishops —( laughter )—ay , and even went so far as to intimate that those holy men , who preach every Sunday —( roars of laughter)—could exist upon less \ han £ 10 , 000 per annum , and yet perform such herculean feats in the way of mental labour ! why , this was rank blasphemy ! ( Continued laughter . ) And then your

      chairman s allusions to persons who stand high in the State was equally dreadful . ( Laughter . ) To think that that very excellent , good , and fine prince —the husband of our virtuous Quaen—the very experienced Field-Marshal , Prince Albert —( much laughter)— -the inventor of military hats , which were worn with so much grace on heads of so much utility —/ roars of laughter)—to think that such a very useful , ornamental being as this , was not worth £ 30 , 000 per annum , was preposterous ! ( Roars of ( laughter)—the resolution he was about to move was as follows : —

      That this meeting , deeply naoTed by the privations and ^ suff erings of tha great body of tha people , and tracing the evils and opprcsiiffDS Which i fflict the industrial bo > 1 y to partial and unjust legislation , do hareby pledge themselves to use every * con 8 titutional means to procure the legal enactment of the People ' s Charter , being the only m . ans of securing to the Yrerking man a fair proportion ot the national wealth . He found the provisional government of France bad proclaimed Universal Suffrage , and by declaring that every man of twenty-five years of age should be deemed qualified to be elected , had abolished the Property Qualification . They had also adopted the principle of Equal Electoral districts , and Voting by

      Ballot , and the Payment of Members for their services ; in fact , they had adopted the Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) The Times , and other daily and weekly journals , had declared the provisional government of F . ance , to be composed of' enlightened ' men ; then would it not he wise in the people of England to adopt the policy and politics of these ' enlightened men ? ' He dared say , if they asked their parliament—those disinterested men who gave their services for nothing —( laughter)—that they would grant them , particularly if you showed five million units of moral power backing up your request . ( Great applause . ) He was sorry to hear Mr Stallwood say that Lord John Russell was illda ughter ) — because Lord John was such a constitutional roan , and would be so happy to grant

      their constitutional request , — - ( laughter , )— -that was to say when he could not help it . ( Loud cheers . ) The resolution declared that class legislation was the cause of the miseries of the people , in which he entirely concurred ; and he was happy to find that the shopkeepers and middle classes generally were becoming tired of excessive taxation , and , like us , they wanted a change , —( loud cheers , )—and they might rely on it that when public opinion is properly roused , the change sought for will be enforced . ( Loud cheers . ) The people of Paris had trampled a tyrant ' s throne into dust . Now what he should like to see in England was , that bad laws should be trampled under feet , and a good constitution , that should embrace the whole people , be put up instead of those bad laws . He trusted that all present would become members of the National Charter

      Association , and resolve , by unity of action , to work out the desired change ; then let their watchword he ' Agitate ! agitate ! agitate !' ¦ and our firm resolve be , that if there is no comfort in the cottage there shall be no peace in the castle . ( Trernerdous cheering . ) Mr William Dixon , in seconding the resolution , said , Lord John Russell had declared ' that the people of France bad a right to choose whatever form of government they pleased , then surely by a parity of reasoning , the people of England must have the same ri ^ ht . ( Loud cheers . ) The question had frequently been asked , what , changes would take place supposing ihe People ' s Charier to become

      law ? His reply was , just such changes as the great body of the people demanded ; and , of course , that demand would he governed by the intelligence they possessed . ( Loud cheers . ) It had been said that under Universal Suffrage , the Monarchy and the Church would be destroyed , and that those institutions were essential to the well-being and happiness of the people ; now if this were so he was quite sure they would not be destroyed , —( loud cheers , )—but if , on tbe contrary , it should be found that they acted detrimentally to the interest and well-being of the people , why the sooner they were destroyed the better . ( Hear , bear . ) He had been told that the middle classes had this morning been sworn in as

      special constables , —( groans , )—now he was about to show that this very class had an interest in the wellbeing of the working classes ; he knew that they too often fawned , howed . and cringed to those whom they deemed their superiors in wealth , but it not unfrequently happened that these people failed , and the middle-class man was thus ruined , —( hear , hear , ) but the working man , to whom they did not at all times pay that icspect that was so eminenHy due to the creators and producers of all wealth , —( cheers , ) he did not @ iil . No , he supported the shopkeeper with his ready money , and the more employment and better wages he got , the more he had to spend with the shopkeeper ; and hence , it was at once the

      duty and interest of the shopkeepers and middle classes , to aid and assist tho working classes in obtaining their just rights . ( Great applause . ) Perhaps the middle classes weie alarmed , but they should learn to discriminate between the honest Chartist , and that unfortunate class , the thieves who infested London in such numbers—( hear , hear)—let them learn that whilst the Chartists were firmly resolved on obtaining liberty that they respected property , a « d would protect it . ( Great applause . ) From Colonel Sibthorp up to Sir Robert Peel , all admitted the abstract right of the People ' s Charter . ( Hear , hear . ) Oh , but the people were not prepared , this was not the time . ( Laughter . ) Such was the answer given to the gallant Cartwrightsuch to the noble Hunt , on the field of Peterloosuch to the brave men of the north , when the \

      threw down the loom and the shuttle , and declared to work no more until the Charier was obtainedsuch was the answer given on all occasions when the people sought their just rights . ( Hear , hear . ) And such ever would be the answer until the people were prepared to declare this is the time , the very time . ( Thunders of applause . ) If there were any of the electoral body present , just let him tell them they did not hold the franchise by virtue of their intelligence , hut simply because they happened to be the occupants of ten-pound houses ; and he trusted they were now ashamed of such a state of things , and would come forward and declare with us , that they will have the Suffrage in virtue of their manhood . ( Great applause . ) Then courage , wisdom , and energy , and the battle ' s won . ( Loud and long continued applause . )

      Ihe resolution was then carried unanimously . Mr John Fossell rose to move'the following resolution;—That this metting are of opinion , that the time lias arrived wotix the people should prepare to discaaa those social arrangements , which must ultimately displace oar worn-out and corrupt aiiomaHee , this meeting beinjjimpressed with a firm conviction , that social advantage must follow political change . He said if the people would only reflect and act »

      they might prevent a bloody convulsion . He told the aristocracy and monarchy , that they never could consider themselves safe , so long as tbe social condiiion of the people was so had . ( Hear , hear . ) In al ' uding to the infamous mal-practices of poorhouses , there w ? . s art aphorism abroad , that ? Nine tailors make a maaj' but he found amongst the clergy , the maxim was reversed , for with them < One bishop made eleven parsons , ' and held those livings- ,, and oi course preached in eleven different to una sst ous and the same time . ( Loud laughter . )

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      He did hope that the people had now resolved to take such steps as should at once put down those crying evils , those black spots in our political and social code . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Bogsus seconded the resolution , which was put , and carried unanimously . Mr Philip M'Grath came forward amidst loud cheering , to mote the adoption of a petition complaining of the distress that pervades the operatives of the United Kingdom , and asserting class legislation to be the cause of the distress , the Charter the means to an end , demanding great retrenchment in our national expenditure , and employment for the surplus labourer on the land now in the

      hands of the government , ( The reading of the pciition was received with great applause . ) Jlr M'Grath said this petition very properly alludes to the unprecedented distress existing amongst the operatives of this country —( hear , hear)—and it equally properly showed that that distress prevailed because the bulk of the operatives had no voice in making the laws by which they were governed . ( Hear , hear . ) He thought we should now show the necessity of adopting the principles of the People ' s Charter , as Lord John Russell had admitted the justness of the principles in the abstract , but refused to put them in practice , as it was not the time . Guizot had said the same tiling to that

      crownless , thronelessvagabon'd , Louis Philippe j but the brave Parisians had thought different , and had wrested the sceptrcj from the hands of the monarch , obtained the rights of man , and long might they keep them . ( Thunders of applause . ) In the last days of the monarchy , the people of Paris were like the people of London , walking about , having no employment ; but now the Republic shone on them , and the first act of the provisional government was to establish national workshops . ( Loud cheers . ) He trusted they would adopt the petition he had the honour to move . All

      public meetings would do well to adopt a similar petition ; let it he signed by the chairman , and forwarded to the members for the borough and county for presentation ; at the same time , let them get as many signatures as possible to the National Petition ; and on the 17 th day of April he hoped to see a monster meeting on Kennington Common , —a car drawn by four horses , surmounted by the National Petition , with its five millions of signatures , —and that two hundred thousand persons would he in . attendance to follow it through the streets of tiie city of London to its destination at the House of

      Commons . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Mr Fuzz en , in a forcible speech , seconded the adoption of the petition , and after a few words from Capt . Atchekley , R . N ., it was carried unanimously amidst loud cheers . It was ordered to be transmitted to Sir William Molesworth for presentation . A vote of thanks , on the motion of Messrs Clauk and Dixon , was given by acclamation to the Chairman , who briefly acknowledged the compliment , and tbe meeting was dissolved .

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      THE CHARTIST DELEGATION TO PARIS . A densely packed and moat enthusiastic public meeting was held at the Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , Tottenham-court-road , on Tuesday evening , March 14 ' . h , to hear the report of their mission from Messrs Ernest Jones and Philip M'Grath—G . J . Harney , tho other delegate , being confine '! to a bed of sickness in Paris . Mr John Shaw was unanimously called to the chair . He said , they had met to receive the report of those delegates who were sent to present their atldrefs congratulating the brave , heroic , and n > bla people of Paris , in gaining a glorious victory over tyranny , nnd their proclamation of a Republic , ( Loud cheers . ) The revolution had alarmed the Whigs and the English aristocracy , and it was quite funny to see the Tories solacing and [ soothing the

      Whigs on the adhesion of the loyal coalwhippers . I ( Laughter . ) Anothercircumatarce in these eventful days was the swearing in of tho -shopkeepers as specials—there was the Whitechapol loyal brigadesome of them were so proud of their office that they were swaggering about with their staff of office in their hands , swearing that they would put down tbe Chartists , that they would , and at the moment when an alarm was given , they rushed to their yards of tape behind their counters . ( Roars of laughter . ) One of these gentlemen was so valiant that he rushed out , and with hi * bitun and tbe aid of Bacchus , broke his fellow special ' s arm . ( Roars of laughter . ) They would , he knew , keep tbe best order during the evening . He now had the pleasure of introducing their very eloquent friend , Mr Ernest Jones . ( Greatapplause . )

      Mr EnNEsi Jones , who w .-. s greeted with hearty cheering , and gave a graphic and inspiriting account of the state of Paris , the reception ofthe Chartist Delegation and the pro ? pt cts and position o ) Democracy in France . He especially reluted the iabeas sertion of the Times relative to a hostile foiling towards the English workman , explaining how local hostili y was to bo accounted for by the esst / loyera having enticed Englishmen to form a competitive labour reserve against French workmen . With reference to the discharge of servants in Pan ' s , that was merely attributable to the fact of the luxurious

      aristocracy having been inspired with wholesome terror—they dared no lonncr parade fat horses before a hungry people , and therefore they broke up their e « tabiUhm < . > n ! s , ai . d discharged their uaelees idlers in livery . [ French as well as English . ( Cheers . ) The speaker then alluded to the commercial crisis , and the charge brought by the London press against Garnier-Pagcj of having endangered public faith and credit . Not so—said he—they have prevented the swindling of the swindler—they have prevented the forestalling of the corn-thief , —the plundering ofthe stock-jobber—they have indeed brought a panic over the funded robber , who specivateson greatjcalamities , anil ruins trade thatjusnry may flourish . But the honest gains of the trader are pot injured—thry are secured , improved—aa all fair trade must gain by no

      pular prosperity . Look at Paris . The tradesmen are thriving—for those who used to be beggars in the streets are now purchasers in the shops , enriched not by robbery—but by being allowed to work for the good of all . ( Loud cheers . ) The speaker then illustrated tbe positive and immediate benefits which the change of institutions had caused in France—and thence drew the moral for England , The alaraists fear our progress—he said—as they think we arc seeking strife and bloodshed . On the contrary—we desire peace—we wish by constitutional means to mend tho constitution;—if the Whigs won't act peaceably themselves—they must take the consequences . ( Loud cheers . ) But to aa these who fear a fight in England—1 want to know what there is to fight against ? In France , indetd , government had

      a host of 1 , 000 000 armed officials , we have 12 , 000 sleepy placemen ; in France there was a regular ferce of 500 , 000 soldtera , in Paris aloue 80 , 000 middle class guards—we call them specials here—The National guard were brave troops , —the ' specials' here tremble if the weathercock on one of tbeir churches creaks with a French brei ze . ( Laughter and cheers , fighting ? There is no danger of fi-htin » in England . There ' s nothing to fight with—a man might as well fiiht with his own shadow . Let us review Lord John ' s forces . The number of troops in Great Britain ' on the l » t of January , 1818 , was 3 . 514 cavalry , 4 , 421 foot guards , 20 , 535 troop . * of tbe line , 1 . 429 recruiting troops , and companies of regiments in India , making a't ' . ) ! : 9 t . h ° r 20 , 920 men t » keep twenty xnlllions of people in submission ( L ^\ vi applause . ) In

      Ireland on the 1 st of last January " here were 3 , 248 cavalry , and 23 , 048 infantry , making together 2 G . 296 , to keep ei-jhtmiili'ma of Irkh in misery . ( Protracted cheering ) And as to you—men of London—the total number of the police force is 4 . 910 to watch over our great metropolitan cage of two millions . ( Immense applause ) They had 4 000 of these on Monday to take care of 20 , 000 of us— -o that the remainder of the two millions had only 900 to pull their leading strings ; while the 4 , 000 guards were kept under arms-tho guards!—sons and brothers of the people —champions of order , but not minions of misrule . ( Enihuaiaatio cheers ) Now , friends , I do not say this to excite you to violence—I merely say it to prove to the government , how peaceablo'Jand constitutional we are—since , were wo not , we could have blown the whole svstem to atoms in an hour .

      Mr M'Graih , in rising to address the meeting , was loudly cheered . He had observed several interruptions during the speech of his c * -mis ? ionary , Mr Jones , which were said to be occasioned by police spies . They should be neither alarmed nor surprised at this . The reins of power were held by the driveling , treacherous Whigs , who considered pimps , informers , and e-pionage , essential parts of the machinery of government . ( Hear , hear . ) The corrupt Parliament votes annually a large sum of tbe public money under the suspicious title of secret service money . The expenditure of this sum is never accounted for . And why ? Because it would reveal atrocities that could not bear tho light of day , ( Cheers . ) Out of this sum tho pimp , the spy , and informer , aiM rewarded for watching , entrapping ,

      and persecuting the friends of the people . ( Hear . ) This secret service money , and the vile purpose to which it is applied , are some of the damning sina which must hapten the fall of tha present system . The narative portion of the report , aa delivered by Mr Jones , was so full as to leave little for him to advance . They arrived in tiie metropolis of France just as the convulsion of revolution was subsiding into quiescence . They found the people exhilirated by their victory , and armed to a man to protect their infant Republic , and to preserve the peace and order of the city . He had seen many splendid spectacles aforetime . He had seen monarohs , legislators , and judges , surrounded with all that paraphernalia which is designed to give dignity to their bearing , but to his mind tbe sight of a citiza soldier immeasurably

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      transcends them all , ( Cheers . ) There is an ineffifc ble grandeur in the appearance of an arraud peoplclc ready to defend their liberties alike from foreign ag-ggression or internal usurpation . ( Cheers . ) JJelei would to heaven that every Englishman was armedd ! as are the French . ( Cheers . ) In such a case than usurpers of their rights would think twice before * they hazirded a contemptuous rejection of their claimn to justice . ( Loud cheets , ) Tfce speaker thena ailuded to the magnificent procession got up ins honour of the heroes who fell during the three g on--ous days . It was estimated that at Jeaat one mi lion l of human beings assembled to honour the funeral ob- . sequies of those brave men who , at the precious price t of their blond , purchased their country ' s ireedom .. ( Loud cheers ) This was but simple justice to thos ? ' nobles of the human race—for

      Oh ! if there be in this earthly sphere , An offoring which Heaven holds dear'Tis the last libation which Liberty draws From the heart that bursts and bloods in her cause . ( Loud cheers . ) AH honour to those noble spirits , whose courage hurled despotism to destruction . May their memories be cherished and revered by remotest posterity . ( Loud cheers . ) What is tha moral which Englishmen should draw from this great revolution ? What is the lesson to be learned from it ? The one is that a united people is omnipotent . The other that to be free a people has but to will it . ( Cheers . ) Mr M'Grath detailed several circumstances connected with the interview of tho deputation with the proviMonal government , showing the cordiality with which they were received ; tbe respect manifested towards tbem , and the homage paid to the principles of the People ' s Charter .

      ( Cheers . ) He then adverted to the subject of the forthcoming Convention , and the prospects of success which were before the people . They should have a , demonstration of a quarter of a million to bear tho nation ' s prayer for justice to the door of the House of Commons . ( Loud cheers . ) Were they prepared for freedom ? ( Cries of * Yes , yes , ' from all parts . } Wore they resolved to have it ? (* Yes , yes . ') Then , let them swear fidelity to one another . Swear by the love they bore their country . Swear in the presence of high heaven this night to wage incessant war with _ the corrupt institutions of this land , till class dominance is sent on a pilgrimage with Louis Philippe , and the rights of man are based on their glorious Charter . ( Cheers . ) After soma further observations upon the absolute necessity of union , energy , and action , Mr M'Grath concluded amid tha warm and long-continued plaudits of the meeting .

      Mr Cuppay then moved , arid Mr FusskLL KeconderJ , the following resolution , which was supported by Mr Dixon in a very able speech . ' That the monopoly of political power which U taaotioned by tho laws of England , ii a flagrant usurpation Of tha rights of the British people ; and this meeting , composed chiiflr of the victims of this unjust system of civil policy , do hereby solemnly covenant one with tho other , to resort to every available means consistent with law to terminate speedily this vice . engendibing btstih of misrule , and to establish thi political rights of the nation on the basis of the People ' s Charter . ' Mr J . Eluslib Donoan spoke to the same resolntion , and in the course of his address showed that the police were the authors of the riots in Trafalgarsquare , and read a very spirited poem which we propose , if possible , to give next week . The resolution waa carried amid thunders of applause .

      Mr Stallwood , in moving a vote of thanks to the chairman ^ called upon the people to imitate the trades' unionists of former days , and as Barclay and Perkins had caused their men to be sworn in as special constablea to break other people's heads , let them teach Barclay and Perkins loyalty to the people by refusing to drink their beer . ( Applause , and shouts of ' . Tfeirai . ' ) The motion was seconded , and carried by acclamation . Mr Shaw having acknowledged the compliment , three [ cheers were then given for 'The Delegates to the French Republic-, ' 'The Peoples Charter ;' and 'Tho Northern Stab , ' when the immense meeting quietly dispersed . .

      Great Chartist Meeting On Blackheatf . T...

      GREAT CHARTIST MEETING ON BLACKHEATF . The Charlists of Greenwich and Deptfbrd beinj determined not to be behind hand with their Cliartist brethren in other parts of the country in demonstrating their respect to tha patriot ! c people of France , and their firm adttrence to the principles of the People ' s Charter , eallid an open air meeting to be teM oa Blackheath , on Wednesday afternoon last , March 15 th . No sooner did the placards announcing the meeting make their appearance , than the minicna in power set to work to destroy tbe meeting if possible , Hundreds of special constables were sworn iu , aud the whole of the police from tbe neighbouring stations were ordered to attend on the day of meeting ' , likewise the mounted

      police fromLsndon . The next step was to try to intimidate tho brave lada of Greenwich , by sending the council word that if they hold tho meeting after six o ' clock , it would be considered an illegal nueting and bo t'hpersed accordingly . This information was received , mark ! after the announcement had been made that the chair should bo taken at four o ' clock in the afternoon . They , therefore , i » tiled frteh notice—that the chair should he taken ot three- o ' clock , instead of four , as announced in the first instsnee . The day had been very threatening for rjln , but that did not deter the good men aud true , who aassmhled in great numbers by the time appointed .

      At a little past three o ' clock it began to rain , l > nt notwithstanding the people manifested n determination lo stand it out . Cmistq'icritly , Mr Morgan was called to t ! ie chnir , who opened the business in a neat ped appropriate speech , and conclu'ied by introducing Captain AcBts . LT who Fpoke at great length , Mr DuiiN then rose , and said in consequence of tho very heavy rain , he thought it would be advisable to at once dissolve the meetiii ; , ' . ( Cries of ' No , no , we are not fit for liberty , if we will not suffer more than s little rain to obtain it . ') Well , if thoy were determined

      to stand , he had no objection to explain the principles , which as Chartists thsy pr & fesseii , Mr D . then at some length entered into tbe injustice practised upon ttio UBenfrancbisod millions of this unhappy country . It was not merely the vote they were to look at , but the power that vote would give them in mending bad laws , or making new outs that should do justice to all , and injustice to none . The Courier would jiivo them the power of destroying a s 3 st . n 1 which engendered crime , produced for honest industry degredation aad poverty , and laid prostrate the glorious rights of man , ( Cheers . )

      Mr Dixon spoke for above an hour and was listened to with breathless attention , notwithstanding the rain descended interrents the mholeof the time . The thanks of tbe meeting having been given to the chairman , and three cheers for the Charter , three for the patriotic prople of France , and the glorious Republic , avid three for Peargus O'Connor , tbe vast assembly separated in a most pt actable and orderly manner . Messrs M'Geato and Dixon accompanied tbe ChartisJ Council to the town , and made arrangements for nnother demonstration on Btaekhtaib , ss soon as the weathtria favourable for such an undertaking . BDBBAH FOE THE CHABTER AKD NO SDhSENDEE !'

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      National Charter Association . —The inhabitants of tho following places and theirnei ^ hbourhcodeare hereby respectfully informed , that public meetings will be held forthepuipuse of adopting tho National Petition to the liouse of Commons , urging the necessity of passing into law immediately the Bill of Rights commonly known as the People ' s Charter . Several advocates in the above cause will address the meeting , and petition sheets will then be ready for signature : — -Lyneham , Saturday , March 18 ; b , chair to be taken iitsix o ' clock , p in . ; Wootton Basaat , on the same evening , nt eight o ' clock ; Highworth , Saturday , March 25 th , at six o ' clock ; Oricb > lade . Saturday , April 1 st , at six o ' clock .

      Mottram , Uollingworth , Iliiritield , PadCeld , Bridgend , and other villages will hold an aggregate public meeting of tho friends oi' democracy . at tha house of Mr Hubert Ilampson , Ntw . Inn , Hollingworth , on Saturday evening . Chair to be taken at seven o ' clock precisely . Several talented gentlemen will address the meeting . Todmoruen . —The Rev . J . Barker , of Leeds , will preach two tenuous in the Unitarian chapel , Todniorden , on Sunday , March 19 th , in tbe morning , on ' Pure Religion ; 'in the afternoon , on 'ThedutyoE all to live for the good of tbeir fellow creatures . ' Service to begin in the morning at half-past ten , and in the afternoon at half-iast two . Mr Barker will also deliver a lecture for the Chartists , on Moilday evening , March 21 st , in the Odd Fellowa' Hall , t % commence at eight o ' clock . Staunton —A public meeting , for the adoption of the National Petition and other business couiwcied .

      with the forthcoming Convention , will take place as the Feathers Inn , Staunton , on Monday evening , March 20 th . Chair to be taken at seven o ' clock . The Charlists residing in Gloucester , Stroud , To wkes « bury , Upton , Ledbury , and other places in Gloucestershire and Worcestershire , are requested to communicate with the secretary of the Staunton National Charter Association upon the best means of agitating the district , and for the effectual signing Ot the National Petition . AH letters to be addressed to Mr John Sidaway , Safe ' s End , Corse , Gloucester , shire . ,. . .. PAHLBT .-A 1 I districts in Renfrewshire who wish to co-operate with Paisley in sending a delegate to the Convention , will please to communicate with Mr Peter Cameron 9 , Storicstreet , Paisley , as the meeting for the election of » delegate will take place ' Monday evenin ? the 27 th instant .

      on , LF . K 0 S-Mr ; Juhn Shaw will deliver a lecture oa Sunday evening , » t half-past six 0 clock , in lb * Bazaar . The sheets for tha National Petition ara now readv for distribution . All persons who are desirous of assisting to make the petition larger thaa ever it was before , are requested to apply to Mr Brook , at the Bazaar , on Sanday night . Tnuno . —On Monday night , the 20 th of Marcn , at tho place above named , a public meeting will ba held for the adoption oi the People ' sOharter , at eighS o ' clock precisely .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 18, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_18031848/page/5/