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      ^ r . ^ . rsS--r : ,,. « rl . ; .. n 5 of Glasgow and surronndin ? Tb 7 ' ftUc ^ ngasi . mWed , xlewvdthmdigmmCt %° llJ ^ TalroXus attempt to invade tho L t ' heererl « ting deceivers of the country , the . Whig . in introducing and hurrying through parliament , A Bill for the Better Security of tee Crown and Government of the Unite * Btog * w » ; ' aud we hereby declare our determination to oppose , by every lawful bum in oar power , anr patty capable of having recourse to any such Busifen-like tyrannic ! measure to crush the free ex . predion of public oeinien , »»* P ™ P * P ««« owtt *« tottering despotism . Mr Charles Mubwt ; seconded the ' « oIutien . " Mr Daviks , from Holytown , supported the resolutiOE !

      . . , , x The resolution was put , and agreed to unani-° MrThomas Ci /» cgk , in a short speech , moved the following resolution : — That ire , the citizens of Glasgow and the surroundiDg districts express our confidence in the ability and in . SyoV the National Cowmflon . now « Hmg n London » d pledge ouriolves to resist , at all hazards the SrWaB-aMo attack , w thelibcr . ies ef the aubject by the revival of acts passed in the re . ga of the perse , eating and bloody tyrant Charles II ., wi hereby expreiB our satisfaction at the prudence and determination exhibited by tbem under the most trying circumstance * , ia cenduetiog the people of London to a bloodleis victory ia the face of the armed mercenaries of the government .

      Mr James Adams said , he thought it wonld have cesn unnecessary for him to have addres ? ed them en that occasion , had it not been that being present amongst them , he felt that he should be doing wrong to allow them to eive a renewed expression of confidence in the bodv with which he had tbe honour to be connected , until he had explained same things ia the conduct of that body . He then defended the Convention from the charge of cowardice which Bad been preferred against it in regard to the meeting on K-nnington Common . He also compared the various estimates which had been formed of the attendance on Kennington Commen , to shew how little faith could be put ia the London press . With regard to the signatures attached to the National Petition , he considered the report of those parties ¦ who had examined it for tho Convention was equally fobs believed as thexeport of the committee on petitions of ihe House of Commons , until a select committee proved them wrong .

      _ Mr Harky seconded the resolution . In adverting to themeeting at Kcnningten Common , he characterised it as a great , glorious , but bloodless victory over the government bv the Chartists . This meeting was another glorious proof of the progress which Chartism had made araona : the masses . Mr GEfRGE Ross moved s vote of thanks to the chairman , which was carried by acclamation . The Chairmas pwoosed a vote ef thanks to Cap . tain Miller , for his courtesy and attention that day , which wa ? carried by acclamation . Three cheers were ^ then given for the Charter , the Convention , Feargus O'Connor , & c , and the meeting qnietly dispersed . .

      MR EKNEST JONES AT DUNDEE . A meeting was held here on Tuesday evening , in the Bell-street Hall , for the object of hearing a deputation frem the National Convention . Long before the time appointed to take the chair , the hall was disagreeably crowded . Many a noble Chartist had to wander away home with a sorrowing heart , being unable tJ gain ' admittance . At eight o ' clock , the general councillors , Mr Jones , and an enthusiastic friend from Arbroath , entered the hall , greeted with enthusiastic cheers . Mr R--EBET Rro » was called to preside . _ AItM'Ckae proposed the following motion : —

      That this meeting cannot find language adequate to fee expression of onrthernngh displeasure and disgast at the eonduet of thote parties , be they who they may , ¦ who have endeavoured to falsify the condition of the National Petition , in reference to the number ead character of the tignatures attached to it , and by and ttxough these means to destroy the honourable position , and damage the effect of the patriotic exertions of Hr Feargus O'Connor , M . P ., and of the National Cenvestion ; and we bsg to assure that gentleman , in conjunction with that assembly of the people's real represest » ti 7 es , that we Trill stand by hisa end them to the last moment of our live ? , and give all the aid in our poser , natil wa brin ; confhiiou upon all the enemies of our jast and holy cause , and nuUe it triumphant in the political liberation and social reaemptioa of the toiling and suffering sous and daughters of mankind .

      Mr EsxESr Jokes then cams to the front of the platform , and was hailed with loud and long-cantinned cheering . The joy of the meeting seemed to have overflowed all usual bounds . He delivered a long and powerful address , explanatory of the acts of the Convention , the reception of the * Nation ' s Will ' by the incurable House of Parliament , and our future prospects . The ma £ nifieent orator , as he moved on , crusbin ? sophistry to the dost , was frequently interrupted hy storms of appUuse , bath from the people within the hall , and frem the immense throng sarroHndin * the windows outside . Mr Jones asked the meeting if they were determined to back out the National Assembly in working out any measure that it may devi = e , sufficient to secure our rights ? ( 'Yes . yes . yes , ' was the almost unanimous response , only three ' nee'being heard . ) -Mr Joneshas impressed many men ' s minds with the idea that cur principles are just , and must shortly ba triumphant .

      Three cbeers were given for Feargus O'Connor , three for onr own press , three for the chairman , and a dtz ? B for Ernest Jones .

      MR ERNEST JONES IN EDINBURGH . On Wednesday evening a public meeting of the Democrats of Edinburgh was held in the Waterloo Rooms , for the purpose of hearing addresses from the delegates of the National Convention , in reference to the present position and future prospects of Chartism in Britain . The delegates were received with great applause . The house was completely crowded . On the motion of Mr Henry Rankine , Mr John Grsnt , of the Weekly Expbess , was called to the ch : » ir .

      The Chairmak then said—Chartists of Edinburgh , our glorious cause has been making rapid progress ef late . From the palaea te the cottage , it is the all-absorbing topic . The press , which has hitherto looked upon ua with contempt , and despised our movement , is obliged to fill its broadsheets with de ' ails of oer proceedings . The Times , even the 'bloody Times , ' as it is called , has been obliged to come out somewhat . I read with pleasure that even that paper has declared in favour of an extension of the suffrage . ( Cheers . ) So much , gentlemen , for that magnificent meeting which took place in Losdoa on tho 10 th of Aoril ; for however much tbe government may affect to despise it in

      thst organ , yet they seem fully alive to the fact that they must do something to pacify the voice of the people . Even in osr aristocratic city , we havo ; had two or three demonstrations which have shown the vast majority of the people are in favour of our procedure . The meeting on Monday night was a glorious d -monstration , and showed that tbe people of Edinburgh are fully alive to the value and the vital importance of the Charter . There could aot be less than from 25 , 000 to 30 , 000 persons present , and they were unanimous in expression that they would not rest satisfied until the principles contained in the People ' s Charter became the princip les on which toe government of this country will be conducted . ( Cheers . )

      Mr James Adam ? , delegate from Glasgow , then delivered a lengthy speech , explaining and vindicating the acts of the Convention , and showing ap the rascality of the press . He was loudly applauded . Mr Ersest Jokes then rose amidst great cheering and waving of hats and handkerchiefs , which lasted for some time . Having obtained an audience , he said , that at the moment in which he had the honour of addressing them—perhaps at that very moment , a ministerial traitor to the people and the constitution was having his treasonable ' Gagging Bill' passed in the House of Commons . It had already gone through committee , and that evening was appointed for tbe third reading . This' Gagging

      Bill' said that the tongues which God had given them they were no more to use—that the brains with ¦ which He had gifted them were no more to thinkthat a man was no longer to ba at liberty to speak—HO longer to express his sentiments on political subjects , and no longer dare to speak the truth . The time had therefore come to speak more boldly . ( Cheers . ) They stood before the meeting not merely 23 political reformers , but as social reformers as well , for it was necessary to have those social remedies ready prepared , which they would be able to apply when they had attained political power . The great value of political power was , it would enable them to procure social amelioration—it would give bread to the poor , protection to industry , and justice to all . ( Great applause . ) There had been many straggles in the history of the past , and to these , claEs after class , like waves succeeding each other

      on the ocean of life , had rolled along _ and broken , upon the shores of eternity . Monarehial and aristocrstical institutions had changed feudalism into constitutional monarchy . The feudal despotisms that existed in Scotland have passed into things that were . It had been succeeded by the vast monied interest ; but now there would be a third great change—the struggle of industry against the prerogative of aristocracy . The qaestion seemed to resolve itself into ¦ a struggle against capital . That struggle would not consist in the destruction of property or of capital , but in tbe rescuing of . industry from its unconditional despotism . There were some who said tbat labour would not prosper without capital , while others said that capital could not do without labour . He would grant that capital did facilitate industry , but he would contend that labour could do without capital , better than capital could do without labour . Send the capitalist away to some uninhabited isIaEd ; place him there amidst his pyramids of gold , and

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      then who is to build his houses , till his lands , or make his garments , or create his machinery ! All tha wealth in the world would not do this for him , and he would sit paralysed by . the side of faia heap of gold , hungry , naked , and ab elterless . On the contrary , place the poor man—strong in body—place the embodiment of labour on that island , and he would build hia hut and till his fields , and hunt tbe wild beasts , and make his raiment from their skins . Thus would labour thrive and grow fat , and prosper without the aid of the paralysed capitalist and his heaps of dust . ( Cheer * . ) But they were not se king to infringe the just rights of eapital . On the contrary , they were saying , give to Cawar that which h Csesar ' s , and give to tbe working-maa that which is due to him . He did not require to say a word as to

      the condition of the working-classes : tbat condition the press itself was forced to confess . All say there must be a change ; and even the Times is coming out for an extension of the suffrage . But do not trust the Times—trust to your own honest hearts , your strong hand ? , and your thinking brains ; for tha movement must be carried on by the working-classeF . They were willing to receive the co-operation of every class , and ef every man who would co-operate with them , but they believed in the great maxim , 'God helps them that help themselves . ' lie wonld contend that there was no remedy short of Universal Suffrage by which the working classes

      and the ghopkesping classes would obtain the amelioration of their condition . Many nostrums have been tried ; but thoy were w-rthlees , and their business new was not with the policy of others , but with their own policy ; they must ataadon their own fsundation . He was satisfied that nothing short of the universal enfranchisement of the working classes could have the effect of throwing down the monopolies under which they suffered . He was happy to find that the middle classes throughout the countrywere beginning to ceme round . Even the middleclass organs ware beginning to turn round and talk of an extension of the Suffrage . Great events called forth echoes in our island . The weathercocks on

      Lord John Russells mansion were beginning to creak with the French breeze . They were beginning , to turn in opposite directions , and , aa they turned to the various points of the compass , they seemed to settle on the six points of the Charter . ( Ap . plause . ) Now they were engaged in a magnificent stru ' gle ; at that moment they were engaged in a revolution . Let no one shudder at the word revolution . Tha slavery emancipation was a revolution ; and reform was a revolution , rendered abortive by tbe triakery of the Whigs . Revolution did not mean insurrection . They were engaged in a mighty revolution ; and , in order to carry it , it was neeasssry , tbat Irishmen , Scotchmen , and Englishmen , should be united , and , in one unbroken mighty

      phalanx , to go forth to attain their object . He thought tbat this would be the case ; for he had travelled 500 miles from home , and he was at home still . He found the same spirit in Scotland which pervaded their countrymen in the time of the Covenanters—a desire to be rid of oppression . And the descendants of those men who established religious liberty , were now summing up their energies to establish civil equality . Tha great merit of the Charter was , that it was a bread-and-cbee * e question—a roast beef and plum-pudding question ; for if they only had it , it would give food , clothing , and shelter to every man in the country , and he would not be surprised that

      they would turn their back upon the Charter unless they believed this . He would ask them to turn their attention to the country which they inhabited . Did they imagine that God would manifest his goodness by having placed thirty millions of human beings upon these ialaada for the mere purpose of starving by hunger or perishing fer want of proper shelter , without having given land enough , or making that land fertile enough to support them ? The reverse was the case ; for it could be abundantly proved that the land , instead of being able to support thirty millions , would support a population of one hundred millions . Mr Jones concluded a long and brilliant speech amid the moat raoturous applause .

      Dr Hunter then addressed the meeting , after which a vote of thanks was then awarded to the delegates , and appropriately replied to . A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman , and after giving three cheers for Mr Feargus O'Connor , the meeting separated .

      CHARTIST MEETING AND PROCESSION AT GREENOCK . BRUTAL AIIACK BY THB F 0 WCS , ( From the Daily News , ) Soma time ago the Chartists of Greenock decided on holding an open-air meeting on Saturday , to hear addresses from Mr E . Jones , Dr Hunter , and Mr Adams . A procession was also decided on , in order to show their numerical strength . The committes sent notice to the provost and magistrates that they intended holding a meeting and a procession ; to which the latter replied by saying , that , while there would be no objection to the meeting , tbe procession would not on any account ba allowed , and tbat effectual means would be taken to prevent it . The

      committee then submitted the matter to the various trades , who finally resolved on having the procession ; on the eround that at the time of the passing of tlm Reform Bill , such parades were frequent , and wf re joined in by the very parties who were opposing themselves to one on the present occasion . This determination having become known to the authorities , they caused a proclamation to be widely posted over the town , forbidding the procession , under severe penalties . The Chartists immediately issued a counter one , inviting all their brethren to join them . The authorities at once set about securing the means of enforcing their proclamation , by summoning the special constabulary , augmenting the police force , and getting down from Glasgow a detachment of

      infantry . The Chartists began to assemble at ten on Saturday , in St Andrew ' s-square , and soon after formed themselves into procession , accompanied by two bands of music ; and as the authorities had stationed the easternmost detachment of police in Virginia-street , the Chartists , unwilling to come into contact with them at that early stage of their proceedincs , walked in an easterly direction , through Cattsdyke , and up the Port-Glasgow-road to Ladybarn , where the workmen of the Clyde Pottery joined them . After waiting a short time , an open carriage , on its way from Port-Glasgow , containing Messrs E . Jones and Adams , the Convention delegates , and Messrs Burrell and Nelson , leading local Chartists , appearedand these gentlemen were received with

      , great cheering . The procession then walked back , and reached Delingburn-square , where a platform had been erected . The numbers in the orocession , at a liberal estimate , were from 700 to 800 . There were a great many spectators , however ; and likely enough , the majority of these , from their appearance , were Chartists , but at the same time afraid to fall into the ranks , in case of mischief happening to them from the truncheons of the police or the bayonets ef the military . When they returned to Delingburn-square , Mr Campbell , shoemaker , was called to the chair , and Messrs Jones and Adams delivered addresses . Dr Hunter was not present . The meeting broke up about two , the deputies having another engagement to fulfil in the Vale of

      Leven . and the people began to move off , part of them in procession . When they went as far m Virginia-street , a strong police force was stationed there to turn them back , so that they had to return and go down another street , in order to get into tbe town ; but here again they were met by the police . The great body of them then passed down to the East India Breast ; but the police ; supported by a great number of constables , effectually barred their progress farther westward . The Chartists seemed to he at a loss what to do to get home for their , dinners , and after some time they made a bold push against the police and constables ; but these made a

      vigorous use of their batons , and attacked them with such violence , that a number of very serious wounds were inflicted . One man , named Macalister , a carpenter , bad his thigh broken , and had to be carried home on a mattress ; while a number of heads received terrible visitations , some of them having the sc ? lp much torn . This ( says tho North British Mail , whose report we quote ( ended the proceedings ; and the military , who were placed at the railway station , were not called into requisition at all . It may be added , that several of the masters would not allow their men to turn out at the procession , so that the number of the Chartists could nob he ascertained from the appearance they made en the occasion .

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      CHARTIST MEETING IN DUBLIN . The following report is slightly abridged from tbe Dublin Freeman ' s Jourkal of the 18 th . Unfortunately the Journal came to hand too late for as to make any use of . its repwt in our last Saturday ' s Stab : — A very numerous meeting of citizens was held in the Princess ' s Theatre , Lower Abbey-street , on Sunday , for the purpose of adopting the best , tbe surest , and the shortest plan to repeal tbo Legislative

      Union , by forming a complete and perfect league with the Repealers and Radical Reformers of Great Britain . Among those present were Richard O'Gor . man , sen .. Patrick O'Higgins , J . Mitchel , C . Grace . W . H . Dyott , Laurence M'Court , Rev . W . Ryan , P . P ., C . P . Mahony , Stephen Darcy , H . Clarke , 1—\ ? 5 rne » Kinder , John Kenny , W . Pentland , C . Coyne , Keeley , T . Saxton , James Nugent , John Clary , Doctor West , S . R . Fraser , J . M'Cormiek , J . Mahon , P . O'Danofeoe , B . Redmond , C . M'Auley , John Lawless , B . Fullam , Thomas Mathews , — M'Donnell , J . Hughes , P . Moran , < fea .. & a .

      On the motion of John Mitchel , Esq ., the chair was taken at two o ' cleck by Richard O ' Gorman , Esq . The chairman proceeded to address the meeting amidst loud cheering . He said he could not avoid thinking that he was particularly suited to fill th « chair upon the present occasion , and for this reason —that the great business of his life had been given to advance the interests of the working classes of this country . ( Hear , hear . ) ' That he had not succeeded bo fuisy ss he eould wish , was , not his faalt-= »( hear

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      hear );—that he had miserably failed , was , perhaps , the fault of others—was the fault of the government , which the people of Ireland were unfortunately bound to obey . ( Cries of hoar , hear . ) When the requisition , convening the meeting , was presented to him , he acknowledged he had seroe hesitation uoon the subject ; because for years he had been heariag the most unqualified abuaa of what were called tha Chartists of England . He asked the gentlemen who waited upen him ( two of whom wera clergymen , ) what were the opinions of the party whose conduct he had heard so much censured ; and he was at once put in full possession of what their principles were . ( Hear , hear . ) Nov / , he had no objection whatever to Universal Suffrage , which was one of the points of the Charter . ( Hear , hear . ) He thought ovary man who was a consumer of the produce of the country ,

      and who worked for the benefit of society , was entitled to a vote . ( Cheers . ) Ho considered that the working classes were not represented , but that , on the contrary , they were grossly misrepresented . ( Hear , hear . ) Ka repeated , ho thought , they had been grossly and seriously injured by the want of tbe elective franchise . ( Cheers . ) With respect to Annual Parliaments , he confessed a difference in opinion upon tbat subject ; he did not think Annual Parliaments would work well , becauf e from bis own experience tbat he was satisfied that the members would not have a complete knowledge of their business until about the period at which they would have to be turned out under this system . ( Hear . ) But that was a matter of opinion—it was open to discussion and debate . ( Hear , hear . ) He conceived

      that the proposal of the Chartists should be treated with all ihe respect which it deserved ; but what waa the fact ? He understood from the reports in the newspapers that the petition of those men wa ? treated as a hoax by the members of the House of Commons . ( Groans . ) Now , that was a circumstance which astonished him exceedingly . ( Hear . ) But who were the men whose petition was thus treated with disrespect ? They were the class who produced all fhe property of the country—who produced the luxuries of the rich , and the comforts of the middling—in a word , they were the claas who formed the foundation stone of aooiety ; and such being the case he thought that petition ought to have been respected , not only by the House of

      Commons , but by the House of Lords also . ( Cries of hear , hear . ) That the members of the house had thought proper not to respect it , was , in his opinion , a great , a grievous mistake . ( Loud che ere . ) He came there to sympathise , not only with the working classes of this country , but also with tbe workmen of England and Scotland . ( Cheer ? . ) He had a mind broad enough to extend it to tbe working classes all over the wsrld , for he regarded them as fellsw-Chriatians and fellow-men , and therefore it waa , he waa of opinion , that this little distinction between Englishmen and Irishmen should be henceforth forgotten . ( Hear , hear . ) He knew the English people from an experience of forty years , and he could tell his countrymen that they were a noble and

      a charitable people . ( Cheers . ) But he had to make a main distinction between tho peop le and their gevernors . The people of Irelandhad been treated with terrible injustice by that government . ( Cheers . ) Mr John Fishsr Murray came forward to propose the first resolution , which was as follows : — * That we hail with delight the co-operation of the Repealers and Radical Reformers of Great Britain , as eminentlv calculated to hasten the Repeal of tbe Leeislatvve Unioh ; and , in return , we tender thejn onr hearty sympathy and support in their exertions to achieve equal rights and privileges for both ceuntries . ( Hear . ) The resolution which he had read hailed with delight the cooperation of the Repealers and Radical Reformers of Great Britain ,

      whose object was exactly similar to their own . ( Hear , hear . ) They wanted a Repeal of the Union as well as the Irish-they wanted England for the English-not for the Whigs or Tories—they wanted a Repeal of tha Union between their legislation and a corrupt oligarchy—they wanted a Repeal of tbe Union between their executive and "its enormous and disgracefnl and profligate expenditure—in a word , they wanted a Repeal of the Union between constant toil and constant misery , ( Hear , hear . ) That was what tbe Radical Reformers of England wanted , and the Radical Reformers of Ireland were working for the same thing . The parliament of Ireland as it was formerly , was not , he distinctly maintained , a people ' s parliament . ( Hear , hear . ) It

      was a corrupt and selfish parliament ; and because of its corruption it rotted . ( Hear , hear . ) Was there any thing to prevent them from so uniting f They were all brothers , and struggling to achieve rights which were somewhat similar ; they were all subject to the # art » e oppression , and it was but just they should unite . What did the people of England ask ? They asked that every man who paid taxes , indireofc as well as direct , should have a vote ; and what blockhead could object to that ? ( Hear , hear ;) With regard fa tha Annual Parliaments , be did not see what objection there could be to that point in the People ' s Char .-tgr / At present their members could misreprefeur ^ hem for seven years without any fear of being disturbed ; and he was of opinion that , like

      dirty water , the oftener they were changed the better . ( Laughter and cheers . ) He could not see what there was in these English workmen that should prevent the Repealers of Ireland from joining with them . ( Hear , hear . ) But somebody came and told him , as if with the intention of frightening hirr , that they were Chartists—seaething horrible he supposed—monsters with horns and long tails . ( Laughter . ) Now , it was not because their principles were Chartist that he agreed with them , but because they were just ; aud such being the case he did not care whoso principles they were—whether they were these of the Grand Turk , of the Gr- at Mogul , or of the King of the Cannibal Island * . ( Dear , htar . ) The rule of life was that they should

      make as many friends and as few enemies as possible , and they wero there that evening for the purpose of extending the hand of friendship to their English brethren , and of apologising to them for the insult which had been offered to them in the country , when or how , or for what purpose , it was unnecessary to say . ( Hear , hear . ) He lived amongst those men for years , and found it to be the case that where they met with a straightforward Irishman who did not disgrace himself , but on the contrary made himself respectable , they alwaya treated him as if he was one of themselves . ( Cheers . ) In conclusion ho had great pleasure in proposing the resolution which he had read , and was sure it would pass unanimously adopted . ( Cheers . )

      Mr Coyne seconded the resolution . He lnd heard it stated by many great men that the man who was not a Chartist was a knave or fool . The people of Ireland wasted trade and employment , and the way to get both was by obtaining tha Charter . ( Hear , hear . ) That once achieved , thoy would be properly legislated for—if not , the responsibility would be on themselves . ( Hear , hear . ) Therefore he called upon them to unite with the working men of England and Scotland , who were both willing and anxious to cooperate with , aad serve them . ( Cheers . ) The resolution having been put and carried ,

      Mr P . O'Higows came forward to propose the second resolution , which was as follows : —* That whereas the late aristocratic Irish parliament , being irresponsible to the people aud neeesswily corrupt , sold the nationality of this country , and might again , this meeting regard * tbe suffrage of the adult male population as the only sound basis for the re-coaatruotion of an Irish parliament . Resalved , therefore , that every male inhabitant of Great Britain and Ireland ( infants , insane persons , and criminals only excepted , ) is of common right , and by tho laws of Gad , a free man , and entitled to the full enjoyment of political liberty . ' He appeared before them in rather an odd character . He etood there that day for the first time before an assembly of his

      fellowcountrymen , for the last ten years . ( Hear , hear . ) He had been for a very considerable time what was called a political outcast . He was proud to say , however , that those who cast him out had now come round to hold the opiuions which be entertained ten years ago . ( Cheers . ) Let any of them be placed in the position which he had held for years—let them be calumniated publicly and privately—their motives maligned—everything they said turned to their disadvantage ^—and he asked how would they feel ? ( Hear , hear . ) And why was it that he was thus persecuted ? Because he would sustain no party , but the party who would place the working classes of hia country upon the same equality with himself . ( Cheers . ) That was the head and front of his

      offending , and here in the presence of hia fellow-csuntrymen he challenged his calumniators to say one single sentence derogatory to his character . ( Hear , hear . ) It was always his wish to see the working people , EOt only of this but of every othsr country , enjoy the elective franchise . ( Cheers . ) Tbey bad been told for several years past tbat the concentration of public opinion would carry any measure whatever . Had not public opinion in tha city and county of Dublin conceutrated ?—had it not been concentrated at Tara and Mullaghraast , aa well as other places , and yet what effect had it produced ? None whatever ; and for this reason—that the people had not the elective franchise . ( Hear , hear . ) If they had , would Mr Grogan have been returned for the city , and Messrs Hareilten and Taylor for the county of Dublin . ( Hear , hear . ) Let them join those who wero willing to unite with them—who had offered to assist them

      many a year ago , in procuring Repeal—and who now again offered them the right band of friendship ; and for whese sincerity he would be answerable with his life . ( Loud cheers ) There would be two ways of Repealing tbe Union , both of which he approved of to a certain extent—one was called tbe constitutional mode , and the other was the last resource . Now he was for trying every possible means within the law first ; and above all , he waa most anxious that a union with tbe English Chartists should ba speedily cemented . ( Hear , hear . ) That they were willing to assist them no one could deny ; for what was the fact ? During the progress of the recent coercion act through the House of Comrcons there were a hundred petitions on the table of the house against that measure before a solitary one waa adopted in Ireland . ( Hear , hear . ) Some people might tell them that the franchise was oi no use to tbem , but | he contended that it was . Without the franchise they were outcasts of society , and foo & ed upon" as

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      mere creatures to be worked while there was strength in them , and then thrown aside , ; Witb the franchise there was ho danger of a man being treated m that manner—there was no fear of hia being turned out of his holding as long aa he eould say ay or no at an election . ( Hear . ) Therefore . he called upon thorn to unite with the people of England in seeking the Charter , and he promised thern on the part of the Chartists , that they would receive every assistance from them in return . ( Cheera . ) Let there bo no misunderstanding in the matter , he was authorised to say so . ( Great cheering for feargus O'Connor . ) After some further observations , Mr n'Hiegins concluded by proposing the resolution . Mr MiTCHEi , rese amidst loud and enthusiastic oaeerlne , which was prolonged Ifor several minutes . He said he was not a Chartist but a Repealer ; nevertheless , he attended that meeting with pleasure ;

      its object being to form a league between the Irish and Encash Democrati , and to gain the rights of both nations . ( Hear , hear . ) He thought the Irish people were now especially bound to stand by the English Chartists , when they found these men in their own country , and through their own parliament , trampled en and insulted , and the petitions of millions of working men treated as a jest by tho » e Lords and Oommoaa whom ! tho industrious people supported in their luxury . ( Hear . ) Itaeemed . that a few ridiculous names had been attached to that petition ; many of them very vulgar names , no doubt . Amongst millions of names what did theyjfind ? One , the signature of a ' Pugnose ;'—( laughter)—another , the si gnature of Mr « FlatnosV —( laughter)—a

      discovery which rejoiced the honourable members exceedingly , aa it gave them an opportanity to laugh at the people and their petitions . It appeared they found a few other names : those of the Duke of Wellington , for instance , and ' Victoria Regius , ' which were said to be forgeries . He did not know how that might he : but ho knew that if the Duke of Wellington and Victoria Regina had not signed that oet u tion , thoy ought to have done ta ; and tho _ letter might hereafter regret the day that the circumstance of her signature to that petition had bees treated as a joke in the imperial parliament . ( Hear , bear . ) What did the Chartist petition seek from that jeering house ? It soug ht that those who paid taxes for the support of the state—who enabled the land

      court to keep up a royal magnificence , and the - lords to live in luxurious indolence—it prayed that these men , the bone and sinew of the country , should have a voice in the disposal of their own money . It prayed that all the people of England , Ireland , and Scotland , should have that control over their repre aentatlves which an annual election of the parliament would give . —And why should they not have that voice and that control ? See how their bardearned money was applied . They had in Dublin , at present , Prince George of Cambndge- ( groans ) - who received £ 6 , 000 a year , while his father got £ 21 000 , out of the pookets of those very petitioners , whem they laug hed at the other day in the House of Commons . ( Loud cries of hear , hear . ) He was of opinion that it would be a small matter to gain Repeal if the people were not permitted to have a finger in the pie ; and he had no hesitation in saying

      that the thing called independence which waa obtained in the year ' 82 was a great delusion and a humbug . As it was described in an old ballad , it waa won by gentlemen and kept by gentlemen , j Hear , bear . ) Now , they should have no more aristocratic institutions . Whether they had . friends or hot to assist them , their independence would be next won by the people and for the people . ( Loud cheers . ) As to the Chartists themselves , the extraordinary terror and horror that had been inculcated into the minds of Irishmen respecting that clans of persons , was altogether unaccountable to him . Now , he should like to know who the Chartists were ? They were the men who , generally speaking , might be described as those who earned their bread , and the non-Chartists of England were the men who lived upon the hard earnings of the others . ( Hear , hear . ) And he knew it to be fact—for he had other means of

      knowing it besides those which they bad heard on that day—that every Chartist in England was for leaving Ireland to the Irish . ( Hear . ) Certainly they should be the greatest fools ia the habitable globe if they did dot take that help , and if thev did not return the compliment , and give them England for the £ ng » lish . ( Cheers . ) He should not detain them longer than merely to observe , that whenever thorough-going Democracy wast ) be supported there would he be found . ( Loudcheers ) The motion was then put , and carried amidst loud applause . Captain Bryan proposed the third resolution , in every sentiment of which he heartily concurred . It was as follows i—

      ' That it is essential to a man ' s political liberty that he have a share either in the legislation itself , or in the electing of those who are to frame the laws , which , although they ought to protect him in the full enjoyment of those absolute rights which are vested in him by the immutable laws of nature , may yet ba fabricated to the destruction of his person , his property , his religious freedora , his family , and his fame ; that , therefore , the right to Universal Suffrage is an inherent right . ' Mr Dyott , in seconding the resolution moved by Captain Bryan , observed that ha too had shared in the political outlawry alluded to by Mr O'Higgins . ( Hear . ) He thanked heaven he had lived to see , and that in a much shorter time than ever he expected , such a change come over the Irish mind as

      that great meeting evidenced , with regard to the truthful principles whieh he frequently inculcated on smaller audiences . He for one was determined to let the English government see that there were ' new men and true men , ' sufficient to swamp all their efforts to silence the voice of nationality in Ireland . ( Cheers ) They had seized on the gallant ' forlorn hope' of three , but there was a battalion of 300 coming to the rescue —( loud cheers)—and henceforward they would have to cope with tea millions of united Democrats—Conciliation Hall Repealers—Confederates and Chartists . ( Prolonged cheering . ) Even , the mildest section of Repealers would now allow that they were now tearing away the last plank of the constitution . ( Cheers . ) The resolution having been put from the ohair . it wascarried unanimously .

      Mr Mathews then proposed * Jhe following resolution : — ' That it is a natural right of the people of this empire , and required by the principles of the constitution , that they elect a new House of Representatives , once at least in every year ; because whenever a parliament continues in beinsc for a longer term than one session , then thousands who , since it was chosen , have attained to man ' s estate ( that is to say , the age of twenty-one years ) and are , therefore , entitled to enter into immediate possession of that elective power which is their best and most sacred inheritance , are , in that case , unjustly denied their right , and excluded from the enjoyment ef political liberty , '

      Mr Caroun seconded the resolution , which was put and carried . Mr P . Moran had great pleasure in proposing the fifth and last resolution . It was as follows : — ' That the rich and the poor , being of the sa-oo species , are under the same laws of nature ; and being alike capable of benefitor injury from their legislators , necessarily have in the election of thoao legislators the same right ; but the rich , in defence of their liberty and property , have every advantage which wealth , knowledge , and the purchased powers of others , afford them , while the poar , destitute of these , have no security but in the purity ot legislation , nor any means of self-defence but in the re-possession of the elective power . The poor then have an equal right , but more need , to elect representatives than the rich . ' Mr T . Sexton seconded the resolution which was carried .

      Mr O'Gorman left the chair , which was taken by Mr O'Higgin ' , and the thanks of the meeting were voted to their prior chairman for his dignified conduct while presiding . . The meeting then adjourned .

      Fraternal Meeting Of Chartists And Repea...

      FRATERNAL MEETING OF CHARTISTS AND REPEALERS .

      Dublin , Monday , April 24 th . —Tho adjournment of a meeting held on Tuesday week , for the purpose of advancing the national movement in favour of Repeal , took place this day in the Princess ' s Theatre Lower Abbey-street , with a view of ' concluding the proceedings so auspiciously commenced ; ' and further , ' to adopt the best , tho surest , and the shortest plan to repeal the legislative union by forming a league with the Repealers and Radical Reformers of Great Britain for that purpose , and based on the princip le of a full and complete representation of the people in the Commons' House of Parliament . ' ... ,,

      Mr John Mitchel ( of the United Irishman ) havin g been called to the chair , said the present meeting was held for the purpose of receiving n deputation from tbe Chartists of England , who were anxious to fraternise with them . There was nothing he believed , bo much dreaded by their enemies—that was tho English government—as an alliance between the people of England and the people of Ireland . Every art had been used to prevent them from confiding in each other . He ( the chairman ) trusted the English Chartists bad learned from the manner in which their petition had been treated by the House of Commons the folly and absurdity of ever petitioning the legislature again . ( Cheers . ) The Irish Coofederation had given them a lesson , viz-that when the

      people of any country desired to raise themselves to the level of the aristocracy—when the democracy desired to do justice to their country , they ought not to resort to the absurdity of petitioning . ( Tremendous applause . ) He ( the chairman ) did not know the precise terms of alliance which the deputation from England would wish to form with the Irish peiple , but whatever they were they should be most carefully considered , and so far as it was possible , they would bind themselves in an alliance , offensive and defensive , with the democracy of England . ( Cheers . ) The oligarchy of England and Ireland had combined , and did not keep each other at a distance . Not so the people . The aristocracy of both countries then were intimately connected , and when they combined against the people , ought not the people totosabiEe

      Fraternal Meeting Of Chartists And Repea...

      againstthora ?' 1 ( Loud ! cheers . ) He believed the people of Ireland had been losing many precious years in the endeavour to ' win over to them the aristocracy . . ( Hear , hear . ) The ^ aristooracy might be won . There was one way of winning them , and that was by frightening them . ( Cheers and laughter . ) In receiving any deputation from English democrats they should receive them as negociators from a foreign people—they ( the Irish ) were a distinct nation —the English were likewise a distinct and separate nation . A strict alliance might be formed with them - , but as the Irish could not form a part of the ' English nation , bo likewise they could not form a part of the Irish nation . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( the chairman ) had been elected as & member of the Na-1

      tional Convention ; but he could not sit in that assembly in any such capacity ; he could only be present as a negociator , and he would attend in Manchester in a few days to explain to the Convention the reason why he could not represent an English constituency . Their maxim should be , ' England te herself , ' and ' Ireland to herself . ' Let the people of England render England ungovernable by the English ministry—let Ireland render herself ungovernable to any English ministry , and then , indeed , they might expect beneficial results . The chairman resumed hia seat amidst loud applause . Mr S . Kvdd , delegate from England , said : When the National Convention appointed him and his colleagues , they pointed out no particular line of policy ,

      they merely said they believed in the policy ot famarline , who said to the deputation ot Chartista from England , ' Go home , and tell your countrymen tbat we believe in the policy of a revolution of ideas . The speaker then said he did aot want Irishmen ^ to give up their nationality , but he thought an union could still be effected among . themnpon other paints . There was an universality in truth ; upon that they could all agree . He then referred to the points of the Charter , the principle of which was , tbat the people should have a voice and a due weight in the making of the laws . England was governed by aristocrats , and Ireland was governed by landowners and money jobbers . What had the latter done for tho poor wretches who were perishing of hunger through .

      out the land ? , They preferred their oxen before the people . The rights of man were more sacred ( has the . privileges of any landowner or gamekeeper . The Enclosure Bills which , from time to time , were passed through Parliament , deprived the common people of England of 6 , 000 , 000 acres of land . The people ought to demand back this land from the aristocracy , who seemed to say the land was not the Lord ' * , but their 3 , Englishmen ought to mako common cause with the people of Ireland ; for like causes produced like effects upon both people . The people ought to point to Carberry Castle , and ask why a bastard aristocracy should turn out the people . ( Great cheers . ) Something more than a House of Lords and a House of Commons was

      required to govern a people ; it wan the moral feeling among the people , forming what was unfairly called the different classes of society . If the people of Ireland had sueh Houses of Parliament as they had in England , their Repeal of the Union would be but an empty mockery . He knew , the people of Scotland—he knew the people of England—and the feeling among them ' was that the Irish people should have their Parliament again in College Green . The people of Scotland and England said to the Ministry , 'If we are to he taxed for the purpose ofaheoting the Irish people , you will have turbulence at home . '

      The Lord-Lieutenant ought to send all the war horses that'were eating the food of tho people , to plough the fields of England and Ireland , and do something else with their riders than keep them to shoot the people . He then drew a parallel between the Swiss and the Irish , and asked with indignation why the latter , whose land was more fertile , should not be as well fed as the former . He ( MrKydd ) was at the Edenderry Fair , and detailed at some length to the meeting the poverty he saw . there , and the want of employment among the different trades , He said Ireland exported too much . He saw at the other side of the channel some fat bullocks from

      Ireland , and when he came to Ireland he saw lean people , who ought to have eaten the fat bullocks . Ho then enforced at length the necessity that existed for an amalgamation between Englishmen and Irishmen . He told the Irish people to trust to themselves , to ) give over working for others , and do a little bit of work for themselves . If a proper union were established among them , no government could withstand their might . He had faith in the people —he had none in the aristocracy , nor in the moneyjobbers ; and he knew the people would triumph in the end . The speaker resumed hia place amid tremendous cheers .

      Mr James Leach , another delegate from England , then came forward to address themeeting . lie commenced by alluding to the export of fat cattle from Ireland , instead of leaving them to feed the creatures who wero perishing from famine . He read from the Umted Irishman a table of certain products . ( The mention of the paper elicited much cheering . ) They should not have all the cheering to themselves , for it would be answered on Wednesday in Manchester . The speaker then said , with all deference to those who said there was a famine in Ireland , that there was no famine in Ireland , but there was a robbery and a murder there . The Gagging Bill was passed with a view to put the people down . It would , fail , . . for that the people were invincible . ( Loud cheers . ) There never could be content till those principles of heavenly justice tho people were

      demanding were adopted . Tbe people of Ireland could grow food for every country in the world , but they could not grow it for themselves . The Chartists wouldshoat more lustily now than ever , notwithstanding , the Gagging Bill . He alluded to Lord John Russell having withdrawn a measure on a former occasion , when he heard the shout of the Republicans of Paris warning him there was an end to kingly and governmental tyranny . ( Great cheering . ) The hundreds of thousands of Irish settlers in the different towns in England all united—the days of humbug were gone for ever . The English people were heart and soul with the Irish people in their struggle for their rights . ( Great cheering . ) Mr William O'Cokkor then moved a resolution in favour of Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , Abolition of Parliamentary Qualification . Payment of Members of Parliament and Vote by

      , Ballot . Tbe resolution having been seconded and carried ' the meeting adjourned to Sunday next .

      Drogkbt>I.—There Was & Very Significant ...

      Drogkbt > i . —There was & very significant demonstration of popular feeling exhibited here oa Monday evening week . On that day Mr Mitchel , of the United Irishman , came from Dublin to assume the office of president of the * Drogheda Confederate Ciub . ' Shortly before seven o ' clock , this gentleman , accompanied by Messrs Devin Reilly and Smith , arrived at the terminus of the railway , where they were met by a considerable body of the tradesmen ( bearing fligs ) and several other respectable and well-attired persons . In their progress from the railway to the placa appointed to hold the meeting , the learned , gentlemen were greeted with oheerinsr , and all the other manifestations of popular satis .

      faction . The meeting was announced to be held in the Linen-hall , a spaoious building capable of holding from 4 , 000 to o , 000 persons . Before the procecdings commenced , the hall was full to inconvenience , and hundreds were obliged to go away , beini unable to obtain entrance . I bare often witnessed meetings in this to « rn during the height Of O'Conaell ' a stormiest agitation , but never did I behold such enthusiasm — such determination , as was evinced on this occasion , by the men of the 'blistered hands . ' They assembled peaceably , but on their brows , and in their glances , might be read the determination of me . v , who are resolved no longer to submit patiently to the cruelty of their heartless taskmasters . The speech-making on the occasion

      was firm and energetic ; it was chiefly confined to the Dublin gentlemen . Mr Mitchel boldly reiterated those sentiments which he has been promulgating , both by writing and speech , for tho past two months . He alluded in his speech , to Mr O'Connor and the Chartist movement in England , expressing his . delight that the Repealers and Cbartists were at last beginning to understand each other . It was tbe interest of both parties to fraternise and forget the old grudge which was heretofore fomented and fanned in its rancorous resentment by « rafcy and desigain g old dodgers . Every sentiment he uttered was again and again responded to with cheering , auch as you , in England , can have no idea of . Nothing , however , delighted me more than to witness the expression of

      feeling exhibited by the entire assembly for their brothers , the Chartists of England . Be assured there is not one true Repealer in Ireland who does not believe the cause of the populace in Ireland to be identified with that of his fellowmon on tho other aide . There is a true and a lasting fraternisation effected . May God grant that nothing on earth shall have power to sever that bond of unanimity , till the working classes of both countries have fairly and effectually subdued their common enemy . I am sure if Mr O'Connor were to come to Ireland , his reception would be aawarm and affectionate as an Irish welcome could be . He is now looked upon here , as well as through the country generally , as the unflinching champion of the poor and oppressed . Hence itis that all admire and blesahim , A visit from him at the present crisis would , I am convinced , be productive of much good . It would tend to cement

      more closely the ties of brotherly feeling between the people of both countries . The business of our mesting terminated peaceably , not one disorderly person being present . As a matter of course , there were several of the ' detective , ' or ' spy' force present , prowling about for tho purpose of swallowing down all tha ' sedition ' preached on the occasion . It is really diagustinc to think of the meanness of eur' base and brutal' government . They have fellows employed , who go about in every garb , from tho ' swell' to the simple ' clown . ' spying into every place they can get their noses . A government that canstoopto such low trickery , would be guilty of any species of villany . It is one gratification that sueh men cannot long . hold their position . Every good and virtuous man in the country ia arrayed against them ; and when truth and virtue ore . against vice , it is impossible it can stand .

      The Condition Of England Questiodi! Labo...

      THE CONDITION OF ENGLAND QUESTIODI ! LABOURERS' MEETING AT COLD HARBOUR , ,

      ; SWINDON . On Sunday morning , April the 9 tb , a public meeting was held in the open air in a field nt Hfghwortb . neaja ;; Cold Harboar , On the motion of Mr John ArlcelMI ! a labonring man named . William Spaokman , ; froroac Stratton St Margaret ' s , was elected chairman tvbm the day . ¦ , , Tbe Cejibmah requested every man te be qnlet ancne : orderly , and to recollect that God ' s will must he done , ami well as the laws of man obeyed . He was himself a !&&< bouriag man norkiag for 9 » . a week , and having nlMM children to maintain . Some time ago from an eccidentall which happened , that rendered Mm Incapable of work aUI « together , he applied to the Board of Guardians for relief ^; but as they told him they oeuld not relieve him unless heiei went into the bastile werkhorue , he lingered on out « ieil it for several weeks together aa well as be could until hiatal

      leg was well again . Now some years ago , not being abkk : at any rate to find himself labour which would enablslsi himself and family to live at all , ho had been sent to theie ! baetlle ( for he could call it by no other name ) where beiOi rcmelned for nine ; whele months ot tbe year , costing hlstei pavishnot less than £ 60 or £ 70 , whereas if he had hatltl , a lUtte ' MBtstftnce out ; of thehouee , it wonld sot have cost * the rate-payers a quarter of thst snra . Something re . ' , cmired to be done , and something mast be done , for thee people ; what they wanted was a little land , but as thee farmers eald that tbey couldnot live upon it even at 30 ? . ' . an acre , what were they poor fellows to do with it at 8 d . l . or 9 d . a lug ? Mr Atkell would tell tbem more about * matters of government than he could , but one things more he would tell them while in the bastile he wass sent to the tMad-wkee ! for a week for smoking aliltlee tobacco which some friends sent to him there , so theyy might eaess what sort of a place it was .

      Mr AnKEtL then said that although he was not likee poor Mr Spackman , hard pressed ; for"food or raiment , ; , yet be , with thousands and tens of thousands ofotherr small tradesmen , was being starved andseraeexta out off existence by the most damnable and cursed system off monetary laws whichever was introduced into a coun .. try , and which if not got rid of in one way or another r before long , would aoon reduce the people of tbis conn * try to as wretched a condition as Ireland was now In ., The currency measures and the police lawe of Sir : Robert Peel and Lord John Russell , were the most un >> just acts of Parliament this country had ever seen , and if E the ; did not get rid ef such laws , those laws would get 6 rid of the independence of the people altogether . Can ., soqaently it was now high time for every Englishman wfco ) bad a heart In bis body to be prepared for whatever : circumstances might be forced upon him .

      Tha meeting then adjourned till tno o'clock in the i afterneon . The chair was again taken by Mr SfACKJiiw . Mr Geoeoe BA * js * a read certain extracts from the NoBTUEBtf Stab to an audience of about a thousand persons , but on Mr Bavbar ' s attention being called to the principal objects ef the meeting , be commenced an outline of the petition which was about to be presented to the House of Commons on behalf ef tke Feople'e Charter , describing tbe various polsts as be went on . The audience were highly pleasad with the baneflte which Mr Barber said the Charter weuld eonfer upon them .

      Mr Abkell was then called to explain the principal business of the meeting , and in so doing he said that one great objection raised against tke meeting was tbat it was held on the Sabbath , on which day it wag wrong for . tbem to eater upon any such business , however ur « gent it might be considered . Now as their cause was that of tbe common people , and as tke very existence of the State depended upon the virtue and prosperity of the working people themselves , it was new highly necessary to bring them together in the best manner they could , so tbat as little suffering as possible should be felt by the poor in carrying out tbe necessary agitations for the emancipation of the eonntry at large from the condition which it had fallen into through the foolish infatuation and dogged apathy of the people themselves . He waa

      therefore prepared to delead their conduct against tho whining and canting hypocrisy of the age . Ead the middle classes done their duty towards their couatry at the elections , aad honest men been sent to parliament , ihere would not have been any occasion for the present meeting , and as it was the order of tyranny at certain times when it suited iis convenience to turn hypocrite ae well as knave , he would defy all the canting hypocrites in the world to show that they were doing harm to society Hy holding their meetings on that day , provided they behaved tbemstlves as they ought to do ; and if individuals got drank and abased the public afterwards , let the sin rest with themselves and not with the great body of the meeting , who advised peace and goodwill to all men . It was only last week that he had pnb . Holy called upon the upper classes to eome forward and assist them in the great straggle which they were making , and he was most happy to inform them that one nobleman at least had declared in favour of the great

      principles of universal right which they were advocating in every district of tbe country ; and as that nobleman was no other than that wise and consistent Bogiifhman , the Earl Stanhope , he would read them a letter dirscted to himself from theEarl ' s seat in Kent , ( The letter was then read , and occasioned shouts of applause and de . light ia the meeting . ) Mr Arkell then said , tbat although they might not agree in every respect with the noble earl about tbe duration of parliament , yet he saw no reason why we should not send him the petition which was about to be presented fer their adoption ; and as Lord Radnor waa a radical reformer likewise , it was bat right that they should solicit bis support in favour of that sacred cause which they had undertaken , and meant to go through , at all haswds . If such men would continue te help them along they ought to feel every respect for thero . All those who were determined not to assist , they should have nothing to thaak for ; so with hopes for better succss , with their leave he would read the petition , and propose its adoption by the meeting .

      Hero the petition was read , proposed by Mr Arkell , and adopted unanimously : — The petition was to the following effect : — 'Taat the petitioners were mostly farm labourers , but without regular employment , in consequence of the inability of tho farmers so to employ them—this inability arising from the oppressive burdens of taxation , and the uncertainty of holding their tenures . That tho petitioners ' wages were too low to enable them to lire 'as Christians and Englishmen , ' and that they , with all other clatses in the country , were in a state of great distress , They , therefore , prayed the home to consider their case —to grant a labour-rate , and to abolish the Poor-law , that thus the people might be kept quiot until t ' -. e whole system of electoral laws bave been thoroughly revised , and a new Parliament , more favourable to the people , elected .

      Mr David Moeeisow seconded the adoption of the petition . He felt happy that they hid one nobleman at least who was not ashamed to bo tvith the people , and although they might not agree with every proposition made by thoEtrl of Stanhope , especially as regarded Triennial Parliaments , < fcc , yet every man ought to ha graatly obliged to tbe noble earl for his advice aad opinions , and most particularly bo for offering hia ser * - vlces to the people should they send him a petition for presentation . Mr Simpson , another working mechanic , spoke on tho petiiion .

      A labouring man from Hmtoc , then came forward , and made tbe following statement : —My name is Isaso Harris , from Hinton . I have worked constantl y for one master for fourteen years , until last year , when , with a wife and ten chiUren in family , and the high price o f bread , it was impossible to live on 8 s . per week , so I went into tho house . ThU clreumstanco being conveyed tothe meeting by another speaker , m * ny of the labourers present cried out , 'And many of us have as low as 7 « , a week . ' Another farm labourer , ' in a smock froek , here reqaeBtod that something mors should bo put to tho petition , which wouW tell the great men that it was impossible for them to live and remain satisfied in their prewat situation , and that things must be altered . In cocsequeace of this , another clause was added to tbo petition .

      At this time , and . when the petition was formally put , it ic considered that about fifteen hundred persons were present , consisting principally of labourers , mechanics , and couatry tradesmen . . Three cheers were then given for Earl Staahope , and three cheers for t & e Charter , and tho meeting quietlydispersed .

      _ Statb Op Emplotmbnt Ik Manchester. —Th...

      _ Statb op Emplotmbnt ik Manchester . —The official return , showing the state of employment of all the operative classes within the borough of Manchester , \ B thia week very discouraging . The total number working full time is 27 , 836 ; working short time , b , 6 ii ; and wholly out of employment , 8 , 511 . Ther depressed state of the cotton trade will be gathered from the fact , that 1 , 677 hands have h the present week been reduced from full to' short time . Of thos ©

      wholly out of employment there ;\ re upwards of 500 dyers , 550 hands formerly employed iu foundries * and nearly 2 , 000 men and boys acting as machinists . We should have been glad to add , that this depressed state of trade was merely temporary . The present amount of production however , curtailed as itis , is much beyond the demand , and must therefore be still further reduced . Abridgement o f the hours of labour ia again spoken of very generally , and we apprehend that the number of unemployed hands will bs greatly augmented within the coming month .

      Pauperism in Sheffield . —The depressed state o *' trade , and the almost complete annihilation of tho funds of the various trades' unions , are beginning to have a serious effect on-the poor rates , and the expenditure is at present proceeding at the rate of £ 5 000 ? cT 2 i in ? - tban in the corresponding weeks ia 184 b and 1847 . In the second week in April , 1847 ^ oja "" , P ende ( i in relief on the out-poor was A 240 , and last week- the expenditure was jG 339 . rtto number of out-poor was last week 2 , 151 , and the l oo mu th 6 workhouB 3 haYetll > 3 week increased lorn *» % number in the corresponding week in 1847 was 527 ; 305 in 1846 ; and 483 in 1843 . The number of out and in door paupers is 2 974 , ^ The CHARTiiTS of NoiiiNGHA ' M beg to return their thank » to the Albion Order ef Odd Fellows , for the kindness shown them by allowing their band to accompany the procession on Monday , and likewise to the members of the band for the promptness with which they complied , r

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 29, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_29041848/page/6/