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      Mr O'Connor's Seat '

      MR O'CONNOR'S SEAT '

      Triumph Of N Ottingham. On Wednesday, Th...

      TRIUMPH OF N OTTINGHAM . On Wednesday , the Speaker informed the Hou se of Commons that he had received a _fommunication from the Solicitor of the Petitioners , William Key and Joan Smith , statins that it was not their intention to proceed with tie Petition _against Mr O'Connor . Thus , purity of election has triumphed . The men of js _' otting ham have not lost their victory , and { jje town has been spared what wonld have heen equal to an invasion from the time of i ssuin **; the-writ to the declaration of the poll _} fr O'Connor , though seated , has not yet done with the treacherous originators of this assault , 0 f whom Smith and Key were the mere tools . Hurrah for Nottingham !

      Onward, And We Coaqaer! Backward And We ...

      Onward , and we coaqaer ! Backward and we fall I IBS PEOPLE'S CHAETEE ASD XO SUEBE 5 DEK !

      To The Old Guards. . Comrades, ^ :'* £Ve...

      TO THE OLD GUARDS . _. Comrades , _^ : ' * £ _vents are daily * _oceiirrlrig , and _« rcv « a _~ stances are so crowding _ardaad u _^ _thafciis one whom you have long' trusted , aad acting in concert _witt your Executive _^ whom yoa also trust , we _tave _deemed it oar dut y io-iake council with yoa as respects the _direction-pf the mind of the country . I have _Always told von that ttiere are three stages in agitationthat the first is the creation of public opinion ; tie second is the organisation of public opinion ; and the third is tiie direction of public opinion .

      In the state of English representation , ihe first process—namely , the creation of opinion —was a period of justifiable extitement- _^ wiief _^ calling crimes by theif proper names , was held as a justification for the law ' s oppression . I am not one of those who ever has , or who ever will , criticise nicely , or judge harshly , the excited and burning language of men suffering from oppression , although I have been made the scape-goat of those miscalled crimes ; while _.

      as I have before , I shall now caution you against the admission of a class who were the most enthusiastic when fiery _^ words insured popularity , hut who were the most cowardl y when they were called upon to bear that responsibility which Tyranny felt itself strong enough to stamp upon them . Neither in our present movement must crimes be glozedover in nice legal language—murder must be called murder , injustice tyranny , and

      oppression , sin . Old Guards , to preach a long sermon to vou would be an insult . You are oppressed ; you are unjustly dealt by ; you are governed like slaves ; and the day has arrived when , by a proper direction of the improved mind and active genius of the country , you may right yourselves ; and to this end , we have decided that a Convention , to represent the Chartist princip les and Chartist mind of the country , shall be held on Monday , the 3 rd of April , and that the National Petition shall , after your deliberations , be presented on Monday , the 10 th of April . There is only one circumstance which gives your Executive pain , in being

      compelled to name thL * earlier day than was _orisinally intended , and that circumstance is the impossibility of our leader , T . S . Duncombe , presenting it to the House . Had it heen possible to make arrangements for an earlier meeting of the Convention , the Executive would cheerfully have done so ; but we feel the responsibility of our position , consequent upon the much that is expected from us , and , therefore , we would not have felt ourselves justified in marring the national purpose , by not allowing sufficient time for the expression of national opinion through the monster petition , which this time , I trust , will receive five million signatures , and will go to \ ihe world , not only as the opinion of England / hut * s the

      RESOLUTION , THE FIXED MIND OF ENGLAND , directed to tbe one great and _allaborbing- point , the accomplishment of

      THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER , ' without deduction or mutilation ; and all that is now required to secure this guarantee of _England's greatness 3 nd industry's protection is courage , resolution , and perseverance . France has nobly thrown off the chains of despotism , and in order to show to the world the opinion of France , as to the rights of industry , a working man has heen appointed to a place in the Provisional Government , and the _right of the labourer to have employment found for him by the governing body is guaranteed . Now this is the most valuable

      result of the last revolution , inasmuch as I have ever told you that I would not give three straws for " any change of government , or of constitution , which did not guarantee this natural right . And ,. in order to prove to you that the withholding of this right is the last link in the chain of despotism , I wonld remind you that in the Times of Wednesday , this one provision in the programme of the Provisional Government has been selected for repudiation and reprobation . The article ,

      however , is laboured ; the article is weak and washy , and is but a poor and fragile barrier to oppose to the flood of public opinion , now set in -, and if ever the day should come , when the refusal of legitimate ' rights and privileges should lead to the demand of a large surrender of rights and privileges from other classes , the Press of this country , and the Press alone will be chargeable with any ebullitiou of public feeling which may arise from withholding those legitimate rights .

      The Press of this country has been not only the most deadly enemy to liberty , but has been the most deadly enemy of the rights and _privileges of those classes which it professes a desire to uphold . And , as I have told you a thousand times , the detention of every right you demand is consequent upon the ignorance of those classes by whom the Press is sustained and deceived . Old Guards , mind well what is going on around you now , and from it draw your own

      conclusions . If a paltry meeting is got up by the middle classes to oppose the Income Tax , er to forward any project of their own , every word of every fool is reported in their Press , whereas , scores of enthusiastic , bold , and Bplendid meetings have been held in the metropolis to congratulate the French upon their emancipation from despotism , and yet not a line has been reported ] hence , I look upon this treachery as the _caute of the tyrant ' s ignorance , resistance , and perseverance .

      As yet we have heard but little from the Sister Isle , where passive obedience _andnonresistance have been the pampered traitors ' watchword , ' but I should not feel at all surprised if the moral-force paupers should sympathise with the deposed tyrant , and tender their physical assistance to their Saxon oppressors ' ; if that commodity will sell best that will be their SHOW SAMPLE OF

      POLITICS . Old Guards , the passing scenes of danger are as nothing compared to the stifled scenes of Irish misery , where one million of tyrannymade paupers ' have been consigned to the cold grave , while the land of their birth is calling for their labour . Old Guards , mv position how is strengthened , and I should blush to destroy _the unbounded confidence which you p lace in me , by using it for other purposes than your regeneration and entire deliverance from bondage .

      Outside I have laboured with you , and , thanks be to God , before I got in I have been enable ! to familiarise you with the social ehange which is to spring from political freedom—a change which , without violence or bloodshed , will be secured by the people ; and this " great fact" proves to you the value of my oft-repeated assertion , that ne change in

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      a eonntry can be made universally beneficial until its advantages are justly appreciated , and _arixiouslylonged for by all ; and that those advantages are based upon the right of every man to live in the sweat of hia own brow—in his own castle—upon' his own labour field , surrounded by his own family , and protected by his own laws . Now those who know me best will tell you thatIamnota : craelman , a profligate , or a _dissipated roan ; . in fact , that I- . live frugally and abstemiously , and that my heart would sicken at the slightest act of cruelty . This y _^ u : are t » look uponi as . the bond of union !

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      _^_^ ' 2 HE . _^ 0 BLE S € SARTER . _> _^^ _OlaSuards , I am not a time-serving patriot , or _maudling trickster , who would gild my show-box and present you with fascinating allusions , in order to screen myself from the greater danger consequent upon the pursuit of the greater object ; and I now repeat my ofttold tale , that whereas your confidence and my energy and perseverance can realise but the miniature of the Land Plan , the Charter of

      your rights will realise the full-length picture ; and I feel assured , that without' trenching upon any just or legitimate right of any mortal , I could , in less than three _yeass , locate every working man in England who chose it , in bis castle , on his free-labour field , \ fere it-not for the fact—the damning fact—that tyranny sees the necessity of supporting- a ; monopoly , which compels the . poor to create ; _^ wealth for the rich . " - ' ' - '•

      Is it too ' much , then , . to ask every man who can write his name , to sign the _p _^ titiohj & rthe Charter of- bis rig hts ? Or , is ifctoo iMchj ; tO ask those whocariwfite , to \ write _thej-najnes of willing subscribers , who cannot wnte _| he _^ selves , but who may attach their _marlttg _^^ _r names ? : < _^ . i . X _^ X Old Guards , seethe altered state of _Europe ; see the fact that by the 3 rd ot April , ' tie blessings of free institutions , not only in

      France , butthroughe-ut the contineutof Europe , will have heen developed ; see what support that fact will give to your supporters , - when half a million of men—of living men—shall "accompany the minds of five millions , demanding their freedom , to the door of the House of Commons . * •" .. W _> Old Guards , don ' t mistake me _^ _yovpyaTLfind ) meresolute , butprudeHt ; you wiUfindmehrave , but sufficiently cautious not to damage ' ' the w ' ork ' of a whole life , or to destroy _^ the hope that your confidence . inspires . . , ~

      Don ' t give ear to the coward brawler .. Those were the first to desert us when danger threatened , and now shall we trust them again ? X i Old Guards , the tocsin souddsv ' Ths . 'day of Chartist resurrection hasarriyed , and -notwithstanding the flood of tyranny \ opposed to us , we start / from the . ' vantage ; . point at which we were arrested by despotism ; We have not retreated—we never did upon any occasion . » God helps those who help themselves ;" and believe me , Old Guards , when I assure you

      that I will be no party to any compromise ; that I will not give my assent to a single retrograde move , as my conviction is confirmed , that no one but the Labourer can represent Labour . Show to the shopkeepers that they are as much labourers as yourselves , and that their rewardfor industry depends upon your requital for labour . Ask them if the unpaid , unwilling idler , or the pauper in the bastile , are customers at their mart ? And ask them what feelings in common they can have with others , save those upon whose requited industry they live and draw their profits ?

      Old Guards , it will be a proud day for me when I march at the head of the mind of England , followed by the sinews of England , in procession to the House of Commons , for I will allow no man to go before me ; and my position will be still prouder if , instead of sixteen able-bodied men , that it required to move your petition last time , it requires thirty to do it now . Old Guards , let us draw wisdom from the difficulties of others ; and mark me , and mark tne well , when I tell you that the great difficulty of the Provisional Government will be

      found in the fact , that whereas labour is guaranteed to all , the appliances of despotism have not allowed the mind ofthe country to be previously directed to the source from whence labour was to be supplied . Now we are in a different position ; for give me half a million of men on Friday night , and I will find work at free and remunerative labour for every one of them by the following Monday ; and if free labour is once protected hy laws made by the labouring classes , that ' code would never tolerate one single assault upon the guaranteed rights , property , or privileges of any other

      class . Old Guards , in next week's " Star , " I will give you a clear and simple manifesto . In , it I will show the source from which labour may draw its reward without trenching upon the rights of others , and whereby the poor would be made rich , the rich richer , the intellectual more honoured , and the industrious more respected . And , if I am able to prove these things clearly to your improved understanding , I shall be justified in demanding your countenance—your aid , and _support in their accomplishment . And should England consider my demands equitable , and should sophistry be unable to prove their injustice , then the responsibility consequent upon refusal will rest upon the head of our opponents .

      SIGN ! SIGN ' . ! SIGN !!! then , and let no passing excitement divert you from this duty , and rely upon it , Metropolitan enthusiasm is sure to be in proportion to the extent of provincial resolution . In ; next Saturday's " Star , " the Executive will publish instructions as to the time » f electing delegates , the number of delegates to be elected , and the electoral districts by which thev are to be elected .

      Once more ' assuring you of my find resolution to hold _' my legitimate position as your trusted leader ; and exercising the just and constitutional privilege of my office , I ask you not to allow our holy purpose to be marred , retarded , or stopped , by treachery , imbecility , or folly . There is no value in confidence , if it is to be a dead letter ; there is no honour in rank , if it is not sustained by the soldiers as long as _rfie officers are prepared and determined to perform their duties bravely , prudently , and honourably . I remain , Your faithful and tincom promising friend , Feargus O'Connor ,

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      . ' . ... AND NATIONAL TRADES JOURNAL . " " _^• _^^^^ _- _^•^ ' _^ _*^*^^ _" _* '' _^ _^* _l'" _** _"WM' _^ _'M' _*« _'W _* _IMM « _SM » _KtTMMS _^^ _^ OL . XL N ? 54 L LONDON , SATURDAY , MARCH 471 r 48 ~ « " _^™»™^ — * _ ' _J-VJ-JU _. Vlve shillings aMd Sixpence per Quarter

      Mmolky— Mr Sbacileton Will Lecture At *«...

      MmoLKY— Mr _Sbacileton will lecture at *« place on Sunday , March 5 , at six o ' clock in tbe _erenine .

      An Address To The People Of Paris, Adopt...

      AN ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF PARIS , ADOPTED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Of THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION , BY THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS , Febrasry 28 tb , IMS . BY THE METROPOLITAN DELEGATI COMMITTEE OF THE CHARTISTS Of LONDON , February 29 th , 1848 . BT A GREAT PUBLIC MEETING OI CHARTIST WORKING MEN OF LONDON , March 2 nd , 1818 .

      " All Men Are Brethren." ^'^^/^In ^ Hnij...

      " All Men are Brethren . " _^ ' _^^/^ _in _^ _hnij _^ _Yy Fraternity . "

      C'-- Heroic Citizens,— The; Thunder-Note...

      _C ' _-- Heroic Citizens , — The ; thunder-notes of your victory have sounded across the Channel , awakening the sympathies and hopes of every lover of liberty . "We hasten to express to you our congratulations , and to thank you for the glorious service yoa have rendered to the human race . .

      By your courage and magnanimity , your heroism and devotion to principle , you have consecrated the sacred right of insurrection ; the last resource of the oppressed— -the last argument against oppression * You have hurled from power a cruel , corrupt , and tyrannical government j you have punished a perfidious king for his black treason to the princi p les which he pretended to adopt when placed at the head of the French nation in 1830 ; You have exhibited a spectacle of unparalleled heroism , and thereby set an example to all the enslaved nations of the earth .

      Honour to those noble soldiers who refused to turn their arms against the people ! All honour to the -, troops of the National Guard who so gloriously fraternised with the defenders of Liberty ! ' . ¦ . The fire that consumed the throne of the royal traitor and tyrant will kindle the torch of liberty in every country in Europe , As magnanimous in victory as . heroic in combat , you have exhibited in the moment of triumph a spirit of clemency altogether unmerited by the miscreants who . conspired te drown . your liberties in a sea of blood ; but mercy , " undeserved by . the vanquished , reflects the more honour on the victor .

      But duty to yourselves , your children , and mankind , will demand the pitiless punishment of conspirators , or pretenders , whether belonging to the now fallen despotism , or calling themselves " Legitimist , '' e » r "Imperialist , " who may attempt to gratify their ambition at the expense of your liberties . Justice also dictates that the dependent relations of the fallen patriots , and the wounded , should have pecuniary compensation from ' -the confiscated

      property of those enerhiesr-tbf the people whose- lives your have _trt _^^ _fftniously spared . . - It is not for u _^ -Citils 6 ' ns _^ . _^ presuirie -tb ad-Vise you , but you TOil p _^^ us to ; " express our hopes as to _tne-Jcjatitsk _^ Uvill pursue to secure your victory , and { e ¥ | ls ' plidate your hard-won liberties . . _^ e ' hope _" -5 H- _^^ .,. _:- ; ~ . 'Thatthe people of'Erance w 31 " _uhitej with you , in decreeing the . eternal abolition Jof Monarchy , and the institution ofa _Republic . X .

      . That ; the French Republic shall be based upon , the ( 6 _qual sovereignty of the entire people , _guaranteed by . a cdmpacj which snail includethe two ; all _iinpoxtSbt principles of the Constitution of 17 _$ 3 : —Universal Suffrage in the choic _^ :: of _Ab _& -LVgisIativ _^ _Deputies , _$ nd the . adoption of the laws _bydi ' he direct vote of the people in the primary assemblies . The right of all citizens to possess arms ; the eligibility of all to serve in the National Guard ; the right of public meeting and association , and complete freedom of the Press . And the penalties of high treason to be enforced against all who may dare propose an infringement of any of the above fundamental rights of man and of the citizen . The sublime acts of the Provisional

      Government in its first days of power have already impressed us with the conviction that our hopes for your welfare and glory will be completely realised . If your glorious chiefs persevere in the course they have commenced , they will win for themselves immortal fame , and for their country the conquest of the hearts of the people of every land . Should kings and oppressive governments ,

      unmindful of the lessons efthe past , dare again to league against France , and make war upon your liberties , assure yourselves , citizens , that the nations will not , this time , follow the banners ot their tyrants . No ! they will march on your side , for your cause is theirs . You are the advanced guard of Freedom ' s army , and we can assure you that the British people will never sanction a fratricidal war against their brethren of France .

      Accept our fraternal salutations , and our earnest wishes that the French Republic may triumph over all its enemies , and become a model for the imitation of the world .

      " Vive la Republique . Signed by the Executive Committee : — Phili p M'Grath , Fbabods O'Connor , _Thomw Ciars , _Chbiswhkr Dotle , Thomas M . Wheeler . Signed by the Secretaries and Members of the Committee ofthe Fraternal Democrats . G , Julia * Uarset , " | _EtiNKsr Jones , ?¦ Great Britain .

      Chables Keek , ) J . A . _MicuELor _, France . Carl _ScHArPEB , l Germ 8 nyt . Jobwh Moix , S _H-K _^ r _' ' js- _^ 'i _^ a . & KL „ . k . >*» _- Lome Oborski , Poland . P . Blohm _, RiiBsia . Signed by the Metropolitan Chartist Delegates

      Samuel _Bkjwerton , Thomas Lucas , John Staples , C . Babb _, Uenrt Child , Thomas _Cotenton , Jobs II . Bsadjokd , Aisrsd Fsnkku ,, Geokqe Wilks . William Tannkr , John Tailor . William B . KiHPLEr , Jambs Bassbtt , Edwabd Marshall , William Allnutt , William _Biogs . William Tapp , Secretary . Signed on behalf of the Great Public Meeting , William Dixon , Chairman .

      The West Ridinq Dblkgate Mkhiho Will Be ...

      The West _Ridinq _Dblkgate Mkhiho will be held on Sunday , March 5 lh _, in the Chartist-room , Post Office Yard . _Westgate , Wakefield . Mr Sahcel Ktdd will deliver lectures as fol lows : —York , Wednesday , March the 8 th ; Hull , Thursday the 9 th ; _Drisfield , Friday the 10 th . Leeds . —Mr George White will deliver a lecture to morrow evening " , _t * t half-past six , in the _Bnaaar . Subject : —The French Revolution . Little Town , kkar Lkejh . —The Land members are _requested to attend a general _meeting , on Sunday , March 5 th , at the bouse of Mr Charles Brook , upon business of importance , connected with the branch . Chair to be taken at ten o ' elock in the forenoon . A public meeting of Reformers will be held at the Red Chapel , on Sunday , March 6 tb , at two o ' cl-ck in tbe afternoon , _whea the political topics of tlie day will be discussed .

      Bilston —A puWic supper will take place in Mr Linney ' s large ror m on Monday evening , Marcb 20 , in honour of the departure of Mr Richard Jones for Minster Level . Whittington ano Cat—Agecral meeting of the members ofthe abovo Lund branch will be held on Sunday evening , at eix o ' clock , on _ycry important business . Manchester . —Mr John _Rolinson will deliver a lecture in the People ' s Institute on Sunday , March filh . Chair to b _« taken at six o ' clock in the evening . A member ' s meeting of the National Charter _Association will be held at two o ' clock in the afternoon .

      The French Republic. ' Equality , Libert...

      THE FRENCH REPUBLIC . ' Equality , Liberty , Fraternity . ' A densely-crowded and most enthusiastic public meeting , convened by the committee of the Society oi _paternal _Demecrats of all Nations , was held at the German Sooiety' 8 Hall , Drury-lane , on Monday ? _E ? ' lt T 28 th > to ° _& r the * _Maternal S _taUo-o & Qt tha _Dttnocratsand Chartists of the metropolis , to their heroic bretnren of Paris . Hundreds went away unable to obtaiB admittance . ™ _K _^ * : S }? , _latecandidate for the representation of Wigan , was unanimously called to the chair ; but befpre , business commenced , three times three cheers were given for the « French Republic , ' and three times for the 'People's Charter . ' _tx . _? ° _» « tane , ° u ! _*/ _^ be meetingthen broke ont singing , the' Maraelliiiae Hjmn , ' which wasagainfollowed by abouta of Vive la , RepabHque , ' and tremendous cheering for thePeoplo ' s Charter . ¦ ¦ ' , ¦»¦ _*; : • ¦ : Juuan HiRNKT , as secretary , reao !' - "the following : communication , which excited tremendous cheering : — THB ASSOCIATION DJBMOCRATIQUB - OF BBU 8 . SELS TO THE _FRATEBHA . L DEMOCRATS ASSEUBLING- IN LONDON .

      We Received Your Letter Of December Last...

      We received your letter of December last , the propo . sals _contalncfiin which concerning the Democratic Oon . gross of all nations and the establishment of a month ]; correspondence between your society and onra wore immediately taken into consideration . v The propositions of holding the first Democratic Congress here In Brussels , with a view of calling the second in London . ; the first Congress to be called by our society for the anniversary of the Bel gian revolution in September next , and the programme of business to be prepared by the committee of this society ; these propositions were agreed to unanimously and enthusiastically . The offer of entering into a regular and monthly _eorrespondence with our society was equally hailed with the greatest enthusiasm . We now proceed to give you an abstract of our pro . _gress and general situation .

      The state of our society is as prosperous as can jso 3 _sibly be desired . The number of our members is increasing weekly , and the interest taken by the public in general , and by the wcrkiog classes in particular , in our proceedings is equally on tbe inorease , The best proof , however , of our progress is ( he inte . rest excited in the provinces of the couatry by our movements _. From the most important towns of Belgium . we havo received summons to send _delegates for tho purpose of _ettibllshiag democratic societies similar to ours , ahd beeping up _constant relations with the metropolitan association .

      We have given to these , appeals our immediate _atten . ; tlon . WeBent . _' a deputation to Ghent to call a public _fleeting with a view of : establishing a branch society . | T he meeting was exceedingly numerous , and received _jinr deputation , _consisting ' of members belonging to 86 { vera ! nations , with ah ehthu 5 laflm hardly to be described . _Jlhe foundation of a ' dtmocr ' atic society was immediately . ' decided upon , and thtinamea of members taken down _. Since then we have _receiyedfrom Ghent the news that "the society is definitivel y . _^ Constituted , and has held a _Second meeting eiceedlbg . ' thcfirst in numbers and . _enfc _husiasm . More _thanithre _^^ iiusand citizens were present , and , we aro hap ' py / _tOj £ _@^ they mostly consisted of working men . ••' ' " * . r _^ _tytE V . ,: _H

      1 We consider the ground gai ¥ _ed ' 8 _t-0 h " _ep ia 8 a most important progress of our cause in this country . Ghent is tbe chief manufacturing town of Belgium , numbering above s hundred thousand inhabitants , and being ia a great measure the centre' of attraction for the whale labouring population of Flanders . Tbe position taken by Ghent is decisive for all working class movement of the country . Thus we may accept the adhesion of tha factory workers of that Belgian Manchester to the revival of a pare democratic movement , as implying and foreboding the adhesion of the generality of the Belgian proletarians .

      We hope to report In our next farther progress In other towns of the country , thus arriving- _by-and-by at the _reconstitatlon of a strong , united , and organised 'democratic party In Belgium . We entirely share in tho view which in your recent _addms to the working _people of Great _Btitalu aud Ireland you have taken of the question of' National Do . fences . ' We : hope that this address will contribute in a great measure to the enlightenment of the people of England aa to the question who are their veritable enemies _. We have equally seen with great pleasure the _stepi taken bj the mass of tho English Chartists to arrive , at last , at a close alliance between the IriBh people and tbat of Great Britain . We have seen that there is a

      better chance now than ever before to break down that prejudice whicii prompted the Iri 3 h _people to confound in one common hatred the _oppressed classes of Eagland with tbe oppressors of both coantries . We hope to see rery shortly united in tbe hands of Feargus O'Connor tke direction both of the English and the Irish popular movement ; and we consider this approaching alliance of the oppressed classes of both countries , under the banner of democracy , as a most important progress of our cause in general _. We conclude by _offering to jou our fraternal salutations , The _CoimiTTEE or tbe Association DKuocBAriQuE . L . Jottband _, Chairman . K . Mass ., _fice-President . A . Picabd _, Art ., Secretary . B _russels _, 13 th February , 1848 .

      Julian Harhey next read a paragraph from the Telegraph , announcing tbe rumoured death of Louis Philippe , and added , he hoped such wa 8 not the _caBO , for if he lived a short time longer , he would witness the downfall of monarchy all over Europe . ( Tremendous and long-continued cheering . ) He also read the Chancellor of tbe Exchequer's announcement to the House of Commons , ' that he did not intend to press the resolutions relative to the addition to the Income Tax , and that the tax itself would only be continued for three years , instead of five , as first intended . ' ( Shouts of derisive laughter , and much applause . )

      The Chairman said—It was one of the proudest moments of his life to be called on to _preside over such a meetine . The revolution that had just taken place in France was not only interesting to the French people , but to the whole world . ( Loud cheers . ) And it was only necessary for the English people to use their energies witb discretion , to win their own liberties . ( Great cheering . ) The revolution that had just taken place , was an apt illustration of the Baying of the great Lafayette , ' That for

      a nation to be free , it is sufficient that she will it . ' England had something approximating to liberty of speech and the right of public meeting . ( Hear , hear . ) The Chancellor of the Exchequer had begun to tremble . This Tory night he had declared tbat in consequence of the excitement he did not intend to proceed with his resolutions for the increased Income Tax . ( Cheers . ) They bad met to-night to sympathise With men of all nations , admitting , as they did . tlio great principle that 'All men are brethren . * ( Loud cheers . )

      Charles _Kkeh , in moving the first _renelution _, said , the events of the last few days had shown that the factions of monarchy , aristocracy , and the money bags , wished to rule by bruto force . ( Hear , hear . ) . But these , events had also shown that the ennines of war could not be wielded without men , and that thoso men wero sometimes worthy of tbe name ' Brethren . ' ( Loud cheers . ) Had the people generally the knowledge that the earth and its produce belonged to them , they could not , nor would not , be humbugged for a single moment—( hear , hear )—but the priests bad deluded thera , telling them to loofe for happiness ia other worlds . ( Loud shouts of hear , hear . ) Thifl veil of prejudice and superstition must be removed from the people ' s eyes . ( Cheers . )

      The men who possessed eapital ( which was only surplus labour ) , net the people to work , and kept them hard at it , until they had filled tbe warehouses to overflowing ; and having thus fclutted the market , turned round _ iipon them and told them they had no arther occasion for their services ; thus was com petition created , wages reduced , and destitution and starvation induced amongst the sons of toil . ( Loud _eheers . ) But they had net to-night to celebrate a glorious revolution—a revolution which , if carried out , must put an end to such a Btate of things , and which , ia the words of Charlea Mackay , loudly proclaimed ' The world shall yet be free ! ' ( Great ap . plause . ) He moved the adoption of the following re solution : —

      " That we , Democrats of several nations , adhering to the great principles that , ' Whenever a government violates the rights of the people , insurrection is for the people , and for every portion of tiie people , the most sacred of rights , and the most indispensable of dutite , ' hereby express our fraternal exultatUn at the victory gained by the heroic people of Paris over a perfidious , tyrannical , and bloodstained government _, ou tbe ever-glorious 32 ud , 23 rd , and 24 th ot _Febraay . " Cakl Schappbk , who , on coming forward to second the motion , was received with enthusiastic cheering , ; isked _, was there a man from Scotland-yard present , or a spy frem the Austrian or Prussian ambassador ? If there was , he trusted thoy would take back all they heard , aa they wished it to be proclaimed in the ears of all tyrants . ( Loud cheers . ) The Telegraph of this evening , told them that the acts of the pro-

      We Received Your Letter Of December Last...

      visional government had boen well received in all the provincial towns of France . On events that mustoccwr would depend the stability of republican institutions in France , and he appealed to thorn for their decision . For his part he would cry— ' Vive la RepuUique _. ' ( Tremendous cheering . ) If any body last Monday had said Louis Philippe would be a refugee in one week—and that the Duke do Nemours would be a miserable cowardly outcast , leaying his wife and children behind him to the mercies of an enraged populace , he wonld not have been believed . ( Groans for the coward . ) Nobody knew where Louis Philippe was , but he ( Carl Schapper ) be _' eived the old sinner possessed some courage , and tbat he had taken a dose of poison , and no doubt an inquest wonld . be hold and bring in

      a verdict of Temporary Insanity . ' ( Loud cheers and laughter . ) However , France _wasja Republic , aoknowledgin _? the great truth that— ' All men are brethren , ' ( Immense _cheering . ) And when John Bull , who _"faa a calculator , read tbe declaration of the republican _government of _Franiee , and knew that government returned to the pnoketsof the people the million of money that Louis Philippe used to have , John would begin to look into affaire nt home . Rumour said that war was declared _againstAuatria . Ho , for one , would be moBt happy to become a citizen soldier , and if there was a Prussian spy from the ambassador here , let him ro baek and tell hia master , that if the French did not goto war with

      Prussia , that he ( Carl _Schappet ) was a German , and that the Germans would go to war against their tyrants . ( Great applanse ) There must be a German republic—a Prussian republic—an Austrian republic—a Polish _iepublic—ay ! and a Russian one too . ( _Treraendoub cheering . ) And then the English government would grant the People ' s Charter' legally , peacefully , and constitutionally , ' ( Shouts of derisive laughter , and great applause . ) He was happy to see men of'all nations come forward and fraterni & a with them . TKey"held out the hand to all except the tyrants , and against them he declared war . ( _TremondouB cheering . ) The Chairman then introduced

      Ernbst . Johbs , who , when the applause had subsided , addressed himself to the great question of the day for England , the effects of the French Revolution en the latter Country , and , amid , the moBt enthusiastic applauBe , adverted to the duties of the English _people , and the course of the rising agitation . He believed , as in a former case , the French revolution would make the tour of Europe ; and ridiculed the idea of despotic prerogative in a des potic erown ,- saying : —I can scarcely imagine how autocratio crowns were first invented . I fancy that when the devil was a sick baby , cutting hie first horn , his mother must have invented crowns ,

      bayonets and mitres / as toys to quiet him . ( Laughter . ) But the age of monarchies has passed—the era of republics has arrived . The book of kings is fast closing in tbe great bible of humanity . ( Enthusiastic cheers . ) Why , a republic-is a plant not peculiar to France—it has grown elsewhere too—ay ! even in the cold atmosphere of England , it has flourished with a Cromwell and a Hampden . ( Long continued cheering . ) The speaker then analysed the weakness ofthe government , and the strength of the popular _canse _, and concluded by exhorting his auditors to lehve no honourable means untried forthe obtainment of the Charter .

      The resolution was put and carried amidst thunders of applause . [ Press of matter compels the omission of the remaining speeches . ] Thomas Clark delivered a lengthy speeoh which excited much applause , and _excluded hy moving the following resolution : — " That we call upon the people of France to aecond the heroic patriotism of the inhabitants of Paris by establishing a Republic , based nponthe principle of a veritable equality ; we earnestly hope that the enslaved nations will imitate the example of France ; and if kings league against our French brethren , we trust tbat the holy alliance of nations will march on the side of the French RepuWic _, to the universal overthrow of despotism . " Edwin Gill seconded tbe resolution , which waa unanimously adopted with loud cheers .

      Julian Harney , who was received with great applause , then proposed the adoption of an ' Address to the People of Paris . ' The ' Address' was received with great cheering , and J . H . ' s speech excited thunders of applause . Philip M'GnATH , in a lengthy and eloquent speeoh , in the course of which he was enthusiastically cheered , seoonded the motion . The _-adiJreao was _uwuimouBly adopted , _, [ The Address , which was adopted on tbeaame evening by the Chartist Executive ; by the Metropolitan

      Chartist Delegates on Tuesday evening ; and by an immense public meeting of several thousands on Thursday evening , is given in a preceding column . ) A motion was adopted , authorising the committee to take the necessary steps to ensure the _presentation ofthe Address to the people of Paris . A vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and singing of the _Marseillaise , and rounds of thundering cheers for the French Republic and the Charter , concluded this most interesting meeting , We regret having been compelled to abridge the report .

      Fraternity Of Nations. Westminster.—Mr E...

      FRATERNITY OF NATIONS . Westminster . —Mr Ernest Jones lectured in Deanstreet , on Sunday evening last , to an overflowing auditory . Subject : ' How are the people to get bread ? ' Mr _Hutchins _wai moved to the chair , and the lecturer was greeted with the marked approbation ofa most attentive audience . At its conclusion , Mr Jenes informed his auditory that numbers of the Frenchmen resident ia the metropolis were that evening assembled in the German Hall , Drury-lane , and exhorted tbem to go in a body and congratulate tbem , as a mark of fraternity and admiration of the new Republic . The proposition was received with _enthusiasm ; nearly the entire meeting marched in a bedy to the German Hall , where they were received with loud cheering , and tho proceedings were continued until midnight , stirring addresses being delivered by Carl Schapper , Julian Harney , Ernest Jones , and others .

      Great Excitement . —Impromptu Meeting . —The * Moderates' who had called the meeting atthe Crown and Anchor for Tuesday evening last , suddenly abandoned their intention , when they found the feeling of the working men , and great crowds arrived during the evening at the doors of the _Crawn and Anchor , whioh were closed . Some of theBe , who were aware of the situation of the German Hall , immediately repaired thither , and the Germans , in a true spirit of fraternity , gave up the hall to them . When we arrived , we found the place full , and great enthusiasm prevailing . Wm . Dixon and Ernest Jones delivered spirited and truly forcible addresses , that were rapturously receieved . The Metropolitan Chartists are beginning the good work . London is up and doing , and nothing can stop its onward progress .

      A Bono For The People. Bt Eunest Johbs. ...

      A BONO FOR THE PEOPLE . BT _EUNEST JOHBS . ( Air— The Brave Old Oak . ) A song to the men—the working men , Who long in their chains have sighed , 'Neath the usurer ' * frown—and lord and _Orawn , And the churchman ' s greedy pride . There ' s _strength in our bands—and our fata _' _s in our hands ; If we knew but to use our power , The foul-class rule—of the knave and fool , Needn't last tor a single hour . Then down to the dust—with titled lust , And down with the gold king vile _. For the world shall see—that we will be free , And free be the _aiiter-islo .

      In the days of old—when hearts beat bold , To ths _Aap of _Froedom ' s wing , The dust at our feet—w & b the winding sheet , That wrapt a headless king . Are we happier now ?—No ! the millions bow , 'Neath a yoke ten times more black : T _« n times more strong—we'll march along , And drive the vermin back . Tbe a down to the daot—with titled lust , And dowB with the gold king vile , Tor the world shall bbo— that we will be free , And fro * be the _aister-isle .

      Do they think we ' ll stand—with an Idle hand , And starve , while they vorge their fill ! They yet may wake—to thoir _^ jratid mistake , And find there are men here still . We seek not strife—and wc value lire , But only _ivhen life ia tree ; And we'll ne'er be _siavoa—to idle knaves , Whatever the cost may be _. Then down to the dust—with titled lust , And down with the gold king _vilo , For the world shall see—that wo win be freo And free be the _sistor-isle .

      Witham.—Mr William Bunton, Of Cambridge,...

      Witham . —Mr William Bunton , of Cambridge , will lecturo in the Literary Institute of this town , on the evenings of Monday and Tuesday next , tho 6 th and 1 th ot March .

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      Z= 'The Good Tbat Men Do Die With Tbem ,...

      z = 'The good tbat men do die with tbem , " ™ _7 _^ Tbo bad remaiD after tbem ' - _^ _t-i _sn lot u _i , a with _Clasar . ' 'The good tbat men do die with tbem , _™ ~ _Z Tbo bad remaiD after tbem , _-JjxC- _^ So lei It be with Clasar . ' Minster Lovel , Feb . 27 th . Dear Habnet _, — The immortal bard proved hiB thorough _knowledge of mnnltind , generally , wben he penned the above profound sentence , raore especially at tha time referred to , when many artful and _designing knaves made use oftho talents with which nature endowed them , _nurl led the people aetray from the right path . Unfortunately , in our day , tUere ara but too many _euch knaves , wha , under the

      mask of love aud affection for the working community , thoir rights and _intcreetp , endeavour , nevertheless , 'o -jlestroy , or rather prevent theobtaintnent ef the former , and a true _knowledge of the latter . Thanks , eternal thanks , however , to the good and . true spirits of this age of demoeratic mind and onward progress , the mask has been taken eff , _anfi tbe people % _o . these pretended friends are their most bitter enemies . It ie , dear Harney , _coneollag to the true patriot to know that there aro very many glorious exceptions to the rule laid down by Shakespeare , for wo find the noblo and virtuous actions of a few , at all events , of _thoio who _hnve gone to sleep—theetcrnnl sleep— ere our time , rtiU'livo in the heart and soul ef tho toiling millions , and their good works are held in veneration . This brings me to a painful and distressing nccarrenco , via .: the sudden death of George _Milnes Townley , who died on tbe 14 th ult ., in his own house , which he built , and upon bis own land

      ( a portion of the Minster Estate ) , which be purchased from onr Gihbbal out of the savings of years of honest industry . Mr Townley was well known to very many ot my Chartist brethren ' , In' Manchester , as a sincere and enthusiastic lover and supporter of our glorious princlp ! e i , ' ; and waa _everrcaay yttb' his _prssehce and peenni . ary . _vasBlstttnci , wheh necessary , to forward _tham ¦• ; and though . ho did . not appear prominently upoh t & 9 public platform , he" did what was - as essential in its wayworked' privately and steadily amongst his numerous friends , endeateuring to on courage them by reason , and his own example , to seek for the establishment of those principles , without which there eannot _, there never will be , peace , plenty , or national _Jiappiiipss . Ho was borne to . , his last' resting place ( Minster * " Church-yard , ) by a respectable hpdy of his brother tradesmen , and not a faw of the inhabitants of tbe village , who deeply deplored tha demise of their true and bonost hearted _hrothsr . P « _ace ba with him , for ha WaB , indeed , ene ofthe true stamp of _Nature ' s Nobles .

      By inserting the above in your next Saturday ' s Stab , you will confer a favour npon Yours _fraternally , C . DOTLB .

      The Iron Districts.—Merthyr Tydvil. Sib,...

      THE IRON DISTRICTS . —MERTHYR TYDVIL . Sib , —On perusing the columns ofthe Stak cf Saturday week , I _ohsened an extract ftom the Morninq Ch & ovicli , treating at some _li-ngth on the nrrals of tho working men of the iron and mining districts of Glamorganshire , and also en their extravagant mode of living . Now , as Merthyr is considered the main seat ef the iron works of Wales , I consider it a duty I owe to myself aad my fellow working men , to refute that base and unfounded report of the _Cbbonicle . Prebablj I am better acquainted with the _morals and mode of living of the working men of this di 6 trict , heing one of that order myself , than the ReT . John Griffiths , the vicar of _AheTdaTe , who furnished the commissioners with hiB false and calumnious report . Why don ' t the rererend g « ntleman _Endeavour to _$ w > eui _! a larger houses for tha people , then the intermixture of the sexes may not be such a Btain on their characters ? Now , a word about the melted butter . If this said Mr Lingen , the comtois-. _sloner , will come down here and take a week to go round the workmen ' s houses , and not to the parsons ' , I will go with him , and I will engage he will find in sixteen cases out of every twent _. v _, that a _sau _i . rring broiled asd some slush of tea , and that very commonly without sugar , is the principal meal after a day of toil in the scorching heat , In the fire work , or in an unwholesome atmosphere underground . But I am of opinion this said Rev , J . Griffiths is in the habit of living rathorgreasy himself . There waB . a very pious methodist in this place appointed to go round _with the tornmissioncr to show him all the parBons ' . _houses . This per . ion will sell his father to _pleate _a-jidrson . Malt Mill-square . Di > ii ? _R- . _MoaoiN .

      To The Editor 0? Tux Nomhbrn Stab. Sib —...

      TO THE EDITOR 0 ? TUX NOMHBRN STAB . Sib — Demosthenes , in one ofhis most powerful philip » pics to the men of Athens , declared that' though tho nation had many evils to complain of , _as contributing to the enslavement of the peopio—that they _wers quite insignificant in comparison to ont—which was the corruption of their public speakers—who choose ( _aaje he ) to tell you wbat is pleasing to the fancy , rather than useful to jour country . ' And , sir , I certainly do think with him tbat , considering the very great influence ef mind over mind , tbat , whenever the public speakers er press ofa country is corrupt , that every other evil a people may

      endure , sinks into nothingness btfore it . You will see , by the following letter to the editor ot the Morning Advertiser that I sought to correct , wbat I wished might have been found an error on the part of the reporter , and for that purpose Bent it corrected in the mildest _language , so that , by acknowledging it in his paper , he might have avoided the conclusion to which every honest man may now come too—vis ,, that he is ono of the' ' corrupted speakers , ' whioh may well be denonaced as the . great _eurse of a people—and who , seeking upon every occasion to mislead , the public mind , becomes the _viiltul instrument of his country ' s misfortunes , and by whose means the best interest ! of the nation are destroyed _.

      • TO THE _EDITOR 0 ? THE _HOUHINO ADVEBT 1 SEB . _< Sia—I have for years betn a constant reader and admlrer of your very valuable journal , for the very candid and honest manner in whlch _. at all times , you report the opinions of public men upon public questions ; and the readiness which you have ever evinced to correct a mistake ( whenever it has appeared ) , is the reason why I venture to trouble you at the present time . ' In your notice of the debate upon the Window Tax of last night , you place the hon . member for Nottingham ( Mr Feargus O'Connoi ) in a very extravagant _pesitien before the public , which struck me so forcibly , that after reading yonr remarks again , I felt that there must be something wrong either in his remarks or yours . Your remarks make bim to say , '' Firebrand ' though he had

      be _> n denounced , he would tell the noble lord at the head of her Majesty ' s government that bis proposition was so unpopular out of doors , thatevery cripple would shoulder his crutch against it , and that ho would become a volunteer in the cauBe , ' Now , sir , tbis is altogether a mistake , not of yours , but of the reporter , for in comparing his report with that of the Chronicle and Times , the error is at once perceptible , I hare , therefore , troubled you with the latter part of the last paragraph from the Chronicle , which , if you will take tho trouble to compare with the Timts , you will find to he quite correct in poiat of argument . _Thene were his words , and I think your readers will easily perceive , that they manifest anything but the spirit wbich your report would convey . ' The noblo lord ought to look to the peaoetul

      feelings of the people of this country , but , at the same time , lie might rely oa their support in the hour ot danger . Though he ( Mr _O'Connor ) was stigmatised as a ' firebrand , ' a destructive , and a revolutionist , he would be ready to go farther than the right hon . member for Tamworth _, in telling the aoble lord , that even the cripple would shoulder his crutch rather than have a foreigner to intorfere in tho _offers of this _country ; and , for his own part , he waateady to beoome a volunteer , though he would not serve as a mercenary in resisting foreign aggression . ' I gathered from this , Bir , that thero was ao necessity on the part of the noble lord at the head of her Majesty ' s government , to increase the taxation of the country ; for that , if justice were done to the people , they would become the moat

      efficient defence of the empire , and that even a cripple would not hesitate to fight for go good a cause as tin defano of his country ' s rights , I cannot conceira _tfrsn , sir , how tbis mistake could happen on tbe part of your reporter , I feel satisfied it was not _denigaed , and I think , as _JeargUS O'Connor has the confidence of a very great portion of the working orders , tbat a great injustice is done to them ( he being _thslr representative , ) by the false impression such a report must leave upon society . How _different is this to your notice of his speech upoa that occasion . Trusting that jou will insert the above in justice to Mr P . O'Connor , and tha working orders , I beg to subscribe myself , 1 Yours respectfully , 'JODN _SsULTon , ' ii . _CjcII Court , St Martin's Laue . '

      This then is all that we ever got , or ever shall get , from a corrupt press . In us there is not a single virtue ; we , who Beok to _ostabliah justice , socially and politically , are treated as unworthy of notico , except to be falsified upon _dvory occasion when it salts them to do so Ah ! well , they have the ' rope , ' it will soon be round tbeir necks ' ! J . 3 ,

      Glasgow.—A General Meeting Of The Member...

      Glasgow . —A general meeting of the members of this branch of the National Land Company , waa held in tho Dyers' Hall , on Monday week last , to take into consideration the best means of raising money to defend Mr O'Connor ' s seat in Parliament , when it was unanimously resolved , ' That the seoretary commence to take down the names of persons willing to subscribe , and that the sheet lie upon the table for two other meetings , to afford members not present an opportunity of giving their mite , and that other friends of the Chartists may have an opportunity of doing so ; also that sheets be left with Mr George Rosa and Mr James Moir , and that all persons ba _reouested to leave with these said gentlemen _ine

      their subscriptions as early as possible . com . mittee ot the Charter Association announced that they had taken a hall for three years , at a rent of _£ 83 a year , in the most _puWio P _» rt 0 _" _^ . _^" ' ? , _« within a few yards of the Cross , by which measure they exp ctto make Chartism once moK > respectable in Glasgow ; and as the Land _Cmnpany hud arranged to commen _.-e a branch ot the Land and Labour _BURk _, that it was ncceMMy they also have a _resectable place of n _^ tfns . The members present seemed to coincide in the views expressed , and were willing to co-operate in the undertaking . After a most _harmonious meeting a vote ot thanks waa given to tbe chairman , and all departed in high hopes of the future .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 4, 1848, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_04031848/page/1/